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Moon(Chandra) in sixth House
This house is affected by the Mercury and Ketu. The Moon in this house will be affected by the planets placed in the 2nd, 8th, 12th and 4th houses. The native will receive education with obstacles and will have to struggle a lot for reaping the benefits of his educational achievements. If the Moon is placed in the 6th, 2nd, 4th, 8th and 12th houses it is auspicious. The native would enliven a dying person by putting a few drops of water in his mouth. But if the Moon is malefic in the 6th house and Mercury is placed in the 2nd or 12th house, the native will have suicidal tendencies. Similarly, if the Moon is malefic and the Sun is placed in the 12th house, then the native or his wife or both will have severe eye defects and troubles.
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- Serve milk to your father with your own hands.
- Never take milk during night. But intake of milk during day time and use of even curd and cheese during night is permissible.
- Do not offer milk as donation. It can be given only at religious places of worship.
- Digging of wells for public will destroy the issues, but digging of wells in a hospital or within the premises of cremation ground will not be harmful.


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This is part of an event, Face Time with Doc Atomic available at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art.
Artist: Steve Thoma, aka Doc Atomic
For more information, click on Doc Atomic above, or email him at: email@example.com. Also, more information can be found at www.art.org
Essentially, my beginnings in Outsider Art involved a local writers group that would travel to local museums to view the art and any exhibits. We visited The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago early last year and I found it fascinating. The concept of such dynamic art and how it came to be sincerely left a profound impression on me. I'm glad I went as I never knew of such a concept. I just thought art was art, I mean, I knew of Impressionists, Cubism and the basic elements, but, had no idea of this sort of thing.
'Outsider Art', roughly, equates to self-taught artists or art makers who have little contact with the art world or any art institutions. Outsider art considers extreme mental states or elaborate fantastic worlds or universes, according to Wikipedia, though; some verification is needed for citation purposes. This explanation, still, provides insight to much of the art I came across at The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art.
So, I chose this piece a few reasons. First, I am very visual. I like the texture, the fact that it operates on three dimensions and the fact that seems attainable to me… as if, given time; I can learn the skill to do something like this, unlike sculpting the many incarnations of 'David'. There are elements of this that remind me of other genres, most notably, Art Deco. I am immediately reminded of the movie 'Metropolis'. I am also reminded of other movies like 'Blade Runner' and 'Avatar'. Since I used to work in a lot of different buildings in Chicago, I've seen many incarnations of the Art Deco style and had always marveled at its elegance. I am also drawn to the colors; I just like blues and thing the silver/pewter compliments it nicely.
It looks like its face is made with tile while the 'scalp' and nape of the neck have those spikey elements which looks like a futuristic city, filled with high-rise buildings, which, to me looks really great. So, as this is a sculpture of a bust, what I see is life … colonized in the form of land mass – the scalp with sky-scrapers surrounded by or surrounding a body of water – in itself life-giving. Possibly, this also represents the 'colonies' of germs living on our skin and this is some manifested representation of that.
The base is the final touch. That it's polished adds to the mild shimmer without making it shine or glow. It has a mild visual 'hum' that is striking to me. All in all, there isn't anything that is glaring or stands out, like it doesn't belong. It seems that everything flows together naturally, like it's all supposed to go together.
I guess I'm into futuristic art along with gothic, though, this isn't goth. The futuristic art allows me to have hope, hope for humanity … that life will go on. This piece allows me that fantasy or hope, a way to escape some of the gloom I see in the news. All this stuff about deforestation, global warming, overpopulation, crime, war … it's depressing. Art like this allows me an escape from all the doom and gloom. So, at times, this allows me to day dream of better things and better days.
Some things to consider:
- Is Outsider Art truly visionary or will it be seen as a passing fad?
- Does one need to formally trained by a school or via an apprenticeship to be considered a 'real' artist?
- Is there really any difference between Avant Garde art like Magdalena Abakanowicz, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Yoko Ono and Outsider Art?
- Can popular Outsider Art still be considered Outsider Art?
- Is there resistance from mainstream museums and galleries to Outside artists?
- Is it really necessary to distinguish between 'insider' art and Outsider Art?
- Finally, does classifying it as Outsider Art/'insider' art (or non-art) detract from the intended purpose of the piece?
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Toshiba's W30T is an odd device. It's a smartly designed and affordable convertible that can function as either a laptop or tablet. Unfortunately, its size and weight prove to be a hindrance in both modes. See what's the best laptop you can buy in 2014?
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Sunday, March 30, 2014
Toshiba W30T-A-101 review: a smartly designed and affordable 13.3-inch convertible laptop/tablet
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Toshiba Portégé R30-A-14K review a £900 laptop with relatively lightweight design, long-lasting battery and disappointing display
Toshiba tends to take its time when it comes to new fads like Ultrabooks, or even updating its laptops with the latest Haswell processors. True to form, its Portégé R30 is a distinctly unassuming mid-range laptop with a modest specification and little in the way of eye-catching features. See The best laptops: What's the best laptop you can buy in 2014?
ViewSonic VP2772 review: a widescreen 27-inch IPS monitors with excellent screen resolution
The VP2772 from ViewSonic is a gentle update to last year's VP2770-LED display. Both are 27in widescreen IPS monitors, boasting a healthy resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. See also Group test: what's the best display?
These are meant to be serious low-frills designs aimed at designers using Windows on a budget, although at around £600 this monitor still represents a large investment.
Yoyotech Warbird RS4.0 review: very smart, compact PC with good gaming performance
Apart from the Pioneer Blu-ray drive, there's nothing aesthetically to distinguish it externally from Quiet PC's Serenity Nano or Dino PC's Microraptor. It also shares the same £999 price tag with the latter. (See also best gaming PC 2014.)
Wired2Fire Hadron review: gaming PC with excellent build quality and a flash drive that provides great gaming performance
The Hadron, from Wired2Fire, is much like a standard gaming PC – only much smaller. Where many are built into cube-style cases, the Hadron lives in a tiny – and rather good-looking – tower in the form of the EVGA Hadron Mini-ITX case. (See also best gaming PC 2014.)
Standing vertically on the desktop, it exudes a rather expensive feel with attractive rounded edges and a transparent side panel. The meshed top surface houses a pair of quiet cooling fans which whir into action when necessary, while the front is blank save for the power switch and finished in a glossy piano black.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Divergent Movie Review
"Divergent" is going to disappoint people expecting another "Hunger Games" - hint: it's not - and satisfy those with lower expectations. Yes, it's another dystopic fantasy based on a popular young-adult trilogy, and yes there is a strong, young female at the center of it. But the obvious similarities end there.
While the book failed to hold my interest, "Divergent" as a movie is more engaging. It's certainly not life-changing stuff, but it serves as a fine escape for a handful of hours. This is in large part because Shailene Woodley is great at making you care about her and root for her. Look no further than "The Descendants" and "The Spectacular Now" for proof.
As Tris, the heroine of "Divergent," Woodley takes on a more action-packed role and pulls it off. Set in the future, where things are bleaker than modern times - think unemployment is rough? At least you're not in the wrong faction! - society is divided into five groups. You're either Abnegation, for the selfless; Amity, for the peaceful; Erudite, for the intelligent; Dauntless, for the brave; or Candor, for the honest. Or you don't fit neatly into any of these factions, in which case you're Divergent, and people would like very much to see you dead.
Disney Makes 'Incredibles' Offer to Debut Movies Anywhere App
A peek at the animated hit "Frozen" on the Disney Movies Anywhere iPad app.
Typically, when you buy a movie, you want access to it everywhere. Disney is one of the companies looking to put your purchases anywhere and everywhere that you want them, with its newly announced Disney Movies Anywhere app.
American Hustle Blu-ray Review
No one can accuse David O. Russell of being a one-note director. He provided a peek at an incestuous relationship in his 1994 debut Spanking the Monkey; allowed us to ride shotgun on Ben Stiller's search for his birth parents in 1996's Flirting with Disaster; parked us ringside for Mickey Ward's rise in 2010's The Fighter; and got Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence to trip the light fantastic in the 2012's Silver Linings Playbook.
Of course, there were plenty of other adventures in between, but the bottom line is: The guy knows how to diversify his portfolio.
Now, he's added something very '70s to his resume with American Hustle, a fun, fictionalized version of the FBI's Abscam operation in the late '70s and early '80s. Historical accuracy isn't half as important as the time period here, from the soundtrack and the furnishings to Amy Adams' plunging necklines and Bradley Cooper's super-tight curls. (Don't even get me started on what was on Christian Bale's head. That thing deserved its own credits.)
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Can You Predict Oscar Winners Using BI and Analytics Software?
Can a business intelligence dashboard pulling data from multiple sources be used to predict a winner for this year's Best Picture Oscar?
The 86th Academy Awards ceremony is this weekend and millions will tune in to see if their favorite films, directors, actors and crew take home a golden statue. Some viewers make things "more interesting" by participating in office Oscar pools. They put their film knowledge and intuition of the movies up against their friends and co-workers for bragging rights (and maybe a few extra bucks). Our own David Kempler shares his Academy Award predictions, based on his experience as a critic, plus a bit of insight and intuition.
Frozen Blu-ray Review
After all of these years, it's really hard to believe that Disney has any magic left in the vault. Yet here's Frozen, the studio's 53rd animated film and most recent Oscar winner. (It just snagged awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.)
It's been a few years since Tangled, so Frozen is going to double your princess pleasure (and the studio's merchandising possibilities) with the story of Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) and Elsa (Idina Menzel), two orphaned sisters who spend most of their existence locked away from the rest of the world. Why so sheltered? Well, that could have something to do with Elsa's crazy ability to shoot snow and ice out of her fingertips.
Inside Llewyn Davis Blu-ray Review
"Everything you touch turns to shit."
The above statement could be applied to a lot of the characters in the Coen Brothers' universe. You can pretty much take your pick. However, the one on the receiving end of this particular statement is Llewyn Davis (played by Oscar Isaac).
He is the main character in Inside Llewyn Davis, the tale of a 1960s folk singer who's at a bit of a career crossroads. According to the Coens, the fictional character is based on Dave Van Ronk, all the way down to his album cover. Of course, Van Ronk was way more influencial than Llewyn -- at least in the music world.
Llewyn does manage to touch a lot of people in the movie. As you can spectulate by the above quote, it's not necessarily in a positive way. After his partner commits suicide, Llewyn finds himself at a standstill. Does he continue with music or go back to being a Merchant Marine?
Logitech's New Harmony Remote is Actually a Full-Sized Keyboard
Do you want a keyboard in your living room? Logitech hopes you do and is ready with the Harmony Smart Keyboard.
If you enjoy streaming movies or music, or playing games on your TV, then you've probably discovered something: most TV and set-top box remotes are painful to use. Simple stuff like navigating within on-screen menus, pausing or rewinding videos is easy enough to do. But when you want to search for music or videos, surf the web, or even set up your account with e-mail address and password, scrolling and clicking for letters on a virtual keyboard is just painful.
Have TVs Reached the Tipping Point? New HDTV Designs May Be More Prone to Deadly Tip-Overs
HD Guru cites Samsung's F9000 series as a possible hazard, due to a less sturdy style of pedestal.
Here at Big Picture Big Sound, we're used to seeing a lot of wall-mounted HDTVs. However, there are plenty of people who prefer to put that TV on top of a shelf or cabinet. There's nothing wrong with that option, but you need to make sure that TV is placed safely. Of course, we're not just talking about putting it out of the reach of greasy fingertrips. Placing a TV on top of a shelf or cabinet may create the potential for "tip-over" injuries.
Liztic Partners with HDTracks for High-Res Audio Across Different Platforms
Digital music is easy and plentiful. Unfortunately, it just doesn't pack a big punch when it comes to sound quality. Two companies are working on that -- and they're doing it together.
Liztic LLC just announced a new partnership with HDTracks. The two are joining forces, in an effort to bring high-resolution audio to every music lover out there.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Muppets: Most Wanted Movie Review
After the success of "The Muppets" in 2011, a sequel was inevitable. Technically, as some of the characters point out in this film, this is the eighth "Muppet" movie, but "Muppets: Most Wanted" takes up where the previous film left off. The opening of this film shows "The End" spelled out in fireworks from the previous film, and what follows after the credits rolled: the extras walk away, the set is struck, and the Muppets wonder what to do next. A sequel of course, and the first musical number poses the question of what they should do for a follow-up. The answer? A World Tour!
Dominic Badguy -- "it's pronounced Badgey!" (Ricky Gervais) -- steps in as a seedy name-dropping manager who convinces the Muppets that a global tour is just what they need to capitalize on their renewed fame. In reality, this is just a cover for a fiendish plot to steal the crown jewels. While the Muppets are filling halls in Europe, Kermit is kidnapped and replaced with the world's most dangerous Frog, Constantine, recently busted out of a Siberian Gulag. During the tour, Constantine and Badguy break into various museums picking up clues that reveal the secret of stealing the crown jewels. And how do they plan to get into the Tower of London? A wedding of course! Yes, the pig and the frog are finally tying the knot, and they've managed to snag the Tower as their wedding venue. But will Miss Piggy end up marrying the wrong frog?
Pioneer Launches New Roku-Ready A/V Receivers with HDMI 2.0 Support, Enhanced Calibration
Despite being an "entry-level" model, the VSX-80 Elite 7.2-channel AVR has support for IP control and 4K 60p Ultra HD upscaling.
Roku recently announced plans to bundle its MHL-capable Streaming Stick with products from a select group of manufacturers. Pioneer Electronics is one of those lucky few.
Samsung Puts Curves into 2014 UHD and LED TV Lineup
Samsung's U9000 Curved UHD TV includes the Auto Depth Enhancer feature, which promises a 3D-like image without the glasses.
Back in January, Samsung introduced the world to the 105" Curved UHD TV. So where is it? We still don't have a lot of answers. What we do have is a slew of new TVs.
Samsung Puts Wireless Multiroom Link Feature into Soundbar and Blu-ray Player
The Samsung HW-H750 Soundbar comes with a wireless subwoofer for a total of 320 watts of sound.
We're seeing more wireless music solutions these days -- and that's just from Samsung! The company was showing off several new A/V options at a press event in New York City today, and some of them will easily put audio into any room in the house.
Saving Mr. Banks Blu-ray Review
Not all Disney tales are filled with pixie dust and colorful characters. Well, some are colorful in a different way. Saving Mr. Banks is one of the latter, providing us with a behind-the-scenes peek at the not-so-magical making of 1964's Mary Poppins.
Despite being the creator of a legendary literary character, the film finds author P. L. Travers (Emma Thompson) having quite a few money problems. With no motivation to write and few royalties left, she decides to make a deal with the devil -- and in this case, that devil is Walt Disney himself.
Of course, Disney doesn't come off as a devil here. After all, it's a Disney movie. Instead, he's rather likeable. He expects his employees to address him by his first name, he greets the public with a smile and pre-signed autographed cards, he places bets with the boys, and he's played by Tom Hanks.
Samsung and Fox to Bring More 4K Content to Ultra HD TVs
Mike Dunn, president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, and Joe Stinziano, executive vice president of Samsung Electronics America, announce a content partnership for Ultra HD (4K) at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City on March 20, 2014.
This is the year of Ultra HD (4K) TV. We saw so many sets unveiled at January's CES (and since then), it would make your eyeballs explode -- in a good way. Offering four times the resolution of full HD, Ultra HD is truly a sight to behold.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray Review
After 2011's Thor raked in $449 million, a sequel was almost immediately given the greenlight. Disney managed to get everyone to return for Thor: The Dark World -- except director Kenneth Branagh. Instead, Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) is taking on the god of thunder's second outing.
All that really matters is that Chris Hemsworth is returning as our hunky superhero. And as you'd expect, the big lug is still trying to save the universe. However, some dark family history disrupts Thor's plans to restore order. Malekith (Doctor Who's Christopher Eccleston) is the one that isn't having it and wants to use a weapon known as the Aether to destroy everyone and anyone in his path. Soon, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) is infected by the Aether, because well... she needs to be a major part of the sequel, right?
SONOS Launches Upgraded App with Universal Search, Improved User Interface
Since SONOS first launched its line of wireless music products back in 2003, many manufacturers have tried to duplicate the sound and the style of the company's products. SONOS has since become the standard for wireless whole-house music.
Walmart Offers Deals on iPhone 5c, 5s and Samsung Galaxy S4
For a limited time, Walmart is rolling back the price on the Apple iPhone 5s 16GB from $145 to $119.
Did Ellen Degeneres' Oscar night Twitter pic have you longing to take better selfies? You don't need to be flanked by the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Meryl Streep and Brad Pitt -- although it certainly wouldn't hurt. However, it would probably be a lot easier to upgrade your smartphone.
Today Only: Yamaha RX-V575 7.2-Channel Receiver Deal: $299.99 (Save $250)
If you want to build a home theater, a receiver is an absolute must-have. A big screen is awesome and good speakers are certainly appreciated. However, a receiver is the component that ties the two together. It can even add several other audio and video components (Blu-ray player, gaming console, Roku, etc.) into the mix.
Upcoming Godzilla Reboot to Be 100th Film Recorded in Dolby Atmos Surround
Bryan Cranston and Aaron Taylor-Johnson prepare for the coming of "Godzilla." Photo: © Legendary Pictures & Warner Bros./Kimberley French.
Oh yes, Godzilla!
It looks like moviegoers won't be fearing the upcoming release of Godzilla. Instead, Dolby is making it so that viewers will be flocking to the nearest theater -- at least the ones with support for Dolby Atmos.
Asus X102BA review: modest performance even for a budget laptop, but still good value for money
With a typical online price of around £299, the new X102BA from Asus is one of the most affordable Windows 8 laptops that we've seen. It's obviously not going to be a top performer at that price, and its compact 10in screen and downsized keyboard won't suit everyone. But it does provide good value for money if you just want a light, affordable laptop for basic web browsing and running Microsoft Office. See also: Group test: what's the best budget laptop?
Monday, March 24, 2014
Asus ZenFone 4 hands-on review: the brand new ultra budget Android smartphone
Entry level smartphones are extremely popular all-over the world, so it should come as no surprise to you that Asus are looking to take a chunk of the market with the cheap ZenFone 4. We got to spend some time with the device at CES 2014, here's our Asus ZenFone 4 hands-on review.
Archos GamePad 2 review: Android tablet's physical buttons make any gamer a gaming God
Gaming is a popular reason to buy and use tablets, so it should come as no surprise that Archos has released an updated version of the GamePad. We've been playing with one in our office for some time now, here's our Archos GamePad 2 review. See What's the best tablet in the UK?
The pricing of the Archos GamePad 2 is interesting in that it markets itself as the perfect tablet for gaming, yet it comes with a £150 price tag that places it amongst budget tablets - making you immediately question the quality of the hardware onboard.
Advent Vega Tegra Note 7 review: a powerful budget Android tablet
Choosing a budget Android tablet isn't easy because there are so many good-quality models to choose between. Tesco's Hudl and Amazon's Kindle Fire HD fight it out at the low end (and don't forget the Asus Memo Pad HD 7), while Google's own Nexus 7 is the current benchmark, albeit at a higher price of £200.
Now, Currys PC World has waded in with its Nvidia-based Tegra Note 7. The Advent Vega name might sound familiar, and that's because it's the same name PC World used for its own-brand tablet back in 2010.
BenQ BL2411 review: a 24-inch monitor that delivers superb performance and ergonomics for the price
The BL2411 comes in the old-school 16:10 widescreen format, prevalent before the influx of shallower, wider 16:9 displays all but forced them out of the market. See all display reviews.
This means you get a screen resolution of 1900 by 1200 pixels, rather than the now standard 1900 by 1080. This gives you a little extra height to play with, which makes a noticeable difference when working with vertically-oriented tasks such as word processor documents or Web pages, making it better suited to business than pleasure.
Dell Precision M4800 Mobile Workstation review: a fast laptop with an excellent screen
The screen is the first clue to the target market of the Dell Precision M4800. The 15.6-inch panel is labelled Quad HD+ which in plain English is a resolution of 3200 x 1800 pixels. That level of detail should make it attractive for CAD and fullscreen editing of better-than-HD video formats. Take a look at Group test: what's the best high-end laptop?
Dell C2665dnf review: a significant improvement for Dell in the multifunction colour laser printer market
It was just over a year ago that we looked at Dell's previous multifunction colour laser printer workhorse - the C3765dnf - and now comes the succeeding C2665dnf with some surprising new features. See all printer reviews.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Canon Pixma MG5550 review: this Pixma offers excellent speed and picture quality
This MG5550 MFD offers print, scan and copy facilities, and follows very much in Canon's stylish Pixma range, with its curved edges and low 148mm design cutting an attractive figure. Not quite so pleasing is the long output tray that stretches out rather further than we'd ideally like. The control system is simplistic, and these Pixmas have yet to fully embrace touch sensitivity. Instead, you navigate using three select buttons placed underneath the relevant on-screen options, with the occasional need to move across to a separate directional pad. It's the need to alternate between the central three-button system and the directional pad that can make negotiating the MG5550's many options a little less intuitive than it ought to be. The system works reasonably well for the most part, but we do think Canon could do away with some of the buttons for a better experience overall. The 2.5in screen is adequate, if hardly the largest we've seen. See all printer reviews.
Chillblast Fusion Probe review - the tiny gaming PC that does more
Chillblast's Fusion Probe is a compact gaming PC. Our review sample is housed in a white Aerocool DS Gaming Cube case, which lends it a minimalist, yet stylish appearance. It's also available in black, red, orange or gold if you prefer.
Measuring only 230 x 502 x 507mm, it's significantly smaller than a standard ATX case, making it tiny for a gaming rig. Its reduced size also requires a smaller motherboard, and in this case it's a Mini ITX form factor GA-Z87N-WIFI from Gigabyte. As its name suggests, it comes with built-in Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth capabilities.
CyberPower Infinity Perseus XT review - big and powerful PC great for gaming
The Infinity Perseus XT is a traditional big black box of a gaming PC, housed in the latest Mk III version of Coolermaster's Dominator 690 mid-tower case.
There's plenty of room for upgrades inside and it offers adjustable drive bays which can switch between 3.5 and 2.5in sizes without tools. It also incorporates multiple dust filters to maintain excellent airflow. Although rather large and imposing, it's much easier to access internal components in a case such as this than in one of the compact Mini ITX form factor cases. You can also see all of those sexy components through the large transparent side window.
Dumb Ways to Die review: A simple and addictive game with a great message
We love simple and addictive games which have great artwork and Dumb Ways to Die ticks those boxes nicely. The game, made by Metro Trains Melbourne, is free and available on iOS and Android.
Looking a little similar to the iconic Mr.Men, the characters in Dumb Ways to Die all have an attraction to dangerous situations. Your task is to stop them meeting with fatality and doing so will gain you points. See all Android app reviews.
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Wed, Mar 20 2013: THE OLD DEAD TREE
As previously announced, French dark metallers THE OLD DEAD TREE are reuniting this year to mark the 10th anniversary of their iconic debut full-length, 'The Nameless Disease'. To celebrate, the band will perform the album in its entirety at Hellfest this June and is currently booking a French tour. But there's more…
Sold-out for a couple years and now hard to find on CD, 'The Nameless Disease' has been made available again digitally, in a special "10th Anniversary Edition" with brand new cover artwork and no less than seven bonus demo tracks. You can purchase it from iTunes or from your usual digital store. Watch the video clip of "It Can't Be!" on YouTube.
Still want more? Alright, then you will sure love what's next. To really please their fans and make sure their whole catalogue is available, THE OLD DEAD TREE unearthed a long-lost gem… Frontman Manuel Munoz explains: "We finally accepted to dive deep through the roots of THE OLD DEAD TREE and dig out our very first EP, 'The Blossom'. Only 1.400 copies were made back in 1999, so in order not to seriously annoy the lucky owners of the original CD version, we and Season of Mist decided to re-release it as an exclusive digital edition. 'The Blossom' is 4 songs composed and recorded by 4 friends just before one of them decided to give up with life. A bittersweet memory…"
'The Blossom' is available on iTunes and on all digital platforms.
THE OLD DEAD TREE's last two albums, 'The Perpetual Motion' and 'The Water Fields', are available on CD at mid-price on Season of Mist's e-shop.


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Factors that affect the stock price of Royal Dutch Shell include price-to-forward sales, price-to-earning ratio, and earnings estimate revisions, explains Zacks. The price-to-forward sales ratio is how much investors pay for every dollar of revenues earned by Royal Dutch Shell.
The P/E ratio, or price-to-earnings ratio, is one of the most popular metrics used by value investors, according to Zacks. The P/E ratio tells investors the current price of the stock divided by its earnings. Most investors like to see the P/E ratio below 20, as of 2015. If Royal Dutch's P/E ratio stood at 14, then investors would pay $14 for each dollar in expected earnings in that year.
When earnings estimate revisions trend in a positive direction, that affects the stock price of Royal Dutch Shell, reports Zacks. Although a strong P/E ratio and price-to-forward sales may be enough for value investors, a positive earnings estimate revision enforces a value investor's decision to purchase shares of Royal Dutch Shell. Technical factors affect the price of Royal Dutch Shell, including inflation, the economic strength of the market and its peers, and liquidity, cites Investopedia. Market sentiment also affects the price of Royal Dutch Shell. Sentiment refers to the psychology of investors, but it is highly subjective and biased.


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Well, at EvilChili, our dedication to bringing you the truth is rivaled only by that of FOX News. By committing bribery, blackmail, and "one murder to prove we're loyal," we were able to secure the personal diary of a man who played Mickey Mouse at Disneyworld between the months of March 2010 and May 2010. Rather than editorialize, we present to you his journal entries exactly as they appeared when we first read them.
3/02/2010: Probation Officer is still pissed that I lost my old job as a middle school janitor. Apparently it's "offensive" and "homophobic" to make fun of the queer kid who watches Glee. Gay.
Anyway, he set me up with a new gig at Disney World. I'm gonna be the guy in the Mickey Mouse suit who just stands around and poses for pictures and shit. I wonder if those suits are good for smuggling cocaine. I'll look into that.
3/05/2010: Had my first day of work today, which is cool because it was also the first time I've ever been to Disney World. When I was a kid, mom used to always say we were going to Disney World, but we'd end up at some creepy house where I'd sit in the basement watching a crappy VHS tape of Sesame Street (those aren't even Disney characters, what the fuck?) with the sound all the way up while mom went upstairs with "Uncle Walker." Uncle Walker was skinny and smelled like "the sadness juice" that Mommy had before sleep.
Yeah, I get it, that wasn't Disney World and Mom was a prostitute. Turns out the real place is so much better, and Uncle Walker is nowhere to be found. In fact, I think I saw him on an episode of America's Most Wanted the other night. Sweet.
3/23/2010: Damn, it is hot in this fucking suit. They tell me, "You've got one job, and that's to stand around signing autographs and hugging kids in a warm yet non-creepy way when the cameras come out. That should not be too difficult you piece of shit."
Yeah, easy for you to say asswipe. You're uniform doesn't feel like Satan is having an orgy in Hell's sauna. I once read that a dozen of us characters die from heat exhaustion each year, and the Disney folks just drag us our bodies out to be eaten by alligators. I swear, that just might be the truth.
Look at them titties.
4/7/2010: I swear, they are not paying me nearly enough for this shit. Some little dick came up to me asking for my autography, and I accidentally signed my own name. ("Nathan Van Der Beek." No relation. Sadly.) Well apparently the little shit has overindulgent parents who like, read to him when he was a child, because he knew right away that those letters do not at all combine to form the word "Mickey Mouse." And apparently his overindulgent parents also let him play soccer—the sport for commies and upper body amputees—because he landed a nut-shattering kick to my groin. Even with all that padding, I'm pretty sure I'll never have kids now.
And with that stupid smile plastered on my face, it looks like I was enjoying it. The parents just laughed and said, "Now Walker, that wasn't very nice. Want an ice cream shaped like Daffy Duck?"
Motherfucker is named Walker. What is up with that?
4/18/2010: I was in the locker room the other day, and get this. The person who plays Minnie Mouse is an overweight dude with a gigantic mustache. His name is Edwin. Am I the only person who thinks that is absolutely horrible?
He goes home and watches Lois and Clark. He taped the whole series. No joke.
5/1/2010: So the new guy who plays Minnie Mouse was my old roommate in prison once. Nothing happened between the two of us, but I'm pretty sure he wanted something to happen. I wonder if I should warn them that giving him this kind of job is just asking for trouble.
Doesn't matter right now, though, cuz I asked my supervisor about Edwin. He closed the door, shut the blinds and said, "Now listen here you little piece of human excrement. You only have this job because society thinks decaying fecal matter like yourself deserves a second chance and all that liberal hippie bullshit. The Disney corporation does not fuck around, ok? There never was an Edwin. You imagined him because you were high, you little piece of slime. Are we clear, or would you like the same fate to befall you?"
What. The. Fuck.
5/15/2010: If years of playing Grand Theft Auto have taught me anything, it's how to spot a tail. I was followed tonight by a black car with tinted windows. It parked in the clearing outside the trailer park and stayed there all night. I am genuinely afraid for my life.
5/17/2010: Got a postcard in the mail today. It was a picture of the Lincoln Memorial. On the back, it read, "Nathan, this is Edwin. You're the only one I can trust. I've uncovered a massive conspiracy my man. Turns out that when citizens starting voicing concerns against the death penalty a few decades ago, United States government knew it needed to find a new way to kill off its criminals. Walt Disney and the "Imagineers" were approached to solve this problem. Don't you get it? That's what Disney World is! They recruit ex-cons to portray their beloved characters, then they kill us! Sometimes they poison our suits, sometimes a ride that we're checking out on our break 'malfunctions,' and we're offed that way. I gotta tell somebody man. You need to get out of there."
The journal ends there. We searched for the trailer park where Nathan was said to reside, but discovered that Disney had purchased the land and was going to convert it into a new theme park, "Free Smile Island," for the Disney resort. When we searched for his employment records, none were to be found. We tracked down a French family who had taken a photo with Nathan in costume during their Disney World visit, only to discover that they had, as the report said, "choked on baguettes or drank too much wine or something like that."
The truth is out there.


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SOUTH PORTLAND — When Deqa Dhalac moved to South Portland eight years ago, she wanted to be involved in her community, including city government.
That changed earlier this spring, after Dhalac was recommended by Councilor Brad Fox – who had been trying to recruit her for a city board for several years – to serve on the Civil Service Commission, and Dhalac's nomination was rejected by the council.
Instead, councilors reappointed Phil LaRou. Most councilors said LaRou, who is white, was more qualified. Dhalac – a social worker and member of the Avesta Housing board in Portland, who holds a master's degree in development policy from the University of New Hampshire – was offered a seat on the Library Advisory Committee or the Community Development Block Grant Committee.
She declined both appointments.
Now, six months later, with two diversity training sessions under the City Council's belt, Dhalac's story illustrates a larger divide in the city, one that some believe can only be solved by a deliberate effort to diversify.
The council's decision not to appoint Dhalac was not made to prevent the diversification of city boards and committees, Councilor Claude Morgan said at a March 7 meeting, but "there are options other than yanking someone off a board just for the sake of creating diversity."
In general, when filling vacant seats, Mayor Tom Blake said, the council should seek out the most qualified person, regardless of the color of their skin. Blake called the decision to value race over qualifications "reverse racism" – to "tweak that process in an effort to enhance minorities, I'm not sure we need to do that," he said.
The humiliation Dhalac said she felt – along with the fact that LaRou is a white man and Dhalac is a Muslim Somali woman – stung an already irritated wound that some say South Portland ignores.
Dhalac eventually filed a discrimination complaint against the council with the Maine Human Rights Commission, which is investigating her claim.
She said she still feels disenfranchised, not just because of the public display of humiliation, but because the city, in general, must make a more concerted effort to include the opinions and involvement of minorities.
Dhalac's experience has brought attention to just how white-washed South Portland's municipal government is, and begs the question: how does a municipality become more culturally diverse?
According to U.S. Census Bureau data from 2010, nearly 10 percent of South Portland's approximately 25,000 residents are non-white.
But of the city's nearly 300 paid, full-time employees, all but four – or about 99 percent – are white, according to figures compiled in the spring by Human Resources Director Don Brewer.
And the city's three most influential volunteer and elected boards are 100 percent white: four white men and three white women on the City Council, three white women and four white men on the Planning Board, and, before Tappan Fitzgerald resigned Sept. 12, three white men and four white women on the Board of Education.
One of the council's stated goals for 2015 was to diversify representation on boards and committees. But no formal steps have been taken.
This summer, at Fox's request, the city hired Maine Intercultural Communication Consultants for $1,300 to lead a two-part diversity training for councilors and department heads.
Planning and Development Director Tex Haeuser said he felt the city needs "less to learn how better to interact with or manage people from outside our culture, and more about how to enable such people to be more engaged in the life of the community."
Assistant City Manager Josh Reny said he doesn't perceive any bias in the city. "As a matter of practice," he said, "the city welcomes diversity."
Reny said he hopes the conversation can shift away from a negative to a positive approach, and focus on how to engage and build relationships with minority groups.
But engaging with and seeking input from more of the city's minority population, without a formal or guided plan, can look different to different people.
School Board Chairman Dick Matthews said in August, for example, that he doesn't think the School Department or the city need to tailor their appointment process for the sake of including minorities.
When Matthews was elected to the School Board nearly 10 years ago, it was because he inquired and asked questions, he said.
"It's not our job to make sure there's a minority (group member)" on every board or committee, he said. "It's your responsibility, as a citizen of South Portland, to step up and do what you think is best for the community."
"Just because one time a minority stepped up and didn't get the position, all the sudden we're not being fair," he continued. "That doesn't make sense to me."
But many in the immigrant community don't feel like their status as city residents means the same thing to native or long-time Mainers or South Portlanders, Dhalac said.
No one's asking to be tailored to, she said, but it takes more than simply proclaiming one is open to diversity.
"Show me that you're reaching out," she said.
Reza Jalali, coordinator of multicultural student affairs at the University of Southern Maine and one of the facilitators at the city's second round of diversity training Sept. 12, said in his experience, if a municipality is serious about diversifying, adopting a formal plan or hiring a liaison are the only things that really make it happen.
For the sake of avoiding tokenism, he said – hiring someone of color just because their skin isn't white – formal outreach steps are sometimes necessary.
"Cultural competency is really the first important step" toward inclusion, Jalali, an Iranian immigrant, said Tuesday.
To become more culturally competent, Jalali recommended that the City Council and staff take an inventory of who actually lives in the city and who owns businesses.
Of the 1.3 million residents in Maine, approximately 50,000 are foreign-born, and about half of those not born in Maine live in or within 40 miles of South Portland, Jalali told councilors and department heads Monday night.
If the goal is inclusion, and this constituency is "not represented at the table, then there's something wrong with that picture, (and) you're not being responsive to the needs of your community," Jalali said Wednesday.
"No one's asking us to give up our 'Mainer-ness,'" Liz Greason, of Maine Intercultural Communication Consultants, told councilors and department heads during Monday night's diversity training.
Jalali and Greason urged councilors and department heads that if there's an opening on a board or committee, "go to the people you hope to engage."
Don't presume that just because an application process is open to the general public, it means a non-white or non-native resident will feel comfortable applying, Greason said.
"Ask, instead, why are they not here? Go to them and ask them," she said.
Right now, Dhalac said, "the trust is not there," for either her or her community.
But her hope, she said, is for "the city to change and open its arms to other people."
"Show me that you're reaching out, that you're doing your part," Dhalac said. "All we're asking is to include us, talk to us, hear what we think."
Councilor Eben Rose agreed.
Equal representation needs to be more than just claiming it's a fair game because the city isn't denying anyone's application, he said Wednesday.
Chiding the claim that reaching out to minorities to foment their involvement is somehow giving them an advantage is also inaccurate, he said.
Much of what the council does tends to focus on residents of Knightville, Meetinghouse Hill, Ferry Village and Willard Beach, "sometimes to the exclusion of everyone else," Rose said.
Because local government is "here for all the inhabitants," if some groups aren't being represented or don't feel welcome, that falls on the local government to remediate, Rose said.
"If they're not represented in city government, we're not doing a very good job," he said. "We need to change the structure, somehow."
Dhalac, who is in her last year at the University of New England Master of Social Work program, still hopes to be involved in city government someday, but that likely won't happen until the city refines its approach.
She wants to give back to her community and contribute at the municipal level, but, Dhalac said, "I have to see that inclusion first."
Deqa Dhalac, who unsuccessfully sought appointment to the South Portland Civil Service Commission this year, wants the city to improve its outreach to minorities.


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The Clearinghouse uses a secure portal to organize the data into an online look-up web page, as well as monthly reports provided through a secure FTP download protocol. The Clearinghouse permits members to use the look-up page during background checks on new applicants and the monthly download to cross check against their current lists of employees. The rationale for the monthly cross check is related to the difficulty in adjudicating misconduct cases in a timely manner. Given the number of administrative delays in the adjudication of educator misconduct cases, a person could be employed in another district, even in another state, before the final decision is published. The only way a district would be aware would be to cross check the updated Clearinghouse data against all district employees.
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by Marvin J. Utterback
(Boonville, Missouri)
Migraines are bullies.
I think migraines are bullies. Before I get one, during and after I feel like I have been beaten up.
I feel like I have been hit over the head. I have been punched in the stomach (from vomiting I assume) and my head is all foggy.
If we had bruised heads after a migraine maybe more people would understand the pain. If we had black eyes ….. they might get it.
I don't think it's fair at all that everybody thinks this is just a headache. For days after a migraine attack my neck hurts and my shoulders feel tight.
Sometimes my whole body feels stiff and sore.
Yup. I think migraines are bullies. They sure beat me up and I can't say a thing about that. They beat me up inside where no one can see.
They beat up my self-esteem and my inner compass. They leave me doubting myself and questioning if I am doing the right thing, taking the right medication, at the right time. I get confused, disoriented and dizzy.
I question my job and my friendships when they don't believe me.
Yes, indeed .... migraines are bullies.
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
LAST entry for Botanical Fantical
22 comments:
- Lin said...
Seeing David's face always makes me happy, Virginia - he is a ray of sunshine! Happy Burthday, David! Can you send me a piece of that cake? :)))
- August 7, 2011 at 1:41 PM
- jintyoo7 said...
Beautiful card, Virginia, love the addition of the clear button.
Happy Birthday to David - he looks very pleased with is yummy looking Birthday cake.
Hope you get some rest and that your back is soon better :o)
- August 7, 2011 at 2:06 PM
- Lindsay said...
This card is perfection Virginia! I love those butterflies and your LO! So fun! Happy Birthday to your son!
- August 7, 2011 at 4:19 PM
- Eve said...
lol, Virginia, i can't believe that you were still playing for Botanical Challenge! is this your 3rd or 4th?? I should have made one,but again, time is running out! :-( Your card is stunning!! The clear botton adds an extra nice touch! :-) happy birthday to your son! 17.. i wish i was 17 once again! luved my 16 ~ 22! LOL! :-)
- August 7, 2011 at 5:24 PM
- Lynn said...
Happy Birthday to David...his cake looks delicious! I love those bright red butterflies. They pop off the page!
- August 7, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- Debbie Carriere said...
Beautiful card, Virginia! Good luck - all the cards you submitted are winners in my book!! Happy birthday to David! Yesterday was my son's 4th birthday!!!
- August 7, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Karen B. said...
What a striking card, and it IS beautiful! Happy birthday David, will you share your cake?
- August 7, 2011 at 7:11 PM
GORGEOUS! Love the text and the botanical together.
lisa a.
- August 7, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- Vera Rhuhay said...
So Beautiful,Virginia! I love these red butterflies in this CAS card!
and Happy birthday,David! ahhh....I want that cake..please :)))
- August 7, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- Savannah O'Gwynn said...
Happy 17th birthday, David!!!! Kids grow up so fast!! That cake looks FABBBY!
And I LOOOOOOOOVE this card--so gorgeous and beautiful!! I thought about entering this challenge--but I only have one more day! LOL!
- August 7, 2011 at 11:27 PM
Such a gorgeous card Virginia! Love those beautiful red butterflies. Yay, Happy Birthday to David!! I hope you all had a wonderful day! That cake looks soooo yummy! :)
- August 8, 2011 at 12:21 AM
- Dawn said...
happy birthday to David... he looks ready to chomp into that amazing cake,... what a good boy to be helping his mama... and I hope her back is better too.... Lovely card Virginia.
- August 8, 2011 at 1:08 AM
- Brenda said...
Happy birthday David! Stunning card Virginia! Love the butterflies stamped on text!
- August 8, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- Cheryl Nelson said...
Stunning card! LOVE it! Happy birthday to David!!!
- August 8, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Elizabeth Allan said...
Birthday wishes to David.... Virginia your card is a stunner!
- August 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- Chunyuan said...
Love your butterfly card. Love the bright red stamped image over the text, the vertical sentiment and and clear button is perfect. Happy birthday to David. He is such a responsible and considerate you man.
- August 8, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Kelly Booth said...
YUMMY Cake and Yummy Card.....Love the red Butterflies!!! Hugs....
- August 8, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Alice Wertz said...
beautiful and classy design! very pretty card and love those photos of David!! he is a sweet boy and Happy Belated Birthday to him! =)
- August 8, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- donna mikasa said...
What a gorgeous card--love those red butterflies! And David looks so happy in front of that yummy cake! Belated best wishes to him from one Leo to another!
- August 9, 2011 at 3:34 AM
- Cath said...
Hey Virginia! Thanks for linking this up to the Fanatical About Botanical challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)
- August 9, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- Lindsey said...
Beautiful card, Virginia! I love the colours. Happy birthday to your son!
- August 9, 2011 at 10:26 PM
- Emily (stampingout on SCS) said...
Happy Belated Birthday to David! That cake looks pretty yummy. I hope he shared! LOL!
Your card is outstanding. Love the clean, classy look. :)
- August 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM


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When I tell you that In the Bedroom is a suspense movie, please don't imagine that I mean it's a thriller. The world's been getting its fill of those, and more than its fill: stalker and slasher pictures, neo-film noirs and updated Grands Guignols, police stories, spy stories, international-jewel-thief stories, heart-stopping roller-coaster rides of all kinds. Those films live or die on momentum; whereas In the Bedroom moves toward a stasis and then prolongs it, so that you're truly kept hanging.
Hanging over what? A precipice of violence, certainly. You know, from the start, that blood will be shed, and that more blood must ultimately answer for it. But if you're Matt and Ruth Fowler, the grieving couple of In the Bedroom, the plunge that you most ache for, and dread, is the one that will plummet you back to routine.
It seems a pleasant enough routine at first. Matt (Tom Wilkinson) and Ruth (Sissy Spacek) live cozily in Camden, Maine, where he works as a family doctor and she teaches school. They mark their time with Fourth of July picnics and Labor Day concerts, Little League games and lobster-fishing excursions. The refrigerator is always full and a Red Sox broadcast always on the air. Except for the harborside bustle of a cannery, you might imagine the setting as small-town pastoral.
So why does the movie's first human utterance–a squeal of delight–sound so much like a scream for help? The images begin with Frank (Nick Stahl), the Fowlers' college-age son, chasing across a ripe field after Natalie (Marisa Tomei); and given the distant viewpoint and her ambiguous cry, you can't initially judge the urgency of the pursuit. Neither can Frank and Natalie, it turns out. When at last they're lying together in the tall grass, smooching, she murmurs "I love you," to which Frank answers, "I know."
Their affair is just a summer fling, he tells his mother–nothing serious. She shoots him one of those impatient Sissy Spacek glances and asks whether the not-yet-divorced Natalie would agree. Her growing dependence on Frank is unmistakable. So, too, is Frank's reluctance to separate from her and go back to school. He's already behaving like a father to her two young boys. Meanwhile, their real dad (William Mapother) glowers in the background, or sometimes glares right into the Fowlers' faces.
The first crisis hits when he sends Frank home with a black eye. Ruth rages, ordering her son to end the affair and call the police; but to her disgust, Matt overrules her, counseling patience. Like most guys of the mild and amiable type, he'd prefer not to deal with a psychopath. Never mind that the code of manhood demands a response. The estranged husband will calm down on his own–maybe. Frank can enjoy his fling, while it lasts, and Matt can sneak the occasional glance at Natalie's skirt as it clings to her haunches.
The second crisis confirms that Ruth was right.


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Mrs. Helen Hazelwood Sparks, 84, of Trussville died on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 in Pell City. She was a former resident of Thomasville Nursing Home.
Mrs. Sparks had worked as a secretary at Southern Railway in Birmingham. She later became a homemaker and seamtress. She was a member of Huffman United Methodist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of the United Transportation Union. She was an avid bird watcher and enjoyed quilting and kniting.
A graveside service was held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2010 at Jefferson Memorial Gardens.
She was preceded in death by her husband, A.D. Sparks, Jr.
Mrs. Sparks is survived by three sons, Frank Sparks and Rod (Jan) Sparks both of Birmingham and Kim (Cheryl) Sparks of Thomasville; daughter Diane (Gordon) Owens of Odenville; grandchildren, Stacey (Chip) Morton, Kerri (Kevin) Bevis, Meredith (Darrell) Downing, Paul Sparks, Tyler Burrus, Matthew Sparks, Sarah Sparks, Adam Sparks and Hannah Sparks; great grandchildren, Lauren Morton, Andrew Burrus, Jayce Burrus and Conner Downing.
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It's the end of another year, and we're celebrating with highlights from our 2015 LinkedIn contents. Looking back on the top contents, we're proud of all the industry recognition we received, from product and design awards to reliability test results. Some of our greatest company vision quotes also made it into our top ten list, which we're sharing below.
Next year, we'll keep on providing the latest news on our products and solutions and sharing information on IT developments in the industry. Stay with us, and see you right here on the Samsung Printing Solutions official blog.
|#1 Summer 2015 BLI Award Wins (August 18, 2015)
|Samsung wins eight Outstanding Achievement awards from Buyers Laboratory for the MultiXpress Series and the ProXpress M4580FX. Click to read more! https://lnkd.in/brBDteM
|Our top three contents this year were about Samsung's Buyers Laboratory (BLI) awards, printing industry awards that recognize outstanding products based on rigorous laboratory test results. We're proud to say that we've won BLI awards every year since 2011. Summer 2015 was especially meaningful, with our entire MultiXpress 7 series winning the Pick award, plus, awards for the MultiXpress K4350 and ProXpress M4580FX.The MultiXpress 7 is Samsung's flagship A3 MFP series, with the world's first Android interface for printers. Its remarkable speed and print quality garnered the following review from BLI: "Buyers looking for highly reliable MFPs with top-notch print output need look no further than Samsung's MultiXpress colour X7400, X7500 and X7600 Series, and monochrome K7400, K7500 and K7600 Series."
It's not just the awards that prove Samsung Printing Solutions's brand value; it's the applause we received from our LinkedIn followers—printing industry dealers, partners, and end users—that really showed that we're doing things right as a leading print brand.
|#2 Buyers Laboratory Award – MultiXpress 7 (September 8, 2015)
|#3 Buyers Laboratory Award – ProXpress M4580FX (November 25, 2015)
|Buyers Laboratory, the printing industry's authority on printers and multifunction devices, tests products for two months to provide the best reviews for customers. See how Samsung prevails. https://lnkd.in/e47a8BQ
|Reliability is the ProXpress M4580FX's top asset. https://lnkd.in/emZNHHG
|When we re-share news of past BLI wins, the response is just as enthusiastic as when the news first broke. The MultiXpress 7 and the ProXpress M4580FX are true crowd favorites, garnering wins not only from industry reviewers but also users themselves. These contents shared the details behind the award wins, explaining why the MultiXpress 7 won (for its all-around quality) and why the ProXpress M4580FX is a reliable device.The key to success in B2B is satisfying not just customers but all stakeholders, and Samsung delivers with its promise of innovative and reliable products and solutions.
|#4 Interview with Vice President Chin Yoon, Part I (October 8, 2015)
|#5 Samsung's A3 Mission (June 21, 2015)
|Meet Chin Yoon, Vice President of Enterprise Business Group Sales & Marketing at Samsung Printing Solutions. In this interview, he tells us about how Samsung entered the printing industry and came to achieve rapid success. https://lnkd.in/eUfKvde
|Samsung Printing Solutions leads the innovation of A3 multifunction printers with superior technology and commitment to users. https://lnkd.in/ejACQ87
|Number four and five in our top ten list are contents that share Samsung's company vision. Samsung entered the printing business as a late player, competing against brands with decades of experience and achievements. It's no doubt stakeholders are curious about what Samsung Printing Solutions is doing and planning for the future.
Our interview with Enterprise Business Group Sales and Marketing Vice President Chin Yoon has the story behind how Samsung entered the printing business and created the world's first Android-based printer. If you want to know how exactly it did this, click on the link above to read the interview.
In the right-side content, we share our company's goal of becoming a tier-1 A3 printer brand by 2017. Our vision may be bold, but our loyal followers give us their full support.
|#6 Traditional Scanning vs. Camera Scanning (July 12, 2015)
|Scanning the old way: 1) Place document on scanner. 2) Scan. 3) Save to computer. 4) Open on computer. Scanning with Mobile Print 4.0's new camera scanner: 1) Snap a pic. 2) Adjust edges and save.
|When Mobile Print was upgraded this summer, we published this post to highlight its new camera scanning feature. The photo on the right was taken when we were testing the camera scanning feature on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Convenient and easy scanning done straight from your mobile device.
This content not only gained over 100 likes but also generated a heated discussion, with followers sharing both positive and negative opinions on the camera scanning trend. We always appreciate when our followers share their thoughts, as they are valuable in developing user-friendly products and solutions.
|#7 International Design Excellence Awards 2015 (August 26, 2015)
|#10 iF Design Awards 2015 (March 3, 2015)
|Our concept designs won four awards at IDEA 2015! Read more about the concepts behind these innovative office printer designs: https://lnkd.in/eaf5QM3
|MX4 Multi-Function Printer Strikes Gold at iF Design Award! This makes us the 1st in printing industry to receive iF Gold for both A4 and A3 printers. Meet our proud 2015 iF Design Award winners! https://lnkd.in/bRWjcE8
|It's easy to assume that efficiency is the only important factor in a practical device such as an office printer, but design is a key element, too. This is because if the device is not designed for easy use, it lowers an office's productivity.
Samsung strives to create printer designs with the user at the center, based on Principal Designer Seungwook Jeong's philosophy: "We believe design is so much more than just visual appeal—just like any product design, a printer design should consider the needs and lifestyle of the user."
Our wins of major design awards such as the iF and the IDEA are not only a testament to our excellence in design but also users' recognition of the importance of good design in a printer.
|#8 Send Anywhere for Printer App Launch (October 7, 2015)
|Meet Send Anywhere for Printer, a printing app version of Send Anywhere. Easy and secure file sharing, available starting next week for your printer (as a trial): https://lnkd.in/eACPsJZ
|Just like mobile app stores feature newly released apps, we feature the newest Smart UX apps in our Smart UX App/Widget of the Month series. The functions of the Smart UX Center, an Android interface for Samsung printers, are continuously expanded with new apps and widgets.
This October, we took Send Anywhere, a mobile file transfer app with more than one million monthly active users, and re-developed it for the Smart UX Center. Send Anywhere for Printer was also the first Smart UX app to be developed using the Samsung Software Developers Kit. We like to think that the great response we got from followers on this content proves the popularity of our user-friendly Smart UX Center and its apps.
|#9 Industry Analysts's Million-page Test – MultiXpress 7 (November 20, 2015)
|Industry Analysts has completed the MultiXpress 7 Series million-page test! See the results: https://lnkd.in/eRuifHA
|Are printers are reliable as their published specifications claim? To put these claims to the test, Andy Slawetsky at Industry Analysts started running million-page tests on Samsung products to simulate lifetime office usage.
Andy took our flagship MultiXpress 7 MFP and printed/copied/scanned tens of thousands of pages on it each day. In just over two months' time, he finished printing and copying a million pages, and scanning another million. So, is the MultiXpress 7 as reliable as Samsung claims? Click on the content to see the results for yourself.


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About Us
Anakha Meaning
Anakha name is inspired by "anicca" which is a pali word (composed of two words: "nicca" and privative "a". "nicca" is the idea of continuously continuity. anicca, means the lack of continuity, lack of permanence. Anicca is a universal law that applies to all phenomena of the universe, in all of our experiences with no exception.
All phenomena that appeared will disappear. Everything is passing.
Anakha is inspired by this Buddhist thought to present ephemeral creations produced in limited quantities.
Founder Story
Anakha's founder, Veronique Cottereau-Pravin, began to have glimpses of the dream as early as 1994. That year she left her native France for Vietnam, bringing with her years of experience as an international business attorney. Not a novice to the luxury goods business, Véronique traded her career as an international business lawyer for the design world when she opened her first boutique west of Paris in 2001, in the trendy village of Le Vésinet : "Côté Îndochîne"
She sourced treasures from Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Myanmar as well as designing custom pieces she had produced or sourced in Laos and Vietnam. She continued to feel the pull of Southeast Asia and returned to Hanoi 8 years later to establish Anakha. While in Luang Prabang, she discovered « The Blue House » and knew she had found her location.
Anakha « The Blue House » is located in the heart of the charming historic Luang Prabang peninsula and listed as World Heritage of Unesco (N°36/4). It appears at the inventory number # 292 in VAT SENE quarter (Click Here)
On the Main street, Anakha is short walking distance of the most renowned temples.
The Anakha Mansion story & pictures were given to Véronique by Mr David YUN – Builder's son – in October 2012 after the emotional visit of the Builder's daughters to the House mid-2012.
The house was built in Luang Prabang in late 1920's by Mr Maohui YUN, who was born in 1897 in Hainan, southernmost province of province of China. After living in Hanoi, Vietnam, he went to Lao after the First World War in early 1920's. Inspired by the colonial style that he observed in Hanoi, he built this French style house in Luang Prabang in late 1920's. By the time he married Mademoiselle Tiouyoc HOANG in 1937.
At that time, the construction of the house was already completed. Their children, eight out of ten, including Mr David YUN (his son) were born in the house. Mr Maohui YUN was among the first Chinese to settle down in Luang Prabang. A flux of people from Hainan, young or old, followed his steps later. The house had a deep-rooted significance for those who later immigrated to the Royal Capital. They stayed at the house until they found places to live and to eat. The house served de facto as a warm asylum for those who were for the first time away from their homeland. As a little kid, Mr David YUN still remembered there were several dining tables set up during mealtime with at least 30 to 40 people eating all together.
The owner was quite generous to his compatriots from China. People living in the house never paid anything back to him, who considered himself as the big brother of the great Hainanese family. This was the main reason he was so respectable in the Chinese community.
When there were more and more Chinese moving to the city, the need for educating youngsters became indispensable; Mr YUN then found the first Chinese school of Luang Prabang in 1948.
The house, also called « The Blue House » because of its blue facade painted around 2004, is large and elegant with an area of approximately 360 M2.
Anakha Boutique is around 120 M2 and is located on the ground floor when the 1st floor is a private colonial Residence with 2 ensuites/ Verandah/ lounge with same surface huge verandahs and terraces. A large private storage and living areas opening on frangipani complete the beautiful building.
The house has been fully renovated in 2011 and 2016, keeping the atmosphere and legend of the past time (Rose wood parquet, cornices, old floor tilings under Varangue & Verandah).
The soul of its builders and respect for its restoration give the place a unique and authentic character and a secret atmosphere.


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All we have in life, all we have that is true to us and can NEVER be disputed, are feelings.
"I feel this way, I can't help it."
"You shouldn't feel that way. It's not right, it's not true."
Feelings are always true. They reveal everything there is to know about a person. All their fears, their hopes, dreams, attachments – everything. Everything that can be learned about who you are can only be deciphered by looking into your feelings. Even if they have no basis (like all fear), feelings are vital into self-awareness.
I write to clarify my thoughts. I write using feelings. It takes guts because the first thing most of us learn as kids is how not to feel. Organic feelings are improper, disruptive towards others and selfish.
So right off the bat, we are stifled and trained. If we experience a lowly feeling, instead of dealing with it, we change direction to avoid it. We avoid it because we feel that it's not true, we don't want it to be true.
The only thing we know for certain is how and what we feel.
I have to be in work for 4:30, so I'm laying in bed vaping my e cig and trying to figure out, or more accurately, clarify my feelings. What exactly is it that I'm feeling right now at this very moment?
Now remember, feelings are attached to the body. What does your body want?
The body works in momentum. Once it starts moving, so do your feelings. Once they grow and materialize through-out your day, good or bad, let them come. If you follow my blog, follow my insights and incorporate them, you'll intuitively know that all feelings move you in the direction of self-expression.
Always towards self-expression.
Somewhere in the bible states that a lit candle should never be placed under a table.
You are the lit candle! It's your job to shine!
As I said many times before, the point to life is to become your higher, stronger self. This can be achieved by helping others. You help others by expressing your true feelings.
Don't be afraid to love people and show it. If you hide it, it becomes another game – another pattern and structure to work around. Love is just one example, but what it comes down to is this: Revealing yourself to others. There's nothing to ever be ashamed of!
"But how? How do I go about doing it? Through art?"
Yes my friend, through art and by indirectly helping others. I say indirectly because to do it directly only results in enabling their fears further. Forming them into a stronger bond, a stronger bond to you. The best way to help someone is by living by example. How you changed your life, how you live your life becomes hope for them.
"But I'm not creative! I have no talent!"
Once the river in you free's up and starts to flow, you will feel a rush of such creativity that you never experienced before. You bash down structures, ebbing fear and bring people hope.
A good friend always see's the best in you. Always see's your potential and gives you courage and strength.
Before you cringe in pain by saying, "but I have no friends that do that for me (sad face)," let me shed some light. A bad friend is still a friend.
A bad friend does the opposite by bringing you down to make them feel better about themselves. But if you keep seeing the best in your bad friend, you can ignore the rest. And hopefully in time, they will start seeing the same things you see in them and won't have the need to bring you down. You raise them up to your level. Their games become fruitless and foolish.
Don't grunt and say, "what-EV Melanie, the real world don't work that way."
Hear me out first.
Believe it or not, my mother (whom I absolutely love and have a great relationship with), was one of those "bad friends" that didn't see my potential. She told me not to start my own business, told me not to get a drivers license because I'm not suited for it, told me not to go to college (which is a good thing actually [I'll save that for another post]). She didn't see or believe in my capabilities. So what do I do? I love her anyway! You don't stop, NEVER stop loving anyone! Never give up on people.
By me achieving my goals, I in turn, indirectly helped her. I abolished her fears, her doubts, I never stopped caring or seeing the very best in her and can you guess what happened next? She believes in me, but not only of me – of herself and of her son and my father.
My mother lost nearly 200 pounds, she's eating healthy, helping out my great aunts and uncle's – constantly giving to people, receiving Thank You cards in the mail.
A bad friend is never really a bad friend. Don't give up on anyone. Remember that 90% of the world lives in darkness, pain, suffering. A bad friend is part of that 90%. You can't shut the world out as long as you have light to shed. Lift their veils! They're the one's needing it the most.
And in all honesty, I wouldn't have undergone my adventures, I wouldn't have taken ayahuasca, or known what it's like reaching Santiago – I wouldn't know so much today about life if it wasn't for having "bad friends."
So don't weep, whine or pity yourself cause I tell you what, when you're down, those bad friends will keep you down. They'll keep pushing you down until you build up enough strength in yourself to learn humility. And with humility, all the real feeling in you is unleashed. Your self-worth is truly felt. Your belief and faith builds and compounds itself with the desire to understand, to grow, to build.
You become your stronger, higher self.
When you stifle yourself (your feelings), you limit your potential. Your attachments, fears, responsibilities, all that takes hold and puts you in a pattern of confinement. Holding you in place, directing the river in you to feed your limitations – giving them power, not you.
And because your power is given to your fears, you're left with no power of your own. And so you take it from others by controlling them, by seeing the worst in them, by withholding love and attention as a way to keep you safe from harm and in the "power" zone. My mother wasn't above any of this. And neither was my dear friend Amy.
It's not real power when it's stolen. It's never real power when you have to hide yourself to stay "unharmed". You're really just harming yourself.
But after you face yourself, know who you are, face your fears, you become a person of substance. Nobody – and I mean NOBODY can touch you when you're self reliant. Nobody.
Right now, I have a small life. A good life, nonetheless, but small. From here I can build. Live by example, love by example, write….by example.
This is just the beginning of…..
Melanie's Life Online!
Dang, I wanted to keep this post short…
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This mix was created by Dr. Bach to deal with emergencies and crises – the moments when there is no time to make a proper individual selection of remedies. It can be used to help us get through any stressful situations, from last-minute exam or interview nerves, to the aftermath of an accident or bad news. Rescue Remedy helps us relax, get focused and get the needed calmness.
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Dr. Bach formulated Rescue™ Remedy nearly a hundred years ago, yet never before has it been more relevant with millions of people relying on Rescue™ Remedy throughout the world to get themselves through the complications and shocks of life.
Rescue Pastilles are ideal for coping with exam stress, driving tests, first day of school nerves, job interviews and high pressure environments. The funky tin with an easy "press on the lid" opening and closing mechanism. It is easy to take anywhere and with natural flavoring safe for use by the whole family.


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Fine master violin bow by Hermann Richard Pfretzschner
Inventory No.: B671
Provenance: Markneukirchen
Maker: Hermann Richard Pfretzschner
Weight: 63.4 g
Year: approx. 1920
Price: 3000.0 €
Interesting English violin bow, stamped Dodd, 19th century
Inventory No.: B744
Provenance: England
Maker: Unknown
Weight: 57.5 g
Year: late 19th century
Price: 3500.0 €
Professional violin bow by Carl Albert Nürnberger
Inventory No.: B833
Provenance: Markneukirchen
Maker: Carl Albert Nürnberger
Weight: 63.3 g
Year: 1930 circa
Price: 4000.0 €
Charles Nicolas Bazin, fine French violin bow (certificate J. F. Raffin)
Inventory No.: B739
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: Charles Nicolas Bazin
Weight: 59.3 g
Year: approx. 1905
Price: 5000.0 €
Fine French violin bow. Marie Louis Piernot, Paris (certificate J. F. Raffin)
Inventory No.: B805
Provenance: Paris
Maker: Marie Louis Piernot
Weight: 62.1 g
Year: approx. 1930
Price: 5500.0 €
Fine French violin bow, approx. 1870, Voirin school, probably by Charles Nicolas Bazin
Inventory No.: A15
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: probably Charles Nicolas Bazin
Weight: 60.1 g
Year: approx. 1870
Price: 6500.0 €
Fine English violin bow, probably Samuel Allen at W.E. Hill & Sons
Inventory No.: A41
Provenance: London
Maker: W.E. Hill & Sons
Weight: 59.2 g
Year: approx. 1880
Price: 6500.0 €
Rare English Violin bow by James Dodd II (certificate Hieronymus Köstler)
Inventory No.: B127
Provenance: London
Maker: James Dodd
Weight: 61.5 g
Year: 1850 circa
Price: 10000.0 €
Jean-Joseph Martin, Fine French violin bow for J. Hel, approx. 1880 (certificate J.-F. Raffin)
Inventory No.: A18
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: Jean-Joseph Martin
Weight: 59.5 g
Year: approx. 1880
Price: 10000.0 €
Violin bow by Joseph Arthur Vigneron père (certificate J.F. Raffin)
Inventory No.: A14
Provenance: Paris
Maker: Joseph Arthur Vigneron "Père"
Weight: 59.9 g
Year: approx. 1905
Price: 14000.0 €
Eugène Nicolas Sartory, Fine French violin bow (certificate J.F. Raffin)
Inventory No.: A13
Provenance: Paris
Maker: Eugène Nicolas Sartory
Weight: 60.3
Year: 1925 circa
Price: 25000.0 €


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Restaurant Guide: Four Perfect Days
We have assembled the ideal breakfast, lunch and dinner itineraries for Oahu, Kauai, Maui and the Big Island. This is a gourmand's fantasy trip—we set aside all earthly concerns, including logistics, calories and budget. Enjoy these, our recommendations for four flawless days' worth of Island dining.
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Big Island
Ladies, let the fantasy begin the night before, in your Mauna Kea Beach Hotel "enhanced" guest room, perusing the enticing menu of room-service therapy, er, breakfast. Hang your order on the door, then wake up to fresh, hot coffee, iced pomegranate soda, Kohala pink grapefruit, chef's local spinach-mushroom omelet with Boursin, house-smoked bacon, nine-grain and sourdough bread to brown in your own toaster. For "dessert," breakfast bread pudding with vanilla sauce, whole Waimea strawberries and a bottle of Champagne. Consume leisurely in bed, on the lānai or au naturel in the ocean-view bathtub (without the toaster). Mandatory nap. 62-100 Mauna Kea Beach Drive, Kohala Coast, (808) 882-7222.
Lunch requires a driver, preferably handsome, for the trip mauka to Waimea's latest eatery, Pakini Grill, aka "Cattlemen's the next generation" (yes, the brands are still there from the previous restaurant). Honokaa brothers Ryan, Justin and Brandon Lee and chef Keoni Regidor serve a sassy selection of sides to share: fried rice, warm mozzarella-spinach dip, housemade spicy kim chee and takuan (Japanese pickles), miso Portuguese steamer clams in a broth so good you'll want a spoon and 21-ounce "muscle mugs" of ice-cold draft beer. In case you're wondering about the restaurant's name, a pakini is a galvanized washtub like the boys' dad would take out spear fishing, balanced on an inner tube. 65-1144 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, (808) 885-3333.
The Kailua-Kona romance begun in 1969 with Shirley and Hugo von Platen Luder, and continues today with son Eric. From the Alii Drive waterfront, Huggo's offers what Hawaii restaurants covet: killer sunsets, today's fish from right out there, great Island music and a long, delicious tradition. Treat Handsome Driver to Kona Bay Cioppino, while chef Konrad Arroyo's "small-plates" menu tempts you with tempura-battered fern shoots, Kona lobster-ulu cakes, guava-braised baby back ribs, ginger-steamed clams or local oysters. Dare to finish the mile-high Hualalai Ice Cream Pie, and dance it off next door, barefoot in the sand, at Huggo's On The Rocks. 78-5828 Kahakai Road, Kailua-Kona, (808) 329-1493.


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Maximize Your Performance on the CFA Exam
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If you stay focused and composed, you will maximize your performance on the CFA exam. It's hard to argue with that! Follow this game plan to minimize stress and increase your chances of success on exam day.
- Marathon training continues. Eating a well-balanced diet that includes fruit and vegetables a week in advance of an exam has been shown to improve attention and thinking speed. On exam day, continue the good nutrition by eating a breakfast high in fiber and carbohydrates. Oatmeal is a great choice. It will sustain you through the first part of the day.
- Ticket! Get your Exam Ticket! Download your exam ticket and verify your name and other information on it against your passport. Contact CFA Institute immediately if there are discrepancies.
- Know the route, make a plan, get there early. Will you drive, take public transportation, summon a taxi or carpool to the exam? No matter what your mode of transportation, make plans ahead. A week or two before the exam, take a test run on a Saturday morning so you are completely familiar with where the test site is, how to get there and what the commute is like on a weekend morning. Know the weekend bus/train/ferry/subway schedule; make carpool or taxi arrangements in advance and recheck the night before; check traffic conditions on exam day.
Bottom line - Make sure you've made solid plans, are thoroughly familiar with the route and allow adequate time to get there early.
- Prepare the night before: Set out everything you need for the exam the night before to ensure you have everything you need. Know what you can and cannot bring. (View exam policies for complete details)
Here is a summary:
- Essentials: Exam ticket, valid passport, calculator, extra batteries, pencils, erasers, sharpeners.
- Optional: Earplugs, glasses, wristwatches, wallet, medicines, tissues.
- Not allowed: Food, drink, bags of any kind, study materials, paper, highlighters, rulers, cell phones or other electronic items, desk clock, or timer.
- Go to bed early and get a good night's sleep. According to a recent Wall St. Journal article, sleep plays a role in test performance, but in two unexpected ways. In the article Dan Taylor, director of a sleep-and-health-research lab at the University of North Texas in Denton, advises that you do not wake up earlier than usual to study as it could interfere with the rapid-eye-movement sleep that aids memory. He also suggests if you review the toughest material right before going to bed the night before the test, it will be easier to recall the material later.
However, taking off the day or two before the exam to cram will only cause information overload.
- Starbucks is not your friend on exam day.
True, it's important to stay hydrated, be choosy about what you drink before the exam. Water, rather than caffeine, is the better choice. But don't gulp down right before the exam. It will most likely result in a costly trip to the restroom. Remember for every 1.5 minutes you are away from the exam, you've missed the opportunity to answer one question.
- Find your rhythm.
You open your test. You stare at the page. All the knowledge you've crammed in your head seems to have left on a sudden vacation. Don't panic! The exam is divided into broad categories; start with the topic you know best. If you can't answer the first question, move on until you find one you can answer. Continue that strategy until you've successfully answered 10 questions. This will settle your mind, reboot your memory and renew your confidence. Now you're ready to tackle the questions you couldn't answer before.
- Budget your time.
The biggest mistake candidates make, especially in the morning session, is to lose track of time. Each question should take 1.5 minutes on average to answer. Don't get bogged down trying to get the right answer to a question just because you want to prove you can. If it takes you 15 minutes to do that, you've lost the opportunity to answer 9 other questions. That's a bad strategy.
- Lunch.
It's a long two hour gap between exam sessions. Don't spend it in a line with hundreds of other candidates. Instead, bring your lunch and eat away from the crowds. This is the perfect time to review your summary notes in a calm, controlled environment. And don't talk about the exam with anyone! You will only psych yourself (and them) out.
Some more lunch tips:
- Leave your lunch in your car or arrange for a friend bring it at the break.
- Don't overeat or you run the risk of slipping into a food coma in the afternoon.
- Continue the high-fiber, high-carb diet - avoid greasy, heavy foods.
- Time called—pencil down! There is no penalty for wrong answers, so answer every question you can within the time limit. But put your pencil down when time is called. Failing to do so is an ethical violation, one which can cost you dearly.
Do you have other strategies to minimize stress and increase exam performance? Tell us about them!
–Linda Lam, CFA Society of San Francisco


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Jocks vs. Nerds -- Or Why Theology Geeks Feel Out of Place in Church
Back in the early 80's, I was an elder in a small church in North Hollywood, California. At a certain point, our pastor moved on and we had to start the process of finding his replacement. As we began the search, the district supervisor of the denomination met with us and confided to me an important principle to help us in the choice of a new pastor. At first, I thought he was joking, but he wasn't. In his opinion, after many years of guiding evangelical churches in southern California, he had determined that there was an important trait necessary to assure a man's success in the pastorate.
All things being equal, he needed to be a jock.
That's right, a jock. Being a jock (okay, a former jock was acceptable) would give him the ability to relate more effectively to his church members. And the more prestigious a jock he had been...well, you get the picture. Now the district supervisor was a good and godly man. There was nothing cynical about him. He was honestly giving me the wisdom of many years during which he had dealt with scores of churches and hundreds of pastors. And he had been a pastor himself. He knew his target audience.
Granted, southern California is unique. But in almost every area of culture, it has proven to be a bellwether for the whole nation. Several decades later, we might add a new element to the guidance of the district supervisor. Today, besides being a jock, it would be helpful if a prospective pastor had some experience as a rock musician. . . . .
In most of our congregations rock and roll "worship" . . . . can go on for 45 minutes or even longer on a Sunday Morning. But, God help the pastor who preaches more than half an hour. Twenty minutes is the optimal length. . . . . And no matter how good he is, he should never talk past noon. Why? Because it will encroach on two other vastly important Sunday evangelical activities - getting to restaurants for lunch and home for the games on TV. (Do you see the nexus between the jock pastor and preaching?)No wonder intellectually-oriented Christians feel out of place in revivalist churches! The people who tormented us in grade school are now going to be weighing our souls in church!
What was the point I had made? Oh yes, that temperamentally modern "conservative" vs. "liberal" (in the usual American senses) is a close analogue of the old knights vs. clerks ("clerk" here means the medieval clergy as a whole). Which is another way of saying the Goths and the Romans, or the jocks and the nerds. This puts conservative religion in an odd place, because the modern revivalist pastor has to be a "knight" (mustachioed Goth, jock) in a job that still has many of the connotations of a clerk (clean-shaven Roman if not bearded Greek philosopher, nerd).
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text: As a quintessential Hollywood bad guy, Henry Silva has often been typecast as the evil "other". Although he's actually of Puerto Rican/Italian descent, he's played dozens of different minorities throughout his 45 year career. In this series of portraits, Silva is depicted in a variety of roles: Mr. Moto (the Japanese crime-lord), Chunjin (the Korean Communist informant), Chink (the "half-breed" Native American gunslinger), Ray Vargo (the Italian mafioso), as well as a role he never played but could have, Sirhan Sirhan (the Palestinian Assassin). The series includes oil, and enamel paintings, which have been sanded, painted wet-in-wet, and stenciled, to suggest marbling, television static, melting, etc, that reference the transformation of one physical state into another.


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<< -- 3 -- John Bell Young ON TOP OF THE NOTES
To say that Lang's assault on Brahms's popular suite of intermezzi
and romances, Op 118 is just that would be an understatement. It is a painfully
immature reading, one that discloses the seriousness of Lang's rhythmic
deficiencies. He fails to grasp the structural teleology of a composition,
blithely ignoring any real legato. Goal orientation as a measure
of interpretive finesse is evidently not his strong suit. It is a performance,
in fact, that sidles up to the interpretively amateur. Whoever advised him
to record this august work has done him an injustice. Anyone even remotely
familiar with its musical demands will recoil in astonishment at the sheer
breadth of Lang's vacuous posturing.
How clumsily he stumbles on to the opening seventh chord in the first
intermezzo, failing to convey the rhythmic innuendo that distinguishes
an upbeat from a downbeat. Thus does he make of this orchestrally conceived
piece little more than piano music. Shame on him, too, for eviscerating
the A major intermezzo of its implicit alpine lied as he mercilessly
accents every downbeat (which he counts in 3 rather than 6, thus completely
abusing it of its inherent schwung, or swing, which relies for its
very life on the conveyance of a larger rhythmic unit) and for his wholly
mechanical, grade school pounding of the heroic G minor Ballade. In the
haunting, even epicene strains of the suite's final entry in E flat minor,
the high beams of Lang's immaturity shine so bright as to burn a hole in
its very fabric. From the opening salvo it is unintelligible. Here, Lang's
naïve, note to note approach betrays serious interpretive inadequacies.
Why his teachers never explained to him, for example, the function of the
pedal point on G flat in this passage and others is beyond me. As any first
year harmony student knows, the affective influence of that single pitch
is central to its structure. In failing to recognize its role, Lang attenuates
rhythm, which relies on precisely such grammatical functions to set up the
ebb and flow of the entire piece. As the rest of the passage orbits around
it, that one pitch evolves as the source of all dynamic and rhythmic tension.
For this pianist, though, one pitch is just equal to another. Thus his playing,
metrical but superficial and arrhythmic, astounds not for its virtuosity,
but for precisely the opposite: an ignorance of what rhythm is all about.
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