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Beaverdam United Methodist Church
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Friends, United in Christ, Nurturing Each Other and the World
* Undie Sunday's
Date: 2/3/2019 - 2/24/2019
Time: -
Location: West Hanover Charge
Yay God!! It is that time of year once again on the West Hanover Charge when we collect new, packaged underwear, socks and diapers for Hanover Safe Place, a shelter for domestic abuse victims.
ROUZIE'S CHAPEL: collects men's socks, undershirts and undershorts for the male domestic abuse victims.
BEAVERDAM: collects socks and underwear for women and children and diapers (sizes 3 & 4) for those who are victims of domestic abuse.
Bring these new items to church throughout the month of February to aid those in need of our love and support.Previous Page


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The Jumior Suite is traditionally styled, open-plan suite with a seating area. It is equipped with all standard amenities for a comfortable stay.READ MORE
Standard Rooms are furnished according to the Cycladic style. Spacious apartments come with comfortable beds and all amenities for a pleasant stay.READ MORE
Enjoying a privileged location on the road from Fira to Oia on the famous Caldera in Imerovigli, Gizis Exclusive boasts uninterrupted views of the Caldera and the unique sunset.
All apartments and suites are decorated with traditional Cycladic furniture, offering satellite TV, air conditioning, telephone, safe, hairdryer and fridge. All units open out to furnished balconies with spectacular views of the Aegean Sea.
Continental Breakfast is served by the swimming pool, while you can cool off during the day with a beverage from the poolside bar. Enjoy the most beautiful sunset in the world from your balcony or from Hotel's terrace. Free Wi-Fi is available in public areas.
Gizis Exclusive's staff is at your disposal for car or motorbike rental, or to help you discover the beauties of Santorini. The bus stop is within walking distance from the property.
The guest can cancel free of charge until 14 days before arrival. The guest will be charged the total price if they cancel in the 14 days before arrival.
A credit card is required as a guarantee of the reservation
To our entire guests we offer during their arrival a welcome drink complimentary by the management.
Imerovigli is situated on a 480m height, the highest point of Santorini. It can be reached - after a small diversion - on the road between Fira and Oia, just 2 km from the island's capital.
The word Imerovigli means day-guard, as during Venetian times, it was the observation post of Marcus Sanouthos. Today, the remains of this venetian castle named "Skaros" are saved. Following the path from Skaros you will reach the church of Theoskepasti, built at the edge of a rock with a stunning view of the volcano and the Caldera Gulf.
Imerovigli is the ideal place to stay as it is very close to Fira town with all modern comforts, but still offering calm and relax with a breathtaking view.
|JonathanThu 14 Sep, 2017
Loved this place
Definitely will comeback. Very nice staff
|IvyTue 12 Sep, 2017
Just amazing!
Great hotel + nice staff + terrific view = what else?
|MargaretMon 04 Sep, 2017
Great stay
Loved the staff and location.
|Sarah LenaThu 03 Aug, 2017
Simply perfect!
Many thanks again to the great staff! You are great and we loved to stay with you! We will definitely come back one day!
|JuneThu 13 Oct, 2016
Lovely hotel in a great location
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at Gizis with its superb views. Hotel very comfortable and staff very friendly. Any problems were soon overcome with no fuss. I would definitely go back.
|AlexandraThu 07 Jul, 2016
Great stay!
As a recommendation for future improvement, we would like to mention that the wifi was not operating inside our room, only in the balcony. Other than that, everything was absolutely great and we would love to come back!
|KirillWed 01 Jun, 2016
Great hotel
The best vacation in our life!
|RyanThu 25 Jun, 2015
Great stay
Loved everything about this place. Great location, great staff, great experience. The only downside was the mattress. It's was quite thin and hard, but this was consistent with all beds in Santorini from what I found. Overall, the best place we stayed while in Santorini. Would definitely return..
|SEUNG WOOKSat 13 Jun, 2015
Great Hotel except room facilities
First of all, staffs are really super kind. I appreciate their excellent and professional hospitality. In addition, the staff recommened two restaurants in Fira and Oia, we really enjoyed it. We didn't rent a car but the location is quite good - Really close to the bus station. The brekfast was okay but needs to be improved regarding menu selection. Swimming pool is smaller than website picture but we enjoyed it with beautiful view. However, the only worst part is the guest room. The bed is really uncomfortable with bad mattress. The room smells really bad so everytime when we came back from outside, we needed to open the door or turned on the air conditioner for about 20minutes. There was no curtain on the shower so everywhere the water was floating. The room was not clean at all. We could see the hair everywhere and dust. The room was really bad and dirty. I didn't stay at other hotel in SanTorini so i can't really compare but standard room with over 100 euro, i could have stayed way better room in other cities in europe... The room definitely needs to be renovated. But since we only slept there and most of the time we were outside enjoying santorini, i might come back for this hotel just because of nice staff and excellent view with swimming pool.
|KarenSun 07 Jun, 2015
What a great stay
We had a wonderful stay at Gizis. The staff was really friendly and personalised the experience for us. The view is of course absolutely amazing and you have to spend time on the loungers around the pool and just taking in the majestic view. We had a wonderful stay and would love to return soon :-)
|NIKOLAOSSun 10 May, 2015
Enjoy It !
Amazing View Great Hotel
|CarrieFri 08 May, 2015
Highly recommend.
If you are travelling to Santorini for the beautiful infamous view of the sunset over the caldera and you are looking for a reasonably priced hotel, this is it! Can't say enough about good things about the staff from Matilda who waited up until nearly 1am to welcome us on our arrival and put the heating on in our room as it had gotten chilli that night. The lovely lady on reception the next morning (apologies I cannot remember the name) who spent a long time with us explaining where to go and the best and cheapest ways to get around. Even our charming chambermaid would come back after doing the rest of the rooms when we had put up the do not disturb sign to give us fresh towels and take the rubbish away always with a smile and friendly hello. The rooms are fine basic and clean the bathrooms could do with being updated and it looks as if they are in the middle of renovations, but they are certainly usable and clean. But the special quality about this hotel is definitely its staff and the view, trust me you won't be spending much of your time in your room when there is such stunning scenery!
|Phi-AnhSat 04 Oct, 2014
Very nice stay with very people
The lady who runs it was super nice, the view is incredible. It's relaxing. The room was nice. One little thing is that I would probably add some curtains in the shower.
|LaraTue 23 Sep, 2014
Gorgeous hotel with amazing views
Loved the rooms, could not beat the balcony views. Pool and breakfast area are nice. Location is nice and quiet although two buses are needed to get to any beaches.
|TillieThu 14 Aug, 2014
Felt like home!
We loved Gizis. We had an amazing experience and will definitely be back!

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There are over 7 billion people on this planet. We see hundreds (if not thousands) of different faces every day, without thinking about it. While travelling Ecuador I captured some of them with my camera and I am of the opinion that they tell more about that beautiful country than any book ever could.


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Mikuni Construction Co. in Kitakyusyu City, southern Japan, announced that it would be launching a new service to rent goats for weeding grass starting in April 2010. This unique weeding method does not require any machinery, and is drawing attention as an environmentally friendly technique.
Japan for Sustainability reports that, having first heard about weeding with goats from his business associate, Katsuhiko Sera, the president of the company, has been investigating the approach for 3 years in an effort to devise a viable business model. He bought five goats in May 2009, and by tethering the goats with a cable, about 500 square meters of grass can be grazed over the course of a week. A trial "rent-a-goat" began in August 2009, but will be fully launched in March 2010.
Goats eat various types of weed. They eat all aboveground stems and leaves, and prefer to graze on slops, which people often find it difficult to weed. Furthermore, weeded material does not require disposal when using this method and the goat dung produced simply decomposes and is returned to the soil.
In addition to renting goats, the company plans to provide its own weeding service by increasing the number of goats, and to manufacture cheese and other products from goat milk. Mr. Sera hopes that his rental goat service will serve not only as a new tool to maintain urban green spaces, but will also assist the comfort of local residents.
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This is a fun project that started with a trip to St. Vincent's.
I found these awesome goblet-looking bowls for 99 cents a piece.
Oh, the possibilities!
Tiered Topiaries
-3 bowls/pots
-dowel rods
-3 Styrofoam balls
-decorative moss
-newspaper (for fill and to protect your surfaces)
-green plant Styrofoam block
1. Bottoms of the pots: scrunch newspaper in the first one until you are level with the top. 2nd and third ones- place a green plant Styrofoam block on the bottom of each. Spray the tops of each with adhesive and pile on the moss. The first topiary is done!
2. 2nd and 3rd topiaries: break off a length of dowel rod and stick into the two pots. Stab a Styrofoam ball on each. Spray the balls with adhesive and pile on the moss! 2nd topiary is done!
3. 3rd topiary: break off another piece of dowel rod and stab it into the 1st Styrofoam moss ball. Then stick another ball on top of that. Spray with adhesive, then pile on the moss!
It's a really pretty, but cheap project. I absolutely love them in my modern/contemporary/classic bedroom.
Stick around for: Pumpkin Pie recipe, Love for Everything Chalkboard, Staircase Redo, Chronicles of 31 Days to a Better Dressed Nest, Wall Sconce Redo, My New BIG REVEAL, and of course, pumpkin carving with my kids.


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My last post was about a new bill that wants to profoundly change the Brazilian Copyright Act (to the worse, in my view). However, I found that a less ambitious – but still very troubling – bill was introduced last December 13th by Congressman Luciano Castro of the Republic Party of the State of Roraima (Northern Region of Brazil) which aims to limit the term of assignment of rights in copyright-related contracts. The bill received number 2910/2011 and, on January 31st, 2012, it was sent to the Committees of (i) Education and Culture, (ii) Constitution and Justice and (iii) Citizenry for approval. If approved, the bill will continue its path through Congress.
Currently, the Copyright Act does not provide for any limitation on the term of assignments and licenses. Section 49 of the Act determines that assignment can only take place in writing and that a total, unrestricted transfer is possible, with the obvious exceptions of the moral rights of the authors. The same Section further determines that, in the absence of a written contractual provision, the maximum term of the assignment will be deemed to be of 5 years.
The recently introduced bill wants to expand the 5-year term limitation to all assignments. It allows for the renewal of the 5-year term, but only after a new negotiation so that automatic renewals for further and consecutive terms of 5 years would not, in principle, be possible. A rough translation of the proposed changes in Section 49 is as follows:
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II – the full assignment of rights will only be allowed upon written contractual stipulation with a maximum term of five years;
III – the full assignment of rights may be renewed, at the end of five years, upon new negotiation;
But the bill does not stop there.
It further determines that assignments of copyrights without the presence of an attorney will be null and void. Each contracting party must be represented by its own attorney and, in the lack of one, by a Public Defender. Though I really like this idea – after all, I am an attorney! – I wonder how this could be achieved on an everyday basis. An attorney serving almost as a witness? And just to prove that the weakest party has not been duped? And what if we are talking about two very powerful contracting parties, both of them more than used to negotiating their respective deals? The need to overprotect that the Brazilian legislation has embedded in its soul is, more often than not, extremely burdensome and not practical at all.
It is interesting to notice that the justification behind this bill clearly affirms that "in view of the problems that afflict the authors in the Brazilian literary publishing market, the intention of the bill (…) is to reduce the imbalance in the assignment of rights and provide greater protection to the weakest party, the author". So, the reason to limit all assignments in the copyright world is because of the literary publishing industry? Why not tackle these supposed and non-specified "problems" directly, with a narrowly tailored piece of legislation? Also, why is the author the weakest party by definition? What if we are talking about Paulo Coelho, the best-selling Brazilian novelist, who had his books published all over the world? Is he really the weakest party only because he is the author?
I know: questions, questions, questions. But questions must be asked when bills like this surface out of thin air.
Well, this is all for this week.
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Some of us give little thought to the coffee maker that brews our heavenly eye opener each morning. We throw the grounds into whatever dollar store coffee maker we have sitting on the counter and never consider that there could be something better. Something that would forever transform our morning coffee experience. Coffee makers are like any other home or office appliance. There are many models and types, each giving a unique experience. Choosing the right coffee maker for your preference and taste can make elevate your coffee routine from mundane to sacred.
Finding just the right coffee maker for your home or office can be confusing. With so many models of coffee makers out there, knowing what type will work best for your needs can be difficult. Here you will find reviews from other users as well as technical data and other information about many of the most popular types of coffee makers. Whether you are interested in a single cup maker or a larger volume drip coffee maker, you will find the information you need here to make an informed and educated decision.
Selecting the right coffee maker
Before you begin shopping, think about how you plan to use your coffee maker. Once you have a deeper understanding of what you need from a coffee maker, you can set of on the right path to discover the exact machine that is right for you. You can begin by asking yourself a few questions such as:
- How many people will be enjoying coffee with you?
- Is the purchase for a home or office?
- Will you be enjoying your coffee on the go, or relaxing at home?
These questions will begin to tell you what size coffee maker you need. For instance, if you are the only coffee drinker and you typically drink 1-2 cups each morning, you may prefer a single cup maker, or a pod brewer. However, if you plan to serve several people at once in an office environment, you may prefer a larger capacity brewer that makes 10-12 cups at a time.
Other factors such as where the maker will sit, how much room you have on the counter or shelf, color choices and conveniences such as programmability are all important. As you read over the descriptions of the different types of coffee makers and prominent features, you will begin to get a better idea of which features and benefits are most important to you and your coffee making needs.
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- Single Cup Coffee Makers: These coffee makers are very easy to use and make 1 cup of coffee at a time. A French press is a perfect example of a single cup coffee maker, although there are other brewing methods as well. These are perfect for occasional coffee drinkers or those who enjoy a cup every now and again with desert. Single cup coffee makers are not recommended for those who drink coffee regularly. Read Reviews.
- Drip Coffee Maker: Drip coffee makers brew a large amount of coffee (usually 10-12 cups) at one time. They work by heating water in a separate reservoir that is then dripped through a basket of ground coffee beans and into a pot or carafe. The carafe is usually kept warm by sitting on a heated plate. These coffee makers are recommended for office and family use where several people will be enjoying coffee at one time. View list of the Read Reviews.
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- Thermal Coffee Makers: A thermal coffee maker is a drip coffee maker that has the carafe replaced with a thermal insulated device that does not need to be kept on a burner to keep the coffee hot. It is a great option for serving large groups of people and eliminates the risk of scorching or burning the prepared coffee. Read Reviews
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The reason behind your purchase will determine the path you take when researching and shopping. For most, a coffee maker isn't just a home or office appliance. It's actually a centerpiece in most American homes, and often lies at the very core of social interactions in the home and office. The coffee maker could be likened to the hearth of old, where families congregate and brew up the magic that weaves the cultural web of today's society. What is the coffee maker to you, to your family, and what place will it have in your home or office?
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My husband drew his feet with his left hand (being right-handed). He is after all the silent partner of Touchee Feelee. I put the pencil drawing up on the wall and it came to me, napkins! It's perfect, wiping your mouth with someone's feet, what more could you want after a roquefort ciabatta?
Slowly the table runner and no-feet-on-the-table felt coasters developed and finally after many failed attempts of trying to laser engrave an image onto felt, the welcome place mat emerged.
Now, the reason for the life story of the feet collection, Visi magazine thinks it's pretty awesome. See my interview here: http://visi.co.za/content/article/2061/art-touch it's worth a read.


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I've always been a big reader and over the years I've read a healthy amount about how to be environmentally conscious. One of my biggest pet peeves about a lot of the advice out there is how unrealistic it is for regular people who don't live in a major city, make a ton of money, or have many shopping options beyond Wal-Mart or Target. I read one book that could have been summed up on a single page with "go to this website for ridiculously overpriced 'green' cosmetics, this site for $100 organic t-shirts, and this centrally-located-in-places-where-you-can't-even-afford-the-parking store for $200 worth of essential oils required to clean green."
Green is simple. Green is easy. Green is cheap! Here are some of what I consider to be the best ways to save green while being green.
Stop buying cleaning products. You can clean your whole house with a few simple products like vinegar, baking soda, and peroxide. Cut up old t-shirts and towels for rags and you'll save on paper towels and sponges as well. Cleaning green saves you money, reduces waste, and eliminates the need for chemicals that are harmful to you and the environment.
Prepare your own food. Pick up a morning coffee and buy some lunch and you're easily spending $10 a workday. That adds up to about $200 a month, $2,400 a year! Invest in a thermos and brew your own coffee and you'll break even after about a week. Plus, you'll save all those throwaway cups. Pack a lunch (in reusable containers) and you'll save money, avoid preservatives, and eliminate unnecessary waste (think of all those ketchup packets and napkins in take-out bags). Keep a stainless steel bottle of home-filtered water handy and you'll save money on bottled water (which is often no cleaner than tap water) and cut down on waste.
Buy less. Instead of buying new books, CDS, DVDs, and video games, see what's available at the public libraries in your area. Library consortiums allow you to borrow from the libraries in several neighboring towns. Used books stores are also great and often have more than just books. If there are none available in your area, Amazon, Borders, and Barnes & Noble all offer used books as well.
Make your junk someone else's treasure. Instead of throwing out clothes, furniture, appliances, tools, sports equipment, toys, books, and housewares, try selling them. Have a yard sale, use Craigslist or eBay, and check out local consignment shops. You'll make money, while keeping those items out of landfills. Another option is to organize a swap with friends. Narrow it down to a category like clothes, home goods, or children's items, set a date and time, put out some snacks, and prepare to swap! Donate any goods you can't sell or swap. Freecycle is a great online nonprofit that helps you to donate to people in your community.
Drive Less. We're lucky that our family can get by with just one car. My husband takes his bike to the bus stop for work and I work from home. Now, I know this isn't an option for everyone. But really think about it. Do you absolutely need as many cars as you have or any at all? Are walking, biking, carpooling, or public transportation options? Consider not only the car payments, but the money spent on insurance, gas, and maintenance. Check with your auto insurer. Some offer discounts for using public transportation (you'll have to provide receipts) and/or for keeping low mileage on your car. Driving less will save you money, prevent ozone-depleting exhaust, and (if you walk or bike instead) improve your health.


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Home > Healthy > Tofu Lasagna
Tofu Lasagna
- 9 cooked lasagna noodles
- 1, 15-oz. container part skim ricotta cheese
- 1, 12-oz. container extra firm tofu, drained
- 1, 10-oz. container frozen spinach
- 1 Tbs. fresh basil, chopped
- 1 tsp. oregano
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- salt and pepper
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 1, 26-oz. bottle spaghetti sauce
- 1, 12-oz. bag Morningstar Farms Veggie Crumbles (found in freezer
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- ½, 8-oz. bag Italian cheese of choice
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While the lasagna noodles are cooking, thaw the spinach using a microwave and drain all the excess water. Then combine ricotta cheese, tofu, spinach, basil, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper in a bowl. Blend the mixture together using a potato masher. Spread a small amount of olive oil in a 13" X 9" baking dish and layer in this order: spread the sauce to cover the bottom of the dish, add 3 cooked lasagna noodles, top with ricotta/tofu filling, add veggie crumbles, and cheese and repeat the layer again. End with the last 3 remaining noodles as the top of the lasagna. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes and allow it to sit for 10 minutes to set.
Serves 12.
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This lasagna is good, but a bit dry. However, for those who are lactose intolerant, don't use the ricotta cheese. Instead add a bit of soy or rice milk for moisture and substitute 1/2 container soy sour cream for the ricotta cheese. Use soy cheese or fat-free, lactose-free cheese.
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Today I want to invite you to hear guitar virtuoso Al Di Meola, perform an amazing version of "Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore & Phil Lynott on flamenco guitar, followed by Al's "Siberiana" from his album "Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody". The performance was filmed Live at the Thanks Jimi Festival in April 30th, on 2011 in Wroclaw, Poland, by Black Cat Studio Pro.
That was a great tribute to Gary passed away a few months before on that same year, on February 6, 2011.
Now watch Gary Moore's Parisienne Walways from Al Di Meola & World Sinfonia:
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Gumbi Ortiz – percussion
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Cocktails with the House Nocino
This is the second year in a row that my nocino has turned out to be (1) disappointing on its own, and (2) the alchemical key that opens up another disappointing bottle on my shelf.
Last year's tricky spirits were the unaged, 100% rye Wry Moon – too harsh to use in almost any context, but far too interesting to pour down the drain – and a cheap apricot-flavored brandy. With equal parts white dog, cheap apricot, and nocino, you have an excellent "flask cocktail" to take camping or sneak into a movie with.
This year, there's a watery, confusing rosemary shochu from Seattle's own Sodo Spirits. There's my own nocino, which is tannic as all hell – the walnut leaves may have been a mistake. Then there's some Galliano, which is of course perfectly fine, and black pepper extract. 2:2:1 Shochu:Nocino:Galliano + a couple drops of black pepper extract + an orange twist, and it's delicious.
I'm still going to let the nocino sit on the shelf for a few months longer, to see if the tannins go away. If they don't, though, I know how I'll be getting rid of the nocino and the shochu.


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Hitting big notes in defiance of labels
As CD sales of big-name acts struggle, independent Australian bands are proving that the big labels are not necessarily essential for success.
Australian independent music's pin-up boy, John Butler, laid the foundations for hardworking indie acts by attracting loyal fans through solid touring. He has been rewarded with triple platinum sales for Sunrise Over Sea - the most successful Australian indie album ever.
On the back of Australian Idol exposure, Cosima De Vito funded her own debut single and became the first independent artist to have a single debut at the top of the singles chart. Deborah Conway has encouraged sales by offering to play at the house of anyone who buys 25 copies of her new album. And Adelaide's Hilltop Hoods have led the way for Australian hip-hop groups, becoming the first act on a truly independent label, Obese, to achieve gold sales for an album (35,000 copies).
Fledgling rock band Osterberg has bypassed the record industry to team up with a marketing company, See, and Sydney rock merchandise company Love Police has expanded its business by releasing an album by local band the Cops.
But it is former chart-topper Regurgitator that is breaking all the rules with its Band in a Bubble stunt. Rather than wallowing in misery after its recording deal with Warner expired, the band came up with the most audacious plan in the history of Australian independent music.
Inspired by illusionist David Blaine, who spent 44 days in a perspex box suspended above the Thames in London, the band members - Quan Yeomans, Ben Ely and Peter Kostic - and two producers and a TV host entered a purpose-built glass recording studio in full view of the public in Federation Square, Melbourne, to live and record their fifth album over 21 days. Sponsors, including cable music station Channel V, Optus, Foxtel Digital and Microsoft, have chipped in about $400,000 to fund the stunt.
This type of funding, Kostic says, is the way of the future. "This way a record company has less hold over you," he says. "There are a lot less record companies around ... Soon there will probably be one big monster that controls the whole industry and everyone else will be left to fend for themselves ... to find ways to exist."
But can a band relying on $400,000 in corporate sponsorship really call itself independent? And how appropriate is this for a band that has built its fan base on satirical songs such as I sucked a lot of c--- to get where I am?
"We're still working with large corporations, but we own the rights to our music," Ely says. "So we're working with them rather than for them."
In return for the generous sponsorship, the band simply has to use and advertise the products of its sponsors.
"It's not too much of a pain in the arse because when we're in a recording studio we play games anyway, and this way we will be playing them with strangers who come up to the bubble," Ely says.
"And we will use Optus phones and cameras to SMS people and send photos to the website. We're kind of helping each other out."
What about the distraction of the TV presenter broadcasting from the bubble each night? Kostic says it will be distracting but could provide some tension that will fuel their creative fires. After all, great art is often made under duress.
The band is comfortable with its position: not having to borrow a lot of money to record means there is no pressure to deliver a hit album to recoup outlays.
"Quan and I like writing pop music at heart - it's a fun puzzle to write a good pop song, so there will be [pop] elements in there, not necessarily intentionally to sell albums but because it's a fun thing to do," Ely says.
The band hopes that if a proper album can be recorded in the first two weeks, the third week can be spent working on an avant-garde ambient noise album with contributions from the public. "We'll call it The Third Week," Ely says.
While the Band in a Bubble is an extreme case, independent bands will continue to bypass the big labels in their search for new income avenues and publicity angles. See's James Young says bands need to work on more potential income streams than just through CD sales.
"Bands need a new attack, because it's too hard to survive on CD sales alone," Young says. "If they can get money from merchandise, film and licensing music for TV, they get paid and promoted. Some indie acts such as John Butler and the Cat Empire are flying, but most impoverished labels don't have the influence that the big players have."
Brian Taranto of Love Police started his label to release music from his favourite bands.
"We started a label because we loved the Cops' demos so much, and we could also see the potential of future releases that involved international artists we tour," he says.
"It was more of a case of 'Why not? We can do this ourselves' than some master plan to be independent."
The Band in a Bubble idea, though, will only work for an act with a profile big enough to expose sponsors' products. "Ultimately, we want to record an album in an up situation, and to challenge ourselves, to keep it exciting for us," Ely says. "We were on the same treadmill for years, recording an album, touring it, and this feels like we're doing our first record again, even though it's our fifth record."
The event producer of Band in a Bubble, Mark Pope, says it is just the tonic for Regurgitator. "The thing I have noticed about [singer-songwriter] Quan is that the second he gets bored, it becomes boring," Pope says. '
So far Regurgitator's publicity stunt has paid off, with blanket coverage on radio, TV and print in Australia, and interest from overseas media such as the BBC.
Expect more stunts from indie bands, as the public enjoys a novelty, laps up reality TV, and likes being part of the process.
But, ultimately, no amount of bells and whistles can make a dud album sound good.


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Vol.32 No.1 February 1998
Knowing What You Don't Need to Know
Thomas G.West
"I saw mathematics was split up into numerous specialties, each of which could easily absorb the short lifetime granted to us. . . . My intuition was not strong enough in the field of mathematics to differentiate clearly the fundamentally important, that which is really basic, from the rest of the more or less dispensable erudition." [3]
With these words from his Autobiographical Notes, Albert Einstein explains in a curious fashion the reason that he decided as a student to study physics rather than mathematics. In a sense, he is telling us that his problem with mathematics was that he could not easily figure out what was comparatively unimportant. He had difficulty knowing what he did not need to know. Fortunately, he had no such difficulty with physics.
As our knowledge economy grows ever more rapidly, it seems likely that we all will be increasingly confronted with problems akin to Einstein's. With so much specialist education required and so much information daily at our fingertips, how will we know what we need to know -- and, more importantly, how will we know what we don't need to know?
Many SIGGRAPH members have long been familiar with the problem of abundant information and especially the role of computer graphics and scientific visualization as powerful means for dealing with information overload in many fields. However, even computer visualization technologies and techniques cannot eliminate the problem. They may deliver the right information in a form that can be more readily comprehended and understood. But what is the right information?
These considerations are becoming more widespread as near-term developments are being recognized and discussed in the general media. A recent article in the Washington Post newspaper [2], for example, discussed the new ways of handling information that have been developed at Xerox PARC and other research organizations. The "cone tree," "perspective walls" and other graphic devices -- with which many SIGGRAPH members are familiar -- have heretofore required, of course, more powerful computers than those available to most PC users.
However, there is a growing awareness that this will change in the near future. Indeed, the Post article quoted Stuart Card of Xerox PARC as saying that "over the next 18 months" computer hardware capable of supporting these types of demanding new graphics software "will be available to a mass audience." [2]
As we move in fits and starts from a world of words to a world of images, there are many ironies and paradoxes. One paradox is that visual thinkers -- who, as we have discussed previously, often have difficulties with word-based educational systems -- may find themselves to be among those best able to lead others in solving the increasingly pressing problem of our age -- that is, quickly and effectively navigating oceans and oceans of information.
Our technological culture is drowning in its own success -- masses of data and information are accumulating everywhere. As time goes on, it is apparent that these problems are only likely to become much worse, not better -- unless, of course, the entire system somehow collapses of its own weight.
Specialist Myopia
Up to now, the basic strategy for dealing with these growing masses of information has been long, mind-numbing education and reckless, blinkered specialization. That this strategy has been effective in a great many respects, so far, there can be little debate. The problems we are discussing are a tribute to its ample and abundant success -- so far. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that this strategy may be entering a phase of diminishing return.
It has long been recognized that this approach has always had built-in problems. The more one knows in one's own increasingly narrow area, the more one is ignorant in other areas, the more difficult is effective communication between unrelated areas and the more unlikely it is that the larger whole will be properly perceived, comprehended or understood.
Like the student who reads too much small print, the specialist's habitual near focus often promotes a myopic perspective that precludes the comprehension of larger important patterns. The distant view of the whole is blurred and unclear.
If you focus only on a small group of stars at the edge of the Milky Way, you will not perceive the larger structure of the whole galaxy of which the group is one tiny part. "He cannot see the forest for the trees," they say. Sometimes it is not so much a matter of whether to specialize, but at what level and magnitude to fix the focus.
Specialists who are expert in one area may not even have common sense knowledge in other areas. This is sometimes recognized, of course, but often discounted. Instead, because of their success in the one narrow area, specialists are encouraged in an arrogant belief that they can make pronouncements in many other areas as well. The prestige of knowing a great deal, even in one limited area, carries great weight.
It is an old story really. Some time ago, the dangers of mainly knowing a great deal were noted by the philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead. "Dead knowledge is the danger. It is the peculiar danger of scholarship, of universities; and it is considered quite respectable. If you 'know' a great deal, that is supposed to suffice. Now what is wanted is 'activity in the presence of knowledge.' Novel viewpoints; knowledge applied to experience." [4]
The specialist strategy breeds its own limits. Pieces of the puzzle in separate areas remain far apart or come together only after decades of specialist resistance. Or, sometimes success in one area can lead to great problems in another. As we look at the long-term consequences of progress in material wealth, transportation or healthcare, for example, we see that wonderful technical successes in specialty areas lead, in time, to enormous, difficult and intractable problems in other areas. Seemingly, spectacular success in one narrow sphere leads inevitably to major problems with the whole.
Many consequences are easily predictable and are, to some degree, inevitable. Cars and aircraft produce wonderful mobility for many people, but also deplete resources, produce accidental fatalities and increase pollution; material abundance produces waste disposal problems; success in vaccination, hygiene and healthcare lead to all the problems of great concentrations of human population.
As the specialist strategy continues to be pursued, increasingly a sense of the whole is lost. Many know their field. Few see the whole. Many are expert. Few are wise.
Global Thinkers, Global Tools
But many visual thinkers have been outsiders or, at best, reluctant participants in this specialist culture -- especially the energetic, global-minded ones who seem always to be interested in everything.
They are often unable to settle to a "serious" (and therefore highly specialized) area of study. Many, because of verbal difficulties, may be unable to complete years of disciplined study and intense examination. Others find it impossible to apply themselves to the dull repetition of a properly conducted specialist career. Or, even if they do settle to an acceptable specialty area, they (like Albert Einstein or James Clerk Maxwell) become known for addressing the widest profusion of topics -- from light particles to river courses, from cybernetic devices to the rings of Saturn.
While many of the "best and brightest" have taken comfort in their own successes, digging into the warm, insulated safe shelter of their chosen specialty -- the global visual thinkers remain in the bracing, changeable winds on the plain. The minds of these visual thinkers have been as restless and vibrantly alive as their transcripts and resumes have been varied and erratic.
The most successful of these do seem to learn how to still this restless curiosity to some extent -- just enough, at least, for them to focus their passion for a time and finish a few of the many projects they have started -- or the many more projects that emerge from their imagination. More than others, such people probably need to know how to manage and discipline themselves and their attention -- when to rein in, and, when to let go.
But, in time, these same creative visual thinkers with verbal difficulties often have learned, by inclination and necessity, what their unaffected fellows cannot have learned -- how to gain the most understanding with the least information, how to learn as much from what they see as what they read, how to be savagely selective in their reading, how to guess what is inessential and focus only on the really important. Like Einstein, they may have a better chance to learn what they don't need to know.
The more verbally proficient specialists may be able to work far more rapidly and retain more of what they have read, but too often the specialist is prone to wasting time without being aware of it. They do what the professor wants or what the employer expects them to do. They may be too well-focused and disciplined to see what nature invites them to discover.
In any field, or any subfield, there is so much to do and so much to know that one can easily squander a lifetime (career or material success not withstanding) without results of real consequence. There must be a sensitivity to some sort of inner guide to avoid the continuous acquisition of comparatively inessential information.
The visual and global thinkers seem rarely to have the inclination or the temptation to stake their claim to one tiny hoard of knowledge, as specialists do -- holding off all comers with a barrage of facts, minefields of technical language and bulwarks of prerequisites and qualifications. You have to study for years and pass all these exams before you can even begin to think about or discuss the topic -- or, so they say.
The Advantages of Limits
But visual thinkers with verbal problems often experience a different necessity. They learn the value of their own limits. Whether their particular difficulty is with reading or memory or something else, from the outset many of them have had to learn how to judge what is worth knowing and what should be left aside. They have had to learn how to select -- first for teachers, but then for life and the world.
Many have had to integrate knowledge with what they already know in order to learn and retain it -- for unconnected knowledge quickly slips away. They have had to learn basic concepts well enough to be able to generate and regenerate factual material that would not, alone, remain still and accessible and unchanging in their minds.
Often they have had to learn how to constantly check the validity of their imagination and the accuracy of their conclusions against some really reliable standard -- then check them again, remaining ever vigilant to ensure that yet another error does not creep in to spoil the result.
The specialist has long been comforted by knowing 95 to 99 percent of what he needs to know. No critic can challenge the completeness of the knowledge. In contrast, many visual thinkers have had to learn to survive being able to survey, absorb and retain only, say, 20 or 30 percent of what they are expected to know.
As information and knowledge grows by orders of magnitude and orders of magnitude again, in ever decreasing periods of time -- how long before the specialist will have to be content with 85 percent, then 75 percent, then 65 percent or less of an ever more narrowly focused specialty -- an awareness of the larger whole constantly receding?
Which experience is likely to be a greater help in coping in the coming years and in the coming decades?
Visual thinkers with verbal problems have had to develop methods to sift, sample and select because they can never read and absorb at the rate that others are able to. One might be able to, say, digest a single article in the same time that the specialist can cover, say, 10 or 20 articles. But what happens when the specialist has to cover 100 or 1000 or 10,000 articles in limited time?
Of course, in the long run, we will always need both the specialist and the global visual thinker -- or the rare individuals who somehow combine the strengths of both. The problem is not essentially with specialization itself. Rather, the problem is with the way education and work is organized -- the way we are often led to believe that only the specialist knows anything, the way the specialist approach is believed to be adequate. "We are nearly there," they say. "We just need some more time and some more money."
But sometimes a whole different approach is needed before the answer can be found. Sometimes we need to back off some distance -- rather than burrowing in deeper. Sometimes the answer is sitting right in front of us but we refuse to recognize it. Sometimes we would need a whole lot less money for research if we could just see the larger patterns.
Thomas G.West is author of In the Mind's EyeFrom a family of artists and engineers, he has long been interested in the connections between mixed abilities, technological innovation and visual thinking in various occupational and cultural settings. He is conducting research for a new book with the working title, Insight -- Computer Information Visualization and the Visual Thinkers Who are Reshaping the Future of Business and Technology.
Long tradition has often forced us to go the wrong way toward greater specialization. It now seems, however, that we may soon observe a reversal in this trend. The new visualization technologies, coupled with the natural propensities of visual thinkers, may help to turn the flow so that we may begin to find ways of dealing with larger problems and with more enduring solutions.
In a book called The Image, Kenneth Boulding pointed out that professors have always wanted students to learn as much as possible. The students, on the other hand, have always been interested in learning as little as they could get away with.
The irony of it all is that, in the end, the students, as Boulding points out, are clearly in the right. The more so now than ever before. The more so in the future than now. And the greatest irony may be that the path may be led by those who have been forced to excel in understanding more from knowing less -- those who know what they don't really need to know.
This column is largely based on chapter 10, "Patterns, Implications, Possibilities," from In the Mind's Eye [5]. Part of Einstein's observation was referred to briefly in the August 1997 "Images and Reversals" column which dealt with unexpected discoveries in DNA research and inexpensive innovation by the Wright brothers.