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"People say 'why don't you give it up?' I don't think they quite understand. I'm not doing it just for the money, or for you. I'm doing it for me." — Keith Richards
From the US publisher of LIFE:
Dear friends,
The opportunity to publish an autobiography as enthralling as that of Keith Richards comes once in a lifetime—if you're lucky! And lucky is what I'm feeling as I finish reading LIFE, the most exciting memoir I've ever had a hand in. Not only does it recount the essential rock 'n' roll life—that would be plenty. It captures much more: Blasting past the constraints of postwar England; a passionate appetite for music, especially America's heartfelt blues, R&B, country, and soul; how it felt to arrive in America with The Rolling Stones as torrents of change were unleashed. All those encounters and adventures we've heard of for decades—Redlands, Morocco, exile in France, Altamont—and the people—Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Gram Parsons, Patti Hansen, Johnny Depp and more – are here in Keith's own vivid memories.
The best news of all is how superbly written this book is. Working with James Fox (I hope you know his excellent White Mischief ), Keith Richards has created his story in a voice as intimate and unmistakable as if he were sitting across from you talking. And the man sitting there is experienced,opinionated, witty, learned, and utterly unrestrained. We are lucky to have this extraordinary book, and I cannot wait to share it with you.
Michael Pietsch
(BBGuru: to read my take on the great man – click here)
And an Excerpt:
We'd be working all night in the studio, we'd be down in this bunker all night and suddenly the dawn comes up and we've got this boat. Go down the steps through the cave to the dockside, let's take the boat—Mandrax— to Italy for breakfast. Most days we used to go down to Menton on the border, an Italian town just inside France by some quirk of treaty making, or just beyond it to Italy proper for breakfast. No passport, right past Monte Carlo, just as the sun's coming up, with music ringing in our ears. Take a cassette player and play something we've done while we're going there, play that second mix. Then we'd play it to the Italians, see what they thought while we're having breakfast. Pick up some fresh fish. If you hit the fishermen at the right time, you could get red snapper straight off the boats and take it home for lunch.
We'd just jump in, Bobby Keys, me, Mick, whoever was up for it. We liked the way the Italians cooked their eggs, and the bread. And that you had actually crossed a border, there was a sort of an extra sense of freedom about it. Pull into Monte Carlo for lunch. Have a chat with either Onassis' lot or Niarchos', who had the big, big yachts there. You could almost see the guns pointed at each other. That's why we called it Main Street. When we first came up with the title it worked in American terms because everybody's got a main street. But our Main Street was that Riviera strip. And we were exiles, so it rung perfectly true and said everything we needed to say.
(BBGurur: Have you met Keith? Or have you got a good Rolling Stones story? Leave a comment: Tell us all about it.)
And Keith gives book recommendations too!
A true and towering original, he has always walked his own path, spoken his own mind, and done his own thing.
Reluctant outlaw, rock 'n' roll's unparalleled hellraiser, and one of the greatest guitar gods of all time, Keith Richards has forged a life that most of us can only imagine–and often envy. And amazingly he's lived to tell about it. Now, at last, in his own words, the ultimate rock Icon gives us the definitive rock autobiography.
In Life, in his own raw, fierce voice, the man himself tells about life lived fast and hard in the creative hurricane–from his early days as a young boy growing up in a council estate, listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, to taking the guitar to its absolute limit and joining forces with Mick Jagger to form The Rolling Stones.
With unflinching honesty, he reveals all the highs and lows of rock 'n' roll, from the meteoric rise to fame and the notorious drug busts to the women, drinking, and heroin addiction that made him infamous. The living legend chronicles how he created the revolutionary, high-octane riffs that defined "Gimme Shelter" and "Honky Tonk Woman," his affair with the equally infamous Anita Pallenberg (the mother of three of his children), and the tragic death of Brian Jones. From falling in love with Patti Hansen to his tumultuous relationship with Mick, we follow Keef on the ultimate road trip we have all longed to know more about–of an unfettered, fearless, on-the-edge life lived to the fullest.
PSSST! Keith's book recommendation – he says you can't go wrong with Patrick O'Brian – we have lots of Patrick O'Brian novels for sale – click here to see.
About the Contributor
John Purcell
While still in his twenties, John Purcell opened a second-hand bookshop in Mosman, Sydney, in which he sat for ten years reading, ranting and writing. Since then he has written, under a pseudonym, a series of very successful novels, interviewed hundreds of writers about their work, appeared at writers' festivals, on TV (most bizarrely in comedian Luke McGregor's documentary Luke Warm Sex) and has been featured in prominent newspapers and magazines. Now, as the Director of Books at booktopia.com.au, Australia's largest online bookseller, he supports Australian writing in all its forms. He lives in Sydney with his wife, two children, three dogs, five cats, unnumbered gold fish and his overlarge book collection. His novel, The Girl on the Page, will be published by HarperCollins Australia in October, 2018.


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Call for NATO to Step Up Libya Strikes
Libyan rebels, Britain, and France call for more effective NATO raids over Libya, as aid arrives in the besieged port town of Misrata. French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy says the rebels will win if NATO play their part. Video courtesy of Reuters. Image courtesy of AP.
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I don't know if you remember the exercise I was promising to you just the other day, but I will share it again with you now, so might try to join in as well. This post is all about counting the good things in life that have happened to you the past month. This post will try to make you think, even for a wee moment, about the positive things that happened to you and you might have overlooked. A month ago I was telling you about the things I was thankful for in the month on January - you don't have to make a full list, as you can see it's better to start small and build it up. I encourage you to think of 5 Things, 5 Moments, 5 Memories from the past month. Pick the ones that made you smile the most and write them down. Without any further ado and not necessarily in this order, here are my 5 Things I am Thankful for the past month:
1. Cutting down one item off my #bucketlist - watching "The Sound of Music" (the musical). It was done by the National Opera in Iasi and presented at the National Theater in Iasi. It was done in Romanian language, translated, but very well put together! It was a beautiful surprise to finally see it and be there with my mother. I wish, one day, I can share a similar moment with my little LadyBug Baby Girl.
|Standing ovations for "The Sound of Music" ("Sunetul Muzicii") in the National Theater - Iasi, Romania
2. The Little LadyBug Baby Girl just got her first tooth! I'm a proud mum that loves her little lady, but I don't feel the need to post pictures of my baby daily, nor update everyone on my Facebook list on when my wee lass is having her poo or when she sneezes. Some things are just private! But I am very happy to say we went through this challenge as well and we were victorious. We are becoming a small bunny with white front teeth and we bite everything we can get our cute hands on!
|Ladybug Hand Resting :)
3. Being able to get to Laura and Mr. Tic's book gathering. You heard me talking about Laura before, and her adorable fluffy little bundle of joy: her dog Tic. She writes stories about her, Tic and her better half, Andrei. Andrei is a brilliant photographer that strives for perfection. They all 3 make a lovely crazy family. Reading their stories makes me smile :) so I had to make sure my collection is complete. I already had volume 1 and 2 so... I just had to have number 3 ;) and I was happy to see Laura again, in flesh and bone :)
|A book for my soul, with a lot of soul inside it ;)
4. The opera recital at the Central Library of the University (BCU - Biblioteca Central Universitara). It was another gift... another beautiful moment in time next to my mother. I missed going to the Opera and being home and doing this with my mother filled my heart with joy. I am thankful I got to spend this time with her - I felt again as if I was in high school or university and had a night out together :) In Krakow getting tickets for the Opera is always a fuss... they get sold our 3 months before the show (at least!)...
|Me, Mum and the Griffin from the BCU Iasi :)
5. Little LadyBug Baby Girl is getting bigger and bigger, now she is sitting on her tush ;))) next thing you know she's gonna start running around the house! I cannot believe where time has gone by... on the 20th, last month, she turned 6 months! It's as if time flies at the blink of an eye. I'm happy when she is happy and I am sad when she cries. How can a small bundle change one so much?
Now... what are the things YOU are thankful for? What made you happy, what made you smile this past month? Search in your heart, think about it and put it on paper. You don't have to share it if you don't wish to. It can be only for your eyes, but nonetheless try to do this exercise. Do it regularly and with all your heart. #countyourblessings and be happy!
Yours wholeheartedly,
The Twisted Red LadyBug That Wants To Be Thankful For The Little Wonders Of Life


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Dec 22
Thinking INSIDE the Box
North East training provider Target Training has helped a local charity to plan ahead, identifying their vision for the future and motivating the team to work together and make positive decisions.
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Target Training founders Ralph Moody and Tony Longland spent a day with BRAINBOX, an independent service that provides crucial advice and support to families facing the challenges of coping with a young person with a brain injury.
BRAINBOX is a childrens charity, established in the North East of England by a group of dedicated people who have personal and professional experience of living or working with a child or young person with an Acquired Brain Injury. The members know how it feels to live with the every day challenges of having life turned upside down by an accident or childhood illness, which could happen to any family, and are therefore the best possible people to help other families in a similar position.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Mom's Birthday
Sharing the card I made for my mom's birthday this week. Happy #79 Mom!! Love you!!
last week's post here for the other) on this card along with the banner sticker from the same set. I added more embellishments such as the punched flowers and tiny MS butterflies out of coordinating CS. I also used part of a Cheery Lynn Designs "Victorian Romance" flourish diecut leftover from some earlier cards I was making. I added some tiny pearls and Jolee's jewels for bling. The bottom edge is EK Success border punch threaded with pink trim from Michael's. The sentiment is Stampin Up!
This card is in honor of Karen over on SCS who is the Featured Stamper this week!! I love Karen's work and she is always so sweet and complimentary when you post a card. I chose to case her "Gratitude" card. The stamp set used is Stamps of Life and the embellishments are unidentified goodies I have in my stash.
TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!
2 comments:
- Craftilicious said...
I love your card for you mom - I'm actually working on one for mine (her birthday is on Wednesday) your design just blew me away. Gorgeous!
- April 22, 2012 at 1:26 PM
- Anne Temple said...
Love both of these. Your color choices are perfect. I know your mom will love her birthday card.
- April 23, 2012 at 8:34 AM
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The multi-level restaurant had a street-like appeal to it, with its neon lighting outside, sensible graffiti walls and rustic interior designs with ropes and such hanging off the walls. Crazy decor with awesome food~
Selection is presented on a sheet of paper in which you tick the box with a big crayon - can't even remember the last time I held a crayon!!
The street-like decorated wall, with your typical Cabramatta style cutlery set up; with each table adorning their own chilli and soy bottle.
Ms. G's grilled corn cob, parmesan and lime ($4) and mini crispy pork belly banh mi ($6)
For starters we had the beautiful miniature banh mi and juicy succulent corn cob, smothered in shredded parmesan cheese. The banh mi was so miniature and made to perfection! A layer of crispy pork belly smothered in pate, mayo and cucumber with pickled carrots and coriander on top~ Bit too exxy for something so miniature though as you can probably find a similar pork roll in Cabramatta x10 its size for cheaper. But nonetheless, it was very much enjoyed. I adored the corn cob! It tasted a bit like Mexican somehow and the flavours just danced itself around on my tongue. mmmmm so juiceyy~
Complimentary white wine
Vietnamese curry of Wagyu beef shin served with baguette $25
I chose this as my main for the $33 lunch deal. Beautiful wagyu beef curry! It was so rich with flavour and the wagyu was ridiculously tender and matched perfectly with the soft, warm baguette. Would definitely recommend~
Egg noodles with XO sauce, braised duck, soft poached egg $18
The incredibly moist noodles slathered in XO sauce with braised duck breast and topped with a soft poached egg. The combination of flavours were amazing! The shredded cucumber gave a crunchy texture to the whole, with the poached egg thickening the noodles - drools -
Our view from outside! Can't believe we drove all the way there; got lost in circles and finally managed to come here -
Blood orange granita, lime curd, streusel
This dessert was really refreshing; and crazy sour. Imagine eating sour warheads - the feeling felt the same as I had the lime curd. Cringed with my eyes squeezed shut. However it complimented well with the orange granita. Definitely for the sour fans~
Pandan chiffon cake with coconut sorbet
Pandan chiffon cake on top of miniature tapioca pearls smothered in sweet coconut; topped with a coconut sorbet and a biscuit crumbs. Completely opposite to the blood orange granita as this was super sweet. The multitude of textures were crazy! Crunchy vs. soft vs. spongey vs. creamy - party in your mouth~
Ms G's offers a wide range of oriental dishes which targets the flavours close to home in its multi-story complex Would definitely come again to try more of the menu! :D
On a more random note: I think I saw Dan Hong in the kitchen that day!! :D
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I'm currently reading The End of Christainity and was hoping Richard Carrier's chapter on Neither Life nor the Universe seem Intelligently Designed would be better, it's a great chapter mind you, and certainly worth it the price of the book in and of itself.
But, more and more I find myself thinking in a Bayesian sense. It's worthwhile to ask yourself whether you can go from hypothesis A to conclusion c cleanly. Does ~A get there cleanly? And what do we observe. Even for seemingly basic premises and thought that haven't so much as occurred to me ever such thoughts illuminate arguments I've never heard or thought about.
Why can't people in heaven or hell communicate with Earth? I mean you can't really get from the premise "there is an afterlife" to the conclusion therefore that afterlife will be completely barred from communicating with the living. But, necessarily that's a requirement if there is no afterlife. While one could conclude that there are a myriad of afterlives that could have that restriction, it's not what we should expect of Christianity. Why not allow the living to occasion to hear the screams of torment of the damned. Or of the blessings of heaven? Why allow a child to lose their faith when their mother dies and goes to heaven? Why not allow the mother a couple quick words to save their child's eternal soul? It seems as though this restriction would be both counter productive and arbitrary. But, if there were no afterlife, it simply would be the obvious result. There is no undiscovered country, there is only death.
Or how can you cleanly go from the premise, there was a historical Jesus to there will be no evidence for a historical Jesus. You can very cleanly go from "there was no historical Jesus" to there will be no evidence for a historical Jesus. It's not about proof but that, on balance, the premise "there was no historical Jesus" would be stronger. And while the question could be reversed rather suddenly by a well placed piece of paper, it can't be the case that the evidence for a historical Jesus outweighs the opposite claim if every prediction of the opposite claim that must be true actually seems to be true.
How does one get from God exists, to therefore God should become a demigod and sacrifice himself to himself to appease God's human-anger emotions towards innocent people for the crimes of their ancestors. Well, I don't see an easy way to get there. But, on the premise that there is no God, I should expect to find religions everywhere that are simply the product of the cultures they were invented in, and in a culture that is obsessed with primitive blood magic, atonement of sin, appeasement of gods, punishing innocence to allow the guilty to go free, god's emotions, etc. Such cultures we know actually existed, and which did have strong and rather new pagan influences from Rome, we should almost expect Christianity. In fact, if you mix Jewish thought of the Messiah with Pagan love of demigods and the wacky adventures thereof, we should almost perfectly predict Christianity to arise from that very culture. And we should see gods all over the world, the product of their own cultures. And this seems to be exactly what we do see. But to actually assemble a universe based on the oxygen carrying cells of some terrestrial animals on this tiny speck of dust in a universe of 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars, seems a little freakish. The actual universe actually hinges on blood magic being true? That's not something I could really get from "God exists". However, I could conclude that from God doesn't exist. Because then if people are inclined to invent gods, and we generally should accept that they are, then they would invent gods that humans would invent. With human emotions and stray bits of human culture. Much like we see with Yahwah and Jesus. One could offer perhaps that that culture existing is unlikely. But, that's a sharpshooter fallacy. For if we have Viking culture, we end up with heaven being a pub in the sky where the best heaven is for those who died in valiant battle. Any culture that existed, could well have ended up with their own religion and we could just as easily be discussing that religion, rather than Christianity. The specific form of the culture doesn't matter, just that cultures should exist, and religions which reflect those cultures should arise within those cultures.
How do we get from God exists to God should punish people on the basis of belief. That there are two afterlives which are infinitely good and infinitely bad. How do we get from that premise to that conclusion? I don't rightly know. But, I know how we get there from no God existing. If God doesn't exist then these theological claims are made up by people, and people believe religions not based on truth (as they would all be false) but rather based on Public Relations (PR) and as such, infinite sticks and infinite carrots could do wonders towards propagating a religion, and the better it propagates the more it will propagate. So the religions would be optimized towards propagation and not towards dissemination of the truth. If you don't want infinite suffering believe this. If you want infinite bliss believe this. Teach it to your children, tell it to others, make them also believe. If God exists why doesn't he evangelize people himself? After all, shouldn't God be able to do a better job at it? Why depend on silly human agents? If there were no God, all there are are human agents. Each of these points actually provide rather strong evidence that religion is completely bogus. There a heck of a lot of assumptions we just take for granted that are actually hugely problematic if we think about them correctly. Why should Gandhi burn forever in hell for failing to believe the correct tenants of a religion largely believed in a region he was not from? Why should religions be hugely dependent on region? Why is the message delievered in book form, if books and languages change? How do we get from God exists to God will have human emotions? The list goes on and on. We accept a lot of things without question that we really should question profusely. Why are souls undetectable? If they don't exist, ofcourse they'd be undetectable. But, how do we go from "Souls exist" to "souls should be completely undetectable"? Wouldn't seeing souls leave the bodies of dying people, tell people that they have souls and perhaps they go somewhere and could be saved? There's a lot of baggage concern religion, and why should the supernatural be undetectable? If I developed Jedi powers, anybody could tell I had them, and even if they didn't I could, with a wave of my hand, convince them that I did have those powers they were looking for. Such things would be supernatural and detectable so why are the only supposed supernatural things completely undetectable. How do we go from "The Supernatural Exists" to "The Supernatural is Undetectable". I do however see quite easily how we go from "The Supernatural Exists" to "The Supernatural is Undetectable". At best, the hypothesis "The supernatural exists" must by this argument be less likely than "The supernatural doesn't exist" because we don't detect it. That alone suffices to make it a better claim.


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What is Verket?
Today Verket is an award winning immersive museum and an exciting centre filled with unique experiences and ideas. Here the visitor finds a stimulating mix of history, art and technology through our interactive exhibition of industrial history, various art exhibitions such as Avesta Art and works of art in glass by Kjell Engman, light and sound installations as well as permanent features.
Most can be found in the three largest halls – the Roasting Hall, the Blast Furnace Hall and the Martin Hall. We are proud to say we have a total area of around 5,000 sq. m. for exhibitions and other events in several places and floors with lifts between them all. You can experience and enjoy all of this either by going around and discovering on your own or through guided tours.
For more information go to Visitors Information.
Are Avesta Art and Verket the same thing?
Many people mix up Avesta Art with Verket. The former is an art exhibition that started in 1995 and that takes place every other year in Verket. Originally it was located in the Roasting Hall, also known as the Smelting House. The idea of Avesta Art has grown over the years and now occupies the whole Verket with its national and international contemporary artists. The latest exhibition was in 2008 with Industry as its theme.
Read more under Avesta Art.
What happens in Verket?
Today we have two seasons – summer and autumn/winter. The former offers a variety of exhibitions between May and August with Avesta Art taking place every other year and other thematic exhibitions in the intervening years. There are also short-term programmes during the summer season and other features. The rest of the year we look after booked tours, renting out of the premises for various events as well as company functions, weddings, entertainment etc. We also organise a Christmas Market in December.
More information under Exhibitions.
Our popular summer programme starts at the same time as the summer season where popular features include Café Evenings with singing and music, guest performers and celebrities, dramatised tours, jazz concerts etc.
Visit our Diary to see what is on at the moment.
Why is it called Verket?
A rose by any other name and the old ironworks has appeared in several guises throughout the years such as the Factory, the Old Iron Works and the Smelting House. Since 2004 it has gone under the name Verket, the Works.
In 2004, the Blast Furnace Hall was opened in a part of the building known as the works and received the NODEM Award for the best digital design for museums communication for the interactive environment and historical exhibition that was installed there. You can read more under Historical Process as well as about our award under NODEM 2004.


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Thursday, May 01, 2008
Ben Hecht - Remember Us
6 comments:
- Lemon said...
Excellant piece by Hecht. Nothing more to be said.
- 1/5/08
- Yobeeone said...
like lemon said.
- 1/5/08
- Keli Ata said...
agreed. Ben Hecht said it all.
- 2/5/08
- Daniel said...
This post of Bern Hecht is an obvious forgery. How could he have known about the Holocaust in Feb 1943. Nobody knew about it.
If it had been known FDR would have spoken out both publically to scare the Germans and privately through channels like the Swiss to tell German leaders that there would be hell to pay,
Or our American Jewish brethren would have had marches and sent telegrams to their congressmen and to the White House to do something.
The great New York Times would have put it on the front page , especially considering that the Sulzbergers are Jewish and would want to save their cousins still in Germany.
No, this has to have been a forgery , since the pre- Holocaust American Jewish community would never turn its back on its brethren if it knew the truth.
- 2/5/08
- Anonymous said...
Alarming and wonderful piece. Wish everyone in the State Dept would read it.
Thanks, SK
- 3/5/08
- Anonymous said...
This article by Hecht was published in the Reader's Digest, I'm saying this for the doubters, you can see a printed 1943 volume of the Digest in the movie "One- Third of the Holocaust," about an hour and 23 minutes in.
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2 June 1313: Edward and Isabella entered Paris during their long visit to France, to public acclaim.
5 June 1296: Death of Edward II's uncle Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Derby, aged fifty-one, the younger brother of Edward I and youngest surviving child of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. Edmund married Blanche of Artois, dowager queen of Navarre, and had sons Earl Thomas and Earl Henry (and the obscure John, about whom I know practically nothing).
6 June 1333: Death of Edward II's twenty-year-old great-nephew William Donn de Burgh, earl of Ulster, eldest child of Edward's niece Elizabeth de Clare. William's heir was his baby daughter Elizabeth, who married Edward III's son Lionel of Antwerp, duke of Clarence.
7 June 1329: Death of Robert Bruce, King Robert I of Scotland, aged not quite fifty-five (born 11 July 1274). His son and heir David II was only five, and had married Edward II's daughter Joan of the Tower the year before.
7 June 1337: Death of William III, count of Hainault and Holland, whose daughter Philippa was married to Edward III.
8 June 1368: Death of Maurice, Lord Berkeley, whose father Thomas was the former Edward II's custodian at Berkeley Castle in 1327, and who married Hugh Despenser the Younger's daughter Elizabeth. Maurice was also the grandson of Roger Mortimer.
13 June 1348: Death of Edward's first cousin Juan Manuel, lord of Peñafiel, Escalona and Villena (like Edward, a grandson of Fernando III), one of the greatest Spanish writers of the Middle Ages.
15 June 1330: Birth of Edward's eldest grandchild Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and Aquitaine, father of Richard II. He was the eldest child of Edward III, then aged seventeen, and Philippa of Hainault, then aged perhaps sixteen.
17 June 1239 (or rather, the night of 17/18 June): Birth of Edward's father Edward I, born at Westminster to Eleanor of Provence, queen of Henry III.
18 June 1318: Birth of Edward and Isabella's third child and first daughter Eleanor of Woodstock.
19 June 1312: Murder of Piers Gaveston, earl of Cornwall.
19 June 1313: Edward spent the first anniversary of Piers' death watching 54 naked dancers perform for him in France.
21 June 1377: Death of King Edward III, aged sixty-four (born 13 November 1312), eldest child of Edward II and Isabella of France. He left his ten-year-old grandson Richard II as his heir.
23/24 June 1314: Battle of Bannockburn. Which, though I'm not totally certain, I believe Edward II lost. :-) :-)
24 June 1314: Death of Edward II's nephew Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester, at Bannockburn.
23 June 1324: Death of Edward's kinsman and ally Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke.
24 or 25 June 1291: Death of Edward's paternal grandmother Eleanor of Provence, widow of Henry III, the only one of his grandparents Edward knew.
25 June 1308: Deadline for Piers Gaveston to leave England for his second exile (he actually left on the 28th). Edward appointed him lord lieutenant of Ireland.
25 June 1319: Battle of Vega de Granada in Andalusia, at which two of Edward II's Castilian cousins, Don Juan and Don Pedro, were killed.
27 June 1296: Murder of Floris V, count of Holland, whose son and heir John I (born 1284) married Edward of Caernarfon's sister Elizabeth a few months later.
27 June 1309: Return of Piers Gaveston from his second exile.
28 June 1312: Edward left York and began the journey south to London after Piers Gaveston's murder, with the country teetering on the brink of civil war.
29 June 1317: Five years and ten days after Piers Gaveston's death, Edward ordered the abbot and convent of Thame to take on six additional monks "to celebrate divine service daily in the abbey for the souls of the king's ancestors, and of Piers de Gaveston, earl of Cornwall."


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The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), an economic alliance of 34 industrialized countries, has adopted a new validated non-animal test method that can be used to asses chemicals for severe eye irritation and corrosion instead of subjecting rabbits to having chemicals dripped in their eyes. The cell-based Fluorescein Leakage Test, while not a 1:1 replacement for the rabbit test, can be used as part of a step-wise strategy to considerably reduce the number of animals subjected to eye irritancy testing.
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The cities of Ho Chi Minh, Bien Hoa and Vung Tau in Southern Vietnam are located in one of the fastest growing and developing areas of the country. Many infrastructure works such as ports and industries are linked to these economic developments of the area. They are, however, also located close to one of the largest natural river and mangrove systems. Each of these infrastructures, facilies and industries was developed after an assessment of their (individual) potential environmental impacts. However, none of them were evaluated in an integrated and global framework of environmental decision making.
In this respect, a strategic environmental assessment was conducted to assess the integrated and cumulative impacts of actual and future port developments on the society, economics and environment. Therefore, the following objectives were aimed for: (i) evaluation of the available master plan for port developments, (ii) evaluation of the present state of socio-economics and environment (cf. environmental impact statements), (iii) integrated impact assessment, and (iv) strategic environmental assessment on the port developments.
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The analysis is based on conducted measurements of water quality and sediment quality, acquired SPOT spatial images for land use change analysis, questionnaires completed by stakeholders and existing literature
• Integrated impact assessment: development of a Leopold impact matrix to identify the magnitude and importance of impacts, and to set up mitigation actions
• Strategic environmental assessment, including (i) a definition of port development plan alternatives, (ii) stakeholder definition, (iii) selection and quantification of decision criteria (based on the Leopold matrix), (iv) public participation to weight the decision criteria, and (v) sustainability ranking of port development scenarios.
Notwithstanding, the environmental impact statements revealed different societal and environmental issues in the study area. They are all related to the bad water quality, sediments polluted with heavy metals, large solid waste production, decreasing mangrove area, urbanisation with related traffic issues, dust emissions etc…
Not only determined the Leopold impact matrix (cf. integrated impact assessment) the most important impacts to consider as decision criteria in the strategic environmental assessment, it also allowed to set up crucial mitigation measures to minimise adverse societal, economic and environmental impacts from port developments.
To obtain a ranking of the proposed port development plan alternatives (with the most sustainable or preferred scenario at the top), multi criteria decision making techniques were applied. Here, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was selected. AHP inherently accounts for public participation and different scenarios in the decision making process. The results indicated that port developments balance the economic benefits and negative environmental impacts in a sustainable way. Economic developments are considered as desirable by the stakeholders. However, from a sensitivity analysis it became clear that in total three port scenarios could be opted for by the decision maker, the further port developments in the Phu My area or the Vung Tau/Dinh river area, or the full implementation of the master plan by 2020. Further analysis of the results finally suggested phase-based port developments with the continuous monitoring of the environmental quality, which should result in truly sustainable developments with a broad level of public acceptance (i.e. stakeholders, potential end-users and decision makers).
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ArroganceSeptember 29, 2008
Obama owns the PressSeptember 29, 2008
As if discerning readers hadn't figured it out already, the Main Stream Media is solidly in the tank for Barack Obama. We've been saying this all along, but it is nice to get confirmation from an insider:
Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae. Editor refuses to publish anything that would jeopardize election for O, and betting you dollars to donuts same is true at NYT, others…
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Nancy Pelosi scuttles BailoutSeptember 29, 2008
Not satisfied with approval ratings lower than any in recorded human history, Nancy Pelosi decided today to go on a tear. Just before the big vote on the financial lalapalooza bailout package she gets up and makes a passionate partisan speech blaming all the ills of the financial sector on President Bush. Claiming that
- Bush squandered the surpluses of the Clinton administration in only two years.
- Bush provided no oversight of the financial markets.
What a load of crapola! Let's see… President Bush took office in 2001. Nine months later the United States was struck by the biggest attack ever. Financial activity took a nosedive. President Bush did all he could to get the economy on an even keel after that attack. It took over two years for the nation to recover. Where was Ms. Pelosi during that timeframe? Moonbat la-la-land that's where.
President Bush also warned Congress 17 times since 2001 that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were operating without oversight. Why was that? Because Congress, particularly the Democrats who were receiving payoffs via campaign contributions or cushy multimillion dollar jobs from those Agencies, didn't want to bite the hands that paid them.
Ms. Pelosi's son was working for Countrywide Financial during that period when other Democrat politicians were getting sweetheart mortgages from that company and reselling those mortgages to… Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Sarah Palin: Better than Barack Obama? You Bet!September 29, 2008
I've known this from day one, but at last someone has put the facts into a video!
Get in My Face! Bubba Knows!September 28, 2008
My friend Bubba knows, and he ain't afraid to tell. When he says Sarah Palin can kick Barack Obama's commie ass he means it!
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Anti Ahmadinejad Rally: More Photos and VideoSeptember 27, 2008
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[News] Vanness Wu rumoured to marry girlfriend in July.
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The Taiwanese artiste reportedly plans to marry his Singaporean girlfriend Arissa Cheo on her birthday in July.
Vanness previously revealed in an interview that he wants to have six kids but worries about being "too old" to play with them by then. In order to fulfil his dream, the 34-year-old is speculated to be marrying his girlfriend Arissa Cheo on her 30th birthday (July 30) this year.
It was also said that the Taiwanese artiste has been working hard to save up for the wedding. According to the Taiwanese media, Vanness raked in NT$1.2 million (approximately S$50,000) from his recent appearance in Jiangsu TV's High Dive: Stars in Danger program.
Reports also claimed that the singer-actor recently applied for permission to go on a short break in order to renew his American passport, but his real intention was to discuss his wedding plans there.
Vanness met Arissa, daughter of a local business tycoon, when she was featured in the music video of his song 'My Kingdom' in 2006. The pair reportedly broke up and reconciled several times throughout their seven-year relationship because Arissa's father did not approve of their relationship.
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On Monday, July 11, the host of the irreverent 3 a.m. ET news/pop-culture roundtable show "RedEye W/Greg Gutfeld" gets a regular gig in the light of day.
"Yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun and a challenge," Gutfeld tells
Zap2it "I'm going to be doing two shows a day, so I'll be working
around the clock. Won't be getting to the gym as much, sadly. They'll
miss me."
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Along with Gutfeld, the show features journalist and former NPR
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President George W. Bush, Dana Perino; libertarian Judge Andrew
Napolitano; journalist and lawyer Geraldo Rivera; Republican media
strategist Andrea Tantaros; financial expert and commentator Eric
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Gutfeld is a former satirical, right-of-center Huffington Post blogger and magazine editor, and the
author of several books, most recently, "The Bible of Unspeakable
Truths." He still blogs at The Daily Gut.
"We get along great," says Gutfeld of the team at "The Five." "They're all good
people. The fact that they have to put up with me is more of a problem.
I'm basically a prima donna and a jerk, and I'm constantly demanding
"You should see my rider for this show. My dressing room has to be stocked with 400 goose-down pillows, in which I then lie for approximately two hours before the show, while I am fed bon-bons and grapes."
But seriously, UC Berkeley grad Gutfeld — who went from twice-fired magazine editor to having his own latenight TV show — is pleased with the way things have turned out.
"I had no expectations," he says. "That's the best way to go through life. I'm just happy to be here on the planet. These things that happen are just a reward, and I'm happy that I have a job."
Of course, now that Gutfeld is a regular on a show in the daytime, he has to up his game.
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Today we worked with the number 11 during our Olympics Theme! 11 can be written with two big lines. After we made our 11, we played around to see if we could make any other numbers or letters with two big lines. We found out we could make a T, V, an X, and even an L!
To make our study on the number 11 even more interested we made our 11 into skis! We learned a little bit about the sport and made ourselves, and our number of 11, into a great skier!
This activity helped with number concepts, building background knowledge, letter and number formations, fine motor control, and following directions.


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text: Michael Niedermayer wrote: > On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 06:08:52PM -0400, Justin Ruggles wrote: >> Michael Niedermayer wrote: > [...] >>>> + int8_t spx_atten_code[AC3_MAX_CHANNELS]; ///< spx attenuation code (spxattencod) >>>> + int spx_start_subband; ///< spx beginning frequency band (spxbegf) >>>> + int spx_start_freq; ///< spx start frequency bin >>>> + int spx_end_freq; ///< spx end frequency bin >>> what are frequency bins? >> MDCT coefficient index. Frequency bin is the term that the (E-)AC-3 >> spec uses throughout. > > Please explain these terms somewhere, like at the top of the file. > And dont hesitate to add diagrams and ascii art to make all the relations > clear. I have added a summary of the bin/subband/band grouping of MDCT coefficients used in (E-)AC-3...with an ascii art diagram. :) > > >>>> + int spx_copy_start_freq; ///< spx starting frequency for copying (copystartmant) >>> frequency in hz ? >> bin number. fixed. > > next clarify what starting frequency is > there surely is a source and a destination to every copy ... the summary noted above defines what a frequency bin is. i also added a comment here stating that the copy range ends at the start of the spx range. > >> >>>> + int num_spx_bands; ///< number of spx bands (nspxbnds) > >>>> + uint8_t spx_band_struct[SPX_MAX_BANDS]; ///< spectral extension band structure (spxbndstrc) >>> what is a spectral extension band structure? >> >> determines how many subbands are in each band. for each subband, 1 >> means combine with previous band, 0 means start new band. this is the >> same format as the coupling band structure, hence the shared function to >> decode it. I just added more information to the current documentation >> for decode_band_structure(). > > Could you please explain this in the doxy of the variable, > someone reading the code who sees "spx_band_struct" would look up > the doxy in the struct first and only if the doxy that is supposed > to explain does not do that at all would he read the code using the > variable > you dont have to write all the details in the doxy but > "spectral extension band structure" says nothing unless one happens to > know the ac3 spec by heart and id love to not require that. > A person knowing how MDCT+VLC/RLE based audio coding works should be > able to make sense of such decoders in lavc and not have to read > through each individual spec I hope the recent changes I've made help this. I removed all the *_band_struct[] from the AC3DecodeContext. So what defines the band structure is the number of bands and size of each band, which is much more intuitive to someone not already knowing the spec. New patch attached. Thanks for the suggestions. -Justin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: eac3_spx_8.diff Type: text/x-diff Size: 21646 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/attachments/20090805/381dbc22/attachment.diff>