Armageddon, doomsday, apocalypse, or end of time, call what you might like but this is the concept that is prevailing in the human society for years. No matter where the thought originated but it forms an essential part of the different religions of the world. True, not every religion sees the ends of time in the same way but that doesn't deny the existence of this overpowering thought.
Is the world really going to end? The truth is we don't know. Surely many of you remember the hype of 2012 when everyone thought the world is going to end? It didn't turn out to be true. That doesn't mean there will not be future predictions or they will turn out to be false too.
We can never get a definitive answer to 'when will the apocalypse come?' However, there is always the fascinating history and belief to learn. Ready to know about Armageddon?
They are a group of religions that are Semitic-originated claiming being descendants from ancient Israelites who worshipped the God of Abraham. Though there are many religions, the most prominent ones are Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Yes, though hard to believe but these all religions have a common root of origin. Now, let us take a look at how these three religions perceive Doomsday.
Unimaginable situations will plague the earth bringing destruction and death all around. There are different things that will mark the deterioration of the human world and slowly push it towards ruin. As mentioned in the Book of Revelation, the final beast or evil will be wiped away from the Earth by the 2nd resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is also called the Judgment Day when finally the kingdom of God will prevail on Earth.
As the story goes, a false messiah known as Masih ad-Dajjal will appear and claim to be the God. His right eye will be blind with deformities that will make it look like a grape. Though the true followers won't believe him, others will. Those will follow Masih ad-Dajjal to his so-called heaven which is actually hell. Before this, there are other signs that will appear and it will be catastrophic. This dance of death and viciousness will end when Isa will return from the 4th sky to kill Dajjal. Though there are other stories regarding the same, this is the most popular one. The common fact in all the stories is a resurrection of Isa who will wipe evil and restore good in the kingdom of men.
The Dead Sea scrolls discovered in 1947 left by the Essence community contains many documents. It also talks about the war between the present evil and the coming golden age of Jew kingdom. The war acts as the phase of transition between the two.
For these religions, they believe God will intervene in the world of men, pass judgment and make right out of the wrong. However, this faith of doomsday is not universal. There are others who don't see the world end that way at all.
There are many religions that originated from the land of India. Hinduism is one of the most prominent ones, gave rise to other religions of Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Today we will take a look at the view of the two biggest religions on end of time.
In Hinduism, the time is divided into four periods or yugas. The present one is the Kali Yuga which is the last one of all and most corrupted. In this era, society will experience a decline in morality along with hypocrisy and quarrel as the norm. Hindus believe that the society will face a slow deterioration until people go back in the path of evolution and start wearing tree barks. It will be the start of the destruction of mankind. This is when the 10th reincarnation of Lord Vishnu will come down to the earth as Kalki. He will fight the evil with few remaining pious souls to establish the good in the world. Also, he will leave the mind of people as crystal clear and uncorrupted. This will give rise to a new race of mankind who will be better and humanity will prevail.
They do not believe in the violent end. In fact, the end of the time is not about unveiling god's judgment. It is a revelation of truth in mind of individuals which is called enlightenment. It is the way of recognizing oneself. The followers of Buddhism are taught the ways through which they can reach this ultimate enlightenment and one of the basic steps is meditation.
As believed by these religions there is no ultimate end. The concept is that after each end there is a new beginning. That is the reason the apocalypse or the end of the time is perceived in a much different way by the followers of these religions than the westerners.
Why the major religions of the world validate the idea of the end? Predictability is the answer. Human beings prefer the predictability of an incident rather than the unpredictability. Knowing that there is a definite end also makes it easier to accept the truth of our mortality. Though the concept does not appeal to everyone, there is a paradoxical aspect to it. The confirmation about the end of the time helps many to stop worrying about death.
Almost as long as the existence of human race, predictions about the end of the world are made. Here is the list of the 'ends' that were predicted long back but luckily for us none of them actually came to pass in the real life.
The most famous one is 2012 which was predicted according to the Mayan Calendar. Predicted 5,125 years earlier it said that the world is going to end after a collision with a 'planet' known as Nibiru.
Every 74-79 years Halley's Comet passes the Earth. In 1910, it was predicted that the Earth will face annihilation after colliding with it.
666 is the number or the code that is given to the beast in Christianity who will run havoc in the world. In the year 1666, it was thought that this is the end of the world. Quite incidentally, it was also the year of the Great Fire of London which lasted for 4 days. Many saw this as the fulfillment of the prophecy.
Indeed, there are economic, scientific, and religious predictions about the end of the world. It is the firm belief of many that the world is approaching Ragnarok in one way or other. After all, as it is said, what begins must always end too!
What is your take on the whole idea of doomsday ? Do you find comfort from the certainty of the end or refuse to believe it ? Let us know in the comments below.


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Enterprises Not Alone, SMB Facing Increasing Cyber Threats
Enterprises Not Alone, SMB Facing…
Cyber threats are no longer just a concern for large-scale enterprises. Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are now exposed to such threats as well. Earlier this week, Cisco published its SMB Cybersecurity Report which suggests that all organizations, no matter what their size, are at risk of cyber attacks.
Cisco's report stated that more than half (53%) of SMBs have experienced a data breach in the recent year with the costs of the breaches going as high as $2,499,999. These are alarming statistics for SMBs who have not yet realized how threatening cyber attacks can be. The SMBs are attractive prospects for attackers because they do not allocate massive budgets to fortify their security, unlike enterprises.
In its report, Cisco gathered information from 1816 SMBs spread across 26 countries to show how these midmarket businesses face the same cyber threats as their enterprise peers. With up to 5000 security alerts per day, it is almost as if SMBs are now a stepping stone for attackers before they move on to enterprises.
When an SMB experiences a cyber attack, it results in both financial damage and reputation damage for the business. According to the 2018 Security Capabilities Benchmark Study by Cisco, 54% of all cyber attacks result in a loss of over $500,000 which includes lost revenue, opportunities, and customers among other costs. The SMB Cybersecurity Report states that 29% of the SMBs reported to have paid under $100,000 after a data breach and 20% said that it had cost in between $1000,000 to $2,499,999. Not to mention the fines that might be imposed on these SMBs if regulators are notified and a breach of regulations is found. Recovering from these huge losses is almost impossible for small and midmarket businesses which means that a cyber attack can literally put you out of business!
Types of Cyberattacks on SMBs:
There are various kinds of cyber attacks which include phishing, insider attacks, and denial-of-service attacks. SMBs will generally have basic security measures in place which will help prevent some attacks but they are not effective enough against advanced cyber attacks. The Cisco report states that SMBs reported targeted attacks against the employees such as phishing campaigns (79%), advanced persistent threats (77%), and ransomware (77%) were the most concerning types of attacks for the SMBs.
The SMBs further reported that 0.5% of their employees were likely to be involved in insider attacks i.e. deliberately enabling access from the inside of the company. This does not seem very alarming, but you need to consider that at least 3 employees out of your company of 500 can shut you down with the press of a button.
After-effects of the Data Breaches:
SMBs are not as resilient as enterprises when handling cyber attacks and thus the after-effects of the attack can be severe. The report by Cisco stated that 40% of the SMBs experienced an average downtime of 8 hours or more after a data breach, while 41% of them experienced a downtime of more than 1 hour. Not just this, but since SMBS do not have distributed systems and a cloud infrastructure in place, a data breach is likely to damage a high percentage of their systems. The study confirms this by stating that 39% of SMBs reported having more than 50% of their systems affected.
Preventive Measures that SMBs can take:
Unlike enterprises, SMBs cannot afford to have huge cybersecurity budgets and an in-house security team. This means that these businesses will always be more prone to cyber attacks than their larger counterparts. However, Cisco suggests that these SMBs can make a number of incremental changes to reduce the risks. 68% of SMBS believe that the cloud offers better data security and taking the next step towards cloud might be a sensible move. In 2014, only 55% of SMBs hosted some part of their network on the cloud but in 2017, this number increased to 70% which shows that the cloud adoption rate is increasing.
As preventive measures, 19% of SMBs will make use of an advanced Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) system, 18% will use better web application security against web attacks, and 17% will deploy intrusion prevention to stop exploits. Furthermore, 57% of SMBs are likely to turn to outsourced partners for advice and consulting on security.
An immediate step that SMBs can take is to raise security awareness within their organization. A golden opportunity for this is coming up ahead with the European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) and National Cyber Security Awareness Month beginning from next week.
To sum it up, SMBs are now facing increasing cyber threats and need to take measures to bolster their security. Even though there is no silver bullet solution to cybersecurity, SMBs should aim at evolving their security continuously by looking at others in the industry and making the required incremental changes.
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Tony and Kimberly Kirk established Birdstone Winery with the goal of producing world-class wines from Madera-appellation grapes. A friends and family effort from the start, Birdstone's winemaking team includes Tony, Kimberly and their sons Travis & Conner. It's not uncommon to find Tony & Kim's siblings, parents or friends behind the bar in the Birdstone Tasting Room or helping to crush grapes during harvest.
Tony Kirk was born and raised in Madera, California, and got a taste of the wine business while studying at California State University, Fresno. After visiting over 100 wineries, Tony was intrigued by winemaking and completed courses at UC Davis and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He began meeting with other winemakers and winery owners to understand the ``real`` side of the business. Tony often credits those individuals for any success he has experienced in the wine industry.
In the span of a few years, Tony and Kimberly went from making a few barrels of wine for family and friends to opening and operating a profitable working winery. Birdstone Winery currently buys 100 percent of their fruit from a number of local winegrape growers, and works with the Madera Vintners Association to promote excellence in winemaking and help direct the growth of the Madera region through a commitment to modern winemaking techniques and sustainable vineyard practices. In 2008, the Kirk family embarked on their own vineyard development program, and they are training vines today for wines that will be served on family tables for years to come.
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It's only trivial if you lack the capacity to see how this relates to everything else.
Somehow you are stuck on this is about a cartoon. Hint. It's not.
how is a black housekeeper " racist " ????????????????
but is systematic animal abuse of if you is black ???????????
How many does it usually take? You tell me how many were outraged. It's enough that this story is on lots of outlets including the NY post.
Being historically correct is racist.
Slow news day. Opinion piece .
Just something for the sheep to get upset about.
It's meaningless. Obviously meant to divide.
Her preferred weapon was a sweeping brush/broom if I recall correctly.
I didn't grow up thinking black housekeepers were animal abusers though.
So you agree the people thinking this should be fought?
It should divide us. Into the group pushing this and the group standing up against it.


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Dream Theater's John Petrucci on Rush: "That was the band that changed everything"
"To me, [Rush] was the band that changed everything," Petrucci told us. "When music just hits you in such a way, especially when you're young … and you're sort of developing your tastes — that band, there was something about it. I just loved it. And so I got completely sucked into all things Rush." He added, "One of my greatest musical memories has to do with them 'cause Rush was the first concert I ever went to. Back in 1982, they were on the Signals tour, they were playing the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island — I went there and had the worst seats ever. They were so far away, but I just couldn't believe that this was a band that I was listening to all this time, and here I am in the same building as them. How was that possible? I was just blown away by the show and the production. And you can imagine what impact that had on me, eventually making that my career." - for more visit ConsequenceOfSound.com, March 22, 2019
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Alex Lifeson guests on The Mute Gods' 'Atheists and Believers' now available
The Mute Gods' new album Atheists and Believers hits stores March 22nd. Nick Beggs, Roger King and Marco Minnemann are joined on this their third album by guest performers Alex Lifeson, Craig Blundell, Rob Townsend and Beggs' daughter Lula on vocals. Earlier this month, MetalExpressRadio.com shared a new interview with bassist Nick Beggs where he discussed working with Lifeson:
"I'd worked on the 2112 re-release where we did a version of Twilight Zone. He came to the shows and we hung out and kept in contact. He was really up for contributing to the record. He was such a lovely man and a very funny man too....I'd recorded all of the guitar parts already [for 'One Day'] and I told him to do whatever he wanted. If he wanted to replace the guitar parts then he could but he did something completely different. He added Mandola, ambient guitar and 12-string acoustic and I liked so much what he'd done on the outro, that I edited it and made a whole new intro for the song so the first thing you hear is Alex strumming a 12-string guitar and me singing 'Life is a chemical reaction'. His chord inversions made the whole thing sing and that effected the way I arranged it in the end. I`d like to feature him more."
The video for the Mute Gods new single 'One Day' featuring Alex Lifeson is available below.
Alex Body's "Rush: Song by Song" Coming next January
Rush: Song by Song by Alex Body is set for publication in January. Click here to preorder. From the description:
"In this unique book the reader is guided through each album, song by song, from the band's eponymous début in 1974 right up to 2012's Clockwork Angels. Every album (both live and studio) is explored in detail with rare insight into the circumstances in which the band wrote and recorded each song."
- Thanks to Joe Pesch for the heasdsup
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Rush is on the cover of the March issue of Planet Rock magazine
The new March 2019 issue of the UK's Planet Rock Magazine is on newsstands with a cover feature on Rush including a new interview with interview with Alex Lifeson. Now available for order online at planetrock.com.
"We welcome the world's biggest cult band, prog rock royalty RUSH to the cover of issue 13 of Planet Rock Magazine, with a rare and exclusive interview with guitarist Alex Lifeson, and an in-depth look at the making of the band's biggest album, Moving Pictures." - planetrock.com
- Thanks to Joe Pesch for the headsup!
Geddy Lee's Magnificent Obsession - Premier Guitar
Premier Guitar has just posted a fantastic interview with Geddy Lee. The conversation covered Lee's passion for collecting and his new book, some of the rare instruments he's now the custodian of, the challenges of Rush's music, and what the future may hold for him as a player. Check it out here.
Posted by Power Windows on Tuesday, March 05, 2019
Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth: The Official Touring History
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It is with great pride and pleasure that I announce the fall release of Wandering the Face of the Earth: The Official Touring History of Rush by Insight Editions. Co-written by myself and my friend Skip Daly, we first conceived it nine years ago, not long after the release of Beyond the Lighted Stage. Covering the 40+ year touring history of our beloved band, it is a book that not only compiles the tour dates and set lists, but also tells the stories of what happened on tour. We weren't alone in our quest though, and enlisted the help of many fellow fans (you know who you are) to help flesh out these stories. With early approval from the folks at SRO, we were not only provided with their tour records, but they helped us connect with many crew members both past and present. In addition, we had the pleasure to speak to past band members such as Mitch Bossi, Lindy Young and Gerry Fielding, as well as John Rutsey's brothers, Mike and Bill. When it came to the cover, we pitched some ideas over the phone to Hugh Syme, and he came back to us with the amazing cover you see here. And last but not least, Les Claypool and Stewart Copeland are writing the foreward and afterword, and we couldn't be more thrilled. As you can see, I'm very excited about it, and Skip and I knew we weren't the only fans that would be interested in such a book - I'm sure you'll agree.
"Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neil Peart performed together for the first time to an audience of 11,000 people in 1974. Forty years later, their last tour sold over 442,000 tickets. This is the story of everything in between. This is the story of Rush.
"Fondly known as the Holy Triumvirate, Rush is one of the top bands to shine through rock-and-roll history. Wandering the Face of the Earth covers Rush's storied touring career, from their humble beginnings as a Toronto-area bar band playing middle school gymnasiums to their rise as one of the world's most sought-after live acts, selling out massive arenas around the globe. This book includes every setlist, every opening act, and every noteworthy moment meticulously researched and vetted by the band themselves. Along with spectacular, never-before-seen imagery, this is THE must-have tour compendium for Rush fans."
Record Store Day 2019 Hemispheres Picture Disc
Record Store Day returns on April 13th, and included in this years offerings is what appears to be a reissue of the Hemispheres 12-inch vinyl picture disc originally released in December 1978. The new pressing will be limited to 5000 copies and is listed as an RSD First release - which means it will be available via other channels at some point after Record Store Day. For store participating record stores visit recordstoreday.com.
Alex Lifeson guests on John Mayall's 'Nobody Told Me'
Alex Lifeson is one of many guest performers to appear on veteran bluesman John Mayall's new album, Nobody Told Me, hitting store shelves today. Lifeson appears on the track "Evil And Here To Stay". Additional guest performers include Todd Rundgren, Joe Bonamassa, Larry McCray, Carolyn Wonderland and Steven Van Zandt from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and his own Disciples Of Soul.
UPDATE: check out the track here: "John Mayall is back with a new song, and Alex Lifeson's all over it" - Loudersound.com, February 20, 2019
"Evil and Here to Stay is just one of the star studded songs you'll be playing over and over," says Mayall. "On this particular track you get to hear some great guitar soloing from special guest Alex Lifeson, who feels right at home with this special groove."
"One of the first songs Rush learned to play as a band in front of an audience was Snowy Wood in 1968," says Lifeson. "So are influences go a long way back with John Mayall.
"When I was asked to do this particular project I was actually quite thrilled by it. Long being an admirer of the many amazing guitar players that have been a part of the Bluesbreakers and to be considered in that esteemed group I was very, very honoured, and it's been a real pleasure." - Loudersound.com, February 20, 2019
Posted by Power Windows on Friday, February 22, 2019
Tech 21 develops Geddy Lee Signature SansAmp pedal for Rush bassist's "new projects"
Tech 21 has announced the Geddy Lee Signature SansAmp YYZ pedal, a downsized version of the legendary Rush bassist's signature rackmount SansAmp.
As per other SansAmp units, the pedal is designed for recording direct and enhancing previously recorded tracks.
It features a mix control (which transitions between clean and drive), Tight button, Drive knob, active three-band EQ and master volume, all tweaked to Geddy's specs.
Tantalisingly, Tech 21 claims the release is part of the bassist's desire to "streamline and simplify his gear for new projects", which bodes well for future solo releases after Rush called it a day at the tail end of 2015.
Back in December 2018, Geddy told us, "Right now I have no plans to do anything, but I probably will do something eventually. I have no idea what it will be; I need some time to get to know myself again as a player and see what I feel like creating."
Whatever it is, it's likely to feature the YYZ. The pedal will be available for $250 from May - see Tech 21 for more info. - musicradar.com, February 18, 2019
Posted by Power Windows on Monday, February 18, 2019
Rush In Rio Vinyl Edition
Rush has announced the release of the Rush In Rio 4LP 180 Gram Vinyl edition, hitting stores January 18th, 2019. Now available, click here to order.
Rush In Rio was originally released on CD and DVD, but has never appeared on vinyl – until now. This set is presented in a heavyweight gatefold jacket and comes with a code that allows the music to be downloaded digitally.
Posted by Power Windows on Friday, January 18, 2019
Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson to appear at Rush Fan Day at Rock Hall
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Fans might have felt it took too long to get Rush into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but the institution that houses those enshrinees is making up for lost time, and doing it in a physical way.
Singer and bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson will be at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, Jan. 19, for Rush Fan Day and to push Lee's new coffee-table book, "Geddy Lee's Big Book of Beautiful Bass.''
As part of the celebration, the Rock Hall will be featuring a few of the hundreds of bass guitars Lee has collected over the 40-plus years since he, Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart formed the group that was inducted into the Hall in 2013.
Those guitars – all of them – have become the book he will sign in a special Hall of Fame Series interview hosted by bandmate and high school classmate Lifeson.
The interview and booksigning is limited to Rock Hall members and Rush fans who pay $100 and $125 via ticketing.rockhall.com, which go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10. Each ticket includes a copy of the book, access to the interview, a commemorative credential and access to all the Rock Hall exhibits, said the museum in a release announcing the event. Tickets are limited to two per transaction, the museum said.
The interview will be on the Klipsch Audio main stage at noon Saturday, Jan. 19, an open area that means all visitors will have a chance to observe it. Additionally, it will be live-streamed on the museum's Facebook page, and fans will be able to submit questions, according to the release.
The book signing is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, and is limited to those who purchased the special tickets. Those tickets do include a copy of the 408-page book that "documents the history and characteristics of Lee's basses from 1968 to 2017, including mainstream Fenders, Gibsons, Rickenbackers [and] more obscure and lesser-known treasures in his collection,'' the release noted - Cleveland.com, January 9, 2019
Posted by Power Windows on Wednesday, January 09, 2019
SiriusXM Taps Rush's Geddy Lee For Guest DJ Spot
"Geddy Lee will serve as guest DJ on SiriusXM's Classic Rewind this Thursday, January 10. Lee's stint can be heard on Channel 25 starting at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday afternoon.
Geddy's guest spot comes as part of a slot normally occupied by DJ Kristine Stone. As Rush Is A Band points out, Stone is a well-known Rush fan whose promo includes "Limelight" playing in the background and the tagline "… and then's there's Rush … my happy place." Kristine typically holds down the 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. time slot on Classic Rewind, a channel devoted to classic rock from the '70s and '80s." - Jambase.com, January 8, 2019
Posted by Power Windows on Tuesday, January 08, 2019
Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass Now Available
Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass hits bookstores today! Check out the synopsis below, as well as the latest news stories where Geddy has been promoting the release.
Geddy Lee: these are the 10 bassists who blew my mind - MusicRadar.com, December 10, 2018
Geddy Lee on His 'Big Beautiful Book of Bass' and the Future of Rush - Billboard.com, December 14, 2018
Geddy Lee Talks Massive New Bass Book, Meeting John Paul Jones - Rollingstone.com, December 14, 2018
Geddy Lee's new book is a stunning tour of his musical mind and epic bass collection (video interview) - TheLoop.ca, December 18, 2018
Q&A: Geddy Lee considers if Rush would reunite - The Canadian Press , December 20, 2018
Geddy Lee Reveals Why He Never Collected Basses During Rush Career - Q1043.iheart.com, January 8, 2019
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer and Rush bassist Geddy Lee celebrates rock music's thunderous, rumbly bottom end—the bass—in this unique, lavishly illustrated, full-color compendium showcasing over two hundred rare, iconic, beautiful, and sometimes eccentric bass guitars from his extensive collection.
In this luxurious keepsake volume, Geddy Lee chronicles the fascinating history of one of rock music's foundation instruments, the bass guitar. Written with arts journalist Daniel Richler, gorgeously photographed by Richard Sibbals, and with insight from Geddy's trusted bass tech and curator, John "Skully" McIntosh, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass profiles over two hundred classic basses from Geddy's extensive collection. The book combines knowledge and observations gleaned from Geddy's long, successful career with new and behind-the-scenes photos, ranging from his earliest days to Rush's sold-out 40th anniversary tour in 2015, plus personal interviews with some of the world's top bassists and collectors.
A musician and guitar freak, Geddy has acquired the magnificent bass models that have been the backbone of the world's greatest popular music, from greats such as Paul McCartney, John Entwistle, and Jack Bruce. The book features vintage basses from 1950 through the mid-1970s—the golden age of guitar making.
Suffused with Geddy's intelligence, taste, and disarming wit, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass is also an entertaining look at a legend's career on stage, in the studio, and at home. Geddy shares his views of the role of the bass guitar in his life and in the lives of the great players who've influenced him, revealing his passions and motivations, and ultimately broadening fans' appreciation of his beloved instrument.
Alex Lifeson to guest on The Mute Gods' 'Atheists And Believers'
The Mute Gods have revealed that they'll release their third studio album in the coming months.
The follow-up to 2017's Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth is titled Atheists And Believers and it will arrive on March 22.
The core lineup of Nick Beggs, Roger King and Marco Minnemann are joined on the record by guest stars including Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, Craig Blundell, Rob Townsend and Beggs' daughter Lula on vocals.
In November last year, drummer Minnemann said he was working with Lifeson on a new project, but it's not clear if that was for The Mute Gods or a solo release.
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Posted by Power Windows on Monday, January 07, 2019
Eddie Trunk podcast featuring Geddy Lee
Today Eddie Trunk announced:
Got my days screwed up yesterday.. today is Thursday and new podcast day with Geddy Lee RUSH now up! PodcastOne or ITunes Free! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id897720614
Posted by Power Windows on Thursday, January 03, 2019
Alex Lifeson appears at the 2018 Andy Kim Christmas Show
Last night Alex Lifeson took part in the 5th annual Andy Kim Christmas Show at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto to support the Starlight Children's Foundation. Alex performed with Andy Kim on "Rock Me Gently" and "Sugar Sugar", with Kim Mitchel on the Rush with Max Webster favorite "Battle Scar" (beginning at 4:50 in video below). and with Tom Cochrane for "Life Is A Highway" and "Boy Inside The Man". Other performers included Broken Social Scene, Billy Talent, Ron Sexsmith, Hayden, Kim Mitchell, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bif Naked, Theo Tams and Peter and Leah of July Talk. - Thanks to RushFanForever for the headsup!
Posted by Power Windows on Thursday, December 06, 2018
Rush on the cover of Prog #93
Hitting bookstores today in the UK is PROG issue #93, featuring Rush on the cover to celebrate the release of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Hemispheres:
"The new issue of Prog is on sale today. It's been 40 years since Rush last recorded a side-long prog rock epic. And that was on the Hemispheres album. With a brand new box set of the album due out, we sat down with Geddy Lee to discuss the making of the album at Rockfield Studios in Wales and its impact on the band's career. We also talk about Geddy's new Big Beautiful Book Of Bass and there's a chance to win your own signed copy too!" - Loudersound.com
The magazine is currently available at issuu.com here.
Alex Lifeson to appear on SportsInnerview Saturday 11/17
Sports commentator Ann Liguouri will be interviewing Alex Lifeson on her SportsInnerview show tomorrow/Saturday morning from 9-10 AM EST on 883WPPB.org.
Hemispheres 40th Anniversary Now Available
The long expected 40th Anniversary Edition of Hemispheres is now available. Hitting store shelves November 16th, the new edition features new album art by Hugh Syme, and includes a second disk featuring the complete "Live At Pinkpop Festival, Netherlands/1979" as well as "2112" from the 1978 Tucson Arizona show. Unlike the 2112 and A Farewell to Kings releases, there are no cover songs from other artists included.
Hemispheres 40th Anniversary is available in three physical formats: Super Deluxe, 2CD Deluxe and 3LP Vinyl.
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Review: Rush's 'Hemispheres' Reissue Celebrates Band's Prog-Era Peak - RollingStone.com, November 16, 2018
"The Super Deluxe Edition includes two CDs, one exclusive Blu-ray disc, and three high-quality 180-gram black vinyl LPs. The set encompasses the Abbey Road Studios 2015 remastered edition of the album for the first time on CD, along with previously unreleased and newly restored bonus content consisting of the band's masterful June 1979 Pinkpop Festival performance in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, the Pinkpop recording engineer failed to capture the first several minutes of "2112," so an amazing, unreleased performance of the song during the Hemispheres tour from Tucson, Arizona in November 1978 appears here in its place. The third bonus disc contains audio from the album newly mixed from the original multitracks in 5.1 surround sound on a Blu-ray disc, along with four bonus videos: three shot in 1978 as promo videos, and one of "La Villa Strangiato," originally shot at Pinkpop with newly restored stereo audio.The Super Deluxe Edition of Hemispheres-40th Anniversary will also include several exclusive items, including a 40-page hardcover book with unreleased photos and new artwork by original album designer Hugh Syme; an extensive, 11,000+-word essay by Rob Bowman; The Words & The Pictures, a replica of the band's rare 1979 UK tour program; a 24x24-inch wall poster of the newly created Syme art; a Pinkpop Festival replica ticket; a Pinkpop Festival replica cloth VIP sticky pass; and a replica 1978 "Rush" Hemispheres iron-on patch.
"Hemispheres was one of our most challenging and demanding records to make," says Alex Lifeson. "From its inception in a Wales farmhouse where it was written over a 4 week span," Lifeson continues, "to the very difficult mixing sessions in two London recording studios, it stands as a key transitional album in Rush's long recording history."
Hemispheres, Rush's sixth studio album, was originally released in October 1978, and it built upon the adventurous sonic template the band established on its acclaimed 1977 effort, A Farewell To Kings. The album's first track, "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres," encompassed the entirety of Side 1 on the original release and was the logical, heady continuation of the epic album-ending Kings track, "Cygnus X-1." Side 2 commenced with the hard-driving commentary on English culture "Circumstances," followed by the socially aware and environmentally conscious FM radio hit "The Trees," and concluded with the instrumental tour de force and longtime concert favorite, "La Villa Strangiato."
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Alex Lifeson working with drummer Marco Minnemann on new project
Drummer Marco Minnemann has revealed on his Facebook page that he's working on a new project with Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson when he teased "Working on a new collaborative release together with Rush's Alex Lifeson. Watch this space for more details to follow soon."
Minnemann is best-known for his solo career and work with The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson and The Mute Gods. The pair worked together previously on Minnemann's 2017 album Borrego, which also featured Joe Satriani.
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WASHINGTON DC - As supporters and protesters alike stream into Washington DC for the inauguration of Donald Trump, the hope and change that permeated the air during the Obama inaugural seems to have been replaced with shock and appal.
Over the course of the campaign, it seemed that there was no one, or no group, off limits from the then-candidate's vitriol, and as a president-elect, Americans saw little change. In response, the artist behind the iconic image of Obama during his election has created art fitting this next occasion; not of Trump but of the people he has reviled.
Shepard Fairey created the art series "We the People," named after the first sentence in the US constitution, attempting to capture that more perfect union with images of a black woman, a Latina, an elderly Native American man and a young Muslim woman wearing the American flag as a headscarf. The last image, based on the famous photo taken of a Muslim-American woman named Munira Ahmed by Muslim-American photographer Ridwan Adhami, has stirred controversy, and debate, even within the Muslim American community itself.
The campaign, which raised funds on Kickstarter, was the brainchild of the Amplifier Foundation, an organisation that partners with artists to promote grassroots movements. For the We the People series, the organisation partnered with artists Fairey, Ernesto Yerena and Jessica Sabogal. Fairey first became widely known for his Obama "Hope" poster from the 2008 campaign.
"When Aaron Huey and I brainstormed about this campaign, we both agreed that it was important to create images around the most attacked and excluded communities," Fairey told Middle East Eye.
For some, the image of the hijab borders on the stereotypical, and does not accurately reflect the diversity of those 3.3 million Muslim Americans. For Ghazala Irshad, a journalist in New York City who covered the Arab Spring uprising, the image implies a version of nationalism that she finds disconcerting.
Irshad points to the American military's many campaigns against Arab nations, and its treatment of Muslims in America since 9/11.
For Safia Mahjebin, a young Muslim-American woman who wears a hijab, the rhetoric of the campaign, and the subsequent election, has taken a toll. She was familiar with Adhami's original image, having seen it many times as she came of age in the years after 9/11, but seeing the Fairey art "gave me goose bumps," she told Middle East Eye.
When asked if she was concerned that the image depicted merely one version of a Muslim woman, Mahjebin said it did, but in this context, it was appropriate.
Although women who wear the hijab are more frequent targets of racism and abuse and are far more vulnerable than Muslim women who do not wear it, Mahjebin said the image, to her, represents strength. "It's strength despite vulnerability," she said.
It's that strength and power that Fairey says he had been attempting to capture with the image.
The We the People campaign posters are available for free download for printing.


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Come with us and discover the magic of Prague at night a different way! Probably everyone is familiar with the city of a hundred spires in daylight, in the moonlight, however, it is a novel experience, especially from the deck of a historical steamer. For the upcoming Prague Light Festival the Prague Steamboat Company in cooperation with Philips and Eltodo has prepared a truly generous program for you.
From the deck of one of the historic steamboats - Vyšehrad or Vltava – you will be able to get a great perspective on unique light installations, while the banks of the Vltava River, bursting with historic and modern architecture, will literally come to life before your eyes.
We can also offer you a quite exceptional and unique attraction – a river cruise on the floodlit steamboat Vyšehrad, which celebrated its 75th Anniversary this year.
1499 CZK per person. Includes a 100 min cruise, festive lighting of the steamboat, welcome drink, Prague Light Festival buffet, a lively commentary performed by leading actors, lighting monuments from the deck, meetings with the authors of installations.


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1. It seems to be the case that the Welsh Government is considering using the new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015 as a metric for determining whether or not development finance by public money will be sustainable or not under the Bill.
1.1 The One Planet Council believes this is not sufficient and set out the reason below. We would like to see Ecological Footprint Analysis added as a metric.
2. The Welsh Government's Sustainable Development Scheme, 'One Wales: One Planet' has an objective that within the lifetime of a generation, Wales should use only its fair share of the earth's resources, with its ecological footprint reduced to the global average availability of resources of 1.88 global hectares per person (the global availability of resources in 2007). This is a very challenging but necessary target.
2.1 Nowhere has the Welsh Government explained how this target will be achieved.
2.2 However, the Welsh Government has provided guidance and a calculator to determine planning permission for One Planet Developments in line with this policy to support the introduction of One Planet Developments (OPDs). These utilise Ecological Footprint Analysis as the only metric.
2.3 We suggest that in order to provide a fair and level playing field, all developments financed by public money should gradually be moved to being assessed on the same basis.
2.4 Adopting this metric will help determine whether or not Wales is succeeding in its aim set out in One Wales: One Planet. It is hard to see how, if any other metric is adopted, we can be sure whether this aim is being satisfied and will be achieved within one generation.
3. Regarding the draft Sustainable Development Goals, there are 17 altogether, containing 169 targets. Not all of them will make it through to the final draft. The task of deciding which goals and targets will ultimately be adopted by the United Nations is partly falling to the man perhaps best known for writing the controversial book The Sceptical Environmentalist, Bjørn Lomborg, and his think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus Center.
3.1 This think tank has assembled 57 teams of economists to order these targets and goals in terms of their cost-benefit effectiveness. Lomborg has made his name by questioning assumptions held by development and environmental professionals on economic grounds, frequently asking the question: "are we getting value for money?" Lomborg's economists will therefore at this moment be analysing the targets below to see whether there is robust evidence supporting the case that investment in each area will bring concrete results, and, if so, what the return on investment will be. But it remains unclear whether these goals will be defined by the time the bill in Wales becomes law.
3.2 But there are, we suggest, at least two areas in which taking a purely economic perspective will lead to skewed results from other perspectives. Many of the Sustainable Development Goals contain reference to the need to protect vulnerable individuals such as the old and infirm or children, but these people do not have the same level of economic value as a fit, healthy young adult. A purely economic argument would place less value on preserving their lives.
3.3 And in dealing with issues of biodiversity, is it right to place only economic value upon species and ecosystems, the so-called 'natural capital', in order to justify preserving them, or should they not be preserved purely for their own sake? Can sustainable development be truly sustainable if it takes an exclusively anthropogenic perspective?
4. The One Planet Council would like to see Ecological Footprint Analysis (EFA) used as an indicator instead or as well as the SDGs. EFA, again, is an economic analysis. Nevertheless it has the advantages of being absolute and a proxy for other benefits, not an economic end in itself.
Ecological Footprint Analysis and absolute sustainability indicators
5. Many of the targets contained in the SDGs are relative, calling for a percentage reduction in this or that, which is a reasonable way of measuring some types of progress, but only if the baseline is selected appropriately.
5.1 To take the example of climate change, the numbers we should be focused on are absolute ones, such as the degree of concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. While we can reduce our emissions in a proportionate sense, it is this final absolute concentration figure that matters, because upon that rests the degree of warming that will occur.
5.2 To take another example, that of energy efficiency in buildings, the Passivhaus standard is an absolute and measurable metric and enables comparisons between buildings, whereas targets that are often found in building regulations, based on a percentage reduction in energy use, do not enable this and are less likely to result in genuine reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy use.
6. With this in mind, Ecological Footprint Analysis uses expenditure as a proxy for ecological damage (just as, reciprocally, the number of human lives lost through, say, disease or traffic accidents, can translate into an economic cost). It does this, however, without putting a value on the environment. That is not necessary: all we need to know is that consumption involves the use of resources, and consumption involves expenditure.
6.1 Ecological footprint analysis can be applied to individuals, households, developments, towns and countries. By comparing the results we can not only adjudge their relative performance in environmental sustainability terms, but also, in conjunction with economic and other indicators, a ratio of environmental efficiency.
7. To decouple well-being from environmental impact should be a chief goal of sustainable development, making it possible for people to live better and more fulfilling lives, with everything they need, at minimal cost to the environment.
7.1 So, even though Lomborg and his 57 teams of economists will come up with financially quantitative analyses of the 169 targets, ranking them in terms of cost-effectiveness, there will still remain the qualitative and value-laden task of choosing how to weight the results, before we can arrive at the final, definitive list.
8 We recommend that there is a need for further research underpinning Ecological Footprint analysis as used in Wales and elsewhere. There are organisations who are working on this already, I recommend the work of the New Economics Foundation: http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/
8.1 Results are coming in from existing one planet developments which need to be analysed to determine what works and what does not work so the process can become more efficient.
8.2 The calculations using the calculator need to be continually examine and refined.
8.3 This work could be undertaken by, or financed by The Welsh Government and conducted by the expertise already in place in the Cardiff Business School and the Geography Department of Cardiff University.
9. We recommend that with ecological footprint analysis used as a metric, that there is a staggered or incrementally reducing series of targets for reducing the ecological footprints of developments financed by public money over 25 years (one generation). This is because in many cases initially adopting such a radical level of reduction as 1.88 global hectares per person will not be possible immediately.
9.1 (It's worth noting that even this low level, while difficult to achieve, is still not as low as it should be in order for every person on the planet's equally share the total of humanity's ecological impact.)


The ever-elusive Crater Lake has been on my list for a while.
Four hours from Portland Oregon, the drive down to this National Park has always seemed long to me – particularly for a solo destination. But when I looked to the east & west of the park, I found some cool places to visit & our Oregon road trip was planned. The loop consisted of Portland -> Yachats -> Crater Lake -> Bend -> Portland.
Take a look below for the route Rita V took and how you can do the same!
Yachats is one of many gems on the Oregon coast.
Yachats is just north of the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve, a stunning site full of trails & natural ocean sites. Blowholes & other cool coastal features with names like Thor's Well, Cook's Chasm & Spouting Horn will blow your mind. Go at high tide.
Crater Lake National Park was a bit smoky for us, due to fires in the area, but the crystal blue lake still made an appearance. You can hike the moderately strenuous, but short Watchman Peak Trail for sunset. There is a fire overlook at the top of the .08 mile trail for lovely views and there is a ranger-led hike if you're in to that. While sunset was pretty, waking to see the sunrise at the southern end of the lake made the trip for me.
If you want to learn more about Crater Lake's adventure possibilities head HERE.
Bend is amazing for several reasons: beer & nature are two of them. Crux Fermentation, Deschutes Brewing & others give you all the reasons to go for a hike, climb, kayak, bike ride so you can come back to town & drink. My favorite place to hike was Three Sisters Wilderness. We did the eight-mile Green Lakes Basin trail, which had waterfalls and lakes. Highly recommend!
Oregon is yet another reason the Pacific Northwest has more hidden gems than most realize!
In fact on our National Parks Podcast it contained more shout outs than any other region in the country.
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In 2016, influential international business magazine Forbes described The Travel Corporation as "the biggest travel company you've never heard of".
For Gavin Tollman, chief executive of the group's Trafalgar brand and a senior member of its founding family, that was a perhaps surprisingly welcome description.
"We actually liked that," he told a Travel Weekly executive dinner hosted in Mayfair's Chesterfield hotel, the original property in TTC's Red Carnation collection and now one of 17 globally.
TTC's brands are many and wide-ranging, from the more traditional escorted touring operators like Trafalgar, AAT Kings and Insight Vacations, to its youth brands Contiki and Busabout.
It also operates river cruise line Uniworld, the Red Carnation hotel chain, and a host of regional brands such as Brendan Vacations in the US, New Horizons and Creative Holidays in Australia, and African Travel and Lion World Tours in Africa.
But Tollman said despite TTC's global reach – it is present in seven continents and 70 countries, with 30 brands, 40-plus offices and 10,000 staff – the heritage of the business remains inextricably linked to the UK, where it is headquartered in Victoria, London.
"So much of our roots are here in the UK," said Tollman, who told guests why he is hugely passionate about the travel industry.
In 2020, TTC will mark 100 years since its was founded in the small fishing village of Paternoster in South Africa's Western Cape.
TTC's first tour operator brand, Trafalgar, was born in 1947, taking its name from its neighbourhood when it was located opposite South Africa House overlooking Nelson's Column in the London square of the same name.
Tollman identified four industry trends which he said TTC has been ahead of the curve in catering for.
The first is an increasing desire for "authenticity, for the local, for making things real".
"A decade ago, we started BeMyGuest, which offers an opportunity for our customers to go into people's homes, to break bread with them. If you eat the food with a local, you will understand more," he said.
"As a tour operator, when you take someone into a destination, it's about how you bring that richness of the place to life in a way that they could not simply get by jumping on a plane, hiring a car and discovering it on their own.
"It's like when you go to a destination for the first time and you have a friend there, someone who tells you where to go, what to eat, all those kinds of experiences. That, in essence, is what we are trying to do.
Tollman pointed to Trafalgar's value brand Costsaver, which he said pioneered the shift towards flexibility and customisation in independent travel while taking care of all essentials.
A second trend Tollman expects to accelerate is sustainability. He said five years ago not a single customer would talk to him about sustainability, but that today he is asked about it on every one of the 10 to 15 trips he joins each year to speak to guests.
"These are issues that never registered three years ago, but it's only accelerating," he said.
TTC's TreadRight Foundation today funds conservation projects around the globe and its work with One Tree Planted under which a tree is planted for every guest that opts for e-documents has seen over 100 acres of woodland planted and saved an estimated 570 trees from logging.
The third trend Tollman picked out was emerging destinations, but not just far-flung exotic countries. As well as Japan and South America, he suggested keeping an eye on Italy.
Another destination to watch is South Africa. Trafalgar started offering tours of the country in the UK market for the first time only last year. Prior to that, South Africa had not been featured as it was felt there might be seen to be a conflict of interest with inbound operator Cullinan Holdings, now part of TTC and of which Tollman is chairman.
Tollman said Trafalgar's UK sales of South Africa had shot out of the blocks, hitting its annual budget in its first week of sales.
The final UK trend Tollman highlighted was the increase in late bookings. "There is no doubt one of the most significant shifts has been as a consequence of uncertainty," he said.
Tollman cited last year's Abta trends report that stated 86% of the UK population will travel.
"If we think about Brexit. What we should all recognise is that if we take that 86%, and take the late‑booking market, there's going to be a huge opportunity.
1. Will people pay more for sustainable holidays?
Travellers today want to ensure they are travelling with companies that are doing the right thing. Would they pay more? No. They believe it's your responsibility to do the right thing.
2. What's the biggest mistake you have made in business?
When we began BeMyGuest in 2009, we were the only ones talking about authentic experiences. Then in 2014, the entire industry became littered with everyone saying they were doing the same thing. So I decided to punch back rather than saying this is how we are going to evolve. It took two to three years to differentiate ourselves again.
3. What's the best decision you have made in your career?
We have always been an early adopter of technology and I wanted total transparency, so the single most transformational thing in our business was probably using Feefo. Today everyone in operations looks at reviews from Feefo daily. We have 'Feefo Fridays' in Geneva.
4. And the second best?
It was probably a singular appointment. In 2010, we found this lady in charge of all flight attendant training for Virgin Atlantic. She has fundamentally transformed our travel directors. We no longer hire for knowledge, we hire for personality. Do you really want to go on holiday with your history teacher?
5. Art, music, snowboarding and Chelsea Football Club – which is your biggest passion?


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Solid 18K yellow gold case on 18K YG bracelet with deployant clasp. Ivory enamel dial with yellow gold hand and hour markers. Quartz movement.
Sold August 1983. Very fine and very rare.
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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 2008
Poffy The Cucumber December 20, 2008
The Day Keanu's Face Muscles Stood Still.
Keanu Reeves elevates his One Facial Expression Method to new levels of expressionlessness in this wooden remake of the 1951 film.
Klaatu Cucumber
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Though excellent concepts are broached in both THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL films (1951 and 2008 versions), both films are ruined by their gutless denouements, failing to follow through on their stances of the human race not being worthy of continuing existence.In 1951, Michael Rennie, as alien Klaatu, landed in Washington in a glowing cardboard flying saucer; in 2008, a gaunt Keanu Reeves is Klaatu (which in alien language means, "OMG, he's sexy AND mysterious!"), who lands in Manhattan in a spectacularly-visualized translucent sphere. Upon exiting his vehicle, he is shot, which precipitates the appearance of his bodyguard, Gort.
In 1951, mechanical man Gort was a foam rubber, eight-foot automaton who dumpled from side to side like a mummy – nothing you couldn't outrun or outlaugh; in 2008, Gort thunders out as a 50-foot war machine, black metallic steel-flecked texture, Iron-Man-meets-the-Balrog, super conductive, super destructive.
Yes, the "effects" of 2008 elevate this movie above the original, as does the updating of social mores, better acting and "realism" – but let's not talk of "realism" for either movie, as the English-speaking, oxygen-breathing, bipedal, humanoid, physics-bending Klaatu contravenes any discussion – suffice to say, 2008's remake is not as cringe-inducing or naive as the 1951 original. The intriguing first act, fraught with scientific exposition, is where this EARTH STOOD STILL shines.
It keeps shining through the somber exchange between Klaatu and presidential spokeswoman, Regina Jackson (Kathy Bates), understating the superiority of unknown worlds beautifully:
Jackson: Do you represent a civilization?
Klaatu: I represent a group of civilizations.
Jackson: Where is this group of civilizations?
Klaatu: All around you.
Klaatu: Do you speak for the entire human race?
Jackson: I speak for the president of the United States. Now please tell me: Why have you come to our planet?
Klaatu: 'Your' planet?
Jackson: Yes, this is our planet.
Klaatu: No. It is not.
Oh, snap!
Then screenwriter David Scarpa pulls away from Edmund H. North's original screenplay (from a story by Harry Bates), making Klaatu an environmentalist, giving new meaning to Little Green Men: "This planet has reached a Tipping Point" (trademark, Al Gore); "This planet can't be allowed to perish" (trademark, Al Gore); "If the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the Earth survives" (trademark, Lex Luthor).
And everything shiny goes dull and everything dumb gets dumber.
Tasty spinner scientist, Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly), befriends Klaatu and aids his quest to communicate with someone intelligent – that would rule out everyone from the military all the way down to the White House janitor; below the janitor, this would include the president and his cabinet, all the way down to the pets.
That's where Monty Python steps in – Helen takes Klaatu to visit John Cleese (in an excellent cameo as The Smartest Man in the World – sounds like a Python sketch, doesn't it?), who argues against humanity's destruction by imploring Klaatu, "At the precipice, we change." (Both John Cleese and Gort have way too little screentime.)
Cleese's importuning counts for nothing, as Klaatu has an insider – James Hong (BALLS OF FURY, 2007) – an alien sent to Earth 70 years ago who has lived among us, studying our proclivities, who reports that – (we can smell it coming a mile away! The insufferable "Humans are warlike – BUT NOBLE" moment) – who reports to Klaatu that "Humans are warlike – BUT NOBLE."
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky… and vomit.
You egregious wimps! Just once I'd like to see humans pay for their pompous arrogance! But how's that going to happen when humans make the films?
In 1951, Michael Rennie very clearly said: "it is no concern of ours how you run your own planet, but if you threaten to extend your violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned out cinder." Which means: only when Earth extends its belligerence off-planet will those "intergalactic police" step in and bring peace by… er, force.
In 2008, Klaatu's intergalactic police are simply whining greenies, even though the ORIGINAL message could have served more potently in this age of human intergalactic endeavors (with our spaceships, probes, and terraforming equipment being sent to the planets, stars and other galaxies).
Instead, all the translucent globes that land serve as "arks," transporting animals off-planet. Whereupon the plan is to then decimate the Earth, including humankind. What kind of a fertile land will that leave behind for the animals to return to? Not sure – but I do know that Jennifer Connelly could use my anal-probe.
Gort (whose ker-ray-zee 1950s-monster-name is a "scientific" acronym in the remake: Genetically Organized Robot Technology) disintegrates into trillions of little CGI insectoids who ravage the landscape, decimating cities like locusts. How can Klaatu-Keanu say the human race is "killing the planet," with a straight face when Gort's insectoids are doing the same thing? (Well, I guess when you don't have facial acting muscles, you can say anything with a straight face…) And why are they eating buildings anyway? Giants Stadium is not "the human species" – but it makes for a spanky movie trailer.
To cap off the gutlessness and stupidity, Kleaanu has his "humans are a noble species" epiphany – as we knew he would – and sends out an electromagnetic pulse (we presume) that destroys the insectoids and brings on "the day the earth stood still" as it cuts all electricity, stops all traffic, boats, factories, etc. And lets the humans live. As he rises quietly into the cosmos to go green up another bunch of dweebs.
It is amazing the same paranoia exists in 2008 as it did in 1951; call it Cold War, call it Terrorism, the human species still trembles like lemmings at anything remotely "alien" – the opening scenes where the army surrounds Klaatu's spaceship read exactly the same in both movies: grunts with itchy trigger fingers, supposedly the toughest humans on the planet, brown their panties at the first sign of "different" and start shooting arbitrarily. Then when the alien reacts in self-defense, the army accuses the aliens of attacking first. Sound familiar?
People consider the 1951 version "revolutionary" for its message. It is not – every '50's B-movie during the Atomic Age/Cold War soapboxed about "The decision of destruction or salvation rests with humans themselves." Likewise, this 2008 version is as gutlessly pc as any prominent fad media these days soapboxing on "green or die." As the '50's had to include their movie staple of Alien Carrying Earth Woman, the '08 bows to its New Staples of the green message, American firepower coupled with inferiority complex, and annoying insectoid CGI (how many modern movies contain CGI insectoids for no reason? KONG 2005, CLOVERFIELD, LOST IN SPACE).
In 50 years, they will laugh at 2008's THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, as we laugh at the 1951 version – they will laugh at our '08 social mores, laugh at our computers, at "tipping point" references, at the CGI insectoids, at the mixed messages…
As for the boy of wood who somehow made a career out of "acting" – Keanu – one person will not be laughing at him. Pinocchio.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 2008 (Dec 2008) PG-13
Director: Scott Derrickson.
Writer: David Scarpa, Edmund H. North.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, James Hong, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, Kyle Chandler, Robert Knepper.
Word Count: 1,250 No. 304
Tags:2008, Alpha-D, David Scarpa, Drama, Edmund H. North, Jaden Smith, James Hong, Jennifer Connelly, John Cleese, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, Keanu Reeves, Kyle Chandler, Rating-5, Remake, Science Fiction, Scott Derrickson


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This Is Apparently The Age Women Reach Their Sexual Peak
Older than you might think
It's easy to get bogged down by the idea that as you get older, your sexual appetite and prowess wanes.
But this isn't always the case - especially for women. According to new research, the age at which women have their most fulfilling sex is 36.
The True Effect Porn Can Have On Your Sex Life
The study, commissioned by contraceptive app Natural Cycle asked 2,600 women about their experience of orgasms, feelings of attractiveness and how much they enjoyed sex.
Their answers were analysed by age which was split into three groups: younger (below 23), middle (23-35) and older (36 and over).
The answers proved promising for the oldest age group who answered that they were the most confident in their skin with 8 out of 10 saying they felt sexy. They also scored highest when it came to climaxing with nearly 6 out of 10 reporting more frequent and better orgasms.
The \'Flaws\' Men And Women Actually Find Attractive
Only 4 out of 10 women in the middle group said they were happy with their appearance while 7 out of 10 women under 23 said the same. In regard to their orgasm frequency just 5 out of 10 reported better orgasms in the younger groups of women.
When it came to sexual frequency, 86 per cent of the older age group said they had great sex over the last four weeks compared to 76 per cent in the middle group and just 56 per cent of the youngest.
Proving some things really do get better with age.
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Lego has launched a social network exclusively for under-13s on a new app branded Lego Life. The app lets children post photos of their Lego creations and comment on others – but with strict restrictions on how they can interact with fellow users. Text comments aren't allowed but users can either use prewritten responses or Lego emoji and stickers to converse.
To keep users safe, they won't be asked for any personal information or photographs and the app doesn't have tracking enabled. Instead, avatars are Lego figures and account names are randomly generated words.
Lego hopes in future the app will expand to become a central hub for all its services, including games and building manuals. All the adverts on the network are for Lego's own products.


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Sir Padampat Singhania University
Bhatewaar , Udaipur
Affiliated to:AIU, Govt of Rajasthan, UGC
About Sir Padampat Singhania University
It was nearly half a century ago, Late Sir Padampat Singhania, the visionary founder of the J K Organization dreamt of an empowered India populace, through whom India would take its place as an equal in the comity of nations. According to him, empowerment pre-supposes education and knowledge. That then became the cornerstone of the Organization philosophy for discharging its social responsibility. The J K Cement Nimbahera Foundation (JKCNF) was born. Overtime, the involvement with education became stronger and deeper. Today, two decades later, it is associated with twelve educational institutions imparting education to nearly 14000 students at various levels of the learning curve.
The J K Cement Nimbahera Foundation envisioned the establishment of a University in Rajasthan benchmarked to international educational institutions. The Foundation constituted a think tank of eminent persons from the Industry, Science & Technology and academia to brain storm the directions of development of the proposed University and prepare its blue print.
The University is committed to academic excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, diversity, vibrancy and creativity.
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Why Sir Padampat Singhania University
We believe that education should be both broad and useful, enabling students to participate in the humane culture of the community and to discover and apply knowledge for the benefit of society. Our emphasis on learning by doing, and on the value of useful knowledge, is at the heart of the University education mission.
Our mission is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, management and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The University is committed to generating, disseminating and preserving knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. Our University is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual simulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of the University, the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively and effectively for the betterment of humankind.


I'm Andrew Cox, the owner and lead videographer behind Fireside Media. My wife and I met at Barlow High School and then dated for a few years after graduating before I finally proposed. When Kendra and I got married in 2017, we had the most incredible wedding day. It was perfect for us. I cherish our wedding film and we look back often to relive the celebration of our beginning.
I love being able to create wedding films that bring out the real emotions and moments of each wedding. I also enjoy building relationships with each couple I work with, so before the wedding I make it a point to take you both out for coffee at least once! My goal is to leave the couple with a gift they can look back on for many years and still experience the wedding like it was yesterday.
Outside of filmmaking, I spend my weekends backpacking with my wife, watching way too many season of Survivor, and enjoying time serving with our church family here in Boring, Oregon.
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Dr. Lakshmi Goel, an associate professor of information systems at the Coggin College of Business, teaches Management of Information Technology, Social Media and Business Analytics and E-Business Strategy. Goel's current research focuses on IT ecosystems in innovation networks, IT-facilitated learning environments and social media for small and medium enterprises.
Goel received her Ph.D. in Decision and Information Sciences from the University of Houston. Her research works are published in various conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems and the Americas Conference on Information Systems, to name a few, as well as numerous journals including Management Information Systems Quarterly and Journal of the Association of Information Systems.
Goel said she would always choose to be a teacher, even if it meant volunteering for an organization that needed educators. "I come from a family of social workers and educators. I can't imagine doing anything else."
Because Goel teaches about tech, there is a lot of tech in her courses; however, a big part of what she teaches is the "fit" between the tech and the task at hand. "I'm mindful that technology complements my teaching, rather than overwhelms it or substitutes for it."
Get to Know Dr. Lakshmi Goel
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"I'd love to witness the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I just took the test to become a U.S. citizen, so I'm fresh on American history."
What is your personal philosophy?
"Be open to change. Try to leave the world a better place."
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Most people I meet at UNF enjoy their work and love campus and the city as much as I do, which makes it easy to achieve common goals.
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Coming Soon: Out of the Pocket, THE PAPERBACK!
I have probably been asked a thousand times in the last year about what's going on with Out of the Pocket. Just when Openly Straight came out, just when scads of new readers wanted to get their hands on Out of the Pocket, which won the 2009 Lambda Literary Award in the Children's/Young Adult category, the book seemed to disappear!
Alas, the book did disappear. Dutton Books for Children, which published Out of the Pocket back in 2008, made the decision to take the book out of print last year. I was disappointed, obviously, but I understand that they make tough decisions like this all the time.
The good news: I have obtained the paperback rights for the novel, and it will be published and available as a paperback, hopefully by the end of March!
The book will have a brand new cover, a foreward from a person with great insight into the world of "gays in sports", and one additional chapter which takes us into the future, so we can find out what happened to Bobby Framingham after the football season ends at Durango High School!
More information (such as price, release date, cover reveal) as it becomes available! I'm so glad the book will once again be available for readers. For now, you may purchase the e-book if you can't wait the month for the paperback.


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Home > Vol 7, No 15 >	Varghese
Published in Oncotarget V7N15, Apr 12, 2016
Survival kinase genes present prognostic significance in glioblastoma
Robin T. Varghese, Yanping Liang, Ting Guan, Christopher T. Franck, Deborah F. Kelly and Zhi Sheng _
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Oncotarget. 2016; 7:20140-20151. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.7917
Robin T. Varghese1, Yanping Liang1, Ting Guan2, Christopher T. Franck1,2, Deborah F. Kelly1,3,4,6, Zhi Sheng1,4,5,6
1Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
2Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis, Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
3Department of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
4Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
5Department of Biological Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
6Faculty of Health Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Zhi Sheng, e-mail: zhisheng@vtc.vt.edu
Keywords: survival kinase genes, glioblastoma, tumor recurrence, prognosis, PIK3CB
Received: December 22, 2015 Accepted: February 14, 2016 Published: March 04, 2016
Cancer biomarkers with a strong predictive power for diagnosis/prognosis and a potential to be therapeutic targets have not yet been fully established. Here we employed a loss-of-function screen in glioblastoma (GBM), an infiltrative brain tumor with a dismal prognosis, and identified 20 survival kinase genes (SKGs). Survival analyses using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) datasets revealed that the expression of CDCP1, CDKL5, CSNK1E, IRAK3, LATS2, PRKAA1, STK3, TBRG4, and ULK4 stratified GBM prognosis with or without temozolomide (TMZ) treatment as a covariate. For the first time, we found that GBM patients with a high level of NEK9 and PIK3CB had a greater chance of having recurrent tumors. The expression of CDCP1, IGF2R, IRAK3, LATS2, PIK3CB, ULK4, or VRK1 in primary GBM tumors was associated with recurrence-related prognosis. Notably, the level of PIK3CB in recurrent tumors was much higher than that in newly diagnosed ones. Congruent with these results, genes in the PI3K/AKT pathway showed a significantly strong correlation with recurrence rate, further highlighting the pivotal role of PIK3CB in the disease progression. Importantly, 17 SKGs together presented a novel GBM prognostic signature. SKGs identified herein are associated with recurrence rate and present prognostic significance in GBM, thereby becoming attractive therapeutic targets.


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RANDY SCHEKMAN PRESENTS 2007 BLOCH LECTURE
Randy Schekman
The annual Bloch lecture returns on Thursday, May 31st, with Randy Schekman, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Research in Schekman's lab is devoted to a molecular description of the process of membrane assembly and vesicular traffic in eukaryotic cells. Basic principles that emerged from these studies in yeast are now being applied to studies of genetic diseases of protein transport. A combination of genetic and cytological evaluation of the secretion (sec) mutants has allowed a description of the secretory pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Protein transport in yeast appears to be mediated by the same organelles and proteins that operate in mammalian cells. Molecular cloning analysis of SEC genes revealed striking structural and functional homology with corresponding mammalian genes.
"Transport vesicle biogenesis: Mechanism and disease connections", Schekman's talk, will take place on Thursday, May 31, 2007, at 12:00 PM in the Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall.
Schekman received his Ph. D. in Biochemistry at Stanford University. His post-doctoral work was done at the University of Cailfornia, San Diego. His honors include: the Eli Lilly Award in microbiology, the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award in basic biomedical science, the Gairdner International Award, the Amgen Award from the Protein Society, the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize of Columbia University. Dr. Schekman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is scientific director of the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research, past president of the American Society for Cell Biology, and editor-in-chief of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Bloch lecture, sponsored by Pfizer, honors Harvard faculty member and Nobel-prize recipient Konrad Bloch (1912-2000), a pioneer in the field of cholesterol and lipid metabolism.


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