Bacon is easy and fun to make at home. It's just pork belly that's been cured and smoked; both are things you can do with a minimum of ingredients and equipment.
The process takes about a week: 7 days of curing and 2 hours of smoking. The effort is minimal. 20 minutes to apply the cure and package up the bacon-to-be, a few minutes each day to flip the bags in the fridge, and then about half an hour of work to smoke it.
The pork belly is obtained at any Asian grocery, or ask your local butcher if they have it. The recipe scales pretty well. The main limitation is how much bacon you can fit in your BBQ, smoker, or oven.
My biggest obstacle to making bacon was getting the pork belly. My butcher said they could order it in but I didn't know what it would look like or if I was asking for the right thing.
I knew I could get it Asian grocery stores which are plentiful where I work, but I was hesitant to go into them because I had no idea what to expect. Fortunately I have a co-worker who knows this stuff, so he took me there. In the end, it was very simple.
Go to the grocery store, find the meat counter, and ask for some pork belly. If you've never seen it before, check out the picture in this step of the meat counter. I usually get 3. They'll ask you if you want any ones in particular. You can either point out the ones you like or just tell them to grab the 3 closest to them. Even the worst pork belly makes very good bacon, and eventually you'll start to figure out what you like.
The 3 pork bellies in the second picture are the ones I'll be using for the rest of this tutorial.
Bacon is cured before it is smoked. This means that it is covered in a salt and sugar mix in order to preserve the meat. Liquid comes out of the meat and the salt, sugar, and any flavorings go in. At the same time we use some nitrites in order to prevent any bacteria from growing on it while we are processing it.
I use the dextrose method as it's supposed to be less sweet than using regular sugar. I get my dextrose at a bulk food store. The pink salt came from Butcher-Packer. One pound will last you a long time and it's cheap. Pink salt is regular salt with 6.25% sodium nitrite. Don't confuse it with sodium nitrate, which is a different preserving agent. The stuff you want also goes by the name Prague Powder #1.
Mix your dry cure in a resealable bag. One recipe does around 10 pork bellies, so feel free to scale up or down as needed. It stores fine, just make sure to get all the air you can out of the bag before you seal it up so it doesn't clump.
After you have the cure, place the pork belly on a tray and put 1/4c of cure on it. Gently ruby the belly to cover it entirely. You may need to add some more cure. Place the belly along with any cure that fell off into a plastic bag and set aside. Repeat with the remaining bellies.
Add your flavoring if you want, get all the air you can out of the bag so that it makes good contact, and seal. Put it in the refrigerator for 7 days.
Step 3 is pretty easy. It doesn't need any pictures.
Every day, take the bags out of your fridge, rub it around to redistribute any cure and liquid, and put it back in the fridge.
In 7 days the bellies should be noticeably firmer and there should be liquid in the bag.
I have a kamodo style grill which runs on charcoal and can double as a smoker. You may have a dedicated smoker, or a propane BBQ. What you want is to cook at 200F/93C for about 2 hours on indirect heat.
For propane BBQs you want the fire on one side with the smoking chips in a foil bag (poke some holes in the bag). The pork bellies will go on the other side.
For a charcoal grill, same idea. Fire goes on one side, chips can go right on top, food goes on the other side.
Alternatively, just do it in the oven.
Take the pork belly out of the fridge, rinse off the brine, and set aside. I leave the skin on.
Do whatever you need to in order to get your BBQ ready. For me that means using a chimney starter to get the charcoal going and making a nice bed of charcoal and smoking wood while that goes. I normally use lump charcoal but I ran out so used briquettes this time.
After the briquettes in the chimney are red hot I dump them on one side of my grill to get the rest of them going. Close the lid and wait for the smoke.
Simply put the pork belly on your grill or in your oven. Try to space it so that it doesn't sit right on top of the fire. You want an even 200F/93C heat on it.
You're cooking it for about 2 hours until it hits 150F/66C.
When the bacon hits 150F you want to take it off the BBQ and bring it inside.
Use a sharp knife to separate a corner of the skin from the layer of fat. Grab hold of the skin and pull. You'll be left with a delicious slab of bacon an a greasy hand. Repeat for the remaining slabs.
In the fridge this will last you a couple of weeks.
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CHANGSHAN, NM – A local man has been having a lot of laughs today as his favorite holiday is celebrated. 62 year old Robert Sterling thinks that he's a pretty good comedian and that all of his jokes are original and practical. Last year, he managed to get several of his friends by "Rick Rolling" them.
This year, he's going to prank his friends at Meadow Falls Retirement Center by sending them an email with a link to a news article concerning Michael Jackson's death.
We couldn't break the news that Michael Jackson died for real in 2009. I guess the internet isn't for an old egg like him.


A shift knob is often the most overlooked mod you can get for your car. It's more than just the way it looks… it's also the way it feels in the palm of your hands and while you're driving. Too light, and it feels like a ping pong ball, too heavy and it feels like a brick that will break something. Ideally, you'd want something in between… this is why we came up with the PWJDM Balanced Shift knob. This shift knob by design was well thought out… just like all of our products, we engineer things thoroughly and well ahead of the competition. Putting a name on a product is something we take seriously here at PWJDM.
Ergonomically designed and optimally balanced to 6.1oz, the PWJDM Balanced Shift knob is the perfect item for any Honda with a manual transmission. Through all the prototyping and testing we did… we found 6.1oz to be the magic number for a shift knob on a FWD car. At 6.1oz, the PWJDM Balanced Shift Knob perfectly pairs with the shifter rod length of any B, D, H or K series. It's so well designed, that you can feel it while you're driving. You don't get that uneasy (I feel like something just broke) shifting feeling that's common with a heavy knob or the insecure (am I really in gear?) feeling you get when a knob is too light. With the increased ergonomics of your driving experience… it will just make it that much more fun to roll your car around town. Made of aircraft grade 6061, the PWJDM Balanced Shift Knob comes completely anodized for corrosion protection. Besides the functionality of this design, there is also a feature that's an industry first. You have the option to purchase a colored washer set that you can use to match the look of your vehicle. By switching out the colored washer, you can truly get unique look. Threaded to a metric10×1.5, this shift knob will fit many other vehicles besides Hondas.
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the child in the view finder, running from the guns.
By August, there are no good mothers left.
but hungers are hard to kill when you're bereft.
the ice cream socials, electric shock.
the scarlet experience survived by tearing off one's clothes.
Hungers are hard to kill when you're bereft.
We use mother here to put a name to our collective responsibility.
Mummy, mummy in the gauze, who's the fairest of them all?
cut layers of you away, but truth and pain wore off, and we forgot.
eternally caught in an anterior dream.
It's hard to understand when you're anesthetized, not cured.
hunger in the breakneck of morning.
riding astride him, in the tousle and toss.
that carries, that separates one in the drift.
of hoarding in love's tomb, her coyote.
The hungry will take you, whether or not.
Devour me, if I let you.
in the here-I-come, the ready-or-not.
I'm coming. I'm veering. I'm going.
sure of its element, swimming toward home.
That last glimpse so defied the gesture of suicide.
never to see fame wane or beauty expire.
I often wonder what it is like where he is.
Does succor ever reach the lost at sea?
privy to the local gossip, a little bored but enduring on?
a different life, even as one is living, or after one is dead?
and weather. I wish him good weather in eternity—Eternity!
I hope it is good there where he is.
BIO: Lise Goett's second manuscript, Leprosarium, is the Tupelo Press selection from over 2000 manuscripts in the 2015 July Open and is slated for publication in early 2017, as well as the 2012 winner of the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award in Poetry from the Poetry Society of America. Her other awards include The Paris Review Discovery Award, The Pen Southwest Book Award in Poetry, the Capricorn Prize from the West Side Y, the James D. Phelan Award, and The Barnard New Women Poets Prize for my first poetry collection, Waiting for the Paraclete (Beacon). Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including the Paris Review, Ploughshares, Image, Mandorla, and the Antioch Review.


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August & September 2000
The Surprising Roots of Fascism
by Arnold Beichman
A. James Gregor
The Two Faces of Janus: Marxism and Fascism in the Twentieth Century
Janus was the Roman god after whom January is named. He was considered the guardian deity of gates and doors and is usually shown as two-faced, since doors face both ways. But there is only a single body to this deity. Berkeley Professor A. James Gregor, in his superbly researched book, has presumably selected Janus to symbolize the twinning of the two ideologies that have so scarred the twentieth century.
Gregor has undertaken a difficult task in his attempt to deal with these two ideologies. I say difficult because while the ultimate consequences of Marxism were dreadful, there was at least a large collection of patristic writings, accessible and debatable, even intellectually respectable. Because Marxism provides a self-styled scientific socio-political analysis as well as a gallimaufry of beliefs and insights, it appealed to intellectuals and, alas, still does.
Not so with fascism, a name derived from the Latin, "fasces," a bundle of sticks, carried by judicial officers in Roman processions as an emblem of authority. (Hitler, of course, had his own emblem — the swastika — and his followers referred to themselves as Nazis, short for National Socialism.) Fascism had its theoreticians, and a distressing number of serious thinkers, the philosopher Martin Heidegger first among them, lent their support. But fascism in actual fact it had no intellectual basis at all, nor did its founders even pretend to have any.
Hitler's ravings in Mein Kampf, Giovanni Gentile's hortatory article in the Italian Encyclopedia, Mussolini's boastful balcony speeches, all of these can be described, in the words of Roger Scruton, as "an amalgam of disparate conceptions." It is about this "amalgam" that Professor Henry Ashby Turner Jr. has written:
Anyone who reads many studies of fascism as a multinational problem cannot but be struck by the frequency with which writers who begin by assuming they are dealing with a unitary phenomenon end up with several more-or-less discrete sub-categories. Regardless of what criteria are applied, it seems very difficult to keep fascism from fragmenting.
In spite of this, there has been a general reluctance to consider what must be regarded as a definite possibility: namely, that fascism as a generic concept has no validity and is without value for serious analytical purposes. . . . The generic term fascism is in origin neither analytical nor descriptive.
That such strictures have significance can be seen in Professor Gregor's confirming remark about the Russian extremist politician, Vladimir Zhirinovsky: "In what sense Zhirinovsky is a fascist is difficult to say with any intellectual conviction."
Yet Gregor is right to ignore the Turner finding, for one important reason: "Fascism" still has meaning in democratic societies. For a recent illustration of this, consider the fracas over Austria's Jörg Haidar. Labeling somebody you don't like a "fascist" is still a popular polemical sport: Call someone a communist and proof is demanded and even when proof is supplied there is the risk that you will be called a red-baiter; call someone a fascist, that's enough to convict. In the lexicon of the left, there is nothing lower than a "red-baiter" but there is no such thing as a "fascist-baiter." We've all heard about "communist hysteria," especially during the Joe McCarthy years, but there is no such phenomenon as "fascist hysteria." The name-calling got a little ridiculous when during the Sino-Soviet split, the Kremlin and Beijing called each other fascist.
Having combed their literature, Professor Gregor has shown beyond a shadow of doubt the affinities, too long ignored, between fascism and Marxism-Leninism. (It was Don Luigi Sturzo who provided the reductio ad absurdum: Fascism was black communism and communism was red fascism.) Richard Pipes has written that "Bolshevism and fascism were heresies of socialism."
Recalling that Mussolini began his political career as a distinguished Italian socialist, Gregor writes: "Fascism's most direct ideological inspiration came from the collateral influence of Italy's most radical 'subversives' — the Marxists of revolutionary syndicalism."
Even Nikolai Bukharin, the leading Soviet ideologist whom Stalin purged, began to have misgivings about the Revolution and began to allude to the fascist features of the emerging system. Gregor writes:
By the early 1930s, the 'convergence' of fascism and Stalinism struck Marxists and non-Marxists alike. . . . By the mid-1930s, even Trotsky could insist that 'Stalinism and fascism, in spite of deep difference in social foundations, are symmetrical phenomena' . . . .
Fascist theoreticians pointed out that the organization of Soviet society, with its inculcation of an ethic of military obedience, self-sacrifice and heroism, totalitarian regulation of public life, party-dominant hierarchical stratification all under the dominance of the inerrant state, corresponded in form to the requirements of Fascist doctrine.
Left liberals have frantically denied the "Janus" notion that Marxism-Leninism and fascism have a common origin. With scholarly skill and an enormous amount of reading has Professor Gregor made such denials as dated as the Communist Manifesto.
Arnold Beichman
Cold War History
Russian Politics and History
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Finally! Some Relief From Health Insurance Straight Jacket
Help us support the first meaningful step in healthcare reform. Action Alert!
The Labor Department recently released its proposed regulations to implement President Trump's executive order by expanding association health plans.
You'll recall from our previous coverage that the executive order expands association health plans, also known as small group health plans. The idea is that individuals with a common profession or interest should be able to band together and count as a "large group" for health insurance purposes. Importantly, these plans are exempted from certain Obamacare requirements, such as covering "essential health benefits." Large-group plans also have more leeway in setting premiums, which can be based on the health of the group (currently barred under the Obama-era rules). Associations that gain large-group status could therefore offer less expensive, less expansive coverage if they were made up mainly of healthier members.
The Labor Department estimates that as many as 11 million Americans could get coverage under this proposal, which moves toward establishing the parallel, consumer-driven health care system that ANH advocates.
We are also awaiting rules that will extend the duration of short-term health plans, which do not have to adhere to Obamacare regulations, from 90 days to one year. This rule will also give Americans more choices with lower rates.
Action Alert! Write to the Labor Department and tell them you support expanding access to association health plans as a means of providing more freedom of choice in health care. Please send your message immediately.
14 responses to "Finally! Some Relief From Health Insurance Straight Jacket"
Insurance works best when it is universal and mandatory like car insurance etc.
doubt4u says:
simonts says:
Reason?
Mr. Trump, when did you start posting here?
Absolutely yes.. those association plans are cheaper because they are underinsurance policies that lead to non covered costs which leads to the prevous high rate of bankruptcies related to heathcare bills. Thus the costs are. Paid by all of us in higher hospital and health insurance premiums to make up for those losses.
Of course, it is a question of simple math.
Arimathean says:
That sounds like the logic of a Ponzi scheme . . .
Look up the definition of a ponzi scheme?
disqus_k68sqSa7lb says:
it would be nice to have plans that support alternative care which is less expensive and most of the time works better with no side effects. the insurance companies are missing out on a way to save money. guess they're bought and paid for by the AMA and the drug companies.
Hear, hear!!
d-dectiri says:
The way to get there is THRU UNDERWRITING HISTORIES of people who practice those IDEAS as part of their 'association' rules.. Then the insurers will be OBLIGATED to take notice and lower premiums… <> under these TRUMP Executive Orders…
then the ax falls as the insurers WANT TO LOOK WHOLESOME and so they will advertise that such IDEAS are worthy of premium REDUCING OPTIONS… like in car insurance… then we've got FRANKENSTEIN AND ROCKEFELLER BY THE THROAT….
GO FOR IT… AMONG YOUR GROUPS, set up an AGENDA TO FORM AN OFFICIAL ASSOCIATION for Health Ins…… and spread it
Obamacre has many flaws, but the essential health benefits are not part of those flaws, and ANH should know better. And, if insurance rates can be set based on health then we are back where we were before Obamacare, i.e., insurance companies excluding or ripping off customers based on health history. I am disappointed with ANH's apparent position in this matter. If anything, ANH should advocate for the inclusion of alternative care, whether chiropractic, osteopathic, herbal, acupuncture, etc., into insurance policies.
yay! There's movement in the works in the Labor Dpt to fix their rules to match the TRUMP / RandPAUL initiative to bring REAL ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON HEALTH CARE INSURANCE and costs..
TRUMP's Executive Order allows this change so that groups of people who share an 'ASSOCIATION' — of whatever kind, work, lifestyle, alt-med etc — can get their own health insurance package with the POTENCY RULES THAT BIG GROUPS DO– namely with some accumulated history, the 'associations' can USE THEIR OWN UNDERWRITING CLAIMS HISTORY AS THE BASIS FOR THEIR PREMIUM ADJUSTMENTS… <> Lower premiums for those who do their own preventive measures….
so lifestyle choices, including alt-med use can BRING PREMIUMS DOWN and wake up the world……..
This link will take you to a LETTER (adjustable for your views) that will go to the Labor Dpt official IN SUPPORT OF SUCH RULE CHANGES…
The same policies for everyone means that NO ONE HAS ANY LEVERAGE, REGARDLESS OF HOW INGENIOUS THEIR SOLUTIONS ARE…… OBAMACARE, MEDICARE, ALL STRAIGHT-JACKETS!!
Our democracy is the leverage. And we had those association policies and they were not a good solution
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It will not fix healthcare. In some ways, it will make it worse. Here are four big flaws: It leaves government in charge of the design of health insurance policies. Consumers should decide what they want covered (and what they do not want covered!) in their own policy. As it stands, the bill leav...
Horrific Disease Creeping into the US
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Controversial Diet Pill Featured At Conference
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EMRs Don't Reduce Healthcare Costs
President Obama insists that electronic medical records will help cut healthcare costs, and as part of the February 2009 economic stimulus bill, Congress has offered $19 billion in incentives to adopt them. But Sue Blevins of the Institute for Health Freedom has continually warned that EMRs could en...
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#import "SBCircleProgressIndicator.h"
#import "SBUtil.h"
#import "SBDownloadsView.h"

@implementation SBCircleProgressIndicator

@synthesize style;
@synthesize progress;
@synthesize selected;
@synthesize highlighted;
@synthesize backgroundColor;
@synthesize fillColor;
@synthesize alwaysDrawing;
@synthesize showPercentage;

- (id)initWithFrame:(NSRect)frame
{
    if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame])
	{
		CGColorRef aBackgroundColor = nil;
		CGColorRef aFillColor = nil;
		style = SBCircleProgressIndicatorRegulerStyle;
		progress = 0.0;
		selected = NO;
		alwaysDrawing = NO;
		showPercentage = NO;
		highlighted = NO;
		aBackgroundColor = CGColorCreateGenericGray(0.5, 1.0);
		aFillColor = CGColorCreateGenericGray(0.85, 1.0);
		self.backgroundColor = aBackgroundColor;
		self.fillColor = aFillColor;
		CGColorRelease(aBackgroundColor);
		CGColorRelease(aFillColor);
	}
    return self;
}

- (void)dealloc
{
	CGColorRelease(backgroundColor);
	CGColorRelease(fillColor);
	[super dealloc];
}

#pragma mark View

- (BOOL)isOpaque
{
	return YES;
}

// Clicking through
- (NSView*)hitTest:(NSPoint)point
{
	NSView *view = [super hitTest:point];
	return (view == self) ? nil : view;
}

#pragma mark Setter

- (void)setProgress:(CGFloat)inProgress
{
	if (progress != inProgress)
	{
		progress = inProgress;
		[self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
		if (!alwaysDrawing)
		{
			if (inProgress >= 1.0)
			{
				[self performSelector:@selector(clearProgress) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.5];
			}
		}
	}
}

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)inSelected
{
	if (selected != inSelected)
	{
		selected = inSelected;
		[self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
	}
}

- (void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)inHighlighted
{
	if (highlighted != inHighlighted)
	{
		highlighted = inHighlighted;
		[self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
	}
}

- (void)setBackgroundColor:(CGColorRef)aBackgroundColor
{
	if (backgroundColor != aBackgroundColor)
	{
		CGColorRetain(aBackgroundColor);
		CGColorRelease(backgroundColor);
		backgroundColor = aBackgroundColor;
	}
}

- (void)setFillColor:(CGColorRef)aFillColor
{
	if (fillColor != aFillColor)
	{
		CGColorRetain(aFillColor);
		CGColorRelease(fillColor);
		fillColor = aFillColor;
	}
}

- (void)clearProgress
{
	progress = -1;
	[self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
	[[super superview] setNeedsDisplay:YES];
}

#pragma mark Drawing

- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect
{
	if (alwaysDrawing || (!alwaysDrawing && progress < 1.0))
	{
		if (progress >= 0)
		{
			NSRect r = self.bounds;
			CGContextRef ctx = (CGContextRef)[[NSGraphicsContext currentContext] graphicsPort];
			CGMutablePathRef path = nil;
			CGColorRef color = nil;
			CGPoint cp = CGPointZero;
			CGFloat radius = 0;
			CGFloat lw = 0;
			CGFloat sa = 0;
			CGFloat ea = 0;
			CGFloat startAngle = 0;
			CGFloat endAngle = 0;
			CGFloat components1[4];
			CGFloat components2[4];
			NSUInteger count = 2;
			CGFloat locations[count];
			CGFloat colors[count * 4];
			CGPoint points[count];
			id superview = nil;
			BOOL isFirstResponder = NO;

			cp.x = NSMidX(r);
			cp.y = NSMidY(r);
			lw = 1.5;
			radius = (r.size.width < r.size.height ? r.size.width / 2 : r.size.height / 2) - lw;
			sa = 0;
			ea = (progress * 360);
			startAngle = (sa - 270) * (M_PI / 180);
			endAngle = (-ea - 270) * (M_PI / 180);

			superview = [self superview];
			isFirstResponder = [superview respondsToSelector:@selector(isFirstResponder)] ? [superview isFirstResponder] : NO;

			if (selected && keyView)
			{
				locations[0] = 0.0;
				locations[1] = 1.0;
				colors[0] = colors[1] = colors[2] = 1.0;
				colors[3] = 1.0;
				colors[4] = colors[5] = colors[6] = 0.15;
				colors[7] = 1.0;
				points[0] = CGPointZero;
				points[1] = CGPointMake(0.0, r.size.height);
				CGContextSaveGState(ctx);
				path = CGPathCreateMutable();
				CGPathAddArc(path, nil, cp.x, cp.y, radius, 0 * M_PI / 180, 360 * M_PI / 180, FALSE);
				CGContextAddPath(ctx, path);
				CGContextClip(ctx);
				SBDrawGradientInContext(ctx, count, locations, colors, points);
				CGPathRelease(path);
				CGContextRestoreGState(ctx);
			}

			if (style == SBCircleProgressIndicatorWhiteStyle)
			{
				if (highlighted && isFirstResponder)
				{
					SBGetAlternateSelectedDarkControlColorComponents(components1);
				}
				else {
					components1[0] = components1[1] = components1[2] = 1.0;
					components1[3] = 0.75;
				}
				CGContextSaveGState(ctx);
				path = CGPathCreateMutable();
				CGContextSetLineWidth(ctx, 1.0);
				CGPathAddArc(path, nil, cp.x, cp.y, radius - 1.0, 0 * M_PI / 180, 360 * M_PI / 180, FALSE);
				CGContextAddPath(ctx, path);
				CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(ctx, components1[0], components1[1], components1[2], components1[3]);
				CGContextStrokePath(ctx);
				CGPathRelease(path);
				CGContextRestoreGState(ctx);
			}
			else {
				CGContextSaveGState(ctx);
				path = CGPathCreateMutable();
				color = CGColorCreateCopyWithAlpha(backgroundColor, selected && keyView ? 1.0 : 0.5);
				CGPathAddArc(path, nil, cp.x, cp.y, radius - 1.0, 0 * M_PI / 180, 360 * M_PI / 180, FALSE);
				CGContextAddPath(ctx, path);
				CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(ctx, color);
				CGContextFillPath(ctx);
				CGPathRelease(path);
				CGColorRelease(color);
				CGContextRestoreGState(ctx);
			}

			// Percentage(Arc)
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Port of Longview increases industrial property - Business
Port of Longview increases industrial property
October 25 - The Port of Longview has bid successfully for 306 acres (123.8 ha) of undeveloped property near the port's existing facility on the Columbia River, almost doubling the port's existing 437 acres of industrial property, which is near capacity a
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Musician Lights moonlights as MTV superhero
By BY Examiner Staff • October 29, 2009 12:00 am
All her life, kooky Canadian keytarist Lights idolized superheroes like Wonder Woman. She's become one herself, as the animated star of MTV's new series "Audio Quest: A Captain Lights Adventure," with three-minute episodes on Monday mornings. Her character is on a mission to "harvest the sounds of the universe," but a villain named Lotar stands in her way. The Juno winner plays in San Francisco on Wednesday, backing her synth-sculpted debut "The Listening."
So now you have your own raygun, jet pack and interstellar space ship? I know! And I went as far as to tattoo that raygun and its holster on my stomach — exactly the same model as Captain Lights uses. When I watched all the episodes for the first time, I was like, whoa, I've accomplished a lot in my career, but this is one of the things that makes me the most proud.
You scripted the whole thing, right? Yeah. And I worked really closely with (Marvel animator) Tomm Coker and his partner Daniel Freedman. They just have crazy imaginations, and were coming up with stuff that I didn't even think of and bringing it to life in the most amazing way. I had the idea of Captain Lights floating around in my head forever, but they just took it to another level.
Has this only whetted your appetite for bigger cinematic projects? It's made me hungry for it, that's for sure. Now I'm like, "How far can we take this? Should we make a video? A movie?" We even use the same character — only a different artist's rendition of it — in my new "Saviour" video. I also have ambitions of making a game out of it some day.
That's right — you're a huge fan of "World of Warcraft," no? I play daily. Like backstage at the venue or at the hotel or whenever I have an hour or two before I go to bed. But I'm smart about it; music is my priority, absolutely, and if I'm tired and I need to write, I'll definitely focus on that.
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Centerville Cemetery in Houston County, Georgia
By S. Lincecum 03 September
Seventeen years ago (holy cow!) I transcribed, chiefly by hand, inscriptions on all the tombstones found at Centerville Cemetery in Houston County, Georgia. This information was then uploaded to my website, where it has sat for all these years. In cleaning up my little corner of the 'net, I've decided to take down that particular page. The burials can be found in the FindAGrave database, so that information is still readily available at this time.
I'm creating a post in this space to share some history and highlights from the cemetery, essentially retaining some of the personal work of my choosing...
(About 2002 or Prior)
Where Centerville Cemetery Fit within the Town
Centerville Cemetery is located across from the First Baptist Church on Church Street.
According to Georgia Place-Names by Kenneth Krakow, "Mitchell F. Ethridge settled here and opened a store about 1885. The name derived from the fact that it was located halfway between Macon and Perry, as well as halfway between Byron and Wellston (Warner Robins). Since there was already a Centerville in Georgia, the name was changed for a while to HATTIE after the oldest Ethridge daughter..." Centerville wasn't incorporated as a city until 1958.
During one of my visits, I had an impromptu conversation with a local resident with knowledge of the history of the area. His words painted a picture of the early layout of the town. This will be especially so if you are able to visit the cemetery. The account is given from the perspective of standing in the cemetery and facing the First
Baptist Church.
The left side of the cemetery parking lot is where the wooden Hattie Baptist Church stood. Directly across the street was the brick school building. The First Baptist Church has kept this building intact. To the right of the school was a tin building for the schoolmaster. At one time, that position was held by a Mr. Hunt. Farther right, in the triangular area at the corner of Church Street and Houston Lake Road, is where a store stood. In this same general vicinity is where the cotton gin stood. The STAFFORD farm is where the Galleria Mall now stands (can be seen from the cemetery). If you turn around and face the cemetery, the land to the left is owned by the Silas M. Rape, Sr. family. Mr. Silas Rape is buried in this cemetery. The woods behind the cemetery was the sight of a lot of hunting 50+ years ago, I'm told. And further behind those woods was home to the BASSETT and GARVIN family farms. In fact, there is a Bassett Street and Garvin Drive in these locations.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Sullivan
Mark S. Sullivan was born 12 August 1859/1860 in Houston County, Georgia. He was a son of Mark/Allen Sullivan and Elizabeth Self. Young Mark married Mattie Lenora Joiner/Joyner 23 March 1880 in Crawford County, Georgia. She was born 5 March 1864 at Crawford County. Per her death certificate, Mattie was a daughter of Ausburn Joyner and Lindy Sullivan. Death occurred on 4 December 1923 at Wellston, Houston County. Cause was apoplexy. Mark died 20 November 1922 at Wellston of chronic Bright's disease.
An obituary for Mrs. M. S. Sullivan -
Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
Thursday, 6 December 1923 - pg. 2 [via GenealogyBank]
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
MRS. MATTIE L. SULLIVAN
Mrs. Mattie L. Sullivan, 58, died at her home near Wellston, Ga., at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Sulliva had been ill three weeks. She was a resident of Wellston the past forty years, moving there from Crawford County, where she was born and reared. She was the widow of M. S. Sullivan. Surviving are two sons and four daughters, Eddie and Arthur Sullivan, of Wellston; Mrs. H. A. Fields, of Byron; Mrs. O. O. Moore, of Macon; Mrs. O. Hoskins and Mrs. J. A. Akins, of Wellston. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Funeral services were held on yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Hattie Baptist Church at Centerville, Rev. E. M. Clapp, pastor of the Avondale Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery.
B. T. and Mary A. Stafford Gone, but Not Forgotten
Houston Home Journal (Perry, Georgia)
3 April 1913 - pg. 3 [via Georgia Historic Newspapers]
Mr. Ben Stafford Dead.
Mr. Benjamin T. Stafford, one of the most worthy citizens of Houston county, died at his home near La Villa, on the national highway, Monday, March 24th.
The burial was in the Hattie Cemetary [sic] Tuesday afternoon, attended by a large number of friends and relatives.
Benjamin T. Stafford was born in Twiggs county on Jnne [sic] 8th, 1844, and moved to this county while yet a boy.
Enlisted in one of the first companies that left this county, he became a soldier in the Confederate army during the 17th year of his life and served faithfully and with honor until the close of the war.
On September 10, 1868, he was married to Miss Mollie Leverett, daughter of the late Wiley Leverett, in the Upper 5th district.
Of that union there were eleven children, of whom nine are now living, all in Houston county except two, Wiley in Macon and William at Columbus.
There are fourteen grand-children.
Mr. Stafford served four years as Tax receiver, and declined renomination. The service he rendered was faithful and efficient.
From early manhood he was a member of the Primitive Baptist church, and his life was in accord with the faith he professed.
Unpretentious in deportment and speech, Ben Stafford was true to his convictions and faithful to every trust.
The 69 years of his life were indeed well-spent, and the faith of his friends is strong that he has been called to the eternal reward of the faithful and just.
For more than a year, he was in declining health, and for five months prior to his death he was confined to the house.
The bereaved ones have the sincere sympathy of his and their many friends.
Per Mollie's death certificate, her mother's maiden name was Susie Crowder. Chronic Bright's disease was the cause of Mollie's death on 8 July 1922.
Based mainly on census records, the nine children that survived to adulthood were the following [* denotes also buried at Centerville]:
- Wiley (b. abt 1871)
- William (b. abt 1873)
- John Taylor (b. 1875)*
- Mary (b. abt 1877)
- Sallie (b. 1880)*
- Susie (b. 1880)*
- Charles P. "Charlie" (b. abt 1882)*
- Deane (b. abt 1885)
- Joseph Palmer "Dock" (b. abt 1889)*
Mitchell F. & Fannie E. Etheridge Die Months Apart
As mentioned at the beginning of this post, Mitchell F. Etheridge was an early settler of Centerville, and it was his daughter Hattie who was the town's namesake for a time. Mr. Etheridge donated the land for the cemetery, school, and church. An obituary -
Sunday, 2 April 1916 [via GenealogyBank]
M. F. ETHERIDGE.
M. F. Etheridge, aged 69 years, died yesterday morning at 7 o'clock at his home at Centerville, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Etheridge had been a resident of Centerville his entire life, and had been a representative of Houston county in the general assembly of Georgia. He was prominently known, being a merchant and planter.
Surviving Mr. Etheridge, besides his widow, are two sons, R. N. and J. P. Etheridge, of Jackson, four daughters, Mrs. W. G. Kemper, of Fort Valley; Mrs. O. K. Stembridge, of Centerville; Mrs. A. G. Rape and Mrs. E. H. Brantley, of Centerville.
Mr. Etheridge was a member of the Primitive Baptist church of Centerville, from where the funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Elder Herring. The interment will be made in the Centerville cemetery.
Eight months later, Mitchell was joined by wife Fannie.
Jackson Progress-Argus (Georgia)
8 December 1916 [via Georgia Historic Newspapers]
MRS. FANNIE ETHERIDGE PASSES TO UNKNOWN
Prominent Houston County Woman Died Sunday Night
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Etheridge and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Etheridge sympathize with them deeply in the death of Mrs. Fannie Elizabeth Etheridge, which occurred Sunday night at her home in Centerville, Houston county. Mrs. Etheridge, who was 65 years of age, was a Miss Fannie Elizabeth Hardison before her marriage and was one of Houston county's most highly respected women. The death of her husband, Mr. M. F. Etheridge, occurred only a few months ago.
Mrs. Etheridge is survived by two sons, Messrs. R. H. and J. P. Etheridge, of Jackson; four daughters, Mrs. W. G. Kemper and Mrs. E. H. Brantley, of Fort Valley; Mrs. O. H. Stembridge and Mrs. A. G. Rape, of Centerville. Mrs. Etheridge was a member of the Primitive Baptist church and was loved by a large circle of friends.
The funeral was held at 11 o'clock Tuesday at Hattie church, Centerville, the services being conducted by Rev. J. T. Herin. Interment was in the cemetery at Centerville.
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Etherdge, [sic] Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Etherdge [sic] attended the funeral from Jackson. All friends and acquaintances of the family sympathize with them in their bereavement.
About six years later, daughter Lena would become a widow for the second time with the loss of husband Oscar Huff Stembridge.
Wednesday, 5 April 1922 - pg. 9 [via GenealogyBank]
OSCAR H. STEMBRIDGE
Funeral services for Oscar H. Stembridge were held from Hattie church Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. F. Cargile officiated, and interment was in Hattie Cemetery. Mr. Stembridge was a merchant of Centerville. He was 40 years of age. He leaves his wife and two daughters, Misses Sadie and Sarah Stembridge. Mrs. Stembridge was before her marriage Miss Lena Etheridge.
Lena died 16 June 1976 at the age of 101.
Robert F. Peters and Mustard Gas
Robert Franklin Peters served for two years during World War I as a Pvt 1Cl in Company D of the 2nd Division Ammunition Trains. At some point during that service, Robert was exposed to mustard gas. This likely contributed to his early demise.
Tuesday, 17 March 1936 [via GenealogyBank]
ROBERT F. PETERS DIES IN HOSPITAL
Gassed, Wounded, Shellshocked Veteran, Had Been Under Treatment Seven Years
PINEHURST, Ga., March 16. -- The body of Robert F. Peters, World war veteran who died in Veterans' hospital, Atlanta, Saturday, was carried this morning to Centerville where services were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in Centerville Baptist Church. Rev. J. A. Ivey, of Pinehurst, conducted the services and an escort of Dooly county veterans participated.
Mr. Peters was born Feb. 3, 1892, at Zebulon, Ga...He saw service overseas, participated in nine engagements and had been gassed, wounded and shellshocked...
Surviving are his wife, who was Miss Naomi Rape of Byron, Ga.; four children, Lillian, Robert, Jr., Roy and Herbert; three brothers, John T. Peters, East Point, Ga.; Joe E. Peters, Atlanta, and E. W. Peters, Lake Wales, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Ellis of Williamson, Ga., and Mrs. Charlie Brown, of East Point, Ga.
Per his death certificate, Robert was occupied as a jeweler. Official cause of death was chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis and severe Hyperthyroidism.
Naomi Rape Peters was more than ten years her husband's junior, yet never remarried. She died 17 July 1982.
You can search or browse all memorials within Centerville Cemetery at FindAGrave.
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Telescore Project
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Telescore Theatre Show 2018 UK - JAPAN
Telescore Project collaboration one night only theatre show, UK premiere
Sights and sounds from nature.
"Telescore Project" film screening and theatrical performance - UK & world premiere.
(The programme of this show has been specially curated for this one time only event.)
"Telescore Project" is a world-wide collaborative art project started in the spring of 2016 by Japanese contemporary artist Iyamari. Its main objective is to document and show the similarities of existence of humans and trees everywhere on the planet, by bringing together performers from all corners of the world to represent their culture and tree significant to their native land, and presenting the viewers with a collection of performance events showing the similarities and uniqueness of each area.
For the first time in the UK and Europe, Iyamari brings the performance aspect of her 'Telescore Project' to the audience in Great Britain's capital. Come and experience the interspecies interactions of humans and trees through nature in this one and a half hour long performance!
From the artist's words: "Trees and humans have been sharing the environment for a long time. There are symbolic trees in almost every area in every land, additionally there are particular cultural traditions which have flourished around the use of these trees. This shows us how human cultures are affected by land and environment. Our project tries to bring them together and present the 'relationship of the tree and human' through performance, music and art videos."
The event, preceded by the first Telescore video production, is split into four parts: Japanese Cedar, Welsh Sessile Oak, English Yew, Scottish Scots Pine. The performers featured in the performance are of the cultural background related to the tree's area of origin.
The opening film, "Telescore Japan - Sakura", and the four performers' dance acts are each scored with a soundtrack created using the respective area's theme tree. The performances draw inspiration from the soundtrack, local culture, and the tree itself.
Date & Time: Saturday 22nd September 2018
Door open: 7:00 pm / Show start: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Place: John Lyons Theatre in City lit
Address: 1-10 Keeley Street, Holborn, London WC2B 4BA
Ticket: £12 + booking fee (including pamphlet)
Opening: "Telescore Japan - Sakura" film screening
Main Performance:
Japanese cedar by Norihito Ishii from Sankaijyuku Butoh dance company
Welsh sessile oak by Marie-Gabrielle Rotie
English yew by Joel Benjamin O'Donoghue
Scottish scots pine by Taylor Han
sponsored by: Easy Embedded Solutions LTD., Kaneka Kitagawa Tea Company LTD.
Cooperation with: Butoh.UK, Norihito Ishii Office
Telling Tree Services, Atheston Firwood, Brett Bain Tree Services, Tanglewood Tree Services
Performer Plofiles
Dancer: Norihito Ishii
Norihito Ishii has been performing solo and has been active in the performing arts community since 2007. His work aims to influence the state of mind of the audience, with the concept of otherworldly and universal beauty that our bodies possess, and asking the truth of our society. Since 2010 he has been a dancer of Sankaijuku, a well-known Butoh company based in the Paris City Theatre, performing in more than 700 cities in 45 countries. (What is worth mentioning, Paris City Theatre hosts the so-called contemporary dance hall of fame.) In addition to the solo performances he has been performing in over 70 cities throughout 23 countries in total. Notable achievements: Seoul International Choreography Festival 2013 Jury Prize, Seoul International Choreography Festival 2015 SCF Award. (http://norihitoishii.com/index.html)
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Dancer: Marie-Gabrielle Rotie
Marie-Gabrielle Rotie is an artist working with the body through the mediums of movement, choreography and visual arts. She has studied Butoh since 1992, her main collaborations being with Ko Murobushi, Atsushi Takenouchi and Tetsuro Fukuhara. She is a permanent lecturer in Contemporary Theatre at Goldsmiths University of London. Her works have toured internationally and received funding from ACE and BC. She is featured in publications by Fraleigh and a forthcoming journal article about her work features in The Oxford Handbook of Improvisation. She has created over 40 works for stage and screen, for venues such as the Royal National Theatre, Royal Opera House, The Place Theatre and Trinity Laban. (rotieproductions.com)
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Dancer: Joel O'Donoghue
Joel has worked with companies and individuals such as Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal, Luca Silvistrini's Protein, and Hagit Yakira Dance. He has also studied under capoeira master Ponciano Almeida. These different experiences have influenced his practice as a performer and choreographer. His movement style stems from release technique and improvisation fused with aspects of capoeira, flying low, and physical theatre. Joel graduated from Laban in 2012 with a first class hons degree in Dance Performance, and was awarded a distinction in Performance Design and Practice diploma at Central Saint Martins, UAL, in 2016. (https://www.joelodonoghue.co.uk/about)
Dancer: Taylor Han
Taylor recently graduated Laban with a First Class Honours Degree, during her time training she had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Heidi Rustgaard and Rahel Vonmoos. Over this period she developed a love for contact improvisation, and physical theatre. Taylor was also a company member with the National Youth Dance Company of Scotland throughout her training and with them she toured the UK, Ireland, Belgium, and India with work by Yael Flexer of Flexer and Sandiland, Anna Kenrick, and Dam Van Huyn. Since graduating in July 2018, Taylor has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Camden Fringe with movement girl band The Yonis, and starred in a music video by Seafret for their new single Monsters.
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THE ROLLING STONES – FLASHBACK: 1964 NEW HAVEN ARENA CONCERT CANCELLED!
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I just get into Rock History sometimes… well, all the time that is. It's all about the roots of Rock and Roll that peeks my Metal interest. The Rock Music legends of yesterday are the reason we have Hard Rock and Heavy Metal today. I may have mentioned this before, (here I go again), in the event a time machine does ever get off the ground… I'm on it! My destination? A Rock concert from the 1960's or 1970's. If I was to take a trip back in time, it would be just my Metal luck to travel to this night on Thursday, June 18, 1964. Once I arrived to the New Haven Arena, in New Haven, Connecticut, I would then be informed that The Rolling Stones were NOT going on stage! You read that correctly… the concert was cancelled, due to poor ticket sales! Granted, this was the very early years, uh, days of The Rolling Stones… only give me a Metal break! Gee Metal whiz.
Look at those ticket prices! $2, $3, and $4 respectively! Golly… if you spent an additional $2, your probably going from nose bleed seating to front row! Plus, it was only one show! If The Rolling Stones were to appear for only one show today, or any day, anywhere in the last four and a half decades… your talking pandemonium breaking loose! Throw in the fact, this historical concert poster also states there are three opening acts as well – The Chiffons, Younger Bros and The Epics… no fans for them either in New Haven, Connecticut, back in 1964!
I can easily stare at this concert poster of The Rolling Stones and easily wonder – what was the general public thinking back around this date? Maybe the hardness of The Rolling Stones was a tad too controversial for the general public, after all, American Rock and Roll back around 1964 was all about falling in love and surfing. (No, I am NOT making fun of American Rock and Roll of that time, only I am trying to make sense out of this cancelled concert). Maybe the cancellation of The Rolling Stones that evening correlates with America not being ready for a harder Rock sound? Were people scared to go see The Rolling Stones? It was in the month of June after all, a blizzard cannot be blamed for New Haven Connecticut not being into The Rolling Stones. A Hurricane? Doesn't seem likely. Whatever the case might have been for this concert not selling tickets, it is one heck of a Rock moment in time to ponder!
Granted, The Rolling Stones were extremely new Rock and Roll recording artists to The United States general public, embarking on their first American Tour, with their second American album – 12 x 5 still to be released in October of 1964. Essentially, The Rolling Stones were touring with just one American album release under their Rock and Roll belts, (after only one month), that being England's Newest Hit Makers, (released in May of 1964). Still, there is NO excuse! The Rolling Stones should have had some type of a showing of fans, at the New Haven Arena that Summer night on June 18, 1964. (In my Metal opinion).
The whole premise of my bringing this historic date in Rock and Roll history to light, is to wonder out loud to the world… WHAT WERE PEOPLE THINKING back on June 18, 1964? It's THE ROLLING STONES! Without argument, one of the most historic, influential, original, talented and famous Rock bands to ever walk planet Earth! The Rolling Stones, (along with The Who, The Beatles, The Animals and The Kinks), arguably CREATED HARD ROCK! If this date in Rock History proves one thing, it's that yes, The Rolling Stones DID pay their Rock and Roll dues. At the end of my Metal day, I am leaving this up to social psychologists, cultural think tanks and Rock Music historians to figure out. All I can do is look back on this date in Rock Music history and shake my head in disbelief.
* Please note that the word Golly was used on Metal Odyssey, yes it was, in the second paragraph.
* Metal Odyssey's source for this unreal great story on The Rolling Stones cancelled concert of June 18, 1964 and it's historic poster is from: Vintage Concert Posters.com
JOEY RAMONE – "CHRISTMAS SPIRIT… IN MY HOUSE" GETS ME IN THE SPIRIT
Posted in 1970's punk rock, 1980's punk rock bands, 1980's punk rock music, Album Review, christmas albums, classic punk rock, cool album covers, cover songs, essential punk rock albums, essential punk rock songs, metal odyssey, Music, old school punk rock, Punk rock, punk rock album covers, punk rock album review, punk rock albums, punk rock bands, punk rock christmas albums, punk rock christmas songs, punk rock cover songs, punk rock music, punk rock musicians, punk rock solo albums, punk rock songs, punk rock vocalists, rock & roll, rock and roll, rock and roll hall of fame members, rock music, rock music christmas albums, vintage punk rock bands with tags christmas punk rock albums, christmas rock albums, christmas spirit... in my house ep, don't worry about me song, joey ramone, joey ramone vocalist, louis armstrong, marky ramone drummer, metal odyssey, Music, punk rock albums, punk rock christmas songs, punk rock ep's, punk rock legends, punk rock music, punk rock songs, Ramones, ramones punk rock band, rock & roll, rock and roll, rock and roll hall of fame members, rock music, what a wonderful world cover song, what a wonderful world song on November 28, 2009 by Metal Odyssey
If you are prodding, looking, searching and asking around for a really great and cool Christmas album to buy, your search is over. Joey Ramone Christmas Spirit… In My House is a true Punk Rock gem. The late and legendary Joey Ramone has always captivated me with his trademark Punk Rock vocals. He had such an easy going delivery with his voice, yet it also contained the required toughness, swagger and Punk attitude that came out so naturally for Joey. Don't Worry About Me, Spirit In My House and What A Wonderful World are three Punk Rock classics from Joey Ramone's solo work. What A Wonderful World is covered here with remarkable, inspired spirit that flows over you like a wave of Punk Rock joy. These three songs can be enjoyed all year long, heck, this EP is so good I will listen to these Christmas songs all year long too! After I here Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), I feel like I never want to hear another vocalist sing this song again, Joey Ramone sings it that incredible, for me.
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) is Joey Ramone singing a ballad while not straying away from his trademark vocals, I get a real kick out of this song with it's 1950's Rock and Roll vibe happening. This song isn't sappy either. Spirit In My House is the hardest song on this EP, the grooves are strong and the beat is contagious. Ronnie Spector lends her vocals on Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), while the ever legendary Marky Ramone is a special guest on What A Wonderful World. I am going to listen to this EP probably constantly throughout this holiday season, I am looking forward to each listen. I absolutely cannot exhaust myself from hearing these songs limitless times. All fans of the Ramones and Punk Rock need to own this EP. Fans of all other Rock genres need to lend an ear to what Joey Ramone created here and add this brilliant work to their Christmas music collection and enjoy it all year long too.
Based on the excited reaction my ten year old twin daughters showed, as they listened to this Joey Ramone EP today, it is safe to say his Punk/Rock and Roll legacy will live on for generations to come. I have never seen my daughters dance around and get as happy to music, like this, since they listened to Misfits Project 1950! It was a terrific sight to see, coupled with the feeling of knowing my daughters love some of the music I listen to as well.
* Christmas Spirit… In My House was released on December 10, 2002, on the label Sanctuary (USA).
* Don't Worry About Me, Spirit In My House and What A Wonderful World are also on the Joey Ramone studio album – Don't Worry About Me, (released on February 19, 2002).
* What A Wonderful World – was written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. The first recording was sung by the timeless legend – Louis Armstrong, being released in 1968 as a single.


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Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi)
Neon Tetra
2-3.8cm (0.8-1.5 ")
22 -26 °C (71.6-78.8°F)
Very Common
Characidae
This animal is available captive bred
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1.1 Additional scientific names
10 Identification
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Neon, Neon Tetra, Neon Fish
Additional scientific names
Hyphessobrycon innesi
An Amazonian South American Tetra from blackwater or clearwater stream tributaries of the Solimões River.
Sexing
Females tend to have a more "triangular" belly, as well as having the blue band bend upwards to some degree. Males have a noticeably flatter belly, compared to the females.
Breeding occurs in the morning after a rainfall. Temperature should be 24-26°C (75-78°F). Water should be soft, 0-6 GH. If you cannot put fish into a separate breeding tank with soft water a 50% water change can sometimes simulate rainfall. Prepare mature fish by feeding them a high protein diet for several days. Afterwards, select a breeding pair or small group and transfer them into the breeding tank. The tank should be prepared with a spawning mop or plants like java moss to allow the eggs to fall through and into. The tank should be kept in full darkness for a period (overnight) and then the light levels should be slowly increased (position the tank by an east facing window).
Spawning should occur during the morning. The eggs are the size of sand and not sticky. The adult neon tetras will eat the eggs, so remove them after spawning. Cover the tank again to maintain darkness. The eggs and young fry are very light sensitive. After 24-36 hours the eggs should hatch and fry should be swimming in another 4 days. They should be fed infusoria, newly hatched brine shrimp, or fry food. They prefer soft water and are sensitive to water changes, so begin with very small (5-10%) water changes often and maintain a gently flowing sponge filter in their tank. Once they are large enough to eat micro pellets they can be acclimated to a general tank.
Tank compatibility
Gets along fine in a community tank. Prefers to be a middle to bottom swimmer. Should not be kept with larger predatory fish such as Angelfish as the Neons may get eaten. Keep them in schools of 6 or more of their own kind, in smaller numbers they will be shy and nervous fish.
The Neon Tetra is an unfussy eater accepting most foods. In an aquarium use flake and granular foods along with micro pellet, supplemented with small live and frozen foods such as artemia and daphnia. Some bite snails' tentacles (maybe mistaken for worms).
Feeding regime
Feed once or twice a day. Due to a natural fear of predators, this fish may be resistant to eating food from the water's surface. To overcome this hold your fish food underwater for a moment and release the food. As with all fish, you should only feed the fish what they can eat in 5 minutes.
Environment specifics
While Neons like a pH under 7, they can adjust to a more alkaline pH, but will be unlikely to breed. Most Neons are mass bred and are well adjusted to a higher pH. They do not like a varying pH or a high GH value, so ensure an adequate KH level. They live in stagnant pools in the wild and so do not like much current inside the tank because they are not physiologically adapted to cope with it. Some current is necessary because of internal filter currents but try to keep this to a minimum.
Peaceful and a good community fish. Will school in groups of 6 or more. Although they school with their own species if there are enough of them, they will also school with Cardinal Tetras (Paracheirodon axelrodi) and Green Neon Tetras (Paracheirodon simulans), or any of the other small, torpedo-bodied characins, if there are not enough Neon Tetras. If they are kept in groups of under four then they may stop swimming and go pale and die after a couple of days. Other fish use this fish as a spotter fish; that is, if there is a predator about these fish will spot it first. Therefore, other more timid fish, such as Rams, will come out into the open more if you put these fish in your tank. Useful to the aquarist as an indicator fish. If they are closely packed together, then they are alarmed and feel threatened. Usually if they are settled, they will disperse over your tank.
Like a Cardinal Tetra, the Neon has a brilliant blue upper body and a red underside. However, unlike the Cardinal, the Neon's red underside ends halfway to the head, becoming a white belly. They are very distinctive and commonly available.
There are other selectively bred varieties available, including a Gold variety with a pale creamy gold body and faint lateral blue line, and one called "Diamond Head" which has far more iridescent blue on its head than the regular variety.
Species note
Neon Tetras are known to suffer from a species-specific parasite, aptly named Neon Tetra Disease. This disease is also called Pleistophora. It is highly contagious and any fish thought to be suffering from it should be removed. It can be, but is rarely, passed on to other species. The main cause of the disease occurring in neon tetras is when a parasite found in a dead, rotting organism is eaten by the neon. Symptoms of the disease include:
Loss of normal colouration
Curved spine
Strange swimming patterns
Unfortunately, NTD cannot be cured, however, you should remove the infected fish from the tank as soon as possible so you can prevent infection of your other fish. This disease is caused by a protozoan parasite, the sporozoan, Pleistophora hyphessobryconis.
Female Neon Tetra
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Fish Difficulty - Easy
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Barely 18 months to the projected 2020 implementation deadline, it emerged yesterday that no member country of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), including Nigeria, had met all convergence criteria towards the implementation of a single currency for the sub-region.
Though the average performance of the zone indicated improvement in macro-economic convergence index as at December 2017, none of the member countries satisfied all four criteria.
Director General, West African Monetary Institute (WAMI), Dr. Ngozi Egbuna, in a status update presented to the 37th meeting of the Committee of Governors of Central Banks of the WAMZ, said only Nigeria, The Gambia and Guinea attained three criteria each.
She explained that while The Gambia missed the fiscal deficit criterion, Guinea failed to meet the gross external reserves mark while Nigeria missed the inflation criterion.
According to her, Ghana and Liberia met two criteria each. While the former missed both the inflation and fiscal deficit criteria, the latter missed the inflation and central bank financing criteria.
Sierra Leone was only able to satisfy the gross external reserves requirement in the review period.
However, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, stressed the need for members to demonstrate a collective determination to overcome the constraints to the achievement of the currency convergence.
The CBN boss, therefore, tasked member-countries of WAMZ to continue to work towards reversing the structural and institutional deficiencies which had continue to stalemate the unification process- by working hand-in-hand with various fiscal authorities in narrowing budget deficits, sub-optimal fiscal performance and encouraging investments in infrastructure among others.
Despite the shortcoming, Emefiele, encouraged the zone to once again consider the meeting as a veritable opportunity to collectively review the process made and come up with workable strategies aimed at achieving its common objective.
He charged the group that while focusing on uniform achievement of the convergence criteria, attention must also be given to sustainable real convergence in the sub-region to facilitate the attainment of optimal mix between the sustainability of monetary cooperation and the conditionality associated with the achievement of the macro-economic convergence criteria.
The apex bank boss, however, stressed the fact that the pursuit of single currency must not cause the sub-region to ignore the potential adverse and contagion factors associated with unified monetary area and common currency.
Nevertheless, he noted that while the shocks to individual economies might vary in magnitude and intensity, it might yet be another opportunity to look inward and strategise on how best to fill the trade gap that would ensue as a result.
Meanwhile, Chairman, Committee of Governors, Mr. Bakary Jammeh, said notwithstanding the inability of countries to meet the convergence criteria, members have agreed to re commit to diversify respective economies in order to minimise the impact of shocks and stimulate economies through targeted spending in growth enhancing sectors for employment and poverty reduction.
He said the promotion of macro-economic stability was key to a durable monetary union.


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In a City of 'Good People,' How Can 'Selma' Happen?
This entry was posted by Dancer on March 17, 2015 at 7:35 pm
"Do not be a follower of the majority to evil." – Exodus 23:2
In the late '90s, syndicated radio host Dennis Praeger developed a video called "For Goodness Sake" about the pay-back we each get from doing good deeds. Because of the importance of this topic, prominent Hollywood actors donated their time to act out vignettes. In one on-the-street scene, the narrator asks random people if they're a good person. One woman indignantly replies, "Of course I'm a good person. I don't kill or cheat or steal." Praeger then observes,"That doesn't make you a good person. That just doesn't make you a criminal. To be a good person, you have to do something good!"
I've often asked the question: how, amidst a community of so-called good people, could the discrimination, segregation and beatings of Selma, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South, have happened? How did the pastors, preachers, principals, politicians and police endorse or condone what happened, actively participate in it, or openly stand by?
The answer: like the woman in Praeger's video, they believed they were good people. They were contributing to community, raising families, paying taxes, going to church and working at jobs. Despite segregation and the push back against equality for blacks, they we able to tell themselves that they were upstanding citizens and that — despite evidence to the contrary — their community was indeed good.
And because they were "good people," they were able to adopt and sustain the deep cultural mores of discrimination, segregation, hatred and violence — knowing full well that the vision and values of America stood opposed to their actions.
But they didn't care. They viewed themselves as the "good people," and their community reinforced their status. The "bad people" were the rabble-rousers — John Lewis, MLK and others who were trying to destroy their community's way of life.
We often portray life within these moralistic extremes — good people versus bad people, instead of people who do good things or people who do bad things — and this portrayal allows the "good people" to duck under a cloak of insular customs that many times contradict our nation's fundamental principles and aspirations.
If someone is a contributor within a majority community — a worker, parent, leader, employer, philanthropist, church-goer — it's becomes easy to justify the bad because in some select ways they are doing good. They're making the community work. The community, in turn, wants the select good works to continue, so people ignore the truth and compromise values.
Maybe we need a different standard — a values standard that allows us to measure good and bad. Unless we do, the "Selmas" will continue to happen.
In current-day terms, the racist-laden ditty of the University of Oklahoma's Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was tolerated and institutionalized because it was being sung by the otherwise "good people" who established the fraternity's culture and traditions. The Steubenville community was able to justify covering-up a horrendous sexual assault by popular athletes because they were, otherwise, "good people" who contributed big-time to Big Red Football. And the list goes on.
In Ferguson, the weathervane of racial inequality and unbalanced police behavior, the "good people" police were fighting the "bad people" on the streets. In the interest of doing good to preserve and protect an otherwise law-abiding community, racism was fostered and values were sacrificed. Like Selma, it was tolerated, embedded, and justified — until now.
But, why now? What makes the difference in not tolerating and, in fact, abhorring the actions of Selma, Steubenville, University of Oklahoma's SAE, Ferguson, and several other communities under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department?
The difference is that we are starting to hold our communities, college campuses, and police more to a values standard than a "good people" standard. Overtly, we're starting to ask: do the values demonstrated by the behaviors align positively or negatively with America's values? This shift can be a game-changer for the good.
The values standard rejects the so-called "good person" who is violating other peoples' rights to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." It rejects the church-going person who is righteous on Sunday but oppressive the rest of the week. Its measure of human behavior — aligning or not aligning with our values — can and should be the measure of a civil and decent society. How we judge one another, then, becomes: Are youlivingthe values or defying the values?
In an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "For some of us, jury duty doesn't really end at the courthouse," architect Charles Belson tells the story of how his eleven-year-old sister was abused by a neighbor:
The local priest visited my parents. He suggested that my sister imagined it. The priest said that the neighbor was a good Christian. The neighbor's family name was prominently cast into a stained glass window in our church… My mother wrote a letter to the attorney general. She explained how the district attorney and others were pressuring her and my father to agree to reduce or drop the charges. The district attorney was infuriated that my mom, a mother of four who was a full-time housewife with just a high school education and no legal training, would be sending such a letter to the attorney general… The attorney general rebuked the district attorney and arranged for the trial to be held in another part of the state, away from the influence of the neighbor's family and friends… The attorney general spoke to my mother about the profound difference one person can make in the pursuit of justice. The neighbor was convicted and sent to prison.
But ordinary people can cut both ways. They can be the people who stand by and justify bad behavior done by "good people" or the ones — like the marchers in Selma or Mrs. Belson — who hold society to a values standard that makes communities reservoirs of justice and decency by actually living the values that we share. The choice is really up to us.
Muszynski is Founder of Purple America, a national initiative of Values-in-Action Foundation to re-focus the American conversation to a civil, productive and respectful dialogue around our shared values. To see America's shared values and get involved, go to www.PurpleAmerica.us
Project Love is a school-based character-development program of Values-in-Action Foundation. To see information about Project Love school programming, go to www.projectlove.org


(from Osaka)Transfer to a Local at NISHINOMIYA station and get off at KOROEN station. About 6 min walk toward southwest.
(from Kobe)Take a Limited Express to MIKAGE station or ASHIYA station. Transfer to a Local and get off at KOROEN station.
About 6 min walk toward southwest.
Get off at SAKURASHUKUGAWA station. Walk west along the Route 2 and walk south along the Shukugawa River.
About 15 min walk toward southwest.
Take a Limited Express, get off at SHUKUGAWA station and walk south along the Shukugawa River.
About 18 min walk toward southwest.
We have a parking lot (capacity 15 vehicles) between the museum and the route 43, but it could take a long time to park. Also there is a non-parking area around the museum.
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Sports Maharashtra wins U-17 gold in Kho Kho at the Khelo India Youth Games
How To Start A YouTube Channel And Earn Money In India
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By Rohit Arora
| Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 9:58 [IST]
With over 1.9 billion monthly active users worldwide, YouTube is the second most visited website in the world. The content platform records over 1 billion hours of content streaming per day. These are undoubtedly huge numbers and the data, which is a factor of many things and is often termed as 'Views', translates to real-world money.
If you are also planning to join the league or have always wanted to create a YouTube channel to show your creative side to the world, the following steps will come handy. The following guide will help you create your very own 'YouTube Channel' to kickstart your Content Creator journey.
Before you start your YouTube journey, you must understand that creating a channel on YouTube is the easy part. The content monetization, subscriber base and generating revenue from it is another story altogether. Having said that, the following guide will help you understand the basics of running a YouTube channel to join the millionaire club.
Steps To Follow To Create A YouTube Channel
A YouTube Channel creates your public presence on the YouTube platform. While you might already have a Google account, you would still need to create a channel to start uploading content to create a subscriber base. Sign in to YouTube on a computer or simply use the mobile site on a smartphone.
Try uploading a video or creating a playlist on YouTube.
As you don't have a YouTube channel yet, you'll see a prompt to create one.
Check and confirm the details such as your 'Google Account' name and photo.
Confirm to create your YouTube channel.
Important Things To Consider While Creating A YouTube Channel
Creating a presence on YouTube depends on several factors. You must start with a catchy name. Keep your YouTube name short and easy to remember.
It is advisable to create a unique thumbnail for your YouTube Channel. Keeping it ready beforehand is always good. Also, make sure that the thumbnail you create matches the content you will push on your channel.
Good video editing software with basic knowledge of video-editing is also a necessity to create good content for YouTube.
Steps To Consider While Creating And Uploading Content On YouTube Channel
If you want to make it big on YouTube, make sure you push content regularly. Keep some content handy to ensure consistency and regular flow of good quality content to maintain a good subscriber base.
The content should be unique and of high quality.
Shoot videos from a good quality camera and give some time to edit the content before uploading them. You can also shoot live videos on YouTube, which is an excellent tool to establish two-way communication with your subscribers. However, you have to be extra careful about the content quality and type of content while doing live videos.
Your headlines should be catchy but not misleading. Videos should also have a description with primary keywords of your content as it increases the visibility of videos in YouTube Searches.
Keywords also play a vital role in running a YouTube channel. Good keywords that are relevant to the content you push can improve your channel's visibility on internet multifold. You can add keywords in the 'Advanced' section of YouTube Channel Settings.
Always review your thumbnails, descriptions, titles, keywords and metadata to fall in line with advertiser-friendly guidelines.
Start Monetizing Content To Earn Money
Once you have managed to establish a subscriber base of 1,000 subscribers with 4,000 public watch hours in the last 12 months, you can apply for YouTube Partner Program, which gives access to YouTube resources and features. Here's how you can apply to YPP.
In the top right, select your account icon > Creator Studio.
In the left menu, select Channel > Status and features.
Under "Monetization," click Enable.
Follow the on-screen steps.
Google mentions that channels that meet the company's policies and guidelines will be accepted in the program. Once Google accepts your YPP application, you'll need an AdSense account to generate money from the content. As per Google's guidelines, you can link as many channels as you have to a single AdSense account.
Once the AdSense account is linked to your YouTube account, you can start monetizing your content. Simply click the 'Monetization' tab and check the "Monetize with Ads" box. You can then start monetizing the individual videos posted on your YouTube channel. The last step is keeping a check on your 'Analytics' to see views on your videos to check the earnings.
Follow all these steps and ensure that you are consistent in creating and uploading new content for your YouTube channel to make it big in the online world. It's a damn tough job but if you are consistent and push high quality content, you can actually make a fortune.
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