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Cover art by Jeffrey Schrier for the 1975 reissue of Zero Time by Tonto's Expanding Head Band.
• RIP Malcolm Cecil, electronic musician, and producer of Stevie Wonder, among many others. The term pioneer is over-used when discussing electronic artists, but it's an accurate one when applied to Cecil and his partner in Tonto's Expanding Head Band, Robert Margouleff. The first Tonto album, Zero Time (1971), was a collection of fully-realised all-electronic compositions recorded in the days when "electronic music" in the rock sphere usually meant rock-band-plus-synth-burbles. As I said in a post about Tonto's debut album a few years ago, "Jetsex sounds like an outtake from Kraftwerk's Autobahn (albeit three years early) while Timewhys wouldn't have been out of place on The Human League's Travelogue album almost a decade later". Cecil may be seen in this short film showing off the bespoke synth gear that comprised The Original New Timbral Orchestra (aka TONTO), while he talks at length about his career in issue 4 of Synapse magazine here. Cecil and Margouleff parted company in the mid-70s shortly after releasing a second album, It's About Time (1974), a collection of jazzy instrumentals that's overdue a proper reissue.
• "Every film production company they showed it to said it was 'too weird' to ever be made. " Next month Strange Attractor publishes The Otherwise, a script by Mark E. Smith and Graham Duff for an unmade horror film.
• More horror: Predator's Ball by Uni; music video as horror scenario in which you can play spot-the-reference: Alice in Wonderland, Rocky Horror, Leigh Bowery (?), Pasolini's Salò (?)…
• At Bibliothèque Gay: Narkiss by Jean Lorrain, another homoerotic classic newly translated into Spanish, and with new illustrations.
• The week in Gary Panter: Nicole Rudick on Gary Panter's Punk Everyman, and the man himself writing about his life and art.
• At Wormwoodiana: Mark Valentine investigates the connections between Charles Williams and Sax Rohmer.
• At Dangerous Minds: New Age Steppers, "the only ever post-punk supergroup".
• Mix of the week: XLR8R Podcast 689, a feast of funk compiled by Steve Arrington.
• At Public Domain Review: Agostino Ramelli's Theatre of Machines (1588).
• At Dennis Cooper's: Pier Paolo Pasolini Day.
• Valentina Magaletti's favourite music.
• Louvre site des collections
• Narcissus Queen (1958) by Martin Denny | Narciso (1974) by Pierrot Lunaire | Narkissos (2006) by Sadistic Mikaela Band
Author JohnPosted on April 3, 2021 Categories {art}, {books}, {comics}, {electronica}, {film}, {gay}, {horror}, {music}, {painting}, {sculpture}, {technology}Tags Agostino Ramelli, Bibliothèque Gay, Charles Williams, Dennis Cooper, Gary Panter, Graham Duff, Jean Lorrain, Jeffrey Schrier, Leigh Bowery, Malcolm Cecil, Mark E. Smith, Mark Valentine, Martin Denny, New Age Steppers, Nicole Rudick, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pierrot Lunaire (group), Robert Margouleff, Sadistic Mikaela Band, Sax Rohmer, Steve Arrington, Stevie Wonder, Strange Attractor, Tonto's Expanding Head Band, Uni (group), Valentina Magaletti
Teenage Lightning (Les Éclairs au-dessous de quatorze ans) (c. 1925) by Max Ernst.
• "There has never been another director who has lain in wait for us with the same wrath or disgust. He is so complicated that finally he became the very thing he was nervous of admitting, a true artist best measured in the company of Patrick Hamilton, Francis Bacon, or Harold Pinter. He saw no reason to like us or himself." David Thomson on why Alfred Hitchcock's films still feel dangerous.
• New music: "Habitat, an environmental music collaboration by Berlin based composer Niklas Kramer and percussionist Joda Foerster, is inspired by the drawings of Italian architect Ettore Sottsass. Each of the eight tracks represents a room in an imaginary building."
• "You could describe Lambkin's work as a rich sort of ambient music, but largely without the synthetic textures that ambient music often possesses." Geeta Dayal reviews Solos, a collection of recordings by Graham Lambkin.
• Tom of Finland: Pen and Ink, 1965–1989 is an exhibition at the David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, which runs to 1st May. The website includes a virtual tour.
• More revenant gay art: Bibliothèque Gay reviews a new Spanish translation of Baiser de Narcisse by Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen.
• Introducing Ark Surreal: "Surreal collages by Allan Randolph Kausch. Some cute and sweet, others dark and intriguing."
• At Artforum: Albert Mobilio on Extra Ordinary: Magic, Mystery, and Imagination in American Realism.
• At Spoon & Tamago: Shizuoka is installing monuments inspired by their plastic model industry.
• At Dennis Cooper's: Jordan Belson Day.
• Museum of Everything Else
• RIP Bertrand Tavernier.
• Teenage Lightning 2 (1991) by Coil | Teenage Lightning (1992) by Skullflower | Teenage Lightning (Surgeon Remix) (2001) by Coil
Author JohnPosted on March 27, 2021 March 27, 2021 Categories {abstract cinema}, {architecture}, {art}, {books}, {collage}, {electronica}, {film}, {gay}, {music}, {painting}, {surrealism}Tags Albert Mobilio, Alfred Hitchcock, Allan Kausch, Bertrand Tavernier, Bibliothèque Gay, Coil (group), David Thomson, Dennis Cooper, Ettore Sottsass, Geeta Dayal, Graham Lambkin, Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, Joda Foerster, Jordan Belson, Max Ernst, Niklas Kramer, Skullflower, Surgeon (musician), Tom of Finland2 Comments on Weekend links 562
Self-Portrait (1935) by Johannes Hendrikus Moesman.
• At Bibliothèque Gay, René Bolliger (1911—1971), an artist whose homoerotica is being celebrated in an exhibition, Les Beaux Mâles, at Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour, Paris, next month. There are more beaux mâles in a new book of photographs, Hi, Hello!, by Roman Duquesne.
• The summer solstice is here which means it's time for Dennis Cooper's favourite fiction, poetry, non-fiction, film, art and internet of the year so far. As before, I'm flattered to be listed in the internet selection. Thanks! Also at DC's, Michael Snow Day.
• "I hope Roger Corman is doing okay," I was thinking last week while rewatching one of Corman's Poe films. He's been overseeing the production of three new features during the lockdown so, yes, he's doing okay. I loved the Cries and Whispers anecdote.
• "Unsettling and insinuating, fabulously alert to the spaces between things, Harrison is without peer as a chronicler of the fraught, unsteady state we're in." Olivia Laing reviewing The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison.
• The original Brain label release of Aqua (1974), the first solo album by Tangerine Dream's Edgar Froese, had a different track list and different mixes from the Virgin releases. The album has never been reissued in this form.
• New music at Bandcamp: Without Thought, music for an installation by Paul Schütze; and Hatching Under The Stars, songs by Clara Engel.
• Deborah Nicholls-Lee on Johannes Hendrikus Moesman (1909–1988), "the erotic Dutch surrealist you should have heard of".
• Kate Solomon on where to start with the Pet Shop Boys. I'd also recommend Introspective.
• Dalí in Holographic Space: Selwyn Lissack on Salvador Dalí's contributions to art holograms.
• At Spoon & Tamago: An obsession with retro Japanese round-cornered windows.
• John Boardley on the "writing mistresses" of the calligraphic golden age.
• Mark Duguid recommends Michael Reeves' Witchfinder General (1968).
• The favourite music of Crammed Discs boss, Marc Hollander.
• Occult/erotic prints by Eleni Avraam.
• Aqua: Every Raindrop Longs For The Sea (Jeder Tropfen Träumt Vom Meer) H2O (1973) by Achim Reichel | Aqua (1979) by Dvwb | Aqua (1981) by Phew
Author JohnPosted on June 21, 2020 Categories {architecture}, {art}, {books}, {electronica}, {film}, {gay}, {horror}, {music}, {occult}, {painting}, {photography}, {science}, {sculpture}, {surrealism}, {typography}Tags Achim Reichel, Bibliothèque Gay, Clara Engel, Crammed Discs, Deborah Nicholls-Lee, Dennis Cooper, Dvwb, Edgar Froese, Eleni Avraam, Johannes Hendrikus Moesman, John Boardley, Kate Solomon, M. John Harrison, Marc Hollander, Mark Duguid, Michael Reeves, Michael Snow, Olivia Laing, Paul Schütze, Pet Shop Boys, Phew (musician), René Bolliger, Roger Corman, Roman Duquesne, Salvador Dalí, Selwyn Lissack, Tangerine Dream
Piazzetta San Marco by Moonlight (no date) by Friedrich Paul Nerly.
• RIP Heathcote Williams (Guardian obit, NYT obit): poet, playwright, actor, artist, anarchist, stage magician, and no doubt many other things besides. Being a product of the counter-culture, and one of Britain's foremost anti-establishment writers (his polemics against the Royal Family were unceasing), Williams was a regular in the early publications produced by my colleagues at Savoy Books; in fact there's a piece by him in The Savoy Book itself. Consequently, Williams always felt like a distant relative even though we never met. Of his many film appearances, which ranged from low-budget independent productions to Hollywood junk, he was ideally cast as Prospero in Derek Jarman's film of The Tempest, and he audaciously steals a scene from Tilda Swinton in Sally Potter's wonderful Orlando. Elsewhere: Jeremy Harding on Williams' run-ins with the gatekeepers, and Why D'Ya Do It?, a song by Marianne Faithfull with lyrics by Williams.
• Mixes of the week: Secret Thirteen Mix 226 by Chihei Hatakeyama, and SydArthur Festival 2: Summer of Love Edition by Head Heritage.
• Geeta Dayal on composer and musique concrète pioneer Pierre Henry whose death was also announced this week.
• Jonathan Meades reviews Vinyl.Album.Cover.Art: The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue by Aubrey Powell.
• "Brutal! Vulgar! Dirty!" Polly Stenham on Mae West and the gay comedy that shocked 1920s America.
• Hannah Devlin on religious leaders getting high on psilocybin for science.
• At Dennis Cooper's: Spotlight on…In Transit (1969) by Brigid Brophy.
• At Bibliothèque Gay: Matelots (1935) by Gregorio Prieto.
• SD Sykes on reconsidering Venice, crumbling city.
• Letters and Liquor
• This Ain't The Summer Of Love (1976) by Blue Öyster Cult | Orlando (1996) by Trans Am | Transit (2004) by Fennesz
Author JohnPosted on July 9, 2017 Categories {architecture}, {art}, {books}, {design}, {drugs}, {electronica}, {film}, {music}, {painting}, {theatre}Tags Aubrey Powell, Bibliothèque Gay, Blue Öyster Cult, Brigid Brophy, Chihei Hatakeyama, Dennis Cooper, Derek Jarman, Fennesz, Friedrich Paul Nerly, Geeta Dayal, Gregorio Prieto, Hannah Devlin, Head Heritage, Heathcote Williams, Hipgnosis, Jeremy Harding, Jonathan Meades, Mae West, Marianne Faithfull, Pierre Henry, Polly Stenham, Sally Potter, Savoy Books, The Savoy, Tilda Swinton, Trans Am (group)
Ruth St Denis (2010) by Agnieszka Brzezanska.
• As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics is an exhibition of occult-oriented art at IMMA, Dublin. "An alternative history of art of the last century," says Aidan Dunne.
• THIS IS THE SALiVATION ARMY: a Tumblr archive of Scott Treleavan's queer-pagan-punk zine, 1996–1999.
• Mixes of the week: Secret Thirteen Mix 219 by Paper Dollhouse, and a Mika Vainio Tribute Mix by broken20.
• Valdimar Ásmundsson's Icelandic translation of Bram Stoker's Dracula has been translated back to English.
• First evidence for higher state of consciousness found (thanks to psychedelic drugs).
• At Bibliothèque Gay: Narkiss (1908) by Jean Lorrain.
• Boyd White on finding Arthur Machen's bookplate.
• Barry Adamson's favourite albums.
• John Waters: By the Book.
• Dread: Lustmord in dub.
• XXY Oscilloscope
• Vampire (1976) by Devon Irons | Keep On Dubbing (1976) by Augustus Pablo | African Dub (1977) by The Silvertones
Author JohnPosted on April 23, 2017 Categories {art}, {books}, {drugs}, {electronica}, {gay}, {horror}, {magazines}, {music}, {occult}, {science}, {technology}Tags Agnieszka Brzezanska, Aidan Dunne, Arthur Machen, Augustus Pablo, Barry Adamson, Bibliothèque Gay, Boyd White, Bram Stoker, broken20, Devon Irons, Dracula, Jean Lorrain, John Waters, Lustmord, Mika Vainio, Paper Dollhouse, Ruth St Denis, Scott Treleavan, The Silvertones, Valdimar Ásmundsson3 Comments on Weekend links 357


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Movie News: 2014 AFF Film Series
AUSTIN, Texas—February 5, 2014— Austin Film Festival (AFF) is pleased to announce the first slate of 2014 year-round event programming. Highlights include:
JASON REITMAN & UP IN THE AIR: LIVE FROM THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 | 7PM
Texas Spirit Theatre at the Bullock Texas State History Museum
Coming off the success of his latest film, LABOR DAY, writer/director Jason Reitman will present a special screening of UP IN THE AIR with live commentary and will be joined by select members from the film crew.
Conversation in Film Series
BLOOD PUNCH
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH | 7PM
Alamo Drafthouse Village
A mysterious "bad girl" checks herself into rehab in hopes to corral someone to partake in her get-rich-quick drug scheme by cooking meth.
In attendance: director Madellaine Paxson, writer Eddie Guzelian
Audience Awards Series AFF 2013 Category: Dark Matters
BUILDING A HOUSE OF CARDS WITH BEAU WILLIMON
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 | 2PM
Harry Ransom Center
Only one week after the highly anticipated Season 2 premiere, Beau Willimon, creator of the Netflix sensation House of Cards, will sit down to discuss this beloved but wicked drama.
OPERATION: RAVEN
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 | 7PM
Galaxy Highland 10
Sheila Raven is a hard-ass detective who won't rest until the streets are safe. What happens when she goes up against a sadistic criminal mastermind with the whole city in his pocket?
In attendance: Director Jimmie Buchanan Jr, actor Amy McCollough and a majority of the cast
Austin Premieres Series – World Premiere
BOB'S BURGERS AND WRITING FOR TELEVISION: A CONVERSATION WITH JIM DAUTERIVE
SUNDAY, MARCH 2 | 2PM
A conversation on the various roles of a writer working in television with Jim Dauterive, co-showrunner of Bob's Burgers. This discussion will be paired with a special behind-the-scenes look at a work in progress for the upcoming season of Bob's Burgers.
BESIDE STILL WATERS
MONDAY, MARCH 3 | 7PM
In this BIG CHILL for Generation Y, a group of childhood friends reunite at the scenic lake house where they all grew up, to comfort each other, rekindle old flames and drunkenly stumble down memory lane.
In attendance: writer/director Chris Lowell, writer Mohit Narang
Audience Awards Series AFF 2013 Category: Narrative Feature
Free ISOLATION/TRIBES Live Reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 4 | 7PM
Clay Pit
Chris Lowell and Mohit Narang, the team behind the 2013 Austin Jury and Audience Winner, BESIDE STILL WATERS, present a live script reading of their sophomore feature, ISOLATION/TRIBES. A teenage boy is arrested for robbing a pharmacy and is sent to a rehab facility in the wilderness where he must recount the events that led to his being arrested if he is to have any hope at a true recovery.
Live script reading – FREE (space available on a first come RSVP basis)
HAIR OF THE DOG BRUNCH
Austin Film Festival hosts this annual industry favorite event that combines great Tex-Mex, libations, local and visiting filmmakers and live music.
Open to AFF Members
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 | 7PM
Clemens Trunschka is a corporate headhunter and an alcoholic. On the hunt for a top CEO in Houston, Texas, his addiction takes him on a haunting journey into his own darkness.
Austin Premieres Series
MAKING YOUR SHORT FILM
SUNDAY, MARCH 30 | 2PM
Kat Candler (HELLION), David Lowery (AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS), and Miguel Alvarez (MNEMOSYNE RISING) will discuss the various elements of pre-production through post, along with how to overcome the hurdles that accompany getting your short film off the page and onto the screen.
AN EVENING OF AWARD WINNING SHORTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 | 7PM
A collection of award Jury and Audience winning films from the 2013 Austin Film Festival, two of which went on to be Academy-Award™ nominated shorts.
Films: COOTIE CONTAGION, MIA, A CAUTIONARY TALE, MR. INVISIBLE, PISTACHIO MILK, FOOL'S DAY
Audience Awards Series AFF 2013 Category: Shorts (Narrative, Student, Animated)
FOR SERIOUS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 | 7PM
Pete Pierson, a recently unemployed attorney, just started production on his first movie. With help from his flaky best friend, dead beat brother, and a rival director, Pete's movie can't miss…. assuming he ever figures out what it's about.
In attendance: director John Sheehan and members of the cast
THE GOLDEN SCALLOP
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 | 7PM
Three fried-fish restaurants' struggles, passions and eccentricities are documented at the ultimate short order cooking contest, The Golden Scallop Championship. A food truck, a novelty eatery, and old favorite all vie for victory.
Audience Awards Series AFF 2013 Category: Comedy Vanguard
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 | 7PM
SPEAK NOW is a romantic dramedy about a group of high school friends reuniting for a wedding – one that will challenge the beliefs and change the lives of all in attendance forever. This feature film was shot in three days with all the dialogue improvised by the actors.
Audience Awards Series AFF 2013 Category: Doc Feature
Austin Film Festival's Conversations in Film program was created in 2007 and provides the public with the unique experience to interact with local and visiting screenwriters and filmmakers. Previous participants include Randall Wallace, John Lee Hancock, Polly Platt, Shane Black, Whit Stillman, Larry Wilmore, David Magee, Ted Tally, Brian Helgeland, and others.
Many of our Conversation in Film Series are recorded and produced for the PBS affiliated show, On Story®. "On Story®" is a half-hour TV series that takes a look at the creative process of filmmaking through the eyes of some of the entertainment industry's most prolific writers, directors and producers. For more information visit: www.onstory.tv
Season 4 Premieres April 19th.
AUDIENCE AWARDS SERIES
Presented by Capital One Bank, the Audience Awards Series revisits some of the most popular films of last year's festival, as voted by the audiences themselves at screenings. Offering comedy, horror, drama, and a collection of award winning shorts, this year's selections will match great films with great food in the AlamoDrafthouseVillage.
Want to find the next wave of great Austin filmmakers? Check out the new Austin Premieres series where Austin Film Festival will showcase works by locals that have yet to be seen in Austin, many of them World Premieres. From low brow comedy to art house drama, the Austin Premieres series gives audiences and filmmakers a chance to see fresh films on the big screen at the Galaxy Highland 10 Theatre.
MADE IN TEXAS SERIES
The Made In Texas Series focuses on films made in Texas or made by Texans, or both. This year's program will bring together five distinct visions of the future, some frightening, some hilarious, some mind-altering. Great local guests will lend their thoughts on the films they helped to create in a classic Texas venue, the Texas Spirit theatre at the Bullock Texas History museum.
The live script reading of ISOLATION/TRIBES is free with space available on a first-come RSVP basis. For all other events, become an AFF Member to receive discounted screening and conversation tickets. Ticket prices vary per event and can be purchased online at austinfilmfestival.com, over the phone at 512-478-4795 or toll free at 1-800-310-FEST. Tickets can be purchased at the event, space permitting. Call 512-478-4795 for discounted group rates and partnership information.
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'The Secret Life of Pets' Neuters Promising Cast
Bobby Moynihan
chris renaud
Ken Daurio
Spike Walters
yarrow cheney
CHICAGO – A promising voice cast of comedy greats is effectively neutered in the blasé animated family film "The Secret Life Of Pets." It doesn't have the multi-layered story of the best Pixar movies – or even the "Despicable Me" films – to satisfy both kids and grownups. The bigger it tries to be, the more exhausted it seems.
The film might have worked best as a short subject, but it simply doesn't have enough ideas to sustain a full length animated film. It's early scenes are the ones most likely to get your tale wagging – where we witness dogs, cats, birds, and other assorted animals in a New York CIty apartment building indulging themselves while their owners are away. They're either nibbling on leftovers, partying with other dogs, going on walks or chasing squirrels. It's the kind of thing that will amuse young viewers, and is kind of blandly palatable to parents trying to catch a breather in a darkened theater.
Louis C.K. is the Voice of Max in 'The Secret Life of Pets'
Photo credit: Universal Studios
Louis C.K. takes the voice lead as Max, a terrier pound puppy who loves nothing more than to just hang out with his owner. His simple life gets upended when his owner brings home a big scruffy mass of a dog named duke (voiced by Eric Stonestreet). From there the film abandons its simple plot and sends its uneasy buddy team onto a madcap race into the New York City sewers while dodging animal control and running into a murderous gang of discarded pets.
In all this there's really no place for Louie's comedy sensibilities to shine through. He plays it mostly straight, and doesn't really bring much of his sardonic wit to what is really a more hopeful and optimistic role – it's difficult to understand why they even cast him. When the realization sinks in that it's actually him doing the voice, I was left waiting for Louis C.K. brand of humor, but that never materialized.
The talented voice cast includes Jenny Slate, Hannibal Buress, Ellie Kemper, and a host of others, but the only ones who manage to make their comedic personas break through are Kevin Hart and Albert Brooks. Hart plays a vengeful former magicians rabbit leading a ragtag army of discarded pets on a murderous rampage of revenge against the human race – and his hyperactive motor-mouthed schtick is only slightly more tolerable coming from an adorable big eyed bunny. Albert Brooks manages some of the films only true chuckles, in playing a self loathing hawk.
The Gang's All Here in 'The Secret Life of Pets'
There are snakes, hamsters, crocodiles, and a multi-tattooed pig among a host of other characters in this tale – but its big set pieces are just frenetic without being frenetically entertaining. It's zigging this way, and zagging the next, without really going anywhere. My four year-old twins liked it okay, but I'd say they were largely underwhelmed. It kept them quiet and watching the screen, but my son actually asked me if it was over yet, a full 15 minutes before finishing it's trim 98 minute run time. I know exactly how he felt.
"The Secret Life of Pets" opens everywhere on July 8th, in 3D and regular screenings. See local listings for 3D showings. Featuring the voices of Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Dana Carvey, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Eric Stonestreet, Albert Brooks and Steve Coogan. Written by Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio and Brian Lynch. Directed by Yarrow Cheney and Chris Renaud. Rated "PG"
By SPIKE WALTERS
HollywoodChicago.com
spike@hollywoodchicago.com
© 2016 Spike Walters, HollywoodChicago.com
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Bradley Cooper's 'American Sniper' is Entertaining, One-Sided American Propaganda
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Tartan Prancer – Yes, a Fictional Albanian Car – Steals the Otherwise Borrowed Show in 'Vacation'
Hidden Gem 'The Last Five Years' Launches Anna Kendrick as a Serious Singer
New 'Romeo and Juliet' is Almost Passable if You Haven't Seen It, Unnecessary if You Have
Heroics of 'Dunkirk' Portrayed Ardently & Humanely
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Failed 'Twister' Knockoff 'Into the Storm' is All Eyes, No Heart
Tom Hardy's Mesmerizing 'Locke' Makes You Question Who You Are
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Don't you just love it when you think you got a good deal?
I thought it was a good deal to get two hyacinth blooms out of one bulb. In fact, several of my hyacinth bulbs had more than one bloom this year, the first year any have had multiple blooms, that I can remember.
I also think I got a good deal when I bought my seed racks fifteen or so years ago for about $30 each.
These seed racks are basic plastic shelves, with each shelf holding one and a half flats. I hung the light fixtures with some shower curtain hooks and a short piece of chain, so I can raise and lower them to accommodate flats of seedlings or small plants. These are just standard shop light fixtures sold at most hardware stores.
I replaced the light fixtures last year because those ballasts don't last forever and bought new light bulbs at the same time. The bulbs are just standard fluorescent lights. I decided to go with those because they were cheaper and the plants will get some natural "full-spectrum" light from the nearby windows.
I use light timers to turn the lights on early in the morning and off late at night so that the seedlings get 18 hours or more of light every day. As I recall, the timers were sold around the holidays for Christmas lights, and I bought them for half price after the holidays were over.
Yes, for someone who looks like she spends with abandon for hoes and seeds and other necessities of gardening, like the new plant stand the hyacinth is on, I can be quite cost-conscious. We've all got to be that way these days.
If you would like to know more about my seed racks, check out this latest video from May Dreams Gardens. It's a "talkie"!
I thoroughly enjoyed visiting your sunroom and seeing your plants and seed starting equipment. Awesome post!
Thanks for the tour! I'd love to have a room like that on our house. It looks like a easy to put together system, effective too.
I can't wait to hear and see your seeds filling the shelves. Tell us what kind of seed mix you will use. I have used all manner of mixes and jiffy7s in the past. this year I bought some special mix from a local nursery which was an absolute disaster. It was supposed to be worm casting and vermiculite and sand. I had to rescue some of the seeds as they sprouted. many died and some just never germinated.
The mix held too much water and damp off was a problem. I tool the 1/2 bag back. I'm going back to Sunshine mix or mixing my own. I'd love to know what you use.
I used to have an old door which I positioned in the kitchen window. It worked really well-then I got a greenhouse and love it.
Thanks for the comment on the lights. I wasn't sure if you needed any special bulbs. Very handy setup. Sounds like you can get quite the production going. Thanks for sharing.
That is great info! Now I know exactly what to do. Thanks so much!I'm always confused between warming pads and lights. And I hate the trays spread all over the house!
Carol, thanks for the tour of your sunroom and the seed shelves. Handy set up. I marvel at the number of plants you will be able to begin. Mostly veggies? Mostly flowers? 450 is amazing.
I have a night blooming cereus too. Mine is in the garage in the winter to 'rest' and then on the deck in the summer. The blooms are truly incredible.
That was really a great idea to YouTube your sunroom and seed racks. Even though I don't need to start seeds indoors I can appreciate any instructions someone is willing to "show" me. Always helpful to actually see what you are writing about... for me anyway. Keep the instructions coming... you are a wealth of much appreciated knowledge. Thanks.
I used to have the fluorescent light system too. I'm experimenting with LEDs this year to see if they work as well. They cost a lot at the start, but last for 50 years and with the energy savings will pay themselves back in a few years.
racks for hanging the lights between the shelves and works great!
I really enjoy reading your posts!
Hi Carol, it is good to know you are not a spendthrift when it comes to things other than hoes. :-) Your lighting system is great. I am wondering how long to expect the light fixtures to last, having read the bulbs themselves should be replaced each year. Also those timers. Mine will only go on at dusk and off at dawn with a max setting of 8 hours manually, not enough hours. I thought the daylight plus the night light would not be good for the babies so didn't use them and have to remember to turn them off and on. What is your experience with this? I have one timer that can be set for any time off and on, so the other set up has to be turned on and off by me.
great setup, I like the shower curtain hook and chain idea. Looks very professional.
What a cute video Carol. It was fun seeing your sun room. Your seed-starting shelving setup should inspire anyone wanting to do such a thing. 450Plants!!! Wow is all I can say to that. I hope to see updates about your seedings when they get started.
That's a great set-up...we have a shelving unit that will serve a similar purpose this year. I like that the florescent lights with sun exposure are enough to keep the seedlings happy. In the past we have had one shop light propped up on the laundry counter.
I've used a similar setup for the last few years. When are you planning to start your seeds? I usually get antsy and start too early. I was just looking at my seeds tonight and wondering if it is still too early. I'm ready!
Carol I love your seed rack.
We used to have one, but living in a warm climate as we do, it's easier for me just to start the seeds outside in April. I think I'm one of the few hard-core gardeners in my area who doesn't do proper winter-sowing.
It's no surprise to see that you've come up with such a attractive, thrifty way to grow a lot of plants from seed. Philo watched the video, too and was impressed with your compact design.
It was very cool to see the whole sunroom, with the plants tucked everywhere, even on top of the plant rack, and the enormous Queen of the Night.
But that's not why I watched the video twice...the best part was hearing your voice again, Carol! It was like being in the room with you.
Well, you might not have heard of punnets, but I've never seen a seed rack before! Amazing all the trouble you cold-climate people have to go to.


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MERIDEN - Charles William Ritchie, Jr., 83, of 19 Runge Drive died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006 at Meriden Center. He was the husband of Arline Sievert Ritchie. Born in Meriden on Sept. 29, 1923, he was the son of the late Charles William and Helen Olivia Loving Ritchie, Sr. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army in the China, India and Burma theater. He was a graduate of the University of Connecticut, majoring in floraculture, and was a member of the 1948 UConn National Champion Soccer Team. He was employed as a grower for Racker Florist, becoming a partner in 1954 and owner in 1973. The business closed in 1997 and he was currently employed as a grower for Hilzinger Farms in Cheshire. He was a member of the Meriden Florist Association and served a term as president. Also, he was a member of the Connecticut Florist Association, serving eight years as director, and was also a member of the Connecticut Greenhouse Growers Association. He was a dedicated supporter of UConn athletics and was an avid fisherman. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Susan Neiland and her husband, Gary of Kensington; two sons, David Ritchie and his wife, Barbara of Meriden and Kenneth Ritchie and his wife, Gina of Meriden; seven grandchildren, Christopher Ritchie and Brian Ritchie, both of Meriden, Julie Neiland, Kevin Neiland and Daniel Neiland, all of Kensington and Steven Ritchie and Carly Ritchie, both of Meriden. He was predeceased by a sister, Dorothy Hayes. The funeral will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, at 10 a.m. at Hubbard Chapel in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Burial with military honors will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Beecher and Bennett Flatow Funeral Home, 48 Cook Ave., Meriden.
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The Naked City of Queens is home to many a firebox, and although there are not eight million of them here, each one has a story. Unfortunately, the stories are all tragic- house fires, auto accidents, heartaches of all descriptions. Fireboxes can't talk, of course, except to summon a team of superheroes in a big red truck when crises emerge.
Perpetual darkness is the lot of this lonely firebox, found over on the outskirts of Woodside. Apartment monoliths on one side, highways on the other, it seems to be in a delitorious state of repair as evinced by the way its alarm handle is deployed. Better days await us all, my friends, better days spent gamboling about in the sunny corridors of Queens.
When I told my Grandmother that I wished to grow up to be an artist around age 10, she clutched at her bosom and cried out "you'll be a bum on da Bowery mid a needle in dein arm." The Jewish version of crossing herself, which is doing the dishes, followed. This firebox has seen the bums come and go on the Bowery, and is always ready to summon help whether you are the dispossessed or merely one of the gentry.
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Q: Ionic 2 project architecture (images) In Ionic 2 project, what is the right place to put my images?
In some blogs, people said to put all the images in www\build\"images_folder",
but the problem is when you build the project or command: ionic serve your build folder is totally removed and rebuild from the start and you loose all your images.

A: When you run ionic serve all the javascript and styles files are compiled and put together (among other tasks) in your build folder, and that's why if you put somethig there, is deleted.
In order to avoid that, you should put your images in www\images and then reference them in your code by doing:
<img src="images/myImage.png" />

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EDIT:
You can find more information about what's going on when you run ionic serve (and also emulate, deploy and build) by taking a look at your gulpfile.js:
/**
 * Ionic hooks
 * Add ':before' or ':after' to any Ionic project command name to run the specified
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 */
gulp.task('serve:before', ['watch']);
gulp.task('emulate:before', ['build']);
gulp.task('deploy:before', ['build']);
gulp.task('build:before', ['build']);

And in the lasts lines of code of the gulpfile.js you can see this:
gulp.task('clean', function(){
  return del('www/build');
});

Which is what causes the build folder to be deleted.

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Jörgen Hansson (from Sweden) sent me this- This image is of a historical moment. The first time ever my daughter ride a motorcycle. She has just started to practice driving, for a driver's license. You can not miss out on how happy she is inside the helmet. Feels good with a small contribution to the regeneration of bikers. Congratulations of having an awesome daughter, Jörgen! And thanks for helping continue the love of motorcycling.
Leah (Stunts) Petersen and I loaded up on her stunt bike before heading to the photoshoot location.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016 — It is no secret that Antwerp is bustling with creativity! There are 18,000 registered professionals working in 8,000 creative companies in the city, or a staggering one in six organisations in the city.
This Is Antwerp keeps tabs on what young and upcoming creative minds are up to in the city, providing updates for interested visitors through thisisantwerp.be. A site to check out before visiting the port city, because you can find all kinds of new party concepts, concerts, coffee bars, restaurants, shops and more on it.
This Is Antwerp thought it was about time to put all these creative minds in the spotlight, with a series of animated GIFs. For this series, This Is Antwerp worked with Studio Make Stuff, a small plug & play Antwerp based agency that comes up with creative concepts. In the past they already developed creative videos for the city of Antwerp as well as a graphic design for a bridge and graphic installations.
Check out these interesting young creatives below, who contribute to shaping the city along with thousands of others.
Jitsk Heyninck, a 24-year-old chocolate maker, has toured the world with his chocolate creations, but decided to settle in Antwerp where he opened a chocolate workshop and shop next to the De Koninck brewery. Jitsk is young but incredibly passionate about what he does.
De Koninck is the city's brewery and has been brewing beer here since 1833. They offer a brilliant beer pairing experience, combining their beers with the delicious Jitsk chocolates and Van Tricht cheese. Definitely worth trying on your next trip to Antwerp!
Klein Agency is an architecture and furniture design studio founded by Jon and Masa Kleinhample (an Angeleno-Slovenian couple) in the heart of the upcoming Eilandje neighbourhood.
They have a signature style, using locally sourced leather and oak combined with black steel frames, and industrial tooling. Their collection of home furniture can be purchased online or you can make an appointment to visit their showroom at Braziliestraat 23, Antwerp.
Devon Halfnight Leflufy is a Canadian born, but Antwerp-based fast rising fashion designer. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. For his Fall/Winter 2016 collection, the designer reflected on Jacques Derrida's prophetic 1994 assertion that "justice is deconstruction' and what this could mean for a modern wardrobe. "Justice is deconstruction', can be reinterpreted as finding calm within chaos, which Halfnight LeFlufy finds as an apt analogy for contemporary culture today and furthermore, the disappearance of sub-cultures. The collection bears an elevated take on wardrobe essentials, such as the double breasted coat, the T-shirt and the suit. Shop his collection in Antwerp at Louis, Lombardenstraat 2, 2000 Antwerp.
Amélie Lens. If you are looking for an all-round Belgian creative, Amélie Lens is your girl. This Antwerp-based top model has been traveling around the world since the age of 16. In addition to her modelling work she is also the co-founder of Baerbar, a healthy, on-the-go breakfast concept. But most of all, Amélie wants to focus on her career as a techno DJ/producer. Check thisisantwerp.be to know whether she is throwing a party when you are in town!
Faisal is a 22-year-old popular DJ and radio host, who brings his straight edge and funky hip-hop beats to parties all over Belgium. All night long and every weekend in different cities! Want to see what this DJ is all about? Then check thisisantwerp.be to see if he's behind the decks when you are in town!
DTM FUNK aka David Tricot Mizero is the co-founder of the Antwerp-based monthly party concept and record label called Foot Juice Art. This wild urban party concept has up tempo funky, juke, ghetto booty and boogie beats in store for you. The name Foot Juice Art is derived from the "Footwork" dance technique, an unknown urban scene here in Belgium but which David and his crew have introduced us to. Foot Juice Art is not the only concept that David is working on. He also is part of three other Antwerp-based party concepts called Campion sound, Shuttles and park. Shuttles is a place where creative and original DJs, producers and MCs get together and show off their skills during superb parties. Park is an urban music festival with live acts and DJs, a place for Belgian youngsters to get together, network and enjoy music and champion sound. A Belgium based concept that serves as a platform for promoting talented beatmakers and producers from Belgium. Keep an eye on thisisantwerp.be for upcoming dates!
Stephanie Specht graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp as a graphic designer. From Brussels to Cape Town to Princeton and New York, Stephanie has been freelancing her way all over the world. Now this talented lady is bringing her best practices and experiences back to Antwerp. Stephanie designs magazines, books, identities, posters, illustrations and many more. Besides working on the design of famous books such as Ugly Belgian Houses, We Can't Do This Alone: Jefferson Hack the System or the Dutch cover version of the novelist Catherine Lacey's 'Nobody is ever missing' and redesigning the latest S Magazine, she is also the author of her very own book called 'These Five Years', a 5-year diary. This first edition was published by McNally Jackson (New York, USA). The second edition was published in 2012 by BAi and is available from bookshops all over Belgium. Shop for her work here.
Definitely visit BLT when you are in town, a great coffee bar for which Stephanie created the identity: Lange Lozanastraat 292, 2000 Antwerp.
Brabo's Hand Tattooshop Antwerpen is a popular tattoo shop in Antwerp. This shop is part of the city's young and urban scene and specialises in American Old Skool tattoos. Sailor-style! Behind the tattoo shop you will find a retro barbershop for men that takes you right back to the fifties. Expect clean cuts and waxy hairdos!
Kastaar studio is a bold graphic design studio and analogue print factory. An and Stoffel love strong typographic illustrations and graphics and started collecting old iron letterpress machines. As you may have surmised, their main expertise is slow printing using these old skool letterpresses. Kastaar combines contemporary technology with more artisanal techniques to preserve the traditional and artisan ways of graphic design. They wanted to highlight the contrast between slow printing and the speed of today's social media. When visiting Antwerp, chances are someone will give you a business card or you'll see a poster in the city that was designed and printed by Kastaar!
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This Is Antwerp keeps tabs on what young and upcoming creative minds are up to in the city, providing updates for interested visitors through thisisantwerp.be. A group of enthusiastic young locals is always on the lookout for all things edgy and new, on the music, fashion, art and lifestyle scene. This site is a must read before your next visit to Antwerp!
For more info about This Is Antwerp, please contact:
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Your remark on how change quotient relates to system size suggests that there must be some absolutes – a reorg every two weeks may be too much for a 40-people company trying to stabilize its software processes.
Change disrupts the status quo. Change events can be external (a new competitor, government regulations, market conditions, …) or internal (promotions, people leaving, new product lines, process improvement…). Let's call the change event, a foreign element. When a system experiences a foreign element, its output fluctuates over time until things return to normal. The following graph shows a system exhibiting this behavior.
Now the system takes longer to return to the desired output level. So far changing during change doesn't look desirable. For convincing let's add one more change at t = 5 (same parameters).
I "lifted" this graph from my colleague Steve Smith's article The Satir Change Model.


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She is a baptized, Holy-ghost filled believer who currently attends Harvesttime Apostolic Ministries in metro Atlanta. In the past, she has worked as a secretary for the Sunday School superintendent and served as an assistant teacher for the youth class. Having a passion for writing, she was a regular contributor for the now defunct COOLJC Sunday School book endeavor
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She is co-owner of Sweet Finesse Entertainment, LLC and formerly sat on the board of directors as Senior Vice President of The Music Group Associates and on the Corporate IT Committee of Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Apostolic Faith, Inc. Ms. Smith is also experienced in web design and system development, database development, e-commerce technology on the Internet, and other application solutions using voice, data and video. Her expertise has been utilized in various projects involving IT, marketing, and graphic creation.
Elder Lewis Ward– Functional Financial Consultant, monitor the credit card transaction postings from the clearinghouse to the COOLJC Merchant Account. Also, assist in the credit card transaction reconciliation process
Sister Judy Groover – Graphics Artist, advise on the friendliness and visibility of the web pages.
For the last 17 years, Ms. Groover has worked in the entertainment industry as a highly talented photographer, singer, and talent scout. She has also acted as a public relations liaison and event planner for various artists and organizations such as National gospel recording artist, Tonex, Antun Foster and Chemistry, The Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Inc., and The Music Group Associates. She has worked with a number of high profile entertainers such as: Tonex, Natalie Wilson, Antun Foster, David Holister, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Kirk Franklin, John P. Kee, David Talbert, Karen Clark, David Frazier, Reggie Young, Temptations, Kim Burrell and many more.
Ms. Groover is a graduate of Howard University and received a degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography and graphic design. She is the co-owner of Sweet Finesse Entertainment and formally sat on the Board of Directors as Treasurer of The Music Group Associates and on the Corporate IT Committee of Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Apostolic Faith, Inc. Also, Ms. Groover has 15 years of experience in direct mailing, Internet, radio, and street promotions, and marketing of Fisherman of Men Church and Mid-Atlantic Diocese Organization as the publicity and event coordinator.
Ms. Groover has an extraordinary talents and creativity in music, photography, and art. Judy photos' have been used for media such as magazines, websites, posters and flyers. Also, they have been published nationally in Sister 2 Sister and USA Today magazine. She has done on site photography for national concerts, weddings, and other events.
Jule Bostick–Help Desk Support and Applications Developer
Brother Jule Bostick graduated from Pottsgrove High School in Pottstown, PA. After working for the Vanguard Group Corporation for five years as a processing associate, he enrolled in the Computer and Information Science tract at Temple University (TU). While earning his Bachelor of Arts Degree, he served as local ABYPU President for Emmanuel Temple Church of Kennett Square, PA. He honors its founder and pastor, Bishop William F. Cramer, who encouraged him to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Not only did Jule pursue his thirst for knowledge within the Word of God, he also embraced the coursework at TU. Learning about programming methodologies prepared him for his current position as the Web Developer for United Way of the Greater Richmond & Petersburg Area.
In this current tenure, he implemented a web-based Help Desk system with classic ASP, an Intranet based off the Dotnetnuke framework, a click-2-dial application utilizing IP Telephony, an online reporting application based on ASP.NET.
Brother Jule currently resides in Petersburg, VA with his wife, Sister Cheryl Perry Bostick of Brodnax, VA. He and his wife both attend Calvary Temple Church pastored by Apostle Wesley M. Taylor, of the Virginia Southern Diocese. Being a baptized believer, who is filled with the precious gift of the Holy Ghost, he gives the Lord Jesus Christ all of the honor. He realizes that nothing would be possible if the chief developer, The Lord, did not bring it past. To God be the glory!
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Inter Have €50m Bid For Edinson Cavani Turned Down By PSG
by David on August 2, 2016
In a clear indication that they intend to sell captain Mauro Icardi this month, Inter have had a €50 million bid for striker Edinson Cavani turned doe by the French champions.
Corriere dello Sport reports that the Inter took the opportunity of the match against PSG last week in the International Champions Cup to meet with the PSG directors about Cavani and make their offer for the Uruguay striker.
The 29-year-old Cavani, who joined PSG from Napoli in 2013 for €64 million, is seen by the Inter board as one the few players that could replace Icardi, who scored 16 goals in Serie A last season.
While PSG Sporting director Patrick Kluivert is said to be reluctant to sell their star striker, having already lost Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Manchester United, he is reportedly interested in former Juve starlet Alvaro Morata as a replacement for Cavani, which means this deal could drag on for a while until PSG find a replacement for their No 0.
But the big question is why would Inter essentially swap Icardi for Cavani? You are trading a 23-year-old striker with a lot of upside for a 29-year-old striker. Why?
The issue surrounding Icardi this summer is that he wants paid, and Inter are somewhat reluctant to give him another pay raise just 12 months after his latest one. But Cavani is on €14 million a year at PSG. That is more than 4X what Inter are currently paying Icardi and more than 3X what Inter are proposing to pay Icardi.
First of all Inter cannot afford to pay €14m in wages for Cavani. They can not even afford to pay €7m. Again, why would you break your wage structure for a 29-year-old striker and not your 23-year-old captain and top goalscorer?
It's a deal that makes no sense to me. What do you think of Inter spending that sort of money for Cavani?


Web 2.0 – almost everyone have heard the term – but few are sure about its meaning. Unfortunately, it cannot be defined easily. People in different fields have their own unique definitions for the term. In this article, I will attempt to define the term at three different level – the Philosophy, the Technology and the Design.
Web 2.0 is an ambiguous buzz word. It has been used and abused so many times that it does not have a consistent meaning – so people are free to interpret it as they see fit. And this is how I interpret it.
Web 1.0 is a web site where there is a one way communication between the web master to the visitor. A Web 2.0 site is a site where the visitors can communicate with each other.
For example, compare the Encyclopedia Britannica to Wikipedia. In Encyclopedia Britannica, the web master creates the content and gives it to the visitor – the visitor has no way of talking back. But in Wikipedia, the visitor create the content for other visitors.
The keyword here is "Internet as a platform". In Web 2.0, the net became the platform rather than just a data transfer mechanism. For a simple example, when you visit a site, the videos in it come from YouTube, the images from Flickr, the search is done using Google API and you can bookmark pages using the API from del.icio.us.
For example, Ajax makes simple tasks much faster.
A good example of this is Tagging. It is a much easier approach when compared to hierarchies.
APIs, Feeds, etc. makes this possible.
I really like this example of what web 2.0 is. There are so many places throwing this idea around, but its become very easy to misunderstand what web 2.0 is. You said it very well in a short article.
It sure is a well written article. The Web 2.0 buzzword is being used on the corporate level in so many messed up ways, It is not funny. What are your thoughts on the "marketing me" strategy that a ton of organizations are taking up using Web 2.0 to increase revenue. Do you think there is any future for Web 2.0 to become a marketing tool??
It was wonderful to read your post. Especially defining web 2.0 in three ways is excellent. I really appreciate your way of defining web 2.0 so broadly.


I was apprehensive about smothering my face with oil, since my face has always been on the oily side. I love it! It removes all traces of makeup ( when I use to wear make up)and leaves my skin soft. Putting oil on your skin actually normalizes oil production. I usually put it on and wait 10 minutes and wipe off the excess. According to Ayuredic practices certain oils are good for certain people, Almond oil works on all dosha's, so that's a good base!
In the mornings, I wash my face with honey. With slightly dampened fingers, I massage about 1/2 teaspoon of raw honey over my dry face and then rinse. The antibacterial properties of honey work to inhibit breakouts. Additionally, it removes excess oil but leaves skin moisturized. The first time I did it, I could not believe how soft it made my skin!
Mornings and evenings, I spray my face with a mixture of 2/3 water and 1/3 raw apple cider vinegar. The apple cider contains gentle exfoliating acids to calm acne and it balances the skin's pH.
I fill a 1 oz. jar with jojoba oil then add a few drops of carrot seed oil. The jojoba oil dissolves excess sebum without over-drying the skin, and the carrot seed oil is extremely reparative and healing for the skin. I also add rose essential oil and chamomile essential oil to calm & heal my skin.
After cleaning up my diet I realized a huge difference in my skin. Eczema is a great example of this, eczema is usually properly treated internally with diet vs, topically. You can cover a problem up or you can fix it, choice is yours! If you have hormone issues that cause monthly break outs, then I suggest acupuncture or chaste berry tincture daily. Many have allergies they aren't aware of, personally I can have dairy in the summer but not the winter! Getting to know how to support your body is key!


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Joseph Yobo biography: Age, Wife, Wiki, Investment & Net Worth
Here is the biography of Joseph Yobo, the former Super Eagles captain and Everton defender.
Joseph Yobo is one of the most successful players in Nigeria with several honours to his name.
Joseph Yobo Biography
Joseph Micheal Yobo, born September 6, 1980 better known as Joseph Yobo, is a former Nigerian footballer who played as a center back for Everton and the Super Eagles.
He was born and raised in Kono, Rivers State Nigeria where he hails from and he had his early education.
Yobo retired in June 2014 and was later appointed as the assistant caouch of the Nigeria football federation.
Musicians do not receive their blessings from God – Reno Omokri
Joseph Yobo was born in Kono, Rivers State Nigeria, he left the shores of Nigeria to join Standard Liege in 1998.
Due to his passion for football, he enrolled in the Michelin-Harcourt at age of 16 in 1996 before he later joined Standard Liege.
In 2000, he made his first team appearance which caught the attention of Marseille who signed him in 2001.
The ex-nigerian footballer has represented the super eagles 3 times at the FIFA World Cup and six Africa Cup of Nations.
He joined Everton and became one of the most consistent player in the team and was one of the seven players in the entire league who appears in every match through out the 2006 – 2007 Season.
He became an assistant coach after his retirement from international football.
He hold the highest record of appearance in Nigerian football.
Joseph Yobo Net Worth
The celebrated Nigerian footballer Joseph Micheal Yobo has an estimated net worth of $89 million.
Joseph Micheal Yobo was born in to the family of 8 (eight) siblings when are Michael Albert Yobo, Gideon Michael Yobo etc.
He got married to Queen Adaeze Igwe, who won the most beautiful girl in 2008, he met her while coming back to Nigeria where he spent a short time.
Instagram: @josephyobo1
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COVID-19: fuelling the switch to electric vehicles
adi Group
Alex Lynn
This is an extraordinary period in modern history. We're faced, as a species, with a global-level event that is stretching our knowledge and our resources to their limits. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone and its impacts will continue well into the foreseeable future.
By Ritchie Webb, Managing Director of adi Automotive
The human cost is horrific and businesses of all shapes and sizes are being shaken to their foundations. In just the last 20 years, we've been through 9/11, the wars it spawned and then the financial crisis of 2008-09. Each of those was huge but COVID-19 will be truly era-defining in its reach.
Human ingenuity
I don't think anyone believes there won't be a significant paradigm shift in the aftermath, as we try to mitigate future risks and safeguard the population against future threats on this scale. And addressing climate change must be very much part of that agenda.
We've already seen how versatile and responsive businesses have been in altering, often quite drastically, their working practices to continue to operate effectively.
There has – and there will continue to be – big economic effects but I take solace in how well businesses up and down the country have adapted and shown how successful remote working can be.
Had they not, our problems would be significantly worse, of course, but in my opinion, instead of emerging into the much-trailed 'new normal', we are already in it and many of the changes we are just getting used to will be with us for the long-term.
In many respects, that's no bad thing. If humans hadn't been so adaptable to our evolving environment, we wouldn't have come this far but there is no escaping the sense that this will change the way we work.
Under normal circumstances, I do about 50,000 miles a year, commuting and visiting customer sites, stopping to fill up two or three times a week. But, in recent times, that's all changed. I no longer go to the office every day, site access has been curtailed and I've only driven on to one petrol forecourt in a month.
And I'm not the only one. There are hundreds of thousands of people like me throughout the UK doing exactly the same thing and each of us its demonstrating that it works. For sure, things aren't how they were but we can take this forward in a way that benefits us all.
There will be businesses asking themselves whether, after all this, they really need quite the same expensive office space just to have people sitting in one place - particularly when another pandemic might well be just around the corner.
I firmly believe that many of them will conclude that it makes more commercial sense to have staff working from home, when it has been shown that you can see what they're doing and easily monitor their outputs.
The benefits for employees will be another push factor towards continued remote working. If staff are saving sometimes hundreds of pounds each month in fuel, along with several hours on frustrating commutes, why would they want to go back?
Looking ahead, embracing remote working could even come to be the smart move in recruitment terms, as you're effectively offering potential employees more money and less hassle in traffic.
Embracing tech
So, how does that relate to electric vehicles? Well, if there's going to be more remote working and fewer cars on the road, I believe new technologies can help us lead more convenient lives, with a few added benefits, not least to the environment.
And the key lies in greater collaboration between the automotive industry, the government and the energy companies.
Now, a lot of people argue that EVs won't succeed because the infrastructure isn't sufficiently widespread and vehicle prices are prohibitively expensive to support the switch.
But the government's OLEV grants can and should continue to be part of the solution, the network will have greater capacity because people won't be using their vehicles so much and emerging technological advances will, I believe, allay people's fears.
It'll all be smartphone-based and, like with solar panels, you'll be able to derive some value by putting back into the grid. There's no reason why that 60 or 70 kilowatt battery can't be used to supplement grid capacity, when required and when it suits you.
You could do it all easily from an app, sacrificing power from your battery back into the network and potentially enjoying a better rate of return for generating electricity than for drawing it.
Changing our ways
You look at your diary, for example. You know you're not going on a significant journey for the next two days, as the world has changed. You can work from home and won't need the car.
A generous estimate says you'll only need 60 miles in the battery. Your vehicle has a capacity of 270 miles, so you can easily sacrifice, for example, 150 miles back into the network with plenty to spare and a few less pennies on your electricity bill.
If the network doesn't need it, you won't get any benefit. But, if it does, you get up in the morning, put the kettle on and your car's busily supplementing the grid to take some of the load off. We all get some network security.
I think the way we use our cars will change. At present, if you're like me, you'll let your tank go down to a quarter or less before filling up. In future, you won't do that. Instead, you'll plug it in when you can, depending on your needs, and you won't recharge from empty every time.
Once the infrastructure is in place - and that's what the OLEV grants will help deliver – it will be a series of remote charges, wherever you're based. You'll even be able to turn up at work and top up from there.
I really think it'll be a step-change in how you manage your vehicle. You'll do it conveniently through an app, topping up when you need it and putting energy back into the grid, when you don't require it.
You won't go to a petrol station and stick it on a charger for 20 minutes unless you're driving to Cornwall on holiday but it will all depend on a smart network that only draws electricity back from your vehicle, when it is needed for capacity.
Happily, there are a lot of very clever people out there that can create the solutions that will make it happen. I would simply urge industry, the utilities and government to collaborate actively to deliver change.
The pandemic has been a disaster at the human, social and economic levels. But it has also shown us our resourcefulness, our resilience and our adaptability. And, I believe, it is time we harness those essential human qualities to build a better future.
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NDC Is The 2nd Major Energy Contributor In Ghana After Kwame Nkrumah - Kofi Adams
National Organizer of NDC, Kofi ADAMS
National Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has chided the opposition New Patriotic Party (NDC) to go mute whenever the issue of energy is being discussed in the country.
According to him, the only thing the opposition NPP can do about the energy crisis now is to make noise about it.
Speaking on Okay FM, jhe said their 8 years in the helm of affairs saw no improvement in the energy sector except the introduction of wrong measures which further crippled the existing ones.
Addressing the complains of NPP, Kofi Adams said on Okay FM's "Ade Akye Abia" Morning Show that PNDC/NDC is second in terms of energy contribution to the national stock after the first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
"In terms of energy contribution, PNDC/NDC is second after Dr. Kwame Nkrumah for his foresight to providing Akosombo hydro power for the country. PNDC/NDC saw that there is the need to increase the capacity as the country was developing," he asserted.
He was resolute that the NDC saw the need to find alternative in thermal plants as there was a foresight that the country's population will grow and the Akosombo hydro power alone will not be enough for the country's energy need.
He again said that NDC is the only party that has made major investment in power generation as President Mahama has spent fortunes to establish the Atuabo Gas Plant which is currently undergoing production test to supply gas to generate more power for the country.
He implored that the problem with the energy sector of the country has to do more with the focus on hydro power instead of Thermal; thus Akosombo dam is down and so production is down.
To him, the two power barges which the government has invested in will supply power to Ghanaians; stating emphatically that the NPP does not have the moral authority to talk about the unfortunate energy crisis because for their 8 years in office they actually did nothing in the energy sector.
Describing the reaction from the NPP, Kofi Adams said "they are only making noise because they don't have any alternative solution to the energy crises"; adding that "what we are doing today if they had done that and not bought generators during their time in office, we would not be in the problem we find ourselves".
Source: Daniel Adu Darko/ Peacefmonline.com/gh [Email:[email protected]]
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Fondly, by Colin Winnette
Heavy Feather April 17, 2013 April 29, 2021 Reviews & Criticism
When Fondly arrived in the mail I tore open the package and stared at the cover for a second, looked at the back and thought, Yes that is an exploding face. I did not know what to expect from this book. I quickly found out that Fondly was not just a single book but two novellas. I poured some coffee and started to read the first novella, In One Story, The Two Sisters.
In the first book, there are sixteen short stories about two sisters, who are perhaps the same sisters throughout, perhaps not. Each story begins with descriptive summarizing titles like something out of a Melville novel. For example: "In one story, the two sisters lived in the country and were in love with the same old man" or "In one story, the two sisters took a tacit vow of silence." Every tale in Winnette's collection is vastly different from the one before it; in one the sisters are children looking through a secret keyhole; in another the two sisters are Nuns who find a mysterious river, and in yet another they're Shel Silverstein writing a book about a giving tree.
The diversity from piece to piece kept me turning pages, but the stories are not without connections. Much like Kelly Link's Magic for Beginners, In One Story, The Two Sisters shares the connective themes of estrangement and discovery. Winnette uses purposeful (but not overly) repetitive images or allusions in many of the stories so the reader feels a sense of unity. Even though the associations are meager he ultimately makes the reader feel love for the sisters.
Additionally, the use of trees and forests that is present throughout reminded me of the conjoining imagery in Zachary Schomburg's The Man Suit. The reader will make connections between the stories that, for me, began to feel like lore from a fairy tale. In the first story an old man is zipped up in side of an Oak tree, "He climbed in…and the large crack running the length of the tree's trunk just zipped up like the back of a dress…" A few anecdotes later a child of one of the two sisters' says, "Mom didn't tell us the full story of that tree…it will open itself up and swallow a man or a boy whole. Zip up its mouth like a set of blue jeans…" Reminiscent of how the Big Bad Wolf moves freely from Aesop's to Grimm's to many other works.
A couple days after digesting all that Two Sisters had to offer and with a cat comfortably arranged in my lap I started in on Gainesville. This is a collapsing family narrative that will plunge you into an elaborate web of generational drama, complete with sex, murder, escape, love and discovery.
Gainesville begins with Sonny, a troubled young man, chopping trees and stacking wood. Sonny has a older brother (primarily referred to as Sonny's brother.) Only a few pages in readers are greeted with Sonny's death, which turns out to be only the first death of many. And so the reader begins to learn the rules of Gainesville, as they're transitioned from the story of Sonny, to Sonny's brother, to Sonny's brother's kid, and so on down a long line.
One of my favorite scenes shows Mary Louise, a teenager (her connection to Sonny all but lost except to the reader) at a lake with a boy who is very determined to touch her breasts while he applies sunscreen to her back—Mary becomes uncomfortable but offers the boy a deal, a handful of sand—"If you eat the handful of sand, you can touch my entire breast…For fifteen seconds." Mary Louise could easily been one of the virgins in a Eugenides novel.
After the boy chokes up the sand, unable to finish the proposed task, Mary Louise tells him to fuck off and hitchhikes her way home, an endeavor that culminates in a claustrophobic scene that could have been penned by Lewis Carroll's dark twin:
The woods shrank around her. Trees were shorter and shorter…She was on her hands and knees all of the sudden, crawling over the caked earth. The branches snagged her hair…She crawled on her belly toward where the trees seemed to thin, where she would be able to stand, able to walk…
Winnette seemlessly blends modern story telling with allusions to a time when mysterious forests and their lore ruled the pages of fiction. He is able to dispense with a character, not callously, but in the fullness of time. Propelling his reader, like a river's current, onward to the next character.
Perhaps the greatest achievement in this second novella, is Winnette's pacing, which never relents and is always rewarding. The transitions from character to character are executed so well that I became excited for the next to appear—whether by birth, death or disappearance. And with each new appearance comes a slew of new happenings to enjoy: a flooding rain in which a man recalls his life, a forest that consumes a runaway girl, an unimaginably deep hole is dug by a boy in love. The intricacies and the sheer number of characters in Gainesville is impressive, making it impossible to do more than just touch the surface. To really feel the webbing of this collection a reread will be necessary.
Fondly has a refreshingly distinct vision and voice that, at times, left me breathless. Winnette doesn't take any shortcuts. He pulls the reader into each character's life without preamble. On a sentence level he's playing with sharp hooks that embed the skin. As a whole, I couldn't help intertwining one novella with the other. When reading Gainesville I found my mind wondering back to the two sisters in, In One Story, The Two Sisters, wondering if their lives somehow transitioned from their worlds into Gainseville's realm. Winnette is a talented writer and there is so much to see and do in Fondly, a whirlwind of character development and evaporation. It is a visceral book of self discovery, eulogistic familial drama and, at times, humor.
Fondly, by Colin Winnette. Kensington, Maryland: Atticus Books, forthcoming, August 2013. 246 pages. $14.95, paper.
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Ben Spivey is the author of two books, Black God (Blue Square Press, 2012) and Flowing in the Gossamer Fold (Blue Square Press, 2010). His writing has been published in places like elimae, PANK, and Abjective.
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