Hello guys, and congratulations on your excellent album ‘Life Is Not Beautiful’. How are things?
Hi there and thank you very much! Right now, we're feeling quite positive. Having a new album released with praising reviews and nice reception by the audience in general plus an awesome European tour booked for the next spring with our Finnish friends from Battle Beast I can't find too much to complain about! Already feeling excited to rush into the next year, which is definitely going to be a busy one for us.
Since this is your first interview for Lords of Metal, please give us a short introduction to the band Arion.
To keep it relatively short, Arion is a modern Finnish melodic/power/symphonic metal band. I believe we're one of those bands who are quite difficult to fit strictly into one or two traditional genres, as on top of being a Finnish melodic metal band we also take tons of influence from elsewhere; I like to say we blend the generic “Finnish” sound with some American heaviness, heavy orchestrations and Pop metal hooks. Our career started in 2013 by entering, almost by accident, the Finnish qualifiers of the Eurovision Song Contest and ended up with a recording deal with an awesome Finnish indie label called Ranka Kustannus. After that we began recording our debut album and released it in 2014 through Ranka Kustannus and the Japanese Marquee. During the four years between the debut and our sophomore ‘Life Is Not Beautiful’ album released in autumn 2018 we have released a good amount of singles, with the first one called ‘At The Break Of Dawn’ having good success on all of the main streaming platforms and Finnish radio as well. In Spring 2019, we are entering our first European tour with the Finnish Battle Beast.
Your debut album ‘Last Of Us’ already gave you a bit of a name in your home country and also in Japan. Maybe not in the last place due to some guy named Riku Pääkkönen, who paved the way for many a Finnish top notch metal act. What were the first moments when you realised that things might be getting a bit bigger?
Well, I've got to say that knowing a little bit about Riku's earlier career and work made us believe into something happening! It's actually quite fun to think about it now, we we're very young back then, seventeen or eighteen years old, and I believe having a guy like Riku with us gave us a lot of confidence. ‘Last Of Us’ got some super positive reviews indeed, but we never felt anything like things going big for us back then. Quite soon after the release of our debut, we had to go through a change of singer. Going through that right after releasing a praised debut album is not very easy, but somehow after that we really managed to rise to whole another level by releasing our most successful song so far as the first one with our new singer. That's why I like to think and say that ‘At The Break Of Dawn’ was the song that really made us break into the scene and made us believe that this band could become something, which is yet to be seen haha. That was the very moment I remember feeling super confident and realizing that the band could become “a bit bigger” like you said.
Now your second album ‘Life Is Not Beautiful’ is out on AFM records, and though life may not always be beautiful, the album definitely is! Before we go into details, what are your first personal thoughts about how the album turned out?
Well thank you! Very happy to hear you like it. Personally, I'm very happy with this album. And the whole band feels the same too. There are many things on ‘Life Is Not Beautiful’ to feel proud of: the album is very versatile having very powerful straightforward songs such as ‘No One Stands In My Way’, ‘At The Break Of Dawn’ and ‘Unforgivable’, for example, and on the other hand it features some very experimental songs like ‘Life Is Not Beautiful’ and ‘Last One Falls’. And that's a very nice quality for an album made by a power metal band! Second: we decided to produce and record this album mostly by ourselves only having Matias Kupiainen of Stratovarius for recording drums and mixing. That's why the album feels super personal to me and I believe that's how it will always be. I'm also very satisfied with the lyrics of the album; not being typical to the genre but dealing more with real life, even serious stuff. I don't think there's nothing wrong with writing lyrics dealing with Vikings, dragons, swords, kings etc. but I believe not being very generic is almost always on the plus side!
After the intro the album opens with a strong song with the also strong title ‘No One Stands In My Way’. The chorus is simply written for live sing-alongs. The lyrics seem to reflect the title very clearly, a song about standing strong in life and standing through the shit you face every day, am I right?
To me, ‘No One Stands In My Way’ is one of the strongest tracks on the album! In general, the lyrics are within the theme you mentioned, but to be more precise the song deals with battling an addiction or depression. So, the story behind the lyrics is actually a bit darker than one might think.
The single ‘At The Break Of Dawn’ is really the odd one out in musical terms. Elize Ryd guests on your song, but the other way around would have been just as believable. Since it has the pop-like vibe that Elize’s band is known for, did she have any influence in the writing of the song?
The odd one? Haha! I personally don't hear it like that. To me, it sounds very Arion; the melody is very typical for our song. I believe it's Elize's voice causing that Amaranthe vibe to you. Also, it's possible that Amaranthe 's music has influenced my songwriting in general. And I'm sorry to disappoint you, but no, Elize did not contribute to writing the song. The song is entirely written by me. I believe the reason it fits Elize quite well is that I originally wrote the song as a duet around her voice. She was not added to the song at a later stage like in some cases featuring guest vocalists. I wrote the song as a duet for her and our then new singer Lassi out of a request made by Riku and I'm happy I did. It turned as our most successful song so far and was a real game changer for the whole band!
’The Last Sacrifice’ is the grandest song in terms of sound, and it reminded me of the big pieces by Stratovarius such as ‘Infinity’. As one of the founding bands of the ‘Finnish melodic metal sound’, how important was their music in your personal musical journeys in your teenage years? Do you consider them a large influence?
That's a nice thing to hear. In one way, you could consider ‘The Last Sacrifice’ as a tribute to Stratovarius. And yes, I consider Stratovarius as maybe the biggest influence to our music. All of us own plenty of Stratovarius records and have listened to their stuff a lot! They have also influenced us in a less traditional way. Matias Kupiainen of Stratovarius is the older brother of our drummer Topias. He has also mixed both of our albums and worked as the producer of our debut ‘Last Of Us’. He is also one of the biggest influences to my playing and songwriting. We have also written some songs together, for both Arion and Stratovarius. To wrap things up, Matias actually had a small but important role in the writing process of ‘The Last Sacrifice’!
Any other bands or musicians, being it metal or completely different music, do you feel have left their mark on the sound of Arion?
Well, the big metal bands of Finland have all influenced our sound in a way or another. Nightwish, Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Children Of Bodom.. all of them. Anyway, like I said before I like to think our sound as something that blends the Finnish metal sound with some American heaviness frp, Killswitch Engage, Lamb Of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Slipknot, Disturbed etc. and heavy orchestral arrangements. The orchestral stuff is obviously influence by Nightwish, but soundtrack composers like Hans Zimmer, Howard shore etc. deserve to be mentioned as well. Within Temptation is also something I like to mention as a big personal influence for my songwriting!
What is the story told on the magnificent ballad ‘Through Your Falling Tears’?
‘Through Your Falling Tears’ deals with the thoughts and feelings of a person dying to cancer or a similar disease/condition and telling his/her friends and family about it. A very personal song and story to me.
Another key song is the title track. It not only is the longest song on the album, but it also combines many of the elements found in various other songs on the album. With this song I just have to ask, what makes you say that life is not beautiful?
Yeah I agree, the title track has a lot to it. Those longer songs are always a high risk, high reward and I honestly think this one turned out quite good. This is the only song on the album in which I'm not the main writer(both music or lyrics) but I was involved just enough to tell that it's lyrics are a story of a person who never got what he or she dreamed of. I like to think of the protagonist as an artist drowning in the depths of the music industry. However, when it comes to the album title, it's a different story. The title was mainly chosen because all of the lyrics in this album fit under the title ‘Life Is Not Beautiful’ quite nicely. The general theme of the album is the shit you face in life and simply leaving it all behind. While the title track pictures the ruins of hope, the album is meant to help dealing with the darker moods of life and finding one's way out of the misery.
Your first album ended with the song ‘Watching You Fall’, and this one opens with ‘The End Of The Fall’. Happy accident, or deliberate choice with some meaning?
Happy to see you pointing this out! Not an accident, not at all. ‘The End Of The Fall’ starts with a synth theme heard in the outro of ‘Watching You Fall’. And it means exactly what you might be thinking: with ‘Life Is Not Beautiful’ we continue from where ’Last Of Us’ ended.
In a few months, you will hit the road supporting your fellow countrymen and woman of Battle Beast. How did this billing come together?
Yes, we are super excited to hit the road with Battle Beast! They're one of the best live bands from Finland and an amazing band in general. And well, we've been talking about touring together for years. When it was about time for ‘Life Is Not Beautiful’ to come out, we made direct contact with the band and they were happy to hear we wanted to tour with them. After that, the management people did their work and it was confirmed that the tour would happen.
After the tour with Battle Beast, what’s next on the agenda for Arion?
Well, right after the tour we will be hitting the festival summer! What's better than that LMAO! On top of playing shows, it's very important to start working with some material for album number three! No songs written yet, just a couple of decent song ideas to start with. It's going to be a long way to the next album, but I believe it's going to be very exciting as well!
And that was the last of my questions. Thanks for taking some time for the readers of Lords of Metal. Anything you would still like to say to the metalheads from the Netherlands?
Hey guys! Give a chance to our new album and if you like what you hear be sure to hit our show with Battle Beast at Leiden next Spring! We promise it's going to be one hell of a night.


Approximately a year ago myself and many of my colleagues were introduced to an ingenious platform called Blab, considered dead for just over a month now (death announcement here), but still alive in the hearts of many. Now I wouldn’t dream of beating a dead horse although the Blab sticker still proudly covers the Apple logo on my iMac this post is NOT about Blab. It’s about community.
Most people don’t fully understand the value of a WordPress website. I’ve always been a fan of the BIG WP <- I know that’s a little corny but it’s the truth. So I’ve decided to spend the next 7 days blogging about the power of you guessed it “blogging” and how it can help you build your Startup.
As many of you are well aware I’m a startup enthusiast living on Guam. What some of you may not know is that I also work remotely with tech companies. Living on an island and being able to work from home has been an incredible experience. I recently came across an article via Huff Post entitled 11 Reasons Guam is the Most Exotic Destination in America . Definitely, a fantastic read if you’re planning an upcoming wanderlust adventure. Kudos to Chloe Fox for a fantastic write-up. In this post, instead of sharing about the exotic paradise that is my native land, I wanted to share the benefits of being able to work remotely and play consistently while living in Guam. I hope you enjoy it! [click to continue…]


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Filmmaker Abraham Ravett attempts to reconcile issues in his life as the child of a Holocaust survivor in this experimental non-narrative film. Ravett reflects upon his relationships with his family, from his now-deceased father (who survived both the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz) to his own young children. He utilizes family photographs and film footage, archival film footage from the Ghetto Fight
A painter in the Theresienstadt Ghetto draws sketches of Nazi atrocities, inorder to expose the German hoax about the 'Model Jewish Ghetto.' Her daughter, Irena, smuggles the drawings out of the Ghetto and to the Czech partisans. As the Nazis get hold of the drawings, Irena does not admit that she is the smuggler, and three innocent friends are executed in her place.
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Members of the Boca Raton Branch of the National League of American Pen Women enjoyed a season of lively luncheons and inspirational programs. Enthusiastic guests joined us to meet our member artists, writers, music composers and patrons at our new luncheon venue – Indian Spring Country Club in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Our opening luncheon on October 12, 2022 featured film producer and author Angela Page, who showed a video from her award-winning film, Sylvia, based on her novel, Suddenly Single Sylvia.
Dr. Catherine Hughes, Palm Beach Opera Director of Education, presented a fascinating audio-visual program on beloved operas and the rumours and stories that haunted them through decades.
Palm Beach Post journalist, author and historian Eliot Kleinberg discussed his book, Weird Florida, in January 2023, and surprised us with pictures and facts and about the weirdest things that happened in the sunshine state.
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Art historian Helen Yentis narrated a slide show in February that presented fascinating new forms of art.
In March 2023, Dr. Gloria Waldman, a Spanish language scholar, professor and writer, motivated us to leave procrastination behind and renew our creative spirits.
The final luncheon of the season, on April 12, 2023, showcased an original comedic play written and directed by award-winning Pen author Marlene Klotz. Three talented actors performed Marlene’s play, It’s All About Friendship.
A raffle table at every luncheon displayed one-of-a-kind donated items, including jewelry and gift cards. Members and guests purchased raffle tickets and bid on the items. The popular monthly raffles raised funds for the Boca Raton Branch’s student awards program. Monetary awards support art, music and writing programs in local high schools.
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The success of this past season’s fund-raising for our student awards program was made possible through generous gifts from many individual contributors who donated items, and from sponsors: Publix Super Markets, Inc., Rapoport’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (Max’s Grille and Deck 84), Miami City Ballet, Palm Beach Opera, Boca Raton Museum of Art, and Eau Palm Beach Spa.
In addition to monthly luncheon programs, Pen women authors led two instructional fiction-writing workshops at the West Boynton Beach Public Library and the Delray Beach Public Library for beginning and intermediate writers.
The free workshops were open to the local community and were well attended. And a Valentine’s Day poetry workshop, hosted by author Marlene Klotz, produced original poems that were printed and circulated at a luncheon.
This past season was a productive and creative one for the Boca Raton Pen Women. Members look forward to a new season filled with opportunities for expression in art, music and letters.
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The intensification of land use surrounding lakes globally is impacting the health of these water bodies to an alarming degree. The Rotorua Lakes are an example of this.
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This iconic feature has multiple benefits to the eco-system it is occupying. It brings that crucial riparian edge element to the lake. The riparian edge where water meets land has the highest species diversity of any ecosystem on earth.
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The Ulek States refers to the three easternmost nations of the Sheldomar Valley in the Flanaess region of the World of Greyhawk campaign setting. From north-to-south, they are the Duchy of Ulek, the County of Ulek, and the Principality of Ulek.

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Wanjian / Wan Chien
The Wan Chien (Ten Thousand Swords) missile carries more than 100 submunitions and has a range of about 200 kilometers, meaning the IDF fighter jet can launch it from near the "middle line" of the Taiwan Strait and destroy costal military facilities including airfields in the Chinese mainland. US policy has long denied Taiwan efforts to acquire air-launched weapons considered offensive, such as Joint Direct Attack Munitions and AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles.
The Wanjian bomb, the Xionger E cruise missile, and the Yunfeng ground-to-ground missile can directly attack the PLA’s eastern theater base camp, paralyzing the military installations in southeastern China, making the PLA quite jealous and afraid to start the war lightly; this is also the PLA’s active reconnaissance Search for the main cause of the spectrum of Wanjian projectiles.
As of 2021 Xiongji E and Yunfeng were still "extremely classified" and had never been exposed to the public, so the outside world cannot get a glimpse of their appearance. The Wanjian "Ten Thousand Sword Bullet" was declassified when former President Ma Ying-jeou was in power and was publicly displayed at the Taipei Aerospace Exhibition. For the first time, the public saw weapons that could attack China.
The Wanjian bomb was a research and development project of the National Zhongshan Academy of Sciences in 2004 under the codename "Wanjian Project". It was mounted on the Jingguo fighter plane as an off-line-of-sight anti-runway cluster cruise missile to attack China. It was specially used to destroy airports. The runway to paralyze the airport’s take-off and landing functions. In addition, the large-scale destruction using its cluster bombs can also be used to destroy radars, Beidou satellite platforms, gathering places for PLA personnel and materials, and even gathering places for PLAN ships. In order to improve the air force's long-range strike capability, the Taiwan military has worked hard. With no hope of purchasing a new American F-16, it can only do everything possible to improve the weapon configuration of its self-produced "Jing Guo" fighter. According to a September 2010 report by Taiwan’s “China Times”, the Kuomintang “legislator” Lin Yufang revealed that the “Wanjian” cluster bomb independently developed by Taiwan’s “Chinese Academy of Sciences” has passed the air force’s initial operational evaluation in 2010, forming a combat capability and can be equipped with “Economy” in the future. The "National" fighter will be used to destroy and paralyze the opponent's airfields, ports or radar positions and other military facilities.
It is said that the "Wanjian" projectile developed by Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" has completed the initial operational evaluation. Once the "Jingguo" fighter upgrade plan is completed, the two can be used in combination. The "China Times" article stated that the "Wanjian" projectile is similar to the US AGM-154 combined long-range attack ammunition, with a range of up to 600 kilometers, which is the longest range of the Taiwan military's existing air-to-ground weapons. The Taiwan military said that the "Ten Thousand Sword" bomb contains hundreds of sub-munitions and is a reliable weapon for attacking airport runways, troop staging areas, or missile positions.
In addition, Taiwan’s “Central News Agency” quoted Lin Yufang as saying that the “Ten Thousand Sword” bomb is a weapon system developed by the Taiwan military at nearly NT$3 billion and took several years to develop. Although it looks similar to the US AGM-154, it is because It was developed late, and many designs that meet Taiwan's combat requirements were added, and some of its performance even exceeded AGM-154. The Taiwan military also revealed that in order to mount the "Ten Thousand Swords", it will invest funds to improve the performance of the "Jing Kuo" fighter, so that it has the capabilities of "long-range suppression operations" and "air defense suppression operations."
Because of the confidence in the performance of the "Wanjian" bomb, the Taiwan military believes that it can not only greatly improve the penetration capability of fighter jets, but it can even compete with the S-300 series air defense missiles. An article in the "China Times" stated that the Taiwan Air Force has been hoping to purchase US-made F-16C/D fighter jets with AGM-154 joint long-range attack ammunition, so as to conduct a preemptive "source strike" against "enemy" forces without going deep into the theater. ". However, the F-16C/D arms purchase case has been blocked, and the plan to equip it with AGM-154 is gone.
After the self-produced "Ten Thousand Sword" bombs matured, the Taiwan military believed that it had "greatly increased combat power" and had the ability to counter the PLA's advanced air defense missiles. Lin Yufang said that the mainland has deployed S-300PMU-1/2 air defense missiles along the southeast coast. Taiwan’s military must take great risks to cross the air defense firepower network if it wants to engage in “source strikes,” but the Taiwan Air Force was only equipped with conventional bombs. , Gasoline bombs and AGM-65 "Mavericks" missiles with a range of 28 kilometers, risky surprise attacks are definitely not worth the gain. Therefore, he believes that after the "Ten Thousand Swords" bombs are installed, Taiwan military fighters can cooperate with other fighters, electronic warfare systems and Xiongfeng 2E missiles. They only need to fly over the strait to suppress the southeast of the mainland with the "Ten Thousand Swords" various military targets along the coast.
After the successful research and development in 2010, with the performance improvement of the Jingguo fighter, the Jingguo fighter wing in Taichung and Tainan can be mounted and fired. It is understood that the National Army began to produce the "Ten Thousand Sword Ammunition" combat readiness ammunition in 2015. Before firing verification in 2017, two to three combat readiness ammunition were selected for execution. The average cost of each missile was nearly more than 100 million.
In recent years, the tension between the two sides of the strait has continued to rise. It has also been reported that the PLA plans to take down Dongsha Island, which has made the Air Force’s Penghu Magong base tighter. Therefore, the Ministry of National Defense has deployed one of the offensive weapons, which is one of the attack weapons, into the station by means of forward deployment. At Magong Base, President Tsai let the Wanjian bombs come to light when he guided the Penghu garrison on September 22. The general of the national army revealed that this move is to tell the Communist army "Don't mess around!"
The Wanjian projectile has a range of more than 200 kilometers, and Penghu is located east of the middle line of the strait. If a Jingguo fighter plane carries 2 Wanjian projectiles on the central line of the strait, as long as the CCP moves rashly, the Shanghai base of the PLA Air Force in the Eastern Theater Both the Fuzhou base and Shuimen Airport will be our targets. Officials from the Ministry of National Defense said that as long as two to four ten thousand sword projectiles are needed, the Communist Army’s airport will not be able to take off and land military aircraft within a short period of time, achieving the effect of deterring the PLA. Wanjian bombs can be divided into two modes: high-altitude attack and medium-low-altitude attack. Among them, the high-altitude attack mode is launched by the Jingguo fighter at an altitude of 20,000 feet, and its flight distance can be greater than 200 kilometers, mostly to attack the PLA. Airport-based. As for the medium and low altitude method, the Jingguo fighter jet is still launched at an altitude of 7,000 feet, with a flying distance of less than 200 kilometers, and is mainly aimed at important military targets along the coast of China.
Taiwan island's air force on 27 Janaury 2021 conducted a series of exercises, including showcasing a new missile and threatening to attack the Chinese mainland, with mainland experts saying the display of the weapon wrongly boosted the courage of secessionists, and risked accidents amid ongoing exercises by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) near the island. They also said the missile would not even be used if a war breaks out. Media on the island of Taiwan reported that the island's air force held a series of exercises in Taitung on the day, displaying to the media for the first time the Wan Chien missile carried by the IDF fighter jet, as the PLA has been sending warplanes to the island's self-proclaimed southwestern air defense identification zone over the past few months.
However, mainland military analysts said the missile poses an insignificant threat to the PLA, as the PLA will not allow its launch. The IDF fighter jets, the launch platforms of the Wan Chien missiles, would be shot down by the PLA before they leave their airfields if a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, as the PLA will seize complete air superiority, Song Zhongping, a Chinese mainland military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times 27 Janaury 2021. No matter how good the missile is, it is useless if the launch platform is destroyed, Song said.
Even if the Taiwan military manages to launch some missiles, they can still be intercepted by PLA air defense forces, since this type of missile mainly glides in the air at only low speeds and is easily picked up and locked onto by radars, Beijing-based military expert Wei Dongxu told the Global Times.
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Straight from the vaults of CBS/Paramount comes another edition of their very modestly priced TV Sets collection. Like TV Sets: Action Packed, Forever Funny includes the pilot episodes from several classic TV shows. But, wherein most (or all) of the entries on TV Sets: Action Packed are often referred to as comedy by cynical bastards like me, TV Sets: Forever Funny only offers us intentional comedy shows, shown in no specific order whatsoever.
The fun begins with “The Girls Want To Go To A Nightclub,” (aired October 15, 1951) the pilot episode of the immortal favorite I Love Lucy starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Things go from normal to very “Lucyd” as Ethel (Vivian Vance) and Fred (William Frawley) argue about what to do for their wedding anniversary: a nightclub or the fights.
Next up is “The Laundry Orgy” from the television adaptation of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple (broadcast September 24, 1970). It’s kind of fun to watch Tony Randall and Jack Klugman still settling into the characters made famous by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau a few years before. In what I can only guess was a way to assure audiences that these were in fact the same characters, the famous Pigeon Sisters from the film (Monica Evans and Carole Shelley) guest star.
From October 1, 1955 comes another historic event in vintage television comedy: The Honeymooners. In “TV Or Not TV,” neighbors Ralph (Jackie Gleason) and Norton (Art Carney) pitch in and buy a television set together. From then on, the two are at each other’s throats (which is typical for an episode of The Honeymooners) over what to watch on their new toy. Personally, I’d put my money on the boys’ wives, Alice (Audrey Meadows) and Trixie (Joyce Randolph) to win the fight.
The multiple award-winning sitcom Taxi episode “Like Father, Like Daughter” is fourth in line here. Debuting on American television on September 12, 1978, this first installment of Taxi has all of the guys lining up to call anywhere they can think of when they discover that the station’s payphone allows free calls. Alex (Judd Hirsch) can’t think of anyone to call until his daughter heads off to school abroad.
Sadly, no compilation of classic sitcoms would be deemed complete unless they managed to include an episode of The Brady Bunch. Of all the nauseating sitcoms that television producer Sherwood Schwartz dreamt up, The Brady Bunch is my least favorite, and its phony wholesome image makes me squirm. This premiere episode, “The Honeymoon” was first aired September 26, 1969 and has the newlywed Mike and Carol (Robert Reed and Florence Henderson, respectively) feeling a bit shameful over yelling at their kids during their wedding. Just send ‘em off to boarding school already!
Even sadder than the mandatory inclusion of The Brady Bunch is the fact that a two far superior shows, Frasier and Cheers are forced to take a backseat to the Bradys. Frasier, itself a spin-off of Cheers, opens with “The Good Son” (September 16, 1993) as a newly-divorced Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) unwillingly gives up his “freedom” by letting his father (John Mahoney) move in with him. This episode also introduced us to the ultra-sexy David Hyde Pierce as Frasier's brother, Niles, and (although briefly), Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon.
Lastly on this disc is the Cheers pilot, “Give Me A Ring Sometime” (aired September 30, 1982). While preparing to start life anew, Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) is dumped by the her fiancé and left stranded in a Boston bar. Taking pity on the poor deranged soul, the bar’s owner, former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone (Ted Danson), offers Diane a job so that she can get back on her feet again. But how well will the prim, proper, and very well-educated Diane fit in with a group of washed-up uncouth beer lovers?
The overall quality varies from episode to episode in this assortment. Some episodes were taped live with analog video equipment while others were filmed with more traditional 35mm materials. Either way, the quality here is not up to par with the individual season sets since this is a budget disc meant to whet the appetites of fans and would-be fans alike. The soundtracks range from English Mono to Stereo, depending on the sitcom and when it was made.
While it’s not recommended for the serious collector,TV Sets: Forever Funny is a good way to figure out if you’d like to be a serious collector of any of the series featured in this DVD compilation. It also makes a very cheap gift for friends or family.

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Shanghai SIPG head coach Andre Villas-Boas has been banned for eight Chinese Super League games making a mocking gesture toward the referee.
The 39-year-old Portuguese tactician mocked Shi Zhenlu by an offending gesture of counting money after the referee refused to give a penalty in his team 1-0 away victory over Beijing Guoan on Friday.
The suspension means Villas-Boas will spend eight CSL games on the stands and he is also set to miss the rest of the season.
Moreover, the former Porto, Chelsea and Zenit St. Petersburg manager was also handed a $6,000 fine due to his inappropriate behaviour.
SIPG currently sit in second place of CSL table this season with 54 points, four points behind title-holder Guangzhou Evergrande with four matches remaining.

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Based on his previous experience with management of research and development project, he is also simultaneously working as project manager.


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Ricky experienced it. Kane did too. Luckily for Craig & Smokey, they were fortunate enough to just hear the muffled bass from the trunk as they scurried away to freedom with their lives in tow. It’s the soundtrack that you never want to hear firsthand, and Glasses Malone has crafted it with a ski-mask and bandanna on his latest firearm steady in Drive-By Muzik.
Keeping it short and to the point (like most drive-bys are), G. Malone & DJ HED depict every possible aspect or riddled bullets flying through the neighborhood on vivid reality on tracks like “Still In The City” and “Emergency Room.” Grab a vest and hop in the hooptie for the final ride. That is…if you ain’t no mark ass buster.
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QUINTA DA CASA BRANCA
If you are planning a trip to Funchal, in Madeira, then I can very much recommend staying at the Quinta da Casa Branca.(http://www.quintacasabranca.pt)
It is a really lovely hotel with modern and traditional rooms and elegant suites , a fine restaurant , nice pool and very friendly staff. This hotel is quite small by some standards of Madeira hotels. It is a short taxi ride from Funchal , or a hilly walk, and has the most beautiful gardens too. Terrific!
We stayed eight days and enjoyed warm, mostly sunny weather and some nice trips out both in Funchal and around the surrounding areas.
I love relaxing by the pool painting watercolour sketches from the photos that I have taken earlier on a trip out and although these are all quite small pen and wash sketches they are a great reminder of our time there and will serve as a basis for some larger watercolours when home in the studio.
Madeira is about 3.5 hours due south of the UK and is a very popular destination for UK visitors. Funchal, the Capital of Madeira is on the south west coast and enjoys a warm spring like climate nearly all year.
The old town of Funchal has museums, art galleries and lots of old houses and restaurants with vividly painted doors. There is a Castle, St Tiago Fortress, painted in an Ocre/ Yellow colour which really caught my eye.
Madeira is mountainous and the cliffs are never far from the towns. Here is the view from the Funchal promenade by the sea toward the old town and the Castle.
From beyond the castle the view back along Funchal bay and Harbour picks out the intricate design of the Castle turrets and distant hotels.
One of those Hotels is the famous Reid’s Palace Hotel and it is especially noted for it’s excellent Afternoon Tea service on the beautiful Terrace.
Yes !, here we are enjoying our tea, sandwiches. scones and cakes on that Terrace!
Back in the Old Town of Funchal there are some very nice squares to see or sit at for coffee or a glass of Madeira wine maybe, and there is a great fish and fruit market to explore too.
Here is just one of the square near to a lovely , but small Church, “Capelo do Corpo Santo”
On one day we travelled to the nearby fishing village of Camara do Lobos.
This tiny harbour town is famous for the visits made there by Sir Winston Churchill and where he loved to sit and paint.
So I could not resist painting a few watercolour sketches of the harbour and the boats and the nearby cliffs.
The hills behind Camara do Lobos are, like so much of Madeira, crammed with banana trees on which the sweet small bananas that Madeira is famous for hang in huge bunches.
On the outskirts of the town is a view of the massive cliffs that are so typical of the island.
The first one at lunchtime and the second in the evening
Our visit , the first we have made since February 2020, was a great success and we intend to return to Madeira to explore some more of the island.
I haven’t yet painted watercolours of two other places which we visited and very much enjoyed too while we were there.
They were, firstly, the beautiful Botanical Gardens set high above Funchal and secondly the even higher town of Monti with it’s Castle, magnificent gardens and toboggan rides!
If you plan a visit to Madeira you will not be disappointed, we certainly weren’t and will return!
PS My thanks to Quinta da Casa Branca for such an enjoyable stay!
HOT OFF THE PRESS – UPDATE!
I have just finished a new studio watercolour of Camara de Lobos which is now for sale on Artfinder/brianswatercolours.
Check it out , below is a copy of it.

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- Its probably better to be self deprecating than self defecating.
Right, single piece shafts don't need a support/center bearing. I'm not the only person with a 19+ that had had the bearing die an early death.. but its not a super common problem either.. can probably be chalked up to a bad batch of bearings? Not sure.Ah. Is this the bearing I do -not- have because apparently the only thing changed from stock on my '97 was they put in a one-piece driveshaft?
I wonder why it would fail on yours being so new. Maybe mine failed at one point and they put in the one-piece. I guess technically you coud replace with one piece but I understand your frustration.
Yeah and the cab leak. Bronco will be nice. I wish they'd put a V6 in the new Rangers like the Raptor engine without buying a Raptor. I'm sure the 4's are plenty powerful, but I like the sound of a 6.
You should be able to get a decent price on the '21.
I believe the 24+ rangers will have v6 options without needing a raptor.. Ford is going to be officially unveiling the next gen trucks this month at some point.. if we get lucky they might divulge more info about powertrains and such.
But yes definitely.. I already owe less on the truck than it's worth, and by the time I have all my ducks in a row and I'm ready to officially go shopping I'll owe even less so.. should be in pretty good shape.


The decision last week by the News South Wales Government Premier Gladys Berejiklian to provide first home buyers with a stamp duty exemption for properties with a price tag under $650,000 is likely to boost demand for this under-represented segment of the market, according to Tim Lawless.
Based on recent Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, first home buyers comprised only 8% of owner-occupier mortgage commitments in March 2017, which is only marginally higher than the record low of 7.5% recorded in September last year and well below the long-term average of 17%.
Abolishing stamp duty for first home buyers is likely to create some headaches for eligible buyers who have recently entered into contracts. Additionally, we can expect first home buyer activity to stall before surging higher on July 1, 2017. The long-term outcome may be self-defeating due to higher demand pushing up prices.
According to the latest CoreLogic ‘Perceptions of Housing Affordability’ report (available here), it highlighted that across New South Wales the largest proportion of respondents (48%) identified that stamp duty was the most significant obstacle to housing affordability. Additionally, almost three-quarters of respondents (74%) felt that removing or reducing stamp duty would be an effective way to improve housing affordability in New South Wales.
Clearly, the state government is responding to one of the most significant pain points for prospective buyers.
The current policy provides a stamp duty exemption to first home buyers purchasing a new home with a price tag under $550,000. The new policy has a substantially broader scope, providing an exemption for both new and established housing with a price tag under $650,000 and sliding discounts up to $800,000.
To put these limits into context, over the past twelve months, 45.4% of dwellings sold across New South Wales had a price tag of $650,000 or less and 58% of dwelling sales had a price tag $800,000 or less. The proportion of properties that meet the exemption criteria falls away sharply if the analysis is confined only to the Sydney metropolitan area where 25.8% of dwelling sales over the past twelve months were at a price of $650,000 or less.
With a substantial premium on detached housing, the proportions are also substantially different between the broad product types. The past twelve months saw 20.0% of Sydney houses sell for $650,000 or less while unit sales comprised just over one-third of all sales (33.5%) at or below this price.
Additionally, with investor demand likely to be slowing due to higher mortgage rates, tighter credit policies and low yields; there is the potential that a rise in first-time buyer demand could fill the ‘hole’ left by fewer investors in the market and offset the recent slowdown in the pace of capital gains.
First home buyers still need to contend with the challenges of raising a deposit, which is another major barrier to market entry. Housing prices in Sydney are the highest amongst the capital cities, with the latest data from CoreLogic putting the median house price at just over $1 million and median unit price at just under $743,000. Those buyers who can’t stump up a 20% deposit have been given another leg up, with stamp duty for lenders mortgage insurance also abolished.
Stamp duty on lenders mortgage insurance is charged at 9% of the premium; so a first home buyer with a 5% deposit on a $650,000 property is likely to save themselves around $2,250 (based on a premium of $25,000).
Removing or reducing the transactional costs for first home buyers is likely to provide both positive and negative consequences across the New South Wales housing market.
From a positive sense, policies aimed at improving housing accessibility for first time home buyers are likely to be positively received. Sydney is Australia’s most unaffordable housing market by any measure, and for many buyers, the cost of entry, including stamp duty and raising a deposit, is the most significant barrier to entry. On a $650,000 dwelling purchase, a non-first home buyer would be paying stamp duty costs of around $25,000; so the exemption is a substantial cost saving for a first home buyer.
On the negative side, it’s widely accepted that policies aimed at stimulating demand tend to push prices higher; there is a possibility that the new policy could ultimately be self-defeating, increasing housing demand which could place further upwards pressure on the price of housing.
The new policy comes into effect on July 1st, so we can expect first home buyer sales to stall over the remainder of June and likely surge higher from the beginning of the new financial year.


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SUPPORTING some of the region’s smallest and most disadvantaged schools to navigate departmental bureaucracy could be a priority from a federal government education review.
The independent review into regional, rural and remote education held a public forum in Bendigo on Tuesday where there were a number of examples of small schools in the region struggling.
One included a school in which its only teacher, who was also the principal, regularly works Saturdays to complete administrative work.
A Bendigo Senior Secondary College-run program in which smaller schools can access BSSC’s classes online was used as an example of improving learning at remote schools.
The independent review is being run by Flinders University Emeritus Professor John Halsey.
He said governments needed to ensure small remote schools could run as efficiently as possible.
“Often small numbers of students are seen as a disadvantage,” Professor Halsey said.
“This person has had about 25 years experience being a teacher in a small school, what he’s doing is turning that small school into a really high performing educational experience for young people.
“But a disadvantage he has to grapple with is a huge overlay of administrative work.”
The $152 million independent review has traveled to most states and territories. The Nationals promised the review in the lead-up to the last election.
It will next travel to Wodonga on Wednesday.
The final report is due by the end of the year.
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie said they wanted to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach to regional, rural and remote schooling.
She said the best solutions came from local communities – and they needed to be given the chance to make it work.
“What works in Carwatha is not going to work in Swan Hill, is not going to work in Bendigo,” Ms McKenzie said.
“For too long we’ve let education unions, departments of education run this space. Let’s start listening to the students.
“It’s not going to happen overnight, but we’ve heard some great examples of things happening in the regions that we want to see broadened, but also how we can see collaborations working better.”
The state government is also holding a review into education, focusing specifically on Bendigo.
Three community consultation sessions were held last month to help formulate the Bendigo Education Plan 2028, which will cover schooling from primary education through secondary and higher education and training.


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Anyone who has ever taken a bachelor's degree at TU Delft knows them: mega courses such as Statics or Technology 1 with hundreds of participants. There was a good chance that you were not sitting with the professor in the lecture hall, but were watching a live stream in the room next door instead. Or that you were sitting on a flight of stairs because all the chairs were taken, or that you could doze away in a soft cinema chair.
For this year’s freshmen, everything is different now that lectures are mostly online. Students ask questions via a live chat which is moderated by the staff. “Fortunately, we can still receive small groups of 30 students,” explains Professor Just Herder. Herder gives Statics at the 3mE Faculty to no less than 900 students. They can register if they want to physically attend a lecture, the rest can watch live on Collegerama. “At least the lecture hall is not empty that way,” says Herder. “I also have volunteers for the demonstration experiments.”
It just turned out that students were not queuing up for the 30 places available: only 22 registered for 4 September, five of whom actually turned up. In the meantime, 20 students have found their way to the lecture hall. What is it like for lecturers to teach now? Delta spoke to three of them.
Going to campus once a week
Laboratory courses and design projects will still take place on campus. Dr Aurèle Adam, responsible for the Mechanics, Waves & Optics course at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, explains his approach. “We have divided the students over the working days so that each student has one day on which he or she can come to the Faculty. This allows us to maintain sufficient distance between the students. We ask them to work in small groups where they get to know each other.”
The Collegerama servers went down on the very first day of the academic year
Because of their other subjects, students only come in the afternoon. The sessions last until 20:00. Each group of 15 students has its own ‘teacher mentor’, a researcher from the Faculty, who supervises them. The lecturer mentor helps them with the physics, eats with them and tries to give the students the feeling that they are part of the Faculty.
3mE is also trying to offer students on-campus education. Not only are the tutorial groups smaller, the form is also different. “Instead of walking back and forth between the tables - which is difficult to do at a distance of 1.5 metres - the sessions are more plenary and interactive, which is positive in smaller groups,” says Herder.
However, the longer working days and the extra organisation have increased the workload for teachers. “We have no choice,” says Eric van den Ham, lecturer in Technology 1 at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. “It helps that we already started online courses last year. However, there are many things that can go wrong online, and you have to learn how to deal with them.” As if to illustrate Van den Ham’s point, the Collegerama servers went down on the very first day of the academic year. Herder came out with Zoom, but that took some effort. “A Zoom meeting can handle 300 people. To continue the lecture on Zoom after the Collegerama disruption, we had to aim the webcams of three laptops at me and create three simultaneous meetings.”
Teachers get assistance in the form of more teaching assistants and junior lecturers - a new position. “I hope we can keep this structure,” says Herder, “because if staff would have to stay at home because of health problems, we would have a problem.”
But extra staff doesn’t take away all the extra pressure. According to Aurèle Adam, the workload certainly increased, even in summer when teachers were preparing their subjects. “TU Delft always says that assistant professors should delegate tasks to PhD students and teaching assistants, but in the end, it’s my job, I’m the one that is responsible. I want to do the important things myself.”
Lost without lectures?
And then there is the lack of physical contact. “I really miss standing in front of a lecture hall full of students,” says Van den Ham. “For new students, everything is new and unclear. They are often insecure and wonder if they will make it, and wonder what exactly they need to do and learn. It used to be easy to answer questions between lectures. Now they have to look at the Brightspace forum. You can see that the students miss the interaction.”
Students are more active during the lectures
Yet online education is not just gloom and loneliness. Herder sees that students are more active during the lectures. “The few students who are physically there ask more questions. Apparently, the threshold to raise your hand is lower in small groups. Similarly, we see students answering each other’s questions and responding to each other in the chat channel. I didn’t expect that. This type of interaction is apparently only possible in an online environment.”
Quality of education
Herder, Adam and Van den Ham do not share the fear that the quality of education will decline because of online lectures. “It is a pity that we cannot do a quick quiz or poll during a lecture because of the 30 second delay in the live stream. But on the whole not that much has changed.”
“Many students have always viewed the lecture online anyway,” Herder adds. “There are drawbacks to teaching online, but there are also tools to compensate for them such as including sample exercises.”
Adam sees another advantage. “The lectures have largely the same format. I can see exactly how many students attend the online lectures and who watches loyally.”
There’s a good reason, they believe, that none of them has had any complaints. According to Adam, students understand the situation. “They are patient and willing to adapt."


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The Hiller Instinct: Hiller Instinct: Governor's debate review
The issues weren't new, but the group of candidates discussing them was, and that made this debate different.
Kerry Healey tried and tried to put frontrunner Deval Patrick on the spot.
"My opponent, Deval Patrick, has numerous spending proposals, and some of them are very vague," Healey said. "If cutting taxes is the question, then Deval Patrick is not the answer."
But Patrick rarely had to respond, thanks to Independent Christy Mihos, who could have been Patrick's running mate at this Fox25-Boston Herald debate.
"All the Republicans are voting to override you," Mihos said to Healey. "So they know that you can't get it done, because you won't work with the legislature."
"When Jane Swift, your hero, was firing me, you were calling her as head of the Republican Party, your hero," Mihos added.
"You're my hero, Christy," Healey said. "You're my hero."
And when she did get through to take a shot at Patrick:
"The thing that concerns me most is that if Deval Patrick wins this election, we will go back to the Dukakis era, when there's only one party represented on Beacon Hill," Healey said.
Patrick was ready.
"I think the balance that people want is between a fairly entrenched, inward looking political establishments and an outsider in the Corner Office," he said.
Mihos insisted that he is more than a spoiler, who canít win, but will help defeat Healey.
"Maybe she's gonna spoil my election," Mihos said. "But how can you spoil a system that's rotten?"
Grace Ross said she's running to rebuild democracy.
"If we can't have a democracy for and by the people, if all we can have is a democracy for rich folks, then we don't have a government anymore," she said.
For Deval Patrick, this was a dream debate; for Kerry Healey, a nightmare.
Patrick was the clear winner. He floated above the fray, always in calm control.
If Patrick wins this election, he should think about giving Christy Mihos a job.
Because it was Mihos who made Healey the big loser. If Healey feels this debate was two or even three against one, and that she was the one, she has reason to.
The only poll out so far shows Patrick far ahead, and, after this debate, it isn't certain we have a race, and not just an election, for Governor.
I'm Andy Hiller, and that's my Instinct.
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My friend and colleague @jonathanevansmp has announced retirement at the next election. A good man and always a gentleman. Wish him well.
I'm sure that colleagues of all parties will wish @jonathanevansmp well. He is universally liked and respected.
Jonathan Evans, Conservative MP for Cardiff North, has announced he will step down after the 2015 General Election.
"It is a difficult decision to stand down from public life, but with the introduction of fixed term parliaments, we now know that the next Parliamentary term is likely to run until 2020, and that is a commitment which is I believe is too lengthy for me to make" he told his constituency party today.


The pros and cons of life as an isolated writer
Writers are supposed to hole themselves up somewhere far off and remote, right?
Surrounded by nature and the elements, in the middle of nowhere, nothing to disturb their creative scribbling.
Marion Day would half agree, as she considers for five-hour round trip to civilisation from her home in the outer Marlborough Sounds.
But living in a beautiful remote location such as Clova Bay, in Pelorus Sound, had many pros and cons.
‘‘The pros are that isolation allows you to write uninterrupted,’’ Day says.
‘‘Another plus is I am able to write in the natural beauty of the Marlborough Sounds.
‘‘The cons are that because I live so remotely, the five-hour round trip makes it difficult to join weekly writers’ groups, attend fellow authors’ book launches or writing events.
‘‘That’s the lonely side of living out here. I think we are naturally social animals, and I see a lot of depression with other people who are remote out this way. It can be hard.’’
Day’s contribution to children’s literature has seen her ‘highly commended’ in the Enterprising Rural Women Awards, which showcase the success of women operating businesses in rural locations. Seldom is a writer recognised. ‘‘I decided this year, why not try? Nothing ventured, nothing gained,’’ the 61-year-old says.
Writing for nine years, Day has six published children’s books and two successful New Zealand biographies entitled Injun Joe, The Legend of Smoking Joe Collins and Blood Brothers: The Exploits of Steve and Chris Podjursky.
For Day, living remotely means maintaining a daily routine of writing and managing her massive garden.
‘‘In the morning I jump out of bed, snatch a cup of tea and write, up to 2pm if possible. Then it’s outside into the garden for a couple hours.
‘‘Then it’s back inside to edit my day’s writing. At night I try to watch some TV or read to rest my mind. I love reading and have a huge collection of books on every subject imaginable.’’
Day grew up on a dairy farm in the Bay of Plenty. When she told her partner in 2009 that she wanted to become a famous writer they both laughed.
‘‘After all, I was a cattle and pig farmer,’’ Day says. ‘‘I woke up out of a dream almost, and thought, ‘that’s what I want to do’. I only had sixth form high school. No training at all. I had to learn, and make all the mistakes by myself.’’
Day says she plans to remain in Clova Bay with her partner, despite the remoteness, with two new books expected in 2018; children’s book Skiddies, and the fourth book in her nature series The Butterfly and the Tui.
Marlborough Sounds writer Marion Day has been ‘highly commended’ in the Enterprising Rural Women Awards.


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I'm currently still in Singapore and will be here until the 21st - now that I've set up a company in Singapore, there is a lot to do to grow the business here. Anyway - stuff about the Singapore company comes in a different post. For the rest of this post however, we zoom back in time to last week just before I left Tokyo.
I love looking out the window on the plane and find it annoying when they ask you to close the shade in the middle of the day as they want you to sleep or something.
The evening before leaving Tokyo - it was our first time to have a booth to sell stuff which requires much more preparation - which also means much more stuff to carry to use at our booth.
Yuki-chan in Mami Mode.
My carry on all packed.
This time we had quite a bit to carry and my spinal hernia is kinda bad lately - we decide to take a Taxi to the airport - which end up costing 25,000 yen ><
That was from Meguro to Narita.
Next time we will prepare a bit more better - we can hire an airport taxi which would have cost less than half or take a taxi to where we can get a limousine bus to Narita.
Passing by Tokyo Tower on the way to Narita.
Passing over Rainbow Bridge.
Arrival at Narita.
We were originally going to take the train but the luggage ended up causing much pain for spinal hernia-kun hence the taxi. Arrived at the airport early so went up to the observation deck for a bit of a rest.
Walk past the smokers room and wonder what an "Adult Smoker" is - does that mean there are Juvenile Smokers too?
Our steed thats going to get us to Singapore.
Charging my Galaxy S3 in the lounge - battery life is not excellent.
Am always trying to clear a backlog of mails whenever I get the chance ><
How many emails do you get per day?
On the plane - ANA have upgraded their business class seats with a load of gadgets to play with - for starters they got USB ports to charge your devices.
Simplified buttons for reclining.
Displays are all 16:9 ratio - nice n bright screen.
Instruction manuals for the seats ^^;
Storage compartments and wot not.
Reminds me that I've not been back to the UK for ages - perhaps in 2013 for Hyper Japan?
"Welcome" and "Death" on the same card.
Malaysia Airlines! Will probably take MAS in a few weeks to Kuala Lumpur for Comic Fiesta.
Aircraft traffic jam.
"Ririku" [離陸[りりく]] = "Take Off!"
Narita Airport from above.
Not explored this part of the woods yet - looks really nice though.
Wish I could play my PS Vita for the whole flight but need to work ><
Speaking of Vita - Assassin's Creed III: Liberation any good?
Before tucking into work however - time to tuck into some lunch.
Was surprised when I first travelled business class to see that they give you table cloths and serve food on crockery.
Discovered Takachiho Gorge in the inflight mag - added to the to-visit list.
Work! Had no time to prep my presentation at all - managed to complete most of it in 5 hours on the flight (phew).
Can you name this spot on earth?
It really is lovely up there.
Looks awesome - I can only imagine what this would look like during a sunset.
A load of boats surround Singapore.
Thanks to everybody who came to the airport to welcome us!
Singapore has touch panel toilet rating systems. But as many men dont wash their hands after shaking their lil bro about, if you touch the screen then you are indirectly indulging in some yaoi.
Checking in at the hotel first - Capri by Fraser.
Snap with my Creative Director Linus.
Snap with my Associate Producer Solomon.
Has to be the nicest hotel I've stayed in - its like a serviced apartment.
Wish we could have stayed longer ><
Yuki-chan gets limelight this time at AFA.
Then we head to check out the venue for Culture Japan Night Singapore 2012.
Spend an hour setting up and configuring video and audio equipment...
...and then head to get some dinner.
Does this sign mean that shoplifting is common in Singapore? Often seen at the entrance.
Nice shopping center.
Food court time!
Laksa om nom!
Food is absolutely lovely.
Moekana T-shirts available for humans too.
But what color do you prefer?
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Grabbing a few necessities from the convenience store before heading back to the hotel.
Time to set up battle stations.
A birthday gift from Solomon!
Touch sensor charging thingy for the Mighty Mouse.
Sample of the Moekana Hinomaru T-shirt is back - aiming to have this ready for Comic Fiesta in a few weeks - could not make it in time for Singapore AFA ><
Armed and fully operational battle station.
Brekkie the next morning at the hotel.
Going over the schedule with comrades at King Records.
Back at the hotel - only have a few hours left to tweak presentation and go over schedule for the next few days.
Yuki-chan enjoys the nice view from the window.
Hungry! Time to seek food.
Discover a food court nearby.
This looks goood!
Yong Tau Foo!
The area around the AFA venue (EXPO) looks cool and futuristic.
For fans of lazy exclusives or parents just looking for a stocking stuffer, Target has a holiday-themed exclusive Batman figure.
Much like the Halloween exclusive, the figure seems to be little more than a re-deco of a The Dark Knight Rises figure. Where the Halloween figure was at least a little creative, this figure seems to resulted from even less effort and greatly resembles the variants seen in the normal line. Actually, it could just be a repackaged figure from one of the Quick-Tek armor play sets.
While I had predicted that the Halloween ones would end up on clearance, my local store somehow managed to sell out a few weeks before Halloween so if you're actually interested in buying one I'd suggest you do it while you can. I personally have no interest in buying myself (but Jlogano20 over at Toyark bought a copy, so I borrowed his photo rather than use my cell phone shots of just the packaging) although, if this is going to be a thing, I'm DEFINITELY looking forward to seeing a St. Patrick's Day and Easter re-decos. I'm disappointed that those turkeys forgot to make a Thanksgiving one.
I bought this lovely felt doll from Milo&Ben for my mom’s birthday. (Happy birthday, mom!!) Of course she loves her, and I love her, too! I’ve already added the Milo&Ben shop to my Etsy favorites. Milo&Ben is a collection of … Continue reading →
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Takara Tomy has finally released official images of three upcoming Transformers Prime - Arms Micron figures scheduled for December. None of these are newly announced, but this is the first time the three have been seen in official images. A little late, but that certainly hasn't hurt sales; they've been sold out almost everywhere for a while now. And for good reason, these are three highly anticipated figures, even among the Hasbro releases.
First up is AM-27 Ultra Magnus, or maybe that's 'Ultra Smurf'? He's looking very light blue in this release compared to the darker Hasbro release. He's also lacking some of the painted details found on the Hasbro version which is completely backwards from how things usually are. This version is also a lighter on weapons, trading in a big gun that turns into a hammer and an arm-mounted missile for an Arms Micron that turns into a hammer. Still, he's a big seller and at least he isn't an Optimus Prime repaint!
Second is AM-28 Leo Prime, a fairly unusal choice, but a great looking figure. Leo Prime started as a Hasbro Thundertron figure and was originally solicited by Takara Tomy under that name until recently it was revealed that he would be a homage to Beast Wars II Lio Convoy and the name was officially changed to Leo Prime later. If the name confuses you it's because starting with the first live action Transformers movie Takara Tomy started using Hasbro's names for lines created by Hasbro. So in the movie, TF Animated, and TF Prime lines you'll see Takara Tomy using Optimus Prime rather than Convoy and Autobots and Decepticons over Cybertrons and Destrons. Yeah, so anyway, Leo Prime is just a straight repaint of Thundertron, even the removable right foot and peg leg (because Thundertron is a space pirate and apparently those guys have peg legs) is still there. Still a great looking figure and certain to please fans of Lio Convoy and Thundertron alike.
Finally we've got AM-29 Shockwave who mose of us will recognize as the same figure from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. This figure was actually announced long before we knew Takara Tomy was going to start releasing the FoC figures in their own Transformes Generations line so he seems like an odd choice from the Prime line at first. Until we see an official Prime version of Shockwave this is your guy. The paint on Takara Tomy's release is almost identical to Hasbros, maybe just a shade lighter. They did make a bit of a mold change on the wings which now appear to have pegs added for connecting multiple Arms Microns. His original weapon has also been replaced with an Arms Micron rhino beetle that fills the gap in his alt mode. Have to wonder if we'll see the original version released in the Japanese Generations line later since we'll soon be seeing the unaltered version of the mold (except for the head) used for Air Raid.
The Loyal Subjects and Joe Ledbetter have announced the release of Mr. Bunny, figure #2 in the new Chaos Bunnies vinyl figure set. Available now to Pre-Order (anticipated to begin shipping before Xmas) this Mr. Bunny pays homage to that 2005 version that most collectors still fawn over. The 10-inch tall vinyl figure comes packaged [...]
You probably remember Altina from not so long ago when Kotobukiya was teasing her for their fall exhibition, but now she's available for pre-order! At 1/8-scale, she fits nicely within the Shining series line that Kotobukiya's been doing for some time, and she'll come carrying her bow. I've never been the biggest Shining series fan, but I've always liked Tony Taka's designs, and Altina is no exception to that fact.
Altina is an April 2013 release at ¥6,800 for a retail price. Shining Blade and Tony Taka fans, are you going to add Altina to your figure army?
Ever since I was a little girl, the stockings were my favorite part of Christmas morning. There’s something about those stockings hanging by the chimney with care and stuffed with all kinds of goodies that got me very excited. And it hasn’t changed. Shopping for and filling my kids’ stockings every year is down rightRead More


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Journey At Long Beach
Early in Journey's show Friday at the Long Beach Arena, singer Steve Perry shouted, "If this is Long Beach, this must be a Journey concert"--a non sequitur worthy of Groucho Marx. The end of the evening brought a kind of musical non sequitur: After stringing together several Journey faves, the quintet segued from its concert favorite "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' "into Elvis Presley's 1957 hit "Jailhouse Rock."
Aside from that uncharacteristic dip into roots-rock, the Bay Area group didn't do anything unpredictable. The idea seems to be to present bland, palatable pop that will keep the current customers happy while winning new ones.
Once you understand that Journey has more to do with marketing than rock 'n' roll, you have to acknowledge that it's shrewd at pushing all the crowd-pleasing buttons: The sound and lighting were first-rate, there were video screens, the songs were clean and catchy, the harmonies sparkling. It was all safe, shiny and empty, like a gorgeously wrapped present with nothing inside.
Journey continues to reflect its bland-leading-the-bland approach in its ch oice of opening acts. This tour it's Glass Tiger, a Canadian commercial-pop quintet that projected even less personality on stage than on its debut LP--no small feat. Like Journey, Glass Tiger plays soulless fluff well, particularly on snappier pieces.
The band's local journey continues Tuesday at the San Diego Sports Arena before returning Wednesday to the Long Beach Arena.
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text: Just up the Moseley Path from the Olympic Sculpture Park's PACCAR Pavilion, Trimpin's You Are Hear comprises three tractor seats embedded in a low concrete wall and three pairs of funnel-shaped headphones you put your head between while seated, all in the same traffic-cone orange as Calder’s The Eagle looming over your shoulder. At the first listening station, you hear one of the musician/sculptor’s toy-piano pieces, the darting, tinkling fragments a happy sonic analogue to the industrious bumblebees busy nearby in a tall bank of weeds. The second offers what’s billed as a “sound structure” inspired by the sounds of nature. If you say so; unless it was somehow shut off the afternoon I visited, I heard no more than what you would if you held a conch shell to each ear. The third invites you, John Cage-style, to contemplate the ambient sounds of passersby and the traffic on Elliott Avenue below—i.e., it does nothing. Drop the same concept into a concert hall, and you’re seduced or jolted into a radical rethinking of your definition of music; outside in a park, it’s just another place to sit. Is our universally beloved MacArthur "genius"-award winner, Guggenheim fellow, and upcoming Seattle Symphony collaborator due for a backlash? Among all the possible ways to combine sound-art and the environment, this one comes off as surprisingly perfunctory, despite the charm of the toy-piano music and the gadgetty whimsy of the funnel-and-seat contraptions. I don’t think he’s there yet, but Trimpin does seem at risk of becoming an aural Chihuly, making works that are fun, pretty, pointless, and celebrated primarily because his name is attached to them. Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Ave., seattleartmuseum.org. Open daily, sunrise–sunset. Ends Oct. 30.


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text: I never wanted to be one of 'those dieters' - you know the ones. They tell everyone within listening range "I'm being good", they won't eat your delightful home-baked cookies in the name of weight loss, they fill their freezer at home with frozen diet meals, they strap on their pedometers at the start of each day, they start running... you know the type. Well since starting this project, it's dawned on me. Guys. 'Those dieters' are the ones who are losing weight! No, it's not a recipe for success but I'll be damned if those things don't contribute to successful weight loss. I mean what's the alternative? Instead of "being good", you tell everyone "I'm being bad" and you eat McDonalds every day for lunch to prove it. Instead of avoiding cookies, you chow down on at least 3 before lunch in appreciation of the home-baked goodness, plus 2 more for afternoon tea. You fill your freezer with mini pizzas and pies and dim-sims, so on the days when you don't have the energy to cook, your meal choices are fatty, fatty and fatty. Instead of monitoring your exercise and trying to squeeze more of it into a day, you feel satisfied with yourself for taking so many trips down the hallway to speak to a co-worker, instead of emailing or phoning them. Yes, 'those dieters' are a cliche but it's for a reason. Now, technically I'm not keen to use the word 'diet' because I'm making permanent, sustainable lifestyle changes but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be implementing some of the tactics I mentioned above. This past weekend I was feeling pretty crappy. I hardly left the couch, except to celebrate a friend's birthday for a few hours. Cooking? Not a chance. I didn't even force myself out to the grocery store. Luckily for me, in a fleeting moment a week or so ago I'd made the brave decision to stock up on some Lean Cuisine for times like this. I haven't eaten a frozen meal since before I got married. This is some serious re-programming here people! This past weekend, instead of scrounging together whatever comfort food I could concoct into a meal, I ate a Lean Cuisine. Was it delicious? Heavens no. But it did save me from consuming way more fat and calories than I wanted to. And that's good enough for me!

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Its long subjection to Turkey has left little trace of antiquity, and the most striking features in the general view are the minarets of the disused mosques (only four are now in use) and the Mahommedan burying-grounds.
These ruins, for which the name Kizil minare or Chihil menare (" the forty columns or minarets "), can be traced back to the 13th century, are now known as Takhti Jamshid (" the throne of Jamshid ").
Over it rose a dome entirely covered with gold, with two minarets at the sides, likewise gilt all over.
In front of the dome rose two lofty minarets covered with blue tiles.
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Mario themed decorations were practically impossible to find, so my crafty wife decided to make her own.
With the exception of a few character window clings, everything was handmade.
There was even a flag for the end of the level.
Piranha Plant centerpieces.
And, a Super Star pinata.
Princess Peach taking a swing at the birthday pinata.
Piranha Plant Pong...with fireballs. Orange ping pong balls were a fun addition.
Mustaches required for all guests...
My little girl asked us for a 'Super Mario' themed birthday party. I'm willing to say that my wife delivered.