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⚬ Alyssa Healy scored 225 runs at an average of 56.25, including two 50s and a couple of forties with a staggering 160 plus strike rate in World T20, 2018.
⚬ Healy’s father Greg was a member of the Queensland squad whereas her uncle Ian Healy had the world record of the highest number of test dismissals.
⚬ Healy is married to the Australian cricketer Mitchell Starc who was player of the series is last ICC World Cup.
Australia won their fourth women’s world T20 title in Antigua on Sunday. They defeated England by eight wickets to win their fourth title and Alyssa Healy was the key player for Australia in the entire tournament.
The right-handed wicket-keeper batter has it in her gene. Her father Greg was a member of the Queensland squad whereas her uncle Ian Healy had the world record of the highest number of test dismissals. Interestingly another cricketer in the family is her husband Mitchell Starc. They first met each other as 9-year olds competing for the place of wicket-keeper in Sydney’s Northern District Cricket Association team for under-10. They both got selected and played side by side till age fifteen, till the time Starc moved into fast bowling and Healy moved into the women’s team. The couple got married in April 2015. Just two weeks after Starc successfully finished the ICC World Cup victorious and as player of the series, a feat followed by Healy on Sunday. Couple goals anyone?
Healy’s first appearance in school cricket drew a lot of attention. That was the first time that a female player was picked to play among boys. An email criticizing this approach with the title “Save Barker Cricket Now” circulated. The coach and various other dignified persons including Ian Healy insisted that Healy’s selection was perfect and made on merit. She also proved her caliber and debuted for Australia in her teens.
It was February 2010 and Healy was selected as the incumbent wicketkeeper and captain Jodie Fields was injured. She did not immediately put the house on fire and played a handful of ODIs and mostly T20s for the next 2 years. She truly made her presence felt in the India tour in March 2012. She was selected to play as a designated opener in 3rd T20 and delivered a 61 ball 90 with 10 fours and 2 sixes. She scored another 50 in the next match and she never looked back. With senior players like Lisa Sthalekar, Alex Blackwell and Fields moving away slowly the new look Australia Women’s team was built around Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry, and Healy.
Healy was already a part of the World T20 winning Australian squad in 2010 and played a key role with a crucial catch during a tight chase to ensure a 3 runs win over New Zealand. Australia completed a hat-trick of World T20’s by winnings the 2012 and 2014 versions and Healy were key members in both the squad. They could not make four-in-four in 2016 edition when they were beaten by West Indies in the final in Kolkata.
Healy was already in great form before the World T20 in 2018. Early in the year, she got her maiden international century against India in Vadodara. Her 133 punctuated by 17 fours and 2 sixes resulted in an easy win for Australia. She continued her good form and scored four 50’s in her last five T20 matches before the World T20 against New Zealand and Pakistan. In between, she also played an innings of 97 in one of the ODI’s against Pakistan. As expected she carried her good form in the World T20 in the Caribbean and ended with four player-of-the-match as well as player-of-the-series award.


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- ensuring that a broad and balanced curriculum is delivered that meets statutory requirements and is consistent with the school aims.
The full Governing Body meets at least once every term.
Hello I am Karen Burnett and I have been a Teacher Governor since 2016. I teach Year 1 but I also have a background in Reception class.
Communication is the key to maintaining healthy relationships between everyone and so I see my role as a representative for the staff, to have their views heard and to help governors better understand issues from a teacher’s point of view.
Recently our science co-ordinator, Mrs Hancox , left to begin her maternity leave and so I have taken up the exciting task of leading science within the school whilst she is absent. There will be challenges and fun filled science days which will maintain the children’s enthusiasm to learn and hopefully involve some parents too! I endeavour to provide the highest quality of educational opportunities for all children across the school. At Long Itchington, the way we present teaching and learning is very creative and so I am confident that I will be ably supported by eager staff and our keen science governor Mrs Melanie Edwards.
I am also the Art co-ordinator for our school. Art is a fabulous subject which often builds confidence in children, allowing them to express themselves in a very free way. Art is more about the process than the product and, as long as the children enjoy what they are doing and learn new skills which build an interest in art and design, I am very happy. I am looking forward to another great year with our fabulous children and school team.
I have been a school governor in the village since 1986 and I have seen many changes to both the educational system and our schools over the years. Although I have concentrated on the support aspect of a governor's role (Finance and premises), I have witnessed a continued improvement in the education standards to meet the ever changing curriculum and OFSTED requirements.
The school is in a good position to meet any further changes over the next few years and I hope my experience as a governor and County Councillor can contribute to the challenges these may present.
I am Melanie Edwards and three years ago, as a parent of a little boy in Reception Class, I volunteered to join the governing body at Long Itchington Primary School as I was very keen to learn more about the education system so that I could understand how I could best support our son on his journey through his school years. At the same time this would also give the opportunity to support the teaching staff in their endeavours to provide the highest quality education to all the children at the school.
During this time my role within the governing body has evolved so that I now have responsibilities for supporting governor training and skills and more recently I am now the link governor for science and will be meeting regularly with Mrs. Hancox, the lead teacher for Science at the school. As I have a background in medical science this is a subject that I am very passionate about and, during a recent visit to the school, I was delighted by the enthusiasm and creativity across all the school years for this subject. The school is striving towards the Gold Primary Science Quality Mark having already been awarded the Silver, as well as being one of the leading schools in the Ogden Trust, and I will continue to liaise with Mrs. Hancox at the school as this work continues.
As Vice-Chair of the Governors my role is to be a critical friend, supporting the school in meeting its aims of enabling every child to make the most of his or her potential and develop a love of learning.
My wife and I have lived in Long Itchington for ten years and we have two children in the school aged 6 and 9. The village has been a wonderful place for our children to grow up, not least because of the community in which they live and the friendships they and we as a family have made whilst we have been here.
I have worked in Education for fourteen years, the majority of this time in primary schools, working as a teacher across different age-ranges and also in a variety of senior leadership positions. I now work at a University supporting the development of teachers of the future. I look forward to using my experience to work with the school community to continue to ensure we deliver the best for the children of our village.
Hello all so it’s Governors’ Blog time again – I want to take this opportunity to communicate a few of the topics that we have covered in school over recent weeks. My role as Chair of Long Itchington C of E Primary School is a privileged position that offers me the chance to work with the other governors and teaching staff to positively influence the strategic direction of our school. Personally I have worked in international sales for close to 20 years and have travelled globally for much of that time. Settling into Long Itchington in 2003 I now have 2 children within school in years 4 & 6 – where did that time go?
Governing Body and Senior Leadership Team meet half-termly and at our last Full Governing Body meeting, our teachers were invited to attend in conjunction with the Senior Leadership Team to support open and effective communication between the governors and all teaching staff. Key to this meeting was discussion of our learning improvement priorities. Long Itchington is not a coasting school – our priority is always to strive for continuous improvement and the Governors’ role of “critical friend” is to challenge our dedicated team to do even better every day and support them on that journey.
Hello all and welcome to the first Governors’ Blog. This Blog will become a common feature in the school newsletter, helping the governors to communicate on a regular basis with parents and children alike.
It is important to the Governing Body that you know who we are and what we do to ensure the school is meeting its potential alongside its staff and the children.
Over the coming editions of the school newsletter each existing governor will introduce themselves via the Blog, explaining their role within the Governing Body as well a little about themselves personally.
The Blog will also provide a continued transparent insight into the role of the Governing Body, current activities and news on the work carried out with the strategic leadership team and staff.
In addition it will also enable communication for you, the parents and carers, with the Governing Body to ensure the vision of Long Itchington School is realised.
If there are any items you would like to see covered in the Governors’ Blog then please do let us know.

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1. What is a tank vehicle?
A vehicle used by the army to fight wars.
A vehicle used to carry any liquid or liquid gas in a tank of 1000 gallons or more.
A vehicle used to carry any liquid or liquid gas in a rank of less than 1000 gallons.
2. You should inspect a tanker before loading, unloading or driving it to make sure the vehicle is safe to carry the liquid or gas and is safe to drive.
Check with the last person that drove the vehicle.
Check with the owner of the vehicle.
Check the vehicles operator’s manual.
7. It is not necessary to check pipe connections and hoses for leaks.
8. Tankers have manhole covers and vent covers. They should be in what position when loading?
what the model number is.
of the high center of gravity and liquid movement.
of the low center of gravity and gas.
of the way rank vehicles are built.
Top heavy and easy to roll over.
Top heavy and easy to drive.
Top heavy and bottom heavy.
13. Liquid surge results from movement of the liquid in partially filled tanks. This movement can have what kind of effect on handling?
15. When loading and unloading tanks with bulkheads the driver must pay attention to weight distribution.

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Nowadays they’re many removal companies to choose from, this makes it much harder to find the most qualified and experienced company at the lowest cost possible. By being able to ask the right questions to get the most information before making your decision, you’re able to lower your chances at regretting the company you hired afterwords.
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4.Upfront deposits are a clear sign that a company can be considered untrustworthy, deposits before any work is performed can cause stress if you happen to cancel. If you plan on booking with a company it’s important to ask about their cancellation policy, so if something comes up you wont be charged.
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Modernizing a Historical Masterpiece - GDC Construction, Inc.
GDC Construction has been working with the owners of this residence for more than 20 years, both to preserve an historic home and to expand and modernize the residence. The home was originally built by La Jolla historian Harry Crosby, who imported all the materials from Michoacan, Mexico, and was designed to reflect the style of a Mexican hacienda. However, the original structure was built with insufficient foundations to support it, so GDC was originally brought in to completely modernize and rebuild the foundations. The family was so impressed by our work that they invited us to build a new spa and other additions to the existing residence.
GDC has made this home all-but indestructible, by reinforcing and modernizing the existing foundations to the highest degree. We also worked with the client to use reclaimed materials in all the new construction, combining Asian and Latin American influences to create a truly breathtaking home. GDC also completely modernized the residence’s interior, adding state-of-the-art HVAC, lighting and security systems.
The construction of this project demanded a sculptor's eye and artisan craftsmanship. The GDC Construction team helped transform this tight coastal hillside into a tranquil sanctuary for the owner with ease. Their attention to detail was unparalleled.
One of several reclaimed doors in the residence is framed by Cantera stone.
The home’s main entrance has a gold-leaf relief and custom Spanish-tile roof.
The main fireplace is of Cantera stone, a volcanic rock from central Mexico.
The warm main family room houses an eclectic collection of art from around the globe.
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An elegant breakfast nook overlooks the home’s shaded courtyard.
One of the home’s imported doors, which was shipped from India.
The elegance of the architecture is mirrored by the owner’s extensive art collection. Vintage light fixtures and reclaimed materials add to the ambience.
GDC completely repaired the home’s roofline, replacing the tiles and adding a copper drip-edge. Several of the wooden beams had to be replaced with reclaimed replicas, which GDC’s craftsmen integrated seamlessly with the originals.
A view of the home’s main courtyard. An example of the structural engineering work GDC did at the property is the upright wooden beams, which were split in half, reinforced with structural steel, and joined back together again.
The home features several quiet nooks, which the owner has filled with art and furniture collected from around the world.
The home’s added spa was designed to reflect a Southeast-Asian design aesthetic.
The pool features a stone waterfall and pebble-sheen finish tiles.
The outdoor pool shower is open to the sky and made from thousands of interlocked pebbles.


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THE UNEMPLOYED EATER: MY BAD.
Hey Guys, I just wanted to apologize for the lack of posting over the past few weeks. Things have been crazy busy. That said, I promise in the following weeks I will pick it up. Thanks again for reading the blog. I really appreciate it.
Three posts in a month? Still "your bad." I like this blog, but there needs to more content. Still feels like a hobby.


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When waking up this morning to realize that the prophesies of the Democrats taking over the entire Congress- the House of Representatives and Senate- failed because of a split in control, the first thought came to mind was that film, the rise of the far right, the inability to stop it and this particular comment. Anger, defeat and confusion followed. The first question that came to mind was why is it that despite several firsts (first Muslims, Native Americans, homosexuals and women being elected to the House and Senate) that Donald Trump succeeded?
Let’s look at how politics work in Washington briefly and why this mid-term was so important. When a proposal for a law is introduced, it first goes to the House. If approved, then it goes to the Senate. If the green light is given, the president can sign or veto the bill. The Democrats managed to regain the majority of the House but lost out on the chance to claim the Senate, while the Republicans extended its majority by three more seats. While in theory, the House can stop every bill that Trump introduces, while at the same carry out investigations into his corruptive schemes he had with Russia in 2016 and other issues, this “split” in Washington is in fact a victory, for Trump and his Republicans. In other words, the Democrats lost the mid-terms.
The fact that the blue-wave never amounted to anything means that Trump can still control the way America is run as is. He has a stronger majority in the Senate, which can enable him to appoint people to special posts, like the Supreme Court, to his own liking. He has circumvented laws and other legal processes in order to shove his agenda down the throats of his opponents, especially including his executive orders, which he has carried out at least 100 times since having taken office in January 2017. He already has the backing of the conservative majority in the Supreme Court, thanks to his nominations of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, with a third one surely to happen before his term is done, should either Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Clarence Thomas or both be unable to continue. He has the support of Vladimir Putin and Kim Il Jung, two adversaries who would like to see the western democracy annihilated. Then there is the American people- mostly white Christians coming from rural settings with little educational experience or even a sense of cultural tolerance- the likes of Homer Simpson, whom Trump is still getting a solid backing versus the city-slickers and coastal areas folks who are used to the luxuries of multicultural diversity, public transport and global awareness, which has resulted in a division of the country into two America’s- a division which has never been seen before in our time.
It was hoped that with a majority in both the House and the Senate, Trump would have been declawed and defanged- forced into a role as a lame duck. Better would have been the prospects of impeaching him and removing him from office. But now, the best but also the most dangerous solution is eengaging in bi-partisan politics, which working together with the Democrats would not fit the profile of the narccist the president is. That concept is foreign in his vocabulary because Trump has never appreciated them as much as as he has loathed liberal and mainstream media, such as public radio, CNN and NBC. The cooperation may work temporarily but it will fail before the end of 2019, resulting in the country being at a complete standstill, while breaking apart at the seams.
So the final question is what is there to be done between now and 2020? The Democrats have lost, despite regaining the House. Trump is being Trump, although he has attempted to “clean house,” which includes Attorney General Jeff Sessions leaving. Voters are claiming victory, yet they are still divided. Countries like Germany and France are forging their own alliances with other countries in Europe and elsewhere to serve as a counter-weight to America. And we as expatriates are getting footed the bill for our own contributions for voting for the right cause, which is unity, freedom, cooperation and lastly (but most importantly), democracy. This split is a loss for America for it has become more divided than ever, thus setting the stage for the fall, just like with other empires that happened before us- the Soviet Union, Great Britain and its empire, Germany under Hitler, but most importantly, the Roman Empire. With each day passing between now and 2020, we will see America and its influence wane, each American leaving the country or renouncing their citizenship, and everything American that we find here in Europe to disappear, bit by bit.
By the time 2020 rolls around with the presidential elections, we may not see much of America left to celebrate or even support. And a filled-out, mail-in ballot may become worthless in the end. From my standpoint, it will be that key factor that will force me to turn my back on the country I was born and raised, and had lots of great memories growing up. We really don’t know what will happen or what we can do at this point. All we can do is watch and pray, hoping for the best but planning for the worse.
Our next Genre of the Week focuses on gun violence and takes us back to 1989. It was at that time that one of the members of the Jackson family released a powerful album containing songs that focused on social aspects. Janet Jackson started her career with the rest of her siblings in 1973, yet went solo in 1986 with her first solo album (and third overall), Control. Her breakthrough came with Rhythm Nation 1814, which was released in 1989 and won six platinums, garnered 12 million Dollars in sales and made it all the way to number 1. on the Bilboard charts in the US. It was the first album where songs reached number 1 in the Top 40 Charts for three straight years, and it was the first where seven songs made it to the Top 100. It is considered one of the most iconic pop music albums in history, with a mixture of rhythm and dance but also some slow dances. The album focused not only on themes of love and dance, but also social issues, which included drug use, domestic dispute, violence,…..
While Janet managed to get seven songs into the Top 100, this song deserves to win the Flensburg Files Genre of the Week, even if the song was produced almost 30 years ago. Entitled Living in the World They Didn’t Make, Janet takes us to a school where memories are left over after a shooting incident that happens on school grounds. Children playing on the playground- gone. Teachers helping other- gone. Neighborhoods and families- shattered. All of these ring a bell to the problem with gun violence and the school shootings that have plagued the US as of late. While some have refused to talk about it, when looking at the March on Washington that happened on 24th of March, the theme of gun laws, school violence and issues that have led to people taking it out with the guns have been brought forward to those who want to see change and will not rest until it happens, regardless of who is representing each state in Congress and is running the country at the White House.
Gun violence was the issue upon the song’s release and is still the issue to this day. Listen to the song and ask yourselves, how can we put an end to this madness without having the teacher march around with a machine gun in the classroom.
Mystery Building Nr. 5: A Silo or An NSA Complex?
It is also tall enough that a person can photograph it from a distance of over 25 kilometers, as seen in the photo at the beginning of this article. That was taken near the Thomas Müntzer Siedlung, located south of Hauensdorf and east of Lehndorf. Keeping this in mind, let’s estimate the height to be at least 30 meters.
It appearance is rather spooky as the base features a cylindrical shape, but the top quarter has a spherical appearance with pentagonal patterns. Separating the two shapes, both of whom have a grayish green color, is an observation deck which a person can access with a flight of stairs zig-zagging its way to the ground. A housing complex is located just to the north of the tower.
Central Intelligence Tower: The tower is part of the central intelligence complex, which collects information for use. The design would make the most sense, given the fact that spying has been part of the livelihood of the people living in the region. Altenburg was part of the former East Germany, and the Honnecker Regime cooperated with the Soviets regarding collecting information from the western half of Europe as part of the plan to protect its borders from a nuclear attack. With the events involving the Berlin Wall, Prague Spring and the NATO Weapons stationed in West Germany before Reagan, having a tower in the middle of nowhere served as a out-of-sight complex protecting the East Germans. To keep them from fleeing to the West, it was probably used as a spy tool to keep them in tact and within their borders. Since Germany and America’s NSA have an agreement on data-collecting, the tower probably has been used since 1989 for that purpose- especially now because of the potential threat from Russia and the terrorists, something that many people on both sides don’t agree with. Privacy has become more and more tabu these days because of the willingness of Berlin and Washington to pry open the activities of their normal citizens…..
Water Tower: The tower is nothing more than a water tower, collecting and storing water for the towns along the Pleisse and its tributaries. Logistically speaking, this would make the best sense as the region is surrounded by farmland, and water is needed to foster crop-growth. Perhaps despite its unusual design, the water tower was conceived out of the “spy tower” after 1989 after it was rendered useless. As many water towers have different shapes, especially after a lengthy discussion about the water tower in Glauchau (see article for more), this idea may not be far from the truth.
Communal Silo: The same applies for the silo concept, where crops are stored there. What would support the argument here is the housing surrounding it, resembling a farmstead. What would make this argument redundant is the fact that silos are rare in numbers in Germany. Unlike in rural America, where one in two farmsteads have at least one silo, in rural Germany, it is most likely one in 10,000 because of the population density, combined with limited space for farming. If a silo exists, then most likely as a communal one owned by the city of Altenburg.
There could be other opinions to this, like an army complex, power plant, grain elevator, etc., but having an unusual shape makes these arguments questionable. This leads to the question of what exactly this tower is, when it was built and for what purpose, and lastly, is it still in use.
Joachim Gauck is President of Germany. Who is Mr. Gauck?
Discussions about Gauck at supper time.
We all have our political discussions at the dinner table this evening. In the US, many families are talking about the elections of 2012 and the direction the country is going regardless of the outcome. In the Middle East, many families are talking about creating a new government after overthrowing the dictators in the Jasmine-Spring of last year. Here in Germany, our latest discussion is about Joachim Gauck. Apart from the fact that he was officially elected as the 11th President of Germany (Bundespräsident) thanks to the majority vote of 991 to 237 at the Federal Convention on 18 March, and that he originated from Rostock in Mecklenburg-Pommerania, there is very little information that we know about him right now. Even when I sent a questionnaire around on facebook a couple days ago, the response was blank, assuming that no one knows much about the man at all.
1. He was born on 24 January, 1940 in Rostock. His family consisted of sailors, one of whom was his father, who was a distinguished naval officer and ship’s captain. However, his father was taken away to Siberia by the Soviet troops when he was 11 and was never seen again afterwards.
2. While he grew up behind the Iron Curtain, he opposed the East German government and the ideas of socialism to a point where he refused to join the Free German Youth (FDJ) and joined groups that opposed anti-communism. Even the state security police (Stasi) considered him a natural-born opponent and had mentioned his actions in their reports. A good part of that had to do with what had happened to his father.
3. Because he was considered by the Stasi an “incorrigible anti-communist,” Gauck was denied entrance to his studies in German and Journalism and instead studied theology at the University of Rostock and became a pastor at a church in Mecklenburg-Pommerania. At that time, the East German government looked down upon Christianity and had the Stasi spy and harass the church. Gauck was no exception to the rule.
4. At the time of the revolution in 1989, Gauck joined the New Forum, which was a democratic opposition party to the socialist party. He was very active in the organisation, later becoming spokesperson and in March 1990, being elected to the People’s Chamber. It merged with two other democratic parties to form the Alliance 90 party, and upon his departure from the party in 1990, he was elected Special Representative of the Stasi Archives. Since 1990, he has had no affiliations with any of the political parties in Germany. The Alliance 90 party eventually folded into the Green Party in 1993.
5. Gauck worked as Federal Commissioner of the Stasi Archives from 1990 (as Special Representative) to 2000. During his time at the archives, he uncovered thousands of people, mostly in the eastern part of the country, who had worked for the Stasi and exposed the activities of the opposition. Many of the people who had worked for the Stasi lost their jobs in the public sector as a result. In addition, he advocated for human rights and stressed the importance of ensuring that the history of communism in central and Eastern Europe is not overshadowed by the era of the Third Reich and remembering that both National Socialism and Communism were equally bad and thus the history of the two should not be forgotten. He has written about communism which included a chapter in The Black Book of Communism (published in 1998) and was one of the signatory fathers of two key declarations: of both the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism (2008) and the Declaration on Crimes of Communism (2010). On his 70th birthday, Chancellor Angela Merkel commended him for his tireless work of advocating the education about and elimination of communism and other forms of totalitarianism.
Keeping these facts in mind, the next question will be what impact will he have for Germany and the rest of the world? For Germany alone, he will bring the country into calmer waters and provide a fresh start for a government marred by a series of scandals that has resulted in the loss of credibility from the public over the last two years. One of his goals will be to win the hearts and souls of the public and ensure them that Germany is a country that prides itself on high quality, honesty, and transparency. This is something that is rarely seen these days as many countries are paralysed by politicians who are hypocritical and defer responsibility onto others instead of taking them. While Gauck may not be Harry Truman and his policy of “The Buck Stops Here”- where he bore the responsibility of the policies that were burdened by Congress during his administration (1945-53), given his religious background, combined with his past during the communist times, Gauck will ensure that the best way for the country is to be honest, help others in need and have tolerance.
Gauck will definitely provide the government with some much-needed weight with regards to cracking down on right-wing extremism, which includes eliminating the NPD by declaring the party unconstitutional. However, despite years of attempts to make the party unlawful according to German law, Gauck may want to consider rewriting a section of constitution which calls for eliminating any political parties that focuses on any sort of national socialism, socialism/communism, and xenophobia, while at the same time, try to reach out to the youth who are exposed to the right-wing influence, by discouraging that type of behavior.
His last goal will be to improve on international relations with other countries including the US, something that was almost non-existent during Wulff’s short term. He will have the advantage of being an independent and thus having strong relations with the other political parties supporting him, including Merkel’s CDU and the opposing Social Democrats, and even having an influence on their work as he will not have to worry about being influenced by one party or another (like it would have been the case had he been a member). A president who influences the government instead of the government (and in particular, the political parties) influencing the president is something that I hope we see in the US once the elections are completed in November of this year and perhaps if Gauck does a grand of a job in his first six months in office, the presidential candidates and the incumbent, President Obama, should look to him for reference and see what a person can do if he is independent of all the external influences, like it is the case in Washington.
While Gauck may be considered a grandpa by many, after looking at his past through research, I do believe that he is the right man for the job. If he can remain independent and work together on achieving the three primary goals mentioned here, he may end up becoming one of the best presidents in modern German history. But success can only be dependent on two important variables, the ability to take action independently and the ability to lead rationally and responsibly. We have seen the likes of Wulff ignoring the two and paying the price for that, but perhaps Gauck can change that and set an example for other politicians to follow, both in Germany and beyond.
Deutsche Welle also has an analysis on what Gauck will do for Germany and the rest of the world and you can see the report by clicking here.

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Are YOU at Higher Risk of Shingles? Should YOU get a Shingle Vaccine?
We are surprised that so few of our patients realize that a safe and effective vaccination exists for preventing shingles. Despite this knowledge, we’ve not really thought in the past about who is at higher risk of shingles, so we liked this new study that got us to think more about this problem and in a new way.
A new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal examined people who have emphysema or lung disease and whether they have a higher risk of getting shingles. Researchers looked at 8,500 patients with lung disease COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), ages 50 and up, and they studied them every year for a total of 10 years. What they found was that this group of people had almost a two times higher risk of developing shingles than people who did not have this lung disease. Sixteen of every 1,000 patients who had lung disease developed shingles, compared to only nine in 1,000 who didn’t have lung disease.
The take-home message of this research is pretty simple: if you have lung disease, like COPD, emphysema or chronic bronchitis, or if you’re over the age of 60, you should talk to your doctor and seriously consider getting a shingles vaccine. From what we know, the benefits of the vaccine clearly outweigh the risks, and it will also help to prevent you from getting postherpetic neuralgia, a tremendously painful complication of shingles that can affect your nerve fibers and skin.
We recently did a show on COPD and talked with Dr. Jim Donohue, the Division Chief of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine at UNC. To hear him speak about one of the most frequent causes of illness in the world you can go to http://yourhealthradio.org/listen-to-the-show/ .

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Communication and Collaboration – Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and to the learning of others.
Reflection: How will the focus of the written critique and the use of the GOOGLE FORM help you in the critiquing of your works oraly?
What do you mix to get a TINT? What do you mix to get a SHADE? What do you mix to get a TONE?
Reflection: Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel? When you look in your closet… what COLORS do you think you have the most of hanging? Why do you think that you have more of that color than others? Assignment – FOR MONDAY – REPEAT THE ASSIGNMENT from above – HAVE TO HAVE IT on Monday!
How does your image BEST DESCRIBE your model – EXPLAIN!
Reflection: What NEW information did you learn about yourself with this artwork? Whgat do you need to complete this weekend?
RESOLUTION of the figure drawing is today. What are three strengths that are happening in your drawing? How are you going to build on those strengths and develop the final drawing?
Reflection: Step back – how did it turn out? Give a thought here – think about your work and step back with pride in the process.
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The NYPD was searching for, and found, a couple who got engaged in Times Square and they also retrieved and cleaned the ring.
A UK couple, named John and Daniella, was on holiday in New York City when it happened. John proposed to Daniella on Friday in the middle of iconic Times Square. When she said yes, he got so excited he dropped the engagement ring through a grate and into a drain. The couple could be seen trying to retrieve the ring with no success.
As reported by the BBC, the moment was captured on CCTV footage and the New York Police Department (NYPD) went to work to rescue the ring and clean it. They then hit social media in an effort to find the couple. They got lucky and found out it was a couple from the UK, who had since travelled home.
CCTV footage showed the couple in Times Square and while it doesn’t show the moment John popped the question, it does show the suitor getting down on one knee – to try and retrieve the engagement ring he had dropped through the grate.
His fiancée, later named as Daniella, can be seen putting her hands to her face as she realises what has happened. She then also gets down on her knees as they both try to retrieve the lost engagement ring through the grate. However, they are unsuccessful in their efforts.
NYPD officers clearly have a romantic side to their natures and they headed to Times Square. As they had access to open the grate, they were more successful and safely retrieved the ring, taking it for cleaning.
As reported by CBS New York, the NYPD released footage of the pair on Twitter, asking the public to help them in their search for the couple. Their humorous tweet said the man was wanted for dropping his fiancée’s ring in the grate in Times Square. The tweet said she had said “Yes” to the proposal, but the man was so excited he dropped the ring.
They went on to say their “special ops” officers had rescued the ring and wanted to return it to the happy couple, calling on the public to help.
A further tweet included more images of the couple.
The NYPD eventually found the couple in question, who had since returned home to the UK but sent a further tweet thanking everyone who had shared the story. It was thanks to retweets that they tracked down the happily engaged couple and are now making arrangements to get the ring back where it belongs – on the fiancée’s finger.
Their final tweet before the case was closed showed – and named – the happy couple while thanking Twitter for the help.

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This was such a great read. A sweet, feel good story and it just made me happy! It was funny and heartfelt with likable characters that had a wonderful connection.
I got a good feel for the story right away and liked both Lily and Aidan immediately. I liked that push and pull they had on each other, it made for some really nice chemistry. There was a wonderful build to their relationship and I enjoyed how it all played out. They are both such sweet people that love and care with all their hearts but they are also both super stubborn so it made for some entertaining interactions. I loved watching their bickering stumble over into more heated times.
Aidain's family was great! I loved their interactions and good natured ribbing. They made me smile. They have a sad back story but I loved how they came together and formed their family unit and were so full of unconditional love. They gave me a few great laugh out loud moments. I also really liked Lily’s friend Jonathan, he provided some funny moments as well.
I thought this story had a steady pace with really good development. I felt it was a light read, not to intense but sweet with bits of emotion and super entertaining. It's definitely a feel good story that leaves you smiling at the end.

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01 Aug Today is “Chick-fil-A Appreciate Day” Take a Stand!
Today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. Please, please, please, take the kids and go there today. What the left is doing to people who have a different viewpoint is wrong and very frightening. We need to support good people who have the courage to take a stand.
My husband is out-of-town on business and not in an area that has a Chick-fil-A. He was considering driving 150 miles to find one! I told him that was probably a little much, but I’d be sure to encourage people to get involved.
So I will add my plea to his: “Please, please, please take your family and friends with you to Chick-fil-A today.” Show up at school or your place of work carrying your Chick-fil-A bag. Or, go into the business and just say “thank you,” but show up.
He’s right. This is one time that you can help send a very clear and important message.
As I’m a vegetarian, I don’t eat at Chikfila anyway. Due to what is happening, I *will* inform my friends and siblings that they should not eat there anymore. I believe in the rights of homosexuals to marry…after all, they are loving families too, and deserve the protections and tax writeoffs that traditional families do. In the same way that a previous writer said she would no longer buy Ben&Jerry’s or General Mills, I will ensure that my family and friends do not buy meals at Chikfila.
Despite my stance on the rights of homosexual marriage, I feel it is discrimination for the mayor to do this to the restaurant. Chikfila may have a view I heavily disagree with, but they’ve done nothing legally/morally wrong. Now, if they violate the law and refuse to hire based on sexual orientation, that is an ENTIRELY different matter! But as far as I can tell, they have not done so and are thus being unfairly targeted.
Personally, I don’t know why food manufacturers are getting involved in politics. The pro marriage stance of General Mills doesn’t affect the way they produce cereal, just as Chikfila’s anti marriage stance doesn’t affect the taste of their food. It is all getting too involved for me…can’t we just live and let live?


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Romans Great website for improving your Roman Britain knowledge!
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In his latest film, director Alexander Payne has returned to About Schmidt country and the wide open spaces of his native Nebraska, this time in black-and-white. Nebraska, which opens on November 22, traces one man's quest—on foot, with his thirty-something son in tow—to claim the million dollars in prize money he believes he's won in another state. The grimly funny road movie stars Bruce Dern and SNL-alum Will Forte and was shot digitally with the ARRI Alexa, a first for Payne. It premiered at Cannes last May, where Dern won Best Actor for his performance and it will roll out this month and next at film festivals across the country. We spoke with Payne's longtime collaborator and editor, Kevin Tent, who cut the film on Avid Media Composer, about editing in black-and-white and the challenges of setting the right pace.
StudioDaily: Was the film shot in black-and-white or in color, like The Artist, and then converted to black-and-white before you began editing? And how did that influence the way you edited the film?
Kevin Tent: The color files coming out of the ARRI Alexa were converted on set by our DIT, so we were editing fully in black-and-white. I actually found it kind of interesting. I felt that you ended up focusing on faces a bit more. Without color, it seemed like your eye would gravitate and hold on the faces in the scene because there were less distractions around it.
Was it difficult matching gradations, tones and lighting effects from shot to shot difficult or did you fix all that in the DI anyway?
If we did have situations where we couldn't smooth it out in the edit, and we didn't have too many, yeah, we'd just let them do their magic in the DI. Skip Kimball, our colorist, did a marvelous job on the film.
Alexander Payne famously lets his actors call the shots, but did he do any storyboarding on this film? In the trailer, there are a lot of man-against-the-landscape shots that seem planned far in advance.
I don't think Alexander Payne has ever done a storyboard. He'd much rather be fluid on set and let the actors figure things out before he does the blocking for a scene. But yes, the film is nicely composed and he did think a lot about that ahead of time. It's shot simply, with a lot of tableaus and beautifully composed scenes that linger on a scenic long shot and keep the actors moving around within that larger frame.
Payne wants to let his actors shine, but the process of editing means you're constantly manipulating those performances for a desired effect. The Descendants, for example, had a lot more humor in it before it was excised in the final edit. Was a similar thing going on during this project?
Actually, in this film early on we were trying to force a bit more humor with the edit but we abandoned that idea, which I think was a wise thing to do. The humor is still there, and was there from the beginning in the script, but it's very subtle.
I guess our biggest—and this is usually the case with all of Alexander's movies—is keeping the pace going. In order to let those performances evolve in real time, you have to let the audience have time with them so they can absorb them and each subtle change. And that right there creates challenges for your overall rhythms and pace of the movie. So that's the edit's biggest challenge, to keep those performances real and heartfelt and yet keep the whole picture moving along at a reasonable pace.
I read somewhere that the lead was originally offered to Jack Nicholson and not Bruce Dern. Did that casting choice affect how you approached the edit?
I actually don't think that's correct about Jack. When Alexander first gave me the script, which was when we were editing Sideways nine years ago, he mentioned Bruce Dern as his first choice. He said, "Wouldn't it be cool if we could do our own version of a Bogdanovich film with Bruce Dern in the lead?" I thought it was a great concept. It took a long time to finally get it made, however.
What else did you do to emphasize the grim, relentless determination motivating Dern as Woody Grant, himself a kind of play on Grant Wood's "American Gothic," drained of color?
Wow, that's great—I'll ask him about that. Maybe the writer was thinking about that painting when he wrote the script. The film certainly references the bleak landscapes in Andrew Wyeth's "Christina's World," but since Alexander's from Nebraska, most of that vision of these wide open, lonely spaces came right from him. In a way, it's a portrayal of America and its aging population contrasted against a younger generation, in this case Will Forte, who plays Grant's son. So the grimness comes in showing the decay that is happening in these isolated, small towns, from the buildings to the people living in them, but also how the younger generation is either ignoring or trying to come to terms with the old around them. Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael captured a lot of footage that conveyed that decay. One thing we did for Woody's character to create a sense of a man apart was we delayed his reaction shots. So when you'd normally make a cut to a reaction shot you usually keep it pretty tight, but we would randomly add beats and a delay. The effect for the audience would be, "Oh, is he even paying attention? Is he daydreaming?" We didn't do that all the time but just adding in those delays let Bruce Dern's character come across as just a little bit off. I still think it's pretty subtle but I also think it works somehow.
What else about Dern's performance surprised you or influenced you during the edit?
Well, he's just phenomenal in the film. He's so seasoned an actor. But he and I both worked diligently—he on camera and me in the edit suite—to make sure we kept clear of, as he called them, "Dernisms." He was very, very happy when he saw the first cut of the film because he didn't see any Dernisms in there. It was actually really touching to be in the room during that screening. He was with his daughter Laura and Alexander and I joined them. The first thing he said after he watched it was, "I've been in a lot of movies in my life but this is the first film he's been in." That's a pretty amazing thing to hear, especially since I think Coming Home is a pretty wonderful film, as are many of his others.
And what about Will Forte's performance? He's built his career on comedy, so this was a huge departure for him.
He's such a wonderful guy and compassionate person and that is exactly what comes through on film. His character is obviously stuck in a difficult situation, but he wants to do the best that he can by his dad. He just gave a lovely performance.
When the film premiered at Cannes, it wasn't exactly finished, and Payne has said he's been "tinkering" with it since then. What will be different when it opens in wide release?
There wasn't a whole lot we did structurally. If you saw the movie at Cannes and see it in November, you're not going to notice much at all. We tightened up in a few places and only lost a couple shots. The biggest difference is the music; it went to Cannes with "almost-final" tracks still in place.
What version of Media Composer did you cut the film on?
I think it was 5.5—we didn't have 6 yet because of the timing. I've since been working on 6.5 and I absolutely love it.
Were there any issues working with the ARRI raw files?
Not at all. It was completely seamless in the edit. We got our dailies and I was working on them in no time. It all worked great.
The Descendants, Payne's last film, was shot on film. Was this a real leap for him?
Phedon and I had both worked with digital footage before, but for sure it was kind of a big thing for Alexander to do. But he is so, so happy with how it looks.
How has your Media Composer workflow changed since working with Payne and what do you both value the most about it?
He cut his own short films back at UCLA, so he understands the process, but when I first showed him the Avid and what it could do, he was an instant convert. In fact, he'll often say, "God bless the Avid." We both love it and it blows me away with the sheer amount of footage it can handle. Both of us love the Script Tool. We often go back and look at two or three takes we think are the best in terms of performance and we'll often swap them out, say take 7 for take 2. If it doesn't improve the scene, we can always go back to the original. Script Tool just finds those takes so quickly.
What else in 5.5 helped you navigate the edit?
There are a lot of dissolves and driving montages so we did a fair amount of repositioning with the resizing tool to make sure that when we dissolve from a landscape shot there would be something in the negative part of that frame that would dissolve through. We moved things around a lot, actually, to get the timing right on dissolves. We also used the 3D warp tool a fair amount and did speed-ups and slow-downs. The Avid did a lot of heavy duty lifting.
What features inside MC 6.5 are you particularly excited about?
There's a lot I really like about it, and when I have to jump back to another version for something, I always miss those new tools. The timeline is so much cleaner in this version, making it easier to edit. Instead of 16 tracks filling up the screen, I can have 10. I haven't tried version 7 yet, but I'm really looking forward to it.
Any other Payne projects in the works?
He's pretty busy right now just getting Nebraska off the launch pad, but he said that in January, he's going to either start writing or working on a script he already has. He hasn't told me yet which it is.

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Somebody once said that “all Christian thoughts should be ultimately pride-shattering.” At the center of our faith we have Jesus, our modest Savior. He didn’t count equality with God as something to be grasped or clung to. He assumed responsibility for sins that were not His own and welcomed punishment for sins that were not His responsibility. In other words, He emptied himself and became a servant for us and for the glory of God the Father.
Genetically, my daughter will look like me. (Poor thing.) Theologically, believers will think like Jesus acts. In the crucifixion we get a glimpse of what all our thinking, theologizing and pot-stirring will do. Modest theology will make us forget ourselves, love others and point to God.
I say this because sermons on “modesty” often seem like they preach the reverse. They make our students remember themselves, their clothes and their behaviors. And since it’s about them, the self-righteously modest ones can look down (but not at their chests) on their immodest neighbors. And at the end of the day, they can feel better about themselves not because of what God has done, but because of how they chose to dress. This is wrong.
Modesty is humbling. Modesty first looks to our modest Savior and what He did. To do otherwise makes modesty more about appropriate clothes than about Jesus. More about behaviors than loving others. More about ourselves than glorifying God. This is the final immodesty — believing our dress can impress God. This is spiritual braggadocio and swagger.
True modesty will always strip away pride before it covers with layers.
So, first, let’s look to Jesus. Jesus was the most modest person who ever lived. If immodesty is that need to show off, consider how Jesus never showed off.
He could have chosen to show off the power of an infinite God, but He chose to be powerless.
He could have chosen to show off His wisdom and convinced those Pharisees that He was God. But He allowed the Pharisees to use their wisdom to convict Him falsely.
He could have chosen to show off His command of legions of angels, but He chose to be beaten by legions of men.
Jesus could have chosen to show off and save Himself on the cross. In rays of light, lightning and fire, He could have eradicated those mocking soldiers, but He chose to let them hang Him until He died.
Jesus could have shown off His justice and condemned everyone responsible for His execution, but instead He forgave his death squad –- they didn’t know what they were doing.
Jesus had everything to show off, but He showed none of it. That is true modesty, and that is who we Christians follow.
At this point you might say: “Give me a list of rules; tell me how many inches and how many fingers and what brands are acceptable and Christian!” But I can’t. To give you a list would betray how we are to pursue modesty. Modesty cannot be measured by inches and fingers; it is measured by Jesus’ love for us.
So when you are getting dressed in the morning, I can’t give you a list, but I can give you Jesus. Your modest Savior.
Will what you are wearing draw attention to you? Will it show off your body, your physique, your status, your brand-name-wearing self? Does it put you on display? Does it make it harder for others to be holy? Or does it reflect the kind of modesty Jesus had? Jesus, having all power, chose to show off none of it. Jesus, having all beauty, disguised all of it.
Jesus-first modesty is actually a lot harder than giving lists. This kind of modesty is about your heart, it is about purity, and it is about others being more significant. Since it is harder and since it is internal, it is also impossible. We will fail. But even if our modesty is the death of us — that’s what Jesus would have us pursue.


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Hey everyone! So today's tutorial is for a really basic style that's been requested a lot lately, and it fits perfectly in this series! It's really great for everything from work to school to a date night out etc because depending on your outfit and how dramatic your jewelry is its really easy to dress up or down. And I think it takes like less then a minute to complete! Win Win!
Step 1: Begin by brushing your hair smooth, and then pull it up into a high ponytail. Holding the base of the ponytail in one hand, use your other to tug the hair at your scalp out a bit to loosen and give more fullness and body.
Step 2: Squirt a nickle sized amount of serum on your hand, and gently rub over and through your ponytail to help give it long-lasting smoothness and grip. (if you have really thin hair, at this point you can brush your ponytail upwards slightly to create more volume for your braid) Separate your ponytail into two sections and begin twisting counterclockwise to the left.
Step 3: Once they're completely twisted, begin twisting them together around each other in the opposite direction, or, clockwise to the right. Fan out the braid a bit by pulling on the sections, this will make it look even thicker. Spray up and town your rope braid with some hairspray, and rub gently downwards to help the spray cling better to the braid. and you're done!
Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you have a fantastic day!
Love the rope braid, and you make it look easy. Love your hair too.
I love this! It looks so so pretty.
Love this look! It's so simple and easy!
So chic! Will definitely try this.
This is a gorgeous hair style :) you look so nice! Definitely my go to hair blog when I'm looking for new styles!
so cute! i love doing this type of braid with a low side ponytail on hot days.
I love this look and I will be trying this out!
Can't wait to try this! Love to spice up the braid styles with all this hair of mine.
I tried out this hairstyle this morning because it looked simple (I'm not one for complex styles) and sophisticated. It took me about 2 minutes and looks so super cute and polished. I've already gotten compliments from coworkers. Think I'm gonna add this one to the weekly rotation :) Thanks for sharing this tutorial!
Finally. A new hair style I feel I can actually do. I love it and would wear it anytime.


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Het Finse Corpsessed komt weer voor de dag met een machtig album. ‘Impetus Of Death’ zal de harten van menig death metal fan sneller doen kloppen. Het mijne in ieder geval wel en daarom is het hoog tijd om de heren wat vragen voor te leggen. En als je dan nog een paar interessante en informatieve antwoorden van gitarist Matti krijgt dan heb je een mooi interview om te lezen.
Hey guys, it's been a while since we interviewed you. So, it's time to catch up a bit, now that your new album 'Impetus Of Death' has been released. First of all, you took your time to write and record this new album. 'Abysmal Thresholds' came out in 2014, so can you tell us when you actually started working on this new one?
It took almost a year after ‘Abysmal Thresholds’ (recorded in 2013, and released in February 2014) to start working on the first new song. That album took a lot out of us, so we needed some time to process ideas again and to get into the flow of composing stuff. Work, studies and issues within the band held us back a bit as well.
We've never been that fast composers either... Building up new ideas requires a certain unhurried time and space, which is also something you can't really achieve when rehearsing a live set and preparing for gigs, and we are a band who also enjoy playing live quite often. There was a point when we had to start consciously saying no to gig offers as we needed to prioritize and work on the new songs. The stuff on the new album is composed between 2014 and 2017, and recorded during the winter of 2017-2018.
So you could say we were certainly not just resting on our laurels during these years. But what was more important, was the quality of the material. We wanted to raise the bar on every aspect from production to the compositions and arrangements. As always (and likely with almost every band), you want your new stuff to be your absolute best and out-do the past album. With this album, I feel that we actually achieved this! So in summary; as long as the new material is great, it takes as long as it takes. Don't force it!
Did the fact you are also active with other bands such as Tyranny, Profetus and Lie In Ruins have any impact on the time you can devote to Corpsessed?
Not really. I can't say this would be the reason why it took us four years to get this new album done. Each band has their own ways of working and involving also different people who contribute to the composing of material. If you ask me, it's most likely the other way around - Corpsessed might be the one that takes away time and involvement from other bands, as at least for me it is currently the most important one and top priority. We all of course still find time and make schedules for other bands as well. All of the bands have their place and importance, and are different conduits for channelling different moods and ideas, and melting pots of different individual’s creativity, which make up the whole of that given band and its sound.
In 2016 you got Tuomas Kulmala as your new bass-player. Can you tell a bit more about this line-up change?
In 2015 we parted our ways with our previous bass player, and found ourselves in a bit of a tough spot. We were about to embark on a 10 day European tour with Cruciamentum in just a few months and needed someone to fill in, and we needed him quick! The guy would have to be someone we could rely on, had the playing skills and knew the music, but also would have to be a great fit on a personal level. This is why we never held any auditions, but instead turned to our friends in the band Lie In Ruins. They were pretty much the first band in the Finnish death metal underground that had supported us from the start, and had become close friends with during the years.
Tuomas (guitars in Lie In Ruins) took on the challenge of learning our songs on bass guitar in a very short span of time, and handled the tour like a pro! We also found him to be a great fit to the group so we asked him in the beginning of 2016 if he would be willing to join the band full time, and to our delight he accepted. We are really happy about this, and we feel the band is nowadays stronger and more united than ever.
According to the press-sheet you did 3 demo sessions to write the album. I assume you already had solid ideas for the material you probably worked out as a band during those sessions? Can you give some insight in how the compositions came together and did you record those sessions? If so, will you make these recordings available in the future?
Demoing the new material was a vital part of the arrangements of the songs. We made the first demo already in 2014 with just one new song, the second demo session was in 2015 with four songs, and the third in 2016 with two more songs. With demos (or pre-production) versions of the songs, you instantly recognize what works and which parts still need more work, and most importantly it helps when figuring out the vocal rhythms and patterns, drum arrangements and fills and guitar leads and solos - and give them more thought out details! You also get to hear the song as a whole from a different perspective. It's a load of work, but at least in this case - it was well worth it.
Do you have a solid idea what the material should be like before you start composing? Perhaps you already know it has to be in line with your previous album but just better. Or you might keep an open mind and simply see where it all ends. How does that work for you as a band?
The idea of what we want Corpsessed to sound like has always been very clear. Especially with this album, the conceptual idea and structure the album needs to follow came to us very early on. Some experimentation was done with the last track ‘Starless Event Horizon’. Though we are bound to a certain stylistic choice and preference, it doesn't rule out experimentation but the main thing is and always will be the riffs, the almost horror movie-esque atmosphere, and a crushing doom-laden sound of brutal death metal that defines the band to us. The influences have been pretty much the same (being early 90s Finnish and American death metal, doom metal and horror movie soundtracks, with a hint of black metal as well) from the very beginning. What perhaps makes this album different to the first full length though, is the more coherent song writing and production, which harks perhaps back more to our first EP.
You once again recorded the album in your rehearsal room and you got some help by the guys from Lie In Ruins and Desolate Shrine. Can you tell us more about that? Who did what for instance and who actually mixed the album? The master was done by Dan Lowndes, right?
The demo sessions were also a great exercise in recording, through which we learned lots and lots of new things. Mainly on how to record/produce the sound better! The idea has always been to sound on record as we sound live, and try our best to capture that feeling and essence. So with the demos, we found the confidence that we could actually do the songs justice by recording them ourselves. We've grown our recording arsenal and gear during the years - but had to rely on outside help a bit again, as we borrowed some high-end drum and vocal microphones, DI-boxes and interfaces from the Lie In Ruins and Desolate Shrine guys. Thank you again, friends! Your help was invaluable! Otherwise all the recordings and mixing were done by the band with mainly me, Matti, doing the engineering and mixing with Tuomas helping me out with the mic placements etc.
When doing the mixing, I worked quite closely with Dan Lowndes, sending him back and forth new versions of the mix and getting feedback from him on what to still work on, elements that needed more balance, some great tips on EQ-ing certain frequencies and so forth. So when he received the final mix stems from me, the mastering process was rather easy as we had already worked on the project together for three months or so. The material was not new to him, and we both knew what the end result should sound like.
Have you ever thought about recording the album in a different setting, like going to a "proper" studio working with a producer? Or are you just comfortable the way you have done it up till now?
Hah, yes! Every time... The workload with each album has been huge on me and it always takes its toll, so each time before starting to record an album we think should we actually have someone else do this for us, but still end up with me doing the work. I guess it is just too hard to let go! Recording and working music is also one of the aspects that I enjoy the most about being in a band. It's very important for me to get to express this side and it gives me so much. It's also great to see your personal progress in this and finding yourself being able to produce more quality work. Doing the stuff yourself also gives you a more restriction-free environment, with nobody breathing down on your neck with deadlines... of course this can also work against you, but usually I feel you should never rush anything. I wouldn't totally write off the idea of using an outside producer or going into a more proper studio, but each recording is case-by-case and dependent on if we feel we can pull it off with pleasing results. The main thing, I guess, is that we have a very strong vision on what things should sound like, so finding an outsider who shares this vision might be challenging.
The new album is once again released by Dark Descent Records. Will they also release a vinyl edition and will this be a cooperation with Me Saco Un Ojo once again?
Yes, all the familiar accomplices are again involved with this release and the pact formed in the past is still holding. Dark Descent releases the CD on 23rd of November, and the vinyl release will follow in just a week or two after that, co-released by Dark Descent and Me Saco Un Ojo.
You have done your fair share of touring over the years. Is that an important part of being in a band for you guys? Any highlights you recall from past shows and have you already got plans to hit the road again promoting 'Impetus Of Death'?
We see Corpsessed first and foremost as a live band, and playing gigs has always been important to us! Some highlights would definitely be playing the mainstage at Netherlands Deathfest - even though we would have been perhaps more suited for a smaller intimate club stage, it was awesome to see the big hall filling up with people! Other highlights would be the tours with Cruciamentum, Undergang and Solothus in Finland and across Europe as a whole, so many good memories from being on the road with the guys and laughing and suffering together!
Currently our calendar for 2019 is still empty, but plans are slowly starting to form and we will give more info out as it is confirmed. Yes - we have started talks about tour(s) but these take some time to work out. Also... I think we might have sadly missed the 2019 summer festivals a bit with the release being this late to the year, as bookings for those usually happen already in the fall. So let's see - when we know something, we will let people know! Also a hint to all festival organizers - get in touch!
That's it from my side. Anything else you might want to add?
That's it. Check out the new album! Cheers!


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When I went back to work after being on maternity leave, it felt like everything had changed but nothing had changed. I'm not going to sugar coat it: for me, it was hard being a working mom. I had the same responsibilities and deadlines that existed before the baby, the same commute — the same everything. But now, I also had the sleepless nights due to a teething baby, or my baby had unexplained diarrhea that I worried about all day while I was away from her, or I was getting phone calls from her daycare provider telling me that she hadn’t eaten and hadn’t napped.
Trying to function the way I had before kids was nearly impossible.
Fortunately, I worked for a company that was incredibly supportive of my situation. My boss handled interruptions in my schedule like, well, a boss (despite not being a mother herself; she was just awesome). The company allowed me time every day to pump breastmilk in a private room that wasn’t a broom closet, and occasional tardiness due to child-related issues was taken in stride. Overall, I couldn’t have asked for a more supportive work environment. The truth is, the majority of my colleagues didn’t have children of their own. Some were still in college, others were childless by choice, but they all did little things that made me feel more comfortable and supported once I had a baby in my life.
I'm not trying to assert that everyone who works with a parent should, like, go out of their way to treat them differently or make special concessions, but the fact is, we're all more than workers — we're people. Actual human beings. And while various aspects of your unique lifestyle and identity shouldn't necessarily inform how well you perform your job, they do, unmistakably, inform absolutely everything else.
Trying to get out the door on time when you have an unpredictable child to deal with (especially one who inevitably chooses to poop just as you're getting on their jacket and shoes) is virtually impossible. Even when you get up an hour earlier. Try not to judge.
Hey, remember how we were talking about how hard it is to get out the door in the morning? Yeah, that mom coworker of yours probably doesn't have a lot of extra time to stop for coffee, which she desperately needs and wants. (She is exhausted, I can pretty much guarantee it.) Treating her to a Starbucks is the way to make a friend for life.
This one applies primarily to bosses, but seriously. No broom closets, no bathroom. Give her the respect, privacy and clean space she deserves. And if you're not the working-mom-in-question's boss, but you happen to have a really comfortable chair/couch and a door that closes, offering to scoot out periodically while she makes use of your space will definitely make you her favorite.
Exhausted because of one night when you didn't sleep? Because you were out having a good time? Can you not?
She knows it's interrupting work. And she's praying it's not a request to come pick up her kid early.
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With Father’s Day right around the corner, you may be wondering what to get dad. This is where I toss out my generic list of sponsored items right and in a Top 5 gifts for dad. Unfortunately, I don’t have sponsors, so instead my idea for your Dad and Dad’s everywhere who shoot is build them a range bag.
What goes in a range bag you may ask? Well, I’ve picked out a few items I own and love in my range bag and present them to you. They may not be perfect for your dad, but hopefully, they get the creative juices for gift giving flowing.
Well, of course, we have to start with a Range Bag. There are lots of options out there, but I’m going to throw a more affordable model at you. The Blackhawk Sportster. It’s no Vertx or Grey Ghost gear, but it’s a big, reliable, and well-made bag. I’ve had mine going on 4 years now and it shows no signs of wear. Since I’ve gotten it I’ve used it countless times to carry and store just about everything I’d ever need for shooting.
It features one massive front pocket, and two side pockets, plus a few super small pockets for the little things in life. It’s well suited for the gear needed for handguns, shotguns, and rifles. It can easily hold over a thousand rounds of rifle or pistol ammo, and still have room for guns, cleaning kits, magazines and more.
The new Peltor 500s have quickly become my favorite set of hearing protection. This ear muff style ear pro is incredibly comfortable and I’ve been using extensively for months now without any comfort issues. They are electronic of course and even have Bluetooth capability. It makes blasting a little WuTang Clan while shooting possible.
Of course, you can use it to make phone calls if you’re the practical type. They provide great sound balance and make conversations, instruction, and education possible with guns going off behind you.
Ditch the old Bull’s eye targets, they’re boring and there are so many better options out there. For self-defense training, I’ve become a big fan of the Modern Warrior T1 targets from MyReadyRoom.com. These anatomy targets feature a life-size male armed with a handgun. There are X-Ray sections that display the target’s pelvic bones, heart, and brain.
These targets aid in learning and making proper shot placement a habit. They are high-quality targets printed on nice thick paper. The contrasting colors make spotting hits easy, and the targets are thick enough to be used with pasters for repeated use.
Every range bag needs a multi-tool. Some form of multi-tool complete with at least a knife, pliers, and flat head screwdriver. I’ve become a big fan of the SOG Batons. These ultra small and lightweight tools are perfect for the range bag. The Q3 baton being my go to. That being said any quality model of multi-tool will work.
Companies like Gerber and Leatherman even produce purpose built firearms multi-tools that might work well. I don’t have much personal experience with these tools, but they were becoming popular with the Marines I served with near the end of my enlistment.
If your dad is a high volume shooter consider giving the gift of a magazine loader. Models from companies like Uplula are some of my all-time favorites. They make loading and unloading rifle and pistol magazines a breeze. If I didn’t have these, I would barely ever load my Colt SMG magazines.
Even easy to load magazines get tiresome after several hundred rounds. If your fingers are fatigued from loading magazines, you’ll likely see a performance degradation on the range. So be a good kid and pick up a mag loader or two for his favorite guns.
So we covered the sexier stuff, let’s take a look at a few other must-haves for the range bag that aren’t so specific.
Target Stapler – A light duty hand stapler is perfect.
Cleaning Kit – Like ammo its a must have, but hard to be specific for. Get a nice, purpose-built kit from Otis or even Hoppes.
Mini Flashlight – Something mall, simple and affordable. Any of the hundreds of mini Cree LED flashlights on Amazon will work or for major points snag a Fenix headlamp.
Lens Cloth – For wiping those filthy optics down.
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I knew something was wrong when the ipad started ringing at 6.45am. We chat to my mom often during the week but never before school.
Mom called to say that Papie (Den, my step dad) had passed away a few hours earlier. He had been sick for a while and just moved to a lovely dementia home but sadly his body decided it was time to go.
Just before we flew back to the UK in the summer, Papie had a bad turn and so I had to sit down and have a chat with Ebi-kun about the possibility of him not pulling through. That time he did and we did get to see him over the summer. He will be greatly missed.
So sorry for your loss. I'm very glad you got to see him on your trip.
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I think these are significant because they sum up the most important things we can do during our brief time here. We can do something really good to give someone else the opportunity to enjoy life to the fullest. We can express our creativity and leave a legacy to future generations. And we can help ensure that our natural environment continues to sustain others in decades and centuries to come.
I've done two out of the three. Every sixteen weeks I save at least one life by giving blood. I'm a registered blood donor, and have been for several years. It's easy, it's virtually painless, and I get to lie down for twenty minutes and then eat a free biscuit. It's a great thing to do and I encourage everyone to do it. Sign up at www.blood.co.uk or www.americasblood.org. It's an easy way to do something really good.
I have also written six books, eight if you include ones which are not yet published. I love writing, and will probably write many more in years to come.
I haven't planted a tree, as yet. I may leave that one for a few decades. After all, once I've done it I've got no reason to hang around.
It's interesting what isn't on this list. It doesn't say "make a million" or "raise a family" or even "climb a mountain." Maybe it should. What do you think should be on the universal bucket list?
I would say,"Get to know God." I was watching a show on the BYU channel called The District, and there was a sister missionary on there whose brother (and best friend) passed away while she was on her mission. She said that the reason she was determined to continue serving was because at some point in every person's life there will be a time when the only thing they have left is God- no one else could understand, no one else could help- except God. She said she wanted to make sure that when that time comes, people know Him and can turn to Him for the strength and comfort they need.
I just thought that was so profound and so true, and such a beautiful way to really simplify the blessings of the gospel.
I have done all three, if you count the times I have fished small objects out of my toddlers' mouths so they wouldn't choke and caught them before they fell down the stairs and yanked them out of the way of oncoming traffic... ;-) All in a day's work for a mom!
1. Well, I have donated blood in the past, but it has been a while. I'd like to think I helped in that area when I stopped some of my former residents from harming themselves.
2. I'm doing a lot of reading and reviewing and will soon post my first author interview. Haven't done so well on the writing part yet, at least not on the finishing part.
3. Taking care of this one this spring when we plant the rest of the garden, I'm making sure to include some fruit trees.
I agree with Kasey here. Seeking God, being open to him...if we don't do that, the rest doesn't matter.