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Recent Installations
Detail of Folio. Copyright © Michael Craig-Martin. Image courtesy Alan Cristea Gallery, London

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Healthcare Charity
Art Collection

Recent Installations

Our art collection focuses on 20th century and contemporary British art which we display in wards, outpatient units and public spaces. Here is a selection of recent installations of art works across our hospital sites.

Brian Eno in the Nuclear Imaging Department at Hammersmith Hospital

Brian Eno is a British artist, musician and composer who studied painting and experimental music at art school in the late 1960s. Regarded as a principal innovator of ambient music and generative painting, he has been exhibiting his visual art since the 1970s.

Eno has exhibited internationally, and in 2009 he was invited to exhibit on the iconic sails of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Alongside the visual arts, Eno has had a prolific music career, releasing twenty-five studio albums and producing forty-three albums including those by U2, Coldplay and Talking Heads.

The works on display aptly focus on the possibility of light, the lenticular images made by lenses, giving an illusion of depth and animation. As you walk past, the forms within the work begin to move and the colours begin to intensify and fade, bringing the 2D work to life. Similarly the prints, whilst appearing static, are given an energy by the range of colours. The square in the centre of each print is the same colour, and yet the colours framing the central square affect our perception of that deep blue.

We are grateful to Paul Stolper for donating a print to the collection and the gallery’s generosity in realising this installation.

Brian Eno Collage

Lisa Creagh in the IVF clinic at Hammersmith Hospital

Lisa Creagh is a British photographer based in London. She graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1994 before continuing with a Masters in Photography at Brighton University. After working as an artist in New York for several years, Creagh returned to the UK and cofounded The Brighton Photo Fringe in 2003; a city-wide photography festival running in conjunction with the Brighton Photo Biennial.

The works on display are from Creagh’s The Instant Garden series (2010). Her work is based around the concept of creation within both the natural and digital worlds. For these works, Creagh took composite images of industrially grown flowers – petals, leaves and stalks -- digitally manipulating them to create kaleidoscopic gardens.

Creagh created this series of work when she was experiencing a number of health problems. In the process, she researched and included many ancient sacred symbols associated with healing, inspired by the idea of the ‘essence’ of flowers having a curative effect. She believes that exhibiting fine art outside traditional museum and gallery spaces is very powerful. She writes: ‘I believe in art as a common language across class and cultures so I believe strongly that it must work in lots of different contexts and not rely on the neutrality and artificiality of the white cube space.’

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Fran Giffard in the Paediatric Clinical Decision Unit at St Mary’s Hospital

Fran Giffard studied Fine Art Drawing at Camberwell College of Art and has exhibited her work internationally and throughout the UK. She was shortlisted for the BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year and has had several solo exhibitions, including the Northcote Gallery in Chelsea and the Someth1ng Gallery in Honor Oak.

The vinyl prints and light boxes on display feature her trademark vivid drawings of birds from around the world drawn over her personal diary pages, these help transform the feel of the department and offers children something to focus on at what can be a very distressing time.

“I’ve tried to cater for the patients in the room”, said Giffard. “There are colourful, friendly birds, birds that they’ll recognise like parrots and penguins and the diary pages reference London landmarks.”

“The nurses said it was useful to have these as a visual distraction so if they’re giving injections or taking blood they can ask ‘how many penguins can you see?’ and that way the patient is entertained in the middle of a stressful situation.”

The four-bed Clinical Decision Unit provides dedicated facilities for children who need further assessment and was created as part of a charity-funded £3.5m upgrade for the A&E department.

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Emma Haworth and Chris Orr in the Emergency Department at St Mary's hospital.

The artworks by Emma Haworth and Chris Orr RA, now installed in the department, have been specially commissioned by the Charity’s art collection. The recent £3.2 million upgrade of the department has been funded by the Charity. The works on display showcase the nearby Paddington area and provide a serene, calming effect in what is often a stressful environment.

Emma Haworth has an MA in Drawing in the Fine Art Practice from Wimbledon School of Art. She is known for painting urban scenes based on her acute observation of the ebb and flow of modern life.  Her works are held in many private and public collections including UBS Art Collection and the Lister Hospital. Her works of the surrounding areas in all four seasons:  the canal at Paddington basin, Little Venice, Paddington Green with St Mary’s Church and Rembrandt Park, have been translated onto vinyl wallpaper in the department’s main corridor. Her Four Seasons work is now installed in the X-Ray reception area.

Emma Haworth said: "I wanted something that would reflect the area we’re in and the people that use it. It’s quite a transient area with lots of tourists and workers as well as the community that live here. We didn’t want it too urban, we wanted more trees and green so we just looked at the parks and nice areas nearby where people have lunch and rest for a bit."

"I liked doing it and it was really interesting. I think you’re more aware of putting more things in and giving more narrative for the picture when you know it’s going to be in a hospital. I think it’ll take your mind off being in a hospital and have a calming effect."

Royal Academician Chris Orr studied at the Royal College of Art where he worked as Professor of Printmaking from 1998 to 2008. His work is held in The Government Art Collection, Tate Britain and the V&A Museum. His idea for the commission was for an artwork to go in the department which would help people look out and think beyond the experience of being in hospital. He started by drawing St Mary’s hospital’s surrounding area from the QEQM building’s roof.

Chris Orr said: “I wanted to encourage a day dream into the world outside. From St Mary's it is possible to see the Wembley Arch, The Royal Albert Hall, The Trellick Tower, The Post Office Tower, The Shard and much more with which people could identify.” He then returned to his studio and added additional details to the panorama. “In the canal I put a fish typical of the inland waterways, a Chubb. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the engineer of the Great Western Railway makes an appearance as well as Paddington Bear adjacent to the concourse of the station.”

He continues: “The basis of the work is observational drawing, but this is just the foundation, and the subsequent picture takes us into what can be seen and unseen, fact and fiction, past and present. I hope that the viewer will be encouraged to take a journey.”

Emma Haworth

 Chris Orr sketching on QEQM roof

Susan Collins in the Acute Medical Unite at Charing Cross Hospital

Susan Collins is a BAFTA nominated British artist who is currently Professor of Fine Art and Director of the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. She’s been a practitioner in the field of new and emerging media art since the late 1980’s. Her work is held in many public collections, including the Government Art Collection and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter.

The works on display here are from Susan Collins’ Wembury & Woolacombe (2015-6) series which recorded the view from the North and South Devon coast across a whole year. Each image has been constructed line by line over the time it takes for the tide to go in or out and accumulated to form an archive of the year, from which these prints are a small selection.

Susan Collins commented: “I am delighted to have these works installed in Charing Cross hospital. As well as being about healing and caring, hospitals, for patients and their visitors, are often about time and waiting. These works are also, in a different way, about time, with both time and memory embedded into the images. They also provide a connection with nature, the coast, the outside beyond the city, the hospital ward, the corridors.”

Zinka Zecevic, Occupational Therapist at the Acute Medical Unit said of the works: “The art has transformed the appearance of the ward. It was a unique experience to be able to visit and speak to the artist and have access to her work and have the opportunity to select the pieces from a much wider portfolio.”

Susan Collins install 2Nicholas Hughes and Harry Cory Wright in the Fraser Gamble Ward at Hammersmith Hospital

These artists' works capture the beauty of the British coastline and were previously part of our Art in Focus series. British photographer Nicholas Hughes studied for a MA at the London College of Communication. His work examines both the environmental impact of population growth and the places in which nature still dominates.

The works on display are from his series Seascapes. They capture the intensity of sunlight reflected on the sea along the East Sussex coastline, the early morning sun as it rises on the Welsh coastline and the sea fog rolling in on a Cornish shore.

Harry Cory Wright lives and works in Norfolk. Both his works on display are from the series Anglia (2015), in which he explores the eastern lowlands of the British Isles. Working with his 8 x 10" camera, Cory Wright captures the sun as it rises and sets over the flat, expansive East Anglian coastline.
We are grateful for both Harry Cory Wright and Nicholas Hughes' generosity in realising this installation.

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Tim Head in the Peters and De Wardener Wards at Hammersmith Hospital

Tim Head is a British artist best known for his vibrant, abstract prints. His work has been displayed internationally, including at the Venice Biennale, Modern Art Oxford and Whitechapel Gallery. It’s also held in many public collections including Tate; the British Council Collection, Arts Council Collection, British Museum and the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Previously on display in the Cambridge Wing at St Mary’s Hospital, the works on display showcase Tim Head's investigation of the digital medium and its relationship with the physical world. In 2014, Head described the works as 'fabricated within the remoteness of digital space and falling to earth as a fine deposit of inks.'

Dr Neill Duncan, Renal Consultant on the Peters Ward, said: “We were delighted by the Charity’s art team who responded quickly when we asked if they had anything in the collection that could brighten and add interest to the ward for patients and staff alike. “

“The works are brightly coloured kaleidoscopic dots, coral-like, overlap and are dynamic and fun. They grace the halls and the side rooms and have been praised by visitors moving through and patients staying longer. We would welcome all to come and see.”

We are grateful for Tim Head and his gallery Parafin's generosity in realising this installation.

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Tom Hammick in the Neuro-Rehabilitation unit at Charing Cross Hospital

Tom Hammick is a British artist based in East Sussex and London, best known for his paintings and prints. His work is held in many public collections including the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Yale Centre for British Art, and The Library of Congress, Washington DC.

The 10 works on display demonstrate Hammick’s imaginative handling of colour and placement of figures, alone or in groups. Often working through the night, Hammick conjures dusk, dawn or moonlight with his palette of beautiful colours. The pair of woodcuts, Compound Day and Compound Night, illustrate his fascination with showing how the same building appears in different light.

Tom Hammick prints from woodblocks, working with blocks and boards which have a distinct grain which he uses to give texture to features such as the sky and water in his works. He builds up areas of colour by layering pigments, dark tones over light. His work draws on a rich array of influences and inspirations from both art and literature.

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David Mach in the Riverside wing at Charing Cross Hospital

David Mach is an internationally respected artist best known for his commissioned sculptures and large-scale pictorial collages. He works with found materials to create works of art reflecting contemporary life. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1998.

His four works entitled Visit London installed in the Riverside wing were originally commissioned to celebrate the London Olympics. They are colourful photographic collages filled with Mach’s sense of fun giving us the opportunity to view the well-known sights of London populated with amusing scenes. Iconic sights featured include Piccadilly Circus, The Globe Theatre and the Gherkin.
David Mach comments “I’m all for hanging art in hospitals. Visit London is my second permanent display in Charing Cross Hospital. I’ve also helped to curate work in Aberdeen’s Royal Infirmary. I think art hanging on the walls of a hospital is part of dealing with being there as a patient and as a visitor. It’s part of feeling and getting better. And of course, it’s not just for patients and visitors; it’s for doctors, nurses and other hospital workers too. Everyone needs a good physical and spiritual environment to operate in and this is a marvellous way to support our wonderful NHS.”
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Bettina von Zwehl’s Profile III in the birth centre at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital

Bettina von Zwehl is an internationally renowned photographer famous for photographic portraits and her fascination with the human face and human relations. She was born in Berlin and gained a BA in photography from London College of Printing. Her more prominent works include athlete portraiture for the commission Road to 2012 in the lead up to the London Olympics.

We first displayed Profile III as one of our art in focus exhibitions to coincide with the launch of our appeal to raise funds for the new birth centre. At the popular request of staff we then moved the exhibition to the new birth centre when it opened. The work is a set of six photographs of beautiful 12 month old boys and girls in a style reminiscent of Italian renaissance portrait paintings. The subject matter is a great fit for the birthing centre especially as Bettina’s aim was to present each child as an intelligent being - a perfect match for a space created for expecting parents.

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The oldest stock exchange in India, the Bombay Stock Exchange was established in 1875 as the Native Share and Stock Brokers Association at Dalal Street in Mumbai. A lot has changed since then when 318 persons became members upon paying Re 1.

In 1956, the BSE obtained permanent recognition from the Government of India -- the first stock exchange to do so -- under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956.

The Sensex, first compiled in 1986, is a 'Market Capitalisation-Weighted' Index of 30 component stocks representing a sample of large and financially sound companies. The BSE-Sensex is the benchmark index of the Indian capital markets.

The BSE Sensex comprises these 30 stocks: ACC, Bajaj, Bharti, BHEL, Cipla, Dr Reddy's, GACL, Grasim, HDFC, HDFC Bank, Hero Honda, Hindalco, HLL, ICICI Bank, Infosys, ITC, L&T, Maruti, NTPC, ONGC, Ranbaxy, Reliance, Reliance Energy, Satyam, SBI, Tata Motors, Tata Power, TCS, Tisco and Wipro.

The Sensex on Monday scaled a new high as it breached the historic 9,000 mark during mid-session.

Here's a timeline on the rise and rise of the Sensex through Indian stock market history.

The 1000-mark

On July 25 1990, the Sensex touched the magical four-digit figure for the first time and closed at 1,001 in the wake of a good monsoon and excellent corporate results.

The 2000-mark

On January 15, 1992, the Sensex crossed the 2,000-mark and closed at 2,020 followed by the liberal economic policy initiatives undertaken by the then finance minister and current Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

The 3000-mark

On February 29, 1992, the Sensex surged past the 3000 mark in the wake of the market-friendly Budget announced by the then Finance Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.

The 4000-mark

On March 30, 1992, the Sensex crossed the 4,000-mark and closed at 4,091 on the expectations of a liberal export-import policy. It was then that the Harshad Mehta scam hit the markets and Sensex witnessed unabated selling.

The 5000-mark

On October 8, 1999, the Sensex crossed the 5,000-mark as the BJP-led coalition won the majority in the 13th Lok Sabha election.

The 6000-mark

On February 11, 2000, the infotech boom helped the Sensex to cross the 6,000-mark and hit and all time high of 6,006.

The 7000-mark

On June 20, 2005, the news of the settlement between the Ambani brothers boosted investor sentiments and the scrips of RIL, Reliance Energy, Reliance Capital and IPCL made huge gains. This helped the Sensex crossed 7,000 points for the first time.

The 8000-mark

On 8th September 2005, the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-share index -- the Sensex -- crossed the 8000 level following brisk buying by foreign and domestic funds in early trading.

The 9000-mark*

The Sensex on Monday crossed the magical figure of 9000 and touched a life-time peak of 9000.32 points during mid-session at the Bombay Stock Exchange on the back of frantic buying spree by foreign institutional investors and well supported by local operators as well as retail investors.

* During mid-session trading.

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I had an idea after listening to Myron Lowery on Andrew Clarksenior's show for a forum featuring local talk show hosts who focus on politics. Thirty four people have pulled petitions and obviously all the candidates aren't going to talk to all of the hosts. But all the front runners will talk to at least one of them. I think the listeners need to know what these guys are working with. Can they back up what they say with facts or are they just monopolizing the microphone?

I don't mean to overlook anyone that's why I picked out local host with popular radio shows. There are a couple of more shows people don't know about or you can barely hear. There are people in national syndication and on the Internet whose opinions are just as important, though not so much for the special mayoral election. I figured a talk show host forum would condense all the information that the voters need to know. Since their opinions carry so much weight. Let's see are they all talk.

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Engineer Surveyor-CRANE-Wrexham

Cordant Technical & Engineering
£30000 - £32500/annum
14 Jul 2017
13 Aug 2017
Contract Type
Full Time
Are you an Engineering Surveyor, a Mechanical Engineer or a Crane Engineer and interested in a career with a long established test, inspection and certification company operating around the world?
You will be rewarded with an extensive benefits package and have £40,000 training invested in you within the first 12 months.
Do you want to be rewarded with a £30k-32,500k salary, and a company car?

The Company

Well established, multi billion pound turnover business, operating in 47 countries in the world with increased revenues year on year.

A SAFED and UKAS accredited world leading professional services company support businesses with quality & compliance and carry out high quality inspections ensuring lifting equipment is compliant with current regulatory and statutory requirements.

Aerospace, Manufacturing, Forces, Commercial, Automotive, Marine, Utilities, Industrial, Nuclear

Getting you to work
Company car or car allowance
Advancing your career
Step up from the tools into a professional engineering environment
Minimum £40,000 training investment in you for the first 12 months
Up to 12 week modular training programme with a blend of classroom and practical learning
Support with external training up to Chartership
Defined career progression from day 1
Career Ladder with 8 different career options
Support with professional membership including renewal fees paid
Securing your future
Employer double matching pension contributions up to 8%
Guaranteed annual review
Work life balance
33 days holiday including statutory
Option to purchase or sell a further 5 days holiday per annum
40 hour flexible working week which allows homelife balance
Centralised diary management team assist in booking your appointments
Home based role
Securing your health
Health insurance and family option
Dental Cover
Looking after your family
Child Care Vouchers
Cashback and Voucher reward gateway
Life cover of 4 times salary

Main Accountabilities:

Inspection and certification of cranes and lifting equipment (Gantry, Crawler, Scissor lift, Mobile Elevated Work Platforms, Excavators)
Autonomy of personal diary
Streamlined and simplified recording of inspections
Maintaining client relationships
Operate within agreed authorities, inspection and H&S standards
Clear customer focus and drive to achieve optimal service delivery
Full Technical Specialist Support available

Qualifications Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent in Mechanical biased subject
Hands on experience of fixing, inspecting, maintaining, repairing or servicing relevant equipment
UK Driving licence
Customer facing skills

To secure one of these positions please call Alex Stephens (Apply online only) to find out more information, or send your CV to (url removed) and I will give you a call back to discuss this role in more detail. Referral schemes available.
Please note that these are immediate vacancies with interview dates confirmed!

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Monday, 11 March 2013

Finally decided what I'm taking to Blog Wars 5.

Hi folks,

Been a while. I've been working on assembling some daemons (Heretic!) over the past few weeks, but with 3 months to go, I've had to turn my attention to what I'll be taking to Blog Wars 5 this June. So, I cast my mind back to what I was considering before Christmas.

Whitescars were top of the list as I had a list that I was very happy with, but am struggling to motivate myself to paint all that white over next few months - I much prefer to spread things out over a looonnnng time, as you may notice from my various projects ;)

Then there were the Luna Wolves, which I've made a lot of progress on modelling recently. However, there are still elements of the army lacking (notably, Loken and heavy weapons) which I can't afford at the moment. Plus, even though it's an off-white, it's still white!

Recent releases have made me consider other options. I played around with Dark Angels lists, but at 1850 was struggling to come up with anything I was 100% happy with. My CSM army is a bit of a mish-mash of sub-par units and is barely enough points to meet the requirements. Then there are Daemons, which I have about 1000pts of. Between the two of them I might be able to make a decent list that would also be fun to paint, but with so many new rules to learn in such a short space of time, I would be making hard work for myself.

While playing around with the idea of an 'Angels of death' army, basically DA with BS allies, an idea struck me. Why not build a list around all the first founding Chapters? This would allow three things: being able to use already painted units from different armies to give me a head start, painting variety over the coming months and being able to use a variety of units from different armies in a combination I wouldn't usually be able to. Though I am still playing with the list and which elements I wish to bring from each army, I think I've come up with something I'm happy with:

So there it is. By no means a super-competitive list, but it should perform adequately and provide a lot of painting fun in the meantime. All will be run as codex marines, which is only really a fluff issue in the case of the Space Wolves, but far from a major issue. Varying degrees of painting need to be done, with the Wolves and Ultramarines needing the most and the Blood Angels and Iron Hands being already finished. Lysander is currently being repainted as a non-metallic metallic version - possibly my most ambitious project to date but hopefully one that will turn out well with some practice, patience and guidance. Cheers.

  1. Hey mate,
    awesome idea with the founding chapters. :-)

    The list itself is quite decent also. Only thing I'd prolly change is the Scouts and Bike squad. Both seem rather underrated in their current state. Maybe you should consilidate the points into one squad that is geared out better. A bigger bike squadron would give you some more mobility for example.
    Though this would leave you only with two scoring units... Mhh, ah well. Keep all as it is! ;-)

    Looking forward to seeing you at BW5.

  2. Cheers pal, look forward to meeting yourself and lots of new people this year due to the high attendance. The painting project is coming on well so far and I've finally found a formula for painting ultramarines that doesn't make them look bland. Pics of test models in the next few days.


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Should General Employee Benefit Scheme and Retirement Benefit Scheme be covered under the ambit of ESOP Regulations?

“It might be said that it is the ideal of employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work” – E.F. Schumacher. But this conception is far from reality. In order to have efficient business, employee needs to be loyal and motivated and employer needs to nourish and take care of his employees.

Ms. Mohini Varshney
Assistant Vice President
A number of employee benefit schemes like General Employee Benefit Schemes (including Retirement Benefits Scheme) where benefits like education, scholarship, medical etc. are extended to employees via Special Purpose Vehicle (i.e. Trusts) either using appreciation from
the underlying shares of the Company/other Companies held by said Trust or from the investments made in the mutual funds, FDs, etc. with the preliminary objective of motivating employees. But such Schemes are merely acting as a powerful tool for motivating Employees, therefore covering them under the shed of ESOP Regulations, is still a matter of discussion.

Recently, the capital market regulator, SEBI proposed to carve out a separate section in the proposed ESOP Regulations subject to specific statues governing such schemes. The matter of brainstorming here is whether these schemes should be governed by regulations regulating employee stock options/ share purchase schemes or a separate legislation should be carved out for regulating functioning of such Trusts.

As per the SEBI’s Discussion Paper on 'Review of guidelines governing stock related employee benefit schemes' any employee benefit schemes which are set up, managed or financed by the company directly or indirectly through the mechanism of a Trust and which deal in actual securities of the company whether by way of purchase from/sale in the secondary market. However, for the purpose of schemes like General Employee Benefit Schemes and Retirement Benefit Schemes, the Trusts are not settled barely for the purpose of dealing in the securities of the Company and extending monetary values or direct ownership rights to the Employees but for the purpose of investing in the capital markets for the purpose of extending medical, retirement benefits etc. to the Employees from the revenue generated from such investments.

In such a scenario, it would become practically difficult to determine as to how the benefits would be distributed among the employees owing to the fact that the ESOP regulations specifically exclude promoters and certain category of directors. Such exclusion would be inappropriate specifically, where the Promoters or persons related to Promoters are working in their Professional Capacity and mere exclusion from extending welfare facilities to them may directly or indirectly hamper the motivational level of such Promoters or persons related to Promoters. Thus, a clear line of distinction needs to be drawn for demarcating schemes which should be subject to proposed ESOP Regulations.

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Shiv Gopal Mishra, office bearer on NJCA, a confederation of 3.3 million central government employees, has been one of the most vocal protesters in last three months. Shiv Gopal Mishra had asked the government to increase the minimum wage from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000. Earlier the minimum wage paid by the government was Rs 7000 and after the recommendations made by 7th Pay Commission committee was approved.
The NJCA and its president Shiv Gopal Mishra had been pressing hard for fixing “anomalies” in the pay scale. The NJCA and its leaders had threatened to carry out an indefinite strike, demanding minimum pay of Rs 26,000 instead of Rs 18,000 with 3.68 fitment factor, one day after the Cabinet approved recommendations made by 7th Pay Commission. The 7th Pay Commission recommendations were approved on June 29.  Also Read – 7th Pay Commission latest update: Congress demands government to implement 7CPC before Diwali
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The NJCA has not only demanding pay hikes but also asked the government to check other anomalies in 7th Pay Commission recommendations like the abolition of some allowances that is needed to be fixed. The NJCA further alleged that the government hasn’t kept its promise made by the group of ministers till date. Due to which the NJCA has decided to lead a march to Parliament on December 15.
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This is Micromax Bharat 2, the 4G LTE Android phone that will sell for Rs 2,999

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This is Micromax Bharat 2, the 4G LTE Android phone that will sell for Rs 2,999

A few days ago we heard about the Bharat 1 and the Bharat 2, two affordable phones that Micromax is working on. The Bharat 1 is a feature phone with support for 4G LTE -- think Jio -- built in it. The Bharat 2, however, is an Android smartphone, again with 4G LTE support built in.  The Bharat 1 will sell for Rs 1,999 and the Bharat 2 carries a price tag of Rs 2,999. Today, India Today tech can reveal the hardware details of the Bharat 2.

The Bharat 2, which will be launched first and in the next two weeks, has a 4-inch screen with WVGA (848 x 480 pixels) resolution. The rest of the hardware is fairly basic. The phone has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3 megapixel front camera. It also has 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage. The phone has GPS, a 1300 mAH battery, support for LTE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The phone will use Android Marshmallow as its operating system.

In terms of specifications, the phones looks somewhat underpowered but then it wasn't going to be a speed demon anyways. It is meant to be a device that will allow people to quickly and in somewhat affordable way to connect to the high-speed 4G connection. Also, it will only be sold in offline channels, which is also somewhat of an obvious move considering the fact that the phone is primarily made for people in small towns and rural India.

The Bharat 1 and Bharat 2 are the phones through which Micromax hopes to ride the 4G wave in India. The price of data after the entry of Jio has crashed in India and all telecom operators are heavily promoting their 4G services. This push towards 4G will benefit phone companies that have a few budget 4G phones in their product line-up.

Also Read: Micromax to launch Rs 1,999 4G feature phone and Rs 2,999 4G Android phone

At the same time, Bharat 1 and Bharat 2 are also an attempt by Micromax to cover a broader range of price points, a strategy that the company is hoping to unveil soon as it prepares to launch its most expensive Android phone yet. The company, as India Today Tech reported exclusively, will soon launch a high-end phone with dual cameras and metal body. This phone will compete in the price segment around Rs 25,000.

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My School Essentials

141031 My school essentials

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As a university student, it happens to be away from home all day long. Every night before going to bed, I always check my bag to see if I have everything ready for the next day, so that I can save some time in the morning. Here’s the list of my essentials!

Laptop – I always make sure to charge my MacBook Air for the next day, as in general I don’t like to take the charger with me. If your battery runs out quickly, maybe it’s better to bring it with you as well. Some of my fellow students use their iPad (usually with a keyboard) to take notes, others take them on paper. Use what works best for you!

Water – I make sure to always bring with me a bottle of water, since we all know how important it is for our health. Sometimes, when it get cooler outside, I also take with me a thermos with some hot tea.

Snacks – When I’m concentrated, I tend to get really hungry. I think if it was for me, I could it all the time. I have to admit that sometimes I forget to bring food with me, so I end up buying something at the university’s cafeteria…

Books – Of course, if you need some books for your classes, make sure to take them with you! I know they’re heavy, but they’re still really important. If you just need few pages, you can also scan them on your computer, so you don’t have to bring the whole book with you.

Notebook – I never go anywhere without my current notebook with me. You never know when a good blog post idea will come to you, or when you’ll need to write down something important!

Agenda – Even if lately I found that using the Calendar App to keep all my schedules together, I still love writing down my appointments and big events on my Moleskine. I love to write when something good happens to me during the day as well.

Pens, colors and highlighters – The last two points would be really pointless without some writing material. I think that color is the key to make everything more fun and enjoyable to (re)read.

iPod and headphones – Between a class and another, I sometimes go to the library or to a study room to get ahead with the stuff I need to do (studying, writing, reading,…). Since I get bored of too much silence, I always bring with my iPod and my Urbanears.

Camera – I try to always find a place for my camera in my bag. I sometimes switch between my Canon Powershot G16 and my Instax Mini 90. You never know when a nice shooting opportunity will appear!

Wallet, keys and phone – Do I really have to explain those?

iPhone portable charger – Since my iPhone sometimes runs out pretty quickly of battery, I normally have with me my portable charger I got from here. It already saved me more than once.

What are your school essentials?

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  • Great post!!!

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  • I need to get one of those portable chargers

    • They’re really useful!!

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  • Yasmeen

    Great essentials! I don’t know if I could possibly carry all that though! I definitely have to have a notebook, pens, my phone charger & a USB..some healthy snacks, water & chewing gum!

    Yasmeen xx
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    • I know, sometimes it’s a bit heavy… If I can avoid to bring for exemple my books, I do. I think my camera is probably the heaviest thing after my laptop, but I just can’t leave home without it.. My shoulders complain sometimes, but oh well.. hehe!

  • Sarahi Herrera

    cool post! :)

  • Amy Marshment

    I love seeing people’s essentials, great for organisation! Such a lovely lovely blog x

    • Thank you so much for the nice comment, I really appreciate that!

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     Thanks in part to a preview permitted by Rick Moreno, we were introduced to two seemingly hip-connected songs within the same hour. A few weeks ago, Rick sent a preview of “People Say” by Seramic. Coincidentally, we just bumped into Loyal’s ”Blue & the Green."
     Both songs have a heavy reliance on the skills of the lead vocalists, but are aided by a gospel-style choir. Both are Soulful and are debut tracks (based on the publicly available uploads to their Soundcloud accounts). And in both cases, there is very little information about the artists. So, the songs speak for the artists.
     "People Say" by Seramic

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Can’t find your purpose? 8 characteristics can help you let your purpose unfold…

There’s nothing like good TV watching over the holiday break and my favorite kind of TV is documentaries and anything related to spiritual or self development – boring to some (probably) many – I know – but then, on the other hand, I also like silly, slapstick “Dumb and Dumber”-esque comedies – go figure!  I am who I am!

Anyway, recently I was watching a Super Soul Sunday show on the OWN network with Oprah and she was interviewing Wintley Phipps – a world-renowned vocal artist, education activist, motivational speaker, pastor, and CEO and Founder of the U.S. Dream Academy.  For nearly 30 years, Pastor Phipps has traveled the world delivering messages of hope, advocacy, and equality to many thousands of people.

In this interview with Oprah, Pastor Phipps shared 8 dimensions of characteristics that he feels most reflect the characteristics of God.  Through practicing these characteristics he believes it’s possible to gain clarity about your personal destiny.

I thought these were great traits that reflect what I have observed in many of the most cherished and valued high-performing employees I have known over nearly 25 years in my work.

Can’t find your purpose? 8 characteristics can help you let your purpose unfold…Here are Pastor Phipps 8 traits and my ideas of how I have sensed these traits in top performing, happy employees.  I hope they inspire your New Year’s resolutions – instead of aspiring to achieve something new in 2016 – aspire to BE – to LIVE any (or all) of these traits in all areas of your life – especially at work.  Happy New Year!!

1.  FAITH – faith has been defined as “a strong belief or trust in someone or something”.  Top performers always have faith that their contribution – not just their functional responsibility, but their personal contribution – makes a difference.  They believe that they/their team/their function is important and can make something better.  Do you have faith that your functional role makes a difference?  That you make a difference for others?

2.  VIRTUE/MORAL GOODNESS – in essence this is about doing the right thing – the right thing for the greater good – not just for some (and certainly not just for yourself).  Seek to understand what all stakeholders are trying to accomplish and  decide to act only on opportunities and ideas that benefit all.  Seek to find “more to all and less to none” solutions.

3.  KNOWLEDGE & WISDOM – I believe knowledge is what you learn/what you know and wisdom is being able to apply it for the greatest benefit.  Always have something active and alive in your life that you are learning (reading, in school for, researching, etc.), and always act from the experience you have up to that time in your life – even if you only have 2 days of experience with something – that’s 2 days more than so many other people have.

4.  PATIENCE – I believe that goodness always prevails over evil.  Patience (not doing more or raising a bigger “stink”), is often the key – this characteristic goes hand in hand with faith and wisdom.  If you believe that what you are contributing is for the greater good of the situation, you will never lose in the end.  Wisdom enables you to contribute all you can and faith enables you to wait for an outcome that you know will be in the interest of the greater good.  If evil seems to still be in control – then that just means the battle isn’t over yet. Operate on behalf of the greater good, contribute all the wisdom and moral goodness you can and then wait for the outcome.  Patience is key.

5.  SELF-CONTROL – some of the worst performers I have witnessed in my career are people who are focused on trying to control or change others.  The only control you ever have is over yourself.  “How people treat you is their karma.  How you react is yours.”  Wayne Dyer

6.  RESPECT FOR WHAT IS SACRED – don’t like office politics?  Neither does anyone else – including people who seem to be great office politicians!  Don’t think of it as having to be “political”.  Think of it as navigating both the formal and informal structures of your workplace – it’s about understanding how things really work and being respectful of those dynamics.  He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.”  Sun Tzu

7.  KINDNESS – you don’t have to like everybody (actually, you don’t have to like anybody), but kindness is a must regardless of how you feel about anyone.  Remember, you catch more flies with honey, than with vinegar.  I have watched many high-performing, highly educated and experienced people who left tons of “dead bodies” in the wake of their efforts be “valued” (but not really – never as fully as you might think).  A good attitude – kindness especially – trumps lack of anything (including skill, education, experience) because anything else can easily be developed within the company’s means!  A company can’t make someone nice who just isn’t nice.  This is a no-brainer.

8.  LOVE – all you need is love!  At work?  Yes – at work too!  Often we don’t love every aspect of our jobs – but do we need to?  Focus on the aspects of your work you do love – be that certain tasks, people, projects, the commute, the ability it provides you to provide for those you really love and care about.  Focus on what you love and pardon the rest.  Be focused to find what you love in any situation/dynamic. Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”  Mother Teresa

About Gina Calvano

Gina Calvano is a certified coach and Senior Professional in Human Resources, with over 20 years of experience as a talent management professional in both the private and non-profit sectors. With a unique approach, she combines her strategic corporate expertise and accreditations with metaphysics and transformational thinking which has resulted in people all over the world feeling good about themselves and connected to a sense of purpose.

She created the Success Readiness Bootcamp™, a step by step process that enables people to easily discover their unique talents and abilities and match them to majors, jobs, industries and leisure pursuits. Gina is also the co-author of Breakthrough! Inspirational Strategies for an Audaciously Authentic Life with NY Times Best Selling Authors Marci Shimoff, Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood and Powerful Connections Made Easy™ with Aprille Trupiano, and is currently working on her next book — Caged in My Cube: The Turnaround Guide For Loving The Job You Hate.

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Dezinaworld - Rich

Some people think rich is all about having lots of money.  If that's the case, why are so many rich people unhappy?   Just askin' ......    And just exactly what IS rich anyway?   Just askin'  ....

  1. she seems to be extremly unhappy!
    What a luck, that we are NOT rich!
    Herzlich P.

  2. So true. I always think that i am rich not in money but in love and happiness and lots of other blessings. Money has nothing to do with being rich in my eyes. Love this piece, love her expression, she is definitely not happy with all her money wealth. Thanks again my friend for joining in the Cheeky challenge this week. Its much appreciated.

  3. A rich lady with an attitude!!!!
    Great collage!

  4. Hi Bev,
    rich in money, but dissatisfied with himself.
    great collage.


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What Happens After An Arrest For Domestic Assault Has Been Made

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Edward Prutschi explains what happens after an arrest for domestic assault.has been made. If you, or someone you care about, is dealing with criminal law issues in the Toronto,Ontario Region, contact Adler Bytensky Prutschi Shikhman for a consultation. This podcast is taken from a January 2008 interview with Ed Prutschi, Criminal Lawyer with Adler Bytensky […]


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Thursday, 2 July 2009

Twitter versus Second Life

After reading Sheila Webber's post about What Librarians think about Second Life, I can't resist mentioning a rather mischievous post I was reading this morning about Twitter and Second Life by Chris Abraham "Twitter Is What Second Life Wasn't: Light, Cheap and Open And That's Why It'll Outlive the Hype Cycle". (I hope she will forgive me!)

He starts with admitting there's a lot of hype about Twitter at the moment and this may be reminiscent how it was with Second Life. But it's different
"Twitter is light, cheap, open and permanent, whereas Second Life is heavy, expensive, closed and ephemeral. Twitter does things right where Second Life failed."
There's some discussion at the end and I guess it's not a fair comparison, but it's a good read.

library2.0 said...

Maybe twitter is the future, but Phil Bradley makes a succint point (, when he discusses the dirth of re-tweets for commercial purposes being spam. Or habitat using the hash tags of the iranian election ( Twitter is not without its faults......

Sheila Webber said...

Sorry, reading this a bit belatedly!
Yes, I certainly forgive, since the idea that you have to play one off against the other seems pretty pointless - people use some kind of digital devices to access both but it's really apples and pears, or more like apples and an orchard of mixed fruit trees with a cider press attached. You can twitter comments about a conference, but you actually HAVE full conferences in SL (for example, there were over a 1000 at the VW Best Practices in Education conference that was just held in SL). SL is not good for passing round short messages to people quickly but you can communicate in text (most people do), and Twitter has no capability to represent things visually, let alone in 3D ... basically they each have their uses. Presumably this chap has column inches to fill and has to rant about something on a regular basis ;-)


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Monday, July 14, 2008

On Tour with The Adrian Belew Power Trio - Part II

So as I started to say in Part I, nothing prepared me for the beauty that is Quebec City. I wanted to weep when I got there, though that could also possibly be from the fact that we arrived absolutely starving mid-afternoon, a mere two hours before soundcheck and four hours before the show at 7:30 p.m...and the fact that the entire city is made up of straight up and down hills which I swear are really mountains. More on that in a minute. First, once again we were put up in a five star hotel, and this time for three days as the trio was performing both on July 6 on their own and on July 8 on the main stage with Friends of Crimson King, opening for Primus. When I opened the door to my room, I gasped at how wonderful it was, but I almost had a seizure when I saw the view from my window:

Is that incredible or what? You should have seen it at night, all lit up. I tried to take a photo but it came out kind of blurry. Oh well. You'll just have to trust was about as good as it gets.

Anyway, as I said, we were starving and had a small window of opportunity in which to eat. Since Julie, Eric, and Adrian played this very same festival last year, all I've been hearing for the past twelve months is how much they love this little bistro they discovered there called the Victor Cafe...and Julie, knowing my weakness for hand cut french fries with curry dipping sauce on the side, had teased me mercilessly that they were the best she'd ever had and couldn't wait for me to try them. So she "allowed" me to indulge without giving me the usual "Mom please eat healthy" speech beforehand.

Here's a few photos from our lunch, with Matt sipping a most pleasant beer he'd never had before and me closing my eyes in ecstasy when I tasted my first french fry. For the record, Julie had a salad (sigh...) and vegetarian burger made of brazil nuts and spinach (to die for, actually), Matt had a burger, and I had a fresh salmon filet sandwich on a home made brioche. I could seriously eat at that cafe every day for the rest of my life:

By the way, notice what I am wearing? That's a custom designed t-shirt by one of Ade's most rabid fans and someone who has become a good friend - Rena Faye, a/k/a Tickledrop - her blog is a link on the right hand side here:

So the only problem with lunch was that to get there, we literally walked down a hill that was so steep I was out of breath at the bottom...and that fact...coupled with the ninety degree heat, made me totally paranoid that I'd never be able to climb up the damn thing on the way home. I'm not kidding, I've never seen hills like that in my life...what the hell do they do in the winter there when it snows? And as we sat at the cafe, we all remarked how young and absolutely gorgeous everyone in Quebec City is. Our table was a people watching delight. Oh sure, I thought, no wonder everyone here looks that way. No one over forty is still alive after years of those climbs...either that or they flee to flatter ground. I literally worried half way through lunch that I'd never make it back until I noticed that there was actually a fire rescue station directly across the street, a fact which I made Julie take notice of in case I passed out on the way home.

I would later climb up and down that hill over a dozen times over the next three days, dub it the "Hill of Death"...and then find out on our very last evening there at 3:00 a.m. that I could have taken the elevator in the parking garage at the foot of said hill which went directly to our hotel lobby. Oh well. By the end of the three days, I was in much better shape, I could ace the hill without feeling like I was going into cardiac arrest, I had new muscles in my calves or is that calfs, and when I got back to Philadelphia was actually stunned to weigh myself and see I'd lost three pounds! So let me get this straight. I can live in Quebec, eat french fries and buttery pastries and crepes every day and still rapidly lose weight? Oh oh oh...I am soooo there.

The streets were loaded with unique shops, bakeries, galleries...I'm almost in tears writing this because I want to go back like...tomorrow...but can't. I returned to my hotel and collapsed in my king sized bed complete with piles of golden silk pillows and took deep cleansing breaths while Julie, Eric, and Ade headed to sound check. I had my own personal driver to take me to the festival when it was time. Yes, I shouted to myself "Thank God Thank God Thank God I do not have to walk up any more hills to get there" but like I said, by day three I was in much better shape.

Anyway, the driver took me right to the backstage area, where there were trailers stocked with alcohol, soda, cold water, and all kinds of cool snacks as per each individual band's riders. We were right next to Zappa Plays Zappa who were going on directly after us, and here's a photo of their brilliant drummer, Joe Travers, hamming it up with the equally brilliant Eric Slick. Thanks, Joe, for graciously posing for groupie Mom:

Zappa Plays Zappa invited Ade to do a cameo during their set - he recreated his Bob Dylan role during the song "Flakes", even wearing the original hat he wore in "Baby Snakes", and I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. I took this photo of Ade in our trailer prior to his performance...wish I had been closer to the stage to take a pic while he was performing but we had an awesome spot in the VIP area...great for listening but hell if you don't have a zoom lens.

But I digress. It was time for the trio to take the stage first and they fucking killed it. Here's a few shots of the show, but again, I was not standing in a great spot for photography and could hardly get Eric at all but hey hey hey, take a look at the size of this crowd. And if you think that looks like a lot of people, wait until I post a pic of the audience two nights later when the trio and Friends of Crimson King opened for Primus on the main stage:

The show was a triumph and as I've already written, we stayed around afterwards so that Ade could perform Flakes with Zappa Plays Zappa. We grooved to the music some more and then, exhausted but exhilarated, headed back to our hotel where in the lobby we bumped into the band members the trio would be playing with on Tuesday - the legendary Tony Levin and the California Guitar Trio.

I'd already met Paul, Bert, and Hideyo when the trio played with them in March but it was the first time I'd ever met Tony. I tried so hard not to be a fan girl but it was damn near impossible and then we started talking about the upcoming tour in Russia (where this same group of people will also be performing August 30 with Keith Emerson and Patti Smith and Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn and Eddie Jobson...oh god...I can't take it; I want to stow away in their suitcases)...anyway, it turns out that Tony and I share similar Russian ancestry and next thing I know he's telling me about a book he read on the subject...he said "Write down your address, I'll mail it to you" and the whole time my heart is fucking beating in my ears...but not once did I fall to my knees and gasp "You know, you were one of the first concerts Julie and Eric saw when they were six and seven - we took them to see you and Peter Gabriel in 1993 at the old Philadelphia Spectrum and even at that age, they were mesmerized and you are one of Julie's heroes and one of mine in a big way..." Nope, I didn't say it, I just smiled serenely and acted like I have conversations with someone of his stature every day...sort of what I do with Adrian even though it's two years already that my kids have played in his band...I still wake up every morning pinching myself saying "Can this really be true or is it the world's best dream?"

It should be noted that Tony says in his own blog that he arrived in Canada two days early just so he could check out the Adrian Belew Power Trio's Sunday concert. Did he like them? Ha ha - I think so!

So we're hanging out in the lobby for quite a while - it was around midnight I guess; next thing I know Tony is gone but Tyler, sound man extraordinare for the California Guitar Trio, says "Party's in Tony's room!" and everyone headed there but I felt funny hanging out with all that testosterone as the apparent only female in the group because in the meantime, the guys from Zappa Plays Zappa came in and invited Julie and Eric out for drinks and it would have been weird if I'd tagged along with them, too, so I ended up dejectedly going to bed, fantasizing about all the fun I was missing.

Truth to tell, I was exhausted anyway, and I think I pretty much fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. Plus, I had already been up and down those damn hills a couple of more times.

The next day was our day off and I had a date with Eric to meet that morning for pastries at this incredible bakery the trio had discovered last year as well...I was sure after partying into the wee hours with the ZPZ guys Eric would cancel on me but he's a real trooper and at 11:00 a.m. promptly he called my room and arranged to meet me in the lobby. Back down the Hill of Death we went, but alas the bakery was closed! Or so we thought - as Julie would later tell us when we bumped into her and Matt, there were two bakeries and the one we wanted was in fact already filling the street with aromas of wonder and delight - but Eric and I, deciding to make lemonade out of lemons, headed straight back to the Victor Cafe for more french fries with curry sauce. Yay! So by the time we found Julie and Matt and learned the bakery was open, we were already full.

We wandered up and down (and I do mean that literally) the cobblestone streets, in and out of shops, having the best time ever. Adrian is friendly with The Ventures, who invited us to stand on the stage when they performed at the festival that night. We also learned that The Wailers, who were the original back-up band for Bob Marley, would be on stage immediately following them so Oh My God, I got to stand stageside for both bands. It was fucking surreal.

Here are a couple shots of The Ventures and their set list...again, I apologize for the poor quality but I think I was shaking from head to toe from their absolutely stellar performance:

This photo was taken of the crowds on the street watching The Wailers. I wish I had a better camera for this - you had to see it to believe it. Concert goers were given badges with tiny red blinking lights as their "tickets" and they were all standing atop this castle, watching the show from above...all you could see were those flickering, twinkling scarlet was insanely beautiful:

And in the background, The Wailers were performing I Shot the Sheriff, Jammin', No Woman No Cry...holy crap, I'm still shaking from the experience.

Oh, I forgot something. The "place to be" during the festival was a fabulous restaurant located right in the heart of things called Le Capitole. At Tony Levin's advice, we had dinner there (artichoke fritters, scallops, steak for Ade and Matt...and yep, Limoncello!) and it would be where we'd end up hanging out for drinks every night as well. Gorgeous building, great food...sob...I want to be there right now in the worst way...

But the night was not over yet and we decided to hit the hotel bar and see if anything was happening since all of the over two hundred bands booked for the festival were staying there and we were bound to bump into someone.

No sooner did we walk in and order drinks when we recognized Tim Alexander, drummer for Primus, having a solitary drink of wine. Naturally, we invited him to join us and this time, Eric had to refrain from being the fan boy...when he was fourteen years old his world revolved around that band...but you know, the only dork in the crowd was me and out of respect to Eric, I bit my tongue and just listened. And then, in walked Les Claypool, bassist for Primus and the man whose parts Julie had to learn when she joined the Adrian Belew Power Trio as he appeared on Ade's solo CDs.

This is where it gets funny. So here I am, sitting at a table with all of these rock and roll legends - Tim has a bandanna tied around his head, Les has jet black Prince Valiant hair and a goatee and was wearing a leather cap and a big silver cross around his rock stars...and Ade and these guys start discussing their wives and kids.

"Oh, my wife couldn't make it because our kids our in dance camp," says Ade. "They are so funny - my girls never just enter a room - they are also gymnasts so every time I look up they come somersaulting/cartwheeling in, one after the other...this weekend they had a recital..."

"My wife and kids are here," said Les. "But I know what you mean about the camp thing. My kids go to circus camp. My wife didn't warn me in advance and I go to the recital and there's my young daughter, way up in the air, swinging from a trapeze. I went white...but hey, she did great...I just nearly had a heart attack, that's all."

I was so fucking's this uber rock star, scary looking, talking about his daughter and camp and being frightened at the thought of her on a trapeze. Again, totally freaking surreal.

We sat for quite a while sipping our drinks until the bartender politely told us last call...I guess it was 1:00 or 2:00 a.m....and the best was yet to come, for the next evening would be the night we'd all been waiting for...Adrian, Julie and Eric performing with Friends of the Crimson King. But there was more. They invited Les Claypool to join Tony Levin and Julie Slick on bass during "thela hun ginjeet".

So. Are you following this? I was going to watch my son do double drums with Pat Mastelotto and my daughter trade off bass solos with Les and Tony.

I could not believe it. I still don't believe it, even though I watched it with my own eyes.

Anyway, we stumbled up to bed, determined to get a good night's sleep but Eric, the world's biggest sweetheart, said to me "Hey, Mom, want to meet for those pastries tomorrow morning?"

So we did. We got up early and had fresh, hot out of the oven obscenely oozing with butter croissants overflowing with chocolate and almonds. But hey, we walked back up the Hill of Death afterwards so no damage done (in case my doctor -- a very nice man who treats me for high blood pressure and cholesterol -- is reading this).

Adrian, Eric and Julie headed for what would be their only rehearsal for the show...meaning, they had to get on stage with Tony and Pat and Les and the California Guitar Trio for the very first time in front of a crowd estimated at 60,000 people. Paul, the brilliant guitarist from the California Guitar Trio who brainstormed the whole Friends of Crimson King event had the entire set worked out...Tony and Pat would join the CG Trio for their set; Ade would come out during their last song and solo; then Julie and Eric would take the stage and do a half hour set; then Tony and Pat would join them for Elephant Talk (Julie left the stage for that but Eric and Pat did double drums and the California Guitar Trio joined in as well), then Julie came back on to end the show with Les and Tony for "Thela".

Here is a wonderful video of the aforesaid Elephant Talk. I know I am prejudiced, but Eric is fucking phenomenal in this clip.

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I'm going to post some amazing photos of the show next, but a couple of things first. When Les Claypool took the stage, he was dressed as Elvis, wig and all. Eric almost lost it, laughing. Right after the show, Tony smiled from ear to ear and said "Great job, Julie"...I know, because I was standing on the side of the stage (crying, of course) and everyone hugged and grinned and were basically thrilled with the performance, practically saying in unison "Same set next month in Russia?" Russia, where they will play in front of 100,000 people. I know I've already talked about that in a prior post, but I will have much more on that and some other cool touring scheduled for the rest of 2008 which is totally blowing me away. I also wanted to mention that Tony and the California Guitar Trio all did fantastic write-ups on the event on their respective websites. To see what Tony had to say, go here. He's got a great photo of Les as Elvis on his blog and bleh, also one of me which has me determined never to eat another french fry again. (Not) And yeah, you can tell by the photos of the crowd, they drove 60,000 people into ecstasy. To get the California Guitar Trio's take on the experience, you can read Paul Richard's diary here (scroll down to July 8 but it's pretty interesting reading his entry of July 14, too) and Bert Lam's diary here (again, scroll if you want but he's got cool stuff posted after the fact as well).

Okay, then, here are some of my photos. I especially love the one of Tony smiling at Julie...have I mentioned my fan girl crush on him? Ha ha - oh, I'm kidding, but he is absolutely one of the coolest people I've ever met, other than Adrian of course.

First up, a shot of our trailer:

Tony, watching the trio intently from the side of the stage and then taking their photograph:

Tony, Les, and Julie trading bass licks on Thela:

In the pic below, you'll see Pat Mastelotto who regrettably I could not photograph that well from my vantage point on the stage but man, Pat and Eric are a combo to be reckoned with...everyone agreed that their playing style was the perfect compliment to one another and Pat had some incredibly nice things to say about my son though I did not get to talk to him that much and again, look at Tony's face while he talks to Julie after that triumphant performance of was magic:

I did not get good photos of the California Guitar Trio nor any good shots of Eric and Pat double drumming as I was too busy watching and listening and again, was not in the best spot for taking pics but both Tony and the CGT have most excellent photos on their site as do various fans who posted on Flickr, just click on that link and type in the names of the various band members and you'll find a wealth of great stuff.

Think that was it for the night? Think again. After the most amazing concert of my life, we all headed back to Le Capitole, this time being joined by Canadian legend Kevin Parent and his girlfriend Zoe (who pretty much only spoke French but Julie, who is wonder woman and also speaks French fluently, managed to converse with her throughout the evening)...Kevin in fact performed with Tony, Pat, and the CGT on Saturday night. The restaurant pushed four or five tables together. To my left was Tony Levin and to his left was Kevin Parent...directly opposite from us sat Zoe, Julie, Matt and Adrian, then to my right was the entire California Guitar Trio and their entourage including wives, soundmen, etc., Pat Mastelotto and his wife, Eric, a bunch of people I did not know who were part of said entourage...anyway, we talked and talked about everything from gourmet cooking to exotic places we'd been to music (of course) while Eric held court at the other end of the table, cracking everyone up, and it was almost 3:00 a.m. by the time we um, loped out of there. She's going to kill me for telling you this but it was pretty the end of the evening Julie accidentally spilled her glass of Cabernet Sauvignon all over poor Tony Levin but he was not only gracious, when she practically rushed out of the restaurant dying of embarrassment -- Matt and Ade had already called it a night and returned to the hotel an hour before -- he accompanied her home up the Hill of Death while I, along with the others, entered the just discovered way too late elevator...I seriously do not think I would have made it up the hill in my current condition so thank God I found it existed, even if said discovery was three days too late)...the whole time saying to myself Do I believe this? Do I believe this whole fucking experience? Am I the luckiest person in the universe or what?

No, actually, Julie and Eric Slick are the two luckiest people in the universe - they get to do this all over again next month in Russia and again with Adrian in Europe in October and November and well, I'll be sitting right here, blogging about it from afar. final thing. The Friends of Crimson King got an awesome review in the French Canadian newspaper, Le Soleil. I translated it to the best of my ability (which isn't much) so here it is...maybe Julie, when she gets home, or one of my readers from France can do a better job:

Far from being the only trio in the limelight yesterday, Primus was preceded on stage of the Friends of King Crimson, a supergroup consisting of the California Guitar Trio, refreshing Adrian Belew Power Trio and a rhythm section the groove deemed implacable trained Tony Levin (bass) and no less respected Pat Mastelotto (drums).

After a rather cautious start, which saw the CG3 +2 open walking with his guitar playing very placed, influenced by Robert Fripp (King Crimson), then the feverish Adrian Belew Power Trio take over the provision has concluded Elephant Talk about an inspiration, courtesy of drummers Mastelotto and Erick Slick, bassist Tony Levin and the stick guitarist Adrian Belew. As if this were not enough, all this beautiful world was then joined by bass Les Claypool (Primus) and Julie Slick to create a genuine festival rhythmic! Astounding!"

Okay, this is now the world's longest blogpost. Luckily, the next day, Wednesday, was another day off, but we had a seven hour drive to Boston facing us for the trio's show at Harper's Ferry on Thursday night. I think I'd better make that Part III.

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Anonymous said...

Just in case I mucked up posting this:

Sounds like a graet show. I wish I had been there.

Here's a slightly better translation of Le Soliel review:

Far from being the only trio in the spotlight yesterday, Primus were preceded on stage by the Friends of Crimson King, a super-group composed of the very tight California Guitar Trio, the refreshing ABPT and a rhythm section of implacable groove formed of the famous Tony Levin (bass) and the no less respected, Pat Mastelotto (drums)

After a somewhat cautious start which saw the CG3+2 open with their Robert Fripp influenced guitar games, the feverish ABPT took the baton and the show finished with an inspired Elephant Talk thanks to drummers Mastelotto and Erick Slick, bassist Tony Levin on stick and the guitarist Adrian Belew. As if that wasn’t enough, this beautiful bunch were then joined by bassists Les Claypool (Primus) and Julie Slick to create a veritable rhythm festival.

Anonymous said...

Great story and photos! I was there too and was blown away by the Adrian Belew Power Trio performance. I shot video of Thela Hun Ginjeet which I edited with nttl2k2's video, thanks to finding it on this blog. Here's the youtube link:


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Chivas Responsib’ALL Day At St. Rufus Park

Chivas Brothers employees spent all of Thursday improving St. Rufus Park.

Gail Duncan, Chairperson for SRPRG said “We are delighted once again to be chosen by Chivas. The ongoing support is very appreciated. Currently we are working hard to apply for funding which is taking up all the groups time so this little ‘surprise’ was a very welcome boost for us”.

Jane Wilson, member of SRPRG said “The Chivas day went exceedingly well for the second time!  Such a terrific bunch of enthusiastic and energetic people swarming all over the place, improving the look of the fences, paths etc”.

Chivas employees spent the day painting the fences, gardening, cleaning and clearing the park.  They were met with a challenge with one piece of equipment but after some modifications they were able to install a brand new basket ball hoop in the pavilion area.

St. Rufus Park Regeneration Group would like to give a big thank you to all at Chivas Brothers for all they have done this year and last year.


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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Lunchtalk: Intellectual Property rights, Howard Anawalt

Howard Anawalt discusses his new book Idea Rights. Idea Rights presents a concise and accurate view of United States intellectual property law for the interested general reader, for attorneys, and for classes that introduce or otherwise cover the material.

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Friday, August 10, 2007

Frugal Friday - learn where the clearance spots are at

One thing I love about my favorite store, Target, is that they have dependable clearance spots. There are certain spots in every department where you will always find 1-3 end caps of clearance items. After a few trips there, I learned where they are all at, so now when I go, I have a certain route that I take through the store that takes me past most of the clearance end caps. If I'm looking for a particular item, I know exactly where to go first to look for a deal, then I can search the rest of the department if needed.

I don't go to Kohl's very much, but they do pretty much the same thing, so the clearance items are easy to find. Good tags for the sections help, too. I found several great items for an upcoming family reunion and for my new home today.

Don't forget to check Crystal's blog for more Frugal Friday goodness! Don't forget to click HERE for a chance at 50 - 60 Box Tops For Education that I'm giving away this week, too!

Laane said...

It's the same here.
Works fine.

What Works For Us said...

I agree. The best deals are always not in the main aisles! Target especially - like you mentioned!