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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Lion Woman and Cave Mind

What do you see here?

This figurine was carved from mammoth ivory some 32,000 years ago. It is 11.7 inches tall. It is said to be the oldest zoomorphic (animal-shaped) sculpture in the world, and one of the oldest of all sculptures. The pieces of the body were found in the Stadel cave of Hohlenstein Mountain, in the Swabian Alps in Germany, in 1939. The lion head was discovered, restored and set on the shoulders nearly sixty years later, in 1998.

In German, the figurine is called Löwenmensch, a word that is gender-neutral in meaning (though grammatically masculine) and can be translated as "lion person" or "lion human." Some scholars think the figure is female: a woman's body surmounted by the head of a an ancient cave lion.

To contemplate this little statue is to be transported into the era of Cave Mind. It is a state of being and consciousness in which human, animal and god are not set apart from each other. Waking and dreaming stream together. Fluidity of consciousness is matched by the mobility and mutability of the energy bodies. A bear may become a man, a woman may become a lion, appearing in two places at once, as animal and as human.

There is little doubt in my mind that the lion-human of Hohlenstein-Stadel is a shaman of Old Europe, with the shaman's ability to shapeshift, to meld forms, and to operate on multiple levels of consciousness.

In a provocative recent essay, William Irwin Thomson suggests that

One of the skills of the shaman that contemporary Everyman does not possess is the ability to separate the vital or etheric body from the physical body and to project it to take possession of an animal—a lion or a jaguar—as was dramatized in Val Lewton’s classic 1942 horror movie, Cat People. Contemporary Everyman often has experience of astral projection, or out-of-the-body travel, but this skill of animal possession is much rarer. Modern man as a geek alienated from nature is much more likely to project his etheric body into a computer or an avatar in a computer game

I won't mourn if contemporary Everyman has lost the power to "possess an animal" (that is to say, to possess an animal body) in the manner of the horror movies. But in a gentler mode, the power of transfiguration - to reshape and project energy bodies - is still with us, though dormant in most people, in a time when the Cave of Mind is an electronic cloud of geek projections.

Artful Alchemist said...

I am struck by the sculpture's similarity to the form of the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet, who has a lion's head on a woman's body. It's fascinating to see this depicted from a much earlier era.

Robert Moss said...

Yes, others will see that resemblance too. Worth remembering that Egypt had other lion-headed goddesses, including Tefnut.
Hohlenstein Woman is not only much older, but a figure from Old Europe, so the plot thickens.

Wanda said...

I felt a similarity as well to the Egyptian figures. He/She is quite stunning. I recall a guide in Egypt telling me that there is an ancient period where the gods traveled back and forth between areas not considered so easily traversed by those who study the culture in purely academic terms.

In the everyday world of a much later time in America I love a simple story of personal shamanism - or maybe just personal magic - revealed in one of the slave narratives collected by the WPA interviewers. The question was - do you believe in dreams: "I do believe in dreams. I had one once I laid down on the bed and took a nap and then I dreamed that somethin' was a choking me and I pulled at my dress and a big snake dropped out of my bosom and rolled down on the bed. Then on the floor and when I woke up sho nuff there was a snake on the floor by the bed and I killed it then I knowed that I had an enemy sure enough in a few days a woman I thot was my friend turned against me. By killing the snake I knowed that I would conquer that enemy. She had no power against me. I brought in my power and she couldn't touch me."

Robert Moss said...

Wanda - I suspect that the time/space where the gods and animal powers travel back and forth between realms is not only then but Now, in the spacious Now of dreaming.

Your adventures among American records are always fascinating, and in this WPA-culled narrative of a (former) slave we certainly see an old-time style of dreaming. She gets a snake off her body in the dream, then kills a literal snake in her place, then finds that someone close was a snake in another sense and that the previous actions had removed the close enemy's power to harm. Great stuff.

Anne said...

I'd visited the Löwenmensch in Ulm a number of months ago. I was so struck by its magic, that I put its picture up.

For me, mammoth has been about lessons in personal strength and identity--so much that its been a part of my email address for years. I was amazed to see how the mammoth tusk provides the energy and form for the lion-human shapeshifting.

It was a great surprise to find Löwenmensch on your blog. If I can ask, why this particular post today?

It was a beautiful synchronicity for me. Just this afternoon, I'd confirmed my registration in a class to create a replica of a flute found in a cave in the same area and estimated to be about as old. I'd been pondering how to use the flute, if I succeed in making it. Now, I think I should start by playing something for Löwenmensch.

Robert Moss said...

Anne - I am very interested in the project to replicate that ancient flute, and would love to hear more if you succeed in doing that and in playing it.

Why post on the Löwenmensch today? Well, a friend sent me a link to an article by William Irwin Thomson (quoted in my piece) where the image is used, without much explanation. And I am in the midst of writing more about the shamanic approach to the animal powers in a new book.

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Robert Moss said...

Nina - Yes, it's interesting that in Eastern Orthodoxy, St Christopher sometimes appears with the head of a dog. Word-play between Canaan and "canine" (the original Christopher was Canaanite) has been suggested. In pious legend, the saint had the appearance of a ferocious attack dog before he found Christ.

I'm intrigued by a possible continuity between depictions of the most famous dog-headed guide for the soul's journey, Anubis (linked by Coptic Christians to Gabriel, the archangel of dreams) and Christopher.

Irène said...

Why this particular post today? I don't yet know, but I feel certain that it's linked to last night's the solar eclipse. ... The strangest things do cross my mind when I read these posts.

Robert Moss said...

Irene - Do you mean the full moon lunar eclipse (not visible from North America)? A scary time, for peoples living before artificial lighting.

meredithea said...

Yesterday I ventured to the art store to price some supplies. There was an older gentleman clerk sitting by a rack of paper I needed to look at, and after asking him about that, he struck up a conversation with me. He went on to tell me about an interesting art history class he took on 'the grotesque' in art, and asked me if I knew the origins of this. I could only think of the drawings da Vinci had done, but he went on to tell me it came from ancient grottos in Italy they'd discovered underground, where interesting arrangements of humans with plants and animals were found.

meredithea said...

When I went to the art supply store yesterday, an older gentleman clerk ended up helping me price some supplies I needed. He struck up a conversation with me, which led to him telling me about an art history class he'd once taken focusing on 'the grotesque' in art. He asked if I knew where grotesque originated. I didn't... so he told me it derived from ancient grottoes in Italy, where human remains were found in odd arrangements with plants and animals alike. After looking this up online here, I don't really see much information about any chimeric remains found? But grottoes/grotesque, interesting!

meredithea said...

Aw, I thought my other comment disappeared after logging in! Sorry 'bout that. eep!

Robert Moss said...

Meredithea - Now worries about the posting glitch. We certainly can't call it "grotesque" now you have reminded us what that word means :-)

Anne said...

Thank you for the encouragement in my swan flute project. It's to be made using the same types of stone tools as the original.

I think of the caves and area there as the Land of the Magic Flute, and (now that I'm officially registered in the workshop)will be asking for dreams about other steps in creating and working with such an instrument.

Part of me wants to time travel back, to see how it was done thousands of years ago. Another
part wants to travel forward for ideas from your upcoming book on shamanism and animal powers.

Am looking forward to reading it!

Robert Moss said...

Anne - and why shouldn't you travel back to those times before history? You'll find the core techniques in my book DREAMGATES, a description of how they are central to the new syncretic discipline I call dream archaeology in my SECRET HISTORY OF DREAMING, and an account of a personal and group journey to a priestess of an ancient Earth Goddess in my DREAMER'S BOOK OF THE DEAD (in the chapter titled "Death and Rebirth through the Goddess").

Adelita Chirino said...

This post is fascinating and inspiring, Robert. Cave Mind is a great shorthand for your definition of our ancestor's consciousness. I'm thinking of an important dream I had where a young man shape-shifts into a magnificent German Shepherd, a dog I met the next day in waking. You've given me a whole new purpose with which to enter this dream. I also look forward to your new book. Ache!

Robert Moss said...

Gracias, Adelita! I'll take all the "Ache" I can get right now as I work towards completion of the new book.


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Wowski hiatus! For the last several months I've been consumed planning the heck out of my wedding. It was a glorious production, with lots of fun details( to be posted soon!) and lots of fun people! And, at the end of it all I got a husband that I like a whole, whole lot! Next I have our Xx Chromosome show opening July 2. Needless to say with 1.5 months in between the two, I have been a creative machine...cranking, cranking. In between this and that there were a few fun things that I may have let slip between the cracks due to mad crazy hectic-ness. One thing for instance, our Experience Room at work. Being a studio full of fun creatives, we try to do exercises here and there that keep us on point, gears turning right and all. One of our little projects was to create a single piece of art that described/expressed your personality. Then, all 30 some artist's works were hung gallery style outside of our think room. I've posted mine. It's a little all over the place, like me. Blurbing random thoughts, like me. And a little, yep, like me. But hopefully playful and endearing. Hopefully. Then for our "Experience Room," an old conference room we revamped to use as a creative space while brainstorming product ideas, resting our creative crank machines (also known as brains), or just a room to one's self to doodle or think. For the room I illustrated a big clock for the wall ( about 22" diameter) and also (in the photo, behind the couch) I took several of the papers designed by us, cut them into 1.5" squares and displayed them in a large frame. A big K&Co swatch book on the wall! Unfortunately my photo skills are quite pathetic, but the room is super fun in person. And projects like these are much appreciated and needed, making us stop and shake off some of the seriousness of deadlines and our OCD artist ways. Oh, and to remind us of what a sweet deal we have being full time designers/artists. Maybe tough business but crazy super fun! Back to work for me!


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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Book Review: The Monstrumologist

by Rick Yancey

“He knew the truth. Yes, my dear child, he would undoubtedly tell a terrified toddler tremulously seeking succor, monsters are real. I happen to have one hanging in my basement.

Sometime during the mid-to-late 1800s in the north-eastern US, we meet Will Henry, a 12-year-old who recently lost his parents in a fire. His father's former boss, Dr. Warthrop, took Will Henry in and made Will his assistant. But Dr. Warthrop isn't your typical doctor; he's a Monstrumologist. Monsters are real and Dr. Warthrop hunts and studies them.

The story opens on a grave robber knocking on the doctor's door. It turns out he found more than he bargained for in the grave of a recently deceased young woman. He found not one body, but two, and brings them both to the doctor. The unexpected body is headless, with a huge mouth in its torso, eyes near its shoulders, arms so long they practically skim the ground and end with barbed claws. It's an Anthropophagi, a monster that feeds on humans (preferably the living variety).

Thus begins the story of Will Henry and Dr. Warthrop as they try to find the rest of the monster's 'herd' (for lack of a better word), discover how they made it to America (they're not native to North America), and try to stop the Antropophagi before they kill again. It also begins one of the grossest stories I've ever read. This story is a cross between a monster-hunt and a forensic/medical drama - at least in the descriptions of bodies and patients and wounds and puss and other grody things.

While the story wasn't fast-paced, it was solid and still had plenty to interest the reader (if they have the stomach for it). While Will Henry is a 12-year-old during this book, that doesn't limit the story to the middle grade/tween ages - I'd totally recommend it to the older teen/YA age. Actually, it's probably more suited to that age group; it may be a bit too gruesome for the younger end of that age-group, so act accordingly. Keep in mind - The Monstrumologist is classified as a horror novel.

I'd recommend this book to junior high and high school students (and adults) who enjoy forensic TV shows; monster, zombie, and horror novels and movies; and have a strong stomach. Seriously - don't read this book when eating; you'll regret it.

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Prasad at Mumbadevi

- by Deepa Krishnan
In the little lane behind the Mumbadevi temple, doodh pedhas are still made the old fashioned way.
Milk is mixed with sugar, heated and stirred constantly, until it thickens and acquires the colour of a creamy latte.
It is then hand-rolled into little offerings for the Goddess Mumba. Not that she hangs on to them permanently - she merely blesses them, and the priest at the temple hands them right back to you as holy prasad.
Prasad or prasadam is a Sanskrit word which refers to any material substance that is first offered to the deity, and then consumed (usually fruits, sweets, flowers). The process of offering is called naivedya. Once accepted, when the prasad is returned to the devotee, it has the deity's blessing residing within it. So every temple visit usually has a two-way transaction in offer something to the Gods, and you get it back enriched with blessings. What's more, when you go back home, you also get to share it with friends and family.
In the early Rig Vedic texts, though, prasad was something else altogether. It was originally a sort of inner mental state experienced by the Gods, or by wise sages, characterised by a spontaneous generosity and a bestowing of boons. The morphing of this mental state into a material substance appeared only in later texts. Perhaps devotees needed something concrete to take back from the daily ritual of prayer at the temple. Or perhaps this very pragmatic religion understood that religion should nourish not just the soul but also the body! Personally, I like to think that the ancients discovered guilt-free eating many years ago, and institutionalised it into edible prasad. At the Mumbadevi temple, you get to take prasad home and eat it happily, safe in the knowledge that you're acquiring merit with every calorie!
Coming back to the pedha - to me, the doodh pedha has always been a very comforting sort of sweet. Perhaps it is the simplicity of the whole thing - just milk and sugar, really, stirred patiently for hours. The texture is not too grainy, and not too soft. It is a perfectly balanced fudgy smoothness that melts when you bite into it.
Some pedhas have dry fruits and spices for flavouring. Cardamom is popular, so is saffron (kesar peda). But honestly, I like my pedhas simple. Milk and Sugar. That's all I need. Why mess with something that works so well?
If you go on the Mumbai Magic bazaar walk, make a pedha offering to the Goddess. And tell me if you like your prasad plain or flavoured!

(Published in the Hindustan Times HT Cafe May 3, 2008)

Kievas said...

I used to enjoy these (both plain and flavored)...sadly, I can't eat them anymore, along with many other dairy-containing treats!

Anonymous said...

i love the Sakhari Pedhas that Chitale Bandhu make so well :-). These are the regular pedhas rolled in sugar, not the regular granular kind, but slightly finer, though not as fine as the castor sugar...

makarand said...

kaka halwai is famous for sakhari pedha sakhari pedha is the product invented by kaka halwai and chitale has just copied it...
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The UGA Faculty Recital Series will kick off the new year with an evening of music from around the globe performed by pianist Damon Denton. Denton has been on the Hugh Hodgson School of Music Piano faculty as a resident accompanist since 2010. This concert will take place on Tuesday, February 6th at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall.

The audience should expect a program filled with variety, according to Denton. “I try to visit several countries in a single hour without overstaying my welcome in any one of those places,” he says. This program will visit Italy, Germany, Spain, France, South America, and Russia with compositions by Scarlatti, Mompou, Beethoven, Ginastera, Poulenc, and Prokofiev.

Denton is a graduate of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and went on to receive a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School studying with Russian virtuoso pianist, Oxana Yablonskaya.

 “I had a variety of artists work with me in my career, but I am dominantly influenced by the Russian school having worked with Oxana Yablonskaya at Juilliard. We both had a leaning to program dynamic works that were evocative and compelling,” says Denton. Denton was one of the top prize winners at the Fourth International Piano Competition held in Pretoria, South Africa. He has performed solo, concerto and collaborative concerts in England, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, France, Germany, and throughout the United States.

While his upcoming UGA recital program may be internationally-affiliated, Denton is also locally known as the keyboardist for Athens super group Pylon Reenactment Society (PRS), fronted by Pylon’s original singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay. The Pylon Reenactment Society have recently released a 6 song EP of a live Los Angeles radio recording session that is receiving international reviews. Denton’s performance has been noted as “dynamic and ethereal” by reviewers which include Blurt and Paste Magazine. PRS frequently perform locally and throughout the USA, headlining festivals such as The Barely Human Festival in Detroit to performing in the upcoming Savannah Stopover Festival in Savannah, Georgia.

Denton’s recital is not one to be missed. From an eclectic classical and modern pop rock background, Denton brings much to his performances. His take on the classics of his program will leave you wanting more, as The Santa Barbara Press quoted: “He left his listeners clamoring for more; BRILLIANT” (The Arlington Theater).

Tickets for the concert are $12 for adults and $6 for students, and can be purchased online at pac.uga.edu or in person at the Performing Arts Center box office, located at 230 River Road next to the School of Music.

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Sugar Army Last Shows For 2009!

Written by Toby Smith on October 20, 2009

It’s been a huge year for Perth super troopers SUGAR ARMY with the release of their critically acclaimed debut album and equally lauded live shows. Now the Australian rock champs have locked in their final shows for 2009.

Sugar Army are set to headline The Evelyn Hotel in Melbourne on Thursday 3 December before they head to Sydney for the sold out Homebake festival on Saturday 5 December. Sugar Army will then tear up the mainstage at the Pyramid Rock Festival on Wednesday 30 December before bringing in the New Year with one last headlining show in hometown Perth at the Rosemount Hotel on New Year’s Eve Thursday 31 December with support from local friends Capital City, Umpire, The Scotch Of Saint James, The Preytells, Grim Fandango, Emperors plus DJs Shannon Fox and Sock Mobster. The band will also kick off 2010 in fine form at the mighty Southbound Festival in WA on Sunday 10th January.

2009 has been a great year for Sugar Army. The band’s daring debut LP The Parallels Amongst Ourselves debuted at #2 on the AIR Indie Album Charts, and #87 nationally and #39 in WA on the ARIA Album Charts. It also earned love as Album of the Week on RTR FM and SYN FM.

The first single from the album ‘Acute’ has just won WAM Song Of The Year in the rock category, while second single ‘Tongues In Cheeks’ saw drummer James Sher make his video directing debut and was featured as Channel [V]’s Ripe Clip the week of its release, and last but not least, third single ‘No Need For Lovers’ was the #1 most played song on triple j for the month of September.

To top it off Sugar Army were nominated for Qantas’ prestigious Spirit Of Youth Awards (SOYA) 2009 in the Music Category. If you think their achievements are impressive, wait ‘til you witness the band live. See Sugar Army obliterate the stage in your town!

Thursday 3 December – The Evelyn Hotel
w/ guests TST + Bone
Tickets on sale Wednesday 28 October through and

Saturday 5 December – The Domain
w/ Powderfinger, Jet, Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, Sia, Daniel Merriweather, Midnight Juggernauts, Sarah Blasko, Tim Finn, Underground Lovers, Phrase, Bumblebeez, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and many more

Wednesday 30 December – Phillip Island
w/ Empire Of The Sun, Biffy Clyro (UK), Cat Power (US), Grinspoon, Ugly Duckling (US), The Butterfly Effect, Architecture In Helsinki, LCD Soundsystem (DJ set) (US), Amp Fiddler (US) and many more

Thursday 31 December – New Years Eve
Rosemount Hotel
w/ Capital City, Umpire, The Scotch Of Saint James, The Preytells, Grim Fandango, Emperors plus DJs Shannon Fox and Sock Mobster
Tickets available soon from Mills, Planet, Star Perth and

Sunday 10th January – Sir Stewart Bovell Park
w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Moby, Hilltop Hoods, Grizzly Bear, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Editors, The Temper Trap, Sarah Blasko, Midnight Juggernauts, Little Birdy, Emiliana Torrini, Art vs Science, Liam Finn, Lisa Mitchell, Future Of The Left and many more

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User Guide On Imperial Jasmine Dragon Pearls Green Tea

Loose Tea is now becoming very popular because there are many health benefits associated with tea. Should you’ve only tried green tea made with tea bags, then your gourmet tea is likely to soon be a completely new experience for you personally. There are a few things which you did not know about loose tea. Loose Tea provides a better taste compared to tea made from tea bags. That is because better quality tea can be used, and it can brew better. Black teas such as English Breakfast Tea and Earl Grey Tea are tender, and also a good way to start the afternoon. In actuality, this can also be drunk after meals to help aid digestion. Pu erh teas are obsolete for all decades. Check out the below mentioned site, if you’re looking for more details about jasmine dragon pearls.

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In reality, this additionally aids arthritis sufferers to prevent diabetes also aid or prevent many more conditions. Different teas might be drunk at various times of the day. A black breakfast tea can be drunk each daytime. You can take a green tea during the afternoon and relaxing tea before you go to bed. Although loose tea takes a bit longer to produce, it’s absolutely well worth it. With teas offered in more places than before, if you prefer tea and also have not tried gourmet teas, then perhaps today is the right time. With so many gourmet teas to try, a number of health benefits it is the right time and energy to have to at least one for your self at the same time.

A Peek At Hypnosis Lincoln

In the event you prefer to learn just how to locate a stop cigarette smoking hypnotherapist, you are going to have to retain a few things in your mind. To begin with, you need to be sure that you are 100% prepared to quit smoking. You also ought to make sure which you are completely open up and ready to quit cigarette smoking using hypnosis. In case you aren’t at a positive place with both of these elements, you won’t be successful in quitting. If you are ready, then you can begin your search. Locate an expert who’s qualified and certified to do hypnosis. Watch out for that person who specialises in hypnosis to prevent smoking cigarettes. Are you searching for hypnotherapy lincoln? View the before talked about website.

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In the past several decades, hypnotherapy and hypnosis to prevent smoking have become a popular solution for help individuals quit smoking cigarettes. These days, you can find tons of professionals around the world to assist you quit smoking cigarettes. Depending on the way you want to get treated, you have to pick the professional who matches your demands most useful.

Closer Look On Emotional Eating Handbook

Numerous causes make the gymnasium a better area for you to complete your exercises. But at the same time, exercising at home also offers many benefits within the fitness center. Below are a few factors which can make home exercise better than the fitness center. The very first thing which produces home workout out better than the gymnasium would be cost. You can find numerous expenses related to Gyming. There could possibly be a preliminary membership fee, the monthly service fees, as well as different costs related to one of these services. To get the fitness center, you need to pay certain expenses that are not mandatory if if you work out in your house. Work at home will present you without a fees. When you are exercising in a gym, lots of folks exercise with you. Go to the following website, if you are looking for more information regarding emotional eating habits.

If you aren’t very familiar for this, your house is the best place that you exercise. This is going to provide you with the privacy you will require. Household exercises tend to be more comfortable compared to those working out in the gymnasium. You don’t will need to be worried about your environment once you work out in your house. You may possibly be lacking the determination at times should you go through the work out routines on your. In many cases, you will find certain online work-outs programs that allow you to stay encouraged. Many fun work-outs allow you to stay motivated in your home. This really is fairly important and enables to follow along with through the work out routines in a far more disciplined way. Individuals usually believe putting up a house workout is tough to really do. More over, since there is no guidance for the professional, they truly are terrified of using a zero benefit of exercise. Also, many of them may feel tired with all the confined and no more creative exercise they participate with. In reality, it is really effortless. You do not will need to purchase costly exercise tools. Now, you will find many DVD work outs in many markets.

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The Value Of Expert Hypnosis London

When the amount of cigarettes increases, many smokers start off to consider about stopping smoking customs. Folks take to different strategies to give up cigarette smoking. Many will try out the smoking patch free of success. Others will attempt smoking gum free of success. People that turn to alcoholism are usually successful. This really is the reason why a growing number of people are currently turning to hypnosis to treat dependence to tobacco, prescription drugs, liquor and much more. Are you hunting about give up smoking by hypnosis? Browse the previously described website.

But folks are uncertain regarding the validity, efficiency and potential for using hypnosis like a stopping procedure. Hypnosis processes are long-lasting, however they take a high degree of focused efforts. Moreover, additionally they need frequent and regular attempts. There are a lot of pros who’d have helped one to hypnosis to your smoking cigarettes problem can be actually a totally valid and effective option. Nevertheless, this method is a lot better than every other procedure. The reason that this system does not include medications that might cause unwanted consequences.

The entire idea of hypnosis is always to change the method of one’s thinking suitably. For this reason, it will let you vanish your cravings all such as smoking. In order to use this procedure economically, you will need to seek the services of the assistance of professional hypnosis. An expert in hypnosis could require a whole lot of time to treat the problem. Hence, you want certainly to a patient within the entire process of stopping the problem. Through hypnosis to your cigarette smoking problem, you would find it isn’t only the cigarette smoking dependence which gets cured, but life, in general, will become optimistic and better. It’s the ability of hypnosis. The results of hypnosis aren’t found on a night that’s why hypnosis fails to impress lots of people. It must be known that the everlasting and thorough strategy does take moment. For this reason, you want to have patience while in the entire packet. But, be sure to go to your real pro who knows what he could be undertaking, because the mind are painful and sensitive subjects. It’s very important to hire the service of professional hypnosis for faster and better result.

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A Peek At Detox From Sugar

One of the more important options to keep fit will be involved in sports activities. From sports activities, we probably indicate that physical activities which are performed for entertainment, satisfaction and competition or recreation. In fact, in sports activities one can get himself be used up to the extent involving his muscles, joints and the system. Besides it also enriches other skills the stamina and energy levels. When you perform a sports activity, you are likely ward off the fats out of your body and have a toned and slim body. Through rigid and rigorous wellness, you may come inside a sports activity program which can enable you to cope with the challenges in the field but is also equally applicable to the ones daily life.

It is necessary that an individual must respect his health needs and work hard to match the same. Water is most essential for the proper functioning of the body and without you can’t endure for a day or so. Dehydration that’s losing plenty of water can make you ill, and in worst conditions, you can lose your life. So it is strongly suggested for those involved into some of the strenuous sports activities to drinking a great deal of water. With some of the sports, an individual might require wellness or sports drink as well to replace the lot quantity of fluid. A sports drink will mean to provide you with two of the critical components such as the carbohydrate. As without a carbohydrate you can’t proceed with other activities it is essential that you receive an energy supplement like the carbohydrate. If you are searching to learn more about sugar detox, check out the mentioned above website.

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NEW RELEASE : Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate

Pencilled in for release 18th May, "The Liberty Of Norton Folgate", the first studio album release from Madness since 1999's "Wonderful".

The album comprises fourteen tracks of quintessential Madness; subversive, expansive British pop music at its finest as you would expect from one of the country's most successful and enduring bands.

For more information on the release and to pre-order follow the link here, there is also a Limited Edition Box Set version of the release here.

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Ordo Virtutum (ca. 1150) [78:52]
Ensemble Belcanto/Dietburg Spohr
rec. October 2010, Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main
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Whichever way you slice it, this an odd CD. To start with, fans of Hildegard von Bingen, or fans of what they think they might expect to hear from Hildegard von Bingen based on past experience, need to be warned - this is more than likely not what you would expect to hear from an album dedicated to the music of Hildegard von Bingen.
Dietburg Spohr’s Ensemble Belcanto has already appeared on the ECM label, performing works by Wolfgang Rihm, Konrad Boehmer, Fabrizio Casti and Haim Alexander on ECM New Series 1739. With Belcanto’s reputation in new music you might not expect them to appear in a work from around 1150, but Dietburg Spohr is sensitive to the very real affinities between early music and some of today’s avant-garde. The original Ordo Virtutum is a morality play or liturgical drama, considered the earliest known to have a name author for both the music and the text.
The approach in this case is not a search for historical authenticity. In order to gain some kind of reference I had a listen online to the recording of Ordo Virtutum by Sequentia on the BMG label, and if you know this or perhaps the Vox Animæ recording on Et’Cetera KTC1203 then you will be wondering what on earth is going on with Ensemble Belcanto.
Ensemble Belcanto have embarked on a ‘creative interpretation’, one which Gerhard R. Koch’s booklet notes describe as being “based on respect and the faithful handling of the auratic composer and her presumed intentions. Precisely because her world is so distant and foreign, one must refrain from enfolding it in emotive sonic incense or from making it ironical. Experience with new vocal music is applied in this version, as is the endeavour to impart the Middle Ages - a kind of balancing act between the modern and the archaic which, in any event, does more justice to the work than a beautified halo. Dietburg Spohr activates the potential for contrast in Ordo in her arrangement, as if an imaginary Medieval composer had composed for a ‘bel canto’ ensemble.”
In other words, we get strange dissonances, atonal wandering accompanying lines which have a kind of plainchant texture but as if performed by singers looking for their notes rather than in possession of clarity of intent, bluesy parallel close-harmony, gasping and pain-ridden vocalisations, laughing and whistling, staccato jabbing features or repeating vowel sounds like flights of seagulls or a choir in search of a new production of Einstein on the Beach. Don’t expect any sublime revelation towards the end either, it just keeps on going. It’s all very strange and not without its own fascination, but pretty far removed from general expectations of medieval music. I wonder at the comment “one must refrain … from making it ironical”. To my ears there is plenty of irony to be found in the many incongruities in this performance, though with its deadly serious intent these little parcels of capriciousness may well be accidental. It’s hard to tell, which is perhaps part of the charm of the piece: perhaps Koch has been taken for a ride as well.
As with all such things, we have to ditch preconceptions and take these sounds at face value - as music for our times inspired by a rich and mysterious past. Like it or loathe it, this is an artefact which gazes upon the mists of time and refracts what little light emerges from that other country into something new and unique. It confounds our comfortable idea of what Von Bingen’s music might have sounded like or sought to express, or indeed the expressive means of those recreating her work in her own times and beyond.
I would be the last to want to put you off, but take care - if Mother likes a bit of Hildegard, this might not be the gift you want her putting on for a quiet evening around the tree next Christmas … and what would Sibyl of the Rhine make of it all? I suspect that, with an amused twinkle in her eye, she would say “you are all just crazy”, before turning back to her reading and making us all feel a bit silly.
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The children’s books that belong in room 101

I love books. Matilda and Henry love books. We have books in almost every room and if you sit down for more than 10 seconds you are likely to be handed a book to read. One of my very favourite things is reading a bedtime story to them. But sometimes I see Matilda walk around the corner carrying a book and my heart sinks, for in her hands is a book that is simply painful to read. A book that makes your ears bleed a little as you hear yourself reading it.

These books are destined to be lost very quickly, hidden in a bag at the back of the cupboard until you can get them out of the house and safely deposited at the charity shop where another lucky parent can experience the joy of reading them. Or wrapped up and given as a present at the next birthday party you attend, although that is of course a risky strategy if presents are opened at the party and your child realises what you’ve done.

So ladies and gentlemen I submit to you here the books that I think deserve to be put into room 101:

Frozen Disney bookAll books published by Disney; I’d potentially go as far as to say that any book that started as a film and then became a book should be in this category. These books are just another piece of merchandise that good old Disney can sell us along with all the other tat. The strategy seems to be to summarise a whole film into 20 pages or so in a writing style of a primary school student and then throw in lots of colourful pictures. Matilda received a Frozen one for Christmas (of course) and it’s just dreadful which is amazing considering that the film is so good (maybe it’s the lack of singing in the book).

The whole collection of Mr Men books; one of my earliest memories is being primary school age and watching a Mr Men cartoon featuring Mr Strong and loving it. I think I might even have had a Mr Strong bag I loved it so much, but this is definitely one childhood memory that should stay in the past. When Matilda was old enough I quite excitedly sat down to read her her first Mr Men book, one of those big moments as a parent where you share something you love with your child. But the puzzled look on her face said it all, the story had no flow to it and didn’t really make sense. The prose certainly wasn’t a patch on Shirley Hughes or Roald Dahl.Mr Men, Thomas and Friends books

Any book with wee or poo in the title; or any bodily fluid for that matter, when I sit down to read a bed time story do I really want to describe a dinosaur pooping Christmas? I have no doubt that were Henry and Matilda 2 or 3 years older they would think all the mentions of poo hilarious, but this trend to make children’s books disgusting just feels like cheap laughs.

Thankfully the books we read regularly tend to be a little bit more sophisticated, things like The Ladybird heard and Alfie’s new boots, they’re the ones the children take off the bookshelf time and time again. What about you, what books would you put into room 101?

  1. You have clearly never read ‘The Story of the Little Mole who knew it was none of his Business’ A classic.

    But, yes to Disney. Well, no. You know what I mean.

  2. Definitely the Mr Men books can’t stand them ! I also agree with Walt Disney. Chicken Licken and books of the same style drove me mad reading them. Dr Zeuss I remember now as boring you may not recall those!

  3. Couldn’t agree more. I actually read a Mr Men book to Olivia last night and it was crap. As you say it didn’t flow and was badly written. Won’t be reading that again.

  4. I’m so with you on the books based on films that exist just to cash in. Similarly, we’ve got various Peppa Pig ones that assorted relatives who obviously hate us have gifted. Not only do they tell the same two-dimensional tale badly, they also include the little sod snorting and giggling. Argh!

  5. I am careful not to let them know when I think a book is terrible because if they enjoy it then I feel I shouldn’t influence that. However, the ones I can’t stand to read are ones about Poppy and Honey. I can’t remember much more about them, but the girls always want pink satin dresses and live in Honeysuckle village or somewhere equally sickly. Another is The Secret Fairy Talent Show. Awful. Both were given to the girls second hand and are completely gender stereotyped. I don’t worry too much though as we have so many wonderful books and I love watching the girls pick them up and re tell them in their own words.

    At the moment E loves The Faraway Tree books- I never read these as a child and I know they are very well loved by many. To be honest, the worlds just seem plain silly and the story slightly dull, but then I suppose it’s not supposed to appeal to me! She also likes getting non-fiction books like ‘Looking after Gerbils’ from the library which are nice to read for a change. Little one’s faves by far are Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo and Gruffalo’s Child. One of my favourites to read is probably ‘The Paper Dolls’.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

New shit hit tha fan

2009 had it's up and down for sure. Major economical draw backs on the global market proved to be for me a real eye opener (one that I knew about but never had to adress in this head-on manner) and I decided that I had to do something drastic on the D.I.Y side of -mwcp-. To be able to do your own stuff within photography as a proffessional is not always the case for most in this field. Clients with no budget and respect for the labor sure had a great time but in the long run this is a path straight to the abyss for the induvidual photographer. If you want to do what you love, what you are good at and you want to do it for a long time you have to find the way arond the bullshit. In my case I am on a mission to get my photography on its feet again. No more begging and getting let down at last minutes by unresponsive and careless money makers. I will be working on this new project for some time now and hopefully come back with better, stronger and more powerful material within 2010. I will be based out of both Thailand and Japan for some time (in Singapore at this moment...monsoon rain!) and am looking forward to being able to go even more solo that ever (how more solo can a One-man-show get!?). Lets see if I can turn this one into something fruitful and creative, do or die!

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Monday, November 16, 2009

The Dream

The preferred way to travel in these parts of the world. 80's comfort still thrives up here. Fast, fun and funky.

I'm on my way from Chang Mai up to Mae Sai in a minute. Will try to track down the same hidden villages I visited last year as well as a possible visa-run into Myanmar over the day. The roads up here are great and not to busy. The mountains and forests are breathtaking and the further from the beaten track you go the better it gets. I've been shooting elephants up in the forests here for the last couple of years, a private project. And I will try some new areas not mentioned on the map this time as well. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. But always in the end of the day you have seen and experienced something out of the ordinary. Always worth it!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Winter In Siam

Sitting in the heart of South East Asias "City Of Angles" at the moment i.e. Bangkok. The train up to Changmai is leaving in a couple of hours. A second class "fan sleeper" ticket in my pocket.

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Back in Tokyo December 18.

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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Roof Shooter

Beginning Of the End

The Ghetto in the former red light district of Shinjuku, in the heart of Tokyo. Today was the beginning of the end and it's sad to see this landmark for Tokyo underground disappear and give way to something more settled. Well, time goes and shit happens, it was with style the ship sank. The cops was late so the about 100 people on the streets and surrounding rooftops got to see 30 minutes live music under a clear blue sky.

Tuned Out

Sunday, November 01, 2009

For The Unwanted

Another Halloween, the day of the year the unwanted claim his right to be unwanted.

Last night at The Ghetto in central Tokyo.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Here it is, the promotion video I got the pleasure to film and direct. Had about 90 minutes of raw materials to work with and to try to squeeze into the 3 minutes song. The key words I was given by the band was Power, Blood, Evil and Hell, hence the Betrayer. I was lucky to be able to have Mao Satan (the "creature" in the video) to help us out as well as engineer Ren who spent many weekends putting it together file-vice. There is another slightly different version out there (this is the Directors cut) on the YouTube, if you have any comments of the two, please let me know. Eager to hear what you have to say about this project. The band OGRE JAPAN have become good friends during the process and it's with joy I'm looking forward to see what the future will hold for this D.I.Y one-of-a-kind die hard true to the bone real metal band keeping up the underground spirit of Tokyo.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Went out for a ride, G9 around the neck. October is the best month to be here in Tokyo. Getting cool and you can start to breath again. Best way to see the city and the surrounding cities is by bike, no doubt! I landed in Japan for the first time about 15 years ago and it was October. This impact on my memory makes fall/winter the time of the year when Japan is what Japan is about. Always liked it here in Fall and Winter.

My Dad

These lines are the first of a longer introduction of a future book project. The book project focuses on my love to Asia and how photography has made for me Asia the most interesting, attractive and never ending place on the earth to live and how without knowing it at the time, my father inspired me to take up a camera and see, not just to look and to hear, not just listen.

"My Father had a camera. We sat at dark winter evenings in front of 35mm slides projected on a white roll curtain screen and watched ourselves in swim suits on rocky shores, in hay at some farm stay, always with sunburned faces. These moments were for me magical and I clearly remember those unexposed rolls of film standing there in the cupboard over the sink waiting to be processed. Sometimes it took weeks or even months (that's what it felt like anyways) for my father to get it done and come home with an envelope of prints. He wasn’t really a great photographer my father but he did have the spirit to document our first years, mine and my sisters. He told me once that he got this Contax 35 mm camera with 2 lenses as payment for a car he repaired, he once got a fishing rod and roll as payment. He wasn’t a very good business man my father.

I did never have the chance to talk about photography with him but I have come to understand that he was like me really drawn to images. The bookshelves back home in the house were filled with books, most of them cheap hardcover novels, also an encyclopedia as well as lots of books with photographs in them. I don’t think my father really knew any famous photographers name or what was hot on the photo marker at the time, but the books there in the bookshelf was of a photographic nature and I used to love to flip through them all. Why did I never ask him about his camera, why did I never ask him to teach how to use it? It was like I couldn’t connect the camera with those magical moments on dark winter evenings in front of warm grass, cold lemonade and bright nights with the rest of the family.

I guess most with families with kids fight a lot, we fought a lot, my sisters, and me and gave our mother a daily headache. But in the images my father showed us everything was always happy and uplifting. He chose to filter out the dark and negative and maybe for him just capture the dream he must have had when he decided to have a family on his own. My parents were young when they had us and from pretty modest families themselves so I can’t really blame them for being naïve, sticking to that dream we could see was real, at least in my father’s images. A reminder to us that moments were sunny, bright and loving as well."......

Miss you man!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Shrine Shooting

Was shooting this trio yesterday afternoon at a local shrine. The afternoon light was not bad at all for portrait photography. These images will be part of a music project originated in the U.S. later this winter. Stay tuned.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Promotion Video

There is a first for everything...right! I was working with metal maniacs OGRE JAPAN and computer guru "Ren" to finally sit down to this master piece of metal video. The first time for me to work in video format and to do a continuous "frame" compare to still photography (my preferred medium) was actually a bigger challenge that I imagined. But after many sit-downs at the digital mixer-board I think we got what could be described as a pretty fair picture of the song "Betrayer". There will be a "world" premiere on Friday at The Ghetto here in Tokyo. Then we upload to YouTube after that.

Flyer design by Mookie

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Saying of the day

"Happiness is to get lei'd in Hawaii"

Sticker seen on young girls suitcase on the train back from the airport.

New Scotland

Back from couple of weeks in Nova Scotia, East Canada. New project coming up, more about this later on when the timing is spot on. Good to be back in Tokyo. It's when you have been away for the city you find out that there is more to it than your eyes can see. I will be on the road soon again though, back to Thailand to continue on my elephant photo story I started a couple of years ago.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

The Step

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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Alba Nuadh

On the road again, back in mid October.

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Sendai - Keeping Up The Spirit

Bozozoku Chilling

Metal teens thrashing

Saturday, September 05, 2009

MIKURA JIMA - a very special place

The true locals...

Who could have known? I saw this island from a ferry passing by while on another job a couple of years ago and knew that I had to come back here to see more for myself. Mikurajima belongs to Tokyo city but couldn't be further away. This little rock in the middle of the ocean has on the western side a less steep wall of rock and is the only place you can access it. On all other sides there is a 400 meter vertical wall dropping straight down into the rough seas below. I had a certain mental image of what I would encounter but everything from the totally fearless dolphins to the thick rainforest like vegetation covering all made me realize this is an untouched jewel amongst the islands in the pacific just west of mainland Japan. Being a hard to reach protected national park with few locals up to this date has made flora and fauna flourish in a way we seldom see in this place of the world. It took me a days of waiting due to a passing by typhoon and half of the time I spent on the island was either in heavy fog, rain or storm winds...or all together. But I managed to shoot the native wild dolphins, climb over landslide damaged roads to reach the closed areas of this green and blue wind beaten oasis.
The small powerful Canon G9 in an underwater housing worked (use what you have, right) but recycling time was compared to the speed the dolphins swam by just too slow most of times. Totally fearless they torpedoed right by from all directions leaving me a feeling of just being a slow and clumsy human. For land photography I mounted 2 5D's with a 16-35mm and 24-70mm respectively and was shooting with this on all the time, wouldn't want to risk to get any of that salt filled air inside the housing. I have been abused my 2 5D's in the worst environments now for many years now and it always surprise me that they just keep on going. This story will be in one of Japans major airline magazines next year so please stay tuned.


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At the Exhibition Hall

By Janice Friesen      June 25, 2007 -- 01:37 PM
I have spent the whole day at the exhibition hall helping out with the My eCoach booth and time has flied all day!  Wow!  There has been a constant stream of people visiting the booth and asking questions.  There is lots of interest in My eCoach.

I think it is really hard to explain what My eCoach is, but it is so amazing how many things you can do with it.  Have you tried the Survey tool?  Did you know that you can filter the results?

I want to add that I am going to Greece in just 8 days!

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Come and visit if you can.  We will be at booth #2136.

See you there!

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16 Days until Greece Trip

By Janice Friesen      June 18, 2007 -- 10:58 AM
The countdown continues on my other blog :

I am switching to My eCoach for this blog for a few reasons.
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  2. Blogger.com is not a safe place to send students.
  3. I can easily upload and post pictures to this site.
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Today there are 26 more days until the beginning of the Greece Project.  I am keeping a countdown on my other blog http://malahinitx.blogspot.com, but today I am also putting this on the blog that I might be using for the trip.

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Stacey and I recently discovered a new, and I'm sure short-lived, video fad. It's the Invisible Box Challenge. Of course it's ridiculous...but we HAD to try it!

The concept is simple, and the people who do it successfully make it look simple. You lift one foot and pretend to put it on an imaginary box. Then you simply step over the box with your other leg without moving the foot on top.

Stacey and I were pretty confident that we could pull this off with ease. We were quickly humbled though. There is a 4-letter 'F' word that perfectly describes our attempts. FAIL!!!

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Universal is gearing up to unleash the first official trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom on Thursday with a series of new teasers for the upcoming sequel. The studio has released a total of five teasers since yesterday; at this rate, you won’t even need an actual trailer by the end of the week because you could probably stick all of these clips together via digital glue and make one of your own.

To be fair, only one of the two new promos below is actually a teaser. The other is a weird short in which Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and YouTube personality (a horrific pairing of words) Zach King are trying to get the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom trailer ready in time for the official premiere. Shenanigans ensue, and there’s a cat in a dinosaur costume — which is pretty much the only thing that justifies this promo’s existence:

As for the actual teaser, that one’s a little more interesting and features Pratt waking up a sleeping T-Rex and declaring, “This is gonna be awesome!” I assume Owen has graduated from enlisting trained velociraptors to stupidly attempting to use a T-Rex as a guard dog:

J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) directs Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jurassic World duo Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow. The sequel also stars James Cromwell, Toby Jones, Rafe Spall, Geraldine Chaplin, Ted Levine and Jeff Goldblum, and hits theaters on June 22, 2018.

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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Exploring London

It's quite rare that I get to explore London these days, I live quite Central in London so tend to have everything fairly close to me. That being said, on Monday, myself and a few friends decided to go and explore. I've been living in London for three years and there's still so many places I haven't visited, Richmond being one of them.

We ate lunch, drank cocktails and wine and just enjoyed eachothers company whilst taking in the beautiful surroundings, I took a few pictures to share with you, enjoy.

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Judge rules that Gov. Bevin followed law in current-year university cuts as AG Beshear plans appeal to Supreme Court

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Gov. Matt Bevin followed the law when he ordered 2 percent allotment reductions for state colleges and universities, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate ruled that Bevin has the authority to cut budget allotments under state law, an action that drew a lawsuit from Attorney General Andy Beshear. The first-year Democratic attorney general and three state House Democrats intervening in the case argued that Bevin’s spending reductions violated the Kentucky Constitution and law.

However, Wingate dismissed that argument and said state law gives the governor “a small amount of breathing room to perform his executive function, the administration of government.”

“The Court simply cannot endorse the position advanced by the Attorney General and the Intervening State Representatives that all appropriated funds must be spent or made available for expenditure,” Wingate wrote in his order dismissing the lawsuit. “This position is both an irresponsible one and an unsustainable one for a government to take.”

The judge also noted that most university presidents “admitting that they can live with the downward revisions.” Bevin had originally called for 4.5 percent cuts in the current fiscal year for most postsecondary institutions March 31, but later amended that down to 2 percent.

Kentucky State University is exempt from the spending cuts.

While Wingate found that the first-year Republican governor acted within his authority in mandating 2 percent reductions in budget allotments for state colleges, he ordered that the $17.8 million in spending cuts remain in a separate account pending appeal.

That’s what Beshear is planning, saying that he hoped to have the case transferred to the Kentucky Supreme Court.

“While we respect Judge Wingate, his opinion is inconsistent with numerous decisions by the Supreme Court of Kentucky and confers dangerous levels of power on the governor,” Beshear said in a statement.

“We always expected the Supreme Court to decide this matter, and we are confident that it will rule in our favor and hold that the budget is more than an advisory document,” he continued.

Bevin, in a statement, praised Wingate’s ruling “confirming our ability to manage the Commonwealth’s finances in a fiscally responsible manner.”

“We appreciate that the court ruled as we anticipated, acknowledging that Attorney General Beshear’s position was ‘both an irresponsible one and an unsustainable one for a government to take,’” Bevin said. “While others focus on politically motivated attacks, we continue to focus on strengthening Kentucky’s fiscal foundation.”

Republican Treasurer Allison Ball, also in her first year in office, also applauded Wingate’s decision.

“My job as Treasurer is to ensure that money is spent constitutionally,” Ball, a defendant in the case, said in a statement. “I’m pleased to see that the Court agrees.”

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will headline RPK/Matt Bevin joint fundraiser

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will headline a joint fundraiser for the Republican Party of Kentucky and Matt Bevin’s gubernatorial campaign at the end of the month.

The event, which will take place in Lexington on Sept. 29, was first confirmed to Pure Politics by RPK Chairman Steve Robertson on Wednesday. Invitations for the fundraiser are already heading to mailboxes and it will be held at a “private location.”

Robertson told Pure Politics the event will “lift all boats,” from Bevin’s campaign to the party’s efforts in other elections.

Haley has been named recently as a potential vice presidential candidate after she made national headlines in June calling for and shepherding the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds in South Carolina after the mass killing of nine African-Americans during Bible study in Charleston, S.C.

Bevin, who has nine children including four adopted children from Ethiopia, was the first gubernatorial candidate to announce his support for removing a 15-foot marble statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, from its place in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda where it still stands after an outcry of public support in favor of the monument.

“I applaud Governor Haley’s decision to call for the removal of the Confederate Flag from capitol grounds in South Carolina, and I think it would be equally appropriate for Kentucky to remove the Jefferson Davis statue from our capitol,” Bevin said in a statement in June.

“It is important never to forget our history, but parts of our history are more appropriately displayed in museums, not on government property.”

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Jack Conway initially said he’d have to chew on the idea of removing the statute but eventually announced he too would like to see the monument removed from the state house grounds.

SurveyUSA, which conducted a poll for The Courier-Journal, Lexington Herald-Leader, WHAS-TV and WKYT-TV, asked respondents in August whether the Davis statue, unveiled in 1936, should be removed from the Capitol Rotunda.

Seventy-three percent of 863 respondents said the statue should stay where it is versus 17 percent who say the marble rendering should be removed and another 10 percent unsure. The poll had a 3 percent margin of error.

Bevin’s campaign did not immediately return a request for comment when contacted by Pure Politics Wednesday afternoon.

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Mushroom Lemon Risotto
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Pickled Mushroom and Gruyère Pizza
Poached Pears with Candy Cap Mushrooms
Porcini Salt and Porcini Butter
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Menu Plan Monday

Monday:  Frozen Pizza (bought some Digiorno on sale at Publix), green beans
Tuesday:  Shrimp Scampi, homemade bread, salad, corn
Wednesday:  Asian Pork Tenderloin (stole this recipe from Orgjunkie herself!), teriyaki rice, broccoli
Thursday:  Chili, cornbread, veggie
Friday: Baked Tilapia, rice, veggie
Saturday:  Burgers, oven fries, veggie
Sunday:  Some sort of Chicken, mashed potatoes, veggie

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  1. WOW! And I bet you will make your Chili ahead so we can enjoy the Sewing Expo with no worries about cooking dinner! You make me PROUD!


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