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Shep Johnson Remembered

by Chuck Sheley (Cave Junction ’59) |

Shep passed away April 20, 2016. The July issue of Smokejumper was already in layout at that time, so we’re doing a bit of catch-up in this issue.

Starting in about 2001, I wanted to do articles on the Smokejumper/CIA connection. Besides being an interesting subject, I wanted to get some of these stories recorded before this aspect of our history was lost.

Jack Mathews (MSO-48) was a major player in Southeast Asia (SEA) and other parts of the world involving smokejumpers and the CIA. Jack and I had started to develop a good line of communication when he died in January 2001 and that source of information was lost.

I then came into contact with Thomas C. “Shep” Johnson (MYC-56) and realized that here was a story that covered years of operations from Tibet to Southeast Asia and beyond. A former Marine, Shep had already received a Purple Heart in Korea when his brother Miles Johnson (MYC-53) recruited him to the smokejumpers in 1956. Shep was working on an Idaho cattle ranch at the time. As it happened, it was off-season on the same ranch when he was recruited for the CIA.

James E. “Jim” Parker, author and paramilitary officer in Laos writes the following about Shep on his blog:

“I’ve stared at the computer screen for some long time, remembering Shep stories, trying to write something appropriate. But I hurt inside. I am not smiling. I hurt and feel my age.

“What makes Shep stand out in my mind so much was that, like Hog (Jerry Daniels MSO-58), he was a cowboy, laconic and weathered features. Had no rough edges. Smiled a lop-sided smile. Beer drinker or whiskey out of the bottle. Worked hard from sunup to sundown. And he was CIA.

“Unbelievably, this throwback to men, who broke trail for wagon trains to the west coast a couple of hundred years ago, worked for the CIA with its Harvard men and persuasive boardroom thinkers. Who, as long as I knew him, had callouses on his hands and could get drunk on a pair of beers at night.

“I wrote something recently about the Battle for Skyline, that first ridgeline north of the Long Cheng valley, that was a line drawn in the mountains to hold off a North Vietnamese invasion force of 27,000 main line soldiers. The job of this big NVA force was to kill the 4,000 ragtag CIA army, which was the only force standing between them and the Lao capital of Vientiane.

“Three Americans stood out in my mind in the successful effort of the CIA army to hold the line at Skyline – Hog (Jerry Daniels), Hardnose and Moose. I should also add Shep. His job was to get war supplies and food in at Long Cheng and then out to the CIA army in their dozens and dozens of locations on the battlefield. He had many Hmong helpers, but Shep, with his clipboard, took in all orders from the field, prioritized them, got them fitted for delivery, either by sling load or configured with parachutes for any of five or six different types of delivery aircraft and sent them on their way – one man – Shep Johnson – made it all possible. No one you know could have done it.

“Only person I ever knew who could do this, day after day, with incoming rounds landing nearby, was Shep. Never complained. Broke down tons and tons of supplies and got them to where they needed to go out there on the battlefield.”


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Medical Aid Centre

Good Health Care facilities are mandatory for any residential university. Medical Aid Centre is providing services to all the employees and students of the University. Independent premises for Medical Aid Centre with better facilities is in place.

Medical Aid Centre has two Doctors, two Male Medical Assistants, two Female Staff Nurses, one Laboratory Assistant, one Assistant and one helper.

  • OPD – OPD services are available to all the inhabitants of the University.
  • Laboratory – A well equipped Clinical Laboratory with Semi-Autoanalyser is functional in Medical Aid Centre.
  • A Dental Unit has been set-up having a Dental Doctor assisted by an assistant.
  • Physiotherapy Unit – A Physiotherapy Unit with all latest Physiotherapy equipments is functional in Medical Aid Centre.
  • Ambulance Service – An ambulance is available round the clock for referral to Government Medical College, Jammu or ASCOMS, Jammu in extreme emergency.
  • Immunization - Under Border Cluster Scheme, on every 4th Thursday of month, a team of qualified personals of Health Department visit the campus to provide free of cost immunization
  • Ward- Separate wards for male and female indoor patients. 8. Chemist- A well stocked chemist shop is situated next to Medical Aid Centre.

Catering Facility

The catering services for the students, faculty and staff have been outsourced and are being rendered by contractors in the boy's and girl's hostels thereby reducing the management related issues for the university. More establishments are expected to be made operational in the near future.  Each hostel has its own Mess facility and this is monitored by a committee consisting of the Hostel Warden, Hostel Caretaker & nominated students from the hostel.  Thus the students have an effective role to play in ensuring that good quality food, tasty and hygenic is available to slla students.  The Committee has the mandate to change the Menu as well as impose fine on the caterer in case of any discrepency.

Shopping Complexes

The Main Shopping Complex, close to the Medical Center consists of 10 shops which cater to virtually all the requirements of the residents of the university including students, staff and afculty members.  These shops include two Grocery cum General stores having all modern amenities, Sweet Shop, Snacks Shop, Barber Shop, SMVDU Gas Agency, Amul Outlet, Chemist Shop etc.  Stationery Shop is located close to the Boy's Hostel.

Banking & ATM Facilities

The J&K Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce have a branch each on the campus which caters to the students, staff, and faculty members of the university.  The J&K bank has the facility of an ATM.  Facility of electronic transfer of funds exists with these banks.  Each student of the University is required to have a Bank Account with any one of these banks which is utilized for the students personal finance as well as any refunds from the university.

The postal department has opened a post-office for the use of the residents of the university in the campus itself.  The post-office has all standard facilities including Money order, Speed Post, Registered Post etc.  The postal address of the campus is

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
Sub Post Office, SMVD University, Katra 182 320

Schools for Children

The well known Delhi Public School (D.  P. S.) has opened a school in the university campus for the children of the faculty and staff members staying on campus.  The school is also open to people from neighboring locality and the holy town of Katra.

Guest house

The university has a guest house on campus with 15 well appointed rooms and 4 suites to accommodate guests of the university, guests of the Faculty, Staff & the students.  All the rooms are air-conditioned, have wall to wall carpeting & Satellite dish Conection to the Television.  Mess facility with food made to order is also available in the Guest House.

Telephone Exchange

BSNL has opened its exchange within the university campus thus providing landline and mobile connections on priority to the university residents.  The mobile cell tower is also located within the campus.  With the help of BSNL, Udhampur, the University has its own digital telephone exchange and a mobile tower on the campus. The land and building for said purpose was provided by the University to have better telephone connectivity and optical fiber based Internet service on the campus. The new exchange supports CLI (Caller Line Identification) apart from the other services. So far as the internal telephone network is concerned, SMVDU has one of the latest up to date systems (one of the best in the state of Jammu & Kashmir), A Siemens Hipath 4300 series IP ready communication server with 336 (expandable upto 1392 extentions) analog and 24 digital extensions. With over 300 analog extensions and a couple of digital extensions already made functional in the academic and residential areas of the university, voice mail facility and voice interactive system has been incorporated in the EPABX system. This has allowed users to receive calls from anywhere with zero or close to zero dependence on call transfer. As a part of the expansion plan 100 more extensions are being planned for future expansion. With the passage of time and depending on advancements in technology and as per the needs of the university more and more enhancements will be incorporated in the system. Mobile connectivity of almost all the operators operating in J&K is possible on the campus.All this has enabled us to have excellent infrastructure to make the University as a role model. It also reinforces the thought that students are valued consumers and the education system student-centric.

Power & Water Supply

Enough care has been taken to provide all the basic necessities required for healthy and happy stay and learning on the campus. Looking at the overall erratic power supply in this part of the country, the university, from the very beginning, decided to have an exclusive 33KV substation on the campus to ensure uninterrupted power supply to all the parts of the campus, deriving input directly from the Jajharkotli grid. As the result of this there is no shortage or curtailment of the power on the campus, a great advantage for the fully residential University. The University also provides uninterrupted power back ups, wherever required, with the help of high power generator and inverters. The University has a dug well with a provision of pumping and storing 1, 00,000 gallons of good water in the campus daily. The quality of water supplied is good for human consumption and is checked regularly for quality.

The public transport facilities are available in the form of min-bus which plies on the Domel-Katra route.  All buses stop in front of the university gate and are available every hour.  The University has also organized its own bus facility for students from Campus to Domel and back on specific times during the weekdays and the weeknds for the convenience of the students.  a specail bus facility from Campus to Jammu and back is available on every Saturday for the convenience of Faculty & Staff members and their families.

Last Updated on Thursday, 03 May 2012 06:10

Alumni Talk

Nikhil Sharma | B.Tech
- Dassault  Systems
- PLM Developer

SMVDU is an excellent place for learning with great faculty and State of the Art infrastructure in terms of practical knowledge in engineering sciences. This is the place where I inculcated all my academic and professional knowledge and face the challenges of a professional future.
"Salutes to my Alma Mater"

Anshuman Mishra | B.Tech
- IBM, Pune
- System Operation Lead Specialist

"At SMVDU, I have had the privilege to be taught by professors who really care about my academic progress, and I've benefitted from this immensely.Not only have I honed my professional skills at SMVDU but have grown more culturally aware. SMVDU provides the resources necessary for concretizing your goals and ambitions - whatever they may be. The opportunities I've been furnished with at SMVDU range from meeting diverse people and building solid, long-lasting friendships to enjoying the exciting scenic beauty. ...

Rahul Pandey | B.Tech
-Batch 2005-09
- Cleared Civil Services Examination 2010

"The alma mater of a student plays a defining role in his/her life. It is the place where the final touches to the personality of a young kid are given. SMVDU laid the foundation of my success in civil services as it provided the apt environment for achieving my aim. A lively environment on the campus, good guidance by teachers and an ideal environment for learning-that's what SMVDU is in my eyes ...

Gaurav Handoo | B.Tech
- Xalted Info. Systems
- Test Engineer

"I used to think that any university must have insufficient amenities as compared to IITs but at SMVDU I witnessed world class infrastructure coming into existence right in front of my eyes. Faculty members helped me gain academically as well as developing an all round personality...

Anup Rastogi | B.Tech
- Nokia Siemens Network
- Core (NSS) Engineer

SMVDU today is very well known as an premier instution and being at the university, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting people from all over the country, which has broadened my perspective and that’s the best thing about this place. It was so easy to develop closeness to the teachers and fellow students in a calm, seren environment but the academic grinding was intense...

Pratima Labroo | B.Tech
- University of Dundee, UK
- M.S (Biomedical Engineering)

. The course at SMVDU required hard work and some serious studying, that being said I enjoyed every minute of it; thanks to my classmates, teachers and especially working on projects each year enabled me in developing my skills. It prepared me and helped me identify what I really enjoyed doing and my future goals. After B.Tech completion I went on for a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at University of Dundee, U.K. I am planning to follow up with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and establish my career in academics and research...

Supreet Lakhotia | B.Tech
- Forbes Marshall Ltd., Pune
- Marketing Engineer

SMVDU gave me the flexibility to explore my potential and my stay here has been a journey of self realization. The campus is serene, has excellent infrastructure and you can really enter neck deep in you preparations to fulfil your career aspirations. My Faculty Mentor helped me at every step including helping me getting placed with Forbes Marshall...

Ishaan Ratanpal | B.Tech
- Ogilvy & Mather
- Advertising Executive

Currently pursuing Branding & Advertising as a career, I believe the most important lesson that SMVDU has taught me is to keep striving for what you want to achieve with relentless passion, perseverance, honesty and hard-work. The faculty and the environment provided me the confidence to harness my hidden potential, which would not have been possible otherwise. ...

Ikhlaq Singh | B.Tech
- Accenture Consulting
- HR Executive

"At SMVDU, the location, the beautiful campus, hostels, friends and most important the 'Faculty'; everything was like 'the perfect fit'. The kind of culture that nourishes the students in the foothills of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine is totally unrivalled. The level of education, both professional and personal is very high and the facilities are a class apart..

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

cherry blossom

The Cherry Blossom was flowering before we left. The entire tree was a mass of these pretty white flowers. Bee's were buzzing to the nectar already.
The garden has a selection of fruit trees, but all with no labels!
I think there is an Apple tree, a Cherry tree, a Quince tree. But I need to see the fruit forming to be sure!
We are heading back to Yorkshire today.The trip was lovely to Bourton On The Water. A very picturesque Cotswold village.
It was a perfect end to my time off work. I'm back on nights tonight.
All the photos from Painswick Rococo garden, and Bourton need resizing before I can blog them.

Lesley said...

The photograph is lovely David. There's a Cherry Tree growing on our town green. I don't know if it was deliberately planted or if it just seeded itself there, but I look forward to seeing it bloom every Spring.

Lesley said...

Fruit trees are wonderful! They have it all..... gorgeous blossom and tasty fruit. :)

Bangchik and Kakdah said...

Nice beautiful... and the shot against the sky very much commendable.. cheers! ~ bangchik

clairesgarden said...

good luck with your new house and garden!! nice to have more space!


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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Rococo Teaser

The Snowflakes today at the Painswick Rococo garden. I went with Mum, Jaws, and Cat. Despite the car getting a flat tyre we made it to Painswick.
The garden is a renovated 18th century in the Rococo style. It was full of spring flowers, Daffodils, Bluebells, Snowdrops, Aconites, Hyacinths, and Tulips.
I will do a blog post once I'm back in Yorkshire, when I can resize my pictures...
What a nice day, and the rain stayed away.

Anna said...

I think that this is a snowflake (leucojum) rather than a snowdrop but every bit as pretty :)

hils said...

What lovely snowdrops- I would love some in my garden

Lesley said...

Oh, sorry about your flat tyre! When my brother and I were children, every time our parents took us out on a day trip in the car we always got a puncture. My dad patched the tyres up so many times it wasn't surprising. :O)

Glad you had a good day though.

Sylvana said...

I try to grow snowdrops, but they just don't like my garden.
These are so beautiful.


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Monday, May 06, 2013

A bit of fun

Yeah, he's a stone-faced professional Russian spy. And just good enough to get in lots of trouble. Not good enough to take on a pizza guy. Very funny short film. Watch out for robot zombie pigeons, guys.

Spy vs Guy from Red Giant on Vimeo.

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13 August, 2007

Make or Break

Welcome to the section of the site where I highlight those players whose careers in the Premier League might well be coming to an end…and also those guys who have something to prove after disappointing performances last year…plus the injury-prone who might have to call it a day…oh, and Titus Bramble because he is simply the worst professional footballer I have ever seen and it baffles me that people keep paying money for him rather than just using him for compost.

Michael Ballack

It still doesn’t really make any sense, but somehow Ballack transforms into a different player when wearing a Chelsea shirt; one that wouldn’t deserve his place in my local pub team. His performances at the highest level over the years for club and country have shown what incredible talent he possesses, and you certainly don’t get to be the captain of Germany by being rubbish, but unfortunately he gave Lampard a run for his money in defining the term “anonymous” last season…and that’s saying something.

Seemingly tailor-made for our country, it often takes foreign imports a year to adjust to the Premier League, so if Ballack’s keen on staying for a third season he needs to hit the ground running in August and seriously perform.

Andrei Shevachenko

As with Ballack, I still cannot get my head round how Sheva went a full season without showing much of what the whole world knows he is capable of. His club record up until last season speaks for itself, and the Talismanic affect he has on the Ukranian national team is incredible, but still he struggled to make an impact last year. Maybe he wasn’t fit, maybe he didn’t settle in London, maybe he just felt insulted being asked to play second fiddle to an arrogant flash-in-the-pan like Drogba…whatever the reason, he must perform well early otherwise I fear he’s back off to Milan next year with his tail between his legs.

Shaun Wright-Phillips

You could’ve said last season was SWP’s make or break year, but since this website didn’t exist then, it wasn’t officially. Now however, after a summer of rumours connecting him with various big European clubs, SWP must either make himself one of Jose’s ‘undroppables’ or bite the bullet and leave, its that simple. After an excellent preseason and a great opening showing, where his provision was excellent, he has taken a step in the right direction. He’s already lost all the confidence that came with being a big fish at Man City, and any dreams of international glory, but he still has the ability left to be an exciting player at the top level. The amount of quality wingers at Chelsea is daunting, sure, but SWP was probably the most effective wide man in the country three years ago, and if he really wants it, can be again.

Steve Sidwell

Winner of this season’s “Shaun Wright-Phillips Award for Lack of Ambition”, Sidwell has had two phenomenal years and could’ve walked into almost any other team’s starting eleven. Instead, he took a huge pay rise to sit on the bench at Chelsea to waste away his career until he gets bored. Oh well.

Michael Carrick

Despite ending the footballing year in the kind of form we all knew he was capable of, Carrick is undoubtedly under pressure from the arrival of Owen Hargreaves, the man whose place he also competes for at international level. The passing and vision that made him such a success at Spurs was starting to come back by the last months of the 06/07 season, but you can’t help but wonder just how Carrick will fit into a front six that will presumably now have to accommodate Nani and Anderson, along with Hargreaves, Scholes, Ronaldo and Rooney…

Alan Smith

At the time of writing, ‘Smudge’ is being linked with a move to Newcastle which would probably be the best thing for him at the moment. His ability or passion have never been in doubt, but injuries have unfortunately rendered the Manchester-based portion of his career pretty void. With the huge influx of players there over the last few years, I don’t believe Smith can keep up any more, but a chance of scene and new group of teammates might re-invigorate him into the bloodied scrapper we all know and love.

Jermaine Pennant

One of those guys who never really showed that much but continued to be highly rated just because he was once at Arsenal, Pennant will struggle to get a game in the new look Liverpool next season unless he hits a serious peak of form. Despite impressive performances the year before at Birmingham, he did nothing but underwelm at Anfield last year and must try harder if he doesn’t want to be pushed out the back door and forgotten about altogether. An England call-up may beckon, due to Cojones d’oro’s injury.

Keiran Richardson

Again, I never had a particularly high opinion of the guy to start with, and his cousin has driven me the point of wanting to remove my own eyes and ear drums on the clips I’ve seen of her, but Richardson still could do well at a club with lower expectations. Under Roy Keane at Sunderland, if he is even going to produce something and shine, this is the season.

Thomas Rosicky

Although he would make a very convincing woman, Rosicky is actually quite a good footballer, as shown at last year’s World Cup, however, he didn’t quite click in a disappointing Arsenal team last season. Perhaps without the disruption and distraction of Henry, they may fare better as a team, but Rosicky is among a group of players at the club who definitely have something to prove this year.

Alexander Hleb

Now I can’t really figure out Hleb. I honestly don’t know what he does or what he is supposed to do; every time he receives the ball, he does the same little shimmy then loses the ball. He’s not particularly strong, he’s slow and he’s not a great finisher, but occasionally he can produce a piece of dribbling magic that will create something. This upcoming season, consistency is key, and if he can find his role within this new Arsenal we could see the player Wenger thought he was signing. From his start to this season and his goals against Inter and Fulham, he could develop into the key scoring midfielder in Wenger’s Henry-less side.

Emmanuel Eboue

After being told two years ago by every single Arsenal fan on the planet that he was the best right-back in Europe/the World/all of Time, last season Eboue delivered one of the poorest individual performances that I can remember. Defensively inept, he was also very ineffective going forward, failed to mark at corners and with the promising likes of Hoyte coming up through the ranks, he could well be on his way soon if things don’t change. Good points are that he does look a lot like Kanye West and is apparently a complete joker, akin to Jimmy Bullard.

Didier Zokora

Following reported bidding wars, Zokora was supposed to be the real deal; a new Viera but this time playing for the white side of North London. However, he turned out to be…well, nothing really. Apart from the fact that he has probably the least accurate shot in the top flight, and may well be the sweatiest man in history, there’s very little to say about him. Yes he was technically on the field for most of last season, but what he actually did is anyone’s guess. If Spurs are to genuinely compete for that hallowed fourth place finish this year, he simply must do more.

Jermaine Defoe

Of the fantastic young English crop that grew up together at West Ham over the years, Defoe was always the one who looked most likely to really kick on and make an international impact. However, he must now look at the likes of Ferdinand, Carrick and Joe Cole and wonder what happened. Fast and direct with a fearsome shot, its hard to see where Defoe went wrong. For the last two years he hasn’t looked interested, and his laziness did not unnoticed by Jol who used him only sparingly last season. Now, with the excellent Keane, Berbatov and Bent as competition, will he even figure at all? In the above picture, it appears that one of his fellow strikers has just squeezed his lemon and the juice is now running down his leg.

Sure he’s a pretty likeable guy who has flashes of brilliance, but Mido was a resounding failure last year, becoming a figure of fun even to the Spurs fans who so adored him the season before. As with Richardson, perhaps a move to Sunderland is exactly what he needs for a bit of motivation to perform, and alongside the rapier sharp Chopra, he could still form a very dangerous partnership on these shores.

Mark Gonzalez

Gonzalez is another funny one. Ridiculously fast and with a sledgehammer for a left foot, he just didn’t seem to settle last year and panicked when given an opportunity to shine. Again, consistency is the key if he wishes to find a place in the new Liverpool team this season, and if he can get back to basics, running at people and delivering quality into the box, then he could find himself playing a lot more this year than last.

Dirk Kuyt

Kuyt is a great player, with boundless energy and fight but he was brought in as goal scorer, someone who would net 25-30 league goals and raise Liverpool to the level of Chelsea and Man United. Hopefully it will alongside Torres that Kuyt will find his feet in England and together they could be the most deadly duo since Blackburn’s glory days in the mid-90s where the S.A.S. ram rampant. Additional kudos as ever for having the same first name as Clive Cussler’s legendary hero Dirk Pitt though.

Joey Barton

Its hard to disassociate the footballer from the man and objectively comment on Mr Barton since in my opinion he is among the most objectionable players in the world. Having been at Newcastle only a matter of weeks, he has already been in numerous spots of bother, falling out with teammates wherever humanly possible. If anyone can reel in his borderline personality disorder though it’s Big Sam, so let’s hope for the sake of youth player’s eyes in the north east, he can do it and we’ll see the best of Barton this year outside of the safety of Man City.

Scott Parker

Despite looking impressively like a World War 1 fighter pilot, Parker certainly has something to prove next season at new club West Ham. Underperformed in an admittedly frustrating Newcastle team last year, Parker could once again find his feet in this rejuvenated West Ham side, and fill the passionate void left by Reo-Coker.

Nigel Reo-Coker

Unless his performances regain the level of two seasons ago, Reo-Coker will join an increasingly long line of England under 21 captains who failed to make any impact on the proper international stage. His potential is enormous, but last year he simply did not look interested, even when his teammates were rallying around the incredible Tevez to ensure survival for West Ham. Now at Villa, if anyone can bring the best out of him again it is the Martin O’Neill, and full England caps may once more beckon.

Freddie Ljungberg

No-one can deny that for a couple of years Freddie was among the best players in the country and even Europe, while part of a sublime overall team all at the peak of their careers. Now however, he is a pale shadow of the red-haired maestro he once was, visibly winding down over the last couple of seasons happily cashing his cheques without breaking sweat. As with many players on this list, hopefully a change of scene will kickstart at least a flash of a last hurrah before he retires to bisexual decadence and ambiguous underwear ads.

Michael Owen

A true prodigy when he started out but people forget that that goal against Argentina was almost ten years ago now, and those interim years have not been too kind to ‘young’ Michael Owen. He’s one of those guys we all want to do well, but you just get the feeling he might be cursed in some way. If ever there was a chance to fulfill all that potential however this is it; the Newcastle squad looks impressive this season, and alongside someone as dynamic as Martins, anything could happen.

Jeremie Aliadiere

He was at Arsenal for something absurd like 15 years, without ever really making an impact that wasn’t related to his tongue-twisting name, but maybe at a club with slightly less pressure, he might perform. Or not. To be honest, I think he’s rubbish.

Darren Bent

Now some of you might think this is a strange inclusion but bear with me. Coming from Charlton, where there was little expectation, to Spurs where all eyes on a top 4 finish, Bent simply has to deliver. Add to that the huge price tag, competition for places and the pressures that come with being on the cusp of an England team place, and this truly could be the formative year of bent’s career. Either that or he’ll do a Defoe and settle for mediocrity.

Dean Ashton

Following a difficult season on the sidelines with injury, Ashton has been in impressive pre-season form with West Ham. In the build-up to last year’s World Cup, his name was being touted by many as the ideal strike partner for Rooney, a new Shearer. He still has that potential, but very few players manage to regain their previous form after such an extended period out of the game at this level.

Titus Bramble

Owner of the most impressive child-bearing hips in the country and also the least co-ordinated running style this side of Special Olympics, it can only be through a deal with the devil that Bramble is still a professional footballer. This showed when he crashed his car into a house, but didn't even have the decency to be over the limit, like any other self-respecting player. Every season of his career has been make or break. Why? Because he is just so obviously shit.

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C.R.E.A.M (dollar dollar bill y’all)

Thanks to our good friends The Offside for the heads up on this one, as just recently a Portuguese finance website bizarrely was able to publish the following salary information for the 50 Best Paid Footballers in the world. Now this is based purely on actual playing salary so the ridiculous endorsement cash that David Beckham sees for holding everything from slippers to date rape kits (or rather anti-date rape kits?) on American TV doesn’t come into the equation here.

So I guess the top 2 aren’t a great shock really. For the best part of 5 years now the pair have dominated the European game, winning the Champions League for their respective clubs and drawing extravagant fanaticism throughout the world. A comment on an affiliate forum suggested that Kaka’s annual salary was actually more than the GDP of the whole of New York City, but since I don’t really know what that means, I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not. As for the rest, well see for yourself…

1. Ricardo Kaka (AC Milan) €9 million
2. Ronaldinho Gaucho (FC Barcelona) €8.52 million

3. Frank Lampard (Chelsea FC) €8.16 million
4. John Terry (Chelsea FC) €8.16 million
5. Fernando Torres (Liverpool FC) €7.92 million
6. Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea FC) €7.8 million
7. Michael Ballack (Chelsea FC) €7.8 million
8. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd) €7.68 million
9. Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona) €7.68 million
10. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC) €7.68 million
11. Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC) €7.38 million
12. Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd) €7.32 million
13. Iker Casillas (CF Real Madrid) €7.2 million
14. Michael Owen (Newcastle Utd) €6.72 million
15. Sol Campbell (Portsmouth) €6.6 million
16. Raul Gonzalez (CF Real Madrid) €6.42 million
17. Ruud Van Nistelrooy (CF Real Madrid) €6.42 million
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester Utd) €6.06 million
19. Darren Bent (Tottenham Hotspur) €5.94 million

20. Carlos Tevez (Manchester Utd) €5.88 million
21. Fabio Cannavaro (CF Real Madrid) €5.88 million
22. Luca Toni (Bayern Munich) €5.52 million
23. Robinho (CF Real Madrid) €5.52 million
24. Francesco Totti (AS Roma) €5.46 million
25. Arjen Robben (CF Real Madrid) €5.34 million
Ryan Giggs (Manchester Utd) €5.22 million
27. Michael Essien (Chelsea FC) €5.04 million
28. Adriano Lima (Internazionale) €5.004 million
29. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Internazionale) €5.004 million
Patrick Vieira (Internazionale) €5.004 million
31. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC) €5.004 million
32. Samuel Eto’o (FC Barcelona) €5.004 million
33. Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona) €5.004 million
34. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid) €5.004 million
35. Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) €4.944 million
36. Edwin Van der Sar (Manchester Utd) €4.86 million
Fernando Morientes (Valência) €4.86 million
38. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus FC) €4.8 million
39. Harry Kewell (Liverpool FC) €4.8 million

40. Djibril Cisse (O.Marseille) €4.8 million
41. Joe Cole (Chelsea FC) €4.68 million
42. Pedro Pauleta (Paris SG) €4.608 million
43. Juninho Pernanbucano (O.Lyon) €4.56 million
44. David Beckham (LA Galaxy) €4.5 million
45. David Trezeguet (Juventus FC) €4.5 million
46. Sidney Govou (O.Lyon) €4.5 million
47. Deco (FC Barcelona) €4.5 million
48. Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona) €4.5 million
49. Petr Cech (Chelsea FC) €4.32 million
50. Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria) €4.2 million

Observations then. A staggering 26 of the 50 listed play for just four clubs – Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United – with Chelsea perhaps unsurprisingly being the most represented with 8 players in this bracket; some worth it (Terry, Ballack, Drogba, Essien, Cech) and some blatently not (Lampard, Shevchenko, Cole). Most of the usual suspects are catered for in a pretty decent hierarchical order actually, so as you’d expect, the likes of Ronaldo, Torres, Rooney, Henry and Raul are all up there with the big boys too.

What’s more interesting are those missing however. There are no Dutch or Portuguese based players at all, and aside from Bayern Munich, no other German sides are represented either. The likes of Diego, van der Vaart, Pudowski and Riberry will therefore probably be clamoring for a new agent and deal soon then having seen these stats. What links these three countries however is the unique, and also admirable, tendency to promote performance-based pay, with Bundesliga clubs especially fond of drawing up contracts with low base salaries, but with astronomical playing bonuses based on impact and all-round performance. One wonders how this might effect certain huge egos in the Premier League, who seem perfectly content to play to their full potential long enough to earn a massive payday, and then just relax, doing literally nothing to the end of their contracts. Nikolas Anelka springs to mind. Finally, a quick hats off to Arsene Wenger as not a single Arsenal player appears on this list, proving once and for all that it’s quality not quantity that matters at the very top level. Without nowhere near the outgoing spending of their English (or European for that matter) rivals, they have achieved just as much and are able to play without doubt better football than anyone in the country apart from Manchester United.

On a smaller scale, it’s a little strange to find a certain Argentinian chap called Lionel Messi conspicuously absent, especially given the outrageous buy-out clause Barcelona have in his contract. As perhaps the two most ridiculous inclusions, Harry Kewell and Darren Bent must be absolutely pissing themselves this week, as they have literally done nothing all year and still banked well over £3 million each. Michael Owen and Sol Campbell too seem unusually high as well, proof that the football money men clearly have rose-tinted memories. Based on salary then, all of these guys are worth more than Messi, so STT would like to advise Spurs especially to contact Barcelona with a swap-deal on the table and see what kind of response they get.

To give these totals a little perspective however, our American correspondent has chimed in with a few comparative figures of the best paid basketballer, baseballer and American footballer. Prepare to feel somewhat sick. Currently NBA all-time great Kevin Garnett, now of the Boston Celtics, is on a cool €16.3 million; Yankee record breaking hitter Alex Roridguez is the highest paid MLB player on a modest €17.8 million; and top of the tree is NFL defensive-line man mountain Dwight Freeney, of the Indianapolis Colts, who last year made a mind-boggling €19.9 million. To better these salaries you have to look at the individual sports, so we won’t really count them here. For the record though, Tiger Woods is estimated to rake in almost €70 million a year (including endorsements though), while the top Formula 1 drivers similarly can bag up €50 million a year through salary and team sponsorship.

Moral of the story here then is if you ever make it as a professional footballer, try to get Kewell or Bent’s agent, they must be real bad-asses to convince Liverpool and Tottenham their clients are worth that kind of cheese. I heard they can regularly be found either selling ice to Eskimos, water to whales, or semen to Britney Spears.


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Xandria – Theater of Dimensions (Napalm Records)

  Van Muylem    3 februari 2017

I must admit I love Xandria, because of their style, content, their singer, performances … Sadly I have never seen them on stage: once I was sick, then I had some private troubles and finally on my last attempt they had to cancel their gig due to illness of Dianne van Giersbergen whilst th...

Freakangel - How the Ghost Became (DWA)

  Van Muylem    25 januari 2017

It has been a long time since I reviewed new stuff, after the excellent live album (out via Alfa Matrix). Apparently they returned to DWA and sound pretty sharp (at least in the beginning)!

Deez Nuts - Binge And Purgatory

 Michael Bert    21 januari 2017

Australian DTD-boys back at it again!

While Deez Nuts are getting ready for their European “You Are Part Of This Tour 2017” you can check out the cover and additional details for their upcoming album “Binge & Purgatory”, which is set for a release on...

SNUFF – Intravenus EP (Industrosity)

  Van Muylem    14 januari 2017

I reviewed SNUFF in the past and liked them, more recently they have send me a copy of their newest EP and here it is:

Elusion – Desert of Enticement

  Van Muylem    12 januari 2017

Elusion is one of the newest bands that you have to discover: expect cool melodic symphonic and female fronted metal from Belgium. This first EP has only 3 songs; but the word only says it all: can’t wait for more!

AfterTime – World We’ve Lost

  Van Muylem    9 januari 2017

I must say that sometimes we get nice stuff from bands that approach us, this time it comes from the US, Minnesota! We hear some Symphonic Female fronted Metal that sounds like a mix between Nightwish and Within Temptation. With an emphasis on storytelling, AfterTime incorporates cinematic orches...

Dag Brandth launches new single! Imagine That!

  Van Muylem    4 januari 2017

You might know Dag from the radio or from Shatoo, well now he launches a new single under his own name and it's sound great!

Grave Digger – Healed by Metal (Napalm Records)

  Van Muylem    6 januari 2017

Classics like Headbanging Man and Heavy Metal Breakdown quickly established Grave Digger as one of Germany`s pioneering metal acts in the early 80’s read again my review of their previous CD and you’ll notice more jewels) – fast forward 36 years since the band`s formation, and t...

Christine Plays Viola - Spooky Obsessions

  Van Muylem    30 december 2016

I have never heard of this band, but they will be the warming up band for Das Ich when they come to Belgium and that gave us a good reason to discover and actually like and even start to love them! You want to know why? Well read it here:

Steel Messiah - Of Laser and Lightning EP

  Van Muylem    24 december 2016

Steel Messiah honors it’s heroes with this EP: Judas Priest, Mötorhead, Iron Maiden and Whitesnake. They are German youngsters and only started up in 2013, but already sound as if one can call them their heroes! This is old school metal heaven!


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Fashion,Travel,Work,8 March 2017

Those of you who followed me on Instagram while I was in Paris probably already know I traveled with a group of wonderful ladies and Spalt pr. We were invited by the online shop Sarenza, focused on shoes only. It’s quite funny because I’ve actually collaborated with them once before years and years back when I kept a more health and nutrition focused blog (where I sometimes posted six times in one day (!!!) lol). Sarenza is launching in Finland this spring, which of course is bitter sweet for a shoe lover like myself ;).

The trip was beautifully organized with the most Instagram friendly lunch spots and everything planned to the last detail. We enjoyed lunch at the very cozy and delicious Season and Season Market two days in a row and I highly recommend to pay a visit if you’re ever in Paris. The food was delicious and healthy and the atmosphere nice and fresh. Trendy, easy and the perfect stop to refuel in- between shopping.

How lucky was I to have a photographer follow us around to snap pictures of the activities, lunches and dinners?! I didn’t have to worry about anything else than the most important, Paris, my lovely colleagues and most importantly shoes!

Happy women’s day to us! Who run the world ;)?

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Had such a lovely and relaxing night yesterday. Loved meeting everyone, mingle, eat and laugh my ass off with the best avec Janita! A night out did me so good! Best of all? Being back to normal life reading books for my children at 6.30 am and baby sitting my sisters kids, all of a sudden feels lovely, calm and comfortable. Contrasts my friends. That’s what keeps it interesting. Even though I prefer this other side of the coin just a little bit more ;).

I wore a Burberry Porsum dress, Andiata blazer, Chanel bag and Gianvito Rossi booties.

Pictures by Janita Autio


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Friday, October 02, 2009

Once the military's busiest trauma hospital in Iraq, 'Baghdad ER' closes down

(See my buddy MaryAnn's story about the closing of the Ibn Sina hospital by the 10th Combat Support Hospital unit here.

Ibn Sina, named for a 9th century scholar, was opened in 1964 by four Iraqi doctors with the aim of becoming the country's premier medical facility. It was later taken over by Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1970s, and then made Saddam's private hospital. His eldest son, Odai, was hospitalized there after being wounded in a failed assassination attempt.

After the fall of Baghdad in 2003, the military transformed Ibn Sina into its trauma center in central Baghdad. Its reputation grew in HBO's "Baghdad ER," a 2006 Emmy Award-winning documentary.

The closure has brought many of the soldiers of the 10th Combat Support Hospital full circle. The unit was deployed at the hospital at the height of the war's carnage in 2005 and 2006. The 10th Mountain (CSH) returned earlier this year and learned they would be shutting it down.

My niece has been deployed with the 10th CSH since last year, and they just moved out recently, and will be coming home by this Christmas. Soldiers' Angels has been supporting this hospital for several years. At the height of the surge last year, we were sending them massive support, including 200 of our First Response Backpacks per month. Thankfully, as the war is winding down, that need has diminished in Iraq, at least.

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I don’t know about you but I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! So I thought why not enjoy the same classic flavor combo as an ice cold smoothie! As you can see we couldn’t help but drink some even before the photos were taken… Actually we were really wanting to try our hand at…

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Early this week we were delighted to find that our Apricot & Oat Smoothie was featured on a Huffington Post Smoothie Recipe collection – how cool is that! Also today (being the Summer solstice) marks the official beginning of Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, and while its strange to think our friends and family…

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Chocoholic Milkshake delight

Thanks to everyone who has joined someday spoon on Facebook, it does give us a warm feeling inside to see that people out there enjoy our recipes, photos and random insights. Such a warm feeling in fact I thought there would only be one thing that could cool it down a CHOCOHOLIC MILKSHAKE!!

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Classic Banana Milkshake

Someday Spoon is now on facebook so I thought Id celebrate with a banana smoothie. If you enjoy Someday Spoon click the like button and follow us on FB too. Smoothie and Milkshake recipes is the 3rd site that we have been asked to work on after our original contract from the oDesk freelancing site….

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Ice cream Smoothie or a Smoothie Ice cream?

I have been slack with adding recipes and tips as I have a heap of delicious Greek / Turkish (depending who you ask) recipes to post. But it is too hot to think about moussaka or musakka so here is another Someday Smoothie. This smoothie is a mix and mash of a smoothie and a…

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Very Berry Strawberry MilkShake

The Ayvalik market had an explosion of Strawberries over the last few months and and for only 3 Turkish Lira a kilo they are a steal. Although the strawbs are delicious it has been hard to eat our way through them all which is why we have been making some very yummy Strawberry Milkshakes. This…


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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The BURN Year-Ender

Wow, three blog posts in a row! One would think I didn't have a full-time job any more... oh wait, I don't. ;p Actually, these posts have been sitting in my hard drive in half-finished form for quite some time; it’s just that I realized that most of them are about publications that came out in November, and November's almost over. So: November spawned a blogger. (Those of you who got the reference, feel free to scream and throw rocks.)

ANYWAY! If you are at all interested in music -- particularly the local scene -- and you haven't grabbed a copy of the new BURN yet, then... then... I'll come up with some amusing metaphor for how wrong that is, later. The year-ender issue is out now (I love year-ender issues), and as you can see, we pulled out all the stops. On that front cover alone, we've got Nimbus9, Kat of Sino Sikat, and Julianne in the front row, and Nyko Maca, Marc Abaya, Aia of Imago, and Jay Kamikazee in the back row. Big hand of applause to Denise and Conch for pulling off the logistically nightmarish shoots (and for much else, besides)! And there's lots, lots more inside, a whole parade of fantastic musical artists who made their mark in 2007. And of course, there's our Best Albums of 2007 feature. This time around, partcipating reviewers were: Cris Ramos Jr., Denise Mallabo, Dodo Dayao, Erwin Romulo, Kristine Lim, Lester Hallig, Thor Balanon, Yvette Tan and myself. Thanks, people!

This picture was taken during the first time I interviewed Sitti, over a year ago. That’s her on the far left, with me and Yvette on the far right. (Yes, I still had hair then.) The guy in the middle is photographer and clothing designer extraordinaire Che Katigbak, who also happens to be my Kuya.

Speaking of music, check out the i section of the Manila Bulletin today (Wednesday, November 28). In this week’s installment of my column, “The King of Nothing to Do,” I have an interview with the lovely bossa nova sensation Sitti.

LUIS: If you could talk to the younger you—the one who was working her way through college, singing in hotel bars—what would you say?

I would say two things: one, all your efforts will pay off, just hang in there and work hard, and second, ironically, treasure your lounge act memories, where you are freer and there is no pressure at all from anyone. [smiles]

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Imagine That

You may have seen this new magazine on the stands: it's massive, colorful and attention-grabbing, and it's called Imagine. Congratulations to Yonina Chan and company on the first issue! :)

Imagine is very visually-oriented, so in its pages you'll find spread after spread of fashion concepts and other forms of eye candy. There's lots of good stuff to read as well, of course. I'm one of the Contributing Editors, and for this first issue I wrote two short short stories ("Emily Around the World" and "Zo Invents"), as well as a short feature on award-winning comics creator Arnold Arre and his upcoming projects. An excerpt:
“I'm in the process of developing two stories,” Arnold tells us. The first is Martial Law Babies, “a coming-of-age story about a group of 30-somethings. We follow the lives of the characters, from their childhood memories to a present-day setting. It's a very personal story, and it came to me during one of those conversations with college friends over coffee. I also wanted to tackle some issues like where have our peers gone, what did they become? Why are we losing more and more talented people to first world countries? What role do we play in society? And aren't the younger generations getting better breaks in terms of work since they're adept in technology and from our perspective, more pampered? So I guess in a way another take on the title is that of us being trapped, we're under Martial Law so to speak. It's nearing completion, so hopefully we’ll get to see it in printed form sometime soon.”

The second project in the works is “another fantasy story, a different take on Filipino myths. The story is geared towards a younger audience, which I find to be a challenge since it's very new to me. In a nutshell, there is a worldwide organizing body of magic and myth holding friendly competitions for all creatures, gods, folklore beings and characters. Imagine an Olympics for the world of magic. Our delegates are a hodgepodge of troubled characters trying to band together as one team-a problematic tikbalang, a rebellious kapre, and several others being led by the team captain, a mambabarang who tends to be misguided in her decision making.”

Both projects are definitely something to look forward to -- not just for fans of local comics, but for people who appreciate stories in general.

Man, I can't believe November's almost over! Been fairly busy on the freelancing front lately. I wrote the cover story for the November issue of the recently-launched Homestyle magazine. ("Redefining the Filipino home," goes the tagline.) If you're the kind of person who loves poring over magazines like Dwell and Vogue Living, and daydreaming about interiors and unusual designs, you should check it out. Much to my relief, my architect cousin Miguel, who is a partner in an Ortigas-based firm and whose taste I trust, has expressed his approval of Homestyle. (And he's very picky about his magazines.) Here's an excerpt from the feature:
"Like his home, Mikko Sison seems fairly normal at first. When I meet him, he is wearing a smart pair of glasses, a neat white shirt, pants with a subtle checkered pattern, dark brown suede shoes and an easy smile: the overall impression is that of a friendly, casually stylish intellectual. He’s pleasant and a little upscale, just like the brick-and-concrete façade of the two-story row house he is renting in Ecology Village, Makati City. And just like its inhabitant, the house may look perfectly respectable on the outside, but it harbors strangeness within."

Yvette = Winner!

L to R: Jaime Daez of Fully Booked ("Hellooo, ladies"), the lovely and overjoyed Yvette, and some English bloke

Great big CONGRATULATIONS to Yvette for her Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards win! *mwah mwah* :D Sponsored by Neil Gaiman and Fully Booked, this is the only competition in the country that focuses on speculative fiction, and due to a number of reasons -- Gaiman's involvement, the amount of prize money -- it's become perhaps the most anticipated and strived-for writing award in the land. Gaiman himself established it when he visited the country a couple of years ago: he noted that the Philippines has "a very strong tradition of realism" in its fiction, and he wanted to encourage "Philippine unrealism."

Yvette won 2nd place in the Prose category (there's a Comics category as well) for her wonderful short story, "The Bridge." Set during the time of a certain dictatorship, it's about a little girl in a small town with psychic abilities who encounters the First Lady. During the awarding ceremony, Neil praised it effusively, calling it "very, very creepy and really nicely done."

L to R: Half of Lyle Sacris' head, wild-maned Ramon, boyishly beaming Elbert, the amazing Arnold, gorgeous genius Yvette, and myself.

The awarding was held last Sunday, November 25, just outside the giant Fully Booked branch at The Fort. It was great to see so many familiar faces and to catch up with everyone. Arnold and Cynthia, Erwin, Ramon, Quark, Charles, Elbert, Ian, everyone. Dear friends Waya and Lala -- last year's grand prize winners for the Comics category, for "The Mad, Sad, Incredible but True Adventures of Hika Girl" -- were there too, with family and support crew (Fran, Elaine, Krissy etc.). Waya and I had gone on a day trip to Subic just the Thursday before, for Neil Gaiman's lecture on the imagination and its importance. (We got to talk to him briefly afterwards; will probably write about that too, eventually.)

After the event, the winners and some stray significant others like myself had dinner with all the judges and Mr. Gaiman. A very memorable end to a very memorable day.

Waya to the right of him, Lala to the left of him: Neil Gaiman flanked by the insanely talented Gallardo sisters.

These photos were taken from Cynthia's Multiply page. Thanks to the ever-masipag Charles for all the transcripts and updates. Neil Gaiman blogged about his visit here.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Diablo Cody Strikes

Is it wrong for me to adore Diablo Cody before I’ve read her book or any of her scripts? A couple of interviews, plus this picture, taken from her blog, tell me no. Such admiration is in all likelihood not misplaced.

Read more about the former stripper turned book author turned hot young scriptwriter at New York mag’s Vulture, at Entertainment Weekly (“Ex-Stripper Turned A-Lister”), and at Esquire, in the -- where else? -- Women We Love section. The EW piece is particularly informative and entertaining. Lots of stuff about Juno, the movie she wrote “sitting in Target in suburban Minnesota”:
When Jason Reitman, who'd made a name for himself with 2006's Thank You for Smoking, read the script for Juno, he scrapped plans to direct his own project to work with Cody instead. ''When I think of the response to Diablo and her screenplay,'' he says, ''the only person I can equate it to in recent history is Tarantino, that kind of overwhelming excitement about a fresh new voice.'' But the movie would have imploded fast without the right actress in the title role. Enter the impressive Hard Candy actress Ellen Page, who, Cody believes, beautifully embodies her wry, tough-talking, secretly tender main character. ''It would have been really heartbreaking to meet Ellen if she was like, 'Oh, hey, wassup?' while talking on a rhinestone-encrusted cell phone,'' says Cody. ''But she's so cool, she scares the s--- out of me. She is Juno.''

Ellen Page! I loved her in Hard Candy, even if I didn’t love Hard Candy itself. And I thought she made a great Kitty Pryde too. Lots of great buzz about Juno -- I can’t wait to see it. Funny though, this is probably the first time I’ve ever seen a film’s scriptwriter get as much, if not more than, buzz than the film itself. Not that that’s a bad thing, in my book.

Oh, almost forgot to include my favorite quote from the Entertainment Weekly article on D.C. Here it is:
"I'm f---ing sick of actors!" declares Cody, stabbing the lime in her third vodka soda. "They look airbrushed in reality. I swear Jennifer Garner has to be bathing in the blood of virgins because she has the most beautiful skin that I've ever seen on a human being. The boys too! I met Brandon Routh from Superman last year. He looks like a special effect. He's too beautiful to live. And actors are all tiny people. Why is that? I'm a hulk compared to them! If you look at pictures of me with actors, I look like I ate them all."


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Thursday, August 14, 2008

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Dust, dassies and dirty musicians

Dear darling dassies and elephants and rockers and sycophants and... Well, you know who you are…

Yissis! But we’re brilliant when we’re in the Highveld. We drove up in droves, set up camp under thorn trees, and hardly slept. That’s the royal we, mind you – Mordor, music and media citizens alike. We washed under taps (well, almost) or didn’t wash at all, got trashed, littered like good, middle-class majority whites, soaked ourselves in sound and sun, and sang together. The best one- liner I heard has got to be the most ubiquitous, too –

(And that includes ‘we like your ass’ from a band I like. Is it because I’m black?)

En route to Oppi

The magic started in the car on the way. My mate Bastion doesn’t like his beauty sleep, and spent the night before the trek mixing mix tapes for the drive from Jozi to dassieville. We were listening to a Dylan classic that Georgia governor, Jimmy Carter, ostensibly based his knowledge of agricultural labour theory and reform on(It sounded like Johnny Cash on a happy day). Exactly as we were harmonizing the chorus lines about brothers and sisters and hardworking misters, we drove past the song’s namesake. I kid you not. Maggie’s Farm. That was us, whistling out the window at the high speed of forty kilometers per hour in the Oppi koppi Q, criss-crossing freeways out of Joburg in an attempt to get there faster. It failed, of course, but we did overtake the same people seven times!. How did we know they were dassies too? There’s something about pillows and overlywrapped packet packages and joints squashed up against windows pressed with too many people and their interesting hairstyles that’s such a giveaway on the not-so-open, still-pretty-urban road. Thing is, we were wondering about that not-to-scale map, and the fact that Jozi never seems to end! (well, it IS six thousand square kilometers, after all. And if that daunts you, console yourself with the fact that it’s also a veritable garden, what with its green belt being one of the biggest in an urban setting in the world. Not that it’s so green this time of year.) Anyway, that was when Oppi bit. Big time.

And it was my first time. Also I’m impressionable. AND I’m a band whore according to cokeheads. Why, then, do I only give it seven out of ten? The line-up was wicked and the showers were warm (at 7 am, they were; ask Shower Boy!) I’ll tell you why. Because I’ve rocked the socks off the Daisies in the Kouebokkeveld (with a vaguely adequate line-up) and even fell in love there, and I’ve showered naked with boys and girls together at Bombomella (Israel, the unholy land) and even fell on my face there, and both fests involved preplanning so exact that the carbon footprint was covered before it was even made, and the pumpkin plants were flowering all over the stalls when the fans arrived. Respectively. A great festival takes care of all angles – production, music, its party animals, and the poephols. Luckily Oppi had few of the latter, but it lacked a lot when it came to wires and tummy wares.

It seemed a fest of howyousay, niche niceties. The media tent was utterly wicked, facilitating a relaxed, professional space for media and musicians to meet and greet, talk shop, talk shit, and get the shot and then have some shots (free bar; essential). Only a few halfwit beginner ‘critics’ abused the good intentions of the Levi’s Original Music Magazine slash 24 dot com slash Speakerbox team, and were duly told where to put their pouting, potty mouths and misplaced, malignant intentions. Amen to gentle men. Silver bullets belong in barrels.

The media area was also the spot from which UJFM became the early morning wake-up call to those who weren’t already woken by the freezing cold, neighbouring beats, or caterwauling cretins who refused to put the night before to bed. I wasn’t impressed by the DJs, their half-baked play lists (hello? This is SA, 2008, not somewhere first world, 1999) or their cheery promptitude (well, we’ll make it a word, just for today), but I was delighted that there was constant commentary around the whole fest that made for a family vibe. Guess they were right about what you can and can’t choose...

That choice thing again became an issue (sigh. We have such issues with it here, have you noticed? First not enough of us had it, now all of us have it and we don’t know what to do with it so we let bigshots tell us what to do with carrots and showers instead while they don't fix the power crisis, and we use condoms to carry water…) The line-up was wicked, I thought. Representative enough to please people whose tastes stretch beyond the borders of rock, but selective enough to choose more or less decent acts within the most popular genre bracket. i wished bands like The Sleepers and our soon to be overseas Josh Grierson were included for kudos. The band wish list voted by you (which, btw, it turns out the original winner declined to be part of because what they offered him and his peeps to play wouldn’t have covered their travel costs there and back) was lame. It sounded like noise, from start to finish. Oh, I lie; Jurgemeister was almost decent, belting out hardhat heaviness that broke the Thursday ice. But Friday and Saturday made up for it with so much choice, a wise music lover was hard-pressed to decide. I focused on bands I hadn’t seen, bands I love and must always see, and getting enough sleep to write about the bands my editor thought I should see (he was, for the most part, right, but I will never forgive him for making me miss out on hotstix). Reviews on levis here:

Overall (levis version)

Dave Ferguson

foto na dans

kwani experience

zebra & giraffe

josie field

fire through the window

As you can see, I wasn’t bowled over by everyone, but that’s more or less the way it goes, isn’t it? If we all liked the same stuff, we wouldn’t go to music festivals, would we? Or would we?

And was it my imagination or were audiences quiet? No, wait, for the purposes of watookal, let’s use a diplomatic word like… meditative… or contemplative… or idunno, introspective. (diplomacy is my new hobby, and I’m bad at hobbies) Oppi is not the time for introspection, I promise you! Even the former drummer of a famous up-and-coming act and the former lover of the same act were wise enough not to dwell on things too much during the dusty daze. Days. Daze. And no, I’m not going to tell you who they are. I’m not in it for the story, you realize? (that one’s for you, Mr 13 :31) Perhaps we’re still getting used to the idea of freedom of expression, and it takes more than a day or two of liquor and sun and ice to crack our lekker, lacquered shells? There’s hope yet, to be sure, but it feels like the music (re)public is a little intimidated? Come on guys, they’re doing this for you!

Most spectacular Kidofdoom

Most anticipated foto na dans

Most rewarding josie field (for musical growth)

Most surprising new academics (finally a band to dance to, and break your shoes instead of your neck)

Most rock & roll taxi violence

Most refreshing voodoo child

Most underrated HoneyB (our favourite black, mid-tempo House DJ!)

Most kak idontknow, I don’t wager over the contenders, I just block my ears.

Speaking of wagers, I won my first game of poker ever with a lot of help from my friends (well, back then before Saigon's 'calamari' and duck curry poisoning I still thought I had some), and while everyone covered sharp teeth with sweetly smiling lips and said nice things like beginners luck (you know, like it's charity or something), I realized that gambling and intuition have a lot in common. As do acting and winning! I went shopping with the cash. Of course. I mean, what else do those of my ilk do – work? As if. A baby blue dress for an open blind. Not bad for an Oppi virgin!

Besides the juicy stories fed me by the rotten social grapevine that is skinder and kakpraat, there were a lot of GOOD one-liners and stories, and some were captured here :

(you’ll recognize yours truly even if you haven’t had the pleasure…)

oh! and honourable mention to the most fascinating stranger (who also packs a wicked punch in her interviews, and gets renowned egomaniacs to actually SAY the bullshit they believe about their band's music)

Michelle Marais, SA Tunes

Sound is important, and it’s not easy to get right at a fest because of tight schedules and high band turnovers. So you might’ve thought that after ten years, Oppi would’ve sorted that out, chosen the best sound guys they could afford, and had enough technicians on hand to fix faults. They didn’t, at the smaller stages. Repeatedly. I’m not informed enough to know whose fault it is, but as I’ve heard most of the acts I saw in various other venues before, I know that it was either the sound guys or the sound systems. And that is simply not good enough. Luckily the big stage was packed with enough power to blow up a small town, and put its energy to good use for acts like Taxing Violets, The two twos, Aching etc.

Food was kak. Crap. Horrible. Who eats fast food 24/7? Come on. Sort it out. And get more stalls, too.

The only reason I didn’t kill the loudmouths who played bad music at the break of dawn was that I was working, and so I was up before them. But know that you are the spawn of Satan’s spoof and next year I will hose you down with honey for the ants to come and eat to your bones.

While I’m ranting, here’s a brief list of What NOT to do at Oppi :

Ø Erect a tent on top of someone else’s unless of course you want them to move away, in which case it worked. If you arrive in the pitch dark and can’t see, have the human decency to feel about a bit with your hands; it’s probably the only time you’ll be allowed to, anyway.

Ø Take pictures of people butt naked if they happen to forget they’re in public while they’re changing on their doorstep. It’s illegal. For you, and them. Only they can sue you, and all you can get out of them is a little public embarrassment.

Ø Ask for drugs from your bosses, and your boss’s boss.

Ø Walk barefoot. Get on someone’s shoulders.

Ø Forget your sunscreen. It may not be as sexy as they make it out to be, but Oppi is HOT.

Absolute chaos is an oxymoron, and there were lots of those at the fest, though nobody was violent, and moon bags left in the middle of the road to seduce recovering thieves were ignored until their hung-over owners crawled back to them again. By day three (or is it four?) faces were grubby, eyes were bloodshot, and asthmatics were sick of wearing bibs around their noses and mouths just to be able to breathe. My heartfelt empathies; I’m glad that my snot is back to its normal disgusting colour. And speaking of mementos and memories, all I came back with were two t shirts and lots of lovely band buttons, all of which I’ll wear with pride. Of course, the Foto Na Dans EP “Pantomime Op Herwinbare Klanke” isn’t a memento, it’s a trophy. I got it at Oppi, ; you can get yours at Rhythm Records.

p.s. going away for a bit had the uncanny effect of making me see Cape Town with new, more appreciative eyes. (is that possible? Ok, yes, its winters SUCK) back in Jozi waiting for Kulula to wake up or go to sleep or whatever it is it needs to do before I can come and polish my tush on its faux leather, lime seats, I’m thinking, god, I couldn’t live here. I need reference points – something to remind me of forever (mountains, and the high, crystal skies), something to remind me of finity (the oceans, effectively drowning our sorrows and we like to think our carbon footprints (or is it the other way round?)). As the crime capital of various statistical analyses, it doesn’t seem like the wisest place in the world to let irritating realities like energy limits plunge whole roads into darkness, but truth hurts. This might be the most developed metropolis in Africa, and the business capital of SA, but it lacks a lot. I’m back to the Mother city, secure in the insight that we really have a blessed lifestyle. And the majority of good music, too!

Now, if we could just play nicely together in this little fishing village, it would be unbeatable. Having said that, this is the very last time I am going to mention the lowQ muso who has decided to tell nasty lies about me in some kind of stupid attempt to bolster his ego. Worst was that he spread his seed to bigmouths with small brains whose main job, it seems, is to encourage gratuitous rudeness and unfounded aggression (and that’s coming from a girl? Sies) I would like to remind him that he was once in exactly the same position as he has put me in now (scuse the pun), and I treated him with respect and sincerity. And btw, bru, AWOL means Absent Without Leave, and as far as I know, you don’t miss a beat? Well, you’re gonna miss me.

So! Been there, got the t-shirt, see you at Daisies!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

FKBSS turns 2

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Oak Island Moose Lodge

Have you heard of Moose? Of course you have! But you may not know exactly what we’re about. From young families looking for affordable, fun activities to energetic retirees eager to make a difference in their communities and meet new people … the Moose organization has something for everyone. If you’re over 21, and community-minded, then Moose membership is probably for you!

The Oak Island Moose Lodge #2059 was created in 1974.  It currently has over 500 men and women members of all ages over 21.  We are a family oriented organization involved in charity fund raising and community oriented activities.  As part of our charity fund raising efforts by our volunteers, last year we were able to raise and donate $20,000 to Moose Charities for the renovation of Mooseheart City School, $5,000 to the Joy Assembly of God chrurch, $5,000 to The Elks Lodge towards veteran relief efforts and $5,000 to the St. James volunteer group towards community service funds.

We also have allot of fun in doing so.  Our members get together in our social quarters to network, socialize and engage in fun activities such as pool tournaments, shuffleboard tournaments, cards, dinners and dancing on Saturday nights with live bands and entertainment.  We also have an event hall where we play bingo and have numerous events through the year which are open to the public.

Why join the Oak Island Moose Lodge?

  • It’s affordable: Annual dues range from just $35 to $100 per year—generally less than half the cost of other service-related membership organizations. And the special Member Benefits package far outweighs the cost of annual dues, with some members saving thousands of dollars each year.
  • It’s flexible: As a member, you choose how involved you want to be. Whether you join through a local Lodge because you want to get involved in planning and running local events and activities, or join as a Moose “at large” to focus support solely on Mooseheart and Moosehaven, you receive the full benefits of your membership.
  • It’s enjoyable: We have fun! Lodge- and Chapter-based activities are always happening just around the corner. Fundraising BBQs, darts tournaments, golf competitions and Vegas nights are just some of the ways our members let loose.

Members-Only Benefits

In addition to the “feel-good” camaraderie as a Moose member, there are tangible benefits to your membership. Your annual membership dues will more than pay for itself in savings through:

  • Special pricing on insurance—including Auto Insurance, Term Life, Cancer Care Protection, Accidental Death, Medicare Supplemental and Emergency Travel Assistance
  • Discount programs covering dental care, vision care, Lasik eye surgery and health screenings
  • Discounts on prescription drugs
  • Special rates on wireless service through leading carriers through the Moose Wireless Solutions Center
  • Deals on travel, including discounts on Choice Hotels, cruises, car rentals and more
  • If you’re 50 or over and a U.S. resident, Moose membership INCLUDES membership in AARP, and all of the extra benefits it offers!

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DISCLAIMER: The Loyal Order of Moose is a private organization. Activities and events referred to on this page and in the Moose Newsletter (BULLETIN) are available to Members in good standing and their qualified guests. This Website is for informational purposes only with proprietary information intended for Members only. General information is provided for the public at large but should not be construed as solicitation for membership. This Website is an initiative of the Moose Lodge 2059, Oak Island, North Carolina, and is not sanctioned by the Loyal Order of the Moose, Moose International, or any subsidiary thereof. All logos, trademarks, and service marks pertaining to the Loyal Order of Moose and / or its programs or degrees are Copyright Moose International, Inc., Mooseheart, Illinois, USA.

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Southport - Oak Island

4239 Long Beach Road
Southport, NC 28461 US

910.457.5947 ( Main )

Hours of Operation: Varies by day


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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Toyota President: 'I Take Full Responsibility'

Akio Toyoda (president of Toyota Motor Corp.)

There's that fucking word again: responsibility. Toyoda says he's responsible. And? God damn, man, we already knew that. Now exactly what will you do to take responsibility? What will be your consequences? Will you step down as president of Toyota? What does the word mean to you?

Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the founder of Toyota Motor Corp. and the company's current president, told a congressional committee Wednesday he takes full responsibility for the safety problems in its vehicles and promised to make significant changes to quality control procedures.

"In the past few months our customers have started to feel uncertain about the safety of Toyota vehicles and I take full responsibility for that," he said in testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

"I myself, as well as Toyota, am not perfect. In the name of the company, its longstanding tradition and pride, we never run away from our problems or pretend we don't notice them. That is the core value we have kept closest to our hearts since the founding of the company."

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Reviews// I Am Alive

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I went to Go Ape once. It's a tree-top assault course. I thought it was going to be a high-adrenaline, fast-moving, seat-of-your-pants sort of thing. It was actually a slow, plodding and quite stressful hour spent being surprised at just how far away the ground can seem without the use of a flying machine. It was definitely a challenge, and I like a physical challenge, but at the end I felt that it was a bit of a stretch to say I enjoyed it. That's pretty much the sensation I'm left with having played I Am Alive.

Set in a post-apocalyptic landscape, the game follows a Man (it's unfashionable to name your post-apocalyptic protagonists in our post-The Road world) looking for his family. After a year crossing America he arrives in his home city, only to get caught up in the plight of a young girl called Mei.

So we're clear: this is not a world suffering from an alien attack or a magical attack or any of the glamorous kinds of apocalypses. It's a world with a bad case of unnamed-but-probably-a-catclysmic-earthquake apocalypse (it's also not fashionable to name your apocalypse in our post-The Road world). It's a world of muted colour schemes and collapsed buildings in which the greatest threat is Other People. It's a world in which 9/11 looms far larger than Independence Day.

So, I Am Alive is not about shooting aliens with guns. It's about survival. In fact, although the most technically-correct genre label for the game is 'platformer', it's fans of survival horror who will get the most out of it.

The game is centred around climbing and confrontations with other resource-starved survivors. While this might be a Ubisoft game, however, don't expect climbing to feel even remotely like it does in Assassin's Creed. Rather than flowing musically across rooftops with precision, speed and grace, you'll be fighting hard for every handhold and constantly battling the clock as your stamina drains.

The stamina bar sits next to your health bar and dominates I Am Alive. Any exertion (particularly climbing) will cause it to deplete, and if it empties before you can either have a rest or shove some food and drink down your gullet, its capacity will diminish too. Once that hits zero, you're cannibal meat.

The result is climbing that is slow, tense and at times excruciating. This is not, in itself, a bad thing (although it won't be to everybody's taste). There are, however, a couple of missed tricks here. For one, the climbing is basically linear. Occasionally you might have a minor decision to make, but for the most part in any given situation you have one course of action that's reasonably available to you. It would be much more satisfying to pick your own route and be successful, but that's just not an option.

Controls that aren't a bit on the gloopy side would be nice, too. The controls aren't horrible, but changing direction when you're climbing can often take more than one attempt. In a game in which time is crucial, this doesn't make for happy, smiley times.

Linearity is not just an issue for climbing. As I mentioned in my preview, I Am Alive is a very linear game all round. You might, looking at the map, think there's a big old city to explore, but it quickly becomes apparent that various barricades and obstacles mean that in reality you're going one way and one way only. I don't have a massive problem with linear games. In shooters, for example, it's often appropriate to funnel players in one direction so they can experience a spectacular set-piece. Survival, though, is about more than successfully scaling the side of a building or stabbing someone in the face. It's about planning and strategy.

There is a nod to this in I Am Alive. There's a spot of resource management, as different items have different effects on your health and stamina. Your health might be down after you've taken a stabbing, for example, but you don't want to use your can of food to give it a boost as this will also boost your stamina, so you'd rather save it. Painkillers it is, then. The assorted food and medicine at your disposal are just found scattered around the environment, though, and there's no chance of you missing the smattering of weapons and tools on offer.

As with climbing, combat is built around the build up and release of tension. You have at your disposal a gun (that very rarely has more than a bullet or two in it), a machete and, a bit later on, a bow and arrow. More often than not you'll need to lull enemies into a false sense of security, surprise one of them by slitting his throat, pick out any others with guns and then shoot them if possible before going to town on any stragglers with your machete. It's very tense stuff and, while you don't have to be a crack shot, requires a cool head and quick decision-making.

You'll have to do a fair bit of killing, too. Despite taking a realistic approach, Ubisoft Shanghai required me to murder a good 50 or more fellow survivors in order to complete I Am Alive.

While there are most certainly missed opportunities (and potentially unmet expectations for some players), it's perhaps a bit unfair to spend too much time dwelling on what I Am Alive is not. What I Am Alive does well is offer up a slice of gaming with bleak aesthetics you won't find elsewhere. It's certainly an experience all its own, blending survival with platforming mechanics into a very tense package. Just make sure you know what you're getting going in and don't be expecting fast-paced action that'll get the old adrenal glands pumping.

+ Interesting aesthetics.
+ Well-executed combat.
+ Actual individuality!

- Very linear.
- Occasionally shonky controls.
- Lack of strategic play.

SPOnG Score: 7/10
Games: I Am Alive

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