Also, as a part of the Right Clique download series, shortstack has made his set from this evening at Smith's Olde Bar available to everybody through the Right Clique website, be sure to check this out!

[audio http://beyondthefruit.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/01-bass-recreation-society-1-live-set.mp3]

shortstack - Bass Recreation Society #1 (Live Set) (Right-Click Save As)

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Moderate Magazine provides the youth of America with clear and unbiased information about United States and world politics. It provides not only one side of every story, but two (at least)! Unlike other political publications, Moderate Magazine is written for you - by youth! 

The event is Tuesday, October 21 at The Mark Ultralounge, 79 Poplar Street, starting at 10PM and going all the way until 3AM. Don't sleep on this one!

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you'll hear styles like:

dubstep,house,b-more,hip-hop,electro,bassline,techno, and much much more...

 

so come on out
bring a friend, a family member, heck bring someone you don't even know!
cause at:
Bass Recreation Society "everyone is SUBone"

DJ's:

DANCEFORMERS (www.myspace.com/danceformersatl)
Rowland              (www.myspace.com/rewindwilly)

L’acclamato designer Lee J. Rowland ha sorpreso tutti con il suo ultimo progetto, che non è un magnifico pezzo di mobilio, ma una motocicletta decisamente originale. L’autore ha sfruttato tutte le sue cognizioni ingegneristiche per unire al meglio lo slancio creativo alla funzionalità, in un modello ispirato al giaguaro di una celebre casa automobilistica.

Adesso il centauro di turno avrà la sensazione di cavalcare un felino, capace di grandi scatti. Per plasmare un profilo così ardito i sistemi di raffreddamento, aspirazione e scarico hanno acquisito nuove forme, idonee allo scopo. La “belva”, spinta da un propulsore di 1.2 litri, viene fornita con la costosa targa identificativa “CAT 1″.

Il prezzo di questo esemplare di grande carattere ma dallo stile poco discreto è di 300 mila sterline.

[via: deluxeblog.it]

By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.

- Socrates (BC 469-399), Greek Philosopher

Let the wife make the husband glad, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

- Martin Luther (1483-1546), German Scholar

The best friend is likely to acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is based on talent of friendship.

-Friedrich Nietzche (1844-1900), German-Swiss Philosopher

A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.

- Helen Rowland (1875-1950), American Journalist

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American Diplomat

 

The Sugar Babes have kept their heads down recently as the media spotlight hasn't so much been on them but they looked gorgeous in these matching, black and white, similar high waisted skirt/ short and shirt combos.

Another celeb also rocking the high waist included Kelly Rowland who performed smoking renditions of old school Destiny's Child songs aswell as some new tracks in this orange and black outfit.

What do you do for a living?

I’m currently a computer scientist/engineer at a major corporation. I’m responsible for the long-term, strategic design of how information flows across the enterprise using Service Oriented Architecture approaches.

What book(s) have you written? What are they about? How do they relate to your day job, if at all?

I’ve written and contributed to 7 non-fiction books about technology. They relate to highly technical topics, such as XML, wireless, expert systems, and spectroscopy. I wrote them because, as a thought leader in advanced technology and R&D, I found a gap in information about these topics. So, as I gathered this information for a forward looking applications, it was natural to organize my findings as chapters in my books.

When were they published and with whom?

McGraw-Hill was my most successful publication in 2001, as well as a few smaller companies, ranging from 1999 - 2005.

Did you have an agent when you were trying to get them published or did you go straight to publishers?

I was very lucky in this aspect, because I was publishing many articles - more than 100 – in various trade journals, as well as making presentations at international conferences. This experience gave me lots of exposure to editors in various publishing houses, and they approached me with ideas for the books.

When you wrote query letters and proposals, what was the most difficult part?

The proposal is the most difficult part, because I had to get a feeling for the marketplace and clearly define my audience. I also had to defend my book idea compared to existing books already published. This was both a blessing and a curse. I found that the easiest way to slip into the market was to discover a gap or niche that I could fill. That niche is unique in all cases, and sometimes it is not a niche that I could fill. It was difficult to admit that.

What advice would you give to aspiring authors trying to get published?

Read a lot by authors that you like and topics that interest you. But if you don’t like authors, don’t choke on them. For example, I read voraciously, but I don’t like many authors who write more than 600 pages. That means I have never waded through War and Peace. In contrast, I do like some of the older authors, Thurber, Benchley, Twain, Shalom Aleichem, Hemmingway, Herriot, Asimov. And I also like Grogan, and Rowland for their straightforward style. When I write, I try to blend aspects of these authors in order to improve my own style. And, I try to write at least 1 hour everyday, saving the edit process until I have a completed piece.

Are you working on any projects right now? Can you tell me about it (the writing process/publishing process/etc.).

I’m working on a Dog book that uses my dog as the central character, to highlight his personality and intelligence, to show interactions with other dogs, and to use this as a canvas to paint the relationships of people and the dogs that they meet along the way.

What advice do you have when it comes to writing?

Write everyday in a style that you like to read. Don’t try to win the Noble Prize.
Write and create first, edit later. It is tremendously easier to create and then edit.
And it is more productive to write a complete work and then edit. If you keep editing, you will stop creating and will get discouraged.
Plan to take 2x or 3x as much time to cut & edit, as you do creating.
Plan for your first book to take about a year from start to publication.

Who is your favorite author? What’s your favorite book?

I like the Harry Potter books.

If you could write one kind of book that you haven’t yet written what would it be?

I’d like to write a book on “Managing Ignorance” to complement Peter Drucker’s classic on Managing Knowledge. I could see many Dilbert opportunities.

Is there anything else you’d like to add?

Writing is very hard and time consuming. And, it is a job that requires discipline to remain in isolation while you create. Non-writers don’t appreciate the long hours, and the hard work needed to turn a phrase and to chip away everything until only the finely crafted piece remains.

-Helen Rowland, 1876-1950 , American author and humorous columnist.

My take: seems to be a universal truth, people regret mostly what they didn't do, not what they did.  Get busy and tear a wide swath.

Pensandoci bene, in tutto ciò che vediamo, viviamo intensamente, ascoltiamo e pensiamo non esiste una persona giusta per noi. Esiste una persona che, se ti fermi un attimo a pensare, è in realtà la persona sbagliata. Perché la persona giusta fa tutto giusto, arriva puntuale, dice le cose giuste, ...fa le cose giuste... .....ma non è che abbiamo sempre bisogno delle cose giuste.
La persona sbagliata ti fa perdere la testa, fare pazzie, scappare il tempo ...morire d'amore. Verrà il giorno in cui la persona sbagliata non ti cercherà e sarà proprio in quel momento in cui vi incontrerete che il vostro donarsi l'un l'altra sarà più vero. La persona sbagliata è, in realtà, quello che la gente definisce una persona giusta. Quella persona ti farà piangere, ma un'ora dopo ti asciugherà le lacrime. Quella persona ti farà perdere il sonno, ma ti darà in cambio una notte d'amore indimenticabile. Quella persona forse ti ferisce e dopo ti riempie di gentilezze chiedendo il tuo perdono. Quella persona potrà anche non essere sempre al tuo fianco ma ti penserà in continuazione... E' bene che ci sia una persona sbagliata per ognuno di noi perché la vita non è sicura, niente qui è sicuro, quello che è proprio sicuro è che dobbiamo vivere, ogni momento, ogni secondo, amando, sorridendo, piangendo, emozionando, pensando, agendo, desiderando, ottenendo. E' solo così è possibile che si arrivi a quel momento della giornata, in cui diciamo: "Grazie a Dio, è andato tutto come doveva andare" Quando in realtà, tutto ciò che lui vuole, è che noi incontriamo la persona sbagliata, in modo che le cose inizino veramente a funzionare per il verso giusto per noi...

Luis Fernando VerĂ­ssimo (scrittore brasiliano)

In sottofondo: "Stole" - Kelly Rowland

Sano Ichiros elfter Fall, von mir zufällig und ohne Absicht aus dem Regal der Buchhändlerin meines Vertrauens gegriffen. Erfahrungsgemäß nimmt die Qualität einer solchen Reihe ja oft im Lauf der Zeit ab, solches kann ich hier nicht beurteilen, da dies zwar Sanos elfter Fall, aber mein erstes Buch über diesen "obersten Ermittler und Ratgeber des Shogun" ist.

Die Handlung spielt im Japan des ausgehenden 17. Jahrhunderts. Das Land wird von einem (schwachen) Shogun regiert, die wahre Macht liegt aber in den Händen von Fürst Matsudeira. Die herrschenden Fürsten sind untereinander zerstritten, das Klima ist von Misstrauen geprägt, Hochverrat immer im Bereich des Möglichen, Intrigen gang und gäbe.

Kammerherr Sano Ichiro ist einer der höchsten Beamten im Staat mit enormen Befugnissen. Er lebt mit seiner schwangeren Frau Reiko und seinem Sohn Masahiro zusammen in Edo, der Hauptstadt. Dort untersucht sein Freund und Untergebener Hirata gerade den möglichen Verrat von Fürst Mori, auf dessen Fährte er durch eine anonyme Anzeige gebracht worden ist. Bei der Untersuchung des Grundstückes von Fürst Mori entdeckt er dessen gräßlich verstümmelte Leiche und mit dem Dolch, der offensichtlichen Tatwaffe, in der Hand, splitternackt daneben knieend Reiko, die Gattin von Kammerherr Sano.

Soweit die Ausgangslage. Das Buch ist insofern ein Krimi, indem es davon erzählt, wie Sano unter enormen Druck versucht, die Unschuld seiner Frau zu beweisen. Dabei werden im Verlauf der Ermittlungen durch die Vernehmung und Aussagen verschiedener Zeugen eine Vielzahl von möglichen Abläufen des Mordes präsentiert, die auch Sano persönlich in große Gefahr bringen. (Hier hat das Buch mich ein klein wenig an "Rashomun" von Kurosawa erinnert, in dem ja auch zu einem Vorgang gezeigt wird, daß die jeweilige Wahrheit subjektiv ist und es eine objektive Wahrheit nicht gibt. Natürlich ist die Ähnlichkeit rein formaler Natur, denn hier bei Rowland wird schlicht und einfach gelogen und intrigiert, wobei aber für den Leser erst einmal nicht erkennbar ist, wo die Wahrheit und wo die Lüge angesiedelt ist.)

In anderer Hinsicht ist das Buch eine (sicher vereinfachende) Darstellung des Lebens im Japan zur Zeit des Shogunats mit seinen strengen höfischen Regeln, den verschiedenen Lebensumständen der unterschiedlichen Klassen und gibt insofern Einblicke in eine vergangene, uns jedenfalls sehr fremde Welt, die von Befehl und unbedingtem Gehorsam, von Willkür und Verrat geprägt ist.

Anfänglich verstören die japanischen Namen, an die man sich erst gewöhnen muss, um sie in den richtigen Zusammenhang zu bringen, aber das gelingt schnell. Das Buch selbst liest sich gut und ist stellenweise durchaus spannend, auch wenn einem als CSI-gestählter moderner Mensch manches an den Ermittlungsmethoden etwas seltsam vorkommt, zum Beispiel die Verwunderung, daß ein Verdächtiger auf die Frage, ob er der Täter sei, mit "Nein" antwortet....

Der Schluss eines Buches scheint der schwierigste Teil zu sein. Zum Ende hat Rowland noch nicht alle Fragen, die im Lauf des Geschehens aufgeworfen wurden, beantwortet. Dies alles wird dann im letzten Kapitel in einem Schwung nachgeholt und gleichzeitig als "Cliffhanger" gestaltet, denn vermutlich steht Sanos 12. Fall kurz vor dem Erscheinen.

Facit: ein spannendes, gut zu lesendes Buch, das mich aber nicht in jeder Hinsicht ĂĽberzeugt hat.

Laura Joh Rowland
Die rote Chrysantheme
Luebbe Verlagsgruppe; 1. Auflage 2008
ISBN 978-3404922819

1. Primul an este mai greu, ceilalti sunt imposibili…(Isidoro Loi)

2. Nu te casatori pentru bani, poti gasi de imprumut mai avantajos. (Proverb scotian)  Nota: astia vorbesc ?!?

3. Cand o familie de proaspat casatoriti rade, toata lumea stie de ce.  (Anonim)

4. Cand o familie de zece ani rade, toata lumea se intreaba  de ce? (Alt anonim)

5. Dragostea este oarba, dar casatoria indreapta acest defect. (Proverb normand)

 

6. Cand un barbat ii deschide sotiei usa autoturismului, poti fi  sigur de un lucru: ori masina este noua, ori sotia. (Alt anonim)

 

7. A doua casatorie reprezinta…. triumful sperantei asupra experientei. (Samuel Johnson)

8. In antichitate, sacrificiile se faceau in fata altarului. Si in prezent e la fel.  (Helen Rowland)

9. Sunt indragostit de aceeasi femeie, de 45 de ani. Daca afla nevasta-mea, ma omoara.  (Henry Youngman)

10. Burlacii ar trebui sa plateasca un impozit mai mare; nu este corect ca unii barbati sa fie mai fericiti decat altii.  (Oscar Wilde)

Paroles dans la suite...

  This aint gon’ be easy
Uh!
You got it
You got it
Put it in

Tables turnin’ to a situation
Now you standin’ in my face like you’ve been patiently waitin
I’m rollin over words forget the conversation
Thinkin’ maybe we can make a combination

Wanna see me lose my breath and wanna hear me moan
Better be ready, we’re unable when we get alone
You was talkin’ confident upon the telephone
So you gotta put it in when we get it on

No turning back from this party put you through enough to complain
Aint no comin down from this side my love don’t go nowhere the sunset
Look at what you got yourself into
Best take advantage be all that you can be
Best take advantage see all that you can see
Cause this could be your last opportunity to move me

Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it (put it in)
Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it (work)
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it
Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it
Don’t come around if you gone let me down
You gotta get it all the way in
I wanna see you work

You lookin like you’re lookin for an explaination
Use the curves in my body for your motivation
Skip the petty games no need for complication
Use those things for sure I’ll reach my destination

Better leave a good impression before you hit the door
Cause you don’t want me talkin bout ya busniess on the low
You show it off I had to fit you in my schedule
So you better put it on when its time to go

No turning back from this party put you through enough to complain

Aint no comin down from this side my love don’t nowhere the sunset
Look at what you got yourself into
Best take advantage be all that you can be
Best take advantage see all that you can see
cause this could be your last opportunity to move me

Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it do it (put it in)
Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it (work)
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it
Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it
Don’t come around if you gone let me down
You gotta get it all the way in
I wanna see you work

I aint acceptin no exuses baby
To brag about it would be useless baby
You better blow me away
Make a girl wanna stay
At your spot goin all around
It’s your chance to prove
Don’t forget your move
There’s nothing to lose
For me

Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it babe (put it in)
Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it babe(work)
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it
Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it
Don’t come around if you gone let me down
You gotta get it all the way in
I wanna see you work

Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it
Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it
Check it baby, get it baby, check it baby get it
Do it baby d-do it, d-do it baby get it