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By Lin Ying (Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioners were invited to perform at Guam’s joyously celebrated 64th anniversary of “Liberation Day” on July 21, 2008. The Taiwan Divine Land Marching Band also crossed the sea to perform, and local residents gave them a warm welcome. Guam city council speaker Ms. Tina Muna Barnes expressed her appreciation to [...]

I'm sitting here listening to WWOZ radio on the net as I often do, listening to a very modern version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" part rap, part gospel, part jazz, and of course, with that New Orleans influence everywhere. I know, you're saying "whaaaa?" but trust me, it's a good thing. Now, here comes another rendition after that one? Ok, I'll take it!Oy vey, so how do I weave this into k

Linköping may sound like the coolest networking site yet to be invented but it is also the hometown of Marching Band’s Jacob Lind and Erik Sunbring. Sweden has a peculiar knack of unearthing precious indie pop outfits (c’mon Canada, get out of hibernation) and Marching Band are rapidly rising to the top of the pile. The main reason being their stunning new album ‘Spark Large’ which I was

*Click on the pictures to see the HUGE version. The ant on the grass blade is worth it* Playing with my camera again today. I went outside meaning to take pictures of the dandelion puffs in the sunshine. I did take some pictures of them, but got distracted by the small ant hills. And [...]

I’m not sure if I told anybody, but I’m originally from Ohio. Growing up in a town of only 5,000 people, I’m a small town girl at heart. Things were so much different then. When I was twelve years old, I used to bike ride four miles on country roads to the neighboring town to visit friends. That’s not likely to happen nowadays. Another thing you probably didn’t know is that when I was i

Writes: Harold Meyerson It’s John McCain’s America. Barack Obama only lives in it. ….. McCain’s first post-primary ad proclaimed him “the American president Americans have been waiting for.” Not the “strong” or “experienced” president, though those are contrasts he could seek to draw with Obama. The “American” president —

Da Nang seeks harmonious development with neighbors to drive the region’s economy forward. When it comes to attracting investment, competition may force provinces to come up with beneficial policies. But too much provincial jostling would be unhealthy, said Da Nang City People’s Committee Chairman Tran Van Minh in an interview with a local newspaper on the eve of the recent 2008 Central Business

Fresco, fresco di rilascio ecco un nuovo strumento realizzato da Roland. Il suo nome è RMP-12 ed è uno strumento percussivo. Prende parte alla gloriosa famiglia V-Drums. Nello specifico è stato studiato appositamente per un uso non proprio solito per uno strumento elettronico in quanto è un rullante da banda. La pelle da 12 pollici è dello [...]

Andy Batt’s Portraits Of The World Famous March Fourth Marching Band. Nemo Design presents Andy Batt’s Portraits of The World Famous March Fourth Marching Band photography exhibit opening on Friday, April 04, 2008. Please join us on April 4th from 6PM - 10PM for the opening. Beer and wine will be available. The show will then [...]

"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer."Seneca A gift of love...Brownies in a box!This is a box of brownies that I baked for a dear old lady who lives nearby. She is about 78 years old & makes sure she stops by to say 'Good Morning' to me at the childrens' bus stop every single morning! Two days without a meeting, & she comes by our place to catch up with me! She is a warm, wonderful person, so positive & so full of life, that one wonders why we crib about silly little things! Always helpful, always forthcoming & forever smiling! A very large-hearted lady indeed. Her husband was in the Indian Army & passed away several years ago; she now lives with her daughter, & can teach many of us how to live life fully!! I bake

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Towards the end of ‘1800s’ it starts to sound as if another song is clouding the listening experience. It becomes clear at the end however that in the background a ferocious blend of drumbeats is doing it’s damndest to be heard. ‘1800s’ is a work of many parts and may take a few spins to turn the puzzle into something resembling a comfortable listen. This can be off putting but you should be able to figure out that it is worth it from the word go. We’re Moving On are from Toronto and released the ‘Argh! Umph! Ahhh!’ EP last year. Sort of appropriately named actually given the feast of surprises supplied by ‘1800s’ and the array of instruments that must have been wheeled into the studio to execute it’s ramshackle nature. KDWe're Marching On - 1800sMore Info: Official &

Leap this you punky winter! The sun is blazing in epic proportions, and the wind is whistling through the trees, amazing it can be heard without leaves. I curse you OLD MAN WINTER and condemn you to months of isolation at places far removed from me. Go aggravate the Aussies and others you've neglected these many months, leave me alone now. I've braved your ice, snow, sleet and grey for too long. I've survived, though just barely at times, my eyes and heart firmly fixed upon the green horizon. You have been defeated.All that is left now are whatever remnants tossed hither and yon which may find their way to my fair state by accident. Your snow and cold making machines will be terminated at midnight and have fail safe devices to prevent your tampering. I laugh and I dance and thumb my nose a

Canonical, developer of Ubuntu, the much-adored Linux distro, yesterday unveiled details of an upcoming version of Ubuntu. Due out sometime in October, it will sport as funky a name as its earlier counterparts - it'll be called "Intrepid Ibex" a.k.a. version 8.10. Intrepid Ibex is intended to significantly improve mobile computing and desktop scalability. In this version, the developers have paid attention on the aspect of the pervasive Internet, through which users will be able to remain connected irrespective of where they are in a connected city.This version will enable your computer to tap bandwidth no matter where you are- we Indians will have to wait a bit, though -- it'll let your computer hop from broadband to Wi-Fi and skip back to broadband as you move around. Ubuntu founder Mar

This is definitely not a political blog. But since the US presidential nominating process is going to be rolling through my state 16 days from now, I thought that it may be interesting to make a few observations. Channel surfing this evening, I saw the interview above, which I thought was fascinating.The interview has two governors from the same Democratic Party who are supporting two different candidates for the nomination. The first is Governor James Doyle from Wisconsin (pictured to left above) who is supporting Sen. Barack Obama for the Demorcatic Presidential nomination. The second is Governor Ted Strickland from Ohio (pictured to right above) who is supporting Sen. Hillary Clinton. I have particular interest in this because Gov. Strickland was my congressman before being elected to t

To Defend USSRV. Kulagina, 1930 This striking poster was created by Valentina Kulagina, who was one of the most expressive woman poster artists of the first half of the 20th century. She was married to Gustav Klutsis (see his posters) - another representative of Vkhutemas-artist generation. This very poster has a strong influence of suprematism, an art movement originated by Kazimir Malevich. The giant red figures of soviet soldiers in budenovkas (military cap) are marching with their shouldered rifles. The slogan is simple and motivating: “To Defend USSR”. The poster space is multidimensional, with three color areas contrasting. The distorted cubist perspective of the factories in the left bottom corner adds another dimension. The idea behind is that both factories and the Red Army add to the defense potential of the country. The workers are transforming into determined soldiers as they are marching away from their workplaces. And the white airplane silhouettes fly thro

The Republican debate shown on CNN on November 28, 2007 was supposed to be a debate in which YouTube users were allowed to ask questions via video.Yet at one point the floor was turned over to audience member and openly gay Retired Brigadier General Keith Kerr for a lecture against the U.S. military "don't ask don't tell" policy.The fact that Brigadier General Kerr is from "LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) Americans for Hillary" was not revealed during this question-turned-lecture.Hillary Clinton's campaign announced the formation of this committee in a press release on June 27, 2007. The release contained a list of steering committee leaders including the name Keith Kerr, retired Colonel., U.S. Army; retired Brigadier General, California National Reserve.Has Hillary grown weary of planting her own questions? Maybe it is not without reason that CNN is so often referred to as the "Clinton News Network."Below is a video of the incident along with the responses of candi

They run through a number of classic game songs, all while forming scenes from the games out of the band itself. It’s got everything from Pong and Tetris to Zelda and Mario, and it’s amazing.read more | digg story No TagsShare This

Twenty years ago, on the 22nd of January 1987, farmers of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and supporters marching to Mendiola were showered with automatic gunfire in one of the most violent display of force against demonstrators to this date. The farmers came to pay the President a visit and talk about land reform – [...]

By a German Dafa practitioner (Clearwisdom.net) On September 15, 2007 an annual multicultural festival (Karneval der Kulturen) was held in Hamburg, the largest harbor city in northern Germany. Tens of thousands of local residents and tourists watched the festival’s parade. Falun Gong was the only group presenting traditional Chinese culture in the parade. The practitioners demonstrated [...]

It had to happen…Bluetooth meets Marching Band!  Over the summer, I went a little gadget crazy and purchased a Motorola DC800 stereo bluetooth gateway and a NaviPlay stereo bluetooth adapter.  When you clicked on the links, you probably said “Why on earth did you spend $300 on those contraptions to beat up on the marching field?” Here’s the thing- I spent a grand total of $60 for BOTH! I have been keeping my eye on them ever since they made their debut in Radio Shack last year (at full price).  Being a technology realist (no, really…) I knew that the world of bluetooth was still at least a generation away from making it to the mainstream.  After all, look around and all you see are those little bluetooth earpieces- hardly scratching the surface of it’s potential.  With the advent of the A2DP stereo bluetooth profile, there are a whole host of great handsfree stereo options on the way. Now for the application: I use the setup to “run” my marching

I’ve been using Flickr quite a bit lately.  I’ve decided to use it as the core online photo service for distributing our marching band photos to everyone who wants them.  Flickr allows you to upload 100 megabytes of photos per month and share them with the world for free.  In addition, you can do amazing things with Flickr like share your photos through email or an RSS feed.  It’s the ease of use of Flickr that was the deciding factor in choosing them. Here is an example of an embeded Flickr Stream of our band show at Carnegie Mellon today: [CANNOT SHOW FLASH BASED FLICKR RSS SHOW IN RSS CLICK THE LINK TO SEE IT!] There are a number of great Wordpress plugins for Flickr as well.  Check out this great articlefrom Mashable about 50+ Media related Wordpress plugins.  If you haven’t looked at Flickr and are a photo fanatic, I would encourage you to check it out today! TO COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE or VIEW OTHER COMMENTS, USE

This article is from MUSicTECHnology.net  ~Copyright 2007, J. Pisano/mustech.net   Marching Band has it’s perks…   Today we take the band to Kennywood Park , a well known amusement park in Pittsburgh, PA.  This year the Mighty Grove City Wolverines are marching 171 strong, including 30 fronts.  Although many big state universities have bands almost double this size, as far as we know, there are no colleges under 3000 that march as many as we do.  Our band varies in size from year to year from 160 to over 200. We march 6 across with the percussion in the middle.  Instrumentally we effectively have two full bands separated by the percussion.  This allows for a consistent sound no matter where the listener may be.  The GCC wolverines are led by 6 herald trumpets sporting the GCC colors and insignia off their bells.  This makes for great e’spirit de corp and adds to the “pomp”. Kennywood park is particularly

The band marches on with a pleasing 6% made from two bets. My first thoughts on the racing were that it was a tough day and patience would definitely be needed. Ascot was a write off with the prices just being too big and nothing particuarly taking my eye. There was a nice lay in the first at Carlisle, Denbera Dancer, appeared just too short. I like Mark Johnston but at the moment he's struggling for form and his strike rate is reflecting this at a very lowly 6% for July. I couldn't see this drop in trip helping either and he eventually finished out of the frame. I had a little wait until my next lay but there was some good racing to keep me occupied and some chat discussion on the BF forum. Local Poet was an absolute steal at 3.1, I was genuinely surprised at how short it was and expressed those thoughts on my thread. Apparently Dave Nevison liked it, I respect him a huge amount but really can't understand his thinking on this one and Local Poet trailed home well beaten. So that wa

Just an update for those of you who have followed my soldier-brother through my posts these last two years; My baby brother sent a quick email from Iraq. He finished his last mission and hopes that a plane to Kuwait isn't long coming. Kuwait is his first step back towards the States and 'home' after almost 2 years being stationed in Iraq. His unit is the 133'rd that was featured in the 60

I’m back from the parched and strikingly beautiful canyon lands of Utah. Henning and I spent a week and a half driving between national parks to hike and take in a good ol’ dose of pure nature. We managed to log over 2200 driving miles and 100 hiking miles in the process, and all that in the heat of a summer desert. Needless to say, when we got back we were craving cool, fresh, exotic flavors. And we needed a vacation from our vacation. Somehow it always happens like this when Henning is in charge of the planning. Henning bumped in to our neighbors in the laundry room, trying to get the smell of dusty red dirt out of our clothes. Since he was leaving for a month in Germany in a few days and he wouldn’t see them again before they move out, he invited them over for dinner. To appease our desire for fresh and exotic, I cooked up some Thai food—fresh spring rolls, green papaya salad, and pad thai. It was exactly what we needed after a week and a half of pasta salads

There is a Churchill quote about when you're marching through hell, just keep marching. Well, that's basically what we're doing. We need to slow this down and get it right.- Charles BurbridgeCFO, Los Angeles Unified School DistrictA couple weeks ago, the Los Angeles Unified School District's new computer system incorrectly paid over 32,000 employees. That's almost a third of the district's employees. And the trouble started this past January.Glitches in Los Angeles Payroll System Spark Furor, Education WeekL.A. Unified payroll snafu's costs soaring, L.A. TimesI've been involved in some software projects with a "hell" phase in the SDLC. I've worked on projects that failed. I've been involved with projects that went millions over budget. However, I'm thankful that I have never worked on a project for which tens of thousands of production issues were reported in a handful of months.Through the replacement of our aging financial, human resources, payroll andprocurement syst

There is a Churchill quote about when you're marching through hell, just keep marching. Well, that's basically what we're doing. We need to slow this down and get it right.- Charles BurbridgeCFO, Los Angeles Unified School DistrictA couple weeks ago, the Los Angeles Unified School District's new computer system incorrectly paid over 32,000 employees. That's almost a third of the district's employees. And the trouble started this past January.Glitches in Los Angeles Payroll System Spark Furor, Education WeekL.A. Unified payroll snafu's costs soaring, L.A. TimesI've been involved in some software projects with a "hell" phase in the SDLC. I've worked on projects that failed. I've been involved with projects that went millions over budget. However, I'm thankful that I have never worked on a project for which tens of thousands of production issues were reported in a handful of months.Through the replacement of our aging financial, human resources, payroll andprocurement syst

There is a Churchill quote about when you're marching through hell, just keep marching. Well, that's basically what we're doing. We need to slow this down and get it right.- Charles BurbridgeCFO, Los Angeles Unified School DistrictA couple weeks ago, the Los Angeles Unified School District's new computer system incorrectly paid over 32,000 employees. That's almost a third of the district's employees. And the trouble started this past January.Glitches in Los Angeles Payroll System Spark Furor, Education WeekL.A. Unified payroll snafu's costs soaring, L.A. TimesI've been involved in some software projects with a "hell" phase in the SDLC. I've worked on projects that failed. I've been involved with projects that went millions over budget. However, I'm thankful that I have never worked on a project for which tens of thousands of production issues were reported in a handful of months.Through the replacement of our aging financial, human resources, payroll andprocurement syst

Responding to Senator Edwards’ comments that the war on terror is a “bumper sticker slogan”, Tancredo declares a different kind of war. “If Senator Edwards is saying that the war on terror doesn’t exist, I would agree”, Congressman Tancredo said. “Terror is a tactic used by the enemy with which we are at war. The enemy is radical Islam, and if he does not believe that, then he is delusional. America can’t afford a president that is an ostrich, with his head in the sand on this issue.” Tancredo Rips Edwards Comments on the War on Terror as “Bumper Sticker” Slogan Refers to Edwards as an “ostrich, with his head in the sand” It is interesting to me how more and more people are coming to realize that the “war on terror” rhetoric is junk. Terrorism is more like criminal activity than like war. It consequently needs to be fought like any other criminal activity– with the police and the courts, not with tanks and

It is that time of the year and the ants are marching into our house...I see them everywhere. However, my seven year old son does not want any of them killed. When he sees ant traps - he asks if they kill ants. And if they do, he does not want them! I don't want to lie to my son and I don't want to lessen his compassion for living things, but I don't want ants everywhere in our house and I can't continue to capture them and release them outside! Has anyone else faced this problem and how did you handle it???

Excerpt about this great article/post from MUSicTECHnology.net: "A friend of mine, Ken Isles, has begun work collecting musical instruments (in any working condition), and donations for the Heritage Community Marching Band. There are a number of organizations and people performing similar great acts of charity for the residents of New Orleans but I feel that Ken has really found a uniquely worthy group in the Hermitage Community Marching Band organization. Ken and his associates are collecting ALL types of instruments and related music items and personally delivering them to the band. He and his colleagues will drive the instruments and all donated items to New Orleans in mid-to late July of this year (2007). If you can afford to help out with this effort, in any way, I know that the students will genuinely appreciate and utilize your gifts to their fullest potential. In addition, Ken will be providing receipts of all donations directly to the donors. " [more]  VISIT MUSTECH.NET

I almost did not make this month’s Create Your Year Theme ... Thank Goodness March has 31 days! First off, I apologize. These last few months I have not been the blogger I once was. I am hoping it is the pregnancy hormones rushing through my body, confusing my brain. I have a huge aversion to [...]

Rightwing bloggers have been so fixated on John Kerry's dumb comment, I've almost forgotten what they used to write about. What happened to "family values," "stay the course," "gay marriage," "cut and run?" The rightwing automatons must have been running out of ammunition, because Kerry's "botched joke" sure has given them something to blather about. I don't know who's been sending out daily instructions to thousands of rightwing bloggers, but they sure did get the memo. Flocks of birds will often swoop and zigzag in unison, but Homo Sapiens doesn't operate that way. If several thousand people are walking along, you won't see them stopping and starting and turning in lockstep (unless they're military recruits following their Drill Instructor). Do rightwing bloggers have a drill instructor? Does Karl Rove have the e-mail address of each and every one of them? Surfing through the traffic exchange sites, it's all you see. One rightwing blog after

Nancy Armour of AP reported on THE game: Flood-Ravaged New Orleans Revels in Its Old Self For anyone who questioned why the Saints would go back to a flood-ravaged city, or wondered if a football game could really make a difference in the lives of people mired in misery, you have your answer. New Orleans was a rollicking, raucous sight to behold Monday night. Fans in the Superdome let loose

Pete Best never completely shed the job he lost in 1962. That's what happens when you're history's only living ex-Beatle.''Liverpool is my hometown,'' he said recently. ``The people of my generation were aware of all that happened -- the subterfuge, the heartache. It was all well-chronicled.''What happened was that in August 1962, the Beatles unceremoniously sacked Best and replaced him with drummer Ringo Starr. Two months later, Love Me Do hit the Top 20 in Britain, and the Beatles were off on their mind-blowing voyage.And Best, who was part of the band's founding years (including its infamous tours in Hamburg, Germany), became a tragic bystander to it all.''The hardest part was when Love Me Do went into the English charts,'' he said. ``We always knew once we had success on the English charts, we were on our way.''More than 44 years later, Best insists that things worked out just fine. He got married, raised a family, earned his pension after 20 years in the civil serv

journal by Leslie Amor, your friend Paul Darwynn's co-worker this should have been added as my praise report for March. Anyway, I was blessed to having been able to fly for HK with 2 good friends, Mich and Ate Lerma.  It was actually a free trip which God handed to me.  yes, it's true.  it's a raffle wherein 34 were vying for Christmas gifts.  kitchen wares, home appliances (electric fans included), an IPOD (which I was really hoping for!), some sacks of rice, 2 to 5K cash and a trip to HK.  i was not rooting for kitchen wares, i had my share of them in the past (thank you very much!), nor for a sack of rice (shortage was unknown last December).  i also got a TV, 2 washing machines and a microwave in the past so it's OK to trad

i #039;ve never played any percussion/wind/brass instruments before.... except for piano, which i played back 6. i aswell play violin, guitar, and cord bass. i wish to do boot bandage in top academy cuz it seems fun, and my music abecedary said that demography music would advice us accepting in to colleges. the top academy i #039;m traveling to has the best boot bandage in the accomplished city. i