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Munich (GER), 11 August 2022: Thompson-Smith Molly of Great Britain competes in the Lead qualification during the 2022 European Championships in Munich (GER).
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Lead, South Dakota - June 22, 2020: Sign for Gold Run Park, a mining area of the Homestake Mine in the Black Hills of SD
Lead also got some Kira-Kira chips ^_^
Now he looks even MORE like a Ware Wolf (Thats his race)
btw, Lead doesn't really have those weird lines under his eyes... There just to show he hasn't eaten in a while.
The C&NW crew is shoving a pair of boxcars north on the Skokie Sub with a caboose in the lead. Lincoln Avenue.
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L’11 marzo 2016, la band romana Stanley Rubik avrà il privilegio di aprire la prima tappa del “Lunga Attesa Tour” dei Marlene Kuntz che si terrà al Fabrique di Milano, uno degli eventi di TIMmusic Onstage Awards Week in collaborazione con Rai Radio2.
Solo pochi mesi fa i Marlene Kuntz decidevano di coinvolgere altri musicisti in un’appassionante iniziativa: mettendo a disposizione il testo del brano che ha dato il titolo al loro ultimo lavoro discografico, “Lunga attesa”, chiedevano ad altri creativi di qualunque genere e tipologia di musicare le immaginifiche parole di Cristiano Godano. I giornalisti di Ondarock, Onstage e Rockol avrebbero poi ascoltato le versioni pubblicate e scelto i brani migliori.
Le tre versioni vincitrici, rispettivamente “Versione più originale”, “Miglior arrangiamento” e “Miglior esecuzione”, hanno visto i Respiro primeggiare per l’originalità della loro.
1) Miglior arrangiamento: Stanley Rubik (scelti da Ondarock).
2) Versione più originale: Respiro (scelta da Onstage).
3) Miglior esecuzione: Astral Week (scelti da Rockol).
Gli Astral Week sono una band alternative rock con base a Roma. Nascono nel 2013 dall’incontro di quattro dei membri fondatori degliYour Hero (gruppo cardine nel panorama post-hardcore italiano, in attività dal 2005 al 2010) con Jacopo Volpe, attuale batterista anche dei Vanilla Sky (pop-punk band di rilievo internazionale).
I musicisti appartenenti a queste due realtà distinte, sono cuciti assieme negli Astral Week con un unico filo conduttore: una passione per la musica sbocciata sin dall’infazia, legata alle leggende del rock blues, del funky e del rock psichedelico degli anni ’60, ’70 e ’80.
Anche il nome “Astral Week”, citazione del secondo album di Van Morrison (Astral Weeks, 1968), allude all’intento di reinterpretare le sonorità tanto care ai membri del gruppo ma troppo spesso messe da parte nella loro precedente carriera. Alla riscoperta delle proprie radici culturali e alla ricerca di un sound fresco e caratteristico, decidono quindi di unire l’esperienza acquisita dopo annidi registrazioni, pubblicazioni di album, tour in giro per il mondo e partecipazioni a festival insieme ad artisti di fama mondiale. Il risultato è un mix tra riff e melodie decisamente rock blues, ritmiche decise a volte riconducibili al funky o all’hip hop e varie intrusioni psichedeliche. Tutto questo è avvolto in un suono garage potente e ricercato ma pur sempre pervaso da un gusto pop nelle strutture e nelle melodie.
Ermanno Finotti - Lead Vocals
Valerio Brunori - Guitar, Vocals
Federico Nardelli - Guitar, Vocals
Dario Gambioli - Bass, Vocals
Don't lead me ashtray
I can't survive, I can't stay alive
Without your love, no baby
Ode to a smoking habit
VAN NUTT live act at the concert of HELLROOM PROJECTORS / Kulturzentrum Gaswerk Winterthur
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Broken Pencils
Again using the Raynox attachment, and lit from above with a speedlight and mini softbox.
Un quartet unique par son instrumentation: le leader, Tony Malaby et ses saxophones (soprano et ténor), y est accompagné par John Hollenbeck qui ajoute à ses habituelles batterie et percussions, un piano... préparé ! A cela s'ajoute le violoncelle de Christopher Hoffman et le tuba de Bob Stewart.
I have to slap my little collector's hand more often than not...I am trying not to bring anything else into the house these days....except maybe books....
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Studio: J. Davis & Sons, Preston & Lancaster.
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J. Davis occupied studios at the following Preston addresses:
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BEYONCÉ, GREEN DAY & LADY GAGA LEAD THE WAY WITH THREE MOONMEN AT THE “2009 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS”, JANET JACKSON & MADONNA CELEBRATE MICHAEL JACKSON
Taylor Swift Wins “Best Female Video”
While Eminem Grabs “Best Hip Hop Video”
New York, NY (September 13, 2009) –– MTV turned New York City inside out for the “ 2009 Video Music Awards ” as the network celebrated a legend and brought together the biggest names in music, TV, film and sports. Live from Radio City Music Hall, VMA icon Madonna opened the show and introduced the emotional and heartfelt tribute to Michael Jackson. Janet Jackson was joined onstage by the most renowned choreographers in the world and Michael’s tour dancers, all of whom were influenced by the “King of Pop,” for a memorable and high energy performance. To honor her brother and his illustrious career, the dancers recreated some of his most memorable music videos including “Thriller,” “Bad,” “Smooth Criminal” and “Scream.” The celebration received a standing ovation and set the tone for the most important evening in music and pop culture.
Always controversial, British comedian Russell Brand pushed the envelope as he had fun with a slew of new stars and charmed the ladies. Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and popstar Katy Perry helped Russell kick-off his hosting duties in a big way with a light infused performance of the classic rock anthem by Queen, “We Will Rock You.”
Young country-pop superstar Taylor Swift earned “Best Female Video” for “You Belong With Me” in one of the most competitive categories of the evening, causing Kanye West to storm the stage in protest of Beyoncé not winning. In a gracious act, Beyoncé later called Taylor back on stage to rightfully accept her award. Beyoncé did win an outstanding three moonmen including the coveted “Video of the Year” award for her viral video sensation “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).” Also landing three statues was Lady Gaga including “Best New Artist ” for her hit single “Poker Face.” Green Day made a triumphant return to the VMAs by claiming three awards including “Best Rock Video ” for “21 Guns.” Eminem walked away victorious in an extremely heated race for “Best Hip Hop Video” with “We Made You.”
Adding to her collection of moonmen and accepting her award via satellite while on tour, Britney Spears won “Best Pop Video” for “Womanizer.” After officially premiering at last year’s show, T.I. and Rihanna won “Best Male Video” for their multi-platinum song “Live Your Life.”
Eminem once again showcased his comedic chops teaming up with Tracy Morgan and featuring a cameo by Cyndi Lauper to present the “Best New Artist” nominees throughout the show.
Drawing on the musical energy and passion of New York City, MTV used the city as a backdrop to showcase the unprecedented and groundbreaking performances from today’s most popular artists. Making her first VMA performance a standout, Taylor Swift sang a never-before-heard version of her single “You Belong With Me.” Taylor fully incorporated all NYC has to offer by transitioning from a subway car to 6th Avenue surrounded by fans and ending her performance on top of a taxi cab.
Known for her over the top live performances and fashion forward style, Lady Gaga turned a childhood dream into a reality as she made her grand entrance into VMA history. During her unforgettable performance of “Paparazzi,” the international superstar gives her own interpretation on the price of fame which culminates with her levitating into the air.
Surrounded by pyro and using every corner of the VMA stage, fan favorite Green Day made an explosive return to the VMA stage by giving a high energy rock performance of their single “East Jesus Nowhere.”
Beyoncé had all of Radio City dancing to “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” with her call and response to the audience as she translated her music video phenomenon to the live stage. The pop diva was backed by an army of dancers as they displayed their incomparable dance moves during her performance.
Already a household name across the pond, British rockers Muse gave a breakthrough performance expanding their fan base worldwide. The band performed their latest single “Uprising” from a live remote at the Walter Kerr Theater in the Broadway district of Manhattan in front of hundreds of screaming fans.
Determined to top herself and once again raise the bar for live performances, P!nk mastered a jaw-dropping aerial act 30 feet above the stage while performing her single “Sober.” And yes, she sang every single word of it.
Bringing the show to a climactic end, JAY-Z and Alicia Keys honored their hometown of New York as they gave a powerful performance of “Empire State of Mind.”
As the official VMA house band, hip-hop’s newest challenger Wale and the legendary go go band UCB hyped up the audience as they put their own unique spin on some of the biggest songs of the year, his own material and a few classic covers. They collaborated with a number of artists including Kid Cudi with “Day And Night,” The All-American Rejects with “Gives You Hell, ” Pitbull with “You Know You Want Me” and 3OH!3 with “Don’t Trust Me”. Kid Cudi honored DJ AM during his performance of “Make Her Say.”
The star studded show also included appearances by Megan Fox, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Jack Black, Andy Samberg, Kristin Cavallari, Pete Wentz, Gerard Butler, Diddy, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Alexa Chung, Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship and Justin Bieber, Ne-Yo , Nelly Furtado , Robert Pattinson , Kristen Stewart , Taylor Lautner , Chace Crawford , Leighton Meester , Miranda Cosgrove and Serena Williams.
The MTV audience was treated to exclusive first looks at fall’s most anticipated films and soundtracks including Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT and The Twilight Saga: New Moon trailers during the show. Viewers were also given a sneak peek at the latest trailer from the upcoming movie Fame during MTV News’ “2009 VMA Preshow.”
2009 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
GENERAL CATEGORIES:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé
Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Album: I AM…SASHA FIERCE
Director: Jake Nava
Label: Music World Music/Columbia
Production Company: Anonymous Content
Producer: John Winter
BEST NEW ARTIST
Lady Gaga
Title: Poker Face
Album: The Fame
Director: Ray Kay
Label: Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope
Production Company: Rockhard Films
Producer: Jil Hardin/ Nicole Ehrich
BEST MALE VIDEO
T.I. featuring Rihanna
Title: Live Your Life
Album: Paper Trail
Director: Anthony Mandler
Label: Atlantic Reords
Production Company: Les Enfants Terribles
Producer: Gina Leonard
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Taylor Swift
Title: You Belong With Me
Album: Fearless
Director: Roman White
Label: Big Machine Records
Production Company: Revolution Pictures
Producer: Randy Brewer
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Eminem
Title: We Made You
Album: Relapse
Director: Joseph Kahn
Label: Aftermath/Interscope
Production Company: HSI Productions
Producer: Mary Ann Tanedo
BEST POP VIDEO
Britney Spears
Title: Womanizer
Album: Circus
Director: Joseph Kahn
Label: Jive/Zomba Label Group
Production Company: HSI Productions
Producer: Mary Ann Tanedo
BEST ROCK VIDEO
Green Day
Title: 21 Guns
Album: 21st Century Breakdown
Director: Marc Webb
Label: Reprise Records
Production Company: DNA Inc
Producer: Michael Angelos
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES:
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé
Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Album: I AM…SASHA FIERCE
Director: Jake Nava
Label: Music World Music/Columbia
Production Company: Anonymous Content
Producer: John Winter
Choreographer: Jaquel Knight & Frank Gatson Jr.
BEST DIRECTION
Green Day
Title: 21 Guns
Album: 21st Century Breakdown
Director: Marc Webb
Label: Reprise Records
Production Company: DNA Inc
Producer: Michael Angelos
BEST EDITING
Beyoncé
Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Album I AM…SASHA FIERCE
Director: Jake Nava
Label: Music World Music/Columbia
Production Company: Anonymous Content
Producer: John Winter
Editor: Jarrett Fijal
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Lady Gaga
Title: Paparazzi
Album: The Fame
Director: Jonas Akerlund
Label: Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope
Production Company: Factory Films Ltd.
Producer: Steven Johnson/Nicole Ehrich
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Green Day
Title: 21 Guns
Album: 21st Century Breakdown
Director: Marc Webb
Label: Reprise Records
Production Company: DNA Inc
Producer: Michael Angelos
Cinematographer: Jonathan Sela
BEST ART DIRECTION
Lady Gaga
Title: Paparazzi
Album: The Fame
Director: Jonas Akerlund
Label: Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope
Production Company: Factory Features
Producer: Steven Johnson/Nicole Ehrich
Art Director: Jason Hamilton
ONLINE CATEGORIES:
BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO
Matt & Kim
Title: Lessons Learned
Album: Grand
Director: Taylor Cohen & Otto Arsenault
Label: Fader
Production Company: FVNMO
Producer: Taylor Cohen, Otto Arsenault
BEST VIDEO (THAT SHOULD HAVE WON A MOONMAN)
Beastie Boys
Title: Sabotage
Album: III Communication
Director: Spike Jonze
Label: Grand Royal/Capitol Records
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The “2009 MTV Video Music Awards” will be available to a potential viewing audience of more than 1.2 billion people via MTV’s global network of 68 channels reaching 577 million households around the world as well as through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming & content will reach the entire interactive community, via MTV’s more than 200 digital media properties around the world.
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Today is the twelfth day of February Alphabet Fun: 2015.
Ozzie likes to go out - he walks on the lead with me but runs around the field when my daughter in law takes him out.
19.9.10: Cofton Park, Birmingham
Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home; lead thou me on!
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene,
One step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, pride ruled my will.
Remember not past years!
So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on.
O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till the night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
John Henry Newman, The Pillar of the Cloud, 1833
The Beatification of John Henry Newman by Pope Benedict XVI.
Clifford Longley, in The Tablet (25.9.10), caught the mood of the Pope's visit to Britain perfectly:
There were two fifth columns that nobody had bargained for: ordinary British Catholics who decided spontaneously to stand up and be counted; and ordinary British people with open minds and sense of fair play. The former bought tickets for the set-piece events, some even giving up a night’s sleep to stand for hours in a wet and muddy field on the outskirts of Birmingham. The latter let curiosity and a desire to be touched by history move them to join Catholic crowds on the streets of Edinburgh, Glasgow and London to wait, watch and wave. The Catholic masses and the broader public formed a resonating feedback loop via the media, learning how to behave as bystanders on a papal route from what they saw others doing and feeling on television the night before. It was Diana moment.
By then there was nothing the protesters or the media could do to blow the Pope off course. They began to seem deaf to the zeitgeist. What could have been a papal disaster and national disgrace became for Pope Benedict, for the organisers, and above all for the ordinary people of Britain, Catholics included, a significant and memorable victory.
First prize goes to those feisty Catholic teenagers who seemed to be everywhere, laughing, having the time of their lives. Catholic, yes. But typical teenagers, very normal. “Pope Benedict, we love you more than beans on toast,” said one of their banners. They were loving it and saying so, with joyous exuberance at being near the Pope and being on the telly simultaneously. Whatever they were on, I wanted some.
Completely by chance, the TV cameras cut between these appealingly giddy young people in Hyde Park and the grim and serious business of “protesting the Pope”, as the opposition marchers called what they spent Saturday afternoon doing. It was Cavaliers versus Roundheads, and, televisually, no contest. No doubt the protesters spoke for many more, as the polls had suggested. But if voting was by one’s feet, the Cavalier party seemed to win by a factor of 20 or more. If I were Peter Tatchell, I would be a little bit embarrassed.
Their fundamental mistake, in order to correct the earlier error of sounding like bigoted anti-Catholics, was to try to separate Catholics from their Pope. It wasn’t the majority they were against, they said, just this one man and his outrageous opinions – which many Catholics disagreed with. That last bit may be half true, though this Pope’s teachings differ hardly at all from the last one’s. And when it comes to the list of anti-Pope grievances drawn up by Mr Tatchell – though not those of the ludicrous Richard Dawkins – there are bits here and there with which I can sympathise.
But the effect on me of their general nastiness was to want to go and join the Swiss Guard. Yet Pope Benedict himself is surely a bit of a Roundhead, a touch Puritan. His addresses were utterly serious, though brilliantly calculated to connect with many of the things the British are worried about. But if his thoughts didn’t appeal directly to the senses, the gorgeous sights and sounds certainly did. It was Charles II’s time again, rumbustious and slightly irreverent. Thank you, God, for teenagers.
More here.
On 19th September 2010, John Henry Newman was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI at Cofton Park in Birmingham.
Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
- Blessed John Henry, Cardinal Newman
We were at Cofton Park for Newman as much as we were for the Pope. I'm not the biggest fan of Benedict XVI or of the cult of hero worship, but Newman is for me one of the outstanding figures of the 19th Century; along with Darwin and Marx, he is one of the three great thinkers of that century. The three of them changed the way we understand the world, how we got here and where we are going.
What Darwin, Marx and Newman all had in common was that they devoted their lives to arguing theories of development. All three had a profound effect on how we lived our lives in the 20th century. Newman's theory was a theory of theological development. His starting point was to say: if we are imperfect, how can we possibly claim to truly know the mind of God?
As a young man, Newman had been an evangelical, believing in the literal truth of the Bible. As he matured, and realised this was not a possibility, he asked himself the big question: if we are literally incapable of posessing a knowledge of the mind of God, if we cannot understand exactly what it is that God is asking us to do, but we are still called on to seek perfection, then how does the revelation of that knowledge come about?
Newman decided it was the duty of the Church to be open to unfolding revelation, for each generation to continue the journey towards God in its own way. Some traditionalist Catholics are uncomfortable with the uncertainty of this, and ask the question "does this mean that some things we used to think were sinful are no longer sins?" In the words of the great Cardinal Hume, the answer is yes, I am afraid it does, because understanding of how sin may be realised is ultimately in the mind of imperfect man. Rather confusingly, Newman used the word 'Tradition' to explain the way the Church develops in response to this unfolding revelation.
Some of Newman's well-known sayings were projected on to the big screens at Cofton Park on Sunday, and one of my favourites went up just as the Pope was getting out of his helicopter: To grow is to change, and to become perfect is to change often. A little ironic perhaps, as one of the charges often levelled against this Pope by his fellow-Catholics is that he is intransigent and dogmatic - was it the spirit of Newman sending him a message, perhaps?
I think English Catholics have a love-hate relationship with Benedict XVI. He is a northern European, he's one of us, he thinks like us - but on the other hand he is such a deep intellectual that he doesn't engage in ordinary people's lives in the way that John Paul II did, even though John Paul II was in many ways a much more conservative Pope. JP2 is increasingly seen by history as providing a steady hand on the tiller at a time when the ship was entering uncertain waters, and I expect history's view of Benedict to be similar, that he kept the Conservatives on board at a time when the great outcry for change might have led to fragmentation.
I am also glad that there is at last a wider, public debate about the role of Faith in a civilised and secular society, and the relationship between Fides et Ratio, Faith and Reason, although it needs to be conducted without hysteria. While I think the Church and the Pope are certainly patriarchal and authoritarian, I do not believe that either is homophobic. This seems to me a very serious charge, and quite inappropriate when addressing the real issues involved in the Catholic Church's understanding of homosexuality. The Church's teaching in the matter (with which I find much to disagree) is against non-creative sexual acts, and also against sexual acts outside of marriage. Thus, homosexuality is not taught to be sinful, but it is taught to be a disordered state. While I think this teaching is wrong, I also think that to describe it as 'homophobic', that is, the fear of homosexuality or the promotion of a hatred of homosexuality, is just plain wrong. I am not saying that homophobic Catholics do not exist, but I am not aware of ever having met one. Indeed, several of my openly gay friends are Mass-attending Catholics. This obviously isn't enough, but it is a better starting point.
Secondly, while I think that condoms have a role to play in fighting AIDS and other diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, the issue is a very complex one. Respect needs to be given to the Church's preference for other methods, and the resources it commits to employing them: education, building up respect for women, fighting to raise the social conditions in which the abuse of women thrives. To describe the Catholic Church's work in Africa as 'genocide', as one banner at the 'Protest the Pope' rally in London on Saturday did, is just plain daft.
The Catholic Church is crying out for change. Under John XXIII and Paul VI in the Sixties and Seventies there was a real sense of a pilgrim church on the move and open to the Holy Spirit. But I do not think this is currently the case. Perhaps Newman's beatification will open up the eyes of the Church again to the reality of its journey, who knows? Where there are difficulties with official Church teaching, most Catholics I know follow their prayerful consciences, as Newman said we must, in a spirit of loyal dissent. We think the Church's teaching on contraception and homosexuality is wrong - not because we think we are right, but because we think that ongoing revelation will lead to the teaching being developed and changed - to grow is to change, to become perfect is to change often.
It is good to see dissent, and it is good to see a public debate. It is right and proper that those protesting against the visit of the Pope in London on Saturday had the chance to make thier voices heard. Vatican officials are said to be amazed that 80,000 pilgrims and 10,000 protestors were able to go about their business in the same area of central London and there only be one arrest! I'd like to think it is a good example of English tolerance and fair play. But I am afraid that I do not like their leader, Professor Dawkins, at all. I think he is a fundamentalist, and I abhor fundamentalism in all its forms, whether Christian, Moslem, Socialist, Fascist or Atheist. He's an intelligent man, and really ought to know better. His spiteful and angry speech on Saturday - he was literally shaking with anger - was a world away from the spirit of peace, love and reconciliation that I felt around me at Cofton Park yesterday. Ultimately, it's all about Love.
Castle Howard has an amazing collection of 18th century lead statues commissioned by Carlisle’s son, the 4th Earl. Copies were made in London of great Italian Renaissance masterpieces, and much restoration and re-casting has been carried out in recent years.
Couldn't resist a close-up of this gate post with its lead-plugged hanger - might have been made over 100 years ago
Sometimes, one area of research uncovers unexpected findings in another. For example, NIAMS research has shown that certain types of hair keratin also help form dental enamel, the tough outer covering of teeth. Here, finger-like projections (magenta) into a tooth’s top layer represent damage to the enamel of a person with a keratin 75 mutation. By uncovering a role for hair keratins in dental enamel structure, this work may lead to new strategies for combating tooth decay, one of the most prevalent health problems worldwide.
Credit: NIAMS Laboratory of Skin Biology, Maria I. Morasso, Ph.D., Chief. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health