Sometimes it's refreshing to hear some simple organic music. especially while you enjoy the summer evenings with a glass of wine, good food and smart company.
Check out Wonder from David Francey. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland (now residing in Canada), David began his music career in 1999 at the age of 45. Within five years he won three JUNOs and began touring worldwide. He is established as one of today’s finest singer-songwriters, filling concert halls nationally and internationally.
Wonder is from his new album Late Edition and is David’s first solo release since the 2007 Juno-winning album Right of Passage.
Today I had the opportunity to sit down with ArkovaScott, an adjunct professor at Pasadena City College. She teaches an online advanced excel course. In the interview she explained how she designs the course. Scott uses a manual as a guide and translates the information into an online format. She uses a variety of multimedia to present the materials including: captivate, audio podcasts, videos, and PowerPoint presentations. Something unique about her teaching style is that she really aims to make a personal virtual connection with each and everyone of her students. She calls it a “virtual relationship.” Scott noted that her emotional feedback on student’s assignments simulates a face-to-face experience and also motivates the students to do extremely well in class. Last but not least Ms. Scott is very adamant with her routine. She has a system of when things are to be turned in to her and students know exactly when they will get their graded project back. Some of her closing thoughts were about the importance of responding and communicating to her students in a timely fashion. This helps students keep on pace. Scott seems like a great instructor and appears to cater to a variety of learning styles.
Some say I’m clever
While others think I’m slow
Some love me
while others pretend.
That’s me- not you, not her, not him, That’s me
I wish I could stop pretending to be--
and just be me – NOT the Me you think I should be
The me- who takes life a day at a time
Walks slow because I can.
Runs fast because that’s how it should be
loves to the deepest depths of all love.
That’s me.
That’s me-
Enjoys late nights and sweet nothings &walks to anywhere.
The one who you would never know
would lie down on the line for you
That’s me.
I’m not the one you think I am.
I’d love to be that person that fits
into- a perfect little coach purse with stiletto heels.
That’s NOT me
My Beauty & talent within is often overlooked
By your unwillingness to see the world around you exists..
That’s me and who Ill always be-
Check out Lowlight- An unsigned LA indie band. They just recently released their surreal-narrative music video “Wake.” The song is from their full length album, “A Wonderful Lie.” It was mixed by Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses.
The video weaves through the song’s layered experimental soundscapes as the whispered lyrics creep with the theme of unrequited love. Lowlight’s vocalist Ed and his girl sneak into a mansion swimming pool, where later he is trapped underwater after finding her in the hands of the mansion owner.
Sarah Palin recently posted a list of the Democrats she is targeting for defeat in the November elections. She said that her committee will be paying close attention to democrats who voted in favor of Obama health care and districts that she and McCain had favor from during the 2008 election.
Many people feel that the shooting of Congresswoman Gifford is related to this map. I am not so sure I agree or disagree. Regardless, the map with the cross hairs is unnecessary. I know its just a simple icon, but it allows the imagination to makes assumptions based on the association of the icon.
Palin released a statement suggesting that the alleged killer Jared Loughner is not associated with the cross hair map. She says that his history invalidates the assumption and that his "downward spiral" pre-dates Palin's imagery
Interestingly, I found this image, pay close attention to the price:
Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours?
Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing?
I have absolutely no idea... But I am about to find out as I venture onto this slow carb diet as described in the The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss. No- It's not a new years resolution, I'm just all about trying new healthy eating habbits.
Stay tuned as I will keep you up to date with tips from the book about staying fit and eating healthy!
A man in the US state of Texas has had his robbery conviction overturned after serving 30 years in jail - longer than anyone in Texas cleared by DNA. Cornelius Dupree Jr was jailed from 1979 to 2010 as part of a 75-year sentence for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
The 51-year-old was freed on parole in July 2010. DNA test results proved his innocence roughly one week later. A judge has now officially overturned Mr Dupree's conviction.
"It's a joy to be free again," Mr Dupree said outside the Dallas County courtroom.
I think it's great that this woman wrote the book. However, I strongly disagree with the little boy being at all the interviews. He Looks extremely awkward and uncomfortable. It is almost like he is being exploited.
Kai’s debut EP 11:11 is shaping up to be a brilliant collection of songs. Her song ”I Choose Me” is being launched in January 2011 for a national ad campaign for First Choice Haircutters.
When you visit Disneyland this time of year, it's easy to get distracted by the abundance of Christmas lights, decorations, holiday parades and costumed characters.
But look carefully around the theme park and you just may discover a few hidden things that give Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom a little bit of a wacky edge.
Californian Christopher Strodder knows all about the "secrets" of Disneyland, as he's been to the amusement park dozens of times throughout his life.
You may be distracted by the holiday lights and decorations at Disneyland this time of year, but if you look closely, lots of weird secrets are waiting to be discovered all over the iconic amusement park.
Strodder told AOL News that one of his weirdest discoveries while researching Disneyland was finding out just how many graveyards are actually scattered throughout the park.
Yes, graveyards.
"There are six or seven graveyards at Disneyland that can be easily seen if you take the time to look around. Four at the Haunted Mansion, including a pet cemetery, and one in the Storybook Land canal boat ride during the 'Alice 'n Wonderland' part. There's also a graveyard on Tom Sawyer Island," Strodder explained. "It's really odd, if you think about it, that there are so many tombstones at 'The Happiest Place On Earth.' "
If you look closely, he said, you can see Mickey's head on just about everything -- from countertops at restaurants and walls and bushes around the park to even more subtle Mickey heads arranged in knots on ropes at lines for rides.
"Nothing at Disneyland is ever accidental. Everything, even the hidden stuff, is put there so that guests will take notice and enjoy the details. Almost everything in the park has a backstory," Strodder said.
For instance, if you're walking around Frontierland and you see a hanging tribute to something called the Mineral Hall, Strodder said that's a nod to an old gem that stood there when the park opened.
I heard this song on the radio last night and it's been stuck in my head. The Gucci Crew II was a Miami Bass group popular between 1986-1994. The group was made up of MC V & TFS (aka 340 Shorty), along with Disco Rick, who was their DJ early on. Is it still hot? or Not?
I realize this is somewhat off of the path to what I normally post. It's a podcast I had to make for one of my master's courses at school. I had fun making and thought I might share it with you folks. Enjoy:)
Look out for K. She’s a hot new Indian singer, dancer and host who is set to release her debut pop / electro album in 2011. My favorite Dj Asha teamed up with another British dance producer 2AM to deliver this club remix. It is off the chain HOT! Turn it up & Dance!
My mind is constantly blown by the power of social media!
47% of online adults use social networking sites
73% of teens and young adults are a member of at least one social network
Facebook:
More than 1.5 million local businesses have active Pages on Facebook
The average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook
Facebook has 400+ million active users, with over 1.5 million business pages.
Twitter:
Twitter has 24+ million unique visitors per month, with 500 million tweets per day.
11 Percent (or 33.88m) of US Online Adults Use Twitter
There are approximately 50 million Tweets sent per day, at about 600 tweets per second.
Unique visitors per month, as of February 2010 Facebook: 133,623,529 MySpace: 50,615,444 Twitter: 23,573,178 Linkedin: 15,475,890
My friends always laugh at me because I really do want a pair of Sketchers "Shape Up" shoes.. Fortunately for me, New Balance is hooking it up so I don't have to get laughed at for wanting some toning shoes.
Lenny Kravitz, Akon and 50 Cent will be featured on the upcoming posthumous album from Michael Jackson.
Epic Records and Jackson’s estate released more details about the record simply called “MICHAEL” on Friday. The song “Hold My Hand” with Akon will be the first single and debut on Jackson’s website on Monday.
The song “Breaking News” debuted on Jackson’s site this week. Some of his nephews say it’s not Jackson’s voice but a former producer and manager insist that it is.
