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<title><![CDATA[Gong]]></title>
<link>http://fotodedi.wordpress.com/?p=205</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dedidwitagama</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Kraton Jogjakarta, 3 Mei 2008
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<title><![CDATA[A Gong of My Own]]></title>
<link>http://sledpress.wordpress.com/?p=178</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sledpress</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re still in ass territory here. This may seem perplexing, but bear with me.
The thing is, f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We're still in ass territory here. This may seem perplexing, but bear with me.</p>
<p>The thing is, for some time now I have wanted my very own gong. I didn't have space for a big one, and I didn't have any special occasions in mind, like announcing dinner or opening a massage session (gag me); I just like the sound. There's something about the way those harmonics fill a room; you can almost see the sound oscillating in the air, like a heat haze.</p>
<p>So I had been watching <a href="http://www.gongs-unlimited.com/">this site</a>, and dang if they didn't toss a little tabletop gong onto the sale list for about fifty bucks shipped. You can find fifty bucks. It arrived yesterday, and after about ten minutes of assembling the stand and tightening the hanging cord, I set it on the table in my office and made <a href="http://site.gongs-unlimited.com/soundfiles/wind10inch2.wav" target="_blank">this sound.</a></p>
<p>It just feels good, like smelling a rose, only for your ears (and bones and eyelashes and everything else that vibrates along with it). I hit it a few times a day, playing with the different harmonics you get between the center and the rim.</p>
<p>My father, a hornplayer, wanted his daughter to play the most difficult instrument in the orchestra that wasn't a horn, and stuck an oboe in my face (in the words of Ithzak Perlman, whose mother didn't). I played it for six years, but despite a lifelong love affair with classical music, it didn't really take. All that futzing with the reeds, and the backup of air pressure making your eyes bug out. Maybe he should have tried percussion.</p>
<p>Oh. About the ass thing. Click <a href="http://www.gongs-unlimited.com/bigassgongs.html" target="_blank">here.</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital Media Exchange (Mobius) Retrenchment Part 3]]></title>
<link>http://mysticgrace.wordpress.com/?p=33</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mysticgrace</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to start my third and last post regarding this unfortunate event by quoting Mobius Ga]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'd like to start my third and last post regarding this unfortunate event by quoting <a href="http://forums.mobiusgames.net/index.php?showtopic=39215" target="_blank"><strong>Mobius Games' Official Statement</strong></a> posted on August 26, 2008:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>In the constant effort to innovate and improve the quality and efficiency of our game support services, the company is working through right-sizing and changing in the job descriptions of its existing staff. Furthermore, it is regrettable that the company had to undergo this process of right-sizing but rest assured that these employees were not just let go and were given benefits as well as other opportunities within the company should they choose to accept those.</em></p>
<p><em>The company understands that there are risks involved with the shift in perspective but these have been reviewed prior to execution. The company is also aware that any decision it makes will have an impact not only internally but to the community as well. Furthermore, the strategic changes were not made to prioritize specific projects but to improve the overall level of service that the company offers to its subscribers. We are looking to reinvent the company into a better and stronger organization that brings the gaming experience of its community to new levels.</em></p>
<p><em>We would like to thank you in advance for your continued support of our current and future mobiusgames content.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>I see no need for me to comment any further. I've already posted the information I know and the opinions I have. Although some have advised it, I will NOT edit any of my previous posts either.</p>
<p>It's been about 10 days or so since everyone decided on which option to take. The people who decided to go with Option 1 are doing alright. I believe most of them are just taking a break right now. They get paid an additional month from the day they signed their resignation and they should be getting their final pay in the next couple of weeks. At least one has decided to go back to school. My husband, who was one of the people who took Option 1 is spending this month at home with me and our son. Our son and I go back to the States in a month while he stays here in the Philippines so we just try to look at what happened as a blessing in disguise for us. At least we get to spend more time with each other. He's gone on a couple of interviews already including one with one of DME's competitors hehe.</p>
<p>Not many chose Option 2. Anybody surprised? Nope. Not really. Until now, I don't think anybody knows what they're going to be doing and since I, myself am leaving soon, I will not be posting any information regarding this. Sorry.</p>
<p>People who went with Option 3 have already started on their new jobs and I'm very happy to say that they are doing fine and adjusting quite well. They're a bit culture shocked like I expected them to be, but fine nonetheless. I see them in the morning when I'm about to start my shift and they're just about to leave.</p>
<p>Although you will still probably be seeing them around, I'd like to say that the people who got to stay in Publishing are doing their best to keep everything under control. We have to understand though, that they can only do so much.. we all know now that there are things that are just beyond our control. I still have friends there and I get to see them still but it's hard not to notice the big difference there now. Everybody's missing everybody.</p>
<p>I wish all of them the best of luck. I am hoping that someday, they all get the recognition, respect, and compensation they deserve.. not necessarily with Digital Media Exchange, but wherever they may be.</p>
<p><em>"Goodbye is not forever.. farewell is not the end.. but in my heart's a memory.. and there you'll always be."</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[GRR! WTF!]]></title>
<link>http://jeromeancheta.wordpress.com/?p=260</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jerome</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Somebody uninstalled GONG in my computer WTF! &#8230; grr I need to redownload again! grrrr asar WTF]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Somebody uninstalled GONG in my computer WTF! ... grr I need to redownload again! grrrr asar WTF! WTF!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Today In Music, August 28th]]></title>
<link>http://rockmine.wordpress.com/?p=497</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://rockmine.wordpress.com/?p=497</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Thursday 28th August):
Birth
1943. Honey Lantree (The Honeycom]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong> From the </strong><a href="http://www.rockmine.com"><strong>Rockmine</strong></a><strong> Almanac for today (Thursday 28th August):</strong></p>
<p>Birth</p>
<p>1943. <strong>Honey Lantree</strong> (<strong>The Honeycombs</strong>) born Ann Lantree in Hayes, Middlesex.</p>
<p>On Stage</p>
<p>1999. During <strong>Blur</strong>'s set at the Reading Festival tonight, <strong>Damon Albarn</strong> gets into a confessional mood and tells the audience (and the rest of the world) that he took ecstacy on "Top Of The Pops". According to the singer, he and another, un-named, member of the band were given the drug by someone from their record label prior to the show in the early 1990's. He does go on to say it was "a bit crap" to have taken the drug but the tabloid press just concentrate on the confession.</p>
<p>In Court</p>
<p>1978. <strong>Rick Wright</strong> (<strong>Pink Floyd</strong>) and his children's tutor, Professor Michael Smith file lawsuits against the Chief Of Police on the Greek island of Lindos claiming ill-treatment. Wright and his family have been staying in a villa owned by Pink Floyd to which police were called following complaints from neighbours about noise. When they arrived an argument started and Michael Smith was arrested. Wright and his wife, Julia, went to the police station to establish why Smith was being held. There, they claim they were threatened with a revolver. The keyboard player also received bruised eyes and cut lips having been beaten about the face. The Chief Of Police has been recalled to Rhodes awaiting the outcome of an internal investigation.</p>
<p>In Hospital</p>
<p>1985. <strong>Mick Jagger</strong>'s girlfiend Jerry Hall gives birth to a son, James Leroy Augustine Jagger at New York's Lennox Hill Hospital.</p>
<p>On Television</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/p_ggb31cpIk'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/p_ggb31cpIk&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>1982. Rockpalast (WDR, West Germany) <strong>Frankie Miller &#38; Band</strong>; <strong>The</strong> <strong>Eric Burdon Band</strong>; <strong>Bap</strong>; <strong>David Lindley's El Rayo X</strong>; <strong>Rory Gallagher</strong> (Loreley, St. Goarshausen). Here's David Lindley with his wonderful "Mercury Blues". 4m 58s.</p>
<p>Death</p>
<p>2006. Drummer <strong>"Pip" (Philip) Pyle</strong> dies in Paris, France. He worked with <strong>Hatfield And The North</strong>, <strong>Robert Wyatt</strong>, <strong>National Health</strong>, <strong>Chicken Shack</strong>, <strong>Gong</strong>, <strong>The Paul Jones Group</strong>, <strong>The Hugh Hopper Band </strong>and many more.</p>
<p>Babble</p>
<p>Well, the week has been a bit of a disaster. Since Saturday, I haven't been able to get this or my Ballerina Ballroom Blog online. Every day I've requested new passwords, I've reset my machine and been totally stumped by the fact that I couldn't get in.</p>
<p>Somehow, I sussed it today. I've no idea how or why but Safari (the web browser I use) was set to "Private Browsing". The moment I took that off, I got straight back in to my account. About time!</p>
<p>Anyway, I'd like to say the week's been packed with excitement but there's not much to report. I decided to go back to the garage sale and put some stuff on ebay. Most of it is cheap and cheerful but I did get carried away and put a copy of <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-BEATLES-50-YEARS-ADRIFT-MEGA-RARE-REVIEW-COPY_W0QQitemZ270269009288QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270269009288&#38;_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&#38;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14">Derek Taylor's "Fifty Years Adrift"</a> up as an auction item. It was one of Genesis Publications' first rock music limited edition books back in 1985. 2,000 hand-made, leather bound, gilt edged books packed with bits of memorabilia and the insight of one of rock's true insiders. It's even edited and annotated by George Harrison. No wonder that the edition sold out extremely quickly. Anyone who invested £ 185 in buying it twenty-three years ago is now looking at something valued up to £ 5,000! All 2,000 copies of the limited edition were signed by Derek and George but mine is rather unusual. It carries the disclaimer that it is neither signed nor numbered and is a review copy and therefore not part of the limited edition. Presumably, as one of only a few review copies, it's even rarer! Time will tell.</p>
<p>The on-off-and-on-again state of the memorabilia exhibition is still up in the air although there are moves afoot. Anyway, I got bored hanging around and decided to get on with Rockmine's sales section. I'm not sure if I want to call it a mall or a gallery but that will no doubt work itself out. The first new page up is as yet very small but definitely of interest. It's "<a href="http://www.rockmine.com/rockmall/handbills.html">Handbills and Flyers</a>" and it's already got several real gems on it. There are three Marquee Club handbills. Each features a festival on the front and Marquee listings for a month on the reverse. There's one for the <a href="http://www.rockmine.com/rockmall/FestivalTime.html">Sunbury Festival</a> with August 1968, <a href="http://www.rockmine.com/rockmall/Plumpton.html">Plumpton Festival</a> with August 1969 but the real oddity is for <a href="http://www.rockmine.com/rockmall/9thFestival.html">Stockley Festival</a> with July 1969. Stockley, near West Drayton was the original site for 1969's 9th National Jazz, Blues &#38; Popular Music Festival which went on to take place at Plumpton. I know how difficult it is to change venues for a small gig, changing the site for a complete festival must have been a nightmare.  </p>
<p>One other item on the page is  a handbill for Pink Floyd at <a href="http://www.rockmine.com/rockmall/LiverpoolFloyd.html">Liverpool Empire Theatre</a> on 15th February 1970. It may be missing its corners but this really is a cracker! I suppose I better get back to it. There's more to get online - including a handbill for Bob Dylan at the Isle Of Wight Festival in 1969. </p>
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<p>Go to Rockmine's main site <a href="http://www.rockmine.com">here</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Burning y los años que empezamos a vivir peligrosamente]]></title>
<link>http://elmundano.wordpress.com/?p=1597</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adrian Vogel</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[27 de agosto de 2008

Inicio con este post una serie de textos que he ido escribiendo en el pasado. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>27 de agosto de 2008</h3>
<p><a href="http://elmundano.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/portada-burning.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1598" src="http://elmundano.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/portada-burning.jpg?w=290" alt="" width="290" height="300" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Inicio con este post una serie de textos que he ido escribiendo en el pasado. Desde artículos de prensa hasta notas para contraportadas de distintos discos de vinilo. En realidad, si lo pienso bien, comencé con el post <strong><em><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://elmundano.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/dylan-con-fundamentos-un-libro-de-au/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Dylan con Fundamentos (un libro de A.U.)</span></a></span></em></strong>, donde incluí lo escrito para el libro.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">En este caso concreto <strong>Iñigo</strong> de <a href="http://www.munster-records.com/PORTADA/portada.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Records</strong></span></a> (hoy también <strong><a href="http://www.vampisoul.com/home.htm"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Vampisoul</span></a></strong>) consiguió licenciar las primeras grabaciones de <strong>Burning</strong>. Las de <strong>Gong</strong> (entonces propiedad de Movieplay y ahora de Dro, del grupo Warner). </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Repasando los créditos de esos dos primeros sencillos, Iñigo se encontró conmigo en los créditos y a través de Paul Hurtado de Mendoza me preguntó si me apetecía escribir para la reedición que estaba planificando (un single doble). Acepté encantado. Y escribí lo que podéis leer a continuación:</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Los años que empezamos a vivir peligrosamente</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Los 70 fueron una década de cambios trascendentales en nuestro país: en noviembre del 75 muere el dictador. Tan solo 2 meses antes se ejecutan las últimas sentencias de muerte que ha vivido España, hasta la fecha. Tras la muerte del dictador se dan los primeros e incipientes pasos que desembocaran en la transición a la democracia. El 15 de junio de 1977 se celebran las primeras elecciones democráticas en 40 años.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">En este entorno, en el madrileño barrio de La Elipa, nace <strong>Burning</strong>. Una explosiva banda de Rock que recoge las mejores esencias del Rock &#38; Roll inglés y americano (<strong>Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper</strong>, etc.). Empiezan cantando en ingles, como llevaban haciendo los andaluces <strong>The Storm</strong> desde hacia unos años.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">El hoy tan denostado Teddy Bautista les ayuda en sus comienzos. Y contacta con un sello que nacía por aquella época: <strong>Gong</strong>. Aparte de Burning, Teddy Bautista también traía a Triana debajo del brazo. El núcleo fundacional de Gong (entre los que me encuentro, junto a Antonio Gómez y Julio Palacios) bajo la dirección y liderazgo de Gonzalo García Pelayo, acoge ambos proyectos con entusiasmo.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">La barrera lingüística es un problema. Burning arrasa en directo. Pero no se traduce discográficamente. La posibilidad de grabar un álbum se esfuma. Posteriormente con la carta de libertad en la mano dan un vuelco sorprendente: Fichan por Belter, compañía cuya imagen está más asociada a la canción española y a lo descaradamente comercial que al rock. Pero es en Belter donde alcanzan ese tan merecido éxito. Cantando en español. En el periodo comprendido entre 1978 y 1984 graban 5 álbumes, que contienen sus obras más emblemáticas como<strong><em> “Que hace una chica como tu en un sitio como este”, “Mueve las caderas”, “Bulevar” </em></strong>o<strong><em> “Noches de Rock &#38; Roll”</em></strong>, por citar tan solo unas pocas. Estos éxitos, el reconocimiento masivo de crítica y público, tan solo se ve ensombrecido por una serie de desgracias personales.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Este disco que ahora tienes entre las manos recoge sus primeras grabaciones. Las de Gong. Los 2 primeros singles y temas incluidos en el ya mítico primer <strong><em>“</em><span>Viva el Rollo<em>”</em></span></strong> (un proyecto impulsado por Mariscal Romero, en el que también colaboré, en la producción, junto a Javier y Gonzalo García Pelayo, además de Carlos Juan Casado y Mario Pacheco, que se encargaron del diseño, fotos, etc.) Álbum que recogía el espíritu de una época y también de una ciudad. Y que a mediados de los 70 marcaba los años que empezamos a vivir peligrosamente. Burning fueron la banda sonora de esos tiempos.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ADRIAN VOGEL (Abril 2005)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="http://elmundano.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/contraportada-burning.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1599" src="http://elmundano.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/contraportada-burning.jpg?w=295" alt="" width="295" height="300" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">La contraportada reproduce las carpetas de los dos primeros singles</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;">ACTUALIZACIÓN:</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">En la misma época apareció por Madrid el gran <strong>Moris</strong>, que después junto a <strong>Ariel</strong> y <strong>Alejo</strong> de <strong>Tequila</strong> transformaron el rock en español. Y tuvieron una gran influencia entre los nuestros (siempre pensé que la relación <strong>Moris/Burning</strong> ayudó a que empezasen a cantar en nuestro idioma, abandonando el inglés).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:14pt;color:blue;"><a href="http://www.elpais.com/articulo/arte/fiebre/contagiosa/rock/espanol/elpepuculbab/20080823elpbabart_6/Tes"><span style="color:#0000ff;">La fiebre contagiosa del rock en español</span></a></span></em></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"> </span>de <strong>Juan Puchades</strong> (en Babelia)</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital Media Exchange (Mobius) Retrenchment Part 2]]></title>
<link>http://mysticgrace.wordpress.com/?p=31</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mysticgrace</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8230; about an hour after, my shift ended. I quickly logged out of my computer and walked to the g]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>... about an hour after, my shift ended. I quickly logged out of my computer and walked to the game publishing's side of the office. On a normal night around that time, you'd see the game masters on their computers muttering profanities while playing DotA but the scene I saw that night was totally different. I could see that some of the girls had been crying, some were in small groups talking, and of course there were some that preferred to be left alone. Their shift had ended over an hour ago but none of them felt like going anywhere yet. I'd usually be nagging my husband to leave as the clock ticked 10 PM but even I didn't wanna go home. It was like being in a bad dream..</p>
<p>I walked over to my husband where he was talking with one of the other game masters. They were talking about how they kinda knew it was gonna happen eventually, just not that soon.. especially since DME had just launched Closed Beta Testing of Dekaron. For months, it had been hyped up to be THE game to save the publishing department.. THE game that was going to bring the much needed revenue MU and Rakion had not been able to provide for some time now. Some actually thought that there was finally going to be room for advancement but now they realized how badly mistaken they were.</p>
<p>Not all were going to be retrenched. They actually spared a handful of people. They knew that they couldn't just get rid of everybody at the same time. I can't go much into details but let's just say that it seems that their main focus right now is on Dekaron.. but as to the other games, I don't really know.. *sigh*</p>
<p>Some of us finally decided to leave around 10:40 or so. No goodbyes were uttered yet because they all still needed to come back on Tuesday (August 19th) for a 1 on 1 meeting with Human Resources. They were given 3 options to think about: </p>
<p><strong>Option 1:</strong> Resign, get paid for 1 more month + separation pay and 13th month pay.</p>
<p><strong>Option 2:</strong> Participate in this "Pilot Program" which will be Scott Countryman's experiment for about a month. The base pay will be lower but according to Mr. Countryman, they will have the opportunity to make additional money with commission-based sales. Until today, the exact job description of people who decide to try this out has yet to be confirmed. (a bit shady in my opinion..) If the program is successful, they will be able to stay in the company. If not, will have to choose again between options 1 and 3.</p>
<p><strong>Option 3:</strong> Move to the BPO Department. They will have to pass an exam and be interviewed AGAIN. Their pay will be about the same but since I'm currently in the BPO Department, I know that whoever decides on Option 3 will experience major culture shock. The games we handle are in no way like the games we publish.. the games in BPO are web-based flash games.</p>
<p>As I'm writing this now, the decisions have already been made and the papers have already been signed. I will give you the latest updates in my next post... which will probably be my last post on this unfortunate but hopefully a blessing in disguise event.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital Media Exchange (Mobius) Retrenchment Part 1]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, I didn't think I'd be posting about something like this so soon. It happened about a week ago, on Friday, August 15th. Yepyep, that day turned out to be a much more bittersweet payday.</p>
<p>It all started during my lunch break around 2 PM. We were surprised to see one of our co-workers who was supposed to be on his day off here at the office. My husband Ivan and I asked him what he was doing here and he said one of the supervisors called him up to say that he had to come in for an emergency meeting. I didn't really think much of it but we kinda sensed something was up.</p>
<p>The meeting didn't start 'til 8 PM. Only employees of the Game Publishing Department like my husband and other friends were there. I am part of the BPO Department so my shift went on as usual. About an hour later, their meeting ended. I didn't even realize it because they were so quiet when they came back to their stations. A few minutes later, Ivan walked towards me  like a zombie and told me the bad news.. there was going to be a retrenchment and most of the employees in the publishing department are going to be affected. I still had about an hour left in my shift since I get out at 10 so I didn't have time to ask many questions. He said he and the others were going downstairs to talk about it and I just nodded my head. I was in shock..</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cheung Gong 7 houb - CJ7 (2008)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Genul Filmului: Comedie / SF / Comedie
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Premiera: 2008<br />
Genul Filmului: Comedie / SF / Comedie<br />
Regizor: Stephen Chow</p>
<p>Distributie: Stephen Chow, Min Hun Fung, Chi Chung Lam, Cheung Lee<br />
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<a href="http://www.etitrari.ro/Cheung-Gong-7-houb---CJ7_8719.html">http://www.etitrari.ro/Cheung-Gong-7-houb---CJ7_8719.html</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Le antiche arti marziali cinesi: Sanda e Shuai Jiao]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[La maggior parte delle arti marziali cinesi affonda le sue origini nella notte dei tempi. E&#8217; o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>La maggior parte delle arti marziali cinesi affonda le sue origini nella notte dei tempi. E' ormai accettato all'unanimità che tutte le arti marziali moderne hanno comunque avuto origine da quelle praticate nel <a title="Taijispot link wikipedia It" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolinsi" target="_blank">tempio Shaolin</a>, da che <a title="Taijispot link wikipedia It" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma" target="_blank">il monaco Buddista Da Mo (detto anche Bodhidharma)</a> arrivò dall'India nel 527 A.C. circa e, dopo nove anni di meditazione, trasmise ai monaci del tempio due trattati di Qi Gong: <a title="Taijispot link wikipedia It" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yijinjing" target="_blank">l'Yi jin jing (Classico del cambiamento dei muscoli e dei tendini)</a> e lo Xi sui jing (Classico della purificazione del midollo osseo).</p>
<p>Da quel momento in poi l'energia interna (Nei Jin) venne presa in considerazione per l'allenamento nelle arti marziali, chiarendo il fatto che oltre alla forza muscolare (Li) era necessaria una grande forza interna (Qi) per rendere efficaci e "potenti" le proprie tecniche marziali (sia negli stili interni che in quelli esterni).</p>
<p>Prima di allora la storia delle arti marziali era già millenaria.Vari stili e scuole erano già stati creati e approfonditi e altri si erano già persi nel tempo o fusi e/o trasformati in altri.</p>
<p>Ci sono alcuni "stili" (se così possono essere chiamati) antichissimi di arti marziali cinesi che vengono praticati ancora oggi (anche se con alcune importanti modifiche) e che in Cina, come nel resto del mondo, hanno un ampio seguito sia di pubblico che di praticanti.</p>
<p>Queste antiche arti marziali sono il Sanda (anche detto San Shou) e lo Shuai Jiao (anche detto Lotta cinese). Molte delle tecniche relative alle arti marziali moderne sono state mutuate da queste ultime.</p>
<p><strong>Il Sanda</strong></p>
<p>Il Sanda è una antica arte marziale cinese altrimenti chiamata anche con il nome San Shou (pressapoco "mani alla rinfusa"), termine che viene generalmente associato al Sanda (appunto) o, più diffusamente, alle tecniche di lotta delle arti marziali in genere.</p>
<p>Molto simili sono il Kick Boxing occidentale e il Muay Thai (o boxe thailandese), arti marziali che sicuramente molto hanno appreso dalle tecniche e dalla tradizione del Sanda.</p>
<p>Altri nomi utilizzati per il Sanda sono: Xiangbo (lotta contro l'altro), Shou-Bo (lotta con le mani), Bian (impetuosità), Baida, Shou-zhan (battaglia con le mani).</p>
<p>Nella nostra epoca il Sanda è stato codificato a partire dagli anni '60 con nuove regole, per evitare danni fisici gravi ai combattenti impegnati negli incontri.</p>
<p>Arte marziale dinamica e, a volte, molto violenta, nel Sanda "moderno", a differenza del passato non sono ammessi colpi di ginocchio, di gomito o leve articolari. Il resto dei colpi possibili è, quindi, ammesso.</p>
<p>I contendenti, che gareggiano su di un ring chiamato "Leitai", indossano inoltre protezioni per le varie parti del corpo (testa, mani, torace,genitali e bocca). Fino a qualche anno fa venivano inclusi anche i paratibie (mentre gli incontri di Sanda italiani li prevedono ancora).</p>
<p>Storicamente il Sanda ha origine molti secoli fa, tanto che si pensa che le società primitive già praticassero questo tipo di combattimento. Le prime fonti documentate descrivono incontri di Sanda già nel <a title="Taijispot link Wikipedia It" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodo_delle_primavere_e_degli_autunni" target="_blank">"periodo delle primavere e degli autunni"</a> e <a title="Taijispot Link wikipedia It" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodo_dei_regni_combattenti" target="_blank">"degli stati combattenti" (720-221 A.C.).</a></p>
<p>In questo periodo l'arte marziale si identifica con il nome di "Leitai" che, come già detto indica la parola ring. Tali incontri avevano ben poco delle tecniche moderne e, a quanto pare, venivano ammesse anche armi. Molto spesso il combattimento si concludeva con la morte, il ferimento o la menomazione grave di uno dei due contendenti.</p>
<p>Durante la <a title="Taijispot link wikipedia It" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinastia_Song" target="_blank">dinastia Song (960 D.C. - 1279 D.C.) </a>e fino alla <a title="Taijispot link Wikipedia It" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinastia_Qing" target="_blank">dinastia Qing (1644 D.C. - 1911 D.C.)</a>, il Sanda veniva ampiamente praticato dalla popolazione, sopratutto in feste e sagre paesane dove venivano organizzati dei tornei liberi e dove, a quanto pare, molto forti e presenti erano anche le donne.</p>
<p>In tempi più moderni, i tornei di Sanda vennero giudicati troppo cruenti tant'è che, riunite le maggiori scuole, le regole dei combattimenti vennero modificate verso un criterio di sicurezza maggiore.</p>
<p><a title="Taijispot link da Youtube" href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=WRwWMEGOTh4" target="_blank">Guarda un'incontro di Sanda da Youtube</a></p>
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<p><strong>Lo Shuai Jiao</strong></p>
<p>L'origine della lotta libera cinese si perde nella notte dei tempi, ma è sicuramente nelle regioni del Nord che ha avuto il suo inizio. Per le sue specifiche caratteristiche lo Shuai Jiao viene inserito in un contesto diverso da tutte le altre arti marziali cinesi.</p>
<p>Tanti sono i nomi che sono state dati nel tempo allo Shuai Jiao. Si pensa infatti che in passato venisse chiamato Jiaoli ("fare ogni sforzo con le corna") oppure Jiaodi ("opporsi a qualcuno con le corna") oppure Xiangpu oppure Zhengjao ("competere e cadere").</p>
<p>Lo "Jiaodi" veniva indicato già nel 2687 A.C. per definire un tipo di lotta che veniva praticato con indosso dei copricapi sormontati da corna (da questo il significato della traduzione di cui sopra). L'imperatore giallo includeva la lotta libera nell'addestramento delle sue truppe, così come veniva fatto durante la dinastia Zhou, ma con il nome di "Jiaoli".</p>
<p>Lo "Jiaoli" comprendeva varie tecniche di combattimento tra le quali "colpire", "sottomettere" e "bloccare l'avversario". Per la sua antica tradizione e per la completezza delle sue tecniche è molto probabile che la lotta libera cinese (assieme al Sanda) sia alla base della stragrande maggioranza delle arti marziali cinesi più recenti.</p>
<p>Il termine moderno di "Shuai Jiao" fu scelto nel 1928 dall'accademia delle arti marziali di Nanchino (Zhong Yang Guo Shu Guan). Lo Shuai Jiao è oggi molto popolare tra le popolazioni di etnia mongola e fa parte dell'addestramento regolare di polizia e militari cinesi.</p>
<p>In passato le maggiori fucine di talenti nascevano in ambito imperiale e precisamente durante la dinastia Qing. Era infatti nella Shanpuying (la scuola di addestramento delle guardie imperiali) che i migliori atleti si formavano.</p>
<p>In realtà lo Shuai Jiao, così come è possibile vederlo oggi, è un misto di tecniche di lotta mongole e mancesi adattate al contesto culturale e sportivo cinese.<br />
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<p><a title="Taijispot link da Youtube Sanda" href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=aZwdvkDeh7A" target="_blank">Guarda un'incontro di Shuai Jiao da Youtube</a></p>
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<p><strong>Risorse:</strong></p>
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<li><a title="Taijispot link da Youtube Sanda" href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=WRwWMEGOTh4" target="_blank">Il sanda su You tube</a></li>
<li><a title="Taijispot link su You tube Shuai Jiao" href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=aZwdvkDeh7A" target="_blank">Lo Shuai Jiao su You tube</a></li>
<li><a title="Taijispot link Wikipedia IT" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanda" target="_blank">Il sanda su Wikipedia</a></li>
<li>Lo Shuai Jiao su Wikipedia in <a title="Taijispot link Wikipedia IT" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuai_Jiao" target="_blank">Inglese</a> e <a title="Taijispot link Wikipedia IT" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuaijiao" target="_blank">Italiano</a></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Drug Dealers of Notting Hill ( and nearby) plus dope culture 1979-1981 (part deux)]]></title>
<link>http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=194</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Hello Good People who read this blog </strong>whether you got here on purpose or by accident you are all welcome!</p>
<p>My rambling blog is going to attempt at some form of confused continuity by continuing my stories of drug dealers . Please refer to my calendar on the right and click on June the 27th to read the first part of these tales.</p>
<p>Anyone out there firstly should know that names have been changed and some facts may be distorted by the following mathematical formula:</p>
<p>(time-compressed-in-my-brain) x (imagination + fantasies)  x % ^  (the fact I was very stoned at the time). However if only you knew the stuff I left out, that's far wilder, so anything innacurate will not be an exageration, if indeed I get to tell that stuff in this post.</p>
<p><strong>The Sports Shop</strong></p>
<p>So if you read my entry (27/6/08)  you'll know that via my friend who was looking for a party we found a house full of  drug dealers living above<strong> a sport's shop in Harrow Road</strong> . At last we had found a regular place to score that did not involve dealing with brawls in pubs or hanging out in <strong> All Saint's Road</strong>.</p>
<p>I had concepts of dodgy drug dealers before I met these guys. This was in 1979 and all I can say is that from our point of view it was the happiest household I'd ever been to. The first people we got to know through my partying friend were two guys called Tony from Northern Ireland.</p>
<p>They were either from Ulster or Belfast I cannot remember, but I do remember that due to the amount of bombings going on,  the general stereotype was that anyone with a strong northern Irish accent was feared as a bomber. This was because each time there was a bomb , on the news they would always conclude by saying "and someone with a strong  Irish accent phoned up to claim the IRA were responsible". The IRA also were involved in some kind of drug smuggling but there was no way these two young men with strong Northern Irish accents were at all interested in bombing anyone or in politics either , they were only interested in getting stoned, having a laugh and listening to good music.</p>
<p>One of the Tonys had a sweet young  face, always smiling he had a drum kit in his room and I had my first go on drums thanks to him. I was rubbish and realised drums were not for me. He played them pretty well though. His taller friend,  also a Tony, had long black hair with wrigglets and a moustache, he looked altogether wilder and people teased him by saying he looked like one of the <strong>Fabulous Furry Freak brothers</strong> ( the one with the glasses...what was his name? <strong>Phineas Freakears!</strong>). Both Tonys were friendly guys with a great sense of humour.</p>
<p><strong>A little trip around the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and other drug culture characters ...</strong></p>
<p>In fact I seem to remember we christened a fair few of our friends at that time according to different characters from that comic it was so funny and tragic at the same time. The new obscenity laws that dear old Thatcher brought in meant the nice people at <strong>the headshop in Portobello Road </strong>were busted several times for selling <strong>"Fabulous Furry Freak Brother </strong>" comics.  I bought a board game from that head shop back in 1980 ( the shop still exists, called "<strong>Alchemy</strong>" it changed address though).</p>
<p><a href="http://hippiecounterculture.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/dealermcdope.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-197" src="http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/dealermcdope.jpg?w=233" alt="" width="233" height="175" /></a></p>
<p>It was a board game called "<strong>Dealer Mc Dope</strong>" ( this photo is from the <strong>Last Gasp</strong> website where you can still buy this game from!). It was like Monopoly except you have to go around the world buying and selling drugs . It takes several days to win and some of the rules are quite insane and humanly impossible. I seem to remember there were 2 sets of rules one was the "<strong>Perverto Insane rules</strong>" or something involving cannabalism and nuclear explosions or similar .</p>
<p>The cartoons on the banknotes are fantastic with Ronald Reagan and other American politicians. Anyway I bought that from that same headshop  in 1980 and they had to keep it under the counter for me in case they got busted for selling a drug dealing game.</p>
<p><a href="http://hippiecounterculture.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/fat-freddys-cat.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-198" src="http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/fat-freddys-cat.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="286" /></a></p>
<p>My favourite was always<strong> Fat Freddy's Cat</strong> and because we had a large number of cats at home , we frequently referred ( or should I say reefer-d..very bad pun!) to the philosophy and wisdom of <strong>Fat Freddy's Cat. </strong>He used to poo in Fat Freddy's cowboy boots to remind him that the catbox needed changing and ours used to poo everywhere too... aah! Happy Days!</p>
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<p>Around then there were various cinemas that catered for hippies , late night tokers and those interested in counterculture films. It was through these that we encountered <strong>Fritz the Cat. </strong>A pornographic debauched cat I didn't much like, still it certainly turned the stereotypes of cartoons like Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat upside down.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/IhoCOtk3-X0'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/IhoCOtk3-X0&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>In <strong>Notting Hill </strong>the <strong>Electric Cinema</strong> had late night shows where I remember watching "<strong>La Vallée Obscured by Clouds</strong>". <strong>Pink Floyd </strong>had provided the music but one of the characters (<strong>Monique</strong>) is also played by <strong>Miquette Giraudy</strong> of <strong>System 7</strong>. However in this clip she is a bit er... obscured by clouds but  that's her in the red/brown cape or possibly blanket.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/jVIz24dEXto'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/jVIz24dEXto&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>On the same bill was "<strong>More</strong>" also with some music from <strong>Pink Floyd. </strong>Both films were directed by <strong>Barbet Schroeder. </strong>I seem to remember that "More"  was  one of the most depressing junkie films I had ever seen. Mind you I don't remember a lot about it except that I got bored . I much preferred "La Vallée" which had a more interesting story of hippies trying to reach a place and way of life before the trappings of modern culture and capitalism.</p>
<p>In this clip of "More" from youtube below they have censored some of the ingredients to their spaced out drug concoction......sorry !</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/QtyFcxxQFI4'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/QtyFcxxQFI4&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>I might have to write another entry just about films and alternative cinema because I can sense another 1500 words about to emerge.</p>
<p>I cannot forget the first time I saw " <strong>Up in Smoke</strong>" in the late summer of 1979 . I was alone in Paris at the time, I had a place at The Sorbonne to study French but I was desperately lonely , broke, and had nowhere to live.  I ended up going to stay in a convent in the Latin Quarter. I went to the cinema every day to hear some spoken English as I was very homesick and I came across " <strong>Up in Smoke</strong> " by accident , I had never seen anything like it . <strong>Cheech and Chong </strong>playing  two bumbling American hippies in the most hilarious film I had ever seen, going through every young toker's scenario . I  went back to the cinema to see it several times until I just had to leave Paris where I was desperately miserable and rejoin my hippie boyfriend and friends  back in London leaving my University course behind.... but I never regretted it and studied later on a course I was much more suited to.</p>
<p>(this clip of "Up in Smoke" has a couple of flash frames in it  added by the person who put it up on youtube but of nothing bad or brainwashing..not sure what it is a picture of)</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/NsP0Mq0L7xA'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/NsP0Mq0L7xA&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Cheech and Chong </strong>were almost like cartoon characters, also there was <strong>Robert Crumb </strong>and the <strong>Stoned Agin </strong>posters.</p>
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<p>The bedsits over the Sport's shop in Harrow Road were full of young small time dealers, who actually were just like <strong>Cheech and Chong </strong>and had all the stereotype posters on their walls. The <strong>Stoned Agin </strong>one , then there was the multicoloured one of a woman smoking a great big cone spliff, plus of course <strong>Bob Marley </strong>, <strong>Jimi Hendrix</strong> and other bands.</p>
<p>The  two <strong>Tony's </strong>were always very happy to see us. We used to get up to run our stall in Portobello Road at   6 a.m. on Saturday mornings and yet I think we used to go there to score and get stoned on a <strong>Friday </strong>night and I was working full-time. We were young and sleep was optional. (Also jobs were a much less demanding back then in every way  and I worked a 36 hour week which was considered as a typical 9-5 full-time job with a lunch hour and morning and afternoon tea breaks. )</p>
<p><strong>We'd spend the evening there and have tea and munchies and lots of spliffs. </strong>There were sometimes other drugs there but we didn't generally bother with those, I certainly was not interested in other drugs at all. <strong>There was quite a range of different types of cannabis available and the different varieties of dope available improved when eventually we got to know their dealers, and their dealer's dealers! </strong>But for a year or so we hung out happily at the Sport's shop and got to know the other inhabitants who all were smiley jolly people and seemed eager to be our friends and tell us of the latest attempts by the police to have them busted.</p>
<p><strong>Dope was cheap, much cheaper than beer and made me happy, not aggressive or miserable like alcohol could. Plus it made me feel good about being creative and someone who liked to think about society as the entire drug culture was about using drugs to expand the mind and to create new music and other artistic and intellectual pursuits. I think I personally wanted the spiritual ecstatic experience that religion alluded to ( being filled with the Holy Ghost!) but just didn't deliver. I wanted to feel at one with the planet, with all living things and that life was special and had a purpose. I think I found this through dope temporarily at least although I think the company and culture associated with drug-taking was equally important.<br />
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<p><strong> But I was also quite paranoid, we all were but none of us admitted it as well as very accident prone when stoned and well...it's not a risk-free activity.  At the time we thought it was healthy to smoke it and that tobacco was dangerous so we often smoked neat bongs, pipes, and grass spliffs, and so did the health- conscious people we knew. It always makes me laugh, I've known so many hippies who have given up tobacco, eat only vegan and sometimes macrobiotic foods, won't use any anti-biotics or painkillers or any type of "poisonous" conventional medicine yet they are quite happy to have huge quantities of dope and sometimes other "natural" non-pharmaceutical drugs like mushrooms and even opium etc...</strong></p>
<p>Still I find most people are walking contradictions including myself. In those days we all thought that dope was not only healthy but good for you, cured asthma, arthritis, annorexia, depression, and that is why we supported  the "<strong>legalise cannabis campaign</strong>" and were willing to risk getting arrested at <strong>Smokey Bear's Picnics</strong> in Hyde Park and other legalise cannabis events.</p>
<p><strong>My thoughts and feelings about dope are totally different now and today's </strong><strong>skunk is a totally different drug.  Skunk has wrecked the mental health of at least one of my friends.  Also we now have the knowledge that smoking anything gives you cancer...is ignorance bliss? or just foolish? or were we just young and some of us finding life very stressful and alienating without dope and the good company of other smokers?</strong></p>
<p>It was bliss back then to smoke dope and feel that it was revolutionary, wise, naughty and illegal as well as a healthy herb and it separated us from "straight" people who liked to drink lots. It was very "us" and "them".</p>
<p>I'll write more soon. At my leisure!</p>
<p>Please tell me in a comment  if you had any dope smoker's posters on your wall or other paraphenelia  I may have forgotten about . How about unusual cigarette papers? Like there were dollar bill ones and pink leopard-skin skins.</p>
<p><a href="http://hippiecounterculture.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/freak-brothers-papers.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-202" src="http://hippiecounterculture.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/freak-brothers-papers.jpg?w=236" alt="" width="236" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>and do you smile each time you watch the BBC London news read by  <strong>Rizzla Teeth</strong>? I do!</p>
<p><strong>Yes..the dope-smoking culture and sense of humour doesn't go away even if writing blogs has replaced the hours of giggling and listening to Gong while smoking bongs. Happy Days! </strong></p>
<p><strong>( cough ! cough! splutter! wheeze!)</strong></p>
<p>Lots of things from the US in this entry and I'll finish with a trailer from the film <strong>Psych-out ( 1968 )</strong> see below this paragraph .<em> <strong>It's an absolutely brilliant little montage of this crazy colourful film</strong>.</em> I first went to see this at <strong>The Scala</strong> in King's Cross as part of an all-nighter with my ex and our mate Gid  who was 6 foot 4 and had his face painted as a mouse. They were both tripping from dope cake and totally freaked out from seeing this cautionary  film and I had to try and chill them out after the film by finding them munchies and talking to them about nice things. It was quite difficult not to smile , <strong>Gid looked very sweet as a 6 foot 4 inch terrified  long-haired hippie <em>mouse</em> with a little red nose and painted whiskers across his cheeks.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>"</em> PSYCH-OUT" 1968 ( a  psychedelic movie with some horror sequences includes a young Jack Nicholson with long-hair, the Seeds, the Strawberry Alarm Clock and much more!)<em><br />
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<p><strong>Love and peace</strong></p>
<p><strong>Born2rant</strong></p>
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<link>http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/?p=409</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Confesso que já sentia inveja de Zhang Yimou há algum tempo. Não só pelos filmes que fez, mas t]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Confesso que já sentia inveja de Zhang Yimou há algum tempo. Não só pelos filmes que fez, mas também por ter se alimentado, durante algum tempo, das carnes da "fofa" Gong Li. Agora, nada se compara ao meu estado embasbacado diante da abertura dos Jogos Olímpicos em Pequim. Só tenho uma coisa a dizer: FILHO DA PUTA! Além de ter um orçamento significativo para realizar suas brincadeirinhas, meros 300 milhões de dólares, fez isso em grande estilo, ao vivo, depois de quatro meses de ensaios dos seus voluntários(!), isso mesmo, aqueles 2008 tambores extratosfericamente maravilhosos eram voluntários.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Imagine no Brasil, encontrar 2016 voluntários para ficar batendo tambor durante quase 6 meses e ser recompensado "apenas" pelo orgulho de ver um espetáculo deste porte em sua terra e, melhor ainda, fazer parte dele. O que seria explicar o que é dedicação e sincronia para este bando, provavelmente mau humorado esperando o intervalo para o almoço? Pago pra ver! Mais fácil colocar duas mulatas requebrando diante da bateria da Mangueira com um dos Ronaldinhos fazendo embaixadas com a barriga. E isso tudo com orçamento infinitas vezes menor.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Se pensarmos bem, toda a cor e a volúpia de Yimou estão lá. Sua assinatura aparece no exato momento que algum tipo de efeito extraordinário começa a se projetar aos olhos, sejá lá o que for que se vê na tela (ou no estádio!). Estou tentando baixar a cerimônia toda, mas quero mesmo, para a minha coleção, a primeira hora, onde Zhang Yimou arrepiou. Acho que coisa igual veremos, talvez, no encerramento e nunca mais. Essa abertura, ninguém bate, nem os americanos se 2016 for em Chicago.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Pra quem não sabe, Zhang Yimou dirigiu, entre outros, os filmes <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473444/" target="_blank">A Maldição da Flor Dourada</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385004/" target="_blank">O Clã das Adagas Voadoras</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299977/" target="_blank">Herói</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209189/" target="_blank">Nenhum A Menos</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437447/" target="_blank">Um Longo Caminho</a> </em>e <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/" target="_blank">Lanternas Vermelhas</a>,</em> onde dirigiu a "coisinha" Gong Li.</p>
<p>Bom, esta é a parte na qual falo de esporte:............................................!</p>
<p><strong>Clique nas imagens para ampliar.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-411" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-2.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="137" /></a><a href="http://cinerosebudd.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pequim-abertura-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-412" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-3.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="137" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cinerosebudd.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pequim-abertura-4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-413" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-4.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="137" /></a><a href="http://cinerosebudd.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pequim-abertura-5.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-414" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-5.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="137" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://cinerosebudd.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pequim-abertura-9.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-419" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-9.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="137" /></a><a href="http://cinerosebudd.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pequim-abertura-10.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-421" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-10.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="137" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cinerosebudd.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pequim-abertura-11.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-422" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-11.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="139" /></a><a href="http://cinerosebudd.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pequim-abertura-12.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-423" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-12.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="139" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cinerosebudd.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pequim-abertura-13.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-424" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-13.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="139" /></a><a href="http://cinerosebudd.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pequim-abertura-14.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-425" style="border:0 none;margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://cinerosebudd.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/pequim-abertura-14.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="210" height="139" /></a></p>
<p>Via: <a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/" target="_blank">Roger Ebert's Journal</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[OJT na Cool at Masaya]]></title>
<link>http://extasiege.wordpress.com/?p=134</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Naghahanap ka ba ng OJT na cool, at masaya? Meron ba non? Sagabal ba ang pag hahanap mo ng OJT sa pa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naghahanap ka ba ng OJT na cool, at masaya? Meron ba non? Sagabal ba ang pag hahanap mo ng OJT sa paglalaro mo?</p>
<p>Gusto mo bang maging part ng team mobiusgames pero kasalukuyan ka pang nag-aaral?</p>
<p>O baka may kilala kayong naghahanap ng pwedeng pag-OJT-han?</p>
<p>Well, eto ang sagot dyan:</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p><a href="http://forums.mobiusgames.net/index.php?showtopic=37127">GONG! Social Gaming Specialist - OJT Opening in mobiusgames</a></p>
<p><strong>GONG! Social Gaming Specialist - OJT (Intern)</strong></p>
<p>General Job description:</p>
<p>The OJT SGS will assist the Game Masters in field work for GONG!, such as doing surveys and data gathering, Player Acquisition Programs, building and maintaining player database and building relationships with players.</p>
<p>Duties &#38; Responsibilities</p>
<p>I. Primary:<br />
• Identify and build rapport with staff, owners and managers of internet gaming cafes and points of sale<br />
• Promote GONG! among players<br />
• Conduct game tutorials to persuade gamers to patronize GONG!<br />
• Assist in various sales and marketing campaigns<br />
• Assist in Player Acquisition Programs for GONG! in cafes<br />
• Player database documentation and maintenance (must keep track of players acquired and retention rate)</p>
<p>II. Secondary:<br />
Assist the Game Masters in the following activities for GONG!:</p>
<p>• Player Acquisition Programs<br />
o Implement physical player acquisition and retention programs to effectively increase and maintain concurrent user numbers<br />
• Player retention and management<br />
o Document and report feedback given by players for continuous improvement of game and game's processes and procedures<br />
o Answer player inquiries related to the game</p>
<p>Requirements<br />
• College level<br />
• Knowledge in MS office application<br />
• Online gaming experience is an advantage<br />
• Must be willing to learn and love the game GONG!<br />
• Must be flexible, hard-working, aggressive and a team player<br />
• With excellent interpersonal and communication skills<br />
• Self-motivated<br />
• Must be willing to travel (around various cafes) within NCR</p>
<p>Send your resumes to gong@mobius.ph .</p>
<p>Interested?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gli esercizi del bozzolo di seta (Chan Si Gong)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I classici del Taijiquan dicono che non esiste movimento senza il Qi del bozzolo di seta (Chan Si), ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I classici del Taijiquan dicono che <em>non esiste movimento senza il Qi del bozzolo di seta (Chan Si), che deriva dai reni e che circola in tutto il corpo</em>.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Ogni singola e minima parte del corpo beneficia e viene coinvolta nella circolazione del Qi. Migliora così la circolazione del sangue, la respirazione, la digestione e il benessere fisico in generale.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Nei secoli, lo stile Chen del Taijiquan ha mantenuto una forte componente tradizionale, così la pratica degli esercizi del bozzolo di seta (<a title="Wikipedia it Taijispot link" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_si_gong" target="_blank">Chan Si Gong</a>) è arrivata nella nostra epoca praticamente immutata.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Il tipico metodo di allenamento del Taijiquan è la continua ripetizione, assimilazione e perfezione delle forme (Tao Lu) così da “sedimentare” i movimenti e renderli propri, imparare lo sviluppo e la circolazione del Qi, sviluppare la sensibilità nei confronti del mondo esterno (l'avversario, .ndt;).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Tutto ciò non è sbagliato, ma usare solamente questo tipo di allenamento senza sperimentare ed estrinsecare e le singole tecniche singolarmente, oltre a essere molto frustrante, può rallentare considerevolmente il percorso di apprendimento del praticante (il cosidetto “Gong Fu”).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Se l'obiettivo è quello di sviluppare la propria abilità nelle arti marziali (e non solo, .ndt;), la pratica degli esercizi del bozzolo di seta è il sistema ideale per imparare a sviluppare qualcosa di veramente importante. Lo sviluppo dell'energia interna può essere così considerevolmente aiutato nella sua crescita.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">L'energia del bozzolo di seta è la base del movimento interno delle forme del Taijiquan e costituisce una perfetta base per la sviluppo di un corpo forte e fluido. Infatti, capire il movimento del bozzolo di seta aiuta a rilassare e sensibilizzare il corpo. Caratteristiche queste che, nella pratica del Taijiquan sono fondamentali. La pratica di semplici esercizi, aiuta a capire i movimenti fondamentali, facilitando lo studente nell'accrescimento della propria abilità e della propria conoscenza.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><em>Il nome “Bozzolo di seta” deriva dal tipico movimento a spirale che si compie per “avvitare” l'energia del corpo dalla terra (attraverso i piedi, le gambe, il Dan Tian e il dorso fino alle spalle e poi attraverso le braccia) fino alle mani, così come il movimento del bozzolo di seta che viene creato dal baco.</em></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><em>In questo senso quindi è come se il corpo torcesse se stesso (“come un asciugamano strizzato”) per emettere energia. In realtà la produzione di questo movimento, a prima vista semplice, viene finemente guidato dalla mente per la la produzione di una energia interna e fisica.</em></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Negli esercizi del bozzolo di seta, le zone e i punti del corpo più interessati sono:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Il Mingmen</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Il Dan Tian</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">La zona della cintura</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Le anche</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">La schiena</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Le spalle</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Le ginocchia</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">I piedi</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Le mani</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">I polsi</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Questi punti e parti del corpo nella pratica sono perfettamente interconnessi e coordinati tra di loro.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Nella parte superiore del corpo, la spirale della cintura crea la spirale delle spalle, dei gomiti e dei polsi, mentre nella parte inferiore crea la spirale delle anche, delle ginocchia e delle caviglie.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">I principi che regolano i movimenti dell'energia del bozzolo di seta sono principalmente tre:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">La proiezione del corpo che regola la spirale dell'energia</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">La proiezione antero-posteriore del corpo</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">L'unione della spirale d'energia con la flessione antero-posteriore della spina dorsale</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Nella maggior parte dei casi i principi che vengono applicati sono due, ma di questo poco importa. L'elemento veramente importante è infatti la connessione simultanea dell'intero corpo, così che quando una parte si muove tutto il corpo si muove. Per far questo vengono utilizzate la mente, le anche, il Qi e il Dan Tian.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Muovere le anche permette a tutto il corpo di muoversi in sincrono e senza sforzo. Se c'è sforzo si verifica un blocco dell'energia. In questo senso quindi è necessario rilassare il Dan Tian, perchè il punto fondamentale del passaggio di energia e proprio lì e tutte le parti del corpo sono profondamente interconnesse attraverso questo punto.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><strong>La pratica degli esercizi del bozzolo di seta</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Per praticare gli esercizi del bozzolo di seta bisogna innanzitutto comprendere i principi che sottendono a questi esercizi e a questo tipo di circolazione dell'energia.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Nessuno all'inizio è così bravo da comprendere l'esatto percorso dell'energia del bozzolo di seta. Ragion per cui è necessario, come sempre nel Taijiquan, praticare con pazienza e dedizione.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Sarà quindi inutile commettere l'errore di enfatizzare eccessivamente i movimenti se alla fine l'energia interna non viene correttamente trasmessa e distribuita.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">L'obiettivo principale degli esercizi del bozzolo di seta è l'apertura dei meridiani così da far fluire correttamente l'energia, così che il movimento non venga forzato in nessun modo.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Un secondo obiettivo è di muovere, come già descritto prima, il corpo in maniera inscindibile, così da poter utilizzare l'energia nei Fajing.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Un terzo obiettivo è di sviluppare l'adattabilità alle situazioni attraverso il rilassamento del corpo. Se l'energia non circola bene (il Qi è bloccato) e schiena e Dan Tian sono troppo tesi, non si è in grado di poter cambiare velocemente e l'equilibrio è perduto.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Gli esercizi del bozzolo di seta prevedono degli esercizi che conservano l'essenza delle forme del Taijiquan, semplificandone il movimento per una migliore esecuzione.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Gli esercizi possono essere diversi tra loro, alcuni sono dedicati al corpo, mentre altri seguono rotazioni complesse su piani orizzontali, diagonali e verticali. La loro esecuzione avviene attraverso spirali “naturali” o “contrarie” e allo stesso tempo complementari. In ogni caso ognuna di queste segue sempre i principi dello Yin e dello Yang.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">La pratica degli esercizi del bozzolo di seta si svolge attraverso la comprensione delle dinamiche corporee, evitando l'utilizzo della sola forza muscolare, accompagnando la pratica del Taijiquan. Tuttavia il suo sviluppo ne è indipendente.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Sia nelle forme del Taijiquan che negli esercizi del bozzolo di seta, il movimento è regolato dagli stessi parametri:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">apertura e chiusura</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">salita e discesa</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">pieno e vuoto</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">cerchio e spirale</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><strong>Indicazioni generali per la pratica</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<ul>
<li>i movimenti del corpo seguono la spirale interna e un andamento circolare nella parte più esterna;</li>
<li>tutti i movimenti devono essere eseguiti lentamente, dolcemente, con continuità ed in modo consapevole;</li>
<li>ogni movimento ha origine nell'area del Dan tiane del Mingmen e utilizza una compressione-espansione delle gambe e delle anche in modo da ottimizzare la stabilità ed il radicamento al suolo;</li>
<li>nel movimento vengono utilizzati tutti i gruppi muscolari e le articolazioni in modo coordinato e sincronizzato, utilizzando sequenze con andamento a spirale;</li>
<li>i movimenti di chiusura seguono la contrazione dall'esterno verso l'interno e quelli di apertura, o espansione, dall'interno verso l'esterno</li>
<li>la naturalezza dei movimenti è accompagnata dall'osservazione della mente attraverso una dinamica in cui la mente genera l'intenzione, l'intenzione guida l'energia e l'energia muove l'apparato muscolare e tendineo;</li>
<li>la parte superiore del corpo ed in particolare gli arti si muovono seguendo l'intera struttura corporea, coordinandosi con quella inferiore;</li>
<li>la capacità di far seguire il movimento attraverso il cambiamento interno è fondamentale per trasferire la forza dalle radici e dal centro verso la parte alta e più esterna.</li>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If anyone&#8217;s curious, here&#8217;s my GONG! schedule:
Monday to Friday, I play GONG! before I d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If anyone's curious, here's my GONG! schedule:</p>
<p>Monday to Friday, I play GONG! before I doze off to sleep. I usually create a room in the ALL Division. This way, I can get to play with <a href="http://gongsters.blogspot.com">GONG!sters</a> from all levels. I start off with a random map, and then move through the different maps. I usually call it the "Tour of Asia" room, and I encourage <a href="http://gongsters.blogspot.com">GONG!sters</a> who join me to stay for the whole tour. It's more fun that way, like we're on a virtual World Cup.</p>
<p>Also, <em>I don't give away items, and there's no prize in defeating me </em>(except for that sense of self-worth and smugness that you get for pawning a [GM] character). If you're playing with me for material gain, <a href="http://gong.mobiusgames.net">please check out this page instead</a>. The <a href="http://gongsters.blogspot.com">GONG!sters team</a> are constantly coming up with events and promos to keep everyone happy, so watch out for those!</p>
<p>What I really like about <a href="http://gong.mobiusgames.net">GONG!</a> is that it's cleverly designed so that you won't bother using bots and cheats to play the game. If you try cheating, or using a 3rd party program in <a href="http://gong.mobiusgames.net">GONG!</a>, you miss out on all the fun! So, what's the point, right? <a href="http://gong.mobiusgames.net">GONG!</a> is a game you play for the LuLz of it.</p>
<p>See you on the field!</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I just make another gameplay video of GONG!, The newest casual soccer game released by mobius.

Anyw]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just make another gameplay video of GONG!, The newest casual soccer game released by mobius.</p>
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<p>Anyway I failed the Quest lol.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Manuale Illustrato dell’Essenza del Bozzolo di Seta del Taijiquan]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Soltanto dopo aver letto della illustrazione circolare del Taiji negli antichi classici, ho realizza]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soltanto dopo aver letto della illustrazione circolare del Taiji negli antichi classici, ho realizzato che per praticare il Taijiquan uno deve comprendere l'essenza del bozzolo di seta. Il bozzolo di seta è un metodo di muovere il Qi Centrale (<em>Zhong qi</em>).  Se non è compreso, allora neanche la boxe è compresa.</p>
<p><strong>Il primo cammino bianco e cammino nero</strong> sono come il Taiji Yin e Yang esistenti nel Wuji (infinito).</p>
<p><strong>Il secondo cammino bianco e cammino nero</strong> sono come il Taiji che da vita a due Yi; Questi due Yi sono Yin e Yang, per esempio Cielo e Terra. </p>
<p><strong>Il terzo cammino bianco e cammino nero</strong> sono come il Qi dello Yin, Yang e Wuxing (cinque elementi) che ogni uomo ha e di cui necessita per vivere. </p>
<p><strong>Il quarto cammino bianco</strong> è quello che Mengzi chiamò Spirito Nobile (<em>Haoran zhi Qi</em>); il cammino nero è lo spririto animale dell'uomo (<em>Xue Qi</em>, letteralmente Qi Sangue) che, se congiunto a Moralità e Giustizia (<em>Daovi</em>), diviene Spirito di Virtù (<em>Zheng Qi</em>, letteralmente Qi Retto) es. Spirito Nobile. </p>
<p><strong>Il quinto cammino bianco</strong> è la Mente del Dao (<em>Dao Xin</em>), ciò che governa il Qi.  Il Qi non si può muovere senza il Principio (<em>Li</em>), questo principio è nel Carattere di ognuno (<em>Xing</em>).  Il cammino nero è la Mente Umana (<em>Ren Xin</em>), che i saggi e gli uomini virtuosi chiamarono Mente Personale (<em>Si Xin</em>).  Il punto bianco interno è il Pensiero Moderato (<em>Ke Nian</em>), mentre il punto nero è il Pensiero Ambiguo (<em>Wang Nian)</em>.</p>
<p>Soltanto i Santi sono in grado di mantenere Pensieri Moderati e liberarsi dei Pensieri Ambigui.  I Pensieri Ambigui sono ciò che Gaozi chiamò nutrire desiderio sessuale (<em>Si Se Xing</em>).  Tutti gli umani li hanno.  Se un uomo potesse liberarsi di questi pensieri egoistici a tal punto che essi non apparissero più, allora egli sarebbe di pura natura celeste (<em>es. di pura natura primordiale</em>). (Se uno fosse) di pura natura celeste, allora durante la pratica della boxe si muoverebbe seguendo il Mistero della Natura (<em>Tianji)</em>, naturalmente, vividamente, la forma originale del Taiji sarebbe spontaneamente rivelata nel mio corpo.</p>
<p><strong>I tre grandi cerchi esterni promuovono lo Yin e lo Yang fin dalle loro origini</strong>;  i tre cerchi interni esprimono ciò che governa lo Yin e lo Yang.  Tre cerchi interni, ovvero ciò che un uomo riceve, sono tutti nel terzo cerchio, e originariamente non vi era alcuna necessità di descrivere altri cerchi.  (Comunque poiché io) ero preoccupato (che le persone) praticassero la boxe senza comprendere il principio del governo del Qi, sicchè doveva essere descritta un'altra immagine, e (io sperimentalmente) la descrissi per facilitare la comprensione. </p>
<p>La cosa importante è che i tre cerchi interni sono tutti nel contesto del terzo cerchio, il terzo cerchio è all'interno del secondo, il secondo è all'interno del primo. Questo disegno illustra in modo particolare il cuore del custodire la vita (<em>Wei Sheng</em>), formula meravigliosa del ritorno del Qi (<em>Huan Qi</em>).</p>
<p>Se uno è esperto nel muovere il Qi (<em>Yun Qi</em>), solo allora uno può proteggere la propria vita; se uno sa proteggere la propria vita, allora c'è il supporto per la Restaurazione del proprio Carattere (<em>Fu Xing</em>), e il Qi può contare su (questo).</p>
<p>Tale Taiji Boxe è uno studio benefico per corpo (<em>Shen</em>) e mente (<em>Xin</em>), carattere (<em>Xing)</em> e vita (<em>Ming</em>). I saggi dicono che coltivare il proprio carattere morale risiede nella Restaurazione del Carattere, ciò significa che proteggere la vita e muovere il Qi sono il cuore della coltivazione del proprio carattere morale e della sua restaurazione. (Io) non so (se ciò sia) corretto o no, per il momento essendo (io diedi) spiegazione illustrata  per renderla più divertente. </p>
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<p><em>Le parole nel secondo cerchio interno (fuori dal piccolo simbolo Yin-Yang) sono: Ke Nian ( Pensiero Moderato ; sulla destra), Wang Nian ( Pensiro Ambiguo; sulla sinistra), Si Nian (Pensiero Personale); poi, seguendo la spirale, ci sono: Bilu Haoran zhi Qi (Cammino Bianco Spirito Nobile), Heilu ji Xue Qi ( Cammino Nero è lo Spirito Animale), Rensheng zhi Yinyang (lo Yin e lo Yang della Vita Umana), Tiandi Yinyang (Yin e Yang del Cielo e della Terra), Taiji zhi Yinyang (Yin e Yang del Taiji).</em></p>
<p><a title="Taijispot link China From Inside" href="http://www.chinafrominside.com/ma/taiji/chenxin.html" target="_blank">Traduzione dal cinese all’inglese a cura di Jarek Szymanski</a>. Traduzione dall’inglese all’italiano a cura di Ivana Vinci.</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>taijispot</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Il 5° livello del Gong Fu
Questo livello di apprendimento del Taijiquan è quello riservato ai ver]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Il 5° livello del Gong Fu</strong></p>
<p>Questo livello di apprendimento del Taijiquan è quello riservato ai veri esperti e a chi, nel proprio cammino di apprendimento, ha saputo scoprire e fare propri tutti gli insegnamenti ricevuti e gli allenamenti seguiti.</p>
<p>A questo livello di conoscenza, lo studio del "cerchio" da piccolo diventa "invisibile", cosicchè anche la forma deve essere eseguita in maniera invisibile mostrando così la profonda interiorizzazione del movimento.</p>
<p>Per fare questo il corpo deve essere estremamente flessibile, così come l'adattabilità ad ogni minimo cambiamento deve essere immediata e totale. La "mutazione" delle forze Yin e Yang deve quindi avvenire internamente, così da risultare invisibile fuori. Il tutto si traduce in estrema velocità e flessibilità, doti fondamentali e necessarie ad affrontare una combattimento vittorioso.</p>
<p>Il Qi scorre liberamente, comunicando con il cielo e la terra allo stesso modo (concetto evidentemente proprio della <a title="Wikipedia link Taijispot Taoismo" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoismo" target="_blank">filosofia taoista</a>). L'artista marziale, a questo livello, in ogni momento della propria vita agisce in <a title="Taijispot wikipedia link cosmologia taoista" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmologia_taoista" target="_blank">equilibrio mutevole con il Taiji </a>(concetto sempre relativo alla filosofia taoista).</p>
<p>Vi è un perfetto equilibrio tra Yin e Yang. Il morbido e il duro si completano a vicenda, cosicchè i movimenti risultano sempre rilassati e vitali. Ogni parte del corpo è sensibile e può essere usata con la stessa potenza esplosiva (<a title="Taijispot link Wikipedia IT fa jing" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa_jing" target="_blank">fa jing</a>) di un pugno.</p>
<p>Il rapporto stabilito con il proprio corpo e la propria mente, cosi come tra i muscoli e gli organi interni, è di perfetto equilibrio.</p>
<p>Il praticante ha raggiunto così il bilanciamento perfetto tra Yin e Yang (50% e 50%).</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em>Per le fonti originali di questo articolo vedi <a title="I CINQUE LIVELLI DI ABILITA' NEL TAIJIQUAN STILE CHEN Taijispot link" href="http://www.taijichen-italia.com/articoli/5.htm" target="_blank">I CINQUE LIVELLI DI ABILITA' NEL TAIJIQUAN STILE CHEN </a>di Gianna Sabatelli da "Arti d'Oriente" luglio-agosto 2002.</em></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the evening of the last full day of the retreat Reb came into the zendo after the final round of ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#81223c;">In the evening of the last full day of the retreat Reb came into the zendo after the final round of interviews about 15 min before the signal of the gong, the way he used to do every evening so we could finish the day together and he would say the Thank-you-for-today (Tack för idag!) in Swedish before walking out of the room. It was getting darker and the soft blanket of silence was covering the room. There was a special, bitter-sweet taste to that last sitting and I wondered if others felt that too. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#81223c;"><!--more--></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#81223c;">Only a few minutes before the awaited signal of the gong, a soft voice from somewhere in the center of the room started a slow song, gently cutting through the drowsiness, tenderly tapping on the the tiredness, softening the stiffness in the bodies, caressing the air and the vowels, filling in the space, growing:<br />
</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#a11674;">Summertime<br />
And the living is easy<br />
Fish are jumping<br />
The cotton is high<br />
Oh your daddy's rich<br />
Your mama's good looking<br />
I said hush little baby<br />
Don't you cry</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#a11674;">One of these mornings<br />
You're bound to rise up singing<br />
Then you'll spread your wings<br />
And take to the sky<br />
But til that morning<br />
Nothing's going to harm you no<br />
With daddy and mama standing by</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#81223c;">When the strike touched the gong and the sound started its trip around the bowl allowing us to stretch the legs and breath out the tension of the last sitting, warm laughter filled the zendo.<br />
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#81223c;">What a perfect ending of the day and of the week! Thank you for the gift, Reb!</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#d22c4d;">May all beings be happy, healthy and free from suffering! </span></strong></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Voluntary Mother Earth</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Polish music website &#8220;Ave Metal&#8221; gave us a CD review last week.
Go check it out at:
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Polish music website "Ave Metal" gave us a CD review last week.<br />
Go check it out at:<br />
<a href="http://avemetal.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=575&#38;Itemid=6">Ave Metal VME CD Review</a></p>
<p>See you soon,<br />
Aki<br />
<a href="http://www.voluntarymotherearth.com/">Voluntary Mother Earth</a></p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>taijispot</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ Il 4° livello del Gong fu
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <strong>Il 4° livello del Gong fu</strong></p>
<p>Nei livelli di conoscenza del Taijiquan precedenti, abbiamo visto come sia necessario seguire un preciso percorso (scoprire, rendere interno, perfezionare) perseverando ed impegnandosi con un duro allenamento. Nel 4° livello di conoscenza del Taijiquan, l'esperienza e la conoscenza sono già consolidati e si può andare avanti completamente soli, dato che <strong>il Qi fluisce correntemente e correttamente in tutto il corpo e la Jin è sufficiente per essere espressa verso l'esterno</strong>. A questo livello, il movimento è sincronizzato con il respiro, le forme sono ben espresse e le applicazioni marziali sono ben comprese. </p>
<p>L'attenzione nell'allenamento andrà quindi spostata quasi esclusivamente verso la profonda internalizzazione del proprio Taijiquan. Ciò significa, come già detto in precedenza, che <strong>bisognerà passare dai "cerchi" grandi e medi (intendendo come "cerchi" i movimenti dell'energia interna) ai cerchi piccoli</strong>. </p>
<p>L'allenamento potrà essere condotto idealmente contro un'avversario invisibile. Questa precisa visualizzazione, permetterà di imparare ad emettere esternamente la propria energia con una precisione molto alta. </p>
<p>Oltre questo, la forma deve essere eseguita con precisione in modo che l'energia scorra fluente e senza interruzioni controllata dalla vita/bacino (<a title="Taijispot commenti" href="http://taijispot.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/i-5-livelli-di-abilita-del-taijiquan-stile-chen-2/#comment-118" target="_blank">commenti degli articoli precedenti sull'interpretazione "trans-culturale di questa zona del corpo</a>). </p>
<p>La veloce adattabilità del <strong>Qi (l'energia interna)</strong> e della <strong>Yi (l'intenzione cosciente)</strong> sono anch'esse qualità necessarie al raggiungimento del proprio percorso di apprendimento. </p>
<p><strong>Nel 4° livello di apprendimento del Gong Fu si ci può già considerare dei validi artisti marziali.</strong> Ragion per cui l'avversario non è più una minaccia. La sviluppata capacità di adattabilità (peraltro già acquisita, anche se in maniera minore, precedentemente) alle situazioni del combattimento, basta a neutralizzare la forza dell'avversario e a rendere invisibili le proprie azioni.</p>
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<p>A questo proposito dice un classico del Taijiquan abbastanza conosciuto:</p>
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<p> </p>
<p align="center">"<em>Se l'avversario è duro, trasformati e renditi morbido.<br />
Ciò è detto "seguire". Se l'avversario è in movimento<br />
rimani attaccato seguendolo nella stessa direzione.<br />
Ciò è detto "aderire". Allora sei in contatto con l'avversario;<br />
quando egli si sposta velocemente, ti sposti velocemente;<br />
quando egli rallenta, rallenti, accordandoti ai suoi movimenti.</em></p>
<p align="center"><em>Che la sensibilità del tuo corpo sia tale<br />
da avvertire la più piccola piuma che ti sfiora la pelle.<br />
L'avversario non avrà modo di scoprirti o di controllarti,<br />
sarai tu a sentirlo e a controllarlo.<br />
Se puoi ottenere questo livello di sensibilità,<br />
non c'è forza fisica che possa sconfiggerti."</em>
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<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="left">La conoscenza del Taijiquan è stata quindi acquisita. La mente, il corpo e le emozioni sono sotto il controllo della propria volontà. Dominando i propri impulsi e i propri egoismi è possibile a questo livello della conoscenza del Taijiquan, dominare completamente le proprie paure.</p>
<p align="left">Quantificando l'energia Yin e Yang presente nel proprio corpo, si potrebbe teorizzare che in questo momento un praticante possiede il 40% di Yin e il 60% di Yang.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em>Per le fonti originali di questo articolo vedi <a title="I CINQUE LIVELLI DI ABILITA' NEL TAIJIQUAN STILE CHEN Taijispot link" href="http://www.taijichen-italia.com/articoli/5.htm" target="_blank">I CINQUE LIVELLI DI ABILITA' NEL TAIJIQUAN STILE CHEN </a>di Gianna Sabatelli da "Arti d'Oriente" luglio-agosto 2002.</em></p>
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