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Tears in the Rain

Recorded two new pieces, 0509211417 and 0509211420 this afternoon – one directly after another. I started missing doing my improvs while we were on tour. Already 6 pieces. The album will be done in no time…

If I had to give titles to these pieces I would call 0509091759 “,Replica Chanel;Hokkaido Cathedral”. Maybe something like this, or this? I would call 0509211417 “Looking across the Bosporus“.

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Paradise CA

Take me down to Paradise City where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. That has been sung too many times on the bus already this morning. Seems like a nice town, but is it Paradise?

Tonight was, however,Replica Chanel, the perfect place to debut the new/old trio with Dave Bryant, who played beautifully. Very nice audience.

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Mediaburn

The Mediaburn Radio Weblog
TRANSIT by Jazz / World Composer Jon Gagan
Jon Gagan’,Replica Handbags;s Transit is a synthesis of timeless jazz and world sounds. Jon’s artistry as a bassist and composer really shines on this cool voyage through 13 tunes.

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Quality of Music Reproduction vs Playing…

And since he died in 1951,Replica Chanel, he wasn’t even talking about the quantum leap in reproduction of the last decade.

It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played.
-Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Corn-based phone

NEC’,Chanel Handbags;s N701i ECO corn-based phone

The phone body is made up of 75 percent plant materials, including corn and potatoes. Once disposed of (we
hope not before) the phone eventually becomes water and carbon dioxide, leaving the earth free from housing another lame out-of-date phone.
(Via Engadget)

Very cool idea.

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Middle Ages

David Byrne is in Mexico and has been writing great entries to his journal.

David Byrne Journal
I am constantly reminding myself of what was happening in Europe while the classic Mayan civilization was at its height. Early middle ages, massive cathedrals being built as well as scattered walled cites. Learning and knowledge confined to proscribed sects – priests and alchemists. Little general exchange of information, goods or communication. The general population fairly well off and content as far as diet and health goes. (This contradicts what we were taught…but from reading the French historian Braudel he seemed to imply that daily life was O.K. – my sense is that there was some revisionism going on and the middle ages “the ‘dark’ ages”,Replica Chanel; were the victim of Enlightenment propaganda.)

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Sharp increase in rice prices spark anxieties acro

From GMA News Online:

by Associated Press

Philippine activists warn about possible riots. Aid agencies across Asia worry how they will feed the hungry. Governments dig deeper every day to fund subsidies.

A sharp rise in the price of rice is hitting consumer pocketbooks and raising fears of public turmoil in the many parts of Asia where rice is a staple.

Part of a surge in global food costs, rice prices on world markets have jumped 50 percent in the past two months and at least doubled since 2004. Experts blame rising fuel and fertilizer expenses as well as crops curtailed by disease, pests and climate change. There are concerns prices could rise a further 40 percent in coming months.

The higher prices have already sparked protests in the Philippines, where a government official has asked the public to save leftover rice. In Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered a ban on rice exports Wednesday to curb rising prices at home. Vietnamese exporters and farmers are stockpiling rice in expectation of further price increases.

Prestoline Suyat of the May One Labor Movement, a left-wing workers group, warned that “hunger and poverty may eventually lead to riots.”

The neediest are hit hardest.

Rodolfo de Lima, a 42-year-old parking lot attendant in Manila, said “my family will go hungry” if prices continue to rise.

“If your family misses a meal, you really don’t know what you can do, but I won’t do anything bad,” said de Lima, whose right foot was amputated after he was shot during a 1985 gang war.

Others might not be so restrained, said Domingo Casarte, 41, a street vendor.

“There are people who are hotheaded,” he said. “When people get trapped, I can’t say what they will do.”

The US Department of Agriculture forecasts global rice stocks for 2007-08 at 72 million tons, the lowest since 1983-84 and about half of the peak in 2000-01.

The higher prices are stretching the budgets of aid agencies providing rice to North Korea and other countries, particularly with donations already falling.

Jack Dunford, head of a consortium in Thailand helping more than 140,000 refugees from military-ruled Myanmar, said soaring rice prices and a slumping US dollar are forcing cuts in already meager food aid.

“This rice price is just killing us,” he said. “This is a very vulnerable group of people under threat.”

China is among several countries in the region that subsidize rice prices, an increasingly expensive proposition.

Rice prices have almost doubled in Bangladesh in just a year, sparking resentment but no unrest yet. Repeated floods and a severe cyclone last year have cut production, forcing the government to increase imports.

In Vietnam, a major rice exporter, the crop has been hit by a virus called tungro and infestations of the brown planthopper insect.

Farmers there say they are not benefiting from the higher prices.

“The rice price has gone up 50 percent over the past three months, but I’m not making any more money because I have to pay double for fertilizer, insecticides and labor costs,” said Nguyen Thi Thu, 46, a farmer in Ha Tay province, just outside Hanoi.

Another farmer, Cao Thi Thuy, 37, in Nam Dinh province, 75 miles south of Hanoi, said exporters have actually been paying less for rice over the last week.

“If the world prices are going up still, then Vietnamese rice-exporting companies are benefiting, not us,” she said. “They tell us that now weather is better, and rice can grow more easily, so we should not expect higher prices.”

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, worried about anything that could spark a “people power” revolt against her, is assuring the public that rice won’t run out or skyrocket in price during the traditionally lean months of July to September.

This week, she arranged the purchase of up to 1.5 million tons from Vietnam. She also has ordered a crackdown on price manipulation, hoarding and profiteering on subsidized rice, and will hold a food summit April 4.

Things are so tight that Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap has asked people not to throw away leftover rice and urged fast-food restaurants, which normally give customers a cup of rice with meals, to offer a half-cup option to cut waste.

The Philippines is facing “a perfect storm,” said Sen. Mar Roxas, president of the Liberal Party. Problems coping with rising rice prices are compounded by higher oil prices and a US economic downturn, which could reduce the money sent home to families by Filipinos working in the United States. Such remittances underpin the economy.

Philippine farmers say the country, which has become the world’s largest importer of rice after being an exporter in the early 1970s, has shot itself in the foot by developing some former rice paddies for housing and golf courses and planting more lucrative crops on others.

One Asian country, Japan, is encouraging cuts in rice production. Rice prices there have been falling in recent months as people eat less rice and more bread. – AP

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Metro Manila flooded

Breaking news: Supreme Court has cancelled the bar exams scheduled tomorrow.

Many areas in Metro Manila are flooded.

For people who need assistance: National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) Emergency Numbers: 912-5668, 911-1406, 912-2665, 911-5061. Help hotlines: 734-2118, 734-2120.42 .

If you are home safe, pray for those who are stranded.

We experienced brownout earlier this afternoon. I’m glad that electricity is back.

If you have electricity, charge your cellphones and laptops. Store water from the rain.

Para?aque Rep Rolilo Golez sent out this message at about 3 p.m:

I went all over Para?aque this morning during heavy rains, then to Red Cross Para?aque branch on Sucat for its inauguration and blessing.

But while we were having a blessing, Sucat got flooded up to waist level. My car parked on sidewalk was slowly getting flooded inside as waters entered ground floor of the building.

We are stranded here but as fate would have it, it’s agreatcoincidence that we are here for a blessing. Now stranded adn no more need to mobilize. We are using our time to good use with disaster response action.

I mobilized my brangay coordinators to give reports on flooded areas. Several barangay captains helping. Stranded volunteers here numbering 33 packing emergency food items fro distribution. We need a big truck for distribution of releif goods.

I already advised navy Chief Ferdinand Golez and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro.

My coordinators report more than 5,000 families affected. Areas that never expereinced flooding inthe past are now flooded.

South Luzon Expressway is closed. Reports said with all the stranded vehicles, it has become a huge parking space.

North Luzon Expressway is impassable.

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Dagok sa malayang pamamahayag

Patay ang demokrasya sa desisyon ni Judge Reynaldo Laigo ng Makati Regional Trial Court branch 56 sa class suit na isinampa ng mga mamahayag tungkol sa nangyari sa Manila Peninsula noong Nov. 29, 2007.

Kinampihan ni Laigo ang ginawa ng Philippine National Police sa pangunguna ni Police Director Geary Barias ng National Capital region na pag-aresto at pagposas sa mga reporter pagkatapos ng insidente kung saan sina Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim at mga Magdalo officers ay nag-walkout sa hearing sa Makati RTC at nagpunta sa Manila Pen kung saan hinikayat nila ang taumbayan na talikuran si Gloria Arroyo.

Natapos ang insidente nang pinasok ng tangke ang Manila Pen at nagsabog ng teargas para mapwersa sumuko sina Trillanes , Lim at kanilang mga kasamahan.

Hindi lang sinabi ni Laigo na tama ang ginawa ng PNP. Swerte pa raw kami dahil hindi kami kinasuhan!

Teka nga. Ano ba ang kasalanan naming at kami ay dapat kasuhan? Sinabi noon nina PNP Chief Avelino Razon ay “obstruction of justice”. Ano ba ang aming hinarang? Bakit nang hinuli ba sina Trillanes at Lim, hinarang ba namin sila? Hinarang ba namin ang pagpasok ng tangke at ang pag-teargas?

Ano ba ang gusto sana nila gawin doon na hindi nila nagawa dahil doon kami?

Kami ay nanatili doon sa Manila Pen dahil katungkulan namin ang ipa-alam sa tumbayan ang katotohanan. Karapatan ng taumbayan malaman ang katotohanan sa lahat na nangyayari na nakaka-apekto sa buhay nila para yun ang magiging basehan nila magdesisyon. Mahalaga yan sa
demokrasya kung saan ang kapangyarihan ay sa taumbayan.

Ang desisyon ni Laigo ay nagbibigay ng karapatan sa mga pulis mag-desisyon kung hanggang saan lang maari ang pagkuha ng mga reporter ng impormasyon. Kapag hindi mo sinunod ang pulis, arestado ka, maari kang posasan. Pwede ka pang kasuhan.

Nakakatakot at talagang apektado ang malayang pamamahayag.

Ito pa ang nakakasuspetsa. June 20 lumabas and desisyon. Noong Biyernes (June 27) nakakuha ang reporter ng Inquirer.net na si Thea Alberto ng kopya ng desisyon sa opisina ni Director Barias.

Hanggang ngayon, wala pang kaming mga complainant ng kopya ng desisyon. Wala pa ring kopya ang aming abogado, ang Roque & Butuyan law office na malapit lang sa City Hall.

Inilabas ng PNP ang kopya nila ng desisyon, pasado alas 5 p.m. ng Biyernes. Sabi nga ni Vergel Santos, chairman of the Board ng Businessworld, walang pinagkaiba yan sa mga korte na nagpapalabas ng arrest warrant hapon ng Biyernes para hindi makapiyansa ang akusado.

Kung ganito ang klase ang ating korte, ano ang mangyayari sa ating demokrasya?

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Penitensya sa kakulangan ng bigas

Update: Sen. Mar Roxas tells GMA on rice issue: “Magpakatotoo ka.”

Ang galing nitong si Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap.

May napipintong pagkukulang sa bigas at ang kanyang solusyon ay magkaroon ng kalahati na order ng kanin sa mga fast food. Galing , no?

Nangangailangan ang Pilipinas ng 1.8 milyon na tonelada ng bigas at hirap na hirap makahanap ng mabilhan ang pamahalaang Arroyo. Nasa balita kahapon na nakabili na raw sila ng 335,000 na toneladang bigas galing sa Thailand, Vietnam at Pakistan. Kulang pa rin yun.

Ito namang si Gloria Arroyo, sabi niya wala raw rice shortage, pero magiging mahal lang nga ang bigas. Kaya, basta may pera ka, walang shortage. Pasensiya na ang mahihirap. Araw-araw rice shortage siya dahil wala namang pambili.

Grabe ang presyo ng bigas ngayon dahil nagkukulangan na. Ang Vietnam, na siyang isa sa mga pinakamalking exporter ng bigas, nagsabing hindi na muna sila magbe-benta. Siyempre unahin muna nila ang sarili nilang pangangailangan.

Bakit ba nagkukulang ang bigas sa atin samantalang maraming mga taon na ang nakakaraan, noong panahon ni Marcos, nagi-export pa tayo ng bigas.

Maraming dahilan at isa doon ay ang pangungurakot sa pamahalaan. Naala-ala nyo si Joc-Joc Bolante? Ang agriculture undersecretary ni Arroyo na ngayon ay nagbabakasyon sa loob ng rehas sa Amerika? Naala-ala nyo kung bakit nakakulong si Bolante sa Amerika? Dahil ilegal siya sa Amerika ngunit ayaw rin umuwi sa Pilipinas at takot humarap sa taumbayan lalo na sa mga magsasaka .

Noong 2004, ang fertilizer fund o pera para sa abono ng mga magsasaka na nasa pangangasiwa ng Department of Agriculture, kung saan doon naghahari-harian si Bolante, ay ginamit para sa kampanya ni Gloria Arroyo sa pagka-presidente.

Sabi ng abogadong si Frank Chavez na siyang nagpursigeng ibulgar itong katiwalian ni Bolante, umabot sa P2 bilyon ang ninanakw nian Arroyo at Bolante sa mga magsasaka.

Ang kay Bolante lang ang ating nadiskubre ngunit hindi malayo na ang pera para irigasyon at abono ay hindi napupunta sa mga magsasaka kungdi bumabagsak sa mga bulsa ng mga ganid na opisyal sa pamahalaan.

Dahil kokonti ang irigasyon, hindi masyado napapatubigan ang ating mga palayan. Dahil kulang sa abono ang mga lupa, kuklunti rin ang produktong bigas. Sa halip na tatlong beses ang ani sa isang taon, swerte na ang dalawang beses. Siyempre mas kukunti ang palay na naa-ani.

May iba ring dahilan bakit kailangan tayong umangkat ng bigas sa ibang bansa. Isa ay ang pag-convert ng palayan sa residential o industrial zone. Kaya nakikita natin na ang dating palayan ay nagiging housing subdivision o factory site.

Nandyan ri na sa halip palay, jatropha ang tinatamin para raw sa biofuel.

Nandyan rin ang sobrang pagdami ng populasyon ng Pilipinas. Mahabang usapin yun. Magdasal muna tayo para sa ating bansa.

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