She Studying Bsc. Basically from W. Bengal. Parents stay there. Dad is a doctor. Mom is a housewife. Younger sister is in class 11th. Music is her passion. Learning semi classical from class III to class X. mom is a good singer. She inspired and encouraged her. likes Reading fiction romantic, thriller. And Surfing internet. Pleasant personality. Favourite Singer – Alka Yagnik, Shreya and kailash Kher.
Torsha Sarkar resident of Manik Sarkar Chowk , Bhagalpur has been selected for Indion Idol – 4. She has selected in Banglore on 16 August 2008.She has sang the song- “Salam Karne Ki Aarzoo Hai’ of film ‘Umrao Jaan’. She has gotten position in top 30 in Indian Idol- 4. She is getting better training for performance on Indian Idol -4 stage in Mumbai. Her program will be telecast in Indian Idol – 4 ,on Sony Channel on 18.10.2008.
In September, The Circle covered a show in New York City from up-and-coming artist Bobby Long. Long returned to New York last month for a series of concerts while continuing his Dangerous Summer Tour, which concludes in New York City’s Mercury Lounge on Dec. 19. In between performing and traveling, Long took some time out to discuss friends, fans, and his plans for the future.
The Circle: Your musical style obviously has a fair amount of American direction: you’ve described your style as “folksy,” and listed musicians like Mississippi John Hurt, Bob Dylan, and Elliott Smith as influences. Has touring through the country of your influences had any effect on your music as far as style, subjects of songs, etc.?
Bobby Long: It’s all inspiring. In terms of songwriting, I actually find it quite hard writing on tour, especially at the moment when things are just me, my manager and a car or plane. There isn’t a lot of time to physically sit down with a guitar and a book and the schedule is pretty grueling. In terms of subjects, I am really in love with writing about Britain, but in terms of style absolutely.
Circle: Recently, a song that you had co-written with Marcus Foster, “Let Me Sign,” was featured in a popular film ["Twilight"] while also being sung by another artist. What was it like to allow your song to be sung by another artist? Is there ever any sort of protectiveness surrounding your songs? Are you – or would you ever be – open to the idea of writing songs for other artists?
Long: As a songwriter, it’s a bit of a thrill hearing someone good singing your songs. I would really like to write for other people. I read a book about Smokey Robinson, and he wrote so many songs for other people; it’s definitely something that I would like to do.
Circle: If you could work with any musician(s) – alive or dead – who would you choose?
Long: Probably John Lennon, I think.
Circle: Are there any differences between fans in the United States, your hometown fans in London, and the growing number of fans in mainland Europe?
Long: It’s a different culture, so people are different everywhere. There is a real enthusiasm with all of them, and they are all very supportive so they’re all similar from that point of view.
Circle: What are your favorite venues in which to play? Will you always try to maintain smaller venues, or are you open to the idea of larger spaces?
Long: I like the smaller ones, especially when it’s just me and a guitar. I played a great place in Boston that had a low ceiling and was incredibly intimate. At some stage, I will step up to bigger places, but I will never stop playing the smaller shows.
Circle: You once mentioned an experience in which a fan stood onstage awkwardly until the end of a song and then ran up to kiss you. Have you had any other crazy fan experiences since then?
Long: I’ve been followed in cars, but it’s all fun and games. It’s not at a level that is encroaching on my private life in any way; so I have no reason to complain.
Circle: To graduate from university, you wrote your fourth year thesis on the “social impact of American folk music.” What was the main thesis/argument of your paper, and has your time in the United States affirmed or contradicted your thesis at all?
Long: It was based on the folk movement and how the songs gave young people a vehicle to pull their energy onto. It was O.K. – I got more into reading about Kennedy and King and the Bay of Pigs. It was a great time for folk music, but a lot of drivel was written and sung about, like any period of great music.
Circle: You recently described waiting to perform as “walking through the pits of hell.” Have you developed any sort of pre or post-gig rituals to makes the pits of hell any easier?
Long: I used to have a few drinks, but I’m cutting that out now, it gives things a slightly different perspective. I don’t really have any [rituals] – sometimes I’m sick and sometimes I’m laughing.
Circle: What are the best and worst parts of touring versus playing at home in London? Is there any aspect of England that you wish you could have in the United States, and any part of the USA that you wish you could bring with you to England?
Long: Not really. I like them both for their own elements. I miss my friends a bit, but I kinda like being out on my own.
Circle: Your collection of songs that were recorded in your bedroom in London is titled “Dirty Pond Song.” What was the influence behind the collection’s title?
Long: Me and my friend Luke Edge had an idea for an album shot and it stuck.
Circle: Have you been recognized yet by any fans outside of shows?
Long: Yes, sometimes; but I just pretend I’m Sam Bradley.
Circle: You often list Bob Dylan as one of your main influences, and your sound has been compared to his original style, with the raw, acoustic guitar. Do you have any plans of someday following his post-1965 style by performing instead with an electric guitar?
Long: I mean, I love playing the electric, but it depends. I’m not gonna follow his blueprint, but I would love to bring in a heavy blues band. I saw Neil Young recently and he was incredible.
Please take a look at my previous suggestion on Health Care Reform. <click>
Simple. Right to the point. Doesn’t increase government intervention. Should put us in the right directon and we can add more ideas later (if necessary).
We do need something done in healthcare. And it should not matter if it comes from Republicans, Democrats, Independents, or “Martians” … if it makes sense let’s try it.
Here is an excerpt from ideas of John Boehner… (source)
- Number one: let families and businesses buy health insurance across state lines.
- Number two: allow individuals, small businesses, and trade associations to pool together and acquire health insurance at lower prices, the same way large corporations and labor unions do.
- Number three: give states the tools to create their own innovative reforms that lower health care costs.
- Number four: end junk lawsuits that contribute to higher health care costs by increasing the number of tests and procedures that physicians sometimes order not because they think it’s good medicine, but because they are afraid of being sued.
This sounds very similar to my previous suggestions.
Why would anyone not consider this?
Why are we looking to make massive changes before trying small changes?
Jim Henson’s world famous Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Grover, and Oscar with all their friends will be partying big time! Today Sesame Street is celebrating Big Bird’s birthday. Then on November 10th children’s television longest running program Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a brand new program format and two new books. Over 30 stars will be in the shows this coming year including Cameron Diaz, Michelle Obama, Adam Sandler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kobe Bryant, Eva Longoria, Christina Applegate, Ricky Gervais, and Greg Kinnear.
The 122 Emmy Award winning program is changing smartly with the times. “While maintaining an emphasis on the importance of literacy and numeracy, the new season kicks-off “My World is Green & Growing,” a two-year science initiative designed to increase positive attitudes towards nature, deepen children’s knowledge about the natural world and encourage behavior that shows respect and care for the environment.” (From Link here.)
Have you noticed Big Bird On Google? It’s really cute! Check it out here! (I don’t know how long it will be there.)
Happy Birthday, Big Bird!
Actualización
La noticia salió recien hoy en el Spiegel, además de la noticia que ya transmitimos, el Spiegel agrega que es muy probable que Nojoud muera uno de estos días en manos de alguno de sus parientes, ya que según la tradición del Yemen su actitud ha manchado el honor de la familia.
Tambien publican mas fotos
There are people talking about the key to Rockhopper’s Quarters, but the question of the matter is, is there even a Key? Most of you may think yes, but did you ever think that the Captain’s Quarters is just there because the game programmers are working on it? Have you ever seen a Penguin go inside? Did you ever think that the key is just a rumor? You tell me, but in the meantime, I’ll be scanning Club Penguin for this “Key” just in case there really is one. But I suggest that those of you who spend forever looking for it, just don’t spend so long because it may not exist, and it may just open itself in time.
Now, most of you also have ideas of it being under the Iceberg, and I know where that rumor started. Everyone thinks that because of the map on the back wall of the Ship Hold on the Migrator. But that is actually Rockhopper’s map to Club Penguin. If you look in the picture below, then you will see that the Iceberg is off to the left of the huge chunk of ice that is Club Penguin. The smaller bit of ice is outlined in red, and that is the Iceberg!! That map on the wall leads to the beach where Rockhopper comes. Thats all it is!! So don’t waste your whole time looking for this key that possibly isn’t there.
P.S. Rockhopper might open his quarters sometime but not today according to Aunt Arctic in the Thursday paper. Read it for yourself.
Watkins Glen SP, NY
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Here are the highlights of the fall movie slate.
Release dates are subject to change and some films will play in limited release…
SEPTEMBER
ALL ABOUT STEVE: SANDRA BULLOCK stalks the man she considers her true love in a romance costarring BRADLEY COOPER and THOMAS HADEN CHURCH.
THE BOYS ARE BACK: CLIVE OWEN plays a widower who adopts a rowdy and permissive parenting style for his two sons.
BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN: JOHN KRASINSKI directs and costars in the tale of a graduate student researching relationships while sorting through her own broken personal life.
BRIGHT STAR: JANE CAMPION dramatizes the doomed romance of poet JOHN KEATS (BEN WHISHAW) and his passionate neighbour FANNY BRAWNE (ABBIE CORNISH).
THE BURNING PLAIN: Charlize Theron plays a restaurant manager whose promiscuity stems from a dark past. Also stars KIM BASINGER.
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY: MICHAEL MOORE’S latest documentary takes on corporations and speculators that have made the love of money a central way of life.
COCO BEFORE CHANEL: Audrey Tautou stars in a film biography set in the early years of fashion designer GABRIELLE (COCO) CHANEL.
FAME: The 80s hit is updated with a new take on life at a high school for performing arts. With KELSEY GRAMMER and DEBBIE ALLEN.
THE INFORMANT: Matt Damon stars in STEVEN SODERBERGH’S darkly comic portrait of a deceptive executive who blew the whistle on corruption at Archer Daniels Midland.
LOVE HAPPENS: A florist (JENNIFER ANISTON) and a self help author (AARON ECKHART) make reluctant stabs at romance.
OCTOBER
AMELIA: Hilary Swank plays legendary aviator AMELIA EARHART in Mira Nair’s biopic. With RICHARD GERE and Ewan McGregor.
AN EDUCATION: A BRITISH schoolgirl (CAREY MULLIGAN) jeopardizes her OXFORD dreams when she takes up with an older man (Peter Sarsgaard).
NEW YORK I LOVE YOU: A variety of different directors contribute odes to the city in this collection of short films. With BRADLEY COOPER, JULIE CHRISTIE, DREA DE MATTEO, ROBIN WRIGHT, JOHN HURT and ANDY GARCIA.
THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE: ROBIN WRIGHT stars as a woman adjusting to life in her older husband’s retirement community. With ALAN ARKIN and KEANU REEVES.
A SERIOUS MAN: The Coen brothers tell the story of a college professor straining to do right amidst personal and professional adversity.
WHIP IT: Drew Barrymore directs and costars with ELLEN PAGE as a small town beauty queen turned roller derby force of nature.
NOVEMBER
THE BLIND SIDE: A true life drama chronicles MICHAEL OHER’S journey from homeless teen to #1 pick in this year’s NFL draft. With SANDRA BULLOCK.
BROKEN EMBRACES: Penelope Cruz and director PEDRO ALMODOVAR reunite for a drama about a blind screenwriter recalling how he lost the love of his life.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL: Jim Carrey does Scrooge and his three Christmas ghosts in Robert Zemeckis’ motion capture adaptation of the Dickens classic.
FANTASTIC MR. FOX: WES ANDERSON’S fox vs. farmers animated tale features the voices of MERYL STREEP, GEORGE CLOONEY and BILL MURRAY.
NINE: The musical adaptation of Fellini’s 8 1/2, about a filmmaker and his many women, stars DANIEL DAY LEWIS, SOPHIA LOREN, JUDI DENCH and NICOLE KIDMAN.
PIRATE RADIO: PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN and Bill Nighy lead a crew of rogue DJs blasting rebel rock to 60s ENGLAND.
PRECIOUS: An illiterate pregnant teen with a horrid home life takes fierce charge of her life in this Sundance top prize winner.
NEW MOON: KRISTEN STEWART and Robert Pattinson return in the schoolgirl vampire romance, this time with werewolves on the prowl.
WOMEN IN TROUBLE: An ensemble comedy traces a crazy day for 10 women, including a porn star, a massage therapist and a flight attendant. With CARLA GUGINO and Josh Brolin.
DECEMBER
AVATAR: James Cameron’s 3D sci fi epic centres on humans placed inside alien skins to survive on a distant world. With SIGOURNEY WEAVER and Sam Worthington.
BROTHERS: A Marine (Tobey Maguire) comes home to his wife (Natalie Portman) to find his sibling (JAKE GYLLENHAAL) has displaced him. JIM SHERIDAN directs.
INVICTUS: MORGAN FREEMAN stars as Nelson Mandela in CLINT EASTWOOD’S saga of an underdog season for the South African rugby team. With Matt Damon.
IT’S COMPLICATED: MERYL STREEP is pursued by two very different suitors (STEVE MARTIN and Alec Baldwin) in Nancy Meyer’s latest romance.
THE LOVELY BONES: Peter Jackson directs the story of a slain girl watching over her family from heaven. With RACHEL WEISZ and SAOIRSE RONAN.
THE ROAD: VIGGO MORTENSEN stars as a father travelling with his young son across a post cataclysm America in this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is the illustrious detective as he races to uncover a plot that threatens all of ENGLAND. JUDE LAW costars as sidekick Dr. Watson.
UP IN THE AIR: GEORGE CLOONEY’S a corporate downsizing dilettante whose frequent flyer lifestyle becomes endangered. Jason Reitman directs.
THE WHITE RIBBON: Director Michael Haneke’s CANNES prize winner spins a sober tale of collective guilt in a German town besieged by dark deeds as the First World War approaches.
I went to church on Sunday. It was my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary and it felt good to be joining them and honoring their years together in the Catholic church that inspires them and gives them peace of mind.
I was raised a Catholic but don’t consider myself part of that group anymore. When I was a teenager I began to question the validity of Catholic doctrine and eventually found spiritual teachings that suit me much better.
As I sat through the mass I was fascinated by the vocabulary that was used throughout the service. One line really caught my attention:
“Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.”
I listened as people all around me declared that to each other and to God.
“I am not worthy.” I know that line. I’ve heard myself say it to myself and others in exactly that way and in a million other ways.
“Is anyone really hearing those words?” I wondered as I looked around. “Is anyone questioning those words? Do the people in this church believe that they are unworthy?”
Those statements are repeated in churches all over the world. What affect is that having?
Louise Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life and a revolutionary in the field of personal development has said “Every thought we think is creating our future.” If we continue to tell ourselves and the world that we are not worthy, what kind of future are we creating?
This morning I decided to change that ‘I am not worthy’ statement into something that made me feel good:
“Lord, I am so worthy to receive you. Help me to say more good words so that more good may be revealed.”
Try this Fishing for Soul Practice:
For one week, pay very close attention to what comes out of your mouth. Are you affirming something positive or something negative? Are you feeding the hungry ghosts of the past or laying a strong, empowered foundation for the future? How will you change the negative to a positive?
Happy Fishing!
Today I am grateful for my parents and siblings, my nieces and nephews, my aunts and uncles, an opportunity to revisit my childhood home and stomping grounds, NJ Transit, SEPTA, my driver’s license, morning workouts, eggs, my Blackberry, my cat, positive abundace of all kinds, my weekend Creativity Time, new clients and business opportunities, cash in hand.
Thanks and peace!
Joe
Week 2 Final: 9-7
Week 1 Final: 12-4
Hey Football Fiends-
Here are my picks for NFL Week 2. With McNabb and Urlacher and Polamalu out, to name a few–picking was tricky. Especially in the NO-Philly game. And as much as it pains me to pick against my Bears – there is no way Cutler & company can keep up with even a Polamalu-less Steelers D.
Oakland over KC
Tennessee over Houston
New England over Jets
Green Bay over Cincinnati
Minnesota over Detroit
New Orleans over Philly
Atlanta over Carolina
Redskins over Rams
Jax over Arizona
Seattle over SF
Buffalo over Tampa Bay
Denver over Cleveland
San Diego over Baltimore
Pittsburgh over Chicago
Giants over Dallas
Colts over Miami
-Your Gridiron Goddess
