Artist Unknown: September 2008

30 September 2008

Who's to Blame...THANK YOU "LAW AND ORDER"

Tonight: Angela Johnson @ The Showroom from 7:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

Contact alix@hub-bub.com for more details…

Now this Explains why we Over Eat…..

Eat Too Much? Blame 'Law and Order'

If you're eating way too much food, you might just be able to blame it on "Law and Order. "Or "CSI" Or "Cold Case." Television shows that focus on crime appear to make viewers eat and shop more, according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University.

It's all about death, blood and gore. When viewers are reminded about their own impending mortality, they not only spend more on groceries, but also eat more of those groceries. "We found that when people think about the fact that they're going to die someday--not now, but someday--they want to consume more of everything," Naomi Mandel, co-author of the study and an associate professor of marketing at Arizona State University, told MSNBC contributor Diane Mapes. "We find this with snacks and drinks but also all kinds of different foods: frozen foods, meats, vegetables, everything."

Mandel first noticed the trend after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and so created experiments to measure consumers' response to "mortality salience," academic-speak for an awareness they will die. One group wrote about their impending deaths, while a control group wrote about going to the dentist.

Afterward, each group was given a list of groceries for a hypothetical party and they were asked to check off items they would purchase. Those who wrote about death selected significantly more items than those who wrote about the dentist. In a second experiment, two groups were asked to write about either their own deaths or a painful medical procedure. When they were finished writing, they were asked to taste-test cookies. The group that wrote about death ate 25 percent more cookies that the control group.

What does this have to do with crime TV? "Consumers, especially those with a lower self-esteem, may be more susceptible to over consumption when confronted with images of death during the news or their favorite crime scene investigation shows," Mandel concludes in her study. "If people are watching and thinking something like this could happen to them, it's likely to cause them to over-consume." The study findings were published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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29 September 2008

Tomorrow A Reading at the Showroom

Reading: Angela Johnson - 9/30/08 - Tuesday

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ The Showroom

contact alix@hub-bub.com for more info...

Also Found this Interesting...

The class of 2012 has grown up in an era when computers and rapid communication are the norm, and colleges no longer trumpet the fact that residence halls are "wired" and equipped with the latest hardware. These students will hardly recognize the availability of telephones in their rooms since they have seldom utilized landlines during their adolescence. They will continue to live on their cell phones and communicate via texting. Roommates, few of whom have ever shared a bedroom, have already checked out each other on Facebook where they have shared their most personal thoughts with the whole world. It is a multicultural, politically correct and "green" generation that has hardly noticed the threats to their privacy and has never feared the Russians and the Warsaw Pact. For these students, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.

Beloit College's Mindset List for the Class of 2012:

1. Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team.

2. Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines have been annoying people at parties.

3. They have always been looking for Carmen Sandiego.

4. GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.

5. Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled plastic bottles.

6. Shampoo and conditioner have always been available in the same bottle.

7. Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino.

8. Their parents may have dropped them in shock when they heard George Bush announce "tax revenue increases."

9. Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option.

10. Girls in head scarves have always been part of the school fashion scene.

11. All have had a relative--or known about a friend's relative--who died comfortably at home with Hospice.

12. As a precursor to "whatever," they have recognized that some people "just don't get it."

13. Universal Studios has always offered an alternative to Mickey in Orlando.

14. Grandma has always had wheels on her walker.

15. "Martha Stewart Living" has always been setting the style.

16. Haagen-Dazs ice cream has always come in quarts.

17. Club Med resorts have always been places to take the whole family.

18. WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling.

19. Films have never been X rated, only NC-17.

20. The Warsaw Pact is as hazy for them as the League of Nations was for their parents.

Permalinks:

www.hub-bub.com

www.dundermifflininfinity.com

www.theribbit.com

www.tomcrabtreelive.com

www.rockandrollreunion.ning.com

www.carolinagalleryart.com

www.kgmcabee.net

www.rachelhwhiteart.com

www.myspace.com/mylittlebirdsandmonsters

www.rosecottagegardens.com

www.mellowmushroom.com

www.shanemartinforsenate.com

www.hannahshopeministries.org

www.carolinapregnancy.org

www.bobandsheri.com

www.candyandpotter.com

www.mattandramona.com

www.cooperlawrenceshow.com

www.pamstoneshow.com

www.wompuswoods.com

www.hauntedsc.com

www.spartanburgcreativeenergy.com

www.bullhawgsbbq.com

www.matthewsmith.us

www.autismspeaks.org

www.tolerance.org

www.twebcomics.com

www.faithhomegwd.net

www.wildwincafe.com

www.wofford.edu

www.furman.edu

www.clemson.edu

www.upward.org * SIGN UP NOW..Evaluations are on OCT 11th

www.yourcarolina.tv

www.carolinascw.com

www.virtualnes.com

www.sharpie.com

26 September 2008

Another busy Weekend in the Hub City...

Geoff Achison & the Souldiggers

9 P.m -12 aM @ THE SHOWROOM

Tickets : $10

Having taught himself to play in the isolation of rural Australia, he has developed a blues/funk style all his own that can be delicate one moment and explosive the next. Unaware of how the sounds he was hearing on his limited record collection were produced, he invented some of his own techniques - without the aid of pedals or gadgets. As a result, watching this guy wrench sounds from his simple set-up can be something of a spectacle.

Geoff also possesses a soulful voice that has evoked favorable comparisons to Joe Cocker or Warren Haynes. An award winning songwriter to boot, Geoff’s live set features an infectious mix of catchy original tunes, improvised jamming and inspired versions of blues & soul classics. He has toured regularly around the globe and won honours on 3 continents. Years of touring, recording and performing has seen him share stages and open shows with such high calibre artists as Jorma Kaukonen & Hot Tuna, John Mayall, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Hubert Sumlin, Levon Helm and John Mayer as well as top Aussies 'Dutch' Tilders, Phil Manning, Jeff Lang and Tommy Emmanuel.

Growing up in the small town of Malmsbury, Geoff somehow developed a passion for American blues music and taught himself to play on a beat up instrument he discovered 'under the stairs' of the family home. In his early 20's he found employment as lead guitarist with Melbourne's top blues band 'Dutch Tilders & The Blues Club'. After 5 years relentless touring around Australia Geoff departed to pursue his own musical ideas and formed the first incarnation of his own band 'The Souldiggers'.“The idea was to have a name that described the music and I greatly admired the blues philosophy - tapping into one’s soul for honesty and truth. That’s what ‘Souldiggers’ is meant to convey.”Unimpressed with local recording lables, he formed his own Jupiter 2 Records with fellow music enthusiast Nic Quittner and released the first of many recordings of his original blues/funk/soul flavoured materiel in 1994.

Geoff started his worldwide explorations in 1995 with his first trip to the USA.He represented the Melbourne Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis and won the coveted Albert King Award for his guitar skills. He went on to accept an endorsement deal with the Gibson guitar company's acoustic division. He formed a US based Souldiggers group in 1998 and recorded his 3rd album 'Gettin' Evil' in Portland, Oregon. He returns regularly to America playing a vvariety of clubs and music festivals. Jorma Kaukonen (of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna fame) has invited Geoff each year since '98 as a guest instructor at his Fur Peace Ranch guitar camp in Ohio.Moving to London in 1997 Geoff established a UK following and recorded a live album with a British version of The Souldiggers.

Whilst working the US and Australian circuits Geoff also kept up a presence in England and formed yet another competent group of musicians. His popularity amongst fans in the know has grown with each visit and Geoff has garnered something of a cult following in each of these regions. His list of awards is formidable. Most recently he was honoured as an official patron of the Frankston International Guitar Festival (hosted in his new home town) and also won the Melbourne Blues Society's awards for 'Best Blues Band' and 'Best Male Performer'.Geoff is actively touring and producing new music.With a seemingly never ending schedule of gigs and tours Geoff has managed to find time to release the live Souldiggin' DVD featuring the Aussie Souldiggers in an energetic performance at one of their regular venues. A new batch of original songs Little Big Men hit the shelves in 2006 and Geoff's 10th album Acho Solo , a collection of solo acoustic songs was released in February 2007.

In October of 2007 Jupiter 2 Records released a CD version of the 'Live' DVD session simply titled Souldiggin' CD.Geoff has now relocated to the USA.In an exciting career move he has brought his family to Atlanta, Georgia where he is currently working with management/booking agency Brilliant Productions.
Geoff Achison's site and myspace

More Info contact alix@hub-bub.com or stephen@hub-bub.com

Saturday...

23rd Annual International Festival

September 27, 2008 - Barnet Park, Spartanburg, SC

11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

People from more than 60 countries reside in Spartanburg, South Carolina and more than 100 international businesses make Spartanburg their home. In 1985 the City of Spartanburg hosted its first International Festival to celebrate Spartanburg's diverse community, today the International Festival has expanded its International connection to reach a more global audience attendance.

A List of Areas:

· Folk Art Market ( Barnet Park )
· Boulevard of Food ( St. John Street Area )
· Avenue of Nations ( Barnet Park )
· International Trade Zone ( Barnet Park )
· Festival Stages ( Zimmerli Amphitheater & St. John Street )
· Kid’s Zone ( Barnet Park )

For more Info: www.spartanburginternationalfestival.com

Also, Don't Forget...

Cross Flags Corvette Club

Big Daddy’s Drive-In
Cruise-In

1100 Asheville Hwy. Spartanburg, SC

All Cars Welcome!

6pm-'til9pm-PLUS!!!

All proceeds go to the Family of Cole Quinn & Josh Allen, two Landrum High students that were involved in a wreck on Sept. 17th that took Cole’s life and put Josh in ICU with very serious injuries.

6pm ‘til 9pm-PLUS!

Info can be found at www.crossflagscorvetteclub.com

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PEACE and LOVE , Until next week....

25 September 2008

Lots of things to do Tonight...If you're not home watching Greys Anatomy ( shudders )

Tonight

Spartanburg County Downtown Branch presents " Socrates Cafe " every 4th Thursday Night in the Lower Level of the Library. from 6:30 P.m - 8:30 P.m ( or until we get done discussing the topic ) Come One Come All , and the Event is FREE.

Also....

HUB-BUB presents the "From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., starting August 7 and ending October 2.

Each week another short and feature length film will be screened and the public is invited to attend these FREE showings. Independent films competed to be one of the select films shown at theaters and other venues like The Showroom worldwide. For updates and more insight check out this blog. "From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008. *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE~Damage Done: When Elliot comes to the aid of a beautiful hitchhiker named Andrea while traveling on the open road, he is drawn into a world of drugs and deceit his quiet Middle American background never prepared him for. As a relationship develops between the two loners, Elliot becomes convinced that he can give Andrea a good life that will lift her up from the throes of heroin abuse and criminal activity. Ultimately, it is the deep wounds of his own past that prove to be the greatest obstacle in his quest to save his damaged love.

SHORT~Fragments: A man begins to recall a repressed memory from his past, but in a fractured and nonsensical form. This film explores the unsettling images that come to him as he discovers what in his past was so terrible that he initially drove it from his mind.

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24 September 2008

Tonight..and Tomorrow

SOAPBOX Sessions at the Nu Way - 9/24/08 - TONITE

9:00 pm - 12:00 am

The SOAPBOX returns. The Soapbox Sessions was the original creative event for HUB-BUB. We return to the patio at The Nu Way for this one of a kind, no-holds-barred open mic night. Spoken word, music, comedy, rants and improv are all open game when you step up on the Soapbox. Open to everyone and free to participate and attend

Free Film Thursday at the Showroom

HUB-BUB presents the "From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., starting August 7 and ending October 2. Each week another short and feature length film will be screened and the public is invited to attend these FREE showings. Independent films competed to be one of the select films shown at theaters and other venues like The Showroom worldwide. For updates and more insight check out this blog. "From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008. *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE:Damage Done: When Elliot comes to the aid of a beautiful hitchhiker named Andrea while traveling on the open road, he is drawn into a world of drugs and deceit his quiet Middle American background never prepared him for. As a relationship develops between the two loners, Elliot becomes convinced that he can give Andrea a good life that will lift her up from the throes of heroin abuse and criminal activity. Ultimately, it is the deep wounds of his own past that prove to be the greatest obstacle in his quest to save his damaged love.

SHORT:Fragments: A man begins to recall a repressed memory from his past, but in a fractured and nonsensical form. This film explores the unsettling images that come to him as he discovers what in his past was so terrible that he initially drove it from his mind.

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23 September 2008

See Ya At The Pole....Tomorrow ( Not Today! )

While the prophet Samuel was young, he lived in the Temple under the spiritual guidance of Eli. One night God called Samuel’s name, but he thought it was Eli. After this happened several times, Eli realized the truth and told Samuel to go back to bed and if he heard the voice again to respond by saying . . .

“Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening!” 1 Samuel 3:9b

God did call and Samuel listened. This began a relationship with God that went on throughout Samuel’s life. In fact, in verse 19, it says, “The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his [God’s] words fall to the ground.”

At another point as Samuel was an old man, he addressed Israel: “I have been your leader from my youth until this day. Here I stand.” The people agreed that Samuel had led them with integrity and honor all his years, but it began when he was young.

It all started for Samuel when he made a connection with God at an early age. And he chose to continue to connect with Him daily throughout his life.

It’s tough being a Christian student today, isn’t it? You have to make a lot of choices about who you are—and who you’re not. You have to try and follow God in a world that misunderstands Christianity and tolerates its principles less and less all the time.

What if, like Samuel you:

—made a connection with God as a young person?

—declared, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening”?

—never let any of God’s words “fall to the ground” in your own life?

See You at the Pole™ is a great place to connect with God, connect with other believers, and connect with your campus in the name of Christ.

SYATP connects believers together at the beginning of the school year, so you can stand strong together throughout the year.

See You at the Pole™ is all about prayer. It's about you coming together and laying aside all the labels and groups for one day, to simply connect with God in prayer and connect with fellow Christians in unity around the flag pole—whether jocks, preps, geeks, Methodists, Baptists, Catholics, sophomores, or seniors.

So are you ready to connect? Are you ready to say, Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening?

Join your generation Wednesday, September 24, at 7 a.m., GATHER at your school flagpole. PRAY for your school, friends, families, and world. CONNECT. Listen as He speaks to you.

This Weekend

Just Found out about this Last Night....

Cross Flags Corvette Club

Big Daddy’s Drive-In

Cruise-In
1100 Asheville Hwy.
Spartanburg, SC

All Cars Welcome!

September 27

All proceeds go to the Family of Cole Quinn and Josh Allen,two Landrum High students that were involved in a wreck on Sept. 17th that took Cole’s life and put Josh in ICU with very serious injuries.

6pm ‘til 9pm-PLUS!

www.crossflagscorvetteclub.com

crossflagscorvette@charter.net

864-680-0199 for more Information

Also, This Wednesday at Nu WAY lounge in Spartanburg

The SOAPBOX returns. The Soapbox Sessions was the original creative event for HUB-BUB. We return to the patio at The Nu Way for this one of a kind, no-holds-barred open mic night. Spoken word, music, comedy, rants and improv are all open game when you step up on the Soapbox. Open to everyone and free to participate and attend.

9P.m. - 12 A.m.

contact Alix@hub-bub.com for More Info...

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21 September 2008

I know it's short notice...Buuuuut......

Reading & Music: Thomas Rain Crowe - 9/22/08 - Monday

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm at The Showroom, Downtown Spartanburg

149 S. Dainel Morgan Ave, Suite 2
Spartanburg , SC 29306
(864)582-0056

"Baby Beat" Poet Thomas Rain Crowe and his spoken-word accompaniest band, the Boatrockers, perform.

More Info , e mail Alix at alix@hub-bub.com or call the Number Listed Above...

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19 September 2008

Busy Weekend Ahead in The Hub City

FRIDAY

Jazz on the Square
6 - 8 p.m
Morgan Square, Downtown Spartanburg
FREE

Lost In The Trees

9pm Tickets advance/door $8

After fronting The b-sides and The Never for years, Ari Picker is finally ready to reveal his solo work to the masses, under the moniker Lost in the Trees. A compilation of songs written over the last 7 years, the Lost in the Trees repertoire represents some of Picker’s most haunting and personal songwriting to date, coupled with his most elaborate and engaging orchestral arrangements. Picker’s time at Berklee College of Music in Boston has allowed his flair for classical music to flourish into an integrated aspect of his songwriting. The network of enthusiastic musicians at Berklee also allowed Picker to form a 9-piece backing orchestra for his compositions, evolving Lost in the Trees from a solo project to a fully active mini-orchestra including violins, viola, cello, upright bass, trombone, melodica and banjo. Picker’s love of cinematic scores is apparent on Time Taunts Me, but many of the songs are still based in good old fashioned songwriting. The synthesis of movie music and guitar-based folk songs creates an atmosphere in which Picker can be dramatic but not histrionic and straightforward but not boring.

Just listen and you’ll see.Lost in the Trees myspace and site "a sublime blending of Tchaikovsky's ''Peter and the Wolf'' with a dash of Vivaldi and the vocal stylings of a suaver Ben Gibbard from Death Cab" ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY"sounds a lot like the soundtrack to your favourite indie film"POP MATTERS

SATURDAY

AIRs at The Seay House11am - 5pm

Come on out to the Seay House this Saturday! Our AIRs have spent time at Spartanburg's oldest home this week working on installations that will be on display Saturday from 11-5pm. The Historical Association opens this historic home to the public one Saturday a month so this is your chance to check it out! Bring a dish for a potluck lunch that will last from 12-2pm. Should be rockin'!! The Seay House is located at107 Darby Road…right on Crescent from Irwin, past Dee Trax, up the hill and on the right across from Crescent Hills Apartments. Click here to map.

Sunday

Life In the City Conference
Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
Sunday, Sept 21st 2008 ,6 P.M.
Free for Jr. & Sr. High Students

Speaker: Chette Williams
Chaplain, Auburn University Football Team

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Everyone Have A GRRRREAT WEEKEND, SEE YA ON MONDAY!!!

18 September 2008

Don't Forget......

An opening reception will be held for an exhibit of new work by Ms. Alix Refshauge at Carolina Gallery from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Also Artist Nikki Caulk will have an opening reception for her exhibit in the Martha Chapman Gallery at Wofford College from 6:30 to 9 p.m. During the Art Walk now Held every 3rd Thurdsay Downtown Spartanburg All Events are FREE and Open to the Public....

"From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival
FREE FILM 7:30pm

"From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008. *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE Meditate and Destroy : A feature documentary about punk rock, spirituality, and inner rebellion. This powerful documentary shows how author Noah Levine (Dharma Punx, Against the Stream) uses his personal experience and punk-rock sensibilities to connect with young people within juvenile halls and urban centers around the country. Tattoos, motorcycles, and an engaging punk rock soundtrack are featured in this hardhitting look at how Buddhism has a place in the world of punks.

SHORT Soledad Is Gone Forever : Part of the Cannes Film Market- Short Film Corner in 2007, this is a spellbinding, visually stunning, psychological drama that explores the chilling consequences of political persecution through the eyes of Soledad Gonzalez, a young Chilean photographer living in San Francisco.

Permalinks:

www.carolinagalleryart.com
www.hub-bub.com
www.aikenbookfestival.org
www.kgmcabee.net
www.melissaearley.com
www.ashleyholt.com
www.littlebittydesigns.com
www.rachelhwhiteart.com
www.myspace.com/mylittlebirdsandmonsters
www.spartanburgcreativeenergy.com
www.theribbit.com * Amy Woods New Site....
www.tomcrabtreelive.com
www.rockandrollreunion.ning.com * Toms Band Site
www.myspace.com/ghosthuntersspartanburg
www.hauntedsc.com
www.hannahshopeministries.org
www.bullhawgsbbq.com
www.wompuswoods.com * Local Haunted Trail " What is the Wompus? "
www.syatp.org * 9-24-08
www.mellowmushroom.com
www.twebcomics.com
www.rosecottagegardens.com * New Site
www.autismspeaks.org
www.virtualnes.com
www.yourcarolina.tv
www.carolinascw.com
www.bobandsheri.com
www.candyandpotter.com
www.mattandramona.com
www.cooperlawrenceshow.com
www.bobshouseofmeat.com
www.pamstoneshow.com
www.faithhomegwd.net
www.wildwingcafe.com * New Site
www.wofford.edu * Wofford College
www.furman.edu * Furman University
www.clemson.edu * GO TIGERS

Hopefully Soon I will have a site listing for Ms. Alix Refshauge and Nikki Caulk Soon....

16 September 2008

This Thursday......

THURSDAY

Art Walk

HUB-BUB will be participating in a new downtown art event with the Showroom open from 5-7pm and a presence on Morgan Square.Make plans to attend the first Art Walk Spartanburg from 5 to 9 pm. In addition to The Showroom (from 5-7pm), Spartanburg Art Museum and Carolina Gallery on Morgan Square, visitors will discover three new galleries on Main Street.

Myst Gallery at 154 West Main St.,

Artery is opening at 172 E. Main St. and next door to Artery will be Crescent Gallery.

An opening reception will be held for an exhibit of new work by our own Alix Refshauge at Carolina Gallery from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Art Walk Spartanburg will return every third Thursday of the month with all events being free and open to the public.

"From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival.

FREE FILM 7:30pm

"From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008. *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE Meditate and Destroy: A feature documentary about punk rock, spirituality, and inner rebellion. This powerful documentary shows how author Noah Levine (Dharma Punx, Against the Stream) uses his personal experience and punk-rock sensibilities to connect with young people within juvenile halls and urban centers around the country. Tattoos, motorcycles, and an engaging punk rock soundtrack are featured in this hardhitting look at how Buddhism has a place in the world of punks.

SHORT Soledad Is Gone Forever: Part of the Cannes Film Market- Short Film Corner in 2007, this is a spellbinding, visually stunning, psychological drama that explores the chilling consequences of political persecution through the eyes of Soledad Gonzalez, a young Chilean photographer living in San Francisco.

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ITS RAINING......FINALLY

It's Raining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( Yes , You have just read the shortest blog I have ever done....)

Permalinks:

www.aikenbookfestival.org
www.kgmcabee.net
www.tomcrabtreelive.com
www.carolinascw.com
www.yourcarolina.tv
www.amytv.blogspot.com
www.rachelhwhiteart.com
www.melissaearley.com
www.rockandrollreunion.ning.com * Tom Crabtrees Band Site
www.ashleyholt.com
www.littlebittydesigns.com
www.hub-bub.com
www.myspace.com/mylittlebirdsandmonsters
www.mellowmushroom.com
www.myspace.com/ghosthuntersspartanburg
www.hauntedsc.com
www.carolinagalleryart.com
www.spartanburgcreativeenergy.com
www.bullhawgsbbq.com
www.faithhomegwd.net
www.autismspeaks.org
www.hannahshopeministries.org
www.syatp.org
www.twebcomics.com
www.bobandsheri.com
www.candyandpotter.com
www.mattandramona.com
www.bobshouseofmeat.com
www.cooperlawrenceshow.com
www.pamstoneshow.com

15 September 2008

What does the National Hockey League Have to do with this??

Scary Warning About Hair Dye and Cancer

"Coloring your hair may make you look younger and prettier, but a new study from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, may give you pause, especially if you use dark-colored hair dyes. The researchers conclude that using hair dye may increase the risk of certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a blood cancer involving the lymph nodes, confirming the findings of previous studies."

"The study: In fact, it was those previous study findings that inspired Yale researcher Dr. Yawei Zha to explore the association between hair dye and cancer, since many of those studies have had inconsistent results. Reuters reports that the Yale team pooled data from four published "case-control" studies covering 4,461 case patients who had non-Hodgkin lymphoma and 5,799 control subjects who did not. Among all the women in the study--both those with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and those without--75 percent had used hair dye at some time in their life. Among the men, 10 percent had done so. "

"The results: Among women, but not men, who started using hair dye prior to 1980, there was a 30 percent increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, compared with those who had never used hair dye. In this group, the risk was increased for non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) and follicular lymphoma, but not other subtypes of the disease. Among women who began using hair dye in 1980 or later, the increased risk was limited to those using dark colors of dye."

"Writing in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the investigators caution that "personal use of hair dye may play a role in the risk of NHL, particularly for follicular lymphoma and CLL/SLL. Our study also indicates that although the risk associated with personal hair-dye use was observed mainly among women who started using hair dyes before 1980, the risk was not limited to those women." Future studies, they note, "are needed to examine the risk of NHL by time period of hair-dye use and by genetic susceptibility."

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12 September 2008

Tonight & Tomorrow Night at The Showroom...

Back To Business.....

Friday 8:30 An Evening with The Belleville Outfit SOLD OUT(seated show)
Tickets : $15 advance/$18 door

Saturday 8:30 House Party with The Belleville Outfit Christabel and The Jons open TICKETS AVAILABLE(no chairs)

Tickets : $12 advance/$15 door

Spartanburg's favorite band returns!

With a tight, seamless, and an acoustic sound that's uniquely their's — a mix of gypsy swing, big band jazz and cross-genre Americana music, original songs and some clever covers — the startling six-piece Belleville Outfit of Austin belies the tender age of its members and its vast experience garnered swiftly after its union around Merlefest 2007 in Wilkesboro, N.C.

In fact, in just twelve months, the band has played for more than 25,000 people, ridden in a van-with-trailer to shows all the way from Texas to Tennessee, from Colorado to New York, and sold out shows up and down the East Coast and through Texas. Along the way, they've played the Strawberry Festival, the Kerrville Folk Festival, South by Southwest, the Four Corners Festival, Old Settlers Festival, and more. They've shared stages with the likes of Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Del McCoury Band, The Waybacks, and The Duhks, and recorded a full-length album with producers John Rees and Bil Vorndick. When the band is home, members soak up other acts’ music, absorbing how music transmits energy from musician to listener, healing both — always learning, learning from the past but breathing their own interpretations into what they hear.

The Belleville Outfit came together when The DesChamps Band of Spartanburg, was offered a slot at Merlefest 2007. The former band of singer-songwriter-guitarist Rob Teter was no more, so he got former band-mate, singer-guitarist Marshall Hood, and vocalist-violinist Phoebe Hunt (who’s won Daniel Pearl Foundation honors) to New Orleans to meet drummer Jonathan Konya, pianist Connor Forsyth and upright bass player Jeff Brown. After two days of marathon rehearsals, the band was ready for its first shows together — complete with a sound that mixes members’ Appalachian roots and the traditional jazz of New Orleans, American swing, blues, country, soul and gypsy music.

Teter, Forsyth and Konya had been studying music at Loyola New Orleans for two years, and Hunt had earned a degree in history at the University of Texas at Austin while playing in a local folk trio, The Hudsons and learning to play the fiddle. Brown, a member of The DesChamps Band, had joined the military. Hood was playing gigs for Austin’s Toni Price and Warren Hood and the Hoodlums. But after Merlefest, they each decided to give the band their all. Its name (“belle ville” means beautiful town in French) honors New Orleans and the dramatic influence Hurricane Katrina had on the city and the Loyola trio. And “Belleville” is also Django Reinhardt song, which exemplifies a great portion of its sound.

The band’s debut independent album, WANDERIN’, was released on Feb. 5, 2008, and spent sixteen weeks in the Top 20 on the Americana Music Charts, rising as high as #10. In April 2008 it was the fourth-most heavily-played album on XM Radio's X-Country station. Upcoming festival performances include the Austin City Limits Festival in September and the Joshua Tree Roots & Music Festival in California in October. Austin Chronicle music critic Jim Caligiuri named the Belleville Outfit the "best new local band" in Austin in 2008.
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10 September 2008

7 years ago - Sept 11 2001

* Pause for a Moment of Silence before Reading this

* Note: Today will not be my usual Blog I will also not be posting sites at the end of today....that will happen tomorrow , Didn't know what to do..so Here is the Transcript of Pres. Bush's Speech on Sept 20, 2001, Remember, the Americans who died that day DID NOT DIE IN VAIN , and as the title reads below... )

'Justice Will Be Done'

Transcript of President Bush's Speech To Joint Congress

After the World Trade Center and Pentagon Bombings

Sept. 20, 2001

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President Pro Tempore, members of Congress, and fellow Americans: In the normal course of events, presidents come to this chamber to report on the state of the Union. Tonight, no such report is needed. It has already been delivered by the American people.

We have seen it in the courage of passengers who rushed terrorists to save others on the ground. Passengers like an exceptional man named Todd Beamer. And would you please help me welcome his wife Lisa Beamer here tonight?

We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers working past exhaustion.

We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers in English, Hebrew and Arabic.

We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of strangers their own.
My fellow citizens, for the last nine days, the entire world has seen for itself the state of union, and it is strong.

(APPLAUSE)

Tonight, we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has turned to anger and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.

(APPLAUSE)

I thank the Congress for its leadership at such an important time.

All of America was touched on the evening of the tragedy to see Republicans and Democrats joined together on the steps of this Capitol singing "God Bless America."

And you did more than sing. You acted, by delivering $40 billion to rebuild our communities and meet the needs of our military. Speaker Hastert, Minority Leader Gephardt, Majority Leader Daschle and Senator Lott, I thank you for your friendship, for your leadership and for your service to our country.

(APPLAUSE)

And on behalf of the American people, I thank the world for its outpouring of support.

America will never forget the sounds of our national anthem playing at Buckingham Palace, on the streets of Paris and at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.

We will not forget South Korean children gathering to pray outside our embassy in Seoul, or the prayers of sympathy offered at a mosque in Cairo.

We will not forget moments of silence and days of mourning in Australia and Africa and Latin America.

Nor will we forget the citizens of 80 other nations who died with our own. Dozens of Pakistanis, more than 130 Israelis, more than 250 citizens of India, men and women from El Salvador, Iran, Mexico and Japan, and hundreds of British citizens.

America has no truer friend than Great Britain.

(APPLAUSE)

Once again, we are joined together in a great cause.

I'm so honored the British prime minister had crossed an ocean to show his unity with America.
Thank you for coming, friend.

(APPLAUSE)
On September the 11th, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country. Americans have known wars, but for the past 136 years they have been wars on foreign soil, except for one Sunday in 1941.

Americans have known the casualties of war, but not at the center of a great city on a peaceful morning.

Americans have known surprise attacks, but never before on thousands of civilians.

All of this was brought upon us in a single day, and night fell on a different world, a world where freedom itself is under attack.

Americans have many questions tonight. Americans are asking, "Who attacked our country?"

The evidence we have gathered all points to a collection of loosely affiliated terrorist organizations known as al Qaeda. They are some of the murderers indicted for bombing American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and responsible for bombing the USS Cole.

Al Qaeda is to terror what the Mafia is to crime. But its goal is not making money, its goal is remaking the world and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere.

The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics; a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam.

The terrorists' directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews, to kill all Americans and make no distinctions among military and civilians, including women and children.

This group and its leader, a person named Osama bin Laden, are linked to many other organizations in different countries, including the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

There are thousands of these terrorists in more than 60 countries.

They are recruited from their own nations and neighborhoods and brought to camps in places like Afghanistan where they are trained in the tactics of terror. They are sent back to their homes or sent to hide in countries around the world to plot evil and destruction.

The leadership of Al Qaeda has great influence in Afghanistan and supports the Taliban regime in controlling most of that country. In Afghanistan we see Al Qaeda's vision for the world. Afghanistan's people have been brutalized, many are starving and many have fled.

Women are not allowed to attend school. You can be jailed for owning a television. Religion can be practiced only as their leaders dictate. A man can be jailed in Afghanistan if his beard is not long enough.

The United States respects the people of Afghanistan — after all, we are currently its largest source of humanitarian aid — but we condemn the Taliban regime.

(APPLAUSE)

It is not only repressing its own people, it is threatening people everywhere by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists.

By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime is committing murder. And tonight the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban.

Deliver to United States authorities all of the leaders of Al Quaeda who hide in your land.

(APPLAUSE)

Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens you have unjustly imprisoned. Protect foreign journalists, diplomats and aid workers in your country. Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. And hand over every terrorist and every person and their support structure to appropriate authorities.

Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps, so we can make sure they are no longer operating.

These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.

(APPLAUSE)

The Taliban must act and act immediately.

They will hand over the terrorists or they will share in their fate.

I also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world. We respect your faith. It's practiced freely by many millions of Americans and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends. Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah.
(APPLAUSE)

The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself.

The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends. It is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them.

(APPLAUSE)

Our war on terror begins with Al Qaeda, but it does not end there.

It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.

(APPLAUSE)

Americans are asking "Why do they hate us?"

They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.

They want to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. They want to drive Israel out of the Middle East. They want to drive Christians and Jews out of vast regions of Asia and Africa.

These terrorists kill not merely to end lives, but to disrupt and end a way of life. With every atrocity, they hope that America grows fearful, retreating from the world and forsaking our friends. They stand against us because we stand in their way.

We're not deceived by their pretenses to piety.

We have seen their kind before. They're the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions, by abandoning every value except the will to power, they follow in the path of fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism. And they will follow that path all the way to where it ends in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies.

(APPLAUSE)

Americans are asking, "How will we fight and win this war?"

We will direct every resource at our command — every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war — to the destruction and to the defeat of the global terror network.

Now, this war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion. It will not look like the air war above Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a single American was lost in combat.

Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes visible on TV and covert operations secret even in success.

We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place until there is no refuge or no rest.

And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.

(APPLAUSE)

From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime. Our nation has been put on notice, we're not immune from attack. We will take defensive measures against terrorism to protect Americans.

Today, dozens of federal departments and agencies, as well as state and local governments, have responsibilities affecting homeland security.

These efforts must be coordinated at the highest level. So tonight, I announce the creation of a Cabinet-level position reporting directly to me, the Office of Homeland Security.

And tonight, I also announce a distinguished American to lead this effort, to strengthen American security: a military veteran, an effective governor, a true patriot, a trusted friend, Pennsylvania's Tom Ridge.

(APPLAUSE)

He will lead, oversee and coordinate a comprehensive national strategy to safeguard our country against terrorism and respond to any attacks that may come.

These measures are essential. The only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it and destroy it where it grows.

(APPLAUSE)

Many will be involved in this effort, from FBI agents, to intelligence operatives, to the reservists we have called to active duty.

All deserve our thanks, and all have our prayers.

And tonight a few miles from the damaged Pentagon, I have a message for our military: Be ready. I have called the armed forces to alert, and there is a reason.

The hour is coming when America will act, and you will make us proud.

(APPLAUSE)

This is not, however, just America's fight. And what is at stake is not just America's freedom.

This is the world's fight. This is civilization's fight. This is the fight of all who believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance and freedom.

We ask every nation to join us.

(APPLAUSE)

We will ask and we will need the help of police forces, intelligence service and banking systems around the world. The United States is grateful that many nations and many international organizations have already responded with sympathy and with support — nations from Latin America to Asia to Africa to Europe to the Islamic world.

Perhaps the NATO charter reflects best the attitude of the world: An attack on one is an attack on all. The civilized world is rallying to America's side.

They understand that if this terror goes unpunished, their own cities, their own citizens may be next. Terror unanswered can not only bring down buildings, it can threaten the stability of legitimate governments.

And you know what? We're not going to allow it.

(APPLAUSE)

Americans are asking, "What is expected of us?"

I ask you to live your lives and hug your children.

I know many citizens have fears tonight, and I ask you to be calm and resolute, even in the face of a continuing threat.

I ask you to uphold the values of America and remember why so many have come here.

We're in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them. No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.

(APPLAUSE)

I ask you to continue to support the victims of this tragedy with your contributions. Those who want to give can go to a central source of information, Libertyunites.org, to find the names of groups providing direct help in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

The thousands of FBI agents who are now at work in this investigation may need your cooperation, and I ask you to give it. I ask for your patience with the delays and inconveniences that may accompany tighter security and for your patience in what will be a long struggle.

I ask your continued participation and confidence in the American economy. Terrorists attacked a symbol of American prosperity; they did not touch its source.

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people. These were the true strengths of our economy before September 11, and they are our strengths today.

(APPLAUSE)

And finally, please continue praying for the victims of terror and their families, for those in uniform and for our great country. Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.
Tonight I thank my fellow Americans for what you have already done and for what you will do.
And ladies and gentlemen of the Congress, I thank you, their representatives, for what you have already done and for what we will do together.

Tonight we face new and sudden national challenges.

We will come together to improve air safety, to dramatically expand the number of air marshals on domestic flights and take new measures to prevent hijacking.

We will come together to promote stability and keep our airlines flying with direct assistance during this emergency.

(APPLAUSE)

We will come together to give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down terror here at home.
(APPLAUSE)

We will come together to strengthen our intelligence capabilities to know the plans of terrorists before they act and to find them before they strike.

(APPLAUSE)

We will come together to take active steps that strengthen America's economy and put our people back to work.

Tonight, we welcome two leaders who embody the extraordinary spirit of all New Yorkers, Governor George Pataki and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

(APPLAUSE)

As a symbol of America's resolve, my administration will work with Congress and these two leaders to show the world that we will rebuild New York City.

(APPLAUSE)

After all that has just passed, all the lives taken and all the possibilities and hopes that died with them, it is natural to wonder if America's future is one of fear.

Some speak of an age of terror. I know there are struggles ahead and dangers to face. But this country will define our times, not be defined by them.

As long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will not be an age of terror. This will be an age of liberty here and across the world.

(APPLAUSE)

Great harm has been done to us. We have suffered great loss. And in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment.

Freedom and fear are at war. The advance of human freedom, the great achievement of our time and the great hope of every time, now depends on us.

Our nation, this generation, will lift the dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail.

(APPLAUSE)

It is my hope that in the months and years ahead life will return almost to normal. We'll go back to our lives and routines and that is good.

Even grief recedes with time and grace.

But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remember what happened that day and to whom it happened. We will remember the moment the news came, where we were and what we were doing.

Some will remember an image of a fire or story or rescue. Some will carry memories of a face and a voice gone forever.

And I will carry this. It is the police shield of a man named George Howard who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others.

It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. It is my reminder of lives that ended and a task that does not end.

(APPLAUSE)

I will not forget the wound to our country and those who inflicted it. I will not yield, I will not rest, I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

(APPLAUSE)

Fellow citizens, we'll meet violence with patient justice, assured of the rightness of our cause and confident of the victories to come.

In all that lies before us, may God grant us wisdom and may he watch over the United States of America.

Thank you.

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