Well hi!I'm from Australia and am heading to Tokyo for the Radiohead Oct show.Website states that tickets go on sale on Apr 27 - which has already passed!Does anyone know anything about this show and when tickets will go on sale?Please let me know if you do, I've planned my whole Europe trip around the show!Thanks!
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So anyone who knows me knows that I am basically Atheist, but unlike many christians i've met seem to believe, that doesn't mean that I have no beliefs. I have a personal philosophy; it is a working process that evolves from day to day, but generally I know what I believe. I continue to study other belief systems however in an attempt to a) give a more strict definition to my beliefs, and b) if I find a system that seems compatible, use to help guide my own philosophical/spiritual development. Spirituality is not necissarily theistic - I believe it can exist without a great supreme being lording over us with a host of angels however.Anyways, for a while actually I've looked into buddism, and lately I've become very strongly interested in it. It has also led to me explore similar religions. I recently started looking at the more panthestic/monistic form of the wiccan religions (so no, I am not the teen goth looking to ride broomsticks and cast love spells :P ), which acutally has many basic ideas similar to buddhism - with perhaps more focus on the spirituality of nature. The pantheistic interpretation, as I understand thus far, may still refer to a "god & goddess", but they are used more as symbols of earth - in essense, the Earth itself (nature, life, energy, etc) is a "god", if you will. This god & goddess, therefore, are creators insomuch as everything comes from the earth; but not in the sense of these outside dieties looking down and manipulating our world.And now that I've rambled on; my point is that I've decided to undertake a serious study of these two religions/philosophies (depends on how you define each, I suppose). Perhaps I'll settle against both once and for all, or perhaps I'll gain a specific definition of the belief system I hold now. I guess I'll find out.
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it was snowing today's morning. I feel blue.I could be run over several times that day.the sky was like the sky in "Underworld": dark blue, somewhere dark violet, with light blue spaces.there were few people walking down the streets and few people in queues.there were rivers of dirty water.I got my shoes wet.and jeans.I was expecting my earphones to get out of order every minute.I might have caught cold.I returned home tired-tired in the late evening.but it was the FIRST RAIN this spring!!!
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Abstract maths easier, not harderFriday, 25 April 2008 Julie SteenhuysenReutersIntroducing students to new concepts using abstract maths, rather than real-world examples, makes them better problem solvers, new research showsFrustrated maths students may have a good excuse. Some teaching methods meant to make maths more relevant may be making it harder to understand, US researchers say.They say students who are taught abstract maths concepts fare better in experiments than those taught with real-world examples.Adding extra details makes it hard for students to extract the basic mathematical concepts and apply them to new problems, they say."We're really making it difficult for students because we are distracting them from the underlying maths," says Jennifer Kaminski from Ohio State University, whose study appears today in the journal Science.The findings cast doubt on the widely used practice of using friendly, concrete examples to teach abstract maths concepts.For example, a teacher might use a bag of coloured marbles to explain probability, or teach a formula about distance with the classic example of two trains departing from different cities and travelling at different speeds."The danger with teaching using this example is that many students only learn how to solve the problem with the trains," Kaminski says.Symbols or examples?To find out the best methods of teaching basic maths concepts, the researchers conducted several experiments using college students in which some students were taught concepts using basic symbols, while others were taught with concrete examples.For example, they studied different approaches at teaching the basic mathematical property of commutativity.This means that you can switch up the order of elements and still get the same answer, as in 3 + 2 or 2 + 3 equals 5.Some students learned the concepts using generic symbols. Others were taught with concrete examples such as pictures of measuring cups filled with liquid, or slices of pizza or tennis balls in a container.While all of students mastered these concepts easily, the students who first learned maths concepts using abstract symbols were better able to transfer that learning to other problems when tested.End of real-world examples?That is not to say story problems should disappear.Kaminski says story problems offer a good way to test whether a student has mastered the abstract concept."Story problems aren't out, but they are probably not the way we want to go about introducing concepts or problem solving," she says."That would be best done through symbolic maths."Wouldn't have thought that it would be this way.... The bad thing is that maths will become even more impersonal :( I guess that's a small price to pay to transpose maths to real-life situations better, but that's boring.So let's rename it "b = Σ(a,a) / {a = 2, b = 5)" for today, even if it sound less catchy...Read more…
In casting about for a way to get the Radiohead show eighteen miles outside of the city May 11, I went by Meetup.com, which features local groups with names like, "20s and 30s DC Indie and Local Music Meetup," and, even more ridiculously, "GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN! MID 20's EARLY 30's." I thought that people like to at least make a show of age-agnosticism? On the idealistic internet, at least? Even if it's perhaps unavoidable for the young and the old to have some distance between them, the degree of shortsightedness in "mid 20's early 30's" is still hilarious. By defining their group so narrowly, they promise to exclude themselves within just a few years. It's fun to imagine the 32 year-old member of the group who necessitated expanding the age range into the years of honorary youth, the very-late-twenties. Perhaps she was the organizer?At meetings of these groups of young people selected and brought together, not automatically by school, but artificially by choice, isn't there an uncomfortable sense of an effort to duplicate the school environment? When people working in offices miss their recently lost school life, is it really literally the presence of people their own age that they're missing? It just seems like passing up an opportunity -- to make the effort to reach out to others, but then to not try to find something more universal -- to instead arrange a little cult of youth and "indie." Surely people trying to use the internet to make themselves less lonely should have a somewhat ironic understanding of their situation?Of course, the excluded middle-aged have formed their own "no young people" groups in reaction, such as "Women of Purpose - 40+" where those traumatized by their lost youth, and wondering "Why am I here?" can turn to Christ for answers.
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Warmth and unique blossom fragrance fill the air in the evenings. Glow lights and sparks make your shadow double; pavements are covered with gold; empty narrow streets and headlight ghosts..
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I'm sure that many of you are sad to hear of the death of Humphrey Lyttleton at the age of 86. He will be remembered by many as the host of BBC4's 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' and he presented Radio 2's 'Best Of Jazz' for over 40 years.A fine jazz musician and leader of his own band, younger fans may not realize that he featured on Radiohead's 'Life In A Glass House' and played live with them on occasion.He will be sadly missed.H.D
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Check out this guys remix, makes the original sound tame (seriously) .. alot of the top 10 doesnt do it for me but this track blew me away, orchestra, breaks ... takes a journey ... wow :http://www.leightonmasters.com- its directly on the news.Great stuff, this should win man.
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I'm 17 years old,and I go to high school now.I can speak English a little.May be my English is not good...sorry!Today,I had a elemently school of English.And, I talked to a Irishman ,there.I said,My favorite band is Radiohead.So he very surprised and said,That's very dark!!!It seems he don't like dark music...I love love love dark music ;>Thank you for your reading.Bye.My picture is YUKI's picture.She is a vocal of very popular band in Japan,JUDY AND MARY.She is very cute.I love her :>
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When you improve your computer knowledge..rar and torrent.. who knew?I'm so fucking excited about WPB I cannot even express.Meanwhile, I'm working... shrinking... working...Thank GOD for TMV23.Jeesh..Drooling Loony Tunes is amazing.TYMFTY
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Posted by Jack Boyles on April 27, 2008 at 12:20am
Hello, i am a multi-media student at nottingham trent university.I like to make films youtube.com/MilkCandyFarmI like to make music in my band myspace.com/griswaldthebandIm easy to get along with, so come and chill.XXXJackXXX
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Posted by Nicole Marie on April 26, 2008 at 8:23pm
There are two songs I dislike only because they make mention of women's thighs. "Thunder Peel" by Beck, and "I Saw Her In The Anti-War Demonstration" by Jens Lekman. In the first, "she's got such ugly thighs," which makes me defensive. In the second, they're "about the same size as" Jens's, bringing forth a flood of insecurity.See? I told you. Mental.Also, I would like to reject and denounce the existence of Thighpaulsandra. (Not really. He's pretty cool.)
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I have FLOOR tickets!!! I'm going to see U KNOW WHO!!!!!!!!!!!and Oh yeah, I'm now 20! I forgot about my own B.day, and did nothing but fax in my taxes stuff...lame :( Oh well, I'M GOING TO SEE RADIOHEAD!
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