T.R.A.C.S club tune

Ever since that we have parties; the song "Sledgehammer" is our club song.

Tim always plays it at the end of his set. I picked that song because of this line in the lyrics;

"You could have a steam train. If you'd just lay down your tracks."

Last weekend I listen to the lyrics of Vocal, a song of the Pet Shop Boys, and I decided that it is our club tune from now one.

Vocal (Pet Shop Boys song)

"Vocal" is the second single from the Pet Shop Boys album Electric, released on 3 June 2013.

Vocal" was written during the writing process for the 2012 album Elysium, and was one of the earliest tracks written for the album. The track, however, wasn't included on the record for it didn't fit the rest of the "somber" and "reflective" material. It was instead recorded for Electric and was released as the album's second single.

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo, consisting of Neil Tennant (main vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar), and Chris Lowe (keyboards, occasional vocals).

Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: "West End Girls" (also number one on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's a Sin", a remake of Wayne Carson's "Always on My Mind" and "Heart". Other hit songs include a remake of The Village People's "Go West", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (satire of Thatcherism which exemplified them as ironists) and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (with Dusty Springfield).

At the 2009 Brit Awards, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. The band's eleventh studio album, titled Elysium (continuing their tradition of single-word titles), was released in September 2012. Their twelfth studio album Electric was released on 12 July 2013 and reached number 3 on the UK Albums Chart in its first week of release—their highest album position since the release of Very in 1993.

Music video

The music video was directed by Joost Vandebrug. It is a tribute to rave culture and electronic music. It consists of a compilation of various amateur videos recorded circa the Summer of Rave in 1989.

Vocal lyrics

I like the people

 I like the song

 This is my kind of music

 They play it all night long

 I like the singer

 He's lonely and strange

 Every track has a vocal

 and that makes a change

And everything about tonight feels right and so young

 And anything I'd want to say out loud will be sung

It's in the music

 It's in the song

 Everyone I hoped would be around

 has come along

 for the music

It's in the music

It's in the song

 And the feeling of the warmth around us all

is so strong

 It's in the music

And everything about tonight feels right and so young

 And anything I'd want to say out loud will be sung

This is my kind of music

 They play it all night long

Expressing passion

 Explaining pain

 Aspirations for a better life

 are ordained

And everything about tonight feels right and so young

 And anything I'd want to say out loud will be sung

This is my kind of music

 They play it all night long

It's in the music

And everything about tonight feels right and so young

 And anything I'd want to say out loud will be sung

It's in the music

 It's in the music

This is my kind of music

 They play it all night long

 They play it all night long

 And the feeling of the warmth around us all

is so strong

I like the people

 I like the song

 This is my kind of music

 They play it all night long

 I like the singer

 He's lonely and strange

 Every track has a vocal

 and that makes a change

Tennis Party in Sweetgrass

Last Sunday

CHUBBY PARTY at T.R.A.C.S

Saturday. Here are the pictures I made during the party.

Tim

Ellbee

Alvei

Me, myself and I

Norbie

▼ Alvei´s photo shoot

CHUBBY PARTY at T.R.A.C.S

T.R.A.C.S at Timothy Plaza on River Island

Land Mark: http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/221/249/22

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640, was a Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality. He is well known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.

In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, King of Spain, and Charles I, King of England.

Rubens is the embodiment of Flemish baroque. His temperament helps him break with the reigning, rigid style of his day. Characteristic of his work are the many voluptuous nudes, chubby to modern standards.

Peter Paul Rubens is probably just as well known in the English world today due to his affirmation of the beauty and sensuality of the plus-sized woman.

Rubens was very fond of voluptuous and plump women and he featured them wherever possible in his paintings.

It was fashionable for women at the time to carry some weight, and Rubens helped in the idealization of this as the womanly figure. Actually, Rubens took it to a whole new level, making it the standard in all his work.

The adjective we still use today, “Rubenesque”, is used to describe plump, voluptuous, curvaceous women in a flattering way.

Before Rubens was born Michelangelo made the Creation of Adam. It is a fresco painting forming part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted circa 1511–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni  6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564 , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.

Fat (song)

"Fat" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson. It is Yankovic's second parody of a Jackson song, the first being "Eat It", a parody of Jackson's "Beat It". "Fat" is the first song on Yankovic's Even Worse album.

The video won a Grammy for "Best Concept Music Video" in 1988.

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, musician-parodist artist, record producer, satirist, music video director, film producer, actor, and author. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-aired comedy song in 1976, he has sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2007), recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards and a further 11 nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album (Straight Outta Lynwood) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career.

Music video

The video for "Fat" parodies various elements of the "Bad" video by Jackson; Yankovic was able to get permission from Michael Jackson to use the same subway set from "Bad" for the video. A list of depicting some parody elements: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_(song)

"Fat" lyrics

 Your butt is wide, well mine is too

 Just watch your mouth or I'll sit on you

 The word is out, better treat me right

 'Cause I'm the king of cellulite

 Ham on, ham on, ham on whole wheat, all right

My zippers bust, my buckles break

 I'm too much man for you to take

 The pavement cracks when I fall down

 I've got more chins than Chinatown

Well, I've never used a phone booth

 And I've never seen my toes

 When I'm goin' to the movies

 I take up seven rows

Because I'm fat, I'm fat, come on

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know I'm fat, I'm fat, come on you know

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 Don't you call me pudgy, portly or stout

 Just now tell me once again who's fat

When I walk out to get my mail

 It measures on the Richter scale

 Down at the beach I'm a lucky man

 I'm the only one who gets a tan

 If I have one more pie a la mode

 I'm gonna need my own zip code

When you're only having seconds

 I'm having twenty-thirds

 When I go to get my shoes shined

 I gotta take their word

Because I'm fat, I'm fat, sha mone

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it you know

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 And my shadow weighs forty-two pounds

 Lemme tell you once again who's fat

If you see me comin' your way

 Better give me plenty space

 If I tell you that I'm hungry

 Then won't you feed my face

Because I'm fat, I'm fat, sha mone

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, you know

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 Woo woo woo, when I sit around the house

 I really sit around the house

You know I'm fat, I'm fat, come on

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, you know it

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know, you know, you know, come on

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 And you know all by myself I'm a crowd

 Lemme tell you once again

You know I'm huge, I'm fat, you know it

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know I'm fat, you know, hoo

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, you know

 (Fat, fat, really really fat)

 And the whole world knows I'm fat and I'm proud

 Just tell me once again who's fat

Fat, Overweight & Chubby

FAT

Fats are a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and generally insoluble in water. Chemically, fats are triglycerides: triesters of glycerol and any of several fatty acids. Fats may be either solid or liquid at room temperature, depending on their structure and composition. Although the words "oils", "fats", and "lipids" are all used to refer to fats, in reality, fat is a subset of lipid. "Oils" is usually used to refer to fats that are liquids at normal room temperature, while "fats" is usually used to refer to fats that are solids at normal room temperature. "Lipids" is used to refer to both liquid and solid fats, along with other related substances, usually in a medical or biochemical context, which are not soluble in water. The word "oil" is also used for any substance that does not mix with water and has a greasy feel, such as petroleum (crude oil), heating oil, and essential oils, regardless of its chemical structure.

Fats form a category of lipid, distinguished from other lipids by their chemical structure and physical properties. This category of molecules is important for many forms of life, serving both structural and metabolic functions. They are an important part of the diet of most heterotrophs (including humans). Fats or lipids are broken down in the body by enzymes called lipases produced in the pancreas.

Examples of edible animal fats are lard, fish oil, butter/ghee and whale blubber. They are obtained from fats in the milk and meat, as well as from under the skin, of an animal. Examples of edible plant fats include peanut, soya bean, sunflower, sesame, coconut and olive oils, and cocoa butter. Vegetable shortening, used mainly for baking, and margarine, used in baking and as a spread, can be derived from the above oils by hydrogenation.

These examples of fats can be categorized into saturated fats and unsaturated fats. Unsaturated fats can be further divided into cis fats, which are the most common in nature, and trans fats, which are rare in nature but present in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.

OVERWEIGHT

Overweight is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is a common condition, especially where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary.

Excess weight has reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults being either overweight or obese in 2003. In 2013 this increased to more than 2 billion. Increases have been observed across all age groups.

A healthy body requires a minimum amount of fat for the proper functioning of the hormonal, reproductive, and immune systems, as thermal insulation, as shock absorption for sensitive areas, and as energy for future use. But the accumulation of too much storage fat can impair movement and flexibility, and can alter the appearance of the body.

Classification

The degree to which a person is overweight is generally described by body mass index (BMI). Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 or more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 30 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more. Pre obese and overweight however are often used interchangeably thus giving overweight a common definition of a BMI of between 25 -30. There are however several other common ways to measure the amount of adiposity or fat present in an individual's body.

• Body mass index                                                                                                                                    The body mass index (BMI) is a measure of a person's weight taking into account their height. It is given by the formula: BMI equals a person's weight (mass) in kilograms divided by the square of the person's height in metres. The units therefore are kg/m2 but BMI measures are typically used and written without units. BMI provides a significantly more accurate representation of body fat content than simply measuring a person's weight. It is only moderately correlated with both body fat percentage and body fat mass (R2 of 0.68). It does not take into account certain factors such as pregnancy or bodybuilding; however, the BMI is an accurate reflection of fat percentage in the majority of the adult population.                                                                                                         
  
• Body volume index                                                                                                                               The body volume index (BVI) was devised in 2000 as a computer, rather than manual, measurement of the human body for obesity and an alternative to the BMI Body volume index uses 3D software to create an accurate 3D image of a person so BVI can differentiate between people with the same BMI rating, but who have a different shape and different weight distribution.                   BVI measures where a person's weight and the fat are located on the body, rather than total weight or total fat content and places emphasis on the weight carried around the abdomen, commonly known as central obesity. There has been an acceptance in recent years that abdominal fat and weight around the abdomen constitute a greater health risk.
• Simple weighing                                                                                                                                   The person's weight is measured and compared to an estimated ideal weight. This is the easiest and most common method, but by far the least accurate, as it only measures one quantity (weight) and often does not take into account many factors such as height, body type, and relative amount of muscle mass.
• Skinfold calipers or "pinch test"                                                                                                        The skin at several specific points on the body is pinched and the thickness of the resulting fold is measured. This measures the thickness of the layers of fat located under the skin, from which a general measurement of total amount of fat in the body is calculated. This method can be reasonably accurate for many people, but it assumes particular fat distribution patterns over the body—which may not apply to all individuals, and does not account for fat deposits not directly under the skin. Also, as the measurement and analysis generally involves a high degree of practice and interpretation, an accurate result requires that a professional perform it. It cannot generally be done by patients themselves.
• Bioelectrical impedance analysis                                                                                                          A small electrical current is passed through the body to measure its electrical resistance. As fat and muscle conduct electricity differently, this method can provide a direct measurement of the body fat percentage, in relation to muscle mass. In the past, this technique could only be performed reliably by trained professionals with specialized equipment, but it is now possible to buy home testing kits that let people do this themselves with a minimum of training. Despite the improved simplicity of this process over the years, however, a number of factors can affect the results, including hydration and body temperature, so it still needs some care when taking the test to ensure that the results are accurate.
• Hydrostatic weighing                                                                                                                             Considered one of the more accurate methods of measuring body fat, this technique involves complete submersion of a person in water, with special equipment to measure the person's weight while submerged. This weight is then compared with "dry weight" as recorded outside the water to determine overall body density. As fat is less dense than muscle, careful application of this technique can provide a reasonably close estimate of fat content in the body. This technique does, however, require expensive specialized equipment and trained professionals to administer it properly.
• Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)                                                                                            Originally developed to measure bone density, DEXA imaging is also used to precisely determine body fat content by using the density of various body tissues to identify which portions of the body are fat. This test is generally considered very accurate, but requires a great deal of expensive medical equipment and trained professionals to perform.

The most common method for discussing this subject and the one used primarily by researchers and advisory institutions is BMI. Definitions of what is considered overweight vary by ethnicity. The current definition proposed by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) designates whites, Hispanics and blacks with a BMI of 25 or more as overweight. For Asians, overweight is a BMI between 23 and 29.9 and obesity for all groups is a BMI of 30 or more.

BMI, however, does not account extremes of muscle mass, some rare genetic factors, the very young, and a few other individual variations. Thus it is possible for an individuals with a BMI of less than 25 to have excess body fat, while others may have a BMI that is significantly higher without falling into this category. Some of the above methods for determining body fat are more accurate than BMI but come with added complexity.

If an individual is overweight and has excess body fat it could, but won't always, create or lead to health risks. Reports are surfacing, however, that being mildly overweight to slightly obese – BMI being between 24 and 31.9 – may be actually beneficial and that people with BMI between 24 and 31.9 could actually live longer than normal weight or underweight persons.

CHUBBY

Chubby means plump or slightly round. It does not imply gross obesity like the word "fat" does. Babies and cherubs are referred to often as chubby so the word takes on a cuteness in its implication.

chub‧by

slightly fat in a way that looks healthy and attractive:

"A chubby six-year-old. A baby with round chubby cheeks."

Fat, overweight, obese, chubby, plump, big, well-built. In general, people do not like to be called fat. But some ways to say "fat" are less rude than others. Fat is a very direct word. You might use it about yourself but it will usually cause offence if you use it about someone else. "I'm so fat at the moment!"

Overweight is a more polite way to say that someone is fatter than they usually are or than they should be. "She is a little overweight."

Obese is a word used especially by doctors to describe people who are very fat, in a way that is bad for their health.

Chubby is a more informal word and is used especially of children or of rounded body parts such as cheeks or knees.plump means fat and rounded in a pleasant way.

A plump, motherly woman, big and well-built are fairly polite ways to describe someone with a large, strong, or fat body. "For big men like him, air travel can be uncomfortable."

Chubby Checker is the man who sang the song "The Twist." It was his nickname and stage name. His real name was Ernest Evans. People called him chubby because he was overweight but well loved by many so being chubby became an positive attribute for him. Much like Santa Claus.

The word chubby itself was around long before he was. It did not originate with him. It actually extends back to the 1600's. A chub was a short, thick fish used as bait.

Since 1558 it's been used to describe a "lazy person."

YMCA

No, I not start promoting MyANIMATION, although they have great dances.

But I want to share with you this video.

Photographer: Ramona Criss

Models: Adonis Hansome, Lex Demonista, Sacre Bellecoeur & Tadeu Gartner

MyANIMATION in Second Life:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Luxor%20City/246/155/24

And also have a look at this one made by Falbala Fairey.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/myanimation/14039791604/

MAKE MUSIC PARTY at T.R.A.C.S

Maybe it's a curse because Saturday our deejay for the make music party did not show up. I waited to long to ask another deejay to jump in after I not get any responds from Beef (I hope he is well) because I was hoping he would be there and I not like to send a backup deejay away. So I think I have to make some rules. Gladly Tim could jump in (again) and we could celebrate the Make Music Day.

Here are the pictures I made.

MAKE MUSIC PARTY at T.R.A.C.S

T.R.A.C.S at Timothy Plaza on River Island

Land Mark: http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/221/249/22

Fête de la Musique

The Fête de la Musique, also known as The worldwide celebration of music, is an annual music festival taking place on June 21 in cities around the world. It was created by the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang.

History

In October 1981, Maurice Fleuret became Director of Music and Dance at Minister of Culture Jack Lang’s request, and applied his reflections to the musical practice and its evolution: « the music everywhere and the concert nowhere«. When he discovered, in a 1982 study on the cultural habits of the French, that five million people, one child out of two, played a musical instrument, he began to dream of a way to bring people out on the streets. It first took place in 1982 in Paris as the Fête de la Musique.

Ever since, the festival has become an international phenomenon, celebrated on the same day in more than 800 cities in 110 countries, including Germany, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Morocco, South Africa, Australia, Vietnam, Congo, Cameroon, Mauritius, Fiji, Colombia, Chile, Nepal, and Japan.

Its purpose is promoting music in 2 ways:

• Amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to perform in the streets. The slogan Faites de la musique (Make music), a homophone of Fête de la Musique, is used to promote this goal.
• Many free concerts are organized, making all genres of music accessible to the public. Two of the caveats to being sanctioned by the official Fête de la Musique organization in Paris are that all concerts must be free to the public, and all performers donate their time for free. This is true of most participating cities, now, as well.

Despite there being a large tolerance about the performance of music by the general public of amateurs in public areas after usual hours, the noise restrictions still apply, and can cause some establishments to be forbidden to open and broadcast music out of their doors without prior authorization. So the prefectures of police in France can still forbid them to install any audio hardware in the street.

So, Make Music Day is held annually on June 21 and is a global celebration of music making. Taking place in more than 110 countries and 800 cities around the world, it is the perfect opportunity to meet and create new music makers.