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Night Viper is a Swedish thrashy heavy metal band that is about to unleash their 2nd opus "Exterminator" through Listenable Records. They are about to embark on an European tour and Sofie-Lee and Tom told us all we need to know…
M.I. - How did the name Night Viper come up?
Sofie Lee: It was Tom's idea. He came up with a bunch of different names, I remember one of them being "The flick of the lions mane" or something similar and I was a bit scared at that point haha..! We choose between Night Viper and Night Screamer. But Night Viper lies better in the mouth, and it's also easier to do graphics around than a screamer, hehe.
Tom: I've noticed that it's really fun to shout 'NIGHT VIPER!!!!' at the top of your lungs, which is a definite plus for a metal band name.
M.I. - How would you define Night Viper's sound?
Sofie Lee: Punchy, meaty but detailed and with lots of soul and speed!
Tom: Thrashy heavy metal with a rare danceability!
M.I. - The band released the first full-length "Night viper" on Svart Records but the 2nd one "Exterminator" will be through Listenable Records. Why the change?
Sofie Lee: Listenable has showed interest for us since even before the first album, and when only having a one album deal with Svart, it felt natural for us to pick it up a notch and really see how far we can take the band. Svart makes beautiful releases and is great for their true love of music, but we needed a bit more of machinery.
M.I. - How did the deal with Listenable come up? What do you expect of it?
Sofie Lee: As mentioned earlier, they got in contact with us before we even released our first album so we've been in touch ever since. So far it's been meeting our expectations greatly, also with a lot of help from our great management at Holy Cuervo, we're getting a lot more press and we feel Listenable is really excited and pushing us.
M.I. - Why the title "Exterminator"? What gave you this idea?
Sofie Lee: I was so happy after finishing all the lyrics and song titles and then realized, yes we need an album title... Hahaha, it was so easy with the first album. "Night Viper - Night Viper" ok, finished. We were thinking about this for quite some time, and didn't decide on it until we saw the finished cover artwork. I first felt the word "exterminator" was way too hard and macho sounding for us. But together with the artwork it gets an almost mysterious, sophisticated cling to it! It's taken from the track "Exterminator" which is about being a woman in the music industry. No, actually, it's about being a woman among men, in the music industry.
M.I. - What inspires you to write the lyrics?
Sofie Lee: Mainly the song itself. I start working with lyrics, and then the vocal melody, after the song is more or less finished. I always decide what to write about after what feeling the song gives me. It maybe sound pretentious, but it's a very stress-free way of working. So, whatever the song makes me feel I write about. But since being an annoyed anti-capitalist, over the hill woman and feminist, the feelings provoked are usually the mentioned subjects hahaha.
M.I. - What's the best track of "Exterminator"?
Sofie Lee: My favourite is 'Lady Bad Luck'. It's proto speed metal with a dash of NWOBHM, quite melancholic and very melodic. The song is about being unlucky in love and accepting that fact and embracing your emotions instead of shaming them. I guess self-acceptance is some overall lyrical theme actually.
Tom: That's tough. I have a lot of favourites. 'No Escape' is exactly the frantic opener I was hoping for, 'Exterminator' has that mixture of a super busy riff and simple AC/DC beat that I love so much, and 'Ashes' has really good changes in mood and tempo.
M.I. - Can you summarily enlighten us about each track?
Sofie Lee: No Escape: The influences for the intro is a mix between Hans Zimmer's Batman soundtracks, and AC/DC's opening track at Donnington in 1991. I really love the spooky vibe for this. Tom and our producer Ola finished this in the studio after we left, so we only heard it once we were back home. The song is about being hunted by your own mind. The little backing choir is the brain letting you know, you can't get away.
Summon the Dead: This is the first song we did after the first album. I guess this is where we took a thrashier turn. Tom wasn't sure that this would suit us, but we all loved playing it so much (and still do) we stayed on this line. We recorded it as a self-released single, our first work with Ola in the Holy Cuervo studio. When re-recording it for the album, to get the sound the same for all the songs, I realized to great annoyance the tempo had gone up. Haha!
Never Win: I love this song because it's so optimistic - hard to know from the title. But it's about overcoming life obstacles, believing in yourself and accept your weaknesses and hard times in life as a part of you. The intro this song has such a great "lonely cowboy" feel to it. And after the intro it's just rock n'roll mayhem.
Exterminator: Surprisingly, I love this song, although it has that chunky, muscly sounding riffing in the middle section that I usually dislike. Jonna's drumming on this track is just killer - it gives so much flavour and flare to the earlier mentioned chunky riff section. I'm happy with the vocals for this one, the song is so thrashy but the vocals are very soul sounding. The song is about being reduced to an object/woman as a musician, by men, when taking space in the music industry.
On the Run: The working title for this song was "Arena rock", it really has that fist raising, hip swinging mid-tempo arena feeling to it. It's not a typical Night Viper song, but it fits in really well with the other songs on the album. Love the relief after the pre-chorus, it's very unlike us to leave something that airy but it's really nice as a change! And a great way to end an A-side, if you ask me!
Ashes: Another not very typical Night Viper song - but one we all really love. I told Tom I wanted to do a soul/death metal song and he went, "well, here you have it". I really think Ola smashed it on this one. The guitar sound is really aggressive yet still very clear. I'm really into cymbal sounds and love that bell Jonna is adding - I'm air drumming it every time we play it! The lyrics are about your own and social verdicts when having an abortion, and refusing judgement about it.
Going Down: We did a punk song! True to the musical form, it's about Donald Trump and his voters. It's Tom shouting in the background and we were blown away first hearing it: that was another thing he and Ola finished up in the studio after we had left Madrid. I just love it!
Lady Bad Luck: Like I said earlier, I love this song. Ruben wrote this, I called it "the Dio song" because when working with it, I thought the vocal melody had a little Dio cling to it, which might not be audible to anyone else since I've got a pretty bizarre way to use references, also the title is a little wink to Rainbow. The mid-section, "the doomy part" as well call it, was added after the song was basically finished, and I had such a hard time finding a way to sing over it. Ruben said all the time "don't force it, maybe we can leave it instrumental" but I refused it and I think it turned out really good in the end!
Revenge: This is an old song Tom has been wanting to with Night Viper since him and I started playing together. The tempo made it very difficult for me to find my regular fluidity to sing over, it all ended with Tom having to write all the lyrics and send me a rough demo how to do the phrasing. Musically, I think it's cool and I love both Jonna's drumroll in the intro and the twin guitars later on!
All That Remains: Another song Ruben wrote. I think it contains everything I love - disco beat, tasteful epicness and super encouraging feminist lyrics. I was very unsure of the vocals to start with, but now I love singing it. And Johan's guitar solo - HELLO. He had come down with a stubborn fever during the recordings and when I entered the studio and heard him playing it I was completely blown away, you couldn't hear the smallest sign of lacking in energy..! The lyrics are about coming together as women and bring down the patriarchy, without compromising ourselves, taking care of each other, encourage each other and have a good time!
M.I. - A video has already been released… how have fans been reacting to it?
Sofie Lee: The reactions have been great! It's our friend Lalla who's playing the hunted/hunter and she really did an amazing job. Tough, cool and full of emotions.
Tom: Magnus from Horisont said to me, 'Tom, I usually can't even get through music videos these days, but I got through yours, and I loved it.' That's a good sign, I think!
M.I. - Tom Sutton is obsessed with Metallica but Sofie-Lee can't stand them. How do you cope with everyone's tastes?
Sofie Lee: It's usually not a problem for the music making, but the car rides can be a bit troublesome from time to time, hahaha! The problem is that I (Sofie Lee) don't really like anything. Ruben always teases me and says "how many bands do you like, 10?", he's not that far away...
Tom: Haha! It could be offensive that she hates my favourite band, but I'm so used to reading everyone's 'clever' comments about them online that I'm desensitised now. Hehe! She doesn't like Megadeth either, so it's not personal!
M.I. - Musically speaking, which bands/musicians inspire you personally and as musicians?
Sofie Lee: Jinx Dawson is my biggest inspiration as a vocalist. It was something with her technique that was so compelling to me. I tried copying it, and this is the turnout I guess. I listen to metal of course, but it doesn't really influence my singing. All the vocal melodies are quite bluesy and/or poppy, I listen a lot to 60-70's pop and rock.
Tom: And I think that's part of why we sound unique. Sofie Lee's approach really is like blues or soul music. I love it. We all listen to a tonne of stuff, but the most obvious direct influences on how I write for Night Viper are Metallica, Sepultura, Entombed, and later Motörhead when they sounded more metal.
M.I. - Considering that harassment has been a hot topic these days with the Harvey Weinstein scandal and musicians coming forward saying that similar situations happened to them… have any of Night Viper members faced any sort of harassment? How did you react?
Sofie Lee: Nothing serious, besides the regular bullshit you have to suffer through for being a woman in general. We've had sound engineers and other bands tour managers as well as people in the crowd being sexually offensive, and if you think about it being the other way around, men being treated like that, it would be so absurd. But now, it's more like "thankfully, nothing serious has happened". Walking around being thankful for not being criminally assaulted.
Tom: Sometimes people will say something like, 'Jonna's the best female drummer I've ever seen!' They of course mean it as a compliment, and I understand why they are thinking in that way, but we are looking forward to people being able to just say, 'Jonna's a killer drummer!' and have that be the end of it. We'll get there.
M.I. - How complicated is it being the frontwoman in a scene still dominated by men? Do you feel intimidated somehow? Are women treated equally?
Sofie Lee: Well, women aren't really treated equally at any place in the world I'd say. Just have a look at any big metal forums comment section, and you can literally smell the misogyny through the screen. I "love" how men take the opportunity to insult me by giving me, according to themselves I guess, very valuable tips I'm pretty sure they never would've shared with another man. It's not as much "you're a bad singer" as "you could be a great singer, if you just follow my (unsolicited) advice". Sometimes showing up to a venue, the sexism is just oozing around you. It can be quite uncomfortable, sometimes I wish I was invisible (and preferably deaf as well). But when we're on stage, it never feels that way. The unity of the band together is so much stronger.
M.I. - The band has already a few concerts lined up and Indian Nightmare will be the support act. How excited are you?
Sofie Lee: We're so excited we're out of words! Can't wait to take this album on the road! And to play shows with Indian Nightmare is always the best times. They're such an awesome band and also the best people there is. We love them so much and can't wait to go on tour!
Tom: Yes, seriously! Indian Nightmare are one of the most instantly loveable live bands I've ever seen. If you get the chance you absolutely must see them. You will love them. And like Sofie Lee said, I'm dying to take the new songs on the road. I love this album, and it's exciting to finally be in phase two for the band.
M.I. - I read that you want to tour forever! What's so great about touring?
Sofie Lee: Playing shows is really when you see your music come alive. I'm personally not the biggest fan of touring since it's really constraining on the voice, but to play shows every day is such a great feeling. Also, there are no better company to go on tour with than these people. We're having such a great time hanging out.
Tom: Yeah, we all love each other very much, so that's a big factor. We have the best fun together, and we know how to support each other through tough times too. That makes being together a lot a pleasure rather than a chore. Playing live is my favourite thing in the whole world, and I love seeing new things every day. Every day on tour is like a week of normal life. That's when I feel like I'm living the life I should be living.
M.I. - Even though Night Viper have been around for a short period of time, what's the best memory thus far? And the worst?
Sofie Lee: We played a full hall at Hell Over Hammaburg this spring, it was really amazing. We're not a big band and people were going nuts. That was really a magic moment for us. We did a show in Sardinia this summer, open air on the beach. We were completely shocked by the great response from the audience, who were more of a stoner crowd. After the show I ran into the ocean and floated on my back watching the Milky way, whilst hearing the party going on in the distance. Those are the best so far... The worst... On this trip to Sardinia, Jonna got food poisoning and was feeling sooo ill just as we were driving down the steepest, most windy roads. She was puking out through the window. On our first tour, we played a venue which was an old hospital, that had only one tap with running water in the whole building. You flushed the toilets with buckets of water. It was a typical scary movie- hospital vibe over it and you got lost really easily. It was super cold, the show was not well attended. Our door handle to the sleeping area was a fork and our driver squashed a mouse in her sleep.
M.I. - Night Viper's members are/have been involved in other projects?
Sofie Lee: Tom has been a little bit of everywhere. He's got another band called The Order of Israfel which is pure doom, where he sings and plays guitar. He was also in Swedish retro rocking Horisont, but had to leave seeing he didn't have time for all of his bands... When he lived in Japan he was in Church of Misery and also Firebird. Ruben's past band are my favourites of everyone's! He used to play in Miasmal, Swordwielder and a super cool thrash band called Radiation. Jonna played drums in retro stoners Mud Walk when she joined us, who sadly disbanded shortly thereafter. And Johan came fresh out of Lethal Steel to us.
M.I. - What's your opinion of the heavy metal scene nowadays? What's the last great heavy metal band in your opinion?
Sofie Lee: I'm not very opinionated in regards to the scene. I rarely go to shows and since being so goddamn restricted in my taste of music, I don't listen to that many new bands. One band that I do love is Christian Mistress. Christine Davis's voice is so cool and I love her melodic sense. I also love The Oath, it's a shame they disbanded. Such great song-writing and production, love that album.
Tom: I would say that Black Breath are one of the new bands that I've really loved. And I'm digging Myrkur a lot. The last great metal band?! Yikes...I don't know. What I do know is that 10-20 years from now, all the gods will be gone, and it will feel very weird to be without them.
M.I. - Are there any great heavy metal songs Night Viper would love to cover? If so, which ones?
Sofie Lee: We actually have done a couple of covers, two of them Judas Priest (Riding on the Wind and Hot Rockin') and on the B-side of the 'Summon the Dead' single, we covered Nazareth's Expect no Mercy. We don't have any cover plans at the moment - we enjoy playing our own music so much, and we don't want to get tired of our favourite songs by playing them over and over :) I know that Tom has a Slayer song he really wants us to cover - let's see what the future will bring..!
M.I. - Please share a message with Metal Imperium's readers.
Sofie Lee: Thanks for reading and hope to see you on the road! Night Viper in the Night!
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Interview by Sónia Fonseca


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Searching For Bottles Leads To Shipwreck "Treasure"
I had no idea I would learn so much about shipbuilding and "treasure coins" when Bob Allen and I discovered an old wooden sailing vessel sunk off Andros Island in the Bahamas. We were searching for bottles in the shallow waters of Fresh Creek Inlet, Andros Town, when we spotted a shipwreck listing slightly to its starboard side near a sandy embankment. The wreck was about 75 to 80 feet long and could have been one of the many inter-island cargo carriers that plied Bahamian waters years ago. The tall, once sturdy mainmast was broken in half, a sign that the vessel might have been caught in a storm after running aground on the shoal.
The cargo holds were empty and everything had been stripped from the pilothouse. But leave it to Allen, always the sleuth, to find something of value. Hovering over the base of the broken mast, he frantically beckoned to me. I swam over, but all I saw was a thick wooden frame that secured the mast to the deck. I had no idea why he kept pointing to the support. Using a piece of the wreck's scrap metal as a crowbar, he started prying it up. When the mast sprung free of its underpinning, a dozen Bahamian coins—the lump sum of the ship's treasure—rolled on to the deck. Most of them were in assorted shapes from the 1960s with pictures of fish, pineapples and sailboats on different denominations.Bob has "unstepped" the mast! In shipbuilding, "stepping the mast" is a ceremony held at the end of a ship's construction. One or more coins are placed onto the mast step (a socket, frame or platform for supporting the lower end of a mast) before the mast is secured. Sailors have long held the superstition that a coin placed beneath the mast brings good luck. This practice is believed to have originated with the Romans. It was their custom to place a coin in the mouth of a dead person to pay Charon, the boatman who ferried the souls of the dead across the river Styx to the afterlife. Sailors felt their debt was paid—if the ship sank and they died—with the coins placed beneath the mast.
Mast stepping has outlasted the gods and goddesses of Roman mythology. A Spanish wreck discovered off the coast of England had a coin dated 1618 under the mast. When Old Ironsides, the USS Constitution went to a Boston shipyard for refurbishing, the masts were pulled and out popped several Colonial era coins. Officers of the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans, launched in 1933, put 33 coins under her fore and mainmasts. When the Navy destroyer USS Higgins was commissioned in 1999, there were 11 coins specially selected for her stepping, some dating back to Roman times.
One of the best stories comes from Ralph Winter of Lansing, Michigan. While attending the Suburban Detroit Coin Show, he inquired about hobo nickels. These were creative sculpted art forms carved into small-denomination coins during the early 1900s. Many were done by hobos who exchanged them for a meal or shelter. They used nickels which were softer and easier to carve.
Winter failed to find any hobo nickels, but he discovered an unusual Buffalo nickel at a dealer's table. It was a beautiful AU (almost uncirculated) 1915 coin with an anchor etched into it and the numbers "51" stamped on both sides. His diligent research revealed the coin came from the navy destroyer USS O'Brien—DG 51 which was commissioned in 1915. It had been stepped (a term Winter had never heard of) during a pre-commissioning ceremony honoring the new ship and its traditional shipbuilding process.
Landlubbers might scoff at sailors for following this superstitious stepping ceremony. But in the end, you know what? Let's just leave it up to the individual to play along or not. (Knock on wood!).
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Julie Ross on April 29, 2015 at 12:47 pm
I had heard of "stepping the mast" but never knew what it really meant. This is very interesting. Thank you for writing about your experience. After being inspired by your article, I am going to look for a hobo nickel at the next coin show I attend. Wish me luck. Hope I find one, knock on wood! Thanks again.
Capt Ethan Allen on May 6, 2015 at 6:42 pm
The Andelana, a British 4 masted bark that sank in Tacoma's Commencement Bay in 1897 had a Gold Sovereign under each mast and it has been the holy grail of Tacoma divers for 80+years.
Angie Fuson on August 26, 2015 at 5:34 am
What an interesting and entertaining article! I am somewhat embarrased to say that although I am a 10 year Navy Veteran I had never heard of Stepping the Mast and did not read or study that in our Naval History while in boot camp. I am extremely interested in Maritime and Naval History and intend to begin reading more now that I have the time. I just placed a bid on 2 signed copies of two of Clive Cussler's books which were donated to a Homeless Veterans Transition Center which is how I ended up here on this website tonight and was fortunate enough to come across your article which I enjoyed VERY MUCH! Thank you again for sharing it.
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CAROLYN SHOSHANA FERSHTMAN, JD, PhD
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Depth psychotherapy works towards helping us realize our psychological wholeness. A holistic approach to therapy incorporates the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Working with each of these four worlds or dimensions can help us understand which aspects of our experience need attention and healing. As we listen to the symptoms of our bodies, our emotional states, the beliefs that guide our actions, and attend to our soul and spirit, we find that within us lies a deep wisdom that can guide our unfolding into our true selves.
Using a Jungian depth psychological approach, we will draw on include mindfulness and somatic awareness practices, dreamwork, active imagination, shamanic journeying, sandtray, psychospiritual and transpersonal psychology and ecopsychology.
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When we contact our authentic self, we find a wellspring that connects us with the most meaningful aspects of life: joy, compassion, and a deep sense of peace. However, we often find ourselves plagued by feelings of self-doubt and fears about our capabilities. The negative beliefs we hold about ourselves are distortions of our true nature, that come from fear. By identifying and bringing compassion and understanding to these false beliefs, we begin to clear the way for the emergence of the deeper aspects of our true nature to arise.
Listening to the Deep Self: Quieting the Mind to Listen to the Soul
Through mindfulness-based practices that develop and enhance self-compassion, we learn to attain a calm that lies beyond the stress of daily life. If we have experienced abuse or trauma, or suffer with depression or anxiety, learning tools to quiet the mind can bring a profound sense of peace, sometimes for the first times in our lives. When we are able to get quiet, we can begin to truly listen to the deeper truths that our inner wisdom has to offer us.
Learning the Language of Our Inner Guidance
The "still small voice" within each of us is the voice of our deep self that has been waiting for us to listen. We have all had moments of knowing that we were in alignment with our truest nature, when we heard and heeded the voice of this inner knowing. Yet often this voice is lost amidst other competing voices of doubt and our inability to trust ourselves and what we know is possible.
The soul does not speak in the loud chatter characteristic of our negative thinking. Instead, we often must learn to quiet the mind and begin to learn the language of the true self, which can speak to us in a number of ways, through:
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO said on Thursday it had approved the nomination of U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove to be the Western alliance's top military commander.
Breedlove, whose nomination was endorsed by ambassadors from the 28 NATO allies, will succeed Admiral James Stavridis as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe. His appointment requires U.S. Senate confirmation.
U.S. Marine General John Allen, who led NATO forces in Afghanistan, was originally nominated to the job.
After being caught up but later cleared in a scandal that forced CIA chief David Petraeus to resign, Allen announced last month he would retire and forgo his nomination because of his wife's health.
Breedlove, who is expected to start his new job this spring, takes over as NATO-led troops in Afghanistan are gradually handing over security responsibility to Afghan forces before most foreign combat troops pull out by the end of 2014.
Breedlove is currently the commander of U.S. Air Force units in Europe and Africa and a former Air Force vice chief of staff. During his long military career, he commanded a fighter squadron, an operations group and three fighter wings, according to a biography on the U.S. Air Force web site.
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Hi everyone,
I'm trying to use the database toolkit included in Streams to write some data into Netezza. At the moment my application is only using the ODBCAppend operator since I'm testing connectivity.
I have followed the Knowledge Center guide at this link: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSULQD_7.2.0/com.ibm.nz.datacon.doc/c_datacon_installing_configuring_odbc.html?lang=en to install the ODBC driver. I've tried both using unixODBC and DataDirect as the driver manager, and I managed to install the driver properly. I have tested connectivity both using the example utility provided by DataDirect and using isql using unixODBC and I have managed to connect and run SQL queries in both cases.
After that I tried testing connectivity from Stream itself following this article: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSCRJU_4.0.0/com.ibm.streams.toolkits.doc/doc/tk$com.ibm.streams.db/ns$com.ibm.streams.db$1.html?lang=en (I should note that I'm using the unixODBC lib and include directories as env variables) but I'm getting the following error: Error on SQLConnect Error message #1: sqlState = IM002 sqlCode= 249108103168 sqlMsg = [unixODBC][Driver Manager] Data source name not found, and no default driver specified
Does anyone have any suggestions on what may be the cause?
Thank you,
Answer by Ivan_CA (524) | Oct 06, 2015 at 01:03 PM
My guess is you are missing one or more odbc env vars. Can you double-check your env against my env and see if you find anything missing?
export STREAMS_ADAPTERS_ODBC_NETEZZA=1
export STREAMS_ADAPTERS_ODBC_INCPATH=/home/ivan/unixODBC232/include
export STREAMS_ADAPTERS_ODBC_LIBPATH=/home/ivan/unixODBC232/lib
export ODBCINI=/home/ivan/nz/odbc.ini
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ivan/unixODBC232/lib:/home/ivan/nz/lib64
export NZ_ODBC_INI_PATH=/homes/ivan/nz
Also, when you try your test application, I suggest trying in stand-alone mode first. After you get the stand-alone application working, then try it in distributed mode.
Answer by AlexCiv (52) | Oct 08, 2015 at 05:07 AM
Hi Ivan,
Thank you for your answer. My environment variables were all set but I tried re-exporting them and then restarting all Streams services and that did the trick.
Thank you all for your help!
You're welcome. Yes, Restarting Streams with all the odbc env vars in place is one way of fixing env vars issue. You can also use setproperty --application-ev to set application env vars, that would work too.
Answer by Kevin_Foster (520) | Oct 07, 2015 at 02:12 PM
I would also suggest that using the odbchelper utility. I verify connectivity using that before I do anything with the ODBC operators.
Lastly, remember that the password in the connections.xml file is read at compile time and not run time. That's one possible issue if odbchelper is fine but your Streams job isn't.
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Reserve Bank Of India
RBI eases office opening process for foreign entities doing business in telecom, defence
This will make office opening process simple under FEMA Act as the country is looking to go up the ladder in the ease of doing business.
Paytm pulls out in-app chat due to costs of scaling
This comes as Paytm is competing with Whatsapp which entered payments this year.
Google, Whatsapp told to clear air on data storage
Separate letters sent by NPCI seeking info about plans to store local payments data exclusively in India.
Payments majors Visa, Mastercard and American Express may be taxed on India income
Tax implication over the RBI circular may be a prelude to a bigger worry that many other companies such as Google and Apple may face.
Trai wants flexible data protection norms
Sharma supported the data portability architecture that banking regulator Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had created a couple of years ago.
View: Things government can do to complement RBI's data storage rule
If GoI deems personal payments data as not 'critical', RBI's stand on full data localisation will be severely hit.
US wants to prohibit data localisation, top trade official says amid looming RBI directive
Mobile messaging platform WhatsApp has said it has built a system that stores payments-related data in India, in line with RBI's data localisation policy.
Whatsapp says it will store payments data locally; is in compliance with RBI
RBI had said all system providers shall ensure that the entire data relating to payment systems operated by them are stored in a system only in India.
Mobile wallet interoperability soon with riders
While RBI is yet to allow transactions between different mobile wallets, the digital payments industry is abuzz with talk on an imminent announcement of the final guidelines
WhatsApp pay drops beta tag, adds Axis & HDFC Bank to list
The instant messaging service provider has also removed the sentence that it was testing a "beta product" while offering payment service to a limited set of users in the country.
Srikrishna panel upset at timing of Trai suggestions
The committee fears Trai's move will delay submission of its own report due later this month.
Airtel Payments Bank cannot signup new customers
The issue of unsolicited accounts surfaced last year after government's LPG subsidy worth nearly Rs 200 crore landed in Airtel Payments Bank accounts of beneficiaries instead of their regular bank accounts.
WhatsApp may back payments from UPI apps
WhatsApp, which is thought to have more than 250 million active users in India, is currently operating a test function of its payment offering with ICICI Bank.
WhatsApp's payment plans delayed due to privacy fears at Facebook
WhatsApp Pay's rollout has been impacted by privacy concerns after the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica episode, and the RBI's directive on data storage.
Verifying users just got tougher for wallet companies
UIDAI restricts access to its database by classifying payment firms as local authentication user agencies, forcing them to ask for virtual IDs.
Payment firms wait on RBI clarity on data localisation
Sources also point out that the Central Bank seemed unlikely to budge from its present position.
Hard times: RBI's KYC norms burn a hole in mobile wallets
The number of transactions through mobile wallets fell 13% to 268.79 million in March from 310.01 million in February.


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Many people unfortunately confuse titles and deeds. They are related, but they are not the same thing. Title refers to the ownership rights to a property, either real property or personal property. So you can have title to a car (personal property) or a condominium (real property).
Note that title ownership is a concept; it is not a piece of paper, although documents can confirm the title. The car's title registration or your property's title abstract is not the title. They are merely evidence of title.
Unlike the concept of title, the deed is tangible. It is usually a piece of paper or other recorded instrument. Deeds are also only used for real property—not personal property. If you want to convey ownership of personal property, such as appliances or tools, you will probably use a "bill of sale" or other similar instrument.
The written deed is used to convey title to real property. Through the deed, the grantor (current owner or seller) gives ownership interest in the subject property to the grantee (buyer or receiver). This article will discuss the following deed elements:
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This book makes it easy to not only buy a home, but figure out everything that you need to do, even get a loan. In simple and easy to understand language, it talks about where you should buy a home, what to look for in a home, how to find a home, how to get an agent, how to get a mortgage and more. This is a step by step process that you, a new home buyer, can use to purchase a home.


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Upstate South Carolina artist D.Goode releases his 2nd mixtape "Diary of a G" hosted by OG Bigga Rankin. On "Diary of a G" D.Goode tells his life story and becomes transparent with opening up about his personal life. From childhood struggles, to run-ins with the law, he still tries to encourage others thru his music. D. Goode refers to this mixtape as his personal diary.
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Victoria Doramus: The Philanthropic Business Woman
Victoria Doramus is known for her exceptional skills as a trend specialist. Her intuitive methods have allowed her to skillfully identify patterns in the market, especially in the fields of fashion, lifestyle and design. Victoria Doramus actively pursues many opportunities to experience different ways to help those in need through charitable volunteer work. Her diligence and level of professionalism are only matched by her charitable contributions. Victoria has been known to have a history of creative work where she provided valuable insights into marketing strategies. She has also been able to find innovative solutions along with the observation of market phenomena.
One of the ways in which the Philanthropist gives back is by volunteering at the Amy Winehouse Foundation. Here she is able to help educate the younger generation on the misuses of drugs. The organization focuses on supporting those that have already been affected by allowing them to use music as a way to express their emotions. This is a way to heal the unexpressed emotions in many youths.
Victoria also volunteers at the Room To Read Organization. This is where she helps low income families by ensuring that their children are capable of achieving the appropriate levels of literary capabilities. She has been a part of the cause for the benefit of over 12 million children. The organization has helped children in the countries of India, Vietnam, Nepal and South Africa. Room To Read has been helping children since its foundation in 2000.
Victoria Doramus also has a soft spot in her heart for animals. She volunteers at the Best Friends Animal Society. The organization was founded in 1984. Victoria helps to save the lives of animals that are scheduled to be put down. The options of neutering, adoption, fostering and TNR are the alternative solutions to putting animals down.
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Thurs., Mar. 13: FTC Begins Herbalife Investigation
Sital Patel takes a look at which stocks traders will be watching during market action, including Herbalife, Dollar General, and Aeropostale. Photo: Herbalife.
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Becoming a Wise Woman
Terri Conroy B.A (Hons) H.Dip (Ed) M. Phil, Dip AK
Becoming a Wise Woman is every woman's destiny, if she chooses it. To step onto the initiatory path that is Wise Woman Training – is to make the decision to reconnect to the Goddess, the Divine Feminine and to the Goddess within.
The Plant Wisdom – Wise Woman Training is a very special, one year course which runs from Samhain to Samhain. One can join at any time as the Wheel of the Year is cyclical. The training aims to foster a deep relationship between the plant world, the Goddess and yourself, the apprentice. Journeying around the Celtic Wheel of the Year we will find Plant Allies and meet the Goddess in her various forms. We will celebrate the four fire festivals – Samhain, Imbolc, Bealtaine, and Lughnasadh, – together, weaving myth and reality in this world and other worlds, rekindling a love for and a relationship with our land and with the Earth. You will be given exercises to carry out at home for the Solstices and Equinoxes which will encourage you to delve deep into your own spirituality.
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To deepen our connection we will recall our Celtic heritage through folklore, story and music whilst we craft our sacred tools, remembering how our ancestors respected the Goddess. We will come to understand how everything is alive and filled with spirit. We will spend time in Nature here in Connemara, at Danu's Irish Herb Garden, walking the land, wandering the sea shore and communing with the plants. The land of Connemara is imbued with an unseen presence that can be felt when walking with gratitude for the Beauty of Nature.
As we craft our magical tools, (beginning with our Crane Bag) at each of the fire festivals you will learn how to journey with the Drum and with Dance. We will practice ritual and ceremony as you prepare for a Vision Quest at the end of the Wheel.
At every step the plants will be with us, forging our connection to Mother Earth. As we journey with the plants to the Goddess we will undergo personal transformation remembering that everything is alive and Love is all there is.
Crafting will include,
- how to build an altar
- how to make sacred, magical tools
- how to journey to other realms
- how to make plant remedies and flower essences
- making ritual and ceremony
- preparation for a Vision Quest
as well as recalling our folklore and music.
It is my belief that to save our planet, (or rather to save humankind), we must follow a path that leads us to the Goddess via the plant world. If we can inculcate a relationship with Nature and with the plants then we will become a force that will work with the planet. To reforge that connection with the Goddess and Divine Feminine, energy will ripple out from each individual and bring about the change we need to see, a change from exploitation of Earth's resources that harms all, to collaboration and appreciation.
The plants have been here for 700 million years whereas humans have only been around in our present state for about 200,000 years. Is it possible that plants have something to teach us? YES!!!! Plants are eager to share their wisdom with us and Plant Wisdom – Wise Woman Training is a vehicle for them to do so.
Each cross quarter festival, (Samhain, Imbolc, Bealtaine and Lughnasadh), will take place on the Saturday nearest to the festival date and costs €90 per person. This includes an organic, vegetarian lunch and teas. Participants are encouraged to bring food to share so that we all nourish and support each other.
Dates for 2018/2019 are as follows:
- Samhain 3rd November 2018
- (Winter Solstice 15 December 2018)
- Imbolc 2nd February 2019
- (Spring Equinox 23rd March 2019)
- Bealtaine 4th May 2019
- (Summer Solstice 22nd June 2019)
- Lughnasadh 3rd August 2019
- (Autumn Equinox 21st September 2019)
- Samhain 2nd November 2019
So tune into your wild side, the side that is aching with loss, the side that wants to remember the Divine Feminine and join us on the path of becoming a Wise Woman. This course is open to all and can also be taken alone, as a lone retreat. Contact me for more details. If you have any queries about anything, just call. Please note dates may be subject to variation.
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"The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight."
– Marge Piercy
As I start this new blog, I pause to remember all of the people around the world whom I have had the good fortune to meet– people who have not dallied for one minute in their tireless effort to make their communities healthier, safer, and more hopeful. This blog is dedicated to them, as well as to their international partners who cross barriers of culture, power, and class to work side-by-side these local people as they address their most pressing needs. As Marge Piercy goes on to say, "The work of the world is common as mud." Let's jump in!


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EBCAM honors Ms. Valentina Santoro
The EBCAM family would like to thank Ms. Valentina Santoro for her full dedication the last four years as Chief Operating Officer and to wish her good luck to her new career horizons.
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The tenth edition of the European Development Days (EDD 2016) will take place in Brussels on 15-16th June 2016. For its tenth anniversary, EDD 2016 will focus on the '2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development', making it one of the very first major conferences dedicated to the issue.


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You can find directions to forming corporations by visiting the state agencies that you want to incorporate in. The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has fairly up to date links to various
state incorporation agencies
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As a guide to forming your own corporation, you may also want to look at some websites that offer
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ROYAL DEESIDE, Scotland, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- British royal watchers say Kate Middleton turned a corner in her romance with Prince William by being invited to hunt at Balmoral during the weekend.
The 50,000-acre estate in Scotland is where Prince Philip proposed to Queen Elizabeth and Edward VIII spent time with Wallis Simpson, Britain's Telegraph reported Sunday.
Middleton, dressed in camouflage and hunting boots, accompanied William's father, Prince Charles, on a hunting trip Saturday during a family weekend at Balmoral.
The intimate family gathering fueled speculation of a possible engagement, though sources close to the couple say any announcement would not happen before next year. Bookmakers are so convinced the two 25-year-olds will marry they have stopped taking bets on whether it will happen, the Telegraph reported.
Balmoral became a royal home in 1852, ten years after Queen Victoria became enthralled by her "dear beautiful Highlands."


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Personal Thoughts: After reading Caraval and Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy, I was really craving a solid contemporary read. I tend to like switching up genres often so after so much time in other worlds, I felt ready to revisit our own. I had remembered that Alexa and Rachel both enjoyed reading Shuffle, Repeat and so I plucked it from my shelf and settled in for a cute fluffy romance. Shuffle, Repeat delivered exactly what I was craving and it has since become one of my favorite contemporary YA novels in existence. Fun fact: Jen Klein is a writer for Grey's Anatomy– which is a show many people love but I could only handle watching the first episode of because medical procedures do not sit well with me. It makes no sense because give me a gory show like Dexter where people are murdered and I'm fine but start operating on someone in my television and my body will begin to involuntarily shake with aversion.
Plot Summary: June is a senior in high school with no license and no plan to learn to drive. Her mother and she move into a new house, close to her mom's best friend who just so happens to be the mother of Oliver, your typical all-American high school football playing jock. The mom's arrange a carpool for Oliver to pick June up and drive her each morning only they quickly realize they have opposite outlooks on likes, completely different tastes in music and they clash on just about everything imaginable. The pair decide to make their mornings more bearable by entering into a bet; each time one of them is able to provide sufficient evidence that high school doesn't matter (June) or is a pivotal time in your life (Oliver), they're able to add a song to the morning playlist. Then they shuffle and repeat.
Critique: Shuffle, Repeat is a wonderfully crafted slow burn romance. The pitch accurately compares it to When Harry Met Sally because of the opposites attract factor. In the beginning of the novel, both June and Oliver are dating other people and neither feels jealousy toward the other which I absolutely adore. Love rooted in friendship is a recipe for success in my opinion so to watch these two characters with such opposing viewpoints find common ground and form a bond of friendship before any romance is on the table is so satisfying and believable. Another aspect of the book that I really appreciated is that (for the most part) people aren't confined to a single social group. Sure, everyone has their immediate group of friends but it's not unusual for some people to bounce between groups. Everything about all of the characters (both main and side) felt very organic and real. One of June's best friends is gay and another is bisexual and it's never treated as out of the ordinary or as a coming out story. They just are who they are, no questions asked. Klein also explores both June and Oliver's relationships with their parents which I love to read about because family is such a focal point of youth that can often be overlooked in YA. Lastly, the polar viewpoints on the importance of high school were so interesting to read about. It really got me to think about my own experience compared to where I am now, how the past has shaped me and my own mindset throughout it all.
Do I Recommend?: Yes indeed! If you enjoy contemporary romances like Anna and the French Kiss or To All the Boys I've Loved Before I would definitely suggest checking this one out!


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For the Canucks, Change Has Come
By Scott Taylor
In the coming weeks and months, you will see and hear plenty of the Canucks' latest marketing slogan, "Change is Coming". Indeed, with the gaping hole in the season ticket-holder base, not to mention, the evaporation of the much hyped season ticket waiting list, we are no longer all Canucks.
At last nights' Canucks Summer Summit, evidence of this change was everywhere, from the cosmetics of the food and beverage overhaul to the official presentation of the new management and coaching team, it is clear that the Canucks are working hard to win you back.
At times, the proceedings veered into uncomfortable dog and pony show territory, whether parading out the new heads of "hospitality" or "interviewing" the top teenagers selected in last week's entry draft.
Meanwhile, emcee John Shorthouse took several opportunities to throw outgoing leader Mike Gillis under the bus. Deserved or not, it left the strangely nervous but typically professional Shorthouse looking like another Orca Bay "yes" man, which we suppose he really is.
The official star of the proceedings seemed to be new general manager Jim Benning, the calm soft-spoken one who seems determined to let his actions speak, accomplishing more in one week than his predecessor did in a year. And yes, that is us throwing Gillis under the bus.
Similarly, rookie coach Willie Desjardins is a sharp contrast to his predecessor as well. Clearly uncomfortable with a microphone in his hand, the 57 year-old rookie coach will never have the enormous ego of John Tortorella, who entertainingly enveloped every media opportunity.
But before we get too carried away with all this contrast and the optimism it might provide, we ought to caution ourselves. Every professional sport regime change promises the same things: to do things better, to think outside the box, to work harder on and off the field of play, to play the right way. You know the story.
Can anyone forget Mike Gillis in his first few weeks on the job parading around his prized inaugural pick, Cody Hodgson? Doesn't the recently lauded signing of veteran winger Radim Vrbata look suspiciously like Gillis' inking of Pavol Demitra?
And boy, this Jake Virtanen kid, who is unable to participate in training right now, might very well be J.J. Daigneault, a former Canuck first rounder who arrived at the draft podium on crutches. Meanwhile hulking Russian centre Nikita Tryamkin might just be this era's Libor Polasek. And then there is second round draft pick Jared McCann who wants to be the next Ryan Kesler…
And Canucks' past experience with unproven but highly lauded junior coaches has ended terribly so says Bill Laforge and Tom Renney.
But for now, the Canucks are true to their word. Change isn't only coming, it is here. Whether it is the beginning of a sea of change that brings the ultimate prize is the real question, of course. And one that is likely years in the answering. But like team president Trevor Linden clearly articulated yesterday, sports is the ultimate in reality entertainment. And rather quickly, they have us all watching again.


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WASHINGTON DC—Today, Congressman Duncan Hunter responded to the President's veto threat of the Cut, Cap and Balance Act, saying the decision is all about "posturing" at a time when leadership is needed.
"With the debt situation nearing a point of decision in the coming days, it's unthinkable that the President, who has not offered a reasonable solution of his own, is willing to veto legislation that actually takes the necessary steps toward bringing the budget under control. Given the circumstances, threatening to veto legislation without an alternative plan or even before a vote in the House, is all about posturing at a time when leadership is what the country needs.
"All we continue to hear from the President and Democrats in Congress is the need for more spending and higher taxes. There is no future for America if we continue down that road. We need to reverse course and begin implementing the spending cuts and budget safeguards to get us back on sound fiscal footing."


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In order for a film to be put on general release in movie theaters across the UK, it must have passed through and achieved British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) certification. However, that's not exactly a cheap process for what amounts to censorship of a director's work, especially for cash-strapped independent filmmakers. So one such director is taking a stand and using Kickstarter to fund it.
The BBFC charges £101.50 ($155) as a submission fee for any film seeking certification. That's not the end of it, though. There's also a per-minute charge of £7.09 ($11), so a typical 90 minute film will cost a total of £739.60 ($1,125) including the £638.10 ($971) charge for all those minutes.
There's no way around these charges, but filmmaker Charlie Lyne has found a way to cause the BBFC some minor pain with his own crowdfunded film submission. You see, any film that pays the certification fee must be watched by the BBFC in its entirety. So Lyne is going to submit a film of paint drying on a wall. The camera never moves, it just looks at the same spot for the entire length of the production.
How long this production ends up being depends on the amount raised through Kickstarter. Every £7/$11 pledged adds another minute to the length. At the time of writing the total is sat at £2,175 ($3,309), which means a film length of 292 minutes (nearly 5 hours). That's going to be one very tedious watch for the BBFC and there's still 26 days to go on the Kickstarter.
Lyne has prepared for the submission by capturing 14 hours of the wall with fresh paint applied. He's done so in 4K digital video so the BBFC can see every detail of the paint as it dries. He may have to reshoot, however, if the Kickstarter total gets high enough (more than £6,057/$9,215). For reference, the longest film ever certified by the BBFC is Out 1 by Jacques Rivette (773 minutes). Could Lyne's Paint Drying surpass that?


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Abul-Fotouh, a former presidential candidate, was speaking at a press conference in the Nile Delta governorate of Gharbiya on Sunday.
"President Morsi thought he could rule the country through his group [the Muslim Brotherhood]. But this is not right, the president can't rule successfully unless he is surrounded by the people," he added.
Abul-Fotouh said the Muslim Brotherhood should withdraw from politics and focus on religious preaching.
"The people are paying the price for the mixing of religion and politics," he said.
Abul-Fotouh was a member of the Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau from 1987 until 2009. He left the group after the January 25 Revolution when he defied the group's official policy by declaring he would stand in presidential elections.
Abul-Fotouh was an early frontrunner in the presidential race but eventually finished fourth.
He formed the Strong Egypt Party in October 2012.
Abul-Fotouh made similar comments about the need for early presidential elections when he was in Doha earlier this month.
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Ear tubes are the most common surgery done on young children under anesthesia to fix recurrent ear infections. Some doctors think too many of these surgeries are performed unnecessarily and opt for a watchful waiting approach. WSJ's Sumathi Reddy joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: Getty
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Full iPhone functionality. Bass/treble controls. Useful remote. Well-balanced audio output.
Bass distorts at mid-to-high volumes. No TV-out. No speakerphone abilities. No menu navigation on remote.
Watch the Altec Lansing T612 Video Review!
Bottom Line
This speaker dock may have some low-end distortion issues, but the T612's selling point is clear: It lets you dock your iPhone, play music, and take calls without having to put it into "airplane mode"something no dock has accomplished before.
Altec Lansing's T612 speaker dock doesn't look very innovativeit closely resembles a previous Altec Lansing iPod dock, the M602but it's the first speaker dock to play nice with Apple's iPhone. Until now, iPhone users have had to put their prized possessions into "airplane mode" when using a speaker dock, rendering the device's phone abilities useless. This was due to horrendous GSM buzz (caused by the cellular modem regularly reaching out to the network) that would otherwise occur and make the listening experience a lousy one. The T612, however, requires no "airplane mode" adjustments, and it is certified by Apple with the "Works with iPhone" logo (it's also "Made for iPod," if you're keeping score). You can receive calls and dial them when the iPhone is docked and playing music (but you have to pick the phone up to talk).The T612's audio performance is fine at medium-to-low volumes, but the dock is hampered by low-end distortion at higher levelsforget about using it for your next dance party. At $200, however, it may be the perfect office speaker solution for iPhone users.
The T612, as mentioned, looks remarkably similar to the M602. The main difference seems to be the color scheme: The T612's speaker grille is black; the M602's, silver. Across the top panel are buttons for power, volume up/down, treble, and bass; the same controls are on the handy remote, along with play/pause and skip buttons. The remote is quite useful but has no menu navigation abilities (only song forward and back skipping), so any menu navigation must be done manually on the iPod. Another drawback is that the remote is small and outfitted with membrane buttons that feel somewhat cheap. On a $200 system, however, that can be forgiven.
The rear panel of the dock features a 3.5mm connection for aux audio (a short 3.5mm cable is included), as well as an AC-in for the supplied adapter. Too bad that there's no TV-out here, though: A feature that sends the video from a movie or podcast to your TV while using the dock for audio would be a welcome addition. It should be standard on most docks these days, since all new iPods (excluding the shuffle) now play video. The T612 is wall-mountable, but it seems more like a device made for the desktop. I'd guess that's how most people would use it.
Let's talk a bit about usability. Say you're rocking out to AC/DC on your iPhone while it's docked to the T612, as I was during my tests. Suddenly, your best friend calls you. "Back in Black" will quickly fade out, the audio assigned to your ring will play through the T612 speakers, and the familiar "answer/decline call" screen appears. If you accept the call, you'll need to pick up the phone to chat because there's no speakerphone. That's a bit of a bummer, but, apparently, it's impossible to transmit phone audio via the proprietary connection on the iPhone.
When your call is finished, the music resumesright through the phone's built-in speaker, until you dock it. The same rules apply if you wish to make a call while music is playing. You can dial when music is pumping, but once the call begins, the tunes will fade and you'll need to pick up the iPhone to talk. Again, music resumes when the call is finishednot when the phone is docked. This is more an issue with the way the iPhone talks to the dock than the dock itself, but I'd certainly prefer a scenario in which the iPhone "knew" it was docked and waited to be docked again before resuming play. Ah, wella minor complaint.
Were there any issues with the iPhone and the T612 playing nice? I did once get the dreaded message stating that the connected accessory doesn't "work with iPhone." Huh? I beg to differ! I ignored its advice to switch the iPhone to airplane mode, and I never experienced any GSM buzz or reception issues. Clearly, this is just an occasional communication bug between dock and phone, but it doesn't actually affect the performance of either.
The main problem I had with the T612 is its high-volume audio performance. I enjoyed healthy balances of low, mid, and high frequency at low-to-moderate volume levels. When listening to anything at more than about halfway, however, the 60W speaker dock exhibited low-end distortion. At the high volume levels that you might use for parties, this distortion was significant, even on Johnny Greenwood's orchestral score for There Will Be Blood (which, it should be noted, you should never use for a shindig unless you truly want to frighten your guests).
The individual bass and treble controls are a great touch and can save your speakers from heavy distortion at higher volumes. (Blue lights behind the T612's speaker grille show where each level is set; volume works this way, too) As nice as it is to be able to fine-tune your EQ settings this way, I would rather have more powerful woofers that can handle bass better. Ironically, the subwoofer-less T612 has Altec Lansing's built-in "XdB" bass technology that's supposed to make up for the lack of sub. It doesn't. Granted, not all speakers need a sub, but Altec Lansing could have simply made the woofers capable of handling more volume.
Maybe you won't be using the T612 for your next soiree. But if you do, do you really want the music at your party to stop every time you receive a phone call? If so, you're pretty self-centered, my friend. In all seriousness, the T612 is ideal for the office, where lower listening levels are most likely the norm. It's also a locale where iPhone owners can both enjoy the music on their phone and take and place calls without any hassle. For this purpose, the T612 is great, and $200 seems reasonable.
Watch the Altec Lansing T612 Video Review!
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The last seasonal school of the 2015 intake in the CBIR double degree programme will take place in St. Petersburg 21 – 25 November 2016. The School of International Relations of the St. Petersburg State University will host the Winter School, see http://sir.spbu.ru/en/.
The Winter School consists of a CIMO-funded FIRST Intensive Course on The EU-Russia Conflict after 2014: Implications for the Baltic Sea Region and Master's thesis seminars for double degree students. In addition, there will be visits to the Finnish Consulate in St. Petersburg and the Finnish Institute in St. Petersburg, see http://instituutit.fi/en/institutes/finnish-institute-in-saint-Petersburg/ .
The intensive course discusses topics such as The Future of the relations between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union, The implications of the EU-Russia conflict for Finnish and Swedish foreign and security policies, Transboundary water management on the borders between Russia and the European Union, Impact of the Russia-EU conflict on cross-border cooperation in the region, The Future of EU-Russia Relations.
Information on the requirements for enrolled students is available in the Moodle RES014 The EU-Russia Conflict after 2014
You can find the programme of the Winter School below: Venue: School of International Relations of the St. Petersburg State University, room 100, entrance 8, 1/3 Smolnogo str.
The accommodation for students has been booked in SuperHostel http://superhostel.ru/hotels/nekras and Democrat Hostel http://hotel-demokrat-on-nekrasova-58.hotelsinsaintpetersburg.net/, both located in 58 Nekrasova str.


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Riding the Arenberg Forest Trench
The Arenberg Trench is a stretch of road in Northern France, famous for its brutal cobbles and forming the crunch point in the Paris – Roubaix race.
I've been lucky enough (or unlucky) to ride the Arenberg and definitely did not have the best experience as written about here. Stopping for photos at the beginning, followed by getting stuck behind Sean Kelly doing a piece into the camera for Eurosport, then getting bounced into the fencing by the cobbles and doing a forward roll with a bike attached and eventually managed to finish – a lot happened in those ten minutes!
The segment gets its legendary status from being the moment where potential victors can win or lose Paris – Roubaix. 2016 saw a particularly brutal set of crashes involving Mitch Docker, a motorbike and Elia Viviani. A first crash included Docker, whose fall onto the cobbles was so heavy and so bloody that it was suspected he may lose an eye. This halted the bunch and as a following motorbike tried to brake, it lost control and took out a standing Viviani, injuring him.
The peloton hits the cobbles with an all out sprint and with so many people on the limit, combined with the possibly muddy, wet cobbles has led to many crashes over the years. World champion and 3 time winner of Paris-Roubaix, Johan Museeuw most famously crashed here in 1998 shattering his kneecap and later picked up an infection that saw him come close to losing his leg. The cobbles can be brutal, even to those that have mastered them!
Arenberg Forest
There are many iconic views of the Arenberg trench, its long straight path through the forest as far as the eye can see gives it the feeling of cycling between two green walls. The mining bridge over the cobbles is the only man-made object overhead. The industrial construction seems to lend itself to black and white photos with the contrast giving any picture another stand-out feature.
The top tips to ride it are to stay on the crown of the road in the middle or keep to the absolute edges where you may be able to ride in the dirt between the barriers and the cobbles.


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Gertrude Weil - What Judaism Means to Me - Study of Judaism
Although Weil always took Judaism, Jewish history, and the Jewish community seriously, in her later years she began to probe more and more deeply into Biblical texts. She mused about the meaning of episodes from Jewish history, believing that only by studying history could Jews learn important lessons about the evolution of their religion and its ideals. In her 80th year, for example, she wrote that the story of Abraham became more than ever for her a story of obedience to conscience, while that of Jacob was about the discovery of the great religious truth about "the universality of God, the idea that God is God of the whole world."
Judaism, for Weil, was a religion of daily life, of kindness and goodness, yet also one that offered profound satisfaction in a spiritual oneness with God. In a signed note written in 1955, entitled "My Concept of God is Creative Essence, Ultimate Reality, Infinite Truth, Universal Being," she underscored this belief:
Being finite ourselves, we human beings cannot know God directly, but only through the phenomena, or manifestations of God in our universe. These manifestations range from the distant world of the milky way to the tiniest blade of grass, from the vast oceans to the dew drop, from the grandest mountain to the soft skin of a baby's cheek; they include every act of kindness and generosity and sacrificial devotion of a human being to another human being, the love of a man for his wife, the love of a mother for her child. They include our very search for God—They include all the beauty and the glory and the mystery of the universe around us and within us. The more we grow in wisdom and in the understanding of these things, the more nearly we can approach to a knowledge of God.
For Weil, religion was a "whole-person" affair involving "reason, emotion, science, mystery—whatever constitutes a person's approach to understanding the universe & his own relation to it." She considered Christianity's "terrific emphasis on Sin" problematic, preferring the Jewish teaching that "men should look into their own lives, see their many doings, their sins (if you will), repent of them, [and] lead bettter lives than [in] their past."
- Quotations in first paragraph from Gertrude Weil, "Why Study So Much Jewish History," May 15, 1958, in the Gertrude Weil Papers at the North Carolina Office of Archives and History (NCDAH).
- Quotation beginning "Being finite ourselves" from Gertrude Weil, "My Concept of God is Creative Essence, Ultimate Reality, Infinite Truth, Universal Being," Summer 1955, NCDAH.
- Remaining quotations from manuscript note, undated, NCDAH.
How to cite this page
Jewish Women's Archive. "Gertrude Weil - What Judaism Means to Me - Study of Judaism." (Viewed on December 12, 2019) <https://jwa.org/womenofvalor/weil/what-judaism-means-to-me/study-of-judaism>.