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Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars reviews
psychoticnicholai on June 20th, 2017
A Warmer Take on the Icy Age
The Memoria Vetusta series of albums is what Blut aus Nord makes of traditional and naturalistic black metal. What the second edition in this series feels like is a more melodic and lively take on the style that was explored in a frigid, aggressive way with the first Memoria Vetusta album, Fathers of the Icy Age. Dialog with the Stars takes an approach that focuses on melody and vivaciousness by crafting massive songs with riffs that show off the beauty of Blut aus Nord's sound. Everything here flows smoothly and many of the jagged edges are smoothed out to make something airy, smooth, and majestic, while still feeling cyclopean and bizarre. The songs do tend to go on for an extremely long time and also get lost in themselves a lot. Memoria Vetusta II is a beautiful, but long-winded affair.
The return to the old 90s style is like many of Blut aus Nord's musical decisions, a left-field turn that yields unique and interesting results, even if those results are cryptic and don't stick right away. It contradicts the older albums by offering a beautiful and vast sound that contrasts the gritty, devilish, and claustrophobic albums that came right before it. This still feels desolate, but in a melodic, natural way, rather than in an industrial, apocalyptic bent. Cascades of riffs go on for such a long time, that you lose yourself inside them. This makes Memoria Vetusta II feel good as a piece, but ultimately too big to digest at once. It works well as background atmosphere for meditation and setting an epic mood. Blut aus Nord's mystic energy is strong here, and the aura is nice, just everything here is a bit too big to keep your attention if you're not in the right frame of mind for it.Memoria Vetusta II: Dialog with the Stars is an album that spreads its atmosphere about a vast, and epic soundscape as wide as the sky, and shows that Blut aus Nord know how to handle peace and positivity in opposite to their normal sound while still delivering the black metal. But, it also shows that they can get over-ambitious while still achieving quite a bit. If you love melody and ultra-ethereal riffs, then your probably better equipped than most for this second entry in Blut aus Nord's series of "traditional" melodic black metal.
ConorFynes on July 4th, 2016
Beauty found amidst the ruins.
The Memoria Vetusta series had made itself out to be a refuge for melody in a career otherwise defined by a calculated ugliness. More often than not, Blut aus Nord has been driven by a cold industrial atmosphere and swirling dissonance. The Work Which Transforms God and MoRT are two of the most jarring albums I've ever heard from any genre. When Blut aus Nord decides to get dark, it is the stuff of nightmares unlike anything else I've heard. Vindsval had already demonstrated his tact with melodic writing on the first pair of albums. Nonetheless, the subsequent extremity that characterized Blut aus Nord made the partial return to melody on MVII: Dialogue with the Stars a total revelation.
It is difficult to write or think about Dialogue with the Stars without feeling total awe for what BaN accomplished here. I'm not even sure I could call it my favourite album of theirs-- that standing's always gone to TWWTG. Surprisingly however, it's this one that's rewarded repeated listening the most. Although the tragic melodies, clearcut riffs and tactful soloing of Fathers of the Icy Age returned on Dialogue with the Stars, it didn't come at any cost to the band's trademark weirdness. The album's first riff, opening up "Disciple's Libration", is a perfect example of this contrast. It's still technically dissonant by most every standard, but unlike the indecipherable murk of other albums, Vindsval channels it in such a way that it's instantly memorable from the first listen onward.
The greatest irony is that Dialogue with the Stars has been Blut aus Nord's biggest "grower" album from my experience of it. Even if there are plenty of earworms and distinct ideas, the song structures have been drawn out accordingly. Despite how ugly it was on the outside, I think there was a certain comfort in knowing an album like MoRT was essentially rhapsodic and meandering; you could sink into the atmosphere without feeling a need to decipher anything. The opposite rings true here. Vindsval carries these massive tracks along with the vision of a progressive rock master. Even if the album's shorter interludes feel a bit superfluous in light of its centrepieces, it doesn't feel like a single moment of the album has been spent frivolously. Blut aus Nord's masterful atmosphere has always been completely unique to my ears. The only thing that ever potentially held me at bay was the fact that there was nothing to grip one's ears upon. Dialogue with the Stars accomplishes that end even better than what I've come to expect from one of my all-time favourite acts.
Some of the most gorgeous exercises in melodic writing I've ever heard in black metal are featured here. "Disciple's Libration" is chock-full of them. "...the Meditant" and especially "Antithesis of the Flesh" make Vindsval out to be just as much a genius in this style as he is with the abrasive industrial stuff. It's kind of mind-blowing to think a trait they're so potentially great with is purposefully underused elsewhere. I think there's a lot of merit in giving each album its own niche. After having listened to their discography obsessively these last couple of weeks, I'm becoming convinced that Blut aus Nord are one of the few black metal bands out there that have written music to suit any mood. Unlike its weaker successor Saturnian Poetry, Dialogue with the Stars does different things without alienating the project's weird foundations.
DSOfan97 on September 3rd, 2015
And the stars responded...
...not with silence, but with this. Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars is easily one of the most important black metal records of the last decade. Most people would probably think that the saga was abandoned, but think again people! Vindsval doesn't quit, and since a second part was for him necessary, nothing would prevent it from happening. And thankfully the time had arrived somewhere in 2009, the second album was unveiled and up to this day, I still have to pick my brains from the floor after every listen... That alone says something, right?
The thing is that, this album doesn't even try to be amazing. It just is, just like that. You don't need any particular reason or excuse to listen to it. You just have to. And yes, it's that good. Of course there is no such thing as a flawless album (or is it?), but this comes much closer than usual. If it only had a better production this would be... Actually you know what? This would be as it is now. Maybe the production isn't the best of its kind but the album remains an essential listen.
Then there is that short introduction that raises a wall between you and, pretty much, everything else. After that introduction is over, you belong to the album (and not the other way around) until it's officially over. However the album could be considered as a monotonous effort, if you believe that an album that only has peaks and not frustrating moments, is also a monotonous album. Once again, as it happens with all the melodic Blut Aus Nord albums, every song has a peak, except for the last one which is a peak by itself. Wait... I think I should note here that this album has one of the most amazing streaks ever. The four final tracks are impeccable, while the whole album is great. Thus a four song streak marks this as a monumental album (even more than it actually is).
You could also consider the lack of lyrics as a con, but then again, the music makes up for it. The vocals are a bit buried in the mix, but then again, the music makes up for it. Seriously there is not one flaw here, that the music can't make up for. The guitars are always doing something remarkable even if they're playing a typical black metal riff. In every song, there's a certain pinch of extra melody that not only graces the album, but also makes it feel like a cult classic. There is some bass, as far as I can hear and sometimes the basslines won't follow the rhythm guitars. The programmed drums now... eh, the patterns are great but the Memoria Vetusta series, need a more dramatic tone to their drumming... When I say dramatic I mean more active and lively, as in the third chapter, Saturnian Poetry. As for the keyboards those are just downright amazing.
Dialogue with the Stars worked as a reminder back then. Some people were disappointed by MoRT and Odinist (bullshit, those albums are great as well), thus the long awaited second chapter came at the best possible moments to shut those mouths and never let them express any doubt again. Trust me, in a few years from now, people are going to talk about this album as they talk about Hvis lyset tar oss... Yes, it's that good, get over it already! In all seriousness though, if someone ignored it, now it's the right time to give a listen... And then pick his brains from the floor.
Favorite tracks: "Disciple's Libration", "...the Meditant", "The Alcove of Angels", "Antithesis of the Flesh", "Elevation".
RapeTheDead on April 9th, 2015
unquestionably dope
I gotta say, sometimes I feel really bad for the Blut Aus Nord fanbase. In accordance with the general opinion, I prefer when the band is much more blatantly and directly melodic. Fans of this band from the get-go had to wait thirteen fucking years until Vinny finally put something out that had just as much melodic deliciousness at the level of Fathers of the Icy Age. It was hard enough for me to trudge through reviewing their "industrial era" over the course of a handful of months. Compared to folks who have been with this band since the beginning, though, that's nothing--this band took an even longer break in releasing delicious melodies than the break Necrophagist has taken to release the followup to Epitaph! Now, Necrophagist is probably going to eclipse that timeframe in a couple of years (prove me wrong, Suicmez), but either way it's not like anybody gives a shit about them anymore. (The very fact that I even mention them here is probably confusing because they have absolutely nothing to do with Blut Aus Nord or this album, I just thought the gap in releases was a good timeframe of reference.) So why is it that Blut Aus Nord spends over a decade fucking around with their fans and people still laud Dialogue With the Stars like it's the phallus of god? Maybe the comparison is inept because (unlike Necrophagist) Blut Aus Nord actually released music during the decade-long gap in supreme quality, but I'd much rather support the notion that fans of this French black metal group stuck with them through the bad times because they knew what Vinny was really capable of all along and firmly believed that he had never lost the magic touch. It sure seems that way now, because Memoria Vetusta II is the climactic release after 13 years of building tension. Ultima Thulee will forever be my favourite release by this band, but I probably listen to Dialogue With the Stars more often nowadays. Vinny's still got it, and every single goddamn riff on this album proves that.
This is hands down the friendliest, most saccharine thing Blut Aus Nord has put out to date. It bears more resemblance to their "90s BM" era than any other, but the huge time gap between releases makes for an inherent dissimilarity in the end result, even if the aesthetic and execution are attempted in an identical manner to the first Memoria Vetusta album. Honestly, though, the dynamics present on this album make Fathers of the Icy Age look like a one-trick pony in comparison. There's faster parts over that "consonant dissonance" riff thing Blut Aus Nord does so well, with a much more easy-to follow sense of melody this time around. Keyboards provide tastefully done harmony and hold their own with a certain sort of delicate wonder during the interlude sections. The ambiance of Blut Aus Nord has always made them a cut above the rest no matter what they were doing, but god damn it's been so long since they actually sounded consistently pleasant and inviting. This doesn't sound nearly as flowery and pretty as I'm making it out to be, though, and that's the amazing stunt this album manages to pull. Even though this is loaded with rich harmonies with some even sweeter keyboards on top, this is still much less overtly friendly than a lot of atmospheric black metal being released these days. Not that a comfortable sort of melody is necessarily a bad thing, but the vast, empty feeling that comes along with the naturally pleasant character of the riffs is a perfect way of capturing the feeling of one engaging in a dialogue with the stars.
Holy shit did you listen all the way through and get to "Elevation"? They just take one riff and ride it the whole way through the same way "Procession of the Dead Clowns" did, and fuck, is it ever a monster riff, just this triumphant, delicious piece of guitarwork that I could probably listen to for hours on repeat if I had nothing better to do. The drums are perhaps a tad too mechanical-sounding for the tastes of many, but the slightly hazing, hissing tone they have compliments the atmosphere well and this sort of drumming has pretty much been the norm for Blut Aus Nord since...well, pretty much since they began. If you really think that the drums are too clinical for you at this point, you should probably just give up on listening to these guys because you just don't get it goddammit. They feel completely natural within the context of the album's sound, and this may just be the band's best drum performance yet. They've always been extremely fluid and meticulously composed, with each new measure bring in a slightly different drum pattern, and they work completely in sync with the riffs. On albums like Mystical Beast and Work, the static, repetitive drumming prevented the music from really wandering and breathing, and only once you hear this album do you realize how much it held the band back before. The drums actually reminds me quite a bit of Odinist just in their intricacy and movement, but only now that they're actually supporting great riffs do they get the chance to shine in a way that they didn't on this album's predecessor. The vocals have always been a somewhat minimal and buried layer of icing in the Blut Aus Nord cake, but they just make the only human element of the music sound withered, small and insignificant held up against the grand scale of the music, and the vocals have always worked well for how little they do.
It's difficult to describe in detail what makes Dialogue With the Stars so uniquely good, because it just results in me repeatedly stating EVERYTHING IS AMAZING over and over again. Songs are consistently longer on this album, so the good riffs get more time to develop and the strange riffs work as fluid transitions. There's playful sense of dynamic in the songwriting that Fathers of the Icy Age lacked in its more straightforward riff salad attack. Don't get me wrong, that album is excellent in its own right, but I happen to prefer this sort of approach much more. It's bigger in scope, richer in melody and atmosphere--everything that makes Blut Aus Nord a joy to listen to for me is emphasized and maximized to its fullest potential here. Ultima Thulee significantly shaped my taste in black metal when I was getting into the genre and it holds a special place in my heart, but objectively this really is Blut Aus Nord at their finest. Given the variety and quality in their back catalog, I assure you that is really saying something.
So_It_Is_Done on March 26th, 2010
Close to a Masterpiece
Blut aus Nord, a project by a French artist, nicknamed Vindsval, is recognized and certainly appreciated by many fans of extreme music. This is due to its15 years existence and the amount of quality albums released.
Blut aus Nord can be divided into two faces. Early years of the band are marked with two albums embedded in a rather conventional Nordic style, characterized by sublime, epic atmosphere and a large dose of ambient. One of them, entitled Memoria Vetusta: Fathers Of The Icy Age is the first part of the album reviewed here. The second face is much more experimental, chaotic and less affordable. Four more albums recorded in this new style are reminiscent of the mixture of noise with industrial, but are still rooted in black metal. These unique albums gave Blut aus Nord many new followers, whereas people accustomed to band's older sound had to persistently await the second part announced in 1996.
After thirteen years, Vindsval has fulfilled the promise and on the fifteenth year of the project's existence Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With The Stars was released. The album has a potential to unite the audience. It is a stylistic continuation of the first era, with distinct elements of industrial sound.
A very characteristic, almost a traditional particle in the music of the French is a drum machine, which this time, does not fit particularly well to the concept. However, use of fake drums may also serve as a bridge between two distinct periods. The sound of the guitars also remained metallic and artificial, which reminds of last four more experimental albums. Here, however, the similarity ends; the new album is different in its essence.
Memoria Vetusta II abandons clearly worn out industrial, areas and mixes much more traditional black metal sounds reminiscent of pristine Nordic nature and the pagan cults. The foretaste of this melange were, of course, two earliest albums, as well as the penultimate Odinist. However, the mixture in Memoria Vetusta II is another step forward enriched by amazing oriental flavors.
It is quite difficult to justify which moments of the album resemble eastern, or more specifically, Hindu or Indian music but, without a doubt, there is such a feeling leaking from this entire creation. Inspiration with the East is also confirmed by the titles of compositions. This exceptional oriental atmosphere may have been achieved by the characteristic dreamy sound of keyboards and unforgettable guitar melodies. Blending all these unique elements with more traditional aspects of black metal music Vindsval once again proved that this genre still can be creative.
Memoria Vetusta II is without doubt one of the best black metal albums of the year, and probably their most monumental creation so far. The record is a proof that even now, in times where it seems everything had been recorded, and many metal bands strive for originality by wading in modern areas of electronics, while others regress to crust punk, a talented artist can create an extraordinary monument - an album up to par with the greatest classics of the genre.
autothrall on January 25th, 2010
They can do no wrong
Blut Aus Nord is one of the most brilliant artists in black metal, a band that never fails to fascinate or enthrall with their unique excursions into ambient territory, crusted in a barbaric black shell. While I found their last two albums MoRT and Odinist to be genre re-defining and excellent, they did seem to alienate a segment of the band's fan base. To those fans, Memoria Vetusta II, a 'sequel' to their 1996 sophomore effort Memoria Vetusta I: Fathers of the Icy Age, makes for a kindly peace offering. That said, if you found yourself more in the camp of their recent, chaotically charged offerings, you will still be pleased, because this album simply oozes grace and quality.
Yes, Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars is a partial nod to the band's early catalogue, but it's also a highly refined, mature work of atmospheric black metal which scintillates from the moment of its intro "Acceptance (Aske)", a stripped down ambient piece which conjures the lush skyscape of the album's cover art. "Disciple's Libration (Lost in the Nine Worlds)" reigns you into a driving, melodic black fervor, each riff painstakingly crafted to offer both beauty and innate savagery. The bass playing of GhÖst is a constant presence, keeping the low end anchor of the composition dynamic and busy. "The Cosmic Echoes of Non-Matter (Immaterial Voices of the Fathers)" is similar, yet slightly more turbulent in its forceful shifting of interstellar energies, a beacon of black neuroses veiled in shimmering angels and celestial bodies. "Translucent Body of Air (Sutta Anapanasati)" is a breathtaking acoustic/ambient piece which leads into the driving, gorgeous "Formless Sphere (Beyond the Reason)". This album simply does not falter, but I should make specific mention of the wondrous "Antithesis of the Flesh (...and Then Arises a New Essence)", and the album's closer, "Elevation", a tonal, uplifting shift into transcendence.
Though melodious and 'catchy' from the onset, Memoria Vestuta II is still a complex enough work that repeated listens will provide further insight and 'unlock' epic patterns in the material. The mix of the album is incredible: raw enough to please fans of their earlier work, yet every note and strike of a drum is captured perfectly. The album echoes through your headphones like the voice of an extraterrestrial deity, stopping to ask you for directions to the nearest quasar. Is it the band's magnum opus to this point? I can't say as such, I hold a deep love for some of the band's earlier works and have also been impressed with their more cryptic efforts of the 21st century. What I can say is that Blut Aus Nord is the type of band we will look back on in 20 years as purveyors of genius, and this is a record which transcends black metal yet could not be more loyal to its deepest intentions.
ThrashManiacAYD on August 28th, 2009
Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
Forever shunning the limelight, France's mysterious black metal troupe Blut Aus Nord are back in town with album number seven, "Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars", an album which in title at least could be deemed as the natural successor to album two "Memoria Vetusta I: Fathers of the Icy Age". Being considerably closer to my favoured end of the dense cavernous world of BM and a band at that with quite a reputation predominantly formed by 2003's "The Work Which Transforms God" this has been an album release I had a certain intrigue about for some time.
"The Work..." being the only album I had previously heard by BAN, and as of yet not fully realised it's wonders so many others speak of, may not exactly class me as a long-established fan but results in "Memoria Vetusta II" as being a test of their overall worthiness to a French underground black metal scene surprisingly strong relative to it's historical contribution to the pantheon of metal.
The action gets going immediately with "Acceptance (Aske)" heading straight into dissonant BM territory, referencing Burzum, Wolves in the Throne Room, and more euphorically, Windir, on the way to creating a sound inherently dark and broody yet one that always possesses a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, unlike many of their counterparts. This could be surmised as being thanks to the wicked sense of melody found in "The Cosmic Echoes of Non-Matter (Immaterial Voices of the Fathers)" and "The Alcove of Angels (Vipassana)" and perversely, perhaps, to the ambient inclinations in "Disciple's Libration (Lost in the Nine Worlds)" and "Elevation" where Varg's monotone ambient dirges have been indulged to become a moment of fresh air sandwiched between rasping, driving black metal. The majority of the album is spent in this tone, with a drumsound sadly lacking the feel of a human touch and a vocalist nestled in the distance amid the dissonance of BAN's synthesised riffs, but riffs some of these are. Cascading down from the distance and given plenty of time to grow in many cases, in the likes of "The Formless Sphere (Beyond The Reason)" they trace out symphonies of masterfully crafted black metal of the kind those without a passion for BM often fail to grasp. Thin they may, and lower in the mix than they deserve but "The Alcove Of Angels (Vipassana)" and "The Cosmic Echoes Of Non-Matter (Immaterial Voices Of The Fathers)" are majestic and emperial and hint at why BAN are such a mysteriously revered name.
Don't expect much in the way of promotion or touring to support this record; you'd be lucky to even find a picture of Blut Aus Nord existing. Thus adding to the sense of other worldliness in their more spaced-out interludes, "Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars" is a deeply intriguing listen that could even do the unthinkable and pull in some outsiders to the enclosed world of BM as amongst all the theatrics there are some seriously good bands ploughing their furrows in it's rich plains.
Originally written for Rockfreaks.net
ravenhearted on April 16th, 2009
Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with
While a large portion of fans will no doubt deny it, Black Metal has always gone through certain trends, providing a template shaping the majority of new bands' direction and resulting in a lot of similar sounding releases at any given time. Then again, there are bands who never seem to pay any attention to these trends, always carving their own path without any visible influence from their peers. The French ensemble BLUT AUS NORD have been among these elite few since their 1994 conception, and 15 years later it appears that they are still pushing the boundaries of the genre.
Even though their 2007 release, "Odinist", didn't cause much of a stir upon release, it was a juggernaut of crushing industrial-tinged Black Metal, cold and merciless as the grave. Never a band to rest on their past achievements, "Dialogue With The Stars" is a totally different beast, turning away from the heavy blows, instead transcending beyond the human sphere and turning towards another realm of essence. In other words, the cold wintery forests and Satan-worshiping clowns of Black Metal are nowhere in sight, and in their place we have a glorious and melodic collection of songs that barely fit under the constrictions of any particular genre.
To return to somewhat more earthly terms, "Dialogue With The Stars" is a feast for the ears, carefully adorned with epic riffs, beautiful melodies, and a sense of raw emotion that's become a rarity in modern Metal. It's memorable, at times wildly catchy, and above all unique in its spacy vastness. Every time you think a song has reached its climax, Vindsval takes it up another notch, further blowing the air out of the listener and reaching a new level of cosmic transcendence.
When the time comes for looking back at the greatest efforts of 2009, I'm convinced that BLUT AUS NORD will hold a spot amongst the very best. The many-headed hydra that is post-Black Metal has never sounded this good, and it makes me wonder how far this band can go when they keep upping the ante like this on every album.
(Online April 16, 2009)
Ailo Ravna
Written for the Metal Observer
crypticmyth on March 24th, 2009
A more than worthy successor...
It'd be a grave injustice to talk about French black metal and not mention Blut Aus Nord. As soon as Vindsval put out a juggernaut of a debut album in Ultima Thulee, Blut Aus Nord firmly established themselves as a band that treads their own ground. Incorporating a more industrial approach as opposed to the pronounced folkish/pagan sound prevalent in Ultima Thulee, they released Memoria Vetusta I a year later and did not disappoint. The ensuing experimental phase saw them peak with The Work Which Transforms God – an album where the signature Blut Aus Nord sound was processed through a cold, mechanical filter creating a uniquely hellish atmosphere previously unknown to black metal. 2007's Odinist was largely unnoticed but it was another consistent addition to their credit. Anyhow, I'll stop boring you with the history lesson and get to the imperative matter at hand: Blut Aus Nord are back with an emphatic bang.
Memoria Vetusta II: A Dialogue With The Stars is a magnificently produced album with justice being done to every aspect of the music, especially the riff. Blut Aus Nord have always been a riff oriented black metal band as opposed to the build-on-a-single-motif type of band (though they have dabbled with the latter art form as well – Procession Of The Dead Clowns being a great case in point). The riffs themselves are plenty in number and come in all shapes and sizes which swing through diverse moods and tempos. Lots of ideas are flirted with including a variety of acoustic/clean guitars parts, keyboard-heavy atmospheric melodic passages, menacing thrash-inclined chug based riffs, dissonant hanging chords and spaced out psychedelic solos along with other oddities. Doesn't sound like the black metal you know? Don't jump too far ahead for the core of the album is made of unsympathetic, blast-beat driven, tremolo picked riffs consisting of odd meters and an unhinged notion of darkness.
Deviating from their previous output, Blut Aus Nord bring an unheralded epicness to their sound not unlike how Emperor did with In The Nightside Eclipse. A characteristic sense of twisted melody is prevalent throughout, serving as the backbone of the album – a distinctive skill achieved by very few bands (I'm looking at you Summoning and Septic Flesh). Many purists may believe that the term 'melodic black metal' is a perfect example of an oxymoron. But I urge all of them to listen to Memoria Vetusta II: A Dialogue With The Stars and truly experience what 'melodic' black metal is all about. The album demands an hour of your time and I assure you that your it is time well spent. In my books, this is a sure-shot forerunner for album of the year.
Originally written for http://www.kvltsite.com
Zephyrus on March 14th, 2009
The Fathers of the Icy Age Which Transform God
Witness the majestic return of one of the vanguards of the French Black Metal revolution. Nominally a sequel to their 1996 epic, this is not so much a back-to-your-roots album as it is the marriage of their original style with recent experimental offerings. Blut Aus Nord have birthed a worthy successor to both Memoria Vetusta I and the pioneering Work Which Transforms God of 2003. When so many bands don crowns of decaying laurels, Vindsval's triumvirate remains ever the masters of their craft.
The first song "Antithesis of the Flesh" storms through your headphones in a transcendent synthesis of old and new. Copious melodies weave through atmospheric keyboards and monastic chants. Meanwhile inhuman blasts and industrial drumbeats propel the listener into galactic soundscapes. Scenes of terror and mystique give way to regal fanfare. Incorporating elements from Ultima Thulée through Odinist, rarely is an album so diverse yet euphoniously consistent.
For a genre immersed in darkness and misanthropy, dare I say this composition is colorful and enlivening? The artwork alone paints an organic yet otherworldly exhibition. Musically, it contrasts emotive melodies with the mathematical rhythms of the drum computer; futuristic yet as ancient as the human condition itself. Lyrics are absent, offering freer interpretation and drawing the listener closer to the music's own eloquence.
This is as far removed from standard Black Metal as Oslo from Paris. Buzz saw guitar riffing underlies clean and acoustic guitar harmonies and solos, shimmering with progressive highlights. Contemplative ambience interplays with headbangable riffs. Screeching vocals blend into a musical fabric drenched in beautiful pain. All sense of traditional song structure is discarded for an intelligently structured opus worth several listens just to comprehend its magnificence.
Black Metal stalwarts may find discomfort in the cleaner production and experimental elements. As for the unenlightened, this is the perfect gateway to Metal in its true grandeur. Leave your pop culture stereotypes at the dock and dive in. Let this album drown you in an ocean of sound, for both meditation and catharsis. It's far too early for an "album of the year" declaration, but if anything will contend with this, 2009 should be a glorious year for Metal.
Avestriel on March 1st, 2009
Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue...
Amazing. Blut Aus Nord has done it again, taking a further step on their constant evolution. It would seem the experience gathered with the experimentation on the last few albums has gotten mixed with the old-schoolesque feeling of their first albums, mainly Memoria Vetusta I. This album could have very well been written in 1996, and latter given the more modern touches of MoRT and Odinist, but that's not all. This album was given something new. Something progressive I may say.
Let's get the only bad thing about this album out of the way. The sound is the good old sound we all know, maybe a bit cleaner, but that's all. After so much evolution and experimentation I would like to hear a considerable change in sound, but it remains the trademark BAN sound, which is still nice, but it's what keeps this album to reach a 100.
Now that I've gotten that out of the way we can proceed with the many great things this album holds. For starters, many people lost interest on the band once it dived into the extremely experimental styles of MoRT and Odinist, while at the same time many people began to show interest on the band for the same reasons. This album here seems like the band's (very well done) attempt to join these two crowds into one album both (and others) can enjoy. The dissonant riffs, the echoing keyboards, damp ambient, bizarre feeling altogether, unconventional melodies, they are all there, to be sure. But these seem to converge in what I can only call regular structures. The kind of recognizable melodies, catchy ones at that, and logical but not repetitive patterns (I mean there are well separated riffs and all but this is as far from the verse-chorus-verse structure as possible) bring a sense of familiarity to those who are not used to the extremely experimental sides of BAN.
On the other hand, there are many things I could have never expected from a BAN album, but ended up working in great ways. For example, the clean passages. Yes, that's right, this album has many clean guitar passages which make for a nice calm moment between storms of relentless black metal. Keyboards have been executed in a delicate and flowing manner, instead of being used for extra dissonant sounds and diverse FX which were used in the past for the sole sake of being weird. The keyboards kind of push the melodies on like some kind of musical lubricant, without being too notorious (or rather, being hardly notorious in some cases). There are also many moments one could call "solos" even though they don't seem to be more than just... nice musical moments with the guitar (because calling them "solos" kind of gives them a central part on the song structure which they don't really have), these moments are excellent and really add to the feeling this album transfers. They're even rockish at times, which makes for an even more unexpected experience.
This could very well be the best Blut Aus Nord album out there. I really enjoyed Memoria Vetusta I, TWWTAW was an incredible and unique piece of unconventional music, the experimentation in MoRT and to a lesser extent Odinist were just amazing and unpredictable, but this album has gathered the essence of all of these releases, condensing them in one master piece which holds a stronger feeling than all of those releases together. It's the most "alive" album BAN has to offer, and I highly recommend it to anyone who ever enjoyed any BAN album, and to those who seek for something new and great in black metal.
Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars track list
|Acceptance (Aske)
|Disciple's Libration (Lost in the Nine Worlds)
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|The Alcove of Angels (Vipassana)
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38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of The Frontier's End
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In August 1862, after suffering decades of hardship, broken treaties, and relentless encroachment on their land, the Dakota leader Little Crow reluctantly agreed that his people must go to war. After six weeks of fighting, the uprising was smashed, thousands of Indians were taken prisoner by the US army, and 303 Dakotas were sentenced to death. President Lincoln, embroiled in the most devastating period of the Civil War, personally intervened to save the lives of 265 of the condemned men, but in the end, 38 Dakota men would be hanged in the largest government-sanctioned execution in U.S. history.
Writing with uncommon immediacy and insight, Scott W. Berg details these events within the larger context of the Civil War, the history of the Dakota people and the subsequent United States–Indian wars, and brings to life this overlooked but seminal moment in American history.
About the author: Born and raised in the Twin Cities, Scott W. Berg holds a BA in architecture from the University of Minnesota, an MA from Miami University of Ohio, and an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University, where he now teaches writing and literature. The author of Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C., he is a regular contributor to The Washington Post.
- Format: Paperback, 384 pages, 5 x 8 inches
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See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver's North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the
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See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver's North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the Gingerbread Village.
Access to the Peak of Christmas is included with your Annual Local's Pass, Y2Play or Winter Season Pass as well as regular Mountain Admission tickets.
A Mountain Full of Magic with Just One Ticket
Santa's Workshop: Meet Santa in person to share those holiday wishes.
Light Walk: Be awestruck by the glow of light against a majestic mountain backdrop. Walk amongst the fir and spruce around Blue Grouse Lake where stunning light installations bring radiance to the winter night. From a light tunnel to lanterns, marvel at the beauty as snow crunches under foot.
Sliding Zone: Get your snow carpet rental* and…slide! It's the Sliding Zone, providing designated lanes and groomed terrain perfect for sliding. Whoosh! Perfect for the child in all of us. Snow level and weather permitting.
Mountaintop Sleigh Rides: Embark on a magical ride through our Winter Wonderland. Snow level and weather permitting.
Gingerbread Village: Stroll through and vote for your favourite sweet creation in support of BC Children's Hospital.
Santa's Reindeer: Meet Santa's reindeer in the Reindeer Habitat next to Santa's Workshop.
Reindeer Ranger Talks: Learn all about Santa's reindeer at the Reindeer Habitat.
Story Time: Warm your heart with the story of Jack and his best bear friend, Theo. Located in Elf Headquarters.
Craft Station: Create your own Peak of Christmas memory to bring home. Located in Elf Headquarters.
Send a letter to Santa: Share your holiday wishes with the big guy in a proper letter. Located in the Elf Headquarters.
Christmas Favourites: Watch fun family Christmas movies on the big screen in the Theatre in the Sky.
Skate under the Stars: Enjoy the crisp mountain air as you glide atop our magical 8,000 square foot skating pond. Skates available for rent at the Fireside Hut, next to the Skate Pond.
Live Entertainment: Enjoy feature performances Christmas week. Schedule coming soon!
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Breakfast with Santa
Want to make the day unforgettable? Start your day of festive fun by treating your family to breakfast with the jolly man himself. Bookings available soon.
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Celebrate your office Christmas party in a very special setting at the top of Grouse Mountain. To avoid disappointment, book early to reserve the date and time you'd like.
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ADRIAN, Mich. – The men's lacrosse team (9-3, 4-0) extended their win streak to four games with a 23-2 win over visiting Olivet College (7-7, 1-4) on Tuesday night in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association matchup.
The Bulldogs led 15-1 at the half and Adrian dominated the ground game with a decisive edge in groundballs, 41-17. The Bulldogs put 42 shots on net and went 20-for-29 on faceoffs with Zach Kozlowski collecting a team-high 16 groundballs.
Kevin Lerg and Ricky Razo each had two saves apiece in the Adrian cage.
Eleven different Bulldogs scored with Cody Kilcoyne leading the way with an eight-point night (four goals, four assists).
Mitch Burgin also had four goals and Drake Dailey-Chwalibog added three.
Scoring a pair of goals each for Adrian was: Colton Brunk, Jesse Gilbert, John Hudzinski and Jake Waldrup.
Nick Levanti, Tom Thielman, Richard Smith and Kozlowski added single tallies for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs will play for the regular-season conference title at home this Saturday, April 20th against Trine University at 1 p.m.


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Access Control Systems By IQ Fire & Security
IQ Fire and Security in Edinburgh provide a range of access control systems ranging from single door systems, through to centrally controlled PC based systems and onto fully networked multi-building systems.
An access control system can consist of a number of "access points" which can either grant or deny access to your staff or visitors. An access point is usually a door with an electro-mechanical door lock, but can be a turnstile or a car park barrier and is controlled via an electronic keypad or card.
Simple solutions like electronic keypads can be programmed to allow entry on the input of a valid code and are usually the most simple of access systems. The next level of security is the card based system where each person is issued with a unique coded card which must be presented to a card reader to allow access through the door.
Many of our access control systems are integrated with other fire & security systems, IQ can provide you with all levels of integration enabling the access control to be integrated with your fire, intruder alarm, CCTV, intercom systems.
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Biometric Security utilises a unique part of the body to interface with access control systems such as fingerprint, retina scan or facial recognition.
This solves the problem and all the associated issues with lost cards, forged cards and worn or damaged cards and ensures the correct user can access the appropriate doors. For users the system also has the advantage of removing the need to carry cards or remember pin numbers.
IQ Fire & Security can interface Biometric technology with most control panels and can also be retrofitted to existing access control systems.
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For larger based access systems that require more in depth analysis a PC system is the best solution. The principle of the system is the same with access points consisting of a card reader and electro- magnetic door lock fitted to the required access points. Each of these points is then linked together with a data cable to form an access control network.
This ultimately connects to a PC which can be on or off site and operates an access control software package. You then have the full control over all the system from one location. You can add and remove cards, restrict access by door or department, unlock or lock doors by time schedule or override. You can also access numerous reports to check on staff movement around the building and can generate roll call print outs for fire / evacuation.


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We lucked out with the weather. The forecasted gloom would have certainly added a bit of atmosphere on our visit to this medieval city, but it was nice to be able to leave the umbrellas behind and turn our faces up to the sun. In the bay where Normandy and Brittany merge, you can find the tiny island of Mont-Saint-Michel (population of 30). In the early 8th century, Aubert, the bishop of Avranches, claimed that he was visited by the Archangel Michael who told him to build a church on the rock island. Aubert dismissed the vision, until Michael, who appeared to him two more times, drove his finger into Aubert's skull and ordered him to build. And build he did. The Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel, which was built between the 11th and 16th century, is the crown jewel of this island. It has inspired millions of pilgrims throughout the ages, and when you get your first glance of the abbey looming in the distance it is easy to why.
Long ago, the pilgrims would have braved the quicksand and infamous tides to pray at the abbey. Present day pilgrims can traverse the causeway connecting the island to the mainland. They recently built a new visitor parking lot a mile and a half inland, and they have shuttles going between the parking lot and the Mont. If you're up to it though, I'd recommend you do as we did and leg it out to the island to really get the full experience.
Once on Mont-Saint-Michel, wander through the cobble-stoned streets and alleyways. There is a decidedly tourist feel to this island, but given it's history, it's purpose has always been to cater to the pilgrims that traveled so far. Embrace it. Once you've had your fill of the town, head up to the abbey, grab one of the brochures and do a self-guided tour (or join one of the guided tours instead if you prefer). Walking through the grounds you can almost imagine how peaceful and serene a life out here could have been back in the day. After spending some time taking in the views of the bay from the abbey terraces, we left Mont-Saint-Michel behind and make it back to the car just in time – the rain had finally arrived.


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|Tank: UNIF (similar). Skirt: Madewell. Sunglasses: Ray-Ban.
Star Bracelet: J.Crew. Leather Bracelet: Vince Camuto. Boots: Jeffrey Campbell.
Photos by Eric Weitzel.
I love a plaid skirt. Perhaps it is due to my private school days. Or because it can be worn so many ways. Whatever the reason, the plaid skirt has been a mainstay in my closet for years. I chose to pair my navy and green Madewell version with a black muscle tank, aviators, and studded booties. If I were back in school, I would definitely be breaking the rules.
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RBS — The People's Money
Designing new banknotes for Scotland
This is the culmination of a national design collaboration to design new currency. O Street was on board from initial engagement to artwork sign-off by RBS.
The new notes are a stark conceptual break from traditional currency, and for good reason—the Scottish public played a direct and leading role in the design process.
More than a thousand folk from all over Scotland took part in a series of workshops, surveys and online communities run by Nile. O Street then led creative exercises at preliminary design workshops to help determine the concept and content of the notes.
Facing a mountain of post-it notes and other insight, O Street was asked to develop creative routes for the new notes.
The team identified two prominent themes that would lead to the creative directions; The Fabric of Nature and The Water Cycle. With sketches and concepts on the table, we worked with currency printer De La Rue to make sure our ideas were feasible.
The sketching process was a team effort, incorporating artwork from Timorous Beasties and Stuco.
The chosen creative route (by a single vote!) was The Fabric of Nature, a concept focusing on natural colour and light, textile heritage, modern futures and everyday truths. Featured on the £5 note is Nan Shepherd, heroine of the Scottish landscape. We also designed a one-off hardbound box for the RBS team as a special keepsake. Inside is the story of the design process behind The People's Money, in print and digital form.
Next, it was knuckle-down time as O Street developed the finished designs that would be passed on to De La Rue. We poured over typographic inspiration at the Glasgow School of Art's case room and drew custom symbols and numerals.
After seemingly endless follow-up meetings with collaborators, art direction from the wonderful Janice Kirkpatrick, engraving technique discussions, midge analysis, poetry debates and more, we finally had bank notes.
The final result is stunning. As a bonus, the notes are constructed from polymer, so not only can they go through the wash—they can play records.
As part of the official note launch, O Street (with help from collaborators PlayDead) have created an interactive 3D introduction to present the background narrative. Download the Blippar app then use the new note (or the RBS logo) as a trigger to discover some of the secrets… and see the note come to life.


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Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable nomenclature through its long existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses, and the slang itself is often referred to as "carny talk." In the past, wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the worked nature of the business. In recent years, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of pro wrestling in addition to performance-related terms.
Electrical work is the work done on a charged particle by an electric field. The equation for 'electrical' work is equivalent to that of 'mechanical' work:
The electrical work per unit of charge, when moving a negligible test charge between two points, is defined as the voltage between those points.
Particles that are free to move, if positively charged, normally tend towards regions of lower voltage (net negative charge), while if negatively charged they tend to shift towards regions of higher voltage (net positive charge).
However, any movement of a positive charge into a region of higher voltage requires external work to be done against the field of the electric force, work equal to that electric field would do in moving that positive charge the same distance in the opposite direction. Similarly, it requires positive external work to transfer a negatively charged particle from a region of higher voltage to a region of lower voltage.
The electric force is a conservative force: work done by a static electric field is independent of the path taken by the charge. There is no change in the voltage (electric potential) around any closed path; when returning to the starting point in a closed path, the net of the external work done is zero. The same holds for electric fields.
A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an aesthetic physical item or artistic creation. Apart from "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature and music, these terms apply principally to tangible, portable forms of visual art:
Used more broadly, the term is less commonly applied to:
A vacation or holiday is a leave of absence from a regular occupation, or a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific festivals or celebrations. Vacations are often spent with friends or family.
A person may take a longer break from work, such as a sabbatical, gap year, or career break.
The concept of taking a vacation is a recent invention, and has developed through the last two centuries. Historically, the idea of travel for recreation was a luxury that only wealthy people could afford (see Grand Tour). In the Puritan culture of early America, taking a break from work for reasons other than weekly observance of the Sabbath was frowned upon. However, the modern concept of vacation was led by a later religious movement encouraging spiritual retreat and recreation. The notion of breaking from work periodically took root among the middle and working class.
In the United Kingdom, vacation once specifically referred to the long summer break taken by the law courts and then later the term was applied to universities. The custom was introduced by William the Conqueror from Normandy where it facilitated the grape harvest. In the past, many upper-class families moved to a summer home for part of the year, leaving their usual home vacant.
Vacation is the second studio album by the American rock band The Go-Go's, released in 1982 on the I.R.S. Records label. The album reached No. 8 in the U.S. Billboard 200, and was certified gold. The title track was a U.S. summer smash, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard pop singles chart. The Go-Go's were riding high at the time of the album's first release, their future to all outward appearances looking bright. Future problems were beginning to take shape, as the members' drug use and internal fighting began to escalate.
Besides the title track, two more singles were pulled from the album at the time: "Get Up and Go" and "This Old Feeling", which were minor hits in the United States. A fourth song featured on the album, the cover version of the 1960s hit "Cool Jerk", appeared as a single in 1991 to promote the band's first compilation album, Greatest. The single "Vacation" was also issued as what was perhaps the first cassette single ever.
The song "Speeding," which is not on the album, is a Caffey/Wiedling composition that was used as B-side of the single for "Get Up and Go," and is also part of the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack.
Vacation is the sixth full-length album by Bomb the Music Industry!, released on July 26, 2011. It was announced in September 2010.
Much of the music was written while Jeff Rosenstock was on a free trip to Belize, and unlike the band's previous albums, it is "about trying to build a home." In 2015 Rosenstock chose Vacation as his favorite BTMI album.
There are guest contributions from members of Fake Problems, Bayside, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Good Luck.
"Everybody That You Love" was originally released in summer 2010 as a single and demo versions of "Hurricane Waves" and "Can't Complain" were previously released in early 2011. All three songs were re-recorded for "Vacation."


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Overview of Programs for Parents
Programs for Parents & Families of Young Children:
Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) – Provides resources to help parents make choices in child care for their young children.
Incredible Years - a 16 week class offered to parents of preschool and school age children. The Incredible Years is funded through the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services and a grant from the United Way of Alamance County.
Kaleidoscope Play & Learn© - groups help families prepare their young children birth to five for success in school and life through play. This program is offered to families and/or caregivers at weekly facilitated playgroups. Playgroups offer caregivers a space to connect with one another and build community.
Literacy includes two distinct programs:
NC Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) Program - Provides high-quality educational experiences to enhance the school readiness for eligible four-year-olds.
Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE) - Visit the Alamance Partnership for Children's Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE) in the Old Glencoe Village at the corner of Hodges Road and River Road.
Parents As Teachers (PAT) is a parenting program which provides support to Alamance County families through home visits with a certified Parents as Teachers educator. Referrals are accepted for any parent with a child from pregnancy to age five.
Subsidy services are based on eligibility, the need for child care, and the availability of funds. A waiting list is formed once funds have been depleted. (CURRENTLY IN PLACE)
For more information, please visit the DSS Child Care (Day Care) FAQs page.


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Sydney Conveyancing: Important Questions To Ask
Knowing just what to ask a potential Sydney conveyancing specialist could very well be the difference between success and failure. Buying a home is already a very stressful time. Even though enjoyable, both parties need to make certain that everything is fully understood. That is why it is important to have a professional handle the legal paperwork.
Keep in mind that this transfer of property can be legally performed in three manners: by a solicitor, a conveyancer, or even by you. It is a very detailed process so before you make a decision here are some things to consider.
Conveyancer or Solicitor?
It is important to know the difference before making a decision. A licensed conveyancer will generally only hold the specific license for conveyance. These individuals are not lawyers and are not qualified to practice legalities on your behalf. A solicitor is a qualified lawyer and will be able to offer legal advice if needed. If there are no legal issues at hand, a conveyancer would suit you fine.
Fee vs. Time?
Ask about fees in the beginning as doing so will save a huge amount of misunderstandings in the future. Request a breakdown of any and all fees or costs associated with their service. Also do not be afraid to also ask for a breakdown of what you are to receive in exchange for those fees being charged. Make certain whether any governmental fees or charges for length of settlement will be added as well. Lastly, ask if any of their fees are negotiable. You may be surprised with the response.
One of the first questions to ask is if your conveyancer is a member of the Australian Institute of Conveyancing [AIC]. Get to know them as you will be working fairly closely until the process is complete. Get some background information from them and make sure that they are licensed.
Plan B Option?
Every Sydney conveyancing specialist will have a Plan B for a client. Ask what yours would be. What happens if the other party dies before the process is final? What happens if tenants remove to move? What happens if the property is damaged or destroyed? There needs to be extensive explanation of what will happen in the event the unexpected were to happen.
If you are looking for a reliable conveyancer in Sydney, you can also try one from our Tradebusters Connect local Sydney business directory. The details of our pick of the top 3 local conveyancers in Sydney are listed and you can contact them directly today.


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Windows 7 improvements driving enterprise adoption
Windows 7 offers new features and improvements that will drive enterprise desktop adoption.
Windows 7, which will be released to manufacturing next month, has some sexy new features such as DirectAccess. But if you talk to customers and integrators, it's the more mundane improvements that will drive enterprise desktop adoption.
One early adopter of Windows 7 is Turkcell, the No. 2 European mobile phone operator based in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkcell deployed Windows 7 on 93 PC desktops two months ago and plans to expand the pilot program to 200 desktops this summer.
Turkcell is expecting to use key new features, such as BitLocker and DirectAccess, but Zihni Ugurbil, who heads up the company's Infrastructure and Operations Division, cites Windows 7's compatibility, speed and quicker login are the key reasons his company plans to upgrade.
"We did not upgrade to Vista because we had problems running business applications internally," he said. "Compatibility was the biggest concern [about the Vista] desktop. We installed Windows 7 to 93 desktops and haven't had any big problems."
So what is the biggest enterprise desktop feature?
Unlike its predecessor, Windows 7's robust compatibility with the majority of corporate applications makes it a sure winner in the enterprise, agreed Rand Morimoto, President of Convergent Computing, an enterprise IT consulting company in California.
Vista's weakness in this critical area killed its prospects in the enterprise. "Vista was pretty much off the table [because of compatibility issues]. Windows 7 doesn't have that buzz," Morimoto said. "Compatibility is rock solid."
Convergent conducted a series of tests with the Microsoft Application Compatibility Framework and the five applications passed with a 100 percent hit rate. The systems integrator also did a test with another client, a law firm, which often experience compatibility issues because of the number of plug-ins and add-ons used in legal circles. They were pleasantly surprised with the results.
"It just works better out of the box for application compatibility. We tested 147 applications and the return was 100 percent compatibility. Vista had a 20 to 30 percent incompatibility rate for the line of business stuff."
Convergent and Turkcell are also looking forward to the two key new enterprise features, DirectAccess and BitLocker, which expand network access to remote users without compromising security. DirectAccess allows enterprises to provide remote access without deploying a VPN as well as expanded flexibility over who has access to what and when.
Any mobile laptop or device that has IP encryption can access network resources, but Direct Access gives IT administrators more control. "The challenging part [with VPNs] is that users have access to all resources on the network," Morimoto said. "Now you can have 50 resources all DirectAccess enabled but can give different people access to different things by policy," the systems integrator said.
BitLocker was first made available in the Vista-Windows Server 2008 product wave but it did not offer support for removable storage devices -- a fact that crippled its usefulness at the enterprise level, both gentlemen said.
"This will allow us to secure removable media so we don't have to worry about security issues," Turkcell's Ugurbil said about Windows 7.
"Vista only offered BitLocker for the hard drive and not USB drives," Morimoto said. "The biggest complaint people have about BitLocker is that it didn't support encryption at the device level and left thumb drives wide open. It defeats the purpose of doing encryption and is why many organizations have gone to third-party solutions."
Morimoto said most of the valuable features for the enterprise can be achieved with a client upgrade only, and this will accelerate deployment on the enterprise desktop.
"There's some stuff that requires the [Windows 2008] R2 server, such as DirectAccess, and other benefits that come only with the combination, but the majority of stuff you get with the Windows 7 client," he said. "I'd say 80 percent of new features you get with Windows 7 client only and 20 percent of the benefits are a result of the combination of Windows 7 and the Windows Server 2008 R2 server."
"Adoption has been big because most of the features come with Windows 7," he noted.
Even DirectAccess -- a new feature that has tremendous benefit for the enterprise -- only requires that one Windows 2008 R2 server to be deployed as a gateway server. That means DirectAccess can be deployed without a company-wide server upgrade. "It requires a R2 server gateway but as long as the company's Windows servers support IP Sec and that's any 2003, 2008 Windows server, it's can be deployed."
Windows 7 also offers enhanced Internet Explorer browser security features that can be turned on without upgrading to the new R2 server, he added. For instance, IT administrators now have the flexibility to expand access to select servers for top executives while restricting access to specific web sites to thousands of employees, on a per user basis or based on their role in the company.
Yes, it requires a Windows server of some variety with Active Directory. But it doesn't have to be the new Windows Server 2008 R2.
"In Internet Explorer 8, all the settings are managed through group policy [in Active Directory]. Now 300 policies can be managed remotely and done at the user level," said Morimoto. "Upon log-in, user policies are applied to IE8 because of their role in an organization. Before, it was harder for corporations to enforce browser policy."
Windows 7 is not expected to hit store shelves until mid-October but will be released to manufacturing in the second half of July. Partners and large enterprises get the code before consumers. Convergent plans to begin building images in July and will deploy to some customers beginning in October. Turkcell, which has 10,000 enterprise desktops, expects to begin the official rollout of Windows 7 in the second quarter of 2010.


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I used the sketch from Mojo Mondays (see the badge to the right!) to do this card. It's hard for me to work within the confines of a sketch, but I gave it a try. It looks a bit contrived to me, but what do I know? LOL!
I layered textured So Saffron and sheets from the Bella Birds ds. The central image was stamped on vanilla, watercolored and overstamped with Canvas in Sahara Sand. All elements of the card were also overstamped with the spatter pattern from itty Bitty Backgrounds in both Sahara Sand and Close to Cocoa.
SU Stamps: Dear Friend, Carte Postale, Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Canvas
SU cardstock: So Saffron textured cs, Bella Birds ds, Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
SU inks: Close to Cocoa, Black, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Summer Sun, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy, Lovely Lilac, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Sponges, aquapainter, buckle from Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware, dimensionals, vintage brads
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14th November 2014
From the sporty three door Corsa to the spacious seven seated Zafira, Vauxhall have created a variety of exciting and reliable cars to suit the needs of each and every person. We've chosen a few of our favourites that we think you may love to!
Not only is the Vauxhall Corsa great to look at, but it's also great to drive. Although the Corsa isn't the largest of vehicles, it's surprisingly very spacious and the leg room and boot space are adequate and comfortable. Auto Express said 'the Corsa looks fresh and modern' and here at Hippo, we totally agree.
The leather steering wheel and modern interior gives the three door Corsa a sporty finish whilst the five door adds even more space and practical use. The wide range of Corsa models come with a combination of specifications including airbag, immobiliser, central locking, power steering, IsoFix, electric front windows, electric mirrors, cruise control and alloy wheels (specifications and features differ in each model).
The Corsa is perfect for first time drivers who are looking for something smaller and affordable to buy, run and maintain. Hippo car leasing offer the Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 S for just £131.79 per month including VAT on a personal lease basis.
The Insignia is undoubtedly one of the best vehicles that Vauxhall has ever made thanks to its sleek body shape and the luxurious interior. The Insignia was a replacement for the long standing and successful Vectra so it had a lot to live up to.
This very impressive vehicle offers plenty of kit throughout the range such as alloys, cruise control, ABS, trip computer, climate control, electric front windows, central locking, immobiliser, and CD player, compatible with MP3.
What Car said 'The Vauxhall Insignia looks stylish and has a smart cabin, and some of the diesel engines are very efficient'. Vauxhall has decreased the amount of buttons on the curvaceous dashboard and fitted a touchscreen to navigate through the major functions making the whole cabin a lot simpler and smarter too. The Vauxhall Insignia is incredibly comfortable making long journeys relaxed and stress-free. The Insignia range starts at just £179.87 including Vat per month.
For those of you looking for something a little larger than the Insignia then the Zafira could be for you. This great family car looks excellent not just from the exterior but the interior too. Not only is the Zafira attractive, it's practical and reliable too, plus it comes with a lifetime warranty!<
With 7 seats, 140 litres of boot space with ample leg and head room space is definitely not an issue. All Zafiras come with electronic brake force distribution, collapsible pedals to avoid leg injuries and ABS with cornering brake control which helps avoid skidding under hard cornering.
The Zafira models have differing specifications that include features such as air con, electric and heated mirrors, front electric Windows, Power Steering, ABS, IsoFix, Traction Control, Immobiliser, Central and Remote Locking and a CD player with MP3/iPod Connectivity to keep the whole family entertained on any journey!
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If like many others, you are looking to up your golf game, consider the advice in the following article as a means of accomplishing this. Some improvements are slower to implement than others in golf, but with enough practice and play, you should eventually discover which ideas will offer you the most success. Choose a couple of new techniques to put into practice next time you play. Before you know it, your golf skills will improve.
It is a good idea to skip the golf cart and walk the course when you are golfing. This is very beneficial to your health as you will be increasing your exercise on the course. Walking will also help to keep you loose and your muscles warm.
You need to find your golf club's "sweet spot." This is a point on the club's blade that propels the ball to where you want it to go every time it makes contact. Pracitce using your clubs until you become familiar with the "sweet spot" of each one. Remember, you should strike the ball with this "sweet spot" at the very end of a downward swing.
Be sure that you keep all your focus on the shot you're going to take next. Try to free your mind of past plays or hazards that lay ahead of you, and just focus on the moment at hand. Feeling frustrated about any of your errors will only let them manifest themselves again in your swing. Leave them behind and keep moving down the fairway.
Following the guidelines outlined above should help you get off to a good start in improving your golf game. You will naturally need to customize your approach somewhat, making adjustments to suit your individual needs. Implement some new techniques, switch up your swing or get a better grip, and you will soon discover yourself winning more rounds and a much greater enjoyment of this great game of golf!


text: Watch Alexandra Shipp as "Young Storm" in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' K. Nicole Mills May 4, 2016 Film On May 27th, we will see Alexandra Shipp (Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B) in action as she will star in the highly anticipated 20th Century Fox prequel trilogy, X-Men: Apocalypse. Shipp will portray a young and troubled version of the mutant superhero Storm, one of the most interesting characters of the franchise. In the past, Storm was always a force for good in the battle between Professor X's team and the Brotherhood of Mutants, but evidently X-Men: Apocalypse will be adding a bit of darkness to the character's history that will add a slight difference from the Storm character that was portrayed by Academy Award winning actress Halle Berry from 2003 – 2014. Berry made her debut with the franchise in 2000's X-Men as one of Professor Xavier's original students and a member of the main X-Men team, and continued to play a major role in X2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). "I want to give girls an accurate representation of a powerful black woman. Halle Berry did such a great job that I felt the fear of living up to her Storm. But I also felt the fear of living up to my own nerdy expectations. I'm a fan of X-Men. I grew up on the cartoons. I grew up reading the comics. I wanted to do that right. I wasn't sleeping, just going over my Arabic and my Kenyan accent all the time. I wanted to make sure that girls who see this movie, young girls of any race or color, are excited by Storm and the way I portrayed her." – Alexandra Shipp X-Men: Apocalypse is directed by Bryan Singer, with a screenplay by Simon Kinberg from a story conceived by Singer, Kinberg, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. The film will also star James McAvoy as Charles Xaver, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, Lucas Till as Havok and newcomers Alexandra Shipp as Storm, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Ben Hardy as Angel, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Olivia Munn as Psylocke and Lana Condor as Jubilee. Oscar Isaac is starring as the film's main antagonist.Check out Shipp in the newly released "Storm" Power piece for the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse below: Comments comments


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This Easy Beef Pho Bar was inspired by my trip to Aspen last fall. I attended Live Well 2016 hosted by The Beef Checkoff where we learned about the positive role of beef in a healthy lifestyle. As most of you know, that read my blog, I'm a beef-loving girl. I've always been a huge fan of pho, but I never made it at home. I'm really not sure why I waited to long to experiment with this incredible dish. Maybe because I rarely have hours to spend in the kitchen to wait for the real deal.
Traditional pho is prepared by slow cooking beef bones, containing the marrow (oxtail, shins, leg bones, etc) along with meatier beef cuts like chuck, brisket, etc and aromatics to create an amazingly rich broth. I was smitten at the first spoonful of authentic Vietnamese Pho. A simple and unpretentious dish with such an elegant and complex flavor & texture profile.
It wasn't until I was served beef pho in a "build your own bowl" style at Live Well did I desire to make this myself. The set-up was so simple. They had a large pot of beef broth, a separate pot of warm, cooked rice noodles, cooked sliced flank steak (still nice a red in the middle…how I like it) and lots of bowls of add-ins, like bean sprouts, shredded carrots, homemade sweet and sour pickles (those were amazing), fresh jalapeños, chopped cilantro, etc. It was healthy, simple and brilliant and I knew that I had to recreate it when I got home.
It's been a few months, but this delicious meal finally made it on the menu. You can also make this pho with very thinly sliced sirloin tip roast, it's a lean and affordable cut to substitute for the flank. The meat in this dish cooks in the hot broth, so it's nice and fork-tender.
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- 1 1/2 lbs flank steak
- 1 large onion halved
- 2-3 inch piece fresh ginger root
- 2 32 oz cartons beef stock
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic pressed
- 1 stalk of lemongrass trimmed and minced
- 2 tbsp soy sauce or coconut aminos
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 star anise pods
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 tsp green Tabasco
- 1 cup fresh cilantro chopped
- 12 oz rice noodles cooked according to package directions
- 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots
- 3-4 limes cut into wedges
- 2-3 jalapeños sliced
- *optional- 2 cups bean sprouts
- *optional- hoisin sauce for drizzling
- Put flank steak in the freezer for 30 mins-1 hour to make it easier to slice.
- While flank is freezing, place the onion and ginger on a small roasting pan and broil for 20-25 minutes, turning occasionally until charred on all sides
- Allow onion and ginger to cool, then peel off outer charred layer.
- After meat is chilled, slice into very thin strips
- Heat oil in a dutch oven on medium heat.
- Cook garlic and lemongrass until soft, about 5 minutes
- Add onion, ginger, stock, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, star anise, cloves, tabasco and cinnamon and bring to a boil
- Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, covered for 20 minutes.
- Strain and discard the solid ingredients, reserving the broth.
- Return the broth to low heat and add the sliced beef to the pot.
- The pho is ready when the meat is no longer pink (the heat from the broth cooks the meat very quickly)
- Divide the noodles, evenly between 6 bowls, ladle the pho on top and add your favorite toppings for garnish.
The fun part of setting out a variety of topping options in your beef pho bar, is that everyone can build their own bowl, because it's fun to customize your meal. 🙂
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"From 1936 to 1966, the 'Green Book' was a travel guide that provided black motorists with peace of mind while they drove through a country where racial segregation was the norm and sundown towns — where African-Americans had to leave after dark — were not uncommon."
Source: www.dnainfo.com
The effects of globalization and technologies are uneven; this is a very clear example of how mobility and access to other places can be limited based on various segments of the population. It is repugnant to think that such a book was ever necessary in this country, but it is heartening to see the evidence of an organized network that worked to lessen the pain of those oppressed by it.
This year's Geography Awareness Week's theme is "Explore! The Power of Maps." Geographer Derek Alderman complied these resources for teachers wanting to use the example of the Green Book in their classrooms.
Tags: mobility, transportation, race, class, culture, historical, USA, ethnicity.


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The Casas Church is a huge, modern building with a sanctuary that can seat 2,600 worshippers. The projection system that was originally installed was never up to the task of projecting images in such a large space, but it was the best technology available at the time. The church's frugal leaders always saved for every purchase — especially large ones — and Adam Taylor, who managed
Casas' light and sound system, was waiting for the day he got the go ahead to install a new system. That day came in early 2012. Taylor wanted to create more modern, concert-style productions with moving lights and clear, strong images. His biggest need was a projection system that would have the color and brightness to show high-definition, live video image magnification (IMAG) in the huge sanctuary. The church's existing projectors simply did not have an adequate light output — even in low lighting — and could not produce high-definition-quality graphics or video content.
Casas Church holds three Sunday services and also uses the sanctuary during the week for business conferences and concerts. Their projection system had to be durable and reliable.


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If your salad isn't making you full, then you're probably making it the wrong way. Most people think there's really nothing more to a salad than iceburg lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, and some ranch dressing, but using only these ingredients won't give you enough protein or fiber to fill you up.
If you're looking to eat healthy while still feeling full after year meal, then this Mediterranean chickpea quinoa salad fits your bill. Chickpeas and quinoa add healthy fiber to your meal and also make the salad tastier. Healthy AND delicious? Now that's what we're talking about.


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Green Chai is an exotic blend of green tea, spices like cardamom, cinnamon and cloves. This is a great alternative to black tea Masala Chai. Enjoy plain or with a dash of milk (Almond milk recommended). Makes ~30 cups.
Price: $12.00
Brewing Suggestions:
Enjoy Green Tea Chai with or without milk.
Steep 1 tsp of Green Chai blend for 3 min in hot water. Strain into a cup and enjoy!
Optional: Add Almond milk and sugar/honey to taste.
Use either an nfusing ball, tea pot infuser, or french press coffee maker to steep tea