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August 29, 2005
According to a forum posting on MetalManiacs.com, MAYHEM's Necrobutcher got killed in a car crash in Oslo yesterday. More news on this as soon as it's confirmed.
ARES KINGDOM has signed with Nuclear War Now! Productions. Before the LP comes out next spring NWN! will issue the "Firestorm Redemption" 12" single. A couple months after the album a second single called "Failsafe" will be issued. Each will have non-LP bonus tracks on the B sides.
August 28, 2005
Brazil's REVIOLENCE will be recording their first CD in September. It will feature ten songs (produced by Marcello Pompeu and Héros Trench) and two additional video clips. The band's new line up includes guitarist Fabio Moya.
Blabbermouth.net just posted the following sad news: VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour passed away Friday night (August 26) at approximately 11:45 p.m. due to complications from advanced colon cancer - so advanced that the disease had spread to his liver. D'Amour slipped into a coma Thursday night and died less than 24 hours later in the palliative care unit of a Montreal hospital, surrounded by family and friends. He was 45 years old.
August 27, 2005
After amongst 3 year of silence, Cleveland's DISLIMB is back in the scene with new projects. The band has inked a deal with Permeated Records for the repress of their debut MCD "Bleeding Anxiety", released in 2002 by US label Comatose Music as a split CD with Dyscrasia. The new version is remastered, comes with renewed artwork and 2 live video bonustracks. The band will restart live activities in late September. A new website will be designed and posted soon.
STENCH OF DISMEMBERMENT's debut MCD "Cannibalistic Urge" will see the light in September and it will be available through Permeated Records.
August 26, 2005
The following news were posted on the official VOIVOD website: "Our good friend and guitar hero Denis D'Amour aka Piggy is very ill. We are helping Denis in every way that we can to feel comfortable while he fights to get healthy. Denis is a very private person and does not want to make a big deal about his illness, so we will not be able to answer questions about his condition or give any other details at this time. We appreciate your understanding. Please feel welcome to send any notes, good words and positive vibes to Piggy at one or both of the following contacts and we will make sure he gets to read them. Email Address: email@example.com, Subject: Get Well Piggy, Mailing Address: Chophouse Records Attn: Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, 454 Las Gallinas Avenue # 353, San Rafael, CA 94903-3618."
August 24, 2005
RESURRECTURIS, the Italian cult Death Metal band, has released their second album "The Cuckoo Clocks Of Hell". It's an 8 song affair with a total running time of 35 minutes featuring artwork by Italian artist Daniele Cudini. The album can be downloaded for FREE in MP3 format complete with cover design from the official RESURRECTURIS website www.resurrecturis.com! Those who want a digipak version of the album can order it for 5 Euro. RESURRECTURIS is currently looking for license deals, distribution deals (they also accept trades), gigs, airplay and reviews: all interested parties should get in touch with them.
August 22, 2005
As previously reported, PATHS OF POSSESSION, the Florida-based Death Metal band fronted by CANNIBAL CORPSE vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, have confirmed that the release of their debut, "Promises In Blood", is October 4th via Metal Blade Records. The band have made the album track 'Bleek The Meek' available via DownloadPunk.com at this location. Recorded at Mana Recording Studios in Tampa, FL, "Promises In Blood" features the following confirmed tracklisting: 'Darklands', 'Butcher's Bargain', 'Bleed The Meek', 'The Second Coming', 'Where The Empty Gods Lie', 'Heart For A Heart', 'In My Eyes', 'Erzsebet', 'Promises In Blood', 'Bring Me The Head Of Christ', 'Through The Fiery Halls' and 'The Icy Flow Of Death'.
Castle Music UK will be issuing a four-CD VENOM box set dubbed "MMV" on September 26th. According to a press release, "MMV is the first ever fully comprehensive 4-CD box set that traces the entire career of this seminal Metal band. Compiled and re-mastered by Cronos (bass / vocals), the set features demos, outtakes, rare tracks and alternative versions including radio spots and an exclusive interview with Metro Radio from 1983. Also featured is a complete disc of live and re-recorded tracks from the rare and highly collectable Assault series of albums. Aside from the music, the box set also contains an essay by Classic Rock and Totalrock Radio's Malcolm Dome and brand new Cronos artwork is included, alongside rare photos and images of memorabilia from his personal collection. A fully comprehensive discography and replica period poster complete the set, making it an absolutely essential purchase for fans of the genre-defining band." Disc One: 'Black Metal' (remix), 'Bloodlust', 'In League With Satan', 'Welcome To Hell', 'Sons Of Satan', 'Schizo', '1000 Days In Sodom', 'Live Like An Angel (Die Like A Devil)', 'In Nomine Satanas', 'Bitch Witch' (outtake), 'Manitou' (bonus track), 'Countess Bathory', 'Heaven's On Fire', 'To Hell And Back', 'Acid Queen', 'Hounds Of Hell' (outtake), 'Raise The Dead' (1st demo), 'Red Light Fever' (1st demo), 'Angel Dust' (1st demo), 'Die Hard', 'At War With Satan' (intro / preview). Disc Two: Intro Tape 83/84, 'At War With Satan', 'At War With Satan' (TV adverts), 'Rip Ride', 'Cry Wolf', 'Stand Up (And Be Counted)', 'Lady Lust', '7 Gates Of Hell', 'Warhead', Venom Radio I.D., 'Angel Dust (Lead Weight)', 'Mystique', 'Wing And A Prayer', 'Possessed' (remix), Intro Tape 85/86, 'Nightmare', 'Satanachist', 'F.O.A.D.' Disc Three: Intro 1996 (bonus track), 'Bloodlust' (bonus track), 'The Evil One', 'All Devils Eve', 'God's Forsaken', 'Judgement Day', 'Senile Decay' (outtake), 'Snots Shit' (outtake), 'Dead On Arriva'l (outtake), 'Sadist (Mistress Of The Whip)', 'The Chanting Of The Priests' (live), 'Buried Alive' / 'Love Amongst The Dead' (live), 'Flytrap', 'Welcome To Hell' / 'Bloodlust' (live), 'Witching Hour' (live) - play, 'Teacher's Pet' / 'Poison' / 'Teacher's Pet' (live). Disc Four (The Assault Series): 'Nightmare' (re-recorded version), 'Too Loud (For The Crowd)' (re-recorded version), 'Bloodlust' (re-recorded version), 'Black Metal' (re-recorded version), 'Bursting Out' (60 Minute Plus), '7 Gates Of Hell' (Hammersmith 1984 live), 'Countess Bathory' (Hammersmith 1984 live), 'Welcome To Hell' (Hammersmith 1984 live), 'Warhead' (Hammersmith 1984 live), 'Die Hard' (Hammersmith 1984 live), 'In Nomine Satanas' (Hammersmith 1984 live), 'Buried Alive' (Hammersmith 1984 live), 'Manitou' (Abbey Road version), Metro Radio Interview, 'Venom' (bonus track). To view the artwork head here.
Swedish Death Metallers UNLEASHED have posted the following update at their website: "(We) are now preparing for the "Up From The Ground" Festival next week (August 26th - 27th in Gemunden / Steinwiesen, Germany). We will bring along our DVD camera for this to record some extra material for our upcoming DVD... so be loud if you want your voice on it! Also, just a week after the festival we'll be shipping out for the Harvest Festival Tour all over Europe (with NILE, BEHEMOTH, PUNGENT STENCH, INCANTATION, BELPHEGOR - dates here). We have dug up the song 'The Defender' for this one... so prepare to scream along in the chorus!" As previously reported, Unleashed also filmed their July 1 concert at the "With Full Force" Festival at Airfield Roitzschjora in Löbnitz (near Leipzig), Germany. Expect their DVD to be issued by Century Media in early 2006.
August 20, 2005
According to www.blabbermouth.net former VADER drummer Krzysztof "Docent" Raczkowski (a.k.a. Doc) has passed away at age 35. This has been confirmed by VADER's official web site, www.vader.pl in the meantime. No further details about his death are currently available.
The video for 'Synthetic Sin Zero' from CENTINEX' latest opus "World Declension" is now available for download at www.centinex.org/media.htm. The US release date for "World Declension" has been moved to September 6th.
August 19, 2005
According to an official Razorback Records statement, all three members of California's Grindcore / Death Metal act BLOOD FREAK were killed in a car accident last weekend. "They had left Anaheim, BLOOD FREAK's hometown, on Friday morning and were driving to Seattle so they could begin recording their long-awaited second album, "Live Fast, Die Young And Leave A Flesh-Eating Corpse", this week. The album was to have been the second released by Razorback Records. Jason (Grinter, bass / vocals) and the boys were about to head into Portland when something went wrong and their rented van veered off the road. Tragically, all three passengers were killed in the crash. Exactly what went wrong with BLOOD FREAK's van isn't known yet. We hope to have more details soon. What we do know is that Razorback Records and the Horror Hive mourns the deaths of our fellow gore-hounds in BLOOD FREAK, a band that rose out of the obscurity of the '80s / early '90s Death Metal / Goregrind underground only to be lost before its time..."
August 17, 2005
"Auf Alten Wegen", the debut album by GRAUPEL, has just been released on the small, but fine Cold Dimensions label. On September 18th, the seventh LUNAR AURORA full length "Mond" is about to follow. Both releases will be out on CD and a small edition on vinyl. The LP versions will be out together with the CD versions and are done in cooperation with Deviant Records. For more information go to www.cold-dimensions.de
August 16, 2005
EXMORTEM's guitarist Martin is very thrilled to announce that he will from now on be a fulltime member of ILLDISPOSED. "I've known the guys for many years and we have always had a great time together. I've wanted to play something different besides EXMORTEM for a while now, so this is just the perfect timing for me to join ILLDISPOSED". This will however not affect his work in EXMORTEM and the band will continue their work on the upcoming album and the planned, as well as new, live dates. Here is the official statement from the ILLDISPOSED camp: "We are proud to announce the newest member of ILLDISPOSED: Guitarist Martin Thim. Martin is known for his long time work with the Danish Death Metallers EXMORTEM, and he has been a friend of ILLDISPOSED for many years. Martin begins in the band immediately, both playing live and participating in creating the next album. Therefore we are aiming to give some of the new songs a more hard and brutal twist. The next album will be out on Roadrunner Records early 2006."
August 15, 2005
Issue # 10 of Germany's MYSTICAL MUSIC ZINE has just been released! Along with a shitload of reviews you will be able to read in-depth interviews with BOLT THROWER, NIHILIST, MERCILESS, GOREFEST, NAGLFAR, KAAMOS, MISERY INDEX, ROTTEN SOUND, ABORTED, NOMINON, IN AETERNUM CADAVER, INSISION, LAY DOWN ROTTEN, CENTINEX, DEADBORN, SINNERS BLEED, DISINTER, DEFLESHED, FLESH MADE SIN and NIGHTRAGE. This anniversary issue consists of more than 100 A4 size pages in total! You can order a copy for 4 Euro (ppd. in Germany) / 6 Euro (ppd. rest of the world) from: MYSTICAL MUSIC Zine, Emerlandweg 11, 73529 Strassdorf, Germany, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, website: www.mystical-music.de
In support of the re-release of the entire ATHEIST back catalogue Relapse Records have made an ATHEIST e-card available which can be viewed / accessed here: www.relapse.com/ecards/atheist
The drumtracks for ARSEBREED's debut album "Munching The Rotten" have been recorded as of now. Soon the rest of the album will be finished off. The album consists of a good dose of US styled Death Metal, technical and chaotic riffage together with some good old slamming catchiness every now and then. The band consists of Dutch Death Metal icons coming from Disavowed, Pyaemia & Mangled.
Tourdates for the full European tour for VISCERAL BLEEDING, directly supporting DEICIDE are up now at the Neurotic Records website (www.neurotic-records.com). The band will hit most European countries with this one returning to some old ones as well as exploring some new ones. After this tour the band will concentrate on finishing the as of yet untitled third full length album.
Even though the full European tour with EXHUMED, SEVERE TORTURE an PSYCROPTIC has recently been canceled, PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT are still confirmed on two of the original dates. Apart from that the band will play Switzerland next weekend on the Mountains Of Death festival and will embark on a mini tour with Macabre and Dutch Flesh Made Sin right after that.
Work on the new PANZERCHRIST album, featuring Bo Summer of Illdisposed, is proceeding. The lyrics on the follow up album to "Room Service", which is tentatively entiteled "Batallion Beast", will once again be in German. The band has now decided to utilize a session drummer for the new album, and will announce who this session drummer will be later on.
ENTHRONED vocalist / bassist Lord Sabathan will lend his bass skills to DEMONIC CHRIST for their next album. The U.S. act will record their new album in September. In other ENTHRONED news, the band are looking for a new webmaster. Interested parties can contact the band at firstname.lastname@example.com
RIGOR MORTIS have a new MySpace page at www.myspace.com/rigormortis. The band have posted the following message: "It's official!!! For the first time in almost 17 years... the classic Rigor Mortis lineup (Mike Scaccia, Casey Orr, Harden Harrison and Bruce Corbitt) will be performing live together on stage." In related news, Casey Orr has started the Official Rigor Mortis Fan Group. You can keep up with the show announcements, updates and post your feedback there. Join the group now at http://groups.myspace.com/officialrigormortis.
EQUINOX have posted the following update at their website (www.EquinoxMetal.com): "Florida's Legendary Black / Death Metal group EQUINOX will enter Diet Of Worms (www.dietofworms.com) studio (MORBID ANGEL, DIABOLIC, UNHOLY GHOST) in Tampa Florida this week to record a new 5 song EP, tentatively titled "Wretched & Nameless". The recording marks a new chapter in the groups 12 year history, featuring a newly revamped lineup and direction with the addition of Gabriel Lewandowski (ACHERON, HELLWITCH) on drums, and Nate Lawres (ARUSPEX, WARBUTCHER) on rhythm guitars and keyboards. According to vocalist / bassist Matt "Darkness" Wagner, "The new direction of EQUINOX is certainly much more aggressive, technical, and overall more epic than ever before! The additions of both Nate and Gabriel have helped push the envelope of aggression that EQUINOX has lacked in the past, taking us back to our Death Metal roots." EQUINOX's latest full length album, "Journey Into Oblivion", was released in 2003 by the now seemingly defunct Still Dead Records (Poland). "Still Dead disappeared completely on us for the 2nd time in our relationship, leaving EQUINOX High and Dry, with all of our hopes of releasing a new album now put on hold" says guitarist / founder Pete Slate, "EQUINOX are now forced to start over, and with this new EP, we will be actively seeking a new record deal for the next release! The new material just gets better and better the longer we have to work with it, however, we are anxious to get into the studio to release this EP, and show the labels, and the world that EQUINOX is alive, kicking, and stronger than ever!" EQUINOX's next live appearance is scheduled for Saturday, August 27th at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando.
"DVOD-1", the first DVD from VOIVOD, will be released by MVD (Music Video Distributors) on October 25th. With a running time of 80 minutes, "DVOD-1" covers the original line-up period (1983-1991). Included are all the '80s videos, plus rare live and studio performances of classic VOIVOD songs. The complete tracklisting is as follows: Videos: 'Voivod' - 1984, 'Ripping Headaches' - 1986, 'Ravenous Medicine' - 1987, 'Tribal Convictions' - 1988, 'Psychic Vacuum' - 1988, 'Astronomy Domine' - 1989. Live Footage: Montreal Spectrum 10/20/86 - 'Blower'; Montreal Spectrum 8/20/88 - 'Tribal Convictions', 'Ravenous Medicine'; Montreal Musiqueplus 1989 - 'The Unknown Knows', 'Inner Combustion/Missing Sequences / Nothing Face'; Montreal Backstreet 5/24/91 - 'Inner Combustion', 'Freedoom'. To view the cover art, click here.
Swedish Black Metallers DARK FUNERAL have revealed through their website (www.darkfuneral.se) that they have named their new album "Attero Totus Sanctus". The album will be released through Regain Records on October 24th.
Florida-based Death Metallers HATE ETERNAL have issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of their upcoming European tour: "Due to urgent family matters HATE ETERNAL will not be able to perform on their upcoming European tour in Sept / Oct 2005. First we want to apologize to Johan from Metalysee Agency and to all the bands on the tour as well as all the disappointed fans that were excited to see us. We will reschedule the tour in Europe next year in spring 2006. Thank you for your understanding."
DESTRUCTION have confirmed the release dates for their forthcoming album, "Inventor Of Evil". They are as follows: Europe: August 22nd via AFM Records, Japan: August 24th via King Records, South America: September 30th via Laser and North America: October 25th via Candlelight Records.
Chicago's MACABRE will be shooting their very first DVD during their upcoming European tour. According to a statement, the band are performing "Club dates, hitting places like Denmark and Scotland where they have not performed in over 10 years... They will be adding songs to their set that they haven't played in many many years as well as songs they have never performed live. They will bring a video recorder with them to get all kinds of shots at all the shows, but they will be taping one specific show with multiple professional cameras and professional sound recorded by Jo Peeters at Bibelot in Dordrecht, Holland on Friday, August 26th. This is the one show not to be missed be part of Macabre history."
UK metallers BAL-SAGOTH have issued the following brief recording update: "Work on sixth album still incomplete. Release date delayed until late 2005 or early 2006 as a result." The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2001's "Atlantis Ascendant" will be issued by Nuclear Blast.
August 12, 2005
"Ominous Message Of Brutality" is the title of a "new" PROTECTOR CD, that is to be looked upon as the sequel to 2003's "Echoes From The Past" CD on I Hate Records. The songs are put in the same chronological running order and begin with 4 live tracks recorded in Braunschweig on the 1st of May 1989. Then comes the 1989 LP "Urm The Mad" and lastly the 1990 MLP "Leviathan's Desire", 17 tracks with a total playing time of 65:18 minutes. Stylistically the booklet also follows in the footsteps of the "Echoes..." CD, having 24 pages featuring loads of lyrics, pictures and liner notes by Martin Missy. The sound has not been meddled with this time either. In connection to the release of the album there will be PROTECTOR t-shirts available for purchase at the I Hate Records website http://ihaterecords.cjb.net/ and through a few selected other sources. The shirts will be limited in number and will never be re-printed in the same design again. http://members.chello.se/martin.missy/
On September 19th, I Hate Records will finally re-release MAYHEMIC TRUTH's "In Memoriam" CD (originally on Iron Pegasus Records), enhanced with the band's "Promotape 94". 14 tracks in total, with a playing time of 64 minutes. The track list for it reads like this: 'Intro', 'Lady Morgaine', 'When Thousand Candles Cry', 'Morrigan', 'Carrion Of War', 'Fire And Ice', 'Conspiracy Of The Golden Angels', 'Bluot Era Hathu', 'Cythraw', 'Hymn Of The Crow', 'And Only The Flames Remember To Long Forgotten Cries', 'God In Ruins (Your Blood Is Like An Ocean)', 'Our Gateway Is An Rainbow' and 'The Child Of Mayhem'. MAYHEMIC TRUTH / MORRIGAN site: www.morrigan.org
London's CENTURIONS GHOST have been signed by I Hate Records. The band, that has been around since 2001 will release their debut album "A Sign Of Things To Come" on September 19th and are musically a critic's worst nightmare, being heralded as a Doom, Black and Death Metal band. According to a label info they are supposed to be "a mixture of all of these, constructing songs that have an epic flow and overwhelming heaviosity." In recent reviews CENTURIONS GHOST have been compared to CELTIC FROST, USURPER, VENOM, CANDLEMASS and CATHEDRAL and been voted 3rd best unsigned band in UK's Terrorizer magazine end of year poll 2003 and 2004 respectively. The track listing for " A Sign Of Things To Come" is: 'Devils Disciple', 'Stigmartysm', 'Requiem For The Haunted Heart', 'Empyrean (Circle Of God)', 'Suzanna', 'Misery Serenade' and 'The Eighth Deadly Sin'. For more info check out www.centurionsghost.com
August 08, 2005
The "Heidenlärm 2005" concert with ABSURD, MORRIGAN and FORGOTTEN DARKNESS got cancelled due to the fear of the German state security police that this was gonna be a Neo-Nazi meeting. MORRIGAN's Balor send us the following official statement about this: "We (the band MORRIGAN) know all members of this band and we can say that we never saw them once making a Hitler salute, shouting "Sieg Heil" or stuff like that. I often talked with Wolf about this and he always said that the ideology behind the band is pure Paganism and nothing else. We can 100% confirm that this is the truth, because we know the lyrics of the last CDs and they exclusively deal with German mythology and stuff of the medival times... Other bands in the so-called Black Metal scene like DARKTHRONE (just remember the slogan "Norsk Arisk Black Metal") or BURZUM are dealing with some right-wing topics and nobody cares, because these bands are not from Germany and only do it for the shocking aspect. Why must we Germans always be blamed for things that are more than 60 years ago and other countries like Italy and Japan that cooperated with Germany during WW2 get away with it? Well, if you listen to the new ABSURD stuff and read the lyrics carefully I think even the last enemy of this band will see, that there's no radical right-wing topics in the music or the lyrics... FUCK HYPOCRITICAL POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!! - Balor of MORRIGAN."
Both KAAMOS albums will be released as gatefold vinyl editions on Imperium Productions. They will be strictly limited to 500 copies each and include a poster. First out will be the debut album in late August; "Lucifer Rising" is to follow during late autumn. Inquires can be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com. The band's appearance at this year's Party San festival unfortunately had to be cancelled due to reasons they could not foresee. KAAMOS hopes to play there next year.
August 07, 2005
Sweden's IRON FIST PRODUCTIONS is back in business. The label that already brought us the two great demo 7"es by MERCILESS and CDs by MAZE OF TORMENT and HYPNOSIA in the past has just released the new DEVIL LEE ROT CD "At Hell's Deep" (available from Twilight Vertrieb or Iron Pegasus). Other releases on the label are 7"es by Sweden's DAMNATION as well as LPs and / or CDs by EARTH, DECEIVER, CELESTIAL PAIN, HARM'S WAY and a re-issue of MAZE OF TORMENT's debut full length "The Force". For all further info check out the label's website ww.ironfistrec.cjb.net
August 05, 2005
Germany's Black / Thrashers DESASTER will be releasing their brandnew album "Angelwhore" on August 20th, 2005 via Iron Pegasus Records. According to a label info, the album is musically supposed to go back to "Tyrants Of The Netherworld", with the typical DESASTER atmosphere known from "Hellfire's Dominion" and a giant, really heavy production... More info you may find at www.iron-pegasus.com or www.total-desaster.de
August 03, 2005
Denmark's Death squadron EXMORTEM have a new session bass player. His name is Rune Koldby, who also plays in Spectral Mortuary. So, the line-up is now: Martin 'Sigtyr' Thim (guitar), Andreas Schubert (guitar), Rune Koldby (bass), Simon Petersen (vocals) and Morten Siersbaek (drums). www.exmortem.com
August 02, 2005
CENTAURUS-A are currently looking for gigs. You can contact them through their new website. www.centaurus-a.de.
August 01, 2005
Germany's pure Death Metal zine UNHOLY TERROR has a new website online. It can be found at the slightly changed URL www.unholyterror.de (the old address is no longer in service).
Nuclear Blast will release GOREFEST's new album, "La Muerte", on October 30th. Tracks to appear on the release include: 'Man To Fall', 'You Could Make Me Kill', 'The New Gods', 'When The Dead Walk The Earth', 'Malicious Intent', 'Of Death And Chaos (A Grand Finale)', ''Till Fingers Bleed' and 'The Fifth Crusade'. Check out www.gorefest.nl for regular updates.
Displeased Records have signed ABOMINATOR to a new deal. The band, who were previously on Osmose, plan to issue a new album via Displeased later this year.
CARPATHIAN FOREST have posted the following message at their website: "Carpathian Forest returns from South America. We had a blast and we tried whatever the continent had to offer to sleezy Norwegians. It's only Rock n Roll! Thanks to Edu, Claudio, Nelson, Carlo(s), Douglas and other people who participated in the tour. See you in August / September next year!"
DESTRUCTION have updated their website (www.destruction.de) with the tracklisting for their new album, "Inventor Of Evil". As previously reported, AFM Records will release the album on August 22nd. "Inventor Of Evil" will be available in various formats: CD, limited edition digipak CD and LP, and will include the "headbanging anthem" 'The Alliance Of Hellhoundz', which features 10 different Metal singers from all Heavy Metal styles singing together for tolerance and unity of the scene. Vocalists include: Biff (SAXON), DORO PESCH, Shagrath (DIMMU BORGIR), Speed (SOILWORK), Paul DiAnno (ex - IRON MAIDEN / KILLERS), Messiah (CANDLEMASS), Mark Osegueda (DEATH ANGEL), Peavy (RAGE), Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY / PAIN) and DESTRUCTION frontman Schmier. "Inventor Of Evil" tracklisting: 'Soul Collector', 'The Defiance Will Remain', 'The Alliance Of Helloundz', 'No Mans Land', 'The Calm Before The Storm', 'The Chosen Ones', 'Dealer Of Hostility', 'Under Surveillance', 'Seeds Of Hate', 'Twist Of Fate', 'Killing Machine' and 'Memories If Nothingness'. Digipak bonus tracks: 'We Are The Road Crew' (MOTÖRHEAD cover), 'The Alliance Of Hellhoundz' (Schmier vocals only), videoclip, wallpapers. Japan bonus tracks: 'Eternal Ban' (re-recording), 'The Alliance of Hellhoundz' (Karaoke Version).
Swedish Black Metallers DISSECTION have posted the following message at their website (www.dissection.nu): "We have decided to make official to the fans the new Rough-Mix promo that we currently are showing to the record companies. Bear in mind that this is a rough mix and not the final sound quality. It is a taster of some of the material on the upcoming full-length album. We recommend you to burn it down to a CD and listen to it on a good stereo system for best sound quality! Dissection are now finally about to make the decision which label to work with!" As previously reported, Dissection began recording their long-awaited third album on February 2nd at Black Syndicate Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.
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As a photographer, 10% of my job is being a weatherman, which I have ZERO training in. The forecasts are really helpful, sometimes offering such insight as one predicting 95% chance of rain and the other anticipating 20%. Hm… If I was being graded for being a weatherman for Amber and Will's wedding though I definitely would have failed. The forecast showed a good chance of rain, somewhere around 50%, but I just didn't feel it, I didn't think it would rain, and boy was I wrong. Fast forward two hours after starting shooting Amber and Will's wedding and I'm huddled under an umbrella with them standing in the Pearl as the sky completely dumped itself onto us. Thank goodness they were awesome, so we just stood under the umbrella and laughed. The rain did really change their day though, because their ceremony was supposed to be at The Fields Park, but luckily they were smart enough to switch it to Urban Studio where their reception was.
From Amber and Will's wedding day I felt like I got to know a lot about them, which is props to them because they did such a great job on their wedding and made it an expression of the two of them.
Vendors: Getting Ready: Embassy Suites Downtown Ceremony + Reception Venue: Urban Studio Coordinator: Brenna Diaz-Wilson Hair Stylist: Courtney Rogers with Human Beauty Wedding Dress Boutique: AniA Collection Wedding Dress Designer: Tara Keely Caterer: Pearl Catering
Second Photographer: Madeline Metcalf.

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Wedding Candy Buffet Ideas That Your Guests Can Relish On
Wedding candy buffets are a great way to bring smiles on the faces of wedding guests. A table loaded with oodles of assorted candies to pick from, adds to the appeal of the reception and makes the event a hit.
Priya Johnson
Last Updated: Feb 22, 2018
Are you looking for an innovative touch at your wedding reception? Do you want your wedding reception to be unique? Then a candy buffet is what you should add to your nuptial party. A wedding candy buffet is nothing but a table full of candies waiting to be relished by guests at the wedding. Candies are placed in containers or baskets with scoops and guests are invited to take as many candies as they want from the table. The self-serve candy buffet is amongst the latest trends in weddings today! They not only add fun and color to the wedding reception, but also take the bride and groom back to their childhood days. Candy buffets bring a smile on everybody's face, irrespective of age, and add that extra touch of excitement to the wedding. An elaborate display of scrumptious sweets is sure to cause a lot of mouth-watering moments!
Candy Buffet Ideas for Weddings
While choosing candies for the buffet, one should consider the wedding theme, colors, and one's favorite candies. Buffets inspired by the wedding theme appear very attractive at the reception. Candy buffets with coordinated colors appear far better than the random-colored ones. Don't forget about the table centerpiece. The whole candy buffet is to be arranged around the centerpiece, so it's definitely an important aspect of the candy buffet. You can place anything large and attractive, such as vases filled with fragrant flowers, lamp shades, etc. Let's have a look at some candy buffet ideas for some common themes.
Romantic Themed Candy Bars
Red and white candies go great with love and romantic wedding themes. You can purchase heart-shaped red and white candies, candy canes or red and white jelly beans to go with your theme. Candy buffet doesn't mean that you can place only candy on the table. You can also use heart-shaped wedding cookies in between the candy to add to the charm of the buffet. This will give a little variety and will also keep your theme intact. For the centerpiece, you can place a large vase filled with fresh red and cream-colored roses. You can also place some red lollipops in between the flowers. If you manage to find some heart-shaped pillows, place them in between the containers to make the buffet even more attractive and appealing.
Fall Theme Candy Buffet
You can incorporate all the lovely colors of fall into the candy buffet. Gummy bears are great for fall wedding themes. You can also place orange, yellow, and green colored candies on the table. Your centerpiece can comprise a vase filled with fall leaves. You can also scatter some leaves on the table to have a more natural appeal. However, if you have an outdoor setting, then the leaves can fly off and cause a mess. So depending on your setting, adjust the arrangement. Moreover, if you happen to find maple leaf candle holders, buy them. Placing small electric candles in these holders and will add a definite glow to the whole setting. You can also keep a large lamp shade with maple leaf designs on them as the centerpiece.
Christmas Candy Bar
If you've chosen Christmas as your wedding theme, then red, white, and green are your candy buffet colors. There are scores of options for you to choose from. Right from red candy canes, Christmas jelly candies, snowflake candies, red lollipops, etc. For variety, you can also place some gingerbread cookies on the table. To accentuate the theme, you can hang a few stockings, wreaths, and candy canes above, on, or around the table. You could even place Santa soft toys. For the centerpiece, you can have a large gingerbread house, a large Santa soft toy, or anything else you desire. For the favors, instead of giving fabric bags, you could give little stockings.
Chocolate Buffet
For those of you who chose chocolate-brown as your wedding theme color, there is a lot of scope to make it look dazzling. Find an outlet whose chocolates you like the most and ask them to have different kinds of chocolates such as dark, milk, white, coconut-flavored, mint-flavored, orange-flavored, etc., to be displayed. It's best to label your chocolates for the convenience of your guests. For the centerpiece, a chocolate fountain is a good option. However, this will escalate your expenses considerably. Moreover, you will have to keep fruits, marshmallows, biscuits, etc., for dipping. Alternatively, you can keep a nice large brown teddy bear as the centerpiece. Chocolates can be displayed on trays or brown candy can be placed in clear containers.
Garden Themed Candy Bar
For garden themes, you can either have colored candies which symbolize the different items found in the garden, or you can also have your candies placed in baskets that look like flower pots. You can also place vases with beautiful flowers in between the candy pots. This will really add to the vibrant look of your candy buffet. You can also make a bouquet with fruits and insert marshmallows between them as an addition to your candy buffet.
Beach Themed Chocolate Buffet
Beach weddings are extremely popular, thus beach theme candy buffets are also gaining popularity. Various shell and fish-shaped chocolates are available which go with this theme. Moreover, one can also place salt water taffy, shark sweets, fish candy, rock candy, etc., on the table. If you get hold of a large seashell, you can place it on your buffet table as the centerpiece. Place small shells on the table in between the candies. If you cannot get hold of such fish-shaped candy, then go with a blue theme. Place blue and white candies on the buffet table, and use sky-blue runners to on the table.
Using Candies as Wedding Favors
Besides being a fun treat at the reception, wedding candy buffets are also great ways to thank the guests. Who can resist candy and chocolate wedding favors? Providing personalized bags or boxes serve as great wedding favors. Guests enjoy nostalgic childhood moments while choosing their own candies at the buffet. There are umpteen favor bags for you to choose from. If your budget permits, small personalized fabric sachets with the names of the bride and groom would also be great! You can also give little decorative containers in which your guests can fill their chocolates.
Candy Containers
To set up an attractive candy bar, one will need to consider a few things. The first step is to get a hold of some neat candy containers and scoops. One can either purchase them or get them rented. Clear containers are the best as they showcase the wonderful candy selections. Clear containers in fancy sizes and shapes will look great. It's better to get medium-sized containers than to get some that are too large or too small.
Types of Candy Holders
If you do not wish to use glass containers, you can also opt for basket containers or tiered stands. Ribbons or bows made from tulle can be attached to the basket to enhance its look. You can also place your candy in plain trays or trays with inbuilt compartments to separate the candies. It all depends on your taste and your budget.
Candy Buffet Tables
Purchasing fancy containers is not enough; the containers have to be displayed artistically as well, for which you can create different levels to place the containers. This can be done by placing inverted milk crates, dessert stands, small benches or other supporting material covered by a neutral colored table-cloth to create different levels. As far as the table is concerned, one could consider decorating it with candles, table runners, ribbons, flowers, or even pictures of the bride and groom. When placing candles it's best to use votive or electric candles, in order to prevent any kind of mishap. Candies placed on the buffet table can be labeled or left as it is. Labeling is good, because if someone dislikes a particular flavor, he or she is notified immediately. Moreover, for the diabetic guests, one can have a separate counter with sugar-free candies.
How Much to Buy?
Once the theme, type, and color of the candy, has been decided upon, one needs to plan the amount of candy to be purchased. Logically, you may have enough candies for the guests to comfortably dig into; however, for the wedding candy buffet to look good, it is crucial to have enough candies displayed on the table. There's no easy way out here! Cutting down on the quantity will only make your candy buffet look bad. It's all about being appealing to the eyes as well as pleasing the palate of your guests. 7-10 types of candies, with 15-20 pounds of each variety would be substantial to make the buffet look good and lavish. This amount may appear a lot; however, it enhances the look of the reception.
Cheap Candy Buffet Ideas
Wedding candy buffets are added expenses and must be considered at the time of the wedding budget preparation. Cheap wedding candy buffets can be confined to common, cheaper candies such as Hershey's Kisses, Jolly Ranchers, mint candy, and Hot Tamales on display. These candies should be bought from a bulk candy store to cut down on expenses. Moreover, keep an eye out for seasonal discounts. If you end up buying the candies months before your wedding, don't fret. Only make sure the seal is intact, which will keep the candies fresh for the wedding. Simple containers can be used with fitting scoops. For cheap candy buffets, presentation is the key, which can make it look very opulent.
A candy buffet is an all-time crowd-pleaser! While setting up a candy buffet, the sky is the limit and one can be extremely creative! Wedding candy buffets are great to make the wedding unique and memorable for the wedding guests. So unleash your creative side and create your wedding masterpiece!


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Since we are looking for dessert low in sugar and best to feature natural sugar, all I can think of was the Gula Melaka in my pantry. It is an all natural sweet sugar made from the sap of the coconut palm. As the name implies, it is widely known in Melaka and a favourite use among the Peranakans in both meals and desserts. Here in Malaysia, it comes in form of rolled blocks. These sweet rolls have distinct flavour themselves, not light brown sugar or honey or even golden syrup or dark molassess. You got to taste it to know it but as you know, it will always be a star in every sweet recipe if added. Yes it is that distinct.
Sago Gula Melaka
The recipe here is in terms of guessing and estimating as it is to modify to suit ones taste, whether you want it really sweet, or less or more milk or vice versa. Besides, the amount yield would also differ according to your pudding cups. I made mine in little bowls since I have none. Ah, displaying my lack of kitchen tools again.
100g sago pearls
50 gula melaka
½ cup of evaporated milk
Bring water to boil in a pot
Add sago pearls to boil for 10-15 minutes or all the pearls are translucent (best to keep stirring as I have some stuck at the bottom once left unattended)
Remove from heat, pour onto a sieve and wash with running water.
Drain excess water and put aside.
Press the sago pearls into pudding cups, packing it tight together.
Refrigerate it for 1-2 hours then serve cold.
Melt gula melaka in a pot or microwave with about ¼ to ½ cup of water to it. (This amount depends how diluted you want your syrup to be. Chill.
When serving, unmould the sago pudding onto bowl, drizzle over with evaporated milk then drown it with the sweet exotic gula melaka and enjoy an all natural sweetness goodness.
Yields bout 6 small puddings or 3 large ones
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Pallet Conveyor Application Guidelines
How can you effectively convey pallets and unit loads?
Many operations utilize pallet or slip-sheet to convey bulked material, whether in manufacturing, work in process, to convey from a palletizer, or in shipping areas. While some applications require these palletized items to only be carried the last few feet of their process, many rely solely on the pallets to carry their product throughout a facility. Today's processes require a smarter and often unique footprint for these palletized items. However, historically these unique footprints have been difficult for the material handling, namely conveyors, to handle effectively.
This conveyor white paper describes various pallet applications and which conveyors in general work for them.
More information:
- Pallet conveyor load information guide, part 1
- Pallet conveyor guide, part 2
- Handling parallel pallet runners
Tags: conveyors, pallet conveyor, skid conveying
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Yes, you read that correctly.
Soluto, a cloud-based PC management company, has issued a report naming Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro as the best Windows laptop.
"But Macs can't run Windows!" some of you might be shouting.
But they can. Using additional software such as Boot Camp or Parallels makes the Apple hardware and Microsoft software work in harmony. And it does this well enough to outrank the "native" Windows machines in the study.
(The next highest-rated computers were by Acer and Dell.)


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Conservation Easements, ALT, Highlighted by Georgia Urban Forest Council
This article, published in the Georgia Urban Forest Council's 2016 issue of Shade Magazine, explains the value of conservation easements:
This article, published in the Georgia Urban Forest Council's 2016 issue of Shade Magazine, explains the value of conservation easements:
Haregu Bahtu a former West Broad Farmers Market vendor, just opened up her own restaurant, Mannaweenta Ethiopian in August. Published December 8, 2015 in Red & Black Newspaper http://www.redandblack.com/culture/former-refugee-opens-dream-restaurant/article_7abb4e6a-9d14-11e5-8993-dbdcdcded049.html
ATLANTA— Clarke County School District was given the "Outstanding District" Golden Radish Award, the highest level of recognition in the state for farm to school programs. The school district was recognized at the state Capitol on Oct. 7 for its successful work to educate students on nutrition and agriculture by State School Superintendent Richard Woods, … Read more
Athens Land Trust partners with St. Mary's Hospital in organizing a weekly produce stand. Published July 29, 2015 in Flagpole: http://www.flagpole.com/food/the-locavore/2015/07/29/st-mary-s-produce-stand-helps-health-care-workers-stay-healthy
From UGA Today UGA and community partners host school lunch cooking competition March 5, 2015 Contact: Jan Levinson Hebbard Athens, Ga. – Local chefs will take on the School Lunch Challenge creating tasty dishes that meet USDA requirements for the National School Lunch Program, and locals will have a chance to sample the creations at the … Read more
"A long-time employee of ALT, Benham began working with the organization in 2001 as a intern while earning a dual degree in law and historic preservation at the University of Georgia. Prior to attending UGA, Benham attended Hendrix College, a small liberal arts school in her home state of Arkansas, where she earned an undergraduate … Read more
ALT's own Nancy Stangle has been featured in the Flagpole this week as she looks back upon her tenure as executive director following her recent retirement. The article provides a background on how Nancy and her business partner, Skipper StipeMaas started ALT back in 1994, and goes to explain our projects addressing affordable housing, conservation, … Read more


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How Far Along? 30 Weeks!! Just 10 (ish) measly weeks to go!
Symptoms: Cramping like crazy, super sleepy, and general blahs.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 20 lbs so far. I read that from 30 weeks on you are to gain a pound a week (allegedly).
Maternity Clothes: all day!
Stretch Marks: Not yet, still avoiding stretchmarks as best I can. Using my lotions and potions to lube up real good each day.
Sleep: It's not the best…I'll tell ya that much.
Food Cravings: warm, ooey gooey chocolate chip cookies with a glass of ice cold milk.
Best Moment This Week: It wasn't baby related, but last night john and I had an impromptu date night and a really great talk. We needed it.
Movement: He's always moving!! I think he sleeps like 1 hour a day. He responds a lot to belly massages, warm water from the shower, and his daddy's voice.
Labor Signs: cramping like crazy. I feel like I'm permanently on the verge of my period arriving. It blows, but that's it. Hopefully none until 10ish weeks from now.
Belly Button In Or Out? Out and proud!
What I Miss: I miss stable emotions, having energy, and moving fast. I miss being able to do an activity for more than 5 minutes without needing to lay down.
What I Am Looking Forward To: Setting up Embry's nursery and continuing hypnobabies.
Milestones: I am 7.5 "months" This baby is baking up nicely in there!
Weekly Wisdom: Slow and steady wins the race. Sleep as much as you can. Try to maintain some semblance of order.
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In order to fix the resolution of Ubuntu, that by default comes as small as 600x400, I suggest to work on the X11 config file to try to achieve a more flexible setting that would enable your monitor set-up to go wider.
The change is very easy
- Access the system as root -
- edit (open) /etc/X11/xorg.conf . I use gedit so you can try to type this command
The above is doing the job on my system so I am finally able to load a better resolution screen from RealVNC to access the server remotely.
If you have an alternative method or you wish to send me some comments on this article please feel free to do so on the contact form.


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Welcome to the Amazing Stories BLOG HORDE INTERVIEWS!
The ASM Blog Horde is a diverse and wonderful species. I have the privilege of talking with all of them, and I get to share those chats with you. In this long-running series, you will have the opportunity to peek inside the minds of the ASM bloggers to to see just what makes them tick.
I hope you enjoy the series as much as I have enjoyed preparing it for you. Please feel free to ask questions, or just let the Horde know you've stopped by for a visit.
Bloggers live for comments, so keep 'em alive!
Tonight's featured ASM Blogger:
left the Midwest in 1990, after joining the USAF. After serving two years in Germany and then two more in California, he returned to Indiana, settled down, got married and is now the proud father of two girls.
Toiling by day as a civil servant, C.E. enjoys the classic pulp novels and B Movies in his spare time.
When not writing, C.E. can be found lurking around the Internet, as
or even on Xbox Live—when his kids let him have the TV.
FF: So, Chuck, please tell us how you became interested in blogging for Amazing Stories Magazine.
CEM: I've been blogging for about six years now, and in 2012 started up in the Indie Author biz and saw a post at a writer's forum asking for bloggers.
FF: As you know, Amazing Stories Magazine has a huge variety of blogging categories. In what categories can we find your blogs at ASM, and what is your special interest in those topics?
CEM: Well, I try and write about SF/F from a family, fatherly angle. It seems like a lot of SF/F has gotten very mature in the 21st Century. A lot of great stuff my kids cant see until they're older. Much older. But, because they're kids, they've missed out on a lot of classic stuff from before their time. I hope to share my education of my kids in Classic SF/F with other parents out there.
FF: Can you tell us a little bit about your previous work in the publishing or genre industry?
CEM: I'm an Indie Author- I have three novels out now on Kindle, Nook, etc. I'm planning about five more this year. Hopefully, they'll come out of the shadows and into the spotlight and I'll be able to consider myself a professional writer.
My first professional writing gig was in 2007- I landed a freelance bit with a local newspaper doing opinion pieces. Alas, they went under shortly thereafter (totally not my fault) and I only made enough money to buy my kids an Xbox. I then was recruited by the paper's former editor to do opinion pieces for a regional blog, mythoughtworld.com, which had a decidedly political bent. I also blogged for myself, under the pseudonym, Troglodad. But like Sasquatch, my work there remains elusive to the Internet at large.
I was big into amateur filmmaking in the 1980s. If back then we had YouTube and all the fancy editing and HD stuff the kids have now, I'd be as famous as Freddie Wong or Zack Finfrock of Wayside Creations. Instead, my work often remained unfinished or in the form of cool VHS doorstops.
FF: Chuck, how might you categorize the type of blog you enjoy writing?
CEM: Well, I enjoyed my sarcastic, right-leaning political digs as Troglodad, but it (politics) started getting a little too nasty and personal a few years ago. Today I enjoy talking about what's good in SF/F for kids. If I had my dream blogging gig it would be reviewing movies with an honest everyman's approach. As long as I got free tickets to them, that is. And popcorn. Gotta have popcorn.
FF: One of the things I love about Amazing Stories Magazine is that they're focusing on multiple genres—Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Do you have a favorite?
CEM: Tough question. I prefer reading Science Fiction. I prefer watching schlocky "horror" B Movies. Fantasy can be okay—I'm a big fan of Piers Anthony's
series. I guess over all, I like them all equally.
I actually enjoy Monsters more than all around horror. I like the cheesy ones and the well done ones. I think it's because I prefer to see non-humans get killed in movies. I feel zero guilt cheering when Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward trick a graboid into diving off a cliff. Watching people kill people, even bastards that deserve it...well, that just isn't cool.
I greatly enjoy the sciency aspects of Science Fiction, but I find that as I get older, my nitpicking skills have increased and I find most SF/F to be implausible and that kind of ruins it for me.
FF: My husband says the same thing. I guess that's one of the dangers of getting older. It's harder to forgive those messy details. How about your favorite authors? Who do you read and what keeps you coming back to their work?
CEM: My all time favorite author would have to Warren Murphy. Lester Dent, ERB, and Robert E Howard would all tie for second place. I say this based on the enjoyment factor—how much I enjoyed reading all of their works. Warren Murphy, and his late writing partner, Richard Sapir, wrote the best series ever,
The Destroyer
, and it never disappointed. (Well, there was the one time, but that was a ghostwriter). The series also had some closely supervised ghost writers that were fantastic, like Jim Mullaney and Will Murray. But what really sets the books apart from others is the combination of humor, tension and just all around fantastic ass-whoopery.
The latest Destroyer novel, #150,
, is out and is just like reading the series in the 80s. Incredible.
There's a new Destroyer spin off series, Legacy, written by Warren Murphy and Gerald Welch. It is SO good. First book is
. Five Stars, people. Read it!
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The Taste of the Subcontinent in Zaragoza: El Sabor de la India
Two weeks ago, on the eve of my 22nd birthday, I decided to treat myself by going out for dinner. After all, it's not everyday that you turn 22!
Originally, I had intended to go out for migas (a dish consisting of mainly of breadcrumbs) or tapas, but while walking along the Paseo de Fernando El Católico, I noticed that El Sabor de la India (ostensibly the only Indian restaurant in Zaragoza) was open. As a fan of Indian food, I was naturally intrigued so I decided to dine there for the evening. Such a good life decision on my part!
Interior-wise, it looks like a typical Indian place that you would encounter in the States but that by no means detracted from my experience. Indeed, the decor lent itself to a feeling of pleasant familiarity.
For my entreé, I ordered shrimp Madras with mushroom rice and a side of garlic naan. The curry was very well-done, spicy, but not to the point where the overall flavor was overwhelmed. It coordinated very well with the rice and naan, which were delicious by themselves.
After devouring everything on my plate, I went with something light for dessert, a lemon sorbet topped with red berries. It was, without a doubt, one of (if not the) best servings of sorbet I've ever had. The consistency was so smooth and creamy, similar to that of whipped mousse. For my after-dinner digestive, I enjoyed a warming cup of red tea.
While it's not often that I splurge on a meal (as an auxiliar, my salary makes that difficult), but there's no doubt that El Sabor de la India was worth it. With a nice ambience as well as friendly, accommodating service and great food, I will definitely be stopping by there again in the future!
Betty is a 22-year old recent graduate from Wake Forest University who recently moved to Zaragoza, Spain (in the region of Aragón) as an auxiliar de conversación (English Teaching Assistant). When she's not writing entries for this site and throwing back tapas at the bars in El Tubo, she can be found writing about her ramblings and observations on her personal blog, The Pumpkin's Head.


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Guy promotes himself to Brown Belt
Wow, if life was that easy.
If you watched the BJJ vs the Vacuum Cleaner video on Peter Soto's Youtube page, then you probably saw the video of a guy who promoted himself to Brown belt. If not, here is the video below.
I get it. I understand the frustration and the wanting to buck the system. I often felt that I deserved a little more rank than I held. However, at the same time I know how difficult it is to say how good you are because there is always someone who can beat you in BJJ in the lower ranks. Or the guys and gals of your rank spank you so often it is difficult to claim that you deserve a higher belt. All kind of variables can be interjected in trying to figure your belt level.
I also suspect the Dunning Kruger Effect plays into self-evaluation. With the Dunning Kruger Effect it is found that advanced students and those who make the better grades have a more realistic idea of how well they will perform when taking exams. They even underestimate their abilities. Those who have lower grades or are poor students overestimate how well they will perform on exams. (Time spent studying also plays a role.) I have no idea of this guy's skill level, how good a BJJ student he is, etc., but I know self-evaluation can get you into trouble.
When I earned my Ph.D. and I was out celebrating with family and friends, I had a person come up to me (not in my group) and say she was going to get a Ph.D. at one time but decided not to. She didn't say try to earn either. I didn't get angry, but it rubbed me the wrong way. The lady said it as if claiming it could happen, it would happen. As if my five years spent obtaining it was reducible to a bold claim.
Most of us have been awarded a title, rank or achievement by others after passing a curriculum. If after studying the curriculum for a period of time and you feel you did not receive the proper recognition, would you promote or award yourself a designation?
In the end. It is only a belt. Redd Foxx once said he and a friend were walking down a street in St. Louis and a man jumped out of an alley into a Karate stance and said, "Give me your wallets, I've got a Black belt." Foxx's friend pulled out a pistol and said, "Good, they are going to need it to lower you a@# in the ground!"
I loved tapping out Brown belts when I was a Blue belt and I tapped out a few Black belts at purple belt. To have someone ask, how long have you been a Blue belt or why are you still a ____ belt was gold to my ears.
What do you think about self-promotions?
Bakari is the author of Grappling 101: How to Avoid being Bullied on the Mat, Psychology of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Grappling Games: BJJ & Submission Wrestlers, Tapmonster: Ideas about Grappling for BJJ and Submission Wrestlers, Grappling for Newbies, 20 Ways to Increase Grappling Skills off the Mat, The Lazy Man's Guide to Grappling and much more.


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Better Not Pout was finished just hours before my guild's Christmas party on Monday. I love how it came out! I got some ideas for the machine quilting design from Marilyn, the owner of QuiltWorks. She was the one who quilted all my Collaborative Chicks quilts. I was nervous about doing the quilting myself, but it came out pretty nice. When I get the tension working properly I can do a fair job at the quilting. Besides, I think somewhat wonky quilting looks good with the wonky blocks!
I was so happy that I had already made the back and binding and had them set aside. It was simple to pin baste and get it quilted in just a few days. The only problem was with the label which already had the date of 2009. I had to fudge it a bit by adding 2010 to the label.
I'll be posting more quilted fun and some photo essays of holiday happenings in the next week. I hope you are enjoying this holiday season!


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This morning we woke up to a winter wonderland of at least 3 feet of snow on the ground, thanks to snow storm Stella. Yikes!
I used to LOVE snow so much when I was younger. That changed once I realized how much I hate driving in it. Luckily, working for myself comes with the lovely bonus of not having to do that often :) Eventually, I'll have to go dig my car out, but for now I'll stay inside and draw myself some springtime.
I've been meaning to catch you up on the last few weeks of the FolioFocus workshop I've been taking too! Here are a few of the recent illustrations I've created:


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LoL Roster Update 20/06/16
The Plantronics Tainted Minds League of Legends squad (formerly known as Chiefs.Black) were promoted into the Oceanic Professional League after a successful promotion / relegation match following on from being crowned the champions of the OCS for Split 1. However, due to age restrictions were required to drop one of their core players in order to compete in the OPL.
Tomorrow (the 21st of June) Mark 'Praedyth' Lewis turns 17 and is eligible to compete in the OPL. He will be rejoining the starting lineup as the team's Top Laner for this week's match against Legacy and beyond.
As a result of this Dong 'SazaHu' Hyen Lee was rotated out of the starting lineup and remained a substitute for the team. He has since travelled home to South Korea for a holiday to visit his family and has decided that he will not be returning to Australia. As such Plantronics Tainted Minds have released SazaHu from his player agreement in the hopes that he will continue to pursue competitive League of Legends as a Free Agent back home.
"We want to send our best wishes to SazaHu for putting in an amazing effort with the squad and persevering through the challenges of language barriers. He is an outstanding player and we hope he manages to join another team back home now that he doesn't have the restrictions of a player agreement looming over his head.
We are also want to wish Praedyth a happy birthday and are excited to see him finally rejoin the team officially and can't wait to see what he has in store."
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I still remember the first time I ever heard Ben Howard. One of my best friends [and fellow music and food junkie - Hi Adam!] frequently trades new music with me over Spotify. Anytime we stumble upon something new, we always hit the "Share" button - because that's what you are suppose to do, right? Sharing is caring. Ha!
It was the beginning of 2012, Ben Howard had just completed his first album, Every Kingdom - and Adam sends me a song titled, "Keep Your Head Up". Instantly, I was hooked.
This song struck a chord with me. It instantly reminded me to stay strong, keep moving, embrace change but stick to your guns. I still play it in moments that I'm feeling down and it always helps me to put things into perspective. That's the great thing about music too - we can all take away what we need from it.
I've talked previously about musicians who play percussion with their guitars (We featured the Los Angeles singer-songwriter, Lisa Haagen, this month who caught my ear with her guitar percussion while I was walking down Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica). Percussion Guitar is when you hit and slap different areas of your guitar and strings to make fun and unique sounds. I absolutely adore it and Ben Howard is the reason why.
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The 27 year old from South Devon, England developed a passion for acoustic folk songs from his mother's records collection (which included folk musicians Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens and Donovan). When he wasn't playing music, Howard developed a love for surfing and spent most of his time at the beach. When going to school for Journalism, in Newquay (the surf capital in the UK), he ended up dropping out of school six months shy of graduation to pursue music. The surf community pushed him and believed in him to follow his passion for music and he has since really flourished init. He released his first full-length album in August 2011 and he is scheduled to release his second album on October 20, 2014, titled "I Forget Where We Were."
The first single off the album is scheduled to be released tomorrow, September 9th.
Ben Howard is listed on our September playlist this month. Be sure to check it out here.
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Todays piece is from John Richard Schrock:
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's announcement last week that American faculties should convert to a hundred p.c digital textbooks made public again how he's insulated from the North American public study room and economically poor scholars. One presidential applicant says sorry for his "47 percent" problem. This is Duncan's "40 percent" problem. 4 in ten American homes aren't hooked up to broadband Web . Access isn't spread uniformly.
Homes and colleges in the rich suburbs of Johnson County might be close to one hundred % connected. Many western Kansas rustic college districts could have less than 1/2 homes connected. And six p.c of the most remote homes, rich or not, are outside the reach of any broadband Web .
The price of purchasing a PC to stay abreast of new software and demands for Net speed and memory needs a well off revenue in a recession economy. Since 2008, a torrent of info has shown the increasing number of school-kids who live in misery. A significant number don't have enough to eat. It should be clear to college directors who work outside the rich suburbs that big numbers of homes lack PCs and Web connections. Yet after I wrote a commentary a few months back about how only sixty % of scholars have Web access, I received replies from teachers and elders across the state saying that some Kansas college directors already had moved teaching materials online, in a number of cases to cover their insufficiency in textbooks. When I asked how they were providing for the scholars who are lacking Net at home, the reply was that these scholars would work online in a study period or after college in the highschool PC lab.
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Otto Warburg Medal 2018 for Peter Hegemann
Prof. Dr. Peter Hegemann from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has been awarded the Otto Warburg Medal 2018. The Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) as well as its cooperation partners, the information analytics company Elsevier and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) journals, honoured the professor for experimental biophysics for his breakthrough research in the area of light-activated ion channels.
Prof. Hegemann's field of expertise focuses on the structure-function relations of light-regulated proteins. His work is fundamental for basic research and provides tools for other areas within life sciences. His discovery of light-activated ion channels (channelrhodopsins), in particular, provided the foundation for the new research area of optogenetics. These channels are the most prominent representation to explain neuronal functions. It is expected that they will be able to contribute to curing neuronal illnesses in the future.


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Instructional Development Award Recipients
Several undergraduate instructors who attended the 2004, 2005, or 2006 SPACE workshops were awarded funds to continue their efforts in integrating spatial analysis into their course curriculums. These pages showcase their achievements. See the full recipient list.
Paulla Ebron and Claudia Engel
Affiliation: Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University
Notable Achievements in Their Own Words
This collaboration had its beginning at the workshop, which provided the ideal environment for conversations with participants and instructors that revolved around questions like: How do we interpret spatial representations and maps as ethnographers? Where in the ethnographic process can spatial tools and analyses really be helpful, what are good examples? Why should we teach this to anthropologists in the first place?
Anthropology of Globalization - Cities is offered as part the Stanford Introductory Seminars that provide opportunities for first- and second-year students to work closely with faculty in an intimate and focused setting, introducing students to the variety and richness of academic topics, methods, and issues that lie at the core of particular disciplines; and fostering a spirit of mentorship between faculty and students. Each class is limited to 16 students and, since applications outnumber available seats, entry is highly competitive. The seminar explored the multifaceted ways cities have inspired and informed social analysis and cultural production. Seminar participants took part in a working group with the aim of developing a profile of a particular city. The cities, included Calcutta, San Paulo, Paris, and Johannesburg. These greatly expanded the geographical reach and allowed these places to fill out the assigned readings through each teams' explorations.
Questions addressed in the course: What is globalization? Where do our ideas about globalization come from? What are the effects of global processes on the rapid expansion of urban spaces? How do we read and interpret a broad range sources that inform both popular and scholarly opinion? How is evidence mobilized to support a position? How can we make our own informed contributions to the debates?
Spatial issues addressed in the course: GIS and spatial representations in maps are crucial for an ethnographic perspective that seeks to open up questions of globalization. A welcome side effect of this approach was the fact that GIS is driven by numbers. A confrontation with quantitative information and how it plays a role in representing, interpreting, and analyzing space formed an important complement to a qualitatively informed ethnographic analysis.
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Very early on in our collaboration, we saw the need to contextualize GIS, which taken merely as a tool, does not possess any purpose of its own, and relate it to issues and themes relevant for our discipline. A more in-depth knowledge of the software gained during the workshop allowed us to have a better understanding of how GIS works and how it could be useful. Our discussions around the data examples used in the workshop very clearly showed us how our observations and interpretations generated more and more questions, and how useful this might be in teaching. This, and numerous visits to invaluable pointers to resources provided during the workshop, eventually led to the co-design and co-teaching of this course.
This course was taught previously by different instructors. While the course described here is still ongoing, it is evident that the introduction of GIS has led to several changes. Most importantly, the use of spatial data for cities of the global south supported our concerted effort to deemphasize a US-centric bias in the analysis of global issues. In addition, students acquired basic skills in handling a GIS tool. They gained experience in visualizing spatial data and in critically examining mapping representations. By adding the spatial perspective, we raised an awareness of multiple representations working together in the analysis of culture and phenomena like globalization. Students had ample opportunity to collaborate in groups, and generated and compared alternative parallel representations of different locations.
Course Materials
A listing of modules and exercises illustrates the spatial component of the seminar.
Future Participation
One of the main challenges of this class was to provide students with spatial data of global non-US cities, which, depending on the location, are hard to come by. We are currently working with the Stanford Libraries to provide/improve access to datasets of global cities located outside the United States. We hope to engage undergraduate students as research assistants to put together a repository of shapefiles for global cities and demographic and economic data to be mapped onto those.
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Many people are afraid of the prospect of seeing a ghost, but there are others who wish they could. If you'd like to see a ghost, here's how to increase your chances.
Sightings of actual ghost apparitions are a relatively rare phenomenon, and there is no way to guarantee a sighting, even in the most haunted places in the world. Ghosts, in general, do not keep regular schedules of appearing. They seem to appear when they want to — and quite often unexpectedly.
For many, many years, people have tried to find ways to reliably conjure the materialization of ghosts, mostly through séances with the help of a psychic medium. These attempts, however, have largely been tainted with fraud and controversy.
So how can you see a ghost? Mostly, you have to be lucky, being in the right place at the right time when the ghost chooses to appear. But there are ways you can increase your chances of seeing a ghost.
- Go where the ghosts are. The best way to try to see a ghost is to go to haunted locations where ghosts have been seen before. In places like Gettysburg and other haunted locations, ghosts have been seen (and heard) time and time again. But again, it's hit and miss. It's not like you can go to Little Round Top in Gettysburg at 8 p.m. on a Thursday, sit on a bench, and wait for the show to start. On the other hand, if you don't go, you have no chance of seeing a Gettysburg ghost.
- Go on a ghost hunt. Today, there are many hundreds of ghost investigation groups around the country, and there is very likely one near you. (Do a web search to find them or check this list.) You can either join the group or see if they offer any events at which the public is allowed to join them in an investigation at a haunted location. Although these groups use many of the same methods you've seen on the ghost investigation TV shows, don't expect the same success rate. (How do they have such remarkable experiences every episode? Do you think being on TV has something to so with it?) But you never know what might happen.
- Take lots of pictures. Whether you're with a ghost hunting group or not, take lots and lots of pictures in the haunted location. Digital cameras equipped with high-capacity memory cards can take hundreds or even thousands of pictures. Be very careful and skeptical when reviewing your pictures, however. You might get orbs, you might get "ecto," odd lights, pareidolia (optical illusions) or other anomalies, but these are not necessarily ghosts; in fact, they probably are not as cameras and their lenses are subject to all kinds of artifacts that have nothing to do with the paranormal. Avoid using your cell phone camera as these do not have the resolution or optics you want. Use the best camera you can. However slim the chances, perhaps you will see a ghost or shadow person in a picture.
Once again, there is no guaranteed method for seeing a ghost, even when they are actively sought. In fact, most of the best ghost sightings have occurred when they were not expected: a recently deceased loved one appears to say goodbye; a ghost appears in a house the owner did not even know was haunted.
You never know when a ghost is going to appear. And although it doesn't happen very often, will you be ready? Will you be frightened? What will your reaction be if you do see a ghost?


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Maybe you're not into crypto, but chances are you've heard of Coinbase and all the talent they've been scooping up on Wall Street and Silicon Valley. At this point, they've basically built a big tech company and operating like Google and Facebook, firing off acquisition after acquisition. The latest? They're going after the big dogs… institutional investors… and building a world-class platform with white glove service to do so.
Coinbase was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong, with a goal in mind to build the a platform that would become the easiest way to buy and sell crypto-currency. Since then, they've raised over $200M, acquired 9 companies, and become a household name. Literally everyone is lining up to be added to their app, which is more exclusive than the hottest Las Vegas clubs. All in all, it's been a great couple of years for their team.
With just around 15M users, the platform has a long runway for growth. Revenue capped around $1B last year, overshooting projections by a cool 66%, putting them in a place to reject VC funding and moving them closer to blue ocean status.
Armstrong is incredibly proud of the effort his team has put forth, sharing in a blog post addressed to his employees just a few weeks ago…
"We're on the right path, doing the right work. I hope you'll take a moment … to reflect on the past quarter and all that we've accomplished … The world needs to know more about the incredible story that is being written here at Coinbase. I'm so proud to be on this journey with all of you!"
We'll be keeping tabs on Coinbase over on Facebook and Twitter, so check us out!


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Cremation is the rendering of a body into its most basic components. It is a respectful way to bid adieu to a loved one and it is being chosen with increasing frequency among both at-need and pre-need funeral planners. At Evergreen Mortuary & Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona, we're pleased to offer our own onsite cremation services, which allow families to be assured that their loved ones are being handled with the utmost in care and respect.
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Cremation is a time-honored tradition that exposes the body to intense heat to produce an average of three to seven pounds of cremains. Only one dead body is cremated at a time so families are assured that the ashes returned to them are indeed those of their loved one. It is advisable for family members to request the removal of rings and similar items prior to cremation. Some families may wish to witness the cremation, often as part of a religious or other ceremony. Afterward, the cremains are carefully transferred to an urn and given to the family. One common concern people have about cremation is whether or not their religion allows it. This is an individual choice that must be made by each family, but in general, the following faiths do allow cremation:
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Cremation is not necessarily prohibited, but is not encouraged by Presbyterian and Mormon churches. Islam and Orthodox Judaism strictly oppose cremation. Conservative rabbis discourage cremation, but may still perform funeral services for a decedent who is to be cremated. Reform Jews and rabbis are increasingly embracing cremation as a respectful way to say goodbye to their loved ones. The knowledgeable funeral directors at Evergreen Mortuary & Cemetery are sensitive to the unique needs of families from all faiths and cultural backgrounds, and will work closely with your family to design a thoughtful and appropriate cremation service.
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The Joseph Compassion Project aims to assist rural Malawians to access grain at an affordable price during the lean years known as the Hunger Season.
Joseph Feeds Nations
In Genesis 41 we read the historical account of how God used Joseph to help the Egyptians to survive the 7 years of famine that ravished the land. Using the principle of storing up during the time of plenty for the impending time of hunger he was able to help not only Egypt, but many nations to survive this harsh famine.
Learning from Joseph
Using principles gleaned from Joseph's wise handling of the 'hunger season' recorded in the Bible, we hope to help the rural people in Malawi to be set free from the cycle of hunger and poverty in which they are trapped.
"Go to the ant…consider its ways and be wise!
…it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest."
Proverbs 6:6-8
Oppressing the Poor
The corn traders in the markets are oppressing the poor people in their desperate plight by increasing the price of the most basic food to unaffordable rates. Quite simply, this is a blatant and shameful oppression of the poor.
The merchant goes into the village and buys grain from the rural farmer at $6 per 50kg bag at harvest time. Then during the hunger season he sells the same grain for $24!
Affordable Nourishment
It is quite understandable from a capitalist viewpoint that 'supply and demand' control the prices, but when it comes to basic and vital supplies (such as corn) there should be measures put in place so that the poverty stricken folks can still afford to buy nourishment for their bodies.
Practical Implementation
The Joseph Compassion Project will seek to buy corn during the harvest season and store it until the hunger season making it available at affordable prices to those in desperate need.
Storage Facility
Working with our partners in Malawi, we have arranged a storage facility in the township of Liwonde where we will store grain that is purchased form the surrounding villages during harvest season. We will keep an accurate record of those from whom we have bought the maize. This is to ensure that the seller has the first option to purchase his grain back during the hunger season.
There will be a small storage fee added to the selling price of the grain in order to ensure that the project is self-sustaining. Being a Not-for-Profit project, the priority will be to keep costs as low as possible with the primary goal being to provide affordable food to poor folk in the villages.
The Joseph Compassion Project will buy grain from the rural farmer at $8 per 50kg bag and then sell it back to him during the hunger season for $10. So we're asking $2 per bag to store it for a year.
Make It Happen
So what is needed to make this happen?
Currently our storage facility can handle 150 bags of grain. We need $1200 in order to purchase these 150 bags of grain.
At this moment, we have $0 to make this happen. We will need your help. If you feel you can help us financially by making a contribution towards this project, you can find our banking details HERE. Please use reference: JCP.
If you are unable to give, you can be of vital assistance to us by praying for this project that God will provide all that which is needed in order for us to effectively help those in need.
As we are just in the beginning stages of this project, we are starting with small steps. We are planning to expand by sourcing/building more storage facilities in various areas. Currently we are focusing our attention in Machinga District, Liwonde. As we get the means to expand, we hope to extend the benefits of this project to other areas, specifically in the Lower Shire Valley.
Thank you for your interest and support in this project.
May God bless you thoroughly and perpetually.
In His service – and loving it!
Michael Watson
"That His glory may dwell in the land." – Psalm 85:9b


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