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Billy Rubin with Half Off at Fenders Ballroom, Long Beach CA, Photo courtesy of: Billy Rubin
Orange County pioneer Billy Rubin has contributed some great HC history to DCXX. Somehow, we never got around to actually interviewing him.
The other day, Dan O'Mahony wrote us and said he'd like to interview Billy. Perfect. One OCHC legend picking the brain of another. Get comfortable for this one, it's good stuff. Big thanks to both Billy and Dan. -Gordo DCXX
Half Off at Fenders, photo courtesy of: Billy Rubin
When you and I met in '84 or so you already had a pretty deep knowledge of punk rock even though you were a couple years younger, what got you started on that path?
I'd say that I grew up at the right place in the right time. The kids on my street were experimenting and I was along for the ride. I learned how to ride a skateboard before I learned how to ride a bike. I wanted to shred and needed a sound track. On the intellect side of the equation, I have always been a seeker of knowledge. Punk lyrics were talking about things that provoked me…I had to get to the bottom of it. I remember spending hours in a library trying to figure out what the Byrds/Husker Du were singing about in the song "8 Miles High." If only we had the internet back then.
Later when you became a musician it was obvious you would say whatever was on your mind, but even in your fanzine editor days you covered the bands you wanted and pursued your own agenda and were never a shy guy, you networked like mad before the term even existed. Any insights?
I was really enthusiastic about there being no barriers to entry. Everyone's opinion counted and anybody could get on stage/publish. I had a lot to talk/write about back then; the fights at shows, the Hitler youth (which was the name of a gang of hooligan rich kids in my neighborhood), straight edge. I remember how cool it was to have a common bond with people all over the country. I could write a letter (send an interview) to Roger from Agnostic Front all the way in NYC and he would actually write me back. This was 1984 for cryin' out loud. There weren't cell phones or the internet...I used to soap stamps (rub soap on postage stamps so that the post office couldn't redeem them) so that I could reuse them. It was counter culture. It was cool.
Now counter culture is being an executive at a bank. Having tattoos is normal now. Obviously I have tattoos and am not making commentary on anyone's lifestyle. What I am trying to say is that the counter culture consisted of thinkers and I found that fascinating.
How did THINK Fanzine come into being and how long did it last?
You might remember how THINK came about better than me. I think that I was inspired by your first issue of S.I.C. Press or Kirk Dominguez's 1st issue of SFTG. It was fun to do. If I am going to be honest about it I have to admit that it was an ego boost too. I only did THINK for a couple years. Once I got into Half Off I felt like it was a conflict of interest to simultaneously be in a band and do a zine.
You grew up in Huntington Harbour, the most affluent part of HB at the time, and a lot of HC kids share similar backgrounds. Why do you think that is?
Very true. In my case it was because I didn't belong. I only know this because of years of self discovery and the benefit of hindsight. My parents were way out of their league financially and deep down I didn't feel as good as the other kids. I didn't have the alligator on my shirt…I had the tiger. I couldn't be as cool. In the punk scene your coolness was measured by your dedication to your beliefs. I was rebelling.
One of your earliest endeavors was New Beginning Records, started by others in a town 400 miles away and doing bands like Crippled Youth and Underdog, but eventually to become a SoCal operation operated entirely by yourself. Explain the process.
I have sort of addressed this in another DCXX post, but initially I was the errand boy in LA. I think they needed me. As Ray Cappo was phased out of New Beginning, I was phased in. As time went on, I think Bessie and Mike lost interest or maybe I just had more time. In some ways I think I might have hijacked the label away from them too.
I was incredibly enterprising and found a way to get records pressed for free as opposed to paying cash up front. That paved the way for many early west coast labels. Before that it was quite expensive for a teenager to put out records. There were two catalysts for me taking over the label. The Negazione record was one. The color separation for the cover required a lot of communication with various vendors…once again this is back when even long distance calls were expensive. The other catalyst was the Half Off album. Bessie and Mike didn't think Half Off was ready for an album, but I wouldn't listen. I did what I wanted. In hindsight, they were right. Half of the album was awfull, but the songs On Your Own, Rain On The Parade, Blood Turns To Water and The Truth would have made a great EP. Instead we put out an unremarkable LP.
Billy and the rest of Haywire leaving for tour, Photo courtesy of: BillyRubin
People like Bessie Oakley formerly of Positive Force (Reno) and Mike Trouchon (New Beginnning) came into your life at roughly the same time as Ray Cappo and our intial connections to the East Coast (whom you introduced me to). What came first, the chicken or the egg?
It all happened in YOT's tour van while I interviewed them for THINK. Shortly after that Ray and Bessie were at my parent's house, I was corresponding with Trouchon and before we knew it, you and I were taking trips to Davis and San Francisco. It was an explosive period of time.
If I remember correctly, the Long Beach band Half Off picked you over me to succeed a fella named Tim. What was the proccess and how did you meet those guys?
I interviewed Half Off for THINK and I suspect they felt a loyalty to me for not ignoring them. At the time, OC was cool and Long Beach was not. I didn't care. I kind of liked that these guys (Half Off) had shitty equipment and no talent as opposed to INSTED who had great equipment, cars and abundant talent yet (besides Kevin and Steve) those guys were not really into the scene. I'm talking about INSTED's first line up. I don't mean to piss anyone off, this is just how I remember it. I don't really know…I loved those guys.
Half Off proceeded along a similar story line to New Beginnings in that it was born elsewhere but came to be thought of first as a Billy Rubin thing. Would you say that makes you a type A personality or would you call it a coincidence? (I go with the former.)
Yeah, I am type A. I am also a loud mouth ego maniac with an inferiority complex. It is a self destructive combination. I will take it over, build it up and then destroy it in a bonfire to keep myself warm. I've been plagued by this my entire life.
Your split with what might be called the "youth crew" movement is well documented, probably even online. What's your 2010 perspective on that period? That conflict? Ray? Yourself circa 1987/88?
I have mixed feelings. On one hand, time has shown that I was right. The youth crew movement (as it came to be known) was originally what I fondly called straight edge. Straight edge was a song by Minor Threat that was about drugs and alcohol. That was it. The end.
The youth crew movement was about hooded sweatshirts, sneakers and total intolerance of people that were different. The opposite of punk, and I was always a punk before I was a straight edger. How cool would it have been if the youth crew movement was about rehabilitating drunk kids? Instead, little idiot jocks lied/bragged about knocking beers out of people's hands. They would even create propaganda showing a guy with a mohawk being beaten up for using drugs.
On the other hand I regret that it consumed so much of my time and effort. My opposition ended up alienating me from the scene that I loved. I gave my enemies control over me. I remember sparring (verbally) with up and comers like Joe Nelson and being totally frustrated. Some of these people were demonizing me, the person that had brought east coast hardcore to Southern California. That sounds egotistical, but I think it is accurate.
1987/1988…Hmm…It would sound condescending to say I outgrew the scene, but I guess that is what happened. My horizons were expanding and the straight edge scene was getting smaller and smaller. I remember when YOT was staying at your house for an eternity…I'd go over to visit you and these sweaty, midget, east coast idiots wouldn't fucking leave. They seemed so fucking shallow to me.
The Krishna thing seemed liked a personal problem that Ray should have seen a therapist for help with. He was obviously searching (and should have done it in private). I thought it was reckless to preach that shit to young impressionable kids under the same banner as straight edge.
I was really put off by the tough guy image too. At the time, people were putting out records on "Positive Force Records" and then talking about "street justice." How does violence somehow become complimentary to being positive? Who knows…maybe if our next song is about not killing animals it will make us even-steven. To this day I can't help but be sarcastic about how misguided it was.
Care to explain "No Bald Wall"?
This is funny! There have been a few requests for an explanation…you should answer this. Back in the day, the bouncers at shows would line the front of the stage. They were all bald skinheads. You bought an XXL football jersey and had "No Bald Wall" lettering sewn into the back/shoulders of the jersey so that when you did a stage dive over the bouncers (who's heads you jumped over) they would read the back of your shirt. It was a protest.
You introduced me to Martin Sprouse from San Diego's Leading Edge zine and MRR, that connection led to some pretty long lasting relationships. How did you two meet?
I wrote about this on DCXX too so I won't be too repetitive. I also wonder how many people realize how integral Martin was to the hardcore scene or that he was groomed to take over MRR. I met Martin by chance on a family vacation when I was about 15. Like all of the other seemingly chance encounters, this one too led to snail mail correspondence, an interview for THINK and an in at the MRR house.
Martin was like one of the wise elders of the scene and hands down the best graphic artist at the time.
Half Off lasted only a couple years and showed a real change in focus by the Shoot Guns era, not even really addressing scene politics by then. Any thoughts?
Shoot Guns was us not giving a shit anymore. We thought people were totally uptight. We just wanted to have fun.
Haywire pose it up, photo courtesy of: Billy Rubin
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Billy Rubin - Half Off / Haywire
24 comments:
- Russ said...
Wow! I know almost nothing about Billy Rubin and Half Off...but damn do I like his attitude! I wish more people were like that...Although I love alot of what would pass for Youth Crew, one has to laugh at the whole paradox of "UNITY UNITY UNITY - THINK FOR YOURSELF!!!" Looking forward to reading more...
- March 21, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Great read, especially his thoughts re: Youth Crew. Very interesting perspective.
- March 22, 2010 at 12:10 AM
- Michael said...
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- March 22, 2010 at 12:23 AM
"Yeah, I am type A. I am also a loud mouth ego maniac with an inferiority complex. It is a self destructive combination. I will take it over, build it up and then destroy it in a bonfire to keep myself warm. I've been plagued by this my entire life."
BRILLIANT. I so wish that I'd said/written that.
- March 22, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- the mosher said...
ya this guys got some fresh perspective.
- March 22, 2010 at 2:05 PM
GREAT read
- March 22, 2010 at 2:45 PM
part 2?
- March 22, 2010 at 4:50 PM
This guy sounds like a superfluous contradictive-devils-advocate moron.
- March 22, 2010 at 5:06 PM
"I'd go over to visit you and these sweaty, midget, east coast idiots wouldn't fucking leave.."
Haywire were waaaay better than YOT.
- March 22, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Ben Edge said...
"Some of these people were demonizing me, the person that had brought east coast hardcore to Southern California. That sounds egotistical, but I think it is accurate."
He brought Minor Threat, Misfits and SSD out here in '82/'83?
The sweaty midget quote is CLASSIC.
- March 22, 2010 at 7:19 PM
Good read. I always liked the shoot guns record.
Thing is....the disses towards yot were lame. Yeah, sure some guys wore hoodies and dope sneakers. But it was New York, the land of subway graf, hip-hop, hardcore and I hate to say it but fashion. I wasn't in NY back in the days, but that must've been an awesome time!
The only thing Ray Cappo maybe needs some therapy on is....the fact that he was the best frontman, ever, in all of hardcore. And the fact that no matter what his contributions have been(which are countless), he will never win with most people. Dude did alot of positive things for alot of people and I can't thank him enough for making my otherwise boring, awkward teenage years something to remember. I was proud to be hardcore! Just another fan of some eastcoast sweaty midgets. I want some Ray Cappo shit on here! great post.
- March 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM
I think Half Off is a great example of how some west coast bands can seem like a reaction to the east coast - at least in hardcore. Reaction. I'm sure if one is raised in a well-to-do(white)area of sunny California, one finds points to glamorize about their own tough upbringings. It must be human nature or something.
- March 22, 2010 at 7:45 PM
- Billy said...
Thank you for all your opinions. I realize that much of what I wrote would be open to interpretation. As for the bringing hardcore to the West Coast comment...At the time very few people in Orange County were familiar with the current flavor of East Coast hardcore. SSD, Minor Threat and the Misfits did predate me by years, but I did release Crippled Youth and Underdog to a scene that had no idea there was a resurgence of this breed of HC. I apologize if you thought I was claiming to have invented hardcore.
- March 22, 2010 at 8:53 PM
Two blow hards bumping cocks, what a joke.
Dan and Billy deserve each other.
- March 22, 2010 at 9:54 PM
If you are not easy to categorize people dont get it.
- March 23, 2010 at 1:01 AM
- Isaac Golub said...
Some of those Half Off shows, hang out's, recording sessions, and practices were some of my greatest memories. It taught me some of my first great lessons on friendship, trust, togetherness, heartache, and just good clean fun.
Great memories.
Love, Ike
- March 23, 2010 at 2:37 PM
Good Stuff!
Half Off was a great live band, only saw them about 7 or 8 times but they were always a great wall of sound!
Billy was also great for mini reviews of what had just come in at Zed Records that week back when he worked there!
Wow we were all sooooooo young!
- March 23, 2010 at 3:49 PM
ALthough Billy is pretty darn heavy handed, and all this shit went down like a century ago, I still really like that fact that he is telling it how it was from his perspective.
Younger HC kids, your heros were FAR from perfect. YOT, while a rad HC band, were just as human as the rest of us, and in some cases pretty idiotic. Then again, so was I. Granted we were all 18. But then again, YOT reunions were pretty bogus. Floorpunch reunions, even more bogus.
- March 23, 2010 at 9:47 PM
Seems like the Half Off LP is one of the few HC records you can't find on the internet ... neither the vinyl nor mp3s ... Does anyone know better?
- March 24, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Gold Frog Digital said...
Awesome interview! Billy, you're wrong, the WHOLE album is great. Flawed, but still great.
I loved Halfoff back in the 80's, but I felt like I was the minority in the CT scene.
I was only recently exposed to Haywire. Another great band.
- March 24, 2010 at 11:27 AM
Half Off discography download - http://velhaescolanovaescola.blogspot.com/2010/03/half-off-discografia.html
- March 24, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Thanks a lot, Jake!
- March 24, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- ake said...
Billy helped with our record Grudge Project Ex back in '89. He's one cool ass dude.
Ake aka "Carl of Tomorrow"
- May 18, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- Ake said...
Also, Zeds, Fender's Ballroom, OC music scene Mid to late 80's was such an fun eye opening experience for a kid who was still in High School. This is where I learned WE can do whatever we want, in life music, etc. I went to Zed's religiously, just to hang. Billy always had killer insight to new bands from both coasts, never preached to us kids like some of the SE band dudes did. It was about fun, music and pushing people's buttons.
20 Years later I'm playing drums in a San Diego band called Fuck Yeah and running the art dept for Zero Skateboards.
God Bless Zed Records!!
- May 19, 2010 at 4:26 PM


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The Feast of Firstfruits
The First of the Resurrection-Harvest Feasts for Yahuweh's people. Yahuweh's Feast Days are for His Redeemed people, including those grafted-in by Faith, according to Scripture. The Feast of (Early) Firstfruits and the Feast of the 2nd Passover are no exception.
Early Firstfruits
The next Feast to occur after Passover and the Feast of Unleavened is called Yom ha Bikkurim, the Feast of (Early) Firstfruits, which according to (Lev 23:11), occurs on the morrow after the Sabbath. Tradition has this day of Firstfruits always on Nisan 16, but the true chronology of the Passover week can be easily understood by those who acknowledge the Resurrection of Yahushua.
The Firstfruits requirement is seen in (Lev 23:10-12), where the un-processed sheaf of the first crop (Barley) is brought to the High Priest, then waved before Yahuweh as a wave offering. Traditionally the cutting occurred on Shabbat, and the waving by the High Priest occurred after Shabbat, on the first day of the week.
It was in fulfillment of this Feast that Yahushua, at His resurrection, became the Firstfruits of the Resurrection-Harvest of all of mankind (1Co 15:20, 23).
We understand that Yahushua was resurrected at sundown on the weekly Sabbath, in keeping with the requirement for cutting the firstfruit sheaf. This sundown straddled the close of the Sabbath day, the 17th day of the month — and the start of the first day of the week, the 18th day of the month.
It is then only a simple matter to count backwards three days and 3 nights from the end of the 17th day, counting backwards to the starting point of His crucifixion and burial, at the end of the 14th day. The 14th must have been a 4th day of the week.
Since Yahushua is our example in all things, we now understand that the Feast of Firstfruits occurs the day after the weekly Sabbath.
Countdown to Pentecost
This Feast of Early Firstfruits also marked "Day 1" of a 50-day count to the Feast of Shavuot, also called Pentecost, the Feast of Weeks, and Feast of Latter Firstfruits. We are told that Shavuot is also a day of Firstfruits for the next crop, the wheat (Lev 23:15-17; Lev 2:1; Ex 29:2).
Yahuweh has instructed His people to count 50 days, or a total of 7 Sabbaths, to an end-point of the Feast of Pentecost, occurring on the morrow after the 7th Sabbath. The prophetic significance of Pentecost will be seen in a subsequent writing.
This countdown of 50 days is known as the 'Omer Count,' and is to be made daily, in order to mark the great importance of certain days leading up to and including the 50th day. The resurrection and appearance of Yahushua on earth occurred during the first 40 days of the omer count. Likewise His ascension on the 40th day, and the pouring out of His Set-Apart Spirit on the 50th day, all occurred on significant day-counts within the Omer Count.
We are to watch these daily and diligently! For we do not know which day WE may be harvested as a kind of firstfruits (James 1:18)!
The 50-day countdown to Shavuot may be done easily by using a 50-day chart. Around the time of Passover each year, there is published a list of the Biblical Feasts, which include the 50-day countdown, beginning on the Day of early Firstfruits.
The Resurrection week of Yahushua reveals the pattern for the Biblical Feasts. First the day of Passover occurs, then next day is the High Sabbath [first day] of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The day after the weekly Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened then becomes the day of early Firstfruits, [always on a Sunday]. This is the resurrection day, and is also 'Day 1' of the countdown to Pentecost.
The Passover and other Feasts are not exclusively for our Jewish Brethren, but for all of Yahuweh's Redeemed people, including those grafted-in by Faith.
Related Articles:
- Communion: A Man-Made Substitute for the Biblical Passover – Also called the 'Eucharist' and 'Lord's Supper,' this man-made substitute is a counterfeit of the Biblical Passover meal eaten by Messiah and His disciples the same night in which He was betrayed. This counterfeit has been passed down to us over the centuries, and today continues to be practiced unknowingly by most evangelical Believers.
- Eating Things Sacrificed Unto Idols: A Warning to the Bride – The Full-length article.
- The New Covenant Passover: A Mystery – Full List of Passover Articles, with Descriptions and Links.
- If You Love Me, Keep 'My' Commandments – Do we show our love for Messiah, in the way He has told us — or have we lost sight of His identity?
- What Are the Ten Commandments? – Also called The Ten Words, these Scripture passages are shown in both Hebrew and English, enabling us to see for ourselves what these Commandments actually say. When we as New Covenant Believers understand whose words they are, we can better know how to respond to them.
- Obeying Torah is Not About Salvation – Obedience to the Torah [Father's House Rules for His family] is not about our redemption by Yahushua's blood. Instead, it is Messiah's New Testament instruction to all Born-again Believers in how to abide in Him, how to love Him, and how to walk as He walked.
- Seven Biblical Guidelines for Studying the Bible: Using Scripture to Interpret the Scriptures – What is the source of our current understanding of the Bible? The pure Truths of Scripture are of highest importance — how we understand the Scriptures will affect our eternal condition! To avoid being deceived by man-made doctrines, we must not rely on Preachers, Teachers, Bible notes or commentaries. Instead we must study and understand the Bible for ourselves — not looking through the lenses of tradition or man-made Bible study methods — but relying only on what the Bible actually says about how to study and understand the Scriptures! Here are 7 Biblical Guidelines that show us the way!
- Contending for The Faith – We are exhorted to contend, to fight to remain in The Faith that was originally given. Scripture shows what The Faith is, and shows why and how we must contend for The Faith. Overview of how the adversary attacks the foundation of The Faith, with examples of contending for The Faith.
- The Wise and Foolish Virgins – Yahushua tells us why many today are not prepared.
- The Wise and Foolish: According to Yahushua – Messiah tells us in clear and simple terms for our instruction, who the wise and foolish are today!
- The Wise and Foolish Virgins: The Separation of the Wise – The Scriptures reveal a 2-step process of separation from the multitudes, for those who would grow in Wisdom.
- Let No Man Steal Your Crown – Reveals there are men today trying to take away, and steal your Bridal veil, and your crown; things that allow your crown to be stolen; the Doctrine of Balaam, and how it will steal your crown.
- Who is the Chaste Virgin? – The Bridegroom is coming for His Bride — one who is chaste, and without corruption. The Scriptures warn us of the many forms of corruption, and how to remove them, in order to remain chaste, and ready for the Bridegroom.
- The Wedding of the King's Son: A Parable – A parable revealing the astonishing – and magnificent – nature of the New Covenant.


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Christmas fever is in full effect over at the Weaver home. In fact, I get to put up the tree a week early this year—t minus 3 days—in light of our lil' mans anticipated arrival. (Normally I have to wait until the day after Thanksgiving!).
As I ring in the holiday season with itty bitty baby pj's, red Starbucks cups and Christmas music on Pandora, I started thinking about what makes Christmas so much fun. Sure, there's the gift giving and feasting, festive decor, time with loved ones, and oodles of chocolates. But I think under it all, we're looking for joy.
Joy. Great happiness. Comfort. Contentment.
You know the stuff—can't be bought or put on, but sometimes we try.
I could go all spiritual on you, elf ninja style, and talk about how the bright lights and pretty packages remind me of the joy of Christ's birth. But that's not really true. I like the festivities and they have their place.
But they can't bring me joy.
No, the best holiday tidings came with much more simplicity and splendor than my pre-lit garland.
"And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.'" Luke 2:8-12 ESV
I'm reminded that holiday joy—while fun—is short lived. Great joy … real joy … carries us into eternity.


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Michelle Obama stuns in Marchesa at the White House Correspondents' Dinner 2014
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Michelle Obama appeared at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (otherwise known as "nerd prom") tonight, May 3, 2014, looking absolutely flawless in a Marchesa gown. This isn't the first time the FLOTUS has donned Marchesa -- last we saw her wearing the designer was at the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2013.
The white, off-the-shoulder creation was stunning on the First Lady -- but really, do we expect anything less from Michelle? A flowing skirt and embroidered bodice lent to the ethereal look of the gown, and Michelle accessorized with a pair of statement earrings and low heels. Her hair, highlighted and feathered, looked quite pretty as well, if we do say so ourselves.
As always, the First Lady killed it. Click through the gallery to see more of FLOTUS' look at the White House Correspondents' Dinner 2014.


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What is the middle class if not America's infrastructure of collective civility and individual enterprise? It is as much a concept as it is an income level, it is the communal space where social mobility is achieved through personal choice. It is an attitude, an indoctrination, a style; it is flexible, fungible, and functional. I believe our government's policies are not simply failing to protect the middle class but actively crippling it. And so on Sunday, October 2nd, the day after the Brooklyn Bridge arrests, the day I celebrate being born into a middle-class family, I traveled downtown to see and try to understand the much-discussed Occupy Wall Street movement for myself.
I entered Zuccotti Park from the northwest corner; I happened to wander in behind a bearded drag queen who wore a leopard print dress and carried a blonde baby doll as well as a placard reading: "Will work for money." A brown speckled pigeon descended from a leafy tree and hopped across the many small protest signs spread out on the ground like a patchwork picnic quilt. Cardboard was the favored medium for these magic marker messages: and, in a sound-byte era, most of the writers had already whittled their complaints down to a concise utterance which fit neatly within the borders of a pizza box cover.
I often feel vaguely shocked whenever I encounter the heartfelt and sometimes nakedly aggressive sentiments of actual other New Yorkers. Is it because in my efforts to get along on this island I spend so much energy muting my own opinions? In no particular order, this is some of what I read on the many signs — none of them my own and each of them representing an individual other than myself — as I walked through Zuccotti Park:
"We are the ones we've been waiting for"
"Steal food get arrested. Steal $1,000,000 get a bonus!"
"Bring back Glass-Steagall"
"And those who have jobs, we're barely making it."
"Debt is slavery"
"They broke it (map of America split in two), we bought it; why do they still own it?"
"Hey banks stop using the money I deposit to screw my neighbors"
"Fight for your right to party"
"Democracy is not a spectator sport"
"Human rights trump corporate rights"
"The 99% includes police"
"#1 problem Wall Street Lobbyists — #1 Demand Make it Illegal Conflict of Interest"
"Donations for adopting puppies."
"Tell someone what you see"
"The spirit of 1776 vs. the mindset of 1984"
"Open your eyes"
"Investigate Wall Street corruption"
"We the people over corporate profit"
"Outreach organizing volunteers needed"
"End war rebuild America"
"Fire the boss"
"I care about you"
"Wall Street Mafia, Washington Mafia, Pentagon Mafia, Supreme Court Mafia, WTF?"
"American Dream not just for the rich"
"Hugs Heal"
Police cars and vans lined Liberty Street; and where Liberty intersected Church Street, a watchtower, something like a palm tree in its top-heavy balance, sprouted with its many surveillance cameras aimed down at the park. Meanwhile, the expensive, well-equipped vans of mass media parked along Church. On Cedar Street, a white truck with large black letters spelling out "Wikileaks" (among other words — from my position in the park I could not read the entire message) stood between a Halal food truck and a Sabrett hotdog cart.
Inside the borders of the park itself, many many people — a couple hundred? twice that? — milled about; roughly half carried signs or actively protested while most of the other half silently recorded what they saw with cameras. Scattered about on the ground lay rolled-up sleeping bags and yoga mats, one mattress, beach chairs, and an unchained bike or two. A food station threading through the middle of the park displayed baskets of oranges, apples, popcorn, bread, sports bars, coffee and cookies. A drum circle on the Broadway side made itself heard.
I spoke with only a few people. A thirty-something guy sitting and reading the "Occupied Wall Street Journal" told me he had brought food to support the protesters, though he himself did not care to carry a sign. A twenty-something woman said she came to represent the Teachers Union; glancing around, she frowned to see a middle-aged woman boasting a sign that read: "Obama Sell-Out-in-Chief." Meanwhile, a man wearing a Tea Party button passed between us into the park. A couple of boys stood still enough to be photographed by their smiling father who shouted commands in what I suspect was Mandarin. An elderly man, circled by rapt younger listeners, stood on a piece of carpet and lectured on the economy.
As I left the park, I overheard one woman say to another, "It's so much more complicated now than it was even a few days ago." Unfortunately, I fear exactly the opposite. I worry that this movement is being ramrodded into specific, pre-arranged form. An encroaching Democratic Party mind-meld appears to be taking place and as a lifelong registered Independent, I believe that soon all that makes sense to me in this movement will be destroyed. Certainly I worry about the influence of Wikileaks, an enterprise with questionable methods and motives. Organized labor, which to my mind sometimes exerts as destructive a force as the greediest of corporations, has begun to make an inordinate claim among those assembled downtown. And overly-quoted newspaper writers—who clearly have not strolled anywhere near Zuccotti Park—have begun to describe the inspired chaos there as a "liberal" movement and an "anti-Tea Party" movement.
From what I saw on October 2nd, Occupy Wall Street was neither... and it need be neither.
Why couldn't this be a movement and a moment that unites not just a political party but an entire nation, maybe even an entire world? (Only after my visit did I learn that Occupy Wall Street had been inspired by Vancouver-based Adbusters, which describes itself as "a global network of culture jammers and creatives working to change the way information flows, the way corporations wield power, and the way meaning is produced in our society.")
As I rode the subway home, I could not forget the sign that read: "They broke it (map of America split in two), we bought it; why do they still own it?" Through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which was overwhelmingly approved by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress, American taxpayers handed out billions of dollars to, among others, American International Group and GMAC, a bank holding company and the financing arm of General Motors. (Subsequent to its bailout, GMAC changed its name to "Ally Financial Inc.") If private corporations are propped up by public funds, hasn't the nature and definition of ownership changed? If so, shouldn't these same principles and benefits of ownership be uniformly extended to all corporations and the individuals they represent? At the very least, shouldn't the public receive a share of the profits made by these publicly endowed corporations?
Am I a liberal or a conservative for thinking these thoughts? All I know is what I want most right now is to understand where on earth all that TARP money went. And of course, where are the jobs — researching and advancing new energy technologies, building and maintaining infrastructure — that should be a result of its expenditure. At least for a moment as I looked around at those assembled for Occupy Wall Street, I believed that others shared my concerns... we are citizens who fear the relative weakness of a national government compared to multinational corporations... we are quiet voices drowned by a mass media bent on controlling, harnessing, and subverting an autonomous movement — a group of disparate people provoked by an unimaginable seizure of our public funds, taxes paid by middle class individuals.
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As we celebrate our heritage during National Historic Preservation Month, noted author Helene Stapinski reminds us that family and city histories can be anything but straightforward. Helene's widely acclaimed Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History was set in a grittier Jersey City perhaps unfamiliar to newer arrivals. Since that book, she has researched family lore about a great-great-grandmother who immigrated here in the late 19th century. The result of her perseverance is Murder in Matera: A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy.
The Embankment Preservation Coalition is teaming up with the Italian Educational and Cultural Center for the Arts at Casa Colombo to bring you a talk and book signing by Helene. Copies of Murder in Matera will be available for puchase at the event, courtesy of WORD BOOKSTORES.
Helene Stapinski on Murder in Matera
Sunday May 21, 2017, 4 pm
IECC at Casa Colombo
380 Monmouth St
Jersey City, NJ 07302
$10 donation at door; $5 to Embankment Coalition or IECC members. Seating is limited. Reservations are required.
Refreshments will be provided.
Notes on celebrating our significant institutions, buildings, districts, and structures during National Historic Preservation Month: Helene Stapinski began her writing career at The Jersey Journal, which is marking its 150th year in 2017. Casa Colombo was built by Italian immigrant craftsmen in 1936 to serve the historic Italian Village that grew up around the Pennsylvania Railroad and its Harsimus Branch. Join us for a fun evening in a historic building, in a historic area, immersing ourselves in history!


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RDP support financed a series of restoration and basic works on a historic monument church in rural Romania.
Projects & Practice
Tularù is an organic and multi-functional closed-cycle farm born that began life as a centre for sustainable production. It offers an alternative approach to solving current environmental, social and economic issues for farms.
A land consolidation project helped restore the functionality of vineyard terraces and thus maintained a landscape which is a habitat of rare species.
An initiative to sensitise companies in the Northern Eifel region to the problem of management succession at an early stage.
A pilot programme in Scotland on Public Procurement led to new opportunities and markets for Scottish SMEs.
Producers in Scotland saw the opportunity to link together their activities to encourage greater visitor numbers to rural destinations by creating a network of artisan chocolatiers.
The Think Local development programme focuses on developing collaboration in short supply chain, by bringing together existing initiatives on farmers' markets, farm retail, food tourism, regional food and drink networks and in developing added value for rural producers.
An investment project that allowed a company to fill the gap in the local supply chain for wood chips in the north-west of Ireland.
A project to enhance the facilities on a geological site, enable new visitor-based activities and attract more visitors who will spend more time in the area.
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Transmission from Old Bug:
(crackling static) If you want to be a true mcNasty and make all the chickenheads jealous at the red light, your music has to be correct. I'm not talking about retarded hip-hop, either; I'm talking about the classic foundation that every jughead with a mac laptop and protools who calls themselves a "producer" has liberally sampled from (and by sampled I mean straight-up stolen.)
Disc 1 has the obligatory riffs everybody knows: everything from James Brown to Curtis Mayfield is represented. But the lesser-known joints, like "Home is where the hatred is" and "Children of the Ghetto" is pure, undistilled pimp juice.
Disc 2 is more of the same, but includes rarities by Angela Brown and WAR. (yes, rarities- they did more than just "The world is a Ghetto.")
Disc 3, subtitled "the Payback", is super-dope. "Summer in the City" and "Masterpiece" are standout tracks here as well.
Less reading, more listening. Stop perpetrating and steal these albums from BitTorrent. (Oh, I mean, go buy them from a chain music store, which will virtually guarantee that NONE of these artists get compensated for these thirty-plus year old tracks- that's a much better idea.)
GATSBY'S counterpoint-
what is the fucking deal here?
i'm gone for thirty seconds and you add "blaxploitation" and "insatiable teens?"
what's it gonna be buckman? record reviews of everything you already listen too?
FACT: buckman has no subwoofer in his chrysler imperial.
you cannot possibly be qualified to review the smoove blaxplotation funk of the seventies without being able to hear the baseline fool.
also you know nothing of insatiable teens.
(short burst of unintelligible static)
Old Bug here. Hey, it's Gatsby, you old so-and-so. I see that time has not been kind to you, my crusty old butt-nugget, so I will have to swoop in once again and unmercifully pick apart your tattered counter-point. After I correct your glaring typo- uh, is it third BASE you want to steal, or is it your theory of gay puppetry that you are BASING your conclusions on, or is it the BASS that rocks my 88 while your girlfriend's gum falls out of her mouth at the apex of her butt-clenching orgasm (her third, my first) Oh, the dent I left in her uterus will most definitely not be covered by her PPO co-pay.
Sorry, off-subject. Bug knows all about blaxploitation, son. Besides my extensive collection of mad European acid jazz, I've got a pipeline straight into the golden ghetto of the seventies, baby girl. Everything from Millie Jackson (All the Way Lover) to William De Vaughn (Be Thankful for what you've Got) and in-between, funky fresh in the flesh in my Lee Jeans. As a matter of fact, I'm going to be unveiling a pimptronic-6000 streaming winamp station for re-education purposes. make sure you tune in, Gatsby, so you can dust off your lexicon.


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Costly turnovers against El Camino College ruin Falcons' playoff hopes
Keanu Ruffo, Staff Writer
November 16, 2018
As the smell of fire in attendance and ashes floated through the air, the Cerritos College football team hosted El Camino College and lost by a score of 21-20 for the Central division title on Nov. 10. With a win, Cerritos would have share the division title and punched their ticket into the Southern...
Falcons' Football crowned Homecoming winner
Jah-Tosh Baruti and Keanu Ruffo
October 25, 2018
The Falcons got back in the winning column after defeating San Diego Mesa 50-21 in the Homecoming game on Oct. 20. It was the first time the two teams have clashed on the gridiron in 21 years. Cerritos' statement win gave them their fourth win on the season. The team now has a record of 4-3. The ...
Falcons losing streak continues falling to No. 1 ranked Fullerton College
Keanu Ruffo, Staff Writer
October 16, 2018
After starting the season 3-0 the Falcons football team lost its third game in a row against Fullerton College 35-25 on Oct. 13, following the loss, the team is now 3-3 overall in the season. It was all Fullerton football in the first quarter as they ran over the falcons defense by scoring three touchdowns...
Record breaking game ends in loss
Christopher Martinez and Keanu Ruffo
October 2, 2018
Cerritos College faced off against its long awaited rivals Long Beach City College on Sept. 29 in what turned out to be a loss of 32-46 for the team, but was also a record breaking game for sophomore running back No. 3 Rhamondre Stevenson. Stevenson had a record breaking night rushing for 339 yards...
Winning streak over, Falcons look forward
Christopher Martinez, Staff Writer
September 28, 2018
The Falcons' three game winning streak, snapped on Saturday's game against College of the Canyons with a final score of 28-10. Falcons had a rough start to the first quarter scoring no points and giving up a run. The quarter ended with Cerritos zero and College of the Canyons 7. Head coach Dean...
Falcons' football continue its winning ways after trip to College of the Desert
Carlos Ruiz, Sports Editor
September 18, 2018
The Cerritos College football team won its away match-up against the College of the Desert Roadrunners 65-35. This win marks the third straight for the Falcons, the last time they opened a season 3-0 was during the 2010 season. The Falcons had 65 points by the end of the fourth quarter. This...
Falcons acquire second win of the season against Moorpark College
Christopher Martinez and Carlos Ruiz
September 11, 2018
Cerritos Falcons faced off against the Moorpark Raiders on Sept. 8 in what turned out to be a snap for the four year losing streak as the Falcons top the Raiders 31-10. Within the will of both teams were on display as the quarter ended 14-7, Cerritos on top. Head coach Dean Grosfeld said, "I...
Falcons' football scrimmage against Mt. San Jacinto
Christopher Martinez, Staff Writer
August 28, 2018
Cerritos College's football team appeared strong on Aug. 23 as they took on San Jacinto College in a scrimmage match. The team's scrimmage consisted of many drills by position amongst themselves, and against the other team. Once the drills were completed both teams took turns on offense, regardless...
Dean Grosfeld nabs football's head coaching position
Carlos Ruiz, Sports Editor
August 21, 2018
After 24 seasons of coaching as an assistant alongside the legendary Frank Mazzotta, Dean Grosfeld has been named head coach of Falcons' football. Grosfeld will be entering his 25th overall season, his first as head coach, but will still be entitled to his previous coaching positions, as offensive...


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Matt Nieto, linemates red hot for Boston University
Terriers were all lined up for success
The hottest line in the nation was continued to sizzle Friday night at TD Garden and it helped send No. 3 seed Boston University all the way to the Hockey East championship game.
Junior left wing Matt Nieto, freshmen center Danny O'Regan, and sophomore right wing Evan Rodrigues came in having racked up 73 points, 33 of them goals, in the previous 20 games. All they did in BU's 6-3 win over No. 2 seed Boston College Friday night was account for four goals and 6 points. O'Regan and Rodrigues each scored twice and Nieto added a pair of assists to send BU to Saturday's title game against top seed UMass-Lowell.
Nieto has nine goals and 15 points in his last eight outings.
"He's been a very streaky scorer ever since he arrived,'' said BU coach Jackie Parker, referring to Nieto who has 37 points in 38 contests. "He really struggled in the first semester of his freshman year and the last eight games of his freshman year, he really caught fire and took off. At the beginning of his sophomore year, he was on fire and extended his scoring streak. He's always been like that. Now he is on the best streak he's been on.''
O'Regan has six goals and 15 points in his last 11 contests and Rodrigues also had averaged better than a point a game, with 16 in his last 14 games.
Scheduling changes
In some interesting scheduling news, Hockey East released the tentative 2013-14 plans as the league expands to 11 teams with the addition of Notre Dame. All schools will make it to the postseason, unlike this year where the top eight qualified.
What is significantly different is the number of conference games. Instead of 27 Hockey East games, each team will play 20 and will have 14 nonconference games. In addition, the league postseason will be played out over three weekends instead of two.
The top five teams will receive a bye while No. 6 will host No. 11, No. 7 will host No. 10 and No. 8 will host No. 9. The next weekend will be best-of-three quarterfinal round with No. 1 hosting the lowest remaining seed and so on. The semifinals and final will be the following weekend at TD Garden.
Adjusting without York
BC coach Jerry York was not in attendance Friday night. He was continuing his recovery at home after eye surgery on Monday. York underwent a
surgery to repair a detached retina in his right eye. The procedure was performed by Dr. Jeffrey Heier at Opthalmic Consultants of Boston. York initially had an operation Jan. 10 but he required a follow-up operation just four days later. Associate head coaches Mike Cavanaugh and Greg Brown were behind the bench for the Eagles in York's absence.
Cavanaugh said because York was sidelined earlier in the year, it made it easier for the players to adapt to not having him there this weekend.
"If we had not gone through it earlier in the year, it probably would've been a lot more to handle,'' he said. "But since we had experienced it with the UNH weekend and with UMass and Northeastern, we had a pretty good idea of how it was going to work and how we handle things.''
UM-Lowell stays on roll
In the evening's first semifinal, UMass-Lowell improved to 19-3-1 in its last 23 games with a 2-1 win over Providence . . . The Friars lost for the first time when leading through two periods, ending their 16-game unbeaten streak (14-0-2) . . . Kevin Rooney netted his first collegiate goal in his 29th career game for Providence . . . UMass-Lowell's freshman netminder Connor Hellebuyck improved his nation-best winning percentage to 89.5 percent and his record is now 17-2-0 . . . UMass-Lowell, looking for its first Hockey East title, will play in its third championship game overall and first since 2009, when it lost to BU, 1-0.


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Researchers at Linköping University, lead by Olle Inganäs, professor and head of a research group has developed a simple method to manufacture printed organic solar cell modules. The results have been published in the scientific journal npj Flexible Electronics.
The researchers said although the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells are approaching that of conventional silicon solar cells, they don't necessarily have to compete in the same market.
The researchers developed a semi-transparent solar cell module, electrodes with two variants of the polymer PEDOT:PSS (commonly used in organic electronics) are used, where one acts as the anode and the other is modified to become the cathode. What appear as stripes across the solar cell module are lines of either cathode-type or anode-type material. The active layer that absorbs light and produces electrons is located between these electrodes. The individual solar cells are connected in series in the module.
When the electrodes and the active layer are printed as thin films on top of each other, defects in one layer will act as points of attack for the next layer to be printed. These defects reinforce each other and cause short-circuits between the top and bottom. Until now, this problem has been solved by passing a current through the cell.
The researchers have now successfully tested a method in which they use instead the active polymer material as glue.
Two plastic films, one with the anodes and the other with the cathodes, are covered by the active material before the complete unit is laminated together. Since only two layers are to be printed, the number of defects is lower and the probability that two defects are located exactly opposite each other during the lamination is negligible.
The researchers have shown that it is moisture causing the trouble. Small electron traps form in the material that capture electrons before they reach the electrode. The problem can be solved by manufacturing the anode and cathode films, and then rapidly laminating them together with the active polymer in a protective atmosphere. The shorter the period that the film is exposed to moisture the better.
The solar cell modules that have been developed by Olle Inganäs and his group at Linköping University are being developed and manufactured by the spin-off company Epishine, which has chosen to aim at the market for indoor cells.
The solar cells then absorb the indoor illumination and create enough current to power, for example, sensors that keep track of a dog when its owner is not at home, or that measure the indoor humidity or temperature. Indoor illumination has a different spectrum and intensity than sunlight, so the conditions of use are simpler and the efficiency high.
"The organic solar cells can be used in many contexts, not least those in which their special properties are useful: they can be semitransparent, soft, flexible, can be obtained in different colours, and they are cheap to manufacture."
"The defects in each individual cell must be burned away. Not only is this time-consuming, it's not easy to gain access to all cells, and this means that the reject rate for faulty units is quite high."
"It just doesn't happen. But we did discover that when we laminate the two layers together to give a flexible and robust module, the solar cells generate more current when illuminated from one side than from the other. Of course, we want the cell to generate the same current no matter whether the sun is rising or setting."
"We have shown that this lamination method works with many different combinations of polymer, and that the energy efficiency is just as high as that obtained by conventional manufacture."
Olle Inganäs, Pprofessor of biomolecular and organic electronics at Linköping University
Asymmetric photocurrent extraction in semitransparent laminated flexible organic solar cells
Jonas Bergqvist | Thomas Österberg | Armantas Melianas | Luis Ever Aguirre | Zheng Tang | Wanzhu Cai | Zaifei Ma | Martijn Kemerink | Desta Gedefaw | Mats R. Andersson | Olle Inganäs
npj Flexible Electronics | volume 2, Article number: 4 (2018) | doi:10.1038/s41528-017-0017-6
Received: 14 May 2017 | Revised: 26 October 2017 | Accepted: 04 November 2017 | Published online: 05 February 2018
Scalable production methods and low-cost materials with low embodied energy are key to success for organic solar cells. PEDOT(PSS) electrodes meet these criteria and allow for low-cost and all solution-processed solar cells. However, such devices are prone to shunting. In this work we introduce a roll-to-roll lamination method to construct semitransparent solar cells with a PEDOT(PSS) anode and an polyethyleneimine (PEI) modified PEDOT(PSS) cathode. We use the polymer:PCBM active layer coated on the electrodes as the lamination adhesive. Our lamination method efficiently eliminates any shunting. Extended exposure to ambient degrades the laminated devices, which manifests in a significantly reduced photocurrent extraction when the device is illuminated through the anode, despite the fact that the PEDOT(PSS) electrodes are optically equivalent. We show that degradation-induced electron traps lead to increased trap-assisted recombination at the anode side of the device. By limiting the exposure time to ambient during production, degradation is significantly reduced. We show that lamination using the active layer as the adhesive can result in device performance equal to that of conventional sequential coating.


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M2Tech from Italy is very well known for their Hiface (USB to audio converter) series, while they are making some insanely good DAC and headphone amplifier, it is not as famous as their Hiface line, I have tried their DAC and headphone amplifier, honestly they are really good, sounded meaty and dynamic, especially the Young DSD and Marley headphone amplifier, freaking good although came with high price tag, the design is brilliant too.
When I heard news about their Evo 2 series, I was getting really excited. The Evo 2 series are quite attractive regarding to their feature and price, coming from an audiophile oriented company I really expected a lot from M2Tech, I can say I am impressed with the Evo DAC Two Plus during the review process.
M2Tech Evo DAC 2 Plus! (605USD + VAT and Taxes)
The original Evo DAC got its name in the audiophile crowd, but it is such an old product (Dated back to 2011), the original version definitely needed a refresh in 2016.
Here comes the Evo DAC 2, it is M2tech's answer to the budget DAC tier, now the market has been crowded like never before, arguably this is also price category where most of the consumers' money go (or will go), it is logic that M2tech started to put effort at budget tier product, just for your reference, Young DSD and Marley of M2tech are extremely well sounding and competitive in their own price category, but consumer would love to see something as good as their bigger brother at fraction of the price.
Evo DAC 2 actually came in two version, another one is a higher end Plus! Version, the one that I am reviewing today is the Plus! Version. The differences between Plus version and normal version are as below:
1) DAC IC (ES9018K2M for Plus, ES9010K2M for base);
2) Analog stage (OPA2209 with I/V converter for Plus, NE4432 voltage driven for base);
3) I2S input (PS Audio standard) for Plus;
4) External Clock interface for Plus.
5) Plus version is selling at 605USD + VAT and taxes while base model is selling at 439USD + VAT and taxes only.
Both of them are using different DAC IC so I am expecting them to sounded differently (analog stage too), Plus version is capable to use external clock too (M2Tech has some really good external clock product), it is clearly that Plus version is a much higher end product than the base version.
Build quality of M2Tech Evo DAC 2 Plus! (will be naming as Plus for entire review) is good and compact, it is not as solid as brick like some of the competitor but it is far from bad quality, the finishing is quite good and the size is very compact, while it is so feature rich it is smaller than the Stoner Acoustics EGD, it is really small and if you have other Evo 2 series (such as the Evo Supply 2, Hiface Evo 2 and etc) they can stacked up nicely and beautifully. I love the white colour display and it looks great in the dark albeit a little too bright, I really wish we can turn off the display.
One thing I like about the Plus is the connectivity capability of it, it can accept USB input from computer and also coaxial input, optical input is capable too, it is a great achievement especially when it is in such a compact and light dimension, however, I really wish Plus has balanced output as well, but the onboard RCA is the only option, it is not a deal breaker but adding balanced output is like icing to the cake.
Another great achievement is that Plus can be powered up by USB without any external power supply, however there is a PSU included in the package too, in anytime I will recommended you to use the PSU rather than just USB powered anyway, if you really want to make the most out of it, you can get M2Tech Evo Supply 2 too, not cheap (at 439 USD + VAT and Taxes) but it really does an exceptional job to unleash the potential of plus which is downright impressive.
Audio Quality
I have paired M2Tech Evo DAC 2 Plus! With the Evo Supply 2 most of the time, with Teac HA-501 and Rudistor NX-03 as headphone amplifier, listening through Sennheiser HD700, Beyerdynamic T90, German Maestro GMP450 and Vsonic GR07. Speaker system consists of oBravo speaker amp and my mini bookshelf speaker which is an OEM, all from computer system and played with Bughead (Infinity Blade) software with Asio driver.
I started listening to Plus with the excellent Evo Supply 2 (which is an external power supply by M2Tech), first thing I noticed about the sound is how incredibly detailed the sound is. The sound character is not bright at all, in fact, Plus carried good body of sound and certainly didn't sounded thin at all. Plus sounded neutral and balanced in general, with incredible amount of detail. Sound separation is surprisingly good too, all of these are not something hard to notice but once I play the music I can directly noticed and felt the strength of Plus, the soundstage of Plus is wide, deep and immersive, centre image is spot on too, I really can't complain on the audio quality, it is downright brilliant and scored excellent here. When I listened to 24 Caprices (Kaler,Llya) the sound of the string is very detailed and I promise you I can listen to every bit of the string with my Beyerdynamic T90, even with the T90 the sound is not bright at all, so if you are worrying that Plus sounded bright you can really rest assured. Timing and speed seems accurate and agile too, impressive!
You don't have to worry about the low frequency (bass) detail and body, the album City of London Sinfonia – Vivaldi : Cello Concerti Vol.3 showed good weight to the cello sound and the imaging and positioning is excellent here, you can pin point every location of the instrument and telling which is which, in a large soundstage. I played The Piano Guys 2 by The Piano Guy, bass impact is good too and the bass is weighty, sound is largely neutral however, if you are expecting emphasize low end then you should looks elsewhere, I do think the depth is not perfect here (although quite deep too) but not a deal breaker.
I can't really find fault on the performance of Plus paired with Evo Supply 2, however, without the Evo Supply 2, the sound do degrades although still a stellar performance, first thing I have noticed is the layering, soundstage and detail level is not on par when adding an external power supply, using only the USB bus as power supply is what I won't do, the sound suffered a lot and I will say stay with the bundled psu for good result, if you want the best out of it, look no further, adding a dedicated external power supply do help a lot (In this case it is the Evo Supply 2).
M2Tech Evo Clock 2 (439USD)
I have to be honest, I have never try to connect an external clock to DAC, this is my first time trying and I seriously don't know what to expect from an external clock. Connecting the Evo Clock 2 to Plus is a breeze by using a coaxial cable (It is not the regular RCA coaxial cable though), connect an optical cable for clock info and you are good to go.
The result is stellar and impressive anyway. Soundstage and imaging is the first thing that I noticed that have gained a great improvement. The placement of instrument is way more organized and unhurried, sense of air is much more relax and I can only say it is really a great improvement. The speed is more agile as far as I can tell. Is it worth the hassle? I will say yes, every bit of goodness it 'restore' in your music are really priceless.
Final Thought
I am really impressed with what Plus and its sibling can do, don't get me wrong, even without the Evo Supply 2, Plus itself is a fine DAC too, easily the best you can get in the price range, but the external supply brought it to another level. If you are in the market to find a DAC that can accept multiple input and virtually able to play every format you throw at it, don't look further, get the M2Tech Evo DAC 2 Plus!.


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KENNEBUNKPORT — The Kennebunkport Conservation Trust has spent the past year working to improve its trail system. Now, it would like to see even more people using those trails.
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Kennebunkport Conservation Trust has spent the past year working to improve its trail system. Now, it would like to see even more people using those trails.
"Not as many people are using them as we'd like to see," said KCT board member Bill Case. "We've gotten to a point where they're a little better marked and groomed."
The trust has three trails open to the public for snowshoeing and cross country skiing, Case said. The Steel Trail, located on Guinea Road, is the longest at a mile and a half and has a parking area for up to six cars.
The next longest trail is the Tyler Brook Trail, found just off Route 9 where it intersects with Beachwood Road. It has parking for up to four cars.
The third trail, the Mark and Gail Roller Trail, is located at the trust headquarters on the Gravelly Brook Road and has views along the Batson River. The trust has a large parking lot at the site.
"We've gotten a lot done, but there's a ton left to do," Case said of the trails.
Buying a Polaris Ranger has allowed trust members to more easily manicure the trails, Case said, and transport handicapped students taking part in the program KCT Director Tom Bradbury put together for students at Consolidated School.
The trails aren't open to motorized vehicles like snowmobiles or ATVs, but are wonderful places to take a hike, Case said. While trails like the Steel Trail might be for more adventurous skiers and hikers, the flat fields around the KCT's headquarters on Gravelly Brook Road are ideal for anyone.
Town Manager Larry Mead said both Bradbury and the KCT are "tremendous assets" the town and its residents are lucky to have them. The trails, he said, have something for everyone.
"There are those trails that are well-used, where you run into people," Mead said, "and those less-traveled trails, which some people find appealing and wonderful."
Mead said the town will soon be looking for ways to connect its neighborhoods and sidewalks with the Trust's trails. He plans to work with the KCT to help plan those connections for the future.
"We're working on a vision plan," he said.
Case said the KCT is looking for volunteers to serve as trail stewards, helping to clear and maintain trails for users.
"We're trying to solicit volunteers," Case said. "We have miles more we want to develop."
Those interested in becoming trail stewards may contact Bill Case at 590-3717, Bud Danis at 400-2928 or the trust headquarters at 967-3465.


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Hey Everyone! I hope you had a fabulous week. Mine was super busy, but fun!
Last week, me, along with 4 other fabulous bloggers, launched our first Make Bake Create Link party and it went so well! We had a really good turnout and I was so excited to see all the fun projects brought to us. I love seeing everyone's creative ability. It gives me so much inspiration and that extra push to keep me doing what I am doing.
Today I want to give a shout out to my party favorites. There were a few that really stood out and I would like to share them with you!
The first link comes from The Resourceful Gals. They linked up this yummy looking recipe for Homemade Soft Pretzels. I have been craving pretzels a lot lately, and I cannot wait to try these out!
This next link comes from 31 Cups. She and her daughter made these fabulous Sweater Slippers using old sweaters and flip flops! They look so comfy. Now I know what to do with my old, worn out flip flops and holy sweaters!
This next link-up is absolutely beautiful! Shaken Together Life linked up this really neat Wooden Chalkboard Sign made from a wood plaque. I love it and would love to make these for gifts or even one for myself. 🙂
This last fabulous link-up comes from Shaken Together Life again! I really love garland and even though I love to sew, I love making no-sew stuff as well! This No Sew Fabric Garland is bright, beautiful and perfect for Spring! I think it would be a great way to use up any extra fabric scraps you have laying around. Love it!
Thanks to everyone who linked up this past week! Please come back tomorrow for Make Bake Create Party #2 and link up the fabulous projects you've been working on. We would LOVE to see it!
Oh and we should have an "I've Been Featured" button by next week. I may even have it tomorrow, so feel free to check this post tomorrow or the next day to see if I have added it.


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After having an exciting first semester working on the Redman project, Mekenna and I took a month off for our summer vacation. She went to California while I went with Brenau's art department to Italy. There I got inspiration in spades (as you could imagine) and was very excited to get back to the project. Having this time off allowed us to clear our heads and come back fresh and ready to work even harder.
Our first day back we decided to create a master list of what needs to be done. We have found that we both work better this way. First on the list is to finish the condition reports which have been bogging us down for months. Although they have not gotten more fun we have certainly become faster and more efficient when it comes to paperwork. Next on the list is data entry. We will allow ourselves two days to complete this. We basically have to take every report we have on paper and translate it into an online system. This will make it easy to locate the art and keep it organized for future shows and exhibits. We then agreed that tackling the storage closet down stairs should be fourth on the list. This room contains the unknown. We have peaked in there before but have been afraid to explore it further fearing the discovery of more artwork (equaling more paperwork). We do know that this room contains many of the originals from Redman's books so it is imperative that we get to them soon to evaluate their condition. Lastly we came up with a tentative schedule each week. Most weeks we plan to work Monday, Wednesday, Friday and stay until the task is completed. With a clear set of goals we are now ready to get down to business.


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Amateur Astronomy on the Web
it lies in a barren part of the sky, at mag 3.1 this cluster is
bright enough to be quite easily seen naked-eye from a dark-sky. If
your sky isn't so dark, try scanning along an imaginary line from
Regulus in Leo to Pollux in Gemini and look for a triangular shaped
group of a dozen or so stars.
rather large group of stars lies between Leo and Bootes. It's made
up of several chains of mag 5-6 stars that are said to be the amber
tresses of Queen Berenice's hair, offered to the god Aphrodite for
the safe return of her beloved king from battle.
spring sky is full of galaxies, a few of them are bright enough to
be seen in binoculars. To find M81, first locate Gamma and Alpha
Ursa Major, the two of the stars that make up the bowl of the Big
Dipper. Now follow an imaginary line connecting the two as far as
they are apart. You should see a faint smudge in your binoculars.
This is probably the toughest object in the list to find and so
you'll need to be under a dark sky. Then, make sure the moon has
already set and that Ursa Major is up high near the zenith.
Persistence and a good chart should do the rest.
this globular cluster is in reality made up of a half-million stars,
in binoculars it appears as little more than a fuzzy star located
about half way between Canes Venatici and Arcturus, the bright
yellow star in Bootes.
Mu Booti
a double star that is easily split in binoculars. It's located at
the top of Bootes just above Delta.
is the most well-know globular cluster in the northern hemisphere.
Like M3, it contains hundreds of thousands of stars. Binoculars only
hint at the majesty of this object. Look for an out-of-focus star
below Eta, one of the keystone stars in Hercules. Note the two 7th
magnitude stars lying on either side.
Nu Draconis
is another easy double to split in binoculars. The 4 stars that make
up the head of Draco lie just above Hercules. Nu is the faintest of
the four. Now take the chart and try tracing out the rest of the
Alpha Libra
is a little diamond shaped constellation located south of Bootes.
Alpha is the brightest and westernmost star and is an easy double to
split in binoculars.
globular that's not as well know as M13 but that is every bit as big
and bright. Look about 2 1/2 fields north of Beta Librae the top
most star in Libra and what looks like a fuzzy star should be
visible in your binoculars, hiding amongst the stars of neighbouring
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Solved - It's Joshua Tree in California
The last ones have been a little hard it seems, so here is a new one that I will make a little easier.
Hint #1 This one is in California
Remember you have to name a feature in the image to get it correct. Good Luck!!


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Printing the Yearbook/
The Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) Yearbook has been sent to the printer! If you're a long-time member, the arrival of the Yearbook may be the most anticipated garden-planning event of the year. If you're new to SSE, however, the term 'Yearbook' can be a bit perplexing, and may conjure up memories of unfortunate portraits and embarrassing club associations.
The annual Yearbook is one way of accessing the Seed Savers Exchange, a network of gardeners, farmers, plant breeders and chefs who contribute to the most diverse seed exchange on the planet. Heritage Farm (where our staff maintains a permanent seed collection, sells seeds commercially, hosts events and publishes the seed exchange) is one part of this network.
Each year, hundreds of SSE members put together a list of fruit, vegetable, grain, flower and herb seeds they have harvested and would like to share with others. These seeds are organized in a database that is available online (exchange.seedsavers.org) and printed out annually as our Yearbook.
Entering thousands of open-pollinated plants into a publicly accessible database each year requires hundreds of hours of staff time. From September to January, SSE staff is busy pouring through lists of tomatoes, beans, squash, peppers, potatoes, watermelons, rutabagas, apples, peaches, kiwis, sunflowers, hops, hollyhocks and zinnias (and at least 200 other plant types). When these lists are entered, we have about a week to proof 500 pages of nearly 20,000 offerings.
Since 1975, the Seed Savers Exchange has been connecting our members to one another through the annual Yearbook. All SSE members can participate in the seed exchange by requesting seeds (there are 13,000+ different varieties to choose from), offering seeds, or both.
It is never too late to offer seeds; although the 2014 Yearbook is already being printed and shipped, the Online Seed Exchange is always open to new members and new seeds.
The Seed Savers Exchange is one of the most resilient tools for preserving rare garden varieties. As a member, you have the opportunity to contribute to the seed exchange by growing your favorite fruits and vegetables, saving seeds, and sharing those seeds with others.
To browse the exchange online, learn how to save your own seeds, request rare varieties, or to offer seeds yourself, visit exchange.seedsavers.org. Membership is required to log in, but educational resources are open to everyone. If you'd like to be a part of the exchange and receive the-500 page Yearbook, join SSE today.
Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit organization located in Decorah, Iowa, with a mission to conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants.


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Beloved Mother Mary
David C. Lewis
March 26, 2006 7:38 - 8:16 am MST
Livingston, Montana
Blessed children of grace,
I am
come to initiate spirals of healing wisdom within you. As you know, the healing
ray of green contains the blue of protection and the yellow of illumination.
And on this day of the release of wisdom's fire I choose to extend my hands of
healing love to you to raise you higher in an understanding of true healing.
ones, many seek healing, but few are willing to make the necessary changes in
their lives to accommodate true wholeness. This requires that the individual
see clearly what is acting within and then to determine to change aspects of
the self and one's reasoning and interactions with others to allow the emerald
ray to be fully employed and activated for permanent healing.
It is
one thing for us to release light to quicken your chakras and to expand your
consciousness to receive greater energy from your own God source. It is another
for you to change your perspective and paradigm to then act from a new level of
awareness whereby you no longer make the old choices to act in a human, selfish
have heard of the proverbial "blind spot" or schetoma wherein one
cannot see one's own foibles because one simply cannot see from an objective
360-degree range all of what is acting through one's consciousness. It is
important at times for our students to be awakened to these blind spots by our
bringing them to your outer attention through a challenge or initiation whereby
you are temporarily displaced from your normal view of yourself and receive
input from others who are very well aware of the limitations or pecadillos that
you at times allow entre to your world.
hearts, this is the action of healing through illumination that allows you to
grow and to stretch forth out of old ways of thinking and feeling. For example,
if you are used to eating a certain food which heretofore you did not know was
harmful to your body, it may come to your attention through someone or some
publication or article that this substance may contain elements which are
detrimental to your optimal health. Once you have this knowledge, it is up to
you to make the choice to refrain from ingesting this food. And this is the
point where many fall short of the mark to rise higher.
Once a
certain truth is revealed to you, you must digest the full meaning of this
truth through a process of introspection and meditation upon that truth. If you
simply hear our words but those words do not find resonance within you, then
they can do nothing to bring about the alchemy of change that we or you desire.
Therefore, I suggest that you consider studying our worded releases with a
greater determination to see what are those seed concepts that need to be
inculcated into your being and consciousness so you may move higher in both
your words and in your deeds.
Not all
may fully embrace all that we say, so we convey our releases in various ways
and means and from different angles in order to reach our students at levels
that they may be able to receive. Thus much of what we give you is repetitious
and may not seem new, though many of you will, in the process of reviewing the
words, come to a certain point of possible change where, if you embrace our
light, you will be transformed at a deeper level than before.
So, we
rarely perform miracle healings whereby the individual receives a complete
outer transformation in an instant, for if that outer grace is not fully
allowed to be enfired within as a change of motive and feeling, then one may
repeat the same mistakes that led to the challenging condition in which one has
beloved, be content that your true healing is occurring day by day through the
gradual shifting of your world into a new, slightly higher gear where your
inner motor begins to hum in greater harmony and you have more energy to do the
work of the Lord each hour. Seek to change your view to allow for the
transformative, alchemical fires of healing to penetrate the stream of your
consciousness at ever subtler levels so that ancient paradigms that have held
sway over you in many embodiments give way to a higher vision of yourself and
your world.
I am
healing one specific pattern within you this day that has been a bane to you
for eons. My angels now enter your aura as you give your consent and they
extract a certain poison that has flowed through the fluids of your subtle
bodies, causing blind spots, lack of perfect vision and pure seeing. This is
the grace that you have earned through the giving of your daily rosary prayers
with me, beloved ones.
now, our love. Receive now this healing illumination. And determine to change
this day and to become who you really are in God's sight.
My love
is always with you, O my children. I remain your Mother Mary.
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2006 The Hearts Center(tm)
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encourage you to print and share them with discretion with heart friends
throughout the world. Words in brackets have been added to the original and
other edits made for greater clarity under the direction of the dictating
master. Feel free to quote short excerpts from these messages as long as you
give full credit to the author. Contact us at www.theheartscenter.org. Mail us
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Addresses the privacy concerns of citizens and agencies with well-defined roles, policies, procedures and technologies. In addition, the Privacy domain addresses all state and federal laws related to privacy issues such as the distribution, availability, notification or permission to distribute and privacy violation notification. The privacy discipline focuses on the prevention of unauthorized viewing and/or acquisition of information about a person, case, or other classified activitiy.
The Privacy Domain includes the following subsections:
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The HIPAA of 1996 required that regulations be developed to implement a comprehensive federal law to protect individually identifiable health care information. The final regulations, entitled Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, were published on December 28, 2000, became effective on April 14, 2001 and amended on August 14, 2002. Most covered entities, including the Department, have to comply with the requirements by April 14, 2003. The federal regulations create national standards to protect medical records and other protected health information. The privacy rule sets a minimum standard of safeguards of protected health information.