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Posted on 09/05/2003 6:31:41 AM PDT by HelmsEdited on 09/05/2003 3:50:16 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Too many observers look at Iraq as if it were a boxing match. Invasion-one up for the West, well at least for the United States and Britain. Sabotage an oil pipeline-one down for the West. And so it will go on. Only one thing is clear: In the cold, searching light of history, each of these incidents that absorb us will not even rank as footnotes.
Islam can only rise and expand through military conquest. This is historical fact.
True, the philosophical and cultural differences between Islamic nations (The East) and Christian nations (The West) can be viewed as two separate civilizations in competition with each other.
Both profess a divine appointment, calling, mission, and spiritual reference points. Muslims point to the Koran while Christians point to the Bible. Both the Koran and the Bible point to God as the Author of their faith and the source of their strength, but that is where the similarities end.
Islam's code requires Jihad to perpetuate itself in "unbelieving" nations resistent to the teachings of Muhammed.
Christianity's code requires mercy, forgiveness, and a turning away from violence and hatred even towards those resistent to the teachings of Christ.
The act of proselyting a Muslim by a Christian in an Islamic nation is punishable by death. In fact, Christianity itself is outlawed in most Islamic nations (and ultimately punishable by death).
The act of proselyting a Christian by a Muslim in a Christian nation has no legal or physically harmful ramifications to the Muslim.
The Muslim in a Christian nation is free to proselyte whereas a Christian in a Muslim nation does so at the risk of death.
This struggle will continue until Islamic nations cease to expand Jihad into Western Christian nations. Or until their desire to do so is broken by military brute force.
Of course, this reality may not be universally accepted in either Islamic or Christian cultures.
For that matter, what is reality?
the likelihood of the Islamic world regaining its foothold in history and becoming again a mighty intellectual, scientific and, inevitably, military force.
Hopefully, if that happens, Charlton Hestons spaceship from the past will crash-land there and hell straighten things out.
One out of three ain't bad. For the ignorant and the propagandists.
Islam is efficient only as a military force, if allowed to do so.
Everywhere it has spread its cultural filth it always appropriates, gathers and uses the local existing knowledge, uses it, keeps it secret and immediately arrests all intellectual inquiry.
It doesn't take a mental giant to see why they are all still stuck in the 8th century (except in weapons research).
Continue treating them as normal homo sapiens at our peril.
Excellent question-and Postmodernists (hey France and Germany as well as Media elites) have their own answer as follows:
"Postmodernists often express a profound skepticism regarding the Enlightenment quest to uncover the nature of truth and reality. Perhaps the most striking examples of this skepticism are to be found in the works of French cultural theorist, Jean Baudrillard. In his book Simulations, he contends that social 'reality' no longer exists in the conventional sense, but has been supplanted by an endless procession of simulacra.
The mass media, and other forms of mass cultural production, generate constant re-appropriation and re-contextualisation of familiar cultural symbols and images, fundamentally shifting our experience away from 'reality', to 'hyper-reality'."
I suggest that such a hyper-reality is Palestine and the so-called faux cycle of violence.
This gave me goosebumps when reading it. Can it be substantiated?????
This Imams for you@
"9.11": But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and We make the communications clear for a people who know.
can you show me where your above regarding the wrath of the Eagle can be found? Thanks.
The Muslims prefer to ignore Byzantium. They also make grand claims to "Arabic numbers" and Algebra -- when those are INDIAN developments that the Muslims absorbed when they conquered India. The Muslims were pretty good about writing down the discoveries of others and preserving that knowledge, but not so good at actually originating anything
The Muslim civilization went downhill when they stopped expanding -- and thus halted the influx of loot and slaves experienced in running civilizations that propped them up
Axis of Evil: Hitler, George W. Bush and the Dajjal (Anti-Christ) By Brother Abdul Karim Hattin (Producer of 'From The Shadows' Series) Islamic Circles The Froud CentreRomford Road (on the corner with Toronto Ave),- Manor ParkLondon E12 5JFUnited Kingdom Sunday, 21 September 2003Start time: 11am End time: 1pm On September the 11th 1991, former American president George Bush proclaimed the birth of a New World Order, 11 years later his son current American president George W. Bush declared a crusade against an Axis of Evil but behind the media propaganda is the greatest secret of the New World Order, a secret plan that was brought to life by Adolf Hitler and the creation of the Aryan God. Brother Abdul Karim Hattin reveals the links between the mysterious Order of the Skull and Crossbones, Bohemian Grove, global racism and the Coming of the Dajjal (Anti-Christ) with the plan to subvert true Islam and its replacement with Aryan Islam. Please note this is the full un-edited version from the talk first given at the Al-Ansar centre which had to be shortened due to time constraints, this talk will reveal more and will leave you both shocked and amazed as the true foundations of modern society are torn down in this eye opening talk, due to its serious nature it is highly recommended that you bring your families and a non-Muslim with you so they can benefit from this event.
Trust, but verify.
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"From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne -- the "dark ages" -- learning, scholorship and culture disappeared from the European continent. The great heritage of western civilization -- from Greek and Roman classics to Jewish and Christian works -- would have been utterly lost were it not for the holy men and women of unconquered Ireland." (from the book jacket)
And where is the evidence for this cultural achievement?? There has to be more than just translating Indian and Latin into Arabic.
And the Islamic world has lost the culture war already, even if it still maintains some semblance of a civilization (and make no mistake, compared to some war zones in Africa and South America, many parts of Arabia and Persia look downright civilized).
As a culture, Muslum boys are spoiled and exalted by their mothers. They are not expected to do much of the household work, and they have a religious aversion to taking mundane jobs such as those found in manufacturing. Nor does the Islamic culture look kindly on those who work in the service industries, many of whom are considered to be no better than slaves.
And while that sort of elitist attitude might work OK for a rich Saudi shiek, it fails to properly educate and innovate throughout the full society. The rich shiek thus has power only because he can sell something such as oil that has was given for free; something that will eventually run out (cultures think in terms of millenia). Those few in the Muslim world who have great wealth can indeed have power so long as they maintain that wealth, but that's a system based upon financial power (and rather limited financial power at that) rather than upon a dynamic, innovating, thriving Western culture where more patents are filed every day than oil wells or mines are drilled or dug.
And it is because Muslims subconsciously recognize that they have lost the culture war that they are so depressed, angry, and violent in their dying defense of their own system.
9.110": The building which they have built will ever continue to be a source of disquiet in their hearts, except that their hearts get cut into pieces; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
"9.111": Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain; a promise which is binding on Him in the Taurat and the Injeel and the Quran; and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you have made; and that is the mighty achievement.
Postmodern gobbilygook.
Dont know, could have been, or even part of Hillary Clintons thesis at college (now under wraps).
I believe some people believe that truth is only discernable by some elites (like Madonna) And their mystery religions.
In Islam, the Arabic word sunnah has come to denote the way Prophet Muhammad (saas), the Messenger of Allah, lived his life. The Sunnah is the second source of Islamic jurisprudence, the first being the Qur'an. Both sources are indispensable; one cannot practice Islam without consulting both of them. The Arabic word hadith (pl. ahadith) is very similar to Sunnah, but not identical. A hadith is a narration about the life of the Prophet (saas) or what he approved - as opposed to his life itself, which is the Sunnah as already mentioned.For example, it is in the Hadith that you see the requirement to execute apostates (those who renounce Islam):
Narrated 'Ikrima:and regarding Jihad
Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to 'Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn 'Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Apostle forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"
Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."
Allah 's Apostle said, " I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' and whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' his life and property will be saved by me except for Islamic law, and his accounts will be with Allah, (either to punish him or to forgive him.)"
The infidel has the choice of living as a 2nd-class citizen, and paying tribute, or being killed. The infidels who must be killed are all those who refuse to submit to being ruled by Muslims
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Champions lifetime sub. I enjoyed playing COH for a month each time a new issue came out, and thought why not have access to the game any time I want.
Gamer logic through rose-colored glasses.
Star Trek Online - Played CO and knew it was not that great... Was in the STO Beta and knew it pretty much sucked balls... Still preordered the game hoping it would get better... Easily the stupidest game purchase I've ever made and the absolute last time I will ever preorder a MMO.
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Because I do research and have learned to think for myself, I don't regret any of my purchases. Although a couple of CEs could have been bought at a discount later............
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Guild Wars 2 for me.
I never had the opportunity to Beta it so I didnt know what to expect.
Horrible game IMO.
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I just cant make myself play.
Everything after 2007.
Hmm.. Maybe it's the fault of this site..
For MMOs, would be Hellgate: London lifetime sub. Not because the game was bad (it wasn't) but because of the gross mismanagement and outright lies of Roper & co. I still fully intend to take my $120 back out of Roper's hide should I run across that piece of trash someday.
For regular games, would have to be Red Faction: Armageddon. The game is a huge step back from the previous installment, and was in fact so bad it managed to kill off the franchise. It still blows my mind how they could regress from an open world game with damn near fully destructible environments to a linear, level based shooter confined to claustrophobic caves.
MMO: Aion or Vanguard SoH ( I actually played vanguard for close to year hoping they would fix the bugs, but here we are years later with a half assed F2P model and the same glitches that have plagued the game since release)
Single Player: Probably Diablo 3 or Demigod. Diablo 3 doesn't even really have an online component other than trying to log in, and Demigod is probably the worst MOBA I have ever seen.
Currently Playing: ESO and FFXIV
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I keep going back to play Swtor and enjoy it so won't say it was a waste.
My worse purchase was GW2. I bought into the hype, bought it, played beta and never even played at launch. It was entirely the exact opposite direction I wanted in an mmo. A massive world of public quests and watered down classes turned out to be the ultimate themepark and not the other way around.
The funny thing about Swtor is that with all it's faults it is still fun. As with most mmo's these days though I expect to take long breaks from it from time to time. I still await the so called sandbox games around the corner. Sadly though I am burned out on fantasy and see no good sci-fi alternative atm.
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Gregory Hicks, the No. 2 U.S. diplomat in Libya the night Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed, was to be the star witness for Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the man leading the probe of the Obama administrations handling of the attack on the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi.
But despite Issas incautious promise that the hearings revelations would be damaging to Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hicks didnt lay a glove on the former secretary of state Wednesday. Rather, he held lawmakers from both parties rapt as he recounted the events of that terrifying night revealing a made-for-Hollywood plot with a slow, theatrical delivery and genuine emotion.
He spoke of watching TV at his residence in Tripoli when a security officer ran into my villa yelling, Greg! Greg! The consulates under attack.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Well, at least the WaPo is writing about it!
um... huh?
I think there was enough testimony yestery for impeachment
No interest in the so-called press in finding out what happened. Only whether or not it hurts Fearless Leader.
Yarn? Asshole.
Official Reality being asserted, here.
Guess I don't need to see what he actually said, it's enough to know it didn't harm anyone.
Milbank is a Captain Dunsel.
The WaPo has the b*lls to use the word yarn after all the bull Obama they've subjected us to for all these years?
Silly me, I would have thought that the government whistleblower would possess more standards five years after he passed away than any WaPo so-called "journalist" has now...or for that matter...ever did.
Nice try, WaPo. But remember, virtually anyone out there with an IQ over room temp who has not been educated in a public school can see right through your shoddy writing and non-existent logic.
Yeah I think they buried the lede for sure here, which was that the scandal was less that there was an attack on the embassy, but that the whole administration then proceeded to lie about what happened for months to come.
It was the offensive coverup blaming it on a "conservative" youtube video that was the crime, and that DID come out in this testimony.
If they had said there should have been more security in Benghazi but we acrewed up and there wasn't and now people are dead, we would not still be talking about it.
Disgusting, that lil ponce Milbank would CRUCIFY George Bush if this happened under his watch.
That's pretty obscure...
Good idea! How 'bout Capt Herbert Dunsel?
Um, I wouldn't want to touch her even with gloves on. Or even in a full hazmat rig.
"Give my regards to Captain Dunsel".- Commodore Wesley
"No smoking gun" will be repeated over and over and at least 5 times on Sunday
Couldn't resist.
Blatant journalistic malpractice.
"yarn", Dana?
Which part of the testimony can you prove is false?
MSNBC Morning Joe today was talking about it at length, with grim faces as if someone had died (other than the victims). They are still hoping to keep any damage away from Hillary.
The demotion of Hicks for questioning the Youtube Fantasy is as much of a smoking gun as there ever was.
Put on top of it - the instruction to not meet with the congressman Cheevitz? that went to Libya. Then followed up with the state dept attorney trying to horn in on all the meetings.
Sure is a cover-up.
Several things Dana Doesn't dare mention however.
First is the TWO orders to stand down sent to Special Ops personel that were boarding a plane from Tripoli to Bengazi.
Second, the email sent from the Second in command at State to others including the Most Senior Administration Personel (Hicks) in libya at the time at the State Department that Trey Gowdy read from, that stated that this Person TOLD the Libyan President the day after the attack it was a terrorist attack with ties to Ansar Alshari. Followed by weeks of intentional Lieing to the public and congress as to the cause of the attack.
Third, the Babysitter that was sent from the SOS to shadow Rep. Chaffitz and Ambassador Hicks ordered to NOT meet with him without the SOS lawyer present. When a meeting took place that the SOS Lawyer didn't have clearence for, the phone Call from Hitlary's Chief if Staff Cheryl Mills.
Dana care to comment? Nah I thought not. You are too busy sucking the Administrations ass. It's Pathetic you call yourself a "Reporter".
Yup. You can bet on that.
Bring on more hearings, whistle blowers and witnesses. We'll see how long this goes being a "no smoking gun" event...
The guy reminds me of a brunette Perez Hilton.
Circling the wagons.
Trying to redefine the reality we all saw and heard yesterday.
And Congressman Chaffetz was not the only one crying.
The media have eagerly transitioned from the fourth estate to the fifth column enemy of We The People. Sadly, the dumbed down public haven't a clue whom the enemy is.
You should get a Purple Heart for watch the quisling Scarbucks show ... well, almost. That would be a denegration of the medal, so best not to award it for injury during valor under mind assault.
Ignoring? ... cnn is actively squelching the story. When the noise level gets to a certain level, they will switch to cover-up dissonance mode. 'A greater hive of scum and villainy ...'
This is what MUST happen. I didn't get the impression that Rep Cheffetz, Rep Gowdy, and Rep Issa have any intention of letting this horror sink quietly beneath the sea.
Part II hearings should include the need to determine WHO gave the "stand down" order - twice! - and WHERE was the CIC who left these Americans to die.
You have to buy this kind of loyalty. But, whatever the Democrats paid, it wasn't worth it.
Meh, no Impeachment. I watched it. Needs more of a smoking gun. And no, I'm not saying there might not be something but there must be more. Maybe it's the Prosecutor in me talking.
We need someone better on this than Issa. He seems out of his depth here and not particularly prepared.
We reach, brothers.
Milbank, Obama's fella tis tis.
In 2001, in the early months of the GWB administration, his blatant hostility to President Bush was so extreme that even the rest of the mainstream media found it over-the-top. Later he became a regular guest on MSNBC...and may still be since I avoid watching it (but occasionally see who is on as I am clicking past that channel with the remote).
Good. That's what we want. I remember Watergate like it was yesterday.
The lame stream media was the arch enemy of Nixon. It was the whole reason for Watergate. The constant attacks made it hard to get a conviction before he resigned. He was always in the limelight, so he knew what was comin'.
Now the House has a chance to go under the radar and blindside the arrogant SOB. It'll be too late for this primadonna to resign before he's impeached AND convicted. And the LSM will go down in flames with him.
This is the PERFECT opportunity to demolish the leftist communists boobs once and for all.
Have you failed to include the enemy in your calculus, the enemy called 'the media', who control what the vast majority of Americans have as a facts base?
milbank... you whore for satan... you cannot stop the destruction of all that you love... the end is coming for all of you traitors. It may take time but the truth will win out.
Sanctimonious, protected little pissant "journalists" who deign to ridicule the accounts of someone whose organization had been attacked by terrorists, and his boss killed. Milbank would be hiding under the bed pissing his pink panties if he were caught up in something like that.
"Ms" Dana is special, he is a special idiot!!!
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Culinary no-no #362
Before we get to the main no-no, two stories.
Number 1 involves a Milwaukee icon.
In the very early 1990's while working at WTMJ I phoned Marquette legend Al McGuire seeking an interview.
After 15 dedicated years, McGuire had announced his retirement from involvement in Al's Run, a major successful fundraiser for Children's Hospital. Unlike the flashy, flamboyant coach, there was no splashy news conference, just a subdued announcement. So I tried to secure an interview via phone and got it.
The cassette tape, yes, cassette tape, of the interview is buried somewhere in my archives, i.e. basement. But engrained in my memory are comments made in that interview about retirement, and the ability to go and do whatever Al wanted to.
I'll never forget Al specifically mentioning that he didn't want to be one a group of guys that met every single day at McDonald's for coffee.
"Because the first day you're not there they're knocking on your door wondering if you're dead," he said.
Story Number Two.
This happened a long time ago, I'd say in the 1980's. It was a Sunday, and post-Sunday Mass I was at an unnamed restaurant for late breakfast/lunch.
I don't remember if I was with my father or mother, but when we arrived we were seated next to a round table of about a half dozen who had already ordered and were eating. The group finished while we were waiting for our orders and began to chat. Our meals had not arrived and they were still chatting. The discussion continued long after the bill was presented. Now our food comes and the party of six whips out the Sunday Journal. Sections are divvied up and circulated around the table that suddenly turned into the Christian Science reading Room.
This went on until we were done eating. Now our bill is presented and the library session next to us is still underway.
Finally, a manager came to the adjacent table and announced to the folks with papers stuck to their faces that he was sorry but the restaurant needed the table and they would have to leave.
I restrained myself from jumping up and yelling "Bravo!"
In the restaurant business, table turnover is critical. The more tables they can switch over quickly to a new round of customers means more revenue and more tips for wait staff. Lollygaggers are not taken too kindly.
Also consider the folks out in the lobby or at the bar desiring a spot to eat, being delayed because someone is checking up on the National League box scores.
But what if the loitering is taking place, not at a sit-down restaurant, but a fast food joint?
Pick a McDonald's, any McDonald's. Visit on two or three consecutive mornings at around the same time and you'll probably see the same group of customers in a kaffeeklatsch. They nibble, sip, chew the fat. And they go home. That's not what's happening at this McDonald's in Flushing, NY.
Defiant elderly Koreans purposely take up space, and sit, and sit, and sit, and sit, and sit. According to the NY Times, they arrive "as early as 5 a.m. and often linger until well after dark."
NY Times photo
The grey hairs don't spend much and have aggravated workers and customers who have no place to sit. Police have been called, sometimes via 9-1-1, an obvious over-reaction. When the officers arrive, the loiterers exit, only to walk around the block, return, and camp all over again.
On my occasional trips to Madison, a stop at the Hardee's in Delafield finds the same small group congregating. However, there are plenty of open tables. No need to dial the cops. In Flushing, it's a different scenario.
There are several senior centers and gathering spots near the McDonald's. Even another McDonald's and a Burger king. Doesn't matter. The squatters don't go there. And ask why they prefer marathon sessions at this particular Golden Arches, they admit they have no idea.
I've got to side with the restaurant. The loitering may seem harmless but if it's hurting and driving away business, it has to be stopped.
Here's more from the NY Times and CNBC.
Also, over at allbusiness.com, John Foley has some ideas on how to encourage loiterers to get up and leave.
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Pros: Price! They are basically free! Portability, they fold up really nicely. Bang for buck! Fun sound with slight emphasis on bass!
Cons: The black version has been know to chip (wear). Can be uncomfortable during prolonged use.
I got these straight from Japan via Tenso right as Dsnuts got the hype train rolling last fall. Bought 3 pairs, of which I gave one to a colleague (yes,they are so inexpensive you can just give them away!) and one to my brother in law, and luckily, I kept a pair myself! I have an ongoing love-affair with these headphones! Higher end portables (Sennheiser HD 25-1 II, ATH ES700 etc.) has come into the picture since I first go these, and while the ES700's are my go-to portables today, I still tend to get drawn back to the HA-s500's from time to time. There is just something so engaging and fun about these headphones that I can't seem to let go of. Luckily, I don't have to
These are built with portability in mind! They fold up to a really nicely and will easily fit in my coat pocket. The body is all plastic, which is understandable considering the price (did I mention these are cheap?). They do however not feel cheap! I've read that someone had issues with the black version chipping and wearing. My gunmetal versions (-Z) don't have that issue however, and if I polish them a bit, they still look like new. The cable is semi-flat and feels solid. My units do however have one tiny issue (might be design issue) and that is the cable exits on the earcups. These are a tad loose and that can result in some cable crackling when walking. Will be probably try to resolve this with a mod later on, but as I said, it's a tiny issue.
I personally find these quite comfortable, but as with any supra-aural headphone, they do sit on your ear, and this may or may not work for you. When I first started using on ear headphones I was quite sensitive to the constant pressure on the ears. But as time has passed, my ears seem to have adapted to this pressure and I no longer have a problem with wearing on ears even for hours on end at work etc. I personally find that the s500's nowadays just disappear on my head and after an hour or so I'll be checking if I'm actually wearing them or my DT700's (I know this is a bold comparison as the DT770 are extremely comfortable, but it has happened a few times so I figured I'd mention it). They are also really light weight so that should not be an issue for anyone. But when it comes to comfort, I'd advise readers to get a few second opinions from the The JVC HA-S500.. Appreciation, fan thread.
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I really like the way the HA-s500's look when worn. I have no problem wearing them in public, on my way to work etc. The don't have the shallowest of cups, so they do stick out on the sides of your head a bit. The gunmetal version look awesome in profile.
This will pretty much be to most bang for buck you will ever get from a headphone, EVER! I can't emphasize enough how much you are getting for less than 50$! If possible I'd give them a 6/5 for value! Everyone should own at least 1 pair of HA-s500's, just because they are so insanely inexpensive (I'll have to stop using the word cheap when describing these!).
The most important aspect of any headphone, and this is why the HA-s500's have a 6000+ post appreciation thread. I've said it before and I'll say it again, they are one of the most fun sounding headphones I've ever tried. You won't get the sparkling highs and the forward mids of the ES700's. But you will get a smooth laid back sound that is not dark nor bright, but warm and above all, engaging and non-fatiguing. The bass is emphasized and the extension is astonishing for a pair of headphones in this price range. I just tested them with onlinetonegenerator.com and got a clean tone out of them all the way down to 19Hz. They are easily driven by any DAP, but if you are a basshead, I'd recommend you try amping them with an amp that sports a bass boost function. When I play them through my Fiio E17 and boost the bass all the way up to +10 the headphones will literally rattle. The CNT driver seem to handle just about any amount of bass without clipping! I'm 100% sure that my ears will start clipping long before these headphones do. I do however hope that no one tries to prove me wrong! Listen at moderate and safe levels! You don't want to damage you hearing just because the HA-s500's are capable of doing it! For EDM these are actually still my go to headhones! I think Datsik and Excision were using these headphones in the studio when they made their music
Get a pair! There really is no reason not to! If you don't like them (and I dubt you won't) just give them to a friend!


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Anyone else ditch their starter and live happily ever after?
yeast is cheap and easy.
Creating sourdough out of thin air is even cheaper, Weemis, and just as easy.
Honestly... I'm just getting tired of the inconsistancies with using a starter. Completely unpredictable for me using a standard dough making process. Thinking of switching to Glutenboy's recipe using IDY and a long ferment to get what I'm after (NY Style). Anyone else ditch their starter and live happily ever after?
Okay I won't give up... but my patience is wearing thin. Maybe I'll do a little mix of starter & IDY, or just IDY and compare flavors. I'll keep feeding it though... it's a home-made starter that has decent flavor, but the rise & spring is hit or miss, but never great.
Made 6 pizzas on the LBE last night. Fed the starter in the morning the day before, but had to work super late and missed peak starter activity. It had already deflated completely and looked like pancake batter by the time I got to it that night. GASP! I had to actually use.... gulp...... instant dry yeast! not much experience using IDY, but i just used a standard neapolitan formula:100% Caputo 00 64% Hydration2.7% Salt?% IDY (used about 1/3 of a 1/4 tsp)Bulk fermented room temp 72°F 20 hrs, balled room temp 3 hrs.The dough had great oven spring and tasted good, but not nearly as good taste wise as when I use my starter. The IDY gave a fresh, yeast taste, but starter develops a tang that I just didn't experience with the IDY. It worked in the pinch, but not ideal..I'm still all about the starter..
The IDY gave a fresh, yeast taste, but starter develops a tang that I just didn't experience with the IDY.
Was the taste actually "yeasty", as in kind of what the IDY tastes like straight outta the pack if you put some on your tongue? Or was it that without the tangy notes of the sourdough, you experienced more of the unbridled wheat flavor of the flour...or that and more of the byproducts of fermantation not masked by the tang? The former is a flaw. The latter is good.


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Tae Kwon Do for Fitness
Martial art training keeps this instructor and her class in high gear.
By Kristina Eelkema Hylton, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Playing volleyball, competing in soccer and shooting hoops were the activities I used to rely on for exercise. But when a friend introduced me to the martial art known as tae kwon do (pronounced "tie-kwan-doe"), it became my major source of fitness and started me on the journey of a lifetime.
Tae kwon do is a traditional Korean martial art and a modern Olympic sport that is gaining in popularity. It's practiced by people of all ages and backgrounds and combines aerobic activity with exercises that increase strength and agility.
Besides helping me lose weight and tone my muscles, the sport has improved my concentration, memory and confidence while also teaching me self-defense strategies. In addition to the physical benefits it offers, tae kwon do is grounded in the teachings of respect, determination and self-control.
Before I knew it, tae kwon do was getting me into shape like no other activity had done before. The more I learned, the more fun I had and the more motivated I was to stick with it.
After a few years of hard work, I reached black-belt status (students can attain mini-goals along the way by passing a variety of color belt tests). I now own a tae kwon do school where my husband, Shane, and I teach more than 100 students. I get good workouts regularly both by practicing and teaching tae kwon do.
An Ageless Art
Age is not an issue when it comes to tae kwon do. My students range in age from 5 to 51, but I know a 60-year-old who teaches tae kwon do…and she instructs a woman in her 80s!
My older students say that leg kicks and other exercises help relieve arthritic pain and improve balance and flexibility.
One middle-aged student had broken several bones in his back in a snowmobile accident…and attributed his speedy recuperation to his tae kwon do training. He was even able to return to class and exercise before his recovery was complete. That's because tae kwon do lets you work around health issues and trouble areas, no matter what they are.
Lifelong Journey
Achieving my black belt was a motivating goal for me, but not the final destination on this lifelong journey. Working toward my black belt made me aware of my love of teaching, the desire to open a school of my own and the need to become as proficient as possible in this exciting sport.
As my body becomes healthier through tae kwon do, I continue to learn new things about myself and what I can accomplish. And to me, that is one of the most important rewards.


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FILM/VIDEO: A program of early and recent works by Rebecca Baron, faculty member in the CalArts Program of Film/Video, and Los Angeles-based media artist and filmmaker.
okay bye-bye (16mm film, color, sound, 39 mins, 1998)
In okay bye-bye, so named for what Cambodian children shouted to the U.S. ambassador in 1975 as he took the last helicopter out of Phnom Penh in advance of the Khmer Rouge, Rebecca Baron explores the relationship of history to memory. She questions whether, "image and memory can occupy the same space." Building on excerpts from letters, found super-8 footage of an unidentified Cambodian man, iconographic photographs from the Vietnam War and other partial images, Baron combines epistolary narrative, memoir, journalism, and official histories to question whether something as monumental as the genocidal slaughter of Cambodians during the Pol Pot regime can be examined effectively with traditional methodologies.
"In treading a very fine line between documentary and personal diary, okay bye-bye suggests that treating history as a discourse different from other forms of memory is misleading.
Following the photographs of the victims of a Cambodian political prison from their status as mug shots to their commodification as part of a gallery exhibition, and comparing Richard Nixon's cult of personality to Pol Pot's utter lack of one, Baron proposes that what is worse than forgetting the past is, 'forgetting the relationship between the past and the present.'" ---2000 Whitney Biennial exhibition catalogue.
Lossless (series) collaboration with Douglas Goodwin
"In Baron and Goodwin's Lossless series the "materiality" of the digital becomes the source-code for experimental execution. The artists' renditions of appropriated films are certainly not "lossless" (i.e. a copy of the original in which nothing is lost), but rather gainful: through various techniques of digital disruption – compression, file-sharing, the removal of essential digital information – the artists reveal the gain of a "new" media, full of material forms ripe for aesthetic sleuthing." -Braxton Soderman
Lossless #2 (b/w, sound, digital video, 3 mins)
"Lossless #2 is a mesmerizing assemblage of compressed digital images of Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid's 1943 masterpiece Meshes of the Afternoon. Baron and Goodwin play heavily with Teiji Ito's 1959 soundtrack, making the film's lyrical ambience feel more astonishing than ever before." - Neil Karassik
Lossless #3 (color, sound, digital video, 10 mins)
"Removing keyframes from a digital version of John Ford's The Searchers, Baron and Goodwin attack the film's temporal structuring to render a kinetic "painted desert" of the West. The dust kicked up by the movement in the film is pure pixel, unanchored from the photographic realism that used to constrain it. "Truth, 24 frames a second!" is rewritten according to the odd clock-times of digital processing, splaying movement and transition into the void of machine temporality. In the Lossless series, the artists themselves are the searchers, seeking to uncover differences between the bitstream and the celluloid strip. These differences might be blurry at our historical juncture, but Baron and Goodwin's work leads us closer to the over-coded heart of the digital video image, dissecting its anatomy to expose its entrancing mechanisms." -Braxton Soderman
Lossless #4 (b/w, silent, digital video, 14 mins)
Derived from Ernie Gehr's Serene Velocity (1970, 35mm, color, 23 mins), Lossless #4 is the result of a digital file's debugging routine that reveals vectors describing apparent movement in the frame. Having removed the picture, thereby isolating these vectors, the formal qualities of Gehr's film are detectable. The hypnotic effects of the shifts in the lens's focal length in the original are now substituted with a purely graphical representation, creating a perverse replacement of the optical effect of the original.
Poverty Housing. Americus, Georgia (35mm, color, sound, 13:58 mins, 2008)
In the film installation "Poverty Housing. Americus, Georgia" film-maker Rebecca Baron and artist Dorit Margreiter address the subject of the reenactment and display of poverty as in the case of the "Global Village Discovery Center" in Americus, Georgia (USA), which contains a replica of an existing South African slum. The theme park which is operated by a non-profit association serves to raise money for the association's social activities through the graphic visualization of poverty. The work raises questions about the relationship of subject and image, production and reproduction, as well as about the manipulative power of images in general, the documentary value of film, the mechanisms of art production, the process of film-making and the mediatized representation of reality. Margreiter and Baron employ technological processes and forms of presentation derived from the fields of architecture and design as well as from film and documentary.
Rebecca Baron is a Los Angeles-based media artist known for her lyrical essay films which explore the construction of history, with a particular interest in still photography and its relationship to the moving image.
Her work has screened widely at international film festivals and media venues including documenta 12, International Film Festival Rotterdam, New York Film Festival, Anthology Film Archive, Toronto Film Festival, London Film Festival, Pacific Film Archive, Flaherty Film Seminar, Viennale and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Her films have received awards at the San Francisco, Black Maria, Montreal, Leipzig, Athens, Onion City, KIN, Sinking Creek and Ann Arbor Film Festivals. She is the recipient of a 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2007 Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She has taught documentary and experimental film at Massachusetts College of Art, Harvard University, and since 2000 at California Institute of the Arts.
[1] https://www.calarts.edu/event/2013-04-02/structuring-strategies-presents-rebecca-baron


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