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Pure Filth Sound recently released their debut album, "Bass Moves Space". The album hit digital stores worldwide on September 23rd with the lead single "Nails in the Coffin" (feat. Busdriver) released August.
The follow up digi-single "Rhythm Killer" feat. Jakes with remixes from Zed Bias, Technical Itch, Thavius Beck, Terror Danjah, and Audiak became available on September 10th through iTunes, Juno, Amazon, Beatport etc.
The 3rd single "LAX to LDN" feat. Low End Theory's resident MC Nocando + remixes from Daedelus, NorthBase, Free the Robots, and MAST dropped early October.
Coming soon are three more digital singles "Pathfinder" feat RYAT with remixes from Gunshae, Blakkat, P.U.D.G.E, L-Plus and Sanderson Dear aswell as "Turn up the Fire" feat. Mestizo with extended remixes from Jakes, 6BLOCC, Mike Gao, Kone & Mesck.
To support the album, Pure Filth Sound hit the road with Amon Tobin. From August to October, PFS was part of the ISAM tour and after-parties.
You can listen to all things Pure Filth Sound at both Juno and Amazon. While you're at it, get a full history of Pure Filth and a great in-depth look at their music by reading the one sheet for the album.
To stay up with all the latest updates, make sure to connect with Pure Filth Sound on Twitter and SoundCloud.
Sam XL of Pure Filth and David Harrow formerly of On-U Sound met in November 2010 while working on project's for the Ninja Tune 20 year anniversary party in Los Angeles. The two soon became friends and decided to team up working together on a series of small club installations in L.A called Screwface and at the Bass Oasis Dome for Coachella 2011.
That summer they began to produce original music and visual content, developing a "Live" Pure Filth Sound show to accompany the pounding Bass of the mighty Pure Filth speaker system. They have carefully crafted a sonic epilogue from the Los Angeles Underground alongside Kemst, Busdriver, Warrior Queen, Mestizo, Nocando, RYAT, Jakes and Crazy D.
Recently Pure Filth Sound made some noise at BASSFACE, L.A's infamous underground electronic warehouse party alongside Flying Lotus, Jakes, Ras G, Monopoly and Teebs.
Spring 2012 Pure Filth Sound performed two weekend's in a row at North America's premier music festival Coachella. They're putting the finishing touches on a debut mix tape that showcases the new sound they're pushing and, in a gesture of extreme generosity, have posted several free downloads on their SoundCloud!
Here's their remix of PFM's classic atmospheric drum & bass track "One and Only" — make sure to hit their SoundCloud profile for more musical goodies.
Check out some footage of Pure Filth Sound making their debut live performance @ Coachella 2012 in the Sahara tent…
This year Dj SAM XL of Pure Filth Sound has been booked to perform in the Sahara back to back Fridays @ Coachella Music festival.
Here's some footage from a recent DJ set @ Quality Control in L.A…
For more info about Sam XL & Pure Filth Sound plz check out :-
"ISAM live has raised the bar, and with the kind of attention it's gained, what remains to be seen now is how other artists will follow in its footsteps." -Resident Advisor 5/5
"ISAM's live show looks like a mindf*&k of the highest order." -Wired
"The ISAM show was truly breathtaking… Amon Tobin has now tested the limits of audio/visual performance and set a new benchmark." -Quietus
"Tobin has set a new benchmark for live electronic music with this deafening, dazzling and exhilarating assault on the sense." -Times 4/5
"This is how to put on a show. Mind-melting." -Line Of Best Fit
"One of the most ambitious showcases for an album ever." -The Morning Star
"Amon Tobin raised the bar for electronic musicians everywhere, sucking the audience into a world like no other." -Music Fix
"The concert of the future, today." -Gizudo
"Amon Tobin's massively ambitious live setup seems to have to be seen to be believed." -The Daily Swarm
"…an incredibly ambitious visual performance that went off without a hitch and proved to be one hell of a way to launch MUTEK 2011." -Exclaim!
Iconic British DJ, journalist, and radio broadcaster Mary Anne Hobbs treats every day like a new crusade. A heroine of and for the underground, she's arguably been more instrumental in cluing in musical thrill seekers to vital, groundbreaking talents than any one entity since John Peel. She fondly compares her mission to that of a religious vocation, calling herself an "evangelist" for "future sound." For 14 years, her pulpit was a popular late night BBC Radio 1 show called Breezeblock; within any program, listeners might experience a careening mix of electronica, metal, and left-field hip-hop. If it was new, assertive, and felt thrillingly unfamiliar, Hobbs was its populist champion, translating the work of underdog visionaries into a palatable context.
As her clout as the vanguard of the avant-garde only grows, Hobbs' quest broadens. She now also tours as a DJ, and just completed her vastly successful "Road Warriors" US Tour, where she won over thousands at Coachella and marveled at Americans' (belated but enthusiastic) awakening to the genre she most famously helped nurture: dubstep. Saturday, she presents a stage at Poland's Tauron Nowa Muzyk festival. As evidence of her mounting influence beyond radio and live experience, she helped composer Clint Mansell curate the riveting score for last year's Black Swan. Most significantly, she announced yesterday that she'll be stepping up her role(s) at UK alternative station XFM, balancing her current role as their outré ambassador with a Monday through Thursday slot as a primetime broadcaster for Music:Response.
Today, Hobbs talks exclusively to Rolling Stone about her exciting new endeavors, her hopes for unifying a new generation of creators, and how she accidentally became a style icon for the electronic elite.
Congratulations, you're about to become the busiest woman on radio. You're going to be playing two integral roles to XFM — to those unfamiliar, can you explain what makes it such a unique station?
In the days before the Internet existed, it was the first alternative station in the UK, other than the pirate stations. I worked there for 5 years for free when it was first born, before it even had a license. We really believed we could change the way that people listened to the music they loved. I still feel that way about XFM now. Over the years, they've signed presenters like Ricky Gervais and Russell Brand. Now Mixmaster Mike! They're risk takers – they believe in the power of strong characters, people with real belief in what they're doing.
Even more than BBC, they've given you the freedom to fill primetime terrain with artists that wouldn't usually receive radio play. Can you maintain that liberalism with your new weekly slot?
It's going to be a major challenge for me. This is a chance to paint much broader brush strokes. I've never had an opportunity to present a show like this before! The nightly show, Music: Response, will be made up of XFM Playlist tracks, classic tracks, and also Open Play tracks. The remit is multi-genre; there will be guitar music alongside MC-driven music, hip-hop and grime and electronic music. I was weaned on rock and metal. Once a rock chick, always a rock chick! So, it will give me a chance to explore that on radio. You can work dual platforms; there's nothing to stop you being involved at both levels. If anything, that can be doubly effective.
So, you'll be still be subtly subverting the mainstream?
Well, I'll also be keeping my [more exploratory] Saturday show in place. Saturdays are pure blue. The idea is that the two shows can have a relationship. I can feed artists that I feel have real crossover appeal from Saturdays into the weekday shows, which is pivotal. I want to connect with people, but also show them something they don't know yet. The main reason people switch off, or stop reading, is because they are bored. I don't believe in dumbing down, but I believe in presenting creative frameworks that can work on different levels. It's going to be an evolutionary process, a two-year mission. I'm so determined to make it burn!
Your shows feature music from everywhere from London to New York to Tokyo. When you DJ in the US, you fill the club. Are you surprised at your sudden upsurgence in global appeal?
The global reaction has been astounding. The Saturday show on XFM has been such a wild ride. I feel like we've really raised the game in the past two months. We have the XFM Mix Archive live now; the Blawan mix has 9,000 streams already from all over the world. I am trying to elevate the platform based on creative significance, and I feel so lucky, as people are listening everywhere from Antarctica to Istanbul. People say to me, "I've never really heard anything like this before, but I'm down. I'm now listening every week." It's such a victory!
Do you see an appreciation for electronica making a comeback in the US?
Yes, definitely at Coachella, where I DJed. They had Sam XL for Pure Filth in LA curate 3 days at The Dome stage; he brought in every conceivable form of electronic music, from Odd Future to Kode9. That stage was absolutely mobbed! Thousands turned up. The year before it was only a little party.
What do you say to people who want to keep underground music "underground?"
Listen, if the artists wanted to keep the work a secret, they wouldn't be putting it out there. It's up to them to decide upon their own destiny. I think it's every artist's dream to be in a position where they can give up a soul-destroying day job and earn enough money to survive spending the hours they have in this life doing what they truly love. I think truly, very few people make music that they want nobody to hear. I always like to believe that the human race is hungry; they want inspirational aspirational content in their media. I represent the artists I play carefully – I frame it properly, with attention to detail.
You've mentioned being inspired by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren's work; how they transcended fashion and generated new dialogue among other creators of all varieties. Do you see any other fashion or design figures doing something similarly unifying now?
I would like to see much more communion between creative forces and kindred spirits. I am a total Mac junkie, but I am aware that I work in isolation for the greater part of my life. I know that energy and ideas are exchanged on a totally different level when you bring people together in the same physical space. My friend Raz Mezinai (a.k.a. Badawi) has recently brought together a cast of characters, musicians, actors, writers and narrators to work on a graphic novel, with an App in development, that will also hopefully become a film calledHeretic Of Ether. It's been an incredible experience watching this project take shape and meeting his cast of contributors out in the ether.
People have come to identify you with a strong visual style, which really comes through with your photos. When you enter a shoot, how do you define the look you're going for?
We do put a lot of thought into the location and the costume. But for me it's very much about the narrative, and the message I want to project with an image. Photographer Shaun Bloodworth's colors are extraordinary. There's a "Bloodworth Blue" hue he uses that really is profoundly beautiful.
Do you draw inspiration from fashion editorials or other types of visual/art installations?
Mad Max 2. There's a Vogue shoot I kept from a couple of years ago, too. But I was born a biker and I'll die a biker!
Can you talk about your collaboration with L.A. designer Adam Saaks? I read he custom-made some of your Road Warrior looks.
Adam created all the shirts I wore in the Road Warrior tour. He stands you up on a podium in the center of his shop on Melrose in Hollywood, in a plain t-shirt, and then begins to slash and twist and knot, working completely freeform, creating amazingly complex patterns that flow with the shape of your body. It's such a unique experience being "cut" by Adam.
Have you collaborated with other designers on looks?
Evan Sugerman gave me a leather jacket in 2009, and I treasure it. I love his whole aesthetic: astoundingly beautiful neo-gothic road warrior.
Do you have certain linchpin wardrobe items you always bring with you on your DJ tours?
My All Saints boots have been coast-to-coat across America with me. I'll wear them until I wear holes in the soles. Essentially, you need a tin of Vaseline lip balm and industrial black eyeliner. That's it!
The Coachella 2011 Pure Filth Bass Oasis set times are:
12:00-1:30 – Metaphase
1:30-3:00 – Gabe Real
3:00-4:00 – Emicida
4:00-5:00 – Kyle Hall
5:00-6:30 – Mount Kimbie
6:30-8:00 – The Professionals
8:00-9:00 – Breakage
9:00-10:00 – Beardyman
10:00- 11:30 – Jakes
1:00-2:00 – Ras G
2:00-3:00 – Alf Alpha
3:00-4:00 – Don Letts
4:00-4:45 – Take
4:45-5:45 – Goth Trad
6:40-7:30 – Lil' B
7:30-8:30 – Mary Anne Hobbs
8:30-9:45 – DJ Hype
9:45-10:30 – DJ Kentaro
10:30-11:45 – Andy C. & GQ
11:45-1:00 – DJ Marky
12:00-1:00 – Sam XL
1:00-2:00 – Lorn
2:00-3:00 – Tokimonsta
3:00-4:00 – Thunderball
4:00-5:00 – DJ Zinc
5:00-6:00 – High Contrast
6:00-7:00 – Joy Orbison
7:00-8:00 – Kode9
8:00-9:00 – Roska
9:00-10:00 – Ramadanman
10:00-11:00 – Zed Bias
11:00-12:00 – Terror Danjah
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Last year I had the pleasure of sponsoring a wonderful cause. When Winter Sims contacted me this year about her Valentine's card drive for various children's hospitals, I was more than delighted to sponsor her again.
What is it? Winter has collaborated with the St. Jude's, the Vanderbilt, and the Texas Children's Hospitals' to collect cards for the children who are staying at the hospitals.
What can you do? Send your handmade Valentine's Day cards to Winter and she will deliver them to the hospitals.
What do you get in return? Besides brightening a child's day, participating will enter you to win prizes from her wonderful sponsors.
You can find out all of the details and the hospital's guidelines here, on her blog.
Here's a little inspiration to get you started and in the loving spirit.
I used the Silhouette to create and cut the text, and paired it with our Love Notes Die for a bold and easy Valentine request.
I hope you'll consider sending a card or two. Each and every one will make a difference.

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The New Year may bring a fresh start for Research In Motion, and the potential success of its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system has begun to make itself present in the mobile market. As shares of RIM begin to grow, which are currently valued at $11.98, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CBIC) has also upped its rating of the company.
What this means for the smartphone industry is that RIM's BlackBerry brand could rebound as a competitor against iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices come 2013. While BlackBerry may have a lot of catching up to do to rival the likes of Android, which accounts for 75 percent of the smartphone market share as of Q3 2012, BB 10 could be enough to secure BlackBerry's existing fan base and possibly spread.
"With a January 30 BB10 launch date locked in, along with carrier and developer feedback now more clear, an upgrade of the existing subscriber base will be the most likely outcome," wrote CIBC World Markets analyst Todd Coupland in a research note according to Forbes. "Even in the face of lower services ARPU, RIM looks materially undervalued."
While the CIBC analyst acknowledges that RIM's ability to directly compete with iOS and Android is questionable, BB10 is a step in the right direction.
"BB10 helping RIM win back material share from Android and iOS remains an open question," he wrote. "Regardless of market share upside, it is out view that RIM is now in a good position to successfully stabilize its base, which will help repair its brand reputation and push shipments higher on a year-over-year basis off a low base."
Coupland continued to write that BB10's multi-tasking features, swipe to type keyboard and other capabilities "should re-ignite BlackBerry fan support," and coincidentally enough RIM's BlackBerry blog highlighted some of these abilities in a new video on Monday.
The clip showcased the BlackBerry Flow feature that will come with BlackBerry 10, which pulls up a series of windows on a users' screen to display all apps currently running. This allows BlackBerry patrons to easily swipe through their apps without having to return to a central home screen.
BlackBerry's blogger Donny H. put this feature to the test in the video, showing that users could perform a handful of tasks such as pulling up information about meetings from BlackBerry's calendar and finding the number of Twitter followers a user has in a short period of time. The user, Jeff, was challenged to find this information and BBM it to Donny in 30 seconds, which (of course) he did successfully.
The gimmicky video may not demonstrate any exciting capabilities that we can't find on other leading mobile operating systems, but it certainly proves that BlackBerry could get back into the game.
Check out the video below to see Blackberry Flow for yourself.
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This is one of my favourite photos - because at last I discovered where my face came from! (before this, I wondered who I looked like; it certainly wasn't my parents - then I found this photo of my mother's mother). Apparently, she looks so miserable in the photo because she had to wear a corset, and it hurt!


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Having not claimed enough hearts and minds with the lovable and addictive Angry Birds series on its own, Rovio is setting its sights on Star Wars fans. They may have panned Angry Birds Space as "not the game they were looking for," but there is no Jedi mind trick stronger than shamelessly slapping Star Wars branding on things. From the looks of a teaser image tweeted from the official @AngryBirds account earlier today, that's exactly what is happening.
Almost immediately following the tweet, an official Angry Birds tumblr page–confirmed on Twitter–appeared. The first and only post sported an animated version of the previous teaser with a less-than-cryptic message attached. Below the image was the text, "Times Square, New York, October 8th, 10am EST," accompanied by, "HINT: Head to Toys R Us at 8am EST!"
Considering apps and games get digital releases that don't require physical attendance to experience, it's likely that this partnership between Rovio and LucasArts will be some sort of board game or collectable toy. A tie-in game wouldn't be shocking of course. Considering the popularity of Angry Birds titles without grabbing at the audience of other popular series', it'd be a hit no matter what.


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Llandudno, Sea Point, Muizenberg, Table View, Cape Town, Hout Bay, Milnerton, Green Point, Rondebosch, Noordhoek, Fish Hoek, V&A Waterfront, Simon's Town, Bloubergstrand, Durbanville, Century City, Bellville, Constantia, Cape Town City Centre / CBD, De Waterkant
Table Mountain, Long Street, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Noon Gun, Heart of Cape Town Museum, Lions Head, Koopmans-de Wet House, Chavonnes Battery Museum, Two Oceans Aquarium, Castle of Good Hope, Two Oceans Marathon, District Six Museum, Holocaust Centre, Newlands Brewery, Groot Constantia, Rhodes Memorial, Greenmarket Square, The Company's Garden, South African Museum and Planetarium, Orange Kloof, South African National Gallery , Hout Bay Leopard, Newlands Stadium, Blue Train, Long Street Baths, Signal Hill, St George's Cathedral, Whisky Live Festival
There are so many thing to do here but what I enjoyed most was being centrally located with so many day trip options available.
Camps Bay is iconic. The atmosphere was awesome.
Camps Bay is an affluent seaside suburb and popular international holiday destination close to the centre of Cape Town, situated on the west face of Table Mountain, surrounded by a vast nature reserve and overlooking the blue Atlantic Ocean.
The glorious long white sandy beach, crystalline water and lovely seaside strip make it a favourite destination for locals and tourists alike. Visitors coming over the mountain looking over Camps Bay, gasp in amazement at the scenic beauty.
The staggering beauty of the mountains and sea is astonishing. Down to the westside is the broad sweep of the wide pure white beach and vast view over the Atlantic Ocean, overlooked by the soaring grandeur of the Twelve Apostles mountains.
The boulevard is lined with palm trees along the beach, pavement cafes, bistros and glamorous restaurants on the village side. The affluent suburb is built into the slopes of the mountain, in the midst of thousands of acres of protected Nature Reserve, the Cape Floral Kingdom World Heritage Site.
It is not surprising that international tourists come back again year after year. It is a favourite destination for movie and rock stars, models and the rich and famous.
The number one attraction in Camps Bay is the magnificent Beach. The Beach has International Blue Flag status and there are lifeguards in summer. It is extremely wide with pristine fine white sand, providing lots of space for many people lounging about on deck chairs under umbrellas, as well as being suitable for volleyball tournaments and various watersports.
A mobile Surf School conducts lessons on the beach, giving 2 hour lessons and providing the wet suits and equipment. The Sea Rescue Base is on the main beach.
There are several smaller beaches as well. Glen beach is tiny, in a gorgeous setting hidden behind huge boulders. It is a favourite beach for surfers. Paragliders leaping off Lion's Head land on the lawn in front of the Glen Country Club. There is also Maiden's Cove, a popular beach for families.
There is a Tidal pool, at the southern end of the beach, which is safe for children. Bakoven beach has sheltered coves and two beautiful little beaches.
Further on is Oudekraal, another lovely beach. Many years ago there was an old settlement of Khoi San people there, the original people living in the Cape. At Koeel Bay there is an open air Curio Market selling handmade crafts from all over Africa.
There are several Hiking trails up Table Mountain and Lion's Head with incredible views, for the athletically inclined. The Pipe track is not too strenuous.
Camps Bay is mainly a sophisticated tourist destination, with many restaurants, bars, cafes and hotels facing the beach. It is a wonderful place for a drink or lunch enjoying the view. The sunsets are magnificent. It is busy in the evenings, with visitors and locals having a merry time. Dizzy's Jazz Cafe has live music on most evenings. Le Roi is one of the current popular nightclubs.
The small village has boutiques, a supermarket, various useful shops and churches. There is also the Theatre on the Bay for plays.
Sports Clubs have bowls, cricket, soccer, squash and tennis.
There are Health Spas in the village, also at the Bay and Twelve Apostle Hotels, and the Lavender, for excellent Chinese massages.
The Table Mountain Cable Car is minutes away up Camps bay Drive for an excursion to see the view from the top of Table Mountain, an unforgettable experience. Although Camps Bay is surrounded by a gigantic Nature Reserve, the city centre is conveniently only a short drive away to the other side of the mountain.
The 15 kilometer Scenic Drive along the coast towards Hout Bay has wonderful views of the exquisite beauty of the mountain and nature reserve landscapes, and the scintillating translucent ocean.
Boats, Yachts and Helicopters can be charted to explore the area.
There are many superb restaurants, sidewalk cafes and beach bars in Camps bay of a high standard. Along the strip one of the best is Parangas, sophisticated and elegant, with international food and sushi.
A local favourite, and fashionable restaurant is the Grand Cafe with an excellent bistro type cuisine.
Zenzero does fantastic Italian food, and is the perfect place for couples to indulge in delicious comfort food while enjoying the intimate atmosphere.
The Mynt Cafe and Cafe Caprice are casual, trendy and comfortable and are the ideal place to relax and enjoy cocktails and light meals. In the late evening Cafe Caprice turns into a popular night club where the young go to dance away the nights.
Umi have refined Japanese food and sushi and particularly good views. It has also recently opened a health section with fresh smoothies and salads.
For fantastic views and relaxed dining with a great vibe drop into Mezepoli and enjoy the Mediterranean-style food and tapas.
If you're in search of something with a spicy kick make sure you visit Raj's for some of the best Indian curries in Cape Town.
The Codfather in the village offers delicious seafood platter and a selection of sushi options in a comfortable setting with a relaxing atmosphere, suitable for families.
For a quick, yet simply sumptuous dessert or treat pay a visit to Sinnful Ice Cream Parlour. They offer a huge variety of flavours, including traditional favourites as well as many gourmet options.
The Roundhouse, further up the mountain, offers Cape provencale food, and fine dining. With a stunning outdoor setting in the glen amongst the trees, and a view overlooking the ocean, this unique restaurant is a pleasure to visit.
The Twelve Apostles Hotel is another beautiful venue a few kilometers beyond the main village. Set quite alone in the nature reserve, with amazing surroundings and indigenous fynbos gardens, and panoramic views of the ocean, this five star hotel has three restaurants. There is the Azure restaurant, with French and South African food, and the Leopard terrace, from where one can watch whales in the season.
Various types of accommodation are available, hotels, mansions, villas, penthouses, serviced apartments, self catering holiday homes, cottages and guest houses.
For pure luxury (and the price tag to match) choose to stay at one of the luxury 5 star hotels that are speckled along the mountain and frequented by international tourists who expect the best of everything.
For self-catering on a whole new level opt to stay in one of the many opulent apartments and penthouses in the area. Many of these near the beach, and a short walk from the restaurants on the strip. These prestigious properties are modern, elegant and spacious.
The roads zigzag up the mountain in the residential area, where there are a multitude of guest houses offering great accommodation with splendid views, and most have swimming pools.
There are also a number of delightful self-catering establishments and cottages to be found near the beach or tucked away in the mountain, at excellent prices.
There are several beautiful routes you can take to access to Camps Bay. Most famous is the stunning mountainous Chapman's Peak Drive, which takes you from Noordhoek, through Houtbay and down into Camps Bay. For a quick, yet pretty drive, Victoria Road is often the route taken from the CBD. For spectacular mountain and sea views take the Kloof Nek pass which can be reached from either CBD or Constantia.
Air: The nearest airport to Camps Bay is Cape Town International. It is a quick 20kms away via the most direct route.
Car Rental: For those who wish to explore the glorious landscape around the Cape, the easiest solution is to hire a car at the airport or in the CBD. For the more adventurous you can also opt to hire motorcycles and scooters.
Taxis: There is a multitude of taxis cruising about and waiting on the main Victoria Road, and are ideal for short trips around the area. However, they can be quite pricey when used for longer trips.
Bus: The MyCiTi bus service is frequent, reliable and efficient. It winds all around Camps Bay to the city centre. There is also a red open roof double decker City Sightseeing Hop on- Hop off bus which takes scenic routes around the town.
Camps bay was once home to leopards and lions a couple of hundred years ago when the Dutch settlers arrived.
In 1807 the Round House, a National Monument and up market restaurant now, was built as a hunting lodge for Lord Charles Somerset, Governor of the Cape.
The narrow road along the sea round the mountain from Seapoint was built by prisoners in 1888, providing access from Seapoint to Camps Bay.
There was a farm here, in 1778, owned by Fredrick Von Camptz, hence the name - Camps Bay, sometimes misspelt Camp's bay, Campz bay or Camp Bai.
International movie crews come to Camps bay all the time, filming commercials and movies. Residents frequently recognise their beaches being used to advertise holidays, for example, in the South of France.
Originally Camps Bay was considered recreational rather than residential. A few holiday homes started appearing along the beachfront after 1913.
In the 1940's more beach bungalows started to develop, but it was still considered a place just for holiday houses.
Camps Bay then developed into a close community of residents. Luckily they managed to prevent any further buildings over three stories, which prevented spoiling the beauty of the gorgeous seafront. It is now a suburb with many palatial mansions and architectural masterpiece houses stretching up the mountains into the Nature Reserve.
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November 25, 2012 10:00 ET
- Forty-four per cent of Canadians plan to shop online on Cyber Monday; 50 per cent plan to shop online during the holiday season - Shopping malls still top destination for Canadian holiday shoppers - Number of Canadians who plan to cross border shop in the U.S. down from 2011
- Forty-four per cent of Canadians plan to shop online on Cyber Monday; 50 per cent plan to shop online during the holiday season
- Shopping malls still top destination for Canadian holiday shoppers
- Number of Canadians who plan to cross border shop in the U.S. down from 2011
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2012) - With Cyber Monday just days away, Canadian businesses are gearing up for consumers who plan to go online to shop. However, despite a growing online shopping trend, today's BMO study found that Canadians are still most likely to opt for a 'real' shopping cart over a 'virtual' checkout this holiday shopping season.
[NOTE: Cyber Monday refers to the Monday following American Thanksgiving.]
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According to the 2012 BMO "Cyber Monday Report", 44 per cent of Canadian consumers plan to shop online this coming Cyber Monday. Interestingly, 16 per cent will be buying gifts for others, five per cent will be buying gifts for themselves, and 23 per cent will be shopping for both themselves and others. Men are almost three times more likely than women to be making a purchase just for themselves (eight per cent vs. three per cent).
Regionally, Quebecers are least likely (19 per cent) to shop online on Cyber Monday, and those in the Atlantic provinces are most likely (56 per cent).
"With online shopping becoming a critically important sales channel for retailers, we are beginning see Canadian businesses making investments and increasing their online focus to make the shopping experience as convenient and easy as possible," said Steve Murphy, Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal. "For Canadian consumers and businesses, Cyber Monday has become the kick-off to the online holiday shopping season, and by far the busiest online shopping day of the year."
Douglas Porter, Deputy Chief Economist, BMO Capital Markets, adds, "As more Canadian retailers mirror U.S. sales promotions, there is the potential for significant activity on Cyber Monday. More than ever, Canadian shoppers are taking notice and adjusting their retail calendar."
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In addition, the survey found that 13 per cent of Canadians plan to shop south of the border in the U.S - down from 18 per cent in 2011. British Columbians, at 22 per cent, are the most likely to plan to cross-border shop.
Canadians 65 and older are less likely to shop online during the holiday season (35 per cent), as are those in Quebec (36 per cent). Albertans (59 per cent) are the most likely to make a purchase over the internet.
The survey results cited in the 2012 BMO Cyber Monday Report conducted by Pollara are compiled from a random online survey of 1,000 Canadians 18 years of age and over between October 11 and October 16, 2012. A probability sample of this size would yield results accurate to ± 3.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
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I've been lurking around youtube tonight and found this lovely lady. She is incredibly ignorant. I thought this would be a good opportunity to discuss our moral compasses, and how diverse our views really are. For example, I am an atheist, an animal rights activist (and vegan), a secularist, among other things. While my brother, who is also an atheist, has some pretty opposite views; he fishes and hunts, he's in the army (I don't agree with the war for MANY reasons, but I'm not going to get into that), as well as other things.
Out of all the stupid, ignorant, and hypocritical things said by theists, this is the one that gets me the most. It's absurd to think that you need some higher power to guide you and tell you what is right from wrong. I actually got into an argument with a classmate about this, who is a crazy christian. I asked her what good she has done for our community or our world, she replied telling me how her and her mom raise money for their church. She reciprocated the question, and I gleefully answered telling her of the hundreds of hours of volunteering I've put into numerous charities and organisations. She was in shock, and needless to say she learned something new about atheists that day.
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"mpathetic morality comes from a physical part of your brain, which if damaged, prevents you from considering the harmfulness of your actions towards others. People suffering from this condition are called sociopaths...."
My experience with a man who seemed to lack a conscience, and the subsequent research I did, led me to the conclusion you stated so well.
Probably because the terms "sociopath" and "psychopath" have so many "street uses" the new DSM uses the term "antisocial personality disorder".
There are "real" moral compasses that people actually act upon and there are "artificial" moral compasses that people subscribe to but only act upon if it agrees with their real moral compasses. Yes, when I speak of artificial moral compasses I'm speaking of religion and other ideological belief systems.
In the entire Bible, there is not a single word uttered against the subjugation of women or against slavery. Men are top dog. Slaves and women need to be kept in their place. That's the way God wants it. Disobedient slaves are to be severely punished (New Testament) or even killed (Old Testament).
Morality has evolved along with mankind. Slavery and the subjugation of women are no longer kosher. Everybody (believers and non-believers alike) acknowledges this simple fact. And in so doing, they acknowledge that God's wisdom and morality are not absolute or objective: not timeless. They acknowledge that God is not perfect. We ALL overrule God with our own moral convictions.
I've repeated this often but it bears repeating: if we overrule God with our own moral convictions, why do we need him at all? Not just Atheists but everybody: Christians too.
Our morality comes from our humanity: empathy and experience. Through experience, I know what hurts me and through empathy, I know it hurts you too. Empathy is common to us social apes but humans take it to another, more sophisticated, level. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you -- because we need each other to survive.
The Golden Rule embody's empathy and cooperation. As social animals we evolved these capacities as survival mechanisms. And we still need them. Nature has only a prime directive: survive. There is no morality to be found in nature. Nature doesn't need it.
Humans do.
I believe morality is tied to human social structures like culture. Unfortunately, religion is a major part of most cultures. The separation of church and state is a protection against the morally absolutist and totalitarian inclinations of religion. Where church and state do unite -- as in the Catholic Church of the Dark Ages or in modern Islamic states -- morality goes out the window and dogma sneaks in to replace it.
Dogma and doctrine are artificial morality. They represent authority, not truth. And morality is nothing without truth.
The moral compass of the atheist is the moral compass of the freethinker on a quest for truth and understanding. The more we learn, the better decisions we can make. Our morality adapts to improved understanding. The dogma of religion is simply authority masquerading as morality. It's written in stone and immutable, like God himself. It is unyielding, even when it's wrong -- as slavery and the subjugation of women demonstrate without doubt.
Morality is what we believe makes us the best we can be as members of society and as individual human beings. It's something we have to decide for ourselves. It's not something that is handed to us.
Slavery and the subjugation of women are no longer kosher. Everybody (believers and non-believers alike) acknowledges this simple fact.
I've repeated this often but it bears repeating: if we overrule God with our own moral convictions, why do we need him at all? Not just Atheists but everybody: Christians too.
Exactly. Most Christians who argue for god as a source of morality do not get their morality from the Bible... that is to say, much of their moral compass (in terms of how to treat other people) would not change if they forsook their beliefs, and they actively reject many biblical (from the mouth of Yaweh/Moses/Jesus) views of morality (subjugation of women, slavery, ethnic cleansing, etc.), as you say.
If only believers could see that their are moral despite God . . . not because of him . . . a major hurdle to freethought would be overcome. But they've been brainwashed to think they would be awash in a sea of relativity if they lose sight of God's law. They've already swallowed the blue pill.
You're engaging in presentism, the judging of past times using the standards of today. In a state of nature, in mammalia (to which humans belong), females generally submit to males if only because most of the time males are larger and are driven by testosterone. The equality of women basically only became functional as humankind became civilized. As for slavery, sometimes (as with the Greeks) it was the alternative to killing an enemy, so it was an act of mercy, and slaves were treated with gratitude and kindness frequently, and were sometimes released from their bondage.
Be careful judging the past. Things are not necessarily as obvious as they first appear.
You've missed the point. If I were speaking of HUMAN morality -- arguing that it's better now -- then there might be an argument for presentism. I explicitly stated that human morality has evolved since those times. That doesn't necessarily mean better. Morality is, after all subjective and relative: the whole point of presentism.
It's not human morality I was challenging: it was God's morality. The point here is that God's morals are supposedly objective, immutable, timeless and perfect. But the Word of God plainly shows that his morality was a reflection of the era and region of Biblical Israel. It's ALL TOO HUMAN and anybody should be able to see that.
God didn't make us in his image. We made him in ours. God is our creation and so is morality.
Karma is the greatest behaviour-modifier in the world.
Call it what you will: repercussions, reaping what you sow, living and dying by the sword.
For every action there are reactions.
There is absolutely no need to bring the childish concept of God into it.
I emphatically agree with your idea that there is no need for god to formulate a morality. However, if one leaves god out of the mix, one loses great swaths of colorful vengeance seeking, smiting hip and thigh and various other nasty proclivities. I say we should keep god in morality, because god is so goddamned entertaining.
Let's leave it as "What goes around come around" or "You meet the same people on the way down you screwed over on the way up." Karma is a specific belief of Hinduism and certain other Eastern religions requiring a belief in reincarnation.
I am atheist, but I do believe in the theory of "karma", not from a religous or spiritual point of view, but from a logical point of view. If you are nice to others, others are more likely to be nice to you, leading to more opportunities and ultimately more happiness in life. Karma is perfectly real and logical (minus the reincarnation part), and people should realize that it isn't just a religous philosophy.
A mass-murdering child rapist can ask for and be granted imaginary forgiveness, by fawning and grovelling in abject disgrace and unworthiness. However, a law-abiding atheist will rot in hell forever. Wow! and people actually believe this.


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by Jorge Gasco de El Oráculo de Occidente Source: And Spanish Version of this Article Here
I want to thank my friend Jorge Gasco of El Oraculo de Occidente,for sending me the link to and for giving me permission to publish a version of his article concerning the topics listed in the title. While we here at s8int.com are largely chair bound, Jorge and his friends made like Indiana Jones and conducted some exciting archaeological work on their own.
This story as the title suggests combines a little bit of giant humans along with dinosaurs and mysterious ancient civilizations. It's mostly told in photographs.
On a number of occasions I've been asked about giant humans vis a vis evolution and the Bible. I've said that evolution really doesn't deal with giant "modern" humans but occassionally someone will offer that evolutionists do accept for instance Gigantopithecus (known by giant teeth, some say human, some think great ape)–which we also cover on this site.
Gigantopithecus aside evolution does not adequately explain why sometime in the past, humans, dogs, cats, cows, horses and dinsosaurs were of gigantic size. Certainly not if uniformism is also assumed with respect to the history of the earth.
But Jorge's article puts the question to the fore once again; when could men have left a shoeprint–in granite (or at least in rock) corresponding to a man of a height of 13 feet!? If they were bare footprints, one could argue that they were from a great ape, though none of them should have been around when this rock was formed–or one could have argued that they were smudged dinosaur prints.
But they are shoeprints, of gigantic size, mixed in with the prints of three-toed dinosaurs. Did 13 foot men live millions of years ago–possibly more than a billion years ago? These findings only make sense if some or all of the following are true; 1)granite takes much less time to form than science says it does–in thousands of years not millions; dinosaurs and men lived at the same time; that there were giants in those days–before the flood–only a few thousand years ago….s8int.com
Giant Humans, Dinosaurs and Ancient Civilizations of Spain
by Jorge de El Oráculo de Occidente–All Photographs Copyright El Oráculo de Occidente, 2009
Translation by Chris Parker Using AltaVista Babelfish; Systran and 6 Years of High School Spanish
Some years ago, in 2004 to be exact, I went for the first time to visit a well-known place within the Valencian archaeological tourist circuit. It is the route of an aqueduct through almost 30 kilometers which meanders through various localities: Tuejar, Chelva, Streets, Domeño and Losa of the Bishop, all in the region of the Highlands, in the Province of Valencia.
It is made up of aqueducts (typically high arched), drains, and galleries cut into the rock of the mountains. Traditionally its construction is attributed to the Romans, but there are no actual facts or evidence to substantiate such claims.
The ancient texts mentions only that the construction pre-dates 1797, –that from the pen of insigne Antonio Josef Cabanilles, in his work "Observations on Natural History, Geography, Agriculture, Population and Fruits of the Kingdom of Valencia".
After studying and writing on the subject I knew that there were previous references than Cabanilles' about seeing everything pertaining to the region of the Highlands, province of Valencia.
Photo:The Remains of the Aqueduct
I'm not saying that the attribution of the construction of the works there to the Romans has no foundation in truth, just that there is nothing in the ancient texts to substantiate the claim.
One ancient source assumes the construction took place in the first century, a time of Roman domination but this attribution is also devoid of any actual evidence to support it, and thus it is mere speculation which follows the political line.
In the political line, it serves only to give all credit to the Romans, holding any notion that a prior civilization, higher in technology was responsible to be non-credible. It is as if in forgetting what we once were, we get rid once and for all of that cultural infection, tyrannical and alien of which the present system is built upon that frightens us.
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Florentino Perez has returned as President of Real Madrid and has wasted no time in making his mark, splashing out £136m (€150m) on two players, breaking the world transfer record twice in four days. First, he bought Kaka from AC Milan for £56m, only to surpass it days later with an £80m bid for Cristiano Ronaldo. Rumours abound that Perez has a transfer pot of €300m and he will not be satisfied until further big-money signings are made, such as David Villa from Valencia, Franck Ribery from Bayern Munich and Xabi Alonso from Liverpool.
Perez is simply repeating the strategy from his previous reign, when he bought a star player every year to build the first team of galacticos: Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo (the original), David Beckham, Michael Owen and Robinho. Inevitably, his new team is already being described as galacticos mark II, but Perez is now a man in a hurry, seemingly aiming to replicate his previous squad, only desperate to complete it in year one. How about that for a "project", Garry Cook ?
These transfers raise many issues, such as whether ManYoo will actually be better off without their preening peacock, who is undoubtedly a great player, but was relatively ordinary last year. Not only is he unloved by opponents, but he is not even that popular in the United dressing room, because, let's be honest, he's a bit of a tit. If you ever doubted the lack of honesty in football, you could review any number of quotes from Ronaldo pledging his allegiance to United, though he did spare us any badge-kissing. His manager, Alex Ferguson, has also hardly covered himself with glory when you remember his strident declaration that he would not sell Madrid a virus. Who will United buy to replace the winker? They could probably buy all of Newcastle from the car boot sale, though that would be the act of a madman (or an obese Cockney chancer).
What interests me most is whether Madrid's strategy makes financial sense. On the face of it, spending on this massive scale could be considered as megalomaniacal madness, but, in fact, it is part of a carefully considered commercial strategy, which is less about building a team (see any defenders on the wish list?), more about building a brand, the Harlem Globetrotters of football.
Real firmly believe that they are in the entertainment business, so act like a content provider, similar to a Hollywood movie studio. For Brad Pitt, read Cristiano Ronaldo (albeit with a considerably larger Adam's Apple). For this strategy to work commercially, it follows that they need the best content, thus they consider the likes of Ronaldo and Kaka to be solid gold investments, which improve their brand identity and can be leveraged into higher sales.
Perez would argue that this has worked in the past for Madrid, pointing to the tripling of revenue from €100m a year to €300m during his first presidency between 2000 and 2006. In fact, Real Madrid has topped the Deloitte's Money League for four years in a row with annual revenue of €366m in 2008.
The engine driving this remarkable revenue growth has been the club's ability to increase commercial revenue, which now represents over a third of their business with €129m. However, the largest revenue stream of €136m is actually broadcasting, thanks to the exclusive rights contract with Mediapro, which guarantees the club €1.1 bln over the seven years duration of the agreement running until 2013. Match day revenue is the traditional revenue generator for a football club, but is lagging behind the other revenue streams at €101m, though even this has been boosted by reconfiguring the stadium to increase corporate hospitality.
The galacticos factor has clearly been enormously important to the commercial revenues, securing major sponsorship deals and selling a shed-load of merchandise. Academics have conservatively estimated that David Beckham generated $300m additional revenue during his time at Madrid, when his crossing ability was outshone by his ability to sell a shirt. In fact, commercial revenue at Madrid actually fell following the departure of Brand Beckham in 2007.
But will Ronaldo earn it like Beckham? Becks married a pop star (sort of) and exudes a cuddly metrosexual charisma, while Ronaldo may not possess that "likeability" factor. On the other hand, Ronaldo has the appeal of a sulky boy-band singer. That petulance and rebellious streak may appeal more to youngsters – and that's a bigger audience (just ask the music industry). Also, don't forget that advertising is expensive, but news is free. Madrid's shirt providers, addidas, wll be well aware of that.
Real also greatly benefit from their individually negotiated television contract, as opposed to the collective selling in other leagues, which means that the likes of Bolton eat into Manchester United's potential revenue. You might argue that this is a good thing, but consider the implications. If clubs like United continue to lose their best players to under-achievers like Real, will this not hasten the day when the Premier League's "big four" decide to cut loose from the pack, sell their own individual TV rights and help establish a European Super League?
As well as the huge income, the other factor driving Madrid's strategy is obviously the powerful El Presidente. Florention Perez is a billionaire, who bought his company for a Peseta, before building a construction, engineering and energy conglomerate with revenues last year of €4 bln. A natural risk-taker and deal-maker, by all accounts Perez is very down to earth (favourite meal – egg and chips) with his only vice being president of Real Madrid. Last time around, Perez sold the club's training ground and used the money to clear debt and finance transfers. This time he has secured a €300m four year bank facility.
That's fine, but surely increasing your debt in these recessionary times cannot be a good thing? UEFA's president, Michel Platini, was quick to condemn "these excessive transfers … as representing a serious challenge to the idea of fair play and the concept of financial balance". However, Mr Fair Play himself, the FIFA president Sepp Blatter, insisted that the record deal merely emphasised the healthy state of football (under his presidency), bizarrely likening Ronaldo to a Picasso. Maybe these comments are best ignored, as we know that Blatter is a gigantic hypocrite, who four years ago vowed to stop "greed ruling the world of football", as he launched a blistering attack (aka vote-winning campaign) on hugely wealthy club owners.
In any case, Real expect to reduce the debt by offloading a large number of their players, including most of their Dutch contingent, for around €100m. They also expect to increase revenue from tickets and commercial operations by €40m. When you consider that Real earned €15m for playing two meaningless friendlies in Japan in 2004 during the Beckham era, that does not seem too aggressive.
The reality is that the unique nature of the football industry will enable major clubs to be relatively resistant to the economic downturn. The revenue growth at these clubs has comfortably exceeded that of the "big five" European football nations' economies during the last decade. Madrid don't live in the real world, but a Real world, where they can continue to spend Ronopoly money and no bank wants to be the one denying a line of credit.


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One full time emergency veterinarian needed. Positions open immediately. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about emergency medicine and critical care. We will consider individuals seeking part time or full time scheduling. Yakima Pet Emergency is a non-corporate practice that provides high quality medical care and exceptional client service. We value providing a schedule which supports a good life/work balance quality for our doctors and staff.
Internship or Board Certification is not necessary, but a minimum of 1 year in dedicated emergency practice is preferred, or significant emergency experience within a day practice. We will consider a new graduate with strong interest in emergency and critical care, and will provide mentorship.
Candidate must possess a positive team-oriented attitude, strong triage ability, excellent communication skills, & value modern, high quality, compassionate medical care. Strong diagnostic and soft tissue surgical skills are a must. Intermediate level or higher training in ultrasonography also desirable but on the job training will be provided and CE opportunities can be provided.
We see an exciting, variable case load from standard outpatient ER to longer term ICU patients. Ample opportunity to manage complex internal medicine and trauma patients, and to perform a variety of soft tissue surgical procedures.
Flexible scheduling allows for ample time off. Scheduling is typically done in an equal rotation sharing day/night and weekend/weeknight shifts, each veterinarian has continuous blocks of time off each week. Doctors are scheduled individually per shift with multiple strong support staff members.
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While low-input, conventional-variety cotton production systems still boast some popularity in parts of Alabama, this might be the year growers should focus more on maximum yield potential, says Ron Smith, Auburn University Extension entomologist.
"For 2011, this may not be the season to try to cut input costs," says Smith. "I would focus instead on trying to maximize yields this year because of the price of cotton."
Researchers have been growing conventional cotton in Prattville, Headland, Fairhope and Shorter, Ala., says Smith. "We've calculated the seed costs, the technology costs, the weed control costs, the foliar insecticide costs, and the yield. We have a wide range of varieties, including Roundup Ready alone, insect resistance alone, and some pretty good conventional varieties," says Smith.
Weed control costs generally are going to be a little more if you don't have Roundup Ready cotton, he says. The foliar insect costs last year — because there were few caterpillar pests — were all the same.
"We sprayed twice for stink bugs over all of these varieties, but did nothing for worms. If you have worm pressure, that's when you can get into some big differences. Our cost for pounds of seed cotton ranged from about 2.3 cents per pound to up to about 4 cents. It was pretty economical last year to do all of those things," says Smith.
The bottom line with planting conventional varieties, based on research results from the past several years, is that economics will vary greatly depending on the weather, the severity of the insect pressure — particularly caterpillar pests — and the location, he says.
"We get more worm pressure in the southern part of the state than in the central part of the state, and even less in the northern part of the state. (To see an earlier story on how Ron Smith would control insects in conventional cotton, please visit http://southeastfarmpress.com/cotton/conventional-cotton-changes-insect-control. To see why some growers have been planting conventional cotton, please visit http://southeastfarmpress.com/cotton/alabama-growers-stick-conventional-cotton.)
Requires a lot of expertise
If you're going to grow conventional cotton, says Smith, it'll require a lot of expertise, a lot of monitoring, and selecting the appropriate chemistry for the specific worm that is in the field at that time.
"You'll need to have a top-notch scout, and if it was me, I'd be losing sleep at night in fear that I'd be getting behind on some of these. You have a high risk with conventional cotton when you get into some of these caterpillar pests like tobacco budworms and fall armyworms," he says.
Looking at the evolution of Bt cotton and new varieties that are on the horizon, Smith says it's important to add new genes to provide improved effectiveness across the various caterpillar species.
"With the single gene alone, we'd have escapes in the bollworm species and in the fall armyworms. The big thing is to manage resistance and preserve the technology. Have you ever considered the significance if resistance had occurred to the Bt gene when we had only the single Bt gene?
"I know we all loved 555, but we were living on the edge with that variety. If they had ever documented resistance in 555 or in Bollgard, beginning immediately there would have been no more Bt cotton sold in the county where resistance was found. There was a plan worked out with EPA, and it would have been a disaster if we had seen resistance before we got the stacked genes."
Looking at other insect-related issues facing cotton producers, Smith says many growers have moved to seed treatments for controlling early season pests.
"And even though they may not be as consistent as Temik, we can make an early season foliar over-spray and get adequate early season thrips control."
In the future, he says, the bigger impact of losing Temik might be for its control of spider mites. "Back in the 1940s through 1960s, spider mites completely defoliated fields of cotton. In 1970, the problem went away, and it pretty much had been gone away until recent years. In some parts of the Cotton Belt, spider mites are flaring up almost every year. Temik was the best suppression tool we ever had for spider mites. That will be a big long-term impact of losing Temik. We'll have some new materials for spider mites, but they'll run you about $18 to $28 per application, and you'll be buying yourself only about 10 days of protection."
Researchers, says Smith, also are looking at a faster sample system than is currently available for stink bugs. "We have a good system but it's not fast. We're trying to come up with a more rapid survey technique. Our current method is very good. We pull from 25 to 50 or more quarter-diameter or larger bolls per field. We crush them and we examine them for internal injury. That's either boll rot, stained lint or the carpel wall warts that you get, which later deteriorate either one lock or the entire boll.
Accurate system, but time consuming
"It's an accurate system, but it's time-consuming, and what most of the field people are doing is cutting down their sample size. I've got good friends who sample 10 bolls per field because they don't want to stand there and crush bolls all day."
Researchers have been working with some fields in Headland to try and correlate the external damage, which is quick and easy to see, with what's on the inside without having to burst the bolls, says Smith.
"If we can do that, we can take a much better sample size and get a more accurate count on stink bugs. There are still people just looking for adult stink bugs in the field, but that won't work. You'll have an economic level before you ever find many stink bugs. If we use drop cloths, like we do with soybeans, our sample size is too small."
Last year, researchers collected quarter-diameter bolls from replicated strips with different treatments and different chemistries. "Based on what we collected, as the number of external injuries increase, we get a corresponding increase of internal damage, particularly if they haven't been controlled well. As the season progresses, particularly in untreated cotton or in cotton treated with less effective chemicals, you've got more bolls with a higher number of external feeding and corresponding internal damage.
"And in the more effective treatments, like Bidrin, you have less damage as you move through the season. Based on this trial, we can conclude that stink bugs produce varying levels of boll feeding and corresponding internal damage based on the effectiveness of the insecticide you use. In this test last year, the majority was the brown species."
Other factors that have an impact on the severity of stink bug pressure include the time of the season, whether or not the field has been previously treated, the length of time since the previous treatment — nothing will hold much longer than about 10 days, the number of stink bug applications — sometimes, it takes a second application to really suppress them, the effectiveness of the treatment, and the species of stink bug you're dealing with.
There are a few new damaging insects that producers need to aware of, says Smith. "The kudzu bug came in from China, has spread from Georgia to the Carolinas, and now we've found it in two northeastern counties in Alabama. In China, it fed only on legumes. In Georgia, where they were left uncontrolled, they reduced soybean yields by about 20 percent. They're easy to kill with most of the pyrethroids.
"The brown mormorated stink bug is very damaging, and we'll have to throw it into the mix of damaging stink bugs. We also have the red-banded stink bug. They are devastating feeders of soybeans, and we found them for the first time last year on the Gulf Coast."


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The host Onsted High School boys basketball team was able to shake off a slow start in the first half, but a similar start to the second half put the Wildcats behind early in the third quarter. Lenawee County Athletic Association foe Columbia Central withstood another Wildcat rally in the fourth to escape with a hard-fought 41-39 win.
While Columbia Central (2-2, 1-1 LCAA) didn't quite match up to the size in the middle of Onsted (2-2, 1-1), the Golden Eagles' Ryan Adams showed right away that they would not be intimidated to bring the ball inside. Adams took their opening possession, drove inside, banged into Onsted's 6-foot-8 senior center Devin Louden and flipped in a short basket to open their scoring.
A couple possessions later, Louden came right back and swatted Adams' shot out of bounds. That short exchange was a glimpse into what the game became as the two teams battled all night long with neither team taking more than a six-point lead.
After retaking the lead in the third, Columbia Central packed it inside, effectively limiting Onsted's big guys from seeing the ball much. The result was a stagnant offense, and while Columbia Central only scored eight points in the quarter, eight was also all they allowed.
"We just didn't execute down the stretch," said Onsted coach Brad Maska. "We didn't get the ball inside enough, and especially in the second half, we didn't get the ball down low to our big guys. You have to give Columbia credit, but this is a very disappointing loss for us."
After Adams' basket, Onsted used its height advantage with Louden and 6-foot-10 sophomore Austin Davis scoring six points, four of them off of offensive rebounds, but that was all Onsted could muster in the opening quarter, and Columbia Central had a four-point lead going into the second.
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The Golden Eagles closed the gap further with a triple, but Onsted answered back when Davis and Gabe Richardson executed an inside-out game into a 3-pointer by Richardson. The 15-point quarter propelled Onsted into halftime with a 21-17 lead, but it didn't last long after the game resumed.
Columbia Central had the ball to begin the half, and the Golden Eagles' Scott Weatherwax quickly hit a 3-pointer, and then another a couple of minutes later to grab the lead. That set off a flurry of points by both teams, and Columbia Central nailed yet another 3-pointer when one banked in. Two free throws by Adams put the Eagles back in the lead by two, and that difference was where the third quarter ended with the Eagles up 33-31.
"Those 3s in the third quarter were big," said Maska. "But it came down to execution, and we were able to execute earlier in the week when we beat Ida in triple overtime, but tonight, we just weren't able to get it done, and that's disappointing."
Onsted's energy continued into the fourth quarter. Brian Frieberger hit a 10-foot baseline jumper to tie the game, and a Davis put back gave Onsted the lead.
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The same lead was intact when Columbia Central had a chance to seal the game with three seconds left. However, the Golden Eagles missed both free throws, and Onsted almost made them pay when Frieberger's three-quarter court desperation heave hit the backboard about four inches wide and the ball — which looked to still have a good chance to sink through — bounded out and the Eagles were able to take a deep breath.
"We are young, but that's no excuse," said Maska. "We have some learning to do and things to work on, and we will use a couple of tough scrimmages over Christmas break to do that."
Davis led the Wildcats with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Louden added eight points, nine rebounds, and five blocks.


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Posted: Fri 09 Nov 2007, 13:01
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Installed Puppy Linux - does not boot
Subject description: Black screen after Grub menu and selecting /hda2
I installed PL on a Pentium system and after all was said and done, it doesn't boot.
Upon a reboot of the system after installation, the GRUB menu appears and the default /hda2 (where I chose to install it) was selected, the GRUB menu disappeared, there was about 1 second of hard drive activity, then it stopped. Video was blank after the GRUB menu disappeared.
System configuration:
RAM: 196 Mb (PC 100)
CPU: Intel Pentium (1) with MMX, 166 MHz*
Video card: Has an nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 32 Mb
* Yes, it's slow and I thought Puppy would be good for it.
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Posted: Sat 10 Nov 2007, 20:23
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Does the Live CD work properly on this machine? Which install method did you use - frugal or full?
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Posted: Sun 11 Nov 2007, 10:56
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The Live CD had worked fine and used Full install.
I decided to give up on it because after I attempted to install it a second time, the graphical system would not load in automatically after this second installation (x.org wouldn't work, had to use the other one) and once I managed to get it to load in, it took too long for anything to load in. For example, SeaMonkey took five minutes before the main browser screen appeared.
I'm trying something else on it.
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Posted: Sun 11 Nov 2007, 12:20
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Really don't remember puppy full install!
Aren't vmlinuz and initrd.gz in / ?
Doesn't the GRUB installer suggest /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/initrd.gz (to be confirmed)?
About your 2nd post: you could boot puppy after installation (without the cd in the tray)?
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Posted: Sun 11 Nov 2007, 12:35
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It is very strange.
X.org wouldn't load in even after it was installed to the hard drive (and CD removed), that is why I used the other (Xvesa?).
I really expected it to be able to run well on such a slow system.
If it matters at this point, the ISO I used was puppy-3.01-seamonkey.iso
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Posted: Sun 11 Nov 2007, 13:05
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Oh well!
In my opinion it isn't a "slow" machine. With a 366Mhz Pentium I thought "never a new computer in my live".
Suggestion: Try to find John Murga's Puppy2.02, or try that flavour until puppy 216.
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Posted: Sun 11 Nov 2007, 13:06
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Are you saying that apps like Seamonkey run OK off the Live CD but are too slow off the full install? In that case, you should do a frugal install instead. You have lots of memory.
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Posted: Sun 11 Nov 2007, 14:08
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At this point in time, it's a little late to try Puppy again. I was successful installing another Linux distro using the Gnome desktop and it is currently installing the updates since the release. Based on my own experiences with both KDE and Gnome, Gnome was better with CPU resources, it was not as slow as KDE.
Running Linux with a KDE desktop on this particular machine, the startup audio would constantly break up. With Gnome, it's default startup audio file played perfectly.
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I tried installing Puppy one last time, using Frugal instead. It didn't even install a bootloader. PC reboots, PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT.
I don't know...
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Posted: Mon 12 Nov 2007, 20:24
Post subject: WASTE OF TIME
I'm sorry, but trying to use this has now become a total waste of time.
It finally installed successfully, however on the first and subsequent reboots, it hangs.
I get the screen where the information scrolls down (penguin is at top of screen), it gets as far as
Detecting keyboard: ps/2 Mouse: ps/2 done
then it hangs, does nothing else, just sits there, end of story.
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Unlike the previous poster, I've had great experiences with Puppy, so I'm committed to it. But I'm having strange problems since doing a full install of 3.01 on a reasonably new box -- a Celeron, I think, though I don't know if that's a PII or PIII equivalent.
When I first installed Puppy (to the HD -- full install), I had the same issues. Black screen with a mouse pointer and a 1- or 2-pixel box in the lower right corner. It took several minutes for the GUI to appear, and then it was only the taskbar at first, followed a good while later by the rest of the desktop. And applications like SeaMonkey (and Opera) would take forever to load.
Fortunately, this behavior went away after a few reboot cycles, though the kids report that it happened a few times after that when I wasn't watching. I was left guessing why it would act this way -- I wondered if maybe there was a problem with the swap partition. I have 300-some MB of RAM, but my swap is 1GB, and from what I've read (belatedly) I may either have too large a swap partition, or I hosed myself by putting it at the end of the HD instead of in the middle, closer to the action.
But this morning, it started acting up again. This PC is used largely by the kids, so when it stayed at the black screen for a minute or so, they assumed it needed rebooting and hit the power switch. This apparently caused some HD corruption -- the boot process went into an endless loop because of a bad "oldinputdevice" file (if I'm remembering the filename correctly). I booted from the CD and ran fsck on /dev/hda1 -- it generated a ton of errors, including one in whatever-that-file-was. (Note: I'm a Linux newbie, so I don't know if I was supposed to do anything special when running fsck, except to blush at the almost off-color command name
That took care of it, kinda. When I booted up, I had to re-run xorg, and the box booted up to the black screen with a mouse pointer (responsive to mouse) and pixel in the corner. The kids said that's just what it was doing before. After several minutes, the taskbar appeared, followed a minute later by the rest of the desktop. And just like before, it took forever for any significant app like Opera to come up.
This was never a problem before 3.x, so I wonder if there's some odd situation that I and the previous poster are running into? I'd be happy to dump whatever files might be helpful to help debug the problem. I don't want potential Puppy converts getting turned off by this bug! I've been installing Puppy exclusively since 1.09 worked on a machine that Knoppix brought to its knees, and I want everyone to try it!
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Posted: Mon 10 Dec 2007, 10:26
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Hmm, I just saw this tidbit in a Slashdot discussion and I wonder if my problem is the Swap partition:
Another example: a local LinuxMagazine review a couple of years ago found out that in a Hwlet Packard low end desktop system pre-configured with GNU/Linux (indeed!), OpenOficce would take a full 3 minutes to start!! Because they had configured
a 128MB system with a 1GB Swap.
I think I'll get rid of the swap partition altogether and see what happens.
If that turns out to be the problem, I wonder if there's anything Puppy can do to prevent an oversized swap partition from causing performance problems -- or is the situation endemic to all Linux distros?
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