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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Straight From The Streets
Until that moment, let's take a step and consider how monunmetal, Irate were. This their debut from 1998 balanced the sound they would go onto develop on their seminal full lengths "11.34," and "NY Metal." For the uninitiated Irate were from the Bronx and produced an unduly hybrid of tougher then tough New York Hardcore with intricate metal leads, riffs and harmonies. Their sound was thick, relentless but also varied and constantly moving showing that this was no lunk headed troupe intent on busting your head with continuous mosh and beatdown, no, no, no, Irate looked to dissect you from various angles bringing in those breaks when you least expected it.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/v5rxlw - Irate - Burden Of A Crumbling Society
As you can see, there is only one download link, well I decided to rip the whole CD, zip it and post it as one, hopefully this will work, but if it doesn't, then let me know and I'll rearrange the tunes.
Now I love the sound of "Burden," especially the versions of "Transcendence," and "Gone," which appeared re-recorded on "11.34," here they sound so dirty, so of the streets and makes me want to break everything in orbit when those tracks hit.
Its amazing that no one picked up Irate during their tenure, considering that they wrote better songs and put on one of the best shows I have ever seen. Well, I hope that if they do return, fortunes are kinder to them.
Now due to "Burden," being released on a very obscure label 'Even If It Smells,' and their later output being self released, tracking down their records aint gonna be easy, the band were selling all 3 records on their website but that, together with their myspace have disappeared. So watch http://www.ebay.com/, and I'm sure that when the band do eventually resurface, they will do represses, for now, enjoy 'Burden.'
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Fucking A. I first heard "Irate's Bronx Unity" and i learned to love that song and later everything else that Irate ever did. All three records are insanely good and i bet they were even better playing live. The Records are pretty hard to find, Goodlife had Burden and all the other records last year, and i managed to cop them from their store luckily. They still have NY Metal tho. Keep up the good work mate!
A great band. Here's one of my all time fave live clips. This shit is intense.
- Andrew @ AVERSIONLINE said...
Nice. I only have "1134" and had never heard this one. I used to have "NY Metal" as mp3's but have been lazy about trying to find a copy to buy. Irate was one of those bands whose name I saw all over the place in zines and shit with regard to random little shit, but they never seemed to have much solid exposure. A damn shame.
Some total death metal riffs on this one from time to time, too...
Bronx unity! Also one of the few songs I had back in the day, I think through the then pioneering webzine 'xmulletx'. Anyway, great post again and thanks for the cd, too bad some of the best bands don't get exposure, maybe too hardcore for the hardcore? This shit's so good.
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Thanks for the comments guys. And yeah, heeds xMarkus'sx advice and get over to goodlife to get NY METAL!!!
Actually xMarkusx, that Finnish band you recommended, do they have a myspace or anything, i looked for them and couldnt find them :(
Mike, that clip is awesome, and there is actually some footage from the pressure show I was at, but I swear, there was waaaaaaay more people dancing then you can see on the footage.
Andrew, safe for the comment dude, what zines did they use to be dropped in??
Tim, I agree whole heartedly, how the hell this band never get signed is beyond me, they are more deserving then most out there.
Pressurefest clip for Vendetta is seriously insane i have to say, seen it few times. Ben witch Finnish band? Hit me up in myspace or something, i'll add you?

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Each soul is potentially divine and the goal is to manifest this divinity. We are definitely not the poor miserable wretched lot in the clutches of cruel mind which is restless by nature "compared to a maddened monkey drunk with the wine of desire, stung by the scorpion of jealousy at the success of others and possessed with the demon of pride".
It is a daunting and almost impossible task to quieten or bridle such a restless mind. The remedy or solution lies in realising our true nature which is ALL BLISS, ALL EXISTENCE and ALL KNOWLEDGE. Man is entirely contented in the self, by the SELF and then he is quietened by mind. At that stage of realising the true nature of BLISS, he goes beyond mind and the problem of turbulent mind does not arise.
We are repository of ALL BLISS and all the knowledge within us but we have forgotten our true nature and are wandering in the wilderness like a king who thinks that he has lost his kingdom. We are to make an effort to realise our Reality through Vishvas Meditation.
Through Vishvas Meditation, an aspirant finding his nature different from the nature of body and mind does not become inwardly ruffled when trouble invades the body, not unduly elated over impermanent worldly joys. 'Self' within is not in any way identified with the transitory bodily experiences. Thus when the ego-self is sealed in true Self, one is quietened with the mind.
Gurudev Swami Vishvas Ji proclaims, "Vishvas meditation is simple and spontaneous _ an inward journey. It is not a technique; it is God's and Guru's grace. It is not a commodity of market to be bought and sold. It is not at all the concentration of mind. Its aim is not to quieten the mind. It is going beyond the mind towards your own BLISS, your own DIVINITY, which is your birth right. It is just going to your home which cannot be an arduous journey. The ardent aspirant experiences that he is quietened with mind through Vishvas Meditation.
Wisdom- paralysing emotions cannot infringe upon the consciousness of a man of meditation, a man of realisation. A fear is caused by a sense of impending misfortune, a man settled in inner Self well-versed with his true nature, never has cause of alarm.
The "worldly loves" of the ego towards its prized possessions- its ordinate affection for the body, for sensory pleasures, for fickle human attachments- touch not the man of realisation. Anger results from the non fulfilment of a bodily or mental desire. The man of Vishvas Meditation harbours no such desires. Of course Vishvas Meditation has to be undertaken persistently to realise your own divinity.
Having noted the difference in the sorrows and pleasures of the wakeful or conscious state of bodily, and the fuse calm state of sleep in the sub-conscious state and the unspeakable bliss of super-conscious state, the aspirant sets his goal above the lesser states and through Vishvas Meditation permanently establishes himself in the ever-lasting joy of the inner Self.
Gurudev Sh. Swami Vishvas Ji always proclaims in his sermons, "Go within, Look within. Wakefully keep watching whatever is going on inside after closing your eyes. It may be pitch dark. It may be the stillness of a graveyard. It may be the continuous array of the thoughts of the past or Future. Don't identify yourself with any of them. Just keep WATCHING and WATCHING and WATCHING while being awake all the time. Thoughts will diminish gradually and vanish completely and you will attain the state of thoughtlessness where there are no thoughts but the power of thinking illumines. This thoughtfulness along with wakefulness is a step towards super-consciousness which is a treasure of ALL BLISS & ALL knowledge. In that state you can go far beyond mind and intellect, and get inspiration which transcends reason but does not deny reason."
All through our life, we have been struggling hard to get permanent peace without stress and strain, happiness without sorrow and pleasure without pain but all in vain because our search has been in the wrong direction. Happiness lies within and not without; Bliss and peace are own treasures but we have forgot about it. We fritter away our energies to quieten or control or bridle the mind and are miserably disappointed because peace and tranquillity are the nature of mind.
PEACE & BLISS are your true nature. Realise through Vishvas Meditation and be quietened with mind.


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How to Enroll a student for 2019-2020 school year
Avondale Meadows Middle School is a partner with Enroll Indy, a city-wide unified enrollment system. In order to enroll at AMMS, families will need to fill out a One Match Application. When completing the application, you will need to rank AMMS as #1 on the application in order to have the best chance of being matched with us. If you have questions about how to fill out the application, contact Jacqueline Benford at 550-3363. Instructions are also listed below.
Enrolling at AMMS for 2019-2020
Families who are interested in enrolling at AMMS should complete the following steps:
- Complete an application by visiting enrollindy.org/apply.
- Create a family profile
- Complete an application
- Rank AMMS as #1 choice.
- Enroll Indy notifies you of a school match (date of school match notification is detailed below).
- If matched with AMMS, you will receive a welcome letter from the school detailing next steps for enrolling your scholar.
- Attend AMMS New Family Orientation (dates will be included in welcome letter) and complete registration documents.
Note: Applying IN THE 1ST OR 2ND Round and ranking AMMS #1 on your application provides the best chance of being matched with us.
Enroll Indy Application Timeline
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Police Officer Saves Terrified Sloth Stranded on Highway
Why did the sloth cross the road?
Crossing a busy road isn't easy even if you can move quickly, so when this adorable little sloth tried to cross a busy highway the inevitable happened, he got stuck. The sloth was spotted on a highway in Quevedo, central Ecuador after a failed attempt to cross the road.
Spotted by passers the local police were called to deal with the sloth who was found clinging on to the central reservation. Police carried out their adorable sloth rescue mission and photographed the entire thing. The question remains though, why did the sloth cross the road?
This tiny sloth tried to cross the road but ran out of energy...
And even though he was stranded he still kept smiling!
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Star testing my 8" f/6 Dob gave me pause and confusion as to what Suiter (or anyone) means by 10 waves defocus. As I understand it, there is a difference between 10 waves defocus distance and 10 waves of defocus error.
In focus, my focuser graduated scale reading is right at 30mm (I believe the measure is in millimeters) as a starting point using a 6mm TMB II. When I scroll inside to what I believe is 10 waves defocus (distance?), I get an image I am familiar with that looks similar to the +/- 10 wave simulations we see in Suiter's book and other references. That is, a bright marginal diffraction ring, a bright paraxial diffraction ring bordering the shadow, and a single ring between them. This is the pattern I recognize as 10 waves defocus, same as the simulations show. The test results look pretty good on both sides of focus. So, I am happy.
But, when I read the focuser travel on the scale, it shows I am inside focus by about 2mm with a reading of right at 28mm. Same with outside focus, the reading is 2mm beyond best focus right at 32mm. Two millimeters either side gives me the pattern I am looking for. However, according to Suiter, that amount of defocus distance should be 12 waves distance and 10 waves distance is just over 1mm. So, I scroll back toward focus so the focuser scale reads 1mm from best focus at 29mm inside and 31mm outside. I do that visually, anyway, just to see when the paraxial ring disappears on both sides. Then I take a reading of focuser travel, it turns out to be close to 1mm travel and 1mm from best focus on both sides. Again, that corresponds to 10 waves focuser travel.
At this shorter defocus distance the paraxial diffraction ring is barely discernible inside focus, but it can be seen. A touch more toward focus and the paraxial ring gives way to a bright marginal ring with rings decreasing in brightness toward the center. This happens right near where Suiter says is 10 waves defocus distance or about 1.2mm. Outside is quite different at near 1mm focuser travel. At 1mm outside best focus, the bright paraxial ring is clearly seen and brighter than the now reduced marginal diffraction ring. There are only these two rings visible outside the shadow and it does not resemble the +/- 10 wave simulations, anymore.
At 1mm defocus both sides, the test looks like a classic 1/4th PVW under correction as the paraxial ring is gone inside focus and brighter outside focus. I am not as happy, the under correction looks more dramatic (more sensitive, I guess). However, when I scroll back out to 2mm from best focus, the defocused patterns look much better corrected. They still show some indications of minor under correction. So, when evaluating the optic, which setting do I trust? The one with a measured 1mm focuser travel consistent with 10 waves defocus distance as show in Suiter's book, or the better looking ones at 2mm defocus that /may be/ 10 waves error and resemble the +/- 10 wave simulations?
I have always trusted the latter. And I still do because the better corrected patterns are consistent with the favorable shadow break out and sizes. The shadows are well broken out by 2mm and even at 1mm, and they are not grossly different with the outside being marginally smaller. I scrolled through focus several times trying to see the difference, it was not that easy to determine. But, what is going on here? Am I really at 12 waves defocus travel per Suiter and 10 waves defocus error per simulations? If so, which defocus do we test for correction error?
Oh, my obstruction happens to be right at 65mm or 33% for some reason. Very tall focuser.
Thanks in advance.
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4 Ways ERP Improves Efficiency for Furniture Manufacturers
- 12 September 2018
As a furniture manufacturer, you need to be one step ahead of new technology, fluctuations in price and demand, and skilled labor availability. In this intensely competitive landscape, it's more important than ever to streamline your workflows and reduce the time it takes to get your products to market.
A modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can overhaul your processes, so you can increase efficiency and overtake your competitors. Below, we outline just four capabilities ERP can bring to your furniture manufacturing company.
1. Make Decisions Faster
Legacy software systems may be able to handle one or two elements of a furniture manufacturing process, but they lack the top-down visibility that is essential for today's ever-changing global furniture market. You need to be well informed to take action efficiently, but you may have unwittingly created information silos with outdated software. When your software systems can't communicate with each other to give you a full picture of your company's data, you can't make informed decisions quickly.
Making better and faster decisions requires access to comprehensive data about your whole business. Modern ERP systems transmit a huge amount of data every day, from across your entire business. Whether it's the prices of your raw materials or customer feedback gathered by your sales teams, ERP gathers and stores all of your data in one centralized location. This integration allows your leadership team to look at key information in real time, to get a full picture of the business and take the right actions to grow the company.
2. Adjust to Changes in Demand
As a furniture manufacturer, you're probably already familiar with the frustrations of projecting demand. You must contend with variables as wide-ranging as weather patterns, competition within the marketplace, and increasing costs on a weekly basis. You need to be able to minimize risk and maximize the value of your inventory, while keeping consumer tastes and desires in mind — and modern ERP software can help. Today's robust ERP systems can account for inventory, changes to the supply chain, customer feedback, and more. With all of this data at your fingertips, you can continuously assess and adjust operations to keep your organization ahead of the curve.
ERP systems take much of the legwork (and guesswork) out of analyzing the mass data being produced by your manufacturing processes. Using predictive analytics, ERP systems can notify you when specific materials are low, or when there are expected delays in your supply chain. With this knowledge, you can quickly adjust production schedules to accommodate these change without sacrificing efficiency.
3. Reduce Machinery Downtime
When machines break down, efficiency suffers and costs rise — any furniture manufacturer who has dealt with significant downtime can attest to how aggravating the experience is.
Modern ERP systems integrate with IoT-enabled devices to track the status of your equipment and machinery in real time. This allows you to anticipate errors, delays, or maintenance requirements, providing a powerful defense against downtime.
Imagine the next time your machinery breaks down: your ERP system will not only alert you to the necessary fix, but thanks to IoT, it may have already identified a replacement part you can order from a supplier. Your ERP will also alert you when routine maintenance is needed for any equipment — keeping your facility on a regular maintenance schedule and reducing the risk of an unexpected breakdown in the first place. That's the beauty of an integrated ERP system that uses predictive analytics.
4. Boost Staff Productivity
If your manufacturing processes take too long to start or complete, it may be a sign that your employees can't coordinate or find the information they need quickly within your existing system.
An ERP system gives all team members access to crucial data about your manufacturing process. Because all data is stored within one central system, each employee can easily find the information they need, no matter what aspect of production they work on. ERP also eliminates much of the need for manual data entry, removing the risk of human error and leaving your employees more time to focus on the more involved aspects of their jobs.
The centralized data storage allows your business to streamline reports, coordinate staff shifts to fully optimize workflows, and give employees access to all relevant information needed to do their jobs. This is more important than ever as the manufacturing industry faces a skilled labor shortage. Baby Boomers head toward retirement, taking their decades of experience with them. Their skill sets must be replaced by younger generations, who lack years of accumulated hands-on knowledge. ERP systems are programmed with your best practices and production standards, allowing fresh-faced workers a chance to catch up with those who are retired or retiring soon. By leveling the access to these best practices, as well as KPIs, compliance, and other essential data, ERP systems help bridge the gap between yesterday's workplace leaders and tomorrow's successful manufacturing teams.
Are you ready to overtake your competition and get your products to market faster than ever? Visit our Furniture Industry page to learn more about how Cre8tive Technology and Design can help your furniture manufacturing business become more efficient with ERP.


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Bastian Bedroom
Charming Bed and Breakfast at Menthon-St-Bernard (Lake Annecy, Haute-Savoie)
This light and airy room looks on your left, out upon the Biolon, a stream that runs beside the house down to the lake, and on your right towards the old hamlet known as Les Moulins. This room accommodates 2 guests with a large ensuite bathroom.
For a little bit of History…
This bedroom is a tribute to the Bastian parents, Augustine and Eugène Bastian (1858-1866).
When we bought the house, this room was certainly a little living room with a small chimney in one corner.
Outside, a long time ago, there use to be a small lake with 3 mills on the actual road and part of our parking..
- superficie de 23,5 m2
- 2 personnes
- couchages doubles en 180 X 200, séparables en 2x 90 par 200
- coin salon canapés et fauteuil
- bureau
- téléphone
- prise TV
- grands placards de rangement
- salle de bain avec baignoire et w-c privés
- superficie de 7,5 m2
- produits d'accueil
- sèche cheveux sur demande
- Wifi gratuit
You will also enjoy...
The free wifi access in the ground floor's white lounge or waiting for your family or friends in the 200m2 dining room and TV lounge with the magnificent fireplace, situated under the huge vaulted ceilings.
Rates depending on season:
When directly booked with us, from 99€ to 135€ breakfast included.
To check the availability and price of this room:
Check the calendar below, choose your arrival date according to our availabilities (dates in green) then choose your check out date.
We are at your disposal to help you throughout your reservation, to answer any questions you would like to ask or complete any other information.
Booking: 0033 661 87 26 20 – 0033 450 60 16 33


text: Book Talk Q&A with Michael Hardy Join us this Saturday for a Book Talk with Michael Hardy. Mr. Hardy was kind enough to answer a couple questions ahead of this Saturday's talk. How did you become interested in your topic and what about your work still fascinates you? Read more about Book Talk Q&A with Michael HardyAdd new comment


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The website dedicated to the history of the Illinois State Museum is up and running. "The Story of Illinois" is a project of the Illinois State Museum Library, which secured a $12,500 Illinois History Digital Imaging grant from the Illinois State Library to begin to digitize the Museum's archives relating to its history.
The site will continue to grow and add content over the multi-year project. The Museum will feature objects from the collection on its social media sites as well.


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Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Telangana) India
GESTO Culinary & Hospitality Academy is a renowned network of Educational Institutions dedicated to provide highest level of Culinary and Hospitality Skills Development Training through Top Class Programs. The academy believes in two dimensional focus of 'Technical Knowhow' and 'Hands on Experience' leading to Professional Excellency and Positive Attitude.
The Degree in Hotel Management & Catering Technology is a unique program designed to train and develop future leaders of the hospitality industry. Bachelor in Hotel Management and Catering Technology is offered by Osmania University, Hyderabad which is a UGC recognized, NAAC `A Grade' accredited university and is amongst the top ten Universities in India. The course duration is spread over three years, which includes a six months industrial training in five star or luxury hotels. The course helps the student to understand hotel & catering operations in depth. It also gives students hands on work experience and monitored training through practical classes. The students shall also be awarded with three online certificates from American Hospitality Academy USA, world campus. These modules act as finishing school to students.
The overall aim of this course is to provide an education for students who aspire to get management positions in hospitality organizations in both the private and public sectors of industry. Students are introduced, through this course, to the wide choice of career opportunities available within the hospitality/tourism industry. On successful completion of the degree the graduates develop the following characteristics:
The Course duration is spread across three years with Theory, Practical and On the Job exposure.
Year 1 - Subjects
Year 3 – First Semester Subjects
Year 3 – Second Semester Subjects
Year 2- First Semester Subjects
Year 2 – Second Semester
We are proud to boast the 100% placement records for the past years
Global growth and development of tourism have opened up innumerable openings. As a result graduate can look forward to following career opportunities:
The Training and Placement cell provides excellent infrastructure/facilitation to support every stage of the placement process. Arrangement for the pre training and placements talks, written test, interviews and group discussions are made as per the requirements of the organization as well as the students. A regular corporate interaction weaves the thread to create a mosaic for 100% placements.


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Runner's World has a feature called "Rave Run" where they showcase exceptional places to run, usually accompanied by wonderful pictures of runs through some scenic location. I cannot look at one of these pictures without wanting to go to the featured location. I would like to be able to run in all of them. I have some nice runs around my neighborhood, in the autumn it is especially nice to run on country roads framed with vibrant red and yellow maples, or on trails that pass sleepy farmhouses and still waters. I've enjoyed some good runs, but I have one rave run.
I get to do my rave run every summer. Out and back it's about 5 miles, mentally it takes me a thousand miles from my normal everyday life, and somehow shows me what matters and what does not. The first characteristic of my rave run is the absolute quiet and stillness of the setting, the second is its physical beauty. There is something about the combination of a feast for the eyes, silence and physical exertion that clears the mind and uplifts the spirit.For two miles I follow a road along the sea front. I am in the grounds of the Lewis Castle, looking across the harbor to the town of Stornoway. In the distance I can hear some clanking sounds from the boats in the bay as tiny waves move them. The road winds along the front, my feet thud on the gravel. I pass a few people walking and see one other runner. In 15 minutes I am nearly at the end of the road, where it begins to turn and climb inland. I marvel that I used to walk this route often, and considered it a long way! Distances that seemed so long when I was young seem so short now. Places that seemed so big are smaller, but this one is not diminished by its size. Packed into a small area is a variety of scenery, all of which I love with the kind of love that is only possible with long association. Looking out to my left I can see the outer harbor, stretching to the horizon, with the misty hills of the Scottish mainland vaguely visible in the distance. To the right, the path turns uphill and weaves through heathery moorland towards the mouth of the Creed River. I follow the path inland and run beside the river. My aching lungs tell me that this is a long gradual climb—I hadn't noticed that before. The silence is broken by the crashing of the brown peaty water as it passes over the rocks on its way to the sea. Further upriver the silence returns. The river slows and forms still pools, a couple of people are fishing in one of them, their faces covered in net to keep the midges at bay. Now the silence is absolute. The evening light is magical and glints on the water. The only sounds are my breath and my footfalls. I stop and listen. I understand now what is meant by the sound of silence. The silence is active. This world exists apart from all the business of life, and out here I realize that some of the things I have worked hard on recently don't really matter much at all. Some of the things I have worried about are not really all that important—and other things I have been too busy to attend to matter a great deal! My perspective is adjusted, peace comes. I reach my turnaround and retrace my steps. I think I'm getting faster but then realize that I'm going gradually downhill to the river mouth. Up a big hill now—I might have to walk for a bit. Now back to the sea. I have to stop again to take some pictures, my time will not be good. That's the only problem with a rave run—the temptation to stop for a photo. I hope you enjoy the ones I have posted here. I won't tell you my time for the 5 miles—let's just say that it's not my personal record.


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Where do I start....I know, from my first realisation that alcohol was not my friend... I believe my Mum noticed my behaviour around alcohol well before I did when I was approx, 22...Read More
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