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Re: Free pair of blue and gold macaws
Posted by Really Now on 2/25/12
On 2/25/12, Not a good idea wrote:
> On 2/24/12, grace wrote:
>> Free pair of blue and gold macaws for a good home for give
>> away to any family / person that can take care of them. The
>> pair consist of one male and one female. They are tamed and
>> very personable.before contacting me make sure you will love
>> them just like your own children.these pair are going for
>> free, i just need a loving home for the birds. if interested
>> the get back to us(firstname.lastname@example.com) for more
>> information an pictures also they will be coming along side
>> with all health papers including cages.
> There is no such thing as a free bird, we all know it. If
> you care as much as you seem to about these birds, you should
> not offer them for free, especially on the internet. You
> have no idea what kind of people may try to get their hands
> on them. Please, for the sake of your birds, rethink this
> free offer. The only time this might be okay is when you
> know the new owners personally, have known them for awhile,
> know they are parrot savy and are responsible.
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"It's green" - Commander Scott, Star Trek.
AKG Quincy Jones Q701
According to a February 2011 NPD Group study, celebrity endorsements are extremely/very important to nearly 30 percent of consumers when deciding what headphones to buy. Moreover, there was a 75% increase in sales of headphones over $100 from 2009 to 2010 ... in a bad economy, no less. Headphones are a hopping commodity.
So sure, why not nab a big name like Quincy Jones and extend the life into an aging, but still very good headphone.
The AKG Quincy Jones Q701 (MSRP $479.99, $299 street)
In late-2010 AKG decided to go the way of the world and add a bit of celebrity to the well regarded AKG K 701, and re-introduce it as the Quincy Jones Q701. Also in the new Quincy Jones line are the Q460 on-ear portable headphone ($MSRP $189.99), and the Q350 in-ear headphone (MSRP $129.99).
The Q701 is a full-size open headphone --- so they don't isolate you from outside noise --- and are intended for high-fidelity listening in the quite of your home or office. Though it is efficient enough to get acceptably loud on a portable player, these really sound best with, and deserve, a good source and headphone amplifier.
At 235 grams, the Q701 is quite light for a headphone of this size. The large circular velour earpads are very comfortable, and are easily removed with a quick counter-clockwise twist for replacement when needed. Just remember that the pads are thicker towards the rear so orientation is important during replacement.
Unlike most headphones, the headband automatically adjusted with small elastic bands connected between the earcup and headband. I've always been somewhat leery of this arrangement, but found in practice that it works quite well. The elastic bands have been known to wear out over a number of years; hobbyists have discovered they can be replaced with a properly sized elastic band used by women to tie up their pony tails.
Two lime-green cables come with the headphones: a long ten foot cable; and an even longer 20 footer. I've really enjoyed the longer one as I roll around my office unencumbered; I can't think of another headphone that comes stock with such a long cable and think it's really a nice touch. The cables attach to the left ear with a 3-pin mini-XLR connector, and are 99.9999% oxygen-free copper. Both cables are terminated in an 1/8' mini-plug, and a screw-on 1/8" to 1/4" adaptor is included.
With it's clean circular ear pieces and arching wire-frame and leather headband, I've always felt the K 701 was a good looking headphone. I find the Q701's darker accents in the earpads, headband, and central grill with black and chrome "Q" logo to be a nice improvement over the already elegant design of the K 701. The Q701 is available in three colors: white, black, and bright green. The two cables are always green.
Build Quality
AKG is a leader in headphone design, and the Q701 inherits numerous excellent technical features from the K 701. Coining the term "Varimotion" for their two-layer diaphragm, AKG has varied the thickness of the material such that it's stiffer in the middle and more pliant at the edges, which provides better pistoning action without modal break-up. Additionally, my understanding from discussions with Sennheiser engineers of their similar "Duofoil" diaphragm material, is that the two-layered plastic reduces viscosity changes with heating of the material at the flexure creases, which can change the torsional characteristics of the hinge action, and cause variances of performance when driven at different levels by the program material. In other words, the diaphragm performance changes with changes in the music, and these bi-layered materials can help reduce the problem.
The Q701 also employs flat-wound, aluminum voice coil windings. This improves the packing density of the winding coils, and permits higher magnetic coupling for a more efficient motor. Aluminum is used instead of copper as it is significantly lighter and allows the diaphragm to be more responsive.
The general build quality of these cans is very good, with the only consistent complaint I've heard being the elastics on the headband wearing out over some time.
So, how do they sound?
"The Q701 also employs flat-wound, aluminum voice coil windings. This improves the packing density of the winding coils, and permits higher magnetic coupling for a more efficient motor. Aluminum is used instead of copper as it is significantly lighter and allows the diaphragm to be more responsive."
Do you personally think that the flat-wire voice coil has other benefits than just an increased efficiency and lower impedance as AKG claims? Or is it merely a marketing gimmick?
isn't the proper test for bs advertising also whether other manufacturers use the same technique and the vendor in question is the only one shouting about it in the spec/brochure?
missing the point there? if everyone else does it (uses the same tech), but you're the only one putting it in a brochure doesn't make you HP any more special. Makes sense?
The question is, is the voice coil technique used by just about everyone else?
Flat-wound voice coil doesn't sound all that bad as an ad header. Imagine if they used "Dynamic Sound" instead. Wouldn't that make you cringe? I did a Google search for 'dynamic sound', and after half a page of references to businesses with that name, I got to honest-to-gosh products that advertise, you guessed it, "Dynamic sound". You young fellers won't remember all those ads in the 1960's for transistor radios with 'superheterodyne' circuits. And it was far worse in the 1950's with 'console' stereos. Those things set the hi-fi industry back at least 10 years.
I don't know if was due to burn in but someone on our local headphone hifi community (www.headphiles.org) actually also found differences in sound between two different pairs of k701s when he compared them side by side. I wonder if this inconsistency and variation between headphones of the same model still exist with these newer Q models.
Despite the majority of headfiers making fun of them, I actually like the new colors hehehe :)
I've had several headphone models where I purchased one set, then another set a couple of years later. They sounded very different, but it was obvious they were making improvements in the sound. You should hear the difference between the Senn HD-414 from the mid-1970's compared to the anniversary edition they issued in the late 1990's. An amazing difference. In fact, the mfrs. tell you right up front that the specs are subject to change without notice.
While I did like the sound of the K701 I was not able to wear it for more than an hour due to the headband. This would be a really great headphone if AKG would use the headband of little brother K601.
had the same problem with comfort with K702. The middle bump dug into my head.
fluro lime....
Pardon the dumb question but I figured you gentlemen were the people to ask. Considering many reviewers and head fiers have described the 701 as harsh in the treble with anemic bass I was wondering if pairing it up with a good tube amp like a Woo Audio or maybe Eddie Current could possibly tame the highs and cause a more musical lusher sound and maybe add a little more emphasis on the bass end of things. What I'm asking in essence is is there a way to add a little more warmth to the sound using different gear without sacrificing the sound stage or to much of the detail?
I have a Woo WA6SE and I listen to the 701s on it a lot, probably more than any of my other headphones. So, yes, I think they play very nicely together.
AS Tyll said, everybody struggles to find adjectives to describe their impressions. I think I hear pretty much the same thing Tyll does in the treble but my description is that I hear a slightly forward but perhaps "glassy" quality in the low treble. Since that effect obscures detail, I think of it as "slow" rather than "fast". The low treble calls attention to itself a bit. I certainly wouldn't go so far as to say "harsh". I find that I perceive less resolution in the high treble than I hear with some other cans.
To put this in context I r-e-a-l-l-y hate brightness. So when I say the low trebles calls attention to itself a little, I really mean a little, I really enjoy my 701s.
I hope I'm adding context and not just noise here. I think it's important to be able to "tune in" a reviewer, to learn their own vocabulary and try to correlate it to your own perceptions and prejudices.
Now I'm feeling dumb as I've been using K702 a long time in a way that the thicker area of earpads is pointing upwards and the thinner area downwards. This made the soundstage slightly smaller, weakened imaging and made the sound a bit more edgy when compared to the default orientation (thick area pointing backwards and thin area forwards). Shows how small things on headphones really do matter to how they will sound.
I'd be really interested to see how Q701/K70x would measure up on the balanced equipment. I've heard great things especially about the improvement on bass impact, but haven't seen too many graphs around.
I have the skullcandy aviators right now and im looking to upgrade, how do these sound in comparison? Would the bass be similar or would it have more? I listrn to a little of everything and i really like these. Thanks
Still not clear on "fast" as there seem to be multiple defs of it floating around. How does "fast" relate to PRAT (pace, rhythm, accel., timing)?
Is it related to "speed"? See JGH's def here:
[[speed===The apparent rapidity with which a reproducing system responds to steep wavefronts and overall musical pace. See "fast," "slow."]]
Of the dynamic non-IEM cans, Grados are "fastest", IMO/IME.
I have DT880-250, HD650, K701. And the K701 is my LEAST "fave". Hard (=pronounced+UNrefined!) upper mids with some sibilance is possibly their main sonic flaw. In a way, this spectral balance is like Grados.
Thx for your fdbck ... can one tie in "fast" with measurements? I was thinking impulse response, but may be square waves, too.
Would you call Grados "fast"?
EDIT: Just pulled out my 701s for a re-listen. I have <100hrs total timeage on them, so maybe they'll "bloom" later. IAC (and this may not be new for some).... they are hard to drive with headphone amp (I use 120ohm out on a Meier Corda II; std 0-ohm helps with volume but SQ is worse). Speaking of volume or "loudness," that's ONE way to characterize their mids -- LOUD (pejoratively speaking, of course!). Also noticed: bass slam is poor, but bass tone (timbre) seems well-defined. Impactful dynamic range is also piss POOR -- e.g, taiko drum, kettle/tympani drum.
I can't quite figure out the type of "____ field" response these cans are designed for. The FR curves seem to indicate DF. But they don't sound like other DF cans in this aspect. So which "____ field" response did AKG engineers opt for?
Speaking of DF vs FF vs ... uh ... WTFF ... an extensive article would be cool in the tradit. Tyll-Hertsens manner of near-exhaustive analysis.
BTW, a belated CONGRATS ... You escaped from the corporate-political zoo of hi-fi marketing and merchandising and politicizing ... as I see it, for more laudable/noble pursuit of improving headphone science. Flattery will get me an article, perhaps ?
Oh, and CONGRATS, dude, on keeping the kids (your headphone-test system). Hopefully, the divorce lawyers didn't rip you off too much ;)
"Be of Sound Mind" -- noted some whacky Stereophile ad in the early '90s ... depicted with a total NUT with a NON-Pb-free HeadRoom amp in his mouth and a bunch of headphones on his kopf ... Dummkopf!!
The early 90s HeadRoom ads were AWESOME.
Then, they sank and stank ... no color, no character ... no crazy poses ...
Somewhere I have the print catalogs with those "ancient" pix of you. HR's site does not have them (PDF) and I can't find them in our basement/attic ... thus far.
Change your avatar pic to the one with the amp-in-the-mouth. That one's got class and is memorable ... with so many headphone sites, you really wanna stick out. Uh... no charge for the FREE!! marketing advice. "For more info, give us a call ... 1-800-828-8184 ... we'll send you our 8-page White Paper FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Seriously, tho', you/HR had nice glossy and didactic catalogs, not the usual fluff.
Hi Tyll! I really appreciate your headphone reviews! I own, amongst other headphones, an Audio Technica AD700 which I suspect has some very similar characteristics to the AKG 701. I am considering upgrading to AKG Q701 and would really appreciate any suggestions from you. The AD700 have been criticised as being slightly anemic as regards to its bass output, but personally I find that (probably like the AKG) the AD700 does have a punchy bass when listening to albums like Harvest by Neil Young and some raggae disks I have on my Sandisk Sansa via a portable amp (Electric Avenue PA2v2 and Fiio e11). I would really appreciate your opinion as to whether I should upgrade, and would also really love a review of the Audio Technica AD700! Keep well and keep on reviewing headphones for people like me who love listening to their music through headphones. I also love listening to music on my hi-fi (consisting basically of a fantastic Rotel amplifier, Monitor Audio speakers, Yamaha semi-professional equaliser, Pioneer S703 CD player, and Yamaha subwoofer), but in late hours I have to listen through headphones not to disturb family or neighbours. Am also tempted with the Audio Technica ATH-M50, but I think I prefer the more open sound and sound stage in open headphones. Please advise. Many thanks in advance,
Dear tyll
how do they compare in detailes & instrument separation to the K701 & 702
I'm a musician & i listen to Baroque ,classics & Romantic works mainly including full orchestra and i like to hear every detail in there and every line without feeling that some lines aren't clear or got lost in the whole music ... so are the Q s for me or shall i get the Ks ... i also care about neutral sound as i hear it on stage ... another thing will some average amp like fiio e11 will drive those to a good level ( not to the max of course) .. if not then what portable amplifier would be best ?
Hi Tyll,
Many Thanks for your excellent articles and reviews which I have found invaluable in making informed decisions,
A quick question for you...any idea why Headroom's comparison of frequency response between the Q701 and K702 produces larger differences than your measurements ? If I am interpreting your review correctly, you put the almost negligible difference between the Q701 and the K702 down to the effect of the Q badge on the back screen of the headphone.
Headroom's analysis shows a significantly higher low to mid range response which I thought would result in a warmer presentation than the 702's.
Your thoughts ? (and sorry if I'm retreading old ground here), but I am strongly considering buying the Q701's but as always will take your opinion into consideration
Many Thanks
AKGforme !
I just picked up a pair from Amazon.
Amazon had a lightning deal and the shipped price was $159.00
For $159 it seemed like a pretty good way to get a nice pair for an inexpensive price.
Would you agree?
Thanks! -- Steven
Dear Tyll,
I enjoyed reading about your summer vacation---nice photos! I guess you rode your KLR 650 on this trip.
I wonder whether you have looked into the AKG Q701 (and sibling headphones) bass mod: see http://www.head-fi.org/t/660408/reversible-akg-k701-bass-mod and the OP of the head-fi Q701 impression thread (http://www.head-fi.org/t/582276/q701-impressions-thread). There is a post today (http://www.head-fi.org/t/660408/reversible-akg-k701-bass-mod/180#post_10...) with measurements that confirm the subjective evaluation of many head-fiers and the measurements at http://www.head-fi.org/t/582276/q701-impressions-thread/6120#post_10398093. I personally have done the mod and like the result; I am ready to admit that it may be placebo, however, and would like to hear your opinion.
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The Pitch debuts tonight on AMC at 10 p.m. Eastern.
Mad Men offers TV critics, bloggers, and assorted armchair sociologists so much material to work with regarding changing social standards involving race, sex, and indoor smoking. Yet the show might not get the credit it deserves for dealing with a truly striking moment in cultural history. It was in the 1960s that pop self-awareness became a force in advertising, just as it was becoming a force in everything else. Directors like Richard Lester who'd learned their trade making TV commercials successfully broke into movies, using tricks they'd learned from pushing products, then continued to make commercials between film projects, and not just for the money but so they could learn more new tricks. Campaigns like the legendary one designed by Howard Zieff (later the director of such hit movies as Private Benjamin, as well as non-hit but better movies like Slither and Hearts Of The West) for Levy's rye bread did their part to move Jewish humor to the center of American culture. It was still advertising, which raises the question: Were the talented people bringing inventiveness and cleverness to such a low and and tawdry profession also selling their souls? One answer was offered by Stan Freberg, who started working in advertising around this time, and who maintained that nothing he did as a satirist was going to make advertising go away—but he might make it a little easier to get through the day if he saw to it that a few of the ads people were subjected to in the course of the day weren't blatantly insulting.
Mad Men mostly deals with the business of advertising as a competitive playground, where people like Peggy are trying to sell some version of their best ideas to the lardheaded saps in charge of the accounts they covet—and sell them now, before the pressure and frustration fry their last few still-twinkling brain cells. But it does acknowledge the misplaced creative ambition in someone like Don Draper, patiently explaining that his kitchen-cleaner commercial is meant to have the look and feel of "a movie," in tones no less pompous than those Matthew Weiner strikes when he explains that, even though he's making a TV show, it can still be "cinematic." No doubt it was hard work at the time, but watching the pilot of Mad Men's new AMC stablemate The Pitch, it's hard not to think that it must have been easier to distinguish yourself as a forward-looking visionary (or even an entertaining smart-ass) in the world of advertising then than it is today.
The Pitch is a fly-on-the-wall documentary series crossed with a competitive reality show. Every week, two houses are given seven days to come up with proposed campaigns that will win one of them the hand of a desirable client. In the first episode, nobody expresses any ambitions larger than cooking up a brilliant campaign and landing the big fish, but everybody clearly wants to be seen as "not just another ad agency." When they retreat to their respective lairs to brainstorm their strategies, they make pretty much the same jokes you or I or any other half-bright young post-literate who's drowning in media overload might make about the subject, especially during the first (and, in this case, only week) of working on it. They're sifting through the same pile of overused pop-culture references that every filmmaker and writer and musician out there has to sift through, in the vain hope of finding something new to say through them.
The difference, if there is one, is that the ad agency "creatives" are doing it all in the hope of convincing 18-to-24-year-olds that they should get out of bed at a reasonable hour and leave the house in search of healthful morning food, because Subway has decided to target that demographic as it expands it breakfast menu. In the words of Tracy Wong, co-founder of the Los Angeles-based company WDCW, this assignment is "a bitch." I haven't been 18-to-24 myself in quite some time, but I seem to recall that beginning every day with a hangover and cold pizza in the refrigerator was part of the job description. Still, the customer is always right, even if, as in this case, he's visibly deranged.
Wong and his crew set to work on the conundrum, as do the folks at the competing firm, McKinney, whose offices in North Carolina have so many Post-It notes and random pieces of paper affixed to the walls it looks as if they're prepared for Inch High, Private Eye to drop by for some rock climbing. McKinney is a little different from other agencies, because there, a sense of "Southern gentility" goes hand in hand with the necessary "fierce competitiveness." This self-description comes from McKinney creative poobah Liz Paradise, whose presence on the show will distract the low-minded among us who won't be able to stop wondering, if her ad-agency name is "Liz Paradise," what the hell would her porn star name be? Perhaps sensing that someone else on the show is doing more to distract the audience than he is, Wong says that, as a competitive pitchman, "you've got to slug it out in the gladiator arena with all these other naked, glistening, sword-wielding agencies." Let's just establish right now that there no people on this show who are glistening, and only two or three who you might conceivably want to see glistening in some other context.
Much of what's interesting in The Pitch comes from the contrast between the two companies and their way of working. On the West Coast, things seem much looser and, perhaps surprisingly, a bit less high-pressure as well. That may be because someone quickly comes up with a concept that gives Wong a giggle and then he takes utterly to heart. It's about how people who wake up and automatically stumble out to a shit shack like McDonald's, rather than going that extra mile and exploring their options at a place of fine dining like Subway, are zombies—or, rather, zAMbies, with the "am" capitalized as in A.M., get it? The full pitch includes a diatribe that goes, "Attention, breakfast zambie! Have breakfast worth wake up for! No go place with big M!" Why this concept incorporates the idea that zombies, or zambies, talk like Bizarro, I have no idea. And it always seems like a danger sign when someone thinks his joke will be that much funnier if he screams every syllable of it. I suspect that the cool heads at Advertising Age, or some similar critical journal, would nail WDCW as the kind of slicksters who come up with flashy but nonfunctional campaigns that do more to draw attention to the ad company than to the product. This impression may be borne out when the Subway CMO congratulates Team WDCW on their "passion," after nodding in tandem with his employee who complains that the "zambie" campaign is lacking in "appetite appeal."
While Wong and his dream team are enjoying the soothing sounds of the ocean breeze blowing through their ears, you can hear the gears un-turning at McKinney, where an Orwellian arrangement of the words "LISTEN PROVOKE LOVE STIMULATE BELIEVE" glowers down at the broken creatives like the Eye of Sauron. In order to get the most out of her talent pool, and perhaps also on the chance that love will bloom and a wacky, romantic workplace rom-com can be spun off from this show, Liz Paradise cobbles together two teams—Steve and Meg, and Jenny and Will—who are "sort of the right age" and have "the right mindset." Sublimating her romantic imagination into her work just as the memo from human resources suggested, Jenny pitches a campaign about how young, lonely people can find love by eating breakfast at Subway ("You can learn a lot about someone from what kind of breakfast sandwich they like."), yoked to the image of two people nibbling on opposite ends of the same breakfast yummy, and finds herself on the receiving end of those two words everyone most longs to hear from their boss during a pitch meeting, "That's disgusting."
Happily, McKinney has its ace in the hole, a rapper named Mac Lethal who the company has discovered through his YouTube video. They quickly reach out and soon have him performing a freestyle tribute to the pleasures of Subway's breakfast platter that puts a smile on the face of the Subway CMO. Whether it's the smile of someone recognizing something vaguely similar to something he seems to remember his kids liked, or that of someone flashing back to the days when he dreamed of picking up honeys while wearing a pair of unlaced tennis shoes and a ginormous clock around his neck, who can say? (It's depressingly easy to lose track of the fact that people who now look as if they were put on Earth for the express purpose of running a fast-food chain were college-age when Dick Clark was welcoming Run-D.M.C. to American Bandstand.) Some of the more intriguing (in an Adbusters kind of way) moments in the show come when the McKinney's people are discussing how to handle what they themselves refer to as their co-option of Mac Lethal; building a national campaign around a YouTube celebrity is apparently a trick and a half to pull off, because of the artistry (or, at least, calculation) involved in blowing him up so that he doesn't seem small-time without costing him all that hard-won "authenticity." It makes you wonder if there might a show in that kind of operation. Of course, by the time I finish typing this sentence, there probably will be.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and drink pickle juice straight from the jar. LET'S GO!
FAMOUS FOOD – 10:00PM Sunday (VH1) You may have heard of VH1's latest reality show, which assembles some of the most loathsome US Weekly staples in the world and challenges them to open a restaurant together. Included in this vile stew are Heidi Montag, Ashley Dupre (Eliot Spitzer's hired gal), Jake Pavelka, and Vincent Pastore, who is doing everything he can to destroy the reputation of "The Sopranos." Also included in the cast is Meryl Streep, which I find somewhat odd. ANTICIPATION: Z-LIST!
PRIMETIME SPECIAL WITH DIANE SAWYER – 9:00PM Sunday (ABC) Diane Sawyer sits down with Jaycee Dugard for her first ever interview since being abducted by Phillip and Nancy Garrido and held captive for 18 years. In that time, Dugard was forced to bear Garrido two children and suffered incomprehensible trauma at the hands of her kidnappers. Something tells me two hours isn't gonna be enough to cover all of this woman's story. ANTICIPATION: HEARTBREAKING!
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM – 10:00PM Sunday (HBO) Larry David's brilliant sitcom returns for its eighth season, this time set in New York. Look out for guest turns from Michael J. Fox, Ricky Gervais, and surely plenty more. "Curb" has been around for so long now that it's easy to take it for granted and get more excited over newer comedies hitting the air. But I watched last season and the show is as good as it's ever been. And, with eight seasons under its belt, "Curb" is only one season away from having as many seasons as "Seinfeld" (though with fewer episodes per season). It's better than "Seinfeld" was. It's funnier. It's ballsier. It's more consistent. So tune in. ANTICIPATION: HIGH!
THE INDESTRUCTIBLES – 10:00PM Sunday (NatGeo – an NBC/Universal network) NatGeo's new series profiles folks who have survived seemingly fatal incidents, including helicopter crash victims and a pedestrian who was struck by an oncoming SUV. These people should all be on the lookout for Mr. Glass. ANTICIPATION: UNBREAKABLE!
TOUGH COOKIES – 10:00PM Sunday (Food Network) If you live in Jersey and you make food for a living, well then there's a reality TV show waiting for you. Just take a look at a cookie shop in Ocean City featuring all kinds of cookiemakers with sassy Jersey 'tude. ANTICIPATION: I GET IT--JERSEY IS TRASHY!
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I imagine most people have seen this already but in case they haven't: Sarah Palin's "cheating on high school math test" style crib notes from her appearance at the Tea Party convention. I always thought putting a little piece of paper with the answers written on it in my sock worked better. In case you can't make it out, it says:
Budget Tax
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Kind of amazing.


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Carlson arrives, splitters leave
TORONTO — Today marked the arrival of left-hander Jesse Carlson, who said he had tears when he heard he was going to The Show. Carlson joins a bullpen that's been taxed and struggling of late, most noticeably in the ninth inning with closer Jeremy Accardo.
Accardo hasn't been throwing his splitter as much early on this year, which isn't good. Even Manager John Gibbons said Accardo needs to be using the pitch more to be effective. That was the pitch that essentially earned Accardo the closer's job last year when B.J. Ryan got hurt. Basically, Accardo's split hasn't been reliable and he's been forced to turn more to his slider and cutter.
Scott Rolen is due to start hitting off a tee tomorrow and Ryan and reliever Armando Benitez are heading to Triple-A Syracuse to continue their respective journeys to Toronto's bullpen. Ryan could be back with the Jays by next homestand, but Benitez still needs a little more time before he's an option.
Accardo isn't available out of the 'pen for tonight's series finale, nor is Scott Downs. So if there's a save situation, Gibbons said he'll just go with the pitcher who has the most favorable matchups. Marco Scutaro was still at third base on Thursday night and Gibby said there was no thought to giving him a day off.
Today's lineups:
OAKLAND (5-4) at TORONTO (4-4)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Travis Buck, RF
Mark Ellis, 2B
Daric Barton, 1B
Mike Sweeney, DH
Jack Cust, LF
Bobby Crosby, SS
Jack Hannahan, 3B
Kurt Suzuki, C
Ryan Sweeney, CF
PITCHING: LHP Dana Eveland
David Eckstein, SS
Shannon Stewart, LF
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Aaron Hill, 2B
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Rod Barajas, C
Marco Scutaro, 3B
PITCHING: RHP Dustin McGowan


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > February 2005 > WBU Theatre to present Pulitzer-winning Foote play
WBU Theatre to present Pulitzer-winning Foote play
PLAINVIEW – Mention the name Horton Foote, and most will recall the classic movie "To Kill a Mockingbird," for which Foote wrote the screenplay. Others may recall "A Trip to Bountiful" or "Tender Mercies," both of which Foote wrote.
But in terms of Texas writer Foote's critical acclaim, the nod would have to go to Young Man from Atlanta, the next production planned by Wayland Baptist University's theatre department. The play won Foote a Pulitzer Prize in 1995 and it was nominated in 1997 for a Tony Award for Best Play after Broadway performances.
A native of Wharton, Foote was a young actor and eventually began writing, with many of his works based on his Texas upbringing. He moved to New York and founded the American Actors Company.
According to Dr. Marti Runnels, director of theatre at Wayland, the production is one of Foote's best, a drama with an air of mystery as well.
"The play deals with a family who loses their son in a drowning," Runnels explained. "They're trying to come to grips with the situation and figure out what happened. It's a mystery in one sense because you're figuring this out at the same time."
A deep, dramatic play, Runnels said it covers various themes.
"It's also about what happens to a family when they focus on money, and this family has old Houston money," he added.
Runnels noted that the play is rather serious, and said children may not understand or appreciate the piece like adults will. While Wayland welcomes children age three and up to its productions, he said this play might be better suited for parents only.
"There's nothing graphic or objectionable, kids just might not understand it all," he said.
The Wayland production will feature a cast of some veteran student actors, some newcomers and several Plainview adults. Dr. David Howle, who serves as director of the Virtual Campus at Wayland, plays a lead role as Will Kidder. His wife, Lily Dale, is played by Mary Feril, a Wayland sophomore theatre major who has been in several productions at WBU. WBU theatre veteran Cory Norman, who was in nearly every major production during his years in Plainview, plays Pete Davenport in this play, along with Wayland students Tim Fisher as Carson and Lisa Angel as Miss Lacey. Relative newcomers, freshmen Grant Jasper and Chris Bevis return to the WBU stage as Ted Cleveland and Tom Jackson, respectively.
Plainview residents will recognize two faces in the production as well, also newcomers to the Wayland stage in some respects. Eva Balenton, a teacher at Thunderbird Elementary, is filling the role of Etta Doris, while Wayland senior Alpha Jennings, current Miss Wayland, plays Clara. Balenton is a longtime Plainview resident and a graduate of Wayland, while Jennings is the daughter of longtime residents Edward and Marilyn Jennings, also WBU alums.
Scene design is by Technical Director of Theatre Chris Moore, himself a WBU theatre veteran. Runnels is directing the production, with students serving on crews for lighting, sound, costumes and props.
The play will be performed at 8 p.m. on Feb. 25 and 26, as well as March 3, 4, and 5. The production is also the university's entry into the Christian University Theatre Festival on March 7-8, to be held at Wayland and featuring performances by other schools from the region.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for students and WBU alums. For reservations, call the theatre box office at 291-1087.


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Leo Fender spent countless hours with Dick Dale, coming up with a guitar amplifier that would produce the sound that Dale needed.
Dr. Rick Jones, the president and chief designer of Acoustic Image, created lightweight amplifiers that are meant to make jazz guitarists and string basses get that smooth jazz sound.
And Ken Fischer created what might be considered the first boutique amplifier, the Trainwreck amplifier.
After working at the Marcus transformer company, Fischer became hooked on electronics. He did mandatory service in the Navy. For those of you that do not remember the war in Viet Nam mandated compulsory military service known as the draft.
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After a few other jobs, including motorcycle repair, Ken opened his amplifier repair and modification company.
build an amplifier that would behave as a musical instrument. Instead of just amplifying the sound of the guitar, it would compliment and flavor the guitars tone and would do so without the aid of integrated circuits, as those used in stomp boxes and modeling amps.
In his words, "I want an amp to be fast and dynamic. I want to hear the note with multiple layers of harmonic complexity, giving a fat, euphonic, and lyrical tone .I like an amp to have an awesome clean sound, yet rock my world when I dig in. My goal is to make amps that make the soundtrack to people's lives."
Companies that manufacture synthesizer alter the pattern of sound waves and harmonics, so that a synth can sound like a trumpet, violin or Hammond organ.
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Trainwreck had its beginnings in 1981 in Colonia, New Jersey. Within a year later Fischer registered the Trainwreck name and was set up as a genuine business, complete with a tax ID. Word of mouth boosted his popularity.
While working at Ampeg, he developed a trouble shooting system that would pinpoint amplifier problems without taking the amplifier apart. Most repairs using this method could be done while the customer waited.
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Trainwreck logo which went on to the cabs.
Another friend, Casper McCloud, persuaded Fisher to build a customized amplifier. McCloud was in the original production of Beatlemania and under contract to Atlantic records.
The organization had given him a Mesa Boogie amplifier, but McCloud was not happy with the tone. He preferred the sound of the Vox AC 30. Ken came up with his first amplifier for McCloud. It was a 15 watt model that used EL-84's. The amp was housed in a gutted Fender amplifier.
A year later Ken went to work building a second amplifier for McCloud. This one produced 30 watts. McCloud's friends loved the amp and wanted their own "Kenny" amp. Ken called this amp, The Liverpool 30. Although it is similar in ways to the Vox amplifier, Ken's amp is his own unique design.
Multi-channel amplifiers were in vogue at the time, but Ken felt that mixing circuits compromised the sound and response.
He wanted an amplifier that would immediately respond to pick attack and changes in touch. He eschewed any reverb and felt it a way to make up for amplifiers that sounded dry and flat. It goes without saying this would be a tube amplifier.
Ken cut the amp down to one channel and one input preamp. He also installed phase inverter circuitry. This mod really beefed up the gain and the harmonics.
Fischer later modded the rest of the customer's Marshalls by converting them to use 6V6 output tubes and a variac to lower the voltage.
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One thing you need to know about Trainwreck amps; no two amps sound alike. Each amp was hand built and signed by Fischer inside the cabinet. Each new amp was sold with a signed owner's manual.
Ken was equally adamant about not using effects loops. The amp's sound was good enough. If the guitarist must use effects, they should come in front of the amp to not compromise the amps sound.
It was in the year 1988 when Fischer contracted the flu. He never recovered from the particular strain of the virus.
His doctors diagnosed him with an acute form of chronic fatigue syndrome known as CFIDS or chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome with a vestibular (balance) disorder. Outside of the USA this disease is known as M.E. or myalgic encephalomyelitis In July 1994 he was diagnosed with bleeding ulcers. His conditions worsened to the point were he could no longer work. He suffered with this condition for the rest of his life and was forced to quit working.
If you are interested, have a rich uncle or get ready to take out a bank loan. Trainwreck amps range from $35,000 to $45,000 USD. Ultra Sound rents them for $300 a day or $1200 a week. When Fischer started selling his amps, the went for around $600. He could have never believed the price they command these days.
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They are built in cooperation with Trainwreck Circuits© by Komet Amplification and incredibly well made. They sell in the $3600 to $4000 range.
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He wanted an amp that would sound great with his old SG PAF Gibson.
His choice of wood was beautiful and he dubbed this amp, The Songwriter.
Ken died about a year later on December 23, 2006.


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This is not a World of Warcraft post. If you are uninterested in games other than WoW, you can stop reading here..
Ok. Now, the rest of you.. I've been playing a little game called Skyrim. For the 2 or 3 that don't know, it is a single-player open world RPG. It can be played in first or third-player perspective and allows for a great deal of freedom on how you play and advance your character. I've been having a BLAST with this game. I'm already over 30 hours into the game and I almost feel like I've barely scratched the surface (and I am pretty sure that really is all I have done). It's a huge, beautiful world and I'm loving every minute I spend in it.
I'll attach a couple of screenshots I've taken so far. I am playing the PC version and only had 2 crashes to desktop so far. The sound is great, the graphics stupendous and the gameplay, to me, is fun and varied. I definitely recommend getting this game (It's out on the 360, PS3 and PC). Warning if you get motion sick from playing games, this might not be one for you.


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This Week on PlayStation Network - Video Feature
Lego Harry Potter, Infamous, and new threads for the Street Fighter crew.
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Check out tribal battles, Bad Company 2 add-ons, and some Crackdown 2.
Check out some multiplayer gameplay from the Jay Z vs. Eminem downloadable content on DJ Hero.
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Find out our Genre Award winners in the Best of 2009 Awards!
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A baby-faced DJ spins Jay-Z vs. The Jackson 5.
Gorillaz take on the music of Public Enemy.
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Players jam along with Rihanna and The Killers.
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Everyone's favorite robotic Frenchmen mash up the legendary UK rock group in this trailer for Activision's turntable-based game.
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Watwick Bay, which faces due east up the Haven is a narrow notch in the coast on the lee side of St Annes Head. Its steeply sloping beach of sand and shingle is a sheltered sun trap in summer but a wild and inhospitable place in winter. A great geological downfold in the Old Red Sandstone passes through the centre of the cove under the Haven to the south shore at West Angle, the sides of both bays dipping dramatically towards the middle.
If Watwick Bay could tell a story, it would be a tale of stormy seas and shipwrecks, for this rocky shore at the entrance to Milford Haven Waterway has seen innumerable maritime disasters involving coastal sailing vessels, steamers, trawlers and tankers.
Just around the corner to the west of Watwick Bay is the entrance to the Haven Waterway at St Anne's Head where many a ship came to grief over the centuries.
A great storm in January 1936 claimed two victims in two days. One of these wrecks was perhaps the most poignant story of all, concerning the Lowestoft drifter trawler Shore Breeze which foundered on this rocky shore in a heavy squall on January 5th.
The Coastguards, with members of the Life Saving Apparatus crew, made their way along the cliffs in a howling 90mph gale, having to crawl on their hands and knees in places to prevent themselves being blown off their feet. When they reached the scene there was no sign of the drifter or her crew in the boliing seas beneath the cliffs. She had disappeared, presumably taking her master and her crew of nine fishermen to their deaths.
One fisherman, however, managed to escape from the sinking vessel and reach the rocks, making a superhuman effort to climb to safety. A week later an Angle fisherman, Sidney Hicks, was passing the spot in his motor boat when he noticed a pair of legs dangling over the cliff on a ledge about 100-feet above the rocks.
Rescuers found the unfortunate fisherman sitting on the ledge only partly clothed, his legs from the knees down badly battered and bleeding. An overhanging rock had thwarted his bid for safety and he had died from exposure a mere 30 feet from the clifftop.
The following day the topsail schooner Ethel May of Chester fell victim to the same gale when she dropped anchor in Dale Roads, which is sheltered from all but an easterly wind. She was driven onto the rocks and wrecked, her crew saved by the Rocket Apparatus Company, who managed to shoot a lifeline across the deck.
These stories, and many others, are told in Ted Goddard's brilliant book "Pembrokeshire Shipwrecks," published in 1983.
But the biggest disaster Watwick witnessed was the stranding of the giant supertanker Sea Empress on the mid-channel rocks in February 1996 when 72,000 tons of crude oil was spilled and a massive week-long salvage operation and a prolonged pollution mop-up took place.


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Early desktop printers were horrible. For the price of thousands of dollars one got lo-res dot matrix printouts on paper that had tractor-feed holes punched into the margins. It wasn't pretty, but those early models paved the way for high-resolution, low-cost laser printing.
Today's hobby grade 3-D printers are similarly crude. They all use Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technology and are essentially robotic hot glue guns. Fortunately, a new generation of higher-resolution, faster, and more reliable machines are starting to come to market.
This new type of hobbyist printer use Stereolithography (SLA) technology, utilizing light instead of heat to make models. How? A high powered light source hardens a cross section of light-sensitive liquid plastic. The machine then raises the build platform a smidge and the process is repeated. It's very dramatic – models look like they are being pulled from a puddle of goo.
This pioneering technology brings three much needed improvements to home based 3-D printers:
1. Higher Resolution Models, Built Quicker
Parts made on SLA systems are much higher resolution than prints from FFF machines which have bumpy, ridged surfaces. They aren't quite as polished as injection molded parts, but are almost as good as professional grade mills.
Also, since the light hardens the plastic simultaneously, the only factor impacting print speed is the height of the object. With FFF printers, speed is determined by the amount of plastic needed to fill in a cross section, which can slow the process considerably.
2. More Complex Geometry is Possible
Trying to print complex shapes with severe undercuts or delicate features on a FFF machine would lead to nothing but pulled hair and wasted plastic. SLA opens up new, richer design possibilities.
3. Translucent Materials
Because of its capacity for high-resolution and the nature of the chemicals used in the process, SLA models can be translucent. They won't be optically clear, so you won't be printing yourself new specs any time soon, but the see-through look brings a new palette of options for designers.
Yes, There Are Downsides
SLA-based 3-D printers do have drawbacks. The biggest red flag is that no established companies are selling these kits yet. They're being developed by enthusiasts (read: no dedicated customer service when you're in desperate need of help).
Also, they're expensive, retailing for $1,999 to $3,375. While that's not too far a stretch from the top-of-the-line MakerBot, it's vastly more than a $500 BuildrBot.
The 'consumable' resin is also more expensive. A few pounds of plastic for an FFF machine costs $50-80, but a similar amount of light-sensitive resin will cost $120+ dollars.
Early-adopter limitations aside, SLA based 3-D printers are much closer to the state-of-the-art in the professional market and will produce parts that have the polished look of mass manufacturing.
__Ready to learn more? We compiled a handy list of SLA printers on offer:
B9 Creator
Cost - $2,375 for the kit, $3,375 fully assembled
Build Size - 3" x 4" x 8"
Layer Height - 0.004"
Special Features - The B9 Creator boasts the biggest build area and a pretty boss industrial design.
__MiiCraft __
Cost - $1,999
Build Size - 1.1" x 1.7" x 7"
Layer Height - 0.005"
Special Features - The MiiCraft has a pump to automatically distribute, collect, and store resin and a "hardening chamber" to cure prints after the initial build. Be warned though, the build size is small with a challenging aspect ratio.
3-D Home Made
Entrepreneur Junior Veloso is a major contributor to the SLA 3-D printing community and launched an IndieGoGo campaign that raised $60,000 in 24 hours. Unfortunately, he has seemingly pulled the plug on his impressive looking machine. No word on commercialization, but subscribe to his blog for future updates.
DIY 3-D printing started out as a humble open-source project, but in less than five years has become a big business with a plethora of kits, packaged systems, and amazingly low prices. With these new SLA based kits, the pace of progress doesn't look to be slowing any time soon.


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Organisers: Bernold Fiedler (Freie Universität Berlin), Benedikt Löwe (Amsterdam) and Philip Maini (Oxford)
Workshop Theme
To celebrate the centenary of Alan Turing's birth and his seminal work in the mathematical modelling of biological pattern formation, this workshop will aim to show how mathematical modelling of pattern formation has led to (i) significant advances in the understanding of certain aspects of biology and chemistry, (ii) new mathematical and computational challenges. It will bring together researchers ranging from those who do experiments to demonstrate pattern formation, to those who develop mathematical and computational techniques to analyse proposed models. The common theme being the emergence of pattern and form. The format will consist of a number of keynote lectures, given by experts in the field, and a series of shorter contributed talks.
Due to space constraints at St. John's College, there will be a limited number of slots for participants. An online registration procedure is availible and we will notify the participants in December 2011.


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Format Change
This blog has a new name. What was formerly the Diablog has become From the Edge. The new name fits in more neatly with Maureen Jenson's From the Top and Geoffrey Morrison's From the Lab. It also signals a change in content. Starting this week, short news items will start appearing in this space several times a week. Now you'll have an excuse to stop by more often. The news briefs will join the short reviews that have been appearing every third week. The longer, quirkier, dual-voiced Diablog commentaries, my labors of love, will continue at the rate of about one a month. So there you have the new format: news, reviews, and commentaries. Or as it says in the subhead, dispatches, demos, and diablogs. Please visit and comment often.


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Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima isn't just an angel – she's also a mom.
The Victoria's Secret beauty and her NBA star husband Marko Jaric welcomed a daughter on Sunday in New York City, a rep for Lima confirmed to People.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Model Mania: Hot Shots Of The World's Catwalkin' Beauties
"Adriana and Marko are thrilled to announce they had a baby girl, Valentina Lima Jaric," the rep said. "Mother, father and baby are all doing well."
Valentina is the first child for both.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Celebrity Baby Bumps
Lima, 28, and Jaric, 31, tied the knot on Valentine's Day earlier this year. The couple eloped in a small civil ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Jaric – a former Los Angeles Clipper who now plays for the Memphis Grizzlies – popped the question to the supermodel on June 12, 2008 – Lima's 27th birthday.
The two began dating in 2006.
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Lima is the second Victoria's Secret model to recently become a first-time mom – Karolina Kurkova gave birth to son Tobin Jack Drury in late October.
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Want some gruel with your gruel?
WHO: Bayer
WHAT: According to the UN, 70 of the 100 crops that provide 90% of the world's food supply are pollinated by bees, and yet the EPA approved Bayer's clothiandin systemic pesticide, knowing that it was shown to effect honeybees. And while the massive die off can't be pinned on any one issue – varroa mites, virulent fungal pathogens, and air pollution – this seems to be something that was within our control.


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by Elise Seyfried
Quick—what was the date of your son's first day of playgroup 25 years ago? When in 1993 did you go to the dentist? Do you know if 2000 was the year you went to the family reunion in Virginia?
Didn't think so.
Ah, but I know these dates in my life. You see, I took notes.
For a period of almost 30 years, I wrote the details of our comings and goings in those little datebooks Hallmark tucks into the bag when you buy greeting cards. There wasn't room to write much for each day, but I hit the highlights. As a result, I can look up almost any week from 1974 to 2002 and tell you (if you care) what my family and I were up to. I kept these records religiously for so long that it is a real pity I gave up.
After the Hallmark era, I had begun my job at church, and bought those annual day planners. These entries reflected only my professional life, but still they were useful for recalling specific moments in time. I can flip through and bring my fun-filled trip to the Lutheran synod assembly in '06 right back. Not that I necessarily want to, mind you…
We still keep a wall calendar in the kitchen, but these notations are spotty at best, and sometimes whole months go by with no one writing anything down. These are the months when we miss the birthday parties and book club meetings because no one in the house can remember that well. Every year at this time, as fall arrives and school and my husband Steve's new theatre season and the church program year all start, I renew my vow to do better, but since 2003 we've gone pretty much un-chronicled.
A few months ago I was up in the attic and came upon a set of journals I wrote when Steve and I were on the road on our first children's theatre tour of the Northeast (beginning in Ticonderoga, NY, in January of 1979). The days were busy indeed, but the nights afforded enough time for me to scribble the tales of our shows and travels in minute detail. Alas, this stint in our lives, scintillating to us as it was at the time, would never crack the New York Times bestseller list.
When floods and fires and tornadoes strike, I watch TV footage of families who have lost everything, including their scrapbooks, diaries and calendars. The keenest memory cannot begin to recapture the full story of them. This is why you see folks sifting through the ruins desperately for any trace of their history, and why it is such a sad and poignant sight.
Unless we prove to be famous in some way, few will value our dates and times and places in the future. So why bother?
Because it does matter. My time here matters to me, and I need some prompting to keep it all in mind. My life, every second of it, is a precious gift from God. It would be a sin (literally) to let it pass without my even noticing, without recording at least some details. A few well-chosen words can bring back an entire season of my earthly span. Sure, it takes a little effort to write things down. Sure, I'm busy. But am I really too busy to mark my days before they all slip away?
So that settles it. I'm going back to Hallmark soon. The 2014 calendars will be coming out. 2014 will, I'm sure, bring new people, places and experiences into my life. I'm looking forward to it all. And later, I'll enjoy reliving those times prompted by my notes, thankful for the priceless opportunity to be on this amazing planet, living a life I cherish, for another year.
Elise Seyfried is Director of Spiritual Formation at Christ's Lutheran Church in Oreland. She is also an actress, wife, mother of five and co-author (with husband, Steve) of 15 plays for children and of a self-published book, "Unhaling: On God, Grace and a Perfectly Imperfect Life," a collection of essays, humorous but with a spiritual focus. More information at eliseseyfried.com.


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Freight Micro from Phil's Fonts
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Freight Micro is available in six weights, each with a matching italic. Its four basic styles (Book, Book Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic) have been manually TrueType hinted to render well at text sizes, and the remaining eight styles are served with PostScript-based outlines for smooth rendering at larger sizes.
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If you are trying to use the open() method to open multiple database files within the same SQLite3 object (which I could not get to work), here is an alternative way to do so using special SQLite3 syntax additions to the SQL language. This took some investigation on my part, so hopefully the solution I found will help you too.
These are the nice features within SQLite3 that are leveraged:
* The create statement query for a table is stored within a table called "sqlite_master" within the parent database file.
* SQLite3 supports the "insert into...select * from" SQL syntax for doing bulkload-speed inserts into a table - but what if the source and target tables are in separate database files?
* SQLite3 has an "attach [filename] as [reference database name]" which will allow multiple database files to be opened and accessible to the same SQLite3 object.
Assume you have a table called "my_template" in the SQLite3 database file "source.db". You want to make a copy of this table into the database file "target.db" and call the table "working_table".
//attach the source database file to the bulkload connection object;
$bulkload_connection = new SQLite3("c:/sqlite3_database_files/source.db");
//retrieve the create statement query for the source table;
$sourcetbl_create_statement = $bulkload_connection->querySingle("select sql from sqlite_master where type='table' and name='my_template'");
if ($sourcetbl_create_statement===false) exit($bulkload_connection->lastErrorMsg());
//build the create statement query for the target table;
$targettbl_create_statement = str_replace('CREATE TABLE my_template', 'CREATE TABLE bulkload.working_table', $sourcetbl_create_statement);
//attach the target database file to the bulkload connection object - and reference it as the database called [bulkload];
$result=$bulkload_connection->exec("attach 'c:/sqlite3_database_files/target.db' as bulkload");
if ($result===false) exit($bulkload_connection->lastErrorMsg());
//issue the query to create the target table within the target database file;
if ($result===false) exit($bulkload_connection->lastErrorMsg());
//copy the rows from the source table to the target table as quickly as possible;
$result=$bulkload_connection->exec("insert into bulkload.working_table select * from my_template");
if ($result===false) exit($bulkload_connection->lastErrorMsg());
//release the OS file locks on the attached database files;


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On It's 45th Anniversary, the Yenko Name is Alive and Well
Avid Car Collector and Yenko Enthusiast Recaptures Yenko Magic with Possible New Yenko Models, Fresh Product Lines
Westminster, CA - As the 45th Anniversary of the Yenko legacy draws near, General Marketing Capital Incorporated (GMCI) announced today its ownership of the classic trademark and its plans to revitalize the brand.
To jump start this effort, Yenko owner, enthusiast and GMCI CEO Jeff Leonard, is consulting with several notable limited production vehicle companies in the automotive industry on possible new Yenko project cars as well as upcoming Yenko product lines.
GMCI will also launch a brand-new online home for the Yenko brand in the upcoming weeks, where owners and enthusiasts can find information about upcoming cars and products, access historical information about the brand, register to be a part of the site's forums and much more.
"The muscle car era has made a huge comeback this year and we expect this trend to grow," said Leonard. "The Yenko name is very much a part of that magnificent history and we plan to resurge its magic and its historical significance. Through GMCI's efforts, Don Yenko's name will be kept alive with the highest degree of integrity and respect."
Growing up in Detroit in the shadow of the famous Woodward Avenue during the muscle era heyday, Leonard always had a keen interest in Detroit muscle culture. As a muscle car enthusiast and owner of an original 1968 Yenko Camaro, Leonard shares the enthusiasm and excitement of many towards owning a unique piece of Yenko history.
Originally, the 60's era Yenko car was a special order vehicle, available only through Don Yenko Chevrolet in Canonsburg, PA. Don Yenko used the Central Office Production Order (COPO) program, a program GM used for fleet vehicles like police cars, taxi cabs, etc. to special order the most powerful vehicles available.
Yenko modified his first vehicle, the Chevrolet Corvair, in 1965 for the Sports Car Club of America racing team. Yenko later went on to build the Yenko Super Camaro, Yenko Deuce, Yenko Chevelle, Yenko Super Nova, Yenko Vega Stinger and the Yenko Camaro Turbo Z among the fastest SCCA racing cars ever produced.


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Phil Harris, who achieved fame as the captain of fishing vessel Cornelia Marie on The Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" series, has died, a spokesman for the cable network tells The Associated Press. He was 53.
Capt. Harris suffered what his family described as a massive stroke on Jan. 29 while the boat was in port at St. Paul Island, Alaska. He was flown to Anchorage for surgery.
The reality show, which has filmed five seasons, has been one of the Discovery Channel's most popular and depicts the crab fishing industry in the dangerous waters off Alaska.
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News from around the country and around the globe
"It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our dad - Captain Phil Harris. Dad has always been a fighter and continued to be until the end," sons Josh and Jake Harris said in a statement released by the network. "For us and the crew, he was someone who never backed down."
In a statement, Discovery Channel senior vice president Elizabeth Hillman says, "Phil was a devoted father and loyal friend to all who knew him."
"We will miss his straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humor and enormous heart," she said.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press, she said no additional information was immediately available Tuesday night.
Harris had seemed to be improving, and in a posting last Saturday on the ship's Web site, he was described as "talking to friends and family today; showing his greatest progress" since the stroke.
His sons wrote in a Feb. 3 posting that "No one ever said Captain Phil Harris wasn't tough. Today, dad showed some good signs of improvement, squeezing our hands and even summoning his trademark Captain's bluntness ... We are encouraged but still very cautious."
According to the ship's Web site, Harris started working on fishing boats at age 7 and started work 10 years later on a crab boat. When Harris turned 21, he ran a fishing vessel out of Seattle, making him one of the youngest to captain a vessel in the Bering Sea.
When Harris suffered the stroke, the family said a friend, Derek Ray, had flown to St. Paul to take over the role of relief skipper for the rest of the opilio crab season.
Harris' fishing vessel was based in Seattle.


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UPDATE: 2016-Nov-2 - Added description of how to use Photobucket to post illustrations. Scroll down to Posting Illustrations with Photobucket.
Since I've heard the question asked a number of times and I don't really want to repeat myself again and again, I thought I'd put this together here once and for all, and by all I mean everybody .
With every Windows version there have been different ways to make screenshots, but why struggle with MS tools when there is a better solution and that is a nice piece of freeware called Greenshot, which was developed on SourceForge.
Greenshot is a fairly simple, but very effective tool for making screenshots. Download it through the above link and install in normally.
Greenshot Settings
There are a couple of things that you should set in Greenshot to make taking screenshots as simple as possible.
The first is organizational. Create a directory that you will always use for saving your screenshot. This will not be where they stay forever, but where you go to find them when you want to move them to a safe place for keeping and using again or just organizing them per project.
Now lets start configuring Greenshot.
You will probably want to have Greenshot be loaded with Windows start up. This makes it available at all times and not just when you think you may want to make screenshot.
Now you will want to define a few hotkeys so that you can take screenshot of any program without having to actually touch Greenshot. Note: the keys in the illustration below are in German, because I work on a German keyboard
These are the setting I use (I've written out the English key names), but YMMV:
- Capture full screen: Print
- Capture window: Alt + Print
- Capture region: Ctrl + Print (more to this neat function later )
- Capture last region: Ctrl + Shift + Print
Now some interesting settings.
- Capture the mouse pointer: Usually you will not see the mouse pointer in screenshots. But often you will want to use the mouse pointer to point at something in your screenshot. This will spare you having to use a graphical editor to add an arrow to point at what you want to bring attention to.
- Play camera sound: Purely preferential, but if it's turned on, you will know that your screenshot is in the bag.
- Show notifications: I leave this off, because I don't want the little pop-up coming up from the system tray every time I make a screenshot.
- Show magnifier: This is used when capturing a region. I find it very useful, and if I don't need it it basically moves itself out of the way anyways.
Now lets put that directory that we created into place.
Storage location: That directory.
Filename pattern: This is important, because you want to be able to sort out which screenshot came from what and when without necessarily having to open each and every one. This is a very usable pattern: "HardCopy_${YYYY}${MM}${DD}_${hh}${mm}${ss}-${title}" without the quote-marks.
Image format: jpg is good because it is highly compressed compared to other graphical formats and is useable practically everywhere.
Copy file path: is only interesting if you have directory names imbedding in to your file name pattern.
JPEG quality: Always use the best possible. You can always downsize the quality later if necessary.
And the last settings you will need.
Save directly: Selecting this and nothing else and all your screenshots will land in the directory you entered above.
Making screenshot is now as simple as can be. Just hit <Print> and you get a screenshot of your entire desktop, <Alt><Print> of just the window that you are in.
And now for the magic. Pressing <Cntl><Print> will open a dialog over the desktop (which means the game if you are playing in full-screen-mode). That big circle with the cross-hairs is the magnifier we setup above. It magnifies the small cross-hairs that are just to the upper-left of the magnification. This allows you to pick exactly where the corners of the screenshot will be, which will save you time cropping large screenshots down or your posting huge screenshot with only a small areas that are of interest.
Now hold the left-mouse-button and drag from one corner of the area you want to capture to the opposite corner --notice that the magnifier moves out of the way of the capture area automatically giving you optimal view of the area-- and then just release the mouse button.
And there you have it, your pre-cropped screenshot is now in your screenshot directory.
But how do you get that screenshot into a post? I suggest using a picture hoster an the best one I know of is PhotoBucket. Accounts are free and allow you to use a lot of space. Plus you can configure your account to offer links to your screenshots in BBL format, the format that the forum uses, so that you just copy the offered link text into your post and that is where your picture will appear.
On top of that, PhotoBucket doesn't downsize your pictures, neither while uploading them nor when they are displayed in the forum. If they're smaller in the forum, it a function of the forum and clicking on the "smaller" screenshot will open it full size.
There you go. Now it's not a mystery anymore. Go out and make some nice screenys
Posting Illustrations with Photobucket
Photobucket is an excellent picture hosting site. It allows for uploading picture files in standard formats, such as JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF, and will not shrink your uploads, nor recode them, and will allow you to post them directly into standard BBCODE forums, such as this one, in their original size, regardless of that size.
Note: The forum may change their display itself, but that has nothing to do with Photobucket being the actual host of the files.
Creating an account is free, and from my years of experience, there is not need to pay increasing your account. I have been using Photobucket for about 10 years now, and I am only now close to reaching 1/4 of my allowed capacity, and I often upload very large screenshots.
I strongly suggest you consider the folder structure you use in your Photobucket Library first before starting to upload pictures, as moving them from one folder to another later, will break the URL links to them, and any pictures you have already posted to a forum will have their links broken.
Start with something like project name for the top levels; eg CW2 for Civil War 2, WON for Wars of Napoleon, Smilies for smilesy, etc.
Under these you can create sub-albums relating to subject matter, such as under CW2 - Disappearing in FOW. This way it is easy to order your uploads to be easily found again.
Once you have your account set up, you might consider adding links adding some setting to make using Photobucket even easier. Go to the upper right corner of the page and click on your account icon ---unless you've added an avatar, it will only show the silhouette of a head--- to open the account menu, and click on 'Settings'.
In the Settings menu click on the 'Albums' tab. Here on the left side under 'Links' you will find a number of options to include pre-configured links in different formats for different applications. I would suggest configuring 'IMG code' and 'Turn on easy linking mode'.
Now when you upload your pictures to the selected folder in your Library, you will see something like this
Click on the text under 'IMG' and press <Ctrl><C> to copy the link text to your clipboard and simply insert into your post with <Ctrl><V>
Code: Select all
The above BBCODE IMG markup text will be displayed in the forum like this:
Feel free to ask question or creative critiques.


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1986 Mercedes G-Wagen 280 GE
1986 Mercedes G-Wagen 280 GE
im in the process to move this 280 GE from factory K-Jetronic to MS2, V3.0 with EDIS-6 Ignition.
Actually all Sensors are installed as follows:
- IAT: Standard Ford Sensor connected but hanging free.
- CLT: VDO 801/5/5 10x1 Sensor, mounted in "Messbox" on the M110-Engine, most right position
- TPS: First tried to mount Sensor from trigger-wheels.com on the Linkage to automatic transmission, but now mounted on the axle just in front of the throttleplate, in fact the axle is fixed, the TPS itself is turning
- MAP picked up from the connection where the vacuum-advance is mormally connected
- VR-Sensor for EDIS-6: The damping wheel is modified to have 36-1 teeth. Pickup from trigger-wheels.com is mounted on the original mount but a bit adjusted to have a gap of approx 1.5mm between sensor and trigger-wheel.
- Lambda: LC-1. Exhaust was modified to have a plug for the Bosch LSU-Unit just after the second "krümmer" (dont know english word for it)
LC-1 Controller and Ignition-Coil was mounted on the Wall at the battery.
EDIS-6 Controller on the LH Siede between normal Stock-Ignition-Controller and Stock-Ignition-Coil. These stock items are still mounted to be able to move back to factory-ignition just in case of...
actually im running ignition on MS2 and EDIS, fuel is still on the k-jetronic, to be changed to MS2 next.
keep tuned...
pictures: http://www.gclub-koeln.de/gallery/MS-Carsten
best regards
ps: credits to my megasquirt buddy oskar. the project would not have been possible without his workshop-work...
Re: 1986 Mercedes G-Wagen 280 GE
after the process of changing to fuel&spark by the MSII, everything is running very well since approx. 9 month.
The fuel-pressure-regulator is still mounted on top of the engine for testing pupose, but to be mounted aside, when the conversion to the roots-compressor is going on. Im using a 2-wire bosch air-valve for idle-control. actually on MS-Extra 2.1.0 beta, the idle-control is making huge steps forward. First i had some issues getting the closed-loop idle tuned to be fast enough to control idle to be stable when shinting between Rev and 1st gear. with the 2.1.0 the issues seemes to be solved as there are some new algorithms and a bias-control.
Next steps are to mount the idle-valve below the intake-runner and to incorporate the roos-compressor. thanks to my friend oskar, all main parts are available, so its just a matter of time. however, the boost/bypass-control of the e-gas throttle-body for the roots has to be finished.
best regards
Re: 1986 Mercedes G-Wagen 280 GE
nice stuff and good basics,
keep up the good work.
Re: 1986 Mercedes G-Wagen 280 GE
Re: 1986 Mercedes G-Wagen 280 GE
I also driving 280GE and would like to use MS! May I ask you directly? Thx


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Multi-Platinum R&B artist Robin Thicke to perform at 2014 Illinois
State Fair
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[June 10, 2014]
SPRINGFIELD - Award-winning
singer and songwriter Robin Thicke is coming to the 2014 Illinois
State Fair. The R&B superstar, best known for his songs "Love After
War" and "Blurred Lines," will perform at the Grandstand on Sunday,
Aug. 17.
"I am thrilled to add Robin Thicke to the already amazing music acts
that will be performing at the 2014 Illinois State Fair," State Fair
Manager Amy Bliefnick said. "I believe fairgoers will be excited to
welcome Thicke to Springfield and thoroughly enjoy his
highly-energetic show."
After the release of his second album, "The Evolution of Robin
Thicke," in late 2006, Thicke simultaneously topped four Billboard
charts and won the VH1 Soul/Vibe award for "Best Breakthrough
Artist." Recently, he starred in the first season of ABC's singing
reality show "Duets." His smash hit song "Blurred Lines" won the
2014 Billboard Music awards for "Top Hot 100 Song," "Top Digital
Song," "Top Radio Song" and "Top R&B Song."
Tickets for the concert will go on sale Friday,
June 13, at 10
a.m. They can be purchased through Ticketmaster
either online (www.ticketmaster.com),
by phone (800-745-3000),
or in person at participating Ticketmaster outlets.
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Tickets also can be purchased from the Illinois State Fair Box
Office, which opens Monday, June 9. The Box Office is located
in the Grandstand on the north end of the Illinois State
Fairgrounds and will be open weekdays, except holidays, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. It will accept both in-person and
phone orders. The box office phone number is (217)
For additional information about the Grandstand performers, please
visit the fair's website at http://www.illinoisstatefair.info/.
The 2014 Illinois State Fair will be held Aug.
7 - 17.
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[BOOKS] ✯ Mr. Nobody ✹ Catherine Steadman – Fastfood-solutions-provider.info
Emma Lewis is a leader in her field of memory loss and is chosen to work on a case that will challenge her to determine the diagnosis is it retrograde amnesia, fugue or lying It will require her to return to her home town, which she and her family changed their names and left 14 years ago But Emma knows it s a big opportunity for her career because these cases are so rare This perfect offer out of the blue, this opportunity, the chance I ve been waiting for But I d have to go there Why does it have to be there of all the places in the world I ve spent fourteen years of my life trying to get away from that place, what happened there, and now now I find out that the only way forward, the only way out, is back. if I m honest, it scares me My face out there connected and connected and connected until it all leads back to that one night The night when my whole world was shattered and it was easier to just throw the whole thing in the trash than try to fix it.Both main characters have issues with the past Emma hides her past whereas Mr Nobody has no past He was found on a beach and has no memory of who he is or where he came from It s up to Emma to determine whether she can help him to remember But she is having problems of her own His world shrinks to a pinhead and then dilates so wide, suddenly terrifyingly borderless He has no edges any Who is he He has no self He feels the panic roaring inside him, escalating, his heart tripping faster His mind frantically searches for something anything to grab a hold of, his eyes wildly scanning the landscape around him But there is no escape from it, the void He is here and there is no before There are no answers. I ve been so focused on putting those pieces and you back together again that somewhere along the way I came apart at the seams.What a fun ride this was It had all the elements of a great psychological thriller suspense, mystery, twists and turns, hard to put down, kept you guessing, etc I was in the minority with my response to Steadman s previous work Something in the Water It just didn t float my boat LOL I was hesitant to read another book by Steadman but ultimately decided to take the chance and I am so glad I did Mr Nobody grabbed me right from the start and kept me turning the pages as fast as possible The premise was fascinating and the execution did it justice This is a compelling story that you won t be able to put down I thought I had figured some of it out but I was happy to learn I was wrong Mr Nobody is a unique story that you won t feel you ve read before The premise is fascinating and the execution does it justice.Thank you to Random House Publishing Group Ballantine Books and NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for my honest review. Ms Steadman s debut, Something in the Water was one of my first NetGalley reads I loved it, so I was excited when I saw her second book on NG The story of Dr Emma Lewis and Mr Nobody really peaked my interest at times, but ultimately left me with too many questions The premise and writing are fantastic and I think the story had the potential to be really great But it was bogged down with too many details and the ending didn t do it for me It didn t have the thrill factor that keeps me engaged and wanting to flip the pages I ll admit my expectations were high after reading her first book, so I was disappointed in this one It looks like I might be in the minority on this one Thank you to NetGalley, Ballantine Book and Catherine Steadman for this digital ARC, in exchange for my honest review NetGalley MrNobody Thriller CatSteadman My Rating 3.5 s rounding down to 3 Published January 7th 2020 by Ballantine BooksPages 320Recommend Yes, but you might be disappointed if you read her first book. 2.5 stars, rounded upCatherine Steadman scored big with Something in the Water, although it wasn t a particular favorite of mine But I was still curious to see what she would do with her sopho effort The book opens with a man awakening on the beach, wounded, with only hazy memories Among the missing memories are how he got there and what his name is Dr Emma Lewis is brought in to oversee his case She wants to see if this is truly a fugue state, a case of Retrograde amnesia, the loss of all personal memories.I m not a big fan of books where the main character is privy to information that isn t shared with the reader Here, we quickly learn that something happened in Emma s teen years that caused the family to move away and change their names But we aren t told what It soon becomes apparent that Mr Nobody knows what has happened as well Despite the irritation at the author s little trick of misinformation, the book moves at a fast clip and kept my interest The book is written so that Mr Nobody s sections are written in the third person and Emma s in the first person At times, it feels that she s almost talking to the reader It allows the author to slip in little psychological bits of knowledge, like defining blindsight His sections bring you forward from the time he is discovered, hers don t start until after he s been in care for six days and she s brought in to consult So, there is initially a back and forth jostling in the time There are other characters which also kept my interest In fact, my favorite part of the book was the drama between Chris and Zara and I wish their story had played a bigger part overall So, I was all happy with this book until about 80% in when it completely falls apart The ending was so nonsensical that all my earlier happiness with this book just disappeared Seriously, I would have graded the first part of the book 4 stars and the ending at 1 My thanks t netgalley and Random House for an advance copy of this book. A man washes up on a British beach, with no memory of who he is, or how he got there Is he the perfect study of retrograde amnesia or fugue Or is he lying Dr Emma Lewis is asked to take on the case But, why is the government so interested in Mr Nobody dubbed Matthew by a caring nurse And, why is this case so secretive that Dr Lewis must sign a Non disclosure agreement, and risk her own secrets being exposed I was left with some unanswered questions, and not in a there must be a sequel coming way..At times, I was completely intrigued, but through much of the book I wanted to skim, so although Matthew s identity surprised me, the pace was just too slow for me to rate this over 3 stars..Though, I sometimes love a slow burn, in this case, the therapist patient story fell a bit flatespecially when compared to The Silent Patient which I read and loved earlier this year..Thank You to Netgalley, Ballantine Books and Catherine Steadman for the digital ARC I received in exchange for a candid review This title will be released on Jan 7, 2020 A man is found on a beach is Norfolk He does not know who he is or why he is there The only thing he remembers is the name of the woman who found him A well known neuropsychiatric, Dr Emma Lewes has been called in to assist investigating this case, but in doing so, she will be returning to the village of her childhood that she had fled from when something bad had happened But Mr Nobody appears to know certain things about her, even though he can t remember things in his own past.This st5has a slow pace and in parts, it seemed to drag on a bit It does have an interesting take on amnesia and whether people can fake having it The author has done her research into memory loss before writing this book The final reveal was a bit disappointing and the ending was rushed There are several twists as the story unfolds I could not warm to any of the characters who were complex The loose ends were all tied up nicely by the end of the book.I would like to thank NetGalley, Simon and Schuster and the author Catherine Steadman for my ARC in exchange for an honest review. 4 5 stars Title is Mr Nobody A man in his forties is found on beautiful Holkham Beach, Norfolk on a winters day, he s soaked to the skin, he s freezing cold and has no shoes on He has no memory of who he is or how he got there just fleeting thoughts and something written on his hand which he removes Dr Emma Lewis is in her early 30 s, is a neuropsychologist and she is asked by a experienced and well known American specialist to investigate Does Mr Nobody have retrograde amnesia from a brain injury or is it a rare psychological trauma or fugue The story is told principally from Emma s point of view and Mr Nobody Emma is very conflicted about taking the case because of something in her past which occurred in Norfolk but she decides to overcome her fears of returning to the area in the hope that something good can come out of something bad The novel has dual mysteries who exactly is Mr Nobody christened Matthew meaning gift from God , what is wrong with him and what lurks in Emma s past Do they connect in any way If so, how and why This well written story is both intriguing and fascinating, there is tension and excitement which kept my interest throughout The author keeps tantalising the reader with little snippets of information and I lapped it up The setting of Norfolk Holkham, Holt, Burnham Market etc adds greatly to the atmosphere, there are some very good scenes especially on the beach The characters are good and very likeable with the exception of journalist Zara Poole who is career driven and doesn t think of consequences in the pursuit of a story and making a name for herself I really like the fascinating science and medical information, for example about fMRI s, the science of the brain which is so well explained for this science numpty Overall, a good read There are some sections that are maybe a bit over dramatic and I am uncertain whether what happens to Mr Nobody no spoilers is indeed possible but the concept is so original that it doesn t matter if it is or isn t The climax is exciting and probably not achievable for a normal human ok for a Hollywood stunt person but it is so creative that artistic licence wins the day Recommended Thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for the ARC. A Psychiatrist Treating A Man With No Memory Discovers That Her Patient Knows Far About Her Past Than His Own In A Gripping Psychological Thriller From The New York Times Bestselling Author Of Something In The Water Who Is Mr Nobody When A Man Is Found On A British Beach, Drifting In And Out Of Consciousness, With No Identification And Unable To Speak, Interest In Him Is Sparked Immediately From The Hospital Staff Who Find Themselves Inexplicably Drawn To Him, To International Medical Experts Who Are Baffled By Him, To The National Press Who Call Him Mr Nobody, Everyone Wants Answers Who Is This Man And What Happened To Him Some Memories Are Best ForgottenNeuropsychiatrist Dr Emma Lewis Is Asked To Assess The Patient In A Small Town Deep In The English Countryside This Is Her Field Of Expertise, This Is The Chance She S Been Waiting For, And This Case Could Make Her Name Known Across The World But Therein Lies The Danger Emma Left This Same Town Fourteen Years Ago And Has Taken Great Pains To Cover All Traces Of Her Past Since Then Places Aren T Haunted People AreBut Now Something Or Someone Is Calling Her Back And The Time She Spends With Her Patient, The Alarmed She Becomes That He Knows The One Thing About Her That Nobody Is Supposed To Know Mr Nobody by Catherine Steadman the story of an unknown man found on the beach who has no memory of how he got there and a doctor sent to treat him that is trying to hide her past.This is a slow burning story, unfortunately it failed to hold my interest.Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster UK for my e copy in exchange for an honest review. A man washes up on a British beach, with no memory of who he is, or how he got there Is he the perfect study of retrograde amnesia or fugue Or is he lying Dr Emma Lewis is asked to take on the case But, why is the government so interested in Mr Nobody , dubbed Matthew by a caring nurse And, why is the case so secretive that Dr Lewis must sign a Non disclosure agreement, and risk her own secrets being exposed I was left with some unanswered questions.At times, I was completely intrigued, but through much of the book I wanted to skim, so although Matthew s identity surprised me, the pace was just too slow for me to rate this over 3 stars Thank You to Netgalley, Ballantine Books and Catherine Steadman for the digital ARC I received in exchange for a candid review This title will be released on Jan 7, 2020 I adored Something In The Water so I leapt into Mr Nobody with huge anticipation and it delivered on every level for me tense and twisted, a cleverly unfolding plot, a hint of spookiness and beautifully written.A man is found on a Norfolk beach He doesn t know who he is or what happened but he knows he has to find her But find who Enter Dr Emma Lewis, a specialist in the fugue field, a dark past haunting her return to her childhood county Can she find the truth This is as twisted as you like and so pacy even as it is considered and compelling As events unfold it is utterly gripping and utterly baffling, a delightfully intelligent mystery that defies expectation many times.The last few chapters are rock and roll as everything comes to a head and the truth is revealed, the setting is immersive and haunting throughout and this is one of those books that sends you down the proverbial rabbit hole Anyone for croquet Excellent I adored it Highly Recommended.


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One eskimO
"Kandi" Hits #1 on the Mediabase Radio Chart!
Launch Coachella Contest Via Twitter!
Appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Triples Sales!
"Astronauts" MP3 Available for Free Download
"…catchy, ambient pop." – Billboard
"'Kandi" is a beautiful, aspirational track…" – Los Angeles Times Magazine
One eskimO's smash single "Kandi" has just hit #1 on the Mediabase radio chart making it the most played song on all adult rock stations in the US! One eskimO have been championed by over two hundred key stations across the country including "World Café" and "Morning Becomes Eclectic" and are now crossing into pop radio.
They band made their US television debut this month on The Ellen Degeneres Show! Sales of their self-titled debut tripled following the March 17 appearance, watch the stellar performance here .The band is currently on a US tour that includes an appearance at the Coachella Festival.
The band has also launched a contest on their official site with the grand prize being a flyaway and pair of 3 day passes to Coachella. Runners up will win copies of One eskimO's self-titled debut. Contestants must follow the band on twitter and tweet about the contest and "Kandi" video. The winner will be announced via Twitter.
One eskimO's one-of-a-kind sound is matched only by their creativity, as they pioneered a "visual album" with "The Adventures of One eskimO," a ten-part short-form animated series created by the team behind the Gorillaz animation. The deluxe edition of the album including the videos, starring One eskimO and following his adventures, are available on iTunes and Amazon at a special price .
The band is making the track "Astronauts" form the album available for free download here.
One eskimO Live Dates
3/31 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl (presented by WXRP)
4/3 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom (with Bob Schneider)
4/5 Philadlephia, PA @ World Cafe
4/8 Denver,CO @ Soiled Dove
4/13 Seattle, WA @ KMTT Earth Day Show (with Train)
4/18 Indio, CA @ Coachella Festival
6/5 Woodstock,NY @ Mountain Jam Festival
Promotional stuff arrived via email (extramusicnew(at)gmail.com ,
send your stuffs via e mail or soundcloud, promote yourself…!!!