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We have a variety of serviced offices available to rent in Brasted Chart. Each office space is offered at the best rates and suited to your individual needs and requirements.
We have a variety of serviced offices available to rent in Brasted Chart. Each office space is offered at the best rates and suited to your individual needs and requirements.
Comfortable office for two persons possibly three. The office will shortly be Broadband enabled. Situated in town centre close to all amenities.Two rail stations to London.
The centre offers 25 fully furnished and equipped offices on flexible all inclusive terms for as little as three months occupancy. The monthly fee includes rates, service charge, building management, building insurances,lighting, heating, cleaning,security and use of reception, kitchen and facilities plus 24/7 access. Our reception staff provide front line secretarial support for your business during normal office hours with personalised telephone answering, efficient message management and are there to welcome your visitors and assist with your business appointments. A meeting room is also available.
Purpose built business centre offering prestigious self-contained individual office suites. Each office suite is fitted with air-conditioning and controllable heating. 24 hour access is provided using individual access codes to each suite and a sophisticated 24hr CCTV and alarm monitoring system protects tenants all year round. Free use of executive board room is also included within the rental costs. A wide range of secure storage rooms is also available in Easistore- immediately adjacent to Eden House. The centre has fast fibre internet for their tenants.
This building has recently been converted into 10 modern offices. Each office is fully equipped with the latest in IT and telecom technology. On entering the building clients and their guests are greeted by a manned reception and waiting area.
The centre in New Addington comprises a 72,500 sq ft (6,735.25 sq m) business centre complex with over 40 units ranging from 380 sq ft (35.31 sq m) to 6,000 sq ft (557.40 sq m). Offering flexible business accommodation for companies seeking office, light industrial,workshops and storage units.
The building is light and airy and overlooks Broadstreet Green Common. It provides 7 Office Suites and 3 Business Units over 2 floors. There is on site parking shops including Sainsbury's are just a short walk away.
This business centre is a modern purpose built Business Centre just a five minutes' drive from Junction 6 off the M25. The building has a contemporary interior and a landscaped central courtyard. With smaller private offices to large open plan floors our flexible office space can cater to any business needs. The centre offers a totally inclusive package which not only consists of all your standard serviced office provisions including: office furniture, friendly Reception services and use of onsite meeting rooms. All outbound calls, 8mg internet and direct dial coming into your office are totally free of charge. All offices are air-conditioned decorated in smart but understated modern designer-style and fully-furnished to a standard unrivalled at this price point. An onsite Bistro Café allows customers and their visitors a place to relax or hold that informal business meeting with free teas and coffees breakfast and snacks available throughout the day.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A long, broad, leaf-shaped knife used as both a weapon and tool by the Moros of the Philippines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A kind of cutting weapon similar to a cleaver, with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A large, broad-bladed knife or cleaver used by the Moros of the southern Philippine Islands.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
You know how often men of our band have been captured by the white men of the north to lie in prisons there, where death comes so slowly that a 'barong' blow would be paradise.
Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos
Some Filipino men wear barongs also called barong Tagalogs, which are loose shirts worn outside the trousers; foreigners shouldn't wear them.
Video monitors in the galleries, meanwhile, will display scenes of a boar barong dance, a cremation ceremony, street processions, shadow puppetry, bare-chested men chanting around a fire.
On the day I visit, dozens of El Shaddai officials were busily auctioning barong tagalogs (traditional Filipino dress shirts) once worn by Mr. Velarde.
Long sleeves and no pockets at all, and you may well be in a Philippine barong tagalog.
My wife then girlfriend gave me a barong as a gift for my birthday one year.
Marcos was almost always dressed in black trousers and a cool white barong shirt.
It was answered by a tanned, reedy, sandy-haired man in his mid-twenties wearing a wrinkled pair of tropical-weight trousers, sandals, a light blue barong — the Filipino shirt that looked like a guayabera and was favored by many Americans in Vietnam — and a. 45-caliber automatic.
Philippine boats are provided, would serve to keep it from actually sinking, and the occupants, being up to their chins in water, could easily be despatched with the _barong_, thus economizing ammunition; and he added, 'My rifle makes but a small hole in one side of a canoe, senor, while yours would make a much larger one, and the ball would go clear through.'
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route
Human life is cheap among the Moros, and the inconvenience of that life standing between them and what they want is soon remedied by a _barong_, unless fear of punishment, prompt and pitiless, stares them in the face.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route

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Volker Hetzer napisal(a):
> pstachy schrieb:
> > Volker Hetzer napisal(a):
> >> pstachy schrieb:
> >>> Hi
> >>> I have an oracle database and need to get some data from it and
> >>> replicate that data on mysql database in order to have it via WWW
> >>> (apache + mysql + php).
> >>> The only way to connect between oracle and mysql that comes to my mind
> >>> is by PHP. e.g. get some data from oracle to a file and then load it to
> >>> mysql.
> >>> My question is: Is there maybe any other (simpler, safer, better?) way
> >>> to do it???
> >> What prevents you from accessing the oracle database from php too?
> > Well, generally nothing... I'm looking for a way to connect(replicate)
> > oracle with mysql without a mediator like PHP. I'm not sure if it is
> > possible altogether...
> Generaly it's not possible to "replicate" between oracle and mysql
> as they both contain features that don't exist on the other system,
> sequences and enums being obvious examples.
> The same is true between sqlserver and mysql, oracle and sqlserver
> and so on.
> So, the obvious question is, why do you need both systems?
> Can you get rid of one?
> Lots of Greetings!
> Volker
> --
> For email replies, please substitute the obvious.
Well it is a matter of safety. Some data that I have on Oracle will be
available for users via WWW (mysql+apache+php). I don't want them to
have access to Oracle so I wanted to have that data replicated on
I just want to have data from 2 tables from Oracle database to be part of my mysql database. I think the only way for me is to write a php script which will simply copy data from one RDBMS to another.
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A middle name that will be refused by everyone but rolls off the tongue: Nagasaki.
Terribly offensive? Sure.
Arya Nagasaki Barry.
Recorded for posterity, so our unnamed child can thank her mother for protecting her even before birth.
My wife and I did a trade show this weekend, driving for a good 7 hours there and back on Friday and Sunday.
So I'm basically on Day 8 of working, and the last 3 were 12 hour days.
In two months that will be the natural order, never a day off again.
Trade shows and my regular job are a little bit different.
I was pretty bad at this one I think; I sat and read Feast for Crows almost the entire time. I helped customers, and ran food, and lifted anything heavy.
My favorite moment was when a slightly overweight lady in her 50s approached our booth.
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I replied, "Only two more weeks till football!"
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Logan West finally has the one thing he believed was unattainable: the fiery woman who challenges, protects, and adores him just as much as she does his young son Oliver. After having her world shaken yet again, Cassandra Clarke is ready to move forward, eagerly embracing the beautiful man who has laid claim to her heart. With secrets revealed at every turn, she refuses to lose the only man she's ever loved. Not every battle is hers to fight, but she's never been one to back down.
Logan and Oliver are part of her now, and together they are... indestructible.
Contains mature themes.
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"Good third book in series"
I liked this book alot better than the second in the series as the difficulties the couple faces are more varied and mostly from the outside in this one. On the second most of the conflict arises from Cassandra's pig-headed stubbornness and hair-trigger mood shifts which got repetitive and dull. This had a lot more interest and depth.
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March Madness is not just for college basketball enthusiasts. Brands too joined in on the conversation and won a lot of love on social media. Here, we take a look at some of the top posts by brands around this event.
If we were to name a winner among the posts we analyzed, it would be The University of Northern California at Chapel Hill (*surprise, surprise*).
The Facebook Post that announced their victory amassed close to 12,000 Likes and 4,000 Shares.
Their Tweet that featured a time-lapse video of Franklin Street in the moments after the team's win got the most Retweets.
This time-lapse of Franklin Street is everything #GoHeels #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/Tweg1JEW9b
— UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) April 4, 2017
Another University Page that witnessed a lot of engagement was South Carolina Gamecocks. The Post that boasted of their splendid performance in both men's and women's basketball tournament won applause on social media:
In addition to participating universities, brand sponsors and partners received a lot of interactions too.
Reese's, who was the Official Confectionery Partner of the NCAA, killed it with their content around March Madness. The brand has a reputation for putting out outstanding content around the sporting event in the past too. A strategy that has paid off for them is picturing their hallmark product within the context of NCAA matches.
This year they engaged the audience, along similar lines, with a picture that screams March Madness, but is equally about the candy too.
They shone on Twitter expressing an all-too-relatable thought in a GIF:
If your boss won't let you leave early, try sweetening the deal #ReesesForTheWin #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/R8Eqb3rMdY
— REESE'S (@ReesesPBCups) March 15, 2017
The Official NCAA Corporate Partner, LG had a bunch of interesting things going on as well. Their ad spots on television as well as their social media content featured several university team's mascots. One of their most popular Tweets got a lot of love because they shared the sentiments of North Carolina fans:
Did you see that? Phoenix, here we come! #FinalFour #LGSideKick pic.twitter.com/KSjJJprcWZ
— LG Electronics (@LGUS) March 26, 2017
The brand cleverly integrated contests to its strategy around this event, which resulted in outstanding engagement levels. Across social platforms, they asked audiences to let them know who their favorite mascot is to get a shot at winning two tickets to the Final Four games.
Across industries, brands were appreciated when they joined in on the excitement around the matches. This works particularly well for brands in industries that are closely related to sports. It helps when brands share the sentiments of a majority of their fan base. Take Eastbay's Tweet, for instance:
WHAT. A. FINISH. 😳#FinalFour | #MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/WBbXoOZi2o
— Eastbay (@Eastbay) March 26, 2017
One of the reasons their Tweet got so many Likes and Retweets is because they posted a video of a moment that several of their followers must have relished in (and were probably watching on loop).
Another approach that social media audiences took to had brands showcase their products with a March Madness twist. Quite like what Reese's did with their peanut butter cups, brands like Svedka and Victoria's Secret inserted their merchandise into the conversation around this event.
CAT took it a step further with this video that showed a kid make the ultimate H-O-R-S-E shot with the help of a CAT Backhoe loader:
In cases like these, it makes audiences associate your product with the particular event (March Madness here), leading to a possible spike in sales or store visits.
Some brands had merchandise dedicated to the event. Bed, Bath & Beyond offered tumblers that celebrated the Wildcats win while Footlocker featured Air Jordans that were all about the UNC:
Some brands leveraged the buzz around March Madness to define what they were all about using the context of the highly competitive basketball matches. Coca-Cola, for example, is all about the moment of calm where you recharge and refresh yourself before you have to head out into the hectic again.
It's time to 🏀. Feeling nervous? Grab a Coke and take a quick break from the #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/VdKo1QCc6V
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Dove Men+Care used a picture of sportsmanship and caring to drive home what they stood for as a brand. Being a man is just as about caring for another person as it is about anything else:
Winning means making the shot. Being a winner means lifting up others.
RT to celebrate the care in #MarchMadness. pic.twitter.com/EgzdOGZPZ9
— Dove Men+Care (@DoveMenCare) February 28, 2017
While most of these posts were conventional in format, a couple of brands tried their hand at innovative forms. AT&T used other social media channels to popularize their live video on Snapchat. In it, Jay Williams, ESPN host, former basketball player and college basketball analyst, shows off some classy shots in the Final Four stadium. The live format, along with the behind-the-scenes action featuring a famous personality enthralled social media audiences.
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— AT&T (@ATT) March 31, 2017
Northwestern Mutual drove up engagement using a Facebook feature that is still lagging behind in terms of adoption by brands and users – Reactions. The brand got their Fans to vote for the team they were rooting for to win the tournament.
In addition to all the excitement surrounding the competition, the NCAA event was in focus for other reasons too. The NCAA proposed a ban on holding championship events in North Carolina following their repressive bathroom bill. The bill demanded that transgenders use the bathrooms based on the sex assigned to them at birth. This was later repealed, leading NCAA to lift the ban. Non-profits such as ACLU and Human Rights Campaign took to social media to rally for this cause.
Social media opens up avenues for brands to achieve their various engagement goals in innovative ways. Events like March Madness are clearly a challenge in sustaining audience attention for a period at a stretch while managing to put out relevant content. As these brands have shown, more than challenges, these make way for content opportunities whereby brands can stand out.
- The Unmetric WOMMA Member Brand Report: Social Media Campaigns We Love (May 2017) - May 17, 2017
- The Unmetric Brand Report (Vol.5) - May 3, 2017
- How to Create Content for a B2B Brand - April 13, 2017
- The Unmetric Brand Report (Vol.4) - April 13, 2017
- How Non-profits Create Highly Engaging Content - March 21, 2017
- The Unmetric Brand Report (Vol.3) - March 8, 2017
- The Unmetric Brand Report (Vol. 2): Best 2016 Holiday Campaigns - January 17, 2017
- The Unmetric WOMMA Member Brand Report: 10 Social Media Campaigns We Love (Vol 2) - January 3, 2017
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We haven't seen this edition for sale anywhere else, so it's potentially either a Canadian exclusive or something that didn't actually make it to production. It's different from the known collector's edition, anyway. We're asking Tecmo Koei now. We just want to know if we and other mature adults will be able to play this M-rated game with a toy sword.
Update: Tecmo tells us the sword is a real item, "okayed" by Tecmo but not 100% official. The bundle, from what we understand, is not an official Tecmo thing. We've asked for more info about its availability.


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Power amp transistor speeds?
all power amp output transistors are limited in maximum speed approx 2MHz to 45MHz.
but the Input, Vas, Predriver and Driver stages usually incorporate transistors that are much faster.
My thoughts are no better than guestimates but possibly:-
output - 6MHZ, Driver - 30Mz, prediver - 100MHz, VAS - 150MHz, LTP - 200MHz.
for faster outputs say 30MHz, then at least the drivers and maybe the predrivers need to be faster but how much faster.
Q1. Is there a rule of thumb to determine the minimum speed for each of the stages?
Q2. Can a speed ratio from outputs back through the stages to inputs be used as a guide for selecting suitable transistors?.
Q3. Is an amp that uses few stages AND fast transistors faster than one with slow transistors? i.e. less of a phase shift input to output.
Q4. Where should the current source/sinks fit in the speed stakes?
interesting post, any thoughts out there to enlighten us?
I think such consideration is not productive without involving a concrete schematics topology.
Re: Power amp transistor speeds?
Just like any other active component, they have their own bandwidth. But they can be used in so many different ways in a circuit, it is impossible to give you a blanket statement about t hem. just like anything else, properly used, they can be a great benefit, improperly used, they are a problem.
The questions seem to be slightly off target, in feedback theory the point of preferring faster/lower phase shift devices isnt for the sake of speed as an absolute good in itself but to allow room for more feedback gain at lower frequencies over the working band of the amplifier
Bodes phase integral relation is fundamental to understanding allowable gain/phase vs frequency tradeoffs that are necessary for stability while maximizing feedback gain over the working frequency band faster devices permit stability to be obtained at higher frequency gain intercept, increasing the available negative feedback gain*frequency area under Bodes phase integral curve
Bodes integral relations and related useful tools for reasoning about feedback amplifiers are only just introduced in senior level undergraduate control theory courses, as we all know you cant be expected to really understand and apply material until the 2nd appearance in your courses often requiring grad level courses or seriously motivated self study
adding to the difficulty academic control theory has adopted a mathematical proof style of presentation based in the state space matrix algebra representation of the system so getting a practical engineering perspective from modern textbooks is tough
I see we already have some mixed advice here, you can but should not want to choose faster or slower devices and higher speed allows higher gain - not a tradeoff
Generally the output devices will be the slowest, limiting potential performance from negative feedback, if technology permitted everything else in the amplifier should be much faster than the output, as fast as possible with diminishing returns for additional accumulated phase shifts of <~10 degrees at the gain intercept frequency from the additional circuitry
What i meant with chosing slower or faster, was intended for the purpose of choosing replacement devices for an existing design. At least i believe that's what the original poster was asking about.
Transistors are devices which come with discrete sets of charactristics, and we neither can get ideal transistors, nor can we always get exact replacements.
In simple terms, you can have a transistor with a very high ft and moderate hfe, or one with lower ft but high hfe - which one would you chose? If you require a current gain of 100, no matter how high ft is, if your part has a current gain of 10, you cannot make it higher. In this context, higher speed definitely does not alow higher gain.
However, in a given design, a part has an operating point. In amplifiers with feedback, replacing devices with similar ones, shifts operating points regarding gain vs bandwidth. In this context, there are many parts that could fit, because the operating points are still within tolerances and the complete amp will perform properly - even if some devices are faster or slower and/or have higher or lower current gains (and a ton of other different characteristics) than the originals. Designs need to be tolerant of this since semiconductors indeed have very large parameter tolerances. In this context, you can, within the confines of a single stage (and usually more than the single stage) 'trade' one parameter for another, but as I said, there is a 'sweet spot' - the example I have given above, a very high ft transistor with low current gain, put where high current gain is required, is definitely not within that sweet spot, in other words, it\s outside of the alowable tolerances.
On the other hand, for any given design the minimum gan and ft are 'given' for it to function properly. If one understands how the design works, it is possible to select parts such that the performance is improved - subjective to the law of diminishing returns. What devices are replaced and what the differences need to be with respect to the originals depends on their application - you cannot really give a blanket statement here without knowing the design in question.
Clearer now?
Im interpreting the question to be more generally about amplifier design tradeoffs so we may be talking past each other to some degree
Subject to many limitations it can be possible to utilize the extra gain to reduce distortions at low frequencies, while if fast enough there could be little effect on stability with appropriate compensation
Hi all,
good reading in the discussion so far. I wish someone could talk me through that Bode stuff (yet another area I'm deficient in).
I am not thinking about altering an existing amplifier. More about choosing components for the next series of builds.
If I were to suggest Krell Clone (KSA50) as the overall topology, would that allow some more specific suggestions?
To date various driver & output transistors are being put forward, all of varying speeds. Some members are suggesting that the distortion will be lower for the faster devices.
Another old amp design (Leach Clone) is being updated and faster components are again being suggested.
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For children with mild cases, this means cutting back on the activities that cause pain and taking anti-inflammatory medicines.
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In early and mild cases, we may perform an operation to remove the tarsal coalition. Then the doctor puts fat or a small, nearby muscle in the place of the tarsal coalition.
After this operation, your child will wear a cast for three weeks. They are not allowed to walk on the foot for at least six weeks. We teach your child exercises to help them regain movement in the joints of their feet.
For children with the most severe and widespread tarsal coalitions and those with the flattest feet, joint preserving surgery may help. We developed this procedure at Seattle Children's.
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rantings of a random scrub...
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. --H.L. Mencken
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Add this one to the "No Shit, Sherlock" Files; a headline from the New York Times:
Lure of Great Wealth Affects Career ChoicesThanks guys. What would we do without expert opinions like that?
Monday, November 27, 2006
I agree (and yes, I'm an engineer):
The Romance of Engineering:
I loved this Popular Science article on designing a more hurricane-resistant nail, which Orin pointed to below. And if you can't see the romance in this, then you aren't my kind of romantic.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
I agree:
Trent Lott has won the number two job among Republicans in the Senate! Whoopee! If there's one message that the electorate sent the Republican Party last week, it's that we hadn't given them enough of Trent Lott. I cannot adequately express my delight that Senate Republicans have moved with such expediency to right this egregious wrong.
Is it just me, or is it becoming increasingly apparent that the Republicans and Democrats are determined to engage in a two year dumb-off?
Friday, November 10, 2006
Good election commentary from Bill Whittle:
I wish to tell my friends to be cheerful and especially to be of good will. Disappointments come and go, but moments of courage and integrity in dark hours will be there when the stars grow cold. We have lost the election, so let us maintain our determination, our dignity and our sense of humor, and let us take this moment to reflect upon how our actions have fallen short of our ideals. And then, finally, let's act like the Americans we are, roll up our sleeves and start rebuilding. We who have survived Civil War, the Nazis and the Communists can probably manage to find a way to preserve the Republic in the face of Speaker Pelosi.
America is not only much, much stronger than you imagine; it is stronger than you CAN imagine.
To those who have written me in anger over the years, I say sincere congratulations to you on a big win, and I genuinely hope it will remove some of the bitterness in your hearts and restore some belief in a system that was never broken.
As for me, I pledge to re-enter the fight with more energy, not less, and to continue to try to make the case I think needs to be made. I'll start on that tomorrow.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Now this is the type of Global Warming solution we should be investigating, not the economically crippling Kyoto variety.
I know many of you won't be familiar with the situation he's alluding to, but Arnold Kling is articulating my position far more clearly than I could in his discussion of the current "scientific consensus" on global warming:
Hat tip: Free Exchange (from The Economist)
My concern is with how "scientific consensus" is reached. In economics in the 1960's, there was a "scientific consensus," embedded in sophisticated macro-econometric models, that inflation reflected a competition over income shares, and that government policies to interfere with wage- and price-setting were the solution. Milton Friedman's contrary views were outside the "scientific consensus."
By 1985 or so, the "scientific consensus" had shifted, in part because policies based on that consensus were tried in the 1970's, leading to the worst macroeconomic performance of the post-war period.
By the 1990's, large macro-econometric models had pretty much disappeared from the economics literature. The problem with macro-econometrics is that the models continually broke down out of sample. That is, a model estimated through 1969 would work terribly in predicting the early 1970's. A model estimated through 1975 would work terribly in predicting the late 1970's, and so on.
Milton Friedman's dissenting views of 1967 are close to the consensus views today.I wish that climate-change models did not remind me so much of macro-econometric models. I wish that the contempt that the Left expresses for dissenting views in climate science did not remind me of the contempt that the Left expressed for Milton Friedman. And I wish that the debate over climate change were being waged over substance, rather than with [arguments about people's motivations] and on film. Movies are a propaganda medium, not an information medium.
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It is the route to nowhere. Council workmen have built a huge roundabout and placed "no exit" signs before every turn-off, meaning that once you're on, there is no way out.
Motorists following the instructions have ended up going round in circles.
The signs went up five weeks ago but such is the polite demeanour of British drivers that no one told the council until now.


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Game-Related Tropes
- Awesome Music: The soundtrack of Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori/Mystical Ninja is overall very good, given its use of Variable Mix. But the track from the final part of Gorgeous Music Castle takes the cake. It sounds like "Electric Eye" - and when you're comparing something to Judas Priest, you know it's awesome.
- Ryugu Castle theme from Goemon's Great Adventure.
- Complacent Gaming Syndrome/Character Tiers: Generally, Goemon and Sasuke are regarded as better than Yae and Ebisumaru in every way, due to having skills sets designed for platforming compared to the other two's more situational ones.
- Cut-and-Paste Translation:
- The instruction manual of Legend of the Mystical Ninja. On the one hand, it's humorous tone fits the game fairly well. On the other hand, it completely makes stuff up, including a completely fictional Big Bad (the "Dragonbeast", along with his henchman, the "Silver Serpent").
- Two town-buildings included in the Japanese version of the game - one featured Ebisumaru splitting into four clones for a dance routine which ended with all four dropping their pants and farting and the other which had a peep-show in it, including a brief shot of a completely nude woman (albeit with all naughty bits covered) - were removed in the English translation and replaced by mini-game houses. Interestingly, the first scene was fully translated and is still on the cartridge, but was Dummied Out of the final release.
- Demonic Spiders: The masked carpenters in Ryukyu castle and the town preceding it in Legend of the Mystical Ninja that throw hammers that home in on the player. The hammers can't be destroyed, and they don't disappear after they hit the player, meaning they can easily hit multiple times and ravage your life meter.
- Dork Age: The "New Age" series.
- Dude, Not Funny!: The Mystical Ninja instruction book, in an entry for the "Memory" minigame, opens up the description with "You really have to concentrate in this camp." Yep - a Super Nintendo game actually thought a concentration camp joke was a good idea. It's actually kind of amazing that one somehow slipped by Nintendo's notoriously tight censors at the time...
- Fanon Discontinuity: The fandom tends to cringe at the very mention of the "New Age" games.
- Friendly Fandoms: DeviantArt has The Loud House : Team Konami All-Stars. Where Lucifer Amenhotep Neb-jeperu-Ra Loud The V is Goemon's Descendant from his mother lineage, and his father is a mummy.
- Goddamned Bats: The lantern and coin-throwing enemies in Legend of the Mystical Ninja that appear in towns. The former's projectile can be knocked aside, but it's surprisingly hard to do so, and the latter moves much faster, jumps before attacking (meaning you have to jump to hit him as well,) and hurls a whole bunch of projectiles downward, meaning you're screwed if you're below him. It doesn't help that later levels are utterly clogged with them, to the point that grinding for money in town can actually be harder than the dungeon that comes after it.
- There's also pickpockets who move faster if you're aligned horizontally with them, jump over obstacles, and steal your money if they collide with you.
- The deer. They hurt you just like any other enemy, but you get penalized $100 if you attack them like with the bonus NPCs. They're even included in a really assholish trap where, if you visit a certain fortune teller and fork over $100 to get your fortune told, he simply tells you that he sees bad things in your future. After you walk outside, you're suddenly surrounded by deer, and either have to take a hit or lose another $100 getting out.
- Replacement Scrappy: Shin Sedai Shuumei! and New Age Shutsudō weren't really bad games, per se - they just annoyed a lot of fans by thrusting an entirely new cast into the spotlight with nary a hint as to what became of the old favorites.
- Scrappy Mechanic: The Mountain Pass and Phrase Book requirements in the first SNES game. Each requires you to shell out a large chunk of change for an item that does nothing except lets you move on to the next area. This usually requires a huge amount of money-grinding, especially if the player has been spending all their cash up to that point, which does nothing except completely destroy the pacing of the game.
- The Goemon Impact boss fights in Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon for the N64 would not let you pause the game during said boss fight. Exceptionally annoying if you needed to do so for whatever reason. Thankfully this was fixed for Goemon's Great Adventure.
- Sequel Displacement: The Ganbare Goemon series originally began with a Japan-only arcade game called Mr. Goemon, from which the original Famicom game Ganbare Goemon was loosely based on as well. Some gamers even assume that the first SNES game in the series, the one that came out in America as Legend of the Mystical Ninja, was actually the first game in the series, period. It doesn't help that the Goemon sequels for the Super Famicom in Japan are numbered in a way that they ignore the early Famicom games.
- Sidetracked by the Gold Saucer: The amusement park on Awaji island in Legend of the Mystical Ninja, and that's just the tip of the iceberg...
- That One Level: Castle Ryukyu in Legend of the Mystical Ninja. The town itself is aggravating enough, mostly populated with projectile throwing enemies, but you can't even get into the final dungeon without shilling out almost $1000 on a phrasebook, meaning that unless you have that much money to throw around, you'll be spending even more time in town than you'll need to be. And then you get to the level itself and find a section where you have to fight the same hammer-throwing carpenters from before, only located in places where you either have to hit them with bombs or jump and pray that they don't hit you with a hammer and cause you to fall into a Bottomless Pit before you can get down to their level and hit them. And then after that is a series of very quickly moving platforms over more Bottomless Pits. The final level that comes after it is actually easier in comparison despite being a constant assault of Goddamned Bats, because at least there's no Bottomless Pits around and you can actually hit your enemies without jumping through hoops.
Manga-Related Tropes
- Best Known for the Fanservice: Yae's main purpose in the manga was to demonstrate that "sex sells," which definitely helped her become the series' second-most popular character.
Anime-Related Tropes
- Toy Ship: Tsukasa Ishikawa and Asuka Tsuchiya in Anime.
- Villain Decay: In the second OVA, Seppukumaru - who was originally strong enough to stand against Impact on his own - faces a humiliating defeat at the hands of a group of ordinary children.
Multi-Media Tropes
- Die for Our Ship: Omitsu is the favored punching bag for bitter shippers, as she is the sole love interest of the main series - a matter exacerbated by her lack of screen time outside of kidnapping plots, leading her to be denounced as a useless cuckoldress or simply ignored as a result. To rub more salt into the wound, Konami has been making Goemon and Omitsu's romance more overt in recent times, and even threw in a couple of moments to sink the more popular GoeYae couple. (The fans of the aforementioned couple have the manga and Bouken Jidai Katsugeki to go on, but they're Alternate Continuity so they "don't count.")
- Ensemble Darkhorse: Harakiri Seppukumaru, and the Four Tsujigiri by association.
- Fan-Preferred Couple: Goemon/Yae and Goemon/Sasuke are the most prevalent.
- Portmanteau Couple Name: Naturally, given how nearly all of the characters have Japanese names.
- Unpopular Popular Character: Sasuke gets kicked around a lot, especially in the manga. Such is the price of being the most popular in the series.
- Viewer Gender Confusion: The crossdressing Sister Bismaru is mistaken for a woman thanks to a typo in the Goemon's Great Adventure manual. There's also Sasuke, to a lesser extent.


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West Indian teacher Yvonne Conolly with children at Ring Cross Infant School in Highbury.
In Kensington, London, Princess Margaret opens a new centre for West Indian students.
Good shots of immigrants from the West Indies arriving in Southampton.
Mass funeral for Notting Hill murder victim
Lovely footage of shoppers at market stalls in Brixton's Granville Arcade.
Lord Mayor of London is a host to West Indies cricketers.
The cricketer West Indian Gary Sobers marries Prudence Kirby. Basford, Nottinghamshire.
The West Indian cricket team enjoy dance put on for them in Hammersmith, London.
Great documentary showing various evening entertainments available to tourists in London.
Bus strike over employment of an Indian man as trainee conductor.
Nation-wide concern about the influx of emigrants from West Indies.
West Indies emigrants arrive at Southampton just before start of new Immigration Act.
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Hitchcock interviews Ingrid Bergman at Heathrow & Jamaican immigrants arrive at Tilbury.
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People rush for smallpox vaccinations after outbreak amongst Pakistani immigrants in UK.
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Asian families leaving Kenya and arriving in London.
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When most people begin looking at real estate properties, they do so with the knowledge that the purchase they make also represents a sound long-term investment. With recent developments that include a massive influx in real estate investors from overseas, it is fair to wonder whether real estate has become the safest and most effective form of investing available. There is indeed an argument to be made that real estate is now the most viable option for investors, but it should be noted that there is an art to selecting the best property in order to yield the greatest possible return.
The shrewdest investors understand the nuances and subtleties of the market, and they develop a detailed investment plan that lays out the short- and long-term goals and includes strategies for the achievement of those goals. In developing these plans, it is important to conduct due diligence regarding all of the relevant factors that will influence the level of success an investment will enjoy. Just as diligent advanced research is required to ensure bus charter safety, so too is it important to similarly investigate a potential real estate investment. This includes a thorough investigation of the area in which the prospective property is located and a detailed analysis of the potential for future growth that exists in that particular market.
It is also equally important for prospective investors to conduct a thorough exploration of the potentially available properties through the use of an approach that utilizes multiple avenues for acquiring real estate. While the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) is the first resource that comes to mind, many investors miss out on properties that prove to be lucrative investments by failing to explore the real estate auctions. Under the right circumstances, valuable properties can be purchased for far below market value, which has an obviously positive impact on the investment's potential for yielding a nice return on the initial outlay.
With market volatility becoming the norm in so many of the traditional realms of investment, the relative stability of the real estate market has made it one of the most popular and potentially safest form of short- or long-term investing. Even though more and more investors are putting their money into real estate as opposed to the more traditional options, it is still critical that prospective investors understand how to select a property according to their investment goals and recognize that real estate investing requires a nuanced approach in order for it to be as valuable as possible.


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After a slow start to the year, global equities accelerated in the second quarter of 2014. For the quarter, domestic large caps edged out mid caps and foreign equities-with small caps posting a solid but less dramatic quarterly gain. The pattern from the first quarter continued: a preference for yield-bearing investments and equities with a reputation for steadiness and fundamental strength. For instance, across Russell's main smaller-cap value indexes (2000, 2500 and Midcap), the two top-performing sectors were utilities and energy. Along the same lines, in smaller- cap stocks value topped core, while growth underperformed. The pattern was not as pronounced abroad, where emerging markets stocks outpaced developed markets-with sagging China being a key exception. We had strong returns this quarter, as Ariel Fund gained +6.42%, beating the Russell 2500 Value Index's +4.20% advance, as well as the +2.38% rise of the Russell 2000 Value Index.
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Several of our holdings posted strong returns this quarter. Industrial sand producer U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (SLCA) piled up a +45.60% return after a great earnings report. Recent results were solid, but the key takeaway from management's comments was the comparison of the current environment to that of 2011 and 2012, when business boomed based on heavy demand. All along, we have viewed Silica as a cyclical business, so we expected it to improve along the way; by the same token, we do not think a great environment will persist forever. In addition, global real estate company CBRE Group, Inc. (CBG) jumped +16.81% after a very strong quarterly earnings report. Its adjusted earnings per share were $0.25, $0.08 higher than expectations, on the basis of strong revenue overall and nearly across its units. The market seemed especially pleased that management saw more upside than downside for the rest of 2014.
A few of our holdings struggled throughout the quarter. Preclinical testing firm Charles River Laboratories Intl, Inc. (CRL) dropped -11.30% as mergers and acquisitions ramped up in the health-care sector. Health-care consolidations have been rising, the most prominent being a proposed $100 billion acquisition of Astra-Zeneca by Pfizer Inc. (PFE), and with mergers come the rationalization of research capabilities. The market tends to react swiftly and sharply to such events. We think such reactions are generally overblown, as the effects tend to be more short-term than long-term; as such we think Charles River has become a better bargain lately. Also, natural resources explorer Contango Oil & Gas Co. (MCF) slipped -11.37% after an earnings report that disappointed the Street. Specifically, the company's first-quarter loss of $10 million was driven by $42 million in dry-hole (a well that produces no commercially viable oil and gas) costs from a Gulf of Mexico well. Investors focused heavily on that unfortunate news-which we see as an unlucky part of the business- rather than on the company's otherwise solid numbers. We were quite encouraged that the company plans to shift its capital expenditures entirely onshore where dry-hole risks are much lower.
In the second quarter of 2014 we did not initiate any positions in Ariel Fund, but we sold our shares of DeVry Education Group Inc. (DV), Interface, Inc. (TILE), McCormick & Co., Inc. (MKC), and Nordstrom, Inc. (JWN) in order to pursue more compelling opportunities.
At the end of the first quarter we publicly surmised that we had just seen a slight pullback in the market. This quarter the market got back on course, and we think the rest of the year may well be more of the same, for several reasons. First and foremost, the long-awaited-and in our mind overdue-wave of mergers and acquisitions is clearly in place. According to Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS), 2014 is on pace to be the second-biggest year ever for M&A. Housing news has been positive: as noted in the Wall Street Journal, in May sales of new homes rose to their highest level in six years, and sales of existing homes jumped a seasonally adjusted +4.9%. Finally, the Wall Street Journal notes, "U.S. payrolls in May hit an all-time high after the first four-month stretch of job creation above 200,000 since the boom days of the late 1990s."1 We think corporate transactions, housing and employment are huge forces in the economy that should serve to accelerate the ongoing recovery.
This commentary candidly discusses a number of individual companies. These opinions are current as of the date of this commentary but are subject to change. The information provided in this commentary does not provide information reasonably sufficient upon which to base an investment decision and should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security.
As of 6/30/14, U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. constituted 1.7% of Ariel Fund; CBRE Group, Inc. 3.9%; Charles River Laboratories Intl, Inc. 2.5%; Pfizer Inc. 0.0%; Contango Oil & Gas Co. 2.2%; DeVry Education Group Inc. 0.0%; Interface, Inc. 0.0%; McCormick & Co., Inc. 0.0%; Nordstrom, Inc. 0.0%; and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 0.0%. Portfolio holdings are subject to change. The performance of any single portfolio holding is no indication of the performance of other portfolio holdings of Ariel Fund.
The Russell 2500? Value Index measures the performance of the small- to mid-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2500 companies with lower price/book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Russell 2000� Value Index measures the performance of the small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 companies with lower price/book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. Russell� is a trademark of Russell Investment Group, which is the source and owner of the Russell Indexes' trademarks, service marks and copyrights.
Investors should consider carefully the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses before investing. For a current prospectus or summary prospectus which contains this and other information about the funds offered by Ariel Investment Trust, call us at 800-292-7435 or visit our website, arielinvestments.com. Please read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully before investing. Distributed by Ariel Distributors LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ariel Investments LLC.
1 Eric Morath, "Jobs Return to Peak, but Quality Lags," Wall Street Journal, June 9, 2014.
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Recipe by: Chef John V., A Good Cooking Recipe!
History: Moravian ring cake, just like my grandmother Victoria sister's made, thanks Stazi and Mille.
Description: Sweet and Crunchy Pecan Ring Coffee Cake
Serving size: 12
Preparation time: about 2 1/2 hours
Coffee Cake Dough
2 tbsp. yeast
1 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. flour
¼ cup milk, warm
Blend together, cover and let a sponge form then fall back
Add the following---
4 ½ cups flour
½ cup sugar
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 cup milk, warm mixed with 1 tsp. vanilla and 2 egg yolks, beaten
½ cup butter, melted
1 tsp. lemon rind, grated
Mix on medium speed for 6 minutes and add---
1/2 cup golden raisins--- Mix slowly for 2 minutes to incorporate.
Let rise until double, about 1 hour. Divide into 2 equal portions. Roll into a ¼ inch thick, 12x16 mat. Brush each piece with 4 tbsp. soft butter then sprinkle each piece with half of the following mixture that is coarsely chopped in a Cuisinart---
1 cup pecans
2/3 cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
¼ tsp. nutmeg
1 tbsp. cinnamon
Roll up, jellyroll fashion into a 1 ¾ inch thick log, you may need to compress the roll with your hands and fingers squeezing it from the center out to the edges to get a 1 ¾ inch diameter and brushing off excess flour that might be rolled into the center with a dry pastry brush. Moisten the seam with water to help seal it, then on a oiled baking pan, form it into a circle and pinch the joining edges together. Egg wash and let it rise 60 minutes, slash the dough 's top ¼ inch deep by 2 inches long with a very sharp knife or with a razor blade every 3 inches around the ring. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 20 minutes then turn the pan around in the oven, lower the heat to 350 and bake an additional 15 minutes. Remove and cool to luke-warm, drizzle the following over the pastry---
Royal Icing
2 cups powdered sugar
1 large egg whites, room temperature
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ tsp. water
In bowl of electric mixer (Slowly at first) beat together the confectioners' sugar, egg whites, water and cream of tartar on low to medium speed until desired consistency (about 5-7 minutes). Add more water, if necessary, with an eye dropper. This mixture should be spreadable, glossy and shiny but not runny and drippy. It's like whipped cream cheese!
To keep icing soft and shiny add a few drops of glycerin, available online at pastry supply sites or cake decorating stores.
The icing needs to be used immediately or transferred to an airtight container as royal icing hardens when exposed to air.
(or) dust with powder sugar. Let it harden then transfer to a serving dish. Keep in a loose wax paper wrapper, not a plastic bag as the icing will melt away and the pastry will become soggy.
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By: Nathan Weinberg | 2008-03-12
Xbox 360 Fanboy has an article about how developers are unhappy with the Xbox 360 Arcade (formerly the Core system) and its lack of hard drive.
Taking the Web into our own hands, one computer at a time
With the PS3 finally catching on, the fact that one console has a hard drive and one only sometimes does is annoying the hell out of them. Some developers like to use the hard drive as a cache, in order that their games run faster, though with the trade-off that games now install to your disk, just like freakin' PC games.
There is definitely a disadvantage to having the Arcade around, especially if it's discouraging developers (and you know how Microsoft bends over backwards for devs). I wonder if there's a way for Microsoft to eliminate the Arcade, somehow allow developers to design all games to require a hard drive. The only way that could happen would require them to not just pull the Arcade from the market, but to also not cut off and screw Arcade owners, who have been buying the edition for over two years.
One way to make it right, would be to give all Core/Arcade owners a free hard drive. Considering the cost of a 20-gig laptop hard drive can run as little as $25-$35, even with 18 millions 360s sold, we're talking a small hit. If 30% of all 360s have no hard drive (which is probably too high an assumption), the cost is certainly less than $200 million, probably a lot less, and worth its weight in developer goodwill.
Other options would include a huge price break for the existing drive, or a coupon for it for Arcade owners. Make it affordable enough, and abandoning it won't seem as bad. The current hard drives are priced far too high anyway. With the rumor these days that the regular 360 is being upgraded to 60 gigabytes, the 20 gig drive should be cheap and in surplus enough for everyone to have one.
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Ahmad, M. A. and Mohamed, Zaharuddin and Hambali, N. (2008) Dynamic modelling of a two-link flexible manipulator system incorporating payload. In: Industrial Electronics and Applications, 2008. ICIEA 2008. 3rd IEEE Conference, 3-5 June 2008, Singapore.
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This paper presents dynamic modelling of a two-link flexible manipulator based on closed-form equations of motion. The kinematic model is based on standard frame transformation matrices describing both rigid rotation and modal displacement, under small deflection assumption. The Lagrangian approach is used to derive the dynamic model of the structure. Links are modelled as Euler-Bernoulli beams with proper clamped-mass boundary conditions. A dynamic model of the system, incorporating structural damping, hub inertia and payload, is developed using finite assumed mode methods. Explicit equations of motions are detailed by assuming two modes of vibration for each link. Moreover, effects of payload on the response of the flexible manipulator are discussed. Extensive results that validate the theoretical derivation are presented in the time and frequency domains.
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BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) -- The 2013 World Irish Dance Championships have come to Boston.
More than 40 dancers, some as young as 10-years-old, will compete in Boston through the week.
A local favorite, 16-year-old Melissa McCarthy, who trains in Walpole, is expected to defend her "17 and Under Solo" trophy at this year's competition.
This is the second time the international competition has been outside of Ireland or Scotland.
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Lionel Messi hit a stunning four goals as Barcelona thrashed lowly Osasuna.
Messi celebrated another goalscoring milestone with four more goals as Barcelona demolished 10-man Osasuna at the Nou Camp.
The Argentinian went one better than great rival Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick earlier in the evening as he was part of a Barca side who utterly outclassed woefully inferior opposition.
His second was his 200th goal in the Primera Division, another landmark feat in his ever-growing list of achievements.
The fourth brought his total in the league this term to 33 and he is on track to match last season's barely-believable 50. Seventeen more are needed from 17 games; only for Messi would that be considered simple.
And next up for him, albeit in the Copa Del Rey semi-finals: Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on Wednesday.
Pedro was also on target for the Catalans, while Raoul Loe briefly levelled for Osasuna before Alejandro Arribas' sending-off after 27 minutes made their task an almost impossible one.


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Chargers tight end Antonio Gates (foot) missed practice on Wednesday and does not plan to practice for the remainder of the week heading into the game against the Raiders. Gates had four catches for 46 yards against the Colts on Sunday but made no promises that he will play this week. "It all depends on how I feel Saturday night going into Sunday," Gates said. He has missed two games with the plantar fascia injury.
How do you expect the Raiders to defend you Sunday?
"The Raiders are one of the few teams that are not a sugarcoat kind of team," Gates said. "They believe in their abilities to cover, they believe in their athletes, you just got to go out and beat them. They put themselves in position to match athlete against athlete. That's what they strive on. They are tremendously athletic.
"Their secondary, going through our game (film), when you think about some of the better secondaries in the league, the Raiders are definitely a secondary that comes up. So, we got our hands full in the passing game and the running game. It's a situation where they basically say, we're going to line up and beat you. They believe in their athletes on defense."
The plantar fascia is a thick connective tissue which supports the arch of the foot. Both Gates and Raiders tight end Zach Miller are dealing with partial tears, plus Miller has a nasty contusion on his right leg from a hit last week.
"No, I didn't know (Miller) is dealing with a plantar fasciatis," Gates said. "That's a tough deal. That's just tough to swallow. I know how painful it is. I've been dealing with it now for about a month and a half. I admire anybody that goes out there and plays like a warrior and with that kind of pain. It's sacrifice. That's the way I look at it. You're sacrificing yourself and you're sacrificing your game. You believe in what you can accomplish as a team and you go out and you sacrifice your body and you sacrifice every day that you've worked for to this point."


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ROCHESTER, Minn. - First responders from the Lewiston Fire Department have rescued an 80-year-old man who was trapped in a grain bin south of Lewiston Thursday.
Officials say the man appeared to be uninjured but he was taken to the hospital as a precaution. The man was rescued from the grain bin about 2 p.m. Thursday.
The man was stuck in the bin for more than three hours.
Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand said the rescue happened at a farm about three miles south of Lewiston at 25764 County Road 25.
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The legendary rockers will arrive in Moscow within world tour
2 Jun 2016 cult band Deep Purple will give the only concert in Russia in the framework of his world tour.
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The band formed in the distant February 1968 in Hartford, England, has sold over one hundred million (!) records, played a key role in the development of heavy music and had an enormous influence on thousands of rock bands of different generations.
While Deep Purple is still one of the most exciting live bands. Every show is a large – scale action music, filled with improvisations and tremendous power of this rock!
The group was one of the first actively touring in Russia and ardently loved by the fans of different ages and social categories.
The first concert of Deep Purple in Russia took place twenty years ago, in 1996, in Moscow. The group was amazed how many fans had expected her, and since then, with great love for the Russian public. The first concert was even released a special DVD Deep Purple – Live in Moscow.
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For SATB, unaccompanied.Originally published in the New Horizons collection Cantica Nova, this expansive Advent motet creates a unique sound world through unusual harmonic inflections, striking spatial effects, unmeasured notation, and haunting soprano and tenor solos. Featured on CDs by Ex Cathedra (Christmas Music by Candlelight) and The Sixteen (O Guiding Night), O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel is quickly becoming a popular choice for choirs looking to develop their contemporary repertoire.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Assembly has passed Gov. Scott Walker's $504 million property and income tax cut plan on a bipartisan 62-37 vote.
The vote Tuesday now sends the bill to the Senate, where Republicans in control there have said they want to make changes to how much money is put into savings while not significantly altering the tax cuts.
Before passing the bill the Assembly rejected a Democratic alternative that called for spending more on job training and reducing property taxes.
Republicans say they support Walker's plan because it returns much of a $912 million budget surplus.
Walker's proposal would cut property taxes for the owner of a typical home by $131 on the bill mailed in December. It also would reduce income taxes by an average of $46 per taxpayer.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) --The Wisconsin state Assembly plans to vote on Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to cut property and income taxes by $504 million.
The scheduled vote Tuesday comes even as Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has been critical of the Assembly moving ahead before the Legislature's budget committee has considered the bill.
Senate Republicans are pursuing changes to the proposal, specifically related to how much money is put in the state's rainy day fund, akin to a savings account, and how much is kept in the state's general fund, which acts like a checking account.
Democrats don't have the votes to stop the bill in the Assembly. They have been critical of how the tax cuts are structured, saying they don't do enough to help the middle class.


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Just 20 minutes from Barcelona-El Prat airport lies the region of Costa Barcelona. The name is not as familiar as its northern neighbour Costa Brava, but that should be exactly why you want to visit!
Costa Barcelona is one of three new tourist brands that encompass the Province of Barcelona. Collectively they market themselves as "Barcelona es most mes" which translates as "Barcelona is much!".
I've just returned from a recent press trip and here are 12 reasons why families should visit:
1. It's less expensive!
Costa Barcelona is not as well-known as other areas of Spain, hence not as expensive. That means it's not overrun with tourists, and can often be a bit quieter and more authentic. The area prides itself in that tourists and locals mix together and share the amazing beaches, landscapes and natural resources. Also – you can base yourself in the more reasonably priced Costa Barcelona and easily take the train into Barcelona for a day trip. The best of both worlds.
2. Get some sun!
Let's not forget why Brits go to Spain – to get some much-needed sunshine! The average temperature in summer in Costa Barcelona is 23C, which to me is just about perfect! Spring and Autumn can be good times to visit too, with temperatures ranging from 16C-22C. Don't forget your sunscreen!
3. Hang out on a beach
Costa Barcelona has more than 100 kilometers of beaches, from small coves to wide open sandy beaches there's one to suit everyone in the family. Pick a beach with a Family Holiday Destination ranking, such as Calella, Castelldefels and Malgrat de Mar, to be sure you will find amenities for little ones like play areas, kids menus and more. Make sand castles, play beach volleyball or try one of the many watersports centers to kayak, paddleboard or banana boat your way in the sparkling Mediterranean.
4. Spend time in the mountains
Drive just 40 kilometers north of Barcelona and you'll be in the Montseny Natural Park, where you can hike to your heart's content. The unique ecosystem ranges from Mediterranean to Alpine – so you can discover the differences for yourself. Follow the Tordera river, which flows to into the Mediterranean, and if you're lucky you'll see some natural treasures like newts, pine martens and jays. The park offers guided walks, which involves kids through games and stories. If your child is not already a nature lover – they will be after this.
5. Learn to cableski
The Canal Olimpic, built for the 1992 Olympic rowing events, has been converted to a 43-hectare water sports haven offering windsurfing, sailing, surfing, paddle boarding and "cableski" which is like wake boarding but pulled by a cable! Kids as young as 6 can participate. I can't wait to bring my girls back to try this and up their coolness creds.
6. Visit a castle
What kid doesn't love a castle? The 16th century Castello de Castadefells was originally built to protect the area against invasions, but in came in handy again against Berber pirate raids. On a clear day you can see all the way to Barcelona. Tour the castle and grounds and imagine yourself as Spanish royalty.
7. Relax in a Roman bath
Known for its thermal waters, Caldes de Montbui has some of the best preserved Roman baths in Spain, where the natural hot spring run at 180C! In the newly renovated El Safareig Baths you try the waters for yourself, and soak in the minerals from water that is more than 10,000 years old! It's very relaxing.
8. Learn about wine
Visit Alta Alella, the closest vineyard to Barcelona, located 2 km from the Mediterranean Sea between the towns of Alella and Tiana. Its organic wines are in the menus of some of the best restaurants of the world and you can have fun tasting them all! The vineyard offers workshops for children that are aimed at getting them interested and active and having fun learning about viticulture.
9. Stay in a "campings"
If you like the outdoors and want to keep accommodations costs at bay, try staying at a "campings", which is just the Spanish word for campsite. But don't let the word fool you, they offer much more than sleeping under canvas, ranging from mobile homes, rustic cabins and lodges. There's a wide range of options, so research carefully. Some are basic, but others offer amenities such as upscale coffee makers and air conditioning.
10. Try the local cuisine
Where to start? First, make sure to try the 3 different kinds of the Spanish paella: "Regular", baked and fideia (noodles instead of rice) and try to decide a favourite! I also loved Coca d'ecalivada, a pastry snack with roasted red pepper, aubergine and onion. And did you know "cantelones" came from Cataluña (not Italy!)
11. Hike up to a lighthouse
For awesome views and some local history, visit the Calella Light House. There are several walking paths up the cliff making it an adventure for the whole family. Up top, there are sweeping views over the white sands of Calella and the Mediterranean. Bring your camera!
12. Practice your Spanish
With many British schools swapping French for Spanish as the mandatory language for Year 7s, young scholars will be grateful for the chance to practice their newly acquired language skills. Actually, the main language of the region is Catalan, which is a different language to Spanish, but it is close enough to understand and Spanish is spoken as well. We took home many of the brochures and my daughter's Spanish teacher copied them for the whole class to examine!
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