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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Hello again, and Picard is stupid.
It's good to see you all again. Yes, I know to you this is the first time I've blogged here.
Sigh. It's complicated.
I was thinking about the various Star Trek time travel episodes, from the ol' Kirk-Spock slingshot technique to the TNG alterna-dimension time travel eps. And it occurred to me: the Next Generation writers are real wimps when it comes to time travel. They're too afraid to have someone REALLY travel into the past or future, so they tend to set it up under quantum dynamics as an alternative permutation of reality. WUSSES. The JJ Abrams Star Trek movie also went this route, causing Old Spock and Nero to end up in an alternative past. They thereby avoid pissing off the trekkers who suckled on the crippled teat that is TOS.
That goes double for Deep Space Nine, who were so afraid of Sisko time travelling that they had to make him a delusional writer for it to work!
You know what show wasn't afraid of ballsy time-travel? Voyagers! Gimme an Omni and Phineas Boggs any day over the knock-kneed futurists of Starfleet.
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- Scott B. said...
Fun Fact 1:
The guy who starred in Voyagers! accidentally shot himself in the head with a prop gun.
Fun Fact 2:
Since he was hooked up to life support, his mother apparently gave permission for all of his organs to be given for transplants.
Fun Fact 3:
An escort service owner got his heart.
- October 16, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Matsby said...
It's an interesting suggestion. Does it take more guts as a time travel fiction writer to maintain one changeable (or unchangeable) timeline than it does to just make all changes take place in diverging and parallel timelines?
Although both are possible theories I think I would agree that diverging timelines can sometimes feel like a cop-out to the reader/viewer.
Maybe it's because I want the person's actions to mean something - to have changed something. I want consequences to their actions. And when it's done as an alternate timeline, they just can do whatever they want with no consequences - and little explanation other than "oh don't worry no paradoxes because the timelines diverged".
- October 18, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Precisely right Matsby - there are no stakes at play if there are no consequences on the time traveler's own timeline.
- October 19, 2009 at 9:02 AM
- Robert Vollman said...
If we traveled back in time, would we go to our own timeline (with all its paradoxes), or create a divergent timeline?
Maybe Spock has the answer. It depends HOW we travel in time. Because he has done both!
Maybe both forms of time travel are possible, and it all comes down to how you do it. If you slingshot around a sun, or use weird artifacts left behind on alien planets or libraries, then its your own timeline. But if you do it with that weird substance from Abrams' movie, then you go to a divergent one instead.
In the Abrams' universe, is there any way for (old) Spock to get back to his own timeline? A slingshot won't do it, nor weird alien artifacts, because those just move you about in the timeline you're already in.
- October 19, 2009 at 3:55 PM


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The bestselling author of Sarah's Key, Tatina de Rosnay, has written another winner. A Secret Kept literally keeps the reader in suspense, wondering if the secret will ever be totally revealed.
Antoine takes his sister Melanie on a 40th birthday trip to Noirmoutier Island, a lovely place where they had spent several enjoyable summers as children. But something about the island also brings back troubling memories for Melanie. On the return trip home, just as Melanie is about to reveal her fears to Antoine, she loses control of the car. The book opens with Antoine waiting anxiously in a hospital waiting room, wondering if Melanie will even survive.
Antoine finds himself confronting not only his past, but his present family relationships as well. Unhappy since his divorce just a year ago, he has difficulty communicating with his children and he has always felt distanced from his father. He senses the secret revolves around his mother, and he wonders about her sudden death so many years ago.
I really enjoyed this book. The tension is kept sufficiently tight, and the character development, realistic. Plus, if you're a francophile, you'll appreciate some of the many French references! Incidentally, the author was recently named one of the top ten fiction writers in Europe.

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Thinking of trying that new Italian around the corner? Well you might be able to have a look inside without leaving the house, thanks to Google's Business Photos feature.
The feature was launched back in September as part of Google Maps, but Google has only just brought it to search results. So search for said Italian, and the option to have a look inside will show up alongside it on the results page.
It's not just a quick peek either. It's a full 360-degree panorama, so you can get a real feel for a place before you decide to pay it a visit.
Just click "see inside" next to the business on the search page, and you'll be taken inside for a tour.
Indoor Street View
The snaps are uploaded by Google's "trusted photographers" rather than the business owners themselves. You can wander around them just like in Google Street View, meaning it's the closest you can get to being in the shop without leaving the house.
Businesses can upload their own snaps instead of using those from Google's approved photographers, but users won't be able to walk around them.
Google has included business in the US, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Canada.
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What was Tropical Depression Gabrielle dissipated and ceased to be a tropical cyclone Thursday night, but its remnants still posed a heavy rain threat to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
As of 11 p.m., Gabrielle's remnants had maximum sustained winds of 30 mph and were moving north-northwest at 9 mph about 30 miles north-northwest of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center said.
Gabrielle was downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression Thursday morning.
No coastal watches or warnings were in effect.
The remnants of Gabrielle, which became the seventh named storm of the season late Wednesday, are expected to head north-northwest or north for the next day or two.
Its remnants could still bring between 2-4 inches of rain to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches. The rains could cause dangerous flash floods and mud slides over mountainous terrain.
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Praise for Margaret Atwood's Moral Disorder:
"Sharply focused, intensely personal. . . . Moral Disorder is domestic realism at its most convincing. . . . These are poignant stories crammed with richly nostalgic detail, rueful, wise, elegiac."
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books
"Elegant. . . . In Moral Disorder, Atwood travels deep into the expanse of memories and language built up over her writing lifetime and offers a handful of gems to illuminate our times."
—The Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Poignant. . . . Wry. . . . The tremendous imaginative power of [Atwood's] fiction allows us to believe that anything is possible."
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"Searingly intelligent. . . . [These are] beguiling narratives that Atwood unspools with signature grace and incisiveness."


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Another endurance movie showing is coming to Colorado Springs and it benefits the Incline Friends. The new documentary "Unbreakable: The Western States 100," is showing at Stargazers Theatre on December 7th at 7 PM. Doors open at 6 p.m. and top ultra runners Anton Krupicka, Geoff Roes and Anita Ortiz will be there.
The film by Journeyfilm's JB Benna follows the footsteps of four extraordinary athletes, including Krupicka and Roes of Boulder, as they prepare for the 2010 race and the daunting challenge of running 100 miles across the Sierra Nevada, some of the most rugged country in the western United States. On race day you'll join the runners shoulder-to-shoulder as they push their limits above timberline, and then risk life and limb on hell-bent descents.
This is a must see for anyone who dreams of striding across the sky to greet the sunrise.
The evening will be topped with a question and answer discussion with Krupicka, Roes and Ortiz, some of the top ultra runners in the world. Roes won the Western States 100 in 2010, while Ortiz claimed the women's title in 2009. Krupicka, who attended Colorado College, is a two-time winner of the Leadville 100.
Tickets cost $10 and will be available at Mountain Chalet, 226 N. Tejon St.; Colorado Running Company, 833 N. Tejon St., and 9275 N. Union Blvd, Ste. 120; and Carmichael Training Systems, 600 S. 21st St., No. 100. Tickets will also be available for $10 the day of the show, but it's wise to purchase them early. Tickets are also available online for $11 at imATHLETE.com.
The event is a fundraiser for Incline Friends, the organization created to help implement the Manitou Incline Site Development and Management Plan and open the Incline to the public. Although it still isn't legal to hike the Manitou Incline, the Incline Friends are working to educate users, build relationships with other groups and residents who use and live near the Incline, and organize volunteer work days.
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MODERN's Facebook fans went CRAZY when we posted this pic of Vicki Desouza Houghton's "hair bow" updo on our Facebook page. In just an hour, this pic got 520 "likes", more than 50 comments, and 47 shares. Obviously we had to get the how to from Vicki!
Step one: Because the client's hair was so long, and very fine, set the top on heated rollers to make it more textured and easy to work with. Then, blow dry the hair straight back so once it is in a high ponytail, the back is smooth.
Step two: Then, create sections and subsections. Begin by sectioning out a top panel, about 1/4 of the hair from the front of the head. Clip it out of the way.
Step three: Ask the client to tip her head upside down so you can get the ponytail all the way to the top of her head, behind the section you isolated.
Step four: Then backcomb the ponytail to "fluff it up" and split it into three. Take out the middle section and pin it out the way toward the face.
Step five: Take the other two sections, comb, smooth and shape into the sides of the bow. Pin under by the pony's base and shape into the bow's sides. Pin the remaining ends of the middle section at the bottom by the pony's base, then flip it over to create the center of the bow. Use the hair from step one to create a "bump" or "poof" or maybe even a braid, but it's there to be creative with or to hide any mistakes in your pony.
BELOW: We found this how-to video here from justbebexo.com if you want to watch her create it on herself!
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Exelon (NYSE:EXC) today announced the senior executives that will be reporting directly to President and CEO Christopher M. Crane following completion of the Exelon-Constellation merger, anticipated in early 2012.
Chicago, IL and Baltimore, MD - Exelon (NYSE:EXC) today announced the senior executives that will be reporting directly to President and CEO Christopher M. Crane following completion of the Exelon-Constellation merger, anticipated in early 2012.
"I'm pleased to announce a senior leadership team of very qualified individuals who are the best in the energy business. In the coming months, as we continue to work toward the successful completion of Exelon's merger with Constellation and create the nation's leading competitive energy provider, this team will be integrally involved with the integration planning process and in helping shape the ultimate design of the new company," said Crane.
Additional members of his Executive Committee and other senior leadership positions are expected to be identified by the end of 2011.
Upon completion of the merger:
Denis P. O'Brien, currently executive vice president of Exelon and president and CEO of PECO, will become senior executive vice president of Exelon Corporation and CEO of Exelon Utilities, with responsibility for sharing best practices and providing oversight to the combined company's utility businesses. Reporting to O'Brien will be the three utility senior executives: Craig Adams, currently senior vice president and COO of PECO, who will become CEO of that business; Ken DeFontes, CEO of BGE; and Anne Pramaggiore, currently president and COO of ComEd, who will become CEO of that business. As announced previously, Frank M. Clark, currently chairman and CEO of ComEd, plans to retire upon closing of the merger.
William A. Von Hoene, Jr., currently executive vice president, Finance & Legal, will become senior executive vice president and chief strategy officer for the combined company, with responsibility for corporate development, corporate strategy, legal, regulatory, government affairs, investments and communications.
Ruth Ann M. Gillis will remain executive vice president, Exelon Corporation, president of the Exelon Business Services Company and chief administrative and diversity officer for the combined company. Gillis will continue to lead the combined company's commercial operations, human resources, information technology and supply practice areas.
Matthew F. Hilzinger, currently senior vice president and CFO for Exelon, will become executive vice president and chief integration officer for Exelon Corporation. Hilzinger will be the lead executive for all integration activities following the closing of the Exelon-Constellation merger.
Jonathan W. "Jack" Thayer, currently chief financial officer for Constellation Energy, will become executive vice president and CFO of the combined company, with responsibility for Exelon's accounting, risk, financial planning & analysis, tax, treasury, investor relations and audit functions.
Crane will retain his title as president of Exelon Generation. Reporting to him in that organization will be the following leaders:
Kenneth W. Cornew, currently senior vice president of Exelon and president of Exelon Power Team, will become executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Exelon and president and CEO of Constellation upon the closing of the Exelon-Constellation merger, leading the competitive retail and commodities businesses. Kathleen W. Hyle, senior vice president of Constellation Energy, will continue to oversee the company's commercial businesses through the closing of the merger and will work closely with Cornew on integration activities. Hyle is in discussions about a potential senior role within Exelon following the transaction.
Charles R. "Chip" Pardee, currently COO of Exelon Generation, will retain that title, leading the operations of the Exelon Nuclear and Exelon Power business units. Following the merger, Constellation's non-nuclear generating units will become part of Exelon Power.
Full biographical information on Crane, O'Brien, Pramaggiore, Von Hoene, Gillis, Hilzinger, Cornew and Pardee is available on Exelon's corporate website (www.exeloncorp.com). Thayer's and DeFontes' bios are available at Constellation's website (www.constellation.com).


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Building on the graphing tutorial in his last post Sameer continues on looking at graphs in PHP with this new post showing how to create an "agency matrix" of a currently built graph.
Building a graph is not enough; we also need the ability to search through it. To make it easier to build search algorithms, it is useful if we can represent the graph and its connections in a different way; adjacency matrix being one such representation. An adjacency matrix is a means of representing which vertices (or nodes) of a graph are adjacent to which other vertices.
He includes some sample code to extract the data from a graph (built with the PEAR Structures_Graph package) and create a basic "table" of information about each nodes' connections.


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Feng Yu Heng gave Xuan Tian Hua an intravenous injection of anesthetics. She then brought him directly into the operating room inside her space. After looking at the x-ray, the results were not beyond her expectations. There was soft tissue damage and a simple fracture.
She hesitated for a moment as she tried to decide on whether to use plaster or an externally applied Chinese medicine. In the end, she chose the latter. The reason was because there was a very good medicine in this pharmacy. In her previous life, the Feng family had an ancestral bone mending powder. It used many kinds of expensive Chinese medicines to create this powder. In Chinese medicine, external remedies were for treatment, while ingested remedies were supplementary. A course of medicine needed to be taken over three days and three nights. Normally, after three to six days of treatment, the pain and swelling from the fracture would die down and circulation would improve. Treatment would be considered complete after three to four courses. She had wanted to give that medicine to Xuan Tian Ming a long time ago, but she never had a chance to.
Feng Yu Heng turned around and left the operating room to begin searching through a cupboard.
When Xuan Tian Hua woke up, Huang Quan had happened to bring food into the room.
He opened his eyes in a daze and felt that he had experienced a very long dream. In this dream, he was in a very odd place. All around him, there were odd decorations, and there was a very pungent smell that he could not quite describe. Feng Yu Heng was at his side the entire time, swaying back and forth. It seemed that she had put something on his injured foot. He could not see clearly, as his eyelids began to feel heavy. He then fell asleep once more.
"What time is it now?" He propped himself up in bed and asked Huang Quan.
Huang Quan saw that he had woken up and was startled at first. She then put the food on the table and happily said: "Young miss said that your Highness would wake up at noon and told this servant to prepare the food. She really was accurate."
Xuan Tian Hua was stunned. It was noon. That meant he had slept for an entire morning.
He then lifted the blankets at looked at his foot. It actually was wrapped up in a white cloth that faintly smelled of medicine. The shock caused him to recall the odd place in his dream.
Xuan Tian Hua shook his head and only wondered what sort of odd dream he had. He actually did not recognize a single thing he saw.
"Your Highness, please eat a little first." Huang Quan moved the food to a small table near the bed and spoke carefully.
Xuan Tian Hua, however, did not begin eating. Instead, he asked: "Where is your young miss?"
Huang Quan replied: "She is outside distributing hot tea. With this Winter disaster, a large amount of citizens in the capital have suffered, especially those in the Northern and Southern parts of the capital, where the houses are less sturdy. Some houses have even been flattened by the storm. Many people do not have a place to go, and Hundred Herb Hall received some, but the amount of space is limited. Not all of them can be brought in. Second young miss set up a canopy outside the entrance where a cup of free tea is given out each day. First, the tea can warm up the body, and secondly, the tea contains some supplements from medical herbs. They can more or less strengthen the body."
He no longer asked and quietly began to eat. After he finished eating, he insisted on going outside to take a look.
There was nothing Huang Quan could do. She thought a little, but Feng Yu Heng did not say that he could not get out of bed. In fact, she had even left behind a cane. It seemed to be permission for Xuan Tian Hua to go out for a walk.
Thus, she handed the cane over and helped him stand up. She then successfully brought him out to the entrance of Hundred Herb Hall.
At this time, Feng Yu Heng was handing out cup after cup of hot tea. The clerks of Hundred Herb Hall were helping out too. One by one, they handed them out to the citizens who had lined up. The citizens were also very self-conscious, as they formed a long line. After they received their tea, they would stand off to the side to drink it. After they finished drinking their cup of tea, they would return it to one of the collection places then pick up their tools and return to cleaning up the snow.
Huang Quan told Xuan Tian Hua: "Right now, many people in the capital are voluntarily sweeping up the streets of the capital. They are mostly people who have received help from Hundred Herb Hall. Young miss said that people should not only take care of sweeping the area before their own doors. The capital belongs to everyone, so they can not rely entirely on the government to come take care of things. As for the people who came later, young miss promised that they would be able to receive free help in the future."
Xuan Tian Hua previously only knew that Feng Yu Heng was very skilled in medicine. After that, he felt she was odd and knew what she liked and disliked. Today, however, he discovered that this girl had grand ideas. Although her actions were bold, her plans were thorough. She would always find a way to save people from a seemingly desperate situation.
He leaned on the cane and walked forward. Standing next to Feng Yu Heng, he took the ladle for the hot tea and helped her fill each cup.
Some of the citizens recognized him and began to kneel to wish him a long life. Xuan Tian Hua, however, waved his hand and used his usual refined voice to say: "Today, this prince and county princess Ji An are both just clerks for Hundred Herb Hall. If you truly wish to remember this favor, then remember that it came from Hundred Herb Hall." After he finished speaking, he continued to ladle tea.
The citizens stood up and were all extremely moved. They all spoke repeatedly of how Prince Chun and county princess Ji An were living Bodhisattva. If they were not around, who knows how many would have frozen to death.
Feng Yu Heng smiled bitterly. Standing next to Xuan Tian Hua, she quietly said: "In truth, the requests of the citizens are very simple. They only want to eat their fill, be warm, have a place to live, and that's it. But even if it's just that, there are some people who can not enjoy such things. Seventh brother, take a look at them. Some are sick, some are only wearing a single layer of clothing, some are holding children, while some are still children. I am a doctor. I want to save as many people at possible, but I only have one pair of hands and this one Hundred Herb Hall. If, in the future, the capital of every province has its own existence like Hundred Herb Hall, wouldn't things be much better?"
Xuan Tian Hua nodded, "Naturally, it would be better, but there is only one of you, Feng Yu Heng." The real meaning was that there were plenty of medical shops in Da Shun, but not a single boss wanted to use their money on the citizens like her.
"Then what if they all belonged to me?" She began to instill the idea of a "chain" into Xuan Tian Hua. All of the bosses will be me. All of the shopkeepers will be taught by me. After they pass, they will be sent to look after shops in various locations. All of the operations will be exactly the same as in the capital. Even the interiors of the shops will be kept the same. Seventh brother, what do you think?"
This was the first time Xuan Tian Hua had heard of this method for opening medical shops. Having heard something novel, he began to carefully think about it. The more he thought about it, the more he felt this was a very good idea. He could not help but repeatedly praise: "No wonder father Emperor conferred you the title of county princess. You are a benefit to society and provide security for the people. There is only one A-Heng in this world."
Feng Yu Heng was rendered a little bashful from his praise and quickly changed the subject, asking him about something she had always been curious about: "Seventh brother, have you heard whether the Bu family's young miss is alive or dead?" She remembered that when she left, Bu Ni Shang was suffering from extensive bleeding. In this era, such heavy blood loss was life-threatening.
Xuan Tian Hua told her: "Spies within the Bu family reported saying Bu Ni Shang was saved by an imperial doctor. The Bu family was preparing to send her to a temple in the suburbs of the capital, but given the heavy snowfall in the past few days, it was not possible to leave the capital. She should still be in the Bu family."
Feng Yu Heng was a little bit dazed by Xuan Tian Hua revealing the existence of spies within the Bu family so casually. It was unexpected and caused her to sigh. Often times, given Xuan Tian Hua's appearance and attitude, it was easy to forget his true background. In truth, he was also a prince. He was very much similar to Xuan Tian Ming and Xuan Tian Ye. Even if he did not compete for the throne, it did not mean others would not view him as a thorn in their side. Thus, he had to protect himself. Even if he did not want to, he had to participate in each and every competition.
But, for a person like him, something like the throne was not something to be desired. Instead, it was a burden.
"The day before yesterday, it was my birth mother's memorial day." Xuan Tian Hua brought up the topic, "That year, she had also died on such a snowy day. Apparently, she had been punished with protracted kneeling by the previous Empress and froze to death." When he spoke, his hands continued to move. One cup at a time, he filled them steadily; however, Feng Yu Heng could still feel the grief coming from the bottom of his heart. "At that time, I was still young. So young that I can not remember what she looked like. I only heard that the previous Empress had thrown her out of the imperial palace and left her corpse in the cemetery of a small temple. After that, imperial concubine Yun secretly had people rush over and buried her there. She also kept note of location. After I grew up, I would go once a year and bring some food she apparently liked as offerings."
Xuan Tian Hua turned his head away and looked North as he spoke.
"Unfortunately, there will be no place to hold memorials any more." He retracted his gaze and began to distribute tea once more.
Feng Yu Heng did not know what she should say. The passing of a loved one was most depressing. The year she lost her mother, there was an entire week where she could not sleep. So long as she closed her eyes, her mom's face would appear before her eyes. She wanted to reach out and grab her, but there was nothing for her to grab.
In reality, she really hoped that another soul would take her place in that world and continue to live on. Unfortunately, she had been killed in an explosion. Forget about a corpse, it was possible that not even her flesh remained, so how could it possibly hold another soul?
For an instant, she was in a daze and lost a grip on a cup of tea which nearly fell to the ground. Fortunately, Xuan Tian Hua was quick to react and caught it, which prevented it from falling to the ground.
"You have been up for two days and one night. You must be tired. Go back and rest. I will still be here."
"I'm fine." Feng Yu Heng shook her head, "Sleep is not urgent. I just felt that sometimes, if familial affections could remain frozen in time at their most splendid times, that would be great. Just like the Feng family at present. If I lived in the time three years ago, if I only lived in a time before something happened to the Yao family, in my heart, father would still be father, and grandmother would still be grandmother. Brothers and sisters would still be loving and close. How could it possibly change to what it currently is now."
She lamented for a while then did not speak. She only focused on passing out hot tea to the citizens. The number of people lining up increased more and more, causing Wang Lin to run back and forth. Pot after pot of tea was prepared, but it always seemed like there would not be enough for everyone.
The governor dispatched more people to participate in the removal of snow. Some people even said that they saw the imperial guards come out into the streets. Only then did Feng Yu Heng relax slightly. But, she still worried about Xuan Tian Ming's side. He too was in the mountains, but she did not know what the situation over there was.
Xuan Tian Hua could see her worry and said: "When the snow outside melts a little more and the roads are easier to travel on, I will find someone to send you over."
She nodded and no longer spoke.
But at this time, they suddenly heard someone shout: "Ah! Someone over there fainted!"
Everyone looked where that person was pointing, and, sure enough, they saw that there was a scholarly looking man who had fallen there. To his side, there was a young page boy who was knelt at his side, repeatedly shouting: "Young master! Young master, quickly wake up. We have already arrived at the capital!"
"Seventh brother, stay here. I will go take a look." Feng Yu Heng put down the cup of tea in her hand and quickly rushed over.
Xuan Tian Hua gave an order to Wang Chuan: "Quickly follow your young miss."
Wang Chuan nodded and quickly followed behind Feng Yu Heng.
There were many citizens who had come over, as Feng Yu Heng rolled the person over. Only then did she discover this person's face was pale white, and his entire body was ice cold. He had already been sent into shock by the cold. If she did not save him in a timely manner, perhaps his life would be in danger.
The young page boy was also shivering from the cold. Both his hands were red and swollen like radishes. He was currently kneeling on the ground, repeatedly kowtowing: "I beg you save our young master. So long as you can save him, the Feng family will definitely give you many rewards!"
Feng Yu Heng was stunned, "What did you say? The Feng family?"


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You have a few options for getting started with the Groups Settings API.
The one-minute experience: APIs Explorer
To play around and see what the API can do, without writing any code, visit the APIs Explorer. Instant gratification!
The one-hour experience: Your First App
For a more detailed step-by-step tutorial explaining how to get up and running, follow the instructions in Your First App.
Developer's Guides
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I was working on some client sites updating several plugins including the theme and noticed their OpenX ads no longer displayed. After a lot of sleuthing it seems the upgrade from 3.6.4 to .7 broke the plugin.
They have three sites with this theme. The two I upgraded to .7 no longer display the ads, although their test succeeds. The one site still at .4 works fine. I did the test to change the theme to the default theme and the ads appear fine.
You manually add the ads to whatever posts you want with this text:
XX is replaced with the zone id from the OpenX install.
If I can't get this to work with 3.6.7, is their a clean process to revert back to 3.6.4?


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The Best "Root" For Shedding Pounds...
The other day
I mentioned a spice that can help you start melting away fat effortlessly that only takes 11-seconds to take. And...
I got some great emails back from people letting me know how much they love taking this spice! After all, it can...=> Force your body to effortlessly melt away fat
=> Reduce signs of aging
=> Boost your metabolism
What spice can do all this? Well....
Take a guess and see if you're right...=> Cinnamon
=> Ginger
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Becoming an educator isn't easy—and neither is being one. But remembering why you got into this gig in the first place will help you stay focused when those challenging days come around, and take pride in your successes. Read some of your peers' inspiring words, then go to the bottom of this page to share your own reason for taking on the world's most important profession.
Marlene Wolfe, Tennessee Tech University
"I believe that education is the foundation of success and is a lifelong learning process. It shouldn't be limited to classroom dictation and expectations. As an educator, I want to make a difference in education. All children should have the opportunity to receive the best education available to them no matter their social economic status or race. By providing a firm education, we pave the road toward future growth and development."
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"I had difficulty when I was younger grasping concepts in the classroom due to quality of teachers, and no student deserves to be overlooked to make the job easier. I want to remind the education world that teaching is a passion, not a paycheck. I enjoy being a part of the learning experience, and to help students understand that with knowledge comes power."
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The following is a release from findmypast.co.uk
* David Cameron revealed to be the eighth cousin of Boris Johnson
* Nick Clegg's great-great-aunt the 'Russian Mata Hari'
* Gordon Brown's Victorian secret
Leading UK family history website findmypast.co.uk has revealed today that Conservative leader David Cameron and Boris Johnson, the Tory Mayor of London are in fact eighth cousins. This and many more fascinating revelations have been uncovered - some for the first time - when leading UK family history website findmypast.co.uk looked into the politicians' backgrounds using family history records on the findmypast website and other public records.
The Tory and Labour party leaders are commonly thought to have wildly opposing backgrounds. Genealogical research however has found that the family histories of David Cameron and Gordon Brown are not so very different after all...
David Cameron - Blue blood, 'White Mischief' and Scottish lineage
David William Donald Cameron was born in 1966 in London to Ian Cameron and Mary Mount. The well-heeled Tory leader is a fifth cousin twice removed of the Queen and a seventh cousin of Princes William and Harry, and a descendant of William IV.
David's paternal great-great-great-grandmother, Lady Agnes Hay and her parents, the Earl and Countess of Erroll can be found in the 1841 census on findmypast.co.uk. The Countess is David's royal link - Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence, the illegitimate daughter of William IV. Through Elizabeth, he is also related to Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Errol whose dramatic murder in Kenya in 1941 was depicted in the film White Mischief.
However, perhaps the least known element of Cameron's background is that he is also a distant cousin of Boris Johnson, the Tory Mayor of London. Both descend from King George II (1683-1760) - albeit by illegitimate lines.
The Scottish Cameron side of the family has also not been commonly explored. While Gordon Brown's ancestors were farming in Fife in the early 1800s, the Camerons were also tilling the land around Inverness. William Cameron, David's great-great-great-grandfather was recorded in the 1851 census as a farmer at Upper Muckovy, just outside Inverness. William's son Ewen then went into finance, and beginning a tradition of financiers that continued until David Cameron entered politics.
Gordon Brown - Scottish farmers, and a family secret
The current Labour leader's background is well-known and often-discussed; he descends from a line of hard-working and upwardly mobile Scottish farmers and stonemasons. The prime minister was born James Gordon Brown in 1951 in Renfrewshire, the son of a Minister in the Church of Scotland, John Brown. Before that, the Browns were farmers in Fife for three traceable generations.
There is however a little-known family secret in Gordon Brown's family's past, discovered by extensive searches through online records. One of Brown's great-grandfathers was born illegitimate in the late 1840s as a result of a relationship between a farmer's teenage daughter and a man 20 years her senior - a doctor of medicine who became a wealthy GP.
Francis Troup Manson, a great-grandfather of Gordon Brown on his maternal line, was born illegitimate to Jessie Cruickshank, a farmer's daughter of about 16 years old. It is quite probable that the affair would have caused people to gossip in their small Highland village.
Gordon's paternal grandfather was called Ebenezer Brown and his parent's, Browns great-grandparents, John and Mary Brown are recorded in the 1891 Scottish census living at Brigghills Farm House in Auchterderran, where John was a farmer.
Nick Clegg - An intriguing multi-cultural family
Nicholas William Peter Clegg is the youngest of the three leaders and was born in 1967 at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire to a Dutch mother and a half-English, half-Russian father. He speaks five languages and has by far the most cosmopolitan background of the three, with a Russian baroness as a grandmother and a Dutch mother who was once a Japanese prisoner of war in WWII. He is also currently married to a Spanish lawyer, which may explain his pro-European political stance.
Nick Clegg's paternal grandfather Hugh Clegg married a baroness who was the granddaughter of the Russian nobleman Ignaty Zakrevsky. This nobleman had a daughter called Maria Ignatievna Zakrevskaya, born in St Petersburg in 1891, and Nick Clegg's great-great-aunt. She became a countess through her first marriage and then a baroness through her second.
She was suspected of being a double agent, spying for both the Soviet Union and British Intelligence, leading to her being called the Russian Mata Hari. She was known to be a heavy drinker, and also had affairs with the writer H.G. Wells and the Russian literary giant, Maxim Gorky. She also wrote books and film scripts, including Three Sisters directed by Laurence Olivier in 1970.
Like both Brown and Cameron, Clegg also has a more ordinary side to his family tree. In his direct paternal line, his great-grandfather was a schoolteacher and clergyman from Leeds who married a master mariner's daughter from Hull called Gertrude. John Clegg ran schools in Suffolk and Huntingdonshire.
Nick's paternal great-great-grandparents, Simeon and Mary Clegg can also be found in the 1871 census. The couple were living at 3 Grange Street in Leeds and Simeon was employed as a Butcher.
Friday, 23 April 2010
UK party leaders' family histories
The following is a release from findmypast.co.uk


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"In general, object-oriented application development (OOAD) has matured over the past 10 years and is now considered 'main stream'," says Versant's Jochen Witte. "Microsoft is embracing OOAD with its latest .NET application framework, which includes new object-oriented programming interfaces for databases, most notably LINQ (Language INtegrated Query) and ADO.NET's Entity Framework. VOD .NET is fully integrated with ADO.NET and LINQ and may create exciting new opportunities and markets for the Versant Object Database by simplifying the adoption of an Entity Framework based approach to application development."
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Italy's Communications Watchdog Assigns Itself Extrajudicial Powers To Order ISPs To Stop Copyright Infringement
from the no-judges-required dept
The last six months have seen a fierce debate in Italy over a proposal by the Italian communications watchdog Agcom to grant itself wide-ranging powers to address alleged copyright infringement online. Here's how The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School described them:
The proposal is primarily intended to vest AGCOM with new administrative copyright enforcement powers. AGCOM would like to set up a system in which online copyright enforcement is done through administrative procedures, rather than civil or criminal actions. Additionally, the proposed enforcement system would not target direct infringers but rather Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Upon notice of alleged infringement, AGCOM may order the ISPs to selectively remove the infringing digital works, disable access to those works, or automatically redirect the users to a courtesy webpage. In case of especially serious instances of infringement, the proposal provides for an expedited procedure that drastically reduces the timeframe in which the alleged infringers and ISPs may respond to the allegations and subsequently take down the materials.
There are three key problems. First, this does not involve judicial authorities in deciding whether sites infringe and should therefore be blocked, even though that is the European norm: Agcom is granting itself a unilateral power to judge and punish. Secondly, it forces Italian ISPs to act as copyright cops. And thirdly, the timeframes involved are short, and make it hard for accused Web sites to appeal against allegations from copyright companies.
Unfortunately, despite widespread criticism from a broad spectrum of civil society, and even the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, Agcom has adopted its own proposals "unanimously" (original press release in Italian.) ZDNet explains how the new provisions will work:
if AgCom agrees an Italian-hosted site is infringing rights-holders' copyright, the watchdog can order its hosting provider to remove the digital works in question. Alternatively, it can also ask ISPs to block their customers' access to the site, whether the site is hosted in Italy or not. Providers have three working days to comply with AgCom's decision. In total, from the filing of the complaint to AgCom's verdict, the whole process should last no more than 35 days.
The system will come into operation on 31 March 2014, and ISPs that fail to comply face fines of up to €250,000. With big sums like that involved, most ISPs will implement Agcom's demands quickly, and without worrying about the details. Since Agcom is not an expert in the complex field of copyright law -- that's what judges are for -- its rulings may not be correct from a legal point of view. The extremely short time-scales involved will make errors even more likely, with the result that perfectly legitimate sites will be blocked -- perhaps many of them. Because the costs will fall on the ISPs -- another flaw in Agcom's approach -- the former will want to avoid receiving such orders in the first place, and may engage in pre-emptive blocking of materials just to be on the safe side. Taken together, all these factors are bound to have a chilling effect on free speech in Italy -- hence the concern of Frank La Rue.
However, in cases where AgCom deemed there is a "serious violation of the economic exploitation of the rights of a digital work" -- that is, the rights-holder could lose a substantial amount of money -- the procedure can be speeded up to 12 days. In such instances, if the rights-holder's claim is upheld, hosting providers and ISPs are only given two working days to comply.
There is growing political resistance to the move, as another post on the blog of The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School explains:
The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emma Bonino, repeated La Rue's points almost verbatim, and expressed hope that the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies would intervene as soon as possible. Reacting to Minister Bonino's call, both the President of the Italian Senate and the President of the Chamber of Deputies asked the Parliament to intervene with a new regulation in order to overcome the controversial proposal of AGCOM.
Moreover, in making these moves, Agcom may well have exceeded its authority. As ZDNet reports:
[The Italian ISP association] Assoprovider said it will challenge the legitimacy of the regulation in front of regional administrative court of Lazio, Italy's highest administrative tribunal, and it won't be alone. "Several small and medium business associations and consumer groups are joining them," said Fulvio Sarzana, a lawyer specialising in telecommunications law who will lead the case. He declined to say who because, he said, "we don't want to give any advantage" to the opposition.
Looks like Agcom is in for a rough ride.
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Sunday, July 13th 2008, 11:51am
I'm going under the assumption you have the old green anti-syphon valves. A model number would help. It's hard to tell from here but it sounds like the diaphragms are old and stiff. They wont open with the controller but they will with the bleeder screw. Diaphragms are cheap. 5-6 bucks. Valves are cheap also.
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Ok, with some more research it appears that the valves are the 61 Series Valves found at http://www.hydro-gardens.com/Greenlawn_Products.htm. It appears that the previous homeowner had this company set the system up with all of their products.I'm going under the assumption you have the old green anti-syphon valves. A model number would help. It's hard to tell from here but it sounds like the diaphragms are old and stiff. They wont open with the controller but they will with the bleeder screw. Diaphragms are cheap. 5-6 bucks. Valves are cheap also.
Location: USA
Sunday, July 13th 2008, 4:03pm
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For the sprinkler heads to water/operate, I have to turn the solenoid counter clock wise for on and clockwise to turn back off. I have the controller set to specific watering times and this is when i discovered that some zones wouldn't come on. The controller does have a "manual start" button and this is what i use to test if the controller will operate the zones. But as of now, for the zones the controller isn't controlling, I am manually turning them on at the solenoid. Should the solenoid be loose to the point right before it turns on or really tight?Obviously not RainJet. I've never seen these valves. Apparently they don't sell them west of Colorado. I do have a question though. My eyes aren't what they used to be but how are you turning these valves on manually?
Sunday, July 13th 2008, 4:10pm
I couldn't find any rain meter anywhere. I haven't been able to get multi meter readings yet. Would it be a guess that there might be a short somewhere if they are operating sometimes, and sometimes not?With out a multimeter and readings on the valve wires I would only be able to guess. Is there a rainsensor hooked up to the system. Start looking around for something that is elevated on a fence or a gutter or on the eve of the garage or house near the timer. It may have cables connected to the timer or not. This could be an explanation of sometimes the entire system working or not. The individual valves working or not could be bad connections or splices that are there that you may not be aware of. With out a multimeter it is hard to say. You may need a new timer, but if it is cables or splices you will throw the money away.
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"People don't always realize how much is going on here," said Nigel Maister, artistic director for the University's International Theatre Program and one of the event's organizers. "Our goal with this event is to provide a 24-hour window that highlights the various offerings that take place here on a regular basis and bring people together from different campuses as well as the Rochester community."
Events for Day of the Arts include dance workshops during the inspireDance festival, which range from salsa to hip-hop, a drawing event and closing party featuring music by WRUR, the University's radio station, and a variety of concerts and musical recitals. Also taking place during the weekend is the premiere of The Rochester Plays, written by local playwright Spencer Christiano and performed by the University's International Theatre Program. Student performances include a reading of a new original play by Sarah Young '13, "guerilla theatre" by undergraduate theatre company The Opposite of People (TOOP), and a performance by improv comedy troop In Between the Lines.
The celebration is a collaboration among the Eastman School of Music, the Division of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Open Letter Books, the Memorial Art Gallery, and several College of Arts and Sciences humanities departments. All events are open to the Rochester community and include a mix of free and ticketed performances. For a complete schedule of events, visit: www.rochester.edu/arts/.
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PowerShot A530 Edit
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- Wikipedia
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Canon PowerShot A530 P-ID:3126 PAL Firmware Ver GM1.00A No error Dec 14 2005 09:32:59
pressing DISP button again results in:
Canon PowerShot A530 P-ID:3126 PAL Adj Ver.002.004
For Developers Edit
- The platform ID (P-ID) of the A530 is 3126 (Platform codes for other models can be looked up under P-ID).
With respect to the platform id, the A530 fits in between the A540 and the A710, so possibly it is similar to those firmwares. (Firmware is very similar to A700)
Firmware flash Edit
0xff800000: firmware flash data (probably) 0xffc00000: mirror copy of firmware flash? (to be determined)
LED addressesEdit
0xc0220080: 0x46 enables orange focus assist LED, 0x44 disables it 0xc0220084: 0x46 enables blue print LED, 0x44 disables it
Firmware dumps Edit
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Development state Edit
- Porting the A530 is done, the A530 is included in the trunk.
- The forum porting thread is here:http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php/topic,586.0.html
Old beta versionsEdit
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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsProject Vehicles
1979 Ford Mustang - Project Pretty Ugly Part 3 - Inner Beauty
Proving what's bad on the outside may be absolutely perfect under the hood
Check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the project series!
Welcome to the third installment of the Project Pretty Ugly chronicles. We've rabidly followed Rick Anderson's quest to transform a homely 1979 Ford Mustang coupe into a reliable and insanely fast street 'Stang. In the event you're new to the magazine, or the project, we'll bring you up to speed.
Rick, Holley's technical sales representative and a longtime Mustang guy, decided it would be cool to put a long-retired notchback Fox back into service as the ultimate sleeper. When looking at the project on a grand scale, building high-powered street beasts isn't a ground-breaking concept. Actually, it's pretty far from new at this point, as we've featured hundreds—possibly thousands—of Ponies that fit the bill, right here in these pages. However, when you take into account how challenging it is to harness the big steam these Mustangs throw down, developments in fuel injection and engine management definitely garner a lot of our attention.
To control the 427ci bullet in Ugly's engine compartment, Rick turned to Holley's new Dominator EFI, an engine-management setup that we detailed in our Sept. '13 issue ("Dominant Genes," p. 66). While the new Holley system is plenty capable of supporting an all-out race car, it also can be used to corral that power for the street, which is the main quality he sought.
"I really want the car to be driveable," Rick said. "Sure, I definitely want it to be fast on the dragstrip, but I also want it to be fun to drive on the street, making lots of noise and horsepower, with cold A/C (during the summer), good heat, and no concerns about overheating or chugging at low speed. The overheating and low-speed issues seem to be common for big-powered, older (pushrod) street Mustangs, especially those that are equipped with power adders. We've proven Dominator EFI's ability to make Ugly fun with nitrous, but now we're raising the bar a little higher by switching to boost and taking the car out on Hot Rod's Drag Week."
Yes, testing the coupe's mettle has taken a serious turn since our last report on Project Pretty Ugly, and we're anxious to see whether this change ultimately was for better ... or worse. A non-intercooled version of Vortech's race-inspired V-11 XB110 wind machine now sits alongside the coupe's updated D.S.S. stroker (low-compression pistons and a new camshaft), and huffs more than 25 pounds of boost into its cylinders. It's definitely a big change, for sure. Read on for highlights of the coupe's supercharged makeover, and more importantly, the battery of boost and timing scenarios that were thrown at the new combination during tests performed on the Dynojet chassis dyno at Red Line Motorsports in Bloomington, Illinois.
Rick selected a cog-drive setup featuring 32- and 30-tooth pulleys for the supercharger, and a 73-tooth wheel for the crank.
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Holley Technical Sales Represent-ative Rick Anderson is the kind of guy who (if it wasn't for being married and having a family) would probably have no problem actually living in a dyno cell, spending every waking minute trying to make big steam with a Mustang. We make this assessment based on years of knowing and working with Rick, and marveling at his dedication to testing performance parts, combinations, and the like in almost every situation imaginable.
The data presented in the chart and graphs are prime examples of Rick's diligence on the dyno. With a Vortech V-11 XB110 centrifugal supercharger now installed on Project Pretty Ugly, the Pony was thrashed on the Dynojet's rollers with Rick making blower-pulley and timing-advance changes ad nauseum in an effort to make 1,000 hp with the coupe's D.S.S.-built 427 and VP Racing Fuel's MotorSport 109 unleaded.
As you see in the chart, columns are labeled A through F, and each letter corresponds to one of the engine/supercharger configurations that the 'Stang was tested in.
Looking back at the Mustang's first dyno test, which is detailed in our September '13 report on Ugly with its nitrous combination, we see that the drop in compression has a slight impact on the engine's naturally aspirated performance (power dropped from 471.18/peak to 440.22). However, the pistons, cam and power-adder change instantly made a profound difference. Horsepower climbed from 678.20 (with a 250hp shot of nitrous oxide), to well over 800 (just shy of the 1,000 ponies Rick is shooting for) with forced air.
Horse Sense: Drag Week. Hot Rod magazine's annual test of stamina, of both the participants, and the cars and trucks they're driving and racing over the course of a hard five days. We know firsthand how tough it is to survive Drag Week, and we're anxious to see whether Rick Anderson and Project Pretty Ugly have the right stuff. With few street miles or track laps under Pretty Ugly's belt, Rick set his sights on completing the 2013 edition.


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I think I say the same things every year when I write the introduction to my Best of the Year list…..this year was one of the greatest years for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal! Every year it seems like more and more new albums come out from a wide variety of bands and 2010 was no exception, this was the biggest year for Heavy Metal Addiction as far as promotional review copies go. Usually, I physically buy all my new albums but this year I partnered with more labels, more promotional people and more bands and I received more albums for review than any other year. Honestly, I couldn't keep up and I came nowhere close to listening to all of them properly. Looking at the piles on my desk, the boxes next to it and the separate iTunes folder I reserve for promo downloads, it's easy to estimate that I have more new 2010 albums submitted to Heavy Metal Addiction than the last two years combined! Add in all the new releases I bought on my weekly trips to the record stores, and my daily online searches, and it's fair to estimate that the total number of new releases from 2010 that I have right now at my desk is over 200.
The only criteria I followed for my Top 30 was the same criteria I've used for the last few years: the album had to be a studio album (not a live record, best of, or covers collection) AND the album had to be released in 2010. Just like previous years, an album that was released in 2009 overseas, but was released in 2010 for the U.S., qualified as a 2010 album…..basically I went by the date on the back of the CD! There are plenty of albums that got late U.S. releases and there may be a few in this countdown.
The ranking of the Top 40 is based solely on my enjoyment of the album and not some scientific formula. Bottom Line: I had to like it! There were so many releases this year that I could have continued with a Top 40 list but I got so far behind listening and writing so there are definitely albums I haven't heard yet or didn't give proper time to. We're talking a couple hundred albums though so anything that got missed might end up in an expanded "Albums I Missed in 2010″ post during next year's awards week. Just like last year, I will be splitting the Top 30 into three posts so it's easier to read. Be sure to check out the links to the album reviews. So here is Part 3, the Top 30 Albums of 2010 (#1 – #10):
Mass – Sea Of Black (2010): The new Mass album was a complete surprise for me because I honestly really didn't expect much. Maybe it's because I didn't get into Mass too much back in the '80s, which is surprising because the band is from Massachusetts and that's basically my backyard here in Rhode Island! I remember hearing a song called 'Do You Love Me' on the radio and I've seen the the albums on vinyl and cassette in old record stores but I never really got into the band. SEA OF BLACK is basically my formal introduction to the band it's a great Melodic Rock/Melodic Metal album that has a serious '80s retro sound. Opening track 'Falling From Grace' starts the album off right with a high powered Metal guitar crunch but with a great melodies and harmonies…..and that's a perfect way to describe the album! Mass has re-released most of their back catalogue on Retrospect Records and they are also available on their website so now I will be filling the holes in my collection! http://www.massrocks.com/
Keel – Streets Of Rock & Roll (2010): Keel was one of those bands from the '80s that I got into because of the Gene Simmons connection but, as time went on, I forgot about the KISS connection because the band itself was really great. It's been 21 years since the band released a true studio album so getting a reunion record as good as STREETS OF ROCK & ROLL is a major comeback. I liked the fact that the album sounds like classic '80s Keel but with a grittier and deeper sound. Ron Keel's voice sounds as good as it ever has, the band is as tight as it's ever been and the quality of the songwriting is really great. A lot of times you get a reunion where the band is just going through the motions, and I thought that was going to be the case with Keel because of the 25th Anniversary of THE RIGHT TO ROCK, but the band stepped to the plate and made a Hard Rock album that could easily sit alongside the rest of their discography. http://keelnation.com/
Krokus – Hoodoo (2010): 2010 was a year that a lot of bands who hadn't been around in a while got back together and made a comeback album. Krokus has never really gone away because they've been releasing albums all along, the problem is that it's never really been a true reunion, only just a member or two with a supporting cast. 2010 is the 30th anniversary since METAL RENDEZ-VOUS (1980), the band's worldwide breakthrough album. Krokus had released three albums in the '70s but the Metal really started in 1980. Back in the day, I was the only rocker I knew that new about Krokus so they were always like "my" band so I was looking forward to HOODOO a lot. HOODOO marks the reunion of the classic Krokus lineup from the '80s and the band goes back to doing what they do best…..boogie woogie Hard Rock like AC/DC. That's where Krokus sometimes gets a bad rep because AC/DC were the originators and it's hard to imagine a band from Switzerland doing the same thing! It doesn't matter if it's a similar style, it's good music that's catchy and melodic all the while having great riffs that stick in your head. HOODOO came out in April or early May but the single 'Hoodoo Woman' was released ahead of the album's release, I still can't get that chorus out of my head! A solid comeback, I hope this lineup does another album. http://krokusonline.seven49.net/Web/
Masterplan – Time To Be King (2010): This is the third album in the row on this year's countdown that's a reunion and/or a comeback for a major band. The big selling point with Masterplan in 2010 is that Jorn Lande is back in the vocalist spot for the first time since 2005. The first two Masterplan albums were awesome but things happen sometimes and Jorn left in 2005 to be replace by ex-Riot singer Mike DiMeo for MKII (2006). This is another Power Metal/Progressive Metal album that really took hold of me as soon as I heard it. Maybe it's because Jorn's voice is so unique and he's one of the top Metal singers around but all the songs are well-written, the musicianship is flawless and even the packaging is cool as a gold-embossed digipak. Just a quick mention here, drummer Mike Terrana is one of the most underrated drummers in Metal and he puts in an awesome performance on TIME TO BE KING. Definitely the best Power Metal album of the year and getting Jorn back in the band puts Masterplan right at the top of the heap again. http://www.master-plan.net/
Crazy Lixx – New Religion (2010): Sweden's Crazy Lixx have been on the scene for a few years now releasing single until their 2007 studio album LOUD MINORITY. When I heard that the band was releasing their second album in late March/early April, I really didn't pay much attention to it because I really haven't jumped on the Swedish Glam/Sleaze/Hard Rock scene that has really started to make waves around the world. I had an advance of the album and I gave it a quick listen and I was blown away! Here's a band from Sweden that's relatively unknown and they do '80s Hard Rock better than some of the bands of that era! NEW RELIGION is one of the best Hard Rock albums to come out this year and I still haven't taken it out of my weekly playlist. Big hooks and harmonies, guitar solos, and good time party Rock. I really enjoyed the Wig Wam's NON STOP ROCK 'N ROLL that also came out this year but NEW RELIGION takes it to a higher level and easily outshines that record. Definitely an album that travels back in time to the fun and excess of the '80s and sounds fresh here in the 2000s. http://www.crazylixx.com/
Black Country Communion – s/t (2010): Wow! Where did this album come from? Where did this band come from? Supergroups come and go and usually disappoint but, when you put Glenn Hughes on vocals & bass, Joe Bonamassa on guitars, Jason Bonham on drums and Derek Sherinian on keyboards, that's a lineup of awesome musicians. But does it work? That's the main thing and I was pretty skeptical, so much so that I blew off buying this CD for a couple of months and I didn't pick it up until November. I put this in and I haven't taken it out of my weekly rotation, Black Country Communion is a band that has a Classic Rock sound based on a combination of the Blues and Rock 'n' Roll. It sounds like old school '70s Rock that really sounds fresh today. Glenn Hughes is an amazing singer and Joe Bonamassa is a truly fantastic guitarist with a great feel, if you don't know anything about these two musicians then you should Google them immeadiately and listen to some of their previous works. I almost put this in the #1 slot on this year's countdown but, as I started re-listening to a lot of the albums from earlier in the year, I had to put four others ahead because of their impact. Black Country Communion is a band and album everyone should check out. http://www.bccommunion.com/
Scorpions – Sting In The Tail (2010): As soon as the Scorpions announced the release of STING IN THE TAIL, they also announced that this will be their last studio album and that the band is retiring. Sad news indeed to hear from a Hard Rock band that has been around for nearly 40 years but, if this is how they are going to go out, then STING IN THE TAIL is the way to do it! I was a huge fan of the updated sound the band created on their last studio album, HUMANITY HOUR 1 (2007), that I made it the Best Album of 2007 so I was looking for a continuation of that direction. This new record is really a continuation of the classic Scorpions Hard Rock sound from the BLACKOUT (1982) and LOVE AT FIRST STING (1984) eras. At first, I felt like this was a big step back for the band because they had done such a great job on HUMANITY but, after constant listens, this album grew on me and it's become one of my favorites of the year. I got into the Scorpions with BLACKOUT and LOVE AT FIRST STING so this new album really brought me back in time and made me go back over the entire Scorpions discography…..they are one of the most consistent bands in the scene. Think about it, aside from EYE II EYE (1999), when was the last time you heard that a Scorpions album sucked? This may not be the best Scorpions album compared to the classics they have but it's a great Hard Rock album and one I enjoyed a lot this year. http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/
Accept – Blood Of The Nations (2010): In a year full of reunions and comebacks, Accept was really one of those bands that could have either hit it big or crashed and burned. One listen to BLOOD OF THE NATIONS and it's easy to hear that they easily hit it big! A classic Accept lineup reunited headed by lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann but the distinct Accept vocalist, Udo Dirkschneider, refused to take part. That meant the band needed a singer and the biggest question mark would be former T.T. Quick frontman Mark Tornillo. The band wrote an album of killer Heavy Metal songs, put in a ton of great riffs and then Mark put in a brilliant performance on vocals. Not every band can replace such a unique singer like Udo, Accept tried that back in 1989, but Accept really hit with Mark. I can't say enough about how Mark sounds like Udo but really puts his own stamp on the songs and takes everything to another level. I'm not sure that BLOOD OF THE NATIONS would have the same impact if Udo did re-join the band. Here's hoping the band continues making new records because they have set the bar high, one of the best comeback albums of the year! http://www.acceptworldwide.com/
Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier (2010): Iron Maiden is no stranger to my year end countdowns because they always release such high quality albums and DVDs that it's hard not to automatically install them at #1. So 30 years have gone by since the band's self-titled debut and it's been four years since the band's last album A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (2006), so how did Maiden do? Well, I called this the album of the year in my review and it came so damn close! Say what you want about Metallica but I would argue that Iron Maiden is the biggest Heavy Metal band in the world and they make better albums then Metallica could ever hope to make. There is a tradition, a pedigree, a reputation that Iron Maiden has and they always rise to the task and create albums that just blow every other album away. THE FINAL FRONTIER gets better with every listen with some much to hear in every song. I know a lot of old school and/or casual fans prefer to hear the quick 'Run To The Hills' style Iron Maiden but the band is at their best when they write new material that has a Progressive edge to it. THE FINAL FRONTIER is a 76 minute album that reflects both styles and I haven't stopped listening to it. A lot of that has to do with being a fan for 28 years and Maiden being in my Top 5 favorite bands of all-time but the album is high quality crafted Metal. Iron Maiden are legends and innovators and everyone else should follow their lead. http://www.ironmaiden.com/
One album to go everyone! The #1 album is next but before I get to it let me say again how great this year was for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal…..my Best of 2010 list, along with the other websites' lists, will attest to that. I've listened to more new releases this year than any other year that I can remember and this year's list was a hard one to make, there were so many really good albums, so many comebacks and reunions that it became one of the hardest lists to make in the site's 5 year history. I really had a tough time with this list because I kept going back and forth between the new Iron Maiden record and this next album…..so here is my #1 Album of 2010…..
Ratt – Infestation (2010)
2010 was definitely the year of the Ratt! I never thought that after eleven years since the last reunion and album that Ratt would ever get back together with founding vocalist Stephen Pearcy since there was so much bad blood and legal issues but the band put that stuff aside and set out to make INFESTATION. I've been a Ratt fan since OUT OF THE CELLAR (1984) and they have always been one of my favorite '80s Hard Rock bands. I was psyched to see them on the 1999 Poison reunion tour and I thought they blew Poison away so I was hoping for a full tour after this album was released. Unfortunately, it seems like the band have gone their separate ways again and the future is in doubt for a follow-up album. INFESTATION is the classic Ratt sound: sleazy old school Hard Rock. Right from the opening rocker 'Eat Me Up Alive' to the classic '80s style single 'Best Of Me' to the swagger of 'Look Out Below', Ratt has really pulled out all the stops writing some really solid songs. The founding trio of Pearcy, drummer Bobby Blotzer and guitarist Warren DeMartini are all on board, as is long time bassist Robbie Crane, but the addition of former Quiet Riot guitarist Carlos Cavazo really stabilizes the band's sound in a way that hasn't been heard since the glory days when the late Robbin Crosby traded licks with DeMartini. I bought this album the day it was released in April and it still gets plenty of playing time in my weekly rotation and if I had to name a song of the year, it would easily be 'Best Of Me', that song alone brings the band right back to the classic Ratt style of the '80. Of all the albums I heard this year, INFESTATION is the one I enjoyed the most. Great album, great comeback…..too bad it's probably over already! http://www.therattpack.com/


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(Rhetorical) Do today's whites feel they have to make up for the criminal atrocities of their morally degenerate forefathers?
How did the self styled beautiful, superior and civilized race we have come to know as white people justify their unimaginable massacre of the Native Americans? What was their excuse for the the creating the dehumanizing system of Chattel Slavery they introduced the Africans of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade to? More recently, how about the so called War On Terror? What are the events whites have used to justify it?
While these certainly aren't the only three atrocities those of the afore noted beautiful, superior and civilized race have committed – and continue to commit – I'm highlighting them so we can all enjoy what a more critical look reveals about the psychological culture of those who perpetuated them. Continue reading


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