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HOLY SOLDIER - Holy Soldier (Remastered)
Finally this classic melodic metal album frÕn 1990 is rereleasd! Melodic Metal at its finest catchy sing along songs and catchy harmonies and riffs. All tracks are remastered, making them sound better than ever. The album also features an exclusive booklet with lots of photos as well as the bonus track In The End. If you love Melodic Hardrock/Metal from the 80s you will definitely this catchy album! ($16/Ć13)
SHOUT - In Your Face (Remastered)
Melodic Metal classic with tons of guitar solos, mighty sing along songs and catchy hooks! The album was originally released 1989 and now with the remastered these classics sounds better than ever. A phenomenal album and a true must to all fans of Melodic 80s Metal! ($16/Ć13)
SHOUT - It Won't Be Long (Remastered)
It Won't Be Long is Shout's debut album from 1988. It is now finally rereleased and remastered and filled with commercial melodic hardrock with with catchy hooks and guitar solos a la the 80s.A cool album that besides the original tracks also features four remastered demo tracks. ($16/Ć13)
BLOODGOOD - Detonation (Special Edition)
Bloodgood's second album is loaded to the bone with true 80s Metal. In this special edition these classics have got new life and sounds fresh! Guitar shredder David Zaffiro has remixed and remastered the whole album, making them sound heavier and better than ever! As extra bonus 3 live tracks from 1987 has been added. If you already have this CD I can recommend buying again since it with the remix and remaster "sounds like a new album" according to Michael Bloodgood. ($16/Ć13)
CRYSTAVOX - Crystavox (Remastered)
Very catchy melodic hardrock with cathy hooks and cool guitar solos! All tunes are remastered making them sounding better than ever with a fuller and crisper sound. Fans of real 80 melodic metal definately gonna enjoy this. Check it out if you are into bands like Stryper, Whitecross and melodic 80s hardrock/metal overall. ($16/Ć13)
CRYSTAVOX - The Bottom Line (Remastered) >
Heavy, catchy and melodic is 3 words to decribe the sound of this brilliant album! Crystavox second album features a heavier sound than their debut. Great catchy Melodic Metal album with crunchy biting guitars. All tunes are remastered making these great tunes sounds better than ever. Higly recommended to all fans of catchy Melodic Heavy Metal! ($16/Ć13)
SEVENTH ANGEL - The Torment (Remastered)
Very cool Heavy Doom/Thrash from the UK. All tunes are remastered making you hear more details and a fuller sound. If you are into Heavy Thrash & Doom this album will totally blow you away! ($16/Ć13)
SEVENTH ANGEL - Lament For The Weary (Remastered)
Second release features a slower yet heavy sound. The remastering making you enjoy it even more than when it was originally released. Cool stuff worthy checking out. ($16/Ć13)
STRYPER - God Damn (Condemn) Evil
Stryper's new album is a great mix of old and new with plenty of catchy hooks,guitar solos, cool screams and a melodic & heavy sound reminding of their two latest albums. Excellent Melodic Metal album that will appeal to both old and new fans!($17/Ć15)
Sound clip: The Valley
DELIVERANCE - The Subversive Kind
Deliverance is finally back in Thrash again! This is their fastest album for many years. Cool stuff! ($16/Ć13)
Sound clip: The Black Hand
VENGEANCE RISING - Human Sacrifice
The best Thrash Metal album ever has now been remastered and rereleased! This time with their whole 5-track demo added as extra bonus (all tunes remastered). Fantastic albumand the best Thrash Metal album ever! Fast, heavy, intense razorsharp vocals and lots of variation with non compromising lyrics making this a master piece. ($16/Ć13)
Sound clip: From The Dead
SEVENTH ANGEL - Demo Collection
Their demos have now been remastered and released on CD! With the much improved sound quality we can now finally enjoy some unreleased tracks and different versions of the tunes that were releasedon their albums. Track list: Heed the Warning, In the Name of Christ We Rock, Betrayer, Dr. Hatchet, Divine Takeover, Betrayer, Locked Up In Chains, Forbidden Desire, Seven Angels Parts I and II, I of the Needle, Heed the Warning, Lamentations, The Turning Tide Excellent thrash/doom metal with very heavy guitars! ($16/Ć13)
DELIVERANCE - Weapons of Our Warfare
A classic! Very Heavy and Melodic Speed Metal for fans of Metallica etc. This classic album has now been remastered. This is a fantastic album and without a doubt one of the best metal albums ever! Fans of classic Bay Area Thrash especially, will totally love this! ($18/Ć15)
Soundclip: Flesh and Blood
GUARDIAN - Fire and Love
Great melodic hardrock with catchy hooks and some of the best metal ballads ever! All tracks have been remastered and rare bonus track ōTake Up Your Crossö has also been added.($16/Ć13)
Sound clip: Forever and a Day
HOLY SOLDIER - Last Train
Great Melodic Metal now finally remastered and rereleased! Tons of hooks and very catchy overall. If you love Melodic Metal this is a must have! ($16/Ć13)
Sound clip: Virtue and Vice
SACRED WARRIOR - Master's Command
Finally this awesome Heavy Metal classic has been rereleased! Like Recon this is True Heavy Metal with heavy riffs, great guitar solos, incredible singer and catchy harmonies, in other words excellent Heavy Metal! The album has also been remastered, which has made it even better. The album is both Melodic and Progressive and is an absolute must have to all that enjoy early Queensryche and Fates Warning. This is an outstanding classic and one of the best Heavy Metal albums ever made! ($13/Ć11
If you enjoy vinyl you can also find it on the LP section where it is available on both blue and black vinyl.
PERPETUAL LEGACY - A New Symphony For Him
Great Symphonic Metal from Brazil for fans of HB, Nightwish and Epica! Cool album with a both heavy and symphonic sound. ($13/Ć11
Check out the sound clips below.
Theocracy - Ghost Ship
Theocracy is back with a brand new album filled with worldclass Power Metal! A must have for fans of bands like Harmony, Sonata Arctica etc ($16/Ć13)
Check out the sound clips below.
RECON - Behind Enemy Lines (Remastered)
Recon released one studio album only filled with excellent Classic Heavy Metal for fans of bands like Iron Maiden. Finally this classic release has been remastered and it sounds better than ever. If you enjoy True Heavy Metal with heavy riffs, guitar solos, great vocals and catchy hooks this is an album you don't want to miss! ($11/Ć9)
Soundclip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIubk8-kAiI
A Celebration of the Death and Resurrection
This is a very cool Easter Metal album! It is a compilation of some of the best Christian Metal tracks focused entirely on the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The compilation opens with a brand new message from Pastor Bob from Sanctuary International as he leads us on this musical journey. A portion of the profits from this CD will also be donated to his ministry æThe Bridge BunchÆ which focuses on feeding the homeless in the Nashville area. www.SanctuaryInternational.comThis exclusive compilation is printed in 300 copies only. It has also been completely remastered by George Ochoa (Worldview, Deliverance, Recon) especially for this release.Check out this amazing CD, I am sure it will inspire you both musically and lyrically. Excellent Easter Metal album that I have been longing for for years! ($16/Ć13)
Track listing:
1. A Message From Pastor Bob Beeman
2. Bloodgood ¢ Crucify
3. Neon Cross ¢ Son of God
4. Sacred Warrior ¢ He Died
5. Worldview ¢ The Last Cry
6. Theocracy ¢ 30 Pieces of Silver
7. X-Sinner ¢ World Covered In Blood
8. Saint ¢ Crucified
9. Ultimatum ¢ Violence and Bloodshed
10. Grave Forsaken ¢ Death on the Cross
11. Deliverance ¢ Flesh and Blood
12. Vengeance Rising ¢ Human Sacrifice
13. Tourniquet ¢ If I Was There
14. Recon ¢ Alive
15. Bloodgood ¢ The Messiah
Soundclip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjN3PZ_Q6jI
BLOODGOOD - Out of the Darkness (Remastered)
Finally this Heavy Metal classic have been re-issued! It has also been remastered which makes it sound better than ever. The is Bloodgood's best and heaviest album filled to the bone with catchy hooks and great guitar solos - in other words Classic Melodic Heavy Metal at its best.Fantastic album and one of the best Heavy Metal albums ever! ($13/Ć11)
Out of the Darkness
Let My People Go
BLOODGOOD - Rock in a Hard Place (Remastered)
Bloodgood's third album and the last one with guitar player David Zaffiro. When it was first recorded there was something wrong with the mixer, so almost no bass was recorded! This has now finally been corrected and the whole album remastered making it both heavier and better than ever. All in all this is a really good melodic hardrock album with plenty of catchy harmonies and guitar solos to enjoy. ($16/Ć13)
Never Be The Same
DAVID BENSON - Premonition of Doom
David Benson's third and best album is heavy and catchy Doom Metal that is strongly recommended to fans of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath! ($16/Ć13)
WHITECROSS - 1987 (Gold edition)
Rerecording of the debut album with much much better production and a heavier sound. The album also features the tune Love on the Line as well as two new guitar solos (one of them is exclusivefor this Gold Edition release).Very good guitar metal with tons of solos and lots of true 80s Metal feel! ($16/Ć13)
Soundclip: Love on the Line
STRYPER - Fallen
Stryper is back with one of their best releases ever!! The sound is heavier and the tunes are filled to the bone with catchy hooks and tasty guitar solos. In other words Melodic Metal at its best.Wow, what a great album this is! Highly recommended and definately the album of the year 2015. If you love Melodic Metal and wants to buy the best album of the year - thisis the album to get! ($19/Ć16)
King of Kings
SCREAM IN EDEN - Original Sin
This is a hidden jewel in Melodic Metal! It was originally released on the name Eden - Fan The Flame back in the 90s when metal was not as popular and therefore many missed this great release. Rex Carroll, that master shredder from Whitecross plays the guitar on the album and you can definately hear influences from Whitecross in the band's sound.Very cool album filled with catchy chooks, shredding guitar solos and some blues influences. Great stuff and definately a must have if you are into bands like Whitecross, Bloodgood, Holy Soldier, Tesla, Dokken and Stryper! ($10/Ć8)
Soundclip: Forgotten Child
WORLDVIEW - The Chosen Few
Rey Parra, the former vocalist of Sacred Warrior has teamed up with George Ochoa from Recon and formed this cool band.The band has a unique sound mixing melodic/progressive metal with some oriental influences. Cool stuff. Check it out. ($13/Ć11)
Soundclip: The Last Cry
NORTHERN FLAME - Glimpse of Hope
Wow! If you enjoy fantastic guitar solos and great melodies this is the album for you! The band is fronted by guitar shredder Niclas Buss from Hilastherion and this is some of the very best I have heard in Melodic Metal for years. Definately a must have if you are into bands like Whitecross, Bloodgood and Stryper! Just check out the intro of the sound clip below and you will understand what I talk about. ($19/Ć16) Soundclip: At the Shores of Pitkajarvi
STRYPER - Live at the Whisky CD/DVD
Great CD/DVD filled with both new and old classics! It was recorded in the club Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles 2013.Excellent sound quality and great live feel! ($20/Ć17)
Disc: 1 (CD)
1. Legacy
2. Marching Into Battle
3. You Know What To Do
4. Loud N' Clear
5. Reach Out
6. Calling On You
7. Free
8. More Than A Man
9. The Rock That Makes Me Roll
10. No More Hell To Pay
11. Jesus Is Just Alright
12. Always There For You
13. All For One
14. The Way
15. To Hell With The Devil
16. Soldiers Under Command
Disc: 2 (DVD)
1. Legacy
2. Marching Into Battle
3. You Know What To Do
4. Loud N' Clear
5. Reach Out
6. Calling On You
7. Free
8. More Than A Man
9. The Rock That Makes Me Roll
10. No More Hell To Pay
11. Jesus Is Just Alright
12. Always There For You
13. All For One
14. The Way
15. To Hell With The Devil
16. Soldiers Under Command
17. No More Hell To Pay (Video)
18. Sympathy (Video)
19. Nashville All Access (Intervju)
LETTER 7 - Trust
Classic Melodic Metal with cathy hooks and great guitar solos in true 80s Metal style.Definately an album for fans of bands like Bloodgood, Stryper and Whitecross. ($16/Ć13)
Soundfile: Don't Fall Away
DELIVERANCE - Hear What I SayClassic Speed Metal band Deliverance have finally released a new album. The album features Jayson Sherlock from Horde and Mortification on drums!Musically speaking this albums is a mix of Speed Metal and the sound on their later albums. The result is the best Deliverance album for years! ($16/Ć13)
The Annals of Subterfuge
STRYPER - No More Hell To Pay
Yes! The classic Stryper sound is now back again in full force! Tasty guitar solos, tons of catchy hooks, heavy riffs and amazing falsetto screamsand much 80s metal feel makes this the best studio album the band has released since To Hell With The devil! A must have for anyone into Melodic Metal. The album contains 11 rockers and one ballad only. Soundwise this is also one of Stryper's heaviest ever. This is the exclusive version containg both CD and DVD. ($20/Ć17)
THEOCRACY -Theocracy
Theocracy delivers worldclass Melodic Power Metal with some progressive influences. This is the band's debut album that now have been remixed, remastered and most importantly the drum machine has now been replaced by a real drummer!Excellent album for all that enjoy melodic and progresive metal. Matt Smith sings and plays all instrument (except drums) all by himself. Impressing to say the least! ($16/Ć13)
Soundclips: Theocracy remixed teaser
BLOODGOOD - Dangerously Close
Finally a new album with Classic Metal band Bloodgood. New member in the band is now guitar player Oz Fox! He now plays in both Stryper and Bloodgood.($13/Ć11)
Soundclip: Lamb of God
SACRED WARRIOR - Waiting In Darkness
Classic Heavy Metal band Sacred Warrior has returned with a new album!Soundwise it is catching, melodic and progressive Heavy Metal with a modern touch. New singer Eli Prinsen sings great and his voice fits the band perfectly. This is album that just grows and grows and gets better and better the more you listen to it. ($16/Ć13)
Soundclip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcCQCIs5Tdw
The Metal For Jesus album has been produced by me Christian Liljegren. It is a cool special alubm containing the best of Swedish Melodic Christian Metal! It is filled to the bone with tunes of highest calibre. All the tracks have also been exclusivally remastered for this album. The Metal For Jesus CD contains 17 tunes and almost 78 minutes of music!
I have spent much time in prayer when I chose the tunes and I have also written comments to the lyrics. The album is a concept album with the theme "Metal For Jesus" where I describe how and why it works well to combine Christian faith and Metal and what Christian faith is really all about.
This is a perfect give-away-album to friends that you want to introduce to both Christian faith and quality Christian Metal. Even though you might have heard the tunes before I am sure you will be both blessed and inspired by this album. Since I want this album to reach out to as many as possible I sell it for a special price for ($13/Ć11) Also, if you want to buy more copies to give away to friends, outreaches etc you can buy it for just $7/Ć6 each if you buy at least 5 copies.
Soundclips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD3OMmMjUOk
STRYPER - Second Coming
New recordings of 14 classics from the first 3 albums + 2 brand new tracks. Fantastic album with worldclass production!($16/Ć13)
Check out the sound clips:
http://chirb.it/dt94cD (Soldiers Under Command)
http://chirb.it/A8vrF0 (The Rock That Makes Me Roll)
http://chirb.it/LbHOsm (More Than A Man)
Second Coming (promo)
AFFECTOR - Harmagedon
If your are into Progressiv Metal a la Dream Theatre this is the album for you! The band consists of very skilled musicians from bands like Symphony X and Neil Morse. Guests on the album are Neal Morse and Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater). Harmagedon is a theme album focuing on the book of Revelation in the Bible. Very good and professional album for all that loves Progressive Metal!If you have been longing for a Christian band in the same calibre of Dream Theater this is the band you have been waiting for.($18/Ć15)
Soundfile: Harmagedeon
METALLM─SSA - Sanctus
Finally a new Metal worship album! As their last one this EP contains a mix of classics and more unknown tunes all sung in Swedish.A very good EP that I gladly can recommend! ($13/Ć11)
bred dina vida vingar
sorgen och glõdjen
TOURNIQUET - Antiseptic Bloodbath
Tourniquet is back with a new album filled to the bone with progressive and experimental Thrash with plenty other influences and surprises. ($18/Ć15)
Soundfile: antiseptic bloodbath
ADIASTASIA - Life War
Excellent band from Brazil playing symphonic power metal! The sound sounds very German spiced up with some symphonic influences.Recommended for all that enjoy melodisc metal/power metal and want to check out something new. Fans of Helloween and Stravarious especially will love this. ($10/Ć8)
Soundclip: eternal life
BARREN CROSS - State of Control
Reissue of Barren Cross best album! Melodic and progressive heavy metal from the band that often is compared to Iron Maiden. ($18/Ć15)
Soundfile: Crying over you
BLOODGOOD - To Germany With Love
Bloodgood's classic live album now finally restocked! CD contains tracks from all their albums and total play time is 70 minutes. The album is filled with tons of great melodies and guitar solos. A must have for Bloodgood fans as well as all others that enjoy Classic 80s Metal! ($18/Ć15)
BLOODGOOD - Detonation
Bloodgood's second album is among many rated as their best, filled to the bone with true classic metal. It has now been remastered which makes this classic sound better than ever.($18/Ć15)
BOANERGES - Senales Antes Del Fin
Flashing guitar solos from two guitar shredders makes this an excellent album. Very tasty guitar solos and great Classic Metal from Argentina($10/Ć8)
el tiempo final
la profecia cumplida
BRIDE - Snakes In The Playground
Bride's best album! Great rough melodic metal! A must have for fans of Guns'n'Roses. ($18/Ć15)
Psychedelic Super Jesus
BRIDE - Live at Cornerstone 2001
Great live album recorded 2001 on the festival Cornerstone in USA. Bride rocks hard with classics from golden 80s! A fantastic album showing Bride at their best. Dale screams just like on the good ole days and the albums contains plenty of hits from their first albums. CD is limited edition so be sure to get it while it still lasts... ($13/Ć11)
Soundclip: Until The End We Rock
DELIVERANCE - Deliverance
Finally Deliverance's classic debut has been reissued! Great speed metal for fans of Metallica etc. The album has been remastered and the bonus tracks A Space Call You and Attack have been added.Excellent album and one I higly can recommend. ($18/Ć15)
if you will
DELIVERANCE - What A Joke
Deliverance third album has a heavier sound and also shows that they have humor. The music however is no joke, but non compromisingSpeed/Thrash Metal. Among other tracks the album contains Silent Night in Speed Metal version! This has to be the best Metal Christmas tune ever! ($16/Ć13)
Pseudo Intellectual
Silent Night (In True Metal style!)
DELIVERANCE - As Above - So Below
Album contains a mix of speed metal and progressive metal spiced up with some tasty guitar solos. ($13/Ć11)
as above so below
DELIVERANCE - Live at Cornerstone 2001
Deliverance rocks hard with tons of speed metal classics! ($13Ć11)
DRIVER - Countdown
Melodic Metal with Rob Rock! This is the band's second album filled with pure 80s Metal with nice melodies and guitar solos. Among others album features Roy Z and Ed Roth. ($16/Ć13)
Feel The Fire
DRIVER - Sons Of Thunder
Amazingly good melodic metal with Rob Rock! Truly 80s Metal at its best! ($13/Ć11)
fly away
I'm A Warrior
HB - Jesus Metal Explosion
Good symphonic Nightwish-influenced Metal with female vocals. ($18/Ć15)
it is time
joy upon the Lord
HB - Frozen Inside
Wellproduced symphonic metal from Finland for fans of Nightwish and Within Temptation. Very good album with nice female vocals for all fans of symphonic metal! ($18/Ć15)
God has all Glory
It is Time
JOSHUA - Resurrection (Collectors edition)
This is the band that released the classic Melodic Metal album Intense Defense. Resurrection continues in the same style and is filled with enjoyable melodies and flashing guitar solos that makes you think of the golden 80s. Compared to Intense Defense this album is also slightly heavier. Very good CD that keeps getting better the more you listen to it. Heavily recommended for all fans of Melodic Metal. It is released in limited edition of 888 copies only and contains 2 exclusive bonus tracks. All copies are personally signed by Joshua Perahia and an exklusive Joshua pick is also included. ($26/Ć22)
blood on the nile
KREYSON - Angel On The Run
Kreyson hails from Czech Republic and plays very good true classic heavy metal with enjoyable harmonies, guitar solosand to say it short classic 80s metal at its best! This is the band's first album that now finally have been reissued.Bloodgood fans especially will love this. ($16/Ć13)
Soundfile: Kreyson
KREYSON - Crusaders
Crusaders is Kreyson second album filled with true 80s Metal. Definately something to check in for fans of melodic metal. ($16/Ć13)
Soundfile: Stay a Moment
KREYSON - 20 Years of Kreyson
Kreyson plays excellent Classic Heavy Metal with great hooks, guitar solos and truly 80s metal at its best! This album is a fantastic collection and a perfect introduction to this classic metal band. Fans of Bloodgood especially, will love this. ($16/Ć13)
Soundfile: Cry Out
MASTEDON - It's A Jungle Out There
Classic album that finally have been remastered and rereleased! Excellent melodic hardrock with tasty guitar solos and catchy hooks! It also contains 3 exclusive bonus tracks. Thanks to the remaster the sound is now heavier and have more punch that it was on the original. A must have for all that are into melodic hardrock/metal! ($18/Ć15)
it's a jungle out there.ram (140 Kr)
METALLM─SSA - Himmelsvõg
Finally a worship album in Metal style that is good all the way! This is worship with heaviness and great guitars. Truly a fantastic album all the way through!Contains both classics and unknown tunes all sung in Swedish. ($18/Ć15)
Hõrlig õr Jorden
Himmelsvõg (live clip)
ORATORIO - The Reality of Existence
Don't be fooled by the cover! This is pure Melodic Power/Heavy Metal with tons of hooks and guitar solos! Sounds something like a combination of Stryper and Seventh Avenue. Really good album from Finland.($13/Ć11)
PETRA This Means War (25 years edition)
Reissue of Petra's classic rock album from 1987. The album has been remastered and also contains 3 bonus tracks (solos with Bob Hartman, John Lawry and Louie Weaver from Captured in time and space). Great commercial melodic rock with catchy sing-alon-choruses and nice hooks. Definately one of Petra's best albums! Produced by John & Dino Elefante. ($16/Ć13)
He came, He saw, He conquered
PETRA - Jekyll & Hyde
Very Heavy album by Petra! Contains no keyboards and riffs are mega heavy. Highly recommended! ($18/Ć15)
Jekyll and Hyde
Test of Time
PLACE OF SKULLS - As A Dog Returns
Excellent Doom Metal from the USA! Very good album with worship lyrics and very heavy riffs. Highly recommended to fans of Veni Domine's album Fall Babylon Fall as well as well to all that enjoy pure Doom Metal. ($7/Ć6
Breath of Life
ROB ROCK - Garden of Chaos
Rob Rock's best solos album, is filled to the bone with Melodic Metal. Main guitar player is no less than shredder Carl Johan Grimmarkfrom Narnia. ($13/Ć11)
SACRED WARRIOR - Rebellion
The band's first album is good catchy classic metal with falsetto vocals and progressive influences.Their vocalist is often compared to Geoff Tate of Queensryche.Album have been remastered which make it sound better than ever.($16/Ć13)
mad world
master of lies
BELIEVER - Sanity Obscure
Thrash Metal classic! Contains bonus track IYF. A must have for all fans of Technical Thrash. ($18/Ć15)
dust to dust
SAINT - Desperate Night
Great Classic Heavy Metal with heavy riffs, catchy harmonies and guitar solos! Definately a must have for all fans of Heavy Metal generally and especially fans of Judas Priest will totally enjoy this! Excellent production and the best album with Saint since Too Late For Living. ($18/Ć15)
in the fray
SAINT - Too Late For Living
True Heavy Metal from this legendary band. Music is Heavy, guitar solos is shredding and lyrics are often taken from the book of Revelation. A true mega classic and a must have to all who enjoys True Heavy Metal! This is Heavy Metal at its best. The album has now been remastered which makes you hear the details in the music better and more punch to the drums. One of the best Heavy Metal albums ever! Fans of Judas Priest especially will totally enjoy this classic. ($13/Ć11)
too late for living
SAINT - Times End
Cool Heavy Heavy Metal album remastered making this album even better. ($16/Ć13)
primed and ready
SAINT - Warriors of the Son
Saint's first album remastered and rereleased. ($13/Ć11)
plan 2
SAINT - In The Battle
Saint's comeback CD is now remastered which makes this great album even better. Cool Heavy Metal CD and must for all that enjoy Too Late For Living and Time's End! ($16/Ć13)
SAINT - Warriors of the Son
Rerecording of Saint's first album with much better sound quality. Also contains two previously unreleased bonus tracks! Cool Classic Heavy Metal. ($13/Ć11)
plan 2
SAINT - Live 05
Cool live album containing classics from most of their albums. ($11/Ć9)
holy rollin'
SEVENTH  AVENUE - Between The Worlds
Great German Power Metal filled with hooks! Best Metal album 2002. ($13/Ć11)
Angels Eyes
A Step Between the Worlds
STRYPER - The Covering
Cool cover album where Stryper do own versions of band that influenced them musically. Contains great covers of bands like Kiss, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and Van Halen. But the best track is Stryper's brand new track God that contains a fantastic guitar solo! ($20/Ć17)
highway star
STRYPER - 7 Weeks: Live In America, 2003
Live CD recorded on their comeback tour in the USA featuring 13 hits. Very good sound quality and a fantastic album showing why the band has sold over 7 million albums! ($13Ć11)
the way
caught in the middle
makes me wanna sing
STRYPER - Seven
Great collection with 16 hits and two new tracks! An awesome album from an awesome band! It also works great as introduction to this classic metal band that put Christian Metal on the map.($16/Ć13)
STRYPER - Can't Stop The Rock
Collection with hits like Soldiers Under Command, Free, In God We Trust och To Hell With The Devil. It also contains two new tracks exclusive for this album!What makes the CD special is also the cool lyric sheet that contains plenty of pictures as well as info about their singles and videos. A very good collection and a perfect introduction to the best Melodic Metal band ever.($13/Ć11)
STRYPER - Murder By Pride
Really good album with tons of hooks, falsetto screams and great guitar solos.sk÷na gitarrsolon. Have two versions of the album. One of them is the exclusive USA-version in digipack ($13/Ć11))and the other one is European version with bonus track. ($7/Ć6)
murder by pride
STRYPER - Roxx Regime
Roxx Regime is what the band was called from the beginning, before changing it to Stryper. With modern technology the band's original demo has been transfered to CD making it sound much better now than it did from the beginning. The sound is rawer and more unpolished than the Stryper albums and features From Wrong to Right, My Love I'll Always Show (rock version!),Loud N Clear, You Know What To Do, You WonÆt Be Lonely, CoÆmon Rock, Tank (Robert Sweet drum solo!), Honestly (the original demo version).Very catchy and good album! ($20/Ć17)
STRYPER - The Yellow And Black Attack
Stryper's classic debut that put Christian Metal on the map. Melodic Heavy Metal with amazing melodies, sing along choruses and guitar solos. If you enjoy Melodic Metal this album should not be missed in your collection. denna skiva inte saknas i din skivsamling. ($16/Ć13)
STRYPER - Soldiers Under Command
Melodic Metal at its best! A time less classic and must to anyone into Melodic Metal! ($16/Ć13)
STRYPER - To Hell With The Devil
Stryper's third album has sold over 1,5 million copies! Fantastic melodic Metal Classic that you don't wanna miss! If you love catchy guitar solos and hooks this is the album for you. In other words this is Melodic 80s Metal at its best! ($16/Ć13)
STRYPER - In God We Trust
More commercial than other Stryper albums, but yet Melodic Hardrock at its finest. ($16/Ć13)
in God we trust
STRYPER - Reborn
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As close and in love as you may be with your current partner, I think it's safe to say there's something your partner doesn't know about you. While I believe that most couples should have little to no secrets between them, revealing too much or digging up the past that has no bearing on who you are today may be irrelevant, and cause unnecessary drama in your relationship.
All couples are different, and if you feel your union is so strong that it can sustain anything that you divulge about yourself, then great! But if you don't feel obligated to reveal everything there is to know about your life, here are a few things we feel you might be able to keep close to the vest…with a few caveats of course.
1. Your Best S*x
If your best s*x wasn't with your current partner, there's no need to tell him that. You've got to know that, right?If he asks you if he was, simply say, "Awww babe, you know I love you" and hopefully that'll distract him. If he doesn't fall for it, I see no reason why telling a little fib will hurt. Men have fragile egos, so stroke it. Nothing good can come from telling him that he wasn't your best and while some men may use that bit of information as incentive to get better, others may be secretly annoyed that you didn't lie to save his feelings. I look at it like this: your ex is an ex for a reason no matter how great the s*x was. You love your new beau so that should make him your best, right? Okay, maybe not, but you know what I mean. Just go with it.
2. Number Of S*x Partners
I don't know why people ask this question, particularly men. No matter how many people you tell him you've slept with, the number will mostly likely always be too high for him. It's absolutely a no-win situation. He should be with you for who you are, so how many men you've slept with should make no difference to him…unless he just thinks you're a slore, in which case he's already drawn his conclusions anyway. Your best bet is to simply not answer the question, although that could cause him to become more suspicious and make unwarranted judgments of you. If he pressures you to answer, you can either make up a number that you feel is reasonable and qualify it by saying, "But they were all long-term boyfriends" or you can say, "No one matters that came before you babe" and hope that answer will suffice. If not, then it's time to bounce him because he's simply too insecure.
3. A Past Affair
Don't kill me but I don't necessarily believe that once a cheater, always a cheater. If you've learned from the error of your ways and have vowed that you will never cheat (or be the mistress or side chick) in relationships ever again, then you can probably keep that bit of information to yourself. If he asks you if you've ever cheated on a boyfriend, you may feel compelled to be honest since you don't consider yourself to be a cheater anymore – and that's honorable. But telling him that you cheated on an ex or were involved with a married man may only cause him to question his relationship with you and wonder if you'll do the same thing to him. If there is no chance that he'll find out about your past infidelities and you think divulging this information would compromise your current relationship, then keep it to yourself and continue to be a faithful girlfriend. If he asks and you choose to be honest and he leaves, then he wasn't the one for you and you should be with a man that understands that people make mistakes and can learn from them.
4. An Abortion
If you had an abortion as a result of getting pregnant in a past relationship, there is no reason you should feel the need to tell anyone that – especially if it's an experience you'd rather not relive. You shouldn't hide a pregnancy or an abortion from a current boyfriend but that could also be considered your prerogative. Now if you cannot conceive or carry a baby to term because of a past abortion, and your current partner wants to have children, then you may need to come clean. Otherwise, it is a decision you made for yourself that requires no explanation to anyone.
5. Previous STD
I would normally never advise anyone to keep their s*xual history a secret, especially since that is information a potential partner needs to have in order to make an informed decision about having s*x with you. However, if you contracted a disease 10 years ago before you met your current partner and it has since been treated and cured, and you haven't had one since, then you may be able to move past that experience and not share. S*xual history is a delicate topic that most people have a hard time addressing. But if you've had several STD's or currently have a condition that you can pass onto your partner, he or she should be told about it…BEFORE you have s*x. Condom or not.
6. Any Information About Your Ex
Unless your ex is your child's parent, is stalking you or you have a restraining order against him, your current partner has no reason to know anything about any of your exes. If your ex is still trying to get back together with you, you may decide this is information is on a "need-to-know" basis, because you may feel you can handle your ex on your own. But if the ex is posting inappropriate comments on your Facebook page, is disrespecting your relationship or trying to sabotage it, then and only then should your ex's name come up to your current partner so that he or she is in the loop as to what is going on. Otherwise, leave your ex and that relationship in the past and keep his name out of your mouth. By constantly bringing up your ex, that'll just make your current boo wonder if you're over him, and could possibly make him jealous or feel insecure – neither of which is a good thing. If you value your current relationship, keep your exes and all information about them in the past where it belongs.
7. Prior Criminal Behavior
Unless you are a registered s*x offender or have committed murder or armed robbery, you can probably keep the public indecency charge you caught in college to yourself. Now if you have a record and did a bid, then you probably can't hide that for very long anyway. But if you were busted for shoplifting as a teenager and the charge has since been expunged and your records sealed, then you can keep your lips sealed on that one as well. If you are no longer criminally minded and have been an upstanding citizen who abides by the law, then don't give him or her a reason to give you the side eye…or sleep with one eye open.
8. Debt
If you are not married or share expenses and a bank account, then there is no reason the guy you're dating has to know about your student loans or credit card debt. However, if he has a five year plan that includes you both paying for a wedding, buying a house and starting a college fund for Junior, you're going to need to come clean about your spending habits. Lying about or hiding finances can make or break a marriage before it has a real chance to succeed. With that in mind, if you are married or planning to get married, then lay your finances on the table and consult a financial planner if necessary. This way, you can establish a budget that will help you get out of debt while achieving your financial goals as a couple. But if you two are just kicking it, keep your finances separate and your mouth closed – but still get financial help if you need it.
9. Your Toy Collection
Unless you are a s*x addict, there is no reason your man should know about your secret stash of adult videos or s*x toys if you don't want him to. While some men would welcome the use of such props to your s*x lives together, others may not be as open minded and may find those things offensive or even intimidating. If you two live separately, then just make sure you have a good hiding spot in the crib for when he comes over and keep working on convincing him that your toys are no substitution for the real thing. But if he's still opposed to them, then you may either need to dump him for a more adventurous, more secure partner…or keep them under lock and key and bust them out when he goes out of town for the weekend.


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Robin Louise Messina
Robin Louise Hunter Messina passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 31, 2017. Robin was born December 17 1953 in Texas City to Robert and Betty Hunter. She was preceded in death by Grandparents Ned and Margaret Hunter, Uncle Richard, Uncle Calvin and Aunt Elouise.
Robin graduated Texas City High School in 1972. She married her soul mate Frank Messina and resided in Dickinson. She retired from CVS as the Store Manager after 25 years. Robin truly loved life to the fullest through simple pleasures, chatting with family and friends. Robin had an uncanny ability to reach people in a deep and positive way. She loved her grandkids and showered them with gifts.
She is survived by her husband Frank, daughter Tanya Paul, step daughters - Katrina Brunette and Tiffany Messina, sisters - Dana Wright and Margo Crenshaw, grandkids - Madeline, Layton, Amber, Shelby and Chloe, and many extended Family.
Family, friends and any others whose lives Robin touched are invited to the Carnes Funeral Home, Texas City, TX for a viewing November 8th, 2017 starting at 5 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. Celebration of Life funeral service will be held at Carnes Funeral Home in Texas City, November 9th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Graveside rite to follow at Galveston Memorial Park cemetery, Hitchcock TX.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to YAY4LIFE.org. Frank and Robin have been strong
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Aims and objectives
The main objective of the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive — ECPA — is to develop into a lively, collaborative workspace in support of the teaching, study, and research of eighteenth-century poetry. To this end, ECPA is committed to the creation of an open-access digital archive of high-quality primary and secondary sources. ECPA comprises two central components: the digital collection of richly encoded full-texts and a research project, which focuses on the computationally-assisted analysis of these texts.
A digital collection
The ECPA full-text collection utilizes well-established open standards for creating and preserving richly-encoded digital texts. Based on the principle of peer participation, the corpus is edited and annotated collaboratively, and will grow and evolve with the requirements and interests of the scholarly community. ECPA thus participates in and benefits from a growing network of editors, scholars, and students who are collaborating and sharing texts, notes, and interpretations in a global network.
Wherever possible, we have supplemented the full-texts with digital images for scholars who are primarily interested in the appearance of the source document or who want to check the transcription against the original. We have also included an XML-editor, where corrections and improvements (descriptive and analytical) can be made directly in the source files and can be submitted to the editor for inclusion in future updates.
All digital surrogates can be downloaded in a variety of formats and re-used under the terms of ECPA's content license. If you re-use and do exciting things with any of the digital surrogates, please do let us know about it.
A research project
The Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive aims to make a scholarly contribution by producing a corpus of annotated texts, analyses, tools, and a host of secondary materials. The focus of the ECPA research project is the integration of texts and (digital) scholarship into a living research collection of eighteenth-century poetry. The main purpose of this integration is to facilitate interactivity and discovery, and to support a multi-layered reader engagement. For this purpose, we have introduced a variety of views, which reflect different modes of engagement with the texts.
We have represented each of the different modes of engagement in the side-by-side layout of text and view in the form of tabs (currently, Reading view, Analysis view, and Visualization view) in the hope that the information provided in each will best support the level of engagement the reader has chosen.
The reading view offers a set of bibliographic metadata, information about the source edition, a brief summary of poetic form, an editorial statement, and other contextualizing information, as well as a reading aid function. The five analytical layers that support the analysis view are intended to support a close reading of the texts, and help to reflect this engagement through enabling interactive selection, highlighting, and manipulation of the observed phenomena. Our visualization view comprises a growing number of visualizations intended to support the analysis/interpretation of the poems. By shedding light on the texts from different visualization perspectives (presentational/disseminative, operational/observational, analytical/interactive, creative/inventive) and with varying foci on one or more analytical layers, the visualizations serve as a toolbox for researchers interested in visual interpretation. We hope that through the combination of knowledge modelling and machine learning we can arrive at an "augmented criticism" (Bradley/Ullyot) based on a larger pool of supporting materials and more comprehensive analysis.
Over time, the ECPA research project will facilitate new modes of engagement (views), which will join the current views, and allow for increasingly sophisticated ways of interacting and thus re-creating the texts through each reading process.
Work on the small project that eventually evolved into the more ambitious Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive began in 2006. Originally intended as a focused contextualisation to the Thomas Gray Archive, covering the lives and works of contemporaries of Gray's such as William Collins, Mark Akenside, Joseph and Thomas Warton, Christopher Smart, James Thomson, the materials quickly grew substantial in quantity and wide-ranging in subject matter and coverage.
In 2008, the idea for a much more comprehensive and ambitious project that would contribute to and benefit from the many exciting developments in digital literary studies and humanities computing at the time was born. With full-text production of ECCO-TCP in full swing in Oxford, early experiments in computational literary criticism proved promising and encouraged us to embark on a dedicated resource on eighteenth-century poetry. After several delays for various reasons, work on ECPA began in earnest in Winter 2012.
A private alpha version of the Website was completed in Winter 2015. The public beta phase of ECPA began on 1 May 2016 and ended on 1 May 2019. We continue to seek post-publication peer review at this stage, please do not hesitate to contact us with any issues, requests, or general feedback about the content, functionalities, or design of the Website.
The Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive is an unfunded research project. As a collaborative effort of scholars, teachers, and students of eighteenth-century poetry, ECPA is made possible primarily through the generous donation of its contributors' time and expertise. We anticipate funding opportunities, particularly through (interdisciplinary) collaboration on research projects or participation in national or international initiatives, will become available over time.
We are cooperating with the ERC-funded POSTDATA - Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data project (2016-2021) to construct a digital platform of semantically linked poetry. POSTDATA is a research project at the Laboratorio de Innovación en Humanidades Digitales (LiNHD), Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid.
ECPA builds on the digital texts created by the Text Creation Partnership from Gale's Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). We use the TEI/XML P5 versions of the texts as they are made available by the Oxford Text Archive (OTA) as our starting point (all changes to the documents have been recorded as revisions). The following is a high-level summary of the current steps taken to create the digital surrogates in ECPA. Any tools used for a particular task are also listed.
Transcription and descriptive markup
- single-pass correction of transcription and markup (addresses gaps, structural errors, omissions) against the ECCO microfilm images
- illegible text was supplied either from the copies originally used for the microfilms or other available copies of the same edition
- enhanced 'semi-diplomatic' transcription of a small sample of texts (adding typographical features, drop capitals, indentations etc.), otherwise 'semi-normalized'
- enhancing of bibliographic information and references (Foxon, DMI, etc.)
- adding author information on item level
Analytical markup
- assigning of IDs to poems and lower-level structural units
- recording verse, stanza, and poem form
- assigning of themes and genres (vocabulary adapted from DMI)
- assigning rhyme scheme (where applicable)
- assigning metrical pattern (where applicable)
- recording of syllable pattern
- addition of textual and explanatory notes
Text processing
- tokenization/sentencing (white-space tokenization, Morphadorner)
- PoS-tagging (dictionary-based, Morphadorner)
- lemmatization/regularization (dictionary-based, Morphadorner)
- syllable count (Morphadorner)
- spot-checking and correction of the above steps
- phonemic transcription (mostly dictionary-based, self-developed tool)
- metrical and rhyme analysis (self-developed tool)
- rhetorical figure detection (self-developed tool)
- named entity recognition (mostly gazetteer-based, generated from several NER engines, including the Stanford Named Entity Recognizer, MITIE: MIT Information Extraction, and Apache OpenNLP )
- syntactic dependency parse (MaltParser [pre-trained, optimized])
- frame-semantic parse (SEMAFOR [pre-trained])
- based on the concepts of peer participation and peer content creation
- opportunities for user contributions (subject to peer review)
- review-based annotation system to any part of a text (notes/queries)
- direct editing of XML sources
- digital images (captured with an Atiz BookDrive scanning station)
- all content files available for download via the "Downloads"-tab, all data supporting this research are also available from our GitHub page
Current and future plans
The Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive is currently being updated twice a year, in the Summer and Winter. Our current priorities include:
Digital collection
ECPA currently comprises works by authors. We will continue to work towards increasing the number of authors, particularly women authors, and works represented.
Please feel free to send us suggestions for additions you would like us to prioritise, or, if you have your own collection of texts, we would be more than happy to collaborate with you on their inclusion in ECPA .
We are working on providing better interconnection between all analytical layers as these inform all current and future modes of reader engagement. As each layer interacts with the others at any given point as well as over time, we are looking for better ways to make these points of connectedness visible and highlight the ways in which these are maintained, dissolved, and taken up again (in different forms) over time.
As ECPA evolves and matures, we will expand our research to go beyond the current modes (views) of reader engagement (reading, analysis, visualization, and modelling).
Output and dissemination
The Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive's main output is a comprehensive set of tools and high-quality resources aimed at supporting scholars, teachers, and students of eighteenth-century poetry throughout the research process, from the early stages of discovery, collection, and annotation through to the later stages of comparison, analysis, and composition.
All of ECPA's digital collections and research outcomes are freely available online for review and secondary analysis, future digital scholarship, opportunities for (interdisciplinary) collaboration, re-use, extension, or adaptation, and long-term preservation. All data can be downloaded from the Website or our GitHub page.
Conceived of as collaborative from inception, ECPA is also seeking to increase its outreach through collaboration with libraries, other digital repositories, research projects, scholarly societies, and initiatives such as 18thConnect.
Update history
- 1 May 2016 (v0.95): Public beta first made available at http://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ (604 works, 147 authors)
- 18 May 2016 (v0.95.1): Content added: Alexander Pope (13 poems added)
- 31 May 2016 (v0.95.2): Content added: Jonathan Swift (author page and eleven poems added)
- 16 June 2016 (v0.95.3): Content added: Anna Laetitia Barbauld (author page and 32 poems added)
- 30 June 2016 (v0.95.4): Content added: Joseph Addison (author page, six English and Latin poems, three translator pages and four English translations added)
- 15 July 2016 (v0.95.5): Content added: Mary Leapor (author page and 70 poems added)
- 17 August 2016 (v0.95.6): Enhancements: introduced "Featured Author" and "Featured Work"; Corrections: several PoS tagging issues resolved
- 31 August 2016 (v0.95.7): Content added: Charles Churchill (author page and twelve poems added)
- 30 September 2016 (v0.95.8): Content added: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Pieces of Poetry, ed. by Moses Mendez (1 vol., 1st edition 1767) (36 new author pages and 78 poems added); Content removed: author pages for D'Assigny and Waller; Enhancements: home page re-designed; Corrections: minor encoding issues resolved
- 31 October 2016 (v0.96): Content added: A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes. By Several Hands, ed. by G. Pearch (4 vols., 2nd edition 1770) (64 new author pages and 293 poems added); Version milestone (1000+ works) reached; Corrections: several PoS tagging and sentencing issues resolved; Enhancements: NER gazetteer supplemented by PoS-based named entity recognition
- 16 November 2016 (v0.96.1): Content added: Ann Yearsley, Poems on Several Occasions (1785) (author page and 17 poems added)
- 30 November 2016 (v0.96.2): Content added: John Pomfret, Poems upon Several Occasions (6th ed., 1724) (author page and 20 poems added)
- 16 December 2016 (v0.96.3): Content added: Laetitia Pilkington (enhanced author page and one poem added) and John Philips (author page and two poems added)
- 30 January 2017 (v0.96.4): Content added: Mary Barber (114 poems added) and seven other authors (seven new author pages and 19 poems added)
- 27 February 2017 (v0.96.5): Content added: William Diaper and Edward Young (author pages and some major works added); Enhancements: tables of contents of all source editions added; Corrections: minor encoding issues and several sentencing issues resolved
- 31 March 2017 (v0.96.6): Content added: Anne Finch, Miscellany poems, on several occasions (1713) (author page and 86 poems added); Enhancements: links from the gallery to author pages added; links to source editions in the OTA added; all data supporting this research are now also available from our GitHub page; Corrections: sorting of work titles improved
- 18 April 2017 (v0.96.7): Content added: William Cowper, Poems (1782) and The Task (1785) (two author pages and 49 poems added) and James Thomson (major works added); Enhancements: improved display of other works by the same author(s) in the reading view
- 2 May 2017 (v0.97): Content added: Mary Robinson (author page and 31 poems added); Version milestone (completion of year one) reached (1501 works, 269 authors); Enhancements: follow ECPA on Facebook or Google+ for the latest updates; Corrections: several important corrections prompted by user feedback
- 10 May 2017 (v0.97.1): Enhancements: token highlighting in syntactic and semantic parses (analysis view) added; Corrections: resolved an issue introduced in v0.97 that resulted in erroneous spelling normalizations
- 1 June 2017 (v0.97.2): Content added: Stephen Duck and Oliver Goldsmith (major works added); Enhancements: added phonemic transcription display in the phonological layer and token highlighting in morphological parses (analysis view)
- 14 June 2017 (v0.97.3): Content added: Sarah Fyge Egerton (author page and 58 poems added), Mary Jones (author page and 53 poems added), and Hannah More (author page and three poems added)
- 3 July 2017 (v0.97.4): Content added: Elizabeth Singer Rowe (enhanced author page and 52 poems added)
- 17 August 2017 (v0.97.5): Content added: Christopher Smart (31 poems added)
- 4 September 2017 (v0.98): Content added: George Crabbe (author page and nine poems added); Enhancements: added analysis popovers (similar to contextual reading aid popovers in the reading view), which provide an integrated display of the analytical layers for every word/token; Research: planning phase for the next two modes of engagement (views) started, namely visualization view and modelling view
- 2 October 2017 (v0.98.1): Content added: Helen Maria Williams (author page and 60 poems added); Enhancements: introductory tour of the ECPA views and core features added; Website: fixed an issue that prevented printing of some pages
- 1 November 2017 (v0.98.2): Content added: George Monck Berkeley (author page and 44 poems added), Robert Bloomfield (author page and one poem added), and Amelia Alderson Opie (author page and 37 poems added)
- 4 December 2017 (v0.98.3): Content added: Anna Seward (author page and twelve poems added), Anne Home Hunter (author page and 58 poems added), Susanna Blamire (author page and 84 poems added), and Catherine Gilpin (author page and two poems added); Website: all external links restored and verified
- 17 January 2018 (v0.98.4): Content added: Hannah Cowley (author page and 21 poems added), Robert Merry (author page and eight poems added), Bertie Greatheed (author page and one poem added), and Ann Yearsley (one poem added)
- 5 February 2018 (v0.98.5): Content added: Joanna Baillie (author page and 93 poems added)
- 8 March 2018 (v0.98.6): Content added: Thomas Chatterton (author page and 45 poems added) and Thomas Cary (author page and one poem added)
- 3 April 2018 (v0.98.7): Content added: Charlotte Smith (author page and 68 poems added)
- 2 May 2018 (v0.99): Content added: James Macpherson (author page and 32 poems added); Version milestone (completion of year two) reached (2327 works, 289 authors); Enhancements: ECPA is now also listed as a dataset in the Oxford University Research Archive (ORA); Website: added placeholders for visualization and modelling views to the interface, updates on progress to follow throughout the year
- 4 June 2018 (v0.99.1): Content added: Isaac Watts (author page and 111 poems added); Enhancements: source editions are now browsable in their entirety (via the icons); Website: the vertical divider on poem pages can now be dragged to resize the left and right parts of the display in any view; Research: we have begun implementation of our first visualization, entitled Phonemia, to be added over the coming months
- 2 July 2018 (v0.99.2): Content added: Mary Collier (author page and ten poems added); Enhancements: minor corrections and additions (vocabulary density, most frequent words, average number of words per sentence) in the analysis view; Research: delighted to announce that Poem Viewer (funded by JISC/NEH's "Digging Into Data Challenge") will become one of the visualizations available in ECPA's visualization view—many thanks to Alfie Abdul-Rahman for collaborating with us on this project!
- 15 August 2018 (v0.99.3): Content added: Thomas Parnell (author page and 20 poems added); Research: Phonemia and Poem Viewer, our first two visualizations, will become available in our next update (Sep. 2018)
- 3 September 2018 (v0.99.4): Content added: Charlotte Lennox (author page and 31 poems added); Research: Phonemia and Poem Viewer are now live and ready to be explored in the visualization view
- 1 October 2018 (v0.99.5): Content added: six women poets (Mary Pix, Susanna Centlivre, Elizabeth Griffith, Sophia Lee, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Ann Batten Cristall) (author pages and 35 poems added); Corrections: removed separate author profiles of translated authors; Enhancements: added listing of work titles by source editions to author profiles; added free-text input field for notes/observations to the analysis view
- 5 November 2018 (v0.99.6): Content added: Ambrose Philips (author page and six poems added) and John Gay (author page and 51 poems added); Outreach: we are delighted to be collaborating with 18thConnect on the integration of ECPA into their fold of federated digital projects
- 3 December 2018 (v0.99.7): Content added: James Boswell (author page and five poems added) and Hannah Brand (author page and seven poems added); Research: performance improvements and other enhancements in the Phonemia visualization
- 3 January 2019 (v0.99.8): Content added: Mary Alcock (author page and 51 poems added) and Robert Burns (author page and 44 poems added); Enhancements: updated and expanded bibliography
- 4 February 2019 (v0.99.9): Content added: Hymns and Sacred Poems by John and Charles Wesley and friends (five author pages and 87 poems added); Research: we have started implementing the backend components of our modelling view (core and domain ontologies, triplestore); over the coming months, we will be concentrating on the modelling interface and visualization, we hope to finalize a working prototype by the end of beta
- 4 March 2019 (v0.99.10): Content added: Catherine Rebecca Grey, Lady Manners (author page and 28 poems added)
- 2 April 2019 (v0.99.11): Content added: Matthew Prior (author page and 114 poems added); Research: DoubleTree joins the available adapted visualizations in the visualization view; Enhancements: redesigned and expanded visualization view
- 1 May 2019 (v1.0 (1 May 2019)): Release version milestone (completion of year three/end of beta) reached (2959 works, 314 authors); Content added: late eighteenth-century authors, (Mary) Matilda Betham (author page and 30 poems added), Thomas Campbell (author page and seven poems added), and Maria and Harriet Falconar (author pages and two poems added)
We are interested in working with scholars and digital humanists on any aspect of the poetry of the long eighteenth-century. Some of the areas we think might be fruitfully explored include:
- interlinking of texts that form a clear dialogue with each other;
- exploring digital editing of a text or author and edition visualization;
- expanding an author or improving a single text or group of texts;
- collaborating on improving, training, and adding to the set of tools;
- (insert your idea here... and get in touch!)
If you would like to collaborate with us on a project, please do not hesitate to contact the editor.
Copyright information and citation guide
All digital surrogates of works not held by the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive are reproduced under license from the libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions which hold the originals and must not be reproduced without prior written permission. Unfortunately, ECPA is unable to provide that permission, nor can it provide images for re-use as the copyright holders may reserve the right to charge a fee. Please contact the relevant institution directly using the copyright information provided with every work in the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive.
Copyright in digital surrogates of works owned by ECPA, in the electronic texts, bibliographic information and markup, and the Website is with the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive. These works, including their XML source files, are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This license is intended to encourage and promote re-use and re-purposing of the collection as well as ultimately to ensure its long-term preservation.
All contributions to ECPA are submitted to the editor in the first instance for review. When accepted for publication, all contributions become licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. This license protects contributions, but at the same time lets others re-use and build upon them.
If you want to cite material from the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive in online or print publications, please feel free to copy and paste the information provided in the the MLA-style citation in the footer of each page.
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I just read a blurb on CNN.com that women who visit hair salons have a higher risk of stroke. I figured it must be something related to the chemicals used in salon, and since I don't intend to start cutting my own hair I clicked to read the full story. Turns out, it's actually tilting your head back to far in the shampoo bowl that could lead to a stroke. I mean, it's rare, the story goes on to say. Like not as common as having a stroke during a chiropractic adjustment. Which is still really rare. But the salon thing is even more rare. Ok, like, it happened to this one lady.
I'm paraphrasing, of course.
I've been feeling recently that I'm not as in touch with the news as I used to be. Stories like this make me not miss it.


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Office of Scientific Career Development
Do you know the next step in your career, or are you still trying to figure it out? Some know exactly what they want to do, while others know more about what they don't want to do. Regardless of whether you know or don't know what you want to do with your career, it may be useful to talk with the Director of the Office of Scientific Career Development about your choices and options. She can help you work through what you want to do next, connect you with people who have successfully made a transition into the type of position you want, review your application packet (CV/resume and cover letter), and help you think about how to best negotiate a job offer.
Karen is the author of the Nature Guide to Life Science Careers and has been offering career counseling and information to postdoctoral fellows and graduate students for over 10 years. In addition, she started as a postdoc at the Hutch and made a career transition away from the lab bench and into science education and administration.
Please email Dr. Karen Peterson if you are a current or former Hutch scientist and you'd like to set up an appointment to talk with her about your career.
Karen is only available to counsel current and former Hutch scientists. There are no exceptions.
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The Best Places to Buy Wedding Favor Packaging
Good things come in pretty packages! Once you've chosen your wedding favor packaging, it's time to buy the boxes, bags, or bottles they will go in, and then decide what label or tag you'll use to personalize the gifts. Read on for our list of the best stores and websites to buy wedding favor packaging for your big day.
Kraft paper: This cost-effective wrap has become popular for gifts in recent years and can easily be personalized or dressed up.
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Uline (A good choice if you're looking for a large roll.)
Small boxes: The gift box is classic for a reason! And finding a box that's just the right size can keep your gift from breaking in transit.
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The Container Store (Great for patterned and specialty boxes.)
Paper treat bags: Available in varying sizes, colors, and patterns, these bags are the perfect place to put candy, cookies, or small gifts.
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Small linen drawstring bags: These simple bags have become the most popular way to gift loose items like coffee beans; their blank surface is perfect for personalizing with a thank you message or your wedding details.
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Twine: Use colorful twine to tie tags to packages or in lieu of a bow.
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Whisker Graphics (Divine Twine is our favorite!)
Etsy (A great option for smaller quantities.)
Rubber stamps: You can have a custom stamp made to use as a label, or use a simple shape (like a heart or an arrow) to add a pattern paper and labels.
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Washi tape: Use this colorful printed tape it to seal paper bags and envelopes, or to attach labels.
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Tissue and crepe paper: Add a little fringed flair to your packaging by wrapping handmade tissue paper fringe around your package in lieu of a bow, or top it with a crepe paper flower.
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Nashville Wraps (For every color of tissue paper.)
Castle In The Air (Great for making paper flowers.)
Paper Mart (Another great choice for paper flowers.)
Jars and bottles: We love mini jars and bottles for common wedding favors like honey, jam, and specialty salt; Mason jars are great for homemade gifts (think: hot chocolate mix for a winter wedding favor)
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The Jar Store (They have a huge Mason jar selection!)
Labels and tags: Print, write, or stamp labels with a punny message or the date of your celebration.
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Zazzle (Our go-to for custom stickers.)
Crinkle paper: Crinkle paper is an easy alternative to tissue when it comes to filling gift baskets or boxes.
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Postage: If you're putting a gift in the mail, make it pop with customized or pretty postage.
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Confetti: Toss confetti in with your gift or card to add a fun and celebratory vibe.
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Artistry in Motion (Martha Stewart's favorite!)
Berry baskets: This creative packaging is perfect for holding seasonal jams and biscuits; you can also turn them into vessels for centerpieces that double as party favors.
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Michael's (We love their extra-small wooden berry baskets!)
Cake slice boxes: Cake-shaped boxes are surging in popularity; personalize them with a custom sticker and set them on your dessert bar so guests can take home extra cake.
Canvas tote bags: These simple tote bags are our go-to for wedding welcome bags and bridesmaids gifts; have them printed with a clever slogan or a simple design and add your wedding date.


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Back-up documents placed in the custody of the 79th District Court
Christopher Maher, Alice Echo-News Journal
A former employee of Coastal Bend College has filed a court document in Jim Wells County raising allegations that officials with the college destroyed records in violation of the Freedom of Information Act.
Alice attorney Giancarlo Nisimblat filed the document in the 79th District Court on April 30, on behalf of Anthony Sanders.
The document filed is entitled "Application for appointment of receiver and tender of property to the registry of the court."
That application outlines allegations by Sanders, a former computer network supervisor for the college, that officials with the college shredded paper documents and deleted email records to keep them from being released to the public.
According to the application, on Feb. 9, Sanders was approached by director of personnel for the college Kathlyn Patton, who asked Sanders to back-up all emails on her computer. Patton told Sanders the reason for the back-up was that "I know they are starting to ask for emails," the application stated.
Sanders then made two backups of the information, giving one copy to Patton and keeping the other, according to the court document.
"(Sanders) believed that certain information was being wrongfully destroyed or deleted," the application stated. "Accordingly, (Sanders) believing that information might be wrongfully destroyed and consistent with CBC policy regarding the public status of such information, also copied and preserved additional emails after Patton asked for the original backup."
Two DVDs, containing the original back-up and the subsequent back-ups were included with the application to the court as "Exhibit One" and "Exhibit Two," according to court documents.
Sanders further alleged in the application that "a substantial number of paper documents may have been shredded and that items in electronic form may have been deleted" by college officials.
Sanders indicated that some of the destroyed information was requested by "a third party" in an open records request, but was not released. That third party was not identified in court documents.
The application tenders the records contained in the two DVDs to the custody of District Clerk R. David Guerrero and requests the court appoint someone to analyze the information to determine if any records were illegally withheld by the college.
Sanders ended his employment with the college on March 27, according to court documents.
Rito Silva, the director of CBC-Alice, said Wednesday he was aware of the allegations raised by Sanders, but said none of the events described occurred on the Alice campus.
A representative with Patton's Beeville office referred all questions concerning the court document to the college's attorney, Philip McKinney, Wednesday.
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Greg Mortenson has a word for Malala Yousafzai: The 14-year-old victim of ruthless militancy in Swat, Pakistan
When a 14-year-old girl was shot in the head for claiming her birth right of acquiring education and standing against oppression, the gory incident was surely to hit Greg Mortenson like a Sky bolt who has now spent a good two decades of his life educating the young girls of the Central Asia.
Malala Yousafzai, a school girl from the restive Swat region, made the headlines some two years ago for having the courage to go to school in the midst of all the bombing and bloodshed in her otherwise picturesque town. She challenged the militants and the religious fanatics and shrugged off all threats to continue her education thereby inviting the wrath of the outlaw fanatics.
On October 9th, 2012, while on her way back from school, the school van was stopped by a handful of militants and they called out her name to shoot the poor girl in the head and injuring several others. Malala was severally wounded and is still fighting her battle for life.
"Our prayers are with Malala and her family," Central Asia Institute co-founder Greg Mortenson said Sunday in a phone interview from Tajikistan. "Her story is heartbreaking. But it's important to remember that Malala is just one of many. Scores of students and teachers risk their lives every day in support of girls' education in Pakistan and Afghanistan."
Now being an active social reformer in the region, Mortenson knows the intricacies of the region, the cultural bindings and the religious complications all of which blend in to form a difficult social setup to penetrate within.
He is probably the most informed reformer who has managed to construct hundreds of schools and imparting education to thousands of girls and boys stretching from Badakhshan in Afghanistan to Turkmenistan and Baltistan in Pakistan.
"There are so many stories," Mortenson said. "Girls attending classes are gassed and poisoned. Girls are attacked on their way to and from school. In Pakistan, militants destroyed 440 schools, including 130 all-girls' schools, last year. In Afghanistan, several dozen teachers have been murdered for teaching at girls' schools, including a teacher at the CAI school in Saw, in Kunar Province (Afghanistan), this past summer."
Greg Mortenson and CAI have worked with communities in the mountainous, remote, and often war-wracked areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan since 1996 to establish over 300 educational and community support initiatives, including literacy centers, school buildings, vocational centers, scholarship programs, and public health (potable water, midwifery, and disaster-relief) initiatives.
Being the Co-Founder and caretaker of the CAI, Mortenson carries out whirlwind tours around the world and in the US to collect funds for his organization, giving out lectures narrating his own story.
CAI and Mortenson were recently acquitted in a lawsuit which claimed that Mortenson has usurped the donations amounting to millions of dollars. The court rejected the accusations and relieved the CAI from an 18-month-long gruesome battle of integrity.
cheryl mcdaniel
10/23/2012 05:28:02 am
This is very informative and thank you for all your organization/ people are doing... I pray for each of the children and teachers and will continue to pray for their safety and for our world that all may realize we are family and all service benefits the least of us and raises up this world....Peace, to all you touch... may your work continue to radiate out until ALL are healed... God's/Allah's blessings to you... tenderly, cheryl
Waseem Janjua
10/23/2012 06:28:27 pm
Greg Mortenson and CAI has done some wonders in the field of education in Pakistan. No amount of appreciation and praise is enough. I had a chance to talk to some people in front of one of his projects in Village Bhamber District Jhelum. They did not know Greg in person but what really mattered was that they thought it was "some American Company" that had built an elementary School for Girls in the village. Means he is not only helping girls with education but also changing the image of America here in Pakistan in a good way. Thank you Greg and Thank you CAI...
5/10/2013 09:47:33 am
Really an interesting blog post! After reading this, want to read the book Peace through Education. It's our duty to aware people about the importance of education in our day to day life. Without proper education you can't reach a good position in your life.
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The 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), if finalised, could double Mexico's agricultural exports to Japan, revealed a senior trade official in Mexico
The TPP is expected to cover 40 per cent of the world economy, and raise annual global economic output by US$300bn, stated a report by Reuters.
Mexico's deputy trade minister Francisco de Rosenzweig said that the Latin American nation's main aim in the final stretch of TPP negotiations is to maintain privileges with the USA, which is the destination for about 75 per cent of the country's exports.
In addition to retaining its presence in the USA, Mexico is keen on opening itself to new markets in Asia.
With the TPP being implemented, it would take about five years for Mexican exports to Japan, to reach US$2bn annually, said Rosenzweig, adding that its the government's priority to strengthen their market in Southeast Asia.
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The Story Behind Madonna's "Future Road Warrior" Met Gala Hair
Someone has been taking notes while watching 'Game of Thrones.'
Madonna's Met Gala ensemble — a butt-and-breast-baring Givenchy look — surely raised lots of eyebrows on Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Her intricate hairstyle, too, caught attention, but for better reasons. Topped with a giant jeweled headpiece, her long blonde locks seemed to channel a certain Game of Thrones favorite, Khaleesi.
The actual inspiration, however, according to star hairstylist Andy LeCompte, had roots in the event's "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology," directive. "The theme is all about technology, and we interpreted that to be very futuristic," he says, "so we created this android look and styled Madonna as a future road warrior — we wrapped her up in tape to create this bold, wiry look" (thus the bandaged look on her arms).
LeCompte says the Material Girl loves the "braided warrior-queen look" — ahem, Khaleesi — so "we played into her natural texture and created these sexy waves with a braid crown, and topped it off with this awesome tech-inspired headpiece." He applied Wella Professionals EIMI Just Brilliant to Madonna's hair before braiding and blow drying it for that romantic, wavy texture. (He also used Wella Professionals EIMI Sugar Lift and Dry Me for hold.)
Further solidifying comparisons to the mother of dragons, LeCompte reveals he and Madonna spent a good amount of last week coloring her hair to go even blonder. He sees the futuristic warrior-queen look as the perfect counterpart to her Givenchy ensemble.
"Everyone typically goes for a sleek, close-to-the-head look for the Met Gala, but we wanted to change it up with a more flowing, natural and romantic look," says LeCompte. "I loved the way the dress paired with the hair — Madonna always makes a bold red-carpet appearance, and this year was no different."


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Wedding Wednesday #1: Planning & Preparing
Recently engaged and planning a wedding, set for May 23, 2015, and finishing up the car show season - it's a little hectic. In three weeks, car shows are finished for the season, and things will relatively settle down. Of course, then it's the holidays, and I just have to keep going. I can't lose any time for all that's going on. I have a lot of planning to do! I already know I want a small wedding - close family only - with a large reception! I have an idea of the dress I want (and I've already been disappointed a few times as well). The real question is: where do I start?
Martha Stewart to the rescue! With entire collections on everything, Martha Stewart has a whole website devoted to everything wedding, as well as multiple books on the subject: everything from cakes to flowers, etiquette and colors, Martha has you covered. My favorite thing is this simple timeline guide - it shows exactly what to worry about and when. The best part? The wedding planner guide is free! You can search for it (martha stewart wedding planner) or get the pdf here. How awesome is that?! There's so much to do but now it's in manageable bits to reduce being overwhelmed and stressed out.
As of right now I am in the first category of 6+ months ahead and I've already:
- Finalized the wedding date - Saturday May 23, 2015.
- Decided on the type of wedding - informal, small.
- Set my budget.
- Compiled guest list & organized addresses.
Out of 16 items (2 of which I'm not doing) with 4 completed, I still have 10 items remaining which I intend to finish within the month. One item in particular, ordering my dress, is becoming most difficult. I know what I would like - it's finding it.
So far I have found this:
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The dress - inspired by Liz Taylor (and bearing my name) - is out of my price range. *sad panda* The wedding skirt suit is something I've dreamed of forever. My grandmother told me she eloped with my grandfather (in the 50's). They had a civil union service and she wore a simple wedding suit. I've always wanted to do that ever since...and I thought I had found said suit. The skirt is available in my size and on sale! However, the top, is only available in sizes 4 and 6. Here, let me crush my ribs. There that's better. No. Not likely. The search continues. If anyone comes across any wedding style suits in a size 10 or higher (I can always have it tailored) please leave it in the comments or email me, whichever you prefer. Thanks!
Miss Liz
p.s. An update to yesterday's post - my bow arrived today! I've already started practicing :)
p.s. An update to yesterday's post - my bow arrived today! I've already started practicing :)


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If you know that you stay late every night and you don't sleep well and you also have a poor daily diet, there is a chance to have or to make bags under eyes. You, me and a lot of people have the same problem and this is because of stress which doesn't let us work in a relaxing way. A dark and puffy area under the eyes can make us appear older than we are and this is the last thing that we want in our life. Each of us tried over the years to find the best solutions to look younger, but the search is long till we discover something good for us. I did the same and I discovered a product for the bags under the eyes, which promise to make you appear younger with 10-15 years. It's called NeoEyes Elixir and if you want to find out more, please read the below.
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Is NeoEyes Elixir a solution for everyone?
I must say that it wasn't too hard to find NeoEyes Elixir and this is because a lot of people discuss about it on various forums on the internet and I saw that it worked for a lot of them. I supposed that there is a solution which can work for everyone. There are also no risks and no side effects, because the product's formula is 100% natural and very special.
I know that there are a lot of products on the market and all of them promise to solve the bags under eyes and now you probably wonder why you should choose NeoEyes Elixir. The reason is simple! This product is natural and is made after the ancient recipe of Nefertiti, the queen of Ancient Egypt. People of those times thought that she discovered an elixir of youth and no product can compare to this. Also, there are no risks after using it because the product is clinically tested and has a quality certificate.
Which are the main ingredients?
Every person is curious about the special recipe, but you must understand that the producers cannot give us all the secret ingredients of the product, because they sell the product on the internet and there is a huge risk of counterfeiting. It's a regular practice when it comes to popular products. They gave us on the official page only these ingredients:
- Aloe vera
- Tea Tree
- Spirulina
I searched on Google and I discovered that the ingredients contain vitamins and strong antioxidants which restores the production of skin's collagen, rejuvenate and remove the bags in just a few weeks. The customers said that the first results appear in the first day of use. You must use it only 2 times per day as a usual gel/cream.
Is NeoEyes Elixir at a really low price?
There are a lot of benefits if you are from Philippine. You have 50% discount because the product has the laboratories there, so the price is even smaller. Also, the shipping is FREE and you don't have to pay anything till the product arrives. You have to hurry up! The stocks become empty in a short time, sign that the product is efficient, but if you'll consider that it doesn't work for you the producers will give you back the money.
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What customers discuss on forums about NeoEyes Elixir?
People discuss a lot and give evidence that the elixir really works. I saw huge differences in their photos. It really makes you appear younger with 10-15 years. I'm glad that ordinary people talk about the product and not cheap commercials.
What do I think about NeoEyes' official page?
The page is great. Is the only place you should order to have the original product. You complete a form with your personal data and that's it. On the official page you can find a lot of useful information, so it's easy to understand how the product works. One thing I want to mention and this is that the producers should have mentioned something about the skin routine to avoid the bags under eyes. A lot of people don't know how to take care of their skin.
Photos, good opinions and recommendations for NeoEyes Elixir
It's enough to look at the customers' pictures and you'll see the huge improvements under their eyes. If you already tested NeoEyes Elixir, please let me know. Every opinion is important to help the possible customers.
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Magnum was designed with solid simplicity in mind, incorporating new amplifier technologies, while adhering to the principles of superior modularity, versatile air cooling, 'hot pluggable' PAs and power supplies, reliability, ease of access and serviceability. Magnum delivers new technology at its best – with unique LARCAN innovations in RF amplifier design (for which a patent is pending). The goal was to create a 'bullet proof' design. The result is Magnum – an elegant, yet no-nonsense transmitter that fits your digital broadcast needs now and into the future.
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I do not have much coding experience but I am willing to learn what is necessary. What is the current state of this? What newer commands is it not able to do? As far as an interface, do you mean a web page to display the data? Is it capable of storing the data into a database?
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Thanks for the info. I'm going to load it into my pi in the next few days and see where I can get with it. How often does the controller send data?
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GIS for government
National development solutions
Whether developing a smart city strategy or making key government data more accessible to citizens – Indonesia's public sector relies on Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to support a broad range of national development efforts.
GIS technology integrates and analyses data and visually represents it via the compelling format of an interactive map – enabling decision-makers to refine their understanding of a situation like never before.
Armed with this insight, planners can forecast future community needs, improve public service delivery, facilitate more liveable communities and drive economic prosperity.
To learn more about why GIS is essential to Indonesia's national development efforts, select a category below:
Smart map to slash NSW roadworks
New South Wales infrastructure costs and roadwork disruptions are set to be reduced with the Smarter Scheduling NSW (SSN) system enabling government agencies, utilities and councils to coordinate infrastructure maintenance and construction.
Ministry of Transport deploys advanced smart map to monitor Idul Fitri exodus
Indonesia's Ministry of Transportation (MoT) has used advanced smart mapping technology and social media platforms Twitter and Instagram, to monitor the flow of traffic during the annual Idul Fitri exodus.
International statisticians embrace location information
How we source and consume information is changing rapidly – a fact which has driven some of the world's leading statisticians to establish global standards for integrating official statistics with geospatial data.


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A week after The CW gave full season orders to both of its new dramas, CBS is doing the same.
The network announced Madam Secretary, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, and Stalker have been given full season orders. The first three dramas have been given 22 episode orders, although the episode order for Stalker is unclear at this point.
Scorpion has been the surprise of the season. Predicted to be one of the first cancellations of the season by many, it has done well on Mondays at 9. In its most recent episode, Scorpion was watched by well over 10 million viewers and notched a 2.4 demo – growing from its The Millers lead in.
Madam Secretary and NCIS: New Oreleans have been older-skewing dramas, but have still done very well. Madam Secretary scored another 1.5 demo this past Sunday, and nearly 12 million viewers. NCIS: New Orleans had its second highest-rated episode on Tuesday, and held onto nearly 100% of its NCIS lead in.
The only surprise of the group is Stalker, which has done OK on Wednesdays. The biggest positive about Stalker is the 1.7 demo it has achieved for its last three airings. Stability is better than falling these days.


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A Massachusetts prosecutor has resigned in the wake of a scandal that threatens to unravel thousands of drug cases in the state, Ally Donnelly of NECN reports.
Chemist Annie Dookhan, 34, was arrested last month after she admitted to tampering with evidence over two or three years, the AP reported at the time.
George Papachristos, 37, prosecuted numerous drug cases in which Dookhan provided the drug analysis, according to the Boston Globe.
The Globe, citing an unnamed person familiar with the investigation, reports that Papachristos and Dookhan frequently exchanged emails and that some touched on personal subjects like Dookhan's troubled marriage.
District Attorney Michael Morrissey released the following statement:
"After discussions with his supervisors, Assistant District Attorney George Papachristos has offered his resignation ... George Papachristos communicated that he does not wish to be a further distraction from the central issue of the criminal conduct that has been alleged and the complete breakdown of supervision that allowed it to continue."
Dookhan handled more than 60,000 drug samples submitted in the cases of about 34,000 defendants over nine years, according to the AP.
The office of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick identified1,141 inmates in Massachusetts jails and prisons convicted based on evidence handled by Dookhan, the Globe has previously reported.
The Globe notes that some drug convicts have already been released from custody because of questions about the handling of evidence in their cases. The ACLU is asking that all cases be thrown out where DAs or police officers communicated directly with the chemist, according to NECN.
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