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BenchPro, Inc.™ manufactures complete line of America's finest workbench; everything from economy to premium designs for military, aerospace,cleanroom laboratory, universities, and electronic assembly. Select from ESD / Static Control, Stainless Steel, Chemical Resistant Phenolic Resin, Butcher Block, Class 1 – 100 Cleanroom ESD workbenches & Custom Cart. GE, Apple, SpaceX, Motorola, Intel, D.O.D., U.S. Army, and 1000s more buy our workbench direct. WE MANUFACTURE AND SELL DIRECT. Adjustable Workbench in California.
IAC Industries manufactures high quality workbenches in both manual and automatic adjustment models. Our workbenches feature cantilever legs for maximum comfort and knee clearance, a 750 lb load capacity, and also come with a variety of work surface options, cabinets, and locks. All of our products are designed and manufactured in-house, where we maintain strict quality control methods to bring you the best possible workstations. Adjustable Workbench in California.
For over 30 years, RDM has been manufacturing a complete line of adjustable workbenches to meet any need. We offer models with 500, 1000, and 1500 pound load capacities. A multitude of finishes and options are available to ensure you get the best and most efficient workstation for your needs. We specialize in shipping top quality products to locations nationwide on time. Adjustable Workbench in California.
If you are looking for a wide variety of storage racks, pallet racks, warehouse racks, pallet storage racks, cantilever racks and industrial storage racks, 1-800-BUY-RACK is the nationwide supplier you want. We offer the lowest prices, courteous service and free shipping for any orders over $500.00. Adjustable Workbench in California.
Bench Depot™ made the nation`s strongest, longest lasting ergonomic
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Bench-Craft is a workstation manufacturer offering standard and custom-built workstations in order to create efficient and productive work environments. As workstation manufacturers, Bench-Craft understands the differing workstation needs that companies in varying industries have, and customizes customer work stations accordingly. Industries served include aerospace, technology and industrial. Adjustable Workbench in California.
Bench-Tek Solutions is a certified woman-minority owned business that specializes in designing and supplying custom workstations. Various products supplied and distributed include industrial workbenches, modular workstations, ergonomic workstations, CPU holders, packing tables, industrial workstations and lab furniture. Bench-Tek Solutions also offers pre-owned workstations and other products. Adjustable Workbench in California.
With over 100 product-lines, Bertech-Kelex still continues to retain those small business characteristics that everyone loves. This is seen in our production of work station furniture, workbenches, shelving and wireless products. Adjustable Workbench in California.
For over 50 years, Davis Bacon Material Handling has been providing steel shelving, wire shelving and industrial steel shelving, with both open and closed shelving options, to our customers. Our shelves can hold a variety of heavy loads, and can be assembled easily and quickly for all your needs. Adjustable Workbench in California.
Indoff, Inc is a distributor for material handling equipment. Unlike catalogs or online forms, we consult with you personally to determine what you need to solve your problems. We provide storage solutions such as In-Plant Offices, Storage/Equipment Mezzanines, Shelving Systems, Assembly & Workstations, Modular Tool & Parts Storage Cabinets, and Pallet Racking. Adjustable Workbench in California.
Established in 1989, Pacific Environmental Technologies specializes in design and construction of environmental chambers, turnkey cleanrooms and cleanroom work benches. Products include wet benches, laminar flow benches, cleanroom chairs, cleanroom tables and more. We take pride in our work and guarantee complete customer satisfaction. Adjustable Workbench in California.
The right equipment & services to create a more efficient, flexible & dynamic facility. Our warehouse rack solutions include carton flow racks, push-back racks, selective pallet racks, cantilever racks & bulk storage racks, plus an array of other equipment. Complete consultation, installation & relocation services. We are dedicated to providing you with quality resources for your application. Adjustable Workbench in California.
Synapse Adaptive is committed to helping individuals reach maximum productivity output by providing quality work station furniture. All of our ergonomic work station furniture has been specifically created to accommodate the special needs of working people with disabilities. Adjustable Workbench in California.
Here at Tech Rite Sales & Distribution, we are experts in the industry and provide quality products for the cleanroom environment. Our goal and mission is to provide top quality products and services to our world wide customer base a the most competitive prices in the market. Please contact us for more information! Adjustable Workbench in California.
Meeting specific work bench needs of companies like Intel and IBM since 1969, Tovar Industries specialize in manufacturing standard, deluxe and custom-built work stations for corporate and industrial applications. Our ergonomic workstations come in a wide variety of colors and an array of finishes. We also offer several options to customize a standard workbench better suiting your needs. Adjustable Workbench in California.
Versa Tables has been manufacturing workstation furniture for almost a decade. Our products include workstations, classroom workstations and heavy-duty workstation desks. Our workstation products are utilized in a variety of industries. Contact us for factory-direct quality computer furniture, or for any additional inquiries. Adjustable Workbench in California.
Our work benches provide years of useful, rugged and efficient space utilization. We have a variety of design options including wall mounts, freestanding units, with or without drawers, and accessories to take advantage of your work space. We also have a variety of storage and work space alternatives with reel holder and lift control options available. Adjustable Workbench in California.
Anson & Associates is an Arizona supplier of manual material handling solutions including cranes, hoists, pneumatic and electric tools, work benches, and more. We have over 27 year of experience in material flow management and material handling distribution, priding ourselves on quick responses and innovative engineering solutions. Adjustable Workbench in Arizona.
TDI International offers a complete line of workstations including all-purpose workstations and technical work stations in different sizes, colors and frame colors. For 28 years, we have been providing our customers with the highest quality products, new and custom. Adjustable Workbench in Arizona.
Wright Line provides professional workstations, an office workstation line, modular workstations, production workstations and workbenches. Our workstation products are designed to be utilized for a variety of applications such as offices, trading floors, classrooms, labs and data centers. Adjustable Workbench in Massachusetts.
We are here to meet all of your industrial supply needs with products such as industrial workbenches, ergonomic workstations, adjustable workbenches, electronic workstations, mobile workbenches, shop desks and accessories. Visit our website today to find the right product for your application. Adjustable Workbench in New Jersey.
As a leading supplier of static eliminators, we offer ionizing bars, web cleaners, electrostatic charging bars, anti static mats, ionizers for small spaces, anti static gloves and more. Let us be your one source for controlled environments. We serve the medical device and semiconductor industries. Adjustable Workbench in Oregon.
Harrison Equipment has over 25 years of experience providing high-quality commercial and industrial steel shelving and components, bin shelving, boltless and record storage, bulk rack, cantilever, wire storage shelving and portable. Open style and closed style for stock room, factory and office. Adjustable Workbench in Washington.
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text: I can't get past the "Surface" Logo when I boot my Surface Pro. When the logo disappears, the screen "flickers" black/grey as it is trying to search for the correct screen resolution or something. The last thing I used the Surface was when I was doing a presentation at work and hooked it up to a projector. Does anyone know if there is a shortcut or boot command (like F8, which doesn't work) to allow me to see the screen to fix this? THANKS... i can't find anything online, and need to fix this asap!

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Please pray for Barack Obarma in the areas of :-
1. Essential Health Care Reform : as he tries to introduce legislation for the reform of the US Health Care System, to enable health care to become accessible and affordable for all American citizens and not just the wealthy middle classes. Naturally the rich are campaigning against this because they can easily afford their own health care and probably couldn't care less if poorer underpriveleged families cannot afford it and have to suffer in the process. (Is anything new under the sun?)
Pray that God will intervene with his miraculous power (which was able to turn two little fishes and five loaves of bread to feed 5000 people) – to help provide the funds necessary to allow this new health care reform to become a viable and affordable reform to benefit all American individuals and families no matter how poor or underprivileged they may be.
2. God's Guidance for Emissions Targets: please also pray that God will guide him as to his decisions in the recent climate change summit. He has a huge amount of weight on his shoulders as he tries to deal with the economic collapse of the US economy as well as try to achieve some sort of targets to reduce green house gas emissions in collaboration with all other world leaders.
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Abstract: Graphical pressing sequences have applications in computational phylogenetics: when the genes of two species are compared, the length of sequence reversals that transforms one species's genes into the other's measures the evolutionary distance between the two species. In this work we study "pressing sequences," or series of operations performed on a bicolored graph (as each node is either black or white) that represent the number of gene sequence reversals required to transform the genes of one specie to another. While a fast algorithm for finding one pressing sequence is known, it would be useful to those who study phylogenetics to know all valid pressing sequences in order to learn the sequences' statistical properties. In this work we seek to classify how difficult it is to enumerate all possible pressing sequences from the graph by first examining the number of pressing sequences associated with random graphs.
This work is presently ongoing.
Story of Contribution: Thus far, my contribution to the project has included reframing the the problem in terms of the Erdos-Renyi random graph model, G(n,p). I ask, what are the number of pressing sequences for G(n,p,q) where p represents the probability of a given edge being added to the graph and where q represents the probability a node is colored black? I developed software in Sage to generate these random graphs applied a Monte Carlo simulation in order to estimate the number of pressing sequences. Currently, I am learning about the Slurm workload manager in order to run this computation heavy code on a high performance computer.
Heatmaps corresponding to the average number of pressing sequences for n = 2...7 across 10 trials. The x-axis corresponds to the "darkness" (probability of black nodes occuring) and the y-axis corresponds to the density (probability of a given edge being inserted) of the graph.
Lessons Learned: This project has furthered my understanding of areas such as linear algebra, abstract algebra, and graph theory by introducing me to material beyond the typical undergraduate curriculum as well as highlighting the interplay between fields. It has also been an exercise in reading mathematics and understanding state-of-the-art proofs and formulating helpful questions from the literature. Additionally, I have learned about computational techniques such a Monte Carlo methods and gained software development skills in Sage.
Check out this interactive pressing game made by our colleagues at CUNY!
Team: Prof. J. Cooper, Hays Whitlatch


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Lately it's been cold. Cold enough that my car window has frost on the inside, as does my house and many other places that have breathing beings inside creating moisture on very cold windows. Frost seems to form in many patterns. Here is the feathery type as seen below on my bedroom window in the morning.
There is also a swirly type as seen on this chicken coop door. It's not my chicken coop door, but I wish it were, because I think it is a beautiful door with character. As always click on the photos if you want to enlarge them.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
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Shannon L. Strong, says Paul Morrison, a prosecutor in Olathe, Kan., is ''a very prolific auto burglar.'' The case against him, tried there in March, was in many ways routine. But what happened at his trial and others in Kansas may provide -- if not in the federal system, at least in other states -- a way out of the chaos created by the Supreme Court's decision last month on sentencing guidelines
In a decision known as Blakely, the Supreme Court ruled that except for prior convictions, any factor increasing a criminal sentence must be admitted by the defendant or proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Judges, the court ruled, may not make such an additional determination themselves.
The case concerned the sentencing law in Washington State, but its logic seems to require revisions to the federal guidelines and similar laws in other states.
The decision has caused ''the legal equivalent of a 40-car pileup,'' said Margaret Love, a former Justice Department official.
On Friday, the federal appeals court in Chicago rejected the federal guidelines and gave trial judges several other sentencing options. Yesterday another federal appeals court, in New Orleans, upheld the guidelines, while all 13 active members of the federal appeals court in New York, in an unusual procedure, implored the Supreme Court to answer a series of questions about how the Blakely decision affected them.Continue reading the main story
In the Kansas case, after jurors convicted Mr. Strong of three burglary counts, Judge James F. Davis of Johnson County District Court in Olathe asked them to stay for an abbreviated trial on the sentence. The jurors heard testimony from three probation officers, who were cross-examined by Mr. Strong's lawyers. Mr. Strong chose not to present any evidence.
''It tacked about an hour onto a four-day jury trial,'' said Mr. Morrison, the prosecutor. The jury found that Mr. Strong had violated his probation. With that additional determination, Judge Davis sentenced him to 13 years, far more than the 4 to 6 years he would have faced otherwise.
The sentencing procedure in use in Kansas these days is a reaction to a 2001 decision by its Supreme Court, which struck down the state's sentencing law with the same reasoning later used by the United States Supreme Court. Kansas was the only state to anticipate the Supreme Court's decision in Blakely.
''Kansas provides a hopeful example,'' said Kevin R. Reitz, an expert in sentencing law at the University of Colorado. ''They adapted relatively smoothly.''
Professor Reitz said officials in other states were making good progress in adapting to the Blakely decision.
''Many of the states I've contacted either believe they're not affected by Blakely or else are contemplating a fix that follows the Kansas model,'' he said. ''There is little panic. That is quite different from the utter chaos in the federal system,'' whose requirements are generally both more complex and more rigid.
The year after the Kansas Supreme Court struck down the state's sentencing law, the Legislature responded by passing a bill requiring prosecutors, either as part of the main case or in a separate sentencing proceeding, to prove to the jury the facts on which harsher sentences would be based. As an alternative, defendants could admit to those facts in a plea bargain. By most accounts, the law has worked smoothly.
But the approach used in Kansas may not be universally applicable, said Richard B. Walker, a trial judge in Newton, Kan., who is a former chairman of the state's Sentencing Commission.
''It's much more of an earthquake in the federal system than it ever was in Kansas,'' he said.
In one of the earliest decisions rejecting the federal guidelines, a reluctant judge in Utah noted that a routine robbery case might require 20 separate sentencing determinations. They included the nature of the institution robbed, the injuries suffered by the victims, whether a gun was used, whether a death threat was made, whether there was an abduction or physical restraint, whether drugs or guns were taken, and whether the defendant abused a position of trust or used a special skill.
''Juries may be poorly suited to making these kinds of determinations, which for decades have been within the province of trial judges,'' that judge, Paul G. Cassell, wrote. ''Jury trials also require considerable time and expense for prosecutors and the courts.''
While the Kansas experience may suggest that other states will be able to accommodate the Blakely decision with relative ease, Professor Reitz said, that is not so with the federal system.
Indeed, the federal judges who have avoided using the sentencing guidelines so far, their number growing daily, have advocated two basic alternatives, neither involving juries. One approach is to ignore factors that have not been admitted or proved to a jury, often resulting in much shorter sentences. The other is to bypass the guidelines entirely and revert to completely discretionary sentencing, constrained only by the broad minimums and maximums in criminal statutes.
In a recent memorandum about the Blakely decision that was sent to all federal prosecutors, Christopher A. Wray, an assistant attorney general, said the Justice Department's position was that the federal sentencing guidelines remained constitutional. Mr. Wray urged that as a fallback, prosecutors try to prove all factors required for longer sentences and to do so as part of the main case, asking jurors to complete special verdict forms reflecting their findings.
''Defendants may challenge this procedure as unfair,'' Mr. Wray wrote, and ask instead for the two-stage, or bifurcated, trial like that used in the case of Mr. Strong, the car burglar.
''It is probably in our interest,'' Mr. Wray wrote, ''to oppose bifurcation.''Continue reading the main story


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LinkedIn debuts 'native video,' looks more like Facebook
In an effort to encourage its users to share more video content, LinkedIn has released a native video auto-play feature. The new feed layout will be similar to that of Facebook's. A "LinkedIn Live" feature is also rumored to roll out soon. – AdAge
You no longer have to wait for a disaster to access Facebook's Safety Check
Once only active during major disasters, Facebook's Safety Check is getting a permanent placement on the platform's newsfeed. This feature will allow users to report local disasters as soon as they happen, rather than waiting for the Facebook team to find out about it and activate the feature. The update will also have an "around the world" section that will act as a resource for individuals who want information on or want to donate to relief efforts outside of their areas. – Mashable
WhatsApp mimics Facebook's colorful status updates
WhatsApp is now enabling links and rolling out a colorful, dynamic status option identical to Facebook's. Previously only supporting photos and videos, it's a bold step for the app. These updates are part of an effort to increase engagement and usage as WhatsApp tries to position itself as more than a messaging service. – The Verge
Facebook to live-stream more than a dozen college football games this season
Facebook will be partnering with sports network Stadium to live-stream 15 college games on the platform, a first for broadcasting NCAA football outside of traditional cable. These games will be available globally on Stadium's Facebook page. The live coverage will also integrate audience engagement, something a TV broadcast can't do. – TechCrunch


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Currently in over 100 countries around the world, people radio-tracking animals cover vast areas on foot, carrying cumbersome radio-receiver equipment in search of elusive radio signals. They constantly seek the highest ground possible to increase the likelihood of picking up the signals, clambering on top of cars, fences and anything else to gain height. However, by using Wildlife Drones, the highest point is anywhere you can launch a drone, resulting in up to 75% reduction in the time and effort required to locate radio-tagged animals.
Over the past four years we have designed, built and field tested the world's first radio-tracking drone. This lightweight, highly portable system can accurately and efficiently track radio-tagged animals from the air. Since a single media release 12 months ago, numerous potential customers, including international conservation NGOs and research organisations from 17 countries have contacted us. They have expressed interest in using Wildlife Drones for tracking a diversity of species ranging from Kiwis to Orangutans. We have also recently secured our first customer to radio-track endangered Swift Parrots in 2017. An indication of our target market comes from the global sales of 210,000 wildlife tags per year1, with tagging for conservation forecast to increase over the next 10 years2. With an average of 15 animals tagged for each project, this equates to 14,000 tracking projects per year. By capturing just 5-10% of this market, we would be providing Product System Services for up to 1400 projects per annum. Additionally, our team is exploring growth opportunities within the agriculture and pest animal management sectors.
Our Product Service System (PSS)3 model involves leasing our drones to customers, with optional use of an accredited pilot to do the flying. This will de-risk the transaction for our customers, as well as provide ongoing revenue and continuous customer feedback for our venture.
Our current team and established partnerships are well suited to execute the venture:
– Visionary, wildlife researcher & customer relations – Dr Debbie Saunders (ANU)
– Business manager, accounting and sales – Ms Ros Wallace (CIT)
– Robotics engineer/RF payload developer – in discussion with four potential candidates
– Mentors – K. Landale (IACT), T. Sinclair & M. Duursma (ON Prime), R. Fitch (Robotics)
– Team facilitator partner – Conflict Resolution Services, Ms Jenny Devlin
– Drone pilot and CASA training services partner – Aviassist, Mr Ross Anderson
In order to translate our existing research prototype into a commercial product there is a need to make it more user friendly, robust and affordable. Funding from IACT will contribute to the purchase of drone components, secure some makers space, begin building our first commercial Wildlife Drone prototype, and get insurance and CASA Operator Certification to enable us to undertake the required test flights. This will enable us to achieve growth through the development of a commercial product that can be used by early adopters. By demonstrating the effectiveness of our system to prospective customers we will then also be in a position to secure an increasingly large customer base.
To complement this investment, we will be using $5000 recently awarded to our team through the CSIRO ON Prime program to access legal advice, establish robust team agreements, secure our IP, and incorporate Wildlife Drones as a company. In addition, we will continue our dedication to building and refining our PSS business model canvas, undertake over 100 customer interviews to validate our model, and expand and strengthen our team to include a new roboticist. We will also continue to build key partnerships and further build our global reach and customer base through strategic marketing campaigns.
This venture will also provide valuable contributions to the ACT innovation ecosystem and broader community by:
– gaining global recognition of our world-first, innovative technology developed in the ACT;
– increasing the number of ACT women in STEM achieving entrepreneurial success;
– providing role models and mentorship for ACT girls interested in STEM and/or entrepreneurship;
– supporting and promoting the local makers space for our next prototype development and small scale manufacture;
– increasing ACT employment as our team, customer base and business grows; and
– decreasing the time, effort and money required for ACT organisations' radio-tracking projects.
1Calculated from BioTrack tag sales totalling 6000 tags/yr (only figures available online), multiplied by the current number of Biotelemetery manufacturers (35) listed on BioTelem.org
2 Read more at IDTechEx: http://www.idtechex.com/research/reports/wearable-technology-for-animals-2017-2027-technologies-markets-forecasts-000488.asp
3PSS = a pre-designed system of products, services, supporting infrastructures and necessary networks that fulfil a consumer's needs, have a smaller environmental impact than separate product and services with the same function fulfilment, have a continuous feedback/learning loop. Mont, O. (2000). Product-Service Systems, AFR-Report 288, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency: Stockholm, Sweden.


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DAC Collection Artist Information
David Salle
American painter, active New York
Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
American painter known for his composite paintings juxtaposing fragmented figures and environmental images, often using photographs from romance and pornographic magazines as his source material. Salle was an artist in residence in Kyoto, Japan, 14–21 December 1987.
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500027321.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.
Objects related to David Salle:
|David Salle
|Untitled, 1987
|Soft-ground etching, spit-bite, and sugar-lift aquatint printed from five plates on Hahnemühle paper
|David Salle
|Portrait with Scissors and Nightclub, 1987
|Woodcut printed 58 times in eleven colors from 29 blocks on Echizen Kozo Nimai-Zuki paper
ULAN biographical content is displayed with permission of the Getty Research Institute. Some ULAN content in some DAC artist records has been lightly edited. Content from the Getty Research Institute is © 2019 The J. Paul Getty Trust. All rights reserved.


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Todd Snider: The Devil You Know
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The Devil You Know
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One encounters the term "folk rock" today about as often as one reads the liner notes to Fairport Convention boxed sets, but it still works best for true hybrids like Todd Snider. Once more of a bar-band wiseacre, Snider now comes bearing unimpeachable folkie cred. He has endorsements from singer-songwriters old enough to bear the modifier "grizzled" (Jerry Jeff Walker, John Prine, guys like that). His guitar playing is flash-free yet clearly the work of a man who spends four hours a day in intense recline with a Martin. His melodies are always memorable and entirely familiar because melodic originality is never the point. He's expert at singing with soul while sounding half asleep; one can nearly hear a vocal coach barking, "Let's get ready to mumble!" And his populism is unerring: He gets robbed after a low-paying gig, and the resulting tune ("Highland Street Incident" from the new The Devil You Know) has us rooting for the muggers' slick-tongued ringleader.
But whereas other folkies think rock has something to do with the electric version of "The Sounds of Silence," Snider opens The Devil with a rave-up that Jerry Lee Lewis or at least Joe Ely would claim, and later figures out what Southern muscle-car rock would sound like if Tom Petty's working-class fans wrote the lyrics. Pretty much everyone on the album is broke, and once in a while Snider falls prey to beautiful-loser bunkum. "You didn't want to throw a fishing line in that old mainstream," he has a john/old boyfriend say to a hooker, and it's hard to say which is worse, the wordplay or the sociology. Mostly, though, Snider's a smart and funny master of the three-minute narrative. On "You Got Away with It (A Tale of Two Fraternity Brothers)," a Randy Newman-level satire narrated by one of POTUS's old drinking buddies, he delivers pop's best anti-Bush salvo since Kanye's TV ad-lib. It's a protest song devoid of self-righteousness, rooted in the sentiment from the title track's defining line: "There's a war going on that the poor can't win." They can chalk up a few battles, though, and Snider loves seeing proles take chances and come out okay. "Watch what you say to someone with nothing," a construction worker tells his boss in another tune, "it's almost like having it all." Or as another folk rocker put it, "when you got nothing, you got nothing to lose."


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With over 30 years in the ticketing and live event industry, Ken has held executive roles with some of the ticketing industry's most prominent companies. Most recently, Ken was Managing Director of Performing Arts with Paciolan. Ken was previously VP of Business Development for ScoreBig, where he was the founding sales executive. Ken spent a majority of his career at Ticketmaster where he held a number of sales & marketing roles over 14 years with the company, including Sr. Director of Sales and Marketing, East Coast. Prior to Ticketmaster, Ken was a talent agent who represented B.B. King, Albert King and Anita Baker. Ken holds a BA in Political Science from Union College and an MBA from The Stern School of Business at NYU.
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Bethesda and id Software have raised the curtain of secrecy (is that a thing?) on the various multiplayer game modes we'll be able to enjoy when Doom finally releases on May 13th. A few days ago they also revealed the frag-tastic maps on which we'll be playing those modes, but we were all a little too busy with rAge Cape Town to write anything substantial about 'em. Let's change that, shall we?
Below you'll find a couple of trailers and a lazily copy-pasted list (sorry not sorry) of what to expect from the game's various maps and modes. Onward!
First up, the game modes:
Soul Harvest
Because sometimes just killing your enemies isn't enough… Soul Harvest is similar to Team Deathmatch (see below), but instead of racking up points with every kill, players need to collect the souls of their fallen foes. Each soul will remain in the world for a limited time. These souls can be scooped up by anyone on either team. The catch? Only the opposing team earns points for grabbing a soul – but the teammates of the vanquished can play spoiler by seizing an ally's soul to prevent their foes from gaining a soul point.
But there's more to Soul Harvest than kill-and-collect. A demon rune will appear where the first player is killed, and this demon power-up has no time limit. In addition to the increased threat demons always bring, any enemy players killed by a demon drop two souls to claim instead of the usual one. And if you manage to slay a demon? You have the opportunity to pick up the five souls it leaves behind – and perhaps become the demon yourself.
Victory is earned by the first team to reach a preset score, or by the team with the most points when time runs out.
Freeze Tag
Remember how much fun it was to play freeze tag with your friends? Now imagine doing it with a Gauss Cannon. Or a Heavy Assault Rifle. On Mars.
Freeze Tag plays out a lot like the real-world equivalent (minus the heavy weaponry and hellish backdrop). Rather than killing your foes, opponents are instead frozen in place –immobilized in a block of ice. Teammates can thaw their allies by standing nearby for a set amount of time.
Players frozen within blocks of ice will slide around if they're shot or otherwise jostled, leading to all kinds of chaotic possibilities – both planned and unplanned. If you find a frozen ally near a deadly hazard, for example, you can try to knock your teammate into the hazard so he'll be destroyed; the shattered ally will then respawn. Or, you can try to prevent a foe from being thawed by knocking him away from an ally. Multiple allies can also be thawed if they're close enough to a single active player, and frozen players will thaw more quickly if multiple active allies are all close enough.
For rounds that remain unresolved until only a few moments remain, a demon rune will drop into the arena to things along.
Victory is earned by the first team to completely freeze the opposing team. If there are still unfrozen players on both sides when time runs out, the team with the most active players will win the round.
King of the Hill gets even crazier in Warpath, where a single capture point moves around the map along a set (and clearly marked) pathway. And if that's not enough, a demon rune marches along in lockstep – but on the opposite side of the path.
This combo of moving capture point and demon rune is what makes Warpath so darn fun. At any point players need to make a whole bunch of choices. Do you cluster up with your teammates in the capture point, speeding up the capture time and ensuring that the point remains yours? Do you race to the other side of the map, hoping to pick up the demon rune to quickly turn the tide of battle? Do you trail behind the capture point, trying to pick off your foes and protect the rear? Do you rush ahead and try to stop your foes from an uncontested capture with a frontal assault? And how do you manage to stay alive when the capture point slides over a void or deadly hazard? The unrelenting movement of the capture point makes Warpath a constant adrenaline rush – a non-stop tug of war for domination.
Points are accrued whenever your team controls the capture point. Victory is earned by the first team to reach a preset score, or by the team with the most points when time runs out.
Domination includes up to three static capture points that are spread out across a map. Players spawn on different sides of the map, and can control the capture points by clearing out any enemies and standing within the designated zone. Points are earned based on how long you control a capture point.
Of course, it wouldn't be DOOM without a twist on this classic formula. In the case of Domination, the demon rune plays a key role. During a match, the rune will spawn randomly throughout the arena, and its appearance on the map will be announced to all players, giving everyone a chance to race for the rune. Because demons are more powerful than your standard soldier (as they are in all modes), the leading team will want the rune to prevent the other team from catching up. After all, if the losing team gets the demon rune first, they have a strong shot at tipping the scales by forcefully capturing a point and more easily holding their ground.
Victory is earned by the team that reaches a preset score, or by the team with the most points when the time runs out.
Team Deathmatch
One of the two purest takes on classic modes in DOOM multiplayer, Team Deathmatch pits two teams against each other in a straight-up kill-fest. Players can choose their loadouts, customize their marine and become the demon if they grab the rune while it's in play. (Demon kills are scored the same as regular kills.) Power-ups and power weapons also play a key role here – we'll have more info on those in our next video and feature. Victory is earned by the first team that reaches a preset score or by the team with the most points when time runs out.
Clan Arena
The other pure take on a classic mode, Clan Arena is a game of elimination: the last team standing wins. All pick-ups are removed from the map, and players won't be able to restore their health or armor. Once you're dead, you're dead – no respawning. And demons aren't available during this mode. Victory is earned by the team that fully eliminates all its foes – or by the team with the most remaining players when time runs out.
Oooh, Clan Arena! Here, have a look at the modes in action:
Right, got that? Then let's have a look at the maps.
A modest-sized UAC mining outpost. Watch out for the rock grinder!
A mid-sized Hell map with both interior and exterior elements. Lots of platforms and chasms, along with teleporters.
This massive map takes you deep below the polar ice caps of Mars. A great place to play Freeze Tag.
This smaller map is the main waste processing facility for the UAC research and residential complexes. Unsurprisingly, it's full of radioactive slime.
This is where they experiment on demons and develop advanced weaponry. Which, naturally, makes it perfect for a quick round of Clan Arena.
Disjointed and sadistic, this ancient arena is populated by the agonized moans of unfortunate souls who have suffered within its realm.
Set within a fracture of Hell, this map offers clear lines of sight. Move fast… or die faster.
An industrial UAC facility with glistening halls that will soon be slicked with human (and demon) blood.
Before being beamed to Earth, the energies of Hell are harnessed in this symmetrical and cavernous location.
Aaaaand here's a look at those maps in motion:


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The digital election: Prepare to be spammed?
So have we decided yet - is it going to be a digital election? A couple of days into my new, temporary role covering the digital side of politics, I am of course convinced that new media tools will play a vital role in the campaign.
Why? Because everybody is telling me so, from Joe Rospars who ran the Obama digital campaign, to a host of PR firms which have been sending me details of their clients' plans to scrape data off social networking sites and predict which way the political debate is heading. You can hear a quick interview with Joe Rospars here - and see the short film I made for the Daily Politics programme below.
But here's a question - will the voters be impressed when they find politicians coming at them brandishing their new digital methods? At one of the innumerable debates about this issue, the Evening Standard's political blogger Paul Waugh, Labour's Tom Watson and Jeremy Hunt of the Conservatives all had some very sensible and measured things to say about how significant new media tools would be.
They all agreed they would play a role, but thought good old-fashioned television would be more important, with the prime ministerial debates a particular focus. But I was struck by how taken they were with one particular tool for communicating with voters - e-mail. One of the speakers made the point that 2005 had been the direct mail election, with the parties learning how to send tailored messages through the post.
This time, those messages will arrive via e-mail too - and there was much praise for the Conservative MP Grant Shapps, who has apparently managed to build a huge e-mail database. I checked with his office and apparently they now have the e-mail addresses of more than 10,000 constituents.
Then I went home - and spotted this message on Twitter:
"Just received the first direct mail spam from a political party. Warning spammers - I will not vote for anyone who sends me some"
So the politicians are finding new ways of talking to voters - but if all the tweets, Facebook groups and electronic missives are just regarded as spam, will much of that digital effort be wasted?
Grant Shapps has been in touch to stress that his email database is set up on an opt-in or opt-out basis. As he points out, spamming constituents would not only be counter-productive, it could also potentially be illegal.
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Comment number 1.At 12:50 12th Mar 2010, TimmyNorfolk wrote:
It seems to me that the main discussion that could swing the election (well, based on the BBC Tech section) is the Tories promising good internet to all, so i would say it makes sense to email a bit of info. I for one won't discredit a party if they email me. Infact i would rather that that filling a land-fill site with flyers through my door! But don't over do it.
Comment number 2.At 12:57 12th Mar 2010, Gloucesterchap wrote:
It will only be as and when it suits them. I run a local site for gloucestershire, and I sent an invite to every party, every mp and every candidate inviting them to our community boards.
It cam as no surprise that they were not interested, but what really got my goat was that only the lib dems even bothered to reply to the email.
They only want publicity that they can control. Discussion is out of the question
Comment number 3.At 13:02 12th Mar 2010, DisgustedOfMitcham2 wrote:
Well, I will certainly immediately rule out voting for any candidate who spams me.
But here is an important question for you, Rory. If Mr Shapps really has email addresses of 10,000 of his constituents, how many of those have given consent to be on his database? And if that's less than 100% of them (which I'm sure it must be), isn't he in breach of the Data Protection Act?
It looks like he probably won't be the only MP or political party to ignore the DPA. What will be done to enforce it? I find it deeply worrying if we are going to have politicians resorting to breaking the law as part of the election campaigning.
Comment number 4.At 13:10 12th Mar 2010, Stephen Mortimer wrote:
I have a Similar opinion to the other people who have posted, while electronic communication is a valuable part of our lives all spam e-mail and messages sent to me will be ignored with the same strength and vigor as junk mail pushed through my door.
I am never going to vote Tory and it doesn't matter how much stuff you send me and how many billboards you put up, that is not going to change. Spamming me will just result in your address being added to my ignore list.
Comment number 5.At 13:27 12th Mar 2010, MyVoiceinYrHead wrote:
I'm aware that my e-mail address is propably on every mailing list the Partys can buy, but atleast I can mark it as junk - and it saves paper.
Being a keen Twitter user It's interesting to follow (and you do have to follow them on social sites, they can't just spam you) party activists from both sides who are unrestricted in what they tweet - away from the eye of the regulators.
These can be party political messages that haven't always gone through the spin doctors - and the debates can be quite close to the bone. I'm a Conservative and I follow @BevaniteEllie just to see what the other side is upto.
Comment number 6.At 13:55 12th Mar 2010, rrwholloway wrote:
"Just received the first direct mail spam from a political party. Warning spammers - I will not vote for anyone who sends me some"
Damned if they do try and talk to voters, and damned if they don't.
I guess that's the way politics works.
Comment number 7.At 14:27 12th Mar 2010, calmandhope wrote:
I completely agree with the Twitter poster. The more spam I get from a party the less likely I am to vote for them, or buy their product. If from what I hear of a party on the internet or radio or tv etc I like the sound of, I will look into your policys in my own time when I feel comfortable. I do not like feeling pressured into looking at something.
I understand why they need to spam everyone, but it just doesn't instill any confidence in me.
Comment number 8.At 14:44 12th Mar 2010, James Rigby wrote:
I define "spam" as email received from someone who does not have my explicit permission to email me. I am very careful about the permissions I allow when providing my email to companies or websites. So if I receive "spam" from a political party, I will have to wonder who provided them with my email address. If it's not clear in the email, I will have to assume they poached my email address from somewhere. They would immediately go down in my estimation if they'd done this!
Comment number 9.At 14:58 12th Mar 2010, ravenmorpheus2k wrote:
If I receive any unsolicited emails from ANY of the political parties, I will mark them as junk but send a brief reply of complaint back if the email address isn't one of those unmanned ones.
I would advise anyone else who gets unsolicited emails from political parties to do the same.
Perhaps the parties involved will then get the message that people don't want their spin/fear inducing propaganda clogging up their inbox...
Comment number 10.At 15:35 12th Mar 2010, warden wrote:
I feel much the same way as most commenters so far. I would definitely object to spam (email I haven't requested) arriving in my main inbox.
I've been trying to work out what it is about email which makes me -- among others -- protective of it. Email may be regarded as more "personal" than having an envelope arrive on the doormat, perhaps? Email arrives on your desk, in your phone, and demands to be read (if you get a choice); a letter delivered by post doesn't have quite the same effect. Possibly.
Anyway, I don't use my main email account to sign up for anything, and receive very little spam addressed to it. The email address I do allow out into the wild can be spammed as much as anyone wants: I don't look at it much and it has a good spam filter on it anyway.
Comment number 11.At 15:48 12th Mar 2010, RobertLL wrote:
I think informed debate over the internet - such as discussion on blogs such as this - will benefit us all.
Not, though, if the comments are dominated by 3000 word screeds of venom or rudeness directed at those who are original or considerate in their posts.
I hope that the moderators will censure serial offenders (not censor!).
Comment number 12.At 16:09 12th Mar 2010, Chris wrote:
Most unsolicited email goes straight to my junk folder. The small amount that survives to reach my inbox is almost always deleted without being read - except for me to look for evidence of an 'unsubscribe' option.
I don't tend to hold it against a company if they send me one unsolicited marketing email, but if they don't offer an unsubscribe option, or if that option doesn't work, at that point I'm liable to deliberately avoid using their services in future.
I'm intelligent enough to know where to look for information as and when I need it. All the political parties can leave my inbox alone, thanks very much.
Comment number 13.At 17:47 12th Mar 2010, Joe Allen wrote:
I think the decision about whether to take a political message as spam or not will be decided by the look and feel of the mail. And that depends on the person or group sending it, i.e. the party's promotion team.
A really clever and modern email would easily catch my eye over a simple text based "Vote Labour" message, which I would ignore as quite frankly it looks boring.
I'm 21 years old and think that unless the party sending the mail has someone within two or three years of my age they will struggle to send effective mail. Mainly because the posters will not know what someone my age automatically classes as "Spam". This is particularly true in mediums like Facebook and Twitter, perhaps less so in email.
Comment number 14.At 19:00 12th Mar 2010, Karl Foley wrote:
Any political party then sends me spam will immediately lose any chance of me voting for them.
I am quite capable of reading their published propaganda, doing my own research, and making my own decision, without their interference.
It will probably mean I can find no candidate whom I agree with, again.
Comment number 15.At 20:26 12th Mar 2010, BluesBerry wrote:
Digital methodology? Significant new tools? If you're talking about twittering or social networks, I wouldn't want to be social networked or twittered into a political office by people who have nothing to do but
- social network with good buddies they've never even met or
- twitter for causes about which they no nothing.
These aren't digital tools so much as digital toys - one small step (maybe) above digital games.
Good old-fashioned television is good; prime ministerial debates are good.
But if I receive a bulk email from a politician I'd take it as a sign of his/her desperation; I might stop, think twice, and revert my vote to someone who seems a little more confident. Tailored messages through the post impress me about as much as bulk emails.
I consider tweets, social networks and electronic missives as nuisance junk, as in please get that garbage out of my face.
Lastly, the first President of the United States who used digital PR so extensively in his election has impressed me about as much as endless static.
Comment number 16.At 11:43 13th Mar 2010, Feedback wrote:
I won't be voting anyway, I'm bored with choosing either Conservative or Labour. If I did vote, I'd vote Labour. Why choose a prime minister with no experience when we already have one with experience?
I don't believe Cameron's "vote for change" rhetoric. He's just trying to copy Obama, but he doesn't have Obamas charisma (nowhere near!) He says it's his patriotic duty to get into power - excuse me, Mr Cameron, it's up to the public whether you get into power or not, it's called democratic duty. Patriotism has nothing to do with it, it just makes you sound pompous. Absolutely nobody has a duty to get into Number 10, the key to the front door belongs to the public, not the prime minister.
Besides, anyone who thinks that we'll see masses of changes if the Conservatives get in is in for a surprise. Political parties, even Prikme Ministers, can only do things by consent (otherwise it would be a dictatorship), and we're all part of the EU now. That's why Cameron never talks about immigration, there's absolutely nothing he (or any party) can do about it.
Both the Conservaties and Labour are promising fast 100mb broadband speeds but sadly not starting until 2017, and we'll have another election before then.
Reading the press (not including the BBC) doesn't inspire me to vote since the tabloids either love a candidate for prime minister and worthship the ground he works on (I say he, since they're all men), or else they hate him and take every opportunity to stick knives into him. So I don't see how any of us can possibly take any notice of one single tabloid when they all have ulterior motives. The only exception is the BBC, who go to great lengths to ensure that all political stories are fair and all main parties have their say.
But really, if the Conservates win, it'll only be a matter of time before we're all moaning about them. Labour will get a new candidate for prime minister and he'll spend all his time trying to convince us that Labour is the party for change and we'll all believe it and turn against the tories. Then it'll be back to Labour again, then Conservative, then Labour, etc, etc. And on and on it goes. If politics was a business, both parties would be investigated by the Competition Commission!
There really isn't much point in having an election at all. We may as well just have one party in power with regulators watching over them and the BBC watching over the regulators. In effect, we have that already, it's just that the party in power and the regulating party switch sides every few years to give the illusion that voters have a choice.
On May 6th, do a Montgomery Brewster and vote for "None of the above!"
Comment number 17.At 12:30 13th Mar 2010, Green Soap wrote:
Perhaps Rory could say exactly what the spam recipients rights are if/when an unsolicited e-mail arrives from one of the political companies. I've never ever subscribed to a political website, never gave any of my addresses to a politco, so can I report them to someone if I do get spammed?
If someone makes the effort to chap on the door, they go up in my estimation - that takes effort. Spamming takes a few clicks and is lazy in the extreme.
Want my vote? Work for it.
Comment number 18.At 13:14 13th Mar 2010, akaExpensesFiddler wrote:
In electioneering, politicians should treat themselves as products and make themselves interesting that people would want to find out more about them on the Internet or on their own websites.
In an age of information overload, people put value on information that they receive, and the information they demand or seek by themselves will be far more valuable to them than unsolicited information.
Political message spamming is in the category of unsolicited information, consequently, most people will simply 'bin' and not bother to read them. It is a waste of time and effort, if you ask me.
Another method would be for local politicians to maintain list of email addresses of voters in their constituencies and update the voters on what the politicians are doing for the communities or inform them of new legislature and policies and how they would affect them. Soon, voters will come to expect or seek this type of information and start to value them. Here, there is a continuity of communication and not something that only happens during an election period.
Comment number 19.At 17:46 13th Mar 2010, Joe Bloggs wrote:
All this user's posts have been removed.Why?
Comment number 20.At 10:40 14th Mar 2010, andie99uk wrote:
What is the legal footing for political parties sending unsolicited mail, texts & Tweets?
Surely it cant be legal? Who do I complain too? what (if anything) will be done to those who DO spam?
Comment number 21.At 09:50 15th Mar 2010, DisgustedOfMitcham2 wrote:
#17, Tengsted:
"I've never ever subscribed to a political website, never gave any of my addresses to a politco, so can I report them to someone if I do get spammed?"
20, andie99uk:
"What is the legal footing for political parties sending unsolicited mail, texts & Tweets?
Surely it cant be legal? Who do I complain too? what (if anything) will be done to those who DO spam?"
One very practical thing you can do is report any spam emails to the sender's ISP. Most responsible ISPs take a dim view of their users sending spam emails, and will probably send whichever party has spammed you a warning not to do it again. You can either look at the internet headers and figure out who the ISP is yourself if you have the technical knowledge to do so (note: you will need to look at IP addresses, and can't necessarily rely on the email address of the sender), or you can report it via SpamCop, which makes the whole process fairly painless.
A further advantage of reporting via SpamCop is that if enough people do it, they will be added to SpamCop's blacklist. Most spam filters use the SpamCop blacklist as part of their filtering, so that will mean that any future emails will be rejected by most spam filtering systems.
As for the question of breaking the law, IANAL, but as I understand it they would be in breach of the Data Protection Act if they are sending you emails having obtained your email address without your consent for it to be used for that purpose. You could report them to the Information Commissioner, who at least in theory is responsible for enforcing the Data Protection Act.
As I understand it, the Information Commissioner receives about 387,000 such complaints every day, and has a team of 2 part-time secretaries and a pet gerbil with which to investigate and take enforcement action, so good luck with that if you do make a complaint.
No doubt the political parties are all very well aware of the total lack of enforcement of the DPA, so they are probably not too worried about breaking the law. Probably the best thing to do is to blog widely about it if they send unsolicited emails and point out their hypocrisy in not bothering to comply with the laws that they themselves have made.
Comment number 22.At 09:57 15th Mar 2010, DisgustedOfMitcham2 wrote:
Ah, just read the update:
"Grant Shapps has been in touch to stress that his email database is set up on an opt-in or opt-out basis."
Er, which? That's a pretty important distinction.
If it is set up on an opt-in basis, that could be argued to be legitimate. I would argue that it's not legitimate unless it's set up on a double opt-in basis (ie you have to sign up to receive emails in the first place, and then the list owner sends you an email asking you either to reply to the email or click on a link to confirm that you really did sign up, and you are removed from the list if you don't take that action), but even a single opt-in basis is almost certainly legal, if not necessarily good form.
However, if it's set up on an opt-out basis, that is indisputably spam. An opt-out basis means that email addresses are harvested from some disreputable source, and you are then added to the spam list, but with the option of clicking on a link to opt out from further spam.
I don't know whether that's illegal: probably not, as anti-spam legislation is extremely weak, and in any case, not enforced. But it is certainly spam and a gross breach of internet etiquette. It may also be in breach of the Data Protection Act, even if it doesn't breach the anti-spam legislation.
Comment number 23.At 10:03 15th Mar 2010, DisgustedOfMitcham2 wrote:
Rory, just another thought about Grant Shapps and his 10,000 address email list.
Have you asked him where he got all those 10,000 addresses from? If he received all 10,000 of them from his own website via a feature where constituents could sign up specifically to receive emails from him, then he is probably doing everything within both the letter and the spirit of the law (especially if he uses a double opt-in system).
However, if he bought any of them from a third party list, perhaps you could ask him what evidence he has that the recipients gave consent to be emailed for political purposes?
It's almost impossible to be sure of such evidence in those circumstances.
Comment number 24.At 11:15 15th Mar 2010, John wrote:
I think it's stupid to rule out voting for someone who spams you. But if you reply to tell them to stop it, and they still send you the stuff - that's different.
Personally I want the whole internet to work on the basis that I don't get anything sent to me - by any method - unless I have asked for it.
So I'll treaty political spam in the same way as commercial spam - if I didn't ask for it, I'll ignore it.
Comment number 25.At 11:20 15th Mar 2010, John wrote:
"I won't be voting anyway, I'm bored with choosing either Conservative or Labour"
As they say on the BBC: "other parties are available"
Comment number 26.At 11:32 15th Mar 2010, DisgustedOfMitcham2 wrote:
#24, John:
"I think it's stupid to rule out voting for someone who spams you."
I disagree. I think it's a matter of your personal opinion on how much of a problem spam is and how much you believe that politicians have a duty to abide by the laws that they make.
If you are relaxed about such things, then it's a perfectly reasonable point of view just to delete the email and vote the way you would have voted anyway.
If you feel strongly that politicians should abide by the law, then it's also perfectly reasonable to not vote for a party if they have shown that they are comfortable about breaking the law by sending spam emails in breach of the DPA.
Neither point of view is stupid, IMHO. They're just different points of view.
Comment number 27.At 20:30 15th Mar 2010, Martin50 wrote:
10,000 on an email list is believable for a sitting MP with a purely opt-in list. My MP (not Grant Shapps) certainly maintains a list based on people who have been in contact over the years, and I'd expect a lot of people to be in contact with sitting MPs about constituency issues. I got on the list when I was in touch about some point; as far as I could tell it is a properly managed opt-in list and not all the people on the list would be supporters of the current MP.
Comment number 28.At 10:09 16th Mar 2010, DisgustedOfMitcham2 wrote:
"I'd expect a lot of people to be in contact with sitting MPs about constituency issues"
True, but just because you get in touch with your MP about a constituency issue doesn't mean you have given your consent to receive election addresses by email. If you get in touch about a constituency issue and then find yourself on an election address email list, that would probably be in breach of the DPA. You could try to argue "presumed consent" to be on that list, but I think you'd be on very shaky ground.
In any case, I find it hard to believe that anything like 10,000 people would get in touch with their MP by email. There are about 65,000 registered voters in Grant Shapps's constituency. Do you really think that 15% of them contacted him by email? I couldn't find any figures for how many people contact their MP in general, but I do note from the statistics at Write To Them that Mr Shapps received only 107 messages via that website in the whole of 2008. I would be surprised if he received such a higher number directly via email. Remember that many people also use old-fashioned letters to write to their MP.


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The_Sink | Minneapolis, MN USA | 01/17/2006
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"At a time when grunge was certainly in decline, and hard rock/heavy metal acts like Korn, Pantera, etc, were growing in popularity, Candlebox was unfairly neglected by radio, music lovers, and MTV. Despite the hugely successful self titled release two years prior, lucy was discarded by everybody as soon as it was released. And it was their finest work.
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