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"This album of dark ambient is deliciously filled by a subtle spirit of electronic folk music"
1 The Past is Another Country 6:03
2 Dark Places, Winter Shadows 11:19
3 He Who Bathes in the Black Sun 8:18
4 Cave of the Swimmers 6:43
5 The Day the Crickets Listened 7:39
6 Campfires of the Night Sky 6:19
7 In My Depths, All Treasures Dwell 12:49
SG17 (CD 59:40) *** ½ (Dark ambient music)
Long and slender synth lines, to the colors of melancholy, are floating and caressing waves which, sometimes, let hear a subtle sibylline singing. Profoundly meditative, "The Past is Another Country" transcends the borders of the dark ambient music with a very esoteric approach tinted by some fine dramatic nuances which isolates the listener in his thoughts. There are airs of Michael Stearns and Juta Takahashi on this title-track where the brightness illuminates the shadows with a delicate meshing of idle lines which seem to suffer as much that they seem to sing in an intense contemplative shroud. An envelope where the white is nibbled at its purity by fangs all black and which encircles our somber feelings up until the singings of discreet birds, meaning frankly that the past is actually another country.
Amongst Myselves is an interesting musical project of Steve Robert who is undoubtedly going to please those who love black and meditative ambient music, well for this one in any case. With 7 albums to his credit, albums a little bit closer of the celestial airs, the Australian synthesist takes another step by abandoning his usual style, which flirted with a more New Age kind, to switch for a more Dark Ambient music. And "The Past is Another Country" reaches this height of a dark music where Amongst Myselves doesn't deny entirely his rustic roots by flooding his structures of elements of an Australian nature which floods our ears of an absolute charm. Moreover this very last album presents the bound of this transition by mixing darker and serene vibes, even rather black, with sound effects where the sweetness of the nature crosses the sourness of the insanity. The chirping of birds may cheer up our ears that "Dark place, Winter Shadows" plunges, in spite of the soft caresses of a nature always charming, into gaps blacks. The surrounding noises establish a climate of worry, even of fright, with dark winds which hoot the distress. It's a little as when that Frodon Sacquet, and his good friend Sam, left the prosperous countered to enter into the lands of Mordor. There are growls which speak and reign over a fauna to thousand whispers. It's very enveloping as it's enigmatic but also very fascinating, like on the moods a little more musical over "The Day the Crickets Listened" where a timid guitar sings the romance to some very twisted reverberations. As darker as "Dark place, Winter Shadows", "He Who Bathes in the Black Sun" is clearly less threatening. Except for brief period, toward the end, with a mass of translucent lines from which we distinguish vaguely the singings of breezes. "Cave of the Swimmers" leads us to another level of intensity with synth lines to the colors of silver shouts which squeak over an indefinable nature. We perceive some unclear riffs of guitar and resonant chords trying a rhythmic breakthrough but the absolute void is swallowing "Cave of the Swimmers" into an ambiospherical and ambiosonic pattern which depicts quite well this tortuous glaucous universe of "The Past is Another Country". "Campfires of the Night Sky" is undoubtedly the softest moment on this rather dark album with beautiful synth lines, to the colors of the romantic dreams, which float in an approach as poetic as ethereal. It's a good moment which catches up the lyrical bases of the title-track, while the very somber and penetrating "In My Depths, All Treasures Dwell" reveals a captivating symphony of hollow winds of which the somber atmospheres, fed by a thick cloud of sound drones, are titillated by scattered ringings of bells. These winds, at times tinted of refulgence, flood the ambiences of an album which sounds with fascination like some purely electronic ambient folk. Very immersive! And the fans of black ambiences will be extremely charmed.
Sylvain Lupari (September 15th, 2014)
Cette chronique est également disponible en Français sur le site de Guts of Darkness, dont je suis chroniqueur sous le nom de Phaedream: http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/god/objet.php?objet=17323
This webzine is online since August 2010 and is completely dedicated to Electronic Music (EM) identified as the Berlin School style and its derived. You will find interviews but mostly reviews of ambient, sequenced and symphonic EM with a glimpse on other related genres. You have questions or want your music to be reviewed? Please read the 123 FAQ section attentively. Bear in mind the main purpose of this Blog. So welcome in and I hope it will guide you into the wonderful world of EM.
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AMONGST MYSELVES: The Past Is Another Country (2014)
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It's a girl! And a boy!
Yes, Pantone, the harbinger of color trends, has given birth to two colors of the year from 2016: Rose Quartz and Serenity, otherwise known as baby pink and baby blue.
It's the first time Pantone has chosen two colors for its annual distinction.
Los Angeles interior designer Timothy Corrigan said in the L.A Times said, "The choices represent a welcome change. People are ready for softer colors. They are moving away from the strong bold colors and geometric patterns that have been popular over the past few years. There is a return to comfort and innocence."
But there's more behind this year's color choices.
"The prevalent combination of Rose Quartz and Serenity also challenges traditional perceptions of color association. In many parts of the world we are experiencing a gender blur as it relates to fashion, which has in turn impacted color trends throughout all other areas of design," they said. "This more unilateral approach to color is coinciding with societal movements toward gender equality and fluidity, the consumer's increased comfort with using color as a form of expression, a generation that has less concern about being typecast or judged and an open exchange of digital information that has opened our eyes to different approaches to color usage."
Designers and people who like to stay on the forefront of interior trends wait for Pantone's announcement every year to kick off their 2016 looks. Ready to get your new color on? Here are a few ways to use each in your home.
Decorating with Rose Quartz
"Rose Quartz is a persuasive yet gentle tone that conveys compassion and a sense of composure," said Pantone.
Rose Quartz and complementary shades of pink and gray create a glamorous bedroom.
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Decorating with Serenity
"Serenity is weightless and airy, like the expanse of the blue sky above us, bringing feelings of respite and relaxation even in turbulent times," said Pantone.
Used as wall color, it creates a peaceful tone and sets the foundation for complementary hues.
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10,000 year clockThe Long Now Foundation is building an icon for the future with its mechanical 10,000 year clock. The first prototype was designed was computer scientist Danny Hillis.
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There are two things that completely unhinge me. A threat (either physical or psychological) to my family and someone wrongfully accusing me of a hurtful act. When both of these happened to me last week it took me to what I call my personal hell. This mental state is probably common amoungst us all and we all have our own individual triggers that take us there. So how did I manage to continue to function as all this unfolded. What did I learn about self-management to navigate out of hell and get on with things.
Here is my list of survival techniques:
1. feel the temperature rising: know you are getting emotionally heated, understand that this is affecting you, do not try to kid yourself that you are ok. You are not, you are fragile and emotional; knowing this means you are dealing with it and have a level of regulation and self-management. To ignore it risks it building up like water behind a dam; which can burst and cause all sorts of trouble for you and those around you. Once you are aware of the situation you can start to gauge how close you are to "losing it", hitting out or behaving badly. For me I felt emotions rising up to the point where I needed physical distance from the source of trouble. Although I did say some things that I now regret I managed to limit my loses in terms of upsetting those around me. Talking to someone often helps you say out loud how you are going and allows the issue to become more objective.
2. SELF-CARE: be gentle on yourself. In my hell everything I was solid on tended to be questioned. But I did not judge myself to be "bad" I simply accepted that this is part of being human. "Shit happens" and it is happening to me now, is what I said to myself. With my emotional self under attack I engaged deeply in my intellectual work (consulting), this was great and used a part of my brain that had capacity. I did manage two coaching sessions as well but this took more energy then usual. My advice if you are in your hell is to do activities that keep you engaged in life but do not draw too much energy. Sitting around drinking beer would not fall into this category.
3. your can't "fix" this: in my Hell all seems hopeless but I know I must pass through a point of total not-knowing-ness to reach a point where I can start to navigate a way forward. Think of a frog holding onto a rock in a raging river. To continue on life's journey he needs to let go of his safe place and enter the flow of the stream (ups, down bumps etc.). For me I know that to move out of hell I need to let go of my safe rock and enter back into the unknown. I monitor myself and the situation waiting for the time where I see signs that it's time to plan a way out, this always is preceded by me having to let go of something (something about myself that I've been holding onto too tightly).
Lessons from HELL
Going through my personal hell I learnt some of the deepest insights into myself; what I consider as my most cherished values/beliefs. The take way for me is to know and live by my beliefs but hold them lightly and don't take things so seriously. Holding onto anything too tightly restricts how you can be apply it in the chaotic stream of life and in the end only makes you suffer. Does this mean my values have changed after I come back from hell..?
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Daniel M. McPeek, 90, of Center Twp., passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2012, in the Beaver Valley Nursing Center. He was born January 22, 1922, in Maynard, Ohio, the son of the late Joseph Bryan and G. Amy Williams McPeek.
Dan was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church, Center Twp. He retired from J&L Power House in 1983. He was on the Center Twp. School Board for over 30 years, and was a member of the Beaver County Intermediate Unit Board for 20 years and was treasurer. He worked, following retirement, with Burns Security, and was involved with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers Press Box. Dan was a 50 year member of Monaca Center Lodge #791 F&AM, was a member of Aliquippa Elks Lodge, and served as Exalted Ruler in 1988. Dan served in World War II in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline Barnhert McPeek; a son, William McPeek, and a sister, Gertrude McPeek.
Surviving are his grandchildren, Barry McPeek and Michael McPeek; a great-grandson, Matthew; his brother and sister-in-law, William and Delores McPeek, Brighton Twp., and a sister, Naomi McPeek, Rochester.
Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the HUNTSMAN FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES OF ROCHESTER, www.huntsmanfuneralhomes.com, 502 Adams St., where funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. Military honors will be offered by the Beaver County Special Unit at 11:30 a.m. Private interment will follow in Beaver Cemetery.


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Friday, December 20, 2013
A candle in the cold and the dark: 17 years without Carl Sagan
Sorry to not have a more substantial post, but I thought I'd check in with the blogosphere on the 17th anniversary of Carl Sagan's passing. It's been a long seven years since the 10th anniversary blogathon (yet Sagan would have only just turned 79!), and the Internet is a very different place, but I am thinking about how to revive something like the blogathon on an ongoing basis.
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Can't speak for anyone else, but I was very disturbed by Dark Horse putting out this poll right after the last Buffy Season 7 Issue 39. I have posted my comments to Dark Horse - what do you think about the timing of this poll?01/04/2011 11:18amHey, Dark Horse fans! We're kicking off a brand-spanking-new feature this year: Dark Horse Versus! We pit two of our most beloved characters against each other and let you, our delightful fans, vote on who would win! To start things off we've got a Buffy bloodsucker battle royale: Angel versus Spike! Vote on who YOU think would win and stay tuned for another installment of Dark Horse Versus next month!
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Since the character you have created in your Buffy Season 8 is now so utterly changed - maybe you need to qualify which Angel you are speaking of - the killer brute of Buffy Season 8 or the Angel from AtS.
Spike has already proven his fighting skills and ability to win a personal battle with Angel in "Destiny."
My Question to you - is why are you putting out this poll and continuing to agitate the split between some of the fans of this great series. We just had Angel assume the persona of a killer, we just saw Giles killed in the last issue - and now we have this poll about who can win a "Bloodsuckers" battle.
The emotional disconnect from your last issue - Buffy 39 and the callous write up for your poll; pitting these two in the ring as if they were little more than fodder for your sales - personally, I find it offensive.
Call me an old fuddyduddy - but your poll seems like nothing but another marketing move and a crass one at that. link for poll: http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/210/dark-horse-versus-angel-vs-spike


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Why is it important to have a sense of humor in the fashion industry?Laughing is très chic! Non? (Jerry Lewis RIP)
The one art supply you can't live without?Gaffer tape!
Describe the fashion industry in three words:Kids playing dress up.
Your favorite piece in the Veronica Beard x Donald Robertson collection?My wife was tearing out of the house for school pick up in these jeans with red stripes down the sides...I like those. I did a painting of them!
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One of the issues I have picked up on – that all of the lovely people I have spoken with or emailed since starting this weight loss campaign have in common – relates to scales…the dreaded scales! They become our primary focus and it blinkers us at times. They can destroy our confidence within the space of a few seconds and change our mood in an instant. So I have a plea…
Please excuse my crappy collage…creativity is not a strong point of mine!
This isn't a call to arms – I am not trying to start a bra-burning movement or getting all Emily Pankhurst on you! I am not interested in 'doing it for the girls'…I am just keen to help free some of the mental torture that my fellow losers experience – and yes, even the men feel the same way too. I don't for one minute suggest that you don't weigh yourselves again, but please just don't do it more than once a week…at the same time each week if possible.
As an avid people-watcher I have spent time in the gym – yes, I went to a gym…shock, horror! – and saw no end of ladies interspersing their workouts with little weight checking sessions on the scales. Quite what miracle results they were expecting I'll never know…as they were guzzling down water which their muscles were soaking up like a sponge! It was a ladies-only gym, or else I am convinced that I would have seen the guys doing this too. Would a tiny loss in the right direction spur them on even more, making them do an extra ten minutes on the elliptical machine? And heaven forbid there be a gain…I have seen women literally throwing in the (gym) towel and heading to the changing room with a really miserable face plastered on!
I have also been emailed by people who weigh themselves directly after a binge, and then again the following morning. And again that lunchtime…and then after the tiny dinner they allowed in a desperate attempt to atone for the binge. They weigh themselves just before heading to their weigh in classes…and won't go if their scales don't show signs of improvement.
I became a slave to the scales at one point too, and I still am on a weekly basis I guess. When I managed to lose 8st with Slimming World a few years ago, I was so excited to finally find a pair of scales that went as high as my weight was – 25st – that I couldn't resist buying them. In fact, I am lying…my other half couldn't resist buying them as he thought they would help me! Little did he know what damage the shiny silver buggers could do. I would weigh myself each morning, when I got home from work, after dinner, before bed…and after my binges – which became more and more frequent as I was comforting myself with food due to pressures at work.
The scales always gave a different result to those that I got when I went to my group, and I never knew if I was coming or going. I ended up getting so demoralised, putting the weight back on, and adding about another 10st in weight…although that particular aspect probably had more to do with work issues and my Hotel Chocolat taster club subscription!
Fat is the name of the game here. We want to lose fat – not water, not muscle, not our will power or confidence. How on earth can you tell what you are losing is fat if you are on and off the scales more times in a day than there are adverts for junk food on TV…and there are a lot of adverts! Your body is approximately 60% water. The likelihood is that your weight fluctuates due to this, along with hormonal issues, not as a result of that digestive biscuit you secretly ate in the kitchen whilst preparing dinner. Of course a whole packet might not do you any good, or an extra biscuit everyday…but you get my point – don't be a slave to the scales.
The ups and downs we experience on the scales are matched by our mood. I have written before about how great I have felt walking into group…only be have that feeling destroyed as a result of not seeing the numbers I wanted. Yet why should this be an issue? If I feel good, then I feel good surely? Why do we let that number define us?!
It seems crazy that our emotional well-being as losers is connected to that set of scales and the number it dishes out. Is it because we feel that it highlights our effort – or lack of? I think this is one of the reasons I get upset. Good numbers equal good effort and shows to my fellow group members that I have been 'good' this week. Which is a bloody stupid notion in itself – our eating does not for one second make us good or bad.
So what is the answer then? Well, first of all throw your scales away and just use the ones in group, or make the effort to head to Boots or a supermarket with a set of scales that you can weigh yourself on once per week. This means that you will be weighing on correctly calibrated scales – not some £14.99 bargain from Argos that was probably battered around in transit and isn't accurate anyway! This also means that you can get on with your life and stop obsessing between groups. It doesn't mean that you should go and buy a body fat monitor either…swapping one obsession for another!
A personal trainer that I know tells his female clients to weigh themselves once per month only. His experience is that their weight fluctuates so much thoughtful the month that they do themselves no favours by checking in more than this. Personally, I like my weekly weigh in as it gives me a little control…but I do tend to average out my losses for the previous four weeks which helps to put a smaller loss into context.
As I continue losing weight I notice that my focus is shifting. Last week was actually the first time that I didn't look at the scales when I was being weighed, and I think I actually reported that my weight was 5lbs heavier than it was in an email to someone. This is because I am trying to ditch the baggage that is tied to my weight…trying to make it less about the number and more about the feeling.
Personally, if I was a size 12/14 and weighed what I do now, I wouldn't have an issue! It isn't about the number, it is about how I look and feel. Whilst I know that I will not be getting to that size anytime soon – and that unfortunately '29st' and 'size 12/14′ will not be uttered in the same sentence…unless referring to the shoe size of someone at that weight – I am going to keep working on falling in love with the feeling, and not the looks.
You have to ditch the mental baggage, or else you will carry it with you for a very long time…and it will weigh you down far more than you muffin top ever will. Use a pair of tight jeans as a measure…or take measurements! Focus on how fresh you feel when you wake up in the morning. Enjoy the feeling of your body getting stronger, fitter and healthier. 'Strong is the new skinny', someone said to me recently…and I believe this…even though they were both strong and skinny!
Just throw the scales away…today! What you don't have in your house can't be eaten, just as what you don't have in your house can't be stepped on. And you won't miss them, I promise!
The usuals then…
Up, treadmill, project work, more treadmill, breakfast, horses, shops, lunch, babysitting – which took me through to 5pm! I then had a great chat with an old colleague of mine who has agreed to help me focus on what I want to achieve over the next few years and beyond. I thought he was pretty ace when I worked with him, and having him as a mentor is a big step forward for me…so I was quite excited about this! I also had a few secret squirrel activities today. My other half works for an American company and his colleagues wanted to sing 'happy birthday' and get him a cake. So I got the cake and arranged for him to be available for the video link! The cake was pretty immense…a former lover of cake now on a healthy eating kick shouldn't be allowed to go near cake….
Twelve slices of deliciousness – but not so delicious syn-wise, coming in at 272kcals per slice, or 13.5 syns. If I am being honest, that cake would never be cut into twelve in my company…six at best perhaps, so 27 syns per slice…162 syns for the whole thing. Again in the spirit of honesty, I looked at it and the old me knew that I would have given the whole thing a go during a binge…along with crisps, sausage rolls, etc…shocking really. Anyway, it is safely tucked away in the fridge and won't be coming anywhere near me! It was just nice to help his company out and make him feel special, as he deserves to feel special – he is wonderful! After this is was a time to rustle up a rather late dinner – the delay in posting this tonight has been to allow time for dinner to cook so I could take my pic! I am currently watching a programme about the Hebrides and dreaming one day of heading north…if they'll have a Sassenach!
Breakfast: Two Alpen light bars (1 x HEB) and a banana.
Lunch: Uncle Bens mushroom rice (2 syns) with soy bean stir fry.
Dinner: Mediterranean veggies with wholemeal pasta and cheese (2 x HEA and 1 x HEB).
Snacks: Two packets of Snack a Jacks (9 syns).
Another nice food day. Brekkie was quick and was grabbed rather late today for some reason…I forgot to eat, which is a scary thought! Lunch was a quick and simple option that was rustled up within a few minutes before I headed off to babysit. Dinner was delicious – pepper, red onion, spinach, cherry tomatoes, courgettes, mushrooms, garlic and herbs all mixed with wholemeal pasta and topped with another cheesy blanket!
Exercise: 4 x 15 minute treadmill sessions and 1 x 15 minute BodyPump / Swiss Ball session.
I moved my fan downstairs and it really helped with the workouts in this heat…not perfect, but a hell of a lot better than it has been! I am going for my Gold Body Magic award this week and just have to organise my exercise over the next few days around family picnics and BBQs with friends – going for gold! My new trainers were given an exercise today too. I felt good in them, but have noticed a bit of foot and shin strain over the past couple of days, so am just going to see how it goes…I still managed today's exercise without a problem so I am hoping that all will be good.
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Fiat Lux... Jubilee Beacon
Thousands of beacons will be lit around the world to commemorate The Queen's 60 year reign over the UK and as head of the Commonwealth. Here at Willowbrook we took part in the Jubilee beacon project in our own modest way, by lighting a beacon on the hill overlooking the lake...
Our Jubilee Beacon was one of the first lit tonight, being set ablaze at 6pm NZ Time.
Britain has a long history of beacon lighting spanning many hundreds of years. It has celebrated Royal Weddings, Jubilees and Coronations by lighting beacons on village greens, castle battlements, church towers, farms, beaches, and mountain tops.
A beacon chain, once used as a tool for communication, has now become a symbol of unity across towns, borders, countries and continents and is often the central point of focus for any outdoor gathering or celebration.
In 1897 beacons were lit nationally to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee...
In 1977 and 2002 beacons were lit to celebrate The Queen's Silver and Golden Jubilees.
It is estimated that tonight around the world at least 5000 beacons will be lit to mark this important and historic moment in The Queen's Reign.
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The Queen lit the last Jubilee Beacon at the end of the concert. Then ensued the most amazing pyrotechnic display...
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My Internet download manager not working, what happenedViews : 6585 Replies : 11 Likes : 0 2013-06-08 08:00 #1Reply
I feel so depressed, My Internet download manager stopped working again. I want to download a video with Chrome, but the download option doesn't appear. Then I switch to Firefox. Bad luck, the video cannot be captured automatically. I have to copy the URL and paste it to IDM panel. I don't know why so many troubles come out. Have you ever stumbled upon the same situation?2013-08-16 06:59 #2Reply
Internet Download Manager is a powerful software which wins numerous awards. Software engineers, experts and users are thinking highly of it. The main feature of IDM is downloading media files like audio, video, document and the like from webpage. Most of the users have tried to download YouTube or other streaming videos using it, and got good result. On the other hand, some people have complaints, the most talked about points are listed below:
1. Internet Download Manager not working, it happens that the Download This Video button misses.
2. The IDM is unable to download video automatically, no windows pops up to let you save video clip to folder.
3. The download speed is not that fast as its stated.
4. It's only free for a short period.
Don't be upset, some measures will save you from these difficulties.
In this first place, make sure that you installed the newest Internet Download Manager. Then, why download option disappear accidently, probably the software doesn't integrate well into the browser. At this time, you can fix IDM not working with ease. Open up the interface of program, hit Options – General- Use advanced browser integration, tick you used browsers. After that, launch the browser and confirm integration to enable IDM.
The second question also can be solved by adjusting the settings. Go to Options – file types – Edit list, delete the target site in the list. You might make a test to see whether IDM could capture video from website directly.
Operating speed is the focus point among all the problems with Internet Download Manager. In the advertisement of IDM, it announced itself as the fastest downloader. While, not everyone agree with this view. I'm not sure actually, just try some ways to speed up download speed. Press Downloads tab, turn off the speed limiter. Or, Options – Connections, increase the speed by rewriting the parameters. Besides, you can change settings of the FireWall.
With regard to the last problem, as far as I know, Internet Download Manager stopped working after 30 days free trial. After a month, you should pay $29.95 to register the software. Don't want to purchase it? For your information, you can download videos with free Video Grabber. It's a web-based tool, so no compatibility or integration issues will arise. As long as you get the video URL, you can grab the video effortlessly. Except from downloading, it assists to convert videos to various of formats such as MP4, FLV, MKV, MOV and etc.
Keepvid.com and clipconverter are also the replacements.
I will be pleased if the suggestions satisfying you.
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My IDM has stopped working to, or to be exact it works up until the Download File Info box appears whereupon it just hangs there. The filesize just never appears and so the download won't commence. Clicking "Start Download" or "Download Later" just crashes the box with the error "An error occured during download. Please try again later". (Probably the single most annoying error message ever written!). Its so frustrating. When IDM does occasionally stop working, its a real problem. The site support is rubbish and one never knows which way to turn. I'm looking for alternatives.
- Bob : My IDM has been working fine with no problems for a year or so but around 08/02/2017 I got the same problem as you where the download panel shows up like normal but the filesize doesn't and then when you try to start the download, you get an error saying "An error occurred while creating security connection". Anyone solved had this problem and solved it?
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Broom Hall Country Hotel – The Perfect Hotel for Snetterton Track
For comfortable accommodation located close to Snetterton track, Broom Hall Country Hotel offers visitors the perfect setting in which to retreat after an action-packed track day.
Broom Hall is a privately-owned Victorian property set within two acres of grounds. Located in the heart of Breckland in Norfolk, offering visitors a quiet respite away from the hustle and bustle, but close enough to Snetterton Circuit so that guests can enjoy all the events Snetterton has to offer.
For exceptional a la carte food, tranquil walks and spacious, en-suite bedrooms within close distance to Snetterton, Broom Hall Hotel provides the ideal stay.
Broom Hall Hotel is just a 20 minute drive from Snetterton Circuit, and is also adjacent to other Norfolk attractions including several National Trust sites, Thetford Forest and Go Ape.
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The Amazing Race Geocache
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- Spatial thinking, and relating the location of objects to photos, visual clues and georeferenced waypoints marked in a GPS unit.
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- Familiarize students with the basic functions and physics of GPS handheld data.
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- Have fun and win prizes!
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DULUTH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, today announced that it has completed its previously-announced acquisition of Digital Insight Corporation, a leader in online and mobile banking solutions, from Thoma Bravo, LLC for $1.65 billion in cash.
"Our acquisition of Digital Insight comes at a time when financial institutions around the world are looking closely at their retail network strategies and searching for an omni-channel consumer experience," said NCR Chairman and CEO Bill Nuti. "Our Financial Services business is now uniquely positioned with a market-leading SaaS platform to help banks transform their physical and digital business models. This acquisition strengthens NCR's branch transformation strategy and positions the Company for long-term growth, accelerated margin expansion and earnings appreciation."
RBC Capital Markets, LLC acted as lead financial advisor to NCR. J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch also acted as financial advisors and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP acted as legal counsel to NCR on the Digital Insight transaction.
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NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware, and portfolio of services, NCR enables more than 450 million transactions daily across the retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology industries. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make your life easier.
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It was with great pleasure we were able to host our friend Simone Daubin, the famous French chef from Gascony, and her grand-daughters, daughter and son-in-law, along with the famous local artiste, Marian Spadoni.
The festivities began with a Chinese version of Duck Confit,
although this was not at all similar to the classic French...apart from the
Rosalie and Juliette immediately were "busy."
With an opportunity for seconds, Rosalie and Juliette seized
the moment...
We had enjoyed a bottle of Benoit Lahaye's Brut "Rose de
Maceration" Champagne to start...then had a 2011 Iron Horse Rose of Pinot
Noir which was all of 11.1% alcohol and actually quite good.
The waiter suggested a smoked sea bass dish instead of some sort of anchovy filet plate...so we had this...
A real highlight of dining at The Koi Palace is their Live
Prawns with Garlic.
Juliette was especially enamored with the Concubine Chicken...
We also had a plate of a Chinese version of Rib Eye Steak.
Someone thought we had a sufficient number of plates at this
stage and that we would not need to stop for a pizza on the way home.
And soon Simone and Nathalie were in heaven!
Rosalie said her Granny isn't the only one who enjoys this
sort of thing...
And soon there was a major conference regarding Beignets...
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Ossett Observer » In Praise Of Little Books. Ahhhh now, this next one is made by someone we love. Artist STEFFAN JONES-HUGHES, friend, one time co-worker, sporter of natty tank tops and wearer of an impressive beard. It's hand made in the truest sense, the pages are cut and sewn by the artist and the […]
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Icelandic contemporary composer Ólafur Arnalds created and released a new song, one per day for a whole week during the month of October 2011. The songs were recorded and filmed live in the living room of his Reykjavik apartment and released instantly for free as streamed videos and mp3 downloads. Ólafur Arnalds was responsible for […]
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/heres-to-the-small-print-the-past-and-future-of-compact-literature-1913501.html One of the strange by-products of the digital revolution that we are going through at the moment is that no one seems to know how big anything […]
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As you may remember from a while back. I'm going through stuff and at the moment I'm going through old scrapbooks. I came across this article from 2001 when Claire Curneen won the Gold Medal for Craft at the Eisteddfod. I love her work. Particularly the St Sebastien pieces. There is a clear link between […]
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Happy 21 Years of Axis(web)
Axis is 21 today, so I sent them this drawing just to wish them a happy birthday. On 21 November 2012, Axisweb turns 21. We're in a reflective mood so are celebrating (along with cake and party games) with a rummage around our archive to bring you 21 highlights from the last 21 years of […]
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The Sketchbook Project – "Milltir Sgwar / Square Mile" "It's like a road trip, but with sketchbooks". "The Sketchbook Project is a global, crowd-sourced art project where participants from all walks of life are sent a sketchbook … fill the pages and return it for inclusion in a traveling exhibition and permanent collection at The […]
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Mast Brothers Chocolate, Brooklyn Back in August some good friends of mine bought me these lovely chocolates back from New York. They were not like most American chocolate. They were delicious! and not only that but they came in the most beautiful packaging. The whole concept is really good. The Mast Brothers look great in […]
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Leaders are not curious fauna to be analysed in laboratories, they are first and foremost people, and people who, surprisingly, tell stories. By David James
What makes some people leaders, and others simply good at their work?
The question has perplexed many management analysts and has led to one of the most ill-defined and inconclusive debates of contemporary business. The answer, however, may be quite simple. It may be that leaders are the people able to create the best stories.
A cloud of definitions
Despite great research effort, analysts have been unable to define what leadership is; still less isolate the combination of characteristics and circumstances that constitute its underlying condition. According to authors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, in The Witch Doctors, there are at least 130 definitions. They write: "To borrow one of those military metaphors, writing about leadership is a little like invading Russia. Even writers of (Peter) Drucker's class tend to run into deep snow."
Why the confusion? One obvious reason is that analysts are looking for a common set of causes when there is probably none. As with any type of human behavior, the same activity may have different antecedents. But the more telling reason is that theorists are treating leaders as if they were a zoological phenomenon; like butterflies in a glass case. Such a quasi-scientific approach has led to endless attempts to define the "biology" of leadership, most of which fail to convince. Many management thinkers, such as Harvard Business School academic John Kotter, have attempted to isolate the extent to which leadership is innate or learned, and to pattern ways that it can be taught.
A moment's reflection should enable analysts to see why an empirical approach will have only limited success. Leadership is primarily concerned with volition, or, the exercise of the will. Some people are able to align their personal intentions with the collective will of those who follow them and, when this occurs, we call it leadership. At the extreme end, the conjunctions of volition are so effective it can encourage people to sacrifice their lives.
The nineteenth-century philosopher and theologian, John Henry Newman, in his classic The Scope and Nature of a University Education observes that it is not possible to view human action just as an "object", as if devoid of mental impulse. He imagined a professor overseeing a university curriculum in which only physical and mechanical causes were considered, volition being accounted a forbidden subject:
"Hitherto, intelligence and volition were accounted real powers; the muscles act, and their action cannot be represented by any scientific expression; a stone flies out of the hand and the propulsive force of the muscle resides in the will; but there has been a revolution, and our professor, I say, after speaking with the highest admiration of the human intellect, limits its independent action to the region of speculation, and denies that it can be a motive principle, or can exercise a special interference in the material world. He ascribes every work, or external act of man, to the innate force or soul of the physical universe."
Newman would be bemused to know that the university course about which he speculated now exists. It is called a business school and it specialises in leadership studies. Leaders have been classified, dissected into component parts and reduced to a set of explanatory causes. What has not happened, however, is an examination of the individual and collective volition that characterises leadership.
The will to narrate
Much of that volition is dependent on the ability to tell stories. Evidence of this is leadership literature itself, especially the popular variety. These are routinely based on stories about the world's great leaders in the business sphere and in arenas such as war and politics. For example, in Straight From the CEO, edited by William Dauphinais and Colin Price, the "world's top business leaders reveal their ideas". We hear the stories of the world's great business leaders: Percy Bernevik from Asea Brown Boveri, Robert Shapiro from Monsanto, and Minoru Murofushi from Itochu. James Sarros, in The Executives, tells the life stories of a variety of Australian leaders (including Brian Quinn and Bob Ansett). Alistair Mant in Intelligent Leadership derives many of his insights into leadership from stories about high-profile leaders: Mary Parker Follett, (arguably the most seminal management thinker of the century), John Latham, an executive for IBM, and Sir William Hudson, the first commissioner of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Well-known business people are making a habit of telling their own stories. Two American executives, Frank Blount (former head of Telstra) and Bob Joss (former head of Westpac) have recently released a book, Managing in Australia. Ivan Deveson, former chief executive of Nissan Australia and chairman of the Seven Network, describes his leadership exploits in Evolution. Bill Gates, head of Microsoft, has released a book, At the Speed of Thought, detailing his exploits, as has Jeff Papows, president and chief executive of Lotus, in Enterprise.com. Gordon Bethune, a chief executive of Continental Airlines, details his "remarkable comeback" in From Worst to First. Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap perpetuates his mythical status with his book Mean Business.
Nor do leadership tales only come from the business community: Napoleon, Winston Churchill, General Douglas MacArthur often figure as dramatis personae in books advising the business community.
The somewhat puzzling success of this genre of business books is evidence of a widespread appetite for stories about leadership. The recent Australian speaking tour of General Norman Schwarzkopf, Mikhail Gorbachev, and other business leaders suggests that the appetite for the stories and insights of high-level leaders is no less intense in Australia than elsewhere.
A central activity of a leader is the telling of stories. There are many audiences; the most obvious being the staff. Being able to convince employees to participate in the story of the company is a key determinant of success. Research has shown that employee satisfaction is not a good indicator of a company's success: employees might be satisfied because they are not working very hard. A good sign of organisational success, however, is when employees feel a sense of meaning and purpose in their work. Purpose and meaning are things that come from stories; the belief that the work of an organisation, in which the employee is participating, has an on-going narrative.
The story in theory
It is not common to find in management literature explicit analyses of organisational narrative; a more likely source is literary or cultural criticism (particularly of the "post-modern" school). But some work is being done on the subject.
Brian Pentland, assistant professor in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University, argues that narrative is important to the understanding of organisational processes, because people "do not simply tell stories, they enact them". He writes: "Explanation is essential to theory and practice. If we see an organisation doing well, we want to reproduce the success. If we see one doing poorly, we want to prevent failure. Either way, we need a theory an explanation, of what is causing the observed outcomes good stories are central to building better theory."
Robert Dennehy, professor of management at the Lubin School of Business at Pace University in New York, argues that story telling is increasing in importance in a "technological and impersonal world". He says that just because the methods of transmitting information have improved, it does not mean that ideas are communicated as well as or better than before. He explains: "Today's managers must deal with complex matters, from going global to re-engineering. Mis-communication can mean mistakes, and mistakes in the economy can involve millions, or even billions of dollars. Increasingly complex human-resources issues, such as employee morale and loyalty, also call for effective communication.
"With a well-told story, an executive can illustrate almost any key business concept. Stories can be about customer service, culture, teamwork or decision-making, to name a few. Narrative skills provide a powerful means of relaying a message because a story evokes both visual imagery and motion. Stories are more likely to be remembered than a bland directive."
Story telling is not confined to the leader's pronouncements. Just as there can be no speaker in effective story telling without a hearer, so there can be no collective narrative without staff who corroborate and amplify the initial anecdotes. Australian author Max DePree in Leadership Jazz calls the workers who transmit the stories "water carriers". He says these people, in Lyndon B. Johnson's words, are "more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods". DePree says they create a tribal spirit: "Tribal implies membership, and it implies territorial or functional accountabilities."
The exemplary value of stories
If formal management analysis is yet to concentrate on narratives, there is considerable evidence that successful business leaders and consultants are using story telling with great effectiveness. Jack Welch, chief executive of General Electric, routinely tells stories about the "grocery store" that is the global company he leads. This creates an image that is readily understood. Welch also encourages stories from his own managers at the GE Management Development Centre; he recognises the importance of a collective narrative.
Leonard Riggio, chief executive of Barnes & Noble, tells stories about his background in Brooklyn, where he grew up in an Italian family, surrounded by relatives. Riggio, who still prefers this environment, is fond of relating tales about his prize-fighter father, who was good enough to beat Rocky Graziano before retiring to become a cab driver.
Why is Riggio telling these stories? He uses the anecdotes to distinguish between the company's supposedly elitist past and its current strategy of aiming at the popular end of the market.
US knowledge-management consultant Kent Greenes is one of the world's best-paid knowledge managers. He uses a technique he learned in the scouts: enacting war stories. When working on a knowledge-management program at BP, Greenes looked for stories of success and used them as spurs for organisational change. As Greenes showed, success with something as intangible as knowledge is intimately linked to the way workers absorb it into stories.
Another consultant to use storytelling as a spur for change is US-based consultant Harrison Owen. Owen uses an "open-space" technique, which treats the workforce as a kind of tribe, in which there are latent narratives. Understanding and using these narratives is the most efficient way of managing, and a way to make an organisation open to new possibilities because it is more interactive. One of the paradoxes of story telling is that an effective internal story also makes the organisation more receptive to the story of the external market.
Owen emphasises openness in the development of the story. He says: "whoever comes is the right people; whatever happens is the only thing that could have; whenever it starts is the right time; and whenever it's over, it is over."
That is, the story has primacy; it is not something that should be controlled. Owen says that by allowing the story to emerge, the natural leaders will also emerge.
The phenomenal success of former US president Ronald Reagan has been attributed to his ability to tell stories. Andrew Stark, lecturer in management at Toronto University, writes in the Times Literary Supplement that the apparent contradictions of Reagan's character are resolved if he is seen as a story teller.
"When joking about distant political issues that is, issues at some remove from those closest to his heart his stories were inevitably short, Hollywood-style wisecracks, in which Reagan derived humor simply by describing a situation or a conflict, not by resolving it. When Congress would oppose him on an agricultural provision or the bureaucracy would impose some objectionable environmental legislation, he would make a remark like: status quo: that's Latin for the mess we are in."
Stark says that when Reagan was talking about issues close to his heart, by contrast, his stories expanded beyond one liners. "They derived their force not from the depiction of conflict or confusion, but from its resolution."
Playing the spin
In isolating a characteristic of leadership, you run the risk that the characteristic is considered important in its own right, and so it is with story telling. Many storytellers are not leaders; storytelling is only one aspect of the volition that characterises leaders. More crucially, many stories told by leaders are not true. This was especially evident in Australia during the mid-1980s, when the notorious entrepreneurs were skilled at creating stories of their prowess that proved to be largely illusory. A glance at the popular business press of the period reveals some skilled storytellers; but the stories were often lies. Not that those telling the stories necessarily believed that they were lying. Often the most powerful stories told by leaders are those they tell to themselves; just as storytelling is a source of leadership strength, so it can often be a source of weakness.
But what was perhaps of greater interest with the entrepreneurs, was the willingness of the audience to believe the story. The only way to explain the entrepreneurs ability to entice bankers and shareholders to part with billions of dollars of investment was that they were skilled at creating stories. When the financial bubble burst in the late 1980s it became clear that normal fiduciary guidelines had been ignored; the story had an unhappy ending.
This is typical of financial bubbles; investors are constantly looking for the gap between fundamental values and the sentiment of the market. That sentiment is the aggregation of rumors and hopes and fears that constitute a group narrative. As Joseph de la Vega observes in the classic on financial markets, Confusion de confusiones, the collective will is harnessed by stories; often the best leaders are those who can resist financial stories. They pit their individual wills against the collective volition. De la Vega writes: "Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth it is certain that he who does not give up hope will win, and will secure money adequate for the operation that he envisaged at the start. Owing to the vicissitudes, many people make themselves ridiculous because some speculators are guided by dreams, others by prophecies, these by illusions, those by moods, and innumerable men by chimeras."
Nevertheless, no leader can afford to wholly resist the general cultural narrative, the widely disseminated general story about business into which leaders tap, with varying degrees of effectiveness. For example, the business story in Australia in the mid-1980s was aggressive attack on overseas markets, in the early 1990s it was the guilt-ridden return to what the company is best at performing. In the late-1990s it is the embrace of electronic commerce. The proliferation of media outlets has increased the impact of the general social narrative; just because we live in a high-tech world does not necessarily make us less susceptible to myth (it is just that the myths are more prosaic and materialistic). The success of a leader is in part defined by his or her alignment with these broad social narratives.
Pentland says these narratives are usually reducible to the level of characters. "Characters tie events in a story together and provide a thread of continuity and meaning. Stories can be about individuals, groups, projects, or whole organisations. Stories of mergers and acquisitions, for example, are commonplace. In these stories whole organisations are personified as actors. … The personification of a whole organisation is a textual device we use to make macro-level theories more comprehensible."
Mything the point
What are the elements of good story telling? Analysts identify repetition and color as two key elements. The ability to tell is related to the ability to listen. Dennehy writes: "Just as reading can help a person's writing abilities, listening to and watching others can help improve story-telling skills. Listening to others tell stories can be a useful way to learn about structuring a narrative, coloring it with the right amount of detail, pacing the account suitably and developing the proper tone of voice for the situation. Watching a news reporter, business lecturer or stand-up comedian can provide helpful tips about such factors as eye contact and body language."
Business stories, such as those found in management magazines, tend to follow a pattern; indeed they are as rigid as the plot prescriptions of Hollywood. This is to be expected: the media is as much a production line as any other contemporary organisational activity. But it also is vulnerable to the traps of story telling. Although leaders need to tell stories to shape their personal volitions and harness the collective volition of their followers, it is well to remember that stories are artifice: they are not life. The business magazine plot, where chief executives routinely triumph over adversity, thus demonstrating their heroic fortitude and exemplifying a business moral (such as: "focus your business"; or "concentrate on the customer"), are finally as much an exercise in myth-making as any other social ritual.
Just as the word "rhetoric" has come to imply deception, story telling can readily be seen as a form of manipulation. Leaders need to use stories, but they would do well to remember that it is not reality.
Bethune, Gordon. From Worst to First. John Wiley & Sons. NY. 1999.
Dennehy, Robert. "The executive as story teller". American Management Review. NY. March, 1999.
Papows, Jeff. Enterprise.com. Nicholas Brealey. London. 1999.
Pentland, Brian. "Building process theory with narrative: From description to explanation." The Academy of Management Review. Mississippi State. October, 1999.
Micklethwait, John and Wooldridge, Adrian. The Witch Doctors. Heinemann. London. 1996.
Stark, Andrew. Times Literary Supplement. November 12, 1999.
Stewart, Thomas. "Knowledge management at work." Fortune. NY. June 7, 1999.


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Gay Lebanese Seeking AsylumBEIRUT: Lebanese homosexuals have sought political asylum in the Netherlands to escape their country's tough laws which brand homosexuality an "unnatural" act and to avoid jail at home, Lebanese officials said. Article 534 of the Lebanese penal code "bans unnatural sexual relations" although it does not explicitly refer to homosexuality, the officials in Beirut said.
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Last year the Lebanese non-governmental organization "Private Liberties" launched a campaign with the screening of a film which deals with the rights of homosexuals.
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