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I would term the sort of modern desktop computers that people use to run operating systems such as Windows and MacOS as 'workstation' class machines. In common with many of my generation, I cut my computing teeth in earlier era and on an earlier generation of computer.
In the evolutionary chain, the 8 bit microcomputer sits after the house-sized mainframe and the affordable mini-computer that cost more than a car and before the current era of cheap, commodity hardware workstations. To make further use of the evolutionary analogy, as a link, the micro computer is a missing link; like some clever primate precursor of modern human beings, it both enabled the development of and helped to define the nature of its successor. In turn, that successor, having greater fitness within its environment, superseded its progenitor, having rendered it irrelevant.
I mentioned evolution and I think that the comparison between the evolution of living things and trends in the computer market is a reasonable one. When a new idea enters the computer scene, it has to find its niche - it has to pass the test of fitness within its environment - or it quickly dies off. There is a sad aspect to this process, as a creature, or a computer, that was once successful is killed off as soon as something more successful comes along.
The other thing that brings about the death of a species of living thing is the evolution of the environment in which it fights for survival. When all of the trees die or are used up, the creature with specially adapted tree climbing faculty becomes less viable than the similar creature that didn't need to climb trees.
In this article, I'm going to explore the idea that the 8 bit home computer not only had a great deal to offer the prehistoric early-humans of 1985 but that it may also have a place in the modern world; perhaps, there is something that we can learn from it. Having identified the laudable, worthwhile elements of this class of machine, I'm going to make some suggestions towards a scheme that would embody these characteristics in the form of a machine that would have a place within the modern world.
The microcomputer: what was good about it?
Reasons for the decline of the micro
The fact is, as the 8 bit home micro was once a commercially successful class of computer, it must have had some worthy qualities. Yet, beyond a few 'enthusiast' collectors, few still run or own this class of machine. The microcomputer made the transition from being popular to being a collectors rarity in a relatively short length of time and this change of fortune must have had a cause.
I would attribute the decline of the microcomputer to two causes:
Firstly, better machines came along. After the 8 bit era, came the 16 bit era. Sixteen bit home computers such as the Commodore Amiga and early PCs also occupy a now extinct link in the evolutionary chain. A difference between the two eras would become apparent if you were ever to sit down with an 8 bit micro and a box full of tapes; you might find it interesting to toy around with. In contrast, a 16 bit mac or a 16 bit PC just isn't going to be as interesting to play around with and that's because it is merely a cut-down version of the machines which superseded it. To prove this point, I submit that you might be able to sell or give away almost any 8 bit computer, while, in contrast, a typical 16 bit machine is doomed upon its discovery in an attic; once discovered, its next stop is the fate that every high-tech piece of equipment fears most: landfill.
The second cause of its extinction was related to fitness: the world in which a computer has to survive has altered since the heyday of the 8 bit micro. These days, for a computer to have a place within a home, it must provide features like a GUI OS with multi tasking, multimedia capabilities and network connectivity.
In addition to these baseline features, the contemporary computer user expects to work within a uniform user interface. Some attempts were made to retro-implement the GUI features of later OSes back onto the 8 bit machines, but in general, a typical microcomputer offered one program loaded at once, and each program would have its own unique take on how a user interface should work.
What would it be like to try to get through a typical day with an 8 bit machine?
- I want to go on-line to look something up and check my email: just about impossible.
- I'll listen to some MP3 music: not a chance.
- I'll write an article: just about possible. I hope that they accept submissions on 5.25inch floppy disk.
Although the 8 bit micro might have had some meritorious features in it's day, as I sit here now, I don't find myself wanting to swap my Ubuntu box for my old BBC Micro. In the same way, if a person without much money and who wanted a computer, approached me for advice, I'd try to set them up with an PC that was a couple of generations behind the curve. Such machines can often be had for free or very cheaply. I certainly wouldn't set such a person up with an old 8 bit machine.
Ease of use: the 'You shouldn't have clicked on that!' factor
The idea that an 8 bit home computer offered a greater 'ease of use' than a modern GUI equipped desktop workstation might, at first, seem to be a counter-intuitive one. If you have ever instructed a person who doesn't have much experience with computers, it can be a challenge to explain concepts such as drive letters, folders, hardware drivers, managing overlapping windows and installing software. Barriers such as these can be particularly frustrating in the case of a person who just wanted to 'write a letter' or 'send an email' to a relative.
Compare this to the experience of a person using an an 8bit micro computer: On such a machine, launching a program might consist of switching the machine on with the appropriate cartridge inserted, or pressing a key combination with the right software tape in the tape drive.
Saving the current document might be a be a carried out with sequence such as:
- hit [escape] to call up the menu
- press F4
- enter a name for the document
- press return to save to disk.
Such a piece of software would not be as flexible as its modern equivalent and it would not suit most power users, but for the person who isn't particular interested in computers and just wants to complete a task such as 'writing a letter', it might seem simpler.
It's also worth noting that complexity had started to creep into the 16 bit era of home computers. Today's typical ten year old is just as familiar with the operation of a mouse as he or she would be a football, but back in the late 80's, a GUI interface might have seemed a bit daunting compared to 'press F4 to save'.
Modern GUI applications feature keyboard shortcuts but it's difficult to explain to the person who had remembered the right key combination for 'save document' that, unfortunately, they clicked the mouse in the wrong place and the word processor application had lost focus. Further more, as a result, they have unintentionally mucked things up by using those key combinations in the wrong window.
"Oh, and by the way", you add, "that bit that said, 'Click here for important information about your mortgage!', you shouldn't have clicked on that."
It's not just day to day application use that suffers from this insidious inflation of complexity. Maintenance of a computer system presents a constant cycle of small hiccups for the even the expert user too. These hiccups are, unfortunately, baffling and insurmountable to the non computer savvy.
Surely, most people reading this have been in the position of trying to get someone else's old Windows 98 box back up and running for them? In such a situation the person that you are trying to help can't help but look unimpressed when you tell them that 'for some reason a driver seems to be corrupted' and that 'it just doesn't seem to want accept the proper drivers and crashes at start up for no apparent reason'. Who doesn't feel a utter fool when telling such a person that you're going to have to reinstall because it's quicker than trying to track down the minute, obscure inconsistency that is causing the problem? "Oh, by the way", you add, sheepishly, "you'll loose loads of your settings and I'll need about an hour and half to to track down all of the drivers for all of your hardware".
Things like this just didn't happen on an old Spectrum 48k. You switched it on, put the tape in, pressed a key combination and pressed play.
This highlights an important difference between the 8 bit era and the current one. Modern machines have evolved to a level of complexity that has pushed them, beyond being a mostly deterministic system, to a level at which even an expert can be surprised by the outcome of his or her actions.
- "Introduction; What Was Good About It?"
- "What Was Good About It?; The Modern Microcomputer"
- "The Machine Itself: Hardware"
- "The Machine Itself: Software"
- "The Operating System; Conclusion"


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Your top 5 underappreciated albums
Not just an excuse to out-indie each other, but imagine of you were compiling your top 50 albums and a few stuck out as not getting a load of critical/community love. You adore them, and you think more love would be showered on them if more people heard them. Let's list five of those each and talk about how great they are.
The OP's 5:
Gathered Tones - Trouble Books
Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow - Hammock
Kiss Each Other Clean - Iron & Wine
Plantation - Arrange
An Album by Korallreven - Korallreven.
God I love those 5
(x) is greater than (y) - Negative Snow
Peeps into Fairyland - Happiness
Hanne Kolsto - Riot Break
Hanne Kolsto - FlashBlack
Promise and the Monster - Red Tide
I genuinely don't get the lack of Hanne Kolsto coverage over here.
I'd have to say
The best of the beatles.badmanreturns, thekidswhopoptoday, seedler, and SCROTUM this'd this
Gun Shy - Screaming Blue Messiahs
Saint Julian - Julian Cope
Raise - Swervedriver
Arnocorps - The Ballsy EP
Civil Civic - Rules
I DON'T TAKE SHIT FROM ANYONEcolossalhorse and codpieceface this'd this
Not all underrated, just some deserving of more praise than they get.
The Will Be Fireworks - There Will Be Fireworks. Not underrated, just not enough people have heard it and it's incredible!!
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn - Bright Eyes (not underrated as such but everyone goes on about the rest of the back catalogue so much that this one gets missed out a lot)
All the Aereogramme albums - Aereogramme. Seriously, not enough love for Aereogramme.
Tides & Tides - Sixstarhotel. Much like TWBF, I feel not enough people have heard this and it's excellent!
Canopy Glow - Anathallo. Think they might have split now, had the pleasure of supporting them in Glasgow a few years back and was stunned by how brilliant they were. Lovely people too. Think one of them now plays in that band FUN that are annoying the life out of me whilst being played 10 times a day on the radio at work.
I reckon Digital Ash counts
Considering I'm Wide Awake is the only album a lot have people have heard, and yet Digital Ash blows it out the water.
Massive ^this re. Aereogramme
Especially My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go, which is an absolutely beautiful album.gagaga, DillingersWheelman, MarkItAZero, hanshotfirst, benfyffemusic, and innisj this'd this
Er, probably something like this:
Hymie's Basement - Hymie's Basement
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back
Circa Survive - On Letting Go
had totally forgotten that cyann & ben existed.
thank you <3
absolute this to felt mountain
I dont understand how this isnt in all top 10 lists (apart from the mor ones)
Velocity Girl - Simpatico
Ballboy - A Guide For The Daylight Hours
Madder Rose - Panic On
Cheese On Bread - The Search For Colonel Mustard
Tsunami - A Brilliant Mistake
Belly - King
First half of King is blistering
though as a whole I prefer Star.
Both King and Star are brilliant. I prefer the more pop-ier King to
Star which is great but slightly darker.
Michael Hoenig - Departure From The Northern Wasteland
The Necks - Drive By
Woob - 1194
Module - Imagineering
Mystical Sun - 26000
Augie March - Strange Bird
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - s/t
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
Great thread...
1. Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days In The Glittering World Of The Salons
2. Bowery Electric - Beat
3. New Kingdom - Paradise Don't Come Cheap
4. Whipping Boy - Heartworms
5. Bows - Blush
I haven't seen anyone mention Bowery Electric in a while. I used to
love Lushlife. Freedom Fighter is a great song.
townes van zandt - live at the old quarter. better than ANYTHING dylan ever did.honestly
jacuzzi boys - so indie it never even had a physical release!it is honest to god a classic garage rock/pop album.ignore their second LP,they tried to grow up and just got crap
emmylou harris - wrecking ball.best thing daniel lanois ever did
project pat - ghetty green.if you like southern trap/rap give this a go..please! :)
mean jeans - on mars.amazing garagy pop punk.sounds like the ramones covering green day.
Joanna Newsom - Milk-Eyed Mender
Everyone (rightfully) bangs on about how great Ys is, but I rarely hear people talk about how beautiful her first record is, especially seeing as she was about 20 when she made it.
Orthrelm - OV
Absolutely insane metal riffs/drums duo play Lightning Bolt-esque stuff (but a bit death metallier) for 45 minutes with no let-up. Super, super intense and sort of unlistenable but amazing at the same time.
White Denim - all of their stuff but let's pick D as an example
Amazing super technical but poppy folky-math rock type stuff (doesn't really capture everything because they change up styles quite a lot over the course of an album). One of the most consistent bands I can think of too, having released 4 amazing albums since 2008.
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
I thought they were relatively successful but then realised that Patrick Stickles still lives with his parents. They should be fucking millionaires, this is the best album recorded since Marquee Moon.
Daughters - Canada Songs
Best grindcore/post-hardcore/noise/whatever band in my humble opinion. This album is 12 minutes of blistering radness. They throw so many ideas into so little time and aren't afraid to stick in some really fucking groovy bits too. Ace.
PS fuck off if you're going to say something cunty
about Joanna Newsom being shit/caterwauling or whatever.
Joanna Newsome is
Not as good as White Denim. I am quite happy to sit through all of their albums at once, and there is only one track I don't like. Though I don't know which one it is, it's just got unnecessary noise on it and feels out of place. Love White Denim.
proper trance music.brainfeedr this'd this
I think I prefer Hell Songs
But good shout on Daughters.
Massive fan of all three of their albums
but Canada Songs might as well be by a different band, and is so far superior to the other albums in that sort of genre (The Locust/Some Girls/An Albatross etc. etc.) that it seems weird that it isn't more lauded.
Hell Songs & the S/T are amazing but are competing against more bands because they're a less specific sound if you know what I mean - like they obviously owe a debt to The Jesus Lizard etc.
Bonnie Prince Billy - Master & Everyone
I don't see this getting too much credit - I played it to death & can still happily go back to it.
Tindersticks - Curtains
Regarded as a lesser album than their first 2 , it's always been my favourite of theirs & would probably be close to my all time top 10.
Neil Young - Mirror Ball
Just heard this yeaterday for the 1st time in years & the opening 4 songs are unbelievable. It does tail off, but definitely underappreciated.
Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
They didn't invent the wheel but they have some catalogue of great songs.
The Fall - Light User Syndrome
They've so many albums but this was the 1st I heard & I'll never forget being blown away by it.
Trouble Books
are a really good shout, they're damn good and prob not chatted about enough. I reslly like all the albums/EPs I have of theirs. Really nice low key inventive indie music with a real nice heart to it.Pale-eyedBadger, incandenza_, and pichaelmarker this'd this
Totally agree about how much heart their is in their music
Gathered Tones is the best, listening to it seems to slow the world around you down. I like concatenating fields but haven't quite got the same emotional attachment to it yet.
Their split with Mark McGuire is really good too.
its just really homely
its almost like you're eves dropping on themn pottering around the house and they happen to be singing and accidently making sounds with stuff around them. But its so well done and full of heart and mega sweet and open that it never feels as creepy as that idea should to listen to haha.
I've got... The United Colors Of Trouble Books, Gathered Tones and Trouble Books & Mark McGuire, Endless Pool. I don't think I've heard Concatenating Fields.
I love everything about Trouble Books so much
but I just can't stand the vocals. It sucks because without the vocals/if the vocals were different I could see them being my favourite band.
Big Shame
I remember not liking them at first, I had expected something with much more melodic, but now I love how plain spoken they are. As jimi alluded to, it makes it all seem so homespun and unassuming.
I could see that. I find that vocals are a very personal thing. Its why I struggle so much nowadays with so much indie. like 90% of the time they don't click for whatever reason. The words don't mean anything to me which is prob the least of the poroblems really cos if they sound good then its all good on teh whole but... If the sound doesn't fit the backing music, the accent, the emotion just doesn't feel right, phrasing, some kinda untangible and a lot of the time vocals are just there because thats what bands do rather than adding anything. I dunno its a tuff thing to get right for me so yeah I can see it being like that for pretty much any vocal music with anyone tbh.
its a good job then that Trouble Books don't have any religion-themed songs...brainfeedr this'd this
also it took me like half an hour to find it, but this is such a good song
off one of their EPs
just on a trouble books trip now. Need sleep.
I'm with you on this
Still amazed at the lack of love for last years Concatenating Fields. Also Keith Freund's solo album Constant Comments is worth a listen. Its on the spotify
thanks guys!
it's really sweet and energizing to hear such nice things! as of right now, my favorite albums of ours are "Concatenating Fields" and the "Endless Pool" EP.
We understand that the vocals can be a sticking point. They're the hardest thing for us to do too (in fact, we have a new album mostly finished except for the singing on two songs, haha), but we think it makes our project more unique and gives it more depth than just doing instrumentals.
OK, take care!
oh yeah
no there's never gonna be a track about religionM-I-E this'd this
Yeah please don't ditch the vocals
Even if they split opinion a little, I think they add a whole extra dimension to the songs.
I feel like a real douche now!
my new personal goal is to prove myself wrong and fall deeply in love with Trouble Books like everyone above.
like Keith says, Thanks guys!
I couldn't have spread the word of Trouble Books without anyone on DIS taking an interest in the first place.
For those who don't know Trouble Books and want to hear more you can on my soundcloud pages!
In order of latest to first
Concatenating Fields - https://soundcloud.com/miemusic/sets/trouble-books-concatenating
Gathered Tones - https://soundcloud.com/miemusic/sets/trouble-books-gathered-tones
Endless Pool - https://soundcloud.com/miemusic/sets/trouble-books-endless-pool-ep
United Colours of Trouble Books - https://soundcloud.com/miemusic/sets/trouble-books-the-united
Off the top of my head...
Shady Bard - Trials
Shady Bard - From The Ground Up
Cursor Miner - Danceflaw
Hope Of The States - Left
Pivot - O Soundtrack My Heart
Kiss Each Other Clean is a great call
beautiful work from Samuel Beam.
Jake Thackray- Jake In A Box (yeah it's a best of, so what? He was a genius)
Elle Milano- Acres of Dead Space Cadets (British indie's great lost hopes, rest in peace EM)
David Thomas Broughton- The Complete Guide to Insufficiency (not as overlooked as some, but should be much bigger than he is)
Bussetti- Debussetti (Massive Attack but not shit)
oh and
Doyle and the Fourfathers- Man Made
well worth getting
- rapscallion-jones this'd this
would probably change daily but today...
son lux - at war with walls and mazes
wildbirds & peacedrums - the snake
thee more shallows - more deep cuts
worrytrain - fog dance, my moth kingdom
(and because i happen to be listening to it right now ) gem club - breakers
Only 5? Tough one...
Whipping Boy - Heartworm
King of the Slums - Blowzy Weirdos
Wedding Present - Seamonsters (Albini's best ever production job)
The Aloof - This Constant Chase for Thrills
Royal Headache - Royal Headache
They fucking do.
Most exciting album I've heard in many a year.
8/9 five star tracks
needs to be heard!
for the uninitiated:
The singer has one hell of a voice on him too.
its like Sam Cooke being backed by the Sonics...
...or something similar...
Tamaryn - The Waves
We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves - John Maus
Matthew Dear - Black City
Yes re: Tamaryn (awesome record)
only got Beams by Matthew Dear (which is in my top 5 of last year), I take it I should go to Black City next?
Absolutely, Black City is brilliant
Slowdance is my favorite song of '10.
the second and third ones are ace
good work, A-money.Antelope this'd this
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks
Delicate Steve - both albums
Lambchop - Oh Ohio
Van Dyke Parks - Jump!
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
tell me about Delicate Steve
also I have 'Song Cycle' and it is well all-time - how about 'Jump!'?
Delicate Steve is great,
put out on David Byrne's label, mates with Dirty Projectors and Fang Island, influenced by African highlife, very sunny and always upbeat.
Jump is kind of operatic. Heavily orchestral pop songs, based on a book VDP wrote (or something...)
Henny Moan - The Coming Thaw
Its free as well: http://www.rpblcofmanyvoices.com/2012/01/henny-moan-coming-thaw-cdr.html
Its all odd and lo-fi kind of like Hype Williams but for my money it was better than the Hyperdub Hype Williams album last year.
Matthew wrote about it here look:
'One time member of Hounds of Hate and tangentially linked with Hype Williams, Henny Moan's output is primarily through his NTS Radio shows. They're strange séances where it's hard to know where one track ends and another begins. He builds weird tapestries woven of vocal snippets, dance music and odder affairs. His debut this year has gone pretty much unnoticed which is a travesty.'
Post-hardcore/90's emo
Garrison - Be A Criminal
Hum - Downward Is Heavenward
Grade - Under The Radar
Red Animal War - The Black Phantom Crusades
Chamberlain - Fate's Got A Driver
On Fire - Galaxie 500 such a good album, when I heard it I couldn't believe it wasn't more famous. Love late 80s alternative rock bands.
Any Other City - Life Without Buildings, such weird but so good. I think Drowned in Sound love them.
All is Well - Sam Amidon, love this album. Seriously if you like great folk music, you will love this. Great gentle voice, brilliant lovely stuff.
And I cant think of any more.Dannio108 this'd this
On Fire
is one of my absolute all time favourites. A genuine classic.
I'm gonna dig back to the 80's....
Cactus World News- Urban Beaches
Lime Spiders- The Cave Comes Alive
5 electronic ones
Advisory Circle - Other Channels
Alpinestars - BASIC
Delorean - Subiza
jj - jjno2
SMD - Delicacies
more people should write about their five
imma do mine in a bit.
i'd second gathered tones anyway, got maybe 3 or 4 really, really good songs on it, and one of my favourites
this is the second album by adebisi shank, by... yeah. That's an amazing album that not enough people listen to and i made a thread a while ago http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4361775
Native speaker by braids is also amazing, and they're incredible live too. Really quite intricate sort of indie music. Having said that i just went to link to Lemonade on youtube and it has 350,000 views. Dunno what that's about, never really heard anyone talk about them.
Uh.. any album by max richter. He's great and i dunno how many people listen to him but i bet it's loads less than a load of drone artists who try to do the same sort of thing as him but are nowhere near as good but people listen to them instead of max richter cos neo-classical isn't a very cool genre really is it. But yeah like this is a great song, really good headphone music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FN3fx8OTJI0
and, uh... kid a by radiohead
which drone artists, s_h?
I'm a fan, anyway. you should check out Jóhann Jóhannsson if you haven't already - 'Viroulegu Forsetar' and 'The Miner's Hymns' especially.
dunno, the stars of the lid sort of thing i guess
i like SOTL though. tim hecker tries to create some moods that are quite similar to the stuff max richter does, but they hold your attention loads less.
I'm a fan of both Hecker and Richter but I thinks its really reductive to say Hecker's stuff is just a pale comparison.
Braids got talked about a little when it was released
Not denouncing your suggestion but it had a little hype. Looking forward to whatever they do next.
in no particular order
Lilys - The Three Way
Sloan - One Chord To Another
Quicksilver Messenger Service - s/t
Cotton Mather - Kon Tiki
Contortions - Buy
not all of these are all time favourites just good records i'm surprised didn't get more attention
talons' rustic bullshit, actually is an all time favourite and obviously well known on this board but very little beyond
silver pines - forces, the woman from sleepover's previous and much better project, has a kind of hazy beach house sound with more old timey sounding vocals and occassionaly slabs of psych guitar noise
ghost bees - tasseomancy, sounds like creepy twin joanna newsom's
twinsistermoon - when stars glide through solid, just really pretty folk with ambient sounds always in the background
kickball -everything is a miracle nothing is a miracle, another one that got a fair bit of dis love back in the day but not widely known beyond at all
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents - I know this is fairly well known, but I think it's pretty much the best record to come out of the late seventies after Marquee Moon. Just amazing.
Pure X - Pleasure
Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe
Guided By Voices - Same Place the Fly Got Smashed
Karen Dalton - In My Own Time
My top 5
Look Blue Go Purple Compilation
A compilation of singles released by this wonderful indie pop band. One of my favourites on the flying nun roster.
Lovesliescrushing - Glissceule
Could have gone for a few other albums but I think this is my favourite. Cortez fuses shoegaze with ambient and drone which is layered with wonderfully ethereal vocals. Extremely pastoral and beautiful music.
Hash Jar Tempo - Well Oiled
A collaboration between NZ guitarist and Bardo Pond recorded at Bardo's commune in the late 90's while Roy was traveling the world.
A fusion of Bardo Pond's heavy psych with Roy's guitar soundscapes. One of my favorite collaborative albums.
Red Krayola - The Parable of Arable Land
One of the most forward thinking guitar albums ever. Precedes the development of post-punk, no wave, etc despite being critically panned at the time.
Pocahaunted - Island Diamonds
It was a real shame these guys broke up, one of my favourite bands of the 00's. Trippy as hell with hypnotic dub grooves.
Following incandenza_'s post
I shall write a bit more. However enough has been said (arguably) about Trouble Books, there are several Iron & Wine fans on here, anyone who likes pretty drones likes Hammock and if you don't know arrange then go here:
So that leaves Korallreven. Basically any fan of Air France (or other Swedish balaeric pop) who haven't heard of these guys needs to check out this album. It works really well as an album too, with the Julianna Barwick-like interludes and repeated melodies throughout the album. No word on if they'll do anything else, but for me this is the pinnacle of the Gothenburg scene.
And sort of an honourable mention to Konkylie by When Saints Go Machine, but that is well liked on here. One of the best pop albums of the last 10 years.
Paperfilm - You Should Call It
one of my favorite ambient albums in the ambient genre and an incredible achievement consider that the guy was in his mid teens when he made it.
Shora - Malval
dazzling instrumental rock in similar vein to Grails but substituting middle eastern influence for classic minimalism.
Ala Muerte - Saint Elena
Sinister ambient-folk(ish) along similar lines to Grouper, The Battle Of Land and Sea etc.
Geisha - Mondo Dell'Orrore
A truly incredible noise-rock record, manages to be both devastating and euphoric across it's duration.
Rose Kemp - Golden Shroud/Unholy Majesty
Both truly incredible albums spanning folk/doom and sludge plus her vocals are amongst the best I've heard in any genre.


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Art Museums
Massachusetts has a rich heritage of making and collecting art; this heritage is on display across the state in museums of all kinds.
The world-renowned Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has an encyclopedic collection that ranges from French Impressionists to ancient Egyptian art. The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) showcases contemporary art in its striking new building overlooking Boston Harbor. Across the Charles River in Cambridge, the Harvard Art Museums are home to works by Matisse, Picasso and Italian Renaissance masters in intimate galleries. And travelling north of metro Boston, Salem's Peabody Essex Museum exhibits connections between art, architecture and culture.
Large-scale American sculpture is sited throughout the 35 acres of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln. Worcester's Art Museum, acknowledged as one of America's leading small art museums, includes works by Cassatt, Gauguin, Goya, Monet, Sargent and Whistler. In Western Massachusetts, the Norman Rockwell Museum houses the largest collection of the illustrator's original art, many from the Saturday Evening Post. Fuller Craft Museum is one of eight museums in the country specializing in contemporary craft.
Springfield Quadrangle Art Museum, Springfield
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln
Peabody Esses Museum, Salem
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The port charts are a PDF download, they can be found by going to Nauticam.com. On the home page go to knowledge base at the upper right, then go to the port chart PDF link and download the PDF. Scroll down to the M43 lens chart then to the 12mm lens. You will see that Nauticam recommends one of the 4.33 inch ports or the 3.5 inch port combined with the 20mm port extension. The port extension also works with the Panasonic 45mm macro port for use with the Olympus 60mm macro lens.
These charts can also be found within the NauticanUSA.com site but just go to Nautican.com and follow the links.
The 17mm pancake is the F/2.8 lens the 17mm f/1.8 is the larger lens and may not work with the same results Alex got because if does not focus as close.
Phil Rudin
Ah, my mistake for using the Nauticam USA web page which clearly isn't up to date! They have a very basic m4/3 port chart only.
The m4/3 port chart direct link is: http://www.nauticam..../catalog_18.PDF
Also it seems like my GH3 kit lens 12-35 mm F2.8 is supported with the same dome as the 7-14 mm (6" wide angle port). Still I think the 12 mm F2.0 is a nice addition.
Basically three ports will cover my five underwater lenses (65 mm macro port for the Olympus 60 mm, 4.33" dome for the 8 mm fisheye and 12 mm, and 6 inch dome for the 7-14 mm and 12-35 mm).


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Okay, I just had to get this off my chest…
The Japanese manga and anime series Attack on Titan made absolutely zero sense to me until I realized it is an unmistakable analogy to World War II.
All over the internet, I kept seeing disturbing images of a giant human with no skin. I'm not particularly squeamish about violence in the media — most horror movies drive me into a fit of hysterical laughter. Plus, I'm generally fascinated by the macabre. But certain things just get to me. Like the part in the brilliant Pan's Labyrinth when Captain Vidal's face is mutilated and he sews it back together (though I adore the Pale Man). Or in Boardwalk Empire (one of my favorite shows) when Richard Harrow (one of my favorite characters) scalps another character without hesitation. And this giant skinless human is no different — sending shivers down my spine!
I soon discovered that this giant skinless human is from a series called Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人, Shingeki no Kyoujin). When I first became interested in Japan around middle school, I used to watch a lot of anime. But I tend towards live-action series or movies nowadays (a wonderful tool for practicing my language skills). I do find the occasional anime series like the amazing Gankutsuou (巌窟王): The Count of Monte Cristo (which is actually the most faithful adaptation of Dumas's masterwork) and the gripping Monster (モンスター) (scheduled to be adapted into live-action for HBO by Guillermo del Toro). In other words, I'm usually extremely picky about my anime. But, after being utterly confused by the Attack on Titan Wikipedia summary, I decided to give the series a try out of pure morbid curiosity.
So, I've been working my way through the episodes on Hulu. It might be a bit melodramatic at times and the so-called "Vertical Maneuvering Equipment" that allows the characters to leap around is pretty implausible. But it has a relatively well-constructed plot line and decent character development. The main characters Eren and Mikasa have particularly tragic yet compelling backstories. But I couldn't help a strange feeling of déjà vu…
And then it hit me! I realized that certain elements of Attack on Titan bear a striking resemblance to the renowned manga Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen), about the bombing of Hiroshima and its survivors.
For instance: In Attack on Titan, Eren and Mikasa attempt to free Eren's mother from underneath their collapsed house. But Eren's mother begs them to save themselves. Eren and Mikasa, with the help of a city guard names Hannes, flee from danger as Eren's mother is killed and eaten by a titan. This directly parallels Barefoot Gen. After the atom bomb drops on Hiroshima, Gen and his mother Kimie discover Gen's father Daikichi and Gen's siblings trapped underneath their collapsed house. Gen and Kimie attempt to free the rest of the family before they are consumed by the fire that has broken out all across the city. But Daikichi begs them to save themselves. Gen and Kimie are forced to flee from danger.
This parallel leads me to believe that the humanoid titans may have been inspired by the victims of the atom bombs. In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many victim's skin melted off or hung from their bodies in tatters. These victims must have been in excruciating pain and are depicted moving very slowly and blindly, almost like zombies. Although the titans are not meant to be sympathized with (at least not yet) as one would sympathize with the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, their movements are very similar. In this context, the one skinless titan makes so much more sense to me. I really won't be surprised if the series reveals that the titans are resulted from a human scientific experiment gone wrong and that we are indeed meant to sympathize with them.
Attack on Titan's analogy to World War II does not stop with the atom bombs. The series often explores themes related to militarism, group mentality, and self-sacrfice — topics often associated with Japan during World War II as well as World War II across the board.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Perhaps I'll post more correlations between Attack on Titan and Barefoot Gen as I continue watching!
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OCZ ModXStream-Pro 600W Review
This time around I am going to have a look at a 600W power supply from one of the main players in the memory market. OCZ Technology entered the market in August 2000, producing high speed DDR and RDRAM memory modules. They are still highly regarded for their high quality DDR2 and DDR3 memory products, but have since expanded into other areas and produce a range of flash media, power supplies, cooling products, peripherals and gaming notebooks. Let's take a close look at one of their power supplies, the OCZ ModXStream-Pro 600W and see how well it performs.
"The ModXStream Pro Series is the superlative solution for driving today's gaming systems, and is NVIDIA® SLI™ certified to power dual graphics. Professional-grade yet designed with gamers and modders in mind, this PSU is stable, robust, and sports a sleek look and compact form factor. Kept ultra-cool with a load-controlled 140mm fan, the ModXStream Pro was engineered to be the quietest PSU available and eliminate distracting noises from your PC. 80+ Certified, featuring up to 86% efficiency at typical load, this leading-edge power supply remains rock solid and powerful while retaining superior efficiency under load. "
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High quality matt film coated packaging, gloss power supply photographs and a black and red theme certainly give a good first impression. There's no doubt about the wattage, which is given on the box lid along with a gloss power supply photograph, model, warranty details, SLI logo along with some of the main features. The underside of the box is along the same lines with a 80 Plus logo and more features.
The front and rear panels give the full feature list, specification table, agency approvals and paragraph about the power supply and its features. There is a small removable cutout in the front panel which gives access to a sturdy carry handle should it be needed.
Once again, no mistaking how much power the OCZ ModXStream-Pro 600W can deliver, along with power supply photographs and a brief sentence in ten different languages, which loosely translated says "Computer power supply for gamers and enthuiasts", I think!
Lift the lid and the instruction manual sits neatly on top of the plastic bag wrapped power supply. Unlike other power supplies I have reviewed, there is no foam protection over the top of the power supply. All the cables and accessories are neatly contained in a open-ended cardboard sleeve that sits neatly down the side of the power supply.
The plastic bag wrapped power supply along with the user manual, modular cables in zipped case and power cord with US power plug.
The packaging could be better and I was surprised to see no form of protection over the top of the power supply. The worlds postal systems are by no means perfect and it would be a shame if this power supply was damaged because of this omission. The accessories bundle is satisfactory for a power supply in this class, but the instruction manual is basic with 22 pages covering nine languages.


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Rowan's "Pure Wool Superwash Worsted" is a wonderfully soft, basic worsted weight yarn. This machine washable wool, comes in a rainbow of colors, so finding the right one for your next project will be easy. Make a simple snugly sweater, a warm and cozy hat, or a cuddle-worthy afghan out of Rowan's Pure Wool!
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The South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival is gearing up to feature some of the most highly-acclaimed wines and winemakers from around the world, April 25-28. Coordinated by Chan Cox of Wine World, the four-day, charity event will feature renowned winemaker Peter Mondavi Jr., co-proprietor of the Charles Krug vineyard in Napa Valley.
"I started coming to Chan's wine event 26 years ago and have returned for key dates over the years," said Peter Mondavi, Jr. "It has been great watching the festival evolve and seeing the impressive growth. Chan's festival is bigger than a local wine event. It draws winemakers and wine lovers from around the world."
Charles Krug, operated by the Peter Mondavi, Sr. Family, is renowned for Bordeaux-style wines brimming with great fruit, amazing balance and food-friendly compatibility. The Peter Mondavi Family has effected tremendous enological and viticultural innovations over six decades, including vintage dating varietal wines, cold fermentation for white wines, and fermentation in small French oak barrels and glass-lined tanks.
"We are thrilled to have Peter Mondavi, Jr. join us and have Charles Krug represented during this commemorative year," said Cox, the festival organizer. "The wine festival at Grand Boulevard will be larger and broader in scope than other wine festivals I have coordinated in the past. In addition to showcasing some of the best vineyards in the world, we are bringing a larger focus on culinary programming and food pairings."
The South Walton Culinary Village will include an array of food tastings, wine pairings and demonstrations. Renowned local, regional and national chefs will participate in cooking demonstrations and programs that teach participants how to bring out the best in wine through pairings with food.
"The great springtime weather and fresh gulf coast seafood creates a perfect pairing for our St. Helena-Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc, which enjoys a citrusy note and pairs beautifully with fish," Mondavi shared.
Peter Mondavi,Jr. will participate in events throughout the weekend, including the VIP event, the Grand Tasting, a bottle signing and a wine seminar at the Savor South Walton Culinary Pavilion. During these events, Mondavi will feature some of their best vintages, including the 2010 Charles Krug Cabernet.
Mondavi will be featured alongside other nationally and internationally recognized wine personalities and industry experts, including Charles J. Chuck Wagner, owner of Caymus Vineyards, Anthony Truchard II of Truchard Winery, KR Rombauer III of Rombauer Vineyards and Joe Davis, winegrower and winemaker of Arcadian Winery, Lompoc, California.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation, which raises money for more than dozen local charities, serving children in need in Northwest Florida. For more information on the South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival or to purchase tickets, visit www.SoWalWine.com.


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The Kenwood AT-180 antenna tuner covers the 6 amateur bands from 1.8 to 30 MHz. Through power is 200 watts maximum. It has power scales for 20 and 200 watts. Input is SO-239 [UHF]. Antenna Output 1 is SO-239 [UHF], Antenna Output 2 is SO-239 [UHF], Antenna Output 3 is wire connection and ground.
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Walk-In Closet Envy
It's safe to say that we harbor envy towards any closet space that's over 3 feet wide (luckily the closets in our soon-to-be home are an upgrade). And while Jennifer's walk-in closet is above and beyond what is realistic for us, there are some great decor elements going on in her space.
Choosing dark paint make the clothes and shoes stand out. It also helps the space seem less busy and Jennifer can focus on what to wear for the day.
White is a great accent color when paired with darker walls. The white appears whiter and makes the closet feel classic and crisp.
Strategic display of jewelry gives the smallest hint of a bright color and adds a playful, fun element to the room.
Use hooks or a display rack for easy access to accessories. Having purses and scarves arranged in the open means you'll more likely to incorporate them into your outfit.
Mix in mirrors (hang a floor length mirror on the back of a door or place one next to your closet). Not only will it make the space appear larger, you'll be able to try on outfits with ease.
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The Sun sits down with Newberry senior point guard Tayla McGee.
SCHOOL: Newberry
YEAR: Senior
POSITION: Point guard
HEIGHT: 5-foot-3
Area girls basketball player I would pay to watch play: Jessica Thomas of Buchholz. She is one of the best point guards in Alachua County.
Best movie I've ever seen? "Coach Carter." It was a good movie.
Coach Ray Parrish's best words of advice for me: "Don't be a follower. Be a leader."
Dinner on an ideal night: Bacon burger and fries from Outback (Steakhouse).
Easiest class or part of the school day: Culinary arts, because you have no work.
Favorite thing about living in the Newberry/Archer area: I like living in the country setting. We don't have many close neighbors, and it's real peaceful at night.
Game winning 3-pointer or drive to the basket or delivering a nice pass that leads to the winning basket: Drive to the basket.
Hoisting the national championship trophy at the end of the men's and women's college basketball season will be ... I think Florida in the guys will go all the way. They are doing really good. For the girls, I think Baylor, with Brittney Griner, will win it again.
Interesting thing about me away from basketball: I run track and I like to hang out with friends.
Joker on the team: Me. I keep everybody laughing. Just silly stuff.
Kobe Bryant or LeBron James? LeBron. He's just better.
Losing the state title game to Ponce De Leon last year, after rallying from 23 points down, was ... Painful, but we kind of made history.
Note: In 2012, Newberry advanced to the state finals for the first time in school history in girls basketball.
My favorite memory playing basketball at Newberry High: Making the shot to force overtime in the district championship my sophomore year against Suwannee. We ended up winning it.
Nickname: They call me Tay.
One person in my life who inspires me most: Coach Ray. He is more than a coach, he's a friend. He helps me with my school work.
Potential college major: Dental hygienist.
Quiet time activity: Listening to music.
Reading newspapers or browsing the Internet to get my high school sports information? I do both.
Superstition I have: I don't like splitting poles. Like when you are walking to a flagpole and you walk on the side to get around it, you have to come back to the middle. That is bad luck.
Twitter or Facebook page status post? Facebook, but not on a lot. Don't have a Twitter account.
Universities or colleges considering: UCF and Santa Fe College.
Vacation spot I love: Orlando.
Winning a state semifinal for the first time in school history last year, what is the goal this season? To win state. I think we can do it. Note: Newberry opens District 7-1A tournament play on Friday in Chiefland.
Xbox, PlayStation or Wii? Xbox 360, like "Call of Duty: Black Ops."
Year I was born: 1993.
Zoo animal I like most: Lion, because he is the king of the jungle.


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HostExchange necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 93 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
We require a web 2.0-style template for our airline flight search engine.
This is the second time we've run this contest; we feel the first attempt didn't have a clear enough brief, partly because we weren't sure enough what we wanted.
We're hoping this version is more focused to make it easier for you all to work with and deliver something that hits the mark.
The most important point is that this is a flight search engine rather than a holiday booking site, so whilst it should be fresh, vibrant and friendly, we're not looking for beaches and palm trees.
See the full brief for details...
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Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
The site, "adioso.com" is an airline flight search engine, that lets the everyday public find the best flight on a given day.
It should be clean, bold and not look too professional, and should focus on simplicity and ease-of use.
The goal we're going for are sites/interfaces that are user-focused (think the mac OS X, Google's apps, Facebook).
You can see our brand/retrieve source files at here.
There are several versions/variants on the brand here - you may use whichever inspires you most - convince us you've made the right choice!
We are not locked in on colour schemes, and are open to any suggestions/variations on colour for the brand/design.
We like simple, bold, high contrast designs, with white or light coloured backgrounds (not black).
Please base your entry on this page:
The menu items should be:
- Home
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- Blog - The header bar should also include a large/prominent dropdown selector titled "Select your city". OTHER
The design should be optimized for 1024x768.
Excessive use of stock photography or other non-original elements is not desirable - we don't really want the site to end up looking like something downloaded directly of templatemonster.com.
Excessive use of icons, bad fonts (eg, Trebuchet)
In our first attempt at this contest, we had some reasonably good entries but most had too many travel-site cliches like beaches, palm trees, city skylines, blue skies & fluffy clouds and flight attendents.
Whilst it may be appropriate to include a plane in the design, this is not mandatory and encouraged only if it enhances an already good design.
This service is a search engine; ie, a functional tool, not a sales site, so we would like the design to reflect that.
Think facebook, google apps/analytics, linkedin, but with a touch more web 2.0-style sparkle worked in to make it really shine.


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Namaz times Bahia Blanca (islamic prayer times) today (19 december 2018)
Welcome, friends! On this page you can find the exact namaz timings in Bahia Blanca (salah, salat, zalá, azalá, sala) for today and any other time - day, week, month or even a year. Namaz need to be read at the right time, so our data are reliable and valid by several implemented methods of calculation that you can select from the dropdown list: "Shia Ithna-Ashari", "University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi", "Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)", "Muslim World League (MWL)", "Umm al-Qura, Makkah", "Egyptian General Authority of Survey", "Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran". With regard to the muslim prayer times you should take into account that the height of the observer's position is influence on observation of sunrise and sunset, as well as the existence of "obstacles" on the horizon, such as mountains or buildings. For example, in a skyscraper Burj Khalifa, you can observed sunrise from the first floor and from the top floor with a difference of 2-3 minutes. Therefore, if you have the opportunity to watch the sunrise and sunset by your own, you need to rely on your observation for making your namaz timetable.


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Hazrat Mahdi's (as) works of faith-related issues will be instrumental in people attaining salvation in the End Times
Ali ibn Abu Talib says: "The Prophet (saas) said to me in a long will: "O Ali! The most astonishing ones among the people in terms of faith and the greatest people in terms of certitude are those who will come in the End Times. They have never seen the Prophet (saas) and the Imam [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] is hidden from them. THEY HAVE FAITH BY MEANS OF BLACK LETTERS EMBROIDERED ONTO WHITE PAGES (WRITTEN DOCUMENTS)." (Man La Yahzuruhu 'l-Faqih, Vol. 1, p. 269)
We are told that in the End Times books will be printed with black letters on white pages and that the followers of Hazrat Mahdi (as) will read these books prepared under his leadership. As it is known, Hazrat Mahdi's (as) followers will not be certain that he is Hazrat Mahdi (as), but they will hold positive thoughts about him because of the portents that can be seen.


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Black and white photo, found in Tullar Meredith Company envelope, 2.5 inches by 4 inches.
Found in "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas. Published by the Wm. L. Allison Co., circa 1880.
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Order to Cease and Desist Issued to Susan Darlene Beckett Becomes Final
Atlanta, Georgia — On March 10, 2014, an Order to Cease and Desist issued by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance ("Department") to Susan Darlene Beckett, NMLS# 691087, became final.
This Order to Cease and Desist was issued by the Department after evidence was obtained during the course of the investigation of Ms. Beckett's mortgage loan originator application showing that she engaged in residential mortgage brokering and/or originating activities without a license or under an applicable exemption in violation of O.C.G.A. § 7-1-1002.
As of August 1, 2010, all mortgage loan origination in Georgia must be performed by a licensed mortgage loan originator unless performed pursuant to an applicable exemption to licensing. Specifically, it is prohibited by Georgia law for any person to transact business as a mortgage loan originator for compensation or gain, or in the expectation of compensation or gain, to take mortgage loan applications, or offer or negotiate terms of mortgage loans without a mortgage loan originator license or pursuant to an exemption from licensure.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A § 7-1-1013 it is prohibited for any person transacting a mortgage business in or from this state to misrepresent the material facts or make false statements or promises likely to influence, persuade, or induce an applicant for a mortgage loan, a mortgagee, or a mortgagor to take a mortgage loan. Misrepresenting a material factor related to the license status of a mortgage loan originator, including the existence of a mortgage loan originator license, to an applicant for a mortgage loan, a mortgagee, or a mortgagor to take a mortgage loan would be considered a violation of this code section.
The Department may revoke the license of a mortgage broker or lender that employs an individual against whom a final Order to Cease and Desist has been issued within the preceding five years if the order resulted in a violation of O.C.G.A. § 7-1-1002 or O.C.G.A. § 7-1-1013.
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The Department is the state agency that regulates and examines Georgia state-chartered banks, state-chartered credit unions, and state-chartered trust companies. The Department also has responsibility for the supervision, regulation, and examination of Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Banks (MALPBs) chartered in Georgia. In addition, the Department has regulatory and/or licensing authority over mortgage brokers, lenders and processors, mortgage loan originators, check cashers, sale of check companies, money transmitters, international banking organizations, and bank holding companies conducting business in Georgia.


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The New Must-Have Pant for Fall: #THIS. w/ Elizabeth Holmes
Slouchy track pants with drawstring waistbands are making a big statement for fall. Wall Street Journal reporter Elizabeth Holmes stops by Bloomingdale's to learn how to wear this cool and comfortable style for work and weekend wear.
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|Free Republic 4th Quarter Fundraising Target: $88,000
|Receipts & Pledges to-date: $88,382
|Woo hoo!! OVER THE TOP!! Congratulations, everyone!! Thank you all very much!!
Posted on 04/25/2013 10:35:10 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Dear FReepers, FRiends, Countrymen and Patriots:
We need your support to keep FR strong, keep America strong, to resist tyranny!!
We need FR now more than ever. Obama's Marxist/Islamofascist regime is in a mad rush to destroy the final remnants of our constitution and our traditional American way of life.
We love America. We love our constitution. We cherish our God-given unalienable rights. We cherish and depend on our rights to free speech, free press, freedom of religion, freedom to keep and bear arms, freedom to be secure in our homes and personal affairs, freedom to travel, freedom to enjoy the fruits of our own labor.
But the socialist don't. The Marxists don't. The Islamofascists don't.
The socialist Democrat party led by Marxist/socialists Obama, Reid, Pelosi, et al, are hell bent on restricting ALL of our cherished God-given unalienable rights. They want to restrict God Almighty himself!!
The godless Marxist/fascist/socialist liberals and progressives want no limits whatsoever on their corrupt greed and lust, and thirst for unlimited government power and control over every aspect of our lives!!
The Communist/Marxist/socialist liberals have infested our society and all of our public institutions. Our government, our schools, our churches, our fraternal organizations and clubs, our scouting organizations, our media and entertainment industries, our corporations, our trade unions, our neighborhoods, our military. Everywhere. They've even infiltrated into the Republican party and now into our tea party which sprang up from the grassroots up to fight them!!
They are the enemy of capitalism, the enemy of the constitution, the enemy freedom, the enemy of free religion, the enemy of morality, the enemy of free society, the enemy of America, the enemy of God Himself!!
And very few people are actually standing up to them.
They allow no crisis to go wasted. They THRIVE on turmoil and crisis. They thrive on these to pass ever more restrictive laws, rules and regulations and to curtail even more of our freedoms. They thrive on unemployment, strikes, political and social unrest and upheaval. They thrive on social tension, business downturns, race, class and social warfare, illegal alien invasions, unemployment, deficit spending, big taxing, big borrowing. They thrive on drug wars, drug lords, drug gangs, mass murder. They thrive on terrorist attacks on America and gun battles in our streets!!
All of these things allow them to pass even more draconian laws, restrict even more of our rights, entrench and root themselves even more deeply into our institutions and our society. They are restricting our rights to travel unmolested by government goons. They have been for years attempting to disarm us and they're using mass murder perpetrated by crazed individuals to step up that effort. They are attempting to destroy religion, morality and family values by forcing us via government power to accept homosexual perversion as normal. They've already done so with easy divorce and "legal" (because a liberal court says so) abortion.
And get ready for it because their Marxist/socialist/fascist propaganda arm is now beginning to condition us to "their" fact that we're going to have to accept random terrorist attacks throughout America as the new norm and there's "nothing we can do about it." And that when these attacks occur, the government will sometimes have to suspend the constitution so they can do armed house to house searches in the name of making us "safe and secure."
Like hell you say!! It's way past time to stop the madness!!
The last I heard this nation is at war against Islamic terrorism and any nation that harbors or offers aid and comfort to known terrorist organizations!! We should immediately clamp a moratorium down on immigration from any of these nations!!
And we do not need "comprehensive reform" of the immigration laws. We need to get an immediate handle on immigration!! That would best be accomplished by impeaching president Obama for his gross negligence and willful dereliction of duty and willful failure to enforce the law. The Congress should either FORCE him to enforce the law immediately or IMPEACH him!! The congress should immediately scrap their 800 page open borders amnesty bill and instead just tighten the immigration policy. We don't need a new law to clamp down on the illegal invasion. We just need a congress with the balls to put their teeth into the backside of the president and his neglectful partisan lieutenants.
And we should immediately FIRE Janet Napolitano for gross incompetence and negligence and for trying to redirect the security forces that she heads up to concentrate on harassing American citizens instead of going after the enemy!! She's even written that white constitution defending Christian patriot veterans are more of a threat to America than the terrorists!! Give me a break!! Got news for her. SHE is a threat to America and she sits in a position of power where she can carry out her threats, and her boss, B. Hussein Obams (himself a Marxist Islamofascist), cheers her on!!
Stop the out of control government spending! It's being spent on unconstitutional socialist programs, unconstitutional partisan (Marxist/socialist/fascist) rule making regulatory bodies and unconstitutional draconian police state security forces!!
Cut the federal socialist idiocy and return all of these unconstitutional functions (if they are needed at all) to the states and the people per the US Constitution!!
Stop the high taxes that are eating us out of house and home and places of employment!! Stop the deficit spending and the borrowing and the money printing which is mortgaging our future and endangering our very ability to survive as a free nation!!
Stop Obama and his legions of Marxist Islamofascist political animals from politicizing all of our government institutions and agencies, including now with many others the DOJ, the DHS, the FBI, the CIA, the immigration and border security agencies, and the military!! These agencies should not be partisan agencies promoting and enforcing the Marxist/socialist agenda!! No government institution should be!! They should all be defending America and the citizens and upholding, supporting and defending the Constitution of the U.S., first and foremost!!
Now is the time to RESIST!! Now is the time to defend God, Family, Country.
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Dear Senators and Congressmen: Do your sworn duty!! Secure the nation!! Secure our Borders!! Tighten up our immigration policies!! Defend the Constitution, defend our God-given Rights!! Force the president and the high officials of the executive branch to ENFORCE THE LAW!! And if they can't do it or refuse to do it IMPEACH THEM!! No more BOSTON massacres!!
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McKean County Fair queen
Hannah Wise (center), Miss Port Allegany, was crowned Monday evening as the McKean County Fair queen. Lea Earley (left), the reigning Miss Kane High, was one of five contestants in the Queen Contest at the fair. Earley is the daughter of Frank and Elaine Alcorn of Mt. Jewett and Raymond Earley of Ellicottville, N.Y. Lauren Stratton (right) of Smethport was named as the first runner-up in the Queen Contest.


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Whatever does he mean? Seriously, does this look obsessed to you?...
It's not like I just ordered some egg molds and picks and another bento box with matching bag and water bag...um...ok maybe I did.
And maybe some of my stuff is still at the babysitters. And maybe that doesn't show hubby's sectioned plate for his lunches. And maybe I did go hog wild a bit at the disney store, but in my defense they were just so stinking cheap and cute! And I HAD to order the latest one because I needed one more grown up appropriate for ME to take to work.
Just the new girl around here looking for some lunch ideas.
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6:30 pm
Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "High and Mighty, Part 3" Exciting surprise in this episode - learn the importance of multiple-step painting that creates a high quality art piece. See advance techniques of the hake brush that quickly suggest the presence of Aspen trees. Finish this episode with placing the shadow color of the snow. D
7:00 pm
Cooking with Nick Stellino "Espresso Ribeye & Fried Green Tomatoes" Sometime in life, the most unexpected combination of flavors creates true culinary masterpieces. In this episode Chef Stellino does just that, a magic rub containing espresso turns a great steak into a work of art. Then Nick teaches us how to create a southern favorite, Fried Green Tomatoes. D
7:30 pm
Chef's Life "Cracklin' Kitchen" Vivian goes about christening the restaurant's new "whole animal, no waste" program with two little pigs from Warren Brothers' farm. She uses everything - including the skin - and, on her father's recommendation, demonstrates how to make sweet potatoes with cracklins. D
8:00 pm
This Old House "Arlington Italianate Project 2014/Getting to Level" Tom shows Kevin the systems he's devised for leveling out both the ceiling in the new open kitchen and the floor in the new finished basement, and he and Norm cut a hole for a new window. Landscape architect Cricket Beauregard shares her solutions for the shady front yard with Roger and homeowner Heather Faulds, taking them to see some of her work in other gardens around Arlington. D
8:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Copenhagen" Rick finds reminders of Viking history, strolls Europe's first great pedestrian boulevard, ogles crown jewels in the palace treasury and visits Tivoli Gardens.G
9:00 pm
Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope "Dreamin' California's Coast - Malibu to Big Sur" Joseph and Julie celebrate their anniversary by joining a Luxury Tour that begins in their home town of Topanga. They head to the nearby Getty Villa and from there travel north along the winding coast to Santa Barbara and continue to the Big Sur.G
9:30 pm
Lidia's Italy In America "New York's Southern Italian" Lidia makes cannelloni, explores pasta making traditions in Italy and makes a Brooklyn discovery in Frankie's Spuntino, two men cooking Italian-American food with a modern twist. D
10:00 pm
Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Forgotten Cookies" NULL
10:30 pm
Simply Ming "On the Road - Boston Vendor Trucks - Mobile Cuisine" Our 10th Anniversary season closes with a very unique episode of Simply Ming. Ming ventures into the heart of Boston's sophisticated street food scene when he visits four different vendor trucks and tries his own hand at creating the latest sensation in culinary creations. With the help of the vendor chefs, Ming will create a delicious BBQ marinade, his own take on grilled cheese, a unique East-West Vietnamese sandwich and he'll top it all off with a tasting adventure on the cupcake truck!. D
11:00 pm
Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Magical Morocco" Joanne shows us just how easily and quickly a deliciously spiced lentil soup can be made when you have the right spices in the pantry. She continues to spice it up with her student John, building a warm Moroccan chicken and sweet potato salad, cooling it off with a cardamom and ginger cocktail she has aptly named the Marrakech 75. Recipes: Spiced Lentil Soup, Warm Moroccan Chicken and Sweet Potato Salad, and Marrakech 75 Cocktail. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Copenhagen" Rick finds reminders of Viking history, strolls Europe's first great pedestrian boulevard, ogles crown jewels in the palace treasury and visits Tivoli Gardens.G


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March 20, 2013
Washington, D.C. -- In an unprecedented action by the federal government, the spending bill about to be passed by the United States Senate does not include funding needed to continue lifesaving medications to nearly 8,000 low-income people with HIV. As part of the bill that will fund the federal government through the end of September, both the House of Representatives and the Senate have failed to continue $35 million for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The spending bill also failed to continue $10 million for clinical medical care provided through Part C of the Ryan White Program.
"While we have faced severe waiting lists for people wanting to take medications in the past," said Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director of The AIDS Institute, "failure to provide funding for existing patients is a dangerous unprecedented action by the U.S government." Once a patient begins antiretroviral treatment, the drugs must be taken every day without interruption or the person can quickly become ill. Resistance to medications can occur, even with a single missed dose, leading to serious health complications and higher health costs.
President Obama increased funding for ADAP on World AIDS Day, 2011 in response to the growing wait lists and at the urging of several Members of Congress. Earlier House and Senate versions of the FY13 spending bills continued this money, and even included significant increases to address the eight percent growth in clients ADAP experienced last year.
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Tom Harkin attempted to address the ADAP funding cut with an amendment that would have resolved this issue, among other things. Unfortunately, it failed on a party-line vote on the Senate floor. Without the $35 million continuation in ADAP funding, states such as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nebraska, Tennessee and several others will likely stop providing medications to many ADAP clients.
"We hope that before the bill is finalized and sent to the President, Congress will see fit to find a way to continue this funding to avoid any interruptions in lifesaving care and treatment With sequestration and discussion of further budget cuts, continuation of this funding is an absolute necessity," concluded Schmid.
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I love Costco! I'd buy everything there if I could.
Educating HDTV Shoppers
I was strolling through Costco the other day, looking to buy 55 gallons of something I don't need but can't resist at the price, when I saw this flier attached to all the store's HDTVs (forgive on the photo quality- I was shopping and had to use my iPhone's camera).
Mark this day down. I don't know what the cost in pennies is for this flier to get slapped on every HDTV in existence, but I do know it's value: freaking priceless! (I must really like this because I haven't even gone agape at the $950 price tag on this 42" 1080p VIZIO flat panel!)
This answers about 7,000 emails I've received during my time in this biz, succinctly and with perfect clarity.
Not to be a total ingrate, but why has it taken this many years into this HDTV transition to execute something so perfectly helpful? I know I hadn't suggested it, but then it's not my job to peddle HDTVs and make people happy with their purchases either.
Still, hooray! This simple idea, perfectly executed, is exactly the kind of thing we need more of in this HD era. Throw in a reference to a Blu-ray player being one of these HD sources and this thing really takes off!
speaking of educating, i would appreciate stores like best buy and other big name home theater carriers to educate their employees on plasma burn in. people still believe that if you buy a plasma, you will get burn in. it is beyond foolish. studies show that after leaving a frozen image on a plasma for 48 hours, and then running a moving image for the same time, the screen is completely clean. this was before anti burn in features now available. but who in their right mind would leave a frozen image on a screen for longer than two days and then not use it for anything else. the only reason to not get a plama is if you mostly use your display for gaming(more than 50% of use) or you're on a budget. i mean how many people in good sense would choose a sony or samsung lcd over any pioneer(even non 1080p). david budo
Now, can we do something about retailers who imply that their DVD players can upconvert your DVDs to Hi-Def? The consumer needs to know that an upconverting player is just doing what your HD TV was going to do anyway: scale the video signal to match the TV's resolution.
I can not wait until these retailer suffer the truth in labeling kind of tagging that is sorely missing to date. The positition that these retailers take is sort of a trust in a unregulated enviroment. I am sure the reason you have not seen that disclosure is that it wouldn't sell the HDTVs. The average consumer after 10 years of this is still confused as to what they need to do after 2/2009. Get ready for more bull from the big box retailers just to sell product. I recently had a Best Buy employee at their Davenport, Ia facility tell my significant other that if a TV didn't have a HDMI port IT WOULD NOT WORK PAST 2009! Being somewhat informed she asked why our current Tv then had the HDTV with tuner logo on the front. His answer: "the manufactures are always changing what you need to have". I encourge those with a good rep (like this site) to refute these kind of claims and spearhead a move to regulate just what these guys can say.
How about a label that reads. "You must have an antenna to receive free Off-Air broadcasts"While cable and satellite program providers will continue to serve the great majority of homes as the primary signal source, missing HD local reception, compression issues, higher costs, billing add-ons, service outages, contact difficulties, in-home service waits and no shows have left many of these subscribers looking to OTA antennas as a good alternatives.Most TV consumers think of antennas as low-tech devices, but there is more behind some of the newer antenna designs than just bent metal and plastic. Many of the TV antenna designs on the market today such as the Yagi and rabbit ears have technology roots going back 30 to 50 years or more. Considering the investment in TV entertainment already made by many viewers, shouldn
As everyone has already noted, it comes down to educating the general population. I am a home theater enthusiast to the bone (I wish my wallet was as well). At work I routinely field questions about the erroneous belief that plasmas have to be refilled when the gas runs out in 2 years and how long the florescent bulbs in a LCD last. It really just boils down to training and researching your purchases. I read a lot of reviews and articles before purchasing my Panasonic Plasma and PS3. So lets get out there and start educating our neighbors, friends, and co-workers and make it a better place for all of us.
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The Princess and the Split Pea Soup
December 4, 2009
There's nothing nicer than walking in the door after a long day of work and having dinner waiting on the table. Makes you feel like a princess :0)
I was greeted with a steaming bowl of split pea soup garnished with cilantro and freshly grated parm. See below for the rest of the recipe:
Split Pea Soup
- 6 cups of water
- 2 bullion cubes (chicken or beef, your preference)
- 1 cup of dried split peas
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon curry
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- chopped fresh cilantro
- freshly grated parmesan cheese
Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer for 45 minutes, then blend with an emulsifier before serving. Serve topped with cilantro and parmesan cheese.


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Control platform receives major upgrade
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released Centum VP version 5, its flagship integrated production control system and foundation of its Vigilant Plant program. Developed with the aim of bringing companies operational excellence through the use of field digital technology, Yokogawa says it will continue to provide solutions that help customers' plants achieve operational excellence, with an eye on becoming the leading company in the industrial automation business.
The company points out that field digital technology has been introduced in many industries and is helping to increase maintenance efficiency in manufacturing plants. Yokogawa started its main developments in that area when it first released Foundation fieldbus compliant products in 1998, and has participated in defining international standards for fieldbus networking that reduce the need for field wiring, allow use of intelligent field devices, and improve the management and diagnosis of digital field devices, thus playing an essential role in optimizing plant operations. Advances in field digital technology have led to drastic increases in the volume and variety of field data, and Yokogawa has added developments to help users make better use of this resource.
Control systems must be capable of handling a massive amount of field data at comfortable speeds, and Yokogawa says it has added new capabilities to Centum VP 5 that improve the use of plant information and reduce lifecycle costs with simplified engineering. It will also enable unified plant operations by integrating with many other systems. New features include:
1. New Field Control Station (FCS) featuring four-times the processing performance, twice the application storage capacity, and five-times the control network throughput.
2. Unified Gateway Station (UGS) that improves integration with other systems, allowing Centum VP to control and monitor all the systems at plants, including PLC systems. Despite the differences in such systems, all of their operation windows will have the same look and feel. Operators will now only need to learn how to use the Centum VP HMI, making the overall system easier to operate. In oil and gas fields and other applications where facilities may be scattered over a very wide area, the UGS can establish a link with the small-scale systems (such as utilities) at each site as well as with Yokogawa's Stardom network-based control system.
3. Enhanced alarm management based on ISA18.2 standard using Yokogawa's consolidated alarm management software for human interface station (CAMS for HIS). These new functions have been optimized for the management of change process specified in the ISA18.2 standard's alarm management lifecycle model.
4. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 support is included so that customers can reduce the cost of maintaining the PCs connected to their plant networks.
Yokogawa is positioning this product family to expand its base of process control and monitoring in industries such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, chemicals, electric power, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, iron and steel, water supply, and sewage treatment.
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timsatt, here's an article to fo with your post I asked you about earlier.
With about 5 minutes left in the first half, Damon Huard and Larry Johnson erupted in outrage over the offensive play-calling that had the Chiefs down two scores to the Vikings and headed for an 0-3 start.
Johnson had been tackled in the backfield, again. He popped up from the ground, spiked the ball and joined Huard in demonstrably yelling toward the Kansas City sideline. A ref flagged Johnson for delay of game.
Two plays later, Huard came off the field and screamed at quarterbacks coach Dick Curl as kicker Dave Rayner completed Kansas Citys seven-play, seven-yard drive with a 39-yard field goal.
Players were emotionally in the game and got mad, Herm Edwards explained in the aftermath of his teams ugly, season-saving 13-10 victory over Minnesota.
(They) got mad at calls, got mad at what we were asking them to do, they got mad at coaches, coaches got mad at players.
Huard and Johnson may have accomplished what booing Chiefs fans, angry sports columnists and rational players such as Brian Waters couldnt. Huard and Johnson shamed Edwards, Curl and offensive coordinator Mike Solari into running an offense that made some sort of sense.
Down 10-3 at the break having featured fullback/tight end Kris Wilson (three receptions, 13 yards) in the sideways passing game, the Chiefs unleashed the downfield Gonzo-Bowe attack the final 30 minutes.
In the second half, Tony Gonzalez and Dwayne Bowe combined for 11 catches, 153 yards and one TD. In the opening 30 minutes, the pair generated one reception for 14 yards. The Chiefs basically ignored Bowe, the lone Chief to score a touchdown this season.
Hey, it wasnt quite the return of the Dick Vermeil-Al Saunders-Trent Green circus, but the Chiefs were able to move the football, produce first downs, score 10 points and accept the victory the officiating crew handed KC when it wiped out a Minnesota TD catch in the second quarter.
You have to walk before you can jog. The Chiefs took their first positive steps on Sunday. Edwards, Curl and Solari identified their offensive playmakers and made a concerted effort to get them the ball.
We wanted to get the ball to three guys in our offense, Edwards said. It has to rotate among three guys 27, 88 and 82. I talked about that this week with our staff.
And Huard and Johnson reminded the staff late in the second quarter. Normally, Id criticize Johnson for drawing such a silly penalty. But, honestly, this coaching staff needed to be publicly embarrassed. Losing wasnt enough. Getting booed at home wasnt enough. Vicious newspaper columns didnt do the trick.
The Punt-uda Triangle Herm, Curl and Solari had to be called out in front of 80,000 spectators to force the proper adjustments.
After the game, I jokingly asked Gonzalez who would be the first to take a swing at Dick Curl Johnson or Huard.
Probably Damon because he has to work with him every day, Gonzalez joked.
Let me be the first to gladly admit that I was wrong about Dwayne Bowe. I had previously suggested he was the second coming of Sylvester Morris. That doesnt appear to be true. Although we should keep in mind that Sly Mo had a three-TD day against San Diego his rookie year and then disappeared.
Right now, Bowe looks like the outside playmaker the Chiefs desperately need. He scored Sunday on a 16-yard fade pass when he was perfectly covered. He simply leaped in the air, snatched the ball and tapped his feet inbounds.
Damon made a great throw, and I made a great catch, Bowe accurately summarized.
When Eddie Kennison returns from his hamstring injury, the Chiefs just might have a formidable passing attack, a threat that might create running lanes for Larry Johnson.
We cant get LJ going until (Bowe) makes people respect our passing game, Waters said.
Johnson had 42 yards in 24 carries. The interior of Minnesotas defensive line manhandled Waters, Casey Wiegmann and John Welbourn in the running game.
Well, now its on to sunny San Diego, where the Chargers are a disappointing 1-2, as well. There are likely to be a lot of angry and emotional players inside Qualcomm Stadium. Itll be interesting to see which superstar running back snaps first, LJ or LT.