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A New York Winter's Tale
Even without having read Mark Helprin's novel Winter's Tale, I have the unshakable feeling that Akiva Goldsman's film adaptation does not do the story justice. Speckled throughout the moreover colorless movie are hints of an intriguing idea - a fantasy epic about an angel-demon bureaucracy coexisting with the human race throughout the span of 20th century New York City, operating within the parameters of a didactic miracle-granting system - an idea that doesn't come close to its full potential. In 118 minutes, we barely scratch the surface of the world in which an apparently immortal Colin Farrell finds himself. We see him cavort with Russell Crowe, a malicious gang-leader with netherworld origins, seek guidance from a mystical Pegasus, and carry out his destiny as the savior to a mysterious red-haired girl. But we never truly understand why any of this is happening. Not that it gets particularly confusing; on a plot level, it's all quite simple. But that's the problem - it shouldn't be.
The central conceit of the film is that everyone is put on this Earth with a divine mission to uphold. Farrell's gives us the narrative of Winter's Tale, introducing the various rules and officers of the supernatural regime along the way. Abandoned as a baby and brought up under the criminal regime of a Manhattanite from Hell (Crowe), Farrell ascends from orphan to petty thief to horse whispering renegade to whimsical lover of a dying Jessica Brown Findlay to ageless messiah... all without much clarity on the nature of the story (or stories) he's occupying, save for two ham-fisted scenes of exposition - one with Graham Greene (not the dead author) and one with Jennifer Connelly, who shows up halfway through the movie for some reason.
The world that Farrell is woven into has so many bright spots: we're on board for miracle quests, a magic-laden New York City, flying horses, and one of the biggest stars in Hollywood giving a cameo as the epitome of evil. Everything we see is fun, but it all flutters away as quickly as it arrives. We don't want quick bites of the way angels and demons do business with one another on the streets of Manhattan, we want the whole meal. A more thorough exploration of Helprin's world wouldn't just be doubly as interesting as the thin alternative we're offered in Goldsman's adaptation, it'd also fill in all the comprehensive gaps in Farrell's emotional throughline
We don't really understand so much of what happens to Farrell. Even when we're offered tangible explanations, we have no reason to understand why the Winter's Tale world works in such a way that Farrell might survive a 300-foot fall, develop amnesia, or sustain youth for a full century. What's more, we don't understand why Farrell's tale as a cog in this mystical machine is any more important than anyone else's. Or, if it's not, and we're simply asked to watch him carry out his quest as a glimpse into the vast, enigmatic system that Winter's Tale is ostensibly founded upon, we ... we don't understand enough of that world itself.
We're never invited close enough to any of the movie's attractive features for them to matter. So even when the movie does offer entertaining bits - in its fantastical elements, its detail of New Yorks old and new, or Farrell's admittedly charming romance with Findlay - we're not engaged enough to really connect with any of them.
Still, the flying horse is pretty cool.


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Welcome To The Woods!Tothewoods.net is a collection of my thoughts on hammock camping, lightweight backpacking, DIY gear, and trip reports. I started it because I was doing so much research on how to stay warm and comfortable in a hammock, and at that point (approx. 2002) there weren't many places with this kind of info. I knew I wasn't the only one with these questions, so I started cataloging my research and projects to make it easier on others doing the same research. People started emailing with their own ideas to discuss, and then ATTroll and I started HammockForums.net as an offshoot of Whiteblaze.net, and all the ideas started feeding off of each other and turning into LOTS of new and innovative projects.
We eventually reached a tipping point, and today Hammock Forums has become the go-to place for advanced info on camping hammocks. I still run this site as a place for newbies to learn the basics of hammock camping, and as a catalog of my projects, trip reports and thoughts. In a few articles, I summarize some key aspects of hammock camping just to keep the info organized in one place so it's easier to digest, without having to sort through all the threads on all the forums that discuss the details of hammocking.
|What's New?
|12 August 2013: All Six Mods Resign from HammockForums.net
Dear HammockForums.net members,
In October 2006, we started Hammock Forums to create the internet's most useful repository of hammock information on the internet, and to provide a peaceful sanctuary for hammock enthusiasts to discuss our shared interest. Through careful selection of moderators and by paying special attention to creativity, originality and respectful discourse, Hammock Forums grew into a unique community that many members proudly say is the best forum on the internet.
Integrity has always been the foundation of our operations here, and has undergirded that creativity and respectful discourse. This applies to members ensuring they give credit when using others' ideas, vendors (until recently) carefully ensuring they don't steal other vendors' ideas or profit directly from members' ideas without giving credit, and the moderator staff being as transparent as possible in the site's operations.
One key aspect of the site's operations that deserves special scrutiny is the donation procedures. The mod staff historically has proudly proclaimed that we moderate Hammock Forums on a strictly volunteer basis, and that all donations go solely towards site operations or improvement. We do not personally profit from your donations. However, you may notice that we have not been saying this recently.
This is because several months ago, the site's owner withdrew access to HF's financial accounts from all six moderators. Frankly, we have no idea what is happening to thousands of dollars of your donation monies. We have directly asked why the access was removed, and given an ultimatum that without access - not even spending authority, but only access to view - we can no longer moderate this website with the integrity we require. We offered several opportunities to remedy this situation but were rebuffed each time.
Therefore, it is with heavy hearts that all six of HF's moderators - Just Jeff, angrysparrow, NCPatrick, Cannibal, headchange4u, and John Sawyer - are resigning as Hammock Forums' moderators. We stand in agreement that if we cannot keep our word to the members, we will no longer represent their website. Furthermore, if the owner will not keep his word to us, we will not continue enabling him to profit from our efforts and from your donations. For us, integrity is more important than participation in any website.
We're sure Hammock Forums will continue without us and we wish you all the best in the future.
Jeff, Sam, Patrick, Grant, Jason and John
The thread is here if you'd like to seem some discussion before it was closed. https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=77919
|8 January 2013:Posted my first setup experience with the Green Handy Hammock stand.
|6 January 2013:Haven't posted for a while, but Handy Hammock sent me some gear to test! Here's my Initial Review of the Green Handy Hammock stand.
|3 August 2010:Added a tutorial on how to mod a Hennessy Explorer to use cinch buckles.
|1 August 2010: Finally got around to posting my weeklong trip thru the Smokies National Park (GSMNP). 3-9 June, 7 days and almost 100 miles. One of my favorite trips yet!
|16 May 2010: Posted the Trip Report for the Colorado Spring Hang (8-9 May) at the Shafthouse, Goose Creek Trail, Lost Wilderness, CO. It ended up only being three of us but it was still a great trip to a beautiful area!
|25 Apr 2010: Added the little Bushbuddy Stuffsack I made, since BPL sent it with a mesh one that wouldn't protect my pack from soot.
|21 Apr 2010: Added the Hanging Food Bag that has a squared bottom with webbing on it, so I can hang it upside down and it'll have less chance of my food getting wet when it rains.
|11 Apr 2010: Added the vendor list with logos to the bottom of the Hammock Camping front page.
|10 Apr 2010: Added the Nov 07 trip to Congaree National Park in South Carolina. I hung two hammocks from the same suspension and both were inside the same Hammock Sock. Worked out well, at least with an 8 y/o! And we got some pics of several tracks that were on the sandy beach next to our campsite. (Link)
|9 Apr 2010: Added a trip I did in July last year to Springer Mtn, GA. I used the WBBB, a 9 oz UQ that's 61" long, and the Murmur pack for an 8.2 oz base weight. (Link)
|8 Apr 2010: I'm tweaking a few things on the page...trying to update the format, taking out the broken links, etc. Not a lot of content updates yet, just fixing a few things that have been bugging me for a while.
|4 Apr 2010: Added the Edison Hammock...a failed attempt at a shaped footbox.
|5 Mar 2010: Added the Colorado Winter Hang page. Twelve of us at Burning Bear Campground at just below 0F.
Useful Hiking LinksI don't want this page to be overrun with links that I can't keep updated, so I'll only post my Top 5 or 6 in each category. In no particular order...
Hammock Camping
- Speer Hammocks and Ed's Book Site. Ed sells a good setup, and offers DIY kits for all of his models. He also has great info for staying comfortable and warm in a hammock. Check out the newsletters for a full list of camping hammock manufacturers.
- Hennessy Hammocks. Tom has a great all-in-one hammock camping setup. My first hammock was the HH Backpacker Ultralight A-Sym. I made all of my other ones.
- Clark Hammocks probably round out the top three most popular camping hammocks for lightweight hiking. A bit heavier than a Speer or Hennessy, but with a few extra features like zippered bugnet and weather shield.
- Sgt Rock's Page has lots of gear reviews, some homemade gear, and his own Forums that are very helpful.
- Risk's Page has lots of useful info for making your own hammock camping gear. Most of my homemade gear is based on his designs.
- Shane Steinkamp's Place With No Name has a great historical perspective on hammocks, and some good stuff on how to use modern hammocks like the Hennessy.
- Jacks'R'Better has the only down underquilt that I've found for sale on the internet. I have the Nest, No-Sniveller, 8x8 Tarp, Python Skins and Weather Shield set.
- Kickass Quilts has the only synthetic underquilt for sale on the internet. I have the Potomac and I'm happy with it so far.
- Hammock Forums is a new one that Whiteblaze's ATTroll and I started in Oct 2006. It's for hammock campers of all types and has no geographic emphasis. Sign up and join the community!
- Whiteblaze.net (WB) is all about the Appalachian Trail and has some great forums, especially the Hammock Camping and Gear ones.
- Hammock Camping on YahooGroups. More hammock camping experts on this site than anywhere else in the world! Jack (from Jacks'R'Better), Ed Speer, and Risk are regular posters. You have to be a member to see the messages, but it's free and easy to sign up.
- Around the Campfire at Sgt Rock's HikingHQ has a lot of military and former military, lots of international members, and many of the members are also on Whiteblaze.
- TrailJournals. Read hikers' own accounts of their hikes...it's like a diary. The good, bad, ugly, funny, painful, detailed...all of it!
- Backpack Gear Test has very detailed gear reviews...the best free site on the web for unbiased gear info. Check out my reviews here
- Start here! How to Sew Ripstop Nylon
- Thru-Hiker.com. AYCE offers kits and materials specifically for lightweight hiking gear. You'll find almost everything you need here, and he'll answer all kinds of questions on his gearmaking forum.
- Speer Hammocks again...good stuff here.
- Ray Garlington created the Garlington Taco windshell, and details his entire homemade setup on his Hammock Design page.
- Mirage explains several of his projects in detail.
- Specialty Outdoors offers tips for how to make your own outdoor gear.
- Kits and Materials:
- Top Quality Fabrics and More - best prices I've found, hands down
- Speer Hammocks
- Thru-Hiker.com
- Kickass Quilts (No kits yet, but here's a hammock underquilt pattern)
- Cuben Fiber
- Oware USA (40x60x1/8 CCF pad)
- Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics
- The Green Pepper
- Quest Outfitters
- The Rain Shed
- Rocky Woods
- Seattle Fabrics
- Fabric Line
- Denver Fabrics
- Beacon Fabric
- Kitebuilder.com
- Noah Lamport (Drag chute fabric is silnylon)
- Fibraplex.com
- Ragged Mountain
- American Home and Habitat
- Cooke Custom Sewing
- VT Army Navy (wide noseeum netting)
- Malden Mills (Good fleece)
- Into the Wind (Tyvek and cordage)
- Silk: I hear 8-10mm is strong enough and very comfy for a hammock body.
- Cordage:
- Backpackinglight.com (Very light Spectra accessory cords)
- Annapolis Performance Sailing (All kinds of cordage)
- Oyster Bay Marine Center
- REI.com (Accessory cord in the climbing section)
- Jump Shack (Spectra by the yard)
- Notions:
- ITW Nexus (clips, buckles, ladder locks, etc)
- WBC Industries (No-Snag Velcro)
- CCF Foam:
- Knox Foam (CCF – ½â€, 64†wide by the linear foot, plus lots of leftovers)
- Foam by Mail (60" wide CCF pads)
- And see the Oware link above
- Down:
- Hungarian Goose Down ($138 for 2.2 lbs of 750fp down)
- And the Speer Hammocks (900fp) and Thru-hiker.com (800+fp) links above

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The singer with the fastest-selling Christmas album in history -- and a favorite on "American Idol" -- is coming all the way to Connecticut.
Clay Aiken brings his Joyful Noise Tour 2012 to the Palace Theatre in Stamford on Thursday, Dec. 6.
Although losing out to Ruben Studdard on season two of "Idol," the cherubic Southern crooner has evolved into a versatile and beloved popular entertainer.
He has released five albums, selling more than 6 million copies as of 2011. In October 2003, he launched his first solo album, "Measure of a Man," moving three million units and debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
A year later, Aiken released "Merry Christmas with Love," the fastest-selling Christmas album in Nielsen Soundscan history. Backed by a 20-piece orchestra, Aiken will perform tracks from that album, along with other Christmas favorites, at his Joyful Noise concert.
Aiken, 33, had previously headlined Christmas concert tours for four straight years, from 2004-2007, before shifting to Broadway with a starring role in "Spamalot."
Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford. Thursday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m. $58-$40. 203-325-4466, www.scalive.org.


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SRD:Rod of the Path
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The Path
This rod serves as an aid to trailblazing and travel. It grants the wielder a +30 enhancement bonus on Survival checks for tracking and direction. The handle of the rod is hollow, functioning like a telescope. When the wielder peers through it, the limits of vision are three times normal (and spotting distances for encounters are tripled). In addition, the telescoping handle enables the wielder to view things as though affected by a true seeing spell. The rod also has the following powers.
Map: Three times per day a section of the rod unrolls like a scroll from a tube, revealing a map of the surrounding area, centered on the location of the rod. The area shown on the map covers an area as small as 50 feet in radius to as large as 24 miles in radius, zooming in or out with a set of command words. The map reveals natural topography and all types of structures (even hidden ones), but it will not show the location of creatures.
Passage: Three times per day, this power allows the wielder and up to five others in a 20-foot radius to move unhindered through natural plant growth or bodies of water (as per the freedom of movement spell).
Bridge: Once per day, this power allows the user to create a 5-foot-wide, 40-foot-long stone cause-way across chasms and canyons. The bridge created lasts for 1 hour.
Pass without Trace: Once per day, this power can be used on the wielder and twenty others, for 21 minutes. It is otherwise as the spell of the same name (caster level 24th).
Caster Level: 21st; Prerequisites: Craft Rod, Craft Epic Rod, find the path, freedom of movement, pass without trace, wall of stone; Market Price: 306,870 gp.
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The couple's get-together at the bash comes three years after their now infamous 2009 fight on the eve of the Grammys ceremony which landed Brown an assault conviction for beating the Umbrella star.
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text: Tonight, the new drama Cult premieres on the CW. The series should be of interest to many of our readers because its premise involves people who discuss TV shows on-line. The question is how the very meta show will fare in the ratings. It has an incompatible lead-in, the dramedy Hart of Dixie. The entire premiere has been available on-line for about a week. There has not been a lot of marketing for the show. In its favor, it stars Vampire Diaries alumus Matt Davis. This season, The CW has fared better with its supernatural/sci fi series than its teen series. So how do you think it will fare tonight? Make your predictions.


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The old press is still having the same conversation about the new press: objectivity! Here's the latest by the L.A. Times, titled Are Silicon Valley tech bloggers truly objective?
This can (and has) gone on and on and on.
I argue that there's no such thing as objectivity, and that transparency is a much higher standard to aspire to.
My clearly stated goals on this site: Transparency, Truth and Bias.
Not objectivity. The opposite of objectivity.
The other side argues that this isn't objective writing as defined by journalism schools and therefore wrong. The argument is ridiculous (more on why below). But since there's this appearance of ethical lapse, it has legs with readers.
But the core argument, that readers need to be protected from biased but transparent blog posts assumes that (1) readers are idiots, and (2) that the traditional press can somehow cover tech properly.
The real question isn't about whether I can keep writing what I want to write (I do have certain constitutional rights).
It's really about whether the community should or shouldn't want me to write.
Here's what I think –
1. Readers are not idiots, and even if they were the traditional press is in no way capable of "protecting" them from their idiocy. Because of no. 2 below.
2. The traditional tech press understands very little about technology, or startups, or venture capital. Their coverage is therefore pretty awful.
3. Much of the complaining about my writing is driven by competitors who clearly have their own financial conflict of interest in complaining about me.
4. Why not just drop it? I was already fired by AOL. Is their position really that I need to stop blogging on a completely personal site as well?
5. How do they propose to accomplish that? Social ostracism? Presumably, since there's no one left to "fire" me.
6. And finally, why in the world would the community not want the opinions of insiders on the tech topics of the day?
I remember the days when the only way to get your message out was to filter it through the press, and it wasn't very informative. Now there's direct communication by people who have real knowledge about issues.
In the end this debate feels like it's more about the insecurities of the old tech people than it is about "objective journalism."
What process can get us more quickly to "truth" than if the people who have a stake in the matter express their opinions, and then everyone else draws conclusions based on those opinions?
And I can't figure out why more journalists don't say to themselves, "wait, carried to its logical conclusion, all I'm asking for is censorship."
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When I made that first meal for the blog last summer, I was embarrassed at how ugly everything looked, and how terrible it tasted. What was I doing wrong?
Well, the answer to that my friends, was everything.
I've come a monumental way since that ill-fated, barely edible, I-cant-believe-I'm-posting-this-online post, and I've picked up a few tricks along the way.
Mainly, I've become a pretty decent photographer/food stylist (I hope!). This mixed green salad with strawberries and goat cheese is basically identical to the one I made one year ago, but with a nicer camera, better lens, no camera flash, better props, better lighting (THIS is the big one here), and a newfound knowledge of photography.
Here's the original shot:
And now the same salad, but with a year's worth of experience behind the shot:
Mmm….moody. How about another?
Now you might be asking yourself, ok, I get how the lighting, camera, and props make a big difference, but the salad itself just looks so much nicer! What's the secret, Sarah?
Brace yourselves, readers, because I am going to offer you a glance into the world of food styling, and peek at the obsessive compulsivity that must accompany it:
This is nuts. Halfway through washing and sorting through the spinach for the prettiest pieces, in 95 degree heat, I asked my mother if I had lost my mind. She said yes. I accepted this fact and continued to build a beautiful salad.
For the curious, here's the book I've been using as a basic guide to getting my food to look nicer: Food Styling for Photographers.
So that's it, I guess. I could lie and tell you I made a delicious vinaigrette to go with this salad, but I used up my last lemons making the citrus salsa verde for the salmon.
All in all, I'm pretty excited about where I've come in the past year, and looking forward to where the next one will take me. And I'm still waiting for the fame and fortune that I just know is right around the corner.
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(Allow me a disclaimer before I begin: while this post focuses on negative reactions to our family history research efforts, I find that the overwhelming majority of people are very proud of, and grateful for, their family genealogist. I have received tremendous encouragement and gratitude from my extended family in my work, and this positive feedback is the fuel that keeps me researching. But the reality is that there seems to be a sour grape or two in every bunch, so here goes!)
"That's not great grandmom Mary's baptismal record, it says 'Maria McGee' and the family ALWAYS spelled it 'Magee.' "
"You wrote that Aunt Peg played bridge with the family, but she never came to bridge night!"
"You forgot to include Aunt Peg when you wrote about bridge night. She loved playing bridge with the family!"
I am going to discuss a complaint that I hear over and over again from fellow researchers: family members criticizing or finding fault with one's tireless and difficult work on the family history, especially after one has so magnanimously (and often with great expense) shared that work with those same family members who, invariably, haven't lifted a finger to contribute time, energy, or funds to the pursuit or preservation of the family history.
The critical relative has a warm fuzzy place in a family historian's heart, right next to the relative-who-hides-the-family-records-and-photos-in-their-closet.
In all seriousness, hurt feelings and even family feuds are often a by-product of the family historian's work. I have found that some researchers can simply shake those raindrops off their shoulders, while others respond by withdrawing and becoming very protective of their work. But since part of our goal is to preserve our family history and to ensure that it is not lost for future generations, the issue of coping with criticism becomes a very real concern for the preservation of the family tree.
I had to learn early on to shrug off comments about my research. My late father, may he rest in peace, used the word "alleged" when refering to any of my discoveries. "You allegedly found an alleged great grandfather," he would say (finger pointing and heavy vocal emphasis on "allegedly" of course). Proof to my sceptical dad would have been his grandfather's rising out of the grave and handing my dad a certified certificate from St. Peter--maybe even that would not be enough, I am sure Dad would have asked if St. Peter had been under oath. I took my dad's criticism as the "leg pulling" that it was. I also saw his skepticism as a challenge to be meticulous in my research and sources.
Most of the complaints that I hear from others involve relatives that dispute dates and spellings of names--the latter being a BIGGIE. I still have difficultly convincing new family researchers themselves to accept the fact that their ancestors' names were spelled many ways. It can be impossible to convince relatives, especially those who have never gone bleary-eyed reading old Irish baptismal records on microfilm, that, no, the family did NOT always spell Kavanagh with a "K" instead of a "C."
I often hear complaints from researchers whose relatives dispute events from living memory. "I don't remember Uncle Pat's being at any of our Christmas parties" or "Aunt Bridie played the fiddle, not Aunt Mae" are examples. We have to remember that events are both perceived and remembered differently by each individual present at the time. We all have different perspectives while watching the same event. This is where being a good family history detective helps. Any police officer or detective will tell you that eyewitness reports can differ widely. A ten year old boy will remember an event differently than would a thirty year old woman in the same room.
Be aware that personalities play a crucial role in how we remember other people. In my mind, my grandfather was a larger than life figure, doting and protective. But, just mention his name to some other relatives, and expletives explode! He had a temper, he yelled, he was impatient. Yes, I saw that side of him, but it was not directed towards me, so I saw these faults as strengths and remember him fondly as a tiger of a man.
The critcism problem arises when researchers share their work. One of my goals is to get my family's history in as many households as possible, so that it is preserved for generations to come. I have spent hours of work and quite a bit of money putting my genealogy in many forms. I have made charts, books, and dvd's. I have written family stories, reports, and memoirs. In the process, I have exposed myself to comments and criticism. For the most part, I have learned to brush them off, but, being human, I must admit to sometimes being irked or hurt.
It helps to realize that I am not the only family historian to suffer these slings and arrows. We need to regard criticism of our work as an occupational hazard. I have found that there are ways to control the comments before they begin:
1. educate your relatives by offering an explanation of the difficulties of records research (alternate spellings, varying birthdates, census errors)
2. remind relatives that recollections differ and that you have recorded how you (or how Aunt Emily or Uncle Bill) remember an event (encourage a critical cousin to record his memories and to add to the family history)
3. acknowledge that your book or memoir or tree might contain mistakes, but that you did your best to present correct information
4. nod, smile, and listen to a relative's comments, then simply ignore what he or she said (or, take the comment seriously if your relative might be correct or might have new information for you)
5. encourage the critic to become a partner in research. Most times, that's the last you hear from him or her about their comment. But, you might be lucky and acquire a new companion for your research trips.
Usually the critical relative has their say and then chucks your work into the closet, where it awaits discovery by a future generation. And, isn't that one of your goals, anyway? Pat yourself on the back even when others won't! You've done good!


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DISCOHOMME – The Friday Wrap by Vitalic Noise DJs
I'm not sure if I can give a "welcome" message to myself, but here I am with a new weekly editorial for you readers of the ever-legendary Discobelle. Â I'm Justin Katerberg, one of the managers over at Vitalic Noise for Miami Horror, Goldroom, Viceroy, DCUP, Grafton Primary, Knightlife, Good Night Keaton, Chela, and also a member of 'Vitalic Noise DJs' alongside Beno. Â The fine folks behind the scenes here at Discobelle asked me if I'd be keen to share some tracks with you once a week, and honestly, I couldn't have shouted out a big "hell yeah" any louder.
Here's my top five jams of the past few days, along with a bunch of tracks that came out from our roster this week. Â If the masses speak, maybe I'll start to share some anonymous demos to try and gain some early feedback: 'woos', or 'boos'?
1. Classixx – Stranger Love (RAC Remix)
It seems like we have been waiting on Classixx debut LP to drop for ages, so sign of production life from them comes along with high hopes and expectations. Â Releasing before the original is RAC's mix of the upcoming Classixx single, "Stranger Love".
2. The Miracles Club – U & Me (Nile Delta Remix)
The Miracles Club have just released an incredible EP on Cut Copy's "Cutters" record label, and inside you're treated to an astonishing piano-house anthem from one of the best, most under-rated producers of today, Nile Delta on "U & Me".
3. The Hood Internet feat. Class Actress – Critical Captions (Only Children Remix)
You've been keeping your eye on Chicago's latest export, Only Children, right? Â If not, you've surely been missing out with their latest originals "Falling" & "Whatever Makes U". Â Yesterday, they teamed up with The Hood Internet and Class Actress to release a remix of their latest single, "Critical Captions", coming out on The Hood Internet's full length remix album due out in a couple of weeks.
4. T.E.E.D – Your Love (Waze & Odyssey Remix)
What more can you say that hasn't been said about the prodigy that is Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs? Â Waze & Oddysey are quickly becoming my favorite (only) thing from Detroit. Â Get ready to dance, and if you ever see us DJ you better get down when this one busts through the speakers.
5. Jessie Ware – No To Love (George Fitzgerald Remix)
Oh, Jessie. Â We <3 you. Â Somehow, somewhere, I heard that you were coming to CMJ Festival this year. Â You didn't, and I cried. Â Leave it to fellow London towner, George Fitzgerald, to wipe my tears with his smoothest remix to date. Â Ten stars, George, ten stars.
Vitalic Noise Releases This Week ::
1.  Good Night Keaton – Next To Mexico feat. Mereki
2. Viceroy – While We're In Love feat. Ghost Beach
3. Chela – Full Moon
4. Atlas Genius – Back Seat (Goldroom Remix)


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Colorado mining history in photographs and images. The Famous Keller Colorado Mining Photographic Collection. Preservation and presentation of Early prospecting and mining operations in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. On-line museum of western Colorado history through vintage photographs.
This web site is not associated with the U.S. Bureau of Mines. It has been more than two decades since the 104th session of the U.S. Congress, eliminated funding for the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM). The USBM closure on March 30, 1996� abolished the Bureau. The agency served the nation since 1910. Prior to that time, many of its operations were conducted under the aegis of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Miningbureau.com's mission is to educate and preserve Colorado's mining history through data and images. Offering for sale, trade or publishing use in exchange for credit, rare historic photographs and artifacts on the Colorado gold rush of 1859.
Engraving showing first settlers at Gregory Gold Diggings 1859. On May 6th 1859 John H. Gregory discovered a gold lode in Colorado. The Gregory mining district, became the first mining district in Colorado.
�� BY EDSON S. BASTIN.In romantic interest and as a record of human achievement in the face of great� difficulties and privations, the story of the discovery and early development of the mineral wealth of this region can hardly be surpassed by any other chapter in the history of the "winning of the West." If in the brief account that follows the personality of these pioneers is lost in the story of their practical achievements, it is because the pen of a novelist rather than a geologist is required to depict the human side of the story.
"Struck it big." Prospectors examing ore specimen, next to a windless over the mouth of the mine shaft located in the high country. Alexander Martin Rocky Mountain scenery #2904. North Star Mountains, Colorado.
The writer (EDSON S. BASTIN) is indebted to publications by Rickard, Fossett, and Hall, for most of the facts here presented.
In the summer of 1849 a party of seven Georgians were taking a herd of thoroughbred horses across the continent to California. Reaching the mountains too late in the fall to effect a safe crossing with their stock, they established a winter camp at the junction of Cherry Creek and Platte River, on the present site of the city of Denver, and during the fall occupied themselves in prospecting the gravels along Cherry Creek, but they did not penetrate into the mountain canyons for fear of the Indians. Gold in quantities sufficient to awaken their hopes was found at several places, particularly at a point 16 miles upstream. With the arrival of spring they proceeded to California, where for several years they engaged in mining, but in 1857 they sold out their interests in California and returned to Georgia. Before separating it was agreed among several of them that in the near future they would form a prospecting party to go to the Rocky Mountains and search for gold. In May, 1858, the original seven and four others met in St. Louis, and in August they reached the present site of Denver, where they established a camp and began prospecting. According to Rickard, one of these parties followed Boulder Creek up to the forks, finding small amounts of gold. Another party proceeded across the ridges to Fall River and Spring Gulch. They did not descend into the valley of North Clear Creek at that time but crossed Quartz Hill and found rich gravel at Russell Gulch, named after its discoverer, W. Green Russell. As it was too near winter to begin mining, the prospectors returned to their camp at Cherry Creek. Six of the party went east to obtain provisions, returning in the spring of 1859.
Crest of the continent , Rocky Mountains
By the fall of 1858 rumors of the gold discoveries had reached eastern Kansas. The East and especially the Middle West was still suffering from the effects of the financial panic of 1857, and this fact undoubtedly accounted in a measure for the enthusiasm with which any plan that promised to revive fallen fortunes� was received. Prospectors in large numbers traveled to the new gold field, which became generally known as the Pikes Peak field. The town at the mouth of Cherry Creek, on the present site of Denver, was named Auralia, and there in 1858 wintered a considerable number of people disappointed at the small findings of gold in that vicinity and ready to stampede to any field of new discovery. At the foot of the mountains, where now stands the town of Golden, three prospectors camped for the winter. One of these men, George A. Jackson, a native of Missouri, penetrated into the mountains during the winter of 1858 and discovered the hot soda springs near the present site of the town of Idaho Springs, and shortly afterward, on January 7, 1859, he washed fine gold from the gravels bordering Chicago Creek near its mouth. A monument now marks the site of his discovery. The news of Jackson's find and the display of his gold at Auralia, where he offered it in payment for tools and supplies, precipitated a rush of prospectors to the mountains and resulted in the spring of 1859 in the discovery of gold at many other places. Among those who joined in this rush was John Hamilton Gregory, a native of Georgia, who followed up North Clear Creek. On May 6 Gregory made the first lode discovery in the Rockies, on the lode that bears his name (on Gregory No. 5 claim), between the present sites of Blackhawk and Central City. Other prospectors coming up North Clear Creek soon learned of his discovery, and the news spread and occasioned another rush, many hastening across the hills from Cherry Creek and from the Jackson "diggings," on South Clear Creek. Gregory sold his two claims for $21,000 in the summer of 1859 and soon afterward left the district.
Gold Seekers in Colorado Territory
In June, 1859, shortly after Gregory's discovery, A. D. Gambell discovered gold in Gamble Gulch in the Perigo region, and prospectors from the Jackson and Gregory diggings, spreading over the country in all directions, made many other discoveries at Twelve-mile, Gold Hill (12 miles west of Boulder), and other places.
Early in June, 1859, William Green Russell, (see below) a member of the original party of Georgians, had commenced washing gold in the gulch that bears his name. According to Hollister, "A week's work with six men yielded 76 ounces of gold. Others had taken claims above and below him, and toward the end of September there were 891 men at work in the gulch." By July 1 about 100 sluices were at work in the vicinity of Gregory's discovery, and yields of $100 to� $400 for a day's work were not uncommon. Certain lodes averaged $100 a day for months at a time.
Thus was initiated the first period of mining in Colorado. The subsequent history of the district is too complex to be followed here in detail, but attention may be drawn to a few of its salient events. The discovery of other valuable lodes followed fast upon that of the Gregory lode. On May 15,1859, the Bates lode was uncovered, and on May 25 the Gunnell, Kansas, and Burroughs. The Bobtail was discovered in June. On June 8, 1859, the miners at the "Gregory diggings" (Blackhawk) met in mass meeting and framed and adopted resolutions defining the boundaries of the district and the conditions under which claims could be taken and held. One of the resolutions provided that lode claims were to be 100 feet long and 50 feet wide, and "creek" or placer claims were to extend 100 feet up or down the gulch and from wall to wall. These provisions remained in force until the enactment of the Federal mining act of May 10, 1872. Subsequent meetings on July 9 and 16,1859, organized a provisional local government.
In spite of warnings issued through the eastern newspapers by Horace Greeley and other eastern men who had visited the Gregory district in 1859, a second stampede to the district, larger than the first, took place in the summer of 1860. During the early part of summer immigrants bound for the new gold field arrived on the present site of� Denver at the rate of 100 a day. The diggings became over crowded and many hardships resulted. In that year the existing mining laws for the Gregory district were codified and amplified. The integrity of the local laws within each mining district was upheld by one of the first acts of the Territorial legislature of Colorado, in 1861, and further supported by an act of Congress, approved July 26, 1866. This act contained the first statement of the famous " apex law." On February 26, 1861, the region, which had up to this time formed a part of the Territory of Kansas, was organized by act of Congress as the Territory of Colorado and William Gilpin was appointed governor.
All the veins of the region were gold bearing in their surface-oxidized portions, and it was not until mining had been extended to the underlying sulphide-bearing ores that some of the veins were found to be rich in silver. The first discoveries of silver ore appear to have been made in 1864 by men from the Empire district. They uncovered the Belmont vein, on McClellan Mountain, which afterward yielded large amounts of rich silver ore. In 1865 and 1866 there was a rush to the Georgetown district, and a large number of rich silver veins were discovered. In 1869 the rich silver ores of the Caribou or Grand Island district, in Boulder County, were discovered. The silver veins of Silver Hill, near Blackhawk, were not discovered until 1877 or 1878.
A notable stimulus was given to the development of mining by the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad to Cheyenne in 1867, and particularly by the completion in the summer of 1870 of the Denver Pacific line between Denver and Cheyenne.
In August of the same year the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached Denver, making two rail connections with the East. In 1870 the narrow-gage railroad was completed from Denver to Golden, and in 1872 it was extended to Blackhawk, and in 1873 to Floyd Hill, on South Clear Creek.
During the early years, when mining was confined to the gravels and to the gossans of the veins and the ores obtained were soft and free milling, they could be cheaply mined and amalgamated with the aid only of such simple devices as sluices, cradles, arrastres, and crude stamp mills. As mining progressed and depths of 50 to 100 feet were attained on the veins, the oxidized ore began to give way to sulphide ores, which could not be treated profitably by such simple methods. With deeper development, too, the handling of water in the mines became a more and more serious problem. For these reasons and because of financial ills consequent upon overcapitalization of many properties the period between 1864 and 1868 was one of depression in the mining industry, which was only slowly alleviated as progress was made in the treatment of the sulphide ores. The further history of mining in the region is so intimately bound up with the progress in ore concentration and smelting that the reader is referred to the discussion of this development in the chapter on ore treatment (pp. 153-171). One event, however, of especial importance was the completion in 1887 of the Gilpin County tramway with 24-inch gage to serve the mines of Blackhawk, Central City, and Russell Gulch. About $100,000 of local capital was invested in this enterprise."
Hollister, O. J.,
The mines of Colorado,
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Rickard, T. A.,
The development of Colorado's mining industry:
Am. Inst. Min. Eng. Trans., vol. 26, pp. 834 et seq., 1897. Fossett, Frank, Colorado, 1879.
Hall, Frank,
History of the State of Colorado,
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William Green Russell 1818-1887. Carte De Visite or card of the visit CDV. This exceedingly rare photograph was captured by Reed & McKenney photographers in Central City, Colorado Territory, produced between 1862-1870.Gold prospectors Levi Jasper Russell and William Greeeberry Russell. Note the beards which they were known to wear, until they needed to transport under secrecy their gold back through the eastern north to the south during the civil war.
"In 1858 this little band of explorers, headed by Greene and Russell, passed up the Platte River to the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and a few of the experienced miners began to prospect for gold. Panning out some of the earth along the streams they found colors; this led to a more extended search, and resulted in the finding of small quantities of the metal and a few Gulches of Considerable richness."
This rare and important photograph of William Green Russell appears to be captured after the Russell brothers gold mining claims paid out, because of the new business suit. William Green Russell found gold in Colorado in 1858. Was the greatest single cause of the Pikes Peak Rush that led to the growth of the State of Colorado.
Hydraulic Mining in Russell Gulch yielded gold abundantly. Note the photographers tent in the right foreground. The water was redirected from Fall River by the Consolidated Ditch Company which was owned by the Russell's.
Collier #167 Hydraulic mining also known as booming back then is a mining method that uses hoses carrying high pressure water to spray the gravel deposits, which washes all but the largest rocks into the sluice boxes where most of the gold is recovered. The water used for this hydraulic mining came from the Consolidated Ditch, which was two ditches that carried water from the head of Fall River to Russell Gulch, a distance of twelve miles. The Russell brothers owned the Consolidated Ditch Company and built the ditch at a cost of $100,000.00 in 1860.
"Green-Russell party of Georgia in 1858 The advent of these men in Missouri and Kansas caused others to move on to the Pikes Peak Country. Prospecting was carried on with moderate success on the tributaries of the Platte River, east of the base of the mountains. The reports carried back to the states by the Russell party spread like wildfire, and thousands prepared to visit the New Eldorado in the early spring. The pioneers of the fall of 1858 founded the town of Auraria. With the spring and summer of 1859 came a stampede westward to the land of promise such as has never been equaled except in the case of California."FossettAlso Check out some great gifts at:
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'A Joyful Noise To The Lord'
The Owen County Christian Men's Fellowship would like to thank the community for supporting the Vespers Service last Sunday, July 18th. Everyone coming together helped to make this year's program a wonderful occasion as we made a joyful noise to the Lord.
We wish to offer special thanks to: God, who blessed the event; the Owen County Fair Board for all their support and everyone they had on hand to help with set up; other volunteers who had a part in facilitating the service; the Spencer Evening World for their press coverage; Leland Rentschler and Phyllis Tucker for leading community hymns; all the performers and groups who participated (in alphabetical order): American Legion and VFW Color Guard, Marilyn Baumgartner, Polly Chesser, Davawn Creech, Cecelia Herrington, Anita Kay, James Kelly and his praise and worship team, Manna Camp Kids, Mishler Family, Owen County Community Choir, Kelsie Risk, and WRE Kids.
We also want to thank "The Soundman" (Stephen Cartright) who provided the sound system and musical technical support during the service; and Christian Contender, Coffman Proactive CPA Services, Keith Trucking, and Jay Henson and Legend Group for sponsoring the sound system this year.
Finally – we are very thankful for the generosity expressed during the service. The offering collected was $1,761.03 – a tremendous blessing! We also received a $100 grant from the Owen County Community Foundation presented by Josh Clark. All proceeds will be used to help support the Weekday Religious Education Program sponsored by the Owen County Christian Men's Fellowship.
Thanks again to everyone – God bless!
Craig P. Coffman OCCMF Treasurer and 2010 Vespers Service Committee Chairman
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While Pope Benedict was visiting the U.S. in 2008, I was doing a radio interview during which I was asked the standard questions about the pope's personality and how he compared to John Paul II. I tried to give an appropriate sound bite, but I went on a little too long. The radio interviewer cut me off and ended the segment by saying, "Well, I think everyone wishes we had John Paul II back."
That seems to be the conventional wisdom now that Benedict XVI's papacy is ending. While people look at Benedict with respect, they really loved John Paul II. Surveys confirm this attitude among most rank and file Catholics.
And so, while Benedict has served in the Chair of Peter for almost eight years, he still is leaving under John Paul's shadow.
In my teaching and writing, I always try to challenge conventional wisdom—usually in the self-important way that professors are prone to do. But in this case, I can honestly say that I prefer Benedict XVI's papacy to John Paul II's.
Here's why.
Karol Wojtyla was elected to the papacy when I was beginning high school. He had a dramatic flair from the start and soon my bedroom wall was covered with his pictures—he was the Catholic equivalent of Elvis.
As I got older, I actually began to read his writings. Although I struggled with his complex philosophizing, I learned much from it. But what always impressed me most about John Paul was the mystical core of his spirituality: his Marian devotion, his love of the cross, and his underlying sense of the movement of God's purpose over and through time.
Mystics can make impressive philosophers. Mystics also become great saints—as John Paul most certainly will. But they often are not best suited to the mundane administrative tasks of office. It was during John Paul II's pontificate that the horrific scandal of the Legion of Christ reached a level of seriousness that could no longer be ignored. But ignored it was, and this was due in part to the fact that the order's founder, Marcial Maciel Degollado, was a personal friend of John Paul's. Mysticism can produce remarkable insights into the human condition, but it can also lead to naïveté and credulity.
The appointment of bishops under John Paul's tenure also left much to be desired. John Paul insisted upon full conformity to the teaching authority of the church. While any pope would also insist upon the same qualities, the difficulty is that any commitment to orthodoxy must be informed by appropriate pastoral discernment—which is to say simply that there is an interpersonal quality to how a bishop should exercise his teaching office. But in the Western world, John Paul's tenure was marked by an increasing distance of bishops from diocesan laity and by growing disputes over proper governance of the church on a local level.
When he was elected in 2005, Joseph Ratzinger inherited many of these problems. And many of them persist, particularly a dysfunctional Vatican bureaucracy. But to his credit, as Benedict XVI he did move to pursue the case against the Marcial Maciel and to investigate the Legion of Christ. The Pope has also spoken about the "humiliation of the church," which is a far more open admission of the true nature of the sexual abuse scandal than was ever made during John Paul's pontificate. Clearly, there is much work to be done, and it is also the case that early on, both as a bishop and a cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger failed to realize the extent of the crisis. But as Pope, Benedict has shown an ability to honestly grapple with the implications of the crisis, and many of the bishops and cardinals he has appointed have done so as well.
Benedict's writings do not have the imaginative flair found in John Paul's phenomenological investigations. But they have a clarity that forthrightly engages crucial questions of our time: the role of authority, the nature of truth, and the possibility of faith and hope. I do not agree with some of Benedict's most dire assessments of our current age or the human condition. But I will say that his theology has prompted me to radically rethink my conventional assumptions about the continuing relevance of the Christian faith. Benedict's encyclicals demand attention--and multiple readings--but by engaging them carefully, I have found a remarkably challenging teacher and dialogue partner. I find it particularly revealing that both Catholic conservatives and liberals have found much to criticize about Benedict and his papacy. Clearly, his theology and his personality call us to envision different configurations of the Catholic faith than are attractive to the most ideologically driven groups of Catholics in the Western world.
Benedict has also revolutionized the papacy in a different but no less significant way than John Paul II. As I have written numerous times, I was always struck by how Benedict included the bishop's mitre on his coat of arms. I always understood this as a more humble interpretation of the papacy, especially when compared to associations that come with the imperious and regal tiara that is the usual symbol of the pope. Benedict has sometimes cut a rather uncomfortable figure on the international stage, but he placed his faith in the power of ideas rather than the power of his personality.
Catholics may long for a figure like John Paul II who joins the force of personality with the force of ideas. But all too often the force of personality comes to dominate and shut out everything else. Benedict XVI was particularly aware of this dynamic. Sometimes a human-sized Pope can provide a refreshing challenge to our expectations, as well as an important counter-balance to the larger-than -life quality of the papacy itself.


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd forecast an 18.5 percent jump in operating profit for this fiscal year, in line with expectations, as the electronics conglomerate reaps the benefits of a weaker yen while projecting a pickup in economic recovery both at home and abroad.
Hitachi, one of Japan's biggest companies with a $31 billion market capitalization and more than 300,000 employees worldwide, said on Friday it expected an operating profit of 500 billion yen ($5.03 billion) for the year to March 31, 2014. That compared with a 524.8 billion yen average forecast by 21 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
For the year that ended on March 31 of this year, Hitachi logged an operating profit of 422.03 billion yen, up 2.4 percent from the previous year.
Hitachi said it expected a recovery in its construction equipment division, which was hit last year by a slowdown in the key Chinese market. The division was seen posting an operating profit of 82 billion yen in the year to March, up from 54.6 billion yen in the previous year.
The company's biggest domestic rival, Toshiba Corp, said this week it expected a 34 percent jump in operating profit this financial year, supported by strong memory chip sales and a recovery in its nuclear power business.
Hitachi, which operates two nuclear power joint ventures with General Electric Co, announced last year that it would merge its thermal power business with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd to better compete against Toshiba and foreign rivals such as Siemens AG.
Shares in Hitachi have risen 28 percent since January, compared with a 40 percent rally in Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei average. Hitachi shares ended up 2.7 percent at 645 yen ahead of Friday's earnings announcement.
Hitachi said it was assuming exchange rates of 95 yen per dollar and 120 yen per euro for the current financial year.
($1 = 99.3050 Japanese yen)
(Reporting by Mari Saito; Editing by Edmund Klamann)


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The Japanese Honda Research Institute, the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute and Shimadzu Corporation in Japan have jointly developed a non-invasive Brain Machine Interface to control a robot. The system uses a helmet equipped with electrodes to detect changes in cerebral blood flow and electrical potential in a users head.
As the user imagines themselves moving their left hand, right hand, tongue or feet, Honda's "Asimo" robot performs corresponding gestures, such as raising its arms or legs in real time. According to Honda, an accuracy rate exceeding 90% was achieved in their tests. Honda now plans to further integrate this new technology into their current robotic systems.
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The images we see of Islam in the media often conjure images of international terrorism, submissive women, or angry mobs in protest somewhere overseas. In this flood of stereotype-inducing images, we often lose sight of the more elegant and rich parts of Islamic civilization and culture. A new documentary film, Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World by Unity Productions Foundation (PBS broadcast summer 2012) seeks to present some of the riches of Islamic artistic contributions to an American audience.
A Documentary Film from Executive Producers Michael Wolfe and Alex Kronemer and Director Rob Gardner
PBS Broadcast in 2012 (Date TBD)
UPF is proud to present its latest documentary film, Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World. This new ninety-minute film takes audiences on an epic journey across nine countries and over 1,400 years of history. It explores themes such as the Word, Space, Ornament, Color and Water and presents the stories behind many great masterworks of Islamic Art and Architecture.
The film explores the richness of Islamic art in objects big and small, from great ornamented palaces and the play of light in monumental mosques to the exquisite beauty of ceramics, carved boxes, paintings and metal work. It revels in the use of color and finds commonalities in a shared artistic heritage with the West and East. The film also examines the unique ways in which Islamic art turns calligraphy and the written word into masterpieces and develops water into an expressive, useful art form.
Like all art, Islamic art carries with it the fundamental values and perspectives of the artists who created it as well as those who commissioned and paid for it. It incorporates the basic themes of transcendent beauty common to all creative endeavors.
Narrated by Academy Award winning performer Susan Sarandon, this dazzling documentary reveals the variety and diversity of Islamic art. It provides a window into Islamic culture and brings broad insights to the enduring themes that have propelled human history and fueled the rise of world civilization over the centuries.
Running Time: Approximately 90 minutes
Executive Producers: Alex Kronemer and Michael Wolfe
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Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Pioneer, Dies at 88
By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT; The Associated Press contributed reporting.
Published: March 29, 2012
Earl Scruggs, the bluegrass banjo player whose hard-driving picking style influenced generations of musicians and helped shape the sound of 20th-century country music with his guitar-strumming partner, Lester Flatt, died on Wednesday in a Nashville hospital. He was 88.
His son Gary confirmed the death.
Mr. Scruggs and Mr. Flatt probably reached their widest audiences with a pair of signature songs: ''Foggy Mountain Breakdown,'' a rollicking number that they recorded in 1949 with their group the Foggy Mountain Boys and that was used as the getaway music in the 1967 film ''Bonnie and Clyde''; and ''The Ballad of Jed Clampett,'' the theme song of the 1960s television sitcom ''The Beverly Hillbillies.'' (Mr. Scruggs and Mr. Flatt appeared on the show several times.)
But he also helped shape the ''high, lonesome sound'' of Bill Monroe, often called the father of bluegrass, and pioneered modern banjo playing. His innovative use of three fingers in an up-picking style, rather than the mostly two-fingered claw-hammer down-picking technique, elevated the five-string banjo from a part of the rhythm section -- or a comedian's prop -- to a lead or solo instrument. What became known as the syncopated Scruggs picking style helped popularize the banjo in almost every genre of music.
Mr. Scruggs, who had played banjo since the age of 4 in rural North Carolina, got his big break when he joined Monroe's band, the Blue Grass Boys, in 1945. The band included Monroe, who sang and played the mandolin; Mr. Flatt on guitar; Howard Watts (a k a Cedric Rainwater) on bass; and Chubby Wise on fiddle.
When Mr. Scruggs stepped up to play during an instrumental section, ''listeners would physically come out of their seats in excitement,'' Richard D. Smith wrote in ''Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe.''
Mr. Scruggs stayed with the Blue Grass Boys for two years as they starred on the ''Grand Ole Opry'' radio show and recorded classics like ''Blue Moon of Kentucky,'' ''Blue Grass Breakdown'' and ''Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)'' for Columbia Records. He also sang baritone in the group's gospel quartet.
Early in 1948 he and Mr. Flatt, weary of the low pay and exhausting travel, decided to strike out on their own, despite Monroe's pleas to stay. Angry and hurt, Monroe refused to speak to them for the next 20 years, a feud that became famous in country-music history.
Although the two said they had not planned to get together after they quit, they ended up forming the Foggy Mountain Boys, naming the group after the Carter Family song ''Foggy Mountain Top.'' Aided by the former Louise Certain, the group's manager and booking agent and eventually Mr. Scrugg's wife, they surpassed Monroe in popularity, helped partly by the corporate sponsorship of Martha White mills. (That sponsor persuaded them to join the ''Grand Ole Opry.'') In 1954 they appeared in a Broadway show, ''Hayride.''
Five years later Mr. Scruggs appeared in Rhode Island at the first Newport Folk Festival, an offshoot of the Newport Jazz Festival, and introduced his style to the folk-music revival of those years. Soon young folk musicians were adopting his style, and Mr. Scruggs began to play the college folk-festival circuit. Mr. Scruggs also began to work with his growing sons, Gary, Randy and Steve, and he recorded material by Bob Dylan and other folk-rockers.
Mr. Flatt, by contrast, disliked the new music and felt it was alienating the band's grass-roots fans. In 1969 the two broke up -- they had also performed as Flatt & Scruggs -- and Mr. Scruggs, with his sons, formed the Earl Scruggs Revue, a mostly acoustic group with drums and electric bass. It broadened his repertory to include rock, and the group played on bills with acts like Steppenwolf and the singer-songwriter James Taylor, sometimes before audiences of 40,000.
The group stayed together for the rest of Mr. Scruggs's career, performing at Carnegie Hall and, in 1969, at the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam in Washington. Mr. Flatt died in 1979.
Earl Eugene Scruggs was born on Jan. 6, 1924, in Flint Hill, N.C. His father, George Elam Scruggs, a farmer and bookkeeper, played the banjo and fiddle (and died when Earl was 4); his mother, Lula Ruppe Scruggs, played the pump organ in church. Earl took up the banjo and also the guitar.
Earl depended on a two-fingered picking style until he was about 10. Then one day he found himself in his bedroom picking a song called ''Lonesome Ruben'' (or ''Ruben's Train'') using three fingers instead of two -- the thumb, index and middle finger. It was a style, indigenous to North Carolina, that he had been trying to master.
He learned to emphasize melody by plucking it with his strong thumb in syncopation with harmonic notes picked with his first two fingers. The sound was like thumbtacks plinking rhythmically on a tin roof.
As Earl's mastery of the banjo grew, he began playing at dances and on radio shows with bands, among them Lost John Miller and His Allied Kentuckians. In December 1945, after the Miller group disbanded, Mr. Scruggs quit high school and joined the Blue Grass Boys for $50 a week. His career was on its way.
In 1992 Mr. Scruggs was among 13 recipients of a National Medal of Arts, and in 2005 ''Foggy Mountain Breakdown'' was selected for the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry.
He continued to play into the 21st century. In 2001 he released a CD, ''Earl Scruggs and Friends,'' his first album in a decade and an extension of the Earl Scruggs Revue. In 12 songs, he collaborated with Elton John, Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt, Sting, Melissa Etheridge, Vince Gill, John Fogerty, Don Henley, Johnny Cash and the actor Steve Martin, a banjo player.
Mr. Scruggs's wife, Louise, died in 2006; his son Steve died in 1992. In addition to his sons Gary and Randy, survivors include five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
At an 80th birthday party for Mr. Scruggs in 2004, the country singer Porter Wagoner said, ''Earl was to the five-string banjo what Babe Ruth was to baseball.''
''He is the best there ever was,'' Mr. Wagoner said, ''and the best there ever will be.''
PHOTOS: Earl Scruggs, shown in 2007, mastered a threefinger picking style that elevated the five-string banjo from a part of the rhythm section to a lead or solo instrument. (PHOTOGRAPH BY HEIDI SCHUMANN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES); Mr. Scruggs on banjo and
Lester Flatt on guitar in 1963. (PHOTOGRAPH BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)


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