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For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act) Daniel Ashley t/a HiBody.co.uk ("we", "us" or "HiBody™") is a data controller. This policy explains how we will use personal data which you provide to us or which we collect from or about you. By using our site you consent to the transfer, usage and processing set out in this policy.
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What information will hibody™ collect?
We may collect and process the following data about you:
· Information you give us. You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register to use our site, search on our site, make a request on our site and when you report a problem with our site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, personal description and photograph.
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· technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; and
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· Information we receive from other sources. From time to time we may also work closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies) and may receive information about you from them.
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We use information held about you in the following ways:
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· to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information that you request from us;
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· to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
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· Information we receive from other sources. We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
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Where will hibody™ store your personal data and how secure is it?
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Apparently the Metal Gear Solid creators over at Konami are advertising for "Project engineers for the latest Metal Gear Solid targeted for high-end consoles and PC." There isn't anything really known about the fifth installment of the franchise yet. But its nice to see Snake coming to the PC. Time will tell if the game holds up to its pedigree. Unsurprisingly, the game is unlikely to be out until late 2013, or early 2014. So that is some far-away news. However if you want to apply for the job you can do so here.
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AT&T drops Facebook phone to 99 cents
This may be a wolf in sheep's clothing as you can easily disable the facebook launcher and you're back to stock android.
Galaxy S4 radiant, but has black holes
Re: It seems...
I have JB on my nexus 7 (obviously) and where it's a bit better it's still not un-noticeable. It's highlighted by the lack of audio creation apps on android. Although a major player did release their app last week (the name escapes me) but cost over a tenner so I passed on it.
Re: It seems...
It's the audio latency that needs improving, they are far from laggy.
Do users have enough power?
Re: Eat your own dogfood
You're asking for trouble if you let users have too much power.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7in Android tablet review
Why anyone would get this over a Nexus 7 is beyond me.
Acer Iconia A110 8GB Android tablet review
Re: Speaker
Mine isn't quiet, not even in the slightest.
Rumour: Asus rejects $99 Nexus 7... rumour
Re: Cheaper Nexus 7
I imagine the camera is useful for Skype etc. Agreed about the GPS chip, but how much would it really save?
Re: "Google Play shop to which the Nexus 7 is tightly tied"
Came here to say that. Bravo.
iPhone queue 'superficial and pretentious' says queuing fangirl
Re: 'wants a phone that works'
I hear this a lot, but I find that Android on ICS and above is very easy to use, as does my not-really-technical-i-just want-to-send-a-text-and-check-facebook girlfriend.This was maybe not the case a few years ago but I think times have changed.
I'm sure I read a study once which compared how a 'virgin' user would perform tasks on iOS and Android, and I think it was really close. They measured things like hunting around to find the correct button etc.
Amazon pitches cheap new Kindles for Blighty
Re: "And I don't mind paying a little extra for it."
Just had a look and that is interesting. However, it's not being sold directly by Amazon so maybe you're being a bit cynical!
I was just about to buy a nexus 7, and after looking at a side by side comparison, I still am. I just want pure android. And I don't mind paying a little extra for it.
PCs get touchy ahead of Windows 8 launch
Vertical screens gives you a gorilla arm.
Sick of juggling apps on biz PCs? This install tool will save your sanity
I always use it at home etc on a fresh build, saves half an hour or so, it's impressive. Would I use it in an Enterprise? Not sure...
NHS trust: Not buying through NHS IT saved us £7m
Government in not getting the best deal shocker
Sysadmins! There's no shame in using a mouse to delete files
It's all about automation, which is usually via CLI.
Firefox 14 encrypts Google search, but admen can still strip-search you
Who uses firefox anyway?
McDonalds staff 'rough up' prof with home-made techno-spectacles
He should have **takes off sunglasses, folds and puts them in top pocket of shirt** seen that coming
Apple 'fesses up: We broke App Store downloads
Will they patent this?
NHS trust spunks £67m on e-patient records, Twitter, Facebook
Re: NHS and IT?
Obviously this didn't happen.
You're right. Our Trust wanted to buy some software which prompted users to update their details when they logged on, which in turn updated AD. They got quoted ~£20k I think, including all the bells and whistles. We (IT) found one for a couple of hundred dollars which did everything we needed, but without our help the project managers would probably have ploughed on.
However this my experience in nhs IT: Our budget it get allocated, we spec something up, then the budget gets cut and we have to compromise and the system never really works as we can't afford to do what we wanted to achieve in the first place. We do try and get 'inventive' with licenses etc but there is only so much you can do.
Ten... Androids for under 200 quid
Re: System storage???
Although rooting maybe straight forward for the target audience of this website, 99% of users not even know what rooting is and would never attempt it.
After I passed my Desire to my other half (i got a Galaxy s2 - sooo much better) I was forever looking after it for her; clearing up cache space etc. I don't know what HTC were thinking when they decided on space. It was the reason I left HTC and went to Samsung (2gb for apps, yes please!)
Dimming the lights on smart(arse) TV
Re: Remote controls
That's what I've done, but with all the HD channels, as they are spread out so much on Sky.
Android Firefox: Screaming, awesome, you'll go blind etc
I installed it last night, it crashed twice, and used 11% of my battery in about an hour even though I gave up using it after it crashed. Needless to say I uninstalled it.
Android activations near a million a day
900,000 does seem an awful lot, That would cover every man, woman and child within the UK in less than 3 months. I'd love to see an actual breakdown of these numbers.
Laptop computers are crap
Well? Are you going to enlighten us as to what this wonder machine is called?
Free CompSci 101 finally launches this month
Re: Cover picture
Google images, click the little camera icon on the search bar, paste in the image url. Thank me later.
Samsung worker confirms April launch for Galaxy S III
Re: What's starting to worry me...
> iOS rules phones
>Android is king of smartphones
> Apple is eating into Microsoft's turf on the desktop
Is it?
ISP Be admits crippling iPlayer demand burst its pipes
Would this be why my experience on the whole of the BBC domain has been slow for the last month or so then?
Also, what is the name of that software used for the ping tests?
Facebook denies poaching your text messages on Android
Use tinfoil for android.
World's first bamboo smartphone to enter production
'Wood' you believe it!?
Apple iPhone 5 to debut at developer gig
So are we going to have to put up with unfounded reports about its specification until then?
Mozilla releases Firefox 10, adds developer tools
I think Chrome looks *far* better than Firefox, there's something about that default font in firefox that I'm not keen on.
haha good one. Oh, wait - you're serious?
Chrome has the right idea (IMO) with it's silent, background updates. Not to mention it's better in almost every way as well.
Microsoft builds Kinect into Asus laptops
Asus marketing ticking the USP box.
Yahoo! cofounder! Jerry! Yang! quits!
Is it rule you lot have whenever there is a Yahoo! story to have! the! headline! like! this! Seems you do it every Yahoo! related story
Vauxhall prices up Ampera e-car for Blighty
I would love to know the estimated cost of replacing the battery and their life expectancy.
Samsung joins Ultrabook race
Is it me, or do all these ultrabooks look the same?
Netflix goes live in Blighty
Initially was interested, looked at selection and was, quite frankly, appalled.
2011's Best... HD TVs
Much more expensive
Man's phone burns, toasts trouser region
Galaxy Nexus only has a 5mp camera. The plot thickens. Deffo not a European S2, could it be the sort they sell in the US?
Chromebooks: the flop of 2011?
Like a lot of things, it's surely a price thing. The cheapest are about 300 quid, and some are more. I've just got a i5 (sandybridge) etc laptop for £399 (ASUS K53E, impressed with it btw) which will run everything I through at it from an OS standpoint
Is anyone surprised by this? Like dogged says, it will need a huge price cut to succeed
Facebook phone rises from the dead, again
Try Tinfoil for Facebook on your Android device...it's just m.facebook.com but it's sandboxed and is easy on battery life and doesn't use gps.
Deduplication: a power-hungry way to streamline storage
It compresses the data, also. Hence the extra cpu power. Which I believe can be chosen to be done client or server side.
Parmo v poutine: The ultimate post-pub nosh deathmatch
Speaking from experience....
I work in Middlesbrough so I feel I'm well placed to comment....
Parmo's (I try and said Parmasan to avoid looking like a chav) are awesome, they generally come in chicken rather than pork though, and cost about £6 ish for a "full" (which would easily make 2 meals) . I haven't had one for 6 months as I try and keep them too a minimum for health reasons!
We've moved on to Shawarma's sandwiches now though...middle eastern loveliness!
Boffin hacks Wi-Fi to double mobile gadget battery life
Anyone fancy doing a tl;dr?
Does a flash motor make a man more desirable?
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Apps, Apps, Apps!
The Overdrive service offers apps for most types of tablets, computers, and other devices! These allow you to read your ebook wherever you are. Available apps include Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone, iOS, OSX, Chrome OS, Nook, and Amazon Kindle Fire!
On the right is a view of the Overdrive app on an Android phone.
On the right is a view of the Overdrive app on an Android phone.
How Do I Do This?
Just follow these steps:
- You can read ebooks and listen to audiobooks directly inside your web browser, just by visiting the WVU Libraries Overdrive Link: http://wvu.lib.overdrive.com/
- Alternatively, to use an app on your device of choice, first download the app at https://app.overdrive.com/
- After you have the app installed, choose the "Sign Up" option.
- When you create your account, choose the "option to use e-mail, and create an Overdrive account using your WVU e-mail address.
- After your account has been created, you should get an e-mail message asking you to click a link to verify the account.
- Inside the app, once you are logged into your new account, look for the "Manage Libraries" setting.
- You want to add a new library. When searching, be sure to type in "West Virginia University". WVU did not work for me.
Also, note that while you use the Overdrive account you created to log into the app, you will still need to enter your WVU ID username and password while you are browsing for books in the "West Virginia University" library section of the app.


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This is a indie digital title published by Sega.
It's almost a great game, the graphics are nicely stylised with lots of bonkers things happening on screen. The game is a platform game with lots of shooting involved. And some imaginative mini games upon defeating the boss monsters.
I enjoy the sense of humour, whilst sometime puerile it often raises a chuckle. It's a tough beast as well fortunately it has infinite lives.
The let down is the controls, whilst not game breaking they take a lot of adjusting to. Left stick controls the protagonist, right stick controls your aim. Almost like a twin stick shooter, your then having to hit another button to jump or shoot (or often both). Which ain't the most intuitive thing in the world.
My thoughts after 3 levels are to score the game in the C+ range. Not a must have, but a decent and fun game that doesn't take itself seriously.
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the dead rabbit (PS3/360)
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Re: Hell Yeah! Wrath of the dead rabbit (PS3/360)
I actually enjoyed this game quite a bit. My friend did probably about 80% of the work since I am terrible at this type of game but we made it all the way through with 100% completion and had a lot of laughs (and some frustration). I would give this a strong B+
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Here's the starting point: Anyone who cares about the Twins want things to be better, unless you're the person who watches NASCAR only for the crashes or hockey only for the fights. No matter the level of suspicion that we brought to the first week of the season, fans wanted to start building a case that enough things would be better to compensate for the areas that are still lacking.
Watching Chris Colabello bring home seven runs in Thursday's and Friday's games is that kind of salve.
But I'm hard pressed through this first weekday of games to give you anything beyond that Exhibit A, and I have little for you to counter the argument that Friday's loss in Cleveland was a return to the same old same old. The "best" thing that happened was the game being delayed long enough by weather that I could give it a thorough viewing.
Here we go:
*Twins take a 2-0 lead and blow a chance to expand it when Joe Vavra, the third-base coach, made the horrific decision to send home Kurt Suzuki on Brian Dozier's two-out single to left in the second inning. Cleveland's left fielder had the ball as Suzuki reached third base. The bad judgment ended the inning instead of giving Joe Mauer a chance to bat with the bases loaded.
*No hitting in clutch situations. The Twins loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, when they were still ahead 2-0, and failed to score. Down 7-2, they had runners on second and third with one out in the eighth and again didn't score. Dozier's hit mentioned above was the only one Friday with runners in scoring position.
*In the sixth, Suzuki struck out on an awful swing (on a 3-and-2 pitch) that resulted in a double play when Oswaldo Arcia was easily thrown out at second. Suzuki has done more than his share of heavy lifting on offense through these first four games, which makes it even more painful to bring up that single shortcoming. But it was flat-out glaring.
*Here's a statistic: Colabello, Suzuki and Trevor Plouffe have 18 hits through four games. The rest of the team has 19. Those three have a combined .419 average; everyone else is a combined .181. Without naming names, "everyone else" includes the guys who are supposed to carry the offense. (This also is my first chance in 2014 to use the phrase "small sample size," but I'm citing this to show only that the Twins are getting a chunk of offense from some unexpected sources.)
*It's only one start, but the Mike Pelfrey of 2014 didn't inspire much confidence with his sudden meltdown in the sixth. He retired 12 straight, battled through the fifth and then melted down in the sixth -- exiting after giving up two home runs and three walks, not to mention giving up the lead. The bullpen didn't bail him out.
*Bert Blyleven rightfully called out the defense for misplaying a rundown in the fifth inning that allowed the batter to reach second base on a grounder to Pelfrey. No harm came from the misplay, but it did nothing for any notion that the Twins are improved at basic things you need to do well to compensate for the things you don't.
*Another reminder of 2013: The Twins struck out 11 times.
Most of the numbers with certainly right themselves. Joe Mauer won't hit .125 with a .263 on-base percentage and the bullpen won't yield an earned run per inning (13 ER in 13 1/3 innings, so far). But neither is Colabello going to get extra bases in two of every three hits or Plouffe and Suzuki have an OPS (on base-plus-slugging percentage) north of 1.000.
The issue will become whether that evening-out process will result in something better than what we've been seeing for the last few years. I really want to build you a case for optimism. But if you've read this far, you'd be too smart to buy it.
Maybe we can try again in a couple of weeks.
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A word of advice to Chris Kohl, president of the CU College Republicans, regarding their decision to invite Milo Yiannopoulos to campus. If you don't want young Republicans to be told they are "...bigots or racists or whatever," then don't invite speakers who are so clearly bigoted, racist, misogynistic, and whatever else, to speak at your campus.
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My family took a six-hour road trip from Oakland to Sequoia National Park last week. My husband, Michael, was the driver. I'm the trusty navigator with maps, AAA tour book and the 800 number that helps locate In-N-Out Burger locations along Highway 99.
My ten-year-old son, Nick, and his buddy, Josh, sat in the back seat, zoning out with iPods and handheld video games. We'd instructed them that electronics would only be allowed in the car while traveling to and from Sequoia. No electronics during the five days in the park. So Nick and Josh were getting in their last fix.
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Once again, I woke with a ditty playing in my head. "If you can't be with the one you love, Love the one you're with". (I can't remember who originated this song. If you do, please credit.)
As I focused on my feelings, my mind transformed the words into my recent thoughts. If you can't be WHERE you want, Love where you are. I had spent days searching for a new place to experience life, out of town, out of the country and even streaming shows with exotic settings.
I moved back to New Mexico a few years ago. It is a familiar place where I birthed and raised my children. I thought I would feel comfortable in my mature years in a familiar setting but I was bored with the scenery despite its tourist appeal; irritated with the politics and feelings of not belonging.
Motivated for a change, I began searching the internet for places to go and found this web site. – [ http://www.bestourism.com/items/di/7319?title=Christ-in-the-Desert Monastery&b=293 ] It was advertised as THE BEST PLACE TO VISIT IN NEW MEXICO, USA / Christ In The Desert Monastery.
Memories flooded my consciousness as I recognized this locale. When my first born was 4 months old, my friend Suzie volunteered to do a survey for the Sierra Club of the Chama river canyon and invited me and my newborn along. Our base camp was located across the river from the Christ in the Desert Monastery.
It was 1975 and the Monastery was new with a small store selling wine, local produce, and inspirational material.
Following is quoted material from the tourist web site that describes the landscape uniquely and better than I can imitate.
" Monastery Christ in the Desert is located in Chama Canyon, an amazing landscape, in the northwestern New Mexico. . .
The Monastery … is surrounded for a long distance only by untouched wilderness, . . . The place is one of the most beautiful places in New Mexico, and the monastery is a very welcoming and embracing sacred place, that offers a great energy and renowned spirit even after a short visit… It offers . . . an amazing view that opens the valley. . . creating a majestic ambiance. The Monastery is the place that makes everyone to feel graceful, simple and grateful for being a human being in this world. Everyone should definitely visit this spot, even if . . . not a religious person. . . This monastery is truly spectacular, isolated from the society, giving for everyone the opportunity to change the world, by changing themselves, because, this is the place where the pilgrims can meditate in peace and change their mind, charging their souls with positive energy. The isolated monastery is in a perfect harmony with nature, in this picturesque wilderness region."
Monastery of Christ in the Desert
Suzie and I informed the monk in the store we would be camping across the river for the night and planned to leave the next day after completing the survey. That evening we ate from our prepacked picnic and enjoyed the soft Pinon perfumed breeze. Suzie laid her sleeping bag on the shore under the star filled sky and I prepared the back of the Jeep's tailgate with my sleeping bag and a blanket for my son. The sound of the river's flow lulled us to sleep.
I felt my son breaking free of his covers and heard him begin to whimper. Suddenly the camp site was surrounded by howling which was drawing closer. My son's whimper became a wail as if answering the approaching sentinels.
Suzie slides into the Jeep and reassures me all was safe. The coyotes were just alerting me it was time to feed my baby. I began nursing my son and the coyotes hushed. The feeling of being in "perfect harmony" with nature and connected to my furry friends was awesome.
And yes, like the tourist site promised, I felt . . . "graceful, simple and grateful for being a human being in this world."


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UN expert warns Sri Lanka of war crime prosecutions
By Our Political Correspondent
Oct 23, 2017 19:11 PM GMT+0530 | 2 Comment(s)
ECONOMYNEXT - A United Nations expert Monday warned Sri Lanka to speedily investigate its troops over alleged war crimes or risk international prosecutions.
Pablo de Greiff, the special rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence, said Colombo was slow to deliver justice to victims and demanded swift action eight years after the war's end.
He said a war crimes complaint last month in Brazil against Sri Lanka's then ambassador, a former war general, underscored the risk faced by local military personnel even in their retirement.
"As the recent case presented in Brazil against a former member of the armed forces demonstrates, accountability will be sought either here (in Sri Lanka) or abroad," de Greiff said at the end of a two-week.
He said the attempted prosecution of retired general Jagath Jayasuriya was the "tip of the iceberg." He feared more such cases in foreign jurisdictions unless Colombo ensured a credible domestic investigation.
Two days after the South African-based rights group, the International Truth and Justice Project, filed cases against Jayasuriya, he left Brazil in what Colombo said was at the end of his two-year posting.
De Greiff criticised Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's public claim that he will not allow "war heroes" to be prosecuted for alleged war crimes.
Sri Lanka faced international censure over the failure of the former regime to acknowledge civilian casualties while battling Tamil Tiger guerrillas.
Sirisena's government came to power in January 2015 on a promise to ensure justice for war victims. However, after two years in power, Sirisena's administration had been slow to deliver on accountability.
Unlike his predecessor Mahinda Rajapakse, Sirisena has agreed to investigate war crimes, but is yet to set up a mechanism for it.
De Greiff said there had been no progress even in some of the "emblematic cases" of rights abuses and said the government's plan to grant reparations and ensure non-recurrence was not a substitute to accountability.
He urged the government to "adopt a comprehensive transitional justice strategy that includes a clear calendar" and also asked Colombo to draw on the expertise of the UN human rights chief's office.
(COLOMBO, October 23, 2017)
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Piyasha October 23, 07:58 AM
Well Sri Lanka has prosecuted many Tigers for many crimes. They have also rehabilitated and released many after holding them for one or two years without charge.
Western countries however prosecuted people they caught supplying arms to the Tigers. For example this onehttps://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2012/two-alleged-operatives-of-the-tamil-tigers-terrorist-organization-extradited-to-brooklyn
Or this one
http://bailaman.blogspot.com/2009/10/singapore-extradites-tamil-tiger-arms.htmlSo they will be sentenced to 2 or 3 years in prison and then 'after paying the debt to society' the will go free.All Tamil Tigers should also have been similarly sentenced and even if they were sentenced to 10 years they will be free in the next few years.
The UN system is not a joke. If a war has to be fought it has to be fought on certain lines. This was a civil war. Our Army did not kill foreigners. They killed our own people. When they do that - people who take up arms are criminals - they have to be treated as such. Even criminals have certain rights.
They should not kill people's relatives and so on. For example the JVP leader's wife etc. You can see this in the US. Police brutality against minorities - president supporting.
Giabao October 23, 07:50 AM
What about the justice for Sinhalese families who lost their loved ones ..... why dont they force action against those in western countries who backed financially and otherwise towards LTTE. What a biased implementation of justice. Am sure they are trying to create another problem by hurting one side of the conflict and army who were fighting a war against a terriorist outfit. UN system is a joke.


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Homemade Worship By Handmade People, Rend Collective Experiment - CD Review
Irish worship troubadours Rend Collective Experiment made a triumphant entry into the world of corporate worship with their September 2010 debut, Organic Family Hymnal. On January 10, 2012 they release their sophomore offering, Homemade Worship by Handmade People The songs are all very singable and would fit well in any congregation.
Track 2 "You Are My Vision" is a modern take on the classic Irish Hymn. The members of The Collective rewrote the lyrics into modern English and shifted the theme of the song from asking to declaring. The song is played very upbeat and enthusiastically. This hymn should easily see resurgence within the church as worship leaders begin to include this version into their team repertoires.
The very next song "The Cost" is my absolute favorite track on this album! It is a very upbeat song that builds the believer as we declare our devotion to the Lord. The lyrics are simple and singable while the song itself keeps a very fun feel to it. I love the simplicity of the chorus. Sometimes simple things really grab the heart.
"Build Your Kingdom Here" is another brilliant offering. As the title suggests, the song is a call for the Lord to come and build the Kingdom of Heaven here on the earth. This is a very upbeat and in your face song calling for God to establish The Kingdom. Once again I love the chorus, "Build your kingdom here, let the darkness flee, show your mighty hand, heal our streets and land. Set your church on fire, win this nation back, change the atmosphere, build your kingdom here...we pray." I can easily see this song becoming a standard in the church, though its heavy use of the banjo might require a bit of rearranging for churches that do not have a banjo in their line up.
"Desert Soul" brings the tempo back down and begins with a very deep banjo being fingerpicked. The song ebbs and flows throughout. I love the desperation of the lyrics. It expressed the broken nature of humanity as dry bones, and the power of God to revive the dry bones. This is a song that needs to be sung more. The church needs to recognize their utter dependence upon the Lord. This song drips with the fear of the Lord, and as Proverbs reminds us, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."
Overall, I was very impressed with this album. Organic Family Hymnal was one of my top albums of 2010. Homemade Worship By Handmade People sets the bar high for worship in 2012. Even if you decide that there isn't a single song you can use in your church, you want this album because you will enjoy this album. I would rate it 5 out of 5 stars. It is a breath of fresh air in a worship culture that often finds itself pigeonholed into one sound.
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Thursday, November 17th is an International Direct Day of Action in support of Occupy Wall Street. Around the world people will be protesting, rallying, and Occupying in solidarity with Wall Street to call for an end to the corporatism that has taken over our country and the world.
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At IRVINE'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT, Intersection of Von Karman and Main, Irvine, CA we have the Occupy OC-Irvine demonstration.
In celebration of Occupy Wall Street's 2 Month Anniversary of Occupation. OccupyOC-Irvine plans their biggest demonstration on the anchoring corner of Irvine's Financial District on Thursday, November 17th beginning at 3:00 PM. Let's meet at 3:00 PM at the Civic Center and carpool to the intersection by 3:15 PM, be on the corners by 3:30 PM.
Demonstrators are urged to keep their signs relevant to the corporations/banks financial involvement in our government – election campaigns and lobbyists.
The area is home to pharmaceutical companies, financial investment firms, banks, and other large corporations.
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PART II of the Irvine Demonstration
The plan is to join MoveOn for their November 17th day of action, WE ARE THE 99% as they demonstrate at 5:30 PM at the John Wayne Airport – MacArthur Connection Bridge, 18622 MacArthur Blvd.
This demonstration will draw attention to the crumbling infrastructure in this country that will employ thousands when we start fixing them. Let's put America back to work!!!
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Avedisian names Keiser interim finance director
Mayor Scott Avedisian announced Wednesday the appointment of Bruce Keiser, director of administration, to lead the finance department on an interim basis to replace longtime Finance Director Ernest Zmyslinski. Zmyslinski officially retired this week to assume the job of West Warwick Town Manager.
"Ernie has served the citizens of Warwick extremely well during his 18-year tenure with the City," Avedisian said. "He has been a valued member of my administration, and it is in great part due to his careful stewardship of the city's finances that we have posted budget surpluses year after year, and meet our pension obligations while continuing to provide good municipal services.
"I have been consistently and deeply impressed with the scope of Ernie's knowledge, dedication and tireless efforts to keep city departments within – or under – budget," Avedisian continued. "While he relies on traditional finance practices to maintain the city's fiscal health, he is also constantly researching other communities' innovations in cost-saving measures to better serve our taxpayers. We will certainly miss Ernie, and thank him for his hard work over the years. I wish him well as he retires from the City."
Zmyslinski was named finance director in 1999 by then-Mayor Lincoln Chafee, and Avedisian asked him to remain in the post upon his election as mayor in 2000. During Zmyslinski's tenure, the Finance and Treasury divisions, over which he had direct supervision, have earned several Certificates of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada. He also received the Robert M. Goodrich Distinguished Public Service Award from the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council.
Zmyslinski said he is grateful for the opportunity to serve as the City's Finance Director and work as part of an outstanding management team.
Avedisian said Keiser would hold the dual roles of director of administration and finance director until a permanent replacement is named.
Keiser has nearly 40 years of government management experience, with demonstrated expertise in oversight of municipal operations, budgeting, personnel, community planning, and intergovernmental relations. He was Jamestown's town administrator for seven years prior to retiring in August 2013.
Previously, he was the senior planner and executive assistant to the mayor of Pawtucket. He has also served as director of local government services for the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council and as director of administrative services in South Kingstown. Prior to his appointment as director of administration, Keiser spent several months as the interim tax assessor.
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After visiting with the folks back home, lawmakers have returned from their recess convinced that most Americans are worried about the fragile economy and not about possible dirty tricks during the 1980 elections.
The issue of President Carter's debate briefing books found in Reagan White House files ''never came up,'' said House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. this week. The Massachusetts Democrat said his constituents talked about jobs and medicare.
So Speaker O'Neill, who is fond of saying that the House reflects the will of the people, is snubbing the House subcommittee that is investigating the campaign controversy. Such probes merely ''divert attention'' from other issues such as unemployment, he says.
Even as the jobless rate has dipped to 10 percent, the Democratic-controlled House is continuing to push for bills that will keep jobs and recession relief in the spotlight.
''They are still saying we're going to be in the high nines (9 percent unemployment) through next year,'' says an aide to House Democratic whip Thomas S. Foley of Washington. ''That doesn't preclude the need for some kind of relief.''
''No matter what the level of recovery, there are areas that don't share in the general prosperity,'' said James L. Oberstar (D) of Minnesota, after an overwhelming victory Tuesday for his $4.2 billion public-works authorization bill. It would target funds for highways, sewer and water systems, and other projects to low-income, high-unemployment communities around the nation.
A long list of ''Jobs II'' programs is working its way through Congress, which during the throes of the recession earlier this year passed a short-term jobs and recession relief bill. Phase 2 programs range from mortgage foreclosure aid to farmers and homeowners to funds for distributing surplus food, as well as a major public-service jobs bill.
Except for the public-service bill, which even some Democrats say is too expensive, the measures are winning easy victories in the House, but running into a brick wall in the GOP-controlled Senate.
''I expect they will pass a big Jobs II-type program,'' says a Senate leadership aide, who predicts it will not become law. ''I just don't expect any (Senate) action,'' he adds, describing the House Democrats as staking out political ground.
Rep. Bill Alexander (D) of Arkansas, deputy Democratic whip, concedes that politics is involved. ''These bills are setting the debate for the '84 presidential and congressional elections,'' he says, even if they fail in the Senate.
Representative Alexander also holds that the Democratic jobs bills are ''not the answer,'' but only a beginning. ''Jobs programs are effective, but they're not permanent,'' he says, and the real political message is that addressing the entire problem of the economy requires ''an administration that is teamed up with Congress.''
The Arkansas Democrat predicts that the recovery will not take the wind out of jobs program sails because the basic economic problems persist. ''We still have historic federal deficits, record trade deficits, and squeamish financial markets,'' he says.
Some Republicans, however, are already pointing to the recovery. ''Over the last six months there has been the greatest drop in unemployment since the 1940s ,'' Rep. Dan Lungren (R) of California told his colleagues this week. Arguing for cutting the Oberstar public-works bill in half, he warned against government deficits that boost interest rates.
''Economists suggest that the economic recovery could be killed by interest rates,'' Mr. Lungren said.
One relief bill that seems likely to win in both houses is proposed health insurance for unemployed workers and their families. The House is expected to approve a $4 billion plan this week, and the Senate has already begun work on a scaled-down plan.
''I want to make absolutely sure that we don't contribute to our bloated federal deficit by enacting this program without comparable revenue increases or spending cuts,'' said Sen. Robert Dole (R) of Kansas as his Senate Finance Committee began marking up the health benefits bill for the jobless.
But, he added, ''A real need exists. This is a first step toward addressing that need.''
Also figuring into the proposed domestic plans is President Reagan, who has been brandishing veto threats against big-spending legislation. While some sources on Capitol Hill doubt he will actually veto many bills, the threat has already helped keep congressional committees in line as they draw up legislation.
The House bill on health benefits, for example, has been reduced to the level set by the federal budget. And supporters of a multibillion-dollar housing authorization bill this week reluctantly lowered the funding to ensure passage on the House floor.


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A Quick Guide to Africa's Financial Hub
Home to a diversity of communities, South Africa is the hub for foreign business in Africa. Three of its largest cities--Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria--host a variety of conference centers and unique attractions.
Cape Town
Located between the Cape of Good Hope and Table Mountain, Cape Town is best known for its extraordinary landscape. The Cape itself features many beautiful beaches, and Table Mountain and Lions Head are incredible hiking spots. City attractions include Two Oceans Aquarium and the District Six museum.
Cape Town has three large conference centersAtlantic Beach Conference Centre, Cape Town International Convention Centre and Grand West Casino & Entertainment World.
Several medium and small centers, including Belmont Square Conference Centre, Atlantic Imbizo Conference & Function Studios , Carmichael Conference Centre , Simons Town Quayside Hotel Conference Centre , and the Pavilion Conference Centre provide additional conference facilities.
Johannesburg is much more of a metropolitan center than picturesque Cape Town. It boasts the Apartheid Museum, the Johannesburg Zoo and SAB World of Beer.
Johannesburg is home to four major conference centersGlenburn Lodge, Montecasino, Sandton Convention Centre and Eskom Convention Centre.
Home to the executive branch of the South African government, Pretoria is South Africas historical hub. The citys major historical spots are the Sammy Marks House and the Voortrekker Monument. Also of interest to travelers are Loftus Versfeld Stadium and the Cheetah Research & Breeding Centre.
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A dolphin has dethroned "The Lion King" at the weekend box office.
The Warner Bros. family film "Dolphin Tale" held up well with $14.2 million in its second weekend to take over at No. 1 from "The Lion King," the Disney reissue that had been the top movie the previous two weekends.
Studio estimates Sunday showed "The Lion King" slipping to third-place with $11.1 million, just behind Sony's Brad Pitt baseball tale "Moneyball," which was No. 2 in its second weekend with $12.5 million.
The three holdover films held off a rush of new wide releases. In a photo finish for the No. 4 spot were Summit Entertainment's cancer comic drama "50/50," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, with $8.85 million and Sony's Christian-themed police drama "Courageous" with $8.8 million.


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Genealogy information has been collected and shared on the children of John B. Shively and wife Sarah Heaverin except for son Joseph H. Shively. After doing research there are records for him that were found. He lived in many different places which contributed to making the research on him more difficult.
Joseph H. Shively was born on 17-Nov-1844 in Taylor County, KY and died on 29-Sep-1917 at the National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soliders in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN. (The above picture of his tombstone is a result of one of the many volunteers who contribute their time and photos to Find A Grave).
From information collected following is a time line for the areas where Joseph Shively lived:
Mannsville, Taylor County, KY to August 1865
Colfax, Jasper County, IA to 1872
Shelby County, IA to 1883
Brookville, Jefferson County, IA to 1887
Shelby County, IA to 1890
Lake Arthur, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA to 1892
Bowling Green, Warren County, KY to 1901
Admitted to US National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1901 (He may have entered the home in Danville, Vermillon County, IL and later transferred to the home in Dayton, Montgomery County, OH).
Joseph H. Shively was married 1st in Jasper County, IA on 7-Feb-1866 to Nancy Elizabeth Shipp. From research it is believed that she was the daughter of Albert Shipp and Mahala Pile. Nancy Elizabeth Shipp was born ca 1848 and died 17-Jan-1874. She is buried in the Greencastle Cemetery in Jasper County, IA. Joseph and Nancy Elizabeth had 3 daughters: Corda Mae Shively born 14-Feb-1868 died 15-Nov-1907 and married to David Barton Penniman; Alma D Shively born 28-Apr-1870 died 20-Sep-1871 and buried in Greencastle Cemetery in Jasper County, IA; Gertrude Shively born ca 1872 and married to Lowell H. Jones. After the death of their mother in 1874 Corda Mae and Gertrude Shively lived in the household of John and Agnes Gochenour.
Joseph H. Shively married 2nd in Shelby County, IA on 2-April-1876 to Elnora E. Simpson, daughter of William Ward Simpson and Julia Ann Gregoire. Elnora was born ca 1855 died 27-Nov-1915 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN. They were the parents of two children: Claude Houston Shively born 19-Feb-1876 and who is located census records in the state of AZ; Helen A Shively born 1-Sep-1880 died 17-Aug-1957 Columbus, Franklin County, OH and married to Albertus Lafferty.
From the census records it appears Joseph H. Shively had different professions. In 1870 in Jasper County, IA he is listed as a farmer. In 1880 in Shelby County, IA he is listed as postmaster. Interesting note that on the 1880 Shelby County census records he is the enumerator. In 1900 he is listed in Warren County, KY as a hotel keeper. From the admission records to the soliders home his occupation is listed as a telegraph operator.
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Joseph H. Shively did serve in the Civil War in Company H, 10th KY Infantry with his brothers, William Thomas, Stephen Mitchell, David Alexander, and Samuel (who was killed in the war and is buried in the Old St. Francis deSales Cem. in Taylor County, KY). Joseph Shively does have a Civil War pension which was obtained from the National Archives.
Joseph Shively and second wife, Elnora E., are buried in the Calvary Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN.


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We wanted to find out which carabiner was the best, so we've updated our old review to look at some of the newer products out there, and compared them to some classic performers. Even though carabiners have been used for rock climbing for over 100 years, the innovation still continues. Our testers used the products in this review for three months on a variety of single and multi-pitch traditional climbs. Our side-by-side comparison testing evaluated how well each model unclipped and clipped, how well it handled, how many ropes it could fit, how smoothly the rope pulled through, and its portability. This review will go over our findings and fill you in on whether some of these new innovations are worth the extra bucks.
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Best Overall Carabiner
Wild Country Helium Carabiner
The Wild Country Helium did it again, winning our Editors' Choice award for the second time. There have been some exciting new additions to the market in the last four years, but none good enough to take the top spot from the Helium (in our minds anyway!). This product does everything well: it's easy to handle and can hold multiple ropes thanks to its full size, it clips nicely and has a smooth pull, it's lightweight and suitable for all types of climbing, and most importantly, it marries the best of wiregate and keylock designs into one package. You can purchase it in five different colors to match with your cams or go on your slings, or they come on the pre-assembled Wild Country Helium Quickdraw. The only thing we don't like about this product is its price, but we truly believe that the Helium is worth the extra cost. Start a savings account, shop the sales, and try it out.
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Best Bang for the Buck
Mad Rock UltraLight Bent Gate
If you just checked out how much the Heliums are selling for and are having a panic attack, take a deep breath and buy some Mad Rock UltraLight Bent Gates instead. They're a little smaller than the Heliums and have an unprotected notch in the nose, and they only come in two colors (red for the bent gate and silver for the straight), but they are half the price! You might decide that you'll put up with a little snagging for all the money you'll save with this one. Pick some up for you next set of slings, or you can also find them on the Mad Rock UltraLight Quickdraw.
Read review: Mad Rock UltraLight Bent Gate
Top Pick for Lightweight
Black Diamond Oz Carabiner
Have you ever taken your heavy pack off after a long hike and had the sensation that you were floating? This is what switching to lightweight gear is like for your trad rack. The Black Diamond Oz is not the lightest product out there, but in our minds it is the lightest product that still retains as much functionality as possible. At a scant 28 grams, or 1 ounce, you barely notice it in your hand, yet you can still clip and handle it fairly easily. Black Diamond recently updated the Oz and placed a stainless steel wire hood over the notch in the nose for snag-free unclipping. It comes in six different colors to rack with your camming devices. You'll be floating up your next crack with these on your harness.
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Analysis and Test Results
There seems to be as many different types of products out now as there are routes to be climbed. If you're a dedicated sport climber, you might never even purchase a free, stand-alone biner, choosing a manufacturer's pre-assembled quickdraw instead. But once you start placing gear while trad climbing, the carabiners will accumulate. First 10, then 20, and by the time you decide to climb El Cap, you could have 50 or more of them in your gear box. Our main reviewer recently did an inventory of her gear, and after 20 years of climbing she and her husband have accumulated over 100 (and that's not including the dozens that have already been retired). No wonder people just stick to bouldering these days!
To help you select the right product, we've tested and compared 18 different models, from "old-school" ovals to the lightest biners being made today. Keep reading to see what performance criteria we find essential in these pieces of aluminum, and what you'll want to keep in mind when buying your next set.You can also read our buying advice for even more detailed information on the ins and outs of product construction and how to select the right one for your main climbing objectives.
With so many quality options on the market, it can be a daunting task to sort through which ones offer the greatest features relative to their price. To simplify things, we put together the chart below. Items appearing lower and further to the right represent what we believe to be the best value.
Different Types
These products can be sorted out in several ways: shape, gate, and function.Shape
Oval (big wall climbing)
Pear (belaying, large lockers)
D (old school trad, big wall climbing, belaying)
Off-set D (most common shape; comes in bent and straight gate)Gate
Wire Gates
Solid Gates (locking and non-locking)Function
Sport Climbing
Criteria For Evaluation
Ease of Unclipping
A lot of people focus on how easy it is to clip a piece of climbing gear, but we spend just as much time unclipping our gear as we do clipping it, and this is a crucial purchasing decision. You might love a certain model's clipping action, but if it has an exposed notch in the nose that the gate latches on, you (or your follower) won't love unclipping it, particularly as the wall steepens.
It used to be that all models had a notch to catch either a pin in the solid gate or the wiregate itself. Then Petzl invented the keylock design, and these days almost all solid gate models are keylock. With this design, the nose sits in a groove in the gate itself, eliminating any notches that might snag on your gear. The keylock models that we tested scored very high in this metric, particularly the Petzl Spirit Straight Gate, Petzl Djinn Straight Gate, and the Black Diamond Positron. These products make excellent choices for quickdraws, so that you can easily clean a steep sport route without getting it stuck on the rope or the bolt. It's also a safer product to use on the bolt end of a quickdraw as it cannot become
nose clipped.
Many people prefer wiregates over solid gates since they are generally easier to clip, lighter, and have a larger gate opening. But most wiregates still have a notch in the nose, leading to some frustrating unclipping scenarios. Some manufacturers have created keylock/wiregate hybrids, like the Wild Country Helium. In this model, the wiregate latches onto a notch that is inset into the nose. The notch is buried deep in there and cannot snag on anything. Black Diamond has taken a different route with the Black Diamond LiveWire and Black Diamond Oz wiregates, adding a stainless steel wire hood over the notch instead. All of these models were easier to unclip than ones with an exposed notch. An added benefit of this extra bit of engineering is that the bigger nose profiles protect the gate from scraping open against the rock. The two downsides are that the bulbous nose can be tricky to fit in tighter situations and the fancy designs come with a fancy price tag.
If you climb steep routes, either sport or trad, definitely keep all this in mind and choose a product that scored highly in this category. Otherwise, you might not even notice an unprotected wiregate on your cams or slings, but you might want to purchase one or two larger keylocking model, like the Petzl Djinn, to rack your nuts on.
Ease of Clipping
There are two characteristics that seem to affect the ease of clipping most: the size of the biner and the stiffness of the gate. While some prefer the clipping action of a wiregate over a solid gate, we had both score well in this category. Wiregates are less prone to icing up in cold conditions though, and should be your first choice for ice or alpine climbing. How important is this metric? If you're mostly climbing on cruiser terrain and doubt you'll ever be clipping from a tenuous position, then it might not be much of a concern. But for any type of hard-for-you climbing, where you need your clips to be fast and assured, you'll want a product that scored highly in this category.
When it comes to size, bigger really is better for clipping. The full size Wild Country Helium, Petzl Spirit, and Black Diamond LiveWire were all top scorers in this category. When the models started shrinking, however, so did their scores. The smaller Black Diamond Oz, Mad Rock UltraLight Bent Gate and Wild Country Astro were all a little more difficult to clip and our testers found clipping the super small CAMP Nano 23 and the Metolius FS Mini downright difficult.
The other factor that affects clipping action is the tension on the gate. Part of this comes down to personal preferences - some people prefer stiff gates over soft, or vice versa. Overall our testers seemed to prefer the medium to medium-stiff tension. The Petzl Spirit was a tester favorite, along with the Wild Country Helium and Black Diamond LiveWire. The Black Diamond Oz and CAMP Nano 23 were a little too much on the stiff side and didn't score as highly, nor did the CAMP Photon Wire with its weaker gate tension. While a soft gate tension might seem easier to clip at first, the downside is that it's easier for them to cross clip themselves when all jammed up on your harness. It can be really frustrating to reach for a piece or quickdraw in a crucial situation only to find that your gear is in a knot. This did happen to us when testing the CAMP Photon Wire.
Ease of Handling
Our testers found that larger products were easier to handle than smaller ones, with or without gloves on, particularly at the end of a long climb when your hands become fatigued. If you do climb in cold conditions, be sure to consider a full-sized model like the Wild Country Helium or CAMP Photon Wire. If you aid climb with gloves on, best to cut the fingers off so you can still use some smaller biners and save on weight.
Another thing to consider with this category is how you rack your gear when trad climbing. If you rack on a sling, you will most likely have ample space, but if you rack on your harness, you will want a product with a narrower spine so that things don't become bunched up. The CAMP Photon Wires are so narrow that six of them are the same width as five Petzl Djinns. This makes a big difference when trying to stuff a double set on your harness.
How Many Ropes Fit
We subjected each of the models reviewed here to our "three-rope test." Could the products hold three figure eights on-a-bight and still have the gate open fully? This is an important purchasing consideration if 1) you climb big walls and will be anchoring off the biners you buy; 2) you climb multi-pitch routes, particularly with parties of three; or 3) you like clove hitches.
Predictably, it was the small models like the CAMP Nano 23 and the Metolius FS Mini that scored poorly in this category. Generally speaking, the larger ones scored well, as long as they had a correspondingly large gate opening. For example, the Petzl Spirit straight gate is full sized but it has the same 21 mm gate opening as the much smaller Nano 23 (by default, solid gates have a smaller gate opening than wiregates). It was difficult to fully open the Spirit's gate when it held three loops of 10 mm rope.
The products with the largest baskets and the largest gate openings (and therefore the best performers in this category) were the CAMP Photon Wire, Petzl Djinn, Wild Country Helium, and Black Diamond HotWire.
We also tested out twin 7.8 mm ropes with these models to see how well the double ropes worked with each one. Even the small CAMP Nano 23 was able to hold the two ropes just fine, though we wouldn't want to clip two 10 mm ropes in there.
Rope Pull Smoothness
We tested how smoothly the rope pulls through each piece of gear for two reasons: the effect of rope drag and the wear on your rope. When lead climbing, you want the least amount of friction between the rope and the carabiner so that you're not fighting rope drag all the way up a route. On an Indian Creek splitter crack you might never notice the friction, but if you are on a long pitch, or the route wanders a lot, you will start to notice it even with a lot of extended slings. This is the one category that the oval biners scored highly in, as the round basket and large rope bearing surface helped to reduce friction. Products with narrower rope bearing surfaces will be harder on your rope, particularly if you use them for top-roping or you're taking repeated falls. This is why most sport climbing quickdraws still use full size models, as opposed to smaller lightweight ones.
We've divided the products we tested into three categories: lightweight for alpine, multi-pitch, and speed ascents; all-around for traditional climbing or sport climbers who want the lightest full-size models possible; and heavy for sport or big wall climbers who like to take their time.Lightweight: alpine, multi-pitch, & speed ascents
CAMP Nano 23 (23 grams)
Metolius FS Mini (24 grams)
Black Diamond Oz (28 grams)
Wild Country Astro (28 grams)
CAMP Photon Wire Express (29 grams)
Mad Rock UltraLight (32 grams)
Trango Superfly (32 grams)All-around: traditional or sport
Wild Country Helium (33 grams)
Black Diamond Neutrino (36 grams)
Black Diamond HotWire (37 grams)
Petzl Spirit Straight (39 grams)Heavy: sport or big wall
Black Diamond LiveWire (44 grams)
Petzl Djinn (45 grams)
Camp Orbit Bent (45 grams)
Black Diamond Oval Wire (45 grams)
Black Diamond PosiTron (49 grams)
Black Diamond Oval (64 grams)
The CAMP Nano 23 is impressively half the weight of some of the "heavy" products (we should note that the "heavy" biners used to be the standard weight before the hot forging and I-beam construction revolution.) Twenty Nano 23s weigh one pound, compared to two pounds for the CAMP Orbit and almost three pounds for the Black Diamond Oval. If you extrapolate that to a big wall rack, where you might be carrying up to 60 carabiners, switching all your ovals out to an ultra-lightweight one will save you 6 pounds. Anyone who's tried to mantle with a 25-pound aid rack on knows that six fewer pounds on their harness would be a dream!
However, there is a trade-off with the lighter weight models, and that is overall usability. The Nano 23 and Metolius FS Mini did not score well in any other metric that we tested. For a few extra ounces overall you can upgrade to a still-small-but-bigger-than-a-keychain-carabiner like the Black Diamond Oz or Wild Country Astro, which are considerably easier to use.
The History of a Carabiner
In the mid 1800's, rock climbing was still in its neonatal infancy, if you will. The activity of climbing rocks and mountains does date back into the late 16th century but with major differences to that of modern day alpinism. The earliest climbs, like that of Mount Blanc in 1786 were often done by the 'walking' path to the summit, while not without its challenges, it was a far less technical game. By the late 19th century different mountaineering groups across Europe were beginning to practice climb at their local cliffs and on boulders near major city centers. These skills were then transferred to the bigger mountains, like the Alps, where the climbing skills were employed to summit unclimbed mountains.
The first patent for an item resembling a carabiner shows up in 1868. The oval of metal, most likely steel, has an openable gate and on this early rendition the gate opens outwards. This early carabiner, labeled as a ring hook, was not intended for climbing but likely connecting chain or tied rope together. Another early rendition of a carabiner patent appears around 1897, referred to as a snap hook and again made of steel. This biner had two connecting points, one that could be accessed by the opening and closing spring loaded gate and another sealed ring for tying into.
The name carabiner goes back long before this first patent, however. The name stems from the German phrase 'karabinerhaken' which loosely means 'spring hook.' The earliest forms of these snap hooks were used by German carbine riflemen during the Napoleonic Wars at the start of the 19th century. These riflemen, dubbed carabiniers, used the snap hooks to connect their bandolier to their rifle and to attach items to their bandolier or belt, and the name seems to have stuck.
By the early 20th century, the application of the biner had changed entirely as mountain climbers found themselves limited in the ways they were able to secure themselves to a rope and then again limited in ways to secure their rope to their protection. At the time, climbing protection mainly consisted of tying a sling around a wedged block in a crack, known as chockstones, or tied off flakes and horns of rock. The climber would tie the sling around the block and then around the rope, a time consuming process. As different forms of protection were introduced to the mountaineering community in Europe in the late 19th century Pitons became the preferred form of protection. Being able to hammer in a piton whenever the climber wanted allowed for climbers to begin pushing the difficulty of routes. However climbers now needed a way to secure their rope to the piton without untying to pass the rope through a tied sling.
At this point, in 1911, a strong young mountaineer by the name of Otto Herzog was pushing the limits of climbing in the Alps. Herzog is credited with being the first person to use an early form of the carabiner in a climbing system. These were likely a heavy steel oval shaped biner with a spring loaded, inwards opening gate, very resemblant to a modern day biner. In 1921 a Munich, Germany based company had begun to produce one of the first climbing specific biners which weighed in at 130 grams (that is over 6 times as heavy as most biners today).
By the late 1930s and beginning of World War Two, many companies in both the US and Europe had begun to manufacture aluminum versions of the classic oval snap hook. There are many mysterious manufacturers from these years, likely companies that had the tools and equipment to manufacture an item that was in demand by the US government, so several different companies took up contracts for short periods of time. As the sub culture of climbing began to take root in the US during the post-war era and early 1950s, climbers began to tackle bigger, harder, and more technical objectives and many of these army tools found their way into rock climbing.
Many of the early legends of climbing in the United States started with military issue pitons and biners. However, by the 1957 one American climber had decided there was a demand and a need for some very specific tools in rock climbing and so Yvon Chouinard set to work and began manufacturing climbing equipment. Chouinard started manufacturing pitons and carabiners with a second-hand coal fired forge and selling them out of the trunk of his car. These new products were lighter and stronger and along with his pitons played a roll in changing the rock climbing game and opening the world of big wall climbing, like the massive walls of Yosemite Valley.
Throughout the seventies, eighties and nineties many different variations on the biner were created. Sometimes strange designs like twisted patterns or the use of hollow aluminum stock were tested. But the biggest developments with biners over the years comes from the metal that they are made from. The days of hand poured aluminum stock are long gone as the technology and development of biners has become similar to rock science. Engineers are constantly exploring new metal alloys and different shapes to decrease the weight and increase the strength.
Today, most models weigh in at close to (and often less than) one ounce or 28 grams. Most biners utilize an "I-Beam" construction, which is just as it sounds based on the same principles as a massive I-beam used in construction. Modern biners are created using a mix of different forging techniques, both hot forging and cold forging. These techniques allow for the use of a wider variety of metal alloys which weigh less yet have increased strength. So next time you are out climbing, be thankful you don't have an entire rack of steel biners and heavy steel pitons, all clipped into a hemp rope!
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I want to learn that it's okay to never be able coordinate my movements when I turn toward a door frame, resulting in the inevitable collision. I want to learn that I can focus on my movements, unapologetically Autistic in the ways my hands move, slowing to let myself tap invisible pianos and move my hands back and forth to the music.
I want people to learn to value diversity in communication and movement. I want people to make the effort to understand me, as I make the effort to understand them. I want people to learn that the ways I speak and move are, now and always, acceptable and valid.
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I first became aware of Blackgate in late 2014 when a friend recommended their debut six-song EP, an impressive exercise in U.S. power/thrash metal that skillfully recalled the genre masters while adding a contemporary edge that prevented them from sounding dated or derivative. In the interim, there have been some lineup changes (including the addition of Jeff Kollnot, brother of True Metal Lives colleague Jonathan Kollnot, on guitar), but the quintet from Grand Rapids, Michigan, has just completed their first full-length album, a 14-track, 65-minute affair entitled Ronin. They held a record release party in their hometown on July 9, 2016, which is about the same time a copy of Ronin found its way to my desk.
Ronin feels very much like the logical successor to the EP; indeed, most of the EP tracks (save one, if I'm not mistaken) appear on the album too, a wise move given the strength of cuts like 'Caesar' and 'You Better Run' and the likelihood that many metalheads might have missed out on hearing the EP. To that fine core of songs, Blackgate have added a fistful of new tracks cut from the same cloth as their predecessors. So seamless is the transition that, with EP and new songs interspersed in the running order, it is impossible to tell by listening which are the newer tunes and which are older. For the uninitiated, Blackgate's sound is perhaps most directly comparable to the Iced Earth family of bands, albeit with an overall thrashier, more aggressive riffing structure and lacking some of the sweeping dynamics of Jon Schaffer's outfit. That said, classic metal elements certainly crop up from time to time on Ronin. Just listen to the catchy Maiden/Priest inspired guitar melodies on songs like 'Dying Age' and 'Last Son' to see what I mean. By contrast, Blackgate can get downright brutal at times, such as in parts of 'Iron Legion' where the drums flirt with blastbeat territory and David Cuffman's gruff-but-tuneful vocals toughen up to the point of harshness. Yet even 'Iron Legion' has compelling melodic flourishes, fluid twin lead guitars courtesy of Matt Cremeans and Jeff Kollnot, a bass solo from Tim Luce, and a stadium-friendly 'woahh-ohhh' singalong bit at the end. So there's a fair amount of diversity and ample melody embedded in the tracks, even though Blackgate focuses on attack mode most of the time with their crushing, intense riffs and speedy tempos. Another cool feature of 'Ronin' is that most of the songs bleed into each other, with no dead space between them, which simply adds to the relentless intensity of the listening experience.
While I enjoy 'Ronin' very much, there are a few areas for improvement. The packaging of the physical CD-R leaves a lot to be desired. Sure, the cover artwork (front and back) is fantastic, but there is no booklet, no liner notes, and just three lines of barebones credits. Not even the musicians are identified. I know booklet design and printing are not cheap but by skimping in these areas, Blackgate are making it harder for fans who care enough to invest in physical product. Also, the sonics are noticeably uneven in places (not wholly unexpected for an unsigned, self-financed band), and the 65-minute running time is perhaps excessive for this kind of ripping metal assault, as listener fatigue may be inevitable. All of that said, there's no doubt in my mind that Blackgate have put their best foot forward here. 'Ronin' is the work of a talented band poised to break out of the local Grand Rapids scene and do some damage in the metal world at large. I'd be stunned if 'Ronin' does not garner Blackgate some significant interest from record labels and promoters, both domestically and abroad. It will certainly be getting substantial airplay in my house in the weeks and months to come.
~ Review by Kit Ekman ~