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Rolling Dance Mongrel 2012: The Bloodening
You know that music that doesn't quite fit house/techno/dubstep/bass/funky/electro/beats/whatever... The stuff that sits on the fringes or you know just bangs and there isn't a thread where it fits.
Part 2 of http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4317717
SR Mix #145: DECiBEL [Tectonic]
I. DECiBEL vs Soulja Boy – Fake Boys
II. Future – Same Damn TIme
III. DECiBEL – Stand (DJ Cable rmx)
IV. Twista – Gucci, Louie, Prada
V. DECiBEL – Goonz
VI. Meek Mill & Rick Ross – Body Count
VII. TNGHT – Bugg'n
VIII. Lethal Bizzle – Leave It Yeah rmx
IX. Girl Unit – Double Take (LOL Gurlz Triple Take Hot Sex N Capri Suns Bootleg)
X. Dizzee Rascal – Stop Dat
XI. Musical Mob – Pulse X
XII. DECiBEL – Grim (Free Download on Tippin Point)
XIII. Marxman & Alias – Spartan rmx
XIV. Dizzee Rascal – Stand Up Tall
XV. DECiBEL – Live (Forthcoming Four40)
XVI. DECiBEL – Skanks ft, Flowdan INSTRUMENTAL (Forthcoming Four40)
XVII. DECiBEL – Whirl
XVIII. Tori Amos – Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funk Mix – Paul Woodford Re-Edit)
XIX. Ultra Nate – Free (RIP Up North Mix)
XX. DECiBEL – Go
XXI. More Fire Crew & Platinum 45 – Oi!
XXII. Azari & III – Hungry For The Power (Jamie Jones Ridge Street Remix)
XXIII. DECiBEL – MST
XXIV. Lennie De Ice – We Are I.E.
XXV. DECiBEL – Vitalite
XXVI. Kanye West – Mercy (DJ Tim Dolla rmx)
XXVII. Mike "Jersey's Handsome DJ" Gip – She Got That Booty ft Kiff
XXVIII. Mike "Jersey's Handsome DJ" Gip – Make Ya Booty Go (Up Down) ft. Rell
XXIX. MIke G – Hoodrat Things
XXX. Brick Bandit Bullies – Wop
XXXI. DJ Tim Dolla – Countin' Faces Burnin' Dope
XXXII. Amerie – One Thing (Bosstone rmx)
XXXIII. DJ Big O & DJ Sliink – End Of Time
XXXIV. DECiBEL – Gyal (Tectonic)
XXXV. DECiBEL – Pu$$
XXXVI. Mele – Asteroids
XXXVII. DECiBEL – WOT
XXXVIII. Tempa T – Say It Right Now (DECiBEL rmx)
XXXIX. Meek Mill – House Party
XL. Rustie – City Star
XLI. Juicy J – Who Da Neighbours
XLII. DECiBEL – Vol.
XLIII. RL Grime – Art Money
XLIV. French Montana ft. Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne – Pop That
XLV. TNGHT – Goooo
XLVI. TNGHT vs Waka Flocka Flame – Hard In Da Goooo (DJ Cable Refix)
XLVII. DECiBEL – Pitch
XLVIII. Drake – Over (RL Grime rmx)
XLIX. DECiBEL – G.A.P. (Tectonic)
L. Rick Ross – Hustlin'
LI. DECiBEL & Devon K – Horse (Free download from DECiBEL Facebok page)
Now thats a tracklist haha.
- badmanreturns this'd this
Just got to the TNGHT Lethal B segue in this
'kin hell.
its pretty insane innit
the mix bangs hard in the mutha fuckin paint hahah
Feeling these from Mella Dee
Proper swung low slung slow deep dark jackin house I guess.
Haven't opened the old one since it became one giant smash
But I'm really liking the newest Gerry Read track.
Gerry Read is too good
really into what he's doing at the moment. Think he's got an album on the way at some point.
Bass Clef
New one on Idle Hands is pretty sweet, takes off from where that awsoem album on Punch Drunk left off really. Load of fun.
Albums wise...
LV - Sebenza
Is something else, can't stop playing it. Maybe my favourite of the year I dunno yet.
Dusk & Blackdown - Dasaflex
Pretty sweet, still digesting it really. Proper into the first half so far some real quiality moments.
Need to get on the new Mala and FlyLo ones pretty swift really not had a chance to go deep into them yet.
Sebenza is sick. amazing energy, brilliant combination of vocals and production.
I haven't looked in that thread in a while, care to sum it up with the best full lengths and 12 or 10"s?
haha too many 12"s albums might be easier... LV, LHF, Actress, DJ Rashad, Shackleton, Mix Mup & Kassem Mosse, Bass Clef, Tuff Sherm & PMM, Henny Moan, Dean Blunt, Ukkonen, Yöt, Jahilyya Fields, Dariius, Nick Edwards/Ekoplekz (Editons Mego & Punch Drunk)...E_H_Gombreak this'd this
The Nick Edwards record is so so good
longform compositions suit him better I think. Also like his EPs for Perctrax though, he could be a hell of a techno producer if he wanted to be...
His new album for Punch Drunk is ace too
I bet he'd be ace at dance music if he gave it a go he use to write Gutter Breakz: http://gutterbreakz.blogspot.co.uk/ which was one of THE blogs for dubstep and all that good stuff back in the day. He knows his stuff.
oh yeah
he's done an album with Baron Mordant too under the name eMMplekz called IZOD Days on Mordant Music. He's been busy haha.
off the top of my head
~ Andres
~ everything Atelier Records
~ Bandshell
~ Dream 2 Science (Reissue)
~ Frak
~ Frozen Border
~ Heatsick
~ Nina Kraviz
~ everything Sex Tags Mania/Wania
~ Nick Anthony Simoncino
~ Shawn O'Sullivan
~ Tin Man
~ Trackman Lafonte & Bonquiqui
~ Unit Moebius Anonymous
~ Villalobos
I fuck with Sebenza
That's some next level shit for sure. Easily the best I've heard from LV. All sorts of different styles on there, but they all sound like they belong together.
RA.331 Joy Orbison
Should be good his mixes for Trilogy Tapes/Hinge Finger are awsome. I sware he told me in about 2009 he was doing a mix for RA so I guess its about time haha.
Villalobos - Dependent and Happy is an absolute monster.
I can count the number of recognizable sounds on one hand. The dude must be from outer space. It's the only explanation. Intense vibes.
Buy a stuffed fox on ebay...
get Space Dimension Controller & friends playing at your house:
album released this month @ Black Acre.
Take it we've all been keeping up to date with the Old Apparatus EP releases?
The last three (Derren, Realise and now Alfur) have been awesome. Deep, soulful, abrasive and just generally incredible sounding music.
Zomby on some kinda grime tip
Remix of Plastician in there is a banger.
Have we all seen that Gobby's done an album?
And it's available for free? We have? Good.
Dusk & Blackdown RA Mix
Dusk + Blackdown ft Farrah "Lonely Moon (Android Heartbreak) (demo version)"
Beneath "Prangin'"
Beneath "Blonde"
Double Helix "LDN VIP"
Logos "King Mob VIP"
86 Baby "Word of Mouth"
Wen "Road"
Wen "Nightcrawler"
Wen "Persian"
Dusk + Blackdown "We Ain't Beggin'"
Balistiq Beats ft Jamakabi "Concrete Jungle (Yardman Riddim) (Beneath's 350 remix)"
Blackdown "Apoptosis"
Visionist "Dangerous"
Walton "Cool It VIP"
Gremino "Rupi VIP"
Logos "Error 808"
Blackdown "Ridge"
Walton "All Night"
Cooly G "Trying"
Seany B "Klambu refix"
Mella Dee "Confetti"
Dusk + Blackdown "Dasaflex"
Mista Men Ft Detboi "I Move Closer"
Funkystepz "Royal Rumble"
Champion "1994"
Blackdown "Wicked Vibez"
Logos "Kowloon"
SR Mix #147: Wen [Egyptian Avenue]
Horsepower Productions – Rain [Tempa]
Wen – In [unreleased]
Balistiq Beats ft. Jamakabi – Concrete Jungle (Yardman Riddim) (Beneath remix) [Forthcoming Keysound]
My Nu Leng – Run [unreleased]
Epoch – Bodywash [unreleased]
EOMAC – That Boy [Hsuan]
J-One – Sacred [unreleased]
My Nu Leng – The Grid [Forthcoming 877]
Visionist – Control This [Forthcoming Signal Life]
Wen – Nightcrawler [unreleased]
Epoch – The Steppenwolf [unreleased]
J-One – The Truth [unreleased]
Blackdown – R In Zero G [Keysound]
Wen vs Epoch – Hydraulics (Epoch Bass Mix ft. Joshua Idehen) [Egyptian Avenue]
Will write more about these later but everyone should have a listen to...
Lee Gamble - Diversions 1994-1996 [PAN]
Juju & Jordash - Techno Primitivism [Dekmantel]
very different but definitely two of my favourites of the yearfuck_this_band this'd this
Interview with Blawan
He's been on one this year, his techno sets are insane he can play some of the same stuff as traditional techno guys but somehow makes them bang so much harder. Badman.
pretty hyped to see him next weekend
first time, too.
Really into tracks from...
Braiden - Belfry Tower [Rushour]
One of the best DJs around period, been an age since The Alps came out so this is a welcome return.
Fiedel - Ferro [Fiedelone]
Half of MMM does his bumpin electro thing.
Jus-Ed - Blaze (Doe Do Dab Mix) [Underground Quality]
Zigg Gonzaless - Music (Original Balearic Dub Mix) [Head High]
Sweet Head High mix on teh flip too.
Parassela - Label Nightmares EP
Raw as fuck techno
Mickey Pearce - Socks Off/Numb Nut (Soft Brain)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noiqkXSHZ0E / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ykp8MRPQ-E
Mickey doing it some kinda rolling eski/techno hybrid on Swamp 81.
Visionist - Control This
Ice cold 808 eski beats on Signal Life.
My Nu Leng - The Grid
More eski inspired madness this time with a nice tight garage swing and deep housey rolling vibes n'all.
All out today
brilliant innit
had it on repeate all week
I s not Shed
so good.
Guys guys guys, The Sun have started an 'underground dance music' column
called CLUBZ.
Might as well shut this thread down now tbh.jimitheexploder, fuck_this_band, littlebirds, georgiabeth, and mug_mug_mug this'd this
Pete Tong, Carl Cox and Danny Rampling mentioned on the front page.
Underground as fuck...
I bonked a tree when I was high on E
Is about as overground as it gets unless she tapped the root
- jimitheexploder this'd this
Bit of a jag.
'The Modern Library' project that I started up has morphed into 'Blowing Up The Workshop', and the second mix is up- a tailor made and raw techno shakedown from PROSTITUTES who has a cool album called Psychedelic Black out this year and a follow up coming on Digitalis early next year. New column on DiS should be pulled together soon too.
FaltyDL - Straight & Arrow
Creepy video, but a really nice tune, picked it up this morning. It's basically a Floating Points track to begin with by I find DL has a real knack for vocals sometimes, like on Hip Love which is still one of my favourites of his. I know it's a really over-used technique but he can really stretch and twist vocals into a really emotive thing rather than just a refrain to make something anthemic.
On Left Blank is apparently an Irish Black Metal guy from Alter of Plagues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNQh3I8Pumc sounds like Portishead/Massive Attack to me but I dig it.
feeling this
even more so than Altar Of Plagues (and I like Altar Of Plagues). Endings is especially great.
This'll be interesting to the indie nerds on here no doubt
Beyond the laptop
RA travelled to this year's Ether festival in London to spend time with a group of artists—Mount Kimbie, Apparat, Bass Clef, the Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble—who warp the perception of live dance music.
I was just reading this
thought it might be a good one to save posting for next time people moan about laptop sets haha.
Lando Kal
Slinky bumpin hovering synth cut up house
Blawan & Pariah do a mad double pack if you didn't allready have enough mad techno from him already this last few weeks... I don't.
Old old old classic dubplate making it to wax for the first time, sublime as always. W/John Snow.
Dro Carey
Goes Grimy with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPQCr5Ky5iA and a Merky Ace vocal: http://soundcloud.com/templarsound/tswl01 jeeeeeez its good, spooky remix too.
Sigha's got an album out on Hotflush not had chance to hear it yet mind. Bits I've heard are good tho, I'm just not in the mood for yet another industrial-ish leaning techno album right this second.
Wife sounds wicked in that acoustic/Bruial/Mount Kimbie done by a Black Metal guy kinda way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNQh3I8Pumc
Kinda bummed out about Apple Pips and 3024 recently they've not been very inspirational for a while. Trevino is so generic its unreal and Phat Chex sounds like Nu-Skool Breaks and I can't go back there haha. Hotflush too damn that Scuba bit is boring.
New this weeeeeek-ish.
Hyperdub are giving away The Spaceape's Xorcism, a deeply personal seven track EP centred around the producer's ongoing battle with cancer.
The Spaceape – real name Stephen Samuel Gordon – has been suffering Neurolymphamatosis for the past three years, and a press release distributed today revealed that Xorcism is based around the producer coming to terms with the illness. The EP is being given away because it's built from samples of voodoo music and therefore "unsellable".
The tracks featured on Xorcism are essentially a series of vignettes, each clocking in at under three minutes. Track titles like "Your Angel Has Come ", "He Gave His Body Over To Science" and "Up In Flames" reflect the gravity of the themes explored on the release; sonically it's heavily influenced by Haitian music, with rhythmically complex percussive elements buried beneath The Spaceape's typically poetic lyrical flow.
The aforementioned press release also reveals that Gordon's condition also heavily influenced his 2011 Black Sun collaboration with Kode9, and suggests relistening to tracks such as "Black Smoke", "Neon Red Sign" and "The Cure" to "understand the context to this new batch of solo material". Hyperdub have also included a list of the various samples used on the EP – see below – which makes for essential reading for inquisitive minds.
You can download the full EP for free by entering your email address in the widget below.
Man big up Spaceape.
Karenn Rinse FM Hessle Audio takeover
Hessle Audio show on Thursday night is being taken over by Karenn - @blawan and @pariahbeats on @rinseFM / 11pm - 1am / 15.11.12
Archive: http://www39.zippyshare.com/v/99278806/file.html
"This is my new project, I want to remain anonymous and let the music speak for itself."
Sounds like any other Burial clone to me
not sure why its been picked up on really.Luis_Carruthers this'd this
so is this the right thread for Holly Herndon then?
Of everything popping up at the darker end of techno, her stuff is easily the most interesting to me. It's really cold and academic, but strangely compelling. I've been listening to it a lot, and I'll probably keep returning to it for quite awhile, mostly because I don't have any records that sound even remotely similar.
'Fade' is a banger:
'Breathe' makes me really uneasy:
it seems to be obligatory for anyone talking about this to use the word academic.
No point in trying to avoid it
that would be like trying to describe Coltrane without using the word 'saxophone.'
RA.339 October
Che - The Incident (Wet Dream Mix) - Alleviated Records
DJ Qu - Movements - Underground Quality
October - Gate 2 Yesterday - Skudge / dubplate
October/Osborn - Trancending Biology - TANSTAAFL / dubplate
Omar S - Busaru Beats - Sound Signature
John Osborn - Epoch 4 (Version) - TANSTAAFL
Unknown Artist - Brotherhood - It's Not Over
Aubrey - Vortex Two - Lifeworld
October - Planet of Minds - TANSTAAFL
Joey Anderson - 3200BC - Until My Heart Stops
Ra.H & Dynamo Dreesen - Spacepops (Donato Dozzy rework) - Morphine Doser
Spektor - Pipe Bomb - Sound Signature
XDB - Recago - Dolly
DJ Spider - N.A.S.A. Deception - Plan B
TSC - Escape - One Track
October - Goddess Is Woman - unreleased dubplatefuck_this_band this'd this
Kevin McPhee - Who Loves You [BRAiNMATH]
Out soon I think, he's got another good'un out on WNCL right now too. I should get on the new Gerry Read album too.
Oh sweet
I'm on it.
Untold – Hemlock Recordings Chapter One
1. Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason – Plimsoul
2. LV & Untold – Beacon (Mount Kimbie Remix)
3. James Blake – Air & Lack Thereof
4. Untold – Stop What You're Doing [James Blake Remix]
5. Untold – Discipline
6. Ramadanman – Tempest
7. TRG – Beton Brut
8. Untold – Under
9. FaltyDL – Artemis
10. Sei A – Hyphen
11. Guy Andrews – Resistivity
12. Randomer – This Train
13. Randomer – We Laugh, We Scream
14. Pangaea – Fatalist
15. Joe – Studio Power On
16. Untold – Motion The Dance
17. Lord Skywave & Nautiluss – Ultraviolet
18. Joe – R.E.J. Bit
19. Untold – Stop What You're Doing [Kowton Remix]
20. Untold – Breathe [Nautiluss Remix]
Mickey Pearce Mix
I was just thinking the other day that its been ages since I heard a mix from him, he's an underated DJ too, him and Brackles can hold their own easily with Oneman, Braiden, Ben UFO, Jackmaster, Bok Bok.
Beneath 2x12" on Keysound is a beast
Happa is sounding pretty damn good for 15
Kahn & Neek go dancehall funky and its kinda fun
Geiom, Visionist, Ossie, DVA all wort ha listen too.
Oh man, just stumbled across Beat of the Drum
Such a good track. 15!
Yeah its pretty mad innit
There have been some good producers come up at like 14/15/16 people like Skream, Benga and most of the grime scene from early 2000s still look about 12 haha
Anyway for people that aint heard it...
Happa - Beat of the Drum
Four Tet - Jupiters (Happa Remix)
Levon Vincent
New 12" out of the blue as always and sounding hot!
Just saw that Vlek Records
have put their entire digital catalogue up on Bandcamp for pay what you like for a limited time only. Some great stuff on there (Wanda Group, Ssaliva etc).
Worth checking out at the price!
good shout
Cupp Cave is ace too
Joy Orbison
Is already a bit of an anthem hey. Hope it comes out at some point soon.
Mixed thoughts on Jummy after a few listens
There are a couple of bangers on there (particularly Let's Make it Deeper and the full version of Evidence), but quite a bit of filler too. Feel it could have been a couple of awesome EPs rather than a reasonable album.
Sad news
Ewan Robertson AKA Offshore 1985-2012
Really good producer and graphic design guy. So young, thoughts to the family.
Laurel Halo
New single on Hyperdub
Sounds ace, like some kind of fragmented epic detroit techno synth string type of thing. Has a dub of it too. Bonus.
this is excellent
what the hell is up with all those people who don't like her voice? I'll never understand.
KingThing & Resketch
have been making some super wonky synthy house/techno as 2ndSun that's hard and tuff in the right areas and soft/twinkly/gentle when it wants to be also. real surprising stuff with a wicked groove to it. they've got some bits forthcoming on well rounded next year i believe.
check out 'bespoked' (so sick!) and 'nix'. the collab with rubyrax is a ting too.
SR Mix #148: Don Froth [WNCL]
Chain – Donnie, It's Your Boy Chain [Froth'N Records Dub]
Don Froth – Dip Dive [forthcoming WNCL Recordings]
Don Froth – Industry [forthcoming Rag & Bone Records]
Esh One – Creach [dubplate]
Don Froth – Max Swoll Vip [dubplate]
Warlock – Space Junk [Rag & Bone Records]
Don Froth – Lift'N Weights [WNCL Recordings]
Umba – Frippertronics (Tommy Kid Remix) [Soukouch Ethnik]
Emu – Freak (Don Froth'S Deep Dive Remix) [forthcoming Brap Dem Recordings]
Cajmere Featuring Dajae – I Need U Remixes (Hugo Moya Mix) [Cajual Records]
The Sounds Of Blackness – Pressure (Booker T Pressure Lick) [Am:Pm]
Esh One – The Purple Bag [dubplate]
Grove Armada – Pull Up (Wncl Remix) [Hypercolour]
Locussolus – Berghain [International Feel Recordings]
Rainer Weichold – Bamboo [Great Stuff Recordings]
Last Magpie – Roots [Losing Suki]
Don Froth – Tunnelvision [forthcoming Uno! NYC]
West Norwood Casette Library – (We Have To Live) In The Future [dubplate]
Dunno why I've not posted this its a banger, Don is a... DON!
Kozzie freestyle on Higher Ground by TNGHT
Mad how diffrent diffrent MCs can make it sound
Kozzie wins that one for me by miles.
tbf to kendrick
i don't think he'd heard the track before or was aware of the structure, kozzie knew what he was jumping on and what he was going for.
not a massive fan of either, personally. couple of decent versions of bugg'n around though, even flylo manages better than either of those two.
well I dunno if Kozzie had heard it before it was a radio freestyle and grime guys aint usualy ones to jump on beats outside of their circle so who knows. Grime MCs have that live, I'll jump on anything the DJ drops mentality tho when its close to grime. But yeah Kendric wasn't ready didn't sound like he wanted to do it, but you know why be so lazy if your gonna put it out there. He's alright Kendric like what I've heard from him. Just showing how diffrent one track could sound more than anything plus if I stuck Kendric in someone might go oh shit then listen to Kozzie too, he's ace.
yah, fair play
i like a bit of kozzie, and there's no too ways, Kendrick gets schooled here, terrible performance... but live grime or dnb freestyling is a very different game anyway.
New one out now/as soon as uk shops have it too.
Julie's Theme is well nice.mug_mug_mug this'd this
ooo nice
New Elgato, Kowton, Bok Bok & Tom Trago and James Blake and well its Ben UFO... I'm in!
I guess I could put this here
Wow, 66 "new" songs and 0 new album.
Thanks Jimit.jimitheexploder this'd this
Opal Tapes non-denominational holiday comp
Opal Tapes have some of the best stuff of 2012 (tm)
The dude behind Opal Tapes Basic House did a mix for SR ealier in the year n'all, it was prob in teh first mongrel thread but yeah worth a re-shout for peeps that didn't see.
ja it is excellent
I was on it at the time and therefore claim my indie points.
saw the first ever basic house live thing too, was pretty mint
not seen that live set yet
I think he does bist in Leeds quite a bit and that aint too far from me so I'll have to keep an eye out.
yeah it's worth seeing
not to get you too excited but he does some weird stuff with a pen.
I'll make a note of that
Still stuff coming out...
FXHE stuff from OB IGNITT & Omar-S
Fatima Al Qadiri on Fade To Mind finaly hits wax
American Noise comp on L.I.E.S.
STL album called Secret Weapons
Don Forth w/ remix by Anthony 'Shake' Shakir
Some dud called Burial
Heatsick reworking Sensate Focus
DJ Fett Burger & DJ Grillo Wiener on Sex Tags
Damu doing his Damu thing on new label Damu
All worth some kinda listen.
DJ/Rupture has put all his mixes up for free download
Principally Uproot and Minesweeper Suite if you don't have em already. And give the man some pennies, he's earned it.
Wham! - Last Christmas (Slugabed Ruined It)
There are no words :')SarcasticFringehead this'd this
Actress - Silver Cloud
New stuff on Werk Discs.
Through my Blowing Up The Workshop thing I'm collaborating with Opal Tapes on a split release
It's between PROSTITUTES and Basic House and is scheduled to appear sometime in the new year, have a listen here.


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Gilman junior Joe Smeton drove in three runs on two hits and pitched a solid 51/3innings to lead the No. 5 Greyhounds to a 9-4 victory over No. 1 Calvert Hall in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference baseball game Tuesday.
Smeton gave up two earned runs on seven hits to improve his record to 3-0. He walked two and struck out two. Gilman (13-4 overall, 6-1 league) took the lead for good in the bottom of the third with three runs as Smeton had a two-run single to make it 5-2.
The host Greyhounds buried the Cardinals (9-5, 5-1) in the fourth, scoring three runs on four hits. Calvert Hall senior catcher Alex Murphy hit a pair of two-run homers.
Bel Air 12, No. 2 South River 3: The host Bobcats scored 11 runs in the bottom of the second inning to upset the Seahawks (7-1).
Atholton 4, No. 4 Glenelg 3: With one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, Atholton's Brian Harris drove in Paul Burmester with a sacrifice bunt to give the host Raiders an upset victory.
—Andrew Conrad,
Baltimore Sun Media Group
Boys lacrosse
No. 8 St. Mary's 10, No. 4 Loyola 6: The host Saints (5-2) won 15 of 22 faceoffs and beat the Dons (7-3).
No. 7 Gilman 13, No. 9 Archbishop Spalding 8: The visiting Greyhounds (6-1), led by Max Greene with five goals, took a 7-3 lead at the half and held on against the Cavaliers (10-3).
No. 11 Arundel 15, Southern 5: Logan Fate scored six goals to power the host Wildcats (7-0) past the Bulldogs (4-3).
No. 14 Severn 10, Mount St. Joseph 7: Brett Bedard had four goals to lead the visiting Admirals (9-2) past the Gaels (7-5).
Poly 21, Lake Clifton 0: Michael Brown made 11 saves in his first shutout for the visiting Knights (3-1).
No. 1 McDonogh 16, St. Mary's 5: The host Eagles (12-0) won their 81st straight.
No. 4 Century 19, Walkersville 4: Hannah Warther had a career-high seven goals to lead host Century (6-1) over the Lions.
No. 5 Maryvale 12, Garrison Forest 6: Miranda Ibello had a hat trick for the host Lions (6-1).
No. 6 Mount Hebron 23, Long Reach 5: Chachi Kelehand had five points (four goals, one assist) and the host Vikings (5-1) held the Lightning to one goal in the second half.
No. 8 Severn 16, No. 15 Archbishop Spalding 11: Annie Igler (five goals) and Caroline Steele (four goals) powered the visiting Admirals (6-3-1) past the Cavaliers (5-4).
Baltimore Sun staff contributed to this article.

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Cut the solid-color fabric into three pieces: a 17x17-inch front and two 10x17-inch back pieces. Cut the four ruffle fabrics into 2-1/2x35-inch strips. You will have a total of nine strips.
Place the 10x17-inch pieces wrong side up. Fold one of the 17-inch edges over 1/4 inch, then again 1/2 inch. Iron folds. Do this with one side of each piece. (This will be your finished edge and the opening to slip your pillow form into the sham.)
On each fabric strip for ruffles, sew a gather stitch 1/4 inch from one long edge. Gather to be 17 inches long. Pin a ruffle onto the right side of the front piece, positioning it 5/8 inch up from the bottom. Sew, following the line of the gather stitch. Continue pinning and sewing on strips to within 3/8 inch of the top of the front piece.
Finish sewing the pillow sham. Lay the front piece ruffle side up and the back pieces right side down so the two back pieces overlap slightly. Pin the outer edges and sew the pillow together with a 1/2-inch seam allowance. Turn right side out, iron, and stuff the pillow form into the sham.


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good question, to our chinese, the true meanings of sentences with these modal verbs such as could, would, should are a little bit difficult to comprehend.
thanks for teacher's explaination
Condoleezza Rice has said in a statement during congressional hearing:
I am asking that all our friends around the world reject incitement to violence by those who would mis-characterize our intention
Is 'would' here indicating past behavior? Not very likely. Then why would she use that? Can it be replaced by 'want' or 'like to' without a lost in meaning?
good question, to our chinese, the true meanings of sentences with these modal verbs such as could, would, should are a little bit difficult to comprehend.
thanks for teacher's explaination
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Yes, it's possible to replace "would" with "want" in that sentence. It's also possible to simply leave "would" out of the sentence and just use the verb "mischaracterize". Ms. Rice uses "would" because it sounds more speculative than not using it. Using "would" makes the statement more indirect. It's a more cautious statement. Not using "would" more readily calls to mind the question, "Who mischaracterizes your intentions? Tell us please." Using "would" can call to mind that question as well. However, a statement such as this that uses "would" can be regarded as more cautious.Originally Posted by peteryoung
Does that help you understand it better?
It is more speculative and makes it appear that they have not succeeded in the mischaracterisation (in her opinion).
Originally Posted by tdol
I agree with that. However, would you also say that she uses "would" to sound more reserved? In sounding more reserved, she might sound more polite. Would you say? Also, in this way, she might not sound as offensive to the ones who are, in her opinion, actually doing the mischaracterizing. Those people probably don't agree with her, and they probably can recognize that Ms. Rice is talking about them. So, that's why I think "would" is could possibly be used to for politeness. Still, I fully agree with your comment. I just think it can be looked at from more than one angle.
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Yes, they would, but they won't. They're not going to.Originally Posted by tdol
1. They can't because it's not possible. They'll fail if they try. They have already failed - in her opinion.
2. In their minds, it wouldn't be a mischaracterization. So, they would mischaracterize the intentions, but they're won't because they don't see their statements as a mischaracterization of the intentions. They think their statements tell the truth. So - in their minds - how could their statements mischaracterize the intentions?
What do you think? Unlikely in this case, but a possible reason to use "would".
to them - You will/do try to mischaracterize....... You would/might try to mischaracterize.........
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Thank you both. It's very, very informative.
Last night, however, I came upon a dictionary difinition of would which
seems a bit tempting but I'm totally unsure, especially after reading your discussion. It is copied from Macmillan English Dictionary
used for criticizing someone's behavior SPOKEN
used when criticizing someone by saying that a particular action is typical of someone:
"Sylvia said it was your fault." "Well, Sylvia would say that, wouldn't she"
I would have thought Ms. Rice is criticizing those people's behavior. But now I see she's actually being polite and cautious. But is there some clue to help tell criticism from politeness which both use 'would' as the conveyor? I'm exceedingly appreciative.
Ms. Rice is being critical. She is displeased that anyone could possibly mischaracterize "our intentions". There could be an element of politeness involved in such a statement as well. Also, I agree with what TDOL said.Originally Posted by peteryoung
used for criticizing someone's behavior SPOKEN
used when criticizing someone by saying that a particular action is typical of someone:
"Sylvia said it was your fault." "Well, Sylvia would say that, wouldn't she"
The speaker might simply understand that this is how Sylvia feels, and, therefore, says that this is what she would say. Or the speaker might know Sylvia and thinks he knows what she would say. Using "would" in this case doesn't necessarily mean that the speaker is criticizing, though it could mean that. I think this explanation is somewhat of a simplification and a generalization. The meaning has much to do with the context and the attitude of the speaker. But these two sentences are isolated. There's no context.
I think you are right but it all depends on context. I don't think Condy is criticising anyone. In politics of that magnitude she needs to be extremely careful. Especially after all the recent outpouring of criticism towards Bush. She is just being very careful with words and in this case "would" sets the mood for what she wants to say. There are other "mood setters" known as auxiliary verbs and these are: ought to, might, may and should.
In this particular sentence:
those who would mis-characterize our intention
the word "would" means that mis-characterization is possible but it would be contrary to US intentions in politics.
Originally Posted by Marylin
I agree. I agree with with what Tdol said after my first post here as well. There's an element of politeness involved. Ms. Rice certainly has to be careful with her words. It's better to sound speculative than too sure given the context in which she is speaking.
It all depends on context, yes. I think the tone of one's voice has something to do with the actual meaning of "would" in this case as well.
politics of this magnitude - That's a good way of putting it.
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INMAN, SC-- Joseph Allen Wyse, 85, of 32 Nichols Drive, passed away at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center on Saturday, March 9, 2013, after a long illness.
A native of Spartanburg, Joe was the husband of Virginia Rhodes Wyse (Tryon, NC) for 60 years and a resident of Inman since 1953. He was the son of the late Frederick C. and Elizabeth Hennies Wyse of Spartanburg and Columbia.
Surviving in addition to his wife, are daughters, Boyne Key (Danny) of Christiansburg, VA, Laura Ward (George) of Inman and Anne Thackston (Keith) of Simpsonville; and son, Jody (Millie) of Inman; nine grandchildren, Benjamin Key (Jessica) of Mobile, AL, Megan Key Korner (John) of Arlington, VA, George Ward III and Elizabeth Ward of Inman, Christopher Ward of Greenville, Jim Thackston (Jennifer) of Clemson, Leigh Thackston Paxton (Kyle) of Knoxville, TN, Elise Wyse Deaton (Patrick) of Boiling Springs, and Claire Wyse of Inman; and two great-grandsons. He was predeceased by a brother, Fred Wyse of McLean, VA; and two sisters, Betsy Anderson and Barbara Wyse of Columbia.
Joe graduated from Spartanburg High School and Clemson A&M College. He played basketball for Clemson until joining the Navy. As a veteran of WWII, he returned to Clemson to complete his degree in Textile Engineering. He worked 43 years until retirement for Inman Mills. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Spartanburg.
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Actually I bet this does absolutely nothing to nobody. More likely oracle will win but it'll be some amount that for Google won't even be pocket change, say $30 million, and that will be because too many guys wrote REALLY stupid emails, and then things will go back to business as usual. nothing will change, Android will still be right there next to iOS, same old same old.
If anything this whole suit should be a wakeup call that we really really REALLY need to rethink email, because legally they are given the same weight as a letter and IRL they have about as much thought put into them as your grandma spamming LOLCats. I have seen tons of things in emails where i have thought "Did you even ATTEMPT to think before you hit the send key?" yet as far as a court of law in concerned they carry the same weight as someone sitting down with a sheet of paper bearing the company letterhead and writing a long proposal.
Time and time again we have seen emails bite a company right in the butt so either they need to push the users to abandon email completely or to use some format that isn't backed up, say an internal instant messenger. because until we fix the laws so that stupid emails aren't given the same weight as formal letters having email is a BAD idea if there is any chance your company may be sued down the road.


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Also added an actual picture of the front page of all the PDF documents that I have in the Documentation section.
Six new images of the PPG 360 Wavecomputer has also been added.
Yet another PPG 360 Wavecomputer video has been added - so far 'only' on YouTube.
Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv824njQe8w
Welcome to thePPGs.com !!
As you might have guessed by now this entire website is dedicated to the fantastic wavetable synthesizers made by mr. Wolfgang Palm through his company PPG (Palm Products GmbH) located in Hamburg, Germany from the late seventies until the late eighties.
I made this site for a few different reasons.
First of all I wanted to see if I could create a site with all the important information in one place.
I got a little scared some time ago - when one of the other PPG sites - with a lot of information closed it's doors. What to do - what to do ?
Also I have wanted to see a PPG forum on the internet for some time now.
I mean; a place for all interested PPG fans to share information - good and bad.
I didn't find it anywhere on the internet - what to do - what to do ?
Well ... Why not make it myself ?
This site is not finished - and I wonder if it ever will be finished.
You see - I have been interested in PPG equipment for many years now and I keep finding new information, pictures and stories - and as long as someone or something has a story to tell this site is not finished.
You will also see that there is a forum in here.
I will encourage you to sign up and play an active role in the preservation and sharing of information on these fantastic synthesizers and computers.
I have decided to launch this site a little prematurely as I wanted to get it up and running as soon as possible.
This means that you're going to see a lot of updates over the next days, weeks and months; manuals, pictures, audio and videos - and should you have some information to share let me know.
Go to the Contact page to get in touch with me.
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The Snowtrooper is not really a "repacked" figure. There are slight differences in the legs of the POTF2 and OTC versions.Looks like it might be a kitbashed verison of both figures.
When you look at the arms real close compared to the PotF2 version there are a few notables things that make it look like the PotF2 Arms and Legs on the Saga Torso version.
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Seneca, in full Lucius Annaeus Seneca, byname Seneca the Younger, (born c. 4 bce, Corduba (now Córdoba), Spain—died 65 ce, Rome [Italy]), Roman philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian. He was Rome's leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century ce and was virtual ruler with his friends of the Roman world between 54 and 62, during the first phase of the emperor Nero's reign.
Early life and family
Seneca was the second son of a wealthy family. His father, Seneca (Seneca the Elder), had been famous in Rome as a teacher of rhetoric. His mother, Helvia, was of excellent character and education. His elder brother was Gallio, who met St. Paul the Apostle in Achaea in 52 ce, and his younger brother was the father of the poet Lucan. An aunt took young Seneca as a boy to Rome, and there he was trained as an orator and educated in philosophy in the school of the Sextii, which blended Stoicism with an ascetic Neo-Pythagoreanism. Seneca's health suffered, and he went to recuperate in Egypt, where his aunt lived with her husband, the prefect, Gaius Galerius. Returning to Rome about the year 31, he began a career in politics and law. Soon he fell foul of the emperor Caligula, who was deterred from killing him only by the argument that his life was sure to be short.
In 41 the emperor Claudius banished Seneca to Corsica on a charge of adultery with the princess Julia Livilla, the emperor's niece. In that uncongenial milieu he studied natural science and philosophy and wrote the three treatises entitled Consolationes (Consolations). The influence of Julia Agrippina, the emperor's wife, had him recalled to Rome in 49. He became praetor in 50, married Pompeia Paulina, a wealthy woman, built up a powerful group of friends, including the new prefect of the guard, Sextus Afranius Burrus, and became tutor to the future emperor Nero.
The murder of Claudius in 54 pushed Seneca and Burrus to the top. Their friends held the great army commands on the German and Parthian frontiers. Nero's first public speech, drafted by Seneca, promised liberty for the Senate and an end to the influence of freedmen and women. Agrippina, Nero's mother, was resolved that her influence should continue, and there were other powerful enemies. But Seneca and Burrus, although provincials from Spain and Gaul, understood the problems of the Roman world. They introduced fiscal and judicial reforms and fostered a more humane attitude toward slaves. Their nominee Corbulo defeated the Parthians; in Britain a more enlightened administration followed the quashing of Queen Boudicca's rebellion.
But, as the historian Tacitus said, "Nothing in human affairs is more unstable and precarious than power unsupported by its own strength." Seneca and Burrus were a tyrant's favourites. In 59 they had to condone—or to contrive—the murder of Agrippina. When Burrus died in 62, Seneca knew that he could not go on. He withdrew from public life, and in his remaining years he wrote some of his best philosophical works. In 65 Seneca's enemies denounced him as having been a party to the conspiracy of Piso to murder Nero. Ordered to commit suicide, he met death with fortitude and composure.
Philosophical works and tragedies
The Apocolocyntosis divi Claudii (Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius) stands apart from the rest of Seneca's surviving works. A political skit, witty and unscrupulous, it has as its theme the deification—or "pumpkinification"—of the emperor. The rest divide into philosophical works and the tragedies. The former expound an eclectic version of middle Stoicism, adapted for the Roman market by Panaetius of Rhodes (2nd century bce) and developed by his compatriot Poseidonius in the 1st century bce. Poseidonius lies behind the books on natural science, Naturales quaestiones (Natural Questions), where lofty generalities on the investigation of nature are offset by a jejune exposition of the facts. Of the Consolationes, Ad Marciam (To Marcia) consoles a lady on the loss of a son; Ad Helviam matrem (To Mother Helvia), Seneca's mother on his exile; and Ad Polybium (To Polybius), a powerful freedman on the loss of a son but with a sycophantic plea for recall from Corsica. The De ira (On Anger) deals at length with the passion, its consequences, and control. The De clementia (On Mercy), an exhortatory address to Nero, commends mercy as the sovereign quality for a Roman emperor. De tranquillitate animi (On Mental Tranquility), De constantia sapientis (On the Steadfastness of the Wise Man), De vita beata (On the Happy Life), and De otio (On Leisure) consider various aspects of the life and qualities of the Stoic philosopher. De beneficiis (On Favours) is a diffuse treatment of benefits as seen by giver and recipient. De brevitate vitae (On the Brevity of Life) demonstrates that the human span is long enough if time is properly employed—which it seldom is. Best written and most compelling are the Ad Lucilium epistulae morales (Moral Letters to Lucilius). Those 124 brilliant essays treat a range of moral problems not easily reduced to a single formula.
Of the 10 "Senecan" tragedies, Octavia is certainly, and Hercules Oetaeus is probably, spurious. The others handle familiar Greek tragic themes, with some originality of detail. Attempts to arrange them as a schematic treatment of Stoic "vices" seem too subtle. Intended for play readings rather than public presentation, the pitch is a high monotone, emphasizing the lurid and the supernatural. There are impressive set speeches and choral passages, but the characters are static, and they rant. The principal representatives of classical tragedy known to the Renaissance world, these plays had a great influence, notably in England. William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, and Cyril Tourneur's Revengers Tragaedie, with their ghosts, witches, cruel tyrants, and dominant theme of vengeance, are the progeny of Seneca's tragedies.
Stature and influence
Hostile propaganda pursued Seneca's memory. Quintilian, the 1st-century-ce rhetorician, criticized his educational influence; Tacitus was ambivalent on Seneca's place in history. But his views on monarchy and its duties contributed to the humane and liberal temper of the age of the first two Antonines (Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius; 138–180 ce). Meanwhile, the spread of Stoicism kept his philosophy alive, and new horizons opened when it was found to have Christian affinities. There was a belief that he knew St. Paul, and a spurious collection of letters substantiated it. Studied by St. Augustine and St. Jerome, Seneca's works consoled the Christian philosopher Boethius in prison. His thought was a component of the Latin culture of the Middle Ages, often filtered through anthologies. Known to Dante, Chaucer, and Petrarch, his moral treatises were edited by Erasmus; the first complete English translation appeared in 1614.
In the 16th to 18th century, Senecan prose, in content and style, served the vernacular literatures as a model for essays, sermons, and moralizing. John Calvin, Montaigne, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are instances. As the first of "Spanish" thinkers, he had an influence in Spain that was always powerful. Nineteenth-century specialization brought him under fire from philosophers, scientists, historians, and students of literature. But interest aroused by the bimillenary commemorations of his death in Spain in 1965 and later scholarly work heralded a Senecan revival starting in the last decades of the 20th century. In his 40 surviving books, the thoughts of a versatile but unoriginal mind are expressed and amplified by the resources of an individual style.Donald Reynolds Dudley


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The secretary, like many U.S. conservative critics of European integration, is unaware that EU member states continue to hold the lion's share of power in the bloc, which remains more intergovernmental than supranational. Pompeo seems equally unaware of how disastrously Brexit is playing out. With each passing day, the costs of this catastrophic, self-inflicted wound are clearer. In its quest for complete policy autonomy—on ostensible "sovereignty" grounds—the United Kingdom will likely have to accept, as the price for EU market access, an entire body of law and regulations that it will have no say in shaping. So much for advancing British sovereignty. Pompeo similarly mischaracterizes the World Bank and IMF as having gone badly off track. "Today, these institutions often counsel countries who have mismanaged their economic affairs to impose austerity measures that inhibit growth and crowd out private sector actors." This is an odd, hybrid critique. It combines a shopworn, leftist criticism from the 1990s—that the international financial institutions (IFIs) punish poor countries with structural adjustment programs—with the conservative accusation that the IFIs are socialist, big-government behemoths. Both are ridiculous caricatures. They ignore how much soul-searching the IFIs have done since the 1990s, as well as how focused they are on nurturing an enabling institutional environment for the private sector in partner countries. Pompeo also aims his blunderbuss at the United Nations. He complains that the United Nations' "peacekeeping missions drag on for decades, no closer to peace," ignoring the indispensable role that blue helmets play in preventing atrocities, as well as a recent Government Accountability Office report documenting how cost-effective such operations are compared to U.S. troops. Similarly, Pompeo claims, "The UN's climate-related treaties are viewed by some nations simply as a vehicle to redistribute wealth"—an accusation that is both unsubstantiated and ignores the urgent need to mobilize global climate financing to save the planet. Bizarrely, Pompeo also turns his sights on the Organization of American States (OAS) and the African Union (AU), for alleged shortcomings. Has the OAS, he asks, done enough "to promote its four pillars of democracy, human rights, security, and economic development?" Um, no. Could that have something to do with the lack of U.S. leadership in the Americas on democracy and human rights? Yes. Might it have helped if the Trump administration had filled the position of assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs before October 15 of this year? Probably. Equally puzzling is Pompeo's single line riff on the AU. "In Africa, does the African Union advance the mutual interest of its nation-state members?" Presumably the answer is yes, or its members would be headed for the door. The AU continues to struggle in financing its budget, but it has made great strides since its founding in 2002 to better advance security, stability, and good governance on the continent. "International bodies must help facilitate cooperation that bolsters the security and values of the free world, or they must be reformed or eliminated," Pompeo declared. Sounds reasonable. But where is this "free world" of which the secretary speaks, and what standing does the United States today have to defend, much less reform it? In the two years since he took office, Donald Trump has never expressed any interest in defending the international order, much less "returning [the United States] to its traditional, central leadership role in the world," as Pompeo claims. Indeed, the phrase "U.S. leadership" has rarely escaped Trump's lips, and he has gone out of his way to alienate longstanding Western allies and partners in venues from NATO to the G7. When he looks at the world, the president cares only about what's in it for the United States (and, naturally, for him). That cynicism explains the president's deafening silence on human rights violations and indeed his readiness to cozy up to strongmen and killers from Vladimir Putin to Rodrigo Duterte to Mohammed bin Salman to too many more to list. Given Trump's authoritarian sympathies and instincts, Pompeo's warnings about "Orwellian human rights violations" in China and "suppressed opposition voices" in Russia ring hollow. "The central question that we face," Pompeo asked in Brussels, "is the question of whether the system as currently configured, as it exists today—does it work? Does it work for all the people of the world?" The answer, of course, is not as well as it should, and not for nearly enough of them. But if the secretary is seeking to identify impediments to a better functioning multilateral system, he can look to his left in his next Cabinet meeting. "Principled realism" is the label Pompeo has given Trump's foreign policy. Alas, it betrays few principles and its connection to reality is tenuous. The president has abandoned any pursuit of universal values, and his single-minded obsession to "reassert our sovereignty" (as Pompeo characterizes it) is actually depriving the United States of joining with others to build the prosperous, secure, and sustainable world that Americans want. "Bad actors have exploited our lack of leadership for their own gain," the secretary of state declared in Belgium. "This is the poisoned fruit of American retreat." How true. Pompeo's next sentence—"President Trump is determined to reverse that"—was less persuasive. Liked it? 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Meet Andrew, one of the web designers on Aerie's brand team. Andrew spends his days at the AEO home office concepting and creating the emails that hit your inbox daily. Read on to learn more about his perfect tee shirt style and how he found his way to AEO.
How did you discover your passion?
I would say that I discovered my passion at a very young age. While growing up, I was around a lot of creative people. Most of my family has impacted some part of my respect for the arts. The memories that stand out most to me are: having my lunch packed for elementary school and my dad drawing cartoons on my brown paper bags, my mom always being artistic and drawing as a hobby, and my uncle teaching me how to silk screen t-shirts for our annual croquet tournament. The event that steered me towards graphic design as a focus for my studies was a class in high school. I was lucky enough to have two graphic design and two graphic arts classes. My teacher for the Graphic Design class made a point of pulling me aside and telling me he saw potential in me even then. He was a graduate of La Roche College and provided me the information about their curriculum. Naturally I took his advice and attended La Roche to study Graphic & Communication Design.
Who or what has been the most important influence in your life?
I cannot pick any one person to be the most important influence in my life. What I can say is that my family is very important and very influential to me. I have very close relationships with both my parents and my sisters. They have my back and have always supported me with everything in my life. Not sure where I would be without them. These are the people that have inspired the three tattoos that I have to hold tight to myself forever.
What songs are playing on your iPod?
I am currently listening to a lot of Yellowcard and Fall Out Boy. They are oldies but goodies. However some of the most played artists on my iPod are Rise Against, A Day To Remember, Four Year Strong, The Wonder Years, Jimmy Eat World, Forever The Sickest Kids, Foo Fighters, Cartel, The Summer Set, We Are The In Crowd, Punchline and Hanson (Yes, the three "Mmmbop" brothers. Not ashamed to admit that one. Everyone I work with knows this.).
What is the best concert you've ever been to?
This is a tough one for me. I am one of those people that goes to a concert and it is usually the most recent concert I have gone to that is the best because it is freshest in my mind. That concert would be Fall Out Boy this summer. Some of my favorites are: Green Day American Idiot Tour, Rise Against and A Day To Remember last summer, Yellowcard, The Wonder Years and We Are The In Crowd last fall and Cobra Starship, Hit The Lights, Forever The Sickest Kids and Sing It Loud when I was in college. Another favorite of mine is to go to Vans Warped Tour every summer.
What is your favorite spot in Pittsburgh?
I am Pittsburgh born and raised. I love the city that I have grown up in. I think anyone I work with would know that my favorite spots in Pittsburgh are Heinz Field, PNC Park and CONSOL Energy Center. I live and breathe Pittsburgh sports. Can't help it.
How would you describe your style?
Simply put, shorts and a tee. I have quite the collection of t-shirts and sports attire. I wear A LOT of black and gold. One of the things I would say people notice is my attention to detail. I try to match from head to toe (minus the shoes. I wear one pair until they fall apart). The things that I would say tie my outfits together are always wearing a flat brim baseball hat and the matching ear plug gauges (I have as many colors as some people have shoes.).
How does your work influence your style?
Until I started working with American Eagle, I never owned a single pair of AE denim. In fact, I rarely wore long pants. I never feared the cold weather and wore shorts daily. However, this past winter I invested in some AE denim – that is probably work's biggest influence on my style. The other impact work has on my style is that I can really wear what makes me comfortable at work. That is why my collection of t-shirts has grown so large.
How did you get your start with Aerie?
My start with Aerie actually came through working for the American Eagle brand. While in college I interned with the American Eagle stores marketing team. During this time, I interviewed for an opening on the Aerie.com team. The rest is history. Since January of 2012 I have been a web designer for the Aerie brand designing Aerie emails and other experiences on the website.
What is the best part about working for Aerie?
A lot of my friends think that I have the dream job being a guy working for a lingerie brand. I wouldn't consider them completely wrong but I honestly think that the people I work with on a daily basis are the best part. The group of people that I collaborate with are very creative, constructive and personable. I couldn't have asked for a better team.
What is your dream job?
I don't know that I necessarily have a dream job or position. Being able to do what I love, day in and day out, has always been my dream. I can honestly say that thinking creatively and designing for a brand like Aerie is my true passion. Searching the web and print for inspiration and being able to apply creative thoughts to my own work is a great feeling (hence my passion).
What is next on your 'To Do In Life' list?
This summer I plan to win my third Troutbeck Croquet Classic Championship (an annual family competition that gets pretty serious). Just kidding (but I am going to win it this year). In all seriousness, I would really like to get the four color screen printing press that I got last summer up and running so that I can carry my passion for design from the office to my house. There is a lot I want to do with printing my own graphic t-shirts and posters. The ideas are there, I just have to find the time to get it going.


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(stated in Dth/Day).
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The 1911 census is one of the most important genealogical resources for tracing Irish family members. This is so as almost all census returns from the 1800s were destroyed in a fire at The Public Records Office during the Civil War in the early 1920s, or pulped for paper during World War I.
The returns show that there were 313 people living in the 32 counties that had the second name Buggy. Only 10 of these counties had people with the name living there, with the majority, 231 people, living in counties Laois and Kilkenny. None of the other 22 counties had people with the name living there. One person, living in Dublin, wrote their census entry in Irish and has listed their name as Ua Bogaig. All others were written in English. Kilkenny 145 Laois (Queens) 86 Dublin 48 Waterford 12 Kerry 8 Carlow 7 Tipperary 3 Wicklow 2 Galway 1 Kildare 1 TOTAL 313


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The Certificate for the Pastoral Care Specialist (CPCS) program seeks to strengthen pastoral identity, spirituality, and pastoral care practice through a combination of theoretical understanding and practical skills. This certificate meets all the requirements and standards of membership in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors' (AAPC) category of the same name.
The Certificate for the Pastoral Care Specialist program is designed for persons, e.g., ministers, deacons, hospice workers, and/or lay pastoral caregivers, who, while involved in ministries of pastoral support and caregiving, do not aspire to function as a pastoral counselor/psychotherapist. Completion of an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited degree-granting institution is required for admission into this certificate program.
To earn the CPCS, the student must successfully complete 18 credits of required course work and clinical practice, as well as confer with a faculty advisor at the conclusion of his/her study to complete a consultation portfolio that provides needed resources and contacts for continuing referral and consultation. This portfolio both serves as the culminating integration and summation of all course work taken throughout the certificate program, and meets the stated directive of the AAPC that the Pastoral Care Specialist "receive guidance regarding the limits of supporting pastoral care, including the criteria for referral to qualified professionals."
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Earlier today, Prince Charles spoke out against the rocketing housing prices in London, and has warned that if intervention is not taken soon then it is likely that younger generations will not be able to afford to live in the capital city.
@ClarenceHouse HRH meeting residents at Ham Close this morning pic.twitter.com/ws7WwjhCgs
— Prince's Foundation (@PrincesFound) March 26, 2014
The Prince, who was speaking at a publication event in Ham, south-west London, commented that any hopes of young people becoming homeowners is now "further and further out of reach". This statement has been made in light of a new report that The Prince is launching, which discusses the need to prevent high-rise apartment buildings from being constructed, and urges for more "human-scaled streets, squares and parks" to be built in their place.
It has been recently revealed that London property prices have soared to over 13 per cent more than last year, making the average home cost a record-breaking £458,000.
With these figures in mind, Prince Charles stated: "In London we find ourselves in a situation where the average house price is 10 times the annual salary of a primary school teacher— a huge rise in comparison to just 20 years ago — when the average house price was 2.9 times a primary teacher's annual salary."
He continued by saying: "The National Housing Federation estimates that in only six years the average London house price will have risen 40 per cent to £650,000. This isn't sustainable and risks driving away talented young individuals who are starting their careers in London and spending most of their income on rent."
For many young workers and families, the reality of saving enough to afford a mortgage and buying a house is simply a dream, as many continue to rent apartments at high rates in the capital city.
The Prince went on to say: "In order to continue to prosper, any healthy city requires a built environment that provides good quality housing, the integration of nature and green spaces at its heart, walkable, mixed-use neighbourhoods, good public transport and an identity that fosters pride and a sense of belonging. The most successful cities and the most popular neighbourhoods within those cities all share these qualities in abundance."
"It is these qualities which attract so many people to London — not just for the employment opportunities that the city offers, but because of its mid-rise nature, its human-scaled streets, squares and parks and its series of diverse walkable neighbourhood 'villages' that foster a strong sense of community. We must continue to build upon these strengths, which are essentially London's 'calling card'.?"
The Prince of Wales's report is being issued by The Prince's Foundation for Building Community, a charity which is committed to creating urban areas which are "beautiful, harmonious and enduring". The charity wishes to produce neighbourhoods which are available to people from all different backgrounds and incomes. They also run courses in building and urban design, alongside a number of summer schools which teach people about building and repair skills.
The Prince's Foundation has been involved with more than 30 housing projects across the United Kingdom, including Highbury Gardens in Islington, Coed Darcy in south Wales, and Knockroon in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The charity are currently working on a project with the local residents of Ham Close, in Richmond.
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SOMIS, Calif. - Freshman Stoney Crouch turned in a 1-under-par 71 on Tuesday to finish at 10-over-par for the Jones Invitational at Saticoy Country Club, earning his first career Top 20 finish.
Lipscomb finished the weekend at 70-over-par 934, for 11th overall. No. 50 San Diego State claimed the tournament title over No. 23 Southern California, shooting 17-over-par for the three day tournament.
"I was very pleased with our overall play this week," Lipscomb coach and Director of Golf Will Brewer said. "This team we brought to Malibu is very young and somewhat inexperienced. Saticoy is a very difficult and challenging golf course, especially when we haven't gotten as many reps as we would have liked at this point in the spring.
"But all in all, today marked a day that was very positive for us as a program. We made much better decisions and played within ourselves."
Crouch climbed 19 spots in the third round after sinking four birdies to close the invitational tied for 19th, the highest finish of his career. Crouch fired 77-78 in the first two rounds Monday.
"We worked on a couple things with Stoney and he felt more confident this week," Brewer said. "And it really showed in his game."
Like Crouch, freshman Sydney Chung also fired a 1-under-par 71 in the final round. He improved with each round after opening with an 81-78 on Monday. Chung's 230 total placed him in 31st.
"Even though Saticoy was a much more difficult course, I did see improvements," Brewer said. "Stoney and Sydney played really well this week and especially today. They made a lot of good swing s and played with more confidence."
Dowling Armstrong fired a 77-83 Monday and was on his way to a low score Tuesday before carding bogeys on four-straight holes on the back nine to close the tournament with a 79. He finished tied for 52nd.
Rounding out the Purple and Gold from the Saticoy Country Club was junior Caston Roberts and freshman Mikey Feher. They finished tied for 63rd overall.
Roberts shot rounds of 86-79-82 while Feher turned in rounds of 78-83-86.
The Bisons will travel to Jackson, Tenn. for the Grover Page Classic on March 10-11. Brewer believe playing one of the most difficult tracks in southern California will help prepare his team for the rest of the spring.
"This should help us prepare for Jackson Country Club in a couple weeks," said Brewer. "But the hole is the same size on every golf course and we still have to find the bottom of the cup. It will be an easier layout. We should be able to compete for the championship and I hope they expect to win there because we are improving with each week.
"This team is beginning to believe that we can be competitive with better teams. I am hoping this is a springboard that will propel us through the rest of the spring season and into the conference championship."


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The Development and Assessment of Cross- Sectioning Ability in Young Children
Kristin R. Ratliff, Post-doc, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Susan C. Levine (Co-PI), Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Research up-date as of March 11, 2016:
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Young, C. J., Dulaney, A., Schiffman, J. and Levine, S. C. (2015). More than meets the eye: The development of children's cross-sectioning ability. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.
Cross-sectioning, also referred to as "penetrative" thinking (Kali & Orion, 1996), is a particular spatial visualization skill that involves inferring a 2D representation of a 3D structure, and vice versa (Cohen & Hegarty, 2007). This imaginary slicing of a 3D object to a 2D plane is an essential skill for many of the sciences, ranging from anatomical cross-sections in biology and neuroscience to cross-sections of landforms in geology (Cohen & Hegarty, 2008). However, the development of cross-sectioning ability has not been uniquely identified in relation to other measures of spatial ability (e.g., mental rotation), in part because of a lack of adequate measures and the unknown age at which this ability emerges. Thus, we do not know the developmental trajectory of cross-sectioning skills and how this skill relates to spatial ability more broadly.
In our current study, we created a new method for assessing cross-sectioning skills in young children by using brightly colored foam shapes as the stimuli (see Figure 1 for the sample item). We also measured children's performance on a mental rotation task and the water-level task. Finally, we contrasted cross-sectioning performance using the real 3D objects with a 2D method using photographs of the actual shapes. Thus, we aim to successfully measure children's cross-sectioning skills to determine a) how cross-sectioning skills develop between the ages of 3 and 9 years, b) the association between cross-sectioning skills and other spatial reasoning tasks, and c) how the method of assessment impacts performance.
Figure 1. The sample cross-sectioning item shows a sphere bisected by an intersecting plane. Participants were asked to choose among four options to identify the resulting cross-section if the sphere were pulled apart.
Children successfully completed the cross-sectioning task using both the 3D and 2D methods. This suggests that children do reason about cross-sections and this ability can be assessed. Further, this ability develops over time as evidenced by a significant increase in performance with age. Difficulty of test items generally represented two categories: congruent items were easier in that the cross-section resulted in a similar shape to the overall object (e.g., cone cut vertically to result in a triangle cross-section), whereas incongruent items were harder due to the cross-section resulting in a different shape than the overall object (e.g., pyramid cut horizontally to result in a square cross-section).
Positive correlations between the mental rotation and cross-sectioning tasks were present across the 5 to 8 year age range. However, when controlling for age, mental rotation was not a significant predictor of cross-sectioning performance, which suggests these tasks are not measuring the same skills, particularly in children younger than 8 years old. Further, there was no significant correlation between performance on the cross-sectioning and water-level tasks. Thus, cross- sectioning ability is somewhat independent of both spatial perception and mental rotation. Additionally, there was a benefit of using the 3D task but only for 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds. The 3- to 4-year-olds and 8- to 9-year-olds performed equally well using both versions of the task. We are currently examining if preschool children rely on a simple shape matching strategy rather than a spatial visualization process, and whether cross-sectioning is related to a more general spatial visualization skill by comparing cross-sectioning performance to performance on a version of a paper folding task that is appropriate for young children.


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Gregory Perry gave some additional background information to Robert McMillan, stating he did not intend for De Raadt to make the email public - although he doesn't seem to object to it. The background he provides is incredibly detailed (too much to summarise - just read it yourself), which certainly does seem to lend some credibility to his claims. Then again, in this day and age, information is easy to come by.
He also details which parts of OpenBSD were considered targets. "The OCF was a target for side channel key leaking mechanisms, as well as pf (the stateful inspection packet filter), in addition to the gigabit Ethernet driver stack for the OpenBSD operating system," Perry details, "All of those projects NETSEC donated engineers and equipment for, including the first revision of the OCF hardware acceleration framework based on the HiFN line of crypto accelerators."
Perry further states that he also became the target of an official FISA investigation. "After I left NETSEC, I ended up becoming the recipient of a FISA-sanctioned investigation, presumably so that I would not talk about those various projects," he explains, "My NDA recently expired so I am free to talk about whatever I wish."
At least one person from Perry's original allegations has denied any and all involvement. Perry mentioned Scott Lowe, and Brian Proffitt (best. Name. Ever.) decided to contact Scott Lowe - actually, he contacted two Scot Lowes, since there are two who fit the bill; these two Lowes have been mixed up before. Both of them denied the allegations made by Perry.
"Mr. Perry is mistaken. I am not, nor have I ever been, affiliated with or employed by the FBI or any other government agency. Likewise, I have not ever contributed a single line of code to OpenBSD; my advocacy is strictly due to appreciation of the project and nothing more," Lowe 1 stated.
"I am not, nor have I ever been, on the FBI's payroll, nor do I use or advocate the use of OpenBSD either personally or in my writing," Lowe 2 stated.
So, we have a bit more background information from Perry, which might be of use to those investigating the case, and we have two Scot Lowes denying any involvement with the FBI. This is starting to sound like the start of an interesting, if not rather boring film (you know, because dramatic shots of people sending emails won't draw the crowds).


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