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Ansel Adams: Masterworks
At the Mishkin Gallery, February 11- March 9, 2010
The most majestic of American photographers, Ansel Adams is also among the most accessible. His photographs of Western vistas, especially those of his native California, are both iconic and beloved, even by people whose knowledge of 20th century photography is severely limited.
An exhibition of 47 of Adams' classic photographs from the Collection of the Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Reading, California, will be on view at Baruch College's Mishkin Gallery, from Thursday, February 11 – Wednesday, March 9, 2010. Opening reception Wednesday, February 10, 6-8 pm. These photos were originally chosen by Adams himself to be part of the "Museum Set," a succinct overview of his finest work.
It is a measure of Adams' photographic genius, that so many of his subjects create a sense of intimacy with the viewer, while simultaneously and paradoxically evoking the power and grandeur of the natural world. Although actual people rarely appear in Adams' photographs of the Sierra Nevada or Yosemite National Park, the images are nonetheless imbued with a deep sense of humanity. For this reason, Adams' work has made inestimable contributions to the preservation of national parks and pristine wilderness sites across the United States. Adams used the three Guggenheim Fellowships he received in his lifetime to record national parks not only in California, but also in Alaska, Hawaii and elsewhere.
During his life, Ansel Adams was known as a teacher, critic, and publisher of portfolios, as well as an important figure in the development of photography as a recognized art form. A co-founder of the department of photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Adams was also a longtime consultant to the Polaroid Corporation and a consistent advocate for a plainspoken, accessible approach to photography. In 1979, he was the subject of a Time magazine cover story and in 1980 he received the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
The Mishkin Gallery is located at 135 E. 22nd Street, New York City. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, Noon to 5 pm; Thursday, Noon to 7 pm. Exhibition tour by Laudau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California.
Sandra Kraskin (gallery)
Zane Berzins (press)


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Paul's usage of the Greek word for body is "soma." "Soma" is not something external to a man himself, something he has, it is what he is. Indeed, "soma" is the nearest equivalent to our word personality. To believe in the resurrection of the "soma," means to believe that my human self, the human being that "I" am, will be restored to life again. I will not be someone different from who I am now, but I will be exclusively myself. God has committed himself to preserving my individuality, personality, and character. The term body "soma" is simply a synonym for "person." The goal of God's redemption is not the destruction of his first creation, but its restoration to its original perfection. This is why the Scripture speaks of the resurrection of the body "soma" rather than of the creation of new beings. Both death and resurrection affect the total person "soma." The resurrected persons "soma" will be the same individuals as those who existed previously on earth.
Being created in the image of God means that we must view ourselves as intrinsically valuable and richly invested with meaning, potentially and responsibilities. We are to be and to do on a finite scale, what God is and does on an infinite scale. By virtue of being created in the image of God, human beings are capable of reflecting his character in their own life; animals possess none of these qualities. What distinguishes people from animals is the fact that human nature inherently has godlike possibilities. Omniscience omnipotence, or omnipresence, none of these other divine attributes have been ascribed to man as part of the image of God. We have been created to reflect God in our thinking and actions, but the physical sustained by God and dependent upon him for our existence in this world and in the world to come. Developing a godly character in this present life, this will be our personal identity in the world to come. It is the character or personality that we have developed in this life, that God preserves in his memory.
Breath of life and the living soul; man's soul is in his blood and indeed his blood is his soul. He is kept in being [alive] as a living soul by the inhalation of oxygen out of the air. Man's soul depends on this intake of oxygen and the blood, but the cessation of breathing results in the death of the soul, because the blood, which is equated with the soul, no longer receives the oxygen that is so vital for life. Breathing is seen as a manifestation of the sustaining power of God. Man became a living soul does not mean that at creation his body was endowed with an immortal soul, a separate entity, distinct from the body. Rather, it means that as a result of the divine inbreathing of the "breath of life" into the lifeless body, man became a living, breathing being. The heart began to beat, the blood to circulate, the brain to think, and all the vital signs of life were activated. A living soul means a living being. Not through the implantation of an immaterial, immortal soul into his material, mortal body, but through the animating principle of life "breath of life" conferred on him by God himself.
In the Old Testament, the word "sheol" is the underground depository of the dead. There are no immaterial, immortal souls in sheol, simply because the soul does not survive the death of the body. Nowhere in the Old Testament is the abode of the dead regarded as a place of punishment or torment. The concept of an infernal 'hell' developed in Israel only during the Hellenistic period. The condition of the dead in sheol, the realm of the dead, is one of unconsciousness, inactivity, a rest or sleep that will continue until they are resurrected. The prospect that one day a vast number of people will be consigned to the everlasting torment of hell is most disturbing. Traditionalists read "eternal punishment" as "eternal punishing." When the adjective "aionios" meaning eternal or everlasting, is used in the Greek with nouns of action, it has reference to the result of the action, not the process. The wicked will not be passing through a process of punishment forever, but will be punished once and for all with eternal results. The destruction of the wicked is eternal "aionios," not because the process of destruction continues forever, but because the results are permanent. "Eternal" often refers to the permanence of the result, rather than the continuation of a process. It is evident that the fire that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah is eternal, not because of its duration, but because of its permanent results.
"And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire" (Jude 23a). The fire to which Jude refers is obviously the same kind of fire that consumed Sodom and Gomorrah. It is evident that the fire that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah is eternal, not because of its duration, but because of its permanent results. It is important to note that the Greek word "aionios" literally means "lasting for an age." Roman emperors being described as "aionios"; what is meant is that they held their office for life. Unfortunately, the English words "eternal" or "everlasting" do not accurately render the meaning of "aionios", which literally means "age-lasting." The notion of the eternal torment of the wicked can only be defended by accepting the Greek view of the immortality and indestructibility of the soul, a concept which is foreign to Scripture. Everlasting torture is intolerable from a moral point of view, because it pictures God acting like a bloodthirsty monster who maintains an everlasting Auschwitz for his enemies, whom he does not even allow to die. Consider the moral implications of the traditional view of hell, which depicts God as a cruel torturer who torments the wicked throughout all eternity. The thought of such a torment being deliberately inflicted by divine decree, is totally incompatible with the idea of God as infinite love.
Many Christians will be sorely disappointed to discover that their beliefs in the afterlife are a delusion. When this happens, it will cause personal crisis to Christians accustom to believing that at death their souls break loose from their bodies and continue to exist either in Heaven or in the torment of Hell. Redemption is the restoration of the whole person, and not the salvation of the soul apart from the body. If at death the soul of the believer goes up immediately to Heaven to be with Jesus, one hardly can have any real sense of expectation for Jesus to come down to raise the dead believers that were in Jesus, and transform the living believers that are in Jesus. Traditionally, evangelical and other religious persuasions teach, that at the resurrection, their material bodies are reunited with their souls, thus intensifying the pleasure of Heaven or the pain of Hell. Why are evangelicals so adamant in refusing to reconsider the Biblical teachings on the restoration of the whole person? To abandon souls being reunited with their bodies, also entails abandoning a whole cluster of doctrines resulting form it. The total impact of dividing humans into body and soul has promoted all sorts of false dichotomies in Scripture. To be an "Evangelical" means to uphold certain fundamental traditional doctrines without questioning. Any one who dares to question the Biblical validity of a traditional doctrine can become suspect as a "heretic." It is impossible to estimate the far-reaching impact that the doctrine of unending hellfire has had throughout the centuries in justifying religious intolerance, torture, and the burning of "heretics." The rationale is simple: If God is going to burn heretics in Hell for all eternity, why shouldn't the church burn them to death now?


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Congress Proposes ID Cards For All, Citizen or Not
Key senators are exploring an immigration bill that would force every U.S. worker-citizen or not-to carry a high-tech ID card that could use fingerprints or other personal markers to prove legal eligibility to work. Danny Yadron reports. Photo: Getty.
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... the the ... I've that lawmakers are exploring an immigration bill that would force every U S worker said a stand or not to carry a high tech identity card to prove their eligibility to work but it has some privacy groups concerned ... here now with more is the Wall Street Journal's Danny out to ... Danny thanks for joining ... they spread and ... sell the first black people look at this and think everybody a citizen or not will have to carry new ID card and is that really what they're proposing ... what with what they're proposing is more akin to a tee high-tech Sosa Security card which ... is something you should not be carrying around you you are you go but pricier socia said the ABC Liu and some libertarian groups ... they see this as an inevitable national ID is something and you eventually use of the airport I suppose ... on something you essentially have with you at all types ... and how to lawmakers say this really improving ... the immigration issue that is right now ... um what are the biggest problems of integration and we spend a lot of time talking about the new border security year he says things like that ... if it how do you determine who is eligible to work in the country now there is a system known as e verify it seems that ... some companies voluntarily and some states require it ... but on this this this and realize I'm you know ... matching name the date of birth in so Security number of things you know ... that our sea level and so when lawmakers looking for is some sort of foolproof way ... I'd prefer people to prove they are who they say they are ... and at how many senators of this plan are behind this out as this that bill gets fleshed out ... so the gang of eight senators right now I'm trying to work out some sort of compromise at least five of them have voiced support for this idea in the past ... aam and at least thirty ... aam are open about wanting this to be in the forthcoming bill ... I know alot about privacy groups are concerned about this and perhaps ... not only what's being proposed to wear could lead to I'd tell us or what their view is on ... um will they do is you know if ... I'm not talking some of the ACLU in Asia spread this is you know ... if you build it they will come in if you if you make some sort of ID card ... that everyone in the country ... inevitably this would be used ... for many of them the basic functions the Aggie ... your daily life ... that aside from that did it become something ... were some of the privacy groups worry that ... there are there can be targeting only you know not everyone is asked to show the safety of the time and so ... people are worried that this is a federal intrusion into the night ... and I and and the the store is well that there are critics say that this could be does a very expensive ... undertaking and really would have the results that are intended that tells about that you what what are some of the critics saying here ... um ... we'll Oak ridges AZO one this is something that would be incredibly ... expensive even when we talk the White House you know ... they say they're looking for something that ... does act to counter fraud is also cost-effective ... and their studies that show you this would cost the government more than twenty two billion dollars just to get off the ground not to mention you ... hear the upkeep costs ... um so there's a lot of concern down from critics about him is this the best way ... to soften and would even work ... try to enable thank you so much for joining us this morning am bringing it to us and for people can read more about this ID card or proposed ID card on WS J ... dot com


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Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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Location: Italy
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:50 am
Post subject: Suggest zine
Is there anyone who have to suggest any irriverent and outrageous zine from the world???
For me the one who surely deserve a good read (drinking beer and listening a good vinyl
HELLPIKE (Germany)
FRANANG (France) (but I hope Eric re-begin with a print one and not only on the web!!)
DESECRATION OF VIRGIN (Germany) (pure Kult)
TALES OF THE MACABRE (Germany)
ETERNAL FIRE (France)
and without any dubt:
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:11 am
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I really enjoy the Necromaniac 'zine from Germany and the Black Plague 666 from Thailand.
and naturally the mighty Isten mag... but I need more pages!
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Stygian Shadows 'zine
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Location: Hungary
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:16 am
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Sadomizer wrote:
Is there anyone who have to suggest any irriverent and outrageous zine from the world???
For me the one who surely deserve a good read (drinking beer and listening a good vinyl
HELLPIKE (Germany)
FRANANG (France) (but I hope Eric re-begin with a print one and not only on the web!!)
DESECRATION OF VIRGIN (Germany) (pure Kult)
TALES OF THE MACABRE (Germany)
ETERNAL FIRE (France)
and without any dubt:
Leave contact address when possible!
I'd offer you our long-time existing (since 1996) zine if you would speak hungarian, he-he...
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Hellfire Commando
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Location: Lac Simon, Canada
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:32 am
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If you want, I have a few copies of my last fanzine, "Morbid Tales #5" left! It's cut'n'paste, but this one is pro-printed (well, not offset but digital print). It was made almost entirely by hand, while drinking beer. (Features Ohio's Black Death, Blood Ceremony, Weapon, Celtic Frost, Ares Kingdom, Midnight, Maniac, Demontage, Dream Death, Devastation (Yug), Trench Hell, Witchtrap...) I'm working on a new one as we speak.
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:13 am
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Yeah Morbid Tales is great, support Annick ^^ I still never got issue 4 and 5 though.. damn it haha
anyway, besides the ones mentioned already, I guess some that you could check out are (as far as I know some of em are unactive these days, but I got these, so maybe you can at least track down older editions):
Evilution (Denmark) (I think they are working on issue 3 currently)
Tornado (Denmark)
Ancient Spirit Terror (Germany)
Pitchfork (Germany)
Canadian Assault (USA)
Leather N Spikes (Canada)
Mutilating Process (France)
Thrash Attack (Germany) (made by young German thrash maniac Flo who deserves the support!)
Hellthrashing Newsletter (Chile) (made by Carlos/Kuravilu Productions, I really liked this, just metal, no bullshit, cool old style layout, cool bands)
No Copyright (USA)
Psicoterror (Peru) (sometimes dont know what to think about all the ideology stuff, but anyway good content overall and good English/questions, especially for a Peruvian zine)
I also heard good things about Oaken Throne, but I still need to get an issue of this
oh yeah and what about Fall To Your Knees Pissing?
And of course must do a little self-promo here, ehehe, Ive got a little zine out since shitsmas 2006, called Rugged Rendezvous, description from my mailorder:
First issue of this English written zine from Holland! Includes interviews with Enforcer (Sweden), Front Beast (Germany), Victimizer from Denmark (2x! A previously unprinted one from 2005 and a recent one which is one of the last ones with them since they are pretty much R.I.P!), Pagan Rites (Sweden), Heimdalls Wacht (Germany) and Pentacle (Holland). Besides this there are also 2 live reports and some ads. All in all 36 pages of underground cut'n'paste and handdrawn layout A5 size xeroxed hell. Limited to 666 handnumbered copies. Each copy comes with compilation CD-R featuring the interviewed bands plus some more (10 tracks in total).
its available for 3 euro from my distro
I guess Ill post some pictures
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:16 am
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deadhead zine from malaysia is good
prayers book from TFH is good also, but the english!
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:30 am
Post subject: Re: Suggest zine
Sadomizer wrote:
Is there anyone who have to suggest any irriverent and outrageous zine from the world???
For me the one who surely deserve a good read (drinking beer and listening a good vinyl
HELLPIKE (Germany)
FRANANG (France) (but I hope Eric re-begin with a print one and not only on the web!!)
DESECRATION OF VIRGIN (Germany) (pure Kult)
TALES OF THE MACABRE (Germany)
ETERNAL FIRE (France)
and without any dubt:
Leave contact address when possible!
Ill toot my own horn, and drop my own zines name:
Gallery of the Grotesque.
If you want a zine with
- black sarcasm, entertaining interviews and TONS of great metal/occult info then youd be hard pressed to find anything else that can top it.
A few other zines out right now that I like:
-The Sinister Flame
-Oaken Throne
-Convivial Hermit
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:32 am
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Wilhelm wrote:
Ill toot my own horn, and drop my own zines name:
Gallery of the Grotesque.
If you want a zine with
- black sarcasm, entertaining interviews and TONS of great metal/occult info then youd be hard pressed to find anything else that can top it.
hmm, sounds good
are you up for trading as well?
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Hellfire Commando
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Location: Lac Simon, Canada
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:26 pm
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Good list, San!!! I still don't have your fanzine either... shit, I have more money now, we should do a trade or something! I got like 30 #5's left. Haha. I really dig the Hellthrashing Newsletter by the way - it has such a pure feeling to it!
Anyway, Wilhelm - is there another Gallery of the Grotesque in the work? I'd love to see what you come up with next... hehe!
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:51 pm
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Tornado (Dnk)
Stratanael (Uk/Fra)
Horrible Eyes (Ger)
Necromaniac (Ger)
Hellish Massacre (Swe) RIP, I suppose.
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Location: Ancient Kingdom of Ayodhya, SIAM
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:32 pm
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I'm still waiting to KISS OF SHAME FANZINE of Antonios KoS/Goat Vomit.
I dont know when will finish but after saw their newsletter/flyer, I think it will be killer of killer one!
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:08 pm
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Ive considered doing a Gallery of the Grotesque issue #5, and the possibility is still open because I want to do one if the time (and funds) is right, but I also want to make it better then the issue preceding it. The problem is coming up with the money to print it and actually breaking even from sales so I can print something else too. It can be hard to do that with zines in this day and age. We'll see.
Right now Im putting my journalistic debauchery and Galleryesque egoterror to use for Canadian Assault zine. There should be an interview posted with Tofuke/NWN! himself by the end of the month.
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Well, instead short recommends I just copied these reviews (don't get bothered by the spelling errors/grammar). Some of these are superior, some are mediocre, but not shit.
Hellpike #16 is still in its workings, unfortunately I don't find enough time to work on it right now, even if only three, four days are needed to finish everything. The next issue will be again improved and will have at least 120 pages. I hope to start with the final steps in the next weeks...
Blood of the Ancient #5
A good work you will get with the already fifth issue of this dedicated German guy! The amount of featured bands/people is incredible: POSSESSED, PAUL DIANNO, AMOURED ANGEL, JAGUAR, KATAFALK, ARCH ENEMY, BROCAS HELM, UNHOLY ARCHANGEL, WELL OF SOULS, BLACK WIDOW RECORDS, FARSCAPE, DERKETA, SATANIC SLAUGHTER, SCEPTIC, MANTICORE, HYSTERIA, IRONKIND, VARATHRON, ZORATES, HEIR APPARENT, WARHATE FRONT, PAUL SPECKMANN, PROTECTOR, DEATHWITCH, ATHEIST, HOLOCAUST, NASTY SAVAGE, SUFFOCATION, OCCULT and WOLFEN SOCIETY! Pretty well-done mixture of different styles and underground/more-known bands! Even if I don´t care what some bands are telling some great and honest interviews are to read! To the best I would count the ones with the Nahual-guy (Warhate Front), Varathron, Possessed and Protector! A planned interview with David Cherubin, a guy of the Thelemetic Order of the Golden Dawn misfailed! A pity, because the (printed) questions were pretty interesting! But Chris, do you really think that (secret) organisations will answer on questions about criminalistic activities connected with magical orders...?? Besides the usual reviews on albums, EP´s and demos you will get very long and detailed live-reports of festivals like Wacken Open Air, Fuck the Commerce and Keep it True! All from 2003, of course! Also a nice section is the one where you can read reviewing lines of some older demo/live tapes (mostly bootleggs of course). The whole questions are well-done, a fine metal dedication is mixed with a backround knowledge of esoterical and philosophical topics, great!! The size of letters is small, no stupid promo adds of the next and best label is to find and everything is written in very skilled english! BOTA is a fanzine for Supporters of Pure Metallic Outrage and is announced as the bringer(s) of Damnation Upon the Bare Mountains! Ouh fukk, this book has 90 pages exactly, another reason for you to buy this zine! As you already should know I´m very narrow-minded when it´s coming to the lay-out, so, here´s nothing special to find (but it´s also to read that Chris don´t care about a lay-out but more for the long and detailed written words)! A nice thing are the few collages of ancient bands and their demo-covers and so on (hehe, is that Helllish Crossfire photo also taken from the 80´ies??). Another thing which makes me laugh sometimes are the many ?????? which are mostly to see on the bands discography at the end of the interviews, hehe! I don´t know the price of this, but I guess it must be about 5 EUR, plus 2 EUR for porto! Write and support this dedicated guy:
Christian Wachter, Grieserstr.13, 96352 Steinberg, GERMANY
Pitchfork #1
Well, here we have an A4 zine and the two editors are coming from Germany (if it´s of your interest: both guys are playing also in two bands; Freezinghahn plays in Betrayed and Killerplauze in Eternal Pain)! I guess, those hessian farmer boys discovered the name of the zine while doing some work on their parents farm, hehe!! Hm, Pitchfork #1 is out since a few days now, but the foreword was written already in January 2004 and the interviews are even more older (some date back to 2002). But you should know that all people on hessian agricultural battle fields are doing everything a bit slooower!!
Besides usual reviews and a funny Wacken alcoholic live report from 2003 (not from 2004, as the cover is telling!! Or do you own a time-machine??) you also will get long and in-depth interviews with Desaster, Nocturnal, Zarathustra, Epicedium, Victimizer (2x), Karnarium, Witchmaster, Farscape, Fallen Yggdrasil, Bestial Mockery and Chant of Blasphemy! But that´s not all, you also get an Australian Armageddon, that means interviews with Astrial, Grenade, Vomitor, Atomizer and Gospel of the Horns!! Before I´ll forget: the Nocturnal and the Desaster interviewes are in their German originals, the Pitchfork guys didn´t have the time to translate them!
Bad things are (as I´ve told earlier) the old informations you´ll get, some bad xeroxed pages (you can´t see anything at all) and the lay-out is nothing at all (just scanned logos and some photos, quite boring). Everything (besides Desaster & Nocturnal) is written in pretty well-done english (they even can talk a better English than German, har!!) and the price of those 34 pages are only 3 EUR (incl. p&p). Order it from:
Sven Klaka, Mühlgasse 13A, 63654 Büdingen, GERMANY
Summon for Satan #4
Death and Necromancy is the underline of the fourth issue of Summon for Satan! If I´m right this zine started with a different name, called Holmenkollmen Skugge (first burnt Norwegian church back in the early true black metal days...). I can tell that Summon for Satan is grown thicker, and better, too! On 46 pages you´ll get interviews with following hordes: Watain, Namtar, Toxic Holocaust, Antaeus, Temple of Baal, Averse Sefira, Black Mass of Absu, Merrimak, Dark Opus, Dusk (not the Hungarian one), Nuclear Winter, Nocturnal Evil, Grand Belials Key, Vorkreist and Iron Fist Kommando Prod. You see, the choice of bands is well mixed, some unknown bands are to find (from all over the world) besides the more known ones! The two editors are coming from Germany and you can see it after reading the first English written lines (only Germans can write such an English! It´s not bad, but really funnie sometimes, like Hellpike, eh). Well, I really have nothing bad to tell about this zine. The lay-out is great undergroundish, the questions are really outstanding sometimes and the reviews are well informed/written. Ok, here and there some litte errors are to find (Mr. Holocausto Vengeance didn´t play in Black Crucifixion, never, he did only in/outro for it! It was the hooded guy who later became a gay!!! But that´s not bothering at all, auch Black Metaller sind nur Menschen) only the size of letters is too big (with the size of Hellpike letters this would have been 25 pages only) but everything else is ok. The price of this zine is (as to read on the front) 3 EUR, you should add at least 1,50 EUR more for porto. Send orders to:
Philipp Kretschmer, Wandlitzstr. 37, 10318 Berlin, GERMANY
Depth Charge #2
Haaargh, what a fukkin´ great development of Depth Charge! It looks like a brother of Hellpike. Honestly, it is cool to hear that Paul got his influences of Hellpike. So you can expect the same layout, sometimes even better (but sometimes not so good). Paul has the skills on PC to do a mixture of underground layout and PC-done one. The featured bands are following: DERKETA, JUDGEMENT DAY, NOCTURNAL GRAVES, BLASPHEMIC LUST, DAEMONLORD, DEATHSPELL OMEGA, RADEMASSAKER, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, DESTRÜKTÖR, SCEPTER, ZARATHUSTRA, SACRIFICIAL BLOOD and ARYOS. Tons of reviews and live-reports are included, too. Flyers are printed and a lot of information is included. The jacket is pro-printed and the rest is xeroxed, the total amounts of pages are 52. I can not await the next issue. Need it soon!! Price must be around 4 or 5 Dollars. Surely, Depth Charge is Australians´ best magazine. Support, kill and fukk! Contact:
Depth Charge, PO Box 470, Craigieburn, Vic. 3064, AUSTRALIA
Morbid Tales #1
Morbid Tales is a new Fanzine from Canada (Ontario, kult scene in the eighties), keeping the essence of true underground, Xeroxed hell!! It has 40 A5 pages, dirty letters and just three interviews. The interviewed bands are SABBAT (kult); IMPERIAL (shit) and BLASPHEMY (cool one, done via telephone). The interviews are okay, maybe sometimes naïve, but with real true metal passion inside. I think the questions will be better in further issues. Here and there you will get some cool reviews (Exumer, har! Great band, but it seems that editor Annick found that band just yesterday, due to the young age??). Nevertheless, the layout is absolutely perfect (kaotic and dirty, just like Hellpike) and the feeling is to read with every single letter. Some space is wasted; you really can put more information on 40 A5 pages. But I think they will get that soon and will change that little negative thing. Well, its great to see some other Xeroxed A5 zines, as theyre my preferred size for zines. The price of these 40 pages must be around 3$. Write to:
Annick Giroux, 1115 Cholette Cres, Orleans, Ontario K1C 1TH, CANADA
Necroscope #14
Again I´ve got that zine from Adam, it´s still great, still thick (140 A5 pages, sikk) and still written in Polish language. But the next issue should been written in english, so I can tell if the interview style of Adam is good (as he found some interviews of Hellpike not so good, hehe). Hope he will continue then in English language. If you want to promote your band in Poland, be sure, Necroscope is one of the top addresses. Besides tons of reviews you will get interviews with CRUCIFIRE, DAEMONLORD, NECROPIA, DIMENTIANON, NOCTURNAL VOMIT, MARTYRIUM CHRISTI, BLASPHEMER, BLOODTHIRST, ARGHOSLENT, PRIMAL DAWN and PUTRIDITY. Great work, yet the layout could consists of more photos, sigils, whatever. Can´t await to get that zine completely written in english. If you are able to read the Polish language you better should support that mighty underground zine. Btw: congratulation for 10 years of NECROSCOPE, keep up the work!! Address:
Adam Stasiak, ul. Zakopianska 42/3, 80-139 Gdansk, POLAND
Back with a next attack is mighty StrataNael, this issue is entitled M`ss`N`G`R´. First of all: it´s still strong, not as strong as the previous one but still on my fave top six of zines! Interviews you will get with CACHTICE (very interesting band, would like to check them out soon), WITCHMASTER, GOSFORTH, WATAIN, BETRAYED, CORPUS CHRISTII, DECAYED and many more. The best ones are without any doubt the ones with BLACKLODGE, ABOMINATOR and BLASPHEMY. Some articles are also included, short ones and long ones (Mutiilation, ). Also nasty gossips (It´s Pandaemoneum, hehe, I want more), no real reviews (just a few introductions), some news-paper lines (funnie ones), articles (also those stupid German Murders of Satan got some lines of dedication) and more blasphemic stuff. Featured are 80 A4 pages with a great devilish underground layout (so it has to be). Perversion, Decadence, Violence, Drugs, Magicke, Sex, promoting Acid SataNism, this zine will automatically force you to kill someone for satan!! Don´t forget Mr. Pierres´nasty, smart and skilled writing style (yet the earlier issue was more offensive, when I look back to the interviews with Dimmu Borgir, Deicide, Ku-Klux-Klan, etc. and the best one (Deströyer 666). Price is 6, 66 EURO, including all.
There Where I Belong #1
Dedicated to Pure Necrocult UG Metal, that´s what you can expect of There Where I Belong, hailing from Spain. Long interviews with KAAMOS, VOMITORY, MUTIILATION, SECRETS OF THE MOON, GRAVEN, AVENGER, FROZEN SHADOWS, URGEHAL, CHRIS MOYEN, BLOODY ´ZINE, AMNION, SUMMONING and XASTHUR. The interviews are okay, yet the live-interview with SOTM consists of too much äh, äääähms and such. Of course I know that live interviews are pretty difficult, so it´s not bothering too much. The questions are sometimes a bit cheap, but well-informed. Layout is pro-done, yet great undergroundish looking (important: every single letter is to read). Besides these before mentioned interviews you also will get some pages with many reviews and a game called Merciless Conspiracy where some guys did get some dubbed songs to write their opinion about. So, some pretty different opinions are to read. Not really essential but okay. Ah, not to forget the Live-Reports they´ve done (Watain, Secrets of the Moon, ). Written like a diary, but okay Everything is well-done and is worthy to check out. Get it now. Unfortunately it´s is limited to 225 hand-numbered copies only, so you have to be fast as a shark! Contact:
Julio Garcia Condoy 11, 1 D, 50.018 Zaragoza, SPAIN
The Gallery of the Grotesque #4
Willhelm, the guy behind The Gallery of the Grotesque (and of The four) is a sikk bastard, and he knows it well! Per chance I´ve got that great looking Zine on the Deathstrike table on a concert! It was only the lay-out which let me decide to buy that zine! I like it! It´s printed on black paper, with simple but great lay-out! Everything is well written, even sikk if it comes to questions of some girls or digusting little things in the backround who disturb the interview sometimes! This is sikk, written with humour (without forgetting the evil spirit in metal) and little size of the letters! It´s sad that there´s to read that this one is propably the last issue, but also an option is left of a bigger, nastier, meanier one who could come to step out in future, hopefully! Interviews and many articles are to read, here are some of the included bands: Cult of Daath (haha, they use the word (right: Da´ath) only because it means abyss and they´ve found it in several occult books, weak reason I would say, and propably a fist in the face of someone really into (anti) kabbalah..., but their music is still good), Desaster, Orcustus, Besatt, Netherrealm, Kult of Azazel, Krieg, Anael, Sadömaniac, Varathron, Xasthur, Godless North, Rev. Kriss Piss Hades and lots more. Also with Metalion of Slayer ´zine, Cath of Leather´n´Spikes ´zine, Blaash of Where´s my Skin ´zine! To the most interesting interview counts the one with Okkulto (ex-Desaster) which caused some troubles in my area since that release! But it´s great to read his words, some of them are so true, some I can´t agree with (no polemics from my side)! But the old stories are great to hear (again)! So, if an address would be printed I wouldn´t refuse to print it here, but maybe I´m blind or Wilhem didn´t print it! But if you see that fukkin´ thick´n´sikk zine, buy it! Comes in A4 format and with 128 pages! Included are also arts of Rev. Kriss Hades (Sadistik Exekution are real artists, so to say), many pictures of The four (do you know Arne Babb?) and many, many reviews (can´t count them all, but I guess it´s about 3 ones only, no joking!!!). Essential zine for this rotten underground!
Ok, here I found the address which was to read in DoV#6 on the review for The Galerie of the Grotesque #3:
c/o Wilhelm, P.O. Box 293, Glendale, OR 97442, USA
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Death Execution, Eternal Fire, Oaken Throne and Temple of Adoration are all excellent.....
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cadaverious smell(france) is good one also.
You'll be implicated in crimes using these evil doppelgangers. Then i'll collect the bounty placed on your heads...
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|2012-07-10, 09:12
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orochimaru joygasm, that's all i really need
i've been waiting for this day for years
orochimaru is really something else though, can he even be called human? its just like "hey im kabuto i'm going to do all this surgery to combine orochimaru's energy with myself" then orochimaru comes along all "hey, imma reverse all that by tapping your shoulder, nbd"
which is why i love the magnificent bastard.
so with these new revelations, this war might not be the final chapter of the story after all. These "humans who know everything" may open the door to a new arc after this one, especially since orochimaru doesn't see the war as being significant enough to participate in.
|2012-07-10, 09:18
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It seems like the scroll involves the summoning of multiple persons. I have two ideas on who it might be.
One possibility is that Orochimaru intended to resurrect the entire Uchiha Clan with Edo Tensei. Sasuke would want to speak to the clansmen, including his mother and father, to find out their side of the story. Why were they driven to start a coup? And what were they doing the night of the 9-tails attack? Perhaps Tobi's "wall of Sharingan" will be used to facilitate their return. Of course, Edo Tensei'ng an entire clan would normally require the sacrifice of an equal number of people, something too evil for Sasuke to do on his own. Is this why Orochimaru was brought in?
Another possibility is that Orochimaru found a way to bring back the 4 hokages. Their combined knowledge about Konoha would answer almost any question that Sasuke has about the village and its origin. Tobirama would have knowledge about Edo Tensei and might know how to get rid of Edo Madara. And you just know that Kishi is itching to bring back the hokages since every major character in the series has made a reappearance in this war. It would be a shame if the 4 hokages weren't a part of it.
The identity of "the one who knows everything" is still unclear. Apparently it's not Orochimaru after all.
|2012-07-10, 09:42
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His parents and/or clansmen seems unlikely considering the way Orochimaru and Sasuke refer to them (in japanese the term they use is rather rude).
The Hokage of old make sense but as you said they would need to be summoned out of the Shinigami first.
The 2 remaining Elders could work as far as the truth goes but there is no reason for the scroll and Orochimaru so it's very unlikely as well.
Perhaps the 2 sons of the 1st Rikudou who represent the start of this conflict but they don't have much to do with the village.
|2012-07-10, 11:09
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1. We will never be rid of Orochimaru, so long as they are curse marks in the world. HOORAY!
2. We finally learn that OROCHIMARU IS VOLDEMORT! And obviously, Voldemort learned Horcrux-no-jutsu from Orochimaru, because duh, Orochimaru is awesome like that. If we ever lose Orochimaru again, we'll just need to find Harry Potter and open up his head to revive Orochivort
Were they going to kill every man, woman and child who wasn't Uchiha in Konoha? Or...? I feel like there has to be more to that ill-fated coup for Danzo to have sent Itachi to slaughter his whole clan, with the 3rd's approval (notice I added with the 3rd's approval; we all know Danzo would kill anyone, anywhere, for any reason T-T). Anyway, I'm excited to see where this goes...
|2012-07-10, 11:16
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Orochimaru's return is not as ridiculous as people are suggesting.
Kishimoto has been building up Orochimaru's significance to the plot for some time from Orochimaru helping Danzou obtain the powers of the 1st Hokage to Orochimaru knowing more about Tobi's agenda than he is comfortable with.
I thought the way Orochimau was revived was creative. He is the freakiest character in the series who always seems to have something up his sleeve.
The way he was "killed off" seemed kind of cheap so I'm glad to see this revival.
Orochimaru always had his own plans. Given that he knows so much about Tobi's plan it begs the question...
Why is he so obsessed with obtaining the Sharingan and the Uchiha's power in the first place?
It's because he knows that he can unlock the powers of the Sage of 6 Paths (Narutoverse's Ninja God) with it.
I suspect that Sasuke may want Orochimaru to use Edo Tensei to resurrect an Uchiha or several Uchiha in order to hear their side of the story.
He's looking for direction and answers from someone important that's for sure.
|2012-07-10, 11:23
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So Orochimaru can be revived without his soul being there? Now we could have multiple Orochimarus like this, one from each cursed seal, and of course real one if his soul is either placed into a body from the Totsuka sword or somehow Edo-Tensei'd It would be as difficult for them to decide who is the real Orochi as it was for the Naruto clones to decide who can go first on the toilette in the begining of the manga
This should be just some kind of advanced kage bunshin that will vanish as soon as it's initial amount of chakra is finished. Of course since it's advanced it could somehow gather more chakra to live longer, but should avoid battles that deplete his chakra, which means this Orochi-clone can be the perfect advisor for evil-Sasuke
It's funny how easy it is to revive evil characters like Madara and Orochi, but it's impossible to revive past kages and other good guys. Poor Kishimoto killed off all the evil guys so now he has to bring back dead guys to balance the two sides for the plot.
So why wasn't Orochi able to use his arms in the new body? Wasn't the reason why he wanted to get into Sasuke's body to have his arms back? And if he took over Sasuke's body why would he be able to use his arms there? Maybe because Sasuke's body was prepared with the cursed seal? This cursed seal and senjutsu stuff then has to be something that can emulate lost part of the soul, that is the lost arms. And apparently it could even emulate the soul itself, since Orochimaru was revived this seems to be the reason.
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|2012-07-10, 11:31
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i totally forgot the snake connection between orochimaru and voldemort
orochimaru needs to give sasuke a creepy hug now
it's odd that orochimaru considers himself not strong enough to capture sasuke, when kabuto had both sasuke and itachi on the ropes, and he jsut reabsorbed his powers. but at the same time they were trying to not kill kabuto.
i think what oro is respecting about sasuke is the fact that for the first time in the manga, he's thinking on his own, not being manipulated and deciding to hear the whole truth about everything. like oro himself said, "he's different from when he was being manipulated by itachi, used by me and used by tobi"
this is oen of the first times he's actually acting rational and using the genius level intelligence he's always being praised for.
my perspective comes from the fact that I just reread alot of the war chapters, and i'd forgotten that right before sasuke ran into itachi, he was in "me crazy, me burn with the eyes of my brother, can you see me burning nii-san?" mode.. psycho little demon devil
quoting oro again "the way you are right now, it's not bad"
|2012-07-10, 11:40
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and apparently he does, since according to one translation, oro lost the power to use his arms, or at least use them at full power after fighting sarutobi. and right now his current body has been manufactured from kabuto's cells? so he does need another person's body to respawn. And i'm pretty sure that the method used between kabuto and orochimaru is the simplest it can get. Sasuke definitely could not just grab random body parts, stick it to a curse seal, and unseal and grow is very own oro-kun. i'm just wondering what the status is on oro's arms right now, and also does this orospawn have all the memories of everything that happened to him while he was sealed in sasuke and sealed by itachi and etc.. especailly since anko was one of the first test subjects for the curse seal, so that seal consciousness has been locked away for quite some time
Also, considering that kabuto once said that oro couldn't become a true sage like him, now that oro has used kabuto's body as a medium to revive himself, andd absorbed kabuto's senjutsu chakra as well as his own, will oro show off his own dragon sage mode later on?
|2012-07-10, 11:48
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And even Kabuto got the snake-shit removed from him, now he looks like a human, that's a nice beginning for going back to the orphanage from where he came from. I really hope that for once the bad guy will not be killed, and Kabuto will become the new leader of the orphanage in the future. Ex-bad guys are always more interesting than plain good guys.
The funny thing about Orochimaru saying that he did see everything from within Anko's body is that then he remembers being defeated by Orochimaru in the forest of death
Orochimaru is becoming creepy as Agent Smith
|2012-07-10, 11:59
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Phuck YES!!
He is back guys, I've been telling you of his comeback all along, haven't I?
I don't get how it makes sense for Orochimaru to appear in this fashion when he was sealed by Susanoo, but who cares. The coolest character of the show just came back after god knows how many chapters. This automatically makes this one of the greatest chapters of the series.
I'm so stoked to see where this is going.
|2012-07-10, 13:07
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Is Kishi a Bronie? If so, when will Rainbow Dash make the scene?
|2012-07-10, 13:23
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What Orochimaru did isn't very different than what Minato did for himself and Kushina in order to meet Naruto in the future except that with the power of the White Snake he went further and created a mechanism in the Cursed Seal allowing the creation of a new body to support his persona if need be.
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"I mean, wow. Orochimaru is the most cookie-cutter villain stereotype in fiction. Just give him a wand and call him Voldemort."
Above the perfect comment to why I have always found Orochimaru boring and am really annoyed he's back.
I can't help but feel shonen jump editors are behind this to drag out Naruto even longer as there have'nt been any massive hits since Bleach.
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Although the 'translation' of Irish into English began with the invasions of the Anglo-Saxons in the 12th and 13th centuries, the British Empire imposed the rule of English in earnest with the Ordnance Survey of 1824-46. Under the command of Thomas Colby of the Royal Engineers, an army of soldiers and surveyors set about mapping the country, ensuring a more accurate valuation for the purpose of taxation, and in the process renaming place names on the island of Ireland.
Despite the fact that Celtic scholars were consulted, and Irish civilians who were deemed 'competent' in the Irish language were employed by the British, in an attempt to have the anglicized version of Irish names more accurately reflect the original Irish, the translation was often a dismal failure. The accuracy of the physical mapping has been praised as a boon to cartographers; however, many viewed the ordnance survey as yet another move to literally wipe Irish language and culture off the map.
In an 1844 article which appeared in the newspaper The Nation, Thomas Davis, the leader of the group Young Ireland, offered his opinion of the work of the Ordnance survey saying,
'Whenever those maps are re-engraved, the Irish words, will, we trust, be spelled in an Irish and civilised orthography, and not barbarously, as at present.'
In 1892 Douglas Hyde, one of the co-founders of the Gaelic League in 1893 and the first President of Ireland (1938 - 1945), delivered his famous lecture, 'The Necessity for De-Anglicising Ireland,' in which he expressed his contempt for the work of the Ordnance survey.
Hyde stated:
'On the whole, our place names have been treated with about the same respect as if they were the names of a savage tribe which had never before been reduced to writing, and with about the same intelligence and contempt as vulgar English squatters treat the topographical nomenclature of the Red Indians. .... I hope and trust a native Irish Government will be induced to provide for the restoration of our place-names on something like a rational basis'.
The Gaelic League produced what was intended to be the definitive work on Irish place names. Although that volume also had its flaws, it became the standard.
With the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922, Ireland now had a native government whose policy was to promote the use of Irish in public life. In 1937, Bunreacht na hÉireann (The Constitution of Ireland) came into force, conferring special status to the Irish language. As stated in Article 8 [1], 'The Irish language as the national language is the first official language.' English is 'recognized' as a second official language.
Today when you travel in Ireland you will notice that, although English does appear on road and street signs, Irish always appears above it. On Irish license plates, with the exception of the English 'IRL' for Ireland, place names always appear in Irish. For example the name of Waterford appears as Port Láirge, and Dublin is Baile Átha Cliath.
On Irish documents for birth, marriage and death, such as this birth certificate below, the Irish language once again appears above the English.
Those of us who speak English are often relieved to see our own language on signs when we travel to lands in which English is not the first language, but we should not forget what these 'translations' in Ireland meant to many of those who suffered under the hand of British rule.
Notes and further reading:
{1} Cathair Nua-Eabhrac is an Irish translation for New York City.
Gavan Duffy, Charles et al. The Revival of Irish Literature: Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde. Project Gutenberg Ebook, 2010.
Mac Giolla Easpaig, Dónall. Placenames Policy and its Implementation, Placenames Database of Ireland
Brian Friel's Play 'Translations' offers an interesting perspective on Cultural Imperialism, the Ordnance Survey, and Anglicization of Irish in 19th century Ireland.


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Gunmen Open Fire at Mother's Day Parade
Gunshots brought chaos to a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, leaving at least 19 people injured, authorities said. Video courtesy: Associated Press
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I ... it was over in just a ... couple seconds police were everywhere and we hope that any body who saw anything ... will give Crimestoppers Co Opus get to the bottom this case with his boss who ... we had a full complement police officers ... it appears that these two or three people ... just for reason unknown to us started shooting ... at Schwarzer and crown


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Born in a small town near Salzburg Austria in 1942, Leitner became a top-rank off-road motorcycle racer, competing in the F.I.M. Motocross World Championships in Europe, winning four gold medals in the grueling International Six Days Enduro, as well as capturing the Austrian National Motocross Championships.
After completing his engineering studies in Graz Austria, Leitner tackled the challenge of improving the suspension function of the motorcycles he raced. His efforts resulted in the A-Trak and AMP-Link chain-torque eliminators, inventions that greatly improved the ride quality, handling and performance of on-and off-road motorcycles and, later, ATVs.
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During this period Leitner also did design and engineering work which included a braking and transmission system for Polaris snowmobiles, and a radical 125cc motocross motorcycle prototype for KTM which led to the current linkage-free rear suspension on today's KTMs. He also invented the EZ-Pull clutch device for Harley Davidson motorcycles, reducing clutch effort by 50% with a simple bolt-on unit. Leitner eventually sold his interest in ATK Motorcycles to concentrate on AMP Research bicycle, motorcycle and automotive products.
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AMP Research Mountain Bikes
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BEDSTEP® and BEDSTEP2™ To make climbing into the bed of a pickup easier, Leitner invented the BedStep®, a clever retractable truck step mounted to the bumper/frame attachments at the rear corner of the vehicle that can be extended down with the flip of a toe to facilitate climbing up into or down from the pickup bed, and which retracts under the rear bumper, nearly out of sight, after use.
In Mid-2011, AMP Research began shipping BedStep2™, new side-access steps for pickup truck beds that mounts on either side, just behind the cab. providing a faster, easier and safer route to access toolboxes, equipment and cargo in the bed.
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AMP Research develops a competition-style aluminum fuel-filler door for OEM use on the Mitsubishi Eclipse, an innovation that was also used by Ford on the Bullit Mustang, Hummer H2, Dodge Challenger, Fiat 500, Ram, Jeep Wrangler, Mazda MX5, Hyundai and Kia Soul.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Junior guard
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McKinney attended Wabash Valley College in Mt. Carmel, Ill. and was born in Cincinnati. At Wabash Valley she was two-time All-Conference and a Third Team All-American during her last year.
McKinney and the Bobcats will be back in action Thursday, Jan. 10 when they face off against Flagler College at 5:30 p.m. in the Centennial Center.
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Whilst we were preparing for our trip to Vienna last year, it quickly became apparent that one thing we could greatly look forward to was some exceptionally good coffee. Adam and I are constantly frustrated by our country's rubbish attempts at cafe culture (you know, the over-crowded chain cafes, noisy with crying babies and fake coffee-making noises, and the over-frothy burnt milk that is supposed to pass as a coffee) and although we've found a few exceptional places in London and in Hitchin, we were excited by the prospect of being able to get a great coffee in lots of places.
Our guide book also offered us temptations in the form of cocktail bars, Gluwein (the yummy mulled wine you can buy at the Christmas markets) and of course, lots of cakes and things to go with them. And we certainly weren't disappointed either! We spent many an hour just relxing in one of Vienna's lovely cafes, and were so pleased with the bar we first found that we didn't bother going anywhere else!
So, here's my round up of Vienna's cafes and bars….
The first place anyone usually tells you to go in Vienna is Cafe Sacher. The famous hotel is located right behind the Staatsoper (opera house) and is a mecca for those wanting to try the iconic Sacher Torte. The dense chocolate cake was first created by the hotel's chef Sacher in 1832, and the original recipe remains a hotel secret (as you'd expect for what they claim is the most famous cake in all the world!). And whilst the cafe is delightfully traditional and ever so proper (mind you choose the smoking or non smoking room as you prefer….not something we are used to any more!) and the cake is nice enough, it's certainly more about the experience of going rather than the cake being any kind of special. There, I said it. Don't hate me.
Purists may dislike me for it, but I actually much preferred our visit to Cafe Sperl, another Vienese favourite although a little more hidden away behind the Museum Quarter. The speciality here is Sperlschnitte, a sort of crispy-topped, dense chocolate torte-style brownie….and BOY is it special! The coffee here was perfect too, and I could have happily whiled away the entire day in the decadent surroundings (even if the service there is a little more brusque!).
I'm usually the sort of person who stays glued to their guide book and only ventures into places recommended by it….but that just makes it even more of a pleasure when I find somewhere by myself! Orlando di Castello didn't need a Trip Advisor rating to draw me in….the huge shiny glass windows fronting onto one of the squares we visited for its Christkindlmarkt, revealed a stunning interior, and we all know I'm driven by appearances! This place is beautiful though…fresh white walls and furniture are accented with pretty red flower bud motifs, and the attractive looking menu was the sort I just like to stare at and then point at random to order. Despite that though, the coffees here were nothing short of amazing….we visited twice and tried several of their specialities (usually involving booze or ice cream…or sometimes both!) and we were wowed by every one.
Cafe Pruckel isn't too far behind Cafe Sacher in terms of reputation. Right next to the Stadt Park within a gorgeously deco building, this is the sort of cafe that people sit in for hours reading the papers and slowly drinking their way through their long coffees. Despite the informality though, this is a buzzing cafe and the offerings are just delicious. We tried the Schoko Weicher and Topfelstrudel, both of which were deliciously rich and totally dreamy. And whilst I stuck with a (admittedly yummy) standard coffee, Adam went to town with one of their super-boozy, super-naughty coffee specials, which happily set him up for the cold outside!
As I mentioned, we didn't venture bar-wards too much after finding our favourite place…..we loved the tiny and charming Loos American Bar near the cathedral, but it was far too smokey for us and crammed from early on….and we had great cocktails (and burgers!) on our first night at the late opening bar in the Museum Quarter….but the only place we really settled in was Kruger Bar. You're asked to leave your coat with the lovely lady at the little foyer kiosk, then if you prefer to sit in the smoking or non smoking room (nicely separated by glass so non-smokers aren't bother at all!). We were presented with a very comprehensive leather bound cocktail menu and brought yummy nibbles as we settled into our gentlemans' club style leather arm chairs….and what's more is that our order even satisfied my cocktail-snob of a fiance! We tried a good few of our favourite classics as well as some of the house specialities, and all were great quality and good value to boot. I'd definitely recommend nesting-in here for a few pre-dinner martinis, or for your post-opera night caps.
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