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This post is about neither paper nor clay. Ha!
It's about drawing and film. For my Film Noir class (which was not as great as it might purport to be) we had to take noir photos around Northfield. Other students in my class posed their friends and traipsed around town/campus looking for good places to shoot. That sounds miserable to me. I hate working with people, so I took the assignment to mean take photos around the town but of noir drawings. So I drew on pavement, a hazardous waste barrel, an brick wall, a sewer grate, and an electrical box. It was pretty fun. I used a box of chalk that I found in the drawing studio and had a bunch of fun drawing on stuff around town. Miraculously, I only got yelled at once.
And, yes, I know the captions are awful, but keep in mind this was a school project, and my very last Carleton project at that, so I was sort of phoning it in.


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"Cancer comes into a life and worms its way in. It's the unspoken presence every day of the person's life—'the cancer's back' or 'in remission' are common references in the life of the person with cancer. However, it continues to be the people who can fight it that make the whole disease seem beatable and worth fighting." ~Anonymous
I was so touched by this inspiring quote, that I had to share it with all of you. There were so many thoughts that came up for me when I read it. As a cancer survivor, I can look back and see that it was a fight. There were so many times that I wanted to give up, but I kept on going. I am grateful to be in remission. There is an "unspoken presence" ever since I was diagnosed. I don't feel it most days, but it is there. It is something that I have accepted.
My hope is to stay in remission. There is a recurrence rate of about 30% with my type of cancer. But percentages don't really mean much to me. When they found my tumor, I was told that there was a 95% chance that it was non-malignant. Regardless of the percentage, I knew in my gut that it was cancer. When the results came back, it was confirmed that the tumor was malignant. I was one of the people in the 5% category. Those were not odds that I was happy about beating. But it did teach me not to give percentages too much power.
I also learned that my health and well-being were worth fighting for. Surviving cancer was worth the fight. I was worth the fight! It changed me. I discovered my inner-voice and spoke up instead of staying silent. I asked doctors all of my questions, instead of filtering the ones out that didn't seem important. I made the calls to my insurance company many times to resolve issues with coverage and billing instead paying the first bill I received. I didn't pay the price for the disconnect within the healthcare system. I opened my mouth and talked about how I felt and didn't pretend that everything was alright all of the time. I prayed and prayed and had faith that it would all work out. I created this blog to share my experience and help others. In turn, I was able to get my virtual voice heard. And to my pleasant surprise, I have gotten back so much love and support in return.
We are all worth the fight!

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Vocational courses and classes are available in many different career fields, such as health care, computer technology, office management and skilled trades. These courses are offered by career colleges, vocational schools, trade schools, and community colleges. Vocational classes provide job-focused training for specific roles or careers. In many cases, vocational courses have the potential to lead to skills certificates or associate degrees.
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Each of the handsets (Euro, Falcon, DS5000, ITP or SMT-i) has an integral microphone and speaker to provide the phone intercom functionality. You can hit the SPEAKER key to go into "hands free†mode, press a DSS/BLF button and if the destination phone is busy you can push your OHVA (on hook voice announce) to speak to them through their handset-speaker even though they are in conversation. You have to have this special function set up, and it should be used wisely!
The phone intercom is a powerful feature of every OfficeServ7030, OfficeServ7100, OfficeServ7200 and OfficeServ7400. It's possibly one of the contributory factors to "What to Buy for Business" magazine giving the 7030 and 7400 GOOD VALUE labels. They didn't know that TelephoneSystemsDirect apply a 25% discount to orders for these products, so they are better value than they thought! phone_intercom.pdf
So why buy your phone intercom from us and not another dealer? Well, we are a member of the elite Platinum Partners (Samsung's highest accreditation) and a former holder of SME Reseller of the Year trophy. We think that those two facts, added to our discounting policy should convince you. We do cover the country.
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Sun Adds Dynamic File System to Solaris 10
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Sun Microsystems Tuesday unveiled the new file system technology that is part of the next rev of its Solaris 10 operating system.Sun Tuesday unveiled the Solaris Dynamic File System, new file system technology that is part of the next rev of its Solaris 10 operating system.
The Solaris Dynamic File System is the latest component to be made available for download through the Software Express program. The main benefit of Dynamic File System is that it enables admins to automate many common tasks.
Sun describes Dynamic File System as a self-healing, self-managing operating system file system technology designed to provide 16 billion billion times more capacity than current file systems while offering virtually unlimited scalability. To do this, Dynamic File System constantly reads and checks data to ensure it is correct. If it detects an error in a mirrored pool, the technology can repair the corrupt data.
Solaris' Dynamic File System is built on top of shared virtual storage pools to simplify the creation and deletion of file systems. This architecture also simplifies administration, enables resources to be shared among file systems, and offers increased storage utilization.By automating a number of common admin tasks, Sun claims Dynamic File System reduces the process of creating and growing filesystems from 28 separate tasks to five. Translated into time, Sun says it now takes 10 seconds to add mirrored file systems for three users and then add more disk space. Previously this took 40 minutes.
In addition, with Dynamic File System, Solaris 10 is the only known operating system to provide end-to-end check summing for all data, helping reduce the risk of data corruption and loss.
Like Solaris 10, Dynamic File System will be available for industry standard and SPARC Systems. It is also being written for 64-bit architectures, specifically for 64-bit SPARC kernels, scalable Xeon processors, and Opteron processors, Graham Lovell, director of OS marketing at Sun, told ServerWatch.
Other new features in Solaris 10 released through Software Express earlier this year are:
- Predictive Self Healing, which anticipates an outage and takes a corrective action
- N1 Grid Containers, system virtualization technology that supports more than 8,000 software partitions per single instance
- DTrace, a dynamic tracing framework for administrators, developers, and service personnel
- Cryptographic Infrastructure, which provides cryptographic services to users and applications
- Process Rights Management, which allows administrators to give users privileges for a specific task, thus eliminating the need for root or super-user privileges, Lovell said
- IP filter provides network address translation and firewall services
Sun claims an estimated 80,000 users are currently previewing Solaris 10 through Software Express. Since September 2003, more than 16,000 copies of the operating system have been downloaded, Lovell said.
At press time, nearly 30 commercial development partners have begun preparing and testing their applications to support Solaris 10. Vendors include Actuate Corporation, BEA Systems, BMC Software, Check Point Software Technologies, Entrust, Macromedia, RSA Security, SunGard, and Synopsys.
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Bowlathon 2018 – Our Best Ever!
Bowlathon 2018 – Our Best Ever!
A huge thank you to all the teams who came out to bowl at Grandview Lanes November 2nd!
So far we have raised an amazing $18,783 and counting!
Grandview Lanes was awash with team spirit! The Turkeys wore cool Turkey hats; the Pin Quinns dressed in a selection of hockey jerseys and newcomers Splits 'n' Giggles were wildly wigged out, which garnered them the Team Spirit prize.
Donations were amazing again this year! Teams Safe Software and bowl hooks each raised over $3000!!!! Latecomer to the Bowlathon, Rian's peeps, joined just a week before the event and managed to raise $1200! Top Team Fundraiser? Splits 'n' Giggles, with a stunning $5550 in donations!
There are TWO WINNERS this year: the Splits 'n' Giggles crew and past champs Safe Software tied and will share the trophy – congratulations to you both!
Teams can continue to donate on our Canada Helps Rape Relief Bowlathon 2018 page until midnight November 16. After that donations can be made directly to Vancouver Rape Relief's Canada Helps page and applied to the Bowlathon 2018 fundraising campaign.
Thanks so much to all our Bowlathon teams for their hard work in raising funds for our transition house and 24 hour crisis line; it was an incredibly fun night!
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Title: Enchanted Music
Original title: Brimstone Music
Author: Lene Kaaberbøl
Graphical design: Rasmus Funder
Published: 2002
Pages: 111
Chapters: 8
Main character: Irma
">>Oh!<< whispered Kara completely stunned by the music. >>He can sing aswell…<<
It was their lead guitarist. I sad staring at the screen and couldn't take my eyes away from him, not even for a moment. Not becuase he was extremely good looking. But the music… it was from another world. It was unlike anything I had ever heard before. I could practically see the place he was singing about. Peacefull and starry, so far away that you could not reach it…"
In the blink of an eye all the teenagers in Heaterfield have Brimstone haircuts, clothes and merchandice.Some en wander around zombie-like humming the Brimstone tunes. It cannot be explained by it being just another teenage fad. Something is wrong and Irma has no doubt: This is a mission for W.I.T.C.H.


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Monday, December 5, 2011
Fried Risotto Cakes (Arancini)
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So yummy! Making risotto for dinner this week and will be sure to make extra to use in this recipe! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I love risotto, and I love risotto cakes :) Crispy, creamy deliciousness! Yours look absolutely amazing.ReplyDelete
Holy cow, these look good! I can't wait to make risotto again so I can make these for leftovers. These look absolutely delicious!!ReplyDelete
I love these beautiful little Italian appetizers--and yours look delicious. Buzzed!ReplyDelete
I made these for the first time last year and they were sooo good. I love your recipe too... I can just imagine what they tasted like xReplyDelete
I love being able to take leftovers and make a whole new dish!! These sound so comforting!ReplyDelete
These look lovely. I've been toying with the idea of making these risotto balls too lately, but can't be disciplined enough to leave any risotto left over! Your post has slapped me on the wrist though, and I will make a real effort next time. They look lush.ReplyDelete
This looks amazing! I have been known to order a complete meal just to get a side of these babies. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Good gosh! I just had dinner but if only I had these right not. Perfect and I so love your blog and your spicy event. Linking you on to my link page so I don't lose track of your wonderful creations.ReplyDelete
Thank you all so much! I have to say it is definitely a close call between what I like best - the original risotto or these delicious little treats!! The melted mozzarella in the middle tips the scales slightly in favour of these but it is a tough one - just as well I get to enjoy both whenever I make risotto!ReplyDelete
Lisa - Thanks for adding me to your link page and please feel free to enter Sweet Heat as many times as you like and also to spread the word about it!
Thanks again everyone! : )
i actually made these quite recently! but I baked them instead, hehe less fuss. and it was with barley risotto so im not sure if they're still called arancini ...ReplyDelete
Mmm Arancini are so sinfully delicious! Love this!ReplyDelete


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11158559636245138332020-06-03T11:29:09.761+02:00CEPHALOCHROMOSCOPEGrindcore, y'know.Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-7375808153655618242013-06-04T23:14:00.000+02:002013-06-04T23:14:22.680+02:00Alaric(US) - S/T (2011)

I don't know about you, 'scopers, but the Great Postpunk Revival left me a bit cold. I felt like William Reid in that interview on Belgian TV: "What's so fucking great about Joy Division?" So why, you might reasonably ask, am I uploading a postpunk album?

These guys. These guys get it. There's the standard chorussed-up guitar and cardboard box drums, but there's also a lot of Amebix in there. There's a lot of proper goth in there. A lot of Killing Joke in there; a lot of anger in there.

Alaric do not sound American - they sound like they're from Leeds, it's the early 80's, the world is falling to bits and all they have to help them in their protest is a knackered amp and four chords. I fucking love this. You will too.

Yes Sir, I will

Da5ehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-65273017095693216582012-10-19T20:27:00.000+02:002013-01-25T23:11:30.230+01:00Cannibal Ox [USA] - The Cold Vein [2001]

This is by no means a return, simply a forced holiday and if you're anything like me you held on to that corrupted Cold Vein copy you downloaded from Napster a decade ago. I finally acquired a physical copy, you can judge its useness from the battered cover but hey, these are antiques. 320kbps for optimal sustainability. Get it quick before I get car jacked by lawyers,

Raspberry text input fields [zippyshare].orfeehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-73899095578155457212012-10-18T00:10:00.001+02:002013-01-25T23:16:22.796+01:00SWARRRM [JPN] - Against Again [2000]

Hello there, I was wondering if anyone still pays attention to this blog, I do get a lot of DMCA file suspension notifications. Ear here.

Against a gain [zippyshare].orfeehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-25172899076292561862012-04-23T17:05:00.003+02:002013-01-26T19:48:13.245+01:00World (Osaka, Japan) - Discography (1996 - xxxx)Posting up stuff from Japan again I got to thinking why I've never posted World up, even though people have been leaving comments, sending emails asking for just THAT. You know, somebody probably already posted something like this, somewhere out there in the blogosphere, but if you haven't seen it, this one's for you. And, well, me. That said, no Thanks should be directed at me, because all these rips were dropped off at the comment section of a post that I can't find for the life of me! Might be a bit of a stretch, but hey, does anyone remember? Already went about looking for a way to search the comments section, unsuccessfuly.

"Both singers ... perform their own songs independent of each other. While Right is singing a song by one name Left is singing a different song with a different name, including different starting and stopping points. So for every World release there are two tracklistings, one for Left and one for Right playing at the same time."

I'll explain: World is a dead noise/grind band from Osaka, Japan! The line up consisted of Hiroshi Zen on noise & vocals, Akira Wakabata on second vocals, and Tadahiko Aono drumming on all of 'em (except for Kaname Ohara who filled the spot on Why Who What, their very first EP). That's right - three demons - two clutching microphones, one behind the kit, which also means that all the noise is produced by Zen's magic microphone. As for why that's such an amazing feat... Son, had you heard any of their songs, you would not be asking such questions. Revered for a reason, this is harsh, harsh noise with fierce drumming exhibitions, from the expected noisy bursts resembling blastbeats, to rhythms more primitive, tribal. I might've (re-)written the phrase too many times in too short a while, but have you heard that the blastbeat is the apotheosis of rhythm?

Why Who What 7" (1996)
- first EP
- download

Why Nobody Understand? 7" (1996)
- tracks from the split w/ yesmeansyes
- download

Space (Grind Osaka) 7" (1998)
- second EP
- excellent
- download

New World 7" (1998)
- tracks from the split w/ Cripple Bastards
- download

Snarl Out (1997) & Osaka War (2000)
- tracks from compilations
- download

Why deprive the world of World??? digipack (200x)
- AKA "18 Minutes and 2 Seconds CD"
- a collected World discography [Space, Why Who What, New World, and...]
- nice sound quality (!)
- download

[is this the correct cover art?]

Also got a track from an alleged split with CSMD of which there is zero info to be found anywhere; judging by the actual sounds, I think somebody got something wrong with that one. That said, Akira Kawabata (I think) now plays as a solo noise act and/or in Osaka grind band Red according to a comment on this here blog on this here post. Perhaps it is Hiroshi Zen who does one of those things, and Kawabata - the other.Zmajhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-44516666899057148432012-04-21T06:30:00.002+02:002013-03-06T19:53:43.873+01:00the Dreadful Eardrum Assault a.k.a. Teizoku Komaku Bohkoh [CAN/JPN/USA] - 動機死者 [2012]

right on top of you .karlo, my procrastination is fetal/fatal. if birds could dive we'd probably stay afloat.

this one goes to all you dreadheads, swallows, robots, teenage hipsters and badminton players out there!

EDIT* edit** working on it.

dead download link [ftp].orfeehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-89693371023464569242012-04-15T13:00:00.009+02:002012-05-03T17:57:34.045+02:00Zmajevdah (Croatia) - zmajevdah v.0 (2008?2012)
"Grindcore is love," I thought, some seventeen years of age. Life was ambivalent, except for when it came to love. Part of it came out with these recordings, initially meant for a split with Twitch Savant. Yet years go by, you know, maybe nothing even happens, but all of a sudden connections disappear, disintegrate in some strange post-natural air of our skyscraper hell. You might even think, for a while, "Hollow pocket, hollow heart - to slave away my body or my nerves..."

Noisy nights. Keep looking. How many blastbeats does it take? Eight lo-fi tracks of some steamy, DxAx worshipping, cyberpunk enthusiastic, scrap metal hybrid, no ten minutes long. It went like this:

zmajevdah v.0
01. Tachikoma
02. Perfect Blue
03. Bullet Ballet
04. Zenislev
05. Megastructure
06. Search
07. Antarctica
08. Ingram
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[DL 01 - 08] <mediafire>
Zmajevdah is a solo project abounding with blastbeats - thanks to everyone who gives it a spin! Glad to be putting it finally up (recorded way back, early 2008 or so / date of e-release: today), "embarassing lyrics" and all (with original [pre-bitcrush] photos of our City, courtesy of Smetnja), as it's been bugging me for quite a while, even though I may have not managed to do what I wanted, especially considering the (sound) quality of the mix. In any case, those who like it may do whatever they want with it.

+ bonus track
09. The Jenova (GridLink)
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Good or bad, that's probably the first GridLink cover to have happened (Earth, 2010): The Lo-fi Jenova! Twitch Savant (the guy behind [for example:] Blaencathra) doing the drumming, with me on guitars & vocals. It is included separately as I wouldn't want people downloading the whole package on account of a covered song, (especially) as there is no Zmajevdah / Twitch Savant split anymore. That said, I've never done coke, nor have I dived with a parachute, but playing Matsubara's riffs ought to be a fairly similar experience (next cover, Mortalized?!).</mediafire></mediafire>

<mediafire><mediafire>Alternatively, download the whole thing @ Grindcore Karaoke.

A split CD soon to be released on ZugZwang Records: Zmajevdah with Emotion of Loss, a Russian industrial doom project by the man behind the Quagmire label (who released Sete Star Sept's 4th demo).</mediafire></mediafire>Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-6203369665312853532012-04-14T01:00:00.004+02:002012-04-14T01:00:01.453+02:00Realized (Japan) - 21st Century Terminal World (2005)

Have you ever realized how well Realized grinds? That cover art might scream Classic! in both senses, but, erm, never judge a book by its cover. Why not?

Why yes, pal. If you like your engine greased up a notch by a steady feed of blastbeats, rock'n'roll has come to a conclusion with 21st Century Terminal World. Alright, perhaps not - but we can always pretend! And this we certainly do, as if d-beat was ever a good answer to anything. That bass sure is heavy, um... One toke over the line, sweet Jesus. Guzzle that gas like grandpa & let the realization run you over.

Good old crusty grind. (Mediafire)Zmajhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-34259197799319368482012-04-13T01:00:00.007+02:002013-01-26T18:45:33.692+01:00Insect Warfare (Texas, USA) - At War With Grindcore EP (2005)

Grind's not dead! (zippyshare, eh?)

Unlike Insect Warfare. Seems like it was shit well worth hearing, though. What insect were they on about, anyway? I could never figure that one out. Judging by the cover art alone, you'd think it was the Mantis religiosa, but its scythes are hardly crucial to a "death to all life" esthetic (killing hornets?). Must've been the bee. If bees go - we go. Unless you put your trust in an automatized future where we'll have our own lil' robots that'll pollinate instead of bees, as well as cook, dance, and play grindcore in our place. Hell, they'll even jerk you off! "Look papa, no hands!" Could you do that a hundred years ago...

Fuck utopia. (Goes without saying? But I am aaalways just sayin'...)Zmajhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-67216058007127242562012-04-11T01:00:00.004+02:002012-04-26T15:37:59.312+02:00Self Deconstruction (Japan) - S/T (2011)
Tracklist:
1. Self Deconstruction
2. The Anger Which I Wait For
3. Delusion, Confusion and...
4. Superficial
5. Present
6. Hypocrite
Total playing time 4min 52sec

Self Deconstruction was formed in February, 2010, after Kuzuha "left ... Sete Star Sept" because "many troubles happened in December, 2009." First, he recruited Hiroto for blastbeat duty, and after a while the two of them got Shimano + Kubine as male / female mic assault duo, making for today's line up.

"Our music style is FREE STYLE GRIND."

Well, it sounds cool - and it is! Where Sete Star Sept runs self-destructive Arsedestroying noise through their veins, Self Deconstruction is hyperactive with riffs, blasts & breaks, thrashing on a path more similar to Swarrrm (don't take me wrong! - the bands are very different [all three: 7s7, SxDx, Swarrrm]). It might be worth mentioning (in respect to poopy purists) that I've always found grind bands with clean, low volume interludes ("Superficial") damn SWEET. So when all is said and done, SxDx remains a very crusty thing with a hard-to-pinpoint core, which is by no means a negative notion. For those who are mad on identity, always clutching a shit idol or two - let the rest of us breathe!

Get this one over @ Grindcore Karaoke!Zmajhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-56264971018291678202012-04-09T09:00:00.003+02:002012-04-11T16:31:14.542+02:00Sete Star Sept (Japan) - Demo #4 MC (2010) + Lovely Labels: QuagmireGrind is not a contest, pal. Grind is not a job. There is no High Priest of the Blastbeat, no place for flattery, sycophancy. Or at least we thought so - now fast music is for snakes? - until, for example, Magrudergrind established an acceptable prostitution, all by a few alright grind songs (conclusion on account of hypocrisy, nothing else / we're only words here, anyway). Lovely Labels is partly an answer to the question: are we with these guys and their efforts? [Includes "being in it for the music."]

Quagmire is one man in Russia. It's a dirty DIY job. This guy (alias "dirt") keeps releasing raw, obscure sounds from all over the world, endeavoring in limited packages in a mode similar to ZugZwang's (naturally - lucky for us - they communicate & collaborate). Take, for example, Sete Star Sept's fourth demo here, on cassete. [Not to forget!- Regarding your assumed interest in the kickass Quagmire label, you also ought to check out the video teasers that he puts up for upcoming releases, like the one for Horse Latitudes / Loinen.] For those who haven't checked 'em out, SSS is a grind project "formed (in 2008) by Kiyasu (ex. The Endless Blockade) in Tokyo, Japan" and the current line-up consists of Kae (Vocals,Bass) & Kiyasu (Drums). The band is a wonderful flurry of noise, blastbeats and all, strolling by with a rabid snarl. I haven't asked [dirt], but this particular tape is likely to be sold out.

Luckily, I used to be an insomniac bent on spreading Japanese grind, so we're left with the blog here, for all your grindy needs, one click away from fulfillment (y'know, in lack of plastic...). The Sete Star Sept debut full-length - Revision of Noise - was released in 2010 by Fuck Yoga Records in Macedonia and Idoneum Bello Records in Germany; for more info, read Nigel's enthusiastic review on his blog, Hipness as a Second Language. Among other things, another band seems to have "sprouted from" 3S / 7s7, one you might have noticed on Randall's Grindcore Karaoke - Self Deconstruction's freestyle grind, likely to be talked of very soon on Cephalochromoscope.

Revise Noise! (Mediafire)

In order to conclude, brothers and sisters, I can promise that you have not heard the last of Quagmire on Cephscope!Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-65136471779435342362012-04-07T09:00:00.001+02:002012-04-07T16:11:21.210+02:00Noisear & Magnicide (USA & Singapore) - Split 7" (2008)

Magnicide, Noisear. That's the fucking alphabet, there. And it's full-blown grind. Thank Rescued From Life for the realization (and damn, look at that roster: from Unholy Grave to Netjajev Society System). And these might be familiar bands for familiar readers, but we've a lot of catching up to do. If Noisear's dying to live, I'm writing to read. Love me do -

I like grind!

I LIKE GRIND!!

That, and only that is the reason why the Wormrot guys - a year+ ago in Ljubljana - knew (yet couldn't pronounce) Cephalochromoscope. We like grind; me & Mr. C & Nigel & Shane & The All-Natural-Blastbeat-Duo & many more contained in the link-list of the blog. Step right up.

Noise to the Ear, a midsummer evening in Singapore. (Mediafire)Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-64062157022711623602012-03-25T13:00:00.000+02:002012-03-25T13:00:02.485+02:00Cephalochromology Class I: [AB]Use of TagsThis time around, I just want to remind you all of some of the bands that have inspired Cephalochromoscope in the first place. Why? Because the last DxAx-centered post seems to have been back around... December, 2008. Damn! So Cephalochromoscope is actually pretty old. We've never really noted the blog's birthday or anything of the sort; I just checked and the first post fell on April the 19th, 2008, which means that, in less than a month's time, the blog will be, uh, four years old. Anyhow, that first post was all but interesting; regard my writing (perhaps it was comprehensible then, at least?): "I really like the audibility of the bass guitar." - so I guess it must've been the content that sealed the deal: Swarrrm (Japan) - Chaos & Grind EP (1998).

You know, once I would have noted bands upon bands here, but not today. If you scroll a bit down, on the right you will see a much shorter, *golden* list (that I'll certainly be updating) titled "Cephalochromology" / can't remember when I put that one up, but the bandnames lead to the relevant posts of releases of the relevant bands (with a few exceptions to the impossible requirement of "more than one post" for each sweet band's inclusion). This means something along the lines of "324, Agents of Abhorrence, Assück, Birushanah, Cellgraft, Corrupted, Damage Digital, Discordance Axis, Final Exit, Fuck on the Beach, Gate, Gore Beyond Necropsy, Hellchild, Hellnation ... Melt-Banana, Mortalized, Muga, Noisear, Noism ... Rinjyu-Zange, Rise Above, Robocop, S.O.B. ... Slight Slappers, Spazz, Swarrrm, Unholy Grave, Wormrot, Xinlisupreme, Yacøpsæ."

Let it also be known that the blog is generally full of very useful tags for the visitor (once a blog has gathered over 500 posts, tagging becomes necessary for navigation unless the only format you're providing with is "Band Name - Album Title"), be it for a genre-specific search (as the blogger search bar seems to lead into somebody's pitch-black ass), or for a self-destructive, time-killing ramble, nothing short of the video below.

Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-24188266258428997222012-03-24T10:00:00.002+01:002012-03-24T10:00:06.647+01:00Luddite Clone (USA) - The Arsonist and The Architect
Tracklist:
1. Bottom King
2. Circle Template
3. Oratory of the Jigsaw
4. Arthropod
5. The Contortionist
6. The Arsonist and the Architect

Luddite Clone is a burst of contradictory blastbeats and ambigously conclusive contortions. Starting with the band's very name, rational analysis increases risk of depression in adult chimpanzees, children dolphins, and ingenious humans alike. Hear that Oratory of the Jigsaw? Discordance Axis was putting Chang's Oratorio in Gray & Jigsaw to plastic around the same time. How's that for irrelevant info, huh? One cool, short-lived band, here. Those who like it - love it. Feel the enthusiasm dripping riff after riff within tracks title something like Arthropod (i.e. Lobster), Bottom King (Butt Kisser?), or The Contortionist (probably some Spazz), samples at the start and all. Even the breakdowns don't get on my nerves, and breakdowns always get on my nerves! And the brain cells lost on the melo-mellow death metal of Arthropod are well redeemed by the short walking jazz intermezzo on The Contortionist. Sure, they burned out quickly - this and a split with Burnt By The Sun and some live recording - but if at least one song reminded me of Parade of the Lifeless how could I not consider the band damn worthy of cephalochromoscopin'?!

Dr. Ludditle (Minifire)

"we are all programmable shells we are an experiment such an intricate maze comprised of a simple mind begging for the needle to inoculate the virus and eliminate the doldrums will you kiss the scientist or eliminate the spectacle"Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-49412765748678468762012-03-22T14:00:00.002+01:002012-04-12T16:35:59.965+02:00Magnicide & Toxic Revolution (Singapore & Germany) - Abusetrap / Short-Fast-Loud LP (2009)
Tracklist:
Magnicide
1. Your Path Ended In Hell
2. Catcher In The Eye
3. Hello Misery
4. Abusetrap
5. New Blood Generate
6. A Life Of Meaning
7. Broken Cloud
8. What Lies Ahead
9. Not Dead Enough
Toxic Revolution
10. Alemere Can Suck It
11. Speed Freaks
12. Scenepoint My Ass
13. Theme Song
14. Shallow And Plastic
15. H&M Crust
16. Coffee Association
17. They Live

Nothing wrong about giving Wormrot all that attention, but do direct a few bits at Magnicide (!) "...another Singaporean band deserving nothing but love from the grind-enthusiastic masses (...eh) (with...) Memeng and Jali from Demisor... Musically, ...something like 324 sped up." See, Toxic Revolution are just as fast and blunt, with the appeal of thrash metal's impatient son and/or some moldy cheese run amok in the best of ways. The magnitude of blastbeats here exceeds the number of zombies on film, so you might as well get the vinyl at TVG.

Happy New Speed! But, Magnicide - what does it mean?! Don't even get me started on the adorable track called Catcher in the fucking Eye. As usual, I'd like to be of as little help as possible. I mean, I wouldn't call Cephalochromoscope a surrealistic snake of a blog. Not yet. Although, I can't help but wonder what a random visitor with no blastbeat-encounters at all might perceive while hearing and reading. A Toxic Revolution is a gift, just like an orgasm. Of what magnitude?! When all my brains die, I'll still have my gut! Associations come, civilizations go. Remember 324? Mouth to mouth. Reminds me of breathing. Japanese Queens of Grind & blastcrust clusterfuckers; they've got their bees, like Parlamentarisk Sodomi and Magnicide, a powerful bandana, and a bunch of rabid snare drums. Grind heals, I swear. Well, at least time did nothing here.

What? (Mediahanger)

Rule 324 // "...the second most important rule of grind (just behind "play fast"); that is, to be absolutely relentless, at all times."Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-4485475289739590122012-03-20T11:00:00.001+01:002012-03-20T11:00:00.116+01:00Insect Warfare (Texas, USA) - Fuck HPMA (2007)July 29th, the only day the Houston Press Music Awards mattered to some dude in Croatia. Never forget!

Do you believe in noise after noise? Gotta Keep Death to False Grind Alive, that's what's up. Looking at you. Looking at you, baby.

Hitler? Palpatine? Mao? Ahriman? (Hellfire)Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-69449902557725151352012-03-18T19:47:00.008+01:002012-03-18T20:43:51.372+01:00Attack of the Mad Axeman (Germany) - Scumdogs of the Forest (2009)
Tracklist:
1. Scumdogs of the Forest
2. Hors(E)T on the Corridor
3. Klape Zu, Affe Tot
4. Hier Kommt Knut
5. Nazi Worms Fuck Off
6. Die Diebische Elster Von Brooklyn
7. Squirrel VS Glen Benton
8. Eichhoernchenwaterski
9. Moshen Wie Gott in Frankreich
10. Morbider Angler
11. Grind, Grind, Grind!
12. 16 Faeuste Fuer Ein Halleluja
13. Die Schnellste Vogelspinne Von Kiel
14. Knut For Breakfast
15. Schneckenozid
16. Knut
17. Elefantophobia 2
18. Arschbombe Des Monats
19. I Like Bands
20. Knut 2
21. Woody Woodgrinder
22. The Undertaker

Decided to post up some excellent newer [grind] releases that seem to have been neglected! Ones that I might have already mentioned, but wasn't feeling comfortable enough to post, for whatever reason...

Remember or not, this I have said! - "Attack of the Mad Axeman scared all the birds and bunnies out of the forest with slick death-grind chops of a kind that no one pursued as nicely since Matsubara-san of GridLink and Otake-san of Gate. I mean, these are somewhat grown men in animal costumes refreshing the shit & vomit-stained genre. Reel around the fountain, smack me on the patio, play fast or don't, but I'll have a piece of that Schwarzwald grind any time. And to think that I didn't get to see 'em live 'cause one of the guys caught the swine flu! Karma, what the fuck are you doing?"

Now don't you be visiting this blog looking for pornographi, son, but you ought to know that you're in for some damn naked animals!
"Animal grind is an attempt of deconstructing boundaries: not only between humans and animals also within the animals themselves: snail on drums, a bee on bass, a growling turtle on vocals and a squirrel and a night owl sharing the dirty work on guitars."

Mein Gott - a bee buzzing the bass, a turtle raised by Nietzsche, and a fucking snail playing blastbeats. Tierisch! Verdammt, they grind so well together! Props also to the squirrel & owl duo, with riffs crusty like the bark of maples, shiny 'n' saturated like its early Autumn leaves, with a Rotten grip on their Sound in an altogether earthy, less synthetic approach. I've a short fuse on my will to describe, jerked away by intelligible associations; something like: what if Forrest Gump was the woods, thus he could not run, yet he could mosh, and so...

Download (Forestfire) / buy LP on RSR, CD on Scrotum Jus.

God is dead.Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-20444411790527399402012-03-10T14:03:00.018+01:002012-03-12T00:27:24.551+01:00Dephosphorus (Greece) - Axiom (2011)
It's been a couple of Gregorian millennia and none of us will live to see any sort of historical conclusion to our century. The fragile quality of history might be worth a dime only in retrospect, hence I can respect The Beard as the actual entity (that was) behind Marx. Can't trust anyone / no time to waste / it'll all be gone before you know it. And here I am, considering grindcore with a resolutely notched grin... "...using a blank piece of paper, the page of some notebook, as the point upon which one can develop / form and develop expression - what if one's canvas was... the blastbeat?" I've got a thing for grind, and I'm not the only one.

Last year might have been the year grind went into space - again! It's been about a decade, ten years spent tediously drilling into the Earth. Not talking about any band in particular, and I missed out on creating a list of "2011 favorites" 'cause I didn't have it in me to write one down after 2010, not to mention being well out of the loop. Still, it was certainly impossible to ignore all that sexy space grind, from Psudoku to Dephosphorus. Mr. C did a one-question interview with the latter, a Greek trio bent on swinging among those stars & checking out what spring is like, erm, on Jupiter and Mars. Once we trash Sinatra we're left with a few words from the vocalist - Panos - a few utterly true and very different words that could appear just as romantic were it not for well over twenty years of various, concentrated physical manifestations of the Blastbeat (circular, primitive / intuitive, one tension and endless potential, droning on the edge of reason through but one wondrous question: what is the durability of instant catharsis? To find the greatest possible span of time within which it all happens, and to stretch this moment into the horizon... (...like illuminating the world with a moribund firefly!)):

"I love listening and playing grindcore because this genre is the apotheosis of rhythm //"

Yes!! It is the final frontier of rhythm. And, as the most self-indulgent lad in the review business, I do prefer to talk about form over content, despite the lyrics that go with "Axiom" ("Mere form is irrelevant-"). I've neglected Dephosphorus enough, though, and now I wish them less bombast & metal, more blastbeats & rebetiko! On a more serious note, it's hard to actually badmouth a band so dynamically crusty. Most helpful reviews are purely comparative, really. We have 324 in Japan, Magnicide in Singapore, while in Greece, we have - Dephosphorus! Sometimes spaced-out - anyone remember Gasp, those Puzzle Zoo People?! Psychedelia is certainly uncared-for in fast music... (sans the ritualism of hypnotizing black metal) - often on the verge of ambiguous death metal, the riffs ride more often on cosmic gloom than discord; nevertheless, I did think of Norway's Diskord and their awesome "Doomscapes" (won't ever be posted seeing as a bandmember noted to me how their label would, indeed, mind). Now I don't know jackshit about Greek, old or new (except for some possibly Greek Catholic ancestors), but I enjoy Joyce and I guess I might be writing a fair amount of gibberish [rapid chatter like that of monkeys] most of the time anyway so I might as well end it with a buoyant proclamation (under the temporary pretense that it is the thought that matters).

Dephosphorus Stephanophoros - Grind Stephanumenos!
(Click away for the download link(s) on their site-)

See you next century on blastbeat therapy!
Grab onto your skull - last remnant of the drum.Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-52662175724710680202012-03-06T02:03:00.002+01:002012-03-07T16:59:26.002+01:00Lovely Labels: Kythibong
In this Lovely Labels installation, we really won't move much, at least if we consider the distance geographically (within the borders of Bretagne, is it?); some puny ninety kilometers from Nantes to Angers, a very comfortable drive for what my memory's worth, myself not hitchhiking for a change / courtesy of Jyb (ZugZwang Prod.) driving (both directions) with Tetsuo and a French band, whose name I forgot, on the stereo, yet I do recall nicely how they sampled - just as nicely - Allen Ginsberg's Howl on the opening track; that and the poor car's windows down to the bottom owing to my damp socks drying as best as they can on the heaters up front, below the windshield, but I guess that's one thoroughly irrelevant story... Anyhow; here where I'm at, we set up gigs for inumerable bands from all corners of France, the only rule or worry being a DIY incision in their brains. Or hearts. Once the gash is there, you quench the thirst - how many people can you meet? When John Makay, having already done it once, sent me an email explaining how they were touring again, this time with Papaye, it seemed natural that we had a deal before the mail was even written.

Time to get to the point! Mric of Papaye is one of the individuals behind Kythibong - a Nantes-based label representing a bunch of complicated noise enthusiasts, and, while some of them appear to be running about fifty weird projects at once, they usually perform as ansambles of one, two, even three (redundant info, huh). Judge the eclectic roster by band names alone, - Komandant Cobra, Piano Chat, Room 204, Papier Tigre, Papaye (video below)... - and you might live to speak of colorful psychedelia, beasts of paper, general synesthesia the size of an A4 page of LSD, and at least one face-to-face encounter with some guy's crotch.

The general penchant might be for something along the lines of noise and/or math rock, so if this happens to be anyhwere near your line of interest - better check it out lest you lose out on several experiences as traumatic as falling in love. What was the title of that early Jon Hughes teen flick... the one with a cover of that song that goes, erm... "Wise men say only fools rush in, but I can't help falling in love with Pneu." [for example, sheesh...] This time around I'm all out of download links, but I know Kythibong's there for you if you're there for Kythibong. Gotta keep our relationships healthy, you know, and we all know how that shit doesn't work at all when it's only one side giving.Zmajhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-31425022898422649272012-03-02T14:05:00.016+01:002012-03-02T21:55:29.085+01:00Resonance of Spiral (Japan) - DEVBLU EP (2011) + Lovely Labels: ZugZwang Productions
We all know that independent labels with wortwhile, perhaps obscure rosters deserve at least as much attention as some of the bigger ones, and certainly more than the big ones, if you catch my drift. This is why I'd like to, well, not introduce, 'cause in this case, it already happened, but anyhow ~ I'd definitely like to give 'em a bit more space on Cephalochromoscope (hence the "lovely labels" tag), especially considering in what fashion we deliver what we deliver, i.e. "for free." I've known Jyb's penchant for extreme music for a while now, but his label, ZugZwang Productions, is still as fresh as dew, although you wouldn't know it from the releases considering their quality in-general, starting with the whole physical part of the deal; naturally, I'm talking about the packaging, and the time and enthusiasm that he puts into all of them. If there is a guarantee, it pertains to receiving something new and homegrown as opposed to receving another bundle of kitsch. Just like that, he decided to hand me this release in order for me to upload and write up a few impressions.

Resonance of Spiral is a Japanese two-man band from Japan, vaguely industrial in expression. What is it in their music that would make me use "Japanese" as an adjective (I mean, except for my idiocy)? That's easy! The authentically oppressive, hermetic atmosphere that I can connect all at once to Corrupted and Tetsuo and Xinlisupreme. On one hand, it's all damn blunt: the drum machine is blunt, the distortion on the vocals is blunt, and The Bass - let me tell you - is as blunt as the apocalypse. Sounds damn wonderful, doesn't it? You got that right, so there really is no other hand (but I'll try to lay off such flea market modes of reviewing...). As heavy as concrete, DEVBLU could resonate only between skyscrapers and similarly alienating structures, and hey, you might fancy putting "The Value of Knights" on your dubstep party's playlist if you'd like to test your guests. Have you ever seen a man cry from his ears? The flesh of God, our ears. You know, back in 1910, in Barcelona, in Santa Cruz, boy, at least one apocalyptic writer coughed his last cough by the urge of turberculosis. But that was some hundred years ago, and today we've got a myriad of different illnesses to compensate. Might not be the time to die of MUSIC, but there's a certain mood of our time, or at least JAPAN, of which one could compile an ace collection of chansons as alienating as the stuff of their inspiration - I talk of things urban - and it could start and end perfectly with Kenji Kawai's Unnatural City.

Assault yourself! (Mediafire)

Check the presentation below if you've any heart left in you, because ''Zugzwang packages all these fragile, feeble pieces of plastic you call records in lovely handmade packagings. Specially designed for each release, these packagings will protect them against the hazards of a life spent on the shelves of a record collection...'' Aaand you can buy the sexy thing right here for a mere 6€.

Zmajhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-28334050839428654742012-02-03T18:02:00.008+01:002012-04-26T15:38:37.845+02:00Robocop (Maine, USA) - Robocop II (2011)
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. I Hope All Your Friends Die
3. Assassination Markets
4. Feminism Über Alles
5. Car Sex Crash
6. Fed to the Wolves
7. CBMP
8. Cut Up
9. You Suffer (Napalm Death, as if one man had wondered...)
10. Skramz
11. Maine is the Bastard
12. Aftermathematics
13. Outro

I did already mention how Maine's own Robocop "makes you wonder how no band already made claims of instant ejaculation upon Alexander James Murphy's cold, metallic touch, how no non-cyborg organically dreamt up Burroughs-style phallic flesh-guns, machine-gun-hands, the morning shaving ritual resulting with resistors & transistors on the rusty yet self-aware razor, pre- or post- Verhoeven or, uh, Shinya Tsukamoto." At least aesthetically, Robocop made a futuristic move for powerviolence, an inevitable act akin to what Discordance Axis did for grind's often faceless political, erm, face, and gave the genre some new colors, some more noise, all scary and bleak but more immediate and contemporary in the best senses of both words, if art does indeed imitate life. That said, I don't want to be repeating the words of a certain Mr. C as I am, more often than not, late to the party, althought there might be just as little sense in repeating how I am generally repeating myself in & out of this sentence. This is why I'll get to rambling as I often do when I see no future for any given text as an useful review anyway, especially as I've used up all my sexy adjectives in that post about their 2009 demo.

"This is the brave new world of hardcore," concluded Mr. C, and I like it. Concerning my own comment on Robocop establishing somewhat new concepts, if not riffs, within their respected line of PUNK, it might be nice to reflect on some newer happenings, releases, in this whole "extreme music" deal. For example, the frontman of that band Liturgy put out his "Transcendental Black Metal Manifesto" and I think this sort of content is an awesome novelty, although it might, actually, be a pretty damn retro thing to do, as most of us have at least heard about all those (predominantly avant-garde) manifestos throughout modern (art) history. So I find it interesting, even if I might consider the content pretentious, vain, shitty, etc. Did similar things myself, with my own crap, like 鞠螺千世, although the destructive/dadaist mode might give it a paradoxically anti-intellectual aesthetic, whereas the actual music, the sounds, are fairly naive beyond specifics like "the blastbeat" or some of the elements of actual composition, sample placement, whatever. No hypocrisy. We're all concerned with aesthetics. Page, too, in regard to Robocop (or Body Hammer). This is why we get to observe such nice artwork along with the album, with informative notes and Baudrillard quotes, and I might not even like this Baudrillard guy (or that Barthes guy, thus the song titled "Death of Roland Barthes") and his postmodernist complications of reality, although I might've lost not only Ockham's razor, but the usual razor, too, and shaving machines still look and act like Cronenberg fathered 'em. Alright, man, I've lost my train of thought by now... Merely recalling something about the difference between words & actions and a bunch of barely comprehensive bits against academia. So hey, just listen to "Maine is the Bastard" for a very effective Robocop experience - if it ain't powerviolence, I don't know what is - where each alienating chug is worthy of that ecstatic cyborg-gone-awry finale.

Get it over @ Randall's Grindcore Karaoke.Zmajhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-67226012605498305282012-01-31T23:47:00.010+01:002012-02-01T00:56:06.583+01:00Sakatat, Archagathus (Turkey, Canada) - Ucuz Can Pazari, Slaughter-Extinction Split 7'' (2008)

A whole load of minced riffs - a genre one might better call ''shish grind'' (or simply ''šiš pank'' in our upper Balkans here). 'Cause hey, ''mincecore''? Not much better, really. On the other hand, pretty much everybody has had a close encounter with a kebab by now, and some of you also with čevapćići, I am certain. Perhaps the bands here sing against this whole culture of shish (yet, wouldn't ''sakatat'' translate to something along the lines of ''offal'', anyhow? [or ''<to> gut''?] / best name of all the mince-names, there). Perhaps, if I got to the point, I could sell you a few lines about Agathocles worship (as it is what the Archagathi generally profess, you know, in life + a Sakatat cover), about all this damn beautiful noise, wild things that make my heart sing, and so on, but you gotta feel informative to be informative, and this is music to men mincing their own flesh.

Shish ke-punk (Mediafire)

Šiš panker je onaj s istetoviranom jetrom. I see I messed up a few titles (like "Archagatus"), the year, etc., so type a few new letters there if you believe it matters. Was certainly on To Live A Lie. What else? Don't know. BUT, relevant to all the Sakatat, you can check out a one-question-interview on the one-and-only Grind & Punishment.

Zmajhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-73722150939487255192012-01-31T23:43:00.011+01:002012-02-01T00:51:36.348+01:00Sakatat, Matka Teresa (Turkey, Poland/Netherlands) - Devletin Terörü Kimi Koruyor? / No Justice No Peace Split 7'' (2011)

Fastcore, grindcore, etc. What the Sakatat trio pulls of is comparable to a drill the size of a train merely doing its thing. Yup, they're naturals. And not only are they devastating by themselves, but they also do an Assück cover on this one (Wall of Shame). Matka Teresa, on the other hand, like the slow, filthy violence, but - of course - only in-between "lenghty" amounts of The Speed. Sure, they might sound like Mother Theresa, had she ever come to her senses, however, some sort of influence was obviously imposed upon Sakatat, here, as they also decomposed a few of their riffs into greasy slabs of sludge. But only a few. As for the distros, uh, there's a list here.

Suck at THAT, Mother Theresa! (Mediafire)

For some reason I immensely enjoy talking about Assück, a band with all the right notions, 'cause civilization comes, civilization goes... "Quarantined by the plague of government. Ideological barriers of ignorance. Lives changed by concrete. Suppressed by autocracies throughout the centuries." Lives changed by concrete, man.

Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-11920695965590300082012-01-31T23:26:00.007+01:002012-02-01T00:51:28.826+01:00Sakatat, Mesrine (Turkey, Canada) - Tahammül Etmek Kabul Etmek Demek, Christ Benoit/Modern Void Split 7'' (2011)

Tracklist:
Mesrine
1. Christ Benoit
2. Modern Void
Sakatat
3. Meydanlar
4. Bu Duzen Hepimizi Bir Gecede Harcayabilir
5. Kayip
6. Truth Behind (Dropdead)
7. Tahammul Etmek Kabul Etmek Demek

Mesrine might be the slickest band in the following split-series, but worry not about lack of filth! Our blessed sewers are filthy as fuck, but they are also damn slick so all the cool crocodiles can have a nice time. It is this same line of thought that Mesrine employ while reflecting about you, their listener. As for Sakatat, I hope you've already received this Turkish gift... Contains blastbeats, and no goddamn bass - Ha! They've put out several split releases in 2011, some of which I'll post up right away, but I have a feeling that you'll be seeing more Sakatat in general on here. Damn good stuff, complemented by a Dropdead cover (a nice affinity of theirs / recording one cover for each release, including, for example, Sore Throat, Assück, Agathocles, as you'll see).

SAKAKAKA... (Mediafire)

Two main ones to get it at: To Live A Lie & Bucho Discos.Zmajhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-24181658335298994952012-01-31T23:14:00.007+01:002012-01-31T23:25:14.681+01:00No Qualms (Florida, USA) - No, You Calm Down! (2011)
Tracklist:
1. Thirst
2. Tied Down
3. Unimpressed
4. Power
5. First Cop
6. Own?
7. Church
8. Grenade
9. Scarred
10. Dark Clouds
11. No Qualms

My man Alex sent me this powerviolent as fuck mates' of his band a while ago (his link beneath; also, apparently members of Khann, Republicorpse, aaand...), and I've no qualms about my No Qualms experience. "A band of failed musicians lashing out at the society that won't listen to them," in short, but other than that, they keep on thrashing and that bass sometimes sounds like the one and only sweet shit for the soul, stuck in some Lovecraftian pit, recently buried alive, shoveled with shitloads of badly influential bands `a la Despise You, maybe even a little Man is the Bastard, and God knows what else there is as inappropriate on our Earth. Turns out, a whole load of stuff; e.g. The Police, The Police Academy (one to infinity), Robocop (not the band, but, you know, the REAL robot policeman), and the First Cop, to whom, I mean, into whom No Qualms pummel their bed-time / death-time song, all the while humming that theme from Pulp Fiction. But who is he, this First Cop? The Son of God? YOUR son? Either way, this guy, this organ, is certainly not innocent, otherwise No Qualms wouldn't have any qualms about the whole dreadful affair.

No, Despise You! (Mediafire)

Unimpressed first cop tied down scarred. Church power grenade. No qualms. Do the twist.Zmajhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115855963624513833.post-41436480434588766332012-01-20T17:29:00.008+01:002012-04-26T15:38:51.909+02:00Shaken Baby (Belgium) - Phantasmagoria (2011)

To be honest, I might've grown quite tired of d-beat a relatively long while ago, but Shaken Baby is certainly more than just another one of, you know, those. Both fast and swampy, barely dissonant, rhythmically often unpredictable, with a finely woven modern vibe `a la His Hero is Gone or some less obvious band like that, but if it ain't punk I don't know what it is + nice drumming courtesy of Jasper, who is also know as cover artist & brother of the man behind the guitar - Owen - whom you also probably remember for the at least as nice drumming in Kasatka. That is, if you know your fast bands. The final track is classic - a noise track - the worth of which depends on preference (I mean, I liked it), but hey, Shaken Baby is another awesome Belgian band projects to which I can ascribe the "awesome-", and leave out the ''post-'' prefix.

Time for hyperhyperhypersex. (Mediafire)

Also @ Grindcore Karaoke.

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A couple of years ago, when the second Matrix movie came out, the producers came up with a pretty slick tie-in. They had Samsung design a phone for the movie, and then sold a limited number to the general public. Being the design freak and gadget fetishist that I am, I (of course) had to get one; fortunately, I acted quickly enough before the phone sold out. Since I was already a Sprint customer, it was fairly easy to get everything transitioned over, and I was very happy with the phone. The pop-up slider design was not only unique, but user-friendly; I hated fumbling to open a flipphone, and, unlike most candybar phones, the phone is locked when the slider is closed (so no accidental dialing). It had a nice loud ring, and was a great conversation starter; the only thing I missed was web access (which, in retrospect, did save me some money on my plan). However, after a little over a year, the battery had trouble charging--and, near as I could tell, it was the battery and not the charger. Unfortunately, this being a limited-edition phone with a bespoke battery, I was pretty much out of luck in terms of finding a replacement. Last fall, I made the jump to AT&T Wireless and a nice but rather vanilla Nokia 6200.
Now, the Nokia was nice--great display, decent size, good web capability, and (very important for work) no camera. A few months ago, I found a Siemens SL56 on eBay and discovered the wonders of SIM card swapping. For those unfamiliar with the concept, most (or perhaps all) GSM phones come with a SIM card--a small metal-and-cardboard item, about half the size of an SD card (or a little smaller than a dime), which stores your account and phonebook info. The idea is that, as you upgrade phones, you simply take your SIM card, put it in the new unit, and voila--you're connected. And, aside from having to call Cingular to reconfigure the web access, that's exactly what happened--I opened the package, pried open the battery compartment, popped in the card, and I was good to go. The Siemens was pretty slick from a form-factor standpoint--very compact (though a bit thick), with a slick slide-out keyboard. Sound quality was good, ergonomics were good, and, overall, I was pretty satisfied (although the display was a little on the low-quality side).
Now, I had read about and seen photos of the Nokia 7280 on the web, and was quite taken with it. However, at the time, it had a camera, and I was unfamiliar with the SIM card concept. Then, last month, I had dinner with a friend in NY who shared my interest in cool phones--and he had a 7280. I then saw it ran on the Cingular network (which has by now assimilated the AT&T Wireless network), and thought, "Aha! I must have this!" So, it was off to eBay, where I got a good deal on a barely used, unlocked (e.g., suitable for use by any network) 7280. After a few glitches with UPS (who said they had 'lost' the package but then delivered as scheduled, with an envelope that looked like it had been attacked by a sabertooth tiger), the phone arrived. I popped the card in, and I was instantly connected. The only other thing I had to do was configure the web access; unfortunately, in this case, as the phone was not officially supported by Cingular, they were completely useless. Fortunately, I got a friendly and brilliant support person on Nokia's helpline, and he walked me right through everything.
I've had the phone for about a week, and, with the relative ease of card-swapping, it's become my evening/weekend/vacation phone. As you may note in the photo, the phone lacks a significant feature--a keypad. You can either use voicedialing (a service well worth paying for on Cingular, by the way), or use the iPod-style rotary control to select numbers. The included VGA camera takes some pretty nice photos, the graphics and sounds are outstanding, and the screen is much better than the Siemens.
The only downside? The battery is fixed; hopefully, it will last a couple of years until the next cool phone comes along...


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...call for entries launched
The call for entries for the 2018 British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Awards has now been launched, giving joinery sector businesses a fantastic opportunity to showcase their finest achievements from the last year.
From hand-carved craftsmanship to high-tech innovations, the Awards give great projects, products and people the recognition they deserve, helping businesses benchmark their progress against the very best of the industry. The closing date for entries for this year's Awards is 22nd June.
Last year saw winning entries from Gelder Joinery Limited, Morland, AJB Group, Warwickshire College, Gowercroft Joinery and Cotswold Manufacturing Ltd. Gelder Joinery's restoration of an Edwardian house won the prestigious Woodworking Project of the Year Award and was praised by judges for the project's beautiful restoration, unparalleled detail and design excellence.
BWF Chief Executive Iain McIlwee began this year's call for entries:
"With wood taking over as the architectural wonder material of this century, the awards are a chance for UK joinery businesses to prove that they can not only build it better with wood, but build it in a way that is more sustainable, more productive, healthier and safer than the rest.
"Have you worked on an amazing wood project or launched an innovative new product? Does your joinery business have any rising stars or Health & Safety heroes within the workforce? Or do you simply think that you can do better than the other businesses out there and want to prove it? We urge all UK woodworking businesses to spare a minute and think about what, or who, they might want to put forward as an entry."
The winners will be announced at the BWF's Annual Awards Dinner in November with the shortlist to be revealed in October at the W Exhibition, which is the national show for the joinery and furniture industries. All shortlisted entrants will receive a free place at the dinner and will have their achievements promoted through a high profile marketing and social media campaign.
Entry is free and open to all, including non-members of the BWF so long as they are from the UK joinery and woodworking sector. The deadline for entries is 5pm on Friday 22nd June 2018. Entries for this year's awards can be submitted at www.bwf.org.uk/choose-wood/awards.
The Product Design in Wood category (sponsored by Teknos) recognises excellence in technical expertise, application and innovation in joinery product manufacture and design.
The highly prestigious Woodworking Project of the Year (sponsored by Whitehill Tools) recognises the very best in design, application or ability in joinery manufacture, and innovation in joinery projects. This award is given every year in memory of John Hedgecock, former technical director at the BWF.
Process Efficiency (sponsored by W Exhibition) – recognising lean processes which have improved business performance, including maximising value for money, quality and speed of delivery.
Health & Safety Hero (sponsored by Didac) – acknowledging an individual or collective effort which has made a notable difference to the health and safety practices and culture of a business. The award will be presented in memory of Michael Lee, former membership director at the BWF.
Apprentice or Trainee of the Year (sponsored by CITB) - celebrating apprentices or trainees who have really stood out from the crowd, whether through fantastic feats in their work or extraordinary commitment that adds value to a business.
For further information please visit the BWF website.
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Misty and I had a great little chat after I photographed her home for yesterday's style story. That was a couple months ago. But then she up and launched a business (the nerve) which left me no choice but to schedule a coffee date with the girl to get an of-the-moment interview to replace our first one. This is hard work, friends. 😉
Below is our conversation which I recorded just a few days ago. In it we chat about her thrifty design philosophy, how to launch a business using the barter system, and decorating with kids in mind. Hope you enjoy!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. CORONA VIRUS SITUATION & OLIVET? A. As of Sun. Mar. 22 – No on-site worship. see live streamed 9 and 11 am worship on this HOME PAGE. Coronavirus 2020
Q. What Shall I expect at Sunday morning or Wednesday evening worship? A. click here
Q. What are the church office hours of operation?
A. Monday thru Friday – 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Q. What is the deadline for the bi-weekly newsletter?
A. Wednesday 5 pm prior to the 1st and 3rd Sundays
Q. How do I make a donation or set up an automatic offering program?
A. See the button "DONATE" on upper right of website home page or call the church office
Q. How do I make a memorial donation?
A. Send check to Shannon Walker at the church office/mark memo line with name of person to memorialize or honor ~~ or drop in offering basket on Sunday with same memo line info.
Q. What days/hours is the Food Pantry open?
A. Food Pantry at the church office is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday/ 9:00 – 2:00 pm
Q. Time for the WEEKLY PRODUCE/BREAD distribution on Wednesdays?
A. 1:00 pm until 2:30 pm
Q. Are there rooms or spaces available at Olivet for use?
A. Olivet has a large space facility available, depending on your needs, and available dates. Please contact Shannon Walker, Director of Operations, at the church office for complete info.


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Integration With Epic EMR to Increase Efficiency and Minimize Duplication of Patient Data
CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, today announced that Tampa General Hospital selected Merge's CTMS for Investigators solution for enterprise-wide management of its clinical trials.
Tampa General Hospital's goal was to increase efficiency and centralize their business operations. They sought a CTMS to manage more than 500 active studies annually across all therapeutic areas, and track study activities for over 100 study coordinators. Billing compliance, financial accountability, patient and enrollment tracking, and reporting for management oversight were all important criteria in selecting a CTMS system.
"With the continued growth of clinical trial activities, we needed a better way to streamline data collection and reporting, as well as a more accurate method for tracking billing activities. We had previously relied on data collected in spreadsheets and multiple databases, and a time-consuming process to produce reports," said Beth Kohl, Manager, Office of Clinical Research at Tampa General Hospital. "We sought a CTMS that would centralize and organize our research operations to replace numerous manual and fragmented methods of capturing and recording data. After evaluating several CTMS systems, we felt that Merge CTMS provided us the standardization needed, as well as the reporting capabilities to meet our compliance, study and patient tracking, enrollment metrics, and financial requirements."
The ability for the CTMS to integrate with an existing electronic medical record (EMR) system was also a priority for Tampa General Hospital, so users could have easy access to study patients from a centralized database used throughout the hospital.
"Another important factor in our decision was Merge's vast systems integration experience," continued Kohl. "A key component of this project will be an HL7 integration, allowing us to feed data from our Epic EMR into Merge CTMS. Through enhanced patient study searches and the elimination of duplicate data entry, this integration will yield significant efficiency improvement for research operations."
"As an existing Merge Cardio™ and Hemo™ client, Tampa General Hospital was excited to expand their partnership with Merge. Tampa General Hospital expressed specific needs in looking for a CTMS system to consolidate and streamline their clinical trial management and research operations throughout the organization," said Justin Dearborn, President of Merge Healthcare. "We're pleased that Merge CTMS provides the opportunity to meet these needs using a highly intuitive interface for a wide variety of users who will access the application on a daily basis."
Through enhanced productivity and business management tools, Merge CTMS for Investigators allows research organizations to centralize study information, organize research activities, and improve recruitment and financial performance. Merge CTMS scales easily from one to many sites, offering a comprehensive suite of CTMS tools for independent research sites, physician networks, SMOs, hospitals, health systems and academic medical centers.
About Merge Healthcare
Merge is a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare. Merge's enterprise and cloud-based solutions for image intensive specialties provide access to any image, anywhere, any time. Merge also provides health stations, clinical trials software and other health data and analytics solutions that engage consumers in their personal health. With solutions that are used by providers and consumers and include more than 20 years of innovation, Merge is helping to reduce costs and improve the quality of healthcare worldwide. For more information, visit merge.com.
The Merge Healthcare logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=10757
About Tampa General Hospital
Tampa General is a private not-for-profit hospital and one of the most comprehensive medical facilities in West Central Florida serving a dozen counties with a population in excess of 4 million. As one of the largest hospitals in Florida, Tampa General is licensed for 1,018 beds, and with approximately 6,600 employees, is one of the region's largest employers. For more information, visit tgh.org
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Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family (FOTF, FotF, or Focus), founded in 1977, is a Christian non-profit organization based in the United States. The organization describes itself as "dedicated to nurturing and defending families worldwide". The group was founded by James Dobson and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Focus on the Family is one of a number of evangelical para-church organizations whose stated aim is not to start a new church or denomination, but to work interdenominationally to protect and promote their definitions of traditional family and family values. Some of the core promotional activities of the organization include a daily radio broadcast by Dobson and his colleagues, providing free counseling and resources for those facing family difficulties, and publishing a variety of magazines, videos and audio recordings.
Adventures in Odyssey
FOTF also produces a children's radio drama entitled Adventures in Odyssey. It began in 1987 as Family Portraits, starring an elderly Christian gentleman named John Avery Whittaker (aka "Whit"), who runs a popular ice cream shop/"discovery emporium" called Whit's End; and he imparts Christian wisdom to the children of the town of Odyssey. It was renamed Odyssey USA in November 1987 and took on its present name, Adventures in Odyssey in April 1988.
Currently its three office buildings have a combined space of over 526,000 square feet (49,000 m²) housing over 1,300 employees. One of the buildings is largely used for receiving telephone calls from listeners and providing requested assistance; this activity engages the largest segment of its employees. The organization's facilities are open for tours by the public Monday through Saturday, excepting certain holidays. A bookstore and cafeteria are onsite, as is the child-oriented Whit's End Soda Shop which serves ice cream and "Wod fam choc sod" (world famous chocolate soda) made famous by the Adventures in Odyssey children's radio theater show produced by Focus on the Family.


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Getting Started with Vue Router
Wilbur Powery Updated on ・4 min read
Vue.js is my go to Framework for building dynamic Javascript user interfaces. The thing I love the most about Vue.js is that it's so easy to get started with it. Depending on your needs, you simply need to add a little script tag to your page, and you can embrace a great amount of the beauty of Vue.
Just in case you didn't know, Vue-Router is a Vue.js plugin to add routing to your application. In this case, I'll share with you a bit about how to get Vue-Router installed and setup so you can start building SPA's in no time.
Install it
You can install
vue-router using npm or yarn. Simply run any of the following commands in your terminal and you're ready to keep going.
npm install vue-router
yarn add vue-router
Configure it
When using a module system, you need to tell Vue.js that it must use the VueRouter plugin.
import Vue from 'vue';
import VueRouter from 'vue-router';
import router from './router';
const app = new Vue({
el: '#app',
router, // same as router: router
After configuring Vue to use the vue-router plugin, you need to let the parent component know that it should use that router instance.
Following the previous steps, you now have
vue-router installed and configured and can start building out your routing configuration.
Structure your application
They are many ways you can structure your application, but I mostly choose to do mine as follows:
- I have a
router/folder inside the directory where I keep my scripts.
- Inside the
router/folder, I create two files,
First of all, I choose to call this file index.js because when using a module system, I can import it simply by using the following command:
import router from './router'. Notice I don't need to specify the filename since modules systems will look for an
index.js file by default.
// router/index.js
import VueRouter from 'vue-router'; //Import vue-router
import routes from './routes'; // Import my routes
//Export a new VueRouter instance
export default new VueRouter({
mode: 'history',
base: '/home/',
They are a few things here that might not be clear to you at first glance. Let me explain each one.
mode attribute by default is set to hash mode which adds a
# to the url. In my case I set it to
history mode to prevent that and also to leverage the history.pushState API to achieve URL navigation without a page reload.
base attribute is to set a base url section from which all the routes will extend. For example, if we set a route to
/dashboard , vue-router will actually look for the url
You can omit both of those attributes is you're not looking for that behavior.
// router/routes.js
// Here we import our Vue Components
import DashboardPage from '../pages/Dashboard.vue';
import Error404 from '../pages/errors/Error404.vue';
// the routes are simply an array of objects
const routes = [
path: '/',
redirect: '/dashboard'
path: '/dashboard',
name: 'dashboard',
component: DashboardPage
path: '*',
name: '404',
component: Error404
export default routes;
Most of the Route objects needs to have at least two attributes, the
path it should match and the
component it should display when that path is matched.
The last object in the array with that wildcard
* as the path, is used to show a 404 page for any route that was not matched. You are not required to have it, it's just an example on how to handle 404 errors with the router.
Ok, I have it setup, how do I use it now?
Navigating your the routes you have defined is very straight forward using two special elements Vue Router provides out of the box, they are
<router-link></router-link> and
router-link component renders by default an html
a tag. You can specify what element you want to be rendered with the
tag property. The
to property is used to specify what route should be followed once the element is clicked.
<router-link tag="li" to="/dashboard" class="list-group-item">
Before you can see each component rendered on your page, you need to make use of the
<router-view> element. Using this element is very straight forward; simply add the element anywhere in the page where you would like your components to be mounted.

Vue.js is a very easy to use javascript framework, and it's router plugin proves this once again. In just a few seconds,you can easily have a javascript router installed, configured and working on your application.
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You have convinced me that React Router is complicated for no reason in just a few minutes.
I've used React Router in the past and you get used to it very quickly. But I'll always love the simplicity Vue offers with everything. Thanks for your comment Darell.
Thank you for pointing out why you use
history mode instead of the default
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Bayfield Track-and-Field's version of a Swiss army knife, Jordan Lanning was about as sharp as she could be ending Spring Break last Saturday at 5A Grand Junction High School's 2018 Mickey Dunn Invitational.
With barely a handful of athletes able to make the trip north, the Wolverines still totaled 44 points, good for seventh in a 23-team field filled with Class 4A and 5A competition. Lanning scored 32 points by herself - a score bettering all teams from ninth place (3A Delta, 29.40) on down.
5A Highlands Ranch Mountain Vista racked up a winning score of 113 inside Stocker Stadium. Lanning's lone win came in the 100-meter hurdles, in which she clocked 15.42 seconds, but she managed to place second in both the 300m hurdles (47.30) and high jump, and took third in the triple jump (33'10.5"). In the high jump Lanning actually tied 4A Durango's Alyssa McConnell, but McConnell cleared 5'4" on her first attempt while Lanning cleared it on her second. Both then failed in three tries to top the bar at 5'6".
Held separately from the rest of the Invitational the previous afternoon at GJHS was the pole vault competition.
Bayfield's Hannah Whitmer wrote her name into her school's well-known history within the specialty with a winning 8-foot, 1-inch clearance. Making the moment sweeter was that Whitmer had not dislodged the bar while flying over it at any of the three lower heights she'd attempted.
Placing fourth, BHS' Bella Shoup cleared 6'1" and 6'7", but went 0-for-3 at 7'1".
Junior Mikayla Barnes continued throwing well, earning eight team points with her second-place 34'2" in the shot put, and scored four in the discus with a fifth-place 103'8" throw. Senior Tiarra Christensen also recorded top-ten efforts in each discipline, taking ninth in the discus (96'3") and tenth in the shot (30'7.25").
Mary Grayson logged top-20's in both the 100- (14.15, 19th) and 200-meter (29.35, 19th) dashes.
The Wolverines will next compete at the April 6-7 John Tate Challenge Cup, hosted by Pueblo Centennial inside that city's Dutch Clark Stadium. BHS' junior-varsity athletes, meanwhile, are slated to compete at Saturday's Abel Velasquez Invitational in Ignacio. 2018 MICKEY DUNN INVITATIONAL GIRLS' TEAM STANDINGS (top 10 of 23): 1.Highlands Ranch Mountain Vista 113, 2.Edwards Battle Mountain 88, 3.HR ThunderRidge 68, 4.Gypsum Eagle Valley 60, T-5.Fruita Monument/Montrose 48, 7.BAYFIELD 44, 8.Durango 43, 9.Delta 29.40, 10.Telluride 28.


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Gaming With Jeremy: Apex Legends
A Review From Jeremy Miller
When it comes to video games, the big thing right now is "Battle Royales". Whether you prefer to play solo or with a squad, there is no shortage of options. Fortnite and PUBG have been two of the most popular for well over a year, and the bigger developers have taken notice and even came out with their own versions of the popular genre. Respawn Entertainment, the creators of the Titanfall game franchise, have created a BR called 'Apex Legends'. It feels as if all I have played in the last year are "Battle Royales", so I was a little skeptical when I first played it, thinking that it would feel the same as the others with just with different cosmetics. Man was I wrong, and I'm glad I was.
'Apex Legends' is a class based shooter, meaning each character has abilities and specials that only they can use. For instance, Lifeline is a Combat Medic. She can deploy a healing drone and drop a care package for her team to get defensive and healing supplies. Bangalore is a combat specialist, or DPS, character. She can throw out smoke grenades and when her special is ready, can drop Rolling Thunder, an artillery strike. With each character having their own strengths and abilities, the game kinda forces players to play with a team first mentality, rather than running off on your own. And that alone separates 'Apex Legends' from the other BR games at the moment.
'Apex Legends' is a beautiful game. The graphics are amazing and if it weren't for other players trying to shoot my head off, I'd probably have time to snap more screenshots. The only game mode is Trios, meaning that if you don't have a friend or two in your party, the game will match you with randoms. The game will randomly select who picks their character first, then second and third. The other new thing that was added, is called a Jumpmaster, who is also selected at random. The Jumpmaster is the one who can select a spot and jump out of the flying vehicle to land at that position. The game does give the option for a player to break away from the group and go off on their own. Once your team has landed, the mission to survive begins. There is plenty of loot laying around for everyone to have 2 weapons of their choice with a couple of attachments. Which in turn makes it extremely interesting if there are other groups that landed with you.
Not only is Apex Legends a beautiful designed game with great mechanics, it's also free on PC, XBox and PlayStation. I can't wait to see what new characters Respawn has in store for us. I have yet been able to secure a victory, but that doesn't matter. I like to play games because I have fun, especially if it's with friends. But I would be lying if I told you I don't have a competitive side. I will get that win one day. And I'll brag about it to my cat.
Overall I would have to rate this game a solid 9/10.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The Crossing Places
Ruth Galloway is happy with her life. No one else seems to be - her parents, friends, colleagues, all feel there should be a man in her life, that she should lose weight, and that she ought to move away from the isolated spot where she lives on the saltmarshes of the North Norfolk coast. But Ruth is content with her job as an archaeology lecturer at the local uni and with her life in her own little cottage with her two cats.
Into her life comes Inspector Harry Nelson, a brusque northerner, who needs her to look at some bones recently discovered buried in the saltmarsh. He is hoping it might be the remains of Lucy Downey, a child who went missing ten years ago. It's not, it's the remains of an iron age body, probably a ritual sacrifice, but it opens the door for Nelson to ask Ruth's opinion of the letters he's been receiving about the Downey case - possibly from the potential murderer.
Life suddenly becomes complicated for Ruth as she tries to juggle work with helping the police, and the situation is not helped by the memories being stirred up of what she herself was doing ten years ago. She was involved in a dig on the saltmarsh with a group of people, and the various relationships were very intense... and still are. Is there a connection between that dig, with the discovery of a henge, and the disappearance of Lucy Downey? Could one of the group she was, and still is, very close to possibly be responsible for this awful crime? And then, just when Ruth thinks things could not possibly get more tangled, another child goes missing...
This is the first book of a new series about professor of archaeology, Ruth Galloway. Book two The Janus Stone is just out I believe and I couldn't be more pleased as I really enjoyed this first instalment. I think the reason for that is probably Ruth herself. I love the fact that Elly Griffiths didn't make her glamorous and gorgeous but decided instead on someone very ordinary - an overweight woman who likes her own company and tells it like it is. She very much has a 'take me or leave me' attitude and that is so refreshing. That's not to say she doesn't have conflicts in her life. Her born-again Christian parents drive her nuts, her friends hint that her life might not be all that it could be, and work can be a real pain. She's real in other words and that's wonderfully easy to identify with.
The mystery aspect of the story was good. I have to admit I knew who the culprit was very early on, but it didn't spoil my enjoyment and there were other aspects to the story that, quite frankly, were just as fascinating. Especially the setting of the North Norfolk coast which I felt was very well done. It's bleak and it's lonely and the atmosphere of the place was beautifully depicted. I'm no archaeologist so I can't speak for the accuracy of those particular details; for a layman like myself they felt fine - an expert might not think so.
It did take me a little while to get used to the fact that the story is written in the present tense. That was slightly odd but, once used to it, I found I wasn't bothered and it actually added to the suspense in the end.
All in all a very good read and I'm looking forward to reading book two in the series as soon as possible.
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12 comments:
- Unknown said...
Yeah! Another fan of this series. I totally agree with everything you said. I just finished The Janus Stone recently and loved it even more than this one!
- 10 March 2010 at 13:29
Cath, I'm so glad you enjoyed The Crossing Places. I'm always a little worried when someone says they will read a book based on my recommendation. What if they hate it? :-) I'm like that about restaurants too.
You wrote a very informative review and I couldn't agree more with what you said. I'm reading The Janus Stone right now, about 20% into it, and I'm being sucked right into the story and into Ruth's life again. Lovely!
- 10 March 2010 at 14:57
- DesLily said...
you must have enjoyed it you went thru it pretty darn fast !! lol.. I am trying to stay away for series that I am not already into! yeah yeah I did say TRYING..
but I am doing rather well "not buying" but 2 books to series I am into come out this month..groan. lol
- 10 March 2010 at 15:35
- Cath said...
Hi Nicola. Have you reviewed this book on your blog? Would like to read it if you have...
Can't wait to read The Janus Stone now, must check the library catalogue.
Kay: I know what you mean about recommending books because once or twice I've slipped up and praised something a friend has hated. Ouch! But these days I tend to know who likes the same books as me and our tastes seem to coincide where crime is concerned, so I was not worried.
I'm hoping my library will already have The Janus Stone...
Hey Pat! Yeah, I did like this one a lot... a real pageturner. I hardly needed a new series either but am lucky in that I have access to a library and that makes a lot of difference expense-wise.
Perhaps the two new books will make you feel like reading again.
- 10 March 2010 at 16:09
- Unknown said...
Yeah, I did review it. Here ya go:
- 10 March 2010 at 16:17
- Cath said...
Thanks, Nicola. I just added a link to your post to the end of mine.
- 10 March 2010 at 16:28
- Unknown said...
Ooo! That's going on the list of things to watch for at the library!
- 10 March 2010 at 17:31
- Cath said...
Caitlin: it's well worth keeping an eye out for - hope you find it.
- 11 March 2010 at 09:00
- Danielle said...
Guess what I *just* picked up from the library earlier today? I also requested it on Kay's suggestion! I've only skimmed your post as I like not knowing too much about the book before I read, but am happy to see you liked it as well. I've started reading and think I am going to like Ruth very much!
- 13 March 2010 at 23:49
- Cath said...
Danielle: I hope you enjoy Ruth as much as Kay and I did. I have book 2 on reserve at the library and really can't wait.
- 14 March 2010 at 11:03
- Susan said...
Another book to my list! You and Pat always add some for me......this one does sound perfect, doesn't it? I hope it's out here!! thanks, Cath!
- 20 March 2010 at 17:28
- Cath said...
Good luck with finding it, Susan. From what I can gather it does seem to be available in libraries in North America.
- 22 March 2010 at 11:17