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Who is The Greatest Hard Rock/Metal Band of All Time, Second Round Part 1
Rather than delve into the delusion that currently is supposed to oversee this country (and trust me, there's plenty to call the Tangerine Ignoramus out on simply from this last weekend alone, such as his slashing of the Department of Interior budget by $1.5 billion while donating his first quarter's pay for sitting on his ass – roughly $70,000 – in the White House to the National Park Service), I've decided to start something that will be much more fun. Since college basketball just recently completed the NCAA Basketball Championship, I thought it would be fun to do the same but in a different arena – the genre of hard rock/metal music.
What are the criteria for consideration? First, the band/singer would have to have some sort of longevity to their career – you don't see many bands or singers that are considered "legendary" if they were only around for a couple of albums (Amy Winehouse is a rare exception, but that's a discussion for another time). Second, the band/singer would have to have an impact on the genre – did they do something particularly noteworthy or notorious that put them into the annals of the genre's history, a song or "behavior" that was historic. Third, just how popular were they when they were in existence – a band or singer that was wildly popular with the fans might get some leeway over a critical darling OR vice versa (depending on tastes). Fourth, what accolades did they receive – awards, gold records, and recognition by the industry (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, hello?) are all under consideration here. Finally, was the band/singer influential on future generations of music – have they helped shape the genre since they have left the sphere?
The first round of the four "regions" – the 1960s/70s, the 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s/2010s – is complete and there were some big surprises. It's now time to move into the second round of two of the regions who will match up in the Final Four of Hard Rock/Metal – the 1960s/70s and the 2000s/2010s – and work them down to one half of the Sweet Sixteen. As always, cast your vote and/or opinion on who should win each battle by commenting here or on one of the many social media outlets where you might read this.
Without further ado, here's the 1960s/70s second round:
Led Zeppelin (1) vs. Rush (8)
The Zep was not even challenged by their first-round matchup against Steppenwolf, but now they might have a fight on their hands. Surviving their first-round battle against Queen, Rush is primed to take down the legends from the U. K. One of the things that might sway some voters is simply the longevity issue; Rush is still around to this day, more than 40 years after their creation. Led Zeppelin, however, still has the panache as one of the most influential bands in music history (how many kids learned "Stairway to Heaven" as their first tune?). Plenty to think about when it comes to this matchup.
Judas Priest (4) vs. Motörhead (12)
Fresh off their upset of Black Sabbath in the first round, Motörhead is loaded for bear with another tough battle against another legend. This is going to be difficult because both bands have longevity, influence and popularity on their sides. It is arguable that the Priest have had more of an impact on the genre than Motörhead, but it is an argument that Lemmy lovers would love to fight over. Mark this one down as "too tough to call" and let's see where the voters take it!
AC/DC (2) vs. Van Halen (7)
Another matchup that will raise the ire of fans of both bands. AC/DC has an iconic sound that, while simplistic in its three-chord approach, is still as good today as it was when they started back in the early 1970s. Not to be overlooked, Van Halen worked through the latter part of the 70s, made an adjustment to the MTV 80s, stayed popular into the grunge 90s and still is viable today (although some might say that Eddie Van Halen and Co. have fallen from their lofty perch of late). Perhaps the deciding factor? AC/DC's three vocalists have been the late Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, and Guns 'N Roses' Axl Rose. Van Halen? David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, and Gary Cherone. Who wins that comparison?
KISS (14) vs. The Who (6)
Three upsets in the first round for the 1960s/70s! KISS took down Deep Purple in the first round, but the second-round match against The Who is going to be a bit tougher. The two bands are quite similar, with duos at the lead (Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons for KISS, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend for The Who) who basically became the faces of their groups. They had iconic members (Ace Frehley and John Entwistle) who were virtuosos on their respective instruments and members that had issues outside of the band with drugs and/or alcohol (Peter Criss and Keith Moon) that either killed them or nearly did while in their prime. Influence might be the key here – who had the greater influence on the history of hard rock/metal?
And now, here's the second round for the 2000s/2010s
Disturbed (1) vs. Black Label Society (8)
Chalk for the top of the second round as Disturbed pushed aside the assault of Killswitch Engage to get to the second round and BLS got past Mudvayne in a contest decided by longevity. Black Label Society might not go any farther, however, because Disturbed is looking like it might be a juggernaut in this region. Nothing against Zakk Wylde and the members of Black Label Society, but Disturbed could very well be the band that is representative of the early part of the 21st century.
Halestorm (4) vs. Godsmack (5)
Emerging from the matchup of the female-led bands in defeating Evanescence, Halestorm now gets a shot at Godsmack – or is Godsmack getting their shot at Halestorm? The big point that may sway voters in this competition is that Halestorm is still getting their engines revved, with Lzzy Hale simply getting better with each new CD. Godsmack left their label in late 2016 and it doesn't appear that any new music is coming out of the band in the immediate future. Things like this – how visible you are and how popular – sometimes will be the tipping point in these competitions.
System of a Down (2) vs. Avenged Sevenfold (7)
Avenged Sevenfold took down the old guard Deftones in round one and it faces another legend in round two. System of a Down has long been regarded as one of the preeminent bands of the past decade and a half, at the minimum, selling 40 million records. That type of popularity is tough to overlook in a match where the two competitors are so evenly matched up.
Five Finger Death Punch (3) vs. Slipknot (6)
And chalk holds true for the entirety of the first round in the 2000s/2010s. This matchup, however, is different in that both bands are similar in their musical stylings and have equal impact and influence on up and coming bands. Slipknot has had some periods of inactivity that are tough to overlook, but their record at the Grammys – ten nominations and one victory – push them past FFDP. It is tough to overlook a band that is still performing strong, however, and FFDP is doing that.
That closes the second round for these two regions. Be sure to get your votes in on who deserves to move on to the Sweet Sixteen! And don't forget that we've got the other side of the bracket – the 1980s and the 1990s – coming soon. We'll determine the champion, hopefully next week, as to who is the greatest hard rock/metal band in history!
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Who is The Greatest Hard Rock/Metal Band of All Time, Part 1- The 1960s/70s
Rather than delve into the delusion that currently is supposed to oversee this country (and trust me, there's plenty to call the Tangerine Ignoramus out on simply from this last weekend alone), I've decided to start something that will definitely be much more fun. Since college basketball is deciding the 64 teams (OK, 68 teams because of those simply idiotic play in games the NCAA conducts) that will compete for their championship, thought it would be fun to do the same but in a different arena – the genre of hard rock/metal music.
As it is one of my personal fortes, hard rock/metal music is essentially celebrating its 50th Anniversary since the release of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild," which contained the lines "Get your motor running/heavy metal thunder." With this in mind, I've put together a compilation of the top 64 hard rock/metal bands from four different eras – the 1960s/70s, the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s/10s – and split them up in accordance with those eras into "regions." We'll break down the matchups in each bracket and, with hope, readers will make their own comments and vote on the matchups and perhaps they'll be some sort of prize at the end – the management here (re: me) is still trying to come up with that prize.
Without further ado, here's the breakdown of the 1960s/70s bracket, with the seeding by each band/artist name.
Led Zeppelin (1) vs. Steppenwolf (16)
Led Zeppelin as the #1 seed was about as much of a lock as you could expect. They never had a #1 song and they might lack the longevity of some of the other competitors (Zeppelin's heyday was 1968-80, only a scant 12 years). But they make up for those deficiencies in every other area under consideration – their "tour behavior" became the stuff of legends and they had the musical chops to back it up ("Stairway to Heaven" is widely accepted as one of the greatest songs of all time), their popularity was outstanding and they were inducted into the R&R HOF on the first ballot in 1995 (minimum of 25 years after first album release). Although Steppenwolf coined the term "heavy metal," Led Zeppelin lived it, thus they should move to the next round.
Rush (8) vs. Queen (9)
These are the fun matchups where the smallest thing can push one of the competitors past their opponent. Throwing these two against each other is roughly akin to picking a favorite child as both are outstanding and legendary groups that click all the boxes. Rush pulls ahead slightly on the longevity front – they're still active today, while Queen disbanded after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991 after a two-decade career, but Queen has the epic "Bohemian Rhapsody" that is arguably better known than any Rush track. Queen is arguably more influential than Rush, especially given Mercury's soaring vocals over Geddy Lee's vocal individuality. Both have their accolades to lie back on, but Rush waited quite some time before being inducted into the R&R HOF. Deciding a winner here could come down to a few votes.
Judas Priest (4) vs. Scorpions (13)
Some may debate ranking Scorpions that low in the region, but it goes to demonstrate how tough it is to even get on the rankings. The Priest has been a monolithic machine that has rumbled since the early 70s (and are still at it today, albeit with an adjusted roster), while Scorpions have been up-and-down since the latter part of that decade. As far as the definition of "heavy metal," Judas Priest for many would be the template to go with – the "leather and chains" look was patented by Judas Priest front man Rob Halford. What may tip the scales is that Judas Priest is in the R&R HOF; at this moment, Scorpions have not even been considered. It's unfortunate that one of these giants of the genre doesn't get to move on in the competition, but which will it be?
Black Sabbath (5) vs. Motörhead (12)
The 5/12 matchup is always one ripe for an upset and this battle is no exception. Black Sabbath were extremely influential on burgeoning metal bands, but Motörhead has their own legion of followers. The front men for both bands are iconic, with Ozzy Osbourne as the first singer for Sabbath followed by the legendary Ronnie James Dio and Motörhead featuring the late, lamented Lemmy Kilmister. Sabbath never got the critical recognition that Motörhead did – yes, if you're asking, hard, fast, and loud can be critically appraised! – but Sabbath has been recognized with more accolades than Lemmy and Co. Perhaps Sabbath might win for their "Stonehenge" moment, but it will be a tough fight between this twosome – and, once again, a travesty to see one out of the competition.
AC/DC (2) vs. Thin Lizzy (15)
Critically acclaimed Thin Lizzy had a handful of hits ("Cowboy Song," "Jailbreak," "The Boys Are Back in Town") before decadence and the untimely passing of leader Phil Lynott ended their run in 1983, but they are running into a buzz saw coming from "Down Under." AC/DC is still going strong 45 years since their creation, although some might think the road has come to an end without Brian Johnson's vocals (and, prior to him, Bon Scott) heading the riffs of lead guitarist Angus Young. Influences? Accolades? Longevity? All the clicks go in the corner of the Australians over the Irish in this one, but we'll see if an upset is brewing.
Van Halen (7) vs. Aerosmith (10)
Another difficult matchup between two U. S. bands that have been part of the backbone of the genre. Both have influenced the "up and coming," especially Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler's sound (it is arguable he might have had an influence on a young David Lee Roth from Van Halen), while band namesake Eddie Van Halen is recognized as one of the great guitarists of all time (no shame to Joe Perry for coming up second-best in that comparison). Both bands have awards and accolades, critical respect, and longevity as seminal parts of their being – who can come out on top when the competitors are almost dead equal?
Deep Purple (3) vs. KISS (14)
For some reason, I smell an upset brewing here. KISS has been around it seems since the dawn of time, but Deep Purple was one of the formative bands of the hard rock genre in the late 60s and 70s (and even a bit into the 80s). Deep Purple's constantly shifting lineup, however, might be a detriment to them…KISS has kept two of its four members, singer/guitarist Paul Stanley and bassist Gene Simmons, intact since its creation and, for the most part, has had all four original members (lead guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss) for a sizeable segment of the band's history. KISS has had more of an influence on perhaps the stage performance side of the equation that Deep Purple didn't have, but Deep Purple had the critical love. Which will be enough to provide the edge in this race?
The Who (6) vs. Jimi Hendrix (11)
There might be some chirping from the crowd on these two picks but, for their time, they were considered as "hard rock" as you can get. The tipping point in this battle may be the longevity question – The Who lasted well into the 1990s (for better or worse), while Hendrix's stay was short-lived (he only released three albums while alive with the Jimi Hendrix Experience; his work with the Band of Gypsies was released posthumously), which should push them ahead (Hendrix arguably was Winehouse of the 1960s). But when you're running up against the man the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame calls "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music," you're going to be in for a fight.
That's it for the first "region" of our tournament. Later this week, we'll look at the 1980s and over the weekend perhaps we'll delve into the 1990s and the 2000s/10s (and be thinking of who could be the #1 seeds for those "regions" – would love to hear those opinions). Don't forget to vote by replying here and I will compile the responses – and maybe award a prize once a champion is crowned to a reader!
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A Treatise Remembering the Thin White Duke
Many years ago, I was but a wee one who was still trying to forge my identity, my signature, my own style, if you will. At that age perhaps it was a bit young to even think about things like that, but everything you go through at that age would help hammer you into what you will become. I always had an interest in the space program – this was a time after NASA had landed astronaut Neil Armstrong on the moon, but also just after the failure of Apollo 13 put the kibosh on moon missions for a period. I also was beginning to build an interest in music, although in the beginning only one format was made available.
My mom and father were both avowed country music fans – to the point of using that line from The Blues Brothers where Joliet Jake and Elwood ask the woman what type of music was played in the honky tonk bar they've arrived at and she says, "Both types: country and western" – so there wasn't much beyond the staples of the time in the house: Conway Twitty, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn…you know, the basics. If there was some "renegade" country music played, it was George Jones or perhaps Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings or something along that level. I always knew that there was something else out there, especially when I poked around through my mom's album collection and saw bands that looked nothing like the country artists she listened to, folks like The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Jefferson Airplane…I knew someday I had to hear those groups.
Fortunately, that day came much sooner than either my mom or father ever thought would be possible. My father had another son by another woman, my half-brother Monty, who sometimes came around when he was "in the area." On one of those trips, my half-brother and I ended up riding around in his Monte Carlo, for no apparent reason, when he finally said to me, "Hey, you like space…here's something you should check out." He pulled out a cassette and popped it into the player. After a few moments, the intro to David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and its fade-in synthesizers gently entered my mind for the first time.
From the first listen to that song, I was hooked not only on the artist but on the music. The guitars, the lyrical storytelling, everything was there that was in country music, it just seemed better in this format. Monty would move on a few days later – leaving the cassette with me – and I would wear it out. I only saw him a few more times over my young life and, to this day, do not actually know whether he is alive or not.
When I heard about the death of David Bowie this morning from cancer at the age of 69, I remembered that time long ago in my life and how much that Bowie had been interlaced with my existence. The days of "Space Oddity", of course, begat the Ziggy Stardust Era of Bowie's work, where he took on the persona of an outer space alien that came to Earth. The music that emerged from that era – "Starman," "Jean Genie" and "John, I'm Only Dancing" being particularly memorable – seemed to be something that others in what was called "rock music" weren't doing.
Then came the stage of Bowie's career that I particularly enjoyed. Blending the sounds of rock, soul, German and synthesizer music, the Thin White Duke epitomized the cool of the 70s. Supposedly an offshoot of his character from the film The Man Who Fell to Earth, the Duke was a distantly cool but always in tune person. Unfortunately, Bowie probably was able to draw the ability to conceive such a character – as I learned later in life – because of massive amounts of drug use (while drug use can help artistic performance and development, it can also be the destroyer of those same worlds).
Fortunately for Bowie, he was able to emerge on the other side for what was arguably his greatest phase of his career. Following a few Brian Eno/German influenced albums (especially Low and Lodger), the 80s would be where Bowie would truly bloom. Perhaps because of the video element added by MTV – or perhaps because of his own development as an artist – Bowie would crank out his finest work in this decade. Scary Monsters (and Super Freaks), Let's Dance, Tonight and his work with Queen on "Under Pressure," his Live Aid performance and his duet with Mick Jagger on "Dancin' In The Street" all gave Bowie the credit as an artist that he truly deserved. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and, over the two decades since then, has simply delighted us fans with everything he ever did (and this is completely glossing over all the work he did in films and on stage as an actor).
And I've been fortunate enough to have been there for most all of it.
Bowie was formative in my early years and during my career in radio. That era of the 1980s was his heyday and was the apex of my career in Album Oriented Rock (AOR) radio and, in reflecting back on those times, it always seemed as if Bowie was just ever so slightly ahead of the curve, as he had been since his days of "Space Oddity" and Ziggy Stardust. Even after I left the radio business, his later work still had that artistic edge, looking forward to the next big thing, that was always the benchmark of Bowie's life and career, whether it was in music, acting, art or a myriad of other areas he would dip his fingers into.
Perhaps it is a sign of age, or the passing of time, when we begin to lose our heroes, be they athletic, musical, acting or even familial, that it begins to hurt the worst. Even from my time in radio, I've been unfortunate to see men younger than me pass away: Jani Lane of Warrant and Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots are two who come to mind off the bat, but their deaths were from their own problems and issues. Even some of the greats that I thought I'd have in my old age, like Stevie Ray Vaughan, were unable to join me in potentially making it to my rocking chair. Lemmy just passed and some of the others, like Bruce Springsteen and others, are on the other side of 60; hell, Bono only has a few years on me!
David Bowie led one of the most remarkable lives that mankind can even imagine. He was at the forefront of his generation, but he was also mindful of his place in the world. He was an artist, but he also appreciated the beauty in the work of others. The world is a much darker place without the visage of the Thin White Duke looking down upon it.
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Doris Perrolf Joins Film Thriller 'Vika'
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Creating or simply enhancing the mood through sound is Doris Perrolf's stock in trade. As a veteran sound expert, the soft-spoken Perrolf is doing just that in the new film "Vika" from filmmaker Andres Di Bono ("Our Father").
"It's a great film with a great anti-bullying message that is especially timely in this day and age," Perrolf said. "I'm extremely proud to be a part of a team that worked so hard on a film that has something special to say to everyone."
"Vika" tells the story of Jennifer Linna was mostly a normal 12-year-old girl, until the merciless Mary and Julie traumatically bullied her to the point her personality was split into two: One light. One dark. The film stars Crystal Franceschini ("Paint Night"), newcomers Tira Mansbacher and Heaven King, Anna Berezovskiy ("This Isn't Real"), Vika Stubblebine ("Insecure") and Marlene Garcia-King ("Staged").
"When I first looked at the script I loved it and couldn't wait to get started," Perrolf said. "When you have these horror and suspense elements, sound plays a big role by accentuating common sounds like footsteps, the trees rustling and even a ticking clock. This film gave me a chance to be very creative while working with really talented people."
Perrolf comes to the project from the upcoming film thriller "My Dead Selfie," from director Joy Shannon starring Sharena Walker ("Torment: A Love Story"). Her past work includes the TV series "Film HQ," "The Saints," as well as the films "The Bus Stop," "Together Again" and others.
A native of Sweden, Perrolf was an accomplished soccer and ice hockey player in her native country as well as musician and artist before turning her attention to the film industry. Today, she is a sought-after sound engineer by filmmakers and TV producers as well as musicians through her work as chief engineer with the American Federation of Musicians which works with a variety of artists in support of their musical recordings.

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Sir Hugh Allen, in full Sir Hugh Percy Allen, (born December 23, 1869, Reading, Berkshire, England—died February 20, 1946, Oxford, Oxfordshire), organist and musical educator who exerted a far-reaching influence on the English musical life of his time.
Allen was an organ scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge, and later held organist's posts at Ely Cathedral (1898–1901) and New College, Oxford (1901–18). In 1918 he became director of the Royal College of Music, London, and in the same year professor of music at Oxford. He raised the position of music in the Oxford curriculum and made more adequate provisions for research and teaching, accomplishments that had wide influence elsewhere. He was also noted for his research on Heinrich Schütz and J.S. Bach. He conducted the Bach choirs in Oxford (from 1901) and London (1907–20) and was a leading proponent of contemporary English music.


Some of you may have heard of the Congressional Review Act (CRA). It was a bill passed in 1996 that allows the rescinding of recent regulations by a simple majority vote in the House and Senate. On its face it appears to apply to rules and regulations put in place in the last 60 legislative days. At least that is what most people, including me, believed.
The CRA was enacted to help prevent administrations from promulgating unpopular rules or regulations without Congressional approval.
Todd Gaziano believes the CRA goes far beyond "recent" regulations, and he should know.
"These days Mr. Gaziano is a senior fellow in constitutional law at the Pacific Legal Foundation. But in 1996 he was counsel to then-Republican Rep. David McIntosh. He was intimately involved in drafting and passing a bill Mr. McIntosh sponsored: the Congressional Review Act. No one knows the law better."
According to Gaziano, a federal agency must submit a report to the House and Senate after promulgating a rule. Congress then has a 60-day window to utilize the CRA, if desired, to rescind the rule. Rules or regulations promulgated during the last 60 legislative days would take us back to about June 2016 because only days where Congress was in session are counted.
But Gaziano said some agencies neglected to turn in the required reports for older rules and regulations, allowing the Trump Administration to do so now. The 60-day clock would start the date the report is submitted. This would create the opportunity to rescind regulations by a simple majority vote in the House and Senate, even for rules, regulations or agency guidance that was put in place as far back as 1996 when the CRA was passed if the required reports were not completed.
And the CRA specifically states that if a rule is rescinded, a similar rule cannot be reissued by an agency unless expressly authorized by Congress. The CRA could be utilized to provide lasting relief for miners, ranchers, and other public land users -- and virtually all types of businesses in all areas of America.
During a meeting with business leaders on Monday, January 23, President Trump stated, "We're going to be cutting regulation massively. We think we can cut regulations by 75 percent, maybe more."
We may have just learned how he intends to go about it.
"A GOP Regulatory Game Changer."


Located within a short stroll to Thornbury high street is this neat and tidy first floor apartment. The apartment has been converted from a semi detached property and offers a flexible open plan lounge and dining space. The kitchen has been fitted with a range of wall and base units, with an integral oven and hob, fridge/freezer and space for a washing machine. The bedroom has plenty of space for a double bed and fitted storage cupboard and the bathroom offers a three piece suite with shower over the bath. Externally, this convenient apartment boasts a fully enclosed private courtyard and off road parking for a number of vehicles.
Further benefits include electric heating, double glazing throughout and potential to convert the loft SUBJECT to necessary planning consent.
Thornbury has a pretty historic high street, a modern shopping centre (St Mary's Centre), two large supermarkets and many smaller independent shops. There are excellent Junior and Senior Schools which are highly regarded. We have been proud winners of both Thornbury in Bloom and Britain in Bloom. A farmers market is held monthly, and the food fair is always welcomed. There are several well regarded restaurants including one at Thornbury Castle, also Ronnie's of Thornbury, and the Indian restaurant Romy's Kitchen, with Romy Gill as chef and owner. An annual Carnival is eagerly awaited by all, and there is an active musical theatergroup, flower clubs, golf course, sports center and walking groups. Thornbury offers easy access to both the M4 and the M5, Aztec West, Wales & The Cribbs Causeway Shopping Mall.


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Tusi () bzw. das danach benannte Tusi-System, Tusi-Institution oder Stammeshäuptlingssystem bzw. Stammeshäuptlingsinstitution () ist ein System der Ernennung von Stammeshäuptlingen/einheimischen Fürsten zu chinesischen Beamten in Gebieten mit nationalen Minderheiten, das während der Mongolen-, Ming- und Mandschu-Dynastie in Nordwest- und Südwestchina praktiziert wurde.

Geschichte
Das Verwaltungssystem wurde unter der Yuan-Dynastie eingeführt, um die Verwaltung neu eroberter Gebiete zu regeln. Der Zweck bestand darin, einerseits die staatliche Verwaltung zu vereinheitlichen, es andererseits den eroberten Ethnien zu ermöglichen, ihre Gewohnheiten und Lebensart beizubehalten. Der Titel eines Tusi war vererbbar, so dass die Gebiete weiter von den früheren Dynastien regiert wurden.

Erstmals angewandt wurde das System nach der 1253 erfolgten Eroberung des Königreichs, Dali in der heutigen chinesischen Provinz Yunnan. Dessen ehemaliger König Duan Xingzhi wurde dort als lokaler Herrscher eingesetzt. Tusi-Herrschaften gab es außer in Yunnan beispielsweise auch in Guizhou, Sichuan und Tibet sowie in den Autonomen Bezirken Xiangxi in Hunan und Enshi in Hubei. Das Tusi-System überdauerte die Kaiserherrschaft in China und wurde erst nach der Errichtung der Volksrepublik China abgeschafft.

Weltkulturerbe
Unter dem Eintrag "Tusi-Stätten" (Tusi Sites) wurden 2015 drei archäologische Stätten (Laosicheng, Tangya und Hailongtun Fortress) ehemaliger Burgen, Mauern und Gräber etc. von Verwaltungsstätten von Tusi-Institutionen in den Provinzen Hunan, Hubei und Guizhou in die Liste des UNESCO-Welterbes aufgenommen.

Literatur
 She Yize: Zhongguo tusi zhidu (Chinas Tusi-Institution). Chongqing 1944
 Bao Zunpeng (Hg.): Mingdai tusi zhidu. (Das Stammeshäuptlingssystem der Ming-Zeit). Taibei 1968
 Gong Yin: Zhongguo tusi zhidu (Chinas Stammeshäuptlingssystem). Kunming 1992
 Li Shiyu: Qingdai tusi zhidu lunkao (Untersuchungen zum Stammeshäuptlingssystem der Qing-Zeit). Beijing 1998
 Gao Shirong: Xibei tusi zhidu yanjiu (Untersuchung des Tusi-Systems in Nordwestchina). Beijing 1999

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Do Neurotics Understand Love Better?
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Numbers and factoids — fodder for your next cocktail party.
Because despite their reputation for dwelling on the negative, people with neurotic personalities actually know about love.
By Olivia Miltner
The Daily Dose JAN 17 2018
Think of a child snuggling up to you on the couch, or a dopey-eyed pup greeting you at the door, or a moment of compassion from a friend when you're feeling blue. Feel a little mushy? That's because these are moments that make people feel most loved, according to a study published in November in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
And it turns out that people associated more with negativity and erratic emotions know what gives us those warm fuzzies:
People with neurotic personalities understand what makes others feel loved better than well-adjusted people.
The study, which was authored by Penn State postdoctoral research scholar Saeideh Heshmati and assistant professor Zita Oravecz, asked 495 adult Americans representative of the U.S. population to identify whether 60 scenarios in both romantic and nonromantic contexts made them feel loved.
If they do have more knowledge, then why aren't they more successful in their relationships?
Saeideh Heshmati, postdoctoral research scholar
The study found that people feel the most loved in everyday situations, such as the ones described above, and that people with neurotic personality traits — the tendency to experience mainly negative emotions such as anger, anxiety or depression — recognized these instances more often than the average participant.
Heshmati, surprised by the results, wondered how people who typically have problems in their relationships could have such heightened insights into the indicators of love: "If they do have more knowledge, then why aren't they more successful in their relationships?"
Part of the answer may lie in how people with neuroticism view the world. Because they are used to filtering life for its negative aspects, they may be more attentive to and ruminate more on loving actions, making those scenarios easier to identify, speculates Christine Finn, a psychology researcher at the University of Jena, in Germany, who has studied how romantic relationships affect people with neurotic personalities but was not part of the Penn State study.
Even if some neurotic people have a difficult time sustaining romantic relationships, Finn has found in her research that people with these personalities tend to become more emotionally stable and feel less angry, anxious and depressive when they have a partner. "A relationship changes how those people process information from the environment," Finn says. "Maybe if they recognize those displays from others around them … they can also learn to scan the environment for positive things." Like a snuggle on the couch or a puppy at the door.
Because a major component of well-being is the feeling of love, actively identifying its indicators on an everyday basis has the potential to help people become happier, Heshmati says. "Just asking that simple question does trigger people to look for these kinds of scenarios and realize that there are things around them that could make them feel loved that they're not aware of."
So, if you want to find more love in your life, ask someone who's neurotic where to look.
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Why Do We Remember or Forget Our Dreams?
Komal B. Patil Nov 22, 2018
It's quite common to be in the midst of an enthralling dream, only to have it end abruptly by the act of waking up. While the memory of the feeling remains, the memory of the actual dream, unfortunately, fades away. Why does this happen? Let's find out...
"The dream is a series of images, which are apparently contradictory and nonsensical, but arise in reality from psychological material which yields a clear meaning."
―Carl Jung
Dreams are a combination of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations, that are witnessed involuntarily by the mind during specific stages of a sleep cycle. Some of these are wondrous to behold, elating us to a new level, while others speak to our innermost fears and strike terror.
However, this all ends when a person wakes up, comes back to reality, and realizes all of it was just a figment of their imagination.
However, when people try to share the details, they find themselves at a loss, as they can't manage to remember what they had dreamed. This is quite common; in fact, the majority of the population does not even remember dreaming, much less the content of that dream, and hence, believe themselves to be incapable of this mental phenomenon.
Very few people can claim to successfully remember their dreams, but even in case of such people, the entirety of the dream is not remembered, but mere fragments of the whole.
According to various scientific studies, within the first five minutes of waking up, we manage to forget almost 50% of the dream, and the remaining 50% fades out gradually as we go about our routine activities.
The scientific study of dreams is called oneirology, and deals with deciphering content, meaning, and purpose of dreams. The exact reason why we dream has not been elucidated, and the reason for their occurrence is yet unknown. However, it is not only humans who dream, but the phenomenon has been observed in various animals too, like cats, dogs, mice, etc.
Hence, it is a universal phenomenon. In order to probe the depths of our dreams and decipher their meaning, one must first analyze them. But therein lies the problem, since, as mentioned earlier, remembering a dream is a fickle endeavor.
Why are Some Dreams Remembered, But Not Others?
Over the years, various theories have been suggested by researchers to explain why we forget or remember our dreams. These theories base their claim on a wide range of evidence, ranging from brain wave study to psychoanalytic motivation behind the dream itself. These theories are as:
Theory of Repression
Sigmund Freud, a famous psychologist, proposed the theory of repression. He claimed that, all content matter visualized and sensed in a dream is a direct result of the brain's attempt at wish fulfillment.
Hence, if one were unable to recall a dream, it implied that the brain had blocked out the episode, either because the wish itself was too emotional to be handled by our system, or that the whole dream or the wish behind it were somehow traumatic. He claimed that, in forgetting the dream, the brain was enforcing self-preservation.
Salience Theory
The salience theory suggests that some dreams are forgotten simply because they are not interesting enough. If nothing noteworthy occurs in the dream, the brain chooses not to expend energy in recording a memory of it. This is supported by various studies which have concluded the same results.
Another point in favor of this theory is the fact that, the neurotransmitters responsible for converting short-term memories into long-term memories are suppressed during REM sleep, when dreams occur. Therefore, it causes us to retain no memory of the dream.
Interference Theory
The interference theory, associated with the loss of stored information in the brain, is also another plausible explanation for forgetting a dream. According to this claim, due to the interference of old memories and the new data presented by the dream, confusion is caused between the two sets of data, causing the brain to forget the new data.
A recent study has proved that, the chances of recollection of a dream depend on the level of brain activity exhibited by the medial prefrontal cortex and the temporoparietal junction, areas of the brain associated with attention orienting towards external stimuli.
Higher levels of activity in both areas, while awake as well as while sleeping, increased the recall of a dream. This is thought to occur since the increased activity promotes intra-sleep wakefulness, which in turn facilitates successful memory encoding.
Another theory proposes that, we remember dreams only when we awake during the REM stage of the sleep cycle. This is due to the fact that, during the REM stage, theta waves are produced on a higher level, and alpha wave production is reduced.
Theta waves have been claimed to facilitate the formation of declarative and explicit memories, while alpha waves are associated with wakefulness that renders the brain sensitive to external stimuli.
Hence, in the REM stage, high levels of theta waves would facilitate the remembrance of a dream, while low levels of alpha waves would suppress the brain from reacting to environmental stimuli that may disrupt the dream.
People who wake up during the non-REM stages show very little or no recollection of the dream, since the levels of alpha waves are high and those of theta waves are low during the non-REM stages of the sleep cycle.
Other factors also affect the dream recall ability of an individual. On an average, women are more likely to have vivid dreams and remember them after waking up as compared to men.
Also, children show an increased capacity to remember their dreams as well. The ability to recall dreams is however, still not an exact science, and needs further research to elucidate fully.
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Stratum Nutrition and KD Pharma are working in partnership to launch a unique joint health formula which combines Stratum's branded eggshell membrane, NEM, and KD Pharma's marine omega-3 oils, called MOVE3. The product, delivered in a softgel, was evaluated in a recently-published study evaluating the combination's affect on joint pain and stiffness following exercise.
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The Move3 supplementation group had exhibited statistically significant reductions in levels of CTX-II, a biomarker of cartilage degradation, versus placebo after 1 and 2 weeks of exercise, with reductions of 12.9% and 17.7%, respectively. Additionally, the extents of each subjects' pain or stiffness following exercise was self-reported through a scored questionnaire. Those in the treatment group experienced reductions in joint pain immediately after exercise by 28.6% after one week, and reductions averaging 46.7% 12 hours after exercise.
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Manners and Morals
S.T. Karnick October 15, 2008 8:45 am Tags: George W. Bush, Oliver Stone, W, Woodrow Wilson Category: Movies
Biopics and Politics
Hollywood biopics have commonly fictionalized their subjects' exploits and had deliberate political messages. We might have avoided some disasters if the films had been more honest, TAC correspondent Mike Gray notes.
By Mike Gray
Unlike today, when filmmakers and studios seem immune to market forces, judging by the number of apparently deliberately displeasing movies they make, Hollywood in the '40s could always be relied on to produce an entertaining product. A prime example would be Rhapsody in Blue (1945), one of many biopics Tinsel Town manufactured during that era.
The film certainly veers away from the truth about George Gershwin's life, in typical Hollywood fashion, adding dramatic conflicts where none ever existed. (One of the film's stars, acerbic Oscar Levant and friend of Gershwin, remarked afterward, "Even the lies about Gershwin were being distorted.") Whenever I watch Rhapsody in Blue, it's always for the wonderful music, not the drama.
Occasionally the Dream Factory wants to send a message, and a biopic is the conveyance. Take Patton (1970), for instance. The United States was involved in a shooting war in Southeast Asia at the time, and as with the other major war film of the era, M*A*S*H, the audience was expected to extrapolate from World War II and the Korean War to the Vietnamese conflict, connect the dots, and conclude that not only is war hell but it's always conducted by gung ho lunatics who don't really know what they're doing.
Patton, the film tries to tell us, was a fascinating personality, but like everybody in the military above the rank of buck private, he was one dangerous wingnut. That's what we're evidently intended to take away from Patton.
But returning to Hollywood in the '40s, let's consider another biopic, a prestige picture instigated, birthed, and nurtured by Darryl F. Zanuck, a fascinating personality himself. Wilson (1944) was a labor of love for Zanuck. For some reason, he believed a film about the life and travails of President Woodrow Wilson would not only make for good drama but also good politics. (It was artfully premiered in New York and L. A. in August 1944, just in time for the political conventions. Sound familiar?)
The viewing public had other ideas: the film flopped at the box office. Whether this was due to its content or length (two-and-a-half hours), or both, is problematic.
Unlike many biopics, Wilson doesn't deal with its subject's childhood. Instead, it starts in 1909, with Wilson a professor at Princeton, and ends around 1921. It's what happens in between, as depicted in the film, that might draw more than a few revisionist historians up short.
Now, there's no disputing the fact that Hollywood, since its inception, has been overwhelmingly liberal in its politics and unafraid and unapologetic about it. (Near the end of one musical number in a '30s film the FDR New Deal symbol, an eagle, suddenly appears out of nowhere. A Nazi or Soviet film wouldn't have been less subtle.)
Nationalistic patriotism is always a good box office draw, but how about propaganda promoting world governance?
How well does that play in Des Moines? If Wilson is any example, not too well.
It's made perfectly clear that Wilson is a plea for acceptance of the then-nascent United Nations. Even though the movie ends with Wilson's heroic efforts at establishing a League of Nations going down in defeat, the audience is clearly expected to extrapolate from the League to the UN, connect the dots, and conclude that, hey, the guy was right all along.
Looking at the current world situation at the time, with the concerted efforts of freedom-loving nations united together to lick those sneaky so-and-so's who bombed Pearl Harbor and overran Europe, audiences were surely expected to draw the conclusion that Wilson was right about the wisdom of pursuing international crusades. And that, I contend, is exactly what Zanuck had in mind.
As for Wilson himself, who could cavil about the man? Wasn't he one of our greatest presidents, reluctant at first to get involved in Europe's squabbles but decisive about defeating the Hun once we were forced to commit our forces in battle?
According to Jonah Goldberg, in his book 'Liberal Fascism,' Wilson wasn't all that great:
Historically, fascism is the product of democracy gone mad. In America we've chosen not to discuss the madness our Republic endured at Wilson's hands—even though we live with the consequences to this day. Like a family that pretends the father never drank too much and the mother never had a nervous breakdown, we've moved on as if it were all a bad dream we don't really remember, even as we carry around the baggage of that dysfunction to this day. The motivation for this selective amnesia is equal parts shame, laziness, and ideology. In a society where Joe McCarthy must be the greatest devil of American history, it would not be convenient to mention that the George Washington of modern liberalism was the far greater inquisitor and that the other founding fathers of American liberalism were far crueler jingoists and warmongers than modern conservatives have ever been. . . .
Wilson would later argue when president that he was the right hand of God and that to stand against him was to thwart divine will. Some thought this was simply proof of power corrupting Wilson, but this was his view from the outset. He always took the side of power, believing that power accrued to whoever was truly on God's side. . . .
War socialism under Wilson was an entirely progressive project, and long after the war it remained the liberal ideal. To this day liberals instinctively and automatically see war as an excuse to expand government control of vast swaths of the economy. If we are to believe that "classic" fascism is first and foremost the elevation of martial values and the militarization of government and society under the banner of nationalism, it is very difficult to understand why the Progressive Era was not also the Fascist Era. . . .
(Jonah Goldberg, Liberal Fascism, pp. 81-82, 85, and 119.)
Hollywood is still trying to send messages through biopics. The latest attempt is Oliver Stone's politically motivated W. Can you imagine the furor that would have resulted if some Tinsel Town maverick in the '40s had attempted to humiliate then-sitting President Franklin D. Roosevelt while he was engaged in trying to win a shooting war overseas?
Truth to tell, it couldn't have happened then, because liberal Hollywood was in the tank for a liberal president. But because Tinsel Town collectively suffers from a recent psychological malady known as Bush Derangement Syndrome, it's the overwhelmingly preferred approach in today's Hollywood.
The supreme irony of all this is that George Bush apparently sees himself as another Woodrow Wilson, the next right hand of God destined to set the world aright.
Perhaps if Zanuck had gotten Wilson's story right, we'd have been spared a good deal of horror in the years since.
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Read the Gospel for today and know this.
There is no deception on God, no falsehood, no fabrication, no prevarication.
The divine does not lie. Those who claim to speak for the divine must not lie or mislead, cover-up or hide.
We are all human and we are prone to error, but there is no error in God.
When those who have ascended to positions of leadership in Christian communities lie to you, then you must reject them.
Some will commit errors because they are honestly confused, but many other commit error that are willful. They know they are lying to you and they do it anyway; they do it for wealth, they do it for power, they do it to hide from their shame.
These people have abandoned Jesus, maybe not in the whole of their lives, but in their lying they have, and every time they repeat their lies they do.
Know this, we have all forsaken God at one time or another, but God has never forsaken us. God never will.
'When the Advocate comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who issues from the Father, he will be my witness.
And you too will be witnesses, because you have been with me from the outset.
'I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now.
But when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking as from himself but will say only what he has learnt; and he will tell you of the things to come.
He will glorify me, since all he tells you will be taken from what is mine.


On March 18, 2019, Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. issued a press release reporting its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
SEATTLE, WA - March 18, 2019 - Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALPN), a leading clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on developing innovative treatments for cancer, autoimmune/inflammatory, and other diseases, today provided a corporate update and reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2018.
First Subjects Dosed in Phase I Healthy Volunteer Trial for Lead Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disease Program, ALPN-101: On February 11, 2019, we announced the successful initial dosing of our first-in-human Phase I study of ALPN-101, a first-in-class dual ICOS/CD28 antagonist. The study is designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of single- and multiple-ascending intravenous and/or subcutaneous doses of ALPN-101 in healthy volunteers. In addition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and exploratory biomarkers are being evaluated to help determine ALPN-101's potential for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
Completion of $25.3 Million Private Placement: On January 15, 2019, we entered into a securities purchase agreement for the sale of units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock in a private placement providing gross proceeds to us of approximately $25.3 million. The private placement was led by Decheng Capital with participation from existing investors OrbiMed Advisors, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Alpine BioVentures, and BVF Partners, L.P.
Upon closing of our $25.3 million private placement in January 2019, Min Cui, Ph.D., Founder and Managing Director of Decheng Capital, was appointed to our Board of Directors. Dr. Cui's focus at Decheng is on partnerships with entrepreneurs and building early stage biotechnology companies, and he currently holds Board positions at several companies. He has co-founded two companies, Pacific Pharmaceuticals and Hucon Biopharmaceuticals, where he led the research and development of key inflammatory and oncology therapies.
In addition, we appointed Vijay Kuchroo, DVM, Ph.D., Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D., James Welsh, M.D., Anne Davidson, M.B.B.S., and John Thompson, M.D. to our Scientific Advisory Board. They join a team of distinguished translational and clinical scientists in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers, including Scientific Advisory Board Chair Andrew Scharenberg, M.D., Manish Butte, M.D., Ph.D., and Paul Tumeh, M.D.
ALPN-202 preclinical data presented at SITC: In November 2018, we presented preclinical data of our lead oncology program, ALPN-202, a PD-L1/CTLA-4 dual antagonist with PD-L1 dependent CD28 costimulation, at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 33rd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Data presented demonstrated the superiority of ALPN-202 over PD-L1 inhibition in a preclinical tumor model.
ALPN-101 GvHD preclinical data highlighted in oral presentation and posters at ASH 2018: In December 2018, we presented positive results from multiple preclinical studies of our lead autoimmune/inflammatory program, ALPN-101, via poster presentation at the American Society of Hematology's (ASH) 60th Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, CA. In addition, in an oral presentation, researchers from the lab of Indiana University School of Medicine's Sophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D., one of our collaborators, found ALPN-101 significantly improved survival in preclinical models of acute graft versus host disease (GvHD) and highlighted the novel role of ICOS ligand in GvHD.
ALPN-101 GvHD preclinical data presented at 2019 TCT Meetings: In February 2019, we presented preclinical data for ALPN-101 GvHD at the 2019 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASBMT and CIBMTR (TCT Meetings) in Houston, TX. Data presented demonstrated potent and dose-dependent suppression of GvHD in a human/NSG xenograft model, with activity superior to CD28 or ICOS single pathway antagonists.
As of December 31, 2018, we had cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments totaling $52.3 million. Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $28.4 million compared to $16.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. We recorded a net loss of $36.5 million and $7.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Collaboration revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $705,000 compared to $1.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily attributable to the timing of revenue recognized under our collaboration agreement with Kite Pharma, Inc., a Gilead (Nasdaq: GILD) company. As previously announced, under the terms of this research collaboration and license agreement, we received upfront payments of $5.5 million, which were initially recorded as deferred revenue and expensed over the period of the research term. The research term of the agreement with Kite was extended in October 2018.
Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018 were $29.0 million compared to $10.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in direct research, contract manufacturing, and process development activities to support ALPN-101 and ALPN-202, plus increases in research personnel related to expanding research and discovery programs and associated overhead and facility costs.
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018 were $8.4 million compared to $6.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily attributable to professional and legal fees and operating as a public company, in addition to personnel-related expenses and the costs associated with expanding the company's operations as we accelerate preclinical activity.
We expect to have sufficient cash to fund operations into 2021, including the clinical advancement of our lead autoimmune/inflammatory program, ALPN-101, and our lead oncology program, ALPN-202.
ALPN-101 was engineered using our vIgD platform, which uses directed evolution to transform native IgSF proteins into multifunctional protein therapeutics. ALPN-101 is currently enrolling a Phase I healthy volunteer trial.
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Self-Defense Corner
Store worker kills would-be robber
Written by John Velleco Published: 04 May 2012
By Dale Lezon (Houston Chronicle)
Updated 05:33 a.m., Friday, February 10, 2012
An employee shot and killed a man who reportedly tried to rob a store in north Houston Thursday night.
The shooting occurred at the store at 822 W. Little York near Andy about 9:30 p.m., according to the Houston Police Department.
Police said the man, whose name has not been released, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
No other injuries were reported.
Read more at: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Store-worker-kills-would-be-robber-3240885.php
Victim kills teen robber on trail, police say


Ahead of the release of his debut LP 'How What Time' Commodo delivers a mix of his dark and delicate influences.
Heavy Artillery Mix - For Japan - by Kahn + Commodo + Gantz - Showcases their latest Deep Medi record LP "Volume 1" plus exclusive dubplates.
This seix tracker,double LP is the first time the three producers have worked together on record.
A new collaborative album forthcoming on Deep Medi from Kahn, Commodo and Gantz.
Commodo gives 'Pocosink by Las, a little re-work.
Commodo gives unreleased track 'Hyperreal' away for free download.


Have you heard about the The Teal Pumpkin Project™? Children with food allergies often have trouble participating in celebrations that center around food, and the The Teal Pumpkin Project™ helps raise awareness of food allergies plus promotes inclusiveness for all types of trick-or-treaters on Halloween.
So what do teal pumpkins have to do with Halloween? By displaying a teal pumpkin on Halloween you are telling families with food allergies that you have non-food treats which will allow their children to enjoy some treats they can collect trick-or-treating. This initiative doesn't just benefit children with nut, dairy or other allergies, but children who cannot eat candy for other health reason, too.
Today I am going to paint a craft pumpkin teal that I can use year after year to indicate that we will have some non-edible treats available so every kid can Trick-or-Treat at our house safely. We purchased some mini bubbles to hand out alongside candy. I know that Lucky would be just as excited to get some bubbles as he would a piece of chocolate! Unlike the candy we purchased, any leftover bubbles can still be used next year.
To participate, you don't have to have a physical teal pumpkin that you put on your walkway. You can draw a pumpkin to display in your window or print out a flyer from the website. Will you take the pledge with me to provide some non-food treats on Halloween?


In his autobiography, Saint Paisius Velichkovsky calls his spiritual father Saint Basil the Hesychast "our common teacher and instructor, the most pious and holy elder and schema monk Basil." He was born near Poltava (Ukraine) in 1692 and is a representative of the Russian-Ukrainian monastic migration that occurred in the 18-19th centuries because of the reforms of Peter the Great in Russia and the persecution of the Orthodox believers in Ukraine which was under Polish rule.
He went to Wallachia with his disciple Monk Michael and received monastic tonsure at Dalhautsi-Focshani Skete in 1705 or 1706, laboring in asceticism with great fervor. There he studied the depths of the Holy Scriptures and read many writings of the Holy Fathers. Saint Basil was ordained to the holy priesthood and became abbot of Dalhautsi in 1715. He remained in that position for twenty years, and was a wise instructor of about forty monks, teaching them obedience, humility, and the art of Noetic Prayer. The art of Noetic Prayer he learned at the Pocrov Skete, initiated by Saint Pachomius the Bishop of Roman (+ 1726), decades before the compilation of the Philokalia.
The fame of this great spiritual father began to spread, so that even Prince Constantine Mavrocordat heard of him. Saint Basil's community became known as a spiritual school of hesychasm, based on the wisdom of the Holy Fathers. When the number of his disciples increased until there was no longer room for all of them at Dalhautsi, they settled in other Sketes in the area (Trestieni, Ciolanu, Carnu, Ratesti, Rogoz, Bonţăşti, and Black Valley). In this way, his influence and teaching spread to other places, inspiring a spiritual renewal of Romanian monastic life in the eighteenth century.
Saint Basil renovated the Poiana Manului (Apple Orchard) Skete near the city of Romni-Sarat between 1730-1733, then moved there with twelve disciples. In addition to his duties as abbot of Poiana Marului, Saint Basil was the spiritual guide of all the Sketes in the Buzau Mountains. One of his most famous disciples was Saint Paisius Velichkovsky, whom he received initially at Trestieni Skete for some years, and tonsured him when both were at Mount Athos in 1750. After he returned from Mount Athos, he established the community at Neamţ, which became the focus of the Hesychast communities in the eighteenth century.
The rule of Abbot Basil called for a harmonious coenobitic life, daily reading of the Scriptures and the Holy Fathers, the practice of Noetic Prayer, pure guarding of the nous, one meal a day, and weekly Communion.
The holy Elder Basil also wrote introductions to the writings of Saints Gregory of Sinai, Nilus of Sora, Philotheos Kokkinos and others who wrote about the spiritual life, guarding the nous, and on Noetic Prayer. He taught that the Holy Scriptures are a "saving medicine" for the soul, and recommended reading the Holy Fathers in order to obtain a correct understanding of Scripture, and to avoid being led astray through misunderstanding. Saint Basil also warned against any inclination to excuse ourselves and our sins, for this hinders true repentance.
Saint Basil fell asleep in the Lord on April 25, 1767, leaving behind many disciples. He was buried in the yard of Poiana Marului Skete, probably somewhere near the Church dedicated to All Saints, founded in 1730 by him. So far his holy relic has not been found.
The holy life of Saint Basil was well known in his time and until today. That is why the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at its meeting on 4-5 March 2003, decided that the Abbot of Poiana Marului shall be venerated together with the Venerable and God-bearing Fathers, having his special feast day on April 25, when he departed to the Lord.
"This pious servant of God far surpassed everyone in his understanding of divine Scripture and the teaching of the holy fathers, in spiritual discernment, and in his thorough knowledge of the sacred canons of the holy Church and interpretation of them in accordance with the commentaries of Zonaras, Theodore Balsamon, and others. The fame of his teaching and pious direction toward the path of salvation went out everywhere. When I saw him, I glorified God because He had deemed me worthy to see such a holy man."
"Yes, we sin every day, at times unconsciously or out of forgetfulness, without intending to or involuntarily, or because of weakness we sin every day willingly and unwillingly. Because of our human nature and weakness we sin every day willingly and unwillingly. Is this not what the apostle Paul refers to when he says, 'I do what I do not want and what I do not want is what I do' (Romans 7:15)? All of us commit excusable sins without asking to be excused. Or rather, we fall into sins that can be forgiven and yet we feel no contrition and thus become guilty of God's judgment and bring God's wrath upon ourselves. In the words of an ancient saying, 'we have made a habit of sitting with her own free will'–– that is, we are consciously aware of committing sins and have developed the habit of sitting with our own free will."
"One who forces himself in obedience for Christ alone and submits themselves to his precepts will find relief from his passions. The one who forces himself for the things of the world hoping to obtain prestige and riches along with physical pleasures is unaware of his burden. This is why the fathers rightly say that there is obedience for God's sake and obedience for the devil's sake.... As for us, let us force ourselves to demonstrate the power of obedience for the sake of God."
"Take care in reading the Scriptures, and if you aren't human, you will make from yourself a human, because reading the Scriptures is a healing well and saving craft. However, it is very important not to understand wrongly the Scriptures and misunderstanding the Scriptures is like a deep chasm. Therefore we need to know the writings of the Fathers and other ascetics who help us to the way of salvation."
"'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner,' -- beyond all doubt this will obtain forgiveness of sins for him, and with this prayer also he will fulfill his entire rule, following the example of that widow of the Gospel who used to cry out to the judge day and night claiming her do (Luke 18:1–8 )."
St. Basil of Poiana Marului said to disciples that monasticism has three paths: the community life, the living in small groups of two or three called "the middle" or "royal" path having all in common, and the third is the wilderness which is the highest done only by the holy and perfect ones, and this after they went through the first two paths. But some monks choose another way, in outer obedience and blessing. They make their cell wherever they want and live alone, caring more for the body.


While it's still very convenient to pick up PS4 games on a Blu-ray disc, if you are anything like us you'll have been tempted by the multitude of downloadable goodies which go on sale from time to time on the PlayStation Store. Factor in an enormous PS Plus backlog, and before long you'll have chewed through all the internal storage on your PS4 and you'll have no option but to delete some of your bigger games and clean away that DLC.
Of course, it is possible to upgrade on the internal PS4 HDD with another 2.5" internal hard drive. But this can be time consuming and, if we're honest, a little intimidating for those of you who don't like fiddling with expensive electronics. Fortunately, with all of the recent firmware updates, Sony has made the option of plugging in a USB 3.0 compatible external hard drive easier than ever. So avoid invalidating your warranty and just plug in an external HDD, that's our recommendation.
So which is the best PS4 external hard drive upgrade option for you? A lot of this will depend on your budget, we've put together some of our favourite options with varying sizes of storage (and therefore price!) for you below. Of course there is always the option of using a SSD (solid state drive) which offer faster loading times, but these are significantly more expensive. Check out the best PS4 external SSD drives through the link.
Below you'll find a list of the best PS4 external HDD upgrades if you're living in the US and Canada regions. You really can't go wrong with any of these options, but take into account storage space and even aesthetics before pulling the trigger. It's also worth noting whether the hard drive you pick requires an independent power source, as some can simply run off the power transmitted by your PlayStation 4's USB port.
For those of you in the UK and Europe, you'll find a list of the best PS4 external hard drive options below. As with the US, remember to pay attention to the size of the HDD, as obviously more space will allow you to store more games. Aesthetics are also important if you want your hard drive to look discreet in your media centre.
Whichever external hard drive option you pick, you're going to be increasing the storage of your beloved PS4. Which external HDD do you use on your PS4? Let us know what your preferred hard drive in the comments section below.
With even Physical purchases now requiring a full install, If you intend to keep ALL you games accessible and, like me, don't get rid of games - even if they are completed, then Storage will be an issue. I don't 'buy' digital (at least not generally - I think 5/6 games in over 4yrs and that includes owning both a PS4 and XB1) but I still need to expand my storage. I hate having to wait 'hours' to re-install or re-download games I own and by having limited storage, you are faced with 'deleting' games to make room to add new games - whether those games are 'current' in my playlist or not, I want to know that if at any point I wish to play them, I can just pop in the disc and go - no-reinstalling.
When I bought my PS4 Pro, I upgraded to a 2TB and as the PS4 wasn't fully compatible with HDD's, I never bought one. Its been a godsend for the Xbox though as it made it so quick and simple to upgrade to the Slim and now the X - just plug it in and ALL my games were ready to play. Because the PS4 didn't allow for external HDD support - at least not so the games could play from that - I ended up deleting games (I only had a 500GB PS4) and as such, I have a lot of games I can't play instantly - not without re-installing which kind of puts me off from playing games I have in my backlog. If I fancy revisiting Infamous or Killzone, its a lot of waiting around for those to reinstall. Unless you are sure you are never going to play the games again, I would highly recommend getting an external.
I have a Seagate Expansion 5TB on my Xbox and have had it for years - It has ALL my Xbox games stored on that (no games are stored internally) and has worked perfectly so I can recommend these models. It turns on/off with the console despite having its own separate power supply too. I will one day look to get one for my PS4 and will spend a day re-installing games from my backlog that I ended up deleting to make room for new games, patches and/or DLC - I had to delete a game to install a patch to play the current game once which annoyed me and it also stopped me adding some PS+ Games to my library because the thought of deleting games I bought just to 'try' a game I wasn't overly bothered about would never happen - if space is never an issue, then you can download, try and then delete without then having to reinstall the game you had to delete to make room.
I got the seagate 3tb listed above just after the firmware release that allowed PS4s to use external Hdd. It's a great drive and never let me down, huzzah for the external Hdd!!
They should just from the start make 2TB and maybe even 4TB for future consoles. Save consumers the hassle of having to install bigger size hard drives or buy external hard drives which takes up space.
Still rocking just my internal 500GB hard drive. I may invest in a larger external drive later this year though.
@WanderingBullet Adds to the cost and not everyone wants to pay an extra £100 just for an extra 1TB of storage that they may not need. External offers a lot more flexibility and choice - you can buy what you want, what you need and/or what you can afford - also not tied to buying a specific 'brand', speed or type - If you have the money, you may want a SSD which can cost more than a PS4.
With the decision to go for slim internals, these cost more as well as are limited to certain size and with games now necessitating a full install, there will be people that even 4TB won't be enough and so external storage is still a necessity - yet others may only have a small library (or small selection of games at any one time) and will never need more than 1TB so why should they be forced to pay a LOT more for a console just because some may want more storage - it could even make a console out of reach for them. Its easier and cheaper to just increase the storage as and when required by external methods.
@BAMozzy That's what having 1TB, 2TB and 4TB options are for. There shouldn't even be 500GB models since game files are so big now.
Me too i got it the day external harddrive support want live and i only used about a little over 2TB on about 102 games installed.
Since the internal disk in PS4 also works on the USB interface, connecting and running your games from an external drive will have no adverse effects on the performance.
EDIT: forget wasting your money on SSD solutions for PS4. As the USB3 interface is used, you will not be able to gain much from that.
Juggling games on my HDD (still have a 500GB launch one) isn't too bad I suppose, but as there are certain games I've kept on there to replay, the amount of free space is ever dwindling. The amount required for games is often enormous if they have loads of updates. How much space would I need if I wanted to play Final Fantasy XV's DLC, bearing in mind I deleted the game?
@mookysam probably around 100 GB (FFXV without any DLCs and with all regular patches applied is 75 GB if I remember correctly).
The Royal edition with high res textures pack is around 150 GB on PC.
I've got the same 4tb WD passport hard drive it's work perfectly every day this year. Having this much space has really made me enjoy my PS4 so much more. Just having access to all my games and not having to install again if I want a quick blast on an old classic like driveclub, resogun, battlefield 4 which previously I'd have had to delete to make space for newer games and probably never bothered to install and download the massive patches for plus all the dlc.
I got a 5 tb Seagate the moment we were allowed to use external hard drives best purchase I ever made for my PS4.
I thought there were issues with having anything over 2tb, am I wrong?
@malbhet this was before the firmware version that opened up the external usb drives use for storing game installs. The new limit, if I'm not mistaking is 8 TB.
@andreoni79 it is not a problem but a desing decision. The thing is, if you do install an ssd you will see some improvements (depending on a game - in some you will see very little in some a bit) but we are talking insignificant shaving of seconds. You will se nothing like you would do if you would replace a traditional disk with an ssd in a PC with sata6 interface. It is simply a waste of money.
From what i read in reviews the Seagate back up Plus will not work with PS4 because of the USB ports on it. I picked up a 8TB Seagate Expansion drive for $149.99 on Amazon. It's faster then the internal on loading games! I love it.
@Neolit Good to know. I'll keep using loading times then to sip some beer as usual.
Guys am I allowed to post a picture here to show one HDD (that I think is the same as the Seagate 4tb that is in the article) so I'm sure it's compatible with PS4??
I love my ext HD. Seagate 2TB has worked flawlessly. I've had it since the update and still only have 1/3 of it filled. I suppose I might hit capacity before the PS5, but I doubt it.
I just went on eBay and the Seagate 4tb HDD mentioned above, for £89.99 was on there for just £69.99!! So I snapped it up. Thanks for the nudge Pushsquare (and making me go into my overdraft)!!
I personally would avoid any 3TB hard drive because the amount of times I've had them fail over my 2TB drives is amazing. I've had 3 X 3tb from Seagate fail on me in 2 years and all 3 where new and then so far the refurbs have been ok but I've just purchased another 3x 2tb Westerns Digital drives ready to replace my Nas array.
I've been in the market for an external drive for a while. Now that I'm getting some money, I might get the 4TB drive. I would get the 8TB, but I'm not sure if I could afford a $200 dunk on my bank account anytime soon.
I ended up going with the Seagate 8TB hard drive. It's nice to now have all the games available to play without having to delete anything but I was surprised to see that I haven't even used half of the space available after downloading everything. Guess I could've just gone with a 4TB drive.
I just delete and reload from library. Most of the single player games I finish, if I have a physical copy, I flog it to make a bit of cash to buy new games!!
I got an external HDD but it's already full! Might have to get the 8TB one!
I bought a 3tb external recently (japanese model) and only 2.76tb is available. Is this normal?
I wound up getting an 8TB external HDD. It requires its own power source, but it's better than having everything on my internal HDD and two externals. Switching between the two, while managing storage space (both were maxed out) sucked. Now only streaming services and system required game data are on my internal.
Some interesting numbers...8TB external, but only 7.35TB available to use. Yes, whatever magic Sony sprinkles into the formatting, it takes up 650GB. That's more space than the launch PS4 hard drive even came with (500GB). Of that 7.35TB, I have used 5.36TB. It's crazy how much memory is required for games these days. I can't imagine next generation.
a mistake in the article, installing a internal hard drive DOES NOT void your warranty, just a heads up.
@R1spam I do the same, i have a 2tb internal and just delete the games after I have done with them, it's highly unlikely that I will play them again.
I've never needed the extra external space yet.
@GKO900 I agree, the sizes of some games are already growing and the patches are increasing too, seemed to manage fine for now though.
I want to give a warning for anyone using this as a reference for buying a drive: Do not buy a "hub" drive (such as the Seagate Backup Plus Hub) as it is incompatible with the PS4. I bought one late last year while looking for a drive, and the console would not format it even though it recognized it.
If you need a 8TB drive, get another option like the Seagate Expansion. The 8TB version of that is also cheaper than the Backup Plus Hub.
Do you need a fast data transfer rate? One 4TB I'm looking at from this list is 110MB/s whereas a different one in comparison is 5000GB/s. Does this matter? Not sure if it's a misprint and it means 5000MB/s but the question still remains?
Finally bought 2 TB external driver today. Games are getting bigger and bigger spanning over 100 GB's just for one game. I have 1TB PS4 and just 8-9 games and its already filled.
i wouldn't recommend anybody to use an external drive with PS4, as i had nothing but constant problems, eventually leading to entire drive being a write-off that i can only get replaced (not fixed) under warranty, 2tb of games gone. better off replacing the internal drive for something bigger, imo.
The WD 4 TB hard drive is the one I have. Works great!


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Q: How to combine two data columns in pandas? I have two tables, like below. I want to merge two table into 1. I tried to merge,concat, join in panda but it gives a new table of height 20, I want to have a height of 10 in the new combined table. How to do this one panda data frames?

A: You need concat with axis=1:
df = pd.concat([df1, df2], axis=1)

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