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The Heavy Metal train keeps rolling to my 30th Anniversary of being a proud Metalhead (August 16th I turn 40!) and there is always plenty to buy! Lots of new releases, used CD treasure and great sales made of another productive, and expensive, month…..
Newbury Comics North Attleboro and Newbury Comics Warwick
Jorn Lande – Bring Heavy Rock To The Land (2012) – $13
Nile – At The Gate Of Sethu (2012) – $12
Machine Head – Unto The Locust (CD/DVD) (2011) – $15 used
Savage Messiah – Plague Of Conscience (2012) – $0 used
My first trip into the North Attleboro store was to take advantage of the sale price on the new Jorn Lande CD. Knowing it was out on Frontiers Records, it was an easy $20 but the sale price saved me $7. I didn't have to run out for it because the label sent me the promo download but I always support my favorite artists and Jorn is one of the premier Metal singers out there. My second trip was to pick up the new Ozzy DVD and the new Nile album. When I got there, the two copies of the Speak Of The Devil '82 DVD were sold out so I opted to take advantage of the "buy 1, get 1 free" sale on used discs…..I grabbed the last Machine Head album, Unto The Locust, and the new Savage Messiah record. The Machine Head cost me $15 used but I got the Savage Messiah free so what could have been $35 at regular price, or $23 used price, only cost the $15…..saved more than half on albums I needed. I snagged the new Nile on the way to the counter…..I never got into Nile back in the late '90s but I've always wanted to pick up their 1998 debut full-length Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka. Everytime Nile releases a new record, I get the same urge to buy up some of their CDs so I fired up Spotify this time to stream their back catalog…..real solid Death Metal with Egyptian themes…..and the aren't Egyptian, they are from South Carolina! Saved $6 buying the day of release and got the deluxe version with the two bonus instrumentals.
Ozzy Osbourne – Speak Of The Devil (Live From Irvine Meadows '82) DVD (2012) – $13
Icarus Witch – Rise (2012) – $16
HellYeah – Band Of Brothers (2012) – $12
Defender – They Came Over The High Pass (1999) – $2 used
Glenn Tipton – Baptizm Of Fire (1996/2006 reissue) – $3 used
Broken Teeth – Viva La Rock Fantastico (2009) – $4 used
Superjoint Ritual – A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred (2003) – $4 used
Agent Steel – Skeptics Apocalypse (1985/1998 reissue) – $5 used
My trip into the Warwick store in mid-July was to get the new Ozzy DVD because it was out of stock in North Attleboro. While I was there, I picked up the new Icarus Witch and HellYeah albums. Ozzy and HellYeah were on sale so I saved a few bucks but I had to pay full price for the new Icarus Witch…..it was a must buy because they are one of my favorite traditional Heavy Metal bands of the last 6 years and I've been following them since their first E.P. While I was there, I decided to grab a few used CDs that were low in price and I had put together in a certain section of the used Metal CD racks…..the Defender CD was nice and cheap for a Power Metal album and I'd been watching it for awhile, same with the Superjoint Ritual album, but I scored a great newer album with the used Broken Teeth CD. The Agent Steel CD was set aside in my hiding spot because I thought I already owned it but I didn't and I grabbed the Glenn Tipton reissue because I passed on it when it came out in 2006. Baptizm Of Fire wasn't that great of a record back when it was first released in 1996 but I can't resist bonus tracks forever!
Luca Turilli's Rhaposdy – Ascending To Infinity (2012) – $12
Is it Rhapsody, Rhapsody Of Fire or Luca Turilli's Rhapsody? The whole Rhapsody name change saga is a big pain in the ass: first they were Rhapsody and I got into their Symphonic/Epic Metal, then 10 years into their career they got sued by another band named Rhapsody for copyright issues and they went on as Rhapsody Of Fire to avoid confusion. Now founding guitarist Luca Turilli has left on good terms and formed a new Rhapsody as Luca Turilli's Rhapsody and Rhapsody Of Fire is continuing on their own path. Did you get all that? All I know is that I like the Metal and I have two band's to get my fix from. I went to the North Attleboro store quick while running a few errands and I grabbed this because it was the last copy I saw…..they had stocked at least 6 or 7 when it came out and I grabbed the last one with the sale price tag on it to save $6.
Crazy Lixx – Riot Avenue (2012) – $18
Running Wild – Shadowmaker (CD/DVD) (2012) – $18
Baroness – Yellow & Green (Deluxe) (2012) – $0
Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth (CD/DVD) (2012) – $16
Gojira – L'enfant Sauvage (2012) – $12
Crucified Barbara – The Midnight Chace – $0
Last day of the month and an awesome sale….."Buy 2 get 1 Free on new & used CDs". I got in the man-van (my rockin' Kia Sedona!) and raced to North Attleboro when Newbury opened. Everytime I buy on one of these sales, the clerks always group like priced items together so I knew I had to pay a few extra dollars on a couple of CDs to get a similar one for free. Like the Jorn Lande album, I already had the digital promo of the new Crazy Lixx album from Frontiers but I wanted the actual CD for my collection and the new Running Wild disc has been on my list ever since Rock 'n' Ralf decided not to retire the band. Both of those CDs were regular price at $18 each but I scored the new Baroness double album for free. Yellow & Green just came out and I have the latest issue of Metal Hammer to thank for adding them to their free sampler CD, so I splurged on the deluxe packaged double disc album and saved the full $17 sale price ($22 regular). The new Testament album was the big release of the week so I bought the deluxe version on sale for $16, added the last copy of the new Gojira album that came out a few weeks ago (thanks again Metal Hammer!) and got the new Crucified Barbara CD for free and saved the full $10 sale price ($18 regular). I was going to buy the latest Dragonforce album that I didn't get earlier in the year but I opted for the cheaper, and less available, option with Crucified Barbara.
White Tiger – s/t (1986/1999 reissue) – $16 used
The Rods – Wild Dogs (1982/1997 reissue) – $12 used
Venom – Cast In Stone (1998) – $6 used
I got an Ebay alert for The Rods – Wild Dogs and I decided to finally try and win one of these CDs. I collect the now defunct German reissue label High Vaultage because of the genuine fan enthusiasm they put into each reissue, each one is chock full of bonus tracks, pictures and extensive liner notes. I noticed the same seller had a copy of Mark St. John's post-KISS band White Tiger up for auction too so I bid and won on that as well. I added in the Venom album when I did some research and found out it was a 2CD set. All total with shipping was$34 for three albums I didn't own.
Human Cometh
Human Cometh – HC II (2011) – $13
I was going through all my saved emails and I happened upon my email from the band Human Cometh promoting their second album, HC II. I ended up getting a promo download for review but I like to support the bands so, even though the band already sent me the digital download last year, I decided to go and ourchase the actual CD from the band's website. Can't beat any CD that has free shipping so I paid with Paypal and it was a done deal. Unfortunately, the CD hasn't arrived in the mail yet but I checked and it's on it's way!
Total (year) = $1393
Average Price (per item) = $8.99
Total CDs (year) = 149
Total DVDs (year) = 5
Total Blu-Rays (year) = 1
By rhodeislandrock • Posted in CD Scavenger Hunt	• Tagged Agent Steel, AOR, Baroness, Black Metal, Broken Teeth, Classic Rock, Crazy Lixx, Crucified Barbara, Death Metal, Defender, Ebay, Extreme Metal, Glam, Glenn Tipton, Gojira, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Hell Yeah, Hellyeah, High Vaultage, Human Cometh, Icarus Witch, Jorn, Jorn Lande, Luca Turilli, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, Machine Head, Mark St. John, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, Newbury Comics, Nile, NWOBHM, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rhapsody, Rock, Running Wild, Savage Messiah, Speed Metal, Superjoint Ritual, Testament, The Rods, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Venom, Vinnie Paul, White Tiger
CD Scavenger Hunt (March update)
Late again! It's the beginning of July and I'm just posting March's update and I have April, May and June still to go! Keep an eye out because I'm going to catch up on the CD Scavenger Hunts before I post other things. March was a good month for shopping, lots of new releases and great sale prices so here's what I bought…..
Newbury Comics
Epica – Requiem For The Indifferent (2012) – $10
Beggars & Thieves – We Are The Brokenhearted (2012) – $14
Fastway – Trick Or Treat (1987) – $7 used
Freedom Call – Land Of The Crimson Dawn (2CD Ltd Ed) (2012) – $12
Adrenaline Mob – Omerta – $13
Alice Cooper – Brutally Live DVD/CD (2003 reissue) – $6
Jack Blades – Rock 'n' Roll Ride (2012) – $14
Overkill – Electric Age (2012) – $12
3 Inches Of Blood – Long Live Heavy Metal (2012) – $10
Quiet Riot – Live At The US Festival 1983 (2012) – $10
Iron Maiden – En Vivo! DVD (2012) – $14
Iron Maiden – En Vivo! CD (2012) – $18
KISS – Instant Live (Mansfield, MA – 7/16/2004) – $15 used
Falconer – Sceptre Of Deception (2003) – $3 used
Vivian Campbell – Two Sides Of If… (2005) – $3 used
War & Peace – Light At The End Of The Tunnel (2001) – $3 used
Geezer – Plastic Planet (1995) – $3 used
I made a few trips to Newbury Comics in both North Attleboro, MA (my usual stop) and Warwick, RI in March to grab some new releases and scour the used bins for bargains. The Warwick location used to be my main stop for many years because they were the only location closest to me and they had great selection but the North Attleboro store is closest to my house now so that's where I stop for new releases on Tuesdays. As you can tell by the list above, I picked up a ton of new releases including the new Iron Maiden CD & DVD, the new Epica, Freedom Call, Overkill, 3 Inches Of Blood, Jack Blades and more. I was able to preview a few of these thanks to the labels sending me a promotional download but I still like the physical product and I picked uome solid records at great prices.
What made the trips to Newbury Comics worth it were the used bargains…..nothing is better than cheap CDs! The Fastway – TRICK OR TREAT CD I thought I owned already but I actually didn't, I still have a dubbed cassette from back in the day and I own the movie of course! That was a good purchase as was the Alice Cooper – BRUTALLY LIVE DVD/CD reissue for $6. There's a cut mark on the UPC but that doesn't bother me…..I passed on this twice (2000 & 2003) but I couldn't pass up buying it for $6. The KISS Instant Live disc is one I used to own and sold on Ebay years ago when I needed the money. I was at this show back in 2004 and bought the CD there but I ended up trading for every show as the tour went on so I sold this original and a few others I grabbed for a lot of cash. Even though I had a CDR of this show, I wanted the Instant Live disc again and I found it technically as a used disc but it's brand new to my eyes. The rest of the used CDs basically padded the collection with names I already own but were missing these records.
Rush – Fly By Night (1975) – $5
Rush – 2112 (1976) – $5
Rush – A Farewell To Kings (1977) – $5
Rush – Hemispheres (1978) – $5
Rush – Permanent Waves (1980) – $5
I went to my local Best Buy to look for a CD rack and to check out some Playstation 3 and Wii games and I took my quick walk through the ever-shrinking CD section and I noticed that the section was actually smaller compared to the last time I was there! No big surprise there but what was a surprise was the round plexiglass bins filled with $5 CDs! Most of the CDs are compilations but I did some digging and found almost the entire Rush catalog. I couldn't remember which ones I owned already so I took a guess and bought just a few. All of these discs were brand new and sealed and all are a part of the Rush remaster series from 1997/1998. Can't beat $5 a CD for a great band…..I'll be filling the Ruch collection at Best Buy in the coming months.
Crazy Lixx – New Religion (2010) – $11
Autograph – That's The Stuff (1985) (original blue cover) – $21 used
Laurence Archer – LA (1986) – $23 used
Just a few Ebay buys this month…..the Crazy Lixx disc replaces the promo download I received from the label and was nice & cheap for a brand new CD. I already own THAT'S THE STUFF with the red cover but I always wanted the blue cover, after years of searching I grabbed this one cheap at auction. I also already own LA by Laurence Archer on vinyl (Japanese pressing) but I never play it because it's rare so I found a couple of copies being sold by a seller I've done business with over the years so I grabbed this just under a regular import price. The LA CD is the original European pressing on Music For Nations so it's not the ultra-rare and highly sought after Japanese pressing but it's cool to have it finally on CD and in mint condition.
Total (year) = $658
Total CDs (year) = 70
By rhodeislandrock • Posted in CD Scavenger Hunt	• Tagged 3 Inches Of Blood, Adrenaline Mob, Alice Cooper, AOR, Autograph, Beggars & Thieves, Best Buy, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Crazy Lixx, Death Metal, Ebay, Epica, Falconer, Fastway, Freedom Call, Geezer, Geezer Butler, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Jack Blades, KISS, Laurence Archer, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, Newbury Comics, NWOBHM, Overkill, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Quiet Riot, Rock, Rush, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Vivian Campbell, War & Peace
Metal Mixtape – 3/13/11
Tale of the Tape
Ipod 120
8370 songs (725 albums)
I usually work a double shift Saturday night into Sunday morning so good Metal music is a must on the overnight. I usually listen to a lot of new albums but I have to start the overnight (the 2nd part of my long shift) with some familiar tracks to get the blood pumping. Here's the first 20 songs (band-song-album-year):
Dio – 'Rock 'N' Roll Children' – Sacred Heart (1985)
Dio – 'I Could Have Been A Dreamer' – Dream Evil (1987)
Ozzy Osbourne – 'I Just Want You' – Ozzmosis (1995)
Great White – 'Rock Me' – Once Bitten (1987)
Guns 'N Roses – 'Anything Goes' – Appetite For Destruction (1987)
Van Halen – 'I'll Wait' – 1984 (1984)
Def Leppard – 'Armageddon It' – Hysteria (1987)
Whitesnake – 'Fool For Your Loving' – Ready An' Willing (1980)
Scheepers – 'Cyberfreak' – Scheepers (2011)
Quiet Riot – The Wild And The Young' – QR III (1986)
Scorpions – 'The Zoo' – Animal Magnetism (1980)
Firewind – 'The Ark Of Lies' – Days Of Defiance (2010)
Helix – 'Best Mistake I Never Made' – Vagabond Bones (2009)
Accept – 'Flash Rockin' Man' – Restless & Wild (1982)
Metallica – 'Holier Than Thou' – The Black Album (1991)
Cinderella – 'Winds Of Change' – Heartbreak Station (1990)
Crazy Lixx – 'Road To Babylon' – New Religion (2010)
Yngwie Malmsteen – 'Death Dealer' – Perpetual Flame (2008)
Diamond Head – 'It's Electric' – Lightning To The Nations (1980)
Primal Fear – 'Black Sun' – Black Sun (2002)
Bonus Track: AC/DC – 'War Machine' – Black Ice (2008)
By rhodeislandrock • Posted in Now Playing	• Tagged AC/DC, Accept, AOR, Black Metal, Cinderella, Classic Rock, Crazy Lixx, Death Metal, Def Leppard, Diamond Head, Dio, Firewind, Glam, Great White, Guns 'n Roses, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Helix, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metallica, Music, NWOBHM, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Power Metal, Primal Fear, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Quiet Riot, Ralf Scheepers, Rock, Ronnie James Dio, Scheepers, Scorpions, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Van Halen, Whitesnake, Yngwie Malmsteen
The Top 30 Albums of 2010 (#1-#10)
I think I say the same things every year when I write the introduction to my Best of the Year list…..this year was one of the greatest years for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal! Every year it seems like more and more new albums come out from a wide variety of bands and 2010 was no exception, this was the biggest year for Heavy Metal Addiction as far as promotional review copies go. Usually, I physically buy all my new albums but this year I partnered with more labels, more promotional people and more bands and I received more albums for review than any other year. Honestly, I couldn't keep up and I came nowhere close to listening to all of them properly. Looking at the piles on my desk, the boxes next to it and the separate iTunes folder I reserve for promo downloads, it's easy to estimate that I have more new 2010 albums submitted to Heavy Metal Addiction than the last two years combined! Add in all the new releases I bought on my weekly trips to the record stores, and my daily online searches, and it's fair to estimate that the total number of new releases from 2010 that I have right now at my desk is over 200.
The only criteria I followed for my Top 30 was the same criteria I've used for the last few years: the album had to be a studio album (not a live record, best of, or covers collection) AND the album had to be released in 2010. Just like previous years, an album that was released in 2009 overseas, but was released in 2010 for the U.S., qualified as a 2010 album…..basically I went by the date on the back of the CD! There are plenty of albums that got late U.S. releases and there may be a few in this countdown.
The ranking of the Top 40 is based solely on my enjoyment of the album and not some scientific formula. Bottom Line: I had to like it! There were so many releases this year that I could have continued with a Top 40 list but I got so far behind listening and writing so there are definitely albums I haven't heard yet or didn't give proper time to. We're talking a couple hundred albums though so anything that got missed might end up in an expanded "Albums I Missed in 2010″ post during next year's awards week. Just like last year, I will be splitting the Top 30 into three posts so it's easier to read. Be sure to check out the links to the album reviews. So here is Part 3, the Top 30 Albums of 2010 (#1 – #10):
Mass – Sea Of Black (2010): The new Mass album was a complete surprise for me because I honestly really didn't expect much. Maybe it's because I didn't get into Mass too much back in the '80s, which is surprising because the band is from Massachusetts and that's basically my backyard here in Rhode Island! I remember hearing a song called 'Do You Love Me' on the radio and I've seen the the albums on vinyl and cassette in old record stores but I never really got into the band. SEA OF BLACK is basically my formal introduction to the band it's a great Melodic Rock/Melodic Metal album that has a serious '80s retro sound. Opening track 'Falling From Grace' starts the album off right with a high powered Metal guitar crunch but with a great melodies and harmonies…..and that's a perfect way to describe the album! Mass has re-released most of their back catalogue on Retrospect Records and they are also available on their website so now I will be filling the holes in my collection! http://www.massrocks.com/
Keel – Streets Of Rock & Roll (2010): Keel was one of those bands from the '80s that I got into because of the Gene Simmons connection but, as time went on, I forgot about the KISS connection because the band itself was really great. It's been 21 years since the band released a true studio album so getting a reunion record as good as STREETS OF ROCK & ROLL is a major comeback. I liked the fact that the album sounds like classic '80s Keel but with a grittier and deeper sound. Ron Keel's voice sounds as good as it ever has, the band is as tight as it's ever been and the quality of the songwriting is really great. A lot of times you get a reunion where the band is just going through the motions, and I thought that was going to be the case with Keel because of the 25th Anniversary of THE RIGHT TO ROCK, but the band stepped to the plate and made a Hard Rock album that could easily sit alongside the rest of their discography. http://keelnation.com/
Krokus – Hoodoo (2010): 2010 was a year that a lot of bands who hadn't been around in a while got back together and made a comeback album. Krokus has never really gone away because they've been releasing albums all along, the problem is that it's never really been a true reunion, only just a member or two with a supporting cast. 2010 is the 30th anniversary since METAL RENDEZ-VOUS (1980), the band's worldwide breakthrough album. Krokus had released three albums in the '70s but the Metal really started in 1980. Back in the day, I was the only rocker I knew that new about Krokus so they were always like "my" band so I was looking forward to HOODOO a lot. HOODOO marks the reunion of the classic Krokus lineup from the '80s and the band goes back to doing what they do best…..boogie woogie Hard Rock like AC/DC. That's where Krokus sometimes gets a bad rep because AC/DC were the originators and it's hard to imagine a band from Switzerland doing the same thing! It doesn't matter if it's a similar style, it's good music that's catchy and melodic all the while having great riffs that stick in your head. HOODOO came out in April or early May but the single 'Hoodoo Woman' was released ahead of the album's release, I still can't get that chorus out of my head! A solid comeback, I hope this lineup does another album. http://krokusonline.seven49.net/Web/
Masterplan – Time To Be King (2010): This is the third album in the row on this year's countdown that's a reunion and/or a comeback for a major band. The big selling point with Masterplan in 2010 is that Jorn Lande is back in the vocalist spot for the first time since 2005. The first two Masterplan albums were awesome but things happen sometimes and Jorn left in 2005 to be replace by ex-Riot singer Mike DiMeo for MKII (2006). This is another Power Metal/Progressive Metal album that really took hold of me as soon as I heard it. Maybe it's because Jorn's voice is so unique and he's one of the top Metal singers around but all the songs are well-written, the musicianship is flawless and even the packaging is cool as a gold-embossed digipak. Just a quick mention here, drummer Mike Terrana is one of the most underrated drummers in Metal and he puts in an awesome performance on TIME TO BE KING. Definitely the best Power Metal album of the year and getting Jorn back in the band puts Masterplan right at the top of the heap again. http://www.master-plan.net/
Crazy Lixx – New Religion (2010): Sweden's Crazy Lixx have been on the scene for a few years now releasing single until their 2007 studio album LOUD MINORITY. When I heard that the band was releasing their second album in late March/early April, I really didn't pay much attention to it because I really haven't jumped on the Swedish Glam/Sleaze/Hard Rock scene that has really started to make waves around the world. I had an advance of the album and I gave it a quick listen and I was blown away! Here's a band from Sweden that's relatively unknown and they do '80s Hard Rock better than some of the bands of that era! NEW RELIGION is one of the best Hard Rock albums to come out this year and I still haven't taken it out of my weekly playlist. Big hooks and harmonies, guitar solos, and good time party Rock. I really enjoyed the Wig Wam's NON STOP ROCK 'N ROLL that also came out this year but NEW RELIGION takes it to a higher level and easily outshines that record. Definitely an album that travels back in time to the fun and excess of the '80s and sounds fresh here in the 2000s. http://www.crazylixx.com/
Black Country Communion – s/t (2010): Wow! Where did this album come from? Where did this band come from? Supergroups come and go and usually disappoint but, when you put Glenn Hughes on vocals & bass, Joe Bonamassa on guitars, Jason Bonham on drums and Derek Sherinian on keyboards, that's a lineup of awesome musicians. But does it work? That's the main thing and I was pretty skeptical, so much so that I blew off buying this CD for a couple of months and I didn't pick it up until November. I put this in and I haven't taken it out of my weekly rotation, Black Country Communion is a band that has a Classic Rock sound based on a combination of the Blues and Rock 'n' Roll. It sounds like old school '70s Rock that really sounds fresh today. Glenn Hughes is an amazing singer and Joe Bonamassa is a truly fantastic guitarist with a great feel, if you don't know anything about these two musicians then you should Google them immeadiately and listen to some of their previous works. I almost put this in the #1 slot on this year's countdown but, as I started re-listening to a lot of the albums from earlier in the year, I had to put four others ahead because of their impact. Black Country Communion is a band and album everyone should check out. http://www.bccommunion.com/
Scorpions – Sting In The Tail (2010): As soon as the Scorpions announced the release of STING IN THE TAIL, they also announced that this will be their last studio album and that the band is retiring. Sad news indeed to hear from a Hard Rock band that has been around for nearly 40 years but, if this is how they are going to go out, then STING IN THE TAIL is the way to do it! I was a huge fan of the updated sound the band created on their last studio album, HUMANITY HOUR 1 (2007), that I made it the Best Album of 2007 so I was looking for a continuation of that direction. This new record is really a continuation of the classic Scorpions Hard Rock sound from the BLACKOUT (1982) and LOVE AT FIRST STING (1984) eras. At first, I felt like this was a big step back for the band because they had done such a great job on HUMANITY but, after constant listens, this album grew on me and it's become one of my favorites of the year. I got into the Scorpions with BLACKOUT and LOVE AT FIRST STING so this new album really brought me back in time and made me go back over the entire Scorpions discography…..they are one of the most consistent bands in the scene. Think about it, aside from EYE II EYE (1999), when was the last time you heard that a Scorpions album sucked? This may not be the best Scorpions album compared to the classics they have but it's a great Hard Rock album and one I enjoyed a lot this year. http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/
Accept – Blood Of The Nations (2010): In a year full of reunions and comebacks, Accept was really one of those bands that could have either hit it big or crashed and burned. One listen to BLOOD OF THE NATIONS and it's easy to hear that they easily hit it big! A classic Accept lineup reunited headed by lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann but the distinct Accept vocalist, Udo Dirkschneider, refused to take part. That meant the band needed a singer and the biggest question mark would be former T.T. Quick frontman Mark Tornillo. The band wrote an album of killer Heavy Metal songs, put in a ton of great riffs and then Mark put in a brilliant performance on vocals. Not every band can replace such a unique singer like Udo, Accept tried that back in 1989, but Accept really hit with Mark. I can't say enough about how Mark sounds like Udo but really puts his own stamp on the songs and takes everything to another level. I'm not sure that BLOOD OF THE NATIONS would have the same impact if Udo did re-join the band. Here's hoping the band continues making new records because they have set the bar high, one of the best comeback albums of the year! http://www.acceptworldwide.com/
Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier (2010): Iron Maiden is no stranger to my year end countdowns because they always release such high quality albums and DVDs that it's hard not to automatically install them at #1. So 30 years have gone by since the band's self-titled debut and it's been four years since the band's last album A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (2006), so how did Maiden do? Well, I called this the album of the year in my review and it came so damn close! Say what you want about Metallica but I would argue that Iron Maiden is the biggest Heavy Metal band in the world and they make better albums then Metallica could ever hope to make. There is a tradition, a pedigree, a reputation that Iron Maiden has and they always rise to the task and create albums that just blow every other album away. THE FINAL FRONTIER gets better with every listen with some much to hear in every song. I know a lot of old school and/or casual fans prefer to hear the quick 'Run To The Hills' style Iron Maiden but the band is at their best when they write new material that has a Progressive edge to it. THE FINAL FRONTIER is a 76 minute album that reflects both styles and I haven't stopped listening to it. A lot of that has to do with being a fan for 28 years and Maiden being in my Top 5 favorite bands of all-time but the album is high quality crafted Metal. Iron Maiden are legends and innovators and everyone else should follow their lead. http://www.ironmaiden.com/
One album to go everyone! The #1 album is next but before I get to it let me say again how great this year was for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal…..my Best of 2010 list, along with the other websites' lists, will attest to that. I've listened to more new releases this year than any other year that I can remember and this year's list was a hard one to make, there were so many really good albums, so many comebacks and reunions that it became one of the hardest lists to make in the site's 5 year history. I really had a tough time with this list because I kept going back and forth between the new Iron Maiden record and this next album…..so here is my #1 Album of 2010…..
Ratt – Infestation (2010)
2010 was definitely the year of the Ratt! I never thought that after eleven years since the last reunion and album that Ratt would ever get back together with founding vocalist Stephen Pearcy since there was so much bad blood and legal issues but the band put that stuff aside and set out to make INFESTATION. I've been a Ratt fan since OUT OF THE CELLAR (1984) and they have always been one of my favorite '80s Hard Rock bands. I was psyched to see them on the 1999 Poison reunion tour and I thought they blew Poison away so I was hoping for a full tour after this album was released. Unfortunately, it seems like the band have gone their separate ways again and the future is in doubt for a follow-up album. INFESTATION is the classic Ratt sound: sleazy old school Hard Rock. Right from the opening rocker 'Eat Me Up Alive' to the classic '80s style single 'Best Of Me' to the swagger of 'Look Out Below', Ratt has really pulled out all the stops writing some really solid songs. The founding trio of Pearcy, drummer Bobby Blotzer and guitarist Warren DeMartini are all on board, as is long time bassist Robbie Crane, but the addition of former Quiet Riot guitarist Carlos Cavazo really stabilizes the band's sound in a way that hasn't been heard since the glory days when the late Robbin Crosby traded licks with DeMartini. I bought this album the day it was released in April and it still gets plenty of playing time in my weekly rotation and if I had to name a song of the year, it would easily be 'Best Of Me', that song alone brings the band right back to the classic Ratt style of the '80. Of all the albums I heard this year, INFESTATION is the one I enjoyed the most. Great album, great comeback…..too bad it's probably over already! http://www.therattpack.com/
By rhodeislandrock • Posted in Video, Videos, Year End Awards	• Tagged Accept, AOR, Best of 2010, Black Country Communion, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Crazy Lixx, Death Metal, Glam, Glenn Hughes, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Keel, Krokus, Mass, Masterplan, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ratt, Rock, Scorpions, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Youtube
Crazy Lixx – New Religion (2010)
Crazy Lixx – New Religion (2010, Frontiers Records)
My Medicine (R.O.C.K.)
21 'Til I Die
Blame It On Love
Road To Babylon
Children Of The Cross
The Witching Hour
Lock up Your Daughter
She's Mine
What Of Our Love
Desert Bloom
Voodoo Woman
Band Lineup:
Danny Rexon – Vocals
Andy Dawson – Guitars
Luke Rivano – Bass
Joey Cirera – Drums
Producer: Chris Laney
Total Time = 45:05
Crazy Lixx
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NEW RELIGION is the second album by the Swedish Hard Rock band Crazy Lixx and it was released back in April on Frontiers Records. Crazy Lixx is one of many bands coming out of Sweden promoting the classic Hard Rock sound of the '80s pioneered by the likes of Motley Crue, Poison, Def Leppard and Bon Jovi. The band follows a very specific formula that includes plenty of hooks, big harmonies and sleazy guitar all infused into a complete party vibe.
The album starts off with the anthemic 'Rock And A Hard Place' that reminds me of gritty Danger Danger and then 'My Medicine (R.O.C.K.)' that is a purely influenced by Def Leppard (check the harmonies) and Poison (the main riff sounds a little like 'Unskinny Bop'). That's not a bad way to start an album, especially if you are blatantly going for that kind of sound! As the album continues there are more '80s hard rockers that have some grit and punch like the Skid Row-ish '21 Till I Die', 'Road To Nowhere', 'The Witching Hour', 'Children Of The Cross' and 'Lock Up Your Daughter'. 'The Witching Hour' really stands out for me because it has a real heavy guitar and sounds close to Metal, like an early heavy Ratt or something, but the harmonies bring that melodic Def Leppard influence to even it out. 'Lock Up Your Daughter' also stands out for me with that infectious drum sound and huge harmonies reminding me of a cross between Motley Crue, Danger Danger, and Poison. Other highlights from NEW RELIGION are the more AOR/Melodic Rock styled 'Blame It On Love', the Bon Jovi influenced melodic rocker 'She's Mine' and the pure Jovi balladry of 'What Of Our Love'. The only throwaway track on the album for me is the quick instrumental 'Desert Bloom', it's not a bad instrumental but I would just prefer another full song. Ending the record is the tight rocker 'Voodoo Woman', another track that has that heavier guitar infused in the middle of the big melodic, harmonized Hard Rock. Just a quick note on the production and sound here…..Swedish musician/producer Chris Laney is back again handling the production duties and the sound is perfect. Almost too perfect actually! Don't get me wrong, I like a good sounding record but at times I wonder if Crazy Lixx is too polished? Then again, if you are going to be influenced by '80s Hard Rock, and write songs in that direction, then you have to have top notch production and sound. The Crazy Lixx sound stands up right next to the masters like a Def Leppard or Bon Jovi.
I have had NEW RELIGION since March and I have had this in my weekly rotation ever since. The band grabs your attention immeadiately with 'Rock And A Hard Place' and never lets go and, as you move on through the album, each song follows suit. I grew up listening to FM radio and watching hours of MTV so the '80s Glam/Hard Rock scene was inescapable and as the years passed has faded away. What has been missing in the U.S. mainstream is that party atmosphere and good time feeling from the bands that topped the charts 20-25 years ago, it's good to see a band like Crazy Lixx emulate that style. For me, this is one of my favorite albums of the year and I recommend it for Hard Rock fans that want to travel back to the '80s.
Favorite Songs:
I like the entire album but if I had to pick a Top 5 off this album they would be: 'Rock And A Hard Place', 'My Medecine (R.O.C.K.)', 'Blame It On Love', 'The Witching Hour' and 'Lock Up Your Daughter'.
By rhodeislandrock • Posted in Album Reviews	• Tagged AOR, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Crazy Lixx, Death Metal, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal


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Are fans of TV series addicts or control freaks?
Dina Rasolofoarison and Stéphanie Feiereisen
Avid watchers of television and streaming series are often portrayed as hooked to their screens and completely passive. But is that a fair assessment? According to a new study, viewers actually control what they watch in a manner more akin to how people manage their reading habits than their television viewing. Researcher Dina Rasolofoarison from the Dauphine Recherches en Management laboratory, and Stephanie Feiereisen, associate professor at the Montpellier Business School (MBS), delved into this world.
Sex Education, a British series created by Laurie Nunn, whose fans were expecting season 3 to begin in January 2021, has been delayed by a few months.
With cinemas and theatres closed, and little or no live sporting events, viewership of television and streaming series since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic has risen by 20% compared to the previous year.1 Many people even binge watch episodes into the small hours, perhaps finding a moment of respite that helps them get through these challenging times.
Yet denouncing the apathy of screen addicts fails to get to the bottom of this widespread phenomenon. To gain a better understanding of this behaviour, my colleagues Stephanie Feiereisen, Cristel Russell, Hope Jensen Schau, and I conducted a study2 based on a body of personal accounts3 from sources including fan forum sites, viewing logbooks and interviews. The study helped us categorise the different habits of series lovers, who turned out to be far more proactive than initially expected.
Masters of their own universe
Some of the participants would directly intervene in the sequence of the story. A House of Cards enthusiast explained how fast-forward viewing enabled them to watch an entire 55-minute episode in less than 30 minutes. Others will, on the contrary, take the time to enjoy the programme by "spacing out" sequences, taking breaks while watching them, or even slowing down the playback speed using the options provided by some of the streaming platforms.
Some fans can go as far as deconstruct the story by only watching – or avoiding – certain types of scenes based on information available on forum sites such as "Gore Rating", which selects the most violent footage in the series Vikings.
According to a contributor to one of the forums, "true" fans of Game of Thrones even memorise speeches delivered by the character Daenerys in the fictional language of Dothraki.
Some fans of Vikings go to the online forums to watch only the goriest footage (pictured here is a scene from episode 8, season 3).
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Peripheral to our study, but also worth mentioning, are petitions by show lovers to either have the ending changed, or more episodes produced – a strategy than can bear fruit as illustrated by "Amor Vincit Omnia", the 120-minute final episode of Sense8, broadcast one year after the series was cancelled. Fan fiction, or storylines written by fans themselves, is also an interesting phenomenon, as illustrated by the success of Fifty Shades of Grey, a novel inspired by the Twilight films, and which sold 40 million copies worldwide.
Connected to stay in the know
Our study also shows that the experience of certain followers extends beyond the actual series, as they adopt an original transmediaFermer"A process where several elements of a story are distributed across different media platforms to create a coordinated and unified entertaining experience. Ideally, each medium brings a unique contribution to the development of the story." (Henry Jenkins, former professor at MIT, 2003). This could mean creating a website featuring biographies of the characters in the series, or even a game where viewers need to find the answer to a question left hanging in the original series. approach. Some log onto the forums to make sure they have understood an episode. Others prefer to find out what will happen before they even watch it, in order to feel in control. Otherwise, as one of the interviewees puts it, "I sometimes get nervous, and if the ending is not what I was hoping for, then I'd rather not see it. I want to be sure I'll like it… It makes me feel safer."
Surprisingly, spoilers are actually more popular than it seems. When one of the main characters on The Good Wife died, a fan was happy to have read about it beforehand. She said it was better that way, as it had prepared her for the shock.
Should this "craving for control" and emotional "management", specific to our times, reach new heights in the future, it would be worth reflecting on what that says about our society as a whole – and how it also makes its way into fiction and the imaginary, which are usually conducive to letting go.
Voracious appetites with a skill for multitasking
More commonly, many fans enjoy getting completely immersed in a story and want to be transported to different worlds. "When I watch (…) I get the impression I'm back at school, hanging out with my clever group of friends," recounts an adept of The Big Bang Theory. With its negative effects, like a feeling of bulimia or indigestion, followed by regret for not having stopped earlier, binge watching4 is part of this context. A House of Cards follower recalls watching an entire season over a single weekend, not only to find out the ending, but mostly to "remain in the vibe" of the show.
"When I watch (…) I get the impression I'm back at school, hanging out with my clever group of friends", recounts a fan of The Big Bang Theory, a series created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady.
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Our study also features multitasking practices, where viewers perform other tasks while watching, such as doing the ironing, the cleaning, cooking, or even working, but only "provided what they have to do isn't too demanding", says a fan. The choice of series will depend on the activity. Viewers have no qualms about missing a crucial part of the show for example because they know they can always rewind back to it.
Watching series like reading books
Our findings show that digital media, combined with easy access to many episodes, enable followers to control how much they watch, as they would do when reading a book. Viewers are freed from television broadcast schedules or from the decisions of a producer or scriptwriter regarding the unfolding of the story.
They can create their own scenario by speeding up, rewinding, skipping sections, or enhancing the experience with information found online, such as an actor's biography, or interpretations of the meaning of a particular scene. These new practices have changed perceptions concerning the role of the audience, which rather used to be a passive and captive one.
The analogy to books also refers to the interactivity that now exists in some shows. Interactive episodes of Carmen Sandiego or the Black Mirror, including the famous Bandersnatch, called on viewers to make decisive choices regarding the progression and outcome of the story. This harks back to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books popular in the 1980s. Producers and writers are eyeing video games as a way to offer viewers a large range of plots, with ever-increasing involvement in their unfolding.
As in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, popular in the 1980s, the Bandersnatch episode of the Black Mirror anthology series produced by David Slade and aired in 2018, called on viewers to make choices regarding the unfolding and the ending of the story.
Such involvement is further encouraged by transmedia tools and social media. It is now possible to have access at all times to a community of followers ready to talk about new episodes, the latest theories, easter eggsFermerA nod to a different episode, or a different series or film. For example, at the end of episode 12 of the first season of Riverdale, Joaquin escapes to San Junipero, a fictional city, which is the title and main setting for episode 4 of season 3 of the anthology series Black Mirror. hidden throughout the show, or fan fiction, which brings to mind the more traditional book clubs.
Streaming platforms including Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have caught on to these trends. Although they offer the possibility to "skip 30 seconds ahead or back", or "skip the credits", it is interesting to note that Netflix now also proposes a "Live" button. This option enables viewers to revert to the conventional television channel model, thus going against these new control trends. The future will tell whether this more traditional option from a not-too-distant past, will prevail.
The points of view, opinions and analyses published in this article are the sole responsibility of the author. In no way do they reflect the position of the CNRS.
1. According to a French Hadopi media watchdog poll from May 2020, looking at viewership of digital cultural offerings during the lockdown (Consommation de biens culturels dématérialisés en situation de confinement), 51% of those aged 15 years or over watched streamed series on the Internet during the eighth week of lockdown, compared to 42% in May 2019.
2. "One Brand, Many Trajectories: Narrative Navigation in Transmedia", Stephanie Feireisen, Dina Rasolofoarison, Cristel Russell and Hope Jensen Schau, published in the Journal of Consumer Research.
3. The researchers interviewed 21 participants, looked at 16 logbooks documenting viewing habits, read through 35 threads on specialised forums, and analysed 56 hours of video of volunteers who had accepted to film themselves while viewing their shows.
4. According to a December 2016 Médiamétrie poll of a representative group of 1,424 people in France, 59% of 15–24-year-olds watched more than three episodes at a time.
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My pastor is a wonderful man of God that sometimes goes unnoticed by his community because he was born and raised there. He preaches the truth even when no one wants to hear the truth.
He's always giving his time to others regardless of what is said or done to him. He is freely giving a hand wherever is needed even if it is not returned. He is a very loving man of God and he seeks his word daily.
We are in the mist of reconstructing our church and he is right there on his hands and knees from 9 am to sometimes 9pm working away to get the house of God in order. My Pastor is in his late 50's and no longer a youth so to see him still get up and get down after having a death experience is a blessing.
I love my Pastor. Please keep our Church And Pastor in prayer... Anointed Fountain COGIC.


For most of my adult life I considered myself to be a cat person. I preferred their independence. Their indifference. But then a series of armed robberies forced me to get a dog. It was a difficult decision. I feared for my cats. I feared for myself.
I think it was on the second or third day after The Princess came to live with us that I fell head over heels in love with her. She has opened my eyes to a world I didn't know existed. She has changed my life. And I adore her with all my heart.
The Princess was undoubtedly a choice that impacted positively on my life in countless ways.
The photograph: This is a spectacularly bad photograph taken in the park with my phone this afternoon of The Princess marveling at the beautiful sunset.


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The reorganization of the National Science Foundation to broaden the agency's capability to support basic and applied research in the sciences and to give new emphasis to engineering research is announced. A major change was the establishment of a Directorate for Engineering, which includes the Divisions of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering; Chemical and Process Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. The Science and Technology to Aid the Handicapped Program is introduced. Awards for this program and for the Hazards Mitigation Program are listed. For each award, the following information is provided: title, principal investigator, institution, award number, amount, duration, starting date, and an abstract.


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Breaking Ground newsletter: Less like Fallujah, more like Naples
The weekly Breaking Ground newsletter looks at the latest in growth and development in Southwest Florida.
Breaking Ground newsletter: Less like Fallujah, more like Naples The weekly Breaking Ground newsletter looks at the latest in growth and development in Southwest Florida. Check out this story on naplesnews.com: https://www.naplesnews.com/story/money/real-estate/breaking-ground/2019/09/18/latest-growth-and-development-breaking-ground-new-headquarters/2362122001/
Phil Fernandez, Naples Daily News Published 1:48 p.m. ET Sept. 18, 2019 | Updated 11:30 p.m. ET Sept. 26, 2019
The south building of the troubled Bay Club project has been demolished.
Demolition of the five-story building began Sept. 12 and took a few days to complete.
Neighbors had a nickname for the unsightly building that sat idle for nearly a year with rubble all around it — Fallujah — referring to a war-torn city in Iraq.
The city halted work in the middle of a renovation last October, determining there had been improper demolition. The developer, Harry Zea, disputes that he took his renovation too far.
Legal and financial troubles have put the management of the luxury condo-retail project in the hands of a receiver, who arranged the demolition after City Council unanimously agreed to grant the two conditions Zea sought before the tear-down started.
An excavator demolishes a portion of the Bay Club building at Crayton Cove on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Naples. (Photo: Jon Austria/Naples Daily News USA TODAY NETWORK- FLORIDA)
Other growth and development news
» Affordable housing ideas from . . . Palm Beach? Well, maybe. Collier County leaders picked up some concepts during a visit there.
» Collier firms are moving their headquarters to Lee County. EHC Inc. is the latest firm to make plans to either move headquarters or at least create a large hub.
» The Cafe Lurcat and Bar building will become the home of a new restaurant on Fifth Avenue South, which continues to bustle with new work and new opportunities in recent weeks.
» Growth and development comes in many forms, from many places. Sometimes it's served on a plate.
Indian immigrant Asif Syed, the chef-owner of 21 Spices, symbolizes what one inspired man can do for the local economy. Drawn to the Hilton Marco Island Resort development, he worked his way up in the kitchen, eventually became executive chef and then launched his own business. Receiving national exposure on Food Network and defeating the extraordinary Bobby Flay, Syed is set to appear at the Nov. 23 Paradise Coast Wine & Food Experience in Naples, which is drawing some of the most talented in the world including Martha Stewart and Alex Guarnaschelli.
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Q: Shifting the elements of an array in python I am trying to shift the elements of an array cyclically so all elements are replaced with the previous element, and the last rotates to the first poaition, like so: shift(1, [5, 6, 7])=>[7, 5, 6].
The following code only returns [7,5]. Could someone please tell me what is causing this to happen? I went through the code step by step and simply could not find a solution. I also tried 3 different interpreters.
def shift(key, array):
    counter = range(len(array)-1)
    new = counter
    for i in counter:
        new[i] = array[i-key]
    return new

print shift(1, [5, 6, 7])

A: Here is the python way:
def shift(key, array):
    return array[-key:]+array[:-key]

A: You need to remove the -1 from your range:
counter = range(len(array))

If you want a faster method though,
You could instead try using a deque?
from collections import deque

def shift(key, array):
    a = deque(array) # turn list into deque
    a.rotate(key)    # rotate deque by key
    return list(a)   # turn deque back into a list

print (shift(1, [5, 6, 7]))

A: range(5) returns [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]. It excludes 5.
Just remove the -1 from range(len(array)-1) and it should work.
You could also use list slicing:
def shift(key, array):
    return array[-key:] + array[:-key]

A: The answers are good, but it doesn't work if the key is greater than the length of the array.  If you think the key will be larger than the array length, use the following:
def shift(key, array):
    return array[key % len(array):] + array[:key % len(array)]

A positive key will shift left and a negative key will shift right.

A: The numpy package contains the roll function to perform exactly this task:
import numpy as np
b=[5,6,7]
c=np.roll(b,1).tolist()

>>> c
[7, 5, 6]

A function using this and returning a list is:
def shift(array,key):
    return np.roll(array,key).tolist()

A: #!/usr/bin/env python

def ashift(key,array):
        newqueue = array[-key:]
        newqueue.extend( array[:-key] )
        return newqueue

print ashift( 1, [5,6,7] )
print ashift( 2, [5,6,7] )

Results in:
$ ./shift
[7, 5, 6]
[6, 7, 5]

The only potential penalty is if the array is sufficiently large, you may encounter memory issues, as this operation is doing a copy. Using a "key" with an absolute value greater than the length of the array will result in wrapping and results may not be as expected, but will not error out.

A: Good old fashioned POP & APPEND
arr = [5, 6, 7]

for _ in range(0, 2):
    shift = arr.pop(0)
    arr.append(shift)

print(arr)

=>[7, 5, 6]

A: You can use numpy roll
>>> x = np.arange(10)
>>> np.roll(x, 2)
array([8, 9, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])
>>> np.roll(x, -2)
array([2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, 1])

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Hancock County deputies arrested the three brothers that day after someone called 911 to report a naked man, later identified as Timothy Bosarge, running around and causing a disturbance on Dogwood Ridge Road.
Deputies found the brothers and their father in a stalled car on the family's property. They were trying to take their father to the hospital, but the car would not start.
He was taken by ambulance to Garden Park Medical Center in Gulfport and later transported to USA Medical Center in Mobile and placed in intensive care.
The brothers and their father live on the same property but in separate trailers. It's unclear how the fight started, and authorities would not say why Timothy Bosarge was running around naked outside his home.
Timothy Bosarge, 41; Ferlin Bosarge, 47; and Cartis Bosarge, 46, each face a charge of domestic violence aggravated assault. Timothy Bosarge faces an additional charge of disorderly conduct.
Chief Deputy Don Bass said the charges against Timothy Bosarge will likely be upgraded to murder as early as Wednesday.
"He is the No. 1 suspect," Bass said of Timothy Bosarge.
The investigation remains ongoing. Hours after their arrests Friday, Cartis Bosarge and Ferlin Bosarge were released from the Hancock County jail on their own recognizance. Timothy Bosarge remains in jail in lieu of $5,500 bond.


The Emilio Nares Foundation (ENF) hosted its 9th annual Harvest for Hope fundraising event at the Stingaree. Harvest for Hope raised more than $90,000 and brought together some of the finest chefs in San Diego to create unique dishes and paired them with some of the finest wines and spirits in the world, creating a beautiful fun afternoon of great food, wine, music and friendship.
ENF provides programs and services for low-income, underprivileged families whose children are battling cancer in San Diego (www.ENFHope.org).
Carlo Cecchetto, KFMB News 8 Anchor, was the Master of Ceremonies and Southern California trumpet virtuoso Gilbert Castellanos performed.


On Saturday 23rd March, our colleagues Oli Prior and Lee Thompson from Kent Sport will be representing the University of Kent in a sponsored cycle ride from the Canterbury campus to the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium. The Peace Ride is part of a twinning process between the University of Kent football pitches and the 'Peace Pitch' in Belgium.
Oli and Lee will lay a poppy football at the Menin Gate Memorial at the 8pm Last Post ceremony.
The Peace Ride aims to raise awareness and funds for the National Children's Football Alliance and their unique Slum Soccer project in India which facilitates access to football and other essential provisions for children and families for whom poverty is an everyday challenge.
To support Lee and Oli please visit their crowdfunding page at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/oli-prior. All funds raised will contribute to giving children the opportunity to participate in the 2019 Global Peace Games and kick a football in hope of a better life.
To find out more about the National Children's Football Alliance and the Peace Ride please visit http://www.childrensfootballalliance.com/.


On October 11, several Cassville Career and Technology Education classes had the opportunity to tour The Stitt Group headquarters in Rogers, Ark. The Stitt Group is a custom home building company that has been constructing energy efficient homes since 1978. The students were welcomed at the central office and given an overview of the company's mission before dividing into groups to attend tours for the day. The first stop was to the personal home of the founder of the Stitt Group, Orlo Stitt. While there, students learned about the efficiency of specific housing designs and the financial return of clean energy investments, all while exploring the beautiful property. Back at the offices, the Stitt Group crew each displayed their specialty from blueprint design and layout to on-site application and construction. However, after a full day of demonstration and learning, what impacted the students the most was a piece of advice by Orlo Stitt himself, "The reason we give these tours to young people like you is because you are our future. You will be the ones left when we're gone, and you need to know what your options are." This field trip is a component of a sustainability and green living project currently going on at Cassville High School funded by a Cassville Community Foundation Grant.


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ACCESS Ministries is a "self-accrediting" provider in this area. I noted above that several other religious groups require certification from Religions for Peace as to the suitability of their curricula, as a condition to their being allowed into the State Schools.
ACCESS Ministries claims that their curricula are suitable. The question is, how is this suitability ascertained? What body of experts – curricular, theological and Biblical – scrutinises this material. By what processes is it determined to be suitable to what range of Christians? Further quality assurance issues can be raised. What procedures are in place to ensure that those teaching SRI are trained and abide by the rules?
ACCESS Ministries is a successor to the CCES. Given the proud and as far as I can ascertain accurate self-declaration of ACCESS Ministries as "Evangelical Christians," by what administrative mechanism does it ensure that its curricula are suited not just to those who describe themselves as "Evangelicals" but also to the broad spectrum of Australia's Christians?
The fact is that the DEECD have simply punted here, unwilling, or unable to monitor the quality, suitability of this anachronistic program, they have taken to simply pretending that there is no problem.
Their mantra is now, "there are no complaints".
Parents, Victorians, Countrymen. Lend me your complaints.


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Maintaining safe nuclear
Scientists at PNNL investigate how materials degrade in extreme environments, helping assure that the life of existing nuclear power reactors can be extended safely. With nuclear energy industry partners, PNNL also investigates aging electrical cables (pictured), develops radiation-tolerant materials for Generation IV reactors, and researches the science of stress corrosion and crack initiation and growth—all utilizing expertise and equipment based in the Radiological Exposures & Metrology Laboratory and the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory.
Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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The nation's fleet of commercial nuclear reactors must continue to operate safely, reliably, and with economic efficiency throughout their lifetimes. After that, each reactor must be decommissioned in a way that meets environmental and safety standards.
PNNL research helps meet these objectives with its expertise in materials science, instrumentation and control, risk assessment, physical security, and cybersecurity. This work is supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), commercial sponsors, and partner national laboratories.
Detecting and withstanding materials degradation
Materials scientists at PNNL investigate how materials degrade, helping assure that the life of existing reactors can be extended safely. PNNL has the world's leading researchers in the science of stress corrosion and crack (SCC) initiation and growth. They use test rigs to collect material property and degradation data needed to develop degradation models and strategies for detection and intervention.
With industry partners, PNNL also investigates aging electrical cables and develops radiation-tolerant materials for Generation IV reactors. Central to this research are PNNL's Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (RPL), a Hazard Category 2 non-reactor facility for advancing radiological material processes and solutions, and the Radiological Exposure and Metrology Calibration and Standards Laboratory in the 318 Building.
Probabilistic risk assessment
PNNL nuclear experts conduct risk assessments and safety analyses that underpin the limiting conditions for safe reactor operations, administrative programs, and controls. The experts emphasize decision science, probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs), and systematic analyses that reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the design, construction, operation, and siting of nuclear plants.
PNNL PRA methods have been applied to risk-informed reactor design, to extending NRC's significance determination process regarding passive components, to reviewing risk-informed license amendment applications to NRC, to the storage and transportation of spent nuclear fuel, and to assessments of external plant hazards, such as flooding.
PNNL staff have expertise in cybersecurity and nuclear power plant operations, including policy development, new technologies, assessments and inspections, and capacity development. PNNL has planned and supported NRC cybersecurity inspections of all licensed facilities. For the IAEA, researchers have developed and delivered training on the security of industrial control systems, radiological materials facilities, and other topics. Researchers also worked with the NRC and IAEA to develop policy and guidance on cybersecurity program inspections, incident response, and other issues.
Meanwhile, PNNL's award-winning Physical and Cyber Risk Analysis Tool (PACRAT) software helps nuclear plant personnel assess risks of coordinated cyber and physical attacks.
Decommissioning involves shutting down nuclear plant operations, demolishing the facility, and reducing residual radioactivity to levels set by the NRC. It also involves removing or safely storing any radioactive materials, including spent nuclear fuel. For more than 40 years, PNNL has provided technical decommissioning support to the NRC and international organizations. Staff have helped write more than 70 NRC contractor (NUREG/CRs) publications on technology, safety, and the costs of decommissioning.
PNNL scientists have done research that supports spent fuel disposition from decommissioned plants and have completed many environmental assessments related to decommissioning, including radiological characterizations of decommissioned systems and assessments of doses from residual radioactive contamination.
After the post-tsunami shutdown of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants in 2011, experts from PNNL provided risk-based prioritization recommendations for cleanup.
PNNL Scientist Recognized by DOE Office of Nuclear Safety
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Blade 2 : The Return of The Evil is an upcoming Korean action RPG game which is the sequel to Blade for Kakao one of the top hit Korean Android, iOS game.
Blade 2 developed by Action Square with the use of Unreal Engine 4. With eye-catching graphics, four playable characters, fast combat system, PC level graphics and many other things make Blade 2 one of the anticipated mobile MMORPG game.


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Parkway student arrested for allegedly making terroristic threats at school
After conducting interviews with witnesses and the suspect, the student was arrested for one count of terrorizing.
BOSSIER PARISH, La. (KSLA) - A 15-year-old Parkway High School student was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 22 for allegedly making terroristic threats while at school.
Earlier this week, the student reportedly made alarming comments that were overheard by other students in the class. The incident wasn't reported to the SRO (school resource officer) or school administration until Thursday. After being notified, SROs and Bossier Sheriff's detectives began an investigation into the incident.
After conducting interviews with witnesses and the suspect, the student was arrested for one count of terrorizing. They were booked into the Ware Detention Center.
"Every threat, whether real or perceived, against a school in Bossier Parish will be taken seriously and will be thoroughly investigated by the Bossier Sheriff's Office," said Sheriff Julian Whittington. "I would like to encourage both parents and students to remember that if they see something, say something when it comes to threatening comments or actions. All threats against schools, whether said in a joking manner or not, can lead to serious consequences."


The premiere of CBS's Star Trek: Discovery is just days away from launching to what could be the biggest audience ever for the TV show franchise.
That's because as 'Discovery' premieres its first episode on the network's internet-delivered CBS All Access service as well as traditional linear network, Netflix will also premiere the series in 188 countries around the world. And in Canada, the series will air on Bell Media's Space channel and stream on CraveTV.
The second episode of Star Trek: Discovery will be available on CBS All Access immediately following the premiere (we're not sure about how many episodes Netflix will queue up).
However, the new series will launch to a global audience critic and review-free. There have been no screener episodes made available to the press, and even the actors have not seen any full episodes. In fact, CBS has put an embargo on reviews of the premiere events held in New York and Los Angeles.
Could it be that CBS is afraid of bad reviews? Maybe. CBS is banking on the 50-year old brand to expand their internet TV service to more subscribers. Or, does it have to do with the unique strategy of partnering with Netflix to deliver the show worldwide? Possibly. Those are unchartered waters for the network.
But while CBS has been quiet about most of 'Discovery' (with the exception of a couple trailers), we do know quite a bit about the large cast that includes Jason Isaacs as Captain Lorca, Michelle Yeoh as Captain Georgiou, Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham, and Rainn Wilson as the indelible Harry Mudd, among others.
The CBS All Access service can be watched on multiple platforms including Apple and Android mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
CBS shares dipped early Thursday morning after the company announced their sports streaming service to compete with ESPN.


SCOBY (you purchase 1, and with every brew, a baby SCOBY will grow. You will not have to purchase another SCOBY unless yours gets ruined by not taking care of it). You can purchase a SCOBY locally or on the internet. We got our SCOBY here.
1 gallon wide mouth glass vessel.
Cover glass vessel with coffee filter or cotton towel.
Place out of direct sunlight for 7-10 days.
Remove your SCOBY. Do not be alarmed of small black areas, this is the yeast.
Pour into Kombucha into individual glass containers (we use mason jars) leaving 1-2 inches at the top (1 inch if you are not second fermenting, 2 inches if you are second fermenting). Keep ½-1 cup Kombucha for your next brew. You can refridgerate your Kombucha just like this and drink it immediately, but it will not be fizzy unless you second ferment in.
This is the fun part! You can add fresh fruit, pureed fruit, fruit juice, herbs, spices, etc. Anything you want! We like to use fresh fruit or fruit juice. Just remember to leave ½-1in space at the top of your glass container. After you add whatever you want to the individual glass vessels, you seal them and place them out of direct sunlight for 2-4 days. When you open your containers, they will "pop" like a soda will. You Kombucha will now be fruity, fizzy, and delicious!
Cold, fizzy, fresh strawberry Kombucha!
To learn why you should use Measures of Grace loose leaf tea to brew your Kombucha as opposed to other brands, check out Kombucha Series Pt. 3!
Kombucha is a beverage that is made from sweetened black or green tea and has been fermented through a process using yeast (like beer) and bacteria (like yogurt). Because it is fermented, kombucha may contain tiny traces of alcohol (around .5%). Kombucha is a great alternative to sugary sodas, because it is a naturally fizzy beverage. The sugar in Kombucha is largely consumed by the bacteria during the fermentation process, which leaves you with a healthy, fizzy, and low sugar beverage.
Kombucha is known as the "elixir of life" because it is so good for your health. Some of the health benefits are: aids in digestion by its rich probiotics, enhances liver function by its high glucaric acid content, aids in nutrient assimilation by creating a healthy gut, boosts the immune system by its high antioxidant levels, ease joint pain with its natural glucosamine content. Other noted benefits of Kombucha: alleviates chronic constipation, improves mood/depression, boosts energy, reduces allergies, reduces insomnia, and prevents gout and stomach ulcers.
Kombucha tastes delicious and it is wonderful for your health! No wonder it has become so popular.
The down side to drinking Kombucha is the price to purchase it. One 16oz bottle in a grocery store costs between $3-$6. Crazy, right?! Brewing your own Kombucha at home is very, very easy… and inexpensive! Want to learn how to brew your own Kombucha? Check out Kombucha Series Pt. 2!
Everyone wants to give their mother a gift she'll remember. You've already given a necklace, a special charm to add to her bracelet, a spa certificate, or flowers. This year, go for something different and memorable. Try breakfast in bed! Don't just deliver breakfast to her, but sit and eat with her. Time spent together is always worth more than a gift that's tossed in a drawer.
Give her the bed & breakfast feel by serving scones and hot tea, which we've made incredibly easy for you. To make our scones, all you have to do is add heavy cream, shape, and bake. Yep, you heard that correctly…it's THAT easy! And absolutely delicious.
Brew a pot of tea to compliment the scones. Buckingham Palace black tea is a perfect choice. It's a beautiful blend, has caffeine (because we all need that in the morning!), and its delicate flavor won't overpower the scones.
Every mom would love their Mother's Day to start their special day with a thoughtful gesture and quality time with family! And we've made it easy for you.
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Easter is only a week and a half away, and what better way to get in the Easter spirit than with a classic Easter Tea?! A tea party with a 12 month old is…well…let's just say it's not your typical "pinky-up" tea party. Ha! But it sure was adorable and we created memories that we'll giggle about for a long time.
We made rice krispie nests, brewed Strawberry Kiwi tea, and set the table with our Green Bunny Child's Set. The nests were super easy and adorable. It would be a fun recipe to make with your kiddos during the Easter season.
Melt the butter in a stock pot, then melt the marshmallows. Add in the rice krispies and mix well. While mixture is still hot, form mixture into oiled cupcake tins. (You may want to also spray your hands with cooking spray…the mixture is very sticky!) Allow to cool, then fill the nests with whatever you desire.
Then it was time to head outside for the party. Gram showed baby A the table and the first thing she was interested in was grabbing the hot pink peep and sticking her hands into her cup of tea… not quite what you do with tea, little one! We both laughed and let her get herself (and Gram) messy with spilt tea.
Eat, Drink (tea), and Be Merry!
Much too often, Thanksgiving is centered on a to-do list and stress to get it all checked off. All the while we are missing the very purpose of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving: (n) the expression of gratitude, especially to God. It is a day that is set aside to give thanks. Yet somehow, over time, we have turned it into the exact opposite. "Black Friday" made its way to Thursday. The one day of the year that is meant to be set aside to give thanks for what we have been given, we find ourselves in long lines to gather more things. We are throwing away our Thanksgivings – one after the next. Let this be the year that you decide to dedicate the whole day, with your loved ones by your side, to pausing and giving thanks to God.
The season of Christmas is meant to be a time when we remember the greatest gift the world has ever been given, Jesus Christ. We are to celebrate His birth and give thanks to God for giving us such a wonderful and undeserved gift! But we are throwing away the Christmas season by allowing our minds to instead be filled with greed, jealousy, aggravation, stress, etc. This season should indeed be a time for giving. But our giving should be from a heart overflowing in thankfulness for what God has done for us. Let this be the year that you decide to make Christmas prominently about Jesus and allow your giving to be in celebration of His birth.
How do we stop throwing away the Holiday seasons? We must be intentional about not allowing our minds to be cluttered with endless to-do lists and busyness associated with the Holidays. Tea time will help you to be intentional. Brew a pot of tea, sit down, and enjoy. In that moment, center your mind around what this season is about. It is about God's provision for us and the good gift He has given us in Jesus. Starting today, let's gather around the table to eat, drink (tea), and be merry!


The Black Swan is commonly seen in captivity and is only surpassed in popularity by the related Mute Swan. Seen not only in private collections, but in city parks and large zoos, the Black Swan is native Australia and Tasmania. The populations on New Zealand are introduced.
Black Swans are large, graceful birds. Both sexes are black with bright red bills that sport a white band, gray feet and legs and white primaries that are seen only in flight. Immature swans are quite different in appearance, being dull brown overall with a dark bill.
In the wild, these Swans usually nest in June and July, but here in the Northern Hemisphere, it is not uncommon for the pair to begin nesting at any point during the year! The nest is built near the water's edge, usually in a large mound of grasses and reeds. To simulate this, provide lots of straw and weeds. If the swans decide to nest during the Winter, it is a good idea to remove the eggs and place them in an incubator to prevent freezing. The clutch consists of 5 to 8 seven large greenish eggs that are incubated by both parents for about 36 days.
Swan parents will defend their nest and young ferociously, so it would be a good idea if you have visitors to your farm, to keep the swans penned and be careful yourself when doing your daily maintenance. The little swans do not grow very fast and won't reach sexual maturity until their third year.
Black Swans are fairly hardy birds and do well in most climates. Like most swans, they are very large and need a large source of water. They love to eat lots of greens, so if they are penned or during the Winter months, provide plenty of lettuce and other greens.
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern (IUCN, 2009).
The global population is estimated to number c.100,000-1,000,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2006), while the population in Japan has been estimated at c.100-10,000 introduced breeding pairs (Brazil 2009).


Although many developers may be waiting for the release of the Surface SDK expected later this month, Microsoft have in fact released another touch-related SDK you can play with right now.
Called Touchless, this SDK allows you to experiment with multi-touch applications with little investment in hardware. In order to use Touchless all you need is a webcam as the video above demonstrates.


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The Indian Ordnance factory ITI Apprentice Syllabus and Previous Year Question Papers related information going to publish soon in a short period of time. It's a very helpful study material for all the students who applied for following post. To get more information stay connected with its ofbindia.gov.in web page as well as with our site.
The Indian Ordnance factory is functioning under the direct control of Ordnance Factory Board to perform various types of activities in which included some specific tasks are production, testing, logistics, research, development and marketing of a comprehensive product range in the area of land, sea and air systems. It is localised at kolkata, India. It provides its products and services in all over the India.
It manufactured various items useful in Indian defense services like Pistol/Revolver, Civilian Arms & Ammunition, Weapons, Ammunition, Explosives, Propellants & Chemicals, Military Vehicles, Armoured Vehicles, Optical Devices, Parachutes, Support Equipment, Troop Comfort & General Stores and Material Components & SPMs etc. It is one of the oldest and largest industrial setup of Indian government comes under the Department of Defence Production of the Ministry of Defence, government of India.


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Een convulsie, ook wel stuipen genoemd, is een abnormale en ongecontroleerde afwisseling van aanspanning en ontspanning van de spieren van het lichaam, wat kan leiden tot verkramping en schokken door het gehele lichaam.

Een convulsie wordt vaak gezien als symptoom van een tonisch-clonisch epileptisch insult; daardoor wordt het vaak onterecht als een synoniem voor deze aanvallen gebruikt.

Convulsies bij epilepsie
Een convulsieve aanval wordt bij epilepsie vaak gezien ten gevolge van een abnormale, gesynchroniseerde ontlading van zenuwcellen (neuronen) in de hersenen die zorgt voor herhaaldelijke tonisch-clonische aanvallen. Naast het kenmerkende schokken en de verkramping van de ledematen wordt bij een typisch convulsief epileptisch insult vaak ook een verlies van bewustzijn, tongbeet en urineverlies gevolgd door een herstelperiode waarin de patiënt erg vermoeid is.

Convulsies bij overige aandoeningen
Een convulsie wordt ook gezien na een elektrisch trauma, zoals een schok. Ook komen convulsies voor bij niet-epileptische insulten, zoals insulten ten gevolge van drugoverdosis, alcoholderving, hoofdtrauma, eclampsie, vergiftiging, hypoglycemie, beroerte (CVA), hersengezwellen, herseninfecties, tekort aan zuurstof en als koortsstuip.

Neurologische aandoening

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UNMANNED AIRCRAFT: Turks Want UAV to Watch Kurds
Last week's attack on Turkish military forces by Kurdish militants and the subsequent incursion by Turkish forces into Kurdish areas of Iraq give new impetus to Turkey's development of an unmanned aerial vehicle, according to Turkish press reports.
Turkey's first homegrown UAV, the Anka, has had its first successful two-hour test flight and is ready for use, the Turkish newspaper Zaman reported Oct. 25. It is slated to be deployed in 2012.
Turkey (Map from CIA World Factbook)
Anka, which is Turkish for Phoenix, has been in development since 2004 – suffering some setbacks along the way. Zaman said the UAV is important in Turkey's reignited battle with militant Kurdish separatists – especially because of strained relations with Israel, the previous supplier of Turkey's UAVs.
After a raid by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party – known by the acronym PKK – into southeastern Turkey left 24 soldiers dead and more than 100 wounded, the Turkish military pounded parts of northern Iraq believed to be hiding PKK fighters with artillery and airstrikes. It was the worst PKK attack in Turkey in nearly two decades.
Turkey previously purchased Israeli Heron UAVs, but maintaining them has been problematic since relations deteriorated between Israel and Turkey. Last year nine Turkish nationals were killed when Israeli commandos raided a flotilla of boats trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. Turkey demanded an apology and restitution to victims' families, which Israel refused. Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and trade and military ties between the former regional allies all but collapsed.
Israel's rapid aid response in the wake of Sunday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Turkey near Van (See map), may help heal the rift.
Anka in flight ( courtesy of Turkish Aerospace Industries)
In the meantime, the Anka's developers say their UAV, with a wingspan of 56 feet, can fly at a speed of 75 knots, reach an altitude of 30,000 feet and remain in the air for up to 24 hours at a time.
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package com.kakashi.simpleservices

import spray.httpx.Json4sJacksonSupport
import org.json4s._
import java.util.UUID

object Json4sSupport extends Json4sJacksonSupport {
   implicit def json4sJacksonFormats: Formats = jackson.Serialization.formats(NoTypeHints) + new UUIDFormat

  //so you don't need to import
  //jackson everywhere
  val jsonMethods = org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods

  class UUIDFormat extends Serializer[UUID] {
    val UUIDClass = classOf[UUID]

    def deserialize(implicit format: Formats): PartialFunction[(TypeInfo, JValue), UUID] = {
      case (TypeInfo(UUIDClass, _), JString(x)) => UUID.fromString(x)
    }

    def serialize(implicit format: Formats): PartialFunction[Any, JValue] = {
      case x: UUID => JString(x.toString)
    }
  }

  def toJValue[T](value: T): JValue = {
    Extraction.decompose(value)
  }
}


Open City enables our users to become City Watchers.
One of the major issues in cities around the world is that there is a lack of interaction and collaboration between users(citizens) and public administrations while creating and developing urban projects.
Open City is an application that allows them to make those connections between the citizens and the government administration improving the open city's urban development and satisfaction that every smart city seeks.
The citizens will be able to interact with others through the application sharing important information that is relevant to existing projects that still are in the making process.
The possibility of rating projects, commenting on them and sharing them will be easy , simple and quick.This will contribute to effective arrangements of a new and improved governance.
Our app will mainly consist of two important sections.The first one will include all the active urban projects.Discussing mainly 3 topics.Urban mobility such as transportation,Infrastructure and Universal Accessibility.Users will be able to watch the projects progress live, rate the project and comment on it.
Second, Connection will be a section where the user can report urban malfunctions in the same areas as the previous section.
All content can be shared on facebook, twitter and other social media.And the data collected from the app will be carefully analyzed to create a completely Data Base of the most important information. The Analyzed Data will be sold to units of the public administration and other enterprise. By viewing the Data, the government can imply the demands of the population and execute actions to improve them.