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Since the recall election was confirmed in January, Mathews has revived an online campaign and renamed it "Protect Keller." At www.protectkeller.com, Mathews states his side of the issue, saying that many claims made about him are false.
The website features two videos, including one animated production that's titled "Who's behind the Keller Recall." In the video, a female narrator says that after getting Mathews elected, the "special interest group" demands a stop to all new development "or else." It ends by asking residents to "say no to Washington style politics in Keller" and "on May 7th, vote no on the recall."
Linda Taylor, spokeswoman for the group supporting the recall, called the video "juvenile."
"At best, it is unprofessional and disrespectful, and at worst, it is sexist," Taylor said in an email, later adding that the portrayal of the woman is "derogatory."
Mathews said Taylor calling the video sexist is a "baseless accusation, much as the rest of their desperate and reaching accusations."
Taylor also contends that Mathews is the one with the "special interest group."
"It's common knowledge the mayor has aligned himself with developers, builders, Realtors and business owners, many of whom do not even live in Keller, but could benefit from his votes or persuasive position," Taylor said.
Mathews said the claim that he has a special interest group is "absolutely untrue."
"This small special interest group actively spreads misinformation throughout Keller in order to try and further their agenda," Mathews said.
What the petition alleges
The petition makes four allegations against Mathews, including three that involve SilverOak Land Development and the Sage Group, an architecture firm where Mathews' wife, Angela Mathews, works part time. The petition claims that during a City Council meeting in June, Mathews twice voted in favor of a development proposal from SilverOak and the Sage Group, which the petition says is a conflict of interest because of his wife's job.
The petition also says that it appears he didn't recuse himself from discussions involving those companies during executive sessions, which the petition claims was also a conflict of interest.
Mathews said it was not a legal conflict of interest because SilverOak was the applicant and the Sage Group was a third-party subcontractor.
"As a part-time, nonvested, hourly office employee, my wife nor my family received any benefit," Mathews said.
He said that before these items came to the council, he told Keller City Attorney Stan Lowry about his wife's job and asked him if it would be a conflict of interest.
Lowry told Mathews it would not be a conflict of interest, a statement that Lowry confirmed to the Star-Telegram.
Taylor has also said that because the president of SilverOak, Kelly Dykes, is Mathews' stepdaughter's uncle, it was unethical for Mathews to vote on a SilverOak matter. She says that Mathews hid this and his wife's job with the Sage Group from the rest of the council, whereas Mathews contends that some council members knew, though he wasn't legally obligated to tell them.
Mathews acknowledged that Dykes is his stepdaughter's uncle but downplayed his relationship with Dykes, saying they did not communicate in any way from 1999 until 2015.
The fourth claim on the petition says that Mathews' Marshall Ridge subdivision received money from a developer not long after Mathews was elected mayor and when he was still president of the neighborhood Homeowners Association's advisory committee.
The petition alleges that Marshall Ridge's developer, Meritage Homes, violated the city tree ordinance when it clear-cut some lots in June 2014, but former City Manager Steve Polasek made an agreement with Meritage Homes for the developer to pay $38,300 to the Marshall Ridge HOA. The petition says that because Mathews' subdivision received a benefit that other neighborhoods haven't, it is a violation of the city's code of ethics.
In response, Mathews said he wasn't involved with the city's handling of the Meritage Homes tree issue. Polasek, who handled the matter for the city, declined to comment other than to say that everything done on the issue was "allowable and run through the city attorney's office."
A new video recently posted on YouTube by an account called "Recall Mayor Mathews" runs through the accusations in the petition and includes video and emails it says backs up the allegations.
Among the issues the video brings up is an email that it says shows that Mathews told Lowry that not only is Dykes his stepdaughter's uncle, but also that "Kelly worked for me many years ago."
Mathews has told the Star-Telegram that he had never employed Dykes. He said Friday that his email to Lowry would have been more accurate if he had said, "15 years ago, Mr. Dykes and I worked at the same company."
Meritage and the trees
Through a series of public information requests, the Star-Telegram traced the money trail associated with the tree dispute.
At the city's Planning & Zoning Commission meeting on May 12, 2014, the commission — which also serves as Keller's Tree Board — approved an appeal by Meritage Homes to remove trees in several undeveloped lots in Marshall Ridge. In return, Meritage said it would plant a small number of replacement trees and pay $279,200 to Keller's Tree Reforestation Fund. The board approved the appeal by a 6-1 vote, and Meritage made its payment on May 23, documents state.
On June 2, Bobby Samuel, director of land development for Meritage, notified the city staff via email that too many trees had been unintentionally cut down in two lots on May 30. The email promises that Meritage would devise a plan to address the removals.
On June 16, a letter from Meritage asked the city to allow it to replace a small number of trees and make an escrow payment of $38,300 to the Marshall Ridge Homeowners Associatiopn "to serve as penalty payment for the non-permitted trees removed" and to be used "for future landscape maintenance or enhancements within the community."
The city agreed to this mitigation request, and it was handled by Polasek; Tom Elgin, director of community development; and David Hawkins, planning manager. Emails state that Polasek ran the agreement by Lowry.
Mathews said during a Dec. 1, 2015, council meeting that he "was never involved in any" part of the city's agreement with Meritage.
However, comments in a forwarded email from Mathews to Polasek on June 4 show that he had knowledge of the discussions involving Meritage. Mathews received an email from Samuel, informing him of the unauthorized tree clearing, and Mathews forwarded it and a few of his own comments to Polasek.
"I would like to have more conversation around staff's position on this before a final commitment is made to Meritage," Mathews' email said.
Mathews recently said he sent the email because it appeared that "the city agreed to simply have the developer replant trees without any fine or penalty. I thought this unusual." Mathews said Polasek then took over the matter and "I was never involved in any meeting" but simply "forwarded an email to the city manager."
Recall movement a year old
In February 2015, a development proposal sparked the first public mention of a recall.
Village Builders, developers of the Gean Properties — 105 acres between Johnson and Bancroft roads in north Keller, near Keller High School — planned to build 104 homes on the property, most of which was under low-density zoning.
But then Village Builders brought a new plan to the city that would include a gift of 35 acres of undeveloped parkland to the city. In the new plan, the developers were requesting a zoning change to medium-density so they could fit 112 homes on the property and needed City Council approval.
Many nearby residents opposed the plan, saying at the February meeting that it would be a "sea of rooftops" and that they wanted to preserve the "rural atmosphere" of the area. But what further angered them was that the developer used the parkland, they said, to "unethically" silence much of their opposition by putting 200 feet between their development and neighboring homes, hindering their ability to submit written opposition and force a supermajority decision from City Council.
After dozens of residents spoke for hours — both for and against the proposal — the zoning change was denied by a 4-3 vote. Mathews voted for it.
During the public hearing, many residents were harsh in their criticism of council members, describing them as "unethical" and "despicable" for considering the zoning change. Some residents urged them to remember those residents who helped them get elected. Near the end of the public hearing, resident Deb Reed threatened to start a recall effort against anyone who voted for the proposal.
Mathews said last month that he voted in favor because he thought the 35-acre gift would benefit Keller.
Reed said the Gean Properties issue was "water under the bridge" several months before residents took issue with ethical concerns involving Mathews.
Mathews was also criticized when, in March 2015, he publicly reprimanded two planning & zoning commissioners because he had a problem with their behavior during a P&Z meeting about the Gean Properties proposal.
Mathews had asked Commissioners Chris Whatley and Carey Page to resign because of their "grossly inappropriate lack of professionalism," but they refused. Mathews said he realized that he didn't have the support of the majority of the council to vote them out, so he dropped the matter. Whatley has since left the commission.
Signatures heavy in north Keller
The petition to recall Mathews was presented to the city in January and more than 2,000 signatures were verified, forcing the special election.
Taylor has said multiple times that the signatures came from residents from "all sectors of Keller."
That's true, but the signatures show that a majority of them come from north Keller, including hundreds who live close to the Gean Properties, according to an analysis of addresses by the Star-Telegram.
And many signatures are from residents, including Reed, who spoke out against the Gean Properties proposal that Mathews favored.
Mathews has said multiple times that many residents who signed the petition have since spoken to him, heard his side and now support him.
Other notable signatures include those of Page and Whatley and Pat McGrail, a former mayor who lost his re-election bid to Mathews in 2014.
Ed Speakmon and Eric Schmidt, who are candidates for City Council in the same May 7 election, signed the petition, as did relatives of current council members Debbie Bryan and Bill Hodnett.
Schmidt and Speakmon did not respond to questions about the recall.
It he survives the recall, Mathews said, his "vision for Keller" won't change. His term runs through May 2017.
"I am going to look out for the best interests of Keller, regardless of who is on council with me," Mathews said.
Mark David Smith: 817-390-7808, @MarkSmith_FWST
Trees are marked at new home construction sites in the Marshall Ridge neighborhood in Keller. Khampha Bouaphanh kbouaphanh@star-telegram.com
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Gervacio's novel launched
College of Arts and Social Sciences and Dept. of Filipino Professor German V. Gervacio launches his novel Hari Manawari on July 11 at the Bookyukay Bookstore (55 Maginhawa St., Teachers Village, Quezon City).
Gervacio, resident panellist in the Iligan National Writers Workshop, is a three-time Palanca winner among other literary awards that have recognized him a major Filipino poet, fictionist, and playwright. His poems have also been widely anthologized, among these in the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Ani, U.P. Likhaan, Relasyon, Ipuipo sa Piging, Mondo Marcos, Subverso, Mindanao Forum, among many others.
Ateneo de Manila Professor Dr. Edgar Calabia Samar writes: The inter-textual compositions in "Hari Manawari" have created a stir — from the chants of riddles, folk stories, and epics, the popular awit at korido, the polemics of contemporary criticism, and the deconstructions of narratives from the west from the Greeks to the Romantic tales of Europe, and even the Bible. The contents, oftentimes hilarious, keep the reader glued to this engrossing read. The writer to highlight Postmodernist tensions in the work merges traditional formal and contemporary colloquial language.
The novel is published by Publikasyong Tapat and will soon be available in the mainstream bookstores.

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The main purpose is to create an event that will EXCITE, ENCOURAGE, EQUIP and where together we can 'Unpack Youth Ministry' in a simple and clear way to give participants the confidence and tools to simply get started in their context.
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Is this the start of a trend or a refreshing, albeit rare anomaly? In either case, justice was done in a Holland courtroom.
Rotterdam council was right not to offer lawyer Mohammed Enait the job of client manager after he refused to shake hands with women, a court in The Hague said on Tuesday afternoon.
Enait had applied for the job at the social services department but said he would not shake hands with women on religious grounds. However, he would greet them in another respectful fashion, he said.
When he was refused the job, Enait brought a civil case against Rotterdam council, saying the rejection was religious discrimination.
The court found the refusal to shake women's hands 'unacceptable' and that Enait is ignoring the equality between men and women, reports news website nu.nl. In addition, it would damage the relationship between the council and its clients.
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GIS and BIM interoperability brings great value to AEC professionals
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Planning, designing, constructing and managing infrastructure projects in a sustainable and resilient manner is the job of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professionals. In addition to years of training and practice to become proficient in problem-solving, these experts need interoperability between their building information modeling (BIM) and geographic information system (GIS) tools to meet these demands.
Industry professionals who create our built world employ many methods to optimize materials usage, reduce energy use, protect human resources, and lessen the long-term impact on the natural environment. Connecting Esri's ArcGIS solutions with BIM data and software improves coordination and efficiency, thus leading to a sustainable and resilient world.
During engineering and design workflows, GIS professionals and AEC specialists need to work together. Each brings a unique perspective to infrastructure:
The GIS professional provides insight into a larger context.
The designer/engineer provides insight into detailed infrastructure assets.
Working together means engineering and design information—CAD, BIM, and GIS—must be woven together to address the big problems these teams strive to solve.
Exchanging information across project phases and professions has historically been difficult in this industry; sharing data between traditional AEC tools and GIS platforms were often avoided due to real and perceived challenges. Getting CAD and BIM into GIS had been cumbersome, and visualization of GIS in CAD had been critiqued. However, in recent years we have seen significant improvements in both directions—GIS in BIM tools and BIM data in GIS.
The leaders in software for the AEC and GIS industry have been working together for a few years. Since their alliance in 2017, Autodesk and Esri have enabled great improvements in CAD, BIM, and GIS interoperability—connecting data, applications, and people.
Normalizing CAD, BIM, and GIS Interoperability
GIS solutions that interoperate with CAD and BIM are becoming commonplace. The industry is rapidly embracing easy methods of sharing information and collaborating, with GIS serving as a critical technology component.
Marc Goldman, director of AEC industry solutions at Esri, explains, "Users may remember that we started from the point of limited desktop-to-desktop file exchange. Recently, we've delivered desktop-to-cloud collaboration workflows, connecting the engineering solution with the GIS cloud and vice versa. The workflows we've enabled are reducing cycles and improving design quality. As we move toward CAD, BIM, and GIS just working together, direct cloud-to-cloud collaboration will introduce more exciting ways for AEC firms to deliver their services."
AEC firms are putting these tools together already, delivering better projects, selling additional services, and readying themselves for a world where the physical projects and digital twins are connected via BIM and GIS.
Delivering Location Intelligence for All Project Phases
The benefit of better data exchange extends beyond design and engineering work. By removing barriers and silos, which once were common when discussing GIS for AEC, the entire project life cycle improves! New value from the combined BIM and GIS is realized across all phases and work locations, especially those involving the project's asset management efforts.
Asset management is core to planning, design and engineering, construction, operations, and our physical assets' ongoing use. Asset management demands a data-driven process to maintain, preserve, and extend the life of infrastructure and building assets.
Critical decisions are made throughout the life cycle of building and infrastructure assets. Decision-makers need access to data in an easy-to-use format. With ArcGIS as data management technology—rich with BIM-sourced information, and part of a connected data environment—ongoing asset data collection is easy and secure.
Geolocated asset data delivers no value on its own. Instead, location-based asset data must be complemented by analysis, generating insights that lead to more productivity; greater safety; and smaller impacts, both physical and financial.
Esri's GIS solutions, combined with Autodesk's BIM tools, are the ideal platform for asset data creation, collection, analysis, and access at all phases of the project, delivering value for the long term.
GIS has a proven track record of success, delivering insights by collecting a wide range of information while engaging users through compelling visualizations. Detailed property data, survey-grade-accurate locations of project features and infrastructure items, operations and maintenance data and logs, photos, videos, and more—all are combined with world-class spatial analysis capabilities.
There may be other point solutions for collecting data, or for visualizing data—but nothing compares to the capabilities enabled through GIS. Thousands of analyses are delivered through the artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation underpinnings of ArcGIS. These capabilities are brought to light by the information generated and fed into the designs through the BIM tools.
Combined, CAD, BIM, and GIS promise to deliver a great future for AEC professionals.
To learn more, watch a webinar recording where Esri and Autodesk experts share best practices in bringing together the worlds of engineering excellence and location intelligence.
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Aztec World War II veteran reflects on military life and will to live
AZTEC — Ninety-two-year-old Arsenio "Archie" Lopez credits his longevity to a higher power, a good sense of...
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Ninety-two-year-old World War II veteran Archie Lopez, left, sits with his wife Genevieve on Thursday in front of their home in Aztec while holding a photograph of himself from 1941.(Photo: Megan Farmer — The Daily Times)Buy Photo
AZTEC — Ninety-two-year-old Arsenio "Archie" Lopez credits his longevity to a higher power, a good sense of humor and lots of healthy eating.
Lopez, a decorated World War II veteran, will spend Memorial Day at his home on McCoy Avenue with his wife, Genevieve Lopez. Like most days, he will rise early, get dressed and make coffee. But Monday, he said, he'll deviate from his routine long enough to take down the small American flag that he keeps flying over his porch steps year-round and replace it with a full-sized version and say a prayer of thanks.
"I thank my Lord and savior for all I have," Lopez said. "He's the only one who brought me through the war. You know, I wonder sometimes, 'How did I ever make it through everything?' Well, the Lord was right there with me. There's no other answer. He's the one who gives me the power and strength. That's probably how I am still around."
Born in Corona, N.M., Lopez's parents died when he was only four. His only sister was sent to an orphanage in Santa Fe and he to one in Albuquerque, which he hated, he said.
He volunteered for military service at 17, and slept in tents during basic training in San Antonio, Texas. At age 22, as an Army sergeant, he was in the second wave of soldiers who landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on D-Day, June 6, 1944. A good shot with a rifle, Lopez said he doesn't know how he managed to survive the amphibious landing, only that he was too busy each second after he landed on the beach.
"Everything is fair in love and war, kill or be killed, you know," Lopez said at his home on Wednesday. "Not much time to think anyway else. When you're in battle, your life is in jeopardy every second of the day and night. Six months of that, I thought, 'There's gotta be somebody taking care of you, brother.'"
He liked to box with fellow officers in the Army and said that his pugilistic attitude toward battle helped him face heavy attack, including clashes along the Siegfried Line, the roughly 400 miles of underground bunkers and forts built by Hitler to secure Germany against an attack from the west.
"The hardest part of the was breaking through the Siegfried Line. I don't ever remember being scared, but once you get in the mix, you get nervous," he said. "I was squad leader and one time they were shelling us pretty heavy. I could hear somebody crying and it was one of my replacements, so I knelt down in the foxhole and I asked him what was the matter. He told me, 'They're shooting at me,' telling me that over and over. I told him, 'No, they're shooting at everybody.' I told him to sit up with me and we talked some more. He was all right after that. You know, that kid became one of the best mortar gunners I ever had."
Lopez was wounded, nearly fatally, during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium that December when shrapnel entered the back of his neck and shot out his chest. Doctors told him the shrapnel was an eighth of an inch from his brain stem, which if hit, would have killed him instantly.
"Before I got wounded, I was always jolly and carrying (on) with the boys but that day I knew I was going to get it," Lopez recalled. "One of our lieutenants said, 'Sergeant, there's something bothering you.' I just felt it. I knew I would get it on that day. And sure enough that day around four in the afternoon I did. The only thing that bothered me was that I didn't know how bad it was going to be. I made it through. I tell a lot of people that if the shrapnel would have gone in straight, I wouldn't be telling you about it now."
His Bronze Star medal, given to Lopez in 1962 for his "meritorious achievement in ground combat against the armed enemy during World War II," was stolen along with a dozen other medals and commendations, including a Purple Heart, from his sister's home in Roswell not long after he returned home to New Mexico. Lopez received replacements for them in 1992.
He moved to Aztec in the 1960s and worked around the county, doing construction and other work in the oil fields. He served as commander of the American Legion Post No. 9 in Aztec in the 1970s.
These days, Lopez spends most of his time tending to his 50-foot-long backyard garden, growing jalapeño and chile peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn and canteloupe. He and his wife make their own salsa and he enjoys sharing the fruits of his labors in the garden with friends and his 21 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
"The only grandpa I ever knew, my mother's, he lived to be ninety-six," Lopez said. So I think I'll try to break his record."
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Siouxsie and the Banshees Reissues
By NARC,
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Roll on the post-punk reissue machine....
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES RE-RELEASE ENTIRE CATALOGUE
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEESs entire album back catalogue has been digitally re-mastered and will be reissued over the next year.
The series will kick off with the re-release of debut The Scream on October 3.
The album will also come backed with a second CD of period rarities.
Originally released in November 1978, The Scream featured the tracks Switch, Jigsaw Feeling and a cover of The Beatles Helter Skelter.
The second bonus CD will include the first ever release of the early Banshees live favourite Make Up To Break Up, the two 1978 John Peel sessions, the bands first two single Hong Kong Garden and Staircase (Mystery) as well as five prototype tracks from The Scream, recorded at Pathway Studios.
The full tracklisting for the reissued The Scream is:
Jigsaw Feeling
Overground
Metal Postcard
Nicotine Stain
Suburban Relapse
Make Up To Break Up (Riverside Session)
Love In A Void (Peel Session)
Mirage (Peel Session)
Metal Postcard (Peel Session)
Suburban Relapse (Peel Session)
Hong Kong Garden (Peel Session)
Overground (Peel Session)
Carcass (Peel Session)
Helter Skelter (Peel Session)
Metal Postcard (Pathway Session)
Suburban Relapse (Pathway Session)
Staircase (Mystery) (Pathway Session)
Mirage (Pathway Session)
Nicotine Stain (Pathway Session)
Hong Kong Garden (7 Single Version)
Staircase (Mystery) (7 Single Version)
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french_disko
I've got The Cure ones that have been reissued in the last few months, they're particulary good.
I also feel less ripped off buying them than I do when purchasing the "Ten Year Anniversarry" editions of CDs that I bought 10 years ago, such as Jeff Buckley & DJ Shadow.
Think I'll get the Banshees ones as well.
betamax
ive got the sessions on bootleg cassettes and thay are utterely fantastic but sooo worn out ill def rush out and buy this one
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Yeah id like to buy the Banshees and Cure reissues but the cheapest price available is 15.99 in One Up (for the Cure ones). Most shops are selling them for 19.99. I can't pay that when I already own the original albums.
Larsen B
I couldn't think of a more inaccurate way of describing them. They were the totally bland Goth also rans alongside Bauhaus, all style over substance, especially Siouxsie with her inane pseudo-controversial lyrics. No better than all the supposed rip-off bands who you currently criticise.
I bought all The Cure ones on CD-wow & they cost me 9.99 each from this link -
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I couldn't think of a more inaccurate way of describing them. They were the totally bland Goth also rans alongside Bauhaus' date=' all style over substance, especially Siouxsie with her inane pseudo-controversial lyrics. No better than all the supposed rip-off bands who you currently criticise.[/quote']
Listen to Hong Kong garden in the context of the year it was first released 1978 - Totally Original
Listen to Bela Lugosis Dead in the context of the year it was first released 1979/80 - Totally Original
Neither band were cited as Goths at the time given Goths didnt actually exist. More part of the Art Punk movement.
Ok, so later on, a bunch of middle class cross dressing vampire obsessed self harming fannies retrospectively adopted the pioneers of the dark sounds of post punk / art punk as a fashion accessory (about 10 years later?), but that was nothing to with the bands, nor does it lessen their influence in a time when the world was dancing to shit like Billy Joel and Madness.
Bauhaus actually played on the same bill your beloved Gang of Four* a few times in 1981 the year before both got their 2 whole weeks of commercial success.
Both bands, while neither the best of their type, absolutely shit on the piss poor Kaiser Cheifs etc
*I too rate GOF, always have, just not the bands who have ripped them off, and the people who now think its cool to suddenly say they were cool, to appear cool. They were never cool thankfully. Just very fucking good.
like wise, even 15.99 is a rip off for something thats already been sold once, and its too much to pay for the peel sessions alone
piracy is the way ahead
I've got The Cure ones that have been reissued in the last few months' date=' they're particulary good.
Think I'll get the Banshees ones as well.[/quote']
I do fancy the Cure ones, I must admit, but I have most of the original ones anyway in some shape or form, so it's quite far down the list of purchases for me right now..
I think the Banshees are fantastic. To say they are no better than rip-offs is incredibly stupid, considering they were an integral part of the post punk movement of the time. As for gothic also rans, I agree with Betamax in that you can't say that they were particularly imitating anything at that point in time, bands like Korn rather being pseudo-gothic. As for bland, you're having a laugh? From what I've seen (very little, admittedly), intriguing live performers, understanders of the idea that a concert has to be a "show". Even more notable for being one of the few relatively successful bands of this genre to feature a female vocalist. Great singles band.
Ok' date=' so later on, a bunch of middle class cross dressing vampire obsessed self harming fannies retrospectively adopted the pioneers of the dark sounds of post punk / art punk as a fashion accessory (about 10 years later?), but that was nothing to with the bands, nor does it lessen their influence in a time when the world was dancing to shit like Billy Joel and Madness.
*I too rate GOF, always have, just not the bands who have ripped them off, and the people who now think its cool to suddenly say they were cool, to appear cool. They were never cool thankfully. Just very fucking good.[/quote']
I don't rate Gang of Four at all you twit. And i don't rate the Kaiser Chiefs nor rate any band who sounds like them.
I do fancy the Cure ones' date=' I must admit, but I have most of the original ones anyway in some shape or form, so it's quite far down the list of purchases for me right now..
I think the Banshees are fantastic. To say they are no better than rip-offs is incredibly stupid, considering they were an integral part of the post punk movement of the time. As for gothic also rans, I agree with Betamax in that you can't say that they were particularly imitating anything at that point in time, bands like Korn rather being pseudo-gothic. As for bland, you're having a laugh? From what I've seen (very little, admittedly), intriguing live performers, understanders of the idea that a concert has to be a "show". Even more notable for being one of the few relatively successful bands of this genre to feature a female vocalist. Great singles band.[/quote']
You fool, i'm not saying they were ripping off anyone. I'm just saying they are no better than those rip-offs cause they are all style over substance. And the fact that a band are good to watch on stage doesn't make them anything more than bland on record, and nor do factors such as having a female vocalist.
you also have no clue what your talking about
You fool' date=' i'm not saying they were ripping off anyone. I'm just saying they are no better than those rip-offs cause they are all style over substance. And the fact that a band are good to watch on stage doesn't make them anything more than bland on record, and nor do factors such as having a female vocalist.[/quote']
That's not true in my opinion, because I think they have songs that back up their individual style, and fit well with it too.
I'm not saying a female vocalist means they should gain any extra merit, but coupled with one of the most (the most?) innovative guitarists of the era, John McGeoch, then you have a combination anything but bland.
Quite incorrect. For you to say they are essential is the biggest heap of bollocks ever, they were also rans in the same way that I'll say Interpol are also rans, they had no cultural significance, fair enough if they have personal importance to you, but to say they are plain essential is nonsense.
I think what Betamax is meaning is that a) It is essential for any Siouxsie fan to own this album b) perhaps also essential for fans of the era 1978-83, let's say, to give it a try.
I think what Betamax is meaning is that a) It is essential for any Siouxsie fan to own this album b) perhaps also essential for fans of the era 1978-83' date=' let's say, to give it a try.[/quote']
That's not clear. Perhaps Betamax will enlighten us? But i still think it's ridiculous to say b).
Not ridiculous in any way.
We don't all feel we should like whole scenes rather than just individual bands.
they had no cultural significance
erm, other than creating the whole teenage fashion of black, more black and even more black, a look that has never ever gone away
plus Siouxsie was a unique and provocative fashion icon of her time and is still recognised for that now (ok she had the help of Viv Westwood)....certainly more culturaly significant than Britney Spears or even Alison Goldfrappe.
In a smaller way so was Pete Murphy albeit more a gay icon in a poor mans Bowie sense
and that whole dark dischordant guitar sound? where the fuck do you think that came from?
no cultural significance my ass
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Never really been a fan of them, but I've liked a few of their songs when I've heard them on the radio or tv. Their cover of 'Dear Prudence' is terrible though.
Id stick with b)
cos even the one track ''Love in a Void'' from the Peel sessions is probably one of the most defining sounds or recordings of that era - a single moment when punk actually took a rare leap forwards into something new
listen to it and refuse to get goosebumps or start a spazz dance
Never suggested that at all, it's a valid point to point someone towards a certain band if you like others of a similar era/sound. I'm sure you have discovered plenty of bands that way.
Hang on...pseudo controversial? If it's not Siouxsie Sioux, then it's Jimmy Jazz...what is the world coming to?
erm' date=' other than creating the whole teenage fashion of black, more black and even more black, a look that has never ever gone away
no cultural significance my ass [/quote']
It didn't come from the Banshees than it did any other band of the time and Banshees would have to be one of the least namechecked influences these days. The teenage fashion of lots of black existed before goth, with the proto-metal bands of the 70s and even the Velvet Underground as did the dark dischordant guitar. And how many people even knows or care who Pete Murphy was/is either? And Siouxsie is only known for her Sex Pistols connection, nothing to do with the Banshees themselves.
Not just that' date=' he even [i']acts like one, quite often.
Never suggested that at all' date=' it's a valid point to point someone towards a certain band if you like others of a similar era/sound. I'm sure you have discovered plenty of bands that way.
Hang on...pseudo controversial? If it's not Siouxsie Sioux, then it's Jimmy Jazz...what is the world coming to?[/quote']
Are the Banshees so unchallengable that to do so is controversial? Of course they are i mean they have been round for ages and all that ain't they?


I wonder if photography was more enjoyable before the digital age and cameras treasured more? My first camera cost equivalent of 35p and took pics 1 inch square. But what joy getting them developed. Then an instamatic .Graduated in the 60,s to SLR, Russian Zenith. No automatics then so had to learn about f stops etc, but a good way to learn how to take good pics. No big choice of cameras, but fun comparing the different brands, Nikon, Minolta etc. And what can beat seeing slides projected on a screen? Used To love the Photographic Year Books which I think stopped in the 70,s, but they were great inspiration.


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Q: Create a list where each element is a pair of contiguous members from given vector Or how to split a vector into pairs of contiguous members and combine them in a list?
Supose you are given the vector
map <-seq(from = 1, to = 20, by = 4)

which is
1  5  9  13  17

My goal is to create the following list
path <- list(c(1,5), c(5,9), c(9,13), c(13,17))

This is supposed to represent the several path segments that the map is sugesting us to follow. In order to go from 1 to 17, we must first take the first path (path[1]), then the second path (path[2]), and all the way to the end.
My first attempt lead me to:
path <- split(aux <- data.frame(S = map[-length(map)], E = map[-1]), row(aux))

But I think it would be possible without creating this auxiliar data frame
and avoiding the performance decrease when the initial vector (the map) is to big. Also, it returns a warning message which is quite alright, but I like to avoid them.
Then I found this here on stackoverflow (not exactly like this, this is the adapted version for my problem):
mod_map <- c(map, map[c(-1,-length(map))])
mod_map <- sort(mod_map)
split(mod_map, ceiling(seq_along(mod_map)/2))

which is a simpler solution, but I have to use this modified version of my map.
Pherhaps I'm asking too much as I already got two solutions. But, could it be possible to have a third one, so that I don't have so use data frames as in my first solution and can use the original map, unlike my second solution?

A: We can use Map on the vector ('map' - better not to use function names - it is a function from purrr) with 1st and last element removed and concatenate elementwise
Map(c, map[-length(map)], map[-1])

Or as @Sotos mentioned, split can be used which would be faster
split(cbind(map[-length(map)], map[-1]), seq(length(map)-1))

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Illegal immigration to increase in future: Conrad
Govt to put mechanisms in place
Shillong, Apr 12: Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma on Thursday warned that illegal immigration from Bangladesh will increase with rise in economic activity in the region even as he said that climate change will be another factor for their movement into the northeast.
"Even now with less economic activities there is illegal immigration, but with economic development it will increase. We can't stop but mechanisms should be put in place," Conrad said while replying to the short duration discussion during the Budget Session of the Meghalaya Assembly on Thursday.
The chief minister also said that as per study, with the effects of climate change in Bangladesh around 50 million persons will be dislocated from that country and the worst affected states in the northeast will be Meghalaya and Tripura.
Trying to defend criticisms from the opposition against the proposal to issue work permits to Bangladeshi nationals, Conrad said that there should be a balance between economic development and illegal immigration.
"If process is too tight economic development will suffer and if the process is too loose illegal immigration will occur," the chief minister told the House.
He, however, said that there will be no compromise on the identity and land of the indigenous people of the state.
Earlier, the chief minister said that during his recent meeting with External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, they discussed the Act East Policy and how it can open up the economy of the north eastern region if there is robust trade with the South Asian and South East Asian countries.
He also said that the work permit for Bangladeshi nationals came up for discussion with the External Affairs Minister but no such proposals were made.
Conrad pointed out that pre-independence the north east had the highest per capita income in the country since the region used to trade with neighbouring countries but now physical boundaries has stopped all such activities.
"Now goods to Bangladesh can only be exported through Kolkata but not through Dawki or Dalu," the chief minister pointed out.
He also said that there is need to open up minds and realise the potential that lies for trade with the nations bordering the region.
Conrad also said that trade with the neighbouring countries and beyond will also generate employment and those indulging in trade can also be job creators.
Previous Congress slams idea of work permit to Bangladeshi nationals
Next Ba pyrshah ïa ka jingtyrwa ai Work Permit ka sorkar MDA sha ki nong Bangladesh
Conrad slams opposition for skipping session on Wednesday
No to ILP in Meghalaya: Don't point the finger at us says CM to Opposition
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Q: Is it possible to collect all RSSI values for the wifi client(connected devices) from AP'S I want to collect periodically the RSSI values of all connected devices in a certain Wi-fi area which I will use them in my application to monitor the Wi-Fi area. I am asking.
Is it possible to collect them from my PC using any programming language?
I have searched about this but unfortunately, I didn't get any clear answer. I want to start my master thesis based on this idea if it possible.
that what I have got until now.
1-  API:The product  provides API (Restful API) which retrieve the information                              as  XML or JSON(e.g. Cisco)
2-  SSH/ Telnet and SNMP: to access the file on WLAN (not sure if all information we need  is stored in a specific file) however, still one of the methods to access to WLAN router.
3-  UI web, Which can retrieve the information by creating Get HTTP request and then the response as HTML text contains the information(some model).
4-  There is a Wireless controller device which can provide the RSSI values.
I am not sure if it possible to retrieve all the RSSI or not
if it possible please give me a hint how to start.
I hope you are able to help me.
thank you in advance for your help

A: There is no standard that requires an AP to make available, via any API or protocol, the RSSI values for the connected clients. There's also no rule against it, so vendors may have come up with ways to make those values accessible in various ways on various products.
Looking around, it looks like any AP that uses a Broadcom Wi-Fi chipset and can run DD-WRT would allow you to SSH in and use the Broadcom wl command to get that kind of information; wl assoclist, parse it for MAC addresses, then wl rssi $MACADDR.
It looks like Ubiquiti UniFi products can be scripted via this unifi-api Python package.
There are probably other solutions for other devices as well.


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Since Dr. Molly Miller, picked up a guitar at age seven, she's been captivating audiences with her sophisticated and raw style. Now 29, Miller is the chair of the Guitar Department at Los Angeles College of Music.
She's one of Los Angeles's most sought-after musicians, recording and touring with artists such as Jason Mraz and The Black Eyed Peas at venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Red Rocks Ampitheatre, Central Park, Telluride Music Festival, and Planeta Atlantida.
She is featured on multiple songs on Jason Mraz's 2018 album Know. When Miller's not on tour or in the studio, she heads her own trio, showcased on NPR's Fresh Air.
Her debut album, The Shabby Road Recordings, released July 2017, includes the all-star rhythm section of Jay Bellerose (B.B. King, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt) and Jennifer Condos (Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks).
While Miller was developing her "uniquely captivating and exciting" voice on guitar, she received her Doctorate in Musical Arts from University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.
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If you need to sell your current home before buying that adorable bungalow you've had your eye on, you have your work cut out for you.
Getting your house ready for the market requires work — cleaning, de-cluttering, repairs and maybe even paint.
Those are just the interior tasks; the exterior may need some attention as well. You've no doubt heard about curb appeal – you may even have some ideas on how you might go about adding some to your home to help it sell quicker and for top dollar.
The problem is that when one is not just selling a home but also purchasing another, money can be tight. Read on for three low-cost tips that you can use to boost your home's curb appeal.
Outdoor lighting gives a home more than curb appeal – it provides safety, ambiance and a dramatic but warm welcome. Experts at Better Homes and Gardens suggest that if you do nothing else outdoors, light the pathways and the trees.
While inexpensive solar lights that you just stick into the ground are fine, they don't cast the amount of light that other fixtures do.
If it's in your budget, consider LED lighting. The lights last for as long as 100,000 hours, according to the experts at Whitmer's Lighting in Ohio. They also tolerate wicked weather better than other forms of lighting.
Whitmer's also mentions three different types of lighting schemes.
Down-lighting – Giving the illusion of the moon shining on the landscape, this type of lighting is achieved by placing the lights overhead, such as in a tree, and facing downward.
Up-lighting – This style of lighting is more dramatic in that the lights are pointing directly at a feature in the landscape.
Cross-lighting — Whitmer's claims this type of lighting is best for eliminating unwanted shadows. It involves placing lights both in front and in back of the element you want to highlight.
Most homebuyers will view your home during daylight hours, so snap some photos of the home's well-lit evening look and leave them out where potential buyers can see them.
Even if you can't afford to purchase mature shrubs and trees for the front yard, you can still add plants. Container plants can add just the pop you need, especially if you choose ornamental pots and use them to hold plants with colorful flowers or interesting foliage. Consider creating a vignette on the front porch or back deck or line the walkway or driveway with the potted plants.
To keep it interesting, vary the size and design of the pots as well as the design's height. Use plant stands toward the back of the vignette to raise plants in shorter pots.
When planting, use the "Thriller, Filler, Spiller" concept of planting to create additional interest. This design technique calls for three different types of plants in one pot.
Thrillers are tall, striking plants, such as ornamental grasses or cannas. These are the stars of the container and are typically planted in the back or in the middle of it.
Fillers are the plants that you'll stick around the thrillers. Rounded or mounded plants are ideal fillers. Consider petunias, coleus or dusty miller.
Spillers are the trailing plants you'll want to put at the edges of the pot so that they can spill over the sides. Suitable spillers include bacopa and nasturtium.
Improving your lawn is one of the least expensive curb appeal projects to tackle. Take care of dead patches by raking them and then adding seed or grass plugs to fill in the bare spots.
Apply weed and feed to get rid of the weeds and fertilize the turf. Keep the lawn well-watered and mow it to the mower's highest setting during the marketing of the home.
If your lawn is in bad shape, consider installing sod before putting the house on the market. The average cost of sod installation, nationwide, is between $1,041 and $2,690, according to homeadvisor.com.


In this post, learn how you can use application data management solutions to manage data in processes that only span across a couple of systems.
In this post, learn key product launch insights and learnings from Winshuttle's New Product Introduction infographic and survey report.
Learn about key insights from Winshuttle's New Product Introduction survey, and find out how your product launch processes stack up against your peers.
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HomeTipsEverton vs Arsenal,Premier League betting tips & Predictions 06/12
Everton vs Arsenal,Premier League betting tips & Predictions 06/12
Arsenal will be looking to achieve their top-four ambitions as they face Everton, who has not won in eight. Arsenal and Everton will both try to improve their respective midweek results after losing to rivals. Everton continued their poor form with a 4-1 loss against Liverpool in the Merseyside derby, while Arsenal lost to Manchester United by a narrow margin. Arsenal is currently fourth. Everton's Rafa Benitez tenure continues to spiral into chaos.
In midweek Benitez's team suffered their seventh defeat of this season, falling to Liverpool. This week, the Merseyside club is sitting in 14th place, five points higher than relegation, and with one of the worst league form records.
Benitez's job is at risk if he doesn't win since September. The Spanish manager, who started his career at Everton with little support due to his success at Liverpool as a manager, has lost the trust of the majority of his fans. Both results and performances are not inspiring and show no signs of improvement.
While Benitez has had a difficult time getting his Everton side moving, not all of the blame can be laid on him. Everton's poor recruiting over the last five years is finally starting to catch up to them. Their best players have either been sold or are now past their prime.
Merseyside is in a difficult spot, with some of their best players being out of action for large periods of the season due to injury. Fans may have called for Benitez to be fired on Wednesday night but many expressed their disapproval towards the owners. Everton fans can only hope their protest against the board won't be ignored and that the board will take action.
STATS & ANALYSIS
It is unlikely that Everton can pick up any points against Arsenal in their fixture. Arsenal has been steadily improving their game over the past few months. It could be a difficult afternoon for Everton with key injuries to Dominic Calvert-Lewin and others keeping them from playing their best XI.
Arsenal will try to redeem themselves after their midweek loss. If he wants to beat Arteta's Spanish counterpart, Benitez must either create a managerial miracle or pray for good fortune.
Arteta's Arsenal side had already experienced their crisis at the start of the season. Things were looking up for them. They were defeated by Manchester United, which was a blow to their hopes of reaching the top four. Many would consider the loss disappointing. Arteta correctly pointed out that these are the games his team needs to win to reach their top-four goal at the end of the season.
Although the result was not what Arsenal wanted, the performance showed the progress they've made in the campaign and arguably earned them the United tie. Arsenal's game management skills have improved, especially against lower-league sides.
The Gunners have rebounded strongly from their initial struggles. They lost only two of their eleven last games to Liverpool and Manchester United. Arsenal's record against lower-ranked sides has been good, with Brentford's defeat being their only shock loss.
While Arteta's team is still struggling to overcome their long-standing big six' woes, they appear to be on the right track and their recent form suggests that they could beat Everton. Arteta may have the chance to play with his starting XI in this game.
Buyako Saka's midweek return to the matchday squad is a sign that he will most probably start on Monday. This could mean that Gabriel Martinelli's spell with the team may be over. To accommodate Saka, the Spanish manager would need to drop Martinelli or Pierre-Emerick Aubamyang, but Aubamyang, the club's current captain is unlikely to be dismissed despite his struggles at goal.
Team News Everton Dominic Calvert-Lewin won't be able to play. Due to injuries suffered in the Merseyside Derby, Tom Davies and Salomon Ronaldo will most likely not be able to play in the tie. Mason Holgate is back from suspension.
Yerry Mina and Andre Gomes could also feature. Arsenal Bukayo Saka will likely return. After discomfort against Manchester United, Emile Smith Rowe is doubtful. Granit Xhaka and Sead Kolasinac are both still unavailable. Kieran Tierney may return to the starting VIII.
Predicted Start XIs
Everton (4-4-1-1-1): Pickford and Coleman, Godfreys, Keanes, Digne's, Townsends, Doucoures, Allan, Gordon Gray, Richarlison
Arsenal (4-2-3-1-1: Ramsdale and Tomiyasu; White, Gabriel, Tavares. Party, Lokonga Saka, Odegaard Smith Rowe, Aubameyang
Predicted Score
Everton 1-3 Arsenal
Everton's woes under Benitez are not showing any signs of improvement. With morale at an all-time low after the Liverpool defeat, it could be Benitez's last game as Everton manager. Arteta will be looking to avenge the midweek disappointment and has the perfect opportunity against Everton.
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Teaching vocabulary is essential in homeschooling. We can make vocabulary a part of our everyday learning process, and it isn't that hard to do.
I wanted to share with you some insight on the importance of teaching vocabulary in your homeschool and how to make it easy for your kids to learn new words.
Don't forget to scroll to the bottom of this post and download the FREE Vocabulary Resource Pack!
Vocabulary refers to the collection of words that a person knows and uses. Vocabulary development is the process by which we learn new words. I have read that the size of a child's vocabulary between preschool and first grade is a strong indicator of their reading comprehension in later grades.
That is why it is so essential to build vocabulary skills throughout your reading lessons in your homeschool. I feel as if I have a limited vocabulary because I didn't learn new words when I was a kid in school; I didn't start reading full books until college. Ever since then I feel as if I am playing catch up.
I learn new words all the time because I am intentional about building my vocabulary. Knowing new words is a great way to build confidence in your children.
They can easily carry conversations and express how they are feeling much more easily. Having a large vocabulary empowers kids with an invaluable tool that allows them to communicate effectively in life.
You can start building your child's vocabulary while they are young; that way they are accustomed to absorbing new words even as adults.
If you are looking for an EASY open-and-go curriculum that will enhance your student's vocabulary?
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Add spelling to this curriculum with our companion Daily Skill Building: Spelling. Available for volumes 1-3, this new resource weaves in a review of vocabulary terms for a complete, well-rounded word-usage curriculum. Your student will learn how to spell the vocabulary words AND their corresponding antonyms and synonyms.
Many kids don't do well with the traditional way of teaching vocabulary, and some do. Some kids learn by studying and writing words multiple times. Other kids need vocabulary activities and games to help them remember.
The fact is, your child will memorize vocabulary words much better and faster if you let them learn by doing. Therefore a combination of these two mechanisms will help develop their vocabulary more effectively.
It may seem difficult for us to teach our children new vocabulary words, but it doesn't have to be. There are several ways of making it easy for kids to learn new words in homeschool.
Among the many benefits of copywork, it's also a way to introduce new vocabulary words for children to learn. Kids can look up unfamiliar words so that they are naturally seeking ways to explore meaning.
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There is no problem with grabbing random words to build vocabulary. However, taking words from reading materials makes connections to children that really can help them remember what they are learning. Connections in learning are crucial for knowledge building.
Be intentional about how you are building your child's vocabulary and let it make sense to them by using words they encounter in reading lessons or even other subjects in homeschool.
Display your vocabulary words on a word wall or bulletin board to visually help your kids with their vocabulary. Have your kids study the wall throughout the week and remove the words during a weekly vocabulary quiz. Kids will be inclined to remember definitions since they visual see them in their mind from the Word Wall.
Have your children search for synonyms for your vocabulary words. They will see how they can find new words for themselves in their writing. When using Daily Skill Building: Vocabulary your children will learn synonyms AND antonyms for many words and this helps expand their vocabulary!
Have your children keep their very own personal dictionary.
In your child's reading time, have them write down words they are unfamiliar with, and then look up the definitions. Your students can look words up right away, thoroughly read the definition, and then add it to your list of words to learn.
You can use free dictionary resources like "my personal dictionary" or the FREE Dictionary Skills Pack we offer for subscribers. There are many FREE Dictionary & Thesaurus Resources that you can put to good use as well.
You can get away from memorizing random word lists to focusing on words they see for themselves while reading. Try reading one "old" book in between every new book. Reading older books will force your child to challenge their word knowledge skills and add to their personal dictionaries.
Study Latin and word roots to help with vocabulary.
Studying classical language roots can help develop word association in the English language. Studying Latin and Greek roots can improve your child's ability to explore unfamiliar words because of their origins. Like I mentioned before, kids learn well by making connections. Root word knowledge helps kids make a connection between meanings to decipher what a word can mean.
Isn't it amazing that we can build our child's vocabulary right from home? I love the idea that our children can learn as much as they need to with our guidance. Vocabulary is a skill that we can influence by equipping our kids with reading materials and exposure to new words.
It also puts a little bit of pressure on us, but the reward is limitless. Try some of these ways to introduce new words in your homeschool and watch as your child's vocabulary grows throughout the years.
We don't have to wait for a weekly quiz or worry they are retaining the new words they were exposed to. Homeschooling allows you the flexibility needed for you to reevaluate and observe just what your child is retaining and help them through it.
You can grab our FREE Vocabulary Resource Pack and put it to good use throughout your homeschool lessons.
We created the free resource pack to use alongside our popular INDEPENDENT vocabulary curriculum Daily Skill Building: Vocabulary. You might also want to check out our spelling companion Daily Skill Building: Spelling for a full word-usage curriculum that is open and go (no teacher's guides needed!).


Ohio Senate Bill 199 took effect March 21, allowing Buckeye State residents with concealed-carry permits to carry guns in many places where it was previously illegal. This includes the unsecured areas of airports, notably the drop-off locations and certain baggage areas.
SB 199, passed in the wake of the November 2016 terror attack at the University of Ohio, also allows permit holders to carry firearms in daycare facilities. Concealed carry on college campuses is still prohibited, however.
But colleges in Ohio can authorize certain individuals or groups to carry firearms on campus. Similarly, private daycare centers can prohibit concealed carry by posting "no guns" signs.
The new law also allows employees to store firearms and ammunition in their cars while at work, and makes it illegal for businesses to ban handguns from company property such as parking lots.
Supporters of the law believe it allows people to exercise their Second Amendment rights as well as defend themselves as they travel to and from work.
"Think about how dangerous it is with us in the parking lot, arming and disarming ourselves, with people in the parking lot watching that happen, with kids potentially in the backseat of the car, and us leaving a firearm in there," Sean Maloney, an attorney with the Buckeye Firearms Association, told NBC4i.com.
One of the bill's sponsors in the Ohio House says that SB 199 upholds personal freedoms.
However, the bill's final version did see some provisions dialed back. It does not include a hotly debated Senate committee-approved plan that would have allowed CCW holders to carry weapons into libraries, city halls, recreation centers and other public buildings, unless those facilities and/or jurisdictions installed security screening equipment.
Another provision could have given state civil rights "protected class" status to CCW holders. That designation was strongly opposed by businesses in Ohio, and the state's Chamber of Commerce and was dropped.


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Steve Manning, now known as Steve Mandell, in 2005. (CBS File Photo)
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Fates Warning Announce New Album Long Day Good Night
by Brett Stevens on August 26, 2020
Longstanding power metal band Fates Warning plan to release their thirteenth full-length album, Long Day Good Night, on November 6, 2020 via Metal Blade Records. A sample track, "Scars," streams below. The label released the following statement:
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Serpent ov Old – Miskatonic Abysmal Path (2019)
by Tyrell Dahlstrom on July 10, 2019
After releasing an impressive debut back in 2012, then proceeding to vanish amidst the shadows, briefly emerging out of the mist and fog with a cryptic 2-track offering in late Summer 2018… Serpent ov Old, perhaps the most interesting Metal project of the past 15 years (if only to the the present author's particular personal perspective and tastes musical and otherwise), have finally released their long-awaited sophomore full-length.
Tags: 2019, Black Metal, power metal, serpent ov old, USA
Playlist of Powerful Epic Heavy Metal
by Tyrell Dahlstrom on June 8, 2019
Avast young heshling! It is time to rise up, rise again! Take hold of the flame, the crown and the ring!
To guide the way and aid thee in thy quest, a powerful playlist of true heavy metal has been curated for thine journey.
Tags: 1980s, 1990s, 2000's, Ambient, Austria, cloven hoof, Crimson Glory, epic, fates warning, Heavy Metal, lord wind, Lost Horizon, manilla road, manowar, playlist, poland, power metal, queensrÿche, Summoning, UK, USA, USPM, virgin steele
Serpent Ov Old Announce Miskatonic Abysmal Path and Release Preview Track
by Tyrell Dahlstrom on May 6, 2019
Self-described "Unorthodox Black Metal" act Serpent ov Old have announced that they plan to release a full length album around the winter of this year entitled Miskatonic Abysmal Path.
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by Tyrell Dahlstrom on March 24, 2019
Perennial Warrior-Kings of True Heavy Metal MANOWAR have announced that their "long-awaited" upcoming (farewell?) album The Final Battle will be released this year, initially in the form of three separate EPs.
Tags: 2019, epic, eric adams, Heavy Metal, italian-american culture, joey demaio, manowar, new york, power metal, true metal, USPM
Virgin Steele: A Retrospective (Part 2)
[Continued from Part 1]
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by Tyrell Dahlstrom on March 9, 2019
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Forged in the desolate halls of 1981, hailing from the majestic kingdom of Long Island, New York… Virgin Steele have been one of the most enduring acts of Powerful Epic Heavy Metal for aeons! The aural magnificence of ultra-charismatic vocalist / composer / keyboardist / all around renaissance mad-man David "Dionysus" DeFeis and trusty six-stringed axe warrior of indomitable fury and vengeance Edward Pursino's combined creative efforts have been overlooked by scholars of Metal for too long!
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Blasphemous – Emerging Through Fire (2018)
by Brett Stevens on October 26, 2018
As metal tries to reorganize itself, bands recombine previous styles, trying to find the right formula from which a next generation could be birthed. Such is the case with Blasphemous, which combines late-model slam-style death metal with power metal to make a listenable but ultimately rather simplified form of extreme metal.
Tags: blasphemous, death metal, metalcore, power metal, Speed Metal
Serpent ov Old – Withering Hope (2012)
by D.A.R.G. on August 13, 2018
S E R P E N T O V O L D
Withering Hope
2012 Era Horrificus
It is the way of things that genres arise from culture and philosophy, as well as from personal interpretions of that culture and philosophy. In the case of metal, we see its subgenres and styles mingling in different ways to different degrees of acceptance and satisfaction by audience, artists and critics. In the case of Serpent ov Old, this has taken the form of an amalgamation of black metal and power metal, which has surprisingly and graciously bypassed the technicisms of death metal. And while there is word of power metal taking up death metal techniques into its repertoire, the mainstay of power metal has never executed this transition. The truth of the matter is that the melodicity and emphasis on comprehensible chord progressions of power metal has more to gain from the elegant emphasis on melodies-made-flows that the best of black metal has mastered inwardly. At the same time, Serpent ov Old makes music that stands primarily as evocative music elevated above discussions on techniques or style, even if the techniques and ways of expression have been clearly adopted from the sources mentioned above.
Serpent ov Old builds music by stating themes in the fashion of power metal, while balancing —purging— the saccharine effects by the application of black metal underpinnings in percussion, vocalization and guitar strumming. What we can hear is a music dominated by harmonic movement across which significantly active melodic lines move. Tension is built and released and then recaptured by both the melodic-harmonic interplay of lessons learned from black metal here, and those adopted from power metal there. Furthermore, the textural effects of the percussion and how these affect impulse, constriction and relaxation are taken primarily from black metal. The band makes this work by connecting power metal and black metal techniques to their common speed metal foundations, meaning that in many of the cases, the approach of the central riffing and percussion could fall into a nebulous area which both genres share in mature forms of speed metal, although this ambivalence is usually resolved towards black metal. As a whole, power metal is used as a bombastic paintbrush that allows Serpent ov Old to magnify the usually understated dramatism of black metal.
All this has to be accomplished tastefully, and we never find a reliance on trope or techniques: compositions are driven by the central, "invisible" essence of motion and contrast, and fluctuations of power and direction, by and for which the instrumentation exists. The "shredding" abilities of the guitarists in this work are used much in the same way that Trey Azagthoth's atonal noise solos ripped through old Morbid Angel songs: as hyeroglyphs rather than as pretentious elaborations. These are to be taken as impressionist impressions, and should not be confused as baroque virtuosic displays, for such scale-based quasi noise shreds lack the self-sufficiency of the proper baroque solo instrument that we would hear in a work for viola da gamba by Marin Marais, for instance. And as one listens to the music more and more closely, subsequent spins allow the listener to perceive these relations properly, allowing them to see where the backbone is located, and how the peaks and valleys are formed by the creators of this landscape of poetic rashness.
The music of Serpent ov Old is fierce romantic dramatism akin to powerful forces of nature that destroy yet also create. By adopting and moderating the extroverted expression of power metal and delicately subsuming it under black metal, Serpent ov Old makes the music genres escape the narcissistic trap and makes them serve a transcendent expression of inner experience. Furthermore, this profound experience, if authentic, is one of darkness and anguish; but which darkness and anguish, if contronted and assimilated unto individuation, can presumably lead to the creation of a new type of being. However, the music is still limited by this personal flavor, which still tends to be merely inward looking, but not yet deep enough that a new space is opened up through the self as a gate. We may say that this is ultimately a question of personal experience, reflection and individual meaning. But ultimately, as music, it must be able to develop the ability to somehow come up with an aural language that can communicate a general intimation of what is presenced from beyond.
Note: We might yet see Withering Hope released under the banner of Deathwave Nexion.
Withering Hope by Serpent Ov Old
Tags: 2012, Black Metal, deathwave nexion, power metal, serpent ov old, withering hope
Vargavinter – Frostfödd (1996)
by D.A.R.G. on August 2, 2018
A single-release project from Sweden, Vargavinter play a style of black metal that could accurately be described as melodic and 'ripping', 'pagan' and 'symphonic' without falling into any of those narrow misnomers. By holding its influences together into a pointed lance-tip, the music is able to maintain a dignified character as it preserves a certain aggression. The driving, aggressive impetus is able to stand even major chord progressions without disassembling its unitary momentum into constituent mediocrity. When such disintegration takes place, subpar passages arise, and the music is no longer black metal, but 'pagan' or 'progressive', for instance. This process entails a frequent alternation of outstanding and mediocre moments in Frostfödd which make of it a tragedy.
Tags: 1996, Black Metal, Frostfödd, power metal, Sweden, Vargavinter
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