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Tag: A Whole New World
Aladdin (SNES)
Pub & Dev: Capcom | November 1993 | 10 MEGS
Last week my girlfriend and I caught the live movie adaptation of Aladdin in theaters. We enjoyed it, although both of us prefer the animated film. Seeing Aladdin on the big screen instantly brought to mind the time when Capcom, over 25 years ago, released Aladdin on the Super Nintendo. "Oh no, not another licensed video game!" Some might think from the outset. And really, history would have your back as many licensed games were seemingly more miss than hit more than a quarter of a century ago. Thankfully, Capcom incubated Aladdin with nearly as much maternal care as Disney bestowed upon their animated film. That means top notch animation, plenty of humor to keep things lighthearted and entertaining, and backed it all up with an incredibly authentic Middle Eastern atmosphere. Thus, what you have here is a strong example of the platforming genre based off 1992's most successful film.
Will Smith as the Genie… it worked!
NEVER HAD A FRIEND LIKE ME
Aladdin roared into theaters the day before Thanksgiving '92 (November 25, 1992 for those keeping score at home) and grossed over 500 million worldwide! It was met with undying fanfare. The song "A Whole New World" won an Oscar at the 1993 Academy Awards. The end credits boast a whopping 513 people! It was the first Disney film to show a belly button. Aladdin was based, believe it or not, on a cross between Michael J. Fox and Tom Cruise. Also, did you know that Aladdin once killed 40 thieves? [That was Ali Baba, you fool -Ed.]
[Hmmm, those facts sound oddly familiar… -Ed.]
Hey now, I *like* that song
Aladdin was such a smash hit that he had his own animated series as part of the classic Disney Afternoon lineup back during the early mid '90s. I was a pretty big fan of the TV series. If you don't remember the Disney Afternoon, it was essentially the cartoon version of TGIF. The Disney Afternoon aired Mondays through Fridays from 3 to 5 PM. Perfect for veggin' out right after school for a couple blissful hours. Oh they don't make them like how they used to, that's fer damn sure! Needless to say, Capcom had a lot to live up to when they set their sights on adapting Aladdin to the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. But if anyone could pull it off back in those days, it was the Big C.
Racist? Never…
THE ADVENTURES OF ABU
Abu is wonderfully represented here
Follows the movie to a tee
Creepy looking hands!
It's the Cave of Wonders!
One whose worth lies deep within
… THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
… this diamond in the rough…
Not all movie games suck
Aladdin has got the moves
The game begins in the dusty streets of Agrabah
Fun bouncing on the guy's head
Where you at, Shaggy?
Sprinting across the tops — high above the heads of enemies — looks great, but Aladdin's movement has a certain herky jerkiness. It's not a big issue but it does take a second to adjust to.
Aimed properly, you can bounce off a bad guy's head and in one seamless motion stick the landing on a nearby platform. Pretty satisfying it is.
Press down to fall on the villain's head and vanquish him. There is a sort of Prince of Persia feel to this game.
Snakes be damned!
And these fools, too
[I always knew the monkey was smarter -Ed.]
[Truly, the brains of the operation -Ed.]
You best better
Animations are amazing
Apparently not
I love how they mock you
He's pissed off now!
When all else fails, feign defeat
That would be a long fall down…
Why you never skip arm day
Gotta love the little bugger
A satisfying means of dispatching the opposition
Meet the first boss of the game
Apples don't hurt him, not even down there
When did Abu become so cynical?
Whoa that escalated quickly
Sorry about that, old pal
[You and me both, Abu. You and me both -Ed.]
[Us too! -Super Play staff]
Of course, peace is short lived…
THE CAVE OF WONDERS
I rather like this stage quite a bit. Use your athletic acrobatics to maneuver your way across spiky pits and such. Good stuff.
Use apples to send pesky bats away. And what the hell is a delectable piece of meat such as that doing out in the wide open? It'll spoil! Guess you better gobble it up then before it does!
Leaping off enemies and platforms doesn't always go as you intend it to. Thankfully, it's mostly a case of something you did that went awry, as opposed to flat out poor controls.
I swear Abu, this had better be good…
Of course Abu would
Man, if this hits the fan…
Moral: Never trust a monkey, ever
That sounds about right
Feet fail me not!
If you manage to survive this, you'll run into a rather magical friend.
Abu's expression says it all
Obviously not
Yo Carpet, it's like that huh
Carpet, in theory, could whisk you to safety, but where's the fun in that? Nope, you must brave through this auto scrolling stage on your own.
Damn you, Carpet!
Don't hang on too long or else
Pull the rope to raise the barrier
Whew, just missed!
Yeah, sure, whatever ya say…
That's me at 5 stealing my mom's cookies from the jar
DON'T TOUCH THAT, ABU!
Carpet tries its damnedest
That can't be good
ALVIN!!! ABU!!!
Whew, too close for comfort
Yet another auto scrolling stage
Should have worn sandals
The biggest pull up of your life
ANOTHER auto scrolling stage
But at least Carpet's with you this time!
After a couple head scratching stages where you're forced to travel over murky waters and skin scorching lava without the aid of Magic Carpet, it finally decides to lend a hand, er, corner? Hey, better late than never!
Arguably the game's most adrenaline-fueled level, nothing quickens the pulse quite like riding on Magic Carpet with your girl while doing your best to evade the sizzling molten lava that's right on your tail!
INSIDE THE GENIE'S LAMP
"Little ol' me?" Yes, little ol' you!
Genie's stage takes you to a cloud-filled universe that's well out of this world. How befitting of a genie! You suddenly find yourself doing pull ups on cloudy wisps in a strange land that's NOT AT ALL egotistical…
In classic Capcom fashion, landing on those Genie platforms will make the Big G frown for as long as you're on it. Otherwise, the blue bastard's full of cheesy grins.
Patience and precision is key here
Things get more and more bizarre
Man, I sure as hell ain't never had a friend like you
Use his makeshift parachute to glide to safety
THE PYRAMID
I like how they disintegrate when you jump on them
The shifting sand makes it difficult to navigate safely
Err, yeeeeah. You're on your own on this one, Al…
BONUS LEVEL: MAGIC CARPET RIDE
For my money, this is by far and away the greatest moment in the entire game. The sights and sounds — perfection personified. Based on the classic scene from the movie, it even replicates the "A Whole New World" song! Sans lyrics of course, but it's a near perfect rendition otherwise. The whole damn thing is almost enough to make even the most hardened warrior feel all warm and tingly inside. Don't take my word for it, watch it and listen to it here!
A WHOLE NEW WORLD! [Don't you dare… -Ed.]
JAFAR'S PALACE
Saving the best for last, eh?
Wouldn't be Aladdin without a street rat reference
Repeat this pattern for good health and prosperity
Uh oh, Jafar is pissed now…
HOLY MOLY!!
Use the parachute or else you'll get fried
Shout out to those who get this reference!
Early-mid '90s was such a great time to be a gamer
It's got a simple pattern. Do yer thang, Big Al!
YEAH YOU TELL 'IM, AL!
*collective gasp*
Man fuck this shit
Who're you… SHREDDER?!
One of my favorite lines of all time
Is it? Find out for yourself…
GENIE!
On the whole, Aladdin is a pretty easy game. It's got a few tough spots, but with a password system in place and plenty of extra lives to be had, it's something that the average gamer should be able to polish off without too much hardship.
Capcom's classic continue screens, er, continue with Aladdin. Pull the yes one and Genie will flash you a satisfied grin.
But yank on the no one and watch the poor sap sulk and frown.
Not as crazy as the one in Final Fight though
GENNY!
For ages now, even to this day more than 25 years later, there has been a debate amongst gamers on which version is superior: the Genesis or Super Nintendo rendition of Aladdin. Both games are significantly different from one another, as Capcom developed the SNES one while Virgin Interactive did the Genesis one. The Genesis version emphasizes more action than platforming. Both games were highly praised in their own right, but consensus seems to favor the Genesis game slightly. Regardless of which version you think is better, you can't go wrong with either one.
Aladdin was well received by the critics. EGM gave it scores of 9, 8, 8 and 8. EGM's sister publication, Super NES Buyer's Guide, scored it 89, 86 and 85%. GameFan gave it ratings of 90, 90, 89 and 87%. Super Play rated it 81%. Most agreed on it being a fun and colorful platforming game by the ever trustworthy Capcom, who infused Aladdin with an admirable amount of care and respect to the source material. It's not the most outstanding example of the genre on the SNES, but it's certainly one of the better ones in the catalog.
Aladdin is a quality platformer, but its two biggest flaws are that it's too short and it teeters a bit too much on the easy side. Similar to Skyblazer, the levels are over right as I'm ready to sink my teeth into 'em. The lack of enemies, not to mention the lack of enemy diversity, was also something of a disappointment. You can easily finish this game before you finish watching the animated movie! However, with a busy schedule that may include juggling relationships, kids and work, those two "flaws" aren't the biggest indictments in the gaming world. I suppose that's one way to look at it.
The graphics are splendid; they're filled to the brim with detail, colors and parallax scrolling that seems to stretch on forever. The sound is pretty good, especially the renditions of the movie's various themes. The SNES version of A Whole New World is my personal favorite and hits me in the feels every single time I hear its lovely jingle. Gameplay consists of your classic basics, sprinkled with a little Prince of Persia feel to it, complete with hanging from ledges with your pinkie fingers.
The control is generally solid but I do have a few gripes. Whenever you press left or right Aladdin will take a step (or two) in that direction. On small platforms this could cause him to slip every now and then, so be thankful for that hanging-on-the-ledge-with-your-pinkie business! Some handspring bounces off obstacles and enemies are also a bit tough to implement properly, particularly when it comes to needing several bounces in succession. Thankfully, such parts are few and far between. Mostly you're just bouncing off one enemy or object at a time so it doesn't adversely impact gameplay as much as one might fear. The control is definitely far from perfect but nothing you won't quickly adjust to and manage. Those few niggles, however, are worth noting.
All in all, Aladdin is a fine platformer that deserves a spot in any SNES library. It does its source material a great deal of respect and is plain fun to play. It won't last you long, or challenge you terribly much, but depending on one's schedule and tolerance level, those things may be blessings or curses. Capcom could almost do no wrong back in the early-mid '90s, and Aladdin is another solid example of such. Definitely and easily one of the better license games from the vaunted 16-bit era!
Posted on May 31, 2019 June 29, 2019 Categories SNES ReviewsTags A Whole New World, Abu, Aladdin, Cave of Wonders, Disney, Jaffar, Jasmine, SNES, SNES review, Super Nintendo, Super Nintendo review, Will Smith2 Comments


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Successor board game: Santorini New York moves construction to the Big Apple
Santorini gets a modern offshoot. The game is moved from the Greek islands to the mega-metropolis: Santorini New York is what comes out of this idea in the end. The successor to the much-praised board game should appear this year.
The title of the board game could hardly have been crazier. Santorini got its name from the island in the south of the Cyclades, now Spin Master simply adds "New York" and turns the trip to Greece into a trip to the Big Apple. Even the naming shows: That The topic of this board game is basically completely irrelevant, it's about the mechanics. No shortcoming, because from a technical point of view, Santorini worked wonderfully - and it will hardly be any different with the new offshoot.
Santorini - New York attracts newcomers again
Instead of pulling up neat white houses with striking blue roofs as in Santorini, players are building skyscrapers and multi-storey residential and commercial buildings in the successor Santorini New York. Again workers are sent across the board to build up buildings level by level. Role cards determine the order in which players are allowed to act. Because the cards have to be discarded afterwards, you should always reconsider the use. The winner is the one who reaches the third level of a building with a work while the Statue of Liberty is in his possession. So there are some changes to the predecessor.
Players must own the Statue of Liberty to win - this is new. Image rights: Spin Master
Santorini New York is the second installment in the series. After the game's author, Gordon Hamilton, self-published the game on a small scale, Santorini caught the attention of the masses when publishers Roxley Games and Spin Master stepped in. The board game was certainly helped by the high recognition value of the material. In contrast to its predecessor, Santorini New York will be playable with up to five house builders. The successor title will also be more aimed at beginners - this can probably be predicted due to the basic idea that has remained essentially the same.
Santorini New York is expected to appear in the fall of this year.
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App of the Week – Fiz: The Brewery Management Game
Posted by Matt Byrd (12/15/2013 @ 9:00 am)
Developer: Bit By Bit Studios
Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
Requires: iOS 4.3
Available: Here
While every man has no doubt entertained the thought of brewing their own beer at some point, the incredibly pricey and unappealing process of actually doing so tends to successfully deter all but the most die hard of brewmeisters.
Instead of lamenting another goal tossed by the wayside, though, why not download "Fiz: The Brewery Management Game" and put those ale ambitions and distillery dreams to the test?
"Fiz" is another in a line of micromanagement games that have have thus far covered everything from restaurants to the death star. The objective here, as you no doubt guessed, is to start a brewery in your garage and turn it into a world wide name in fine beer.
As you also probably guessed, it takes a lot of work to get there. On the road to success you'll have to perfect your recipe, craft it, sell it, keep an eye on the market place, hire and fire employees with various skills, upgrade your equipment, compete with rival breweries, compete in beer challenges, kill rodents, complete special assignments, and much, much more.
If it sounds like a lot of work that's because it is. This is a game that asks a lot out of you and, no matter how successful of a brewery you may be running, is constantly giving you something to do.
While that could be a bad thing, somehow the developers managed to present all of this information and all of these tasks to you in a very gradual way that makes it so you may always be busy, but you'll never be lost. This philosophy extends to the controls as well, as everything is handled through just a few taps.
You can't overstate how important that balance is to the fun factor of this game. Too often this genre produces titles that are either too simple to last, or too complex to be enjoyable. That "Fiz" so expertly gives you so much to do, and presents it in a way so that the instant you're asked to do more is the moment you're ready for it, is a true accomplishment in game design.
It also doesn't hurt that the game doesn't take itself seriously at all from an aesthetic standpoint. Everything from the writing, to the sounds, to the character designs have been expertly crafted to infuse a level of fun into all the game's various proceedings, and they go a long way to keeping the proceedings light when they could otherwise so easily become hectic and aggravating.
Another in a strand of Kickstarter success stories, "Fiz" is simply a highly enjoyable game that takes some already intriguing subject matter, and bolsters its appeal with airtight game design. I never realized how little I was enjoying other micromanagement titles, until I started to spend some real time with "Fiz." It's such a marvel of the genre that that you'll want to buy the developers a beer after just a little time with it.
With no micro-transactions to its name and hours upon hours of content to explore, "Fiz" is a prime example of mobile gaming done right. Take a break from all your worries, crack open a cold one, and be sure to spend some time with this lovingly brewed app of the week.
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App of the Week: Tiny Token Empires
Developer: HeroCraft Ltd.
Compatible with: Android Devices
Requires: Android 2.3 and Up
I set out to find a productive app this week. Truly I did.
Though there were a couple of worthy candidates (the lively note taking app mem:0 and the resume creating app resume designer both warrant a look), one app peaked my interest more than any other this week, and kept me from being productive entirely.
In the spirit of trying to bring the best of the best in apps then, I've got to tell you about "Tiny Token Empires".
If you've ever played "Puzzle Quest" or its sequel, you've already got an idea of what to expect from "Empires." The difference is that while "Puzzle Quest" was an RPG that used matching puzzles in place of traditional combat, "Empires" is a world conquest sim with a similar puzzle battle formula.
You'd expect the world sim aspect to be the focus of this game then to separate itself, but you'd be wrong. That part is essentially an extremely watered down version of the "Civilization" games, as you build your resources and expand your empire by conquering the towns of nearby nations. While elements of that series like unit types, special characters and troop movements are present in "Empires," all political aspects, or anything unrelated to military movements are not.
It's a simplified style that only works as well as it does by playing second to what is an excellent puzzle system. Whenever combat is initiated, whether it be with rival armies or mythical creatures, a puzzle board is shown with all units involved displayed on both sides. To attack, you have to combine three of the same puzzle tiles (think "Bejeweled") that match the color of one of your units. Defeat all enemy units, and victory is yours.
The combat element adds an incredibly welcome depth to the otherwise standard system, as you'll have to always consider the colors you need, as well as your opponent to attempt to counter their best attacks. Similarly, getting the right combo chain can turn the tide of the battle entirely, as the right one can win you a battle instantly, or lose you everything. It brings an element of urgency to an otherwise casual game, and ironically leads to more strategy than the strategy element.
Like so many other noteworthy gaming apps, where "Empires" stands out is its style. Don't be turned off by the cartoon looks, as they're just used to enhance the game's tongue-in-cheek approach to history. It's not the type of humor that'll have you laughing out loud, but it makes the game feel lively and spirited helping to combat the redundancy even the best of mobile games can fall victim too.
"Empires" is just the perfect example of a mobile gaming experience. At its heart it's a pick up and play anytime puzzle game that everyone should have one of on their device, but the combat and five unique strategy campaigns, along with the well implemented art style, give it the kind longevity and depth not usually present in puzzle games. It all leads to a game that's hard to put down, and impossible to forget.
"Tiny Token Empires" didn't exactly invent its core concept, but it does execute it in a way that stands out from anything of its kind, and provides your next mobile game addiction without apology. So join me and put productivity off until next week (maybe) by trying "Tiny Token Empires," my app of the week.
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Raymond Leppard (Londres, 11 de agosto de 1927-Indianápolis, 22 de octubre de 2019) fue un director y clavecinista británico. En los años 1960, jugó un papel importante en el renacimiento del interés por la música barroca, en particular, fue uno de los primeros directores importantes en dirigir ópera barroca.

El músico británico falleció a los noventa y dos años de edad.

Carrera
Nació en Londres y creció en Bath, donde fue educado en la Escuela de la ciudad, ahora conocida como Escuela Beechen Cliff. Fue estudiante de clavecín y viola en el Trinity College de Cambridge, también actuó como director coral y ayudante al director de música de la Cambridge Philharmonic Society. En 1952 hizo su debut en Londres dirigiendo su propio Leppard Ensemble. Permaneció estrechamente asociado con la Goldsbrough Orchestra, la cual se convirtió en la Orquesta de Cámara Inglesa  en 1960. También, daba recitales como clavecinista, y era fellow del Trinity College y lecturer en música de 1958 a 1968. Se retiró de su puesto como Director Musical en el Trinity College en 1968, siendo sustituido por Richard Marlow.

En 1957 dirigió un concierto que presentó los cuatro clavecinistas: George Malcolm, Eileen Joyce, Thurston Dardo y Denis Vaughan.  En 1969 fue uno de los 4 clavecinistas en un concierto similar con Eileen Joyce, Geoffrey Parsons y Simon Preston, con la Academia de St. Martin in the Fields bajo Neville Marriner.

Su interés en la música antigua le incitó a preparar varias realizaciones del periodo. Mientras los musicólogos consideraron sus ediciones polémicas, sus presentaciones fueron importantes para introducir las grandes óperas barrocas al público general. Su producción de Monteverdi  L'incoronazione di Poppea fue presentada en el Glyndebourne Festival bajo su dirección en 1962. En los años siguientes siguió preparado más óperas de Monteverdi, así como óperas de Francesco Cavalli.

En 1963 compuso la partitura original para la película El señor de las Moscas de Peter Brook, la adaptación de la novela de William Golding del mismo nombre.

En noviembre de 1969, hizo su debut en EE. UU. dirigiendo el Coro de Westminster y la Orquesta Filarmónica de Nueva York y en esa ocasión también apareció como solista en el concierto para Clave de Joseph Haydn. En 1973 fue nombrado director principal de la Orquesta de Sinfónica de la BBC del norte en Mánchester hasta 1980. Leppard alternó esta labor con su presencia como director invitado en los principales coliseos operísticos del mundo y en formaciones sinfónicas de relieve. En 1980, y una vez que hubo abandonado su cargo en Mánchester, Leppard viajó hasta los EE. UU. para acometer una dilatada trayectoria como director invitado por aquel país. Sus éxitos como director freelance le permitieron ser designado director musical de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Indianápolis entre 1987 y 2001, año en que pasó a ser director emérito de la formación.

Leppard también dirigió Billy Budd de Britten en el Metropolitan y la Ópera de San Francisco, Alceste y Alcina en la Ópera de la Ciudad de la Nueva York. También dirigió en el Royal Ópera House, Covent Garden y en París, Hamburgo, Santa Fe, Estocolmo, y Ginebra.

En Glyndebourne, dirigió el estreno mundial de Rising of the Moon de Nicholas Maw. Entre 2004 y 2006 fue director musical de la Orquesta de Louisville. Leppard también fue Artista-en-Residencia en la Universidad de Indianápolis.

Raymond Leppard fue nombrado Comendador de la Orden del Imperio Británico (CBE) por la Reina de Inglaterra. En 1973 la República de Italia le confirió el título de Commendatore de la República Italiana por sus servicios a la música italiana. También le fue otorgado un Doctorado Honorario en Letras por la Universidad de Bath en 1973.

Director de orquesta, compositor eventual de música cinematográfica y académico, Raymond Leppard fue una de las figuras más importantes de la dirección orquestal británica de su tiempo. Sus interpretaciones gozan de una vitalidad contagiosa y de un brillante colorido orquestal muy acorde con los requerimientos de la interpretación barroca. Considerado como una de las mayores autoridades mundiales en lo referente a la música barroca, sus realizaciones operísticas han obtenido un gran éxito aunque algunos musicólogos las han cuestionado sobre la base de criterios historicistas. Leppard ha ocupado un lugar intermedio entre el redescubrimiento de la música escénica de los siglos XVII y XVIII y la eclosión actual de grupos instrumentales que se sirven de instrumentos originales. Por esta causa, sus versiones han sido un poco relegadas en los últimos años aunque nadie duda de su solvencia. Centrado en el repertorio barroco, Leppard también se ha ocupado de la música de otras épocas con igual solvencia. Con más de ciento cincuenta grabaciones discográficas a sus espaldas, Leppard ha pasado a la historia de la interpretación por su aporte y empeño en difundir piezas que no se habían vuelto a ejecutar desde hacía tres siglos. Gracias a su labor, compositores como Monteverdi y Cavalli ocupan el merecido lugar que les corresponde en la historia de la música.

Discografía parcial
 Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6 - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, Philips
 Bach: The Concertos for One and Two Harpsichords - English Chamber Orchestra/Philip Ledger/Raymond Leppard/Sir Andrew Davis, 1996 Philips
 Bach: Cantatas Nos. 80 & 140 - Aldo Baldin/Elly Ameling/English Chamber Orchestra/Linda Finnie/London Voices/Raymond Leppard/Samuel Ramey, 1981 Philips
 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 'The Choral' - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 2003 Big Jo-ke
 Boccherini: The 6 Symphonies, Op. 12 - New Philharmonia Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 1971 Philips
 Cavalli: La Calisto - Ileana Cotrubaș/Dame Janet Baker/Glyndebourne Festival Chorus/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 1972 Decca
 Giuliani: Guitar Concertos No. 1&3, Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez - André Previn/Raymond Leppard, 2013 EMI/Warner
 Gluck: Opera Arias - Dame Janet Baker/English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 1976 Philips
 Handel: Water Music - Music for the Royal Fireworks - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 1994 Decca
 Handel: Arias - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Bernadette Greevy/Raymond Leppard, 1966 Decca
 Lully: Pièces de Symphonie - Campra: L'Europe Galante - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 2014 Decca
 Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria - Frederica von Stade/Richard Stilwell/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 1980 Sony
 Mozart: Flute Concertos & Pieces - Peter-Lukas Graf/English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 2002 Claves
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in c minor, K. 427 - Ileana Cotrubas/Kiri Te Kanawa/Werner Krenn/Hans Sotin - New Philharmonia Orchestra, 1974 Emi
 Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante In E-flat Major, KV. 364; Concertone In C Major, KV. 190 - Charles Tunnell/Cho-Liang Lin/English Chamber Orchestra/Jaime Laredo/Neil Black/Raymond Leppard, 1991 SONY BMG
 Mozart: Bastien Und Bastienne, K. 50 (E.-K.46B); Singspiel In Einem Akt - Edita Gruberová/Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra/László Polgár (bajo)/Raymond Leppard/Vinson Cole, 1990 SONY BMG
 Pachelbel: Canon - English Chamber Orchestra/Jean-Claude Malgoire/Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Raymond Leppard/Siegfried Behrend, 1975 BASF/SONY BMG
 Purcell, Dido and Aeneas - Leppard/Allen/Norman/Kern, 1985 Decca
 Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 1978 Erato
 Rameau: Dardanus - Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris/Raymond Leppard, 1981 Erato
 Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire Suites - Grétry: Ballet Music From Operas - Charpentier: Medée Suite - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 2014 Decca
 Trumpet Concertos - Wynton Marsalis/Charles Tunnell/English Chamber Orchestra/National Philharmonic Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 1983/1984 SONY BMG
 American Dreams - Romantic American Masterpieces - Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 1999 Decca
 Kramer vs. Kramer - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard, 1967 Sony/CBS

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Enlaces externos
 Raymond Leppard entrevista por Bruce Duffie
 Raymond Leppard Administración norteamericana Schmidt los artistas Internacionales
 Una entrevista con Raymond Leppard grabó en 1992 - un registro de sonido de Biblioteca británico

Alumnado del Trinity College (Cambridge)
Clavecinistas del Reino Unido
Comendadores de la Orden del Imperio Británico
Miembros Honorarios de la Real Academia de Música
Músicos de Londres
Directores de orquesta
Directores de orquesta del Reino Unido
Artistas de Erato Records
Doctores honoris causa por la Universidad Purdue
Músicos clásicos del siglo XX del Reino Unido
Nacidos en Londres

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Obama to sign indefinite detention bill into law
After spend months threatening a veto, the President decides instead to codify the first such bill since the 1950s Glenn Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/15/obama_to_sign_indefinite_detention_bill_into_law
In one of the least surprising developments imaginable, President Obama – after spending months threatening to veto the Levin/McCain detention bill – yesterday announced that he would instead sign it into law (this is the same individual, of course, who unequivocally vowed when seeking the Democratic nomination to support a filibuster of "any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecom[s]," only to turn around – once he had the nomination secure — and not only vote against such a filibuster, but to vote in favor of the underlying bill itself, so this is perfectly consistent with his past conduct). As a result, the final version of the Levin/McCain bill will be enshrined as law this week as part of the the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). I wrote about the primary provisions and implications of this bill last week, and won't repeat those points here.
The ACLU said last night that the bill contains "harmful provisions that some legislators have said could authorize the U.S. military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians, including American citizens, anywhere in the world" and added: "if President Obama signs this bill, it will damage his legacy." Human Rights Watch said that Obama's decision "does enormous damage to the rule of law both in the US and abroad" and that "President Obama will go down in history as the president who enshrined indefinite detention without trial in US law."
Both groups pointed out that this is the first time indefinite detention has been enshrined in law since the McCarthy era of the 1950s, when — as the ACLU put it — "President Truman had the courage to veto" the Internal Security Act of 1950 on the ground that it "would make a mockery of our Bill of Rights" and then watched Congress override the veto. That Act authorized the imprisonment of Communists and other "subversives" without the necessity of full trials or due process (many of the most egregious provisions of that bill were repealed by the 1971 Non-Detention Act, and are now being rejuvenated by these War on Terror policies of indefinite detention). President Obama, needless to say, is not Harry Truman. He's not even the Candidate Obama of 2008 who repeatedly insisted that due process and security were not mutually exclusive and who condemned indefinite detention as "black hole" injustice.
There have been several persistent myths circulating about this bill and President Obama's position on it that need to be clarified once and for all:
First, while the powers this bill enshrines are indeed radical and dangerous, most of them already exist. That's because first the Bush administration and now the Obama administration have aggressively argued that the original 2001 AUMF already empowers them to imprison people without charges, use force against even U.S. citizens without due process (Anwar Awlaki), and target not only members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban (as the law states) but also anyone who "substantially supports" those groups and/or "associated forces" (whatever those terms mean). That's why this bill states that it does not intend to change the 2001 AUMF (even as it codifies far broader language defining the scope of the war) or the detention powers of the President, and it's why they purposely made the bill vague on whether it expressly authorizes military detention of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil: it's because the bill's proponents and the White House both believe that the President already possesses these broadened powers with or without this bill. With a couple of exceptions, this bill just "clarifies" — and codifies — the powers President Obama has already claimed, seized and exercised.
I'm embedding the video below of the segment I did last night on Cenk Uygur's TV program where I elaborated on this point: this is not to mitigate how heinous this bill is, as there are real dangers to codifying these powers in law with bipartisan Congressional support as opposed to having the President unilaterally seize them and have some lower courts recognize them. Instead, it's a reflection of how horrible the civil liberties status quo has become under the Bush and Obama administration. This is the reason why civil libertarians have been so harshly critical of this President. It's the reason civil liberties groups have been saying things like this even when saying them was so unpopular: it's because Obama has, for three years now, been defending and entrenching exactly the detention powers this law vests, but doing it through radical legal theories, warped interpretations of the 2001 AUMF, continuities with the Bush/Cheney template, and devotion to Endless War and the civil liberties assaults it entails. See the newspaper excerpts below for more proof of this.
Second, as I documented at length last week, Obama's veto threat was never about substantive objections to the detention powers vested by this bill; put another way, he was never objecting to the bill on civil liberties grounds. Obama, as I documented last week and again below, is not an opponent of indefinite detention; he's a vigorous proponent of it, as evidenced by his continuous, multi-faceted embrace of that policy.
Obama's objections to this bill had nothing to do with civil liberties, due process or the Constitution. It had everything to do with Executive power. The White House's complaint was that Congress had no business tying the hands of the President when deciding who should go into military detention, who should be denied a trial, which agencies should interrogate suspects (the FBI or the CIA). Such decisions, insisted the White House, are for the President, not Congress, to make. In other words, his veto threat was not grounded in the premise that indefinite military detention is wrong; it was grounded in the premise that it should be the President who decides who goes into military detention and why, not Congress.
Even the one substantive objection the White House expressed to the bill — mandatory military detention for accused American Terrorists captured on U.S. soil — was about Executive power, not due process or core liberties. The proof of that — the definitive, conclusive proof — is that Sen. Carl Levin has several times disclosed that it was the White House which demanded removal of a provision in his original draft that would have exempted U.S. citizens from military detention (see the clip of Levin explaining this in the video below). In other words, this was an example of the White House demanding greater detention powers in the bill by insisting on the removal of one of its few constraints (the prohibition on military detention for Americans captured on U.S. soil). That's because the White House's North Star on this bill — as they repeatedly made clear — was Presidential discretion: they were going to veto the bill if it contained any limits on the President's detention powers, regardless of whether those limits forced him to put people in military prison or barred him from doing so.
Any doubt that this was the White House's only concern with the bill is now dispelled by virtue of the President's willingness to sign it after certain changes were made in Conference between the House and Senate. Those changes were almost entirely about removing the parts of the bill that constrained his power, and had nothing to do with improving the bill from a civil liberties perspective. Once the sole concern of the White House was addressed — eliminating limits on the President's power — they were happy to sign the bill even though (rather: because) none of the civil liberties assaults were fixed. As Mother Jones' Adam Serwer explained:
This morning I wrote that by making the mandatory military detention provisions mandatory in name only, the Senate had offered the administration an opportunity to see how seriously it takes its own rhetoric on civil liberties. The administration had said that the military detention provisions of an earlier version of the NDAA were "inconsistent with the fundamental American principle that our military does not patrol our streets."
The revised NDAA is still inconsistent with that fundamental American principle. But the administration has decided that fundamental American principles aren't actually worth vetoing the bill over.
That's because, as Serwer explained in a separate post, Congress — in response to the veto threat — made changes "addressing the security concerns, but not the ones related to civil liberties and the rule of law" (by "security concerns," the White House means: don't restrict what the President can do). That the White House cared only about the former (presidential discretion), and not at all about the letter (civil liberties), is proven by its willingness to sign the bill when only objections to the former have been addressed. For more proof on this point — and the perfect encapsulation of it — see this comment here.
Third, the most persistent and propagandistic set of myths about President Obama on detention issues is that he tried to end indefinite detention by closing Guantanamo, but was blocked by Congress from doing so. It is true that Congress blocked the closing of Guantanamo, and again in this bill, Congress is imposing virtually insurmountable restrictions on the transfer of detainees out of that camp, including for detainees who have long ago been cleared for release (restrictions that Obama is now going to sign into law). But — and this is not a hard point to understand — while Obama intended to close Guantanamo, he always planned — long before Congress acted — to preserve Guantanamo's core injustice: indefinite detention.
I need to say that again: long before, and fully independent of, anything Congress did, President Obama made clear that he was going to preserve the indefinite detention system at Guantanamo even once he closed the camp. That's what makes the apologias over Obama and GITMO so misleading: the controversy over Guantanamo was not that about its locale — that it was based in the Caribbean Sea — so that simply closing it and then re-locating it to a different venue would address the problem. The controversy over Guantanamo was that it was a prison camp where people were put in cages indefinitely, for decades or life, without being charged with any crime. And that policy is one that President Obama whole-heartedly embraced from the start.
Totally prior to and independent of anything Congress did, President Obama fully embraced indefinite detention as his own policy. He is a proponent — not an opponent — of indefinite detention. Just review the facts — the indisputable facts — if you have any doubt about that or if you know anyone who does.
This is why even some progressive Senators such as Russ Feingold and Bernie Sanders ultimately voted to deny funding to the closing of Guantanamo: not because they favored GITMO, but because they wanted first to see Obama's plan for what would replace it, because they did not want to allocate funds to a plan that would simply re-locate GITMO and its defining injustice — indefinite detention — onto U.S. soil.
Can any rational person review these events and try to claim that Obama is some sort of opponent of indefinite detention? He is one of American history's most aggressive defenders of that power. As Human Rights Watch put it: "President Obama will go down in history as the president who enshrined indefinite detention without trial in US law." There is no partisan loyalty or leader-reverent propaganda strong enough to obscure that fact.
Here is the segment I did last night with Cenk Uygur on his new Current TV program; he started off the segment with quite a rant (understandably so), so our discussion begins at roughly the 7:00 mark, though the video of Sen. Levin explaining the White House's demands for domestic detention power is at roughly the 2:30 mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVdjoPR3Vk
Posted by Robalini at Friday, December 23, 2011
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A mother is arrested for stealing after taking away her teen daughter's cellphone as punishment.
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. -- A Michigan mother was arrested for stealing after she took away her teenage daughter's cell phone as punishment.
According to records, Jodie May was arrested the day before Mother's Day on a misdemeanor theft charge.
May, who is divorced and remarried, said she was nursing her 4-week-old baby on May 12 when an Ottawa County deputy knocked on her door.
"He had told me that he was going to arrest me, and I asked him if I could turn myself in on that Monday by myself, that I had a new baby. She wasn't taking the bottle yet," May said.
The deputy handcuffed her and took her to a holding cell for about two hours until she posted a $200 bond.
May said she took the phone from her 15-year-old daughter in April after the girl got in trouble in school.
Prosecutor Ron Frantz said that May never told the original deputies that she had taken the phone away to punish her daughter.
That detail is not referenced in the report, but May insists she gave the information to the original deputy who took the report.
May's ex-husband who reported the alleged theft told deputies that he owned the phone. May disputes that, saying the phone belonged to her daughter and was a gift from her ex-husband.
"He gave it to her as a Christmas present," May said. "I believe the prosecutor knew the whole time. It was an easy question to have answered."
Several minutes into the theft trial, the assistant prosecutor announced that the phone was indeed the daughter's, not the ex-husband's. As a result, the case was dismissed.


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Juliet is also planning a series of Kundalini and Shamanic moon workshops in Berkshire – using Kundalini Yoga and Shamanic Journeying to harness the power of the new and full moons for personal growth. Further details will be posted soon.
Has your life been plagued by addictions or seeking some form of external fulfilment? Have you ever found yourself surrounded by people, and yet unable to shake the feeling of loneliness inside?
This experiential workshop is based on the premise that loneliness and connection are two sides of the same coin. The extent to which you can go in to one you can go in to the other.
Using the tools of Kundalini Yoga and meditation and Shamanic Journeying and alchemical healing sounds, we will delve deeply in to our loneliness in order to find that place of connection within – an experience of our true nature. And from there, we will explore how we can use our connection to live our lives in a way that is more aligned with our inner values.
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Q: Android EditText noSuggestions with enter key on soft keyboard Hi all :) A few time ago i wanted to do edittext with noSuggestions and multiLine with enter key. The problem was that, when i set:
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"

then I had no suggesions, but enter key was transformed to "DONE" action. So i start combining many imeOptions and inputType and finally get this:
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android:imeOptions="flagNoEnterAction"

It's weird, but when you set textNoSuggestion with flagNoEnterAction, then you will see Enter key on soft keyboard, but enter will work as SPACE button. Then you must add textMultiline and it should work good :)
Hope it helps someone!

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For Many years we all have limited eggs in our diet to help reduce the risk of heart disease, but our attitudes toward eggs have shifted.
Want to see how fresh your eggs are? try the water test – fresh eggs typically sink when placed in water, while older eggs tend to float. Fresher eggs also have a round yolk that holds its shape once you crack it. Older yolks tend to flatten out and their whites are thinner.
If you consume eggs, here are a few labels and what they mean.
Cage-free: Cage-free means that hens aren't crowded in cages like more conventionally raised hens, but they are given access to roam around an enclosed space.
Certified organic: Eggs labeled certified organic are from hens fed an organic diet (non-GMO, pesticide-free, etc.) and given outdoor access.
Vegetarian-fed: This means that the hens were given a diet of vegetarian feed. Although this isn't our thing in this part of the world, this was my reason for choosing this above image, lollllllllll as i can literally see our hen saying this………………. "being vegetarian isn't our thing to start with, naturally chickens are omnivores and will eat bugs if given the opportunity to forage, vegetarian-fed hens aren't given things like cray fish or fish meal, which is common in conventional poultry feed.
This label only refers to diet and doesn't provide information on living conditions.
Free-range: This refers to eggs from hens ( our local hen) given access to the outdoors. They are the type you see everywhere in our local neighborhood you wounder who owns them , but interestingly they seem to know their way home or where their owner lives, surprisingly they seem trained.
They're able to forage, but their feed is typically supplemented.
Omega-3-enriched: Like vegetarian-fed, this labels provides information about diet, but not the living conditions. Feed is typically enriched with omega-3s, which help raise the omega-3 content in eggs.
This kind of Hens and eggs are typical to the UK.


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I have worked as a counselor for the last 20 years with women and men who later regret their participation in abortion, and are looking for healing and peace. On our weekend abortion recovery program, Rachel's Vineyard, Saturday morning participants share their abortion story. But they are encouraged to share that abortion event in the context of their overall life experiences.
Their stories reveal that some children from divorced families can be overwhelmed by their emotions when facing an unplanned pregnancy, and in the after math of the abortion procedure.
Divorce can be such a seismic emotional event for some kids, that when faced with an unplanned pregnancy later in life, they may panic and try to establish some sense of control as soon as possible – control they did not have as children.
They may have deep ambivalence about becoming a parent and terrified of losing their partner. While these feelings are common to others facing an unplanned pregnancy, with children of divorce, the level of anxiety and panic can be even more intense.
The aftermath of the abortion event is a complicated grief for the children of divorce. It seems that there is a complex emotional dynamic at work here that touches on both the divorce and abortion event. It may be helpful to look at abortion and divorce in the context of of being both victim and perpetrator.
The experience of divorce can be like an emotional abortion. A child can have the sense of being violently separated from what was previously thought to be a stable and lifelong family unit. A child who was traumatized by the experience of divorce and later participates in the death of their unborn child magnifies an already deep and complex wound.
The adult child of divorce has the experience of being both innocent victim of and later a type of perpetrator by participating in the abuse/death of their innocent unborn child. In other cases a woman or man may feel pressured to have the abortion, overwhelmed by their emotions, or have no voice or say in the matter. These feelings of anxiety, panic and powerlessness can reenact the emotional devastation of the divorce event.
The abortion experience may connect in a very toxic way with that wounded inner child resulting in depression, anxiety, anger issues, sleep disturbance, increased drug and alcohol use, and acting out this complicated grief leading to problems in intimate relationships.
Abortion recovery programs like Rachel's Vineyard can create a foundation of peace and healing at the heart of this deep and complex wound. As women and men find healthy ways to process their abortion related pain, and grieve in healthy ways, they are reconnected in love with their aborted children.
As they reconcile with God, loved ones and their unborn children they have the opportunity to also grieve other losses in their lives. They have a safe place to share their childhood wounds, and allow their own inner child to have a voice, to be consoled and move toward healing and peace.
Women and men who have experienced divorce and abortion will benefit from developing a relationship with a counselor so they can continue to build on that foundation of healing in their lives.
Our childhood wounds need not sentence us to endless reenactments of our trauma, paralyzed by our inability to trust and find the intimacy and love we so deeply desire and need. Reach out for the help you need.
I wrote and performed the following song (produced by Henry Gennaria) and created this music video that I dedicate to adult children of divorce, and in a special way for those that suffered both divorce and later abortion loss in their lives. It affirms the loss and pain of divorce, but ends with a message of hope and healing.
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Kennedy Museum of Art's collections include more than 8000 objects drawn from a broad range of cultures. Notably, the Museum possesses a unique and culturally significant collection of Southwest Native American arts. This extensive collection includes nearly 700 weavings, primarily Navajo, and examples of Zuni, Hopi and Navajo turquoise and silverwork jewelry. Additionally, collections include a renowned post-1945 print collection, a growing photography collection, 20th century art, ceramics, and a notable collection of African art which includes textiles, sculpture, jewelry, and ceremonial items from central and western Africa.
Faculty, students, and scholars interested in accessing the collections should contact Kennedy Museum of Art staff at least three weeks in advance prior to their visit. Special viewing arrangements can be made for University classes as well. To schedule a visit please submit a Collections Access Request Form to Lisa Quinn, Registrar, quinnl@ohio.edu.
Kennedy Museum of Art's print collection includes more than 1600 works, by artists such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Jennifer Bartlett, Helen Frankenthaler, Chuck Close, Shusaku Arakawa, Susan Rothenberg, Josef Albers, Elizabeth Murray, Jim Dine, Jenny Holzer, Yvonne Jacquette, Andy Warhol and many more.
Kennedy Museum of Art holds a diverse collection of more than 650 photographs, from the masterful pictorialist work of Clarence H. White to the iconic jazz portraiture of Herman Leonard. Other highlights include the work of photojournalist James Karales, who covered the civil rights struggle and the Vietnam conflict for Look magazine, a series of portraits of the Navajo code talkers made in the early 1980s by Kenji Kawano.
Ceramics and Sculpture
Kennedy Museum of Art's ceramics collection contains over 100 works ranging from traditional Pueblo pottery to contemporary sculptural vessels and forms. This collection is an exciting area of growth for the Museum due in part to donations from many of the notable ceramic artists who come to Ohio University's School of Art + Design as visiting artists.
Southwest Native American Arts
Thanks to the generosity of Ohio University alumnus and Museum namesake Edwin L. Kennedy, Ohio University possesses a unique and culturally significant collection of Southwest Native American art. Kennedy Museum of Art's Edwin L. and Ruth E. Kennedy Southwest Native American Collection includes textiles and jewelry items of predominantly Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni origin. The collection spans the entire history of Southwest Native American jewelry and textile production.
African Art and Culture
Consisting of more than 400 objects, the Museum's African art collection includes textiles, masks, sculpture, jewelry, costumes, and ceremonial items from Nigeria, Liberia, Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and Zaire.


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Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 2 wickets | Asia Cup 2022
Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 2 wickets after a thrilling match in the crucial match of the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka crossed the target of 184 runs with 4 balls to spare. The win took Sri Lanka into the Super Four stage while Bangladesh crashed out of the tournament. Kosal Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 60 off 37 balls while Dasun Shanaka scored 45 runs. For Bangladesh, Ibadan Hussain dismissed 3 players and Tasin Ahmed dismissed 2 players.
Batting first, Bangladesh scored 183 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs and had set Sri Lanka a target of 184 runs. Mehdi Hasan scored 38 and Afif Hussain scored 39 runs for Bangladesh, while Sri Lanka's Vinandu Hasaranga and Chamika Karun Ratne took 2 and 2 respectively. Earlier at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Sri Lankan captain Dasan Shanka won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat first. Afghanistan team has already qualified for the Super Four by defeating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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Conventional Soil Management Draws European Corn Borer Toward Bt Corn
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A study led by Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, Ph.D., of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and colleagues found support for the hypothesis that European corn borers (Ostrinia nubilalis) preferred laying eggs on corn raised on conventionally managed soil over corn raised on organically raised soil. Because corn modified with Bt insecticidal proteins that kill European corn borers is often used on conventionally managed farms, this preference by corn borers leads to what the researchers call a potential "unintentional attract-and-kill" mechanism that could help control this crop pest. (Photo by Dan Olmstead)
By John P. Roche, Ph.D.
The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) is a non-native moth pest of corn and other crops in North America, Europe, and North Africa. Its larvae bore into corn plants, causing damage to stems, ears, and leaves. The corn borer is part of a complex system involving the moth, its corn plant host, and the soil in which the plant grows. Over the past twenty years, corn modified with a gene to express Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins that kill corn borers has been widely introduced in the U.S.; this Bt corn has dramatically reduced European corn borer populations in North America, saving farmers billions of dollars. Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, Ph.D., of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Brian Nault, Ph.D., of Cornell University, and colleagues studied the system of interactions among moth pests, corn plants, and soil and found an intriguing interaction between conventionally managed soil and the European corn borer.
Soil is a critical component of this moth pest/corn plant/soil system. Healthy soils make plants healthier, which in turn makes plants more resistant to pests. Minerals are an important component of soil health: if their content is too high or too low, plant health is affected.
Previous research has found support for the hypothesis that organic fertilization prevents dramatic changes in soil mineral content, which makes crop plants grown on organic soil healthier and thus better able to resist herbivores.
Previous work by Larry Phelan and colleagues found that European corn borers laid more eggs on corn grown in conventionally managed soil than on corn grown in organic soil. Organically managed soil is thought to offer more mineral buffering, leading to fewer big changes in mineral content, which in turn leads to healthier plants. Phelan and collagues' work found that organic corn had higher rates of photosynthesis and higher levels of protein, patterns seen by multiple investigators.
Schmidt-Jeffris and her colleagues wanted to test whether the European corn borer shows a preference for corn plants raised on conventional soil, which would provide what they call a potential "unintentional attract-and-kill" mechanism serving to further reduce European corn borer populations on conventional corn fields because of the presence of Bt corn there. Their findings are reported in a new article published December 30 in the ESA journal Environmental Entomology.
Their hypothesis was that European corn borers would prefer conventionally raised corn over organically raised corn for laying eggs in lab choice tests, and would be more abundant on conventionally managed corn fields than on organic corn fields. In lab tests of this hypothesis, they presented corn borers with corn leaves or whole corn plants grown on conventional soil and corn leaves or whole corn plants grown on organic soil. They then determined whether the moths laid more eggs on conventionally or organically raised corn. In field tests, they collected moths in pairs of fields: one conventionally managed field paired with one organic field.
A study on European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) in conventional and organic growing systems found an "unintentional attract-and-kill" mechanism whereby borers are attracted to corn in conventionally managed fields but then fall victim to Bt corn there. Shown here are containers for growing corn plants for use in the study. (Photo by Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, Ph.D.)
Cornell University technician Molly Cappiello traps European corn borer moths (Ostrinia nubilalis) in a field to measure their relative abundance in conventionally managed versus organically managed corn fields. (Photo by Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, Ph.D.)
To examine potential effects of mineral balance on corn plants (and on European corn borer preferences), they also measured the mineral content of the study fields, and of plants grown in organic versus conventional soil. Minerals measured included calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus, and zinc. For soil, they also calculated mineral ratios for calcium:magnesium, magnesium:potassium, potassium:sodium, and phosphorous:zinc. They studied two types of corn plants: those that were engineered to produce Bt, and those that did not produce Bt.
In their soil measurements, the investigators found that organic soil had a higher magnesium:potassium ratio, a lower potassium:sodium ratio, and a higher pH than conventional soil. Plants grown in organic soil had more magnesium and more calcium than plants grown in conventional soil. They also grew taller and had more chlorophyll.
In their lab choice tests using pieces of corn leaves, Schmidt-Jeffris et al. found no significant difference in egg laying between organically raised or conventionally raised corn. But in the tests using whole corn plants, they found that the moths showed a significant preference for corn plants grown in conventional soil over those grown in organic soil.
European corn borer moths occur in two strains that differ in the genes coding for their female pheromones—a Z strain and an E strain. European corn borer populations in nature are a mixture of these two strains, with the Z strain being more prevalent in the midwestern U.S. and the E strain being more abundant in the eastern U.S. and Europe. In their moth-trapping tests in the field, the investigators found significantly more E-strain moths in conventional fields than in organic fields, but found no significant difference for Z-strain moths.
Therefore, this study found that European corn borer moths preferred to lay eggs on whole corn plants raised in conventional soil, and that for the E-strain moths, the corn borers were more abundant on conventional fields. Both findings support the hypothesis that the corn borers preferred corn plants grown on conventional soil, which is aligned with the possibility of the "unintentional attract-and-kill" mechanism of control that Schmidt-Jeffris and colleagues proposed. Mineral tests of corn plants in the study found that corn grown on conventional soil had significantly less magnesium and calcium than organic corn. The investigators suggested that European corn borers may prefer laying eggs on corn plants with lower magnesium and calcium concentrations.
In summarizing her findings, Schmidt-Jeffris says, "Soil health and fertility management interact with pest management and can do so in very unexpected ways. In our case, an herbivore attracted to corn grown in conventionally managed soil is demonstrating preference for a crop that is more likely to be toxic to it, due to the use of Bt-containing corn varieties."
A study on European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) in conventional and organic growing systems found an "unintentional attract-and-kill" mechanism whereby borers are attracted to corn in conventionally managed fields but then fall victim to Bt corn there. (Photo by Dan Olmstead)
When asked about potential future research directions, Schmidt-Jeffris says, "It would be interesting to see if other lepidopteran pests controlled by Bt corn also have the same preference for plants grown in conventional soil. It would also be interesting to see additional studies looking at how soil health may impact herbivore populations on a larger scale, especially in crops where organic and conventional fields are in close proximity to each other."
In choice tests with whole corn plants, the European corn borers preferred laying eggs on the conventionally grown corn, which had lower magnesium and calcium levels. Future studies could investigate whether magnesium and calcium levels are factors that contribute to the choices of the moths, or are simply correlated with other causal factors.
Corn modified with Bt proteins has greatly reduced populations of the European corn borer and saved agriculture billions of dollars. But the corn borer–corn plant interaction is not static. Insects are evolving resistance to Bt proteins, reducing Bt's effectiveness, and global warming is projected to increase the range of the European corn borer. Both trends will create the need for new directions in research, and new strategies of control.
"Conventional Soil Management May Promote Nutrients That Lure an Insect Pest to a Toxic Crop"
Environmental Entomology
John P. Roche, Ph.D., is an author, biologist, and educator dedicated to making rigorous science clear and accessible. Director of Science View Productions and Adjunct Professor at the College of the Holy Cross, Dr. Roche has published over 200 articles and has written and taught extensively about science. For more information, visit https://authorjohnproche.com/.
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Overlooked Indies For May 16th-21st
By Frank Streva
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Pictured above: Duskers
Wow, we had a really busy week of indie game releases on PC. So many, in fact, that a single article just can't contain them all, so expect a bonus article in a few days. I can't guarantee any of the many releases from this week are any good myself, but many of them have tons of Steam reviews you can browse through for more information.
Probably one of the bigger indie releases of the week, Salt and Sanctuary has made its way to PC after its initial console release a few months back. This 2D Soulsian action RPG is the latest game from Ska Studios, a personal favorite of mine due to their highly underappreciated 360 titles like Charlie Murder, the Dishwasher series, and ZP2KX. They really should bring more of their games to Steam. Salt and Sanctuary promises to be their biggest and most complex game to date as you embark on a journey as a shipwrecked sailor trapped on a mysterious island crawling with long forgotten evil forces. The game has been met with critical acclaim on both consoles and Steam, so if you're looking for a challenging action RPG then you may want to give Salt and Sanctuary a chance.
Shadwen is another indie title with quite a bit of hype surrounding it, this time from the developers that brought us the Trine series. Shadwen is a big departure from Frozenbyte's usual games, and is a dark and moody 3rd person stealth game where you play as an assassin on a dangerous mission to murder the king. Along the way you meet an orphan girl named Lily that you must protect, and this introduces Shadwen's morality system where you have to decide how lethal you wish to be in front of Lily. Shadwen also features a heavy emphasis on physics, allowing you to get very creative with environmental traps. You can also find Shadwen on PS4 and GOG.
One Troll Army
FlyAnvil
Indie publisher tinyBuild has become famous lately for their crazy marketing stunts involving Twitch, and One Troll Army is no exception. This action/tower defense hybrid has you playing as a massive troll hired by a band of goblins to protect their fort, and features Twitch integration where chat can take control of enemy units. This is where tinyBuild's signature marketing came in, as they proposed a challenge to their fans: Beat the developers on Twitch and One Troll Army will be released for free, a feat that Twitch chat gleefully accomplished.
Melody's Escape
Icetesy SPRL
Melody's Escape is a rhythm runner that was in one of the first waves of Greenlit games. It's been in Early Access for nearly as long, but is now officially released with a nice 40% discount for the next week. The basic gameplay isn't all that different from other rhythm games like AudioSurf. Pick your favorite songs from your library and then play the levels they generate, hitting the color-coded prompts as they appear to avoid obstacles and rack up a high score. The music analysis in Melody's Escape places a particular emphasis on vocals and long notes, allowing you to slide and fly along with them in-game.
Particle Mace
Andy Wallace
Another game that's been in Early Access for a while is Particle Mace. This top-down shooter is inspired by games like Geometry Wars and Asteroids, but the gameplay places a much greater focus on physics and inertia. Much like the name implies, Particle Mace eschews the guns and projectiles of other twin sticks in favor of a giant mace tethered to your ship. To attack, you'll need to dodge and weave around obstacles to build up the momentum required to unleash a devastating blow with your mace. In addition to a wide range of single player missions, Particle Mace also features local co-op and competitive multiplayer. You can find the game on iOS too.
Puzzling Dream
The Way is a new 2D puzzle platformer inspired by many classics from the genre, and bears more than a passing resemblance to something you'd expect from Wadjet Eye Games. You play as an explorer who finds himself unable to cope with the death of his lover. After reading ancient texts about eternal life, he returns to an alien world he visited on a prior expedition to find purpose in his life again. Also available on GOG.
Smashing The Battle
Studio HG
The aptly named Smashing The Battle is a stylized brawler about the simple things in life, like smashing things and half-naked anime babes with great bouncy tits. A large-scale cyber attack has turned the construction robots in a huge multiplex into homicide murderers, and you must smash them to bits as one of the two aforementioned scantily clad anime girls. As you progress through missions you'll gain money to purchase new abilities and upgrade existing gear and weapons. It's already become a bit of a cult hit on Steam, with several hundred largely positive user reviews.
Koihime Enbu
Unknown Games, M2 Co., LTD
Speaking of fighting anime girls, the 2D Japanese arcade fighter Koihime Enbu made it to Steam this week. Based on an adult visual novel, Koihime Enbu is set in an alternate Romance of the Three Kingdoms where most of the famous warlords and heroes have been replaced with cute anime girls, because of course they have and this is just how things work in Japan. The game features 13 characters in all, with an additional 7 assist characters to change up your move set and tactics. Koihime Enbu is also on PS3 and PS4.
Misfits Attic
Finally we come to Duskers, a strategy rogue-lite with an interesting retro sci-fi aesthetic. You play as a lone drone operator surrounded by derelict starships in the depths of space. Using an interesting command line interface, you'll need to pilot salvaging drones into these wrecks to find vital supplies like food, fuel, and parts to upgrade your drones and keep them in working order. Along the way you'll need to keep an eye out for ship logs that will help you figure out what happened and where you can find aid. Beware though, because it soon becomes apparent that you aren't totally alone out there. You can also grab the game on GOG.
That's all for now. I'll be back in a few days with more indie release highlights from last week.
Frank is an aspiring game designer that currently writes for Indie Game Source and Bell of Lost Souls. You can follow him on Twitter @Frank_Gaming for updates on future articles and reviews.
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No matter who you are, you've probably experienced numbness and tingling before. For many, it's the first thing they feel when they wake up, as they slept on their hand all night, rendering it temporarily numb. This is a condition called paresthesia, and it's quite normal for a lot of people. Even the pins and needles you feel when your foot falls asleep is a form of this.
Paresthesia results from nerve compression or lack of blood flow to the affected area. In most cases, simply uncompressing your nerves and letting the blood flow back in is all that's required, since you directly caused the condition in the first place. Other cases, however, involve paresthesia happening without any obvious cause. A wide variety of conditions can be the culprit for this, but involuntary paresthesia happening at random times can be a serious problem.
While temporary paresthesia is an everyday experience for a lot of people, chronic paresthesia occurring randomly and with no obvious cause is a serious condition that requires treatment. Since so many of the potential causes have to do with nerve trauma and spine issues, one of the best sources of treatment is a chiropractor. Learn about chiropractic care for numbness and tingling, and discover what the best Spring Hill, TN chiropractor can do for you.
Numbness and tingling is caused by nerve compression in many cases, and that's something chiropractors can target specifically. Spine curvature plays a big role in how well your nerve pathways function. Sometimes, the curvature is abnormal in certain areas. This is called a subluxation.
Subluxations can have a wide variety of consequences for your health like back pain, but they can also cause numbness and tingling due to their impact on your nervous system. Not only can a skilled chiropractor help you get rid of these subluxations, but they can also offer advice on how to prevent them from forming again. Things like bad posture and stress can lead to a wide variety of back problems that can cause numbness and tingling.
To see this in action, take a look at the case of this 41-year-old woman. She experienced numbness in part of her right forearm and with three of her fingers. Initially, she assumed she had slept on it wrong, but the symptoms didn't go away after the few minutes it usually takes in cases of temporary paresthesia. After being diagnosed with ulnar nerve compression, she underwent chiropractic treatment. After 11 sessions, her symptoms disappeared entirely.
Chiropractic care worked for the woman in the study, and it can work for you too. If you live in the Spring Hill, TN area, you can find the treatment you deserve at Premier Chiropractic. With Drs. Mike and Ericka's dedication to providing quality treatment and clear communication, you can be sure that you're in good hands. Don't let paresthesia impact how you live your life. Try chiropractic care for numbness and tingling today.


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Following Apple's WWDC keynote Monday, the tech giant announced the results of its annual Apple Design Awards, throwing the spotlight on a selection of the best iPhone, iPad and Mac apps released in the last 12 months.
Letterpress for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (free) / atebits – Played this one? The judges love Letterpress for its "beautifully understated game interface, simple gestures, subtle animations, and restrained sound design." With the slew of word game apps out there, it can be mighty hard to get noticed, so well done Letterpress.
Ridiculous Fishing for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch ($2.99) / Vlambeer – This "expertly crafted" game about fishing with weapons caught the judges' attention for its engaging physics-based gameplay and humor.
Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac ($4.99) / Atypical Games – According to the judges, this WWII arcade-style combat game looks "awesome" on a Mac and features "a wide variety of single and multiplayer options and a large inventory of accurately-rendered aircraft" as well as a huge array of special effects. If you fancy a dogfight from the comfort of your sofa, it sounds like Sky Gamblers will deliver.
mosaic.io for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (free) / Ishaan Gulrajani, Alex List, and Zain Shah – The second of the two student awards, this intriguing app "magically creates a gorgeous photo mosaic across two or more iOS device screens with a simple swipe of a finger" as a way to connect two or more iOS devices around a single image.


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I've received this "open letter" from Russell Glenister introducing Pocketstock and I want to share it with all of you… debate is open.
Why are very few new agencies making a success of selling your images?
My sole objectives with this open letter is to get a debate going across all the microstock blogs and forums and to help raise the profile of my new business, Pocketstock.
I have no issue with any of the organizations I refer to, even though only referred to indirectly, we all have our ways of doing business and making money, some just don't necessarily help the overall development of an industry or sector.
Firstly, I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce Pocketstock and myself, Russell Glenister. I have been in the stock photography industry for over 25 years. I started out as a lead creative at Tony Stone Images. For those of you not old enough, Tony Stone Images (TSI) was purchased by Getty Images, the industry leader and very much led the gold rush which has culminated in the stock photography industry we see today. I have continued to work in this fine industry for all years since departing from TSI, working with all the major players along the way, usually as part of the supply chain.
Pocketstock is my new business, having sold my last one to the other major traditional stock agency, Corbis, a few years back. Pocketstock wants to take stock photography to a new level, open the market up to a new supply chain, through video education – The Pocketstock Academy, which is being launched as I write this letter. We are just about to start selling content, about to take in footage and music along with the images, illustrations and vectors we already take. We are also in the process of opening our office in USA. We hope to grow quickly.
We want to keep prices up to a reasonable level and have opened up Compass for those who want to see their images sold at higher prices.
Now, I've always liked this industry, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed around for as long as I have – nor taken on this task! I am not someone who doesn't like change, so the introduction of Microstock has in my view added quality and quantity to a largely flagging industry – too many production houses (image100 was the first to set up a wholly owned content model, much copied over time) producing the same types of images with limited distribution, Getty and Corbis having bought most all the decent producers.
I see an industry that is changing, maturing, settling into a pattern that could determine how things pan out for both supplier and aggregator over the coming years.
I must admit I am worried. I am concerned for the supplier, you guys and I am equally concerned for the aggregator, us. I am going talk a lot about what is and what I feel could happen in our industry. I will name no names, but I am sure you will be able work out who I am talking about. I will leave that to you.
I will start by highlighting the issues and along with some of my suggested solutions, I'd like you guys to give your thoughts too.
Who's new and making money?
Over the past four years there has been only one major addition to the microstock aggregating business. They have achieved a lot since they started out a couple years back. What this success is largely based on though is low prices. Does that help you make money? How much more traction can they make by offering content below, what I believe is fair, market value?
It's a tough industry to get into; there are the leaders, four of them. One, way out in front, followed by a rising subscription based agency. These two are a clear distance ahead of another two – one may be on the decline, maybe not?
After this we have around another five or so who make up most of your sales outside the big four, I would imagine.
How do new aggregators get traction then, other than by undercutting on price – that is if they can get the content in the first place? It's not easy, as it has to a long game, which costs money. When I sold image100 we had 40,000 images, now that number is a drop in the ocean. The new 40,000 (which was a large number 15 years ago), is at least 5 million.
It takes a lot of money to get 5 million images into your collection without going down an API route. It's not just about images; it's about getting the right images. You guys have put your images through a lot of aggregators and many of them have made no money – that then means you run out of patience, you wait for the other guys to tell you about their success before you make the plunge with a new agency again. That then makes it difficult for the agency to make money.
But, without support no new agency can flourish.
There are a few agencies offering this service, one or two that are trying control this area, that are getting very greedy. They make it very attractive, except on margin (where they try squeeze the life out of us) for new agencies to get into their API system, they then try control you and of course they are trying control the supply too (that's you!). API is bad for you. If Pocketstock signed an API deal, which we won't, you will see such a small amount from each sale, it doesn't seem worth allowing it in the first place.
A Allow your images to be sold very cheaply and you are losing money – the client would buy them from somewhere else for a higher price, surely. Do they worry about spending $8 over $4, let me tell you, largely, they don't. Cheap images versus higher priced RM and RF from years gone by, drove this market upwards, but it's going sideways now, so lowering the prices will not bring in any significant increase in buying clients – it's bottomed out.
B Allow your images to be sold through API, you lose again. Businesses like us will never be able grow if you allow agents to offer your images in their API deals – it's tempting for new entrants, like us, to want to participate. We haven't because we are well backed, in it for the long haul and know that we need to develop relationships with the suppliers, not one greedy API supplier, who can then control Pocketstock, others and a large part of the industry too.
C Once these guys have multiple APIs in place, you lose, as the competition is suppressed and from that, pricing and royalties can be controlled.
This is a good time to talk about royalties. Yet again one of the biggish agencies, gets to a certain size and then decides to cut the royalties offered to you guys. Is that the right way to run a business? We think not.
At Pocketstock we usually offer 30% as a starting rate (rising to 40%), but have a special offer on, whilst we build content in the early days, of 40%, because that is what we know we can afford to pay out. We have no intention of cutting your royalty rate, it's just not the way business should be done and we won't do it.
If you would like to take up this offer, you must email Tavis@pocketstock.com and get a unique 40% code – all images will then earn 40% royalties forever.
D The risk of being controlled by a few powerhouses.
Do you want that? Is this the future? Please debate.
What have credits ever done for you?


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