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It's hard to argue with free. Google has started giving away Web analytics, the software that tells you who's doing what on your Web site. That's crucial information for those who want to get the most sales and marketing power from traffic to their Web site. Web analytics lets you, for example, figure out if people are reaching your e-commerce page or are bailing out before getting there. You can then tweak pages and measure whether you're doing better at pushing them toward your goal.
Based on my quick run-through of what Google's saying about its package, I think it's pretty comprehensive, with most of the important features one gets from the paid package, Urchin. That's the company Google bought last March and whose software is being used for this new service.
"Google Analytics will let Web site owners see exactly where visitors to their site are coming from, what links on the site are getting the most traffic, what pages visitors are viewing, how long people stay on the site, which products on merchant sites are being sold, and where people give up in multistep checkout processes, said Paul Muret, an engineering director at Google and one of the founders of Urchin.
"Google Analytics will be integrated with Google AdWords and will offer a new interface within existing AdWords accounts. Marketers can also use it to track banner, e-mail, nonpaid and paid search advertising campaigns from other ad service providers."
The blogosphere, as of 9 a.m. ET, also seems impressed.
Previously, free packages were available only to Web sites with fairly minimal traffic and cost from $600 to more than $10,000 per year depending on site traffic and the package's capabilities. The free packages were very skeletal versions of the paid ones. Be aware that when you sign up, the Google terms of service say, "Google Services are made available for your personal, noncommercial use only." Not sure what this means for small business, but I'll send 'em a note and let you know if I get a response.
Eric Peterson, an analyst I respect as much as any other in this space, says this could be a "pretty big deal." Imagine if every small business could save hundreds or thousands of dollars through the new Google app. I'll also be checking in with an Urchin vendor that I'm helping a client with in the next week or so, and I'll let you know if they think users will get more for a fee than they can now get for free.


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Thibaut Courtois: 'Chelsea had to respond to last season's critics'
Lamar Ellis | 18 May, 2017, 10:34
The Dutchman, who led the side to a 10th-place finish, met with Conte at the end of that season. Victor Moses forced the best save of the night early in the second half, shortly before Albion had their most risky minutes.
"It will be a hard game against a fantastic team, so we need to be at a high level".
But Chelsea will also have to consider improving Conte's £6million-a-year contract to reward him for his remarkable first year, in which he could yet win the Premier League and FA Cup Double.
"This is a dream that is coming true, " said Conte, who has won four successive domestic championships after three with Juventus.
Arsenal were leading the division less than a week ago but a loss at Chelsea saw the Gunners miss out on the league title. He must think to give me a bit of chocolate cake to share.
"Having said all that, the fundamental issue remains the work of the coach".
Though huge interest has been reported in Conte ever since the Suning Group took over Inter Milan, speaking to the Mirror after the Blues' win on Friday, Conte confirmed he will stay in the English capital next season.
West Bank votes in polls underlining Palestinian split
Saturday's vote gave Palestinians a rare chance to cast ballots after over a decade without presidential or legislative elections. Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah cast his vote at a polling station in his hometown of Anabta in the northern West Bank.
Having won the league in 2015, the Blues were humiliated a year ago as they stumbled to a mid-table finish - failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time under Roman Abramovich's ownership.
Both Chelsea and Tottenham boast three players each, with the league champions represented by Cesar Azpilicueta, Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante, the midfielder who has already been honoured this season after winning the PFA and Football Writers' Association player of the year award.
He did it again on Friday and once more his touch turned to gold with Belgian misfit Michy Batshuayi, a 76th-minute replacement for Pedro, scoring the goal six minutes later that meant Chelsea's title party could start in earnest.
"We work for [the fans]".
CHELSEA are the champions - but how have each of their players performed this season? I think if you can continue with these players, you can improve a lot. He is the boss, he has driven them from 10th previous year to make them champions and in the end it has been pretty comfortable.
"It would be nice if we got a result to go around the pitch and appreciate our own supporters after that game", added defender Gareth McAuley.
Jeter's No. 2 retired in emotional Yankees ceremony
LaVar Ball Called 'Disrespectful To Women' By Radio Host
The 'Avril Lavigne is dead' conspiracy is back again
Yesterday, the blonde star posted a sweet snap of her with her mom for Mother's Day. "The jig is up Melissa". Avril Lavigne's death theory is once again making the rounds online, thanks to another Twitter user.
Fidget spinner gets lodged in girl's throat
A fidget spinner has two or three paddles that can be spun, similar to a fan, which in theory, allows people to relax. Some Facebook users have questioned the quality of the fidget spinner in question. "Not for children under 3 years".
Indian girl, 10, seeks abortion after rape
The two crimes are reminiscent of the 2012 fatal gang rape of a woman in New Delhi that spurred widespread protests. Indian law does not permit abortions after 20 weeks unless doctors can prove that the mother's life is at risk.
Chelsea Manning freed from military prison
After joking "i$3 f I really wanted to kill myself, I could use my underwear", Manning's underwear was then confiscated. Manning's commutation received a host of criticism from some in the government - including now-President Trump.
There's a Nintendo Direct for ARMS Tomorrow Night
United Kingdom time, will provide "a deep dive" into the new " ARMS " game designed for Nintendo Switch, the company confirms. Whetting Splatoon fans' appetites, Nintendo unleashes more information about ARMS' weapons, playing modes, and characters .
Defiant Trump says he had 'absolute right' to share information with Russian Federation
Reporters spent much of the evening camped out adjacent to Press Secretary Sean Spicer's office, hoping for answers. The revelations could further damage Trump's already fraught relationship with US intelligence agencies.
FG Confirms that Another Chibok Girl has been Found
Last Saturday (May 6) about 82 girls were freed in exchange for Boko Haram commanders after being held captive for three years. Human rights advocates also fear some of the girls have been used by the extremist organization to carry out suicide bombings.
SAP plots more integrations with Google Cloud Platform
SAP App Center now offers online discovery so users can easily try, purchase and use partner apps directly from the center.
Sensex and Nifty close at record highs after retail inflation dips
In of the 30- share Sensex pack, 21 scrips ended higher. "That has shredded off the worries over premium valuation of stocks". The German DAX and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 both inched up 0.3 percent while France's CAC 40 index rose 0.2 percent.
Dan Patrick Threatens To Force Special Session
Though both are Republicans, Patrick is a staunch conservative while Straus is more moderate on some issues. The GOP-controlled state Senate approved the bill Wednesday, and it cleared the House last month.
Ohio high school students get pepper-sprayed for class
In order to graduate from a career tech program in OH , students need 12 points, so the spray was probably well worth it for some. The video was posted on the pro police Blue Lives Matters website and has since been viewed more hundreds of thousands of times.
Elliott Management says Barcelona meeting with BHP CEO was "constructive"
The logical next step would be an in-depth, open and timely independent strategic review of the business, Elliott said. BHP has said it would review the plans and respond.
Jeter's No. 2 retired in emotional Yankees ceremony Eventually nothing is next because you're retired, but we all had those same mindsets and that's why I think we had success. Clippard spent 2008-14 with Washington so he only faced Jeter once, but it's an at-bat he'll never forget.
BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Downgraded to "Sell" at Goldman Sachs Group Inc With 67,800 avg volume, 29 days are for T2 Biosystems Incorporated (NASDAQ:TTOO)'s short sellers to cover TTOO's short positions. Morgan Stanley reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of BHP Billiton Limited in a research note on Saturday, January 21st.
Over 50% doctors affected with hypertension Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring is therefore a more consistent and accurate method of measuring blood pressure levels. Globally, the prevalence of hypertension in youngsters is nearly 10 per cent and this has doubled in just a decade.
South Sudanese refugees need $1.4b this year UNHCR coordinates the overall response with governments, humanitarian agencies as well as with refugees and host communities. The current rate of people fleeing South Sudan exceeds the humanitarian community's already pessimistic estimates.
Taped Talk Shows Brazil President Approving Hush Money. Opposition Wants Impeachment Batista delivered the evidence to the prosecution office and confirmed his testimony to a member of the Supreme Court. Brazilian President Michel Temer on Wednesday denied participation in a bribery scheme.
LaVar Ball Called 'Disrespectful To Women' By Radio Host Leahy then asked if Ball was threatening her. "That's just not OK", she said. "No, that's what you say", Ball responded. He told Cowherd he had sold in the ballpark of 400-500 pairs of the shoes.
Haley: US will 'tighten the screws' on North Korean nuclear program But he has said that North Korea must change its attitude of insisting on pressing ahead with its arms development before dialogue is possible.
West Brom will pull out of Taylor deal rather than face tribunal Leeds United have revealed on their official website that they have offered a new deal to contract rebel Charlie Taylor. However, Baggies boss Tony Pulis is not willing to take the risk of going to a tribunal to sign the defender.
Schwarber, Rizzo HR, Cubs top Reds 9-5; Maddon's 1000th win The Reds will promote left-hander Amir Garrett from Triple-A Louisville to start Thursday's series finale against the Cubs. Hendricks is the first starter to right himself and hit the kind of commanding stride the team has desperately needed.
Potentially severe weather including high wind gusts en route to Topeka area Hail and high winds were reported in central Kansas and tornadoes and large hail were reported in southwest Kansas on Tuesday . New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wikileaks leaker to be released from military prison The footage shows Lady Gaga filming Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London as she questions him about Manning's detention. Manning has indicated that she intends to live in Maryland after her release, a move that will bring her story full circle.
NASCAR adds fourth stage for Coca-Cola 600 The format of the All-Star Race has a total of 70 laps broken up into four stages (20 laps, 20 laps, 20 laps, 10 laps). The distance is greater. "Everybody's always skeptical of change, so I think that was the sentiment", Miller said.
Trump asked Comey to shut down Flynn investigation And House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called it a "brazen attempt" to shut down the FBI's investigation. Democrats immediately called for Comey to testify before Congressional committees on the matter.
Motorola Moto X 2017 model stars yet again in a leaked video The Moto C range will sit under the Moto E range and will offer a no fills smartphone experience to the budget conscious consumer. Coming to the smaller, Moto C , the device sports a 5-inch FWVGA display with a screen resolution of 854 x 480 pixels.
'Sonic Forces' (ALL) Lets You Customize Your Own Character - Screens & Trailer Robotnik is destroying a city, and in this demo, Sonic had to navigate through the burning city and take down Robotnik's minions. Over on their official Twitter account (which is usually Arby's and Wendy's level of snark), they have been silent thus far.
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive
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Uber dispute in London mirrors deep economic, political disagreements in Britain
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INDIANAPOLIS –Music for All presents Dr. Rosephanye Dunn Powell as Composer-In-Residence during the Music for All National Choir Festival, March 12-14, 2020 in Indianapolis. During the festival, Dr. Powell will rehearse and conduct her own composition with the Music for All National Choir.
Powell is acclaimed as one of America's leading women composers of choral music. Her compositions include sacred and secular music for all voicings. She serves as the Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor and Professor of Voice at Auburn University. She is celebrated as a guest conductor and clinician of state and regional honor choirs, and as an accomplished vocalist, travels internationally to solo, present song demonstrations, and provide lectures. Her research has focused on the art of the African-American spiritual, the art songs of William Grant Still, and voice care for professional singers.


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The most popular live casino game in all of Asia is Baccarat, but it ranks very highly in all parts of the world. Before it was widely available online, live Baccarat game conditions were set up for socialites and the business elite only. These games would be in roped-off areas or special rooms out away from the rest of the public. This is because the games would be played at very high stakes that most people couldn't afford. Once the game became available on the Internet, however, the rules became well-known, and the ability to play live dealer Baccarat through video feeds was eventually widespread, even at low stakes.
A lot of players think that baccarat is a casino game with big bets and that only high rollers play it. If you read our live dealer baccarat reviews, you will see, that this game is face to players, many of whom have limited budgets. Each review contains a list of casinos, the betting range they offer for baccarat, thereby making it easy to find casino best for you.
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Players are often trying to find patterns in the hands that are dealt, so they'll often keep meticulous notes on the cards that came on, the order they came out in or the results of the hands themselves.
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In the live Baccarat online setting, things are a bit tricky because the betting has to be streamlined to some degree so that players can have their balances updated after each hand. A lot of this is handled automatically by game operators, but it can slow the game down a little. People who are obsessed with a game that speeds along as quickly as possible will probably want to stay away from this type of live dealer Baccarat game simply because of the speed element, but this won't affect the majority of people who want to try the games.
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Most styles of live Baccarat online offer up four types of bet: player, banker, tie or pair. The tie and pair bets should always be avoided because of the very high house advantage for them. This leaves the player and banker bets. When playing a banker bet, players get a slightly lower house advantage than the player bet, but they're both about the same payout rate overall with a house edge just over 1 percent each.
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Canada and Australia
Australia premiers
Canada premiers
ROSEMARY FOLLETT
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory, 1989-1990; 1991-1995
Rosemary Follett was elected the Australian Capital Territory's first chief minister in 1989, making her the first woman in Australian history to head a government at the state or territorial level. The former civil servant did not remain in the post for long, losing a no-confidence vote in 1990. She recaptured the post in 1991 and was re-elected in 1992 but subsequently lost the 1995 election to the Liberal's Kate Carnell. Follett left territorial politics in 1996.
Sources: The Australian Women's Register; The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia.
JOAN KIRNER
Premier of Victoria, 1990-1992
A former civil servant and a long time community activist, Joan Kirner was a member of the Victorian state parliament from 1982-1994. Kirner held several cabinet positions, including conservation minister, education minister, and deputy premier, before becoming Victoria's first female premier upon the resignation of John Cain. She retired from state politics in 1994. In 1996, Kirner helped launch EMILY's List Australia, which provides financial support to women seeking elected office. Kirner died in 2015 after a long illness.
Sources: The Australian Women's Register; The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia; Obituaries Australia.
CARMEN LAWRENCE
Premier of Western Australia, 1990-1993
Carmen Lawrence, an academic by profession, was first elected to the Western Australian state parliament in 1986 and was appointed education minister two years later when Peter Dowding took over as premier. In February 1990, Lawrence became Western Australia's first female premier when Dowding was forced from office. Her tenure came to an end in 1993 when her party lost the general election. Lawrence served as opposition leader until she made the jump to federal politics in 1994. Sources: The Australian Women's Register; The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Photo: State Library of Western Australia (Flickr).
KATE CARNELL
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory, 1995-2000
Liberal Party of Australia
Kate Carnell was the second woman to be chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory, defeating Rosemary Follett's Australian Labor Party in the 1995 election. A pharmacist and successful businesswoman, Carnell first entered the ACT legislative assembly in 1992 and became Liberal leader in 1993. After serving for five years as chief minister, Carnell resigned and left territorial politics in 2000.
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, 2001-2007
Clare Martin began her career in territorial politics in 1995, winning a by-election before consolidating her seat two years later in the 1997 general elections. The former broadcast journalist became Labour leader in 1999, leading her party to victory in the 2001 and 2005 elections. Martin resigned as chief minister in 2007 over controversial interventions by the federal Howard government that were seen as harmful to Indigenous Australians.
Sources: The Australian Women's Register; The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia; Monash University; Sydney Morning Herald.
ANNA BLIGH
Premier of Queensland, 2007-2012
Anna Bligh enjoyed a long career in Queensland politics, holding the South Brisbane seat in the state parliament from 1995 to her retirement in 2012. During her time in office, she held a number of cabinet portfolios including infrastructure, finance, education, and arts. Bligh took over as premier in 2007 after Peter Beattie stepped down, and she went on to lead her party to victory in the 2009 election. Bligh announced her resignation from politics after Labour was decimated in the 2012 election. Sources: The Australian Women's Register; The Courier Mail; The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Photo: David Jackmanson (Flickr)
KRISTINA KENEALLY
Premier of New South Wales, 2009-2011
A former social worker and teacher, Kristina Keneally was a member of the New South Wales parliament between 2003 and 2012. She served one term as a backbencher before being appointed to cabinet following the 2007 state elections. Her rise to, and fall from, the premiership was swift: she was selected to replace Nathan Rees as Labor party leader and premier in 2009, but was herself replaced after she led the party to defeat in the 2011 election. Keneally resigned from parliament in 2012.
Sources: The Australian Women's Register; The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia; Parliament of New South Wales.
KATY GALLAGHER
Katy Gallagher spent 10 years in territorial politics before becoming the chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory in 2011. A former union organizer, Gallagher was first elected to the legislative assembly in 2001 and went on to win to win the next three elections. During her time in office, she was the minister responsible for health, community services, and women as well as the deputy chief minister and treasurer. She resigned from territorial politics in late 2014 to run for a federal senate seat.
Source: The Australian Women's Register; The Canberra Times.
Premier of Tasmania, 2011-2014
Lara Giddings has played a key role in women's advancement in Australian politics. In the 1990s, she helped found EMILY's List Australia, an organization dedicated to supporting women candidates. She was also elected to state parliament in 1996 at the age of 23, losing her seat in 1998 but successful contesting another one in 2002. First appointed to cabinet in 2004, Giddings went on to hold several posts including justice, economic development, and health. In 2011, she became the first woman premier in Tasmania when her colleagues selected her to replace the outgoing David Bartlett. She resigned from parliament in 2014. Source: The Australian Women's Register. Photo: Paris Buttfield-Addison (Flickr).
ANNASTACIA PALASZCZUK
Premier of Queensland, 2015-Present
Annastacia Palaszczuk was the first woman in Australia to take a political party from opposition to government when she led Labor to victory in the 2015 elections. Two years later, in 2017, Palaszczuk made history again when she became the first woman premier to secure a second term in office when Labor won re-election in the state elections. With this election victory, Palaszczuk also became the first woman in Australia or Canada to win a second term with a majority government. Trained as a lawyer, Palaszczuk first entered the Queensland parliament in 2006 and won at subsequent trip to the polls in 2009, 2012 and 2015. In the Bligh government, she was minister for disability services and multicultural affairs and then transport before becoming Labor leader in 2012. Palaszczuk is the second woman to be premier of Queensland. Source: The Australian Women's Register.
Premier of New South Wales, 2017-Present
Gladys Berejiklian has been a member of the New South Wales parliament since 2003 and the premier since January 2017, when she was elected leader of the Liberals. She consolidated her position when she led the Liberals to a third term in office in the 2019 elections, the first woman in the state to do so. She has extensive executive experience, holding the shadow portfolios of mental health, youth affairs, cancer and medical research while the Liberals were in opposition and the cabinet portfolios of transport, industrial relations, and treasury after they returned to power. Berejiklian worked in finance before getting into politics. Source: The Australian Women's Register; Parliament of New South Wales.
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I was so excited to make a big pot of beans in the oven without pre-soaking or even pre-boiling! My friend Evelyn had just done it the other night and they were so delicious! I wasn't very exact with the time spent in the oven because of making lunch in the middle of cooking time… but I will be doing this again and again! I used a big glass casserole dish. Evelyn had a nice clay-type. I think a regular deep casserole with lid would work as long as there is plenty of room in the dish.
I placed these dried white beans I had in a glass casserole dish and added quite a bit of water. I added some salt. Evelyn said 1 part beans to 3 or 4 parts water, (I figured a little more is best with the water!) 325 for about 4 hours is a good place to work with. You may want to give a stir at 2 hours and then again at 3 hours checking the water content.
They are so so tasty good! Yumm. I was eating them with just a little salt and then with some red grapes. I will let cool and freeze in 1 1/2 cup servings which will equal about 1 can in recipes. YAY. Love to learn new stuff!


In this Review, the authors explain the mechanisms that underlie persistent Zika infections in men and describe why these are crucial to developing guidelines, effective vaccines, and therapies.
Investigation of nephrourological diseases is a common indication for CT examination. However, concerns remain regarding the potential risks associated with exposure to ionizing radiation despite a lack of convincing evidence for any such effect at the low doses used for CT scanning. In this Review, experts in the field explain the data in this area and consider how elimination of unnecessary imaging and optimization of medically justified imaging must remain the basis of clinical decision-making.
In this Review, the authors describe the current state of research into epigenetic therapies for testicular germ cell tumours.
Surgical video review offers objective skill evaluation and has advantages over traditional in-person assessments. In this Opinion, the authors discuss the emerging role of video review in urological surgery and highlight its applications and key challenges to widespread implementation.
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In this Review, the authors discuss biomarker-driven prostate cancer molecular subtyping and the development of nanodiagnostic strategies to refine biomarker detection. They also describe the challenges of merging both aspects for precision prostate cancer management.
Ambulatory urodynamic monitoring (AUM) offers numerous advantages over office-based urodynamics for evaluating urological conditions. This Review describes current trends and limitations of traditional urodynamics and advantages of AUM and highlights emerging telemetric AUM devices for bladder pressure and volume monitoring.
The mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) secretome offers numerous advantages over cell-based therapy, with similar therapeutic effects. Here, the authors discuss the preclinical therapeutic promise of the MSC secretome in regenerative urology, highlighting putative mechanisms of action, characterization methods and future perspectives.
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) can promote tumorigenesis by acting directly on cancer cells and by reversing immunosuppression. Advances have been made in our understanding of the role of MIF in the promotion of, and as a treatment target for, genitourinary cancers.
In the localized prostate cancer setting, germline BRCA2 mutations confer aggressive clinicopathological features and poor outcomes. This Review discusses the clinical influence of BRCA2 mutations in localized disease, highlighting biological insights into disease aggressiveness from genomic studies and preclinical models.
In the absence of standards of care and defined best treatments for localized prostate cancer, Internet search engines provide patients with first information — or often misinformation. Clinicians need to guide patients to sources of high-quality evidence on focal ablative treatments for prostate cancer.
The FDA's approval of the first point-of-care total PSA test for prostate cancer has the potential to improve patient care by streamlining PSA testing. However, a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments waiver is needed before this test can be fully integrated into clinical care.
Health-related quality of life encompasses a wide range of experiences and is especially relevant for men with prostate cancer. A recent study reports that across disease stages, overall self-reported health status and urinary and bowel function were good, but sexual function was poor. Overall, men face prostate cancer with resilience.
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Who owns the rights to make an Aeon Flux Game?
If an independant game developer wanted to make an Aeon Flux game.
Who owns the rights to develop/distribute it?
I think MTV still owns the IP rights. They could licence it out to anyone interested in actually doing something with it though.
-- Logo (Vosepherus@aol.com), February 07, 2002.
believe it or not, there was an Aeon FLux Video game made. This was a few years back however, back when the series was still origionally airing. like 95 or 96 or something. but before the game was completed, another game came out before it. Tomb Raider. The game company felt like their game was too similar to the new Lara's (both game play wise and visually) so they cancelled it. if you look around hard enough, you can actually still find old screen shots of the game. and i deffinately wouldn't hold your breath or anything waiting for any new AF game release.
but on a lighter note, I'd check out the SPACE CHANNEL 5 games (both 1 and 2) for the PS2 and DC. well, part 2 hasn't been released in America yet (I have the JAP release). The games Main Character Ulala, has that pretty long leg spidery frame that made me fall in love with Aeon Flux. check out the web page (in japanese) http://sc5.u-ga.com/ for some pics and vids. it looks a bit gay and stupid at first. but this is now my most favorite game I have ever played in my entire life. well, let me put it this way. It changed the way I looked at video games the way the Aeon Flux changed the way I looked at television.
-- PurgeTVshow (maninnacan@hotmail.com), July 08, 2002.
of course both are cancelled but interestingly, one was reworked and released as PAX Corps in Europe. Anyon heard of this?
-- Loki (bdueker@mac.com), July 15, 2002.


Men have barbers to cut their hair, but not all are created equally. While some barbers are more current and up to date on modern hair trends, some are traditional and look like they haven't been updated in decades.
The only other alternative is a salon, which is often dominated by women. These places can be even more uncomfortable for men. As a result, men tend to avoid getting haircuts. They try to live with their grown-out hair for as long as possible before they cave in.
For some men, getting a haircut is a huge ordeal. They want to feel as comfortable as possible while getting an efficient, high-quality haircut. Is this even possible? It is at HoneyCuts.
HoneyCuts focuses on haircuts for men, and men only. Men of all ages (even little boys) love our rugged, manly environment. It all starts the moment you walk in our salon, which has been outfitted to look like a garage. If you live in the Lisle area, we invite you to visit your local HoneyCuts today.
HoneyCuts offers other salon services besides haircuts, such as eyebrow waxing, beard trimming and gray blending. Our experienced stylists cater to men and boys in a fun and rugged environment created just for them. There's no girly vibe here. From the moment you walk in, you'll notice our garage theme, complete with multiple TVs and a tractor for the little ones.
Our HoneyCuts stylists focus on your comfort. That's why every haircut comes with a free wash and scalp massage. There's no need to rush home and take a shower to remove the loose clippings. We do that for you so you can continue on with your busy day.
Taper fade. A taper fade has a fading effect, hence the name. It starts with the longest hair on top, with the hair getting shorter until it reaches the skin.
Pompadour. Pompadour styles are popular for boys and men who don't like super-short hair. The long hair on top can be styled, while the sides can be cut short or left long. Buzz cut. A buzz cut is a low-maintenance cut that uses a razor to cut hair all to one length. This cut is especially popular with young boys who want to get up and go in the mornings.
Crew cut. A crew cut is like a buzz cut, except there are two hair lengths involved. Hair is left longer on top and shorter on the sides.
If you're looking for the right mix of salon and barber shop, consider HoneyCuts for your haircut needs. Our modern garage theme, combined with TVs and tractors, is designed to make men and boys feel right at home. We offer a fun and unique haircut experience at an affordable price that can't be beat. We invite you to stop by your local HoneyCuts today and see what we have to offer.
HoneyCuts has eight locations throughout Indiana and Illinois to serve you. If you are in Lisle or the surrounding areas, check out our Downers Grove location. We are located at 2581 Ogden Avenue. You're just a few minutes away from a high-quality men's haircut. For more information, contact HoneyCuts at (331) 903-3100. We are open from Monday through Saturday, but closed on Sundays.


RowMapper implementation that converts a row into a new instance of the specified mapped target class. The mapped target class must be a top-level class and it must have a default or no-arg constructor.
Create a new BeanPropertyRowMapper for bean-style configuration.
Create a new BeanPropertyRowMapper, accepting unpopulated properties in the target bean.
Retrieve a JDBC object value for the specified column.
Get the class that we are mapping to.
Initialize the given BeanWrapper to be used for row mapping.
Initialize the mapping metadata for the given class.
Return whether we're strictly validating that all bean properties have been mapped from corresponding database fields.
Extract the values for all columns in the current row.
Set whether we're strictly validating that all bean properties have been mapped from corresponding database fields.
Set the class that each row should be mapped to.
mappedClass - the mapped class.
Default is false, accepting unpopulated properties in the target bean.
Utilizes public setters and result set metadata.
Initialize the given BeanWrapper to be used for row mapping. To be called for each row.
The default implementation calls JdbcUtils.getResultSetValue(java.sql.ResultSet, int, Class). Subclasses may override this to check specific value types upfront, or to post-process values return from getResultSetValue.


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National Assembly Crisis: Ohanaeze Youth Leader cautions politicians
Posted by News Express | 11 August 2018 | 705 times
Chief Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, Coordinator of Ohanaeze Youth Wing in South-South on Friday urged politicians to focus on public interest in the current crisis in the National Assembly.
Arthur-Ugwa said in Yenagoa that the timely intervention of Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on the crisis averted embarrassment to the nation.
He said that the sack of Acting Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) Maman Daura over unauthorised barricade o the National Assembly was timely and restored the confidence of the international community.
According to him, the entire world was watching the development which ran contrary to the concept of separation of powers.
He observed that the legislature was an independent arm of government and the handling of relationships between the two arms of government must be in accordance to the constitution.
"We applaud the Acting President for promptly reacting and calling the DSS to order, it was also a signal to other overzealous security who act outside the laws.
"The Acting President has really shown that he is really a Professor of Law by standing on the side of the law, we also want to urge the political class to focus more on issues of public interest rather than their personal interest.
"The whole noise in the past week has been less on public interest, they are there to represent the people and they should discuss more on the public good than on themselves.
"They are not addressing the challenges facing us as a nation, we have insecurity in many parts of the nation and there are unemployment and hunger but all they talk about is about themselves and their welfare," Arthur-Ugwa said.
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Q: Leaflet Touch Events not firing     // Setup map
var polymap = L.map('map').setView([51.932994, 4.509373], 14);

// Setup tilelayer
var mapquestUrl = 'http://{s}.mqcdn.com/tiles/1.0.0/map/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',
    subDomains = ['otile1', 'otile2', 'otile3', 'otile4'],
    mapquestAttrib = 'Data, imagery and map information provided by MapQuest,'
    + 'OpenStreetMap and contributors.';
var osm = L.tileLayer(mapquestUrl, {
    attribution: mapquestAttrib,
    subdomains: subDomains
});
polymap.addLayer(osm);

polymap.on('mousedown touchstart', function onMouseDown(event) {
    alert("start");
});

JSFiddle
Leaflet should normally fire the touchstart event as it does with the mousedown event, but using a mobile phone, I get no event fired.
Can somebody tell me if there's any mistake in the code, that prevents the touchevent from firing?

A: I have added touch events to leaflet in a branch https://github.com/lee101/Leaflet/tree/add-mobile-touch-events
There is still a problem with touchend events not getting fired if a touchstart event happens on a map control.
You can build the source with npm install && jake after you clone the repository.
I should hopefully contribute it back after i fix that issue.

A: It is difficult to get normal touch events working properly with leaflet map because the map itself use touch events to permit zoom & pan function.
To avoid this issue, you may use this
library to catch specific touch event (tap,double tap,press,flick,drag)

$.Finger = {
    pressDuration: 300,
    doubleTapInterval: 300,
    flickDuration: 150,
    motionThreshold: 5
};

polymap.on('tap', function(e) {
    alert("start");
});

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Callopistria argyrosema är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av George Francis Hampson 1914. Callopistria argyrosema ingår i släktet Callopistria och familjen nattflyn. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Generic interface for accessing and manipulating data on a backing store like Zookeeper.
Use it when creating children under a parent node. This will use async api for better performance. If the child already exists it will return false.
can set multiple children under a parent node. This will use async api for better performance. If this child does not exist it will create it.
This will attempt to update the data using the updater. If the ZNode does not exist it will create it and all its parent ZNodes. Updater will be invoked with null value if node does not exist.
Can update multiple nodes using async api for better performance. If a child does not exist it will create it.


Last week's Basketball & Beyond, the one featuring Mike Decourcy, had an extremely moving segment concerning K's 800th win. The producers of the show surprised K with an audio montage of tributes from his family, former players, friends, and many of the local beat writers (Cole, Chavez, Strickland, et al). I was listening to it on my iPod as I did the weekly grocery shopping and, let me tell you, I was getting choked up right in the middle of Aisle 7. To hear such a collection of great people speak so movingly about K reminded me how lucky we are to have him and how all his critics can stick it where the sun don't shine. Go to iTunes and download it for free - just make sure you've got the hankie nearby.


Since the history of our city began to be written on a hill, Maribor should be called a place under the Pyramid and not a place below Pohorje. Unfortunately, the remains of a former castle have been the city's ugly duckling for years.
However the evening "Pyramid, who will love you?" will not be intended to list the problems and find the culprits. We will rather try to find solutions for it, engaging all parties concerned who are connected with the destiny of the hill. As the origin and fate of the city once depended on the castle above, the life and further fate of the castle above now depend on the city below - that Maribor will once again look proudly at its Marchburch.


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Barnitz plans to run, not walk to Wright State
Published 8:08 pm Saturday, December 10, 2022
Fairland Lady Dragons senior cross country and track standout Reece Barnitz signed a letter-of-intent with Wright State University on Friday. Attending the signing ceremony were, seated left to right, sister Kamryn Barnitz, father John Barnitz, Reece, and mother Tracy Barnitz; standing left to right, cross country coach Chuck Wentz and girls' basketball caoch Jon Buchanan. (Photo By Tim Gearhart)
PROCTORVILLE — In the Christmas story "Santa Claus is Coming To Town," Santa tells Winter Warlock that walking is easy and you just put one foot in front of the other.
That may sound easy for them, but not for Fairland Lady Dragons' senior cross country runner Reece Barnitz.
Ankle braces Reece Barnitz wore as a toddler (Photo By Tim Gearhart)
Barnitz was diagnosed to have developmental delays when she was born. The condition left her legs weak and wobbly and subject to breaking. The pediatrician told her parents she might never run properly or particularly fast. She wore braces the first 5 years of her life and when she did finally walk, Barnitz said she was "clumsy and fell a lot."
Barnitz said she wrote an essay about the problem and said, "I might not have had the opportunity to run, so to be able to run at all let alone doing it at the next level is really important to me."
Fairland's Reece Barnitz
Even today when she is playing basketball for the Lady Dragons she has her moments.
"I do fall a lot," she said with a laugh.
But not only has she been able to run, she is running at a level that has taken her to Wright State University.
Barnitz signed a letter-of-intent on Friday to run cross country and track for the Raiders.
Barnitz said she had a lot of smaller schools contract her but Wright State was the only school to offer what she wanted academically.
"I was kind of drawn there because they have a medical school there and I've always wanted to a school that has a medical school kind of like twined in so that I can get that experience early on and not have to worry about trying to get in somewhere else," said Barnitz whose boyfriend Gavin Lochow will be attending nearby Dayton University to play quarterback in football.
"I like that and I like all the girls there, too. (Her boyfriend being close) That's a bonus I guess."
Although Barnitz has overcome her early childhood handicap, it hasn't been a smooth road to get where she's at now.
Barnitz said she has always played sports like softball, basketball, volleyball among others. But in the sixth grade she decided to run cross country and results weren't something that made someone think she would pursue the sport.
"I was not very good at all," she said with a chuckle. "Seventh grade I ran track and I started to like it a lot more. Eighth grade track again and still not running cross country for other sports.
"And then high school ninth grade we had COVID and no track running so I was kind of drawn away from it. And then when I came to Fairland in the tenth grade I ran track and I fell in love with it. That was when I said 'OK, this is my thing.' "
Barnitz skipped volleyball her junior year to run cross country and she fell in love with it.
"The last few years is when I really got into it and decided this is what I want to do. If I'm going to play a college sport, it's going to be running," Barnitz said.
By running cross country, Barnitz said it has benefitted her in basketball as well.
"Everyone tells me I'm the one who looks the least tired on the court and I'm just running back and forth," said Barnitz.
Going to Wright State means Barnitz will be in the middle of the pack among the runners and have to work her way up the depth chart.
"It's still going to be all year round. I'll have cross country the fall and straight into winter which is indoor track and in the spring it's outdoor track. I'm ready to do it all year long," she said.
Fairland cross country and track coach Chuck Wentz said Barnitz made an impression on the coaches when she decided to run track her sophomore year.
"She started running track for us and that's when we knew she was going to be pretty good," said Wentz.
"Then she started putting some miles in over the summer and really picked it up and became a really good cross country runner."
Barnitz was on her way to a record-setting season before an injury sidelined the promising season.
"This year, she was within under 10 seconds of our mile record in August. We hadn't done any speed training yet so she well on her way to breaking our mile record and and maybe our 5K record in cross country before she got her injury," said Wentz.
"Very seldom do you have a girl who will text you on Sunday morning and ask if it's OK for me to run 10 miles today? She's a phenomenal athlete and a phenomenal student. She's a student all the time. She's always paying attention and learning and she's will to put in the work. When she puts in the work, she has great results."
Her 4.6 grade point average is the result of Barnitz' study habits that she puts first on her list of priorities.
Barnitz plans to major in Bio-chemistry biology.
"I really want to go to med school," she said.


The more time students write, the better writers they will be.
Writing on a computer, rather than by hand, leads to better writing.
Let's look at each of these correlations with good writing.
Spending more time writing improves student writing. It's common sense that the more time you spend honing a skill, the better you become at it. Yet research shows that after third grade, students spend little time in class writing. Why?
The more students write, the more teachers need to read, to respond to and possibly to grade. The paperwork becomes overwhelming. Teachers are unwilling to spend hours every night reading student writing.
Also, many English teachers love literature and want to teach it. But they are not writers. They had little instruction in how to write when they were in school, and their teacher training didn't focus on it. They can't teach what they don't know.
Composing on a computer leads to better student writing. Once a student becomes familiar with the keyboard and functions, writing on a computer goes much faster than writing by hand. You can move phrases, sentences, and even paragraphs around by swiping, cutting and pasting. Spell check indicates spelling errors, and software alerts you to grammar errors as well. A dictionary is a click away. Want to check on idioms or figures of speech? Another click away.
All this work is called revising, and as every professional writer knows, it is the key to good writing. When it becomes easy for students, they are willing to do it.
Yet most schools still ask students to write using pencil and paper. Why?
Maybe teachers believe students "cheat" when they let software provide correct spelling and grammar. How can teachers check for plagiarism if students can download someone's writing? Or maybe teachers think that because computer technology is not available to all students, to level the playing field they should ask students to use a technology that is available, pencils and paper.
Learning grammar by diagramming sentences or by listening to distinct lessons on how to use apostrophes does not improve writing, according to the research. But teaching certain kinds of grammar, such as usage, does help. The old-fashioned kinds of grammar lessons most children have in school do not improve students' writing.
Why? Perhaps children do not see the connection between grammar activities and writing. Correcting worksheets by adding commas or coordinating conjunctions is not the same as writing. Maybe if the students' own writing were used to demonstrate grammar errors and solutions, the students would recognize the connection between grammar and their own writing. But that is not the way grammar is taught.
Researchers at Arizona State University and Arcadia University led by Steve Graham, who conducted this research, found few rigorous studies on the teaching of writing compared to thousands of studies on the teaching of reading. However, with the greater emphasis on writing brought on by the Common Core Standards, more research on student writing is sure to come.
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Semblant – Lunar Mainifesto
Posted in CD, Metal with tags Brazilian metal, Gothic Metal, Lunar Manifesto, Semblant, Vampiric Metal on 27th April 2017 by Nico Solheim-Davidson
Semblant
Lunar Manifesto
Released on 28th April 2017
Released via EMP Label Group
Formed in 2006, Semblant hail from the South American nation of Brazil. After a few line-up changes, they are now considered one of the country's most important Gothic metal outfits, even going as far as being classified as Brazil's first vampiric metal act. Lunar Manifesto is the latest in their string of releases.
Incinerate opens up the album with a demonic assault of fast, heavy and unforgiving riffs that lay siege to the ears. The screamed vocals capitalise on the demonic sound of the track, while the cleaner vocals add a melodic, almost angelic touch to the song. Dark of the Day keeps the vicious heavy riffing of the preceding track while marching at a slower tempo. The contrasting use of vocals entwine themselves almost lyrically with the fury of the music.
What Lies Ahead has a more melodic sound, the guitars and keyboards dancing beautifully together, allowing for more focus on the clean vocals whereas The Shrine sounds very power metalesque in its introduction, before the bestial screams make themselves heard. Bursting Open has a very dramatic opening, focusing on an eerie orchestration and clean vocals that border on spoken word. The rest of the track appears to have lost the momentum found in the previous tracks, sounding less passionate.
Mist Over The Future makes a strong use of stormy guitar riffs and gentler keyboard sections, and the screams and growls are as vehement sounding as can be. Though the drums are cold and calculating, a noticeable difference from the rest of the track. Keyboards are more prominent in The Hand That Bleeds, creating a cryptic atmosphere whereas the guitars and vocals are more esoteric in their sound. Selfish Liar is the perfect combination of savage, destructive riffs and sorrowful yet creepy keyboards. The vocals on this track are near magical, fitting in well with the song's composition.
Ode To Rejection mixes ominous keyboards with hypnotic riffs, creating a sombre sound that is reflected in the lyrics., while The Blind Eye bursts in with a near-majestic sound built up by the heavy-hitting guitars and commanding use of vocals. Scarlet Heritage is the album's ending, finishing the 11 track release with a blistering onslaught of cumbersome guitars and bold vocals. The keyboards weave into the track beautifully, adding beauty to the beast-like nature of the song.
Lunar Manifesto has its good moments and its bad ones. For the avid Gothic metal fan, it is a release that would fit in well into their collection.
Nico Solheim-Davidson
Rock Goddess – It's More Than Rock and Roll EP
Posted in CD, Metal, Rock with tags Hard rock, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM on 25th April 2017 by izaforestspirit
Rock Goddess
It's More Than Rock And Roll EP
Released 19th May 2017
Heavy Metal/ Hard Rock
Released via Bite You to Death Records
'It's More Than Rock And Roll' is the new EP from the London-based hard rock trio Rock Goddess. The band originally started out in the 1980s during the NWOBHM movement in The U.K. They were on a long hiatus in the mid-90s before reforming again with the original line-up in 2013.
This is a short EP, just three songs but it is enough to give an idea of what Rock Goddess is all about. The title track is an anthem, or manifesto if you like, stating what these ladies trying to achieve with their music. Their message is simple: they play good, old-school hard rock full of catchy guitar melodies and sing-along choruses. This is what they have always done and what they do best. Back Off is all about the guitar riffs while the closing track We're All Metal sounds like a homage to the band's roots with some honorable mentions of the famous bands from within both the hard rock and heavy metal scene.
In summary, 'It's More Than Rock And Roll' serves as an (re-)introduction to Rock Goddess. It's bound to please their old fans as well attracting some new ones, myself included. I can't wait to hear more. Rock on, ladies!
Projecto Sem Nome – Bulas Para Dedos E Coração
Posted in Alternative, CD, Rock with tags Alternative rock, Bulas para dedos e coração, debut, Portuguese rock, Projecto Sem Nome, PSN, Raising Legends, Rock on 23rd April 2017 by Pieni
Projecto Sem Nome
"Bulas Para Dedos E Coração"
Released: 8th October 2016
Via Raising Legends Records
Projecto Sem Nome is Portuguese for "nameless project", and while some of you may see it as a tacky lack of imagination, I think it's quite ingenious and liberating – "nameless" but it's still the name they go by, so it's a clever pun, and at the same time, having such an empty meaning, it's up to you to give it one. Just like with their lyrical content, which is so full of metaphors that even if Portuguese is your mother tongue, you'll be left wondering about what singer/lyricist Cristovão Siano really means with those words.
Musically, it's not so hard to label them as "alternative rock" is probably the most comprehensive and vague genre ever. "Até Amanhã" (see you tomorrow), for instance, is a rough post-grunge piece seasoned with delicate acoustic guitar fragments. "Detalhes" (details) has a more upbeat and catchy main riff but eventually sounds somewhat heavier, and then the guitar solo is pretty dire, as if out of one of those eighties hard rock hits. The ballad "Identidade XXX" (identity XXX) features a xylophone and an intense vocalization, while "Havia Lá" (there was) is probably the fiercest track, a double bass drum backing up Cristóvão's high-pitch lament towards the end. And the duet with Blame Zeus–Sandra in "Marcha Gole" (sip march) gives the song an extra refinement.
Is therefore safe to say that "Bulas Para Dedos E Coração" (leaflets for fingers and heart) offers a batch of rock songs written and performed on a basis of a myriad of styles and influences. One word: classy.
Renata "Pieni" Lino
Quinphonic Festival 4 – Birmingham, UK
Posted in Festival, Live, Metal with tags Folk Metal, folk-rock, Metal, Power Metal, Quinphonic Festival, Symphonic Metal on 22nd April 2017 by mickbirchy
Quinphonic Festival
Bands: Temperance, Serpentyne, Metaprim, Dead of Night, Fourth Circle
Venue: The Roadhouse, Birmingham, UK
Another year, another pilgrimage to Birmingham for Quinphonic Festival. I wasn't able to attend the third edition of the festival in the October of last year. Yet, I was more than ready for the fourth one. This one had a stacked line-up with too. Including Italian hard-hitters, Temperance. The UK debut of, Fourth Circle. Along with three of the best live bands that the UK have to offer in Dead of Night, Serpentyne and Metaprism. A spectacular day of music lay ahead and I was pumped for the day to come. Quinphoinc Festival is all about quality over quantity. Five band all given a headline sets worth of time to show off what they can do. This allows the bands to breathe on stage and the crowd can experience what they're actually like.
Before I talk about the actual day itself. Let me take you back to the night before, at the Barge and Barrel is Tipton for the Pre-Festival showcase night. A night that I won't soon be forgetting. It was a great night of music featuring three fantastic UK up-and-comers. Darkest Obsidian, A Clockwork Opera and The Loved and Lost. All three bands were on top form and delivered a great performance. That really showed off their styles well. As a night it really came together with a great crowd. I really enjoyed all three acts, from the pageantry of A Clockwork Opera. To the soaring choruses of Darkest Obsidian with the finesse and energy of The Loved and Lost. It was a great night had by all and I hope to see more from all these bands sooner rather than later.
Now on to the festival itself. I got to the venue early to soak in the atmosphere. It was going to be a great day. All the bands have their own respective niche so there should have been something for every type of fan. As for myself I was looking forward to hearing something new. The only band I was really aware before going to the venue was, Temperance. So no matter the result of the day. I was going to hear something different and new for certain. Now, onto the review!
Fourth Circle
What a firecracker of an opener. This was exactly what was needed to start the day. The French band, Fourth Circle were debuting in the UK and let me say, what a way to make and entrance. The band were energetic and and fun. Their presence was in your face and and bold. Their live production great with every element of the band working outstandingly well. I have to say I was taken completely off guard by their performance. With pomp and pageantry, their music sounded huge with bombast. The music was filled with excellent hooks sinking into your head and this made their songs easy to remember. The band's on stage chemistry really made these songs larger than life. They seemed to be having a lot of fun up there and this made it easier to enjoy their set. I only had a couple of problems with their set. Firstly, their set felt a little repetitive and it got a little tedious at times. Although those hooks constantly drew me back in. The only other thing that let their set down a bit was that the crowd started to thin out throughout the set, which ruined the atmosphere a little bit. Overall I had a fantastic time watching them. I would say their UK debut was successful and I for would welcome them back anytime!
Next up was British newcomers Dead of Night. This was a really good set. Even if the songs were a little bland in composition, they more than made up for it in their theatrical stage presentation. Their sound was nice and I enjoyed some of the songs. Their stage presence was exciting and their chemistry was excellent. Really giving a complete package of a show. The vocals were clear and frontwoman, Briony Featon was an exciting presence on the stage. With light up black angel wings she truly gave the band that little bit of an edge. Their music had a decent atmosphere to it and the songs felt well put together. Their music had this really slick vibe to it. More of an old school rock 'n' roll format to the songs rather than your typical symphonic metal or power metal sound. The centrepiece of the set for me was a gorgeous ballad that invited imagination and let the band really breathe. In all honesty they really won the crowd over. I did feel that their songs were just bland on a compositional level and that let them down a bit for me. However, I will concede that they were incredibly likeable and they presented themselves really well. I thought they were pretty good and I hope they evolve and grow in the future.
Metaprism
Now for the best band of the day and no, I do not make that statement lightly. Metaprism burst on to the stage with life and excitement. They were probably the "heaviest" band of the day and I feel they were the band with the best set. Their songs were high energy and filled with awesome riffs and well executed solos. Their presence had a sense of command to them. When they were performing, the audience were definitely paying attention. Their set was really an intense atmosphere upon the venue and the contrasting duel vocals of the band really gave them that little bit of an edge. It's like they took the European standards of this style of music and added the British elements to it to make this sound. They came across a really likable people, they were very genuine and humble on the stage as they tried to get the crowd involved more and more into the set. Their set built up and got slowly better and I was completely enthralled with their set and I immediately rushed to the merch table right after their set was over. Which I guess was a good sign. Yes, this was definitely my favourite band of the day. Everything about them was excellent, from their songs to their personalities. They were an exciting and dynamic band, and I can say for certain that I became a fan.
Serpentyne
British folk-rockers Serpentyne took to the stage with finesse and and grace. This had to be one the most interesting sets of the day. On a pure technical level they were incredible but I really couldn't get into it. Maybe it just wasn't my sort of music but there was just certain aspects to their performance that turned me off. However, I did like parts and ideas used in the set. The musicianship was excellent and every instrument was played to an expert level. I also really enjoyed the dancer that was in the crowd it added to the enticement of the band. The music had these really good rock n roll elements mixed with the fantastical folk music to make something truly inventive. All of the songs were character piece with stories of vikings, medieval society and fantasy characters which were rich and engrossing. This really peaked my interest. However after the energetic, high pace set from Metaprism, this set felt a little deflating. Also I felt the vocals were a bit overdone. The singing could have been toned down a little. The set ended on a over of the Game of Thrones theme tune which was really well done for what it was. I like this band but I didn't love it. They are all incredible musicians and the performance was well done, it just may have not been my type of music.
Now for the main event of the evening and the only band that I came to this show with any familiarity. Temperance, are one of those band that just use everything at their disposal to entertain a crowd. Their songs are catchy and their energy are infectious. Other than some tech issues with the microphone they set went down without a hitch. The band blasted through their set with great songs. Coming hot off their third album "The Earth Embraces Us All" the set was a great mixture of all three albums. The crowd was really into it as was I. I mean I put down my notepad and just watched the show. The live production was really good, although the drums were a little loud at times. Also the backing tracks they were using didn't come through the best at times. Frontwoman, Chiara Tricarico was an engaging presence on stage as was guitarist, Marco Pastorino. You really couldn't keep your eyes off of them. Also with the sheer technical ability of them they made an impressive show as the final band of the day. They really were the cherry on top of an excellent day.
Words by Mick Birchall
Photos by David Sarah
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Studio update from Mother Feather
Posted in Misc., News, Rock, Studio Report with tags Metal Blade Records, Mother Feather, Rock on 15th April 2017 by izaforestspirit
The American glam/pop rock band Mother Feather have recently entered the Mission Sound studio in Brooklyn, New York where they will begin recording their second album. This time they have teamed up with Grammy-nominated producer Joshua Valleau and Jay Ruston, who has mixed and produced albums for Anthrax, Meatloaf and Steel Panther.
Here is an official update from their singer Ann Courtney:
"The newest songs for the album were written last fall and winter in the midst and aftermath of the US presidential election. The political climate and outcome were personally devastating, but it also re-ignited my sense of purpose. I locked myself away to write, face my depression, and stare down some uncomfortable feelings. Truthfully, I went to some very dark and lonely places. So there's a lot of fever – and intimacy – in the new music. When I emerged from my self-exile, I discovered my band waiting for me on the other side, so there's exuberance and catharsis there too. It's good to have friends, ya know?! Together, the five of us worked to develop the songs and shape them into some of Mother Feather's best, most eclectic work yet. We couldn't be more excited for this opportunity to continue our work with Metal Blade."
This will be the band's second album with Metal Blade, following their critically acclaimed, self-titled debut which came out last year.
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Former Ghost members start lawsuit against singer Papa Emeritus
Posted in Metal, Misc., News, Rock with tags Ghost, lawsuit on 9th April 2017 by izaforestspirit
Dark times ahead for fans of the world-renowned Swedish heavy metal band Ghost… Four former members of the band, known previously solely by the stage name "The Nameless Ghoul" have recently decided to sue the band's frontman and singer Tobias Forge aka Papa Emeritus III for failure to disclose the band's income and expenses from the years 2011 to 2016.
Here is an extract from an official statement made by one of the former Nameless Ghouls, previously known as Nameless Ghoul (Alpha) now revealed to be guitarist Simon Söderberg:
"As of yesterday we, four signatories from the band Ghost, have filed a lawsuit with the Linköping District Court. We are suing Tobias Forge ("Papa Emeritus") – the band's lead singer who has also been responsible for the finances of the band since its founding.
As of the filing of this lawsuit we are requesting that the court, under penalty, oblige Tobias Forge to declare the incomes as well as expenses of the band concerning the years between 2011 and 2016.
Throughout all the years we have been on tour with Ghost (between 2011-2016 some of us have performed something like 500 shows with the band) and throughout the band's album recordings, we have neither been allowed to share in the profits of the band, nor have we seen any of the incomes accounted for.
The only thing we have received have been minimal advance payments to allow the band to keep going. This despite the fact that we had an agreement that any profits should be shared fairly between the members of the band…"
You can read the rest of the statement here: https://www.facebook.com/simon.soderberg.52/posts/10154419061836127
The other former members involved in the legal dispute against Tobias Forge include: Mauro Rubino (Air) – member of Ghost since 2011.
Henrik Palm (Eather) – member of Ghost since 2015
Martin Hjertstedt (Earth) – member of Ghost since 2014
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More details about the new Vallenfyre album
Posted in Metal, Misc., News, Studio Report on 7th April 2017 by izaforestspirit
Good news for fans of the British death-doom metal band Vallenfyre. The group are currently hard at work on their third album. The long awaited follow-up to 'Spilters' will be entitled 'Fear Those Who Fear Him'.
You can check out the cover art below:
'Fear Those Who Fear Him' will be out worldwide on 2nd June 2017 via Century Media Records in the following formats: CD, Special Edition Digipak , digital, streaming as well as Gatefold LP+CD on limited coloured and regular black 180 gram vinyl.
In the meantime you can enjoy their new video 'Kill All Your Masters' here:
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Attempted murder case closed without sentencing
Ronald Fowler, convicted in March of trying to kill his Two Mile neighbour, died Nov. 12
Thom Barker
A 2017 Hazelton attempted murder case came to an unusual end this morning at the B.C. Supreme Court in Smithers.
In what was originally scheduled to be a sentencing, the case was abated (closed) because Ronald Fowler—who was convicted by a jury in March for trying to kill his Two Mile neighbour George Parent with a handgun—died in the interim.
Prosecutor Paul Backhouse read into the record a report from New Hazelton RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve Vince, who was a witness at the trial, officially confirming Mr. Fowler is dead.
"On Nov. 12, 2019 at approximately 8:05 hours, Ron Fowler was found deceased on Hulki Drive in Fraser Lake," the report stated.
It noted Fowler was struck by a tractor-trailer. A police investigation into how and why the collision occurred is ongoing.
Justice David Masuhara, appearing by telephone, expressed sympathy.
"That's very unfortunate for Mr. Fowler and his family," the judge said.
There were 96,000 crashes in B.C. parking lots in 2018, ICBC says
First Nation elder's trial accusing B.C. Mountie of excessive force begins


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England romp home, claim series on Bairstow ton
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A masterful century by Jonny Bairstow complemented an exceptional bowling spell as England cruised to a seven-wicket victory over New Zealand to claim the one-day international series 3-2 in Christchurch on Saturday.
Bairstow's heroics with the bat — 104 off 60 deliveries — backed by 61 from fellow opener Alex Hales saw England overhaul New Zealand's 223 with a colossal 104 balls remaining to wrap up the winner-takes-all showdown.
"Our bowlers really did set the tone," said captain Eoin Morgan who won the toss and made New Zealand bat first.
Chris Woakes, the man of the series, lead the way with three for 32 off his 10 overs while spinner Adil Rashid finished with three for 42.
"Johnny (Bairstow) played particularly well… but really the game today was won by our bowling unit," Morgan added in a sentiment shared by Bairstow who ensured an early end with his 104 from 60 deliveries.
"They set the platform and they have done first up all the way through the series," said Bairstow.
"The way the guys have taken wickets early on has enabled us to turn the screw through the middle. My job is to go out and try and score big hundreds and contribute to match winning scores and that's something I'm trying to do."
The stark contrast in performances was highlighted in the middle of the 26th over in each innings when New Zealand were 93 for six while England were 192 for two at the same stage.
– 'Really disappointing' –
Disappointed New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson struggled to find something positive say about his side apart from "a good showing" by Mitchell Santner and Henry Nicholls who put on 84 for the seventh wicket.
"It was a really disappointing effort from our part," he said.
"You want to come out and play a performance you'd be proud of and today we (didn't) in all facets. It was a shame. England were outstanding and they deserved to win the series."
Bairstow toyed with the best of New Zealand's bowling stocks as he smacked nine fours and six sixes.
He eventually brought about his own downfall by belting the stumps as he stepped back to cut a wide Trent Boult delivery.
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Evening Edition is an Open Thread
From Yahoo News Top Stories
1 Delhi makes Games 'progress' as criticism pours in
by Neha Lall, AFP
1 hr 32 mins ago
NEW DELHI (AFP) – The Commonwealth Games Federation signalled Thursday that Delhi was succeeding in fixing the problems that have brought the event to the brink of disaster, as more athletes announced they were withdrawing.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a crisis meeting with senior ministers late on Thursday and Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit oversaw the deployment of hundreds of staff to clean the athletes' village.
"There has been progress and there is more to do," Mike Hooper, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), told AFP, adding that there had been a "significant" influx of additional resources.
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The Week in Editorial Cartoons, Part I – New GOP Campaign Slogan: Monosexuality=Bad
by JekyllnHyde
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
Christine O'Donnell by Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com, Buy this cartoon
Christine O'Donnell is fast becoming the face of the Republican Party. Her campaign slogan is — to put it in Marxist language — power to the people. Or, something like that. To quote an oft-used phrase on the internet(s) and one used frequently on this blog, "Teh stoopid! It burns."
Time permitting, I will try to post Part II of this diary later on this week.
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"When You're Out of Schlitz, You're Out of Beer"
Fear Factor enthusiasm
I must admit I share Gregg Levine's frustration–
In 1976, the Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee, WI, was the number two beer maker in the United States, its roughly $600 million in sales almost equal to that of industry leader Anheuser-Busch. But trouble loomed. The growing popularity of name-brand light beers, increased availability of niche and foreign brews, and a change in Schlitz's brewing process, done to make its namesake beer cheaper to mass-produce, all were taking a toll on the market share of "the most carefully brewed beer in the world."
So, in the Summer of 1977, an new CEO at Schlitz abandoned their heretofore successful "Go for the Gusto" slogan, and turned to the ad men of Leo Burnett to craft a message that would help increase the brewer's short-term profits (the time between investment and payback was apparently too long for new management). What the boys from Burnett produced was a campaign that will live in infamy:
At the screening of the new commercials, the Burnett people watched as the boxer told a disembodied voice that he was going to knock him "…down for the count" for even suggesting a switch from the Schlitz label. The outdoorsman in one of the following commercials told his pet mountain lion to calm down after his choice of Schlitz beer was also challenged and snarled back to the animal, "Just a minute, babe. I'll handle this."
The reactions to the commercials once they went public were almost immediate; people hated them. Burnett officials were appalled at the reaction.
Ten weeks after the commercials first began to air, Schlitz management ordered them pulled. Soon after, the Leo Burnett ad agency was fired by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.
The short-lived run of commercials would go down in advertising history as "The Drink Schlitz or I'll Kill You" ad campaign.
In 1976, there were fresh choices for beer drinkers, and Schlitz's reaction was to abandon their core identity as well as their winning formula. They chose to eschew long-term investment for short-term profit, and when threatened by fast-weakening consumer enthusiasm, they decided to threaten their consumers right back. Threatening consumers did not work for Schlitz, and that was in a category where people pretty much understand the immediate benefits of their choices.
For Democratic leaders, threatening unenthusiastic voters with vague pictures of doom and gloom, when much of what the voters see right now is already pretty gloomy, is not going to "wake up" very many of the rank and file. Promising little else in terms of benefits if Democrats stay in power-little beyond "there's more to do"-does not provide enough positive motivation to engender enthusiasm.
You see, I can't find the lyrics to that song either.
Gail Collins: Don't Ask, Don't Debate
The legislative process is almost never uplifting. But if you watch the United States Senate in action these days, you come away convinced that the nation has jumped the shark.
On Tuesday, the Senate failed to override a Republican filibuster of a defense authorization bill. This is a new record for dysfunction. Until now, even when politics was at its worst, Congress did manage to vote to pay the Army.
The bill did contain a lot of controversial pieces. It eliminated the "don't ask, don't tell" rule for gays serving openly in the military. And the majority leader, Harry Reid, tacked on a provision that would allow undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children to win a path to citizenship if they serve in the military or go to college.
So the debate was about … parliamentary procedure.
Nicholas D. Kristof: Boast, Build and Sell
World leaders have flown in first class to the United Nations this week to discuss global poverty over cocktails at the Waldorf Astoria.
The U.N. set eight landmark antipoverty objectives in 2000, so this year's General Assembly is reviewing how we're doing after a decade. We're off-track on most of these Millennium Development Goals, so let me offer three suggestions for how the humanitarian world might do better in framing the fight against poverty:
First, boast more.
Humanitarians have tended to guilt-trip people and governments into generosity by peddling emaciated children with flies on their eyes. But relentless negativity leaves the inaccurate impression that Africa is an abyss of failure and hopelessness. And who wants to invest in a failure?
In fact, here's the record: antipoverty work saves around 32,000 children's lives each day. That's my calculation based on the number of children who died in 1960 (about 20 million) and the number dying now (about 8 million a year).
Twelve million lives saved annually – roughly one every three seconds – is a reminder that global poverty needn't be a depressing topic but can be a hopeful one. Ancient scourges like Guinea worm, river blindness and polio are on their way out. Modern contraception is more common than a generation ago. The average Indian woman has 2.6 children now, compared with 5.5 in 1970.
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About Afghanistan
The truth of the matter is that things could hardly be worse. For one thing, corruption is so rampant that U.S. forces have practically given up on enforcement. This is due structurally to the fact that the regular Afghan economy is dwarfed by U.S. military transfer payments and Opium. Things are so bad that the central bank has failed because of corrupt real estate speculation in Dubai (among other places and Dubai is not in such great shape itself having recently been bailed out by the UAE).
Of course the Karzai family is heavily implicated in all of this and we've just had a Parliamentary election that was if anything even more fraudulent than last year's disputed Presidential one. There are credible reports of double and triple voting (seems that Iraqi ink isn't quite so indelible after all) and thousands of forged ballots were intercepted being smuggled in from Pakistan.
Speaking of Pakistan it's now clear that a substantial fraction of their Military/Intelligence establishment, perhaps even a majority of it, support the Taliban and are providing them with Safe Havens and logistics support; and that the Pakistani civilian government is either unwilling or unable to prevent this.
Despite the Troop surge our military situation has not improved. We're unable to exert control over the countryside except in limited areas for short periods of time and to prevent co-ordinated attacks against our bases by Company and Platoon size units, even the big ones near Kabul.
But only amateurs talk about tactics, Generals talk about logistics. It is technically impossible to support any more Troops in Afghanistan than we currently have in the field. Anything that can't be airlifted in, which includes almost all the Bullets, Beans, and Gasoline, has to go through about half a dozen choke points that are mostly Taliban controlled. The only way we are able to get through at all is by bribing the Taliban with "security" contracts.
Now this may seem counter intuitive to you. Why should they allow us to supply our Troops the means to kill them?
Because we're doing a lousy job at it and they hardly notice the pain.
Not only that, but once inside Afghanistan supplies are distributed over a road system that is naturally impassible during certain seasons and easily sabotaged. All you have to do is block a culvert and wait for the snow melt to wash out the road, you don't even have to use explosives. And there are hundreds of thousands of vulnerable points, too many to constantly guard or even check on a regular basis.
Comparisons with Vietnam are inappropriate. Afghanistan is much, much worse.
Now despite our lack of progress, any prospect of progress, indeed even a definition of progress, and 9 years of futility, The Man Called Petraeus, our new Westmoreland, is making statements like this–
This is the kind of fight we're in for the rest of our lives and probably our kids' lives.
"I can see light at the end of the tunnel."- General William Westmoreland
"I can't lose the whole Democratic Party."- President Barack Obama
On This Day in History: September 23
September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining until the end of the year.
On this day in 1964, the Paris Opera, Palais Garnier, unveils a stunning new ceiling painted as a gift by Belorussian-born artist Marc Chagall, who spent much of his life in France. The ceiling was typical of Chagall's masterpieces–childlike in its apparent simplicity yet luminous with color and evocative of the world of dreams and the subconscious. . . .
. . . . Andre Malraux, the French minister of culture, commissioned him to design a new ceiling for the Paris Opera after seeing Chagall's work in Daphnis et Chloe. Working with a surface of 560 square meters, Chagall divided the ceiling into color zones that he filled with landscapes and figures representing the luminaries of opera and ballet. The ceiling was unveiled on September 23, 1964, during a performance of the same Daphnis et Chloe. As usual, a few detractors condemned Chagall's work as overly primitive, but this criticism was drowned out in the general acclaim for the work. In 1966, as a gift to the city that had sheltered him during World War II, he painted two vast murals for New York's Metropolitan Opera House (1966).
In 1977, France honored Chagall with a retrospective exhibition at the Louvre in Paris. He continued to work vigorously until his death in 1985 at the age of 97.
The unveiling of the ceiling coincided with the publication of "The Phantom of the Opera" ("Le Fantôme de l'Opéra") by Gaston Leroux.
It was first published as a serialization in "Le Gaulois" from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910. Initially, the story sold very poorly upon publication in book form and was even out of print several times during the twentieth century, despite the success of its various film and stage adaptations. The most notable of these were the 1925 film depiction and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. The Phantom of the Opera musical is now the longest running Broadway show in history, and one of the most lucrative entertainment enterprises of all time.
Morning Shinbun Thursday September 23
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Thursday's Headlines:
Mexico prepares plan to protect journalists
Fossils of new species of horned dinos found in Utah
G.O.P. Cites Tax Cuts and Health Care as Main Focus
Two of Obama's closest advisers among those likely to leave in White House shuffle
Women take control of Swiss government
France braces for day of strikes over retirement age
Israel used 'incredible violence' against Gaza aid flotilla, says UN Human Rights Council
World powers seek talks with Iran
New Zealand adds to India's Commonwealth Games woes
Afghanistan election investigators face threats, bribes
Exiled journalist's return to Zimbabwe
An Al Qaeda affiliate getting rich in Niger
Juarez editorial ignites a beleaguered Mexico
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Autumnal Equinox 2010 and the Full Moon
At 11:09 PM EDT, Summer exits and Autumn begins. This year is especially significant since it also coincides with the Full Moon also known as the Harvest Moon. The night and day are equal as the sun passes over the equator heading south to give the Earth's Southern Hemisphere its turn at Summer.
In Pagan and Wiccan beliefs this is the second harvest, Mabon, and a time to start finishing the canning and preserving for the coming winter. It is the balancing of the wheel and respect is given to the coming darkness. The sun enters the astrological sign of Libra, the Scales of Balance.
For Jews, this is the first night of Sukkot or Festival of Booths. It commemorates the Israelites' wanderings in the desert following their Exodus from Egypt, during which time they lived in portable shelters or booths.
Whatever you believe or even if you don't, step outside tonight with your favorite beverage and toast the sun and the moon and the changing of the seasons.
The Wheel Turns. Blessed Be.
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Oh boy howdy. Be sure and set your DVRs to record Jon's lame shilling for his 'Million Moderates March' on BillO tonight. Jon- there is right and wrong in this world, good and evil, and good does not consist of splitting the difference between them or ass kissing the 'lesser evil'.
What makes you particularly pathetic is we know you know better than that and are choosing to sell out deliberately.
Broadcast premiers, none worth mentioning. PBS is carrying the Opening Night Concert of the New York Philharmonic. Keith and Rachel all night.
AMC– Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome x 2 (the last good movie Mel ever made)
Bravo– Top Chef marathon (2 premiers)
Discovery– Mythbusters, Man v. Wild (Season Finale)
E!– Bridget Jones's Diary
ESPN– Rays @ Yankees, Padres @ Dodgers
Food– America's Best (with Alton, another premier)
FX– Forgetting Sarah Marshall (again, in case you haven't seen it yet), Terriers (premier)
Lifetime– Bringing Down the House
Oxygen– A Cinderella Story x 2
Turner Classic– Five Graves to Cairo, Rashomon
TNT– Bones marathon
Toon– Regular Show, MAD
Travel– Man v. Food marathon (with premier)
TV Guide– The Bridges of Madison County x 2 (again and again)
USA– NCIS marathon
Vs.– Slap Shot
AMC– Rubicon (this week's)
USA– Ocean's Thirteen
Turner Classic– Brewster McCloud, This Is Spinal Tap
Dave hosts Joaquin Phoenix and Tom Jones (he has a new album). Jon has Edward Norton, Stephen Guillermo Del Toro. Alton does Pork Tenderloin.
Boondocks– Mr. Medicinal.
We're very lucky in the band in that we have two visionaries, David and Nigel, they're like poets, like Shelley and Byron. They're two distinct types of visionaries, it's like fire and ice, basically. I feel my role in the band is to be somewhere in the middle of that, kind of like lukewarm water.
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1 India battles deepening Commonwealth Games crisis
by Kuldip Lal, AFP
Wed Sep 22, 12:50 pm ET
NEW DELHI (AFP) – India struggled to keep its Commonwealth Games on track Wednesday, with England warning the event was on a "knife edge" over complaints of filthy housing and growing structural and security fears.
Officials said Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell was flying in Thursday for a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the problems overwhelming the October 3-14 event in New Delhi.
The latest high-profile withdrawals include the English Olympic 400m gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu and world triple jump champion Phillips Idowu, with Australia warning more of its competitors might follow.