Matt LeBlanc will be the first American to play James Bond in this week's Top Gear.
Filling in the void of Clarkson, Hammond and May in the new era of Top Gear was never going to be easy, but the trio of Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid have done a stellar job so far. Top Gear is well and truly back on track. Dare we say it, but their on-screen chemistry seems less forced than some of the cringe-worthy episodes of The Grand Tour. While still not perfect, the first two episodes alone were a vast improvement over last year's dismal effort with Chris Evans at the helm.
Crucially, the car is the star in this new season rather than the presenter's egos – just as it should be in a car show. The cars featured in this season have been spectacular so far. We've already seen the driving god that is Chris Harris bravely drift a 1,035-hp Ferrari FXX K and skilfully slide an Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio through a hole. And it's only going to get better, as future episodes will feature the new Ford GT and Bugatti Chiron. This week the Aston Martin DB11 will be making an appearance, but before you say we've already seen it on The Grand Tour, there's a twist. Since Aston Martin is synonymous with James Bond, the road test takes on a Bond theme.
As the first American to play the swathe spy, Matt LeBlanc dons a tuxedo and faces off in the DB11 against Chris Harris, who plays the role of a Bond villain, in a Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG. Judging from the first trailer, it all culminates in a high-speed police chase. Given the show's slick production, this should be a series highlight.
Elsewhere, Rory Reid heads to the Nurburgring to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original Golf GTI reaching UK shores. We'll get to see the new Clubsport S get put through its paces, and queen of the Nurburgring Sabine Schmitz makes her first appearance in the series as well. Matt LeBlanc also looks back at the rather fetching Fiat 124 Spider to see how it compares to the new Abarth 124. If Top Gear can maintain the quality of the first two episodes, this could be the best season in years – something we didn't think we would be saying after last year's season nearly wrote off the show for good.


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### Maintainers

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Q: How do you specify the version of azure-functions-core-tools? I have an AzureDevOps pipeline which was running fine a few weeks ago. When I tried to run it again, I got an error which apparently is caused by running the latest azure-functions-core-tools. It was suggested to downgrade it but I couldn't find how to do it on Azure CLI.
I tried adding the version to the code below but it didn't work.
sudo apt-get install azure-functions-core-tools=(version I want to use)

A: Firstly use apt-cache showpkg <package-name> to list available versions.
Then use sudo aptitude install <azure-functions-core-tools>=<version>  to install the version.

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News Roundup: Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, 90210 and Dawson's Creek
I personally haven't yet calculated the season averages for Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and 90210 but in comparison to other network shows, here's how they stacked up: IN 18-49 DEMO, GG ranked 111, OTH 115 and 90210 119, out of 124 shows. IN TOTAL VIEWERS, OTH ranked 119, GG 120 and 90210 121.
Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the Gossip Girl Evaluation.
Joanna Garcia (Bree, Gossip Girl) is engaged to Nick Swisher, who plays for the Yankees.
The Park Record has an interesting article on whether the One Tree Hill season finale, which was mostly filmed in Park City, will benefit them at all.
PEOPLE.com has a brief interview with Shenae Grimes (Annie, 90210) about her look at the Gracie Awards this week, which were attended by some other teen drama stars as well.
Kristin compiled a list of her 20 favorite shows from the past 20 years. None of our teen dramas made the list but Beverly Hills 90210 and Dawson's Creek are eligible in the readers' poll.
Gossip Cop busted a false Perez Hilton post about Katie Holmes (Joey, Dawson's Creek) and hubby Tom Cruise…and Joshua Jackson (Pacey, Dawson's Creek).
« Random Thought Six Degrees of Teen Dramas »
Tags: 90210, Annie, Beverly Hills 90210, Bree, Dawson's Creek, GG, Gossip Cop, Gossip Girl, Gracie Awards, Joanna Garcia, Joey, Joshua Jackson, Katie Holmes, Kristin, Nick Swisher, One Tree Hill, OTH, Pacey, Park City, PEOPLE.com, Perez Hilton, Shenae Grimes, The Park Record, Tom Cruise, Utah, Yankees
Categories : 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, Dawson's Creek, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill
Rinth de Shadley (09:39:54) :
You're the expert, but does it really make sense for them to measure GG's popularity with viewers in the age group 18-49? There's a LOT of difference between 18 and 49. Wouldn't 18-30 or even 18-25 give a more realistic picture of the show's popularity? The same applies to OTH and 90210.
Shenae's hair was great but the idea wasn't unusual. You always want to have a little bit of matching and a little bit of contrast. In that case, the contrast was between her "messy" hair and her dress for the Gracie Awards.
Congratulations on your GossipCop scoop! 🙂
teendramawhore (09:47:18) :
Rinth, I'm far from an expert but thank you! You make a good point but it's not The CW that chooses how to measure. It's the Nielsen ratings system. The Nielsens track total viewers and the 18-49 demographic (along with some other break-downs) for all the shows and that's largely what the networks and advertisers go by. It's industry standard. But, actually, your suggested age brackets aren't really realistic for Gossip Girl's popularity at all. It was said within the last year that the median age of a Gossip Girl viewer is 29. And the median age of a CW viewer is 33. The audience age skews way higher than what you would think based on the image and vibe their shows project. So I understand thinking 18-25 is more of their key age group, if not younger. But that's not what the research indicates.
I didn't understand the Shenae thing, either. I thought messy up-do's were quite common! lol
Thanks about GC. I'm scooping on an almost-daily basis now! =)

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Are you interested in TESOL Herreid South Dakota?
Check out Tesolcourse.com about TESOL Herreid South Dakota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad.
This unit contains information about reasons and methods for evaluation of the English language with students and classes. Evaluation is beneficial to both student and teacher. By monitoring the progress of learning in English, assessing improvements or difficulties, teacher and student can get an overview of what area's are good and which can be improved, as well as allowing the teacher to prepare and form a lesson designed to improve areas of difficulty. Practice tests allow practice for achievement tests/external examinations, taken for purposes of studying, working or living abroad or other international and possibly business pursuits. Besides tests there are tutorials which can be done individually or in groups to address the covered language and potential problems. Evaluation by students through surveys or guided discussions can allow the teacher to see what students might be missing or struggling with in a class.


Two very different, healthy meals in a bowl, both seriously Insta-worthy.
Rice bowls have been a hugely popular food trend for some time now, but if you haven't had one yourself, think of them like a salad on steroids. They're a complete meal, all rolled into one tasty arrangement to include a veggie base, protein, carbs, something crunchy and of course, a delicious sauce. All-vegetarian and of course, aesthetically pleasing, Steven and Shahir each created their own recipes for these colourful creations.
Steven's bowl is as much about presentation as it is about flavour. Using complementary colours of the brightest foods around, this Sabados specialty salad is sure to please. Shahir's bowl is all about texture and flavour. His Green Goddess dressing is delicious and is leaps and bounds healthier than the original.
First prepare your couscous. Option #1: Add Israeli couscous, water and saffron to a medium pot. Bring to a boil, once boiling reduce to a simmer and cook for approximately 10 minutes until al dente. Option # 2: Cut cauliflower into small florets and add to a food processor. Pulse until broken down and the size of regular couscous. Remove any pieces of stem and set aside.
Next add 3 tbsp of vegetable or olive oil to a non stick pan over medium high heat. Slice your onion into thin slices and toss in cornstarch and a pinch of salt and pepper. Add to hot oil and fry until crispy, about 5 minutes. Remove from pan and drain onto a paper towel, set aside.
Now prepare your vegetables. Julienne your bell pepper and core your cabbage and cut into thin slices. Wash and peel your carrot, then still using the peeler continue peeling your carrot into ribbons. Place your ribbons in a bowl of ice water so they start to curl. Cook or defrost edamame beans according to package instructions.
To a small bowl whisk together remaining vegetable or olive oil, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar and sesame oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
To assemble, artfully arrange half of all prepared ingredients to a large single serving bowl, either mixed or in sections. Sprinkle pistachios over the salad. Pour dressing over top, toss and enjoy!
Add remaining ingredients to a large tupperware or mason jar for work the next day. Store dressing separately and dress before eating.
Wash and scrub sweet potato. Slice in half lengthwise and slice into ¼ inch half moons. Spread flat on a large baking sheet. Drizzle over 2-3 tbsp olive oil, season with salt and pepper to taste. Toss to coat and bake at 375F for 25-30 minutes, until tender and browned.
While potatoes are in the oven, cook rice and lentils. Follow package instructions and add saffron strands to pot of rice and water. Remove from heat and fluff rice with a fork, set aside. Add lentils to a pot of water and cook according to package instructions.
While rice and potatoes are cooking start preparing your vegetables. Julienne your pepper and slice yellow zucchini and radish into paper thin rounds, set aside.
To make the green goddess dressing, first thoroughly wash your parsley and cilantro and add to a blender along with yogurt, avocado, lemon juice, minced garlic, remaining olive oil and salt and pepper. Blend until smooth and no chunks remain. Add water if necessary to thin out sauce.
To a large single serving bowl add half of all of your prepared ingredients. Artfully arrange in quadrants or mix together. Pour as much Green Goddess dressing as desired. Finish by garnishing with toasted pumpkin seeds. Add the remaining half of ingredients to a resealable container or mason jar for work the next day. Package dressing separately, enjoy!


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Le puyuma ou pouyouma est une langue parlée par les Puyumas (Pouyoumas), un des peuples aborigènes de Taïwan. Elle appartient au sous-groupe formosan des langues austronésiennes.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

 linguistique
 liste de langues
 langues par famille
 langues austronésiennes
 langues formosanes

Liens externes

Inventaire de langues
Langue formosane

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Demand the UAW Count Every Vote!!
Right now, a group of students is holding an indefinite sit in at statewide UAW office in Berkeley. We are UAW members and AWDU supporters, and we are demanding that all votes be counted. Right now, the elections committee is refusing to count all the ballots from both UCLA and UC Berkeley, meaning that nearly half of the votes from the recent election have not been counted. This means that nearly half of all students who voted do not get a say in who will run our union for the next three years. This is outrageous and unacceptable.
I urge you to make the short trip up to Berkeley to join us. We are at 2070 Allston Way, Suite 205, in Berkeley. We need to send a strong message that ALL our voices must be heard.


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Emulates pull-to-refresh behaviour in android. To use this class, simply copy and paste the ``PullListLayout.java`` file into your project folder. A working sample can be found in ``MainActivity.java``


Interested in delving into the science of the nighttime?
Fox Hill Elementary is holding a Science Night this Thursday to give students an opportunity to learn more about the night sky and nocturnal life.
The program begins at 6:30 p.m. and runs until 8:30 p.m. It is free and intended for Fox Hill students and their families.
According to a video by Burlington Public Schools Science Specialist Sean Musselman, Science Night will feature telescopes the students can use to see the night sky, arts and crafts and a giant blow-up planetarium people can go into to learn about the stars and planets. Students will also have a chance to make "straw rockets" and launch them at the event.
There will also be a demonstration of nocturnal creatures with live animals.
Finally, Musselman said the participants would create original constellations and make up "tall tales" to explain their origin.
Science Night is sponsored by the Fox Hill PTO.


5th day of painful throat and bad cough…I fell asleep.. while.. Tweeting.
I think I'll let my cat handle my social posts until I'm over this cold. So, if all you see are mouse and bird photos for the next week, you'll know why.


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Brutal Dildos Give Em Hell CD RARE
BLACK UHURU - Brutal / Brutal Dub - 2 CD - **Mint Condition** - RARE
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The following are the newest comments about discs in the Brutal Metal database. Click on the album name to go to the page for that CD and add comments of your own!
CD: Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
From: Metal T Date: December 24, 2019 at 9:21
Always liked the band,but could never stand the singer-the vox & delivery of one John Bush were always the dealbreaker for me.
CD: Angel Witch - Frontal Assault
From: hair metal again Date: December 14, 2019 at 7:33
excellent heavy metal releasefor ANGEL WITCH in the mid 80 s going a bit more commercial at times and i really dig that one ,as they manage to be heavy at the same time!the riffs are there .the songwriting is very good indeed with tunes like "something wrong","dream world" and "she dont lie" !recommended
CD: Athena - Inside, The Moon
From: rick kerch vzla Date: October 12, 2019 at 19:55
This debut dulls compared with the project's second release which put them in a higher level.The Dream Theater sticker is very remarkable and they continued in next releases.Tracks # 2,3 & 6 are acceptable ones.60/100 :-)
CD: Kreator - Past Life Trauma (1985-1992)
A solid compilation of a classic Thrash act...tracks # 1,3,5,6,7, 8(my complete fave in here),9,10,11,13,14,16 & 17 are just great head banging cuts.85/100 :-)
CD: Edguy - Vain Glory Opera
From: rick kerch vzla Date: October 6, 2019 at 2:58
Cool follower of their debut...tracks # 4(nice),6,7,10 & 11 are the ones for me.75/100
CD: Fates Warning - Disconnected
The previous rate says it al (45/100)...the highlight in here is "Pieces of Me"...tracks # 2 & 3 perhaps...dull release to be honest but it's Fates if you know what i mean.70/100
CD: Fates Warning - Inside Out
Decent album being tracks # 1,2,4,7,9 & 10 the ones for me...75/100
CD: Fates Warning - Parallels
One of the band's best releases as it contains two brutal songs in the shape of "Point of View" & "Don't Follow Me"...some other fine moments are tracks # 2,3 & 8...enjoyable stuff...83/100
CD: Edguy - Kingdom Of Madness
From: rick kerch vzla Date: September 26, 2019 at 2:37
Good debut 4 sure showing the potential of Tobias & C.o.for what they have become right now.Tracks # 1,3,6,7(♥ ,8 & 9 are mine.80/100
CD: Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
This act has been the influence of many nowadays popular Prog Metal groups but they haven't achieved the status necessary to be considered as one as well.Here you have good songs in the shape of #2,5(nice),6,7 & 8...cool release...70/100. :-)
CD: Elegy - Labyrinth of Dreams
Decent debut of a band that has growth since then...underrated nowadays :-( ...# 2,3,6,9 & 10 are in my book of music.75/100
CD: White Skull - Embittered
Decent Power Metal album with a frontwoman who sounds like a wild mix of Ann Boleyn(Hellion)& Blackie Lawless(WASP) :-) ...my fave cuts in here are # 1,4,6,7 (good cover of the "one hit wonder" band 4 Non Blondes),8,10 & 11...my rate for this one is 75/100.
CD: Creed - Human Clay
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: September 14, 2019 at 4:54
If it were possible to become even more oversaturated, Creed did so with their second album. My Own Prison was mostly a rock phenomenon, but with Human Clay, they became crossover sensations. "Higher" and 'With Arms Wide Open" were huge pop hits. It's not like they changed their sound all that much - it's the same generally slow-paced, unbelievably self-serious second-generation grunge as it was on the first album. The hooks are sharper and the melodies a little more uplifting. The nadir comes in the form of "With Arms Wide Open," a maudlin ballad for Stapp's son, that he actually sang to him in the delivery room. Unspeakably lame, in other words. Again, there was that feeling that Creed-mania wasn't real: they were everywhere, but no one seemed to like them.
CD: Creed - My Own Prison
Upon hitting radio in the fall of 1997, Creed almost immediately became overexposed. They quickly replaced Live for the most overrated, undeserving band to be heard every hour on rock radio. Scott Stapp was a blatant Vedder/Weiland clone, and the band came off as laughably earnest, in a sea of overly earnest alt-rock bands. Being completely fair, Creed were not without talent. By '97 mainstream rock standards, some of the deep cuts, like 'Unforgiven" are quite heavy, and Stapp does have a strong voice, as bland and derivative as his sound is. Of the four overplayed singles, "Torn" is the best. A big part of the problem, aside from their glaringly unoriginal sound, was that I, and many others, felt like this band was being pushed on us. I never knew anyone who would admit to thinking they were more than just okay, but they were inescapable almost from the word go. Twenty years on, this is tolerable in small doses, but is useful mostly as a relicc from my senior year of high school.
CD: Gamma Ray - Sigh No More
From: hair metal again Date: September 10, 2019 at 14:40
excellent 2nd step for GAMMA RAY and the band seems to enjoy its updated commercial metal sound ,with a great performance,great vocals & solos!all the songs are fine and after so many years still enjoying spinning it
CD: Helloween - Straight Out Of Hell
From: Doug Date: July 16, 2019 at 15:42
"Live Now!" is a great tune, the rest it's okay, IMO.
CD: Crowbar - Odd Fellows Rest
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: July 10, 2019 at 2:41
Crowbar have been incredibly consistent throughout their career, maybe with the exception of their very first album. From the self-titled sophomore disc on, they've been money if you dig their sound. And 'sludge' is the perfect descriptor. It's thick, it's dirty, it's toxic, it's slow-flowing, and it's unstoppable. Still, Odd Fellows Rest rises abov the murk as one of their better albums. The production is only serviceable, not like the crystal-clear-but-granite-heavy sound on the most recent albums, but it works. Kirk actually sings on tracks like 'Planets Collide' and'Behind The Black Horizon,' in a morose, throaty tone, gruff but melodic. 'New Man Born' has a cool, cowbell(!)-clanging slow groove. And the title track is just one tripped-out piece, clean guitars drenched in flanger and delay, just tha topening chord will make your stomach lurch. And the cover art - what a killer T-shirt!
CD: Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
From: Doug Date: July 9, 2019 at 21:33
IMO, the album that started their greatness.
CD: Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
I really like this album.
CD: Black Sabbath - Sabotage
I'm one of those guys that preferred Ronnie James Dio than Ozzy; I like Ozzy the soloist. This album has it moments, though....
CD: Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog
From: hair metal again Date: June 23, 2019 at 9:40
very good release for ALICE IN CHAINS ,somewhere between the previous 2 ,with a clear polished massive sound and some good songs here and there like 'the one you know','red giant' and 'so far under'!Rainier Fog will satisfy all fans but wont drive you crazy
CD: Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
this isprobably the weaker ALICE IN CHAINS release ,mostly because of the songs are so consistent and memorable with no interesting hooks!the sound is here,the musicianship and the production are excellent but somehow that release miss the spot!'the devil put dinosaurs here','stone' are the highlights
CD: Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
pretty good release for ALICE IN CHAINS ,maybe too much in a few years though!mostly semi acoustic tunes in their usual style & quality with 'nutshell' stealing the show
CD: Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
fantastic release for ALICE IN CHAINS keeping their sound & identity while doing a dangerous come back!excellent production &musicianship that shows how talented is Jerry Cantrell ,while the songs are very well planned and performed!'last of my kind','a looking in view','private hell' and 'black gives way to blue' are great songs indeed!highly recommended didnt expected it to be so good
CD: Manowar - The Triumph of Steel
pretty good release for MANOWAR and i must add that this tour was the first time i saw them live and i can remember they were quite electric !typical MANOWAR stuff with some fine songs like 'metal warriors' and 'spirit horse of the cherokee'! good stuff
CD: Edguy - Rocket Ride
From: rick kerch vzla Date: June 7, 2019 at 23:00
Cool album of a band that is becoming bigger and bigger record after record.Tracks # 1,2;3 & 5 among others are my faves.85/100 :-)
CD: Manowar - Kings of Metal
From: hair metal again Date: June 7, 2019 at 9:14
pretty good album for MANOWAR ,but somehow below expectations as most of the bands released 'big' albums at the moment!the sound is heavy,raw with many fast songs and those unique vocals of Eric stealing the show once again ,but i d like to see more anthemic choruses !'kings of metal' and 'heart of steel ' are the highlights
CD: Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains
excellent release once again for ALICE IN CHAINS ,much darker and mellower almost sounds like an epitaph !the quality of music is very fine and the vibe that is created is thrilling!'sludge factory','head creeps' and 'grind' are very good songs
CD: Alice In Chains - Sap
From: hair metal again Date: May 29, 2019 at 6:08
fantastic acoustic ep by the mighty ALICE IN CHAINS with only 4 songs but with a great performing,songwriting and as always a fine groovy vibe!bought it back in the day and i was instantly hooked
CD: Manowar - Fighting the World
From: hair metal again Date: May 28, 2019 at 10:18
excellent release for MANOWAR in a clear commercial path with some anthemic songs that could get some airplay back in the day like 'blow your speakers','fighting the world' and 'carry on'!the rest is ok stuff ,typical i d say and overall an enjoyable metal release
CD: Soundtracks - Dee Snider's Strangeland
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: May 25, 2019 at 15:08
... ECW Extreme Wrestling compilation, to make up his weekly playlist. Interestingly, the show was called 'For Rockers Only,' and both the promos and the show itself carefully avoided use of the word 'metal,' opting instead for 'heavy rock.' If you go on YouTube and search for a channel called 'Dusty Old Tapes,' I posted a few old episodes that I had recorded. (No, I was NOT the host.)
of the new songs, Sevendust's 'Breathe' is disappointing and not very catchy, and it's easy to see why it didn't make their first album. Snot's 'Absent' is a bit more ferocious than much of the material on their lone disc. The version of 'Not Living' by Coal Chamber is much more raw and agressive than the one that would appear on the next year's Chamber Music. 'I'm The Man' is the most 'rock 'n' roll' song off Nashville Pussy's debut and is thus a highlight, as is the vicious 'Eye For An Eye,' also found on their debut. The two Twisted Sister covers are just kinda 'there,' the (hed)P.E. track is rap-rock nonsense, and Bile's 'In league' is grimy, repetitive industrial metal. As a whole, this disc takes me back to my freshman year of college, which I've begun to view with some fondness although it was actually a pretty unhappy time. The local AOR station had a metal show late on Saturday nights, and the host relied heavily on this soundtrack, as well as the one from Chucky 4, and the EC
I don't see what most songs have to do with the movie itself, but I remember Dee at the time saying he wanted the soundtrack to be a vehicle to promote metal. As such, this disc was, and still is, a nice sampler of where American metal was at in 1998. Remember, this was when nu-metal was just beginning to go mainstream. Wimp-rock bands like Semisonic, Marcy Playground, and Third Eye Blind ruled the airwaves, along with grunge-lite like Creed and Live. So here we have tracks by Anthrax, Megadeth, Pantera and Marilyn Manson that were available elsewhere, along with some B-sides from up-and-comers like Sevendust, Snot, Coal Chamber and System Of A Down. There's even an album track from Kid Rock, still mostly unknown but soon to be inescapable. The big attraction for old-schoolers is the new Twisted Sister song, which is anthemic and fist-pumping as you would expect, but sounds a bit dated in its surroundings (unlike Dee's solo song at the other end of the disc, which is right at home).
CD: Alice In Chains - Dirt
excellent 2nd step for ALICE IN CHAINS and the absolut success for them as it got the 4 platinum status and they became a global act!David Jerden did once more a great job and Wayne s gwriting became even mellower and darker but somehow commercial at the same time!big hits like 'would','rooster','down in a hole' and overall a classic
CD: Spitfire - First Attack
pretty good debut for SPITFIRE that could be better with another singer ,as his accent isnt the best around!classic metal/hard rock sound with remarkable guitar work and some good songs like 'lead me on','whispers' and 'walk alone'!
CD: Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
excellent release once again for the mighty DREAM THEATER ,always faithful to their sound ,approach and the most important in the same high level in terms of musicianship and songwriting!every tune stands out and the songs are well structured and performed!brilliant
CD: Manowar - Sign of the Hammer
excellent release and kinda of unique that set MANOWAR as pioneers of what we call epic metal!every tune sounds so fresh and true and the music sounds flawless !'mountains' is a great song and so are 'all men play on ten','guyana' and 'thor'!essential for heavy metal fans
CD: Jag Panzer - Dissident Alliance
From: hair metal again Date: May 9, 2019 at 13:55
very poor release for JAG PANZER choosing a much heavier direction ,but the songs are quite strange ,the voice very bad and the only thing that stands is the great guitar work!avoid
CD: Anthrax - The Greater Of Two Evils
From: CC Date: May 8, 2019 at 5:34
It's ok, and nice to hear Bush doing the classics but in no shape of form are any of these songs better than the originals. Turbin, Belladonna and Bush all had very different vocal styles which is the main reason why the albums they sung on are so different. Belladonna for instance was probably the better actual singer of the three (and my favourite too) yet when he sang songs like Metal thrashing mad live, it never quite sounded right. This being a studio recording helps, but as I said before, the originals are still better.
CD: Alice In Chains - Facelift
From: hair metal again Date: May 7, 2019 at 4:20
excellent debut for ALICE IN CHAINS ,a band that somehow started as GNR wannabees but quickly shaped their sound and attitude and as Doghouse states managed to create something new and fresh !me personally i was instantly hooked by their groove and bought the vinyl and spinned it a lot !it was a great era buying both hair metal ones and such releases together
CD: Manowar - Hail to England
unique vibe & metal attitude by MANOWAR back in 84 that set em as pioneers of epic metal!strong vocals ,intense bass lines and anthemic epic choruses and also a classic artwork!'blood of my enemies','each dawn i die','army of immortals ' are classics indeed
CD: Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
From: CC Date: May 1, 2019 at 19:29
Anthrax are more famous for their albums with Joey on vocals and then with John replacing him, but Neil kinda gets forgotten due to it being a one and done as far as albums go. Musically this is a vastly different album to the Joey albums, and is actually kinda more of a NWOBHM sounding album than a thrash album. In many ways the change from this to the likes of Spreading the disease reminds me of the change of style from the Dianno era Maiden to Dickinson. There are some good songs on this one though, but anyone buying it that has never heard it before should at least be aware that this is not the Anthrax they are used to.
CD: Anthrax - State of Euphoria
My first Anthrax album and still my favourite. Some great songs such as their cover of Antisocial, Now its dark, Be all end all, Out of sight out of mind and Make me laugh. Really do not get why this gets so much hate.
CD: Dream Theater - Octavarium
From: hair metal again Date: April 24, 2019 at 8:50
very good release once again by the mighty DREAM THEATER , in their usual prog metal path with strong melodic lines and amazing musicianship!those elements are present but the hooks and the songs could be better !great band but they just cant reach the heights of the 90s
CD: Dream Theater - Train of Thought
excellent release once again by the mighty DREAM THEATER with its sound being near the Metropolis but even more darker and mellower!the musicianship and production is as expected in the highest level and all DT fans should be happy!cant go wrong with those guys
CD: Manowar - Battle Hymns
very good debut for MANOWAR showing that they re unique in what they do and as i read before they liked pushing things to the extreme!raw and plain in musicianship ,it makes the perfect sound to Eric Adams to introduce himself to the masses!some classics here like 'battle hymn' and 'metal daze'
CD: Icarus Witch - Rise
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: April 14, 2019 at 15:12
The on-again off-again Icarus Witch are on again, with two members from the Songs For The Lost lineup (the only other disc I own from the band). I remember reading that Quinn Lukas had put the band on hold while he completed his degree in mortuary studies. Anyway, I keep thinking Christopher Shaner was in at least one other band whose name we would recognize, but can't think who offhand (want to say it was not a traditional metal band like IW). On Rise, the sound is a bit more modern, a little more commercial, although the band's roots are still clearly in the '80's. It's almost like they're making a muted attempt to get on the radio ('New Revolution' is a big anthem), but it obviously didn't happen. Nothing wrong with the songs or the performances, and Shaner is actually an upgrade over Matthew Bizilia, but ... I dunno, they sound like what they are: a fairly nondescript, Rust Belt power-metal band. They're just kinda 'there.'
CD: Icarus Witch - Songs For The Lost
Pittsburgh's Icarus Witch have gone through a lot of lineup and style changes over the years, but are best known as a meat-and-potatoes American power-metal band. That's the sound you get on Songs For The Lost. I hear a lot of Metal Church (Mike Howe and Ronny Munro eras), and maybe bands like Leatherwolf. Too heavy to be pop-metal, yet generally tooo slow to be thrash. The production is crisp and modern, but the music is pretty '80's. This is the sort of band who doesn't find anything cheesy about doing a song based on an Edgar Allan Poe story. 'Mirror Mirror' is a Def Leppard cover (ever notice how few of those there are?). This is a perfectly adequate band and CD, but I can't say a lot of it stuck with me.
yes that song is pretty good ,but the rest of the covers is totally useless!the DREAM THEATER quality is here,the musicianship is excellent and the production is very very good!recommended just for the DM song
CD: UDO - Holy
From: hair metal again Date: March 29, 2019 at 7:05
another good one for U.D.O. in his own heavy metal path ,always straight ,raw,guitar driven and anthemic!never disappoints ,always delivering the goods for so many years !
CD: UDO - Decadent
very good release as usual for U.D.O. with a fine clear production ,remarkable guitar work by that duo and strong songs that will satisfy all fans!'speeder','house of fake','untouchable' are the highlights and overall its a good havit to have a new U.D.O. release every 2 or 3 years,as he always delivers
CD: Slipknot - Slipknot
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: March 27, 2019 at 22:16
Back then, Shawn Crahan was the chief spokesman for the band, a role that has since regrettably fallen to Corey Taylor. He's always shooting hiss mouth off about this, that or the other, and I've attempted to read a couple of his books. Even when I agree with him, he comes off as a blowhard who isn't nearly as clever as he thinks (in both the 'smart' and 'funny' senses of the word). A lot of his lyrics on this album are some of the most ridiculous, phony-tough-guy drivel, and he is an average singer at best, as Stone Sour has made abundantly clear. But there are moments when he sounds truly unhinged, and in the right mood, this can be affecting and cathartic. So yeah, a good disc for what it is, and quite a shock at the time of its release. You can't blame mainstream listeners, who weren't steeped in extreme metal, for thinking Slipknot were the heaviest band on earth.
Albert Mudrian dedicates quite a long passage in his book 'Choosing Death' to arguing that Slipknot qualifies as death metal. Maybe that's partly because the band helped him sell a lot of copies of Decibel magazine? You would never confuse them with Immolation, despite Paul Gray's tattoo. The hidden track 'Eeyore' is about the closest they get. Still, there's just a palpable sense that 'something is wrong with these people,' that I just never got from any other nu-metal band. More than one profile at the time took the angle of 'there's something seriously wrong in the heartland,' and you definitely get that sense listening to this album (recorded in California, not some dank basement in Iowa). There are some cool riffs buried in all the weird noise, but Joey Jordison commands a lot of attention.
CD: UDO - Steel Hammer - Live From Moscow
From: hair metal again Date: March 26, 2019 at 14:56
very good live performance for U.D.O. presenting a very solid lineup and the expected amount of energy on stage!the songs sound great and i m very satisfied that he chooses from all his discography!recommended for fans
CD: UDO - Mastercutor
yeap Rick is right here and for U.D.O. is so easy to do explosive heavy metal music!once again you know what you get with those monster riffs ,anthemic songs and these unique rough vocals!'the wrong side of midnight','walker of the dark' and 'vendetta' are the highlights!
CD: UDO - Man And Machine
very good release once again for U.D.O. as usual !same style ,same thing ,same quality with a better production this time than the recent ones and maybe a slightly more commercial edge on songs like 'dancing with an angel','silent cry','like a lion' ,but also many rockers like 'man and machine','unknown traveller','network nightmare ' and 'hard to be honest'!recommended
CD: UDO - Solid
very good release for U.D.O. once again in his own classic style with those rough vocals and guitar driven anthemic heavy metal songs!i d say that U.D.O. s music is money in the bank and you know what you gonna get always!highlights are 'two faced woman','the punisher','preachers of the night' and 'the healer'
CD: UDO - Timebomb
pretty good release for U.D.O. changing their sound towards a heavier direction that reminds me of JUDAS PRIEST s Painkiller release!heavy,raw ,strong with howling vocals and guitars ,but the songs should be better especially in the choruses!Timebomb overall a good release but somehow it seems it was made in a rush!
CD: UDO - Faceless World
a def masterpiece for U.D.O. back in 90 with a fine commercial heavy sound ,strong songs and an amazing performance by Mathias Dieth one of the best of the genre!All the songs are excellent and i was lucky enough to buy that vinyl just when it was out and spinned it many times!essential
CD: UDO - Mean Machine
first real solo release for U.D.O. and as expected an excellent one with Matthias shining with his shreding !anthemic songs,howling guitars and a great performance is offered here with highlights being the 'painted love','don t look back','sweet little child' and 'we re history'
CD: Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
From: hair metal again Date: February 20, 2019 at 9:18
pretty good release for the mighty DREAM THEATER somehow returning to their 90 s sound and that shows also from the artwork!the result is ok but not outstanding mostly because of the songwriting as most of the songs dont offer big &memorable choruses !'far from heaven','beneath the surface' and 'on the backs of angels ' are the highlights for a release that will satisfy die hard fans especially with the level of musicianship
CD: Huntress - Starbound Beast
From: Doug Date: February 13, 2019 at 16:27
There is a bonus track on this one not listed above. Priest's 'Running Wild.' They do a great job on it. I also like tracks 2 and 4.
From: hair metal again Date: February 7, 2019 at 10:58
very good release for ARMORED SAINT with a slightly updated sound &approach but without losing their trademard with great guitar riffs and howling vocals!'reign of fear','last train home' ,'dropping like flies' and 'symbol of salvation' are the highlights!
CD: Lizzy Borden - Master of Disguise
From: hair metal again Date: January 31, 2019 at 5:29
sensational release for LIZZY BORDEN with a unique vibe somewhere between heavy metal&hard rock and overall creating a concept without the cliches!i believe that Lizzy reached his heights with this one and imho it remains fresh &flawless after so many years and still remember the moment i put that vinyl on the decks back in the day!essential
CD: Evergrey - The Atlantic
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: January 30, 2019 at 16:21
Also, no piano ballads. There's not a 'Closure' or a 'Missing You' to be found here, for better or worse.
The album itself is somewhat shorter than the last couple (only nine songs and a short instrumental, and only one song ('A Silent Arc') goes past seven minutes, the album itself right around 54 minutes. I thought the last couple dragged on a bit too long, particularly Hymns For The Broken. Nothing is as simplistic as the stuff on Monday Morning Apocalypse (which I enjoyed, but I know many hated it), but the songs are still fairly easy to engage with. Nothing is as immediate as 'Distance' off the last album (my favorite Evergrey song of all time), but highlights are 'A Silent Arc,' 'Weightless,' 'Currents' and 'Departure.'
To hear Tom tell it, The Atlantic is the last installment of a thematic trilogy about some shit going on in his personal life, this time out using an ocean voyage as a metaphor for leaving his wife(?) ... This is the heaviest we've heard from Evergrey in a while, and though it's not as 'busy' as the early albums, it's also proggier than we've heard in quite some time. There are some seriously grinding riffs here, like on 'Weightless' and 'A Secret Atlantis,' while songs like 'A Silent Arc' and 'Departure' throw a lot of different parts at you. As I've mentioned before, Evergrey is the power-prog band for people (like me) who normally hate power-prog. The heaviness of the music and the emotional weight, along with the themes of inner turmoil are a far cry from the typical gnomes-dancing-in-the-forest garbage like Rhapsody or Blind Guardian. Despite the volume, the atmosphere is one of late nights, dim lights, cold wind and hushed voices.
CD: Primal Fear - Apocalypse
excellent heavy metal release for PRIMAL FEAR with a massive guitar driven sound and production and songs that dont lack anything!somehow PRIMAL FEAR are an all star band with musicians of the highest level and very experienced and that shows ,as everything is performed in a fine way!'the ritual','hail to the fear','hounds of justice' are the highlights of that great heavy metal release
CD: Armored Saint - Raising Fear
From: hair metal again Date: January 2, 2019 at 12:17
excellent release once again for the SAINT in their classic way with great riffs and those passionate vocals by John !'human vulture','out on a limb' and 'isolation ' are great songs indeed!
CD: Armored Saint - Delirious Nomad
excellent oldschool heavy metal release for ARMORED SAINT under the valuable Max Norman s guidance ,delivering a commercial metal sound that i really dig!sensational vocals ,exceptional guitar work and great songs are offered like 'nervous man','long before i die' !a classic of the metal scene
CD: Hittman - Vivas Machina
very good release for HITTMAN back in 93 doing a clear commercial change ,even though they stated they didnt !!!!!!!anyway Vivas Machina is a great one with their sound being close to QUEENRYCHE s and maybe a little bit of EXTREME s more serious moments!it s a pity this album got overlooked by fans and unfortunately from the band also
CD: Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick
From: rick kerch vzla Date: December 1, 2018 at 23:42
More or less in the same line of previous releases but a more consistent though...tracks # 2,8,10,12 & 13 are the ones for me and surely for many others.70/100
CD: Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Cool and cult album by the legendary M.A....some good Death Metal songs in tracks # 4,5,6,8,10,11 & 12...if you are into this sound then this can be an essential one for you to have.70/100
CD: Cradle of Filth - Midian
From: rick kerch vzla Date: November 25, 2018 at 19:29
Not as good as the previous one but keeping the same catchy formula of featuring 'commercial' Black Metal thing all up.Tracks # 2,3,5,8,10 & 11 are the ones selected as faves.75/100 :-)
CD: Crematory - Illusions
Killer album of Gothic/Doom Metal...a raw one but with a seasoning.Tracks # 3,4,5,6,8,9 & 10 are going directly to my book of metal music eyes closed.85/100 :-)
CD: Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
Typical songs of the act in here...nothing new under the stars but to be honest is a quite pleasant release...tracks # 1,3,4,5,6,8 & 9 are mine.70/100 :-)
CD: Witchfinder General - Friends of Hell
A band that deserved more but with a little did quite a fuss in the Doom community back then.The songs for me are # 1,2,3 & 7(nice acoustic).If you are into early Black Sabbath,Saint Vitus,Solitude Aeturnus or Candlemass (just to name a few)then you must listen to this act out.60/100 :-)
CD: Motorhead - Iron Fist
After that fantastic live album came this 'Iron Fist' one.An album that continued with the same sound formula of making music as only Lemmy knew how to do.My fave song is the one that gives the title to the record...some other fine moments are # 2,3,6,8,9,10 & 12...enjoyable stuff as usual...80/100 :-)
CD: Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: November 11, 2018 at 17:40
Something of a breakthrough release for Soilwork, as the keyboards are more prominent than ever, and Speed really comes into his own--dude can straight-up sing! At the same time, the riffs are still fast and heavy, the solos blistering, and plenty of aggressive vocals (mostly more of a thrashy shout, but with smatterings of deeper death growls). The guitars have a fuller sound, not as trebly as on earlier albums. Where In Flames really tarnished their legacy by turning into the Gothenburg version of Disturbed or something, Soilwork managed to evolve with their integrity pretty much intact. The band's grasp of English is still unreliable, as a lot of the lyrics are nearly nonsensical; I have no idea what a mercury shadow is, nor a black star deceiver, but they sound cool, dammit! Anyway, to me, Natural Born Chaos is one of Soilwork's best albums, if not THE best, and shows off everything they do.
CD: Slipknot - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: October 29, 2018 at 17:31
The popular criticism of Vol. 3 is that Corey Taylor polluted the songwriting with the more mainstream sounds from his other band. And that's a valid complaint: 'Vermilion, Pt. 2' is a Stone Sour ballad in the style of 'Bother.' Several other songs seem more toned-down and straightforward, from a band who built their reputation on being over the top and out of their heads. Or maybe we were all just getting used to them by 2004, as even the more typical Slipknot ragers didn't pack the same shock and awe as earlier songs. It's hard not to see Vol. 3 as somewhat disappointing on the whole. Definitely a better album than All Hope Is Lost, but for me, the self-titled and Iowa are where it's at for this band.
CD: Angra - Fireworks
A decent album of a band that nowadays has lost that popularity of the past...well this release contains good cuts in the shape of # 1,4,5(my fave),8,9,10 & 11...enjoyable to say the least...83/100
CD: Metallica - Death Magnetic
Ummm...supposedly to be a 'back to old school Thrash' but it did not do the job at all...'Cyanide' is by far the best cut...tracks # 4,7 & 8 are also kinda good ones...nothing outta the extraordinaire to be honest...just another Metallica release.80/100.
CD: Exciter - Heavy Metal Manaic
From: hair metal again Date: October 8, 2018 at 5:09
classic debut for EXCITER back in 83,raw,strong ,heavy but imho not their best and certainly nothing blowminding!i respect that it is considered a cult release ,but i prefer their late 80 s ones!essential if you like speed music
CD: Grave Digger - Excalibur
From: rick kerch vzla Date: October 7, 2018 at 21:53
A brilliant release that contains,i dare to say,one of the best songs ever recorded by the band and that comes in the shape of 'Excalibur'...some other fine moments of pure Epic European Poerr Metal are # 4,5,8,9,10 & 12...recommended eyes closed!...85/100 :-)
CD: Overkill - Bloodletting
A typical Overkill album with a** kickin'songs all over...# 1,2,3,6,7,8,9 & 10 are the ones that go into my book of HM...enjoyable stuff.80/100
CD: Kamelot - Karma
A catchy Power Metal album!...tracks # 2,3,4,5(nice)are basically hymns of the band...track # 11 is also in my book of songs.86/100 :-)
CD: HellYeah - Blood For Blood
From: Doug Date: September 4, 2018 at 16:44
Listening to this today, man what a cool song, 'Moth' is.
CD: Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica
From: rick kerch vzla Date: August 29, 2018 at 22:15
A wonderful debut!!!...an album with plenty of catchy Power Metal songs all over it...tracks # 2,4,5,6 & 8 are my fave ones...simply recommended...88/100 :-)
CD: Rob Zombie - The Best of Rob Zombie - 20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: August 26, 2018 at 22:13
A skimpy compilations, as alll these '20th Century Masters' are. My interest in Zombie pretty much ended with the Sinister Urge, so most of the best stuff is here, although songs like 'Electric Head Pt. II' and 'Demon Speeding' are missed. But who cares, really? I have the original albums, and rarely listen anymore except La Sexorcisto.
CD: Anvil - Pounding The Pavement
We all know the fabled story of Anvil. Personally, I've never had much opportunity to listen to much of their catalog. Picked this up the other day. Not bad, kind of a poor man's Motorhead, IMHO.
CD: Jag Panzer - Thane to the Throne
From: rick kerch vzla Date: July 28, 2018 at 21:21
A very solid album in here...this legendary band always breaks it through thick and thin pretty much.'King At A Price' is by far the best cut...some other fine moments are # 1,3,6,8,9(lml),11(lml),13,15 & 17 (nice)...recommedeable stuff...85/100 :-)
CD: Stratovarius - Twilight Time
Cool album...not one of their best but acceptable though...cuts # 1,2,5 & 7 are the ones for me.70/100 :-)
CD: Judas Priest - Firepower
From: hair metal again Date: July 18, 2018 at 9:48
very very good new release for the mighty JUDAS PRIEST and all the fans will be satisfied by their energy,quality and performing after so many years around!in general it reminds me of the Painkillers days but without the perfect production and the outstanding songwriting!'firepower','spectre','evil never dies' are the highlights
CD: Judas Priest - Metal Works '73-'93
fantastic collection for JUDAS PRIEST and a great introduction to their music!so many classics,so much energy ,howling guitars & vocals , i guess heavy metal cannot get any better!essential
CD: Hittman - Hittman
From: hair metal again Date: July 9, 2018 at 10:31
superb debut for HITTMAN back in 88 that i had the pleasure of buying back in the day and enjoy it much!heavy metal music at its best with great songs ,riffs ,howling solos and the most important not big boring songs!all the songs are catchy ,with big choruses that keep the interest!essential
CD: Godsmack - When Legends Rise
From: Doug Date: June 28, 2018 at 11:59
One of my favorite albums of 2018...
CD: HellYeah - Band Of Brothers
RIP, Vinnie. Miss 'ya. This is my favorite Hellyeah album.
CD: HellYeah - HellYeah
We all love Vinnie Paul for his contributions to Pantera, but quite honestly, HellYeah has always come off as music made by and for stupid people. 'Dumb rawk' can be brilliant in its own way, but HellYeah (along with Five Finger Death Punch) just make me think of some 'roided-up jock making a drunken nuisance of himself. The kind of guy who gets mad because he doesn't understand why he's been kicked out of a bar for being an asshole, so he starts smashing shit in the parking lot. And we got two guys from Mudvayne, a band that was initially hailed for their proggy take on nu-metal, but who immediately set about dumbing down. Not enough for these two, so they joined up with a big name and started pretending to be rednecks.
CD: Killing Machine - Metalmorphosis
From: CC Date: May 14, 2018 at 12:14
This is a weird one. The only member left from the debut is guitarist, Peter Scheithauer and it shows. The debut was a decent album, if maybe a little unoriginal, but this one is almost like they are trying to copy every big metal band and see which style sticks. The opening track (same title as the opening track on the debut, but a totally different song) is a 100% Judas Priest (Painkiller era) rip off, but as you listen to the album I hear everything from Metallica to Ozzy Osbourne, to even that old water bottle blowing up maniac, Thor. It's not a bad album, but personally the debut was better, and Mike Vescera was a far superior to the guy on this album.
CD: Accept - Russian Roulette
first comment for this 80 s metal classic? well i bought this vinyl 1 or 2 years after it was released and i was thrilled by its massive sound and polished production!the songs are strong ,guitar driven but in some way they are slightly commercial and i really dig that!i love Udo s voice and those big choruses and i guess it has many similarities with the excellent Metal Heart release!all the songs are fine and especially 'it s hard to find a way','monsterman' and 'another second to be'.essential
CD: Nightwish - Century Child
From: rick kerch vzla Date: May 13, 2018 at 14:38
Nice stuff...tracks # 5,7,8 & 9 are the ones in my book of Symphonic/Melodic Metal...Tarja's superb as usual...shame she left them.82/100
very good 2nd step for the young JUDAS PRIEST somehow creating a heavier sound and those high octane vocals that led things into the heavy metal music!'victim of changes' and 'the ripper' are classics and overall an interesting album that set things for what was about later on
From: Metal T Date: May 6, 2018 at 11:29
Impressive.This thing is loaded w/ great riffs.Halford's vox are strong and the tunes themselves are memorable.IMO 'Firepower' is the best thing they've recorded since either 'Jugulator' or 'Painkiller'.Good Stuff!
CD: Vision Divine - Stream Of Consciousness
From: rick kerch vzla Date: April 30, 2018 at 23:56
'La Vita Fuge' is undoubtebly the track of this Record!!!...cuts # 7, 8 & 9 are also in my book of HM....Luppi...u simply rock...lml...80/100 :-)
CD: Masterplan - Back For My Life
A cool Ep being tracks # 1, 2, 4 & 5 (good instrumental) the ones for me.A very good Power Metal combo for sure.80/100 :-)
CD: Mastodon - Blood Mountain
I find this more easily accessible than the super-complex follow-up, Crack The Skye. But at the same time, it's faster and more progressive than The Hunter. Mastodon are a band I've listened to off and on, in the hope that I would one day finally see what all the fuss is about, and while I generally enjoy them, they would never qualify as a favorite.
I always have to laugh when I hear 'mainstream' music writers describe Mastodon as 'sludgy.' Their riffs are neither slow or (for the most part) downtuned, and the guitar tones are much cleaner than a real sludge-metal band like, say, Crowbar, or even those other critics' darlings, Queens of the Stone Age. Blood Mountain was heavy stuff at the time, at least for people who rarely ventured beyond the White Stripes or the Black Keys. That said, it is a fairly good album, with songs like 'The Wolf is Loose,' 'Crystal Skull,' 'Sleeping Giant,' 'Circle of Cysquatch' and 'Colony of Birchmen' standing out. All the instruments are very 'busy,' particular Brann Dailor's continuously tumbling drums. All the band members trade off on lead vocals, but I can't say that any of them have a particular distinctive voice. Not exactly stoner-rock, but there are some elements, like some heavily-flanged guitar here and there, and those effects-laden, spacey vocals in 'Cysquatch.'
CD: Judas Priest - Live In London
From: Doug Date: April 30, 2018 at 14:57
I saw Priest the other night, really good show. I went back and listened to this live recording with Ripper. Considering it's been 17 years now and obviously Ripper's vocals were younger, I do have to say he did a great job. Yes, he did not have the presence of Halford and some of his in-between song comments come off sounding like he is a fan, not the front man, but if just judging vocally, the guy had the chops.
CD: Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
From: hair metal again Date: April 24, 2018 at 10:05
superb heavy metal release by giants JUDAS PRIEST and a classic of the 80 s scene for sure!excellent production by Tom Allom and the band achieves a mosterous commercial heavy metal sound that i really dig!many classics here like 'freewheel burning','some heads are gonna roll','love bites','eat me alive' and Defenders Of The Faith is one f their finest moments and essential in every collection
CD: Sentinel Beast - Up from the Ashes
A decent old fashion Heavy Metal album with some touches of Thrash here and there...Debbie Gunn sounds at times like Noddy Holder of Slade fame ...tracks # 7,9,10 & 11 are the ones for me...but add to those,in a less way,tracks # 1,2 & 4...my rate is 75/100.
CD: Space Eater - Aftershock
Great album!!!...fast and mean the way thrashers like ...# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 & 9 (fave) are the ones for me.85/100
CD: Magic Kingdom - Metallic Tragedy
A great album of European Power Metal!!!...all the songs are well worth listening to...my faves are # 6,7(epic instrumental),8(solid soft),9 & 10...if you are into Kamelot,Stratovarius or even...Dream Theater! then u might like this act.85/100
A kinda commercial release but the power needed to still catch the die-hard fans' attention.'Blow Your Speakers','Carry On' & 'Violence And Bloodshed' are my fave ones and i'm sure of many as well.85/100
From: Doug Date: March 29, 2018 at 12:25
This is one solid album! Listening to it now, lovin' it.
CD: Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
From: rick kerch vzla Date: March 24, 2018 at 10:10
Brutal album!!!...tracks # 1(great!),2,3,6,7,9 & 12 are the ones in my book of metal...saying something additional about this Record is just a filler space...everything has been already said.86/100
CD: Edguy - King Of Fools
Cool Ep with that typical sound of the band...tracks #1,3 & 4 are the ones for me.60/100
CD: Dream Evil - Dragon Slayer
A good debut!!!...some guy called Gus G played here ...tracks #2,5,8 & 10 are excellent cuts of typical european Power Metal style.85/100
CD: Rhapsody - The Dark Secret
From: rick kerch vzla Date: March 24, 2018 at 9:57
An epic release of those guys as usual but kinda predictable one to be honest...tracks # 1 & 2 are the cuts that caught my attention.50/100...next please.
CD: Judas Priest - Painkiller
one of the best ever heavy metal albums for JUDAS PRIEST and i recall i was shocked back in the day when it was out, i could nt believe how good ,strong 7electric Painkiller was!bought the vinyl ,spinned it a lot and i suggest you buy that masterpiece if you havent so far!classic
A good album with two of the greatests Priest songs in it('Painkiller' & 'A Touch Of Evil')...basically the whole album is a dope of classic HM stuff...'Battle Of Hymn' is also another 'killer' cut just to name a third one well worth listening deeply.85/100
'Hey man--the new Judas Priest sounds a lot like Primal Fear!'Just kidding--I had to do it.
Jugulator has its champions, but I would have to say Firepower is the best Priest album since Painkiller, certainly if you confine the conversation to albums featuring Rob Halford. The first five tracks are all jacked out of the park, so you don't even hardly notice, and easily forgive, Halford's very sparing use of his trademark shriek. The riffs are powerful, his singing strong, and the production is crystal-cear and heavy as fuck (but it's Andy Sneap, so that's a given). Fourteen tracks is about four too many for this band, even if one ('Guardians') is just an intro/interlude, so I would lose that, as well as both the slower songs, 'Sea Of Red' and 'Rising From Ruins.' I'm having trouble recalling 'Children of the Sun' and 'Spectre' offhand, but aside from that, every other song leaves an impression, and a very positive one. Priest's days of breaking new zground or pushing boundaries are long over, but Firepower shows them sounding as confident as ever.
CD: Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus
Another cool album by this mighty band...'Orion-The Hunter' is my all time fave of them ...tracks # 1 & 5 are also in my list.80/100
CD: Symphony X - V: the New Mythology Suite
A good album that grows while it get spinned ...tracks # 3,11,& 14 are in my book of Power/Prog Metal songs.85/100
CD: Dio - Evil or Divine: Live in New York City
From: rick kerch vzla Date: March 7, 2018 at 21:36
Decent live album by the mighty Ronnie...# 1,2,4,5,9,11,12 & 15 are among my faves in here.86/100
CD: Primal Fear - Devil's Ground
Powerful release!...Ralf is undoubtebly one of the best vocalist in the Metal business...one hell of a kind!...# 1,2,3,4,8,10 & 11 are great ones for sure.86/100
CD: King Diamond - Conspiracy
Solid album by the King!...it contains some of the man's nowadays classic songs...# 1,2,3,5,6,8 & 11 are in my book of metal.83/100
CD: Mercyful Fate - In the Shadows
Another nice shot by the master KD and his combo...tracks # 1,2,4,8 & 9 are with me.80/100
CD: King Diamond - House Of God
From: rick kerch vzla Date: February 26, 2018 at 20:18
Typical album by the King of Metal,the Diamond himself...the ones for me are # 2,3,6,11 & 12...enjoyable stuff as usual.70/100
CD: Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild
Nice and catchy Power Metal release by one of the most famous and charismatic acts of the genre...tracks # 2,3,6,8 & 9 are the ones for me :-) .80/100
CD: Angra - Rebirth World Tour - Live In Sao Paulo
A very enthusiastic live release,the first one with the 'new' frontman on board Eduardo 'Edu' Falaschi...my fave ones are # 1,2,3,5,6,8(drum solo),9,11,12,14 & 15...enjoyable stuff...86/100 :-)
...and this is where all began.For me the next efforts are far better than this debut but is because undoubtebly the guys of the band started to show their music skills on the way...tracks # 4,5 & 8 are the ones for me.83/100
CD: Black Label Society - Grimmest Hits
This album is growing on me, has taken a few spins though. I like tracks, #2, #5 and #12.
CD: Judas Priest - British Steel
This is a must one for every self respected rocker out there...catchy HM songs with Halford at its highest peak along with the rest of the boys the band.Tracks # 3 & 7 are just classics of the genre and of the act of course...basically the whole release is essential.88/100 :-)
CD: Nostradameus - Hellbound
From: rick kerch vzla Date: February 9, 2018 at 20:48
This is the band's best effort to me...tracks # 5,6,7,8,9 & 10 are pure example of how to create powerful songs but with the essence of the commerciality in the making ...86/100
CD: Nostradameus - Words Of Nostradameus
Decent debut album of the typical European Power Metal genre...tracks # 5(solid ballad),7 & 11 are the ones for me outta this release.83/100
CD: Nostradameus - Prophet of Evil
An album that grows in attraction while it gets its spinning ...'Murder' is my fave song and probably is one of the band's best cut...another goodies are # 8,9,10 & 11...enjoyable stuff...85/100
CD: Iron Savior - Battering Ram
A good album that sounds ala Primal Fear here & there... 'H. M. Powered Man' funny title but my fave one though ...tracks #1,2,3,4,6 & 9 are also in my book of metal.85/100
CD: Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder
Powerful yet very catchy songs all over ...the ones for me are # 1,2,3,6,7(nice),9 & 11...enjoyable stuff indeed if you like the commercial side of Power Metal.85/100
CD: Motorhead - Overnight Sensation
From: Doghouse Reilly Date: February 5, 2018 at 19:21
All the best Motorhead albums have a few surprises lurking, and here we have 'I Don't Believe A Word,' a semi-ballad featuring heavy, plodding bass in place of any wimpy guitar shimmer; 'Shake The World,' a slow blues making unlikely use of double-bass drumming, and 'Listen To Your Heart,' which does feature acoustic guitar, but in a hard-strummed, foot-tapping uptempo way to go along with Lemmy's more clean-sung vocals. These songs, if not necessarily highlights, keep the album varied, and point up the more traditional Motorhead-ness of songs like 'Civil War' and 'Murder Show.' It all just makes for an incredibly strong, well-rounded disc. Also of note, Lemmy's lyrics are somewhat less sex-crazed and more concerned with his cynical, even bleak worldview.
Another great album from the other great three-man lineup of Motorhead, their longest-lasting configuration as well. At this point, while the beats-per-minute are still frequently right up there with the early days, to the trained ear the sense of unhinged, half-mad velocity is missing, replaced with ruthless, machinelike precision. Such is the cost of the upgrade in musical ability of Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell. So there's a bit of a different feel to these later albums, but there's no denying the band has put out some of its best work ever since 1993. Overnight Sensation is an exceptionally strong release, even for Motorhead. After a solid but somewhat rote first track, highlights galore: 'Crazy Like A Fox' (because a harmonica solo makes anything cooler!), the hard stomp of the title track and 'Broken,' the breakneck 'Eat The Gun,' 'Them Not Me' and 'Murder Show,' and the more mid-paced, sneering 'Love Can't Buy You Money.'
CD: Motorhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
Live albums simply did not sound like this in 1981. No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (none of whicch was recorded at the Hammersmith) is raw and wild and frightfully loud for its time, yet it still sounds zgreat, not like a bootleg or some poorly-recorded noise like Husker Du's Louder! Faster (which might be its closest comparison in some ways). Andd this version of 'Motorhead' the song thoroughly crushes both the Hawkwind original (of course) and the studio version from the '77 self-titled debut.
Final release with Fast Eddie Clarke on guitar. He also produces, and then bails two dates into the ensuing tour. Iron Fist for some reason gets a bad rap, maybe just because it comes after Ace Of Spades, admittedly a hard act to follow. It's still a solid 8.5 or 9, though; it's better and jmore consistent than the more often hailed Bomber, to my ears. All songs are prime Motorhead in the classic, nearly-out-of-control style of the period. The title tack is, of course, an all-time classic, with other favorites being 'Heart Of Stone,' 'I'm The Doctor,' 'Go To Hell,' the final four tracks. The stumbling block is the production, which starts out great, but for some reason falls off in the late going, particularly in the drum department. By the time we get to '(Don't Need) Religion,' the thump is gone, replaced by a distant tapping.
CD: Motorhead - Bomber
Sandwiched between two albums that are perfect 10's, Bomber is more of a 7.5. And that comes down entirely to the quality of the songs. Even Lemmy admitted there were 'a couple of naff tracks.' And there are: 'Talking Head,' 'Sweet Revenge,' 'Lawman,' and maybe 'Step Down' is a good song, but I don't want to hear anybody but Lemmy sing a Motorhead song. The all-time classics heere are 'Dead Men Tell NNo Tales,' 'Stone Dead Forever,' 'All The Aces' and of course 'Bomber.'
CD: Motorhead - Overkill
Nearly on the same level as Ace of Spades among early Motorhead albums, Overkill is where they first truly embraced the speed for which they would become synonymous. Nothing outside of hardcore punk and sometimes Judas Priest was as fast as the title track in 1979. Then you get the salute to '50's rock in 'I Won't Pay Your Price,' the ZZ Top-on-crank boogie of 'No Class' and 'Damage Case,' and a trove of other delights. The only thing holding this album back from fully challenging Ace Of Spades is that the production isn't as strong. Philthy's intro to 'Overkill' doesn't sound as powerful as it should and the tradeoff in Lemmy's bass is that, the more guitar-like it sounds, the less bottom-end you get.
CD: Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
My special favorites are the title track, 'Love Me Like A Reptile,' 'Live To Win,' 'Fire Fire,' 'Dance,' 'The Chase ...' and 'The Hammer.' On the whole, Ace Of Spades is entirely deserving of its legendary status and its perch atop the Motorhead catalog.
Let's stop all the revisionist history already: I know Lemmy was (I started to type 'is'--sniff!) sick of 'Ace Of Spades' the song, and doesn't get why it, among all the others, should be the one Motorhead song that fans have chosen to elevate above all others. And yes, the band would grow more technically proficient and go on to release some absolute corkers, especially post-Bastards. But let's all agree that Ace Of Spades is the best album from the early, classic period. There's just something so reckless about the speed and volume and attitude that doesn't come across on later albums. Songs like the title track, 'Fire Fire' and 'The Hammer' just roar like a runaway truck. What passes for slow ('The Chase Is Better Than The Catch') is what most bands of the time would call normal. And the songs themselves are perfectly imperfect, not a bad one in the bunch. The production might lack the steamrolling power of future albums, but is about as heavy and loud as you could expect in 1980. O
CD: Burning Point - Feeding The Flames
From: rick kerch vzla Date: January 29, 2018 at 20:21
A solid album that grows while you listen to it.Tracks # 1,2,5,6,7,8,11 & 12 are the ones for me.80/100 :-)
CD: Cannibal Corpse - Live Cannibalism
A brutal live release by this legendary Death Metal act...tracks # 1,5,7,10,11,12,13,15,16,17 & 18 are straight to your face kicking a** songs.70/100
CD: Freedom Call - Eternity
A fine release by this very catchy power metal band ...'Warriors' is my fave song but some other relevant moments are tracks # 2,5(nice),8(nice),9 & 11(nice).75/100
CD: Motorhead - Hammered
Another of Lemmy & Co.'s better latter-day albums, the songs just having that extra bit of Motormagic and only a couple by-the-numbers slackers. A thick, heavy sound (even more so than usual) aided by drop-tuning the guitars, and Lemmy at his black-hearted best, culminating with the utterly chilling spoken-word 'Serial Killer' (and it's the Grim Reaper he's talking about, not any human butcher). Don't have the two bonus tracks, don't care about 'em.


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Wisconsin high schoolers busted for performing Nazi salute in class photo will receive no punishment from school district /
Wisconsin high schoolers busted for performing Nazi salute in class photo will receive no punishment from school district
Marissa Higgins
Earlier this month, a prom photo went absolutely viral on Twitter and, sadly, it was far from cute or heartwarming. In a photo reportedly taken last spring, dozens of male high schoolers give what appears to be a Nazi salute while standing on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse on their prom day. The photo was posted to Twitter, where it unsurprisingly went viral, and the Baraboo school district promised to investigate the situation.
Now, according to the State Journal, Baraboo Superintendent Lori Mueller said the district is not in a position to punish students, as they are protected by the First Amendment. In a letter sent to parents on Wednesday, she also says that officials cannot know the "intentions in the hearts" of the students in the photo.
Of course, many feel that actions speak louder than words. And, well, the actions shown in that photo say a whole lot, regardless of the "intentions" in anyone's heart.
One student in the photo, who did not raise his hand in the traditional Nazi salute, gave a statement to Jules Suzdaltsev, the journalist who first picked up the story:
I spoke with the only student who is visibly not comfortable with the "salute", he provided this statement. pic.twitter.com/HbNBc8xLOK
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) November 12, 2018
Eventually, the photographer, later identified as Peter Gust, said he asked the boys to wave goodbye to their parents, which is an obvious contradiction of the student's statement on the events.
One student who also did not make the traditional Sieg Heil instead did an "OK" symbol commonly associated with the alt-right. He uses his index finger and thumb to create the " OK" sign, which is clearly visible, as he is right in the front row.
When the image went viral, the school district and the local police both promised investigations:
The Baraboo School District sent the following letter to parents this morning in response to a photo circulating on… https://t.co/jg6WE69Qix
— School District of Baraboo (@School District of Baraboo)1542039601.0
The Baraboo Police Department is aware of a controversial photo of a group of high school students that has been po… https://t.co/cRWieXXHK5
— Baraboo PD (@Baraboo PD)1542033268.0
Mueller's recent letter to parents clarifies that while they have completed most of their investigation into the image itself, some "key details" are still unclear. What's "unclear" about dozens of high schoolers doing the Nazi salute is what now has everyone else scratching their heads.


First there was Blue. She came to us from the great blue, the wild blue, as blue as Lightin' Slim, singing pigeon blues, not Rooster Blues.
She came on banded foot, born of two other Blues who gave our Blue her azul feathers and fuchsia feet … in a lineage that swept back through the blueness of her grandparents and past the great grandparents before them. They all commanded the skies and taught Blue, through genes and ingenuity, to carry on forward when the color of blue left her own skies.
She landed more than a decade after her wings first launched into flight, a decade after the first time she was jostled in a racing cage to places unknown, then sprung from the box to somehow find her own way home. A decade after all that, she landed hungry, tired, and lost — lost for whom or what we can never know. The only tie to her bloodline was etched in black and white around her ankle where the band scraped her aged skin. It revealed nothing more than a number no longer traceable to anyone or anything.
Blue arrived with maladies so we gave her medicine.
She slept by me while I wrote my papers, and watched me with the soulfulness of all who exist — viable and sentient.
She bathed in the sacred waters of her plastic tub.
One day, we decided to cut her free from her banded history once and for all. The vet said to Blue, "you are the most muscular bird I've ever held." She was — incredibly muscular and strong as racers are bred to be. "We're taking off these slave bracelets right now," the vet added. Then with a gentle snap of her tools, she removed forever the human mandates from Blue's avian life. We brought her home where for hours, she marched and lifted and preened her ankles. I knew, as well as any of us can know, that she felt just right again.
Blue could now be her blueness. But what does that mean for one of ancient blood, destined to flock and fly and be free, but now facing life alone and vulnerable and domesticated?
The answer came in the color White. White, a "he," was as destitute as Blue had been and even more so. He was kept in a cage on wheels with a name tag that said "Snowflake" and with a bloody mess of a hawk hit on his breast. The shelter workers pushed Snowflake and his cage on that wheeled tray into the hallway when they disinfected his bird room and cleaned his wounds. And they put up a sign, hoping that someone who loved the Blues and Whites of the world would see it — that here was a Snowflake in need of home, heart and healing.
One of my friends is just such a person and much, much more. She can almost hear the silent, cosmic cries of needy birds — and it was because of her that White found himself with our Blue.
In the sacred waters of her plastic tub.
And then, in the nest box we set up with fleeces, which White decorated on his own with tobacco twigs and coffee stir sticks we'd leave out for him to find.
In fact, White became a master builder of artistic dimensions with those stir sticks. Loyally, Blue sat on the pile of sticks no matter how high it grew, and I thought she was like the Princess and the Pea in reverse — that she could feel something soft and fleecy under the hard edges of White's construction.
In rescue, it's a sad thing for the birds and an often heartbreaking task for the caretakers, that the real eggs are replaced with wooden replicas to spare even more unwanted birds from being born. The birds sit on the wooden eggs with dedication and purpose, but those eggs never hatch.
When that day of recognition would come for Blue and White, I'd see Blue slough off the role of incubator, rise up from her month-long sit, stretch her wings and then resume the routine all over again when next eggs came around.
In the nesting box below, White also included a clothespin, some hay stems, and a plastic tie wrap he found somewhere. You can see how pigeons get themselves in trouble and entangled around the ankles when you watch them scout for nesting materials.
Blue and White were now bonded in cycles that only pigeons can know. They became inseparable … except for those times when White preferred his own reflection to Blue's elegant allure. We forgave White his moments as Narcissus, seeing as how he was a youthful one year to Blue's saucy ten.
Blue was no longer attentive to my deadlines. She had eyes only for White and he for her. When I say inseparable, I mean a shadow and reflection, a George and a Gracie … a Blue and a White in perfect symbiosis and contrast.
We finally mustered the resolve to take White in to have his double bands removed as well. Neither Blue nor White relished the carrier nor the car nor the vet, but we couldn't stand to see him pick at the bracelets he couldn't remove on his own. White's bands didn't snap off as easily as Blue's did. One was plastic fused to metal and pressed so tightly to his skin that removal was hazardous to his leg.
But once again, our vet, with extra care, freed this bird from the sentence he no longer had to serve.
And White, too, just like Blue, spent the hours late into evening, marching, lifting and preening those ankles — skin now feeling a gentle beak and fresh air for the first time since White was banded as a baby.
He just couldn't look anything but starry and dreamy.
Blue and White moved to a bountiful flight aviary in Northern California, with grape vines growing inside in which Diamond doves nested. It was decked with swinging branches to perch on, baths made of stone and 50 pound bags of feed. The two of them shared this world with a few rescued King Pigeons and ducks, and they remained inseparable, just as they'd been, until the day this past year when Blue became ill. We hoped to heal her but it was cancer gone horribly aggressive. So, with the help of a vet, Blue fell into her last sleep under the care of the person who gave her that aviary paradise, the warm Delta winds, California sunshine and grape vines.
I cried many days after I first dropped Blue and White at their new aviary home, the loss felt immense. And, those tears gushed again when Blue died — that transcendent little spirit in feathered azul.
What I didn't know until after the fact was that Blue managed to leave behind a little Blue-and-White surprise. Two little Blue-and-White surprises, actually.
Our bonded duo had cleverly stashed their eggs behind a food bin so as to avoid detection. Then, when a substitute caretaker was in the house, a caretaker who didn't know all of their Blue and White secrets, they managed to incubate those eggs to hatching. And as a consequence, they bred two healthy babies made of Blue … and made of White.
There was recognition — but simultaneous trepidation. He didn't know what it meant that I was there and he didn't want to find out. This was one of the only in-focus shots I snapped of him as he raced out of arm's reach and back to shelter.
Lazing on a swinging perch was one of White's progeny, gazing at me with the look of the ancients … carried down from the parents of Blue and her grandparents, and the parents of White and his grandparents. Little Blue-and-White was a blend of Blue and White so perfect as to be a living continuity of her mother.
Later, inside the nesting shed, I found the two of Blue's babies together … taut and muscular like their dear old mum, with the spirited eye of their dad.
I suspect that like many first-generation kids of true survivors, these two can't fully grasp what an arduous road it was for Blue and White, from their breeding boxes, and forced separations, the hundred-mile flights and raptor injuries, until finally blown off course into the unknown. But, I'm sure they carry with them some innate spark of genes and ingenuity that Blue and White were handed themselves, a spark that connects them always to the birds they are — through the generations of birds they never knew.
I thank Blue (our dear sweet late Chauncey, about whom I've written before) … and White (our beloved Clive) … with all of my heart … for connecting the two of us in a most poignant and unforgettable way to this existence outside our own. We will be forever cognizant, careful and compassionate about the lives of birds in their individual greatness, and in their shared magic as citizens of the grand and spectacular avian nation.
In memoriam for Chauncey (Blue), and with love for her mate Clive (White) — two extraordinary birds you've met here before.
Ingrid, this is beautiful, and I love the how you made the icon of the pigeon in plain white for 'Pigeon Rescue Org'. This is such a heartbreaking story. Thanks for sharing it.
Maria, these two pigeons are among the reasons I think the common are gateway birds, as I've mentioned before. However a person gains their knowledge, appreciation and love for wildlife is critical. And often it's through the most accessible birds … ones often overlooked but who are interesting in their own right once more closely observed and known.
A beautiful tale indeed Ingrid. Thank you for bringing this hidden reality to our attention. The birds are gorgeous and I love your new "large screen" blog theme!
I know full well (as we've discussed previously) just how bonded one can become with pigeons. It's been just over 50 years since I had my own birds as a young teenager and the memories are still fresh. And sweet. A beautifully written tribute, Ingrid.
Ron, there were a few lingering emotions about those two for me … all of which came to fruition in their youngsters. I thought I might as well lay out the story in a slightly different way, and bring it to its sweet conclusion this time.
Ingrid, this is such a beautifully written tribute.
🙂 I so often wished I was photographing them in beautiful light. I was always shooting at ISOs that taxed the capabilities of my little E-3.
Our little flyer friends remain forever in our hearts . . .
Hugh, it's impossible to see pigeons as anything but marvelous once you've learned their ways.
So beautiful – the words and the pictures both. Thank you Ingrid.
Thanks for the kind comment, Martha.
I love to pass pigeons when walking downtown. I love to feed pigeons in the grocery store parking lot. I love to speak to pigeons when I see them alighting on neighbors' walls and arbors. And I love to imagine the day when Pennsylvania's shameful pigeon shoots will be a relic of a dying barbaric past.
Thanking you for the love and beauty through tears this beautiful story sparked.
Ingrid, I'm not surprised at our synchronicity but truly delighted. I'm quite taken by your writing (as I keep saying :') but when I reached out to you for Project Coyote I didn't realize that we also shared a love of these animals, too. I'm quite involved with Elizabeth and MickaCoo, and have rescued doves of my own. I've seen your stunning image used by MickaCoo and always wondered about its origin.
Coyotes, pigeons, starlings… are some of the most honorable souls I've ever known. I'm all for the underdogs of the world, for they have the fiercest hearts of all. And their champions, my closest friends, all share their qualities. I truly am delighted to meet you tho it seems it was inevitable.
Gina, thank you … and I share your delight. I linked out to your "Wild Sound Stories" website and there's a tiny bit of serendipity there. Last week, I cracked the cover (well, the Kindle cover) of David Rothenberg's "Bug Music: How Insects Gave us Rhythm and Noise." I got interested in acoustic ecology a few years back when I interviewed a filmmaker who did a documentary on Bay Area sound artists. My interest is sporadic, though, too diversified as I am these days. I spent a bit of time exploring at Wild Sound Stories with interest. I saw that Trish Carney is affiliated — she of bobcat fame.
On the subject of underdogs, I couldn't agree more. I've run into resistance in some of my circles, for my appreciation of the "non-native" species. I've said more than once that many have tried (and failed) to persuade me otherwise. It's just that, for better and worse, I can't find it in me to turn my heart on and off based on a species designation. I suspect life might be a tad easier if I could. Alas, I long ago gave up on the idea of an easy life. And in that context, the underdogs, as you suggest, are the most vivid illustrations of what it means to overcome adversity in this world.
Now I know why I feel fiercely protective toward underdogs — coyote, pigeons, starlings, as well as rats and cockroaches and so-called vermin and pests. Because my heart, like yours Ingrid (and Gina), goes out to those who are vilified, persecuted, and, yes, murdered simply because they are too "common" in number or too "plain" in coloring or too "ugly" in overall appearance.
While I understand why there are organizations devoted to saving endangered species and am grateful for them, I will not differentiate between those animals and all others when it comes to everyone's intrinsic value, individual virtues, and sacred right-to-life. We are each here on earth to bless one another. Sometimes finding the inherent good in a member of a so-called "trash" species isn't easy, but that's how we learn to expand our hearts and grow in grace.
I identify with your feelings. As a kid I used to love insects, earthworms, and precisely what you describe here as the 'plain' and 'ugly' underdogs. This made me struggle a little bit more 'to fit in' with the crowd. But even as an adult people still don't understand why I will not kill a spider or step on a roach. I feel it as spiritually evolving and going back to the primal instincts which links us precisely with all these 'underdogs' and 'pests', yet our egos takes us hostage in the human empire so we civilise and behave. So the facade is our armour to justify the prejudice, fear and annihilation. The everyday question of how much human facade has one witnessed in a day's journey is the potpourri of human dilemmas which society nourishes and strives to maintain in a nucleus of its own. Meanwhile on the outside, the vermin and pests reproduce and unite to have a fest, while we by the laws of gravity begin to decay and lose this facade, precisely to meet with them once again, and reconcile.
Now that's a fascinating way of looking at our affection for the underdogs, Maria. I like the way you put it here: " . . . our egos take us hostage in the human empire, so we civilise and behave." Also, " . . . the facade is our armour to justify the prejudice, fear and annihilation." Yes, our crumbling armour — a vain defense. Vain in both senses of the word: futile and narcissistic. Interesting how much might there is, by contrast, in meekness. .
Thanks CQ. And I so much enjoy writing this and sharing it with persons such as you and other participants who share my views and understand what I mean.
Although vermin and pests continue to be controlled in masses and mortify humans, they still rule the world, and we tend to think otherwise.


Awakening is not a thing. It is not a goal, not a concept. It is not something to be attained. It is a metamorphosis. If the caterpillar thinks about the butterfly it is to become, saying 'And then I shall have wings and antennae,' there will never be a butterfly. The caterpillar must accept its own disappearance in its transformation. When the marvelous butterfly takes wing, nothing of the caterpillar remains.
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Bickford Oak Woods, Bickford Line and Highway 40 an Bickford Line 40 Kilometres south of Sarnia, Ontario.
This 308 ha woodlot was the largest privately owned wooded land in Lambton Co. In 2002, it was purchased by the Nature Conservancy of Canada and turned over to the Ministry of Natural Resources to operate as a conservation reserve. It has hosted uncommon birds such as Cerulean Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, and possibly Hooded Warbler. Beaver also live there. A Great Blue heronry is situated there also. A stand of Swamp Cottonwood trees exists in the woods, and is the only record of this species for Canada. It was found in the summer of 2002. No ATV activity is allowed now. Trails and access points may be developed in the future for hiking and educational purposes.


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What are the symptoms of knee ligament injuries?
January 4, 2020 /in Knee, Knee Injuries /by nmortho
What are knee ligament injuries?
Knee ligaments are the short bands of tough, flexible connective tissue that hold the knee together. Knee ligament injuries can be caused by trauma, such as a car accident. Or they can be caused by sports injuries. An example is a twisting knee injury in basketball or skiing.
The knee has 4 major ligaments. Ligaments connect bones to each other. They give the joint stability and strength. The 4 knee ligaments connect the thighbone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia). They are:
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). This ligament is in the center of the knee. It controls rotation and forward movement of the shin bone.
Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). This ligament is in the back of the knee. It controls backward movement of the shin bone.
Medial collateral ligament (MCL). This ligament gives stability to the inner knee.
Lateral collateral ligament (LCL). This ligament gives stability to the outer knee.
What causes knee ligament injuries?
Cruciate ligaments
The ACL is one of the most common ligaments to be injured. The ACL is often stretched or torn during a sudden twisting motion. This is when the feet stay planted one way, but the knees turn the other way. Slowing down while running or landing from a jump incorrectly can cause ACL injuries. Skiing, basketball, and football are sports that have a higher risk for ACL injuries.
The PCL is also a common ligament to become injured in the knee. But a PCL injury usually occurs with sudden, direct hit, such as in a car accident or during a football tackle.
Collateral ligaments
The MCL is injured more often than the LCL. Stretch and tear injuries to the collateral ligaments are usually caused by a blow to the outer side of the knee. This can happen when playing hockey or football.
Cruciate injury
A cruciate ligament injury often causes pain. Often you may hear a popping sound when the injury happens. Then your buckles when you try to stand on it. The knee also swells. You also are not able to move your knee as you normally would. You may also pain along the joint and pain when walking.
The symptoms of a cruciate ligament injury may seem like other health conditions. Always see your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Collateral ligament injury
An injury to the collateral ligament also causes the knee to pop and buckle. It also causes pain and swelling. Often you will have pain at the sides of the knee and swelling over the injury site. If it is an MCL injury, the pain is on the inside of the knee. An LCL injury may cause pain on the outside of the knee. The knee will also feel unstable, like it is going to give way.
How are knee ligament injuries diagnosed?
Your healthcare provider will ask you have your health history and do a physical exam. You may also needs one or more of these tests:
X-ray. This imaging test can rule out an injury to bone instead of a ligament injury. It uses energy beams to make images of internal tissues, bones, and organs on film.
MRI. This test uses large magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make detailed images of organs and structures within the body. It can often find damage or disease in bones and a surrounding ligament, tendon, or muscle.
Arthroscopy. This procedure is used to diagnose and treat joint problems. The healthcare provider uses a small, lighted tube (arthroscope) put into the joint through a small cut (incision). Images of the inside of the joint can be seen a screen. The procedure can assess joint problems, find bone diseases and tumors, and find the cause of bone pain and inflammation.
How are knee ligament injuries treated?
Treatment will depend on your symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is.
Treatment may include:
Pain medicine such as ibuprofen
Muscle-strengthening exercises
Protective knee brace
Ice pack to ease swelling
Key points about knee ligament injuries
Knee ligaments are the short bands of elastic tissue that holds the knee together. There are 4 main ligaments in each knee.
Knee ligament injuries can be cause by trauma, such as a car accident. Or they can by caused by sports injuries.
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most common ligaments to be injured.
Treatment may include medicine, muscle-strengthening exercises, a knee brace, or surgery.
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Because our team of highly-trained physicians specialize in various aspects of the musculoskeletal system, our practice has the capacity to treat any orthopaedic condition, and offer related support services, such as physical therapy, WorkLink and much more.
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Tertius e caelo cecidit Cato: celeberrima sentenza di Giovenale (Sat. 2.40) la cui traduzione: "Ci è caduto dal cielo un terzo Catone" si commenta quasi da sola.

Catone il Censore per la sua rigidezza dei costumi divenne a buona ragione l'epitome della figura del censore della Repubblica romana e il custode del mos maiorum (i costumi degli Antichi).

Il nipote Catone l'Uticense cercava, senza peraltro possederne le stesse caratteristiche morali e intellettuali, di copiare il celebre nonno nel (ri)condurre la società romana del I secolo a.C. a costumi più morigerati.

In special modo i tentativi del secondo Catone, che viveva all'interno di forze sociali e politiche sempre più tese alla conquista del potere e al godimento dei sensi, suonavano inutili e perfino ridicoli. Lo stillicidio di consigli, ammonimenti, esempi di portamento e costumi moralisti, fecero di Catone Uticense una specie di macchietta dell'epoca cesariana.

Giovenale nelle sue Satire utilizza questo modo di intendere il personaggio per corrodere il prestigio di coloro i quali continuamente si atteggiavano a moralizzatori o consiglieri non richiesti: "Non bastavano due Catoni, nonno e nipote, il cielo ce ne ha inviato un terzo!

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