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1999 BMW M3 Coupe (E36), Titanium Silver Metallic, only 36,667 miles, Drivers Education (DE)/track/road car, 5-speed manual, Suspension upgrades, Big brake upgrade, Dinan chip, New OZ light-weight wheels, 1/2 roll cage, Recaro seats, 6-point harnesses, Built as a track day car, No competition driving/racing. Excellent maintenance/care.
This 1999 BMW M3 Coupe (E36) was first sold at John Roberts BMW in Dallas, Texas, July 31, 1999. In December 2004 after 11,457 miles, it was sold to the second owner in Kansas City where it accumulated another 19,000 miles. In February of 2007, owner number three (the present owner) purchased this M3 from Alandon Automotive in Kansas City, Kansas in order to build a track day/drivers education (DE) car. At the time of purchase, the M3 had 32,645 road miles on it and was in excellent condition. 4,000 miles have been added since, the majority of them being road miles.
This M3 is owned by a mature car collector and Spec Miata competitor. It has been his personal DE car used to understand vehicle dynamics and to practice controlled, safe driving in a non-competitive environment. The car has had many upgrades and parts added to it during the last three years. They have all been carefully thought out additions that make sense as a package, enhancing the driving experience and performance of the car. All engine/drivetrain additions have been bolt on only and of the highest quality/manufacturer reputation.
The end result is a well-sorted, fun to drive M3 that has had all of the right upgrades with little regard to cost. It handles, runs, and drives beautifully on the road and the track. This is not a pieced together tuner car—it is the result of a researched and mature approach to handling and performance.
The M3 is in excellent condition. It has been properly maintained without regard to expense. The interior is in very good as well, and matches the mileage of the car in terms of wear (the factory seats are no longer with the car). The exterior has been maintained to a high standard and shows well with shiny paint, very good rubber/plastic trim, and only a couple of minor stone chips.
Dinan parts:
-Cold air intake
-Stage II E36 fuel upgrade w/ twin fuel pumps
-Stage III ECU upgrade
-Strut tower brace
-Rear brace
-Front and rear sway bars: 27mm and 22mm respectively
-Exhaust system
Engine bolt-on upgrades:
-Aluminum thermostat housing and upgraded thermostat
-90mm mass airflow conversion
-Euro oil Cooler and new oil lines
-Water pump
-Stop Tech big brake kit (front) with calipers, rotors, and stainless brake lines
-Ground Control Coil Over suspension upgrade: E36 single-adjustable Koni Race shocks
-Ground Control bump stops and adjustable camber plates
-Sway bars (see: Dinan Parts, above)
-Auto Power bolt in roll bar (1/2 cage) w/ cross brace
-Recaro Pro Racer Hans XL Seats (driver and passenger)
-Schroth Quick Fit Pro 6-point harness system (driver and passenger)
-UUC short shifter (done this year)
-Fire extinguisher
-Carbon fiber wing
-OZ wheels, 17-inch (2 sets)
-Toyo Proxes R888 tires (2 sets)
-Tow hooks, front and rear
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When you start to notice an unpleasant smell in your house, it can sometimes be hard to track down where it is coming from. That makes them tough to eliminate! Here are some common offenders that might help you narrow it down.
If you notice something that smells:
- Musty or Dank. Excess moisture in your home can allow mold or mildew to form. You will want to take care of any water leaks, hang damp items to dry, etc. to keep it from forming. Another source could be exposed earth in a crawlspace or basement. Sealing the crawlspace with plastic can help. You can also use a dehumidifier to keep your humidity levels below 55%, especially in humid months.
- Stale air. Some homeowners have noticed a stale smell that was not constantly present. It actually turned out to be attic air being drawn down through their recessed lights. This type of light is notoriously leaky and can cause comfort issues for the room as well.
- Rotten Eggs. A sulfur smell in your home could be coming from a couple of sources. Sulfur is added to natural gas because it is odorless. If you smell rotten eggs in your home you should call the gas company to make sure you don't have a gas leak. Once that is ruled out, see if the smell is stronger near hot water. It could be caused by an anode rod in your hot water heater. This happens when an old tank is replaced with one with a different type of anode rod. The dynamics are kind of involved but the anode rod in the new heater is reacting with naturally occurring bacteria in the water.
- Dirty Sock. This smell can be caused by an air conditioning coil that has aluminum fins. Your HVAC contractor can safely clean your coil for you.
- Sewer. Sewer gas lives in your plumbing, which is why we have P-traps on every drain. The trap holds water, blocking the sewer gasses. If you don't use a drain very often, the water can evaporate and allow the sewer gasses to get into your home. Make sure you run water down every drain in the house once a month or so.
- Fishy. Strangely enough, this odor is usually coming from burnt wiring or something plastic that is melting. If you smell something fishy, check your outlets and light fixtures for overheating and make sure nothing plastic is too close to a heat source or light bulb.
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Authors Vickie Johnstone (author of The Kiwi Series and 3 Heads and A Tail) and David M. Brown (author of Man vs. Cat) have asked,"What would their pets really want if they could write their very own wishlist?"
If Delia could write her own wishlist, I'm sure an endless supply of teeny bouncy tennis balls would top the list….
…with squeaky stuffed toys coming in second.
Chasing balls and running with her friends at the dog park on sunny 75 degree December days would round out her list…
…ending with more naps with her best friend, Phoebe.
Sweet Pea's list would be short and well, sweet. A never ending supply of millet spray, cuttle bones and foraging boxes.
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Taking the Plunge
I have a history of being a late bloomer when it comes to new technologies and media. For years, I insisted I was too old for Facebook. Now, hardly a day goes by when I don't check my Wall at least once, appreciating how it keeps me connected with friends.
When my husband first purchased an IPhone, I insisted that a phone was just for talking with people. My resolve quickly faltered though, when I discovered how handy it was to check email, look up directions, and search for restaurants on the go.
So, when the recent announcement was made introducing Google+, I decided it was time for me to go from reluctant adopter to early adopter. To stop focusing on why something was not valuable or necessary, and to open up to the possibilities of how it might be fun or interesting.
Like blogger Becky Robinson, I worry about fitting another social network into my life. Is there room for Facebook and Google+? Does it even make sense to be active in both? Am I setting myself up for early adopter grief if I invest time and energy into creating my Google+ Circles only to have the network fail?
I have lots of questions and very few answers. But, I'm determined to enjoy the ride, no matter how long it lasts. As one of my handful of Google+ connections pointed out, we early adopters will be able to look back years from now and say, "remember when…"
In this final post for my blog project, I would like to offer sincere gratitude to all who have supported me by reading and commenting each week.
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I have enjoyed your blog. I am undecided about Google + because I don't think I have or desire the time to deal with two separate social networks. I am always behind the technological curve, so this is no surprise. Have fun
Joyce, I know we are older than some of the students but that means we come with more history and it IS harder to change! But the beauty of the communications professional (and the IMC student) is that we are curious and we can't stand to be left out! I applaud your leaps, and I am striving to do more myself! "See" you in class soon, and enjoy your break!
The initial release of most products requires a clean up effort. I believe early adopters enjoy 'tinkering' with new things and trying to make it better. Those individuals will always make time to try something new. The rest of us are satisfied with what we have and chose to spend our available time elsewhere. That is until the social pressures are great enough for us to adopt the new technology.
I too have enjoyed your posts and wish you the best! Dann
Congratulations on the transformation to early adopter! I admire early adopters because they often step out of their comfort zone and invest time and effort to find better ways of doing things. If it wasn't for early adopters, like yourself, many great ideas and inventions will either have died or taken much longer to mature. Where would Facebook, DVD players, hybrid/electric vehicles, etc, be today without the early adopters?
If Google+ has great features/usability the early adopters will evangelize it and Facebook will have competition.


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s series of monographic architecture exhibitions. These exhibitions offer the opportunity to get closer to the working process of an individual studio as well as greater understanding of how ideas become form. In accordance with the world around us, the architects of the series are interested in sustainability and political and social challenges such as climate change and overpopulation, urbanization and cultural heritage. How do intentions, expression and method play together for the individual architect? It is this question that the exhibition series intends to clarify.
Its all about the question, not the answer this is how Elemental Studios Pritzker Prize-winning founder, Alejandro Aravena, describes the core of their practice. Turning things upside-down and breaking away from common beliefs to see new but achievable possibilities has become the trademark of the studio. They are, in their own words, a do-tank and not just a think tank.
The studio initially became known for its alternative approach to social housing in Chiles slum areas. If the available financing is not enough, one has to think in terms of new solutions that do not compromise the quality of the project. In 2003, for example, Elemental built its half house for the first time: one half, the structural part, of a single-family house was built together with an empty half, to which the occupants can themselves add over time. Elemental is responsible for the complicated part of the construction work; the remainder is up to the individual family to complete freely. This allows the architects to stay within the financial framework, and give the occupants ownership of their new home. With the additions of the occupants, the value of the homes increases. The concept of the half house is based on a pragmatic reversal of the conventional order, an expanded type of user involvement that gives the future residents a voice in all stages of the process. As the beginning of a shared process, the residents are invited to build cardboard models of their future house along with the architects, who listen to their needs and absorb their knowledge. It is the residents who start the process and who finish it with the completion of the project. Process is on the whole the key to Elementals work, and it is just as important as the finished building. All processes are documented down to the smallest detail past processes are used to build up future projects.
Elemental designs many other kinds of project everything from university buildings to private dwellings. A characteristic of the studios other work is the pragmatic use of common sense and simple forms. The totality of the building arises in the work with the forces that are effective in architecture, for example when three volumes are placed one against the other in an interde¬pendence of gravity, weight and balance. It is about simplifying instead of complicating the design. Elementals work radiates an honesty that is also evident in the untreated materials the raw and the primitive make the buildings more timeless than typical of their time.
The studio has taken the increased user involvement along from the work with the half houses. They call the process WE Workshop Elemental. It is a tool that follows a particular template for the involvement of the future user, and it encompasses all stages from the client to the catering firm that is to supply lunch in the future building. This ensures that the building functions at all levels all facets of sustainability are incorporated in the studios thinking.
The structure of the exhibition
The exhibition, which is being shown in the Hall Gallery and the Column Gallery in the lower space of the museum, has been created in close collaboration with Elemental. It is built up around two site-specific installations, both testifying to the democratic approach to architecture that the studio represents: we do not need any special knowledge to understand Elementals work and their working process, we simply have to experience the architecture with our own bodies to see and sense the weight and traction that create balance between the parts of the building. Architecture is no more complicated than that but no simpler either, as Aravena explains.
The focal point for the first space of the exhibition, WHAT IS ELEMENTAL? is a large installation, a structure of counterweights in which the architecture of the museum forms an active element. The construction is all about sensing the weight, traction and balance of two large volumes. At the same time the construction is the bearer of one of Elementals most important tools, a large selection of their sketchbooks which encompasses everything from the first notes and ideas to detailed construction drawings and conceptual explanations of the design parameters of the buil¬dings. Here the visitors can use their iPads to browse and zoom through 120 books.
Under the heading THE ABC OF INCREMENTAL HOUSING, the balcony in the second space of the exhibition stages two very different fields of Elementals work. One is the social housing estates, the so-called half houses, and the studios manifesto, the ABC of incremental construction. This is unfolded in pictures, text, video and models, and describes the special expanded user involve¬ment that they practice. The second field is design objects two lamps created in collaboration with the Italian lighting and lamp firm Artemide. One of them, the Huara, takes its cue from the encounter between the only lights human beings originally had the natural ones in the sky and the latest technology. The second one, the O-lamp, inspired by the relationship between the light of the city and the light of nature, is almost invisible when not in use, and only lights up as required.
The third space, SO FAR ..., shows the second large installation of the exhibition, which is also a spatial manifestation of the main principles of Elementals architecture: the bodys direct sensation of weight, balance and gravity. Although Chile and Denmark are far apart, and between hemisphere and hemisphere there are cultural differences and different languages, our bodies experience the same in the architecture. The installation is a wordless manifestation that involves a filmed review of Elementals works viewed from above from the northern hemisphere, along with a number of the studios raw, beautiful wooden models. Also shown here is completely updated documentation of the genesis of the exhibition, which extends over a year and a half right up to the opening of the exhibition at Louisiana.
Finally, a fourth theme is shown, OPEN SOURCE DESIGN, which deals with a design object, the Silla Chair. It has been created on the basis of available principles, as a kind of open source design that can be passed on to others and improved as it goes. The chair was created when a basic design was sent off to a prison in Santiago, where the inmates could then develop the chair further. The section describes Elementals omnipresent working tool WE Workshop Elemental.
Exhibition catalogue and Louisiana Magasin no. 49
For the exhibition Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is publishing a monograph on Elemental and Alejandro Aravena in English, a richly illustrated catalogue, with an introduction by Mette Marie Kallehauge, Kjeld Kjeldsen and Poul Erik Tøjner, and an interview with Alejandro Aravena by Michael Juul Holm. The next issue of Louisiana Magasin (only in Danish), which will appear at the beginning of November, features an introduction to Elemental and a number of selected projects.
The exhibition has been organized by Louisianas curator Kjeld Kjeldsen and co-curator Mette Marie Kallehauge.
The exhibition architect is Brian Lottenburger.
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I'm not gonna lie. I was a little irritated when I found out I was going to be driving 900 miles in a V-6-powered Camaro.
I'd flown all the way to Bozeman, Montana, in early November, with the goal of driving the 2016 Chevy Camaro from there to Seattle over a two-day span. I'd walked away from a spell of 70 degree weather in NYC to deal with leaden skies, snowy ground, and temperatures floating in the mid-30s, all in order to check out the latest in American muscle cars.
And to find out that, after all that, that instead of hauling tail across three states in a 455-horsepower, eight-cylinder monster of a performance car, I'd be driving through the Rockies in what seemed like a glorified rental car? A Camaro…with the base V-6?
Well, it put me in a bit of a mood.
Two days later, however, I was anything but mad. As it turns out, even an entry-level 2016 Camaro makes for a great sports car. And believe me, the Camaro I drove was pretty darn close to entry-level.
In addition to the six-cylinder motor, it came with a manual transmission and basically zero fancy options. No leather seats, no radar cruise control, no navigation system. Apart from a couple of sporty add-ons – the aggressive RS appearance package, heavy-duty brakes, improved cooling – it was about as basic as a new Camaro can be. With a price of roughly $32,000, it was actually cheaper than the average new car sold in America.
After two days and 900 miles of driving to reflect on it, though, I found myself glad I'd been given the simplest and most basic Camaro.
See, it's pretty much a given that a muscle car with a giant V-8 is going to be a hoot to drive. But all that grin-inducing power can make up for a lot of flaws in a car. Without 445-horsepower at its disposal, my particular Camaro had to be judged based on a wider range of criteria – other than whether it could throw me back in my seat with a prod of the gas pedal.
And that's exactly what this car deserves. While you'd never guess it from the car's exterior, which goes almost criminally unchanged, the 2016 Chevy Camaro is new from stem to stern. The old chassis is long gone, replaced by an all-new platform General Motors calls "Alpha." It's shared with Cadillac's excellent ATS and CTS, giving this muscle car the solidity of a state-of-the-art luxury car.
As a result, the Camaro has an unshakable feel on the road. The chassis is stable and strong the way only true sports cars have been in the past. You can't unsettle it, unless you push it far beyond legal limits on public roads.
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The suspension rides firmly, keeping the car flat and planted through the curves without feeling race-car harsh. The only time the ride was uncomfortable was during a short trek down a washboard dirt road in the forests near Mount Rainier. To be fair, it was a road that would jostle the spine of someone driving a Jeep Wrangler.
While the V-6 is down 110-horsepower and 171 lb.-ft. of torque compared to the V-8, it proved a willing partner for ripping up the mountains and down the back roads of the West. Even loaded down with three grown men and 100-plus pounds of camera gear and luggage, the six-cylinder Camaro never felt overworked, happily ripping from a stop up to (and beyond) Montana's 80 mph highway speed limit.
The 6-speed manual transmission deserves some of the credit for making the V-6 fun to drive, too. While cars with the 8-speed automatic accelerate more quickly (and get better gas mileage, for what it's worth), the old-school stick makes working the engine incredibly entertaining.
The dual-mode performance exhaust doesn't add any power, but it certainly makes blasting through the gears more bombastic. Around town, the Camaro sounds docile as a lamb. But floor the gas, and the quad tailpipes unleash a treble yell as the tachometer swings into the fun part of the rev range. It lacks some of the baritone authority of the V-8 Camaro, but it's still intoxicating and the best six-cylinder exhaust sound this side of a Jaguar F-Type.
Technically speaking, the V-6 engine is an option on the Camaro, because true entry-level models receive a turbocharged four-cylinder, but those won't go on sale for several months. It's the exact opposite of the way the Camaro's chief rival positions its two less-expensive engine. On the Mustang, the V-6 is the basic powertrain, while the turbocharged EcoBoost inline-four serves as the midrange motor.
Compared to the Camaro's smoothly-accelerating V6 – which, like the chassis, is also shared with the Cadillac ATS and CTS – the Mustang's big turbo comes on like an afterburner. The EcoBoost is more fun at first, though if I had to choose one to live with for years, I'd probably take the Camaro.
Inside, the sixth-generation Camaro is a much more pleasant place to be than its predecessor. Sitting in the driver's seat no longer feels like steering the USS Monitor into battle, the sight lines have been greatly improved and more natural light pours into the interior. Even my entry-level 1LT Camaro felt every bit worth the money, the interior trim was pleasant to the touch, and the gray cloth seats were comfy after 10 hours of driving.
Even the cheapest Camaro comes with a seven-inch touch screen display for the infotainment system. While it may not have navigation, this standard system does let you link up to your iPhone's Maps app via Apple CarPlay (which is even better!). The system is a little finicky, though. Occasionally, the car and my phone would stop talking to one another, forcing me to restart either the iPhone, or the Camaro. All in all, I never felt shortchanged by the cabin.
I didn't feel shortchanged walking up to the car, either. From the outside, it's almost impossible to tell a Camaro RS from a Camaro SS; the former has vertical daytime running lights instead of horizontal ones and a slightly different set of front air intakes. Otherwise, it's hard even for total car nerds (like yours truly) to tell them apart.
If the new Camaro has a weak spot, it's that exterior. It's not ugly, far from it. It just it looks too much like the car it's replacing. Sure, it's an improved version of the same look – this sixth-generation car is more creased and muscular, all its baby fat burned away to reveal the strength beneath. Yet compared to the sea change between any two previous generations of Camaro, the 2015 and 2016 models might as well be identical.
Considering that the car has been dramatically improved in every way, leaving the looks almost untouched seems like a shame. Apparently, I'm in the minority. Chevrolet says they consulted with legions of Camaro owners while designing the new car and a resounding majority of them said to leave the car's looks alone. So they did.
Instead, the bulk of Chevy's energy went into turning the Camaro into a world-class sports car, even when there isn't a V-8 under the hood.
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Take my life and take my soul
Put me on the cross for all to see
Put my name around my neck
Let those people throw stones at me
This is serious business: sex and violence and rock and roll
- John Mellencamp, "Serious Business"
- How about just the simple question—— what is music? You hardly have to go far to see people denouncing 'experimental' music as not music at all. It doesn't even need to be as extreme as free jazz or contemporary classical music; people who frequently say this about music they just "don't enjoy" (hip hop being a frequent victim of this—— though more pretentious music fans will toss this at radio pop). Hip-Hop is the most frequent target of this accusation. Unsurprisingly, a large portion of said accusers are either admitted or effectively affirmed racists. The one's who aren't usually have reasons that are almost as absurd.
- The voice synthesizing software Vocaloid and its characters. The only thing canon about the Vocaloid universe by Word of God is the character names, designs, and voice banks, but the Fanon is quite firmly rooted, to the point where one thing that was officially canon got retracted because of fan outcry. The software and the fandom it spawned has inspired countless songs, and those songs have inspired a stage play, a musical (inspired by only a single song, mind you), and an anime. The flagship character, Miku Hatsune, is a bona fide Virtual Celebrity, complete with an album reaching # 2 on Japanese charts. She also gave a live concert (as a hologram, backed by live human musicians), and her version of the software has also been installed in a Japanese gynoid.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic's version of "Trapped in the Closet," "Trapped In The Drive-Thru", is a ten-minute long song about a husband and wife going to a drive-thru, ordering their food, and paying for it. It includes moments where the wife asks for a chicken sandwich (instead of her usual cheeseburger) and the husband says, "I don't know who you are anymore!" Everything is an Epic moment. At the end, the husband freaks out because they forgot his onions.
- R. Kelly's original "Trapped in the Closet" itself, which treats its Soap Opera plot so seriously that it's almost certainly tongue-in-cheek. Whether or not it's intentional, people still appreciate its So Bad, It's Good qualities.
- Music genres. People will argue to death trying to define a genre or deciding whether or not a piece of music falls under this razor-thin subgenre or that one. Notable examples include:
You ask me, "What is punk?" I kick over a trash can and say, "This is punk." So you kick over a trash can and ask, "This is punk?" and I say, "No, that's a trend."
- The war over what is punk and what is not punk, beautifully exemplified by this anecdote:
- Ironically, the above quote is by Billie Joe Armstrong, frontman of Green Daythe band that gets unfairly maligned more than any other (save for The Offspring) in the punk war.
- "What is REAL rap music?" Almost anything made after 1999 is seen as popcorn trash. On the opposite side, anything before 1999 is played-out and passe. The turning point was the time when "Gangsta rap", Alternative Rap, Political Rap, Hardcore Hip-Hop and associated genres lost popularity among casual rap listeners, causing a rift in those that followed new genres and those that preferred the old.
- Heavy metal. Go to any heavy metal discussion board and there's a good chance that half of the posts are trying to decide whether a band is death metal, thrash, black metalnote , progressive metalcore or all of them at once. The other half will be denying that the band is metal at all.
- Either that or whether or not something is "real metal" or "true metal" (although Manowar does get a pass). And God fucking help you if you dare mention anything that can possibly be classified as Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore or Hair Metal, unless it's in as negative a light as humanly possible. Especially the first one.
- Though a positive mention of a Hair Metal band may somewhat get a pass from any or all of the following: the Nostalgia Filter (depending on the band), If It's You, It's Okay (for a talented band that went through it as a phase, such as Mötley Crüe or Loudness), because it's a parody or near-parody band (Steel Panther or Tn T), or because there are some actual fans - whether of the niche fandom it still has or who are younger, new, and reevaluated a specific band as being "cool" (WASP and Cinderella are a couple of bands that happened to...)
- Drum triggers. There are few things that drummers are quite as divided on. On one side, you have drummers who say that they're necessary to be able to hear each hit distinctly at high BPMs and that they also serve as a built-in click track to make it far easier to stay on time, as well as a guaranteed way to get a clear drum sound even in venues with awful sound; on the other side, you have drummers who adamantly refuse to use them in any way, shape, or form and see them as a get-out-of-jail-free card for bad drummers who can't play their own material but want to look like they can and a general cancer that serves as the drumming equivalent of Auto-Tune. Neither side likes the other very much; the pro-trigger side sees the anti-trigger side as a bunch of ivory tower elitists who know nothing of touring and who assume that any drummer who uses triggers is too incompetent to play without them, while the anti-trigger side sees the pro-trigger side as a bunch of YouTube bedroom drummers who want to sound far better than they actually are and who only want to play fast without any regard for subtlety or dynamics. Bring it up in a drumming forum at your own peril.
- Visual Kei bands or artists covering classic American rock or metal. The Serious Business reaction to this from people who aren't VK fans tends to be homophobic and outright racist. A good example of this can be found on the Youtube upload of the Extasy Summit cover of "Ace of Spades" - the only problem, technically, with it was being tuned up one bar in tempo and the singer's heavy Japanese accent, and the cover was, in effect, a jam band having fun. From the comments from some aggrieved Motörhead fans, though, you would think that everyone involved personally killed Lemmy and pissed on his grave. Never mind that Lemmy himself applauded the cover and that it featured two incredibly talented guitarists, Umemura's accent and race are far bigger issues.
- Similar happened on at least one upload of Miyavi's cover of "Blow" by Nirvana.
- Though, a similar incident was averted quite well on the Youtube upload of hide covering The Doors "Light My Fire," if only in a case of what could possibly seen as irresistible force meeting immovable object: the racists and homophobes were shut down almost immediately by both hide fans AND Doors fans embarrassed over their fellow fans' behavior.
- Rap feuds. Many people giggled about the "west coast/east coast" rivalry until they learned that people were actually getting killed over it. Rivalries have always been a part of the genre's culture for better or for worse. Even during the old school era things were dicey.
- The Norwegian band TNT's original vocalist Tony Harnell left in 2006 and was replaced by Tony Mills, leading a serious Broken Base among fans. Witness this for yourself by looking at the comments for any TNT video.
- 'Tis a brave soul who ventures onto the Muse messageboards and asks the wrong question. If you're lucky, you'll be told to get lost. If not, you'll experience the online equivalent of a public flogging.
- The Beatles' fans provide numerous examples, but John being murdered and George attacked in his home by crazed fans are the ultimate ones.
- This proves to the whole world what John Lennon was trying to point out with his "more popular than Jesus" quote. It wasn't meant to prop up the Beatles or be anti-religious or blasphemous, but to point out the Serrrrrrrious Importance the media and their fanbase were placing on the "four lads of Liverpool" and every move they made in the eyes of the public. Very likely as a deliberate distraction from discussing the issues of the day and the Unwinnable war of the day. It also gives entertainment journalism its own facade of profundity.
- Guitar playing, or at least the equipment required. Dropping $20 for a single handmade guitar pick (mass-produced delrin/nylon ones go for about $3/dozen for comparison's sake) isn't unheard of in the pursuit of the perfect guitar tone.
- The reaction to Kanye West's interruption of Taylor Swift at the VMAs. This might be the only example of the trope that has prompted a sitting American president to weigh in.
- Not only that but Kanye received death threats after the incident. Just to be clear: he interrupted someone at an award show and didn't even lay a hand on her.
- Robert Johnson famously claimed to have sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads to gain his skill with the guitar.
- Korean boy group leader Yunho once drank a poisoned drink made of super glue, not knowing it was sent by an anti-fan, needing to be hospitalized. The letter that came with the drink told him to "watch his mouth". What made it more frightening was that the letter and drinks targeted the rest of the members as well.
- Even the simple act of listening to music can be taken too far. While having some good audio gear is a nice luxury, meeting hardcore audiophile standards of
spendingthrowing money at handcrafted DAC's, amps designed by Nikola Tesla, headphones blessed by the Pope, and encoding all music at 24bit/192kHz can bring listenng to those old Kinks albums to new heights of paranoia. Oh, and the $1000 cables. (The link is apparently a joke, but you get the idea.) Apparently they can save your life from dimensional rifts. These examples only apply to digital audio. Analogue audio enthusiasts (yes, the British spelling is required) can be even more unmeasurably discriminating. Just remember, man, it's all about the warmer sound. Parodied by xkcd here.
- Michael Jackson. Since many casual fans (at least in the U.S.) gave up on him from the child abuse allegations of 1993 onwards, those that remained were/are often frighteningly fanatical. After he died on the cusp of a return to the concert stage, and perhaps in part because fans publicly went berserk over it, he became serious Serious Business. Though he was better known as a tabloid freak show than a musician in his final fifteen years, all media treated his death like a big deal — bigger than protests in Iran. Tributes kept pouring in, people rushed to get tickets to his memorial service, MTV played music videos during prime hours for the first time in years, his albums completely sold out, and the United States Senate had a moment of silence to commemorate his death...never in a lifetime has a person's death triggered such huge attention worldwide. Bigger than
Princess Diana Pope John Paul IIEVERYONE. And now we have websites like Inner Michael which continue to stump for Jackson being one of the greatest human beings of our time.
- Jon Stewart lampshaded this by showing CNN reporting Jackson's death, while a series of far more serious reports (Natural disasters, murder, foreign politics) scrolled as small texts along the bottom of the screen.
- The idea is played for laughs in this piece, the chief conceit of which is that by the year 2110, there is an academic discipline devoted to the study of Kesha's music.
- Many music reviews like to draw a line in the sand over whether or not a popular music artist, piece of music and/or style is (or was) relevant in the "age of punk", "age of grunge" or "age of gangsta rap", regardless of the quality of music, or whether the artist/genre in question even needs to acknowledge those musical movements. This is even in spite of whether the general public themselves take an active interest in whatever the next big musical revolution happens to be.
- Justin Bieber among his fans and haters. His fans see him as the greatest thing ever, his haters see him as a baby eating puppy killer who is ruining music as we know it.
- Really, anyone who is the face of pop music (especially pop music aimed for teenage girls) at any time will have that effect on people, depending on their tastes in music. It might be a combination of Hype Backlash, Periphery Demographic and It's Popular, Now It Sucks!. Before Justin, it was Miley Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers, and before that, Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, and then before that was New Kids on the Block...
- Release of the "Public Enemy No. 1" video by Megadeth (starring three chimps in a western setting) in November 2011 was followed by a flood of Facebook comments in the vibe of "Screw this! Chimps in a video? Metal is SERIOUS BUSINESS!"
- The Anthrax song "Cupajoe" got a similar backlash. Apparently people have forgotten that Anthrax was never a band to take metal too seriously.
- The Loudness War, while it is a legitimately serious issue, can garner some particularly extreme reactions from audiophiles. While most listeners tend to reserve their spite for the more egregious cases (Raw Power, Californication, Vapor Trails, Songs for the Deaf, Comatose, Playing the Angel etc.), there are a lot of people who will freak out if a piece of audio hits full scale more than a handful of times, even if the end result is almost completely indistinguishable from its pre-gain state. If it's too loud, they won't listen, period, and will more than likely delete the album from their computer and/or sell/throw away the CD. One of the first articles about this phenomenon in a 1999 issue of Stereophile magazine had a veteran engineer say that he had "not heard a good sounding CD since 1993" and that "I can't listen... it's the compression that ruins it for me".
- A few tunes by comedic band Grottomatic may qualify, touching on subjects like an addiction to The Joy of Painting, abstaining from chocolate, the disappearance of a doughnut shop, and trying very hard not to become a Brony.
- The teenager. Even though a good portion of Generation X (ie. the MTV Generation) has reached its middle ages, and it's recently been statistically demonstrated that middle-aged adults now make up the largest portion of the music buying public, music journalists and the media as a whole will always bring up a band's teen appeal. Even if it's a band like Three Days Grace, whose music is clearly aimed more at a 20-45 year old audience.
- This is Psychostick's primary, erm, schtick: everyday activities and upsets put to screaming downtuned metal.
- The heavy metal subgenre of Black Metal is this as a whole. A portion of the fanbase even claims that bands are only worth listening to if the band members themselves are evil people and/or are actual satanists.
- One example being the band Watain which, in a subgenre that takes Serious Business to absurd heights, are in a whole league of their own, essentially saying that they have no patience for dealing with people who think music should be fun.
- Analog vs. digital, whether it's the medium used to record, process or create the music. You'll find even the mere mention on any gearhead forum that somebody used virtual modeling software to emulate a vintage musical instrument, microphone, guitar amplifier or recording console (even one that was digital to begin with) met with groans over authenticity, accuracy or warmth, in spite of the fact that vintage gear is aging, unreliable, hard to find and equally unaffordable, and there are many advantages to using digital for many applications, and in spite of the fact that the software now available is scarily accurate and expressive as of 2013.
- An in-universe example with The Who's "Pinball Wizard".Even at my favorite tableHe can beat my bestHis disciples lead him inAnd he just does the restHe's got crazy flipper fingersNever seen him fall
- Another is the hilariously tongue-in-cheek Pearl Jam song "Olympic Platinum".
- John Coltrane has been canonized by the African Orthodox Church.
- Shows by Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett.
- He cancelled concerts because the audience coughed too much.
- He's a Persona Non Grata to Italy's Umbria Jazz Festival because of verbally aggressive behavior towards photographers.
- Plus, he despised electronic instruments and recording but warmed up since he played with Miles Davis.
- Imagine Dragons treats League of Legends like this in "Warriors". Since the song never refers to League of Legends by name, listeners could apply it to any competitive activity.Farewell, I've gone to take my throne above
But don't weep for me
'Cause this will be
The labor of my love
- Happy Flowers are a Hardcore Punk / Noise Rock band who mainly write songs from the perspective of pre-school children: Sometimes they play legitimately traumatizing situations for Dark Comedy, the rest of the time the humor is more in hearing grown men throwing a tantrum over dropping an ice cream cone or begging their parents for a BB gun, set to sludgy, angry-sounding guitar riffs.
- Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. Each year, the Swedish State Television holds a six-episode national contest in six different cities (who struggle to host the event). It does not only crown Sweden's contestant, but also decides who is in, or out of, the Swedish music industry (which is the world's most successful second to the US and UK), and fills the tabloids and morning papers for six weeks. Viewer ratings are comparable to international sport events and Royal weddings. Not to mention the Eurovision Song Contest itself, which is a quasi-national holiday in Sweden.
- The reaction to this parody of a gangster rap song (and its tropes) by TV comedian Jan Böhmermann. It went so far that editorials in major newspapers denounced Böhmermann as classist, racist and making fun of poor and immigrant Germans. On the other hand Kollegah (one of the proponents of the genre in question) said it was Actually Pretty Funny and said the whole thing was way overblown.
- Frank Loesser wrote "Baby It's Cold Outside" to perform with his wife Lynn Garland at parties, making them the hit of the town. In 1949, Leosser sold the song to be used in Neptune's Daughter, which ultimately won it an Oscar for best song. Garland was furious at her husband for selling "their song," saying she felt as betrayed as if he'd slept with another woman. The couple eventually divorced in 1957.


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Primate of Serbian Church completes his visit to Moscow
On 25 May 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia completed his visit to Moscow.
The Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church was accompanied on his visit by Bishop Irinej of Bačka; Archimandrite Isihije (Rogič), abbot of the Kovilj Monastery, Bishop elect of Mohač; Deacon Aleksandar Prascevič, head of the Patriarchal Office; and Mr. Dejan Nakič, personal secretary to the Patriarch and director of the Belgrade archdiocesan workshop.
Among those seeing off His Holiness Patriarch Irinej at the Sheremetyevo Airport were Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations; Bishop Ioann of Domodedovo; Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, DECR vice-chairman; Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for inter-Orthodox relations; Mr. Valery Alexeyev, president of the International Public Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations; Mr. Andrei Khoshev, DECR staff member; as well as Bishop Antonije of Moravica, rector of the Moscow Representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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What is Asperger Syndrome?
Asperger Syndrome is a developmental disorder that is part of a larger group of diagnoses called 'Autistic Spectrum Disorders'. Autistic Spectrum Disorders refer to a range of developmental disabilities that include classic autism, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, high functioning autism and pervasive developmental disorders not specified. Asperger is most similar to high functioning autism. These are known as 'spectrum disorders' because the symptoms of each can appear in different combinations and in varying degrees of severity.


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Casas de Romaria are a rural tourism project in Brotas,a typical Alentejo village, still evidencing ancient traditions linked to local culture and history and a unique architectonic character. Casas de Romaria are the result of a recovery project of the inns of Nossa Senhora de Brotas Confraternity to accommodate pilgrims.
Rua da Igreja - Brotas
Steeped in exquisite natural beauty these pleasant country houses offer guests the opportunity to discover an enchanting rural area, with over five hundred years of history and a rich cultural heritage , with landmarks such as Nossa Senhora de Brotas Sanctuary and the magnificent Torre das Águias.
We are short of words to describe all the charm, character and uniqueness of Casas da Romaria, ideally located in one of the most beautiful regions of Portugal, and allowing its guests an unforgettable stay in an extraordinary unique natural, cultural and historical environment, with high quality service, utmost privacy and multiple leisure activities.


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The immediate success on both sides of the Atlantic of Alexander Kent's first historical novel To Glory We Steer ('Clearly one of the best stories about wooden-wall action ever written' - Sunday Times) will ensure an exceptionally warm welcome for this second book. The author's skill at depicting eighteenth-century naval warfare is again equalled by his outstanding abilities as a storyteller.
In June 1793 Captain Richard Bolitho arrives at Gibraltar to take command of the Hyperion, a seventy-four-gun ship of the line. Although not completely recovered from a serious fever contracted in the Great South Sea, Bolitho is eager to get back to duty against the rising might of Revolutionary France. He sails to join Lord Hood to partake in the Monarchist-inspired occupation of Toulon. But at heart Bolitho is still a frigate captain, and he is soon fretting at being tied to the fleet's apron strings; his ship, too, is old and slow, her hull weed-encrusted after nearly four years' continuous commission.
Beneath the Mediterranean sun, and often in sight of the enemy coast, Bolitho and his tired old ship face one conflict after another - and when at last the ill-fated campaign collapses in failure it is the Hyperion, outgunned and outnumbered, which takes her rightful place in the line of battle.
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The 55+ Housing Industry Council of the National Association of Home Builders (www.nahb.org) has honored Sweet Briar Farms with a Gold Award for "Best 55+ For Sale Community up to 200 Homes" and a Silver Award for "Best 55+ Interior Merchandising of a Model 2,501-3,000 Square Feet" for the Brighton Model. The awards were presented at the organization's 55+ Housing Awards Ceremony Jan. 9, 2018. The Best of 55+ Housing Awards are the industry's only national awards program honoring excellence in building design, marketing and lifestyles in housing for the mature adult. The awards serve as a showcase for quality housing, innovation and emerging trends that appeal to the 55 and above demographic. The awards were presented at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Florida.
Sweet Briar Farms, a Jim Chapman Communities development, is a gated development in Cherokee County, Ga. that combines the best of the active adult lifestyle with convenience, comfort, quality and style. The community features a clubhouse with a fireplace, catering kitchen and exercise room, large outdoor pool with fireplace, community garden and walking trails throughout the property. Residents can choose from a large variety of beautifully designed three and four bedroom detached, single-family homes. The onsite Design Team is available to work with each homeowner to perfectly customize and decorate their home to suit their style, taste and personality. The well-appointed model home showcases many options and upgrades available to residents.
About Jim Chapman Communities
Jim Chapman Communities is metro Atlanta's premier 55+ homebuilder, with a number of active adult communities under development throughout the Atlanta area, including Buckhead, Vinings, Cobb County, Forsyth County, North Fulton and Cherokee Counties. The firm was founded by Atlanta native Jim Chapman specifically to serve the active 55+ market. A Certified Professional Home Builder, Chapman is deeply committed to the success of the U.S. home building industry and devotes his time to local, regional and national industry organizations. He served as the Chair of NAHB's 55+ Housing Industry Council and is currently serving as the Vice-Chair of the NAHB's Land Development Committee for 2018. Chapman is the Founding Chairman of the ALL Home Program, a voluntary statewide certification created by the Home Builders Association of Georgia to promote accessibility and universal design. He has been named 2018 President of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and was named "55+ Builder of the Year" in 2018 by the NAHB. For more information, visit www.jimchapmancommunities.com or call (770) 434-3602.
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Church in Byzantine style
In 1928 the refugees, citizens with financial help of their American compatriots, replace the brick school with a stone school and build the church of St. George, their patron saint.
The church in Byzantine style, with wooden temple, pews and funerary frescoes from Mount Athos monks.
Is adorned with the sacred relics that they have brought together with two icons of Saint Georgios and of the Virgin Mary of the 16th – 17th century.
The icon of Saint Nikolaos, a crate with 19 relics of saints, two gold-embroidered pictures and the school library.
They also transferred the miraculous picture of St. George to Asprovalta, which the first refugees had taken with them in the year 1914.
The memory of Saint George continues to be a great day for the residents and they celebrate it with many events in accordance to the customs and the traditions of their old country.


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He astounded everyone when he won the election, but will he last. His popularity is on the wane, world leaders are finding it hard to hide their contempt, he's being investigated over voting influence from Russia and he is failing to get any significant legislation through.
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Volunteers are needed for West Delaware's Red Carpet Gala Show Choir Invitational next weekend.
The 8th annual event will be held Saturday, March 17th at the high school's Hanson Auditorium. West Delaware will host fifteen show choirs from Iowa and Illinois, with the competition getting underway shortly before 10 am and wrapping up that night.
If you would like to volunteer to help at the event, you can give Angie Zehr a call at 920-8735. You can also sign up to volunteer by logging onto wdvocal.com and following the Red Carpet Gala link.


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Move over conventional hairdryers, and make room on your vanity table for a newbie that is on everyone's lips and will impact your life. In three words, the Dyson Supersonic is fast, focused and intelligent.
Conventional hairdryers can be bulky and difficult to manoeuvre. They can also blast air at high temperatures, which will not only cause extreme heat damage to your locks but also risk your hair being sucked into and trapped in the filter (sounds all too familiar, right?)! Despite these well-known limitations, it's surprising that hairdryer designs have not advanced in more than 60 years… until the Dyson Supersonic came into the picture, that is.
Frustrated with all the limitations we've had to put up with over the years, Dyson involved a team of 103 engineers to carry out major R&D that spanned a good four years. The result? A stunning and iconic beauty tool that will make a difference in your life! Here are eight reasons why we love the Dyson Supersonic:
Did you know that Dyson invested almost £50 million (about RM280 million) to develop the Supersonic? This includes building a bespoke, state-of-the-art Hair Laboratory dedicated to research, design and development – aka investigating the science of hair (more on that later).
As far as first impressions go, you can't deny that the Supersonic is a piece of art, and with its smart, eye-catching design, you'll be half-sold at the mere sight of it (you've got to admit that at 600 prototypes later, this one is a perfect accessory for classy flatlays and fun pic for your IG feed!). Read on and chances are, you might be running to your nearest store to lay your hands on one!


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Film censors in Vietnam are planning to limit all sex scenes in films to just five seconds, regardless of how explicit or racy they are. The censors are also planning on only allowing no more than three "hot scenes" per film—whatever that means. The censorship is infuriating filmmakers who complain that their freedom of expression is being seriously threatened.
Producer Nguyen Van Nhiem said "sex is a natural activity and there is no need to ask artists to keep artful sex scenes short," while award-winning director Nguyen Thanh Van argues that a scene "should be judged for its production and artistic value, not how technically long it is… Some shots are under a second but they are unbearable anyway." While they make good points, this isn't the first time Vietnamese censors have been excessively prudish with sex scenes: Fifty Shades of Grey lost 20 minutes of running time before it could be released, with all the famous BDSM scenes removed and only innocuous kissing scenes left in. Others are complaining that the censors are sexist, since they only define "hot scenes" as having a "totally nude actress." If the censors continue this way, all audiences will be left saying is "Boo!"
Feel like having some "hot scenes" yourself? We are all about celebrating freedom of (sexy) expression here!
Here's more about the Vietnamese censors' plan.


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This year Cloverly Elementary School will be participating in the Box Tops for Education program. This program is an amazing opportunity for us to raise money to help our school buy what it needs for the teachers and students. Please see letter from Ellery Krause, the Box Top Coordinator and the collection sheet to help out our school.
Fundraiser for Cloverly Students _ Box Tops for Education
September 5th, 2018 Corresponding Secretary


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The latest versions of Obama-care, which was passed in the House and Senate, are guaranteed to cost the state of New Hampshire billions of dollars in Medicaid expansions. According to the former N.H. Health and Human Services director, unfunded Medicaid mandates will cost the state at least $1.2 billion over a 10-year period. Despite this staggering figure, both Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes, voted to pass the bill in the U.S. House. In the U.S. Senate, Jeanne Shaheen is also guilty of voting in favor of the current bill.
The expansion of Medicaid, largely by raising the income level that qualifies individuals to enroll in the program, is one of the most significant aspects of the health care debate in Congress. This expansion will dramatically increase the costs the states must contribute to the program at a time when most states are cutting back on Medicaid. Lawmakers are making a grave mistake in agreeing to this vast expansion of Medicaid and Gov. Lynch must take a stand and tell New Hampshire's federalrepresentatives that the state cannot afford the current version of health care reform.
Medicaid was established as the nation's primary health care program for low-income populations, serving 60 million low-income Americans, including 30 million children and persons in need of long-term care services. Medicaid in N.H. serves five main groups of low-income individuals: children under 21; pregnant women; adults in families with dependent children; individuals with disabilities; and the elderly in need of long-term care. The federal and state governments jointly fund Medicaid, with the federal government setting the minimum eligibility rates. In New Hampshire Medicaid income levels vary from 300 percent of the FPL (federal poverty level) for infants to 51 percent of FPL for the medically needy. The state pays 50 percent of Medicaid costs with the feds reimbursing the state the remainder . In 2008, N.H. poured $1.3 billion into the program, a 6 percent increase over the prior year. The state expects to see its program continue to expand over the coming years.
Currently, the House and Senate bills both expand the eligibility requirements of the Medicaid program to include more low-income parents and, for the first time in 45 states, adults without children currently not eligible for the program.
For instance, the proposed Medicaid expansion will include adults and children in families with incomes up to either 133 percent or 150 percent of the federal poverty level, which is beyond the current scope of Medicaid. The changes in eligibility rates proposed by both bills would dramatically multiply eligible recipients.
N.H. is projected to see an increase in eligible persons of approximately 11.7 percent. While both bills would increase the amount of federal money that states could receive, that would only last a few years before funding begins to decline.
Although all agree that health care reform is an honorable goal, reform as it is currently being sold in Washington will unfairly burden the states, many of which have budget deficits teetering on the brink of disaster. The proposed expansion of Medicaid is a monster unfunded mandate, which will push many states over the edge. The current recession has wrecked havoc on state budgets, including New Hampshire's, which has seen its tax revenues decline. At the same time, states are seeing an increased demand for Medicaid due to the weak economy. Concern over expanded Medicaid costs in the Senate health care bill led Sen. Nelson of Nebraska to negotiate a sweat-heart deal for his home state. Nelson was so concerned about the unfunded federal mandate that, in exchange for his vote in favor of the current Senate bill, he arranged for the federal government to cover his state's estimated $45 million share of the expanded Medicaid costs over 10 years. In New Hampshire, Medicaid costs are so great that in 2008, Medicaid spending accounted for 28 percent of the state budget expenses, second only to education. The largest program in N.H. is the Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services, which accounted for 28 percent of Medicaid spending. With the aging population, Medicaid spending in N.H. is expected to continue to increase.
This is troubling news for the state. If this unfunded mandate is passed in Congress, New Hampshire lawmakers will have no choice but to cut spending in other areas, including education. It may even force the state to consider an income tax. This is certainly not a welcome option for N.H. citizens struggling through the current economic crisis. It's not too late for Sen. Shaheen, and U.S. Reps. Shea-Porter and Hodes to take a stand against this unfunded mandate and vote no.
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1. Dunes in Hout Bay is a true local favourite. While tourists flock to Mariner's Wharf, also a good choice, families lap up the generous portions and kid-friendly atmosphere at this charming beachfront spot with views over Hout bay and the famous Chapmans Peak Drive. Expect fish and chips, wood-fired pizzas and excellent grills. There's even a sushi bar and a wine list of top-notch local estates, all at fair prices.
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3. Rhodes Memorial is a popular stop on the tourist trail along Table Mountain, but few visitors discover the charming Rhodes Memorial Restaurant situated behind the granite monolith. It's a fuss-free menu of café-style food, but the outdoor tables offer superb views out over the city.
4. The glamorous Atlantic Seaboard stretching from Green Point to Camps Bay is never going to be a place for bargain hunters, but Sotano, near the Mouille Point lighthouse, does a great Sunday breakfast with a side order of sea views. After your Eggs Benedict join the locals for a stroll on the stunning Sea Point promenade.
5. The Roundhouse, on Kloof Nek Road towards Camps Bay, has some of the best restaurant views in Cape Town… but at fine dining prices. If it's out of your league, pull in to the neighbouring Rumbullion at lunchtime to soak up the same views for a fraction of the price: a Cajun beef and tzatziki open sandwich is yours for just R80.


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My latest work, created for the 2011 William Radcliffe Studio Challenge for REDUX, Kirkland Art Center's annual fundraising auction, has been selected as one of five finalists in a Pop Art themed contest. Guests at the auction will vote on their favorite. It's a strong field with works by Tim Cross, Christopher Martin Hoff, Dawn Rogal, and Deborah Scott.
I love this theme and the best part is, it got me working in a direction I've been wanting to explore, only in ways I might not have otherwise. This is the first in a new series of Superflat Combines - my tongue-in-cheek reference/tribute to Takashi Murakami, Robert Rauschenburg, Andy Warhol and Wayne Thiebaud.
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original AT&T Worldnet Website begun 30 May 1996.]
Update info on the top on ALL pages for your convenience.
[was at "home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/contact.html"]
Berliner, III
Consultant in Ultrasonic Processing
"changing materials with high-intensity sound"
[consultation is on a fee basis]
Here's (and at broken links) why: (27 Jul 2017)
AT&T shut down WorldNet services on 15 Mar 2010 and my URLs on that site (and my e-mail address@) had to change;
check here and on my Home Page (if e-mail bounces) for the latest developments.
@ - On 10 Jun 2011, I discovered to my horror that, when AT&T discontinued my old <
> e-mail address,
they did NOT refuse all subsequent messages but accepted them and stored them without my knowledge.
I have now (15 Jun 2011) accessed all 2,601 of them, killed all the endless spam and phishes,
and have attempted to answer the remainder as appropriate.
(27 Jun 2013)
If you do not read (and abide by) the following caveats, you might not get a response.
On the other hand, I had to tone down this diatribe a bit; I have scared off perfectly decent folks,
so, if you play the game my way, with courtesy and thought, the odds are good you will hear from me.
FURTHER CAVEAT re SOCIAL MEDIA! - I mentioned this below but I'll emphasize it further here - please do NOT ask me to "friend" you or to join Google or Facebook or Twitter or the like. Do I Yahoo? HELL NO! (11 Mar 2015)
WAIT! - before you start telling me about all the broken links to images from home.light.att.net, I know, I know (oh, do I EVER know)! AT&T WorldNet scrapped some 2,200 files (~126Mb) ca. 30 Jul - 08 Aug 2002, without a by-your-leave, just as my hard drive failed and overwrote many of my backups! A few image-intensive pages were especially hard hit. I am still struggling to recover as best I can; please bear with me. On the other hand, I am having a hard time keeping up with all the many internal link changes inherent in this changeover and will very much appreciate notification of any broken internal links. If you find regular text links broken, please tell me specifically where and what.
In addition, Google has an Image Search capability (I use their Advanced Image Search function).
I regret to advise that I am always bombarded with spam and even malicious virus-laden messages and had finally been caught by a pernicious virus and will not normally open any incoming messages that do not bear a full sender's name (given AND family) and a subject (and the subject better not be "Hi!").
With over 500 pages up on these sites (as of 27 Jun 2013), many other storage sites, and several other private domains in the works, the volume of incoming e-mail is far more than I can handle, and I'm not even talking about spam or phishes (of which there is an ever-increasing flood!).
For example, I get requests to explain cavitation, to tell everything I know about ultrasonics or about the Long Island Rail Road or Motor Parkway or about boxcab oil-electric locomotives (early diesels); such inquiries come from people who haven't even taken the trouble to look at all the many pages I have put up (and indexed and even cross-indexed) with all that information and far more.
On the light side, I attended a college that ceased to exist in 1953 (!!!) and so state on that page, calling the school "DEFUNCT", and yet I keep getting serious applications to attend!
I may or may not be a gentleman (however crusty and cantankerous, especially now that I have to wait for a virus-checker to do its thing), but I am of the old school; to me, the Web/Net is like the telephone. My sites (and e-mail) are a service, a utility, even a luxury, for which I pay, for my own benefit, and for which I set the rules of use.
I have taken the trouble to put up a master Table of Contents on my home page and another on personal and hobby interests in more detail on a separate index page, Home Page 2, and even put up a Semi-Alphabetical Index - A-B, C-F, G-N, and O-Z, with cross-referencing, and still the silly inquiries come in (29 Oct 2012).
So, be advised; I will either ignore, or make short shrift of, ill-formulated inquiries or those that show a basic lack of courtesy.
Please exercise the courtesy of telling me to what page (by URL, preferably) you refer (and even where on the page) when making a specific comment; sometimes I have a really bad time figuring out to which of the 500+ pages people refer.
In spite of these caveats, I really DO appreciate corrections, however.
I do not do valuations; don't even ask.
I also do not do genealogical research! Please do NOT ask about your great-great-grandfather who worked on some unspecified railroad somewhere in the east sometime between the Civil War and the Great War; I do NOT know (or care) what the engraving in the lid of his Ingersoll watch might have read!
Under NO circumstances will I answer UNSIGNED e-mail! You know who I am; tell me who you are! It is a basic courtesy. You have my name; please sign yours (in FULL)!
Do NOT send me jokes or other puerile babble or off-color material, thank you.
Above all, I beg you, please, PLEASE, PLEASE do NOT send me back my own message in full when responding to my outgoing messages! I know what I wrote! Few e-mail discourtesies irk me more (i.e. - if you want a friendly response, don't push your luck!).
Dec 2006 - new gripe! If you send me a message requesting a reply and I do reply and get your automatic anti-spam response, there is no way in HELL that I am going to register with you or otherwise exert myself to defeat your defenses! If you write to me, please let your mail server recognise that!
Also, please exercise the most basic courtesy of NOT sending images or other large files without first arranging with me to do so.
FORWARDING - please do NOT ever, EVER, EVER, EVER forward anything to me, especially not virus warnings! That's the best way to spread a virus or worm ever invented! If it's so important, and you KNOW what you're talking about, copy the text and send that, only, please.
You might also exercise the basic courtesy of editing out all the many levels of forwarding, and of duplications, before you send other people's texts.
One more caveat while I'm at it - I do NOT do "social media" (YAHOO!, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) so please do NOT invite me to "friend" you (not that way, anyway). (27 Jun 2013)
I have been taken severely to task for all these caveats; all I'm asking is basic courtesy. Normally, I answer all reasonably formulated incoming requests. The only major exception is that I am so inundated with e-messages that I miss a few now and then; please feel free to nag me if I miss yours (but be sure to give the subject and date of the original message!).
Having ranted on so, I will continue to give out my normal snail-mail address and telephone number and my e-mail address (nothing anonymous for me!), all noted below, and beg that you not abuse this openness.
S. Berliner, III
P. O. Box 560087
West Medford, Massachusetts 02156
[Just so that there is absolutely no misunderstanding or
misrepresentation, my title,
in spite of all my years, schooling and training, and experience, is simply "Mister" (Mr.).]
[Incoming FAX is temporarily out of service.]
(Junk and unsigned e-mail and blind telephone messages will NOT be answered)
(Neither will messages without a FULL sender's name
or subject
because they will automatically be deleted)
The e-mail addresses are also NOT case sensitive; you can use upper or lower case.I would also point out that if you have been in contact with me about a shared interest and change your e-address without notifying me, I can not very well continue the interchange, can I? You might well be surprised at the number of good folks who have (in effect) simply dropped off the face of "my" earth.
This is ESPECIALLY true for those on my mailing lists; I can not play detective!
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We believe you should battle your eating disorder, but you shouldn't battle it alone! Here at HPA/LiveWell, we've created the LiveWell program, which is an intensive outpatient eating disorder treatment program dedicated to treating patients with eating disorders as well as their families.
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A Grove dedicated to the memory of Ailsa Renshaw
(26 October 1984 - 11 October 2015)
Thinking of you at Christmas. With our love 🌟🌟🌟
Donated by Helen Howie
5th December 2018
To one of the bestest.
Donated by The Stottlaws
21st April 2018
Donated by Helen
21st April 2018
These trees are for Bryn, Cerys and Kaitlyn in whom Ailsa's spirit lives on. May she inspire them to love the wild places. With my love helen
Donated by Helen
20th April 2018
Thinking of you as winter creeps away and the sun is calling me outside. XXX
Donated by Claire
25th February 2018
Donated by Madeleine & Nigel
25th August 2017
To remember a shining light and an inspiration.
Donated by Ewan and Janette Cameron
26th December 2015
To beautiful Ailsa - always full of fun and kindness xxx
Donated by Angie, Steve & Holly Beaton
25th December 2015
Thinking of you, and missing you, today and always Ailsa xx
Donated by Fiona Skene
25th December 2015
In memory of Ailsa's infectious enthusiasm for life and the inspiring way she saw the world.
Donated by David and Karis
24th December 2015
Remembering Ailsa from Weybridge
Donated by Anne and Pete Sawbridge
24th December 2015
In memory of Ailsa, a very special young woman.
Donated by Willie and Jenny Skene
17th December 2015
So loved and so missed xx
Donated by John and Heather Hepworth
15th December 2015
For my beautiful sister. Xxxxx
Donated by Kathryn, Dave, Ellie and Sofia Hartley
25th November 2015
Such a sad loss. Ailsa has crossed my path twice.once as a patient when I was a dental nurse & secondly when her husband used our kilt shop for their wedding. Sleep tight beautiful
Donated by Neil Selbie & Co Ltd
19th November 2015
A special memory of Ailsa from New Zealand -- a fitting tribute to her zest for life and her love of nature.
Donated by Gillian Robb
15th November 2015
A star forever in my heart. With love my favourite middle child.
Donated by Helen Howie
13th November 2015
I met Ailsa just a few times but clearly remember her being so warm and friendly. This grove is a beautiful idea. Xxx
Donated by Chloe
9th November 2015
Donated by Laila and John
29th October 2015
Donated by Helena Molloy
27th October 2015
We would like to express our heartfelt condolences and hope this fitting tribute will bring comfort to you and your family x
Donated by Kathryn's NCT Friends
27th October 2015
A great friend to great friends. You'll be missed by many.
Donated by D
26th October 2015
An inspirational, beautiful person forever in our hearts xxx
Donated by Bridget & Scott
26th October 2015
Ailsa inspired each of us to challenge ourselves, to explore the world and to appreciate the small things as well as the big. Our lives were fuller for her; she is and always will be sorely missed
Donated by The Geeks
19th October 2015
This Grove is a living Memorial to Ailsa Renshaw (nee.Howie) who was passionate about conservation, the great outdoors and living each moment to its fullest. Ailsa has inspired every friend and family member to take risks, go on adventures and have more compassion for others. We hope that over the years friends and family will add to the grove, helping the countryside which Ailsa loved to flourish. We aim to plant another similar grove in her second home, New Zealand. The Grove is Dedicated by Anna, Claire, Kirsty, Eleanor, David, Jane, Ronan, Cat, James, Andrew, Judith and T.C
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Ohio native, and longtime AOPA and EAA member, Kyle Lewis, has been named manager of the AOPA Great Lakes Region. Lewis graduated from Ohio University's Russ College of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation. There, Lewis obtained his Private Pilot Certificate and Instrument Rating. Lewis spent the next 10 years with the Ohio Highway Patrol, but kept close ties with the aviation community serving on the Jackson County Airport Authority in Jackson, Ohio, where the board oversaw multiple FAA and locally funded projects. Lewis also serves on the Ohio University Department of Aviation Flight Training Alumni Board. In 2012, Lewis and his father completed the construction of their own aircraft, an RV-12, which Lewis currently flys and maintains with his Light Sport Repairman Certificate. Lewis replaces Bryan Budds, who accepted a position as Advisor to the Michigan Aeronautics Commission and Manager of the Transport and Safety Section of the Michigan Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics.