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On Friday, July 19 at approximately 10:10 p.m. the Centerville Police Department received a 911 call of a house fire at 649 N. Park Ave. in Centerville, according to a press release issued by the Centerville Fire Department Monday.
The Centerville Fire Department and Mercy Ambulance were immediately dispatched to the address and upon arrival reported heavy smoke and flames coming from the residence. It was determined that all occupants were out of the house and fire crews initiated an aggressive interior attack on the fire.
Mystic Fire Department was requested for mutual aid and within 40 minutes of receiving the call firefighters were able to bring the fire under control.
An investigation into the cause of the fire was initiated and an occupant of the home told fire officials that he had fallen asleep while smoking in bed and that the smoke alarm in the hallway alerted him of the fire. The smoke alarm that activated had recently been installed by the Centerville Fire Department at the request of the homeowner and fire officials believe the activation of this smoke detector saved the occupants from serious injury or death.
The is the third time in recent months that a smoke alarm installed free of charge by members of the fire department has alerted the occupants of a fire.
The home, which was owned by James and Jeff Waller, sustained approximately $15,000 damage. No injuries were reported.
The Centerville Fire Department was assisted at the scene by the Mystic Fire Department, Mercy Ambulance Service, the Appanoose County Sheriffs Department, the Centerville Police Department and Alliant Energy.


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Posts Tagged 'Product recommendations'
Recommendation engine for e-commerce sites, build vs. buy?
Some of the online retailers we talk to, realize the value of cross-sells and up-sells and decide to embark on a "DIY path". I may be biased here but I think product recommendations are one area in which you don't want to reinvent the wheel.
There are 2 reasons why a DIY approach does not make sense in this case. The first is the development cost of building a system that works, and the second is the learning curve of optimizing it.
So how difficult is it to develop a recommendation engine? online retailers who decide to build a recommendation engine are not aware of the various components that need to be in place. Here are just a few them:
- The recommendation engine should track every major activity shoppers perform on the site including viewed products, categories and brands; items added to the shopping cart and purchased ; search keywords they used ; traffic source visitors arrived from, Geo-location data, and the list goes on…
- The system must support multiple recommendation types and should be able to display the right one (and more than one on a single page) based on where the user is at the purchase funnel (if you have less than 10 algorithms your system is extremely naive)
- Finding correlations between items/users is easy. The hard part is to choose which correlations should be taken into account and which should be ignored
- The system should have built in a/b testing and reporting capabilities so that it could be optimized and demonstrate its value. This point is very critical as few online retailers actually measure the impact of their homegrown systems
- The system should have an interface that allows marketers to control the outputs of the recommendation engine based on different variables.
The second reason I mentioned is the experience it takes to optimize such a system. There are many things that will determine the impact a recommendation engine will have on the business, and if it's your first time building one and it's a one-off project there is no chance you are going to know them or invest the time to learn them. In fact you are probably going to develop a very naive system and you'll stay with v1 for a long time. You will not test different widget designs or various placements on the page.
The decision to build or buy a recommendation engine should be ROI based. You need to consider the impact it will have on your business versus the cost of development. Building a very naive system may seem cheap but will also likely to deliver poor results and without supporting systems you'll never know it.
Product recommendations on out of stock pages
2. Another action you can take is to allow shoppers to get notifications when the product is back in stock. By doing this you engage customers and build up your permission based marketing database at the same time
3. Consider offering a coupon for first time visitors who landed on an out of stock page but purchased a similar product during the same session
Product Recommendations titles
- Trustworthiness as recommendations are not provided by the merchant. They are based on the "wisdom of the crowd"
- Transparency, shoppers are informed why products are being recommended to them


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WEDNESDAY 13 – Raise Your Devil Horns
October 6, 2012, 2 years ago
By Aaron Small "I'm getting cabin fever. I've been off the road too long; it's driving me insane," admits WEDNESDAY 13, on the phone from his home in the never boring city of Los Angeles, California. With "just a few more weeks" until W13 embarks upon a world tour beginning in Brisbane, Australia, he's set to release the Spook & Destroy EP on October 9th. The Spook & Destroy cover art (pictured below) looks like a scene from the old Godzilla movies, except it's a giant zombie terrorizing Japan as opposed to an overgrown green lizard. "That's exactly what I told the artist," exclaims Wednesday. "He asked me, 'what do you see for the cover for this?' I see exactly what you said – a giant monster kind of like Godzilla destroying a city. Because the main track on the record is the 'Mother Fuck The World' song, Spook & Destroy, it kind of seems almost like an army zombie, that's why he has the helmet on that says M.F.T.W. But it was something different because most of my releases have always had a picture of me on it. So I thought it was kind of cool to change it up a bit, and get one of those cool album covers I used to see when I'd walk into a record store when I was a kid and I was like – oh my god! What is that? It kind of made it mysterious, just like the old IRON MAIDEN album covers. When I was a kid I had no idea what they sounded like, but I wanted to know because the records looked so cool."
The panicked people depicted at the bottom of the Spook & Destroy cover are in horror and running for their lives, but there's a plethora of signage surrounding them. Just under the Spook & Destroy title, one of the signs reads Halloween 13 13, which is the name of a song on the EP. Below that another sign reads Vincent, but everything else is pretty much in Japanese. What do those store-front signs translate to? "Actually, I'm not even quite sure about most of the stuff," chuckles Wednesday. "But if you look closely, you can see a picture of the Calling All Corpses album cover (on the right side). Basically he (the artist) translated most of the song titles and broke it up so it's words here and there. I think it says 'Mr. Motherfucker' on one sign. Where the word Vincent is, maybe that's Vincent Price; I can only hope."
It's public knowledge that Wednesday's next full-length album, The Dixie Dead, will be released in February or March 2013, so what was the impetus to release the Spook & Destroy EP? "For me, if you go back and look at everything I've released, I've pretty much put out a release almost every year since 1996. There was one year; I think 2007, where I didn't release anything. When Calling All Corpses came out last year, I pretty much had the whole year off from touring, we recorded it earlier in 2011 and it came out later. Once the record was out, I was ready to start thinking about writing another record. This European tour was coming up and I wanted to come out with something new, something in time for the tour that holds people over, just in time for the new record which I'm more stoked about than anything at all."
Back in August, W13 Tweeted that The Dixie Dead is his "fav solo CD since the first… such variety." Elaborating upon the maximum 140 characters allowed Wednesday says, "I took a different approach on it. I recorded it in different circumstances, most of the time at my house, which was so cool! I didn't have to worry about getting up and driving to a studio around LA somewhere and taking forever to get there. I could wake up in my pajamas and track a song; I think you'll definitely be able to hear that on the record, there's such a relaxed vibe to it. It doesn't sound rushed or anything." The neighbours didn't complain? "They did not complain at all, which I'm really shocked about. They complained other times when I wasn't making music; I was just playing music in my room. We didn't make any noise at all. We pretty much sound-proofed it out and used a lot of headphones. It worked out great. Instead of spending an eight hour day in the studio, when I had it here at my house, I could record all day long until three or four in the morning. So we got to work twice as long which definitely helped."
Returning focus to the Spook & Destroy EP, which contains two new songs, two remixes, one acoustic reworking as well as three re-recordings of older songs, fucking the world wasn't good enough; W13 had to mother fuck the world! "Yeah," laughs Wednesday. "One day I was writing out song titles in a notebook. I had a bunch of different things and there was F.T.W. – Fuck The World. Somehow that made me laugh and I made a riff up, Mother Fuck The World went right over the riff and history was made at that point. It's a cool, fun song. For me, the song definitely has a harder, heavier edge to it than the Calling All Corpses record, and it's a good indication of where the next record's going as well. So that was another point where I wanted to put this EP out, so people can hear the direction we're going with The Dixie Dead."
'Halloween 13-13' is the other brand new song on Spook & Destroy, rather fitting seeing as the EP will be released in October – the same month as Wednesday's favourite holiday. "At first, what originally happened when it came to the EP idea was that I wanted to record a song to put out on Halloween. I've had this 'Halloween 13-13' song for a couple years and to me, it kind of had a vibe of my old days with THE FRANKENSTEIN DRAG QUEENS. When it came time to record, I had the 'Mother Fuck The World' song, and we thought about re-recording a few old songs. So we decided to make an EP out of it in time for the tour, and luckily it worked out. It was cool that I got to record that song because it would not have fit on The Dixie Dead, and I didn't want it to go into the old demo vault where a lot of songs have went and will probably never, ever get recorded."
In celebration of All Hallows' Eve, W13 shares his best Halloween memory, "The Halloween show I did in London in 2008, when HANOI ROCKS was on the bill and they actually supported me which I couldn't believe! It was a solid packed show, it was insane to look out and see all these people in costumes. It wasn't just people from London, people flew in from all over the world 'cause it was a special event. When I walked out (on stage), it made me feel like doing this has all been worthwhile, all these years of singing about Halloween and horror music. It made me feel good about being Wednesday 13."
Wednesday will be playing London, England again on Halloween 2012, and he'll be filming that show for a live DVD. "Yeah, the show I was just telling you about, being my favourite Halloween memory, the show was so cool, but we didn't videotape it. I said, if that ever happens again, we have to videotape it. Once I saw the venue that we're playing in London (Club Koko), it's such a cool looking theatre. It's perfect for a DVD shoot. The photos I've seen online are amazing; it looks too good for me. It's like, wow, they actually booked me in this place? We've got to get it on tape so I can prove it. I know it's going to be such a special show, it's one of those days when I know things can't go wrong for us. So I'm super excited about it, plus the last DVD (F**k It We'll Do It Live, released in 2008) showed the old lineup that I had. The guys I'm playing with now, I've been with for years, whether it was GUNFIRE 76 or MURDERDOLLS, it feels like a band and I wanted to showcase that 'cause I'm really proud of the lineup I have now. I think we have a really, really cool show. I kind of feel like it's revenge on that last DVD; it was bad luck, everyone was sick when we filmed it. We've changed the set since then, we'll play songs from the new EP. I'm always changing stuff up and thinking ahead of the game. I went back and looked at the tracklisting of the last DVD so I won't do the same set list. I purposefully made it really different from that one. It will be a completely different show. It's important for me to break the mold a bit too because for the most part, since Calling All Corpses came out (in 2011) we've been playing the same set. I told everybody we got too comfortable with it, so I changed everything up. I've added a bunch of new songs in, so now we get to start all over again and get better as a band." As far as a release date for the DVD goes… "That's the crazy part because I don't know what's going to happen first. The Dixie Dead will be out in February hopefully; then the DVD wouldn't come out for at least a month or two after that – maybe April, a spring release? Then there's a little something – I don't want to get too far ahead of myself – but I have another project I'm working on for the later part of next year as well."
Another aspect of Spook & Destroy is the trio of re-recordings. The desire to re-do the old Frankenstein Drag Queens songs 'Rambo' and 'Mr. Motherfucker', both of which initially appeared on Night Of The Living Drag Queens, released in 1998 makes total sense as neither the recording equipment or budget was what it is today. However, re-visiting 'Bad Things' from 2005's Transylvania 90210 is a surprise as that album sounded great. "Exactly, and I agree with you. The reason I did this is, 99% of the time I'm on tour, that's where the majority of my fans buy my merchandise. So when they come to my merch table… ever since 2008 I've been able to go back and redo my catalogue, from Skeletons on. I was on Roadrunner in 2005: I'm no longer with them. Then I did a record with them with Murderdolls, and I'm no longer with them again. It's one of those things where I don't have Transylvania 90210 as a release for my fans. So when I play a show and somebody wants a copy of 'Bad Things', now they can get it. I lost control of some of the product over the years from bad deals or whatever; a lot of people have no idea. For example, when I opened up for ALICE COOPER for the very first time, we played 'I Love To Say Fuck' and I didn't have a recording of that anywhere. Our merch guy said, everyone keeps asking about this 'I Love To Say Fuck' song. If you had that CD, I would have sold 200 of them tonight. I'm trying to get more control of my catalogue and make it more available, 'cause it's scattered over the years."
Same scenario applies to the acoustic version of 'Curse Of Me', which initially appeared on Fang Bang in 2006. "Right, but this was a different thing because I started doing the acoustic version in 2007 during a six-week tour of Europe, and it got a really cool reaction. Over the years, people kept saying I should put it out. So I listened to the fans' demand, and it was cool to go back and do it. Plus I was playing that song all during the summer tour last time. We've worked that back into the set now, it's come back as a favourite." The 2012 acoustic rendition sounds as though Wednesday is singing it with his dying breath! "The recording of that was so difficult at first. We didn't record it in a studio; we did it in a rehearsal space with a makeshift vocal booth. So I'm basically under a blanket and a Marshall Amp in a cardboard box. I first started singing it normally, but I just wasn't getting the vibe. So we had to spook it out; I really felt like I was in a coffin. I had to get right on the mic – so that's why there's two or three different voices on it. When I went back and listened to it, it even sounded creepy to me. It made the hair on my neck stand up; it felt like the demon version of me singing, I don't know how I pulled that out but I did."
Hearing 'Curse Of Me' done acoustically, which is not something W13 is generally known for, piques the old curiosity - is an unplugged album or series of shows a possibility? "Yeah, that's another one of the ideas in my million idea bucket. One day you'll hear the Undead Unplugged album from Wednesday 13. For years I've sat around with the guys in my band with acoustic guitars on the bus, and we'll practice our show acoustically. It sounds so cool because all of us can play guitar, even our drummer. It's something I really want to do because I know we can pull it off. Doing the 'Curse Of Me' thing, plus I did the acoustic songs on the Bloodwork EP as well (in 2008), I want to put these out piece by piece, but doing an unplugged album is definitely on my list. I don't know when I can work that in, but it's on the slate."
Rounding out Spook & Destroy are the remixes. Two of the songs that were re-recorded were also remixed, thereby resulting in two different versions of both 'Bad Things' and 'Rambo' on the same EP. Given the size of Wednesday's musical archive, why not opt to remix two other tracks? "It was going to be a six-song EP originally, as most EPs are. The guy who did the remixes, these were the only ones we had that he could get hold of. He did them for fun and sent them to us, and they were kind of cool. I thought the same thing, why put them on there? But they're like bonus tracks; they weren't even supposed to be on there in the first place."
As far as remixes go, compared to ROB ZOMBIE's, the pair on Spook & Destroy are actually listenable. Wednesday 13's songs retain their original identity, rather than morphing into electronic dance techno crap. "That's what I told my guy who did the remixes – he did a lot of the Weirdo-A-Go-Go stuff as well. I said I don't really like remixes, but I have heard some that I do like and I explained those to him. I don't want it to be too crazy where it gets so far away from the song; you've still got to have the lyrics. He sent me the 'Bad Things' version and when I first heard the piano, it was like what the fuck is this? It just made me start laughing 'cause it sounded like the MTV version of that song; it was hilarious. But once I'd heard it a couple times, it was cool too; it really started to get stuck in my head. But again, it wasn't intended to be on there in the first place, it's just a bonus thing."
W13 will be doing quite a bit of touring in the near future: Australia, Europe, and Russia in November – that sounds cold! "Yeah, we're not really the smartest people when it comes to booking our tours, but that's when the offer was for. Around the same time last year we were in Finland, so we were really close, and it was so cold! It'll be a fun, interesting trip. I'm super excited to do it because I haven't been there in a year, and I've never been to Russia, ever. It's a pretty cool honour to be invited to do two shows there (in Moscow and St. Petersburg). It's another notch on the belt."
In closing, Wednesday remarks, "Next year marks 10 years I've been doing the Wednesday 13 thing, and 20 years since I've been putting out music as far as releases you can actually get through iTunes and things like that. The thing about this EP, I didn't want to confuse people with The Dixie Dead as well. Everyone's asking why I didn't just put it out this year? Well, next year is 2013. I have to put out the record in 2013; it would be dumb not to use that year, it's my lucky year. That's why I wanted to delay the full album. I'm so, so stoked about it."
Visit Wednesday-13.com for a complete list of tour dates.


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PRINCETON — Raleigh Charter had not played a fifth set all season before Tuesdays N.C. 1A eastern regional championship match against Princeton. The inexperience did not show.
The Phoenix scored the final 14 points of that fifth and deciding set to take a 19-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-23, 15-3 victory.
Raleigh Charter (23-3) will meet Boonville Starmount (26-6), a three-set winner over Elkin, in the state championship match Saturday at noon in Reynolds Coliseum. Raleigh Charter fell to Hendersonville in last years state championship.
We just played great and with so much intensity, said senior captain and outside hitter Joanna Powers, who finished with a match-high 23 kills.
The Phoenix, in a rematch of last years eastern regional championship, took advantage of Powers rotation on the front row in the final set, setting her up for five kills and two winning tip shots on the 14-point service rotation of teammate Emily Hulbert.
Our serves were much stronger and better positioned, said Raleigh Charter coach Tania Stafford of the fifth set. That really helped get us in our offense quicker.
With the match even at a set apiece, Princeton (26-2) rallied from a 22-19 deficit to take the third set 25-22. Junior Kasey Edwards got on a roll on the front row to finish the set with five kills in the final six points of the set. Edwards finished with a dozen kills.
Both teams went through lengthy periods of productive offense. For the Phoenix, it was when either Powers or sophomore Grace Irvin was on the front row. For Princeton, it was senior standout Savanna Massengill (16 kills) and Edwards doing the most damage.
Phoenix senior middle blocker Clara Leonard credited her teams defensive play.
We were letting too many balls hit the ground at times and I caught myself doing it, said Raleigh Charter senior captain Clara Leonard. But we were very cohesive in the fifth set. We were all on the same page.
The Phoenix had to hold off another Princeton surge late in the fourth set to force that fifth set. The Bulldogs led 14-11 before a Powers-filled run of kills pushed Raleigh Charter back in front 20-16. Princeton got within a point at 24-23 before Irvin ended the set with a kill.
Princeton finished the season 26-2.
We had an almost flawless season, said Princeton coach Paige Renfrow. We lost in the fifth round of the state playoffs in the fifth set. When they look back later, theyll realize what a great season we had.


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Many voices are needed in support of meeting the challenge of our changing climate, with all the accompanying effects on health, environment and the lives of our children and grandchildren. There have been numerous highly emotional pleas from "friends..." of this and that, yet none of them say what a real friend would say, and what we might not want to hear.
Mitigating and adapting to climate change demands every possible resource we have, and wind power is one of those, (along with solar, geothermal, hydro, biomass, nuclear and, most important of all, conservation).
Surprisingly, however, there are highly intelligent folk out there who choose to resist wind for many reasons, only two of which are valid, i.e., turbines do change the view, and they do make noise. A true friend will tell you this, and then go on to say to make a gain we have to make a sacrifice; and the true friend will also tell you that there is no medical support for the claims of negative health effects, even though, to my personal embarrassment, some of my colleagues have stated such.
I recall in the 1950s when seat belts were introduced, it took the support of the medical profession to educate the public to comply. The time has come again when we physicians must educate the people of Maine as to the value of wind as part of the "silver buckshot" that we need, as a friend, to deal with the threat of climate change.
Richard K. Jennings, MD, Fayette


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Origins News Roundup for July 23, 2014
This week in origins news, a great collection of articles by key players in the conversation about theology and science, a surprising science fair discovery, and the Apollo 11 anniversary!
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This week in origins news, a great collection of articles by key players in the conversation about theology and science, a surprising science fair discovery, and the Apollo 11 anniversary!
For my part, the historical setting of the text plays an important role in how I read. It's not a problem in my view to see the authors of Genesis embedded in their times, writing in the scientific/mythological terms they knew, even if those terms are now obsolete.
"There are clues in a text as to how the text should be written, so with Genesis, the rhythmic nature of Genesis 1 and 2, the almost poetic, and hymnic, function that it would have played in the liturgy of the earliest Jewish lives… it seems to me that there are clues here that it should be read in a theological way."
We must press beyond the various creation narratives in the Hebrew Bible, including the final chapters of Job, to the picture of God revealed in the New Testament—the Creator who does not rationally explain away the scandal of suffering but who instead enters into it.
The confident assertion that the Bible trumps science stems from a misunderstanding of the purpose of the scriptures, and a misapplication of the Bible to answer questions that can only be answered by the application of science.
How should we interpret the Bible? What is the role of tradition? What is the role of science? Who gets to decide whether traditional interpretations need to change?
"Being confronted with evolution may have been the catalyst for asking the difficult questions, but the real problem for me was not evolution – it was biblical literalism."
Once we recognize that no one takes the text literally, and that we have often failed to account for the details in the text regarding the time of day, we can begin anew to try to understand the text as an ancient text rather than as a modern one. As such, we must begin with the idea that the text operates in the world of omens, not the world of physics and astronomy.
This series, by Old Testament scholar Richard S. Hess, was first published as an appendix to Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (Downers Grove: IVP Academic; Nottingham: Apollos, 2011).
We need to hear stories from others who have wrestled with evolution and Christian faith. What arguments made them change their views on science? How did they hold fast to their relationship with God? The essays in this series will eventually comprise a book, provisionally titled, "Evolving: Evangelicals Reflect on Evolution."
For Darwin, both of these observations (that oceanic islands lacked terrestrial mammals, and that endemic species on islands were most similar to a species on the closest mainland) had the same explanation: his hypothesis that endemic, oceanic species were the modified descendants of a colonizing species from the nearest continent.
Congratulations to the 37 winners of the Evolution & Christian Faith (ECF) grants competition! ECF is a new BioLogos program designed to support projects and network-building among scholars, church leaders, and parachurch organizations.
Although committed to the principle of sola Scriptura, Calvin recognized that the Bible would have been written in terms its original recipients would have understood. Calvin inherited the medieval cosmology of his time, a way of viewing the world heavily influenced by Greek thought and one which was about to receive shocks from astronomers such as Copernicus and Galileo. But not just yet.
A common argument leveled against the theory of evolution is that scientists have not been able to produce transitional fossils that show the change of one species into another. In this podcast, we address a common misconception about what transitional fossils actually are.
The BioLogos Foundation explains to the findings of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project and responds to the claims that its discoveries challenge the theory of evolution, especially regarding so-called "junk DNA".
The Denisovans, an extinct hominid group that interbred with modern humans, made the news again lately with the publication of a more detailed study of their genome. One of the many interesting findings was that the Denisovans share the same chromosome 2 fusion that modern humans have.
Considering the immense popularity of "Darwin's finches", it is quite surprising to learn that Charles Darwin himself had very little to say about them. In fact, it was actually David Lack, one century later, who conducted the critical research that immortalized the finches in biology textbooks and popular lore.
In this series, James Kidder provides an intriguing study on transitional fossils and the evolutionary history of modern humans. He begins by discussing the fossil record, explaining how new forms are classified. He then explains the physically distinguishing trait of humankind—bipedalism. From the discovery of Ardipithecus, the earliest known hominin, to the australopithecines, the most prolific hominin, Kidder focuses on the discovery, the anatomy, and the interpretation of these ancestral remains.
There are two opposite errors which need to be countered about the fossil record: 1) that it is so incomplete as to be of no value in interpreting patterns and trends in the history of life, and 2) that it is so good that we should expect a relatively complete record of the details of evolutionary transitions within all or most lineages.
N.T. Wright explores the context and manner in which Scripture is authoritative. He does so by questioning the meaning of an authoritative book as well as the application of such authority. Wright encourages us to flee from the controlling "list" mentalities that belittle the richness of God's Word, and rather to understand it as a narrative inspired by God and recorded by ancient persons. Ultimately, God "organizes" his people through his Son Jesus and by the Holy Spirit, and not through extracted rules from the Bible.


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Using Apache Proxy to Suppress Banner Ads
No matter how much you have, Internet bandwidth never seems to be enough. At home, I dial up on an oldish analog exchange to the Internet, rarely getting connections better than 4800 bps; at the office, I have a (shared) 64KB leased line to our U.S. office and thence to the Internet. However, no matter where I surf (it's part of my job), I have always wished there were a way to avoid waiting for pages to display while loading banner ad graphics from the remote server.
I am running an old, completely hacked version of Red Hat (2.0 to be precise) with kernel 2.2.10 on my 66MHz 486 PC at home. I use this system for browsing (mainly using Lynx), software development and fooling around with Linux. My wife and two children also use it, primarily for browsing and e-mail using one of the web-based e-mail services with Netscape Communicator.
Since I first installed Linux on this system a few years ago, I've been running the Apache web server to serve local content. More recently, I've also enabled Apache's caching Proxy module to maintain a local cache of commonly accessed documents, speeding up Internet access somewhat. The version of Apache I'm running is 1.3.3 (yes, I should upgrade to the latest and greatest, but there's no pressing hurry).
The Apache web server (http://www.apache.org/) is a well-known HTTP server and is part of most, if not all, Linux distributions. Along with being the world's most popular web server, running on over 56% of web sites (Netcraft survey at http://www.netcraft.com/), Apache also has features which helped me replace graphics from well-known banner ad sites with an innocuous local graphic.
Since the distribution I'm running is so old, I will describe the methodology of replicating this on a more modern distribution, namely Red Hat 6.0. Most other popular distributions of Linux will require the same or similar steps.
In order to use Apache for this purpose, I had to set it up as an HTTP Proxy, using mod_proxy, and enable and use the URL rewriting engine built into Apache (mod_rewrite).
In a nutshell, you must first set up Apache to act as a proxy server for the browsers on your local network (or for a single system, which is what I do at home) and tell the client browsers to use that Apache host as a proxy. Then use the powerful mod_rewrite URL rewriting engine to search for banner ad HTTP requests (these match the URLs of well-known banner ad server hosts) and substitute a local graphic for them. With this done, you can sit back and watch your web pages flow into your browser, while that irritating advertising is automatically replaced with a more soothing and altogether more relevant graphic.
You will need to be root while following the steps discussed here.
The first step is loading and enabling the proxy module (mod_proxy) which is part of Apache. In most distributions, you enable mod_proxy by appending the following line to your Apache server's configuration file (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf or /usr/local/apache/etc/httpd.conf):
ProxyRequests on
To check if the module was loaded okay, restart the web server with the command:
killall -1 httpdCheck the last few lines of the Apache error log (usually in ../logs/error_log or ../var/log/error_log relative to the httpd.conf file), and if there are no errors, celebrate! Apache's proxy feature is enabled. This has been tested on Red Hat Linux 6.0 and Debian's "Potato" GNU/Linux 2.2, and it should work with SuSE Linux 6.1.
If you get an error message like:
Invalid command 'ProxyRequests', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
then you need to either locate the Apache Proxy module, or download and install a version of Apache which has mod_proxy available. Installation is outside the scope of this article. See the Apache HOWTO at www.apache.org/docs-1.2/mod/mod_proxy.html.
Once you have the Apache proxy configured and running, you can tell your client browsers to use it. In Netscape Communicator, select Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Proxies and "Manual Proxy Configuration". Click on the "View" button, and enter the name of the host running Apache in the text entry boxes for "FTP Proxy:" and "HTTP Proxy:", using 80 as the port number for each.
For Lynx, edit the global Lynx configuration file found by default in /etc/lynx.cfg or /usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg and change these lines
#http_proxy:http://some.server.dom:port/ #http://some.server.dom:port/ #ftp_proxy:http://some.server.dom:port/
to look like:
http_proxy:http://apache.my.dom:80/ http://apache.my.dom:80/ ftp_proxy:http://apache.my.dom:80/Then, replace apache.my.dom with the name of the host running the Apache server. Similar techniques will apply to other web browsers—consult the browser's manual for details.
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Denim Blue JeansLevi Strauss had the canvas made into waist overalls. Miners liked the pants, but complained that they tended to chafe. Levi Strauss substituted a twilled cotton cloth from France called "serge de Nimes." The fabric later became known as denim and the pants were nicknamed blue jeans.
Levi Strauss & CompanyIn 1873, Levi Strauss & Company began using the pocket stitch design. Levi Strauss and a Reno Nevada-based Latvian tailor by the name of Jacob Davis co-patented the process of putting rivets in pants for strength. On May 20, 1873, they received U.S.Patent No.139,121. This date is now considered the official birthday of "blue jeans."
Levi Strauss asked Jacob Davis to come to San Francisco to oversee the first manufacturing facility for "waist overalls," as the original jeans were known as.
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Thanksgiving in the US is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, and legions of people fly across the country to share turkey dinner. Thanksgiving also marks the start of the "Holiday Season": Christmas decorations go up and many places stage an appearance by Santa as part of their Thanksgiving weekend festivities.
--Thanksgiving in 2012 falls on Thursday November 22nd--
Thanksgiving Day Parades
A number of cities have parades, including NYC (where the Macy's parade is the iconic event), Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago...
New York City: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The most famous parade! This annual tradition dates back to the 1920's. Read about the Parade and how to get the best viewing spots. (Parade-goers will surely want a turkey feast later in the day: About's Guide to New York City Travel lists many Thanksgiving Dinners with kids' prices.)
Thanksgiving Weekend Packages
Have a look at 19 great places to spend the long weekend, enjoying turkey feasts, "Light Up" nights, Santa photo ops, and special fun such as "turkey trots."
Thanksgiving Weekends at Country Inns
If the idea of a family-friendly country getaway, where someone else cooks the turkey appeals to you, head to Bedandbreakfast.com.
Destinations, Starting in the Northeast US
New England Thanksgiving Planner
About's New England Travel has a comprehensive planner including historic places to visit & special lodgings packages and details about visiting Plymouth Rock, which marks the place where the pilgrims landed in America in 1620. New York State: Otesaga Resort Hotel
The weekend package for this grand lakeside hotel near historic Cooperstown typically includes dinners and breakfasts, entertainment, and family activities such as holiday movies, hay rides, bingo... and a visit from Santa, too.
New York State - Rocking Horse Ranch
90 minutes from New York City, the Rocking Horse Ranch has 500 acres in the Shawangunk Mountains with horseback riding, hay rides, indoor pool, archery, teen club, two children's centers, music, entertainers, shows, climbing walls, and more. All inclusive pricing includes meals and activities.
New York State - Catskills: Villa Roma
Thanksgiving weekend package typically includes meals, and kids programs. Activities on the property include kids camp, rock-climbing wall, bowling alleys, horseback riding, paintballing... Be sure to read recent visitors' comments.
Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, NH
Thanksgiving weekend at his National Historic Landmark property includes harvest feast plus family turkey-trot, flag football, ornament workshop, kids camp, tree-lighting, storytelling with Santa, gingerbread cookie decorating, and lots more.
New Hampshire: Dana Place Inn, Jackson NH
In the White Mountains, a Traditional Thanksgiving Package includes full country breakfasts, afternoon tea with hot mulled cider, Traditional Thanksgiving Afternoon Dinner, dinner by candelight on other evenings, and box lunch for a day of sightseeing. Dana Place Inn -- built in the 1890's -- has family suites with no charge for children in room with parents, and only a small food charge based on age and plan.
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MacEachern is no stranger to Machine Head, he substituted when former bassist Adam Duce had to miss their 2007 Black Tyranny Tour due to injury. Although they did an extensive search this time around, MacEachern had already impressed them with both his attitude and abilities as a bassist and harmony vocalist and the band says he nailed his audition. He's already begun rehearsals with Machine Head for this summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour and plans to relocate from North Carolina to Northern California to begin pre-production for the Oakland-based band's upcoming eighth studio album.
PINK FLOYD: Pissed at PandoraEarlier this month Pink Floyd announced their catalog is streaming on Spotify. Now they have come out against another online music service, Pandora in regards to royalties.
Writing an op-ed piece in USA Today, Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason say, "Great music can inspire deep emotions, and businesses have long sought to harness this power in order to make money. Nothing wrong with that -- everyone deserves to make a living -- but too often it leads to less than scrupulous behavior. The latest example is how Pandora is pushing for a special law in Congress to slash musicians' royalties -- and the tactics they are using to trick artists into supporting this unfair cut in pay... Nearly 90-percent of the artists who get a check for digital play receive less than $5,000 a year. They cannot afford the 85-percent pay cut Pandora asked Congress to impose on the music community... Artists would gladly work with Pandora to end AM/FM's radio exemption from paying any musician royalties -- a loophole that hurts artists and digital radio alike."
KORN: New Album in SeptemberKorn's new album will be released on September 24th.
Drummer Ray Luzier let the release date slip in a photo he posted on Instagram of the band's press conference in France over the weekend. The album is the first to feature guitarist Brian "Head" Welch since 2003's Take a Look in the Mirror. No title has been announced yet for the album.
FOO FIGHTERS: Getting Started AgainFoo Fighters are ready to start on their next album.
Drummer Taylor Hawkins tells Billboard, "We're getting started. We're getting our ideas together. Dave (Grohl) has his brain working overtime, like usual, and he's got a lot of great ideas, both musically and conceptually -- none that I can speak of at this moment, but it's gonna be great. It's gonna be cool."
NIRVANA: Rapper Jay-Z Uses "Teen Spirit" ChorusThe chorus to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has ended up in a new song by rapper Jay-Z.
The track, "Holy Grail," appears on his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail that's due out July 7th. The chorus of the song paraphrases Nirvana's anthem with the lyric, "And we all just / Entertainers / And we're stupid / And contagious."
Courtney Love tells the Huffington Post that she gave the rapper permission to use the lyrics after hearing the song. Love says, "Francis [Bean Cobain] would freak [if she knew this.] Jay-Z's huge and we're friends. I mean we're not besties or anything." Love adds, "They [used it] without asking, which is kind of nervy but the business side has been taken care of so it's fine."
SAMMY HAGAR: His Friends Can't Drive 55 Either
Sammy Hagar spent part of the weekend at the Sonoma Raceway near his Mill Valley, California home. He shot a video there for a song from his new album, Sammy Hagar & Friends, which is due for release in September.
He was joined by NASCAR racer Jimmie Johnson, who says, "I've known Sammy for a long time. He's just a good dude and he loves cars and loves music. That is right up my alley."
Hagar, who also visited with racers Michael Waltrip and Carl Edwards, adds, "These are all my buddies. They're all rock and roll guys, and I'm a car guy, so we kind of find a middle ground. I love it – the smell of the gas, the burning tires. The sounds to me – that's like ecstasy. I'm going, 'Woooo!' I just close my eyes and pretend."
Among those joining Hagar on the new album are Michael Anthony, Kid Rock, Ronnie Dunn, Neal Schon, Joe Satriani and Chad Smith.
GEDDY LEE: Tops Top Bassist List
The folks behind the website for instrument maker Gibson have posted their list of the Top 10 Metal and Hard Rock Bass Players and at number-one is Geddy Lee of Rush. Other members of the old-school class to make the list include Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones at six and the late Who bassist John Entwistle at seven. Metallica had two of its members make the list with the late Cliff Burton at two and their current thumper Robert Trujillo at 10.
1) Geddy Lee
2) Cliff Burton - Metallica
3) John Myung - Dream Theater
4) Blasko - Ozzy Osbourne
5) Steve Harris - Iron Maiden
6) John Paul Jones
7) John Entwistle
8) Lemmy - Motorhead
9) David Ellefson - Megadeth
10) Robert Trujillo - Metallica
NINE INCH NAILS: Go Your Own Way (To Get a Guest)Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has grabbed a couple of interesting guests for Hesitation Marks.
The album -- due out September 3rd -- not only features guitarist Adrian Belew (who recently bowed out of the band's touring lineup) but The Who touring bassist Pino Palladino and, perhaps most surprisingly, Fleetwood Mac singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. There's no word yet how many songs Buckingham appears on.
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Jane's Addiction's Live in NYC is available in a multitude of audio and visual formats.
Smashing Pumpkins' Oceania: 3D in NYC is a DVD and Blu-Ray shot during the band's December 2012 show in Brooklyn.
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard releases his second solo album -- and first in 12 years -- called Moonlander.
The Dio catalog gets another upgrade with Magica: Deluxe Edition.
CHILI PEPPERS, STONES: Kiedis Roughed Up at HotelRed Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis got a rude introduction to the perils of staying at the same hotel as The Rolling Stones on Friday.
Kiedis and a female friend approached an entrance at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia just as the Stones were leaving. A security guard, who apparently mistook the star for a fan, tried to stop him from entering -- which quickly escalated into a fight. TMZ's video of the incident shows people yelling at the security detail, "He's the singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers!"
The Four Seasons denied that the guard was on its staff. TMZ cites a source inside the Stones camp saying the man was possibly a local bodyguard hired to supplement the band's regular security.
Kiedis and the Chili Peppers were staying at the hotel because they were performing at the Firefly Music Festival in nearby Dover, Delaware that night.
SCOTT WEILAND: HitchedScott Weiland finally has something to celebrate.
The ex-Stone Temple Pilots singer got married on Saturday evening to photographer Jamie Wachtel at their home in Los Angeles. The couple met in 2011 when Wachtel worked on the sets of the videos for his Christmas album. People magazine reports that it was an intimate ceremony attended by family and close friends.
Weiland was kicked out of STP earlier this year and is locked in various lawsuits with his former bandmates over the band's name.
LED ZEPPELIN: Two Tributes in One
The Heartbreaker Tour with Heart and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience started last week in Florida and it does feature both bands performing together. The tour came together after Bonham joined Ann and Nancy Wilson last December in Washington, D.C. in tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors.
After opening the show, Bonham and his guitarist come back out at the end to join Heart on "Battle of Evermore," "The Song Remains the Same," "Rain Song," "The Ocean," "Kashmir" and, along with a choir, "Stairway to Heaven."
Seeing the Wilson sisters and Bonham do "Stairway to Heaven" at the Kennedy Center Honors was quite a moment for Robert Plant, who recently said, "I just couldn't believe that song had anything to do with this 64-year-old man that was sitting next to John Paul Jones [and Jimmy Page]. I thought to myself, 'This is me…how did this happen?'"
The Heartbreaker Tour is in Virginia Beach Monday night. It runs through August 31st in Heart's hometown of Seattle.
Jimmy Page took in the June 14th London show by Lez Zeppelin, an all-girl Led Zeppelin tribute band. Afterwards he went backstage to say hello.
"Joe [Perry] has done, like, four solo albums. I never have, though with lyrics and arrangements and so forth a lot of Aerosmith albums are just fine for me. It's cathartic. But I had a lot of fun doing [my 2011 single] '(It) Feels So Good.' I've got this itch in me to do a solo record, and that's what I'm gonna do next. I've got some great people that want to get involved in it. It's early on right now... I got that itch to do something that's a lot different than Aerosmith... I'm into electronica – there's just a lot of stuff – good, weird music that I want to get off my chest... I'm gonna start in January and see where we get by March... Aerosmith will always be around, but I got this itch and I know how to scratch it."
And Joe Perry is working away on his autobiography, which he hopes to publish next year. "It's a lot of work," says Perry. "It's 42 years of keeping Aerosmith together, and then the other 20 that got me there. It's a lot to sort through. I really want this to be as close to the truth, and what I can remember, as it can be. It isn't like I'm sitting down and giving a couple of interviews and then letting my ghostwriter go off and figure it out. We're working with him almost daily. So it's cruising along. We're probably three-quarters through the first draft, I'd say... It's like digging up an old grave -- you don't want to have to go back there. But in order to make the book as good as it can be, I have to. So that was a surprise."
Tyler and Perry are in Los Angeles where on Saturday they will inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame.
AEROSMITH: Another Hall of FameThis Saturday, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry will be inducted into their second hall of fame this month when the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles does the honors. Earlier this month, they were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 13th.
Speaking of the honor, Tyler says, "Look at who played there -- Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, the Stones, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra -- and every time we hit that stage, don't you think I stand there and think about the people that looked out at the same thing I'm looking out at? It's just astounding. What an honor. Plus, the L.A. Philharmonic has a music program and it gives money to the schools, because they cut all these programs for kids to try to maybe play something or learn how to play..."
Joe Perry adds, "We've played it four times. The history of the place is not lost on us. I would rather play the Hollywood Bowl than any one of the other arenas around. It's a tough place to play for a rock band, but it sounds great, and the history of who played there, just great to be able to stand on that stage. [And] it's for a good cause..."
They will do a short set that will include "Walk This Way," "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" and "Cryin'."
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Serj Does Song for MandelaSystem of a Down frontman Serj Tankian has collaborated on a song honoring Nelson Mandela.
"We Are" will be released on Mandela Day, July 18th, with proceeds going to Buskaid, a charity that provides free music lessons and instruments to children in the Soweto township.
Tankian is joined on the song by Devin Townsend.
See video HERE!
METALLICA: Video Em' AllAn enterprising Metallica fan has assembled a full-length video of the band doing its debut Kill 'Em All at the Orion fest.
The band played on a side stage under the name Dehaan on June 8th and YouTube user Milanicachannel assembled footage from five different fans as well as from Metallica.com and Rolling Stone into a 52-minute video from multiple angles with board quality sound.
Check out the video on YouTube
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: Getting ShiprockedFive Finger Death Punch have signed on to headline the latest edition of the Shiprocked cruise.
The Norwegian Pearl ship will depart from Miami on January 26th and will visit a private island in the Bahamas before returning on the 30th. Also on board are Papa Roach, Three Days Grace, Device, Sevendust, Candlebox and Young Guns. Tickets go on sale July 1st.
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BAD COMPANY: In Good Company
After doing a warm-up show last weekend in California, Bad Company officially starts their 40th anniversary tour Thursday night in Auburn, Washington on a bill with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
It's appropriate that the tour should start in the Pacific Northwest as that is where Rodgers lives, north of the border in British Columbia, Canada. And it's because of Skynyrd that he does. It was the good ol' boys from the South, who, while on a tour with Rodgers 12 or so years ago, introduced him to model and Miss Canada Cynthia Kereluk, who Rodgers married in 2007. In 2011, Rodgers became a Canadian citizen.
Bad Company and Skynyrd will in Ridgefield, Washington on Friday and Mountain View, California on Sunday. They will then go their separate ways before teaming up for 10 more dates starting July 11th in suburban Houston.
STEVEN VAN ZANDT, JOURNEY: Remember James Gandolfini
Like seemingly everyone else, those in the music world with ties to the landmark HBO series The Sopranos were shocked to hear about the death of James Gandolfini, who died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack at age 51 while vacationing in Italy.
Steven Van Zandt, who acted with Gandolfini in The Sopranos, issued a statement that read: "I have lost a brother and a best friend. The world has lost one of the greatest actors of all time. Maureen and I send our deepest sympathy and love to Deborah, Michael, Lily, and all of Jimmy's family."
Journey, whose 1981 hit "Don't Stop Believin'" enjoyed a second life after it was featured in the final scene of The Sopranos, also issued a statement. It read: "It's truly an honor to have been able to share one of the greatest moments ever in TV history with James Gandolfini. He was an amazing actor -- taken way too young -- and he'll be missed. Our condolences go out to his family."
DOORS: Densmore Reconciled With Manzarek Before His Death
Despite years of legal battles, Doors drummer John Densmore says he achieved closure with Ray Manzarek before his band-mate's death last month. He tells Rolling Stone, "The inner circle knew Ray had cancer for a while. Then I heard he was really sick and called him. He said thank you for the prayers and told me chemo was [expletive]. So there was a closing, thank God."
Densmore is also back in touch with Robby Krieger via email. "I said few weeks ago, 'Let's have our musical reunion for Ray. Let's play some Doors songs at the Whisky or Wiltern -- there's a lot of great musicians in L.A. that we know and love and admire the band. I'd like to break the ice that way. It should happen pretty soon.'"
We're awaiting specifics -- as are the millions of Doors fans still stunned by Ray's death on May 20th.
ROLLING STONES: Roll Onto iTunesIn celebration of their 50th anniversary, The Rolling Stones now have a store on iTunes. Their catalog has been mastered exclusively for the digital download service and has been broken into two Complete Collections -- 1963-1971 and 1971-2013. However, it is not exactly complete as their 1970 live album, Get Yer Ya Ya's Out, is not included and no reason was given for its absence.
Also included are No Stone Unturned Volume 1, containing 22 singles, B-sides and more, and No Stone Unturned Volume 2 with 20 singles, B sides and more.
Also available are the films Crossfire Hurricane, Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones and Rock and Roll Circus, as well as The Rolling Stones 50 eBook, music folios and The Rolling Stones Official App.
The Stones' 50 & Counting tour is down to its two last U.S. shows -- Friday in Philadelphia and Monday in Washington, D.C.
BLACK SABBATH: 13 Is 1
Black Sabbath have finally topped the Billboard album chart. 13, their first studio effort with Ozzy Osbourne in 35 years, will debut at number-one after selling 155,000 copies its first week in stores. It's also the most albums they've sold in a debut week -- their previous best was the 1998 live album Reunion, which sold 98,000 copies.
The band has commented on the achievement, with guitarist Tony Iommi saying, "The news is absolutely amazing. We couldn't have imagined this would happen. We have the greatest fans."
Ozzy adds, "There have been so many amazing highlights in our long career. To finally have our first number-one album in the U.S. is another incredible milestone for Black Sabbath. Thank you to all of our fans for their support and loyalty."
And Geezer Butler says he's "absolutely stunned. Thank you all world wide for being the best, and most patient, fans ever."
13 is only Sabbath's second Top 10 album in the U.S. after 1971's Master of Reality, which hit number-eight. They first hit the Billboard 200 the week of August 29th, 1970 with their self-titled debut.
FLYLEAF: EP Marks New Singer's Debut
Is there...leaf after Lacey? The members of Flyleaf hope so -- as they release the first single with new singer Kristen May this week, followed by an EP next month.
The single, "Something Better," which features a guest shot by P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval, will be the only studio track on the five-song Who We Are EP, which comes out July 9th. The other four are recent live performances of May singing "Call You Out," "Fire Fire," "Broken Wings" and "Sorrow," all songs that the band's original singer, Lacey Sturm, initially sang in the studio. The single is currently available for streaming via Soundcloud.
Flyleaf and P.O.D. will kick off a co-headlining tour July 13th in Kenosha, Wisconsin that will continue through August 10th in San Diego.
AEROSMITH: NYC Show CannedThe New York City Parks Department has pulled the plug on the July 13th Living Social Backyard Festival, featuring Aerosmith.
Scheduled for Randall's Island Park, which sits in the East River, it was scrapped due to all the rainfall New York has received this month, which made the venue unsuitable for events. The repairs needed will not be completed in time.
Of course, this could just be the way of saying tickets were selling poorly as prices had been slashed over the past few weeks. Joan Jett was also scheduled to perform.
REDLIGHT KING: Lots of Irons in the Fire
Redlight King will return this fall with their second album.
Irons in the Fire will be released on September 10th, with the first single, "Born to Rise," available at iTunes on July 9th.
Redlight King will debut songs from the album on the Ones to Watch tour, which kicks off August 1st in San Diego.
NINE INCH NAILS: Reznor Teams With Lynch AgainTrent Reznor is once again collaborating with director David Lynch.
Lynch is directing the video for the new Nine Inch Nails single, "Come Back Haunted." Reznor tweeted a picture of himself with Lynch on Wednesday. The pair collaborated in 1997 on the soundtrack for Lynch's film Lost Highway, which included the Nine Inch Nails track "The Perfect Drug."
"Come Back Haunted" is on the new Nine Inch Nails album, Hesitation Marks, which is due out on September 3rd.
BEASTIE BOYS: Raising Funds for Yauch Park
Beastie Boys are raising some money for the Brooklyn, New York park named for the late Adam Yauch.
The group's website is selling four different limited edition watches for $75 apiece, with all proceeds going to Adam Yauch Park. The site is also promoting a link where fans can donate to help the park's upkeep in Yauch's memory, at NYCGovParks.org.
The park was named in Yauch's honor last month, one year after his passing.
PINK FLOYD, RAGE AGANIST THE MACHINE: They Are Manning
Roger Waters and Tom Morello are among the musicians and actors who appear in a new video titled "I Am Bradley Manning."
The clip has the ex-Pink Floyd singer-bassist and Rage Against the Machine guitarist supporting Private Bradley Manning, who's on trial facing treason charges for supplying classified documents to Wikileaks.
Check out the video on YouTube.
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RAY MANZAREK: Last Recordings Out Today
Less than a month after his death comes a new album from Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Twisted Tales is Manzarek's third album with slide guitar player Roy Rogers came out yesterday
These were Manzarek's last recordings and Rogers says, "Before Ray left for Germany [where he passed away], we had both signed off on the artwork and agreed to release it sooner than later. Obviously we thought that Ray was coming back from his travels, and so I'm proceeding with the release. That is what we wanted to do, and that's what both Ray and I agreed to do... I dedicated it to Ray's memory. We were both really proud of this recording. It's going to be very interesting to see how people react to this. Now that Ray is gone, it's a little weird for me to release something. But I figured that this was the best way to honor Ray. I hope people enjoy it."
Manzarek died of cancer on May 20th. He was 74.
Headlines for Tuesday, June 18, 2013
SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR: Corey Sets Book DatesSlipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has announced a few in store appearances for his second book.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven (Or, How I Made Peace With the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots and Cynics in the Process) will be published on July 16th, and Taylor will do a signing that night at Bookends in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Taylor will appear at Book Revue in Huntington, New York on the 17th and then fly west for appearances at Book Soup in Hollywood July 19th and Camp Pendleton in San Diego on the 20th, where he'll also sign copies of the House of Gold and Bones comic book series as well.
ICK JAGGER: 50-Year-Old Hair For SaleA clump of Mick Jagger's hair from the early '60s is going on the auction block.
The locks belong to the grandmother of Chrissie Shrimpton, a girlfriend of Jagger's before he hit fame with The Rolling Stones. Grandma apparently gathered the hair out of the drain after Jagger took a shower at her home. The auction house, Bonhams, says, "Apparently, on her grandmother's death, the hair passed to Chrissie's aunt, and when she died, the hair was returned to Chrissie by a cousin taking care of personal effects."
The hair will go on the block on July 3rd in London, with proceeds going to the charity Changing Faces. It is estimated to sell for between $2000 and $4000.
A couple of clips of Keith Richards' hair recently sold at auction for $1400.
Source: Fox News
METALLICA, MEGADETH: Two Ex-Members to JamThe Gigantour might see a couple of ex-Metallica members play one of the group's classics.
Newsted, led by ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, will be on the tour with headliners Megadeth, led by ex-Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine. Mustaine tweeted a question to fans over the weekend -- "If I play a song I wrote in Metallica with Jason, which should it be?" Mustaine then offered up five songs -- "Ride the Lightning," "The Call of Ktulu," "Metal Militia," "Phantom Lord," "Jump in the Fire" and "The Four Horsemen."
Doing the songs won't be a problem for Newsted -- his band already features a couple of Metallica songs in its set.
The Gigantour starts July 3rd in Gilford, New Hampshire.
ROB ZOMBIE: The Nightmare Begins in the FallRob Zombie is launching a new haunted house and music experience this fall.
The Great American Nightmare will be open every Thursday through Sunday from October 10th through November 2nd at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. It will feature three attractions based Zombie's own films -- Lords of Salem Total Black Out, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto 3D, and Haunt of 1,000 Corpses.
The haunted house will also feature music each night -- including performances by Andrew WK, Goldfinger, Kottonmouth Kings, Reel Big Fish, The Used and many more.
BON JOVI: Sorry ClevelandBon Jovi have canceled their NFL-related concert in Cleveland.
The band was set to perform on July 14th at First Energy Stadium after a Cleveland Browns fan fest. The team announced the cancellation of the concert Monday morning without any explanation.
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
IRON MAIDEN: Gov't Invests in Bruce's CompanyIron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has scored a big infusion of cash to expand his aircraft company.
Close to $8 million is being invested into Dickinson's aircraft maintenance business, Cardiff Aviation Limited. About one third of the money is being contributed by Finance Wales, an investment company owned by the Welsh government. Dickinson hopes to expand the business and eventually launch his own airline.
Source: Wales Online
BLACK SABBATH: Set U.K. Chart RecordBlack Sabbath have set a U.K. chart record for the longest gap between number-one albums.
13 bowed at number-one, 42 years and eight months after their second album Paranoid hit the top. That breaks Bob Dylan's record of 38 years between New Morning in 1970 and Together Through Life in 2009. Sabbath's last Top 10 U.K. album was 1983's Born Again.
Sabbath are expected to score their first number-one album in the U.S. when the sales figures from last week are released on Wednesday.
Source: Billboard
Headlines for Monday, June 17, 2013
ROBERT PLANT: Will He Accept the Olive Branch?David Coverdale wants to apologize to Robert Plant for negative things he said 20 years ago.
In 1993, Jimmy Page teamed up with the Whitesnake frontman for an album and tour as Coverdale-Page. That led to a war of words between Coverdale and Robert Plant, with the Led Zeppelin singer calling him "David Cover-version." And Coverdale did not bite his tongue, saying, "There's certainly no love lost between myself and Robert… I wouldn't send him cat food if he was starving."
Two decades later, Coverdale regrets those remarks. He says he recently saw Page and said, "When you speak to Robert, offer my sincere regrets for any negative things I've ever said, which were mostly defensive. I hold him in the highest esteem as a human being, and as an artist, and I really would like to, you know, sit down, buy him a drink, shake hands and say, 'I'm really sorry,' you know, 'Can we be friends again?'"


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Charlie Weis and his new-look Jayhawks are closing in on their first game of the season, now just over a week away, and the push is on to get everything ready in time for South Dakota State.
One thing that's already set: the depth chart.
Even though Weis won't release it until next week, the former Notre Dame coach said Tuesday that about "90 percent" of the depth chart is set. The only remaining gray area involves a couple of players who arrived late to fall camp.
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Walker's Point mural comes under scrutiny
A mural created in Walker's Point over the weekend during an event organized by TRUE Skool, a group that works to empower at-risk youth through cultural projects, was this morning after coming under scrutiny by local officials.
Ald. Bob Donovan is calling for an investigation of the group and wants to "see why precious grants and resources are being used to 'educate' young people on how to create graffiti," according to a statement released this morning.
"In my opinion this outfit is nothing more than a front for propagating and endorsing graffiti," Donovan said in the statement.
The mural, emblazoned with the words "Raw Love" and created with a group of students under the direction of professional artist Jay Sterling, who also goes by J. Bird, was designed to be temporary and was going to be removed today at 1 p.m., said Sarah Patterson, executive director of TRUE Skool. Things got heated at the site this morning, which Patterson said could have been avoided with if Donovan had simply called the group.
"I just think it is ridiculous when young people in the community see our aldermen go on TV irate…when they try to do something positive and are being called criminals and vandals," said Patterson, who said Donovan attended the group's block party last year.
"It is really sad – we still have those who view art as not valuable," she said.
The mural was painted during the group's 5th annual block party, which was attended by more than 500 people and sponsored by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Safe Alternatives for Youth Grant, RedBull, 88.9 RadioMilwaukee, MODA3, Time Warner-Milwaukee, Artist & Display, Urban Underground and Grime Official, according to Romke de Haan, a TRUE Skool board member.
In an email to constituents this morning, Donovan inidcated that the mural was brought to his attention by the captain of the 2nd District Police Station, Donald Gaglione, and the head of graffiti abatement for the Department of Neighborhood Services.
"The number one consideration in matters like this should be how the area residents feel about it," Donovan wrote. "When you can show that they are in support, you will have a leg to stand on."
Patterson said TRUE Skool delivered fliers to homes and businesses in Walker's Point on June 24th, sharing information about summer activitiesincluding the block party and "live art" projects. They delivered the fliers in an area bordered on the east and west by S. 1st and S. 5th streets, and on the north and south by W. Florida and W. Walker streets, she said.
Robert Smith, the owner of the building at 934 S. Barclay St., could not be reached for comment.
"We're really trying to help the community," said Romke de Haan, a board member for TRUE Skool, who added that in addition to creating murals in the community the group also removes graffiti and tagging throughout the area. "This was an art project."
Donovan said he didn't believe that the mural was temporary.
"I think they ve been successful in misleading people," Donovan said of TRUE Skool. "Graffiti is at its worse level now since we started taking records, and that worsening seems to coincide with the arrival of TRUE Skool on the scene."
TRUE Skool also has plans to create a more permanent community mural at S. 3rd and W. Bruce St. in the coming weeks. Information about the mural was included in the fliers the group distributed and was discussed at the June 30 meeting of the Walker's Point Association, which gave the group its support, Patterson said.
The Common Council shelved a measure last fall that would have made murals subject to the same regulations and approval processes as commercial signs. Donovan is chair of the public safety committee and a member of the city's anti-graffiti policy committee.
The image is courtesy of TRUE Skool and was taken over the weekend.
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How about a mural of jobs leaving Wisconsin.
Paint a map showing Arizona and Mexico sharing a border.
The scourge of having permission to paint on the sides of buildings is an outrage on par with this growing "concert in the park" problem.
Even a community like Ashland isn't immune to this. In a picture from Mary Louise's July 2nd post, an entire wall in that town is covered!
I'm no gang expert - but if you look closely - it says GAMBLE in that painting, and those 3 brazen ladies (gangsters?) just stand there smiling about it! I sure hope people in Ashland haven't started gambling since this went up ... but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. Ever since those Pabst murals went up around Milwaukee, I can't seem to drink enough of that stuff.
I can't tell what the word in that TRUE Skool mural says, but it sure looks like trouble and I hope nobody does it.
Donovan is always grandstanding. Instead of asking what he's running for; let's ask him what he's running FROM! When a person does things like he does, he usually is drawing attention away from himself. (trying-to, anyway)
BTW, great mural.
I am sad to state this, but if your point of contention is the misspelling,
then I suggest you stop smoking Kool cigarettes and stop using any
products that relate a brand name through the usage of a spelling play of
a common word. Idiots, its called "Branding a Message". If they just
called themselves, "True School" it wouldn't mean anything. The very
fact that it is misspelled attracts your eyes and gives it a unique brand
and meaning (urban and young in this case). For god sakes, this is
exactly why we need more art funding, so people like this can finally
understand how the human mind works. I am sure if its said, "Go Packers"
no one would object!
Art isn't always beautiful. It's about culture, people expressing themselves. I
am distressed at how this has been handled. This should have been an
opportunity to build community not tear it down.
this is ridiculous. milwaukee programs are promoting this filth as art? How about you teach these kids to add? How about you teach them to read? How about you teach them to spell, "true skool"?!
This is just another example of the ignorance of milwaukee, which produces brilliant people like Peggy West, Miss "Arizona is a long way from the border".
I lernt to spellll at MPS!!!!
It figures the same city that has a school system which produces people who can't spell, do math, succeed in basic life skills, and has ever-falling education standards would consider this silliness art. Yes, let's just keep on the same road instead of improving our perceptions on life.
Query: Why did the police call the alderman?
Seriously. If there was a problem that the police thought that merited some kind of action -- so much so that they contacted a public official and, according to the news story, said you're not going to believe this -- why was there no preliminary investigation to ascertain if there was a permit before such a phone call was made? It would only have taken a few minutes. And what would the alderman have been able to accomplish that the police, checking into the situation, could not? Again, the police instigated the alderman's presence.
The police who placed that phone call have to bear some of the responsibility in this incident.
Are you all kidding me? Gathering a group of kids together to create art is out of line? There's no hidden political message and no negative/demeaning intentions from this piece. It's out in the open for all to see, enjoy, discuss etc. The fact that police were involved and this became a bigger issue than necessary is exceptionally sad...


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Many people confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Both holidays were established and honor the men and women who have worn the uniform of the United States Armed Forces.
Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday in May, is set aside as a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle.
While those who died are also remembered on Veterans Day, which is observed on Nov. 11, Veterans Day is largely intended to thank and honor all those who served honorably in the military, in wartime or peacetime. In fact, Veterans Day allows us to thank veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security is appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those who served, not only those who died, have sacrificed and done their duty.
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AACC Program, Course & Faculty Member Win State Honors
An Anne Arundel Community College certificate program and course have won top honors from the Maryland Distance Learning Association (MDLA).
The MDLA gave AACC's Transportation, Logistics and Cargo Security (TLC) certificate program the 2010 Distance Education Program of the Year Award. The 2010 MDLA Distance Education Course of the Year Award went to AACC's computer technologies course, "Programming 2 in Java" (CSI 162). Patricia Gregory of Davidsonville, AACC professor of computer science, was honored for her work developing and teaching this online course.
AACC created the award-winning TLC program through a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to address industry training needs nationwide. An advisory committee comprised of regional business, government and education leaders worked with a team of instructional designers from the AACC Center for Workforce Solutions to provide feedback as courses were developed and piloted. Initially, training took place in a face-to-face classroom setting. After a successful pilot offering, the courses were then converted to an online format and marketed nationally.
The training is offered for college credit or as noncredit continuing education and is targeted to new and existing workers in the TLC fields. AACC also offers the training to the general public.
Gregory joined AACC in 1991 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and a Master of Science degree from Bowie State University.


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1 c. finely chopped rhubarb.Beat egg. Stir in milk and oil. Sift dry ingredients together and add to egg, milk, and oil. Stir just until flour is moistened. Fold rhubarb. Batter should be lumpy. Fill greased muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes at 400 degrees, 10-12 minutes for mini-muffins. Freezes well.
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