text:
1.4 Million Workers To Benefit From Minimum Wage Increase In 2012
In January, San Francisco will officially be the first U.S. city to have a minimum wage of above $10, nearly $3 more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25. And that won't be the only locale in which workers will see a little extra pay in 2012. In fact, eight states will be raising their minimum wage next year, which, according to the Economic Policy Institute, will benefit 1.4 million workers:
There are eight states that have legislated annual, inflation-linked increases in their minimum wage. This "indexing" of the minimum wage ensures that the real value of the lowest-paid workers' wages does not shrink as normal costs of living go up. On Jan. 1, 2012, minimum-wage workers in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington will all see an increase in their paychecks.
The table below describes the workers affected by the increase. Across these eight states, an estimated 1,045,000 workers will be "directly affected." These are workers whose current wages are between the existing state minimum wage and the new Jan. 1 minimum wage. In addition, another 394,000 workers will be "indirectly affected" by the increase. These indirectly-affected workers are those whose current wages are just above the new Jan. 1 minimum, and are likely to also see a wage increase as employers adjust their overall pay structures to reflect the new minimum (the "spillover" effect).
The extra money pumped into the economy by the increases should also create about 3,000 jobs. But even with these increases, the minimum wage has a long way to go: It would actually take a minimum wage of about $9.92 today to match the buying power of the minimum wage in 1968.


text:
|Key Info
The Exclusive 5 bedroom Golden Palm Villa is situated on a gated hilltop above Chaweng Noi Beach, amongst spectacular coconut groves and beautiful panoramic views. The picturesque beach at Chaweng Noi is only 2 minutes away and has a fine selection of traditional Thai restaurants.The villa is designed and finished to the highest European standards. Features include a spacious infinity pool, terraced area and gardens. Inside, jacuzzi and wood paneled ceilings accent the open-plan living and dining area to create an air of spaciousness and a seamless blend of indoor and outdoor living.Extensive woodwork, stonework and granite, highlighted with water features, fountains, ponds and rock gardens create a real sense of luxury and comfort. The villa features 24 hour security and a concierge service which takes care of all your requirements in Koh Samui and beyond. Another exclusive feature is the use of our 40 foot power boat to tour around Koh Samui, the surrounding islands and the beautiful marine park.Bookings 10 days or more include a half day trip (worth 700 USD$) on our luxury speed boat around Koh Phangan island, including soft drinks and snorkeling equipment.Bonus Nights• Pay for a minimum of 7 to 9 nights and receive 2 additional free nights • Pay for a minimum of 10 nights and receive 3 additional free nights Reduced Occupancy Rates Available
|Sleeps up to 10, 5 bedrooms
|5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms of which 1 family bathroom, 5 en suites and 1 shower room, Solarium or roof terrace
|Check in time:
|Check out time:
|Nearest beach
|Chaweng Noi Beach 1.2 km
|Car advised
|Nearest Amenities
|2 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Koh Samui International Airport 10 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|No pets allowed, Yes, smoking allowed
|Jacuzzi or hot tub, Internet access, DVD player, Staffed property, Boat available, Sea view
|Private outdoor pool (unheated)
|Air conditioning, TV, CD player, Telephone, Fax machine, Table tennis, Safe, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer
|Super King Beds (3), Double Beds (1), Sofa Beds (1), Single Beds (3), Cots available (2), Dining seats for 10, Lounge seats for 10
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair available
|Private outdoor pool (unheated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ
|Secure parking, Not suitable for wheelchair users
|Further details outdoors
Bookings 10 days or more include a half day trip (worth 700 USD$) on our luxury speed boat around Koh Phangan island, including soft drinks and snorkeling equipment
|Further details
• The villa has room safe and mini bar fridge. It comes equipped with flat screen TVs, DVD/VCD players, 56
channels satellite TV, ADSL WIFI connections.
• Rates are inclusive of :
• Continental breakfast,
• House keeping, and all linen.
Staff & Services
• Staff service hours 08:00 - 17:00
• 2 Housekeepers: Work 9 hours daily, speak Thai
• Cook: Works 9 hours daily, speaks Thai
• Manager/Concierge: Available 24 hours a day, speaks English and Thai
• Security Guard: Available 24 hours a day, speaks Thai
• Exclusive use of our 40 foot power boat at an additional charge
• No wheelchair access is available.
• No pets allowed.
Additional Information
• A car and driver are available at an additional charge
• Pre stocking is available at an additional charge
• Daily rates include a Thai Chef (food cost on Guests account) Food & wine supply on purchase cost plus 15% handling/admin, or minimum ~ 500 Baht handling fee per shopping
• Evening Meal service available at an additional charge
• Rates include daily Continental breakfast
• Rates shown are for a maximum of 10 (ten) Guests (including children). Extra bed will be charged at ~US$50 per night
• Weddings and social events are accepted at an additional charge with a maximum of 30 guests
Terms & Conditions:
All bookings are made with "The Management Company" acting on behalf of the owners. The payment of any deposit for the rental rate shall be taken as acceptance of the following conditions.
Booking. Confirmation of Availability and Rates:
"The Management Company" will confirm availability, daily rates and the deposit required. Bookings are normally for a minimum of three nights.
• An initial deposit of fifty percent (50%) of the total rental will confirm a booking.
• If funds are not received within seven banking days the reservation shall be considered as cancelled.
• "The Management Company" may then allocate the Villa to another client.
• The outstanding balance must be paid at least 30 days before the day of arrival, unless otherwise specified.
• "The Management Company" reserves the right to cancel the booking if the balance is not received by the due date. Cancellation charges will apply.
• The whole amount of the Villa rental is to be paid at the time of booking if rental is to commence within 30 days.
• Payment should be made by international bank transfer to "The Management Company" denominated corporate account
A security deposit of $US500 is required with the payment of the balance to cover the cost of any damage or breakage's, the use of telephones and other services. The security deposit will be returned at the time of departure, less any such costs.
Pristine beaches washed by sparkling seas, inviting tropical weather and unspoiled nature... All this complemented by world renowned Thai hospitality. A pure paradise. Koh Samui has established itself as one of South East Asia's most exclusive tourist destinations.Located in the picturesque gulf of Thailand, Koh Samui is easily accessed by over 30 daily domestic flights and has international connections from Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore.Surrounded by turquoise waters, neighbouring islands and marine parks, the area is a paradise with a wealth of marine activities and excursions.
The picturesque beach at Chaweng Noi is only 2 minutes away and has a fine selection of traditional Thai restaurants.The island is known for its vast coconut plantations and rolling hills that give way to spectacular coves and soft white beaches, Koh Samui is truly a unique destination with award winning spa facilities, golf and gourmet cuisine amidst the peace and harmony of nature.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
I mention Antarctica here a fair bit I guess… it's but one place I would like to visit one day. In the meantime though, I'll have to settle for looking at someone else's photos, in this case the work of London based photographer Anna Vlasova, of the ice covered continent.
The icebergs of Antarctica as photographed by Anna Vlasova
Thursday, 4 June, 2015
Read more posts on related topics
Antarctica, photography, travel
Antarctica, as filmed with a quadcopter
Wednesday, 6 May, 2015
If you don't have the Vimeo Staff Pick page bookmarked, you ought to, it's where I see many of the Vimeos I feature here.
You especially ought to bookmark Antarctica, that was filmed with the aid of a quadcopter, a drone like device used for aerial photography, by Stockholm-based filmmaker Kalle Ljung, since, if you're not able to travel there, this may be the one of the last chances to see the frozen continent in its pristine beauty, before the ravages of climate change take their toll.
Read more posts on related topics
Antarctica, climate-change, travel, video
Since when did Antarctica become a holiday resort?
Monday, 10 November, 2014
Antarctica: The White Continent, is an intriguing collection of images by US photographer Gray Malin… swans, inflatable tubes, deck chairs, beach balls, and all.
Antarctica, unspoilt wilderness, or not for much longer?
Read more posts on related topics
Antarctica, environment, photography
A look at entries in Antarctica's "48 Hour Films" for 2014
Wednesday, 3 September, 2014
As I've said before, filmmaking is alive and thriving in Antarctica by way of 48 Hour Films, an annual film production challenge where participants have, as the name suggests, forty eight hours to produce their entry… a selection of titles from this year's event have been posted by Anthony Powell.
Read more posts on related topics
One hundred year old photos of Antarctica's Ross Sea Party
Friday, 13 June, 2014
Last year a box of photographic negatives, that were almost one hundred years old, was found in a room at Robert Falcon Scott's expedition base at Cape Evans, Antarctica.
Rather than Scott's team though, the images depict members of Ernest Shackleton's Ross Sea Party, who were tasked with laying supply depots across the Great Ice Barrier, ahead of the Irish born polar explorer's 1914 to 1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
Thought to have been taken by Arnold Spencer-Smith, who served as the advance group's photographer, the photos have now been intricately restored, and can be viewed at the Antarctic Heritage Trust website.
Via Imaging Resource.
Read more posts on related topics
Antarctica, history, photography
To the south pole, one blog post at a time
Tuesday, 19 November, 2013
Ben Saunders and Tarka L'Herpiniere are presently attempting to retrace the exact same steps taken by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, during his 1912 expedition to the South Pole, and are recording their progress as they go along, by way of an expedition blog.
What's almost as intriguing as the journey itself though is the fact that people following the latter day team's progress across the Antarctic ice are able to read and comment on their exploits, even though they may be up to half a world away, surely something Scott and his contemporaries could never have envisaged.
Read more posts on related topics
Antarctica, probably not a place for the faint of heart to visit
Monday, 30 September, 2013
While some especially adventurous travellers may see Antarctica as a so-called extreme tourism destination, it is certainly no place for the faint of heart:
While I'm personally not prone to anxious thinking, conditions here breed morbid fantasies: ominous fog banks, white-capped waves, freezing, face-shredding winds capable of knocking you off your feet with no warning. In weather like that, your access to medical treatment is limited and beyond your control—and when something like a broken leg could be deadly, thoughts of injury (and improvised surgeries inside a storm-tossed boat) are never far from your mind.
Read more posts on related topics
Why Antarctica, I didn't recognise you without your ice sheet on
Thursday, 13 June, 2013
NASA's IceBridge Mission has been using a number of technologies to create a map of Antarctica's bedrock, a process that if nothing else, gives those of us not so up on matters geology an idea what the landmass looks like without its ice and snow cover.
Read more posts on related topics
Antarctica, geology, photography
I've just spent two months on an ice breaker
Monday, 13 May, 2013
Stanford University PhD student Cassandra Brooks recently spent two months sailing through Antarctica's Ross Sea aboard an ice-breaker. Rarely a dull moment by the looks of it, including even the occasions the vessel was temporarily trapped by the sea ice.
Via Lost At E Minor.
Read more posts on related topics
Warning: penguins for the next two thousand kilometres
Monday, 18 February, 2013
Melissa Brennan, who set herself the goal of visiting each of the world's seven continents before the age of 21 (hmm, now why didn't I think of something like that…), recently captured this footage of a penguin highway in Antarctica.
Read more posts on related topics


text:
August 12, 2015
Welcome to Anderson County Alternative School. Established in 1996, we will observe our 20th anniversary this school year.
Over the past many years, our school has established itself as a place where students who have been expelled or removed from an Anderson County school district or ordered to attend by a Family Court judge can get back on track in a safe and structured environment.
In this structured environment, students will be expected to adhere to established grooming standards including wearing a uniform, participate in academic classes geared to individual student abilities and needs, follow a structured movement pattern and experience life in a military-styled boot camp. These programs are detailed on this site.
We welcome the opportunity to work with you and to assist you in meeting the challenges of daily life. Please join our team of dedicated professionals and establish your personal "great expectations" for academic, social, emotional and behavioral performance both at school and away from campus. Working together, we can begin to make better choices which will be reflected in personal and academic growth.
This site is designed to serve as a guide to the opportunities, expectations, and regulations at ACAS. Please remember, however, that this is not an all-inclusive listing of rules, regulations, and opportunities. If you have questions or wish to talk to any staff member, please contact us at 864-260-4888. We look forward to working with you throughout this school year.
Randolph H. Dillingham


text:
MEMPHIS - Carlee Beth Carroll, infant, of Memphis died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Amarillo.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Johnnie Snider officiating. Arrangements are by Hughs Funeral Home of Memphis.
Carlee was born Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Amarillo.
Survivors include her parents, Dana Carroll and Thomas Carroll, both of Memphis; grandparents, Jo Ann Carroll and Max Crump of Memphis, Rhonda Gerald of Memphis; great-grandfather, Sammy Crawford of Memphis; two brothers, Braxton Elrod of Amarillo and Micah Gerald of Memphis; and two sisters, Monica and Baylee Carroll, both of Memphis.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 8, 2006
Amarillo Globe-News © 2016. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy / About Our Ads


text:
Bush administration distorted intelligence
Published: Monday, January 12, 2004 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 12, 2004 at 12:00 a.m.
To The Editor: John Fogle's feeble-minded December column informed us that Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith's memo to the Senate Intelligence Committee contained "a mountain of evidence" linking Saddam to al-Qaida.
Feith -- Richard Perle's former Pentagon aide in the '80s and member of a close-knit team of neo-conservative ideologues who've spent more than a decade hammering out plans for an attack on Iraq -- based his memo on raw intelligence obtained from the Defense Department's war planning task force, the Office of Special Plans, and its secret intelligence unit set up after 9/11 to prove an Iraq-al-Qaida link.
Neither intelligence unit is officially part of the intelligence community and seemingly immune to congressional oversight.
Raw intelligence is usually subject to a thorough vetting process, tracked, verified, analyzed and checked by intelligence professionals.
But not at the Office of Special Plans, where raw intelligence they produced appeared in speeches given by Bush, Cheney and other officials.
State Department intelligence officials Greg Thielmann and Christian Watermann charge they were pressured to shape intelligence to fit policy, stating the Bush administration was "grossly distorting intelligence."
Didn't this raw intelligence help create an incendiary environment of widespread fear and help build consensus for war against Iraq?
Catherine Granicz
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.
Comments are currently unavailable on this article


text: New Member Mentorship Program We've been working on trying to put together a few new programs. We've got an idea for one that's not fully formed, but we want to gauge interest in it before we spend a bunch of time on it. We are looking at putting together a mentor program that will partner new members with people that have been around for a while to help them get oriented during their trial month. Read more about New Member Mentorship ProgramLog in to post comments


text:
Soluble Aβ oligomer production and toxicity
Version of Record online: 28 NOV 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07478.x
© 2011 The Authors. Journal of Neurochemistry © 2011 International Society for Neurochemistry
Journal of Neurochemistry
Special Issue: Alzheimer's Disease
Volume 120, Issue Supplement s1, pages 125–139, January 2012
Additional Information
How to Cite
Larson, M. E. and Lesné, S. E. (2012), Soluble Aβ oligomer production and toxicity. Journal of Neurochemistry, 120: 125–139. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07478.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 23 DEC 2011
- Version of Record online: 28 NOV 2011
- Received June 30, 2011; revised manuscript received August 22, 2011; accepted August 25, 2011.
- Abstract
- Article
- References
- Cited By
- Alzheimer's disease;
- amyloid-beta;
- oligomer;
- transgenic mouse
J. Neurochem. (2012) 120 (Suppl. 1), 125–139.
For nearly 100 years following the first description of this neurological disorder by Dr Alois Alzheimer, amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles have been hypothesized to cause neuronal loss. With evidence that the extent of insoluble, deposited amyloid poorly correlated with cognitive impairment, research efforts focused on soluble forms of Aβ, also referred as Aβ oligomers. Following a decade of studies, soluble oligomeric forms of Aβ are now believed to induce the deleterious cascade(s) involved in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. In this review, we will discuss our current understanding about endogenous oligomeric Aβ production, their relative toxicity in vivo and in vitro, and explore the potential future directions needed for the field.


text:
Old Museum Building, Brisbane
|Old Museum Building
The Old Museum Building.
|Former names
|Exhibition Building and Concert Hall
|General information
|Cnr Gregory Terrace and Bowen Bridge Road, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland
|Queensland Government
|Design and construction
|George Henry Male Addison
The Old Museum Building is a heritage-listed performance venue in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Australia.
The Old Museum was originally called the Exhibition Building and Concert Hall. It was built in 1891 for the Queensland National Agricultural and Industrial Association after Brisbane's first exhibition building, which had occupied the land, was destroyed by fire on 13 June 1888. At the time of the fire the building was being used as a skating rink.[1]
The land had been used by the Queensland Acclimatisation Society from 1863-1875.
The new exhibition building was designed by the architect George Henry Male Addison (1857–1922). The style of the building may best be described as progressive eclecticism. It is entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
The Queensland Government took over control of the building and grounds when the National Association was forced into liquidation by the economic depression in 1897.
In 1899, the Exhibition Hall became home to the Queensland Museum, with the museum remaining in the building until the museum's relocation to the Queensland Cultural Centre in 1986. During the Queensland Museum's 86 years in the building, other parts of the building were used as a Concert Hall and an Art Gallery. Because of the Queensland Museum's long occupancy of the building, the building is now known as the Old Museum.
Performance venue[edit]
The Old Museum building is home to the Queensland Youth Orchestras, who use the building as a rehearsal, performance and office space. The building is also home for the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra, Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Youth Choir, Queensland Wind and Brass, Brisbane River City Clippers Barbershop Chorus, Queensland Rhythmic Gymnastics Organisation, Queensland Police Pipes and Drums and the Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre Company.
The play Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, was also presented in the Old Museum building in 1989. Members of the cast included Geoffrey Rush, Jane Menelaus and Russell Dykstra.[2]
The Old Museum building was also used as one of the sites for the 1980s Australian series of Mission: Impossible.
Photographs of the Old Museum[edit]
The Old Museum
as the home of the Queensland Youth Orchestras.
Heritage listing[edit]
The building was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[3]
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Old Museum Building, Brisbane.
- The Exhibition Grounds and Buildings - includes information about the Old Museum building
- the Old Museum Building
- "Troilus and Cressida" at the Old Museum Building
- Brisbane Symphany Orchestra
- ^ The Brisbane Courier, 14 June 1888, p. 6
- ^ "Troilus and Cressida". AusStage. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Old Museum Building (entry 600209)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
Coordinates: 27°27′07″S 153°01′46″E / 27.451875°S 153.029369°E


text:
#6 Cheapskate
"We watched This Old House and read books about installing laminate floors ourselves, but it seemed like a lot of problems could arise. So we hired someone to install them, thinking we'd have to choose a lower-grade material to fit our budget. But our contractor told us we could pull up the existing floor ourselves and prep the area for him to save on labor costs, and so we got the floor we wanted."
Ask TOH users about Money Saving Ideas


text:
American English: /ˈis(t)ˌbaʊnd/ British English: /ˈiːstbaʊnd/
Translation of eastbound in Spanish:
- que va ( or iba etc. ) en dirección este or hacia el esteExample sentences
- The car was travelling on the eastbound carriageway, towards the Greenbridge roundabout when it left the road.
- Following the impact, the truck careened into the eastbound lane of Highway 52, directly towards an oncoming van.
- All eastbound traffic (towards Richmond) will still be able to use Heath Road throughout.
Definition of eastbound in:
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.
Grammar and usage help for Spanish:
= trending


text:
Alpiq, Barry Callebaut, Credit Suisse: Swiss Equity Preview
The following companies' shares may be active in Zurich. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names. Prices are from the last close.
The Swiss Market Index of the biggest and most actively traded companies fell 181.89, or 2.9 percent, to 6,205.63. The broader Swiss Performance Index decreased 2.9 percent to 5,487.21.
Alpiq Holding AG (ALPH SW): Switzerland's largest utility was raised to "outperform" from "neutral" at Macquarie Research. Alpiq rose 3.75 francs, or 1 percent, to 388.25 francs.
Barry Callebaut AG (BARN SW): The world's largest maker of bulk chocolate was raised to "buy" from "neutral" at UBS AG. The shares dropped 1.5 francs, or 0.2 percent, to 665.5 francs.
Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN VX): Switzerland's second-largest bank agreed to buy the Prime Fund Solutions business from Fortis Bank Nederland NV for an undisclosed price to widen its services for hedge fund clients. Credit Suisse was little changed at 44.5 francs.


text:
Video Industry News Video Company News Technology Industry News Technology Company News Novelty Industry News Novelty Company News Gay Industry News Gay Company News Legal Industry News All Company News
Released: Dec 01st, 1996
Running Time: 81
Director: Bradley Evans
Company: LBO Entertainment Group
Cast: Abbey Lane, Tracy Love, Michael de Shane, Kimberly Kummings, Rick Masters, John Decker, Roxanne Hall
Critical Rating: AA 1/2
Genre: Feature
A disappointment considering two of porndom's hottest anally-inclined babes, Kimberly Kummings and Roxanne Hall, get their fecal fields plowed. The plot is standard issue: the ladies in white give their patients some tender loving (backdoor) care. Points off for a complete lack of initial penetration shots and disjointed editing. Kummings and Hall are hot as always, but have done better elsewhere.


text:
I have a Linksys Wireless-N Home ADSL2+ router to which I connect my MacBook Pro. The thing is that the connection behaves strangely. Let me explain: from time to time, the internet connection times out (on daily basis, more than once a day); the laptop doesn't disconnect from the router, but I just can't connect to internet anymore. To solve this I either turn off and back on AirPort or switch to a different network and then back to mine. In both cases, the issue disappears when I switch back.
Why does this happen and how can I solve it?
Router: Linksys Wireless-N Home ADSL2+ (model WAG120N)
Laptop: MacBook Pro spring 2011
ISP: Libero (Italy—if it might be important in connection with the router model)


text:
, Volume 91, Issue 3, pp 435-454
First online:
A comparison of monaural and binaural responses to frequency modulated (FM) sweeps in cat primary auditory cortex
- J. R. MendelsonAffiliated withDivision of Life Sciences, University of Toronto
- , K. L. GrasseAffiliated withDepartment of Psychology, York University
Rent the article at a discountRent now
* Final gross prices may vary according to local VAT.Get Access
Monaural and binaural single unit responses to frequency-modulated (FM) sweeps were compared in cat primary auditory cortex (AI). Both upward-directed (changing from low to high frequency) and downward-directed (changing from high to low frequency) FM sweeps were presented monaurally and binaurally at five rates of frequency modulation (referred to here as the speed of FM sweep). Two types of binaural FM sweep conditions were presented: (1) like-directed FM sweeps, in which identical FM sweeps were presented to both ears, and (2) opposite-directed FM sweeps, in which one ear was presented with one direction of FM sweep while the other ear was simultaneously presented with the opposite direction of FM sweep. In a sample of 78 cells, 33 cells were classified as EE (binaural facilitatory) and 45 were classified as EI (binaural inhibitory). Ninety-four percent of all units were sensitive to the direction and/or speed of FM sweeps. In general, under binaural stimulus conditions, EE cells responded optimally to like-directed FM sweeps, while EI cells preferred opposite-directed FM sweeps. When tested monaurally, 59% of all cells (both EE and EI) were direction selective, with the majority (76%) preferring downward-directed FM sweeps. When tested binaurally, most direction selective EE cells (60%) preferred upward-directed FM sweeps, while the majority of direction selective EI cells (71%) preferred downward-directed FM sweeps. Our analysis also allowed us to classify inhibitory responses of EI cells as either direction selective (37%) or non-direction selective (63%). For FM speed selectivity under monaural conditions, most EE cells preferred fast FM sweep rates (0.4–0.8 kHz/ms), while approximately equal numbers of EI cells preferred either slow (i.e., 0.05–0.1 kHz/ms) or fast (i.e., 0.4–0.8 kHz/ms) speeds. Under binaural conditions, the majority of EE and EI cells responded best to high speeds when tested with like-directed FM sweeps, while the preferred speed with opposite-directed FM sweeps was more broadly tuned. The results suggest the presence of binaural neural mechanisms underlying cortical FM sweep direction and speed selectivity.
Key wordsFrequency modulated sweep Binaural response Primary auditory cortex Direction selectivity Speed selectivity Cat
Reference tools
- Title
- A comparison of monaural and binaural responses to frequency modulated (FM) sweeps in cat primary auditory cortex
- Journal
Experimental Brain Research
Volume 91, Issue 3 , pp 435-454
- Cover Date
- 1992-11
- Print ISSN
- 0014-4819
- Online ISSN
- 1432-1106
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Frequency modulated sweep
- Binaural response
- Primary auditory cortex
- Direction selectivity
- Speed selectivity
- Cat
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- J. R. Mendelson (1)
- K. L. Grasse (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Division of Life Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, 1265 Military Trail, M1C 1A4, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
- 2. Department of Psychology, York University, M3J 1P3, North York, Ontario, Canada


text:
I loved 3 things about this hotel:
a) Fantastic location. I was a bit nervous about staying there in zone 1. But I felt safe the whole time when I was there! As long as you don't venture out of the pedestrian street (avenida 6) which is just around the corner, you will be just fine. All the major attractions are within walking distance. Don't miss the artisan market behind the church! It's the best place for souvenir shopping in the entire country. In fact, you don't need to buy anything anywhere else. Go there at the end of your trip and you can find anything and everything at the best prices.
b) Great restaurant. I had 3 meals there and every single one was delicious. You can't go wrong with anything that's marked "our specialty" on the menu. I noticed that a lot of the locals went there for dinner and brunch. You can't go wrong with that. Got to eat there!
c) The retro feel. This is an old hotel and the rooms can use some TLC. But the decor is in a "old school chic" kind of way. Probably not everybody's cup of tea. But I really liked it.
You could stay at the Holiday Inn, Marcelo or Hard Rock in the hotel zone. Or, you could stay here and see the real Guatemala City. For me, the choice was pretty obvious. :=)
- Reservation Options:
- TripAdvisor is proud to partner with Expedia, Hotwire, Booking.com, TripOnline SA, Travelocity, Cancelon, Priceline, Odigeo, Despegar.com and Hotels.com so you can book your Pan American Hotel reservations with confidence. We help millions of travelers each month to find the perfect hotel for both vacation and business trips, always with the best discounts and special offers.
- Also Known As:
- Pan American Hotel Guatemala/Guatemala City


text:
Author has written 7 stories for Pokémon, Suite Life series, Peter Pan, Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Spider-Man, and Avengers.
Hey people! Do people even still use this? Well for those of you still here my name is Ashley, I am in high school and real stressed out, not all that ritzy.
Things I like include:
This year on july the 6th I attended comic-con where I met Jennifer Morrison and Arthur Darvill. They are the sweetest human beings I've met.
I'm also on tumblr so if you want shoot me a message and ask for my url, also specify what fandom you're in because I have 46 blogs, err don't look at me.
|happy house
|TV Shows House, M.D.


text:
Sign up for our newsletter list to receive your code.
You'll stay up to date on new arrivals, trends, sales & receive something special for your birthday!
By joining you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
*free shipping valid in continental US only.
Crystal South Fork Bib Necklace
Product Code: NKC 767
Gold-tone brass Bib necklace with resin stones and Austrian crystals.
See where it will fall with our handy necklace length chart.
Measurements: Length 16"- 20" adjustable x Width 6.5"


text:
Definition of contrabass in English:
another term for double bass.
Example sentences
- Basses and even occasionally contrabasses are also made for flute bands.
- His primary instruments are the contrabass, voice, piano, electronics, and various percussive devices.
- It begins with electronic sounds of garbled voices and interference from static-laden radio channels, and gradually introduces gentle guitar strumming, stately piano chords, warm contrabass, and dreamy steel guitar.
Denoting a musical instrument with a range an octave lower than the normal bass range: a contrabass clarinet
More example sentences
- These horns are often found in their lowest manifestation, with Havard Lund playing bass clarinet and Nils Jansen alternating between contrabass clarinet and bass saxophone.
- I played contrabass clarinet in the school Concert Band, guitar in the Jazz Big Band, percussion in the school orchestra and I began to write music.
- Among the collection's highlights are the double slide contrabass trombone which inspired Wagner to write for the instrument in his Ring Cycle, a crystal glass flute and an early euphonium.
Late 18th century: from Italian contrabasso, from contra- 'pitched an octave below' + basso (see bass1).
For editors and proofreaders
Line breaks: contra|bass
Definition of contrabass in:
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.
= trending


text:
APRIL 20 (Wednesday): Featured participant on the "Science Fiction Panel of Experts," appearing with M.T.Anderson and Alexander Jablokov; Cambridge Public Library, Main Library Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, 6:30 PM.
Check out all of Gary's upcoming and recent appearances HERE!
Gary Braver is the bestselling and award-winning author of eight thrillers that have been translated into seven languages. His novels have been celebrated for their high concepts, careful craftsmanship, well-rounded characters, and page-turning momentum by critics and readers alike.
Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly
Doubleday Book Club's Medical Thrillers Bestseller for over two years
Winner of Massachusetts Honor Book Award (Flashback)
Four movie options including director Ridley Scott
"One of the best thriller writers in America today!"
--Tess Gerritsen, NYT bestselling author
"A masterful storyteller"
"Braver manipulates and surprises his readers. Not just once, but over and over again... A standing ovation for Gary Braver What an author!"
About his latest, Tunnel Vision
"With TUNNEL VISION, Gary Braver provides a wonderfully frightening and insightful tale on this theme that shatters my bones and leaves me to piece myself back together."
--Ray Bradbury, Internationally bestselling author of FAHRENHEIT 451
"This is summer reading at its best."
--EDGE New York
". . . [an] entertaining medical thriller. . . that shows [Gary Braver] an adept practitioner of this subgenre."
--Publishers Weekly
"From Braver, a novelist unafraid to amp up the creepiness, a disquieting glimpse as science's efforts to prove there is indeed life after death. . . [A] scary, well-crafted read."
--Kirkus Reviews


text:
Manage Subscriptions
Log Out
Log In
Brendan Craig Hammond
Democrats kicked off their convention Monday night amid tension between Bernie Sanders' supporters and Hillary Clinton's allies. Speakers on the first night sought to unify the party and highlight differences with Republican presidential nominee Dona...
No email address was supplied by
To complete your registration on this site, please supply an address.
Please confirm or modify the email address to which you will have subscription offers sent.
For a more personalized experience, please supply the following optional information.


text:
Restaurant ordering demo
by: Official Gates Technologies Private Limited • 6
All Android applications categories
All Android games categories
by: Official Gates Technologies Private Limited • 6
This Restaurant application is ready to use ordering system which makes the waiter work easy(Designed specially for Hotels and Restaurants).
This application allows the waiter to take the order using android mobile and send to kitchen and bill counter from his place within a second.
This system will be fast and effective.
Server Ad-min panel is used to update the menus and price.
Those updates will be automatically loaded in the application.
Testing Username: officialgates
Password: gates
Tags: hotel restaurant ordering system , ready for restaurant ordering , ordering restaurants , restaurant demo
Users review
from 6 reviews
Download Restaurant ordering demo
Free - V1.0 - 641K
More actions


text:
February 11, 2016
|Cut-, impact-resistant glove features antislip palm
Magid® has introduced the T-REX® antislip-palm impact glove. It delivers impact protection with ANSI level 4 cut resistance, ANSI level 5 abrasion...
January 12, 2016
|Lightweight glove offers high level of cut protection, oil grip
Magid® has expanded its line of D-ROC® gloves to include lightweight cut protection paired with NitriX® grip technology palm coating to ensure...
November 2, 2015
|Magid announces recent award wins
Magid®, a manufacturer of safety products and personal protective equipment in Romeoville, Ill., has been recognized for new-product innovation for...
October 21, 2015
|Cut-resistant gloves designed to provide thermal protection in cold weather
Magid® has expanded its line of work gloves to include thermal protection for cold weather conditions, paired with cut resistance to protect workers...
September 17, 2015
|Magid opens location in Houston
Magid, a Romeoville, Ill.-based manufacturer and supplier of safety products and personal protective equipment (PPE) has opened a store in Houston....
June 8, 2015
|Magid completes 700,000-sq.-ft. facility in Illinois
Magid, a manufacturer and supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE), has completed a 700,000-sq.-ft. global headquarters in Romeoville, Ill....
February 4, 2015
|Protective clothing protects wearer from arcs, flame
Magid® has introduced three new products that provide arc-rated and flame-resistant protection. The AR Defense™ relaxed-fit base layer shirts and...
January 21, 2015
|Cut-resistant work glove offers outstanding grip
Magid® has developed the CutMaster® Aramax® XT AX5100 cut-resistant work glove. The seamless machine-knit glove combines high-level cut protection...
July 18, 2014
|Magid Glove & Safety recognized for product innovation
Chicago-based Magid® Glove & Safety, a manufacturer and supplier of safety products and personal protective equipment (PPE), has been recognized by...
April 8, 2014
|Work gloves feature HPPE fiber blend for comfort
Magid offers the new GPD780 HPPE work gloves. The company developed an HPPE blend specifically for the gloves to provide ANSI Cut Level 4 protection,...


text:
2 posts tagged with terror by tranquileye.
Displaying 1 through 2 of 2.
A bit of a sea change at CNN.com: the "War on Terror" news heading, which has been part of the right column of CNN's home page since late September 2001, is gone, and not coincidentally, the massive non-news of the arrest of actor Robert Blake is the lead story. Not the growing world outrage over the Israel action in Jenin, nor the death of four Canadian soldiers by an errant US bomb.
"Just as the War Against Drugs would make some kind of sense if they honestly called it a War Against Some Drugs, I regard Dubya's current Kampf as a War Against Some Terrorists. I may remain wed to that horrid heresy until he bombs CIA headquarters in Langtry." Recent thoughts from Futurist, author, and stand-up comic Robert Anton Wilson.
Page: 1


text:
Type: Posts; User: scarlet_laurent
Search: Search took 0.03 seconds.
October 19th, 2013, 05:03 PM
- Replies
- 15
- Views
- 2,451
I do love the word Win! And I'm smiling ear to...
I do love the word Win! And I'm smiling ear to ear right now because I'm falling in love with Rowan Winter. Rowan has been my top choice for a while and my husband certainly loves Winter. I think...
October 19th, 2013, 04:56 PM
- Replies
- 15
- Views
- 2,451
You do??!!!!! The "wan-win" combination is...
You do??!!!!!
The "wan-win" combination is exactly what we've been worrying about but I do keep going back to it and you're restoring my faith :)
Thank you!
October 19th, 2013, 04:52 PM
- Replies
- 15
- Views
- 2,451
I love your style too, Winter Melody is actually...
I love your style too, Winter Melody is actually one of the names we're considering. Somehow I just forgot to list it!
Dusk is a very cool and handsome name, I'd love it for a little guy and I see...
October 19th, 2013, 04:18 PM
- Replies
- 15
- Views
- 2,451
Having second thoughts about our Baby Girl's Name! Please Help.
My husband and I were so sure we would call our daughter Rowan.
In my first thread I asked for feedback on middle names: Winter, Lake, and Scarlet
Most of the Berries ruled in favor of Rowan...
September 30th, 2013, 03:58 PM
Thread: Baby Boy Due 5 Days Ago...Help!by scarlet_laurent
- Replies
- 22
- Views
- 2,241
Jude Alexander!!!
Jude Alexander!!!
September 29th, 2013, 11:00 PM
I agree about Rowan Winter, someone else brought...
I agree about Rowan Winter, someone else brought the "Win-Win" combination to my attention too! And like you I think I just want to love it because Winter's such a beautiful word to me... aww well.
September 29th, 2013, 10:51 PM
Thread: Girly nick name???by scarlet_laurent
- Replies
- 6
- Views
- 1,919
NN's for Reese: Reesie, Ri Ri, Ree Ree NN's for...
NN's for Reese: Reesie, Ri Ri, Ree Ree
NN's for Elizabeth: Lizzi, Izzy, Ellie
Reese is so cute though, if my name were Reese I'd always want to hear it! I'd tell the boys to eat their hearts out...
September 29th, 2013, 10:26 PM
Thanks for the suggestions, Rowan Sage sounds...
Thanks for the suggestions, Rowan Sage sounds pretty good with our surname too!
September 29th, 2013, 06:44 PM
Thank you :)
Thank you :)
September 29th, 2013, 06:39 PM
Wow! I can't believe I didn't realize that :) If...
Wow! I can't believe I didn't realize that :)
If we do decide to go with Scarlet for her middle name, I like the idea of calling her Red because our son's nickname is "Wolfie."
Wolfie and...
September 29th, 2013, 06:16 PM
Thread: Help with naming our girlby scarlet_laurent
- Replies
- 17
- Views
- 2,289
Poll: If you don't mind that together the names mean...
If you don't mind that together the names mean "Red Dawn", I say go with Scarlet Aurora. My name is Scarlet and I'm kind of wishing that my middle name was Aurora right about now, they're beautiful...
September 29th, 2013, 06:01 PM
- Replies
- 21
- Views
- 2,041
Elena Noelle is a beautiful alternative for the...
Elena Noelle is a beautiful alternative for the "Ell" heavy Ella Noelle, Kaya Noelle is lovely too :)
September 29th, 2013, 04:40 PM
Thread: How would you pronounce Amaya??by scarlet_laurent
- Replies
- 11
- Views
- 2,605
Poll: a-MY-ah It's a beautiful name :)
It's a beautiful name :)
September 29th, 2013, 04:08 PM
Middle Name for our Baby Girl, Rowan!
HELP! The little one growing inside me is due to arrive in November! My husband and I have decided to call her Rowan (His middle name) but we're in desperate need of a middle name for the baby girl....
Results 1 to 14 of 15


text:
Ferrucio Lamborghini and Henry Ford weren't the only industrial luminaries who can count both automobile and tractor production among their many accomplishments: So can Ferdinand Porsche, who, true to form, took a route less traveled when designing his air-cooled diesel-powered tractor. This ... Read more
Okay, so we didn't get a relative of Charles Lindbergh sending in his family album car photos featuring the famous aviator, but we did get a photo in which Lindbergh makes an appearance. Actually, Richard Monahan of Bozeman, Montana, sent the photo in a while back for the Lost and Found colum ... Read more


text:
FiltersShow / Hide
- All Events
- Music
- Comedy
- Theatre & Shows
- Sport
- Cinema
- Festivals
- Days Out
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Anywhere In The UK
- Location: Anywhere in the UK
Radius: ... miles
Theatre productions produced by the Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol.
49 Tobacco Factory Productions Tour Dates
Track Tobacco Factory Productions
- You are tracking Tobacco Factory Productions
Fans of this artist also track:
- Receive email as soon as new tour dates are announced
- 1,293,515 fans now rely on Ents24 alerts
- Alerts are free and always will be!
- We never share details with 3rd parties
October 2016
November 2016
Ents24 Widget
PutCustomisable, flexible tour date widget… Super quick set-up, get the code here: tour dates on your web site
Filter By Region
All locations
Want a different location?
News and Announcements RSS feed
- Friday 29th Jul: Tobacco Factory Productions announced 3 new tour dates
Have Your Say
- Have you seen Tobacco Factory Productions? Why not write a review?
Fans who like 'Tobacco Factory Productions' also like:
Do you represent Tobacco Factory Productions, or are you a member of their promotional team? Click here to claim this page


text:
In 3 ½ minutes, this little sweet treat is ready, compared to 45 minutes in the oven! I was doubtful it would work because I'm not a big fan of microwave ovens, but I was very surprised. It is so simple and quick and looks luscious. It's just apple, cinnamon, butter, and brown sugar. I love cinnamon; I wrote a report in college about its health benefits. It's nice to indulge in a sweet treat that can be good for you too! I hope you enjoy this, you can get creative by adding some ground clove, nutmeg, or grated orange rind, and raisins or just keep it simple and elegant.
Servings: recipe for 1 apple
For photographs and detailed instructions, please visit shapeupfridge.com


text:
© 2002-2016
Encyclopaedia Metallum
Best viewed
without Internet Explorer,
in 1280 x 960 resolution
or higher.
If this were the first Volbeat album that you have ever listened to, and like it only because of the metal elements, you would probably be disappointed whenever you pick up the albums to follow this one, especially the later stuff. This is the only Volbeat release that I consider to be metal, and others may not. Mostly, they're a different styled hard rock band with elements of country, punk, and groove. This one being the exception of course, as it's more geared towards metal than any of those other genres, and definitely shows no signs of country influence that they would later pick up on.
Overall, this album has an edgier, angrier, and just more harsh sound. This is mostly evident in Michael Poulsen's more powerful, energetic, and incomprehensible vocals. Ok, that may not be true for all of them, but they have a bit more of a shouting sound behind them rather than straight singing. Plus, the Danish accent can sometimes make it a little more difficult to understand, but that doesn't stop it from behind enjoyable in the least bit. Now of course, this band is more melodic than not, and there are parts that carry a nice melody for a metal act, such as the main chorus in the opening track "Caroline Leaving". This is actually a great blueprint for what a lot of the songs on this are like. This one opens with a slow tempo, and a deeply distorted guitar riff that sounds like it could break into death metal vocals at any point. Perhaps this is because this is the closest full-length to the lead vocalist's original band Dominus, as they were a death metal band. Then, the clean but powerful vocals come in delivering something that could be a surprise to the listener, still carrying that angry sound. Once the chorus comes in, it gets a little more melodic, being a turn off for people who are looking for something that is only angry and heavy.
There is one part where there is an acoustic guitar, which is the very beginning of the third track "Something Else Or...". The immediate reaction is that they decided to add a ballad when first listening, but that's a false assumption. This one, the intro still has a depressed, metal driven sound to it even though it's softer. The first thing that came to mind when I heard it was "Suicide Note Part. 1" by Pantera. There is definitely a lot of groove metal influence to this, if you want to get genre specific. Other than that, the guitars are mostly solid, heavy riffs by Franz Gottschalk. Everything to appreciate about his work (at least on this record) is completely riff driven, and I say that because this record really lacks solos. That's not a bad thing at all though, because all of the riffs are more advanced and are unique in their own way. Like I keep saying, some are more harsh, some are a little more friendly to the ear. Mostly on the heavy side, but you get the point. The speed of the guitars is also essential for this, as that's how a lot of the songs keep their metal driven style rather sounding like radio friendly hits.
While on the subject of speed, that is brought out more here than on any of their other records. Michael has a special talent for singing very fast and ferociously, which is done a lot on "Rebel Monster" as it immediately breaks into fast vocals backed by fast guitars and deep, heavy chugging. The following track, "Pool Of Booza Booza Booze" is probably the best song on this record that ties all of it together. For one thing, I think it brings out the drummer's rage the most, especially at the beginning along with the heavy but simple opening riff of the guitar. It also has a lot of breaks between instruments and singing, where you can hear the drums very clearly. They aren't even played as fast as the rest of the instruments, but they certainly do their part. I remember hearing this song when I saw them live. They called up all of the children in the audience to join them on stage. They then changed the word "fucked" to "kissed" and the word "booze" to "chocolate" to make it more kid friendly for them, I guess. Regardless, it was certainly a different performance and they pulled it off very well for making such adjustments. "Fire Song" opens with a simplistic riff, but then goes silent and allows Michael Poulsen to sing rapidly but articulate, and is probably the best song to catch his voice alone, but another really nice factor about that is the fact that this is one of the only parts on the entire album you can actually hear the bass. One problem this band seems to have is that you can never hear the bass because of how loud the guitars are. But in that small window of time, you can hear it very well, and it sounds pretty phenomenal.
A highlight on here is the inclusion of the cover of "I Only Wanna Be With You" by The Bay City Rollers. It's an old, love song that was popular in the '70s, and is certainly a way to shake something like this up. This is one of the only happy songs on the record, and still delivers it in a heavy manner. In summary, this album is very riff driven and powerful vocal wise, all evident in almost every track. It's very speedy and heavy with few slow parts. The only issue is that the guitar is so loud that it gets difficult to hear the other instruments. Of what is heard, sounds great, but I'm sure it could sound even better if they would turn that guitar down just a tad. I consider this to be their only metal release. Maybe not to you, but that's an opinion.
The Strength/The Sound/The Songs is probably best described as a compilation album of all of Volbeat's previous demos, strung together to produce their first official debut album. Does this affect the quality of the music and bring this debut to the level of a multiple-album band that releases a bullshit compilation album of demo material, singles, unreleased material, and/or re-recorded material? Fuck no! This is a strong debut and a great way to introduce a collection of impressive tracks that never made a decent release in Europe or the states.
Everything from the catchy as all hell Caroline Leaving and Say Your Number to the ballsy Rebel Monster and Pool of Booze, Booze, Booza to the mellow (yet heavy) Soulsweeper and the Dusty Springfield cover of I Only Wanna Be With You, gives the album diversity, groove, and melody. What can I say? This is a fun fucking album. I can say for sure that this is Volbeat's most fun album due to its mish-mash of great tunes that don't follow a concept or order any further than the organization of the complete album. Again, while the succeeding Volbeat albums are great for their concepts and structure, Volbeat's debut is the best example of an all-out album with enough diversity – and the right amount of "sameness" – to give it completeness.
As on succeeding albums, Michael Poulsen's vocals are clean and powerful – in the realm of Elvis Presley meets Johnny Cash (more prominent on the sophomore release) meets Danzig. However, Poulsen gives his range and style a flavor that encompasses the aforementioned vocalists, but in a way that makes it his own. He has beautiful range and power that drags his simple – yet effective – riffs and song structures into a realm of great, catchy, powerful, fun songwriting. A feat – in my opinion – that he was capable of doing with Dominus but in a COMPLETELY different way that when you listen to Dominus's The First 9 or Volbeat album (yes, this is where Poulsen got the band name), you will be shocked to discover that it's the same fucking vocalist/guitar player/song writer.
Beyond the vocals, the riffs are simple and groovy, with the perfect touch of accompaniment to the vocals. Volbeat's style is a perfect balance of heaviness and acoustic melody, intertwined with heavy, thrashy riffs and 1950's bebop. While Volbeat perfected some of these styles and riffs on succeeding albums, the initial characteristics and attitude of what they would become drench this album. Speaking of accompaniment, the bass fits in beautifully with the music; giving it that extra "umph" when needed and rhythm when asked. And while the drums are really nothing special, without them the songs would not be as good. I love the drums on this album and every Volbeat album that followed; a nice balance, yet placed far enough in the forefront to make a lasting impression. In a way, the drums are as simple as anything AC/DC or Metallica would achieve – and as with these two bands – without their drive, groove, and strength, the chances are their songs would be no better than mediocre.
So, if you're in the mood for something not quite metal, but with the spirit and energy of something that is; with the groove of 50's rock-n-roll, Elvis's belting (yet incoherent vocals), and a heaviness to put most "heavy" rock bands to shame; Volbeat is your ticket. While not as elaborate, diverse, and strong as some of the succeeding albums in Volbeat's catalog, The Strength/The Sound/The Songs symbolizes all that Volbeat stands for and what they achieved in 2005 and beyond: strength, sound, and songs.
Volbeat was a band that I liked, but they never really stood out in my mind. That all changed upon seing them live at Rock the Range in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. Excluding the Nostalgic performance put on by Alice in Chains, Volbeat was easily the best performance. The instrumentation was nothing short of incredible and Volbeat mainman Michael Poulsen had the crowd in the palm of his hand, and chanting I, I, I with my demon horns in the air along with 2 000 other people was a surreal experience to say the least! Now onto the album...
The Sound, the Strength, the Songs could not be a more appropriate title for this album because that is exactly what it is. It crosses a wide variety of genres from hard rock, to rockabilly, to heavy metal. Someone asked me to describe their sound and the best way i can is by saying to combine Metallica (Load era) with Clutch.
The first three songs kick the album off at a driving pace that you just simply cannot help to head bang along too. It then picks up speed with the hard hitting Rebel Monster (which is very fun to mosh too by the way). We then come to the Pool of Booze, Booze, Booza and upon hearing that you simply just want to party and sing along to one of the catchiest courses of the decade.
We then come to one of my favourite tracks, Always Wu. it is on this song where the rockabilly elements shine through in the riff and Poulsen's vocal patterns and yet another course that you just can't help but sing along too. The riffs are a bit slower in speed , but not in quality as we come up to Say your number and the ballad-esque Soulweeper (this song takes on a whole new dimension seeing guys grab their girls and sway and singing along).
The album picks up speed once more with the Fire Song and then we are treated with yet another catchy rockabilly styled song, Danny and Lucy. The song caroline comes charging in to build the momentem for the final push of the album and Alienized continues.
suddenly the mood of the album changes once again with the song, I Only want to be With You. This song is unique because it serves two purposes: The first is that it has a very memorable riff, the kind where you want to throw your horns in the air and the second, is that it is a song that you can sing to your special someone. The album closes with the eerie intro and subsequent crushing riff and strong course of Everything's Still Fine and finally, one of the best build-ups to a closing album track in Healing Subconsciously.
Overall this is one of those albums that has truly something for everyone. It crosses many genres. It can appeal to a wide range of people from casual fans, to hardcore fans and everyone in between. It has riffs for guitar enthusiasts and slow songs for the ladies. I am utterly shocked that no one has reviewed this album yet and pleased to be the first. Volbeat truly demonstrates just how powerful the the strength of the sound of these songs really is.


text:
The new home of
Normandy is famous for its rich cultural heritage, lush meadow countryside and beaches; a gentle and tranquil place that's within easy reach of the British Isles and perfect for a relaxing holiday for both couples and families alike. We have a comprehensive collection of gites in Normandy.
Situated in North West France it's a great favourite with British holidaymakers year-round and the history of Normandy is inextricably linked with that of England through the Norman Conquest.
Since William the Conqueror conquered England in 1066, the Dukes of Normandy were often also Kings of England until the early 13th century. Many medieval landmarks can be found here and visitors will enjoy visiting some of the abbeys, churches, castles and palaces for which the region is renowned.
In more recent history, of course, the famous Allied D Day Invasion took place on the beaches of Normandy. Today visitors can explore the five beaches where more than 130,000 Allied Soldiers landed. The region is also home to many interesting museums and memorials to this period of World War Two and visitors can view old tanks, defences and army bunkers that played a part in the conflict.
As well as a fascinating history, Normandy''s wide beaches and 350 mile coastline make an ideal playground for families, with quiet meandering country lanes and rural farmland further inland to explore. There are picturesque villages to visit as well as famous sites such as Bayeux with its famous tapestry and Monet''s home at Giverny where he was inspired to paint the famous water lilies as well as other views of his beautiful garden. The cathedrals of Coutances, Caen and Rouen and the wonderful abbey of Mont St Michel are also well worth visiting.
Normandy is famous for dairy farming and produces excellent butter, cream and milk as well as superb cheeses such as Pont l''Eveque, Livarot and Camembert. There are many excellent restaurants, and visitors can enjoy local dishes and haute cuisine in towns and small villages all over the region. Apples are another delicacy for which Normandy is well known.
Lovers of the countryside will enjoy visiting Normandy''s four Natural Parks. Here you will find wildlife in beautifully cared for natural environments and plenty of space for family activities. There are lovely views of valleys, forests and the scenery that goes to make up Normandy''s countryside.
For a taste of North West France and a wonderfully relaxing break, search for holiday cottages in Normandy today.
1 reviews
The quiet outskirts of Les Veys are home to this former barn which has been carefully renovated by its owner. L'Etable features an open plan living, dining and kitchen area complete with original stone divider. Les Veys is within easy driving access of some of the most famous and picturesque locations on the Normandy coast. The nearby beaches of Utah and Omaha offer large expanses of golden sands and are famous as the D-Day landing points for U.S. troops during the Second World War. The historic town of Bayeux, home of the Bayeux Tapestry and magnificent gothic cathedral is also a must see for visitors. Shop, café/bar and restaurant 1km, beach 17km.
Ground floor: Lounge/kitchen/diner, 1 twin bedroom with en-suite shower, toilet and basin, separate toilet and basin. First floor: 1 double bedroom plus single bed with en-suite shower, toilet and basin. 3 steps to upper ground floor: Shower room with toilet and basin, 3 double bedrooms, 1 plus single bed.
Cot, highchair, colour satellite TV, DVD player, wi-fi at cost, microwave, dishwasher, lawned garden, patio, garden furniture, barbecue, off road parking for 3 cars. One pet welcome. NB: Stream in garden.
3 reviews
This detached holiday property is ideally located. The large garden is perfect for dining al-fresco. There are plenty of walking and cycling opportunities locally, and the small riverside town of Tessy-Sur-Vire is closeby. The historic town of St. Lo. Mont St. Michel, Bayeux and D-Day landing beaches are all less than an hour away. Also along the coast is the holiday resort of Granville. Pool table, darts, bar and juke box in the lounge. Shop, café/bar and restaurant 3km, beach 45km.
Ground floor: Lounge, dining room, kitchen, bathroom with separate shower, toilet and basin, 2 single bedrooms. First floor: Shower room with toilet and basin, 4 bedrooms: 3 double, 1 plus single bed, 1 twin plus single bed.
Oil cental heating, woodburner in dining room, colour satellite TV, DVD player, washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, freezer, microwave, enclosed lawned garden, terrace, garden furniture, barbecue, ample parking. Sorry, no pets.
5 reviews
Situated only one hour from the Normandy landings beaches and set within 30 acres of private land, Le Grand Chêne is a lovingly renovated, semi-detached, country farmhouse dating back to the 16th Century. Offering access to woodland walks and nearby lake and river fishing, the property has a private outdoor swimming pool (65m²), table tennis, boules and a swing. A large split-level kitchen and dining room leads through to a salon with an imposing fireplace. A games room includes a pool table, dart board, weights bench and exercise bike. Generous accommodation for up to 12 guests is provided along with a patio and barbecue area. Le Grand Chêne lies 8km from the historic town of Vire with all amenities. Nearby is an 18-hole golf course, the River Vire and the La Dathée Lake. Granville, 30 minutes' drive offers sandy beaches, a casino and ferry trips to the Channel Islands. Fishing, horse riding, canoeing, tennis, water park, indoor 10-pin bowling and snooker club locally, plus more outdoor activities at local adventure park. Shop and café/bar 1.5km, restaurant 8km.
Lower ground floor: Dining room. Ground floor: Lounge, kitchen, games room, shower room with toilet and basin. Open-tread stairs to first floor: Bathroom with shower over bath and toilet, shower room with toilet and basin, separate toilet and basin, 2 double bedrooms, both plus single bed. Second floor: 3 bedrooms: 2 double, 1 twin.
Oil central heating, all fuel and power at cost, 2 cots, 2 highchairs, colour satellite TV, DVD player, wi-fi, washing machine, tumble dyer, dishwasher, 2 freezers, microwave, enclosed garden, patio, shared grounds, garden furniture, barbecue, ample off road parking. Up to two pets welcome. NB: River flows through the land.
3 reviews
This large detached holiday cottage benefits from an open fire in the lounge/kitchen/diner which looks out onto the patio and into the garden. The property is surrounded by the owner's fields and woods, making this the ideal place for relaxing, walking and cycling as well as being able to bring your own horses! It is located in the countryside but only 13km from Cany-Barville with its lake offering many water sports facilities and with its 18th century castle. 25km away you will find St. Valéry-en-Caux with its spectacular cliffs and beaches which makes a wonderful day out for everyone, alternatively 30km away you will discover Fecamp with its fishing harbour and the Benedictine Abbey. A games room with table tennis and table tennis is available at the property, as well as a slide outside for the children. Shop, café/bar and restaurant 2km, beach 25km.
Ground floor: Lounge/kitchen/diner, study, separate toilet and basin. First floor: Bathroom with basin, separate toilet, shower room with basin, 5 bedrooms: 2 double, 3 twin. Steep and narrow, open-tread spiral stairs to second floor: 1 twin bedroom.
Solid fuel central heating, open fire in lounge, 2 cots, 2 highchairs, colour TV, video, DVD player, radio, stereo/CD player, wi-fi, washing machine, dishwasher, freezer, microwave, lawned garden, patio, garden furniture, barbecue, off road parking for 2 cars. One pet welcome.
4 reviews
Set in 200 acres of stunning woodland with panoramic views, La Grande Roche is named after the large rocks which provide a perfect backdrop to the two properties within its grounds. The private grounds provide a perfect place to explore the extensive woodland with a river and lake for private fishing (must be requested at time of booking, €70pw including licence). There is a large games room and a swimming pool with a terrace for relaxing with a glass of wine. La Grande Roche is located in a small hamlet only 3km from Mortain with its historic abbey. Vire, with its shops and market, is a 20-minute drive; further afield (one hour's drive) are the Normandy beaches. For sandy beaches, both Granville and Carolles are within easy driving distance and offer a typical French seaside resort atmosphere. From Granville, boat trips to beautiful Mont St Michel can be taken. A trip not be missed is Bayeux - famous for its tapestry as well as many interesting shops and museums. A perfect holiday location.
Steps to entrance. Ground floor: Steps to large kitchen/dining room with Aga. Hallway. Living room. First floor: Double bedroom with en-suite walk in shower room/WC and sauna. Twin bedroom. Double bedroom, en-suite shower room/WC. Double bedroom. Separate bathroom/WC. Second floor: Large beamed room double bed, six single beds and en-suite walk in shower room/WC
Location: 3km E of Mortain (small town, all amenities), 24km S of Vire (large town, market), 55km E of Fougeres (sandy beaches).
1 reviews
This 18th-century, stately holiday house is situated in a haven of greenery, only a few kilometres from Mortain, a lovely city renowned for its monuments such as the Collégiale and the Abbaye Blanche, as well as its stunning landscapes. You will particularly enjoy the beautiful 4000m² park with its ancient trees, outdoor lounge and barbecue, overlooking the valley of Mortain. There is a games room in the property. In Mortain and within the immediate vicinity, there is a lot to do; Bellefontaine Park, the village of Potters and the eco-museum of Ger, the Mills of the Valley of Sées, the Green Way of the Morainais, flea markets and antiques. It is also an ideal starting point for excursions to Mont Saint-Michel, the Channel Islands or the famous beaches around Granville. Shop and restaurant 4km
Lounge, dining room, kitchen, 3 bathrooms with separate shower, toilet and basin, 2 bathrooms with separate shower and basin (no toilet), shower room with toilet and basin, separate toilet with basin, separate toilet, 7 bedrooms: 5 double bedrooms, 2 plus single bed, 1 twin plus single bed, 1 single.
Central heating, open fires, cot, highchair, 2 colour TVs (French channels only), DVD player, internet connection, washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, microwave, garden, garden furniture, barbecue, ample parking. One pet welcome. No smoking please. NB: Turning stairs to first floor. Sloping ceilings in some bedrooms and bathrooms. Water feature in garden.
Looking for something with a little more?
cottages.com is a trading name of Wyndham Vacation Rentals (UK) Ltd. Registered in England and Wales.
Registered Office: Spring Mill, Stoney Bank Road, Earby, Lancashire,BB94 0AA, UK
Company Registration Number 00965389. VAT Registration Number: GB 598 22 99 77
Subscribe to our latest Deals & offers
cottages.com is the new home of cottages4you (Cottages for You).
cottages.com is a trading name of Wyndham Vacation Rentals (UK) Ltd. Registered in England and Wales.
Registered Office: Spring Mill, Stoney Bank Road, Earby, Lancashire,BB94 0AA, UK
Company Registration Number 00965389. VAT Registration Number: GB 598 22 99 77


text:
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Hearings Today
If you can't be on Capitol Hill today? No problem; you can watch the live webcast from the comfort of your computer in one of two ways. You can watch it on the HASC website, or you can watch it on the C-SPAN website, staring at 2 PM Eastern this afternoon.
Some PFLAG National staff members will be up there in-person, so stay tuned for reports from the hearings.
1 comment:
- Tendaxes Hobisons said...
The things can so much necessarily suggest along with what do you need to discover? Perfectly in short this can be the virtually all relaxing plus fascinating to get everlasting work schedule timepiece we have got actually reached play along with http://www.replicabestsale.co.uk. Your the queen simply provides the point in time putting or simply different preparing manner. As soon as on the other option company logo switch your crown one particular direction for any work schedule performs to help you move forward over time, in addition to go the particular different watches within one more way hard you need to do a turn back. It is really except hassle-free additionally, the best part is normally that you can adapt the software pretty speedily.
- July 31, 2015 at 11:42 PM


text:
The just-released Social Security Trustees' annual report projects that Social Security's Disability Insurance (SSDI) component will become insolvent sometime during 2016 — leaving not much time for reform deliberations.
Recent instances of SSDI fraud have concentrated the minds of lawmakers in Congress. Beyond combating SSDI fraud, however, Congress can use this opportunity to adopt sensible SSDI reforms to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.
Evidence of behind-the-scene activity on Capitol Hill on SSDI reforms is beginning to emerge. Based on recent congressional hearings, lawmakers appear highly dissatisfied with how the SSDI program is working. Many are focused on combating SSDI fraud but appear reluctant to adopt more comprehensive reforms.
This story appears in the print edition of The Tribune. Subscribers can read the entire story online by signing in here or in our e-Edition by clicking here.
All content copyright ©2016 The Tribune, a publication of AIM Media Indiana unless otherwise noted.
All rights reserved. Click here to read our privacy policy.


text:
stream of pianos
Credits & Info
- Uploaded
- Feb 5, 2013 | 10:03 PM EST
- File Info
- Song
- 1 min 1 sec
- Score
- 2.55 / 5.00
Licensing Terms
You may not use this work for commercial purposes without making specific arrangements with the artist UNLESS your work is a web-based game or animation, in which case you may use this freely.
- Score:
- Rated 2.55 / 5 stars
- Plays & Downloads:
- 448 Plays | 27 Downloads
- Share Links:
- Genres:
- Other - Miscellaneous
- piano
- bass
- brass
- major
Author Comments
Rated 4 / 5 stars
I like the way it starts off. I also like how it goes from piano to synth. Well you did combinations as well. Hmm, the only way i can suggest you to improve this is to work on your mixing =). Its a good to have a lead, and have that lead be the most heard. For example, if you want the bass to lead, you make that slightly louder than everything else.
Its really hard for me to explain it, but it comes through experience.
Keep it up!
Thanks a lot! There is so much to learn and your advice was helpful.


text:
Master Tournament
July 25th - August 3rd 2016; 2 p.m. (August 3rd: 11 a.m.). Rest day on July 30th.
9 round Swiss system.
Time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The playing schedule can be found on the official website.
Prizes: CHF 6'000, 4'500, 3'500, 3'000, 2'500, 2'000, 1'500, 1'200, 1'000, 800, 700, 600, 2x500, 3x300, 3x200. Best women players: CHF 500, 300. Best senior (1956-), best junior (1996+), best child (2000+): each CHF 500. Best players with Elo <2200 and <2100: CHF 500, 400, 300, 200, 100. Best Swiss players (with CH-passport): CHF 1'000, 600, 300. Total prize fund: CHF 37'000.
Admission: players with FIDE-rating (list May, June or July 2016) or national rating (e.g. Swiss ELO list 2/2016 or 3/2016) ELO 2000 and more.
Participants without international rating must show proof of playing strength. Applications must be received no later than May 31st 2016 (they should include all tournaments results from the past two years and be signed by the club president).
Entries will be accepted on July 25th 2016 until 12.00 p.m. latest at the Festival office (reception).
The final standings will be created according to point number, Buchholz and progressive score. The worst score in each case will be deleted. Prices will be shared upon the final ranking (and not the "Hort System").
Main Conditions
- Entries will not be specially acknowledged. The entry fee has to be paid in the Festival office at least two hours before the start of the tournament.
- The inscription is only valid after paying the entry fee.
- GM, IM and players who have already paid their entry fee must confirm their participation at the Festival office at least one hour before the beginning of the first round. If not, the player will not be paired.
- The tournaments MTO and ATO will qualify for Swiss and FIDE ratings (where applicable).
- Players who provide false information on their entry form (especially concerning ratings) risk to be excluded from the tournament.
- The FIDE Elo rating lists May, June and July 2016 as well as the Swiss Elo lists 2/2016 and 3/2016 are valid for the admission to the tournaments. For the category prizes, FIDE rating has priority.
- Prizes are valid for more than 100 participants per tournament (MTO, ATO, RAP, BTO).
- The special prizes (best women players, seniors, juniors, child and best Swiss) in the tournaments MTO, ATO, RAP, BTO and Chess960 are only for players scoring 50% or more. The restriction is not valid for special Elo prizes.
- Late arrivals of max 30 minutes are allowed. If a player is more than 30 minutes late, his game will be considered lost by forfeit.
- Players are responsible for submitting their scoresheets by themselves after their game; otherwise, the game will be evaluated as 0:0!
- Smoking is strictly prohibited within public buildings in the canton of Bern.
- Players are allowed access to the following zones during their games: tournament hall, WC on the first and second floors, entrance hall (bar and office). Smoking area is at the entrance of the Congress.
- The use of mobile phones and computers in the tournament hall is strictly prohibited.
- In case of a disagreement, arbiters' decisions should be contested without delay orally by the main arbiter. The decision of the main arbiter is final.


text:
Company Description
Amer Sports is the world's largest sports equipment company. It offers technically-advanced equipment and products that improve the performance of active sports participants. The major brands are Salomon, Wilson, Precor, Atomic and Suunto. The company's business is balanced by a broad portfolio... More
Sector: Consumer Goods
Industry: Department Stores
Country: Finland
Other News & PR
See More »


text:
Agneta Gille
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agneta Gille (born 1956 in Österbybruk) is a Swedish social democratic politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2002.
External links[edit]
- Agneta Gille at the Riksdag website
|This article about a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.


text:
Cross Breeding of Food
18 Jan 2007
I recently ate a Tortilla Hamburger, that made me think about the different kinds of food out there that mix two cuisines. More interestingly how about trying to create a dish by mixing two cuisines. From my limited think tank I could throw out just these.
Kung Pao - T Bone
Curry Cojones
Chicken friend tofu
Or how about cross breeding seeds
Watermelon + peanuts = pea melons
Cilantro + Parsley = Silly
Cucumber + Okra = Cokra
Lets see what you can come up with.. Happy breeding
Image Credit: vegancrunk.blogspot.in
Rate This
9 Comments
01/18/2007 - 17:33
i like the cokra and silly combos - this is hilarious you should digg this
01/18/2007 - 22:56
Lage raho MunnaBhaiI too like cokra...
01/19/2007 - 01:45
Very interesting....I would like to correct some information to you blog,nitin.In Gastronomic language mixing food of 2 or more cusines is called 'fusion cookery' and not cross breeding.However mixing of 2 or more ingredient of same cuisine and calling it a funky name is just a advt gimmick
01/19/2007 - 02:05
Hi Trojan Horse, thanks for the information. Pardon me for being Gastronomically incorrect, but I think cross breeding is cathcier and plus its all imaginary and hypothetical. What would come out of a cross between a water melon and a peanut anyway. If you wanna picturise the end result of this imagine the off spring of Anna Nicole Smith and J Howard Marshall :)
01/22/2007 - 17:43
This is good. I will have to come up with some of my own.
02/02/2007 - 10:51
This is a interesting....I love hamburger.Thanks
04/03/2011 - 00:36
im actually looking for real gean splicing, really fummy but imagine if you could actually have pea sized melons...they already made them seedless and all the same size who knows what else they will acieve in the next few years
04/04/2011 - 00:36
this sounds too close to GMO's to moi Do you know what Cojones are? It is a very vulgar word in Spanish for a man's testicles. Opps.
02/18/2013 - 01:21
i really thought that cross-breeding is only for human race or living things. i never realize that it can also be done even on pastries or cookies and cakes. in fact, looks good and it may even taste great too.
Cross Breeding Of Food


text:
Kittencal's Greek Roasted Lemon-Garlic Chicken With Potatoes
Total Time
Prep 20 mins
Cook 1 hr 20 mins
If you are a lover of Greek food then you will love this chicken, this is not by any means for those who have plain palette, this is a full flavored dish! --- this will fit into a 13 x 9-inch baking pan if you reduce the amount of potatoes otherwise you will need to use a slightly larger size pan, for this the chicken is cut in half do not cut into pieces, remember to check the broth in the pan frequently as it tends to cook down adding in more if needed, you may or may not need to add in more --- serve this with a crusty loaf of bread to dip into the pan juices
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 whole chicken, sliced in half (about 3 to 3-1/2 pounds)
- 8 medium red potatoes, peeled (left whole do not slice, can use more)
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 2 lemons, juice of
- 1⁄2 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano (rubbed between fingers to release the flavors)
- 1 large bulb of garlic (separated into cloves and skins removed or can use two heads!)
- 1⁄2 cup sliced green olives
- 8 tablespoons chicken broth (more if needed to add to the pan while cooking, can use water instead of the broth)
- Set oven to 425 degrees F (set oven rack to bottom position).
- Grease a roasting pan (use a pan large enough to hold the chicken halves and potatoes).
- Using kitchen shears cut the chicken down the center between the breasts, then cut down each side of the back bone, then discard the back bone.
- Season the chicken halves on both sides with salt and black pepper, then place skin side down in the roasting pan.
- In a bowl season the potatoes with salt and pepper then place the potatoes around the chicken.
- Sprinkle the whole garlic cloves and olives around the potatoes.
- In a bowl whisk the juice of 2 lemons with the olive oil then drizzle over the chicken and potatoes in the pan.
- Sprinkle the dried oregano over the top.
- Drizzle 2 tablespoons broth into the 4 corners of the pan (do NOT drizzle on top of the chicken or potatoes).
- Roast uncovered for about 50 minutes.
- Remove from oven turn the chicken skin side up, drizzle the pan juices on top the chicken and potatoes, if the broth has cooked down then drizzle about 1/3 to 1/2 cup more into the sides of the pan if needed.
- Continue to cook for another 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through, you may want to baste with pan juices a few times during cooking (cooking times will vary slightly depending on the size of the chicken).
- Serve the chicken with pan juices.
Most Helpful
I can't believe I posted a picture (which I never do) and forgot to write a review! This was amazing!!! Loved the flavour that the olives lend to the dish.
Excellent! This is going straight into my Best of the Best file. We loveddddd the chicken and potatoes. Everything was done perfectly. The chicken was nicely browned and crispy on the outside, while being moist on the inside. Everything was flavored beautifully. As I had the chicken out to rest, I put the potatoes under the broiler for a few minutes, to get them even crispier. Delicious recipe, Kitten!
Kittencal, This recipe of yours is truly fantastic. I can not believe the flavors of the potatoes and the chicken.At the last ten minutes of cooking, I added a hand full of asparagus from the garden. I basted them with your basting juices. Thank you, Ray


text:
By Nia Sowden – author of Cooking with Nia
I guess I've burnt potatoes more than any other food and more often than any one else. I have a short attention span. I'll be in the garden or at the sewing machine or cleaning the car and hear my kids call out to me "Mom, you've burnt the pot again".
I get distracted and forget that I have a pot of jam on the stove or potatoes and other vegetables cooking for the evening meal. I'll be the one to take the vegetable scraps out to the compost bin… and then I'll be distracted…my gaze will fall on the ripening plums or great bunches of parsley that require harvesting. Or I will rescue a capsicum seedling from a scampering herb and I'll have forgotten about dinner. Then I'll hear the call, "Mom what are you burning now?!"
Someone has gone into the kitchen or been drawn there by something unpleasant. I know I'm responsible for childhood memories, the smell of burning food and burnt pots is not a pleasant one for them, but it balances the wonderful gems that I create and don't end up burning.
So to clean burnt pots, potato peelings always worked for me. Just fill your pots with peelings and leave to soak, then gently bring to the boil and the burn comes away.
I have destroyed more pots than most people as well. Two pots with welded copper plates on the bottoms I heated to such temperatures that the copper came off! My father calls me a cooking beta tester, and said anyone designing a cooking product should give it to me to test. Two days with me would determine a good product. He is incredibly unfair I think. I can't help it if things aren't made to last and as I said I get distracted easily.
Caring for pots is something I'd like to do more often. I have always admired the pictures in home magazines with the pots hanging up above an island bench. Shiny and interesting shapes and big useful pots and fish shaped copper moulds and conical strainers, all ready to be put to work.
When they were new and I only had the four of them and they were my pride and joy. They sat to attention in the pot cupboard with their lids on shiny and happy. Then I bought great pots for stocks and sauces and spaghetti. A conical strainer or two, stainless bowls and more stainless bowls, biscuit trays and muffin pans, Madeline pans, gem irons, cup cake pans, square tins heart tins round cake tins all sizes. And then more pots and frying pans, woks and steamers. I just kept increasing the range and variety of pots and pans without thought to the storage of them.
The truth about my pots is they are stacked on top of one another – baking pans, roasters, saucepans all crammed in on top of one another and they crash and bang when I try to retrieve anything. My pots have dents in them, they are crowded into a pot cupboard and the care they get is very general, they are used and abused.
Cleaning and caring for your pots and pans
I took out my pans beginning with my oldest copper bottomed stainless lifetime guarantee saucepans and bless them they look like they've endured a couple of lifetimes. I checked the welds and handles and the bases for signs of copper that may have come away. When I was satisfied with the soundness of the products I cleaned them to a shiny new finish. The same way silver is cleaned in the sink, with aluminum foil hot water and bicarbonate soda. No scratching and rubbing is needed. Just dry them with a soft cloth and the shine is lovely.
I went through all of my favorite pans in the same way except baking tins of course. I then separated them into two cupboards. Now my pots and pans look like someone care's for them.
"Mom what are you flooding now?!"…I must have left the hose on in the garden… I got distracted.


text:
Tower Heist
- Studio: Universal Pictures
- Release Date: Nov 4, 2011
Critic Reviews
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
A highly entertaining and heartfelt action comedy that ought to steal more laughs than any other film this holiday season.
To a one, they nail the humor, all right, but they also, quite crucially, humanize the high concept.
As far as sophisticated caper flicks go, Tower Heist is oceans away from George Clooney's crew. Compared to other recent comedies, it's pretty light on the laughs.
It keeps things light and entertaining. And for $8 admission, that's never a bad investment.
For what it is - recessionary wish-fulfillment escapism, with a lot of highly skilled familiar faces in its amply qualified cast - it's fun.
A winning "Robin Hood and his Merry Doormen" comedy about getting even. A cast of comedy specialists each deliver their comic specialties to perfection, delivering double-takes and one liners so well that you don't notice how clunky the actual caper in this caper comedy is.
Tower Heist is overstuffed with actors, and yet Ratner manages to give each of them one or two good moments.
You can't help leaving the film with the following thought: Man, it's good to see Murphy being funny again.
More than the marquee names, the second bananas keep the movie bobbing along: Broderick's pharmaceutically vague hangdog act is perfect ("If you need me, I'll be living in this box"), while Peña turns out to be a fine comedian, an enthusiastically yipping dumb puppy here.
Tower Heist is as over-inflated as those Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons that are featured in the movie's climax. Also similarly, it's entertaining in its own predictable way.
There's not much to say about a jerry-built caper comedy, except that this one has timeliness on it side, and some first-rate clowns.
Devoting more time to the setup than to the follow-through, Tower Heist doesn't really build suspense so much as it builds impatience - for the thing to be over.
The movie is broad and clumsy, and the dialogue cannot be described as witty, but a kind of grandeur creeps into the screenplay by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson.
Fun if uneven stuff from Ratner. A welcome return to form for Eddie Murphy and an even-more-welcome turn by the ever-excellent Alan Alda.
Tower Heist might not be a classic (it's not), but at least for a little while it will make you laugh instead of cry about the current state of affairs, which is more than you can say about a lot of things.
Highly recommended if you want to watch an assortment of rich movie stars feel your pain.
Boasts an unusually strong cast of actors, who boost the slick screenplay into a satisfying popcorn picture.
Tower Heist is funny in the way of so many Hollywood comedies, meaning that individual scenes are often crisply written and played, but the whole doesn't add up to anything.
If this film turns out to be a big success, malls everywhere may want to hire more security.
Doesn't demand much of the audience, sure, but it doesn't provide much, either. It's as if an all-star gang of would-be crooks got together to rip off...moviegoers.
In the end, Tower Heist isn't a black Ocean's Eleven or a bold leap forward for feature-film distribution, just a passable piece of commercial entertainment that falls closer to product than art.
Tower Heist is the cinematic version of a Trump property: overblinged, eye-catching, and essentially tacky.
The combined efforts of this fine ensemble cast make Tower Heist go down easier than it otherwise might, but the film's potential as a buddy comedy is sadly wasted.
Tower Heist feigns being an "Ocean's 11" for schmucks, but plays like a retread of "48 Hours."
Tower Heist could and should have been much more. Mr. Ratner goes for the safe bet and the easy score.
The type of film with which Mr. Ratner has claimed to be infatuated is itself like a caper - it requires precise execution. Tower Heist is more like that 10-story Snoopy, as he drunkenly bobs along Central Park West.
Twice as funny as I thought it would be but not half as funny as it could have been.
The caper is a dud - so stupid and implausible from beginning to end that it's impossible to take it seriously for even the briefest of moments.
The best thing about this mildly diverting but instantly forgettable comedy is that it seems to have awakened something in Murphy that had laid dormant for much of the past two decades.
Back when it was planned as an African-American "Ocean's Eleven," this project might have been edgy, but the script has been whitewashed into a generic caper comedy with pretensions of timeliness.
During the heist itself, the suspense is palpable, if only because Christophe Beck's funky score blares its horns so insistently, one can't help but feel anxious. But the laughs don't follow.
A set piece involving a skyscraper and a sports car proves he can induce sweaty palms, but one nail-biting moment and some much-misssed Murphy mouthiness won't keep you from feeling like you're the one being ripped off.
Toss everything you can find, starting with roughly diced plots, into the blender, press "Pulse," and pray: such appears to be the method behind Tower Heist.
Defiantly graceless, Brett Ratner deals in loudness, haplessness, obviousness, and, certainly, crudeness, reminding you of his directorial presence with such inclusions as a scolded kid who tells his disciplinarian to "suck it."
Awards & Rankings
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 258 Ratings
User score distribution:
Positive: 40 out of 70
Mixed: 20 out of 70
Negative: 10 out of 70
Nov 4, 2011A lot to like in this movie. Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller are hilarious while the supporting actors are also pretty good. It's an extremelyA lot to like in this movie. Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller are hilarious while the supporting actors are also pretty good. It's an extremely likable movie and how the whole staff unites against the owner is very close to what's happening on wall street. I think you should see this movie its worth the $18.00… Full Review »
Dec 19, 2011It has a stellar cast but they only give half of the talent they can bring and the humor is mostly silly and stupid and the whole movie willIt has a stellar cast but they only give half of the talent they can bring and the humor is mostly silly and stupid and the whole movie will never live up to its cool premise which we all wanted it to. I give this movie 34%.… Full Review »
Nov 8, 2011Ben Stiller heads the cast (and the staff) of a luxury residence in NYC. When a Wall Street investor (Alan Alda) loses their pensions, heBen Stiller heads the cast (and the staff) of a luxury residence in NYC. When a Wall Street investor (Alan Alda) loses their pensions, he leads a team to steal it back. He also enlists small-time crook Eddie Murphy to help. The story and characters provide an interesting setup and Murphy's appearance adds a sprinkling of laughs, but the heist is slow and the comedy is sparse. What starts out with energetic promise never builds comic or narrative momentum (although the out-the-window gag is pretty cool). As a result, the whole thing falls flat.… Full Review »


text:
I have a blog at http://www.minesf.com/resources/cca on which I have YOAST SEO installed. For most recent posts when I share them on Facebook it does a good job of attaching the featured image as the thumbnail and using my meta description (though curiously sometimes my excerpt) as the description for the share.
On older posts (and I can't pinpoint the date) it doesn't do either of the above, but includes a long ugly URL as the title and pulls the first XX characters as the description.
I've gone in and edited these older posts, including relinking images, etc. but to no avail.
Does anyone know of a way that I can update these older posts so that my social shares pull from the open graph data?


text: Posted September 30, 2012 I voted that I thought our D would stop them buy I lied. I think a part of me knew that we would lose when I saw we were punting. it wasn't until their last play that brought them to the 28 that I knew we'd lost. Before that they were on the edge of FG range. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


text:
08.10.12 by Jeff
11.09.12 by Jeff
Jennifer Sungah Ko
Works by Jennifer Sungah Ko.
05.09.12 by Jeff
Evan Lovejoy
04.09.12 by Jeff
Aaron Smith
In the studio with Aaron Smith! Watch below!
28.08.12 by Jeff
Rone's gearing up for a show at White Walls. Watch the video below!
27.08.12 by Jeff
Samantha Bittman
19.08.12 by Jeff


text:
Video Industry News Video Company News Technology Industry News Technology Company News Novelty Industry News Novelty Company News Gay Industry News Gay Company News Legal Industry News All Company News
Released: Dec 01st, 2003
Running Time: 137
Company: Pagan Pictures
Cast: Elizabeth Del Mar, Aimee Taylor, Kalanie, Stacey Carpenter, Chase Cox, April (I), Sugar Kain, Julie Knight, Pia (Dia in end credits), Jade (I), Baby Face, Lainey Baron, Jackie Moore, Debra Walker, Cherry Poppins, Donna
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: Gonzo
A solid tape worth stocking with the other oral fixations.
Populated with hot girls and one very capable cocksmith, this entry doesn't have any low points. It does, however, fail to rise to a white-hot branding iron level. Each of the ladies has her own special approach to the proceedings, and each delivers a unique, enthusiastic performance. Eighteen cute, young girls give it the old college try in individual blowjob scenes. The hallmark here is cameraman POV fellatio.
Some b.j.s of particular note include Cherry Poppins, a downright cute girl-next-door face, whose obvious inexperience holds a certain charm and eagerness.
Foot fetish alert: Donna jumps into her scene with both feet first as she gives a stellar foot job to the cameraman.
Not to be outdone on the oral, the cameraman does some deep-sea fishing of his own; tonguing a starfish and a tuna.
One of the fascinating aspects of this vid is witnessing modestly experienced hotties give some unique types of b.j.s. Their individual technique is fascinating to watch as some can do this sort of thing with both hands tied behind their backs, and some just work the tip while others sail far past the equator for a little starfish tonguing of their own.
For the whole, these spunk-monkeys make some heavy eye contact with the camera lens and, thus, the viewer. It's fun to witness their gaze become averted at the pre-pop moment of truth. They hear the cameraman's moans and know there's about to be an explosion in their faces. Then they focus on his face to try to predict when they should close their eyes.
Technical glitches abound with pixelated hiccups throughout a VHS version reviewed.