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I remember there being some serious issues with porting Riven to the iPhone, specifically multiple videos playing at once or just video playing in general being an issue. I'm curious as to what you had to do in order to get Riven to run properly on iOS, and also what the deal is with the resolution. Assuming there is eventually going to be an iPad port, how do you guys plan on updating the resolution of the original files, considering the fact that you didn't even update the iPhone's files for the retina display.

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Bradenton, Fla., March 28, 2012 — Interlogix, a leader in security and life safety solutions for residential and commercial enterprises, releases its next generation Simon XTi™, an intuitive, self-contained system that provides life safety and comfort management.
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Varan Bon Ziller wrote:I like sundaes, but I'd be pretty *@!##)* if Godzilla was made into a giant tub of ice cream.
Arbok wrote:The Art Adams cover makes me wish we were getting a series based around that concept, i.e. a story more modeled after a GMK style Godzilla who is positioned as the "monster to beat"... and really just to see that design month after month.
Captain Aktion wrote:Personally, I love the GMK suit and hope it gets some use at some point. I tend to think that giving G a crocodillian head makes a bit more sense than a cat-face or rat-face, but that might be me.
However, I just wish, at some point, Toho would start to acknowledge that Showa designs of Godzilla DO still exist and ARE still quite popular. Where's my Mosu-Goji taking on a Heisei MG? That's the kind of flexibility comic art lets you achieve, so why are they so afraid of it?
Poe Ghostal wrote:I think one thing that would be nice to see is a tad bit of experimentation with using the monster's perspective rather than the humans'. I don't want thought bubbles or third-person-omniscient yellow boxes or anything, but seeing the monsters in action on their own occasionally would be nice. One thing IDW has struggled with (except in some of the Legends issues) is giving the monsters any sense of character. It's something Dark Horse and even Marvel tried to do, with varying degrees of success.
And while it might be a bit of a challenge with Godzilla, I can see this happening with a "good" monster...maybe even some rudimentary (non-telepathic) communication with humanity? Sanda strikes me as a good candidate...humanity could sort of befriend/recruit a kaiju like Sanda in its war on the more destructive monsters.
I'm sure that won't be everyone's cup of tea, but what I'd really enjoy seeing is an expansion of the Toho "mythos" so to speak - some exploration of the monsters' origins, some growth of their character, a mystery to solve - anything other than focusing entirely on human military running around tracking and fighting the monsters, which has been the MO since the Marvel days with SHIELD.
I suppose Toho is keeping a tight leash on the kind of stories IDW can tell, though. Though some of the Legends issues would seem to dispute that (particularly the Titanosaurus one, with Miki and Mugal).
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Upset I missed this past Friday, count me in for this.
On August 4, there will be a car meet and cruise to Sonics.
We will be meeting at the parking garage in Holland on 7th and College from 7:30 to 9:30.
After 9:30, we will first meet at 7-11 off of 196B to stop for gas in Zeeland.
After the gas stop, we will cruise to Sonics in Wyoming (5521 Clyde Park Avenue Southwest, Wyoming, MI)
Anyone is welcome to join!
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Pictures of the first meet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/doycswa...7630467104146/
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Upset I missed this past Friday, count me in for this.
hopefully this second meet will be bigger than the first! i hope you can make it this time
We can actually fill the top floor the parking garage!
Maybe this time we can show you "slow holland guys" whats up. I think everyone was scared of us and didnt inform us of 7-11 pit stop before jumping on the highway.
BMW 328is - M3 goodies
Holland goes hard with vw and hondas.
- Active Autowerkes Stage1. E46 ///M3
- Laser Red B5 S4.
sorry! it was a last minute thing to meet at the gas station. haha. but this time, i've informed everyone through the page!
Since I don;t see any in the picture, I'll go on behalf of the 5-cylinder brigade. Hopefully I have a new turbo in by then and I won't be smoking anyone out.
If you're expecting a lot of cars, you may want to forego the 7-11 stop; that's a LOT of cars for their what, 8? pumps.
Other than that, wish I could join.
this meet is coming up in 3 weeks! don't forget to invite your friends, anyone is welcome to join!
this meet is coming up in 2 weeks! please, don't sleep on this. anyone is welcome to come along!
this meet is coming up in a week and a half! anyone can come whether your car isn't in the greatest shape or not!
i might try and make it if the trans is fixed
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Egypt's deputy interior minister says that ousted President Hosni Mubarak has been transferred to a military hospital from his prison cell for the second time in a week following complications from a recent injury.
Mubarak is serving a life term after being sentenced in June for failing to stop the killing of hundreds of protesters during last year's uprising.
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ibrahim said Thursday that the 84-year old Mubarak had been moved to the hospital in Cairo's Maadi suburb after reports showed his condition was deteriorating and he needed more medical attention.
Mubarak was hospitalized last week for x-rays of his head and ribs after he fell in a prison bathroom. His lawyers have asked authorities to return him to the hospital which had better facilities than the prison.
Mostafa Hefny has been trying to get the racial designation since the 1980s. Recently, he even wrote to President Barack Obama for help.
Brown-skinned with curly hair, Hefny, 61, said he is easily identifiable as a black man, but the U.S. government considers him "white."
Born in Egypt, Hefny came to the United States in 1978. He said when he was admitted to the country, he was classified on government papers as a white person.
"The government (interviewer) said, 'You are now white,'" Hefny said.
Hefny said he is a Nubian, an ancient group of Egyptians considered more African than Arab, from the northern part of Sudan and the southern portion of Egypt.
According to Directive 15 for the federal Office of Management and Budget Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, a white person is defined as "a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa or the Middle East."
He said he was persecuted and denied promotions because of his insistence that he is black.
Hefny also said he lost out on a university teaching position in the early 1990s at Wayne State University because it was a position designed for a minority, and he didn't qualify because he is classified as white.
He said he is not trying to capitalize.
He said he just wants to be recognized as a black man.
Since 1997, Hefny, a former educator, has fought to change the racial designation on his government forms.
"As a black man and as an African, I am proud of this heritage," said Hefny. "My classification as a white man takes away my black pride, my black heritage and my strong black identity."
Hefny said he has lost five jobs because of his battle to be classified as black. He is unemployed and gets help from his family.
In 1997, Hefny filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government to be classified as a black man. That case was dismissed.
Hefny has reached out to Obama for help.
"I need your help," Hefny tells Obama in a letter written June 29.
"As you can see in the enclosed photo, I am a black man. My complexion is darker than yours. I was born and raised in Africa (Egypt) and you were not, yet you are classified as Black and I am classified at White."
Hefny has also reached out to the Justice Department and the United Nations.
He has taken his fight online, where an organization, The Association of Black Egyptian, Ethiopian, and Nubian Advocates, he co-founded has posted a petition: www.tinyurl.com/sign4justice. The site had collected 30 signatures as of Monday.
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Rev. Michel Louis, 61, a Boston pastor, and Lissa Alphonse, 39, of Everett, Mass., had been abducted, along with their guide, Haytham Ragab, as their tour group was traveling on a church trip to Mount Sinai.
The hostage-taker, an Egyptian Bedouin named Jirmy Abu-Masuh, told the Associated Press that he had handed the three over to security officials near the northern Sinai city of el-Arish on Monday after he was promised that authorities were working on his uncle's release. "We are a people of mercy and they don't have anything to do with this," Abu-Masuh said, referring to the Americans.
Gen. Ahmed Bakr, head of security in North Sinai province, confirmed the release and said the three were now in the protection of security officials in Sinai. In Washington, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell also confirmed their release and thanked Egyptian authorites.
Abu-Masuh had said he would not free the two Americans until his uncle was released from jail. He said his uncle was detained for refusing to pay the police a bribe.
Abu-Masuh also vowed to take more hostages, of different nationalities, if his demands were not met. Egyptian officials said earlier on Monday they would not release the uncle until he completes a 15-day prison sentence for possession of drugs.
The abduction took place along the road linking Cairo to the sixth-century St. Catherine's Monastery, located at the foot of Mount Sinai where the Old Testament says Moses received the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments. The route is a frequent target by Bedouins who abduct tourists to pressure police to meet their demands, usually to release a detained relative they say has been unjustly arrested.
Louis, a Presbyterian pastor, was on the trip with his wife, Fredrick Gladys Louis, who was on the bus with him at the time and remained in Egypt afterward waiting for his release, their son, Rev. John Louis, said. "She witnessed the whole thing, so you can only imagine," he said. "She's a fervent woman of God ... she told us to tell everybody that everything is going to be alright."
The family was concerned that the 61-year-old pastor was unable to take his diabetes medication with him when he got off the bus. His family said he takes natural medication, not insulin. Ragab, 28, told the AP on Friday from the captor's phone that he and the two Americans had been fed a roast lamb and were staying at Abu-Masuh's home in the harsh mountain terrain of central Sinai.
Officials say the captives were held 2 miles from Egypt's border with Israel.
Louis said he had been contacted by Massachusetts senators Scott Brown and John Kerry. Separately, a senior U.S. official said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton brought up the American's case when she met with her Egyptian counterpart in Cairo on Saturday. Another of the pastor's sons, Daniel Louis, said the other kidnapped American, Alphonse, is the mother of two children, a 10-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy.
Friday's abduction was the latest in a series of kidnappings in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula over the past year. Abducted tourists are rarely harmed and usually released within days.
U.S. women call Egypt captors "kind"
The Bedouins of the sparsely populated peninsula have long-running tensions with the government in Cairo and with the security forces in particular. Security officials say some Bedouin are involved in smuggling of drugs and migrants endemic to the peninsula.
The Bedouin, in turn, complain of state discrimination in the development of their region. Bedouin and Egyptian rights groups say the security forces are responsible for many abuses. Police hunting fugitives have staged mass arrests to pressure families to hand over their relatives. They frequently enter homes by force and detain women - particularly provocative acts in conservative Bedouin society.
There are also fears of an Islamic militant presence in the Sinai, where militants carried out a string of suicide bombings against tourist resorts in the mid-2000s. Israel says militants in Sinai are behind cross-border attacks into its territory in recent years.
Abu-Masuh said his uncle had been stopped and harassed on his way to the coastal city of Alexandria last week. When officials saw he was from Sinai, they harassed his uncle even more, Abu-Masuh said. He said his 62-year-old uncle, who raised him after his father died, suffers from back and heart problems as well as diabetes.
Abu-Masuh, of the Tarbeen tribe in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, told the AP that Egypt's Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri called him personally and asked him to release the Americans "who are guests in our country." He said his uncle called him from prison pleading the same and fearing police might arrest his children or wife to pressure Abu-Masuh.
After all said and done, Mohamed Morsi has finally been sworn in as the first democratically elected president of Islamic Egypt. The journey to the presidency was not sown in roses, President Morsi 's political party Muslim Brotherhood was banned for decades on Egypt political scene. Then finally came the Arab spring, the Egyptian revolution that swept off the old order and brought in the present reality.
It will be simplistic to say that Arab Spring was successful but it is more complex than that. Of course, former president Murbark was replaced but the Egyptian strong military was still in charge. The elected parliament was recently dissolved before the presidential election and the military has taken over the legislative duty of the parliament. In addition, a new constitution that will reflect the emerging democratic dispensation has not been written. A secular constitution or something close to that will fulfill the aspiration of the masses yearning for liberty in the emerging democratic Egypt.
President Mohamed Morsi has a lot of work and challenges ahead of him. A steady hand and prudency are needed to navigate through all the stormy weather that is confronting Egypt and the leadership. As of now Morsi is not really in charge, for the military has become his co-presidency.
Morsi has a difficult and complicated but a delicate task of working with military in order assumes the role of a true commander in chief of the armed forces of Egypt. This is not a child's play for the military is not going anywhere nor are they bowing out of the picture of governance. Morsi needs all the wisdom and prayer to make the military comfortable and secured without undermining the constitution and his mandate from the voters. The people anticipated a true democracy to take hold in the country because of the enormous effort and sacrifice they have made.
Election is not tantamount to democracy, to say that election of Morsi means that Egypt has become democratic is far from the truth. Election notwithstanding, a nation needs a functional constitution that protects the rights of citizens to gather, respect of religion and a constitution that enumerates the balance and separation of power among the branches of the government to become a true democratic nation.
During the campaign Morsi pledged to promote women's rights and to respect the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Accord. Promises can be easily made during political campaign but as one assume the leadership position with its challenges, keeping promises may not be that easy.
President Mohamed Morsi will rise or fall on the style and substance of his governance particularly on keeping the promises he made during the campaign. The 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty is important not just to the region but to the entire world. The keeping and maintenance of Camp David Accord will show that Morsi is a responsible leader and a man of his own words. Peace is the most important ingredient and condiment needed for the stability of the region. Therefore maturity of his leadership will be buttressed on his relationship with state of Israel.
President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood Party must show the ability to manage the Islamic radicals in Egypt and to make sure that minorities including Nubians (Black Egyptians) and Coptic Christians are allow co-existence and their constitutional rights protected especially the freedom for religious practice not given a lip service.
Then comes the economy, Egypt is a poor country with large foreign debt and high unemployment especially among the restive youths. Without a sound economy the emerging democracy may not take a hold and may fizzle away. Democracy is an expensive form of government and cannot thrive in poverty. An empty stomach and poverty can pose a threat to democracy. Therefore it is necessary to have a peaceful Egypt that is at peace with its neighbors which will enable and facilitate free flow of commerce and trade in the region.
The revolution and Arab Spring dealt a blow to Egyptian economy; GDP growth slumped or rather became stagnant and the already weaken national currency was destabilized; capital flight became imminent while attraction of investments were discouraged. Egyptian economy is in bad shape and economic reform is necessary.
President Mohamed Morsi has to convince the global market that Egypt is ready to do business with the rest of the world. He needs Obama administration to ensure that United States foreign aid will continue to flow in. The world will work with Egypt, if she is willing to work with the world. As Egypt respects international norms and her citizens, the peaceful comity of nations will welcome her back.
Emeka Chiakwelu, Analyst and Principal Policy Strategist at Afripol.
" Islamist Mohammed Morsi promised a "new Egypt" as he took the oath of office Saturday to become the country's first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago. At his inauguration before the Supreme Constitutional Court, Morsi also became the Arab world's first freely elected Islamist president and Egypt's fifth head of state since the overthrow of the monarchy some 60 years ago. He took the oath before the court's 18 black-robed judges in its Nile-side seat built to resemble an ancient Egyptian temple." - AP
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, stands as he is sworn in at the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 30, 2012. AP
In this image made from Egyptian State Television, judges from Egypt's Supreme constitutional court applaud Mohammed Morsi, center, after he was sworn in as President in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 30, 2012. Islamist Mohammed Morsi has been sworn in before Egypt's highest court as the country's first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV)
An Egyptian listens to Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi speech at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 29, 2012. Egypt's newly elected president has read that oath of office in Tahrir Square packed with tens of thousands of Islamists chanting against the ruling military council. In a strong-worded speech that meant to assuage popular anger at the military generals, Morsi showed defiance attempts to chip away from his own presidential powers. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President-elect Mohammed Morsi speaks to supporters at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 29, 2012. In front of tens of thousands of cheering supporters, Egypt's first Islamist and civilian president-elect vowed Friday to fight for his authority and symbolically read an oath of office on Cairo's Tahrir Square on the eve of his official inauguration. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abd El-Maaty, Egyptian Presidency)
Egypt's new president Mohammed Morsi delivers a speech during a cermony where the military handed over their power to him (reuters)
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (right) shook hands with Faruq Sultan, head of the presidential election commission, after taking the oath of office on Saturday. AFP PHOTO /EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY
Islamist Mohamed Morsy was declared Egypt's first freely elected president on Sunday, sparking joy among his Muslim Brotherhood supporters on the streets who vowed to continue to try to wrest power from armed forces reluctant to cede ultimate control.
But many Egyptians, and anxious Western allies, also urged Morsy to work fast to repair the economy and bitter divisions in society exposed since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak fractured the police state which had kept the country subdued for decades.
Morsy defeated former general Ahmed Shafik in a run-off last weekend by a convincing 3.5 percentage points, or nearly 900,000 votes, taking 51.7 percent of the total, officials said. It ended a week of disputes over the count that had frayed nerves.
Morsy succeeds Mubarak, who was pushed aside by his fellow officers 16 months ago to appease the Arab Spring revolution.
The military council which has ruled the biggest Arab nation since then, curbed the powers of the presidency by decree last week, meaning the head of state will have to work closely with the army on a planned democratic constitution.
The generals say they want to hand over to civilian rule but are plainly set on defending their privileges and suspicious of the ability of Egypt's fragmented, and long oppressed, political movements to establish a stable constitutional democracy.
The United States, the army's key sponsor and long wary of the rise of political Islam, joined other Western powers in congratulating Morsy and calling on him to form a government of national unity and to respect all Egyptians' civil rights.
Brotherhood officials, speaking as supporters turned Cairo's Tahrir Square into a roaring sea of flags and chants of "Allahu akbar!" (God is greatest), said they would press on with protest vigils to demand that the ruling military council cancel this month's dissolution of the Islamist-led parliament and a decree which gave the generals powers that will restrict the president.
"Morsy is the first truly democratically elected president in Egypt," the Brotherhood's Yasser Ali told Reuters.
"He has the legitimacy and will sit down with the military council and all the political forces to resolve the outstanding issues over parliament and the constitutional decree and the newly imposed emergency law."
"Speak! Have no fear! The military must go!" crowds chanted on Tahrir Square, seat of the revolt, although senior officials in the movement, the veteran adversary of the army for decades, said they wanted to avoid outright confrontation.
There were some isolated scuffles in parts of Cairo between rival groups. Several hundred Shafik supporters in the middle-class suburb of Nasr City chanted "Save Egypt! The Brotherhood will destroy it!", while soldiers tried to keep traffic moving.
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who heads the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), called to congratulate the 60-year-old Morsy on his victory, state television said.
How these two men cooperate will determine Egypt's uncertain path from revolution to democracy and its relations with anxious Arab and Western allies: Tantawi was Mubarak's defense minister for 20 years and has been close to the Pentagon; Morsy, jailed more than once under the old regime, has a doctorate in engineering from the University of Southern California.
Mohamed Morsy
Another official at the Brotherhood's headquarters, Gihad Haddad, said demonstrations would also continue to press the army: "The peaceful protests will continue in the squares and across Egypt. The struggle for a new Egypt is just beginning."
Those who voted for Shafik as a bulwark against a religious rule that they fear will mean intolerance and alienation from the West were fearful: businessman Maged Abdel Wadud, 45, who had gathered with others at a hotel hoping to greet a victorious Shafik said: "This is a very bad day for Egypt.
"I am so, so upset. I can't imagine this man becoming a president of Egypt. This is the beginning of the end for Egypt."
Some of those backing Shafik accused the military council and Tantawi of "selling out" to the Brotherhood. But a source close to the council itself insisted the election had been entirely fair, in contrast to those under Mubarak.
Describing it as "a true example of democracy to the world" the military council source stressed the pressure was now on Morsy to take responsibility - something many think might backfire on the Brotherhood if Egypt remains in crisis:
"The onus now is on the new president to unite the nation and create a true coalition of political and revolutionary forces to rebuild the country economically and politically," the source said. "The world is now watching the new president to see whether his tenure will reflect all political currents."
Western powers, and Israel, have been concerned about the Islamist turn in Egypt. But Washington and Europe, both big aid donors, have also pressed the military to accept democracy, while urging the Brotherhood to respect all Egyptians' rights - notably those of women and the large Christian minority.
"This is an historic moment for Egypt," said British Foreign Secretary William Hague. "I welcome President Morsy's statement that he intends to form an inclusive government that governs on behalf of all the Egyptian people."
In his congratulations, French President Francois Hollande said: "It is key today that the transition which started in February 2011 continues, so that a democratic and pluralist political system establishes itself in Egypt, guaranteeing civil liberties and political freedom to all citizens."
In Israel, at war with the Brotherhood's Palestinian offshoot Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he "respected" the democratic outcome in Egypt and expected to continue cooperation under the two states' peace treaty.
In Hamas-run Gaza, where Palestinians hope Morsy may end Cairo's cooperation with an Israeli blockade, celebratory gunfire rattled across the crowded coastal territory. Iran, which is at odds with most Arab states, welcomed what it called an "Islamic awakening" in Egypt.
Reformist Egyptian politician Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. diplomat, tweeted: "It is time for us to all work together as Egyptians in a framework of national consensus." A senior Western diplomat in Cairo said: "This is a truly historic moment for Egypt - a triumph over the politics of fear and prejudice. Egypt has a civilian, democratically elected president for the first time in its history. The Muslim Brotherhood are far from a perfect organization, but Morsy's election represents a genuine result for the revolution."
He said he did not expect the movement to push its complaints so far as to provoke the military council to react and take from the presidency those powers it still has: "The Muslim Brotherhood will take what they've got - a prize unimaginable to them 18 months ago," the diplomat said. "An imperfect presidency is way better than none at all.
"It's part of the new and delicate act of political compromise, part of Egypt's new cohabitation."
Half of those who voted in last month's first round of the election backed neither Morsy nor Shafik and many who voted in the run-off voted negatively - either against Morsy's religious agenda or against Shafik as a symbol of military rule.
Hamdeen Sabahy, the secular leftist who finished a close third behind Shafik in the first round, called on Morsy to "swiftly form a national presidential administration and a government that expresses national reconciliation and represents all currents and the diversity of Egyptian society powers".
For Morsy a spokesman said: "This is a testament to the resolve of the Egyptian people to make their voice heard." Shafik, a former air force commander and Mubarak's last prime minister, offered no immediate reaction. He has said he would offer to serve in a Morsy administration.
Morsy won the first round ballot in May with a little under a quarter of the vote. He has pledged to form an inclusive government to appeal to all the 82 million Egyptians.
"President Morsy will struggle to control the levers of state," Elijah Zarwan, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said in Cairo. "He will likely face foot-dragging and perhaps outright attempts to undermine his initiatives from key institutions. Faced with such resistance, frustration may tempt him to fall into the trap of attempting to throw his new weight around," Zarwan told Reuters. "This would be a mistake.
"His challenge is to lead a bitterly divided, fearful, and angry population toward a peaceful democratic outcome, without becoming a reviled scapegoat for continued military rule."
Morsy has promised a moderate Islamist agenda to steer Egypt into a new democratic era where autocracy will be replaced by transparent government that respects human rights and revives the fortunes of a powerful Arab state long in decline. Morsy is promising an "Egyptian renaissance with an Islamic foundation".
Yet the stocky, bespectacled party official appears something of an accidental president: he was only flung into the race at the last moment by the disqualification on a technicality of Khairat al-Shater, the group's preferred choice.
With a stiff and formal style, Morsy cast himself as a reluctant latecomer to the race, who cited religious fear of judgment day as one of his reasons for running. He struggled to shake off his label as the Brotherhood's "spare tire".
Questions remain over the extent to which Morsy will operate independently of other Brotherhood leaders once in office: his manifesto was drawn up by the group's policymakers. The role Shater might play has been one focus of debate in Egypt.
"I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian people," Morsy said at his campaign headquarters in Cairo shortly after polling ended last Sunday. He gave up his membership of the Brotherhood after being elected. Turnout was only 51.8 percent of the 50 million-strong electorate, slightly up on the first round but indicative still of a nation unused to having its voice heard without risking punishment and uncertain of the worth of the candidates.
(Additional reporting by Marwa Awad, Tamim Elyan, Tom Perry, Edmund Blair and Patrick Werr; Writing by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Philippa Fletcher)
After the last-minute power grab Sunday night, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) pledged Monday to honor its promise to hand over power to the newly elected president by the end of this month. But the constitutional amendments stripped the president of almost all significant powers. The military decreed that it will have legislative authority after a court dissolved parliament, it will control of the drafting a new constitution and will not allow civilian oversight of its significant economic interests or other affairs.
Morsi represents the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic fundamentalist group which has emerged as the most powerful political faction since the uprising. The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party rejected the constitutional declaration, saying it was no longer within the authority of the military council to issue such a decree with less than two weeks left for the transfer of power.
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi, casts his vote inside a polling station, in Zakazik 80 Kilometers (50 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
In Washington, Pentagon spokesman George Little urged the ruling military to transfer full power to a democratically elected civilian government, as it pledged to do in the past.
"We are deeply concerned about the new amendments to the constitutional declaration, including the timing of their announcement as polls were closing for the presidential election," said Little.
The constitutional declaration made almost simultaneously with polls Sunday night was the third major blow in a week to hopes for a democratic transition that arose from the uprising. On Wednesday, the military gave itself broad powers to arrest civilians even on minor offenses such as traffic violations. And on Thursday, a court stacked with Mubarak-era appointees dissolved parliament.
The Freedom and Justice party also rejected the dissolution of parliament. "The People's Assembly stands and has legislative and oversight authority," the party said in a statement posted on its website.
Maj-Gen. Mohammed al-Assar, a senior member of the ruling council, said the generals would transfer power in a "grand ceremony." He did not give an exact date or mention Morsi by name. He said the new president will have the authority to appoint and dismiss the government and that the military council has no intention of taking away any of the president's authorities.
"We'll never tire or be bored from assuring everyone that we will hand over power before the end of June," al-Assar told a televised news conference.
Though official results have not yet been announced, the Brotherhood released a tally that showed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood took nearly 52 percent of the vote to defeat Mubarak's last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq with about 48 percent in a very close race. The count was based on results announced by election officials at individual polling centers, where each campaign has representatives who compile and release the numbers before the formal announcement.
The Shafiq campaign rejected Morsi's claim of victory and accused him to trying to "usurp" the presidency or lay the groundwork to challenge the official result if it shows Shafiq winning.
"What the other candidate has done threatens Egypt's future and stability," said the statement, adding that initial indications show that Shafiq is undoubtedly ahead with between 51.5 to 52 percent.
If Morsi's victory is confirmed in the official result expected on Thursday, it would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning wave of pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East the past year. But the military's last minute power grab sharpens the possibility of confrontation and more of the turmoil that has beset Egypt since Mubarak's overthrow.
By midday, several hundred flag-waving supporters had gathered at Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the uprising, to celebrate.
In a victory speech at his headquarters in the middle of the night, Morsi, 60, clearly sought to assuage the fears of many Egyptians that the Brotherhood will try to impose stricter provisions of Islamic law. He said he seeks "stability, love and brotherhood for the Egyptian civil, national, democratic, constitutional and modern state" and made no mention of Islamic law.
"Thank God, who successfully led us to this blessed revolution. Thank God, who guided the people of Egypt to this correct path, the road of freedom, democracy," the bearded, U.S.-educated engineer declared.
Since the reign of Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians have been at war with economic disparity, now with Mohamed Morsy, the official Muslim Brotherhood representative as the presidential front runner, Egyptians are now facing a war with an Ideology.
In Egypt's first democratically led election in history, a vast majority of people chose an Islamist to lead their country for the next four years.
Morsy's popularity has come at a time where security and stability are at an all time low for Egyptians, as the many youth and baby boomer generations are now being victimized by their own freedoms. The violence, chaos and disorder that have plagued Egypt for the past 18 months have been used as a trump card for an Islamist to gain popular support.
Mosy's ability to capitalize on Islam as a political system, has not only marginalized Egypt's secular society, but created further marginalization for Egypt's Christian population, which currently stands at 10%.
Whether Mosy's reign will create political problems for the West is now uncertain, as Western powers have enjoyed a long history of positive relations with Islamist governments. Think the Gulf, and how the U.S. established cooperative military, security and economic (oil and gas) relations with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Dubai, Bahrain and the U.A.E. Western Powers do business with Islamist governments all the time, and they do it well.
Egypt is a country rich in natural resources, petroleum, natural gas and electricity therefore, trading with the West would be a step towards strengthening Egypt's failing economy. The threat to the West, however, cannot be adequately identified as more than an ideological one at the present time.
What is more apparent is that an Islamist government in Egypt will further infringe civil liberties, via the establishment of an Islamist police state, thus creating an even more suppressive regime than their predecessor. Morsy has said that he wants to foster positive relations with the US. However, the Muslim Brotherhood's views are staunchly anti-Israeli.
Khaled Abdallah, 44, a religious affairs detective in Mubarak's Interior Ministry, warns that "blood will be spilled" if Morsy is to be elected as president of Egypt, "there will be executions" and a commitment to destroy "Israel and the Jews."
In an interview on May 20, a leading Fatah official expressed his concerns for Mohamed Morsy gaining power in Egypt's Elections. Azzam al-Ahmed, a Fatah official responsible for reconciliation talks with rival faction Hamas said "Hamas would become more extreme should the Muslim Brotherhood candidate in Egypt's election, Mohamed Morsy, win the contest."
He added that "Hamas leaders do not want to resolve the political split because they believe a Brotherhood win in Egypt would put Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, in a more powerful position vis-à-vis Fatah, which governs the West Bank." Ahmed Said.
In a speech on May 25, Morsy said that if elected he would "remove all borders between Sinai and Gaza." This move would mean that weapons proliferation, illegal migration, free movement to (dormant) terrorist cells and bedouin tribes operating within the region. If enforced, this would cause further crime and weapons spilling into Egypt causing more damage to the already politically and socially unstable nation.
In addition to weapons proliferation and crime, this could perhaps breed a new kind of radicalization in Egypt. With criminal bedouin tribes and terrorist cells able to move freely in and out of Egypt, it would mean that societies most vulnerable could be victims of criminal gang and terrorist related recruiting. This radicalization not only has immediate consequences for Egyptians, but it has longterm ones for the West (US and Israel) also.
Elizabeth Pickworth is a journalist from Australia with a postgraduate degree in International Security majoring in Counterterrorism. She is currently based in the Gulf and undertaking research for her PhD. She writes at Policy Mic
A new day in the global village
If there was any lesson to be learnt from the recent crisis that ousted the former both Presidents Ben Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt was that the long standing policy of supporting dictators for sake of stability and continuity are no longer necessary, viable and sustainable. The need to continue to be backing vision less leaders for sake of stability is no longer necessary for this is a new day. Peoples of world are yearning for freedom and liberty. The end of cold war brought by the defeat of communism and the subsequent surging of democratic movements around the world is a testament of the new day.
There were three major factors that contributed to the fall of these governments and the impromptu uprisings were neither religious nor ethnic based movement. But a movement propelled by injustice and domination heaped on the masses by their overbearing and dictatorial leaders.
The neo-liberal economic policy of globalization that integrated the global economy also integrated the world cultures. Now more than any other time in history, people of all cultural backgrounds are coming in contact with each other, sharing ideas, food, views, and culture. People from developing countries are eating from the fruit of liberty and they like what they taste.
Secondly, technology has made the world small and one. The role of tweeter and internet cannot be overemphasized in the crisis of Tunisia and in the liberation in Egypt. Technology has allowed civic leaders to organize protest, inspire a great Diaspora movement, and provided a forum of breaking away from the culture of silence that looms large in developing countries.
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Even without access to the internet, television set in any African village or any distant land does convey the lifestyle of the rest of the world and no one has to tell natives how bad are their condition. The awakening of the consciousness have been gathering momentum in modern times, not through the outdated radical communism but through television satellite dish that beams 'The Young and Restless' and soap operas , MTV Cribs, blockbuster movies and Coca Cola commercials.
Dehumanizing and oppressing of peoples of the world is no longer sustainable. At the dawn of 21st century - social justice, human rights and democracy have become accessible to the global village and the West should support the people and not put their lots on the decaying dictators.
The election of President Barack Obama ushered in a spirit of hope throughout the world and a promise of a better tomorrow, and the global impact cannot be underestimated.
Hosni Mubarak 82, resigned and Power transferred to Egyptian military
Switzerland has frozen the Swiss bank account and assets of Hosni Mubarak
The price of oil has fallen and Global markets are surging
The victory and accolades belong to the people of Egypt - youths, young and the old did not rest nor sleep until Hosni Mubarak, the 30 years Egyptian dictator bowed down from power. The streets and air of Cairo and Egypt have been filled with euphoria, ecstatic and thunderous joy as they celebrate the departure of Mubarak.
As Egyptians demanded his departure, out of omission or commission Mubarak read the tea leaf upside down and chose to bury his face in the sand. He went on state run television and told the desperate Egyptians that he will continue to be their president. The people of Egypt could not take that anymore and they marched in large masses to the presidential palace peacefully and the next day Mubarak turned in his resignation letter to his appointed vice-president Omar Suleiman.
Hosni Mubarak's autocratic and dictatorial leadership has been the order of the day in his country for almost thirty years; he has managed successfully to suppress democratic impulse and instinct for a long time. Mubarak was able to convince the civilized world that without his presence and control that the Islamic radicals who were lurking at the corner will take over reins of power. On this cultivated gamesmanship as custodian of stability, he assumed the cloak of inevitability as he was seen as a stabilizing force in his region.
Hosni Mubarak (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
A New day and beginning of a long journey
The people of Egypt needs and deserves their moment in the sun, they have made a history by driving out a dictator by themselves without any interference or help from outside. It was a great achievement indeed by any standard, with almost a velvet revolution a strongman of the land was made to give up power. The forces of change coupled with human will and dignity were too much to be marched by crude forces of brutality and darkness emitted by Mubarak regime.
Hosni Mubarak did not govern alone, with the support of his henchmen, secret police and military he overwhelmed his people with fear, credible threats and intimidation. The remnant of his leadership has not disappeared completely but the military have as well understood and have experienced the power of the common people. The military during the 18 days of the uprising was behaving responsibly and have respected the rights of the people to assemble and to march peacefully. And for this they deserved to be applauded for being the custodian of stability in Egypt. But the military by nature of their training are not competent to rule but to defend a nation.
Egyptian people must understand that the driving away of the dictator was an opening door to a long journey to democratic dispensation. Egyptians maybe in quick need of calling for an election, which is a good thing but election is not tantamount to democracy rather a building block to a democratic dispensation. A constitution is needed as a compass to democracy and rule of law. A secular constitution to be written that respects the fundamental human rights to speak freely and to gather freely without interference. Constitution that guarantees minority and religious rights is the core rudimentary of a prosperous democracy.
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Amazing site would buy all my PC parts from them they have great help on forums and off cant recommend these guys enough ordered a radeon hd7770 and a 500w psu came next day was shocked on how quick the delivery was with these guys.
Ive shopped with many different e-tailers, but never one like Aria, their customer service focused approach was so helpful, the forum they run is a dream for all enthusiasts alike, and their website and order proceedure is second to none
i recently ordered a Saitek Cyborg V7 keyboard, order went through instantly, dispatched within the hour, and delivered the very next morning, in perfect condition.. The website is easy to navigate and if there is any problem, they are simply 1 phone call away or a visit to the forums
cant beat this service!
Late deliveries. Lost orders. Dead on arrival products. Insanely high prices. I've had all these problems with UK technology retailers, NONE of them with Aria. They are trustworthy and reliable with often the best prices in the UK.
They have an active forum frequented by the staff so questions can be asked directly, as well as adding a personal touch to it all. Queries are answered promptly and clearly. They even helped me out once by rearranging the courier free of charge when I missed the delivery.
If your considering using Aria stop hesitating and just go for it. The only negative for them is some product categories are a little low on variety, so if they stock something you want, just go for it, you wont regret it!
This is the best computer shop i have been to EVER! i got the parts i needed fast and at a very low price. the only part i was waiting for before i buit my computer was the case form another website (Ebuyer) which was very slow to deliver and late in the day when the driver decided to turn up. i would recommend Aria pc to anyone because of the great, friendly staff when i went to get more parts and the ideas they gave me to improve my computing experience. The prices are very cheap and they have a large range of products however missed out on the exact model of case i wanted. (NZXT WHITE)
Ordered a 24" Monitor yesterday for only £99 that had good reviews it was dispatched a couple of hours later and delivered the following day.
Fully recommend.
1 star because it was compulsory if it was up to me i never give them even a star because they are cscam
i bought whole system from aria pc which is based in manchester England 1 year and a half ago cost me £810.42, when i i built my system gt 460 graphic card was greenish, the color was not correct i contacted them now they say send it back, but then when they received gpu, they refused refund and told me i have to pay postage if i am willing to send me back same faulty product, already i paid postage to send it to them so i said i am not going to pay, then they never send me product and never got the refund.
last week i updated motherboard bios to uefi then the cpu fan has stopped to work that cause my spu to burn, i tried to reverse bios but no joy, bear in mind this is official bios not beta, again i contacted aria pc to give me refund or replacement because it has 3 years warranty but again they ignored my email and they do nothing about it, i appreciate any one help me to complain about this misleading company.
yes you may see now and then good price or attractive deal, but if u face any trouble after sell then you will suffer and wish never u paid few quid more and never dealt with this bad service company.
i warned you so stay away please from this company, there are better one like scan.co.uk and overclockers.co.uk
i made a review last time for the new graphic card they confiscated, they never refund me or see the product again, i said it may be my fault, so as i bought whole system from cost £810.42 2 month ago i updated bios to latest stable version to U1a(UEFI BIOS), since then cpu fan stopped working and lead to failure cpu.
i contacted gigabyte they did not reply, i contacted ariapc they replied about 2 weeks later after emails exchange i told them i do not want you confiscate this board as you did to my gpu, they assured me its fine and they sent me RAM.
i spoke with Patrick he is nice guy but i believe it is company's policy that do not give a damn about after sale so this negative feed back is not related to him in any way he was supportive.
so i sent the board back and i have got email confirmation that they received the board and later date they sent it back for replacement.
now it is more than amonth since then but they never reply to my emails while they stated in their website after 28 days customer entitled to refund or replacement.
now i have proof for all i said and still have emails on my account.
please can somebody advice me how to sue this company i based in ireland, because of that they think they can get away this time but i will try my best to get my right back.
thanks in advance and please stay away from this company, you can try different company in uk or if you want great price here is great site in germany and remember euro is weak now so shop from this site instead
thanks for any advice
Had to return a faulty item so i contacted Aria to arrange this, after a few minutes of talking to one of the sales team he started to become quite rude so i asked to speak to a manager, he refused to put me through and then told me to "piss off cos im boring him now".he then hung up...
I phoned straight back to report him and spoke to another man who called me a liar and again refused to put me through to a manager and hung up on me as well...after a further 3 more attempts to speak to a manger i was either to told "Oh you again, go away"...i am now taking this further, the men are disgusting and need reporting.....i will NEVER use them again......
I've been shopping at Aria.co.uk for about 6 or 7 years now, buying various parts for my computers, and those of my family and friends. There is a number of reasons I always go back to them: fantastic prices, speedy delivery, very helpful staff. The community on the forums is (for the most part) also a very friendly/helpful one.
Twice I've had to return items, and both times the staff have resolved my problem VERY quickly (same day).
15th of January I ordered myself a new CPU cooler, the Corsair H100i. I ordered at around 11am, and it was in my hands by noon the next day (free delivery too)!
Can't say fairer than that. Keep up the good work guys!
I purchased some Kingston ram and an AMD processor and the delivery was very fast came the next day which is not to bad also there prices are usually very competitive but i rated 4 stars because the p&p is quiet steep and some times this makes the price not competitive with other sites but apart form that it is a very good site with great sales and a good service.
This website is one, if not the best PC components shop in the U.K. Why you ask? Decent value, quick shipping and good customer service go far in this day and age and this website satisfies all three of them! You would also be supporting a shop based in the U.K with a real retail store, unlike massive giant corporations who are based in Luxembourg just the reduce their tax fee's. Remember, the more you spend on this website, the more that goes to the U.K's economy!
So I wanted a gaming pc, looked around the usual sites such as comet, pc world and dell but found the prices to be expensive. Then a friend of mine told me that he could help me build mine if I purchased all the necessary parts from Aria.
I then checked Aria website and found that not only was it cheaper for me to purchase the parts and build the pc, but the pc I would end up with was much better from Aria as I could optimize my performance within the budget I had available.
The people on the forums were of great help as they discussed and advised in length to me about which parts were better for my price range and if they would all work together.
I bought a few things from Aria last year when I first discovered this company. Great deals and it was perfect experience. Later I found out this forum; I am attracted by the great community and it has become my everyday routine to visit this forum. Such fun.
A few months ago, a friend wanted a new PC when Ivy was about to release. I immediately recommended Aria and the fact that Aria offers better deals than elsewhere has convinced him to use this company. I offered to help as he wanted to involve in some pc building. with some helps from fellow forum members on components selection, I made the purchase at around 4:30pm on the day when Ivy was released. I was impressed again when I received all components at 9am next morning! He was impressed too, a lot.
Great deals, great service, great forum community, what more can I ask for?
As a business, Aria is mainly hampered by CityLink's poor delivery service at times. As a forum based community, it is exceptional. The staff and moderators who run the forum are knowledgeable, friendly and extremely patient. Any questions regarding components or stock are answered in detail in very short spaces of time and all complaints, disputes and RMA tracking requests are handled personally with the utmost professionalism.
Something no other company can offer. Fantastic.
I went to Aria from my usual vendor because of the cheap prices and the community looked good to be a part of.
I made my initial purchases with great delight, but encountered a few problems getting it delivered due to emails which were not sent due to security checks. This has been acknowledged as an area of improvement and I couldn't hold it against them too much.
Sadly I had to RMA an item and this process left me feeling incredibly bitter and out of pocket due to what was my own (unintended) fault. I wish the team had responded with some offer of good will but that's life. That cannot be the point of this review as if the item had worked I would have been very pleased with the Aria service.
My second order to replace this item was seamless and because I had already purchased from them before the delivery and handling time was minimal and would probably order from them again if the prices remain so ahead of the rest!
I am ultimately pleased to get my items at such good prices and with quick delivery, along with the bonuses which exist such as the discussion forum I hope to be a part of for any future orders.
This was written via the computer I built from Aria!
I decided I wanted to treat myself to a new computer, but I didn't want to 'settle' for a pre-built system, I wanted to specify exactly what it was I wanted, and what I would use it for.
I went on to the forums associated with Aria.co.uk for assistance, and the help was astounding. Everyone knew what they were talking about, and had an input. That said, a lot of it went over my head, but luckily another forum user is a real life mate and explained it all to me whenever something was said I didn't quite understand.
After a week or so, I emailed a copy of my wishlist to Aria for a quote. I received a response within a couple of hours max! Very impressed. The quote was even more impressive. Extremely happy. They also answered the other queries I had (i.e was I eligible for the Windows 8 upgrade? would these components work out? etc)
I called up the next day to place my order, and 11 working days later (including delivery), here I am writing the review on my new computer. Everything works brilliantly so far (first day of owning it, so fingers crossed it doesn't suddenly explode tomorrow), and I'm loving the upgrade to a full desktop from a laptop :D
All though im new to aria, i am very impressed. They are Cheap and Cheerful, and even if there prices can be beat they will do there best to beat or match the price if you tell them about it! All items arrived pretty much next day. Will continue to use them for the foreseeable future! A real computer site, they have shown me so much good stuff for low prices, i have switched from sites i have been using for years! Not only do they provide a phone service, but have managed to make a active forum community on witch to get advice! The only thing i have noticed that should be improved, there are a few items that haven't had a description or spec's added to them! Other that that excellent team for the PC world to use!
I use Aria at work for a number of things and they are right on the money, they have good deals, some class products and their site is relatively easy to navigate and use. Their Deal4Today feature is great and you can grab yourself a bargain if you're prepared to have a rummage through.
I am a little disappointed when it comes to delivery however, It would have been a 5* if they had used pretty much anyone but CityLink. As this is not a CityLink review I won't say much more but there are better couriers out there.
What an amazing company, fantastic service and well priced. I have been looking for a company who could do this and so much more. From now all my computing need purchases shall be to Aria. :) Thanks again guys
I'd been looking for an SSD at an affordable price for a while, so when Aria was suggested to me and I instantly found a suitable product on sale (and there are plenty of these) I was very pleased. Plenty of technical details on the site, plus the ability to ask for feedback on pretty much an question at the bottom of the page made the experience of choosing a product very easy. Ordering was as expected of any site today, and delivery was swift and cost efficient. Overall a very good experience.
Was very excited about the launch of this chip, the i7 3770K Intel Ivy Bridge. So I decided to buy one from my favorite etailer Aria PC. Being an inpatient person I knew Aria would not let me down in shipping the item without delay, sure enough I was not disappointed as the courier arrived the next morning with my package.
It came well packaged and in pristine condition, of course the chip was in full working condition and performed better than expected.
Also what I liked about the service Aria offered me is I was able to use Paypal to complete the transaction, as I had some funds there. I would not have been able to purchase the item any other way. I really like the convenience of this way of making purchases as it allows me to split the cost of a purchase between my Paypal and my bank account. The Aria site purchase procedure was very quick, smooth running and easy to understand. Especially easy as I have not made a purchase in this way before.
On the 7th of March I ordered
1x HDMI cable
1x DVI cable
NZXT Phantom v2
Noctua NH-d14
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I wanted to wait a little while before reviewing to ensure my products were working perfectly fine, not that i had any doubt they wouldn't.
My items were delivered early in the morning, which is good since I needed them before lunchtime.
Cant find any faults with aria or the delivery service, I will definitely be purchasing from them in the future.
I'm building my own pc and was recommended aria by a friend. All I have received is great customer service, excellent delivery service and a fantastic forum option. I couldn't have asked for more. Thank you Aria!
My system arrived in one piece, and on the day they said it would. Everything was great and worked at a push of a button !


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A genre of music that emerged from the old skool hardcore rave scene circa 1990-1992.
After 3 years of continuous drug abuse the rave scene and music shifted to whats known as Dark/The Darkside/Darkcore around 1993. The scene then split into Jungle/Drum and Bass and Happy Hardcore (the original hardcore/rave sound combined all the elements of both genres) during 1994/1995 and both evolved to become what they are today. "happy hardcore rocks!"
"happy hardcore is for pussies, drum and bass is where its at!" "bollocks to all! the original hardcore was and still is the best, know your roots!" |
1. | Happy Hardcore | ||
A genre of electronic music that stems from old skool breakbeat hardcore. Typically has a stomping 4x4 kick drum, crazy synth lines, a breakbeat (sometimes), and pitched up vocals.
Happy hardcore is known as a fairly un-pretentious, D.I.Y. genre, with a dedicated group of listeners and DJ's. It gets the party started right. "Hey man, what do you say we grab some Pabst Blue Ribbon and hit up the illegal warehouse rave...i hear there is gonna be some bangin' happy hardcore!"
2. | happy hardcore | ||
A genre of electronic music that became popular during England's rave movement. Characterized by a processed 4x4 kick, breakbeats, baselines, and high strung synths and vocals, happy hardcore is the staple of any candy kid's listening experience. Drum & Bass also originated from happy hardcore and now are (ironically) anathema to one another. Where happy hardcore is known for it's happy, almost cheesy, lyrics and sounds, Drum & Bass is a much more aggressive, hard-edged sound that is a much harder pill to swallow, so to speak. Scott Brown, Vinylgroover, UFO, Kaos, Ethos, Anabolic Frolic.
3. | happy hardcore | ||
Great genre of music.
Fast and hard makes you feel good. DJ's/Producers include hixxy, scott brown, sharkey,sy,vibes,dougal,gammer, unknown,weaver,clsm,stargazer,breeze,styles.... Great cds include the Bonkers collection and hardcore til i die. lets listen to some happy hardcore.
4. | Happy Hardcore | ||
Ok, to clear this all up for the people that dont know what there talking about on here...
Happy Hardcore is a type of Hardcore Electronic/Techno music that started around 1991 and reached its peak in 1996 and died off aroudnd 2000. Many people get Happy Hardcore mixed up with "Modern" Hardcore. Happy Hardcore often consists off High vocals, more bouncy (Rather than Hard) Drum Beats and soft but fast Base Lines that run at about 160-180 BPM. Synth lines are usally pretty high. Some good albums which hold "Happy Hardcore" goodness are the Bonkers Albums 1-5, anthing later is starting to evolve to "Modern" Hardcore. Chav's think they Like Happy Hardcore, but, In reality, they will have never heard any Happy Hardcore songs because they think shit like DJ Rankin' and Cammy are Hardcore... It isnt.... Now, to clear up what "Modern" Hardcore is. This kind of Hardcore started to take "Happy Hardcores" place during the early 2000. Modern Hardcore has done away with the "Bouncy" drum beats of "Happy Hxc" and now incorporate harder beats and more agressive Base lines. Vocals now arn't as High and synth/lead lines have been lowered, except for a few good exceptions in some songs (Eg. Scott Brown - Wakey Wakey). Hardcore is also often coupled with an MC. So, I hope this clears everything up of what, basiclly is the Real Genre of "Happy Hardcore". Another Genre of Hardcore msuic which has evolved and stuck close to Hardcore is Gabber. Just for you still dumb enough not to u... |
6. | happy hardcore | ||
Benn around since the early 1990s evolving from rave music. Toke on after 93/94 when split off from Jungle and uses speed up vocals, breakbeats, 4/4 kickdrum and bouncy techno. Went out after 1999 when people lost intrest and now littles is made as club music has taken over. The best Hardcore now is freeform.
Now considered chav music, they say they like Happy Hardcore but really only like the stuff off Raver Baby and by DJ Rankin and have never heard any real Happy Hardcore or Freeform. Happy Hardcore was at it's peak in 1996.
Chavs toke over in 2000. Now Hardcore is being mistaken for being pop music on fast forwards. |
Happy Hardcore stemed from the likes of Carl Cox back in the late 80's. It was about, as many have already said, the faster beats, the highhats, snares and 4x4 kick's. Not forgetting, ofc, the pitched up vocals. Truelly a defining moment for me, and many many others in the UK when it truelly took off. Orange/Rocket in London, Helter Skelter, the raves in fields in various Rural places after meeting up in a convoy on the m25. It was a time when people where truelly there to express themselves without the anger and agression, without the "bad Boy" image (that Jungle started and D&B continued!). If you remember ZeroB Locakup, Trip to Trumpton (Steve Jackson...blast from the past!) and Xenephobia (go with the flow with an E and rush me, xstacy, it really gets me going....). Happy Hardcore: The Green Apple (Pirate Radio), Orange, XL Records, Red'n'Yellows, ZeroB Lockup


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The committee met Friday at City Hall.
The park will now have four washers and dryers for campers to use, said city recreation and culture director Dwayne Barbier.
"We're operating with two less right now because we had two washers that broke and two dryers," Barbier said.
"The ones we're replacing are probably about seven, eight years old. We've probably gotten our money back on those things multiple times," Barbier said. The estimated cost to repair the machines is about as much as it would cost to buy new ones, he said.
The money to purchase the washers and dryers would come out of the Lake End Park fund balance, said city finance director Deborah Garber.
The finance committee's recommendations will come before the city council at its meeting on Tuesday.
The committee also elected city councilman Louis Tamporello as its chairman.
Barbier also said the city is still waiting on AT&T to finish hooking up the phone line in the three new cabins at Lake End Parkway before the cabins can be available for rent, Barbier said. AT&T's projected completion date is Thursday, he said.
The city then has to get approval from the fire marshal to be able to begin renting out the cabins.


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