text:
© 2002-2015
Encyclopaedia Metallum
Best viewed
without Internet Explorer,
in 1280 x 960 resolution
or higher.
The word 'Hellhammer' can mean different things to different people. To some, Hellhammer is 'that drummer whose in loads of bands' to others, Hellhammer is an influential Swiss 'thrash' band whose vocalist and bassist went on to form Celtic Frost.
Hellhammer could probably be counted among the 'first wave of black metal', along with Bathory and Merciful Fate, but some of this clearly influences doom, (namely the tracks 'Triumph of Death' and 'Buried and Forgotten'.
When this Swiss trio formed in 1982, with a strong Venom influence, but didn't fall into the trap that Slayer did with Show No Mercy (not that it's a bad album mind you), due to both Tom G. Warrior's droning guitar sound, unique vocal style and generally appalling sound quality (due to their Death Fiend and Triumph Of Death demos being recorded in an old bunker). With Satanic Rites however, the band actually appeared to have recorded it in an actual studio as well as getting rid of the clanging, heavy bass that haunted the first two demos. This generally makes this demo an easier experience to listen to, though not actually 'better'. This said, the production is hardly perfect, sometimes with the sound switching from speaker to speaker for no apparent reason
After a freaky intro, which is actually just the ending of the song 'Triumph of Death' played slowed down, opener 'Messiah' is a fast paced, destructive opener, as well as a highlight for the whole demo. The demo continues in this fashion for most of the demo, despite thirteen minutes of doom. Lyrically, Hellhammer stick to Venom-esque moments of Satanism, as well as lyrics the early Slayer, Mayhem et al would be proud to write:
"Satanic rites, satanic rites,
I love the screams of children
I love to see 'em hang
They are so little and helpless
So I'll do what I want"
Hardly easy listening, Satanic Rites will probably not amuse newcomers to metal, and might put off Dimmu and CoF fans. Not that they're necro enough to get it in the first place though.
All in all Satanic Rites is a headfucking, dusty blackened masterpiece, which has been made much easier to acquire, now that Tom G. Warrior has made peace with Hellhammer (as he once despised Hellhammer as much as the early 80s metal press did), and released the Satanic Rites, Triumph of Death and Death Fiend demos together.
For those of you who are into old school (I mean extreme metal, not porn or hip-hop) and have nothing better to do than reading reviews here on M.A. there is my little contribution to Hellhammer worship. Yes, Hellhammer... the infamous band which came out of nowhere and managed to be heavier than Venom; the band which had been existing barely for two years and which "will never be reformed"; the band which introduced a real morbidity into heavy metal and which "will never be forgotten". It looks like all has been already said here but I'm deranged enough to think this record deserves one more fucking review.
"Come on you pretty girl
I know a silent place... "
Yeah... black leather, spikes, inverted crosses and other rubbish. In 1983, when black metal was considered a bad joke (if it was considered at all), two young metal freaks from the land of Jung's archetypes, Giger's biomechanoids and Meier's extraterrestrials recorded this 46 minutes of socially unacceptable 'music'. The ugly cassette was named Satanic Rites, labelled with (fictional) "Prowlin' Death Records" and guess what? It impressed Noise records enough to offer the band a record deal. Soon the new bass player joined and the unholy EP was released. One year on, however, the band was gone. Why? Hellhammer concept was suddenly considered too simple by the 'musicians' who therefore abandoned it as a dead end. They had not a clue that the name of Hellhammer would later gain a cult status in certain circles and the band's approach would inspire many. I hate to say that Tom 'Warrior' Fischer, the main protagonist who by the way pioneered using 'corpsepaint', eventually lost his judgement when trying to succeed with glam rock(!) but that's another story.
So much for the background, now let's focus on the music. First of all, we are far beyond the realm of good taste in music here... and we should be proud of it. So expect no complex compositions, no guitar solos (well almost) and of course no clear vocals because 'Warrior' preferred to perform his weird lyrics in an entirely different way! He had really developed himself a nice sense to sound either passionate or arrogant/evil (OK, not as evil as Jeff Becerra of Possessed or Chuck Schuldiner of Death). As regards riffs, tell your brain to use only the right hemisphere 'cause there is no point in trying to analyse what exactly is being played... power-chord here, power-chord there and if you dislike this rawness and minimalism even when it IS effective, you can fuck off... or you'd better satisfy your appetite with Mercyful Fate's Melissa LP from the same year. Agreed, the sound quality of Satanic Rites is poor... or should I say raw? But hey! It's a demo and it IS actually listenable so don't cry to your mama you don't hear the bass or something. She wouldn't care anyway.
It consists of twelve tracks: apart from cheap Intro and Outro there are mediocre/uninspired songs (Maniac, Reaper, Crucifixion), the classics which appeared on subsequent releases (Messiah, The Third of the Storms, Triumph of Death, Revelations of Doom) and morbid highlights on this piece of decadent effort (Buried and Forgotten, Eurynomos and Satanic Rites!). All of them all worth listening maybe except of Triumph of Death because the Apocalyptic Raids version is without a doubt better in all aspects (that one has the potential to disgust anyone, anywhere, anytime and for me is the main reason to love the band's rotting legacy). If there was just one song to be pointed out, I would choose the creepy Buried and Forgotten. It's a slower one but rich in moments which are nowhere else to be found... or at least I haven't come across a metal song which would create similar atmosphere. The vocals are simply wonderful. As far as I understand it, the lyrics are about being physically dead yet conscious. YES! Imagine one's soul having departed the body and being capable of only one emotion... FEAR! Fantasy you think? Materialism is a fantasy, you fools!
"Freezin' breeze, last bell is mute
As I run thru night's fog
My feet lurch over the grave
Have 'em buried long ago
Still awake but without life?"
Now have I forgotten to mention anything important? No? Then epilogue: Satanic Rites together with Death Fiend/Triumph of Death demos have been recently reissued as Demon Entrails and it shouldn't be a problem to find a copy. So get yourself one and enjoy listening to such a great example of old school black stinking metal with beer, barbiturate or whatever that makes you happy. Absorb it all, celebrate the decline of western civilization, vandalize christian icons/idols in the nearby graveyard or just play it loud enough to annoy your neighbours. I listened to this stuff right before my suicide attempt... if I were successful, you wouldn't read this, heh. No, I'm NOT joking here. Only death is real. And malevolent non-corporeal beings of lower astral await to feed on your fear... be aware of them.
This album receives high scores for mainy reasons. The main reason is the recording quality. Yes, it is a demo. The great thing about this recording, although it is very poorly done, is that, in the long run, it helped influence an entire generation of music. When one looks in retrospect at this album from 1983, the reader can see the milestone for what it is. Yes, Venom may well have been the first "black" metal band, with Bathory close behind, but that's not really the point being made. This album, seemingly played by amateurs, showed an amazing thing: less can be more. By giving the album a very dark, evil feeling and atmosphere, it didn't matter how well they played, or what chord progressions they used. This album (along with Quorthon) helped pioneer the raw vocals that we all love in black metal.
Once again, looking in retrospect, look at al the bands that have used this formula of raw vocals, poor recording, and evil atmosphere. Classic albums have been made with this formula: Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas; Gorgoroth - Pentagram; Dark Funeral - The Secrets of the Black Arts; the list goes on. Any essential old school black metal album follows this formula, a formula that really wasn't broken or expanded on until the symphonic black metal wave hit.
Evil atmosphere, poor playing, poor sound quality. Usually this would warrant a poor score, but the retrospect and history of metal alone will not allow this album to be taken lightly.
This album is recommended to all fans and historians of metal. If you want to see where black metal came from, I recommend this as a start. Highly recommended to all metal fans.
But here is some of my own anyway... this is just some freaky, freaky shit right here, especially if you consider the fact that this is from 1983!!! Not 1985, 1983... this is probably the stuff that was making Jeff Becerra feel all funny in every part of his body (including his pee pee) when he was first deciding to form Possessed... the stuff that took Venom's first few releases and then added a whole lot of dark, evil, completely nuts ideas to the whole thing. Not even Quorthon was as fucking fucked up as the guys that put this work together.
So, why is this so essential, you may ask? Because, for all intents and purposes, it is a HELLHAMMER FULL LENGTH ALBUM!!! Yes indeed, kids - because Apocalyptic Raids isn't enough - 2 bonus tracks or otherwise. You want something that adds on to the sick, sick charm of that little EP, takes production values of that album and throws them even further down the shitter, and even manages to predate the official release!
Worship at the altar of Hellhammer... this is insanely great stuff. Most of it is the fast Venom worship we all know and love... stuff like the intro Messiah, the Metal Massacre V track Crucifixion, and others. Stuff that's so insanely, horribly BAD that it is very very good. That buzzsaw guitar tone with the most absurd use of the bend bar (see Buried and Forgotten), Tommy G's deranged vocals, etc. This is just fucking death right here... from EurEEEnymos (Prince of Death) to Reaper, to the long title track that gallops along, spreading good cheer in the name of Satan Claus. Ho ho, you fucking ho.
Then, we have a rendition of Triumph of Death, which, while not nearly as good as the one on Apocalyptic Raids (that one is just magical... there is nothing like it, before or since), is still pretty fucking decent. Compared to the abysmal crawl of that one, this version positively blazes along (it's only seven minutes) but fundamentally all the assorted corpse parts are there.
Even the outro is morbid as fuck - probably the most deathy vocals ever employed in metal up to that point. Sure, the whole thing sounds like a pig fucking a blender, but hey, influence!! Abominatrix mentions the whole thing may have been a pitch-shift trick, but oh well. Can't read too much into these things, unless of course you're practically every DM metal band to come along.
So, does this thing fucken rock? HELL YEAH. Does it fucken rock as hard as Apocalyptic Raids? Not quite. But where else are you going to get most of these songs? Seriously. Buy or die.
Having read with considerable interest Thomas Gabriel Fischer's book "Are You Morbid?", describing the events surrounding Celtic Frost, its creation, concept, struggles with personal and business difficulties, run-ins with insane females and eventual demise, I wasn't too surprised that Hellhammer was regarded in retrospect by its creator as a symptom of teenage boredom more than anything else, a result of three clueless Swiss guys who knew nothing about their instruments but wanted to play "more extreme than Venom". On the surface, this slagging of Hellhammer might leave a bad taste in some peoples mouths. After all, this is the band who countless black metal acts flock to for inspiration, who's formula, as much as Tom might like to see it buried and forgotten (excuse the reference), continues to be called upon to this day. Tom G. himself actually hints at a grudging fondness for the Hellhammer days (or perhaps I am merely imagining this?), for despite his harsh criticisms of the pre-frost era. He doesn't hesitate to point out Celtic Frost's continuing inclusion of "Messiah" in later sets, nor does he refrain from describing how the group attempted to rehearse "third of the storms" in 1987, and found that they were, for some reason, totally unable to recapture the original feeling of the song, much to their embarrassment. Of course, the latter anecdote is relegated to the Author's Notes section at the very back of the book, but it is there, plainly enough. Sure, the music is almost mindless in a sense...perhaps in Tom Warrior's eyes a mere stepping stone of a dubious nature to what Celtic Frost would become, but there is something about it that remains powerful and will not be forgotten, at least by some.
The consensus with Hellhammer seems to be that either people love them or laugh at and ridicule them. With that in mind, I'm going to attempt to dissect the music to a certain degree, since I am for some reason interested in the phenomenon of this band. Some might say it's unremarkable, boring even to speculate on such things, let alone listen to the music...but feelings of such extreme reverence and derision must always have a basis, and an understanding of that basis is perhaps integral to truly understanding and enjoying what it is that Hellhammer did, intentionally or not.
Although modern bands certainly do harken back to Hellhammer, all but a few, those that seek to directly mimic, such as the very obvious examples of Warhammer and Bloodhammer, have much broader subtexts to draw on and thus don't really sound much like that early swiss band after all. I refer of course to bands like Darkthrone, who ocasionally compose riffs that have the almost nonsensical claustrophobic patterns that Hellhammer seemed to utilise. Darkthrone however have some more developed metal ideas from which to draw their particular elixir of sound, and thus, even when they are paying homage to Hellhammer, such as in the slower moments of "A blaze in the Northern Sky" and "Panzerfaust", and even on the more recent "Ravishing Grimness", there is a certain modern aesthetic that makes the music somewhat more digestable. Hellhammer seemed, if I can hazard to say this, to almost come out of nowhere, which is part of what makes them so great in my view. Sure, Tom Warrior listened to loads of Motorhead and Venom, and other british bands like Angel Witch at the time, and yes, those are probably the bands, if any, people would be quick to slap on Hellhammer as obvious influences. But I submit that they aren't, really. If Hellhammer had been able to play as well as Motorhead or even Venom, they would not be the original phenomenon that they were, because as Tom would have pointed out, they would have tried to sound like them. The fact was though, that Venom looked like virtuosos when compared to Hellhammer, and that is a scary thought for a lot of people. The fact that three years later a band that was more or less the same individuals (two of them, anyway) had reached the point of musical advancement to create an album like "Into the Pandemonium" is quite a testament to Tom and Martin's ambitions and insane drive to improve. Even Celtic Frost in 1987 were by no means stellar musicians. But they had a vision, a desire to create something new and unique that had never been done before and would raise so many eyebrows, create such a firestorm in the extreme music community that it would really never be the same again. Hellhammer was perhaps more of a quiet revolution, at least in the figurative sense, but it was an equally important one.
This is not, of course, the most legitimate Hellhammer release. it is in truth a CD reproduction, a bootleg I really would have to say, of Hellhammer's second (or third?) demo. I believe this is correct, despite information given that indicates that tracks here are from the "Triumph of Death" demo or even recorded live. I have heard that demo, and I can say with absolute certainty that nothing on "Satanic Rites" is remotely as horribly recorded as was that earliest output of the band, and the sound here is good enough to have been the result of minimal studio work . I believe that "Satanic Rites" was the recording that got them a semi-deal with Noise records to record a four song EP. I wanted to give a really comprehensive description of Hellhammer's sound here since it really is the first widely available recording of the band, and since many people probably don't own this and should, since it's just as good as "Apocalyptic Raids" in its own right. There are ten songs here, not counting intro and outro, which seem to be parts of other tracks played at reduced speeds...something which the band probably did in order to sound heavier, judging by a comment Warrior makes in his book about playing Venom singles at 33 rpm to increase their brutality (how cool is that?). Anyway, two of the songs from the original "Apocalyptic Raids" EP are here, as well as the two tracks featured on the Metal Massacre compilation, the label release debut of Hellhammer. All these are of course earlier versions here; the band does improve on the way these songs sound later, so for the most part these renditions of "Third of the Storms", "Triumph of Death", "Messiah' and "Revelations of Doom" are only of moderate interest. IN particular, the version of "Triumph of Death" seems to be rather lackluster....probably partially do to the completely anguished vocals Tom pulls off on the "Apocalyptic Raids" take of this track. The previous incarnation of this song doesn't have nearly the same amount of feeling or passion and tends to drag a little.
It's really the other six songs that make this recording great. Forgotten jems that could have easily been on "Apocalyptic Raids
. but weren't, for the obvious reason that Hellhammer didn't have the funds or contract to record an album anyway. It's not really for us to imagine what these songs might have sounded like on the EP...since they only exist in these versions, it doesn't really matter and we can just enjoy them for what they are. Hellhammer's music struggles with itself, cycling through repetitive, thrown together sounding riffs, the guitar almost desperately sawing back and forth between chords that simply don't sound like they belong together at all. Often it sounds as if Tom isn't sure quite what chord to play at all, and simply ends up thinly strumming half of it, or forcing an anguished bent note out of his instrument. The drums, in the majority of the songs, clip along at a fast pace, but the rest of the band crawls, so that even the most "rocking" sounding songs come out doomy and hobbling. The complete absurdity of some of these riffs would make most musically minded people cringe. This is perhaps even more evident on the EP in songs like "Massacra", which looks inane on paper and yet manages to sound primal and awesome when played by this particular band. Tom seems to enjoy vocal duties as he always did in the future as well. There's plenty of "Owww!", and "oooh!", and so on...the difference here is that there is a completely over the top echo on his voice, which gives the music a sort of distantt feel that isn't present on "AR". The guitar is much thinner on this particular recording than on the ep, but in a way that makes it clearer..and this is by no means a bad sound...it's just a little lacking in fidelity, and considering the nature of the music, who really cares? There are a couple of glitches that pop up in the sound here and there, which obviously point to the fact that the CD was necessarily mastered from a cassette that is degraded in a couple of places, resulting in the breakup and distortion of sound common in old and often played audio tapes. It's not a chronic problem though, and only surfaces in a couple of tracks, most notably for a second or two in "Messiah".
As for the songs themselves....the original tracks...."Buried and Forgotten" is incredible and definitely the highlight of this recording for me. The song was later stripped of certain elements and given a few others, transforming into Celtic Frost's "Necromantical Screams". The Hellhammer song is a lot less precise and tight, obviously. it's very slow, ponderous, full of those torturous bending notes Tom is so fond of, and some *very* menacing riffs. I think the Frost song should have used a few more of the ideas in this original. The vocals sound ghostly and evil as fuck too, and the fast part near the end is totally unexpected and well....odd..you have to hear it for yourself. "Crucifixion" is a short rocker and should have been on the EP for sure, and the title track is seven minutes of repetitive Hellhammer "psudo-thrash" for want of a better description....almost hypnotic in it's fast tempo but constrained and aching riffs.
Obviously, I like this a hell of a lot....although after much debate with myself I've realized I do prefer the sound on the EP for being more up front and "in your face" as it were..the six exclusive songs here are essential to anyone who knows or wants to know hellhammer. If you are a newcomer to this particular brand of mayhem, do start with the EP, and if you are hungry for more, track down this bootleg and enjoy the further revelations. Of course, not everyone is going to share my enthusiasm for this...and I don't expect too many will be flocking to Hellhammer, since they represented a near antithesis to most peoples ideas of good music..and this applies equally to today's extreme metal public, even those who say they enjoy black metal bands that never hesitate to point out their adoration of Hellhammer.


text:
Spion Kop (or Kop for short) is the name for a number of terraces and stands at sports stadia; so named due to their steep nature, resembling a hill near Ladysmith, South Africa that was the scene of the Battle of Spion Kop in the Second Boer War.
The first recorded reference to a sports terrace as Kop was at Woolwich Arsenal's Manor Ground in 1904, when a local newsman likened the silhouette of fans standing on a newly raised bank of earth to soldiers standing atop Spion Kop. Two years later, in 1906, Liverpool Echo sports editor Ernest Edwards noted of a new open-air embankment at Anfield: "This huge wall of earth has been termed 'Spion Kop', and no doubt this apt name will always be used in future in referring to this spot". The name was formally consummated in 1928 upon construction of a roof. It is thought to be the first terrace officially named Spion Kop. Many other English football clubs and some Rugby league clubs (such as Wigan's former home Central Park) followed suit and applied the same name to stands in later years.
Villa Park's old Holte End is historically the largest of all Kop ends closely followed by the old South Bank at Molineux, both once regularly holding crowds in excess of 30,000. By the mid 1980s Hillsborough's Kop had become the largest roofed terrace in Europe, with a capacity of around 25,000.
There is much conjecture about what type of stand constitutes a Kop. The size and location of the stand in the stadium varies, with most being located behind the goal and being occupied by its club's most vocal supporters. It is usually a single tiered stand and traditionally terraced. However, in England, safety regulations brought into effect after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has required many to be made all seated. It is not necessarily the largest stand in the stadium and does not have to have a particularly large capacity; for example, Chesterfield's stadium the Recreation Ground has a Kop with a capacity of only a few thousand.
|Spion Kop
|Bloomfield Road
|The North Stand
|BMO Field
|Toronto FC
|South End
|Boothferry Park
|Hull City AFC
|Kempton/East Side
|Bramall Lane
|Sheffield United
|The Kop
|City Ground
|Nottingham Forest
|The Trent End
|County Ground
|Northampton Town
|County Ground
|Swindon Town
|The Town End
|Dean Court
|AFC Bournemouth
|The North Stand
|Preston North End
|Bill Shankly Kop
|Elland Road
|Leeds United
|The Revie Stand
|De Geusselt
|Angel Side
|Highfield Road
|Coventry City
|The Kop
|Hillsborough Stadium
|Sheffield Wednesday
|Spion Kop
|Home Park
|Plymouth Argyle
|Blocks 7-10, Devonport-Lyndhurst Corner
|Layer Road
|Colchester United
|Leeds Road
|Huddersfield Town
|Popular (East) Terrace
|Loftus Road
|Queens Park Rangers
|The Loft
|Manor Ground
|Woolwich Arsenal
|Spion Kop
|Meadow Lane
|Notts County
|Spion Kop
|Oakwell Stadium
|The North and South Stands
|Parc des Princes
|Paris Saint-Germain
|Kop de Boulogne
|Portman Road
|Ipswich Town F.C.
|North Stand (two-tiered due to lack of space)
|Prenton Park
|Tranmere Rovers
|The Kop
|Racecourse Ground
|Spion Kop
|Recreation Ground
|Spion Kop
|Riverside Stadium
|Middlesbrough F.C.
|The Holgate
|St Andrews
|Birmingham City
|Spion Kop
|St James' Park
|Newcastle United
|Sir John Hall stand/Leazes End
|Stade de Gerland
|Bad Gones - Kop Virage Nord
|Stadium of Light
|South West Corner, North Stand
|Stamford Bridge
|The Shed End
|Villa Park
|Aston VIlla
|The Holte End
|Stade Michel d'Ornano
|Première (The Premier)
|Valley Parade
|Bradford City
|Carlsberg Stand
|Windsor Park
|The Kop/Alex Russell Stand
|De Vijverberg
|de Graafschap
|Filbert Street
|Leicester City
|Spion Kop (Double Decker)
|Walkers Stadium
|Leicester City
|Spion Kop (replacing the south stand as of the 2008-2009 season)
|Withdean Stadium
|The East Stand Kop
|Marston Road
|Stafford Rangers
|The Shed End
|Bulgarska Armia
|CSKA Sofia
|Sector G (Severna Tribuna)
|Stadio Olimpico
|S.S. Lazio
|Curva Nord (North Stand)
|Maksimir Stadium
|Dinamo Zagreb
|Sjever (The North)
|Nihondaira Stadium
|Shimizu S-Pulse
|The West Stand
|Stadion Albert Flórián
|B közép ("B central")
|Stadion Crvena Zvezda
|Crvena zvezda
|Sever (North)
|Columbus Crew Stadium
|Columbus Crew
|Toyota Park
|Chicago Fire
|Section 8
|Celtic Park
|The Jungle (prior to the 1990s redevelopment)
|Teddy Stadium
|Beitar Jerusalem FC
|East Stand (HaMizrachi) and North Stand (HaTzfoni)
|Stadion JNA
|FK Partizan
|South Stand (Jug)
The supporters on Liverpool's Kop helped make Anfield famous for its atmosphere. "Kopites" is a collective name given to the loyal supporters of Liverpool Football Club.
In November 2007, Sheffield United announced that it will add an additional 3,000 seats to their Kop. Work is scheduled to start in the Summer of 2008, and with a new capacity of over 13,200, Bramall Lane will overtake Anfield in housing the largest single tier Kop stand in Britain. Liverpool, however, have released plans to include a 18,000 capacity Kop in their new Stanley Park Stadium design.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
News and media
2015 World Energy Trilemma Report : ambitious climate framework needed now, says energy sector
New World Energy Trilemma Report says the energy sector wants to invest, but needs an ambitious climate framework, with clear emission targets and a flexible approach to meet different needs of countries to gain the confidence from investors if the essential investment target of $48-53 trillion is to be delivered. Five key actions to the succesful transition to a low carbon energy system are identified.
Posted on 27 May 2015
New World Energy Council Report: hydropower's big surge – set to double by 2050
Global hydroelectric power is set to double to 2,000GW capacity by 2050 thanks to the multiple roles hydro projects can fulfil, particularly in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Charting the Upsurge in Hydropower Development Report, which covers technological, economic and socio-political perspectives across the world, highlights opportunities for future growth.
Posted on 18 May 2015
BusinessNZ Energy Council launches Young Energy Professionals Network
BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC), the World Energy Council's member committee in New Zealand, has launched a new initiative aiming to strengthen future opportunities of today's young professionals: the Young Energy Professionals Network (YEPN).
Posted on 17 April 2015
Objective COP21: the road is still long
The 4th European Forum of Energy finds that much still needs to be done in bringing together the visions of industrialised and developing countries
Posted on 16 April 2015
Armenia joins the World Energy Council
Armenia has joined the World Energy Council as its newest member country today
Posted on 8 April 2015
World Energy Council welcomes DNV GL as new Global Partner
DNV GL will support and share expertise with the world's most influential energy network
Posted on 1 April 2015
The Netherlands joins the World Energy Council
The Netherlands joins the World Energy Council as its newest member country
Posted on 4 March 2015
Africa Energy Indaba examined solutions for regional integration and resource diversification
World Energy Council senior leaders and members as well as African energy leaders have gathered again this year in Johannesburg at the Africa Energy Indaba, the Council's annual regional event for Africa.
Posted on 20 February 2015
World Energy Council welcomes Abengoa as Global Partner
The World Energy Council has welcomed Abengoa, an international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, as the newest member of its Global Partner programme.
Posted on 16 February 2015
World Energy Council to host energy ministerial in Johannesburg
African ministers will join energy leaders to address the energy trilemma and regional integration at the Indaba Energy Leaders' Dialogue
Posted on 10 February 2015
World Energy Scenarios showcased in new carbon emissions calculator
The World Energy Council's scenarios are being showcased in a new online tool for counting carbon reductions.
The Global Calculator is an interactive tool for businesses, NGOs and governments to consider the options for cutting carbon emissions and the trade-offs for energy and land use to 2050.
Posted on 30 January 2015
New report: Catalysing the low-carbon economy
Technology and a reduction of barriers to environmental energy-related goods cited as requirements for achieving post-2015 climate and development goals
Posted on 28 January 2015
Scenarios team gathers regional energy experts in India & South Africa
The World Energy Council will be gathering key decision-makers in India and South Africa over the next month to discuss the region's energy future.
Posted on 28 January 2015
The "new normal": Energy price volatility and climate framework uncertainty top concerns of global energy leaders
Energy leaders see energy price volatility and the future of a climate framework as their top critical uncertainties, according to our latest World Energy Issues Monitor. This 7th annual edition of the study, entitled "Energy price volatility: the new normal", has gathered the views of more than 1,000 energy leaders, including ministers and chief executives from nearly 80 countries.
Posted on 20 January 2015
Utilities call for joint action to deliver universal access while reducing emissions
A joint adaptation and mitigation approach, new energy storage technologies, and stable policies along with a meaningful carbon price will be required if countries are to deliver universal access while reducing emissions.
Posted on 9 December 2014
Energy future hinges upon financing choices today, warns World Energy Council
Annual ranking of 129 countries finds number of AAA countries drops from five to three while four countries put on negative watch
Posted on 24 November 2014
Finalizó con éxito en Cartagena la Cumbre Mundial de Líderes Energéticos
Presidente Santos definió en el cierre de la cumbre del Consejo Mundial de Energía los retos del sector para los próximos cuatro años. Más 700 líderes mundiales y delegados de 60 países, participaron en la Cumbre como muestra de la voluntad global para seguir afianzando los principios de la sostenibilidad energética. En el cierre de […]
Posted on 24 October 2014
Abu Dhabi to host World Energy Council's 2019 World Energy Congress
The UAE will host the 2019 World Energy Congress while dates for the 2016 Congress were also announced
Posted on 23 October 2014
Colombia advances 8 places in global ranking on energy sustainability
World Energy Council's Energy Trilemma Index to be revealed next month 22 October 2014, Cartagena, Colombia – Colombia will advance 8 places among 129 countries in an upcoming global ranking measuring the performance of countries in energy sustainability, according to the World Energy Council. The World Energy Council's Energy Trilemma Index measures the performance of […]
Posted on 22 October 2014
Energy Summit gathers leaders from more than 100 countries to examine the energy future of Latin America
World Energy Council summit to gather 500 leaders and more than 20 ministers while Colombia's global ranking in energy sustainability will be previewed at Cartagena event
Posted on 17 October 2014
New initiative to put numbers to the latest risks impacting energy investment
World Energy Council joins forces with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Marsh & McLennan Companies 1 October 2014, London & Zurich – The World Energy Council (WEC) has launched a new initiative to help mobilise investments into the energy sector. The WEC project, Financing Resilient Energy Infrastructure, will seek to understand how the energy and […]
Posted on 1 October 2014
UN Secretary-General to host first Sustainable Energy for All Forum (4-6 June)
Ministers, leaders from business and civil society to assess progress, chart way forward to reach targets on energy access, efficiency, renewables United Nations, New York, 27 May – Momentum is building for the first annual Sustainable Energy for All Forum, to be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 4-6 June. Over one thousand […]
Posted on 27 May 2014
World Energy Council welcomes National Grid as Global Partner
20 May 2014, London – The World Energy Council (WEC) has welcomed National Grid as the newest member of its Global Partner programme. National Grid owns and runs energy networks in the UK and north-eastern US, delivering power and gas safely to millions of customers. The company joins the WEC's community of Global Partners with […]
Posted on 20 May 2014
World Energy Council study highlights massive challenges to the energy system of Latin America and the Caribbean
The Latin America and Caribbean region must optimise its energy supply options nationally and across the region in order to support the needs of its growing economies and increasing population, according to a World Energy Council (WEC) report presented at an event organised by the Colombian member committee of the WEC (COCME).
Posted on 31 March 2014
World's two largest water and energy organisations team up to highlight the water-energy nexus in celebration of World Water Day
World Energy Council and World Water Council step up partnership 24 March 2014, London & Marseille – The World Energy Council (WEC) and World Water Council (WWC) announce that they have joined forces to bring the issue of the water-energy nexus to the fore in the run up to the 7th World Water Forum, to […]
Posted on 24 March 2014
WEC report highlights the critical issues affecting the global and regional energy sector
For the first time energy price volatility and recession have replaced climate framework uncertainty as dominant concern among world energy leaders
Posted on 18 February 2014
Interview: Hal Turton from PSI on World Energy Scenarios
The World Energy Scenarios study will soon finalise its findings. Hal Turton, from the project's modelling team at PSI, tells us about the modelling and why the study is important. What is the most exciting thing about the scenarios study, in your view? The WEC scenarios study brings together experts from across the energy industry […]
Posted on 24 June 2013
Interview: Ori Chandler on the Future Energy Leaders Programme
The World Energy Council has just launched the next phase of its Future Energy Leaders Programme. Ori Chandler, who heads up the programme, tells us what we should expect to see from the programme at the World Energy Congress and beyond. What is the Future Energy Leaders Programme? The Future Energy Leaders Programme, or FELP, is […]
Posted on 17 June 2013
Energy leaders of tomorrow to get their say at 2013 World Energy Congress
SEOUL & LONDON, 17 June 2013 – The next generation of energy industry leaders will play a key role at the World Energy Congress in Korea, 13 to 17 October 2013, as the event launches its Future Energy Leaders Programme (FELP). The initiative is aimed at attracting to the Congress some of the brightest young […]
Posted on 17 June 2013
Interview with WEC Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean
WEC has recently welcomed Nicolás Depetris Chauvin as its new Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean. In an interview, he talks about the region's energy and development situation and how he will be supporting the WEC network. The Latin America and the Caribbean region has huge energy resource potential but energy poverty is […]
Posted on 11 June 2013
World Energy Council grows its Latin America and Caribbean network with the appointment of new Regional Manager
London, 11 June 2013 – The World Energy Council (WEC) has appointed Dr Nicolás M. Depetris Chauvin as its new Regional Manager for the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. Dr Depetris Chauvin will be supporting the WEC in strengthening its network in the LAC region. He has been tasked to promote the participation of […]
Posted on 11 June 2013
WEC supports UN SE4ALL global tracking report
The World Energy Council's formal support of the UN Secretary General's Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative reached a major milestone last week with the release of the Global Tracking Framework report at the Vienna Energy Forum, organised by UNIDO, and in London. The WEC is amongst the 15 agencies who compiled the report. The […]
Posted on 6 June 2013
Interview: Vivien Foster on the UNSE4ALL global tracking report
The Global Tracking Framework report is set to help monitor progress towards the objectives of the UNSE4ALL initiative. The World Bank's Vivien Foster, who oversaw the compilation of the report, tells us about the key findings and how the WEC's continued support helps achieve the objectives. What's the significance of Global Tracking Framework report? In […]
Posted on 6 June 2013
Asian ministers endorse 22nd World Energy Congress
LONDON / SEOUL, 31 May 2013 – The Organizing Committee of the 22nd World Energy Congress on Friday welcomed the endorsement of the world's premier energy event by Asian government ministers at a United Nations-sponsored energy conference. In a communique issued Thursday, ministers at the Asian and Pacific Energy Forum (APEF) welcomed the offer of […]
Posted on 31 May 2013
Middle East leaders to address World Energy Congress
Leading government and industry figures among 150 confirmed speakers LONDON / SEOUL, 28 May 2013 – Senior government and industry figures from some of the Middle East's leading economies are among the 150 speakers confirmed today by organisers of the 22nd World Energy Congress, which takes place in Daegu, South Korea, from 13 to 17 […]
Posted on 28 May 2013
Asian leaders to address 2013 World Energy Congress
Government and industry figures among 150 confirmed speakers LONDON / SEOUL, 28 May 2013 – Senior government and industry figures from Asia's leading economies are among the 150 speakers confirmed today by organisers of the 22nd World Energy Congress, which takes place in Daegu, South Korea, from 13 to 17 October 2013. This is only […]
Posted on 28 May 2013


text: You are viewing Animal House - 38 of 518 Boxing Cat By That Happened! Watch your back. Published May 07, 2008 450k views Immortal More Info » Full Credits That Happened! Uploader Stats & Data 5,884 Funny Votes 1,174 Die Votes 447,402 Views Published May 07, 2008 Categories: Real Life Keywords: boxing cat box cat boxing kitty Up Next: Crazy Goose AUTOPLAY Up Next In: 10 The Return of Box Cat Boxing Cat Cat Boxing Practise Cats N' Kitties Follow Facebook Twitter Tumblr Instagram Browse Related Comments Animal House 510+ more View All ▶ 2970+ more View All ▶ That Happened! Vaguely Related Videos Vaguely RelatedPics & Words Advertisement Advertisement From Around the Web ZergNet


text:
Return to: www.slc.co.uk
The Student Loans Company (SLC) is a UK public sector organisation established to provide financial services, in terms of loans and grants, to over one million students annually, in colleges and universities across the four education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The Government is determined that anyone with the aspiration and ability can go onto higher education regardless of any disability; it is important that as wide a consensus as possible is built on the role of Disabled Students' Allowances.
Essential information for undergraduate students on their rights under consumer law when applying for university or higher education courses is now available.
Need to contact someone about your
Student Finance Application?
Check out the:
delivered by the Student Loans Company


text:
Less than a week is left for the hockey summit. When dawn breaks over the immaculately redesigned Dhyan Chand National Stadium on next Sunday, it is set to trigger a new era. The Hero Honda World Cup, hopefully, will cast aside the fret and fever of speculation that had reigned for over a year and half.
Eventful as the previous 11 editions has been, the second on Indian soil — after the Bombay edition in 1981-82 — comes as a venture that can be described as unprecedented in ways more than one. From Barcelona in 1971 to Monchengladbach in 2006, the ebb and flow of the sport envelops a chronicler in an emotional mélange.
To catalogue the history of the competition, that happily enhanced the profile of the game for nearly four decades, will be superfluous. Suffice it to say, the idea was floated in 1969 and became a reality on October 15, 1971 at Barcelona. The inaugural edition had to be shifted out of Lahore, prompted mainly by political developments that were inimical to India's participation.
Much water has flowed down the Indus since 1971. The concept gained acceptance as the years rolled by compelling the International Hockey Federation to devise and design means and modes to keep the World Cup as the epicentre of hockey world's collective consciousness.
The FIH succeeded in accomplishing it and competitive hockey enlarged the frontiers of its ethos. The credit goes to the players who made the game enormously attractive for the spectators and to the coaches, whose extraordinary inputs transformed the very character of the sport on artificial pitches. Of course, the role of the administrators in fine tuning the system to facilitate proper development in every aspect cannot be undervalued.
The game's progress cannot be buried in a valley of facts and figures. The depth and dimensions resulted from the marvellous men who wielded the stick in different decades to etch their names for posterity.
Tanvir Dar of Pakistan emerged as the hero of the first World Cup scoring the first goal and taking credit for a hat-trick. The indefatigable Dutchman, Ties Kruize, remains the only player to have figured six editions from 1971 to 1986.
Stunning skills
Several have left a definite imprint. Every decade produced stars of stunning skills. Paul Litjens of the Netherlands comes to mind for gathering 26 goals in four appearances. He was a stalwart in the Seventies. The rise of the Aussies to the top of the podium in 1986 at Willesden was triggered largely by the ingenuity of the versatile Ric Charlesworth who made his debut in 1975.
The Pakistanis carved out a brilliant assembly line of strikers from the days of Khalid Mahmood and carried forward with the likes of Islahuddin, Shahnaz, and Hassan Sardar, down to the Nineties, when Shahbaz Ahmed dominated the scene without a peer.
The amalgam of aesthetics and athleticism brought displayed Pakistan four trophy triumphs — two in the Seventies (1971, 1978), one in the next decade (1982) and one more, at Sydney (1994).
The Dutch pitched in whenever Pakistanis sagged. Their three cup victories — 1973, 1990 and 1998 — are a shining testimony to their proficiency and professionalism. They were the masters in the art of converting penalty corners; from the Litjens-Ties combination to Floris Bovelander and currently to the lethal flicker flicker, Taeke Taekema.
For all the perfection in their plans and preparations, the Germans could not court success till the 10th edition at Kuala Lumpur in 2002. They showed the resilience to retain the title before the home crowd in 2006 under the leadership of the towering Florian Kunz.
Poignantly, India has just one success to recall. That finest hour surfaced in 1975 at Kuala Lumpur when Ashok Kumar slotted the all important goal against Pakistan. Even after 35 years the Indian fans live in that fantastic moment dreaming for another podium finish.
India's record on artificial pitches is dismal. World Cup was staged on a synthetic pitch for the first time in 1986 at Willesden.
The feat achieved by Ajitpal Singh and his valiant men continues to be the only positive talking point. But one wonders for how long?
Keywords: Hockey World Cup, India, Pakistan, Ajitpal Singh, Hockey, Dhyan Chand National Stadium, International Hockey Federation


text:
2008 SATURN SKY Contact for Price
- Contact for Price
- Mileage 25,933 Miles
- Mileage 25,933 Miles
- Color Gray
- Engine 4 Cyl
- Mpg Avg: 21
- Location Frederick, MD
You can save multiply searches so it's good to give some valid names, so you can easily change filters.
The saved search under this name already exists. Please use a different name.


text:
Maps and navigation
How can we help you?
- Where can I get support for the HERE apps?
- How do I know if an app or service is using my location info on my Lumia phone?
- What to check if I get the error "We can't reach the maps library at the moment" when trying to download map data in my Lumia phone?
- What happens to my map if I restore my Windows Phone to factory settings (hard reset)?
Documents and files
- pdfNokia Lumia 630 - User Guide (1.42 MB)
Nokia Lumia 630 - User Guide
Documents and files
- pdfLumia with Windows Phone 8.1 Update User Guide (3.63 MB)
For important information on the safe use of your device and battery, read "Product and safety information" in the online user guide on this website.


text:
DiaryHugh Muir: Emboldened no doubt by their show of strength on the streets of London, the police yesterday joined the Electoral Commission in the shameful vendetta against the blameless Peter Hain
For political vacuity and ineptitude, Labour has really excelled this weekPolly Toynbee: Peter Hain's resignation caps an astonishing spell of blundering. Brown's only comfort can be that the Tory lead is so small
Comment & debate p37
Populist prejudiceCrime books easier to write than 'serious' novels? That attitude is, frankly, cobblers, says Mark Lawson
Forget saving it for the nation - great art must be freed from the vaultsSimon Jenkins: It's better for a Monet or a Matisse to be shown in Los Angeles or Dubai than to lie in a basement in Moscow or London
Comment & debate p38
We must not ignore the wild gyrations of Asia's tradersBill Emmott: The booming economies of China and India are not invulnerable - as the experience of Japan in the 70s demonstrates


text:
The Data Programmability Tools team is currently running a survey with the goal of prioritizing 'value add' features for a database designer. If you're interested in helping shape the future of MS database design tools, please take ten minutes and fill out the survey at the following link. We'd appreciate your input!
Thanks ,Tim Laverty
Microsoft PM, Data Programmability Tools


text:
The Highwayman
Transportation in Houston with Dug Begley
Monthly Archive for February, 2014
Freight route study comes with environmental commitment
Regional transportation officials Friday approved their part of a $2 million feasibility study for a freight route along the western side of the Houston area, pledging to include environmental groups wary of the road plan in the process. "The resolution has very specific language protecting the Katy prairie," Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said. "That […] [Read More]
Metro formalizes deal with CEO
Tom Lambert isn't the interim CEO of the Metropolitan Transit Authority any longer. Metro officials announced Thursday the agency and Lambert, the system's former police chief who has served as interim CEO for more than a year, has accepted the post permanently. Officials last month said they were working on a long-term deal with Lambert. […] [Read More]
Freight bypass that skirts prairie up for vote Friday
Regional transportation officials will decide Friday whether to approve studying a freight corridor that cuts across a swath of the Katy Prairie, one of the most pristine stretches of land in the region. The Houston-Galveston Area Council's transportation policy council is scheduled to consider the proposed study at its 9:30 a.m. meeting in Houston. Half the […] [Read More]
With gondola lifts, planners have high hopes for transit
You read that right. Gondola-style aerial tramways, those transports where Beverly Hills 90210 characters get roughed up by goons, might be coming to Austin and a Seattle suburb if the cities embrace a vision laid out by private planners. Called The Wire (a far better show than 90210, by the way) the Austin gondola lift […] [Read More]
Fast food taken to extremes with mobile grilling
Texas Department of Transportation officials have been asking folks to take more care securing items as they cart them down the freeway. When a ladder or chair falls from the back of a pickup or moving truck, someone from TxDOT has to clear it from a lane of the highway that could be put to […] [Read More]
Houston ride market about to get colorful
As Thursday's story notes, Lyft is launching in Houston on Friday but will offer free rides for a while as the city, cab and limo companies and new firms like Lyft and Uber talk out the changes likely in city rules. No matter what happens, Houston's already large paid ride market is about to get […] [Read More]
Developments drive freeway expansion, then overwhelm opportunities
Tuesday's piece about suburban development and the concerns about expanding freeways focused on how to manage Houston's growth in a way that accommodates more people without increasing gridlock. The sad reality is that might be a fool's errand. If you take a road, like Texas 288 between U.S. 59 and Loop 610, and improve it […] [Read More]
Freight growth a reason to reduce tight turns
Officials are still piecing together Sunday's fiery truck wreck at the Interstate 45 interchange with Loop 610 South, and it's unclear if speed or another driver played a role. What can be said, without saying it played a part in the wreck, is the accident happened at one of Houston's many sharply angled ramps between […] [Read More]
Show More


text:
Special Report on Man-Made Killer Virus
January 6, 2012
A deadly virus, a version of bird flu, made in a lab. A scientist explains why he created it and why all the fear that it will fall into the wrong hands.
Topics: Environment, Technology Internet, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Virus, Microbiology, Scientist, Computer virus, Influenza pandemic, Flu pandemic, Influenza, Animal virology


text:
Any KPS88 or K90 users have experience with the IG Prestige Pro?
View Single Post
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,164
Originally Posted by
> So right now you use the IG prestige MP with no lead.
I use an IG Prestige MP with lead and silicone. It's a polarized setup with 30 inches of lead between 10 and 2. My YT Prestige MPs were a different setup. 20 inches of lead between 10 and 2 and 8 inches at 3/9 each. I needed the lead a 3/9 for stability and maybe it gave me some of the PWS effect.
> I saw it got very good reviews but I like my
> frames a little heavier so I wanted to go for
> the Pro. Do you see any downside for me?
I prefer to start with a lighter platform and then add weight to get to where things go. My IGs came to me already matched and customized and I haven't made any other changes.
> Do you mind the thicker beam width compared
> to your wilson frames?
The YTs felt very much like my KPS88s. It might be that I found the right combination of lead tape placement to get that feel. The beam width didn't bother me.
> Also are you very happy with your head frames overall?
I moved to the IG Prestige MPs because of the VSBabolat thread. I picked up four frames but I just left them in my closet for five or six months because I was happy with the YTs. I had arm problems with the KPS88s from time to time but they were great to play with. The most annoying thing about them was their inconsistency - I had frames from 12.6 oz to 13.1 oz stock. I also had a few arm problems with the YTs but it was something that I could live with. Then I gave the IGs a shot (I had some frustrating issues due to my stringer putting in something else because he was out of my favorite) and I found that it was a far more stable racquet. I didn't need the lead at 3/9 for stability so I could go with a pure polarized setup and it was better for my arm. What I lost, of course, was a fair amount of feel. I can live with the tradeoff at this point though.
My thoughts are that YT was Head's version of K-Factor - that is the stiffening of the frame and that IG is Head's version of BLX - added dampening. Some people prefer the stiff, raw feeling which gives you a lot of feedback and some people prefer a more muted feeling. If you're after a lot of feel, I don't think that you'll like the IG. At my age, though, the better arm health is more important than the feel.
Thanks for all your info. This is very helpful. I know how you feel with Wilson QC because my K90 are so different that they feel like completely different frames. I have experimented a bit with lead in the past few years but never successfully. For some reason it just never worked out for me and unless I am crazy I think it took away some feel in most cases (likely because I was doing it wrong). I'm not gonna use lead anymore in the future because in every case I have always played better with the frame in stock form (esspecially with the pb10 mid and K90). When I get a frame now I either have to like or get used to the balance.
No lines. No hassle. Just same day phone repair within Manhattan.
The KPS88 Completes Me..
View Public Profile
Find More Posts by Dgpsx7


text:
The trio of Republicans tasked with shaping GOP senators' response if the Supreme Court voids many of the Obama health law's tax credits have thrown their weight behind a short-term extension of financial assistance. Read More »
Mar 2, 2015
The trio of Republicans tasked with shaping GOP senators' response if the Supreme Court voids many of the Obama health law's tax credits have thrown their weight behind a short-term extension of financial assistance. Read More »
Congressional Republicans are invoking a little-used oversight tool to try to overturn a National Labor Relations Board rule aimed at speeding union-organizing elections, an early indication of their plans to challenge the Obama administration's regulatory agenda. Read More »
President Barack Obama called on lawmakers to consider eliminating "routine" use of the Senate filibuster — saying that requiring a supermajority on most bills contributes to some of the gridlock and political polarization in Washington.
"Probably the one thing that we could change without a constitutional amendment that would make a difference here would be the elimination of the routine use of the filibuster in the Senate," Mr. Obama said in an interview with the website Vox published on Monday.
The president argued that the Constitution contained no provision requiring the practice of a 60-vote threshold to advance legislation and that the practice had made legislating too difficult in recent years. Read More »
Two GOP lawmakers introduced Wednesday a resolution that would enable the Senate to confirm Supreme Court nominees with just a simple majority. Read More »
Some Senate Republicans are considering changing the chamber's rules to be able to confirm Supreme Court nominees with just a simple majority. If approved, the move would heighten the stakes for one party to control both the Senate and the White House after the 2016 elections, enabling the winner to far more easily confirm the lifetime appointments to the high court. More in the full post. Read More »
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell headed to a left-leaning think tank Thursday to say she was offering a olive branch to the new Republican-led Senate.
"I count myself among those who do not believe that disagreements in some areas – even significant disagreements – should prevent us from moving forward on others," Ms. Burwell said at the New America Foundation. Read More »
Sen. Lamar Alexander talks to his supporters after winning a primary race against Joe Carr Thursday Aug. 7, 2014, in Nashville. Associated Press Two Senate Republicans are pushing a proposal to reconfigure the National Labor Relations Board, saying that the board's structure has allowed it to become more of a partisan advocacy group than an [...] Read More »
Now that Sen. Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) has turned back the last tea-party challenger of 2014, he's ready to talk about making deals with Democrats–and said his Republican colleagues should be, too.
"In the Senate, where 60 votes are required to do anything important, you have to work with your colleagues on both sides of the aisle," Mr. Alexander said in a phone interview Friday. "If you don't do that, all we're going to do is make speeches about the border, and the American people are sick of that." Read More »
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander hopes to fend off a tea party-backed challenger Thursday, as Republicans hold a state primary.
The 74-year-old Mr. Alexander, who has been in the Senate since 2003 and earlier served as Tennessee's governor, is widely expected to defeat his main GOP rival, state Rep. Joe Carr, 56, who has attacked the two-term incumbent as a "career politician." Read More »
With just one full month left in the 2014 primary season, the number of incumbent casualties stands at no governors, no senators and only two House members (Ralph Hall of Texas and Eric Cantor of Virginia).
If the figures stay unchanged, it would represent the lowest number of senators losing in a primary season since 2008, the fewest House members since 2006, and the smallest total of sitting governors (in a midterm primary season) since 2002. Read More »
Washington Wire is one of the oldest standing features in American journalism. Since the Wire launched on Sept. 20, 1940, the Journal has offered readers an informal look at the capital. Now online, the Wire provides a succession of glimpses at what's happening behind hot stories and warnings of what to watch for in the days ahead. The Wire is led by Reid J. Epstein, with contributions from the rest of the bureau. Washington Wire now also includes Think Tank, our home for outside analysis from policy and political thinkers.
Sign up for Capital Journal Daybreak
Content engaging our readers now, with additional prominence accorded if the story is rapidly gaining attention. Our WSJ algorithm comprises 30% page views, 20% Facebook, 20% Twitter, 20% email shares and 10% comments.


text:
Nigga I ain't no boxer, I let that Tommy box 'em
from A$AP MOB (Ft. A$AP Ferg) – Work Lyrics on Genius
Ferg admits that he's not the best at fist-fighting; however, he has no problems wielding a Tommy Gun. He lets the Tommy Gun do the damage and send the victim into a coffin.
To help improve the quality of the lyrics, visit A$AP MOB (Ft. A$AP Ferg) – Work Lyrics and leave a suggestion at the bottom of the page


text:
For Remote Bird Species, the Sex of Hatchlings Is No Surprise
By CAROL KAESUK YOON
Published: February 18, 1997
AMONG parents, one question never fails to arouse a lively debate: Which is the preferable sex to raise, boys or girls? While nearly everyone has an opinion on this impossible-to-resolve question, it remains the uncontrollable biological reality of sperm meeting egg rather than parental preference that casts the die for a little Jack or tiny Jill.
One thousand miles off the east coast of Africa, however, on a remote island in the Seychelles, researchers have discovered a bird that is able to produce a male or a female offspring according to its changing needs with uncanny precision.
''I was surprised,'' said Dr. Jan Komdeur, a lecturer in animal behavior at the University of Melbourne in Australia, who discovered the bird's behavior. ''But I thought it was a very clever thing.'' Dr. Komdeur and his colleagues published their study in the Feb. 6 issue of the journal Nature.
In fact, evolutionary theorists have been arguing since early in the century that ideally, parents of any species should adjust the ratio of male to female offspring that they produce, depending upon the evolutionary payoff, or how much it costs to produce a male or female relative to how many young that offspring is likely to produce. But for many years, only wasps and bees showed any indication that they could alter the ratio of male to female young.
Now new studies, including the latest and most striking one with Seychelles warblers, are beginning to show that whether they be rats, birds or bees, when it comes to producing young, parents can sexually discriminate and do.
''This is very big news,'' said Dr. Patricia Adair Gowaty, an evolutionary ecologist at the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia in Athens, calling the study an ''instant classic.''
Dr. Stephen Emlen, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Behavioral Ecology at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., called the study ''awesome,'' saying: ''It's going to raise eyebrows. There are going to be people so astonished by this that they are going to challenge it.''
In the Seychelles, the only place in the world where these warblers are found, they live in pairs, each on their own territory. But on the 70 acres of tiny Cousin island, there are not always enough territories for every bird to get a mate and make a home. So many young birds, usually females, stay at home with their parents and learn the tricks of the trade by helping out. They help build nests, defend the territory, incubate eggs and feed newborn chicks.
Helpers are only beneficial when there is enough food on the territory and no more than two such assistants. With more helpers or too little food, they become a liability as they compete with parents and chicks for scarce insect meals. So, the theory goes, parents should produce females when helpers would be useful and males when they would not.
Using DNA tests to determine the sex of newly hatched chicks (both sexes look the same), researchers found that the birds produce young in their natural habitats exactly as theory would predict.
Researchers were also able to carry out an unusually convincing test. They moved pairs of warblers from territories without much food on Cousin to territories with lots of food on the neighboring islands of Aride and Cousine (not to be confused with Cousin, the island of origin) where no Seychelles warblers live. Pairs that had produced mostly or all males on Cousin when they had little food to share suddenly began producing mostly or all females to help out in the more bountiful new territories.
A huge obstacle in studying birds had been the difficulty of telling the sex of chicks. But even in those few species where researchers could tell male and female chicks apart, the deviations from a 1-to-1 sex ratio were so subtle that many doubted if parents were up to anything at all. In fact, the conventional wisdom became that birds were physiologically incapable of any precise control over what sex chick they produced.
Bees and wasps, on the other hand, have long been thought to manipulate the sex of their young.
For example, Dr. John Werren, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Rochester, studies parasitic wasps that lay their eggs on caterpillars and other insects. Large female wasps that have grown up on a big juicy caterpillar do much better than small females, as they are able to produce many more eggs. Males, on the other hand, do fine whether they are large or small. What researchers have found is that quite logically, when a mother wasp finds a nice big caterpillar, she lays a female. When she finds a puny one, she leaves behind a male.
But in wasps and bees, the method for manipulating the sex of offspring is clear. When a mother wasp wants to produce a male, she lays an unfertilized egg. To produce a female, she fertilizes the egg with her cache of sperm before laying it.
But as for the birds, ''how in heaven's name are they doing it?'' Dr. Emlen asked. ''No one has any idea.''
In birds, sex is determined, as in humans, by sex chromosomes. In humans, men carry two different sex chromosomes, an X and a Y, and women carry two X chromosomes. That means every woman's egg has an X chromosome, and the child's sex is determined by the father's sperm, which provides either a Y, for a boy, or an X, for a girl.


text:
The smart meter is an essential component to modernizing our energy delivery grid. Its two-way communication ability enables customers and BGE to better understand usage patterns and allows customers to better manage energy use and control costs.
Before we installed the first smart meters earlier this month, we communicated to our customers about this new technology. We sent more than a million letters, brought smart meter information to a variety of community events and participated in several media interviews. We are also sending postcards and placing advertisements in areas that are the first to receive this technology.
Since announcing the installation of smart meters, we've understandably received questions from customers and have participated in online conversations regarding how the meters will function; what they will measure; how they will help customers better manage their bills; how we will protect data security and concerns regarding radio frequency exposure. While we address these questions on our Common Questions page, we wanted to take another opportunity to provide more information to these frequently asked questions:
What the smart meter will and won't measure?
Smart meters will measure the same thing your current meter measures – the total energy usage of your household. The meter will not tell us what devices you are using, what kinds of appliances/equipment you have, or whether or not the house is occupied at a particular point in time. The difference between the smart meter and your current meter is that the smart meter will communicate your usage data through two-way wireless communication. This capability will allow us to provide you with hourly usage data soon after the information is obtained by the meter.
How will smart meters help customers better manage their bills?
Right now, BGE gets information about your energy usage on a monthly basis. Customers must wait until they get their bills in order to know how much energy they used in a certain period, and the related charges. We believe that if customers have more detailed information about their energy usage patterns, such as periods when their usage may spike, they can make better decisions on how they manage their energy use and lower their bills in the short and long-term. When the first smart meter-related feature is rolled out in Fall 2012, customers will be able to regularly access information about their energy use through an online tool. Before you even receive your bill, you will have an idea of how your bill is tracking and what changes you can take to lower your overall usage.
What is BGE doing to ensure my data is secure?
We recognize that data security is of extreme importance. This is why we have hired trained security professionals who continually test our system by trying to "hack" into it. Any potential areas of concern are immediately addressed. Also, regarding the privacy and confidentiality of your data, the usage information relayed to BGE is encrypted. BGE does not currently sell your usage information to third parties and has no plans to start doing so.
How much radio frequency waves do the smart meters emit?
The California Council on Science and Technology recently released a study that concluded that properly working smart meters emit less RF than a typical microwave oven or cell phone. Already, in many homes and offices there are devices that use radio waves to transmit data including cordless phones, automatic garage door openers, video game remotes and baby monitors, to name a few.
As we enhance our delivery infrastructure with smarter technologies, we will continue to work with customers, elected leaders and others to provide information on this topic.
Will post again soon.


text:
Thanks for redeeming.{{else}}
Success! Thanks for repurchasing.{{/if}} {{else}} {{#if Expired}}
Increase my visibility!{{else}} {{#if IsMultiPack}}
{{#if HasMultiPack}} You have {{MultiPackCount}} top spot(s) left. Now loading you into the search listings... {{else}} You have used all top spots. Now loading you into the search listings... {{/if}}{{else}}
We are loading you into the search listing pages...{{/if}} {{/if}} {{/if}} {{/if}}
{{Current}} just saw you!{{/if}} {{#if LastTopSpotPurchaseIsMulti }} {{#if HasAnyTopSpot}}
{{#if HasFreeTopSpot }} {{ UnclaimedTopSpotFree }} Free {{/if}} {{#if HasPaidTopSpot }} {{#if HasFreeTopSpot }} & {{/if}} {{ MultiPackCount }} {{/if}} Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{else}}
0 Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{/if}} {{else}} {{#if HasFreeTopSpot }}
{{ UnclaimedTopSpotFree }} Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{/if}} {{/if}} {{else}} {{#if HasResults}}
{{Current}} see you now!{{else}} {{/if}} {{/if}}
You can now invite anyone to meet at your favorite Starbucks.
Limited-time feature
62 year old man | Beverly Hills, CA, USA | Seeking women 45-60 within 50 miles
Active within 1 week
Artistic, Creative & Compassionate Man seeks Passionate, Creative & Affectionate Woman.... that's all.
It may sound simple and obvious, but I'm looking for happiness. With a woman and within myself. I'd like to think that I would make a great partner with the right woman and friend... and seek both. I see the world from a creative and artistic perspective which keeps me enthused and passionate about what happens day to day in both my professional and personal life. I definitely have humor, not sure what kind or its effectiveness. I'm looking for a woman who's looking for a man like me. I guess that's good. Someone who is confident and sensitive... sweet, affectionate and loving.... wow. Someone who is creative, or at least likes the ARTS on some level... and has a passion for the simple things in life. Also seeking to find a spiritual connection with you/her.... And, someone who enjoys all of the physical and sexual aspects of being in love. And lastly for now a woman who is emotionally mature....hope that's not to much to ask...
Coffee and conversation , Dining out , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Performing arts , Playing sports , Political interests , Watching sports
Basketball, Billiards / Pool, Bowling, Other types of exercise, Skiing, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis / Racquet sports, Yoga
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
Don't display my sign
I like Dogs, Other
Santa Barbara, Big Sur, San Francisco, Mendicino, Hawaii, any place close to the ocean.
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Art, Architecture, Music, Poetry Creativity, Picasso, Mark Knopfler, Sarah Brightman, Motherwell, Sting, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Gandhi, Rolling Stones and much more...
Love the movies... go as often as possible... documentary and foreign films are my favorites... a good comedy too. Like a walk on the beach or a long, relaxed drive along the coast. Very soothing and beautiful.
The Prophet, Neruda-Book of Questions, Rumi,
Z{{Cta}} {{#if HasMoreInfo}} ?{{CtaSecondary}} {{/if}}
|What he is looking for
|6'1" (185cms)
|5'0" (152cms) to 6'0" (182cms)
|Body type:
|Slender, About average, Athletic and toned
|No preference
|Salt and pepper
|No preference
|No Way
|No Way
|Social Drinker
|Never, Social Drinker, Moderately
|Self-Employed / Entrepreneur
|No preference
Artist / Painter
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|No preference
|Have kids:
|Yes, and they sometimes live at home (2)
|No preference
|Wants kids:
|No, but it's OK if my partner has kids
|No, but it's OK if my partner has kids
|White / Caucasian
|No preference
|Spiritual but not religious
|No preference
|No preference
|Graduate degree
|No preference


text:
May 26, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department is looking forward to working with whatever new government is formed as a result of Israel's inconclusive elections.
Department spokesman Robert A. Wood told reporters Wednesday that the Obama administration will not speculate on what kind of government will be formed. Wood called Israel a thriving democracy and said the administration intends to pursue a robust agenda once the new Israeli leadership is established.
Wood said the U.S. special envoy for the Middle East, George Mitchell, still intends to travel to Israel and elsewhere in the region shortly. It will be his second visit to the region this month.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Copyright 2015 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or email@example.com.


text:
Large sections of the lower Jordan River could dry out by next year unless the region's countries take action, according to two studies.
Some 400 million cubic meters of water are needed to restore the river, the reports have found.
The studies were presented Sunday by EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East at an international conference held in Amman, Jordan. Jordanian, Israeli and Palestinian experts joined to write the studies.
The section of the Jordan River in danger of running dry runs from Lake Kinneret to the Dead Sea.
Israel, Jordan and Syria divert 98 percent of the Jordan River's flow for each country's use.
One report, titled "An environmental flows report on the rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River," calls on the governments of the region to work together toward the river's rehabilitation as a concrete project of the Middle East peace process. According to the study, Israel would contribute 220 cubic meters of water, Syria 100 cubic meters and Jordan 90 cubic meters.
The second study, "An economic analysis of policy options for water conservation in Jordan, Israel and Palestine," identifies more than 1 billion cubic meters of water that could be saved and made available from the water economies of Israel, Jordan and a future Palestinian state for other purposes, including fairer share and reviving the Lower Jordan River, by stopping poor water practices.
We welcome your feedback.
Privacy Policy
Your information will not be shared or sold without your consent. Get all the details.
Terms of Service
JewishJournal.com has rules for its commenting community.Get all the details.
JewishJournal.com reserves the right to use your comment in our weekly print publication.


text:
Description: 넌 나의 구름.
Image was hearted from -yooneeen.tumblr.com
Other images from this site
∞ seungho。 was first to heart it
59 people have hearted this image
This image is in 8 collections
You might like these too
Now available in your language!Use in your language! Go back to English
Other images from this site
You might like these too
Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to start your gallery.
Sign in with Facebook Sign in with TwitterDon't have Twitter or Facebook? Skip this step!


text:
More Products By Nylabone:
Average rating from 1 reviews.
Average rating from 1 reviews.
Average rating from 1 reviews.
Similar Products:
Average rating from 2 reviews.
Average rating from 2 reviews.
Average rating from 2 reviews.
Editor's Best Lists:
Products We Are Testing:
Nylabone Healthy Edibles Giant Size Bacon Flavored Dog Bone Chew
Average rating from 14 reviews.
(4.2 out of 5, based on 14 reviews)
Photosadd photo
Reader's Reviews (14)
Love it
posted 5 years ago
Love this product. My dog loves these things. I can use it for training or just to keep her busy while I'm doing something. She is very hyper and this keeps her busy for a long time or just keeps her quiet at night so I can get a good night sleep.
Pros: Great Product
Cons: No Complaints
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
Did you?
Want to review a product, but not finding it? Just add it and review it!
Recent Product Reviews
November 15, 2014 | By Robyn
July 14, 2013 | By Xiaoxiao111
Pink is my favorite color these are wonderful.I will recommend a good website fou you: www.9footballshirt.org
Freshpet Select Roasted Meals for Cat
June 28, 2013 | By Kittymom314
I introduced this food to my two cats, one is a senior at 13 years and the other is about 7 years. Both females. The 7 year old is a new addition, recently adopted :) Because of their age differenc… more ›


text: Another Indoor question. [Archive] - Glock Talk Glock Talk > The Main Room > WhereULive > Ohio Glockers > Another Indoor question. PDA View Full Version : Another Indoor question. latham4409-02-2007, 17:58Does anyone know of any indoor ranges in Northwest Ohio? I know of the one in Celina, but any others? CaptToyota09-03-2007, 19:00Vandali Range-Armory in Vandalia (I-75, exit 63, go west to behind the Toyota dealer) Lauhorner.com, Springfield, against I-70 at ST Rt 72 exit TargetWorld.net, dirty, could be somebodies target, be alert latham4409-04-2007, 15:38Thank you. Do you have a favorite among the three? Brian Dover09-04-2007, 18:36Of the ones mentioned above I like Vandalia Range and Armory the best. Doesn't hurt that their are two other gun shops within a mile or so, that can make for a great trip. :thumbsup: Pistol Pedro09-06-2007, 18:42I agree VRA is the best of all the ranges mentioned above. However, you asked for ranges in northwest Ohio. These are all in the southwest region. Another in the southwest is SimTrainer. vBulletin® v3.8.7, Copyright ©2000-2015, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.


text:
Arnold Schoenberg
Thursday, March 13, 2014
The composer Arnold Schoenberg, father of the twelve tone system, scandalized the music world in 1913 Vienna -- and became the go-to music teacher for innumerable American composers after he moved to the US in 1934. How can we understand his music? WNYC's Sara Fishko gives it a try in this Fishko Files.
WNYC Production Credits
Associate Producer: Laura Mayer
Mix Engineer: Wayne Shulmister
WNYC Newsroom Editor: Karen Frillmann
Produced by:Sara Fishko
Comments [1]
The new biography sounds like it indeed offers a "kindler, gentler" Schoenberg. Oscar Levant, himself a Schoenberg student, reminisces in his book "A Smattering of Ignorance" about a party at which Fanny Brice, himself, Harpo Marx and Schoenberg attended. Fanny Brice asked him, "What are some of your hits, professor?" Kidding aside, I think a graduated way to become acquainted with Schoenberg's 12-tone works --- after having haerd "Verkla"rte Nacht" and "Gurre Lieder", would be to listen to Quartet No. 1 then No. 2 whose final movement is 12-tone with a soprano solo. I'd follow that with "The Book of the Hanging Gardens", referenced in "The Fishko Files", the Piano Pieces, then the Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, Five Orchestral Works and "Moses und Aron".
Leave a Comment
Email addresses are required but never displayed.


text:
Man Arrested With $18,000 Of Marijuana
CHICAGO (STNG) -- A South Side man has been charged with drug possession after Chicago Police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way down a one-way street.
Samuel Randall, 27, of the 12000 block of South Lafayette Avenue, was charged with possession of cannabis and driving the wrong direction on a one-way street where signs are posted, according to a Chicago Police release.
Officers patrolling the area near Randall?s home allegedly saw him driving his 2004 Pontiac sedan the wrong direction on a one-way street about 3 p.m. When police stopped the car and arrested Randall when officers noticed two clear plastic bags with cannabis in a cup holder, the release said.
The officers then found additional large shopping bags in the front passenger seat. Each bag contained clear plastic bags filled with cannabis, the release said.


text:
06.09.05 - By Gavin Stone: Anthony Mundine and Rashid Matumla saw each other for the first time at this mornings unofficial weigh in and press conference. Matumla (30-7) who is of Tanzinian decent but based in South Africa says he is here to knock out Mundine (23-3) and predicts doing so before the 6th round is over.
A strong media presence turnout at the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) Arena witnessed Matumla weigh in at 77.8kg and Mundine 77.5kg, both over the 76.2kg limit for this WBA Pan-African super middleweight title elimination bout. Both fighters have until 6pm to make the official weight. When asked about being over the limit Mundine said "must have been them pancakes I had last night". Mundine said he has not seen any footage of tomorrow nights opponent and wasnt sure what Matumla would bring to the ring..
"The unknown, it's pretty nerve-racking and scary to be honest, you don't know what to expect," Mundine said.
"You don't know how he's going to come out, what he's going to do, but I'm prepared for everything.
"I'm prepared for him at his best, it doesn't matter what he brings.
"I can do 10 rounds no problems.
"Looking at his record he has only had seven losses, and the guys that did beat him, a couple of them are world class so its going to be interesting.
"I know he moves like a snake man, I'll have to be like ... Steve Irwin," Mundine said.
"He can punch, but I've been in with the best of them, Kessler, Siaca. They have high knock-out ratios, I never worry about power ... but you have to be aware of it.
"I know I can hit too, so it doesn't matter."
"I'm looking forward to a knock-out."
Although Matumla was also very confident and predict a victory over the former WBA super middleweight world champion.
"I'm coming to destroy Mundine, I'm ready for this fight," he said.
"I want to tell Mundine I don't want you, I want Kessler.
"You're just a stepping stone in my way."
Mundine additionally had plenty to say about his future plans for the super middleweight division
"Hopefully I'll fight Kessler again," Mundine said.
"Definitely, most definitely, I want to fight Green, to show him, to shut him up and let people know that I'm the man.
"I'll let my management work out a deal, it's getting very close, but we will work out a deal that I'm happy with and we can go ahead and squash that cock
Promotion starts at 7pm.
Peter Kazzi v Daniel McKinnon - 4 x 3 minute rounds (Light Heavyweight)
Mohammed Elomar v Wisnuthep. Sor. Sitthichai 6 X 3 minute rounds (Junior Lightweight)
Ahmed Elomar v TBA 4 x 3 minute rounds (Junior Lightweight)
Jamie Withers v Daniel Amman 6 x 2 minute rounds (Cruiserweight)
Danny Withers v Damien Smith 6 x 3 minute rounds (Junior Lightweight)
Gavin Stone, TheBlackSuperman.com
previous article: Euro News Update
next article: Robbie Peden Talks About Barrera On NER Radio
If you detect any issues with the legality of this site, problems are always unintentional and will be corrected with notification.
The views and opinions of all writers expressed on Boxing247.com do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Management.
Copyright © 2001- 2015 Boxing247.com - Privacy Policy l Contact


text:
News from WTOP
News from the AP
Mike Causey
Shows & Panels
Shows & Panels
- Agency of the Month
- Business of Government Hour
- The CFO Agenda: Delivering value from financial transparency and audit efforts in the public and private sector
- Cloud-Driven Data Insights in Government
- CXO Surveys
- Disaster Resilience for America
- Federal News Countdown
- Government Perspectives on Mobility and the Cloud
- Reducing Risk in the Cloud
- Reimagining the Next Generation of Government
Shows & Panels
- AFCEA Answers
- American Readiness: Renewable Power and Efficiency Technologies
- Ask the CIO
- The Business Case for Cloud Computing in Government
- Cloud-Driven Data Insights in Government
- Connecting the Dots: Digital Authentication in Government
- Cybersecurity Game Changer: Real-Time Event Processing in Government
- Data-Centric Approaches to Government in the Cloud
- Delivering the Digital Government Mission
- Federal Executive Forum
- Federal News Radio's National Cyber Security Awareness Month Special Panel Discussion
- Federal Tech Talk
- The Future of Government Data Centers
- Government Perspectives on Mobility and the Cloud
- Industrialized, Interoperable and Insight-driven Federal Health Panel
- Innovation and Tech Superiority through Acquisition Reform
- Mitigating Insider Threats in Virtual & Cloud Environments
- Moving Agency Applications to the Cloud with PaaS
- Reducing Risk in the Cloud
- Security in the Age of Targeted Attacks
- Air Traffic Management Transformation Report
- The Business of Cloud
- Cloud First Report
- Data Driven Cloud Series
- Disaster Resilience for America
- General Dynamics IT Enterprise Center
- Gov Cloud Minute
- Government in Technology Series
- Homeland Security Cybersecurity Market Report
- The Intersection: Where Technology Meets Transformation
- Modern Mission Critical Series
- National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- The New IP for Federal IT
- The Social Platform Solution for the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Technology Insights
- The Cyber Security Report
- The Next Generation Cyber Security Experts
Shows & Panels
- Cloud-Driven Data Insights in Government
- Disaster Resilience for America
- F-35 Lightning II Program
- Government Perspectives on Mobility and the Cloud
- On DoD
- Pentagon Solutions
- Reducing Risk in the Cloud
- Reimagining the Next Generation of Government
- Transforming Business Operations at the Defense Department
Search Result
Search Tags: Sondra McCauley
VA to spend $60 million more on cyber after auditors' continued concerns
Steph Warren, VA's CIO, said he moved money out of projects and into cybersecurity to ensure the agency gets rid of as many material weaknesses as they can. The decision to move money comes as Congress turns back up the heat on VA to correct long-standing and systemic cyber shortcomings.
Tags: Technology , Oversight , House Veterans Affairs Committee , Veterans Affairs , Steph Warren , GAO , Greg Wilshusen , Cybersecurity , VA Cyber Efforts in the Hot Seat , Jason Miller
VA struggles with accuracy as disability claims get more complex
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has made significant strides in targeting its most complicated disability claims toward its most seasoned claims processing staff, but IG audits still find errors in nearly a third of compensation claims processed for Traumatic Brain Injury.
Tags: Veterans Affairs , Veterans Benefits Administration , IG , Congress , claims backlog , traumatic brain injury , Ronald Abrams , Tom Murphy , Jared Serbu


text:
Theatre and FeelingPaperback Theatre&
List price $10.77
You save $0.32 (2%)
Free delivery worldwide
Dispatched in 3 business days
When will my order arrive?
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Format: Paperback | 104 pages
- Dimensions: 108mm x 172mm x 6mm | 82g
- Publication date: 3 August 2010
- Publication City/Country: Basingstoke
- Sales rank: 338,463
Product description
How does a tragedy arouse pity and fear? How do music and lighting set a mood or convey an emotional tone for an audience? Why does theatre move us? Theatre& Feeling explores the idea that, for many people, theatre is a passion. It provides an intellectual framework for the range of emotional experience engendered by the theatre, establishing a base-line for further thinking and practice in this rich and emergent area of inquiry. Moving across western dramatic theory and theatre history, the book demonstrates the centrality of feeling to the theatre. Foreword by Anne Bogart
Other people who viewed this bought:
Theatre and Interculturalism
Theatre and Nation
Theatre and Sexuality
USD$9.45 - Save $1.32 12% off - RRP $10.77
How Plays Work
USD$12.39 - Save $4.55 26% off - RRP $16.94
Conversations with Anne
USD$19.58 - Save $14.33 42% off - RRP $33.91
Not My Father's Son
USD$9.25 - Save $4.61 33% off - RRP $13.86
Other books in this category
Not My Father's Son
USD$9.25 - Save $4.61 33% off - RRP $13.86
USD$10.71 - Save $4.69 30% off - RRP $15.40
The Intent to Live
USD$14.00 - Save $2.00 12% off - RRP $16.00
Not My Father's Son
USD$18.85 - Save $7.34 28% off - RRP $26.19
The Power of the Actor
USD$16.71 - Save $4.29 20% off - RRP $21.00
Sanford Meisner on Acting
- Categories:
Author information
ERIN HURLEY is Assistant Professor of Drama and Theatre at McGill University, Canada. She won the NeMLA Book Prize for National Performance: Representing Quebec from Expo 67 to Celine Dion. ANNE BOGART is the Artistic Director of the SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is a Professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program. Works with SITI include Antigone, Under Construction, Freshwater, Who Do You Think You Are, Radio Macbeth; Hotel Cassiopeia; Death and the Ploughman; La Dispute; Score; bobrauschenbergamerica; Room; War of the Worlds; Cabin Pressure; The Radio Play; Alice's Adventures; Culture of Desire; Bob; Going, Going, Gone; Small Lives/Big Dreams; The Medium; Noel Coward's Hay Fever and Private Lives; August Strindberg's Miss Julie; and Charles Mee's Orestes. She is the author of three books: A Director Prepares, The Viewpoints Book and And Then, You Act.
Review quote
'[a] brilliant series...these mini paperbacks each give an insightful, focused overview of a key topic...start collecting now.' - Whatsonstage.com 'An excellent book...the writing is extraordinarily lucid, without ever simplifying the issues at hand. The effect is really pleasurable'. - Nicholas Ridout, Reader in Theatre and Performance, Queen Mary, University of London 'Reading Theatre& Feeling can help us to make our choices with more consciousness and accountability.' - Anne Bogart, Artistic Director of the SITI Company '...Palgrave Macmillan's excellent new outward-looking, eclectic Theatre& ... series.These short books, written by leading theatre academics, do much to reintroduce some of the brightest names in theatre academia to the general reader. Plus, the matrix of references to bigger books soon builds quite a comprehensive catch-up reading list for those of us who graduated more than a decade ago and are interested in where contemporary thinking is at...' - Guardian Theatre Blog, September 2009, http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/sep/10/theatre-critics-academics-artists 'Through its clarity and precision, as well as through its well-chosen examples, Hurley makes theatre and feeling accessible to a wide readership. The book thus delights while breaking new ground in the field, particularly regarding the crucial issue of how the feeling-technologies of theatre may contribute to a pedagogical, ethical programme. Most importantly, the book highlights the necessity, in the age of global capitalism, for further research into a feeling-based approach to the politics of performance.' - Platform
Table of contents
Foreword; Anne Bogart Theatre and Feeling Types of Feeling Feeling as the Raison d'etre of Theatre: Connections to the Body and Brain The Purpose of Theatre and its Form Social Value and Social Work Profiting from Feeling-Work Feeling's Professional Significance: Acting Further Reading


text:
akvis retoucher com serial
akvis retoucher com serial search results. 12 downloads match the criteria.
akvis retoucher com serial search results. 12 downloads match the criteria.
AKVIS Retoucher is an efficient program for photo restoration and photo retouching. Retoucher not only removes dust ... for cropping. AKVIS Retoucher saves much time by doing this quickly and efficiently. * Use AKVIS Retoucher for the ...Shareware Size: 28.79MB
... special tool by SoftOrbits. SoftOrbits Photo Retoucher allows you to remove unwanted people ... with the original background. SoftOrbits' Photo Retoucher is also designed to work ... reconstructing damages images, etc. Try Photo Retoucher now and see what it ...Shareware Size: 6.45MB
... high resolution with sophisticated algorithms. AKVIS Magnifier upscales digital images with ... defined at the same time. AKVIS Magnifier makes producing professional enlargements ... sharper, clearer and better defined. AKVIS Magnifier goes in two editions: ...Shareware Size: 22.59MB
... your ideas about image colorization forever! AKVIS Coloriage manipulates colors of an image ... , selective desaturation and colorizing, etc. AKVIS Coloriage is as easy to ... tones of the initial picture. Use AKVIS Coloriage for the following purposes: ...Shareware Size: 22.79MB
... the production of fascinating HDR images. With AKVIS HDRFactory you can come very close ... remove these artifacts without a trace. AKVIS HDRFactory can imitate the HDR effect ... . Just load a single image into AKVIS HDRFactory and admire the effect which ...Shareware Size: 27.63MB
... offers more flexibility and customization options. AKVIS MultiBrush makes the advanced healing ... There are many more tools in AKVIS MultiBrush to retouch and enhance portraits ... All pens and brushes found in AKVIS MultiBrush feature automatic adjustments to ...Shareware Size: 32.66MB
... moonlit road appears in night scenery. AKVIS LightShop helps you create amazing light ... can create the most extraordinary effects. AKVIS LightShop provides complete control over the ... the effect blends with the image. AKVIS LightShop is available as a ...Shareware Size: 28.68MB
... photos into pencil sketches and watercolor paintings. AKVIS Sketch lets you create realistic color and ... as a plugin to a photo editor. AKVIS Sketch has a neat interface with ... for a website or an advertisement booklet. AKVIS Sketch comes very close to the ...Shareware Size: 40.81MB
... with an artistic approach, the new AKVIS creative suite is a perfect virtual ... work of art in real time! AKVIS ArtWork offers these painting styles: Oil, ... images of architecture or nature scenes. AKVIS ArtWork is available in two versions - ...Shareware Size: 63.91MB
... to everyone! Just open a portrait with AKVIS MakeUp and click on the Run button ... the whole folder with the event shooting. AKVIS MakeUp can be useful to the fans ... a touch of glamour to the albums. AKVIS MakeUp is available in plugin and standalone ...Shareware Size: 30MB
Photo correction software AKVIS Enhancer works in three modes: Improve Detail, ... optimizes your work and saves you time. AKVIS Enhancer supports Batch Processing that lets you ...Shareware Size: 25.3MB
... of its natural phenomena in digital art. AKVIS NatureArt is an excellent tool for imitating ... available presets to get a quick result. AKVIS NatureArt is available in two versions - as ...Shareware Size: 32.31MB


text:
Software that makes it easy to know who has what equipment and when it's due back.
"We've returned 15K dollars worth of use of a set of tools, which more than paid for the program."Stephen Alder | Lorentz Bruun Construction, Portland Find more case studies here
What is CHEQROOM?
CHEQROOM is a brand-new, easy equipment inventory management software to register and track your valuable assets; like computers or audiovisual material, construction tools, bikes, ski material, books, hospital gear, and much more.
All you need to get started are smart stickers and the CHEQROOM web application.


text:
I keep seeing this fabulous trend as I check out the wedding blogs, and it's one of those things that's so simple, you wouldn't imagine it adds so much style to an event. I like to call it the "naked lamp shade." Designers all over are stripping down lamp shades to their wire form and […]
Trend Alert – Lamp Shade Forms
January 7, 2013 by 6 Comments
Trend Alert – Paper Place Mats
August 9, 2012 by 9 Comments
Paper Backdrops {guest blogger}
April 10, 2012 by 6 Comments
by Kori Clark One of my favorite things about paper is how it can transform places…or parties!! Paper doesn't have to just be used for the invites and the place cards, it can be used to decorate…to create a new design just for the occasion! I have been drooling over the different ways people can […]
Trend Alert – Balloons En Masse
March 14, 2012 by 10 Comments
12 Paper Trends In '12 {guest blogger}
January 23, 2012 by 12 Comments
Trend Alert – Painted Rolling Carts
January 20, 2012 by 12 Comments
New Ideas For Chalkboard Paint
January 4, 2012 by 14 Comments
Chalkboards have been popular in parties and entertaining for quite a while now, but recently I've found some new and unique ways they have been integrated. From backdrop walls to tabletop decor, these are some of my favorite ideas right now, and some that I hope you'll incorporate. {To see the original source for each idea […]