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Learn how to create your own college council for the social studies and explore methods that will provide preservice teachers with professional opportunities allowing them to engage and contribute to the field of social studies even before they graduate!
Abbie Vincent, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Alyssa Willhite, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Jason Walters, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Alex Arteaga, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Joe O'Brien, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Tina Ellsworth, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Pass your Social Studies Licensure Exam: Strategies, Tips, & IdeasSubmitted by TimDaly on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:22am
Preservice teachers will get valuable information to prepare for social studies state licensure exams. Strategies include: large themes within social sciences; understanding historical thinking; decoding primary documents; general test-taking tips.
Karen Burgard, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL; John Moore, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; Michael Boucher, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
Becoming Activists and Researchers: Preservice Teachers' Community Service ProjectsSubmitted by TimDaly on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:22am
During this study, preservice teachers learned about grassroots activism and found ways to serve their communities. Presentation includes participants' projects and their plans to model community activism with K-12 students.
Robin Kapavik, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
What Preservice Teachers (Don't) Know About Politics and Current Events- And Why It MattersSubmitted by TimDaly on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:22am
Join this session to learn about the findings and methodology behind this award-winning research, and to participate in a discussion of the knowledge and dispositions that social studies teachers need in order to effectively prepare their students to be politically aware citizens.
Wayne Journell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 2014 Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award
History Assessments of Thinking: Design, Interpretation, and ImplementationSubmitted by TimDaly on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:22am
Join the presenter to learn about History Assessments of Thinking available on the Stanford History Education Group's Beyond the Bubble Website, and discuss strategies for how to use them as part of a larger approach to formative assessment.
Joel Breakstone, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2014 Larry Metcalf Exemplary Dissertation in Social Studies Award
Research in the Field of Social StudiesSubmitted by TimDaly on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:22am
Wiliam B. Stanley has spent his academic and teaching career asking social studies educators to challenge traditional ideas imbedded in the social studies. His ideas of reconstructionism placed him at the forefront of more critical investigations of civic education 30 years ago. Today he continues to address philosophic and historical knowledge of educational and social issues. The trajectory of his career has sustained an outspoken and articulate researcher for justice and fairness in education.
William Stanley, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ 2014 Jean Dresden Grambs Distinguished Career Research in Social Studies Award
The Social Studies DBQ: Debating the Purpose of the FieldSubmitted by TimDaly on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:22am
Citizenship is often stated as the purpose of the social studies, but few agree what this means? We will use a document-based question (DBQ) to help wrestle with these issues.
Daniel Krutka, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, @dankrutka; Kim Pennington, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, @pimkennington
Going Global: Leading Preservice Teachers AbroadSubmitted by TimDaly on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:21am
Have you ever thought about leading preservice teachers on a study abroad trip? Join us to learn about our experience where we'll share research findings and culminating student projects.
Robin Kapavik, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; Lorrie Webb, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Unconventional Methods, Controversial Issues: Mix-it-Up, Fire Them Up!Submitted by TimDaly on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:21am
Role-plays, graphic organizers and reflective discussions are used to increase understanding of teaching controversial issues, global issues and the democratic process. Ready-to-go lesson ideas for teachers of all levels.
Lydiah Nganga, University of Wyoming at Casper, Casper, WY; John Kambutu , University of Wyoming at Casper, Casper, WY
Increasing Civic Engagement through Digital StorytellingSubmitted by TimDaly on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:21am
Learn how to use the C3 Inquiry Arc and digital documentary-making to address locally relevant issues and to communicate evidence-based findings.
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TACOMA, Wash. -- A Tacoma teacher who was gunned down at her school has inspired state leaders to do something about stalking.
Jennifer Paulson's family will be in Olympia Thursday when the attorney general lays out his legislative priorities for the year.
Jennifer was shot and killed outside Birney Elementary in February of 2010 by her stalker, Ted Waits. She was a special education teacher at the school.
She was a 30-year-old woman, she made her own choices, it doesn't matter how old they get, every day, I say I'm sorry I couldn't keep you safe...I'm sorry, said Jennifer's mother, Nancy Heisler.
Almost two years have passed since Paulson's murder but it takes two seconds for Jennifer's family to go back to the moment they heard their daughter's stalker killed her.
I remember my body shaking inside, said Heisler.
Jennifer's killer met her at a cafeteria in college, they were never romantically involved. She did everything she was supposed to over the years. She filed police reports, got an anti-harassment order, but in the end it didn't save her.
Yes, absolutely, I think the system failed her, said Jennifer's father, Ken Paulson.
Since her death, her father has tried to get laws passed to toughen the penalties for stalking and finally he's seeing legislation he has long hoped for.
I think it would be something she would want to see happen, said Ken.
Legislation Jennifer's mother hopes spare other families.
It's unbearable pain, it's unbearable. It's a pain that never goes away. It changes your life forever.
The legislation creates a new stalking civil protection order that allows prosecutors to charge those that violate orders with a misdemeanor or felony. It would also authorizes electronic monitoring if the person is released before trial and increases the penalties for stalking from a maximum of five years to 10 years.
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Xbox Cd Transfering wo/ mod chip
there is this program called Xenesis and Xzsnes that allow you to play Super Nintendo roms and Genesis roms on the Xbox, BUT you need an Xbox Modchip to put files on the harddrive. Is there anyway... via lan.. or something where you can somehow transfer this onto the Xbox with out an mod chip
There was some UNIX/Linux based ISO that once inserted into Xbox would reboot and run it as an almost normal PC. Personally I decided to go a different route. I have an old P3 1ghz, with GF3 and 512 ram sitting in the livingroom. I ordered PS2 to PC USB converters online, and installed various Emulators on that old machine. With GF3, i hooked up the PC to my 36" TV, and now im just sitting at work, waiting for them damn PS2-to-USB converters to arrive so I can fire up Samurai Shodown and Medal Slug!!!
Samurai Shodown is one of the best fighting games Ive ever played. The way the battles are orchestrated, is fantastic. The 3DO version was really fun.
Someone beating you down, all of sudden, you pull a foward flip with the sword, and then pause for the final blow. :)
If they made Samurai Shodown today, just at that final blow, they should have written across the screen, OWNED!" spelled out 1 letter at a time, fairly quick. :matrix:
Just picturing this, after you deliver the final blow, in my mind, it's hilarious. :rofl
Ahhh, the days of £200 Neo Geo carts :)
It is Shodown, and I was in a rush to get home, hence the typo.
Yes, there is a way to do it. No, I don't know how off the top of my head. If I remember correctly, it involves a buffer overflow in 007: Agent Under Fire that you exploit using a saved game and a USB hard drive. That's the basic premise--use the power of the Force.
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Pseudotachylite or Pseudotachylyte is a cohesive glassy or very fine-grained fault rock that is composed of an extremely fine-grained or glassy matrix that often contains inclusions of wall-rock fragments. Pseudotachylite characteristically occurs in veins; is dark in color; and is glassy in appearance. It often has the appearance of the basaltic glass, tachylyte. Typically, the glass has been completely devitrified into very fine-grained material with radial and concentric clusters of crystals. It occasionally contains crystals with quench textures that began to crystallize from the melt.[1][2]
Seismic faulting[edit]
It is generally found either along fault surfaces, often as the matrix to a breccia, or as veins injected into the walls of the fault. In most cases there is good evidence that the pseudotachylite formed by frictional melting of the wall rocks during rapid fault movement associated with a seismic event.[3] This has caused them to be termed "fossil earthquakes".[4] The thickness of the pseudotachylite zone also gives geologists a general idea of the magnitude of the associated displacement and the general magnitude of the paleoseismic event. Some pseudotachylites have been interpreted as forming by comminution rather than melting. They have a similar occurrence to melt-derived pseudotachylites but lack clear indications of a melt origin.[4]
Pseudotachylite has been found at the base of some large landslides involving the movement of large coherent blocks,[5] such as the one that moved Heart Mountain in the U.S. state of Wyoming to its present location, the largest known landslide in history on land.
Impact structures[edit]
Pseudotachylite is also associated with impact structures such as that which formed the Vredefort crater, South Africa. In an impact event, the melting forms part of the shock metamorphic effects.[6] The pseudotachylite veins associated with impacts are much larger than those associated with faults and are thought to have formed by frictional effects within the crater floor and below the crater during the initial compression phase of the impact and the subsequent formation of the central uplift.[7] The most extensive examples of impact related pseudotachylites come from impact structures that have been deeply eroded to expose the floor of the crater, such as Vredefort crater, South Africa and the Sudbury Basin, Canada.
See also[edit]
- ^ Maddock, R.H. (1983) Melt origin of fault-generated pseudotachylites demonstrated by textures. Geology. 11(6):105–108.
- ^ Trouw, R.A.J., C.W. Passchier, and D.J. Wiersma (2010) Atlas of Mylonites- and related microstructures. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 322 pp. ISBN 978-3-642-03607-1
- ^ Sibson, R.H., 1975. Generation of pseudotachylite by ancient seismic faulting. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 43, 775– 794.
- ^ a b Lin, A. (2007). Fossil earthquakes: the formation and preservation of Pseudotachylytes. Lecture notes in earth sciences 111. Springer. p. 348. ISBN 978-3-540-74235-7. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ Legros, F., Cantagrel, J-M. & Devouard, B. 2000. Pseudotachylyte (Frictionite) at the Base of the Arequipa Volcanic Landslide Deposit (Peru): Implications for Emplacement Mechanisms. The Journal of Geology, volume 108, p. 601–611.
- ^ Spray, J.G. 1998. Localized shock- and friction-induced melting in response to hypervelocity impact. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 140, 195-204.
- ^ Chapter 5 of the online book, French, B.M. 1998. Traces of Catastrophe, A handbook of shock-metamorphic effects in terrestrial meteorite impact structures, Lunar and Planetary Institute 120pp.
External links[edit]
Wieland, F. (2006) Chapter 4: Pseudotachylitic breccias, other breccias and veins. Structural analysis of impact-related deformation in the collar rocks of the Vredefort Dome, South Africa. unpublished PhD. dissertation. School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.


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After noticing that there are TLS versions of the glx module, too (makes zero sense to me), I replaced the non-TLS version in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ with the TLS version and everything works. Thanks!
Now for a question regarding understanding the situation, I hope someone from NVIDIA is willing to explain what's going on here. If the glx module is loaded by the X server, which is not threaded, why does it matter which threading model the module uses? And why does it segfault during X server initialization. The only thing I can figure right now, is that the X server uses this for indirect rendering, but that doesn't explain the problem to me. In short: why does it make a difference if the glx module is using TLS or not?
(it's pretty annoying to have to switch between the TLS and the non-TLS version when changing kernels -- but that's something else)
To zander: jein. You are right in that the non TLS module was being used. But the problem is not the GL libraries, but the glx module for the X server.
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Families remember US soldiers killed in airstrike
MOKENA, Ill. (AP) — The five American troops killed in a friendly fire airstrike included an Illinois soldier who went to Afghanistan a month after his father died, an Ohio man who was engaged to be married, a California Green Beret who only deployed in January, and Washington state man who loved the outdoors.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said the five were killed Monday "during a security operation in southern Afghanistan." Officials said an airstrike was called in after the unit was ambushed by the Taliban. It was one of the deadliest friendly fire incidents in nearly 14 years of war.
Family representatives of Aaron Toppen of Illinois and Justin Helton of Ohio told The Associated Press that military members came to their relatives' doors in the middle of the night to deliver the news of the deaths.
Relatives and local schools on Wednesday confirmed the deaths of Justin Clouse of Washington and Staff Sgt. Scott Studenmund of California. The other victim has not yet been identified.
Here is a look at the lives of Toppen, Helton, Studenmund and Clouse:
Aaron Toppen, 19
Family members of Toppen remembered him as a kind-hearted man who had aspired to a career in the military or law enforcement.
"Aaron was predisposed to serve. He was very keen to be in the military," his uncle Jack Winter said. "He was quite proud to be there."
It was the second death of a loved one for the family this year. Toppen, from the Illinois city of Mokena, about 40 miles southwest of Chicago, was set to leave for Afghanistan in February. But his gravely ill father died that month, and he stayed for the funeral. He deployed in March.
Toppen was a graduate of Lincoln-Way East High in Frankfort, Illinois, and loved the outdoors, especially fishing. Family members at the home Tuesday circulated a picture of Toppen as a young child sitting next to his father in a fishing boat.
"He was something somewhat rare in youth culture today. ... In a word, I would summarize what he had as 'class,'" Winter said of his nephew. "So rarely now do you see somebody like that who truly does have class, who's polite, humble, loyal, who's a kind-hearted soul, generous."
Toppen was the youngest of three children.
Justin Helton, 25
Helton had been in the Army since 2010 but had been in Afghanistan for only about two months, according to cousin Mindy Helton. It was his first deployment, and he expected to be home in about six months, she said.
She said her cousin specialized in dealing with explosives and was based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. She also said he was engaged. His parents live in Beaver, a two-hour drive east of Cincinnati, Ohio.
"He was a great boy, so full of life and outgoing," she said. "He loved hunting and the outdoors."
The 2006 graduate of Beaver's Eastern High School was known to friends and family as Buck and was a quiet leader, Robert Day, his high school baseball coach, told WCMH-TV in Columbus.


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According to The Courant's front page, Jason Collins, a pro basketball player, says he is gay. My question is, so what? That's front-page news?
North Korea, Syria, unemployment, hunger, taxes, Iran and Iraq and terroism and a million other more important issues, and a gay athlete is the lead story?


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Update May 2015: My trial in my defamation action against Google in starts in the South Australian Supreme Court on Jun 10 2015. I have put the South Australian Government on notice! The information is in this blog post.
The criminal trial of the Ripoff Report paid writer who authorded some of the defamation starts May 27 2015 in Iowa. He faces 25 years for witness tampering, extortion and other crimes committed on and finaced by Ripoff Report. More information is in this blog post.
Blog History
I started this blog in the first week of October 2011, exactly 2 years since Google issued its first refusal to remove the defamatory links to webpages containing false and defamatory allegations on the website Ripoff Report. My identity was sold and I have now spent more than five years trying to clear my name.
In February 2011 I issued defamation proceedings in an Australian Court against Google. The case is still ongoing because Google have attempted, without success, to make me 'go away'. The background can be found in this interview on the respected website, Civili Nation or on this webpage.
Soon after my blog went online Google removed it from all of its domains. My blog suddenly reappeared in the Google search results the day after I complained in a discussion in which Matt Cutts was participating.
I have not updated my blog since late 2012 for legal and procedural reasons. With the Australian activist against cyberbullying, Michael Roberts, and the American Investigator Paladin PI, I have been involved in the fight to expose the extensive criminal activities perpetrated by Ripoff Report in order to continue its estimated USD $15 million annual revenue. This is documented on the following websites:
Ripoff Report Revolt: Facebook
It has been a long hard battle but there have been significant successes.
In 2013 advertisers were alerted to the proliferation of vile and abusive content (examples can be downloaded from here) on Ripoff Report. This was a success! When confronted with their brand next to hate speech and headlines that referred to women as 'whores', 'sluts' and 'skanks' (and worse) the advertising servers and their clients could not get their business off the website fast enough.
Ripoff Report tried to sue Michael to shut us both up. They failed. As stated in the US court decision, our actions were 'protected speech'. Ripoff Report has a long history of exacting revenge on anyone who stands up to it. Further serious and false allegations were published by a paid writer that included, among others, that I defamed Australian Judges and hired hackers to bloster my case and extort Google. These allegations are in a separate court application due to be heard again on October 10th 2014.
Over the past three months there have been major legal developments in both the US regarding Ripoff Report. A paid writer for the website, Darren M Meade has been indicted by the State of Iowa on a number of serious charges including witness tampering and extortion. This blog post provides links to the documents: Ripoff Report linked to witness tampering and extortion.
It is clear from the evidence in these documents that the Ripoff Report founder and editor, Ed Magedson has utilised the website' s high Google page rank to instigate, finance and control a vicious and prolonged campaign of intimidation by global humiliation against a number of witnesses in a US criminal case, anyone remotely associated with the witnesses and, in fact anyone who challenges this (as described by a US Judge) 'appalling' business model.
Ripoff Report states that it never removed material. Yet the recently unsealed court documents contain evidence of 'selling' removals for the cost of $10,000 a webpage. It is only able to extort individuals and businesses because Google protects it. Why? Well, this popular video by Michael Roberts provides some insight into that question:
The impact of Ripoff Report's Google enabled racket of reputation assassination and cyberbullying for profit is catastrophic. Many parents have pleaded with Ripoff Report and Google to at least remove the identifying details about their children without success. Many ordinary people cannot pay $10,000 per webpage that falsely names them as paedophiles, whores, murders, skanks and drug abusers and face global public humiliation, the ruin of their careers and businesses and have to live with the fear that their children will be harmed or cyberbullied. Individuals, families and small businesses are rendered socially, vocationally, emotionally and financially paralysed by this criminal operation.
Ripoff Report was recently exposed as one of the worse websites in the US on The O'Reilly Factor. The website's lawyers got the segment removed but we have published it under the fair use copyright doctrine. This is usual practice for Ed Magedson: Use legal means to gag critics (while purporting to fight for the First Amendment right of freedom of speech) and then write vile garbage about those who stand up to them on Ripoff Report. It is no wonder that so few people have managed to sustain a fight against them.
For Michael and I, while there are now tangible successes in the battle for victims of the narcissistic and sadist creep Ed Magedson, the emotional and financial costs have been, at times, seemingly insurmountable. Google have not removed the defamatory links because they want to break me. Over the past few years I have been through periods of many months waking up almost every day thinking of suicide and am only standing now because of my lawyers and the fact that the boycott gave me a reason to fight. I could not use my qualifications in paid employment but I could and did use them for the boycott.
Michael has needed to find tens of thousands of dollars to defend the boycott in the Arizona court as well as care for his children. We ARE winning the battle. In the meantime, and until Ripoff Report is removed or closed down, there is an alternative and half of any profits go to supporting the Boycott. I want to be quite clear. I do not and have never had any business, legal or personal relationship with Michael. We are fellow activists fighting for the rights of the mostly US victims. We are both Australian and therefore not bound by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act – the US law that has protected Ripoff Report. However, as noted by a Professor of Law in the Huffington Post, this does not include immunity from federal criminal law, intellectual property law or communications privacy law. Therein lies the crux of Ripoff Report's current problems. That lack of immunity for criminal activities and another US law known as RICO. The question of how much of Ripoff Report's USD $45 million worth was gained through criminal activities will be answered in the US courts in due course.
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Science. It's the subject that everyone loves to hate. It's hard (or maybe you're just not paying enough attention), it's boring (especially if you got the 101-year old teacher), and it's complicated (it really is.)
But if you know where to look, it can actually be fun. Remember the teacher who made it rain ping pong balls in a room by using liquid nitrogen? Yeah, that was pretty amazing. This time around, we don't have a teacher, though. Instead, we've got a madman. A madman with a passion for science who's crazy enough to make fireballs out of cornstarch–all in the name of science.
Cornstarch fireballs? Is that even possible? Check out the video to see for yourself.
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Dear Mexican: I know I might sound like a gabacho borracho, but I'm really just a gringo trying to make progress towards getting work legally in Mexico, a side of the immigration debate we rarely hear about. Most gringos that move to Mexico are students at UNAM or they are retired people who move to gated seaside communities or they move to San Miguel de Allende to help drive the housing costs up even further. Others move to Ajijic at Lake Chapala, where most of them never learn Spanish, and spend most of their time going to potluck gatherings with other gringos retirados. Okay, I guess orgullo gringoso has its place. I am a rarity: I'm a gringo who lives and works in Mexico about six months a year. I want to live in Mexico year-round and work legally. Sure, there's a system set up for this, sort of... It's the FM-3 visa and various other paper chase b.s. Not only does it beg mordida, but it is slow and has many roadblocks.
So far, I have worked under the table in Mexican tourism. Similar to architects from DF who end up working as waiters in Santa Monica or Seattle, I have had to work in hotels and restaurants in Mexico (Vallarta, Cabo, Maz, etc.) to survive. Selling time-shares is not for me (I am a lousy con-artist). I want to work in my chosen profession: movie and TV production, and I want to get the equivalent of a Mexican green card. Do they exist? Is it possible for me to have a card that allows me to apply for work just as Mexican nationals do in Mexico City? I want to pay income taxes in Mexico and contribute to the better future of Mexico. I speak Spanish well, and if I ever had a chance to talk to ex-prezes Fox and Calderon, I would say this: "For every 10,000 Mexicans working in the USA, can't you grant one green card to a gringo?" That's not asking a lot is it?--El Gringo Mojado
Dear Wetback Gabacho: You can take steps to become a legal taxpayer—have you applied for the CURC? Gone through SAT? Got your CIEC?—but why bother? As you pointed out, it's a bureaucratic nightmare, and gabacho illegals have lived the good life in Mexico for decades. You're not likely to get deported given Mexico needs every gabacho dollar possible during these dark times of narcowars, and even becoming a legal resident or a naturalized citizen still qualifies you as a second-class person (despite your gabacho status) just above an indio, so you might as well stay illegal. Besides, look on the bright side: less taxes paid to the Mexican government means more money stays in the local economy. You ain't an illegal: like the Mexi illegals up here, you're a patriot against pendejo borders and antiquated citizenship laws.
Why is it our tías y abuelitas are so superstitious and have so many wild stories? The latest rattlesnake in the lechuga/cilantro/nopales (pick one) biting a mujer in a supermercado (pick your local one) who decides to rest in her carro while esposo finishes the shopping, then dies, is just the latest to circulate the Central and Southern California coast.--Cynthia the Pocha
Dear Pocha: What you describe sounds like a spin on classic urban legend of the woman who found a rat in her bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, examined in full in Jan Harold Brunvand's 1981 classic The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings. He noted that the legend was based on truthful accounts of food contamination, and theorized its popularity was our collective unconscious projecting fears of "a world of shocking ugliness lying just beneath a surface of tranquility and apparent wholesomeness." Besides, the only Mexican wives tale that I know involving snakes is a supposed 30-foot-long flying snake lives in the mountains above the rancho of my mami's birth.
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Not long ago, we received word from ASUS that they had managed to incorporate EAX effects into the drivers of their Xonar cards. Soon afterward, Creative told everyone that was false, and that ASUS "EAX" was not true EAX. Who's telling the straight story, and will you even notice a difference?
I'm convinced that some games are developed simply to give somebody something to do for a while. Human Head's Prey is one of those games – not much more than an interesting combination of tired first-person gaming clichés. However, this game makes use of EAX 5.0, and was recommended highly by Creative for testing, so I decided I'd give it a whirl.
While the EAX 5.0 performance of the Xonar card left a bit to be desired in BioShock, the Xonar performed admirably in Prey, dramatically heightening the ambiance of the half-living alien spaceship and the perception of location and distance of sounds. To test Prey, I played through the "Downward Spiral" level, which takes the game's main character on a meandering path downward through the alien spacecraft.
EAX makes a huge difference – just out of curiosity, I tried playing the level through without EAX enabled, and the game audio was drab and lifeless. Yet with it enabled, environments took on spaciousness, depth, volume, and air. The Xonar's EAX 5.0 performance in Prey was problem-free, with none of the random noise that plagued BioShock.
Switching to the X-Fi, I noticed that the effects, again, possessed better detail, and sounded a little bit more realistic. But only a little – in fact, the EAX effects in Prey with the Xonar card sounded almost exactly as they did with the X-Fi. As with Kane & Lynch, the difference between the two cards is so slight that you're likely not to even notice a difference. That alone should be enough to scare Creative.
See the next page for my final thoughts on the matter.


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I'm wondering, is there a Market for the CMS "Contao" here on TF?!
Thanks for your Opinion!
You can add any cms theme, to Category 'CMS'.
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You can add any cms theme, to Category 'CMS'.
I believe his question was – if it would pay off to create a theme for Contato cms and publish it here.
I think it would be interesting to corner the market on some obscure CMS , but I doubt you'd get enough sales to make it worthwhile. Your time would be better spent on HTML themes, which people can adapt to any CMS . You could even offer to convert a purchased HTML theme to that CMS for an additional fee.
I think there is a Market, perhaps in Germany!
@x4er0: Thanks!
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@fillerspace: OK, must think about it, thanks for reply.
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I'm wondering, is there a Market for the CMS "Contao" here on TF?!
Since there isn't even a Market here for Templates for my favorite CMS TYPO3 , the answer is:
Definitely NO.
I prefer purchasing perfect HTML5 templates and adapting them by myself
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Chapter 5 grinding
Hi guys. I want to level up my jobs but I've got no grinding place. Have you found any yet?
I personally find the open area near the everlast tower to be a great place to grind over all.
While using the Growth Egg, I gain around 4k-8k experience from mobs and 400-600 jp. Quite good If I say so myself.
Currently Playing: Bravely Default, DeSu Overclocked, Harvest Moon: ANB, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Pokemon Y
I personally used the inside of the grand marshals castle in eternia, right next to the save adventurer.
with auto fight, 4x speed 200% encounter etc and with 4000 exp, 4000 pg and 300 jp it was easy to get enough for whatever i needed, i'm sure i overlevelled too, level 70 at the end of chapter 5 didn't sound right
... I'm level 95 at the BEGINNING of chapter 5 and I thought I was under levelled haha! I probably should stop and continue the story first then.
But yeah, Eternia is pretty much a great place to train at chapter 5 along with hunting down the side quest bosses and all
Currently Playing: Bravely Default, DeSu Overclocked, Harvest Moon: ANB, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Pokemon Y
hugues025 posted...
... I'm level 95 at the BEGINNING of chapter 5 and I thought I was under levelled haha! I probably should stop and continue the story first then.
In level 47 which is less than half lol
PSN: Joerpg84
i have found the ultimate best spot to grind in chapt 5 ever but you need a few things:
lvl 5 arcanist with twilight
black mage lvl 14
growth egg x1 (lvl the accessory shop in the town)
cloths pin x3 (you get this from the fox at the old mans house)
wind abate support skill (get this from thief)
here's what you do:
go to the cave that leads to mt fragmentum on the west side that's the side where florem is. do not go into the cave instead stay around the entrance.
equip 1 character (not the arcanist or black magic user) with the growth egg
equip the other 3 with the clothespins
put the wind abate skill on everyone (if you can) and equip everyone for defense that means put all defense skills up, raise defense, shield lore anything that makes you a tank cos all these sob hit hard even at lvl 60+
give your arcanist the black magic 2nd job and give them the group cast all ability the rest put defense up, shield lore etc.
crank up the encounter rate and get ready
you get several enemies here trees, mushroom, birds and little tree guys all give pretty good jp and exp...but sooner or later you will get 6 of them little tree guys THIS IS THE HONEY POT!
the birds hit you with wind magic that's what the wind resistence is for. and them damn trees try to put you to sleep if they do than kiss your ass goodbye! that's what the clothespins are for.
fighting all these is pretty simple just default everyone except the arcanist. than brave once and use sleep on all enemies than use twilight. this will put all the enemies to sleep and they all fall for it here every time. than twilight wipes them out instantly. you'll get the one turn hero, sweeper and no damage bonuses every time and get (depending what you fight) 400-700 jp. but that's not the best part. remember them 6 tree guys if you wipe them all out in 1 shot you will get 999 jp and over 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!! exp!!!!!!!!!
stay here as long as you like i must have gotten 15 levels in an hour at least and still going! now and than you will probably die so save often and also the guy who has the growth egg will die from twilight if them trees put him to sleep LOL don't worry just revive him after the battle and heal. :P
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Video: Rem Koolhaas Answers Questions From Fans as Part of 'REM' Kickstarter
In December of last year, we brought you news of Tomas Koolhaas' kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary about his father, Rem Koolhaas. Well, not only was Koolhaas' REM documentary fully funded, three generous backers offered up $500 each in return for one question to be answered directly by Rem Koolhaas himself. The video above is the result of those questions, in which Koolhaas responds to questions on urbanism in the developed country of the Netherlands compared to still-developing India, as well as a question about how his early work in film-making and scriptwriting influenced his architectural career.
Watch the video above and read on after the break for a synopsis of Koolhaas' answers
Kickstarter: REM
UPDATE: REM's Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded!
There are only three days left for you to help fund the most highly-anticipated documentary film about the legendary Rem Koolhaas: REM. Directed by the architect's son, Tomas Koolhaas, the film will explore an unprecedented perspective on what gives Koolhaas' work function and purpose: how it is used by people. Learn more and donate to Koolhaas' campaign here on Kickstarter.
Tomas Koolhaas Releases Official 'REM' Trailer, Exclusive Interview with Kanye West
Los Angeles-based cinematographer Tomas Koolhaas is nearing completion of his highly anticipated film, REM. The feature length documentary, which focuses on the work of Tomas' famed father, Rem Koolhaas, is the first architectural film to "comprehensively explore the human conditions in and around Rem Koolhaas' buildings from a ground level perspective." Rather than lifeless still shots and long-winded, intellectual discourse, REM exposes the one thing that gives each building function and purpose: how it is used by people.
So far, REM has been funded entirely by grants. However, in order for Tomas to collect the necessary funds to complete post-production, he has turned to you by launching a Kickstarter campaign.
Watch REM's official trailer above, which follows a parkour expert as he moves through the Casa De Musica in Porto, and follow us after the break for Tomas' exclusive interview with Kanye West, who comments on his work with OMA at the 2012 Cannes film festival.
Seattle Library: Homeless Man Interview Clips / Tomas Koolhaas
Earlier we shared with you these rough clips of the recently completed CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, filmed by Tomas Koolhaas as part of a feature length documentary film that he currently making about his father, Rem Koolhaas. In this short clip, Tomas Koolhaas interviews a homeless man inside the Seattle Central Library as an attempt to capture his unique experience within the glass and steel mesh walls of the famous public library.
Tomas Koolhaas studied at the Los Angeles Film School. Upon graduating, he spend ten years working as a cinematographer and has recently switched his focused more towards directing and writing. The documentary film, REM, is set to debut in 2013. Watch for updates here on the REM Facebook page.


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The snowfall that blanketed the area put a damper on Valentine's Day for many in the county.
Although the snow began melting on Friday, as temperatures soared into the 50s, everything was not coming up roses for local florists, who were still feeling the blanketing effect of the snow. Profits that are normally sky high fell flat, with one florist just hoping to come out even in the end.
Valentine's Day is the most profitable holiday for a florist, with only Mother's Day close, according to Steve Scott, owner of Airmont Florist.
"We haven't had any cancellations, but people have been very understanding, offering to come pick their flowers up or let us deliver when we can," Scott reported. Orders were coming in normally at Airmont, but with the snow placing a thorn in their sides, Scott said they were having "a bit of a nightmare."
"I had enough foresight, that when they predicted the snow amount, I said to slow it down a little bit and didn't book as many deliveries as normal."
Airmont Florist had four delivery people driving vans, but many were finding that businesses were closed and in that case, Scott said they were trying to make arrangements to deliver to homes, or in a worst-case scenario, simply waiting until Monday to deliver to schools and businesses that were closed on Valentine's Day.
"It will all work out in the end, of course, and we are thankful our customers are being patient," Scott shared.
Dawn Lawson, owner of Creative Designs Flowers and Gifts, said they had to limit deliveries to areas where they could safely travel, and with many businesses closed, they were also experiencing what she described as a "florist's nightmare."
"We did deliver a lot on Tuesday, to people who called and said it was okay, because of the weather predictions. We've also had customers stopping by the shop to pick up their arrangements and we are going to try to deliver a lot tomorrow," Lawson said.
Creative Designs had four vehicles on the road making deliveries yesterday, with several four-wheel drives.
The number one arrangement sold was red roses, Lawson reported — "always has and always will be."
Mayberry Country Flowers typically sells fresh flowers at Mayberry Mall during the week of Valentine's Day, as they have been doing regularly since 1985, according to owner Barbara McMillan.
Employee Jean Adams said the mall closing had affected sales, as many regular customers count on stopping by the mall to pick up fresh flowers, including roses, carnations, and mixed arrangements. "We always have a lot of traffic at the mall each year, with a lot of regular customers counting on it," Adams said.
Mayberry Country Flowers were able to set up at the mall on Wednesday night, but the mall was closed on Thursday and didn't open until 12 noon yesterday.
Adams said they had two people delivering, and they had made several trips to areas where road conditions were still treacherous, like Pilot Mountain, Pine Ridge, Wards Gap Road, and Dobson. She said that in cases where people were not home, they were leaving a note on the doorknob, for people to call in order to make arrangements for their flowers to be re-delivered or picked up.
"We call and let them know too, and sometimes will call before we go, and hold on to their flowers until they call us…We have been really busy, and we figure it will keep going on until tomorrow. To tell you the truth, it hasn't hurt us that much, except for the mall, which has put us back about a day and a half."
For romantics, perhaps the full moon will be some consolation, as it fell on Valentine's day this year, and according to the Farmer's Almanac, even without snow February's full moon is called the Snow Moon.
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With Business Advice From SCORE Mentor, Alteration and Tailoring by Maria, is Successful
As a young child in Brazil, Maria Kaufman would watch her mother sew fabrics into draperies and other home interior products. When she was 10, Maria sewed a pair of slacks on her own and her mother enthusiastically told her, "That's your calling." Soon after she enrolled in a local vocational program for budding seamstresses. Now a Eugene, Oregon resident, and having worked in alteration for more than 20 years, Maria wanted to start a new business that would employ her talents. With the help of her husband, John, and the business advice of experienced SCORE mentors, Maria now operates a successful, profitable tailoring business.
The alteration shop, which opened in August 2009, has seven commercial machines that Maria and one part-time seamstress use to stitch fabrics of every density and surface, from leather to silk. After just 3 months in operation, the business began turning a profit. By June 2010, the business had grown 25% since opening.
Mentors Louis Willcox and Frank Plaisted and their colleagues at SCORE Willamette advised John and Maria on a wide variety of topics, from cash flow projections to legal structure, advertising to insurance and more. Louis and Frank also offered ideas on how to grow the business by building partnerships with neighboring department and apparel stores to offer tailoring services to their customers.


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The UN Security Council has condemned "in the strongest terms" attacks on minorities by Islamist militants in Iraq as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to support the Iraqi government during the current crisis.
"The Secretary-General is deeply appalled at today's reports of attacks by the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) in Kirkuk, and Qaraqosh, and earlier attacks in Tal Afar and Sinjar district, affecting mainly the vulnerable communities of Christians, Turkomen, and Yezidis," Ban said in a statement issued by his spokesperson.
"Reports of Yezidis amassing along the Turkish border as well as thousands also trapped in the Sinjar Mountains in desperate need of humanitarian assistance are of urgent and grave concern," the statement said.
The Secretary-General welcomed the successful humanitarian airdrop that has taken place so far but expressed his "continuing and deep concern" for the safety of those civilians.
Ban called on the international community, "especially those with the influence and resources" to positively impact the situation, to support the government and people of Iraq and to do all it can to help alleviate the suffering of the population affected by the current conflict in Iraq.
The UN Security Council condemned the attacks by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and again expressed its "deep outrage" about the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis —- many of them from vulnerable minority communities, especially Yezidis and Christians — displaced by ISIL's attacks and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
"The members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms the systematic persecution of individuals from minority populations and those who refuse the extremist ideology of ISIL and associated armed groups," the 15-nation body said in a statement.
The UNSC reiterated that widespread or systematic attacks directed against any civilian populations because of their ethnic background, political grounds and religion may constitute a crime against humanity, for which those responsible must be held accountable.
The Council further called on all political entities to overcome divisions and work together "in an inclusive and urgent political process" to strengthen Iraq's national unity, sovereignty and independence.
Iraq's leaders were also called on to engage, "as quickly as possible", to form a government that represents all segments of the Iraqi population and that contributes to finding a viable and sustainable solution to the country's current challenges.


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the new version of thePicture is up on SoundClick...
Funnily enough Eirwen, E was designed to help kids get along with their parents and visa versa!!!!
All this musical remaniscence has prompted me to put Can . . . Tago Mago on the turntable.
Walk in silence Walk away in silence See the danger - always danger Endless talking - life rebuilding Don't walk away - face the danger Walk in silence Don't walk away in silence * See the danger - always danger Rules are broken - false emotions Don't walk away People like you find it easy Always in tune - walking on air * They're hunting in packs By the rivers, through the streets It may happen soon * Then maybe you'll care Walk away Walk away from danger
Walk in silence Don't walk away in silence See the danger - always danger Endless talking - life rebuilding Don't walk away Walk in silence Don't turn away in silence * Your confusion - my illusion Worn like a mask of self-hate Confronts and then dies [or on the Effenaar live version: � Corrupts and then dies] Don't walk away People like you find it easy Naked to see - walking on air * Hunting by the rivers Through the streets, every corner Abandoned too soon * Set down with due care Don't walk away - in silence Don't walk away
Early 1978: Failures of the Modern Man
In January 1978 the band became Joy Division. In November 1977 the London-based group Warsaw Pakt had released an album, so Warsaw decided to change their name to avoid being confused with another band. They chose the new name from a harrowing account of life in a concentration camp during World War 2. This book, The House Of Dolls by Karol Cetinsky, is quoted by Ian in a spoken insert to the song No Love Lost. The Joy Division was the corps of young women kept in the camp for the pleasure of Nazi officers on leave. Partly due to the name, Joy Division (and later New Order) often had problems with Nazi accusations spreading around in the press. These both puzzled and angered the band, and they did not wish to dignify them with a reply. Far from containing Nazi propaganda, their lyrics preach quite the contrary message. Many other punk bands used much more direct Nazi symbolism with much less press comment. The first gig as Joy Division was played at Pips Disco in Manchester on January 25th 1978. It was not an auspicious start as fighting broke out in the crowd. Rioting became a feature of many later gigs, usually because the audience did not get to hear as much of Joy Division as they wanted. At the Stiff Records Test / Chiswick Challenge at Rafters on April 14th, the band had an opportunity to impress not only Rob Gretton but also Tony Wilson, already a well-known presenter on Granada TV. Joy Division were scheduled to appear last. As a result the band were so wound up that Tony Wilson and Rob Gretton were won over by the sheer energy of their performance At the beginning of May Joy Division recorded material for what was intended to be their debut album. This was done in collaboration with Richard Searling (who worked for RCA and was also a soul DJ), Bernie Binnick and John Anderson. John Anderson decided to put synthesisers on the final mix in an effort to produce a more "professional" sound. The band were unhappy with the recording session and disliked the result (especially the mix of Transmission). As no-one could agree what to do about re-mixing, the album was not released and became a source for bootlegs, eventually surfacing as the Warsaw album. Terry Mason, who had taken on the role of manager, was struggling to book gigs for the band. So around this time Rob Gretton became Joy Division's manager. Apparently Rob initially discussed this possibility at a chance meeting with Bernard, who invited him to attend a rehearsal and to talk to the band. Unfortunately Bernard forgot to tell the other members of the band about it until Rob had sat through the rehearsal session!
Late 1978: A Factory Sample
The Russell Club in Manchester had been taken over on Friday nights for gigs organised by Tony Wilson and friends. They called this venue The Factory. Joy Division's first Factory gig was on June 9th 1978. Peter Saville was asked to design the poster for the early Factory concerts, the first of many designs which became a feature of Factory's work in general and Joy Division's albums in particular. In the summer of 1978 Joy Division were members of the Manchester Musicians Collective, which held court at the Band on the Wall. The band was now rehearsing at a disused warehouse, converted into a rehearsal studio complex by Tony Davidson, owner of the TJM record label (some accounts also involve Tony Davidson in the production of An Ideal For Living; in other versions he was approached but was not interested). The austere rehearsal room seemed to reflect and amplify the band's haunting sound, which was starting to move away from its punk roots. Tony Wilson arranged for the band to appear on Granada TV on September 20th. They performed Shadowplay on the magazine program Granada Reports. A stark set, overlaid with bleak "centre of the city" shots taken from a Granada documentary programme, enhanced the impact of the music to make it a memorable performance. Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus had decided to start up a record label. Like the Factory club, Factory Records was intended to encourage and promote local talent. Soon afterwards Peter Saville joined on a regular footing, and later Rob Gretton and Martin Hannett also became partners. Initially Factory's main band was Durutti Column, but when the new label decided to put together a sample of the work of several local artists, Joy Division were one of those asked to participate. On October 11th they went into the Cargo Studios in Rochdale to record two songs for the compilation EP A Factory Sample. This was financed by Tony Wilson and sold out its only pressing two months after its release, in December 1978. This was the band's first session with Martin Hannett as producer, performing Digital and Glass. Around this time there were rumours that Joy Division would leave Factory and sign for a major label. One rumour had them signing for RCA (Ian Curtis was a frequent visitor to RCA's Manchester office, There was another rumour that they would sign for Warner Brothers.
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This story begins on July 20th 1976, when the Sex Pistols played at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, supported by local bands Slaughter and the Dogs and the Buzzcocks (making their debut). According to legend, this gig inspired Joy Division to buy guitars and form a band. Although the truth may be less dramatic, there is no doubt the event did stimulate the Manchester music scene in general and the future members of Joy Division in particular. Bernard Sumner (usually known as Barney) and Peter Hook went to the Sex Pistols gig with their friend Terry Mason. The three of them, who had been at school together in Salford, decided to form a band. As Barney already had a guitar, Hooky acquired a bass. Terry attempted to play the drums, although his efforts were not very successful. However, the main thing they lacked was a singer. Ian Curtis went with his wife Deborah to the gig. Ian and Deborah had been brought up in Macclesfield, although for a time they lived in Chadderton, near Oldham. Ian was interested not only in the music but also in lyric writing, and he too was trying to form a band without success. He already knew Barney, Peter and Terry from various gigs they had all attended in Manchester. When he made contact with them to enquire about the vacancy, everything fell into place. On December 28th 1976 the Buzzcocks recorded their Spiral Scratch EP, produced by Martin Hannett and considered by many a major landmark in the development of Manchester music. Ian got to know the Buzzcocks, especially Pete Shelley and their manager Richard Boon, and was motivated to emulate their success.
Little is documented about the fledgling band in early 1977. During this period they used to rehearse at the Black Swan pub in Salford, among other venues. Although they now had a full complement, they were not ready for public performances. Neither did they have a name. The name Stiff Kittens was proposed by Richard Boon (the idea is also credited to Pete Shelley) but this was never adopted by the band. In fact they disliked the name, which was used only to publicise their first gig because they had to be called something! The band were due to appear at Manchester's Electric Circus on May 29th 1977 on a bill which included the Buzzcocks. Just before this gig they decided on the name Warsaw, inspired by the song Warszawa on David Bowie's Low album. They had also managed to recruit a drummer, Tony Tabac. Their first performance earned them a mention (not entirely favourable) in the national music magazines. At that time Martin Hannett was involved in arranging gigs for local bands, and he took Warsaw on his books. During June 1977 Warsaw made a number of appearances at The Squat and at Rafters Club in Manchester. The resident DJ at Rafters was Rob Gretton, who was also involved in the management of a couple of local bands. From the start Warsaw set out to write their own songs. Their initial efforts were crude but enthusiastic, and were soon left behind as they became more practised. This meant that very little material from this early period survived long enough to be recorded. The band's musical influences and ambitions inclined more towards the sound of The Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop than towards "mainstream" rock.
Nick grew up in the Victorian country towns Warracknabeal and Wangaratta, during which time he spent five years in the church choirs and going to church three times a week. His parents were educationalists and his English teacher father read Nick �Lolita� as a bedtime story. Between �Lolita�, the Bible stories and the rock and roll to come, Nick Cave was developing a potent creative outlook. After a couple of unseemly incidents at the Wangaratta High School his parents were working at, Nick was bundled off to the city to attend and board at the exclusive Caulfield Grammer School. There The Boys Next Door started out in 1973 out as a band assembled by a bunch of arty students not at all attracted to joining sports teams. They played school dances, barbecues and parties, Nick usually picking a name on the spot if they were asked for one. The Boys Next Door was the name that stuck. They didn�t give their first real performance until they left school in 1977. By then the sixties rock/r&b, Lou Reed and Alice Cooper they�d been attracted to initially made way for punk rock, but specifically Australia�s own �version� The Saints and Radio Birdman. The International punk brand (Sex Pistols, Clash) was creating music headlines and Melbourne�s Mushroom Records decided to get into the action by casting a net around for likely suspects for a compilation album. Not to tarnish its own reputation Mushroom gave the project its own label name, Suicide Records. Skyhooks� Greg Macainsh recorded The Boys Next Door�s tracks. They were the only group on �Lethal Weapons� other record companies were looking at. Along with the Teenage Radio Stars (Models-to-be) The Boys Next Door were also the only �Lethal Weapons� act to go on the bigger things. After recording the six songs for their first album at one studio, they were unhappy with the results and recorded the second side six months later at a different studio with producer Tony Cohen, by then having added guitarist Rowland Howard. Rowland brought with him the classic �Shivers�. After the release of �Door Door� on Mushroom, The Boys Next Door shifted to the independent Missing Links Records for 1979�s mini-album �Hee Haw� and took on the management of Missing Links� owner Keith Glass (ex Cam Pact). Missing Links� international contacts as a record importer and distributor as well as boutique recording label enabled the group to begin planning an international career. On the eve of their departure to England they also decided to change their name, and did it with the release of a single which acknowledged the name change �Happy Birthday�. Copies were given away at the group�s farewell performance at Melbourne�s Crystal Ballroom on February 16, 1980. The Birthday Party were one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s, creating bleak and noisy soundscapes that provided the perfect setting for vocalist Nick Cave's difficult, disturbing stories of religion, violence, and perversity. Under the direction of Cave and guitarist Rowland S. Howard, the band tore through reams of blues and rockabilly licks, spitting out hellacious feedback and noise at an unrelenting pace. As the Birthday Party's career progressed, Cave's vision got darker and the band's songs alternated between dirges to blistering sonic assaults. Fad-ridden English music had moved on to electro-pop, giving Birthday Party a chance to offer an intelligent but aggressive contribution to the post-script of the punk era. They returned to Australia in November 1980. They were never a group who wanted to be loved by their audience, and they were less so now. It was during this period of recklessness in the face of an international future that The Birthday Party�s reputation as a live act was forged. With Tony Cohen producing again they also spent time to record a full length album, �Prayers On Fire� to critical acclaim both at home and in England where they were helping give rise to the goth movement. The Birthday Party was bouncing back and forth between Australia and England. A third album �Junkyard� appeared in mid-82. The Birthday party then relocated to Berlin, to be closer to it physically, but to keep from being consumed by the English music scene, and in search of a new direction. They also found a lot of distractions, cultural and otherwise. The band returned to Australia and played its final gig in Melbourne on June 9, 1983, leaving Nick Cave and Mick Harvey to continue together with the Bad Seeds after a brief moment as Nick Cave and The Cavemen.
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The following scenes were completed after Lee's death:
Brandon Lee died during a mishap on the set. A scene required a gun to be loaded, cocked, and then pointed at the camera. Because of the close-range of the shot, the bullets loaded had real brass caps, but no powder. After the cut, the props master (not the arms master - he had left the set for the day) dry-fired the gun to get the cock off, knocking an empty cartridge into the barrel of the gun. The next scene to be filmed involving that gun was the rape of Shelly. The gun was loaded with blanks (which usually contain double or triple the powder of a normal bullet to make a loud noise). Lee entered the set carrying a bag of groceries containing an explosive blood pack. The script called for Funboy (Michael Massee) to shoot Eric Draven (Lee) as he entered the room, triggering the blood pack. The cartridge that was stuck in the barrel was blasted at Lee through the bag he was carrying, killing him. The footage of his death was destroyed without being developed. Lee is the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, who died in mysterious circumstances before completing Game of Death (1978).
The Cure has gone through so many transformations, it's so hard to classify them punk? goth?, but I definitely think they deserve mentioning.
"People once believed that when someone dies a crow carries that soul to the land
of the dead. But sometimes something so bad happens that terrible sadness is
carried with it. And the soul can't rest. And sometimes the crow can bring
that soul back to put the wrong things right."
Formed in 1991 in England, Cradle Of Filth spent two years producing demos, such as Invoking the Unclean (1992), Orgiastic Pleasures (1992) and Total %#&!*% Darkness (1993). By the time they released their debut album, The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (Cacophonous, 1994), the line-up had mutated into a sextet: Daniel Davey (vocals), Paul Ryan (guitar), Robin Eaglestone (bass), Paul Allender (guitar), Benjamin Ryan (keyboards) and Nicholas Barker (drums). The album immediately established them at the top of the black-metal pyramid.
With a new keyboardist and singer-guitarist Stuart Anstis, the band released the six-song mini-album Vampire or Dark Faerytales in Phallestein (Cacophonous, 1996), mainly for contractual obligations, and finally their masterpiece, Dusk and Her Embrace (Music For Nations, 1997). By fusing heavy metal and progressive-rock, Cradle Of Filth achieved a kind of epic gothic that recalls more King Crimson than Venom (the instrumental The Graveyard By Moonlight).
After more internal turmoil, the band released Cruelty and the Beast (Myahem, 1998) and their first single ever, From the Cradle to Enslave (1999).
The band's skills at arrangement and pomp get out of control on Midian (Koch, 2000) and Bitter Suites to Succubi (Koch, 2001).
Lovecraft and Witch Hearts (Music for Nations, 2002) is a double-CD anthology.
Vocalist and guitarist Stuart Anstis started the ambient project Aphelion I-IV (Iris Light, 2001)
Cradle Of Filth's Damnation And A Day (Sony, 2003) marks a return to the heavy sound of their origins, although in a lighter, poppier version.
Nymphetamine (Roadrunner, 2004) sticks to what they do best, forgetting the "pop" element
Dead Can Dance is pretty cool...it's a great mood setter.� Does Ministry count?� Some movies have great soundtracks as well, such as The Crow, Blade, Queen of the Damned....� Hey Carl, sorry I don't have any recordings of my band just yet....but I hope to remedy it soon (would love to send a recording of a song that I wrote about Vlad Tepes, entitled "D").� Keep rocking Carl!
Following in the footsteps of the Gathering and Lacuna Coil (goth-influenced "symphonic" metal bands with female vocalists), Nightwish was formed in Kitee, Finland, in 1997 by keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen. Initially attempting to create acoustic music, he recruited trained opera vocalist Tarja Turunen, but soon added full metal-band instrumentation in the persons of guitarist Emppo Vuorinen, bassist Sami V�nsk�, and drummer Jukka Nevalainen. The band's demos landed them a contract with the Finnish label Spinefarm, which released their debut album Angels Fall First in late 1997 (it appeared in the rest of Europe the following year). The follow-up, Oceanborn, appeared in late 1998 and made Nightwish a bonafide mainstream success in their homeland; the album reached the Finnish Top Five and spun off three Top Ten singles. The band toured Europe heavily, consolidating their success, and in 2000 recorded their third album Wishmaster. Not only did it top the Finnish charts, but it also became the group's first album to be released in the U.S. (by Century Media, which reissued their previous albums in 2001 as well). ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
of England's leading "goth" bands of the 1980s, the Sisters of Mercy
play a slow, gloomy, ponderous hybrid of metal and psychedelia, often
incorporating dance beats; the one constant in the band's career has
been deep-voiced singer Andrew Eldritch. (There is some disagreement as
to whether the group took its name from an order of Catholic nuns or
from the Leonard Cohen song of the same name.) Eldritch originally
formed the band in 1980 with guitarist Gary Marx and recorded its first
single with a drum machine dubbed Doktor Avalanche. Guitarist Ben Gunn
and bassist Craig Adams were added to make live gigs feasible, and the
Sisters built a reputation through several singles and EPs. Gunn left
the band in 1983 and was replaced by Wayne Hussey. The Sisters of Mercy
recorded their first full-length album, First and Last and Always, in
1985, but two years later, internal dissent had split them apart; Marx
left to form Ghost Dance, and Adams and Hussey departed shortly
thereafter. A legal dispute ensued over the rights to the name Sisters
of Mercy; Adams and Hussey attempted to use the name Sisterhood, but
Eldritch released an EP under the name to prevent its usage, and the
two finally settled on the Mission. Eldritch chiefly utilized a corps
of temporary sidemen from this point on (although former Gun Club
bassist Patricia Morrison was an official member of the group for a
short time) and rebounded with his two biggest-selling American LPs,
Floodland and Vision Thing. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
Forming in Finland in the midst of 1995, H.I.M. portrays a true quest for the reinvention of goth rock. Setting as their main artistic ambition the creation of songs in the similar path of bands such as Sisters Of Mercy and the Mission U.K., H.I.M. uses a distinct compound of scowling melodies and mystical love stories' inspired lyrics to mark their musical ground. Vocalist and songwriter Ville Hermani Vallo was the band's founding member, alongside Mig� Amour (bass), Lily Lazer (guitar), Gas Lipstick (drums), and Zoltan Pluto (keyboards). The EP 666 Ways To Love, the group's first recording, showed up in late 1996, attaining considerable praise within the Scandinavian market. One year later, Greatest Love Songs, Vol. 666 solidified their cult status throughout the region and celebrated the band's cover of "Wicked Game," a Chris Isaak original. It was at that time that the group gained a rising fan base all across Europe, entering an enduring and extensive touring season to even more wide-ranging acclaim. Three years later, Razorblade Romance, H.I.M.'s second album, hit record stores, again achieving substantial results and strengthening their indubitable recognition. With production credits featuring John Fryer, who previously worked with crews like White Zombie and Nine Inch Nails, the record substantiated the squad's better acclaim all across Europe. H.I.M. then suffered its first lineup change when Pluto left, later being replaced by Emerson Burton. Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights, the band's third full-length disc, arrived in late 2001, confirming the Finnish crew's better recognition and strengthening the band's growing legion of fans.
New York goth metal quartet Type O Negative is led by vocalist/bassist/songwriter Peter Steele and features guitarist Ken Hickey, keyboardist Josh Silver, and drummer Johnny Kelly. Steele formed Type O Negative in 1990 out of the remnants of thrash band Carnivore, along with his friend Sal Abruscato (drums). Type O's music slowed down the tempos of thrash metal, alternately satirizing and wallowing in a glum mixture of misanthropy, misogyny, depression, and vampiric vocals, as well as loads of cheap-sounding guitar distortion. The band's debut album, Slow, Deep and Hard, was released in 1991, featuring long, mopey dirges with titles like "Unsuccessfully Coping With the Natural Beauty of Infidelity." Not everyone appreciated Steele's dark sense of humor, though, and he was roasted by some critics who charged him with being a homicidal misogynist and Nazi sympathizer. A fake live album, The Origin of the Feces, appeared the following year, its notorious cover depicting a pair of spread buttocks (the album was eventually reissued with less graphic artwork). 1993's Bloody Kisses added surprisingly skilled Beatlesque melodies, and Steele's often ironic treatments of his depressing subject matter and the emotional and musical excesses of goth (particularly Type O Negative's brand) were deadly accurate and often very funny. Abruscato departed following its release to join Life of Agony, at which point Kelly joined the band. Bloody Kisses slowly won the band a cult following, thanks in part to the video for "Black No. 1" and the band's constant touring, and the album cracked Billboard's Top 200 well over a year after its release. The more upbeat follow-up, October Rust, appeared in 1996, building on the more pop-oriented tracks of its predecessor; in the meantime, Steele achieved notoriety by appearing as a Playgirl magazine centerfold. World Coming Down finally appeared in 1999 after a three-year hiatus, a considerably darker affair than October Rust but proof that -- in spite of Steele's pronouncements to the contrary -- its predecessors were no fluke. In 2000, Roadrunner compiled The Least Worst of Type O Negative, which featured European single edits and alternate mixes of the band's most popular songs, plus several unreleased tracks.
I LOVE wearing black...I even possess a few gothic gowns.� Love Bauhaus & yes, I also have a few Sandman comics.� Vampires?� Well, I own several vampire flicks, comic books & novels....favorite vampire novels would definitely have to be Brian Lumley's Necroscope series, it's such a wild trip.� Oh yes, I also have a vampire role playing game called Masquerade....great fun to play with a gathering of friends who like to dress the gothy part, & set the scene by playing gothy music & burning candles!� It's a great way to pass the time on Halloween.
Thanks for the invite Carl!� Cheers!
Bauhaus - In the Flat Field:While the gothic style had many precursors in pop music - and predated pop music by several hundred years (originating in the field of architecture and in the work of writers like Mary Shelley and Horace Walpole), Bauhaus' 1979 single "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is often cited as the first full-on "goth rock" song. Bauhaus set the classic goth rock template - glam, metal, and punk-influenced music that incorporated electronic elements, morbid and often picturesquely grotesque lyrics with frequent literary and cinematic allusions, and melodramatic, bassy vocals that could border on crooning. In addition to being in the seminal goth rock band, Bauhaus members later went on to found some of the 80s' finest goth and post-punk bands, from Peter Murphy's solo material and his work with Dali's Car to Daniel Ash's Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets to David Jay's solo career and work with the Jazz Butcher. In the Flat Field, the band's first LP - released in late 1980 - was to prove one of the most influential pop works of that decade.
The Birthday Party - Junkyard:Arguably more post-punk than goth rock, but let's not have that argument just now. The Birthday Party were an amazing band, whose dramatic intensity, bleak lyrics, dark and brooding vocals, and self-destructive antics fit in well with the best of the goth scene. As with Bauhaus, a large part of the Birthday Party's importance lies in the bands that it spawned post-mortem: Mick Harvey went on to an interesting solo career as a producer and arranger, Rowland Howard went on to work with Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks and join (with Harvey) the haunting goth group Crime and the City Solution, Phill Calvert joined the experimental noise ensemble Einst�rzende Neubauten, and former Magazine member Barry Adamson went on to create his own disturbing brand of easy-listening. Nick Cave, of course, went on to become...NICK %#&!*% CAVE, one of the best and darkest songwriters of a generation. Junkyard captures the band at their most unhinged and volatile.
Christian Death - Catastrophe Ballet:Yeah yeah yeah, this album - with its ridiculous fever-pitch of theatricality and its luridly distasteful subject matter - could be labeled almost ridiculous, but there's no fun to be had in laughing at goth rock - the black magic of this genre can only be felt on its own exacting terms. What's worth pointing out, instead, is that this morose, powerful record has the honor of being one of the best early works of the first truly notable American goth rock band, and as such it is massively influential. Plus no other non-strictly-metal band effectively deployed shock tactics in service of such a deep and vicious contempt for organized religion. Christian Death were one of the first and one of the bravest.
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures:If goth has a musical sacred text, this is it. Joy Division reshaped the raw anger of punk into paranoid, tight-wound, horribly beautiful music that was both insistently poppy (a side that dominated the band's later incarnation New Order) and darkly driving. Unknown Pleasures, their official debut album (after an aborted full-length and the EP An Ideal for Living), was a watershed for all "underground" music that followed - even its minimal line-art cover design (by celebrated graphic artist Peter Saville) remains one of gothic pop art's most resonant images.
...and ten more:Here are another ten great goth rock records that didn't quite make the cutAlien Sex Fiend - Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain?; Clan of Xymox - Medusa; Faith and the Muse - Evidence of Heaven; Kommunity FK - Close One Sad Eye; The Mission UK - God's Own Medicine; The Shroud - A Dark Moon Night; Switchblade Symphony - Serpentine Gallery; Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss in the Dream House; This Ascension - Sever; Tones on Tail - Pop


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