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Skip to comments.Al-Qaradawi: The President of the Global Muslim Brotherhood
Posted on 12/01/2012 8:00:59 PM PST by Katechon
Al-Qaradawi (يوسف القرضاوي) is the president of the Global Muslim Brotherhood. He's the movement's ultimate authority. Based in Qatar, he operates without interference from local authorities. His ultimate, avowed goal is to have the islamic law (Sharia) enforced world-wide.
Born in Egypt in 1926, he studied at Al-Azhar University, the most ancient institution of "education" in the Sunni Muslim world. Founded in 971 A.D, and located in Cairo, it became a "university" in 1961, with branches in several countries. It has rapidly become a hotbed of Muslim Brothers. As a student, Qaradawi was active in the resistance to the British presence (1881-1956), and subscribed to the political project of Muslim Brotherhood's founder Hassan al-Banna.
With the support of the Qatar régime, he established the College of Sharia and islamic studies and an institute for Sunnah research at the University of Qatar.
Al-Qaradawi has his own TV program on Qatar-based Al-Jazeera (Shariah and Life) and an internet site.
As chairman of the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR), which he founded in 1997, he is heavily involved in the islamization of Europe.
The ECFR is the theological body of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE) which is the umbrella body for the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe.
See The Muslim Brotherhood's Conquest of Europe, the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe, and The Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe.
More importantly, Qaradawi founded the Union of Good (UG, ائتلاف خير).
See the organizational structure of the UG here.
Al-Qaradawi is the President of this global organization.
New Logo of the UG
The UG has created two international organizations connected to the Muslim World Lead: the IICWC (Committee) and the IICDR (Council).
The International Islamic Committee for Woman and Child describes itself as part of the International Islamic Council for Dawa'a and Relief.
The Council was declared a terrorist-funding organization by Israel in 2008 for its financial support for Hamas (which is a Muslim Brotherhood branch).
As a matter of fact, the UG was also declared an unlawful organization by the Israeli government in 2002, and by the US government in 2008.
Being both an Islamic law authority and the head of the UG, al-Qaradawi gives islamico-legal justification (fatwas) to transferring funds to paramilitary organizations under the heading of financial jihad. Qaradawi has called zakat (tithing) generated by shariah-compliant financial transactions "jihad with money."
In a lecture given in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2002, he noted that collecting money for the mujahideen (jihad fighters, or Muslim holy warriors) was a duty necessitated by the sacrifices they made for the Muslim nation.
Al-Qaradawi was also appointed to the board of directors of the Al-Taqwa (Fear of God, or Muslim Piety) Bank, which was designated by American Executive Order 13224 as involved in financing terrorism.
He has also called for the islamization of the United-States and of Canada.
Verrrrry Interessssting!
Muslim Brotherhood...
Muslim Brotherhood...
Well thank you sir! I try to keep it as dry as possible. Just to map what is going on.
Does seem as though a fair number of Egyptians don't like what is happening, maybe it isn't a done deal. I suppose it depends on if the Egyptian mil decides they don't want the MB in charge. I hope something like that happens.
If there's a revolt, there's gonna be a repression as hard as the one in Iran, 2009.
The Muslim Brotherhood ain't going anywhere. They've been preparing for that since 1928...
Hamas, which is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, is staying in Gaza for good also...
I'm beginning to think it's more the Muslim Brotherhood that *built* Obama... than he who *built* 'em.
Maybe the only way to defeat islam and it's ambition of world domination is to allow the muslim brotherhood to implement sharia and drag the entire middle east back to the 7th century.
Those muslims that don't want to go along for the ride will then see what it was they protested/voted for.
Just wait until they run out of other people's money and there's no food, water of power in Egypt.
We'll soon know how devoted they are to islam, then. So much for democracy and freedom; they, like the people who voted for obama, don't know what it means.
it's not about devotion but about totalitarian repression.
The Muslim Bros will be as ruthless as the ayatollahs of Iran.
I don't think the Iranian people enjoy their régime... I think it's more like a satanic system that enslaves and submits everyone and kills the rest.
Egypt has a population of over 83 million in July 2012 according to the CIA Factbook:
"...Economy - overview:
Occupying the northeast corner of the African continent, Egypt is bisected by the highly fertile Nile valley, where most economic activity takes place. Egypt's economy was highly centralized during the rule of former President Gamal Abdel NASSER but opened up considerably under former Presidents Anwar EL-SADAT and Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK. Cairo from 2004 to 2008 aggressively pursued economic reforms to attract foreign investment and facilitate GDP growth. Despite the relatively high levels of economic growth in recent years, living conditions for the average Egyptian remained poor and contributed to public discontent. After unrest erupted in January 2011, the Egyptian Government drastically increased social spending to address public dissatisfaction, but political uncertainty at the same time caused economic growth to slow significantly, reducing the government's revenues. Tourism, manufacturing, and construction are among the hardest hit sectors of the Egyptian economy, and economic growth is likely to remain slow at least through 2012. The government is utilizing foreign exchange reserves to support the Egyptian pound and Egypt may seek a loan from the International Monetary Fund..."
Egypt cannot feed itself, it's primary income appears to be tourism, (goodbye to that) and the only way they can exist is to borrow money. Sharia will take them back to 'the straight path' following in the footsteps of mohammad. I can't wait to see how that's all going to work out. In Tunisia, the people are already demonstrating...AGAINST THE ARBA SPRING GOVERNMENT THEY DEMONSTRATED FOR.
We ain't seen nothing yet.
And totalitarian repressions don't last for-ever. Notice, as they progress, what is behind them is already beginning to collapse.
All they are capable of is TOTAL destruction.
My money is on rivers of blood, rather than freedom.
the problem is islam, and islam has infected almost everyone there.
Watch Syria...
I agree. But I see an infinite destruction, without construction.
I would bet on the destruction of the Sphynx and the pyramids before 2016...
islam is the master-piece of satan, the angel of destruction.
And islam carries within it the seeds of it's own destruction. Watch and wait. The muslim brotherhood will turn the middle east into a waste-land.
Islam is as a thistle-seed in the wind to the pyramids. You give the diseased mind of the psychotic desert war-lord too much credit. The pyramids will still exist after his name has long been forgotten.
Man fears time, Time fears the Pyramids.
Yes, I agree. Into a desert, into nothingness.
But that does not back your suggestion of a coming revolution against the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt or in Gaza.
By the way, do you know that couple?
They apparently created the first Muslim Brotherhood front in the U.S.
They will either have to deal with their oppressors or starve. Give it time.
I see them all as people who are afraid that their precious 'religion' will perish through its contact with the West; where, btw, they happily live, taking advantage of the benefits, unavailable in their countries of origin.
And meanwhile their daughters have to be constrained through fear of honour-killing.
They are parasites.
Islam is a parasitic cult. Let it devour itself.
"Dr. Khan was born on March 31, 1939, in Madras, India. He immigrated to Boulder, Colorado, in 1966 to complete his masters and doctorate in solid state physics. He married Malika Begum, also of Madras, India in 1968 and in 1969 they had their first son, Suhail Khan. As a student, Dr. Khan helped establish the Muslim Students Association (MSA) which subsequently became the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). He was the Vice President of MSA, the West Zone Representative, and served on the Majilis aShura for ISNA.
After one year in Denver, Dr. Khan and his family moved to southern California in 1975 to accept a position in electrical engineering with Rockwell International. There, Dr. Khan was one of the founders of the Islamic Society of Orange County (ISOC) which eventually included and Islamic center, mosque, and elementary school. He served as the President of the ISOC before moving to San Jose, California in 1980 to accept a position with Fairchild Semiconductor.
In San Jose, Dr. Khan worked to establish the Muslim Community Association (MCA). The MCA with his leadership, has established two mosques, an Islamic Center, and the Granada Islamic (Elementary) School (GIS). He served as the Chairman of MCA and as a member of its Board of Trustees.
In addition, Dr. Khan helped establish American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice, an organization dedicated to aid in humanitarian efforts in Iraq and, most recently, in Kosovo."
"The Muslim Student Association of the U.S. and Canada was established in 1963, one year after the Muslim World League [MWL] with which it had close links."
"The MWL was established by the Saudi regime and that its cadres included numerous Islamist "revolutionaries" from the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and from Pakistan."
"Its numerous local chapters would make available at every Friday prayer large stacks of the [MWL]'s publications, in both English and Arabic Although the MSA progressively diversified its connections with Arab states, official approval of Wahhabism remained strong."
"He calls attention to MSA's role in the creation of the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA, which is best described as a branch of the Saudi religious militia operating to impose Wahhabi conformity on all of American Islam.
In addition, the MSA has strong ties with the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), established in 1972 and directed from the Saudi capital, Riyadh. WAMY's U.S. offices in Northern Virginia have been a central target of the federal investigation of terrorist funding and money laundering by Islamist groups following the horrors of September 11th."
"let if sevour itself."
Yes, that's one option.
The other is complete extermination of islam.
For a christian, the second one is the more charitable. Eradicate islam in order to save souls. Would probably require to nuke mecca and medina.
For an atheist, the first one is probably the best: just contain islam in some place somewhere, with no contact whatsoever with the rest of humanity.
And that very same 'Saudi religious militia' are the enforcers of the Wahhabi creed which is a threat to the Saudi 'royal family' - which is facing the same potential threat as has recently been faced by Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and currently Syria, with Jordan already being threatened. There are some surprises in store, imo.
The seeds of its own destruction were sown by the founder.
Yes indeed. I do expect the House of Saud to fall as did Mubarack, Gaddafi, now Assad...
One Muslim Bro (I can't remember his name now) tried to kill the Saudi king!! — not that long ago, a few years ago.
Here's the son of the Khans...
OK, who's the idiot who added "bloggersandpersonal" and "vanity" to the keywords?
why not something relevant like Ikhwan or ArtOfWar?
Personal? Vanity? Pffft !!
"Maybe the only way to defeat islam and its ambition of world domination is to allow the muslim brotherhood to implement sharia and drag the entire middle east back to the 7th century."
Hitler was not defeated by his own people, neither were Ho Chi Minh, Lenin or Fidel Castro.
Al-Qaradawi has just had a Fatwa proclaimed against him by the Unified Committess of Safety of the Patriotic States of America.
May Pi$$ be upon him and all who submit to the sharia laws of Islam.
( Thanks Fred, for informing me of who the queen bee of Islams Global conquest is. Now all that we must do is destroy the nest and work outward. When Iran gets the nuclear bomb, we will have to act quickly, for they plan to explode one on a floating platform or ship in the Starights of Hormuz.)
Hitler didn't have numerous sects who all hated each other because each believed the other was not fit to live.
And if and/or when they do, they will destroy themselves. I don't know how up to date this map is now, but I think all their crude still leaves Iran the same way as all the Gulf oil does:
Post-Revolution Tunisians Return to Rioting
Arutz Sheva ^ | 2/12/12 | Chana Yaar
Posted on Sunday, 2 December 2012 11:08:47 PM by Eleutheria5
Nearly two years after the Jasmine Revolution brought down the government, Tunisians are still not satisfied, and renewed riots started last week over economic difficulties once again, sparking concerns over more Islamist unrest.
"...We have to look at it in the context of almost two years of transition. We have no functioning parliament and months ago Morsi assumed legislative functions. Now he's decided that there should be no opposition to the laws that he makes and that he is authorized to pass any national security measure. It is difficult to be more absolutist than that. And the constitutional conventionwhat a sad gathering; it threatens to send us back to the darkest period of the Middle Ages..."
Bit optimistic. Back to the seventh century imo.
"Hitler was not defeated by his own people, neither were Ho Chi Minh, Lenin or Fidel Castro."
My point being that none of the internal "resistance" forces were able to overthrow the ruling regime. If we (or europe) allow Islam to do what they want they will rule until invaded by another force.......
which there are none other on earth now.
سجل تعداد المسلمين في السنوات الأخيرة صعودا كبيرا؛ حيث بلغ عددهم مليارا ( وثلاثمائة مليون نسمة، منهم ( 900 ) مليون نسمة في الدول الإسلامية، و ( ٤٠٠ مليون نسمة يعيشون في تجمعات وأقليات مسلمة. ذكرت الإحصائية الدولية التي أعد ا الأمم المتحدة ومنظمة المؤتمر الإسلامي أن المسلمين يعيشون في أكثر من تسعين دولة، منها ( 44 ) دولة إسلامية، والبقية يعيشون فيها بصفة أقليات، وإن من بين الدول الإسلامية توجد ( 14 ) دولة فقط تنص دساتيرها على أن الدين الرسمي لها هو الإسلام، وحسب هذه الإحصائيات فإن عدد المسلمين في قارة آسيا وحدها مليار وعشرون مليون مسلم، وفي إفريقيا ( 250 ) مليون مسلم، ويعيش في قارة أوروبا ( 60 ) مليون مسلم، وفي قارة أمريكا الشمالية والجنوبية عشرة ملايين مسلم. ووفق هذه الإحصائيات فإنه من المنتظر أن يصل تعداد المسلمين إلى مليارين وستمائة ألف خلال وقت قصير، بحيث يتحول المسلمون إلى قوة عظمى ومؤثرة في العالم، بعد أن يكونوا قد غيروا - وفق هذا التصاعد السريع في عددهم - التوازن الديموغرافي في العالم لصالحهم.
Hitler didnt have numerous sects who all hated each other because each believed the other was not fit to live.
Perhaps I should have added, like islam...
Your link leads to a website that's in arabic. Are you assuming we can all read arabic?
Yes, I am. It's called Google Translate! Use it, it is amazing!
The number of Muslims in Europe to about 60 million Muslims of the continent's total population, which amounts to approximately 500 million people. This means that the percentage of Muslims in Europe, amounting to about 12% of the total population. p. 55
You see, the translation is excellent. It's very easy to get the meaning. This document was produced by the king of Saudi Arabia, intended to a muslim public: it is thus very honest about the Saudi project of total conquest, by violent jihad as well as by demographics.
Maybe we should gang up and form a Google-Translate team with other Freepers to inform the world about the Muslim Brotherhood's project and activities.
We can't rely on the MSM, and most big-shot pundits on the Right are too lazies to work.
Even Frontpage don't do that critical stuff.
Google-translate that,. I promise, you'll have a very healty laugh. Don't forget, it's written in the name of the Saudi king.
I think we have known for several years now (9/11 ring a bell?) what their intentions are.
What I am trying to show is that the Saudi 'royal family' are the intended victims of the same 'Arab Spring' - and I doubt if the thousands of perfumed princes and their elite relatives are going to hand over their positions without protest.
The internal fighting between the MB and its first victims, the muslims themselves hasn't even started yet...althought there's a glimmer in Tunisia.
Appreciate your research and posting, but what you show is, I think, a little one-sided. Islam is struggling to stay relative, and you present islam as if it has conquered Europe.
They haven't really started fighting amongst themselves yet.
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MARTINSBURG – A Martinsburg man found guilty of raping a woman at knifepoint last year was sentenced Thursday to 15 to 35 years in prison.
Ruben Castillo, 37, who is incarcerated at Eastern Regional Jail, was convicted Dec. 13 of first-degree sexual assault, domestic battery and violating a family protective order following a three-day jury trial.
He was sentenced by West Virginia 23rd Judicial Circuit Judge John C. Yoder to 15 to 35 years in prison on the first-degree sexual assault conviction and one year in jail on the remaining two convictions; however, Castillo was granted credit for time already served on the two misdemeanor convictions. Yoder also fined Castillo a total of $750 on the misdemeanor convictions, and ordered that he register for life as a convicted sex offender and that he be placed on 15 years of extended supervised release upon the completion of his penitentiary sentence.
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She also alleged that Castillo had threatened to kill her in the past and said that she is fearful that her life and the lives of her family will be in danger when he is released from prison.
"This man has hurt me a great deal for many years. I'm not going to suffer for anyone, especially not for him. I want him to be punished for what he has done," the victim said.
The court also heard from Castillo himself, as well as his attorney, Christopher Prezioso, who filed motions seeking an acquittal and a new trial for his client. Prezioso argued that there was no physical or scientific evidence presented at his client's trial and that the only evidence presented was the victim's testimony. He said no DNA testing was done, nor was there any rape kit examination performed on the victim during the investigation and that his client was never served the FPO he was accused of violating. He also argued that the defense was limited in what evidence it was allowed to present to the jury regarding the victim's credibility.
"He's facing a very long prison sentence. He should be granted a new trial, if not acquitted. He needs another day in court to right this evidence's wrongs," Prezioso said.
The case was prosecuted by Berkeley County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Gregory K. Jones, who told the court that the victim's testimony was sufficient evidence for Castillo to be convicted. He also said that the state was not required to present evidence of physical injuries to the victim's genitalia to meet its burden of proof.
"We have long passed that state in the criminal justice system," Jones said.
He asked the court to deny the defense's motions and that Castillo be sentenced to the penitentiary.
"He is a danger to this family, and he needs to be put away for a long period of time," Jones said.
Yoder ruled the victim's testimony was sufficient evidence to support a conviction and also denied the motion seeking a new trial.
A defiant Castillo, who addressed the court prior to sentencing, maintained his innocence and vowed to appeal his convictions to the West Virginia Supreme Court, telling Yoder that he was sending an innocent man to prison.
"I will take this to the Supreme Court, because justice was not served. There was no evidence whatsoever to find me guilty," Castillo said.
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The Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges will hold a Group Paddle and Picnic in the town of Suwannee. Join us for an easy (beginners welcome), short (3.8 miles, two hours), fresh water paddle on Lock Creek, through Riverine swamp along the Suwannee River.
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The Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge is inviting kids from third through eighth grades to Discovery Day Camp - and it's all free. The new classroom is filled with learning tools like microscopes, spotting scopes, binoculars, animal skeleton replicas and more to keep your student's mind engaged in the outdoors.
A unique setting colored by the natural prairie in full bloom with a symphony of birdsong, butterflies, sunsets and stars. That is the setting for a Haven Hospice fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at the Whitehurst Ranch & Prairie, 9820 SW CR346, Williston.
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The Cedar Keyhole Gallery announced its Artist of the Month for July 2012 as Russell Raethka. Chiefland watercolorist, Raethka creates Cedar Key scenes that emote nostalgic thoughts of seaside living. His many works include wildlife along with remnants of weathered buildings and assorted cast-offs. His style is unique in it's sharpness of detail as well as true to life colors. Russ will have all his latest paintings at the Cedar Keyhole during the month of July.
Clamerica may be off to Washington, D.C. this year to carry the word about Cedar Key's clams to the nation's capitol on July Fourth, but things will not be dull in Cedar Key.
The city is not sponsoring a fireworks show, but some residents will be putting on their own show and the morning will kick off with the annual Independence Day parade of vehicles and vessels.
The Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges will hold a group paddle and picnic in Cedar Key. All are welcome.
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The Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge will host a Kids Photo Safari on Tuesday, June 19, from 9-1 p.m. at Refuge headquarters for grades 3 – 9. Digital cameras and nature journals are provided for the photographers to keep notes on what they see. Reserve your child's camera now. Ten slots are available - and it's all free.
Summer art teachers needed
The Cedar Key Arts Guild's Summer Art Program Coordinators are wondering if there is anyone among you who might be interested in teaching a 2-1/2 hour (9-11:30 a.m.) workshop to children (either elementary or secondary level or both groups at different times) during the weeks of July 16-27. We still have six time slots to fill (three teachers if they will do both groups) and there is a small stipend involved.
The Cedar Key Dolphin Research Project team will be hosting an informative session titled, "Past, Present, Future" at the Cedar Key Library on Thursday, June 14 at 5 p.m.
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Proceeds will benefit BACK Fighting Cancer which in turn supports families in the Tri-County area who have a child who has been diagnosed with cancer.
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Kleinwort Benson CEO steps down
Sally Tennant is stepping aside as chief executive of UK wealth manager Kleinwort Benson to become senior adviser.
She will be succeeded by Martha Boeckenfeld, chief financial officer at the bank's holding company RHJ International, according to a statement today.
Tennant is stepping aside after three years as CEO, during which time she has presided over a revival of morale following a difficult period for Kleinwort Benson during the credit crisis. However, she stands down following a loss-making year for the wealth management business.
Boeckenfeld is adding the job of chief executive to her role as RHJ finance chief, subject to regulatory approval. She is also responsible for integrating RHJ's recent acquisition of BHF-Bank of Germany into the group, leading to potential synergies.
In the year to December 31, Kleinwort Benson's wealth business saw 14% growth in assets under management to £5.9 billion following inflows worth £399 million.
Around £6.4 million was invested in growth initiatives last year, with underlying expenses 3% lower than year before. But a tightening of credit spreads led to a 12% fall in operating revenues. Net fee revenues fell 4%.
Overall, this contributed to losses at Kleinwort Benson before exceptional items of £11.7 million in 2013, against pre-exceptionals profit of £1.4 million the previous year. After exceptional items, the 2013 loss was £13.7 million.
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 10.11.2011 at 00:00
Presumably a Facebook announcement since Panzer added it.
Written by J. N. on 19.11.2011 at 14:23Interview announcement, so hmph.
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 27.01.2013 at 00:25
This has leaked like a cheap, chlamydia-ridden hooker.
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 27.01.2013 at 00:57
I don't think either of you will be disappointed...
Written by Paz on 27.01.2013 at 01:48
Trve, we aren't. Another portion of fucked up DM which we all love!
PS. Abyssal beats everything that I've heard this year... even this (great) shit o.O
Written by Diverge on 09.05.2013 at 21:54
this kind of experimental death metal is a great genre
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 09.05.2013 at 22:43
Written by Diverge on 09.05.2013 at 21:54
this kind of experimental death metal is a great genre
No idea why people keep referring to this and similar stuff as "experimental." It's not even progressive or avant-garde, let alone that. It's more or less old-school death taken to the next level with regards to production denseness and guitar tone. Structure wise it's certainly not really anything out of the ordinary. (and yes I'm aware MS has them down as experimental death, but that should, and probably will be, changed at some point).
Written by Diverge on 10.05.2013 at 05:25
It's more just a convention than anything else, I think. I still think that they are doing things that are noticeably different in death metal, but doing a great job of incorporating it into the conventional death metal song structures- hence, why I believe the term "experimental" is appropriate. I certainly wouldn't characterize them as avant-garde or progressive, but they still find ways to stray from the beaten track (even the track covered by bands like Abyssal and similar bands).
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 10.05.2013 at 14:58
Written by Diverge on 10.05.2013 at 05:25
It's more just a convention than anything else, I think. I still think that they are doing things that are noticeably different in death metal, but doing a great job of incorporating it into the conventional death metal song structures- hence, why I believe the term "experimental" is appropriate. I certainly wouldn't characterize them as avant-garde or progressive, but they still find ways to stray from the beaten track (even the track covered by bands like Abyssal and similar bands).
Well by definition avant-garde music is experimental, and the term experimental is used for music which goes even further out in constructing compositions that defy the majority of conventions seen in music. For that reason virtually nothing about this is "experimental" as you only have to look at the likes of Incantation and such to see that what Portal is doing is little more than a minor tweak with some added emphasis on image. Terms like experimental and avant-garde are massively mis- and overused by metallers, using it with any band they think sounds vaguely different. I understand that this is "convention" and that people will always use terms where they probably don't belong, but with Portal I find the term "experimental" particularly inappropriate as people are focusing far too much on superficial elements, rather than the actual music.
Written by Diverge on 10.05.2013 at 21:13
When most people classify music or wish to articulate what a band sounds like, they tend to group bands in with other groups; sure, a good description of what the band actually sounds like is important, but for the most part, we tend to say that band A is "clearly influenced by band B" or takes "the rhythmic backbone of band C" or generally uses some attribute like dissonance "in the same way that band C does." Almost every review on Metal Storm and EM does this, and I'm sure you are familiar with what I'm talking about. I'd be the first one to admit that I use the term avant-garde in a different way from most other people- I tend to think of experimental metal as being exclusively for bands who do interesting things within conventional song structures, whereas I use avant-garde to describe only music that is, to my ears, radically without comparison at the time of release (Orkenkjott, Unexpect, Ved Buens Ende, etc.). I think a gradation scale of "experimental-ness" is reasonable. It's not, by definition of avant-garde/experimental, correct, but it is the most natural way of classification that comes to me. It's neither entirely appropriate nor completely inappropriate, but it is simply adequate for my listening purposes, even with a bit of violence to language.
When I was talking about the band in my initial post, I was using this natural tendency to group artists with similar artists. Relative to Portal's other music, as you've mentioned, this is relatively tame and less murky; I definitely agree that this is not experimental, especially when you compare it to Outre'. But I'm still locked in this tendency to characterize, label and classify this music relative to contemporaries doing similar things (ie. Abyssal, a band I would almost certainly describe as experimental metal). Putting all these bands under a single label is a particularly hard thing to do, and there's obviously going to be some damage done to groups by labelling. For me, they are a member of a group of bands that I would call experimental and unconventional (Ævangelist, Mitochondrion,Impetuous Ritual, etc.), because in the extreme metal/death metal genres, less than 10% of band use the kind of dissonance, noise and percussive style than these groups use. They all manage to explore different territory with these common elements, however, and I don't believe any new listener would be harmed or led astray if I characterized Portal as an experimental band playing within a culture filled with bands like the ones I mentioned above. That's probably why Portal will keep being referred to as experimental death. Anyway, I think that the superficial elements you mention are far more prominent in Portal's music than simply a "minor tweak with some added emphasis on image"- look at the passage at 3:48 of Kilter, and great chunks of Awreyon, for example. The experimental elements are still in this album, though; although sparse and subtle, they are there.
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 10.05.2013 at 22:02
Written by Diverge on 10.05.2013 at 23:17
Countless other listeners would classify the bands I have listed as experimental.
"Disturbing, experimental and almost wholly unwelcoming, Matron Thorn and crew have really written themselves something here that will paint the walls of sanity with the listener's cranial contents."- review by autothrall Ævangelist on E.M.
"Their [Mitochondrion's] sound is almost impossible to describe because it's so unusual and unique. How do you explain what (PL labelmates) Portal sounds like? Or Demilich? The terms "crazy", "bizarre", "experimental", and "completely fucked up" just scratch the surface. And those two bands are really the closest things out there to explain what Mitochondrion is all about."- FullMetalAttorney on E.M.
Classifying Portal as progressive death metal might be a decent option, but even then, Progarchives says: "The difference between many death metal bands and Portal is that the band mixes complex and experimental concepts, in the creation of a truly heavy and creeping sound." It's not a stretch of the imagination to conceive of them as experimental metal; lots of people do. Personally, I wouldn't classify them as simply progressive metal, since that would put them too close to groups like Disillusion, Edge of Sanity, Opeth, Cynic, etc., bands who play music with typical progressive musical structures and an aesthetic indebted to prog from the 60s onward. True, Portal play with conventional structures as well on this one, but to place them with that group seems out of place to me. Perhaps experimental prog is appropriate, since most listeners seem to find something "fucked up" about them relative to other death metal bands (referencing a comment made earlier in the thread).
Also, the term "experimental movement" is common, and by no means an oxymoron; hell, post-metal is really just an "experimental movement" generated in the '90s. If you go on Progarchives, this view is fairly standard, and few on that site would be quick to classify Portal as avant-garde. Looking at the page, there are 0 instances of that term being used in a review of Portal. I really don't think my schematization is that uncommon. Like I've said earlier, I just think it's better to use a gradation system to describe bands that are extremely avant-garde, and groups that do innovative, off-beat things while dwelling in traditional song structures. But that's just me- I can only speak for myself.
Feel free to continue discussing here or by PM if you feel like this conversation is still fruitful to you.
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 10.05.2013 at 23:36
If you ask me people have a bad habit of throwing the term "experimental" at bands which are difficult to listen to so characteristics like dissonance and noisy, complex structures are often tied in with the idea of experimentation but I don't believe the two are synonymous, and people that do consider "fucked up" and "experimental" to be one and the same in all cases are just lazy in their choice of words. Then again I'm quite happy to use, and see used, the term "experimental" as an addendum to a much more official classification that more realistically looks at the structures and ultimately overall product at hand but people that outright class Portal (or at least recent Portal) as experimental are, as I say, lazy and letting affectations cloud their judgement.
An "experimental movement" is likely spearheaded by a particular band (likely a genuinely experimental one), which then spawned a following. That following wouldn't be much of an experiment if they're working off something already established. Post-metal was practically it's own area of music, there's nothing like that going on with Portal; it's just death metal but denser. Nothing new, nothing experimental, just great and interesting use of old ideas and paradigms. Even the so-called "post-death" movement is hardly ground for classing something as a whole new way of looking at metal (thus worthy of being called experimental) rather it's a nice fusion of two established sounds in metal.
By the way, I wouldn't regard Portal as progressive or avant-garde. To my ears there's not enough ingenuity to give them that tag. They're death metal, that's really it unless you wanted to start adding sparsely used flourishes, or "gradation" which is fine for personal use but completely impractical on a broader scale as you end up giving bands their own genre.
Written by Diverge on 11.05.2013 at 00:15At least I only have you to debate with, and not all of Metal Storm like Merchant of Doom sometimes has to contend with


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World Cafe Next: New Country Rehab
By editor • Aug 12, 2013
Originally published on October 3, 2014 1:59 pm
Out of the Toronto music community comes New Country Rehab, an alt-country band that just released its second album, Ghost Of Your Charms.
The foursome, led by singer and fiddle player John Showman, combine a bluegrass aesthetic with some really strong songwriting chops. We love their song "Luxury Hotel," which may make you think differently about your summer vacation spot.
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JXTA in a Nutshell
In part three in this excerpt from JXTA in a Nutshell, learn how to configure a JXTA application.
The dialog box that we showed in Figure 2-1 (in part one of this book excerpt) should make a little more sense now. That box is called the JXTA configurator tool, and it's a basic feature of the JXTA platform. All JXTA applications use this tool when they are first configured.
Configuration information is stored by this tool in the local directory. The configuration information also includes a local port number on which the JXTA application will listen. For that reason, you cannot run two instances of the shell (or any other application) on the same machine from the same directory. Instead, you must do the following:
Create a new directory in which to hold the configuration information (e.g., /files/JXTA_Demo/Shell.2).
Copy the shell.sh or shell.bat script into that directory.
cd to that directory.
Execute the startup script.
When this shell starts, you will again be presented with the configuration box from Figure 2-1. You'll need to perform some advanced configuration in order for this second shell to run.
The configurator has four panels:
Basic: The basic panel of the configurator allows you to assign a name to your peer. Any string can be entered (we chose "Test Shell 1"): it can represent a person's name, a hostname, or any other identifier. The name you enter is not guaranteed to be unique. No centralized naming service is used by the configurator; therefore, two peers may end up with the same name. This is okay, since the peer name is intended to be used only as a hint for searching or identifying peers. Also, each peer is assigned a peer ID that is guaranteed to be unique for every peer in the JXTA network.
This panel also allows you to specify whether your machine is behind a firewall. If you are behind a firewall, select the option to use a proxy server and enter the proxy server's name and port into the given boxes. When a proxy server is enabled, requests to the rendezvous peers will be wrapped into HTTP messages before they are sent to the peer.
Advanced: The advanced panel allows you to set up network information about the peer. JXTA v1.0 supports two transports: TCP/IP and HTTP. By default, the configurator tool preconfigures both a TCP/IP and HTTP transport to communicate with other peers.
In This Series
Getting Started with JXTA, Part 5
Getting Started with JXTA, Part 4
Getting Started with JXTA, Part 2
Getting Started with JXTA, Part 1
You should enable the TCP settings if there are other JXTA peers on your local network that you want to discover through the broadcast mechanism of PDP. The choice menu lists all the networks that the machine knows about; these are the networks on which the shell could listen for broadcast messages from other peers. Note, however, that you can select only one network on which to listen for messages.
The text box in the TCP/IP configuration section contains the network port that will be used for application-level messages to other peers. If you are running multiple instances of the JXTA platform on a single computer, you must change the port number parameter: each JXTA application needs to have its own port number to bind a listening socket to the port.
Similarly, enable the HTTP settings if you want to make connections to the rendezvous hosts we listed above. Note that you enable this to use HTTP to rendezvous to those hosts regardless of whether you're behind a firewall or use Network Address Translation (NAT). The message here is a little misleading. If you're behind a firewall, then you should enable the proxy server on the basic panel and fill in its name and port number as appropriate. Making connections through the HTTP rendezvous ports can take some time; while you're experimenting with JXTA on your local network, it's more efficient to disable this feature (though you'll lose the ability to interact with other peers on the Internet while this feature is disabled). If you are not connected to the Internet, you must disable the HTTP settings.
One more note about the TCP port. Peers on a local TCP network discover each other through a multicast message. However, once they've discovered each other, they communicate directly over a specific port (known as the endpoint). The value of the endpoint is embedded within the PDP messages that the peers exchange. A peer listens for connections on this port; one peer contacts another by making a connection to the second peer's endpoint. That's why we had to change the port number when we started a second shell on the same machine: each shell needs an unused port number on the machine. If you run two shells on different machines, changing the port isn't necessary.
Rendezvous/relays: The rendezvous/relays panel allows you to specify specific hosts to be used as rendezvous and/or relay peers. By default, JXTA peers will download the lists of HTTP rendezvous peers by connecting to http://rdv.jxtahosts.net/cgi-bin/httpRdvsProd.cgi and HTTP relay peers by connecting to http://rdv.jxtahosts.net/cgi-bin/routersProd.cgi. If you press the Download relay and rendezvous lists button at the bottom of this panel, you can specify a different location from which to load these lists. When the lists are loaded, you'll see that the default addresses for JXTA.ORG 235 and 237 have been added as both rendezvous and relay peers. You may delete either of these peers or add any other peers through the fields on this panel.
Note that if you disabled the HTTP transport on the advanced panel that the HTTP rendezvous and relay settings are not available.
Security: The final panel is one we've seen: it requires you to enter a name and password for access to this peer. Whenever the peer is restarted from this directory, you will be prompted for the values you entered into this panel.
Network configuration information that you enter in the configurator is stored in the PlatformConfig file of the current directory. When a JXTA application starts, it consults this file to determine how it should configure itself. Information about your username and password is stored in files within the ./pse directory.
The first time that you start an application in a directory, the configurator will run and automatically create those files. After that, if you need to change the configuration information, you must remove the PlatformConfig file (to change the network information) and/or the pse directory (to change the username and password). Alternately, you can create a file called reconf in the current directory, in which case the configurator will run, and you'll be allowed to change the network information (but not the username and password).
From the shell, you can create the reconf file with the
peerconfig command:
peerconfig: Please exit restart the jxta shell to reconfigure !!!!!
Then exit the shell and restart it; the configurator will reappear, and you can enter new network information.
A fundamental problem P2P systems such as JXTA need to address is the ability to create a connection between two peers located at the edges of the Internet. Firewalls and NAT solutions currently deployed on the Internet create logical partitioned zones that preclude peers from talking directly with each other.
Firewall solutions are primarily deployed to create protected regions and to limit incoming traffic from the outside world. Many companies on the Internet today use firewall software to protect their internal networks from unwanted external intruders and traffic; home firewalls are becoming increasingly popular for individual users as well.
NAT solutions address the limitation on the number of IP addresses that can be assigned on a particular local network. These limitations stem from two areas. First, the sheer number of devices that are connected to the Internet is greater than the present address space of IP addresses. Second, many users (particularly home users with small networks) prefer to use NAT to shield information about their network topology from the outside world and to limit the number of IP addresses they must purchase from their service provider. IPv6 will eventually solve the first of these issues, but not the second.
So both firewalls and NAT address real problems; they will be a reality of public networks for the foreseeable future. P2P networks such as JXTA need to provide traversal and piercing capabilities to enable any peer on the network to talk with any other peer. JXTA assumes uniform reachability between peers, independently of their physical location in the network (e.g., behind a firewall or NAT).
Therefore, JXTA implementations must support firewall traversal and NAT piercing. This is accomplished in JXTA 1.0 using HTTP; it's important to set the fields of the configurator correctly to take advantage of these features.
In certain environments, it may not be convenient to configure the JXTA platform via a graphical interface. In that case, you must configure the environment by hand. There are two issues here: the network configuration and the security configuration.
The network configuration information is stored within the PlatformConfig file located in the current directory. If you want to change network parameters, you can edit this file by hand before starting your JXTA application. If you are running a brand new JXTA application, you can copy an existing PlatformConfig file, make any necessary changes to it, and then run your application. Alternately, if no windowing system is available when the JXTA application starts, it will prompt you as to whether it should continue:
The window-based configurator does not seem to be usable.
Do you want to stop and edit the current configuration ? [no]:
Using the current configuration.
If you answer this question with anything other than the string "yes," JXTA will create a default PlatformConfig file and run with the network parameters set in that file. If you do answer "yes," the application will throw an exception and exit, allowing you to edit the PlatformConfig file.
You must configure the username and password differently. The username and password information is stored within the pse directory. If that directory does not exist, then the platform will always attempt to run the configurator. If the configurator cannot run, you will get the same prompt as above, but there is no default username or password, and the application will ultimately fail.
What you must do in this case is specify the desired username and password on the command line by setting these two properties:
Note that the password must be specified in "the clear"; it will not echo as a series of asterisks. Using these properties will initialize the correct entries in the pse directory and allow your application to continue.
The username and password must be specified every time a JXTA application runs; the second time you run the shell, you'll get a pop-up window asking you to specify the username and password. To avoid this pop-up window, you may specify these properties when you start the application.
There's an interesting difference here: if the application prompts you for the username and password, you will not be able to proceed unless you type in the correct values. If you specify the username and password via command-line properties, the application will continue to function until those values are needed. In most JXTA applications, the username and password are needed only to create secure (encrypted) pipes. Therefore, unless your application uses secure pipes, it will work perfectly even if you specify the incorrect username and password via the command line. We'll explore this a little bit further in Chapter 7.
The JXTA Shell caches information about peers it has discovered in the ./cm directory. If you shut down a shell and then restart it, you'll notice that it still knows about the same peers, even before you execute a
peers -r command. This caching feature is used by many JXTA applications, though it is not a requirement of JXTA: it's up to the application to determine how (or if) it should cache information about previously discovered peers.
So when the JXTA Shell restarts, it still knows about all of the previously discovered peers. But what happens if these peers have disconnected? In that case, you need to flush the list of peers. This is done with the
peers -f command:
peer0: name = Test Shell 1
peer1: name = Test Shell 2
JXTA>peers -f
peer0: name = Test Shell 1
The point is that peers are strictly transient by nature, and you cannot assume that a peer will continue to exist if you restart a session (or even during the same session). Peers come, peers go, and it's up to JXTA applications to be prepared to deal with this fact.
The caching of peer information by the shell is a specific case of advertisement caching. Every network resource in JXTA is described by an advertisement. Advertisements are XML documents that publish the availability of a resource and specify how to access the resource (we'll discuss them in more detail later in this chapter). When we discovered a peer, what we really discovered was the advertisement for that peer.
Advertisements may be cached by peers. Caching advertisements facilitates advertisement discovery, as more peers are likely to cache the requested advertisement. Without caching, peers would have to crawl through the entire network to find the advertisement they are looking for. Thus, caching reduces the exponential growth of messages sent within the network to discover a resource.
Each advertisement contains a time-to-live value that specifies the lifetime of the advertisement in the JXTA network. The lifetime is specified as a time relative to when the advertisement was published; when the lifetime expires, the advertisement is purged from the cache. This enables the network to maintain itself without centralized control.
As we mentioned, the JXTA specification does not specify how peers cache information; each peer is free to use a caching policy appropriate for its own environment. A PDA may cache very few advertisements only for its own usage. An enterprise server may cache more advertisements and supply them to other peers in the network. However, the standard JXTA API bindings that we discuss in later chapters automatically perform this caching. So by default, most JXTA applications will cache their advertisements.
In the next installment, learn about Pipes.
Related Reading
JXTA in a Nutshell
Scott Oaks is a Java Technologist at Sun Microsystems, where he has worked since 1987. While at Sun, he has specialized in many disparate technologies, from the SunOS kernel to network programming and RPCs.
Bernard Traversat is a well-known developer in the Java Community and an active member of the Project JXTA. Bernard is the Engineering Manager for the JXTA CORE.
Li Gong is a well-known developer in the Java Community and an active member of the Project JXTA. Li is the JXTA Engineering Director for the JXTA CORE.
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Grand jury: Blair indicted on burglary charge
A Marietta man who was found bloodied and confused in a Third Street apartment without permission was one of 18 people indicted this week by a Washington County grand jury.
Ira D. Blair Jr., 28, currently incarcerated in the Washington County Jail, was indicted on a fourth-degree felony count of burglary.
"He had been charged with burglary for breaking into 423 Third St. on April 2 and we went ahead with the grand jury on that one," said Washington County Prosecutor Jim Schneider.
On the same day, a dead body was found inside Blair's 139 Groves Ave. residence. Police have since been investigating the death of 68-year-old Frank B. Stephens as a homicide.
Officials have declined to say whether they believe Blair has any involvement in the death.
Blair was found in an upstairs bedroom of 423 Third St. by the building's owner, David Martin. Martin does not stay at the residence, but decided to check the building that day after receiving an anonymous phone call that Trent Mason was dealing drugs there, according to Martin's testimony during an earlier preliminary hearing.
Instead of finding Mason, Martin found Blair, asleep and bleeding profusely.
Blair told officers from the Marietta Police Department that he had gotten permission to sleep there from Martin's daughter, 23-year-old Ali. However, Ali denied giving him permission and phone records showed Blair had not called her at the time he indicated.
Mason, 24, was also indicted this week on two fourth-degree felony drug trafficking charges. He is accused of selling heroin to task force agents on Jan. 12 and 14, once in the Kroger parking lot and once at his residence at 711 Front St., said Schneider.
"Mason was already indicted last month and that charge is set for trial in June," he added.
The earlier charge alleges that Mason was stockpiling chemicals to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Mason is currently being held without bond at the Washington County Jail.
"He is in violation of his judicial release. He was in prison in 2010, but (Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Ed) Lane granted him release and since he violated that he's been ordered held without bond," said Schneider.
Other indictments included:
Timothy C. Workman, 29 and currently incarcerated in the Washington County Jail, was indicted on a second-degree felony count of burglary. He is accused of trying to steal from a Belpre home on April 4.
Nickie J. Myers, 39, of 413 Third St., Marietta, was indicted on a third-degree felony count of gross sexual imposition. Myers is accused of engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with his girlfriend's 12-year-old niece on Feb. 9.
David W. Stratton, 57, and Kimberly S. Bechak, 42, both of 2228 Sealy Ridge Road, Vincent, were each indicted on one third-degree felony count of cultivation of marijuana and one third-degree felony count of possession of marijuana.
"There is a protection order against Mr. Stratton so when he went to get his stuff from Ms. Bechak's home, a deputy accompanied him out there," explained Washington County Assistant Prosecutor Jared Erb.
The deputy smelled marijuana and Bechak informed him that Stratton had been growing marijuana plants in the former couple's bedroom closet, said Erb.
Because the plants were in Bechak's home, she was also charged with possession and cultivation.
"She ratted herself out basically," said Erb.
Freddy D. Taylor, 42, of 729 Ninth St., Marietta, was indicted on one fourth-degree and one fifth-degree felony count of trafficking in drugs and two fifth-degree felony counts of possession of drugs. Taylor is accused of selling heroin to undercover agents from the Major Crimes Task Force on Dec. 3 and 5. On one occasion, Taylor sold the drugs in the presence of his girlfriend's minor children, resulting in the fourth-degree felony, said Schneider.
When the task force executed a search warrant at Taylor's home on Dec. 27, they found Taylor at a table with Russell C. Beardsley, 38, of 19580 State Route 550, Marietta, who was shooting up heroin at the time.
"He had the syringe in his hand and the belt around his arm," said Schneider.
Beardsley was therefore indicted on a fifth-degree felony count of possession of drugs.
Taylor's possession charges come from the heroin and a morphine tablet found in the home.
William G. Surface, 32, of 600 Heath Road Drive Unit 1083, Myrtle Beach, S.C., was indicted on a third-degree felony count of intimidation. Surface was arrested March 30 for disorderly conduct because he was allegedly drunkenly harassing people at Peebles in Marietta. In the police vehicle, Surface reportedly told the officer that he was going to shoot up the police office because he disagreed with being arrested.
"He said he was going to get all the police with his .308 rifle and his M16," said Schneider.
Jesse S. Lyons, 34, and Jennifer Lyons, 32, both of 3100 Highland Ridge Road, Lowell, were each indicted on a fifth-degree felony count of theft. The Lyons are accused of defrauding the Washington County Department of Job and Family Services out of $6,700 by failing to report that Jesse Lyons had gotten a new job. They allegedly collected the extra benefits from February 2011 to June 2011.
"They would not have received those benefits if he had reported his job," said Erb.
In another case involving the misuse of public assistance, Missi A. Scott, 41, of 5355 State Route 26, Marietta, was indicted on two fifth-degree felony counts of forgery and a fourth-degree felony count of theft. Scott is also accused of not reporting an increase in income.
"But this wasn't just a case of forgetting to tell them," said Erb.
Scott allegedly forged her direct deposit printouts and letters from her employee, which indicated she was working fewer hours than she actually was. Between March 2011 and June 2012, she is thought to have received $9,700 in benefits to which she was not entitled, said Erb.
David L. McPherson II, 35, of Route 2 Box 1M, Waverly, W.Va., was indicted on two fourth-degree felony counts of vehicular assault. McPherson was allegedly drunk when he crashed head on into another vehicle in Belpre on Nov. 17, injuring a 7-year-old girl and her grandmother.
McPherson was previously indicted in relation to the accident in December. However, those third-degree felony counts of aggravated vehicular assault had to be dismissed because the blood work for the OVI was done out of state and therefore could not be used to prove the crash was the result of drunk driving, said Erb.
The blood work can however be used to show that McPherson's wreck was the result of recklessness, so the case was re-indicted. It showed McPherson's blood alcohol content to be .354 percent at the time of the crash, said Erb.
Justin M. Hashman, 29, of 1011 32nd St., Parkersburg, was indicted on two fourth-degree felony counts of theft. Hashman, who was formerly employed as a nurse at Marietta Memorial Hospital, is accused of stealing drugs from the hospital's automated drug dispensing system. The hospital noticed discrepancies in January and February involving vials of liquid morphine and hydromorphone pills, said Schneider. Hashman had worked at the hospital two years prior to being dismissed for the incident, he said.
"There was no indication that patients were deprived of their medicine," he added.
However, drugs were missing without documentation to prove that they had ever been prescribed by a doctor.
Stacy R. Thompson, 32, of 3819 Liberty St., Parkersburg, was indicted on a fourth-degree felony count of trafficking in drugs and a fifth-degree felony count of trafficking in drugs. Thompson, who currently has separate drug charges pending in Washington County Common Pleas Court, is accused of selling heroin to task force agents on Jan. 14 and 28. One sale was in the Kroger parking lot. The other was within 1,000 feet of Harmar Elementary School, resulting in the fourth-degree felony, said Schneider.
Alisha J. O'Connor, 33, of 715 Camden Ave., Parkersburg, was indicted on a fourth-degree felony count of domestic violence. O'Connor, who has a previous misdemeanor charge of domestic violence, is accused of showing up at her husband's place of employment and hitting him until he was forced to lock himself inside the business, said Erb.
William C. Sprouse, 29, of 155 Wisconsin Ave., Columbus, was indicted on one fifth-degree felony count of nonsupport of dependents. He is accused of not paying child support between January 2009 to January 2013, falling behind $2,400 on his payments.
Duane E. Hough II, 38, of 8415 State Route 550, Vincent, was indicted on a fourth-degree misdemeanor count of unauthorized use of property. Hough is accused of using a gun that he did not have permission to use.


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Happy Labor Day and Nevermind Those Home Whites
Celebrate! Holla out loud! Be glad, fellow US Americans!
It's Labor Day! And, ironically, this is the one day of the year where we are encouraged to sit around and do nothing… so get out there and… do nothing!
Of course, idle hands lead to idle thought leads to the tempestuous question: why in the world can't we wear white after Labor Day?
Whoever the culprit, it's obvious that he (or she) wasn't a baseball fan.
So his/her rules are as obviously un-American as, say, not having a personal Jesus-friend, private insurance and an obedient wife.
Enjoy doing nothing today, y'all! We deserve it!
Hate me 'cuz you're bored, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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LOL Jeff. That is right! whoever said that is not a baseball fan. Dodgers are at San Diego tonight so the Padres will wear their camauflage unis.
In the grand scheme of political correctness, how does this day make those unable to be part of todays Labor force feel, and what should it be changed to so as not to upset anyone, plus what color should be banned after this day to equally prevent anyone being offended… blah blah blah post season …blah… reds….blah….Cards…blah…
Maybe it is the music of The Ramones, or even Adam Ant that led me to not wear white even before Labor Day. Except for the occasional white socks, you will never see me in a white T-shirt or any other type of non-color substanciated clothing without being repressed by The Man.
Maybe it is the reasoning of not wanting grass stains on it, or even a BBQ sandwich splash would send it into the laundry heap to be discarded like a kitchen towel.
White to me maybe be the essence of all colors, but it is a biotch to clean every day.
Rays Renegade
Well, my Yanks are still on their homestand, so there is nothing they can do about the whites🙂 I had fun doing nothing yesterday….but now I'm in school, typing away on this little laptop when I'm used to my giant beautiful home computer😦
Emma — I'm all about 'Merica… but those unis are ugly as hell.
Peter — What postseason? I must be dreaming.
Jane — ME TOO!
RR — I get dirty no matter what I eat… that's just how I roll.
Virginia — Yep, breakin' the rules!
The Mets took the entreaty to "do nothing" to heart.


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Home List of Titles The stellar populations of early-type galaxies I: observations, line strengths and stellar population parameters
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/152332
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- Title
- The stellar populations of early-type galaxies I: observations, line strengths and stellar population parameters
- Author(s)
- Harrison, Craig D.; Colless, Matthew; Kuntschner, Harald; Couch, Warrick J.; De Propris, Roberto; Pracy, Michael B.
- Abstract
- The influence of environment on the formation and evolution of early-type galaxies is, as yet, an unresolved issue. Constraints can be placed on models of early-type galaxy formation and evolution by examining their stellar populations as a function of environment. We present a catalogue of galaxies well suited to such an investigation. The magnitude-limited (b(J) <= 19.45 ) sample was drawn from four clusters (Coma, A1139, A3558 and A930 at << z >> = 0.04) and their surrounds. The catalogue contains luminosities, redshifts, velocity dispersions and Lick line strengths for 416 galaxies, of which 245 are classified as early types. Luminosity-weighted ages, metallicities and alpha-element abundance ratios have been estimated for 219 of these early types. We also outline the steps necessary for measuring fully calibrated Lick indices and estimating the associated stellar population parameters using up-to-date methods and stellar population models. In a subsequent paper we perform a detailed study of the stellar populations of early-type galaxies in clusters and investigate the effects of environment.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 409, no. 4 (Dec 2010), pp. 1455-1469
- Publication year
- 2010
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Galaxies; Galaxy clusters; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; galaxy stellar content; Globular-clusters; Redshift survey; Absorption feature; Spectra; Stars
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- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
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- Copyright © 2010 The authors. Journal copyright © 2010 Royal Astronomical Society. The accepted manuscript of this paper is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive publication is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.
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Wheel of fortune
February 6, 2013 —
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — People often seek to understand why things happen the way they do in all areas of life, including sports. The answer may be found among three distinct theories that seek to explain the strange mixture of uplifting and disappointing outcomes. The first points to fate: that everything is pre-ordained and we are merely acting out a script that was already transcribed. To accept this bleak, deterministic view of things implies we are not really in control. Ergo some teams are just "fated" to win, while others are destined to lose.
An opposing idea is that we have free will and it is by our choices and acts that we influence what may or may not happen. Coaches preach this mantra to their teams: that it's up to them to achieve success by choosing to work collectively and intensely for the common goal. The late iconic UCLA Coach John Wooden never had his team look at film of opponents. He maintained that the only thing that mattered was how well the Bruins executed their game plan. It certainly worked during his tenure, which included 10 national championships. Then there is the issue of randomness: things just happen. Call it luck or the lack of it. A shot goes in, a ball bounces a certain way, a key player fouls out. Sometimes teams are just lucky. While this may all seem strangely metaphysical considering this is a sports column, actually it's not. To a certain extent all three of these theories interact.
This past week, the Tri-Valley girls basketball team 9-4 (3-2 OCIAA), which had previously suffered only one league loss, an unfortunate 61-56-overtime home defeat to Chester back on December 14, went on the road to take on the Lady Hambletonians 9-3 (6-0 OCIAA), who would remain undefeated in Division V. As the three-time reigning division champs, the Tri-Valley Lady Bears viewed this game as a must-win scenario if they were to retain, at least, a share of the title, as well as a higher seed in the Section 9 Class C sectionals. They implemented a new zone defense in an attempt to deter the interior adept scoring of sophomore Simone Ayers. But despite that new wrinkle, which they soon had to abandon, they ended up losing 58-46 with Chester claiming the division crown. Success is never guaranteed because of past triumphs and, in this case, Chester played far better. It wasn't luck and it wasn't fate. Down the line, these teams may meet again in the more meaningful Section 9 playoffs. What went before won't matter as each team marshals its best to see which prevails and moves on.


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u damn right I cheered big time ..
then I wonderded why Melo was not picked first in the draft, we all seen little of this HS player Lebron James other than Lebron's classic take over in the Mcdonalds Games.
The Talk on Lebron was big butt Melo won the NCAA Championship MVP .. O.K Lebron was a resident of Cleveland.
When Melo wasnt picked first, my expectation was Melo will b the 2nd picked because Detroit was in need of a scorer in a bad way. Especially when it was their frontcourt bigmen DEFENSE that help them come back in the first round to win a series they were down 1-3 vs Magics HC Doc Rivers & T-Mac a month before the draft. Butt Detroit selected a Euro-player center Darko Millicic with the 2nd pick over the NCAA Championship MVP Melo, when Detroit only had one SF on their roster they selected the previous season with their 23rd pick a athletic defensive 6.9 Tayshan Prince going into his 2nd season in the NBA.
And if anyone ever watched Marquette in 2002, knew 6.4 SG D.Wayne Wade who covered 3 position well on offense/defense was automatically the 2nd pick in the 2003 draft class.
The 17-65 record Denver Nuggets GM Kiki Vandeweigh was not expecting the NCAA Championship MVP player Melo to be available at the 3rd pick.
When Melo join the Denver Nuggets the team had no system, no style, and no PG to run the backcourt.
So drafting Melo had GM Kiki Vandeweigh in the 2003 offseason sign PG-Miller, PG-Earl Boykins, and SG-Barry, to go with the previous roster of SG-Lenard, PF-Birdman, C-Nene, and C-Camby relentless defense to win 43 games with rookie Melo's 42% fg shooting doing all the scoring throughout the 2003-4 season.
When Melo became a Knicks .. the Knicks also had no-system, no style, and no PG to run the backcourt.
The Knicks 2010-11 system was based on 30 plus minutes performance from HC Dantoni's small-rotation of Felton, W.Chandler, Gallo, Amare, 2nd season Douglas, and rookie Landry Fields.