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My twin brother died, unexpectedly, five months ago. I am 58 and yes, it broke my heart. In that dark time I learnt a lot of things quickly about grief and love and loss. It is surprising how little we know about it, considering it happens all the time.
Maybe the baby boomers are only now moving into the grief and loss section of their lives and the profusion of guidance and self-help books about it have yet to come (Grieving for Dummies?).
I discovered that in the section of society in which I live (white, middle class), the social coping and relating skills about death appear to be sketchy. Most people here are ill-equipped. Some draw closer; some run 50 miles away; some want to revisit their own grief at your expense, increasing pain; some think that a jolly good ''cheer up and get on with it'' is the remedy; and some heartily advise you to throw yourself into work. A few, very few, sit beside you and listen.
It was at that time that I relearnt the valuable lesson about the kindness of strangers. When I reflect, at every crisis point in my life a stranger has stepped up and offered me something, a gift of some kind, and it has always been perfect.
When I lost my four-year-old daughter in a giant Westfield mall in Sydney on a bustling and indifferent Saturday morning, a woman I have never seen before found her, brought her to me and disappeared into the crowd.
When my husband left me and I was barely coping, a woman in the haberdashery section of Harvey Norman offered such consolation. She helped me as I was about to lose it among the sheets and pillowcases. I never saw those women again.
After my brother's funeral I flew back from New Zealand in a fragile state. An older woman sat next to me. She told me she was a twin. The kindness, sensitivity and understanding of that unknown woman carried me across the Tasman. Only later did I marvel that in a big plane, a twin had sat next to me.
What has happened to grief? Does the (ridiculous) anti-ageing push mean we draw further back from death? What happened to black armbands? I want one. I'm in pain and will be for a while.
Sometimes I'm OK and sometimes I withdraw. See the black armband? That tells you my cloak is very thin right now. I am just getting by, treat me gently. I will find my way through, please don't try and fix me or solve me or make me better. I have to do this. There's no short cut, nor should there be. This grieving is part of the loving. It's not neat, it's not tidy and it's going to take me some time.
Walk alongside, offer space and acceptance and leave me be. I am poor company. That's just the way it is.
So, what did death teach me?
That life is full of loss and miracles. Kindness is all around, and listening is precious. I'm getting better now. That's all right, too. Getting better doesn't mean I loved less.
I also learnt that grieving is painful and somehow good.
And that the kindness of strangers is abundant, especially in the darkest of times.


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"Ashton & Demi: The Truth About Their 'Open Marriage,'" reads a headline from Star, alleging Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore's six-year marriage – which Moore just announced she was ending – was a planned arrangement that allowed them both to sleep with other people.
According to a supposed "insider" for the tabloid, "Everyone in Hollywood knows about their arrangement, but they've managed to keep it a secret from the general public." Describing their private life as "twisted," the mag quotes another so-called "source" as saying, "Demi is attracted to women just as much as men, so she didn't always get all she needed from Ashton."
Moore, says Star, has been "spotted at strip clubs and in the arms of other women several times over the past few years," and "was cool with Ashton having flirtatious relationships too." "It was a lot of fun for them," notes Star's "source."
Hold up. These claims are completely preposterous. On Thursday, Moore announced she was filing for divorce from Kutcher, alluding to his alleged affair with 22-year-old Sara Leal as the reason for the split. She said, "As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life."
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OK, I figured that this will be the culprit of my misfires under boost. I figured it would be the MAP sensor or as some of You call it Boost Pressure sensor, which should be located on the pipe coming from the intercooler to the throttle body (ETM) according to VADIS:
As you can see there should be two sensors on the pipe, but there are NONE on mine.
Here's the pic of my pipe for reference (sorry for a bad shot but I put everything back together and didn't feel like taking everything apart)
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By Andrea Chalfin News Dir. On October 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Colorado Springs, Elections, KRCC News, Politics
This November, voters in Colorado Springs will decide on a number of school board candidates, and will also vote on several local and statewide issues. You can visit the official information page from El Paso County here. Also, KRCC participated in the voter forum from Citizens Project, and here is the audio of that forum. Please note, participants in the forum were kept to time limits.
You can listen to or download the full audio of the forum here (about 2 hours):
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In order of how they appear on the ballot, candidates are Kim Wright, Glenn L. Strebe, Bill Murray, and Tracey Johnson. (Vote for two.)
Tracey Johnson was present and spoke at the Citizens Project Forum. You can hear what she has to say here:
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In order of how they appear on the ballot, the candidates for Colorado Springs School District 20 are the following (vote for four):
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District 11 also offers this information sheet on the candidates with links to candidate bios.
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The ballot language is as follows:
2B – CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS: "Shall Ordinance No. 1854 (1949) that requires City Council to levy a tax to pay for any operating deficit of Memorial Health System be repealed?"
Bob Lally chairs the Citizens' Commission on Ownership and Governance of Memorial Health System and spoke to the ballot question. Here's the audio (about 15 minutes):
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Proposition 103 (STATUTORY): Shall state taxes be increased $536.1 million annually in the first full fiscal year and by such amounts as are raised annually thereafter by amendments to the Colorado revised statutes concerning a temporary increase in certain state taxes for additional public education funding, and, in connection therewith, increasing the rate of the state income tax imposed on all taxpayers from 4.63% to 5% for the 2012 through 2016 income tax years; increasing the rate of the state sales and use tax from 2.9% to 3% for a period of five years commencing on January 1, 2012; requiring that the additional revenues resulting from these increased tax rates be spent only to fund public education from preschool through twelfth grade and public postsecondary education; specifying that the appropriation of the additional tax revenues be in addition to and not substituted for moneys otherwise appropriated for public education from preschool through twelfth grade and public postsecondary education for the 2011-12 fiscal year; and allowing the additional tax revenues to be collected, kept, and spent notwithstanding any limitations provided by law?
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Me and my partner live in a 4 story home, we really would like to split the domestic hot water, so that floors 1,2, and 3,4, have their own heater and Bill. there are three mains that go up all the way to the top floor, so we thought maybe to add a second hot water line along each one of the mains up until the 2nd floor keeping the original lines for floor's 3 & 4 is this at all possible? Or is there a lot more to it?
If possible in what price range would it be?
The (existing) WH in the basement feeds upward...
does that ppe feed the upper floors serially?
or does each floor have a tee and branch off independently?
Assuming the first (far more common) scenario...
you're fuqued.
the bill for heat comes from the gas company and the water is also a service to make a seperate bill.you need meters on both to the other users name.that is all yours out of your pocket if the house isn't zoned for 2 family they won'r install either..if i'm reading you right
i do not have a tee that branches of to each floor independently it just goes all the way up and feeds each floor as it goes.
the house is zoned for 2 family and what we want to separate is not water bill but gas bill and hot water boiler.
the meters is not a problem but the piping is a big one, is there any easy way out? what would be ballpark figure for putting in new lines (in 3 locations) from basement going up just for bottom 2 floors just for hot water lines?
But the answer/choices you'll end up is won't include "easy way out".
The question whether it's an expensive PITA to do it or monumental nightmare.
The meters (if allowed) are the easy part.
A compromise is to isolate the high consumption hot water fixtures (shower, dish washer, laundry, etc) within each apartment and to re-feed these from a small electric water heater off the tenants panel.
It will still involve a fair bit of plumbing and electrical work...
and of course the wall repair.
Decades ago now I installed on demand Bosch water heaters in my California ranch house---one for living area demands and the other for the kitchen and laundry. I was tired of waiting hours and wasting water to get hot water for a shower on one end of the house (opposite from where the water heater in the garage was) and I certainly did not need the large tank in the garage for the kitchen sink, washer and dishwasher. I also had a terrible problem with hard water mineral deposits or salt additives from the water softener forcing water heater replacement every few years.
Anyhow, splitting the bathrooms from the kitchen and laundry demands worked out really well. At the time the units were expensive but they more than paid for themselves in savings. As far as I know they are still in the house but I have no way to check. They came with some sort of 50 year warranty (conditional on being installed by someone Bosch trained doing the install).
Just from a comfort standpoint it was great to have immediate hot water to the shower.
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New Roswell Police Chief Al Solis is greeted by S.O.Y. Mariachi musicians during a fiesta held at S.O.Y. Mariachi, Friday evening. (Mark Wilson Photo)
New Roswell Police Chief Alfonso Solis was feted at a reception held by S.O.Y. Mariachi, 1120 S. Grand Avenue, sponsored by the Hispano Chamber of Commerce at 6 p.m., Friday.
The new chief and his wife, Rosie, were treated to a mariachi band and fine food. Numerous government officials attended, including city and court officials, state and federal legislators.
Each spoke highly of Solis' qualifications for the job. Senator Tom Jennings said, "It's fantastic. He's had [auth] many years in law enforcement as a marshal … and he's been working at the jail, so he's seen it from all sides.†He hoped that now the Hispanic community would not be afraid of the police. City Councilor Elena Velasquez, who works on the police committee, said that she was looking forward to working with him.
"We are blessed to have found a man with such qualifications,†she said. "I believe he will be an asset to our police department.†In his opening statement, Mayor Del Jurney praised the S.O.Y. Mariachi's for the positive impact the group had had on the children of the community.
About the new chief, he said, "I anticipate great things … We're here to recognize and we're here to celebrate …. I know Al will work from his heart.†Solis then made a statement describing his first day on the job. "I really hit the floor running,†he said and he referred to it as a "baptism by fire†with a home invasion that occurred, Thursday night. "I had no doubt that the crime scene investigators knew their job, but I went to the crime scene,†Solis said.
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Today, the second day of the 4th Annual Diabetes Blog Week, the topic is about writing a petition to whomever about whatever and the change you would like to see in that area. Here's yesterday's post on talking to your healthcare team. Below is my entry for today's topic! (Read others' entries here!)
A Petition to the CEOs of Fake-Food Manufacturers:
McDonalds, Kraft, Taco Bell, Burger King, General Mills–I could go on and on–I'm not sure how you all sleep at night, and I often wonder what you feed your own families since you're fully aware of how poisonously processed, full-of-chemicals, and unsafe the food you manufacture actually is. I can't imagine you let your children eat that "food."
I bet–or at least I hope–that you don't actually feel the "food" you manufacture to your families, because you know how poor quality your own food is, and how well-designed it is to be addicting and fattening. You'd never put that on the dinner table at your home, right? Because you care about the well-being of your own family.
(I highly doubt you would ever feed your family a burger that is such poor quality, so cheap, so far from actual real food that it barely costs $1.00).
As a citizen of this country, and a human being, I petition you to face the reality of what you've done to this country and people across the globe with your fake food. I ask that you acknowledge to that world that you've purposefully designed your food to be as cheap as possible, as low-quality as possible, and as addictive as possible. I ask that you acknowledge how much you truly don't care that your food has lead to an immense amount of sickness and financial debt.
I petition you to feed the world as well as you would feed your own family (and please, please tell me you don't actually feed your family Kraft Mac N Cheese, Poptarts, chicken from birds that are bred to be born with extra wings, neurotoxic chemicals like aspartame that you've paid off "health officials" and federations to assure the population are safe for consumption despite all the research you're so good at hiding, and I can only hope you don't actually feed your own family fruits and vegetables that are coated in pesticides, wax and much more to ensure that it appears to look like a good quality piece of fruit.
Oh, CEOs, I petition that you turn yourselves in. Put your wrists up and let us cuff you. Empty your wallets, your pockets, your bank accounts, and pay for the debt every country is in because of the poor health they are in largely due to the abundance of crappy junk you've been selling disguised as "food."
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If you don't have the op amps installed, it's pretty hard to kill the circuit. And a typical anti-static mat shouldn't short that much current. I wouldn't completely rule it out.
You've checked for bridges, so now check that the capacitors C2 to C5, diodes D3 & D4, and regulators are installed and oriented correctly. If they are, measure the AC output of the transformer, the DC input to the regulators, and the DC output of the regulators. If the caps bulge kill the power immediately.
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Did you test the AC wall transformer output? I assume yes since you problem began on the next step.
Do NOT use an electrostatic bag as "base" yes, as you already figured out is could cause a short. I work on a wooden surface or mouse pad (neoprene I guess)
Did you matched the corresponding polarities of the electrolytic Caps with the ones of the board? Remember the have a + and - side.
Same as above for the diodes around.
Last but not least...solder bridges.
My suggestion would be to do the above visual checks and replace the "almost popped" caps and start over with test form step one.
|1st April 2012, 11:36 AM
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Thanks for the help, guys. It seems it was the capacitors after all. I could have sworn I had correctly followed RS's instructions. Unfortunately I interpreted this :
"Note the electrolytic capacitors face different directions. The large strip is negative and should match up with the mark on the circle on the board. The large caps have the negative stripe on the right and the small caps (C8, C9) on the left."
...as meaning the length of the longer wire coming out of the bottom of the capacitors; since they consistently have one wire longer. I should have read that sentence more carefully; though it was 4 o'clock in the morning. I've assumed all the electrolytics are dead and replaced them and marvellously my newbie (ie. no prior experience of soldering and near zero knowledge of electronics) O2 passes all the tests and works and is now driving my current-hungry T50rp Orthodynamics to satisfactory volume levels. I'm jolly glad I didn't decide on the confidence I had in my build and simply plug in the opamps and go for it without testing first; I was tempted.
Reading people's comments I had expected to need to drive my T50rp's on the lower gain setting. However it seems that that may be true of ipods but the Sansa clip has so little voltage in the first place that I can actually wear the headphones with the o2 set to maximum gain and max volume on both O2 and clip; though it is too loud. Certainly, I have to use the 6.5x gain setting to get satisfactory volume. That was a surprise. I should add that I have no (known) hearing problems.
Right now I'm at a friends place but I can't wait to get home to stroke my new baby.
Thanks again to all those who help us (probably quite irritating) clueless newbies.
As for replacing the dead capacitors (in order to complete two more builds), does anyone have any suggestions? For example, must I return to Mouser to get the right quality or specs, or is there somewhere cheaper that will do just fine (I'm in the UK)? I've noted RS's warning about substandard rejects being sold on on ebay, and my experience is that Amazon is often a dumping ground also. In the meantime Mouser and Farnell's postage is a bit on the high side for just 4 small capacitors.
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Glad to hear of your success. Testing is virtually mandatory. We all make mistakes; newbies just make more than others. I have no suggestions for where to get the components you need since I'm too far away. Because of the layout, you'll want to find caps that have the same lead spacing and the same or smaller dimensions. A higher value and voltage rating is OK.
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Assuming that it's C2 - C5 that you want to replace, if you don't want to risk Ebay then Maplins part VH47B (470uF, 35V electrolytic) @46p per item should be perfectly satisfactory and easy to obtain.
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CE Marking
There's a regulation that all electronic apparatus sold in the European Union has to pass compliance testing to ensure that it meets all EU standards and be CE marked. I became aware of this when the much-publicised Raspberry Pi microcomputer suffered yet another distribution delay after the suppliers discovered that it would have to be CE certified, despite being an uncased device aimed at the hobbyist and education markets.
I have a suspicion that this legislation may apply to anyone selling batches of completed O2 units, and also to the upcoming ODAC, as it's a complete board, not a kit.
|4th April 2012, 12:56 PM
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interesting thought, and worth to look up. I had a look at the EU directives and the only one that would apply to O2 and ODAC is DIRECTIVE 2006/95/EC - relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits. This directive states in article one:
"Article 1
For the purposes of this Directive, electrical equipment means
any equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between
50 and 1 000 V for alternating current and between 75 and
1 500 V for direct current, other than the equipment and
phenomena listed in Annex II."
where Annex II reads:
Equipment and Phenomena outside the Scope of this Directive
Electrical equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere
Electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes
Electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts
Electricity meters
Plugs and socket outlets for domestic use
Electric fence controllers
Radio-electrical interference"
none of above applies for O2 or ODAC, so I assume they would not need the CE Conformity Marking nor the EC Declaration of Conformity. The only part this would apply to is the power supply for the O2, and the once I sell are certified
I will double check the same with the producer of the ODAC though...
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|4th April 2012, 03:53 PM
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I may be wrong (and I have been before) but I believe that since the power supply plugs into your completed unit, the entire assembly must be CE qualified. For example, if you look on you laptop you will see that there is a whole string of certifications including CE that are on the label.
Look at it another way... HP/Dell would sell there laptops without power adapters if they thought they could get away with not having to have compliance standards. It's cheaper.
This is not just about safety but also EMC compliance. There are hobbyist exemptions but I believe that a fully assembled unit does not fall into that category. So I believe that it must also be EMC compliant.
Anyway... That is just my $US0.02 worth the advice.
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Is the TV-free life for you?Posted by Donna Freedman on Sep 30, 2010 | 28 comments
That's the question I ask in my current Living With Less column over at MSN Money. "Can your life be richer without TV?" refers to wealth both actual and abstract.
Non-watchers told me they save money (sometimes a lot of money) on cable costs and tend to spend less (sometimes a lot less) because they and their kids aren't bombarded with ads and product placement. They find their lives are richer in other ways, too.
And they get more sleep.
Seriously: The folks I interviewed who are TV-free or nearly so (yay, Netflix and Hulu.com!) get a ton of things done. They cook great meals, volunteer, join boards, play games with their kids, mentor youths, exercise, clean their houses, read a lot — and yet they still get eight hours of shuteye.
(None of them admitted to blogging, though.)
Understand: I'm not anti-TV. I'm just anti-most-TV. There's so much junk out there that I fear for our future as a species. Example: In a world where so many people are hungry (and so many Americans are unhealthy), why are we cheering for a guy as he eats four pounds of pancakes or five pounds of beefsteak?
Yes, I do find enjoyable things to watch when I'm visiting my friend in Anchorage or my daughter in Phoenix. But once I'm home I don't rush to the library to borrow every season of "Dirty Jobs." Other things have replaced TV in my life. The last time I owned a television was March 2004.
Please note: I am neither judging you nor feeling morally superior because I don't know who's on "American Idol." (In fact, I'm not even sure that show is still on. Is it?) I'm simply suggesting that a lot of us — especially our kids — could do with less tube time.
Please go read the article and leave a comment either here or there. (Or both.) I'd be interested in feedback. Specifically:
- Do you watch less or more than in the past?
- Do you have cable or the high-tech version of rabbit ears?
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Honoring legendary real estate alumni Malin Burnham and Henry Segerstrom for their legacy in the real estate industry SPIRE President Chad Hagle inducted these two men into the Stanford Real Estate Hall of Fame. The event was held in Burnham Pavilion as a tangible example of the support and commitment that Malin has to the University. Malin, his wife Roberta, and alumni grandson Brian were in attendance and Malin shared his appreciation for Stanford and the many associates and colleagues that have helped him to accomplish so much. Henry Segerstrom was unable to attend however former Graduate School of Business Dean Bob Joss graciously accepted on his behalf and extolled Henry's unique vision and determination. Howard Wolf, President of the Stanford Alumni Association, took the podium to share his congratulations for the honorees and congratulate SPIRE for its many achievements in so short of time since its founding in 2009.
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Patrick Orosco, SPIRE Vice President, recognized the current achievements and individuals at Stanford. Patrick introduced faculty in attendance that are teaching real estate related courses and recognized the approximately forty students that had been invited to attend sponsored by SPIRE member companies. Brendan Millstein and Forest Flager two recent graduates shared insights regarding their Stanford education and how they are applying their expertise into innovative real estate companies.
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I have a Yanmar 3JH with a 100 amp Belamr alternator and a basic instrument panel with warning lights and a tach. When the ignition is turned on without the engine running none of the warning lights come on. When the engine is running the tach appears to read the correct rpm for 10 minutes or so, then it appears to read about double the speed of the engine (based on how the engine sounds), and will go up to 5,000 rpm the max of the tach when the engine is probably running just below 3,000 rpm. The wiring on the back of the instrument panel seems ok. The only thing i can think of is that the engine was turned off when it was running and it may have fried a diode on the alternator. But the alternator is charging the batteries. does anyone have a suggestion where i should start looking for a problem and what to look for. I had a mechanic take a look but he was unable to find anything - but i don't know what he looked at other than wiring on the back of the instrument panel.
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He looks fearful? and uncomfortable when the muzzle comes off, but what is the experts take on this guy?
I don't like that the punishment wasn't marked. He failed to stim early enough in the behavior to stop the behavior from being practiced and a few times there failed to stim intensely enough to stop the behavior period. He isn't refined and got a lot wrong but he got it right enough to stop the behavior so I think that's great. It's great progress and he was able to make friends with the dog afterward. It's a case of operant agression, and he's basically handling it like it should be handled with the exception of the stuff I mentioned. Also allowing the dog to actually carry through to a bite was just silly. It's completely unnecessary. I don't know if it crosses over into being counterproductive, depending on how the stim was used.
Other than that the dog is fine. Panting ok but it was acting like a complete idiot not long before that so that's to be expected.
How come I can't see the video Baillif saw with the training and stim stuff? All I saw was scary wackjob dog, then calm muzzled dog, then saw ok dog when muzzle was removed.
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This paper discusses the use of models in automatic computer forensic analysis, and proposes and elaborates on a novel model for use in computer profiling, the computer profiling object model. The computer profiling object model is an information model which models a computer as objects with various attributes and inter-relationships. These together provide the information necessary for a human investigator or an automated reasoning engine to make judgements as to the probable usage and evidentiary value of a computer system. The computer profiling object model can be implemented so as to support automated analysis to provide an investigator with the information needed to decide whether manual analysis is required.
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'Unification changed a lot for me as a German citizen," says Thomas Schumacher. "It was suddenly realising that this was all one country again."
When Germany was unified in 1989, Bremen-based techno DJ and producer Schumacher was just 17 and witness to one of the most significant events in recent history. But it's only been in the past few years that he's noticed the residue from the change, the small differences between the "old east" and "old west" that are still noticeable.
"You can still see the differences in the eastern parts of Berlin," he says. "And you can still tell whether people come from the west or the east - unless they're very young. The way they talk and the way they see things, it's a different approach to life. It's hard to understand unless you have a full knowledge of how it was living in a communist country. Nothing was remotely close to how we know life as it is - it would be something you'd never forget."
According to Schumacher, a different mindset still exists in the two regions. "The easterners seem to have a warmth inside. They never had to elbow other people all the time or push them around or do things they didn't want to just for the sake of their career. That's always been prominent in the west. It's all about the money."
Schumacher may have had a degree of commercial success during his 12-year career as a DJ and producer, but monetary rewards haven't been a primary motivation. His biggest track, the minimal techno anthem When I Rock, was very much an underground phenomenon. Although his touring takes him around the world for months at a time, his independent style and attitude are a world away from the altitudes of dance-pop superstardom. He founded his label, Spielzeug Schallplatten, four years ago, and for him it's been a refuge of independence in an age of increasing commercialisation.
"It gives me complete control over my work," he says. "It makes sense and it all comes together when you produce, put it on your label, then go play it in a club."
The English techno scene is suffering from a severe case of isolation (Dave Clarke recently declared he didn't want commercial radio jock Judge Jules to play his records), but Schumacher is comfortable with the interdependence of the underground and commercial scenes.
"A lot of dance music has gone overground, but I think they're both still very connected to each other," he says. "I know many people who wouldn't produce such good underground music if they didn't hate popular music so much. Music that becomes very popular, even on an underground level, will sooner or later cross over into the overground. It's very natural. At the end of the day it's not about underground or overground, it's about whether something is good or not.
"I'm certainly not one of these people who hates commercial or popular music, or thinks I have to be the most underground DJ in the world. What's more important is the reasons why you do the things you do. That's when I might have a problem with commercial music - when I hear it and can tell that they produced just with the intention of making money. That's something I don't like."
In a world saturated with music devoid of artistic intentions - and in an age when an underground style can be emulated and repackaged as pop in a matter of weeks - Schumacher's comments are well-founded.
"What has happened is commercial music producers incorporate pieces of underground techno and house into their productions, especially trance," he says. "You hear it everywhere, even with artists like Madonna. Nowadays, Madonna's produced by William Orbit. There are so many elements that come from club tracks."
In stark contrast to the proliferation of techno around Europe and the world, Schumacher has seen the underground scene in his home town of Bremen slowly dissipate.
"We used to have a pretty strong techno and house scene here in the early 1990s, but that's disappeared, basically. Now, Bremen's more well-known for German hip-hop culture, reggae and other things, which I personally like, just because I see so many techno clubs that I don't mind not seeing them in my city. Apart from that, I just really love it here, I have to say. It's a really beautiful town. People who come here from all over the world get quite amazed at how beautiful it is. All my family and friends live here, so I don't see any reason why I should leave here."
Having always lived in the north German town, Bremen was where Schumacher got his first taste of DJing, albeit an indirect one. "When I was at school, we used to have these school-class parties," he says. "We were 14 or 15 and we were sort of DJs. But we just compiled tapes at home and recorded our favourite music in a particular order and just played it. No one wanted to dance to it, of course."
How things have changed.
Thomas Schumacher plays at Transatlantic 5 at QBH, South Melbourne, tomorrow night. His Selections compilation is out through Hardware.
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