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I have been involved with researching my family history for around 5 years now. My mother spearheads the whole thing and when I'm home we go to record offices, BMD registrars and of course, rooting around the grave yards to confirm and instil the memories of family members past and present. We have 5 main names - 4 from my mother's side and our surname given from my father. Despite not wanting to delve as much into his history (as we have no sources to speak with due to family disputes) my mother figured we wouldn't get far. His side is hugely extensive as they are a huge number of people piecing together that tree and publishing their findings online. So is borne the art of family tree finding!
In order to document these findings, cite the correct sources so you're talking about the right person and to consolidate information in an easy to view and searchable format, a large selection of books becomes available - their problem? They are not designed for the avid researcher wanting to go beyond their grandparents. You need some proper kit - and this is where the Family Tree Maker 2009 comes in. How else are you going to document the 1353 members of one side of our family (not including my father's ancestors!)
***Family Tree Maker 2009***
This software is specifically designed to collate data gathered about your family tree. This is done through a number of ways. If you are just starting out you can begin from the scratch with an entirely new tree, where you are the centralised person and everyone added is recorded in relation to you. However far back you manage to get, the programme will indentify the links for you.
My mother owned one of the predecessors to this version, 2005, and the advances in terms of simplifying the interface and making it more user friendly is a huge advantage to those just starting out with the programme and their research.
When you select 'New Tree' you can either load an existing tree from a gedcom or family tree file, or else you can begin with yourself. Once you put in the basics you simply create a new tree, labelled appropriately and your tree begins.
- The simple interface allows you to see all the information relating to your person, and by selecting 'add mother', 'add father' , 'add spouse' etc...you simply begin to develop your tree. Haven't got the info? You click the 'Web Search' tab, family tree maker hooks up to Ancestry.com and you can begin raiding the online resources to find all the evidence you need.
- Basic search engine. Under the people tab, you can search your whole family tree for individuals. This is done by alphabetically listing surnames. I found the ability to sort and add different and additional columns of information very useful especially when finding potential WW1 causalities/participants (a morbid fascination and curiosity of mine). I could list all males and look at birthdates so I can assume people of a certain age would of been called up. With the use of ancestry I can then look up births, marriages, deaths as well as medal rolls and attempt to discover what happened - what medals they were entitled to, which regiment were they with and what position and rank they reached.
- Adding media - you can also bring together all the images you have for your family. My granddad for example, is very interesting because we have photo's scanned in from his childhood, his time in the war through to being 88 years old riding the motorbikes he loved all his life. It's a way of documenting someone's life and paying tribute to the moments that defined them.
There are a large number of ways to research your family tree, but none of them are free if you want to get anywhere. Ancestry.com is the link with this programme and has a humungous library of information - census records up to 1901 (findmypast.com holds the 1911 and charges you per record), medal rolls, immigration records, ships records etc.. all of which can be purchased via an annual fee and only includes UK related records. If your family moves to the USA and sets at home, you will need to alter your subscription to access increased types of records.
As well as Ancestry.com you have findmypast.com which holds the 1911 census and some military records. They are currently holding RMLI records (royal marine light infantry) which means they hold information on a soldier that I really want but don't want to keep throwing money at it.
Otherwise there is genesreunited.com. Everyone uploads their trees but you have to allow access to your tree. People email with enquiries about apparent matches between trees and you can either allow them access or reply with the information they are after. My mother has such an extensive tree that she is very protective over the data - understandable with amount of time (a number of years) and money (yearly subscription costs), you may not want to hand out your data willy nilly. However I found my mother's long lost cousin who disappeared on the death of her uncle when he was 25. The cousin was about 5 years old and my nan searched for him until her death. Not all reunions turn out great - we filled in the gaps in the last 50 years and then he wanted the original photo's (not copies) of him, the same photo's my nan held on to all those years - then he never replied. He received copies though, not the originals!
Lastly the National Archives are an excellent resource (also pay per record/subscription) but also they are really interesting if you want to find out more generalised information. My mother's cousin spent time in a convalescent home which has since closed; the website offers information on the nature of activities in such institutions - hospitals, schools etc...helping you to more informed on how people lived 'back in them days'
***My Opinion***
The programme is an excellent piece of software. It is simple and straightforward to use with a pleasant looking interface and clear tabs to allow you to scroll through your data. It is simpler to use than previous versions and allows you to search and organise your information clearly, which as you progressively add more and more people, becomes increasingly important.
It ties in your sources (from online places such as ancestry) and adds links to your information to confirm when you have made a connection i.e. finding the birth record or death record of someone. It quickly links with the online resources of ancestry allowing you to search within the software's browser or conduct your search on the website. Your tree can be started online and downloaded to the software or vice versa allowing you to keep up to date as you progress both online and offline.
The downfall is that this is a pricey bit of kit and although you usually get offers (3 months free subscription to ancestry.com for example) this is not an inexpensive hobby. If you're happy to use your local records office with their microfiche machines and records, that is fine. But if your family stray from home, without extensive travelling, going online may be your only way of knowing what happened to them. The records are sometimes spoiled or badly scanned making them hard to read. Often the records are incorrect leading you to believe you've got the wrong person (before certain dates ages were rounded up or down). Sometimes the scanner who has re-typed the names to make them searchable has mistaken the spelling and it's a completely different name. At other times you will chase back as far as you can go and you start to wonder how far out you should go (especially when females marry and adopt an array of surnames) or doubt whether the family line you have is the right one because a number of families with the same surname live in the same area. If you're paying - pay-per-view, getting the wrong record is costly. If you don't get how the system works, you'll be using your free 2 weeks/months subscription getting to grips with the records.
Family tree research can become a costly affair but to me it is hugely rewarding. From this venture I have found a forgotten great uncle killed in WW1 and never mentioned again for whatever reason, a long lost cousin for my mother...the realisation that we were all agricultural labourers and that's what you get for living in the country. It's fascinating and being able to reflect on those discoveries, finally gets it down in one place and not flung far and wide in old records, with ease is what makes parting with that money worth it. A versatile, easy to use and functional programme which I highly recommend.
The funniest thing is - after years of research my mother's found out her maiden name comes from a child born out of wedlock and fobbed off to the rest of the family whilst she remarried and took a new surname. Spawned from him retaining his mother's maiden name, if his mother had wed the man to which he was conceived we would have a different name althogether...it's amazing what you find...and you wouldn't know it unless you dug in and got started!
Family Tree Maker is a series of packages designed to help you build and enrich your family tree, originally designed by Broderbund and then sold to become part of Ancestry.com's line of products. As of writing, the 2010 version has just been released, but prior versions are still very popular within the genealogy community and I personally still use 2009.
The main feature of building your family tree is straightforward to use and will work with as little or as much information as you can provide. The tree builder utilizes two screens - the family screen and the person screen. On the family screen you can see all the connections between family members, although one drawback is that children and siblings of ancestors are not shown until that person is clicked upon. Either double clicking or selecting the person and clicking "Person" brings up the person screen, where you can see expanded facts from their life. On my tree this includes census details, baptisms and burial details, but there are around 50 standard fact types, and the ability to add your own. All facts can be linked to sources which are then listed under the sources tab. A nice feature is that facts linked to places can be plotted on a map (provided by Google) found under the "places" tab, but that is only if Google recognises them. I've found problems with church names, specific addresses and some small villages, especially if in the intervening years they have been absorbed by the urban sprawl and no longer exist. For this reason I tend to use registration districts in the "place" field and add actual addresses in the "description" field. Each fact can also be linked to any sort of media on your computer (although it will only display image files within the program itself) and these linked media will be listed under the "Media" tab.
The program ties in with the Ancestry.com website and will automatically (provided you are connected to the internet) search it's databases for matches to the people in your tree. Depending on whether you have an Ancestry.com subscription you will get more or less information.
There are a number of options for sharing your in-progress family tree (family trees are never finished!). It is possible to export the tree from one computer to another (or one program to another) using three different file formats. FTM 2009 supports GEDCOM 5.5, which is a universal file format that most genealogy programs support. It will also export to a FTM 16 compatible file, and thirdly to a file compatible to all following FTM versions.
Another option is of course to print your tree, and Family Tree maker 2009 has a number of different charts and reports to show various details of your tree. The two most popular are Descendant and Pedigree charts, which come in a variety of different layouts including one which looks like an actual tree!
Now that Family Tree Maker 20010 has been released, prices have dropped a little for the 2009 version, but in my opinion the two versions are not that different, so why pay more than you have to? At http://www.ancestryshop.co.uk, FTM will set you back around £39.99, whilst at Amazon a Platinum edition will cost you £29.99 and includes a 6 month Ancestry Essentials subscription and 30% off it's DNA testing service.
For a while now, I've wanted to research my family history and create my own family tree. Only two things have been stopping me from doing so. The first is that I had no idea how to even get started. My Dad's adopted, there is a disowned family member on my mother's side, my sister has two children but is unmarried with her partner, and that's just for starters. The idea of entering all this information on to a family tree and then work backwards from it seem daunting. The second reason is that I didn't have the time to spend on it. But recently I've found myself with a great deal of time on my hands, and when I saw this Family Tree Maker Deluxe 2009, I thought to myself - why not, it's always something I've wanted to do, so I decided to give it a try.
The software packing allows you to create your family tree, and research your family history from the comfort of your own computer. You can include photographs, videos, and other information about family members. You can also create charts, reports, and timelines to share with others. Entering information into the software is easy and painless. Included in the packaging is a very comprehensive and useful manual as well as a "Tips, Tools, and Extras" book. The installation of the software was reasonably quick and easy to do, and soon I was diving into the deep end of history and heritage. It not as difficult to do as I initially thought, thanks mainly to the comprehensive software.
There are only a few things I can find to fault. Opening and even running the software seems a bit slow and clumsy. There seems to be more than one way to do certain things, such as entering facts, and that can seem a bit confusing.
It will take some time to get use to the software, work out how to do everything, and begin researching, so don't expect to have your family tree created and family history researched over night. But in the end, regardless of how much time it takes - it will be well worth the effort. Having everything contained in a single program such as this is a great idea.
(I'm a reviewer on Amazon, and some my reviews are copied from there to dooyoo. Please feel free to check out my Amazon profile under my real name of Mr Andrew M Kerr.)


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Federal censuses are generally regarded as the most important records for researching American family history. Without comprehensive indexes, however, finding your family in census records can be quite a challenge. Up to now, the 1880 census had only partial indexes. The WPA created one in the 1930s that covers only households with a child age 10 or younger. You also have to figure out the surname's Soundex code (a system of four-letter codes based on the way a name sounds — see <www.familytreemagazine.com/soundex.html>) and know the state where the family lived. Ancestry's recently created head-of-house-hold index is useful, but you'll have trouble if you don't know whom your ancestor lived with. This new CD set is a bigger help: It features not only an every-name national index, but also all the most important details from the census records.
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Atronic Alarms has found the care, communication and follow-up it devotes to its customers greatly reduces difficulty and confusion and makes for a very friendly security environment. Beyond the upfront sales literature Atronic hands out to all clients, its outreach includes a quarterly newsletter (Wired) mailed along with all monitoring invoices.
The newsletter includes false alarm reduction tips each issue, as well as updates on ordinance changes. It also continually reminds clients to update their call lists and to notify Atronic if vacationing, if there have been any lifestyle changes or if thinking about remodeling. The newsletter reminds clients to have their system checked and tested once a year, clean out their smoke detectors, and provides them with new product information.
Along with the newsletter, monthly inserts may be included with monitoring invoices reminding clients of certain ordinance alterations or to update their call lists. The company's Web site also provides customers with false alarm tips and a host of information and services.
Earning the Trust of Police
Fostering and building a strong collaborative relationship with responding law enforcement is one of the tenets of the PDQ program. It is also core to the operations of Atronic Alarms and a key ingredient to the company's great success in managing false alarms – even if it may not be something to which some agencies are accustomed.
"The biggest challenge is having all alarm companies categorized with the same stigma. The challenge is to show law enforcement agencies we are not all the same," says Atha. "Companies like us take great pride in the products and services we offer and do not wish to make law enforcement jobs any harder than they already are."
Atronic's Mathews and Central Station Liaison Chrissy Wyble – who works directly with Alarm Central to set up each account and verifies phone numbers with each client – are continually in contact with alarm coordinators in all ordinances to resolve any issues that may arise.
In fact, Atronic has even had its employees teach police-sponsored false alarm training classes and offers clients a monitoring discount for attending. The company urges new clients to attend the course as a preventative measure. Attendance is mandatory for those who exceed a certain number of false alarms. Such efforts have really impressed local authorities.
"While Atronic has implemented the accepted national standards, I find that their biggest asset is their personnel," says Jim Cogswell, special services officer with the Leawood (Kan.) Police Department. "From the office staff to the installers and technicians, they exhibit an understanding of how to provide quality security systems and to work with local public safety agencies in identifying problem users and fixing the problem."
Besides working closely with law enforcement, Atronic's Harrison is a board member of the local chapter of Crime Stoppers. His active involvement in the organization keeps Atronic at the forefront of Kansas City crime statistics and in continual communication with police departments citywide.
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Having earned the admiration and respect of clients, police and rival alarm companies, Atronic Alarms ended years of coming up just short in the competition before finally capturing the glory of the PDQ Award. It is an honor those in the company do not take lightly.
"It says to our employees, 'Yes, it really does matter, and what you do is important,'" says Mathews. "This type of award program is crucial to recognizing and motivating the alarm industry in the part we need to play to resolve the false alarm issues. It also reinforces the concept of partnering with law enforcement in our communities to provide a safe environment for our clients, their citizens, so we can all succeed at our jobs."
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How hard is it to install radiant in-floor heating in a new slab?
My husband and I are building a house this year and I'd love to put in a hydronic radiant heating system. We are going to build a chalet with a prow front. Due to the high ceiling and cold winters I thought this heating system would be best for us in the long run. Due to budget I'm trying to figure out if it is something we could do ourselves to save money.
I was thinking of calling a company and give them the floor plan and have them design the tubing pattern and buy the materials. This would be a new construction slab on grade which I've seen is lower on costs for installing and easier and easier to do. We plan to build the edge walls up a little higher with cinder blocks to help protect the walls against snow.
From what I've seen in videos and read it seems pretty simple as far as installing the tubing into the floor. Seems that most of the labor is just laying out the tubing and zip tying it to the rebar after you get the ground and insulation ready. I did see that insulation is a major factor and to bring it up the walls some. Is it all that hard to do if we follow the layout and spacing the company gives us for the tubing?
I haven't come across much information on setting up the system though. We would want a closed system. The water would be from a well so I don't know if that is doable for us to get our water for the floor and for our shower through the same well if the floor is on a closed system. Not really sure how it works. I wouldn't mind more information on that if anyone has some.
The main floor (slab) is only going to be around 1,085 sq. ft. and will be stained concrete without flooring on top unless we decide to put tiles on later in the future. We might only have 2 heating zones on this floor. Our half story I'm not sure about installing the in-floor heating for it. It will only be our loft, master bedroom, WIC, and bathroom. We could use a different heating source for it. That floor is only 617 sq. ft. If we did install the radiant heat we wouldn't need it for the full 617 sq. ft. since I don't need a heated closet or loft. The ceiling will go all the way up. We like it high and not cut off before the peak. We are having reversible ceiling fans put in.
One other thing is I don't know if we should get a boiler or a high quality water heater (separate from the one for our showers)? For it not being a big area I don't really want to spend money for a boiler if a water heater would work fine for us.
Does it seem like something we could do ourselves? The big question is would it save us much more doing it ourselves than paying someone to zip tie tubing to rebar? We already plan on doing most of the house work ourselves except for the electrical, well, septic, foundation, plumbing, and framing. My husband's sister built her house 2 years ago and did what we plan to do and hers turned out really good. She didn't do radiant and regrets not doing it but plans on putting it in when she adds on an addition.
check out this site on that HWH idea and you would have to have a closed loop on that radient. that is so your reheating the loop water not the incoming well with a pressure regualator on the inlet and expansion tank...standard HWH at HD/LOWES are low temp for domestic use,boilers run 160F-180F temps for heating even with the statndard baseboard installs to make a stat setting of 68F http://www.radiantec.com/systems-sou...er-heaters.php might consider a tankless heater
I did this in my new home.
It's not hard at all, but I recommend that you pick up a book on the particulars of radiant heating.
In my (concrete) foundation, I put down welded wire (before the pour), and then used zip ties to hold the PEX tubing in place. A quick pressure check is done before the concrete is poured (to make sure you didn't puncture the tubing), and then you're done. I'm in the Florida panhandle, so I skipped the insulating barrier usually placed between the ground and the foundation due to our milder winters.
The book you purchase will help you layout the pattern for your tubing.
Good luck!
The most cridical component is the design and the heat loss.Most of the rest is grunt work.
Infloor is prone to air problems so do not try to save money on shut off valves,i.e. before and after circulator pumps.(Do zone with pumps)If you valve off anything that could go bad in the middle of the winter,you won't have to dump the whole system to replace it and the spend hours refilling the system when repair is done.
Use only a Spirovent for air elimination.It is in a class by itself and nothing esle is even close.
Having an indirect hot water tank is better than a tankless coil in the boiler.Either way you are going to need to control the water temp going to the infloor vs going to the water heater.You could use this system for the loft/bedroom area.Just use high density fiberglass under the tubing.If the r-value is 3 times what is above the tubing it will work great.Nothing like walking around in bare feet in your bedroom and bathroom when it below zero outside.
Thanks for the replies. I've been checking out the http://www.radiantcompany.com site since they had some good information. I'm thinking about doing a price quote. Has anyone ordered from them and are they worth using?
From what I've read on a few sites it seems like you don't install it under the toilet or tub areas. I was going to do the square footage for the price quote and was just going to do a path (main walking area) in the bathroom and not mess with putting anything under the tub, sink, and toilet. I also wasn't going to put it under the stairs or in the closets. Do I need it under the kitchen cabinets where the sink and dishwasher aren't? Wasn't sure if it would be just easier or a waste of money.
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Silvio Berlusconi is not only the richest man in Italy, he is also its prime minister. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that he sometimes confuses what he believes to be the truth as the truth. Tens of thousands of protestors gathered in Rome after a court adjourned the trial of the prime minister who is accused of bribing his former tax lawyer. Many who marched carried banners which read: "Enough, The Law Is The Same For Everyone." Where did these people ever get such ann outlandish idea? Heck, here in America, we know the law is different if Wall Street bankers default or go bankrupt so where did these Italians get the nutty idea there is one law for everyone?
Italian law sets a ten year limit for prosecution of corruption crimes, and thus Berlusconi's case will disappear from the dockets come next year. The prime minister also faces another trial on charges of tax fraud which he notes is definitely the work of "communist" magistrates who behave like a band of "Talibans."
OK, so perhaps his language is a mite bit excessive, but in his eyes, if you are Silvio Berlusconi, no one can put you on trial for anything.


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Florence and the Machine at the MEN Arena Manchester - 4/10
Here's why. Firstly the good. Her voice is outstanding, the sets were really well done and they looked like they hired Ridley Scott to do the lighting. I like most of her songs too. There was a camera which zoomed into her real close which revealed...
..she looked bored shitless and totally disinterested. It could have been fatigue. It could have been she was trying to do the moody, distant thing. But she didn't seem to be having any fun. She did sparkle a bit when she was chatting to the crowd.
I know it's wrong to compare but I saw her years ago just before the first album came out. She was cheerful, having fun etc.
Also, the Horrors were shit.
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White Hills - 10/10
Fucking awesome wall of wailing guitar for an hour and a half. Forgot my earplugs and I'm kinda deaf now. I believe they're hitting the UK tonight.
Florence and the Machine - Newcastle
The last date on her UK tour. She seemed in better spirits than at Beast master's show. I would echo his comments. Great voice, good songs, good production and stage. The gig was spoiled for us though by just being too far away. It was just as well they had the video feed projecting her larger image at the side or else it would have been totally pointless. The metroradio arena is a shithole and I am never going there again unless I get some closer seats along the side. I like her but am not passionate about her and therefore I found it difficult to be passionate about the show.
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Off to see Florence and the Machine on Friday. Anyone been to one of her latest tour gigs yet?
You're both talking shite. There was indeed school kids and oldies at the gig but all the other demographics were well represented too.
it's ok, plenty of people of varying backgrounds have middling tastes.
Ren Harvieu - 10/10
Amazing voice, stunning looks and anyone who comes out with "We're doing a track a from the album. We think it's a bit shit but maybe you'll like it" deserves much kudos. The track was great. It was a very short set but her first album isn't even out yet.
Looking forward to the next acoustic gig at the Ruby Lounge for the album launch..
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Black Breath - Camden Underworld
I missed a large portion of the support bands for a variety of crappy reasons, although Victims were a bit good in a d-beat meets old-school death metal kind of fashion. There was a slightly underwhelming turnout considering how well-loved the headliners are right now, and reports had Helmet just up the road at The Electric Ballroom as far from packed too - seriously London, WTF.
Still, it didn't take too long for Black Breath to make me forget any complaints about what was a pretty poor day - kicking off in fine style with 'Feast Of The Damned' from the new album, it seems as if the sound was going to be their undoing as this and the 'Eat The Witch' were a bit hampered by muddy tones and a lack of crucial volume.
Once the veil lifted (honestly, it was like the sound engineer punched the 'decrapify' button on the mixing desk!) the rest of the set became a blur of hair, raised fists and riff after riff after glorious riff - pretty much everything you'd have wanted to hear from the band's two albums was represented, with the sad and very notable omission of 'Obey' and 'Unholy Virgin'. A bloody good night overall, it must be said.
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Snuff - Bristol Fleece
Ably supported by Caves, who probably shouldn't let their bass player sing lead any more though and Vanilla Pod, who were sort of like a Norfolk version of Strung Out but with added humour.
Duncan was wandering the crowd shaking hands and generally being Duncan before Snuff went on and once they did, in between shambolic moments of comedy "what song are we playing now?" discussions, marriage-proposal song requests (they played it, unlucky fella!) and audience participation Karaoke numbers (Martin), they were ace. They haven't lost a step, still tight and driving and completely mental punk rock.
Love it. Shame I had to stand off to one side with my damaged ankle, really. Loses a couple of points for not being able to get in the fun. Still a good show.
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@dogbot Thats awesome, still one of the best british dirty punk voices to grace the scene.
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I'm off to see them in Cambridge tonight, can't wait. Must be over twenty years since the first time I caught them live. One of the few bands that can drag my old bones out of retirement and have me throwing myself around the front like a loon half my age.
You won't be disappointed, I expect. Even the couple of new songs (new album recorded, apparently) were decent.
New Order - Newcastle Academy
What a load of shite. They were late coming on. The first song was ruined by technical problems. Sumner then spent the rest of the gig fussing with the sound man mid-songs regarding various 'levels'. They all looked unhappy with their instruments.
Sumner's voice was lost totally in the mix. The whole thing just sounded crap. Quite a lot of their best tunes were sullied by having odd introductions which made it difficult to recognise which song they were playing. It was sometimes 1-2 minutes into the song before i could tell what the hell it was.
The new bass player was wearing an 'adidas originals' t-shirt. I wondered if that was a deliberate attempt at irony given that he was not an original member of the band.
The show ended in farcical style. They came out and did Blue Monday as an encore, but the crowd were clearly expecting another and they did not come back out, much to the bemusement of the audience. I read later that New Order used to be famously grumpy, so that is perhaps no surprise.
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I had the exact same experience when I saw New Order at the weekend in Glasgow.
I'm more of a Joy Division man, but I quite like New Order. Got a couple of albums, know the big songs. I had no idea what most of the songs were and even the ones I could recognise from the projections (Bizarre Love Triangle, 586) sounded crap.
The sound was actually shocking, so I understand why Sumner was complaining constantly. The keyboards and vocals were basically inaudible and the whole thing was just a muddy mess of fuzzy guitar. I did wonder if we were going to get a full concert when he kept wandering off the stage during the first three or four songs. Weird, uncomfortable atmosphere on stage all night.
I seriously considered leaving at one point. I have never seen them before and they were my favourite band as a teenager. It would have been better to have not seen them, rather than have this negative experience.
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"Turn that light off ya cunt" was one of my favourite Barney lines.
Anyone seen the Happy Mondays this time around? Seems the madchester revival hasn't gone terribly well so far. Maybe the Stone Roses will save the day. Maybe not.
Doomtree, Bristol Academy.
Their show is as good as it's always looked. They really should be headlining, though. Fuck Yelawolf and his under 13 crowd, throwing up on the floor on Jagerbombs at 7.30 on a Tuesday night. And the room they used ("Academy 2" ) is a ridiculous place to hold concerts, far too small.
Nevertheless, it was amazing to finally see the band live, I've been waiting a LONG time for that... from their opening "No Way", they played most of what we expected and several we didn't ("Low Light, Low Life", "Travelling Dunk Tank" ). Everything is done with a good sense of drama and showmanship, from Sims, Mictlan and P.O.S. exhorting the crowd to jump about and raise hands, to Dessa's act, like a college lecturer spitting fire at naughty students.
Nice to meet the guys after, too. I don't really want to single one of them out, but we pretty much spent the most time talking to Dessa, I reckon. Hooray.
9 - minus one for the rubbish room, which wasn't their fault, but made things a bit cramped, and the fact that the place was full of really stupid drunk underage kids.
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The Dinosaur Truckers @ Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam
Got off the plane and headed to a club, turned out it didn't start til midnight and there was a gig on, so we went in, with no idea what to expect. What we got was some awesome Belgian speed-folk. They were a whole load of fun. The gig ended with the double bass player mounting his double bass and playing the whole last song balanced on it
8/10 unexpected but brilliant.
Dot to Dot Festival (Manchester) - 10/10
Here's who I saw.
The Shinies - 8/10
First band we saw at Dot-To-Dot. A new Manchester band and wouldn't you guess it, they were just fantastic. Not easy to get everyone going at 2.30 pm but they did.
The Night - 8/10
Kind of ethereal and dreamy but they were excellent.
Hyde & Beast - 9/10
These guys were superb. They kind of have a 70's vibe to them and kind of (sort of) reminded me of early Fleetwood Mac. Probably. Anyhow, will definitely see them live again.
Vadoinmessico - 9/10
These guys were brilliant as well. The kind of music to blast out on on a fine summer's day and it'll make you feel happy. They do great videos too. They have Harry Connick Jr on drums. It's probably not him though.
Rea Morris - 7.5/10
Caught the tail end of Pond's set (and it looked as though they absolutely fucking rocked!) and then this lady came on. To get the crowd who were rocking out to a hushed science as she played was really quite incredible. Very good.
Kyla La Grange - 10/10
The highlight of the day. Stunning voice and all the tracks were great. Not unpleasing on the eye at all either.
She's got a album out at the end of July and I can't wait for it. Pretty much a sure bet that in a few years time she's going to absolutely huge and not in a Bella Emberg kind of way.
Admiral Fallow - 10/10
Brilliant folky type band from Glasgow. Great songs and the main dude was hilarious when chatting to the crowd. They're coming back to Manchester in the autumn and I'll be there to see them again.
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Tenacious D - Brixton Academy
Great gig. Brixton is probably my favourite venue for gigs because of its shape and size.
Jack Black is a brilliant rock singer, they can fill a set list with good songs, crowd was great, backing band was talented and tight and they have a good rapport with the crowd.
NOFX - Bristol Academy
We stayed in the bar for Margate, they're not really my thing. As for Anti-Nowhere League, they were basically shit back in the 80s and they haven't got much better. Lowest common denominator punk rock. But..
NOFX? NOFX were back on their very best form after their rather poor showing 3 years ago. Excellent set list, loads of classics, a couple of new tracks, and even Arming The Proletariat With Potato Guns.
"Hey, Hefe, what do you call a guy who hangs out with musicians?"
They were superb. Even the heavy-handed bouncers (sort it out, 02 Academies, ffs) and some twat pissing off one of the balconies couldn't ruin it. My voice is gone and my arms are sore from punching the air.
Kate Nash gig at The Deaf Institute - 9/10
Amazing gig.
Pretty much 85-90% of what she played was all new stuff that's probably (hopefully) going to be on her 3rd Album. Anyone who's been to The Deaf Institute will know what an superb, intimate venue it is. The atmosphere in there was incredible.
The new songs are really good. She's caused a shitstorm very recently with the release of a free download of a song she wrote and recorded in a day 'Underestimate The Girl'. Punk? Grunge? What's happened to the Kate we know and love etc.?
Relax you fools because a) It's a grower and I like it (especially live) and b) most of the rest of her new stuff is nothing like that.
Her gigs are a lot more 'rocky' as it's all guitars (no piano tonight) and I've never seen a group of performers enjoying themselves so much on stage and having a laugh. Top!
Looses a point for crap support acts.
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Marina & The Diamonds at Manchester Cathedral - 10/10
Never been to the cathedral before for a gig. It's an awesome venue but because of a number of pillars the view could be restrictive. Managed to get into a decent position anyway.
She came on in what was basically a nighty. All the men just went fucking crazy. Pretty much did most of her second album and a few from the first. A couple of costume changes etc.
Support wise, I can't even remember. Overall though it was a top night. There was beer which was poured into plastic glasses. However nobody dropped them on the floor when they were done. Given the location, I though the was mildly amusing.
Chris Cornell - London Pallidum
Chris is touring his songbook tour atm, its really stripped back affair. He treated us to 30 songs from his soundgarden, Temple of the dog, Audioslave, and solo backlog. With a couple of covers thrown in.
Superb, sat/stood amongst various acoustic guitars, lots of talking to the crowd, laid back, funny, back and forth and played fan requests!
His voice his getting back to his best, some of those notes! Great value for money, and an awesome evening.
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Chris Cornell - London Pallidum
Chris is touring his songbook tour atm, its really stripped back affair. He treated us to 30 songs from his soundgarden, Temple of the dog, Audioslave, and solo backlog. With a couple of covers thrown in.
Superb, sat/stood amongst various acoustic guitars, lots of talking to the crowd, laid back, funny, back and forth and played fan requests!
His voice his getting back to his best, some of those notes! Great value for money, and an awesome evening.
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Kate Nash gig at The Deaf Institute
Saw OFF! at the Garage last week.
They were ace. Support band Trash Talk were pretty ordinary, but the kids seemed to like 'em.
Got totally blown off stage by Keith, Dimitri and co, though.
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The Worcester Art Museum Library, founded in 1909, is a bibliographic resource dedicated to the history of art reflecting the collection strengths of the Museum. The Library is managed in association with the College of the Holy Cross, a collaboration that began in 2001.
The Library is located on the second floor of the Museum. The reading room is the original Sculpture Gallery in the Museum's 1898 building and houses frequently used monographs and art publications.
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Business meetings start at noon with a brown bag lunch followed by our speakers.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - Author talk by Mark Fins about his book, Imagine That, the story of a lonely eight year old boy uprooted from his familiar home in Queens to a new home in Worcester who befriends an eccentric industrialist in his new neighborhood. The story is based on Fins' encounter as a child with John Woodman Higgins, the founder of Worcester's Higgins Armory.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - Discussion by Birgit Strähle, Assistant Paintings Conservator at WAM, of the History of Libraries from Antiquity to the Present. Birgit Strähle first joined the WAM in 2003 as a graduate level intern, and held two fellowships from the Samuel H. Kress and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundations from 2006-2009. She received an M.A in art history from the University of Braunschweig and a Diploma in paintings and sculpture conservation from the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, Germany.
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Over a Cup:A soup for cold days and nights
January 15, 2011
'Beef Barley Soup'
To make "Beef Barley Soup," you'll need:
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 pound stew meat, cubed
• 8 cups water
• 2 beef-flavor bouillon cubes
• ½ cup hot water
• 14-ounce can stewed tomatoes
• 1 cup carrots, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup sliced celery
• ¼ cup chopped green pepper (optional)
• 1 cup or more chopped cabbage
• ½ cup barley
• 1 ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
Directions: In a large soup pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the beef and cook it, stirring often, until browned. Add the 8 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for an hour or more until the meat is tender. Then, with a slotted spoon, remove the meat to a bowl. Shred the meat. In a cup, dissolve the bouillon cubes in the hot water.
Add it to the water in the soup pot. Add in the remaining ingredients. Stir in the meat. Cover and simmer for 1 ½ hours or until the vegetables are tender.
First of all, I have a request for gluten-free recipes.
If you have any of these recipes, please call me at 824-8809 or write to me at PO box 415, Craig, CO, 81626.
A hearty bowl of soup, a salad, and bread — it's a menu made for cold days and nights. I tend to rely on the same soup and chili recipes because I can make them from memory.
However, this weekend I found enough time to try a new "Beef Barley Soup" recipe.
It calls for beef stew meat, but I put a small chuck roast in the slow cooker and it worked fine.
To make the soup, you'll need: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, 1 pound beef stew meat (cubed), 8 cups of water, 2 beef-flavor bouillon cubes, 1/2 cup hot water, 14-ounce can stewed tomatoes, 1 cup carrots (peeled and sliced), 1 cup chopped onion, 1 cup sliced celery, 1/4 cup chopped green pepper (optional), 1 cup or more chopped cabbage, 1/2 cup barley, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper and 1 tablespoon parsley flakes.
In a large saucepan or soup pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add beef; cook, stirring often, until browned.
Add 8 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for about 1 hour or until the meat is tender.
As noted in the second paragraph, I cooked a roast in the slow cooker until tender. I did not brown it first, but it probably was a good idea.
When the meat is tender, remove it to a bowl, using a slotted spoon.
With two forks, shred the meat and set aside. If you use a roast as I did, you will need to cut the meat into small pieces before shredding.
Also, if you use a roast and it has some fat on it, you may want to let the meat's liquid cool and then skim off the fat.
Dissolve the bouillon cubes in the 1/2 cup of hot water and add it to the meat's liquid that's still in the pot. Then, add all of the other ingredients and mix well. Add the meat. Cover and simmer for about 1-1/2 to 2 hours, until the vegetables are tender.
This is a good soup.
Don't forget about the gluten-free recipes. Also, I'm still looking for sugar-free recipes, those for bachelors and any others you'd care to share.
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Dora birthday cakes are suitable for kids who love Dora the Explorer. Cakes are probably one of the things that are very significant to the birthday of children. Although there are several gifts that your child will be receiving, for sure, the cakes should also be given attention. Since, it is a center of attention; you need to have a design that is colorful and captivating to everyone's eyes, as well as the celebrant as to make the celebration worth to remember. Dora birthday cakes are probably one of the most famous cake themes that you can have for your child.
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Nice! Thanks for posting back, especially with a picture.
This is at 7 yards for my very first 5 shots ( I didn't want to fill the magazine to six until I broke it in a little)
This is one sweeeet gun. It is more accurate up to 10 yards with it's 3" barrel than my FNP9 with a 4" barrel.
Put 200 rounds through it. No FTF no FTL no problems what so ever.
I was having second thoughts on whether I "wasted" $600. Not now. To answer the title of this thread "Is the PM9 worth it".... Damn Straight
Nice! Thanks for posting back, especially with a picture.
IMO, Kahrs are nice little DAO shooters, and a breeze to conceal!... but they're a little over priced. I bought mine in January, and paid 600 for it, but sounds like they're going for more now. Kinda steep when you consider that for another $150-200 you could pick up a descent Loaded Springfield. Not in the same category of weapon, but far more gun for the money.
Nex time you get a chance, strip the frame off your polymer Kahr, and stare at it for a few minutes... ask yourself if that's $700 workmanship!
Thanks Panther....glad you like it I hope the PM9 I buy is just like yours!!! Thanks for th photo too.....looks like The PM did exactly what it is suppose to do!!
Posted this about my PM9 on another thread:I might add....it's never been back to Kahr for that early barrel recall.My early PM9 has never given me a problem. It's run smooth as butter with no jamming or peening through about 800 rounds.
Well made little gun.
Like it so much, I'm lookin' for a CW45 to compliment it.
I just got my first PM 9 the other day and fed it 200 trouble free rounds last night. very pleased with it!
Have had my PM9 for about 9 mos and have around 1500 rounds through it. Not one issue. I paid $620 for the black DLC PM9 with routine sights. Is very accurate at intended distances.
I am picking up a CW9 from my wife tomorrow.
My other CCWs are an LCP and XD9SC.
Kahr PM9 ...
Had 1 hated it! I tried everything with it. And yes, I gave it a break-in-over 500 rds. It jammed like jelly!
Too bad because it is so small and light. It killed me but I got rid of it. I won't ever buy anything from Kahr again!I sent it back to Kahr but still nothing but problems.
BUT I've read that others have great luck with them.
So...buyer beware!
All guns,cars ,etc have a lemon once in a while ( Check out the Kimber thread you'll even find one there)
But I did a LOT of research and also know first hand the PM9 is one excellent firearm
I love mine and it's become my everyday concealed carry weapon.
Fits my hand beautifully. Trigger is almost sensuous it's so smooth and silky!
Recoil is practically unnoticeable with normal pressure rounds. Not one FTE, FTF or failure to return to battery in over 500 rounds. Very accurate. Very well built. What's not to like?
I have two friends who purchased PM9's and were ready to get rid of them due to numerous "problems".
Turns out the "problems" were not with the PM9's, but with the shooters themselves. They were "limp-wristing" the guns. One of the guys had VERY large hands. He just COULDN'T get a proper grip.
Once the OTHER guy was shown how to properly hold and fire the pistol, the "problems" went away and he's now a happy and proud PM9 owner.
Mike Harvey