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Universal Fit item created by nightmancometh, Jun 28, 2010
Pros - Amazing clarity and impressive soundstage. build quality is second to none
Cons - Highs a bit harsh
Disregarding price, this is one of the best IEM I've ver tested and definitely the best one that I own.
Pros - Sound for price, build quality and durability, detachable cables, sound is very detailed and accurate while being very "fun"
Cons - Sound may be too bombastic or extreme for some. Minor issue with nozzle filters falling off(which can be a plus)
These headphones are very unique, both in construction and sound. They are built of Cubic Zirconium, making them extremely durable, and have detachable cables. A jogger literally ran over mine, on concrete, and they aren't even scratched. The finish changes color from a gunmetal grayish color, to a bluegreenish hue in bright light. The cables, though having a slight memory character, are very thick and sturdy feeling, although they can add a bit of uncomfortable weight to already hefty earphones. Nevertheless, I've never had an issue wearing these cord up or down so long as I have a proper fit. They are shallow insertion, and comfortable enough to sleep with. Most earbuds/IEMs tend to die through cable failure, since they are constantly being put into stress because of their portablility, so it is a huge relief to see these have detachable cables which are compatible with Sleek Audio cables. One of my dogs chewed through the original cables(which miraculously still work most of the time, but sometimes the sound cuts out), so I was glad I was able to pay 15 dollars for new cables instead of 100+ for new earphones. However, they do suffer from one issue where the thin nozzle filters seem to fall off when doing a lot of tip changing, which pretty much 90% of head-fi IEM users do. This is not a big deal though, as many prefer having them off, and the issue is easily managable by taking a tiny piece of thin foam from some cheap earbuds and placing them into the nozzle(which also lets you comfortably modify the treble to your own liking)
Soundwise, the first thing to note is that these aren't for everyone. They are by no means neutral; but this doesn't mean they don't sound natural. Whether they do or not will depend on your ears and preferences. I am, fortunately, one of the many to whom these seem to sound very "natural", what with it's U-shaped sound signature presenting clear highs and (very) punchy lows. These extend powerfully all the way down to 20hz, while presenting a surprising amount of detail in the treble. Detail which rivals that of many balanced armature IEMs, by several accounts. Though they have a pleasant decay at the bottom for realistic bass, they maintain necessary speed throughout the sound signature to provide ample detail in all the frequencies. Textured bass, clean mids, and detailed highs.
Though their soundstage isn't the widest, they seem to give the illusion of a large soundstage because of how transparent the sound is, and how realistic the timbre is. Separation and imaging/position is truly great, especially for a dynamic. One would think the Cubic Zirconium is just marketing, but not only does it provide these with outstanding durability, but also really reduces resonance to less than any HP I've heard. It's as if my brain feels that the sound emerging from these is so realistic, it artificially expands the soundstage so that it feels larger than any of my full size headphones. It is an intimate presentation that is able to expand accordingly to the music's demands. As a fellow head-fi member once described, their sound is seemingly "holographic".
I must emphasize again, however, that they simply aren't for everyone, but such is the case with pretty much every headphone. What make these headphones great for some may be what makes them lackluster for others, and viceversa. For those who need something with pristine detail to bring out the nuances in classical music, but still want the bass to get you moving through your Hip-Hop tracks, these are a great candidate. I bought them when they were available for 109 dollars earlier in the year. At 120, they are still an amazing value.
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MIDDLEBURY, VT - The fourth-seeded Amherst College men's lacrosse team was downed, 14-8, at top-ranked Middlebury College Saturday afternoon in the NESCAC Tournament Semifinals. With the loss, the Jeffs season comes to an end at 10-5 overall, while the Panthers improve to 13-1 and will meet either Tufts University or Wesleyan University Sunday at noon in the championship game.
Things looked good for Amherst early on. Senior attackman Chris Condlin (Baltimore, MD) and sophomore midfielder Andrew Syfu (Hobart, IN) each netted a pair of goals to help the Jeffs take a 5-3 lead into the second quarter. The Panthers rallied with the contest's next three goals to pull ahead, 6-5. Amherst sophomore middie Joaquin Walker (Denver, CO) tickled the twine to knot the score at 6-6 at halftime.
Middlebury exploded for four goals in a 3:06 span during the third quarter to take a 10-6 lead. The Jeffs cut the deficit to 10-7 before junior attacker Charley Howe (Darien, CT) scored a pair of the host's next three goals, extending the lead to 13-7. Junior attackman Mike Saraceni (Syracuse, NY) netted his fourth goal of the game to round the scoring out at 14-8.
Amherst sophomore netminder Cushing Donelan (Noroton, CT) finished with 12 saves, while junior Eric Kreiger (Princeton, NJ) stopped 11 shots for the Panthers. Seniors Stephan Hein (Washington, DC), Matt Margolis (Short Hills, NJ), Chris Kane (Swampscott, MA) and Condlin all played in their final game as Jeffs.
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Rent a Boat For The Best Lake Tahoe Experience
Lake Tahoe is known for it's amazing winter where the skiing is beautiful and has some of the best slopes in the entire world. However it's, at heart, a lake (DUH) where the summer provides fantastic water activities.
This is actually a boating paradise. Renting a boat will enable you to fish in Lake Tahoe it will allow you to take full benefits of the lake front activities which are present in the summer period at Tahoe.
The region gives some great swimming, fishing and other water fun activities. There are many resorts that cater to all year round visitors.
The summer season at the lake is never as amped up or even busy as the winter skiing period. This makes it to have more of a homey feel. The region in the summer season gives all the extremely beauty of the high mountain country with the entire beautiful views which are present in the winter period.
When fishing in Lake Tahoe renting a boat will provide you way to explore the lake and all the amazing things it has to provide. A boat rental can be normally secured through a lot of the resorts in the place such as Action Watersports of Incline Village. Boat rentals are available also through shops offering independent rental.
Lake Tahoe is a great vacation any time of the year though. In the summer season the focus is on this lake. There are no pushy skiers off in order to hit the slopes and also the atmosphere is more calm.
Nowadays, you could get access to anything via the internet. If you have a rental car to takeyou to your lodging, you can just make your online reservations. Many companies of car rental in Lake Tahoe have their websites already up so you won't have to border about not getting sufficient resources.
Generally, the region in the summer season is created for relaxing and also soaking up the suns rays as you float in your boat on the water. Renting a boat when fishing in Lake Tahoe can take you closer to the lake than ever before and let you to see why it's not only a skiing paradise, but instead a paradise at any period of the year.
So lets' say you would like to spend just a day on lake Tahoe. Where should you begin? Well if you're at the north end of Tahoe you have to visit AWS Incline to rent boats; reservations are recommended as well.
There are other rental locations in Lake Tahoe that you can consider. If you really want to get a whole vacation package, it's possible also. There are some travel agencies that have sites that will provide you options on what you really want to have. For instance, if you only want a quiet time yourself while boating and fishing, you can just get a vacation package with only the lodging and your boat. But if you are a bit more adventurous, you will get packages that will have more included. But if you need initial information regarding how to rent Lake Tahoe lodging and equipment, the internet is a huge resource you can easily seek help from.


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Music for Film, Background music, Stock Music and an ASCAP History from RoyaltyFreeMusic.comAs you already know, RoyaltyFreeMusic.com provides royalty free music that is an alternative often chosen by professionals looking to save money on licensing fees without compromising the quality of important music for film that makes up their intricate soundtracks. Professional composers with vast experience in creating and playing rich music for film and background music custom-design and perform the available tracks to suit the demanding needs of producers and directors trying to build diverse libraries of stock music on a budget that need royalty free music running the gamut of styles - classical, jazz, New Age, R&B, pop, rock, electronic, avant-garde. RoyaltyFreeMusic.com understands that, as a busy film professional with far more on your to-do list than simply picking out ideal stock music and background music to contribute to the desired overall feel and look of your production. That is why we try to provide affordable music that is organized into diverse compilations in a variety of ways - by music theme, by music type or style, by instrument and in many other easy ways that will allow you to spend less time choosing the best collection. Because we have done the work of organizing the music into easy-to-download catalogues for you, you already know you are getting the right type of soundtrack music. And because you are dealing with royalty free music, you always know you will pay a one-time, low fee for unlimited use of the music purchased with no further obligations to pay … ever!Still, we realize you have options that extend beyond royalty free music, and one of them is to pay the on-going fees that tend to be more complicated than those attached to stock music charged by major music providers. One of the largest music providers/license holders, and where many professionals go to get their stock music for film and television is ASCAP. But what exactly is ASCAP, besides someone that you might know as owning a lot of copyrights to a lot of songs from A LOT of artists?"ASCAP" stands for the "American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and is a non-profit performance rights organization. It protects the musical copyrights of members by keeping track of the live performances of music via broadcast or live performance. ASCAP makes sure that artists get compensated each time their music is used by non-copyright owners. This is why, when a piece of stock music or any other type of background music you might be using for your film production is registered with ASCAP, you are responsible for paying fees - on-going, usually on a monthly basis, especially if you own a restaurant or another type of business where you will be playing background music regularly and often. 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At the time, the group was composed of mostly writers and publishers associated with New York City's "Tin Pan Alley," a district in the city that housed most of the city's prominent creatives. Early members of ASCAP included songwriters such as Irving Berlin, James Weldon Johnson and John Philip Sousa. In the first ten years of ASCAP's existence, the entity along with the Performing Right Society of Great Britain signed the first reciprocal agreement that would allow each to represent the other's work while in their respective countries. This set a ground-breaking precedent that eventually grew into the same types of reciprocal agreements throughout the world so those internationally can be compensated for use of their music as stock music, background music or music for film. When radio was introduced in the 1920s, ASCAP realized it had a new source of income. At first, radio stations only broadcast live performances of works, with performers working without compensation. 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All frogs are assumed to jump in a similar manner by rapidly extending hindlimbs during the propulsive phase and rotating the limbs forward during flight in order to land forelimbs first. However, studies of jumping behavior are lacking in the most primitive living frogs of the family Leiopelmatidae. These semi-aquatic or terrestrial anurans retain a suite of plesiomorphic morphological features and are unique in using an asynchronous (trot-like) rather than synchronous "frog-kick" swimming gait of other frogs. We compared jumping behavior in leiopelmatids to more derived frogs and found that leiopelmatids maintain extended hindlimbs throughout flight and landing phases and do not land on adducted forelimbs. These "belly-flop" landings limit the ability for repeated jumps and are consistent with a riparian origin of jumping in frogs. The unique behavior of leiopelmatids shows that frogs evolved jumping before they perfected landing. Moreover, an inability to rapidly cycle the limbs may provide a functional explanation for the absence of synchronous swimming in leiopelmatids.


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In the graphic design industry we have this lovely thing called a "deliverable". You know, a tangible "thing" a client can see or sometimes even hold that helps establish the value to the service we deliver. But for other b2b services industries, their deliverable is not quite as tangible. So how do they gain the trust and loyalty of a client? Some are finding success with Pay-for-performance models.
One example of a business that's having great success with a results-based model is Green Leads. They provide their b2b clients with appointment setting and lead generation. As opposed to paying an outsourced lead gen vendor a monthly service fee–which is basically just an hourly rate with margin added to it–Green Leads only gets paid when they deliver a qualified meeting with the prospects their clients are targeting. "Lead gen programs are all about return on investment. With pay for performance appointment setting, our clients know exactly what the ROI of the program is going to be. They spend $X, they get Y meetings," says Linda Flanagan, COO of Green Leads. "There is never a question of 'what did you do for me lately'".
Another area that benefits from a pay-for-performance model is SEO consulting. The traditional model for providing SEO consulting includes substantial up-front fees, without any direct incentive for the vendor to produce results. Because there are no performance guarantees, this model can leave clients feeling like they have no guarantee of any ROI. But BlackFin Media—Stormship's lead technology partner—does it differently. "We measure and report the results to our clients, and bill only for the rankings that we achieve on the three major search engines," says Chris Edwards of BlackFin. "… our team uses safe yet effective techniques to improve your website's organic search engine rankings relative to your competition, driving targeted traffic to your site every day. Our unique results-based SEO service makes clients feel that they have a vested partner in their SEO campaign, who is motivated to achieve and maintain top rankings."
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Tom Lane wrote: > I notice that the pg_stat_statements patch is applying pg_mbcliplen() > to query strings, in the fond illusion that it knows what encoding > they are in. > > This brings up a bigger issue, namely that pg_stat_activity isn't > exactly encoding-proof either --- whatever encoding is in use in a > particular database is what query strings from backends in that database > will be stored in. Readers in another database will be exposed to > strings that probably aren't encoded correctly for their DB. > > We could attack this by including source database's encoding in the > shared-memory entries, and performing a conversion on the fly when > reading out the data. However, what happens if the conversion fails? > Seems like this provides a way for users to hide their queries from > the DBA ... just include a comment with some characters that are > untranslatable. The DBA could always connect to the same database to see the query in its original form, so I don't think it provides a very useful way to hide queries. The most useful behavior would be to replace the untranslatable characters with "?". I'm not sure how invasive the changes to the conversion functions would be to support that. -- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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By the time they're 18 months or so, kids have begun to enjoy the novelty of seeing new places and new things. But even the most outgoing child can feel anxious about getting to or being in a new place.
To help your toddler adjust, plan to spend quiet time together while you're in transit (if possible) and — most important — once you reach your destination. Make sure you bring along toys, blankets, and other familiar items from home to help your little one feel as secure as possible.
Choose a destination where you don't have to constantly say "no." Book a place that offers safe, enclosed play areas so your child can toddle about without setting your pulse racing. This is a good age to consider a resort or packaged tour that specializes in family vacations.
Health and safety
- Before you travel, find out if your hotel will childproof your room before you arrive. If they won't, take your own childproofing kit that includes doorknob covers, plastic outlet covers, and pipe cleaners or twisties to secure drapery or electrical cords. You could take a couple of safety gates to keep your child out of off-limits areas, too.
- Pack doctor-recommended pain medication such as acetaminophen for fever or drops for gas.
- Bring hats and sunscreen for your toddler, and blankets and pillows for napping.
- Get a removable car-shade screen for the car's windows to shield your little one's skin and eyes from the sun.
- See our First-Aid Kit for the Road to make sure you have the supplies you need for dealing with minor medical problems while traveling with your toddler. And before you leave, print and fill out our Emergency Checklist for Traveling With a Small Child.
- If traveling by car, toddlers should always ride in the backseat, in a car seat — never in a front seat with a passenger air bag. Spend some time before you leave to make sure the car seat is properly installed and that the seat's belts are correctly threaded. Make sure the harness fits your child snugly and securely. It's safest to leave your child rear-facing as long as possible. (Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend keeping your child in a rear-facing car seat until at least age 2.)
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Pack finger foods like bananas, apples, and pears (but keep in mind that on some international flights nonpackaged fruit is banned), cereal ("o" cereals are a favorite), and miniature rice cakes.
Bring a molded plastic bib for your toddler. It's invaluable for cleaning up ice cream drips and preventing several changes of clothing a day.
If your toddler sleeps in a crib, reserve one at the time you make your room reservation or you may be out of luck when you arrive. Another option: Bring along your own portacrib.
Tip: Stash some medium-size resealable plastic bags in your car trunk or carrying bag. They're handy for holding messy items like bibs, diapers, wet bathing suits, and all those treasures that kids collect.


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After a brutal political year, Obama on Wednesday set out to show that his sweeping agenda would survive his diminished approval ratings and a wall of Republican opposition.
"We do not give up. We do not quit. We do not allow fear or division to break our spirit," Obama said, trying to conjure up the spirit of reform that electrified American politics during his 2008 campaign.
But Obama offered few clues as to how he will get his stalled health care plan, financial regulation and global warming legislation through a viciously partisan Congress in the tumult of mid-term election year.
Robert Lehrman, a former White House speech writer, said Obama was targeting voters who chose him in 2008 but defected to Republicans in the Virginia governor's race last year and in a Massachusetts Senate poll last week.
"He was showing that he hasn't abandoned the big plans that he came to Washington with, and I think that was what people wanted to see.
"I think he looked like a leader there."
Obama, in front of millions of television viewers, also tried a dose of contrition in a bid to win a second look from those independent swing voters.
He admitted the pace of change was slow, and that his administration had made some mistakes. But in commanding language, he then called on lawmakers to ditch the petty games that annoy voters.
"What frustrates the American people is a Washington where every day is Election Day," he said, using the time honored political tactic of standing with the people against warring factions of the United States capital.
After spending a year failing to pass health reform, Obama shuffled his political deck, prioritising jobs and pushing foreign policy to the end of the 68-minute speech, despite two wars and a year of break-neck travel abroad.
Though the economy is beginning to recover, the US is suffocating under 10 per cent unemployment - the top concern of voters.
"The biggest challenge we have is translating GDP growth into jobs," said Jason Furman, a senior White House economic advisor.
But the question lingering when the House of Representatives emptied out, was - did Obama do himself any good?
Clearly, one speech cannot change political mathematics, but it might have bought Obama time to take his narrative of defiance on the road, and could help insulate him from personal damage if Democrats slump badly in November's polls.
"I think it will help him a small amount," said Lehrman, a professor of communications at American University.
"But I would not hold up a speech as having a lasting effect if it is not coupled with action," he said.
Obama laid down a gauntlet to Republicans, who have opposed every step of his agenda so far, but now risk being seen as blocking reform and change.
He also demanded some steel from panicky Democrats, warning them to work for change and not "run for the hills".
But Obama needs a swift political victory to back up his hardened edge.
"If you have this kind of adversarial rhetoric, you need a quick win," said Jennifer Reem, professor of communications at Nova Southeastern University, Florida.
Obama also tried to draw a line under the worst of the crisis, saying he had headed off the threat of a second Great Depression and that the time for recovery and reform was nigh.
"He appeared as someone who was taking on adversity, as a fighter," said Reem, who noted a more brittle Obama tone in several asides to Republicans.
"I think that his humor was a little more bitter, a little more cynical, and little more sarcastic," Reem said.
In his quest to debunk criticism that he is a cold, and distant, Obama also offered small glimpses into his character.
He informally referred to First Lady Michelle Obama in the gallery as "honey" and quipped that banking bailouts were about as popular as a "root canal".


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In a highly emotional game against his former team, Chris Ivory led the New York Jets running game as Gang Green pulled off the upset against the New Orleans Saints. Finally healthy, Ivory tallied season high stats en route to the 26-20 win.
Gang Green came out of Sunday with a much needed win against a tough New Orleans Saints team. The now 5-4 Jets will head into their bye week enjoying some much-needed rest following a triumphant home win. Chris Ivory made the most of his chance to faceoff against his former teammates; showing off his talents in the 26-20 win at MetLife.
"I think I did well with the opportunities I had today," said Ivory. "I went with my role today and we won. You guys want me to say that (this win meant more), but that's just not how it feels. I really look at it just like another game."
The fourth year veteran was acquired by New York in a trade this offseason to provide depth in the backfield and support rookie quarterback Geno Smith. For the early part of the season, Ivory was limited to minimal reps, while nursing a hamstring injury. With injury always looming over Ivory like a black cloud, the Jets were willing to take the risk on the talented running back. This high risk came with high reward, as Ivory continues to lead the Jets in their running game.
Ivory went into beast mode on Sunday tallying a season high 139 yards on 18 carries and one touchdown. The first year Jet had two big runs in the game, the longest being a 52 yard run off the right tackle, to set up a Nick Folk field goal in the second quarter. The Tiffin graduate plays a hard-nosed style refusing to go down after first contact. Driving the pile for extra yards and keeping drives alive, Ivory gave the Jets a fighting chance to hold off Drew Brees and the Saints.
"You just have to knuckle up," said Jets' offensive lineman Willie Colon. "We understand Chris (Ivory) is a big back for us. If we get him going, the sky's the limit. We take pride in him and he takes pride in us."
For Rex Ryan, the ground and pound game seems to have been rejuvenated with an emerging Ivory. Since the days of Thomas Jones, the Jets' running game has never been the same, until now. When Ivory is healthy, he can be a game changer, as he has shown in the past.
"We know if he's healthy, this young man has the ability to be a punch-you-in-the-face type of back, said Ryan of Ivory. "He has speed, he has vision, and he runs with power. To compliment him with Bilal Powell, those two guys really do a great job for us."
Bilal Powell has been getting less carries each week since Ivory's coming out party in the Week 7 win over New England. If the trend continues and if Ivory can remain healthy, look to see No. 33 take the role as the starting running back for the remainder of the season.


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Delightfully irreverent and deliciously absurd, director Hideki Takeuchi's Thermae Romae, based on Mari Yamazaki's award-winning manga series was one of Japan's most popular films of 2012 and a big hit at last year's TIFF.
This kooky time-travelling comedy is essentially a love-letter to Japanese bath culture as it sends its characters careening through time between the baths of ancient Rome and the modern bathhouses of Tokyo.
Ancient Roman architect Lucius (Hirsohi Abe) is too serious. His inability to keep up with the fast-moving times costs him his job. When a friend takes the dejected Lucius to the public bathhouse to cheer him up, Lucius accidentally slips through time and resurfaces in a modern-day public bath in Japan. There, he meets aspiring young manga artist Mami, along with others of the "flat-faced clan". Shocked by the many inventive aspects of Japan's bathing culture, Lucius returns to ancient Rome and garners tremendous attention when he implements these novel ideas back in Rome. As he time-slips back and forth between ancient Rome and modern-day Japan, Lucius' reputation as the ingenious, new bath architect begins to grow.
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In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, Ever Merciful.
Muslims who believe in the Messiah, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as)
An in-depth explanation of various Quranic Surahs by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul-Masih IV (ra) in Urdu and Arabic. Class no. 26, recorded on January 29, 1998.
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Epic: The Story God Is Telling and the Role That Is Yours to Play - eBook
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Life, for most of us, feels like a movie weve arrived to forty minutes late.
Sure, good things happen, sometimes beautiful things. But tragic things happen too. What does it mean? We find ourselves in the middle of a story that is sometimes wonderful, sometimes awful, usually a confusing mixture of both, and we havent a clue how to make sense of it all. No wonder we keep losing heart.
We need to know the rest of the story.
For when we were born, we were born into the midst of a great story begun before the dawn of time. A story of adventure, of risk and loss, heroism . . . and betrayal. A story where good is warring against evil, danger lurks around every corner, and glorious deeds wait to be done. Think of all those stories youve ever lovedtheres a reason they stirred your heart. Theyve been trying to tell you about the true Epic ever since you were young.
There is a larger story And you have a crucial role to play.
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John Eldredge is an author, a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recovering their own hearts in Gods love, and learning to live in Gods kingdom. John and his wife, Stasi, live near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Kk1 Stars Out Of 5Sorry, JohnSeptember 25, 2015KkQuality: 0Value: 0Meets Expectations: 1Many people say that this book is an "essential read" and really helps people to understand God's story. I don't know if this is just me, but I found that I was so bored that I was not able to draw any information or meaning from this book. I was excited to read this book, but I was disappointed to find that there was poor theology in this book. I also found that John Eldredge made too many references to his favorite books and movies which got old too fast and, unless you are familiar with these books and movies, were difficult to connect to the content of the book. This book was a complete waste of my time.
Bob4 Stars Out Of 5EPICApril 8, 2015BobQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4Good book with some great thoughts - John Eldridge is bring story to where it needs to be - we are all part of God's story and every Christian has an important role to play!
Nicola1Merritt BC CanadaAge: Over 65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5An essential readMay 28, 2013Nicola1Merritt BC CanadaAge: Over 65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This little book crystallizes God's story for us in a way that is fascinating and fast moving. I have given many copies away to help others understand that we are part of this great story as a Christ-follower, a child of the King!
LindaTCAAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Powerful messageNovember 2, 2012LindaTCAAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5John Edredge's use of myth, stories, movies, etc. brings a wonderful message of God's amazing love for his creation. John's writing and ministry of encouragement is so needed in the church today. His writing has sparked a new energy in my walk with Jesus and a stronger desire to see the broken hearted healed and the captives set free! Waking the Dead was my introduction to John's writing. Keep writing brother and God Bless.
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In the category of marketing campaigns I never thought would happen, Denny's announced they will be rolling out a Middle Earth-inspired menu to promote The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Did you catch that? Denny's and Middle Earth in the same sentence. Where's the One Ring when you need it?
"America's Diner" will offer the Lonely Mountain Treasure, Radagast's Red Velvet Pancake Puppies, Bilbo's Berry Smoothie, and the Lone-Lands Campfire Cookie Milk Shake. Radagast just doesn't strike me as the red velvet type. I mean, I don't like Denny's so I'm obviously a little biased. I'd be slightly more on board if they made some attempt at actually relating the food to something in the story. Stew, bread, potatoes – there are plenty of simple and more meaningful options. As it is, they've just picked random things and slapped a name from Middle Earth on them. And oh boy, do I have feelings about people doing that. Ugh. This menu will not be enough to get this geek to go to Denny's.
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This is called Bookseat. I have one in my house except it's called the toilet. Now who's up for a little urine-soaked Sudoku?
Friday, August 19, 2011
Buddy Dumps
Friday, July 15, 2011
Lil' Fuckers: Rock Me, Gets-No-Play-Us
It took the creator of this book ten long, presumably sexless years to collect enough rocks for a full alphabet plus rock illustrations of what each letter represents. Meaning, clearly, that if rocks could sing, they'd be belting out, "Get a fucking liiiiiiiiiiife!"
via Coochicoos
disclaimer: I actually think this book is radical, but I'm a jerkface down to muh rock-shaped bones
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Flippin' Lids
While I'm inclined to pick on this hat/lamp/yellow dump, the seller also has a mint condition set of Ms. magazines including one with the "9 to 5″ gals on the cover so move along, bitchy words, move along…
Cuts Like a Knife
If you write in this notebook, some douche is immediately gonna make a joke about "fightin' words." And that's when you decide to title your novella, "Papercuts on His Scrotum: A Tale of Spiral-Bound Revenge."
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Great Ghosts!
Ms. Pac-Man was the greatest game ever. Aside from Tiddle Winks and flicking your bean. But you can't stitch that on a screen door, now can you?
Update: I Googled Ms. Pac-Man to double check my spelling and found this. Leave it to some gamer chode-ette to take it too far.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Lil' Fuckers: True Story
I discovered this book after I overheard a lady say, "I mean, why the fuck did she say that?" I then told her that made me giggle and she told me about this book. I'm not even making that up. Apparently, my friend criteria is 1.) Do you have a foul mouth? 2.) Are we in an elevator together?
Book Excerpt So You Understand How Amazing It Truly Is:
"The cats nestle close to their kittens now.
The lambs have laid down with the sheep.
You're cozy and warm in your bed, my dear
Please go the fuck to sleep."
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
This book was created by 100 artists. Each artist had to add to the previous drawing, but could never see the big picture. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Where are all the penises?!? Nothing ties a picture together quite like a hastily sketched wiener.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Lil' Fuckers: Royal Embarrassment
Kid book streak!!! Here's another one. It's called The King's 6th Finger…and the Lucky, Lucky, Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Queen.
Yes, I just made a fingering joke about a children's book. Sunglasses fall down*. Deal with it.
*Joke assist by Alan "Predator" McCoy.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Lil' Fuckers: Cold Feet/Little Meat
I thought of a word tonight — oligarchy. And according to blog bylaws if you think of it, you have to use it in a post. So here we go — If you had multiple penises you'd be ruled by oligarchy, but since you just have that one little beanie weenie, you're ruled by inadequacy.
What does that have to do with this children's book? Not much. But it's a word. That book has words. Close enough, bitches.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
You Oughta Know
I heard the beginning of Alanis Morisette's "Isn't it Ironic" on the radio yesterday. So today I'm going to install an overheating megawatt bulb in this book lamp, then hang up a copy of Farenheit 451, which will surely burst into flames and engulf my house, taking me with it. Not to celebrate irony or anything. That song just makes me want to kill myself.
via John "Tuff Stuff" Duff


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Return to Mole Table of Contents
The value for Avogadro's Number is 6.022 x 1023 mol¯1.
Types of problems you might be asked look something like these:
When the word gram replaces mole, you have a related set of problems which requires one more step. So keep in mind that there are 4 example problems just above.
These problems use the reverse technique of the above. Once again, replacing mole with gram adds one step to the procedure.
Here is a graphic of the procedure steps:
Pick the box of the data you are given in the problem and follow the steps toward the box containing what you are asked for in the problem.
Problem #1: 0.450 mole of Fe contains how many atoms?
Start from the box labeled "mole" and move (to the right) to the box labeled "atoms." What do you have to do to get there? That's right - multiply by Avogadro's Number.
0.450 mol x 6.022 x 1023 mol¯1
Problem #2: 0.200 mole of H2O contains how many molecules?
0.200 mol x 6.022 x 1023 mol¯1
The unit on Avogadro's Number might look a bit weird. It is mol¯1 and you would say "per mole" out loud. The question then is WHAT per mole?
The answer is it depends on the problem. In the first example, I used iron, an element. Almost all elements come in the form of individual atoms, so the correct numerator with most elements is "atoms." (I will leave you to figure out the exceptions.)
So, doing the calculation and rounding off to three sig figs, we get 2.71 x 1023 mol¯1 atoms. Notice "atoms" never gets written until the end. It is assumed to be there in the case of elements. If you wrote Avogadro's Number with the unit atoms/mole in the problem, you would be correct.
The same type of discussion applies to substances which are molecular in nature, such as water. So the numerator I use here is "molecule" and the problem answer is 1.20 x 1023 molecules.
Once again, the numerator part of Avogadro's Number depends on what is in the problem. Other possible numerators include "formula units," ions, or electrons. These, of course, are all specific to a given problem. When a general word is used, the most common one is "entities," as in 6.022 x 1023 entities/mol.
Video: How to Convert Between Number of Molecules and Moles
Let us now continue with more solutions to the example problems above. Here are the same two problems as before, but with gram replacing mole:
Look at the solution steps and you'll see we have to go from grams (on the left) across to the right through moles and then to how many. So, for the first one it would be like this:
Step One: 0.450 g divided by 55.85 g/mol = 0.00806 mol
Step Two: 0.00806 mol x 6.022 x 1023 atoms/mol
and for the second, we have:
Step One: 0.200 g divided by 18.0 g/mol = 0.0111 mol
Step Two: 0.0111 mol x 6.022 x 1023 molecules/mol
Video: Given 14.05 g of SO2, how many molecules is this?
Now, let's see how well you can do the opposite direction. The first two are the one-step type and the second two are the two-step type.
1) Calculate the number of molecules in 1.058 mole of H2O
2) Calculate the number of atoms in 0.750 mole of Fe
3) Calculate the number of molecules in 1.058 gram of H2O
4) Calculate the number of atoms in 0.750 gram of Fe
5) Which contains more molecules: 10.0 grams of O2 or 50.0 grams of iodine, I2?
6) A solution of ammonia and water contains 2.10 x 1025 water molecules and 8.10 x 1024 ammonia molecules. How many total hydrogen atoms are in this solution?
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Problem #7: How many atoms of chlorine are in 16.50 g of iron(III) chloride?
1) Determine moles of FeCl3:
16.50 g / 162.204 g mol¯1 = 0.101723755 mol
2) Determine how many formula units of iron(III) chloride are in 0.1017 mol:
0.101723755 mol x 6.022 x 1023 = 6.1258 x 1022
3) Determine number of Cl atoms in 6.1258 x 1022 formula units of FeCl3:
6.1258 x 1022 x 3 = 1.838 x 1023 (to 4 sig fig)
Problem #8: How much does 100 million atoms of gold weigh?
1) Determine moles of gold in 1.000 x 108 (we'll assume four sig figs):
1.000 x 108 atoms divided by 6.022 x 1023 atoms/mol = 1.660577881 x 10¯16 mol
2) Determine grams in 1.66 x 10¯16 mol of gold:
1.660577881 x 10¯16 mol times 196.97 g/mol = 3.271 x 10¯14 g (to four sig fig)
Problem #9: What is the mass of CH4 molecules if they are made from 15.05 x 1023 atoms?
1) In 'x' molecules of methane there are:
'x' atoms of C
'4x' atoms of H
2) From which follows this equation:
x + 4x = 15.05 x 1023
x = 3.01 x 1023 atoms of C
3) Since there is 1 atom of C for every 1 molecule of CH4, we have:
3.01 x 1023 molecules of CH4
4) Calculate moles of CH4:
3.01 x 1023 molecules divided by 6.02 x 1023 molecules/mol = 0.500 mole of CH4
Calculate mass:
0.500 mol times 16.0426 g/mol = 8.02 g (to three sig figs)
Problem #10: Suppose we knew that there were 8.170 x 1020 atoms of O in an unknown sample of KMnO4. How many milligrams would the unknown sample weigh?
1) determine how many formula units of KMnO4 there are:
8.170 x 1020 atoms divided by 4 atoms per formula unit
2.0425 x 1020 formula units of KMnO4
2) Determine moles of KMnO4:
2.0425 x 1020 formula units divided by 6.022 x 1023 formula units per mol
3.39173 x 10¯4mol
3) Determine grams, then milligrams of KMnO4:
3.39173 x 10¯4mol times 158.032 g/mol
0.0536 g = 53.6 mg
Problem #11: A solid sample of cesium sulfate contains 5.780 x 1023 cesium ions. How many grams of cesium sulfate must be present? (This question was formatted while in transit through the Panama Canal, Nov. 7, 2010.)
1) Determine how many formula units of Cs2SO4 must be present:
5.780 x 1023 divided by 2 = 2.890 x 1023
This is because there are 2 Cs atoms per one cesium sulfate formula unit.
2) Determine how many moles of Cs2SO4 are present:
2.890 x 1023 divided by 6.022 x 1023 mol¯1= 0.479907 mol
3) Determine grams of cesium sulfate:
0.479907 mol times 361.8735 g/mol = 173.7 g
Problem #12: A sample of C3H8 has 4.64 x 1024 H atoms. (a) How many carbon atoms does this sample contain? (b) What is the total mass of the sample?
1) Hydrogen atoms to C3H8 molecules:
4.64 x 1024 H atoms divided by 8 H atoms per C3H8 molecule = 5.80 x 1023 molecules
2) C3H8 molecules to carbon atoms:
5.80 x 1023 molecules times 3 C atoms per molecule = 1.74 x 1024 <---answer for (a)
3) Moles of C3H8:
5.80 x 1023 molecules divided by 6.022 x 1023 molecules / mole = 0.9631352 mol
4) Mass of C3H8:
0.9631352 mol times 44.0962 g/mol = 42.47 g
to three sig figs, this is 42.5 g <---answer for (b)
Problem #13: If a sample of disulfur hexabromide contains 6.99 x 1023 atoms of bromine, what is the mass of the sample?
1) We need the moles of bromine:
6.99 x 1023 atoms divided by 6.022 x 1023 atoms/mol = 1.160744 mol
2) Disulfur hexabromide's formula is S2Br6. That means there are 6 moles of Br for every one mole of S2Br6, therefore:
1.160744 mol / 6 = 0.193457 mol of S2Br6 present
3) The molar mass of S2Br6 is 543.554 g/mol:
543.554 g/mol times 0.193457 mol = 105.15 g
to three sig figs, 105 g
Problem #14: A sample of dinitrogen trioxide contains 0.250 moles of oxygen. How many molecules of the compound are present?
1) Calculate moles of N2O3:
0.250 mol O times (1 mol N2O3 / 3 mol O) = 0.083333 mol N2O3
2) Calculate molecules of N2O3:
0.083333 mol N2O3 times (6.022 x 1023 molecules / mol) = 5.02 x 1022 molecules (to three sig figs)
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I freely admit it. I love Dream Evil and Primal Fear and have fully enjoyed their modern and thoroughly produced power metal albums. Where others see cheese, I see charisma. Where they hear generic, I hear genuine. Primal Fear has been tirelessly churning out speedy, gritty power metal since 1997 and have since established themselves among the top echelon of their sub genre.
The band as in the past, continues to thrive on the strength of Ralf Scheepers. Whereas you might get those same guitar treatments from Paragon, Iron Fire, Gamma Ray and Grave Digger to mention a few, you won't get from them the purposeful and powerful dose of Scheepers' fury. The man sings a song and owns it with every bit of his soul. He is Halford from "Defenders Of The Faith", he is Udo from "Balls To The Wall" and he is Biff Byford from "Strong Arm Of The Law". Ralf embodies several (and severe) qualities (and quirks) of many a metal frontman from the gritty and golden '80's before trad metal took a deep dive and all the good bands ran to oblivion. But he also sounds new and modern and relevant. He is not some dour throwback, he is today's vital force schooled in our glorious yesterdays. Most importantly however, he possesses an incredible range and he knows just how to use it.
So what is good about "Unbreakable" to set it apart from the rest of Primal Fear's material? Nothing, really. It is a solid and fantastic record to add to your collection but it is hardly a new dimension into their souls. The riffs are still as sharp as razors, the tone of the solos is classic Primal Fear, the bass is still warm and present and Ralf sounds as mighty as ever. Songs like "Give 'Em Hell" with its brilliant intro riff will be a welcome addition to live sets. It has a man attitude that is easily appealing to mass crowds of open air headbangers. "And There was Silence" is intensely melodic but perfectly grounded in riff oriented speed metal to not stray too far into Finnish PM territory. Ralf basks in choral glory on this one, urging you to sing along because it sounds so damned GOOD! "Strike" takes a thrashier route where the backing vocals are barked instead of crooned. Its militaristic intent gives it an edge that eludes many recent power bands whose aggression can only be classified under file name "pseudo". Most of the other songs won't really sound new to your ears especially if you've been paying attention since 1998. But if its a virgin sojourn into Primal Fear territory, then prepare to be blown (ignore the intended pun).
The epic track "Where Angels Die" is simply amazing. Magnus Karlsson and Alex Beyrodt's guitar work bleeds in sheer dynamism, weaving evocative and gentle passages into thick and riffy choruses where Ralf's lyric; "I'm living in the shadows lost in fear/Until I disappear/To the place where angels die" adds a rather despairing mood to this worthy and emotional journey. The keyboards are still present folks, they are utilized masterfully on "Marching Again" which sounds like a leftover from Virgin Steele's "Invictus" and whose dramatic solo should quickly rank as one of Karlsson's best.
Primal Fear are fucking reliable. We can always count on them to deliver quick and scrumptious delights and if that aint enough for you then I suggest you tread elsewhere. Power metal is a vast landscape after all.
Primal Fear is something of an affair in transcending the past while, in many respects, also reliving it. It resembles the former in that all the members currently in congress have come to something of varying improvement from their previous endeavors, while it manifests the nature of the latter in how it tends to listen musically. This is an institution as well as a band, and it follows a very rigid orthodoxy that innovates more in how the final production quality comes out rather than what parts are being used in its construction. They are unquestionably German not only in nationality, but also approach, and that even holds true with the Swedish newcomer to the fold Magnus Karlsson, whose previous works have tended to exude a heavy yet simplistic riffing approach in line with what was pioneered by Accept 30 years prior.
This band's 9th studio album "Unbreakable" boasts a title that is in line with the orthodox speed metal tendencies of the band, and proves to be a bit more conservative of an affair than the last album with Karlsson at the guitar, let alone the stylistic departure that was "New Religion". All the usual "Painkiller" trappings are on display alongside a somewhat older and slower "Balls To The Wall" tendency on the side, culminating in a mostly fast and Sci-Fi oriented listen with occasional fits of metal worship. Naturally there's also some sappy balladry that goes with having Karlsson along for the ride and actually writing a fair amount of the material, but while the ballads found on here are just a tiny bit sugary than they've tended to be back before 2007, this is a solid fit of fist pounding metal that largely conforms itself to the standard set by the early efforts of this band.
Right from the first blistering speed riff set of "Strike", which is preceded by an orchestrated instrumental prelude that could be right out of the latest superhero movie, it's clear that the goal here is a heavier, meatier sound that hasn't been witnessed from this band since "Devil's Ground". Anyone who's felt the jaw-busting punch heard out of guitar oriented German power metal bands like Iron Savior, Paragon and Grave Digger will definitely find a wide array of bare-bones, riff-heavy treats to enjoy on here. Indeed, "Give Em' Hell", "And There Was Silence" and "Marching Again" offer up some prime time glory along the lines of a youthful Judas Priest blasting out "Freewheel Burning" meshed with a slight tendency towards a Helloween sound when hitting that obligatory chorus refrain.
The guitar work is a bit busier than past efforts, likely due to the inclusion of both Karlsson and 80s shred veteran Alex Beyrodt, but even with the more virtuosic solos Ralf Scheepers' primal wail and gritty shouts dominate the mix. Sometimes he literally gets so dangerously high in register that one might want to lower the volume in spite of the majestic nature of the music just to avoid having the car windows shatter. He shows a fair amount of versatility on the ballad "Born Again" and offers up a crooning voice for the serene verses, despite that the song is a bit dry and formulaic. But the pinnacle of his vocal work, and also the best song of the bunch are found in "Unbreakable Pt. 2". It's not the most intricate song on here from a riff standpoint per say, but the chorus just runs rings around the ears while Ralf just unloads the raw emotion like no tomorrow.
The rank and file Primal Fear fan that maybe didn't take as well to the past 2 albums after Mat Sinner and company left Nuclear Blast will find something much closer to the good old days. It doesn't quite hit the zenith that was reached on "Nuclear Fire", and it does come off as a tiny bit ballad-heavy for a speed metal album, but it's got everything a growing German metal fan boy needs. Close hailing frequencies Mr. Chekhov and prepare to fire photon torpedoes!!!
It's always a major event when German power metal band Primal Fear release a new album, the band has steadily risen to fame since forming in 1997 and have never released a bad disc in their history. Surprising too that the latest CD 'Unbreakable' has come out so quickly, considering the band only recently wrapped up the world tour for their previous disc '16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)'; also releasing a live CD/DVD of the tour along the way and let's not forget Ralf Scheeper's solo disc that was released in February of this year.
'Unbreakable' is Primal Fear's 9th full-length studio release and yet another massive disc of entertaining European power metal like only the German metal commandos can. After the last release, guitarist Henny Wolter (who played on 'Nuclear Fire', 'Black Sun', 'New Religion' and '16.6') has departed the band (again), and was replaced by busy bee Alex Beyrodt (Silent Force, Sinner, Voodoo Circle). A great catch in my opinion, as Beyrodt is an exceptional guitarist and will definitely have a big impact with Primal Fear.
Surely by now, this band can shake off the "Judas Priest clone" label that had been pinned on them for some time. Ok, early on there may have been songs that had some resemblance to Judas Priest, but they were hardly a clone band. But as the years have gone by, Primal Fear have evolved into an excellent power metal band who aren't afraid to experiment with their sound; with examples of which can be heard in their past four to five releases.
'Unbreakable' continues the current trademark sound of Primal Fear, similar to that of previous CDs, '16.6' and 'New Religion'; however some of the tracks are at a medium pace (for Primal Fear), featuring a much more melodic tone, especially in the vocal delivery from Scheepers. Don't worry fans, he still sings in his natural style, raspy, slightly aggressive and high into the upper echelons; however there are certain songs where he sings with more melody than usual. Some chorus' too in a few songs are quite melodic, almost choir like, adding another element to their core sound and structures.
As always Primal Fear break out their "instant classic" traditional old-school style, hard and fast songs that we are used to hearing. Guitarist Magnus Karlsson has now been with the band for 3 years and two albums and it seems by his immaculate axe-handling on this disc, that he has now slotted in nicely and comfortably within the band. There are many awesome riffs, chords, hooks and solos with both his and Beyrodt's signatures on them that will knock your socks off and get your head banging swiftly. Aside from the typical Primal Fear tracks, we also have a kickass semi-ballad in there as well for good measure, that being the catchy and quite emotional "Born Again", that contains a killer soulful solo in the middle.
At their speediest and most ferocious, the German metal commandos take no prisoners with excellent tracks such as the pulverising "Strike" (which appears after the intro), the soaring "Conviction", the pounding "Blaze of Glory" and the sensational "Give 'Em Hell". "Strike" is your typical speedy Primal Fear opening track, much like "Angel in Black", "Final Embrace" and "Sign of Fear"; with thunderous guitar riffs and double bass pummelling and Ralf's vocals screaming high. "Conviction" is the final track on the album and also one of the best, with a catchy melody and a Sinner inspired chorus; while "Blaze of Glory" contains a head splitting drum/guitar combo at the start, followed by melodic yet harden riffs and sing-a-long chorus that will go off live.
"Give 'Em Hell" will go down as an instant Primal Fear classic, with an old-school sound and catchy fist pumping chorus; the song could have easily appeared on the 1998 debut. There are a few more tracks on 'Unbreakable' that are quite impressive, and they include the scorching melodic metal hymn "Metal Nation", the atmospheric and epic sounding mid-paced wonder "Where Angels Die", and the very catchy and energetic "Bad Guys Wear Black", of which you can see a video for on youtube.com.
Overall, 'Unbreakable' is yet another impressive Primal Fear album, right on par with previous releases like '16.6', 'Seven Seals', 'Black Sun' and 'Jaws of Death'. With natural progression, the now veterans of the power metal genre have added much maturity into their music and its not all just wham-bam A-B straightforward power metal. I also think the musicians the band has acquired over the past few years have been wise, careful and advantageous decisions. Aside from the two new guitarists, I also speak of talented and underrated drummer, Randy Black. All Primal Fear fans will again love the output the band has produced on this disc, while fans of Euro power metal should have no worries adding this CD to their collection.
Originally written for www.metalcdratings.com and www.themetalforge.com
The work and legacy of Primal Fear has somehow always eluded me. I've heard some of their songs from the earlier albums and I wasn't impressed. I thought that the singer's voice is unbearable and that they try too hard to be Judas Priest, which is obviously impossible. I had that opinion until I listened to Primal Fear's latest output, ''Unbreakable''.
Being pleasantly surprised is great, and Primal Fear sure as hell pleasantly surprised me with ''Unbreakable''. It seems that they have improved a lot since their early days, as everything that bugged me about this band is gone now. I will explain it now more profoundly...
Earlier in this review I mentioned that Primal Fear's vocalist, Ralf Scheepers was probably the main reason why I disliked the band before, since he was very annoying and so desperatly trying to sound like Rob Halford that it was pathetic. Now, he has a much more subtle and unpretensive approach, and that change is for better, no question about it. Ironically enough, he really sounds dead-on Halford in his mid-range, you could almost mix them. Of course, the Painkiller area is beyond Scheepers's reach, but who the fuck cares? You have one very competent, are more importantly, very motivated vocalist behind the mic, and combined with great songwriting, it's showtime, baby!
The Priest factor is still the key in Fear's music, but now I can notice even some Saxon, Helloween, even Def Leppard (?!) bits as well. Primal Fear sound like a big conglomerate of various brilliant heavy metal artists, and while that's good, because you know you can't make no mistake with them, I'd still like to hear some individual, original aspects. True, originality for the purpose of being original isn't always good, but Primal Fear aren't rookies in metal scene, they have a name, status and experience, so I think it's right time for them to start doing some experiments, even if they don't end up so good. I'd appreciate that very much. One more thing that can be seen as a flaw - the lack of depth. Headbanging, rocking hard, being victorious - that's what's Primal Fear all about, nothing more, nothing less. So if you had problems with ''Painkiller'', than it'll be best for you to skip this album and this band in general.
So there's nothing so innovative or original about these songs, but make no mistake, it doesn't mean that ''Unbreakable'' is a bad album, cause it definitely isn't. No, this is a healthy dose of good ol' heavy/power metal, and if you're willing to have some good time, welcome aboard!
The winning streak pretty much doesn't end from the start to the last two songs, ''Blaze of Glory'' and ''Conviction'', which are honestly mediocre. But the rest is no slouch. What is most interesting to me that most of these songs could be called generic (you've already heard dozens of similar riffs, lyrics etc.), but still, every single one has a certain ''touch'' which makes it extremely memorable. One moment is enough to transcend it from lead to gold. And when it happens, it just feels great.
Now, the highlights. The central part of this album is also the best, with five great songs in a row: ''And There Was Silence'', ''Metal Nation'', ''Where Angels Die'', ''Unbreakable pt. II'' and ''Marching Again''. Of all songs, I'll point out these three - ''Metal Nation'', ''Where Angels Die'' and ''Born Again''. When I saw that there's a song called ''Metal Nation'', I thought: ''That's gotta be the cheesiest and lamest song ever!''. It is as cheesy as any self-proclamed metal anthem, but is it lame? My god, no. It sounds like it came straight out from the 1985 and Saxon's ''Innocence Is No Excuse'' album, it has the same vibe. The chorus is frankly, very poppy, it highly reminds me of Def Leppard's ''Hysteria'', but nonetheless, this song kills and is destined to become Fear's live staple. ''Where Angels Die'' is the album's epic, and while it's not breaking the boundaries of metal's epics (''Rime of the Ancient Mariner'', this isn't), it is just awesome, with great intro, breakdown, main riff, and long, complex solo. How can you ask for more? ''Born Again'' works as the album's ballad, and we finally get some meaningful (even though cheesy), thought-provoking lyrics, about the existence of God and reincarnation. All this is spiced with some nice music, especially is notable the solo.
This album reminds me a lot of Iron Savior's latest ''The Landing'' album. Both of them aren't reinventing the wheel again, but they deliver the goods and are a fine addition to any metalhead's collection. I'll definitely catch up with Primal Fear's past work, and hope it's as good as this album, or even better. ''Unbreakable'' sets the bar of quality for 2012's heavy/power full-length albums, the bar is currently at 87 points and we'll see will it be topped. (Apparently, Pharaoh have released a great album, so I'll check it out ASAP). Highly recommended.
I hadn't been keeping up with old favorites Primal Fear lately. In fact, since the release of Seven Seals I've pretty much ignored the band. Even in hearing "Bad Guys Wear Black" my hopes were coasting the ground, not to mention the fact that Magnus Karlsson's once godly songwriting skills have been deteriorating as of late (the latest Allen / Lande anyone?).
Still, there was something about Unbreakable that was enticing me. That flicker of light in the darkness that the band could unleash an album of awesome Painkiller-worshipping German speed metal, that almost Black Sun artwork. Sadly this wasn't to be that album, but we're getting close. Unbreakable has the distinction of being the first Primal Fear album since Devil's Ground that I've actually managed to stomach for a full sitting.
I'll bash the bad points out of the way first, the main offender of which is that there are a couple of filler tracks towards the end that aren't really necessary, shave off "Marching Again" with its overlong and pointless intro and the incessant ballad "Born Again" and we have ourselves a fucking album! I also kind of miss the multi-layered Ralph screams from the old days, and some of these songs are really begging from a good old fashioned "Angel in Black" scream. A relatively minor niggle, but it can be the little things that really make an album pop.
Now onto the good points, where do I start? Unbreakable is generally a quality album, and being the band's ninth full-length I really couldn't ask for much more. Fortunately Ralph and the boys pull out all the stops with energetic performances, and the guitar work has to be the best the band have seen since Black Sun. "Bad Guys Wear Black" sounds great in the context of the album, which I found bizarre since I wasn't much impressed with the track prior to hearing the album. Ralph sounds great, and he has some cool lines to sing. "Unbreakable Part II" displays Ralphs talents well, and is the highlight of the album. The track listing is actually really strong here, with ass-kickers such as the Judas Priest magic of "Conviction", the make-you-fall-in-love-with-the-genre-again charm of "And Then There Was Silence" and a successful epic in "Where Angels Die".
I've been listening to this one a lot, and it's definitely set the quality bar for 2012 nicely. This is my power metal album to beat for now, and I wish Primal Fear all the best with Unbreakable. They really need to get their collective backsides over to the UK. Excellent German power metal, with a good dosage of speed, and, as always with Primal Fear, power is the name of the game except this time they're playing to win. Brilliant songwriting and performances set this one off well. Here we have the first essential power metal album of the year
Originally written for http://www.metalcrypt.com
Primal Fear has returned with their 9th studio CD and 3 years after the release of "16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)" they bring back another good rocking heavy / power metal with fast and strong riffs, if you know this band very well you surely know what I'm talking about. What you can find here is the same sound of Primal Fear's full discography and the amazing vocal lines by Mr. Scheepers.
Throughout the band's career, they've really managed to bring such great anthems with those amazing chorus lines, especially in their first 4 albums, on this new CD you can find more of these "anthem" songs by Primal Fear such as "Bad Guys Wear Black" which the band have chosen as their official videoclip, "And There Was Silence", "Metal Nation", "Unbreakable (Part 2)" with it's amazing chorus "raise your first, walk with me through the fire". Other very nice songs here are
"Give 'Em Hell" and the ballads "Where Angels Die" and "Born Again" which this last one has a very good catchy chorus.
One song that deserves to be mentioned a lot more on this release is the amazing "Marching Again", I find this song to be amazing from the start until the end, it's beginning with a short piano intro and then crashing into very speedy guitar riffs and then Mr. Scheepers vocals with the guitars slowing down a little bit with it's drum battering in the end until the chorus lines which are to be considered one of the best by the band in this release and then leading to another piano entrance to the solo, brilliant song.
This Primal Fear release is for sure one of the best by the band alongisde their first 4 releases, of course their previous ones are good and have some stand-out songs but in "Unbreakable" we can find a lot more Primal Fear "anthem" songs and Mr. Scheepers is once again delivering such great vocals.
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Primal Fear is a bit of an oddity for me…on the one hand, as a group they can be worth their weight in tight leather pants as their previous outings have been rather entertaining at best and harmless at worse, but on the other hand, you'd think that for all he attention they'd enjoyed the end results would have more to offer, and I'm afraid that as a result I've found my attention lacking when facing their general direction. Try as I might, I ended up enjoying what they had, but didn't find it all to be as filling as other groups of their ilk champion with the best of them. Still, since we all know that time tempers and erodes even the mightiest of roadblocks, and for all I know, Primal Fear could have what it took to make a truly grand recording.
With that said, let's find out how they've faired with "Unbreakable"…
One thing one can count on with Primal Fear no matter which album or year of existence; their ability to craft tasty, damn-near pretty melodies to augment the central riff work. And with "Unbreakable", those musical ideas are in full swing. The way everything is played is done so with a slightly unstable energy generated by a group of individuals who aren't here to fuck around and would rather tell it like it is, bouts of staying power be damned! That in and of itself is rather fine to deal with; in spite of my musical tastes heading towards more majestic and long-reaching acts, I know that this is the kind of thing you'd want to go for if all you want is metal for the sake of metal, if you just want pure guitars, solos, traditional arrangements and raging vocals. And should that be the case, "Unbreakable" will more than satisfy in that regard.
The almighty riff is key to a Primal Fear anthem, and there's no shortage of them in "Unbreakable". The no-nonsense performance has that simpler appeal that could very well make them easier to take in and ingest within the more "regular" crowd, and the interplay between the taut and tight rhythm section, the more flowery leads and solos, and Mr. Scheepers' stratospheric Halfordisms and wild abandon choirs (ALWAYS during the choruses…ALWAYS) makes the whole affair a grand listen through and through. However, if one is looking for depth and/or wholly enveloping songwriting, one may be pretty disappointed, as there's really nothing more to the riffs and harmonics than the riffs and harmonics themselves. It's all well and good for a first few listens, but the flatness of it leaves a bit to be desired, leaving each track as a simple song than a full-on opus. Maybe that's not the point to the band's continued existence, and I could just be looking too much into it. After all, sometimes you just wanna rock, and the likes of "Give Em Hell", "And There Was Silence" and "Where Angels Die" do the rockin' for ya.
In the end, this new Primal Fear is what it is, and not much more, but there's nothing really wrong with that. Those looking for a band to jam and have you jam along with them will find plenty to enjoy with this. Those looking for something more to their music will be left a bit hungry and wanting more.
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SVU Merger Rumors: In our September 6th report, we covered the reports from Bloomberg that Supervalu's (NYSE:SVU) advisers asked potential buyers to tender bids for the entire company even though suitors have inquired about individual parts of the grocery company. SVU's suitors at the time included Cerberus Capital Management and Royal Ahold. In our October 10th report, we touched upon how Ron Burkle, KKR & Company and TPG Capital were examining parts of SVU's operations as well as Spartan Stores (NASDAQ:SPTN), a Michigan area grocery chain that is averaging about $2.5B annual revenue. We were disappointed that Kroger (NYSE:KR) or Safeway (NYSE:SWY) has not stepped in with an offer to take SVU out because even though those companies are performing better than SVU, we believe that there are synergies that could be realized if those companies took SVU out, which would enable it to compete better against Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). It would be important for Kroger and Safeway to bulk up to better take on Wal-Mart especially because Wal-Mart is looking to grow its Neighborhood Markets operations, which will not bode well for traditional grocery retailers.
Safeway's YTD 2013 Earnings: We previously analyzed Kroger's recent earnings and now we will also evaluate Safeway's recent earnings. The good news for Safeway is that it grew its Q3 2013 EPS from continuing operations by 20% versus the prior year period. The bad news is that it achieved this by buying back 31% of its shares over the last 12 months. Operating profit has declined by 12% in Q3 2013 and YTD 2013 versus the prior year period due to the startup costs associated with the launch of its just for U personalized pricing program as well as the disposition of the Genuardi's stores in the Northeast. Identical-stores sales growth increased by 0.1% year-over-year in the quarterly period and is expected to increase to 1% in the upcoming quarter due to the just for U program, the roll out of its partner fuel loyalty program and the launch of its Wellness initiative."
While Safeway's identical-store sales growth of 0.1% for the MRQ was better than SVU's ID-store sales decline of 3.7%, Safeway's ID sales growth of 0.1% for the MRQ and 1% for the current quarter to date is still less than the 4% YTD 2013 that Kroger achieved. Despite the fact that the company has shown better financial performance than SVU in FY 2013, we believe that adding SVU could benefit SVU. We believe that if Safeway (or Kroger) was to acquire SVU, a potential deal would allow it to generate positive operating leverage which would be positively compounded by its share repurchase program to potentially provide 15-20% EPS growth over a 3-5 year period before taking into account share repurchase actions.
What Does SVU bring to the table for Kroger and or Safeway?
In our October 3rd report, we discussed how if Kroger or Safeway (or any other retail grocery chain in general) was to acquire Supervalu, we believe that the potential synergies that would come out of such a deal would more than offset any execution risks. We also believe that other food retailers should not hope that SVU will continue to struggle and it can continue to poach SVU's market share because we see SVU stepping it up with regards to price competitiveness and that even Kroger has not seen any positive operating leverage in this environment. The synergies that we discussed in our previous report included SVU's Save-A-Lot hard discount concept, the ability to refinance SVU's debt to a more manageable interest rate expense and increased purchasing power to compete against Wal-Mart. In this report, we will elaborate on how a takeout of SVU will lead to a rationalized competitive environment, rationalization of store assets and cash flows.
Rationalization of Competitive Environment: Supervalu has made efforts to bring its prices in line with its competitors and it is stepping up its efforts in FY 2013 and FY 2014. We think that Kroger and Safeway (and other grocery chains) should be looking at taking out SVU in order to prevent a price war between SVU and other grocery chains. All SVU has to do is survive, other chains have to worry about maintaining profit margins. Taking out the third largest grocery chain will allow for price rationality in the market coupled with increased purchasing power for the brave company that is willing to step up and acquire this once-great food wholesaler and retailer. If we were Kroger or Safeway, we would acquire the company, sell off the wholesale grocery business, sell Save-A-Lot to Aldi USA or merge it with Food-4-Less and identify the various store banners that it wants to keep or sell.
Rationalization of Store Assets: One reason why we previously praised SVU's former CEO Craig Herkert was because he had significantly reduced the company's capital expenditures budget. Our thesis was that he had done so by reducing the number of store openings and refocusing store openings towards licensee-operated Save-A-Lot stores and we were able to conclude that was the case. The company has remodeled 87% of its stores in the last 10 years which enabled us to conclude that the company is making sure that it offers an inviting environment for consumers to shop in. We expect that if a grocery store chain wanted to expand its store base, it would cost $10-$15M to build a new store. SVU carries its Property, Plant and Equipment on its balance at $6.261B net book value. For a company to replicate SVU's portfolio of ~1,040 retail outlets, it would cost at least $10.4B-$15.6B in order to do so. Plus, the company would not have SVU's portfolio of low-cost, hard-discount Save-A-Lot stores as well. Even if a PE firm took SVU out at $6/share ($1.3B), the enterprise value of the new SVU would be $7.6B, which compares favorably to the $10.4B-$15.6B cost of building new stores plus the PE firm would get Save-A-Lot as an extra add-in bonus that it could sell to Aldi USA or break it up and sell to the dollar store companies.
Source: Our Estimates, Debbie Weinswig and SVU's Q1 2013 10-Q
Cash Flows: Supervalu and its subsidiaries still generated $309M in free cash flows over the last twelve months, not including the inflow of $172M from the disposition of assets. The company also paid $509M in interest expenses over the last 12 months. The company's market capitalization is less than $500M and we believe that Kroger or Safeway could stabilize SVU's free cash flows if either firm was to take SVU out. We based this on the following observations:
- SVU is steadily paying down its debt
- Kroger/SVU or Safeway/SVU could get a better financing rate than SVU by itself
- Kroger/SVU or Safeway/SVU would be able to get a better purchasing deal with food manufacturers than the premerger companies could individually
- Even if one of these chains were to borrow money to acquire SVU, the cash flows generated by legacy SVU and the synergies of a combination of SVU with Kroger or Safeway would allow the acquirer to pay off the purchase cost in less than 4 years.
Conclusion: In conclusion, we are more optimistic about Supervalu's future. We think it was premature on the part of JPMorgan to ask if the company was going bankrupt because although the company has been struggling, it is still profitable and still generating free cash flows. The company made a serious error in its debt-funded acquisition of Albertsons even though it has paid down about $3.2B worth of that debt. We believe that there is value to be realized in Supervalu on behalf of its stakeholders, especially its long-suffering stockholders. We believe that a combination involving the sale of certain company assets as well as improvements in other areas will enable the company to arrest its sales and profit decline and stabilize and grow its revenues and profits. Since Wayne Sales has taken over as CEO of the company, he has replaced 70% of the company's executives with the addition of Kathy Persian as CIO to replace Wayne Shurts when he left to join Sysco (NYSE:SYY). We'd like to see Save-A-Lot's CEO Santiago Roces get replaced because that would leave CFO Sherry Smith as the last holdover from the Herkert era. While Save-A-Lot had a decent year in FY 2012, it is struggling this year and unless Roces can restore the momentum back to Save-A-Lot, SVU may need to replace Roces and his team.
Disclosure: I am long SVU. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
Additional disclosure: This article was written by an analyst at Saibus Research. Saibus Research has not received compensation directly or indirectly for expressing the recommendation in this article. We have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. Under no circumstances must this report be considered an offer to buy, sell, subscribe for or trade securities or other instruments.


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Are you a fan of visiting with friends or family, or spending vacation time in the same place every year? Then, if you haven't tried it, you might like to reread a favorite book. If you liked the characters of a book, rereading is like visiting with old friends. If you reread regularly, it's ever more like stopping to visit a friend from whatever age you first read the book. Concerning places, you might have different favorite characters over the years, but reading about a location again makes me want to go there (Tolkien's Middle Earth is my favorite). You might also reread to celebrate an event in your life. This is something I've often done, and I recommend it to anyone who would like to try.
Written by Circulation Staff Member Karen 5/12/14.
Dear Karen,
When I was in high school, in the early sixties, my English teacher would talk about how much we'd enjoy rereading the books we were reading then when we got older. Whenever he said this I tried to imagine rereading a book wondering why anyone would do this.
It wasn't that I didn't like what we read for class. Our teacher was excellent and because it was an honors class we remained with him except for one semester.
I had my first rereading experiences in college with The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. The second one wasn't a reading for class. I never was assigned a book by an African American during college.
The next book I remember rereading was Catcher in the Rye. I'd read it in high school because our last year we asked our teacher whether we could suggest books for our summer reading list. I loved it then and I loved it when I reread it in the mid-eighties. It was like visiting an old friend. I was very aware of Holden's unique voice the second time. Knowing more about New York, the book's setting, made it more vivid.
I reread Silas Marner in a book group. I didn't want it to end.
Recently I talked with a high school student about what she was reading. I asked her about Dickens and whether she'd read A Tale of Two Cities one of my high school books. Talking with her I realized I wanted to read it again. Maybe that'll be my next reread.
Thank you for introducing this topic.


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Camden Leather Brogues
Though the lines and detail on these brogues are a little too noticeable for my taste, and the price is too high, everything else about them is right. I'll even go as far to say that they evoke a vintage vibe, like you fished them out of a bin...in a good way. But for the price, should these look like bargain shoes? Your call, but I kinda like um!
Shoes in a color that tastes like tangerine.
I love glitter and glitter shoesTags: glitter, loafers, gold silver, J CrewAdded 6 Years Ago from J.Crew
a true American original and a favorite since 1935—is back and better than ever..


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To All (especially our Mothers),
Some will say it with flowers,
Some will say it with balloons.
Some will say it with breakfast,
And serve it in the bedroom.
Some will say it with something sparkling,
For the ears, the neck or the finger.
Some will say it with some smell goods,
So your presence will always linger.
Some will say it with a text,
Or say it in the early morning light.
Most will say it with Hallmark,
Cause somehow they always say it right.
For some it will cause them to laugh and smile,
To hug and then give a kiss.
While others will have to shed a tear,
Remembering how much they are missed.
So take a moment to "git 'er done"
And create a magnificent display.
No matter how you choose to say it,
Just say it ..... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !!!!
written by;
Tomas R. Hawkins
Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army


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I woke up with someone else's vomit on my ass. That's how I'm doing today.
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Hell ya atx represent keep austin weird y'all
I need to work on my reading comprehension skills. I confused "on" with "in"...
Can you idenify your puke by scent?
Great Zach..stop getting 17 year olds drunk and that won't happen!!
Ah. I was texting her the morning of this one. Trust me, it's not fake.
Peyton Manning had sex with a dolphin
that's Austin area code, so this could be tru... keep Austin weird
I'm firsty for coco puffs!
This is stupid
blahblahblah you need to work on spelling too
This is a spam
Try scented toilet paper next time.