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Quality of life development vitally depends on hearing. Audiology Consultants specializes in the evaluation and non-medical treatment of hearing loss for people of all ages. We strive to provide the Cortland, Ithaca, and Baldwinsville communities with the very best professional hearing healthcare. The goal of Audiology Consultants is to ensure that our patients don't miss out on any of life's precious moments. We strive to build long-term relationships with our patients based on honesty, integrity, and respect. We put your needs first!
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I am a patient of Audiology Consultants of Cortland for about a year now, and this year has been much better for me and my hearing! I am only 49 but was having issues hearing people at work meetings and watching tv with the family. Then I found Audiology Consultants... Thank you all very much! I have had an excellent experience with the entire staff here. Nina up front is always pleasant, friendly and extremely helpful. Peter worked with me most of the time, Judith was great too! Peter was very patient and thorough in assisting me with getting back my hearing in the low range. The whole process was very interesting and in my mind very complete. When I was fitted for the hearing aids I was excited to get a newer model that connected through my iPhone and that I could control with an app. Unfortunately for Peter I had to be the problem child with the pair that I had at first. The Bluetooth connection to my iPhone was giving me issues. Peter was determined to get me all set up properly. So he tweaked a few settings and I am happy to report a great Audiobook/music listening experience with my new hearing aids. No need for speakers in the car now as it (phone calls etc.) all gets streamed right to my ears!
I am happy to say that my hearing issues have been resolved by a great team who just want to help give people back some quality of life.
Thank you Audiology Consultants for giving me piece of mind and my hearing back!
Sean Cole
I have been a patient of Dr. McMahon's for almost 10 years, during which time she has guided me with knowledge and advice through the selection and use of two sets of Oticon hearing aids with excellent success. She is always available, even on short notice, and is willing to spend substantial office time discussing any questions. She provides a wholly satisfactory professional experience in an informal, friendly manner.
Honey, could you turn the TV volume down, please.' 'You used to listen to music all the time, but you seem to have lost the enjoyment.' 'I'm honestly not whispering; I'm talking in a normal voice. I was having trouble hearing what people were saying, especially my wife. I was also having difficulty hearing folks in the support group I lead for Alzheimer's caregivers. In church, I would put my hands to my ears and push them forward to "catch" more from the minister. I got so used to my hearing loss that I didn't notice it. And then a friend of mine told me about Audiology Consultants of Cortland and Judy McMahon. She kept after me, and finally I had my hearing tested. It was almost too easy to be real. I have used my hearing aids for almost a year. They are fitted so well that I don't realize I'm wearing them. Taking care of them and doing the minimal maintenance is easy. The volume of the TV is normal now. I hear what my wife is saying the first time around, and I'm enjoying music more than I had been. I don't have to be so close to the members of the support group to hear them. I don't know why I put off engaging Audiology Consultants. But I am thankful I did. Professionally and personally, it was an excellent move. I highly recommend them to anyone missing out from hearing loss.
I am a 55-year-old woman, and I have worn hearing aids for the past 43 years. I have seen many changes and advancements in the technology of hearing aids over the past four decades. I have been a customer at Audiology Consultants since 2003, and I have purchased three sets of hearing aids from them during that time. The staff is always pleasant, courteous, and professional. They have met my needs time and time again, whether it be at work or home. A few years ago I was having some difficulty hearing on the phone at work. Since my profession was in the secretarial field, it was paramount that I hear on the phone. Peter McMahon suggested I upgrade to newer hearing aids, plus add external phone devices. These changes enabled me to hear phone conversations crystal clear! He even came to my place of employment to work with the telecommunications department to hook up the phone devices, free of charge. Everyone at Audiology Consultants (Judy, Peter and Nina) have always gone above and beyond, never pressuring me to upgrade until I am ready. They truly care about their clients, and you are always treated like a fond neighbor or friend.
I have been going to the Audiology Consultants for a number of years. I have received nothing but great service. They explain what they are going to do and why. They give you the results and explain them. I had one set of hearing aids for five years. When I started having difficulty hearing again, I went back to Audiology Consultants. They checked my hearing again and put me into a newer hearing aid. I can hear much better now. They always give me great service.
My wife and I both have hearing aids obtained from Audiology Consultants of Cortland and Ithaca. We received our services at the Cortland Office, and we found the entire staff to be friendly, helpful, and professional. We were pleased that our initial hearing evaluations were so thorough and that the results were reviewed with us in so much detail. Peter, our consultant, was very helpful with the hearing aid selection process, which was tailored to each of our individual hearing needs. We were also impressed with the customer service and care provided to us during the first several weeks when we were adjusting to our new hearing aids and adjusting the hearing aids to us. Our hearing aids from Audiology Consultants have definitely improved our quality of life.
After a consultation and a very thorough hearing exam, I received my hearing aids from Audiology Consultants of Cortland and am very pleased with the results. I hear significantly better, feel safer, more confident, and especially enjoy the sounds of nature I had been missing. The staff is very supportive.
"The knowledgeable professionals at Audiology Consultants in Cortland have given me the opportunity to live a happier, more productive life. They are kind, respectful, and provide services that work around my busy schedule. Audiology Consultants puts their clients first, and you can't ask for more than that!"
"I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am for you fitting Tom with his new hearing aides. Our lives are so much more peaceful now that I don't have to yell, repeat, and fill Tom in on conversations. It was stressful to both of us. I have to ask him now "could you turn up the t.v. just a tad" I see such a difference in him now."
- Janet Jordan
"The hearing aids are working great! Thanks for the opportunity to get my hearing back up to near normal. As Janet stated, I have to ask her now if the T.V. is loud enough for her. Glad to be back in the "conversation" again with people."
- Tom Jordan
"Over the last few years, I found myself asking others to repeat themselves, was having trouble hearing soft voices, and was having a hard time hearing what others were saying in meetings. When people whispered, I had no idea what they were saying. I contacted Audiology Consultants, who did a complete hearing test, and fitted me with hearing aids. They are completely comfortable, and it is simply amazing being able to hear what I have missing. My daily life has been made much easier with the improvement in my hearing. The staff at Audiology Consultants is friendly, knowledgeable and helpful, and I highly recommend them."
"Like many people, I was in denial about my hearing loss. My adult children, along with other family members, were always saying to me 'You don't hear a darn thing. You better get your ears checked.' Well, I did. I knew I was having some difficulty deciphering some conversations. What sounded like one thing to me was actually not what was being said. I had a hearing consultation and test with a local ear, nose and throat doctor. It confirmed that I did have some hearing loss and was not hearing some sounds. It was time to get serious about getting hearing aids. I was given a list of local audiologists by the doctor. Upon doing some investigation, meaning talking to friends and acquaintances, Cortland Audiology came highly recommended. I met with Peter. He was wonderful. He also did a hearing check and suggested an aid that would be suitable for my purpose. I have been wearing aids now for almost six months. It really is nice to hear the conversations as they are being said. Peter was very patient, kind, understanding and knowledgeable. Nina is a great asset to the office as well. Any time I call or stop by, I am greeted warmly. No more complaints from the family. Life is Good! Thank you, Cortland Audiology!"
"I have been with Audiology Consultants for many years. First with Judy and now with Peter as well. When I first began, my hearing aids were just that, aids. I could function without them but they helped. Now my hearing loss has become profound, and the hearing aids are essential to my being able to live a normal life. Any problem with them and I have a problem. Peter and Judy have been with me through broken hearing aids, lost hearing aids, and stolen hearing aides, and have always been supportive and understanding. They also have kept their eyes out to new technologies that could aid my unusual form of hearing loss. In short, they are wonderful professionals and I am very grateful to them for their knowlege, support, and kindness!"
"Although I am only 16 years old, hearing aids have changed my life for the better! I never realized before getting hearing aids just how badly my slight hearing loss affected my life. Now wearing hearing aids I no longer struggle to hear teachers in class and can better participate in social conversations without having to ask for words or phrases to be repeated. I can also perform better on the basketball court now that I can hear my teammates. My quality of life has improved with the use of my hearing aids!"
"My husband and I chose Audiology Consultants of Cortland for our hearing aids simply because of their reputation in this area. We were not disappointed. They take special care in making sure the areas of our hearing loss are met. The product they sell is of the highest standard and has met our needs entirely. Even in a room full of loud people, we are able to hear the person next to us. What a pleasure it is to be able to hear every word spoken. Audiology Consultant's pleasant and professional manner leaves nothing to be desired."
"When my family started complaining about my lack of hearing, I made an appointment with Judy McMahon of Audiology Consultants for a check-up. She determined that at my age, I had about a 50% hearing loss. I tried the hearing aids that she suggested, and after checking with her every week, I found the right one for me, not only for comfort but for clarity. I learned that there were new aids available that could be charged every night and that you didn't need to purchase new batteries every week. I am pleased with the results."
"I have worn a hearing aid for more than 25 years. The technology and design have advanced remarkably over time since I got my first unit. I could not be more pleased with my Oticon units. The sound is so realistic. The professionals at Audiology Consultants are first rate. There are no hidden charges, follow-up support is excellent, and this firm is highly recommended."
I appreciate the prompt and caring response I receive from Audiology Consultants and the way Judy and Peter make me feel like a partner in my hearing health!
"Audiology Consultants of Cortland and Ithaca introduced me to Oticon, and I cannot say enough for the perfection in an Oticon hearing aid. I am on my second aid, and it is absolutely the very best!"
"Audiologist, Judith McMahon, offers friendly expertise. After I experienced an immediate accidental loss of about 50% hearing in one ear, Judy recommended hearing aids in both ears. I can now hear again!"
"I was diagnosed with a hearing loss worse than I thought. I've known for years that my hearing was getting worse because I learned to read lips and I always talked to people face to face so I could read lips if I couldn't hear them. It is really frustrating to always ask people to repeat themselves because you can't hear them. When Peter told me I needed hearing aids, I left his office and started crying. A few days later, I went back to the audiologist and I gave them a name and they called for me and had paperwork sent to me to apply for help with paying for hearing aids. After filling out paperwork and then face-to- face interview and more paperwork, I was told I was approved. Peter contacted me. We talked about color of hearing aids and then set up an appointment to get them. I went to the appointment and Peter taught me how to use them. It was very exciting! I left and went to my car. I left there to go shopping and got to a stop light and turned on the left directional like I always do. I heard a clicking noise. I looked around to see where it was coming from. I happened to look at the dashboard and realized the noise I heard was the directional. I then wondered how long since I heard that. I can't remember. Later that evening I was on the phone with a friend and all of a sudden, I heard water running. I asked my friend if it was raining out and he said, "No." I asked if he was sure and he said he was. I went looking to find out why I was hearing water. I went in the bathroom and kitchen, no water sounds. My friend asked if one of the housemates started laundry and to go check. Sure enough, the washer was filling up. Again later I heard another click. I started looking around, then asked my housemate what just clicked and laughing she said the thermostat kicked in. I have lived in the house three years and I'm hearing things I've never heard. I am really glad we don't wear them to bed because of the house noises. I may not be able to sleep. It amazes me the noises that I now hear and I still wonder how long it has been. I am really looking forward to hearing birds again!"
"The whole staff is awesome. Being a kid they knew that it was going to be uncomfortable for me to wear hearing aids. They showed me all the cool colors and they let me pick it out. It made me adjust to the hearing aids better."
"Every day my career as a nurse presents many challenges. Thanks to Dr. McMahon and her staff at Audiology Consultants, being hearing impaired is not one of them!"
"For a number of years I been a customer of Audiology Consultants of Cortland and have been very satisfied with the service of Judy… and the office staff. Being able to hear has made my life more rewarding. Thanks for all you have done."
"I, Melissa Nettleton, bought a hearing aid from Audiology Consultants of Cortland. I had the most excellent care! The lady who did the hearing test was wonderful and very caring. The cost as very reasonable, and I got free batteries. I received the name of the company from a friend and I would recommend Audiology of Cortland to anyone. Everyone at Audiology of Cortland is very friendly!"
"Hearing loss can be a traumatic event. I was fortunate to find a caring, compassionate, and highly qualified audiologist to guide me in this new world. She has the right blend of professionalism, efficiency, and humor, plus the ability to explain without tediousness. She is always available to help, and the office staff is pleasant and accommodating. If you are in need of an audiologist, you cannot do better than this one."
When I left Audiology Consultants after receiving the hearing aids, I immediately noticed sounds that I had been missing. I could hear my footsteps, sounds in other rooms, food bags being rustled, the keys on my keyboard clicking, fall leaves being walked on, and the funny noises my truck makes. I love the difference. I didn't really know that I was missing so many sounds. I equate hearing aids to eyeglasses. When I was a younger man I had perfect vision. Now, I can't drive or watch TV without eyeglasses. The eyeglasses don't cure my loss of vision, but they enhance my vision so I can do the things I want to do. That is the way the hearing aids are. I started to notice I couldn't hear people on the telephone. I would constantly ask them to repeat themselves and would finally just guess what they said. I would have to ask my wife to repeat what was said for me. I was having difficulty at business meetings, and at social gatherings I would either avoid people or just smile and nod my head because I couldn't understand what they were saying. Just like the eyeglasses helped me, the hearing aids do the same thing for my hearing; they enhance my hearing.
"I was having trouble hearing when I was in large groups or if someone was soft-spoken. I could hear sounds and voices but couldn't make out the words. I couldn't hear if one of my grandchildren tried to whisper something into my ear. I was frustrated and I was reluctant to get a hearing aid after watching all the problems my mother had with her hearing aids many years ago. The time came when I felt embarrassed when I had to keep asking people to repeat things or that I felt left out of conversations. I wasn't sure which audiologist in the Cortland area to use. I asked someone who had gotten hearing aids about a year ago what company he had used, and he gave a glowing report for Audiology Consultants of Cortland/Ithaca. I called for an appointment and was treated with the upmost respect and kindness by the staff both by phone and in the office. I was given choices of style and colors much to my surprise. I was amazed by the technology, also. After wearing the hearing aids for even one day, I was amazed at all that I had been missing. When I went back for a follow-up appointment, I mentioned that certain sounds were bothering me and my hearing aids were "tweaked" by computer at that very visit to take care of the problem. I feel I made the right choice using Audiology Consultants, and I wish I had done it sooner! By the way, my granddaugher told me this morning after she had whispered something to me, 'Grandma, I am so glad that you got hearing aids'!"
Having worn hearing aids for 30 years I was glad to meet Audiology Consultants nine years ago. We had moved to Cortland from New Jersey to be with two of our children who lived nearby. With new hearing aids of the latest design, I have been able to continue being a volunteer at Cortland Hospital. It is important to hear clearly what the incoming people want. They are not familiar with the procedures so they can get good service. Hearing is important so we do not give wrong directions or make any mistakes. Mistakes are not allowed!! I would not be able to help at the hospital without good hearing aids. Frequent cleaning and checkups at no cost keep me helping others.
"I just want to thank you again for the absolutely excellent level of support that you and your staff have provided me, with my hearing problem over the last year… friendly one-on-one support with my questions, concerns and possible issues made me feel so much better… left me feeling empowered and confident about the choice I had to make, so that I was no longer upset by the prospect of hearing aids (at only 55). Helping to clarify my insurance benefit allowance was certainly beyond the level of support that I had expected. And, to be able to try the hearing aids with the ability to return them in a certain amount of time if they didn't work out was a real comfort. I also like the fact that you have offices in Ithaca and Cortland, it is so convenient. I appreciate the time you have both spent making adjustments, so that I hear as normally as possible and in a comfortable manner. You never made me feel rushed and are always so pleasant. Without a doubt, your level of support is one of the best that I have ever seen! It has been a true pleasure to work with you and your staff in selecting and acquiring my hearing aids and I would not hesitate to recommend Audiology Consultants of Cortland to anyone! The level of professionalism, kindness and understanding that you and your staff have shown me is commendable. I can not thank everyone enough and wouldn't go anywhere else for my hearing needs."
"Thank you so much for your contribution to our Sertoma Celebrate Sounds Don't Walk in Silence 5K run/walk. With your sponsorship and donation, our club raise over $9,000 dollars for Sertoma. We could not have made this event a success without help from sponsors like you."
"I chose Audiology Consultants of Cortland because of their credentials, their knowledge the friendliness of the staff, and the services that they offered. I have been extremely happy with my choice. A variety of trips were made to their office where they helped me to find the right blend of hearing levels for conversation, TV and group gatherings. The staff was always happy, friendly, knowledgeable, and interested in my well being. I really can now hear all of the sounds that I was missing. My wife and grandchildren are as happy as I am! One last bonus, I suffer from Tinnitus and have for a long time. When I wear the hearing devices I do not hear the ringing. That is pure joy!"
I LOVE my hearing aids!! I have been wearing them for about a year and a half, and they have improved my life so much. I hear my grandchildren's voices—I can talk to them on the phone and not ask them to repeat things. I do show-and-tell with the second- and third-graders where I volunteer 2 mornings a week. They find it fascinating and are intrigued because they can't see the hearing aids when they are in my ears! I watched my father become isolated from life and his grandchildren because he couldn't hear and refused to consider hearing aids. I vowed that would not happen to me! And it hasn't! My husband and I are birdwatchers, and hearing a bird and being able to locate it helps you find it to look at. I couldn't hear bird sounds at all. I CAN NOW! I don't need to have the TV loud anymore! I can turn them up or down just by touching them. I turn them down when I am in the airplane, but i can still hear important announcements. I can enjoy dining out with friends because I am not missing parts of the conversation. I got my hearing aids when I was 70, and have not regretted it for one minute. Judy McMahon and her staff are wonderful, helpful, and very supportive. I am so fortunate that a friend recommended them, and I recommend them to my friends too!!


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As the regular season's final week unfolds, a few thoughts to ponder:
• Last Tuesday's loss at Xavier may have proven, once and for all, that Conference USA is college basketball's kiddie pool. The league champion — 13-0 against its conference brethren — travels to face a foe sixth in the Atlantic 10, minus its point guard . . . and loses? There will be no sugarcoating the defeat come Selection Sunday for the NCAA tournament. The Musketeers lost to Pacific (at home). They lost to Vanderbilt (at home). They lost to Wofford (at home). But they beat the C-USA-champion Memphis Tigers.
The Tigers returned to C-USA competition Saturday at UCF, played dreadful basketball for the first ten minutes of the game . . . and led by five at halftime. What a difference a league makes.
• If you think the loss at Xavier on ESPN2 hurt the nation's impression of the Tigers, imagine what a loss to a C-USA opponent might do. If coach Josh Pastner felt pressure to win in Cincinnati last week, he should know that the last two games on the Tigers' regular-season schedule (at UTEP, UAB) and every game Memphis plays in the C-USA tournament (save the championship . . . maybe) is a must-win.
Let's say the Tigers finish the regular season 27-4 (undefeated in C-USA) and suffer a monumental upset in the C-USA tourney quarterfinals. That would inspire some lengthy discussion in the NCAA selection room. The loss at Xavier eliminated any margin for error the Tigers may have enjoyed. They must hold serve and get out of the kiddie pool for good.
• It's looking like the Tigers' biggest win of the season came in Knoxville on January 4th. Tennessee's recent wins over the reigning national champs (Kentucky) and a top-10 team (Florida) put that Memphis victory in new context. If only this brand of math translates in the NCAA selection room. (For that matter, the loss to a Minnesota team that beat the top-ranked squad in the country could paint the Memphis record a new shade. And VCU manhandled 20th-ranked Butler last Saturday. We'll see.)
• Evidence that pressure to perform at Xavier entered the Tigers' heads: 12 missed free throws in 18 attempts. You would have thought John Calipari stood on the sideline as one Tiger after another left points behind by damaging the rim with a foul shot. A team that had made 20 of 24 freebies in its previous game could hit only one third of its shots from the charity stripe. (They weren't much better at UCF, hitting 12 of 21.) D.J. Stephens entered the Xavier game shooting 71 percent from the line. He made one of seven shots, missing a critical pair late when the game was very much there to be won. Geron Johnson — a 74-percent free-throw shooter — missed the front end of a one-and-one near the end. How does a player bury three long-distance shots to bring his team back . . . and miss a critical free throw? It's all between the ears.
• Is it possible for a team to go undefeated in its league and not have the league's player of the year on its roster? Could happen with these Tigers. The U of M's top scorer, Joe Jackson, is 13th in C-USA (13.9 points per game). The Tigers' top rebounder, D.J. Stephens, is 12th in the league (6.8). The team's top pro prospect may be Geron Johnson, but are his numbers (10.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists) POY stuff? Tulane's Josh Davis could lead the league in both scoring and rebounding. Preseason POY Keith Clanton of UCF has hardly been a disappointment (15.3 points, 8.6 rebounds). Tulane and UCF could each finish the season with 20 wins (kiddie pool alert), perhaps enough to earn their guy a trophy.
• The memory of last year's one-and-out loss to Saint Louis in the NCAAs is all too fresh among Tiger fans. Then came VCU last November and now a crushing loss at Xavier. Tiger faithful may be thrilled to be leaving C-USA behind. They may be just as glad the program isn't joining the Atlantic 10.
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|Oasis – Round Are Way Lyrics
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|i agree 100% slideaway but not just manchester, although thats probably how it was writen i think its more a picture of wroking class britain in general
|From Autumn to Ashes – Take Her To The Music Store Lyrics
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sam reckless makes a good point and youll be a memory is correct, thats where the term "take her to the music store" comes from and iv also read somewhere that it was about a friend who got raped
P.S STFU about all your wee music categories..nobody cares, want to hear something funny? i once heard FATA being described as
emo-violence, i nearly collapsed laughing, who makes up that shit?
|ABBA – Mamma Mia Lyrics
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|why do you all think its so happy and upbeat? the song is about bulemia, mia is an Acronym used by sufferers who refer to the conition as a person, often in the form of a voice in their head, anyone who knows mia will know the love hate relationship she will have with you and this song sums it up perfectly
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It's Tuesday again, which means it's Joe McCulloch's guided tour of the Week in Comics, along with his thoughts on Yoshikazu Yasuhiko.
—Department of Politics. Over at Hazlitt, TCJ columnist Jeet Heer reviews Victor Navasky's new book on political cartoons, The Art of Controversy, by way of Hitler's cartoon problem. Paul Gravett examines Margaret Thatcher's influence on British comics. And Françoise Mouly and Toon Books have started an "Agitprop" section on the Toon Books Tumblr. (Here's Sue Coe on animal farming.)
—Department of Interviews. Gil Roth, who I had the pleasure of meeting at MoCCA, just posted the first "live" episode of his Virtual Memories podcast, with special guest Ben Katchor. Alex Dueben at Suicide Girls talks to Ann Nocenti, who has had an interesting career. Michael Cavna talks to internet celebrity and Simon's Cat creator Simon Tofield.
—Mark Waid remembers Carmine Infantino for the L.A. Times.
—Ars Technica reports on the final outcome of that strange, lengthy The Oatmeal/FunnyJunk legal battle from last summer. Apparently, Charles Carreon is out $46,000.
—D.B. Dowd talks about what he calls the cinematic narrative problem.
—Bryan Munn reviews Julie Delporte's Journal.
—Steven Heller has a gallery of Mexican caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias.


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Album Rating: 2.5It prob wont make much difference [2]
Album Rating: 3.0Zzzzzz
Album Rating: 2.5OMG I just watched the videos and Mangini's truly a monster, I'm sure he'll completely revamp DT's current brand of prog metal into something a lot more exciting, DT made the right decision by selecting this incredibzzzzzzzZZZZZZZzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzZZZzzzzZzzzzZ
yea I actually have high hopes for this new album and I don't even know why
prob shouldn't
dude I fucking 4'd this when it came out haha
Album Rating: 3.0honestly its going to rule trust me i wouldnt lie to you it will be like a 4.6
Mangini's a great drummer but on records he's usually pretty boring like on that Extreme one and the Annihilator ones
Album Rating: 3.0he did some good stuff on set the world on fire but yea obviously he cant go crazy on those records gota be generic :D i think he'll show what hes made of on this next record if not then rip
jesus a 3.5? come on kill this is faux prog and you know it
Album Rating: 3.0breaking all illusions alone is 5 the rest only drag it down
Album Rating: 3.0Yeah, wtf KILL?
Album Rating: 3.0But...that synth solo after the epic guitar break is so fucking bad
Album Rating: 3.0dream theater is a lifestyle you faggots will never understand
yea one of the first prog metal bands is faux prog duh~!!
Album Rating: 3.0I used to believe/live that...but now
but this album is
Album Rating: 3.0they werent one of the first but they brought it to the mainstream :D
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Apparently Newt Gingrich thinks its ok to muddle his previous marriages, but disagrees with same-sex marriages.
In my opinion states opposing same-sex marriages are no different from the states who opposed inter-racial marriage in the past by imposing miscegenation laws. Those states who enacted miscegenation laws were just plain wrong as demonstrated in the civil rights case of Loving v. Virginia, which The Supreme Court settled in 1967.
I'm sure the southern born Newt Gingrich would have opposed inter-racial marriages as well had he been a legislator back then.
Newt Gingrich, who's married to his third wife, said this weekend that the U.S. was "drifting towards a terrible muddle" by not limiting marriage to members of the opposite sex, Reuters reported.
But he drew a distinction between Iowa, where the Supreme Court essentially legalized gay marriage, and New York, where elected representatives did.
"Iowa was a very different case from New York," Gingrich said, according to reporter O. Kay Henderson.
"I mean, Iowa was seven judges deciding that they would arbitrarily overturn the laws and the culture of the state of Iowa which is fundamentally different," Gingrich said. "I mean New York at least, whether you agree or disagree with the outcome, it is in the elected process and it is in the legislature and it is with the governor and that's the right venue."
"I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. I think that's what marriage ought to be and I would like to find ways to defend that view as legitimately and effectively as possible," Gingrich said.
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- Reason Morning Links: Jon Huntsman on Gay Marriage, Newt Gingrich on the Fed, Scott Walker on Craft Beer (reason.com)
- Newt Gingrich: Obama Is So Bad, Black People Will Vote Republican (theoraclemagnews.wordpress.com)


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A MAN who "glassed" a former friend in a Chesterfield town centre pub could be locked up for Christmas.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard how victim Gavin Bowater had known James Greenwood for four years before they fell out a year ago.
Mr Bowater believed he had been hassled by Greenwood knocking on his window at night, town magistrates heard.
Mr Bowater made his way to a smoking area at the back of Spa Lane Vaults pub, according to the court, after 11pm, on September 1, and was confronted by Greenwood, who wanted to fight.
He told Greenwood he did not want trouble but the court heard how Greenwood tried to push him outside and then shoved a pint glass in his face.
Sarah Haslam, prosecuting, said: "The complainant said the glass shattered in his face. He was then punched in the face and he hit the defendant in self-defence."
Greenwood was arrested and claimed Mr Bowater had been staring at him in the pub and wanted to fight. Mrs Haslam added: "He said he tried to leave and Mr Bowater stood in his path and swung for him and to protect himself he raised the glass.
"The complainant says the defendant swung towards him with the glass in his hand. Fortunately, he received minor injuries."
Greenwood, 26, of Willow Garth Road, Newbold, admitted assault. Deputy District Judge Andrew Davison committed him to Derby Crown Court for sentencing on December 14 and said custody is an option.
Greenwood told the court: "I didn't mean for that to happen."


text: "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34) Do you need to ask forgiveness from your spouse? Maybe you need to offer it. If there's nothing recent to forgive, forgive someone you've been holding a grudge against. You'll be more pleasant to be around.


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The Woman is Tempted
Today's Daily Bible Reading is from Genesis 3:1-8. In chapter 3 we see that Adam's wife was confronted by the serpent, which was the craftiest of all the animals that God created.
The serpent questioned the woman saying, "Yea, hath God said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" What kind of serpent is this that can talk?
The woman answered the serpent saying, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die."
The woman embellished the story a bit, because if you look back at Genesis 2:17-18, you'll see that God told Adam not to eat it; He never said anything about touching it.
The serpent said to the woman, "You shall not surely die: God knows that in the day you eat of the fruit, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods, knowing good and evil."
The serpent tempted the woman, denying what God said, and telling her that the fruit would make them wise. How many times does the enemy try to tempt us, in the same way he did the woman?
The woman saw that the fruit of the tree was pleasing to the eyes and looked like it would be good to eat. She also remembered that the serpent told her that eating the fruit of the tree would make her wise, so she took a piece of the fruit, and ate it. She also gave the fruit to her husband, who was with her; and he ate it as well.
Even though Adam knew what God had told him, he never spoke up or stopped the woman from listening to the serpent. He even participated in the act of disobedience. Did Adam do that because he didn't want to embarrass the woman or what? What might have been the outcome if Adam would have spoken up and stopped the woman from sinning? Only the LORD knows.
The eyes of both the man and woman were opened, and they realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together, and made aprons to cover themselves. Remember, back in Genesis 2:25, both the man and woman were naked, but they were not ashamed. But, now that they had disobeyed God they were ashamed of their nakedness.
Then, they heard the voice of the LORD God, who was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. Adam and his wife knew that they had disobeyed God's command and were afraid, so they hid from God among the trees of the garden.
Daily Bible Reading:
Genesis 3:1-8
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Things to think about:
- Why did the serpent try to tempt the woman?
- With what did the serpent tempt the woman?
- In what way did the woman change what God had said?
- Why did the woman give into the temptation?
- Why did Adam participate in the disobedience to God?
- What did they do when they heard God walking in the garden?
- How do we respond to God when we sin?
Prayer of the Day:
Dear Heavenly Father,
As we read and study this portion of Scripture, help us to realize the tactics that the enemy uses to try to tempt us to sin. Give us strength when facing the enemy so we don't give in to his temptations. Thank You for Jesus who died on the cross to save us from our sins. Help us to always obey Your will. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
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Volunteers are backbone of mentorship programs
Twelve people volunteer for the jail ministry programs in the Walworth County Jail, mentoring inmates, leading Bible studies and helping with Sunday church services.
The goal of the programs is to introduce inmates to faith and help them improve their lives when they're released, Walworth County Jail chaplain Larry Hansen said.
About 40 inmates regularly participate, he said.
Mentors help inmates with goal setting, character development, decision making and becoming more balanced, Hansen said.
Many inmates who dedicate themselves to the programs don't commit more crimes when they're released, he said, and they become productive members of society.
"It worked in my life because I was rebellious as a youth and it changed my life," Hansen said. "It brings a peace to their lives."
Inmates volunteer to participate in the programs, he said, and it can be a life-changing event.
"It brings stability and gives them a sense of who they are," Hansen said. "You have to make that conscious decision to want to change your life."
Volunteers help because they have a compassion for those in need, he said.
The program wouldn't work without its volunteers and the support of the jail's administration, Hansen said.
"They're dedicated," he said. "They're just wonderful people."
Rich Marrano, a Burlington resident and volunteer, said he has seen change in inmates. He said he continues to meet with inmates after they're released from jail.
"It's a friendship," Marrano said. "I care about the guys."
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Revista discuss whether José Mourinho or Pep Guardiola will be going taking over the reins at Chelsea.
Mourinho enjoyed a glittering stint in charge of the Londoners between 2004-07, winning two Premier League titles, two League Cups and an FA Cup.
The Real Madrid boss was spotted in London as Villas-Boas was being sacked, but Guillem Balague and Graham Hunter said that Mourinho is a master at playing the game and is in a win-win situation.
"Jose Mourinho was in London as we know and we saw him leaving Heathrow for Madrid, said Guillem on Revista.
"I think he was trying to do two things here. One make sure that everybody knows that there is the possibility of getting him - he keeps on insisting privately that he definitely wants to leave Real and definitely wants to come to the Premier League this summer - that does not mean he is coming but that is what he is implying.
"I also think he is trying to say that if he does not come to the Premier League then there is still the possibility of him doing his third phase of the revolution at Real Madrid which would include having more influence in the academy, more influence in signings, more influence in the medical department. It is a win-win situation for him
Graham Hunter agrees: "I am going back to John Inman from the show Are You Being Served? Where his whole thing was 'I'm Free!'
"I think we would be very naive if we did not think he was a masterful card player. I think that although he is risking his future at Real Madrid -his bosses are really unhappy with the way he is behaving. But if you are Jose Mourinho and you think Mancini might not make it over the line in the Premiership, you would imagine that there could be a job at Manchester City.
"If you are looking very closely and your friend Sir Alex Ferguson, you are watching very closely what he does. This is Jose Mourinho finding space and putting his hand up to the guy with the ball and saying 'I am in space, give me the ball.'"
No to Pep
Graham Hunter also believes that Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola will not take over from Villas-Boas and believes he wants to stay at Barca.
"On balance he might still stay at Barcelona and I think he wants to be convinced to stay at the club," explained Hunter.
"Someone very close to him, the man who has been his football director for most of his football career - Txiki Begiristain was offered a post a Chelsea. He went and analysed it and took a very long hard look at it and decided it was not the football project he wanted.
"That does not bind Guardiola to the same way of thinking but the two men share a view point.
"Pep is not hugely motivated by wealth - anywhere he goes will pay him a king's ransom. So what does Roman Abramovich have to offer him specifically? Carte Blanche? A brilliant structure at the club? No interference from the president? I don't think so and therefore I don't see it happening."


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Two local drivers take drag racing titles
Two drivers from New Richmond earned season drag racing championships this year at Rock Falls Raceway in Eau Claire.
Keith Johnson won his third consecutive title and his fifth overall Street Eliminator title. Steve Olson earned his first championship in the King of the Hill class.
The 10-event bracket racing season at Rock Falls Raceway is held on the quarter-mile National Hot Rod Association sanctioned drag strip.
The 2004 season was challenging for Johnson and Olson. Neither driver started with dominating performances and neither driver clinched their title until the final race of the year.
Johnson left no opening for his rivals in the final event, winning seven rounds of racing and winning the event.
In his final event, Olson won two rounds of racing and his closest rivals were eliminated in earlier rounds, giving him the season championship.
Johnson began drag racing in 1971 at Minnesota Dragways in Coon Rapids. That track, now gone, was the predecessor to Brainerd Raceway. He ran a 1954 Chevrolet in the J/Gas class.
Olson, a teenager at the time, began dragracing in the early '70s at Tenora Dragways, which was located in Comstock. He ran in the F/X class with a 1965 Mustang.
Currently Johnson runs in the Street Eliminator class, which is essentially a street-legal stock class. He drives a 283-powered 1965 Chevelle, which reaches about 85 miles per hour in the quarter-mile.
On Oct. 3, Johnson won the title of King of the Track by winning a special eight-car shootout, consisting of races involving the top two drivers in each of the four classes at the track.
Olson drives a highly-modified 1979 Mustang. It has a large-displacement Ford small-block engine, based on the 351 Windsor block. It launches Olson down the strip at 137 miles per hour and in the high nine-second range. He is sponsored by Cox Motors and Powerline Performance. He is employed as a senior master technician at Cox Motors.
Both drivers struggled with bad luck early in the season. Johnson's first three events included losing by .001, .002 and .004 of a second.
"It was really frustrating," he said. "I was approaching the starting line with apprehension."
Olson did not win a round until the third event of the season. The second event ended for him before it began. Smoke from circuits for a failed electric water pump began rolling out of the dashboard at the starting line, forcing him to withdraw.
"It was an easy fix, but not possible at the track," reflected Olson. "I needed parts I didn't have."
By mid-season the two drivers let their presences be known. Johnson won two events and finished second in another. Olson was second twice and went deep into the rounds in several other events. Johnson finished the year eight rounds up on the second place driver. Olson finished the season three rounds up on his second place racer.
"It was cool seeing someone else from New Richmond cutting through the pack with me," Olson said. "We both knew that luck will beat skill and we had both of them working for us at the same time."


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POLICE believe the young mother whose partially clothed body was found on the banks of a river southwest of Brisbane on Sunday was attacked.
Regional crime coordinator for southern region Detective Superintendent Dave Isherwood told media that Alexis Jeffery was last seen alone in a park, walking towards the pathway to the Goondiwindi cultural centre between 3am and 3.30am Sunday.
The 24-year-old woman's body was found in the Macintyre River just before 11am on Sunday.
He said witnesses told police the mother-of-three, who was a local, had been spotted at two pubs earlier in the night.
"She went out to a local hotel at about 9pm on Saturday evening," he said. "We believe she left that hotel about 1.55am. She was seen in the vicinity of another hotel in the town at about 2.15am."
He said police were treating the death as suspicious "simply because of the situation with relation to where she was found".
"It's quite a deep ... it's the levee bank ... it's probably 20m from the top of the levee bank to where she was found," he said.
"She was right on the edge of the water.
"She was partially clad at the time, so it's reasonable to assume the death is suspicious."
Det Supt Isherwood said the town did not boast CCTV cameras and appealed to the public for information.
He said there were no suspects in the investigation at this stage.
"We have conducted a number of inquiries; we have spoken to a number of people; but we cannot establish her movements after being seen in that park," he said.
"What we are saying is that we have assumed that when she was seen by herself, she continued to walk by herself until she reached that point. We believe she was attacked."
Det Supt Isherwood said police were trying to establish whether there were "any other circumstances surrounding her attack".
"At this stage the scene is still being forensically examined," he told media.
He said police had been unable to establish a cause of death yet.
"The post-mortem was commenced yesterday and is still ongoing this morning, so we haven't got a cause of death."
"We would be asking for anyone that was either at the hotel that saw her or was in the vicinity of that hotel (to come forward)."
To contact Crime Stoppers call 1800 333 000.
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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person
-Andy Rooney-
I'm laughing because I must have the worst memory in the world. I honestly can't remember who these girls are when you guys mention names...are they all blending together?? At this point, Ben and Courney are in charge of their own destiny. The cameras are turned off, so if they make it as a couple on their own it will turn out that Ben made the right decision. If they go their separate ways, it's no different than a million other couples that didn't work out. The onus is on them to figure it out.
I'm more than ready to bid adieu to these two and move on. Definitely not my favourite couple to emerge from this show but I wish them luck all the same.
About Possessionista...she's going to have a field day with Emily's show I'm sure!
Why do we always assume folks are bad just because they want to appear on a reality show and why do we assume it's bad to want to make money by appearing on a second reality show? What's wrong with taking advantage of an opportunity to make extra moola? I know the reason I work is to make moola and the reason I do overtime is to make extra moola.
Speaking of making moola, what is wrong with a show caring about ratings? Is it not the purpose of most businesses to want to improve their bottom line? What's wrong with that? The more they make, the more foks they employ and the more everyone profits.
This is not all meant directed at you, Fanny Mare, I just used your post as a starting off point.
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Wouldn't it be funny if Ben and Courtney ended up being the first (and only) Bachelor-chosen married couple (no offense to my Michigan compatriot Molly)?
What I'll take away from this season is the ugliness of public opinion. It's no longer even about Courtney the person. Every single image is broken down and criticized. She could rescue kittens from burning trees and people would criticize her burns for not weeping properly.
I do searches with key words "Ben Flajnik" to get recent pictures of Ben and Courtney. There are two web sites which have the same series of pictures of Ben and Courtney. I think some photographers might work for specific publications, and others might be independent. In a picture that Ben posted, he and Courtney have huge grins, are close together, and are in a glowing light. But, in the candid pictures, they aren't wallking around like honeymooners. Also, not only did I mute Courtney soon after she started talking... there were several episodes toward the end of this season that I didn't watch. Ben was annoying, and Courtney ended up as annoying as Ben.
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In the past six months we've had three unusually pleasant wine experiences at restaurants, thanks to a chef, a waiter and a sommelier. Here are the stories.
The Chef -- we're in Bilbao, Spain having lunch at a nice restaurant (Michelin 1*) on our first day in Basque country. We are the only English-speakers in the almost-full dining room.
The chef stops by and we talk for a bit about the restaurants we are visiting in Spain and compliment him on two of the excellent dishes served thus far. We are drinking house cava, about to switch to a house white. A bit later he brings out three wine glasses and an extra dish, crab legs so fresh they smell and taste of the nearby sea, and opens a bottle of oaked white Rioja labeled 'Finca La Reñana'. He tells us that Robert Parker rated this 'the best oaked white wine in the world' last year as he pours glasses for us and for himself and asks us to try it and tell him if he should add it to his wine list.
We drink it with the crab and yes, it is a very nice white indeed, surely the best Spanish white wine I've tasted (I haven't tasted many but this one was excellent). Later I look it up and find Parker quotes to back up the story, with a Wine Advocate rating of 92.
When we leave we notice there is zero charge for the white Rioja, for another wine he poured for us and for our dessert wine pours. There is little or no tipping in Spain but we leave a nice tip anyway for the waiter.
Chef Fernando Canales of restaurant Etxanobe in Bilbao ... long may he prosper.
The Waiter – still in Bilbao the next day, this time a few miles outside town at Azurmendi, a fast-rising restaurant that just received its third Michelin star, and which rose to # 7 in the world in 2014 on the Elite Traveler Top 100 Restaurants list.
We are nearing the end of a ten course tasting menu with matching wines. Before the desserts I mention to the waiter that I hoped to try a good Pedro Ximenez sherry while in Spain. He says it's not part of the pairing but that he'll check what's in the cellar ... and when it's time to pour the dessert wine he produces an unopened bottle of Fernando de Castilla Antique Pedro Ximenez, which he proceeds to open for us. This was a very sweet, almost syrupy dessert wine, just as I imagined PX, and it went very well with the last two desserts and final sweets. I'm impressed they would open a bottle just for two customers.
Jon William Herrera of restaurant Azurmendi ... long may he prosper. (I just learned Jon William is also the Head Sommelier.)
The Sommelier – we are at the Fat Duck outside London in April and I'm having the cheapest seven pour wine pairing with my meal. We get to know the Somm a bit as he comes to the table to pour the wines and we chat. He's from near Paris and gives us some suggestions for restaurants next time we're in France.
Fat Duck offers two enhanced pairings with very expensive classic wines but the pairings are, IIRC, 250 £ and 480 £ (roughly $425 and $810, too rich for me). The dessert wines for both pairings are Château d'Yquem (different vintages), an exceptional Sauternes from Bordeaux which is so superior it has its own classification, First Great Growth (Premier Cru Supérieur).
The dessert wine for my economy class flight is a 2008 Tokaji from Hungary and it goes well with the dessert. I mention the d'Yquem to the Sommelier, saying I had only tasted one First Growth and a couple of Second Growth Sauternes and that one day, if I became rich, I'd like to try d'Yquem.
He told me he had tasted d'Yquem at age 17 and that wine is what convinced him to become a Sommelier. I thought that was a great story.
A bit later someone brings a tray of mignardises and the Somm appears with one more glass. I'm pretty sure we're done with the wine pairings but he shows me a bottle of Château d'Yquem and pours me a small ration. I really wish I had noted the vintage but I was too blown away to pay attention to the details.
I bow down as best as I can while seated. "Thank you, thank you." It went great with the final sweets. This is probably the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me at a restaurant.
As we are leaving the restaurant he comes out with us to the parking lot to say goodbye. My wife surprises him (and me) by giving him a hug and a jealous man might say that he squeezed a bit too long and a bit too tightly when he hugged her back, but what the heck, he's a Frenchman and he gave me my first shot of Château d'Yquem! I forgive him.
Rémi Cousin, Assistant Head Sommelier of The Fat Duck ... long may he prosper.
So, anyone else have some feel-good wine stories they want to share?


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Probit analysis of fresh meat consumption in Belgium: Exploring BSE and television communication impact
This article focuses on factors influencing consumer decision making toward fresh meat consumption in Belgium. Discrete choice models are specified for explaining consumer decisions to decrease fresh meat consumption since the BSE-crisis and toward to the future. Demographic consumer characteristics, consumption frequency and attention to television coverage are included as explanatory variables in the models. A major focus is the impact of television, which has carried several negative reports about meat safety during recent years. Television coverage is found to have a highly negative impact on decision making toward fresh red meat consumption. Model estimation and computation of predicted probabilities reveal that the likelihood of cutting fresh meat consumption increases with greater attention given to television messages, as well as with the presence of young children in the household and with increasing age of the consumer. Interaction between attention to television and age reveals that younger people's decisions are more susceptive to media coverage. Heavy meat consumers are least likely to cut fresh meat consumption. Findings include implications for future livestock production and communication by the meat industry. [Econ-Lit citations: D120, L660, M390] © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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A fish and chip shop in Market Deeping is frying high after scooping a national award.
Staff from the Boundary in High Street battered their rivals at the 2014 National Fish and Chip Awards on Wednesday to gain the Field to Frier Award.
The Boundary was judged on potato knowledge, sourcing and storage, as well as their attention to detail and skill in producing quality chips.
Recently named regional winners of the Best Fish and Chip Shop 2014, the shop, run by Bill Shaw, was crowned overall winner by Michelin star chef and awards host Jean-Christophe Novelli.
The award was served up to them during a prestigious ceremony in London's Lancaster London hotel, organised by Seafish.
Mr Shaw said: "At The Boundary, we pride ourselves on sourcing the best products possible and awards like this prove we know how to do it in the right way.
"There were a lot of top businesses in the running for this, so we're proud to have come out on top.
"It's important for a fish and chip shop to be involved in all stages of how their potatoes are sourced and I hope that we can serve as inspiration to others, that it really does matter."
Paul Williams, chief executive of Seafish, said: "The Boundary is to be commended for demonstrating a real commitment to responsible potato sourcing and sustainability practices. We'd like to congratulate them on their win."


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Dronecode, the project building an open source software framework for drones, has taken a step forward with the announcement of new investments and the establishment of several working groups, which will focus on specific areas of drone software development.
Dronecode is a Linux Foundation collaborative project that involves the collaboration and financial backing of a number of industry partners. On Tuesday, the project's industry backing increased with the announcement of investments from twenty-seven new member organizations.
In addition, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., which recently unveiled new hardware tailored for drones and other robotics applications, made a big splash by increasing its investment to the platinum level, which involved pledging more financial backing.
Overall, Dronecode membership has increased nearly three-fold since the project launched in October 2014.
Also on Tuesday, the project sharpened some technical aspects of its focus with the introduction of three new working groups. Titled the MAVlink Camera Working Group, the Airspace Working Group and the Hardware Working Group, they will develop solutions for cameras, airspace communications and hardware standards related to drones, respectively.
For now, Dronecode remains far from producing a working open source platform for drones. But the initiative seems to have a fair amount of momentum under its wings, providing a useful point of reference for the open source community as drones make their way into the market.


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If you own a marketing automation system, chances are you care most about features. But if you're looking to buy a marketing automation system, chances are you care most about price.
That's just one of insights in a new report from VB Insight on the expanding field of marketing automation. (VB Insight is VentureBeat's research platform.)
"That makes perfect sense," report author Dan Freeman, the president of marketing consultancy Marketing Growth Strategies, said. "First-time implementers are just trying to do the nuts-and-bolts, simple stuff like landing pages or knowing who is visiting their website, while those who have been doing marketing automation for six months or a year are looking at the next stage … full nurture programs, automated workflows, and more."
Current owners who are either adding to their system or switching to another rank features and ease of use as the most important parts of a system. New buyers who don't currently use any marketing automation system, however, rank both total cost of service and monthly price above ease of use and price.
Get Freeman's entire report, Buyers and Users Marketing Automation Survey, on VB Insight.
The two groups are looking for different functionality, and have different ideas about what to expect from their software, Freeman told VentureBeat.
"First-time buyers don't know much about implementation … they kind of have in mind that the cost of the marketing automation effort equates to the cost of the software," Freeman said. "But owners understand there's more to it … both in costs and in returns."
In fact, many of the new marketing automation buyers aren't even doing email marketing or customer relationship management (CRM), which means they are fairly unsophisticated buyers.
That's something the 70-plus marketing automation vendors will want to keep in mind — not just because new buyers have specific needs, but also (and maybe especially) because a big chunk of existing system owners are keeping their eyes open as well. As is well-documented, many companies use multiple marketing automation systems — and have a surprising openness to switching.
"That's one thing that struck me about the results: Quite a few who have a system are looking to make a change," Freeman said. "You would think there's a little more stickiness, but it is pretty easy to change … and a pretty rapid payoff when you get a better system."
The unsophisticated, new users could be well-served by some of the smaller marketing automation startups that have an all-in-one system with CRM-like components, Freeman said, while existing users could be better off looking for more established, full-featured systems.
In fact, there are two fairly standard paths for companies to follow here:
"There can be a progression from a starter system to a more sophisticated system," he said. "But historically, the more natural progression has been from email marketing to marketing automation."


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Gigi Hadid, Tommy Hilfiger "GMA" Video – Watch New York Fashion Week Preview!
Gigi Hadid and Tommy Hilfiger previewed their new New York Fashion Week collection on Friday's "GMA." Watch below!
Hadid, of course, is best known as a rising model and has walked in a number of Hilfiger shows. But now the star is adding "designer" to her resume. She designed the "TOMMYxGIGI" collection, which will be available worldwide beginning Saturday. The set includes not just clothing, but accessories like handbags, too.
And while the European launch took place last week, the collection will have its official U.S. debut with a New York Fashion Week presentation on Friday night. But Hadid and Hilfiger were at "Good Morning America" bright and early for a mini fashion show. Models strutted across the studio like they owned the place, showing off everything from trench coats to overalls and sweater dresses.
Hilfiger said of Hadid, "She has an amazing sense of style, but at the same time as being a supermodel, she's probably the most important social media star in the world. She has more followers and more fans across the globe than anyone else. She also has her feet on the ground."
"They say a lot of models are this and that. This girl has a brain," the fashion maven went on to praise, leading Hadid to exclaim, "I'm going to cry!" Check out the full video below!


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Rabbi Samuel Cywiak of the Congregation Sons of Israel is joined by members of the congregation, special visitors and members of the St. Augustine Garden Club for a tree planting at the Congregation in honor of the Jewish New Year.
* Edward Waters College Choir will perform in a Gospel Celebration at 4 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist Church, 89 St. Francis St.
Saturday events
* The First AME Church of Palm Coast presents "Let There Be Music," featuring Sophia Booker in concert at 5 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $10.
* Bread of Life Restoration Center Holy Temple of God will hold a prayer breakfast from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at 285 W. King St. There is no charge, but an offering will be taken. Breakfast will be served from 9 to 11 a.m. A guest speaker will be part of the event.
* The St Augustine Shores United Methodist Church women's annual yard and bake sale will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, 724 Shores Blvd. Included will be clothing, boutique, baked goods, small appliances, books, housewares, linens and jewelry. Donations will be accepted at the church from 9 a.m. to noon today.
* The Congregation Sons of Israel presents "Moments to Remember," a cabaret show produced and directed by Florence Abarbanel at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the synagogue, 161 Cordova St. Featured will be amateur and professional talent. The cost is $20 per person. Seating is limited. For tickets, call Florence at 471-9823, or Lester at 471-8358.
* Hope & Deliverance Ministry will sponsor a community dinner for those in need, at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Labor Finders parking lot, on West King Street. To volunteer or make a donation, contact Fulwood at 540-7582.
* Women of Power featuring Carol Coffie of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Palm Coast, will be presented at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church, 5165 Kelly Road, Hastings. Features include brunch and door prizes.
Also upcoming
* Geneva Presbyterian Church, State Road 13, presents a Spring Mart from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 28 at the church. A nursery will be provided for children ages 3 and under.
Crafts including scrapbooks, quilts, table linens and woodwork items, homegrown plants, flowers and herbs will be for sale.
Three will be a full cafe open all day serving breakfast, dinner and snacks, along with home-baked goodies. Live entertainment will be ongoing throughout the day.
Proceeds will go toward Geneva's mission work. The church is on State Road 13, 3/4 miles south of Roberts Road on the left. For information, call the church office at 287-4865.
* Unity Rally Sunday begins at 6 p.m. March 29 at the St. Augustine Assembly of God Church, 485 Shores Blvd. Speaker will be the Rev. Ken Asplund, director of Marketplace Ministries. Moderator will be the Rev. Mark Little, pastor of Transformation Church.
* March 29 is the date for this year's St. Ambrose Fair. Festivities will be from noon to 4 p.m., and food will include pork pilau, ham dinners, hobo ribs, clam chowder. The Red River Band will entertain throughout the afternoon, and games and other booths will be available.
* A love luncheon, silent auction and raffle to benefit the Kenneth V. Helms Memorial and held in the Hartman Hall of Memorial Lutheran Church is planned at noon March 29. The event is sponsored by Memorial Lutheran Chapel School.
Donation is $15 for adults, $5 for children under 10. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Chapel school students will be performing special music. Donation of auction/raffle items and desserts are needed.
* Power House Ministry, the Rev. Kathy W. Elmore, pastor, and congregants will host a prayer luncheon at 11 a.m. March 28 at the Willie Galimore Center, 399 S. Riberia St. Tickets are $7 per person. Sign language interpreters are available upon request. Call 377-8067 for further information or use the relay.
* The Ladies Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church is sponsoring a Fashion Show and a Spectacular Brunch, featuring Peach Bellini's, beginning at 10 a.m. April 25. Presenting fashions from the Prime and Belts Outlet are stores including Dress Barn, Brooks Brothers, Charlotte Russe, Vanity Fair and Heartstrings.
The church is located one mile west of International Golf Parkway on State Road 16. To reserve tickets call Maureen at 940-9537 or Diane at 940-1381. Admission is $20 for general seating and $30 for preferred seating.
* San Juan Del Rio Parish's is planning a Spring Celebration Live and Silent Auction beginning at 6:30 p.m. May 9 at St. Johns Golf and Country Club. Enjoy dinner, drinks, dancing and music from the Jacksonville Symphony. Donation is $25 per person ($35 after April 19) Formal Attire. The event is for 21 and older. For payment/ registration information go to http://www.sjdrparish.org/auction.htm Anyone wishing to donate to the event is asked to contact Aimee Miles (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Victoria Miller (email@example.com) All proceeds go to San Juan Del Rio Parish.
* St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Federal Point, will present its annual fish fry from noon to 4 p.m. April 18. The event is famous for fresh cut fries and the all-you-can-ear fish dinners. Included are drinks and cole slaw, hush puppies and clam chowder and roasted oysters.
Singing groups will perform throughout the afternoon. For further information call Father Aaron Uitti at 904-540-2264.
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went and saw Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones with friends, and it was pretty much an irretrievably poor film, even for "found footage". I've never seen one of the PA films before, i thought it was a haunted house thing.
It was bad. The only thing that made it tolerable was the fact that they targeted the Latino vote with this production - some drop-dead gorgeous latin women were sprinkled throughout, i caught myself drooling a couple times.
Love the name "Marisol", very pretty name for a latina
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Earlier this month, I attended a 10 day in-service training in Parakou, a big city in the north of Benin. It was my first trip out of the south and it took 9 hours in a 20-passenger van. It should have only taken 6, if not for the constant stops whenever anyone saw some snacks they wanted to buy on the side of the road... I have never eaten so much on a road trip, but every time someone bought something they made sure the yovo got to "gout et voir" (taste and see!). It was amazing to see how much the landscape changed along the way, and once I got there, the differences in local languages and even culture made me feel like I'd travelled to another country!
Even though the strangers I travelled with were kind enough to keep me well fed along the way, I experienced one of my most discouraging moments so far while in the van. I had been keeping a sachet noir full of trash from the trip that I intended to dispose of properly. These infamous black plastic bags litter Benin, and refusing them when you make a purchase generally requires putting up a fight and climbing onto the soap box. When the chauffer spotted it, he snatched it up and threw it out the window, despite my protests. Most of the other passengers didn't notice, as they too had been throwing their wrappers and bottles out the window along the way... He laughed in my face and spoke to me in Gun, saying he didn't care about dirtying Benin, as long as his van stayed clean. I tried to stay calm and unemotional, explaining to him how I am an environmental volunteer, brought to Benin because some people do care about keeping their country healthy. My work partner jumped in to defend me, and told him I could easily go back to my own country, a land of recycling bins and reusable bags, but I choose to be here because I believe change is possible. His response: "You should get married. Then your opinions will change." Two weeks later, I'm still not sure how I should have responded to that. All I did was look out the window at the passing piles of trash and try not to yell at him.
After the hustle bustle of in-service training, it was a stark change to get back to village life: slow days, long weeks, and an empty stomach (we had been fed non-stop all week. Glorious things like cheese and bread and salads!). It is nice to be back though, and it really does feel like home here now. December is party month here in Benin, and all my neighbors are preparing for Christmas, the New Year, and also wrapping up any lose ends with funerals… Funerals are the large occasion among the Beninese, and quite a bit of time and money is put into preparing the music, feast, and logistics for a gathering of everyone who ever knew your deceased loved one. Because of my travels and the constant Fête-ing (Fête = party) in village, work has slowed down and my past month has felt rather unproductive... Lucky for me, the world didn't end, and I get another chance at change in 2013!


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Should I risk with IV again?
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Posted 25 April 2012 - 06:31 PM
My specs are in my signature. Before having this GTS430, I had a nVidia 8500GT which got overheated or something while I was playing GTA IV. The game was loading when suddenly a black screen appeared and I had to reset the PC, and after the boot screen, everything was on 800x600 and 8-bit colours. The PC stopped recognizing my video card and has only used the onboard one. Anyway, I bought this new video card, which I KNOW it's not a gaming-designed card, but I can get 28 FPS on a 1280x1024 resolution (native resolution for my monitor). My concern is that this card may also overheat unexpectedly and I don't want to burn another card again. I have no program to monitor GPU temperature in-game, so I want to know if it's okay to continue playing GTA IV or I might risk burning the card again?
Posted 25 April 2012 - 06:40 PM
You should be able play GTA IV ok on that computer. If you have the game still just re-install it and try it. You mentioned overheating with your old card. This could be caused by bad air flow but a lot of old lower end cards have bad cooling. Download HWMonitor to check your graphics card temperatures. It's a very small program and just requires an unzip to install
Posted 25 April 2012 - 06:41 PM
nvm. Use i_l's one.
Posted 25 April 2012 - 06:43 PM
I don't have IV installed yet, but I'll do it tomorrow and I'll let you guys know about the temperature before and after gameplay. Thanks for the links
Posted 25 April 2012 - 07:01 PM
Use furmark and see what kind of temps you hit under heavy load
Anything below 80°C is ok, anything below 70°C is great.
Anything below 80°C is ok, anything below 70°C is great.
Posted 26 April 2012 - 03:04 PM
original poster, post a picture of your computer and its insides.
Posted 28 April 2012 - 10:09 AM
I ran the game for 3 hours and then I checked HW Monitor, and I got 58 Celsius, so I guess that's ok, isn't it? CPU usage in benchmarks is 98%, but idk if that's good or not. I get 29 average FPS, ranging from 40 during the day and 22 during the night (even with night shadows off). Thanks for your replies!
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