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Los Alamos County employees who have reached the end of their pay grade for their job title will get a lump sum payment as compensation, at least for another year.
During Tuesday night's county council meeting, councilors voted 5-2 in favor of the lump sum payment. Councilors Michael Wheeler and Vincent Chiravalle voted against it.
Assistant County Administrator Diana Stepan reminded council that the agenda item was a follow-up to a council request made at a prior meeting.
Stepan explained that staff looked at various ways to compensate employees who have reached the end of their pay grade, but found that the lump sum payment option was still the best.
"We reviewed a number of options, such as extra vacation, but many people have sufficient vacation already and find it challenging to use. It didn't seem like an appealing way to compensate them. We did review options and we recommend that we do a lump sum payment one more year," she said.
Wheeler wanted to know what criteria is used to determine who gets compensated. Stepan said that staff evaluates the employees' performance and the job that was performed.
Wheeler, however, was still not convinced of the process. "How does a lump sum reward them?" he asked. Stepan responded by saying that the lump sum is a "partial reward." Wheeler then asked, "Why not bump them to the next grade?" Stepan said, "We have to maintain the integrity of some system. My job is to make sure our pay for performance is implemented fairly."
Council Vice Chair Sharon Stover wanted to know if there were any alternatives to the proposed compensation. Stepan said that other cities' pay-for-performance policies had been reviewed to get an idea of how they handled compensation for employees at the end of their pay grade.
"The lab is clear in policy, there's no promotion unless necessary. Santa Fe has determined to do a lump sum. Albuquerque applies a COLA (Cost of Living Allowance) to pay structure, so they have no pay for performance. Farmington does a similar adjustment to COLA," she said.
Council Chair Michael Wismer asked Stepan about the merit of the compensation. "The merit recognizes a person's performance. There are two components: One is based on the cost of living and there's also a merit pool. You have a pool available to reward employees for their performance."
Wheeler said that he finds the pay plan to be extremely rigid. "I don't believe council's hands are tied. I don't believe we can't direct staff to come back with a rule revision to get us through the interim period until a study can be done.
Following councilors' comments, Stover moved to approve the revised compensation plan, which was seconded by Gibson. Wheeler offered a friendly amendment to the motion, but it was rejected by Stover.
"It seems like the most reasonable way to
recognize employees," Stover said following the vote.
Councilor Robert Gibson, however, was seemingly not happy with the decision. "Our plan is broken. We're proposing to put another Band-Aid on it … but this is probably the best we can do until we overhaul the overall plan."
Councilor Ralph Phelps also seemed to have reservations about the plan. "It creates a dynasty mentality. It's extremely important to get the job titles reevaluated," he said.
Chiravalle also weighed in, saying, "What worked in 2001 isn't necessarily the best strategy to use in 2010.We have to do something to correct this. Continuing to support this for one more year isn't going to correct this. There have been too many years of lump sum payments."
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(This article appeared in the Winter 2013 issue of SSA Magazine.)
Efforts to curb the epidemic of violence were far less successful. The victim count rose throughout the summer and into the fall. During the week of August 23, 82 people were shot or killed; 24 more shootings were reported over the Labor Day weekend.
As the grim statistics spiked, Deborah Gorman-Smith's phone began to ring.
Gorman-Smith, who joined the faculty of SSA as a professor this fall, is principal investigator and director of the Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention (CCYVP). The center—and her career—is devoted to studying and stemming the underlying causes of youth violence through evidence-based, collaborative interventions that focus on families and communities, linking them with schools, law enforcement officials, social service agencies and policy makers. For two decades, Gorman-Smith has promoted strategies that demonstrate the benefits of working with at-risk children and their families before they become ensnared in the grip of gangs and violence. She has held prestigious fellowships with the likes of the William T. Grant Foundation and procured millions of dollars in grants from the National Institute for Justice, the National Institute for Drug Abuse, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and the Centers for Disease Control.
Despite the accolades, Gorman-Smith's long-range preventive approach to addressing violence often stands in stark contrast to law enforcement's traditional tactics. But with public pressure and the body count mounting in Chicago, Gorman-Smith has noticed a decided shift in the official position.
"At the city and county level, I've been in more conversations about [violence] prevention than I've been in or heard in the past 20 years," she says. "I think there's a recognition that while we have to address the violence that is right in front of us right now, we have to also start thinking about a long-term strategy. We have to start thinking about getting in and working with these kids before they get involved in violence."
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For two decades, Deborah Gorman-Smith has promoted strategies that demonstrate the benefits of working with at-risk children and their families before they become ensnared in the grip of gangs and violence. Principal investigator and director of the Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention, Gorman-Smith and the center moved to SSA in the fall. Her work is devoted to studying and stemming the underlying causes of youth violence through evidence-based, collaborative interventions that focus on families and communities.
The Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention, which also took up residence in SSA in August, employs a multidisciplinary approach to examining and combating youth violence in poor, inner-city neighborhoods in Chicago, bringing together researchers, educators, community members and policymakers to implement and assess a comprehensive set of violence-prevention programs.
Founded in 2005 and moved to the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall in 2009, CCYVP is one of six National Academic Centers of Excellence currently funded by the Centers for Disease Control to research youth violence prevention programs that collect and analyze data and foster relationships within communities. Rigorous evaluation is one of the requirements for CDC funding, and it is a hallmark of the center and Gorman-Smith's work.
A nationally recognized authority on youth violence prevention (she is president of the Society for Prevention Research and a senior research fellow for the Coalition of Evidence-based Policy), Gorman-Smith preaches the gospel of using scientific methods—randomized trials, ongoing data analysis—to determine the efficacy of programs designed to foster social change.
"A lot of the work I do at the federal level is to encourage rigorous evaluation and social policy that is based on what we know from research," she says. "We have to continue to build on the evidence base if we want to be effective in our policy decisions, otherwise we spend billions and billions of dollars on programs that are ineffective, or worse do harm, and look around 30 years later and find that we're no better off."
Much of the work of Gorman-Smith, the staff of five full-time researchers at CCYVP and its co-investigators Mike Schoeny and David Henry, who is a professor at the School of Public Health at UIC, is aimed at finding out if the evidence supports that family-based programs can bring about social change that prevents violence. While Gorman-Smith acknowledges that economic inequality is at the heart of much of what plagues urban neighborhoods, she feels strongly that a focus on providing support for poor families, while not a panacea, could help steer some children away from the path of violence.
"It's not a silver bullet," she says, "but if we can help families manage in the context that they're in—provide support for parenting, connect them to services and other families, help them as they're trying to navigate the school system, and at the same time help raise the quality of those schools—then that's the closest thing to any kind of silver bullet we have."
A prime example of CCYVP's work is its Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children) program, a preventive intervention that targets first-graders and their families. The 15 week program brings together four to six families weekly with a focus on parent and child engagement with school, promoting self-control and social competence in the child, reducing aggression, and improving parenting and family function.
The first evaluation of the SAFE Children program implemented with children and families on the West and South sides of Chicago has found long-term and positive effects in the academic performance and behavior of its young participants and their families. For example, those participating in the intervention were nearly twice as likely as controls to be on track for graduation when entering high school (based on CPS administrative records). Intervention youth had fewer reports of violence while in high school and fewer sexual partners.
The objective of SAFE Children is not only to help parents usher their young children off to a good start in school—which is one of the keys to preventing violence, Gorman-Smith's research suggests—but also to break down the social isolation many of these families experience. "We know that in a lot of these neighborhoods parents are challenged by the high levels of violence and by the sense that they're out there alone," says Franklin Cosey-Gay, project coordinator for CCYVP. "Even though they may be in communities with a lot of people who live very close together, they still don't have the networks of friends and family or the structural supports that many families have in middle-class neighborhoods. We try to help them develop those."
Community-based mental health staff help the families learn techniques that will help break the cycle of neighborhood violence. But mostly the families help each other. They share ideas and feelings about things like discipline and school expectations. They also discover how to connect and communicate with school officials and other community resources. The children's progress (as well as that of their families) is scrupulously monitored and compared with the progress of their non-participating classmates from the same neighborhood, who serve as a randomly assigned control group.
Initially, CCYVP staff ran the SAFE Children program themselves, as an efficacy trial to see if the intervention had an effect. Over the last few years, they've done effectiveness trials, where community-based mental health agencies worked with elementary schools to operate the program—allowing CCYVP to measure how well the program works when it's in "real world" conditions. Starting this winter, they're launching a version at six schools where the school social worker or other in-school personnel will lead the meetings.
"We've also heard from some families and schools that they believe a shorter version of the program, targeting the transition to school for younger kids, would be valuable, especially in high-risk communities, so we've started a pilot of SPARK [Students and Parents Achieving Readiness for Kindergarten]," Gorman-Smith says. Testing now at the McCormick Tribune YMCA in Humboldt Park, SPARK will partner with Head Start programs to give families the kind of support through the transition from Head Start to school that SAFE Children provides—another opportunity for CCYVP to measure how this kind of intervention impacts youth violence
Much of CCYVP's work is in partnership with community-based organizations that are in the field. For example, the center works with CeaseFire, a program that uses a combination of research-based public health and community outreach methods in several Chicago neighborhoods to prevent violence, to improve their effectiveness with better information.
Many people are familiar with the hands-on approach of the program's street-level mediators from The Interrupters, the recent documentary by filmmaker Steve James and author Alex Kotlowitz. The center's work with CeaseFire, however, is a data-driven approach: CCYVP has helped with analysis that enables the City of Chicago and CeaseFire to keep track of where the violence hotspots are, where to send its outreach workers and where the organization's work is yielding the best results.
"[CCYVP's] work has really challenged us to be more strategic in our thinking about what we do and where we do it," says Candice Kane, chief operating officer of CeaseFire. "It's another mechanism for us to figure out who we can and should be engaging with."
Much of the research undergirding the Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention's work derives from an ongoing longitudinal study Gorman-Smith is engaged in with her longtime collaborator Patrick Tolan, now a professor of education and psychiatry at the University of Virginia, and the director of Youth-Nex, The Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.
The project, which was born when Gorman-Smith was a newly minted Ph.D. and Tolan had just joined the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Juvenile Research as an associate professor, has traced the trajectory of young men growing up in inner-city Chicago for more than 20 years. "It is the first attempt to look at multiple levels of influence—from the neighborhood down to individual characteristics—on how kids succeed in high-risk communities or whether they succumb to the numerous threats in their lives," Tolan says.
The study has produced more than two dozen academic papers on risk and protective factors for youth violence, education, substance use, dating violence and more. The research has shown that an emotional connection with families can help limit risk for serious and violent behavior, and that neighborhood social organization and networks can buffer the effect of poor parenting practices. The research continues. Now that some of the boys are fathers themselves, for instance, Gorman-Smith and Tolan are finding that with these young men, the typical stereotypes of young, poor fathers who aren't involved with their children's lives are often not true.
For Gorman-Smith, the study helped fuel what has become her career-long commitment to finding effective ways to make a difference in the lives of children and families trapped in neighborhoods where resources are scarce and violence is plentiful. That commitment has deep personal ties as well-rooted in Gorman-Smith's own working-class background and a desire to pay forward the debt she owes to her parents for the sacrifices that enabled her to embark on a career in the academy.
Gorman-Smith was born in Argo, Illinois, a blue-collar community (now subsumed in the village of Summit) just outside the southwest edge of Chicago. Her mother, Dorothy, drove a school bus. Her father, Earl, was a diesel mechanic. But Dorothy was a voracious reader who believed in the power of education to change lives and wanted her three daughters to have the best public education available. So when Deborah was three, Dorothy moved the family to the burgeoning suburb of Orland Park, which was little more than cornfields then, for better schools and opportunities. "I just always felt like you needed that education to do things," Dorothy recalls, "and I wanted them to have a better education than I thought they could get in Argo."
Deborah, the oldest of the Gorman girls, really took to the change. She was always a good student ("She knew how to read before she went to kindergarten," her mother says) and excelled academically all the way through high school. Her love of school convinced her family that she was destined for a career as an elementary or high school teacher, and she majored in special education at Northern Illinois University, which she attended on scholarship.
But during her senior year, Gorman-Smith started reading academic papers and became hooked on the idea of a career in scholarship. "I was still interested in education, but I decided that I wanted to do research for a living," she says. She secured a position as a research assistant with one of her professors in the school of education, who was also a psychologist. That opportunity tilted her in the direction of educational psychology.
While working on her doctorate at the University of Illinois at Chicago and training at the Institute for Juvenile Research, she became increasingly interested in navigating high-risk neighborhoods and the effects that those noxious environments had on kids' development. "I had clients who had all kinds of symptoms as a result of being exposed early to chronic and constant violence," she says. "They were talking about sleeping in their bathtubs to avoid being shot at night and being worried about going to and from school. At school they were anxious because they were worried about their mom who was at home and who wasn't safe."
Hearing those stories made her hark back to her own childhood and how different her life might have been had her mother not made the decision to leave Argo. "Knowing how that change—just growing up in a different town—had such a significant impact on my life, I mean it changed the course of my life in fundamental ways, really drew me to this work on the interaction of family and neighborhood context and its effects on development."
At the time she was completing her training, Patrick Tolan was looking for a project director to help him with his study of seventh-grade boys from high-risk neighborhoods in Chicago. Two other finishing graduate students were candidates for the job and came to him highly recommended. But while their formal credentials were slightly stronger than Gorman-Smith's, from the moment he interviewed her, he knew she was the right person for the job.
"The other two just didn't have what Deborah had, and that was this ability to project that she would do everything in her power to make sure that this very careful and demanding scientific job was going to be done right," Tolan says. "I often tell people that one of the smartest things I ever did was hire Deborah Gorman-Smith. She does very important work that is driven by strong scientific interest and great interest in making a difference. And her influence on the field and policy is increasing over time."
What impresses colleagues about Gorman-Smith is that despite fealty for scientific method and theory, she remains grounded and in touch with the practical realities that can make implementing the most thoroughly researched program difficult. "She knows that theory is important," says Franklin Cosey-Gay, "but she has the experience in the field to know that in real life, families don't always do what the theory says they're supposed to do. That's made her a great mentor to me. She understands the challenges and constraints some families face."
These days, Gorman-Smith laments the fact that with her duties as the center's director, she's rarely actually in the field implementing programs. When she's not engaged at work, she also spends a considerable amount of time with her husband of 27 years, Gary, the CFO of Vi Senior Living, a developer of high-end retirement communities, cheering on their 13-year-old twins, Emma and Scott, who are talented athletes (softball and swimming for Emma and football and baseball for Scott).
She says she's looking forward to the slight change of pace represented by joining the faculty at SSA. In the fall, she taught family therapy and will teach prevention science in the winter, and she says she liked the idea of getting back in the classroom (she taught for 20 years in the medical school at UIC), training the next generation of scholars and practitioners to deliver these evidence-based interventions and to think about the consequences of their practice and research.
"I want students to think critically," she says. "I want them to understand the responsibilities that come with working with people. While our goal is to help decrease risk, we have a mountain of evidence around interventions and approaches that are not effective. That research cannot be ignored just because we like or want a particular intervention to be helpful. I want [students] to ask questions and conduct work that pushes the field forward, whatever their field is."
And she is as excited about the opportunity to mentor junior faculty and engage with colleagues around the issues of family-focused violence programs. For years she has marveled at the impact SSA seems to have on social services in Chicago. "Every time I would go into a school or to a community agency, I would end up in a conversation with someone who was an SSA alum," she says. "I was beginning to think, wow, these people run the city.
"I get very excited when I think about the opportunity I'll have to work with these amazing people," she says. "They're really an incredible group, doing important work. I like the idea of being a part of that community. And I like the idea of helping to train a workforce that's interested in going out and making a difference."


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Thursday, January 04, 2007
Costume Get Office
Have you ever seen the ESPN commercials where athletes roam the offices just like regular employees? The photo above is exactly how I imagine a Costume Get office would be like. Keep in mind these would not be employees dressed up as characters, but the actual characters. Yeah, it's kinda freaky.
Jan – Feb 2007
The most noteworthy titles looming on the costume horizon are Lost Planet, Virtua Fighter 5, and Bullet Witch. Out of those, the potential is greatest for VF 5 with it's amazing amount of customization. I've already expressed disappointment at the costume designs for Lost Planet, but the visuals are still looking nice. Maybe it won't bother me as much once I'm playing it. The latest news on Bullet Witch is that the schoolgirl costume will be the first downloadable outfit for the US, available the day the game is out in stores.
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Learn ABC reading, writing, and listening skills with zoo animals. This game reinforces associative learning which may aid in early brain development in young kids and may help your child get a HEAD START in READING and WRITING. Created by a group of early writing teachers to teach kids proper letter writing skills, based on the national standard of printing (Zaner-Bloser Style) taught in schools, and enforced with proper stroke mechanics validation, directional as well as within acceptable bounds. LEARNING TO SPELL AND WRITE IS EASY AND FUN: ----------------------------------------------------- • Learn to spell and trace animal names, letter-by-letter, by connecting the dots • Practice writing Uppercase and Lowercase letters • Adjustable difficulty for beginners as well as advanced learners • Hear the animal name and sounds for engaged learning 2 WRITING MODES: ----------------------------------------------------- 1) Upper-case and Lower-case Letters 2) Animal Spelling ENFORCED LEARNING: ----------------------------------------------------- • Connect the dots option • Adjustable difficulty helps your child stay within the tracing lines • Direction Arrows show the order and direction of tracing • "Show me" option shows your child the proper tracing method • Clapping audio praise after each letter is properly traced TRACING DIFFICULTY SETTINGS: ----------------------------------------------------- 1) EASY: For beginners that starting to write but needs guidance with the proper stroke mechanics 2) HARD: For more advance writers - intended to improve penmanship 3) NONE: Free-Hand mode - no validation and intended for early learners FEATURES: ----------------------------------------------------- • Uppercase and lowercase letters A-Z • Letter stroke guidance animations • Designed to be used by the kids alone or with parents in an interactive session • Audio for every letter, word, and animal sound
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The zeolite group minerals brewsterite–Ba and harmotome occur as minor latestage primary phases in the low-temperature Pb–Zn veins at Glendalough and Glendasan, Co. Wicklow. Brewsterite–Ba was identified on a single specimen from the Old Luganure Mine. Harmotome occurs at the Glendalough Mine, the Foxrock Mine and the Old Luganure Mine. Quantitative analyses of crystals of brewsterite–Ba reveal the most barium-rich composition yet reported: (Ba1.88, Sr0.02, K0.01, Na0.01) [Al4.03Si12.02O32]·nH2O. This is close to the hypothetical barium end member. The harmotome is also barium-rich. It contains lesser amounts of sodium and potassium, but no calcium. This is the first record of brewsterite–Ba from Ireland.
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| that 1 flower child chapter 3 . 9/20/2008
no! Why? Please finish it soon!
| katiesparks chapter 3 . 2/5/2007
Did SAM say "I love you Paulina" ? Cuz THAT is like lesbian or something. Not that I've got anything against lesbians or gays (I actually know a guy that's gay and he's realy nice, his name twas Jim, jim was cool other than the whole being gay thing but whatever) Anyways please try to clear that up for me!
katie OUT!
| Neverwinternightsgirl777 chapter 3 . 1/25/2007
Me; Oh boy! This can't be good...
Danny: Okay we have a probelm!
Me: 'glares at him.' Danny let me think. I hope this isn't the end.
Danny: We know the singer.
Me: Hannah Montana duh! Okay please tell me what happens next. Update soon!
| SAMBUSHiiPANDA chapter 3 . 12/29/2006
(crying) NO! this isn't suppose to happen! YOU BETTER STICK IT TO PAULINA, MAKE HER SUFFER AS HARD AS YOU CAN! STICK IT TO HER! (cough) update soon!
| katiesparks chapter 2 . 11/12/2006
| angel4u185 chapter 2 . 9/17/2006
*waves to Danny's conscience* Soo..what took so long?
D's C: He was evil-*glares at Danny*-and wouldn't listen to me when he was younger,so I just died off.
Me: O.o You can die?
D's C: Actually yes. I'm a ghost now. *puts hands through self*
Me: Wow. Well,I think Danny wants his brain back! Gotta go! Oh and btw,I like the way you think! *leaves*
Danny: *covering his ears* GET OUT OF MY HEAD! LEAVE MY BRAIN ALONE!
Everyone: O.o;
Update soon! ;
| SAMBUSHiiPANDA chapter 2 . 9/16/2006
STICK IT BITCH! lol, YAY! KILL PAULINA!
"Danny, do you love me?"
"No, i hope you die." Skulker comes and stomps on her with cowboy boots.
"Go, talkin bout stomp!" Danny and and started to do hoedown on top of paulina, (she's dead). For the next song, do "WE belong together" with both Danny and Sam, just flip them back and forth! lol
| ohmanthisisweird chapter 2 . 9/16/2006
Tell your damn sister to update soon! I want to find out what happens! By the way, what was the name of the song?
| Patience.Virtue.Is chapter 2 . 9/16/2006
u took my song advice! :) yay...i wasnt sure it would work, but i am glad it did! i am looking forward to the next chapter!
| Lily Pad Rose chapter 2 . 9/16/2006
I'm gonna hurt you if you don't update! And I won't update either, I love this story!
| SAMBUSHiiPANDA chapter 1 . 9/14/2006
what? this isn't DxS dammit! u lied...(start sobbing) anywayz, u better write the answer and say NO! lol good beginning, FINISH IT!
| Patience.Virtue.Is chapter 1 . 9/10/2006
Yes! You def. should continue! About a song to use...hm...happy together by simple plan(freaky friday soundtrack) when he is thinking about sam. if it doens't work, sorry!
| Lily Pad Rose chapter 1 . 9/10/2006
Please update! This is so interisting!
Your friend, Lily.
| ohmanthisisweird chapter 1 . 9/9/2006
Okay...chocolate affects you in some way...KIDDING! Okay, how could paulinas conciense figure it out if she couldn't? I mean, they both sould have the same IQ...Oh well, this is my fave song! TTYL!
| Kassi chapter 1 . 9/9/2006
KYAH! What the heck? Paulina's not nearly smart enough to figure that out! She didn't even figure it out! SHE TOLD HERSELF! I like the song, though.


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A cackling green woman on a broomstick; a sinister voodoo priest turning a handsome young man into a frog; a beautiful queen who makes herself into a hideous hag to become the fairest one of all. These are images that we associate with witches today. But where did they come from? They have been imprinted upon society by popular media, yes, but they must have begun somewhere. Witches in popular culture root from images and characters that have been around for centuries, sometimes millennia. Perhaps without realizing it, the Greeks and Romans of the ancient world started a tradition that would withstand the test of time.
The Beautiful Enchantress and The Ugly Old Hags
The word "witch" was a creation of the English in the late 13th century; until then men and women who practiced the magical arts were known as "sorcerers" or "enchantresses," and the Greek and Romans were no different. There are several mentions of women who practice magic in the epic poems of Ovid and Homer. One example of such a woman is Circe, who appears in both Ovid's Metamorphoses and Homer's Odyssey. Circe's origins were never explained, but one can assume from her actions that she is the victim of a broken heart. In Metamorphoses, she turns the lover of her own beloved into a rock for scorning her. In The Odyssey, Circe tricks Odysseus's men into drinking a magic potion, turning them all into pigs. Odysseus saves his men (with some help from Hermes) and they escape (Read the whole story here).
Circe has been portrayed in painting and sculpture as a beautiful woman wearing beautiful flowing clothes and a golden crown, often offering the potion to Odysseus. The enchantress tried to charm the captain of the ship with her sexuality, though it was to no avail. Greek and Roman mythology also tells of a group of spirit sorceresses known in Greek mythology as the Graeae. The sisters were born of sea foam, and with the bodies of swans and heads of women, they are depicted with ragged clothes. They shared one eye and one tooth among them, which the hero Perseus stole from them to get information on how to kill their sister, the Gorgon Medusa. The Graeae were perhaps the first image of a hag that was connected to sorcery (Find a link to the story here).
The Greek and Roman image of a sorceress followed a trend unusual to that of the rest of their myths—they had no intention for their actions. Circe, while having a reason to transform a woman into stone in the myth itself, has no back story. Was she scorned earlier in life? Was it a broken heart by punishment from Aphrodite? And as for the Graeae, were they simply evil for evil's sake? Or were they simply misunderstood? This pattern of witches with no reasoning or justification for what they do continued on through the centuries and into later folklore—particularly in fairy tales.
Happily Ever After?
As long as children have misbehaved, there have been fairy tales. And as long as there have been fairy tales, there have been villains who scare children into doing what they are told. Many of the fairy tales that we know today were passed on from parent to child for generations before they were written on paper by authors like Hans Christian Anderson or the Grimm brothers, and many were much darker than we know them today; Cinderella's stepsisters cut pieces of their feet off to fit into the golden slipper, the third little pig has a stew waiting at the bottom of his chimney to catch the big bad wolf as a finishing touch to his dinner, and Rumpelstiltskin is so upset that the story's heroine finds out his name that he tears himself in half. But what of the witches?
Modern storytellers would have us believe that the sea witch in The Little Mermaid was banished from the palace and now seeks revenge from the King of the Sea, or that Rapunzel's keeper was simply a lonely old woman with no children of her own, who longed for the joys of motherhood, but truth be told, many of these haggard old women have no past; they exist merely to drive the plot of the story, to scare children into listening to their parents or not talking to strangers. A perfect example being the sorceress who turns a selfish young prince into a hideous monster in the French story La Belle et La Bete or Beauty and the Beast (link to the complete story here). The sorceress, as she is so called in the story, turns the prince into a beast as a punishment for his selfish ways. She does not appear in the story, nor is there ever an explanation of where she came from. And so the trend continued, even through the most talented storytellers in history.
Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble…
William Shakespeare's Macbeth told the (slightly altered) true story of a Scottish thane who overthrows his king for control of the kingdom. One of the main differences between the true story and Shakespeare's retelling is the presence of three witches who in many ways drive the plot of the story. They prophesize Macbeth becoming king, but later also tell him that "Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until/Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill/Shall come against him." The king interprets their prophesy as a sign that he will live forever ("Who can impress the forest, bid the tree/Unfix his earth-bound root?"), though he sadly realizes the witches' trickery when the opposing army cuts the trunks of Birnam wood and brings them as door rammers to his castle on Dunsinane hill.
Shakespeare portrays his witches as terrifying, haggard old witches who seem to only be in the story to trick Macbeth into thinking that he is invincible. They serve no purpose otherwise, and disappear as quickly as they came. Some Shakespeare experts believe that the three witches are supposed to represent the Graeae, but there is no proof that they are one-eyed sisters of Greek and Roman lore.
A Different Kind of Witch
American writers in the earlier part of the 19th century wrote stories with heavy religious overtones, which lent themselves to very clear and easy villains: sinners. And perhaps the worst and most heinous of all of the sinners were those who danced with the devil—namely, witches. Beginning with this movement of literature, witchcraft was no longer always associated with magic that had been seen in folklore and fairytales. Instead, a witch might just be someone of which an example need be made. A huge proponent of this ideal was Nathaniel Hawthorne. While Hawthorne did not necessarily agree with the teachings of the puritan church, his stories looked at the witch in his society and culture, and saw her as a sinner.
Hawthorne's short story, Young Goodman Brown tells of a young man who follows an old crone into the woods one night to find his all of the members of his town's congregation, including his wife, Faith, in the forest, dancing around a fire and promising allegiance to "the wicked one." He doesn't know the next morning if it was real or a dream, and lives his life out with her in deep gloom and mistrust.
With stories like Hawthorne's, another layer was added on to the already negative connotations of a woman practicing witchcraft, the notion that a witch could be anyone—a notion that was short lived. Perhaps it was too frightening to think that someone close to you could be so deceptive and evil. For whatever reason, the witch quickly reverted back to something mysterious and other-worldly… for the time being.
By the prickling of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes…
In the 20th century, images of witches have changed substantially, they've taken aspects from literature's past and progress to create a vast variety of witches, good and evil, and place them on the page; it continues to evolve to this day! C.S. Lewis terrified his young readers with the White Witch, who cast an everlasting winter over Narnia in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, teaching children not to trust just any beautiful woman offering turkish delights; L. Frank Baum taught us that witches are sometimes good, and can help us find our way home; J.K. Rowling made an entire generation of children believe that, maybe, if they behave well enough, they may see an owl at their rafter with a letter bearing an embossed "H" in its beak. Perhaps the years to come will see a new kind if witch in literature, or perhaps Circe and the Graeae will be the models for witches for the rest of eternity—only time will tell.
Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead!
On April 17th, 1900 readers across America were introduced to a young girl and her dog, then men made of straw and tin, and a cowardly lion, followed them on their journey to the City of Emeralds. L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz wowed readers all over the country, and soon the world, with its colorful descriptions Baum created. In addition to the lush fields of poppies, gleaming emerald towers and shining Yellow Brick Road, the quintessential wicked witch was born, though she would undergo severe changes before Margaret Hamilton graced the screen as the Wicked Witch of the West. Baum's original description of the witch is as follows:
The Wicked Witch had only one eye, but it was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere. She always carried an umbrella with her, and made a point to avoid contact with water. It was said that she was so wicked, the blood in her had dried up many years ago.
The witch is depicted four times in Baum's novel, twice in color, and in neither of the illustrations was her skin green. When MGM was making plans for the film adaptation new technicolor technology offered a chance for the filmmakers to use as many colors as possible. Therefore, the witch's skin was turned green, as homage to Celtic witch mythology that portrayed witches as having skin "as ugly as their souls."
Over half a century after Margaret Hamilton first appeared as the Wicked Witch of the West, contemporary author Gregory Maguire did something that no one had done before; he told the story of Elphaba Thropp in Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Readers were captivated by the young green girl who secretly yearned for acceptance underneath a hard exterior. Readers closed the book feeling surprising sympathy for the witch, who, it seemed, was merely a misunderstood woman depressed after years of loss and heartache. And perhaps, just perhaps, she was not all that wicked after all.


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Three Gophers Earn Academic All-District Honors
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The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) named three University of Minnesota soccer players to the Academic All-District team today.
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A survey to be released in the next few weeks may provide insight about the changing face of downtown businesses, Athens Downtown Development Authority officials said Monday.
ADDA Executive Director Art Jackson said the survey -- which is part of a larger project to evaluate downtown revitalization efforts -- will track business turnover in downtown buildings. It will also compare the types of businesses operating today with those operating in 1994 -- the last year such information was available.
Jackson said the survey stems, in part, from the concerns of some community leaders that bars are moving into slots traditionally filled by retail businesses.
''There's a concern about the displacement of retail. ... There's a perception we're moving from a retail economy to a service economy,'' Jackson said.
Though the survey data have been collected, Jackson said they haven't been evaluated and results may not be ready for a few weeks. Based on current licenses, he said about half of downtown businesses are retail, followed by restaurants and then bars.
It's unclear exactly how the data will be used, but Jackson said it's important to keep tabs on what types of businesses are located downtown.
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''There's a really delicate balance between the amount of retail we have, and the night life and the restaurant businesses, and we need to keep an eye on that balance,'' Jackson said.
Kevin Johnson, president of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, said that while it's important to track downtown businesses, he believes it's ultimately a matter of consumer demand -- and entrepreneurs' business savvy -- that will determine what types of establishments settle downtown.
''If the space becomes available, who is ready at the trigger? Is it a bar, or is it a Baby GAP? ... It's about who's ready to make the move,'' Johnson said.
He said there is some concern that downtown commercial leases have become too expensive for retail stores. But he added that the rent -- like the business that pays it -- will fluctuate with the market.
He also added that Athens' downtown businesses are flourishing overall, especially compared to similar-sized cities.
''Look at how many cities our size, especially in Georgia, have a GAP downtown or a Heery's-like (clothing and gift shops) option downtown,'' Johnson said. ''... There's not many that have these options.''
Murphy Wolford, owner of Tasty World, an East Broad Street bar, said he believes commercial leasing rates have a lot to do with a decline in downtown retail. He estimates prices have risen a third since the mid-1990s.
''A card shop just can't afford to pay that,'' he said.
Wolford said that while he believes the market for downtown bars has become saturated, he doesn't expect the number of bars to decline anytime soon.
''I went into business in '97, and people were saying we were at a threshold, then,'' Wolford said. ''... It doesn't matter how many times a place closes and reopens as a bar. There's always going to be someone who thinks they can do it better.''
Irvin Alhadeff, who owns Masada Leather and Outdoor shop on East Clayton Street, said he's seen a great deal of change from the mom-and-pop retail stores that dominated downtown when he opened his store 25 years ago. But like Johnson, Alhadeff said the market will ultimately decide what new businesses come downtown.
''As a retailer, I'd like to see more retail stores, but I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing,'' Alhadeff said, noting that a number of more upscale bars and restaurants have recently moved downtown. ''... I'd hate to see our alternative being empty buildings.''
This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Tuesday, July 10, 2001.
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We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. – Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Industry 4.0 is much more than just a flashy catchphrase or empty marketing buzzword. The term was first officially used in 2011 at Hannover Messe, the world's largest industrial technology event held annually in Germany. Industry 4.0, Industrie 4.0 or The Fourth Industrial Revolution (whatever you wish to call it, as they all refer to the same concept) was coined by the German government for an initiative promoting the computerization of manufacturing as part of their national high-technology strategy. Since then, it has taken off in both popularity and application across the industry, promoted as the vision for the future of manufacturing by industry experts, technology providers and academics alike. So, what is it all about?
According to Industry 4.0, we are living in a time of massive, rapid and disruptive technological innovation which has enabled major advancements in the manufacturing IT space, as a result ushering in a new wave of industrial automation and digitalization. How did we get here? Manufacturing has changed drastically over the centuries. The First Industrial Revolution transformed the manufacturing industry by harnessing water and steam power to mechanize production. A century later, The Second Industrial Revolution used electric power to create mass production and usher in the adoption of the assembly line in the factory. The Third Industrial Revolution followed in more recent decades as a result of the increasing use of electronics and information technology to automate production.
Industry 4.0 is distinctly different from the age of the computer which preceded it. Industry 4.0 is characterized by a fusion of new technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical and digital worlds of manufacturing. The increasing prevalence of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs), Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud Computing has been the driving force behind the technological advancements in manufacturing that have triggered a new industrial revolution. Moreover, this trend towards industrial digitalization is evolving at a velocity, scope and systems impact never before experienced in the history of manufacturing. The basic premise of Industry 4.0 is that new technologies are enabling businesses to connect people, things, machines, and systems in order to create intelligent networks along the entire value chain. By merging the virtual and physical worlds of manufacturing, billions of machines, systems and sensors will communicate with each other, share information and control each other autonomously. This will not only enable companies to make production significantly more efficient, it will give them greater flexibility when it comes to tailoring production to meet consumer demands and market requirements.
By adopting these new technologies and leveraging them to bridge the gap between the physical and virtual world of manufacturing, businesses are moving towards the creation of autonomously decision-making and acting, self-organizing, smart factories. The Digital Enterprise is the future of manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 enthusiasts would say the only means by which a manufacturing business can hope to stay relevant and competitive in the increasingly complex and demanding global market of tomorrow.
Now you understand the basic principles of Industry 4.0. But what does it really mean for the business of manufacturing and what should manufacturers do to adapt and ensure that they are not left behind? Watch this video.


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Day 20 - Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Personally? I don't think you need alcohol or drugs to have a good time. I don't drink that often - if I have 5 drinks a year that'd be alot for me. I just don't see the point but then again I'm a control freak and alcohol (as well as drugs) take away that control so maybe there's a point to me not seeing a point to them....Anyway...Alcohol is already legalized and controlled - works out well for the most part and there are laws/consequences to those who use while underage or in a manner that's not safe (drinking and driving). J will have the occasional beer and he usually limits it to 1 or 2. He doesn't get sloppy drunk and he doesn't drive if he's been drinking. I have no problem with alcohol as long as you're not fall down drunk near me and you don't puke on me. I do think that people who have to continually get that way to have a good time, then blame the world when something bad happens to them have a problem and should seek medical help to kick the habit. I'm not saying that they deserve to have a bad thing happen to them but when you put yourself in that situation it's hard to feel sympathy - not that it isn't there. I hope that makes sense.
Makes me wonder what would happen if the government tried to regulate the sale of drugs, like marijauna, cocaine, and methamphetamines. I mean it would create new jobs in the healthcare industry or something similar because someone would have to distribute it. It would lessen the trafficking of drugs into the country (and those caught doing it could face more severe penalties) becaues people would be hired to grow/create the drugs in a controlled and safe environment. There would be quality control standards so the user would know they aren't getting something cut with bleach or laced with glass. People would have to pay for it which would stimulate the economy...People who want to use are going to use and they're going to get it no matter what it takes - nothing is going to stop that unfortuately - so instead of sweeping it under the rug and pretending it isn't there - why not be proactive about it? It would better educate our children (they could go on tours of medical facilities where people are seeking help kicking a drug addiction as well as to clinics where the medication is sold...) about staying drug free and about the dangers of using.
Just my thoughts anyway.
Random Fact: An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Day 20 - 30 Days of Truth
Day 20 - Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Posted by Holly K at Monday, April 04, 2011
Labels: 30 Days


text: CrewChief kept telling me "blue flag, blue flag, blue flag". I could understand, if I were slower and the cars behind me were close, but I was passing and accelerating away from the cars behind me. Not sure if this is a limitation of the CrewChief program. Anyone else experience this?


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مسائل ارگونومیک مربوط به تغییرات لباس و بدن زنان سالمند جدید
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Procedia Manufacturing, Volume 3, 2015, Pages 5755–5760
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This article presents the changes that occur with the body of the new elderly women and their relationship with clothing. It aims to investigate if these women can find on the market the right clothes for their needs and if ergonomic issues such as comfort, usability, safety and welfare are being considered. This study investigated women between 61-68 years of age through focus groups in order to obtain their impressions of the new elderly women through images of various models presented, encouraging discussions about the clothes, whether they were or not appropriate for the age of the users, what were their thoughts about the clothes and if they would use them. The results showed that the models found in the market are not meeting their changing needs, some clothes do not favor the current conformation of their body, such as sleeveless blouses, too tight or too short dresses, pants with very low waist, excessive fabric near the abdomen, shapes that generate discomfort, or fabrics and prints said "unfit" for their age.


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Focus on the Family Radio Theatre's newest audio drama C.S. Lewis at War now has its front cover artwork finalized. This latest production integrates the ideas Lewis explored in Mere Christianity with the very real impact of living out a Christian life in a period of trauma: the conflicts pressed hard against the times of grace, compassion, the love of Christ shown to neighbors, and the reasons to trust in God when the world screams otherwise. The cover depicts the London skyline during a World War II air raid. The release date for the digital version of C.S. Lewis at War has been set to November 2013 and the CD set will come out in December. The set will contain a total of 8 CDs. Also, a companion book called C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity: The Crisis the Created a Classic by Paul McCusker will be released in November. Check out our Facebook, Google+ and Twitter for more updates on both Radio Theatre and Adventures in Odyssey.
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Formed: 1996
From: Gothenburg, Sweden
Last Known Status: Active
Latest The Haunted News
Below is our complete The Haunted news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Victory The Latest Band Announced For 70000 Tons
Victory, the legendary German traditional metal act featuring Accept guitarist Herman Frank, is the latest band announced for the upcoming 70000 Tons of Metal Cruise.
The cruise will take place from January 27, 2014 to January 31, 2014 - with the destination set as Costa Maya, Mexico, which was voted on by the fans. For more information, including booking your trip - head on over to www.70000tons.com.
Victory joins previously announced acts (Note: Kamelot cancelled its appearance due to schedule conflicts), with 23 more acts still to come:
Dark Tranquility
Death Angel
Fear Factory
Leaves' Eyes
Swallow the Sun
Symphony X
The Haunted
Xandria More...
New Bands Announced For 70000 Tons Of Metal
The annual 70000 Tons of Metal Cruise has resumed announcing bands for the 2014 installment, the latest of which is: Satyricon, The Haunted and Cripper. For The Haunted, it will be the first show with the new lineup (see introduction video here).
The cruise will take place from January 27, 2014 to January 31, 2014 - with the destination set as Costa Maya, Mexico, which was voted on by the fans. For more information, including booking your trip - head on over to www.70000tons.com.
The trio joins the previously announced acts (Note: Kamelot cancelled its appearance due to schedule conflicts), with 24 more acts still to come:
Dark Tranquility
Death Angel
Fear Factory
Leaves' Eyes
Swallow the Sun
Symphony X
Xandria More...
The Haunted Posts Playthrough Video
The Haunted, which recently returned from hiatus with a new lineup, has posted a playthrough clip online for the "D.O.A." song. Check it out below, and the band also comments:
"Due to the overwhelming response for the Trespass clip, we've decided to post another song. This time it's DOA from the One Kill Wonder album. The midi-drum track we found online is insanely rigid and stiff, lacking the dynamics the song would have when the whole band plays the song, but hey.. It's all in the name of good fun, right? Anyway, we enjoyed making this clip. We hope you enjoy watching it too."
The Haunted Returns With New Lineup
Sweden's The Haunted is finally back in the spotlight after almost a year without public activity, following a major line-up change in autumn 2012. But the time has finally come to break the silence and announce the return of The Haunted to form...
Jensen - Guitars
Ola Englund - Guitars
Marco Aro - Vocals
Jonas Björler - Bass
Adrian Erlandsson - Drums
Watch the following video for a proper introduction to the new The Haunted line-up with interviews and fresh rehearsal room footage: More...
More Metal Songs Now Available For Rock Band
This week's roundup of new Rock Band Network metal tracks includes offerings from Dir En Grey on the Xbox and The Haunted for the PS3.
Xbox 360 players now have these tracks available:
Chaotrope – "The Singularity" (80 MSP)
Dir En Grey – "Dozing Green" (160 MSP)
His Statue Falls – "Jasmin W. Knows How to Mosh" (160 MSP)
We Butter The Bread With Butter – "Superföhn Bananendate" (160 MSP)
Winter Crescent – "Battle of Egos Part II" (80 MSP)
PS3 players get these tracks starting 12/11 (North America) or 12/12 (Europe):
The Haunted - "No Ghost" ($1.99)
The Haunted - "Trenches" ($1.99)
Musica Diablo - "Betrayed" ($0.99)
Metal Daze: The Metalcamp Diaries, Part V (Cont'd)
... Continued from Part V...
2:00am. Beach Bar. So this is where it all ends. The final showdown.
Trollfest came on after Sabaton and played some lively little ditties, including the official Metalcamp theme, but after three songs, we were ready to call it a show. We dropped off all our shit back at camp, and now here we are.
Business is booming at the food stands and raging at the bar, and once again, the strippers are out in full force. We've found an empty table on the covered deck ringing the steep hill that meets the narrow beach.
Anders and Per Depart The Haunted
The Haunted has announced the departure of two more members: guitarist Anders Björler and drummer Per Möller Jensen. The latest departures follow vocalist Peter Dolving's exit earlier this year. Here's the statement from Jensen:
It's with deep regret we have to inform you of another two departures from The Haunted; guitarist Anders Björler and drummer Per Möller Jensen. No animosity whatsoever caused these events, nor are there any other feelings than that they will both be dearly missed. We wish them all the best in whatever, and wherever, their future endeavors will take them.
For all you who have any knowledge about the band, and know how to count, you will realize that there are only two band members left; Jonas and myself. We are still committed to the The Haunted. However, in the light of these recent events, we honestly don't know what will happen. We hope for your appreciation of our current situation, and for your patience.
Here's the statement from Anders:
I feel that I have come to the end of the line regarding THE HAUNTED. This is not a sudden or hasty decision. I have been contemplating it for the last couple of years. Peter's departure earlier this year made me more certain than ever that I had reached my personal goal with THE HAUNTED, and that the time was right to call it quits.
I have enjoyed every bit of the ride. It's been an overwhelming journey. I would like to thank the other band members especially, our crew through the years, and our fans worldwide for the experience and opportunity. Thank you so much! The memories will be with me forever.
I will of course continue writing music, but where that leads me?, simply too early to say.
The Haunted Seeks Applicants For New Singer
Following the departure of Peter Dolving, The Haunted have put out an open audition call seeking applicants for the vacant position.
The following was posted on the band's Official Facebook Page, in which applicants are asked to send material through firstname.lastname@example.com:
The Haunted is looking for a new voice...
Serious applicants please send your submissions,
including two songs from the Haunted back catalogue and a few words to describe yourself.
Images & links to performance video clips are much appreciated and will be most valuable in the screening process.
Send your application to the e-mail address above.
The Haunted"
Vocalist Peter Dolving Splits With The Haunted
Vocalist Peter Dolving announced on his Facebook page that he has officially left The Haunted. In the following post, Dolving explicitly said he will not divulge the reasons for his departure:
I am officially quitting The Haunted. After years of working with the band, I am out. I have had it. I will NOT answer questions to why. It's no one elses business. Thank you very much. I am looking forward to seeing you people at other shows with other projects.
The band responded with the following post on its Facebook Page:
BREAKING NEWS: Peter leaves The Haunted
Peter has decided to leave The Haunted permanently.
We don't have any more news or info for you regarding this at the moment,
but stay tuned for future updates...
We just wanted to put and end to all the rumors out there.
The Haunted Posts "No Ghost" Video
Sweden's The Haunted continues to promote newest album release "Unseen," which hit the charts at #5 in Sweden as well as #26 in Finland upon release. After an Australian tour and a busy Summer schedule which saw the band appear at major European open air festival events, The Haunted has most recently announced a run of dates in Sweden with Entombed as part of the 2011 edition of the "Close-Up Made Us Do It" tour, a couple of headlining shows in Greece, as well as a (re-scheduled) tour of Japan together with Norwegian acts Ihsahn and Leprous
Now, The Haunted launch the first promotional video clip for the "Unseen" album. The song "No Ghost" (in a special live rendition from Wacken Open Air festival 2011) can be viewed below.
The Haunted's upcoming live shows are as follows:
22.10.2011 Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
23.10.2011 Thessaloniki, Greece Block 33
24.11.2011 Stockholm, Sweden - Göta Källare + Entombed & Walking With Strangers
25.11.2011 Göteborg, Sweden - Brew House + Entombed & Walking With Strangers
26.11.2011 Malmö, Sweden - Kulturbolaget + Entombed & Walking With Strangers
05.12.2011 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya O-East + Ihsahn & Leprous
06.12.2011 Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro + Ihsahn & Leprous
07.12.2011 Osaka, Japan - Big Cat + Ihsahn & Leprous
09.12.2011 Hang Zhou, China - Nineball live house
10.12.2011 Shang Hai, China - Shan Hai live house
11.12.2011 Beijing, China - Mao live house
Leprous Announces Japanese Shows
Progressive act Leprous recently released the band's third album and InsideOutMusic debut "Bilateral" (reviewed here) and has also announced a massive European tour supporting Finnish metallers Amorphis.
Now the band has announced its first ever shows to occur in Japan. Details are as follows:
05.12.2011 - Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya O-East
07.12.2011 - Osaka, Japan - Big Cat
08.12.2011 - Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro
More information on the Japanese shows can be found at this location. The band checked in with the following comment about the tour: "We are more than happy to announce that we're going to Japan at last! We will perform alongside The Haunted with both Leprous and Ihsahn, and we promise our Japanese fans a concert they won't forget! We look forward to seeing you all soon!"
The Resistance Posts New Song Online
The new supergroup consisting of former members of The Haunted and In Flames have released a new track titled, "An Eye for an Eye." The new track can be found on Youtube here:
No label has been announced yet for the band's upcoming record although it is known that they will be playing their first show on the Close-Up BÅten Cruise on September 9th.
The Haunted Cancels Spanish Tour Dates
The Haunted has issued the following brief announcement about canceling the band's previously announced tour dates in Spain:
"We are sorry to announce that our tour of Spain in October is cancelled for reasons beyond our control, but we hope to reschedule at a later date."
The band also recently posted a video track-by-track breakdown of the new album "Unseen," which can be found here. The "Unseen" track listing is as follows:
1. Never Better
2. No Ghost
3. Catch 22
4. Disappear
5. Motionless
6. Unseen
7. The Skull
8. Ocean Park
9. The City
10. Them
11. All Ends Well
12. Done
Amberian Dawn And The Haunted Add RBN Songs
It's a slow week for metal on the Rock Band Network, with only a handful of heavier tracks hitting the game. Amberian Dawn continues its domination of the RBN this week with yet another new track, and The Haunted also throws its hat into the ring with the song "No Ghost." For anyone with a taste for deathcore, Dr. Acula is now making an appearance on the network.
This week's newly added Xbox 360 tracks are as follows (including all non-metal songs):
Amberian Dawn - "City of Corruption" (160 MSP)
Amberian Dawn - "City of Corruption (2x Bass Pedal)" (160 MSP)
Dr. Acula - "Slander" (160 MSP)
Dr. Acula - "Slander (2x Bass Pedal)" (160 MSP)
The Haunted - "No Ghost" (160 MSP)
CyLeW - "Familiar" (160 MSP)
Mafia Track Suit - "My Future Life" (80 MSP)
Stretford End - "Stay Awake" (160 MSP)
New Wave
Robotmakers - "Rocket Car" (160 MSP)
dB soundworks - "The Battle of Lil' Slugger" (80 MSP) More...
The Haunted Posts "Unseen" Album Breakdown
The Haunted has posted a track-by-track video breakdown of the band's new album "Unseen," which was released through Century Media. You can check out the clip below.
The "Unseen" track listing is as follows:
1. Never Better
2. No Ghost
3. Catch 22
4. Disappear
5. Motionless
6. Unseen
7. The Skull
8. Ocean Park
9. The City
10. Them
11. All Ends Well
12. Done
Japan's Kabuto Metal Festival Cancelled
The Haunted reports that the Kabuto Metal Festival that was to take place in Japan in May has been cancelled by the organizers due to the situation resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in early March. Bands who were to participate in the fest included:
White Side: Story of the Year, Thursday, Underoath, envy, Architects, Meaning, and Crossfaith
Dark Side: Morbid Angel, The Haunted, Ihsahn, Origin, Rotten Sound, and Leprous
"We hope to come back to Japan later this year," states The Haunted. The band still plans to play their Australian dates as well as their appearance in Bangkok, however.
The Haunted Posts Another "Unseen" Trailer
The Haunted has posted another teaser trailer online for the band's upcoming album "Unseen," which can be viewed below. "Unseen" is set for release in Europe on March 21st and in North America on March 22nd.
The Haunted is also currently streaming the entire new album online. Details on streaming the new tracks are available here.
The Haunted Streaming Entire New Album
The Haunted will be dropping "Unseen" in Europe on March 21st and in North America on March 22nd. The band has now teamed up with Metalsucks.net to stream all the songs from "Unseen" online. Head over to this location to listen to the new album.
You can also check out the trailer for the album by clicking here. The track listing for the upcoming release is as follows:
1. Never Better
2. No Ghost
3. Catch 22
4. Disappear
5. Motionless
6. Unseen
7. The Skull
8. Ocean Park
9. The City
10. Them
11. All Ends Well
12. Done
The Haunted Posts New Album Trailer Online
Swedish metal outfit The Haunted has posted a two and a half minute trailer online for their forthcoming new studio album, "Unseen." You can check it out below. The record will be released in Europe on March 21st and in North America on March 22nd. More...
The Haunted Streaming New Album Title Track
In the light of the upcoming release date for The Haunted's new studio album "Unseen" on March 22nd in North America, the album's title track has been launched online for you to check out via the band's official Facebook account. You can hear the song at this location.
Here is a message from the band about the song's launch: "Well, the 'Unseen' release is getting closer. Simply put: It feels just awesome! We are all damn proud of this album and can't wait to get it out there. Today, we start off by giving you a sample of the title track 'Unseen.' Enjoy!"
The track listing for the upcoming release is as follows:
1. Never Better
2. No Ghost
3. Catch 22
4. Disappear
5. Motionless
6. Unseen
7. The Skull
8. Ocean Park
9. The City
10. Them
11. All Ends Well
12. Done