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If U can name the former UM player standing next to me in the last photo I will donate even MORE $$$ to OhioCane's cause.
Don't know, but 2, as in 10-2!!
Missing the Keys already.
Gary Dunn.
Gary Dunn.
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | May 13, 2015 at 08:22 PM
He is a former OL from the 80's.
(Much thinner now)
Matt Patchan
KC Jones.
Negative and negative, but GOOD guesses.
Go back to 1981-1985.
Don Bailey Jr.
Let's see, '81-'85... Yeah, born in '84, I have no idea.
Mike Moore
No, no and no.
Think 1983, think guard...
Juan Comendeiro.
Juan Comendeiro.
Posted by: CaneRock | May 13, 2015 at 09:40 PM
Good job Rock
Thanks Terrance.
I can't dance very well, but fish, fish do not speak my name to one another.
So yesterday 2 of my closest kids left the shelter/group home...one went back home and one to a foster home. Such a bittersweet thing...easily the toughest part of this job...not the dangers, the emotional attachments. I dont think I will ever get use to this feeling...and if I ever do, I will quit.
On a positive note, the one kid already got permission to hike and camp with me and my family this summer!
I had 5 of the boys out fishing yesterday...a couple of them are pretty good, they prolly caught 10 fish between them.
Doing God's work UMike.
Much respect and admiration man.
Thanks Go Canes...appreciated. For those on my Facebook you saw one of the boys fish...pretty good size bass. They did great when they were busy looking at the girls tanning haha
Doing God's work UMike.
Much respect and admiration man.
Posted by: Go Canes | May 14, 2015 at 07:45 AM
There IT is right there.
werent busy***
man, the keys sure are nice......
Wonder what this is all about:
@ByTimReynolds: I was just going to write that Tracy was moving to defensive tackle too. (But she's right.) https://t.co/C61LGwVJpu
I like Reynolds humor some times
Great stuff UMike!
UMike...you ever thought about opening your own foster home?
CR...me and my gf have discussed become foster parents, mainly to help kids coming through the shelter I work at. We are currently raising 5 of our own, so would be a little difficult to add more than 1...and we may be taking on her 15 month old nephew soon.
But we are going to at least become qualified foster parents. Im also starting my own non-profit organization that focuses on life choices and the idea of "no excuses". Just cause you are in a rough area or have bad parents doesnt mean you cant make the choices you need to not follow in those footsteps. I already have myself, ex gang members, felons and drug users who want to join and speak and help young people. All have turned their lives around. IDK how it will work, but I know I have a vision and one way or another will realize it. I want to focus on teenagers starting with speaking with them in groups and eventually offering help with filling out job applications, creating resumes, academic help, scholarship help etc.
I wonder if the Canes will try to go after him?
Doing God's work UMike.
Much respect and admiration man.
Posted by: Go Canes | May 14, 2015 at 07:45 AM
There IT is right there.
Posted by: 86Cane | May 14, 2015 at 07:53 AM
That's the great thing about thing about Canespace, yeah we bicker back and forth to each other, but in reality, we're all just one big brotherhood!!!!
^^^Geez, I guess need to wake up and read what I type....LOL! What do you expect from a Jacksonville State fan!!!!!
Buzzard...U are good, well done for a J-Stater!
Go Canes
Wonder what this is all about:
@ByTimReynolds: I was just going to write that Tracy was moving to defensive tackle too. (But she's right.) https://t.co/C61LGwVJpu
Posted by: Go Canes | May 14, 2015 at 08:48 AM
Just a guess here, but it could be some poster I'm another site saying TH is going to transfer, or has some major beef, or something like that.
We've all seen, many many times, people posting rumors and downright lies as fact.
That's one of the things I like about his site, is that the moderators call out that stuff really quickly. Whereas on other sites it's a boiling cauldron of BS lies and made up stuff
There may be something going on with DH or maybe not. But guessing stuff and putting it out as fact is no bueno
TH is out the door. My baby momma cousins boyfriend got the hook up.
I use to live next door to Damian Berry's uncle...no joke....if he would of gave me info, noone would of believed me lol
Where's WWIM at?
Does He really miss seeing that big flaming red ball in the middle of the court this time of year that much?
Is He really taking it that hard?!
Side note Cheapest ticket for Cowboys at Dolphins on Sunday November 22nd at 1pm is 110 dollars. Lawd Have Merthy.
Excerpt from Duke's cover letter to NFL teams:
For Hire: Explosive Back Who Just Needs a Seam
"I'm a running back by trade, but I have the mentality of a hard-hitting safety. Growing up, I always had eyes for the Miami defense. With those guys, not only were they unafraid of contact, it looked like they loved it. That's something I was able to identify with. We're constantly told that the NFL is a grown man's game, but I feel like I've always played like a grown man."
"For this reason, I believe that I'm the next great running back to come out of Miami. Yes, I fully understand how big the footsteps I'm following in are. Running backs that come through The U realized what it took to play there. It's no coincidence that they've been successful at the next level. Guys like Clinton Portis, Edgerrin James and Frank Gore laid out a blueprint for how to handle business. When you're a running back at Miami, making it to the NFL is an expectation rather than a goal. I have a legacy to live up to."
Cover letters to NFL teams may be start of special bond for Browns rookies Duke Johnson, Hayes Pullard:
Attar said in a telephone interview Thursday that only Pullard and Johnson, his top two NFL clients, wrote letters. Attar's firm also offers marketing and public relations services and while exploring new platforms for his athletes, he approached the website founded by Jeter that publishes first-person stories.
"Duke and Hayes were like, 'I love that I get to say it in my own words. I don't take this for granted. My resume is my film and everything the NFL has gathered to this point, the combine, pro days, private workouts. Why don't I cap it off with a cover letter like everybody else does?' " Attar said.
proCanes.com @proCanes 59s59 seconds ago
#Chargers Sign #proCane LB Denzel Perryman http://bit.ly/1HjBBgO Congrats @D_Perryman52!
"Nothing like stoking the flames of one of the greatest college football rivalries...in the middle of April.":
### Big recruiting pickup for UM hoops, which today snagged a commitment from Charlotte-based Victory Christian High (Charlotte) 6-9 center Ebuka Izundu, a three-star prospect who chose UM over Arkansas and Cincinnati.
Clemson, Georgetown and USC were among his other offers. He averaged 21 points, 15 rebounds and six blocks last season.
"They'll use me at power forward, want me to shoot if I'm open outside, up to 15 feet," he told Canesport.
Izundu joins three-star St. Petersburg small forward Anthony Lawrence in UM's incoming recruiting class.
Miami 0
Top of 3rd
1-2-3 inning, heading to bottom 3rd
Miami 1
Bottom 3, 0 outs
Didn't realize this, but we are 2nd in the country in runs scored.
Miami 1
Heading to top of 4th
Miami 2
Heading to top of the 6th
Miami 2
Heading to top 7
Good call Buzzard.
Woodley is pitching a gem!....1 hitter through 7.
^^^^Woodley (damn phone)
It did it again! Woodrey
Miami 2
Heading to top 8
1-2-3 inning....heading to bottom 8th
Don't understand why Morris is trying to bunt the runner over b to second.....your batter is hitting .396 for the year, let the boy hit!!
I guess Morris showed me.
Miami 3
2 out
Miami 3
Heading to top of 9th
Boom! Canes win! Woodrey throws a 1 hit shutout.
Miami 3
FSU loses to Clemson tonight 4-1.
Boom! Canes win! Woodrey throws a 1 hit shutout.
Miami 3
Posted by: thirstybuzzardcane | May 14, 2015 at 09:13 PM
Canes Baby win our 10th straight. Boom baby
RIP Riley B.B. (Blues Boy) King 89....what a blues player....hope you know who he is you really should.
Saw him several times.
Nice to see you guys being kind....awesome work folks!
Exactly VA Cane. RIP to the Legend BB King.
The thrill is gone.
One of my all time favorite songs:
@ChristyChirinos: ICYMI: Had a chance to talk about the NFL Draft with UM's Al Golden. How he hopes it inspires his current #Canes: http://t.co/g1bVfipJjr
The thrill is gone.
Posted by: Lurker | May 15, 2015 at 07:22 AM
Indeed it is, Lurker. RIP, BB.
There is a sick jam session with him, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan up in Heaven right now.
@Corey_Bender: BREAKING: 2018 Citra North Marion athlete Jalen Patterson has committed to #Miami, a source tells Scout: http://t.co/sIUcVgk29Y …
@mattyports: Some new UM TV info:
9/5 vs. BCU: 6 p.m., http://t.co/kGH6ciw3Ie
9/19 vs. NEB: 3:30, ABC/ESPN
@mattyports: [ICYMI] Miami might have gone 6-7 last year, but the NCAA drama is gone, depth is improving and the QB is good. http://t.co/XPxIrutx6Y
Thanks Go Canes I was about to post it. Boom.
So sad about B.B.King. I loved all of his recordings.
Thank you so much THIRSTYBUZZARDCANE for the blow by blow on the GT baseball game. I am in Satellite Beach FL and COULDN'T get a tv or radio station. It's all UF & DAY UP HERE. I am miserable about it. I have a BOSE RADIO AND TELEVISION.
The U doesn't even exist up here.
The NCAA penalized UM in Oct. 2013 for misdeeds committed by booster Nevin Shapiro. So far, one player from UM's 2014 signing class has transferred. Golden said players are sticking around because they're certain of the team's future.
"There's less attrition now because there's less turmoil," he said. "It's a much better culture to be in, much better place to be around. There's a lot of discontent when you're going through something like that. It's human nature to feel like you're let down or betrayed."
There Golden goes with his bs...the players either didnt qualify, transferred due to playing time, were arrested or booted for breaking team rules...I cant remember a SINGLE signee leave because of the NCAA.
Tell us kids are sticking around because you recruited better, that your staff took less chances, tell us kids are sticking around because they believe in what you're building...but please dont try to keep the NCAA excuse alive. Just when I think Golden was turning the corner on his BS train he tries to sell us on some more.
And before the homers jump on me...I am NOT talking about recruiting or losing out on recruits due to the NCAA...I am talking about...and so was the article...all the kids we lost AFTER they signed.
UMike spot on Brotha.
Ditto what Terrance said.
TSully...there are like 10 other things that he could of said that sounded good and were truthful to somewhat truthful and yet he still chose to use the NCAA stuff.
Where's WWIM at?
Does He really miss seeing that big flaming red ball in the middle of the court this time of year that much?
Is He really taking it that hard?!
Posted by: CaneRock | May 14, 2015 at 12:57 PM
How is that Bulls vs Cavs series going ya hatin bastard!!! LMAO
(drops mic)
BB King is an American Icon. I'm not sad though, the man is immortal through his music.
Great point man, but the negativity police just got dispatched for all hands on deck.
Maybe he chose to say it because it's true.
I know that's a crazy assumption but the guy is around the team on a daily basis.
I wasn't even trying to be negative...just calling Golden out. I just recently gave him credit for not using excuses lately and making changes etc...those comments sounded like the Golden from mediocrity past haha
Go Canes....really man? This is NOT TRUE. Name players that didn't make it in, transferred or were booted that gave the NCAA mess for the reason.
The truth would of been more like "guys are sticking around because we took less changes in recruiting"...or "guys are sticking around because they believe we are building something special".. or "we have recruited a better character kid" any of those would of done and been truthful...what he said was complete and utter bs.
REAL reasons why we lost players...
Grades and/or test scores
Violation of team rules
Lack of playing time
None of which have anything to do with the NCAA and our violations
Bu if you want to believe Golden that is your business and choice...I just know bs when I see it.
took less chances****
@mattyports: New Hurricanes football commit Jalen Patterson made a few plays last year as a freshman. See highlights here: http://t.co/15buAEaIay
Go Canes, Patteron will most likely be a 4 or 5 Star when his class comes around. Going to be a long battle to keep him. Good pick up.
All he has to say is guys are buying in now, but he's gonna milk the cloud for every drop of rain he can.
I'm just going to save 86 the time. USuck UMike, UNegative, lol.
I know 86...I dont get it...I never will...I could of said this and that...
Sully, thank U so much for your donation to my niece and nephew!
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I'm sorry to have let you down though
I only hope that this won't undermine the trust you have in me
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The Perfect "Drug" for Stress and Depression
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
A lot of people are on medications for depression. A good many people are also taking illegal drugs. A lot of people are feeling the stresses of life. Avoiding depression so you don't have to take drugs is really important. The same goes for avoiding stress or perhaps more realistically learning how to deal with stress without drugs.
Americans take most of both types of drugs, legal and illegal that are produced and sold in the world, while they comprise only 5% of world population.
So many people want the easy out of a pill for any pain, regardless whether it's physical or mental pain.
I have 3 siblings all being treated for depression with drug therapy.
Their lives are not easier than mine. My husband and I have experienced serious orthopedic injuries, financial problems, deaths of loved ones and pets, unemployment and the myriad of things that may cause depression. Additionally it is hereditary from both his family and mine.
But brain chemistry is more complicated than drug therapy might imply. There are things you can do to help you deal with stress without taking drugs.
Sometimes instead of taking a pill you can take a walk or a run.
We have been runners and most people who do a lot of running have experienced a runner's high. It's a natural detectable response that alters brain chemistry and for the better.
It's this wonderful feeling you get after you have been running for a while and you start to get a second wind.
You feel good and you feel like you can cope with life's vicissitudes.
We have had injuries so we have been told we can't run any more. So we found a really steep hill that gets our heart rate up enough that we get a runner's high without running.
You could also use a treadmill.
But studies have shown that getting outside and being in natural surroundings really help depression in addition to the exercise factor.
When we hike in our mountain area we see lots of wildlife like songbirds, hawks, owls, deer, squirrels, bears, bobcats and lots more. It is like a tour or a mini-vacation. It also helps us put things into a healthier perspective.
You get a handle on the idea that you can control some things but not everything. It's the way things are. Maybe we were sad earlier but now we are better and enjoying something.
Our hike is also pretty strenuous. The first mile is up a 15% grade that always gets us our runner's high. The locals call it Heart Attack Hill. Then the walk goes on an additional mile and a half. We go back to work refreshed and with an elevated mood.
It's not always easy to get up and go when you are depressed. We have a dog to help get us going. He likes a good long hike.
It's good medicine for avoiding depression without drugs. Same goes for dealing with stress without drugs. Every brain is capable of producing this feel good mood with exercise. Being outside helps mood, too. It's real and it's natural and it's good for your figure, too.


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As a client and creative, have you ever wondered what you should and shouldn't do in an edit to keep peace with your editor? Joy gives us the do's and don'ts of Edit Suite Etiquette (EditQuette).
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Welcome to 4:3 & Forgotten — a weekly column in which Rob Hunter and I get to look back at TV terrors that scared adults (and the kids they let watch) across the limited airwaves of the '70s.
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Sherry Pie was disqualified from "RuPaul's Drag Race" following multiple allegations of catfishing. These came to light only after filming of all but the final episode of season 12 was completed. That left producers with a problem. What to do with all that footage of Sherry Pie, who dominated the competition in dozen taped episodes.
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Avid's Channel Strip packs a lot of flexibility into a compact user interface. As well as a powerful EQ it features one of the best workhorse dynamics sections around. In this extended Premium tutorial, Julian Rodgers examines some of the features which make this plug-in something of a hidden gem in the Pro Tools stock plugins inventory.
April 4, 2020, 2:56 pm
I started seeing, too, a bunch of fun Zoom captures or other 'home set-up' images from the studios, so I'd thought I'd embed some here. Note, there's of course a whole lot of VFX studios who have successfully implemented remote working – many of which have been operating like this for a number of weeks already – that might not appear here. This listing below is only where I found pics of the crew (or, in some cases, pics of the crew's cats).
April 3, 2020, 8:06 pm
The "hidden man" is how editor Lee Smith sees himself in 1917. Not for a second did Smith want audiences paying attention to his cuts or tricks, but to instead immerse themselves in director Sam Mendes' World War I story, which is constructed to take place in one seemingly unbroken take. Despite the obvious technical wizardry and razzle-dazzle, they pulled it off. Audiences were caught up in the feeling and exhilaration of 1917, not the craft of 1917.
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Mike Littwin's Weekly GOP Power Rankings, Dec. 16, 2011
Or, it is possible to win by losing.
Whatever else happens in the Republican campaign, Mitt Romney seems to stay in the 20-to-25 percent range. His range, in fact, is not unlike his hair. If it moves, it's not so anyone would notice. But the way things look in Iowa right now, 20 to 25 percent would be great for him. The race is that wide open. There's a chance that five players could score in double figures. Bachmann and Perry both helped themselves in the Thursday debate. Attack ads are making people think twice – or, in Newt's case, it should be three times — about Gingrich. Paul is Paul, meaning that he's got enthusiastic backers and also a low ceiling. The more winners there are in Iowa, the better it is for Romney in New Hampshire.
So, to the big board (last week's ranking):
1. Newt Gingrich. It gets snowy in Iowa this time of year. Watch for slippage. (tied for 1)
2. Mitt Romney. Played good cop (in mild-mannered debate) and bad cop (in super PAC attack ads) on Newt. (tied for 1)
3. Ron Paul. Gaining in polls. How much did Iran debate exchange hurt him? (3)
4. Rick Perry. I know Tim Tebow and . . . (4)
5. Michele Bachmann. Played Newt-the-bully card at debate. Does that make her look weak or strong? (6)
6. Jon Huntsman. Not sure what he was doing in Iowa. (5)
7. Rick Santorum. Terrible debate. Trump would have fired him. (7)
8. Gary Johnson. Yes, Gary Johnson (8)
Bonus pick: Tim Tebow. State Sen. Greg Brophy mentioned to me the other night how cool it would be if someone at a GOP debate would Tebow. Rick Perry came very close. If not for his bad back, he might have gone all . . . the . . . way.


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Homegrown Tomato Week: Home because of flood? Make this roasted tomato recipe
There are a lot of ways to preserve your homegrown tomato harvest – make sauce, make salsa, make tomato-basil sorbet. But one of the easiest and tastiest ways is to oven-roast them. While you're staying home from the flash flooding happening all over Denver, Aurora, Boulder County, Larimer County, El Paso County, take a break from watching the news, and go pick the last nicely ripe tomatoes you're probably going to get and fire up the oven.
Here's what I did on Tuesday. I found a recipe on David Lebovitz's blog and fired up my own oven to 325 degrees.


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Riitta Oksanen is the President of the EES. She works as a senior advisor at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Development Evaluation Unit. In this post Riitta discusses a new EES initiative - the 'Voluntary Evaluator Peer Review' (VEPR) process to promote evaluation professionalism - with Bob Picciotto who leads the EES Professionalizing Thematic Working Group and Pam Oliver who is leading the EES's pilot of the VEPR.
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Last week we had the chance to catch-up with Philly Native, Will "Spank" Horton after his show at Helium Comedy Club.
WitOut: Can you tell us a little bit about your early days in the Philadelphia comedy scene?
Spank: My early days were a little rough; I wasn't taking comedy very seriously. I was just told I was a funny guy, so I would just go on stage and play around. After the first year, I got a phone call to do comic-view. From then on, I took comedy seriously. I started to dress a little better and market my own brand.
WitOut: Is that when you really fell in love with comedy?
Spank: I fell in love with comedy after my fourth or fifth year. After the sixth year, I got a call from Kevin Hart. He told me he had been watching my shows and wanted me to go on tour with him. After that I got really serious and went dead-hard. That was in 2007. I started in 2001.
WitOut: What do you consider to be some of the biggest achievements in your career thus far?
Spank: A standing ovation as an opener for Kevin Hart.,Iit was one of those shows where everyone was paying $40-$50 to see Kevin Hart and for me to come out and do my 15-20 minutes and receive a standing ovation, I thought, "I could definitely do this." Kevin helped me get to where I am at. I used to be known locally, but now I am known world-wide.
WitOut: If you could perform comedy anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
Spank: It is going to sound real cliché-ish, but I am going say my hometown, Philadelphia.
WitOut: I had a feeling you might say that…
Spank: I am so Philly, man. A lot of people say stuff about their hometown like, "Ahh no, you gotta get outta here," but I have been here all my life and I am still flourishing.
WitOut: You were recently in the movie, Ride Along. How was your experience working with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart?
Spank: It was fun. Even though I worked with Kevin on the road it was completely different on set. And Ice Cube kept telling me I was doing really well. He made me feel as if I were a veteran. It was great; I had my own little trailer. I was the only actor with four lines that had his own trailer and I think that was because the producer and everyone thought of me as one of the boys.
WitOut: What was different about working with Kevin Hart on set as opposed to working with him on the road?
Spank: On the road there was more "silly, silly, hey-hey, buddy-buddy." The movie was serious [work]. He wanted to be in character. I was in my trailer before my lines, he was in his. On the road, we just wile out!
WitOut: Who are some of your comedy heroes?
Spank: Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Martin, Bernie Mac. I am a fan of all the greats and all of those that do open-mic. My number one would have to be Eddie Murphy.
***Spank married his long-time sweetheart in 2012 and still is a resident of the Greater Philadelphia Area. You can find him up in the township, arguing with his neighbors over parking spots "township style."


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Newton Fitness, Mack Daddy's
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"Show up, be who you are and do what you do." — Mack Newton
Spending most of his formative years in Chicago, Mack Newton says he participated in martial arts as a way to keep on the "straight and narrow." Little did he know this activity would eventually be the stepping stone for his future career.
Newton opened a small martial arts studio in Chicago, and eventually expanded to six locations. In 1983, he moved to Phoenix and has "loved every minute of it." He says "the freshness, the newness, the endless possibilities" have helped him tremendously in his own ventures.
Newton's Phoenix studio laid the groundwork for a successful martial arts business that has in turn expanded to a thriving niche in the health and performance industry.
"It taught me how to dream, and entrepreneurs need that," Newton says.
Along the way, Newton has taken on the role of a true entrepreneur, expanding his position from martial arts instructor to author, conditioning coach, restaurant owner, radio show host and more.
Today, Newton continues teaching martial arts, but is focused on his restaurant, Mack Daddy's, which features a menu sans traditional flavorings such as salt, sugar and white flour. Though some may ask how food lacking such integral ingredients can be flavorful, Newton is not worried about the fare being bland. The unique 3-2 menu, derived from the diet plan Newton created, offers a wide range of dishes prepared with only fresh herbs and spices.
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Hands On
I plugged a Fender Stratocaster into the Sonuus unit and tested it by running a MIDI cable out of the device and alternating between two interfaces—an M-Audio Firewire 1814 interface and an M-Audio USB Midisport Uno—that sent a MIDI channel into Ableton Live software on my Mac. The Uno is a MIDI-only interface, but the 1814 allowed me to run audio into a separate channel in Ableton Live, which instantly recognized the incoming MIDI data. With the flow of data intact, I tried the converter with various software synthesizer plug-ins, and everything was easier from the very beginning with the Sonuus.
For starters, the G2M has a unique way of dealing with audio input level. In interfaces that require a hexaphonic pickup, the instrument's overall output is determined by the pickup's distance from the strings. Each of the six separate string levels is then controlled within the converter. It is much simpler with the G2M. I started with my guitar volume full up and the G2M's boost switch off. Finding that the tracking was not as accurate as I'd hoped, I turned on the boost. The clip LED then started coming on more than it should, so I backed off the guitar volume a bit. Once the light only flashed occasionally— as recommended in the G2M's delightfully brief manual—the unit achieved a level equal to, or better than, any converter I have tried with a few simple adjustments.
Sliding into notes was still sometimes problematic, but vibrato and half- or whole-step bends worked well. Even slight whammy-bar dips tracked accurately, giving me more of the expressive power we're accustomed to as guitarists. As with any converter, I found that tracking varied greatly by synthesizer plugin— and there was still the typical variation between patches within each plug-in. But the G2M certainly gives you an advantage and flexibility in coping with those variables.
Will the G2M track lightning-fast shredder solos? That depends largely on how cleanly you play. Being monophonic, the Sonuus unit will sound glitchy if any note rings into another note. Rather than thinking of this as a flaw, you could simply practice picking more accurately (which can only be a good thing). And if you record the MIDI signal you're sending, you can easily go into that track and fix any bum notes or bad timing, as well as erase any falsely triggered notes. One of the joys of MIDI, of course, is that you can also replace the original sound with any other MIDI instrument you choose.
I got around Sonuus' other monophonic limitations in some interesting ways. Lengthening the release time of the synthesizer patch caused the first note I played to keep going while I played the second, and so on, allowing me to stack chord tones. Many synths let me tune their multiple oscillators to different notes, thereby also creating chords.
Here's another trick: I recorded an audio Gmaj7 guitar chord and loaded its file into a sampler. I was then able to trigger it via MIDI with a single guitar note and change the chord's key as I played different notes. Why not just play the different chords? Because once the chord was loaded in the sampler, I could manipulate the guitar sound in ways that audio effects can't (check out the audio clip on the web).
Placing Live's Arpeggiator plug-in in front of various software synths, I was able to turn one note into a rhythmic flurry of notes. Using the Arpeggiatior's hold function, I could keep rhythmic parts playing while I soloed over them. I enjoyed the fact that the G2M let me solo with a synth tone blended with a distorted guitar sound. This technique disguised any latency in the synth tracking, and it also hid the occasional mistakenly tracked note.
The Verdict
MIDI offers guitarists used to—and perhaps bored of—the standard guitar-pedal-amp setup a wealth of new sounds. And with the Sonuus G2M, you can get into the action and start laying down drum parts, bass lines, arpeggiated dance or prog-rock parts, string lines, and more right away—and for half the price of a hexaphonic pickup! (You can even use it with transcription software to print solos or lines for students or publication.) Guitarists looking for polyphonic operation and the ability to switch synth patches from the guitar will want to stick with a Roland GK-2A or Ghost hexaphonic system with a Roland, Axon, or another polyphonic converter. But for those with more limited needs, or anyone who wants an easy way to start exploring the world of MIDI guitar, the Sonuus G2M is just the ticket.
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MWC 15 Special
HTC today unveiled the HTC One X+, a refreshed version of its award winning HTC One X smartphone which HTC announced back in February at the Mobile World Congress. Running the new HTC Sense 4+ on Android Jelly Bean, the HTC One X+ combines the iconic design, amazing camera and authentic audio experience of the HTC One series, with increased performance, longer battery life and expanded internal storage. Featuring a 1.7 GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 AP37 processor and 64 GB of internal storage, the HTC One X+ LTE version is up to 67% faster than the HTC One X LTE, making the HTC One X+ the best rated Android phone on the market.
Developed to be lightning fast, the HTC One X+ enables quicker web browsing, fluid gaming and graphic rendering, and speedy downloads, providing effortless usage on the go. In addition to its increased performance speeds, the HTC One X+ introduces extended performance with the inclusion of a 2100 mAh battery, giving you up to 50 % (6 hours) more talk time, and longer to browse the web and enjoy your favorite music and videos.
Combining the amazing camera capabilities of its predecessor with a series of intelligent features, powered by Sense 4+, the HTC One X+ has been designed to deliver the most premium mobile experience. The newly launched Self Portrait mode on the front camera helps you capture high quality photos by intuitively detecting the human face at various angles and applying subtle enhancements to skin and eyes. Sightseeing mode makes sure you'll always be ready to capture the moment - one touch of the power button bypasses the lock screen and launches directly into the camera. Two new views in Gallery display images and videos and group them according to where and when they were taken.
Exclusively available on HTC smartphones, Beats Audio provides authentic, studio-quality sound that delivers the most immersive sound experience with an enhanced audio profile, crisper vocals and detailed high notes for your music, games, movies and videos. Making it easier to listen to music out loud, and through Sense 4+, the HTC One X+ introduces a new Tap and Go function, which allows you to connect the phone and your music to Beats speakers' when you tap them. To disconnect, it is just another quick tap.
Providing exclusive access to thousands of movies through HTC Watch 2.0, the HTC One X+ will appeal to both the avid film fan and the casual movie-goer. Combined with the introduction of video hub, another benefit of Sense 4+, for the first time you will be able to put all your video entertainment in a single place.
A new feature in the HTC One X+ is HTC Get Started, a new web service that guides the user painlessly through the set-up and personalization process from a desktop web browser. Designed to enhance the experience of setting up a phone for the first time, this feature ensures that users will get the most out of their new phone from the beginning. With the touch of a button, users' phone will reflect the settings and apps that were chosen on the Web. Visit start.htc.com for more details.
The HTC One X+ will be available in Europe and North Asia from October and in South Asia from November 2012. North America will make a separate announcement regarding availability of the HTC One X+. The Android Jelly Bean with HTC Sense 4+ update is scheduled to begin rolling out for the HTC One S and HTC One X from October.
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Overall LeBeau called a good game, but it still baffles me that our best pass rusher, one of the best in the NFL, only rushed Eli 15 times.After a tumultuous week in the New York/New Jersey area because of Hurricane Sandy, the decision was made to go forward with the game between the Steelers and the Giants. The Steelers showed no ill-effects from their gameday travel to East Rutherford, N.J., as they finished the game strong with a 14-point fourth quarter in a 24-20 comeback victory.
It was another week of classic Steelers football as they mixed opportunistic defense and special teams with a running attack which seemingly "plugs and plays" a different bruising running back every week. Throw in quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's quietly strong season and the Steelers are poised to make a second-half run in the AFC.
The Giants ended a four-game winning streak with the heartbreaking loss as they fall to 6-3 on the season. They continue to show glimpses of possibly being the best team in the league before taking a step back. Still, they've certainly proved that midseason power rankings are nothing more than Monday morning fodder and they're in good shape for another playoff run come January.
Let's take a look at the good and bad from this week's game.
Pittsburgh — Three Performances of Note
Next Man Up
Perhaps our "Next Man Up" features should revolve around Pittsburgh's running backs as it was Isaac Redman's (+2.7) time to shine this week. It's not as if this was Redman's first opportunity, but the Steelers were fresh off strong performances from now-injured*Jonathan Dwyer, who used his physical style to run for more than 100 yards each of the last two weeks. Redman was a strong replacement, setting career highs in carries (26) and rushing yards (147) while maintaining Dwyer's physicality with 121 of those yards coming after contact (4.7 per rush). Redman sealed the game, and perhaps summed up the day, with 2:23 to go in the fourth as he busted through a Linval Joseph tackle and burst into the secondary for a 28-yard gain. Redman finished with six missed tackles forced and an Elusive Rating of 99.7.
Off the Edge
The best pass rusher on the field was outside linebacker Lamarr Woodley, who had his way with Giants right tackle David Diehl. Woodley did his best work in the fourth quarter as he beat Diehl off the edge for two hurries before making one of the biggest plays of the game with 3:45 to go. With the Giants down four, and a national TV audience all but expecting more magic from Eli Manning, Woodley beat Diehl off the edge once again, this time knocking the ball from Manning's hands to force a fumble. Though the Giants fell on the loose ball, it turned out to be their last offensive play of the day as Woodley put a damper on any late-game heroics.
Weakest Link
While the Steelers defense had a strong game, inside linebacker Larry Foote (-5.2) was clearly the weakest link. In addition to contributing only one stop in the running game, he was handled easily by both fullback Henry Hynoski and tight end Martellus Bennett, including one pull block from Bennett that sent him to the ground. Foote was a liability in the passing game as well, giving up completions on all four balls thrown his way, three of which resulted in first downs. Foote was also the culprit on the Giants' biggest play from scrimmage, which came early in the third quarter when he was unable to run with Bennett down the seam for a 33-yard gain.
Game Notes
- Steelers cornerback*Keenan Lewis surrendered only one 10-yard reception on his five targets, with two passes defensed. He did, however, commit two penalties.
- Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich played a career-high 69 snaps.
- When under no pressure, Manning was only 8-for-18 for 84 yards and a -1.8 PFF Grade.
Game Ball
No player made more of an impact as a pass rusher than Lamarr Woodley, who picked up four pressures on his 15 rushes, including the strip sack that thwarted any comeback attempt.


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I blame INXS, a soft target I know, but if Michael Hutchence and his bunch of leather and paisley wearing haircuts hadn't decided that Wembley Stadium was a great place to do rock concerts then maybe, just maybe musicians would have kept their prancing and showboating to stages instead of football fields.
This year The Crustacean Cup matured into a four team competition, pitting local lead breakers and beat makers against each other in an irreverant riff on the world game. Cut & Paste was there to record all the highlights, the low lights and the absurd lack of motor skills that people who can play play multi-octave scales at blistering speed demonstrate when a big round thing gets near their feet.
Special mentions must go to the Foodchain crew for putting together an excellent afternoon's entertainment, Tomas Ford for MC-ing the day and of course to the mighty Crabcelona FC for defending their title from last year.
During the Final of the 2011 Crustacean Cup, Young Filmmaker of the Year and roving documentary man Mat de Koning went deep inside the camps at half time and full time to talk strategy, skills and post match celebrations.
You can view the half time commentary here and the full time wrap up here.
Game 1: FC Crabcelona 1 def Mictacea 0
Game 2: The Mariners 1 def Tyrannocrabs 0
Final: FC Crabeclona 1 def The Mariners 0


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MTA Bus Operations is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York), created in 2008 to consolidate all bus operations operated by the MTA. The Bus Operations fleet consists of over 5,000 buses of various types and models for fixed-route service, providing service in New York City, the western edge of Nassau County, New York, and the city of Yonkers.
The current public brands are:
MTA Bus Company - The MTA Bus Company was created in September 2004 to assume the operations of seven bus companies that operated under franchises granted by the New York City Department of Transportation. The merging of the companies into the MTA Bus began in January 2005 and was completed in February 2006. MTA Bus is responsible for both the local and express bus operations of the seven companies, consolidating their operations, maintaining current buses, purchasing new buses to replace the aging fleet currently in service, and adjusting schedules and route paths to better match travel demand. MTA Bus operates 46 local bus routes in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens; and 35 express bus routes between Manhattan and the Bronx, Brooklyn, or Queens. It has a fleet of 1,336 buses, which makes MTA Bus the 10th largest bus fleet in the United States and Canada, serving 368,000 riders daily.
MTA New York City Bus - New York City Transit buses, operating under the MTA New York City Bus brand, operate in all five boroughs, employing roughly 4,500 buses on about 200 local and 40 express routes within the five boroughs of New York City.
This is a comprehensive depot assignment guide to the buses currently in passenger service within the MTA Bus Operations including the MTA Bridges & Tunnels operation. We at NO TIME claim the roster to be 100% correct as buses do move constantly, but we do our best to get it as close as possible.
These are depot badges from either upcoming depots, closed depots or badges that have been replaced with new ones...
Service As Assigned (SAA) refers to a depot that has run(s) where an one way trip is made and the operator remains on standby, until called for service again, within the timeframe of the run.
Bronx Division
MTA Bus Operations operates a number of bus routes in the Bronx. Many of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines. All local buses are operated by the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), a subsidiary of the New York City Transit Brand. The Q50, a local multi-borough route, the Bx23 and the BxM Express routes, are operated by the MTA Bus Company brand.
Eastchester (EC)
Manhattan Division
MTA Bus Operations operates a number of bus routes in Manhattan. Presently, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA),New York City Transit brand, a subsidiary of the New York City Transit Brand, operates all of the local buses in Manhattan.
Amsterdam (AM)
Queens Division
MTA Bus Operations operates a number of bus routes in Queens, under two different public brands, NYC Transit and MTA Bus. Some of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines. A little more than half of the local Queens routes are operated by the NYC Transit brand, while the remainder is operated by the MTA Bus brand. However, MTA Bus operates far more express (QM-prefix) routes than NYC Transit which uses the X-prefix.
Baisley Park (BP)
Brooklyn Division
MTA Bus Operations operates a number of bus routes in Brooklyn. Many of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines. The ones that started out as bus routes were almost all operated by the Brooklyn Bus Corporation until the NYC Board of Transportation took over in 1940. All but two Brooklyn local and six Brooklyn express routes are operated by the New York City Transit brand. The B100, B103 and all of the BM Express routes, are operated by the MTA Bus Company brand.
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Staten Island Division
MTA Bus Operations operates a number of bus routes on Staten Island. Some of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines. Most of the routes run to the St. George Ferry Terminal of the Staten Island Ferry. However, Staten Island is the home of the first interstate route, the S89, which operates into Bayonne, NJ. Staten Island is also the biggest borough of express (X) routes.
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Largest among the nation's bridge and tunnel toll authorities in terms of traffic volume, MTA Bridges and Tunnels serves more than a million people daily in the New York metropolitan area. As a constituent agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), its dual role is to operate seven bridges and two tunnels and to provide surplus toll revenues to help support public transit. Its facilities are the: Triborough Bridge, Throgs Neck Bridge, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, Henry Hudson Bridge, Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge, Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and Queens Midtown Tunnel.


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Daly Family in India
My grandfather had an older sister (my great Aunt) who married a man who was a doctor and served most of his life in India as a military doctor. His father was also a military doctor, and the family appeared to live in India for a few generations. The mother in law of my great Aunt was named Annie Cecilia nee Daly, I know that her father was Francis Dermot Daly and her mother was Cecilia. I have been told that the father of Francis Dermot Daly was Richard Daly, he was a bank manager in England. I have no idea of the birth date of Francis Dermot Daly, the date he married Cecilia, her maiden name, the name of the motehr of Francis Dermot Daly, when and where his father Richard was born and died, and very little information about any of them in those generations, and dont know where to look, as nothing found in the England BMD, and not sure where to look next, can anybody help me with records from India in the 1800s please
family history research in South Africa
We just wonder if there is anybody who is on this site who is able to find birth marriage and death records in South Africa, in particular in Natal and Cape Province, if so, we would love to make contact with them
Lorna Black nee Picton nee Boyd
I am searching for this lady, she is a cousin of my father. Her mother was an older sister of my grandfather. I particularly would like to find her two sons Ralph and Peter or their descendants. I have lots of info about the family, but can find no info about Lorna or her sons after she married for the second time in 1946 to Ian D Black. I was told by another researcher that the two sons attended a school in Dorset, but have contacted that school and they have advised that neither of her sons attended that school, so it appears that some researchers just get things wrong, and I would really like to make contact with some part of this family to add info to our family history
Hancock family of Somersetshire
I have found details of my maternal great grandmother Jane Hancock born 1844 in Somerset, England, and details of her birth and marriage, and birth records of her 9 siblings, but I am having problems finding marriages for those siblings. When I find a marriage record of any of them which appears to be them, I cant then find them on the census with their spouse, and would appreciate assistance of anybody else who is researching this same Hancock family, all of whom were born in the same county and whose birth was registered at the Axbridge registry office.
Cribb family history
We have been researching the Cribb family of my grandma for more than 55 years and now have about .5 Gb of info, including birth, marriage and death records of the Cribb family from Somerset, Gloucestershire, Devon and some parts of Wales from 1809 and as far in some branches as current generations, and are happy to share our information with others in the family, or branches of the family in which females in the Cribb family married men with other names, and in those cases we do have info on most of their children as recent as those born before the mid 1980s. If you are a family member and wish to share info please contact us via this site
Our huge family in England, Australia, USA, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand
Today we deleted most of our posts which we made over the last few years. We did that because our original intention was to make contact with others in the family of both myself and my husband, who were researching the same families, and in that way, make contact with cousins. We only ever asked questions to which we knew the answer, in the hope that those cousins would contact us, but what we have found is that info we gave to them from our own research over more than 50 years has so often been added to ancestry or similar site of some of those cousins, without any attribution to our research and so often with other incorrect info with no basis in fact and no proof of being correct. That did not worry us, but they usually added the info without adding the citation that we had given them, thus making it difficult for those who found their site to establish the truth of the entries they had made. So we decided, enough is enough, if anybody out there is researching the families of my husband (Vincent, Connolly, Peareth, Davison, Lowman. Boyd, Mowles, Cribb, Mandry) or my family, (Stone, Phillips, Basing, Wise, Fry, Keeling, Myall, Bullock, Shufflebottom, Stevens, Hillman, Harris), or other related families in our ancestry, then please contact us via this site. We have no trees on Ancestry or any similar site as we believe that family history is for family only, but are most happy to share with any family member, provided you give us an undertaking that you will not publish that info on the web.
sloppy research
Many years ago, before the Internet was even a dream for family history researchers, and we all had to rely on library collections and membership of genealogical societies, my daughter and I used to join our local society wherever we lived, and spend hours there every week looking at the microfilm records they held, and our eyes would be sore at the end of a long day from trying to find information we wanted on those microfilm and microfische records held
we were often amused when we would hear a comment, and it was usually from a professional researcher who was being paid to research a family history for somebody, they would be looking for a name, and would say, this is the same name, so that will do, and when people took a break for a cuppa in the tea room at one particular genealogical society to which we belongs, we once asked one of the researchers on a day when she had made a comment similar to that above, and she told us she was looking for the marriage of a person and the birth of the children for that marriage, and could not find the marriage in the county in England in which she had expected to find it, but found a marriage for a person with the same name, but in a different registration district to that which she expected, so added that to the file she was building for a person who was paying her to do the research. I asked how she would explain the differences, and she told me that the person employing her would not know it was not the correct member of her family, and would accept what she gave them. I was flabbergasted, to say the least, and wondered how could she be so dishonest in putting together such a family tree with info she knew was not correct, but she said if she could not make that link by using the record (the wrong record) that she found, then she would not be able to complete the job and could not be paid till she did so.
We found a similar thing recently in a family connected by marriage to one of our families. A researcher to whom we have given info about parts of our family to add to theirs (because a member of their family married a member of one of our families) and we were given a draft of the file by that person, and on it is shown the death of one of the family members some years ago, and that person (who was supposed to have died years ago) recently visited our home and spent the day with us, and the citation given in the draft file we have shows as the evidence for that death just a death notice and a funeral in a newspaper We have checked, and although the person has the same name, the spouse and family members of the person who died have no similarity to the family of the family member who visited us, but when we sent the info to the researcher and mentioned that the person is not dead, visited us recently, and sent a photo of the person with myself, we have heard nothing since. Maybe I was not very diplomatic in pointing out that the "dead person" in the tree they sent to us is very much alive, and that info is not wanted, as it does put a suspicion that other of their research may also be based on false information, but is so disappointing that although we know family history research can be frustrating, short cuts to find info, and facts without proof, should not be taken. - in other words, if it cant be proven with a proper document, then dont add it, or if you do, leave a note with it that it needs more checking.
The Most Frustrating thing we have found on Genealogical sites
I hope so much that others do not have this problem that I will now mention
My husband and I have so much info on both of our families, and one of the many things we try to do is to make contact with other family members who are researching the same families that we are researching, those of both our parents and as far back among our ancestors as we are able to find
we recently found a person who had a public member tree on my maternal great great grandfather, and we contacted him, thinking he was related, and offered to share info with him about the family, as he had so many things wrong, some wrong names, incorrect dates, people in families missing all together and so much other info that we have found over our more than 50 years of research
when he did contact us, and we asked how he was related, we were amazed at his relationship, his grand mother was the second cousin of a lady who married a man who was the older brother of a member of the family of my great grandmother, not the great grandmother in that particular family, the great grandmother in the other side of the family, the paternal side of my father, in fact, not related at all except by the marriages that took place.
Go figure, why would somebody want to have a family tree for somebody who was so distantly related by marriage, no blood relationship at all, and we just wonder if the person had spent that time researching his own bloodline, he would not have the errors he also has in his own bloodline, and we only know that as we looked at his public tree, and found from our own knowledge and a couple quick checks on FreeBMD and the England census that he had errors in his own family for his grandparents
what a waste of time, we surely hope others havent found the same problems, if so, we wish you luck in sorting any errors you may have copied from other people.
More on the frustations of Family History research
The other thing we have found amazing about the years we have spent researching the history of the families on both of our sides, is the secretive attitude of some family members, they just will not give us info when we ask questions, even about their own branch of the family, and especially about their close family in current generations
we have no trees on any site which is open for view by others, we just keep our family history files on our own computer, back the files up regularly onto an external hard drive, and happy to share all the info we have with any other family member, provided they will give us info about their own branch to fill in holes in our trees
Last year (2012) we wrote a book, all about the family of John James Shufflebottom who came to Australian in 1829 at a convict, we wrote the book in conjunction with a cousin in the family who is also a serious researcher, and it covers the generations as far down as his great grandchildren, and not further, as that would involve details of so many living family members. Because of the cost of printing being so expensive, we only put it on a disk, and then told all the family members with whom we were in contact that it was finished, and would cost them the price of registered postage to send them a copy, so they got more than 50 years of research for a very small cost.
We sent out 156 copies of the disk and refused to send a disk to only two family members, and we would not send them a copy because they would not even tell us the names and details of their own children and grandchildren, told us it was a privacy issue, and that the Privacy Act prevented them from telling us. That is just so much rubbish, the Privacy Act does not cover family members giving family information to other family members. The Privacy Act does cover the release of information to professional researchers who are being paid to do the research, but NOT family members sharing information
Have others had this same thing happen to them, it is the cause of so much frustration to us.
Re Family History research and some rubbish we find
You will note from my profile that I am researching many families, my husband and I are researching both sides of our family, so we have researched the familes of our parents, our grandparents, our great grandparents, and our great great grandparents, and in some of the families, we have been lucky enough to find information even in earlier generations than those, for example, because the mother of one of my g/g/grandparents had lived in the same village in England for more than 500 years, and all family members had been baptised in the same church, then married there, then their burial service was also held there and they were buried in the church cemetery, we were able to trace that branch back to 1496, we were just lucky that the priest was astute enough to hide the church record books when the King threw all the Catholic priests out and either burned churches or placed ministers there who were receptive to his idea of how churches should obey his rules
the one thing that has struck us in our research is the number of people who place trees on Ancestry and similar sites, and just copy info from other trees without doing any research themselves, and we found some public trees on one site that shows the parents of a family member being born about 25 or more years before their son, another where they show a man married at the age of 4, another where a man is shown married in NSW in the mid 1800s, yet they then show him as being present at the 1851 census in England even though he had been transported for life to Australia and died here in the mid 1800s. We have found so many errors like that, and we commend to all researchers, if you cant find a document that proves your information is correct, then dont add it to your tree, as chances are, it may not be correct, and dont just accept info from trees of others unless they can provide a citation to prove the information is correct. Our own family history files have now grown to just in excess of 40Gb, backed up weekly to two external hard drives.
good luck with your research, and if you are researching any of the same families that we are, then we are happy to share info with any family member.


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Buried Treasure: Ice Dragon, Elder and a Tale of Three Tapes
The sun-drenched wonder you see in the photo above is the shelf unit at my office (I work here). Top to bottom, it's got a turntable that needs a new belt, a Mini-Disc player (I used to use them for interviews and just kind of happened into the thing; it's there now because I think it's neat), dual cassette deck, 5-CD changer and receiver. The speakers on either side are Infinity studio monitors acquired at a discount for review, and there's a subwoofer below that's not pictured. I don't always use it, because frankly my computer has some decent speakers as well and so I don't really need it all the time, but sometimes, when I'm working late and no one else is around, there's nothing else quite like it.
Of the components, the cassette deck is the newest. I hooked it up just this afternoon after finding it the other day laying around the house. I asked The Patient Mrs. what was up with it and she said it was part of the stereo she had as a kid (we've been together long enough that I already knew that), and as it was currently not in use, I immediately raised an eyebrow at the possibility.
That was a few days ago, and it wasn't until today that I finally brought the thing to work and plugged it in. Thinking I was all smart, I grabbed what I thought were some spare A/V cables to go with but turned out to be the camera connector. Fortunately, also at the office, I found these laying around:
Monster Cables! That's right. Today, I hooked up a cassette player with Monster Cables. A format that's only "come back" as much as it has over the last couple years because it sounds crappy — hooked up like it's part of an overpriced home theater. Hey, I roll with what I can find that I don't have to pay for.
The impetus for this whole thing was the recent purchase of three tapes from Acid Punx Records. I've bought tapes here and there for a while now — I have a cassette player in my car and have considered it a point of pride for the seven years I've had it — but these were different. Mostly those tapes cost about 50 cents. These tapes cost $10 each.
Yes. I spent $30 on tapes. $35, actually, when you add shipping. I'd been turned onto Boston doomers Ice Dragon's newest album, Dream Dragon, in a thread on the forum, and I really dug it. In an all-too-familiar mix of impulse and strategy, I thought as I investigated various purchase options that I'd better pick up some older stuff that was available in limited runs before I missed out. The psychedelically cinematic Dream Dragon — which came out last month and is a pay-what-you-want download at Ice Dragon's Bandcamp page — doesn't seem to have a physical pressing yet anyway, so from Acid Punx, I got their 2007 self-titled and 2011's The Sorrowful Sun instead.
Both tapes are first pressings, limited to 100 copies (the self-titled is a reissue) and pretty clearly homemade — all of which I like about them. While I was putting them in my virtual shopping cart, I stumbled on an Elder tape also for sale called Demos & Live (2007-2010) and couldn't resist. The result:
It was actually pretty nerve-racking waiting for them to come in the mail. Not that Acid Punx took an exceedingly long time to send them or anything, but I'll admit to feeling a little silly having shelled out $35 for three tapes. If I was at the grocery store, I'd be staring at the "Unit Price" sticker and punching myself in the head. Nonetheless, when they finally came, I heaved a sigh of relief and immediately put the Elder on in the car.
With the anticipation of seeing them over Labor Day weekend at SHoD in Connecticut mounting and that recent stream of their Armageddon Records vinyl, Spires Burn/Release, I've been on something of a kick. Of the tape, I'll say that Elder were a much, much different band in 2007 than they are half a decade later. Guitarist/vocalist Nick DiSalvo lets loose some pretty vicious sludgy screams, and especially on tape, it sounds like the material was recorded right on a room mic in the rehearsal space.
There are three demo tracks — "1162," "Red Sunrise" and "Black Midnight" — and two live cuts — "Gemini" recorded at SHoD in 2009 and "Riddle of Steel" from Valley Homegrown TV in 2010. As you might expect, the newest is the cleanest-sounding of the bunch, but overall, it's a pretty concise look at how far the three-piece has come in their time together. Whatever faux-authenticity might come from listening to a bona fide demo tape in this day and age, Demos & Live (2007-2010) is legitimately a cool release, and I was glad to have picked it up.
I've got more digging into the two Ice Dragon tapes (both of which are also streaming on their Bandcamp) — and wanting to do that was a big part of why I finally caved and brought the tape player into the office — but on a cursory listen, they sound righteous in their lo-fi classicism, The Sorrowful Sun being more melodically developed than its self-titled predecessor. Both feel caked in blown-out-cone distortion and are pretty well suited to the format. I was glad to get them out of the car so they wouldn't get any further warped by the heat. From what I've heard so far, they're plenty warped on their own.
And while I get to know them better, I've got the joy of staring at the spines on my desk:
Even for $35, I could do much worse than that. Just for kicks, here's the stream of Ice Dragon's Dream Dragon, which inspired all this silliness:
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The NIA investigators compared more than 700 healthy men*, ages 19 to 95, who participated in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) with 60 rhesus monkeys, ages 5 to 25. The men were divided into two groups, based on whether they were in the upper or lower halves of the population for each of the three biomarkers--body temperature, blood insulin levels, and blood levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS). The monkeys also were divided into two groups. One group was allowed to feed freely, typically consuming between 500 to 1,000 calories daily. A second group was fed a diet composed of at least 30 percent fewer calories than consumed by the unrestricted monkeys.
In previous work, calorically restricted mice and rats, which can live up to 40 percent longer than usual, have consistently had lower body temperatures and blood insulin levels than their freely fed counterparts. These two biomarkers also have been found in calorically restricted monkeys. Caloric restriction also slows the decline of DHEAS, a steroid hormone that diminishes in monkeys and humans during normal aging. These three biomarkers suggest that caloric restriction causes metabolic shifts that may affect the rate of aging, said George Roth, Ph.D., senior guest scientist at the NIA and lead author of the new study.
After analyzing the age-adjusted data, the NIA investigators concluded that among men who participated in the BLSA, those who had lower body temperatures, had lower blood insulin levels or had higher blood levels of DHEAS as they aged tended to live longer. The calorically restricted monkeys showed a similar trend, and had half the death rate of monkeys allowed to feed freely. But this mortality data isn't yet statistically significant because few of the primates in either group have died, Dr. Roth said. However, none of the men, who reported consuming an average of 2,300 calories daily, is believed to have been on a calorically restricted diet.
"The fact that these men apparently weren't practicing caloric restriction is important because it means there may be other ways to achieve biological hallmarks without having to undergo drastic dietary changes," Dr. Roth said. "Although we don't yet know what these pathways are, this finding suggests it may be possible to develop compounds that offer the benefits of caloric restriction without having to resort to it."
Biomarker and mortality data were collected on the men over a 25-year period, and biomarker data were gathered on the monkeys for five years beginning in 1987. Deaths among the monkeys have been tracked for more than 15 years. Biomarkers are indicators or measures of change in biological function of an organism. Gerontologists have long sought to find biomarkers of aging and longevity in humans that would help distinguish physiological age from chronological age.
* For skin temperature, the researchers analyzed data from 718 men; for insulin, 820 men; for DHEAS, 722 men. In the follow-up period, deaths in each group were: Temperature (324); Insulin (199); and DHEAS (192).