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Swiss Barley Soup/GrissonsFrom SWISS WOODS BED & BREAKFAST INN
1 cup pearl barley
1 lb ham, smoked (1/2" cubes)
2 quarts water
1/2 lb bacon, diced
1 stem celery chopped
2 carrots peeled and diced
1 medium onion finely chopped
2 large leeks thinly sliced
1 cup dry white wine
2 cups chicken stock or broth
1 bay leaf
1 can (15 oz) beans, white navy or pinto
2 cups Napa cabbage, finely sliced
1 cup cabbage, finely diced
1 teaspoon Maggi* liquid (optional)
1/2 cup heavy cream
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Cover the barley with 2 cups of water and allow to stand for an hour. Pour off the water and repeat.
2. In an 8 quart heavy bottom stock pot fry the bacon for 2 to 3 minutes, not till crisp
3. Add the chopped onion, carrot, and celery and stir until the onion is transparent, about 3 minutes
4. Add the water, chicken stock, white wine, and bay leaf and bring to a simmer
5. Rinse the barley, drain in a sieve and add to the pot
6. Drain and rinse the beans, then add to the pot
7. Bring the soup to a slow simmer
8. add the diced ham, sliced leeks and the sliced cabbage
9. Finally add the cream and Maggi. Salt and Pepper to taste
10. Allow to simmer gently for 30 minutes
11. This soup is better the next day
12. Serve with crusty bread and a bit of grated parmesan
Servings: 14
Yield: 14 1 cup servings
*Maggi Seasoning has the taste of the herb lovage. I use it in making salad dressings and seasoning soups. You can make this without it, it won't matter but I love the added flavor. If you do not have chicken stock on hand those new Knorr product, Homestyle Stock Concentrate is perfect. I keep these in my pantry to enhance soups and make sauces, they are just great and come in beef, chicken, reduced sodium chicken and vegetable. I love 'em all!
*Napa cabbage comes in HUGE heads. Use leftovers for salads with what you don't need for the soup. It is somewhat milder and a bit of a different flavor than regular cabbage but if you cannot find it locally, just use cabbage and cut back 1/2 cup on the amount.


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text: Installation Highly customized RCF solution for Baku Olympic Stadium When RCF's project team first arrived in Azerbaijan, in November 2014, construction work on the new stadium was already at an advanced stage. With a capacity of 68,000 spectators, and characterized by remarkable architecture, Baku Olympic Stadium was positioned to become one of the landmarks of Azerbaijan's capital city, with a population of 2 million. It was officially inaugurated in March 2015 and it will host the inaugural European Games in June. RCF's Engineering Support Group (ESG) and R&D Department had worked together with the local distributor Asimetrik during the previous year, in order to develop the best acoustic solution for the venue. After the final approval and a Factory Acceptance Test in April 2014, with the main contractor, subcontractor and local distributor visiting RCF's production facilities in Italy, official installation of the system started with the team's first trip to Baku in November 2014. "We used as many as 270 customized units of TTL55-A for 1 MW of audio power. This is one of the biggest permanent installations we have undertaken so far," RCF explains. "It was a very stimulating project because our standard TTL55-A active 3-way line arrays had to be adjusted and customized, particularly in respect of their mechanic and electronic system". Thanks to the significant expertise developed with previous experiences, such as Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund and other international stadia, the team rose to the challenge. "We made a few visits to Baku and provided some specific instructions for the set-up. The whole installation process was supervised remotely from our headquarters through RD Net," adds RCF with obvious satisfaction. TTL55-A modules were chosen due to their familiar vocal clarity and high SPL of more than 120 dB. These were two of the contractor's main requirements for the system, because part of the audience is seated as far as 63 metres from the speakers. The final configuration is composed of 20 clusters, delivering excellent sound to all the tribunes (10 clusters containing 17 cabinets and 10 clusters with 10 cabinets, for a total of 270 cabinets). An active line array was the right choice for this project because it allows very simple and discreet wiring, with only two signal cables – one for the audio signal and the other for the digital control system. Despite its imposing size, the system's cabling is clean and easy to manage. The overall acoustical design of the Stadium includes 64 units of P2110 (10'' coaxial two-way speakers) for the under balcony area and 12 units of H1315 (3-way horn-loaded bi-amped mid throw cabinets) for the playing area. The use of standard fly-bars was excluded from the beginning and a special frame was fabricated instead. The aim was to create line arrays flown parallel to the ground, ensuring perfect sound coverage to the whole audience when the cabinets are placed above the tribune. "We drew a lot on the experience gained from Dortmund," RCF states. A special frame composed of stainless steel mounting hardware and internal bracing with 16 lateral fixing points, suitable for the overhead configuration, was designed by a German engineering company. All TTL55-A cabinets were customized by RCF with metal backbones and internal supports for additional safety, making sure that the line array's weight is safely supported by the steel structure and not just by the cabinets' plywood. Each single cluster is easily accessible thanks to independent motors, capable of lowering the frame at the tribune level. Once up in the roof position, each frame is secured to the roof structure through dedicated hooks and steel links. The acoustical system in Baku Olympic Stadium has to withstand outdoor conditions 365 days a year. Hence all cabinets were processed with a special weatherproofing treatment consisting of external and internal polyurea finish and use of stainless steel for the mounting hardware and frame. Loudspeakers are reinforced with a special waterproof film and a multi-layer coating on the grille, highly resistant to humidity but transparent to sound. RCF's ESG and R&D Department together with Asimetrik developed a tailor-made solution allowing full monitoring of the system, making control, set-up and maintenance as simple and convenient as possible despite the large site. Each TTL55-A module is equipped with a sophisticated fault-monitoring board and reporting occurs through the RD Net control system. The RD Net GUI (Graphic User Interface) allows a straightforward oversight of the whole system, including transducers, amplifiers, power supply and the whole audio connection path. The additional GPIO unit (General Purpose Input/Output) communicates any incongruity from the desired settings in terms of safety and acoustical performance. It sends an overall full and centralized report from a single station to any third party system. When a fault signal appears, it can be easily inspected through the RD Net GUI on the dedicated personal computer. "Baku Olympic Stadium exceeded the customer's expectations in many ways, not only in terms of excellent intelligibility, even when the stadium is empty, but also for the system's high SPL and its distribution, designed to be in compliance with the latest international legislation. Moreover, the audio system fulfills all requirements of the EN 60849 standard for the electro-acoustic systems applied to emergency services, another area of long-standing expertise for RCF. Now we can't wait for the European Games in June," team members claim. Mehr lesen Event 100.000 persone a Taranto per Subsonica, Marlene Kuntz, Caparezza e altri artisti Come ogni anno il 1 maggio porta con sé una miriade di eventi musicali grandi e piccoli in tutta la penisola. Giunto ormai alla terza edizione, il concerto di Taranto è uno dei maggiori spettacoli di quella data, che ha radunato oltre 100 mila persone attorno al palco situato all'interno del Parco Archeologico delle Mura Greche, per uno show iniziato alle 2 di pomeriggio e durato ben dodici ore. L'impianto audio firmato RCF è stato costituito da 12 moduli di TTL55-A a ogni lato del palco, affiancati da ulteriori 6 moduli per lato come side-fill. La riproduzione delle basse frequenze è stata gestita attraverso 18 subwoofer TTS56-A, ideali per spazi molto ampi, con configurazione in straight line cardioide e curvati virtualmente. Il team della rental company Provinciali srl è stato sul posto per il set-up del sistema e durante l'intero concerto. Il responsabile tecnico Pierluigi Provinciali ha saputo garantire un perfetto svolgimento dello show insieme ai collaboratori Luca Scornavacca, Simone Losito e altri. "Dal punto di vista acustico la peculiarità di questa installazione è data dalla dimensione dell'area" spiega. "Si tratta di un parco davvero vasto, perciò abbiamo esteso la copertura con linee di ritardo che hanno compreso tutta l'area sul piano orizzontale, garantendo un'ottima qualità dell'audio anche sui lati e non solo al centro." Le linee di ritardo erano costituite da 4 cluster di 6 TTL55-A ciascuno, per estendere la copertura fino alla distanza di 150 metri. Un ulteriore fattore di criticità che ha caratterizzato l'installazione è l'inusuale collocazione del palco, non in posizione centrale rispetto al pubblico, a causa della conformazione del Parco Archeologico. "Il supporto tecnico di RCF in fase di progetto si è rivelato fondamentale" aggiunge il team di Provinciali srl. Il controllo dell'intero impianto è stato effettuato tramite il software RD Net, grazie a cui sono state gestite tutte le fasi di equalizzazione, allineamento di fase e gestione dei ritardi. Sul palco si sono esibiti Subsonica, Marlene Kuntz, Caparezza, Bud Spencer Blues Explosion, Roy Paci Aretuska Allstars, Velvet, Francesco Baccini, Mama Marjas, Officina Zoè, Iosonouncane, Andrea Rivera, Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni, Brunori Sas, Diodato, LNRipley, Il Muro del Canto, Mannarino, Fido Guido, Bestierare. Un programma davvero ricco ed eterogeneo, che include svariati generi musicali, all'insegna di quella vivacità che caratterizza la scena musicale pugliese da alcuni anni a questa parte. Oltre ai grandi nomi si sono esibiti numerosi artisti emergenti da tutta Italia, scelti attraverso una serie di audizioni durante gli scorsi mesi, dando la possibilità anche a volti meno noti di suonare in un evento di grande portata. Mehr lesen Event THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT PROLIGHT+SOUND 2015 We hope you had a great time, as we did. Some highlights of the show: Live duo band playing everyday in our sound room Iconica headphones' debut M08 & M18 Digital Mixers official launch TTL6-A live at Sound Arena – it is the latest addition to the TT+ range HDL50-A official launch. Ready to redefine the concept of large format arrays EVOX 12 presentation. It is our most powerful portable compact size sound reinforcement system Product demos around the clock We are very satisfied for having introduced our new products to partners, journalists, friends and music lovers from all around the world. Sharing our passion is always a pleasure. RCF is a long-time exhibitor in Frankfurt since the early Nineties. Our enthusiasm to take part in one of the biggest trade-fairs of the event technology industry just keeps increasing. For us, Prolight+Sound is the challenge that drives constant improvement and innovation. This year's exhibition marks the achievement of several goals and it is the right springboard for the upcoming year. Thank you again for joining RCF! Hope to see you in our new location (hall 3.1) in 2016. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Mehr lesen Installation RCF Forum 9000 provides council chambers with flexibility and streaming Local authorities around the UK, faced with providing an ever increasing number of services from diminishing budgets, have been introduced to an elegant integrated 'one button' webcasting and audio/videoconference facility by Jon Hunnisett of technology specialists, Sound Advice PA Installation Ltd. In designing a system that enables separate video and audio streams to be combined, councils can engage more with their constituents by allowing sessions to be web-streamed and viewed over the internet. At the heart of his solution is RCF's intuitive Forum 9000 digital conferencing and voting system, and Sound Advice has now built up a portfolio of 14 councils who have been eager to adopt this platform. It was the versatility of the system that first caught the attention of Jeremy Luckett, Business Analyst at Wiltshire Council Unitary Authority, after five councils had been consolidated into three hub locations as part of the Council's Transformation Programme Wiltshire. This included a refurbished council chamber at County Hall, Trowbridge which contains 113 RCF microphone terminals for 98 members, plus support and smart cards embedded in each of the RCF mics (which allows the upload of data) along with two multi-function push-to-talk buttons. With the RCF camera facilitating automatic webcasting, this has opened up vast possibilities, which Wiltshire has wasted no time in exploiting. At the client's request, Sound Advice set up a Vaddio AV Bridge, with the ability to integrate audio and video equipment into a Microsoft Lync (Skype for Business) environment, thus enabling online meetings and general sharing capabilities. "The Council simply takes the video feed off the follow cameras and integrates it with the Lync video conferencing," explains Hunnisett. "The RCF Forum channels audio and video in such a manner that bridges between a conference system and web casting — and the RCF system identifies who is speaking at any time via the smart card." At the same time the Lync video conferencing facility can also be used for other meetings and events hosted in the chamber (although not the formal council meetings). Sound Advice had worked closely with Jeremy Luckett and Wiltshire Council's ICT team, to create this single structured system, which can be shared by all public sector agencies, knowing that once set up the RCF Forum 9000 would run automatically. "Jeremy had some innovative ideas," acknowledged Hunnisett. "As for RCF, they have a proven track record of camera follow and webcasting, and we can pipe AV between the chamber and remote viewer bi-directionally over the internet. It's highly cost-effective." Hunnisett describes the RCF software as the most intuitive and customisable on the market. "With councils unable to employ the personnel necessary to run camera follow, voting and agenda separately, the fact this can now be done with one easy-to-operate button on the Forum 9000, with a large amount of automation available behind it, is perfect — both from an operational and cost perspective." RCF's flagship system controls four dome cameras — one fixed and three pan/tilt/zoom — in Trowbridge. Designed to meet the IEC 60914 standard, up to 240 FMS 9411-S consoles can be connected to the main FMU 9100 unit in this expandable system. At the same time, Hunnisett observes that aside from the superior audio quality of the Forum 9000 "the electronic voting system in the chamber can cut meeting times down by at least half an hour when compared to the old manual hand count." Another feature is that the RCF system has also helped make the chamber paperless. Each station is designed so that the mic console is raised on a bracket and the councillors' tablets can be neatly tucked under it. Running a modern.gov Democratic Services System App on their iPads, agendas, minutes and reports can be automatically downloaded to an individual's computer, and integrated with webcasting. Summing up, Jeremy Luckett states, "We have succeeded in enabling this excellent system in an extremely cost-effective manner.The Forum 9000 provides far more than just a push and talk set-up, and we get a lot for our money. All the meeting facilities are now fully utilised and in addition to webcasting, it has helped us with staff training." The Chamber install forms part of a bigger package of innovative AV technology that Luckett has delivered for Wiltshire Council, covering meeting room booking, presentation equipment, digital signage and video conferencing. As for the Forum 9000 this continues to help Sound Advice win a large percentage of tenders. "It hits the price point, is easy to operate straight out of the box, it's flexible, cost effective and interacts with other systems … and all over a single CAT5 cable," says Jon Hunnisett. Finally, in addition to its local authority applications, the Forum 9000's Simultaneous Interpretation features have also been used to good effect by Sound Advice at the University of Ireland School of Languages in Galway (among other establishments). In order to accommodate a course for Interpreters specializing in Gaelic, Sound Advice designed and installed the suite that provides 12 interpreters stations with 12 delegates units and a teacher's master station, all digitally recorded. Mehr lesen Event RCF launches new M Digital Mixers at Prolight + Sound 2015 Come and visit RCF at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, where we will present the brand new M Digital Mixers. Some notable features of our M18 and M08 Mixers include 2 contemporary amp modelings, integrated dual band Wi-Fi and premium reverbs. Your music has never sounded better. Where: Hall 8, stand G70 When: everyday from April 15th to 18th (presentation & live demo of M Digital Mixers: 10 am, noon, 2 pm, 4 pm) We look forward to meeting you! Mehr lesen Installation RCF powers Konya Torku Arena When Konya was under consideration as one of the host cities for a future European Championships to be held in Turkey, construction of a brand new UEFA-compliant stadium was proposed. While original plans set a capacity of around 33,000 seats, this was later upgraded to 42,276 seats — divided over two tiers, with an additional 50 VIP boxes — and the new facility, based in Selçuklu, will now provide the club Konyaspor KR with a state-of-the-art stadium for home matches. Asimetrik, the Turkish-based distributors and AV system integrators, were awarded the contract to provide a network-based professional grandstand PA system, as well as broadcast infrastructure system, not only compatible with UEFA requirements (but also FIFA and IAFF). They also designed and supplied a PA/VA emergency evacuation system, C.I.S. infrastructure as well as full conference and visual presentation tools for conference, press and meeting rooms. All design, supply, installation and commissioning were undertaken by Asimetrik, who turned to RCF's Acustica H Series as their primary sound source. To ensure such seamless acoustic design and installation, Asimetrik worked alongside main contractor, Saridaglar Construction Company and engineers from the Konya Municipality from the very beginning to design a seamless acoustic environment. Led by their project manager, Burak Bayrak, they designed a number of unique solutions, using EASE Simulations to visualise the optimum distribution of sound to the seating areas, using the predictive software to set correct splay angles of the RCF loudspeakers and predict the performance with absolute precision. Turker Baran, Asimetrik's Acoustical Design Engineer, and Burak Bayrak knew that the RCF solution was a proven model, having been inspired by the installation at Juventus Stadium in Torino. "The H Series is also a perfect fit for this stadium — in terms of both power and dispersion," says Mr. Bayrak. "RCF's technical project team partnered us to design the system for Konya. RCF is a unique and well-established brand with a very strong history, and as a partner for 14 years we are delighted to be their distributor." RCF Acustica H1315 WP loudspeakers were used for the network-based professional grandstand address system. Asimetrik specified 96 pieces of RCF Acustica H1315 WP loudspeakers, a three-way full range loudspeaker that incorporates a 15in LF transducer, a 10in cone MF transducer and 1.4in exit titanium compression driver. These are mounted in double clusters across 48 rigging points, with a 12-metre distance between each cluster. But installing the speakers on the catwalks had been something of a challenge. "We worked in coordination with the roof design officials to ensure safe installation and weight distribution, and we installed the clusters beneath the catwalk," continues Mr. Bayrak. The stadium exceeds the minimally required SPL set out by UEFA. Burak Bayrak stressed, "Our standard is based on the UEFA 2020 criteria for this stadium. Konya Torku Arena has an STI value of 0.8 — which is an excellent speech transmission index value. After installation, NTI Audio XL2 Hand Analyzer (IEC 61672-1 Electroacoustics), NTI Audio Minirator MR-Pro Tone Generator, NTI Audio MA220 Type 1 Measurement Microphone and Norsonic type 1251 Sound Calibrator products were used for measurements and calibration. The solution Asimetrik designed also included RCF loudspeakers for the main sound system, meeting rooms, and press room. Every audio product was carefully selected as being best fit for purpose, and for ease-of-use in multi-purpose situations. Finally, to meet the UEFA specified media requirement, hybrid fibre cables, HD signal transmission cables, and digital audio cables were used along with an industry standard network audio infrastructure to control, process and distribute the sound. This also allowed Asimetrik to connect the main bowl system and PA/VA together, and have the stadium covered on a single site-wide network. "Designing a system which is fully compliant with UEFA standards was very complex, but the RCF products were exactly what we needed to make it work," concludes Mr. Bayrak. "The RCF H1315 sounds quality is superb and the system is extremely compact as well. A number of matches have already been played and we have had very positive feedback." "Uniting audiences with stimulating and high quality sound is a careful process especially at stadiums that are designed to be compliant with UEFA standards," emphasises Gorkem Celikbilek, VP of Asimetrik. "The process incorporates a combination of experience and an obsessive attention to detail. We truly understand of the importance of sound quality. Our highly experienced team expertly analysed the properties of each space and we are extremely happy with the results." Mehr lesen Event RCF's HDL10-A makes its mark with Panache When Dave Ong set up Panache Audio Systems in Rochester, Kent, 17 years ago, RCF was one of the first brands he invested in. He had run RCF rigs in his previous life as a DJ, and today — with his wide roster of production work complementing installation projects in the educational sector, he has recently invested again. This time Panache has added eight elements of HDL10-A, the electronically processed, scaled down version of RCF's groundbreaking HDL20-A active line array. And as an experienced sound engineer, he knew that by adding six of RCF's SUB8004-AS (single 18in) enclosures he could create a cardioid broadside array to steer the low frequencies exactly where required in any situation. Ong explains, "I had been looking for a mid-sized PA for sometime but there was just nothing suitable. The HDL20-A was a great box, but a bit too big for our purpose. But then the HDL10-A came out, which ticks all the boxes and fits into the price bracket." Housed in a stylish composite cabinet, this compact system is notable for its purpose designed transducers, 1400W peak power amplifier and DSP controlled input section (with selectable presets). "It's a great system and I'm really enjoying using it," states Dave Ong. "In fact it's out on duty all the time". "Because RCF make their own drivers the sound is incredibly hi-fi: people talk about the clean clinical top end is and how they can hear the separation and definition in the instruments. "It's also extremely powerful. In fact we've been using it in situations where we would previously have used our main large-scale PA system!" Finally, he confirms, it's an easy system to ground-stack or fly. "The way all the boxes link together with the built in bracketry is really straightforward and we can simply wheel in four cells at a time on the dollies, straight into position". Dave Ong also gives himself even greater control by splitting the system, using a two-way analogue crossover to enable him to lift the bottom end via a separate aux in the mixing console. "That way, we get even more versatility," he says. And so the system joins a hire stock which also includes RCF's big-selling ART series loudspeakers and P1108-T, weatherproof, wide dispersion and high quality 100V line system, popular at the annual 'Winter Wonderland' ice rinks. Speaking of versatility, Panache Audio Systems also operate two outdoor mobile stage units, providing the client with a complete concert package, while Dave Ong also conducts regular workshops "to get kids interested in production at an early stage". Future RCF users perhaps? Mehr lesen Event Triacs GmbH erweitert RCF-Bestand Die in Föhren bei Trier ansässige Firma Triacs GmbH zählt mit mehr als 25 Festangestellten und über 1.000 Veranstaltungen pro Jahr zu den führenden Event-Dienstleistern im Südwesten Deutschlands. Im Zuge des kontinuierlichen Wachstums wurde der Bestand an Pro-Audio Produkten der RCF High Definition Touring + Theatre (TT+) Serie auf nahezu 100 Lautsprecher deutlich erhöht. Dabei wurden die TT+ Line-Array Systeme TTL33-AII/ TTS36-A, TTS18-A sowie die komplette Range an Zwei-Wege Systemen TT 052-A,TT1-A, TT2-A und TT5-A bis hin zum Bühnenmonitor TT25-SMA angeschafft. Udo Treimetten und Mario Esch, Geschäftsführer der Triacs GmbH sowie Kai Becker Abteilungsleiter Pro Audio dazu: "Wir haben uns entschlossen den Bestand an Produkten des Herstellers RCF als weitere Pro Audio Marke in unserem Hause deutlich zu erweitern. Entscheidende Punkte dafür waren die gute Audioperformance und Verarbeitung der Systeme. Alle Lautsprecher sind Aktiv und beinhalten neben DSP und Amp auch RD-Net-Netzwerkkarten und sind somit auch in großen Beschallungssystemen individuell und flexibel steuer- und kontrollierbar. Die RCF-Produkte ermöglichen es uns durch Ihr sehr gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis unseren Kunden das komplette Spektrum an Audiowerkzeugen zu sehr interessanten Preisen zur Verfügung zu stellen. Dies ist im heutigen Rental-Business extrem wichtig, um wirtschaftlich arbeiten zu können. Nicht weniger wichtig für uns war auch der sehr gute und reaktionsschnelle Service aus Köln." Dazu Arne Deters, Geschäftsführer dBTechnologies Deutschland, RCF-Vertrieb in Deutschland: "Die Firma Triacs ist für uns seit Jahren ein wichtiger Partner. Beide stehen wir an einem ähnlichen Punkt der Entwicklung. Stetiges gesundes Wachstum und einen ausgezeichneten Namen zeichnen beide Unternehmen aus. Wir freuen uns mit Triacs einen weiteren großen User in unserem TT+ Netzwerk begrüßen zu können." Mehr lesen Installation G-SOUND EQUIPS NEW AUDI ARENA GYÖR WITH RCF C SERIES The new Audi Arena Györ, described as "the newest and most modern hall in Hungary", has been equipped with a major RCF system. According to the Italian company's Hungarian distributor, Chromasound Ltd, this 5,500 capacity multifunctional sports hall is without comparison when it comes to speech intelligibility — thanks largely to the work undertaken by their integration partner, G-Sound Ltd. Jozsef Gricz was their system designer, working in cooperation with Laszlo Suto, and they specified 40 Acustica C5212-96 two way full range enclosures, with narrow 90° x 60° coverage pattern. These surround the sports field on all four sides in 20 clusters of two, hung from above. The speakers are faced on the upper (fixed) and lower (mobile) part of the audience area — with the underneath enclosures installed horizontally with rotated horns, on unique designed certified consoles. Said G-Sound's Jozsef Gricz "We've defined the distances from the seats and between the clusters, taking into account the horn opening angles, to ensure that this met our requirements." The 20 clusters are divided into eight zones, with the upper and lower speakers managed independently. The system is optimised via two dedicated RCF DX 4008 4-in/8-out digital loudspeaker management system, feeding 16 outputs. An amplification room is stationed in each of the four corners, with each position housing five IPS 3700 amps, RCF's powerful 2-channel amplifier. The speakers are always driven from the closest amp rack to minimise cable losses (and compensate for other issues). In addition to the installed and mobile PA for the arena, G-Sound Ltd also provided the entertainment system for the VIP areas and the multizone public address system. Chromasound project manager Imre Makkay was supported by Andor Furjes (of aQrate Ltd), who masterminded the acoustic design of the Arena and assisted with control measurements. Explained the former, "The sound system was designed to deliver good tonality and goes sufficiently deep to fulfill the musical requirements on its own, or alternatively it can be matched with additional subwoofers, if extra low end is required." The Speech Transmission Index (STI) target was 0.5 with the arena full. At the first test, the Index's average was measured as STIPA 0.51 in the worst conditions (all zones, but in an empty arena), and STIPA 0.68 with just one zone on (the arena still empty). "Of course, these values will improve when there is an audience," notes Jozsef Gricz, " and we are happy that we have met our target." "The system can produce 98 dB LAeq and 113 dB LC peak levels at the listener positions, so it has enough headroom over the background noise." "The overall frequency response is extremely flat (within ±3 dB from 50 Hz to 16 kHz), and the biggest difference is less than 12 dB on a specified frequency. So every spoken word and every sung note can reach its destination with complete clarity." He added, "Our main goal was to cover all seating with the same sound quality with the sound projected only where we want it to be. In real life the specifications have been verified, and the system delivers smooth transition between the different coverage areas." He added that different presets had been stored in the DSP, both with and without the use of the lower speaker, for when the mobile seats are not in use. The public address system was also created from RCF loudspeakers and electronics ( ZM2100 system with UP series amplifiers, MQ80P, DP4, HD210T, PL60 speakers) with the public concourse and corridor areas, as well as changing rooms, divided for 10 zones. Its function is to broadcast the same music programme as in the Arena, and to make some calls for team players. The Arena sound is also fed to the VIP area, where G-Sound Ltd has installed RCF Media Series with local sources (RCF MS1033), mixing (RCF L-Pad series) and amplification (RCF IPS 700 series). Feeds to the system include announcers' mics, interval music from playback devices and live music. There is a technical room where all the source selection, mixing (via Yamaha LS9-16) and routing take place. This can be fed by a mobile Dante stage box from several locations on the field and in the stands when a live The new system made its debut in November at the Women's EHF Handball Championships where Chromasound reports that everything worked perfectly. The company has worked with RCF for the past four years. Summing up, Jozsef Gricz said, "It was a pleasure to work with Acustica series horns. In relation to the sound system there is no other comparable sports or multifunctional hall in Hungary that gives you the same audio experience from an installed sound system. Everybody wants to see and hear what has been achieved up in Györ". Mehr lesen Corporate Statement about copies of RCF transducers in China RCF strengthens its efforts in preventing manufacturers to use copies of RCF transducers. The RCF reputation of good quality and reliable products is at risk due to the widespread copies of our transducers. It was discovered by our distributor of transducers, LDH Audio, that a direct Chinese OEM customer of RCF used copies, for that we implemented counter measures. I. Verification of RCF serial numbers RCF serial number can be verified on our web site in the section of "Products", then "Product Registration" II. Registration of products Once a product is registered (please follow the steps described in the product registration) and you verify the serial number, you will get the message that this product has been registered already. This will avoid using existing RCF serial numbers by other parties. III. 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After yet another school shooting in the United States, the 19th this year, Pat Buchanan wrote a brilliant analysis. The following is a quote from his article, posted this morning.
"Another factor helps to explain what happened Wednesday: We are a formerly Christian society in an advanced state of decomposition.
"Nikolas Cruz was a product of broken families. He was adopted. Both adoptive parents had died. Where did he get his ideas of right and wrong, good and evil? Before the Death of God and repeal of the Ten Commandments, in those dark old days, the 1950s, atrocities common now were almost nonexistent. ("The Motives behind the massacre," Pat Buchanan, 2/16)
Deuteronomy 28 is the classic Bible chapter that should help us all think. In summary, what it says is that the more we obey God, the greater our society will be; the more we turn away from God, the worse it will become. As Mr. Buchanan points out, "before the death of God and repeal of the Ten Commandments, in those dark old days, the 1950s, atrocities common now were almost nonexistent."
It's not just that US schools are unsafe, it's clear to the rest of the world that America is a very violent country, with a governmental system that doesn't work any more. As one writer put it, the US has an eighteenth century constitution in a twenty first century world.
Most countries already have a bad impression of the current US president. But, when Mr. Trump spoke following the shootings and talked about mental illness, that impression only worsened. Mental illness was (and usually is) a major factor, but what differentiates America from other western countries is easy access to weapons. Even the mentally ill can walk into a gun dealer and buy an assault rifle!
Parkland will not be the last school mass shooting.
Sheikh "Abu Qusay" delivered a Friday sermon in Jerusalem, in which he said:
"Oh dweller of the White House, let me tell you, from the pulpit of the Prophet Muhammad, that this is the promise of Allah and His Messenger: Jerusalem is the heart of the land of Islam. We will storm your White House, stomp on your head, kill your soldiers, and capture your land. This is the promise of the Prophet Muhammad." The sermon was posted to the internet on December 22nd. (MEMRI)
Nervous Rex? Tillerson in Turkey
The war in Syria has already tested and destroyed many alliances. Turkey's relationship with America may be next. Having launched one army offensive against Kurdish insurgents in north-west Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government says it will soon order another, this time in the north-east. There, the militants are flanked by American troops, who are supporting them in their fight against Islamic State. It will be up to America's secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, who arrives in Turkey today, to calm nerves and prevent the diplomatic row between the two NATO allies from exploding into an armed one. That will not be easy. After an American general warned that his forces would retaliate against any attack on their positions inside the Kurdish strongholds, Mr Erdogan said the United States "had clearly never received an Ottoman slap." Slap or no slap, Mr. Tillerson's ears will be ringing by the time he gets back to Washington. (Economist, 2/15)
German government plans massive military expansion in Iraq By Johannes Stern, 13 February 2018
The new grand coalition in Germany is planning a massive expansion of the German army (Bundeswehr) mission in Iraq.
This was announced by Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) in the course of her trip to the Middle East last weekend. Von der Leyen praised Germany's cooperation with the Peshmerga [Kurdish military forces] during her visit to Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in northern Iraq. The Bundeswehr has been arming and militarily supporting the Kurdish force for three and a half years. It was "impressive to see the great success of the Peshmerga training mission," she said, thanking "Bundeswehr soldiers" on the spot. Von der Leyen then announced that in future the Bundeswehr would be deployed throughout Iraq.
There will be "another mandate," she said, "a mandate with a new balance … between Baghdad and Erbil on equal terms on both sides." The defense minister made no concrete statements about the planned operation, but left no doubt she envisaged a long-term military engagement throughout Iraq. "Both in Kurdistan, as well as in the central government in Baghdad," there is "a request above all to help in the implementation of reforms, in the construction of ministry structures," the minister said. In Erbil, for example, "the construction of an entire sanitary unit is necessary," but this also involved "of course the entire planning, organisation, recruitment and training." There is also "considerable demand" for logistics. Germany wanted to "make its contribution" to provide Iraq with "independent, loyal operational forces for the long term."
The Socialist Equality Party rejects the coalition pact, which focuses on the return of Germany to an aggressive foreign and great power policy, and calls for the disclosure of all the talks. Under conditions of escalating warfare in Syria and Iraq, and US preparations for war against North Korea, which threaten to provoke a Third World War, this demand, along with the demand for new elections, is becoming increasingly urgent.
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Hamas, Palestinian Factions In Response To Israel's Airstrikes In Syria: 'Any Israeli Attack, On Any Front, Will Be Answered With A Comprehensive War On All Fronts' (MEMRI 2/15)
Macron Vows to Reform Islam in France
"It is time to bring in a new generation"
by Soeren Kern, February 13, 2018 at 5:00 am
- The overall objective of President Macron's plan is to ensure that French law takes precedence over Islamic law for Muslims living in the country.
- The plan, as currently conceived, is vague and short on details, but appears to involve three broad pillars: determining who will represent Muslims in France; delineating how Islam in France will be financed; and defining how imams in France will be trained.
- "It is time to bring in a new generation. We have seen fifteen years of debate to defend the interests of foreign states." — Hakim el-Karoui, a French-Tunisian expert on Islam who is advising Macron on the reforms. (Gatestone)
A New Élysée Treaty – Berlin and Paris are seeking a "new Élysée Treaty." On the 55th anniversary of the original 1963 Élysée Treaty, in which the Federal Republic of Germany and France committed themselves to hold "consultations" on major political issues, Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron announced the drafting of a new treaty aimed at "deepening" cooperation between the two countries and "strengthening" the EU. In a declaration, the parliaments of both countries called for harmonizing almost the "complete range of policy issues." This would amount to massively enhancing the "German-French axis."
Transatlantic Rivals
(Own report) – In Washington serious warnings are being raised against an independent German-European military policy aimed at weakening NATO. The militarization of the EU is being supported as long as "it is complimentary to NATO," a senior Pentagon official was quoted. However, Washington would intervene if Berlin and the EU were to pull military resources away from NATO and use them for their own wars. This statement was made in light of the NATO defense ministers' meeting that begins today, which will include a decision on the establishment of two new NATO headquarters. One will be established in the United States, to secure the military supply routes from North America over the Atlantic to Europe. A second will be established in Germany, to optimize rapid redeployments of West European troops eastwards across the continent. At the current stage of planning, this will be under German sovereignty and available also for use outside of the NATO framework.
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Despite its loss in U.S. trade court against Bombardier, Boeing believes 2018 will be a turning point in its lengthy WTO challenge to Airbus over government subsidies. The threat of hefty tariffs could redraw the playing field — or trigger a trade war among traditional allies. (Dominic Gates,The Seattle Times 2/10)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday rejected the sale of the Chicago Stock Exchange to a group that would have included Chinese investors, capping a two-year battle over a deal that sparked political opposition in Congress, reports the WSJ's Dave Michaels. (2/16)
Some like it hot: America's economy
The White House will announce its infrastructure plan today. It is expected to call for $200bn more in government spending to encourage private investment, hoping for a total of $1.5trn towards spending on roads, bridges, ports and more. Were Congress to pass such a plan without cutting spending elsewhere, it would be the third recent salvo of fiscal stimulus. Last week lawmakers passed a budget that will raise spending by $143bn (0.7% of GDP) this year; in December President Donald Trump signed into law tax cuts worth about $280bn in 2019. America's budget deficit will probably reach $1trn (5% of GDP) that year. All this will stimulate an already hot economy. Unemployment is just 4.1%, and real-time estimates of GDP growth in the first quarter of 2018 are as high as 4%. The natural question is: when will inflation take off? This strangely timed fiscal experiment will reveal the answer. (Economist Espresso, 2/12)
China, Maldives: Beijing's Boats Send a Message to India — China's increased military presence in the Indian Ocean gives the country more options to respond to the crisis in the Maldives, in addition to challenging New Delhi's influence in the region. (Stratfor, 2/16)
Finally, Mo Ibrahim has found an African president worthy of the $5 million prize the Sudanese billionaire offered to any leader who would step down after losing an election. The prize goes to Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. It's been eleven years since the prize was established. "Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took the helm of Liberia when it was completely destroyed by civil war and led a process of reconciliation that focused on building a nation and its democratic institution," said the head of the prize committee.
Liberia's gross domestic product was only $550 million when Mrs. Sirleaf became president in 2005. At the end of her tenure in office it had increased to $2.1 billion. (Wall Street Journal, 2/14)
Can charities be truly bad? It seems perverse to say that they are, but the Oxfam abuse scandal has revealed a sinister side to international aid — and about time, too. In our cover package this week, Harriet Sergeant argues that, in Africa and elsewhere, NGOs often do more harm than good. Mary Wakefield, meanwhile, who wrote about rapist aid workers in the magazine a fortnight ago, well before the Oxfam story broke, asks why polite society prefers to ignore scandals which relate to organisations that people want to believe are good. (The Spectator, UK, 2/15)
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Orders placed with U.S. factories fell in August by the most in more than three years, signaling that slowdowns in business investment and exports restrained the economic expansion.
The 5.2 percent decrease in bookings was the biggest since January 2009 and followed a revised 2.6 percent increase in July, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. The median forecast of economists in a Bloomberg News survey called for a decline of 5.9 percent. Demand for durable goods dropped 13.2 percent, the same as reported last week, while shipments of non-durables, which includes such things as petroleum and chemicals and often reflect swings in price, climbed 2.2 percent.
Factories are feeling the effects of Europe's debt crisis and a slowdown in China and other Asian markets. In the U.S., concerns about a fiscal cliff of tax increases and government spending cuts set for January also are putting the brakes on business investment, which has been a mainstay of the expansion.
"These data indicate that the recent softness in manufacturing activity and capital spending is likely to continue, at least for several more months," Steven Wood, president of Insight Economics LLC in Danville, California, said in a note to clients.
Economists' forecasts in the Bloomberg survey ranged from declines of 1.2 percent to 8 percent.
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The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance payments rose last week, highlighting an uneven improvement in the labor market, figures from the Labor Department also showed today. Applications for jobless benefits increased 4,000 to 367,000 in the week ended Sept. 29. Economists forecast 370,000 claims, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. The prior week's reading was the lowest in two months.
Stocks held earlier gains after the reports. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 0.7 percent to 1,461.33 at 10:32 a.m. in New York as investors awaited tomorrow's employment data for September.
The drop in factory orders was paced by a 101.8 percent plunge in demand for commercial aircraft, the same as reported last week, and a 3.4 percent drop in computers and electrical equipment, today's Commerce Department report showed.
Excluding the volatile transportation category, factory orders increased 0.7 percent in August for a second month.
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Orders for durable goods represent demand for items made to last at least three years and make up more than half of total factory bookings. The increase in demand for non-durable goods, the only part of today's report that hasn't been previously reported, reflected a 6.9 percent gain in petroleum and coal products and an 11.8 percent jump in tobacco.
Orders for capital goods excluding aircraft and military equipment, a measure of future business investment increased 1.1 percent, the same as reported last week and following declines of 5.6 percent and 2.7 percent in the prior two months. Shipments of those goods, which are used in calculating gross domestic product, decreased 0.7 percent after dropping 1.6 percent in July.
Applied Materials Inc., the largest producer of chipmaking equipment, said yesterday it plans to eliminate 900 to 1,300 jobs, or 6 percent to 9 percent of its worldwide workforce.
Computer Demand
Applied Materials' customers, such as Intel Corp., are struggling with slowing orders for personal-computer components, reducing their appetite for spending on increasing output.
Micron Technology Inc., the largest U.S. maker of memory chips, last week reported a wider fourth-quarter loss and lower revenue as lackluster demand for personal computers reduced sales of components.
Another report this week indicated the slump in manufacturing may be easing. Factories unexpectedly expanded in September as orders and production improved, according to data from the Tempe, Arizona-based Institute for Supply Management.
Automakers have been one source of strength, with cars and light trucks selling at an annualized rate of 14.9 million last month, the industry's best sales since March 2008. Toyota Motor Corp. reported the biggest September gain, with sales surging 42 percent from the same time last year, more than the median estimate of economists in a Bloomberg survey. Chrysler Group LLC posted a 27 percent gain over September 2011, its 18th month of year-over-year sales growth.
Auto Sales
The U.S. averaged a 14.5 million annualized sales rate in the third quarter, the fastest since the 15.3 million pace set in 2008's first quarter, according to researcher Autodata Corp., based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
"The stiffest headwinds are uncertainty, some of which is related to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and concerns about the pace of growth here at home," Kurt McNeil, vice president of U.S. sales operations at General Motors Co., said on an Oct. 2 call with analysts. "'Still, we believe all of the factors are net positive. In other words, autos will continue to be a bright spot for the U.S. economy."
Factory inventories increased 0.6 percent in August for a second month, today's Commerce Department report showed, while shipments fell 0.3 percent, bringing the inventory-to-shipments ratio up to 1.28 months from 1.27 months.


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The Great Fairness Doctrine Panic (FDP) of 2009 continues, hurling gigabytes of fear, loathing, and speculation across the blogosphere like so much digital flotsam. Our recent story raised doubts about the likelihood that anyone on Capital Hill was serious about reviving the 22-years-dead policy. But it turns out that there are a number of people who think it's high time the Fairness Doctrine was resurrected after all.
And so, in penance, I don the personae of Andrews the prison warden, played by Brian Glover in Alien 3. "Rumor control," he soberly tells his off-world brood of sociopaths. "Here are the facts."
The Doctrine, which hasn't been in effect for two decades, required broadcasters to air a variety of viewpoints on controversial topics—hammering away all day with one point of view wasn't allowed. Given the rise of right-wing talk radio in the 1990s, conservatives fear that any new attempt to bring back the doctrine will directly target their views.
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Let's see, we've got Senator Debbie Stabinow (D-MI) calling for the Fairness Doctrine. Broadcasting and Cable reports that she's upset at the closure of a liberal radio station in Washington, and so she told radio host Bill Press that she's gung ho for fairness. "I think it's absolutely time to pass a standard. Now, whether it's called the Fairness Standard, whether it's called something else," Stabinow declared, adding that she wants hearings on the question, ASAP.
"I have already had discussions with colleagues and, you know, I feel like that's gonna happen, yep," B&C quotes her as saying. The Senator sits on the Energy, Agriculture, Finance, and Budget Committees.
Add Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), who has also declared that it's time to restore The Doctrine. Plus there's Rep. Maurice Hinchley (D-NY), who tells CNN radio that he plans to introduce some kind of bill bringing back the policy, which the FCC abandoned in 1987. "I am very much interested in reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, and I've been attempting to do it in a variety of ways in the 16 years I've been down here," Hinchley explained (not sure what "down here" means, but hopefully it refers to the House of Representatives).
In fact, everybody and their sister is weighing in on this issue now. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown appears to be pro. Camille Paglia is anti. Some Native Americans are for it. Bill Clinton says yes. But some Christians are against it.
It does seem like there are plans afoot, as evinced by a Congressional Research Service study suggesting that a revived Fairness Doctrine would face a court challenge but still might survive in some form. A CRS report usually means that somebody in Congress is interested in whatever they requested background on. But a Thomas Guide search continues to draw a blank on pro-Doctrine proposed laws with the phrases "Fairness Doctrine" or "Fairness Standard" in them. Three bills that would permanently bar the FCC from ever bringing it back have been introduced, though, by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK).
Say it ain't so!
The response to this latest outbreak of Fairness-mania has been twofold. The big media reform groups fear (with good reason) that a debate about reviving the Fairness Doctrine will overwhelm and undermine discussion about any other forms of media/telecom regulation, with a lot of suggestions that pretty much anything is Fairness Doctrinesque.
And so comes Craig Aaron of Freepress to the rescue with a piece in the Huffington Post titled "The Fairness Doctrine: Just Say No" that tells Democratic polls to focus on issues like net neutrality and media consolidation, as opposed to "blabbering about a backward-looking, politically doomed policy that never really worked and has been dead and gone for 20 years."
Plus, there's "no chance the Fairness Doctrine will come back," Aaron writes. "There's no bill to reinstate it in Congress, no public interest advocates are campaigning for it, and the netroots aren't interested. Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps doesn't want it back, and President Barack Obama is unequivocally opposed."
Say it is!
But conservatives are quick to seize upon ambiguity in any public statement a Democrat makes on this issue, such as Obama administration advisor David Axelrod's Sunday briefing with Fox News. "I'm going to leave that issue to Julius Genachowski, our new head of the FCC, and the President to discuss. So I don't have an answer for you now," Axelrod declared in a response to a question about the Fairness question.
"It would have been so easy for Axelrod to have given a straight answer on this issue," sarcastically warns P.J. Gladnick of Newsbusters. "However, don't worry. Craig Aaron has absolutely assured us that the always truthful Barack Obama, who would never ever dream of fibbing, has 'unequivocally stated' that he opposes reimposing the Fairness Doctrine."
Advice is now being freely given on what the Democrats should do. "If Obama's position on the Fairness Doctrine is the same as during the campaign—and I have no reason to believe it isn't—stating that clearly would quickly silence a lot of conservative critics who assume the Democratic president is going to push to reinstate the defunct policy," recommends Michael Calderone of Politico.com.
In fact, everybody and their sister is weighing in on this issue now. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown appears to be pro. Camille Paglia is anti. Some Native Americans are for it. Bill Clinton says yes. But some Christians are against it.
Given the way media outlets have exploded in ways previously unimaginable since the Fairness Doctrine last saw the light of day, there's really not much reason to resurrect it at this point in time. Despite pockets of support, it doesn't seem like there's really that much backing for it in either the White House or Congress. Stranger things have happened, however.


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MIAMI -- Udonis Haslem is now the leading rebounder in Miami Heat history.
Haslem's second rebound on Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks was the 4,808th of his career, one more than Alonzo Mourning grabbed in his tenure with the Heat.
Haslem has spent all 10 of his pro seasons in Miami, and is the first undrafted player to lead an NBA franchise in total rebounds. Among undrafted players in NBA history, only Moses Malone, Ben Wallace and Brad Miller have more rebounds than Haslem, a native of Miami.
The Heat prepared an in-game video to commemorate Haslem's record. He reached the mark in his 606th career game, which is also a franchise record, one ahead of Heat co-captain Dwyane Wade.


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The 13-year-old boy who managed to escape police custody is back behind bars after his mother turned him over to U.S. Marshals. The teen, who was only identified as Jericho W., had been held in the Cumberland Regional Juvenile Detention Center since October 14 on charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Jericho managed to escape from social services' custody following an appearance at Robeson County Courthouse in Lumberton, North Carolina. He was wearing leg restraints and did not have any shoes but was able to evade authorities' attempts to capture him. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety decided to release his photo despite the fact he is a juvenile because there was "a high degree of concern for the safety of both the juvenile and the public."
Jericho ran towards nearby train tracks and followed them to his uncle's house. He managed to removed the leg shackles and spent the night hiding in the woods. When he arrived, his uncle, Wayne Lambert, allowed him to take a shower and get cleaned up before calling the U.S. Marshals Service. Once he had put on a change of clothes, his mother, Nikki Jacobs, drove him to their office, and he was taken back into custody.
"I just thank God that he came home to me, and I was the one that could put my hands on him before the officials did, or anybody else would hurt this child because he's not a very bad kid," Lambert told WRAL reporter Julian Grace. "He's a respectful child."
Lambert said the boy did not want to go back to jail, but he convinced him it was the right thing to do.
"When I seen him, I said, 'Baby, you know what we got to do.' He said, 'Daddy, I don't want to go back.' I said, 'I know you don't, baby, and daddy don't want to take you back, but you're going to have to go.' I said, 'Do you understand me?' He said, 'Yes, sir.'"


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Well, the school term is finally, officially over, I've submitted my last essay exam, and now I am free and clear as a bird, almost. I'm at least free and clear enough that I can catch up on some of the Odin and/or Deity questions that have accrued while i've been battling through finals the last two weeks. As I know i've noted before, I'm really enjoying the questions that are coming in. I think these are conversations we need to be having. Moreover, I"m forced to really engage with my own practice, and think and analyze what I do and how i approach my practice much more consciously and I think that's a good thing. Nothing in devotion should ever become so rote that we forget why we're doing it!
I have a particularly thought-provoking question today, not just about Odin but about the way relationships between Gods and humanity work. I'm not sure there's any one, all around, always correct answer, but I'll speak from my own observations and experience both as a devotee and godatheow, and also as someone who has served as a priest and teacher for twenty years. I'll speak to the absolutes that I know in my own life to be true. They're mine. Hopefully they'll prove useful and serve as a guide for some of you, my readers. If however, what the Gods and ancestors are asking of you varies significantly from what I write, go with it. Your relationship with your Gods and dead is *your* relationship with your Gods and dead and each aspect of that engagement will be unique to you. So please don't let what i write, limit how you go to Them.
So that being said, let's get down to the questions. Today, M. asks:
In pagan circles I hear again and again that the gods need us and we to the gods. In what sense? Can you explain this relationship?
M. thank you for this question. it's a good one and i've been sitting with it for a few days now since you sent it. I want to thank you for challenging me to come up with an answer, and for sharing some of your own struggles. Also, I want to let you know right now, that in answering your question, I'm using it as a springboard to discuss something tangential but still (i believe) deeply relevant to polytheistic praxis and how we relate to the Gods, and I want you to know up front, when I grow a bit terse, it's not directed toward you at all. It's a response to some of the issues, that seem utterly incomprehensible to me, that are currently cropping up across communities. Your question was a good one, an honest one, and i'm happy to answer it but I might get a bit strident toward the end. That has nothing to do with you or what you asked. That being said, let me give it a go.
I believe that there is meant to be a balance to things, a harmony of interaction. There is a structure, a flow that constitutes right relationship and it's impossible to be truly in right relationship with the world around us and our ancestors (who are ancestors but are also here and now in the world around us working for us and walking with us, relatives who just happen to be non-corporeal) when we're not also in right relationship with the Gods. Now *what* that right relationship looks like may well be different for every person. I can't speak to how it's going to manifest or what it's going to look like; that's between each devotee and his or her Deities. What i can speak to is the goodness and rightness of engagement, and its necessity.
Right service, consistent offerings, joyful sacrifices these things are the language by which we communicate with our Gods, by which we build and maintain the threads of devotion that bind our world to Theirs. That's what devotion is at its heart: an ongoing conversation with the Gods. It's a means of communicating with Them, and of opening doors into our lives through which They can peek and reach and work. Proper offerings, proper celebration, prayer, ritual and all of the practices that nourish and fulfill us in our devotional urges, make sure that metaphorical door remains open and clean and welcome. Moreover, these things -- especially sacrifice--provide the Gods with the energy, the raw material by which They may better act in this world on our behalf. Perhaps think of it in terms of currency exchange. The exchange itself is a necessary filter rendering the energy of the Holy Powers into something safely transmitted into our oh so fragile human world. The protocols of sacrifice and ritual, offerings, and prayers are, in a way, the technology that allows that transfer to occur.
Besides, lest we think of right relationship as nothing more than a mercenary exchange, on a far, far more important note, let's be clear: we are not at the top of the cosmological food chain. We are not the apex predators of the universe. Whether we like to acknowledge it or not there are Beings out there that are bigger, older, and greater than we, and our job, our sacred task, our place in the hierarchy of life is to bow our heads and get on with the gift of devotion. It's spiritual lifeblood. There's a debate going on in various segments of the community over whether or not honoring fictional characters as ancestral heroes is valid (something that appalls me that I even have to write, mind you. I mean who argues this? Who is so disconnected from the idea of the holy that elevating fictional characters to equal status with Gods and ancestors seems correct behavior? To me, this is an indicator of a tremendous sickness and imbalance in our culture.). You can catch up on the debate here: http://krasskova.weebly.com/1/post/2013/05/heroes-vs-superheroes.html and here: http://thehouseofvines.com/2013/05/15/kapow/ and here: http://witchesandpagans.com/Pagan-Paths-Blogs/making-light-of-superhero-worship.html and here: http://thehouseofvines.com/2013/05/17/we-bleed-ink/. Each of these posts provides links to other blogs and articles discussing both sides of the issue. The comments in each are well worth reading as well.
I'm going to go off on a tear for a moment, and i might get a little peppery so I hope you'll trust me when I say it's relevant to your question. Religion is not fandom. Devotion is not equivalent to writing a fanfiction and fictional characters are not ancestors or Gods. That the polytheistic community is even having this discussion -- and quite heatedly too--argues for such a paucity of connection, engagement, and devotion, such a new age influenced cultus of the self, such disconnection and need for self-aggrandizement that I really, truly hardly know where to begin.
I think for starters I'll go with "we do not invent the Gods.'
This article http://dreamsbeforeflowers.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/j-is-for-justification-for-being-shitty/ talks about the idea of entity creation and the power of the human mind/imagination to create non-corporeal beings. Yes. Thoughtforms are real or can become so. As a magician, I'll give you that one. They are not however, Gods. I think there is a real discomfort in large swaths of the community with the idea of the Holy Powers as elder, independent, sentient Beings over which we have no control. I think there is a real discomfort with the idea that we may have come from Them rather than the other way around. You know what else I think? I think it's high time we got over ourselves and grew the hell up. Religion is not fanfiction gone wild. Deal with it.
Part of what's going on, you know, with this fixation and fandom is that too many Pagans today are coming from a place of attention seeking. Their whole ritual praxis, their whole notion of the Gods is solely about making them feel better and buffering already overly sensitive and insecure egos. (Much of this, I might add, maybe laid at the feet of the New Age Self help movements, which have leaked wholesale into contemporary Paganism). The whole tumblr community of erstwhile Loki's wives is a perfect example. Any time i look at someone's practice and see everything being about them and their needs, their emotions, their drama I pause. Because that's not what devotion is about. Devotion is about stepping away from our egos and giving something outside of ourselves a little attention. It's about centering our thoughts and emotions on something other than our own need to feel special. I can well see why a certain subsection of the communities equates fictional characters to their Gods and ancestors. It's easy. I mean if one can raise the pernicious droppings of one's own mind, i.e. fanfiction, or fiction as the collective outpouring of human imagination, to the status of Gods then one raises, by extension, oneself too. It goes right back to the incredible self centeredness of way too many of us in relation to the sacred.
My colleague Dver posted this: http://forestdoor.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/a-saora-shamanin/ today. It's an account of what it's like becoming a God or spirit spouse in a particular indigenous culture. Unlike what one finds on tumblr, this account, drawn from an intact indigenous practice, is grueling. It dramatically and yet succinctly highlights what I think many moderns miss when they start blathering about spirit engagement: it's not about us. It's not about us. As I commented to Dver's post: It's not about our entertainment. it's not about engaging with the sock puppets in our god damned heads so we can bolster our self esteem and garner attention from the community. It's about being taken up and taken apart and maybe if you're lucky put back together and riveted by your relationship with your Spirit Husband to some semblance of functionality because there is work to be done and it's more important than me or you or even the spirits themselves. There's work to be done and the poor schmuck taken up by the Gods is the one best suited and best wired to do it.
As Dver also says here: http://forestdoor.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/hitting-a-nerve/
"We human beings are not the center of the universe. We did not create the world, and we did not create the gods. The thing with fandoms, when it comes down to it, is that they're really more about the fans than the art. They are a social phenomenon. And therefore this sort of fandom paganism we're seeing ends up, not surprisingly, being more about the pagans than the gods.
If we are the ultimate creators of the gods, then religion, like everything else, gets to be about us! We're essentially just worshipping ourselves. Don't we do enough of that?"
You know, if i had a Desiderata of devotion, that would pretty much be it, or at least part of it anyway. I"m not sure why this is so difficult for people, but it is. The Gods are real. We did not invent Them. They would be just as real if we did not exist. That They seem to want to interact and engage with us is one of the greatest, most profound, most amazing of mysteries in the world; and they *do* want interaction. That is one of the few things that I can say with utter and complete surety. If you go to Them with an open and accepting heart, and root yourself in the discipline of devotion --whatever that means for you---then They and your ancestors will absolutely show you how to build and nourish that relationship.
Plus, why do we need to know what the Gods get out of it? That's not our place. No Deity is going to be so easily definable as we would like Them to be, because we always, inevitably attempt to control by our definitions. Gods just don't work that way. In the end, we can only say what we ourselves get out of it and that is going to differ for each and every person.
To return to your question, M, you also added a bit more about your situation:
Just two years ago I was reclaimed by Dionysus. His presence in my life was before I realized it. He recently has required more dedication from me, not only to spend the holy days, but a rigorous daily devotion. The friendly and seductive Dionysus has become a severe God who takes me beyond what is comfortable. He instructs me to do my devotions in the morning and night, regardless of whether or not I feel his presence. I do, but sometimes it's hard, because it is what I should do. But sometimes I wonder why, where does all this lead me. I feel like a tool that is being forged without knowing what it will be used.
Yes. There's nothing more that I can really say to this than yes. This is often how things go when one becomes claimed by a Deity, which is a different thing really than simply developing and maintaining a devotional relationship. It's not better or worse, but it comes with a different set of expectations and responsibilities, even obligations. These relationships, in any of their permutations, do not remain stagnant. Just like our relationships with the people in our lives, devotional relationships with Gods evolve and deepen. This is a normal part of any relationship cycle. there's a getting to know each other, a honey moon phase, if you will, and then once the devotional equivalent of limerance has worn off, the more difficult and demanding but oh so much more spiritually rewarding part of things often begins. It doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong, but means essentially that you have been taken in hand by a most glorious God and that is very, very right.
My advice would be to center yourself in the prayer and devotional practices that Dionysos is suggesting for you and try very hard not to have expectations about what your relationship with Him can and will and most of all should be. Just let it evolve and grow and trust Him to guide it and yourself to withstand the guidance.
My partner belongs to Dionysos and one of the things he told me recently about this God is that He is about change. That's a terrifying thing. I know i don't handle change well. As much as I equally dislike stagnation, I don't handle change well that I myself don't control! Yet we are not in control of our Gods and those that breathe change with Their very presence can cause our lives to unfold in amazing and unexpected ways. It can be painful too: sometimes change leads to a clearing out of old wounds, old fractures, old ways of being and that is good and necessary too. The important thing is to trust Him. That is the core piece of the devotional relationship and it's that which is strengthened and developed over time. Trust Him and do your best not to hold back.
On the other hand in my house Holda was installed as Protector of our home, and this disturbs me even more, since I've never felt an affinity for the Norse gods. Holda also requests that I make daily offerings. And if that were not enough (for me it is a lot), sometimes Odin appears, usually with messages for others, and this just baffles me. My life is changing dramatically, and sometimes I will not deny, I have fear in the same way I feel joy. Therefore I ask about how gods need us and we need them.
Fear is just part of the process. I'm not dismissing your fear out of hand, please don't think that. It really is a natural and probably inevitable part of the process though. I have it too more often than not some days. Nor can we expect to understand every part of the process as it occurs. Looking at the differences between Holda and Dionysos and having a tiny devotional practice to Both, i would posit --and i could be wrong, mind you---that devotion to Her may help ground you with a measure of stability in the human world. That's important, even for spiritworkers. As much as we may resent or resist this, we're meant to be functional in the human world (functional spiritworkers, mind you, but functional). That means we need to be grounded here at least some of the time. My gut also says that Holda has much to teach about self-care, both of yourself but also the space in which you move. Just because you don't have a strong affinity for Her now, doesn't mean that, through devotion and prayer, one might not develop. Nor will our relationship with all the Gods be the same, or feel the same. They are individuals just like we are. Some relationships might be warm and nurturing, some challenging, some ecstatic, some …well, there are a thousand upon thousand other ways a relationship might turn. For now, do your daily offerings and try not to fret.
The thing to remember with the Norse Gods --and I can't speak for other pantheons but this holds strongly true for many of the Norse---is that it's a tribal, family tradition. Honor One and sooner or later nine times out of ten His or Her kin will come calling. If you're open enough for the type of engagement you describe with both Dionysos and Holda, than you're surely open enough for Odin and He is the quintessential opportunist. All Gods, I think, are opportunists, but Odin really takes the cake there. I would suggest going to Holda for support and advice on how to best cope in the before, during, and after of those periods where He comes around. If you don't have a practice of honoring your ancestors, you may also want to start and ask them too for help. They can assist in sorting things out for you spiritually and in making sure your interactions are clean. Beyond that, be sure that you know how to center and ground because dealing with a Deity and then coming back into purely human space can be a difficult transition. I recommend "Spiritual Protection" by Sophie Reicher for the basic exercises. This is more of the technology I talked about earlier in the article that is essential to navigating not only the ways of the sacred but, for those engaged with the sacred, Midgard as well. Good luck.
Friday, 17 May 2013
I am going to be sorry when these questions and answers stop as they are food for my own practice and understanding.
Thank you all for this gift.· Natasha Kostich, Galina Krasskova and Liza likes this comment.
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There's a debate going on in various segments of the community over whether or not honoring fictional characters as ancestral heroes is valid (something that appalls me that I even have to write, mind you.
I've got to say, you and I usually don't end up on the same side of any issue, but I couldn't agree with you more on this one. Reminds me of the time I saw a web page about "Greyhawkian Wicca". Greyhawk as in the Dungeons and Dragons campaign world. And it was serious. Oy...· Danielle Aubenque and Galina Krasskova likes this comment.
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>> I think there is a real discomfort in large swaths of the community with the idea of the Holy Powers as elder, independent, sentient Beings over which we have no control. I think there is a real discomfort with the idea that we may have come from Them rather than the other way around.
I am so utterly baffled that this discomfort exists that I honestly don't know what to say...I guess maybe it's part of that reaction, for many folks, upon coming to polytheism after leaving a monotheistic religion? E.g., if they believed in an all-powerful being before over which they had no control, they come to polytheism with the idea that they don't *have* to believe that the gods are more powerful than they are, older, wiser, etc.?
For me, it was just the opposite, and one of the few good things I got from being brought up Catholic. The idea that the Christian god was all that and more than I was, was ingrained in me from a very young age, and I brought that with me when I left the Church and became pagan/polytheist. It never once occurred to me that the gods might NOT be more powerful, wiser, older, etc., or that they were the creators of the things that existed, including me. FWIW.
I know damned well I didn't invent the gods, and they did not come from me. They were here before me, they will be here long after I'm gone, and I don't have a problem with that. I'd be disappointed if it was any other way.· Galina Krasskova likes this comment.
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First let me start by saying (in case this was not abundantly clear before) I do not think the Gods are fictional characters. That said, this comment is one I want to take further: "All Gods, I think, are opportunists, but Odin really takes the cake there."
Maybe I am missing something, grossly missing something, in the debate between Gods and fandoms, but I look at things like Marvel Loki or Odin, or American Gods Wednesday and Low-key, and I do not see Gods. I *do* however see a strong fictional character that if one lingers longer enough, if they strike enough of a chord in someone that the Gods may surely take the opportunity with. NOT That I think this happens for everyone, but I do think that there are people who upon pondering a fictional character long enough found themselves face to face with a God/dess.
I don't think there is any comparison the difference, and I would be remiss to try to do the awestruck, big, immensity of a God/dess justice, but I do think that They do sometimes use whatever opening we give Them. That said, then we need to treat Them as the Gods They are, and not as fictional creations.
Perhaps this is not what the debate is about, but it does seem like it is something worth mentioning, even if it muddies the waters
Friday, 17 May 2013
For me this is pretty simple. It is about having standards, not being elitist or mean. It is about demanding respect for the Gods, Ancestors, and spirits who have touched my life.
I respect art in its place, some of which may well be divinely inspired or the Gods may use to call out to us. When I first started worshiping Thor and He visited me in waking visions He had blonde hair, and by and large still does. He uses a guise I am comfortable with because He still shows up with the blonde hair ala the comics. This is not the same as worshiping Marvel's Thor. Not at all.
Heck, if you want to put Marvel's Thor on your altar because that is easier to 'see' Thor with than His Eddic depiction of a red hair and beard I'm actually not opposed to that.
When I contemplate "Well, what about worshiping a superhero?" as a comic book fan and fan of various superheroes my mind boggles. Look at all the iterations! Which Batman will you call on? 1940's? Adam West's? Kevin Conroy's from the 90s animated series? Are you worshiping all of these iterations? What do they mean in a religious context?
Then there's the universes these characters occupy, i.e. The New 52 (latest iteration of DC's entire superhero/supervillain lineup) that takes place in a separate dimension from previous incarnations of DC's characters. With the Crisis on Infinite Earths plotline is there any point to calling to anything earlier than the New 52 reboot Batman, for instance, as some of the previous iterations of Batman are suppose to either be destroyed or were blinked out of existence or retconned out of existence?
I have too many unsatisfied questions. Perhaps someone who worships a superhero can help me out here, but my mind boggles.
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