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It's a movie script we've seen over and over: A frozen beast from the past is thawed and once awakened, wreaks havoc among modern society. Interestingly, that same storyline is unfolding in real life – somewhat -- inside scientific labs, and it has an Alaskan twist.
Researchers have carted chunks of Alaska permafrost off to California, where have learned that allowing the once frozen soil to thaw wakes up hungry microbes, according to newscientist.com, which also offered a cautionary tale. Here's an excerpt:
As the Arctic permafrost melts over the coming decades, long-frozen microorganisms will thaw out and start feasting on the soil. The first have already begun to wake up – and early signs are that they will have a major impact on how Earth's climate changes.
As the Arctic permafrost thaws, runaway global warming may ensue, because the huge amounts of organic carbon the permafrost contains will escape into the atmosphere.
The article goes on to talk about how little is known about the "permafrost ecosystem," including what the micro-mini organisms are that live there or how they interact with each other.
At a lab in Berkeley, California, researchers found that the thawed organisms at first produced a lot of methane, but then the methane levels dropped because other thawed out microbes begin feeding on the gas and converting it to carbon dioxide.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH/AP) -- Fans of sixth-ranked South Carolina and border rival North Carolina who don't have a ticket for this week's season-opening showdown will have to find their favorite gathering place to see the game.
Officials at South Carolina announced Monday that Thursday night's contest at Williams-Brice Stadium against the Tar Heels is sold out.
Tickets are already gone for home contests with Florida on Nov. 16 and Clemson on Nov. 30.
This is the first time since 2005 that three home games have sold out prior to the start of the season.
The Gamecocks are coming off an 11-2 record in 2012, the second straight year with 11 victories. North Carolina finished last season 8-4 in the debut of head coach Larry Fedora.


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The Day 3 matches were completed at the women's European Qualification Tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games on Thursday.
Turkey, in Pool A, have already qualified for the semi-finals at the tournament.
Turkey defeated Germany 3-1 on Thursday and, are the group leaders with 9 points.
In Pool A, Bulgaria defeated Croatia 3-0 on Thursday while Russia beat Serbia 3-1 in Pool B on Thursday.


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As was mentioned earlier this week that the fifth maintenance release for the K Desktop Environment was about to surface, today KDE 3.5.5 has been formally released. New in KDE 3.5.5 are notable improvements to Kopete. Some of these KDE messenger improvements are support for Adium themes, performance improvements, and better support for Yahoo and Jabber protocols. Also changed in KDE 3.5.5 is sudo in kdesu, numerous speed improvements, and KHTML (Konqueror's HTML) rendering improvements. CUPS 1.2 is also supported from KDEPrint as well as many language improvements in this release. More on KDE 3.5.5 can be found in the release announcement.
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Jack Cunningham (Armand Assante) is a righteous cop who gets framed by his co-workers, a bunch of corrupt thugs with badges. Suddenly on the wrong side of the law, Jack must recruit the help of teenager Teddy (Douglas Smith), who may be the only witness who can prove Jack's innocence. But the pressure reaches a boiling point as Jack and Teddy are hotly pursued by dirty cops who will do everything in their power to prevent the truth from getting out.
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Ever wonder why cleantech has been slow to take off?
Ok, sure. The technology is still immature. Solar cell efficiencies are relatively low and the smart grid is, well, hardly a grid. What's more, until now, energy has been relatively inexpensive.
But there is another big reason, in fact the big elephant in the room: consumer awareness.
Here's a study from Deloitte that drives home the point. Despite all the discussion of global warming and the high levels of atmospheric carbon, only 55% of U.S. consumers are astute enough to worry about their carbon footprints. More than 62% say they don't know entirely what fuels their electric companies rely on to generate electricity.
Awareness shifts with younger Generation Y consumers (ages 21 to 34). They are more inclined than their older peers to replace inefficient appliances with more modern, efficient ones, and to back the use of timer controlled household devices to better manage energy during peak use periods.
Still all is not dark and discouraging in the Deloitte study.
Oddly enough, the recession proved a useful tool for consumer energy management. Ninety percent of consumers say they are more resourceful when it comes to energy use and 68% looked to reduce their electric bills during the downturn. These steps included the obvious, easy ones of turning off lights when they were not needed and lowering thermostats in the winter and raising them in the summer. But 95% of consumers don't intend to increase their use as the economy improves.
Also encouraging is this: about two-thirds of consumers say they would be willing to pay a surcharge for power if their electric companies invested in wind and solar. Will we ever find utilities bold enough to respond without a government mandate?


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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Plays Eagle Theatre, Now thru 6/30
The classic American drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest will be performed at the Eagle Theatre, located at 208 Vine Street in Hammonton, NJ, from tonight, June 15 to June 30. The play, adapted by Dale Wasserman from the 1962 Ken Kesey novel, tells the riveting story of Randle McMurphy, who cons his way into a mental institution to avoid prison time, and proceeds to engage in a vicious clash of will with the domineering Nurse Ratched.
Audiences are likely familiar with the 1975 film, which starred Jack Nicholson and was the second film ever to win all five major Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Actor in a Lead Role. The play, though predating the cinematic masterpiece, is very similar to the film, and audiences can expect to experience the same brilliant comedy, reflection and outright rebellion that has made the film a centerpiece in the American canon.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest will run on the following dates: June 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30 at 8pm, and June 17 and 24 at 3pm at the Eagle Theatre. For tickets, visit TheEagleTheatre.com. For more information, including inquiries regarding group sales, call the Eagle Theatre at (609) 704-5012.
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"The President's health care reform package is a disaster, but that doesn't mean Congress and congressional staff should be exempted from it. Every American should be saved from this awful program together through a full repeal of Obamacare."
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Ben Zimmer looks at how we combine words to make new words.
Take our personality survey, and find out what kind of person you are.
Jenkins reflects on the Lancaster House conference on "Islam and Muslims in the World Today."
Even a quick look at the history of words meaning "break" shows how often they begin with the sound group br-. Break has cognates in several Germanic languages. The main Old Scandinavian verb was different (compare Modern Swedish bryta, Norwegian bryte, and so forth), but it, too, began with br-.
Exciting news at OUP! Jim McPherson has won the The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
Ben's Place of the Week is Huiricuta Ecological and Cultural Protected Area, Mexico.
Dan Ozzi looks at Chuck Close.
Elizabeth Beck has been kind enough to answer a few questions for OUP about her experiences with death row inmates and their families.
In the article below Beck explores the tales of two men, one who is facing imminent execution.
An excerpt from John Mullan's 'How Novels Work' to get you in the mood for summer reading.
Peter Heather tells OUP that he is a sucker for Sherlock Holmes.
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I'm in the Clovis High School Marching Band, (We're extremely good, no joke. Best in the state... And in the top three of another) and I play the Bari sax, now when I was in Sixth and Seventh (I'm in Ninth now) I played the Alto. I forgot to bring my Bari home the other day and so I decided to practice with my alto, only now its surprisingly hard to play. Does anybody know what I might check? I figured I would check to make sure it wasn't a technical problem before I went and changed the way I play. Cause I don't wanna affect my Bari Saxy playing skills.
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Dose-finding Study of MT-1303
This study has been completed.
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
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The primary objectives of the study are:
- To evaluate the effects of three oral doses of MT-1303 compared to placebo given for a period of 24 weeks in subjects with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) on MRI parameters
- To evaluate the safety and tolerability of three oral doses of MT-1303 compared to placebo given for a period of 24 weeks in subjects with RRMS.
|Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis
|Drug: MT-1303-Low Drug: MT-1303-Middle Drug: MT-1303-High Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Phase II, Multicentre, Randomised, Double-blind,Parallel Group, Placebo-controlled, Dose-finding Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Three Different Oral Doses of MT-1303 Administered for a Period of 24 Weeks in Subjects With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- The total number of MRI Gd-enhanced T1-weighted lesions [ Time Frame: Weeks 24 ]
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|January 2013
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|October 2014
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- RRMS as defined by the revised McDonald criteria
Evidence of recent MS activity defined as either:
- at least one documented relapse in the previous 12 months, OR
- a positive gadolinium (Gd)-enhanced MRI scan within 3 months prior to screening, OR
- at least two documented relapses in the previous 24 months with a positive Gd-enhanced MRI scan within the previous 12 months
- Expanded Disability Status Score (EDSS) score ≥0.0 and ≤5.5 points.
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- Primary progressive, secondary progressive or progressive relapsing MS at screening
- Disease duration >15 years combined with an EDSS score ≤2.0
- Relapse of MS during the Screening Period
- History or known presence of other neurological disorders likely to render the subject unsuitable for the study
- History of any of a list of pre-defined cardiovascular diseases
- History or known presence of any significant central nervous system, infectious, metabolic, oncological, ophthalmological or respiratory system disease or illness likely to render the subject unsuitable for the study
- Previous exposure to any sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator
- Receipt of a live vaccine or systemic corticosteroid use within 28 days prior to randomisation
- Previous treatment with beta-interferons or glatiramer acetate within 14 days prior to randomisation
- Previous treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin, plasmapheresis, certain immunosuppressants, lymphocyte-depleting therapy, total body irradiation or bone marrow transplantation
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- Evidence of significant anaemia, thrombocytopenia, leucopoenia or lymphocytopenia, renal or hepatic impairment
- Clinically significant electrocardiogram (ECG) findings.
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Kappos L, Arnold DL, Bar-Or A, Camm J, Derfuss T, Kieseier BC, Sprenger T, Greenough K, Ni P, Harada T. Safety and efficacy of amiselimod in relapsing multiple sclerosis (MOMENTUM): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2016 Oct;15(11):1148-59. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30192-2. Epub 2016 Aug 16.
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relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
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Internal Potential simulation: visualization of the internal potential computed using OpenMEEG in a 3-layer head model. A dipolar source (red cone) is located in the left hemisphere of the cortex (not represented), and the curved lines are isopotential lines. A bending of the isopotentials near the skull can be observed.


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"Hunger Games" Fans Occupy Los Angeles Premiere
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(LOS ANGELES) — With hundreds of fans already camped out around Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, The Hunger Games had its premiere Monday night.
ABC News Radio was there as the movie's stars — including Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth — got a chance to see the film and a legion of die-hards got a chance to see the stars of the anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' bestseller.
"It was totally worth it," exclaimed one fan. "Totally worth the cold fingers," said another, after getting a glimpse of the movie's stars.
Their dedication left those involved in the film slack-jawed.
"The first thought in my head is: 'Wow! They really camped out?…It's craziness," said Isabelle Fuhrman, who plays one of the movie's villains, Clove.
"Bananas," was how actress Paula Malcomson described the scene, saying it looked as if an Occupy protest had moved outside the theater.
For her part, Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson said she "admires that commitment," but can't picture camping out for any movie.
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I wish I had tea ESP. You know that feeling when you get an order in, and once you've tasted all the teas there are some you love you didn't get enough of, and some you really don't love that you now have too much of? That's what happened with me and Teavana's Heavenly sale. I should have gotten, like, a pound of this. It's heaven.
Going by other peoples' tips I decided to do this stovetop with 1 cup milk, 1 cup water and a teaspoon of sugar. Simmered for about 10 minutes the same way you would a chai, and yes, this really is like hot chocolate. Rich, decadent, with creamy caramel, toasty nuttiness and a tiny hint of salt. It's better than any hot chocolate I've had, and that's saying something because usually chocolate teas have me reaching for the hot cocoa mix with their distinct lack of richness.
This, though, is just… it's perfect. There's so much complexity, and it's an herbal! It's like someone took perfect hot chocolate, drizzled caramel into it and added a shot of hazelnut syrup (which I'm assuming comes from the nuts in the mix) and then finished it off with a sprinkle of salt. FINALLY I have found the chocolate tea for me! Too bad Teavana's base prices are so high, but I will definitely pay retail price for this gem.
Playstation Network, what have I ever done to deserve this?! I'm just minding my own business, trying to watch some late night Netflix, but no, Sony is determined to ruin my evening. Well, Sony, I have delicious tea so you can't ruin it! Take that!
Ahem… anyway, I'm a huge huge fan of Lupicia's Chestnut Green so when I saw that tattooed_tea was swapping this I just had to have it. Chestnut seems like kind of an elusive tea flavor, so I will hoard all the different kinds like a squirrel waiting for spring. You know, a squirrel who actually drinks all her nuts before spring comes because they're so delicious…
This has the same sweet, nutty taste as Chestnut Green. The candied chestnut flavor is just so perfectly captured, there's no mistaking it for anything else! There are strong notes of caramel and spun sugar, backed up by the black base which is surprisingly strong. I haven't tried many of Lupicia's black teas, but they seem to share rather robust bases!
I don't think I like this quite as much as Chestnut Green, which is ever so slightly superior in terms of the base, but it's still absolutely fantastic! Plus I can be really indulgent with this one and add a nice splash of creamy milk.
So, I've never actually tried whiskey so my comparison for this is not the best. But it sounds so interesting for a tea that I just had to get a sample from ne14t in our swap! I mean really, a whiskey tea. DAVIDsTEA has the wackiest ideas sometimes.
This tea is… odd. It's kind of rich and nutty, but at the same time very light and airy because of the white base. My tastebuds are confused! It's kind of woodsy as well and there's a whiff of smoke in the background. You know what this is? It's a manly tea. Some teas are light, floral and totally girlie. This tea just screams I AM A MAN TEA HEAR ME ROAR. But it's not too much because of the white base. Certainly an interesting blend!
I have been hoarding my package of this since I first fell in love with it, since I'm determined not to blow through the whole thing in a week (which, yes, I could easily do!). However, thanks to Starfevre I now have a second pouch in my paws so I can indulge bwahaha
Uhnf, this tea is cinnamony, dragonwell heaven. It's just perfection. I hope it gets a reblend, but I haven't seen that many reviews for it even though I think it sold out rather fast… hmm.
I hope it does. I just saw it a couple of days ago and my mouth has been watering ever since. He does have a new shop layout that puts you on a waiting list, so maybe if enough people sign up for the list, he will re-blend it.
I've been drinking so many peach teas recently, without even intending to. Part of it is because I got 4 different ones in my happy bag from Lupicia, part of it is weird chance. Like this sample from Azzrian: I was making my cold brews for the day right before bed, and I was so sleepy I kind of just dumped half of this in a cup without paying attention to what flavor it was. Lo and behold, another peach!
I really really need to update my profile here, since it specifically says that I hate peach teas and I don't anymore! It's such a good, juicy flavor when done right like it is here. There's also a nice, soft floral note presumably from the marigold, and also something maybe cirtusy going on in the background? Almost like.. mandarin orange, very faint but it's there. A tasty fruit blend!
While madly digging through my samples yesterday for Black Jasmine Cream, I stumbled upon a packet of this from my box from LiberTEAS from ages ago! It was hiding down at the bottom, sneaky but I'm going to drink you no matter where you hide.
I have tried quite a few caramel and toffee teas, so many that they kind of seem to blend together. And they almost always have a black base! One of those CTC, who knows what kind of black it is bases that pretty much just tastes like "tea." Strong tea, but I'm not picking up any specific notes other than "oh yeah, this is definitely tea!"
The caramel is quite strong, as you'd expect since there are little toffee chips in here. But it's kind of flat: not toasty or particularly rich. You know what this reminds me of? Those butter cookies in the individual packs they sell in cafeterias. Tasty, curbs your sugar craving, but you'd never sit around craving a cookie and think of that specific one.
Finally getting around to this sample from Kittenna! I know, I am a slow tea drinker. ;~; I have SO many samples that even with 3-5 cups a day I'm mightily behind. Yet I keep swapping! It's an addiction, I tell you.
Given how similar the ingredients here are to Della Terra's Walnut Brittle, I expected them to taste very similar. Somehow, they don't! DT's blend is like candy, and this is more toasty, nutty and down to earth. It's not that sweet and I only get the smallest hint of fruitiness from the pineapple and coconut. It's definitely toasted walnut that comes through the most!
Assam and vanilla sounds like a winning combination, right? Rich, malty Assam with creamy, cake-like vanilla. In my head that's what this should be, at least! I think my hopes were a little too high though, this is tasty but not as full as flavor as I thought.
The Assam base is certainly strong but it's not as rich and malty as I'd like. It overpowers the vanilla too, which is very mellow and not that strong. It's not a bad tea by any means, just not as perfect as I imagined. It's a great afternoon blend though when you're feeling the midday blues and need a little pick me up.
I'm amazed to find a white Teavana blend that actually has recognizable white tea in it. All the other "white" teas from them I've tried have little bits of leaves that are broken and don't add any flavor. Here, though, full leaves!
I read that this one is hard to steep—either it's too bitter or there's not enough flavor. So I decided to cold steep it, since 1) that eliminates the bitter element and 2) I like my blueberry teas iced. I was worried about the hibiscus but thankfully this is not a tart cup, in fact it's pretty yummy. Mostly blueberry, I'm not getting much acai but I kind of feel like they slapped that on there because of its "health properties." I'm sure it's good for you and all (and Teavana is all about "health"), but it actually has a nice kind of currant-y flavor that I was looking forward to.
But just blueberry is good too, and this is a nice blueberry white though I'm not sure if it's any better than DAVIDsTEA's White Tiger or Adagio's Blueberry White. They all kind of blend together for me! But hey, I got this as a gift and I will certainly have no problem drinking it up.
Have you ever been hit by a sudden tea revelation? Here I was, sipping my chai and watching Once Upon A Time and suddenly my brain was like, "HEY you got a sample of Jasmine Cream months ago! I want it!" Honestly, I had totally forgotten about it and it was at the very bottom of my sample basket (which has actually expanded into a sample basket and a giant bag as well).
So after much digging I managed to find it and was overwhelmed with the delicious smell. I wasn't sure if I'd like this or not so I only got a sample, but I'm kind of regretting it now. Then again they have free shipping so I guess I could just order some!
Jasmine is often an overwhelming flavor, but it works so well here. I thought this was a black base instead of a black/green so steeped it with boiling water for 4 1/2 minutes… oops! Well, it didn't come out bitter at all so I guess there's not a whole lot of green in here. It really does taste like just a black base, with the floral jasmine tempered by yummy vanilla. Such a weirdly unique blend! It kind of takes some getting used to, but the floral and cream really do work together beautifully.
Cool! I definitely just grabbed a sample of this exact tea from Sil – interested to be trying it soon!
Thought process: "New Mexico Tea Co, I should look them up! Nah, i should probably just not". Scroll down, see Tea Sipper comment. "Ok, fine!!" *runs to google
Haha, I definitely recommend NMTC. They have free shipping always and sell in one ounce quantities, so it's pretty cheap to try out a few different flavors that you are interested in.


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4 of us had a great dinner at Mistral last night. 3 apps on the menu, but they added an amazing smoke salmon salad type option (they also offered a truffle oil infused risotto with shaved black truffle, but when she came back to take the order it was already sold out) to the three on the menu. The cold corn soup was very good, the Caesar salad above average.
3 entrees, 2 of us had the steak. Very good sized (10 oz?), cooked perfectly. 1 had the chicken, 1 had the salmon, everyone enjoyed their meals immensely. Desserts were a tart or a dark chocolate mousse, there was nothing left behind. Service was very attentive (no empty glasses) without being intrusive.
I know it's fun to put down restaurant week, but there's no way I'm going to Mistral and paying menu prices for their cooking. Maybe these items weren't on their regular menu (although the added apps were restaurant-wide), but it's still a chance for me to try out a restaurant I otherwise wouldn't be able to go to.


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IT is less than 1200 miles from Glasgow to Lisbon, but the journey that Neil Lennon and his players have the opportunity to complete this evening will confirm that they have all come a much longer way in a very short period of time.
Whether the yardstick is the first game in which he was officially in permanent charge, the 3-0 defeat to Braga here in Portugal in July 2010, or the first Group G game against tonight's opponents, Benfica, at Celtic Park in September, the quantum leap in terms of improvement taken by the Scottish champions is undeniable. Tantalisingly, however, it is the final surge for the finishing line which now sits before them, and Lennon acknowledges this is likely to be the most testing stage of the entire journey.
"I don't want the players to get carried away," he said as he settled into the team's hotel in Cascais, half an hour up the coast from Lisbon. "I keep emphasising we haven't achieved anything yet. The aim was to qualify, and it still is, so we have a great foundation. We are going to have to play as well as we have done in previous games to get anything, or to qualify. It's one of those where you're almost there, but you can't quite reach it. That's the real danger when you're in that anxious sort of zone.
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"I don't want us to be anxious. I just want them to be concentrated. Just because we've beaten Barcelona doesn't mean we will get something against Benfica. So we have to approach the game in the exact same way we approached the previous games."
That was good enough to take their European record this season to six wins and one draw from eight games in qualification and Group G. Importantly, three of those victories came away from home, debunking the theory Celtic are only a force in Glasgow.
The one defeat came courtesy of an injury-time concession at Camp Nou, and Lennon used that feeling of despair as a spur when Barcelona came to Glasgow two weeks later. Victory that night, coupled with Benfica's defeat of Spartak, threw the group wide open and all four clubs can still go through, and all four can still go out of Europe altogether.
Lennon will not call on the memories of Camp Nou this time around, reasoning that it would not serve the same purpose. "It's a negative, and I don't want to bring up negatives," he explained. "I'm aware that that's a reality, however, and that's why I'm trying to temper everyone's expectation. If we could do it tonight, brilliant. It would mean we could have a nice Christmas and something to look forward to in the New Year. But we'll have to play very, very strongly."
While Celtic stand on the brink of an historic night, Benfica approach the game as though it was a dangerous precipice. The Lisbon club, who only achieved their first win in the section when they played Spartak at the start of the month, will need to add another to keep qualification in their sights.
Lennon senses their desperation and could utilise this. He said: "I think they've only got one bite at it. They know if we draw or win they'll be out of the competition. I'm not saying we're more relaxed about it, but we know we can still take it to the last game in Glasgow."
Like everyone in the group, however, Lennon would prefer to get over the line at the first time of asking. To achieve that, they will need to score and shackle a Benfica attack that has plenty of variation. Rising star Rodrigo and the experienced Lima have the pace to trouble any defence, while the bulk of Oscar Cardozo – who scored a late winner the last time these teams met here in 2007 – is another serious option.
"Cardozo's a handful," recalled Lennon. "He looks a bit cumbersome in his movement, but he's powerful, technically good and his goal record is fantastic. If he doesn't start, they've still got Rodrigo and Lima. They're always on the move and will give our defenders something to think about."
Which is precisely the object of the exercise today when Lennon takes his players for a light session at the National Stadium, where the club enjoyed their greatest-ever moment 45 years ago. "What I would like the players to do is just look around," said Lennon. "I don't even know if there is a tunnel area now, or what it's like. But I think about the snippets of film, when the boys walk out into the sunshine before kick-off. I want them to get a wee sense of history and think about what meant so much to so many people. It might inspire them, I don't know, but it's always nice to go back, anyway."
The presence of the replica trophy awarded to Celtic is here to add to the occasion, though Lennon insists this is not at his behest. He said: "I don't buy into that. It's for the fans, all that sort of stuff. Really and truly, it'll have no relevance come kick-off time."
More pertinent is the presence of Stevie Chalmers, Bobby Lennox and, of course, John Clark, who is now responsible for Celtic's kit. "It's nice having the Lions on the trip," said Lennon, before adding the caveat: "But the expectation level has gone from down there to up there in no time. I want to temper that and water it down by saying 'Listen, we haven't achieved anything yet.' Barcelona was a great night. It's gone now, but we might as well go the whole way and qualify. We've put so much into the group games, and I'd just like the boys to see it through."


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Next March, the Experience Hendrix Tour will return with a star-studded roster that includes Billy Cox, Buddy Guy, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Bootsy Collins and Dweezil Zappa, among others. Joining what will be eighth edition of the tour is Black Label Society leader Zakk Wylde. While the former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist says that he jumped at the offer, he also admits that he's a little surprised that he'd never been asked to take part in the "experience" till now.
"Hey, I named one of my sons Hendrix – you'd think that would help," he says, chuckling. "If they were to ask, 'Do you have any qualifications?' I could've said, 'Yeah. Does a son count?'" He lets out a hearty laugh, and then adds, "No, but seriously, I'm totally honored to be part of it, just because of my love for Jimi Hendrix, for one. But then you look at all the insane guitar players who are on the tour – you know it's gonna be awesome. I'm a huge fan of everybody involved."
Taking a break from his work on the next Black Label Society album, Wylde sat down with MusicRadar to talk a little Hendrix.
Are you already writing up a wish list of Hendrix songs you'd like to play on the tour?
"I know a ton of 'em. I mean, you don't start thinking, 'I'll do Foxey Lady, Fire, Purple Haze' – you hear those on the radio all the time. There's a bunch of other ones that would be cool to do. I'm already going through my collection, even my vinyl. I'm shifting through it and trying to think of some deeper tracks; I might try a few things out and see how they fit. Some things I could rework a little and Black Label-ize them, or I might stay totally true to the originals – hard to tell right now.
"I gotta start thinking about what I'm gonna play pretty soon. Right now, I'm knee-deep in writing lyrics for my own tunes. I've been sitting out in the truck having a couple Valhalla Javas and racking my brains for words. We recorded 16 new tunes, so I need lyrics, melodies – s---'s gotta get done."
You and I have talked about a lot of guitar players over the years, but never Hendrix.
"Yeah, that's funny. My guitar teacher, LeRoy Wright, was a huge Hendrix guy, so he turned me on to Jimi. As a kid, I was coming more from Black Sabbath and stuff like that – that's what I was into at first. I dug Hendrix, and I totally got that he's the messiah; he's the Jesus Christ of the electric guitar. One of the first tunes LeRoy showed me was Hey Joe, and that was C, G, D, A and then E major. Eventually, he taught me the little lick in the beginning, which I couldn't get at first. I was happy right off with playing the chords. [Laughs]
"Through Hendrix, I discovered guys like Robin Trower and Frank Marino. It's interesting, though: I'll hear Stevie Ray Vaughan play the blues, or when I go and listen to Hendrix... It's blues licks, but the way they twist them and bend them and interpret them changes everything. It's like they're making a new recipe from this thing called the blues. If you were cooking chicken, depending on which spices and sauces you used, you'd be like, 'Wow, that tastes like Frank Marino,' or 'That takes like Robin Trower, and that takes like Stevie Ray Vaughan.'
"Jimi didn't start the whole thing – he got it from Buddy Miles and BB King and all the blues guys that he dug – but he put his own spin on it. A pretty serious spin. [Laughs] It's amazing how you can tell these guys apart, though. You can't tell everybody apart, but the guys I mentioned, and especially Hendrix, of course, you can pick them out from everybody else. Hendrix you can pick out from a mile away. His sound, his execution – he was about as unique as it gets."
"I think Jimmy Page said something like, 'Hendrix took the blues into outer space,'" says Wylde. © William James Warren/Science Faction/Corbis
Because Jimi sought out a lot of new sounds, I think a lot a people merely think of the psychedelic side to him – Purple Haze and what not. But if you strip all the trappings away, you're left with a very authentic blues guitarist.
"Oh, without a doubt. It's all blues and pentatonic scales, which is the blues. His chord voicings were always slammin', too. I love the way he'd roll off and do arpeggios on those barred chords. As soon as you do that, it automatically sounds like Hendrix; whether you're doing it on an acoustic, an electric, a Strat, a Tele, a Les Paul – you could do it on a ukulele and it could sound like Hendrix." [Laughs]
He could straddle two different worlds like nobody else. It's always been interesting to me how he could sound so earthy and pure, but at the same time he seemed to come from outer space.
"Totally. I think Jimmy Page said something like, 'Hendrix took the blues into outer space,' so there you go. He was talking about how Zeppelin was blues, Cream was blues, but Hendrix took it to the moon and beyond. He stretched things everywhere he could, even as far as him jammin'. Listen to Voodoo Child, Hear My Train A Comin', Machine Gun, which is beyond insane – but it's jammin'. Hendrix's whole thing was always, 'Let's jam. Let's see where this thing can go. We're gonna stretch it.'"
Did listening to Hendrix ever make you want to investigate Strats more? You're obviously a Les Paul guy and have been for years.
"No, you know, I own some Strats, and I love all guitars. I'm a Les Paul Custom guy, for sure, and you know, that's kind of the beautiful thing about guitars: You have your Strat and your Tele guys, your Les Paul guys, and that's part of their thing. Slash is a Les Paul Standard guy, whereas I love my Customs. But Hendrix's tone with the single-coils and the Strat? That's the sound; that's his thing. He could be very versatile with it, too."
His sound wasn't thin. It could sound like an eruption.
"Without a doubt. And, you know, when he first came out, all that stuff was brand new. Between the Marshall stacks and all the effects pedals, he was using stuff that hadn't been around. But he loved experimenting with everything; if there was a new piece of gear, he wanted to try it out. A lot of his recordings you hear him using stuff before anybody else could get their hands on it."
Do you have a particular favorite Hendrix album?
"Obviously, the Band Of Gypsys thing, as a guitar player I'm gonna love that one. Just the sheer improv/jammin' nature of the record is pretty incredible. It's got Machine Gun on it, which is one of the best improvised electric guitar moments of all time. We all know how sick that is.
"It's funny: I remember playing my dad the Star-Spangled Banner on the Woodstock album. My dad was like, 'Wow, that's all coming out of one guy?' I told him, 'Yeah, Dad, that's Jimi Hendrix. He's, like, the greatest guitar player ever.' He dug it, and that was cool because my dad was a big Sinatra guy."
Well, it's great that he didn't think what Jimi did was sacrilege.
"No, he didn't think it was sacrilege. And he was a World War II vet, D-Day at Omaha Beach, the whole nine yards."
There are a couple of returning artists to the tour – Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Johnny Lang. Anybody you're really looking forward to sharing the stage with?
"All of 'em. Like I said, I'm a fan of all the guys on the tour. Eric Gales is phenomenal, everybody's great. I'm just excited to get out there and hang around the whole thing. Just watching them play and jammin' with them – it's gonna be insane. Every one of them, dude. Father Johnson, he's the man."Read more about
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Apex leaders approve plan to build Costco along US 64
Posted November 19, 2013
Updated November 20, 2013
Apex, N.C. — Apex town leaders on Tuesday night approved a measure to rezone a tract of land along U.S. Highway 64 to allow for the construction of a retail development that would include a Costco discount warehouse.
Town Council members first voted 4-1 to rezone a 35-acre plot between Laura Duncan Road and Lake Pine Drive from a residential and agricultural area to a commercial area.
After hours of debate, the council then voted 4-1 to approve a plan that would bring a Costco to the town. Leaders said Tuesday that construction will begin early in 2014.
A Costco-anchored shopping center, supporters say, would add 250 jobs to the local economy and would also mean millions of dollars in tax revenue.
"It's going to add jobs. I like that part of it," John Stanton, an Apex resident, said. "It's going to be a good framework for the entrance to Apex coming down U.S. Highway 64 from Cary."
Some residents have expressed concern about increased traffic in the area as a result of the retail center.
Mayor Pro Tem Gene Schulze voted against the proposal, citing the traffic impact and whether the retail location would be compatible to the area.
"Traffic is going to be one of the primary concerns because, when you have a store like Costco coming in, you're going to be drawing traffic in from all over Wake County," homeowner Jeff Brown said.


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I rather like just Kate. My only concern would be if she would spend her whole life saying, "no, it's not short for Katelyn, Katherine, etc. Just Kate." That would drive me INSANE! Maybe it doesn't bother you, but it might bother your daughter. I would definitely go with Katherine, nn Kate. I know Katherines who have ALWAYS gone by Kate... Katherine is just the name on the paperwork.Zoe Milena and Lucas Emmanuel
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Some of us have been blessed with an ample bosom, but for those of us on the smaller side like Lea Michele, our friends at BellaSugar have the perfect beauty tip. Regardless of what the numbers and letter(s) say on your current bra-sizing tag, sometimes a little makeup trickery can come in handy to create the illusion of fullness.
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Valentine's Day is just a few days away, so in lieu of spending an exorbitant amount on a fancy padded bra or wearing an uncomfortable bustier that's just not you, here's an affordable way to put a smile on your significant other's face without having to suffer financial or physical pain. For my three-step method on faking a cleavage with makeup, just keep reading.
Step one: Create a curved "Y" shape Using a small blush brush, sweep a bronzer (one that's at least one to two shades darker than your natural skin tone) up and down the area between your breasts. Next, envision a curved "Y" shape, sweeping your bronzer along the natural curvature and roundness at the top of each of the breasts.
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Philip Jarabeck went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows at the Forrest Wood Cup.
After rebounding from a three-fish stringer on day 1 to catch 17-00 on day 2 and take the lead at the halfway point of the tournament, his momentum came to a screeching halt on day 3. He weighed in two fish for 4-00 and missed the Top-10 cut at his first Cup as a pro by 1 ounce.
He was visibly shaken after the day-3 weigh-in, but later said the whole experience will serve as a teaching tool.
"It was definitely a positive experience," he said. "Look at the field I was surrounded by. There were some of the best guys in fishing. I can't walk away with any bitterness finishing 11th in that field. I feel very blessed to finish where I did.
"I want to be at that championship even more now because once you have the opportunity and you can sit in that seat, you envision it even more and it gives you more drive, so I'm excited for the years to come."
On day 2, he'd caught a couple big fish shallow on a buzzbait, and then retreated to stumpy, rocky humps and brush piles in 20 to 25 feet of water to finish off his limit.
"At one point, my co-angler said to me that I was making it look easy," Jarabeck said.
Day 3 was anything but easy.
"I felt comfortable going out Saturday," he said. "I had enough deep holes where I felt like I could catch three good fish. We had an extended morning with the cloud cover so I decided to go shallow to try to catch some big ones and I caught just one 2-pounder."
He moved out to some brush piles, but couldn't get bit with a dropshot.
"Of the 15 places, I'd say 10 of them I really had confidence that they were there," he said, "but they weren't there. I just didn't get bit. There were definitely some fish on my graph, but the problem was the number of trash fish in that lake like white bass and gar make it hard to tell for sure if they were bass. I knew that if he lived there, I was dropping it down on the right place. I couldn't tell if I caught all of the resident fish.
"My theory is that those fish were feeding on herring in the morning, then they'd find their way back to the cover when it got hot. With the cloud cover, instead of roaming and feeding in say a 200-yard radius, maybe they went further that morning and didn't com back until later. Either way, it was an absolute light switch that got turned off."
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Americans seem to be wising up about the flu shot scam, according to a new study in Consumer Reports indicating that fewer people than last year are planning to, or have already gotten, the flu shot this year. Thirty-one percent of respondents indicated they are unsure if they will get this year's three-in-one combo vaccine because of concerns about its safety and effectiveness, while 30 percent said they definitely will not be getting the shot.
Statistics Canada recently released a report indicating that 60 percent of Canadians and 80 percent of Americans refused the H1N1 [1] vaccine last year, even though media and government campaigns pushed people for months to get it (http://www.naturalnews.com/029919_H… [2]). And this year, despite endless prodding, most people are still opposed to getting any sort of flu shot [3].
According to the results of the survey [4], 44 percent of those opposed to the flu [5] shot cited concerns about negative side effects. And these concerns are valid, considering that flu vaccines [6] are known to cause severe neurological problems (http://www.naturalnews.com/026866_s… [7]). Forty-one percent expressed concerns about the overall safety [8] of flu shots, while 45 percent said that last year's swine flu pandemic was overblown and that the flu shot is likely unnecessary.
In another survey conducted by drug retailer CVS, two-thirds of respondents said that even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that everyone over six months old get a flu shot, this advise plays no role in their decision-making process. Most people are simply ignoring authorities' recommendations, in other words.
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Farnborough, United Kingdom, 2014/07/16 - Embraer Defense & Security this month celebrates the historic milestone of 30 years operations of the EMB-121A Xingu with the French Air Force (Armée de lAir) and French Navy (Marine Nationale) - Embraer.com. NYSE: ERJ; Bovespa: EMBR3
The Xingu, operated by the French Ecole de lAviation de Transport (EAT) from Airforce Base 702 in Avord, France, has, to date, been used to train more than 1,900 cadets from France but also pilots from Belgium, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Luxembourg, and Madagascar.
The EMB-121 Xingu first landed at Air Force Base 702 on March 29th, 1983 as a training aircraft replacement for the Dassault 312 Flamant. In 1984, the first batch of newly qualified pilots concluded their training. Since that time, over 330.000 flight hours have been flown by the 43 Xingus of EAT and today, a total of 33 aircraft remain in operation.
We are very proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the French Air Force in celebrating this milestone of 30 years of operations of the Xingu. It is a historic achievement for Embraer too, said Jackson Schneider, President & CEO, Embraer Defense & Security. Supporting a fleet over 30 years operated by an Air Force, such as Frances, demonstrates rigor in its demanding operations, and reflects Embraers commitment to building strong relationships with its customers to support the aircraft throughout its entire life cycle.
In 2012, the French Air Force launched a modernization program to extend the operational life of the Xingus to 2025 through modernizing the avionics. This will keep the Xingu aircraft in operation for 42 consecutive years a rarity in the aerospace industry. The support of the aircraft is carried out by Embraer, providing spare parts and technical documentation and support in cooperation with Frances Daher-Socata (supporting the logistics) and Airbus Defence & Space as the maintenance provider.
We are very satisfied with the Xingu which continues to have undeniable qualities that make it perfectly suited for the job, said Général de Corps Aérien Serge Soulet, Commandant des forces aériennes et du soutien des Forces aériennes. The new features of the Xingu, now equipped with a new avionics system, together with the flight qualities of the original, allow pilots to effectively bridge the gap between their initial training and the flying of military aircraft, even the most modern such as the A400M or the MRTT.
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The EMB 121 Xingu, named after a Brazilian indigenous tribe and a river in the Amazon, was developed on the Embraer Bandeirante turboprop platform. Designed for the executive transportation market, with a capacity for up to eight passengers, the Bandeirante was the first pressurized aircraft to be built in Brazil. The pressurization allowed the airplane to fly at an altitude of 28,000 feet (8,534 meters), above cloud formations and most atmospheric disturbances, while maintaining an internal pressure equivalent to 8,000 feet (2,438 meters), thus ensuring passenger comfort.
Although the structure of the airplane was based on the Bandeirante, the Xingu was fitted with more powerful engines. Another innovation was the Xingus T-shaped tail, whereby the horizontal stabilizer was placed at the top of the vertical fin. In this way, the wash of the propellers did not affect the horizontal stabilizer, ensuring lower vibration and noise levels.
The first prototype of the Xingu, tail number PP-ZXI, made its first flight on October 22, 1976, before it was modified with a pressurized cabin. The official presentation of the aircraft took place at Embraer, on December 4, that same year. In May 1977, the enhanced Xingu successfully flew with a pressurized cabin.
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DJing on the Mac
From Mac Guides
This guide is intended as an introductory guide to DJing with your Mac, including the various software programs, equipment/hardware and so on.
The first point of call for learning to DJ on your Mac is software and there are numerous programs, freeware and licensed, to choose from. Following is a list of programs that can be used without additional hardware.
- Ableton Live!
- Native Instruments Traktor Pro
- Native Instruments Traktor Duo
- VirtualDJ
- djay
- Disco XT
- FutureDecks Lite & Pro
- Numark Cue
- Tactile 12000
For using time-coded vinyl to control software, see Digital Vinyl System below.
In order to DJ effectively with your Mac, not only will you need a decent software program, but to play properly you'll also need a slew of additional equipment such as a sound card with multiple outputs, a MIDI controller (the digital equivalent of a channel mixer) and a decent set of headphones.
External sound cards
First up, if you're planning to use separate outputs for your main speakers and a monitor output (headphones), you're going to need a new sound card. None of the built-in sound cards on the iBook, PowerBook, MacBook or MacBook Pro systems are capable of producing two (or more) separate outputs.
There are a number of options for sound cards, from USB, Firewire and PCMIA/Cardbus slots (PCMIA cards work for PowerBook only). For most programs, the sound card needs to have four output channels (i.e. two stereo outputs, one for the main speakers and one for the monitor). Some programs allow to use the Mac's internal audio out together with an external (two-channel) sound card, although the quality and/or latency might be worse.
USB sound cards
- Griffin Technology iMic - two channels
- M-Audio Fast Track Pro - four channels (Note: M-Audio Fast Track (non-Pro) is not suitable.)
FireWire sound cards (Note: FireWire is often the preferred interface of DJs and other musicians due to fast, consistent throughput of data.)
- M-Audio Audiophile Firewire (discontinued but still available in small numbers). Predecessor to the Firewire 410 and now available for less than US$100. Great value while still available.
- M-Audio Firewire 410. A popular interface to use at clubs with all the requisite inputs and outputs.
- M-Audio Firewire 1814. Overkill for playing out at clubs but could form the backbone of a quality home setup. Expensive.
- Stanton Scratch Amp 2 (Works in tandem with Stanton Final Scratch)
PCMIA/Cardbus I/Cardbus II sound cards
- Indigo Echo DJ Note: Be careful in choosing this card as there's also a very similar Echo Indigo I/O (in/out) card that is no good for DJing on your Mac. Also, the Indigo Echo DJ PCMIA soundcard will only work with the PowerBook G4. The MacBook Pro has an Express card slot which is not compatible.
You can spend anything fom US$20 to $300 on a usable pair of headphones that will withstand the rigours of being used and abused. Some models stand up to abuse better than others. Here are some of the most popular high-end sets:
- Sony MDR-V700DJ: Top spec headphones used by countless DJs. The Sony MDRV 700s have been at the top of the Pro Headphone pile for a long time, jostling for position with the Sennheiser HD-25s. Only just starting to be outclassed by newcomers including the Pioneer HDJ-1000 and Technics RP-DH1200. However, they do have a bad habit of snapping their hinges after a year.
- Technics RP-DJ1200: Excellent headphones from Technics although they've been out for a few years now.
- Technics RP-HD1200: Stunning new headphones from Technics that have been designed to complement the new SLDZ CD decks. These headphones standout feature is the volume to which they can be pushed without distorting. The bass is also mightily impressive.
- Pioneer HDJ-1000 (Click on Accessories): Genuine challengers to Sony's MDRV 700DJ, the Pioneer HDJ-1000 packs a powerful punch, but build quality has been a major issue.
- Sennheiser HD-25-1 Long-standing favourites of many famous names. These headphones will crop up in any top headphone guide.
- Sennheiser HD-25-1 SP despite the "SP" tag, these are a cheaper alternative to the Sennheiser HD-25-1 headphones.
- Grado headphones are also recommended for home use.
MIDI Controllers
DJing using software offers unlimited possibilities with regard to using multiple clips, channels, tracks and so on and there are many possibilities with regard to digital MIDI controllers to control and manipulate the tracks you're using. One MIDI controller designed to look and operate similar to a standard two-channel DJ mixer and thus enable straight-forward mixing is the M-Audio X-Session Pro. For a setup including jog wheels for scratching, the Vestax Spin offers good value and includes algoriddim's djay software for Mac.
Other popular MIDI controllers include:
- Pioneer DJM800 (See Figure 1.1, right): This is a stunning new mixer from Pioneer that has 61 assignable MIDI controls. probably the most highly recommended DJ-esque MIDI controller you'll find off the shelf and coming in at around US$1500.
- Allan & Heath XONE 2D & 3D: These are derivatives of the awesome Allan & Heath range although the look of the MIDI versions is slightly unorthodox. The XONE 3D is a monster.
- Kontrol DJ500: A versatile, high-quality, fully assignable MIDI controller from Kontrol Products.
- Vestax VCI-100
Digital Vinyl System
Some DJs still use turntables and CD decks when DJing. There are programs out there that allow DJs to use timecoded CDs and vinyls to DJ with their Macs. Doing this, DJs do not need to bring their CD or vinyl collection with them. They can play any non-DRM songs from their mac using their turntables or CD decks to control it and are able to use any mixer they want.
DJs who use Macs and DJ software
Some of the world's most popular DJs now use Macs in their sets. Some use just the computer, others use a mix of computer, CD decks and vinyl. Well-known names include:
- Sasha: Uses a PowerBook G4 and an iMac G5, together with Ableton Live and a custom-built MIDI controller called "Maven" (see figure 1.2, right)
- Charlie May: AKA "Spooky" and often co-produces music with Sasha, has been known to use an iMac G5 and Ableton Live.
- Paul van Dyk: Uses two laptops (Either PowerBook G4s or MacBook Pros) and a combination of Ableton Live, Rane's Serato Scratch Live and also CDs.
- Armin van Buuren: Uses a combination of Ableton Live and CDs.
Where to buy electronic music online
There's dozens of places online where you can buy digital tracks to use when DJing, varying from single track downloads to subscription models. Here's an initial list:
Beatport: Beatport has an excellent selection of new and back-catalogued electronic music all encoded at 320KB VBR (Variable Bit Rate) MP3s and selling for US$1.49 - $2.49 per track (album prices vary). The Beatport site runs on a flash interface and allows you to listen to clips of high-quality while browsing. A smart, fast and thorough search engine finds tracks, artists, labels and albums quickly and easily. Purchase requires registration and your credit card can be stored on file and configured for one click downloading (occasional random verification required). Beatport also has a useful discussion forum attached. (Note: Beatport's flash interface does not get on well with Apple's Safari browser. Firefox is far more robust with this site.)
Audiojelly: Audiojelly offers an excellent selection of new tracks and a substantial back catalogue of electronic music. Tracks are available in superb quality 320KB MP3 format and single track prices start from US$.99 upwards. Audiojelly sends out a high-quality weekly e-mail with all new releases, often notifying of new tracks well before other sites.
iTunes: Until recently iTunes was a no go, with DRM'd 128KB Bitrate (AAC) tracks that were practically useless for anything other than casual listening. However, with EMI's change in stance towards DRM and 256KB tracks soon to be available, iTunes will be worth a look.
Bleep.com Starting in 2004, bleep.com offered a digital outlet for the UK based Warp label, offering DRM-free 320kbps downloads and FLAC lossless downloads. It has expanded over the years to include many independant labels with a tendency towards indie-rock, dance and electronica. Prices are £6.99 or $9.99 for MP3 albums, 99p or $1.35 for individual songs. Notable labels include Warp, Ninja Tune, One Little Indian, Twisted Nerve, XL recordings, !k7 and Compost.


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Canes agree to terms with Rissanen
Posted July 23, 2014
The Hurricanes continued their offseason of keeping players in the developmental stage on Wednesday, resigning defensman Rasmus Rissanen.
Signed to a one-year, two-way contract, Rissanen will make $575,000 at the NHL level, or $90,000 at the AHL level.
Rissanen just completed his third full season with the Hurricanes' AHL affiliate Charlotte Checkers, scoring three goals and earning seven assists in 62 games. The Kuopio, Finland, native's 10 points marked a career high, and his 91 penalty minutes ranked third among Checkers skaters.
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A group of very young soldiers in the Mexican Army was being chased through a castle by U.S. Marines. At the end of the chase, the Mexicans realized they were trapped on a balcony. Instead of falling on their bayonets, they wrapped themselves in Mexican flags and leapt to their deaths off the balcony. Now these boys are revered as the Niños Héroes. What is it about running from a fight and committing suicide that implies bravery and heroism? I bet their commanding officer was calling them Niños Chingones.
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If you're going to make a case for Mexican cowardice, at least get the facts right. Only one of the six Niños Héroes ("Heroic Boys") leaped off Chapultepec Castle in the climactic battle of the Mexican-American War wrapped in the tricolor; the other five (all between the ages of 15 and 19) fought to the death against the gabachos despite orders from their commanders to fall back. Sounds pretty valiant to me, but don't take my palabra for it: When American reporters asked President Harry Truman why he paid his respects to the chavos at their monument when he visited Mexico City in 1947, "Give 'Em Hell" simply replied, "Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it."
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Why is it that all Mexicans, (not the pocho/Chicano Mexicans like me, but the border-brother ones), always have those stupid fucking stickers depicting the images of their huge families, with all their names, from big to small, on the back window of their Chevy Astrovans? It's always about seven to 14 images of their families and pets, starting with the big Papi Julio and ending with the little perro Chico. And they always have a kid named Angel or Jesús, and a token kid with a gringo name like Matthew or Jeff. This shit has to stop. Between putting those big fucking stickers of cows on their doors, and the name of their state or village in big humongous letters across their windshields or rear windows, it's getting pretty pathetic. I kind of have a feeling that it's the Big Papi that's behind these family stickers. He feels macho showing everybody how many kids he has. Little does he know most of them will become gang bangers, get shot, put in prison, or die from drug overdoses.
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Mijo, were you around during the 1980s? Back then, gabachos used to hang mini-yield signs from their back-seat windows with stupid sayings like "Baby on Board" or "My Child Can Beat Up Your Honor Student." Maybe you saw the Simpsons episode where Homer wrote a barbershop quartet song addressing the phenomenon, thereby catapulting him to international acclaim and an audience with George Harrison over a brownie? Point is, folks in America have putting crap on their cars since Henry Ford included a copy of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion with each Model T. Mexicans might seem to suffer more from this malady — you forgot to mention bumper stickers of Tweety Bird and Spanish-language DJ El Piolín, Mexican flag decals, and those bizarre Chihuahuas that keep moving their heads — but if you think only wabs do this, then head to your nearest truck stop and see how many good ol' muchachos have mud flaps with Yosemite Sam on them.