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Apple Computer said on Wednesday that its fiscal third-quarter profit tripled, led by surging demand for the iPod portable music player and higher sales of its Macintosh computers.
''It was an outstanding quarter -- our highest third-quarter revenue in eight years,'' Apple's chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, said. ''Our Mac sales were up 19 percent, and we're thrilled with that.''
The company reported net profit of $61 million, or 16 cents a share, compared with $19 million, or 5 cents a share, in the period a year earlier. Revenue climbed 30 percent, to $2.01 billion.
Analysts had expected earnings of 15 cents a share on sales of $1.94 billion, according to Thomson First Call.
In its April earnings release, Apple had projected third-quarter profit of 12 to 13 cents a share and revenue of about $1.93 billion.Continue reading the main story
The results included an after-tax restructuring charge of $6 million, without which net profit would have been $67 million, or 17 cents a share. Apple executives said the company's gross margin was 27.8 percent, a slight increase over 27.7 percent in the quarter a year ago.
Looking ahead, Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, said the company expected revenue of about $2.1 billion in its fourth quarter and earnings of 16 to 17 cents a share.
Apple executives also disclosed yesterday that problems in I.B.M.'s manufacturing of the G5 microprocessor were the reason for the delay in shipments of several new Macs, most notably a new iMac model.
But in an interview yesterday, Mr. Jobs said that the problem was temporary and that he was confident that I.B.M. would resolve the problems by the end of the current quarter.
Like much of the semiconductor industry, I.B.M. is making the transition to 90 nanometer wafers, the latest in PC chip manufacturing.
On Tuesday, Intel executives disclosed that the transition to the new manufacturing process had caused inventory problems.
''The semiconductor industry has a lot of problems in its move from 130 to 90 nanometers,'' Mr. Jobs said. ''This is just a speed bump. I.B.M. has told us it will be over by the end of the quarter.''
This month, Apple announced that the much-anticipated new version of its iMac consumer PC would be delayed into the fall, meaning that the new system would not be ready in time for the back-to-school shopping season.
Analysts, however, said they were not concerned that the delay would cause any lasting problems for Apple.
''Not having a new desktop for back-to-school is a problem, but not a big one,'' said Charles Wolf, an analyst at Needham & Company, which owns Apple shares. ''Many students seem to be buying notebooks.''
The results lifted Apple shares as much as $2.08 after hours. Before the earnings announcement, they closed at $29.58, up 36 cents.
Apple shipped 876,000 Macintosh computers in the quarter, a 14 percent increase compared with shipments in the quarter a year earlier. But the brightest star was the iPod, the company's portable music player; shipments of iPods nearly tripled, to 860,000.
Mr. Wolf said that Apple's music products had become something of a Trojan horse for the company as the popularity of the iTunes service and the iPod are clearly helping sell Macs. ''The Apple Macintosh is starting to be a growth story,'' he said. ''Music is starting to drive Mac sales.''
Apple executives said they were working hard to correct the supply problem with the iPod Mini, Apple's latest music player, saying that demand has been unexpectedly high.
Currently, a customer ordering an iPod Mini can expect to wait about a month. The company is expected to start shipping outside the United States next week.
On Monday, Apple said that it had sold more than 100 million songs from the iTunes Music Store since the service was introduced a little more than a year ago. Today, Apple has 70 percent of the market for legal music downloads. Last month, the company announced the introduction of the iTunes service in Europe and the service is already the market leader there, Mr. Jobs said.Continue reading the main story


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The Great Uyuni Salar
The great Salar de Uyuni, like any great work of nature has its varied legends. We like to tell, particularly the one born on the Andean worldview and has its origin in the Thunupa Volcano.
Legend tells that Thunupa was a beautiful lady who was married to Cuzco. Cuzco had betrayed his wife for a young girl named Cosuña. Seeing this, indignant Thunupa ran away by the sector they called Kachipampa (salt pampa) she fell there, where currently the volcano is. In this wilderness, before dying, Thunupa who had recently given birth cried with so salty tears and the milk flowed from her maternal womb, turning the place into a majestic salt flat, Salar de Thunupa, currently known as the Salar de Uyuni. Cuzco, meanwhile, stands expectantly on east of the salt flat.
With an area of 12,000 square kilometers, an altitude of 3660 meters above sea level, a thickness of 120 meters and 11 layers from 2 to 20 meters. The Salar de Uyuni is the largest world salt surface and mirror that can seen from space.

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So what's keeping you up with the moon and the stars? It just might be your bedroom! According to the poll results, bedroom environment is critical to the quality of your sleep. "Your bedroom is your sleep sanctuary," Joseph M. Ojile, MD, board member of the National Sleep Foundation and founder and CEO of Clayton Sleep Institute in St Louis, MO, tells HealthySELF.
– Turn off the lights. (73 percent). "Light is highly stimulating, so there needs to be way for the room to be dark, for most people," says Dr. Ojile, adding that sometimes function is more important than form when it comes to window coverings, especially if you live somewhere like a brightly lit city street. "Bright lights from clocks or night lights can also be a significant issue," he says.
– Cool it down. (67 percent). "Heat tends to be stimulating or awakening; coolness tends to make you sleepy," says Dr. Ojile. "We're not talking ice-box, but cooler!"
– Clean up. (62 percent). More than half of the poll respondents cite a clean bedroom as being an important factor in getting a good night's sleep. Interestingly, more than three-fourths (76 percent) say they make their bed at least a few days a week and more than one-half (56 percent) say they make their beds every day or almost every day. Seventy-eight percent report feeling more excited about going to bed when they have clean sheets.
And finally — another big no-no? "Animals in the bedroom," says Dr. Ojile. You might love to sleep with your pets, but be honest about whether they're disrupting your sleep or not.
As you probably know, it's important to get good sleep on a regular basis, otherwise your health — from immediate to longer-term — can be affected. "The first thing that goes is your cognitive ability," says Dr. Ojile. Getting good sleep is important when it comes to thinking and making good decisions, he says.
There are more immediate health issues, such as a lowered immune system that can result in colds, infections and even breakouts (they call it beauty sleep for a reason!). And he adds, "Not having adequate sleep as part of your routine will diminish your exercise and athletic performance." Longer term, Dr. Ojile says, "Not getting enough sleep increases your risk for things like heart disease, high blood pressure, weight gain and diabetes."
As the National Sleep Foundation says, "Love your bedroom, and improve a third of your life!"
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text: Urban Farms Open Doors Growing trend brings beauty, bounty and hope to city dwellers. Visitors check out the green of Lew Edmister's Herb'n Gardener plot. Work must include dolls at Huns' Family Garden. Student chefs whip up pasta primavera using the colorful veggies grown by Bev Pender at Soul and Soil Rainbow Gardens. Members take a closer look at the Refugee Women's Market and Community Garden. Colorful dress was the order of the day at the Refugee Women's Market and Community Garden. Visitors wander through. Musicians entertained during the Kansas City Urban Farms Tour. Read Article


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When you see your son sick for one day… does it hurt? How about seeing your child in pain 24, 7, 365. That's got to be a whole new realm of hell. And any responsible parent would do whatever they had to…in order to ease the pain of their child's suffering.
While it may not be what you pictured medical marijuana to look like, its a life saver none the less for 6 year old Jayden. Born with a rare form of epilepsy Jayden's option are few and far between. Struggling to improve his son's quality of life, the father followed the good Doctor's advice and started administering cannabis to calm his seizures.
About 45 minutes after giving Jayden the canna butter, not only was he calmer, David said it stopped the seizure. "He's in pain and suffering and crying," he said. "You have to do whatever it takes to save their life." Pharmaceutical drugs have failed the Modesto, Calif., family.
"He couldn't chew. He couldn't walk. He couldn't take a bath," said David.After a year of taking a liquid form of medical marijuana — made mostly of cannabidiol that doesn't get you high — Jayden's playing, running and climbing.
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Kidneys from felons? Prisoner organ donation spurs debate
Juan Figuroa Seattle, WAJuly 11, 2013 3:42 p.m.
The reason it is, and must remain, illegal, is that there should never be a moment when there is a possibility that the government has a monetary or political interest in killing its citizens.
If you can imagine a scenario where a despot learns that a particular citizen is a perfect organ match. And that citizen is then framed for a crime he didn't commit.
At present, there are fewer than a dozen prisoners a year who are executed. Of that dozen, perhaps one, perhaps none, is a match for a particular patient (Firing squad, chemical execution, electrocution pretty much make a guy ineligible). Much good can come of increasing the donor registry. Virtually none can come of extraordinary efforts to add to that registry the 10 or 11 prisoners who will be executed in a given year. Put energy, instead, into getting your facebook friends list to register. You'll more than compensate for the miniscule numbers of "correctly" executed citizens.
milicent Mansfield, QldMay 2, 2013 10:34 p.m.
It's a testament to how backwards the crime and punishment system in most of the world is that others should even consider farming the prison population for organs. Is that so much different than farming one's immediate neighborhood for organs? No. Even the secular Chinese State can see that and have decided to leave it behind in history.
It is widely understood that media advertizing is far more effective at changing habits of life such as smoking or spitting in public than medication or legislation. So why not utilize a small but regular advertizing budget to build live donor numbers instead of proposing to farm specific populations of impaired citizens.
And while we're at it, lets find better ways of dealing with crime and punishment than dehumanizing people who offend and throwing them on the trash heap of life (often throwing their spouse and kids along with them). Let's find ways to excise the bad while nurturing the good in felons (aka people) rather than treating the whole person contemptuously and considering them to be organ transplant fodder.
Matthew 25: 31 - 46 tells us what Jesus would do. Let's do it too.
Shawnm750 West Jordan, UTApril 25, 2013 1:15 p.m.
I feel that as long as the inmates are healthy and there are no issues that way, then they should be able to donate organs just like anyone else. If the inmate's going to die by lethal injection, why not let them donate their organs instead? I think that most organ donation recipients would be indifferent about where their transplant came from, so long as it was a good match and could potentially save their life. I don't know that most of them know who their donors are now anyway... In the case of murderers, wouldn't it be better to let them contribute to saving a person's life (or multiple lives) instead of JUST punishing them for those lives they've taken? This is an issue that should be given more attention.
yankees27 Heber, UtahApril 24, 2013 3:42 p.m.
As someone who could end up needing an organ in the near to not too distant future, I could give a rip less where it came from. In fact, someone who recognizes that they have made a mess out of their life and wanted to do what ever he/she could to make peace, is fine with me. Why is this wrong?


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10th Annual Rhode Island Fall Lacrosse Clinic & Tournament
Hosted by Brown University Men's Lacrosse
(For Boys Teams: U11, U13, U15, High School)
The Brown University Lacrosse Staff is pleased to invite you and your team to the 10th Annual Fall Harvest Tournament being held on Saturday, November 5th, 2011 on the Turf Fields at the Erickson Athletic Complex at Brown University.
The Fall Harvest will be played in a 10 v 10 format. Each game will consist of two 22-minute running time halves with a 3-minute halftime.
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While Bell Helicopter may be banking on its tiltrotor technology to recapture market dominance in U.S. Army aviation, the civil market will continue to rely on conventional helicopter design for some years to come, CEO John Garrison told AIN.
"Bell and Boeing have the first successful hybrid helicopter program in the V-22 [Osprey]. It's combat-proved and the safest aircraft in the Marine Corps inventory for the last 10 years," Garrison said. "There is revolutionary capability with tiltrotors. Given the space and needs of the future, we believe in the case for the [Pentagon's] JMR [joint multi-role requirement] and FVL [future vertical lift], and we believe tiltrotors provide the best solution to that market, with capabilities to cruise at up to 280 knots [Bell's proposed V-280 Valor third-generation tiltrotor for the JMR] at 6,000 feet and 95 degrees F. We believe there is no other technical solution to this requirement. In the intermediate years you are going to see tiltrotors assume a much larger role in the military."
Conventional Technology for the Civil Market
But Garrison believes that this transition to compound technology will not necessarily translate into the more cost-sensitive civil market. "There is going to be a role for conventional helicopters, but there will be room to increase the capabilities of those aircraft similar to what we are doing on the [super-medium] 525 with fly-by-wire systems, integrated avionics systems, Cat-A performance with no risk, and things of that nature," Garrison said. "But I believe that 40 years from now, while you will see significantly more tiltrotors in the military, you will continue to see conventional helicopters in the commercial [segment]. Time will tell if the technology converges after that time."
Garrison also said he believes the way OEMs sell helicopters is evolving, with more life-cycle solutions coming to market. "There will be customers looking to buy whose primary issue is up-front acquisition costs and they want to handle all the downstream maintenance going forward. All they need from us is a parts stream. There are other customers who are looking for component, such as engine-hour, programs that have been going on for some time. But now we are seeing it for other components such as transmissions, blades and so forth. It is going to evolve and ultimately requires both parties–seller and buyer–to understand who can best manage the risk and provide the most value at these intersection points. Whoever can do that the best will take advantage of that risk and earn the return for taking and managing that risk. There will not be a one-size-fits-all solution in the rotorcraft [segment]. Every market segment is unique and will have unique needs," Garrison said.
Garrison said he sees more international design collaboration for new helicopter programs, particularly in the civil sector, in the future. Bell is currently using an international design team on its recently announced Short Light Single (SLS) helicopter. "It is a global, competitive marketplace, a 24/7, 365-day-a-year marketplace. Companies need to be able to leverage capabilities in different areas and to interact digitally in these markets in real time. It's not the way of the future. We're doing it today. It's what's needed to compete in the global marketplace today," he concluded.


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For starters, Rays at Angels, with Zobrist on the DL
UPDATE, 7:31: With Ben Zobrist placed on the 15-day DL as expected, the Rays have called up Cole Figueroa.
Here is the Rays lineup, vs, Angels LHP Tyler Skaggs:
Jennings cf,
Forsythe DH,
Longoria 3b,
Myers rf,
S-Rod 2b,
Loney 1b,
Escobar 2b,
Guyer LF,
Hanigan c,
Bedard p
And the Angels lineup:
Cowgill rf
Trout cf
Pujols dh
Kendrick 2b
Cron 1b
Aybar ss
Ianetta c
Green lf
Jimenez 3b
Skaggs p
DEVELOPING: It's 100 degrees in Anaheim this afternoon as the Rays head to Angel Stadium, and only expected to "cool off" to the low 90s for the start of tonight's game, 7:05 local time, 10:05 in Tampa Bay,
LHP Erik Bedard will be on the mound for the Rays as they seek to win three straight, and he'll be opposed by Angels LHP Tyler Skaggs.
Bedard had some soreness in his pec muscle on Tuesday, leading the Rays to have Durham LHP Enny Romero head west as a contingency, but Bedard threw then with no problem and said again Wednesday that he was okay.
The Rays will be without 2B Ben Zobrist, who dislocated his left thumb in Wednesday's game. A decision is expected today on whether Zobrist is put on the 15-day DL, which he expects. INF Cole Figueroa was summoned from Durham as a contigency if Zobrist is placed on the DL.
The Rays have fared well in Anaheim, winning 15 of their past 19 games there.
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Southwest Minnesota State to offer bachelor's in ag education
MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota State University will begin offering a bachelor's degree in agricultural education in the 2015 spring semester in cooperation with area community colleges.
The additional of the bachelor of science degree makes the school the second institution in the state to offer the degree, according to a release from the university in Marshall.
"The demand for ag education instructors far exceeds the number of students currently graduating with that degree," Dr. Gerry Toland, SMSU Agribusiness Management professor, said in the news release. "We think this is a good addition to our other ag offerings and will help satisfy a demonstrated need in the state."
The school also offers degrees in agribusiness management, agronomy, ag solutions and agriculture.
The new major will offer two tracks. One will be for teacher licensure to train ag instructors and FFA advisers. The other will be in communications, marketing and leadership, training for students to go into ag journalism or work in ag-related communications.
SMSU will collaborate with Ridgewater, Minnesota West and South Central colleges, which already offer some classes that the university does not offer.
"It's a good example of institutions working together for the benefit of our students," Toland said.
"Adding an agricultural education major is a natural fit for this institution," SMSU President Connie J. Gores said in the release. "We are located in the breadbasket of the state, and the demand for ag education graduates is high. This fits well with the university's mission to serve not only the region but the entire state of Minnesota."


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Kylie Minogue tries out an edgier persona
Madonna is living proof that reinvention is the key to longevity in the pop game.
And Kylie Minogue is also something of a devotee.
After revelling in a wholesome image for most of her career, the diminutive Australian singer is cultivating an edgier persona.
Just two days after her steamy on-stage kiss with singer Ana Matronic at the Glastonbury festival another stunt borrowed from the Material Girl: Miss Minogue, 42, has stepped out covered in tattoos.
But fans of her more clean-cut image will be pleased to know the designs are not real and were created by make-up artists on the set of her latest film, Jack and Diane.
Following her brief appearance at Glastonbury alongside the Scissor Sisters last week, Minogue flew straight in to New York to begin filming.
Sporting bedraggled hair and scruffy clothes, she looked virtually unrecognisable as a pop star.
Minogue made her screen debut in Australian television programme The Sullivans as an 11-year-old in 1979, and made her name during her role AS Charlene in long-running soap Neighbours, between 1986 and 1988.
By then she had begun her pop career and topped the charts with Locomotion, going on to have a string of hits ranging from I Should Be So Lucky to Spinning Around.
Jack and Diane will be her 14th film, the best known of which was Moulin Rouge in 2001. She has just released a new album, Aphrodite, and has been drumming up publicity, posing in a negligee in steamy photos.


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This long President's Day weekend was a busy one. Between four basketball games, amazing food at Momocho in Cleveland, and lots of driving, I didn't have much down time. It was nice to just relax Monday and have dinner with friends at Chovy's Italian Casual at 18228 Conneaut Lake Rd. in Meadville.
Whitney and Justin Catalano joined me and Amanda for dinner. We met at Chovy's around 6:30 and it wasn't too crowded. Our server told us about the daily features and took our appetizer order of Fritti Calamari Abruzzi while we looked over the menu. Whitney and Justin decided pretty quickly on their entrées. Whitney chose the Pasta San Remo while Justin went the non-seafood route and ordered the Asiago Chicken. There is a seafood section as well as other seafood dishes spread throughout the menu so to help with my decision making, I left my order up to the recommendation of our server. Amanda decided on the new Garlic Crusted Scallops and I ordered the Seafood Morango.
Each dish came with the choice of salad or soup as well as a basket of fantastic fresh-out-of-the-oven bread. While the other three started with a salad, I wanted to try the soup of the day which was stuffed pepper soup. The soup had really good flavor and texture. Their version of this soup was thinner than I was expecting, but it made it lighter and less filling than some I have had at other places. The Fritti Calamari Abruzzi appetizer arrived with our salads and soup and I couldn't wait to eat it. The calamari rings were very lightly battered and flash fried as to not overcook them. It was served with a lemon wedge and a chunky tomato sauce and was topped with fresh grated cheese and diced hot peppers. The peppers really gave the squid a good, mild kick. The rings had a wonderful, tender bite and weren't rubbery in the slightest. The batter was light enough that they weren't greasy or overly filling. It was a perfect appetizer.
Our main course was served shortly after our starters were cleared away. Amanda's Garlic Crusted Scallops looked delicious. The dish is made up of large, seared sea scallops sautéed with garlic, tomatoes, fresh basil, lemon and white wine and it is served over risotto. Amanda ordered hers over whole wheat penne instead of the risotto and it was a great choice. The pasta was perfectly cooked as were the scallops. The scallops had a beautiful sear on the outside, were fork tender, and melted in your mouth. The garlic flavor was strong, but not overpowering. The buttery white wine sauce was light and really let the garlic and scallops shine. It also came with a side of vegetables that were slightly heavy on the butter, but were cooked perfectly nonetheless.
My Seafood Morango was a good choice, but I might make a few adjustments next time. A large portion of angel hair pasta was tossed in a white wine lemon butter sauce and filled with large shrimp, bay scallops, and chunks of crab meat and was topped with both hot and sweet peppers. I would order it with heartier pasta next time to hold up better against the seafood, but the seafood itself was fantastic. The shrimp were beautifully cooked, as were the scallops. They were seared like Amanda's and were wonderfully buttery and rich. The crab pieces got a little lost among the pasta and peppers. The peppers gave it some heat that added a great layer of flavor to dish. The sauce itself is light, and by getting the dinner with a thicker noodle, I'm sure it would let the delicious flavors in the sauce elevate even more.
Our dinner was finished with their new Dolce de Leche cheesecake. It had a thick layer of caramel-swirled mousse with a delicious meringue on top as well as a French vanilla crust. It was the perfect size for the two of us to share.
Our total bill was under $50 before tip and well worth it. There are a select few choices on the menu that are in the $25 range, but most of the dishes are between $12 and $20 which is very reasonable, especially considering the great quality of the food. Chovy's Italian Casual is open seven days a week till at least 10pm every night. To contact the restaurant, their number is (814) 724-1286 and their email is email@example.com.
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- Cool truck - I don't see nearly as many of these "Job Rated" Dodges as I do Chevys and Fords from the mid-50's.
- Jul 26, 2010 at 11:29 pm
- Well I got it home and it was infested with Bee nests I must have cleaned nine or ten out of it from sitting for so long but there gone and it will be road worthy in a week or so but that's the paint scheme I plan to adopt
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I just got this vehicle in a trade from craigslist on July 20th. I traded my 89 camaro for it, so far im happy with the trade the reason for the nick name is when i got it home it had sat for so long I cleaned nine bee's nest from various locations. So far its slow going the tires are dry rotted and the tranny is slipping bad. im dropping that this weekend and replacing.
Not really sure a whole lot about it other than its got a chevy 350 motor and everything underneath is from a 72 blazer 4x4 right down to the hub assembly (hope to get that junk out of there)
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Former President Bill Clinton leads a panel discussion on climate change at the Clinton Global Initiative, Sept. 20, 2011 in New York, as Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Prime Minister of Mali, listens on. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Ukrainian veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan and Chernobyl catastrophe cleanup workers clash with riot police as they storm the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Sept. 20, 2011, during a protest against the adoption of a bill abolishing their social benefits. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)
Eddie Reyes is takes a moment to remember 15 of his colleagues from the New York Police Department's Emergency Service Unit who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001, during a first responders wreath-laying ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial, Sept. 20, 2011 in New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Bolivia's President Evo Morales looks on as he listens to journalists before departing at the Jose Marti airport in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 19, 2011. Morales, who was on an official visit to Cuba, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Havana. (Javier Galeano/AP Photo)
A U.S. Army soldier from Bravo Company 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, smokes a cigarette prior to taking part in a mission with the Afghan army, at Outpost Monti in Kunar province, Sept. 20, 2011. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)
Brooms are set on the sand during a protest against corruption at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 19, 2011. The protest was organized by Rio de Paz, a Brazilian NGO, whose members placed 594 brooms representing the number of Brazilian lawmakers. (Fabio Motta/Agencia Estado via AP Images)


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Obituaries Archives The Altamont Enterprise, March 17, 2011
Carl M. Bellinger
GUILDERLAND Carl M. Bellinger, a World War II veteran and loving husband, father, and grandfather, died on March 5, 2011, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was 86.
Mr. Bellinger was born in Schoharie, but lived most of his life in Albany and Guilderland.
He proudly served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, and fought in the South Pacific battles of Iwo Jima, Saipan, and Tinian, wrote his family in a tribute.
He worked in the circulation department of the Times Union newspaper for 32 years before retiring in 1987. He was a life-time member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7062.
Mr. Bellinger enjoyed riding his horse, Whiskey, working outdoors, and traveling he visited Cancun, Aruba, Hawaii, Alaska, and the Pacific Northwest.
"He was a jack of all trades and always had a home project to keep him busy. But most of all he enjoyed spending time with family and grandchildren," wrote his family.
Mr. Bellinger is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lillian Warner Bellinger; his daughters, Marcia Jones, and her husband, Dennis, and Sharon Genhofer, and her husband, Bruce; and his grandchildren, Shane Jones, and his wife, Melanie, Blake and Nicole Jones, and Rachele, Alexa, and Aidan Genhofer.
His brother, Earl Bellinger, died before him.
The family would like to thank Crystal for her constant loving care and support; Dr. David Hornick and P.A. Craig Ritchie of Homedical Associates; the Visiting Nurses of Albany, especially Rose, Joel, Lori, and Beth; and the Guilderland Caregivers, for their support and respite.
A funeral service was held on March 8 at Hans Funeral Home in Albany; interment was at Memory Garden, with a Marine Color Guard in attendance.
Donald E. Conklin
MIDDLEBURGH Donald E. Conklin Jr., a seasoned hunter and United States Navy veteran, was an outgoing man with a gift for gab.
"He could make a short story long any day of the week," said his wife of 39 years, Jennifer Conklin, with a laugh.
"He treated everybody the same," she went on. "Didn't matter if you were rich or poor."
Mr. Conklin died on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Cobleskill Regional Hospital. He was 64.
Born on Nov. 14, 1946, in Niskayuna, the son of Donald E. and Mildred (Porter) Conklin Sr., he was raised in Berne and was a 1965 graduated of Berne-Knox High School.
Mr. Conklin served in the United States Navy from 1965 until 1969, when he was honorably discharged. He served three tours on the USS Coral Sea during the Vietnam War, and received a National Defense Service Medal, a Vietnam Service Medal with three Bronze Stars, a Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device, a Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, and an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
He moved to Middleburgh in 1972, and became a member of the American Legion Timothy Murphy Post 248.
"He was proud of his military service," his wife said, and he was proud of his father's military service during World War II. "His father was in five major battles in Europe, and he spent a lot of time reading and researching about that," said his wife.
After leaving the military, Mr. Conklin worked as a machine operator for Loretex at Northeastern Industrial Park in Guilderland.
He served on boards for the Middleburgh Rod and Gun Club and the Middleburgh Little League, and he enjoyed participating in the fishing derby.
"He loved to hunt; he loved to fish; he loved to swap stories with his buddies," said his wife. "And he loved his kids, and his family." They have a 4-year-old granddaughter, Alexis. He called her "Butterbean."
"He gave her that when she was probably a month old," Mrs. Conklin said of the nickname.
Mr. Conklin and his wife met about 40 years ago through mutual friends. They were married on Jan. 13, 1972.
Mrs. Conklin remembers attending yard sales and garage sales with her husband, and they always enjoyed cooking outside when the weather was warmer.
"That was something we did every night in the summer, unless it was pouring rain," Mrs. Conklin said. "That was the first sign that spring was here, when we'd start cooking outside in the backyard."
In addition to his wife, Jennifer (Briggs) Conklin, Mr. Conklin is survived by his five children: Matthew Conklin of Cobleskill; Daniel Conklin of Coxsackie; Sue Conklin of Fultonham; Andrew Conklin of Middleburgh; and Julie Conklin of Middleburgh.
He is also survived by his granddaughter: Alexis Skowfoe, who brought him great joy, and three brothers: Clark Conklin of Knox and his wife Judy; Ike Conklin of East Berne and his wife, Diane; and Mark Conklin of Esperance and his wife, Denise.
He is also survived by his uncle, Mace Porter of Berne; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, March 15, at Palmer and Shaylor Funeral Home in Middleburgh, with Rev. Peter J. DeBartolo of the Gallupville Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating. The American Legion Timothy Murphy Post 248 held a service as well. Interment will be private.
Online condolences may be left at www.PalmerShaylorFuneralHome.com.
Memorial contributions may be made to Leatherstocking Honor Flight, Post Office Box 621, Cobleskill, NY 12043.


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The only remaining moment of pageantry that comes close to redeeming our rotten simulacrum of "democracy" happens in an election year, which briefly forces the two parties to somehow differentiate themselves from one another, at least temporarily. Now that all the really important decisions have long since been made, that Republicans and Democrats still bother to find and exploit petty differences (that never involve money), is a quaint nod to "we, the people" that I'm frankly surprised they haven't dropped already, so I cherish it.
The good news is that when the differences are brought forth, Democrats win. The bad news is, they don't try this more often. Every time they concede something, which has been happening on a daily basis since, oh, 1976, their new, further right position becomes the "liberal" view, making way for something once unthinkably fascist to become "center-right." Thus, Overton's window has operated for three-plus decades as a ratchet, always tightening, but perhaps occasionally at a slower rate when Democrats are in power. Meanwhile. their former base of power, the middle class, erodes before their eyes.
Not that Democrats are solely to blame; monopolization and decline in the media has led to an ever smaller, ever wealthier, and ever more compromised media, whose interests have widely diverged from those of ordinary Americans, and it is in this arena liberals must compete. It's undoubtedly difficult to go on TV and convince an overpaid, pancaked fop with a mortgage's worth of cosmetic dentistry and two on-duty hairdressers that, say, Chicago teachers need a union. Isn't that what agents are for?
That sort of media environment, along with the diminished power of unions and the coincidental rise of Wall Street and the 1%, has led Democrats to cave to the Republican right on nearly everything that actually matters: not just teachers' unions, but the whole idea of public schools in general. Not just "Free Trade," but the very notion of a living wage, globally or nationally. Not just a crippling military budget, but a showy war to coincide with sweeps week each year. Not just maintaining obscenely low taxes on the parasitic wealthy, but kissing their asses (with tongue) in Macy's window at every opportunity.
If that's the result of Village-approved bipartisanship, then bipartisanship can go…. do something "anatomically improbable" to itself. (h/t New York Times and Dick Cheney, not necessarily in that order….)
I happen to like it when the two stunningly corrupt parties, albeit languidly, try to come up with some reason, any reason, for people to vote for them over the other. In this election season, the admittedly aesthetic differences are nonetheless pretty revealing, although depressing in the extreme. We have one party who (often reluctantly) supports the currently constitutional right of women to have some control over their reproductive lives. We have another that tells them to keep their legs together. We have one party that engages in completely unaccountable drone warfare across the globe, indefinite detention without trial, deports immigrants with careless abandon, and maintains a network of Soviet-style gulags; we have another that thinks even all that is dangerously namby-pamby.
As a proud and dedicated Firebagger, I'm somewhat hesitant to admit that this election, just like that supposedly inconsequential one in 2000, matters. The stakes may be disappointingly small, but there they are. We may be a declining empire saddled with self-defeating austerity, a cuckoo cabal of over-reaching theocrats, and an increasingly bloated and arrogant overclass ruling our lives, but at least we don't have to be gleeful, and bigoted, about it.


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Acupunct Med 20:107-8. 2002..These hormones are involved in the synthesis and release of milk from mammary glands respectively. This is the first report of galactorrhoea, in the contralateral normal breast, following acupuncture in a patient with breast cancer...
- Acupuncture in a patient with neurofibromatosisRoxaneh Zarnegar
Acupunct Med 21:66. 2003
- Acupuncture and self acupuncture for long-term treatment of vasomotor symptoms in cancer patients--audit and treatment algorithmJacqueline Filshie
Royal Marsden Hospital, London and Surrey, UK
Acupunct Med 23:171-80. 2005..A previous study reports short term benefit from acupuncture, and the aim of this report is to describe our approach to long term treatment...
- Complementary and alternative medicineJacqueline Filshie
Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT, UK
Anesthesiol Clin 24:81-111, viii. 2006..Yet in advanced cancer, a sensible balance needs to be struck between fear about adverse effects and interactions and the importance of making the remaining weeks/days/months as comfortable and enjoyable as possible...
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Acupunct Med 19:117-22. 2001....
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Royal Marsden Hospital, London and Surrey, UK
Acupunct Med 24:172-82. 2006..These guidelines set basic, minimum standards of care, and need re-assessment and ongoing validation as further data and evidence accumulate...
- Complementary medicine: evidence base, competence to practice and regulationGeorge T Lewith
University of Southampton, Complementary Medicine Research Unit, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton
Clin Med 3:235-40. 2003....
- The role of complementary and alternative medicine in the management of early breast cancer: recommendations of the European Society of Mastology (EUSOMA)Michael Baum
Department of Surgery, University College London, The Portland Hospital, Consulting Rooms, 212 214 Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AH, UK
Eur J Cancer 42:1711-4. 2006..This position papers describes the guidelines for the use of complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) developed by a workshop on behalf of the European Society of Mastology (EUSOMA)...


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- Hi Steph Simple Living Vegan
Wassup Steph Davis?!
Hope all is well where ever you are existing these days.
"High Infatuation"…LOVED IT! Actually I still have a bit to go. Thanks for taking the time to write and publish the book. Certainly made a significant impact in my intellect….I like your musings.
My favorite quote of yours so far is, "I have come to see I am a natural creature, too, and and not in charge. The smartest thing I can do is figure out how to cooperate and try not cause too much trouble." =o)
I'm not a great climber who will ever be known, but I know the feeling of being driven and can sure relate to you on many levels. Love your brand of wacky humor, too. I love it when an author can make me guffaw. HA!!
I don't have many places to climb where I currently live in Alaska (that is soon to change, though since I'm moving), but I snow bike (a mt bike with fat tires where you ride on dog mushing trails). You'd be surprised…quite a few of us who punish ourselves in this manner. Winter snow biking is the most intense winter activity at 2 mph….especially at 40 below. I don't even like it all that much but its a way to remind myself how nature is infinitely bigger than me, as well as a way to beat up my body and push myself physically and to the brink of freezing to death. Why I like (like? I guess, "like") to do this is something I don't fully understand….
Hey, reading that you are vegan, I just wanted to share this chili recipe I make regularly. It's from a website called urockgirl.com. Since it's getting to be fall, it may be something to enjoy for a few nights–the leftovers are even better than the first night, imho. Hmm…you may have it already, but just in case, I wanted to share it with you. (the fire roasted tomatoes really make it!)
I have a recipe for healthy ginger bread that I like to make with it too–instead of corn bread (it's not vegan since it has eggs, but if you want I can send it your way).
Happy thoughts to you and your family! Stay safe and geniune thanks for your inspiration and wisdom.
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½ sweet onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 zucchini, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 orange bell pepper, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 bag Morningstar crumbles
2 (15 oz.) cans fire-roasted tomatoes
2 tbs. chili powder
2 tbs. cumin
1/8 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
½ can tomato paste
1 can white or black beans
optional: hot sauce to taste
Coat a large stock pot with olive oil cooking spray and place over medium-high heat until hot. Add all vegetables, 1 tbs. cumin, 1 tbs. chili powder and sauté about 5-7 minutes, until starting to soften. Add tomato paste and stir into vegetables for 1 minute. Add tomatoes, Morningstar crumbles, remaining cumin and chili powder, salt and pepper, and beans. Stir to combine. Place a lid on pot, lower heat to simmer and allow to cook for 1-2 hours.
Taste and adjust seasoning.
Condiments: nonfat Greek yogurt (instead of sour cream), shredded light cheese, chopped green onion, chocolate chips (believe me, it works), toasted pumpkin seeds, crushed baked tortilla chips.
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Illegal music downloads rise to 1.2 billion
More than one billion tracks have been illegally downloaded by music fans this year, according to new figures.
Almost £1 billion worth of music has been illegally downloaded by 7.7 million people, a report called Digital Music Nation 2010 found.
Published by industry body the BPI, the study found that 1.2 billion tracks were illegally downloaded this year.
The good news is that legal downloads rising with digital tracks now accounting for 24.5% of recorded music revenue.
This figure is up from 19.2% last year.
BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor branded illegal downloading 'a parasite's.
Mr Taylor said: 'Digital music is now mainstream in the UK, with much to be proud of – nearly 70 legal services and a further increase in the numbers of digital singles and albums set to be sold online in 2010.
'Yet this growth is a fraction of what it ought to be. Illegal downloading continues to rise in the UK. It is a parasite that threatens to deprive a generation of talented young people of their chance to make a career in music, and is holding back investment in the fledgling digital entertainment sector.
'As the internet becomes central to many aspects of our lives, including how we access our entertainment, we must decide whether we can afford as a society to abandon ethical values we stand by elsewhere – that stealing is wrong; that creativity should be rewarded; that our culture defines who we are, and must be protected.'


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Lenovo recently attracted some attention when they unveiled the Yoga Tablet. But while that announcement was focused on tablets, not to mention, the US market, Lenovo still has their smartphones available only in limited markets and this latest unveil is no exception to that rule.
The handset is the Lenovo Vibe Z and it makes use of a 5.5-inch display and Snapdragon 800 processor. This particular model was dubbed the K910 as it went through the leak process and this is also the handset that had Lenovo shifting from MediaTek to Qualcomm in terms of the processor. In this case, the processor is quad-core and clocks in at 2.2GHz.
The handset also has Adreno 330 graphics and 2GB of RAM. The display is full HD at 1920 x 1080 and with a PPI of 400. Other goodies for the Lenovo Vibe Z include a thickness of 7.9mm as well as a 5 megapixel camera on the front and a 13 megapixel camera on the back.
That rear-facing camera has a dual-LED flash and sits at f/1.8. The hardware is Sony IMX135 which according to the specs from Lenovo, makes it capable of shooting 10 images every half second. As we often see in overseas markets, the Vibe Z will have dual-SIM support.
Along with the phone itself, Lenovo has rolled-out a flip cover that is available in a variety of colors. The flip cover has the familiar look with the cut-out on the display that allows the user to easily view any incoming notifications. For now, Lenovo has said the handset will be available for pre-order (in China) shortly. And so far, no word on when or if the Lenovo Vibe Z will reach other markets.
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hi norman! trying to send but i dont know if this is working?
Yes - so far. It can be temperamental though.
First thing is, that in order to be sure of what is wrong, you will have to have a face-to-face assessment with your Doc. Bipolar disorder is quite difficult to diagnose - despite what we might read on the internet!
what should i be looking for in questions then? i mean as in not what ive read on the internet.
Frankly, I suspect that by now you will know most of the signs and symptoms of the disorder, but only a trained professional can give you a definitive answer
Just briefly, though one of the most important features of bipolar disorder is the cycling between manic and depressive phase - this can be rapid (over a few days) or slow (over several weeks/months)
Treatment - usually anti-depressants, with, ideally, psychotherapy alongside them
Now I know that you have had a problem with anti-depressants, but ther WILL be one that wil suit you. Finding the right one, howver, can be a matter of trial and error.
Importantly, you must stick with them. Oftena month is not long enough for them to start working properly.
is bipolar treatment the same as depression then? in that sense?
If you want the full dignostic criteria, they are here.
Basically, yes, but with the difference tht there are characteristic episodes of unreasonably high mood as well as the usual lows of depression.
Still there?
In brief, you MUST get a professional assessment to be sure of your diagnosis.
It can be dealt with by a combination of proper medication and a course of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is a form of therapy that addresses problems in a direct and targeted way and is brief compared with most other therapies.
The first thing you need to do is to see your Doctor – he will give you a full diagnosis and if appropriate, start your on a suitable anti-depressant medication. He will also want to rule out any physical cause of what you is experiencing.
Depression is seen as a chemical imbalance in the brain, just as diabetes is a chemical imbalance in the body. Diabetics take medication to stay well, why shouldn't you?
Don't be afraid of taking medication – it could really help turn your whole life around
Two important issues about this - when you is on medication, you must take it at the correct dose and as prescribed. It is no use missing doses or messing around with the dose.
Secondly, you should know that anti-depressants can take up to 8 weeks from the start of therapy before they begin to show beneficial effects, so it's no use quitting after two weeks.
I mentioned CBT - is based on the fact that what we think in any given situation generates beliefs about, and reactions to that situation, and also cause the behaviour and feelings which flow from those beliefs and reactions.
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Trend topics 2010
The return of many electronic musicians to the synthesiser as their main tool in the recording studio is basically explained by a single factor: the urgent need to touch, to put their hands on something that isn't only the curved surface of a mouse. The previous decade, which was the golden age of digital editing and production processes, ended up leading to a colossal overdose on software, all eyes glues to the computer screen, and a feeling of unreality—because of how intangible and liquid the music was—that has finally led many musicians back to analogue terrain (when they haven't gone so far back as to making music with conventional acoustic instruments). Where before there was blind faith in production with Logic or Ableton Live, touch-ups with plug-ins and final mastering with ProTools, it's now preferable to tune your instruments by ear and improvise on keyboards and panels with dials and buttons.
The synthesiser has a romantic air that no software could ever emulate. In his tour around theatres presenting the live performance of his album "Oxygène", Jean Michel Jarre presented the experience as a return to the purity of the synthesiser and the type of electronic music "you can feel with your fingertips." He spoke of the old ARP's, Moogs and Korgs that appeared on the stage as the electronic equivalent of the Stradivarius that so many violinists and museums consider treasures of incalculable value. Jarre caressed them like pets or precious jewels, and he took care of them because he insisted that they were "fragile devices that needed their time to start to work." At some moments during the live show, a synthesiser played out of key and he had to get the right tonality back with a short reaction time, by pure instinct, without stopping the music. In comparison with software, where one composes as if putting together a puzzle, without a time limit and with the option of doing, redoing, adding, and correcting whatever you want, the classic synthesiser offers the possibility of returning to the past, to forgotten textures, and working with a higher level of difficulty. At a time when the object is becoming diluted, and disappearing—technology is more miniature; books, films and albums are beginning to exist as files on the Internet where there is no paper, no theatre and no plastic, just binary code—the cosmic revival has been the most solid protest against a world in transformation and a desperate attempt to halt time.A close relative to the hypnagogic pop that was spoken of here a couple of days ago, the new kosmische sound has something of Proust to it, in search of the past—of going after lost time—and recovering it in a state between sleep and wakefulness in which one doesn't distinguish between reality and illusion. It's not exactly a revival of the floating German music of the 70s, or the old progressive rock, nor is it a defence of the new-age music of the early 80s, but rather a partial recreation of the sound, or the mysticism, of those scenes that many of the neo-cosmic folks knew of tangentially when they were children. Like what happens with the hypnagogic pop of Rangers, James Ferraro or Julian Lynch, youth runs in the veins of a scene that has reclaimed the synthesiser, the sequencer and other ancient machines, once again on the second-hand market after the boom of guitar garage-rock of 2001 and the empire of digital tools which has dismantled so many professional studios—and which have begun to be used in a way that is, for the moment, more instinctive than virtuoso.At the end of last year, one began to sense a return to the modular synthesiser at the heart of underground electronic music (the experimental section, lacking any desire to enter into contact with the dance floor circuit). Then, it was called hauntology: it had two main currents, one close to library music and 60s radio studio effects as for The Focus Group or Moon Wiring Club; and the other, more ambiental, darker, and partly hailing from the drone scene, like Emeralds, Mordant Music and The Caretaker / Leyland Kirby. This is the seed that has grown into the current synth-improv circuit, like the chill-wave of Memory Tapes and Neon Indian has grown into the hypnagogic pop of How To Dress Well. In reality, all of these neighbouring micro-scenes, occasionally connected without friction (there is also space for witch-house) and brought together in an underground that has found itself new uses for technology with an obvious escapist connotation. It would not be risky to declare that all of these are types of music that come from the current state of confusion—in terms of moral values and financial uncertainty—of Western society. In them, one can make out a discontent with the recent past, a return to times of greater moral certainty, to a time when technology had mysticism and the speed of changes wasn't as anxiety-provoking as it is now, by a long shot.If this is the desire, the decade stretching from 1974 to 1984 is an ideal moment for a return to the past in which the world was beginning to believe in the future as a sure possibility and not as a romantic hope for the gold age of science fiction. In those years, the future as it had been dreamed of was materialising before people's eyes: colour television was coming into people's homes, the personal computer was being born, the video player was becoming an indispensable appliance, along with the camera, there were improvements in cars, trains were faster, images were arriving from space thanks to artificial satellites, spaceships were leaving our atmosphere, Concorde crossed the Atlantic in record time. The same way that one day the generation born during these years will experience a damp-eyed envy of the "slowness" and "romantic air" of the current phase of Internet, the iPod, biogenetics, and the conquering of Mars, today's cosmic battalion is obsessed with those ingenuous 80s, filtered through the fuzzy memories of childhood.
The reclaiming no longer consists solely of taking krautrock as the point of departure, but rather of considering the early years and the most prestigious groups, the ones that rock has already accepted into its canon –Can, Neu!, Kraftwerk– to be surpassed, and to set their sights on the virtuosos of the synthesiser and pioneers of ambient. In one interview, Daniel Lopatin (alias Oneohtrix Point Never) explained that he went through a period during his adolescence when, after coming home from a night out, drunk on beer and who knows what else, he and his friends could think of no better way to end the evening than by listening to Klaus Schulze's albums. There, in pieces like "Floating" –the thirty minutes that take up the A-side of "Moondawn"–many traits that make up the cosmic scene are summarised: there is the adoration of the synthesiser, the majestic object, the totem, but also the aesthetic of music that is drifting, led rhythmically by its own wave of textures, curled into eternal loops of notes. One can also find the same feeling of floating as in the old albums of Harmonia or Tangerine Dream –and not only the TD of "Risky Business", always mentioned as the fetish album for modern cosmic disco producers, but also the mid-70s TD, from "Phaedra" to "Tangram"– and it is this immobile ecstasy that the neo-kosmische revels in. At times, it takes on a more poppy, summery incarnation, like in Solar Bears, S U R V I V E, Com Truise or Tropics, but the solid core of the scene in 2010 has taken the forgotten players of the second German cosmic wave hostage, starting with Ash Ra Tempel and carrying on to Robert Schröder and SoftwareThe main criticisms of all of these young folks who are into the analogue synthesiser tend to run in the same direction: many of them are mere revivalists of a past that was sleepy and almost forgotten. And one must not underestimate this reproach: listening to the Ohio trio Emeralds, and especially the solo projects of its keyboard player, John Elliott, one understands this scepticism—even more when you see that in their wake, and in light of the media hubbub that they have generated on the underground, labels like Important have decided to dig up and re-release "forgotten classics" like the "Wizards" of French musician J.D. Emmanuel, which brings together all of the characteristics that have made the "new age" a ridiculed cliché: references to magic, esotericism, spaceships and Oriental philosophy.
New age is a concept that has to be handled with care when you are talking about the neo-cosmic scene, because it didn't mean the same thing at the beginning of the 80s that it does today—in other words: the distance that separates ingenuous, futuristic music with references to the space race and the firm belief in the moral progress of the human species from the more dispensable music for relaxation, yoga, and the study of inner balance. This ingenuousness, now in a sort of retro-futuristic plane, is what Emeralds, Oneohtrix Point Never, Stellar Om Source, Dylan Ettinger and Rene Hell share. There is also a galactic patina and the effect of a mind-body separation like a sort of weightless drifting, but this is sceptical music that corresponds to these times of transformation: there is no spiritual message or promise of life in the hereafter. Their escapism is towards childhood—the foetal state, the safety of a bubble isolated from the outside world, a gaze towards the future with the eyes of a child—this is where the constant reference to Boards Of Canada comes from, a point of reference without which this music cannot be understood—and not towards the inner self or universal consciousness.Mainly distributed in cassette format or on vinyl, the neo-cosmic sound is hard to consolidate into a circuit that isn't inbred. To do that, one must lean towards pop, and then you run into the hypnagogia scene –Gary War, Ferraro, Ducktails– which are a language apart. The ones who have achieved importance are the ones that have infiltrated the establishment of experimental music—here the signing of Oneohtrix Point Never and Emeralds by Editions Mego has been decisive—and those who don't manage to make their own way will have to remain in the catacombs. In reality, there is no better place for the new kosmische sound. To advance towards the mainstream would mean turning into progressive rock (one question: is a revival of Genesis really necessary?), although this is the case of Games (Daniel Lopatin and Joel Ford) when the cult of the synthesiser drags them towards Italo disco, Jan Hammer, Peter Baumann and other examples of 80s kitsch—a fuzzy area where other folks on the same label, such as D'Eon and Laurel Halo (that intriguing Kate Bush for expansive, ambiental times), are also searching for a place. So for now, then, the labels that handle the majority of the scene are those that feel comfortable putting out limited editions on vinyl, cassettes, and the occasional CD, such as Type, Digitalis, Olde English Spelling Bee, Aguirre, Ruralfaune, Arbor and Not Not Fun. These quarries have given opportunities (or re-releases with a better chance of dissemination) to projects like Ossining, Radio People, Brother Raven, Pale Blue Sky and Stellar Om Source, the real (and also loveable) sound astronauts of our days. The existence of a dark side to this scene—as there is dark material in the universe—with Rene Hell and Exp 70 at its head, is the guarantee that staring at your own navel, starting from now, will be strictly prohibited.
Next page: 10 Trips through Outer Space 10 Trips through Outer Space
Ten key albums in the kosmische boom of the year 2010. Ten bubbles of isolation in which the aesthetic power and tactile attractiveness of the synthesiser are being once again appreciated. Ten barricades armed to contain the flood of digital data and the unstoppable increase in the speed of events.
1. Brother Raven: "Diving Into The Pineapple Portal" (Aguirre)Jason E. Anderson and Jamie Potter have put together two albums this year, both on vinyl and under the radar of the usual music media, even the more indie media. This duo from Seattle seems not to want to follow in the footsteps of Emeralds and tame its blazing analogue electronic music with accessible melodies or guitar phases. In "Diving into the Pineapple Portal",the continuation of "VSS-30" (Digitalis) that even comes with a cassette with almost another hour of material, Brother Raven shore up and perfect a cosmic aesthetic that is in any case less stand-offish than usual, leaving behind the absolute zero degrees Kelvin to become the ember of a dwarf star.
2. Dolphins Into The Future: "The Music Of Belief" (Release The Bats)Nobody fits the "new wave of the new age" label better than Lieven Martens, the Belgian musician who spends his time recording the sounds of dolphins and other cetaceans and placing them strategically at the heart of a sound that is ambiental to crystalline extremes and which, in theory, seems like a joke being played on many field recording artists who take their profession of putting microphones in different places more seriously than they should (but in reality it isn't a joke, of course). If it weren't for the strange plays on the modulation of frequencies practiced by Dolphins Into The Future, smudging the ambiental mantra once in a while, one would say that this music is strictly music for relaxation. Fortunately, it does have a reason, even though it is playing with fire: between this and "whale music" there is only a millimetre of difference.
3. Dylan Ettinger: "New Age Outlaws" (Not Not Fun)If you ask rock people what they think of Tangerine Dream, they usually answer that they like the first album, "Electronic Meditation" (which is the least "electronic" of all). But if you ask Dylan Ettinger the same question, he might answer "Zeit" o r "Phaedra", and if you aren't careful, he might even say "Rubycon". This record, the version of a very limited-edition cassette with new mastering, brings together all of the sound features of the old floating German music, but with phases of tribal psychedelics that hide the debauchery of undulating synthesisers that dominates on the LP from beginning to end. Also prize-winning for such an explicit title.
4. Emeralds: "Does It Look Like I'm Here?" (Editions Mego)The Emeralds trio has had a hyperactive year, with each of its members taking the liberty of publishing as much solo material as possible, but this is the album where they all stay under control and avoid the excesses that lead Mark McGuire to border on noise-rock with his guitar and John Elliott to lose himself in retro cosmic escapades. In "Does It Look Like I'm Here?" they decrease the weight of the drone structures of previous albums and give way to lighter textures, fleeting melodies, and phases of guitar picking that are very similar to those of Manuel Göttsching. As a whole, it is a work that reactivates floating music, convinced that the past is cool, but which opens the door to interesting, less hermetic dynamics.
Emeralds – Does It Look Like I'm Here?
5. Expo 70: "Where Does Your Mind Go?" (Immune)Justin Wright and Matt Hill have created a tour de force of colossal dimensions, as vast as the galaxy—dark and turbulent—in the pieces of "Where Does Your Mind Go?" And check out the details: double vinyl, four songs (one cut per side) and a total of 70 minutes of analogue improvisation with an absolute pre-eminence of synthesisers and effect pedals that transform the sound of basses and guitars into something like noise anti-material. Essentially, Expo 70 sounds like proto-Emeralds: they start with the simple structure of the drone and little by little adorn it with all sorts of acoustic contamination and bursts of space that also owe a great deal to the turbulent improvisation of bands like Black Dice. The harder side of the neo-kosmische sound, the Dark Side of the Force.
Expo 70 - Close Your Eyes And Effortlessly Drift Away 6. Innercity: "Visions From Dream State" (Ruralfaune Synth Series)The albums of Hans Dens, a Belgian based in Antwerp and close to Dolphins Into The Future, are the kind that disappear two minutes after they hit the shleves. Whether on vinyl ( "Future Life"), cassette or CD-R, he doesn't make many copies of his works, and they slip away quickly. Seventy copies were made of "Visions from Dream State" on CD, with which Dens guaranteed that his contribution to Ruralfaune's Synth Series (in which there are also contributions by Oneohtrix Point Never) would never be a best-seller, but it did acquire a cult air in kosmische circles. There we find dystopian, futuristic passages very much in tune with what Dylan Ettinger offers. Worthy of being released again.
7. Oneohtrix Point Never: "Returnal" (Editions Mego)After the impact at the end of 2009 of "Rifts", that compilation of enigmatic LPs and cassettes scattered here and there, Daniel Lopatin was nominated the main man of this entire neo-synth scene. This was also logical: he always opts for short pieces, the influences of ambient and Boards Of Canada give his language a great deal of proximity, and the theoretical discourse is also very solid. But beyond this, "Returnal" is a masterpiece that escapes even this kosmische scene, which still isn't prepared for experiments as profound as this: fractal melodies, different layers of depth, the sensation of a foetal bubble, minutes of noise, angelical voices. A majestic sensory explosion.
Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
8. Rene Hell: "Porcelain Opera" (Type)Jeff Witscher is a hyperactive agent of the underground. If we counted up all of his cassettes, we would have enough hours of music to accompany various sessions of sleep. After having taken his first steps on the home-release circuit, he signed with Type to release this album, which marked a significant change in the handling of old modular synthesisers. Far from the cult of Klaus Schulze, Emeralds and OPN, Rene Hell takes the sequences to a colder, more angular sound territory, close to the cosmic development set out by Coil from the industrial scene in the early 80s (or in even more retro moments, a diffuse space between the early Tangerine Dream and Cabaret Voltaire).
9. Solar Bears: "She Was Coloured In" (Planet Mu)Solar Bears are not intergalactic explorers (or not full-time, anyway): they are more interested in nature, and this "She Was Coloured In" sounds spacey, but like open space in the country, in Spring. Like the good Irishmen that they are, SB tint their pieces green and take them to a melodic territory, somewhere between the Balearic sound and the decisive influence of Boards Of Canada. Why are they on this list, then? Because in this wave of the reclaiming progressive 70s figures, Solar Bears implies the reactivation of the Canterbury continuum, with simultaneous references to astral folk, Mike Oldfield's symphonies, and ambient as gentle as a stream flowing along its course.
10. Stellar Om Source: "Trilogy Select" (Olde English Spelling Bee)Christelle Gualdi belongs to the same school as Daniel Lopatin. In fact, they have crossed paths more than once, collaborating sporadically, and they share a similar philosophy of work. For example, the CD-R format seems useful and necessary to both of them, and between 2005 and 2009 Gualdi, under the alias Stellar Om Source, released three albums of which there's no longer any physical trace. "Trilogy Select" brings together some of the cuts from "Ocean Woman", "Alliance" and "Crusader", separating the wheat from the chaff, and placing the author in the main hub of the New York synth micro-scene. Between psychedelics and the cosmic wave, and with a promising future ahead.
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|Eagle's Nest
The Eagle's Nest at Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden
Location within Germany
|General information
|Town or city
|47°36′40″N 13°02′30″E / 47.61111°N 13.04167°ECoordinates: 47°36′40″N 13°02′30″E / 47.61111°N 13.04167°E
|1,834 m (6,017 ft)
|20 April 1939
|Adolf Hitler, German Landmark
The Kehlsteinhaus (known as the Eagle's Nest in English-speaking countries) is a Third Reich-era building erected atop the summit of the Kehlstein, a rocky outcrop that rises above the Obersalzberg near the town of Berchtesgaden. It was used exclusively by members of the Nazi Party for government and social meetings. It was visited by Adolf Hitler on a total of 14 documented instances. Today it is open seasonally as a restaurant, beer garden, and tourist site.
The Kehlsteinhaus is situated on a ridge atop the Kehlstein, a 1,834 m (6,017 ft) subpeak of the Hoher Göll rising above the town of Berchtesgaden. It was commissioned by Martin Bormann in the summer of 1937. Paid for by the Nazi Party, it was completed in 13 months but held until a formal presentation on April 20, 1939. A 4 m (13 ft) wide approach road climbs 800 m (2,600 ft) over 6.5 km (4.0 mi). Costing RM 30 million to build (about 150 million inflation-adjusted euros in 2007), it includes five tunnels but only one hairpin turn.
From a large car park a 124 m (407 ft) entry tunnel leads to an ornate elevator which ascends the final 124 m (407 ft) to the building.[1] Its car is surfaced with polished brass, Venetian mirrors and green leather. Construction of the entire project cost the lives of 12 workers.[2] The building's main reception room is dominated by a fireplace of red Italian marble presented by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, which was damaged by Allied soldiers chipping off pieces to take home as souvenirs. Much of the furniture was designed by Paul László. The building had a completely electric appliance kitchen, which was unusual in 1937, but was never used to cook meals; instead meals were prepared in town and taken to the kitchen on the mountain top to be reheated. The building also maintains heated floors, with heating required for at least two days prior in order for the temperature to be comfortable enough for visitors.
There are 2 ways to approach and enter the building, one is the road and the other is the Kehlsteinhaus elevator. It has been said that Hitler did not trust the elevator and disliked using it.
Kehlsteinhaus lies several miles directly above the Berghof. In a rare diplomatic engagement, Hitler received departing French ambassador André François-Poncet on October 18, 1938 here. Also a wedding reception for Eva Braun's sister Gretl was held there following her June 3, 1944 marriage to Hermann Fegelein.
Referred to as the "D-Haus", short for "Diplomatic Reception Haus", the Kehlsteinhaus is often conflated with the Mooslahnerkopf tea house at the Berghof,[3] which Hitler visited daily after lunch.[4] That teahouse no longer exists, as it was demolished by the Bavarian government after the war.[5]
Allied capture[edit]
The Kehlsteinhaus was to be the aiming point of an April 25, 1945 Royal Air Force bombing raid conducted by No. 1, No. 5, and No. 8 Group and No. 617 Squadron.[7] The small house proved an elusive target for the force of 359 Avro Lancasters and 16 de Havilland Mosquitoes, with the Berghof area bombed and severely damaged instead.
It is uncertain which Allied military unit was the first to reach the Kehlsteinhaus. The matter is compounded by popular confusion of it and the town of Berchtesgaden taken on May 4 by forward elements of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division of XV Corps of the U.S. Seventh Army of the Sixth Army Group.[8][9][a]
Reputedly members of the 7th went as far as the elevator to the Kehlsteinhaus,[8] with at least one individual claiming he and a partner continued on to the top.[12] In both the Library of Congress interview as well as more recent interviews, Finnell of the 3rd Infantry Division states that his regiment entered Berghof, not Kehlsteinhaus.[13]
However, the 101st Airborne maintains it was first both to Berchtesgaden and the Kehlsteinhaus. [14] Also, elements of the French 2nd Armored Division, Laurent Touyeras, Georges Buis and Paul Répiton-Préneuf, were present on the night of May 4 to 5, and took several photographs before leaving on May 10 at the request of US command.[15][16] and so says the numerous testimonies the Spanish soldiers who went along with them.
Undamaged in the April 25 bombing raid, the Kehlsteinhaus was subsequently used by the Allies as a military command post until 1960, when it was handed back to the State of Bavaria.
Today the building is owned by a charitable trust, and serves as a restaurant offering indoor dining and an outdoor beer garden. It is a popular tourist attraction to those who are attracted by the historical significance of the "Eagle's Nest". The road has been closed to private vehicles since 1952 because it is too dangerous, but the house can be reached on foot (in two hours) from Obersalzberg, or by bus from the Documentation Center there. The Kehlsteinhaus itself does not mention much about its past.[17]
Informal tours of the Kehlsteinhaus are available to be booked through the official website. Due to concern about neo-Nazis and post-war Nazi sympathisers no external guides are permitted to conduct tours.
The lower rooms are not part of the restaurant but can be visited with a guide. They offer views of the building's past through plate-glass windows. Graffiti left by Allied troops is still clearly visible in the surrounding woodwork. A large fireplace in the restaurant itself shows severe damage along its lower edges where soldiers have smashed off small shards of marble as souvenirs. Hitler's small study is now a store room for the cafeteria.
A trail leads above the Kehlsteinhaus towards the Mannlgrat ridge reaching from the Kehlstein to the summit of the Hoher Göll. The route, which is served by a Klettersteig, is regarded as the easiest to the top.[18]
See also[edit]
- ^ According to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of U.S forces in Europe, the 3rd Infantry Division was the first to take the town of Berchtesgaden; the "Eagle's Nest" is never mentioned.[10] General Maxwell D. Taylor, former Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division, then attached to the XXI Corps, agreed.[11]
- ^ Norbert Eder. "The Eagle's Nest - Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden".
- ^ "Adolf Hitler", Current Biography 1941, p384
- ^ "Gutshof & Teehaus".
- ^ "Kehlsteinhaus". Hitler Mountain. Archived from the original on April 17, 2010.
- ^ "Dokumentation Obersalzberg: Blowing up the ruins of the former Berghof".
- ^ "Fireplace in the great hall of das Kehlsteinhaus aka the Eagle's Nest".
- ^ "ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND 1942-1945 (C 5247)". Imperial War Museums.
- ^ a b World War II: Race to Seize Berchtesgaden HistoryNet 12 June 2006
- ^ United States Army in World War II, Special Studies, Chronology 1941-1945 [1] "In U.S. Seventh Army's XV Corps area, 7th Inf of 3d Div, crossing into Austria, advances through Salzburg to Berchtesgaden without opposition".
- ^ Dwight D. Eisenhower, Crusade in Europe 418 (1948) (The exact quote from page 418 reads "On May 4 the 3d division of the same corps captured Berchtesgaden." The corps mentioned was the US XV Corps. The term "Eagle's Nest" is not in the quote nor the paragraph that mentions the capture of Berchtesgaden.
- ^ Maxwell D. Taylor, Swords and Plowshares 106 (1972) "3d Division units got into Berchtesgaden ahead of us on the afternoon of May 4"
- ^ Library of Congress: Veterans History Project: Interview with Herman Finnell: Herman Louis Finnell of the 3rd Division, 7th Regiment, Company I, stated that he and his ammo carrier, Pfc. Fungerburg, were the first to enter the Eagle's Nest, as well as the secret passages below the structure. Finnell stated that the hallway below the structure had rooms on either side filled with destroyed paintings, evening gowns, as well as destroyed medical equipment and a wine cellar.
- ^ WTVC NewsChannel 9 (2014-06-05), The Price of Freedom: World War II Veteran Herman Finnell, retrieved 2017-02-10
- ^ Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion 506th Regiment, US 101st Airborne Division: Video: Allies Sign Control Law For Germany,1945/06/14 (1945). Universal Newsreel. 1945. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
- ^ Georges Buis and Jean Lacouture, Les Fanfares perdues : Entretiens avec Jean Lacouture, Seuil press, 1975.
- ^ Mesquida, Evelyn (April 2010). La Nueve. Los españoles que liberaron París [The Nine. The Spaniards who liberated Paris] (in Spanish).
- ^ "Kehlsteinhaus".
- ^ "Mannlgrat".
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kehlsteinhaus.
- Official website
- Kehlsteinhaus - Das Kehlsteinhaus - Historical Overview and Guide
- 360° Virtual Tour Kehlsteinhaus
- Das Kehlsteinhaus - The Third Reich in Ruins
- Kehlsteinhaus - Eagles Nest Pictures (in German)
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Twelve teams will pull an eight tonne lorry through Stroud for charity on Bank Holiday Monday
2:20pm Thursday 23rd May 2013
By Kate Wilson
2:20pm Thursday 23rd May 2013
By Kate Wilson
FOLLOWING the success of their recent charity gig, Gary Gardner and Door Youth Project apprentice Harry Gardner are just days away from their next exciting event - the Stroud Charity Truck Pull Challenge.
Thirteen teams of 15 will pull an eight tonne lorry along Merrywalks in Stroud on Bank Holiday Monday.
The teams so far include the police, fire service, the Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, British Oak, Cirencester College, Stroud Rugby Club, Cainscross Rugby Club, the Royal Mail, Forest Green Gym, Stratford Park Leisure Centre and Fifth Dimension.
Dairy Crest has also put a team together and is supplying the trucks.
Gary said: "There are still a few places on teams which have not been able to get 15 people so anyone interested in pulling a truck through Stroud please get in touch."
Harry, 17, added: "It will be the biggest event Stroud has seen for a long time and we really would like to see the whole community pull together and support this great event and the charity."
A host of other attractions are being laid on with all proceeds going to the Door.
RemedySounds, who headlined the Kick Start the Summer concert, is returning to perform on a stage which will be constructed opposite the Apollo Cinema as is actor Rupert Grint's sister Samantha, who will perform with her band Ghost of Samantha.
There will also be a kids corner with bouncy castles, lucky dips and face painting plus stalls selling handmade gifts and crafts.
Opening the show is the Truck Pull Schools Dance Competition which is being judged by a mystery celebrity.
The road will be closed for the event which runs from noon to 4.30pm.
Anyone interested in getting involved in the truck pull should contact Harry on 0780 963 5014 or email@example.com
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