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Quote from: Prime Mover on July 22, 2011, 10:36:48 PMMoorish/Spanish progressionsSo, one of the defining chord progressions for the entire FFVIII soundtrack is most prominently showcased in the song you cited. And you're on the nose regarding geographical/ethnic root to the progression's popularity.In music theory detail it's a four measure pattern that looks like this:measure 1: a minor chord. For this example, let's use A minor itself (I think the piano collection arrangement is in this key). So that's A, C, and E.measure 2: take the 5th of that minor chord, raise it a half-step to F. Now you have A C F, which is an F major chord, inverted. So far, this is extremely common chord progression. It's not Am's relative major, but it fits the key signature (Am / C), so we went vi to IV in terms of the Roman Numeral system.measure 3: take that same note we raised, and raise it ANOTHER halfstep. THIS is what makes it unique and brings out that Spanish flavor. Your chord is now A C F#. Fill in the Eb and you can clearly see a full diminished chord.measure 4: descend back to the F inverted chord from measure two.This pattern is awesome. It's entrancing. It's much of what makes me adore the FFVIII soundtrack. In terms of scales, adding the F# takes you from Aeolian mode (that is, a natural minor scale) to Dorian mode (minor scale with raised 6). If you also include the Eb for the fully diminished chord (and the main melody hits that Eb!) you're making some sort of crazy modal scale that is best described as Spanish/Moorish. Modern music, esp. jazz, owes its roots to "experimental" ideas like these. After all, the diminished 5th / augmented 4th (A to Eb, to fit this illustration) is "the devil's harmony" and wasn't allowed in many Christian sanctuaries for centuries.You can see this "hold the bass/foundation note, raise the other notes to create new chords" concept also in Blue Fields, Find Your Way, and other great pieces from the soundtrack.
My my, that IS FFVI!I'd secretly thought VI and VIII had a lot in common, musically. Thanks for the confirmation.
Speaking of which, did anyone notice that in Blue Dragon, Uematsu used, essentially, the Figaro Castle theme, arranged it into heavy metal, and made a dungeon theme?Oh, and the mode you are looking for for Fithos Lusec (the Dorian with the lowered 2nd) is "Phrygian Dominant". It's a fairly common mode used to approximate moorish music (though I'm guessing that since a lot of moorish musical practice was influenced by the Greeks, it's not really all that far from western musical practice). However, unlike a lot of things that blatently go for the middle-eastern feel (I'm guilty myself, I'll admit), Fithos Lusec doesn't hammer that flat-2, natural-3 interval all the time, it just slips the flat-2 in during a few choice spots for coloration. And it never even appears during the main progression.Fascinating piece, though. Too bad the orchestral arrangement made some poor production choices with the female voice part. Unlike some people, I can sort of understand what they were going for, but some mixing producer screwed up along the way and put the voice way too far forward, with the wrong reverb, so it doesn't sound like she's in the same hall. She's NOT out of tune though, it's simply a whole-tone scale super-imposed over the pounding bVI, bVII chords. Many people treat it as an accident, but the accident was in the production. If the engineer had been doing their job, it would have sounded natural, though dissonant, and people would have believed that it was purposeful. It really ticks me off when people mistake a bad production decision for a performance error. That singer was spot-on, with a VERY difficult part... and they ruined it!Sorry </rant>Problem was, the chorus was recorded in a hall. And the female voice part was recorded separately. That's okay, and do-able... but they should have booked the same hall again and recorded her in it, alone. Also, no solo vocalist can sing THAT LOUD over the top of a huge chanting choir, so it's just not believable that there's a person in the same room with the choir. We go from a fairly traditional acoustic space that we're comfortable with, to our ears telling us... "oooh... something's wrong". I'd have loved to have heard that piece recorded properly, with the vocalist mixed lower and in the same room, THAT would have been intense!
By the way, I changed the topic title to include anime music as well. Composers cross over both regions and I listen to music from anime almost as much as Game Music. Next post will have anime tracks included :3


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Re: External Hard Drive not MountingTinsleyjf Jul 7, 2016 1:56 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
I really hope you find an answer to this. I'm having the same issue. My entire iTunes library is on the portable drive...
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingKawKawKins Jul 7, 2016 2:05 PM (in response to Tinsleyjf)
I just downgraded to El Capitan, I couldn't handle it, it was too much for me :/ So I wish you all the best! If I do come across some method I'll be sure to pass it through here to you though
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingSocramedina Aug 16, 2017 1:02 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
How you downgrade?
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingStempnakowski Jul 8, 2016 2:22 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
Similar issue with my Western Digital external USB drives. None mount, but they are also not seen by Disk Utility. They do show up in the System Information utility as being seen on the USB bus, but don't show as HDs.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingrlapitz Jul 8, 2016 2:05 PM (in response to Stempnakowski)
Me too with WD external usb passport 0730. Is detected in report system but not mount !. May be is necessary any way to restart scan usb?
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingJoachim_Joe Jul 8, 2016 2:14 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
I have this issue too with any external hard drive, they do not show up in the Disk Utility. This issue, is not a Seagate-specific issue.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingStempnakowski Jul 8, 2016 6:40 PM (in response to Joachim_Joe)
Mine is limited to USB HDs. I have two Thunderbolt drives (Drobo 5D and a G-Drive) and they mount fine. No USB HDs mount. USB flash drives (sticks and camera cards) mount without problem.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingJoachim_Joe Jul 9, 2016 1:46 AM (in response to Stempnakowski)
None of the HD I would like to connect to this Mac have a Thunderbolt connection but that is helpful if the hard drive you would like to connect have that connector.
Yes, USB Sticks seem to work fine, I had a crash from connecting one stick and the Mac rebooted but they mount.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mounting441971 Jul 2, 2017 6:54 AM (in response to Joachim_Joe)
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Re: External Hard Drive not MountingBiggStuu Jul 8, 2016 2:30 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
Same here, all drives appear on the bus in the system, but only the seagate mounts. Terrible part, the missing drives are my Time Machine and Downloads. Ugh. So literally, I cant update my apps, use iTunes, backup my machine, etc. I'm thinking about rolling out of the beta.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingRocCandyman Jul 8, 2016 3:07 PM (in response to BiggStuu)
Exactly the same thing for me. My Time Machine is on one and my downloads on the other. WD Passport drives.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingMohamadAlwazzan Jul 9, 2016 10:21 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
same here, none of my USB external drives are connecting or visible anywhere. i guess we have to wait until the next beta
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingintellexi Jul 10, 2016 8:27 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
Same here with WD My Book
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingFillman39 Jul 10, 2016 9:41 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I have a 1TB Seagate (FAT32) and 4TB Seagate (Mac OS Extended), and the 1TB works perfectly fine under USB while my 4TB just shows up in disk utility
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingDrDubya Jul 11, 2016 6:09 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I have 2 external drives that do not mount.
And my apple usb wired keyboard doesnt work either.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingSlcarter Jul 11, 2016 12:05 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
My WD external hard drive will not mount and does not show up anywhere. I also can't go back to an older OS because my backup is on my external HD. All my files are on external HD so iTunes is useless and everything else. I hope they fix this soon.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingChrisSW Jul 11, 2016 12:44 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
My WD My Passport USB3 drive is not appearing but my Transcend SSD on USB 3 is being seen.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingseth9341 Jul 11, 2016 6:44 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
I have two Buffalo USB 3 drives and a WD my passport usb3 that are also not mounting
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingSlcarter Jul 12, 2016 6:52 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingseth9341 Jul 20, 2016 12:37 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
I just updated to the newest beta release as of 2016.07.20 at 14:00 and my USB drives are back!!!
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingSlcarter Jul 20, 2016 9:46 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
Yes the new update has fixed the USB issue. everythng seems to be running ok even with this late 2011 model a little slow but its to be expected.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingInspirations Aug 14, 2016 1:05 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
Drobo does not mount, finder does not see it, but de drobo dashboard can see it.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingpsciandra Aug 27, 2016 5:27 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I am having this issue with a Western digital My Passport external on my macbook 12" Retina. I am on latest Sierra beta, have tried from another thread installing and uninstalling WD turbo drivers. My drive is still not available. If I hold alt on startup the drive is shown but when I boot to main drive and login drive never shows. My timemachine backup, etc is on this drive.....
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingHStriepe Aug 28, 2016 4:51 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I have a similar issue. Various drives (usually one) do not show up on the Finder desktop after boot, but are actually mounted in /Volumes - often as read-only. Oddly I need to force unmount with diskutil before being able to remount them.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingpsciandra Aug 28, 2016 5:12 AM (in response to HStriepe)
Mine does not show at all, only time it shows is if I hold alt at boot....has to be a driver issue
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingnexkulit Sep 23, 2016 6:19 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
So far, this works every time - http://www.seagate.com/as/en/support/downloads/item/ntfs-driver-for-mac-os-master-dl/ - even now that I've upgraded to OS Sierra.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingggrigorian Nov 5, 2016 8:11 PM (in response to nexkulit)
Thanks @nexkulit! this solved my problem as well! I was having the same issue with my 1TB Seagate drive not showing up in Finder. But it was in Disk Utility and grayed out and I wasn't able to mount it. Downloaded the suggested utility from Seagate and rebooted and it's back!
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingLoriCristen Nov 6, 2016 9:56 PM (in response to nexkulit)
Thanks so much this fixed my problem straight away!!
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingdmcverry Nov 8, 2016 4:25 AM (in response to nexkulit)
I tried this but the dmg file I D/L from Seagate says it's damaged so I'm still stuck.
I've tried to D/L it numerous times & even from different browsers. Always the same - the file is damaged
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingmanuelobico Nov 30, 2016 9:12 AM (in response to nexkulit)
Thanks nexkulit! This solved my problem right away, I was having the same issue with my 1TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable drive not showing up in Finder and being unable to mount it although it showed in Disk Utility grayed. Downloaded the suggested utility from Seagate, rebooted and bam it's back as if nothing had happened!
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingeasymuon Dec 5, 2016 9:13 AM (in response to nexkulit)
This solved my problem
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingwolfshades Mar 20, 2017 9:55 AM (in response to nexkulit)
Thank you very much nexkulit! Though I had Paragon NTFS on my system already, I downloaded and installed Seagate's version and voila - my drive showed up. A check on volume said it was "dirty" (whatever that means), so I quickly copied the contents back to my iMac HDD and am in the process of doing a secure erase on the stupid thing, right before I throw it in the garbage. I will NEVER buy a Seagate peripheral ever again. This thing has been a nightmare.
Even during the copying it managed to mess things up and reboot my system. Took forever to get the thing mounted again. I hate Seagate with a passion now.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingdcp2798 May 3, 2017 12:52 AM (in response to nexkulit)
This did not work for me.
I spent some time searching and came up with this solution that did work:
Opwn the finder preferences:
Finder > Preference
In the general tab reset the default values:
1. Show these items on the desktop (uncheck all)
2. New Finder Windows show (All My Files)
3. Open folders in tabs instead of new windows (check)
Then I unplug and plug back in my HD.
I then Reset System Management Controller SMC:
Shut down
Press and hold
shift, ctrl cmd(option) + power
When I booted and set my finder preference back to show all external HD's. everything worked and I have not had a problem since.
Now even my Tech Tool emergency disk is performing correctly.
iMac Late 2013 27"
Sierra 10.12.4
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingPaula Jay Oct 7, 2016 7:44 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
My Samsung HDD with all my photos on was read only after updating to Sierra as was the brand new HDD I own. I used the new HDD to back up Time Machine and this seemed to open the HDD to read & write. This then enabled me to copy all the photos to the new HDD. I then repeated the process on the original HDD. The Time Machine process erases the HDD which seems to open it read & write again.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingcsb2767214 Oct 10, 2016 1:12 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
I reinstalled the Seagate drive from the site and it's now showing. For other drivers, might suggest reinstalling their driver from their site as well
. Just a suggestion, I thought about downgrading back to El Capitan but too complicated for me. Good luck!
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingcatebligh Oct 11, 2016 6:40 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
Yes, reinstalling the drivers for my Seagate and WD drives solved this problem.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingkaihsu Oct 23, 2016 12:50 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
My problem is a Transcend hard drive that does not automount at startup. If I unplug the USB and plug it back in, it mounts and everything is fine.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingbob321 Oct 24, 2016 5:52 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I had the same problem with Samsung D3 station external hard drive. I've tried reinstalling drivers and everything several times allready, it just won't mount. Disk Utility shows nothing either. Frends pc worked fine with that drive, and also my LCD TV mounted that drive.
Finally solved the issue with $2 USB extender cable, I did a picture:
After I pluged it up, MacOS mounted my Samsund D3 station right away, now everything works and I don't know actually what was the real problem. I think it's something to do with SS to USB3 cable. I have a iMac 2013.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingMizoux Jan 26, 2017 9:35 AM (in response to bob321)
Out of desperation, I tried your solution. Connected the drive to my desktop with a USB extender. IT WORKED!
Thank you.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingLJJWAN Apr 6, 2017 11:14 PM (in response to Mizoux)
Worked for me! Added a USB extender and *BAM* my Seagate 4TB hard drive showed up.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingmmautino Nov 8, 2016 5:59 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I have 2 6 TB WD My Book Duo connected to my 2011 iMac 27", using thunderbolt cables and ports.
One contains my Time Machine and the other ALL MY RAW and JPG PHOTO files...
Since I upgraded to Mac OX Sierra, they randomly fail to mount.
Restart does not help, changing cables does not help.
I cannot see them in Finder, Disk Utility or System Information.
Sometimes, one or both of them randomly mount, and in that case I have run a diagnostic of each drive using the WD tool app that came with the drives and they are fine. If running the diagnostic with Disk Utility, they unmount and dissapear again.
After the computer goes to sleep and Time Machine attempts to run a backup, the Time Machine drive will dissapear.
Please Apple, take care of this,...
Is this an Apple attempt to force us out of external drive and into very expensive iCloud storage?
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingmaurerc Nov 9, 2016 3:41 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
Similar problem with the released verion of 10.12.1. External drives plugged into a USB3 hub have ceased to work after "upgrading" from El Capitan.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingseralyse Nov 10, 2016 4:44 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
For hours, I was trying multiple restarts and even installing the latest update, but my hard disk was still unreadable.
Reinstalling the Seagate drivers worked like magic!
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingHungryLikeTheWolf Nov 18, 2016 6:10 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
My situation:
WD My Passport Ultra 2T
I formatted it Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) to use with Crash Plan as a back up drive. It works fine until I eject the disk and put the computer to sleep.
When I plug the drive back in before or after waking the computer, the OS does not see the drive. It is not visible in Disk Utility. I have to perform a reboot in order for the disk to mount.
Computer: iMac 27-inch, late 2013
OS: Sierra (10.12.1)
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingkettlekekkers Nov 19, 2016 10:04 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
i own 2 external hard drives, (not very new) but worked fine with all other OSX, and PC< update has made them completely unusable., they dont mount, they dont apper in disk utility, or system information.
not much to my delight all responses from apple and the hard drive manufactureres are very typically ;conflicting, each blames the other, and there is yet to be a solution.
most likely now forced to buy an new expensive upto date hdd.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingRexster Nov 24, 2016 12:59 PM (in response to kettlekekkers)
I am running the latest version of Sierra and I have also run into a mounting problem with my external hard drives. The problem for me (just to reiterate) is that sometimes a drive will mount and sometimes the same drive will not mount (which means show up on the desktop as it should when it mounts correctly). I do not believe that there was any operating system release that 'fixed' this issue. When I reboot my computer (2012 Mac Mini), the hard drives that previously would not mount will mount correctly. This happened just a few minutes ago. I had two hard drives that mounted and four that would not mount. After rebooting, all the drives mount and work properly.
To those who are worried about their data, I believe the data on your external drives is intact and can be retrieved as long as the disk wasn't formatted or erased using disk utility. Don't panic! Turn off the external drive, disconnect from your computer, and reboot. Hopefully this will resolve some fraction of the problems people have experienced in this thread.
I have had this problem intermittently for over a year. My machine stays on 24/7 and I think that either the hardware or software gets into a state where mounting fails. I haven't figured out a way to isolate the problem, but maybe its related to when the external drives were originally formatted. In my case, these drives are all several years old although they were correctly formatted Mac OSX journaled before they were initially used.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingarjun_vkumar Nov 29, 2016 1:24 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
Facing the exact same problem. Lights are on when mouse is connected and the harddisk is connected but not being detected. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. I need to have a permanent solution for this as it is very inconvenient.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingDwain Nov 29, 2016 6:21 AM (in response to arjun_vkumar)
Thunderbolt drives are also affected. Unable to be recognized on boot. Only recognized after boot on internal drive, and cannot be switched to boot from the OS System Pref. Interesting they would release a build
that defeats their prized Thunderbolt/USB3 external drive ability. Have seen this before on mac 2011 and earlier, with no solution offered. Wait for the next Beta update to potentially resolve this with no feedback on 'cause'...
Suggest you and those affected revert to the prior build, which did not have this problem...
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingDwain Dec 2, 2016 2:32 AM (in response to Dwain)
Can you please try setting the following boot-arg and see if resolves your issue: sudo nvram enable-legacy-orom-behavior=1
Worked for me to release the "Option" boot menu to external drive selection. Hope this helps someone else also...
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingnsthankiya Dec 3, 2016 9:23 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I have a similar issue with Mac Mini late 2012 running 10.12.2 Beta (16C53a) Seagate 5TB external USB 3.0 will sporadicly not mount unless the system is rebooted. This HD is connected directly to USB 3.0 on the mini not through a hub. It worked fine under 10.11 and 10.10. I have a number of other 1 & 2TB external USB 2.0-3.0 drives WD & Seagte that all mount fine. I've sent numereous feedback reports to Apple but still no sollutions.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingbergertime Dec 13, 2016 11:10 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I only recently updated to 10.12.1, and have found this problem as well with my Seagate 1TB USB HDD (not SS). The drive is mountd and visible in Disk Utility, but not in Finder. At least on several occasions, re-launching finder has fixed the problem. Still haven't worked out the exact scenarios under which the problem occurs or the Finder re-launch fixes it.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingctraq91 Jan 26, 2017 10:09 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
10.12.4 beta - since updating, external drives do not have correct permissions, and do NOT show up in disk utility!!
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingMusicalBarry Feb 4, 2017 11:27 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
A partial solution which at least makes an external HDD usable again.
I have a Rugged Triple FW/USB3 drive which wouldn't mount on Sierra (from 10.12.1 to 10.12.3) on a Mid-2010 MBP. Works perfectly on other machines running Yosemite - tried re-formatting on Yosemite but Sierra still wouldn't mount the drive whether encrypted or not.
Eventually re-formatted as exFAT on Windows 10 whereupon it mounted on Sierra. Then used Disk Utility on Sierra to re-format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) and all seems well.
Unfortunately had to copy the data to another drive using Yosemite so it's not a solution if you have essential data which you're unable to copy off by other means.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingdonb Feb 22, 2017 12:32 PM (in response to MusicalBarry)
I haven't had any thunderbolt issues on Mac Pro, have had USB mounting problems with HDDs, not flash drives. I have an Apple Thunderbolt Display and when using it's USB ports, I don't have any issues. I'm running 10.12.3, no betas. Maybe if you can run the USB though a thunderbolt hub as a workaround at least. Still should have been fixed months ago.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingDoctor_Huw Feb 24, 2017 9:07 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
As of February 2017, a Samsung T3 external SSD is recognized erratically. Sometimes, my MacBook Pro OS X Sierra (10.12.3) recognizes it. Sometimes it doesn't. This is true for both USB ports. I replaced the drive. Same problem with the replacement.
Nothing has been done that might damage the drive, the cable, or the port. For example, with the MacBook powered down, I plug in the drive, start up. No problem. I then shut down and restart. Now the drive is gone. Disk Utility doesn't see it at all. Power down, switch to second USB port, power up. Now the drive is recognized. But at some point, the drive will also disappear from that port.
Repeatable but unpredictable.
This suggests a problem with USB connectivity under Sierra.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingNanayo Feb 28, 2017 3:11 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
can you please help me unlock my iCloud to
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingroadparc Mar 10, 2017 10:49 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I had the same problem with a Western Digital 2TB My Book Studio.
It showed up in disk utility but not in finder.
What I did was right click in the external HD that appears in disk utility and from there you can click show in fnder!
It seems like the partition had a hidden attribute. I was in a hurry so I just grab the HD in finder and add it to my favorites bar in the left side of finder.
I think that I need to research about the hidden attribute but for now I can work and access to my HD.
I hope this works for anyone having the same problem.
I also found how to unhide the partition. Just use the chflags mettod.
Open terminal and type:
"chflags nohidden "
With a space at the end and drag and drop the drive from finder to terminal and hit enter.
Use what I explain earlier to get access to your HD in finder using disk utility shorcut
Thank you
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingDesktop-Laptop Mar 12, 2017 9:36 PM (in response to roadparc)
I had the same problem too, but with a USB 3.0 External Western Digital 3TB HD, My Passport For MAC.
While running a Late 2009 Mac Desktop, with Yosemite 10.10.5, I was attemping to back up with Apple's Time Machine application my Desktop Computer onto my USB 3.0 External Western Digital 3 TB Hard Drive, My Passport For MAC.
The 3 TB HD icon wouldn't show up on either the Finder window or Computer screen, on my Desktop computer, but would show up within the Desktop computer application, Disk Utility, on the left side of it's window. There it would allow me to select Verify and Repair, but once the process ran its course, a window would pop up to say an error has occured: "Couldn't open disk" or "The disk couldn't be unmounted". Now, I know the 3 TB HD was running because I could feel it the rotation of the hard drive and I could see that it's exterior white light was on. So here's how I was able to bring back! Since I had access to an additional computer, with the latest Operating System, Sierra 10.12.3., I plugged the USB 3.0 External Western Digital 3 TB Hard Drive, My Passport For MAC. into a laptop. As some time had passed, 15 to 20 minutes, while I was discussing this issue over the phone with Apple Care, yet before we were able to implement any Apple Care solutions, I opened up the Finder window and sure enough there and on the computer screen, was the 3TB My Passport For Mac! Recap: From my experience, find a newer second computer, even a friend's, who's running the latest operating system. (Allow some time) for the USB 3.0 External Western Digital 3TB HD, My Passport For MAC to be recognized by the computer, a laptop in my case. Check back later with it's Finder window or Computer screen and with some luck, it appears! You're back in business. If not, although I never got around to it, I'm sure Apple Care will have some suggestons. Good Luck and Keep me posted!
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingurbananimal Mar 31, 2017 10:53 AM (in response to Desktop-Laptop)
I'm having the same issue. The delay is that the connected disk is running fsck in the background before it shows up, which can take some time. If you open a terminal window, cd to /var/log and "tail -f fsck_hfs.log" (or another if not hfs) you'll see this running.
That said, my fsck never completes successfully, which is an issue that disk disk mounts read-only.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingsjpapa2 Mar 17, 2017 3:12 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
Well had the same problem. But found solution!
One of my USB-SATA interfaces does not work. This is correct no way to mount.
But a WD external disk mounted immediately. One other USB-SATA interface I have also mounted immediately.
It seems Sierra does not have all drivers for all USB-SATA devices installed.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingmaximveksler Mar 20, 2017 11:02 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
Same here, WD hard drive. Almost shipped it for warrenty repair becaseu I assumed the drive was faulty. Then plugged into a Windows PC and it mounted.
No issues appears again. No work arounds, reboot of the OS donesn't help.
**** !
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingqtxtn Apr 23, 2017 8:14 AM (in response to maximveksler)
I did your suggestion while sipping on vodka: plugged the external drive to a Windows laptop... replugged it to my Macbook Air.. and voila, external drive is showing on the desktop.
It may have been the vodka, though. But seriously, thanks for this suggestion. No downgrading to El Capitan needed!
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingmaximveksler Mar 21, 2017 12:11 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I have a solution.
- Open terminal
- Run some commands to find the "id" of your drive
- Ask the system manually to mount your drive.
Step 1
Open Applications > Terminal (the black/white empty screen where you can write text into it)
Step 2
Run the following command:
diskutil list |awk '/external, physical/,/^$/' | awk ' /[1-9]+[0-9]*:/ { print $3, $6 } '
In my case this outputs:
EFI disk2s1 m disk2s2 Recovery MB
And the drive which I'm interested in is "m", so my "ID" is disk2s2
Step 3
Run the following command
diskutil mount disk2s2
Your drive should now be mounted.
For the technical explanation of what is going on: The kernel is able to load the usb device, but (I assume) that the system event messaging subsytem fails to handle the new usb storage device detected event for whatever reason (process restart, wrong key name.. what ever.. it's random in nature). therefor kernel sees the device but user space is not, because device is not mounted. The above fixes the loss of the system event notification by doing it manually.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingchrisksi Apr 3, 2017 1:18 PM (in response to maximveksler)
Perfect. Thought I was lost...Elegant solution.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingjmurph2591 May 3, 2017 7:25 PM (in response to maximveksler)
i ran the commands you instructed to run in terminal. I have a 15 inch pro retina from 2014 and I have a seagate 2TB drive. after running the commands it says - unable to find disk for seagate. I'm starting to wonder if my usb cord is broken or the external drive itself. any ideas?
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingedie Apr 14, 2017 11:34 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
I'm experiencing a similar problem. I have a G Drive Mini 1T 0G02577 which is failing to mount. This is connected to a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) which I have recently updated to Sierra 10.12.4. It may be coincidence but I have only had this problem since updated the OS, until then the disk was mounting and running without any problems.
I can see the drive in Disk Utilities and also in 'About this Mac > System Preferences > Hardware > USB', but it will not mount. I have seen that some other users have experienced similar issues with portable drives failing to mount since this OS update so I am wondering if this may be the problem?
I desperately need to retrieve the data on the disk. If anyone has any advice I would be so grateful of any help resolving this.
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingmechyserra Apr 16, 2017 12:25 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
This was usefull for me many times! http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingkiza Apr 29, 2017 10:36 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
It has happend to me as well, what i did , i had older mac with old system and i just run older disk utility repear disk permission and did fix the problem.
New systems can not do the same job......
Lacie drive do have some issues if you format HD as Ex fat.....
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountingpatrickbaltieri May 4, 2017 12:13 PM (in response to KawKawKins)
Follow these instructions: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7904838?start=0&tstart=0
After this, my problems with external usb/thunderbolt drives were solved.
Re: External Hard Drive not MountingWkwkwkwkk12 Jul 2, 2017 6:40 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
why my verbatim plug in macbook pro touch bar is working but cannot read my flash drive but before it can read my flash drive? The flash drive is not showing in finder and disk utility but when i charging via the verbatin it is work
Re: External Hard Drive not Mountinggadgetricks Jul 8, 2017 3:56 AM (in response to KawKawKins)
Yeah this discussion is useful
1. Relaunch the Finder.
The discs may be mounted and available; however, if the Finder is having troubles displaying them then it may appear as though the discs are not mounted. Press the Option key and right-click the Finder icon in the Dock, and choose "Relaunch".
2. Change the port.
Sometimes there are differences in the USB ports on the system, which result in power or speed differences that can result in external devices not being recognized properly. Try each USB or FireWire port available on your system (use FireWire 400/800 adaptors or conversion cables if necessary) to see if that helps. You can also try this when booted into Safe Mode, to see if any third-party plug-ins or nonessential features of OS X are contributing to the problem.
3. Plug in power adaptor (if available).
Some external drives come with optional power adaptors (especially smaller and more portable drives). If you have one, try plugging it in so the drive is not reliant upon bus power. Low power can definitely prevent a drive from working properly.
4. Avoid daisy-chaining.
When troubleshooting USB or firewire devices, unplug all except for the problematic device (and your keyboard and mouse, of course) and plug it directly into your system. Do not route it through the keyboard or a USB/FireWire hub, as this is yet another source for incompatibilities and problems.
5. Try a different connection type.
Some devices have both USB and FireWire ports, so use each of them to see if the device works. If it does with any of the ports, then you know the device is probably not to blame and can focus on troubleshooting the bus/connector that is causing issues.
6. Run general maintenance.
Give your computer a once-over maintenance run. Reset the PRAM and SMC, followed by booting into Safe Mode and clearing caches and performing a permissions fix with various maintenance utilities (Cocktail, Yasu, OnyX, just to name a few). Then boot normally and reboot again (the first boot will fill caches and be a little slower than the second) before trying the problematic external drive.
7. Drive problems
Last but not least, there may be problems with the drive itself, which can be caused by a number of issues including power or connection interruptions without properly unmounting the drive (a frequent occurrence for external drives). For information on how to tackle partition and volume problems,see this article.
Hope this will be helpful.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 76 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
We represent an online auction company that specializes in liquidations of seized items, foreclosed items, and clearance items. Often, our merchandise comes from divorces, estate sales, bankruptcies and bank seizures.
The site will also run auctions on behalf of other online auction companies. (See sites listed below for examples of other similar sites that do this.)
As a result, we sell lots of expensive jewelry, loose gems, Rolex watches, sports memorabilia, Hollywood memorabilia, expensive cars, antique coins and currency -- all at auction prices. In many cases, opening bids start always at a dollar. In all cases, our items are 100% genuine and as described.
We'd like to attract people who like to buy expensive stuff at a discount -- similar to people who buy at Bidz.com, uBid.com, Proxibid.com, iCollector.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. Please check out those sites before submitting your art.
Our target audience are people who like to buy at auctions, and in particular the sites listed above. The people are generally 40 or 50 years old or older, are relatively well off, and are passionate about the things they buy (i.e. Coin buyers, Hollywood fans, sports fans, jewelry lovers). They are always looking for bargains -- and better yet, to "steal" something at an auction. We want them to brag to their friends about what they just bought, either because it is so remarkable, or because they paid so little for it.
We have NO specific requirements as to shape or color of the logo. We just want people to know that this is THE Live Online Auction. It needs to be a trustworty, legitimate looking logo. People should know that when they buy here, they are going to get exactly what they paid for.
* The colors should be web safe colors, and are open to any "trustworthy" colors. (ie no hot pinks, neon colors, or baby-like pastels). We're really open to almost anything else.
* Deliverables would be the logo itself, in the following formats:
* Layered, original source PSD or Illustrator format
* Static JPG, GIF, PNG with and without transparency where possible.
Note: We'll be placing the logo onto our own website and likely building the entire website around the logo that you design.
We're looking forward to your design.
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CRYSTAL LAKE – In less than two weeks, Scott Alcock had planned to marry his longtime girlfriend. Just last month, he was set to close on his first home.
The Crystal Lake resident had a good job. He had loving parents. Three supportive brothers. A devoted fiancée. A college degree. A large group of friends.
His life's puzzle was coming together. And with his marriage to 28-year-old Jessica Maioni set for Aug. 10, his plans were almost complete. The two had been engaged for two years and dated for more than a decade, said his parents, Patrick and Carol Alcock.
"He had all his ducks in a row. He had all these plans," Patrick Alcock said.
But before the final pieces were in place, Alcock's life was cut short by a tragic motorcycle crash in Lakewood, when on June 18, a driver turned in front of him, police said. A 43-year-old Lakewood woman was issued a citation after the crash.
Scott Alcock died June 20. He was 30.
What's left is a family and a fiancée left trying to put the puzzle back together with a new, even bigger piece that's missing.
"A split second," Patrick Alcock said through bleary eyes. He paused to wipe the silent tears that began to fall. "It changed the dynamics of two families. Our family is devastated.
"A split-second decision on somebody's part and he's gone."
Sadly, Alcock's story is all too common, with a growing number of motorcycle fatalities in Illinois.
Statewide, fatal accidents are up 13 percent, according to data from the Illinois Department of Transportation. In 2010, there were 131 motorcycle fatalities, a figure that rose to 148 in 2012.
Locally, IDOT reports, there have been eight motor vehicle deaths this year, two of which were on motorcycles.
In 2008, McHenry County reached a high with six motorcycle deaths. Those figures dropped in subsequent years. There were four fatalities in 2011 and five in 2012. IDOT data also includes passengers, pedestrians and cyclists in its fatality figures.
A search of Northwest Herald archives revealed there have been four serious motorcycle crashes in McHenry County this summer that injured three and killed two, including Alcock. There was one death involving a motocross rider.
Experts say it's hard to pinpoint a single reason for the increase. But some say the increase in fatalities comes as more people – some of whom may not have had proper training – are riding motorcycles. In the past decade, there's been a 57 percent increase in the number of registered motorcyclists in Illinois.
"Not everyone takes a motorcycle safety course," said Jeff Carlsen, director of the fee-based Woodstock Harley-Davidson Riding School. "There are a lot of people out there that don't have the skills or knowledge about what to do in certain circumstances."
Scott Alcock took a free motorcycle class offered at McHenry County College, his parents said.
Illinois is one of three states without a mandatory helmet law. State officials say that 110 of the 145 people who died in 2011 weren't wearing helmets.
Though he wore a helmet off and on, Scott Alcock wasn't wearing one when he died.
"[Motorcycle riders] should be twice as vigilant as those in cars, because they don't have the protection afforded to them as they would in a car," McHenry County Undersheriff Andy Zinke said. "We encourage everyone to wear a helmet."
But some motorcycle advocates say helmets can make cyclists less aware of their surroundings and have worked to defeat mandatory helmet laws.
Carol Alcock can replay Scott's final moments in the emergency room with remarkable clarity. His intact cellphone. No blood on his clothing. Not a scratch on his body, she said.
"They let us see him and I really thought I'd be OK. It looked like he was taking a nap," she said.
But doctors said a head injury was too catastrophic for him to recover.
Scott Alcock was an organ donor. Carol asked doctors – and they agreed – to play Jimi Hendrix, Scott's favorite, while they harvested his organs. The family recently received word that Scott's eyes have given sight to a person in Michigan.
But what offers the grieving mother a small bit of comfort is that Scott's "kind heart is in somebody else's body."
• The Associated Press contributed to this article.
McHenry County fatal crash summary
2013: 8 total crashes (2 motorcycle*)
2012: 22 total crashes (5 motorcycle including one passenger)
2011: 14 total crashes (4 motorcycle)
2010: 15 total crashes (3 motorcycle)
2009: 15 total crashes (2 motorcycle)
2008: 18 total crashes (6 motorcycle)
*through July 26
Source: Illinois Department of Transportation


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Presho Man Who Allegedly Killed Daughter's Dog, Kidnapped Her Seeks New Site for Trial
PRESHO - A South Dakota man facing state charges for allegedly kidnapping his daughter and killing her dog in front of her on her birthday wants his trial in a related federal case moved from Pierre to Aberdeen.
Clinton Brown, of Presho, is charged federally with being a felon and drug user in possession of a firearm. The Daily Republic reports he's pleaded not guilty and is to stand trial next month.
His attorney says in his motion for a change of venue that news coverage of the case will infringe on Brown's right to a fair trial if it is held in Pierre. A judge will decide later.
Authorities allege Brown was under the influence of methamphetamine and marijuana when he kidnapped his 10-year-old daughter last August and abused her.
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NKHAN brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 276 Designs von 90 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
NK http://www.dj-nk.com (finish reading prior to logging on to my web page)
Hi there, NK are my initials (Nooman Khan). I've been Mixing, Remixing and giving a go at producing progressive,tribal and electro house music for the past couple of years now purely as a pass time/hobby. I've released several sets online of various genres and have been getting a very good feedback and motivation from the DJ community. Examples of my music are: http://www.transmissionfm.com/mixes/detail/3151/ and http://www.transmissionfm.com/mixes/detail/3565/ which will help you understand my style of music a bit better. .
I'm strictly non commercial and if you have a listen to my music you would understand that i cater to the underground 'serious' clubbers, however i wish to surface my style of music in the form of a compilation release through one of the major distributers. The target audience is really from teenagers to late 30's, (pill poppers and the like) who wanna get wasted but i do wish to target the general party audience through my genre of electro house so i need something very powerful at the same time commercially viable as it would be for web use, album cover use or even giant screen sduring concerts.
So far i've just reserved my website address and name (mentioned above under Brand name) and have put up one web page specially for you.
The 'NK' design you see on my web page is what i wish to show you. I created this style of writing my initials a very long time ago to mark my CD's and it has grown on me ever since. Both the N and K should look identical with the difference being the top slant on the letter K.
Now this style on its own is just sleek but not complete neither powerful i.e. it should get embedded into something to complete the logo.
My website will be black & red as i prefer this colour combination. I love chrome with black too. The meaning of my first name Nooman means 'Blood' (ancient) hence adding the touch of maroon or colour of blood to it would be preferred as compared to the brighter red.
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Angry parents berate Finch over shooting range
BRIDGEPORT -- Chanting "We don't want it! Move it," crowds of angry parents berated Mayor Bill Finch on Friday for keeping them in the dark about a plan to establish a police shooting range near Cesar Batalla Elementary School.
More than 70 parents made it clear during an hourlong meeting in the school library they did not appreciate being left out of conversations about plans to turn the West Side precinct diagonally across from the school into a police training facility and 10-lane shooting range.
"This meeting was called urgently because we the parents, the community, have to be heard," said Juan Torrealba, president of the elementary school's Parent Advisory Council. "This is the moment for us to get united and reclaim our rights."
Noting incidents of mass shootings that have taken place nationwide with stunning regularity, Torrealba asked for a moment of silence for victims.
"I think where the city made its mistake is that it didn't include us," said Mustafa Salahuddin, president of the Classical Studies School PAC, a nearby school. "I think the citizens of Bridgeport feel that things are jammed down their throats. I think it's a public relations issue."
Salahuddin, a retired police officer, said he understood the neighborhood's concerns, but wasn't against the shooting range being established at the State Street building across the street.
Many parents agreed with Salahuddin only in his assessment that Bridgeport officials too often force issues on parents by keeping them in the dark.
"We have parents in Bridgeport, and I want to let ya'll know that I care," said Zena Galberth, whose sixth-grader attends the school. "We're tired of people thinking Bridgeport people do not care. Look at our family here. We care."
One parent worried about the effect of the lead from the bullets fired there.
The Police Department, which has a state-of-the-art filtration system planned, was not given a chance to answer questions at the meeting. Parents did not want to hear from Assistant Police Chief James Nardozzi and Sgt. Paul Grech, who is in charge of school security, though they were willing to answer questions.
Finch tried to assuage concerns by assuring parents that no final decision had yet been made, but parents were not convinced.
The group -- often speaking out of turn, in Spanish and at the same time -- noted that police officials told them during a community meeting in mid-September that the plan had been in place for four years and the police traffic unit using the building had already moved out. Since then, the 6,362-square-foot building has been gutted, Utah-based Action Target has been chosen to retrofit the space and $850,000 in federal grants have been arranged.
The building even has a proposed name, the Richard Godwin Memorial Training Facility, said Assistant Principal Gladys Walker-Jones, who stood with the parents.
An emotional Alma Maya, Bridgeport town clerk and a friend of the late Cesar Batalla, the local Puerto Rican activist for whom the school is named, said he would have never agreed with the idea of placing a shooting range so close to any city school.
Finch, who endured an hour of shouting and verbal attacks, said he wanted to schedule a follow-up meeting so parents could hear more details about the proposed shooting range.
"I'm here to listen," he told the crowd. "There were meetings. Maybe the cops didn't do a good job publicizing the meetings. I don't know. But I'm here to listen and I can see you're angry. If the parents here are upset by this even after you hear all the facts, we'll put it somewhere else."
But parents continued to note that plans are already in motion at the West Side precinct on State Street.
"For you to get where you are, you sought our help," Naun Arriaza, parent to two preschoolers, told the mayor, in Spanish. "Now we are looking for your help."
Natalie Velez, who has a kindergartner and a third-grader at the school, said she didn't want to hear any details about the proposed facility.
"I know you're trying to make us feel safe, but it's too close to feel safe," she said.
Meanwhile, the PAC has already planned a rally for Oct. 17 to publicly oppose the training facility and shooting range. It was also announced Friday that the PAC hired Carmen Lopez, a former state Superior Court judge now challenging the qualifications of Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas in court, to represent it should legal action be necessary.
Moments after Lopez, no friend of the mayor, announced she would be representing the parents, she stated from her podium, "You can roll your eyes, Mr. Mayor."
Finch, however, softly answered that he was just looking around at the crowd.
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Abstract: The Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council has conducted an audit of the Hanken School of Economics. Based on the international audit team's recommendation and the audit report, the Evaluation Council has decided to require the institution to undergo a re-audit. In its current state the quality system of Hanken School of Economics does not fulfil the national criteria set for the quality management of higher education institutions, and thus the system cannot be said to correspond to the European quality assurance principles and recommendations for higher education institutions. The object of the audit was the quality system that the Hanken School of Economics has developed based on its own needs and goals. The optional audit target chosen by the institution was the Assurance of Learning process. The following were regarded as key strengths of the quality system: n There is a strong organisational culture characterized by a strong sense of purpose, result orientation and a commitment to advancement of the university. n Student feedback is taken seriously and leads to changes at course level. n There are established and natural ways of involving alumni and corporate connections in the operations. n There is a very systematic process for implementing the strategy throughout the organisation using performance agreements and development discussions. Among other things, the following recommendations were made for the Hanken School of Economics: n The accreditations that Hanken has pursued have led to the development of many established quality management procedures which contribute to the development of the operations. However, Hanken would benefit from integrating these into one overall quality system and defining the objectives, structure and operating principles of this system. This would provide opportunities to enhance efficiency, to reduce risk and to help Hanken respond to change. n It would be desirable if Hanken were to develop more systematic methods to manage its quality processes in order to give more emphasis to the evaluation and improvement stages of the Hanken Quality Loop 2013. n It is recommended that Hanken structure the documentation of the procedures, processes and systems that it uses to maintain and develop the quality of its activities, paying particular attention to access to information. This would lead to better traceability and would help identify inefficiencies and areas in need of development in its operations. The re-audit will concentrate on the quality policy of the higher education institution (audit target 1), on samples of degree education at bachelor's and master's level (audit target 5) and on the quality system as a whole (audit target 6). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9144
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With the NBA playoffs set to soon begin, it's rather easy to get caught up in player legacies. Indeed, the way athletes perform during the postseason has a huge bearing on how we remember or view their careers as a whole. For instance, Tracy McGrady had some incredible playoff performances and yet failed to make it out of the first round of the playoffs of every series that he has played in. No one will mention that his teams were never once favored to win (playing against better teams will often do that), but sadly that is probably how he will be remembered.
We could even make the argument that Kevin Garnett was headed that way until he landed in Boston (although he did make an appearance in the 2004 Western Conference Finals).
But let's go to the other side of the spectrum and look at "winners". Think about these names for a moment: Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Steve Nash, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. That is certainly a great list of stars; especially when we take into account their combined eight MVP trophies and four NBA Finals MVP awards. We are essentially talking about Hall of Fame players. Consequently, we would expect anyone that played with these athletes to have at some point in time experienced some type of greatness or perhaps great postseason moments; or as people like to say: Rings.
Seen in that light, can we say that Shaquille O'Neal winning four championships is a sign of underachievement? Hold that thought for a moment and travel back in time with me.
It's the summer of 1984 and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who has already won three NBA titles (after having played with Oscar Robertson earlier in his career and then Magic Johnson) decides that he wants out of Los Angeles. He forces his way out to Chicago to team up with a young and upcoming star by the name of Michael Jordan. By their second season (1985-86) together, they win an NBA championship while Magic's Lakers entirely miss the playoffs.
Having grown happy with his success, Kareem becomes complacent and the Bulls get swept in the first round a year after winning the title. Abdul-Jabbar is traded during the following season (1987-88), but this time is sent to a team with an established hierarchy of stars; as he is asked to fit in with John Stockton and Karl Malone. The team develops some chemistry late in the season and enters the playoffs with momentum but is defeated by Hakeem Olajuwon's Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs.
The following season (1988-89), the Jazz decide to trade Kareem to Atlanta to play alongside Dominique Wilkins. The Hawks display great unity during the regular season and enter the playoffs as the prohibitive favorites to win the NBA title. The Atlanta Hawks breeze through the first round but are upset by an aging but still productive Boston squad that consists of Larry Bird and Kevin McHale who rounded up into shape by then after facing multiple injuries during the season.
Instead of retiring, Abdul-Jabbar signs as a free agent in the summer of 1989 with the Celtics with the hope of winning one last title. Sadly our DeLorean (Back to the Future reference) picks us up and brings us back to the present without telling us what happened to those bizarro Celtics (you know, Bird, McHale and Abdul-Jabbar on the same team).
By the time our journey to the past and back has ended, all we remember is that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played with Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Dominique Wilkins, Larry Bird and Kevin McHale; winning four titles in the process. Granted the story is incomplete, but would you feel as though he underachieved?
Obviously that situation never happened but it does help put Shaquille O'Neal's career into context. He is arguably the most dominant center we have ever seen and yet several fans and media members feel as though he could have done a little bit more during his career. Granted, much like Kareem in our fictional scenario, it's important to look at the teams and players he faced during his career.
Have a look at how Shaquille O'Neal's teams have fared in the postseason:
- 1993-94 Indiana Pacers sweep Orlando Magic in first round
- 1994-95 Houston Rockets sweep Orlando Magic in NBA Finals
- 1995-96 Chicago Bulls sweep Orlando Magic in Eastern Conference Finals
- 1996-97 Utah Jazz eliminate Los Angeles Lakers in Western conference Semifinals
- 1997-98 Utah Jazz sweep Los Angeles Lakers in Western Conference Finals
- 1998-99 San Antonio Spurs sweep Los Angeles Lakers in Western Conference Semifinals
- 1999-00 Los Angeles Lakers win NBA title
- 2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers win NBA title
- 2001-02 Los Angeles Lakers win NBA title
- 2002-03 San Antonio Spurs eliminate Los Angeles Lakers in Western Conference Semifinals
- 2003-04 Detroit Pistons eliminate Los Angeles Lakers in NBA Finals
- 2004-05 Detroit Pistons eliminate Miami Heat in Eastern Conference Finals
- 2005-06 Miami Heat win NBA title
- 2006-07 Chicago Bulls sweep Miami Heat in first round
- 2007-08 San Antonio Spurs eliminate Phoenix Suns
- 2008-09 Missed playoffs
- 2009-10 Boston Celtics eliminate Cleveland Cavaliers
If you're scoring at home, the Diesel lost series to Miller, Olajuwon, Jordan, Stockton and Malone, Tim Duncan, a starless Pistons team, a scrappy Bulls team and finally Garnett, Pierce and Allen.
There is no shame to losing to the legendary players listed above, however one cannot overlook the numerous sweeps that O'Neal's teams have been on the wrong end of. Furthermore, losing to the Detroit Pistons (in five games) has to go down as one of the greatest upsets in NBA Finals history; and couple that with his Miami Heat team getting swept in the first round of the 2007 playoffs and it becomes awfully tough to discount the possibility that perhaps the Diesel should have done more.
Some might say that perhaps we are holding him to a high standard, but my reply to that would be: how else are we supposed to judge all time greats? Let's have a peak at the Diesel's career numbers:
- 28, 596 points (seventh most all time)
- 13,099 rebounds (13th most all time)
- 2,732 blocks (eighth most all time)
- 23.7 points per game (21st in NBA history)
- 10.9 rebounds per game (32nd in NBA history)
- 2.3 blocks per game (15th in NBA history)
- 58.2 field goal percentage (1)
- 26.4 player efficiency rating (third best in NBA history)
O'Neal's productivity as well as his longevity have allowed him to reach some impressive career totals in points, rebounds and blocks. His per game averages have taken a dip in the past few seasons given the Diesel's diminished role with his respective teams. His career numbers do not fully capture just how destructive of a force he was during his peak years; routinely bulldozing through two or three defenders to score.
As evidenced by his PER numbers, less than a handful of NBA players were more efficient than O'Neal with the ball, and yet I cannot shake the feeling that Shaq should have been right up there with Kareem and Wilt, but he ultimately fell short.
The bridges he burned with former teams as well as superstars leads one to believe that no matter how great he was, he was also partly responsible for his teams not always maximizing their talents. How else do we explain that Shaquille O'Neal has been swept six times out of the playoffs while Abdul-Jabbar and Chamberlain were swept a combined four times (Kareem saw the broom three times while Wilt only saw it once)?
Ultimately, Shaq might be remembered as the "Imagine If Guy": imagine if he had stayed in Orlando, imagine if he wasn't often injured, imagine if he cared about being great defensively, imagine if Shaq had come into shape in 2002-03, imagine if he and Kobe could have patched things up, imagine if Miami had taken their title defense seriously, imagine if Shaq and the Suns had defeated the Spurs in the first round, imagine if Shaq hadn't gotten hurt before the 2010 playoffs started with the Cavs and finally, imagine if Shaq had played a little more than half of the season with the Celtics this year.
As we head towards the end of Shaquille O'Neal's career, we can probably all agree that he is easily in the top 20 of all time best players in league history. Sadly, his legacy will probably be that of a star that could and should have made it into the prestigious and heavily debated top 5 of all time but ultimately fell short.
Remember when Kobe Bryant was asked after his game 7 triumph over the Celtics last season what this championship meant to him? His answer: "I got one more than Shaq. You can take that to bank".
And he was right. Just imagine if…
Questions or comments? Feel free to leave them in the comments section or you can contact me by email at [email protected]. You can also find me on Twitter with the handle name @ShyneIV.


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This past week has been one of the longest weeks. It seems like the week got progressively worse as it went on. As I shared on Saturday, baby Wyatt lost his 44 day battle. Then, on Sunday, I received news that a friend lost her battle with breast cancer. She was only 40 years old. Another friend of mine, Karen, wrote a blog post that says it all very well.
We have a busy week coming up. Hockey is in full swing, that is on top of all of the other stuff, like Hannah's gymnastics & skating. Also, my half marathon is this coming Sunday! I feel like I am ready & now I just want the day to be here! The weather forecast says chilly & dry. I'll take that!
Cheryl from Gluten-free Goodness is hosting this week's gluten-free menu swap and her chosen theme is apples! OOH!! I have been loving the Honeycrisps this year! One of my favorite breakfasts is cooking up a half of a Honeycrisp in the micro with cinnamon and then putting that on top of some gluten-free waffles with almond butter. So fall-like!! Here is one of my favorite apple recipes: Crockpot Applesauce .
Sunday – Find your own food night! LOL!
Monday – Spaghetti with marinara, roasted veggies & salad
Tuesday – Make your own Tacos, black beans & salad
Wednesday – Burgers, sweet potato fries, green beans & salad
Thursday – Crock pot BBQ pulled pork, baked potatoes, broccoli & salad
Friday – Calzones, veggies & salad
Saturday – Pumpkin Baked Ziti, veggies & salad
Baked Goods
Pamela's Bread
Also, don't forget to check out Orgjunkie for lots of great menu ideas!
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A coalition of consumer rights groups urged Facebook not to aim advertisements at young children or track their online activity.
Facebook has millions of underage users, many of whom lie and say they are over the requisite age of 13, the New York Times reported. As we have previously written, many parents are even aware of their young child's illegal use of Facebook. An estimated 55 percent of 12-year-olds have a Facebook account.
Facebook stirred up controversy earlier this month when it began exploring dropping the Facebook age limit and connecting children's accounts to their parents' so the social network can bypass its ban on users under 13. Groups that sent the letter Monday to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg included the Consumers Union, the Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Action and the Consumer Federation of America. The alliance pressed Facebook to stop tracking children under 13 and not to aim ads at them.
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"We want assurances that any space created for children under the age of 13 on the site is safe, parent-guided and controlled, and, most importantly, free of ads," according to the letter.
"Enforcing age restrictions on the Internet is a difficult issue, especially when many reports have shown parents want their children to access online content and services," Facebook commented to the Times. "We welcome today's recommendations by consumer, privacy, health and child groups as we continue our dialogue with stakeholders, regulators and other policy makers about how best to help parents keep their kids safe in an evolving online environment."


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The jokes Mrs. Santiago delivered in this video are familiar to the majority and I personally find some of them corny when I first read them. But coming from Mrs. Santiago, these jokes become funny and hilarious. Enjoy.
[…] because I got a message from my friends from Twitter and Facebook. The message is: "Para fair ang labanan sa susunod magpadala tayo ng interpreter sa Ms. Universe. Ipadala natin si Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Pwede na rin si Kuya Kim Atienza para may kaunting trivia."
When I was a student here I was a very, very committed student, I was very, very busy not only trying to stay in the honor roll, but also in many various extra-curricular activities. For example, I was editor of the Philippine Collegian, and at the same time I was [co-sponsor] of the UP ROTC not once but twice. This only shows that lightning can strike twice. I never had time to get picked up by any of the males, because at that time I was fully convinced that all males had the brains of an amoeba.
[…] someone very close to me and actually, you'll be surprised, someone very shy. So I told her, you must meet the students of Metro Manila, and you'll see how impressive they are. I want her to stand up so you can see her, Ms. Heart Evangelista. She's a twice-awarded best actress in Philippine films, but she has no self-confidence, I discovered. If you want to teach her self-confidence, can you please first get in touch with me, so I can verify if your intentions are honorable. Actually she's available at Facebook.
She told me yesterday when she got lost in Hong Kong and a man was following her from floor to floor in a department store. She got very frightened and had an almost traumatic experience, and burst into tears. That is the kind of feminine personality Heart has. So I told her, "No, why should you get frightened? You should have turned around and confronted your fears. You should've stood up very straight in front of that Chinaman, and you should have said, 'See anything you like? Anything? It's 50 dollars. For 50 dollars more your wife can watch.'" If you keep coming with me, Heart, you will get educated.
I was a very, very committed student. I always woke up at five o'clock and then went to church. And then I devoted myself to studying the entire day and the entire night, which was the opposite of what my dormmates used to do. They devoted themselves to, let us call it, extra-sexual activities. And when exam week came, they all went to St. Jude, the patron saint of the impossible.
I never got picked up by anybody, either here in the Philippines or abroad. But now I know there are certain pick-up lines which will prove irresistible.
Why don't you try the following?
Kung magkakaroon ako ng sariling planeta, gusto ko ikaw ang axis nito, para sa iyo lang iikot ang mundo ko.
Sana FB status ka na lang, para pwede kitang i-like.
Ibenta mo na bahay mo, tutal nandidito ka na, nakatira sa puso ko.
Sana naka-off ang ilaw, para tayo na lang mag-on.
Noodles ka ba, kasi Lucky Me?
[…] parang see-saw, pag wala ka, down ako.
Para kang hold-upper, lahat ibibigay ko sayo, wag mo lang akong saktan.
Galing mo din, ano? Di mo pa ko binabato tinamaan mo na ako.
Maglaro tayo ng kahit ano, wag lang taguan, kasi a girl like you is hard to find.
Sana exam mo na lang ako, para sagutin mo rin ako.
Bastos ka rin, ano? Di ka man lang nagpapaalam tuloy-tuloy kang pumasok sa puso ko.
Google ka ba? Lahat kasi ng hinahanap ko sayo ko natagpuan.
Nakalimutan ko pangalan mo, eh. Pwede bang tawagin na lang kitang… akin?
Nakalunok ka ba ng kwitis, kasi pag ngumiti ka, may spark
This is what Dr. […] Cabral said to Dr. Esperanza Cabral, when they were both students in the UP College of Medicine.
Sana ikaw ang cardiologist ko, para ikaw ang mag-aalaga sa puso ko.
Sana scientist ako, para ikaw naman ang lab ko.
Tindera ka ba ng yosi? Kasi you give me Hope… and More.
Para kang cactus, kasi handa akong masaktan, mayakap ka lang.
Pag wala ka ang buhay ko parang lapis na hindi natasahan: pointless.
Let's go to Q&A.
Q: Pano mo sasabihin sa isang babae na mataba siya na hindi siya mababastos?
A: Excuse me, Miss, Mang Tomas ba ang lotion mo?
GUY 1: May sagot ka ba sa exam?
GUY 2: Puro blanko.
GUY 1: Patay.
GUY 2: Bakit?
GUY 1: Baka isipin nila nagkopyahan tayo.
I never thought I was going to enter politics coz I was studying hard here in UP to prepare for my future. I always thought that I would someday be a rocket scientist, astrophysicist, or even a lion-tamer. I never wanted to enter politics. I was simply forced by the circumstances. I'm afraid I was seduced by the young people of this country.
Once I entered politics, it became natural, being a civil, God-fearing, law-abiding citizen, for me to lose my temper, because politicians are… [waves hand down].
So… kelangan minsan sa politika, para lang mabuhay sa pulitika, to survive, if not to prevail, kelangan mataray ka. Iba naman klaseng taray ito. Eto nga yun sinasabi ko.
Di ko sinasabing maganda ako. Sinasabi ko lang, pangit ka.
Pag nakikita kita, parang gusto kong magsorry sa mga mata ko.
Wife: Ibili mo ako ng bagong bra.
Husband: Wag ka ng mag-bra, maliit naman boobs mo.
Wife: Eh bakit ikaw, nagbebrief ka pa?
Heart Evangelista is so beautiful people often tell her how beautiful she is. And she always says she feels extremely mortified when she hears it. So I told her, "Don't do that! Why should you be so shy and why should you be embarrassed?" And I told her, "When someone told me, 'Ang ganda mo' I answered 'Sana ikaw rin.'"
In a swimming pool:
Classmate 1: I'm sure lulutang ka.
Classmate 2: Bakit? Dahil payat ako?
Classmate 1: Hindi, dahil plastic ka.
When the cashier at the grocery said, "Miss, pwedeng candy na lang ang sukli ko sa iyo?" I answered "Bakit, tsokolate ba ang ibinayad ko?"
The husband said, "When I'm gone you'll never find another man like me." The wife replied, "What makes you think I'd want another man like you?"
This is what I learned in my eight years in UP. I never learned this when I went to Harvard, Cambridge or Oxford, they were just dull. I will now go to my assigned topic. [Licks lips]


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Senate Armed Services Committee Removes Provision Challenging Military Sexual Assault
Yesterday, Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) announced that he will remove a provision from the defense spending bill that would take military sexual assault cases out of the chain of command.
The measure was proposed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and would allow military prosecutors to decide which cases of sexual assault should go to trial instead of commanders, taking the cases out of the chain of command. The measure has 27 co-sponsors, including four Republicans. However, Levin announced that he would remove the provision and insert a new one that would require senior military officials to review sexual assault cases that commanders decide not to prosecute.
Aides for Gillibrand commented to news sources that Levin's decision was "a real setback." She plans to re-introduce the measure when the budget comes up for a final vote later in the summer. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), a co-sponsor of Gillibrand's proposal, told reporters "They basically embrace the status quo here. It's outrageous."
Media Resources: NBC News 6/12/2013; New York Post 6/12/2013; New York Times 6/11/2013


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Internal parasites steal nutrition and energy from sheep and goats, and can lead to death if not properly managed. Regular de-worming, using a veterinarian-recommended goat worming schedule, can lay the foundation for good animal health. Monitor sheep and goats closely for signs of anemia caused by stomach worm infestation. The easiest way to make this diagnosis is to look at the color of the lower inner-eyelid membrane. A healthy animal will exhibit a bright red/pink membrane. Light pink or white membranes usually indicate the need for immediate de-worming.
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Bluebirdut had een nieuw webpagina ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
2 winnaars werden geselecteerd uit 37 ontwerpen ingezonden door15 freelance designers.
The site design is for a Pine Furniture warehouse in the UK.
Pine Warehouse
Created by nature, perfected by hand
Desired Color Scheme:
Text should be black and white and a dark green (Hex : #005826) should be used to give any colour to the site.
Accepted File Formats:
PSD or hi-res jpeg/png
The clients are a manufacturer of pine and oak furniture in the UK. They are looking to redevelop their website to allow their stockists to be able to use it as a reference site for downloading product line brochures etc. They require a bright site which is not to clinical. They would like to use black text on a white background for the main body and perhaps look at greens for the product menu links (down the left) and the main page headers through out the site.
They have supplied a wire diagram of how the site should look so obviously the structure of the design is rather rigid.
A site that they like the look of an would like to see similar is Click Here
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Any questions please PM me, or ask here, I will check and feedback constantly. Should you require a different form of payment please ask as we may be able to sort it out.


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Lent is upon us. This ancient Christian season is found nowhere in the Bible. The Church came up with it. Irenaus of Lyons who lived in the 2nd Century wrote about such a season, but it lasted only three days. By the time of the Council of Nicea in the year 325, 40 days were set aside as a period of preparation for those who were to be baptized at Easter. It was not long before this Lenten observance spread to the whole Church.
We have just marked Lent's beginning this year, as always, on Ash Wednesday - that day when those who observe it are reminded that they are dust and to dust they shall return. Prayer, fasting and alms-giving are the traditional ways Christians participate in Lent. By keeping these disciplines we practice being better disciples of Jesus and, so, carriers of God's mission of love and reconciliation into the world. By praying, fasting and giving alms (money) we acknowledge and practice our solidarity with all God's creation, especially with those who are on the margins.
Most Christians pray ... and not just in Lent. Most Christians give to those in need ... and not just in Lent. But not all Christians fast ... even in Lent. I was raised in a church in a time when we all fasted. By third or fourth grade you would hear kids talking about what they were going to "give up." Bubble gum, Coke (I grew up in Texas, and in the pre-Dr. Pepper days, all pop was called "Coke"), and chocolate were the top contenders among the prepubescent crowd in my neighborhood. Post influx of hormones, it was mostly just chocolate. By the time we were young adults, it was alcohol or smoking. How that helped us recognize our solidarity with God's world is lost on me. I don't think we ever even thought about it. We just knew the story of Jesus' fasting for 40 days, and somehow giving up our bubble gum or chocolate was supposed to help us be more holy.
More contemporary ways of observing Lent include giving up bad habits such as negative thinking or being judgmental. Some folks take on something positive like keeping a gratitude journal or being certain they do something kind each day. Recently I've been thinking about the discipline of actually fasting from food. I've been thinking about what, how much, and with whom I eat. This attention to eating that is at the heart of fasting seems an apt entry point to consider the larger concept of standing in solidarity with those on the margins ... those who are hungry in so many ways.
We see them every day in Cortez at Grace's Kitchen and Hope's Kitchen. We see them in our churches' pews, and we see them on our streets. They are hungry for more than food. They are hungry for recognition, respect, and love. Maybe you are hungry in one of these ways.
Paying attention to what food and how much of it we eat, and making a conscious decision to bring our consumption (even if only for 40 days) more into line with those who do not have access to food as we do, can broaden our consciousness. With a broadened consciousness can come a deepened sensitivity to, and compassion for others. It can also bring us to a more honest and realistic view of ourselves and of our own needs versus our wants.
While we think about what we are eating, we might also think about those who are growing our food. We might consider how our lack of support for local farmers (see the February 5 issue of the Cortez Journal) contributes not only to their struggles and pushes them closer to the margins, but also contributes to the struggles of our whole community. These are economic issues for sure, but they are also spiritual issues.
Lent is a time that invites, and challenges us, not only to give to those in need and to pray for them, but for just a little while through our fasting, to come alongside them ... and in doing so, discover at a yet deeper level that, with them and with all others, we are one.
Leigh Waggoner is priest at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. She can be reached at 565-7865, or email@example.com.


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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, generally hairy, generally taprooted
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves simple to pinnately compound, basal or cauline, alternate or opposite; stipules 0
Inflorescence: cyme (generally raceme-like and coiled) or flowers solitary
Flower bisexual, generally radial; calyx lobes generally 5, generally fused at base, generally persistent, enlarging in fruit; corolla generally deciduous, rotate to cylindric, lobes generally 5, appendages in pairs on tube between filaments or 0; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, filament base sometimes appendaged, appendages scale-like; ovary generally superior, chamber 1, placentas 2, parietal, enlarged into chamber, sometimes meeting so ovary appears 25-chambered, styles 12, stigmas generally head-like
Fruit: capsule, generally loculicidal; valves generally 2
Genera in family: 20 genera, 300 species: especially w US; some cultivated (Emmenanthe, Nemophila, Phacelia )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to be included in an expanded Boraginaceae (also including Lennoaceae) [Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 1998 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 85:531553; Olmstead et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96112]
Annual, perennial herb, generally glandular-hairy, tap-rooted or from ± thick caudex
Leaves generally alternate, simple to 2-pinnately compound, generally ± reduced upward
Inflorescence: cyme, generally dense, coiled, generally 1-sided; pedicels generally short
Flower: corolla rotate to bell-shaped, white to purple, tube base with scales free or fused to filaments; stamens generally attached at same level, equal; ovary chamber 1 (or 2 below middle), placentas parietal, enlarging and meeting in fruit, style 2-lobed, generally hairy below lobes
Fruit oblong to spheric
Seeds 1many, oblong to spheric, generally brownish; back generally pitted or cross-furrowed
Species in genus: ± 175 species: Am; some cultivated for ornamental
Etymology: (Greek: cluster, from the dense inflorescence)
Reference: [Halse 1981 Madroño 28:121132; Heckard 1960 Univ Calif Publ Botany 32:1126; Lee 1988 Syst Bot 13:1620]
Bristly hairs may cause severe dermatitis. CA pers often hybridize, difficult to separate. Biennial and perennial herb species by Richard Halse.
Annual 1580 cm
Stem decumbent to erect, simple to branched at base, puberulent, sparsely stiff-hairy, finely glandular above
Leaf 20100(150) mm; blade >> petiole, 12-compound, segments obtuse to toothed
Flower generally subsessile; calyx lobes 34 mm, 45 mm in fruit, generally unequal, oblong to oblanceolate, densely hairy, glandular; corolla 69 mm, funnel- to bell-shaped, whitish to blue, deciduous, scales ovate; stamens 812 mm, glabrous; style 712 mm, glabrous
Fruit 23 mm, ± spheric, puberulent
Seeds 24, 23 mm, pitted
Chromosomes: n=11
Ecology: Common. Clay to rocky soils, slopes
Elevation: < 2100 m.
Bioregional distribution: s North Coast Ranges, s Sacramento Valley (Sutter Buttes), San Joaquin Valley, Central Western California, Southwestern California, East of Sierra Nevada, Desert
Distribution outside California: s Nevada, n Mexico
Flowering time: MarMay
Synonyms: P. cinerea Eastw
Horticultural information: SUN, DRN: 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 &IRR: 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.


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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — The world's most famous groundhog saw his shadow Monday morning, predicting this already long winter will last for six more weeks.
Punxsutawney Phil emerged just after dawn in front of an estimated 13,000 witnesses, many dressed in black-and-gold to celebrate the Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl victory the night before.
"There's significant buzz from the Steelers win and quite a few Terrible Towels floating from the crowd," said Mickey Rowley, deputy secretary for tourism in Pennsylvania.
The annual ritual takes place on Gobbler's Knob, a tiny hill in Punxsutawney, a borough of about 6,100 residents some 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced the forecast in a short proclamation, in which Phil acknowledged the Steelers' 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
According to German superstition, if a hibernating animal casts a shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow was seen, legend said spring would come early.
Since 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 97 times, hasn't seen it 15 times, and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
Rowley said the Groundhog Day festivities is Pennsylvania's largest tourist gathering in the winter. And if Phil's forecast proves correct it should bring even more tourists to the state.
"It's six more weeks of skiing," Rowley said.
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Our friends at @thursplay have compiled this playlist for March.
March has been a great month for music with a lot of well anticipated releases. One of them was the new album by Miike Snow, "Paddling out", which tops this month playlist with the addicting song of same tittle.
Keeping on the indie side, you might wanna get to know these unknown voices: Let's Say We Did, a Swedish indie rock band, who will get your ears stuck on their "Galaxies" track. You've been warned! Tobias Isaksson is the voice behind Azure Blue, another Swedish ear candy, now with a pop touch to his indie beats.
Keep calm, we got a British sound! And that would be represented on this playlist by the adorable supposedly Irish corkiness of Vertigo Smyth's music. Yes, "Comfort me" had to be included. Don't you agree?
Lucy Rose, a singer songwriter from Warwickshire, won her deserved spot among these 24 tracks with her beautiful single "Red Face". What's not to love about this song… just beautiful.
Fanfarlo and Andrew Bird have also released new albums. You can listen on this playlist to which of their new tracks we've completely surrendered to. Good stuff!
So, among new releases and new voices, March has not only brought a fresh breath of Spring but also, great new music. We wave March goodbye with this playlist and look forward to see your favorite March beats: share with us today on #thursplay?
Enjoy it!
Originally posted on Spotify Blog.