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Professor Geoffrey Bartholomew (1927-2005) taught law in Singapore for only 13 years but he spent a life-time studying Singapore's legal system and history. His profound knowledge of Singapore's legal system and its history is recognised in this volume of 16 essays published in his memory. Historical and contemporary aspects of Singapore Law, the role of legal personalities, the interplay of legal and other issues in the country's development are among the subjects explored in this collection of accessibly written dissertations. Anyone who wishes to understand the workings of Singapore's legal system and legal history will inevitably encounter the name of Bartholomew at some point. This book provides valuable insight to the man and Singapore's legal history. Publisher: Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
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(Pocket-lint) - These days it seems that there's nothing that the iPhone can't do, and thanks to accessory expert Griffin, it can now double up as a mini guitar amp, for all you axe-wielding Apple fans out there. So if you fancy yourself as the next Jimi Hendrix, Slash or er, the bloke from Green Day, then read on.
The GuitarConnect Cable works alongside the free iShred Live app from Frontier Design Group and can be used with an iPhone (4 or 3GS), iPod touch or iPad along with any electric guitar. But is it any good, and is it really a viable alternative to a proper guitar rig?
The first thing you need to do is download the free iShred app from iTunes and make sure that your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad is all synched up. Connecting the cable is a doddle - one end of the lead is plugged straight into your iPhone headphone socket, while the other end forks into two. One plug is for your guitar and the other is for plugging your headphones into and it shouldn't be too hard to work out which is which.
Probably the first thing you'll want to do once the app is fired up, is head straight for the guitar tuner. The display states which string it thinks you're trying to play and then the swinging needle graphic tells you whether the note is sharp or flat and lets you tune accordingly until the needle is in the centre. You can even set it to vary the tuning, for example by making it a step higher. Ideal for those awkward songs that require you to completely retune your axe.
To help you keep time when you're playing, there's also a metronome which be set at various speeds and which can click along in time like the real thing, or if you prefer you can turn the sound off and just use it as a visual aid. Obviously you can adjust the speed, and if you're using it with the sound on then you can vary the number of beats per measure.
When it comes to effects, you can pay to add on various upgrades, but the standard offering comprises an amp with an on button, a switch for changing between the clean and overdrive channels and a volume dial which, rock 'n' roll aficionados will be pleased to hear, goes up to 11. There's also a basic pedal board featuring Q-36 space modulator, HK-2000 digital delay (with tap tempo) and buzz kill. If that all sounds like complete nonsense to you, don't worry as there's a help option for each one to explain what the hell they are and how to get the best sound.
There are six pre-existing preset effects including Crunchy Tone, Retro Vibey and Slap Delay and you have the option to create up to 48 presets of your own (the original six can be modified) which are divided into eight colour-coded banks. Tapping the coloured bar at the top jumps to the next bank of presets, or you can just swipe the screen to the left or right. It can take about 10 seconds for each preset to load, but it's worth the wait for the surprisingly impressive sound effects.
There's also an option that lets you pick out a song from your music library to play along to. You can even mark out a part of the song and loop it so that you practice a particular riff over and over again. This was really the only bit of the app where we ran into a problem. To avoid deafening yourself with your chosen tune, you have to turn the headphone volume down considerably and then you can't really hear what you're playing so while it's a nice idea, it's something that definitely needs addressing - perhaps in a future update?
Obviously the sound is only as good as the audio output on your Apple device, and if you compare it to a dedicated product of a similar size and price (we compared it with a Marshall micro amp), then it doesn't really cut the mustard. However, although the amp offers better sonics, you only get clean and overdrive channels, whereas the iShred app gives you all the extra effects and features, plus the chance to upgrade to an even wider selection.
Despite a couple of small issues, this is a great product and app combo. It's an ideal way to enjoy a sneaky bit of electric guitar without waking up the neighbours or laboriously rigging up your amp and pedals and we think that the whole thing is worth it for the time-saving tuning function alone. Rock, and indeed, roll.

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While your busy blowing away necromorphs in Dead Space, you may have noticed that funny writing on the wall. It's not some strange gobbleygook. It's most likely the necromorph's language.
Keeping with the immersiveness of the game, the good folks over at EA Redwood Shores have written alien language all over the blood-splattered walls of the USS Ishimura. It seems as if these creatures are writing messages to each other. I'm sure they're not saying things like: "Ugmo One (hearts) Ugmo Two" or "Undead Flesh Tentacle was here."
There's probably something more interesting to learn from this conlang. Now, if only you could decipher them. I'm wondering where this alien Rosetta stone would be … ah, it's in on the screenshot above. Now, hop to it and decipher those words and please drop us a line and tell us what they're saying.


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Pull Request
In this topic it was brought up that style authors are limited to using only the language entries provided in the core installation.
This prevents the inclusion of new style-specific sections (such as a Quick Links menu). Currently, they can just use an image (to prevent getting denied for using Hard Coded language text), but there is an RFC to remove imagesets (for language-specific images) in 3.1.
As such, there arises a need for styles to be able to include their own language variables so that they can include new style components easily.
There are two main ways I see of implementing this, (extact file naming/structure is up for discussion):
- Put the file in the language directory (such as language/en/style/prosilver.php or language/en/style_prosilver.php)
- Upside, language files stay together
- Downside is that the style isn't just one nice directory to download and upload into the styles/ folder.
- Put language file in styles directory (such as styles/prosilver/lang/en.php) Update: This is the preferred method.
- Upside, style files are all contained in their style directory
- Downside, language files are no longer all in the language/ directory.
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Unique convention spaces to sensational dining places
There are many compelling reasons to hold your event in Liverpool. The city has two international airports on its doorstep, and frequent trains take you from London to Liverpool city centre in just over two hours. The Liverpool Convention Bureau team is on hand to help with your arrangements from venue finding to accommodation booking. We're confident in Liverpool and we're confident that you will be too. With the city's winning combination of rich cultural heritage, unique attractions and legendary nightlife, you can be sure your event is remembered for all the right reasons.
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The beating heart of Liverpool's retail scene, just minutes away from the venue, City Central Shopping comprises five shopping centres, two hotels, two theatres and more than 400 shops. There's something for everyone and every budget.Visit website
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Los Angeles's Pan-African Film Festival is currently in effect (February 10-17). I have a long-lasting love-hate relationship with it. On the one hand, their website (despite improvements this year) remains hard to navigate, is rife with typos, incomplete information and omissions. In other words, it's inexcusably bad. How about a calendar, folks?
In addition, every year I take issue with the selection of films. The programmers have a very odd definition of "Pan-African." Last year was the worst, with the focus on the African diaspora coming at the expense of even a single African feature. Thankfully, this year there are several African features but still some questionable choices. It's nice to see films about Africa's many-but-usually-ignored non-black people, such as Finemachiyamoché, about Moroccan Jews, and Florida Road, starring members of South Africa's sizable south Asian population. On the other hand, Forgotten Bird of Paradise, about Papua is, regardless of its possible merits, an embarrassing example of the organizers' colorist, transracialist equation of African-ness with pigmentation rather than actual African ancestry. The inclusion of an Iranian film, The Stoning of Soraya M., is a real head-scratcher. Are they equating Islam with African-ness now? Another odd choice is Darfur, directed by German hack Uwe Boll (BloodRayne 3, House of the Dead, Postal Zombie Massacre and other garbage).


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Dr. David Marcus
Professor, Bible, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Ph.D., Columbia University,
David Marcus is professor of Bible at The Jewish Theological Seminary, teaching courses in Bible and ancient languages, including Babylonian Aramaic and biblical Hebrew. Dr. Marcus's area of expertise is the Bible and the ancient Near East. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and two language manuals, one on Akkadian, the ancient language of Mesopotamia, and the other on the Aramaic of the Babylonian Talmud. His book Jephthah and His Vow challenges the widespread opinion that Jephthah put his daughter to death, and his book From Balaam to Jonah: Anti–prophetic Satire in the Hebrew Bible explores the use of satire in the Hebrew Bible.
His most recent book is a critical edition of Ezra–Nehemiah (2006) for the new Biblia Hebraica Quinta series being published in Stuttgart by the German Bible Society. Dr. Marcus is one of only three American and four Jewish scholars involved with this project, and his volume constitutes a milestone in the history of the Biblia Hebraica (the critical Bible used by most students and scholars of the Hebrew Bible) because it represents the first time that a Jewish scholar has authored one of the books of the Bible under its auspices. His monograph on "Doublet Catchwords in the Leningrad Codex" has just been published online in TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism and is available in PDF format. Dr. Marcus is currently working on a translation and commentary on the sage Ahiqar for the new twenty-volume series on Wisdom of the Ancient World to be published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen.
In addition to serving on the faculty at JTS and as chair of the Bible Department for thirteen years, Dr. Marcus has taught at Columbia University and has been a visiting professor at Yale University, Union Theological Seminary, and Hebrew Union College.
Dr. Marcus was born and educated in Dublin, Ireland. He did his undergraduate work at Trinity College in Dublin and Cambridge University in England. He then came to the United States and pursued graduate studies at Dropsie College in Philadelphia and at Columbia University in New York. He subsequently received his PhD from Columbia in the Department of Middle East Languages and Cultures.
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Fister impresses new teammates in BP
VIERA, Fla. -- Nationals pitchers participated in live batting practice Saturday. Right-handers Chris Young and Taylor Jordan had their outings cut short because of the rain and will throw another time.
Of all the pitchers who threw on this day, right-hander Doug Fister stood out. He faced shortstop Ian Desmond, second baseman Anthony Rendon and catcher Sandy Leon. Fister looked like he was in midseason form. He declined to pitch with the pitching screen in front of him, because it's too much of a distraction.
"He pounded the zone," manager Matt Williams said. "We didn't let the guys at the plate know what was coming, [because we wanted to protect] Doug. He didn't have a screen in front of him. He threw everything for strikes. He worked pretty fast. He got a lot of pitches in today. He said he likes to feel tired and work through the tiredness. It was a good session for him today."
Desmond said Fister's changeup and sinker were impressive.
"He was competing. He was a little fired up. I like that," Desmond said. "I swung at a sinker, I swung over the top of it and it disappeared. He threw me a changeup and it looked exactly the same as the sinker. I can't tell the difference."
Rendon hit a home run off Fister during the session, but was still impressed by what he saw from the right-hander.
"He is tall and lanky, but he is fluid. He is so smooth on the mound. His ball just moves all over the place," Rendon said. "I wouldn't say I did well. It's just the first day."


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Be Kind to Animals awareness week is May 9-16 this year (2012) but it can be celebrated EVERY week, and the ASPCA has put out a fun activity guide that encourages making bonds with animals and includes Five Tips for Raising Humane Children. The awareness week began in 1915 and was inspired by Dr. William O'Stillman, leader of the American Humane Association teaching humane education.
One of the tips is helping children post their acts of animal kindness on the "Kindness Counts" site created by the Sprout children's TV channel. You can also help Sprout reach their goal of having 1 million acts of kindness by children (toward animals or any person) posted to their site.
Studies show that kids who are cruel to animals are more likely to become even more abusive to people and animals throughout their lives. If you see any child hurting animals with relish (even small ones), nip that behavior in the bud early - and frequently - by stopping them, showing them your extreme disapproval, and explaining that cruelty can not be tolerated toward living creatures. Even ants contribute to the health of our environment -- although they may not belong in the house and may have to be humanely dealt with (salt and cinnamon deters them while pesticide residues are often harmful to people, children and pets). If needed, here are more ant deterrents from Green Living Tips.
In addition, your protection of animals large and small will also show children that they deserve protection as well if anyone should ever try to hurt them! Cruelty is never funny or something to enjoy.
Please share my blog post and this important ASPCA guide with your family and friends!


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text: We move the impossible When you need extraordinary transport. It is a challenge to transport live predatory cats. They must be awake during the trip, and can be nervous about the unfamiliar situation and strangers. This can lead them to hurt themselves or damage their cages. Delays in transport can cause even more serious problems if the animals need special care. That is why Aalborg Zoo in Denmark asked DSV to transport its endangered Persian leopard, Bam Bam. He would have to travel through Europe and across the Atlantic Ocean and the continental United States to reach his new home in California. Sensitive transport across the globe The transport involved several steps. Bam Bam was first loaded into a specially constructed box. He was then driven by DSV truck to Amsterdam. From there, he was flown on a chartered flight to Los Angeles. When he was safely on the ground, he was driven the short way to the Feline Conservation Center in Rosamond, California. Thanks to careful planning and handling, Bam Bam arrived safely and on time. Bam Bam's journey to the U.S. went smoothly. Transport is a necessary part of the global work done to preserve endangered species, and we are happy that both Aalborg Zoo and DSV did such a professional job handling this sensitive and potentially dangerous animal. Joe Maynard, President of EFBC's Feline Conservation Center Helping an endangered species Bam Bam is now part of a breeding program for the endangered Persian Leopards at the compound in Rosamond. He will hopefully mate with his potential mate, Kiana. She comes from France and is still biding her time. The Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor), is one of the subspecies of leopards that is native to western Asia. It is said to be the largest of all the subspecies of leopards. It lives in Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Habitat varies from mountain steppe to grasslands, or anywhere having a reasonable amount of cover and a supply of prey. About EFBC's Feline Conservation Center Home to over 70 of the world's most endangered felines, EFBC's Feline Conservation Center is a breeding zoo and research facility. Founded in Rosamond, California in 1977, it is a non-profit organization run entirely through public donations. Click here to go to the Feline Conservation Center website. About Aalborg Zoo Aalborg Zoo opened in April 1935. The Zoo's area covers 8 hectares, sheltering more than 1,200 animals of 138 species. The overall purpose of Aalborg Zoo is conservation of animals and the nature they live in, directly through international breeding partnerships and support to conservation projects in the wild and indirectly through the dissemination of knowledge about endangered animals. Click here to go to the Aalborg Zoo website.


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The nostalgia iM@S songs are in Red but the awesome songs are in Blue...Hmm...
*claps* Well played, Namco.
Special medley, 7th digest
Next video will be guests.
And now the 4th!Boy, you guys sure are excited for this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojThMyTXtdI
Though as far as cosmetics go, this was probably the most interesting video so far. The drum sound options are at least more diverse than what I remember SF giving us.
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Experts at the Oklahoma Aerospace Summit say the U.S. has the capability to become more energy conscious and more efficientPublished: Monday, June 21, 2010 7:00 am By: Heide Brandes
Worldwide, the craving for energy continues to increase, and the U.S. Department of Defense is one of its major consumers.
On the flip side, however, the DOD and the U.S. Air Force could be a major leader in how energy consumption can be controlled using renewable resources and more responsible practices, according to Gen. Bradley Young at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
At last month's Oklahoma Aerospace Summit, energy use and consumption was a major topic of discussion, as America is the world's leading consumer of oil, with 60% to 70% of it imported. But with partnerships and planning in place, experts at the summit say the U.S. and Oklahoma's aerospace industries could change how much and what kind of energy is consumed.
According to Pete Delaney, chairman and president of OGE Energy Corp., worldwide energy consumption will increase by 44% by 2030, with developing countries in Asia seeing a continued growth in consumption.
"By 2030, China and India will see an energy consumption growth of 100%. The United States is 21% of the worldwide energy consumption now, but that is expected to drop by 17% by 2030," Delaney says. "The magnitude of renewable energy needed to make a difference in this country is enormous, but there are several models of electric vehicles in production. We can reduce oil usage through hybrid vehicles, and we're building infrastructure now to capture wind energy with a goal of 750 megawatts by the end of the year."
Young says the DOD uses 91% of all of the federal government's consumption of oil, at a rate of 395,000 barrels per day.
"The United States Air Force is the largest consumer of oil in the Department of Defense, using 64% of the DOD's consumption," he says. "Of that, aviation makes up 84% of all of the Air Force's consumption."
In 2008, the DOD spent $9.1 billion on energy, with $7.7 billion on aviation fuel alone.
"It really takes a lot of energy to carry out the defense mission," Young says.
Last October, the Air Force was given federal mandates to reduce energy and fleet consumption of oil by 2% until 2020.
"We do that by getting rid of the gas-guzzler vehicles and purchasing alternative-fuel vehicles," Young says. "We are currently working on propulsion systems that will reduce consumption by 25%, and we are producing solar-powered unmanned aircraft."
Other energy-saving plans in place by the DOD include using closed-cell spray foam on all tents in the Middle East, which resulted in a 50% reduction in heating and air costs, he says.
"We've seen great things in increasing supply of alternatives," Young says. "In alternatives, we're working on renewable fuels, including a 50/50 blend of synthetic kerosene certified for use in all aircraft by 2011. We are working on a 50/50 blend of biofuel for aircraft."
Other plans include manufacturing oil from wood to create a synthetic fuel and changing Air Force culture.
"We're driving more economical vehicles, we're recycling, and the leaders are setting the examples," he says.
Electricity consumption also will increase by 2030, and Delaney says more coal plants are being built globally to keep up with demand.
"China added 80 gigawatts of plants this past year. China is building one coal plant a week for the next 10 years," he says. "Coal provides 80% of the electrical need in China, and we're predicting a 95% increase in coal use in India and China by 2030."
America's military bases continue to rely on private-sector electricity, and Young says that makes electric grids highly susceptible to widespread outages caused by error, weather and terrorist attacks.
"How would the DOD be affected if an air base was involved in a massive blackout? We have to make sure our bases reach out to local companies to become less vulnerable," he says.
Yet, experts at the summit agree the U.S. has the capability to become more energy-conscious.
"We have the talent and the leaders needed to make aircraft more efficient, and we need to seek opportunities for collaborations for energy between the Department of Defense and energy," Young says. "We can reduce, if not solve, our dependency on oil."
The 2008 United States Air Force Infrastructure Energy Strategic Plan Goals:
Reduce cost by 20% by 2020
Reduce energy intensity by 3% per annum
Reduce water use by 2% per annum
Increase renewables at annual targets (3%, 5%, 7.5%, 25%)
Reduce ground fuel use by 2% per annum
Increase alternative fuel use by 10% per annum


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Old Books Are Not Just Our Business--They Are Our Passion!
Welcome to the Internet home of Now And Then Books! Our store is located at the foot of the majestic Green Mountains in historic Bennington, Vermont.
We have been supplying both local and nationwide book-lovers with gently used and antique tomes for nearly a quarter-century. With now over 45,000 volumes in-house, and nearly another 10,000 off-site, we feature one of the Northeast's most comprehensive general stock inventories for a small-sized antiquarian and used book dealer. We are the oldest and largest used book store in the Bennington, and surrounding, area. We are also the most successful and longest running second floor retail business in town....no small feat! Our customers know why......
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CleanMyPhone is an ingeniously simple and powerful application that will help you to keep your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch clean and running smoothly. It includes useful tools such as Disk Manager, App Cleaner, Removal of Document & Data, Find Large Files, One-Click-Copy, Ads Remover and more.
Device Manager of CleanMyPhone shows your device's main details and helps to configure, organize and manage files & apps on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. You can browse, preview, export and delete all the files in each category from a straightforward detailed view mode.
With the help of App Cleaner, you can find out and delete documents & data, app caches, cookies and junk files from your iOS device with ease.
In the Find Large Files module, you can view which files are occupying big chunks of disk space. This function is also designed to help you clear up space on the memory of your device.
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Should I attend a local Orthodox Presbyterian Church when I am not sure about infant baptism? I have been in Baptist churches most of my life, but the church I attend does not believe in the sovereignty of God in salvation and the doctrines of grace that I have come to see in the Bible.
The decision to leave one church for another is a difficult one. However, if your church does not confess the sovereignty of God in salvation and the doctrines of grace, your conviction that you need to find a church that does is well founded. Your question whether you should attend an Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) when you are not sure about infant baptism is a natural one, given your uncertainty about the doctrine of infant baptism. While the OPC believes that infant baptism is biblical and that believers should baptize their covenant children, and while all the officers in the OPC (ministers, elders, and deacons) must hold to such a position in order to be ordained in our denomination, such a requirement is not placed on members of the church. We simply require that you be able to answer the following questions honestly:
If you can answer such questions honestly, I'm confident that you would be welcome in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. We would only ask that your potential differences regarding infant baptism not be an occasion to cause division within the church and that you be open to instruction regarding infant baptism. Lastly, I encourage you to call the pastor of the local OPC church and set up a meeting to talk with him about any questions or concerns you might have. I'm sure he will be more than happy to do this. He also will be happy to take you through an inquirer's class to help you familiarize yourselves with the distinctive beliefs of our denomination.
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Imagine Dragons' Leader on Oprah and Brushing Off the Haters
Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds is brushing the haters off his shoulders.
The Grammy-winning rock singer posted a lengthy note on Instagram two weeks ago, calling out bands like Slipknot, the 1975 and Foster the People for taking shots at Imagine Dragons, a band that has dominated the rock and pop charts since they emerged on the mainstream music scene in 2012.
"I just feel like as artists we have so much. We're incredibly lucky to be doing what we're doing. We have a finite amount of time while we're here to create change and to do great things, to do big things. It's just, to me, counterproductive to all of us as artists to engage in menial, self-indulgent conversation, even for myself, even responding to it, which is not something I've ever done before," Reynolds said in an interview with The Associated Press.
"I said my piece — that's what I had to say about it. I really don't have anything else to say on it because I feel like it's a disservice to myself and a disservice to my time here on earth."
In his post Reynolds wrote, "How could it possibly make a kid feel 'not cool' listening to Imagine Dragons. I hate that thought. Wondering if my kids will be made fun of as they grow older because someone thinks my band isn't cool." He also wrote the negative vibes his band has been hit with has "added to the depression I've dealt with since youth."
What's provided solace for Reynolds? In a way, Oprah Winfrey.
"I just sat at this seminar here in Utah listening to Oprah speak about how she got where she is, and it's all about intention. Her main point was intention about how (and) where do you spend your time and how do you spend your words? And here's our finite amount of time on earth and what are you doing with it?" he explained. "So, it's just so menial even posting that. I'm bummed that I even had to post something like that, but I said my peace and that's it. So, I'm on to things that are important."
He said one of those important things he's focusing on his LOVELOUD festival, the LGBTQ-supported event he launched in 2017. The third annual festival — to take place June 29 at the USANA Amphitheatre in West Valley City, Utah — will include performances by Reynolds, Kesha, Martin Garrix, Tegan & Sara and more.
As for music, Reynolds said Imagine Dragons, whose hits include "Thunder" and "Radioactive," are taking time to recharge. Their most recent album, "Origins," was released last November.
"We're all looking now to wrap up the cycle and take some serious time off. I don't know how long that will be, but probably the longest amount of time that we've (taken off)," he said with a laugh. "Everybody's ready for a break."
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Why Does Video Chat Still Suck?
Almost as soon as Alexander Graham Bell introduced the telephone, forward-thinking inventors dreamed of adding pictures to the conversation. Despite early failed attempts to launch a successful videophone market, fantasy has finally become reality with smartphones and online video conferencing.
But according to a Nov. 2011 report from NPD Group, only 63 million people make video calls on a regular basis. With these marvels of the modern age in our pockets, one has to wonder why video chat isn't more popular.
Bandwidth & Data Caps
In order to send both voice and video over the Internet, you need a fairly high-speed connection. However, according to the Pew Research Center, only 66% of American homes use broadband. The main reason is price, but there's also the matter of infrastructure. The FCC reports that for approximately 19 million Americans, mostly in rural areas, wired broadband services like DSL or cable modems aren't even available. While the National Broadband Map project shows that wireless accessibility reaches about 95% of the population, people still face roadblocks for video chat, such as data caps.
Although streaming regular online video over 4G can consume roughly 6MB of data per minute, two of the most popular video chat solutions — Skype and Apple's FaceTime — both hover around 3MB per minute. (PCWorld found Google+ Hangouts are the worst, topping around 150MB for a 10-minute session.) But if you spent 10 minutes a day on FaceTime, you're still logging around 900MB of data every month, which pushes you closer to that 3GB limit in no time.
Of course, this doesn't even account for other cellular concerns, such as upload speeds and variations in signal strength. According to a study conducted by PCWorld in April, the average 3G upload speed (the bottleneck in video chat) across America's urban centers was just under 1mbps; 4G fared better at just over 3mbps. As long as you have a strong signal, this should handle your Skype call just fine. But testers experienced about a 10% drop in download speeds when they entered a building, so one can expect about a similar drop in upload speeds, as well. Furthermore, living in a rural area with fewer towers and intermittent signal strength will only degrade the video chat experience more; to the point, it might not even be worth trying.
Splintered Standards
When it comes to voice calls, network doesn't matter, phone operating system doesn't matter, and brand of phone doesn't matter. But video chat, like instant messaging before it, is an entirely different case.
For iPhone-to-iPhone video calls, it's as simple as using the built-in FaceTime app. But when you consider a majority of smartphones today are running Android, even iPhone fans might require another app, just in case. But which one to choose? Skype is a popular solution, but there's also Google Hangouts, Tango, ooVoo, Qik, Fring and plenty more, all with different features and, often, separate logins. Add in variances for how much data each app uses per video session and it's difficult to determine which is best for you and your friends.
Even on a computer, you'll find dozens of specialized video conferencing websites and programs, each with its own quirks and features. Unless you can convince your friends and family to agree to one network, you're going to need to install a lot of software, remember a ton of logins and, of course, have a broadband connection at home. Until someone develops a Trillian for video chat, users will require quite a few different solutions, none of which are ideal for everyone.
Missed Connections
We haven't even gotten started on professional video calls, which require precise coordination. All parties have to log in to the program, willing and able to accept voice chat requests. None of the current video chat services offer any kind of voicemail for missed connections, so the caller may be forced to hang up and text, email or call anyway. Until someone figures out a viable messaging system — even if it's voice only — video calls will remain a supplemental form of communication, rather than the norm.
Bad Hair Days
Perhaps the problem with video chat isn't so much technical, but personal. The fact of the matter is, most of us would rather be heard and not seen.
We've all listened to a friend rattle on about his or her day while we're busy cooking dinner, walking the dog or watching the big game. But when we can see each other, video calls mean we have to fully engage in the conversation, rather than multi-tasking. For really important calls, this can be a good thing, but let's face it, those are few and far between.
And don't forget privacy concerns. Whether you've just rolled out of bed, your office is a mess, or you're about to tee off on the back nine after calling in sick, there are times when you'd simply rather hide what you're up to. In a world of FourSquare, Facebook check-ins, geotagged tweets and Instagram photos, sometimes it's nice forgo social broadcast.
The most annoying part of video chat is that none of us looks good on webcams or forward-facing phone cameras. That fish-eye effect is unflattering, and poor lighting and bad angles wreak havoc on our appearance. We're all a little self-conscious at one point or another.
Although video chat isn't hugely popular today, that might not be the case in the near future. According to a 2012 report from Pew Research, 37% of teens currently use video chat to talk to their friends. And NPD Group forecasts that the total number of video call users will surpass 380 million by 2015.
What about you? Do you use video chat? What service do you use and on what device?
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Bordon Josiah Hosner (b: 17 January 1847) was the tenth and last child of Isaac and Adaline (Cleveland) Hosner.
Bordon married first abt 1869 Clara M. Terry (b: 1851).[1] They had two daughters: Myrta A. Hausner (b: 1872), and Ada S. Hausner (b: 1874).
No comments were made in his mother's journal about the marriage to Clara or the birth of the two daughters until an entry on Sunday, April 6, 1879 when Adaline notes, "His (Bordon's) wife didn't make him any trouble. Bordon did not try to see his little girl. She lives with his wife's parents. So Bordon was not disturbed, went back [to Michigan] in good health and in peace and may the God of peace be with him."
The journal entry tells us two things. First, sometime between 1875 and 1879 Bordon and Clara split up. He moved to Pittsfield, Washtenaw, Michigan. The 1880 federal census for Pittsfield, Michigan shows Bordon as a border in the family of Josiah and Mary Rundell. Josiah is a farmer; Bordon is an "engineer." Bordon fell in love with and married the farmer's daughter - Jeanette Rundell, age 26, a schoolteacher.
In 1880 Clara M. (Terry) Hosner and her daughter, Myrta Hausner were living with George and Adaline Terry in Hector, Schuyler County, New York. George was a house painter; Clara was a schoolteacher. In that household also lived Clara's brother, 25 year old Hamilton Terry, also a schoolteacher.
On 29 November 1881 at the age of thirty-three Bordon Joshua married Nettie (Jeanetti) E. Rundell.[2]
Second, the journal entry suggests one of Bordon's daughters died at a young age. Upon further investigation it was Ada (b: 1874) that died.
In 1882 Bordon writes that he wants to come home for a visit, but his mother notes in her journal that she fears his first wife will make trouble and can even have him jailed. Bordon's mother was determined to write to him to discourage his visit. That must have been painful for her. I imagine she ached to see her youngest child again before she died.
Bordon and Nettie remain in Michigan through the 1900 federal census that shows Bordon is a farmer. Nettie reports she has had one child with none living. They don't appear on the New York 1905 census, so I assume he continued living in Michigan until his death in 1906.
Bordon Josiah Hosner died 1906 and is buried in the Mecklenburg, New York cemetery.[3]
[1] Adaline Hosner's journal states Bordon's wife and child went to live with her parents after they separated. The 1880 federal census shows Clara M. Terry age 28 school teacher living with her parents George and Adaline Terry. In that household is granddaughter Myrta Hausner.
[2] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQSH-S35 [Accessed Aug 2013]
[3] Bordon Josiah Hosner information from the Mecklenburg, NY Cemetery transcription.


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How do you learn a concept if there is no word for it? That's a question people who are deaf and pursuing science often struggle with. The answer is not exactly easy, and involves a group effort across the non-hearing community.
The New York Times explains that the process of translating scientific words into usable sign language for words like "organism" or "photosynthesis" often starts like a game of charades. Students and teachers must act out these concepts and use finger spelling to explain them. And that makes it hard for deaf students to advance along with their peers who are able to hear.
But the internet has made that challenge a little less, well, challenging, especially online video—or even rubbable GIFs like these awesome ones the Times put together with Mayor Bloomberg's signer Lydia Callis—which makes it simple to show things visually and share the sign with others. And, increasingly, there's an effort to standardize scientific terms in sign language. The Times says that several universities are working on crowdsourcing projects in both American and British Sign Language to come up with new signs for words that don't have them. This year, for example, the Scottish Sensory Centre's British Sign Language Glossary Project introduced 116 new science and engineering signs. Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf and hard of hearing, has itself set up a wiki called the ASL-STEM Forum where anyone to suggest new signs for science, math, technology, and engineering topics.
Crowdsourcing, for now, seems to be the one of the best answers, although it's a trial and error sort of thing. That, plus GIFs—anything that helps people learn is a great thing. [New York Times]


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Federico Cargnelutt has a new post to his blog showing you how to create a REST API for your site using the Apify (complete with a shiny new 1.0 release).
Web services are a great way to extend your web application, however, adding a web API to an existing web application can be a tedious and time-consuming task. Apify takes certain common patterns found in most web services and abstracts them so that you can quickly write web APIs without having to write too much code.
Some code snippets are included to build a simple REST service - first some examples with user handling then a more fleshed out example of a controller that lets you fetch "post" information as pulled from a model. A screencast has also been posted showing the library in action.


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Weekly Cup 37 - Not-So-Wild West
This week's weekly cup may not have any revolvers in it, but it's sure to be an action-packed cup nonetheless! Also coming up next week: Our big 0.9 patch, which sees a raft of big changes that you'll notice as soon as you hit the main menu. Stay tuned on Twitter @DownToOneGame for more updates!
When is the tournament?
This tournament will be held at 9:30pm WAST (GMT+8) this Friday, the 11th of December, players should be ready 5 minutes before the allocated start time. Check http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20151111T2130&p0=196&msg=Down+To+One+Cup+37&font=serif&swk=1 for a countdown clock.
Who can play?
Do I need to sign up?
-No, simply turn up 10 minutes before the allocated start time to play!
What format will this tournament be played in?
-All DTO weekly tournaments are played with a warmup match followed by a single elimination grand final.
-Any solo player can play in this tournament - no teams are allowed.
What are the rules for this tournament?
Our full competitive ruleset can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h1i_JYd2_HBMj3KPeBlH14r5qVQLWnNFeO3EocswpVo/edit?usp=sharing - the main things to remember are: no teams, no intentional exploitation of known bugs, and of course, no cheating. As we are still experimenting with various rules whilst in an early stage of development, some changes will probably be made to these rules throughout development.
Prizes (over $100 prizepool):
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Is there a way I can do this? Too many times I install an app, only to uninstall it, because it can't be moved to SD.
1Sometimes the developer writes if its supported in the app description. – roxan Jun 23 '12 at 13:21
2Some related discussion: How to find only SD card movable applications on the market? – eldarerathis Jun 27 '12 at 15:53
if your phone is rooted you can use link2sd :
but you'll have to partition your SD card first using mini tool partition wizard
and here's the Tutorial on how to partition your SD card
This Can move immovable and -of course- movable apps more efficiently than app2sd and saves more space because normal moving moves a small part of the app to SD card ,while Link2SD moves a big part of the app(but not all of it(user experience))
If your phone is not rooted:
1.Market apps : you can't know because market downloads apps and installs them instantly.
2.apps which you have their APK you may find out by looking in the manifest.xml file inside the APK in android:installLocation="auto" as @Rafael said.
If you have the APK file you can open it (e.g. by apktool) and in its AndroidManifest.xml file, there should be a string, something like
android:installLocation="auto". If you cannot find that string, then that app can only be installed in internal storage of the device.


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Vegan Summer Mushroom Ragoût
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This special summer mushroom ragoût is a great option for vegans who want something satisfying and comforting, with oyster and chanterelle mushrooms, an onion puree, beans and fresh vegetables.
3 ears corn
3 qts. water
1 lb. lobster mushrooms, washed, sliced in 1/4-in. slices
8 oz. oyster mushrooms, sliced
8 oz. chanterelle mushrooms, washed, cut in half
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp. paprika
3 oz. olive oil
3 oz. brandy
4 oz. tomato purée
Onion Purée:
Yield: 1 qt.
2 cups water
1 cup basmati or jasmine rice
2 medium vidalia or other sweet onions, sliced thin
Kosher salt and white pepper
4 oz. extra virgin olive oil
1 qt. water to use as needed for blending
Yield: 4 to 5 cups
1 cup navy beans, soaked overnight
1 bay leaf
Salt to taste
3 oz. olive oil
3 celery ribs, small dice
1 medium carrot, small dice
4 medium shallots, sliced
8 garlic cloves, sliced
1 cup blanched fresh or frozen peas
8 oz. string beans, blanched, cut in bite-sized pieces
Chives, chopped to finish
Parsley, chopped to finish
Chervil, chopped to finish
Tarragon, chopped to finish
1. Remove corn from cobs and cover with water. To make quick corn stock simmer for 20 mins. Remove cobs and add lobster mushrooms and simmer for 8 to 10 mins until tender.
2. In cold, large cast iron skillet, season other mushrooms with salt, pepper and paprika, add oil and bring up to medium heat and lightly caramelize mushrooms.
3. Strain and add lobster mushrooms to skillet. Save liquid. Once lobster mushrooms have begun to caramelize, add brandy and tomato. Allow to cook down and add corn. Ladle in some of simmering liquid and let braise for about 10 mins.
4. For onion purée: Boil water for rice. Add rice, return to simmer and let stand for 25 mins. until tender. Set aside. Season onions with salt and pinch of white pepper. Sweat onions in olive oil and a little water until tender. Purée onions and liquid. Add cooked rice ¼ cup at a time until consistency of heavy cream. Use more water as needed and adjust the seasoning. Set aside.
5. For beans: Soak beans in water overnight. Cover with new water and simmer with bay leaf until tender. Salt beans when finished and let stand. Sweat celery, carrots and shallots in olive oil and lightly season with salt and pepper. Drain beans and add veggies.
6. Add 3 cups of beans and onion purée to ragout a little at a time until desired consistency is reached. Note: If too thick loosen with a little of the corn stock.
7. Finish with chopped herbs, oil.
Recipe by Tufts University, Medford, Mass.


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From their website: http://paradonbooks.com/index.html
They're spamming the Net like a case of hives.
ParaDon Books Publishing is a privately-owned establishment, with distribution deals that reach all over the globe.
Examples, please. What books have you got, where, who's selling them?
Examples, please. What books have you got? We'd like to see inside one for check on this personal touch stuff.Other companies may offer similar services, but our services are the best, and come with a personal touch.
We have a fine team of qualified editors,
Their names, please. Where did they work previously in the publishing industry and for how long?
Their names, please, and show examples of their work.the best book cover graphic artists in the industry,
We publish both fictions and non-fictions."Once a manuscript pass the reading test and is accepted,"
Apparently grammar and proofing are of little concern here.
Yog's Law violation alert. Danger, Will Robinson, Danger-danger!All proposal package should include a query letter, synopsis, bio, the first 50 pages, SASE (self address stamped envelope), and a $25 reading fee, mail to
ParaDon Books Publishing
P.O.Box 6347
Great Falls, MT 59406
Not surprising, since no reputable agent would bother with this place.Agent-submitted manuscript are excluded from the reading fee.
Not to sell? Shame-shame.This company is brand new, and looking for a lot of quality stories to catalog.
Is English just not your first language?
Please explain why there's a picture of a car dealership's showroom on your "Jobs" page.
Please explain why the heck you opened for business when you've no books to sell.


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The Fedora development community announced on Tuesday the official release of Fedora 14, codenamed Laughlin. The new version is a bit light on user-facing changes, but adds some useful features for developers. Fedora typically issues a new release every six months and is loosely aligned with the GNOME development cycle. Each release brings updated software and some new packages.
Fedora 14 ships with GNOME 2.32, a transitional GNOME release that introduces some important architectural changes under the hood in preparation for GNOME 3. There aren't many new GNOME features on the surface, however, because the GNOME developers are largely focused on preparing a new shell that will significantly overhaul the next version of the desktop. KDE 4.5, which was released in August, is also available in Fedora 14. It has a new notification system and preliminary support for tiling in the KWin window manager.
Programming tools got a major boost in Fedora 14. An LLVM-based compiler for the D programming language and an associated runtime library were added to the package repositories. There are also new packages for Rakudo, an implementation of Perl 6. Fedora's excellent support for Python continues to shine in version 14, which includes Python 2.7 out of the box as the standard Python version. Python 3, which was introduced in Fedora 13 earlier this year, can be installed in parallel from the repositories.
Fedora 14 also has some nice development tool improvements. It includes Netbeans 6.9 and the latest version of Eclipse, which was released in June. The Gdb debugger got some performance improvements and a new feature for analyzing memory usage.
Due to Red Hat's significant investments in virtualization technology and ongoing stewardship of kvm, Fedora often serves as a testbed for the latest virtualization technologies. Fedora 14 includes Spice, which enables more seamless interaction with virtualized desktops. It can be used to connect to remote or local QEMU virtual machine instances and is designed to handle 2D graphics acceleration, audio support, and video streaming. The developers recommend using a 64-bit software environment on the host, but the client can be either x86 or x86-64.
I tested Fedora 14 on my Dell Mini 10 netbook. It worked as expected and didn't pose any unanticipated challenges.
Users can download the Fedora 14 installable Live CD image from the project's website. A number of other variants are also available, including a KDE-based Live CD and a full DVD installer. For more details, you can refer to the official Fedora 14 release notes.


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Game Day Eats: 13 Touchdown-Scoring Sweets
When you think of party appropriate nibbles to serve on game day, chances are your mind goes to savory, bar food-y munchables. But don't forget dessert. This is not the time for dainty and delicate trifles—go big, bold, and chunky with lots of rich and assertive flavors. Think gooey caramel or chocolate-y classics, salty-sweet combos, and all kinds of boozy bites.
Here's a roundup of 13 desserts that will hold their own against the other contenders on the playing field. Some of them incorporate ingredients from the rest of the spread: bacon, pretzels, beer—it's a perfectly executed steal. Check out the recipes below or see them all in our slideshow above.
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- Spicy Peanut Caramel Corn
- Perfect Brownies
- Bacon Chocolate Chip Biscotti
- Salted Cashew Caramel Bars
- Smoked Salt, Potato Chip, and Pretzel Chocolate Bark
- Bourbon Blondies with Walnuts
- Beer Caramel Ice Cream
- Coca Cola Brownies
- Chocolate Covered Potato Chips
- Potato Chip Cookies
- Chocolate-Covered Pretzel Toffee
- Bourbon Chocolate Fondue
- Peanut Pralines
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Skip to comments.Texas US Rep. picks up 7 new votes; still trails
Posted on 11/04/2010 7:09:40 PM PDT by smokingfrog
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz picked up seven votes after a bag of previously uncounted ballots was discovered in his South Texas district. But the Corpus Christi Democrat still trails Republican ex-small business-owner Blake Farenthold by seven votes.
Ortiz has refused to concede a House seat he's held for nearly three decades and is mulling whether to seek a formal recount.
Seven ballots, all marked for the Democrat, where discovered in Nueces County and certified at the courthouse in Corpus Christi - evidence, Ortiz says, that the race remains too close to call. The seven votes leaves Ortiz behind Farenthold, 799 to 792.
Ortiz also says military absentee ballots and provisional ballots have yet to be tabulated. He's complained of "other discrepancies and voting irregularities from election day."
Amazing how there are always "missed" votes that favor democrats in EVERY recount. You would think those democrats would be more careful about leaving bags of ballots favoring their candidate just laying around uncounted...yeah right...
'RATS pick up "found" votes by the thousands. GOPers get 7. What a joke. Pass me a banana.
The military ballots should be a net gain for Farenthold.
Anyway. The only time a democrat ever wants to see the military ballots counted is when they are behind. lol
That's the impression I got and am thankful for the clarification as I had visions of another Franken recount-until-I-will routine.
Something wrong with those vote numbers - each got over 50,000 votes...
South Texas, go figure. Bags of ballots are falling from the trees down there. The ghost of LBJ is still at work.
OK, that makes sense. It didn't before. Thanks.
So your point actually becomes "thousands + 7"!
How in this day and age do you just happen to "discover" uncounted ballots?
Election returns show Ortiz losing to Republican challenger Blake Farenthold by 799 votes. Ortiz has been in office for about 27 years.
Farenthold received 50,954 votes to Ortizs 50,155, according to election returns provided by the Office of the Texas Secretary of State.
Contacted by The Brownsville Herald for comment, Farenthold said, "really?" unaware that a bag of uncounted ballots had been found.
Libertarian Ed Mishou also had not been advised by Nueces County election officials that a bag had been found, but he said he could understand why, in his case, because this would not have made an impact insofar as his showing.
Asked if he was surprised that a bag was found, Mishou said: "Thats a tough question to answer on the record."
Easy. You run another set off the printer, fill them out, and then "find" them...
I think they hold back some legit ballots, in various places 'just in case' they need them and let the ACORN types go through first. IMO
Okay, this goes for all these races, Texas, Wash, Ct. This is 2010 in the United States of America. We went to the moon 40 years ago. Why are we still voting likes it's the election of 1828 with paper ballots??? Brazil counted an entire nation in 10 hours.
Landslide Lyndon, part deux ?
Yep, LBJ and George Pharr in Duval County. Hense the name "Landslide Lyndon". They voted the graveyard and stole the election from Coke Stevenson. Many many years ago.
Yes, the 1948 primary race for US Senate. I think the 200 additional voters found had voted in alphabetical order. An investigation was stymied because the maid accidentally threw away the evidence.
xjatdet65: "Why are we still voting likes its the election of 1828 with paper ballots???"
You asked the right question. The most obvious answer is because people in power want them. The more important question is why do people in power want an archaic, chaotic voting system? Answer that and then consider this. Why are these problems commonly found in Democrat districts?
J.C. Davis who was the assistant to the Attorney General in several administrations, often visited my grandfather. As a young man I heard the stories about Lyndon and others. Those were days when there were NO Republicans in TX, they were all Democrats. But many many officials hated Lyndon and his crowd.
Dem Politics has always been nasty. I have been a Republican all my life. Cast my first ballot for Pres. for Richard Nixon. (would again knowing the outcome)
Most of my ancestors were literally burned out of AL during Reconstruction, so I know why there were no Republicans until the left took over the Dem party in the 1960's.
Yeah, and he's dragging around on a leash the ghost of that federal grain inspector he had killed.
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If pure sound had the capability to project images on a blank wall, Mini Mansions would be worthy projectionists. On a break from Queens of the Stone Age, Michael Shuman melded heads and locked arms with longtime friends Tyler Parkford and Zach Dawes in a dusty room in the San Fernando Valley. Here, they began a collaborative séance out of which birthed Mini Mansions in January of 2009. Though their triangle is usually confined to piano, bass, and a cocktail drum kit, the LA-based trio generates a Technicolor spectrum of sound drawn from the baroque, gothic, psychedelic, and cinematic realms. Their debut self-titled release curtseys to the past, bows to the present, and foreshadows a progressively more abstract future.
Three vignettes are the structural frameworks upon which Mini Mansions builds, burgeoning into a wildly colorful, narrative fresco when listened to in sequence, straight through. Although Mini Mansions' intention was not to position the record as a concept album, Dawes believes there are a lot of different spaces they like to explore. "For us, it's basically about letting the songs take you and seeing where you can go with them."
Such narratives take shape under the surface like a Magic-Eye stereogram, surreal and sophisticated; the effect is something akin to a bizarre family slideshow seen in one's peripheral. "At the end of the day, there's something very visual about what we do," Parkford expresses. "It has the effect that you're watching an invisible movie or frantically changing the channels on a defective television set, not just listening to a record." Yet, the underlying element of intimacy of Mini Mansions is never lost. Shuman elucidates, "There are a lot of thematic elements from film and television that come into play on the record, especially during the instrumental passages. I guess we try to mimic what is seen rather than what is heard," Parkford adds.
The first single from the record, "Monk", is a potent dose of dance-psych. The track is a heavy precursor to the album's orchestral aspects, comprised of thick organ cannons, fuzzy bass hooks, and ghostly Shangri La beats. Parkford's soft hymns and Shuman's sharp melodic carvings hazily weave amongst each other in true chamber-pop fashion, giving the voice of "Monk" a beautiful split personality. "Monk" quickly becomes a melancholy dance party in slow motion.
After a self-released EP and touring with the likes of Autolux, Warpaint, Dead Weather, BRMC, Minus the Bear, and Them Crooked Vultures, Mini Mansions recorded their debut record at Josh Homme's own Pink Duck Studios, not far from the old dusty room that initiated their rituals. Homme mixed some of the record's most pivotal tracks including "Crime of the Season", the dream-pop slow-jam "Wunderbars," and the album version of "Monk." Homme describes the band's kaleidoscopic sound as "genuinely psychedelic with huge hooks... After listening to Mini Mansions just once, you won't be able to get it out of your head.'"
The ingenuity of the Mini Mansions sound is not a teaser-trailer or a sizzle reel, but the grainy film, vintage color, and flickering light make for a wholly original experience.


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#1 Your dog really does understand you...02-11-2013, 04:00 PM
Pet dogs are much more likely to steal food when they think nobody can see them, suggesting for the first time that they can understand a human's point of view.
For years, dog lovers have argued that their beloved pooches are clever and can understand humans - but until now it hadn't been tested by science.
Experts have discovered that when a human tells a dog not to take food, it is four times more likely to disobey in a dark room than a lit room.
They are like kids, we knew this.
Revelation 15:1
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
I miss my little Jay :(
That little bastard knew me lolWe're from Philadelphia, We Fight- Chip Kelly
Bella and Darlene always watch us very carefully
Bella can be very sneaky. A few weeks ago I bought a little stuffed bear for them, a bear in a World War I aviator outfit, little leather jacket, leather hat and white scarf, got it at a sale for $.75. I was going to put it away til later and put it on the counter top. The top is extra high. She watched me leave the room and when I returned, the bear was gone. I found it in her large pile of toys. The little sneak took it off the counter. I didn't think she could reach that high.
" To the world you are just one more person, but to a rescued pet, you are the world."
"A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!"
Our two are smart and they are all excited this morning. They saw me getting the car ready for them.
What they don't know is it's to the ebil VET!!! Darlene is having a dental and Bella is having
her nails cut.May the FORCE be with you!
Darlene is back home from da dental! She is zonked out on her day bed.May the FORCE be with you!
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The baby (4 mos old chihuahua) is really getting the hang of "sit". He now sits for a treat without being told to. He also understands "shush" which he learned with the aid of a water bottle. He is not yappy at all. He barks when other dogs go by, and when something strange is happening.
He doesn't quite understand windows. But hell, Microsoft doesn't either. ba duh duh....
He's got most of the fetch game down... but doesn't like giving the toy back right away. In fact, he sometimes takes the toy for an extra lap around the house. Speaking of which, weeks ago when he discovered that he could run down the hall through the living room back through the kitchen to the family room and then back into the living room in a big circle he thought it was the best thing ever. He wears himself out doing circles. But the good part is, that it seems to have taught him something about physical dynamics, and when we are out on the leash, and he wraps himself around a tree by running in ever smaller circles (long leash) he then runs the other way to free himself.
Yes, I think I am bragging, but he does seem to be pretty smart.While you were hanging yourself , on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
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