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Malargüe - DSA 3
The Malargüe station, Deep Space Antenna 3, is ESA's newest tracking station and is located 30 km south of the city of Malargüe, about 1200 km west of Buenos Aires, Argentina. DSA 3 hosts a 35 m-diameter antenna with transmission and reception in X-band and reception in Ka-band.
DSA 3 was inaugurated in December 2012 and entered full service in early 2013. Today, it provides daily support to missions such as Gaia, Mars Express and ExoMars.
The station is a 45-km drive from Malargüe city, in Mendoza province. Malargüe has a population of some 23 000 and is also home to the southern site of the Pierre Auger Observatory, an international physics experiment searching for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
Facilities & technology
The Malargüe station incorporates state-of-the-art technology. Its technical facilities comprise Ka-band reception (31.8–32.3 GHz) and X-band transmission and reception. It is prepared to host Ka-band transmission (34.3–34.7 GHz) and K-band reception (25.5–27 GHz).
Its main functions are to receive telemetry, send telecommands and perform radiometric measurements (ranging, Doppler, Delta-DOR) on scientific and deep-space craft.
The dish is 35 m in diameter and the entire structure is 40 m high; its moving antenna weighs 610 tonnes. Engineers can move the antenna with a speed of up to 1 degree per second in all axes. The servo control system ensures the highest possible pointing accuracy under the site's harsh environmental, wind and temperature conditions.
The station has a frequency and timing system based on atomic clocks using masers and crycooled sapphires. Communications are via the ESA Operations Network (OPSNET). The site is equipped with a no-break power plant.
The antenna's radio-frequency (RF) system comprises a Cassegrain Beam Wave Guide operating with frequency-sensitive (dichroic) mirrors and X- and Ka-band feeds, helium-cooled X- and Ka-band low-noise amplifiers, a 400 W solid-state power amplifier, and 2 and 20 kW X-band transmitters.
The station provides routine spacecraft tracking support to ESA's deep-space missions such as Venus Express, Mars Express and BepiColombo, and scientific missions such as Herschel, Planck, LISA Pathfinder and Gaia, as well as to other agencies' missions under resource-sharing agreements.
For routine operations, the station is remotely controlled from ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany. Local maintenance and operation is provided by a team of five engineers.
Delta DOR, GPS-TDAF, radio science
The station is also equipped with delta-DOR receivers (Delta Differential One-Way Ranging), a new technology enabling highly precise spacecraft location and tracking.
A GPS-TDAF (GPS Tracking and Data Analysis Facility) dual-frequency receiver system with geodetic accuracy is installed, which delivers continuous measurements to the ESOC Navigation Facility.
The station also hosts facilities enabling scientists to analyse received signals to perform radio science experiments.
Construction of the station started in late 2009 and the huge dish reflector was hoisted into place on 7 December 2011. The station received the first test signals from Mars Express, at a distance of 193 million km, on 14 June 2012. It is set for formal inauguration on 18 December 2012, and will enter routine service early in 2013.
The site was chosen for ESA's third deep-space antenna for several reasons.
In order to obtain global coverage, DSA 3 had to be located about 120° in longitude from the existing DSA stations in Australia and Spain, which meant a location somewhere in the Americas. ESA's DSA stations also use delta-DOR, which works best when the stations involved are as far apart as possible.
The choice between North and South America was also driven by the fact that NASA already has plenty of station capacity in North America, so it made sense to build in South America.
The final location was chosen after securing a long-term lease for the site and the requisite radio frequencies from Argentina.
The agreement to build and exploit the station was signed with Argentina on 16 November 2009, for a planned duration of 50 years. The agreement contains benefits, facilities and services to be provided by Argentina. In exchange, ESA will make available to Argentina 10% of the antenna time for their national scientific projects. Argentina's Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE) is responsible for coordinating the use of the 10% of antenna time as provided in the agreement.
1972 Andes flight disaster
The foreboding beauty of the landscape near Malargüe, high in clear mountain air, is famous for the 1972 Andes flight disaster, dramatised in the 1993 film Alive: The Miracle of the Andes. The actual crash site in the mountains is 138 km, as the crow flies, from ESA's station.
Access and contact
The ESOC point of contact is:
Head of Ground Facilities Operations Div.
ESOC, Darmstadt
Tel: +49-6151-900
The address of the station is:
European Space Agency (ESA) / Agencia Espacial Europea
Malargüe Satellite Tracking Station
Ruta Provincial 186, km 20.5
Malargüe – Provincia de Mendoza


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Dr. Jeff Morton is a composer, conductor, and music educator. Jeff's interest in aural pedagogy began as an undergraduate student at New College in Sarasota Florida, where he was the assistant director for the Chamber Singers and taught aural skills for the theory class. In graduate school at the University of Illinois, Jeff continued to teach aural skills/ear training and develop his own pedagogical curriculum based on what he saw as a choral director in the land of theorist. After 4 years of teaching high school and community college in Houston, Texas, Jeff returned to the University of Illinois to complete his doctorate and serve as supervising instructor for the fourth semester ear training classes. Jeff has since taught at Millikin University, the San Francisco Conservatory, and Homestead High School, where he has been the choir director and theory instructor for the past 10 years.
Freelance musician, programmer, and audio engineer, John Pollard has been the director of coding at SonicFit since 2007. Spending much of his youth in the practice rooms of his father's music store, John learned guitar and bass and developed a love for playing with others. He plays locally in East Texas in styles ranging from folk to heavy metal. In the words of a ReverbNation press release: 'Powerful rock music created with passion and fire is the only way to describe the music of the band Descried. A band on a mission to ROCK your world!' You can hear his work at www.Descried.com or search the internet for the group 'Descried'. His audio engineering work includes independent projects making really cool music, mastering audio for bands, as well as installing audio hardware. To hear some of his work, check out the 'Epilogue' on their album Snake Oil.


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I am interested to learn to what extent results on billiards
in polygons have been extended to multiple balls.
Assume the balls have equal radii and the same mass,
the same initial speed, and all
collisions are perfectly elastic, as depicted in this* image:
To be specific, let me start with just the square table. For single particle billiards, it is well known that (1) a trajectory of rational slope that avoids the corners is periodic, and (2) a trajectory of irrational slope that avoids the corners will be "uniformly distributed" in the sense that it spends equal times in equal areas.
Are there analogous results for billiard systems of $n>1$ balls within a square?
Perhaps it is necessary to make some assumption concerning
the size of the ball radii and the box dimensions?
The literature I've seen on billiard dynamics does not explore this territory. Likely there are results in the literature, in which case pointers would be appreciated. Thanks!
*This impressive Wikipedia image by A.Greg was once the "Picture of the Day."
Addendum. Following Steve Huntsman's keyword hint, I retrieved Hard Ball Systems and the Lorentz Gas, which indeed contains many fascinating results. I will mention two:
- In a chapter by Murphy & Cohen, an easy but pleasing result: For $n$ hard spheres moving in unbounded Euclidean space, with any combination of masses, there exist initial conditions such that $\binom{n}{2}$ collisions occur.
- In a chapter by Burago, Ferleger, & Krononenko, a difficult-to-establish bound: The maximal number of collisions that may occur for $n$ balls moving in a simply connected Riemannian space of nonpositive sectional curvature never exceeds $$(400 n^2 \max{/}\min)^{2 n^4} \;,$$ where $\max{/}\min$ is the largest ratio of masses. Note there is no dependence on the radii. Matters are (or were in 2000) unclear without the nonpositive curvature assumption.


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The dust and heat of the Chihuahuan Desert blanket these twin border towns in sleepiness – the better to draw tourists and retirees looking for a cheap place to relax or settle; the better, too, for secretive gunrunners headed south of the border and illegal immigrants and drug smugglers headed north.
So it's no surprise that Esperanza Lozoya seems a bit shell-shocked and never far from tears as she points out Palomas's "historic" landmarks in Mexico's drug wars. Here is a pock-marked wall where a friend's son was gunned down last spring; there, near the elementary school, is the weed-strangled lot where she had to help a neighbor identify two bodies left in the grime; further along is the house with no window glass, where someone tossed a grenade; and then there are the empty houses of a quarter of the town's population – including the police chief – that has packed up and left.
In 2008, when Palomas became a flash point in the deadly rivalries between Mexican drug traffickers, Ms. Lozoya, like many here, found herself diving for cover in her own backyard. While Ciudad Juárez, a city of 1.5 million 80 miles east, had 1,600 drug-related murders last year, Palomas was statistically more dangerous with 40.
Palomas is a town of 8,500 scared residents. And their 2,300 neighbors on the US side in Columbus, while not terrified, are wary of the violence and its effects on the image and economy of the region.
Americans have generally watched in disbelief as journalists, businessmen, police, soldiers, and bystanders are caught in increasingly gruesome violence, from drive-by shootings to beheadings and worse. But most just see it on TV. Nowhere are Americans more affected than in towns like Columbus, where gunfire is so close it has hit the border checkpoint and where gunshot victims, gasping their last breath, scramble for haven.
"People say to me, 'Why did you move to Palomas? Are you crazy?" says Ms. Lozoya, an American social worker who lives and works on the Mexican side.
Though violence decreased when Mexican troops were called in last fall, the US concern about Mexican mayhem is whether it will creep north.
"It's like having a kindergarten next to a shooting range," says Raymond Cobos, sheriff of Luna County, which encompasses Columbus. He plans to beef up patrols to run 24 hours near the border. And, he says, he never knows when trouble will flare up: Mexican authorities discovered two mass graves totaling possibly 10 bodies near Palomas in May. In states along the 2,000-mile border, governors have called for the National Guard. Washington, too, is sending federal troops and high-tech equipment to strengthen border security.
Suddenly talk of spillover violence has made it to talk shows across America. Most people in Columbus dismiss the hype – so far. But the psychological divide it creates poses a legitimate question: Could violence spill over into the US?
As border towns go, it's pretty humdrum. Undocumented immigrants showed up in backyards here until border fencing was erected. But the last international violence was back when Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa raided this patch of US territory in 1916, killing 18 Americans. Since then, the border separating Columbus from Palomas has been heavily trudged. For years, Americans crossed south for cheap eye and dental exams, often topped off with a burrito platter. More than 400 students from Mexico cross daily in the opposite direction to attend New Mexico's schools. Columbus firefighters put out flames in Palomas until it got its own fire station last year.
As violence engulfed Palomas, Columbus remained remarkably calm. It's a similar scenario all along the border: Ciudad Juárez's 1,600 murders – a quarter of all drug-related murders in Mexico – compares with just 17 in El Paso, Texas, last year; Palomas's 40 compares starkly with Columbus's none.
But notoriety and increased border enforcement that has steered the illegal immigrant trade elsewhere, has brought hard times to both towns. Even as governments on both sides tout unprecedented levels of cooperation, the neighbors themselves have never been more leery.
"The casual interaction between residents and citizens that was the fabric of cross-border communities has been devastated," says Tony Payan, an expert on drug violence at the University of Texas, El Paso.
The border is a place of intermarriage and international commerce, but now parents think twice about taking their children south to visit relatives. Americans opt for other dentist chairs; 3,500 Palomas residents have simply left. It's a divide that persists long after the turf wars move elsewhere.
And yet if it's those who straddle the border whose lives are most disrupted, they share a common burden with the rest of the US. Violence won't necessarily jump into Columbus, but drug traffickers, facing a sustained crackdown, could move deeper into the US where illegal drug markets thrive.
"They will move to where they can hide," Mr. Payan says.
Along the border, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, alleged head of the Sinaloa cartel and one of the most wanted men in the US, has been fighting rivals like the Gulf cartel, and Palomas got caught in the power struggle. Locals say warring intensified in mid-2007, after smugglers lost important corridors into the US due to beefed-up border patrols and completion of a new fence.
Palomas Mayor Estanislao Garcia estimates that 80 people were either killed or disappeared over a 15-month span as rivals duked it out. The entire police force in Palomas quit and its chief sought asylum in the US in March 2008. Since then 200 Mexican Army troops came fanning in and violence abated as rivals have moved on to less patrolled towns and cities.
But Palomas is still reeling. Its population dropped from 12,000 to 8,500, says Mayor Garcia, leaving many scared and disoriented.
Poverty work is a family franchise. Lozoya is part of an unusual cross-border symbiosis with her sister, Guadalupe Sanchez de Otero, who runs a program in Columbus for the elderly. Both sisters, along with their father, a St. Louis social worker who'd raised his family in gang neighborhoods, started their outreach in Columbus 15 years ago when Ms. Otero opened her home to children as a better place to spend their days than in the fields with their parents.
Their work often meant crossing the border to help the families in Mexico. So after Lozoya's own children grew up, she moved a few miles south to Palomas in 2005. And she stayed put as the violence began: "I knew that to really help the people here, I had to move here."
The sisters' work – in its similarities and differences – is symbolic of the psychological divide between Columbus and Palomas, America and Mexico in this era of violence.
Ironically, it was the drug violence that gave Lozoya a chance to sink roots in Palomas, where she'd struggled to support her work by baking and selling cakes. She finally was able to buy a building for her senior center last December because the owner, threatened by drug traffickers, had to leave town in a hurry. There were hardly any windows with glass left, and all the wiring was ransacked before she moved in.
A short woman whose sad face often dissolves into a sunny smile, Lozoya's principal job today is feeding 40 seniors – many former factory or migrant field workers with no benefits. She funds the bare-bones operation herself – it costs her $50 a day, and she travels north to raise money from American donors, asking them to sponsor a senior for $10 a month or donate food or clothes.
Though her move here coincided with the violence, she doesn't flinch. One day, as she was watering trees in her backyard, gunshots rang out. She shuttled her two granddaughters, whom she is raising, into her home and headed toward the incident. "I don't feel scared for myself, but for all the young people who can get wrapped up in this," she says. "They look up to the drug traffickers, especially without other viable work options."
It is with a certain degree of envy that Lozoya looks north at her sister's different circumstances.
Ms. Otero's quaint community center – the Andrew Sanchez Memorial Youth Center, named after their late father – boasts a bingo board on the wall, an old piano, and pool table. Photos of visiting politicians and grants won adorn the walls.
But Columbus does have its own needs. Luna County is one of the poorest in the US – half the population of Columbus lives below the poverty level. Otero's center feeds seniors and runs summer youth activities.
While Lozoya is forced to think about which teen is at risk of becoming a drug dealer, Otero's main concerns are how seniors will pay for utilities and medical care.
It's not that Columbus is totally unscathed. The director of the US port of entry in Columbus, Charles Wright, has collected five stray bullets that have ripped across the border. He says at least 10 gunshot victims have sought US medical care, cases that Otero, who moonlights as a town paramedic, knows firsthand. In one case, the man behind the wheel of a van coasted into the border station dead; his wounded passenger had reached over to press the gas pedal to make it to the border.
But despite the proximity of violence, it is not likely to "jump across the border," says Capt. Steve Harvill of the New Mexico State Police in Deming, 30 miles north of Columbus. Captain Harvill and other experts point to Phoenix, which recorded 368 kidnappings last year, and they note that drug running is more likely to affect big cities, where drugs sell for more money in bigger markets.
One worrisome trend is aggression directed at authorities. The Los Angeles Times reported last month that "El Chapo" allegedly instructed his cartel to step up violence against officials if need be. And US Customs and Border Protection data show 1,325 incidents of violence against officers in fiscal year 2008, a 23 percent increase from the previous year.
Ronald LeBlanc, assistant chief patrol agent in the El Paso sector of US Customs and Border Protection, pegs this to frustration: "We are taking their business away from them."
The US Justice Department estimates that Mexican drug traffickers operate in 230 US cities. While most victims, both in Mexico and the US, are involved in organized crime, the situation has led to unprecedented US-Mexican cooperation.
In March, the Obama administration announced new resources headed to the border including: doubling the number of border agents and tripling intelligence personnel; stepping up border inspections to stem the illegal flow of guns southward; a $700 million Justice Department effort to combat Mexican drug cartels in the US; and a Drug Enforcement Administration push with 16 new positions on the southwestern border and four new teams to target Mexican methamphetamine trafficking nationwide.
Some officials wanted more. Texas Gov. Rick Perry asked for 1,000 National Guard troops.
Other officials think that's too much. "It is a waste of resources and sends the wrong message about how things are at the border," says Mayor Richard Cortez of McAllen, Texas. "There are serious problems on the Mexican side ... those problems don't exist on the northern side of the border."
Columbus Mayor Eddie Espinoza, agrees, especially now that violence in Palomas has ebbed: "If the need were there, I would support it, but at this time I do not see a need."
Yet if both sides of the border are relieved that shootings no longer disrupt afternoons, both are struggling with the economic consequences. Maria Gutierrez at the Pancho Villa Cafe in Columbus stands in an empty restaurant and says that if the situation does not improve by next year, she may buy a food cart to sell hamburgers and nachos at the border crossing.
In Palomas, things are far worse. On a bright afternoon, it feels all but boarded up. The Americans from Tucson, Ariz., and Denver who came here to fill their cavities and buy eyeglasses are gone. Ricardo Fierro, a dentist who started his business 40 years ago, used to have 75 clients a day. "They'd walk out because they'd get mad at how much time they'd have to wait," he says in his cavernous office where eight reclining dental chairs and 29 waiting-room seats are empty.
Mayor Garcia says the unemployment rate among Palomans who stayed is 60 percent.
The impact on families has been tough. Almost all of those of Mexican heritage in Columbus have family across the border, like Socorro Hernandez, who has lived in Columbus for 12 years. Since the violence flared up she hesitates to take her kids to their weekly visit with their father, who, because of a prior deportation, cannot enter the US. "As a mother, of course you worry," she says.
Faculty from Columbus's elementary school, where two-thirds of the 500 students come from Mexico, typically do parent-teacher conferences in Mexico three times a year. But this school year they made the trip once – and the packed community center in Palomas was under heavy military guard. "It's sad," says principal Hector Madrid. "You want to put a microphone at the border ... and scream, 'We are still here, we still love you, we still love your kids.' "
And some of those who chose Columbus for a slice of tranquility in this beautiful stretch of high desert are rethinking their choices.
"It has affected me; you think, 'I don't necessarily want to be here,' " says Betty Dean, whose husband's great-grandfather was killed in the Pancho Villa raid of 1916. "At first it was busy, busy, fun, fun, fun; we'd go to Palomas to eat," she says. "Now everyone is on edge."
And Lozoya says that edge extends north where she's finding Americans reluctant to sponsor Mexican children and elders anymore: "Now everyone thinks all people in Mexico are bad." She tells anyone who will listen that because of the violence, her town has been left without viable incomes.
Apart from her volunteers, she relies on her family in Columbus. Where Lozoya lacks most everything – clothes, medical supplies, and often food to serve – Otero steps in when she has a surplus of shoes or shirts. It goes the other way, too: If the health department needs information about a family in Mexico, Otero asks Lozoya to investigate.
They are, in their own small way, bridging the divide that is forming here and along the rest of the US-Mexican border – a divide that for those here is more devastating than the violence that has stolen so much of both nations' attention.


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Hello Andy,Sighclone wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 1:55 amNiki -
Many people who approach spiritual awakening do so out of a secret or not-so-secret desire to rid themselves of disorders of the ego (by this I mean all the material in DSM-V, and other obsessions, neuroses, syndromes, etc. that fall under the broad definition of "significantly debilitating mental problems causing suffering.") A number of posters here (and I include myself in earlier years) have waved the flag of awakening / enlightenment to end all of that..."just skip all the traditional talk-therapy and wake up."
I'm much less happy with that as a general recommendation these days. Both Adyashanti and Rupert Spira have sent students to more traditional therapists (especially those with a nondual bent like John Prendergast or John Welwood) for work on their psychological challenges before they will counsel them spiritually. The subconscious does exist and is part of the ego, in fact it can launch suble salvos against awakening as the seeking proceeds.
I understand that your response was intended for someone else, but you brought up something relevant to my own experience - therapy. Hope you don't mind me being a third wheel here. It is interesting that you recommend (as do some spiritual teachers that you mentioned) conventional psychotherapy in addition to spiritual counseling/guidance.
I have seen numerous therapists over the years, before delving into anything "spiritual". None of them taught me anything valuable or eye opening. I always felt like the stuff they were suggesting was coming out of some script and was too contrived and cookie cutter to be effective for me. They would throw out the kinds of "wisdom" cliches you'd hear in some C-grade high school comedic drama. Today, I can see that they were just scratching the surface of things, and didn't go deep enough to catalyze a realization within me. Long story short, therapy for me = nothing more than expensive frustration.
By contrast, when I read the first few pages of Power of Now, a light bulb instantaneously went off in my head. It went deep enough in me to cause a realization. It was direct and unambiguous, unlike anything the therapists had told me. Knowing what I know now, I wish that I had sought spiritual counseling earlier in my life. I wish it would become more mainstream.
Also, I would think that combining conventional therapy with spiritual counseling would confuse the heck out of a patient/disciple, like a language student trying to learn both Japanese and German at the same time. I'm curious as to why some feel that this would be effective.


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Process Qualification
In accordance with the JP-001 Foundry Process Qualification Guidelines, the X-FAB Quality Management System uses two levels of qualification tests:
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Level 1 is a pure wafer process qualification intended to find reliability weaknesses by stressing and testing technology elements. It primarily addresses technology wearout mechanisms on specially designed test structures (carried out on wafer or packed level).
Level 2
Level 2 demonstrates the reliability of the process by testing of a relevant functional technology qualification vehicle (TQV). It also covers the influence of complex interactions of process elements by accelerated lifetime simulation testing and accelerated environmental stress testing, respectively.
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Mel from Swiss house duo Mercury with a super nice Christmas mix and here's to a Merry Christmas from all of us at Discobelle to all of ye faithful readers.
"If you like Christmas as much as I do, you'll probably enjoy this 50 minutes of carols. From The Mills Brothers to The Stanley Brothers, everything that keep's you bouncing under the Christmas tree.
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Chief Instructor at Xilin Martial Arts. Classes in Pekiti-Tirsia Kali and Chen Taijiquan.
Mabuhay ang Kultura ng Mandirigmang Pilipino !
It's nice to be back here at FMAtalk after 10 years!
Any Heyrosa De Cuerdas Practitioners here in the US?
MAKTAN-FMA 2016 Seminar w/ GM Taboada & Tuhon Dionaldo April 29 - May 1, 2016 - Cincinnati, OH www.MAKTAN.com / firstname.lastname@example.com
Tomahawk Atcha axe seminar Feb 27 2016 at tkmt 1992 yonge st.tor.on.canada
Pugay! to all kalis arnisadores MABUHAY!
PTK Workshop hosted by Tuhon A.K. (47) February 13, 2016 at 2- 6pm in White Plains, NY Contact Information: firstname.lastname@example.com
also visit https://www.facebook.com/Pekiti-Tirsia-Kali-Pitbulls-of-New-York-364673066934769/
An FMA training group will be meeting at Explosive Sports in Harrisburg PA starting Feb 22nd 2015 from 130 pm to 330 pm contact Dan Morris for more information at email@example.com or 717 829 1072
An FMA training group will be meeting at Explosive Sports in Harrisburg PA starting Feb 22 2015 from 130 pm to 330 pm contact Dan Morris at 717 829 1072 or at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Greetings from Warrior Defense Systems Harrisburg PA.,
We will be starting an FMA training group on a farm in Harrisburg PA, all FMA styles welcome. Indoor and outdoor training the site is ideal for FMA seminars. The group will meet on Sundays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. starting the end of February 2015 (stay tuned for the date) until there is a need for more sessions. The site is Explosive Sports performance, a gym that trains high level athletes in just about every sport, they offer personal training and various gender specific classes. I am a former Police Officer, Marine and have trained in the Martial Arts for over thirty years. The last ten years I have focused my training on FMA.
For more information contact:
Head Instructor Dan Morris
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 717-829-1072
thank you. ive been to fort walton yesterday. called a couple schools. no one up here has any real training in the fma besides me. sad. but good in a way. maybe i can be one of the first to offer instruction! i do want to connect with other fma practitioners at some point because continued learning is always good. i know quite a few of the basics of fma but i always want more. its such a beautiful art to me. i want to share it with others. so, i am going to search for possible online instruction, maybe through someone i have met in the past, such as guro dong cuesta in new york. he is doce pares. but yes, if your friend ever wants to meet and talk martial arts or at least talk online that would be a good start! tell your friend that i would enjoy talking to him about the fma. thanks....kevin
Hey man! I forwarded my friend your email, I'm not sure if he's taking students right now or not. We both train Balintawak because we really love the art, I'm in Orlando now or I'd offer to let you try it out. Balintawak is one of the root systems in modern Arnis so I think you'd like it.
that would be great. im not sure when i can start training with anyone yet. i have to find a job. but i am living with my fiance here in crestview. i am just trying to line something up right now and see what my options are. i would love to get permission to teach fma at some point. is your friend on fma talk? if not, he can email me at email@example.com. and my name is kevin hand...as i have it posted on here. thanks for you help.
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Writing about snakes on a train
Writing from the bullet train to Kaohsiung, which is actually very nice. It's not your typical New York subway experience, that's for sure. Everything is very clean and they reserved a couple cars of the train for our traveling party, which is about 100 people when you include all the players, coaches, staff, media and MLB International crew. The meal they served left a tad to be desired – a rather strange combination of egg and turkey sandwich and a banana, but hardly a complaint on this end. The group of Latin players on this trip are playing some Dominican music at the back end of our car while everyone else either naps or reads. Josh Suchon is in the rail car in front of us attempting to call into DodgerTalk so that those of you back home can hear the bi-continental show. Indeed, technology never ceases to amaze.
Anyway, after yesterday's game was eventually rained out (we waited about four hours total to try and get the game in, to no avail), most people came back to the hotel to try and see a few other things around Taipei. Joe Torre had invited a group of us to dinner at 8 p.m., so we figured we might be able to get a little bit of sightseeing in during the two free hours.
Scott Akasaki and I decided to check out a Buddhist temple called Longshan Temple and it was a pretty cool experience. Apparently the temple is dedicated to Guanyin, the Buddhist representation of compassion, and while we thought it would be touristy, it was entirely locals who were there for prayer. Each would bring various offerings (food, drinks, etc.) to the shrines around the temple and they each held about five sticks of incense, which they would toss into an urn. We could have stayed much longer but frankly, with people actually praying it didn't seem right to hang out.
But, as it turned out, the temple was right next to "Snake Alley," which many of us had planned to visit but few actually got to. Of course, we had no clue where we were going and had just the words "Snake Alley" in Chinese written on a piece of paper. But everyone was nice enough to point us in the right direction and eventually we got to an area that had a slight resemblance to downtown Las Vegas – a flashing neon roof over a marketplace with shops and restaurants.
Mixed among the various stores selling goods or food were about five shops that looked almost like pet shops, with enormous snakes in glass cages. One of them had to be 30 feet long and as think as Michael Restovich's arms (if you haven't seen him, he's a big boy). As we walked by one store, the owner grabbed a microphone and started talking to the crowd in Chinese…and suddenly he grabbed a snake by the neck. Warning, this next description is rather graphic.
From there, the guy took the snake and with all of his might, wacked it head against the ground twice, leaving a sound in my memory that will last a long time. I suppose this basically kills the snake or at least knocks out its memory of what is about to happen. He then wrapped a little noose around the snake's head and hung it from the ceiling. While its body continued to writhe in an attempt to get out, he busted out a knife, sliced straight along it's belly, and proceeded to drain the blood out of it into a shot glass. All the while, the snake was squirming and at one point, latched on to the snake hanging next to it until the shopkeeper broke them apart.
He repeated the same thing with the second snake with tons of people looking on in shock, including what appeared to be many locals. Then, he nonchalantly wandered over with the two shots of blood (mixed with alcohol) and put it down on a table in front of two people having dinner. Suffice to say, it was one of the more wild things I've seen in my life and Scott and I both left there somewhat stunned.
The whole thing was eerily similar to the opening scene of "The Beach," with Leonardo Dicaprio, where he lands in Thailand and ends up in a private room, doing a shot of snake blood. Meanwhile, his voice comes on in the background with a really interesting monologue.
"Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe in search of something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay your welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it. You hope and you dream, but you never believe that something is going to happen for you. not like it does in the movies. And when it actually does, you expect it to feel different, more visceral, more real. I was waiting for it to hit me."
It's one of my favorite travel quotes and there's no doubt that while this trip certainly hasn't been without hiccups and sacrifice, it has been well worth it. The players and staff who have come on this adventure will remember it for the rest of their lives and hopefully the goodwill that we're spreading will last for generations to come, like those who made this trips before us in the 1950s, 60s and 70s that resulted in guys like Nomo, Ishii, Kuo and Hu eventually becoming Dodgers.
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You have done a fantastic job, Josh, making it feel as though we were on the trip with you. Have a safe trip home.
Well, I don't know what happened to my post..
Thank you so much for all the updates! I know you warned us but like a good book, I could not stop reading!
I was googleing Tommy Lasorda and Deja Blue when I ran into this posted in from 2007. That is me with that email address Dodger5_03 (I created it May'03) that I have not used in ages.
"What an introduction! I watched the whole thing on the Met's TV station. WoW it was like the Dodgers were "My Home Team". It was great to see you guys celebrating. And to think of it, he was an old Giant fan. Like You Tommy, an old Yankee fan. Well we're all Dodger fans now. Since Joe was a Brooklyn boy, former Met's player & manager and great Yankee manager, the whole thing was telecast. Almost like "Deja Blue" with the Dodgers in Brooklyn again. THE GREATEST OF LUCK TOMMY AND TO JOE TORRE AND THE REST OF THE DODGERS.
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Hey Josh! I haven't been posting much lately, but been reading almost every day. I echo Trumom's sentiments; you have been doing a terrific job keeping us updated on your trip!
Oh, and no, I'm not going to get all "religious" on you, but from someone (me) who was Buddhist (not anymore), I can tell you that the one thing Buddhist's hate is when us "Westerners" say that they are "praying." They are not! 🙂 But again, you're doing a great job in keeping us informed. Too bad that the game the other day got rained out. Have a safe trip home…
And I'm thrilled to see Blake DeWitt doing so great in ST! Can't wait to see our boys!!!
And I hope and pray that Kuo feels real better really soon!
Hey everyone! Found the Dodgers game live on a Taiwanese site… of course, it's all in Taiwanese. http://zh-tw.justin.tv/npbl#r=o3SsnLg~
Hope you're still up, OldBrooklynFan
Thanks for the link Northstateblues!!!! Very cool indeed!!!!
Cpompe1: Thanks for letting me know. What is the proper term (if not 'praying')?
Thanks for all the great threads Josh!!!
Good Job Manny!!!!!
Alright James!!!!
Alright Xavier and Manny – Dodgers winning 4-1, top of the 3rd.
Hu is on 2nd :))
Going into the bottom of the 4th inning…………score is 4-1, Dodgers.
Manny starts off with a double.
Another RBI for Xavier Paul…………………..5-1, Dodgers.
Top of the 8th – 9-1, Dodgers.
Berroa got the 2 RBI double.
Hu is on first :))
Trevon Robinson hit a 2 run HR to make the score 11-1, Dodgers………….top of the 9th.
It's 7-1 now………….It looks like Jamey Carroll cleared the bases with a double. Manny just hit a deep fly ball to right field…………….but it was caught.
Here's the problem………………we are in the middle of a game, and I have been locked out for an entire inning. This is going to make watching games and commenting very difficult. Why is this problem so hard to fix? Perhaps the time change will fix it.
Game over — Dodgers win 11-1. Their hitting got over the jet lag and the pitching was at a level that I hope we see all year long. I really liked Lindbloom's innings. Go Dodgers!!
I want to know who's bright idea it was to take the tarp off at 4pm when I could CLEARLY see the thunderstorm heading towards the staduim. What were they thinking?? So the downpour hits and the infield is ruined. Game cancelled!
lineup: Furcal 6 DeWitt 4 Ethier 9 Kemp 8 Anderson DH Blake 5 Johnson 7 Mientkiewicz 3 Ausmus 2 Kuroda RHP
Nevermind about the lineup then – LOL!!! That definitely isn't too smart bpdogs 🙂
I don't see anywhere where the game has been cancelled.
BTW – the time change didn't help our time warping, submission error issue.
11:05 am (pst)
ITDFST is now 48 minutes ahead of PST.
Hi everybody
Well, it's great to WATCH a game other than listening and worstly, watching a box score bounce up and down every 30 seconds.
Enjoy the game.
Oh incidentally, interesting thread by Josh.
Hello ITD!
Dodgers win! Jeff Weaver the winner! I can hear "I Love LA" in the background. I wish I was there!
New post in my blog titled "The Reunion…"
Just so you know…….Our Dodger team that was in Taiwan is back in Arizona. I am glad they made it home safe.
Okay Josh, I will try to explain without getting all "religious" on you. I can't seem to remember what the word is to describe what looks like praying. But I can tell you this. In Christianity, we believe in Christ, our Savior. Well, in Buddhism, Buddhists don't believe in such a deity like Christians believe in Christ. So when they perform the ritual that "looks" like they're praying (and I don't want to diminish it's affect on Buddhists) I just think they are presenting a gift to the Buddha. I don't know. It's been SOOOO long since I considered myself Buddhist that I've forgotten a lot. Perhaps there is someone else here on ITD that is Buddhist that can give a better explanation that I just tried to do.
Sorry for such a round-about answer to a very straight-forward question on your part Josh! Again, have a safe trip home! 🙂
Josh, that was your best post yet on the Taiwan trip!!! Your experience with the snake kind of reminded me of the Anthony Bourdain food and travelogue show on the Travel Channel a while back. Loved the DeCaprio quote. That's what travel should be all about!!…..I, too, am glad to see that DeWitt has taken charge in the 2nd base competition. Keep it up and relegate Carroll and Belliard to backups. Lots of positives in the games today. It will be good to get the whole team back together and see what we've really got. GO DODGERS!!!!!
So apparently Rihanna was at the game today and Matt hit a monster home run, is she the anti jessica simpson? If so, get her season tickets right now! GO DODGERS!
That sounds like a great idea bluesplash!!! I heard about that HR from Matty!!! And I see that DeWitt is on his torrid hitting!!! That's great Blake!!! Take that starting 2B job for yourself!!!
cp, thanks for the Buddhist explanation. If you're lucky, you learn something new every day. Who says you only learn about baseball on ITD????
Josh — All I can say is Cheers!!!!
Nice post! I hope you had a great time! It sounds as if it was a blast.
You mentioned how great technology is these days… Do you think that can translate to someone fixing the issues with ITD technical issues? It would be marvy!!
Take care & welcome home!
Okay Seesky. I was ATTEMPING to give a response to your last post about Buddhism, but I kept getting REDIRECT ERROR after REDIRECT ERROR! They are pains in the you-know-what! Just as bad as Submission Errors! And Collie, I'm with you; it would be "mahvelous" to have someone fixing these technical issues!!!
Now, I hope this goes thru!!!
Amen, collie, to fixing the technical problems on this blog. Clean up your own backyard first.
seesky — I'm confused… how did you see my backyard?!!!!
Telepathy??????????????????????????? Actually, that comment was intended for Josh and it's become even more amplified in the last few moments due to the PROBLEMS LOADING THE PAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET THIS DAMN BLOG FIXED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, first of all, I get so disgusted by these redirect errors that I close up my compter without saying a little bye-bye. (And all the while knowing that this post may not make it either). So I start get ready for beddy-bye, and my husband is watching a program that I watch, but I came into the middle of the program. So I'll watch the whole thing on the DVR tomorrow. So I come back here. Let's see if ITD's technical issues are done for now…
I just love seeing someone that might not have a chance of making this team hit a homerun. Nice homerun in your only AB's Brian Cavazo-Galves.
Oh and since we're on a technical issue tirade, I've got a note to Josh… Josh, you know that ITD means the world to me, and since you run it, so do you! But why is it that I ONLY have this problem on ITD and not anyone else' blog? I go on Emma's; that works great. I go on Cat's; that works great too. I even go on a blog for a Cubs fan (Read Between the Vines). I don't have these technical issues on ANY other blog I post on – except for ITD!!! Why???
Let's hope so. But everything can change in a New York minute!!!!
I don't know anything about Buddhism, but is it more like meditating that they are doing since we can't use the word praying?
I have emailed Mark from MLB about the technical problems with all the blogs but he has MIA.
Glad our boys got the W today!
I see another one that won't make the roster WTG Robinson. I see Withrow struckout the side how does he look?
Emma, meditating seems like as good a word as I can come up with. Again, I'm no expert…
And yes, great that we got the win today!!!
I can't agree more with you guys! The blog is so frustrating that I've been a bit shy of attempting to post because its so hard to reply to someones comment. Then after 45 minutes of attempting to reply to someones comment you get time warped.
Just a bummer…
Like now.
Dang RIP Peter Graves and I watch those Mission Impossible episodes.
Yeah, it does get frustrating Collie. That's why I left to begin with. Well, I'm going to go for sure this time. Goodnight all!!! 🙂
Don't you just love being able to read people's minds – LOL!!!
I thought there was a slight chance the time change would help our ITD clock issue, whether it is time warping, redirect, and/or submission error. I think it's all related to the fact that ITD time is 48 minutes ahead of PST.
Great posts by all tonight. CP – thanks for the lesson. I agree seesky…….ITD isn't just about learning baseball.
I discovered last night when I was watching the Taiwan game that it can become a big problem if you are trying to communicate game situations and you are all of a sudden locked out to submission errors. Some readers rely on our account of what it going on during the games due to not having access to the game for a variety of reasons. It would be nice if this were fixed before Opening Day. It's more important than seeing if Dodgereric's theory of ITDFST will be at 1 hour by May 22nd, 5:06 pst. It sure seems to be headed that way.
Good Morning ITDland. There is some serious talk about the Cardinals trading Pujols for the Phillies' Howard. Good move?
LMAO, Enchanted!!!!
DAMN!! If only we'd kept Pierre, we could've been the ones trading our MVP for Pujols.
Way to go Ned.
Bye-Bye, Gagne!!!!!!!


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UK ISP Wanadoo has fixed a serious security problem that exposed the account information of many of its subscribers.
The flaw arose because its web servers were incorrectly configured, thereby allowing users to view the contents of an entire folder instead of just an index web page.
Because of this index browsing flaw, it was possible for snoops to uncover the real name, user name, password, email address, and web space sub domain of listed customers from the affected account recovery system web servers. No authentication would have been required to retrieve this data.
Postings on a Wanadoo user forum suggest the issue has existed for more than two years. However, there is no evidence that it has been exploited by hackers.
After the flaw came to light last weekend, Wanadoo acted to investigate the problem and roll out a fix.
In a statement, the ISP said: "Wanadoo can confirm that a small number of links to files containing customer details have been posted on the internet. Wanadoo would like to reassure customers that this was an isolated incident and as soon as we were made aware of the problem, the information was removed from the public domain.
"We are alerting those customers involved, advising them to change their password details. Our customers' security is paramount and we take this situation extremely seriously. An investigation is currently taking place to uncover how this happened and ensure that this does not happen again." ®


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Weight Loss from Cutting Calories Less than Expected
The long-held belief that cutting 3,500 calories will result in a pound of weight loss may be incorrect, new research shows.
Common rules of thumb exaggerate how much weight people will lose from a given dietary calorie reduction, leading to unrealistic expectations and disappointment, researchers said.
Whereas patients are often told that cutting 500 calories a day will let them lose a pound a week, a more realistic formula is that such a caloric reduction would lead to a 50-pound loss over three or more years, according to Kevin D. Hall, PhD, of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues.
Even then, they explained in the Aug. 27 issue of The Lancet — a special edition devoted to obesity — such weight loss is possible only if the calorie reduction is actually maintained over that time.
The standard rules — endorsed by the National Institutes of Health and the American Dietetic Association, among others — fail to consider that human metabolism responds dynamically to changes in diet and body composition, Hall and colleagues asserted.
If a 300-pound dieter could really lose a pound a week by cutting his regular diet by 500 calories, he would vanish entirely in six years.
"This ubiquitous weight-loss rule (also known as the 3,500 [calorie]-per-pound rule) was derived by estimation of the energy content of weight lost, but it ignores dynamic physiological adaptations to altered body weight that lead to changes of both the resting metabolic rate as well as the energy cost of physical activity," the researchers wrote.
When people gain weight, their baseline energy needs increase, to keep the extra tissue alive and to move it around. Likewise, when weight is lost, their baseline needs decrease.
So when people cut calories below the baseline requirement — thereby triggering weight loss — the gap between their intake and their baseline energy needs begins to shrink. At some point, it may disappear altogether, at which point weight loss stops.
Hall and colleagues put together what they said was a better model of caloric intake and resultant weight loss, incorporating feedback mechanisms to reflect metabolic changes over time in response to diet and body weight.
It indicated that weight change in response to caloric restriction occurs over a relatively long period of time.
Each reduction of 100 kilojoules daily — 24 calories — in intake eventually leads to a loss of 1 kg (2.2 lbs) in body weight, the researchers determined. But only half that loss occurs in the first year. In three years, 95% of the ultimate loss will be realized.
On the flip side, using data from previous studies, Hall and colleagues said their calculations suggest that the U.S. population has a persistent excess energy intake of 30 kilojoules (7.2 calories) per day, explaining the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity.
For the population to return to body mass index values that prevailed in the 1970s, average diets would need to shrink by about 220 calories per day.
The researchers pointed out that these figures are averages for the adult population. Individuals' metabolic requirements for sustaining a given body mass vary substantially.
Consequently, "a given diet results in an uncertain degree of energy deficit," Hall and colleagues wrote.
The findings have important implications for policy, the researchers argued.
For example, they pointed to a 2010 policy paper from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which included an estimate that a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened drinks would reduce average energy intake by 40 calories.
Using the standard 3,500 calorie-per-pound rule, the paper indicated that an average weight loss of about 1.8 kg (4 lbs.) per year could be expected — "incorrectly," Hall and colleagues contended.
Their model shows that it would actually take five years to achieve that level of average weight loss.
"We suggest that unrealistic weight loss expectations obtained by erroneous use of the static dieting rule should be replaced by our methods to assess other population-wide and more targeted obesity prevention interventions," the researchers wrote.
They also pointed out that, in evaluating interventions, the model can also take account of physical activity and its effects on body weight and metabolism.
On the other hand, a limitation is that "it assumes perfect adherence to the intervention" and also doesn't automatically include increases in food intake that may accompany the start of an exercise program.
The problem, of course, is that adherence is usually anything but perfect. Moreover, it can be compounded by the long lag between changes in diet and changes in body weight, according to Hall and colleagues.
One manifestation is that patients lose weight while on a program and continue to do so — for a time — after they revert to their former lifestyle.
"The dieter might then incorrectly infer that adherence is not essential for continuing weight loss when, in fact, impending weight regain has already been set in motion," the researchers indicated.


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What Is It?:
A tiny energy gun who's diminutive size belies it's surprisingly destructive power and recoil.
Who's Used It?:
Why Am I Not Cool Enough To Carry It?:
Because even The Fresh Prince himself couldn't, in his own words; make the Noisy Cricket look good.
Not only that, but you'd have to be built like a brick-shit house just to handle it.
A handgun is, by nature; a weapon intended to be held and operated without a brace or shouldering mechanism.
Despite being roughly the size of a Derringer, the Noisy Cricket kicks like a steroid cow that's seen one too many Van-Damme movies.
That is to say, despite the benefit of packing extraordinarily potent explosive force; firing the Noisy Cricket has the nasty effect of flinging it's user off their feet and about half a city block through the air.
Clearly, not a product of efficient Japanese engineering…
Again, this unfortunate element of the Noisy Cricket's design likely could be remedied by putting it in the hands of a very fit 500 lbs. man, something that I'm willing to bet describes not a single person reading this blog; or by possessing a center of gravity roughly that of Danny Devito's… or Puck's.
The point is, while I know we all wish we could go around toting palm-sized, energy grenade handguns; the fact of the matter is, it's just not worth it.
Think about it:
Assuming you'd be willing to pull a Noisy Cricket on someone on the street, let alone fire it; chances are you'd break your neck in the resulting recoil induced fall, or at the very least reflexively shit yourself due to the shock of it all.
Oh yeah, and considering the fact that Agent J succeeded in hitting exactly nothing during the few instances he used the Noisy Cricket, chances are you'd also probably miss your intended target… Who if you were at all justified in needing a handgun to deal with, would likely capitalize on your recoil induced period of incapacity to mug/murder/de-pants you.
The funny part about the Noisy Cricket, is the fact that it's actually not all that cool of the weapon in the first place; and yet you're still not cool enough to wield it.
It looks like a cheap fuckin' Zippo lighter.
It "chirps" while it's held at ready, making it entirely impractical in situations calling for stealth or ambush tactics.
And judging by the grave tone in which Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K spoke when handing it over to Will Smith, chances are it's not exactly looked upon as a weapon of class or distinction amongst Men In Black agents.
While the prospect of owning or handling any sort of alien firearm sounds pretty fuckin' cool on paper, the amount of MANLY coolness one must possess in order to successfully compensate for the aura of lameness inherent to carrying a Noisy Cricket, would likely have to exceed that of Sean Connery, Toshiro Mifune, and Hulk Hogan combined.
In essence, you're not cool enough to carry a Noisy Cricket for the same reason grown men aren't allowed to drape themselves entirely in velvet.
Because goddamnit: No one's that pimp.
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There's a reason this column has become more sporadic in 2012, and it's not due to a lack of things going on in Manchester. Far from it. In fact it feels like the rush of the musical tide flowing through this city is such that I'm sitting meekly at its edge, like a dog by a river if you will, trying to guess at which opportune moment I should dip my paw into the rushing waters. Then, just as I feel I've found it, something else comes along and forces the rest down stream. I know, clear as muck.
However with May coming that means the biggest flotsam is just around the corner as festival season hits Manchester. Between now and June Sounds From The Other City (which we're involved in, woo!) Future Everything, Dot To Dot and Eurocultured will all be taking place; if any of us have any energy left after that we'll all be off to Parklife down in Fallowfield mid-June to watch enviously as thousands of students kick off their summer jollies, the only salvation to be taken is that some of them will be done for good and so, in a couple of months, will be as miserable as the rest of us – oh, and there's a load of good acts playing too, which we should of course be thankful for.
Festival Preview
If you hadn't had guessed by now, this column's going to be somewhat of a festival preview. Time was when May used to just be the fag-end of gigging season; well no more, the next six to eight weeks are utterly cluttered with almost every venue from the smallest dive to the largest field playing host to some live performance or other in the next month or so. Which is great, obviously. Here's what's coming up:
May 6th – Sounds From The Other City
Drowned In Sound's Manchester arm are delighted to be involved in Sounds From The Other City this year, this column has been a consistent champion of its ethos in moving the bulk of Manchester's music community into odd bars and venues down the road in Salford, and it's no difference for us - our own stage will be at the Black Lion on the Manchester side of Chapel Street. You can find more about our line-up – which includes the likes of Kompakt's Walls, Glaswegian-based producer Dam Mantle and a smattering of local talent including the much-hyped Shinies and Embers debut gig - here and here. There's a huge array on offer else where too though, with 14 stages hosting the likes of Maria Minerva, Shigeto, special soundtrack sets from Islet and Teeth Of The Sea among others, Loney Dear, Ninja Tune's Lapalux, Molly Nilsson, electronic dream-poppers Keep Shelly In Athens, a Mordant Music label showcase taking place in Sacred Trinity Church and, of course, some of the finest local artists around from shoegazers Daniel Land & The Modern Painters and Patterns to the electronic glitch of From The Kites Of San Quentin. Sounds like you'll need a Spotify playlist of 30 recommended picks to make sense of all of that. Tickets are just £18 for the day, more details of which can be found here.
May 15th-20th – Future Everything
Last year DiS reviewed this four day meeting of innovation, art and music and we found ourselves impressed by just how well the event held together communally, in spite of the organisers using the full breadth of the region's venues for punters to trek around. This year away from the music one of the most intriguing keynotes promises to be Bilal Randaree, Social Media & Online Producer for Al-Jazeera who'll reflect on last year's Arab Spring and how the Middle East channel documented. Musically the festival's set to be an absolute feast; the opening night sees Tim Hecker and Forest Swords take to St. Philip's Church in Salford where Hecker will perform an organ set based on DiS' second favourite album of last year Ravedeath, 1972. Thursday meanwhile sees Salford again play host, with a Tri-Angle label showcase including some of the best dark electronica going from Evian Christ, Holy Other, The Haxan Cloak and more over at the Islington Mill. Friday 18th sees Matthew Herbert's phenomenal One Pig, a live conceptualisation documenting a pig's life from birth until slaughter, the night after, meanwhile, sees Amon Tobin perform an Isam visual extravaganza in Manchester Academy. And Sunday? Death Grips finish the whole thing off in a disused office block in the Spinningfields region of the city. Listen to these and more of our picks here. More details on the event, meanwhile, can be found here.
June 3rd-4th Eurocultured
Sometimes their line-ups feel like a curated version of pin the tail on the donkey, but against those with perhaps a little more money to throw around Eurocultured still manages to hold one of the best parties of the spring each year, setting up camp under the railway arches opposite at the bottom of Manchester's Oxford Road. Drowned In Sound favourites Errors headline one of the stages this year, whilst others playing include Death In Vegas, Birdy Nam Nam, The Correspondents, Zun Zun Egui and Manchester prog-types Cyril Snear and Trojan Horse. Spotify Recommendations here, and more festival info here.
June 4th Dot To Dot Festival
Does Manchester need Dot To Dot? Maybe not as much as the other two cities where this annual indie road show heads, though that's far more to do with the amount of festivals already taking place throughout May and June than anything wrong doing on Dot To Dot's part. This year as ever sees the festival pick what it thinks are a selection of some of the finest up and coming artists in the country and beyond, placing them down Oxford road in the Academies and Deaf Institute. Highlights this year are set to range from Nottingham's heart-on-sleeve wearing young men Dog Is Dead to the one-man blues of Willis Earl Beal. More selections here, more details here.
June 11th-12th Parklife Festival
Traditionally the end of the student term booze up, the line-up for Parklife at Fallowfield's Platt Fields Park this year offers so much more, and is set to be the biggest yet. I don't really need to go into specifics with this one; the names should be sufficient – DiS favourites that are playing include The Flaming Lips, Tom Vek, Django Django, Martyn, D/R/U/G/S, Mount Kimbie, Gold Panda, The Field, Factory Floor and Ghostpoet. Phenomenal stuff, listen to more picks here. and find out more here.
Next Time…
Next time shall be a look back at some of the local sounds of the past first half of the year … if I survive all of the above of course.
If you fancy it, I'm over at Twitter on @essjaycats. The next Drowned In Sound Manchester individual show is the excellent I Like Trains, who play the Soup Kitchen on May 12th. Tickets can be bought here.


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Benton County Sheriff's Office
Gang Team
Mission Statement
The Benton County Sheriff's Office recognizes the negative and harmful influence that violent street gangs have on the quality of life in our community. The department also recognizes that violent gang crimes and activities are a social phenomenon that requires a coordinated response between our deputies, our citizens, and the combined resources of Benton County.
The Gang Team will work in a collaborative fashion with other law enforcement related agencies such as probation, parole, prosecution, schools, task forces, and community resources to find effective solutions to the gang problem.
The Gang Team will fulfill this mission by identifying problems with timely and accurate information, developing a timely and effective response, and relentless follow-up.
Identify criminal street gang members and associates.
Apprehend and successfully prosecute criminal street gang members and associates committing violations of the law.
Provide gang awareness presentations as needed to community organizations, schools, and other agencies/neighborhoods that come in contact with criminal street gang members and associates.
If you would like to report any gang related criminal activity or wish to request a gang awareness presentation, please contact the Gang Team supervisor via email at the link below:
Contact: Sergeant Horacio Gonzalez


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I mentioned way back here of demoing these headphones in Yodobashi. The sticker price was 29,800 yen, so I put it on the backburner for a while until..
Yahoo Auctions!
On Sunday night I saw them. The price was quite a bit lower, but what really got me interested was the guy bought it on the 6th of January this year. That is close enough to new for me. I noticed it was bought from Yodobashi in Kichijoji, so I figured this person must live pretty close to me.
I sniped my auction in the last seconds, and even though Yahoo has the annoying habit of extending the auction another five minutes I was left victorious in the afterglow.
I asked if I could pick them up at his station (which was actually Kunitachi), he said he was scared of being stalked, which was pretty strange considering he added his actual address to the email. Ohhhh K. The postage he asked was more than I thought, but less than a train trip so not all bad.
On Monday I decided to go to my bank alone to attempt a bank transfer at the Mitsubishi UFJ ATMs. UFJ in their infinite wisdom decide not to allow bank transfers in English, which usually have me relying on one of the geriatric security guards to help me do the transfers.
Today was more worrying. The actual bank was closed, so there weren't any staff to help and the queue was quite long. I asked the person behind me for help but she only confirmed what I already knew and didn't help at all! I stared at the machine hoping I'd be able to "work it out", but I was terrified of putting my savings somewhere I didn't want them to go.
I motioned for some Japanese in the line for some assistance, but no one was willing to help. I spied a westerner waiting at the start of the line and gave my saddest "please help me" face. If he reads this I hope I can add a few more thousand thank yous to the ones I told him afterwards.
I was tired and stressed from all this. Soon I will take some photos of a transfer and do a "How to", not only for myself but anyone else in my situation. I don't see UFJ doing anything about it anytime soon.
I decided to buy a Kirin Stout to drink on the way home. I was thinking this would taste similar to Guiness, but I think the chocolate beer I had the day before tasted closer to it. "Enrich my precious time"? I think not. I don't think I'll get this again.
Monday was also an open day at the kindy with all the parents coming to watch me. One of my kids gave me an "I love you" card with origami figures inside. Aww.. How cute. Oh the irony.
Anyway, back to the headphones..
They arrived at almost exactly 11:11am today. I was half awake beforehand, hoping I wouldn't miss the knock on the door. Everything looks brand new and the sound is great, especially for classical or jazz where the subtle nuances come through nicely. As far as I'm aware these are only available in Japan. I thought they were closed back, but there is a fair amount of leakage, so using these on the trains may cause some problems. (Probably why the guy decided to sell them).
I saved a bundle so I'm still real happy about it. My spending spree has not quite abated yet. Check back soon. I have another surprise coming up ;)
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Sound Meister Me
I mentioned way back here of demoing these headphones in Yodobashi. The sticker price was 29,800 yen, so I put it on the backburner for a while until..
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Fantastic 15: Top showings at NBPA
MORE: NBPA: Young update | NBPA Camp
The 2012 edition of the NBPA Top 100 Camp has come and gone. After taking a day to reflect on the action in Charlottesville, Rivals.com has put together a 15-player All-NBPA team. Usually, 15 players for an All-Camp team might be excessive. However, the level of talent on display dictates that we go a little deeper.
Cliff Alexander: The rising junior from Chicago continued his outstanding grassroots season with a strong showing at NBPA. At this point, he is a bit more of a center than a power forward and needs to continue to work on his footwork and overall skill level to truly unlock his vast potential.
Anthony Barber: "Cat" was one of the top three players in camp all weekend and has taken his game to a new level. He's still quite lean, but has added a bit more strength. He's been shooting from the perimeter much better to complement his blazing speed and quickness.
Aquille Carr: The sub six-footer can make a coach pull out his hair at times with an ill-advised decision. But, the Seton Hall-bound point guard is a gifted talent with serious ballhandling ability and athleticism. Despite his lack of size, he proved that he could score against bigger guys and he shot the ball reasonably well.
Stevie Clark: A scorer by trade, Clark altered his game and played as more of a traditional setup guy the first few days of camp. He set things up, initiated the offense, played defense and kept the ball moving. During the playoffs, Clark's ability as a scorer allowed him to take over offensively as well while he led his team to a camp title.
Zena Edosomwan: The coaches at Harvard have to be doing back flips over pulling this one off. The 6-foot-8 prep school-bound big man is a brute on the blocks and plays with loads of fire and intensity. He rebounded, he ran the floor, he intimidated physically and he'll be an impact player for the Crimson.
Anton Gill: There's no mistaking what Gill wants to do when he gets the ball. The 6-foot-4 four-star wing is an attacking driver who is looking to get to the rim and make things happen. If he can't get to the rim, he's a pretty good pullup shooter and he has the tools to defend. Gill does need to work on his off hand.
Brannen Greene: So far this spring, Greene has been somewhat lost in the shadow of five-star Florida Rams teammates Chris Walker and Kasey Hill.In Charlottesville, the well-developed, 6-foot-6 wing scorer proved to be one of the single most skilled wing scorers. Not only does he shoot with range, but Greene has an advanced feel for using his body to create an advantage against less physical players. It was a good weekend for the Kansas commitment.
Andrew Harrison: The 6-foot-5 point guard from Houston easily gets Rivals.com's vote for best player in Charlottesville. Nobody else in the class of 2013 can dominate the game without taking a shot like he can and it's clear that he's out there to compete. While some other kids are worried about trading Twitter handles, Harrison is trading scowls and physical punishment on his way to the hoop.
Kuran Iverson: One of the top 3-5 players in camp, the 6-foot-8 forward has put in a lot of work on his game over the last year. A gifted ballhandler who can cause matchup nightmares by playing as a big three or crafty four, Iverson was awfully tough for many defenders to contain. A sneaky athlete with length, Iverson is trending up.
Kevon Looney: He's not the fastest guy from end to end. There are guyswho jump higher and there are forwards with more lateral quickness than the rising junior from Milwaukee. But, there are few forward prospects in the country with his feel for the game, overall skill and nose for corralling loose rebounds, whether they are in or out of his area on the floor. He's another combo forward who creates matchup problems.
Tyler Roberson: Prior to camp, we wrote about how we were anxious to get another look at the 6-foot-7 forward. Turns out he's continued to get better in the last year and much like Looney and Iverson, Roberson has the ability to cause matchup problems as a three- or four-man. An exceptional shooter from between 12-17 feet, Roberson is also an adroit transition finisher and rebounder.
D'Angelo Russell: Everybody knew the 6-foot-3 guard from Louisville could score. But seeing him run the point with poise and precision wasn't only a pleasant surprise, it was an indicator of future success for him. If he doesn't grow anymore, Russell has good, not great, size for a two-guard. But, if he can play some point as well, he increases his already strong value to a team.
Noah Vonleh: Like many young big men with perimeter skills, Vonleh sometimes will float outside. But when he's got it rolling at his best, the No. 2 player in the class of 2014 establishes himself as a skilled, back-to-the-basket, low-post scorer. Then, once defenses pack the lane on him or cheat with help defenders, he can burn teams with his exceptional passing or move away from the hoop and play facing the basket.
Nigel Williams-Goss: One of the most selfless players in the country, Williams-Goss really buys into the team and doing whatever he can do to contribute. He plays three positions on the perimeter, locks down defensively and can be a much better scorer than given credit for. Bottom line, he's a competitor and winner.
Dominic Woodson: A top-30 player in the class of 2013, Woodson backed up that lofty status in Charlottesville. A throwback big who likes to trade elbows, throw hip checks and use his physicality, Woodson has a level of skill that matches his strength. Not saying that he's on the Zach Randolph-level, but his size, body and ability to hit faceup and turnaround jumpers at a high level are very reminiscent of a young Randolph.
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Dumbest Man on Internet Says: Westboro Baptist Cult Is "Left-Wing"
In the strange, incredibly simple mind of the Dumbest Man on the Internet, Jim Hoft, union members are always "thugs" or "goons," Democrats are always "far left loons," and even the social-conservative-on-meth Westboro Baptist Christian cult is "left-wing:" Bikers Turn Out to Protect Newtown Mourners From Left-Wing Westboro Cult | the Gateway Pundit.
Hoft is upset that the Cochrane Times correctly identified the Westboro Baptist group as "right wing."
The vocal right-wing Christian group, whose website is godhatesfags.com, produced a video called "God Sent the Shooter," and has blamed the massacre on gay marriage.
Since the Fred Phelps clan's main obsession is their hatred of gays, and that's also one of the right wing's primary obsessions, this description is pretty self-evident.
But Hoft's formidable intellect has discovered proof that Westboro is actually "left-wing" — Fred Phelps ran for office as a Democrat! Game over, man!
(GP Correction: Fred Phelps is not a 'rightwinger', he's a Democrat. And the Westboro Church is not a Christian group - It is a sick cult.)
It is well known that Fred Phelps has run for office as a Democrat several times.
Shame on the Cochrane Times for labeling him rightwing!