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Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAnathema JudgementThis album embodies pure and bitter pain. After the death of their mother, the Cavanagh brothers must have experienced one hell of an emotional ride, because this album was released in its aftermath, and it is nothing but breathtakingly haunting. Anathema's sorrow does not manifest itself in the form of brute force anymore, but the incredibly powerful riffs and melodies combine with keyboard atmospheres to create dark, moody soundscapes that gather over the album like black clouds. Almost every song screams in bitterness, and the lyrics deal with a seemingly endless depression. It may one of the bleakest albums ever released, but despite its gloom and doom, it is also superbly beautiful, and essential listening for anyone with only the slightest hint of interest in the dark side. A completely stupendously amazing release.Apocalyptica ApocalypticaBehemoth The SatanistBlind Guardian Imaginations from the Other SideDream Theater Images and WordsIced Earth Burnt OfferingsKamelot The Black HaloNightwish OceanbornNine Inch Nails The Downward SpiralOpeth Still LifeBlackwater Park may be the most critically acclaimed, but this album is certainly a close second, if not the best album in Opeth's oeuvre. A majestic concept album based around love, heresy, occultism, rejection, and religion, its tragic tale unfolds as the music shows an emotional depth almost unbefitting of any metal band. Opeth aren't just a technically accomplished band (though this is one of their most complex outings, and the band don't play so many songs off this live), but they are also lyrically, aesthetically, and compositionally leaps and bounds ahead of the metal scene. It's rare to come across an album that combines its pompous intents with its musical style so well that it becomes a ride for life. And it's not just heavy: some of the most exquisite parts are acoustic jazzy interludes that serve not only as a breather from the more extreme metal onslaught, but make the album a big exercise in dynamics as well. This album is highly recommended for any open-minded music fan, as it shows one of cheesiest genres at its very best. It shatters any notion of music you may have had. And for that, it may just even beat out Blackwater Park as their most historical record.Opeth Blackwater ParkThis is probably one of the best Opeth albums, though when every album they've released is such high quality, that doesn't say much. It pretty much runs smoothly throughout and it's got a more modern edge than the previous albums. The Drapery Falls features a colossal riff and the vocal interplay on Bleak absolutely rules. It doesn't really have many uneven moments, just ones that are less orgasmic than the absolute highlights. This is a great album any prog metal fan should have, and it's a perfect introduction to Opeth's remarkable oeuvre.Pain of Salvation BePink Floyd Wish You Were HereThe most riddling album I have ever experienced, its emotional and sentimental value almost eclipses the benchmark set by its musical genius. This isn't an album, this is 45 minutes of pure genius, describing insanity, society, and humanity with the most meticulous of lyrics. Musically, it is one big waterfall, with each song segueing so easily into the next, it might as well have been recorded as one track. However, the highlight is Welcome to the Machine, not only notable for Gilmour's ascending backing vocals, but also for its excruciatingly sardonic lyrics. Is it the best album of all time? Hard to say, but it's as close as any album will ever come, and that is saying something.Pink Floyd The WallOne of the big musical triumphs of Pink Floyd (the other two being Wish you were Here and Dark Side of the Moon), this is a classic album for the ages. Its incredibly bleak lyrical concept makes the music harrowing instead of flat. Gilmour's best solo (and probably one of the best guitar solos ever) appears here on the song Comfortably Numb, but it's a work that stands as a whole. It may seem rather dull at first because almost none of the initial tracks feel right as standalone songs, but once you piece the whole thing together and look at it in helicopter view, you will see that this is possibly, probably, one of the best albums ever. It's such a shame that Pink Floyd have Wish You Were Here in their back catalog, because otherwise this would be their best easily. However, this album is their glorious last stand with the classic line-up, and is highly recommended to anyone.Pink Floyd Pulse — The FilmPorcupine Tree In AbsentiaPorcupine Tree Stupid DreamPorcupine Tree Fear of a Blank PlanetPure perfection released as an album. From the musically intricate soundscapes to the frighteningly depressing lyrical imagery, everything works, fits, and flows as if the album were a 51-minute dream of music. The band ranges from moody trippy sections that recall Portishead's glory, to metal riffs that bring Opeth and Meshuggah to mind, to the technically complex work made famous by 70s progsters a la Rush, and even some pop sentiments on songs like Sentimental. It's a packaged overview of everything that is good about music: emotional value, technical accomplishment, lyrical relevancy, and interesting compositions. A pure tour de force that SW and co. may never be able to top again. Highly recommended buy.Queen Greatest HitsQueensryche Operation: MindcrimeRadiohead The BendsRadiohead OK ComputerThis album is a classic of the 90s, for the simple reason that every song on here is amazing. The album revels in a sense of claustrophobia and angst, and even the interlude of Fitter Happier is a testament to the alienation present on the record. It personifies this, no doubt inspiring many that felt the same to pick up a guitar and write tunes. Radiohead would go gaga after this, experimenting with electronica, jazz, and other madness, but this stands as their most "tuneful" album, and where they got the mix between oddball synth influences, plain old guitar rock and bleak thematicism completely right. This isn't heralded as the best album of the 90s for nothing.Slayer Reign in BloodThis album eats babies, slays the christians, and is so brutal in every possible way it's more brutal than most death metal. Tom Araya's vicious snarls are almost tuneless, and his shrieks are blood-curdling; as iffy as this all sounds, it's one of the most enduring and extreme pieces of metal. Who can forget the godly riffs of Raining Blood, or Angel of Death's fanatic opening shriek, or the race-to-the-finish tempo of Jesus Saves? It's all good, and with Dave Lombardo's vital drum performance to boot, this is simply one of the most essential metal records you can find. No metalhead should be without this one, and probably no non-metalhead either. Classic.The Cure Disintegration4.5 superbA Perfect Circle Thirteenth StepAgainst Me! Transgender Dysphoria BluesImportant record for people like me. Without Laura Jane Grace we couldn't be ourselves and we need anthems like this in order to feel like we have some kind of validation or representation in society. It helps that the songs are fucking good. Where has this record been all my life?Agalloch Pale FolkloreAlice in Chains DirtAs sinister as the title sounds, this is an album that really is all about feeling low, down to earth and like dirt. Staley's drug escapades are the focus here, and it turns these songs into brutal monsters: like demons swarming him. Cantrell's off kilter, dark riffs, and the monotone vocal drawls just give everything a completely bleak feel; like the album art, drowning in a desert. I think the world will be hard pressed to find a better depiction of the aftermath of drug use than this record; I don't think the world needs to find one, because this is just the perfect soundtrack.Anathema A Natural DisasterAnathema A Fine Day to ExitAnathema HindsightThis is even more the culmination of Anathema's sound, perhaps even softer than they went on the previous records... mostly because this is an unplugged acoustic record, and the songs sound like they were always meant to sound. The production is intimate, the "mournful cello" does a great job of conveying atmosphere, and it really sounds like 10 new tracks even though 9 of them appear on previous discs. It's a remarkable achievement that a compilation album might actually be the best record in the band's catalog, and in many cases it would be miserable; but this record just transforms a batch of already amazing songs and gives them a completely fresh and new face. Highly recommended for any fan.Anathema We're Here Because We're HereAnthrax Among the LivingArcturus The Sham MirrorsBad Religion All AgesBad Religion Against the GrainBehemoth I Loved You at Your DarkestBlack Sabbath ParanoidSabbath were never as satanistic as the opinion of their era would want the general populace to believe. But their inventive use of Diabolus in Musica (also known as the tritone) created this muddy, evil sound every other metal band has wanted to replicate, and many have ripped the band off in the process. However, Sabbath did it first, and best, as the songwriting is ace and Ozzy doesn't sound nearly as annoying as he would on other Sabbath/solo records. And for that, this will stand as the album that changed the face of heavy metal into what it became.Blackfield Blackfield IIBlind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-EarthBlind Guardian Somewhere Far BeyondBlind Guardian A Twist in the MythBloodbath Unblessing the PurityBrand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside MeCamel The Snow GooseCandlemass Epicus Doomicus MetallicusClint Mansell and Kronos Quartet Requiem for a DreamCynic FocusCynic Traced in AirDanny Elfman The Corpse BrideDark Tranquillity CharacterRA RA RA CHUG CHUG CHUG wtf is this solos and keyboards? blasphemy! not tr00 deth metuhl!!
it's better than anything else in the scene though so check it outDark Tranquillity HavenDark Tranquillity FictionDark Tranquillity Where Death Is Most AliveDeath HumanDeep Purple Made in JapanDelain Apocalypse & ChillDissection Storm of the Light's BaneDream Theater Six Degrees of Inner TurbulenceDream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a MemoryDream Theater Live at BudokanDream Theater AwakeDream Theater Scoredredg El CieloEluveitie SlaniaEluveitie AtegnatosEmperor In the Nightside EclipseEmperor Anthems to the Welkin at DuskFaith No More Angel DustFall Out Boy Take This to Your GraveFrank Turner England Keep My BonesFrank Turner Tape Deck HeartGamma Ray Land of the FreeGhost (SWE) PrequelleGod Is an Astronaut All Is Violent, All Is BrightGodspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to HeavenGodspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero KanadaThis would be a 5 if it was 20 minutes longer. It's still amazing, but it needs more music.Howard Shore The Two TowersHoward Shore The Return of the KingIced Earth Horror ShowIced Earth Something Wicked This Way ComesIced Earth Alive in AthensIron Maiden The Number of the BeastJinjer MicroJudas Priest PainkillerKatatonia Viva EmptinessKatatonia The Great Cold DistanceKatatonia Tonight's DecisionKatatonia Last Fair Deal Gone DownKatatonia Night Is the New DayKing Crimson In the Court of the Crimson KingLana Del Rey Born to DieLana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell!Marina The Family JewelsMassive Attack MezzanineMastodon Emperor of SandMegadeth Rust in PeaceMeshuggah IMetallica Live Shit: Binge & PurgeMoonsorrow KivenkantajaMorbid Angel Altars of MadnessMostly Autumn Heart Full of SkyMostly Autumn The Last Bright LightMostly Autumn For All We SharedMuse AbsolutionMy Dying Bride Turn Loose the SwansMyrkur MareridtMyrkur FolkesangeNeutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Seasometimes i wander through the streets of amsterdam and i see the people walking around. then i take out my guitar and i play some chords and i try to sing. people throw me a dime because they like it.Nevermore The Politics of EcstasyNevermore This Godless EndeavorNick Cave and The Bad Seeds Skeleton TreeNightwish WishmasterNightwish HUMAN. :II: NATURE.Opeth MorningriseOpeth DamnationOpeth Ghost ReveriesPain (SWE) Dancing with the DeadPain of Salvation Remedy LanePain of Salvation ScarsickAngry Daniel Gildenlow gives a fuck you to America and commercialism. In the meanwhile, The Bee Gees, 50 Cent, Al Pacino, bros, hoes, homies, strippers, God, commercials, and kids with flowers in their hands all appear, each doing their part. It's a bleak version of the future. The prog year of 2007 would turn bleaker after the release of this record, with Porcupine Tree releasing their seminal mindfuck of "Fear of a Blank Planet", but lovers of doom and gloom anti-commercialism lyrics flavoured with experimentalism and musicianship beyond the limits of the Earth need to pick this up and have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And the best thing of all is: the band don't want you to pay for it.Paradise Lost Draconian TimesPink Floyd The Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of DawnPink Floyd Is There Anybody Out There?Pixies Surfer RosaPorcupine Tree AnesthetizePortishead DummyQueen A Night at the OperaRammstein MutterRammstein RosenrotSimon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled WaterSlayer South of HeavenSnow Patrol Eyes OpenSonata Arctica EclipticaSonata Arctica Reckoning NightSteven Wilson InsurgentesSteven Wilson Cover VersionSteven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase.Symphony X The Divine Wings of TragedySymphony X Paradise LostSystem of a Down ToxicityThe Ocean PrecambrianTiamat WildhoneyTori Amos Little EarthquakesHave you heard that one piano song with a woman singing lately? Well, if you have, it all harks back to this little gem in the end. Tori Amos did it not the first (Kate Bush says hi), but she did it the best. Winter is the best song ever spawned in female singer-songwriter land and Silent All These Years's chorus is an absolute winner. And who else could make an a cappella song about rape work without sounding whiny? Only Tori. If you want a good, emotional ride through a young woman's brain, get this. If you want a record chock full of good, catchy tunes, get this. Hell, if you don't know what you want to get at the store and you don't own this record, get this. It is one of those albums that will keep the lovers drooling and even the haters admire the quality and talent she possesses. Amazing.U2 The Joshua TreeUlver Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitlerVangelis 1492: Conquest of ParadiseThis is one of the most epic scores ever composed. It's powerful, haunting and moving, and it fits the theme of the accompanying movie quite well. Conquest of Paradise is a tune for the ages.VNV Nation Judgement4.0 excellentA Perfect Circle Mer de NomsAesop Rock Labor DaysAfter Forever DecipherAgalloch Ashes Against the GrainAge of Silence AccelerationAlice in Chains Black Gives Way to BlueWell fuck me sideways with a ten ton dildo. This is actually amazing, and I'd expected way less from a band out of the loop for years, affected by the death of their drugged frontman. I don't know how the fuck they ended up doing this because this is actually a comeback album that is almost as good as anything else they've done. Yes, that includes Dirt. Kudos to this band. Relevant still in 2009, as they were in 1992. Yowzer. I wanna grow old..Amanda Palmer Theatre Is EvilAmaranthe The NexusAmon Amarth With Oden on Our SideCry of the Black Birds might just be the most epic melodeath song ever recorded. The rest of the album is not as good as that song, but it's pretty damn epic nonetheless. Most of this album is pure gold, and when it's not gold, it's silver anyways. This is one of the stronger Amon Amarth albums, and a shoe-in for any fan, and a recommended buy for fans of the genre.Amon Amarth Once Sent from the Golden HallAmon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder GodThis album has balls. Probably more balls than you will ever have. This album will make you drop them to the ground and bang your head with the Vikings on stage. Aggressive, melodic and catchy, it's safe to say that these Swedes have perfected their death metal style, and it's also safe to say they have never sounded better than this. Fans of the band should run to pick this up.Amorphis Silent WatersAnathema Alternative 4Anathema Distant SatellitesAntimatter Leaving EdenApocalyptica ReflectionsMore bands should play like these guys. Cello metal? That's exactly what this is, and there are few that can match these guys in pure musical skill. But the songwriting is top-notch too, and these guys aren't wankers. The compositions are terrific, being melodic yet heavy, and the occasional appearance of Dave Lombardo on some tracks just makes the whole thing a tad more exquisite. This is some really fine music, the sound of a band really starting to get into the groove, and they went on to perfect it on their next record.Arch Enemy Anthems of RebellionArchitects Holy HellAuri AuriBlackfield BlackfieldBlackfield Live in New York CityBlind Guardian LiveBlind Guardian A Night at the OperaBlind Guardian Follow the BlindBlind Guardian Battalions of FearBloodbath The Fathomless MasteryBrand New Deja EntenduBrand New 3 Demos, ReworkedBurst Lazarus BirdBurzum FilosofemCarcass HeartworkCeltic Frost To Mega TherionChildren of Bodom Follow the ReaperCoheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of MadnessConverge Jane DoeDamageplan New Found PowerDamnation A.D. Kingdom of Lost SoulsDanny Elfman Alice in WonderlandDanzig DanzigDark Tranquillity Damage DoneDark Tranquillity The GalleryDarkane InsanityDarkane Rusted AngelDarkthrone The Cult Is AliveDead Can Dance The Serpent's EggDead Can Dance Within the Realm of a Dying SunDeath Cab for Cutie TransatlanticismDelain LucidityDelain The Human ContradictionDelain MoonbathersDelain A Decade of Delain: Live at ParadisoDepeche Mode ViolatorDepeche Mode Songs of Faith and DevotionDepeche Mode Delta MachineDevin Townsend Ziltoid the OmniscientDevin Townsend Project AddictedDevin Townsend Project DeconstructionDimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness TriumphantDraconian Turning Season WithinDragonForce Valley of the DamnedDream Theater Train of ThoughtDream Theater Black Clouds and Silver LiningsDream Theater have an obsession with being m34tl now, as the first song features blastbeats and semi-growls from Mike Portnoy. Fortunately for them, they don't completely suck at it (some of the instrumental passages are long, but most of them work in context). Overall this is a pretty good return to form, as the instrumental part of this album is sick, amazing, and over-the-top wicked. James also sounds better than ever. The only downside, apart from some of the overlong solos, are that the lyrics are getting banal and annoying. Also massive props for the cool Trial of Tears section in the Count of Tuscany.Dream Theater Live Scenes From New YorkEluveitie Evocation I: The Arcane DominionEluveitie Everything Remains As It Never WasEluveitie OriginsEnnio Morricone The Good, the Bad and the UglyEnnio Morricone Once Upon a Time in the WestEnsiferum EnsiferumEnslaved BlodhemnEnslaved VertebraeEnya The Memory of TreesExplosions in the Sky The Earth is Not a Cold Dead PlaceFaith No More The Real ThingFaith No More Album of the YearFaith No More We Care a LotFates Warning Awaken the GuardianFrank Turner Positive Songs for Negative PeopleFredrik Thordendal's Special Defects Sol Niger WithinFuneral for a Friend Tales Don't Tell ThemselvesThe rawness of their earlier recordings has been replaced with a more polished sheen. Gone are the screams and growls and in come exclusively clean vocals. Purists may not like the more mellowed out sound on this record, as they went from posthardcore to sounding more like regular alternative rock a la lostprophets, but the tunes are better and meatier. Apparently these guys have found their songwriting groove, because songs like lead single "Into Oblivion (Reunion)" are exactly what I want to hear from this band at this point. If they keep it up, I can't wait to see where their next one will lead us.Gamma Ray No World OrderGhost (SWE) Opus EponymousGhost (SWE) MelioraGod Is an Astronaut Helios/ErebusGodspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞Godspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.O.Hans Zimmer InceptionHans Zimmer InterstellarHe Is We My ForeverHelloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part IIHypocrisy VirusIced Earth Night of the StormriderIn Flames The Jester RaceIn Flames ColonyIn Flames ClaymanInstant Suppression Domain.NationIron Maiden Dance of DeathIron Maiden Somewhere in TimeIron Maiden Piece of MindIron Maiden Brave New WorldIron Maiden Live at DoningtonISIS OceanicJeff Buckley GraceJinjer King of EverythingJinjer MacroJohn Williams Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJoy Division Unknown PleasuresJoy Division The Best of Joy DivisionJudas Priest Screaming for VengeanceKamelot EpicaKamelot KarmaKamelot One Cold Winter's NightKing Diamond AbigailKreator Enemy of GodLacrimosa ElodiaLacuna Coil DeliriumLamb of God SacramentLed Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IVMachinae Supremacy Redeemer (Underground Edition)Machinae Supremacy Deus Ex MachinaeMachine Head Burn My EyesMarina FrootMastodon LeviathanMastodon Blood MountainMastodon Crack the SkyeMastodon Once More 'Round the SunMaximo Park Our Earthly PleasuresMelechesh The EpigenesisMeshuggah Destroy Erase ImproveMeshuggah NothingMeshuggah Catch Thirty-ThreeMeshuggah obZenMetallica Master of PuppetsMetallica ...And Justice for AllModest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even SankMogwai Happy Songs for Happy PeopleMogwai Young TeamMogwai Mr. BeastMoonsorrow Viides luku - HävitettyMoonspell Night EternalMuse Black Holes & RevelationsMuse DronesMy Dying Bride For Lies I SireIt sounds like Swans/Angel era MDB. Finally. Because they were getting dull. This was pretty much the best thing they could put out at this point in time. Recommended.Myrkur MMyrkur JuniperNeurosis Through Silver in BloodNevermore Dreaming Neon BlackNevermore Dead Heart In A Dead WorldNevermore The Obsidian ConspiracyNightwish OnceNightwish Angels Fall FirstNightwish Over The Hills And Far AwayNightwish From Wishes To EternityNile Annihilation of the WickedNine Inch Nails With TeethNine Inch Nails BrokenOf Monsters and Men My Head is an AnimalOpeth DeliveranceOpeth HeritageOpeth SorceressPain of Salvation The Perfect Element, Part 1Paradise Lost Symbol Of LifeParadise Lost Faith Divides Us - Death Unites UsPink Floyd AnimalsPink Floyd MeddlePink Floyd Atom Heart MotherPink Floyd UmmagummaPlacebo Without You I'm NothingPlacebo MedsPorcupine Tree SignifyPorcupine Tree DeadwingPorcupine Tree Lightbulb SunPorcupine Tree The Sky Moves SidewaysThis album tries very hard to be Wish You Were Here. The band has even bookended the title track just like PF did with Shine on You Crazy Diamond. The songs are all pretty much in a similar format, with The Moon Touches Your Shoulder being something of a Welcome to the Machine and Wish You Were Here hybrid. There are also many Gilmour-influenced spacy guitar solos. Luckily, the darker atmospheres and the ambient/techno influences save this album from being Pink Floyd, part II. Porcupine Tree would later use this prog-rock blueprint to mix it with other styles, effectively broadening their musical range. This just shows their prog-side at its best.Porcupine Tree Nil RecurringProtest the Hero FortressQueen Sheer Heart AttackR.E.M. Automatic for the PeopleRadiohead Kid ARammstein SehnsuchtRammstein HerzeleidRammstein Reise, ReiseRammstein Liebe Ist Für Alle DaRed Hot Chili Peppers CalifornicationRegina Spektor Soviet KitschRegina Spektor FarRise Against Siren Song of the Counter CultureRise Against The Sufferer and the WitnessRise Against EndgameRiverside Second Life SyndromeRush Moving PicturesThis is quite a solid effort from one of the innovators of the progressive movement. Has all the flaws the genre is famous for, but nevertheless is concise enough to hold up very well as an album. Trails off a little towards the end, but the first four tracks are all hammers, and The Camera Eye is no slouch either. If you like prog, you'll like this album.Sabaton The Art of WarSarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards EcstasySarah McLachlan may be Canada's most overplayed singer-songwriter. It's good she doesn't make those kind of airwaves in Europe, because let's face it: there's only so long you can rely on singles. But she's got some really good tunes on this one, just like female singer-songwriter's ought to, and nobody can argue with choice cuts such as Possession or Fear. And in light of those songs, in hindsight maybe it's not such a bad thing she gets all the airplay she does.Sentenced The Cold White LightSepticflesh The Great MassSepultura AriseSigur Ros ( )This album is lush. Very lush. It's like watching the snow fall on a mountain cold breezy winter day. It's like watching that same snow melt as the rivers run wild in spring. It's like watching the sun dry up rivers in the summer. It's like the leaves falling on the banks in the autumn. And when the snow comes back to fall, the circle is perfect; but this album never completes the circle. It's stuck in that winter vibe, but it's so lush, it never leaves its little comfort spot in front of the hearth. But that's right when you want to play it, and you do.Sigur Ros Takk...Simon and Garfunkel Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.Slayer Seasons in the AbyssSolstafir Svartir SandarSolstafir BerdreyminnSonata Arctica SilenceSonata Arctica UniaSteven Wilson 4 1/2Steven Wilson To the BoneSuicidal Tendencies Still Cyco After All These YearsThis is a remake of the 1983 self-titled album apparently, but with updated members and sound (Mike Muir, the band's frontman and leader, is the only remaining member from the old lineup.) It sure won't serve as good enough for people who have the original, but since it ran out of print, the band re-recorded it, and the sound is tight and thrashy. If you don't have the original or the reissue, or if you just think "I Saw Your Mommy" is the most obnoxious (and best) song ever, this is for you.Summoning Oath BoundSwallow the Sun HopeSymphony X V: The New Mythology SuiteSystem of a Down System of a DownSystem of a Down Steal This Album!Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your FriendsTestament The GatheringThe Birthday Massacre Pins and NeedlesThe Cranberries No Need to ArgueThe Dismemberment Plan Emergency & IThe Gaslight Anthem The '59 SoundThe Gaslight Anthem HandwrittenThe Mars Volta Frances the MuteThe Ocean AeolianThe Project Hate MCMXCIX The Lustrate ProcessThe Receiving End of Sirens Between the Heart and the SynapseThe Smiths The Queen Is DeadThirty Seconds to Mars A Beautiful LieThis Will Destroy You Young MountainThursday War All the TimeTool LateralusTori Amos Under the PinkTracy Chapman Tracy ChapmanTristania AshesTyr ValkyrjaUnexpect In a Flesh AquariumUnexpect Fables of the Sleepless EmpireWarrel Dane Praises to the War MachineWithin Temptation EnterWolves in the Throne Room Diadem Of 12 StarsYes Close to the Edge3.5 great!T.O.O.H.! Order and Punishment3 Doors Down The Better LifeAFI BurialsAfter Forever After ForeverAgalloch The MantleAlanis Morissette The CollectionAmaranthe Massive AddictiveAmon Amarth Fate of NornsAmon Amarth Versus the WorldAmon Amarth Surtur RisingAmy Macdonald This Is The LifeAnberlin Never Take Friendship PersonalApocalyptica Plays Metallica by Four CellosApocalyptica Inquisition SymphonyApocalyptica CultApocalyptica Worlds CollideApocalyptica 7th SymphonyArch Enemy Wages of SinArch Enemy Rise of the TyrantArch Enemy Khaos LegionsArcturus La Masquerade InfernaleAtheist Unquestionable PresenceAyreon The Universal Migrator, Pts 1-2Ayreon 01011001Behemoth EvangelionThis sounds like a Behemoth album. In case you didn't know what that sounds like, it has blasts, there are growls, it's heavy and fast, and they sing about Satan. Also they spell "of" as "ov" and they don't like Christians. And in case you also didn't know, this album sounding like a Behemoth album is a good thing, because this is pretty much ace as far as songwriting goes.Black Sabbath Master of RealityBlackfield Welcome To My DNABlind Guardian Tokyo TalesBlink-182 Enema of the StateBon Iver For Emma, Forever AgoBruce Springsteen NebraskaBruce Springsteen The RiverChevelle Vena SeraChildren of Bodom HatebreederChildren of Bodom play an interesting blend of power, black and death metal that would be refined and honed further on later releases, most notably Follow The Reaper. As it is, this is a step up the ladder, but the band was not quite there yet even though the guitar/keyboard flurries are already extremely plentiful here. The main detractor are Laiho's vocals, which are too grating and shrieky and would be better refined on later efforts. Nevertheless it's a quality metal album worth your time.Circus Maximus IsolateCobalt GinCoheed and Cambria No World for TomorrowCradle to Grave Texas MedicineCrystal Castles Crystal CastlesDark Moor TarotThe first half of this disc is superb symphonic power metal deluxe. The second part doesn't stand up to the first half, which is sad, but it's still good in parts. Recommended for fans of the style.Darkthrone A Blaze in the Northern SkyDead Kennedys Give Me Convenience or Give Me DeathDeath The Sound of PerseveranceDelain We Are The OthersDemians Building An EmpireDream Theater A Change of SeasonsDream Theater Falling into InfinityDream Theater Systematic ChaosEluveitie HelvetiosEnsiferum IronEnslaved IsaEnslaved Axioma Ethica OdiniEternal Tears of Sorrow Before the Bleeding SunExplosions in the Sky All of a Sudden, I Miss EveryoneFalconer Among Beggars And ThievesFirewind AllegianceFrank Turner Sleep Is For The WeekFrank Turner Love, Ire & SongFrank Turner Poetry of the DeedFuneral for a Friend Casually Dressed & Deep in ConversationFuneral for a Friend Memory and HumanityGlasgow Grin Saints of the Greatest SinGod Is an Astronaut The End of the BeginningGod Is an Astronaut Age of the Fifth SunGojira The Way of All FleshGojira MagmaGrave Into the GraveGreen Carnation The Quiet OffspringHans Zimmer Spirit: Stallion of the CimarronHans Zimmer Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesHypocrisy A Taste of Extreme DivinityIced Earth The Dark SagaIn Flames WhoracleIn Flames The Tokyo ShowdownIn Flames Sounds of a Playground FadingIron Maiden PowerslaveIron Maiden Iron MaidenIron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh SonJinjer Cloud FactoryJoni Mitchell Turbulent IndigoKamelot Ghost OperaKatatonia Brave Murder DayLacuna Coil ComaliesLacuna Coil Dark AdrenalineLamb of God Ashes of the WakeLiquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension ExperimentMachine Head The BlackeningMegadeth Countdown to ExtinctionMegadeth Rude AwakeningMeshuggah ChaosphereMetallica Ride the LightningMetallica S&MMirrorthrone Carriers of DustMisguided Aggression HatchalaMostly Autumn The Spirit of Autumn PastMostly Autumn PassengersMuse ShowbizMuse Origin of SymmetryMy Dying Bride The Dreadful HoursMyrkur MausoleumNas IllmaticNatalie Merchant TigerlilyNeurosis Given to the RisingNightwish Century ChildNightwish Dark Passion PlayNightwish Endless Forms Most BeautifulNine Inch Nails The FragileNirvana In UteroNirvana NevermindOpeth My Arms, Your HearseOpeth WatershedOpeth Pale CommunionOrphaned Land The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOROzzy Osbourne Blizzard of OzzP.O.D. SatellitePain (SWE) Nothing Remains the SamePain (SWE) Psalms of ExtinctionPain (SWE) Cynic ParadisePain of Salvation One Hour by the Concrete LakePain of Salvation EntropiaPantera Cowboys from HellPantera Vulgar Display of PowerParamore Riot!this album basically revolves around the premise of:
here are a pair of tits for you to oogle at (o) (o)Pelican The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon...Placebo Sleeping With GhostsPorcupine Tree The IncidentThis sounds like Porcupine Tree - the modern metal edition. Bits and pieces (Circle of Manias) could have been taken from Meshuggah records, there are lots of juddering metal grooves, as if NIN were playing and suddenly they are asked to do a duet with Opeth. The album's centrepiece, Time Flies, however, is a disappointing exercise in self-indulgence, and the quieter, mellow moments seem to work the best (particularly Kneel and Disconnect is a fantastic track). The band-collaborated second disc is more conventional PT material, like Lightbulb sun material with an updated guitar tone. Make no mistake: audio-wise it's complete ear candy, the performances are flawless and it's all done like a love of labour. But something's missing here that's on other albums. It seems to lack the uber-tracks that most other PT albums have; "Kneel and Disconnect" is just too short to claim the crown, and heavy thunkers like Octane Twisted seem to meander a tad too often for them to become truly memorable. As far as prog rock/metal goes, Porcupine Tree are undoubtedly on top of their game, but the absence of any truly instantly hitting material, which was always present on previous albums in one way or another, is a disappointment, given SW's ability to pen instantly memorable moments on every album. And that's why this Porcupine Tree record, although great in its own right, can't be rightfully included with the top picks of their extensive discography, metal era or not.Primordial To the Nameless DeadPrimordial Redemption at the Puritan's HandPure Reason Revolution Amor Vincit OmniaRadiohead AmnesiacRadiohead Hail to the ThiefRadiohead In RainbowsRed Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex MagikRegina Spektor What We Saw from the Cheap SeatsRelient K MmhmmRush 2112THE TEMPLES OF SYYYYRIINX no geddy shut the fuck up you're not a banshee.
this album is full of sexcellent technical wank though. it's just that geddy lee sings about two octaves too high all the time. oh well. at least he rules on bass.Rush Snakes & ArrowsSarah McLachlan SurfacingScar Symmetry Symmetric in DesignScar Symmetry Holographic UniverseScar Symmetry The Unseen EmpireSimon and Garfunkel BookendsSimon and Garfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and ThymeSimon and Garfunkel Sounds of SilenceSonata Arctica Winterheart's GuildSteven Wilson Grace for DrowningI like the sound but what I don't like is that many of the parts just seem to go on forever. Just why is this a double album again?Stone Sour Come What(ever) MaySuicidal Tendencies Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Deja VuSum 41 Does This Look Infected?Symphony X The OdysseySystem of a Down MezmerizeSystem of a Down HypnotizeThe Gaslight Anthem American SlangThe Gaslight Anthem Get HurtThe Mars Volta De-Loused in the ComatoriumThee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Therion TheliThirty Seconds to Mars 30 Seconds To MarsThrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & IITiamat A Deeper Kind of SlumberTiamat AmanethesTool 10,000 DaysTristania IlluminationTrivium ShogunTurisas The Varangian WayUlver Perdition CityVoid Of Silence Human AntithesisVomitory Opus Mortis VIIIWintersun WintersunWithin Temptation Mother EarthYoung Guns Bones3.0 good3 Doors Down Away from the Sun3 Mile Scream A Prelude to Our DemiseAgalloch Marrow of the SpiritAlanis Morissette Under Rug SweptAmaranthe AmarantheAmorphis EclipseAmorphis SkyforgerAmorphis The Beginning of TimesAnathema EternityArch Enemy Doomsday MachineArch Enemy Burning BridgesArcturus Sideshow SymphoniesAt the Gates Slaughter of the SoulAvantasia The ScarecrowBathory Nordland IBathory Nordland IIBehemoth The ApostasyBlind Guardian Tales from the Twilight WorldBlind Guardian At the Edge of TimeBlink-182 Take Off Your Pants and JacketBrand New DaisyBruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A.Built to Spill Perfect from Now OnCartel ChromaCartel The Ransom EPChildren of Bodom Hate Crew DeathrollD.R.I. Dirty Rotten LPDark Moor The Hall of the Olden DreamsDark Tranquillity ProjectorDark Tranquillity The Mind's IDelain April RainDelain InterludeDelain Hunter's MoonDevin Townsend Ocean Machine: BiomechDido No AngelDog Fashion Disco Beating a Dead Horse to Death...AgainDream Theater When Dream and Day UniteDream Theater OctavariumDream Theater Greatest HitDream Theater A Dramatic Turn of EventsEnslaved RuunEpica The Divine ConspiracyEpica Design Your UniverseEvergrey Recreation DayThis is sort of like the little brother to Symphony X. It has furious guitar leads and monstrous chug riffs, but they aren't as good as Symphony X's. Tom Englund's vocals have a similar range to Allen's, but Russ just sings better. And they like to up the tempo to similar levels, but Evergrey's tempos just aren't as interesting. In the end, they are a competent band with some standout tunes "Blinded", but this is still a band that should always be playing second fiddle to some of the real prog stalwarts.Evergrey Tornsemi-prog, semi-interesting, semi-catchy, semi-good vocals, semi-well written songs, semi-boring, semi-everything kindaFall Out Boy From Under the Cork TreeFoo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & GraceFuneral for a Friend HoursGod Is an Astronaut Far from RefugeGod Is an Astronaut God Is an AstronautGojira From Mars to SiriusHum You'd Prefer an AstronautIced Earth The Glorious BurdenBarlow, where art thou? Owens is a good singer, but he's just not in Barlow's league, and his presence is what is really missed here: he keeps the songs and Jon's songwriting in check. Most of the songs on here are pretty predictable power metal fare, and though Declaration Day, Attila and the Gettysburg trilogy keep up a part of the quality level, most of this is subpar compared to other Iced Earth works. If you want to get into the band, go for a Barlow-era album first (Burnt Offerings/Horror Show), and then get this.Iced Earth The Crucible of ManIn Flames Reroute to RemainIn Flames Lunar StrainIn Flames Come ClarityIn Flames A Sense of PurposeIron Maiden KillersIron Maiden Fear of the DarkIron Maiden A Matter of Life and DeathISIS Wavering RadiantNeurosis-lite. This is metal for people who are too old too deal with that snotty melodic post-rocky moody stuff, or just not sad enough; but too much of a weaksauce to flesh the deep riffs and go for some real crunchy sounds. Instead, it falls somewhere in between, and therefore sounds decent and appealing enough; but if you take into account this band once got it right on Oceanic, that is a very disappointing state for an album to be in.Kamelot The Fourth LegacyKamelot Poetry for the PoisonedKatatonia Discouraged OnesKaty Perry One of the BoysKreator Hordes of ChaosLacuna Coil KarmacodeLamb of God WrathMarduk Panzer Division MardukMarina Electra HeartMarina LOVE + FEARMegadeth YouthanasiaMegadeth Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?Mercenary Architect of LiesMetallica Kill 'Em AllMetallica MetallicaMostly Autumn Storms Over Still waterMostly Autumn Glass ShadowsIt's pretty much the same MA we're used to, except slower and dreamier. This also means, that despite some great guitar work from Josh, and Heather's better-than-ever vocal histrionics, they've also become more boring. The main influences here are Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and friends; unlike the last album, which marked a return to more progressive waters, even adding that dish of folk back, now they're plodding along in more classic rock territory; and I don't know if I like that as much as I like the oldschool MA with the folk and prog touches. This band needs to keep its Floydy roots. I still like the album, but I can't help wishing for something altogether more... interesting.
Oh, and Tearing at the Faerytale is just the most emotional song the band ever wrote. Check that out.Muse The ResistanceMy Dying Bride Songs of Darkness, Words of LightNecrophagist EpitaphNevermore Enemies Of RealityNightwish ImaginaerumNile In Their Darkened ShrinesNile Those Whom the Gods DetestNine Inch Nails Year ZeroNine Inch Nails The SlipObscura OmniviumOceansize FramesOpeth OrchidPagan's Mind God's Equationthis is kinda good, especially the david bowie cover but my god that singer is one screeching fucktard. he's worse than James LaBrie and he overdoes it so much. He can sing but he needs to tone it down. the musicians are all competent. they also probably wank to queensryche, dream theater and iron maiden and all those sorts of bands. which is cool, but it's been done before. gets a 3 on the merit of good musicianship and some ok songwriting.Pain (SWE) RebirthParadise Lost Shades of GodParadise Lost In RequiemParadise Lost One SecondPelican City of EchoesPink Floyd The Division BellPink Floyd The Final CutPink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of ReasonPortishead ThirdSamael Solar SoulSarah McLachlan AfterglowScar Symmetry Pitch Black ProgressScar Symmetry Dark Matter DimensionsSigur Ros Agætis byrjunSlayer Christ IllusionSlipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal VersesSnow Patrol Final StrawSoilwork Figure Number FiveStatic-X Shadow ZoneSteven Wilson The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)Stratovarius VisionsSymphony X Twilight in OlympusThe Dear Hunter Act II: The Meaning of, & All Things Regarding Ms. LeadingThe Haunted UnseenThe Mars Volta The Bedlam in GoliathIt's The Mars Volta playing The Mars Volta Songs the way The Mars Volta typically play songs. This means they are technically complex, too long, and there is a lot of random wank and bullshit. This album has less ambient filler than previous records, which makes it a bit more energetic, but it's still a chore to sit through the whole thing. If they would just learn the ins and outs of songwriting...The Pretty Reckless Light Me UpThee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra 13 Blues for Thirteen MoonsThirty Seconds to Mars This Is WarTiamat Skeleton SkeletronTiamat PreyTo-Mera DelusionsTool ÆnimaTool UndertowTori Amos American Doll PosseU2 All That You Can't Leave BehindVangelis Blade Runner SoundtrackWithin Temptation HydraYndi Halda Enjoy Eternal BlissYoung Guns All Our Kings Are Dead2.5 averageAC/DC Back In BlackAnathema The Silent EnigmaBlack Label Society The Song Remains Not The SameBruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of TownChildren of Bodom Are You Dead Yet?Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the HeadDimmu Borgir In Sorte DiaboliDio Holy DiverDragonForce Inhuman RampageEdguy Tinnitus SanctusFall Out Boy Infinity on Highit's got some kinda neat tracks but this is the pop version of a band who i liked better when they stuck to their punk roots on the first two albums.
thnks fr th mmrs is a golden song though, and there is some scattered interesting stuff on the rest of the record. but all in all the killer to filler ratio is a bit lower than what I have come to expect of these guys.God Dethroned Under the Sign of the Iron CrossHate Eternal Phoenix Amongst The AshesIn Flames Soundtrack to Your EscapeIn Flames SubterraneanIron Maiden No Prayer for the DyingKatatonia Dance of December SoulsLacuna Coil Shallow LifeLeaves' Eyes MeredeadMegadeth United AbominationsMetallica ReloadMetallica LoadMudvayne Lost and FoundOdium (CAN) At the BottomPantera Far Beyond DrivenPantera The Great Southern TrendkillR.E.M. Out of TimeRed Hot Chili Peppers Stadium ArcadiumRhapsody of Fire Legendary TalesMetal for Mighty Warriors in Enchanted Lands trying to save the Fair Maidens with their Fantasy Swords / Other Magical Items and Superb Wizardry Skill.
This is the kind of power metal album that you want to hear only once. Unless you are a D&D fanatic, I don't see how anything but the LOOK I AM MALMSTEEN neoclassical fretwank could possibly do anything but irritate the listener. This is so over-the-top hilarious power metal posturing it's overbearing and annoying. Probably the worst thing of all is that these guys take it so seriously.
Well, the next time I slay a dragon in the forests, I guess I have a soundtrack.Samael AboveSamael Lux MundiSerj Tankian Elect the DeadSigur Ros Med Sud i Eyrum vid Spilum EndalaustSnow Patrol A Hundred Million SunsSonata Arctica The Days of GraysSybreed The Pulse of Awakeningit's like Fear Factory meets Samael, only with terrible clean vocalsSynastry Blind Eyes BleedTaking Back Sunday Where You Want To BeTool Opiate2.0 poor3 Doors Down Seventeen DaysAutopsy Macabre EternalBattlelore DoomboundBetween the Buried and Me Colorstoo long, too boring, too complex, too pretentious, the vocals are fucking awful, all in all: too muchBreaking Benjamin PhobiaChildren of Bodom Something WildColdplay ParachutesColdplay X&YDerelict Unspoken WordsDragonForce Ultra BeatdownPower metal: now with +50 dragonslaying, + 50 guitar masturbation, -50 songwriting, and leather pants.rEnjoy DRAGON FORCEDream Theater Dream TheaterEnsiferum From AfarTries really hard to be epic, but sounds like power metal with harsh vocals. For the uninitiated, that means speedy metal with epic (read: lame) keyboards, dumb screaming and folksy acoustic guitars. They lost it after Iron, when Jari left, and this album doesn't do anything to change the fact that Jari took the songwriting skill with him. And when you take the seasoning from a stew, you get something drab and boring. That is this record.Epica Consign to OblivionEpica The Phantom AgonyEvanescence FallenEvanescence The Open DoorHammerFall No Sacrifice, No VictoryHelloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part IIced Earth Framing ArmageddonInto Eternity The Scattering of AshesJudas Priest British SteelKreator Pleasure to KillLinkin Park Hybrid TheoryLoren Battle Words Begin WarsI had a review which got lost and cannot be arsed to re-post it, but let me just say that this generic cookie-cutter metalcore by scene kids that jumped on the bandwagon three years later is not of interest to anyone, and can safely be skipped.Metallica Death MagneticAfter the infinite suckfest of the 90s and early 2000s, Metallica needed to progress. Well, they have progressed notably: they have gone from extreme suckdom to being mediocre and boring. Now that's a great step forward for you! This album is far too long, far too monotonous, and far too grating musically for sustained interest. Hetfield's vocal work is at an all-time low as his monotonous drawl pervades every song. It's time to hang up your studio boots and keep touring off past efforts because even when you try to go back to thrash like Master of Puppets stuff, you end up plodding like the black album. Whatever they tried on here, it's not working, and the lyrical content makes it look like a real joke. I haven't waited five years for them to put out this piece of snoredom.Panic! at the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat OutRhapsody of Fire Triumph or AgonySlayer World Painted BloodStratovarius DestinyTherion Gothic KabbalahTherion Sitra AhraU2 How to Dismantle an Atomic BombWithin Temptation The Silent Force1.5 very poorAvenged Sevenfold NightmareAvril Lavigne Let GoBullet For My Valentine The PoisonChildren of Bodom BlooddrunkColdplay Live 2003Deicide To Hell With GodDido Life For RentGood Charlotte The Young And The HopelessHammerFall RenegadeThis album suffers a lot from being a power metal album. This means it's burdened with men singing like women, lyrics about dungeons, dragons, and the almighty conquest of evil (and brave metal warriors), and derivative riffs stolen from Maiden and Priest. Well, bad news, because if you hate that style, this is probably your worst nightmare. The vocalist does sound like a woman. The lyrics are cringeworthy. And, every song sounds like it came from an Iron Maiden B-side collection. It's any sane music fan's worst nightmare. Stay far, far away from this. If you want good power metal, pick up Kamelot or Sonata Arctica instead.Into Eternity The Incurable TragedyJay-Z and Linkin Park Collision CourseLinkin Park MeteoraThis album did not stand the test of time for me. Whereas Hybrid Theory had a formula that deservedly made it a commercial success (regardless of whether you liked it or not), this is just Hybrid Theory 2 with too little Chester, a lot of repetition, quite angsty lyrics, ridiculously simple verse/chorus affairs, and more of that. This is the best band to come out of the nu-metal scene, and this album has let me down very much. Don't get this, it's cool once but it has absolutely zero replay value and is just boring generic nu-metal.Metallica St. AngerMorbid Angel Illud Divinum InsanusMower Make it a DoubleSum 41 All Killer No FillerWithin Temptation The Heart of Everything1.0 awful(hed) p.e. New World OrphansThis is like sticking your dick in a cheese grater. Over and over. The sound that that makes is better than this record.Blink-182 blink-182Britney Spears ...Baby One More TimeThe Rasmus Dead LettersTheatres Des Vampires Moonlight WaltzTrivium The CrusadeWhitesnake ForevermoreWithin Temptation The Unforgiving
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A great opportunity for someone looking to work for a company that appreciates their employees!Our multifamily housing complex wants talented people to provide top notch service to our residents. We are hiring maintenance technicians that are able to go into the homes of our clients and troubleshoot, fix and maintain…
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Savour the aroma of freshly baked bread from the open plan kitchen, welcoming and accommodating all guests during their stay, Moy House certainly embodies the quintessential 'home from home'. Dinner is an intimate affair served in our conservatory restaurant, with its unobtrusive yet efficient friendly service. Freshly picked herbs from the farm gardens and locally sourced produce all invigorate what is a gourmet dining experience to remember! The mornings breakfast will definitely entice our guests to vow to return!


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The Search is Over
For the past year, I've been searching for bricks for a walkway in the potager. I wanted old bricks, not the shiny new pavers from the home improvement store. I wanted bricks with a history, ones that had been a chimney, a house, or something else. A few weeks ago, I found an ad on Craigslist for bricks, old ones, lots of them. Just what I was looking for!
We picked up one load in our little car 2 weeks ago, and quickly realized we needed bigger guns. Enter Brian's work truck.
On Saturday, we made our way back down to Biddeford to get the remaining bricks from the bottom of the Cleaves Castle in Biddeford. This basement was a mansion at one time, then eventually became a city building with a jail in the bottom. These bricks may have been the walls between the cells.
Regardless of what these bricks have seen in their lifetime, they will now be perfectly at home in my garden. This fall I hope to start the preparation for the walkways. That will be a lot of work, but well worth the effort.
What's your favorite pathway material in the garden?Filed under Around the Garden | Comments (5)
5 Comments to "The Search is Over"
I want to use brick to edge our flower beds and make a path in our back yard. You have inspired me to search for old bricks. Just like houses, old bricks have more character than new ones do.
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I don't have any paved pathways in my garden, but I do like stone as well as brick.
I love old bricks that have been weathered and have history and "character."
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I just spent yesterday moving what I calculated to be 1960 lbs of pavers into my greenhouse to make it a more useable space. Blackberries and thistles had been growing up through the ground the last couple of years making it a hot, dusty, unpleasant mess. I inherited it, placed in a bizarre location largely in the shade, so it is more of a shed, but now it is a pleasant shed.
This was a test-run to build a patio out of bricks or pavers, hopefully salvaged. Though, I have a big Dodge truck and was starting to worrying about whether my tire rating was high enough to move that much weight at once. Salvaging would have to go in a couple of loads….
to Kyle's comment
Those are beautiful bricks and should make a lovely pathway. Nice score!
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Love old brick pathways…I do have a couple. Tip…when weeds start growing between them, I just pour vinegar on them! :)
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The wind whistled through windows as the storm continued to shake the old house. Clara Swain pulled the covers tightly up to her neck. Her fingers dug into her palms through the cotton material as she held on, hoping it would protect her. The aged boards of the staircase creaked painfully. Clara's heart sprinted at the sound.
She did a mental check. Rubbing her feet together, "socks, check."
Noting the discomfort of the jeans, "Pants, check."
She could feel the leather belt cutting into her side. Her pants wouldn't leave her thin frame so easily this time.
"Two blouses, check."
It was cold out and she'd hope it would be enough to keep her warm. Tonight she would be brave. Tonight she won't lay in fear, wondering if he would get her. She would run! Out into the night if she had to. She'd keep company with the lightning and the rain. She wasn't afraid of getting wet. Water dried up after a while. Some pain could last forever.
The great oak cast an eerie shadow across her room. Something was lurking in the moonlight.
"Who's there?" Clara croaked. Her voice held hostage by fear.
The floor creaked again,but this time it was frighteningly close. Too close. A bone shattering chill crept into her body as the room door flew open. It came thumping over to her. It's steps were quick.
Clara sat up quickly, pulling her knees to her chest.
"Go away!" She yelled.
Her heart raced toward a finish line nowhere in sight. It hopped up onto her bed.
Suddenly she began to breathe again.
"You silly girl, Roxy! You frightened me." she said, relieved.
The big dog licked the girls face as if to comfort her. To reassure her that everything would be okay.
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Zari Faisal is another well recognized fashion brand for women's clothing brand which is established in 2011 and sprung so many seasonal collections. Pakistani Lehnga Choli and Bridal Shirts by Zari Faisal are here. In this assortment embraces attractive and fashionable dresses, they have been put in with soft pastel shades and embroidered lace net. In Zari Faisal Pakistani Lehenga Choli and Bridal Shirts she offers Sarees and Lehenga Choli and bridal shirts. Zari Faisal brand is a talented brand in her marvelous collections she used fabulous color in this collection. Zari Faisal brand is an emerging brand in the country that compromises enchanted collections from chikan kari to hand embroidered nets to its customers.
Designer Zari Faisal used amazing and bright color scheme like red, maroon, purple, white, golden and silver colored shades. Some of the shirts have been impressively and exceptionally embellished with beads and other stuffs. You can observe in detail in this image that models carry an awesome black pink purple and maroon shade lehnga with printed and embroidered choli. In this collection Pakistani Lehnga Choli and Bridal Shirts is comprised Pakistani Dresses, bridal wears, Shalwar Kameez, Frocks, Gowns, Maxis, Flair Long Shirt with tights and trousers. The shirts are amazingly decorated with golden and silver thread work to create them more fancier and stunning
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What I Can Teach You About
Inclusivity of What You Should Know When Buying Herbs and Natural Supplements
Herbal supplements have become popular in the market in recent days though formerly, they were the only means of medicine available in the countries and continents. They involve the use of plants for medicinal and therapeutic purposes. The challenge with this field is that there are so many amateurs who do not follow the guidelines and the best practices in producing these products. This is where quality concerns come in because they rarely meet the right standards. On the other hand, these are products that are very good in curing and relieving pain and chronic conditions that could have troubled most of the people. That is why you need to be careful if what you are buying in the name of supplements is okay for your consumption.
One, you should be concerned about the safety of the herbal supplements. Nowadays, they are regulated by the food and drugs authority, but they have not been segmented into drugs or food specifically. They are under the dietary supplements category. Because of this, most of the manufacturers will rarely seek the approval of the relevant authority before they sell them. What they do is they produce and take it directly to the market without going through the right channels. The other challenge is because these producing companies try to claim that the product has a certain nutrient in support of a particular health condition. Though they may have research findings to support that, they may lack the approval of the relevant bodies to evaluate it.
Be assured that the herbal and natural supplements you are buying have been regulated. This regulation is what gives you the certainty of the quality standards of the products before you buy them, and in turn, it translates to the confidence as you take them that you will be healed. When there are regulations followed, there can be no poison or dangerous products being sold to the consumer because these regulatory companies will remove them before they reach the market. This safeguards the health of the consumers in a big way so that you will be safe.
Finally, when it comes to the specific supplement, ensure that you follow the instructions that have been provided. There are recommended dosages that you are allowed to take, and you should not take more herb supplements than you have been asked to or even extend it for some time that you have not been told. This is because it might turn out to be something else and bring some other challenges your way. You also need to keep track of what you take in every time. Do not mix up many supplements at ago but do it one at a time. You also need to listen to how the body responds when you take it. In case you feel it is not meeting your goals, then you should try something else and make sure your doctor knows. Moreover, it would be good to select your brands wisely and keep reading a lot of alerts and advisories.
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Ali Smith's first collection of stories won the Saltire First Book Award and a Scottish Arts Council Award. She lives in Cambridge, England.
"Ali Smith has got style, ideas, and punch. Read her."-Jeanette Winterson
"Hotel World is everything a novel should be: disturbing,
comforting, funny, challenging, sad, rude, beautiful.--The
Independent (London)
"In this voice from beyond the grave Ali Smith has created the perfect literary ghost...imbued with a powerful sense of wonder at the minutiae of everyday sensuality...and her beautiful, vivid descriptions are reinforced by a sharp, unsentimental tongue."-The Times (London) "Ali Smith's remarkable novel HOTEL WORLD....is a greatly appealing read. Smith is a gifted and meticulous architect of character and voice."--The Washington Post
"The heart of Scottish writer Ali Smith may belong to good old-fashioned metaphysics -- to truth and beauty and love beyond the grave -- but her stylistic sensibility owes its punch to the Modernists. She's street-savy and poignant at once, with a brutal sense of irony and a wonderful feel for literary economy. There's a kind of stainless-steel clarity at the center of her fiction. . ."--The Boston Globe
"HOTEL WORLD is that rare experiment, a novel with style to spare . . . despite all the tricks, all the tweaks of language and literature, what you remember about HOTEL WORLD is Smith's evocation of the anguish that results when a life ends, her rendering of the sadness at separating from the living world and the loneliness of staying behind. What a death. What a life. What a book."--San Antonio Express-News ". . . in Smith's hands, this slender plot serves as an excuse for a delightfully inventive, exuberant, fierce novel of which the real star is not the dead Sara, or any of the living characters, but the author's vivid, fluent, highly readable prose. HOTEL WORLD was a well-deserved finalist last year for two prestigious British prizes: the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize. . . . I can't begin to paraphrase all that this dazzling book conveys about humanity and mortality . . ."
- Margot Livesey, Newsday "Ali who? Hotel what? Even for people who follow contemporary British literature, neither the name nor the title meant a lot. They do now. HOTEL WORLD makes a striking impression. It's a challenging, often bleak but affecting journey through the lives of four young women united by the death of another . . . What an introduction to Ali Smith.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune "HOTEL WORLD is that rare experiment, a novel with style to spare . . . despite all the tricks, all the tweaks of language and literature, what you remember about HOTEL WORLD is Smith's evocation of the anguish that results when a life ends, her rendering of the sadness at separating from the living world and the loneliness of staying behind. What a death. What a life. What a book."
-Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "HOTEL WORLD is compelling . . . precisely because it suggests shifting yet coherent perspectives rather than simplifying lives into rigid, inert realities. Most impressively, Smith has mastered sophisticated literary techniques, which never intrude or bog down a delectable narrative of human perception and rumination. Apart from establishing Ali Smith as a novelist with the skills of a Martin Amis and Samuel Beckett combined, HOTEL WORLD is a damn good read." -The San Francisco Chronicle "Wonderfully inventive and boldly lyrical, HOTEL WORLD is an exhilarating read. A chambermaid careens to her death in a broken dumbwaiter, and her dissipating spirit sings a paean to earthly existence. . . . Newly published in the U.S., Ali Smith's thrilling meditation on life, transience, class, and the material world was an Orange Prize finalist and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize." -INSIDE BORDERS "Courageous and startling. I doubt that I shall read a tougher or more affecting novel this year." -Jim Crace


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In an article two years ago that appeared in various online magazines titled; "Nigeria as the New Center of World Terrorism" this writer tried to call the attention of policy makers around the world to the danger terrorist activities in the Nigerian state poses to the world community. Today that warning remains valid. Islamic terrorism finds conducive atmosphere in Nigeria for some reasons as we shall explain.
United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) headed by General Carter Ham is based out of Germany. AFRICOM is a US military outfit designed primarily to respond in African situations that pose danger to American interests anywhere. It is based in Stuttgart, Germany because it is alleged that no African country would grant it a base in Africa. The contention being that African countries feared that allowing such bases in their territories would open them up to a new kind of foreign imperial domination and manipulation. So right from the onset it appears that opposition has trailed the organization and its intentions in Africa. Some who are strongly opposed to it have called for the dismantling of AFRICOM altogether saying that it will only work against the overall interests of Africans. These people argue that what Africa needs is economic investment and not military or any other form of aids.
It is in recognition of this opposition that the US government tries to use any available opportunity to explain its real intentions about AFRICOM to any African audience. One of those opportunities presented itself during the just concluded Chinua Achebe's Colloquium at Brown University in Providence, Rohde Island in the United States. Ham addressed a plenary session on the second day of the two day event. The colloquium took place between 7 and 8 of December, 2012. In the audience were many international scholars and members of the diplomatic corps. In his address Ham explained AFRICOM's mission in Africa to the audience. This writer was in the audience and heard him tell of how it is the intention of American government, through AFRICOM to work as partner with governments in Africa to tackle the various domestic security issues of the African states especially in the area of rapidly rising incidents of Islamic insurgencies.
Of course the ultimate concern of United States as Ham clearly stated is the danger that these terrorist activities might and do pose to US citizens and business interests anywhere within the African continent. Only recently Islamic insurgents attacked, burned US Consulate and killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. Because the Libyan attack took place on September 11, 2012 some people have speculated that the terrorists were reenacting the 2001 September 11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. The Benghazi attack killed the US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Without trying to overstretch the issue Islamic insurgents' activities in the various African countries pose real danger to not just Americans and their interests within Africa and beyond, other Westerners too are increasingly being targeted. This can be better understood in the light of the name of one of the radical organizations. We refer to the Nigerian Boko Haram. A literal translation of the group's name is "book is forbidden". In this instance, Western books and ideas that in Islam are considered to be negatively influencing and corrupting pure Islamic knowledge and sharia.
In the just concluded year of 2012 there were various incidents of kidnapping and killing of many Westerners in Nigeria and around the Continent. A British and an Italian, construction workers were kidnapped in Kebbi State and murdered in Sokoto in March 2012 by Islamic extremists in Northern Nigeria. The two Europeans Chris McManus, 28, a British citizen, and Italian Franco Lamolinara 27, were murdered by their captors after being held for nearly one year. Then there was the German Edgar Raupach killed by the jihadists in May of the same year in Kano Northern Nigeria. The group that killed the German is said to have kidnapped him to use and bargain for the release of the wife of an al Qaeda operative in Germany. Both husband and wife had been jailed in Germany for violent Islamic jihad activities in that country. Al Qaeda affiliates in Nigeria abducted the German engineer with the intention of freeing him in exchange for the jailed woman but killed him when an attempt to free him by security forces failed. The 2009 Nigerian Underwear Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who attempted blowing up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 over the Detroit airspace in the United States also claimed to be working for and under inspiration from al Qaeda network.
The most recent incident is the kidnapping of the 63 year old French national in Katsina State Northern Nigeria in what the French President François Hollande said is probably linked to the North Africa's branch of al Qaeda network, AQIM. A radical Islamist group known as Ansaru has since claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of the French engineer Francis Colump this last December of 2012. Ansaru is said to have links with Boko Haram and the international al Qaeda network as well as the dreadful al Shabab of Somalia. The group claims it is holding Colump and other four French nationals who were kidnapped in Nigeria's neighboring country of Niger Republic because of the role French government is playing in trying to dislodge the Islamists from Northern Mali. They also said that they are protesting the "law (in France) outlawing the use of Islamic veil by Muslim women, which is an infringement on (the women's) religious rights." In a statement a few weeks ago British government described Ansaru as a "Nigeria-based terrorist organization which is aligned with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, AQIM". Boko Haram and many of the other extremist groups operating in Nigeria are also said to be connected with the Somali al Shabab and al Qaeda in the Maghreb in North Africa. A new offshoot of the Boko Haram group has recently emerged and it is just as deadly. It goes by the name Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan, JAMBS. The name roughly translates; Vanguards for the Aid of Muslims in Black Africa (VAMBA).
On August 1, 2012 the spokesperson for Boko Haram Abu Qaqa restated the aim of the group. His declaration also represents those of the other active groups operating within the country:
"We want to stress that in our struggle, we only kill Nigerian government functionaries, security agents, Christians, and anyone who pretends to be a Muslim but engages in assisting security agents to arrest us. We are responsible for the attacks in Bauchi and at the residence of Namadi Sambo in Zaria as well as the one in Damaturu where we bombed a patrol vehicle. We wish to extend our profound gratitude to Almighty Allah for giving us the opportunity to fulfill the promise we made on launching spontaneous attacks in Sokoto. We have reasons for all our activities and we only kill those who wronged us. We attacked Sokoto because many of our brethren have been incarcerated there."
Clearly, from the afore mentioned and many other incidents, there is every reason for United States and Europeans to be concerned about the security of their citizens and business interests in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. Undoubtedly it is in attempt to do something about these threats that informed the recent move by the US AFRICOM. A news report has it that AFRICOM is preparing to send military personnel and equipment to as many as 35 African countries (including Nigeria) to help train and equip the countries' military. It is aimed at increasing the capacities of these countries to respond effectively to the scourge of Islamic terrorism originating from their localities. By any standard, this is an elaborate project that seems to be misdirected for several reasons. It is bound to exert a lot of pressure on both the African states and the United States from different quarters. Citizens of the African countries are going to ask questions and express concerns. There will be a considerable financial cost may be some wastes, on the United States treasury. Many critics will use this as evidence in arguing the point on why they believe that the US is only out to exploit the Continent to her benefit.
To effectively counter and eventually defeat the jihadists' problem in Nigeria and all over the Continent it will be more appropriate to take time and understand its origin and correctly assess the challenges. The jihadists engage in it as a struggle that has, for them ideological or cultural and physical aspects. ". . . in our struggle, we only kill Nigerian government functionaries, security agents, Christians, and anyone who pretends to be a Muslim but engages in assisting security agents to arrest us." Islam is basically political as well as religious. In its religious aspect it strives to control and dictate the religious and cultural standards for its adherents. And to do it effectively it must struggle to create and control a space that is exclusively for Muslims where they can practice their religion. When trying to counter such a phenomenon, it becomes harder to win when the focus is solely on military equipment and tactics. Here is one reason why; "Despite a heavy military and police presence, the sect's adherents have continued to launch frequent attacks." That is how the Associated Press recently reported on one incident of the numerous intransigencies of Islamic terrorism in Nigeria.
We want to believe that AFRICOM efforts are not simply to impress the Africans with the military might of the United States. So, let's take for granted that there is genuine intention to solve the menace of Islamic terrorists in Nigeria and throughout Africa. Using Nigeria as the model we know that the cause of the religious tension and most of the other problems there is the direct effect of the colonial state structure of the country. The same is applicable to the other parts of the Continent. Nigeria's Boko Haram and the rest insurgents' problems in African can be solved through the use of dialog. Talking of dialog, no one is suggesting negotiating with terrorists. The kind of negotiation that will work here is to dialog to renegotiate the issue of the colonial state boundaries in Nigeria and the other parts of Africa. Majority of Nigeria's terrorist problems have their root in the structural defects of the Nigerian state.
Though on several occasions some commentators, including the United States State Department have cited some other issues such as poverty and political corruption as being the reasons for the problem, but those are mere effects of the underlying problem. Islamic insurgences in Nigeria and the other parts of Africa compare to a hydra headed monster. We can succeed through military force to cut off a few heads like Boko Haram, Ansaru or any other group. But that will just be a temporary victory in which so much human and material resources would have been wasted to achieve very little result that would not last. The monster will regrow those militarily wounded heads. When it heals enough it will tend to be more vicious and devastating. Terrorist monster of Northern Nigeria and the entire continent will not die by merely cutting off some of its heads. That had been done before. What is needed is to apply a lasting solution to the problem. Nigeria's terrorist problem can be solved if we decide to go after it at the root rather than the reactionary approach as is the case right now.
One important observation that policy makers in this matter should not overlook is the fact that the killings are actually one sided. The killers are killing only the people whom they consider to be the impediment on their way to establishing their ideal Islamic state: "We only kill Nigerian government functionaries, security agents, Christians, and anyone who pretends to be a Muslim but engages in assisting security agents to arrest us." In Nigeria it's neither a religious nor an ethnic fight in the conventional sense of it. The other parties getting killed, apart from the government are not engaging their attackers. The intention of the killers as they have stated many times, is to ethnically/religiously cleanse that part of the country of the people and structures that impede their desire to establish an Islamic state in Northern Nigeria. The truth is that the North of the country which is largely Islamic wants to be left alone. They want a state of their own free of Christians and believer of other religions. Nigeria's unity is forced on the various parts of the country by the British colonial rulers and ever since has created the endemic clash of non-compatible peoples and cultures. For anyone who has followed the pattern of events and killings, it's not difficult to observe that the attackers have been consistent. They attack and eliminate those targets they consider to be representative of or aid the obstacles to their goal. They target Igbo people and Western nationals because they consider them as local representatives and foreign assistants respectively of the Islam polluting agent: Christianity.
It is suggested that AFRICOM and other Western interest groups should approach the problem bearing in mind the terrible effect of the defective colonial state structure in Nigeria and all over the Continent. They should instead aid Nigeria and other African countries in adopting a multi-state solution to solve the seemingly endemic problem. With this approach, Africans and their political leadership will not need to be afraid of any imperialistic threat from the United States or any other Western power. And with that as the case, the only real foreign domination and manipulation that should concern Africans and their political leaders is clearly the dysfunctional effect of the extant foreign-imposed state boundaries on their sociopolitical existence. This has created so much unnecessary tensions that have depleted and dissipated any creative energy that Africans need to create conducive environment that enables growth, security, stability and prosperity. Once this problem is solved through the 2011 Sudan solution then the problem of bad governance, poverty, youth unemployment, corruption, dearth of functional social utilities and infrastructures, lack of accepting responsibilities for matters of personal and collective concerns and most of all Islamic religious intolerances and extreme jihadist insurgencies will cease or reduce to manageable proportions. Religious extremism of the kind going on in Nigeria and other parts of Africa thrives better in a chaotic or dysfunctional state than it does in a poverty stricken society. It is chaos that creates such monster and not poverty. Poverty might help it to grow after but chaos and indoctrination are the initiators.
United States or any other government does not need to expend any of the resources as are being budgeted to train and equip African national armies. In a multi-state solution the governments can achieve very positive short and long term results at a very minimal cost and record time. Because in the heart of the religious insurgences in Nigeria and other parts of Africa are the incongruent colonial state boundaries, it will make more sense if AFRICOM and Africans can redraw the African political map rather than retrain and reequip African Armies.
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For security reason it is always better to disable directory browsing so that people won't know what files you have. The following code will do so.
Options All -Indexes
If your server is not set up to deliver certain file like MP3 or SWF properly then you can add the MIME type for those through .htaccess.
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash swf
Through DirectoryIndex you can change your default landing page of your website. The default landing pages are index.html, index.php, default.php etc. But if want to change it to some other page then please use the following code.
DirectoryIndex filename.html
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When someone uses a link to an image , video or any other file that is saved on another website
is known as hotlinking. For example, instead of saving video.flv on to
your own website, if you uses a link to the video as http://domain.com/video.flv is known as hotlinking.
Following is the .htaccess code to prevent hotlinking.
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The following htaccess code won't help the initial pageload, but it will significantly help subsequent pageloads by sending 304 statuses when requested elements haven't been modified.
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Photography Classes in Ewen MI
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Michigan offers many accredited and recognized photography schools. Topics taught in photography classes include portrait capture, exposure and composition, lighting, posing and unposing, and other photography fundamentals. Being an accomplished photographer can lead to a lifelong hobby or a booming professional career.
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College of Visual Arts
344 Summit Ave
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102-2199
Phone: (651) 757-4000
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
100 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0213
Phone: (612) 625-5000
215.79 miles away
Brown College-Mendota Heights
1345 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, Minnesota 55120
Phone: (651) 905-3400
216.89 miles away
The Art Institutes International-Minnesota
15 S 9th Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Phone: (612) 332-3361
217.55 miles away
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
1501 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403-1779
Phone: (612) 659-6000
217.99 miles away
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2501 Stevens Ave
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Phone: (612) 874-3700
218.20 miles away
Hennepin Technical College
9000 Brooklyn Blvd
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 55445
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Dakota County Technical College
1300 145th Street East
Rosemount, Minnesota 55068-2999
Phone: (651) 423-8301
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851 30th Ave SE
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NEW YORK (Forex News Now) – New Zealand retail sales fell badly in October, data showed in one of the week's major realtime forex news events affecting the kiwi.
In a report that should have some impact on currency market trading, Statistics New Zealand said that the total value of retail sales fell by 2.5% in October, after rising by 1.7% the previous month.
Late analysis had forecast a fall of 0.8% in sales, according to two major online FX trading news outlets.
Another report released simultaneously showed core retail sales (all retail excluding automobiles) dropped by 1.6%, more than the expected drop of 1.0%.


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As you might have read on Hyper-V.nu yesterday, we (myself, Hans Vredevoort, and Damian Flynn) have decided to extend the deadline for The Great Big Hyper-V Survey of 2012. The goal is to spread the word and get more people involved.
Hans is offering 2 copies of Microsoft Private Cloud Computing to people who help to publicise the survey (see Hyper-V.nu for details). I'm offering a copy of the book as a prize to one lucky person: send me proof that you've completed the survey (a screenshot) and I'll put you in for a draw for a signed (by me) copy of the book. To enter you must:
I will draw a winner after Dec 1st when we are closing the survey. I'll contact the winner, and give them 48 hours to send me postal details before I select a different winner.
You can learn more about the survey here. And here's a video by Carsten Rachfahl (MVP) with me and Hans talking about the survey:


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As previously reported here, there have been numerous accidents in the Milwaukee area involving wrong-way drivers. On early Thursday morning, May 8, 2014, the latest accident occurred when a 52-year-old man drove his car the wrong way on Highway 18 in Waukesha and crashed into a semi-tractor trailer. The driver of the car reportedly suffered a broken hip and other injuries as a result of the accident, and was taken by helicopter to Froedtert Hospital. The truck driver sustained minor injuries in the crash. Authorities believe that alcohol may have been a factor in the accident.
Our practiced car accident lawyers at Samster, Konkel & Safran, S.C. seek to prevent vehicle accidents in Milwaukee. In fact, we are involved in a campaign to end automobile accidents caused by distracted driving, such as texting while driving. Blue thumb bands are available for drivers to show their pledge to not text and drive. Visit our office at 1110 North Old World Third Street, Suite 405, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53203, e-mail our office at email@example.com, or call our office to get the thumb bands. Also, if you know of a school or group looking to have a distracted driving presentation provided, please contact us and one of our attorneys would be happy to provide a free presentation and thumb bands.


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Watching a baby human or baby animal do regular things for the first time—it hits the spot. This baby duckling tries swimming for the first time, without a mother duck or siblings to show it how.
You'll be cheering this little duckling on in your mind.
They (Buzzfeed people) also turned the waddling baby into a superhero—of course. Super Pip, Duckling Fights Crime—adorable and epic, yet you see zero action. It doesn't mater because the of the music and it has a cape. Watching the duckling running is the best part.
If the future Avenger (the best Avenger ever) looks familiar, it's Ming Ming from The Wonder Pets, the cutest children's show of of the millennium, hands down.
It reminds me of the cat guy videos with his home-video style footage and charmingly budget special effects.
So who is this fabulous little duck? It looks like the people over at Buzzfeed raised him in the office. Yeah, I need to speak to my boss about how having pets at work increases productivity etc., etc.
In the next clip, watch Pip crack open his-or-her egg in and incubator, and grow up in 73 seconds.
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