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Is your soap selling you soap?
...Probably. As brands look for innovative ways to showcase themselves, TV shows are flooded with subtle advertisements, even as you, the viewer, laugh and weep along with the plot and cast
...Probably. As brands look for innovative ways to showcase themselves, TV shows are flooded with subtle advertisements, even as you, the viewer, laugh and weep along with the plot and cast
In the 2009 film Up In The Air, George Clooney and Vera Farmiga's characters spend substantial screen time sexting and flirting with each other on their Blackberrys. And as the camera zooms in and out of the smileys and instant messages, you find yourself smiling along, hardly realising that this is a well-done product
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Cut to 2011, and Hindi film actress Deepika Padukone is flashing her pearlies at host Simi Garewal on a talk show on Star World. In conversation about her disciplined approach to life -- whether it's fitness or taking care of her honeyed skin, comes a seemingly innocuous question from Garewal -- 'what do you use for your skin?' "Neutrogena suits my skin, so I use that," comes the answer from the skincare brand's ambassador, even as a small band flashing the brand name appears at the bottom of your TV screen.
Job done, product placed, Padukone and Garewal get on with juicier tidbits about a certain Kapoor boy. Did you notice? If you didn't, maybe it's time you started paying attention to your favourite shows across television channels. Because behind the tears and juicy scoops, lies the subtle insertion of a product mention or two, powered by the realisation that done well, in-show promotion can benefit both, the brand and the show, in ways that an advertisement in a commercial break cannot.
More than ads
While product placement and promotion in films is hardly new (remember Bournvita in Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish, and Coke in Taal?), its increasing inroads into Indian television, is. What's also new is the creation of teams that manage the crossover between content and promotion.
At music channel MTV, for instance, an innovations team works closely with brands that come in with specific briefs. "These solutions are based on our extensive youth insight studies, and the creative team makes sure that what we have is one pathbreaking idea that we go ahead with," explains a spokesperson.
These include a Reliance 3G advertisement on Gone in 60 Seconds, where in a 60-second vignette, VJ Jose and VJ Gaelyn hold forth on a list of things not to do, with regard to a current issue, while standing side-by-side.
Recent episodes have featured a promotion where the audio and video of one VJ starts to stutter and pixelate, while the other continues to talk smoothly, looking over at the other from time to time, wondering what's wrong. You know in a second, because sure enough, the rotating disc that depicts a buffering video appears on the pixelating side of the video, with bands underneath each VJ saying, 'Just 3G' and 'Reliance 3G'.
It doesn't take a genius to deduce that the title sponsor is promoting the superior quality of its 3G services via the video of the VJ that doesn't take time to buffer.
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"It has been active in fiction programming on television for about a year," admits Sukesh Motwani, Head, Fiction Programming, Zee TV. Reasons range from fatigue with traditional advertising to a rising "scepticism about advertising, and the lack of credibility of advertising messages," feels Akshay Kapnadak, Executive Creative Director, McCann Erickson.
"Such placements are a far more subtle way of selling brands and products. They work because they are associated with the character (within the show)," he continues, adding that in the West, the trend began about 15 years ago, with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon starrer Goodwill Hunting being an early example. The protagonists often hang out at a Dunkin' Donuts branch in their neighbourhood.
Today, the trend has made its way into Indian soaps as well. The lead character from a TV show may dress and act like she belongs to the previous generation, but she's anything but regressive when she sells you soap, talcum powder and skin cream in short dialogues and scenes that you devour happily.
Case in point: a few weeks ago, on Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV, lead actress Ankita Lokhande, who plays Archana and has been cast in the latest Lux advertisement with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, is asked by her on-screen sister about why her skin is glowing. Lux is doing the trick, she says.
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In this season two sneak peek, by way of the Hollywood Reporter, Pope meets her newest client who's being wiretapped by someone on Capital Hill. She'll stop at nothing to help this poor congressman, who may be guilty of doing shady illegal business against his better judgment. Only time will tell what's actually going on behind the snooping.
Take a look at the above clip from the first episode, which airs on September 27 at 10 p.m., and share if you're excited for season two of Scandal in the comments below.

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I landed on the 12th of September at Palma Worldwide airport (Palma is the appealing money of Majorca). The airport is extremely active although I have been warned about this. They stated airport on your own obtained 22,832,865 travellers in 2008. I was greeted by the beautiful designer shops in tree lined avenues; I had to make some shopping right here prior to I went on to the island for my holidays.
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Hollywood Drops In
With its mad-genius creator, an A-list team of writers, and actors who know how to rip, can HBO's new left-coast drama, John from Cincinnati, finally get surf culture right? Jon Cohen peeks into the green room.
"DO YOU HAVE anything stronger than Red Bull?" asks David Milch as he ambles into a convenience store in Imperial Beach, California, and begins scanning the aisles.
"Try the red can in the cooler in the back," the guy at the cash register says, and Milch soon finds a drink called CL-One and holds it up in the air.
Brian Van Holt
Brian Van Holt
"This is the worst thing you got?" he calls to the cashier. The guy nods, and Milch takes out three cans. "Now you're talking."He buys the drinks and asks for his change in lottery scratchers.
One of television's most visionary and successful writers and producers, Milch is in this funky beach town, which borders the even funkier Tijuana, Mexico, to shoot his new HBO series, John from Cincinnati. It's still early on this brisk March morning, and Milch is looking for something to pull him through the long day ahead. He'll be coaching actors, writing bits of new script, hashing out details with the director, and even schmoozing with neighborhood residents hanging around the set. Milch, a large-framed man dressed in jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt, is the rare Hollywood big shot you might mistake for a regular guy. But John from Cincinnati is anything but regular. Coming right on the heels of Deadwood, the controversial postmodern western Milch created for HBO, the unconventional seaside drama is Milch's biggest gamble yet.
The show, which debuts June 10, revolves around three generations of Yosts,a family of SoCal surfers with more than a few issues. Mitch Yost (played by Bruce Greenwood) is the pater-familias, an embitteredsurfing legend whose competitive career ended early after he injured a knee. Mitch runs a surf shop with his wife, Cissy (Rebecca De Mornay), who mocks and snarls at his mix of self-pity and Zen awareness. Their son, Butchie (Brian Van Holt), is another faded surf star; he has a serious thing for heroin, as did Milch for many years—he was literally riding high during much of NYPD Blue, the 12-season hit he created with producer Steven Bochco in the early nineties. The third-generation Yost is Butchie's son, Shaun (Greyson Fletcher),a hot-shot teen surfer who lives with his grandparents and is being pursued by a shady surf-company owner (Luke Perry) whose scheming knows no bounds.
The wild card, as if the Yosts weren't wild enough, is John (Austin Nichols), a bizarre stranger who shows up on the beach and signs on for surfing lessons with Butchie. John makes clichéd oracular pronouncements ("The end is near"), tendsto robotically repeat what's said to him (including the idea that he may be from Cincinnati), and surfs effortlessly the first time he tries. Milch keeps you guessing:Is John an alien? Jesus Christ? A brain-damaged savant? Throw in a thuggy, opera-loving heroin dealer from Hawaii, a lottery winner who buys the spectacularly decrepit Snug Harbor Motel (home to several ofthe show's characters), and an ex-cop who raises birds in his living room, plus a plotline that includes levitation, resurrection, and medical miracles.
Now that's stronger than Red Bull.
Zany and profound, John from Cincinnati is The X Files meets Six Feet Under meets Twin Peaks, with surfboards and a dollop of Thomas Pynchon. Which makes it quirkier than anything HBO has ever bankrolled. No one involved would talk specifics about the budget (Carolyn Strauss, president of HBO Entertainment, referred to the show as "pricey"), but the fact that the first of its ten episodes will air in the hot slot following the series finale of The Sopranos suggests that the network has lots of chips ridingon Milch's latest venture.And one of the mostsurprising and endearing qualities is that its depiction of surfing is spot-on.
From sixties beach-party flicks that feature Annette Funicello posing on a board like she's walking a tightrope, feet pointed forward rather than sideways, to Patrick Swayze standing on the beach in Point Break and announcing that he's "waiting for my set" (true surfers wait for a lull), Hollywood has mangled surfing in every which way. A character may be a regular-foot surfing a right break in one frame, and in the next he's a goofy-foot on a left. Dialogue usually devolves into one-word sentences like "Rad," "Dude," or "Gnarly." Baywatch producers cast Kelly Slater—to the world champ's lasting humiliation—as Jimmy Slade, who in one episode battles an octopus that lives in a cave and collects lost surfboards. And Blue Crush may have given female surfers a little respect in the water, but onshore it was still a ditzy melodrama. At best, Hollywood presents entertaining caricatures of archetypes; see Sean Penn's Jeff Spicoli, who seems stoked more by the stinky green bud than the barreling green room.
Milch, a 62-year-old native of Buffalo, New York, has never surfed and has no intention of learning now. Who'd have guessed that of all the outsiders who've portrayed the sport on the big and small screens, he would be the one to grok it?
TODAY'S SHOOT will take place four blocks from the ocean, in some dingy old buildings that set designers have made over as the Snug Harbor Motel. Van Holt,the 37-year-old who plays Butchie, is sitting outside his trailer dressed in character: filthy jeans, a crusty ball cap, and corduroy slippers patched with duct tape. Blond and blue-eyed, with square shoulders and a rugged jaw, he's every surfer girl's dream. In fact, he looks remarkably like Bodhi, the Swayze character in Point Break. But Van Holt, who grew up surfing Huntington Beach and can still hold his own in the water, says he loves the 1991 cult classic—but cringes about it too, especially the scene where Gary Busey, playing an FBI agent, jumps on his desk, tucks into a big-wave crouch, and hollers "Whoaaaa!"
"I wanted to strangle somebody," says Van Holt, laughing.
Best known for his role in 2001's Black Hawk Down, Van Holt says he felt "possessed" after first seeing a John from Cincinnati script. "This is my calling," he remembers thinking. "I am Butchie. I was meant to be Butchie." Van Holt craved an audition. But when casting began in June 2006, he was about to leave on a surf trip to Indonesia; he'd be living on a chartered boat for two weeks, moving from one reef break to the next. The boat did have a fax machine, and a few days into the trip a fax arrived, offering him an audition the next day. "I'm in the fucking Indian Ocean," says Van Holt. "I drank my sorrows away."
Yet in sync with the mystical, what's-meant-to-be-will-be vibe that pervades the show, the role was still open when Van Holt returned to the States. He read for Milch and won the part. Like most everyone on the John from Cincinnati set, Van Holt struggles to explain the series to the uninitiated. "It's not about surfing," he says. "Surfing is the door you walk through to get to the story."
The most perplexing character on the show, and the one that audiences likelywill have the most trouble embracing, is John himself. Played by the 27-year-old Nichols, who starred in the 2006 movie Glory Road, John is what Steve Hawk, the former editor of Surfer magazine whom Milch has hired as a scriptwriter, calls a "transmitter"—a seemingly naive young man controlled by something more mystical than sci-fi. A clue to what Milch was thinking when he created the character lies in John's last name: Monad.
Monads, the German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz wrote in his 1714 treatise Monadology, represent the fundamental unit, "the true atoms," of the spiritual world:
God, in ordering the whole, has had regard to every part and in particular to each monad; and since the monad is by its very nature representative, nothing can limit it to represent merely a part of things. It is nevertheless true that this representation is, as regards the details of the whole universe, only a confused representation ... If the representation were distinct as to the details of the entire Universe, each monad would be a Deity.
Um, OK.
"John purifies intentions," Milch tells me at one point, likening the character to a mirror others can peer into and see themselves. "If I could explain it fully, I wouldn't have to tell this story."
STILL HOLDING his paper bag stuffed with his CL-Ones and lottery tickets, Milch bypasses the set and enters his empty trailer with Steve Hawk. While Hawk takes a seat on a sofa, Milch, who has a bad back, lies on the trailer's floor, and the conversation turns to surfing, drugs, language, sex, the world's interconnectedness, and anything else that pops into Milch's prodigious mind.
A 1966 graduate of Yale University, Milch studied English with poet and novelist Robert Penn Warren. He earned an M.F.A. in writing at the University of Iowa and taught at Yale before breaking into TV as a scriptwriter on Hill Street Blues, in 1982.
Milch still comes off like a hip, approachable professor. He regularly entrances the writers, producers, interns, and anyone else around him with extended soliloquies that quote the wisdom of "Mr. Warren," Herman Melville, Ezra Pound, Albert Einstein, Lao-tzu, The Godfather, and Joseph Conrad. One of his favorite topics is authenticity. "Any special world is liable to be done wrong," he says.
To keep the authenticity quotient high in John from Cincinnati, Milch has surrounded himself with people who not only know beach culture but live it. In addition to Hawk, Van Holt, and "surf-noir" novelist Kem Nunn, John's co–executive producer, the show's surfers include former women's pro Keala Kennelly, who playsan employee at the Yosts' shop. Greyson Fletcher, who portrays Shaun Yost, is the grandson of legendary surfer Herbie Fletcher (a show consultant) and son of Christian, a pioneer of aerial maneuvers. Renowned big-wave rider Brock Little coordinates the water scenes—shot by celebrated surf-film cinematographer Sonny Miller—with pro-surfing stunt doubles John John Florence, Shane Beschen, and Dan Malloy. All of which adds up to an amazing sense of verisimilitude.
In the rough cut of episode one, Mitch Yost catches a small, decidedly average wave—not a grinding, Pipeline tube like the one that opened Hawaii Five-O—and gracefully cross-steps to the nose. It's smooth surfing; realistic, not showy. The actors who know what they're doing, like Van Holt, are filmed paddling their own boards; the magic of editing then blends in the shots of professional stunt doubles once their characters take off on waves.
Surfspeak is used, but it's current (no "Cowabunga!") and natural. Meanwhile, you can almost smell the coconut surf wax in the Yosts' shop, which perfectly captures the cramped, cluttered stores that dot the California coast.
"When you're telling a story that involves surfing, the hardest thing to capture is the essence of it," says Milch. "You have to approach that quietly. I'm never going to know what it feels like to surf. But I think I've had analogous experiences. I shot dope for a long time, and in some respects, not the enterprise but the result is the same. You feel a kind of oneness and lack of desire to be anywhere else, and a yearning that the state you're in can be perpetual."
But Milch stresses that he's serving a story, not a sport. "I'm not a supplicant at the altar of surfers as arbiters of authenticity," he says. "Which is very different from saying I don'tcare about getting it right.I care, but not to please surfers. When I write, there are only five or six people whose nods of approval I care about. But all of them are dead."
As Milch sees it, surfers may complain about how they're portrayed, but they also delight in the twisted interpretations of their culture by outsiders—in the ways "the philistines" get it all wrong. "I find it kind of tedious that what is essentially a solitary enterprise is supposed to be 'gotten right,' " he says. "It speaks to what I feel is a perpetual adolescence, the great pleasure that surfing has always taken in being gotten wrong."
He's jamming now, and he cranks his philosophical amp to 11. "Now I'll give you a challenging thought," he says. "A significant part of surfing is shame-based behavior."
"That's fucking bullshit," says Hawk, pretending to get angry. "I'm leaving."
"[Overcoming the belief] that it's an activity unworthy of an adult is the constant battle for the adult surfer," Milch says, pointing out that surfers "of a certain age" see surfing as spiritual, and the ocean as a church. "A lot of defiance is shame-based—the uneasiness that surfers feel: 'Am I a fucking kid?'"
"I can come up with a thousand ways to justify it," says Hawk.
"The rationalization of junkies is exactly the same," says Milch. "'Did I never grow up?'"
WHILE THE ACTORS complete the last few hours of the shoot, Milch gathers Hawk and five other writers in another trailer, one with a microphone and a computer screen set up on the floor. Milch sprawls out, his head resting on one hand, and launches into a sweeping monologue meant to explain the deeper meaning of a scene they've already shot—maybe, one writer jokes later, he's trying to explainit to himself.
"There is compassion in the universe, but we don't understand it," Milch says. Trusting in John will require viewers to make a leap of faith, he explains, to embrace the "benignity of the universe." Milch paraphrases Gandhi: "Find a Muslim, bring him into your home, and raise him as a Muslim."
"You can put yourself in the energy of the universe without understanding its purpose," he continues. "That's why I try not to think about what I'm writing and let it happen.
"Milch then lets it happen and starts working on a new scene. He "writes" out loud, a typist keying in his every utterance. As he speaks the words and describes the actions of different characters, he repeatedly taps a forearm, tilts his head, makes faces, and closes his eyes, looking for all the world like a jazz pianist in the throes of an improvisation. Except for helping out with a few words when solicited, the writers sit silently, some keying into their laptops, some fidgeting with their cell phones. Surfing doesn't come up once the entire time.
When Milch stops talking, the spell is broken. It's as though the spirit has left and the séance is over. The transcendent music has given way to the sound of a bartender cleaning glasses. The wind has turned onshore and brought a magical surf session to an end.
In a sense, what happens there in the trailer mimics the whole John from Cincinnati experience: It's a mesmerizing journey to an odd place that just happens to be set in the surfing world of Imperial Beach. Will audiences connect with it? As John Monad says, repeatedly, "Some things I know, and some things I don't."
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Vietnam has everything – villages, cities, beaches, mountains and rivers that hold unique experiences and give Vietnam its well-renowned charm. Whether you're young or old, doing it cheaply or wanting to splash out, Vietnam has something for you. Here are three of our top picks for things to do in this gorgeous country.
A Hanoi food tour
You can't go past Hanoi, which has (deservedly) earned the reputation of being Vietnam's pho capital. Foodies are in for a real treat, with the French influences that mix with the Asian ingredients creating absolutely mouthwatering fare.
You'll get great food anywhere you go in Vietnam, but to make sure you eat the best of the best you can't pass up one of Hanoi's food tours. Be guided to all the tastiest cao lau, pho, banh xeo and more. Your stomach will thank you!
A boat ride in the Mekong Delta
The seventh longest river in Asia, the Mekong goes through Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, China, Vietnam and Cambodia. See the Vietnamese way of life from a new perspective, and have fun at the same time on a boat ride.
On a big cruise boat or even just hitching a ride on a cargo boat, you'll go past uninhabited islands, villages on stilts and floating markets. It's a great way to spend an afternoon cruising along and taking in the less touristy parts of the country, and you'll have a lot of fun if you do manage to get a spot on a local's cargo boat – it's an electric experience that you won't get anywhere else.
Ho Chi Minh City's water puppet shows
You read that right! A completely unique experience, a water puppet show is incredibly wonderful to see. There are singers, musicians and narrators, along with wooden puppets (don't worry, they've been lacquered!) on the watery stage. This has been a tradition since the 11th century and even though you might not have a good enough grasp on Vietnamese to understand a lot of it, it's so entertaining to watch. The Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theatre runs 50-minute shows multiple times a night.
This is just the tip of the iceberg for what Vietnam can offer any traveller. Whether you splurge or do the trip on the cheap, you'll have so many wonderful things to choose from – to eat, drink, do or see!


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I'm working on a new patchwork bag for a lovely friend of mine. Or trying to work on a bag. But I'm absolutely stumped. I'm usually inspired by the fabrics I use, but this time... nada.
Now they're just making me mad. I keep telling them that THEY WILL BECOME A BEAUTIFUL BAG, WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT, but they're just not listening.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Now and later
I promise: no more epic posts for awhile, OK? I mean, you probably needed a nap after reading the last few posts! (I know I needed a nap after writing them.) I've been really tired lately and only seem to get random (and short) bursts of energy every now and then. However, I did manage to make this last week:
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
$150 BARN PROM: a funky Sweet 16 bash on a teensy budget
I recently watched an episode of the Junk Gypsies, featuring their Junk-O-Rama Prom. PROM! The old dance hall venue was decorated with awesomely kitschy junk, and they got to wear thrift store prom gowns, and they had a live band! I AM IN LOVE. So here was my immediate thought process:
- Gee, I want to go to Antiques Week and Junk-O-Rama Prom.
- Now I want to throw a prom party like that.
- then. . . HEY! I HAVE A DAUGHTER TURNING 16!!! TIME TO THROW OUR OWN BIRTHDAY PROM!!!!!
Labels: barn, birthday, budget friendly, diy, eco, girl, junk, junk gypsy, nontraditional, party, prom, reclaimed, recycled, sixteen, sweet 16, thrift store, trash to treasure, vintage
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"I had to leave yachts due to obligatory military service in Turkey, but, this was the right time for me to settle down in Turkey. I was married and I was looking for a new challenge at the same time," starts Can Akaltan, who recently assumed the position of general manager at Cesme Marina in Turkey. "The marina industry is a whole different challenge, no matter how much you learn, there's still a lot of things where you can go further, investigate further and learn more," he says, following his sharp rise through the management ranks at Cesme.
For Aeneas Hollins, director of yachting at Christophe Harbour, his journey was a little different. Hollins qualified as a captain in 2000 and moved ashore to Christophe Harbour as Buddy Darby, the owner of the yacht S/Y Andromeda La Dea, began developing the marina in St Kitts. "I actually begged the boss, I was his captain for five years before he acquiesced and let me come ashore," reveals Hollins, "My transition was relatively easy as I moved to shore to work for Buddy, who was the owner of the boat, who recognised the potential to have yacht crew run his marina".
A huge benefit of being an ex-captain is the innate knowledge of what yachts need and want from a marina, ensuring clear communication and smooth interaction between all parties. "I think the main advantage of having worked on yachts is empathy. You know exactly what a captain thinks coming in, so you feed him the right information with the right language. You know exactly how the owner feels - he's looking for security, privacy and boutique places. The crew wants to go and socialise, they want to reach provisions easily and quickly" says Akaltan.
Hollins agrees, "When [yachts] come in, we speak their language. It's simple because we get each other and we can be complete much quicker than if you don't recognise their systems and procedures aboard and their particular guest requirements, which we cotton on to extremely quickly."
Is the sheer volume of vessel management difficult at times? "[On a yacht] you work for one owner or one charter guest, whereas in a marina you try to satisfy a large number of boats," Akaltan acknowledges, "However, the principle is still the same: to give the best service available and to go beyond expectation."
It's not just a high level of service that captains can ensure transmits across the water, but also key skills learnt from their time aboard, "It's pretty easy for us to write a list of transferable skills and non-transferable skills. For example, driving the boat isn't very transferable, but being cool under pressure is extremely transferable," Hollins argues.
Akaltan sees his new role as general manager as the perfect combination, "I think for a captain, a marina is the closest place that you can work shoreside, because you're still close to yachts. You still sail and you get out, but you come home at night, that's the difference."
For Hollins, he has been so deeply involved in the development of Christophe Harbour that his expertise is intrinsically woven into the marina, "We've built the marina from scratch and I've been here since day one. As a marina manager, as a representative of the company and certainly as a large yacht expert, it's really valued, so I sit on a lot of committees and do a lot of workshops and forums with the local government to enhance the bigger product. And that's part of the joy of being a marina manager."
So, would he head back into the open water? "I do occasionally get romantic about the idea of going on a delivery trip, or to a remote place somewhere," Hollins admits, "But I'm still ensconced and committed to this now, it is unlikely that I would go back."
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Air crash kills all 48 aboard in Angola
LUANDA, Angola A charter plane burst into flames minutes after takeoff, crashing into a remote jungle in a key diamond-mining region, authorities said Wednesday. All 48 people aboard were killed, reports said.
The cause of the crash Tuesday evening was not immediately known. Flight disasters in Angola are commonly blamed on poor aircraft maintenance or rebel gunfire.
The Antonov 26 had just departed from the northern Angolan town of Saurimo, 500 miles east of Luanda, when it exploded into a fireball at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Civil Aviation Director Branco Ferreira said Wednesday.
An army team reached the crash site late Wednesday and found no survivors, the state-run television network TPA said. The flight data and cockpit voice recorders had not yet been retrieved.
The region has been the focus of fierce civil warfare between the army and rebels from the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, or UNITA. They have been fighting since the southwest African country gained independence from Portugal in 1975.
The Soviet-built plane, owned by the Angolan company Ancargo, was chartered by a travel agency called Guicango, the Portuguese new agency Lusa said.
Private companies often hire Antonov planes to transport passengers and cargo across Angola since land mines and skirmishes make road travel treacherous.
UNITA rebels in the past have targeted civilian planes they suspect of ferrying supplies to government troops.
The Ancargo plane, on a domestic flight, had left Luanda in the morning and was refueling in Saurimo on its way back to the capital, Ferreira said.
Witnesses told state television TPA that they saw the plane go down in flames. All 42 passengers and six crew members were killed, Lusa said.
The crew was Ukrainian, Russias Emergency Situations Ministry said. Ferreira did not release a casualty figure but had said the crew was Russian.
Many of the pilots flying Antonov planes in Angola are Russian. Last month, the government announced that some 400 Russian pilots working in Angola would have to pass new flying tests.
The Angolan Association of Pilots welcomed the decision, saying Russian pilots often are accused of flying while drunk and failing to maintain their aircraft.
Angolan aviation experts also traveled in September to Moscow to urge Russian authorities to stop exporting rundown aircraft to Angola.
In March, a Soviet-made Antonov 36 crashed during takeoff in central Angola. Three people were killed and 30 injured.


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From the event brochure, November 10, 2005
Guest Speaker Emma Wirt Schutz was born in Florida where she grew up and attended Florida State College for Women in Tallahasee. Following that Emma attended Duke University School of Nursing in Durham, Norht Carolina. She graduated with a BS in Nursing from Duke University in 1942 and joing the Army Medical Unit of Duke University, also known as 65th General Hospital, where she served for three years. During two of these years Emma as stationed in England caring for the 8th Air Force casualties during World War II. Following her discharge in 1945 she worked at Children's Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.
Mrs. Schutz and her husband later lived in Buffalo and Elmira before coming to the Ithaca area in 1962. As the mother of a daughter and a son, she as also a nurse at Sage Hospital which was part of Cornell University at the time. Emma later began teaching nursing at the School of Practical Nursing which is now part of the Tompkins Cortland Community College Associate Degree Program. She taught nursing for 18 1/2 years. Retired from nursing since 1983, Emma is a resident at Longview.
Guest Speaker Edward T. Green '42 was born on April 19, 1921 in New Jersey and grew up in the Hackettstwon area. He graduated from Ithaca College in 1942 with a BS in Music Education. While at Ithaca he studied French horn. Receiving his master's degree from Syracuse University in 1947 and his doctorate from Syracuse in 1965, Dr. Green spent his entire career working in education. He served as school principal, school superintendent and later as a Professor of Education Administration at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Green also has served in many capacities in educational organizations, Boy Scouts, service clubs, and was choir director at his church for 23 years.
Edward met Mrs. Green (Meg) at Ithaca College during his freshman year. They have three daughters and currently live at Longview where he is president of the Indpendent Residents Council.
Dr. Green's wartime experience includes three years in the US and European Theater from 1943 to 1946. At the time of his discharge he was a Master Sergeant with the 13th Airborne Division.
Master of Ceremonies Shirley Hockett enlisted in the US Navy early in 1942 as a candidate for commission as Ensign. She received this rank after vigorous training for a six-week period at Mount Holyoke College. Shirley served under the commander of the personnel office in Washington DC and was honorably discharged early in 1944.


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This is the quick guide to installing your new security system from Used Tags.
Installing your Security System(s).
- Determine the distance away from the door the tower should be placed. This can be found on the website under your product.
- Place the baseplate(s) on the floor where you will be placing the tower(s).
- Remove the sidecover(s) from the security tower and plug in the power supply and wires.
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Our Shepparton Campus invited guest speaker Bronwyn Beadle into the class of their CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support students to discuss pays, resumes, and what it's actually like to work in an Aged Care Facility. Ms Beadle is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and DON (Director of Nursing) at Nagambie Health. She has the authority over all staff and clients in the facility and is accountable to the governing body of Aged Care.
Ms Beadle discussed professionalism in applying for positions, correct presentation of yourself, and suggested tips on researching the particular organisation before attending an interview. She discussed the criteria that people need to meet to apply for a job in Aged Care.
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officially announced that Scott Buck got a new two-year overall deal with Showtime, which still wants to keep the franchise alive. After being negative to a possible return to Dexter, Michael C. Hall recently revealed that he wouldn't rule out a return to the role of Dexter Morgan in an all-new spin-off series. What do you think? Will Michael agree to play everyone's favorite serial killer again? Vote below and discuss!
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Open enrollment for 2014 health insurance coverage in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace ends March 31.
Open enrollment for 2014 health insurance coverage in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace ends March 31.
Those who are eligible for the marketplace and don't enroll by this date may have to pay a penalty fee. They also have to pay for all of their health care. They will not be protected from the kind of high medical bills that can sometimes lead to bankruptcy.
According to the marketplace Web site, www.HealthCare.gov, the fee for 2014 and beyond is calculated in one of two ways and the person will have to pay whichever amount is higher.
One calculation is 1 percent of a person's yearly household income. This is only the amount of income above the tax file threshold — $10,150 for an individual. The maximum penalty is the national average yearly premium for a bronze plan.
The second calculation is $95 per person for the year, with $47.50 per child under 18. The maximum penalty per family using this method is $285.
The way the penalty is calculated, a single adult with household income of less than $19,650 would pay the $95 flat rate. A single adult with household income above $19,650 would pay an amount based on the 1 percent rate. If income is less than $10,150, no penalty is owed.
The penalty increases every year. In 2015 it's 2 percent of income or $325 per person. In 2016, and later years, it's 2.5 percent of income or $695 per person. After that it's adjusted for inflation.
Consumers may buy marketplace insurance outside the open enrollment period only if there is a qualifying life event such as marriage, divorce, birth or adoption of a child or loss of a job.
Thousands of New Hampshire residents last month signed up for health coverage according to www.CoveringNewHampshire.org, a Web site designed to be more user friendly than the government site.
That brings the total of Granite Staters who have enrolled in the ACA exchange to 21,578 since the marketplace opened last October. New Hampshire is one of only a handful states that have met or surpassed federal sign-up targets.
New Hampshire had an estimated 150,000 uninsured residents, with 43,256 people estimated to be eligible for discounts in the marketplace.
There are 11 plans available to New Hampshire residents. The state is partnering with the federal government to manage the health insurance marketplace in New Hampshire.
Consumers can make their calculations on www.CoveringNewHampshire.org and choose a plan, but they still have to go to www.HealthCare.org to sign up.
There are events throughout the state where certified assisters are available to answer questions and guide people through the enrollment process.
These events are being held each day through March 31. A list of events is available on www.CoveringNewHampshire.org, as well as a list of in-person assisters and brokers who can help with enrollment.
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#GuildChat for 10/14/16: Learning in Our Work
Our next #GuildChat takes place Friday, October 14th at 11AM PT/2PM ET. This week we're discussing learning in our work
There are many ways to look at workflow learning. From a formal learning vantage point it would appear to be about bringing learning content closer to the point of work. Some examples can include performance support and micro-learning. Another side of it is the learning we gain from doing our work, the informal learning through ah-ha moments and repetition leads to greater understanding. Reflection on the tasks as they complete as well as conversations with others helps build deeper understanding.
In this week's #GuildChat we will explore together what workflow learning looks in various contexts. We will discuss the role of the individual in their own learning process as well as the role of learning professionals in supporting both formal learning approaches and informal ones.
Join us this week on #GuildChat to hear what others are doing in their efforts to support learning in the work and expand your understanding.
Prospective questions:
Q1. How do you monitor your learning in your work?
Q2. Do you find time to reflect on your work experiences? What does it look like?
Q3. What types of resources do you draw upon to help you do your job?
Q4. Do you Work Out Loud? What does it look like?
Q5. How can learning professionals support (formal) learning IN employees work?
Q6. How can learning professionals support (informal) learning IN employees work?
Q7. What prevents people from learning more in/from their work?
Q8. What technologies can be useful to help people better learn in/from their work?
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CERIC-ERIC call for proposals for access to integrated multidisciplinary facilities for Materials and Biomaterials (Deadlines: 3 Sept. 2018; 1 Oct. 2018)
In the framework of the long-standing cooperation between the CEI Secretariat and the Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC), the CEI is glad to announce the recently launched CERIC-ERIC call for proposals.
CERIC-ERIC is offering access to nearly 50 complementary instruments and support laboratories, as well as the opportunity of getting support for mobility for two users per proposal, and awards for high-quality open access publications.
Access to CERIC is open to researchers worldwide, free of charge, upon the condition that results are published and CERIC acknowledged. Partial financial support for mobility is available.
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UN reports (2002‑2005) reveal several differences in worldwide adoption of e‑Government by public administration (PA). This research conducts an analysis of the impact of the national culture on e‑ Government adoption by PA to attempt to explain these differences. The impact of culture, as defined by Hofstede, is tested at the level of Web Measure Index and at the different stages of e‑Government evolution. The regression analysis and Pearson's coefficients show the importance of Individualism and Uncertainty Avoidance. Power Distance has lower impact on e‑Government adoption. The level of education attainment moderates these relationships.
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Keywords: business process modeling, citizen participation, computer self-efficacy, continuance intention, customer orientation, e-democracy, e-government, electronic government, evaluation, IT project management, legal design, legal visualization, municipal managers, national culture, public value, recommendation, social value, stages of e-government evolution, technology acceptance model, trust, Web Measure Index


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Yoga found me while I was living in Seattle, Washington in 2001. I had moved as far away from my roots in the South on the hunt for adventure and new scenery. My husband and I were encouraged to 'find something new as a couple' while we were struggling in our marriage and being counseled. Together, we took our first class. Soon thereafter, we found a Baptiste studio and I knew right away I had found my home.
There was no bolt of lightning, but I felt something awesome and experienced an amazing connection to people in the room and to my own spirit. I was lit up and didn't really know why…but I knew I wanted to come back.
After lots of years and lots of yoga in the Pacific Northwest, my Southern roots called me back closer to home. I landed on the Florida coast and went to work embracing what I knew I was created to do. My passion is being a student and teacher of this practice…and my greatest joy every day is sharing it with others. Big Fish Power Yoga is the result of that joy and desire to share. We opened our doors in September 2010 and are lighting up the Atlantic coast! I am blessed beyond measure and being a studio owner and Certified Baptiste Instructor are two of those amazing blessings. One great surprise in life has been seeing my husband attend Level One and return to his life here lit up and sharing in the classroom. Pretty awesome.


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3D-like Visuals without Glasses on the iPad & Other Displays
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) reports on a prototype app by the Engineering Human-Computer Interaction Research group that uses the iPad 2's front facing camera to track head movements and create a compeling 3D-like visual effect without any special display hardware.
iPad 2 gets glasses-free 3D display using front-facing camera for head tracking
Video courtesy of DocteurCube
However, you don't need an iPad 2 or the prototype to get an idea of how this visual parallax effect works. The $1.99 HoloToy app uses an accelerometer to detect a device's movement and then adjusts the graphics to simulate a 3D-like view. The result is quite compelling and very entertaining. You can see an early test in the video below by HoloToy's developer using the Kinect to provide head tracking for a PC-based app similar to the iPad based one described by TUAW.
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Judd Vance says: "Great One once used a quote I committed to memory about good games: they don't reveal all their secrets in one play."
The Great One he refers to is Mark Herman.
One thing I am dissatisfied with GMT games is that they publish "sanitized" version of the conflicts. As an internal auditor by trade, I can see the points argued always on both sides, both angles. But one thing is more important - the truth. Nobody would ever believe you have already balanced both sides' views. They just won't believe it and keep arguing. In the end, this is just a commercial product. That's why Robert can't get the game published under GMT banner (or he doesn't even want to). The voices have been heard and respected. Someone gotta make a decision, folks!
On combat system in wargames, I prefer dice and charts always to deterministic model of wargame. Let me call the first one as "uncertainty" model. I believe there is no certainty in winning a battle just because you manage to achieve certain odds, say 3:1. I remember when I played the first ever Hong Kong "modern" wargame back in 1987, the battle model uses "tactics" card to determine combat results. Each player plays a tactics card and the result is determined by comparison of the two in a table. Soon, players know what best card is to use at certain odds. Variations there were but small enough to feel repetitive after several game plays.
Sometimes I feel I am baking the rules of the game into the world and try to manipulate things to fit in...
I was talking about rulebook on BGG the other day. Constructing a rulebook by the game designer is not easy and it might often be more of a work by the developer. The rules should be carefully constructed and shouldn't expect the players to find them out by implications. One of the joy in wargaming is reading rulebook and finding every questions have been answered by the rulebook itself and need no further clarifications from the game designer.
What was your last rulebook reading that gave you joy and always answered your questions during gameplay without reverting to internet?
I am a totally converted Vassal nerd now as I play many games at the same time with different distant opponents now via PBeM. The great thing is that you can get a lot more time to think through the next moves and browse through the rules before committing them. Actually I learn a lot more about the complex wargames this way than face-to-face session, which is often time limited to an afternoon or so, while flipping rulebook consumes most of the time instead of playing.
Out of wrapper for the game Moscow' 41 from VentoNuovo Games in Italy. Although the components are nice, a huge disappointment to find none of the stretch goals of the Kickstarter campaign that are supposed to be in the game. Perhaps it is because they rush to deliver the games out of the door - one of the very few Kickstarter campaign that delivers before its estimated delivery and not delay. It's happy to receive the game but it's annoying that you have to follow up the matter with the company, which takes time with an Italian. The problem compounds when I am the only backer of the Club Bundle which has four games. That means I have to chase down four sets of stretch goals for my fellow wargamers!
Waterloo 1815: Fallen Eagles by Hexasim is definitely my current favorite as I am engaged in a total of four PBeM Vassal games with it. The simple command, movement, fire and melee combat systems are integrated well in a semi-ASL like sequence of play in which offensive fire happens before movement, while opportunity and defensive fire are performed before melee. The quality factor check of the lead unit in a stack speak of the nature of Napoleonic warfare. On the surface there are a lot of details but ultimately they are smoothed up for just about right complexity level for a Napoleonic operational level wargame. I just love to play it.
I have completed the game of the new magazine edition World War I quite some time ago via Vassal. One thing I am pretty darn sure: this updated version of World War I game is much better and far more like what was happening in the War than Avalon Hill classic "Guns of August". Maybe it is because the War is treated at different scale. But I prefer this magazine edition game as my best experience with strategic level WWI wargame for WWI, perhaps not better than Clash of Empires but at least on par in terms of game design. There are quite a bunch of strategic choices available to you as Supreme Commander and the bricks cement well as a whole. Of awesomeness is the fact that the map covers all theatres in one go. Although I have some hard time fighting with the rules still but I suspect a good opponent would bring out the best of time with the game. I am grateful to have that opponent Anthony as I played both games with him.


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Geek Fandoms by Politics?
Do different geek fandoms appeal to different political types?
As the UK Election results come in, it's got me thinking: who votes which way and why?
Of course fandoms can belong to anyone, whatever their politics. After all, whatever my views, I like all these shows!
And looking at 'Political Compass', the biggest parties aren't even that far apart: see the UK 2015 Election and US 2012 Election here.
But off the top of my head, here are my hunches for how some fandoms might skew. I'd love to hear what you think about this:
Alien movie series:
The Alien movies feature the ultimate sociopathic corporation, evil biological weapons and a distrust of the military, while celebrating the 'common' soldier. I'm calling this series for the left wing.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
With a kick-ass female hero, single mother, nerdy NPR listener type librarian, techno-pagan teacher, 'good' demons, a lesbian best friend and a public high school setting, this series screams 'socially liberal' to me.
Doctor Who:
This one is a mixture!
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Gear note: For this review I used an HRT HeadStreamer DAC/Amp connected to a PC using Foobar2000 to play FLAC-format music tracks, and also an iStreamer DAC connected to an iPhone4s and pre-assembled Objective2 by JDS headphone amp to play 320k CBR MP3 conversions of my FLAC tracks. The FLAC tracks range from 44 to 96 khz depending on their source.
Based on use with the headphone amp and using the iPhone sans amp, the H/K CL's efficiency is greater than average for this type of headphone. Testing with an iPod Nano (touchscreen variety) and average-volume tracks that are lower in volume than what Amazon or iTunes typically sells, I can still get volume well above loud, and loud for me is pretty loud.
Getting to the sound first, the Harman/Kardon CL is treble shy, and so I used Treble Booster EQ on the iPhone and the equivalent EQ setting in Foobar. This review is based entirely on that EQ'd sound since I found that even with that EQ setting, the treble still did not come up to the level that my other headphones have - Philips L1, ATH M50, Shure 1840 to name a few. Compared to my B&W P5 and Bose OE2 headphones, the treble of the H/K CL is lower than the P5 and slightly greater than the OE2. All of the following comments are based on the EQ'd sound, and the H/K CL's sound is high fidelity. The highs have no tendency to be sharp, edgy or sibilant. It's interesting to note that the H/K CL, B&W P5 and Bose OE2 all have the same basic earpad design.
The mids are very good, and whether anyone would perceive them as slightly forward or recessed will depend on the recording itself, since there is no significant midrange peak or dip that I can detect. The bass is not as strong as the ATH M50, but the M50 sound is slightly emphasized in the upper bass and moreso in the lower bass. While I like the M50's bass better than the so-called neutral bass of the Sennheiser HD800 for example, the H/K CL's bass is much closer to the neutral variety, but it's not shy in any sense of the term - it goes all the way down without rolling off.
I don't know how many reviewers rate the overall sound quality of their headphones according to their price, but it's reasonable to assume that some of them do. I don't exactly do that, but I would like to point out that the lower the price of a hi-fi headphone the less likely that the drivers will be precisely matched, or that all of the samples of that headphone model will sound alike with very small variances. In the case of the H/K CL, looking very close at the build quality and finish, it looks good enough to suggest that the drivers and other internals are probably spec'd very closely as well. With approximately 20 hours of play time so far, I don't hear any major changes in the sound.
The H/K CL is a supraaural (on ear) closed-back headphone. The cable is single-sided and detachable, disconnecting at the earcup. The stereo miniplug has the Apple i-device configuration, and where my Objective2 amp doesn't make a secure connection with some of those, the H/K CL cable works perfectly. The end that plugs into the left earcup is a 2.5 mm stereo sub-mini plug. The cord is 2.5 mm thick and looks fairly durable. It's much thicker than the B&W P5's cord, which is comforting to know. If you needed a replacement cable and couldn't get the H/K CL cable right away, any cable with a 2.5 mm stereo plug on one end and 3.5 mm stereo plug on the other end should work as well, without the Apple controls of course. There is no 6.5 mm (1/4 inch) adapter plug supplied with the H/K CL.
Construction is all metal with an inner/outer headband design, where the inner headband is leather padded. Two outer headbands are supplied and the smaller of the two is mounted on the headphone by default. I switched to the larger headband, even though the smaller headband worked well by pulling the earcups down further. There are no slider or click-stop adjustments on the headband, so the fit is accomplished by placing the padded inner headband on top of your head and pulling the earcups down. I've had other headphones that work this way, but none of those were as instantly-fitting or as comfortable as the H/K CL. The clamping force is lighter than average for a closed-back headphone, and while I don't feel any excess warmth wearing it indoors, it may get slightly warm outdoors on a hot day.
The H/K CL is slightly larger than the B&W P5, but that alone would not be a factor in portability - i.e. the ability to pull the earcups down on a headphone and wear it around your neck all day when not in use. Since the earcups on the H/K CL pull down by stretching, they return to the retracted position when worn around the neck. This particular arrangement may not be satisfactory for some people but I get along with it. The earcups fold flat and sit right on my collar bones which doesn't bother me, but your experience may be different. The earcup rotation is excellent either direction so getting a good fit on different head sizes and shapes should not be a problem.
Walking around with the headphone on, it didn't have any tendency to shift on my head, but leaning forward or making other moves will cause it to shift unless your hair blocks it from moving. The H/K CL comes with a soft plastic carry pouch which would protect it from dust, but I would prefer a rigid compact carrycase for use in airline luggage etc. The H/K CL's isolation is moderate - high frequencies are attenuated well, but mids are suppressed less than 10 db from what I can tell. Leakage is very low so use in a corporate cubicle would be no problem even at fairly high volumes.
Now that I've covered the basics and the sound, it's time to describe how the H/K CL sounds with a variety of music that's available on CD's or as high-quality downloads from Internet music stores. I've used the following examples in other reviews, so these will serve as good test tracks for this review and the results can also be compared to the results noted in the other reviews.
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (~1980): Strong midrange sound effects - this is a good worst-case test for resonant-type sounds in the most sensitive midrange area. Handled very well by the H/K CL.
Beethoven Symphony 9, Solti/CSO (1972): Good overall sound although the H/K CL reproduces the triangles, bells and other high-frequency instruments with less detail than my other more expensive headphones. Of special note for this headphone are the bass impacts beginning around 10:30 of the fourth movement. It's a good headphone that has such a strong, solid deep bass impact yet no significant mid or upper bass emphasis.
Blues Project - Caress Me Baby (1966): Rarely mentioned, but one of the greatest white blues recordings ever. The loud piercing guitar sound at 0:41 into the track is a good test for distortion or other problems. Handled well here.
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (1976): Good sound quality - this is a great test for any nasality in the midrange. Handled well by the H/K CL.
Buffalo Springfield - Kind Woman (~1968): A Richie Furay song entirely, rarely mentioned, but one of the best sounding rock ballads ever. This will sound good on most headphones, but it's very good with the H/K CL.
Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken (early 70's): A near-perfect test for overall sound - this track will separate the best sounding headphones from the lesser quality types. Nothing specific, except that almost any deviation from perfect reproduction will stand out with this track. Sounds good with the H/K CL.
Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic (~1991): Goth with industrial overtones - I like this since it's a great music composition and the sound effects are smoothly integrated into the mix. This may sound distorted or mushy with some headphones, but the H/K CL renders the deliberate instrumental distortions clearly.
Def Leppard - Bringin' On The Heartbreak (1981): MTV goth/pop/metal at its best - good ambience and high energy - the better headphones will separate the details and make for a good experience. Lesser quality and the details tend to mush together. Sounds very good with the H/K CL.
J.S. Bach - E. Power Biggs Plays Bach in the Thomaskirche (~1970): Recorded on a tracker organ in East Germany, the tracks on this recording have the authentic baroque sound that Bach composed for, albeit the bellows are operated by motor today. The H/K CL plays the tones seamlessly through the upper limits of the organ, which cover nearly the full range of human hearing. Of special note are the pedal notes - tracker organs have low-pressure pipes and don't typically produce the kind of impact around 20-35 hz that modern organs do. A headphone that's lacking even a little in the low bass will sound especially bass-shy with this type of organ, but the H/K CL delivers the full experience of this music.
Jamming With Edward - It Hurts Me Too (1969): Intended originally as a test to fill studio down time and set recording levels etc., this was released a few years later for hardcore Rolling Stones fans. Although not as good technically in every aspect as the Chess studio recordings of 1964, and in spite of the non-serious vocals by Mick Jagger, this rates very high on my list of white blues recordings, and sounds absolutely delicious with the H/K CL.
Jimmy Smith - Basin Street Blues (early 60's): This track has some loud crescendos of brass and other instruments that don't sound clean and musical on some headphones. The H/K CL provides good reproduction. Listen particularly to the second crescendo at 15 seconds in, for maximum detail effect.
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (~2009): Featured in The September Issue, this song has heavy overdub and will sound a bit muddy on some headphones. Sounds OK with the H/K CL.
Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery - Delilah (Take 3) (1962): The vibraphone is heavily dependent on harmonics to sound right, and the H/K CL plays it very well.
Pink Floyd/Dark Side of the Moon - Speak To Me (1973): Strong deep bass impacts will be heard and felt here.
Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues (1968): Dirty, gritty blues that very few white artists could match. On some headphones the vocals and guitar lack the edge and fall more-or-less flat. If you're a really good person, playing this song will probably make you feel nervous and uneasy.
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (1962): Frank Sinatra's favorite singer. Highest recommendation. With some of the best headphones, the sibilants on this recording are very strong, but they're not an issue with the H/K CL.


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RAWALPINDI: FIA Cyber Crime Wing has arrested a medical student in Rawalpindi in case of online harassment of female students firstly asking friendship with them and then sending dishonest pictures and demanding for money.
While talking to media, FIA's deputy director Shahid Hussain told that a sophomore student is arrested from Noshehra Medical College on a complaint of a female student from Islamabad University.
That girl told FIA Cyber Crime Wing that accused student was blackmailing her on Facebook. She further added that the suspect has many bogus accounts on Facebook through which he sends the request to girls and afterward starts online harassment by sending filthy content and demanding money.
The litigators told FIA team that such people send the request to girls and demanding their pictures. After that these pictures edited into pornographic contents and thus harassed girls by demanding money.
Deputy Director told that many girls committed suicide in such situations because they could not tell their parents that someone is harassing them by filthy contents.