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This is the forty-second in a series of examinations of comic book urban legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous forty-one.
Let's begin!
NOTE: The column is on three pages, a page for each legend. There's a little "next" button on the top of the page and the bottom of the page to take you to the next page (and you can navigate between each page by just clicking on the little 1, 2 and 3 on the top and the bottom, as well).
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Gerry Conway did not intend to include the "snap" in the death of Gwen Stacy
STATUS: False
One of the most controversial issues in comic book history was Amazing Spider-Man #121, which featured the death of Peter Parker's girlfriend, Gwen Stacy.
One of the most controversial aspects of the comic was HOW Gwen died. As seen in the following panel, there was a tiny snap when Spider-Man attempts to snare her after she has been tossed off a bridge by the Green Goblin.
It is not clear in the comic whether she was actually killed by the snap to hear neck or shock from falling. In fact, the Green Goblin actually argues that it WASN'T the snap that did her in, yelling to Spider-Man, "Romantic idiot! She was dead before your webbing reached her! A fall from that height would kill anyone-before they struck the ground!"
In fact, in a bizarre event rarely seen in comic of the day, Marvel took the letter column of #125 to specifically address the death of Gwen Stacy (also, to defend Stan Lee and Gerry Conway). Part of the piece was, in a way, a comic book autopsy. The column reads,
it saddens us to have to say that the whiplash effect she underwent when Spidey's webbing stopped her so suddenly was, in fact, what killed her. In short, it was impossible for Peter to save her. He couldn't have swung down in time; the action he did take resulted in her death; if he had done nothing, she still would certainly have perished. There was no way out.
However, the snapping action is different than literally having her neck snap.
In some reprints of the story, the little "snap" noise has been excised. Stan Lee (in Comic Buyers Guide #1277) even expressed some unease with the idea of her neck snapping, "I wasn't aware of that. To me, that's a little too - I don't think we have to know her neck snapped, you know what I mean?"
Therefore, perhaps BECAUSE of this unease, for awhile, different creators involved with the issue, from artist Gil Kane to letterer Artie Simek even to Art Director, John Romita, were rumored to have added the little "snap" sound effect.
However, at the end of the day, Gerry Conways admits that it was part of his initial story idea.
In Tom DeFalco's book of interviews, Comics Creators on Spider-Man, Gerry Conway speaks of including the snap, and how "It's one of a very few inspired moments in my career when my subconscious mind made a choice that meant so much more than my conscious mind ever intended."
So, if you want to blame, or praise, someone for the snap, blame/praise Gerry Conway.
(Thanks to Peter Sanderson for the Conway quote, Al Sjoerdsma for the Lee quote and Arnold T. Blumberg for the quote from #125)
On the next page, did the real-life inspiration for Kitty Pryde have to change her name because of the character?


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There is no Apple iPhone 5. At least not yet. The much-hyped announcement on Oct. 4 revealed that there will be a new version of iOS and an improved iPhone called the iPhone 4S. But the much-anticipated iPhone 5 was never mentioned.
Perhaps the biggest news was that Sprint will finally get an iPhone. But the plans for eventual world smartphone domination by Apple haven't been shelved. Those plans are just progressing along a slightly different path than the prognosticators thought.
The bottom line is that the iPhone 4S eliminates many of the iPhone 4's shortcomings. It has an internal antenna switching system that should reduce if not eliminate the problems with the original antenna causing signal loss if held the wrong way. The new iPhone 4S has a much faster processor, better graphics, a better camera and high-definition video. Perhaps more important over the long term is that all iPhone 4Ss will be world phones: They will work with both Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and GSM networks. The price will remain the same as it was, with the iPhone 4S starting at $199 with a two-year contract.
The dual network provision is a real convenience for iPhone customers that travel, but it's better yet for Apple because it simplifies its manufacturing. Apple only needs to make one phone with a choice of case colors. Ultimately, this will lead to a lower cost for Apple when it makes the iPhone 4S. That lower cost could ultimately lead to more iPhones globally, where price is a very significant factor and subsidies are rare.
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But Apple isn't planning to build a global market for the iPhone on just the iPhone 4S. The original iPhone 4 will remain on sale and cost $99 in the United States with a two-year contract. The iPhone 3GS will be available for free with a two-year contract. In other words, Apple is bringing the iPhone out of the realm of luxury products and into the world of real people. As long as one of the carriers that sells the iPhone 4 and 3GS is in your area, there's little reason not to buy one.
Perhaps the other reason Apple will make a big impact on the world of smartphones is the release of iOS 5, which adds a number of much-needed features, such as Siri, a personal assistant using voice recognition; a version of Safari with tabbed browsing; and iMessage (Apple's version of BlackBerry Messenger), a notifications bar that's revealed by flicking your finger down from the top of the screen-like the one in Android devices.

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From Proteopedia
Carbonic Anhydrase II Complexed With N-[2-(1H-Indol-5-yl)-butyl]-4-sulfamoyl-benzamide
Structural highlights
[CAH2_HUMAN] Defects in CA2 are the cause of osteopetrosis autosomal recessive type 3 (OPTB3) [MIM:259730]; also known as osteopetrosis with renal tubular acidosis, carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome, Guibaud-Vainsel syndrome or marble brain disease. Osteopetrosis is a rare genetic disease characterized by abnormally dense bone, due to defective resorption of immature bone. The disorder occurs in two forms: a severe autosomal recessive form occurring in utero, infancy, or childhood, and a benign autosomal dominant form occurring in adolescence or adulthood. Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis is usually associated with normal or elevated amount of non-functional osteoclasts. OPTB3 is associated with renal tubular acidosis, cerebral calcification (marble brain disease) and in some cases with mental retardation.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
[CAH2_HUMAN] Essential for bone resorption and osteoclast differentiation (By similarity). Reversible hydration of carbon dioxide. Can hydrate cyanamide to urea. Involved in the regulation of fluid secretion into the anterior chamber of the eye.[6] [7]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Combinatorial small molecule growth algorithm was used to design inhibitors for human carbonic anhydrase II. Two enantiomeric candidate molecules were predicted to bind with high potency (with R isomer binding stronger than S), but in two distinct conformations. The experiments verified that computational predictions concerning the binding affinities and the binding modes were correct for both isomers. The designed R isomer is the best-known inhibitor (K(d) approximately 30 pM) of human carbonic anhydrase II.
Combinatorial computational method gives new picomolar ligands for a known enzyme.,Grzybowski BA, Ishchenko AV, Kim CY, Topalov G, Chapman R, Christianson DW, Whitesides GM, Shakhnovich EI Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Feb 5;99(3):1270-3. Epub 2002 Jan 29. PMID:11818565[8]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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So in my most recent leaf work I decided to work with a bit more colour - a lot more colour in fact.
This new piece, aptly titled 'Autumn leaf' used 7 different thread colours ranging from a vibrant yellow through to a bright red. I got a bit sneaky with how I stitched the piece so the colours are blended to achieve a seamless gradation of colour.
'Autumn Leaf' (2014)
Embroidery thread, pins and glass rods on paper.
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FDA about to ban most natural supplements, vitamins, and superfoods in US
It seems the FDA recently had an exciting 4th of July weekend. On the Friday before that long weekend, it proposed in a 47-page document that all nutritional and supplemental ingredients be required to file with the FDA to prove their safety. And the kicker is that it is retroactive back to 1994! What this means is that all nutritional supplements (including multivitamins, superfoods, and other common supplements like resveratrol, curcumin, hyaluronic acid, acai berry, and millions of others) will be banned.
This is nothing more than a direct frontal attack by Big Pharma to kill the natural supplement industry. They are scared of the competition (as most big companies are) and are using their age-old tactic of using government bureaucracy to prevent you from using the supplements you want.
There is nothing to indicate that there is any real epidemic of supplement-related deaths or injuries, and definitely nothing to ban all of them that were made in the last 17 years.
Some think that it's not a big deal; that the supplement companies can just file their paperwork and be good with the FDA. But it is not that easy. The costs of getting all the tests done that the FDA requires costs millions and millions of dollars. Most natural supplement companies are small and simply cannot afford that kind of expense. And they will go out of business while the tests and filings are done because it takes months, and commonly years, to complete. It is how the big companies kill their competition because the big pharma companies have billions of dollars to spend, so to drop $10-20 million on tests is a small cost of business. But that expense is death for a company that makes only $1 million a year.
This new rule is designed to destroy your ability to choose on your own the supplements you want to use, if any. That is why they passed it on July 1, the afternoon of a Friday before a long holiday weekend.
I highly suggest stocking up on as many of the supplements you use, to prepare for the day they disappear off the shelves like the very effective Ephedra did in 2004. You can write to your federal representatives as well and tell them to direct the FDA to drop this rule, but Congress moves at glacial pace compared to the bureaucracies like the FDA who are not run by elected officials who are accountable to voters.
Stocking up now before the runs on the stores occur is something you can, and should, do quickly. Buy as much as you can comfortably afford.
Read the following for more information about this:
- Dietary Supplements Face Overkill While FDA-Approved Drugs Have a License To Kill
- FDA unleashes end game scheme to outlaw virtually all dietary supplements formulated after 1994


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2006 Epi Profile Acknowledgments
This profile was compiled by Marc V. Wiehn, Luther Consulting, LLC.
For inquiries or questions please contact me at:
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Characteristics of human encounters and social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact: a survey in Southwest Uganda
- 2018/04/11
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- le Polain de Waroux O
- Cohuet S
- Ndazima D
- Kucharski AJ
- Juan-Giner A
- Flasche S
- Tumwesigye E
- Arinaitwe R
- Mwanga-Amumpaire J
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- Nackers F
- Checchi F
- Grais RF
- Edmunds WJ
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Quantification of human interactions relevant to infectious disease transmission through social contact is central to predict disease dynamics, yet data from low-resource settings remain scarce.
We undertook a social contact survey in rural Uganda, whereby participants were asked to recall details about the frequency, type, and socio-demographic characteristics of any conversational encounter that lasted for ≥5 min (henceforth defined as 'contacts') during the previous day. An estimate of the number of 'casual contacts' (i.e. < 5 min) was also obtained.
In total, 566 individuals were included in the study. On average participants reported having routine contact with 7.2 individuals (range 1-25). Children aged 5-14 years had the highest frequency of contacts and the elderly (≥65 years) the fewest (P < 0.001). A strong age-assortative pattern was seen, particularly outside the household and increasingly so for contacts occurring further away from home. Adults aged 25-64 years tended to travel more often and further than others, and males travelled more frequently than females.
Our study provides detailed information on contact patterns and their spatial characteristics in an African setting. It therefore fills an important knowledge gap that will help more accurately predict transmission dynamics and the impact of control strategies in such areas.


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Wimbledon Young Professional Group
WSM were out in force last night at the second Wimbledon Young Professional Group (WYPG) of 2014.
The event, sponsored by The Clear Group and run by Morrisons Solicitors, was held at Berties Wine Bar, conveniently located just across the road from our office.
Morrisons founded WYPG in 2009 "With the aim of helping people in the area meet like-minded professionals". All young professionals based locally around Wimbledon are welcome to the WYPG events, which provide great networking opportunities away from the hustle and bustle of the workplace.
The team from WSM had a great night and are looking forward to the next WYPG in May.
For more information about WYPG please contact Tristan Cox from Morrisons Solicitors.


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Archery shoot
Saturday-Sunday, April 22-23: Terry Phillips Memorial modified field archery shoot, and a separate statewide 4-H archery shoot sponsored by Sharp Shooters from Roseburg, will be held at Beekman Ridge Archery Range near Butte Falls. Shoot for one day or two, $20 for one day or $35 for two. 4-H shooters shoot for free. Family rates are offered, and kids younger than 12 shoot for free. Marked yardage, food on site, free camping and fishing. Call 541-951-5581 for more information.
Lost Creek Trail Runs
Saturday, April 22: The event features 50K, 30K, 30K relay and a 5K trail races at Joseph H. Stewart State Park day-use area at Lost Creek Lake in Trail. The 50K starts at 8 a.m., 30K starts at 9 a.m., and the 5K starts at 9:15. Race-day registration runs from 7-8:30 a.m. For details and to register, see http://lctrailruns.com/
Rogue Valley Walkers
Saturday, April 22: The 10K Ashland Railroad Walk will meet at 8:45 a.m. at the corner of Siskiyou Boulevard and Sherman Street in Ashland. A 5K (about 3.1 miles) option is available. For more information, call 541-582-6209 or see www.roguevalleywalkers.com.
Table Rocks guided hikes
The Nature Conservancy and BLM sponsor free hikes during weekends in April and May. The hikes are generally limited to 20 people who preregister for the treks. Hikers meet at the Upper or Lower Table Rock trailheads for a moderate-grade hike of up to 4.5 miles round-trip that takes 3 to 5 hours. To register, go online at http://TableRockHikes2017.eventbrite.com or call BLM at 541-618-2200.
Saturday, April 22: 9 a.m., Upper Table Rock. Michael Karnosh, with the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, will lead a hike delving into the traditional and culturally important plants of the tribes whose ancestors include the original residents of the Table Rocks area. Molly Morison, stewardship coordinator for The Nature Conservancy, he will discuss modern day Tribal management of conservation properties and various partnerships.
Domingo, 23 de Abril: 1 p.m., Lower Table Rock. Caminata Familiar en español: Evan Barrientos, empleado de The Nature Conservancy, guiará una caminata a través de Lower Table Rock en español. Mientras disfrutando del paisaje y la tranquilidad de este hermoso sitio, Ud. aprenderá sobre las plantas, animales, historia, y gestión de ello. ¡Descubra un lugar fantástico para explorar con sus hijos o hacer ejercicio! Para obtener más información, llame al 541-770-7933 x 3#.
Saturday, April 29: 9 a.m., Lower Table Rock. Archeologist Jeff LaLande will discuss the role of the Table Rocks in the culture and legends of the Takelma Indians, as well as the history of the Table Rocks area during the "Indian Wars" of the 1850s.
Saturday, April 29: 9 a.m., Upper Table Rock. Geologist Jad D'Allura and soils specialist Joni Brazier will discuss the formation of the Table Rocks and the unique geological features and soils along a hike to the top of this ancient lava flow.
Sunday, April 30: 10 a.m., Upper Table Rock. Sarah "Bee Girl" Red-Laird and botanist Sasha Joachims will explore how bee pollination is essential and discuss some pollinator-conservation projects on nearby public lands.
Saturday, May 6: 9 a.m., Lower Table Rock. Two scientists-turned-artists will lead a nature sketching and journaling hike. Botanist and forest ecologist Paula Fong and Darlene Southworth, a retired Southern Oregon University biology professor and watercolorist, will share their perspectives of the landscapes. Bring a sketch pad and pencils or pens; watercolors are optional. Limited to 15 hikers.
Sunday, May 7: 9 a.m., Lower Table Rock. Yoga instructor Amanda Barron will lead a hike that will include basic yoga postures and stretching along the trail and balancing postures at the top. No yoga experience is necessary.
Rogue Riverkeeper talk: The Mysterious Lamprey
Thursday, April 27: Stewart Reid will shed light on one of the most elusive of our native sea-run fishes, the Pacific lamprey. While salmon get all the limelight, lamprey have a unique and amazing life history that has allowed these ancient fish to survive in our local streams for eons. The talk will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the GEOS/Headwaters Building, 84 Fourth St., Ashland. Refreshments available. For more information, email email@example.com orcall 541-488-9831. RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-4-the-mysterious-lamprey-tickets-33467545329
KS Wild hikesThursday, April 27: Pollinator Walk at Upper Table Rock from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. KS Wild and and the Pollinator Project Rogue Valley will lead an early-season pollinator walk to explore spring blooms and newly emerging native bees, wasps and other pollinators. Participants will learn about insect collection and observation skills, about pollinator life cycles and habitat needs, and some of the rare flowers endemic to the Table Rocks. Bring a bag lunch, water and appropriate layers. Butterfly nets, small clear containers and field guides optional. Cameras are highly encouraged. Meet at 10:30 a.m. at the Upper Table Rock trailhead, or to carpool from Ashland, meet at 9:45 at Northwest Nature Shop on Oak Street in Ashland. For more information, see http://kswild.org
Sunday, April 30: Rainie Falls Trail hike, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Moderate, 4-mile round-trip hike will go along the Wild and Scenic section of the Rogue River, where the group may see eagles, osprey, heron or otters. Bring water, comfortable walking shoes, warm layers and lunch. Sign up at kswild.org, email email@example.com, or call 541-488-5789.
Saturday, May 13: Pilot Rock and PCT hike, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This hike will follow the Pacific Crest Trail to the Pilot Rock Trail for a total of 5 easy-moderate miles. The group will see sweeping vistas of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and talk about the expansion area. Bring water, comfortable walking shoes, warm layers and lunch. Sign up at kswild.org, email email@example.com, or call 541-488-5789.
Saturday, May 27: Illinois Valley Wildflower Hike, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This easy hike near the Illinois River will focus on finding and identifying wildflowers found on serpentine soils. Bring lunch, water and wildflower identification books. Sign up at kswild.org, email email@example.com, or call 541-488-5789.
Siskiyou Mountain Club volunteer outings
Volunteers have the opportunity to work with SMC field coordinator Aaron Babcock to strengthen their skills and get to know these areas better. Participants supply food, basic gear, and should be self-sufficient in backcountry settings. SMC provides transportation, tools and leadership.
Monday-Wednesday, May 1-3: Mule Creek Trail, Wild Rogue Wilderness: After a battering winter, there will be plenty of work to do on the Mule Creek Trail, which features pristine gorges, mixed forests and lots of history. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for details and to sign up.
Tuesday-Thursday, May 9-11: Soda Mountain Wilderness: These are not overnight trips, so cherry-pick the dates. Work on the Boccard Point, Pilot Rock, Lone Pilot and Pacific Crest trails. Email email@example.com for details and to sign up.
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy hikes
Reservations are required for SOLC's annual spring hikes. To reserve a slot or to get on a waiting list for a particular hike, as well as details on when and where to meet, see www.landconserve.org.
Saturday, May 6: Kristi Mergenthaler will lead a 10 a.m. wildflower hike through Ashland's Imperatrice property east of Ashland.
Sunday, May 7: SOLC Land Steward Karen Hussey will lead an 8 a.m. birding hike through the Jacksonville Woodlands behind the Britt Festival property.
Siskiyou Velo
Every Saturday: Brisk rides are for strong riders who want to ride in a paceline with occasional sprints and brisk climbs. Speeds are above 20 mph on flats and average of 15 to 18 mph overall. The route and starting point will vary — expect some climbing and, in fact, on most days, a lot. Riders should know how to make repairs. Riders are expected to review online and understand the planned route. The Brisk group is not a no-drop group, slower riders are discouraged. For details, call Dennis Cramer at 541-773-5804.
Every Saturday: Velo Melo meets at various places and rides about 20 miles at 11 to 13 mph on flats with few, if any, pacelines. The routes may include some climbing, but these are usually limited to small rolling hills within the Bear Creek Valley. No one will be dropped. Contact Lisa Brill at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Every Monday: Moderate to brisk rides along a fairly flat route from Phoenix to Jacksonville. Speeds are 18 to 20 mph on the flats and average around 15 to 19 mph overall. The route includes mostly lower volume roads without shoulders and some with moderate traffic and moderately wide shoulders. The exception is on OR 238 (Hanley Road), where there are no shoulders and the volumes are moderate. Call Ray Forsyth at 541-245-0312.
Every Wednesday: This is a ride for experienced cyclists who enjoy riding at a moderate/brisk pace. Pacelines are common but not continuous; speeds are above 20 mph on flats and average of 15 to 18 mph overall. The route may vary but typically it goes through the orchards on the way to Oregon Mountain Roasting Company near East Barnett and North Phoenix Road (approximately 35 miles). The ride will almost always include a stop for coffee/espresso.Call Matt Walker at 541-261-4891.
Riders must wear a helmet, carry a spare tube, and nonmembers must sign an insurance waiver to release the club from liability. See siskiyouvelo.org/about/ for more information.


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With a 150W heat load applied by the Intel LGA115x/775 version of FrostyTech's synthetic thermal test platform, the DeepCool Maelstrom 240 liquid cooling solution yields an excellent result of just 12.7°C over ambient with both its fans running at stock speed (2200RPM, 58.6 dBA noise). At the reduced fan speed setting, the Maelstrom 240 liquid cooler maintains a very good result of 16.8°C over ambient, with just 34.3dBA noise.
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Instagram. YouTube. Facebook Live. These and others are driving the continued growth and interest in online video across multiple industries and applications. In 2017, we saw a 34% increase in worldwide video viewing, according to a report from Limelight Network.
Apr 19, 2005
China Government policy making organizations and media certification agencies, along with Chinese technology and broadband companies, have come together to celebrate the formation of a China Media-on-Demand (MOD) Coalition to create a new media on-demand platform encompassing software, hardware, content, encryption, encoding, content certification, distribution network, payment system, and business protocols for the delivery of rich media content, worldwide.
The IDV Global Media-On-Demand (GMOD) platform supported by the coalition was a top-secret project until premiered at the China MOD Coalition press conference on April 12 in Beijing. This is a scalable, end-to-end system that is intended to supply next generation games, sports events, movies, TV shows, and other interactive entertainment direct to private residences or hotel rooms worldwide, with the same interface, in High Definition (HD) quality video.
IDV GMOD's global media on-demand (MOD) platform solution includes a second generation PC with a 3D "platform-on-platform" architecture developed by IDV, a California-based company. Content will be delivered to consumers by digital feeds from global sources, including a next generation Internet based on the IPv6 technology. Partners will do revenue sharing.
Software Division of Tsinghua University, Beijing, to help direct and develop a next-generation PC operating system (code name OMS) that would be open-source, affordable, easy to use, rich in applications, and secure. The commission is under the leadership of Professor Xiang Chengyu, an advisor to top levels of the China Government and a former teacher to the current Premier of China, Wen Jaibao.


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The Annunakis, the Sumerian gods, used a handful artifact to do his work here on the earth. It's unknown their functions, but is obvious that them are artifacts with powerful technologies. On lifetime and in their presence, this artifact found as ornaments at places inside the temples and in all this relieves on all the sidewalls of the temple.
From there it was seen in the hand of all other gods, at another territories as the Indian land of gods, the Greeks powerfully gods has used it too, as the same have done de Egyptians gods.
Then the Romans used the same artifacts as very helpful for maintains of her power. At least all the Vatican's popes. All of them used the same artifact or as ornament in the same form as has done Dionysius the Greek god and Bacchus the old Greek master god with his bastion.
The pope of this day used the same artifact, the one that has done as the now old Annunakis, the gods of the Sumerian peoples. This I named "the Vatican-Sumerian connection!"
There is more explication for all this themes; http://ovnidigiart.blogspot.com/
Vatican connection with the Sumerians revealed in a video. This video is the summary of my stories began long ago with the issue of Annunakis and continued with the gods of India. Arriving at the botanical garden of the Vatican, where they also find the same ornament, as they used all the gods of Antique.
There is a real connection to the symbols of all the gods with the symbols used in the Vatican! Look at the video again and see the unique stories of Annunakis and symbol of eternal life!
The video: the Vatican - Sumerian Connection
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grilled chick'n caesar salad
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- 1 medium headromaine lettuce, washed, dried
- 2 handfulfrisee, washed, dried
- 1 tblspvegetable oil
- 1 pkggardein teriyaki chick'n strips
- 1 cupcroutons
- 3 tblspcaesar dressing (vegan option available)
- to tasteparmesan, shaved
- 1 tblsplemon juice
- to tasteblack pepper
Wash, dry, and chop romaine lettuce into bite size slices. Toss in bowl with frisee and caesar dressing. Transfer to serving platter.
Prepare medium high heat nonstick pan with 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.
Saute gardein teriyaki chick'n strips for 7-8 minutes from frozen or 2-3 minutes from refrigerated, until golden brown. Add to lettuce and frisee.
Top with crouton, shaved parmesan, lemon juice, and black pepper.


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INDIVIDUAL GAME Web Resources
Individual board wargames have a tremendous presence on the web, and many of them have their own home-grown or assisted Play By Email solutions. If you are interested in any of these, follow the links below. Note that some games have their own "web-communities," such as Axis and Allies, ASL, and the like. In these cases, I'll post a representative page or two that has a plethora of links for you to explore from. My assumption is that if you have web access, and play one of the "community" games, you probably already know about the web links anyway. I think a much more valuable reason for a page like this is to display links to games you didn't know were supported on the web.
Naturally, the foremost resource for this sort of information is the Web Grognards webpage-- this page just presents some of the same material in a more distilled fashion. I created this page mostly as a adjunct resource for PBeM playing. Most resources listed here (if not all of them) have some content devoted to PBeM play.
Publisher Game Resource Title TFG Star Fleet Battles Star Fleet Universe Avalon Hill Diplomacy1 UK Diplomacy Home Page
Avalon Hill
War and Peace
TSR Dawn Patrol Dawn Patrol SPI/TSR Twilight War Avalon Hill Panzerblitz Panzerblitz Avalon Hill Titan Titan Home Page GDW Blue Max Blue Max Home Page GDW Blue Max Jagdstaffeln, a Blue Max fighting area Avalon Hill/Victory Games Ambush/Battle Hymn Lutz's Web Pages: Ambush! and Battle Hymn Boardgame Page SPI/TSR Battle of Britain Lutz's Web Pages: Battle of Britain Boardgame Page Avalon Hill Britannia Britannia PBEM TSR Buck Rogers (Boardgame) Buck Rogers COA Close Action The Official Close Action Homepage
Avalon Hill
Assorted Railroad Games2 (mostly Mayfair) Railroad Games Home Page Avalon Hill Up Front Up Front Main Page Avalon Hill Dune Dune Board Games Avalon Hill Squad Leader (Basic)3 Eric Pass' Squad Leader Page Avalon Hill Empires In Arms Empires in Arms Avalon Hill Empires in Arms (FTP Site) Directory of /pub/eia Avalon Hill Civilization The Civilization Page Avalon Hill Advanced Squad Leader4 John Appel's ASL Page Avalon Hill Advanced Squad Leader VASL Avalon Hill Advanced Squad Leader Patrik Manlig's ASL Page Avalon Hill Advanced Third Reich (FTP Site) Directory of /a3r Avalon Hill/Victory Games Pacific War Homepage of Steen Kastoft Hansen Avalon Hill Panzerblitz Brian McCue's Pictureblitz Rules Avalon Hill Guadalcanal Brian McCue's Play By Photo Guadalcanal Rules Avalon Hill Panzerblitz Brian McCue's Panzerblitz Campaign Rules Avalon Hill Panzerblitz Brian McCues's Double-Blind Panzerblitz Rules Avalon Hill/Metagaming Stellar Conquest ChrisW's Thoughts on Advanced Stellar Conquest Avalon Hill/GDW/Metagaming Stellar Conquest/Imperium/The Company War ChrisW's Double-Blind Play Aids page Avalon Hill/GDW/Metagaming Stellar Conquest/Triplanetary Brian McCue's Stellar Conquest/Triplanetary Rules Columbia Games Rommel in the Desert Improved Rommel in the Desert Charts GDW Triplanetary ChrisW's Triplanetary Map Variants Page GDW Triplanetary ChrisW's Triplanetary Page Avalon Hill/Victory Games Pax Britannica Pax Britannica Avalon Hill/Victory Games Pax Britannica Pax Britannica Homepage Avalon Hill/Victory Games Pax Britannica Don's Pax Britannica Page Avalon Hill/Victory Games Pax Britannica Eric Moore's Pax Britannica Web Home Page Avalon Hill/Victory Games Pax Britannica Pax PBeM Aids XTR Proud Monster Gary's Proud Monster Picture Gallery Avalon Hill Panzerblitz/Leader/A-I Wars Panzerblitz FASA Renegade Legion KANNIK'S RENEGADE LEGION PAGE Avalon Hill Republic of Rome The Colisseum Avalon Hill Republic of Rome Republic of Rome Avalon Hill Global War/Rising Sun/Advanced Third Reich Global War 2000 page Avalon Hill Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series Ed Beach West End Games Rommel in North Africa ROMMEL IN NORTH AFRICAThe War in the Desert 1941 Avalon Hill Up Front Up Front PBW
1 Diplomacy is HUGELY represented on the web. Start from the list of links on the UK page and go from there-- there are just too many to list here and not have this table become repetitive.
2 This page represents a central clearing house of many more railroad game related pages, primarily catering to the community of gamers that play Mayfairs 18XX series, Avalon Hill's 1835 and Railroad Baron, as well as Winsome Games Railroad Series of games.
3 Eric maintains the Squad Leader mailing list, PBeM Game reports, etc. He also has a list of links to other SL sites out there on the web. Check his page first-- I do not add the other pages because I think his page is an adequate jumping off point for this subject.
4 ASL is an even MORE frenetic community than SL is. There are almost a dozen webpages devoted to ASL material that I have in my bookmarks section.. John Appel's page is a great place to start, as well as Patrik Manlig's. Both have substantial links pages devoted to ASL content.


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The way Facebook structures its shareholders' vote is unfair and makes it look like the social media giant went public so its insiders could get rich, shareholder Julie Goodridge said Thursday.
Those insiders, like CEO Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder Eduardo Saverin and investor Marc Andreessen, own Class B shares. That means they get 10 votes per share. Regular investors, on the other hand, own Class A stock and get one vote per share.
SEC filings indicate Class B stockholders control about 74 percent of the voting power.
"Quite truthfully it just makes it look like, what I think is probably true ... Facebook going public was just a liquidity … matter. It was a way to make all of the insiders phenomenally wealthy overnight," the NorthStar Asset Management CEO said in an interview with CNBC's "Closing Bell."
That was evidenced by the fact that they sold $4 billion in shares after Facebook's market debut, she added.


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Irish Consultation on Measures for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Launched
On 27th November Mr Alan Kelly T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, welcomed the publication of a public consultation document entitled 'Marine Strategy Framework Directive Ireland Programme of Measures Public Consultation Document'. This document presents the elements being considered by Ireland for inclusion in a finalised Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) National Programme of Measures, the objective of which is to achieve good environmental status (GES) in Irish marine waters.
The overall aim of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive is to achieve or maintain GES of the European Union's marine environment by 2020.
The finalised Programme of Measures proposal is due to be submitted to the European Commission by 31 March 2016.
The Minister said that the purpose of the public consultation process is to foster community engagement with, and to heighten awareness of, the aims of MSFD and its on-going implementation in Ireland. A Public consultation process has already been completed in relation to the 'Initial Assessment' and 'Monitoring Programme' phases of the Directive and input from interested parties is now welcome in relation to the actions needed to achieve compliance with provisions of the Directive.
Submissions and comments are invited on the draft Programme of Measures, on or before Friday, 29 January 2016. A dedicated email address, email@example.com has been set up to facilitate feedback from stakeholders including eNGOs, industry, the general public and other interested parties.
Further information on the consultation and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive click HERE.


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- Why Nietzsche was not a nihilist and why you are forever trapped in the Wizard of Oz (part one)
- Why Nietzsche was not a nihilist and why you are forever trapped in the Wizard of Oz (part two)
- Why Nietzsche was not a nihilist and why you are forever trapped in the Wizard of Oz (part three)
Dorothy and her motley crew. Armed with the will to power, these are dangerous intellectuals who undermine the authority of the state.
Why Nietzsche was not a nihilist
This is the third and final part, explaining why Nietzsche claims you may be perpetually trapped in the Land of Oz. At the very least, you are perpetually trapped on the yellow brick road.
- Considering Nietzsche's own testimony of his war method, we find that nihilism has all the characteristics of one of his worthy adversaries. Nihilism is a cause that is victorious. It is a cause against which he would not find allies easily, because his only allies would be deists, and these are hardly friendly with Nietzsche after such exhilarating titles such as Beyond Good and Evil and The Antichrist. It follows that Nietzsche would stand alone if he opposed nihilism, which he did in his writings. In fact, in The Antichrist, Nietzsche calls nihilism the will to nothingness, which is contrasted with the will to power. Nietzsche thus sees nihilism in opposition to the will to power. He identifies nihilism as a natural reaction of the Judeo-Christian perspectives to the notion that God is dead, and claims that nihilism is necessary in order to restore the healthy will to power in the populace.
- Considering the opposition of Apollonian and Dionysian impulses in art, it is easy to equate nihilism with a new world order. Nihilism represents the new Apollonian dynasty. With Nietzsche's methods in mind, it is obvious that Nietzsche would rather be the Dionysus of the new dynasty if the new Apollo already showed its face. Only an Apollo that could withstand the attacks of its Dionysus would be worthy of instilling the master morality of the new generation.
- Considering Nietzsche's radical perspectivism, one finds that Nietzsche acknowledges nihilism as a valid perspective, but he does not think that it is sound. Nihilism claims that there is no purpose to existence. Nietzsche believed in eternal recurrence. Eternal recurrence is a kind of determinism, meaning we don't really have free will. Eternal recurrence holds that time is infinite, but matter itself is finite. Since matter is finite, the exact combination of matter is likely to occur several times during the course of infinite time. With regards to the yellow brick road, nihilism says there is no point in moving either way along the yellow brick road. The thought of eternal recurrence holds that if we equate the yellow brick road with infinite time, the yellow brick road would extend forever beyond and before the Emerald City. In such an universe, it is likely to encounter the nihilists sitting on the side of the road, claiming the road leads nowhere. It is likely to encounter several Dorothies at various points along the road, and these various points would all be exact replicas of the Land of Oz. In other words, Nietzsche inverts the nihilistic notion that the yellow brick road leads nowhere and claims instead that the yellow brick road leads everywhere else.
- Considering Nietzsche's theory of master and slave moralities, one could deduce that Nietzsche's purpose is to test all master morality of the next generation. His perspective offers the hindsight of nihilism and Christianity, with its dogmatic requirements of the supernatural and of objective morality. Since these values are attributes of the fallen master moralities of old, Nietzsche rejects them outright. These values are too close for comfort to the values of the wizards who were already behind the curtain, and thus neither nihilism nor Christianity are worthy of pulling the levers in the sequel to the Wizard of Oz.
The Emerald City on the horizon. Eternal recurrence claims we may be forsaken to return to the Land of Oz. Forever.
In conclusion, it is clear that Nietzsche's notions of the will to power, the opposition between Apollonian and Dionysian impulses in art, the struggle between master and slave morality and eternal recurrence are incompatible with a nihilistic world view. His concepts of the übermensch and the last man represent two possible reactions to nihilism, with the übermensch being one that successfully transcends the pessimism of Schopenhauer by utilising the will to power and the last man being one who falls prey to nihilism, the will to nothingness. The last man is tired of living, he takes no risks, he sees no solutions, he seeks comfort and security. In contrast, the übermensch sees utility in place of the last man's futility.
Ruby slippers. Futility for the last man. Utility for the übermensch.
Sources consulted
- Tad Beckman's course notes on The Antichrist, one of Nietzsche's most controversial works.
- Wikipedia page on nihilism. Also claiming Nietzsche was critical of nihilism.
- Wikipedia page on determinism. Wikipedia is free, but not as free as you might think.
- Wikipedia page on eternal return, with an explanation of Nietzsche's eternal recurrence.
- Wikipedia page on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, also contradicting the opinion that Nietzsche was a nihilist.
- Wikipedia page on Arthur Schopenhauer, with his will to live.
- Wikipedia page on The Wizard of Oz, the film not the book.


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Posts Tagged 'Stupid'
Dear Paris Hilton. Mastermind.
Posted February 6, 2010on:
Now that is one sexy sandwich.
Dear Paris Hilton,
You are silly. I try to not think that you are stupid and I like to think that you are, indeed, some bit sophisticated. The thing is that some stories keep getting in my way
you left the key under the doormat? That is just asking for anyone to come and steal "£2million" [thats two-million-squigglies] in clothes.
Now i could see how you could argue that this is an elaborate attempt to catch the "Bling Ring Gang" but that would not explain why they got 5 grams of your cocaine.
Couldnt you have hid it under your bed with your porno mags?
Hope to hear from you soon,
long time fan,


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The Winnipeg Jets have suffered back-to-back home ice losses for the first time this season.
Jimmy Vesey scored the go-ahead goal with 3:53 remaining in the third period as the N.Y. Rangers defeated Winnipeg 3-1 Sunday afternoon at Bell MTS Place.
Michael Grabner sealed the deal for the visitors as he scored into a empty net with 43 seconds left in regulation.
Jets captain Blake Wheeler said Henrik Lundqvist, who stopped 36 shots including all 16 he faced in the third period, was solid in net for the Rangers.
"He played well. Made some saves that were big and gave them an opportunity to win the game."
Mats Zuccarello opened the scoring for New York late in the first period.
Nikolaj Ehlers had the lone goal for the Jets who dropped a 5-2 decision to the St. Louis Blues on Friday.
Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves.
The Jets (32-15-9) are 3-2-1 on their 10-game homestand which continues Tuesday against the Washington Capitals.
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4- Entry must be DIRECT LINKED to the linky.
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Thursday, 27 October 2016
Art Journal: Spirit of Halloween
Yes. I know. It's purple and black and scary. I was shooting for something from The Munsters, with a dash of Casper and with a touch of Bate's Motel! The stamps are by Chocolate Baroque. I've used Spookylicious, Halloween Edges and Put A Spell On You. First, I primed the page with Faber Castell Gesso and when completely dry, I applied Folk Art Acrylic Paints to create the background: 689 Pure Magenta, 636 Red Violet, 964 Midnight and 938 Licorice.
I heat embossed the sentiment from Spookylicious. The ghosts from Put A Spell On You are heat set on white vellum, fussy cut and adhered to the page.
The house is from Spookylicious. I coloured it with Copics and adhered it to the page. I also stamped a few swirls to the sky with Ranger Archival Cobalt for a spooky misty feel.
The mushrooms in the foreground are from Halloween Edges, also coloured with Copics, fussy cut and layered in front of the house. I added some highlight with a Sharpie Extra Fine White Paint pen. I spritzed the entire page with Perfect Pearl for a misty glow, which sadly is not obvious from the photos.
I used Faber Castell Brush markers to add details and shadows. And to brighten things up I added white dots and added highlights with the Sharpie Extra Fine White Paint pen.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: AG
Fab & Funky #324: Halloween
Retarte #88: AG
Amusing Challenge: Halloween
Left Of Centre #153: Halloween
Robyn's Fetish #339: Anything But A Card For Halloween
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #70: D is for Day Of The Dead
Crafty Addicts #27: AG / Halloween Colours
Now please head on over to VICKI PARSON of Stamp Smiles and check out what she has made. I have no doubt she would have created a fabulous page.
Thank you so much for stopping by and have a beautiful day!
x Beijinhos x
29 comments:
WOW WOW WOW!! Asha, this is incredible!!! Now I must talk to you about how you've used those paints for your background!! That turned out so amazing!! I also LOVE the shadow/silhouette effect of your images along with that haunted house image!! Very cool page my friend and you may not have had much time, but it certainly looks like you spent quite a bit of time on this!! This is jaw dropping my friend and can you see me bowing to you for a job well done!! :) You rocked it lady!! Thanks for the awesome inspiration!! HUGSReplyDelete
You might only be new to it but my gosh your art journaling looks/is fabulous. I love the spooky house. Great colours. Hugs Mrs A.ReplyDelete
Wow!!! Another amazing AJ page!!! Fantastic scene, your talent always shine soooo much with them, and this isn't an exception, surely!!! Fab inking and all the stamps are just perfect for this halloween scene!! I'm very impressed by all the higtlights you made with the white pen, they perfectly given a spooky 3D look to all the elements! :D Fabulous, just fabulous!!ReplyDelete
WOW fabulous journal page fabulous painted background and love all the image/great toadstools and spooky house and the ghosts on vellum are brilliantReplyDelete
Carol x
Zowie Asha you did one fantastic job!! The background is very impressive and combo of images to make your spooky scene are wonderful! The ghosts are too fun, Love it :)ReplyDelete
This is just fantastic! I love the background with all the swirls of purple. You created a great scene of spooky delight.ReplyDelete
Definitely an awesome journal page! I think you're a pro! Love it!ReplyDelete
Awesome Halloween scene with all the spooky elements included. I love the colors you chose too.ReplyDelete
Wow, love everything about your creation, so many lovely (scary) details, just stunning! Thanks so much for joining the sisterhood of snarky stampers!ReplyDelete
Majo - DT ♥
So many beautiful spooky details - and why have I never, EVER, noticed just how spectral white on white vellum looks against a dark background? Your ghosts are perfectly ghostly. Thanks for sharing with the sisterhoodReplyDelete
Fantastic Halloween page...love the ghosties!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining the sisterhood of snarky stampers for our Day of the Dead challenge.
This is awesome, it just blew me away.ReplyDelete
Woah, fantastic! So much details - and the colours! Wow! Looks like my dream house :)ReplyDelete
Oh my stars- this is just amazing!!! I love all of the details- and all together a fab scene. Would love step by step pics!ReplyDelete
Amazing page, fabulous scene and perfect quote. Thanks for playing along with the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for the D is for Day of the Dead challenge.ReplyDelete
Wow Asha, this page is amazing! LOVE the scene you created! The colors are so vibrant and your coloring skills are fantastic! Thanks for joining us at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!ReplyDelete
Halloween perfect!! This is fabulous art journal layout, love the colours so much. Well done xReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, Asha, you totally nailed what you were going for--LOVE this!ReplyDelete
WOW!! This is amazing Asha. The scene and your colouring is perfect...LozReplyDelete
Eine großartige Karte und fantastische Szene.
So viele wunderbare Details, die ich bewundern kann.
Super gemacht!
Und danke für deine lieben Kommentare auf meinem Blog <3
Wow Asha, this is absolutely amazing! No words to describe this.ReplyDelete
WOW! That's a gorgeous card. Love everything about your card. Thanks for playing along Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. Gayatri xxReplyDelete
That's a lot of work but it turned out great! Congrats on making Top 3 at my Amusing Challenge this week! :)ReplyDelete
ASHA! Totally blown away by this incredible work of art you've created! Spooky spectacular; eerie excellent! That house is so impressive and the sky..WOW! Just full-on WOW!ReplyDelete
Wow. The detail in this is amazing!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky Challenges. Happy crafting!
Catherine X DT
Absolutely amazing, stunning work!....Thanks for joining us at Fab' n' Funky Challenges :)ReplyDelete
Wendy xx
Woooww... es una impresionante tarjeta de Halloween, cada detalle muy bien puesto y con un color perfecto! Gracias por participar con nosotras en RETARTE de Stampartpapel. Enjoy! Paula,DT.ReplyDelete
I've been studying this page for some time now, trying to take it all in and figure out how you went about to get all this together. Superb work!ReplyDelete
Sorry I've been absent lately, I've been away on holiday and now I'm waiting for mr mojo to get back home as well...
OMG WOW!!! That is awesome! OMG!!ReplyDelete


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Linux flaw could lead to DoS attacks
A security flaw has been found in Linux kernel version 2.6.x that could allow malicious local users to cause a denial of service attack, according to an advisory from security firm Secunia.
The vulnerability is caused by an out-of-bounds memory error in the 'fill_write_buffer()' function in 'sysfs/file.c'. Linux flaw could lead to DoS attacks - vnunet.com
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|Inferno 2016
Inferno Metal Festival needs no introduction, but for the unfamiliar, it's an extreme metal festival held in Norway to coincide with the Easter weekend. It's an indoor event spanning over a few venues across 4 days, limited to 1200 capacity, showcasing about 40ish bands.
In 2015 I attended for the first time, attracted by My Dying Bride, Behemoth, 1349, Bloodbath, Secrets Of The Moon, to name but a few. It was simply fantastic. Accommodation is solely based in a nearby high class hotel, in which the bands also stay; I effectively ate breakfast with My Dying Bride and Enslaved one morning!
Anyway, it was a fabulous festival, the bands were fantastic, but the event itself was just magnificent. I suppose the whole "Norwegian Black Metal" has a lot to do with it, but it did feel like a special event, certainly very different to my annual trip to Hellfest.
Fast forward 10 months and the band in which I helped form in 2014, THE CRAWLING, received the most peculiar of emails; subject: "Offer to play at Inferno Festival 2016." It was midnight when I spied the email, whilst working a night shift in some shithole around Belfast. To say I was thrilled was an understatement, and I had no one to tell; my work colleague seemed, at best, bemused as I ranted and raved until the following morning about Norway, snow, black metal, burning churches, and murderous band members. He hasn't worked with me since.
Later that day I was finally able to inform the rest of our power trio we would be playing Inferno. From that point on, the journey began. It's a very cool thing for a band of our stature to be asked to play a gig in general, never mind an international festival where the 'big boys' hang out. We would be playing the Revolver bar, which is kinda like an after show event, when the main stage finishes. It has a 150 capacity and is located around the corner from Rockefeller, the main stage hall. I had watched Doomraiser play the year before, it was a cool place, with great sound and it was very busy. I figured it was as suitable a place as any for The Crawling, as i didn't fancy playing an enormous venue to 10 people. We would be the only band playing that night in Revolver, and had been allocated a 45-minute set.
The excitement dragged on for nearly 2 months until we were actually allowed to 'announce' we were playing. It was very odd to be contracted to such things, along with supplying stage plots, channel lists, and a rider. A social media frenzy followed, along with me torturing as many Norwegian mags, radio stations, and webzines as possible! It was a fun time.
Our gig was on the Friday night at 01:30, so we decided to head for Norway on the Thursday, and return on the Sunday, allowing us to catch the bulk of the festival. Thursday morning was finally upon us, and we loaded road cases and suit cases into the car and headed for our flight from Dublin. The drinking began immediately, providing a sturdy foundation for the 18 hours of alcohol abuse that would follow.
We arrived in Oslo, grabbed the guitars, which thankfully arrived in one piece, and nodded to Vader, who were evidently awaiting the same; although the pro's appeared slightly less perplexed than we did, whilst awaiting our stupidly priced instruments. Luggage cart ahead, we pushed through the exit gate to be greeted by our driver, who was waving an "Inferno" placard at us.
It was much too cool. Any band can tell you there are always moments when you feel 'famous,' and of course it is a relative term, but it felt like fame at that moment in time. We laughed, and were escorted to a mini van and driven to our hotel.
The Clarion Hotel Royal Christiana is a cracking place. As a hairy metal head from Belfast, it always feels a bit odd to be in a nice hotel, but it felt even more peculiar to be in one during a festival. That said, we adapted well to our plush surroundings, ditched the gear and sampled the hotel bar. Inferno continued to stroke my hyper-inflated ego as the TV screens animated the running order of the coming days; featuring THE CRAWLING of course. It was quite surreal.
|The Crawling on Inferno TV
The drinking hit a staggering pace as we hit the main hall containing the John Dee (second) stage, and the Rockefeller (main) stage. At that point we realised we hadn't actually told Inferno we had arrived. Stuart spied a guy from Inferno's Instagram, introduced ourselves, and were escorted to the main backstage area. Backstage was a hive of activity, littered with laptops, telephones and people fussing over iPhones. We were subsequently issued all access wristbands, conference passes, meal vouchers, and officially welcomed to Inferno. I just chuckled as we were shown back into the main area.
Beer, Shores of Null, beer, Vader, beer, Marduk, beer, and finally Mysticum concluded the main event. By this point I was beyond hammered, and had been torturing various punters and Norwegians in typical Norn Iron fashion. I have a vague memory of staggering back to the hotel, losing the other two guys, then attempting to drink the hotel bar dry, accompanied by some Colombians. I may have proved too much for a few locals, but by 4.00am I was just soaking the whole thing in, and finally retired to my posh room.
The following morning was a shambles. I was rather unwell. I did manage to attend breakfast, and have a vague recollection of eating something. Before sobering entirely, we made use of our conference passes and attended FROST's drum clinic; but not without a quick vomit, before convincing myself I could hold it together long enough to watch the Norwegian legend beat a big noisy thing for an hour. Surprisingly I really enjoyed the clinic. I've never done one before, but I found Frost spoke well, was friendly, eloquent, and ultimately extremely passionate about his musical instrument.
When he finished, a few people began approaching Frost for signings and stuff. Still blocked, I decided fuck it – I want my pic with this guy. I don't usually bother with such things, as I always feel I'm annoying the famous people, but I think the drink was still strong in me, so I blattered away. Frost gave me a hearty handshake; we had a quick chat about Satyricon, and then snapped a photo. It was just a really cool thing for me to experience. I'm so pleased I was so drunk.
|Andy and Frost
|Stuart and Frost
After the clinic we had to meet some guys from Symphonium, a Norwegian Radio station. They had been in touch via email before we came over, and had arranged a quick interview at their hotel room. Three guys met with us in their uber-posh room, they had a sofa and everything, and proceeded with the interview. The drink lying around the room, spoke volumes; not to mention the enormous Jack & Coke the main interview guy poured himself. It was much too heavy metal for me; I declined bourbon, swallowed some vomit, and we all began to have a chat about the band. It was a cool interview, some interesting questions, but most of all the guys were just really cool metal fans. An hour later we headed out for food and to get ourselves organised for the gig.
We had planned to go and see more bands, but to be honest; I think we were just too wound up about playing to truly relax. Instead, we chilled out in our rooms, sorted the gear, got more food, and finally made moves to hit Revolver. Lumbering the guitars down to the lobby, we got the hotel to book us a taxi and we were finally on our way to our Inferno show!
When we arrived to Revolver at the allocated time, a handler was waiting for us. I was continually surprised how well organised the event was. Our new friend led us down to the Revolver stage and introduced us to the sound engineer Erik, and Sarah, who was looking after our rider. Erik asked us what we needed, and Sarah pointed us in the direction of a table of food and most importantly – a fridge full of beer. We got started.
Stuart had an awesome Orange bass rig supplied, Gary did a tremendous job reassembling the house drum kit into a highly functional death metal set, and I managed to make a Fender amp sound pretty damn heavy, once coupled with my Full Metal Hatchet distortion pedal. It was only us playing, which again, was a new experience. In a weird way it was a headline show, so we were able to sound check for an hour, and really get ourselves comfortable in the room. Erik was a complete pro, obviously knew the trade, and I was in heaven enjoying a proper monitor mix. It sounded great, looked the part; all we needed now was the doors to open and the masses to pour in.
Doors were at 01:00; we were allocated stage time of 01:30-02:15. Under normal circumstances, this would be a terrifying set time, but this was a festival – so everything was cool. Right? We set up what merch we had managed to squeeze into a suitcase, the doors opened, and we waited. No one came. By 01:20 my stomach was in my throat, and the realisation hit me like a ton of shit; oh fuck… we'd come all this way, been do excited, got so drunk, had such a great time, and hadn't actually appreciated we were the sole draw to bring people to a bar round the corner from Rockefeller, having just watched NILE.
Don't get me wrong, I've played to poor crowds over the years, 14 people an all time low for my previous band, but I wasn't in fucking Norway, attached to a major metal festival. We were going to let everyone down. So many people had wished us great things, so much money spent, so much time dedicate to the set. So much misery. The following 9 minutes that led to our stage time was dreadful. Every time I looked at the other two guys we just shrugged and said; "fuck it, what can we do?" At about 01:27 a guy came over to our stall and bought everything. I fucking love that guy. He explained he was a huge fan, was really into the music, couldn't wait to see us, and had been listening to us on Spotify all week. Instantly everything seemed worthwhile.
At 01:30 we manned up and went backstage. Our intro had started, and we appeared in due course. Looking out from the stage I realised there were fucking people in the room, not a lot, but there were definitely people. I convinced myself we could do it, Gary counted us in, and we launched into the set. The sound was good, heads were bobbing, and I noted a few smiles and nods amongst the small crowd. By the third track, 15 minutes in, Revolver had really started to fill up. I was elated. Banging heads soon lined across the front of the stage, and rows back I could see faces swaying left and right trying to get a glimpse of the doom death spilling off the stage. By the closing few tracks from our latest EP, it was clear some folks knew the words better than I did! It was bonkers, and I was draining every minute of it.
|photo credit: Pablo Guerrero Arcaico
|photo credit: Pablo Guerrero Arcaico
|photo credit: Pablo Guerrero Arcaico
After 45 minutes the set closed. I put my guitar down, shook some hands, allowing the ECG sample to beep on as the three of us walked off the rear of the stage into the dressing room.
Stuart was last in:
"People aren't leaving. I think, they think, we're gonna do another song?"
"Fuck off?" In true Northern Ireland response, posed as a question.
"I'm serious. We have to do an encore."
"Well, we'd better do it fucking now then. It's twenty past fucking two."
I walked out, and lo and behold, the crowd was still lined up, chanting for another song. I quickly lifted the guitar, thanked everyone profusely for supporting us, and banged out another track. It was just hilarious, in an awesome way of course! I turned the amp off, and brought my guitar back stage with me. Our merch was unattended, so I lifted the merch bag and headed for the stall. To continue the madness, there was a queue for the merch stand. I frantically sorted out a load of shirts and CDs, whilst calculating and recalculating NOK to sterling, and back again; whilst simultaneously cursing my two band mates who were nowhere to be seen – that transpired to be drinking the beer rider. Fuckers.
After flogging a reasonable amount of shirts and discs, Sarah accosted us, in order to drink a suspicious looking shot from the bar – "The Revolver." I don't do shots. It was horrendous, fucking Tabasco sauce in it or something equally unthinkable. It was a good laugh though. Erik appeared just as I was upending a bottle of beer to kill the taste, and seemed rather sad he'd missed it.
Finally, we packed our shit together, crammed the beer into the merch bag, and Sarah escorted us to the street, and arranged our taxi back to the hotel. It was a perfect end to a great day as the three of us (plus a German metal fiend named Gina), headed back to the room to annihilate the rest of the beer. By 6am we were done.
The next day, suitably hung-over, we enjoyed some of Oslo's finest attractions; Helvete, the opera house, a ferry across the Fjord, the city itself, and the Viking museum. We then ventured back to Rockefeller for more beer, Order, Moonsorrow and the climactic Mayhem. After that it was the arduous journey back to reality.
photo credit: Kerri Clarke
In conclusion Inferno was a once in a lifetime experience, and hand on heart; it couldn't have been better. I would like to thank everyone involved with Inferno, especially Erik and Sarah; you guys were great. I just wish I could do it every weekend. I have the depression.
|The Crawling
photo credit: Kerri Clarke


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Shaindel and Chani, two single Chabad girls, say the community needs to reassess the strategy and structure of the current shidduch system.
The following was sent to COLlive by two single young Chabad women, Shaindel and Chani, in response to the article "A Friday of a Shadchanis" about the challenges of being a matchmaker:
It's just not working.
There are hundreds of single Lubavitch bochurim and girls out there in every community, who are relying on the "system" to help them find their bashert.
Shadchanim are working tirelessly, parents are losing sleep and are frustrated that the Shadchanim don't have enough time for them, and singles are losing hope (and their minds).
The way it's been working, since even before our grandparents times, has always been that third-party individuals, be it a matchmaker, friend or family member set up two potential soul-mates. They go out; either they don't click or they do and there's a Mazal Tov.
We've moved on.
Like in any growing community, changes have to be proportionate to the amount of growth occurring. As a community or business gets larger in size, it needs to reassess its strategy and structure. Sometimes, real changes are called for. Even if they may be daunting and overwhelming to face, they represent growth and success.
We have a beautiful Lubavitch community, which has grown and expanded tremendously. It's time to propose (no pun intended) a revolutionary response.
The new shidduch initiative would take out the feeling of being unappreciated and unpaid on the shadchan's end and the feeling of being lost on the side of the singles and their parents.
There is a need for a Shidduch agency to open and run like any business would; with secretaries, staff, organized computer system, professional profile matching, and of course, shadchanim.
These shadchanim would be paid for their time and efforts. They can work full or part-time and if the needs call for it, more can be hired and trained. Singles would then have an organized place to turn to, be interviewed and then set up with their potential bashert.
Phone calls and emails will be returned in time, names and notes will be remembered (avoiding "They said no but I can't find the reason in my notepad"), shadchanim won't make you feel like they are doing you a favor and we won't have to beg.
The slight issue here is that as much as we think this is a grand idea, we ourselves are looking to turn to such an institution to help us find our own husbands. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention.


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Brews News: Craft brewers have more than beer
If you're Christmas shopping for a craft beer aficionado, great gift ideas are as plentiful as IPAs.
The best places to look are at the bottle shops of craft brewers, where the fresh new releases from creative brewmasters are certain to be found, along with logo-bearing clothing and beer-related merchandise, usually proper beer glassware and bottle openers.
The LCBO is stocked with specially packaged sampler packs from the likes of Mill Street (a pale ale sampler of Welterweight Session IPA, Tankhouse Ale, West Coast IPA plus a distinctive glass for $14.95) along with international packs featuring German wheat beers and Scottish ales.
Here's seven Santa-approved gift ideas for the craft beer person on your list.
• Edward Thatch clothing: A bearded, sunglasses-wearing, Nordic-looking dude started appearing on cans of Forked River Brewing's award-winning Capital Blonde Ale earlier this year. Now the guy has a name, Edward Thatch, courtesy of contest winner Mike Parker of London, and a clothing line thanks to brewery partners Dave Reed, Andrew Peters and Steve Nazarian. You could pair a pullover with some Capital Blonde, but if your beer recipient is savvy, they will want Bourbon Barrel aged Imperial Stout, Forked River's highly anticipated winter release.
• A year of puns, delivered: Count on the competitive minds of Muskoka to rattle out the puns for their annual Moonlight Kettle series of adventuresome recipes. Each month, there's a new one released with names such as Bang for Your Buck (a dry-hopped sour), Hit Me with your Best Pot (an oolong tea-infused Belgian witbier), and Berry Springer (a field berry milkshake IPA). Sign up for the MLK Beer Club at www.muskokabrewery.com and have either six ($239) or 12 ($419) delivered to your door each month throughout 2018.
•Four surprises and a sense of power: Nickel Brook is releasing a pack of four mystery beers. Taste 'em, rate 'em, and tell Nickel Brook which one of the four should go into wide release via www.nickelbrook.com. The people's pick will be in stores next spring and your recipient will feel like either a brewmaster or a marketing whiz.
• Doggie beer: OK, not really. It's Beer Bones doggie treats made in-house at London new vegan brewery, Curley Brewing in Hyde Park. The "bones" are made from spent grain from the mash. Even better, proceed from sales are earmarked for the Soi Dog Foundation, which works to improve life for dogs in Asia.
• Buy the book: The National Geographic Atlas of Beer ($50, Penguin Random House Canada) by professors and beer writers Nancy Hoalst-Pullen and Mark Patterson takes a worldwide voyage into beer. Stops in Ontario include Niagara College Teaching Brewing and Indie Ale House in Toronto. Tidbits include a history lesson on the double IPA and the realization that wherever you are, beer is best paired with friends.
• Beau's knows: No pile o' presents is complete with something imaginative from Beau's All Natural. Guaranteed that your recipient will say, "Huh, what's this?" New Lang Syne is a strong Belgian-style golden ale conditioned with champagne yeast, perfect to uncork (yep, it's in 750-millilitre bottles with cork and cage) on New Year's Eve. Look also for Marzen from the Farm Table series, Sergeant Stripes Export Stout, St. Luke's Verse Gruit Ale (brewed with lavender) and Tom Green Cherry Milk Stout.
•Lunch box brigade: Back for a second year and guaranteed to please is the retro Steam Whistle lunch box, filled with six cans from Toronto's iconic one-recipe craft brewery. It's $26.95 at the LCBO.
Wayne Newton is a freelance journalist based in London.


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MIDO is a trade fair for the optics, eyewear optometry and ophthalmology industry. It is a dedicated platform for professionals from Europe, Asia and the Americas, where top products and innovations from the sectors are presented. The event is based in the Fiera Milano. MIDO 2019 will run between 23 and 25 February.
Just under 1000 exhibitors are expected to participate in this year's edition of MIDO. Products will be showcased in five different categories – Fashion District, Lenses, Tech, FAIR East Pavilion and Otticlub. These exhibit areas are designed to fully cover the modern development of the industry.
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First look at Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsman which debuted at Comic-Con. The movie is a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman (Hemsworth) is ordered to take Snow White (Stewart) into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen (Theron).
The first thing that you notice about the promo pics is Snow White (Kristen Stewart), she is not in the usual girly dress but is dressed more like Joan of Arc and seems ready to fight and fierce. Kristen said the following about her character at Comic-Con:
"This girl has the amazing ability to channel fear, things that people are typically afraid to do, into this really focused, really charged, driving energy. She truly does not let her heart cloud her mind. Also I get to have a sword and stuff, and really cool weapons."
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July 6, 2010
A monumentally important book entitled 200 Years Together was published in Russian by Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 2002. Amazingly, Solzhenitsyn's book about the relationship between millions of Jews who were for the first time included into the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century during the reign of Catherine the Great, has been deliberately left untranslated by the powers-that-be in book publishing! Eight years have gone by and the final classic work of one of the most important, and popular, writers of our time has not appeared in English! But now…patriots are correcting this egregious effort at mind control with a volunteer translation and a donor-financed translation here. The preceding link takes you to Chapter 18 of 200 Years Together, which is assessed in its epic importance by Professor Kevin MacDonald in his webzine at http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net. For today's July 6, 2010 Jamie Kelso show, Kelso posts the text of this crucial Chapter 18 of 200 Years Together at his own website.
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you see, today is my half-birthday. and strangely enough, sometimes i feel older than i am. fourteen and a half - that's not long to have been here on earth. growing up can be hard; making mistakes and learning lessons and realizing that some things you once had are gone. but, despite the pain, i know that there is something good behind it. (at least, i try to know.)
sometimes i feel like that kite - i fly high for a short time, only to crash down just as swiftly. i suppose that life is like that. but i can tell you this - with the Lord's help, one of these days I will rise above it all, and see the light shining through the clouds.
and now i leave you with some music. songs that are teaching me things about life. songs that are reminding me that i will rise.
p.s. i guess you can kind of tell from this playlist that my taste in music is, um.. narrow. got any suggestions? ;)
p.p.s. thank you all for your encouraging comments on the last post. it means a lot.