It was 13-17 degrees in the morning, causing the snow at the top of the trail to turn to ice. The plan was to leave at 6:30AM, but my brother Terry and I plus our guide Dewey (who was always on the river, so this was his first hike down from the rim) needed "yak tracks", spiky soles that attached to the bottom of your shoes. The gift shop operator was nice enough to open a bit early, so we got on the trial about 15-20 minutes later that the rest of our group. Being from Texas, I was skeptical about "a little ice". But for the first couple of miles, it would have been quite dangerous without the "tracks".
I had my Blackberry (ok, start with the geek jokes, but I was "testing" for a new app we are writing….seriously) and had coverage all the way to Indian Garden. While in the ice, my mom called…then Dewey called his mom. Hiking down one of the natural wonders of the world, through the ice, with yak tracks, talking to our mothers…serious geek bonding there. Dewey had no idea what was in store.
Bright Angel Trail, the most travelled trail in the Canyon, from the South Rim is 7.8 miles to the Colorado River, and a bit more than nine miles down to Phantom Ranch. Given the weather in April, we went from snow and ice covered rim, to the red rock region, to woods of cypress, more rocks, then the river. The hike down was tremendous, made more memorable by Donny's tenacity, hiking down with one bad leg using two walking sticks. I hiked down the first bit with Terry and Dewey, and we caught up to the rest of the party at the first or second bathroom station. Then our hikers spread out, and I was with Mike and Mark down to Indian Garden. Indian Garden is the halfway point, and, since our groups had spread out, we waited about 45 minutes for the rest to arrive.
It was about 50 degrees at Indian Garden The elevation at the Rim was 6860 feet, and Indian Springs was around 3800 feet. We would drop a bit more to get down to the 2400 foot level at the river.
The remainder of the hike was rocky, with a lot of switchbacks and a spiral down close to the river, withsome narrow parts of the trail with steep cliffs that had the nerves of the "height sensitive" ones in our party clinging to the walls.
I was in the lead group as we got to the river, where we met Walker, our other guide and boat captain. We did not have enough time to hike to Phantom Ranch (another 2 miles or so, through some sand), so we had a sandwich and donned our river gear. My preparation was somewhat lacking, I had opted for swim trunks and a waterproof jacket. Given how cold we would soon find the waters of the Colorado, I was lucky that TerryT had an extra pair of rain pants.
We got our first glimpse of the boat that would be our transportation for the next four days. For some reason, I thought we were paddling, and I was trying to envision the complexities of drinking 15 cases of beer whilst paddling (not to mention how we were going to do 100 miles in four days). The boat was powered, with a air pontoon, metal point and large metal ice and storage chest from side to side. The platform in the front where most of us sat would double as our kitchen tables when pulled up. Everything had its place, quite compact.
I went back up the trail to meet the final group, which had my brother, Ron, Donny and Dewey, and took them lemonade and sandwiches. We got everyone to the boat except Donny, who I stayed with at the beach while the others loaded and brought the boat down. While waiting, we met a very excited Japanese gent named William, who had us take his picture while he was in the Colorado.
We got Donny and I loaded at Pipe Creek Beach, between mile 88 and 89. Our destination, Whitmore Wash, was 100 miles down river and four nights away.
We hit rapids right away, with HornCreek Rapid (rated 7-9 on a 10 scale with a 9 foot drop, according to Belknap's Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide) at mile 90, Granite Rapid (rated 7-8 with an 18 foot drop) at mile 93 and Hermit Rapid (rated 7-8 with a 15 foot drop) at mile 95. And, yes, we got wet, some more than others.
We camped that night at Schist campground, near mile 96 (only 8 miles today). Dewey and Walker showed us a glimpse of things to come by serving us halibut, which I eased down with a martini made with Tito's Vodka I had packed down (thanks to TerryT, I owe him a bottle).
This was my first time sleeping outdoors in a long while. It was a bit cold, but the cot, with two sleeping bags, with the moon half full, and a great view of the stars, was excellent.
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If a take the Bright Angel Trail (11/2 mile Resthouse) is it goes until the Colorado River or we stay on the trails? Because we have not enought time! Only 2-4hrs max! Thank you to answer me and sorry for my english!!! I speak french!!!
Melanie, Bright Angel Trail does indeed go all the way to the Colorado River. Depending on your time, it may be better for you to go to Indian Gardens and take the Plateau Point trail to see the river, then go back. It will be difficult for you to get down to the river and back in 4 hours.
Larry – I'm planning on hiking up Bright Angel to return to the rim in the end of December. Do you feel the yak tracks, or micro spikes, were sufficient? Or did you feel you have used more traction/more spikes? I'm a bit weary of the ice, especially on paths that are narrow and right at the edge. Thanks!
Tracy, you are going a bit later in the season that we did, so i would assume more ice. The yak tracks were fine for us. There was ice from the top down for about two-three miles, and the Yak Tracks were perfect. Of course, I offer the caveat that we were descending and sounds like you will be coming up – much harder work! Have a great hike!


two gigawatt hours annual energy transfer is achieved (6MWh x 365 = 2,2GWh).
energy price, outdoor temperature or consumption fluctuation.
The price of one GWh is approximately 100.000€.
Only by storing energy smartly the savings can be around 50%.
The energy efficiency of connected devices is higher with large water boiler.
Smaller device sizing and power, smooth running times and automatisation will bring even more savings.
Concentrated solar power demand large high temperature heat energy storage.
Cooling needs a lot low temperature water.
It is wise to storage very hot and very cold simultaneously.
Emissions will drop dramatically, Solixi is clean.


Renee is an ANNIHILATIONIST! Annihilationism is SATANISM, because it's in the interest of SATAN the DEVIL!
Get saved by the Gospel of JESUS through Paul that SAVES FOREVER from burning forever in the lake of fire!
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
He said this on behalf of you and me and everyone!
He knows what it feels like to be VERY DEPRESSED and GOD FORSAKEN!
Just SHARE EVERYTHING with Him and make Him your BEST FRIEND!
He's also the creator of our sexuality.
Allow Him to teach you what is BEST for you.
Read Roman through Philemon by Paul on behalf of JESUS and study the Bible, based on this foundation.
J.M. de Boer with JESUS as our BEST FRIEND, we may be alone, but NEVER LONELY!
Follower, And you're gonna ROT IN HELL, unless you're saved by UNDESERVED GIFT of God's GRACE through FAITH ALONE in the ATONING BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST!
Follower, so Renee is a FALSE PROPHET, according to YOU, concerning HOW to get saved FOREVER?
YOU are a SELF-RIGHTEOUS RELIGIOUS FREAK who believes in the WRONG GOSPEL!
Go, and from now on sin no more."
Follower, you're VERY NAUGHTY! REPENT or I TICKLE YOU TO DEATH!
J.M. Judas followed Jesus and performed many miracles in Jesus' name. But Judas committed suicide and Jesus said Judas was lost: John 17: 12 "While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled." Perdition means total loss, destruction, ruin etc.. means he went to hell. But if he had repented of his wicked deeds he might have been saved.


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The last time Albion won five games in a row, they were top of the Championship and flying under Slaven Bilić. They actually won six games in a row from 4th November to 8th December 2019, a run that was ended when the Croat opted to rest his two star players in Pereira and Diangana for the trip to Cardiff…
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A fourth successive victory for Carlos Corberán's team lefts them up to 17th place in the table on 26 points from 21 games which is a better tally than any of Albion's second tier teams between 1989 and 1997. It is the first time that the Baggies have won four successive league games for two years, with the previous occasion…
A wonderful goal from Brandon Thomas-Asante secured Albion's third successive victory and a third successive clean sheet. It is the first time that the Baggies have recorded three wins in a row since the early days of Valérien Ismaël's reign when they won four league games in succession in August 2021, albeit there was a 6-0 home defeat by Arsenal…
Carlos Corberán's Albion recorded back-to-back victories for the first time this season to move onto 20 points, still in the bottom three but just four points off 13th-placed Sunderland. The last time Albion won three games in a row was at the start of last season under Valérien Ismaël when they won four consecutive league games after the initial opening…
Okay Yokuşlu's first goal for the Baggies secured a massive win for Albion and registered Carlos Corberán's first points as head coach. It moved the Baggies off the bottom of the table, for 24 hours at least, above the Spaniard's former club, Huddersfield Town, ahead of their match at home to Sunderland on Wednesday evening. Game 18 in the 1994/95…
A third straight defeat for Albion leaves them bottom of the table and it is now the club's worst start to a second tier season all on its own. Alan Buckley's side in 1994 picked up a point in game 17, Bob Taylor equalising Kim Grant's opener for Charlton Athletic at the Valley, moving them onto 15, one more than…
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John Weston is the only federal candidate that currently has a permit for his campaign signs in Whistler.
The Resort Municipality of Whistler has contacted the other three candidates and asked them to apply for sign permits. They should have them by the end of the week, reported the municipality's communication department.
Typically, the RMOW's process is to alert candidates of the sign permit process. Candidates are sent permit forms and asked to provide the RMOW with a $200 refundable deposit as well as a $30 sign fee.
Once the signs are down, candidates can apply to get their deposit back. The RMOW will then do a patrol of the valley to make sure the signs have been removed.
Permits will be needed for signs in November's civic elections.


A Mattress Maker's Daughter richly illuminates the narrative of two people whose mutual affection shaped their own lives and in some ways their times. According to the Renaissance legend, told and retold across the centuries, a woman of questionable reputation bamboozles a middle-aged warrior-prince into marrying her, and the family takes revenge. He is don Giovanni de' Medici, son of the Florentine grand duke; she is Livia Vernazza, daughter of a Genoese artisan. They live in luxury for a while, far from Florence, and have a child. Then, Giovanni dies, the family pounces upon the inheritance, and Livia is forced to return from riches to rags. Documents, including long-lost love letters, reveal another story behind the legend, suppressed by the family and forgotten. Brendan Dooley investigates this largely untold story, among the various settings where episodes occurred, between Florence, Genoa, Venice.
In the course of explaining their improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Maker's Daughter explores early modern emotions, material culture, heredity, absolutism, and religious tensions at the crux of one of the great transformations in European culture, society, and statecraft. Giovanni and Livia exemplify changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gave way to the culture of Counter Reformation and Early Modern Europe.


The Belmont Vision continued its success this year with five awards earned at the 2015 Tennessee Associated Press College Journalism Awards held Saturday at the First Amendment Center in Nashville.
The Tennessee AP Broadcasters and Media Editors recognized BelmontVision.com as the Best College Website and its sport broadcast "Bruin Blitz" as the Best Online Sports Coverage/Program.
"The Vision staff really came together as a team this year. And that's evident in the breadth of awards earned in the Tennessee competition. To be ranked with and above most of the large journalism programs in the state is quite an accomplishment. And there's a solid foundation in place for continued success in 2016," said Thom Storey, media studies department chair.
Reporters Sam Denlinger and Gracie Helms received first place in the Best Online Investigative/In-Depth Reporting category for their piece "Breaking Belmont," which examined campus accessibility to buildings after hours. Editor Courtney Martinez placed second in the Best Online Sports Reporting category for her piece "Belmont Ties Kickstart Nashville FC." Reporter Ally Willis received third place in Best Specialized/Topic Reporting for her article "Exponent Manor," an inside look at the house show scene in Nashville.
The Vision competed against journalism programs from across the state including Middle Tennessee State University, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Tennessee at Martin, Trevecca Nazarene University, Vanderbilt University, Lipscomb University and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.


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LIVE From Las Vegas: Covering Latino Communities
It's ITT's first live show of 2022! Maria and Julio travel to the NABJ-NAHJ Convention at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada to talk about the complexity of Latino communities and the role of journalists who are reporting on them. They're joined by Lori Montenegro, Washington D.C. bureau chief for Noticias Telemundo, and Ed O'Keefe, Senior White House & Political Correspondent for CBS News to discuss what is being missed in media coverage of the Latino vote and Latino communities broadly. We also hear from other journalists at the convention about what issues are most important to the communities they cover across the country.
"A main driver of democracy's decline in the United States is Latinophobia," writes Jean Guerrero in this opinion piece for the LA Times.
For Nieman Lab, Hanaa' Tameez spoke with 12 journalists in diversity-focused roles about their experiences and the reckoning the news industry still has left to face.
After the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Latinos and Latinas approached abortion access with a new sense of urgency, reports Nicole Acevedo for NBC News.
Photo credit: Courtesy of Jesus J. Montero
Thank you to the Walton Family Foundation who made this live show possible.
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Focused ultrasound is an early-stage, noninvasive, therapeutic technology with the potential to improve the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with a variety of diseases that may be treated in utero. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue. Where the beams converge, the ultrasound produces various biological effects enabling temporary or permanent repair to be made without surgery. Much of this work is still in the preclinical phase, but some of it has progressed to early patient treatment (neonatal twin-twin reversed perfusion).
Focused ultrasound is not currently an approved treatment for fetal birth defects but has been proposed as a potential noninvasive alternative to open surgery. Focused ultrasound has the ability to use acoustic energy to destroy target tissue through cavitation (histotripsy) or thermal ablation. This could help treat defects like twin-twin transfusion syndrome (ablation of vessels), fetal bladder obstructions and a range of CHDs (atrial-septal defects, valvuloplasty, tetralogy of fallot).
Some preclinical feasibility studies have yielded promising results for procedures including cardiac valve ablation, vascular occlusion and fetal tissue ablation. However, for research to progress past the preclinical and anecdotal stages, more studies are needed to further explore safety and efficacy.
At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound intra-uterine treatments.
Focused ultrasound treatment for intra-uterine conditions are not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.
Shaw CJ, Rivens I, Civale J, Botting KJ, Ter Haar G, Giussani DA, Lees CC. Trans-abdominal in vivo placental vessel occlusion using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. Sci Rep. 2018 Sep 11;8(1):13631. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31914-4.
Seo K, Ichizuka K, Okai T, Dohi S, Nakamura M, Hasegawa J, Matsuoka R, Yoshizawa S, Umemura SI, Nagatsuka M, Sekizawa A. Twin-Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence Using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Aug 22. doi: 10.1002/uog.20101.
Shaw CJ, ter Haar GR, Rivens IH, Giussani DA, Lees CC. Pathophysiological mechanisms of high-intensity focused ultrasound-mediated vascular occlusion and relevance to non-invasive fetal surgery. J R Soc Interface. 2014 Mar 26;11(95):20140029.
Okai T, Ichizuka K, Hasegawa J, Matsuoka R, Nakamura M, Shimodaira K, Sekizawa A, Kushima M, Umemura S. First successful case of non-invasive in-utero treatment of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence by high-intensity focused ultrasound. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jul;42(1):112-4.
Griffiths A, terHaar G, Rivens I, Giussani D, Lees C. High-intensity focused ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology: the birth of a new era of noninvasive surgery? Ultraschall Med. 2012 Dec;33(7):E8-15.
Ichizuka K, Hasegawa J, Nakamura M, Matsuoka R, Sekizawa A, Okai T, Umemura S. High-intensity focused ultrasound treatment for twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Oct;40(4):476-8.


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Watch: Full Super Bowl Trailer for Jon Favreau's 'The Jungle Book'
"Bears don't hibernate in the jungle!" "Not full hibernation, but I nap… a lot. Disney has unveiled a full-length trailer along with the full Super Bowl spot for Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, which still looks better than expected. This live-action-CG-hybrid version of The Jungle Book stars Neel Sethi as Mowgli, the boy from the jungle. The voice cast includes Bill Murray as Baloo, Ben Kingsley as Bagheera, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, also featuring Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito, Lupita Nyong'o and Emjay Anthony. We finally get to see a real scene with Baloo in this, and he seems as lovable as always. The animals and VFX are looking better and better, can't wait to see this film.
Here's the full Super Bowl / "Big Game" trailer for Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, via Disney's YouTube:
See the international trailer for The Jungle Book here, and the first teaser trailer / follow @TheJungleBook.
The Jungle Book is directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Cowboys & Aliens, Elf, Zathura, Made) and written by Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li), based on Rudyard Kipling's classic book of the same name. The film follows a young boy named Mowgli, a man-cub raised in the jungle by a family of wolves, who embarks on a captivating journey of self-discovery when he's forced to abandon the only home he's ever known. Ben Kingsley, Lupita Nyong'o, Christopher Walken, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray voice the animal characters. Disney will release The Jungle Book in theaters on April 15th, 2016.
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My doubt is gone. Although the cgi is not perfect its impressive to watch. It will be a great year in cinema and the best is already in the theaters:the revenant...
ari smulders on Feb 8, 2016
That made me emotional. I can't believe how perfect all the voices are. And that music!
Lar Rackell on Feb 8, 2016
I'm not sure. Is it worse with or without voices?
shiboleth on Feb 8, 2016
3D so hard.
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In November, CYC-Sidney Epstein Youth Center hosted its third annual Teen Lock-In as a part of the $2,500 Acting Up Award from the Chicago Community Trust.
The event, which ran from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., focused on how to properly use social media and prevent violence on various social media platforms.
Teens at CYC-Sidney Epstein Youth Center engage in a discussion about keeping violence out of social media during a lock-in event.
The 40 teens who joined the event participated in workshops that provided insight on relatable topics. For example, youth were able to analyze raps they created to identify the points of distress in the music. They also received CHILL training, an innovative program that teaches youth to recognize the biological effects of anger and confrontation and develop techniques to de-escalate conflicts.
Following the workshops, the teens were able to play games and enjoy snacks throughout the night.
Teen youth worker Melody Mills said the event theme was important because many youth are not taught how to properly use platforms like Facebook.
Center Director Roberta Douglas said the teens loved the event. The topics covered throughout the night introduced teens to new ideas about online interactions they have on a daily basis.
Diante, a teen at the Center, said he appreciated it.
"The lock-in was fun," Diante said. "I was able to meet new people. We worked as a team and showed sportsmanship when we played ball. It was all love. I can't wait until the next one."
As a follow-up to the lock-in and part of the Acting Up Award, CYC-Epstein is planning to host a town hall meeting in March for the North Lawndale community about violence in social media. Check back for updates about the event.


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Home Latest World Citizens Now Trust Business More Than Politicians, Media
World Citizens Now Trust Business More Than Politicians, Media
Citizens around the world trust business more than they trust either government or the media, according to the eighth annual Edelman Trust Barometer, a survey of 3,100 opinion leaders that measures trust in institutions, corporations, and sources of information in 18 countries.
Paul Holmes 29 Jan 2007 // 12:00AM GMT
Citizens around the world trust business more than they trust either government or the media, according to the eighth annual Edelman Trust Barometer, a survey of 3,100 opinion leaders that measures trust in institutions, corporations, and sources of information in 18 countries. The survey found that business is more credible than government or media in 13 of the 18 countries surveyed and that more respondents in 16 of 18 countries felt that companies have more of a positive impact on society than a negative impact.
In the United States, 53 percent of respondents report trusting business, an all-time high for the survey and a recovery from a low of 44 percent in 2002, in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom debacles. In the three largest economies of Western Europe—France, Germany, and the United Kingdom—trust in business stands at 34 percent, which is higher than trust in media and government at 25 percent and 22 percent respectively. The 2007 survey marks the lowest levels ever of trust in government across these three European countries.
In Latin America, represented in the survey by Brazil and Mexico, trust in business is at 68 percent while trust in media stands at 62 percent and government at 37 percent. Asian trust in business is 60 percent, while government and media are both at 55 percent. China, Japan, India, and South Korea represent the Asian nations in this year's survey.
In three of the four fast-growing developing nations known as the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), business is trusted more than government, media or non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In China, business is trusted by 67 percent of respondents but trails government, which is trusted by 78 percent. Russia, where the survey finds respondents tend to be much less trusting of institutions generally, is the only BRIC country where a minority of respondents, 39 percent, trusts business—but they trust it more than government (32 percent) or media (35 percent).
In the 2007 survey, (NGOs) are either the most credible institution or tied for the most credible institution in 10 of 18 countries. This puts NGOs even with business, which leads or ties for most trusted in seven of 18 countries. In the 2006 survey, NGOs were the most trusted in seven of 11 nations surveyed.
"Business is seeing a rebound in trust because of strong economic growth, visible consequences for executive malfeasance, and success in solving problems facing society." said Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman. "Business has a clear opportunity to assume a leadership role on major issues, from climate change to privacy."
Individuals "like me" are the most trusted spokespeople across the European Union, North America, and Latin America. In Asia, ordinary people are second to physicians. For the second consecutive year, "a person like me" or a peer is the most trusted spokesperson in the United States at 51 percent. And peers are tied with doctors as the most trusted messengers across the big three economies of Europe, at 45 percent.
While business has regained trust, CEOs are trusted by only 18 percent of opinion leaders in Europe's three largest economies (the United Kingdom, France, and Germany), the lowest rating ever recorded in the survey within this group of nations. In the United States, 22 percent of respondents trust CEOs. In the United States, 36 percent trust an average employee, while in the three largest economies of Europe 28 percent trust these employees, making rank-and-file employees more trusted than CEOs in both the United States and Europe.
"The growing trust in 'people like me' and average employees means that companies must design their communications as much on the horizontal or the peer-to-peer axis as on the vertical or top-down axis," says David Brain, CEO of Edelman Europe. "CEOs should continue to talk with elites, such as investors and regulators, but also provide critical information to employees and enthusiastic consumers who spur the peer-to-peer discussion. Third parties with credentials, like academics and physicians, are also critical."
Other key findings include:
• Five years after Wall Street's stock research scandals, trust in "stock or industry analyst reports" in the United States is 47 percent, up from 26 percent in 2003. In 12 countries, stock or industry research is either the most credible or second most credible source of information about a company.
• In 11 of 18 countries, business magazines are the most or second most trusted source of information about a company.
• In many countries, "conversations with friends and peers" is as trusted a source of information about a company as "articles in newspapers" or "television news coverage." For example, within the nine European Union countries surveyed, 44 percent trust conversations with friends and peers while 33 percent trust articles in newspapers.
• In every region (EU, Asia, North America, Latin America), respondents most often named "shares a common interest with you" as one of the top three characteristics that would increase their trust in a person sharing information about a company. In no region did religion, race, or nationality list among the top three attributes of a peer.
• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have grown in stature dramatically in Asia. Trust in NGOs in China has increased from 31 percent in 2004 to 56 percent today; from 42 percent in 2005 to 55 percent in Japan; and from 39 percent to 46 percent in South Korea in the last 12 months.
• At least 70 percent of respondents in North America (71 percent) and Asia (72 percent) state that global business plays a role that no other institution can in addressing major social and environmental challenges. Fifty-seven percent in the European Union and 63 percent in Latin America also believe this to be true.
• Trailing only "providing quality products or services," undertaking "socially responsible activities" is universally seen as the most important action an organization can to do to build trust. "Socially responsible activities" surpassed providing "a fair price for products or services," "attentiveness to customers" and "good labor relations" in most markets.
• For the third straight year, American brands operating in Europe continue to receive a trust discount. For example, McDonald's is trusted by 60 percent of respondents in the United States and by only 26 percent across the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. However, American brands are trusted in the developing world, with McDonald's trusted by 75 percent of Chinese respondents and 66 percent of Brazilian respondents.
The survey found that multinational brands receive significantly more trust in their home country. The United States gives top scores to UPS (83 percent). In France, the second-highest trust score is Danone (69 percent). In Japan, the highest score goes to Nissan (79 percent), and in India it is Tata (89 percent).
Technology is the most trusted sector in each region. The industry is trusted by 79 percent of Asians, 80 percent of Latin Americans, 72 percent of Europeans, and 75 percent of North Americans. The biotechnology and healthcare sectors also receive high trust marks globally.
Companies headquartered in Sweden and Canada are the most trusted globally; Brazilian, Mexican and Russian companies are the least trusted.
Traditional media sources such as newspapers, TV, and radio remain more credible than new media sources such as a company's own Web site and blogs.
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Families Of The World
The Indo-European languages are a family of related languages that today are widely spoken in the Americas, Europe, and also Western and Southern Asia. Just as languages such as Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian are all descended from Latin, Indo-European languages are believed to derive from a hypothetical language known as Proto-Indo-European, which is no longer spoken.
It is highly probable that the earliest speakers of this language originally lived around Ukraine and neighbouring regions in the Caucasus and Southern Russia, then spread to most of the rest of Europe and later down into India. The earliest possible end of Proto-Indo-European linguistic unity is believed to be around 3400 BCE.
Since the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language did not develop a language.
Branches of Indo-European Languages
This branch of languages was predominant in the Asian portion of Turkey and some areas in northern Syria. The most famous of these languages is Hittite. In 1906 CE, a large amount of Hittite finds were made on the site of Hattusas, the capital of the Hittite Kingdom, where about 10, 000 cuneiform tablets and various other fragments were found in the remains of a royal archive. These texts date back to the mid to late second millennium BCE. Luvian, Palaic, Lycian, and Lydian are other examples of families belonging to this group.
All languages of this branch are currently extinct. This branch has the oldest surviving evidence of an Indo-European language, dated about 1800 BCE.
Indo-Iranian
This branch includes two sub-branches: Indic and Iranian. Today these languages are predominant in India, Pakistan, Iran, and its vicinity and also in areas from the Black Sea to western China.
Rather than a branch of languages, Greek is a group of dialects: During more than 3000 years of written history, Greek dialects never evolved into mutually incomprehensible languages. Greek was predominant in the southern end of the Balkans, the Peloponnese peninsula, and the Aegean Sea and its vicinity. The earliest surviving written evidence of a Greek language is Mycenaean, the dialect of the Mycenaean civilization, mainly found on clay tablets and ceramic vessels on the isle of Crete. Mycenaean did not have an alphabetic written system, rather it had a syllabic script known as the Linear B script.
The first alphabetic inscriptions have been dated back to the early 8th century BCE, which is probably the time when the Homeric epics, the and the, reached their present form. There were many Greek dialects in ancient times, but because of Athens cultural supremacy in the 5th century BCE, it was the Athens dialect, called Attic, the one that became the standard literary language during the Classical period (480-323 BCE). Therefore, the most famous Greek poetry and prose written in Classical times were written in Attic: Aristophanes, Aristotle, Euripides, and Plato are just a few examples of authors who wrote in Attic.
This branch was predominant in the Italian peninsula. The Italic people were not natives of Italy; they entered Italy crossing the Alps around 1000 BCE and gradually moved southward. Latin, the most famous language in this group, was originally a relatively small local language spoken by pastoral tribes living in small agricultural settlements in the centre of the Italian peninsula. The first inscriptions in Latin appeared in the 7th century BCE and by the 6th century BCE it had spread significantly.
This branch contains two sub-branches: Continental Celtic and Insular Celtic. By about 600 BCE, Celtic-speaking tribes had spread from what today are southern Germany, Austria, and Western Czech Republic in almost all directions, to France, Belgium, Spain, and the British Isles, then by 400 BCE, they also moved southward into northern Italy and southeast into the Balkans and even beyond. During the early 1st century BCE, Celtic-speaking tribes dominated a very significant portion of Europe. On 50 BCE, Julius Caesar conquered Gaul (ancient France) and Britain was also conquered about a century later by the emperor Claudius. As a result, this large Celtic-speaking area was absorbed by Rome, Latin became the dominant language, and the Continental Celtic languages eventually died out. The chief Continental language was Gaulish.
Insular Celtic developed in the British Isles after Celtic-speaking tribes entered around the 6th century BCE. In Ireland, Insular Celtic flourished, aided by the geographical isolation which kept Ireland relatively safe from the Roman and Anglo-Saxon invasion.
The only Celtic languages still spoken today (Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Breton) all come from Insular Celtic.
The Germanic branch is divided in three sub-branches: East Germanic, currently extinct; North Germanic, containing Old Norse, the ancestor of all modern Scandinavian languages; and West Germanic, containing Old English, Old Saxon, and Old High German.
The earliest evidence of Germanic-speaking people dates back to first half of the 1st millennium BCE, and they lived in an area stretching from southern Scandinavia to the coast of the North Baltic Sea. During prehistoric times, the Germanic speaking tribes came into contact with Finnic speakers in the north and also with Balto-Slavic tribes in the east. As a result of this interaction, the Germanic language borrowed several terms from Finnish and Balto-Slavic.
Dutch, English, Frisian, and Yiddish are some examples of modern survivors of the West Germanic sub-branch, while Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish are survivors of the North Germanic branch.
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Kris Menace & Miss Kittin's 'Hide' video
This week German Electro Disco don Kris Menace released an album of collaborations, Features, that included a track with ElectroClash icon Miss Kittin. Hide is a hypnotic slice of AcidPop brilliance that has just been released in video form.
Check out the clip, directed by Mathieu Bétard for some really stunning animated visuals.
Kris Menace's Featuresis out now.
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By Crash • Posted in Electro, ElectroClash, ElectroPop, House, Video	• Tagged Electro, ElectroClash, ElectroPop, House, Kris Menace, Miss Kittin, Video
Russ Chimes reMixes Bastille
The sounds of London based ElelectroPopper Bastille are making some serious waves, majestic and dramatic, yet pretty introspective they are the perfect fit for this post-TEED world. However, things get really interesting when you add a little of Russ Chimes in the mix.
Flaws is Bastille's signature tune, and it's about to get re-released complete with reMix package. Headlining this is Mr. Chimes with a full-on Chicago House created from that dense production styles that we love about him so much. Rather than frantically throwing out whatever track they can knock together, every week, like most producers seem to have been bullied into doing these days, Chime's tracks are few and far between. But you can see why, each tune is a labour of love, and obviously something that he has taken an immense amount of time and care over. The production alone, with so much going on, yet everything having room to breathe, must have taken ages. Let along the composition itself, a hyper House workout with an infectious bassline hook and complex intertwining melodies. just the right snatches of Bastille's vocal have been used to give the track an anthemic quality. this one will be packing dancefloors for months to come.
♫ Bastille – Flaws (Russ Chimes reMix)
Flaws is out soon.
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By Crash • Posted in Electro, ElectroClash, House, Indie-Electro, Nu-Disco, Pop	• Tagged Bastille, Electro, ElectroPop, House, Indie-Eelctro, Nu-Disco, Pop, Russ Chimes
Good Night Keaton reMixes Saint Lou Lou
If you haven't picked up the new single from Australian girl duo Saint Lou Lou, released this week in Kitsuné, you should. It's been stuck in my head since last week, and that's not a bad thing. If something is going to be on repeat in your mind, then this is a pretty good song to have stuck. If you need any more convincing check out the reMix from Good Night Keaton.
Good Night Keaton, is, you'll know by now, Aaron Shanahan, drummer form the mighty Miami Horror. having just reMixed Gigamesh he's going from strength to strength with his deep Disco tracks. With Maybe You Good Night Keaton brings his sweeping, all encompassing, Disco to the mix which seems to completely lift the girls catchy vocal hook to a breezy Disco place. Tropical percussion and stabbing retro synths are all present and correct, but Shanahan production style owes a little to the Indie-Elector of Miami Horror, resulting in a fresh summery slice of euphoria.
♫ Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You (Good Night Keaton reMix)
Saint Lou Lou 's Maybe You is out now.
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By Crash • Posted in Electro, ElectroClash, Indie-Electro, Nu-Disco	• Tagged Electro, ElectroPop, Good Night Keaton, Indie-Electro, Nu-Disco, Saint Lou Lou
An interview with Arnaud Rebotini/Black Strobe
An imposing figure in electronic music, Arnaud Rebotini has seen it all. A legend amongst producers who has never been afraid to walk a different path, and the path Rebotini walks usually ends up being emulated by the masses a year or so later. An analog experimentalist who has ploughed through EBM, Detroit Techno, Acid House, ElectroClash through to and French Electro and Disco leaving a trail of ground-breaking 12" in his wake.
Whether in his solo synthesizer noodlings or as part of ElectroClash come Electro-Rock pioneers Black Strobe, Rebotini continues to push boundaries and inform, rather then follow, current dance music, and even Indie, trends. He's latest output being a return to Black Strobe for an ungodly Electro/Swamp Rock hybrid that is as grimy as it is funky.
Amidst all this pioneering and ground-breaking, Arnaud took some time to chat with us about just where the madness comes from.
ER: So, I think you came onto our radar back in 1998/99 with Black Strobe and since then played around with electronic music styles both as Black Strobe and with solo releases. But we get the feeling there's a lot more going on in your past. Can you fill us in on your musical background, what influenced you to start writing music, and what your musical journey to the point we are at now was?
AR: I starting music in Noisy band influence by band like The Jesus And Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth, after that I was singer in Death Metal band, in the same I'm starting electronic music, I released my first 12" around 1995 it's pretty Experimental Techno. I was influence by early Warp Records and Detroit Techno. I always listen some very different kind of music, was I was teenager my favorite records was Herbie Hancock Head hunter, New Order's Power, Corruption And Lies, and Muddy Waters: fathers and sons. I don't thinks that's changed that much.
ER: From the electronic side of things, as well as the obvious House influences, we hear a lot of old school EBM in your music. What electronic styles have influenced you over the years?
AR: I like all good electronic music, from early Electro Funk stuff, to old school EBM, Detroit Techno Chicago House and Krautrock have a great influence on me. And form Techno a mix between ambient Krautrock band like Cluster or Tangerine Dream and Disco.
ER: And the, of course, there's the Southern Blues. Especially with the new releases there is a big Swamp Rock vibe going on. There's a kind of darkness, a kind of seedy sexuality and a kind of lost souls feeling, that this kind atmosphere. When did you decide you wanted to try to combine that with electronic music, was it something you always had in mind?
AR: This sound come may because now I listen a lot of Nu disco stuff and southern rock and blues. At I think it's really cool to mix it with disco. Like Johnny 'Guitar' Watson have done in certain way. And the biggest success of Black Strobe are Italian Fireflies and I'm a man, so tried to mix its all in a on one and unique style.
♫ Black Strobe – Italian Fireflies
ER: When do you tell if a track is going to be a Rebotini track or a Black Strobe track?
AR: Rebotini is pure electronic music, and a solo project in studio and on stage. Black Strobe is a band and not only electronic music, you have drums, guitars, vocals.
ER: And your style switches from Bluesy to more electronic and back again. Does that happen organically, naturally, or do you set out to make a particular type of record?
AR: I think it came naturally it's base on classical chords and melody, everybody all ready know it, and it was funny to me have no classical bluesy production, to make some kind of electronic Blues.
♫ Arnaud Rebotini – Few More Minutes Of Love
ER: So what's the Black Strobe studio? Do you have a favourite bit of studio kit? Any favourite synths?
AR: I have a nice studio with a lot of hardware stuff, a lot synth, and effects. May be my favorite is one of my first synth, not the most rare, but probably the most versatile, and easy to carry for the live, it's the Roland SH 101.
ER: If money was no object, what piece of studio gear would be your dream to own?
AR: Probably a Buchla 200 series.
ER: Your music particularly, in the electronic arena, lends itself well to a live situation. What's your preference, live or studio?
AR: I like both. Studio is the composition and production time, you feel alone with the music. Live it's the opposite it's the execution time, and you feel close to the ground
♫ Black Strobe – White Gospel Blues (Extended Version)
ER: Speaking of playing live. Any crazy rock 'n' roll stories from your tour adventures?
AR: Playing live spending time on the road, waiting for the soundcheck, waiting for to play, waiting for the next gig. And for the rest what happened on tour stays on tour.
ER: Any nightmare shows? What's the worst?
AR: I always forget my nightmares.
♫ Arnaud Rebotini – My Life In House Music
ER: What's your breakfast preference? Cereal or a proper continental breakfast? Would your answer change the day after a show?
AR: My favorite Breakfast is the Proper English Breakfast! After a show I need bean eggs sausage and mushroom !
♫ Black Strobe – Boogie In Zero Gravity (Extended Version)
Black Strobe's Boogie In Zero Gravity EP is out now.
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By Crash • Posted in Electro, ElectroClash, Interview, Nu-Disco	• Tagged Arnaud Rebotini, Black Strobe, Blackstrobe, Electro, ElectroClash, Interview, Nu-Disco
Visitor's 'RNB'
After literally months and months of waiting we finally have our first taste of the forthcoming album from London based ElectroPop duo Visitor. Visitor first crashed onto the scene in 2010 with the stunning Los Feeling single and since then we have been eagerly awaiting more, but apart from a handful of reMixes and some energetic live shows we have been left wanting. News of their album surfaces occasionally but with the recently announced new double A-side single Coming Home/RNB we have some concrete new tunes.
RNB is our first full listen to what the new material holds, and it was well worth the wait. A blissful slice of ElectroPop with an epic, cinematic quality. Produced by one of the best in the game, Diamond Cut, Visitor's unofficial third member, RNB sweeps you along with Lucas and Kyle's dreamlike washes of undulating synths and shimmering leads and a soaring, impassioned vocal. reMixes on the single comes from Lifelike, Viceroy, FM Attack, Bestrack, SymbolOne, Vanguard, Easy D and more. We're so glad Visitor are back in the game! Pull your finger out Vulture Music, release that album!
♫ Visitor – RNB
Visitor's Coming Home/RNB is released soon.
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Some words from Digitalism
German Electro duo Jens Moelle and İsmail Tüfekçi are pretty legendary. As Digitalism they lead the vanguard of mid-2000's Electro resurgence, riding the high point of, and contributing to, Kitsuné's cool and generally paving the way for modern Electro-House and Indie/Electro crossover. With raucous songs and an energetic live show, Digitalism showed the world that electronic music could rock…hard. Seven years and two studio albums later, Digitalism have consistently proved they are not only masters of rocking a crowd with high-octane Electro, but also deft songwriters, effortlessly mixing Indie and Electro amongst melding pot of styles that encompasses Disco, ElectroClash, Punk and Techno. Big beats and great songs, what more could you ask for?
Recently the duo were asked by Studio !K7 to curate and mix the latest in the long, prestigious line of DJ-KICKS albums. Released next month Digitalism's DJ-KICKS through some of the best, punchiest, Electro around with the two Germans both paying respect to their career since 2004 and dropping some brand new exclusive tracks of their own. The likes of Vitalic, TWR72, WhoMadeWho and The Rapture rub shoulders with fresh tunes and reMixes from Digitalism in possible the best DJ-KICKS album for a while.
Jens and İsmail were kind enough to take some time out of their busy promotion schedule to put up with our waffle and fill you guys in on some of the inner workings of an Electro legend.
ER. Interviews tend to start by asking about influences, but in this case we're really interested to know what your influences and music backgrounds are. Digitalism has always been such a melting pot of sounds, from Electro and ElectroClash, to Punk and Indie, to House and Techno. Where does that all come from?
D. It probably all started with growing up with 1980s computer games. They had amazing 8-bit soundtracks, and they were sometimes all about diving into weird different worlds made of bits and bytes. There were amazing compositions, and they sounded a bit new wave and punk sometimes. We love soundtracks in general, also the classical ones from John Williams, Vangelis and Ennio Morricone. Some people said we sound quite 'Nordic', pretty atmospheric and melodic like Röyksopp and Björk for example. Maybe true – we live close to Skandinavia in Germany. In the 1990s we started listening to Dance Music, especially House, and got hooked up by a weekly radio show that played the top ten tunes, vinyl, 10-minute versions. It was the first insight into nightlife and a totally different formula of music. We then met twelve years ago in a record store and started DJing House. After a while we got bored of the regular new releases, everything sounded the same. That's when we started going more leftfield and alternative in our sets, like with Disco Punk, ElectroClash and Breaks. It was more fun. Of course we also had our years listening to early U2 and even Trance (in Germany, unavoidable in the 90s), and we share a love for Hip-Hop. We absorbed a lot of music and made it into a very broad dough if you want. We don't like concentrating on just one genre too much, we get bored too easily. But what combines all of our music is that it's electronic, it's riff-heavy and it's cinematic. And cheeky.
ER. And so how do you see yourselves? I would say most people we know who are fans of Digitalism are Electro fans, but some the time you are straight up Indie. Where would you say you fit and do you see yourselves bringing, say Indie to Electro fans, or Electro to Indie fans?
D. We reside within the two poles of Techno and Indie music. Ever since we started making music, we did it in a DIY way. So even when we make something that's more techno, it might have that garage band attitude shining through. We didn't care much about flawless production, that's why our music sounds pretty raw in general. At the end, we're electronic artists, because we don't have a band background and we don't play guitars and all that. We use those sounds, and we have those instruments lying around in the studio, but at the end we work with electronic gear, and we come from a Dance Music background, so even our more songy tracks are still danceable.
Our home base was always the electronic scene, so you could probably say we're bringing Indie to them. But then again – we've played so many festivals with band line-ups programmed around us, that we sometimes also gave an insight into Electro to those live-band audiences. It's great to have them all aboard.
♫ Digitalism – Simply Dead
ER. So what's the story with you two coming together? Did you decide to make music with a bit of everything you liked because no-one else was?
D. We met in a record store in Hamburg twelve years ago. Jence was working there in the afternoons after school, and Isi came round as a frequent customer. It was a place to hang out like in 'Hi-Fidelity', and they were specialized on House and Techno vinyl, so it was more for DJs only. We spent a lot of time there, practicing mixing on the turntables and browsing vinyls. We were just old enough to go to clubs, and we started DJing. The owner of the store did parties every now and then, and he put us on the bill together. Since then we've played together every time. Having spent so much time in the store, we started to get bored of the releases that would come in every week. They all sounded the same, and we didn't want to play stuff that 99% of the others would be playing. So we started making our own edits at home to have something unique, and later on when we had more gear, like a keyboard and stuff, we made our own first tracks. We felt like there wasn't really the type of music that we'd love to play, so we had to make it ourselves – a mix between techno, punk and electro. Back then, we were the only ones in our home town. That's why we played mostly abroad at the beginning. Now it's thriving with lots of young and really talented producers.
ER. 'Idealism', and the singles that came before it, were some of of the biggest records that were part of the 2005-2007 resurgence of Electro, how much was that a pressure when recording 'I Love You, Dude'? You must have felt like all eyes were on you.
D. It wasn't too bad to be honest. We had a couple of years of touring-only after the release of our first album, and we got more experienced in playing live, and collected lots of impressions from travels and being on the road. All that went into the second album. We knew we didn't want to repeat ourselves, that was clear for us. Everything else was basically freestyle. Like with the first album, we started making quick ideas, tested them in DJ-sets and then had some favorites that we later on turned into full songs and tracks. We loved them, so we just stuck to them. This time we wanted to get deeper into songwriting for a change, so lots of the track on 'I Love You, Dude' are shorter and more structured, and have vocals on them. It was just something we felt like doing when we made the album.
At the end, we had something that was obviously different to the first album, but also was pure Digitalism, and we loved the finished songs, so we just released it. You know, as long as you love what you are doing there, you're good. If you have doubts then you should reconsider. We weren't doubting, because we make music out of passion in the first place, not to please people. But of course, you never really know how to handle that follow-up record. You establish a certain profile with the first LP and then you can only extend the spectrum with the second one. We felt like that was the case, so all good. Now that we're through the notorious 'album 2', we feel free to do anything. Looks like exciting times are ahead!
ER. So now you've been asked by Studio !K7 to put together their latest DJ-KICKS album. That's quite an line-up to follow, how did you go about compiling your playlist?
D. For us it was very clear that we wanted to present our sonic universe and history as DJs to the people. So we started by writing down all our favourite records, labels and producers from back then, and added more new music by those people or a few new favorites by upcoming artists and friends. We wanted to make sure that the list covers our whole musical spectrum, from techno via electro, house and disco to new wave and indie music, and that people know us better after they've had a chance to listen to the mix. At the end we added a lot of new tracks that we've been working on, and we had a perfect compilation. It's like when we started making music for our DJ-sets. Now it's a DJ-mix with ups and downs, waves, time to breathe and harder bits, and again we've added new music. It's like going back to the roots, but at the same time it's a next step for us.
ER. And the new Digitalism tracks on there, would you say they were leftovers from 'I Love You Dude' era Digitalism or a peek at Digitalism's next era, what the future holds?
D. Who knows? A lot of the new tracks were made earlier this year, without a plan. We then got asked to do a DJ-kicks in the middle of that process, so we just went: 'Yeah let's put all this stuff on it to make it even bigger!'. Two tracks are a bit older ('The Pictures' and 'Simply Dead'), the rest are all new, and the remix for The Rapture was made exclusively a few days before the deadline for the DJ-kicks. We were just jamming around in the studio, so we don't know what'll come out of it next when we're back there.
♫ Digitalism – A New Drug
ER. Having reMixed the likes of Depeche Mode (and Dave Gahn) and The Cure, would you say you had a fondness for old SynthPop and New Wave? Sometimes, in some of your arrangements, we get the feeling that might be influences coming from there. I always hear a lot of New Order in your more Indie-Electro songs.
D. That's correct, we like the mix of live bass, edginess, amateurism and synthesizer sounds ever since the 80s video games that we've mentioned earlier. A lot of New Wave and Post Punk music had that kind of vibe – it was a bit colder and darker, they used the first drum machines and sequencers, and they had warm basslines with icy synths. Something really appealing. People should check out that era (end '70's 'till mid '80's).
ER. Your reMixes tend to be pretty different to the original. what's your process when deconstructing and reconstructing a track you've been asked to remix.
D. We approach a remix usually the same way we deal with our own original material: We make a Digitalism track out of it. That's the same with our music: We have one idea and remix it about 20 times.
ER. So what's in Digitalism's studio? Do you have a favourite bit of kit?
D. The heart of it, since we started, is a computer. We have a huge analogue mixing desk that's wired up with all sorts of hardware synths, new and old ones. We have a guitar there, even though we're really bad in playing it, but we compensate that with the use of samplers and other tricks. From day one we always found our own ways of production and of making things happen and getting the results we wanted. Back then we didn't have any money so our first computer was so slow that we were forced to get creative when it came to multiple tracks and all that. That's when we started sampling ourselves a lot.
We love our Korg Electribes (we even had them on stage until last year, our studio is full of them) and old Teisco synths, and we have an EMS Synthi A. That's a super rare one from the 70s. Its 'brother' synth the Putney was used by Brian Eno all the time. You can patch anything through it and it has nice real spring reverb..
ER. If money was no object, what piece of studio gear would be your dream to own?
D. Some massive modular synth probably. And The best high-class valve hardware compressors. Couldn't afford them so far.
ER. How's the Hamburg music scene, when I think of Germany my mind goes straight to Berlin, Sell Hamburg to me?
D. Hamburg's been big for House music in the 90s, with people like Boris Dlugosch (who used to produce with Moloko f.i.) and Knee Deep (big in the Miami scene back then). Our record store boss even is good friends with Masters At Work, Dimitri From Paris, Roger Sanchez and all those people. There was a legendary club called 'Front' that gave birth to underground and acid House in Germany back then.
You're right, people first think of Berlin when they hear the word Germany, but now Hamburg has a big electronic scene doing its own thing and making some really good music. Tensnake, Solomun and Stimming for instance are all from Hamburg. There's a lot of stuff happening – and it's much more beautiful than Berlin, like a huge park with lots of canals.
Oh, and Hamburg is famous for its redlight district, the Reeperbahn. Nearly everyone's heard of it. It was the place where The Beatles started, and it's got so many venues, clubs and bars that many close after a few months due to competition, then re-open and so on… It's a very dynamic and interesting place.
ER. So you've played around a few places. Any crazy rock 'n' roll stories from your adventures?
D. Of course, but we don't even want to get started with that – it's like opening Pandora's box. There's no artist that's been touring for a while without any crazy stories.
ER. What would be your preference, to perform as a DJ team or as a musical outfit?
D. We like to switch back and forth between playing live and DJing. Since last summer we've played about 120 live shows, and at the moment we're on a DJ-tour through the States. It's good to have that for a change every now and then, so we can test out new ideas and drop some favourites in the sets. When we play live, we it's more physical and we can get rid of lots of energy on the other hand. We use a lot of sweat usually, performing.
♫ Digitalism – 2 Hearts
ER. What's coming up for Digitalism after DJ KICKS is out?
D. There's be music releases around the DJ-Kicks of course, and we'll be touring more, as DJs and live. Everything else is under wraps – we like to surprise.
ER. Is Digitalism a Cereal or a Full Continental Breakfast kinda' band? Would your answer change the day after a show?
D. We love cereal but the next day after a show is always good with bacon and eggs. We're not big fans of continental breakfast.
So, there you have it.
Many thanks to Jens and İsmail for taking the time to share their thoughts with our readers.
Digitalism's 'DJ-KICKS' record is out 10th July. You can pre-order the record here.
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By Crash • Posted in Electro, Electro-House, ElectroClash, ElectroPop, ElectroPunk, Indie-Electro, Interview, Nu-Disco, Video	• Tagged Digitalism, Electro, Electro-House, ElectroClash, ElectroPop, ElectroPunk, Indie-Electro, Interview, Nu-Disco, Video
Futurecop! new compilation album and launch party
On 5th June Kiez Beats and Futurecop! will be releasing 'We Are The Future', an 18 track compilation album featuring the best in contemporary SynthWave and Dreamwave around. Featuring the likes of datA, Lifelike, Phonat, Anoraak, Fear Of Tigers, Mille, StardonE, Worship and Follow Me alongside Futurecop! themselves. Check the MiniMix for a taste of what to expect and feast your eyes on that stellar tracklisting.
♫ Futurecop! – We Are The Future MiniMix
The tracklist:
01. Lazerhawk – Shoulder Of Orion
02. Car Clova – Farletched
03. StardonE – Lovedays
04. Mille – Afterski
05. Worship – Horizon
06. Lifelike (Feat. Namebrand And Yota) – Love Emulator
07. Follow Me – A Mission Noctural
08. datA – Electric Fever
09. Anoraak – Above Your Head
10. Fear Of Tigers – Hidup
11. Robots With Rayguns – Fever
12. Phonat – The Microwave FX
13. Power Glove – Night Force
14. Maethelvin – Delight
15. Futurecop! – Forever: Dreams (beaumont reMix)
16. Young Digerati – The Dauphin (Ride The Universe reMix)
17. Futurecop! – Far Away (Leisure Council reMix)
18. NeonFlashDrive – Previously On X-Men
Just before the album drops, on 26th May, the guys are putting together a launch party at The Nest in Dalston, London. It look like it;s going to be a one-of-a-kind night featuring Futurecop!, The C90s, Edwin Van Cleef, Fear Of Tigers and I'll be there too spinning some tunes. Details here.
It's going to be a pretty unmissable night! Stay tuned for more information, and tracklist, about the album.
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By Crash • Posted in Dreamwave, Electro, ElectroClash, Italo, Mixtape, Site News, SynthWave	• Tagged Dreamwave, Electro, ElectroPop, Futurecop!, Italo, Mixtape, Site News, SynthWave
Lovelock's 'Burning Feeling'
From the opening notes of the heavy synth bassline of the title track of 'Burning Feeling', the début album from Lovelock, you know something synthetically special is happening. Lovelock is one of the many monikers of Synth legend Steve Moore. I say 'legend' because the man has a prolific and consistently amazing out put. Whether it's as in Zombi or Miracle or as Gianna Rossi or just himself you know that with the Moore stamp on it, you're in for some amazing, emotional synth work.
His latest release, Lovelock's 'Burning Feeling' is in part a collection of his work under this pseudonym to date, some of the tracks, including the title, date back a couple of years and will be familiar to most fans of synth music, whist some are brand new, and the two sit side by side effortlessly. maybe du in part to Moore's retro influences, maybe just due to the sheer quality of the songs, nothing on the album sound dated (or at least, not dated in the bad sense of the word). The album is loaded with futuristic Sci-Fi soundscapes and Cosmic Disco grooves, robotic Italo basslines and heartfelt Funk. 'Burning Feeling' itself is one of the most powerful SynthPop tracks you'll hear in a while. Punchy EBM basslines and jackhammer drums mix with epic power ballad vocals to create a weird, but utterly amazing Industrial/Pop crossover. Elsewhere on the album Lovelock presents a more boogie laden Moroder-esque analog Disco vibe with track like 'New Age Christ' .Maybe Tonight' and 'The Fog', albeit with his trademark warbling synth solos along for the ride. Mainly, though, 'Burning Feeling' is like the best collection of '80's TV themes that never existed. 'Deco District' channels a more New York Disco version of Jan Hammer, as does 'Love Reaction' which ups the ante with some sweet female vocals. And in the middle of all this future funk and soundtrack majesty sits 'South beach Sunrise', a chilled out respite from the energy of the rest of the record, complete with a beautiful sax solo. 'Burning Feeling' truly is a masterpiece, an amazingly good album that impresses right from the moment you put it on. An electronic music fan's record collection is just not complete without this album.
♫ Lovelock – Don't Turn Away (From My Love)
♫ Lovelock – Love Reaction
♫ Lovelock – Maybe Tonight
♫ Lovelock – South Beach Sunrise
Lovelock's 'Burning Feeling' is released 26th April on Prins Thomas's Internasjonal imprint.
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By Crash • Posted in Disco, Dreamwave, Electro, ElectroClash, Italo, Nu-Disco, SynthPop	• Tagged Disco, Dreamwave, Electro, ElectroPop, Italo, Lovelock, Nu-Disco, Steve Moore, SynthPop, SynthWave
Black Strobe's 'Italian Fireflies' is back, with a Reflex reMix
Black Strobe's 'Italian Fireflies' is a bit of a modern classic. Released in 2033 in Kitsuné it had a riff that stuck in everyone's head and the opening bars of the track, when the riff kicked in, would destroy dancefloors. Now Blackstrobe Records are re-releasing the track with a whole package of awesome reMixes featuring some serious talent bring the track into 2012.
Amongst that talent you'll find one of our current faves, French SynthPop duo Reflex, who pull the track from it's dark post-Electroclash resting place into the sunlight with a huge ElectroPop workout. Turning that evil, edgy riff into soaring retro lead line with some choice chords underneath full to give it more of a rousing kick, Reflex have done the impossible and turned the track into something bright and uplifting., which makes a really nice contrast to the growling, moody original. Both takes on the tune are ace and it;s nice to have the choice. The rest of the EP features reMixes from Munk, Yan Wagner, Second Date, Richy Ahmed & Corey Baker, Hey Today! and Mr. Arnaud Rebotini himself. that's a hell of a reMix package and one we await excitedly.
♫ Black Strobe – Italian Fireflies (Reflex reMix)
The 'Italian Fireflies' reMix package is released 7th March in Blackstrobe Records.
By Crash • Posted in Electro, Electro-House, ElectroClash, ElectroPop, House	• Tagged Black Strobe, Electro, Electro-House, ElectroClash, ElectroPop, House
Dusty Digital reMixes R3set
Dusty Digital is a Boston based producer who you may remember from his entry in the Fear Of Tigers 'Pippy Longsrump' reMix competition. He's not turned his attention to the title track from R3set's 'Runaway' EP.
Dusty is developing a really interesting sound. On first listen he seems to be on Nu-Disco or Dreamwave tip, but there's a lot more going on under the hood. In this reMix there are strong elements of both '80's Pop and early '90's House, in the melodies and basslines respectively, which makes for something a bit fresh sounding to compliment R3sets ethereal ElectroPop track. Dusty Digital has evoked a new atmosphere for the track, one of distance befitting the subject matter.
♫ R3set – Runaway (Dusty Digital reMix)
R3set's 'Runaway' EP is out now.
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By Crash • Posted in Dreamwave, Electro, ElectroClash, House, Nu-Disco	• Tagged Dreamwave, Dusty Digital, Electro, ElectroPop, House, Nu-Disco, R3set


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    after_create :create_warehouse
  end
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    attr_reader :warehouse_opts
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        t.goods_class_name = @warehouse_opts[:goods_class_name]
        t.m_name = @warehouse_opts[:name]
        t.goods_name = @warehouse_opts[:goods_name]
        t.superset = true
        t.name = 'superset'
      end
      all.each do |t|
        t.warehouse || t.warehouse = ::Warehouse::Category.new
      end
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    private
    def acts_as_warehouse(options={})
      conf = {
        :prefix => '',
        :goods_class_name => nil,
        :name => 'name',        # name 表示 acts_as_warehouse 对象表示名称的字段
        :goods_name => 'name'   # goods_name 表示 product 的 name 字段/方法
      }
      conf.update(options)
      if conf[:goods_class_name].nil? || conf[:name].nil? || conf[:goods_name].nil?
        raise ActiveRecord::ActiveRecordError, "acts_as_warehouse must be provided with :goods_class_name option with class name like Product"
      end
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      end
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    end
  end

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    ::Warehouse::Category.where("? = ANY (warehouseable_ids) and warehouseable_type = ?", self.id, self.class).first
  end

  def warehouse=(warehouse_category)
    raise 'Error! 合并仓库要同类型!' if warehouse_category.warehouseable_type && warehouse_category.warehouseable_type != self.class
    warehouse_category.warehouseable_ids << self.id
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    warehouse_category.name = "#{warehouse_category.name}#{self.try(get_warehouse_opts[:name])}"
    warehouse_category.save
  end

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    warehouse.goods_stocks
  end

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  end

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    if self.class.warehouse_opts.blank? && self.class.superclass.try(:warehouse_opts).present?
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    end
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  end

  private
  def create_warehouse
    self.warehouse = ::Warehouse::Category.new
  end
end


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Alumni Feature: Makia Sharp
Makia Sharp seeks authenticity through the interdisciplinary exploration of light, slowness and still life
Makia Sharp had completed only one semester at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) when she was hit by a car. Consequently, she had to return home to Utah to undergo surgery and take time to recover, while remaining enrolled in a rigorous graduate program. The accident was a significant turning point for Sharp as an artist. She returned to RISD after two short months.
"At first I questioned whether or not I should go back [to school] so soon after my surgery, but I felt like I needed to," Sharp said. "I decided if I was going to go back, I was going to make work that I cared about and I felt strongly about."
Sharp's injuries hindered her ability to make art in the way she was used to. Hours in her studio were spent simply staring out her window, observing time pass. As she contemplated mortality and physical limitations, she turned toward the still life tradition for symbols to use in her artwork. Sharp embraced slow work as she photographed the same arrangements of fruit and flowers every day, capturing their decay over time.
During this period, Sharp began to explore possibilities for preserving flowers, which led her to make work for her final critique of the year, "Still Life." Sharp described this body of work as the best thing she made her whole first year at RISD. "It opened up a whole new trajectory for me," she said.
In contrast to her work in "Still Life," Sharp said the work from her first semester at RISD lacked some authenticity. At the time, she missed home and felt out of place in the sculpture program, for which she was not technically trained. Since she had focused on photography and new genres as an undergraduate, Sharp's sculptural background at the time was rooted in personal experience and making.
"I felt pressured to try a lot of different things and to push my work in a direction that didn't feel quite authentic, trying to fit into this sculpture world," Sharp said.
In retrospect, Sharp sees connections between her early graduate work and later work. Similar to "Still Life," "Trying to Know Something" was an attempt to capture personal feelings about longing and the past, with multiple works in a space, but Sharp was not as happy with the results.
Not until she let go of her beliefs about what others thought or expected of her was Sharp able to make work she truly cared about, that was also better received by others.
"I had to learn which voices and which critiques and suggestions I was going to intake and which ones I was going to learn to disregard," Sharp said. "I had to realize I was there for myself, not to please anybody or to prove myself."
Sharp's work has shifted since her first year of graduate school three years ago, but some common themes still pervade her work—slowness, still life and use of natural light, for example.
Discussing slowness in her work, Sharp said she is interested in asking nothing and everything of the viewer at the same time. "I've made videos that are an hour long, where something goes from in focus to out of focus in that time period," Sharp said. "For someone who chooses to stay with the video for 30 minutes, versus someone who stays with it for 30 seconds, that's a hugely different experience."
For Sharp, slowness serves as a tool to mirror everyday phenomena that exist whether or not they are interacted with. "Like when light hits the wall," Sharp said. "It's this cinematic thing that happens every day, and it happens whether or not we notice it. Deciding to stop and notice it gives a very different result."
More recently, Sharp has delved further into forms and approaches to creating that she started exploring her first year in the sculpture program. Specifically, she aims to blur the boundaries between sculpture and photography.
"What I've been trying to do is break away an image or an object from its traditional form—like a photograph existing as a framed print or mounted on the wall—and to destabilize that and question what makes up an image," Sharp said.
Sharp currently resides in Oakland, California, where she is completing her second year of a post-graduate teaching fellowship at the California College of the Arts. This prestigious fellowship, founded by the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and
Design (AICAD), is available to master's level students of color who are nominated by the institution from which they receive their graduate degree. Sharp is one of 14 current AICAD fellows throughout the nation. At the conclusion of her fellowship, Sharp will pursue a full-time teaching position with a university or college.
by Abby Weidmer
Alumni Feature: Maddison Colvin
Rooted in the acquisition, possibilities and failures of knowledge, Maddison Colvin's work follows through on personal, intellectual inquiries
Alumni Feature: Jen Harmon Allen
After years of perfecting a non-traditional sculpting method amidst personal trial, Jennifer Harmon Allen is ready to be patient with more delicate processes
Alumni Feature: Brandon Gunn
As education director at the prestigious Tamarind Institute, Brandon Gunn trains students to become the best lithographers in the world


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Since I'm late to this game, I'm not sure what I can add to the discussion on this novel.
In some ways, it's very Tolkien-esque, in that Martin definitely digs deep into the fantasy world building, and it's clear there are many layers of information hidden beneath the story that I will never even see or read. In fact, by the end of a novel by either author, I think I have probably forgotten more than I have learned, because it can be so difficult to file away all that information on a first read.
In other ways, it's nothing like Tolkien, in that Martin writes edgier, darker, bloodier, sexier, and more horrifying scenes and moments than Tolkien ever did. And I both like and hate that, at any given moment.
After I finished reading this, I watched the first season of Game of Thrones, and that worked great. The TV show stuck reasonably close to the book, and it helped me to see all the characters come to life on the screen before moving on to book 2.
Also, it should be noted that I listened to a lot of this on audiobook, and it's a particularly good recording. I think I almost prefer listening to it over reading it, though I did both, depending on what was convenient in the moment.
Last thought: I recommend this to anyone who digs deep fantasy. You have to be someone who can weather the storm of heavy descriptions, in-depth histories, an extraordinary number of characters, lengthy battles, and multiple, complex story lines. If you can tackle that, I think you'll find there's a lot here to love.


Lord Russell did the Grand Mysterious honours today and stood in grandly as GM.
They got a celebratory down-down for a downright dazzling hash.
At the Next Hash there will be elections!
On to more (or less) serious matters!
The important question on the RA's mind was if we had to take little blue pills (hash-Agra) at the next hash for the once-a-year erection?
Would he pee all over his Pee' ers?
Some more urinary prose from the pen of the famous Welsh public toilet attendant and hasher – Sir Hugh Rainal.
When he has to pee.
A holy joke from Claude's suitcase.
A man and his ever-nagging wife went on vacation to Jerusalem.
The undertaker told the husband: "you can have her shipped home for $5000 or you can bury her here in the Holy Land for only $150".
The man thought about it and told the undertaker he would rather have her shipped home.
I guess this places Claude in a rather precarious position of Marriage Counsellor to the Hash, for appointments please apply in triplicate at the Trash Desk.
Now finally, let's see who ended up on the RA LIST.
2 ~ Luke…a complaint reached the RA's ears about little Luke wearing a Chelsea T-shirt…and called him into the circle. His dad Kevin had to join him for a double D for not controlling his kid (although daddy doesn't support Chelsea…and was accused by Luke of supporting the RUBBISH Team AKA Man U…oooops we have a dad & son dispute!!!) So Kevin downed it for being a surrogate Chelsea supporter and Luke took his coca cola double d like a true hasher…well done Luke, that's the spirit!
3 ~ Franchette…she was spotted wearing her Tour de France cap as she was flaunting having been there in person and accused by the RA of Antisocial Cyclical Syndrome…and he almost got a beer shower for his frivolity!
5 ~ Isabelle & Tomek ~for being goody goodies and guilty of blatant sycophantism on this hash!!!
Last but never least… we called upon GM Bob's tender Mercy for one final very important issue…..
And for this, he had to get DOWN ON HIS KNEES and beg for mercy!
Jan volunteered to down a sprite for being last… much to mom Lisette's disbelief!
Looks like this down-down stuff is rubbing off on the next generation of true blue hashers!
Well done Jan, you are a star.
Thanks to all the ladies who helped out with the serving and thanks to Jennifer for her priceless tips and to Philida for her pots!


"Rising inequality is not a law of nature – it's not even a law of economics. It is a consequence of political and economic arrangements, and those arrangements can be changed." John Lanchester (1962-) er en britisk journalist og prisvindende forfatter. Hans dystopiske roman The Wall udkommer marts 2019.


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Try using transaction variants. There is a utility called GUIXT in transaction. You can write code to add a pushbutton on the desired screen by using the GUIXT. The coding syntax is provided in the SAP application help. Use transaction SHD0 to create the variants.
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Trump's youngest daughter is currently attending Georgetown law school.
She chose to wear white to the 2019 State of the Union.
At the 2019 State of the Union, many Democratic women chose to wear white to honor of the legacy of women's suffrage in the United States. Tiffany Trump also appeared at the event in an all-white ensemble, though it's unclear if she was purposefully trying to send a sartorial message, or if it was an unintentional coincidence.
Though she has visited the White House and attended Easter services with the President and First Lady last spring at Mar-a-Lago, People reports that "behind the scenes, Tiffany's already strained relationship with her father has hit new lows since he took office in January 2017, with the pair going months at a time without contact."
The two dated for more than two years and broke up when she moved to Washington, D.C. last year to attend Georgetown Law, Page Six reports. Mechanic, 23, and Trump met as undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania, and he attended her father's inauguration. He is reportedly a data engineer at Cadre, a New York-based real estate investment platform founded by Jared and Joshua Kushner.
She did appear with her three older siblings on the then president-elect's 60 Minutes interview. She had this to say: "I mean, I don't think we can really prepare for our father becoming president. But we were all there together with everyone that's worked so hard. And my dad has worked so hard. And it's just–it's really awe-inspiring."
You may recognize Marla Maples from Dancing with the Stars. When the Donald's marriage to mistress-turned-second-wife Maples ended, she packed up for the west coast, raising Tiffany in Los Angeles. On Where are they Now?, a 17-year-old Tiffany told Oprah, "My mom and I have always been very close since she did raise me as a single mom... Everyone I know is like, 'Wow you guys have a really good relationship!' She's with me a lot of the time." Judging from her Instagram feed, the duo hangs out a lot—giving Coachella vibes by the pool, zip lining at Sundance, wearing matching LBDs at the Carlyle. They both broke out some serious tango moves on a recent episode of DWTS.
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