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Kansas defeats Texas, 80-70
8 p.m., Feb. 26, 2018
Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS
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Senior Night Special: Jayhawks cruise to win over Texas, clinch outright Big 12 title
By Matt Tait
Photo by Nick Krug
The Jayhawks come together with the Big 12 conference championship trophy following their 80-70 win over Texas on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 at Allen Fieldhouse. The win gave the Jayhawks an outright win of their 14th-straight Big 12 Conference title.
There were plenty of key moments, big shots and momentum-changing buckets during Monday's Big Monday showdown with visiting Texas at Allen Fieldhouse.
After a scrap-it-out, 80-70 victory that gave sixth-ranked Kansas its 18th outright Big 12 title in 22 seasons, however, the only moment that really mattered was when the 14 glistening Big 12 championship trophies were lined up on the east side of James Naismith Court.
Such a scene has become commonplace around this time of year at Allen Fieldhouse, though they might have had to add a table or two during the past few seasons.
And with Texas big man Mo Bamba sidelined with a toe injury, the Jayhawks (24-6 overall, 13-4 Big 12) made darn sure that the tradition would continue, scoring a whopping 52 points in the paint and controlling the game from start to finish.
Appropriately, it was the three KU seniors who got things off on the right note.
Kansas basketball v. Texas (senior night)
View a gallery of images from the Jayhawks' Monday night game against the Longhorns on Senior Night at Allen Fieldhouse.
Devonte' Graham, Svi Mykhailiuk and Clay Young, who started the first game of his career in place of Lagerald Vick, factored in on the Jayhawks' first 11 points and 23 of their first 27 to help the Jayhawks build a 27-13 lead that never was truly threatened. Texas trimmed the lead to six at one point in the second half, but Graham and Mykhailiuk, along with sophomore center Udoka Azubuike, refused to let the Longhorns get any closer.
With Bamba out of the way, Azubuike dominated down low, scoring 20 points on 10-of-11 shooting, and added eight rebounds and five blocks to his big night.
At one point in the second half, the Longhorns (17-13, 7-10) became so preoccupied with stopping Azubuike that they doubled him in the post and did not come off of him even after he flipped a quick pass to Marcus Garrett under the basket.
Garrett, who finished with 11 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals and was the unsung hero of Senior Night, had time to bobble the ball, gather himself and still go up for the uncontested layup while two Texas defenders stayed glued to Azubuike along the baseline.
In the end, though, it was the 27 combined points, 13 combined assists and championship-or-bust leadership of Graham and Mykhailiuk that led the Jayhawks to Monday's victory and yet another Big 12 title.
"They say a team is only as good as your seniors," said KU coach Bill Self while introducing the guests of honor. "Well, there's a reason why we're league champs. We've got great seniors."
Box score: Kansas 80, Texas 70
That was on display all night. From Mykhailiuk's silky smooth 7-of-11 shooting night, including three more 3-pointers, to Graham's classic line that included more assists (11) than points (10), the dynamic duo did its thing one more time in front of the Allen Fieldhouse fans and their families, saving the best for last with their mix of comedy and raw emotion during their senior speeches.
"I'm really thankful and blessed to be a part of this program, this university, and it's great to make history with this group," Mykhailiuk said.
From there, he thanked his family and broke down, bending over at the waist with tears in his eyes while telling a story of his father going to practices with his old team back home to feel close to his son, who was becoming a star in America.
"I don't know if we've coached a sweeter kid or a young man who has improved as much as him," Self said of the player who inspired one sign that read "Svinior Night." "And it's been so fun to watch him during his senior year when he actually believed that he was the baddest man on the floor."
And then there was Graham, making good on his prediction that he would in fact cry, breaking down three or four different times during his speech.
The first time came when he thanked Self.
"Coach Self, I don't even know where to start, man," Graham said. "Everybody talks about how I'm such a good leader (towel goes over his head, head tips back, tears flow freely), man this dude has done so much for me in my career here. I want you to know I just love you. … I'm a good leader because of you."
During this exchange, Self let his emotions be shown, too, smiling, voice cracking and tearing up at various parts of Graham's speech.
The second time came at the end — just as he had promised, saving his family for last.
"To my mom, my grandma and my sister, I love you all to death," Graham said.
Graham going last was probably about as fitting as his home finale. Sure, he hit a couple of 3-pointers, and, yeah, his fancy drop pass to Mitch Lightfoot in transition for an easy dunk wowed the crowd.
But both Self and Graham summed up what he has meant to KU and what KU has meant to him during those brief moments on the floor.
"People talk all the time about stats, how many did you get tonight, what's your shooting percentage, how many rebounds did you get," Self began. "This dude, there's only one stat that matters and that's that your team has more points than your opponent."
Added Graham, in his final words, before heading back to the locker room: "To all the fans, for all the tweets and all the Snapchats, I love you all to death. Thank you for an amazing four years. Rock Chalk."
KU Sports Extra: A Senior Night To Remember by KUsports.com
Baseline View: Kansas wins Big 12 outright on Senior Night by KUsports.com
Senior Night speech: Devonte' Graham by KUsports.com
Bill Self praises KU's seniors, explains how red jerseys happened by KUsports.com
Devonte' Graham recalls social media doubters after helping KU win outright Big 12 title by KUsports.com
More news and notes from Kansas vs. Texas
Tom Keegan: Jayhawks sidestep several obstacles to 14th straight Big 12 title
Notebook: Graham, Newman earn Big 12 weekly awards; Texas guard Andrew Jones leaves hospital
KU basketball's red uniforms a request of "Number 4"
The Keegan Ratings: Sophomore Udoka Azubuike tops ratings on Senior Night in victory vs. Texas
KU seniors shut down fieldhouse for season with 80-70 win over Texas
By the Numbers: Kansas 80, Texas 70.
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Mike Riches 2 years, 10 months ago
Every Senior Night is special, but there's just something about these guys...
Thank you for four years of celebration, of winning, of becoming great men, and of being great champions!
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Steve Zimmerman 2 years, 10 months ago
It's hard to watch these guys' speeches without tears - I really enjoy watching these seniors throughout the years. They are so consistent - like coach said, it's not about stats, but they make KU men a better, stronger team every time. Great players with great personalities. I will miss them. I wish you seniors all the best, go get those $$$$!!! Rock Chalk!
Tony Bandle 2 years, 10 months ago
1] Based on this seasons distractions and circumstances, this team may have been judged as the least likely to defend the streak. Instead, it may up being the most memorable that did defend it.
2] Did I hear Dickie V right when he said that Bill Self was not the coach of the year??? Gee, I guess I don't understand the criteria if the best Coach of the best team in the best conference completes the best winning streak in the history of the game doesn't qualify.
3] Famous Jayhawks; Don Johnson, Jason Sudekis, Paul Rudd, Bill James.......please name some more.
4] Some careless play and poor free throw shooting on the part of the Hawks kept this from being a blow out.
5] Well, I guess it's back to the drawing board for Dok at the free throw line. By the way, does anyone know that Silvio is tied for the free throw % lead nationwide at 100%. Maybe Silvio should work with Dok!
6] Is Vick injured or is something else going on. His play tailed off a bit last night.
7] Replacing five consecutive years of Frank, Frank and Devonte and Devonte is going to be Bill's biggest challenge next season.
8] If they can keep hitting their threes, the Hawks will be very, very dangerous.
9] Dammit; Lunardi, keep your.mini cocks in the freezer
NS0NK YOU
My apologies for comment #9. That was supposed to read #1 Seed but I fell asleep typing...... maybe I better seek psychiatric help! :(
Dave Miller 2 years, 10 months ago
We'll just chalk it up to an emotional night and let it go at that... Rock Chalk!
Tim Orel 2 years, 10 months ago
I thought I read on here after Silvio's big game that he was working with Dok on free throws (but mostly learning the rest of his game FROM Dok).
Bryce Landon 2 years, 10 months ago
My favorite part of the game, aside from the victory, was seeing Kansas in red. I've been on here for the last few years begging to see the Jayhawks in red again, and I finally got my wish. Props to Devonte for making it happen! Kinda weird to see the visitors in the home white, though. Also, props to the team for joining with Texas to honor leukemia patient Andrew Jones with their pregame warmups.
Jonathan Allison 2 years, 10 months ago
How amazing is it that KU has stayed so healthy all year despite the starters playing so many minutes? Andrea Hudy has done a terrific job working with these guys to strengthen their weaknesses.
Hopefully the good health continues throughout the post-season. Kansas has always been one injury away from disaster this season. Whether that injury is to Graham, Dok, Svi, Newman, Vick, Mitch, or even Garrett who gets a lot of credit for his defense, but has proven to be dangerous with the ball in his hands lately.
Honestly, Garrett's game is looking a lot like Tyshawn Taylor lately. He seems to be able to drive at will right now. It will be interesting to see how he develops over the next couple years. There has always been rumors of him as a point guard, and if he can become a legit facilitator he could be the man in a couple years.
J.A., I made that prediction at the beginning of the season even when he was having offensive adjustment issues. I think we're looking at a future Frank or Devonte!
Thomas Green 2 years, 10 months ago
This season looked bleak at times, but is now a roaring success in my opinion. Record breaking seasons like this don't happen often!
Obviously I'd love to see much more come March. This teams character, never give up attitude and senior leadership make anything a possibility!
Congratulations to the entire team, with a special emphasis on the truly remarkable seniors! You clearly will be successful in anything you choose to pursue.
Tom Jones 2 years, 10 months ago
It's everyone's favorite time of year...Crow Eating Time! Special thanks to Yonatan Negash and Steve Johnson and of course, our annual leader in nonsensical posting, Bryce, for so much hilarity!
Jaston Archie 2/10/18 I don't understand why Devonte gets such a pass by KU coaches and fans, he is a small, unathletic very average player. I guess it's bc he plays so many minutes that any time he messes up or shoots bricks it's bc he's tired and has to carry the team. He's not built to carry a team, I can't wait for next season
Bryce Landon 2/10/18 I think it's time that we come to grips with grim reality: We are not going to win the Big 12 this year. We don't have the manpower to do it, and we don't have the willpower either. I, for one, am resigning myself to KU's fate to finish anywhere from 2nd-5th place, what with Texas Tech going into Manhattan and annihilating KSU this evening. The streak has been fun, and it's been nice to tie UCLA's old record, and it would have been nice to have that record all to ourselves; but with Billy Preston's issues, Sam and Silvio not panning out, all the departures before the season, and the players losing their edge, No. 14 isn't happening. And the sooner we come to terms with that, the better off we will be.
Robert Brock 2/6/18 This team is out of gas; it is going to go on a sustained losing streak. KU will end up with a pitiful NCAA Tourney seed with an early out.
Andy Goodwin 1/24/18 This team is walking a tightrope between being good (they are not a top 5 team) and finishing in the middle of the Big 12. By Monday night, KU will likely be tied with KSU and WVU and this talk of the Big 12 going through Allen Fieldhouse will be muted nationally again.
Steve Johnson 1/4/18 How about the fact the coaching staff has done a poor job recruiting. This team is in trouble. Not chance of winning the Big 12 nor getting a favorable seed in the tournament.
Yonatan Negash 1/4/18 Hate to say it but this season is a wash.
Yonatan Negash 1/4/18 More losses are inevitable, I'm not in denial like you are. We will lose 10+ games this season, whether you like or not, it's going to happen.
Steve Johnson 1/3/18 Not a chance of winning the Big 12 or having success in the Tournament with this team. They are all a step slow, cant box out and are not mentally tough. Big Dok looks like a Big Nope. He can dunk and that is it. Cant rebound, cant defend, cant block shots, cant block out, change his name to the Big Cant!
Tracey Graham 1/3/18 This is the worst KU team I've seen since I was in school in the 1980s (pre-Larry Brown).
Freddie Garza 1/3/18 This is finally going to be the year that KU doesn't win the league. It was coming, and I think a bunch of us actually NEED to be humbled. Sucks for us, but overall, it's good for the league for someone else to win it. We'll reload and get back to dominating the league again in no time. But this certainly is NOT the year for Jayhawks.
Bryce Landon 2/12/18 Look at us! We have 4 conference losses and have looked very bad in all four of them. We already got our asses kicked by Tech in our own building! We have lost 2 out of 3 in decisive fashion! What about the way we are playing right now suggests to you that we can that coveted 14th title, beat a Tech team that is more talented and hungrier than we are, or that we deserve anything higher than a 3 seed?
Steve Johnson 2/10/18 No chance for a Big 12 title or winning the Big 12 Tournament.
Bj Cassady 12/17/17 This is a team at this point that cannot defeat OU, OSU, TCU, Baylor, Texas, Iowa State and West Virginia on the road, W Virginia, OU and Baylor will be tough outs at home.
David McNickle 12/11/17 Shows you what sportswriters know. This is a Top 25 team at best.
Allin Herring 12/10/17 This is maybe the worst and softness KU team in decades.
Steve Johnson 12/10/17 this teams not a top 20 team. Not even close.
Craig Carson 12/10/17 hate to say it, but I'm already writing this team off as a 10 loss, 5 or 4 seed, 3rd in the Big 12, out by opening weekend in the NCAA and looking forward to next year
Tom, I think you have way too much time on your hands but I must recognize the extreme effort you put in to make your fellow Jayhawks look bad. Your posts may quality among the most mean spirited posts I've ever seen on this site. Be happy that they were wrong but recognize the fact that at the time that they posted, circumstances did indicate all the negatives as a possibility.
Man you must be a sad little man to take pleasure in trying to humiliate others. Go find another team to cheer for.
Harlan Hobbs 2 years, 10 months ago
Actually, I kind of liked your summary, Tom. I agree that the comments came at times when the circumstances didn't look all that good. However, some posters have a knack for taking "defeat from the jaws of victory."
How many times did we hear that certain individual opponents would go for 40 against us, only to be basically shut down when the games occurred.
If someone wants to be a consistent downer, that is fine. There are pessimists in all walks of life - - so be it. However, if someone only jumps on the band wagon when the team wins, then they are being a little hypocritical.
Finally, Bryce deserves some slack. He has made some wonderful posts lately, and he did admit that the team surprised him.
Tom, after reading Harlan's comments i over-reacted to your post. Just that in this time of celebration of a wonderful team accomplishment, I wasn't ready for negativity. Let's just all enjoy this team for what it is and for however far it goes, it will be a special season.
It's no big deal, Tony. I'm not mean-spirited at all, actually, but I do call em like I see em. ;) I certainly wasn't "happy they were wrong" for any other reason than them being wrong meant we won the league.
I didn't go to any great lengths to make anyone look bad or humiliate anyone. I copied and pasted their own words because 1) it's hilarious in retrospect and 2) I hope they learn something from it and become better posters. If anything, they humiliated themselves.
And of course I love my Hawks. I put it here because it was a story about winning the conference and all of these posts were about not winning the conference. Seemed pertinent.
I haven't seen these wonderful posts, Harlan, but I have seen posts from him admitting being wrong, and that's at least a step in the right direction. More than we got from Rodney Crain, anyway...baby steps! :)
I think that most all of us bleed "crimson and blue" when it comes to basketball. Sometimes it just comes out in different ways.
The bottom line is that we are extremely fortunate to be able to share in all the program has meant to us over the past 120 years. I remember and had the pleasure of being at the 100 year celebration back in 1998. I have my sweatshirt of the occasion, and it even still fits, although I've had to lose some weight to make it happen. Oh, the joys of getting old.
Jerry Ryan 2 years, 10 months ago
Don't forget all the "phans" who insisted Coach Self was "out coached " in Norman by Lon Kruger. Please. To think HCBS didn't know what was happening or what to do is laughable still! A coach's job is to get his team ready to win a championship. If all that mattered to Coach was to win that one game, you can damn sure bet he would have won that game.
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use EBT\SimpleAuthentication\Tests\TestCase;
use EBT\SimpleAuthentication\Credential\KeySecret\KeySecretConfig;
use EBT\SimpleAuthentication\Credential\KeySecret\KeySecret;
use EBT\SimpleAuthentication\Credential\CredentialInterface;
use EBT\SimpleAuthentication\Common\KeySecretInterface;

/**
 * KeySecretConfigTest
 */
class KeySecretConfigTest extends TestCase
{
    /**
     * @expectedException \EBT\SimpleAuthentication\Exception\InvalidArgumentException
     */
    public function testConstructKeySecretNotImplementsCredentialInterface()
    {
        /** @var KeySecretInterface $keySecret */
        $keySecret = $this->getMock('EBT\SimpleAuthentication\Common\KeySecretInterface');
        new KeySecretConfig($keySecret);
    }

    public function testConstructDefaults()
    {
        $key = 'akey';
        $secret = 'asecret';

        $keySecretConfig = new KeySecretConfig(
            new KeySecret($key, $secret)
        );

        $this->assertEquals($key, $keySecretConfig->getKeySecret()->getKey());
        $this->assertEquals($secret, $keySecretConfig->getKeySecret()->getSecret());

        $this->assertTrue($keySecretConfig->isActive());
        $this->assertFalse($keySecretConfig->isExpired());
        $this->assertFalse($keySecretConfig->isLocked());
    }

    public function testDefaultsFromArray()
    {
        $keySecretConfig = KeySecretConfig::fromArray(
            array(
                KeySecretConfig::CREDENTIAL_KEY => array(
                    KeySecret::KEY_KEY => 'key1',
                    KeySecret::SECRET_KEY => 'secret1'
                )
            )
        );

        $this->assertTrue($keySecretConfig->isActive());
        $this->assertFalse($keySecretConfig->isExpired());
        $this->assertFalse($keySecretConfig->isLocked());
    }

    public function testMatch()
    {
        $key = 'akey';
        $secret = 'asecret';

        $keySecretConfig = new KeySecretConfig(
            new KeySecret($key, $secret)
        );

        $this->assertTrue($keySecretConfig->match(new KeySecret($key, $secret)));
        $this->assertFalse($keySecretConfig->match(new KeySecret('wrongkey', $secret)));
        $this->assertFalse($keySecretConfig->match(new KeySecret($key, 'wrongsecret')));

        $credential = $this->getMock('EBT\SimpleAuthentication\Credential\CredentialInterface');
        $credential->expects($this->never())
                    ->method('getKey');
        $credential->expects($this->never())
                   ->method('getSecret');

        /** @var CredentialInterface$credential */
        $this->assertFalse($keySecretConfig->match($credential));
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \EBT\SimpleAuthentication\Exception\InvalidArgumentException
     */
    public function testFromArrayMissingCredential()
    {
        KeySecretConfig::fromArray(array());
    }

    public function testToFromArray()
    {
        $key = 'akey';
        $secret = 'asecret';

        $keySecretConfig = new KeySecretConfig(
            new KeySecret($key, $secret),
            true,
            false,
            true
        );

        $this->assertEquals($keySecretConfig, KeySecretConfig::fromArray($keySecretConfig->toArray()));
    }
}

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Tribute to Gorguts' Obscura - 24 Years of Dissonant Death Metal!
"Build the passage way through art"
"The Journey is long and the path is pathless and one has to be alone.
There is no map and no one to guide.
But there is no alternative.
One cannot escape it, one cannot evade it.
One has to go on the journey.
The goal seems impossible but the urge to go on is intrinsic.
The need is deep in the soul"
- Osho Rajneesh
1998 was a weird year for metal. On the one side, you had old bands like Slayer and Sepultura trying to accommodate their own sound to the rise of nu metal, while on the other, you have a rise of brilliant bands such as System of a Down. Technical death metal was falling apart at that very moment due to the fact that major record labels pushed grunge and aforementioned nu metal bands. Thrash and death metal bands were either buried and forgotten, or tried to follow up trends of the 90s, leaving thrash/death roots aside. However, some metal bands were loyal to their roots, hence the albums like Nile's Amongs the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka, Death's The Sound of Perseverance, Cryptopsy's Whisper Supremacy, Cannibal Corpse's Gallery of Suicide etc. Some of the most innovative albums of that year were System of a Down's debut album, Meshuggah's Chaosphere, and the one and only, Gorguts' Obscura.
Obscura is one of those hard-to-swallow albums that creates tectonic disorders, black holes, tsunamis etc. at the first listen. The history of this album is so mystical and yet so profound. Not many people are even aware about the greatness of this state-of-the-art sonic monster. The history of Obscura takes us way back to the year of 1993. Gorguts have just released their second album, The Erosion of Sanity and were looking for a new guitarist for their upcoming European tour. The new axeman was none other than the legendary Big Steeve Hurdle who wasn't satisfied with his own band Purulence and was asked to join Gorguts for good, which he did. (you can read our tribute to Big Steeve here). Classic Gorguts lineup featured Luc Lemay on vox & guitars, and 3 Steves – Steeve Hurdle on guitars, Steve Cloutier on bass and Steve MacDonald on drums (RIP).
As soon as the band got its new lineup, Gorguts started working on new material. Their musical vision at the time was far beyond borders of a typical death metal – they cast aside all clichés and were looking into uncharted territory. In an interview with Luc Lemay, I asked him who was behind the idea that Gorguts should undergo a more noisy, contrapunctal and dissonant sounding direction, he stated: "We all did. We deliberately approach our instrument in a way that was ANTI traditional metal playing. We each agreed that neither fast picking riffs nor power chords would be accepted in the music. So by insisting on those restrictions, we were forced to come up with a new musical language." What I find remarkable about this album is the fact that every riff has intricate & elaborated drumming patterns attached to it.
It may not be known to many that the actual Obscura album was finished between 1993 and the fall of 1994 which clearly shows that this album was really ahead of its time, even in 1998 when it came out. Some of the songs were a bit different during the demo phase. You can actually hear how the songs like Rapturous Grief and La Vie est Prelude…La Mort,…Orgasme sounded like during the 1993 rehearsals with Steve MacDonald on the drums. Rapturous Grief is way slower, isn't it? During the creative process the rule of the day was that if somebody brought a new riff to a rehearsal, other bandmembers shouldn't look at each other's guitar necks. First off, the band demoed 5 songs, and then another 5 and nobody wanted to sign them because the material was "too weird or fucked up." in 1995, the band moved to Montreal. You can actually see some songs from Obscura being played live while opening for Death show. Pretty amazing footage, eh? "That was a great show for us! I t was a single show at the Montréal SPECTRUM (which doesn't exist anymore). If my mind is right we got asked to play the show like a day before or something also I think it was the first time for us that we performed music from OBSCURA live in Montréal. Then a month later we moved the band to Montréal. It was a great evening, getting to talk with Chuck and Gene. Great memories!" – says Lemay.
When asked how much did Steeve Hurdle contribute to the Obscura album music-wise, Gorguts frontman stated: "Guitar wise he always wanted to push the limits further, which he succeeded very well for that. He would always look for new sounds and textures on guitar." Steeve Hurdle also contributed to the lyrical themes of "duality between flesh and soul," mostly because of his fascination with Hinduism and Budhism and especially the philosophy of the Indian guru Osho Rajneesh: "Steeve was a very curious, sensible and creative person. He is the one that brought the concept for OBSCURA since he was very much into Osho's books back then" recalls Lemay. When asked about the lyrics on the album, Luc Lemay said: "Steeve would bring the theme and we would agree on who is gonna sing where then we would each write our lyrics without showing our ideas one to the other. Then once the song finished, we would put both of our lyrics together and it was like one person wrote the whole thing" Obscura may be seen like concept album which deals with suksuma sharira – the subtle body in Hinduism's three body philosophy. Subtle body is composed of mind, intelligence and ego which controls the gross physical body. Lyrics also deal with transcendence of soul & reincarnation. When I discovered this album, I was convinced that this man-bear-pig looking guy on the album cover was Steeve Hurdle himself, but that turned out to be not true at all! Well, if you are looking for an answer about that, I suggest you read the liner notes or watch our interview with Luc Lemay in the link down below! I won't spoil my readers n' stuff!
However, with no album out for 4 years, the band's morale started going down. Steve MacDonald left the band in 96' due to the fact that no record label wanted to sign Gorguts at the time. Finally, he was replaced with Patrick Robert, and in the summer of 1997, the band entered the Studio Victor in Montreal, Canada. In an interview for Agoraphobic News, Patrick stated: " I played in a Sepultura cover band before that. We also played some Napalm Death (Fear, Emptiness and Despair integral), Cannibal Corpse, Deicide and some compos me and the main guitar player did (I wrote the lyrics in the 1st tune cuz the singer was clueless). After that band, I was kind of depressed so I started checking ads in the paper. I didn't really know anybody who played metal but then I found an ad in the paper that Gorguts were looking for a drummer. I always though it was an American band cuz I only knew 1 tune from them! Surprise, they live in my city. So I called them up and met with them. We went to the rehearsal place and I just started playing some stuff not metal related. They asked me to play some blastbeats and then I remember them giggling and they said I was hired. I guess they liked the fact that I could play some fusion type of drumming and other stuff. After that, I remember we went back to their place and they played some crappy sound rehearsal on tape which was Obscura. I wasn't expecting something like that. I was really excited to learn that crazy stuff!"
Patrick also revealed to us how the material sounded before he came into picture: "It's not 100% the same. I had a pre-prod with some of the tunes and a shitty rehearsal tape with the rest. I had to decipher it. So there are some differences in what I do. For example, in Rapturous Grief, I think around the 3:15 mark (I checked to make sure), I play this double-strokes pattern between the ride and snare with the double-bass going on under. The original from Steve was the same blast beat throughout the section. In the 1st riff of Obscura, most of the crash cymbals are actually right-hand chokes. You don't hear it much but that's what I was doing. They are a lot more like tom patterns that follow the guitars like in The Art of Sombre Ecstasy. Just watch any live from Gorguts with Steve and you'll see the differences. I mainly embellished them. I also played the tunes faster. I though they were the right tempo but when I met Steve M after I was out of the band, he said they were faster so he had to speed them up! I was like what??? I though they were the right tempo. That's when I figured out that the rehearsal tape was playing faster in my tape machine. Lol! He also recalls working with producer Pierre Remillard (who played the guitar in a Canadian cult thrash metal band Obliveon): He was very patient with me and did a lot jokes. He use to call me Cyber Pat or Billy as in Billy Crystal cuz of my curly hair. Lol. He called me Billy live once and I could hear fans yelling that to me in the crowd. hahaha! The only thing I didn't like was the drum sound on the finished product. You don't hear the cymbals sometimes. I also used triggers on the bassdrums which I didn't want but it was the norm. I have nothing against triggers but I wanted raw sound with no embellishement. Basically I had zero control over my sound in general!"
Funny enough, Obscura is an album that not many people can digest, especially at the first listen. My experience with it was like this: I was really digging first two albums and then I came across with Obscura. The moment I heard the first song I was like "WTF?" I just couldn't comprehend it at all! My brain just couldn't process the whole thing! I even got a headache from listening to this album, literally. But as stubborn as I am, I just kept listening to it and little by little fell in love with it. In an interview I did with Kevin Hufnagel, present day guitarist of Gorguts & Dysrhythmia he recalled that Obscura was looked upon just like this weird sounding album with a lot of bad press, and that kind of reminds me of what happened to Cynic's Focus when it came out. "I remember vividly the day I first heard it. I read some negatives reviews of it, but those only made me want to hear it more. I was working at a record store at the time and ordered a few copies for the store, and one for myself. I saw seriously blown back when I first pressed play"says Kevin. I also asked Patrick Robert about the reputation of Obscura when it came out: "Well a lot of people didn't really understand it at first. I've heard some come up to me and they said the riffs were small riffs within riffs or something. It's much simpler than that in my head. It's just long riffs and there are no more than 5-6 per tunes. Comments were really good in general though"
Now, let's get on with the songs themselves. Self-titled song is one of the last to be written for this album along with Nostalgia. Obscura song has this crazy opening riff while the drumming is so intense, it sounds like beetle swarm. And yeah, the tapping riff sounds like Human Remains' paraplegic polka riffs in Weeding out the Thorns (at 1:16) or throughout the song Human. Earthly Love is one of the heaviest. Steeve Hurdle's and Luc Lemay's alternating vocal attack leave none indifferent. The breakdown riff in Earthly Love combined with Pat's intricate drumming is one of the heaviest moments on this album! In the middle of this tune you can hear Luc Lemay's viola solo which is pretty unusual for death metal, right? The Carnal State starts with Steve Cloutier's bass pounding and screeching perverse-sounding guitar riffs. Pat's drumming patterns in this one are perfectly conjoined with the music! Nostalgia is by far the simplest and grooviest song on the album.! Steve Cloutier's bass sound really adds a hypnotic feel to this song! These beautiful melodies are all of a sudden interrupted by crushing calm-before-the-storm noisy palm-muting riff and then Nostalgia transforms into a groovy oriented tune with probably one of the heaviest breakdowns in metal. Oddly enough, this song along with Obscura was written last. The Art of Sombre Ecstacy is probably one of the fastest songs, especially when it comes to the godlike over-the-top drumming. The whole songs sounds like tsunamis and avalanches crushing everything they touch. Pinch harmonic breakdown and Hurdle's guitar molesting along with tons of wah-wah effects really add unique flavour to this song. And yeah, Luc Lemay and Steeve Hurdle sound like a twin-headed beast in this one! Clouded is a 9 minute long song that stands between two parts of this album. It is by far the slowest on Obscura. Even the biggest drone bands like Sunn O))) would envy for the heaviness of this gigantic sonic titan. It literally sounds like Chtulu going for some first steps after a deep sleep!
I couldn't resist and ask Luc Lemay whether he played this song live in its entirety, and he said that he stopped doing that because the crowd would become dead after a couple of minutes. However, Clouded is a really complex song, especially when it comes to tricky time signatures. Gotta give the boys credit for memorizing all these changes! And yeah, Steeve Hurdle outdone himself when it comes to these raspy screams that sound as if he absorbed all the pain and suffering of this world onto himself. All these pinch harmonics in the middle of the song remind us how well they can be used and should be used as a reminder for lame nu metal & metalcore bands. Subtle Body is like a fresh new start on this record! Steve Clouiter's bass lines are almost having a leading role in this song! I just can't get enough of that hammering bass sound! Steeve Hurdle yet again delivered one of the many wah-wah solos but this one is probably the finest! And yeah, the slower part of the song is absolutely amazing!
Rapturous Grief is the very first song that Gorguts have written for Obscura. It is simple,but still crushing tune! That main riff sounds like moving snake of some sorts. This tune gets more and more intense and then all of the sudden it gets slowed down while the riffs become more noisy as well! La Vie est prelude... La Mort, orgasme! is by far one of the greatest tracks from Obscura. It is so damn heavy! And Steeve Hurdle's opening scream is just unbelieveble! Not to mention how great these lyrics are! And how cool is that when Luc says PROGRESSING INTO THE REALM OF BLISSFUL IMMORTALITY! And these crazy riffs that follow with all these twists and turns...Breathtaking! The singing riff even hass some jazzy feel to it. Illuminatus is another striking one! And it sounds like black hole sucking ppl in! This is another tune where Luc Lemay and Steeve Hurdle are delivering some of the sickest screams and riffs! It's also really cool to note how the slower and simplistic the riffs are, the more intense the drumming is! And yeahhh! Faceless Ones is definitely one of the most brutal tracks of Obscura. All these blastbeats and screeching riffs will really make you faceless! The last track on this album is an instrumental one – Sweet Silence. It is the only song on Obscura to feature acoustic guitars. That innovation is really refreshing, especially if one has in mind 1 hour of noise, dissonance, growls and blastbeats throughout the whole album. However, it also has some of the most dissonant riffs on the whle album! The song ends with fading & creepy noise pattern.
Gorguts' Obscura is one of the most revolutionary, innovative & influential death metal albums of all time. You may call it technical, or avant-garde but I really think it deserves to be remembered as the very first dissonant death metal album that had to wait for almost 5 years (from 1994-1998) to be released. Obscura was turning point for Gorguts who got rid of all the technical death metal clichés of the 90s. This is by far one of the most intense metal albums of all time which casts you away from your comfort zone every time you play it. The album is fresh sounding 24 years later thanks to Pierre Remillard's masterful work as a producer. Sadly, Steeve Hurdle and Steve MacDonald have both died (may they rest in peace!) However, their musical legacy on Obscura will outlive us all! This album had a huge impact on new generation of bands such as Deathspell Omega, Ulcerate Gigan, Pyrrhon, Baring Teeth, Artificial Brain, Nero Di Marte, Teramobil, Sunless and whole bunch of others who are bowing at the altar of dissonance. Gorguts' Obscura is an album worthy of praise with a reason. Many of us lost our eardrum virginity while listening to it. It gives you an obscure feeling of immensity with every listen. And we crave for more! Besides, this album is a reminder for how pop death metal bands should actually sound like. It is no exaggeration to say that Gorguts' Obscura has turned the whole death metal world upside-down and that it gave a whole new face to this subgenre. And yeah, this album is taken off from youtube (because it's too goddamn heavy!)
We asked some of the bands who are digging Obscura album to make a statement about it.
Kevin Hufnagel (Gorguts, Dysrhythmia):
"I remember first hearing about Obscura through a negative review I read. Sometimes you just know a record is going to be great when it really pisses off the traditionalist. I worked at HMV Records when it came out and ordered many copies for the store. I pushed it on anyone into strange music that came into the store. For me as a guitarist, it was enormously inspiring. It was right when I was forming Dysrhythmia that I heard this album, and its' influence has always been there. Before Colin and I joined the band much later, we had parts in Dysrhyrhmia songs we'd call "the Gorguts part"."
Derek Boyer (Suffocation):
I would say the Gorguts album Obscura (1998 I believe) was ahead of its time and also broke the mold of traditional death metal. Luc Lemay had a new band of musicians for this record also, having the previous 2 albums featuring a completely different lineup. Obscura was one of those records that you had to listen to over and over to find the true essence of the record, as new musical gems would appear with each listen! I'm actually over due for a listen of this record!!!! In conclusion, I would say Luc is a genius! I love his work, and he is a fantastic human!!!!!
Mike DiSalvo (Coma Cluster Void, Ex-Crytpopsy):
"So, you may ask what more can be said about the infinitely groundbreaking, mega-important monolith that Obscura was and is? Turns out, every forward thinking metal head that proved his weight in gold has some kind of unflinching memory or pivotal moment that this genre defining album had brought to them. Hell, I have had so many of those reflections I am not sure where to begin. How about here... I had been a huge fan of Gorguts even before Considered Dead. They were so different, yet so familiar. Brilliant and crazy enough to be just that. Luc's voice was one that epitomized death metal and still does. There is just so much conviction in his approach and arrangements and he has always been so experimental, well rounded and goddamn professional. I loved what he was doing both vocally and musically well before I met him. A pioneer. I digress. Fast forward years later. Pre-recording of Obscura. Gorguts jam room in Montreal. Dingy, dark, awesome. I got to know the guys while I was in Cryptopsy and they invited me down to watch them practice. I could hardly believe my great fortune.To hear them blast out the whole album before they recorded it, plus a few old classics thrown in...yeah, that was cool. Tight wasn't even a word for them. Infallible perhaps rung the bell. They were perfect. One of a kind. If I remember correctly, both our albums (Cryptopsy's Whisper Supremacy & Obscura) came out around the same time. I had initially heard the album from the great Pierre Remillard who had engineered both our records. I knew Obscura was going to be that record people would talk about for years to come. In fact it has. I wonder if the guys knew what they had on their hands...what came from their minds. We ended up touring with them twice through the States on those records, driving in an Econoline together for 70 shows or so. I got to know them well and learned from their incredible work ethic and drive. They were total pros and all I wanted to do was to try and emulate them. They were a well oiled machine and I got to watch them every single show. I never missed their set. Ever. They tore that album to smithereens each and every night and built it all back up again for the next show. Fuck were they good! My favorite track has always been Nostalgia. On the record it's wonderful...but live? Few others match it in my opinion. A fitting title when I often think about my good friends Steeve Hurdle and Steve "Death" MacDonald. I miss them. Sure I could've written yet another tired post reflection or stale review of one of the greatest, purposeful records in avant-garde death metal or I could simply share an inside scoop on my relationships and occurrences with the band circa Obscura. I thought it may be more fun to offer a peek in to a truly incredible time in my life and a most welcomed experience with one of the grand giants of metal and their record that tilted the tech death world on its axis. Gorguts. Obscura. Forever."
Eric Hersemann (Gigan):
"Obscura meant quite a bit to me on a couple of levels. Firstly, I was/am a fan of Gorguts since the beginning and loved the demo stuff and first two records as they all were released. Being from Chicago, I was fortunate to see Gorguts live many times throughout their existence and that includes the performances after "Erosion of Sanity" was released and before "Obscura" came out. Seeing the "Obscura" material live before the record was released was even more amazing than what I was used to seeing from Luc and his crew up until then and that line up will always be an all time favorite of mine. My band was even able to play with Gorguts at the House of Blues in Chicago for the only USA show supporting "From Wisdom To Hate" but those "Obscura" shows are still my favorite! That music and those performances were incredibly special and will forever be a highlight in my "metal journey".
Secondly, I was the publicist at Olympic Records and we released both "Obscura" and "From Wisdom To Hate" originally, so I was the publicist for both of those records as well as all the other Olympic releases at that time. The response and reaction to "Obscura" was a lot different then than than now, I can assure you! I had a VERY difficult time getting any press for that record anywhere and had to call in many favors just to get reviews in magazines at all. My good friend Jeff Wagner (who was the editor of Metal Maniacs and later Decibel magazine) was one of the few that actually understood how important that record was at the time and helped us out by featuring a review of the album in Metal Maniacs that was almost a full page! I kept hearing the same thing over and over..."what is this?", "this is not death metal" and "what happened to Gorguts???". Our standard response at the label to these comments was "well, I guess it's just to heavy for you". If it wasn't for the label owner; Martti Payne, that album might never have been released with major distribution but he always believed in it and in Luc's vision. I always loved the record and knew it was special; it had elements that were so unique but at the same time so dark, heavy and thought provoking. It really was "thinking man's" death metal and it's longevity proves that. I have always been inspired by that album and Luc's dedication to his own vision above all else; even when the critics and naysayers told him that what he was doing was too "weird". GIGAN has always operated under that same premise; that being, to follow your passion and only be limited by your own imagination and vision for the future.
"Obscura" is common knowledge now and I'm thankful for that and I'm thankful that Luc stayed true to himself all these years and has finally received the attention and admiration that "Obscura" has always deserved."
Lucas Scott (Sunless):
"I first heard Obscura in middle school and had absolutely no idea how to take it in. At that point I was mostly listening to bands like Kreator, Sadus, and Death so the dissonance and rhythmic focus of the guitar was jarring. I had to come back to it a couple years later to really grasp it. As a guitarist it challenged how I thought about "the riff" and composition. There are so many unconventional techniques on Obscura and Gorguts' attention to detail is astounding. How they pulled off this dense and effective of a record is truly inspiring."
Miguel Valade (ex-Negativa, Tumbleweed Dealer):
"They revolutionize the way of playing metal with unusual textures & time signatures. It was very audacious for this time. This album had a huge influence on my playing but the most important is that as a Quebecian, Gorguts prove to our people that our music has values & can be exported internationaly. It was very motivating !!! After 20 years I still listen to this album at least once a week!!!! NOSTALGIA !!!"
Pierre Remillard (ex-Obliveon):
"Unique and ,unpredictable expérience !Timeless music ."
Cloud Leduc (Chte'ilist):
"Well I guess my story with that album is pretty typical. I first Obscura when I was 15 but it took a while before I really understood what kind of beast it was. What I owe to Obscura is the idea that melody and harmony are not necessarily limited to pitch or actual notes. It's hard to imagine seeing your guitar the same way after spending a bit of time trying to figure out what's going on in that album!"
Mathieu Berube (Teramobil):
I was going to write a super nice and well written paragraph on how it affected my writing and perception of music... but you know what.. after a long reflection, Obscura thought me that there are no limits to what you can do when you write music... That's the beauty of the freedom of music!
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To lose oneself completely in a spontaneous flood of music is one of the great human joys: one isn't creating, but being created — in fact, one no longer exists. At the same time, there's a give-and-take, a handing off of ideas that mimics the process of thought itself, as if we were synapses in a greater mind.
It Can Get Worse, And It Probably Will
The third debate between the presidential candidates left much of the US press fussing over Trump's refusal to say that if he loses he will accept the verdict of the electorate. In fact that is a virtually meaningless issue. When he refused to respond with insincere political correctness, Trump signaled once again his unusual independence from the standard model of a "good" candidate. (See this if you disagree.)
Those who wonder what he might do next are focusing, however, on an issue that is not just speculative, but a total waste of time: after all, Trump will not be elected.
Meanwhile stifling secrecy hides essential information from the public. The reference is to Hillary's amazing abuse of digital technology, and to the utter failure of her staff to correct the problem and keep her out of hot water. Part of the cause for the blunders is technological: computers and the internet have introduced means of communication and data storage that are literally mysterious to most folks. It could also be that nobody in Hillary's Inner Circle knew enough to understand what the security rules were, and why ignoring those rules was incredibly dangerous. (Give Foggy Bottom a failing grade for incompetence.)
Then consider that Wikileaks and the existence of "hackers" (the correct term is crackers) are denizens of a new environment. Not many folks genuinely understand how things work there.
Yes, there is in the governmental bureaucracy a dim apprehension that somehow outsiders can break into one's files and copy them, or destroy them, at will — all without alerting the owner of those records. Now ask the big questions: how do office workers assess the threat? Do they talk it over, reassure one another, and then go back to work — without having learned or changed anything?
When there is a security breach — or simply might be one — the scramble to avoid responsibility can become frantic. Lies, speculations, inaccurate recollections, technologically ignorant assumptions, and outlandish scenarios can abound. So…
…Hillary denies everything, and insists there was neither an infraction nor a warning of a problem. Her loyal staff rallies to her.
Then there are the voters. They are severely challenged, because one typically assumes that political ideology plays its familiar major role in this election. The electorate tries to make decisions on the basis of traditional political distinctions; that is of little help. The actual problem is that Hillary and her helpers not only did not understand what they were doing, but refused (and still refuse) to believe they had made some horrible mistakes.
Hillary appears to have regarded a server as just another appliance, such as a coffee-maker. She might still consider that misconception appropriate.
Well. What the public can not know about Hillary's crew has been first muddled by their shocked surprise and then buried under a strong reluctance to break ranks. It should be unsurprising that Hillary and her loyal staff were not tripped up by their political philosophy; they were prepared for that, for politics is a constant struggle over doctrine. It was that new gizmo in the basement that did them in.
Though it's always true that voters can believe whatever they want to believe, this year an understanding of how digital technology impacts secrecy is required. Matters of political philosophy and commitment to partisan politics are parts of an environment that has become more complex.
No longer can politically motivated individuals be successful simply on the basis of their ideology and loyalty to a beloved leader. Huma Abedin, for example, has to be more than just a devoted admirer of Hillary and a good secretary; now she has unfamiliar concepts to learn as well as inflexible rules to follow and to impose on others.
As the computer and internet have added to what civil servants must be able to do, so too explanations are now more complex. How the system really works and who is important are still vital questions, but the world also presents more varieties of threats. Here, for example, is what some will consider a plausible explanation for some of what has happened.
(Tip: due to a technical flaw in the video, view from the start to fourteen minutes and thirty-nine seconds; pause there. Then advance to nineteen minutes and twenty seconds, and watch to the end.)
Hillary's fiasco is proof that digital technology's novel challenges to security have been poorly understood and improperly managed. The general assumption has too often been that one draws up regulations and tells everyone to follow them; end of report. Oh?
It is not that simple. Famous personalities, stellar figures, iconic team leaders — impressive folks, in other words — can ignore the details and tell their staffs to press on regardless. That might be what Hillary did.
If anyone working for her knew the proper procedure, certainly he/she was not prepared to stand up to the boss, tell her she was wrong, and take the consequences of having committed a heretical/disloyal act. Recall Hillary's explosion when questioned by a Congressional committee on the Benghazi disaster; that took place in public, not behind closed doors. Hell hath no fury….
Indeed Hillary's ignorant but autocratic ways tell a cautionary tale. Perhaps her prideful blunders will inspire qualified observers to study the emergence of a novel workplace (characterized by extensive use of digital technology) and its impact on the social-organizational psychology of cowed groupies like Hillary's. One can hope.
What, meanwhile, should the voters do?
This newsletter has two suggestions.
First, realize that neither of the two major political parties offers a qualified candidate for the presidency. For some citizens, that will constitute good reason not to vote at all; others might consider casting "protest" votes for the Libertarian candidate.
Second, make known your demand that Hillary be pressed strongly to make the full status of her health public. This issue has been ignored by the press, but it is crucial; in fact the news media's refusal to demand candor should have generated a tsunami of anger. Parkinson's disease damages the brain, and physical and mental deterioration can only increase over time. In fact the drugs used to reduce the physical symptoms of the disease have to be used sparingly because of their unpleasant side effects.
That is not all. Before Hillary becomes president, the electorate needs to know more about the political views and qualifications of her proposed vice-president. How much do you know about Hillary's partner on the ballot? How much should you know?
The coming transfer of executive power is a major concern. The nation will soon be severely tested by an ethically challenged clan that has prevailed in many rude struggles — because the electoral process failed to discover and promote excellence in governance. Thoughtful citizens owe it to succeeding generations to ponder how and why that happened.
Links Courtesy Of The Desert Rat
Here are a number of links regarding various aspects of the US presidential election. Begin with this. (It is highly recommended by this newsletter's editor.) Here is additional commentary; Hillary's security breaches are covered in this item, and finally, these predictions are chilling.
A Link Courtesy Of The Tramp Abroad
Why don't scientists always want to share their data?
A Few Ordinary Links
Reader JH suggests this commentary on OPEC, and that "Hot Air" is a good source of news and opinion.
Another of JH's picks: the sophisticated technology of US railroads is interesting.
The masthead includes a quote from the works of Phil Lesh.
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Despite being arguably the most personal and innate instrument, the human voice is hard to master — and it's even more difficult to surpass mastery, and venture into uncovered, original musical territory. Rodrigo Ambriz is an improviser whose control over his voice is astonishing. He uses it to create drones and form surreal clouds of nonsense verbalization, gagging and contorting his mouth in almost horrifying ways. On Una silueta se precipita en arcadas, Ambriz also makes use of auxiliary devices, like tape machines and miscellaneous electronics, to extend these unfamiliar timbres even further. In this regard he is not dissimilar from other, equally masterful abstract vocalizers (Yoshida, Junko, etc), but Ambriz's approach is uniquely aggressive and passionate, much more focused on visceral assault and clashing textures. His ragged breaths are the listener's only repose, especially on seemingly effect-less pieces like opener "Trayecto subterráneo. Espejos, dientes, sedimento." At other times, he layers and builds loops for more patient progressions; "Páramo agreste, área exclusiva para digresiones fatigosas" is like a restless pit of unspeakable monsters, struggling and fighting each other to escape, until the whole thing eventually boils over. And "Despojado al fin por su propio soplo," probably my favorite cut, initially sounds like a kid making sound effects while playing with action figures…but then you begin to realize how sinister and violent it sounds, like Ambriz isn't just imitating the sound of some horrific scene but instead it's being played through him, like a speaker or something. Needless to say, Una silueta se precipita en arcadas is a wild ride. I once read someone say that after listening to Derek Bailey the guitar becomes "an incredible alien artifact of immense power." Similarly, after Ambriz, I'm looking at my vocal cords in a very different way.


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God did not create the universe, says physicist Stephen Hawking
Sep 3rd, 2010 | By Your Jerusalem Staff
LONDON (Reuters) – God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book. In "The Grand Design," co-authored with U.S. physicist Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking says a new series of theories made a creator of
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Researchers Discover Why Arabic is Hard to Learn
Aug 31st, 2010 | By Your Jerusalem Staff
(Israel National News) Researchers at Haifa University have discovered why learning to read Arabic is hard – and it has to do with the "right brain." Haifa University's Professor Zohar Eviatar and neuropsychologist Dr. Rafik Ibrahim of Rambam Medical Center have shown that the complexities of the Arabic language impede the right brain from taking
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New evidence on WWII mystery of Raoul Wallenberg
Apr 1st, 2010 | By Your Jerusalem Staff
(Associated Press) STOCKHOLM – New evidence from Russian archives suggests Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with rescuing tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, was alive after Soviets reported that he had died in a Moscow prison, a Swedish magazine and U.S. researchers reported Thursday. The fate of Wallenberg, who was arrested in
Orthodox Jewish community takes hold in Berlin
Mar 18th, 2010 | By Your Jerusalem Staff
Experts estimate between 20,000 to 30,000 Jews, including Americans and Israelis, live in the German capital. (Associated Press) BERLIN — When American Rabbi Joshua Spinner moved to Berlin's trendy Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood a decade ago, there were no other Jews to be seen. Now when the sun sets on a Friday night, dozens of Jewish
Iran: Bushehr nuclear plant to be ready in spring
Mar 5th, 2010 | By Your Jerusalem Staff
(Reuters) Iran's long-delayed Bushehr nuclear plant will be launched within a few months, an Iranian energy official said on Friday. "This plant will be launched according to schedule at the end of the spring and will run the same as the other nuclear plants in the world," Ali Akbar Saleh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy
Feb 26th, 2010 | By Your Jerusalem Staff
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Jay Ashcroft's Sick Move to Call Staff Back to the Office
by Ray Hartmann
STATE OF MISSOURI Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is putting his staff (and the rest of us) as risk.
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is a man on a mission, fully committed to doing the job for which he was elected, which is keeping the Republican Party in power in Missouri.
Ashcroft ran for office on an unmistakable platform of doing everything possible to hold down the turnout of black voters, the disabled and others likely to cast unacceptably Democratic votes. That's not quite how the goal was articulated, but that's certainly what it was and is.
This was no small assignment for a man who had never held a public office, nor run anything, nor possessed any visible qualifications before getting elected secretary of state. Ashcroft is, of course, the son of John Ashcroft, the former state auditor, attorney general and governor, and U.S. senator and attorney general, all jobs in which he established a solid reputation as a staunch conservative and whatever you call the opposite of a civil rights leader.
Normally, one would leave the father out of this. Jay Ashcroft is his own right-wing zealot, so what does his right-wing zealot dad have to do with this? Trouble is, no one can name an actual reason that young Ashcroft became secretary of state other than his last name and the fact that his Democratic foe, St. Louis TV personality Robin Smith, lacked the statewide profile, political experience and money to survive the gusting winds of Hurricane Hillary.
Jay Ashcroft is the Eric Trump of Missouri, just not as erudite and polished.
In normal times, having a blockhead secretary of state would seem relatively OK. The Republicans were going to elect someone to the post who could master the dark arts of voter suppression, so why not have it be Heinz Doofenshmirtz?
Here's why: There's a pandemic in town, and though large numbers of Missouri Republicans regard it as an overrated cold, it is infecting and killing people throughout our state, in tragically rising numbers. Yet, despite Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's dubious distinction as one of America's feeblest gubernatorial responders to COVID-19, many knuckle-draggers here still regard him as too soft to tame their inner militias.
Enter our half-wit secretary of state. This past Friday, Jay Ashcroft made the stupefying announcement that he'd require more than one-third of his employees to return to the office today. That would be April 13, known on your calendar as the date that occurs eleven days before the end of Parson's too-little-too-late quasi-shutdown of the state.
Yes, you read that correctly. With the curve of the arc still rising in Missouri, with growing numbers of our citizens contracting and dying from the coronavirus daily — and national and local health officials pleading for Americans to stay home — Jay Ashcroft has planted his flag as the only statewide official to order employees back to work.
Parson probably doesn't give a flip, since he had to be dragged kicking and screaming into what was basically a shutdown suggestion April 3, and it's almost impossible for Ashcroft or anyone else to run afoul of its generous exceptions. Far more importantly, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government's top infectious disease expert, said Sunday that even if there were a gradual rollout of a return to normalcy, it would not begin anywhere until May or June at the earliest. Nice going, Dr. Ashcroft.
The story was first reported on Friday in St. Louis that about 40 of Ashcroft's 185 employees would be called into work, but the Jefferson City News Tribune had a bit more detail — and more importantly — a clearer statement of its rationale.
It turns out that the 40 employees called into work by Ashcroft were in addition to 20 to 25 who had already been there for business services and election filing. That's news in itself, and there was nothing said as to why those functions couldn't have been handled remotely — as so many other state agencies are doing. But more important is the fact that 60 employees apparently will be at work this week in the secretary of state's office.
And here's the real news item, apparently exclusive to the safe confines of the right-leaning Jefferson City newspaper:
"We need to open this country up, but we need to do it in a safe manner," Ashcroft told the paper, promising to follow safety measures. "We're cracking open the door to start that process."
Why, pray tell, is Missouri's secretary of state going national, parroting Donald Trump's political base messaging — which the president continually spews to the horror of his health advisers — about "opening up" the nation? And how did Jefferson City's piddling little secretary of state's office become the place where America decides to "crack open the door"?
That's not all. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported, Ashcroft said masks are purely optional for his employees, since he won't be giving any to them. These people probably face more restrictions going to the grocery store.
Hopefully, Ashcroft will catch a break and none of his 60 employees will be carrying the virus, asymptomatically or otherwise, and spread it. Ashcroft did bring himself to tell employees who are sick to stay home, but there's no evidence the office plans to take their temperatures or the like.
Maybe the 60 employees will practice proper social distancing, but these people do work for Jay Ashcroft. If they think like the boss, they might regard such precautions as snowflake stuff. The thought of depending on their good behavior is more than discomforting, and if Ashcroft's recklessness should result in the virus spreading in Jefferson City and beyond, it would affect countless more people than just the culpable parties.
For his political purposes, mostly long-range, our secretary of state gets to be the bad boy who's not going to let some exaggerated case of the sniffles keep his somewhat-essential employees from risking disease and death just so the fake-news media can spread their hoax like it was some virus. The essential work of disenfranchising voters cannot be stifled.
Speaking of that, conservative Republicans can take heart that Ashcroft's essential work of voter suppression will carry on unabated. He was among the first in his position to proclaim that he'll have no part of mail-in voting or any other such democracy nonsense. He was already feuding publicly over voting rights with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas — who just happens to be a black man — right out of dear old Dad's racial playbook.
Like his father, Ashcroft is a champion of voter photo ID laws that address a "voter impersonation" problem that literally has occurred zero times in Missouri history. It's widely understood that requiring photo IDs has only one critical function nationally: to dampen Democratic votes. It's a partisan issue everywhere, just like mail-in voting, which Trump cravenly admits he opposes because it's bad for Republicans, but Ashcroft stood out from the crowd with this whopper before Congress in 2018:
"The evidence indicates that voter fraud is an exponentially greater threat than hacking of our election equipment."
What an eloquently Putin-esque expression for a hayseed from Missouri. At the time, it sounded like a really idiotic thing to say. But now, we have confirmation: These were the words of a real idiot.
And more ominously, a chip off the old block.
Ray Hartmann founded the Riverfront Times in 1977. Contact him at rhartmann@sbcglobal.net or catch him on St. Louis In the Know With Ray Hartmann from 9 to 11 p.m. Monday thru Friday on KTRS (550 AM).
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By Ray Hartmann | Jan 10, 2022
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by Doyle Murphy | Sep 21, 2020
John Ashcroft, King of Irony, Now in Favor of Huge Jury Awards
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was born in 1736 was a French scientist who immortalized his name to honor the power units for important research that has been done by these scientists. Coulomb comes from an influential noble family to education is guaranteed. He is talented in the areas of mathematics and learn techniques to become the Kingdom of Engineer Corps. Having served in Martinique for several years, he returned to Paris and in 1779 was elected to the Academy of Sciences in 1781. He died in 1806.
At the time of the French Revolution broke out, he was forced to leave Paris with a friend living in Blois are also scientists, Jean-Charles de Borda (1733-1799). He continued many experiments and finally was appointed school inspector in 1802. Initial experiments include the Coulomb pressure can break an object (1773) and this was the beginning of modern science about the power of objects. His work in the field of electricity and magnetism that makes it so famous, newly published in a series of papers between 1785 and 1789.
discovery Twist Scales, to weigh things very lightly. Coulomb torque Scales had brought to the discovery of the most important. By moving the two electrically charged spheres near a torsional balance, he showed that the strength of the two objects is different if both the object apart.
He studied the effect of friction on the machines and display theory of lubrication. All this, together with his views on the magnet, published in Theory of Simple Machines in 1779. From 1784 to 1789, while working in various government departments, he continues to investigate electrostatics and magnetism. Coulomb's Law came out in 1785; attraction and electrical repulsion between two electrically charged objects is the charge multiplication with the inverse square of the distance. This formula is very similar to Newton's law of gravity.
At Blois, Coulomb studied the electrical charges on the objects and the discovery that the charge is only on the surface of the object. Obtainment also that magnetism also follows the inverse square law as static electricity. Some of his works are found also by Henry Cavendish Cavendish but the new work published in 1879. Coulomb discovery that ensures the relationship between electricity and magnetism was later proved by Hans Christian rsted and Simon Poisson. And this is the basis for the study of electrodynamics by Andre-Marie Ampere. All his work shows originality and thorough research and diligent.


Art as heritage. Art as tradition. Art as passion. This is Baldi, from Florence, the cradle of Italian Renaissance, to the heart of world.he secret to Baldi's success is its refined taste, its great aesthetic sense and its long-standing tradition of craftsmanship that uses ancient artistry techniques and practices to make true works of art. Artists and artisans, inspiration and handicraft, creativity and devotion to perfect art forms: this unique heritage, which dates to 1867, is at the heart of Baldi today – just as it was in the past. From the traditions of two great families, the Ponziani and the Consani, a single business was born in Florence, an important city of art and the cradle of Italian Renaissance.
Classically inspired, luxuriously interpreted accessories, produced according to historical crafting techniques.
This timeless home jewels are the core of Baldi.
Baldi's offers include the refined Class Collections with furnishing elements such as tables, chairs, consoles, furnishing complements, candelabras and lamps. Large formats, attention to details, use of precious materials such as lapislazuli, malachite, amethyst, tiger's eyes, jasper and antique working techniques such as those of Russian origin for mosaics used to upholster the products, always combined with fusion elements in silvered or 24 K gilt bronze.
A signature of contemporary luxury which deepens its roots in italian history, and connects to the future through design.
These collections represent a style evolution, where modern design embraces the ancient techniques and hand-crafting.
The crystal remains protagonist of Baldi production, in black or clear, or with shiny new colours fruit of ancient but revolutionized techniques.
Over the last 150 years, Baldi has impressed the entire world giving birth to breath-taking monumental artworks and amazing Renaissance-inspired jewels for the home.
Today the Brand boasts an official partnership with Steinway and Sons, based on the undisputable capability of both the Companies to amaze with their respective creations.
Sharing passion for art and craftsmanship, the mission is to create everlasting Grand pianos, enhanced by unmistakable details typical of the Florentine background, conferring that touch of unicity and preciousness that elevate the instruments to collectable masterpieces. The two lines are respectively named "Armonia limited edition" and "Special Edition Grand pianos".
All the pianos names are thought to recall melodious and suggestive sounds like "Acanto", "Impero", "Muse", "Richelieu" and "Sherazade. The designs are common for both the lines, different only because to make the Grand piano actual unique pieces, Baldi uses precious stones for coating; in addition to 24k, gold plated and chiseled bronze.
Astonishment, surprise. Investigating the time and with the latter that thin equilibrium between life and death. Gjoen's pieces have the ability to turn dark and strong imagery into something tender, soft. According to the artist's philosophy, the precious stones creating the two capsule collections presented at Salone del Mobile 2019, encapsulate at the same time both the beauty of nature and its power. The resistance of the oak and of the olive tree made out of hand-chiseled bronze take over on the 20th century's icons, regarding the weapon's manufacturing.
Recalling the Zar treasures adorning their palaces, Pietrof reinterprets them using Baldi's know-how. Protagonist of his works of art is the swan, which represents a meeting point of all the world's cultures. An analogy that brings immediately back to mind the mysterious knight appearing in Parzival medieval epic poem's last character, to whom Richard Wagner was inspired to create the Opera "Lonhengrin". With the same mastery with which the composer accomplishes his music, Pavel Pietrof conveys his own art through creations characterized by the high "compositional" coefficient.
For almost 30 years, Bojola has created objects and shaped spaces that transcend aesthetic boundaries, working with opposites and exploiting the creative tension between classic and contemporary styles. The year 2005 marked the birth of a mutually inspiring partnership that continues to bear extraordinary fruits: from the rock-crystal baths, basins and fountains to the one-of-a-kind works of art highlighted in the collection of monumental clocks. No matter the scale, each one of Bojola's creations for Baldi is refined, bold and timeless.


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import com.facebook.presto.sql.planner.SymbolAllocator;
import com.facebook.presto.sql.planner.iterative.Lookup;
import com.facebook.presto.sql.planner.iterative.Pattern;
import com.facebook.presto.sql.planner.iterative.Rule;
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It's no news to anyone that the current system of remote centralized services, the so-called cloud platforms and anything-as-a-service, has serious inherent disadvantages like risks from hacks and our data being locked in proprietary closed systems.
On another note, the rise of blockchain technology brought decentralized apps (DApps), more democracy, and possible alternatives along with it. Companies like Phantasma are working on bringing a decentralized and more democratic future to life.
Phantasma team is building an autonomous and decentralized content sharing platform running as a smart-contract network on the NEO blockchain. The team promises to solve the problem of relying on the third-party services, as we involuntarily do today for something as critical and personal as email. Also the Phantasma project intends to give content creators (those making videos, games, music, and other monetized content) their own distribution platforms so that they don't have to pay third-parties and have an absolute control over the content they create.
The Phantasma ecosystem is planned to have four core services – email, digital commerce, oracles, and video streaming, and will utilize such modules as smart contracts, relay nodes, and Distributed Content Storage (Phantasma Data Filesystem, PDFS).
With Phantasma our email will be decentralized. A Phantasma-based email application has the advantage of being more secure, with the data being completely in control of the inbox owners. Mass adoption of the blockchain requires interoperability between blockchain-based systems and traditional systems. To make this possible, Phantasma mailboxes will be designed to work with standard email addresses, making communication possible between both systems.
Phantasma platform is also a good fit for digital commerce. It will allow sales of digital products, be it videos, videogames or other files, content creators will have full control over how to stream and monetize it.
Besides, any willing developers will be able to create dApps on Phantasma using a Software Development Kit (SDK).
The team plans that initially, Phantasma will run on the NEO blockchain and later on, it will be modified to use the NEOX cross-chain agreement. Then the project will be transferred to another blockchain while retaining interoperability with NEO. As soon as the Phantasma protocol is production ready the plan is that the network will be deployed as its own blockchain, self-sustainable and totally independent from NEO.
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