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Editors' Choice: November 22nd, 2013
Rather than operate as a music news source, Electronic Beats operates as a music information source. We want to share with you; we want you to know what we're hearing, what's reverberating our cochleas and sending broader vibrations throughout our bodies, and by extension our audio-addled souls. Down with that? Welcome to Editors' Choice.
Louise Brailey (Deputy Online Editor)
Evian Christ – "Salt Carousel"
With the Kanye stamp of approval not yet dry upon his head, Evian Christ gears up to release his EP Waterfall in early 2014. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this first taste is a hi-def corker. The brittle frostbitten atmospheres that once characterized his releases have largely been jettisoned for a much more aggro, maximalist sound, all squealing tire synths and busy tones buried deep in the mix. Still, the real magic is reserved for the moment the drums, the scree, the cumbersome, chrome-plated swagger recedes to reveal planes of arctic pads. A big'un, then.
Moritz Gayard (Online Duty Editor)
Kommune1 – Kronos EP
UK Techno young gunner Kommune1 delivers some magic techno house with his Kronos EP, which will be out on Leisure System in December.
Daniel Jones (Contributing Editor)
Lauren Bousfield – Avalon Vales
Oh hey, remember when I wrote a review of this album last year? Well, it's finally been released, so now you can hear what I was talking about. Bousfield has made a few changes in the textures and layers, but the overall sound remains the same—and just as weirdly, deliciously beautiful. I didn't name it one of my albums of the year for nothing, after all… now I just wonder if I can do it two years running…
A.J. Samuels (Senior Print Editor)
Roky Erickson – "I Think of Demons"
Light in the Attic's September rerelease of Roky Erickson's 1981 Evil One (Plus One) is a best-of-2013 no brainer. A brilliant and utterly disturbing record that's been blowing my mind for years now, I still occasionally feel strange for getting so much pleasure out of songs born of profound madness and suffering.
Read previous editions of Editors' Choice here.
Published on November 22, 2013 16:30 Berlin Time
Live Report: Dimensions Festival 2013
Dimensions, the sister festival to Outlook taking place at Fort Punta Christo in Pula, Croatia, just finished its second edition. Lisa Blanning reports. All photos by Marc Sethi. Above: between stages on the festival site.
After less than two decades of stability in Croatia, the world at large is finally discovering its charms. The country consists of so much striking coastline on the Adriatic Sea—where it sits across from Italy—that it seems almost unfair to its neighbor to the East, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pula is an ancient town which boasts origins that go back to Jason & the Argonauts (according to the tourist guides) and an incredibly well-preserved first century AD Roman ampitheater—the site of Dimensions' opening concert. Not having attended, I'm kicking myself for missing the venue alone.
Not that Fort Punta Christo, a mere 150 years or so old and the main festival site, isn't impressive enough on its own. And there's definitely a lot of pleasure in raving (respectfully) in a top tourist attraction. Combined with the gloriously warm weather and its location by azure waters, there is so much magic built right into Dimensions. You feel it as you wander the decorated festival site for the first time, finding each of its eight stages. (Actually, I never made it into "Noah's Ballroom", an enclosed space that allowed only 75 people in it; it always had a queue.) At least four of these have specialty PAs, with distinctive speakers, and good sound is the norm—more magic.
With eight stages for four nights, plus two beach parties and something like six boat parties for each of four days (another eight stages, then) that's a lot of music going on. It's staggering to think of the production behind all of this. Which is probably why about 80% of it is 'curated' by different organizations: media, local parties, other festivals, labels, etc. And on paper, it appears that the sheer number of DJs and artists performing offers revelers a plethora of choices.
The Moat stage
On site, however, it mostly boils down to a choice between house and techno. As such, anything slightly outside of this stands out, whether it's the irresistible drum & bass DBridge offers at Mungo's Arena—with its beautiful, custom sound-system transported all the way from the Mungo's HiFi base of Glasgow—or the Leisure System stage, which becomes a bit of a homebase for the Friday night. Hype Williams turns out to be Dean Blunt primarily singing over playback of songs from his odd, old-fashioned 'pop' album The Redeemer; Dopplereffekt are completely back on form with skeletal electro and some of the most weirdly funky moments of the weekend; Jimmy Edgar surprises with a varied set whose highlight is an edit, surely his own, stretching Aphex Twin's "Windowlicker" like taffy for maximum pleasure; Machinedrum's mix of footwork and rap is welcome relief. Elsewhere, Mala in Cuba's sampled horn and flute riffs with live percussion and keys—provided by Swindle— make a jazz excursion, but when he drops a classic-era track opening the gateway to deep space, it's a bitter reminder of the true power of DMZ; Surgeon's DJ set rams The Moat stage, but perched at the back, above the crowd offers a great view and perfect sound for his uncompromising, banging techno.
Sunday's residency of 3 Chairs—it's collectively named, but essentially consists of rotating DJ sets from Theo Parrish, Moodymann, Rick Wilhite and Marcellus Pittman—at the Outside the Fort stage anchors the night. Every time you drop in on the stage, it's guaranteed to be good, and it's sometimes difficult to tear yourself away from the deep soul and funk cuts provided by Theo, or the disco grooves of Moodymann in order to see some other music. As much as I'm tempted to stay there all night, back at Mungo's Peverelist's set—the first time I've seen him in at least five years—comes up as a festival highlight: lots of swing but with tactical, super heavy 4/4 bass with the lightest, skippiest riddims riding above. Kowton, Pev's friend and collaborator in Livity Sound, follows it up with bassy UK funky that is pretty fun, especially when it's mixed with jungle or tough garage and grime. At the Fort Arena stage, Roman Flügel's set never quite lifts off the way his previous day's boat party set did, but its base of house music layered in the Frankfurt school of pleasingly weird sounds makes me wonder if his scene's promixity to the avant-garde music schools of Darmstadt—where the likes of Stockhausen, Messiaen, Ligeti, Boulez and many more taught or attended—affected their work?
Outside the Fort stage
And this is only a fraction of the music that occurred over the weekend. Thanks to its relatively small capacity (limited to 5000), perfect setting, great sound and attention to organizational detail, Dimensions has a shot at being one of the most anticipated festivals on the annual calendar. However, perhaps in part due to its many stages, the music itself is the single greatest failing. Far too much time was spent wandering around, especially on the Saturday night, vainly looking for something you hadn't already seen many times, or that broke out of the merely functional dance soundtrack. For a festival with so many small stages, it should have taken a lot more risks. It ignored an entire section of dance music underground—Fade To Mind, Night Slugs, UNO NYC, etc—even as it overcompensated on house and techno. Sure, there were names—like Steffi, Ben Klock, Omar S, Blawan, Ben UFO, Kode9, Ron Morelli— but approximately only one that felt really 'now', Evian Christ, and he didn't even play (at least not at the appointed time, and there was no signage offering any explanation or rescheduling). It felt like the organizers relied too much on their friends' taste, concentrating instead on making everything special except the music. That's fine if their aim is merely to provide a place to party—especially for people who haven't experienced a lot of festivals or don't live in places where these DJs play regularly. But if they want to become a destination known for creating outstanding musical experiences, their line-up is going to need serious reconsidering.~
The Demonization of Dubstep
Not long ago, dubstep generally consisted of dignified, subbed-out productions that would nebulously emerge from UK producers, pop up on Mary Anne Hobbs' radio show, and then be subsequently ignored by the general populace.
Then, suddenly, it was everywhere. Blasting across subway aisles as tinny ringtones. Lurking in the productions of pop beasts like Britney. Filling massive arenas with people who want nothing more than to sweat and maybe see a dot onstage move his hands every four minutes. 'Fuuuuuck youuuu, Skrillex!' became the battle cry of those who remember a world without wobble.
There's usually a very clear line drawn between fans of US dubstep and the UK version, the general consensus being that US dubstep=dorks too chubby for emo and too nerdy even for the metal scene, so they use this as an outlet for their post-teen aggression/Transformers fetish. Meanwhile, they argue that UK dubstep is made by and for aging reggae fans who pee themselves in rage whenever something steps outside their comfort zone. In some regards there's truth in both, but in the end it's the typical New vs Old argument, one that's almost always generated in insular scenes that have unexpectedly exploded into the mainstream: 'Eww, why do THEY get to be a part of MY social group?' To arbitrarily declaim a new movement (and, by association, an entire genre of music) as being somehow 'lesser' is not only ignorant, it's the worst sort of I-like-all-music-except-rap-and-country teenage cheesiness.
Some opinions are more moderate. "I can understand why people can't get into first/second-wave dubstep stuff now, because having witnessed the progression of the different sounds and the initial changes it brought to club culture was the most exciting part about it," says Michail Stangl, member of the Berlin-based Leisure System partysquad. Understandable from that perspective, perhaps. But I don't come from club culture. I was raised on a diet of punk, post-punk, experimental music and a heaping helping of Aaliyah and Biggie. My roots are in weirdness, brashness; I like change, and I treat musical genres as loosely as possible. So when I listen to Kode9 or Digital Mystikz, what I hear is not club music, but a pulsing bliss that shakes my body and makes my head swim. It's clinical and methodical, but also feral—a dark jungle beast stalking down my spine. But when I want to slamdance myself bruised and bloody, nothing satisfies like the filth of Deathface, Bratkilla and Mantis. This is lurching bloodrave music, a parade of dumpsters being cut in half with chainsaws and then dropped off cliffs. It's an entirely different world, closer to the harsh throb of industrial or the brutal thrash of hardcore than anything connected to introspection or club culture.
BlackBlackGold – The Red Crown (Mixtape for the Apocalypse)
As exploration into new sounds continues, the term 'electronic music' means both more and less than it ever has. The same holds true for dubstep (and at such a young age too! So precocious.) Purist attitudes kill music, but because of how easy it has become to pull in musical influences from around the world, its also second nature for a rising crop of young producers, artists, and freaks. As a genre, dubstep will mutate and evolve, as all things should. Maybe what it births will please your ears, and maybe not. But that doesn't make any mutation of it less valid, nor should it stop you from exploring for yourself the different aspects buried within.
That said, there is still no excuse for a dubstep Korn album.
Daniel Jones is a music promoter and creator of the subculture reconceptualization & aesthetics tumblr Gucci Goth.
(not equal): Dancing with the Dark
Last week we told you about the upcoming new Berlin party PURGE, which debuts this Thursday with HTRK and Bruises. If you just can't get enough evil in your nightlife, we recommend taking some heavy aspirin the morning after, sleeping the day away and then waking up for ? (not equal). The party, created in collaboration with Leisure System's Michail Stangl and the famous Berghain club, will feature live performances by some truly singular artists, including EB faves Demdike Stare and Tropic of Cancer. Watch the beautiful trailer for the party below, rsvp to the event here and get ready for a binge of blackness. It takes the night to believe.
Leisure System prepare second release
Leisure System, the Berlin based party series & label who just celebrated their third Birthday with an epic party at Berghain, are preparhttp://www.leisuresystem.net/ls-ldn-02-corsica-studios/ing the second Leisure System Records release.
Welcoming Eprom into the fold with two dank, metalic cuts perfect for a label which aims to reflect the diverse and often challenging nature of the music at their parties. 'Feldspar' and 'Psycho' are two unique tracks that have their roots in electronic hip-hop, but are stretched apart and tormented with an inverted wobble and a demented techno attitude. No doubt they will sound terrifying yet amazing on the Berghain soundystem.
EPROM – Feldspar / Psycho (LSR002) preview by Leisure System
If you want to catch a bit of the Leisure System you can do so at Londons Corsica Studio's next weekend with Machinedrum, Jaques Greene, Lazersword and Nguzunguzu. Details here.
LSR002 Will be released on Monday 17th October on Vinyl and November 7th digitally.
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Student, autodidact, multipotentialite, serial learner. It doesn't matter what label you go by. Digital automation can speed up and simplify your learning in many ways.
Studying is more fun and interactive Bored With Programming Books? Try 3 Fun Ways To Level Up Your Coding Skills Bored With Programming Books? Try 3 Fun Ways To Level Up Your Coding Skills If you've ever tried to learn to code from a book, you know how boring it can be. Why not try some engaging options to make learning more quirky and fun. Read More than ever thanks to technology. Managing your notes, communicating with peers and mentors, keeping up with the latest in education, picking up new skills — all this is much easier in the Digital Age.
The best part is that you don't need to go out in search of information. You can set up a system to ensure that the right resources find their way to you automatically.
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You know that your Kindle has an email linked to it, right? You can send your Instapaper saves to that email and have them pop up on your Kindle. Here's the recipe.
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Of course, just bookmarking articles to read later won't get you anywhere. Set up reminders to go through your reading material everyday. See how this kind of automation can help you level up Automate Your Learning: Level Up With This Powerful IFTTT Recipe Automate Your Learning: Level Up With This Powerful IFTTT Recipe Learning is not easy. Putting in some effort at it every single day is crucial to your progress. Armed with an automation tool like IFTTT, it might be easier than you think it is. Read More .
If you're in the habit of taking down notes using Siri, it's a good idea to keep them all in one place. It's not difficult at all once you set up a Siri-to-Evernote IFTTT recipe. Your audio notes go into a dedicated folder and stay ready for quick access. You can also store voicemails to Evernote (recipe) with a link to the original audio.
Keep these recipes ready to activate and you won't have to worry about losing important sound bytes in class or elsewhere. If you have them on audio, you have them in Evernote.
Subscribe to interesting podcasts in Feedly. As with articles, you can send these podcasts to Evernote (recipe). Here's how you can find new podcasts What Is The Best Way To Find New Podcasts? What Is The Best Way To Find New Podcasts? Finding good podcasts takes some digging. Word of mouth remains the best way to discover the next great podcast. If the grapevines are silent, here are a few more ways to find new podcasts. Read More , by the way.
Digital note-takers have plenty of services 6 Modern Note-Taking Apps to Keep Your Thoughts Organized 6 Modern Note-Taking Apps to Keep Your Thoughts Organized Ever had a thought slip away and wish you had written it down? It won't happen again when you have one of these modern apps at your fingertips. Read More to rely on. But if you prefer to take notes by hand and despair that it's difficult to manage your paper notes, there's a solution. Just scan those notes with your phone and bring them into OneNote (recipe) or Evernote. That way you won't have to give up your paper notes, but still keep them sorted, tagged, and easy to search through. Use an analog system like the Bullet Journal to refine your system further.
Have a virtual assistant or are willing to hire one? Scan your handwritten notes to Dropbox and ask your VA to transcribe them and save them to your Google Drive (recipe).
Have you heard of the 5 Minute Journal? It provides a simple and positive template — a set of standard questions/answers — to help you start journaling. It has nothing to do with IFTTT or education, but that journal template is a clever idea. Take pointers from it to come up with a template of your own.
What are the three primary topics I have covered today?
How much time did I spend studying each of them?
What shortcuts or tricks did I come across?
At the end of every week, just go through those 5-minute journals as a quick way to revise what you studied during the week. Repurpose this IFTTT recipe to create a custom 5-minute Evernote study template at a fixed time everyday. Set up another recipe to get an SMS reminder at the end of your day. When you get that SMS, just pop into Evernote and capture the essence of what you have studied during the day.
Covered a lot of ground in one week? Brush up on what you have studied this past week with a review email digest. When you're reading your saved articles on Instapaper, "like" the ones that contain how-tos and tips. Then get those Instapaper likes in a weekly email digest (recipe) and skim through them. Replace Instapaper with Readability or Pocket if you wish.
If you track your learning to-do list with a tool like Toodledo, use this IFTTT recipe to get a weekly summary of your completed tasks. It will help you map your progress and stay motivated.
Your phone is your constant companion. How about documenting your moments of learning with it? Whether you're watching an interesting live demo, attending a lecture, or reading an ebook, keep the one-click DO apps from IFTTT IFTTT Launches Do Note, Do Button, Do Camera for One-Tap Actions IFTTT Launches Do Note, Do Button, Do Camera for One-Tap Actions Popular "If This Then That" service IFTTT has launched three new apps that are sure to make your life a bit easier. Learn everything you need to know about them! Read More at the ready. Use them to take notes, record videos, and capture visuals. Now send them all to a Tumblr blog based on whatever you're learning right now.
For example, if you're learning Arduino, work through Arduino projects like these 15 Great Arduino Projects for Beginners 15 Great Arduino Projects for Beginners Interested in Arduino projects but not sure where to begin? These beginner projects will teach you how to get started. Read More and capture your progress on a dedicated Tumblr blog.
Every time you make a breakthrough, learn something vital, or discover a cool trick or shortcut, blog about it on Tumblr. You can repurpose this recipe to begin with. As your posts build up, your Tumblr journal will be as good as a free guide or course that you can share with others or refer to from time to time. For all you know, your blog could turn into a recommended bookmarkable resource in future.
Here's an fascinating piece of information. Maria Popova's awesome website on art, design, history, and culture — Brain Pickings — began as a simple weekly email to seven friends, documenting her quest to understand "what it means to live a good life".
Having a study buddy makes learning challenging and fun. Find someone who's learning the same things as you are right now and plan quizzes for each other. During the week, create quick, relevant questions and note them down using DO Note on your phone. Append them to a weekly digest email (recipe). When the email appears in your inbox, forward it to your study partner. Let her forward her set of questions to you.
Sharing what you know can take you places. Ask Brett Kelly, the Evernote fan who earned a writing gig at Evernote after he released Evernote Essentials, a comprehensive guide to the popular note-taking service.
When you're learning, you're sure to accumulate a wide variety of educational resources and hacks along the way. Why not compile them into a digital textbook or magazine of sorts and share that with fellow learners? You could save your Readability favorites as PDFs (recipe) in a Dropbox folder and share that publicly. You could even tweet them (recipe) via a dedicated Twitter account. Use a popular and relevant hashtag Hashtags - The Key To Reaching a Wider Audience On Twitter Hashtags - The Key To Reaching a Wider Audience On Twitter Hashtags have made their way across social networks, but there is nowhere they shine more than on the social network where they first started - Twitter. The feature, first introduced by a Twitter user, has... Read More to reach more people.
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for his secretary, Mr. Campbell, to write the despatches. Campbell had himself been wounded, and was so affected at the blind and suffering state of the Admiral, that he was unable to write. The chaplain was sent for; but, before he came, Nelson, with his characteristic eagerness, took the pen, and contrived to trace a few words, marking his devout sense of the success which had already been obtained. He was now left alone; when suddenly a cry was heard on the deck that the Orient was on fire. In the confusion, he found his way up, unassisted and unnoticed; and, to the astonishment of every one, appeared on the quarter-deck, where he immediately gave orders that boats should be sent to the relief of the enemy.
It was soon after nine that the fire on board the Orient broke out. Brueys was dead; he had received three wounds, yet would not leave his post; a fourth cut him almost in two. He desired not to be carried below, but to be left to die upon deck. The flames soon mastered his ship. Her sides had just been painted, and the oil-jars and paintbuckets were lying on the poop. By the prodigious light of this conflagration, the situation of the two fleets could now be perceived, the colours of both being clearly distinguishable. About ten o'clock the ship blew up, with a shock which was felt to the very bottom of every vessel. Many of her officers and men jumped overboard, some clinging to the spars and pieces of wreck with which the sea was strewn; others swimming to escape from the destruction which they momently dreaded. Some were picked up by our boats; and some, even in the heat and fury of the action, were dragged into the lower ports of the nearest British ships by the British sailors. The greater part of her crew, however, stood the danger to the last, and continued to fire from the lower deck. This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful: the firing immediately ceased on both sides; and the first sound which broke the silence was the dash of her shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been exploded. It is upon record, that a battle between two armies was once broken off by an earthquake :-such an event would be felt like a miracle ; but no incident in war, produced by human means, has ever equalled the sublimity of this coinstantaneous pause, and all its circumstances.
About seventy of the Orient's crew were saved by the English boats. Among the many hundreds who perished were the Commodore, Casa
Bianca, and his son, a brave boy only ten years old. They were seen floating on a shattered mast when the ship blew up. She had money on board (the plunder of Malta) to the amount of six hundred thousand pounds sterling. The masses of burning wreck which were scattered by the explosion, excited for some moments apprehensions in the Eng. lish which they had never felt from any other danger. Two large pieces fell into the main and foretops of the Swiftsure, without injuring any person. A port-fire also fell into the main-royal of the Alexander: the fire which it occasioned was speedily extinguished. Captain Ball had provided, as far as human foresight could provide, against any such danger. All the shrouds and sails of his ship, not absolutely necessary for its immediate management, were thoroughly wetted, and so rolled
up, that they were as hard and as little inflammable as so many solid cylinders.
The firing recommenced with the ships to leeward of the centre, and continued till about three. At daybreak the Guillaume Tell and the Généreuse, the two rear ships of the enemy, were the only French ships of the line which had their colours flying; they cut their cables in the forenoon, not having been engaged, and stood out to sea, and two frigates with them. The Zealous pursued; but, as there was no other ship in a condition to support Captain Hood, he was recalled. It was generally believed by the officers that, if Nelson had not been wounded, not one of these ships could have escaped; the four certainly could not, if the Culloden had got into action; and, if the frigates belonging to the squadron had been present, not one of the enemy's fleet would have left Aboukir Bay. These four vessels, however, were all that escaped; and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. "Victory," said Nelson, "is not a name strong enough for such a scene ; "—he called it a conquest. Of thirteen sail of the line, nine were taken, and two burnt; of the four frigates, one was sunk; another, the Artemise, was burnt in a villanous manner by her Captain, M. Estandlet, who, having fired a broadside at the Theseus, struck his colours, then set fire to the ship, and escaped with most of his crew to shore. The British loss, in killed and wounded, amounted to 895. Westcott was the only captain who fell : 3,105 of the French, including the wounded, were sent on shore by
. cartel, and 5,225 perished.
Thus ended this eventful battle, which exalted the name of Nelson
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to a level at least with that of the celebrated conqueror, whose surprising success at the head of the French armies had then begun to draw the attention of the civilized world. Bonaparte had stained his laurels by the unprecedented baseness of his private conduct; he had not scrupled to turn Turk, and all his public proclamations were disgraced by the absurd phrases of Mahometan superstition: Nelson, on the other hand, had no occasion of showing that he was an Englishman and a Christian; the first words of his despatches on this memorable occasion prove his gratitude to that Providence which had protected him :-" Almighty God has blessed his Majesty's arms."
244.-AUTUMNAL FIELD SPORTS.
POETRY has little to do with the field-sports of the present day, except to express a truthful hatred of those selfish enjoyments which demoralize the whole agricultural population. Yet we may find in the Poets many inspiriting pictures of the field-sports of our forefathers ; and we must never forget that, however these things have degenerated, the manly exercises of the old English gentlemen were fitted to nourish the bold spirit of the sturdy yeomen with whom they lived in honest fellowship. Shakspere was unquestionably a keen sportsman, and has in many passages shown the nicest appreciation of what belonged to the excellence of horse and hound. He knew all the points of the horse, as may be seen in the noble description in the • Venus and Adonis ;' he delighted in hounds of the highest breed
So flew'd, so sanded; and their heads are hung
With ears that sweep away the morning dew;
Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd, like Thessalian bulls;
Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells,
Each under each.
The chase in his day was not a tremendous burst for an hour or two, whose breathless speed shuts out all sense of beauty in the sport There was harmony in every sound of the ancient hunt—there was poetry in all its associations. Such lines as those which Hippolita utters were not the fancies of a cloistered student :
I was with Hercules and Cadmus once,
When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the boar
With hounds of Sparta : never did I hear
Such gallant chiding; for, besides the groves,
The skies, the fountains, every region near
Seem'd all one mutual cry: I never heard
So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
The solemn huntings of princes and great lords, where large assemblies were convened to chase the deer in spaces inclosed by nets, but where the cook and the butler were as necessary as the hunter, were described in stately verse by George Gascoigne. " The noble art of venerie" seems to have been an admirable excuse for ease and luxury " under the greenwood tree." But the open hunting with the country squire's beagles was a more stirring matter. By daybreak was the bugle sounded; and from the spacious offices of the Hall came forth the keepers, leading their slow-hounds for finding the game, and the foresters with their greyhounds in leash. Many footmen are there in attendance with their quarter-staffs and hangers. Slowly ride forth the master and his friends. Neighbours join them on their way to the wood. There is merriment in their progress, for, as they pass through the village, they stop before the door of the sluggard, who ought to have been on foot, singing, " Hunt's up to the day:"
The hunt is up, the hunt is up,
Sing merrily we, the hunt is up;
The birds they sing,
The deer they fling:
Hey nony, nony-no:
The hounds they cry,
The hunters fly :
Hey troli-lo, trololilo.
The hunt is up.
It is a cheering and inspiriting tune-the réveillée-awakening like the " singing of the lark, or the "lively din " of the cock. Sounds like these were heard, half a century after the youth of Shakspere, by the student whose poetry scarcely descended to the common things which surrounded him; for it was not the outgushing of the heart over all life and nature ; it was the reflection of his own individuality, and the echo of books- beautiful indeed, but not all-comprehensive :
Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn
Cheerly rouse the slumb'ring morn,
From the side of some hoar hill,
Through the high wood echoing shrill.-MILTON.
To the wood leads the chief huntsman. He has tracked the hart or doe to the covert on the previous night; and now the game is to be roused by man and dog. Some of the company may sing the fine old song, as old as the time of Henry VIII.:
Blow thy horn, hunter,
Blow thy horn on high.
In yonder wood there lieth a doe;
In faith she woll not die.
Then blow thy horn, hunter,
Then blow thy horn, jolly hunter.
The hart is roused. The hounds have burst out in " musical confusion." Soho! is cried. The greyhounds are unleashed. And now rush horsemen and footmen over hill, through dingle. A mile or two of sharp running, and he is again in cover. Again the keepers beat the thicket with their staves. He is again in the open field. And so it is long before the treble-mort is sounded; and the great mystery of wood-craft," the anatomy of the venison, is gone through with the nicest art, even to the cutting off a bone for the raven.
In Coleridge's Literary Remains,' the Venus and Adonis' is cited as furnishing a signal example of " that affectionate love of nature and natural objects, without which no man could have observed so steadily, or painted so truly and passionately, the very minutest beauties of the external world." The description of the hare-hunt is there given at length as a specimen of this power. A remarkable proof of the completeness as well as accuracy of Shakspere's description presented itself to our mind, in running through a little volume, full of talent, published in 1825— Essays and Sketches of Character, by the late Richard Ayton, Esq.' There is a paper on hunting, and especially on hare-hunting. He says—" I am not one of the perfect fox-hunters of these realms; but having been in the way of late of seeing a good deal of various modes of hunting, I would, for the benefit of the uninitiated, set down the results of my observations." In this matter he writes with a perfect unconsciousness that he is describing what any one has described before. But as accurate an observer had been before him :

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I'm really trying hard to break out of the makeup rut that inevitably happens every year for me during the weird transition between seasons. I usually have one go-to neutral look, and stick to it for what seems like forever. So in an effort to keep things fresh, I'm breaking out the bright shades to create some fun looks for summer.
I typically think that there should be one focal point to your look— either dramatic eyes or lips. For this look, though, I stepped out of my comfort zone by adding bold color to both! Surprisingly, I love how it came out. I contrasted the cool hues of the eyes with the neon coral for a cohesive, summer-ready look.
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Putting pencil to paper, in galleries and in the voting booth
Katherine Bernhardt, Untitled, 2020. Acrylic and watercolor on paper, 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Canada Gallery.
by Laurel Graeber
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Drawing may be the most ancient art, dating to when early humans first scrawled images on cave walls. But this adaptable, affordable and accessible practice is also experiencing a resurgence in this turbulent year. Drawing's capacity to chronicle events in real time has made it a powerful means to reflect on volatile election campaigns, a deadly pandemic and economic and racial inequality.
"Drawing allows for the most freedom, it's easily accepted, it doesn't require such a critical eye," said Walter Price, one of 105 contributors to the show "100 Drawings From Now," running through Jan. 17 at the Drawing Center in New York. "There's more openness in drawing, more sharing in drawing, more discovery."
The exhibition's organizers conceived "100 Drawings" last April as "a snapshot," said Claire Gilman, the center's chief curator. They called on an international range of artists, including those in their 20s as well as eminences like William Kentridge, Annette Messager and Giuseppe Penone. Penone's "Fleuve (D4049)," which depicts a wraithlike figure lost in swirling currents, with a fingerprint for a head and branchlike arms, was drawn in 2019 but seemed too emblematic of the present not to include.
"Twenty Twenty," which opened two weeks ago at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and closes March 14, has narrower parameters: Its 71 works are by only seven artists, who in late 2019 were asked to capture 2020 with drawings they based on photographic images.
"There's a debate about truth and how truth is filtered through the media," said Richard Klein, the museum's exhibitions director. "Working from photographs was an interesting way to comment on that." (In a nod to photojournalism, the show's catalog is in the form of a 12-page newspaper.)
A third set of 2020 drawings by Washington artist Toni Lane, acquired by the Library of Congress, is currently viewable only online. Mostly colorful and cubistic, the works address the fears and restrictions the coronavirus has engendered.
"This is part of our collection of pandemic-related materials," said Katherine Blood, curator of fine prints in the library's Prints and Photographs Division. She sought Lane's drawings, she added, because "there's a lot of content, as well as moving, compelling art."
Although the curators wanted to reflect the moment, the artists had considerable latitude. "Twenty Twenty" includes both works based on this year's news images, like Oasa DuVerney's depiction of President Donald Trump at a prayer meeting with Black faith leaders in February, and those that use the past as a lens, like Martí Cormand's perspective-shifting riffs on a 1935 photograph of a guard outside the National Archives.
Some artists were inspired by even earlier traditions. Diana Shpungin's "Still Life (Triptych)," a three-screen animation of 280 hand drawings that she created from videos she shot, pairs a restful soundtrack with the skeletal, floral and hourglass motifs of Philippe de Champaigne's 1671 "Still-Life With a Skull." The centuries-old canvas is a vanitas painting, which confronts the viewer with life's fragility.
"My work is a quiet little gesture, comparatively," Shpungin said. "But I like subliminal messages."
At the Drawing Center, Cecily Brown's "Untitled (After Franz Snyders)," recalls another 17th-century artist's meditation on death, while Daniel Lind-Ramos' "Sketch for 'La Loca'" draws from Puerto Rican folklore. La Loca, a female festival character, cleans everything in her path, much as the world has been instructed to do during the pandemic.
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"In addition to being an allegory for hygiene," La Loca "manifests herself to ward off our fears or drive away disease," Lind-Ramos wrote in an email.
Laura Hoptman, the center's executive director, stressed that everything in the show was deliberately unframed, allowing close examination. "Glass is wonderful, but it's also a barrier," she said. "This is a radically democratic look."
Democracy was just as important an organizing principle for Klein. He has not only given his artists free rein in how they present their work but has also offered them two opportunities to rearrange it. In December, after the elections, and in February, after the presidential inauguration, they can alter or replace the art in "Twenty Twenty," whose title refers not just to the year but to the popular adage about hindsight. Marking a ballot, Klein noted, is itself an act of putting pen to paper.
"The artists in some sense are voting by creating these drawings," he said. "They're creating images that they believe have political import and social import."
Those images include multiple portraits of powerful figures by Judith Eisler and William Powhida. Interestingly, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Kamala Harris of California, the Democratic nominee for vice president, are featured in both artists' works for "Twenty Twenty." After Harris joined the ticket, Eisler rushed to add the candidate's image to a group that also features singer Billie Eilish and an anonymous hospital nurse. "It had to be about strong women who effect change," she said.
Portraits appear throughout "100 Drawings" as well. One of the most haunting, "A Message to the President of the United States," by Bahamian-born artist Lavar Munroe, depicts a Black man's face, gashed, battered and bloody, drawn on the White House envelope in which Munroe received his notice of American citizenship.
Lane's chalk pastels in the Library of Congress also speak loudly to the viewer. "Seniors First" features a frightened older woman amid a store's empty shelves; others, like "Cover Your Mouth" and "Stay Home," illustrate the perils of not taking that advice. "I think this whole epidemic taught us to be more prepared for things, because we weren't prepared for this," Lane said. "And we're still not prepared."
Other artists, however, resist seeing their works as messages. At the Drawing Center, Price's "Scarecrow" captures a scene from the 1978 film "The Wiz." The drawing's scarecrow, hoisted on poles and with charred marks on its torso, could evoke lynchings or crucifixion. Price, however, who is African American, said he did not have Black Lives Matter consciously in mind, though he welcomed viewers' interpretations. Still other drawings in the show are pure abstraction.
"I've been very interested in the reasons why and how artists have been drawing, as opposed to what they have been drawing," said Rosario Güiraldes, the center's assistant curator.
The "how" can be startling: "100 Drawings" encompasses collages, watercolors, mixed media, a carving and materials including vegetable fibers, flower petals and an epoxy-coated dried tortilla. But most of these 2020 works underscore the simple primacy of the drawn line.
"If we cannot be together, then how do we express a connection to each other and to the world?" Gilman said. "I think, in this moment, drawing seems to fill a very important void. The next-best thing to actually having the world is to touch it on paper."
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Men's lacrosse narrowly defeats Vassar College 15–14
By Mikayla Rovenolt — Staff Writer
The Ithaca College men's lacrosse team claimed a 15–14 victory over the Vassar College Brewers in pursuit of the Liberty League title. The win improved the Blue and Gold's record to 6–2 on the season and 3–1 within the Liberty League.
The South Hill squad entered the game with energy from a 12–11 double-overtime win over No. 18 St. Lawrence University, while Vassar was crawling out with a 2–6 start to the season and an 0–2 mark in the Liberty League.
The Bombers and Brewers went back and forth scoring, keeping within one point of each other for the majority of the first quarter. With 8.6 seconds remaining in the game, junior attacker Ryan Ozsvath claimed a goal that put the Bombers ahead.
Five minutes into the second quarter, junior attacker Dan Lee, junior midfielder Kevin Enos and Ozsvath scored putting the Blue and Gold ahead of the Brewers 7–3. The gap did not last long as Vassar sophomore attacker Spencer Duryee started a comeback streak by making a goal with an assist from sophomore attacker Tomas Meade. Vassar Senior midfielder Liam Neville and junior midfielder Cameron Erdman followed in Duryee's footsteps leaving the score 7–6 at the end of the quarter.
Throughout the third and into the final quarter of the game the Bombers held their lead on Vassar, although the Brewers came close to tying a few times. With 1:53 left in the fourth, Meade scored for the Brewers, tying the score. Ozsvath pulled through with only nine seconds remaining to claim a final goal giving the Bombers the victory.
The South Hill Squad will be back at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3 at Nazareth College.
Men's lacrosse falls to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
By Jack Murray | Mar 26, 2019
Ithaca College defeats St. Lawrence in overtime
By Lauren White | Apr 2, 2019
Aiming to advance further in the NCAA Tournament
By Ty Cunnington | Feb 27, 2019
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G20 riots: policeman escapes charges over Ian Tomlinson's death
The policeman filmed pushing Ian Tomlinson to the ground during the G20 riots will not face any charges over the newspaper vendor's death.
By Gordon Rayner and Caroline Gammell
Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said there was an "irreconcilable conflict" between the differing medical opinions on how the 47-year-old died.
Family of Mr Tomlinson described the news as "disgraceful".
Mr Tomlinson was walking home when he became caught up in the G20 riots in the City of London on April 1 last year.
Mobile phone footage taken by bystanders showed Mr Tomlinson walking away from officers when he was hit by a baton and shoved to the ground by a policeman in protective clothing.
He was seen moving away after the incident but was found collapsed 100 metres away in Cornhill.
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An initial post mortem supported police claims that he had died of a heart attack, but a second and third post mortem concluded that he had died from an abdominal haemorrhage.
Tomlinson family solicitor Jules Carey said it is "disgraceful" that no one has been prosecuted over the death.
Speaking outside the Crown Prosecution Service headquarters, he said the family will consider whether they can appeal against the decision.
He said: "Clearly it is a disgraceful decision. The CPS have accepted the conduct of the officer was unlawful."
Mr Tomlinson's son Paul King said the family were stunned by the decision and criticised the time it has taken.
He said: "It's taken 16 months to get a no-charge against this officer. The CPS have clearly admitted that the police officer assaulted our dad.
"Why hasn't there been a charge? We have to go home to no dad. It has aged us, the wait."
Mr Carey added: "We now need to find out if there has been a lack of will or incompetence, and frankly there needs to be an inquiry into that.
"We will be looking at whether the decision can be reviewed, but that is a matter for another day."
Mr Starmer said: "After a thorough and careful review of the evidence, the CPS has decided that there is no realistic prospects of a conviction against the police officer in question for any offence arising from the matter investigated and that no charges should be brought against him."
In an unusual step, he released a 10-page document going into detail about why the officer - who has never been formally identified - would not be charged.
Dr Freddy Patel, the first pathologist, found he died of natural causes, linked to coronary artery disease.
He failed to retain three litres of fluid which would have helped explain how he died.
Dr Nat Carey, a Home Office pathologist, was not able to analyse this fluid which could have provided crucial information.
However, he concluded that Mr Tomlinson fell on his elbow which "impacted in the area of his liver causing an internal bleed which led to his death a few minutes later".
A third post mortem agreed with Mr Carey's findings, but the "fundamental differences" of opinion meant it was not possible to prosecute, according to Mr Starmer.
He said there was enough evidence to charge the officer who hit Mr Tomlinson with assault but that a six month time limit to do so had expired.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the force offered its "sincere regret" over the death of Mr Tomlinson.
He said the officer could still face misconduct proceedings once the force receives the IPCC report.
A spokesman added: "Our thoughts remain with the family of Ian Tomlinson and those affected by his death."
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Q: else if being inconsistent I've been making a simple tic-tac-toe game wherein to check whether a player crossed out a row I've made the following logic:
::board
echo    %one% ^| %two% ^| %three%
echo    ---------
echo    %four% ^| %five% ^| %six%
echo    ---------
echo    %seven% ^| %eight% ^| %nine%
echo.

::rows

if %one% NEQ - (
    if %one% EQU %two% (
        if %two% EQU %three% (
            goto endGame
        )
    )
) else if %four% NEQ - (
    if %four% EQU %five% (
        if %five% EQU %six% (
            goto endGame
        )
    )
) else if %seven% NEQ - (
    if %seven% EQU %eight% (
        if %eight% EQU %nine% (
            goto endGame
        )
    )
)

However, this seems inconsistent as to when the rows including one-two-three & four-five-six get crossed off, the game ends, although for the final row the logic fails.
A similar inconsistency follows for the columns.
Can someone help me understand why so?

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Reaching students is something that teachers strive for on a daily basis, using various techniques and strategies to try and make it happen. When it comes to the concept of game based learning, there are avid proponents who see it as a way to develop positive behavioral instincts, while opponents dismiss it as something that takes away from the learning process.
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The Zebra Plecostomus (Hypancistrus zebra) a.k.a. Imperial Pleco, or Zebrawels is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Big Bend area of the Xingu River; a tributary of the Amazon.
Many tropical fish keeping enthusiasts regard the hard to find Zebra Plecostomus as the "most beautiful" of all Loricarids. The Zebra Pleco is a dwarf species of suckermouth catfish that reaches a maximum size of only 3-1/2 inches. Its name is derived from the striking black and white striped color pattern on its body and fins that resemble the markings of a Zebra. Mature males have a larger head and longer interopercular spines than the females.
In terms of the L-numbering system, the Zebra Plecostomus (Hypancistrus zebra) can be purchased as L-46, L-98, or L-173.
Because construction of the Belo Monte Dam in the Xingu river has impeded the flow of water in their distribution range, the Brazilian government has listed them as being endangered and has banned the export of Zebra Plecos.
Consequently, only captive bred specimans are now available for sale to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts and all are extremely expensive and rarely available for purchase.
The Zebra Plecostomus is a nocturnal, predatory species that feeds on small inverterbrates such as midge and mosquito larvae.
They do best in a well oxygenated tank with moderately fast water flow, soft, slightly acidic water, and subdued lighting. They prefer warmer water, ideally between 77 and 86 degrees F., a densley planted, sandy bottom tank with plenty of caves, rockwork and driftwood to hide in. Unlike some other algae eating Loricards they do not chew or eat bogwood however, they do eat organisms that grow on the wood.
Zebra Plecos are an extremely shy and moderately territorial bottom dwelling species that usually hide during daylight hours and make their rounds in the aquarium during the evening. They must have an oxygen rich environment and warm water to thrive, but they can tolerate a wider range of temperature and water conditions, especially to induce spawning.
The water conditions for breeding Zebra Plecos varies, but a temperature of 84 – 89 degrees, a pH of 6.3 – 5.85 and soft well filtered and oxygenated water is generally all that is required to start. To get them to spawn, you need to make them believe that there has been a rainy season. Drop the water temperature to 85.7°, the pH and water hardness slightly and increase the water movement by performing frequent water changes. Zebra Plecos are not sexually mature until they are about four years old which is why many tropical fish keeping enthusiasts initial fail.
Zebra Plecos breed in caves where the females will lay from 7 to 15 eggs in the back of the cave. The male will evict the female from the cave then guard and tend to the eggs which (if fertile) will hatch in 3 – 7 days. Frequently the first clutch of eggs will be infertile, almost like a "dry run" but subsequent spawnings should be productive.
In 3 – 4 days the fry will start to develop fins, a sucker mouth, and their Zebra like color pigmentation. They will retain their egg sacks for up to 10 days during which time they should not be fed. The male will care for the fry until the egg sacks are fully absorbed. The fry can then either be either removed to a well aerated breeding tank, or left with the parents.
Feed the fry baby brine shrimp, finely crushed dried food, or crushed frozen bloodworms until they accept larger portions. The young will reach 1″ in length in about 1 1/2 months. In a single species aquarium, Zebra Plecos normally take fine care of their young.
Adult Zebra Plecos should be fed meaty foods as well as a high quality flake food, sinking carnivore pellets, frozen or freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex, brine shrimp, daphnia , chopped mussels, and sinking carnivore wafers. These fish DO NOT eat algae.
When they become available for purchase by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts, Zebra Plecos demand a premium price and are usually only 1″ – 1 1/2″ long.


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Mineral Specimen No. 70938: Copper (naturally crystallized native copper) for sale from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Michigan.
Copper (naturally crystallized native copper) for sale from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Michigan.
Mineral Species: Copper (naturally crystallized native copper).
Location of mineral deposit: Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Michigan.
Description: Sharp native copper crystals (naturally occurring copper crystals) in a curved formation with remnants of gray matrix in crevices. Under magnification the surfaces are seen to be well-defined copper crystals with surfaces composed of parallel faces. No damage. Collected ca. 1960.
Overall size of mineral specimen: 6x3x1.5 cm.
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