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Yamaha Corporation
"Yamaha" redirects here. For other uses, see Yamaha (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 34°43′03″N 137°43′58″E / 34.7174427°N 137.7328659°E / 34.7174427; 137.7328659
Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社, Yamaha Kabushiki Gaisha, /ˈjæməˌhɑː/; Japanese pronunciation: [jamaha]) is a Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate with a very wide range of products and services. It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest piano manufacturing company. The former motorcycle division was established in 1955 as Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., which started as an affiliated company but later became independent, although Yamaha Corporation is still a major shareholder.
Yamaha headquarters in Hamamatsu, November 2006
ヤマハ株式会社
Romanized name
Yamaha Kabushiki-gaisha
Public (K.K.)
TYO: 7951
12 October 1887; 133 years ago (1887-10-12)
10-1, Nakazawacho, Naka-ku,
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Takuya Nakata, President & Representative Executive Officer
Musical instruments, audio equipment, electronics
¥408.2 billion (2017)[1]
¥44.3 billion (2017)[verification needed][1]
28,112 (including temporary employees) (2017)[1]
Bösendorfer
Deagan
Yamaha Artist Services
Yamaha Drums
Yamaha Entertainment Group
Yamaha Motor Company
yamaha.com
2 Corporate mission
3 Yamaha Music Foundation
4.1 Synthesizers and samplers
5 Factory locations
6 Sports teams
Torakusu Yamaha, founder of Yamaha Corporation.
Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd. (currently Yamaha Corporation) was established in 1887 as a reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture and was incorporated on October 12, 1897. In 1900 the company started the production of pianos.[2] The company's origins as a musical instrument manufacturer are still reflected today in the group's logo—a trio of interlocking tuning forks.[3][2]
After World War II, company president Genichi Kawakami repurposed the remains of the company's war-time production machinery and the company's expertise in metallurgical technologies to the manufacture of motorcycles. The YA-1 (AKA Akatombo, the "Red Dragonfly"), of which 125 were built in the first year of production (1954), was named in honour of the founder. It was a 125cc, single cylinder, two-stroke street bike patterned after the German DKW RT125 (which the British munitions firm, BSA, had also copied in the post-war era and manufactured as the Bantam and Harley-Davidson as the Hummer). In 1955,[4] the success of the YA-1 resulted in the founding of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., splitting the motorcycle division from the company. Also, in 1954 the Yamaha Music School was founded.[2]
Yamaha has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments (including pianos, "silent" pianos, drums, guitars, brass instruments, woodwinds, violins, violas, celli, and vibraphones), as well as a leading manufacturer of semiconductors, audio/visual, computer related products, sporting goods, home appliances, specialty metals and industrial robots.[5] Yamaha released the Yamaha CS-80 in 1977.
Yamaha made the first commercially successful digital synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7, in 1983.
In 1988, Yamaha shipped the world's first CD recorder.[6] Yamaha purchased Sequential Circuits in 1988.[7] It bought a majority stake (51%) of competitor Korg in 1987, which was bought out by Korg in 1993.[8]
Yamaha Ginza Building in Tokyo, the largest musical instrument store in Japan, in 2010. The complex including shopping area, concert hall and music studio
In the late 1990s, Yamaha released a series of portable battery operated keyboards under the PSS and the PSR range of keyboards. The Yamaha PSS-14 and PSS-15 keyboards were upgrades to the Yamaha PSS-7 and were notable for their short demo songs, short selectable phrases, funny sound effects and distortion and crackly sounds progressing on many volume levels when battery power is low.[9]
In 2002, Yamaha closed down its archery product business that was started in 1959. Six archers in five different Olympic Games won gold medals using their products.[10]
In January 2005, it acquired German audio software manufacturer Steinberg from Pinnacle Systems. In July 2007, Yamaha bought out the minority shareholding of the Kemble family in Yamaha-Kemble Music (UK) Ltd, Yamaha's UK import and musical instrument and professional audio equipment sales arm, the company being renamed Yamaha Music U.K. Ltd in autumn 2007.[11] Kemble & Co. Ltd, the UK piano sales & manufacturing arm, was unaffected.[12]
On December 20, 2007, Yamaha made an agreement with the Austrian Bank BAWAG P.S.K. Group BAWAG to purchase all the shares of Bösendorfer,[13] intended to take place in early 2008. Yamaha intends to continue manufacturing at the Bösendorfer facilities in Austria.[14] The acquisition of Bösendorfer was announced after the NAMM Show in Los Angeles, on January 28, 2008. As of February 1, 2008, Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Yamaha Corp.[15]
Yamaha Corporation is also widely known for their music teaching programme that began in the 1950s. Yamaha electronics have proven to be successful, popular and respected products. For example, the Yamaha YPG-625 was awarded "Keyboard of the Year" and "Product of the Year" in 2007 from The Music and Sound Retailer magazine.[16] Other noteworthy Yamaha electronics include the SHS-10 Keytar, a consumer-priced keytar which offered MIDI output features normally found on much more expensive keyboards.
Other companies in the Yamaha Corporation group include:
Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Yamaha Fine Technologies Co., Ltd.
Yamaha Music Communications Co., Ltd.
Corporate missionEdit
Kandō (感動) is a Japanese word used by Yamaha Corporation to describe their corporate mission. Kandō in translation describes the sensation of profound excitement and gratification derived from experiencing supreme quality and performance.[17] Some reasonable English synonyms are "emotionally touching" or "emotionally moving".
Yamaha Music FoundationEdit
The Yamaha Music Foundation is an organization established in 1966 by the authority of the Japanese Ministry of Education for the purpose of promoting music education and music popularization. It continued a program of music classes begun by Yamaha Corporation in 1954.[18]
ProductsEdit
Main article: List of Yamaha Corporation products
Yamaha expanded into many diverse businesses and product groups. The first venture into each major category is listed below.[19]
1887 Reed organs
1900 Pianos
1903 Furniture
1914 Harmonicas
1922 Audio equipment (crank phonograph first)
1942 Guitars
1955 Motorcycles – made by Yamaha Motor Company, which started as an affiliated company of Nippon Gakki (Yamaha Corporation's name at the time) but is a separate company today
1959 Sporting goods (starting with archery)
1959 Music schools
1961 Metal alloys
1965 Band instruments (trumpet first)
1971 Semiconductors
2000 Yamaha Music Communications (record company)
2001 Yamaha Entertainment Group (record company)
Yamaha Grand Piano
Yamaha Keyboard
Yamaha Drumset
Yamaha Saxophone
A collection of Yamaha Guitars
Yamaha Acoustic Guitar Amp
Yamaha Mixing Console
Yamaha Sound Chip
Yamaha AV Receiver
Yamaha DVD Player
Yamaha Aerox Scooter
Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike
Yamaha Nytro Snowmobile
Yamaha ATV Blaster
Yamaha YXZ 1000R UTV
Yamaha Golf Cart
Yamaha Inflatable Boat
Yamaha Outboard Motor
Synthesizers and samplersEdit
Yamaha announced the singing synthesizer Vocaloid for the first time at the German fair Musikmesse on March 5–9, 2003.[20]
Yamaha also began to get involved with the sale and production of Vocaloid applications themselves with Lily being the first; Lily was later sold via Internet Co., Ltd.'s website. Their involvement continued with the VY series, with VY1 being the first, released in deluxe and standard editions on September 1, 2010.[21] The VY series is a series designed to be a high quality product for professional musicians. The series is also designed with the intention to set a new standard for the Vocaloids for having no face, sex or set voice, but are designed to complete any song.[22] VY1 saw a new approach to how the software handled the database of samples and improved the performance of the Vocaloid 2 engine.
Yamaha announced a version of the Vocaloid 2 software for the iPhone and iPad, which exhibited at the Y2 Autumn 2010 Digital Content Expo in Japan.[23][24] Later, this version of the software was released using the VY1 voice.[25][26] VY2 will also be released for this version of the software.[27]
Factory locationsEdit
In Japan, the company maintains three factories for musical instrument manufacture, engine and various vehicle manufacture (motorcycles and marine products), with all factories located in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Kakegawa Factory
1480, Ryoke, Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka
Toyooka Factory
203, Matsunokijima, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka
Tenryu Factory
283, Aoyacho, Minami-ku Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
Sports teamsEdit
Yamaha Jubilo—Rugby
Júbilo Iwata—Football
List of phonograph manufacturers
List of studio monitor manufacturers
Yamaha XG
Yamaha Artist
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^ a b c "Brand and History - About Us - Yamaha Corporation". www.yamaha.com. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
^ "Yamaha Corporate Information". Global website. Yamaha Corporation.
^ "Yamaha Motor". Forbes Global 2000 List.
^ "Yamaha Corporate History". Yamaha Corporation of America & Yamaha Corporation. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
^ Verna, Paul (1999-04-03). "CD-R Enjoys Massive Growth In A Wide Range Of Markets". Billboard. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ Gordon Reid (March 1999). "PROPHET LINE — Sequential Circuits: Prophet Synthesizers 5 & 10 (Retro)". Sound On Sound. Archived from the original on 2004-03-29. 1989-1999 In 1988, Yamaha bought the rights and assets of SCI, and these rights included the employment contracts of many of the company's development team, including Dave Smith himself. … Then, in 1989, the team moved to Korg, where they designed the now-classic Wavestations. …
^ Gordon Reid (November 2002). "40 Years Of Gear — The History Of Korg: Part 2". Sound On Sound. Archived from the original on 2003-11-19. 1987 … However, in 1987, the relationship took another huge step forward when Yamaha bought a controlling interest in Korg Inc, effectively making it a subsidiary."; "1993 … Thanks to the products developed using the funds from Yamaha's cash injection in 1987, the previous five years had been very successful, and Tsutomu Katoh now had some cash at his disposal. In fact, he had enough to buy out the majority of Yamaha's share in Korg. So he did.
^ "PSS-14 Portable Keyboard". Yamaha. Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ "YAMAHA to Close Archery Products Business". Yamaha Corporation. 2002-02-01. Archived from the original on 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
^ "Cancellation of Joint Venture Contracts for Sales Subsidiaries in U.K. and Spain". Yamaha Global website. July 10, 2007.
^ Barrett, Andy (July 10, 2007). "Yamaha buys out Kemble family". MI Pro.
^ "Competition For Bosendorfer". Forbes. 2007-11-30.
^ "Yamaha Reaches Basic Agreement with Austrian Bank to Purchase All Shares of Bösendorfer". Yamaha Global website. December 20, 2007.
^ "Bosendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH". Business Week. March 3, 2008.
^ "YPG-625 - 88-key Weighted Action Portable Grand". Yamha Corporation of America & Yamaha Corporation.
^ "Yamaha Corporate Mission". Yamaha Motor UK.
^ "Yamaha Music Foundation History". Yamaha Music Foundation.
^ "Yamaha History". Corporate Information, Global website. Yamaha Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
^ "New Yamaha VOCALOID Singing Synthesis Software Generates Superb Vocals on a PC". Business Wire. AllBusiness.com. March 4, 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
^ "新型ボーカロイド「VY1」公開です!" [New Model Vocaloid "VY1" Presentation!] (in Japanese). Bplats. August 13, 2010. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
^ Okada, Yuka (August 13, 2010). "キャラクターなしのVOCALOID「VY1」 初のヤマハ製、9月発売" ["VY1", a Vocaloid With No Character, First Yamaha-Made, Sold in September] (in Japanese). IT Media. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
^ "デジタルコンテンツEXPO:VOCALOIDがiPad/iPhoneアプリに ヤマハが開発" [Digital Content Expo: Vocaloid Becomes iPad/iPhone Applications. Yamaha Develops Those] (in Japanese). IT Media. October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
^ "Y2 Autumn 2010 | Digital Content Expo 2010" (in Japanese). Digital Content Expo. Archived from the original on 2010-10-07. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
^ "iVOCALOID-VY1" (in Japanese). Apple Inc. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
^ "iVOCALOID-VY1t" (in Japanese). Apple Inc. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
^ Matsuo, Kōya (April 15, 2011). "コードネームは「勇馬」 ヤマハ純正のイケメンボカロ「VY2」の話を聞いてきた" [Codename Is "Yūma". I Heard the Story of the Yamaha Pure Cool Vocalo "VY2"] (in Japanese). IT Media. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
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Q: Is Continuous Integration feasible for iOS development? Is Continuous Integration feasible for iOS.
Again my Jenkins build fails with "Your session has expired. Please log in." and I begin to ask myself if Continuous Integration is at all feasible for iOS development.
How can you set up a reliable unattended build system that demands a user logged into some web service which might expire your login at any moment? As far as I see it the answer is: You can't.
It's just not possible. It will always be an unreliable system which will stop building for no apparent reason.
Or am I missing something?

A: As an answer to the discussion in the comments, it is feasible. There is no simple way to explain everything that you need but in a short summary.
If you using Jenkins,

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*You need access to MacOS, Jenkins running on MacOs or Jenkins Slave which is with MacOS.

*Xcode on the machine from point 1. with xcode(xcode comand tool) xcbuild.

*Fastlane integrations (check here)

*The last thing is fine-tuning with your process, haw and when to increase builds and etc.

At some providers like Azure DevOps, it was easy to add all these BIG steps with build in components of the system.
In general, I never found a good tutorial about this how to be done end to end. But with a lot of reading and trying it was done from me, without to have big experience in the dev-ops world.
P.S. It will be nice if you do a good tutorial for how this can be done when you made it(I didn't have time to do it :( ).

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As an easy lunch I simply pop 1-2 of these tomatoes in a container with ½ cup frozen peas and heat in the microwave at work for a tasty lunch. Another great way to enjoy this is to swap the tomatoes for capsicums or eggplant.
The combination of lentils with meat and Vitamin C found in the tomatoes makes the plant-based iron more bioavailable.
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5th March 2017 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
It is International Women's Day on March 8th and so we are going to celebrate all things women at Sunday Assembly London.
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Tea Party group receives death threats
ST August 26, 2010 Disturbing News, Media Watch, Politics
Via the Washington Whispers blog at US News:
One of Washington's principal supporters of the Tea Party movement, former GOP Majority Leader Dick Armey's FreedomWorks, has been receiving death threats and profanity-laced phone calls as it gets involved in the fall elections. The number and intensity have reached such heights that the organization is leaving its downtown location near the FBI and moving to a high-security building near the U.S. Capitol.
"FreedomWorks and Dick Armey receive dozens of threatening and harassing calls and E-mails each day. Many imply violence and use of weapons," spokesman Adam Brandon tells Whispers. "As we get closer to the election we expect the harassment to increase."
FreedomWorks provided some of the recordings of the threatening calls to Whispers and they include physical threats and profanity aimed at the group, Tea Party spokesmen and even conservative talkers. "You guys better watch it," says one caller. "Now, we are going to destroy and obliterate Rush [Limbaugh] and Sean Hannity," said another. "Those two guys are dead."
This is despicable, of course, and I hope when Freedom Works moves to its more high security location that the threats stop, although I doubt they will. The far left just grows more and more out of control as its big government agenda is rejected more and more each day by a majority of Americans.
I'm curious, though, as to how many mainstream news media outlets will report this. Remember last summer and how the MSM unofficially treated it as the "summer of right wing hate" because a few extremist nut jobs (some of them not even "right wingers") got stupid and made some threats? Journalists thought those threats were worthy of widespread reporting at the time. I think this story is a pretty big deal – especially considering the media's obsession with the Tea Party. Not holding my breath that this story will get much attention outside of the beltway, though, because it doesn't fit the established mainstream media narrative about how it's only extremists on the right who will threaten the political opposition.
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Other than agreeing that such behavior is despicable, my only comment is, why would you expect the MSM to report anything on this? At least until it has grown into so big a story they can't ignore it.
Severian says:
Right Carlos, the MSM will simply ignore this, it doesn't exist as far as they are concerned. They'll jump at the chance to label a leftist attacking a cab driver as a hate crime by the Tea Party, but this will get no coverage.
Frederick says:
After all these years liberals are still like Obama's boy Bill Ayers, blowing things up in the dark, making anonymous threats, taking cheap shots when no one is looking, and basically behaving with the integrity of a catty, teenage school girl.
Sefton says:
Interesting is how they follow the Alinsky tactics to the letter; first trying to sideline, insult and ridicule the "teabaggers" – using not only their sycophant media, but their leftist Hollywood pieholes – only to have it backfire on them as the Tea Party gained strength.
Now it's desperation time and the next step in tactics as November looms; making public and phoned threats. As was mentioned, this eventually leads to the "Ayers method" of contracting individuals and groups to incite violent confrontation, with a calculative effort of shifting blame.
I hope this Restoring Honor rally goes off smoothly, but if I were a leftist this is exactly where I would focus my desperate tactics.
Tina Ferrer says:
Good Gawd people, when is it going to sink in. The MSM will never again report objectively. I know you read much about how the MSM medium is getting hammered as to readership and viewership but they wont get it but they're advertisers' will. Keep a little pad next to you and begin writing down those companies like Progressive Insurance that supports this nonsense all the way to the bank. Stop purchasing their products and contact them with the reasons why. You bet you'll see some change but this must be done collectively if it's to have any effect.
As to the death threats from the left? How cute….
Tina, Progressive Insurance is owned by George Soros and donates money to very far left causes. Going to that company will do nothing. But, I think you are on track. The free market still dictates and is the best way for us to make our public opinion heard and followed. Collectively, a boycott of companies that keep the media able to float their half truths and biased reporting will definitely slow them down.
OH, not George Soros, Peter Lewis owns Progressive. They basically are the same, billionaires promoting the overthrow of our republic in favor of a communist state. Progressive Insurance donates a boatload of cash to Soros causes.
mike191 says:
This is "stop the hate" taken to the only conclussion available to the left when the market place of ideas repudiates their ideas and values.
Anny says:
I find this whole thing so distressing, I am beginning to think that I just need to turn off the TV.
1. Why is it politically okay to wish conservative news hosts to die, often painful deaths, while it is equally unacceptable for conservative news hosts to wish that Obama fails? How the heck is this even close to equivalent?
2. Why are we supposed to take political comments made by uneducated entertainers as being serious political commentary? I do know that I will no longer watch 30 rock, or the Wanda Sykes sitcom.
3. somehow we are expected to believe that conservatives are naturally less intelligent than liberals? How ridiculous is that?
I am truly sickened by the disparity of coverage in the mainstream media, and being told that Fox News is faux… seems to me they get much more factually correct than the other networks, but, then again, I am just a stupid, ignorant, racist conservative (sarc).
I never know, because like most people I NEVER watch the main stream media.
Well, a check of all the major sites this morning, i.e. abcnews.com, cbsnews.com, msnbc.com, cnn.com shows negative for this story either in the news section or political sections. Absolutely nothing! But hey, all sites have multiple news articles trashing Glen Beck and countless articles questioning whether the Tea Party has influence or not over voters. And the big news of the day, not surprising in all these sites, is of course that former RNC chairman and campaign manager for George W. Bush's 2004 presidential bid has announced that he is gay. They are all going crazy for this story. It's looking like he might get a ticker tape parade through Manhattan from all the MSM propaganda outlets the way their tripping all over themselves covering his story.
After reading your next post, ST, is it any wonder the threats are made almost daily?
Anny is on the right track with her analysis that the left considers conservatives ignorant (x)-phobes, but that is as despicable as the belief (still widely held by some in today's world) that some groups of people just aren't capable of being taught or learning anything but the most basic of things. That was the excuse used for slavery in the western world, that is the excuse used for not teaching females in many muslim nations, that is always the excuse when one people feels threatened by another.
To some conservatives, it's even the reason liberals are so bad. And that's just not right. Deliberate ignorance is much different than the natural lack of intellectual capacity.
Carlos,
I agree completely with your analysis. For myself, I just seem to shut off when anyone calls someone else a name, ie. libtard, teabagger, etc. Seems to me that no dialog can occur if people don't think of others as being able to contribute to the conversation, and namecall. Plus, what is with the death threats? That is so, so extreme…. Heck, that would be very frightening to have my life threatened (or any other).
Steve Hussein Skubinna says:
Panic, is what it is. If you are secure in your ideas, and believe you are in the right, you don't get hysterical at the opposition. You don't wish them harm and death. You don't physically assault them. You don't run false flag operations to paint them as violent extremists (in fact, if you believe they are violent extremists and they don't commit violence, if you are honest you re-examine your assessment).
The left is in full bore panic right now, and it is not going to abate. Do not get complacent, do not think anything is sewn up. These are the sort of poeple who will call down Gotterdammerung upon the entire nation if they think they're going to lose.
I am holding my breath about the Glenn Beck event. I have believed for months that there is a real possibility of an attack from the left–and of course, MSN will report that it was from a whacko on the right. Should be a nail biter. I pray for their safety.
In the final analysis, it is those who fear their "freebies" being taken away from them, and they'll either have to really work or starve (think SEIU and teachers).
That's what it's all about for most of the libs; for the rest (those in power), it is figuring out how to get more milk from "their" cash cow.
Army Mom says:
Tex,
Greetings from a fellow Texan! We recently went to visit my FIL who has been working in Norway for the past 2 years. Sadly he has decided that the Health Care system over there is what we need and thinks that my husband and I are stupid to oppose ObamaCare. He always says that Fox News lies but seems to totally ignore what the MSM is lying about. On his recent visit home my husband mentioned Nancy Pelosi's comments at the 2010 Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties where she said "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy"
My FIL looked a bit confused and then immediately said that the statement was stupid and that he could not understand why she would say such a thing. In his next breath he said that since he had not seen it on any of the MSM outlets that Fox must have lied about it. This is coming from a very intelligent guy that has an IQ in the genius range. My husband was stunned that regardless of the truth that his Dad is so blind as to not see it right in front of him. Needless to say we left and said nothing further to him about the subject.
People who only use the MSM as their source of "news" are willingly chosing to become blindmen. Sad, huh.


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are a Japanese pop and rock band, who were one of the top bands performing in the Group Sounds scene in the late 1960s.

Career
The band formed in November 1966 in Yokohama, and initially comprised locally born singer Tokimune "Dave" Hirao (November 17, 1944 – November 10, 2008), guitarist Eddie Ban (born June 22, 1947), Hawaiian-born guitarist Kenneth Ito (January 1, 1946 – March 2, 1997), bassist Masayoshi "Louis" Kabe (November 5, 1948 – September 26, 2020), and drummer Mamoru Manu (June 3, 1949 – September 2020).

Hirao had previously sung in local band The Sphinx, and had recently traveled to the US, as had Ban who returned to Japan with one of the first fuzzboxes in the country.  The new band initially called themselves Group & I, and were influenced by the rock and roll music broadcast on the Far East Network from the local US Army base at Honmoku, and more generally by contacts made with Americans and others in the port city of Yokohama.

They began playing sets consisting of covers of American pop and rock hits such as "Hey Joe", "Got My Mojo Workin'" and "I Feel Good".  They became the house band at the Golden Cup discotheque close to the US Army base, and the club's owner persuaded them to change their name to the Golden Cups.  The band also soon won a regular place on the NHK-TV morning show, Young 720, and a recording deal with the Capitol label owned by Toshiba.  In June 1967, they released their first single, "Itoshi No Jizabel" / "Hiwa Mata Noboru".  The record label compelled the group to record bland pop songs written by staff songwriters for most of their A-sides, only allowing them free rein on the records' B-sides and some album tracks.  The same approach was imposed on their performances, with the band obliged to play pop ballads at their major concerts, while playing eccentric garage band covers and hard rock when appearing in small clubs.  They released their first album, The Golden Cups Album, in March 1968, and had their biggest pop hit, "Nagai Kami No Shoujo" ("Girl With Long Hair") soon afterwards.

Kenneth Ito traveled to Hawaii in mid-1968, and was not allowed a visa to return to Japan.  He was replaced by keyboard player Mickey Yoshino, in time to record the band's second album The Golden Cups Album Vol. 2.  This again featured covers of American pop hits like "Woman, Woman" alongside more adventurous numbers, producing what Julian Cope has called "a schizophrenic stalemate".  Their next album was a live recording, Blues Message, on which the band performed versions of most of the tracks on the Paul Butterfield Blues Band's album East-West.

In 1969, Eddie Ban left the group to form his own band, and Louis Kabe took over on guitar.  Later albums included Super Live Session, heavily influenced by the album Super Session by Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield; Recital, which featured orchestral versions of some of the group's hits; and Live Album with the Golden Cups, described by Julian Cope as "abominable".  During this period the band underwent many personnel changes, with only Hirao and Kabe remaining constant.  On New Year's Eve 1971/72, the band were playing in a club in Okinawa when the building caught fire and burned to the ground, taking all of the band's equipment and possessions with it.  Although the group members were unharmed, they split up immediately afterwards.

Aftermath
Louis Kabe later led the band Speed, Glue and Shinki, and was then a member of rock band Pink Cloud.  Kenneth Ito died in 1997.  In 2003, most of the band's original members reunited for a concert in Yokohama, released as a live album. A full-length documentary about the band, The Golden Cups One More Time, was released in late 2004 and was followed by further concerts.

Dave Hirao died as a result of oesophageal cancer in 2008 at the age of 63.

References

External links
 Official website

Japanese rock music groups
Musical groups from Kanagawa Prefecture
Japanese garage rock groups

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We are currently looking for a Science Technician to join a lovely school based in Newham. The right Science Technician would need to organise, deliver and develop technical services to the Science Department of the School in order to support the teaching of a range of Science subjects by that Department, whilst unequivocally upholding the school's values.
The preparation, setting up, and testing of materials, components, apparatus and equipment and ensuring their retrieval and clearing away promptly after use.
Providing technical advice and assistance to teachers and pupils including assisting in practical classes where appropriate.
Maintaining the Department's specialist resources, including animal and plant collections.
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Six Sigma is a well-known quality method. But like most quality techniques, its use changes and evolves as organizations do. In this episode, we discuss benefits and challenges associated with implementing Six Sigma; how to distinguish the Six Sigma belt colors; the potential return on investment of implementing Six Sigma; the basics of DMAIC; and play a fun game of "Name That Black Belt."


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[Complete coverage of the Carolina Hurricanes]
And so the streak came to an end, not before putting the Hurricanes on more solid ground in the standings, even if there's still an extraordinary amount of work to do to get into the playoff picture. Given the Hurricanes' dismal road record – 5-10-6 – missing out on points against teams below them in the standings is not a luxury in which they can indulge.
The 10-0-1 run that started Nov. 12 goes into the record books as the third-longest in franchise history, four games short of the record. Curiously enough, the rest of the top five all occurred in seasons that included playoff meetings with the Devils: 2006, 2009, 2002 and 2001.
Only Cam Ward and Travis Zajac, the last players standing from 2009, would remember any of that.
Despite facing only 17 shots, there was really nothing Ward could do about the goals he allowed Tuesday. Matt Tennyson, at the end of a very long shift, allowed Adam Henrique shooting time and space at the bottom of the right circle on the first; Mike Cammalleri (of course) scored late when his shot from near the goal line to Ward's left fluttered off the shaft of Jaccob Slavin's stick.
[Canes fall to Devils, 3-1, ending home points streak at 11 games]
[DeCock: In early days, Ron Smith helped Canes get started on right foot]
Ward certainly isn't showing any signs of fatigue after making his 13th straight start. Equipment manager Jorge Alves' 7.6-second cameo at the end of Saturday's loss in Tampa was one of the great stories not just in hockey but all of sports to wrap up 2016, but it was only made possible by Eddie Lack's continuing unavailability, and if the Hurricanes continue to stay within striking distance of a playoff spot as the Feb. 28 trade deadline approaches, it's reaching the point where general manager Ron Francis may want to consider an upgrade in that area.
Look no further than the Devils, who are now tied with the Hurricanes (who have played three fewer games) thanks in large part to three wins over them. After being stymied twice by Devils backup Keith Kincaid earlier this season, the Hurricanes suffered the same fate at the hands of normal No. 1 Cory Schneider, coming off a shutout of the Boston Bruins.
The Hurricanes have been a dominant third-period team at home over the past six weeks but could generate little against Schneider despite a considerable possession advantage until it was already 2-0.
"I don't think very many guys in the room will be very happy with the way we played," Hurricanes coach Peters said. "We can't play like that and expect a result. That's reality there."
That left things decided by an empty-net goal, just like the days when Martin Brodeur and Arturs Irbe and Kevin Weekes (and Ward) held down these same nets, when the neutral zone was thoroughly and utterly trapped into submission, when the Hurricanes and Devils were regular playoff qualifiers and frequent opponents.
As much as both franchises would like to return to their postseason rivalry, no one wants to see that style come back. Tuesday was quite retro enough, thank you very much.
Luke DeCock: 919-829-8947, ldecock@newsobserver.com, @LukeDeCock
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Riverbend Celebrates Opening of New OSF HealthCare Moeller Cancer Center
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Facts and Featires of OSF HealthCare Moeller Cancer Center
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Bishop Paprocki-Blessing
Mike Moeller-Compasionate people make the difference
Dr James Piepoff-Jokes about reaching goal
Sister Anselma-Patients will have choices
Ajay Pathak-Tremendous community support
Crystal Dolbee-Feels like home
Ajay Pathak-Planners counted patient steps
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$14 Million dollar investment expected to add 600 new patients a year
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Madison County's Cancer rate is the second-highest in the state -- topped only by that in the populous Cook County in south Chicago. So the OSF HealthCare Moeller Cancer Center on the Saint Anthony's Health Center campus in Alton is a welcome addition.
The $14 million dollar,15,000 square foot, single-story building will be home to the most tenured medical and radiation oncologists in the Riverbend and will bring comprehensive, compassionare cancer treatment and support services under one roof. An eclosed walkway connects to the hospital and will allow for easy access to therapy, treatment and support services.
It's estimated the new center will treat 600 new patients a year, with many now able to receive treatment locally instead of having to cross the river to St. Louis. Riverbend Growth Association President John Keller called the new OSF HealthCare Moeller Cancer Center the best example of a resurgence of growth and change for the region along the Mississippi.
Bishop Thomas John Paprocki from the Diocese of Springfield, presided over the blessing, a tradition for any new building or expansion in the OSF HealthCare system.
"Let us ask for God's blessing this building, erected for care of the stick," he prayed. He also sprinkled holy water throughout the structure, including the entrance where many will walk through the doors looking for hope. The center is named for Mike and Amy Moeller, who made the largest private donation of $1 million toward the construction of the center.and they pledged $150,000 for sponsorship of an annual golf outing that supports ongoing services.
Moeller lost his father to cancer but he recalled his dad often prayed with patients, something he, Amy and their four children pledge to do. As he looked back toward the new building, he said,"There is nothing in that building that is lacking but what will make this place special is you all. It's the people. It's the caregivers. It's the sisters. It's everybody in this community that'll make this a special place."
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Bishop John Paprocki Blessing
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Radiation Oncologist, Dr. James Piephoff who has been at Saint Anthony's Health Center for 16 years joked that he has waited a long time to see a new cancer center. "This is a wonderful day. It's been 199 months that I've been here at Saint Anthony's and I've made the comment that I was going to give them 200 months and that was it, do we made it," he said with a smile and laughs from the capacity crowd.
Piephoff also called the new center a game changer.
"We don't treat cancer; we treat the individual who has cancer," Peipoff said "It is wonderfull to now have a facility with everything under one roof that we need to seamlessly coordinate care."
Dr James Piepoff-Jokes about reaching this goal
Sister M. Anselma, OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center ohief operating officer and a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George, the original founders of Saint Athony's, said the goal was to make the center a beacon of hope and planners visited cancer centers throughout the Midwest and sought input from cancer patients to design every detail.
They also have choices about the kind of environment they want to create while receiving chemotherapy.
"Our patients can choose all of these different elements between privacy, openness, light, darkness, TV, silence, reading, being in the healing garden versus being in the infusion center in a chair with the nurses. There's all these different choices they have to make this experience as easy as possible for them,"she said.
President and CEO Ajay Pathak said the Moeller Cancer Center is part of OSF HealthCare's investment in transforming health care in the Riverbend. Pathak says cancer has impacted almost everyone so the community has felt passionate about supporting the project.
"We've seen a tremendous outpouring of support first and foremost by Mike and Amy Moeller for their generous contribution but also from key community leaders and businesses that have supported us so much from a fundraissing standpoint to be able to get us to the point where we're able to open the doors for our patients here in our community."
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Ajay Pathak-Community support has been amazing
Cancer survivors and those still undergoing treatment streamed through the building during tours after the dedication, blessing and Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting. Single mother of three Crystal Dolbee of Wood River was among them. She was diagnosed to metastatic breast cancer in November of last year and she's still undergoing treatment. After her tour she declared, "This place is heaven!"
She also said, "This place gives you hope," and added her favorite feature is the option to receive chemotherapy in the healing garden or enjoy privacy in the infusion bays that can be adapted to whatever patients want in their experience.
"It's beautiful. hey've got a garden there ... they've got a nice little area. It's like on your back patio ... your porch. You feel like you're at home," she shared. "You want to feel more like yourself. You're not just at a hospital this and that, going through with people passing by. And, you've got your privacy (if you want it), you've got Netflix. It's like sitting on your couch at home. It's very homey -- friendly and homey."
Crystal Dobee-It's like home
The OSF HealthCare Moeller Cancer Center will officially begin operations Monday, October 14.
Here is more information about comprehensive cancer care available now at the OSF HealthCare Moeller Cancer Center.The community capital campaign for the new cancer center is ongoing and contributions can be made online here.
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Q: Unable to iterate security group using for_each in Terraform v0.13 I am trying to use for_each key value pair but getting error like This object does not have an attribute named "destination_address_prefix". This object does not have an attribute named "source_address_prefix".
resource "azurerm_network_security_group" "nsg" {

  name                = "testsg"
  location            = "east us"
  resource_group_name = "test-rg"

 dynamic security_rule {
    for_each = var.securitygroup
    content {
    name                       = security_rule.name
    priority                   = security_rule.priority
    direction                  = security_rule.direction
    access                     = security_rule.access
    protocol                   = security_rule.protocol
    source_port_range          = security_rule.source_port_range
    destination_port_range     = security_rule.destination_port_range
    source_address_prefix      = security_rule.source_address_prefix
    destination_address_prefix = security_rule.destination_address_prefix

    }

  }

}

Var.tf:

variable "securitygroup" {

    type = map
    default = {
    name                       = "test123"
    priority                   = "100"
    direction                  = "Inbound"
    access                     = "Allow"
    protocol                   = "Tcp"
    source_port_range          = "*"
    destination_port_range     = "*"
    source_address_prefix      = "*"
    destination_address_prefix = "*"

    }

}

A: You don't need dynamic block for your use-case, as you have only one rule and there is nothing to iterate over, except individual items in this single rule. Thus it should be:
resource "azurerm_network_security_group" "nsg" {

  name                = "testsg"
  location            = "east us"
  resource_group_name = "test-rg"

 security_rule  {
    name                       = var.securitygroup.name
    priority                   = var.securitygroup.priority
    direction                  = var.securitygroup.direction
    access                     = var.securitygroup.access
    protocol                   = var.securitygroup.protocol
    source_port_range          = var.securitygroup.source_port_range
    destination_port_range     = var.securitygroup.destination_port_range
    source_address_prefix      = var.securitygroup.source_address_prefix
    destination_address_prefix = var.securitygroup.destination_address_prefix
   }
  }
}

A: Your variable is not a list or set type of variable, it is a single object type of variable, so you don't need iteration logic on your azurerm_network_security_group, here is the example:
resource "azurerm_network_security_group" "nsg" {

  name                = "testsg"
  location            = "east us"
  resource_group_name = "test-rg"

  security_rule = var.securitygroup

}


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Hutchinson: 'Logical' to support Medicaid expansion, oppose Obamacare
Feb 16, 2016 at 5:13 AM Feb 17, 2016 at 4:01 AM
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday he disagrees with critics on both the left and the right who say it is inconsistent to support continuing Medicaid expansion in Arkansas while opposing the federal law that funds the program.
In a news conference at the state Capitol, the Republican governor said he wanted to "debunk" the argument made by some liberal writers and conservative groups that supporting his vision for Medicaid expansion, which he has proposed re-naming Arkansas Works, amounts to an embrace of the federal Affordable Care Act.
"It is perfectly consistent, it is perfectly conservative and logical to oppose Obamacare as a federal policy and yet to accept federal dollars under the Medicaid program in Arkansas," he said.
With a group of state legislators, most of them Republicans, standing behind him, Hutchinson said he has opposed the Affordable Care Act since 2010, the year President Barack Obama signed it into law.
"I was opposed to it because I believed the individual mandate (to obtain health insurance) was wrong in terms of freedom. I believed the employer mandate was wrong in terms of freedom of our workplace in making decisions over health care," he said.
But the law was approved in Washington, not Arkansas, and it has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, said Hutchinson, who took office last year. He said Arkansas' leaders at the time the law went into effect "had to pick up the pieces and make the right decisions for the state."
In 2013, the Republican-controlled Legislature and then-Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, approved an alternative to expanding the state's Medicaid rolls as envisioned in the federal health care law. That alternative, commonly known as the private option, has used federal Medicaid money to subsidize private health insurance for more than 200,000 low-income Arkansans and has reduced the state's uninsured population by more than half.
Hutchinson said Tuesday he continues to support repealing the Affordable Care Act — and replacing it with a new federal policy that would make "an accommodation" for states that have accepted federal dollars for Medicaid expansion.
The governor said ending Medicaid expansion would mean turning down federal money that more than 30 other states are accepting; denying insurance assistance for the poorest Arkansans while receiving it for people higher on the income scale; reversing progress on improving the health of Arkansans; and creating a $100 million hole in the state budget.
"I understand that we in Arkansas and across this nation are all frustrated by what we see happening in Washington — federal intrusion on state prerogatives in terms of health care. But we should not punish Arkansans simply because we are frustrated with Washington," he said.
David Ray, Arkansas director of the conservative group Americans For Prosperity, said in a statement Tuesday, "The governor's outline for 'Arkansas Works,' just like the 'Private Option,' relies on Obamacare money to provide a taxpayer-funded entitlement to the exact same population as outlined in Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. This is a distinction without a difference, and Arkansas legislators should reject any attempts to cement Arkansas' status as an Obamacare Medicaid expansion state."
Appropriating a new round of federal funding for Medicaid expansion would require a three-fourths majority vote in each chamber of the state Legislature. Senate President Pro Tem Jonathan Dismang, R-Beebe, one of the legislators who joined Hutchinson in the news conference, said later it is "very premature to even try to counts votes" at this point.
But Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, an opponent of Medicaid expansion, said the votes needed for a three-fourths majority are not there, at least in the 35-member Senate.
"There are nine in the Senate who say, 'No way. If expansion is part of it, no way,'" he said.
Hutchinson has said he plans to call a special session on Medicaid sometime after the March 1 primary election but has not announced a date.
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Built in the nineteenth century, the Palacio la Alhambra in Santiago was designed to replicate the formal elements of the eponymous palace and fortress in Granada, Spain. Originally a private home, in 1940 it was bequeathed to the National Society of Fine Arts and has since served as the society's headquarters. The non-profit organization gives support to emerging artists and hosts art classes and cultural events for the community.
Age and weather have compromised the integrity of the ornamental plasterwork at the Palacio La Alhambra. The 2010 earthquake exacerbated these issues while creating new ones, and the structure has since been closed to the public. Local institutions have come together to raise funds and advocate for the rehabilitation and reuse of the building. The Palacio la Alhambra was included on the 2014 World Monuments Watch in order to help leverage funds for the restoration of this unique example of Moorish-influenced architecture in Chile.
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BRITAIN'S top insurers are lobbying to make fire sprinklers compulsory in new warehouses after a surge in payouts linked to fire claims last year. The Association of British Insurers (ABI), which represents members like Axa and RSA, is calling for a change in the law after average claims topped £25,000 for the first time. They have surged 165% over the past decade.
Guidance from the Department for Communities and Local Government, led by Sajid Javid, currently only recommends sprinklers in warehouses of more than 20,000 square metre, a stance at odds with the places like France and Holland where sprinklers are compulsory for sites as small as 3,000 square metre.
The growth of online shopping means rising numbers of small depots are sprouting up to cater for faster delivery but only 20% of sites up to 10,000 square meters – about the size of two football pitches – have fire sprinklers. "While the number of fires continues to fall, it is alarming that the average cost is rising so sharply," ABI general insurance director James Dalton said.
Some companies shun fire sprinklers despite becoming victims of destructive commercial fires in the past. Sony's distribution arm Sony DADC saw its depot go up in flames in August 2011 during London's riots – leading to £80 million of insurance claims – but it has no sprinklers at its new depot, according to the ABI. Sony declined to comment.
Most large online retailers, like fashion chain Asos, use fire sprinklers in all their warehouses. Asos lost £30 million worth of stock in a fire at its Barnsley warehouse in 2014 but the sprinkler system was hailed as one of the reasons the impact was reduced. Argos also has sprinkler systems in its large warehouses, a spokeswoman said.
The London Fire Brigade supported the call for more fire sprinklers. "As well as limiting fire damage and being potentially life saving devices, sprinklers also help with business continuity by minimising disruption and allowing businesses to get back to normal as soon as possible," deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety Andy Hearn said.


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Google Summer of Code 2011: mentoring application deadline announced
Google has announced that the deadline for mentoring organisations to apply for this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) event is Friday, 11 March, at 23:00 GMT. Open source projects interested in applying (sign in required) for the company's seventh annual Google Summer of Code event can now do so; a Mentor Manual is provided.
Each year Google seeks students and mentors from the FLOSS community to take part in it's annual GSoC event, which takes place over a period of three months. The GSoC contests offer university students stipends to write and develop code for various open source projects. According to Open Source Team member Stephanie Taylor, over the past six years, 4,500 students from more than 85 countries have completed the GSoC program with support from over 300 mentoring organisations.
More details about the Google Summer of Code 2011 program can be found on the GSoC 2011 site. A final list of approved organisations will be posted on 18 March and a full overview of GSoC program statistics is provided on the Program Information for Past Years page. According to the program timeline, Google will begin accepting student applications on 28 March.
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HomemovieOver The Moon - Netflix Family Movie Review
Over The Moon - Netflix Family Movie Review
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The latest family adventure to hit Netflix, Over the Moon, is a movie that dives deep into the complexities of family - grief, loss, challenges, and new beginnings. The journey is adventure that quite literally takes viewers out of this world with a soundtrack that families will enjoy together.
Over The Moon - Family Movie Review
Over the Moon reminds me a lot in the beginning of the movie Wonder Park. We meet a young girl who is clearly devoted to her mother and captivated by the stories she tells. In the opening moments set to music, you see her mom's health deteriorate and, unlike in Wonder Park, she does pass away. A young Fei Fei is heartbroken, but holds on to her mother's memory and traditons - like making mooncakes with her father. Four years after her mother's passing, Fei Fei's dad begins dating and introduces his daughter to his girlfriend and her 8 year old son. As one may expect, this is hard for Fei Fei, but becomes even harder when her family starts to question the story of Chang'e the ancient Moon Goddess (voiced by Phillipa Soo of Hamilton fame!). Fei Fei then dedicates herself to taking a journey over the moon to prove the existence of the Moon Goddess.
There are so many great lessons in adventure, grief, love, and loss. While the story has lively fictional elements to entertain young viewers, the character of Fei Fei is very relatable and down-to-earth. Grieving the loss of your mother, understanding your father's new relationship, and coping with the addition of a new step-sibling in your house lead the viewer on an emotional journey with Fei Fei where you can actually feel each one of her emotions. The story is beautifully set to an awesome soundtrack that enhances the movie each step of the way. In addition, the animation brings to life the beauty of the landscape as well as the moonscape each step of the way.
Between the music, space adventure, and animation, my five year old was mesmerized from start to finish and we both enjoyed the movie. It's a great choice for a family movie night that has depth while also not being "too much" for young viewers to take in - a tough balance wonderfully achieved here.
Looking for more great Netflix content your young ones will love? Check out Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.
About Over The Moon (from Netflix)
Fueled with determination and a passion for science, a bright young girl builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a legendary Moon Goddess. Directed by Oscar®-Winning Filmmaker & Animator, Glen Keane, and produced by Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou. Starring Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo, Robert G. Chiu, Ken Jeong, John Cho, Ruthie Ann Miles, Margaret Cho, Kimiko Glenn, Artt Butler and Sandra Oh.
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Thank you so much for sending me the link for this!
Memories are wonderful things to bring back into focus for people.
Looks like I have been away for too long, had to catch up on a couple of your posts. My life right now is a smear, yes, I said smear. Thanks so much for the pictures and video, it is so hard to see your little ones grow up so fast without being there to make them stop. Glad you had a good birthday, you deserve it! Oh and don't worry, my girls and I rarely get each other . . .
Looking forward to celebrating your birthday with another girls night out 🙂 Thanks Gary in advance!
I loved the sesami street playhouse. That is sweet! I felt the same as I saw the Ragady Ann and Andy at Target. Even though they are new dolls trying to replicate the old…I loved seeing them.
So sorry to hear about your Grandma. I loved what you wrote. It was beautiful!
Loved the photo of the sunrise it is sheer beauty! Jon wants to know how it feals to be 40! he he! Happy Birthday! Cool present! Can you send me the recipe for the apple pancakes? It sounds good!


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Maceration
Here at Alcatraz we love bands that favour the infamous Boss HM-2 pedal. Maceration recently unleashed a mind-blowing album infused with that typical Scandinavian death metal sound.
The Danish band's origins trace back as far as the early nineties, when Maceration was founded as a heavier side project of several members of the more thrash-oriented formation Invocator. Their full debut 'A Serenade of Agony' (1992) was full of promise but the band faded into the background as fast as they had emerged. But lo and behold, Maceration have resurfaced and their new offering 'It Never Ends…' (2022) was released to universal acclaim. The album marks a triumphant return to the death metal frontline for the Danes and, as on their debut, the legendary Dan Swanö took care of vocal duties. Fans of Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Entrails and Dismember will highlight Maceration on their festival schedule in brightest red!


OverviewThe first 3D fighter ever, Virtua Fighter was released by SEGA originally as an arcade title. Spawning 4 proper sequels, the game eventually made its way to home consoles, most notably with a haphazard 32X version. The game was influential in popularizing 3D polygon graphics across the video game industry.
Hmmm... i've tested V.F for this system (Sega 32x) on Kega Fusion... also i played the Saturn version. It's a really great fighting game for that classic years (those nostalgic 90's), has a great framerate, good BGM and SFX (fighter voices, announcer, and those annoying guys that says DIK and HO at intro song) and i think it's a good port from the arcade to a system like Sega and Sega AM2 did on Virtua Racing. It doesn't matter if its ''so ugly'' because of it's polygons, it isn't ugly! The only thing that matters is that is a great game and a great port at the same time!. 5/5.
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Rick: Hopefully, this new job won't let me down. I'm looking forward to a quiet night with several cups of coffee.
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My new job has become a nightmare! My name is Lucas. It's midnight and I'm alone in this creepy mall. I swear, the mannequins are alive and following me, wandering around. I've got a bad feeling.
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Adobe created a tempest in a teapot when they announced the subscription plans for most Adobe applications. Due to the heavy resistance amongst photographers, they crafted a special plan, at a very tempting rate, that offered just Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC for $9.99 per month. That was enough to mollify many photogs, and over time, some of those who dragged their feet initially have joined this custom subscription plan. Life moved on.
However, I still run into photographers, ones who think nothing of buying the latest premium lens or camera body, who are still in the "I want to buy it, and own it forever" camp. Forever isn't actually forever, but the sentiment is still the same. One very advanced photographer/videographer recently told me that he's fine with his now-outdated purchased copy of Lightroom, and that it seems Adobe is going to continue supporting new cameras for it, so that's all he needs.
Enter AdobeMAX 2017. Amongst the spectacle and the visual fireworks, came the announcement of this year's product lineup, which contained a few fireworks of its own. The for-purchase version of Lightroom will no longer be updated, and at some point in the near future will not longer be sold. Anyone paying attention would have realized that this other shoe was bound to drop before much longer, so in that sense, this is not surprising.
On the other hand, it is inevitable that those who have been making do with the now outdated standalone software would be upset, and a second hullabaloo would ensue. I'm sure Adobe has been expecting it, though certainly not looking forward to it, just as they were well prepared for the initial explosion when the subscription model was introduced. I can envision their experts warning them to hunker down, weather it, not respond to incendiary posts, and all would be for the best in the long run.
I've read my share of those incendiary posts, and they have been educational, both in expressing other views on the process, and in highlighting the pain-points in the transition.
One thing that came into focus while reading them was that there was a similar sea-change made, not that long ago; not by Adobe, but by Apple. Remember when Final Cut turned into Final Cut X, with an interface borrowed from Apple's consumer product, iMovie? And a number of critical features were suddenly missing? Well, that's not so different from Adobe's new version of Lightroom CC, which is simplified, offers some web advantages, and has been provided with a much larger cloud storage limit, but which has many limitations not present in the previous version of Lightroom CC.
If the Final Cut model is followed, eventually some of those features will be reinstituted, but its important to think about why both these companies made changes that they were aware would upset their user-base. In both cases, a larger audience was developing, one outside the current professional base; one that needed an easier interface and other simplifications. And the answer, in both cases, was a new, simpler to use application.
But what of the old user-base? In Apple's case, some hung on, and regained needed feature over time, but many migrated upsteam, to Adobe's products, to differentiate themselves from the new amateur users. In the case of Lightroom CC, there is no crisis here, the previous application has not (at least at this point in time) been discontinued; it has simply been renamed.
We could ponder the psychology of the quick switch Adobe has pulled: a new, reduced feature, cloud-centric app with the name of the old app: Lightroom CC. And a new, less than flattering name, for the previous app: Lightroom Classic. We'll hope that the new Lightroom CC will not suffer the fate of the New Coke, but that example is not without value, because Coca-Cola's method of walking back the failure of New Coke was to introduce a product… wait for it… called: Coke Classic.
Clearly Adobe needed the full strength of the plain, unadjusted Lightroom CC name for the new product. And just as clearly they needed to create a perception that the previous product, with its more advanced feature set, was not an innately superior option, so could not be called Lightroom Plus, Lightroom Pro, or anything else that implied a lack in the new cloud-based version. So, the professional photographers, in addition to all the other indignities they have suffered in the declining pro photo market, were saddled with Lightroom Classic. I can almost envision a tag line to go with it "Lightrooom Classic, for the Good Old Boys."
So what does this all mean to the good old boys? Those currently paying their $9.99 subscription price each month can pretty much ignore the new Lightroom CC, continue using The Real Lightroom, as well as Photoshop, store their huge hoard of images locally, take care of their own remote backups, and in general, do what they have been doing for the last few years. It will all work the same way it always has… at least until Adobe drops the next shoe.
Those using older, purchased, versions of Lightroom will hear the loud ticking of the clock; they are already missing some nice, recent tools, and soon they won't have new camera support, so things will break at some point. Forcing them to join the $9.99 subscription program (still a bargain), and use what will now be called "Lightroom Classic", which will work with all their libraries and images, and offer a few new tools. Not such a huge trauma, after all.


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FSU hopes to continue dominance over Miami
Joe Reedy
TALLAHASSEE — If anyone knows how much a win in the Miami-Florida State rivalry can revive a program, it is Jimbo Fisher.
In Fisher's first year as head coach in 2010, the Seminoles went to Miami as a rebuilding program and had lost eight of 11 to the Hurricanes. Behind a ground game that got 298 yards, Florida State built a three-touchdown lead en route to a 45-17 victory.
The fortunes of both programs have gone in different directions since that game. Florida State is 54-10 and won a national title in 2013 while Miami (3-1) is 35-28. The 12th-ranked Seminoles (4-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) go for their sixth straight win in the series Saturday night when they host the Hurricanes.
"I think it was huge because of the past that Florida State had so many tough games in Miami. It woke people up to say, hey, Florida State does have a chance to be that program again," Fisher said about the 2010 game. "We had struggled so much as a university in the past, and to be able to get down and do that, give people hope for the future. Once you get hope, anything can happen."
That game also sealed the fate for Randy Shannon as Miami's coach as he was fired at the end of that season. His successor, Al Golden, has also struggled. In his fourth season, Golden's teams are 4-7 against Top 25 teams, 11-18 against FBS winning programs and 10-15 in road games.
During his tenure Miami teams have gotten off to quick starts. They are 15-5 in August/September games but when the calendar reaches Oct. 1, they are 16-18 the rest of the season.
Miami thought they had Florida State's number last year, getting out to a 13-0 lead in the first quarter. But the Seminoles rallied for a 30-26 victory.
Golden didn't deny that a win over Florida State would be huge for the program.
"I thought we played with a lot confidence last year. We didn't finish," Golden said. "We have to learn a lot from what we did well and what we didn't do well."
For both quarterbacks, a win would go a long way toward satisfying their fan base. Florida State's Everett Golson and Miami's Brad Kaaya have mostly been solid but not spectacular.
Golson has completed 64.2 percent of his passes and has seven touchdowns but the biggest improvement he has made is not turning the ball over. At Notre Dame last season Golson threw 14 interceptions and lost eight fumbles.
The biggest problem for Golson this season has been slow starts. All but one of his touchdown passes has come in the second half and his 176.81 passer rating after halftime is 13th nationally.
Kaaya leads the ACC in passing yards per game (273.5) and has thrown only four interceptions in his last 342 attempts. But Miami's biggest problem on offense has been third down. The Hurricanes have converted only 13 of their 53 opportunities and Golden has a lot of time since their last game — a 34-23 loss at Cincinnati on Oct. 1 — trying to find ways to rectify that.
Here are some other things to watch when Miami faces Florida State:
COOK'S HEALTH: Florida State running back Dalvin Cook, who scored the go-ahead touchdown in last year's game, is probable after straining his left hamstring in last week's 24-16 win at Wake Forest. Cook leads the ACC in rushing with 570 yards and ran for 266 yards in Florida State's last home game, which was Sept. 12 against South Florida.
YEARBY IN SPOTLIGHT: Miami's Joe Yearby, who went to high school with Cook at Miami Central, is averaging 7.31 yards per carry, which is ninth in FBS. The sophomore has rushed for over 100 yards in the Hurricanes' last three games.
IN THE TRENCHES: After getting only 17 sacks last season, Florida State has eight a third of the way into the year. Defensive end DeMarcus Walker had 1½ sacks against Wake. Miami has allowed just four sacks, which is tied for first in the ACC.
STINGY WITH TURNOVERS: The teams have combined for a plus-14 turnover margin. Miami is second in the nation with a plus-nine margin while Florida State is the only team to not have an offensive turnover.
SOUTH FLORIDA BRAGGING RIGHTS: There are 53 players on both rosters who went to high school in either Broward or Dade counties. In a lot of cases former teammates have become rivals.


Writing a screenplay is different than writing a novel and there are things you should know if you want to go from on to the other. In this episode screenwriter and novelist Annie Dahlgren talks about the format of screenplays, the industry of screenwriting in Hollywood, learning to b visual as a novelist, developing memorable characters and editing your own material.
Author of the "Resistance" series Tracy Lawson discusses mentoring young writers, co-writing with a partner, making writing fun, writing killer dialogue, traditional publishing vs self-publishing, writing visually, Partnering with a writer in order to keep you on task, writing with realism even in Science Fiction, writing for a Young Adult audience, shopping a manuscript successfully.
Are you having problems creating characters with individual voices? In this episode author Mariana Williams discusses finding characters that are real, Long Beach Storytellers competition, packaging your self-published book, creating events to sell books, audiobooks and the market, writing the first line of your book, why you should write the hardest scene first and writer's block.
Writing Visually is a great tool to use when working on a script. In this episode the Writer/Director/Producer of Parallel Chords Catherine Dudley-Rose discusses editing a feature film to a short, writing what you see, how music relates to film, writing blocking into the script, surrealism, rhythm and pacing in a script, acting out your characters to create the voice, when to use voice-over to impact a film.
What if you were to start your writing with the designing principles in mind? In this episode Writer/Director/Producer Jared Marshall and Actor/Producer Valerie Hinkle from Of Fortune and Gold discuss writing with theme, your own personal narrative, budget, character evolution and resolution, writing in isolation.
Body Dysmorphia Disorder is a complicated subject to write about and film especially when the film is a short. In this show, Writer/Actor Shawn Kathryn Kane discusses Body Dysmorphia and the cult-like Pro-Am community, character motivations, finding a character's voice in people you know, editing dialogue, multiple plot-lines and character arcs.
Production re-writing on set for television is probably the most stressful writing job in Hollywood. When Joe Escalante is not on stage playing the bass for the punk band the Vandals, he's on set of Discovery ID's new show True Nightmares as a Production Re-writer. In this episode Joe talks about writing within a budget, creating backstory, meeting viewers expectations, market research, knowing your audience, breaking into a TV writing staff, building a strong portfolio and how to handle a pitch meeting.
How do you begin and structure a compelling Sci-Fi book series? Well my guest, accomplished Science Fiction novelist and the President of GLAWS Tony Todaro says you must find the most important life-changing moment of your character and start from there. In this episode, we talk about the pitfalls to avoid in a novel series, delivering on the promises you've made to your readers in your writing and structuring the sci-fi story and character arc.
Authentically connecting with an audience is the key to powerful writing. In this episode, political speechwriter Roger Wolfson talks about how he went from writing for Senators John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Paul Weston & Joe Lieberman to writing and selling scripts in Hollywood. Roger has written for "Saving Grace", "Fairly Legal", "The Closer", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and many more. He gives great advice on reading and analyzing scripts, writing themes and emotional through lines, creating conflict in scenes, pacing, the challenge of dialogue and techniques to find a voice.
A hero thrust into a place where everything he knows is wrong, will create a tense and unique set of challenges. In this episode, the writer for the 13th Warrior and Black Rain Warren Lewis discusses writing a Muslim hero, adapting a novel for the screen, researching cultures, writing the unwilling hero and their discovery of personal strength and the role of a writer on set and during re-writes.
Writer/Director/Producer Serena Dykman works with her cast to create a backstory for her characters that everyone understands and will facilitate the most believable perfoirmances. In this episode, we talk about her very unique process for re-writing, creating a flawed protagonist that the audience can relate to and writing dialogue based on real experiences.
How do you produce an award winning film with limited funding? Actor/Producer Zuher Khan at age 18 was given money for a car and instead invested it in his first film. In this episode Zuher talks about how he took an idea, had a script written, put together a cast & crew, filmed with permits on the streets of Manhattan, attached the film to well know and experienced co-producers, aquired distribution and won awards in film festivals. This is a great show for young film-makers.
Taking responsibility for yourself and your actions in your writing is crucial to gaining the trust of your readers. In this episode, author of "Marrying George Clooney", playwright and scriptwriter Amy Ferris talks about marketing a memoir, the power of a good title, writing about personal tragedy, depression and suicide, having your radar up and working constantly looking for ideas and dialogue, distributing on Createspace and working with a great publisher.
How do you gain access to Hollywood producers and directors as a writer? There's a resource online called virtualpitchfest.com that has a solution. In this episode the owner of virtualpitchfest.com David Kohner Zuckerman provides details on the best way to use the site to pitch your scripts and other fantastic tips like how to write a powerful query letter and the most important things to include in the first page of your script.
To be a female in a male dominated profession takes belief, focus and strength. Sandra Korbin barreled her way into being the first female sports writer for the New York Times by being tenacious and talented. In this episode Sandra talks about how being a journalist taught her the importance of telling a story with everything she wrote, steps to break into Hollywood as a screenwriter and reading for language as well as story.
Developmental Editing, Line Editing and Copyediting are essential for writing a strong script and/or manuscript. Speculative fiction writer, Freelance editor and Managing Editor for the Greater Los Angeles Writer Society Mike Robinson talks about the techniques he uses to write and edit his own work as well as the work of other professional writers.
This episode is a how to guide to writing, funding, streamlining production and distributing your independent film. Script writer of Stealing Roses starring John Heard and Cindy Williams Megan Clare Johnson talks about her experience of successfully funding and filming her independent movie right here in Los Angeles, California. Enjoy the show, get educated and keep writing.
How do you create a story that has longevity? Television writer working with Star Trek The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise Art Holcomb says you must be aware at all times of the audience's journey. In this episode Art discusses making an emotional connection with your audience, writing for the emotional impact of a story, designing plotlines that explore important themes, characterizations and fixing a show in trouble.
The Young Adult Market is coveted by authors because it is massive and very profitable if you can make an impression. In this episode, journalist for the Los Angeles Times, CNN, Publishers Weekly and Young Adult author Danica Davidson discusses how to break in to the YA market. Danica also gives fantastic tips on creating realistic dialogue for young characters and writing for YA themes. Danica has published a popular novel set in the Mindcraft World called Escape From the Overworld and a second novel that can be pre-ordered called Attack on the Overworld.
Taking yourself out of your comfort zone can create incredible art. In this episode Cevin Soling discusses funding and budgeting for award winning documentaries, telling the story that needs to be told, writer's block, subtext and juxtaposing opposites to create the unique premise.


Music will always be cyclical. Genres will go in and out of style. The best artists can take the best pieces of the past and combine them with their own unique outlook to create something fresh. Our recent discovery FAZD is bringing it all together and experimenting with the best of all worlds.
The independent artist originally hails from the Pacific Norhtwest but now resides in Chicago, Illinois. His project FAZD brings together the experimental psych sound with the rawness of 60's garage music and adds a modern production touch.
Last month FAZD released his second EP Chronic Dynamite. The album cover a wide variety of sound in only 4 songs. The raw aggressive guitar attack of the opener "Burial Ground" grabs the listener right off the bat. The chorus is truly catchy as the mass of guitar sounds fills the full sonic space.
On "Oh My" the sounds slows down a little with a spacier tone reminicent of the fun 60's sound. We get a more experimental track with the over 8 minute long "Demons". The intro is downright dark but soon gives way to a sludge-like journey through guitar noodling and psychedelic experimentation. The closer "Go" remains full of sound coming at you from all angles. Quite the production.
First off, what is the story behind the name FAZD?
I worked in a restaurant for a while and when a shift ended, I got phased out. I could only record after work so the first project was going to be called phased, but I didn't like the way that looked so I changed the lettering. It's also a fun word to use instead of stoned.
I would say psychedelic surf punk with a heavy 60's influence and emphasis on improvisation and jamming.
Which artists have had the biggest influence on FAZD?
Twin Peaks is my favorite band which I think you can hear a lot on the new EP. I've been getting pretty into the Grateful Dead lately, and 60's influenced bands like Temples, The Babe Rainbow, and Mystic Braves.
What is your songwriting process? How does a song develop?
It's really different for every song. Sometimes I'll hear something in my head and start recording right away, and then sometimes I'll write the whole thing out on acoustic before starting to record at all. I'll also use a looper a lot when writing out individual sections of a song.
This EP Chronic Dynamite has a different sound from your self titled EP. What prompted the diverse sounds?
I realized that the music I was making was more influenced by popular tastes than what I was actually listening to, so with this EP I wanted to make sure that it was more about making something I enjoy than trying to "make it".
How do you hope to connect with the listener through your music?
I feel like a lot of music being made right now tries too hard to relate to young people affected by anxiety and depression. The hugeness of the emo-rap wave has kind of opened the door for emo music to come back into the mainstream, so a lot of people are making these really dark songs because they know it's what people are looking for. I want to make music people can relate to without being taken to that dark place.
What does the future hold for FAZD?