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Relative Nostalgia
Remake the past
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When the future is not as appealing
James Sweeting
The rise of remakes and remasters has been something that has intrigued me for the past few years. It was partly responsible for the shift in direction of my research. The main question being,
why is a medium that traditionally has been so enamoured by the next best thing in technology is now looking towards its past for inspiration?
This has presented itself within the medium and wider industry in different ways, but regardless of indie, AA, and AAA, the spectre of the past is ever-present.
Last week saw another instance of this during Sony's PlayStation Showcase 2021. A show that could have easily slotted into this year's virtual E3 event alongside Microsoft, Nintendo, and other publishers, yet was seemingly "delayed" so as not to share the spotlight. This decision is understandable, and with a system that is still incredibly difficult to obtain it made sense for Sony to not feel the need to hype up software when the hardware supply isn't there to match.
In the couple of months since E3 the hardware situation hasn't improved much, but with the Christmas period (and the first anniversary) coming there is still the need for Sony to provide justification for the PS5's existence.
Typically consoles would focus on newness to help justify the existence of a new system. The PS4, especially the base model, was showing its age, but so far the new consoles (the Xbox Series' included) main argument is better versions of last generation games. Before I get into the PlayStation Showcase, consider the recent release of Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut or the imminent release of Death Stranding Director's Cut; there is a theme here. Both are PS4 games released fairly late in the system's lifespan. Yet both PS4 versions also ran better on PS5, why the need for a PS5 rerelease? The short answer would be money but also about power and control.
Nathan Brown in his Hit Points newsletter provides a good explanation of the recent moves by Sony in this area which I've linked below.
Hit Points by Nathan Brown
#46: One step forward...
Last night I restarted Ghost Of Tsushima, a game I played for a few hours at launch but never quite clicked with (I have a 400-word rant in me about dodge-button placement in action games, and the insanity of shipping a modern game without fully remapabble controls, but will save that for another day). Once I abandoned it on PS4, there felt like no poin…
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This is a very different approach to Microsoft under its "Smart Delivery" system, which can be surmised as buy once play the relevant version on whatever system you're using. This upends the approach used by platform owners for generations. How many times have you purchased a rerelease/remaster of a Nintendo game? I'm certainly at fault having purchased multiple Legend of Zelda games more than once and will continue to do so. Microsoft meanwhile is content with players paying once with the expectation that those same players will stick around in the Xbox ecosystem. The carrot approach perhaps?
Meanwhile, Sony wants full control of their ecosystem and could be argued to see console generations as a way of maintaining that control. Doesn't matter whether a player owns a physical or digital version of a videogame, Sony decides which version a player is entitled to. If a player wants the "best" experience, they need to pay up.
With this in mind, it helps us understand the motivation as to why Sony are seemingly so keen on remasters and remakes. If players don't have true access to their past catalogue, Sony can sell it to them again. Can Sony be blamed though if consumers keep buying these videogames? Maybe not, but those with an Xbox Series X (and to a lesser extent Series S) do have that choice or at least more of a choice.
This brings us to the "Showcase", where Sony kicked things off with a teaser trailer for Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Remake. A timed PS5 console exclusive and PC release. The series has never appeared on a Sony platform, so it is good to see PlayStation owners get the opportunity to play the classic RPG, but considering this is a series that (despite also being on PC) is known for its presence on the original Xbox you might understand why some people are displeased by this announcement. Then again, and this is where the difference in strategy becomes apparent, Xbox owners (on any Xbox) can play the original right now. If you have the original disc then you can play it on all but the One S Digital Edition and the Series S and even then you can still download it from the Microsoft store. Would it be nice to have updated textures and presumably modernised UI and menus? Sure, but the original is regarded as one of the best RPGs (and Star Wars videogame) of all time, and you don't have to wait for an unspecified date or pay £70. Plus, that's assuming the remake will actually be good. This is not to discredit Aspyr who are remaking the game, they have done an excellent job remastering other Star Wars videogames, including KOTOR, but this is the first instance in a long time where they are creating something more extensive, even if it isn't completely from scratch.
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Aspyr still has a very difficult task, what do you keep the same and what do you change? Then there is the issue how do you keep fans of the original happy? Not all fans will want the same thing, some will want it to be the same but with more polish, others will want it to seem new but recognisable. Although there are also considerations to be made for those who have not played the original and are coming to it fresh. This is a balancing act that is very difficult to manage and I do not envy Aspyr. These are the difficulties you don't quite get with "new" videogames.
I have focused on Aspyr's situation (and KOTOR) more than I anticipated but for me, it does illustrate the direction that Sony seems to be going in. This is further evidenced by one of Sony's other announcements revealing the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection for PS5 and PC. This contains remasters of the PS4 games Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Putting aside the PC port aspect, both of these PS4 games already work on a PS5. It's not clear what these newly remastered versions actually do differently? Like my remark for Death Stranded and Ghosts of Tsushima, these videogames could be patched to run even better than they already do on the more powerful hardware. It is unlikely, and Sony hasn't said otherwise, that these remasters will receive any additional features, so aside from money, there seems little reason to repackage these videogames in such a way.
There were other videogames shown at the PlayStation Showcase, many new, but there was a sense of playing it safe. With these remakes and remasters in particular though, it gives off a signal (regardless of intent) that Sony is looking to the past for solutions to its unsteady future. By that, I don't mean that the PS5 is doomed, but rather that in terms of the big-budget blockbuster videogames that Sony is shifting towards the path forward is long, costly, and not as clear as they would like. Therefore it does make sense for Sony to focus on the safety of remasters and remakes to keep PS5 owners satiated whilst they occasionally dole out a big release like God of War: Ragnarok or Spider-Man 2.
However, this also signifies a wider problem that exists within the videogames industry, especially from the AAA publishers and console manufactures. New IPs are considered too risky and new interpretations of existing franchises can also be a gamble. Given the composition of the larger studios, creative innovation is difficult to foster, let alone execute. Even if from a technical side videogames are bigger than they've even been with highly detailed models. What exists behind this might not actually be all that different.
This is the dilemma the console manufacturers and larger publishers are facing. Resulting in an increasing inability to imagine a future videogame form, if not the ability to create something truly new. So for now, the efficient option is to remake the past.
It was indeed a two week (and one day) gap. The start of a new academic year is as hectic as expected. I had another idea for this issue, which would have directly followed on from last time. But it is something I want to explore a little more first before publishing it here. In the meantime, the PlayStation Showcase and some of the reactions to it caught my interest. Kyle Bosman's latest video (a bonus aside to his series Delayed Input) in which he considered whether Sony was playing it safe or rather not taking enough risks was probably the main motivation for this issue, even if I went in a different direction. This was a longer issue than planned and hopefully doesn't come off as me being too anti-Sony.
See you again in a week or two.
What I've been reading/watching online
Aside from the links already directly included in this issue and Nathan Brown's excellent newsletter Hit Points I've actually used my spare time to catch up on some YouTube videogame essays. In particular the underrated Writing on Games channel by Hamish Black. I somehow never got round to watching the updated version of his examination of Her Story a fascinating piece of research around this unique detective experience.
Nabokov, Her Story and You (Three-Year Anniversary Special)
Also want to mention his two-part re-examination of MGSV: The Phantom Pain. Like me, Hamish thought MGSV was a phenomenal videogame at launch, but as you begin to think back, the cracks in both gameplay structure and the narrative begin to become very apparent.
Going Back to MGSV: The Phantom Pain (Part 1: Gameplay)
Going Back to MGSV: The Phantom Pain (Part 2: Story)
Hope you enjoyed this extended piece from me for this issue, speak to you next time in the following issue. Remember to subscribe for future updates and share with those who might also be interested.
© 2023 James Sweeting


My role as a student has been to "record, memorize, and repeat." (244) The teacher, whose information I must accept as truth, displays a group of facts. I memorize the facts, and then demonstrate my knowledge during an exam. This is the basic form of Freire's "banking" concept of education, which "allows the student to extend only as far as receiving, filing, and storing."(244) There is at least one time in everyone's education that illustrates the 'banking' concept of education. The analysis of an example from my own life can lead to a better understanding of Freire's concept.
My fourth grade year in elementary school, my teacher, Mrs. Carr, presented the class with multiplication. She wrote upon the chalkboard: "2 X 3 = 6, " "6 X 8 = 42, " "9 X 8 = 72, " et cetera. My classmates and I copied the numbers, and did not think even once, about the why two times three actually equaled six. In the days that ensued, we memorized every multiplication of 1-9. Mrs. Carr then expected us, in under a minute, to complete 100 multiplication problems. Being the first student to complete the set meant that you were the smartest.


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Albare Two Decades of Jazz on JAZZ WEEKLY by George Harris
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Gotta like the wide swath of this guys axe
Guitarist Albare ("Albert Dadon") is featured in a wide variety of moods and styles on this two disc set that covers the past score year of the artist/philanthropists music. The wide variety here is quite impressive, ranging from clean and gentle cool sounds on "What Goes Around" and "Overjoyed" to the simmering latin "After the Rain." Some great acoustic bohemia is shown on "South" and "Brazil Blues" which closes the first disc, and by the time you get to the second disc, and the second phase, of Albare's career you get a lot of Afro Pop, as in "Acid Love" and "No Excuse." Most intriguing is his delving into Methney-esque sounds and moods on "Expectations" and "Moving On" which show that this guy uses his strings as a way to take you to various atmospheres, environments and moods. Gotta like the wide swath of this guys axe.
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Greece says it has been granted an extra two years to meet austerity targets. The EU and IMF deny it. According to press reports, Athens needs an extra 20 billion euros in aid. It is difficult to determine exactly what might come next for the country, but commentators say it is clear that Europe is at a crossroads.
Greece might be getting two additional years to meet its austerity goals.
What is going on in the never-ending negotiations between Greece and its international creditors? That depends largely on who you ask. If you ask Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, Athens on Wednesday was given an additional two years to reach its budgetary target of reducing new lending below the EU-mandated maximum of 3 percent. Instead of 2014, Greece would have a new deadline of 2016.
If you ask German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and other major creditors, however, such a delay has in no way been finalized. "I cannot confirm that," said Schäuble on Wednesday when asked about Stournaras' claim, delivered in a speech before the Greek parliament. He insisted, again, that no decisions would be made until the completion of a report currently being assembled by the troika, made up of the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
A spokesperson for the IMF also said that no final decision had been made on granting an extra two years to Athens for making necessary budget cuts.
The problem is, though, that it is becoming increasingly difficult to believe the denials. European newspapers on Wednesday were full of reports that a draft "Memorandum of Understanding" included the two-year delay. Furthermore, Germany's business daily Handelsblatt, citing an unnamed senior euro-zone source, reported that Greece would need an additional €16 billion to €20 billion in aid. The sum was consistent with previous reports, including one in SPIEGEL in late September, on how much a two-year delay might cost.
To be sure, Chancellor Angela Merkel will not be looking forward to pushing an additional aid package for Greece through parliament in Berlin. The country has already been the beneficiary of two aid packages worth a total of €240 billion, and parliamentarians made it clear when the second one passed in March that no more charity would be forthcoming.
But Merkel and Schäuble have both lately seemed to be preparing the groundwork for a softer approach to Greece. Merkel visited Athens last week and pledged solidarity, while Schäuble said it seemed likely "that we can come to agreement on a policy that makes sense for Greece."
Stournaras' speech focused on the €13.5 billion cuts the Greek government agreed to on Wednesday, additional austerity measures necessary to trigger the release of a €31.5 billion aid tranche the country badly needs to retain liquidity through the end of the year. He said that, if Greece had not been granted an extension, then an austerity package of €18 billion would have been necessary.
Still, just what the final agreement with Greece will look like remains unclear. The Handelsblatt also reports on Thursday that the country's creditors will once again cut the interest rate due on the tens of billions of euros the country has borrowed from its euro-zone partners and the IMF. The period of the emergency loans will also be extended; the paper quotes a senior euro-zone official as saying the goal was a "substantial" reduction in the country's debt load. That report has not been denied -- at least not yet.
German media commentators on Thursday also take a closer look at what is going on in Greece.
"The government in Athens has shown that it is determined to help save the country by instituting reforms. Berlin and Brussels have recognized that. What the experts have preferred not to discuss openly, however, is that the two-year delay for Athens does not change the fact that Greece will need another debt haircut to make its debt load manageable. And this time, it is public creditors who will be forced to surrender a portion of their capital. That won't be cheap, but a Greek insolvency would be more expensive. And it is not just about euros and cents. It is about the social costs as well. Greece has become a kind of impoverished pariah state in Europe, something the European Union cannot afford. The consequences of five years of recession can already be seen: unemployment, poverty and political extremism."
"Greece's credit conditions are once again being softened. The German government continues to insist that there is, as yet, no written agreement, but the Greek finance minister has already triumphantly announced that a deal has been reached allowing Athens an extra two years to achieve its budgetary targets. He speaks like someone who knows he cannot lose."
"In the present situation, however, leniency might actually be the correct course of action. Greece lost valuable time in the spring because of the new elections and no matter how hard it tries, the country cannot achieve the goals it originally set for itself. And the delay was worth it; Greece now has a government that is more serious about austerity. That is an argument in favor of leniency. Another argument in favor is the fact that Greece's euro-zone partners have also made mistakes. At the beginning, they insisted to interest rates that were too high and they focused exclusively on austerity to the detriment of reforms that would stimulate economic growth. As such, some of the responsibility for the fact that Greece has made so little progress since the spring of 2010 can be shared by Berlin, Paris and Brussels."
"The two-year delay reveals the depth of Greece's misery, and the helplessness of its so-called saviors. Experts and creditors alike have reached a dead end; their plans to fix Greece have failed. Indeed, they need a two-year break at least as badly as does the increasingly fragile government in Athens. Germany in particular needs more time. One year is already reserved for the campaign and the general elections scheduled for next fall. In the run up to the vote, Merkel would like calm on the euro front."
"There are, after all, new facts that Merkel's government has thus far insisted upon ignoring. For one, the International Monetary Fund has recalculated and found that the austerity measures have had a much more detrimental effect on the country's real economy than had been previously thought. The deeper the cuts, the greater the collapse of both the economy and tax revenues -- essentially eliminating the benefits derived from the cuts. Most experts also now agree that Greece will never be able to get back on its feet without another significant slashing of debt. But Berlin has thus far been deaf to such concerns and will only confront reality after the election. How nice that we will now have two years of peace."


The Marriage Announcement Index is drawn from notices posted in Uniontown's Republican Standard ("RS") and Genius of Liberty ("GL") newspapers, largely from the mid to late 1800s. Most of the marriages took place in Fayette County between Fayette County residents, but not always.
The information in this database was originally typed onto index cards by PA Room volunteers. For ease of navigation, some information was excluded from this online table, including the residences of the brides and grooms, the page/column information for the announcements, and miscellaneous notes. If you are interested in this information, please contact us at paroom@uniontownlib.org.
For tips on using the Index, scroll down beneath the table.
Use the Search Box in the upper right corner to enter a keyword. For example, "Elizabeth" will return all rows with the name "Elizabeth" appearing in it. You can even enter a few letters to widen the results. (ex. "liz" will return "Elizabeth," "Eliza," "Lizzie," etc.) At this time, the table does not support wildcards.
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The DIY Face Mask From Hell
By Tori Telfer
I've been experimenting with homemade face masks since I was 12. Egg? Avocado? Strange combinations of carrier and essential oils? You name it, I've mixed it up in a mason jar and slathered it on my forehead. DIY skincare doesn't scare me one bit, and I'd do anything to avoid the chemical weirdness found in so many commercial beauty products. So why am I writing this from a dark corner of my bedroom, weeping and shaking my fist at the heavens? BECAUSE THE INTERNET IS FULL OF LIES.
Let me explain. When I noticed multiple DIY beauty blogger-types posting recipes for homemade gelatin masks, I was so into the idea. The masks are designed to replicate the pore-cleansing action of Bioré's Deep Cleansing Pore Strips, a genius little skincare product that's absolutely addicting. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, slap one on your nose and call me in the morning.)
But like many things in life — Cadillacs, diamond tennis bracelets — a Bioré Pore Strip habit can get kind of pricey, so when the Internet told me I could make my own pore strips from nothing but unflavored gelatin and a little milk, I was all about that life. I recruited my Bioré-addicted boyfriend (sorry we're not sorry), visions of always-having-a-nose-strip-on-my-face-except-during-red-carpet-events dancing in my head. We decided that he'd use our gelatin mash on his nose, like a normal person, but for the sake of variety and experimentation, I decided to try it all over my face. All over my face. You with me? You understand that this could be considered "foreshadowing"?
Listen, THE INTERNET SAYS THIS IS A POSSIBILITY. I drew great courage from a Mormon mommy blogger whose well-lit photos show her casually applying a gelatin mask to her flawless skin and then easily peeling the whole thing off in one solid piece, smiling into the camera all the while. SORRY FOR WANTING TO BELIEVE THAT LIFE COULD BE SO PERFECT.
Looks delicious, huh? In a disposable plastic container, I mixed two tablespoons of near-boiling cream into one tablespoon of Knox Unflavored Gelatin. Warning sign No. 1: When the Internet tells you to use a "disposable plastic container" because the concoction you're making apparently can't be washed out of a normal bowl, run.
Once the concoction looked disarmingly gooey, I handed it off to my boyfriend and told him to slap it onto his nose, and quick. Warning sign No. 2: The Internet instructed us to move fast, because the stuff "begins hardening right away."
We mixed up another batch for me, and I went for it like the DIY facial champ I've always believed I was. Warning sign No. 3: The mask smells like rotten milk, probably because it's made of cream mixed with boiled animal tendons. Still, look at the innocence in my face! When I look at the above photo today, I see a girl who believed in this mask. I see a girl who's thinking, "This all-natural alternative to pore strips is going to make my whole face glow!" I see a girl who's completely unaware that she's covering her skin with THE KILLER MASK FROM HELL.
We waited around until our masks had completely hardened before proceeding to peel them off. Warning sign No. 4: If a DIY project tells you to throw away the mixing container because the "completely hardened" product is so difficult to remove, perhaps the "completely hardened" product will be difficult to remove from your face, too. My boyfriend went first.
Everything seemed fine! The mask was coming off in one piece, just like a regular Bioré Pore Strip! How cool was that? As I photographed the process, I remember telling him to smile, because his eyes "looked really dead." He later told me his eyes looked "dead" because he was in so much pain. Still, not wanting to disrupt my DIY buzz, he said nothing, and bravely peeled away. Warning sign No. 5: If your sweet boyfriend's eyes look dead at any point during a DIY project, something has gone seriously wrong.
The result of his pore strip was less than impressive, but it had clearly accomplished something. Impatient to take off my mask, I paced around the room, flipped through a book on herbalism, and congratulated myself for being such a resourceful hippie. Pride goeth before a fall, people.
Finally, my mask had "completely hardened." I could have played drums on the thing. So I gave my boyfriend the camera and began blissfully peeling away.
The pain. The pain. THE AWFUL, STINGING PAIN. This devil mask refused to come off, and I felt like I was pulling off a substantial layer of skin. I kept trying to smile for the camera, but my eyes were watering and I could only peel off a little bit of the mask at a time. Look how red and sad my skin is in these pictures. Warning sign No. 6: If beauty is turning into real pain, STOP EVERYTHING.
But the worst was yet to come, and unfortunately, my boyfriend captured the moment in a photo. I continued peeling for a few seconds, choking out phrases like "I can't …" and "When will this end?" until my boyfriend put down the camera and said, "Poor baby, there's chunk of hair here . . ."
IT WAS MY EYEBROW.
I PEELED OFF A SECTION OF MY EYEBROW.
I PEELED OFF A SECTION OF MY EYEBROW IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE DIY BIORÉ STRIPS, A PRODUCT THAT NOBODY REALLY NEEDS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I stared at the tuft of hair in horror — keep it mind that it was MUMMIFIED IN DEVIL GELATIN — and began to wail: "I've been trying to make my eyebrows grow for so-o-o-o long! I've been putting castor oil on them every night! Is the whole thing gone? Is the whole thing gone?! NO MORE PHOTOS!"
Once I got the rest of that godforsaken thing off, my face was red and blotchy and if my skin had a voice, it would have been screaming. I washed off all the remaining bits of the devil mask with warm water, immediately applied a soothing cocktail of oils and balms to my face, died a little bit inside, and didn't leave my apartment for the rest of the afternoon.
This is where our product obsession leads us, people. First we're buying soap and all-purpose lotion, and then we're onto serums and eye creams, and then we're inventing products designed to pull dirt out of our nose pores because what else is there to do? We've got to have a product for everything — and then we're trying to do it all ourselves because the Internet makes us feel like we're gods, and then we don't have eyebrows anymore.
Images: Tori Telfer


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Q: seq with timer to netcat I want to output sequential numbers every 100 ms into nc -lk. seq 1 100 | nc -lk 9999 does output the numbers to nc but it doesn't have the timer. Is there any way to do it using seq and sleep?

A: Try this:
for x in {1..100}; do
    echo $x | nc -lk 9999
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done

A: Did this:
for i in $(seq -f "%05g" 10); do echo $i; sleep 0.1; done | nc -lk 9999

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Recent studies has shown a rise in suicides of people between the ages of 16-24 and many are blaming social media as the main cause.
Research has shown an increase in suicides of young adults aged between 16-24 , many people blame social media as the influence it has on young adults to want to be perceived as something their not and when they are incapable of keeping up this appearance it leads to mental health problems.
For example, Molly Russell died in her teens after she was discovered in her bedroom and pronounced dead at the scene in November 2017.
Molly, came from a loving family as we could see, she was an enthusiastic child and doing incredibly well at school: she loved sailing and it was said she was an excellent horse rider. Molly had also been nominated for a lead role in her school's play of 'Fantastic Mr Fox'.
There have been many examples of how social media influences young people and how it changes their behaviour. For example 'Kylie Jenner' plump lip challenge #kyliejennerchallenge, which sparked some controversy within the social media world.
However, people that are known to suffer with mental health often keep quiet about it and are not outspoken. This does not benefit them in anyway as they should be speaking to people to combat the damage being done.
Do you think social media has an impact on people's mental health?
Claudia says: " Yes social media has negative impact on society, were alcohol abuse and gambling may play be big part of suicide. This includes fashion brands latest phones. Results to crime drugs also this could includes eating disorders and following celebrities to be slim which can have devastating effect on your mental health".
Many initiatives are being taken to combat mental health issues surrounding social media,as there are various websites that give information regarding what you can do too feel better and to get a healthier life without the addiction of social media. Sites such as the 'Mental Health Foundation' are a great place to start.
If any one is touched by this story, we encourage you to contact Samaritans.


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There's no better time than the start of spring to introduce a fresh look to your space that you'll love spending time in. The simplest way to do that is by adding rugs, lamps and unique one-of-a-kind items shown in the latest color trends – pastels, floral patterns and pops of bright hues. We hope our collection below will provide some inspiration for accentuating your home this season. Visit our "Florals & Pastels" Pinterest board for more ideas.


Rocky Road is one of my all time favourite desserts and I will never turn one down (even on a diet!). Making these delicious treats at home is so easy and so much tastier and cheaper than store bought ones (around £2.50 for 12 servings). It requires no baking and just 5 ingredients. So, what're you waiting for?
Don't break the biscuits too small – you want a great crunch when you bite into a piece, so ensure that the biscuits are a good size. I recommend the size of a 20p coin.
Ensure the mixed ingredients are cold before putting into the fridge – to get the rocky road to set, you need to refrigerate the mixture. If it's still warm when you put it into the fridge, it won't set properly.
Don't overload on the marshmallows – too many marshmallows will ruin the texture of the rocky road and also overpower the taste.
Vegan? Replacing butter with dairy-free butter or margarine will totally work! But remember, marshmallows are neither vegan or vegetarian (sad times). You can get vegan marshmallows but unfortunately they're a little pricey. I suggest replacing them with raisins, sultanas or glazed cherries.
Follow the recipe below and remember to leave a comment about your thoughts and rate the recipe!
Place 200g digestive biscuits in a freezer bag and bash with a rolling pin or just the side of your fist until they're broken into around 20p-sized lumps and set aside.
In a large saucepan, melt 135g butter (or dairy-free alternative), 200g dark chocolate and around 3 tbsp golden syrup over a gentle heat stirring constantly until there are no or almost no more lumps of chocolate visible, then remove from the heat. Leave until completely cooled.
Take the biscuits, 100g mini marshmallows and stir into the chocolate mixture until everything is completely covered.
Tip the mixture into the lined baking tin, and spread it out to the corners. Chill for at least 2 hours (the longer the better), then cut into 12 fingers.
Yum! Really useful that when you change the number of servings the ingredients are updated.
These are great Dan! So quick and easy to make. Agree with not overloading on the marshmallows. I will definitely be making again.


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The Chinese dishes here are fairly authentic, with some Bhutanese and Thai flavours thrown in, and portions are priced to share. The snappy modern decor is surprisingly sophisticated and the ambience is quiet.
For a hot espresso coffee in delicious air-con this modern cafe serves up smoothies and iced coffee alongside good cakes, desserts and passable pizza, with comfy upstairs sofas.


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3 Days In Seattle
Jasper Anson
For the rest of the evening, enjoy the music of the legendary Showbox Theater, Seattle's iconic venue that dates back to 1939. From classic jazz or modern grunge, this ballroom has seen it all with a roster of past guests that have included everyone from Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington to Kid Rock and Blues Traveler. The atmosphere depends on who's playing, which only makes things refreshingly unpredictable. Tradition dictates that you start with a cocktail in the Green Room and one of their famous hot dogs after the show. Green Room patrons will also enter the Showbox showroom earlier than other customers. It's a great ending to your first night in the Emerald City.
Day 2: The underground wilderness
You'll begin your second day with a history lesson on the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. Engulfing 33 blocks of wooden buildings, the fire prompted developers to erect new buildings above the old ones, creating an entire underground quadrant. In 1965, the late Seattle resident Bill Speidel started a three-block underground tour of Pioneer Square that's still going strong today. The tour starts inside the 1890s saloon run by Doc Maynard and concludes at a rogue's gallery of quirky Seattle historical figures. If you're feeling daring, take the Underworld Tour, which puts an adult spin on the proceedings by discussing the city's early days of drug trading and prostitution. After touring, enjoy some fish and chips or a deluxe burger from the neighboring Underground Café.
After lunch, a visit to the award-winning, 65-acre Woodland Park Zoo is in order. The zoo opened in 1899, and now hosts close to 300 animal species and over 7,000 trees. Considered to be one of the best of its kind in North America, the zoo's exhibits aim to recreate natural habitats as much as possible. Start with the African Savanna where you can hang with zebras and even hand-feed the giraffes. When you're ready for a new exhibit, you can opt for the wolves and bears of the Northern Trail, the South American animals of the tropical rain forest or the elephants of tropical Asia. Wherever you go, it's a nice diversion from the bustling city's core.
We're taking you to Wild Ginger for your second Seattle dinner. Spoiling tourists and locals with Asian specialties for nearly 20 years, Chef Nathan Uy doesn't modernize traditional dishes or blend them with North American cuisine. The food is derived from tasty Pacific Rim recipes that help make Wild Ginger the most popular restaurant in the city, according to The Zagat Guide. The tasty menu has a lot to choose from. We're partial to the Dungeness crab, which are kept live on-site and can be prepared five different ways.
More music is on the menu tonight, and a few hours at the Crocodile Café will certainly hit the spot. Locals consider it to be Seattle's grunge mainstay, where some upstart bands are lucky enough to land record deals within weeks of performing there. Nirvana and the Presidents of the United States of America got their start here, and the crowd is a pleasing mix of music lovers and aspiring musicians. If you want to talk music and sip a few bevies, this is the place to do it. For a small venue, the acoustics are solid and the party is sure to last into the wee hours of the morning. You might not have heard of the acts, but if they hit it big soon afterward, your night at the Crocodile will hold many fond memories.
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Dill Pickle Inspired Sausages Are All The Rage in Windsor-Essex
September 5, 2019 ⋅ Adriano Ciotoli
Craft sausage making has been all the rage for the last couple years in the Windsor-Essex, Ontario region. However, this year it's a particular style of sausage that is turning out to be a pretty big dill.
Dill pickle sausages have been the hottest link to get your hands on this summer, with multiple sausage makers crafting their own unique version of the sausage.
It started back in 2018, when The Butcher of Kingsville had a monthly vote for their customers to choose between two outlandish sausage ideas. The winning idea would then be the lucky recipe that would be created. When the dill pickle sausage was put to the vote, it won by a landslide.
"Word spread fast," says Ethen De Santi of The Butcher of Kingsville. "There is very few places worldwide where you'll find it."
The Dill Pickle Sausage from The Butcher of Kingsville in Kingsville, Ontario.
Today, The Butcher of Kingsville pumps out approximately 200lbs of dill pickle sausages each month. It's made with local Lakeside pickles and their juice, as well as Canadian grown dill pickle potato chips.
"I think the sausage's popularity has a lot to do with how die-hard pickle fans are," Ethen says. "I also think that people want to explore new flavours and ideas, and flavours that are definitive like a dill pickle sausage, they know what they're going to get, or at the very least an idea of it.
He believes the average person just getting into expanding their palate will go for that rather than a region or style of food.
Earlier this summer, Robbie Bornais of Robbie's Gourmet Sausage Company tried his hand at dill pickle sausages. His idea came from a friend who inspired this creation. It's a bit different than that of The Butcher of Kingsville.
The No Big Dill sausage at Robbie's is infused with lots of fresh dill, dill pickles, dill juice, dill weed, dill seed powder and cheddar. He's also thrown in some secret herbs and spices. A fun thing about the sausage Robbie's Gourmet Sausage Company offers is that the entire link actually turns green when cooked. This was purposely done to mimic the look of a dill pickle.
The JBStrong's No Big Dill sausage from Robbie's Gourmet Sausage Co. in Windsor, Ontario.
Robbie feels that familiarity has helped the sausage become one of his best sellers. He has been selling out his batches of 75 to 100lbs each week for 8 weeks straight now.
"As people begin to embrace the sausage as a blank canvas the possibilities for different flavours become endless," he says. "With the No Big Dill sausages, it was a perfect match to create something new yet something familiar and memorable."
What do you think of the idea of a dill pickle sausage? Let us know in the comments.
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Brunei is a small nation on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is divided into a couple sections, all of which are surrounded by both the country of Malaysia as well as the South China Sea, which sits to the country's north.
Brunei is divided into two main sections in northern Borneo. Both sections are fairly hilly inland and swampy along the coasts. The break in the country belongs to Malaysia and is where the Limbang River flows into the sea.
Brunei is a small country whose weather is almost entirely dependent on their two major seasons. The dry season runs from about May to September as temperatures soar to between 75-95° F (24-35° C). From October to about April is the wet season, when temperatures dip to about 70-82° F (21-28° C) and, as the name would suggest, rain is regular and humidity rises.
Despite the country's small size, Brunei has great wildlife diversity and density. The small country is home to monkeys, elephants, orangutans, leopards, and dozens of rodents like the squirrel. Among the sea life, most animals live in the country's swamps or in the nearby sea. This diversity is huge in the open waters and includes tuna, mackerel, marlin, barracuda, crab, prawn, and sharks. This diversity is even greater surrounding the coral reefs just off the coast.
The bird life is fairly dependent on either the water or the forests in Brunei so there are numerous water fowls and woodland birds; these birds include kingfishers, eagles, storks, and woodpeckers. The reptilian and amphibian life is impressive for a small country and includes turtles, crocodiles, and lizards among many others.


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hd00:17Autumn view of aspen trees blowing in the wind.
hd00:08LECCO, ITALY - CIRCA OCTOBER 2015: the wind blows through the branches of trees on a splendid blue sky.
4k00:19Leaves changing color during fall time in Branford, Connecticut.
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It has been pouring down all night and there is no sign of any let up this morning. We resign ourselves to a day indoors catching up on blogs and the paperwork side of things. Phil is going to the shops so we cadge a ride just to get out for a while. We buy some eggs for an omelette for lunch something we can't carry easily on the bike and so don't have them very often. By late afternoon I have finally finished the next blog but when I go to save it I hit the wrong button and delete it all instead. It is very frustrating having spent about three days writing it. I spend another half hour trying to recover it but to no avail so I resign myself to writing it all over again. It has been raining non stop for officially 48hrs now so at least I'm not missing anything. Jeanette and Ernie are having a going away bbq and we are invited along with Grace a Korean lady who staying with Phil whilst she is here studying english. Fortunately they can have the bbq ontheir covered deck.
It was our intention to leave tomorrow but the roads are rapidly becoming floods so we shall see.
Waking in the morning we see it's still raining…but it is now just drizzle it's like being back in England. Deciding to make the most of it we tog up and go back to Kuirau the local geothermal park to fill in the gaps from yesterday. The pools are all full to overflowing so much so they are not that impressive but I spot steam coming from the side of the road investigating further there is a dry line running across the road and on one side is a mini gesyer coming from a drain all gushing and gurgling and spouting water we watch fasinated for a while.
We are not the only mad bikers out, we spy what turns out to be an English couple only here for three weeks on a rented bike. They changed their plans and missed out the coromandel yesterday due to the heavy rain at least we have more time and wait for this to blow through before resuming our travels.
We wish them well and turn towards the blue and green lakes near the buried village. It is at the lakes we encounter our second mad lot of bikers in the rain, a large group of Danish bikers again on rented bikes doing a 21 days tour of north and south. They rode in the torrental rain of yesterday around the coromandel encountering a few road slips on the way. After a brief but interesting chat with some we turn towards the buried village. I went to this as a kid with my parents and have fond memories so so choose to not visit again so as not to spoil the memory I have. The edge of the lakes was the site of the famous pink and white terraces a huge tourist attraction until the eruption in the 1880′s which not only buried them with rising water changing the shape of the lake but buried the village too with lava and mudslides. We hear on the news just recently that divers have found the bottom two of the pink terraces intact and the hope is more has survived.
We turn back towards town to the museum which is housed in the old bath house. This in itself is very interesting with some of the old baths in place and written accounts of various treatments from people who worked there. It has a basement full of the pipe work and the mud treatment rooms and they have built a viewing platform out on the roof not that there is much of a view today. The museum also houses a good maori collection but the maori's don't allow any photo's so trying to remember key figures names and what they did is nigh on impossible.
Back at Phil's we make spagetti bolognaise he has just eaten but Grace hasn't so she samples her first taste of italian cuisine and seems to enjoy it, that night we all watch a movie together.
We leave tomorrow heading for Gisborne via Waikaremoana (a 90km gravel road ) and hope the route is open.
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Q: When should I correct for the multiple testing problem Suppose I want to compare groups A and B on 5 variables: age, education level, blood pressure, brain volume, and glucose level. Given that the assumptions are met, I will use the 2 sample t-test to make 5 comparisons. In this case, do I have to correct for multiple testing? What if I wanted to compare the groups on 10 variables? Or 20? Under what condition should I correct for multiple testing?

A: It's ultimately a matter of taste. How conservative do you want to be? What kind of error rates are you after—are you okay with a type-I error rate of .05 for each comparison, or do you want a rate of .05 for the whole set of comparisons, or something else?


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A Hydrocephalus a trilobiták (Trilobita) osztályának Redlichiida rendjébe, ezen belül a Paradoxididae családjába tartozó nem.

Rendszerezés
A nembe az alábbi fajok tartoznak:

Hydrocephalus carens - típusfaj
Hydrocephalus mandiki
Hydrocephalus minor

Források
Wikifajok
https://web.archive.org/web/20100623065757/http://www.trilobites.info/index.htm

Redlichiida
Trilobita-nemek
Élővilág a kambriumban

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Conor Kenny may refer to:
 Conor Kenny (hurler)
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We have always loved the bluegrass area of Kentucky. So, on this hot, sunny June day we decided to re-visit its rolling hills with miles of white fences that enclose some of the fastest, most beautiful horses on earth.
As we rambled along Highway 68 toward Harrodsburg, we spied signs advertising "400 miles of garage sales." I'd heard of a garage sale that practically extended the length of the whole state. We did not drive down for this, but…since we were here…we had to stop for at least just one!
We pulled up to a large, shaded, front yard dotted with large tables groaning with treasures. We picked up a plate here; three glasses there.
We met all of the vendors whose front yards were now retail establishments. One joked with us insisting that we should trade in our car to buy his shiny Model T Ford.
After sharing a few local stories and laughs, we put our purchases in the trunk and discovered that we had car trouble. We called for roadside assistance and were told that a tow truck could maybe get there in an hour or so and tow us back to Lexington and the next day they could take a look at our car. The next DAY…oh no…we had reservations at an inn and dinner was 6:30!
The neighbors gathered round and offered suggestions to help us. We got back on the phone with the service department. Oh, did I mention it was about 95 degrees? These wonderful folks insisted that we pull into their shaded drive. Then they came out with two tall, frosty glasses of lemonade, which we thankfully accepted….then….OK, this is the unbelievable part….they offered us their CAR! Yes, they said that we should just go ahead and take their car and bring it back in the morning!
Folks it's 2011, and these wonderful, hospitable folks just offered us their car! I have to tell you we were overwhelmed by their gracious spirit and hospitality. Isn't it wonderful to know that there are still people who will lend a helping hand to total strangers? Isn't this really what is important…community and caring for one another?
We may have gone for a ride in the country but what we got was so much more. We came away (yes, the car finally started) with a renewed belief in the kindness of strangers.
Why did this experience resonate within me to such a great degree? One reason might be that this epitomizes what I am trying to share on my blog…which is to get us all to connect with each other again. Sharing and caring…family…community…they are all so very important for our future and our children's future.
This Sunday, inspired by this experience, I'd like to share with you my classic recipe for an old fashioned summer treat….lemonade. Every time I have a sip I will think of this story and smile….I hope that you will too!
I like to chill this in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight before serving. This recipe is a bit more complicated than just adding lemon juice, water and sugar but the taste is much richer, and I believe, well worth the effort.
Pressing down with your hand, roll the lemons back and forth on a hard surface to release their juices. Cut lemons in two and squeeze out juice reserving the lemon rinds and place the rinds in a large bowl. You can strain the juice if you like to remove the pulp, or leave the pulp if you prefer.
Boil 4 cups of water.
Place the sugar in a bowl and cover with 1 cup water and stir to dissolve.
Cover the lemon rinds with the other 3 cups of boiling water and let this sit for about an hour and you will have lemon infused water. Discard the rinds.
In a large pitcher, combine the lemon juice, the dissolved sugar water, the 3 cups of lemon infused water and the remaining 2 cups of water.
Garnish with mint and lemon slices if you like.
What a beautiful story, Susie. Inspiring.


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La Albulera este un oraș din Spania, situat în provincia Badajoz din comunitatea autonomă Extremadura. Are o populație de 1.833 de locuitori. În apropierea acestei localități s-a dat, în 1811, o sângeroasă bătălie, din cadrul războiului de independență spaniol.

Orașe din Spania


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Glaphyria micralis is een vlinder uit de familie van de grasmotten (Crambidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst gepubliceerd in 1854 door Achille Guenée.

De soort komt voor in Brazilië.

micralis


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Deep Purple Made In Japan 1972
Made In Japan is one of the best and most famous hard rock live albums that captured mark 2 Deep Purple at their peak, promoting the outstanding Machine Head album.
Purple have gone on to release plenty of live albums, some that date before this 1972 concert and some after but this is the one to hear first.
Just the look of the cover makes me quiver with excitement. I loved this as a teenager and have continued to love it for over thirty years.
Deep Purple Made In Japan – Overall Rating 28/30
If you love classic rock from the 1970s with extended solos, you need to hear Made In Japan.
Set List Rating – 9/10
After In Rock, Fireball and Machine Head, Deep Purple had the opportunity to put together a tremendous set list.
They didn't quite do it although what we have is still excellent. The original double live album version of Made In Japan had the first seven tracks and the three encores were added when it moved to CD.
Highway Star – 6:43 (from the Machine Head album)
Child in Time – 12:17 (In Rock)
Smoke on the Water – 7:36 (Machine Head)
The Mule – 9:28 (Fireball)
Strange Kind of Woman – 9:52 (single and later added to Fireball)
Lazy – 10:27 (Machine Head)
Space Truckin' – 19:54 (Machine Head)
The Encores
Black Night – 6:17 (single)
Speed King – 7:25 (In Rock)
Lucille – 8:03 (cover)
There's also a 40th anniversary edition which adds two more versions of Black Night and an extra version of Speed King. They are unnecessary as far as I'm concerned.
Why have I deducted a mark from the set list rating?
Well I'd have been thrilled to hear the other songs from Machine Head – Maybe I'm A Leo, Pictures Of Home and Never Before but even more I'd have loved live versions of Demon's Eye and Fireball and more songs from In Rock.
I'm not a fan of extended drum solos so The Mule could have been shortened and while I like hearing groups do covers on live albums, I'd give up Lucille for another Deep Purple classic.
I'd also have liked to hear this version of the group play the slow, bluesy When A Blind Man Cries, the B-side of Never Before, the single off Machine Head and since added to that album. Unfortunately lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore didn't like this great song and refused to play it live.
Moody s*d but he sure played a mean guitar!
Performance Rating – 10/10
This is a blistering performance by mark 2 Deep Purple with all five members – Ian Gillan (vocals), Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Roger Glover (bass), Jon Lord (keyboards) and Ian Paice (drums) in fine form.
It starts with a belting, full-throttle version of Highway Star and quickly moves into the definitive version of Child In Time, my all-time favourite Deep Purple song. If you think the In Rock version is good, you need to hear it live in 1972.
The studio album versions of the songs are used as the base for each song but they move into extended instrumental jams where Purple show other groups how to put together a live performance.
Hard, fast and heavy but always coming back to the tune like great jazz players.
Smoke On The Water starts with the famous riff and, just as you'd expect live, it's awesome. Even better is Strange Kind Of Woman that takes on a life of its own as Blackmore and Gillan trade "licks" – who'd have thought a vocalist could imitate a guitar so well?
Here is Strange Kind Of Woman for you to enjoy.
Here is a version of Child In Time from 1970 rather than 1972.
Personally I think Space Truckin' goes on too long and a 2 minute drum solo is just about my limit. Shortening these would have created the time to fix my minor moans about the set list.
Atmosphere & authenticity rating – 9/10
Legend has it that this album hasn't been touched up which shows just how great Deep Purple were on stage. The quality is awesome.
It's also the best Deep Purple captured at their very best time after one of the legendary hard rock studio albums.
I've read criticism that the encores disk doesn't match the main performance in sound quality. I don't know why this should be but I don't find it a problem although the original LP version is so ingrained that I'm always surprised when the riff from Black Night starts.
Purple played three concerts in Japan and Live In Japan gives you all three versions. Some say that some of the non-selected versions are even better. I don't know because to me, it's taking obsession too far. Purists may not like the fact that the songs didn't all come from the same night.
Made In Japan vs A Deep Purple Compilation vs Various Studio Albums
This is where I consider how suitable Made In Japan is for people who only want one or two Deep Purple albums.
There is quite a good Deep Purple compilation album called 30: the Very Best Of Deep Purple which confusingly comes as either a single or double CD with 18 or 28 tracks. 11 out of 18 tracks from the single CD are from Mark 2 of Deep Purple recorded between 1970 and 1973.
That's how central this period is to the legacy of Deep Purple and it's a period that Made In Japan sets the standard. When I was 15 or 16 I bought their first compilation called 24 Carat Purple. Of the eight tracks, four of them were recorded live in Japan and now appear on Made In Japan – Smoke On The Water, Child In Time, Strange Kind Of Woman and Black Night. It also featured the studio version of Speed King.
Made In Japan is the very first place to start your Deep Purple album collection unless you absolutely hate live albums.
After that, go either to:
the great Mark 2 studio albums In Rock and Machine Head
or try another live album from Mark 3, Live In Paris or mark 4 On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat.
the Mk 3 studio albums Burn and Stormbringer and the Mk4 Come Taste The Band.
You may also want to follow Ritchie Blackmore and try the band he formed after he left Deep Purple, Rainbow.
But start with Made In Japan. Skip The Mule if you hate drum solos. You may agree with me that Space Truckin' goes on far too long but if you like rock, I'm sure you're going to love the rest.
Overall Rating For Deep Purple Made In Japan – 28/30
This is one of the finest hard rock live albums ever made by possibly my favourite hard rock band. I've always preferred Purple to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
I can't imagine being without it in my collection and if I could only own one Deep Purple live album, this would be it.
It was thrilling as a teenager and is still thrilling to my 50+ year old ears.
What Others Say About Deep Purple Made In Japan
In the greatest live album lists, this has been highly acclaimed.
Planet Rock – 2nd
DigitalDreamDoor – 7th
NME – 13th
Chordstrike – 48th
Classic Rock magazine famously forgot Made In Japan from their list of best albums and issued a big apology. From memory, they thought it should have been in the top 3 but it wouldn't have displaced Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy as their #1.
If you love hard rock music, you need this album in your collection.
It's also doing very well in my poll to find the best hard rock and heavy metal live albums (see below).
Buying Deep Purple Made In Japan
If you love rock music, you need this album. To help you to find the album quickly and easily, I've given you the following links::
Amazon.com as a CD or mp3
Amazon.co.uk as a CD or mp3
iTunes as a digital download
eBay as a CD
It's a bargain.
What Do You Think About Deep Purple Made In Japan?
I'd like to know if you think Made In Japan deserves its amazing reputation.
What is the best Deep Purple live album
What Are The THREE Best Deep Purple Live Albums? (Click on the links to go to the reviews)
1968 Inglewood: Live in California
1969 Concerto for Group and Orchestra
1969 Live in Montreux 1969
1970 Scandinavian Nights
1970 Gemini Suite
1970 Space Vol 1 & 2 Live In Aachen
1971 Long Beach
1972 Live in Denmark
1972 Live In Japan (all 3 shows)
1972 Made In Japan 1972
1972 Copehagen (& New York)
1974 California Jamming
1974 Live in London
1974 Perks & Tit Live In San Diego
1975 Live in Paris
1975 Made In Europe
1975 This Time Around: Live in Tokyo
1975 Days May Come and Days May Go
1975 Graz 1975
1975 MK III: The Final Concerts aka Archive Alive
1976 On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat / Live at Long Beach 1976
1976 Live At Long Beach Arena
1984 Perfect Strangers Live
1985 In the Absence of Pink Knebworth '85
1987 Nobody's Perfect
1993 Come Hell or High Water
1993 Live in Europe (aka On Tour in Stuttgart & Birmingham)
1993 Live At The NEC
1993 Live In Stuttgart
1996 Live at The Olympia '96
1996 Live at Montreux
1999 Live at the Royal Albert Hall
1999 Total Abandon: Australia '99
2000 Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
2001 The Soundboard Series
2013 From The Setting Sun… (In Wacken)
2013 Now What? Live Tapes
2014 To The Rising Sun (In Tokyo)
You may also be interested in a poll looking at the live albums by the Main Deep Purple members outside the main group.
What Are The Best Live Albums Of All Time?
Please help me find the best live albums by voting in the readers polls:.
What are the greatest hard rock and heavy metal live albums ever
What Are The TEN Best Hard Rock Or Heavy Metal Live Albums Ever? (Click on the links to go to the reviews)
AC/DC If You Want Blood You Got It
AC/DC Live
Accept Staying A Life
Aerosmith A Little South Of Sanity
Aerosmith Live Bootleg
Alice Cooper Raise The Dead Live From Wacken
Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies Deluxe CD 2 Live In Texas 1973
Bachman & Turner Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC
Bad Company Merchants Of Cool
Bad Company Live 1977 & 1979
Beck Bogert & Appice Live 1973
Black Country Communion Live Over Europe
Black Sabbath Live At Last
Black Sabbath Live Evil
Black Sabbath Reunion
Black 'n' Blue One Night Only Live
Blue Öyster Cult Extraterrestrial Live
Blue Öyster Cult On Your Feet Or On Your Knees
Blue Öyster Cult Some Enchanted Evening
Bob Seger Live Bullet
Budgie Radio Sessions 1974 & 1978
Cactus Ot N Sweaty 1972
Deep Purple Made In Europe
Deep Purple Made In Japan
Deep Purple Live In Paris
Def Leppard Live L.A. Forum, 1983 (sold with Pyromania deluxe edition)
Def Leppard Mirrorball Live & More
Def Leppard Viva Hysteria
Destruction Live Without Sense
Diamond Head Live At The BBC
Dio At Donnington 1983 & 1987
Dream Theater Live Scenes From New York
Faith No More Live At The Brixton Academy
Frank Zappa Buffalo 1980
Frank Zappa Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar 1972 to 1980
Gillan Live: Triple Trouble
Golden Earring Live 1977
Grand Funk Railroad Caught In The Act
Grand Funk Railroad Live Album
Grand Funk Railroad Live The 1971 Tour
Guns N Roses Live Era 87–93
Halford Live Insurrection
Hanoi Rocks All Those Wasted Years
Hawkwind Space Ritual Alive
Heaven & Hell Live From Radio City Music Hall
Humble Pie Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore
Iced Earth Alive In Athens
Iced Earth Live in Ancient Kourion 2012
Iron Maiden Live After Death
Iron Maiden Rock In Rio
James Gang Live In Concert 1971
Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes Live At The Greek
Judas Priest Unleashed In The East
Kiss Alive 2
Led Zeppelin How The West Was Won
Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same
Lou Reed Rock n Roll Animal
MC5 Kick Out The Jams
Megadeth That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
Megadeth Rust In Peace Live
Metallica Live Shit: Binge & Purge
Metallica S & M
Motley Crue Carnival Of Sins Live 2005
Motley Crue Live Entertainment Or Death
Motörhead No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
Mott The Hoople Live
Mountain Live The Road Goes Ever On
Moxy Raw 2001
Nazareth Snaz 1981
Neil Young Weld
Nightwish End of an Era
Nightwish Showtime, Storytime
Opeth The Roundhouse Tapes
Ozzy Osbourne Speak of the Devil 1982
Ozzy Osbourne Tribute
Pat Travers Live Go for What You Know
Queensryche Operation Livecrime
Rainbow On Stage
Rush All The World's A Stage
Rush Exit... Stage Left
Rush In Rio
Sammy Hagar All Night Long reissued as Loud & Clear 1978
Saxon The Eagle Has Landed: Live
Scorpions Tokyo Tapes
Scorpions World Wide Live
Slade Alive
Slayer Decade of Aggression: Live
Slipnot 9.0 Live
Status Quo Live (1976)
Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo
Testament Live at the Fillmore 1995
The Michael Schenker Group One Night at Budokan
The Rolling Stones The Brussels Affair 1973
The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Yas Out 1969
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band British Tour 76
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Live 1975
The Who Live At Leeds
Thin Lizzy Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy Life Live
Thin Lizzy UK Tour '75
UFO On Air At The BBC 1974 - 1985
UFO Strangers In The Night
Uriah Heep Live 1973
Van Halen Live Right Here Right Now
WASP Double Live Assassins
Whitesnake Live In The Heart Of The City
Whitesnake Live In The Shadow Of The Blues 2006
Whitesnake The Purple Tour
Y&T Yesterday & Today Live
Because there are so many great hard rock and heavy metal live albums I have split the poll into two and you may find some of your favourites in the second division. Albums will be promoted when they get enough votes.
You may be interested in other hard rock artist polls – AC/DC – Black Sabbath – Blue Oyster Cult – Judas Priest – Led Zeppelin – Ronnie James Dio – Thin Lizzy – The Who –
Posted on April 10, 2012 September 29, 2016 Author Paul SimisterCategories 1970s Live Albums, Heavy Metal Live AlbumsTags 1970s hard rock, 1972 live albums, 28, Deep Purple Live Albums, Heavy Metal 1972
2 thoughts on "Deep Purple Made In Japan 1972"
I love this album must have listened to it over a thousand times, incredible performance and even if maybe in some ways the 1980 live concert release "IN Concert' might be better, in my mind 'Made In Japan' is superior and the live album all live albums should be measured against
Paul Simister says:
I haven't done a comparison of the tracks that are common between Deep Purple's In Concert and Made In Japan.
I think it's nice that In Concert offers rare live recorded versions of two more tracks from Machine Head, Never Before and Maybe I'm A Leo. Wikipedia says that these two tracks were sometimes played instead of Child In Time and I wouldn't have been happy about that.
Personally I'd have loved Purple to have really focused on the great In Rock album in their live concerts and a live version of Demon's Eye from Fireball.
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This is a simple tutorial showing how to go about basic keying in After Effects (non production bundle) There are so many variables to take into consideration when keying greenscreens that they would be impossible to cover in one tutorial. So I have picked only one shot, and will walk you through producing it. Hopefully you will understand the underlying principle and then be able to use this knowledge to help improve/begin your own bluescreen keying.
Step 1. First you need to set up your composition settings (pictured above) and pull in your footage. In this case the footage is the Shuttle Background (which you will see later) and the Luke/Greenscreen footage. The Luke footage needs to be placed above the background. Hopefully you know how to do this part, if not, we could be in trouble later on.
Step 2: Making sure the greenscreen layer is selected in your timeline (circled) go to EFFECT> KEYING > COLOR KEY. A new window will pop up showing you the Color Key attributes.
Step 3: Click on the color picker (circled) and move your cursor over to your image, then click on an area that is a fairly even level of green (or blue) Immediately you should see some of the green disappear. This example isn't amazingly flat, which is ideal for this tutorial.
Step 4: Now using the color tolerance slider, move the bar to the right and watch as more of the green disappears from your image.
Remember: Don't get too 'greedy' and try to key out too much is one pass. The picture above has removed most of the green, but also half of the actors face, it's better to use multiple passes.
Step 5: Setting the Color Tolerance back to 75 we obviously have an area that we can't 'get' in one pass, so we'll need to make another color key pass to remove this area of unevenly lit greenscreen.
Step 6: Repeat the process we used in step 2 (EFFECT> KEYING > COLOR KEY). Now you will have a second Color Key dialogue box in your effects control palette. Again using the color picker highlight the mid range colour that needs to be removed (circled in red in step 5) Again using the Color Tolerance, move the slider until all of this green disappears. In this clip it was completely removed at 50. So that's your greenscreen keying finished then!
Or is it? What's that nasty green jagged line around the edge of Luke's chair then?
Step 13: We're in the home straight now. We have our three layers (two keyed & one background) and we are pretty well finished, but there is still a vague green glow around the edge of your subject, caused by light spilling onto your subject from your greenscreen. Let's get rid of that. Click on the greenscreen layer and go to EFFECT > ADJUST > SATURATION. In the 'effect control' palette, pull down the menu next to channel control to make 'greens' active (if you where using a bluescreen you would of course highlight 'blues)' Now just reduce the Saturation on this channel until the green spill has vanished, also mess around with the 'Green Lightness' slider and see what gives you the best results.
Creating a custom (blue)screen tutorial is an impossible task. No two keying operations are the same. Above are some broadbrush principles you can use to help you create better keys for yourself using Adobe After Effects 4. Try out these techniques, expirement with the settings and see what works for you. Hopefully this tutorial will be the first step in creating better bluescreen keys in your project. Good luck!


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Discussing the Future of Taylor, TX at Davis Grocery & Bar-B-Q
We entered Taylor from the southeast, coming from Snow's and headed to Louie Mueller, two "must" destinations on our second Texas BBQ Tour. Just as our post-brisket lull was converting into next-brisket excitement, one of us looked to the left and saw a simple but sturdy-looking building labeled DAVIS GROCERY AND BAR-B-Q. We made a mental note and drove on. We didn't have space on the agenda, or in our stomachs, for an additional stop.
We spent the next 10 years wondering what was inside Davis Grocery.
We finally put Davis Grocery & Bar-B-Q into the "must" bracket for our fifth Texas BBQ Tour. Taylor is 30-odd miles from Austin, and sampling some barbecued mutton sounded like a perfect way to spend an afternoon between night shifts at The Continental Club.
Davis Grocery is closer to the rural outskirts of Taylor than to its downtown. With its corrugated metal siding and security bars, it could easily be mistaken for a barn or light-industrial workshop if not for that simple and declarative sign.
We found the interior to be exactly as advertised. There was a barbecue counter in front of a kitchen, and aisles of groceries further into the store. Behind the counter was the Reverend James Davis.
We said hello and chatted with Rev. Davis briefly. He was soft spoken, reserved, and kind enough to let us take some photos as he prepared us plates of mutton, sausage, jambalaya, Cajun cabbage, and corn.
Rev. Davis carved each of us a serving of mutton ribs, and these were a treat. Most of the mutton we've had in recent years has come from Kentucky where it is normally served either chopped or burgoo'd. Texas mutton is generally served on the bone, and this pushes the flavor-to-grease ratio into the eater's favor. We tried to ask Rev. Davis how he prepared his 'cue, but all he would reveal was that "It's holy smoked."
The sausage was sweet, hot, and yielded a satisfying crunch when cut. The cabbage and corn were prepared with healthy doses of heat and spice, as was the jambalaya. The latter is not normally found in Central Texas, and this made us ask Rev. Davis how it got on his menu. All he said was that the jambalaya was a family recipe, and that he was proud to serve it.
The man was a Sphinx.
Once we started eating, the grocery fell into silence. There was no music playing, and no chatter between the staff and customers. All we heard were the clicks of our camera shutters, the whir of refrigerator compressors, and the sounds of work being done in the kitchen.
We were just about done with our meals when one of Rev. Davis's employees (who asked to remain anonymous) came over and asked how we liked the food and why we had so many cameras with us. This opened a floodgate of conversation that lasted for nearly three hours, replenishing itself as customers, friends, and family members were drawn into its currents.
And boy did those currents vary!
What started out as conversation about barbecue, art, and travel soon evolved into something else entirely. Here are a few of the things that we learned:
Where the best tacos, craft beer, and pizza buffet were in Taylor.
Where the best art galleries and music venues were in Taylor.
Who to say sent us to these places.
That we had come in on Davis Grocery's 25th anniversary.
Where to get a car detailed before the next local car meetup.
Where the local car meetups took place.
How often the local car meetups turned into drag races.
That Rev. Davis was inspired by God to start his barbecue business.
That someone in town had created their own car paint color.
That the color was called Midnight Starlight and had a shimmering effect.
The location of the house used in various Texas Chainsaw Massacre films.
The location of Davis Grocery's restroom.
That a local psychic had helped area police solve unsolvable murders.
That a local fire station had been turned into a brewery.
That a local five-and-dime had been turned into a banquet hall.
That a good coffee shop was in a mixed-use historical redevelopment project on Main Street.
This was our fourth trip to Taylor and the first time we had heard any of this. Taylor had always seemed rather quiet to us, but these Taylorites made it sound like there was a lot going on here that could appeal to a lot of different people.
We were intrigued. We were also cynical and guessed that this downtown investment boom was due to investors betting that the appeal of making Austin money while paying Taylor rent would increase with every building they refurbished and repurposed.
We thanked our hosts, said our goodbyes, and headed to the McCrory Timmerman Building, the location of that coffee shop. Based on all that we had heard, if we only had time to see one part of the New Downtown, that should be it.
A former department store, the McCrory Timmerman Building was now a mixed-use complex complete with lofts, brewery, coffee bar, and art gallery. It was nearing closing time when we arrived, but we had just enough time to grab a coffee and walk around the building.
It felt like a small-scale version of Memphis's Crosstown Concourse, another new center of culture and commerce opened within a formerly vacant building. The comments we heard in Davis Grocery echoed the sense of pride and excitement our friends in Memphis have used when talking about Crosstown. (We'll have much more to say about this another time.)
Both of these redevelopment projects were injecting new life into their cities, literally filling economic spaces that had been empty. They were places to go, destinations to recommend to others, and perhaps symbols of additional investments yet to come.
One of the Taylorites in Davis Grocery summed all this up while talking about the five-and-dime redeveloped into a beer-and-banquet hall: "They're making Taylor come alive."
Now, just one year later, COVID-19 has made the idea of two out of towners walking into a small restaurant and sitting down for a three-hour conversation with various locals, and then casually walking around a large mixed-use complex unlikely to happen again anytime soon.
And maybe it is.
But there are plenty of local groceries, restaurants, and shops who could still use that kind of business. Placing an order by calling these businesses directly — ideally via their actual phone numbers — may not be the same as exploring a new city, but it will help keep them open.
After all, while we enjoyed looking at the new businesses in Taylor, we never would have known about them if we hadn't initially gone to a small business that has now been serving the local community for over twenty-five years.
And if you find yourself in Taylor, TX, you can reach Davis Grocery at (512) 352-8111. Despite the COVID crisis, Rev. Davis is still serving his "holy smoked" 'cue at both his restaurant, and via the Texas Beer Company's McCrory Timmerman taproom.
Essay by Dan Meade
Photos by Dan Meade & Rob Bellinger
Date of Publication: 8/06/2020
Date of visit: 3/04/2019
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"Harley Flanagan's incredible story is not just the history of New York hard core, of which he is a founding father, but a history of New York itself," wrote dear friend and fan, Anthony Bourdain, for the cover of Harleys recently-published memoire, Hard Core: Life of My Own.
Raised in Europe and on New York's gritty Lower East Side among iconic figures like Allen Ginsberg, Richard Hell, Debbie Harry, the Ramones, Andy Warhol and the Clash, Harley began his own musical career at age 11, performing at legendary hangouts like Max's Kansas City and CBGBs, as the drummer for the classic NYC Punk band, the Stimulators.
By the early 80s Harley founded the seminal Hardcore band, Cro-Mags, writing the majority of their music and channeling his powerful survival instinct into the blistering soundtrack and storyline for the 80's and 90's.
Dave Grohl, among others, has often said there would be no Metallica, Green Day or Foo Fighters without the Cro-Mags. In March 2019, Harley was featured among America's punk pioneers and the U.K.'s most notorious bands in PUNK, a four-part docuseries on EPIX from executive producer John Varvatos and punk music legend Iggy Pop.
In a world searching for authenticity- it doesn't get any more real than Harley. His ever-growing popularity with audiences outside of the Punk and Hardcore world, is a testament to the ORIGINS of alternative music and lost histories from the visionaries who created it.
At his core, there is a softer side of Harley. He spends hours responding to kids and adults who reach out to him on social media in their darkest hours. In his podcasts and posts, he is an advocate for mental health and an inspiring voice for PTSD. He is a loving father, devoted husband, outstanding friend and is in the process of creating a foundation that supports animal charities and underprivileged kids.
He is a 2nd degree blackbelt under Master Renzo Gracie and has been a BJJ practitioner since Renzo first arrived in New York in the mid-1990s. He has been teaching–and now directing–the kids' program at Renzo's flagship academy in NYC for the last 10 years.
Harley Flanagan is on fire these days! Between the Cro-Mags appearing with The Misfits, to completing the Cro-Mags first album in nearly 20 years, to scoring his first feature film – and acting in it, as well–at 52 he says "I feel stronger, happier mentally, spiritually and physically then I have in years, and I am looking forward to the future."
Raised in Europe and on New York's gritty Lower East Side among iconic figures like Allen Ginsberg, Richard Hell, Debbie Harry, the Ramones, Andy Warhol and the Clash, Harley began his own musical career at age 12, performing at legendary hangouts like Max's Kansas City and CBGBs, as the drummer for the classic NYC Punk band, the Stimulators. His literary career began at age seven with the creation of his first book – a collection of illustrations and stories which was published when he was nine. Allen Ginsberg wrote the introduction.
During this same time period, this feral street kid prodigy founded the seminal Hardcore band, Cro-Mags, writing the majority of their music and channeling his powerful survival instinct into the blistering soundtrack and storyline for the 80's and 90's.
Harley's ever-growing popularity with audiences outside of the Punk and Hardcore world, is a testament to the ORIGINS of alternative music and lost histories from the visionaries who created it. It has often been said, there would be no Metallica, Green Day or Foo Fighters without the Cro-Mags. In a world searching for authenticity- it doesn't get any more real than Harley.
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Tata Communications, Mahanagar Gas to deploy 5,000 smart gas meters in Mumbai
Tata communications mahanagar gas deploy 5000 smart gas meters mumbai >
Smart gas meters will enable households and businesses to monitor their gas use more accurately in real-time, paving the way for greater operational efficiency for MGL
Tata Communications, a leading digital infrastructure provider, is working with Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL), one of India's leading natural gas distribution companies, to deploy 5,000 smart gas meters in Mumbai. The new smart meters will give households and businesses unprecedented visibility and control over their gas usage, and enable MGL to enhance operational efficiencies.
As the global smart gas meter market is set to grow from around USD 1.59 billion in 2016 to USD 2.27 billion by 2021, it is expected that there will be around 130 million smart meters across India in the next three years.
MGL's new smart meters will be equipped with reliable, secure connectivity provided by Tata Communications' public Internet of Things (IoT) network. This infrastructure is based on an ultra-low-power, long-range LoRaWAN network, which enables MGL to simultaneously monitor thousands of smart meters. It means that its customers won't have to manually check their gas meter readings – instead the smart system will automatically track their gas usage.
"We want to help our customers better understand their energy use, save money and reduce their carbon footprint – while improving our own operational efficiencies," said Rajeev Mathur, Managing Director Mahanagar Gas Limited. "Smart meters connected to Tata Communications' IoT network will enable households and businesses to access insights on their gas usage in real-time using an interactive online dashboard."
"Our recent India-wide research found that the home is where people expect IoT to make a big difference, with over 90% of people surveyed saying that they would like to use IoT to monitor their home appliances remotely in real-time, for example," said VS Shridhar, Senior Vice President and Head for Internet of Things, Tata Communications. "Smart metering is one of many IoT-enabled applications that could transform how people live and engage with the world around them, and how businesses operate and engage with their customers. We look forward to working with MGL and other innovative utility companies, as they harness the power of IoT to improve the way they serve their customers and manage all aspects of their operations."
Tata Communications is building the foundation for IoT in India with the world's largest IoT network, spanning nearly 2,000 communities and touching over 400 million people in total. To-date, the company has rolled out the LoRaWAN network in 38 cities, with more cities planned for implementation over the next two years.
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Q: Vim loses undo history when changing buffers If I'm working in a file, change to another buffer, and then change back, I have lost my undo history.

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*vim File1.txt - make a bunch of changes & save.

*Open new buffer - :e test.txt

*Switch back to File1.txt - :b#

*Undo history is gone.

Any workarounds for this?

A: You could :set hidden. This means that the buffer of the old file will only be hidden when you switch to the new file. When you switch back, you still have your undo history.

A: You can also add persistent undo, this will have vim store your undo even through restart:
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set undolevels=1000
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Edit - via @sanbor:
Don't forget to do mkdir ~/.vim/undo, otherwise vim won't do it for you.


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New format at hit at HITZ
Published:Thursday | February 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Kerry 'Kiki' Thoms
Dr Dennis Howard
A full year after major changes were made - including the addition of groundbreaking programmes, new personnel, and a renewed focus - the management of Hitz 92 FM is confident that the station is moving in the right direction.
General Manager for Radio Services at the RJRGLEANER Communications Group, Dr Dennis Howard, is confident things are on the right trajectory "based on the anecdotal evidence."
Howard explained that the fundamental change in January 2017 was that "we switched to sports and reggae, but it also included dancehall." The dancehall component was dropped shortly after.
Said Howard: "My strategy overall for the five radio brands (within the RJRGLEANER Group) was differentiation. Every radio station must be catering to a specific audience. I know that there will be some amount of cross-threading, but people must know what they are going to the station for. So, Hitz is now sports and reggae and not sports, reggae, and dancehall."
The reggae offerings aside, lovers of rocksteady can also tune in to Hitz 92 FM because according to Howard, "it sort of comes under the reggae umbrella."
Kiki's 'Reggae Beat'
To shore up its already established reggae programming, well-known media personality Kerry 'Kiki' Thoms has been added to the Hitz roster. Her show 'Reggae Beat' is aired Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Thoms said that she only started two weeks ago so it is too early to gauge feedback, however, she is upbeat about the programme, which, among other things, offers information on reggae from a global perspective.
"Although we have just started, people have been calling to ask about it," she said. Thoms described 'Reggae Beat' as an " exposÈ on everything reggae." "We talk about the artistes and their nominations (for awards), we talk about new albums and new releases, and we also provide information on persons who are considered icons of reggae music. In essence, everything to do with reggae," she emphasised. Thoms said that it was important to have programmes dedicated to reggae, a genre created by Jamaicans but which she noted was being taken over by other countries. "We're doing our part to ensure that we preserve that part of our culture," she said.
Thoms is also the host of 'Hitz Reggae Express', which is aired between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Saturdays. Apart from playing hits from yesteryear, the programme also has a half-hour feature on reggae artistes each week. Thoms said that her goal is to use the platform she has to encourage and inspire persons regardless of their particular circumstance, and so she encourages persons to tune in.
Coming soon: Rototom Sunsplash
In the meantime, Howard revealed that this summer, Hitz will bring a major global reggae festival into the homes of its listeners - the seven-day Rototom Sunsplash in Spain which runs from from August 16-22. Howard said that Hitz will be carrying excerpts from the concert itself as well as links to the university and the radio station that are connected to the festival.
The Hitz roster and lineup are quite formidable. It includes veterans Owen Brown, Garfield Hamilton, Dalton Leith, Troy McLean, Rodrick Howell, Jenny Jenny, Scott Wilson, Earl Bailey, and Oral Tracey on 'Sports Explosion', which is aired weekdays 9 a.m. to 11a.m., and the groundbreaking Girls Sports Club with its all-female cast of Trishana McGowan and Karen Madden, which is aired weekdays from 12:15 p.m. to 2 p.m.
"The aim is to make Hitz 92 an international source for reggae music and for Jamaican sport," Howard said. He believes he has the talent and the programmes to achieve this.
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Looking for a car dock for your smartphone? Well we've got a bunch of car docks that work for multiple smartphones so that you don't need a new one the next time you buy a new phone. Pretty slick right? Let's check out some of our favorites.
The Alpatronix MX101 is the intersection of every operation you do on your Smartphone or portable GPS device, while keeping charger cords to a minimum and out of your way. The MX101 Universal bracket can accommodate all different sizes of smartphones and hold them up for you to view (for GPS or roadside assistance purposes). With the dual USB charger, you can charge up to two electronic devices simultaneously such as GPS units, tablets, gaming devices or other smartphones.
Features Qi Standard Wireless Charging for Qi enabled devices like the Google Nexus 5/4, LG G2, Motorola Droid MAXX/Mini, HTC Droid DNA/8X, Nokia Lumia 920/928, and devices that require their own separate charging adapters such as the Galaxy S5/S4/S3/Note 3/ Note 2. Installation includes suction mount & air vent mount. Designed to charge your phone quickly & easily once it is placed into the holder.
The Grip King Universal Mount has raised rubber teeth to support your device so there's no accidental falls. Wide 4 1/2" arms for handling large phones like the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 or IPhone 6 Plus. Full 360 degree turn for viewing at all angles. Requires no suction cup, tools, or glue to mount. Adjustable support foot for phones without cases.
Sticky suction mount provides a maximum bond on smooth and slightly textured surfaces. Mobile Grip 2 Holder is iPhone 6 and 6 Plus iPhone 5 5S 5C compatible. Suction mount arm adjusts vertically and provides 360 degree rotation. 2 year limited warranty.
Keep your phone charged and in a secure and easy to view position while driving. The xProDock is case compatible. Listen to Music & GPS Apps through car-stereo using the included Dock'n Play cable (3.5 mm aux-in required on car-stereo). 2 meter cable allows left side of steering wheel placement. Actives "dock-mode", use free Dock'n Drive App when driving. Open camera view for dash cam functionality. 2 year iBOLT manufacturers warranty. Type in "ibxs-33603" on YouTube to view product demo.
Universal 180 degree rotating car holder with USB charger for smartphones. Works in all cars, easy to use. Adjustable rotation for 180 degrees. With fashionable goose neck design, support all direction circumgyrated. Built-in USB car charger, quick speed and high efficiency charging. Over current and over voltage protection. High quality PC and ABS material. Non-slip feet, keep your cellphone in holder steadily.
This NFC Car mount from Tylt allows you to automatically put your phone in car mode when attached and it's a universal mount so it'll work with just about any phone.