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Recording room: thermal insulation affecting sound??
My room has two concrete walls with Styrofoam attached to it, which then was plastered.
the ceiling also has some kind of styrofoam with a thin layer of plastik on it. but the surface isn't even. both for thermal insulation.
I was just wondering if those two walls and ceiling were good or bad for overall sound.. should I leave it, or should i mount drywall or wood in those walls. or maybe something else?
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should i stick with it, or build a wooden ceiling on it?
now there are lot of flutter echos, and that standing wave at about 80 Hz that i ever had. but the room isn't too bright. probably because of the ceiling. would be glad, if someone could agree to that, or decline it.
then i will install 2 superchunks and i'll probably need a helmholz absorber for that standing wave, i think i will still have. afterwards i will take care of the remaining flutter echos with some diffuser.
I've attached a scetch of my room, in order to make thing clearer. floor is wood on some damping material made for floors. don't know what exactly it is.
Post some pics and add your speakers, mix desk, etcetera to the sketch.
Scott R. Foster wrote: Post some pics and add your speakers, mix desk, etcetera to the sketch.
emm, sorry, this room won't have a mixing desk, or speakers.. it's where i'll put the instruments i'm recording.. i thought this would be clear with the title. sorry about that.
anyway, i would greatly appreciate if you could comment my actual plans.
Dammit.. you need smarter people reading your threads!
OK, now that I'm on the same page [to the extent I ever will be anyway]... pics will still help... to understand the finish you have to work with.. also, how stiff are the platerboard walls? Do they resonante if you thump em with your fist? How about the plastered foam on the concrete walls, does this stuff resonate when you thump it, or is it pretty dead? What about the ceiling?
Also, maybe put a cute flutist in a rubber mini-skirt in the pics?
Our forum could use a New Year's boost..
i will take some pics tomorrow, getting late here at the moment.
anyway, the shorter plasterboard wall has a definite resonation, it's about the frequency i have the standing wave. the other plasterboard wall seems much better. (strange, they're being build the same way) only if i hit near the corner, i could hear a frequency similar to the other wall.
plasterboard walls are 2 sheet of plasterboard on each side, with rockwool in between. mounted on aluminium beams.
the concrete walls as well as the ceiling, does just "plock". it has a tone, but no real sustain. like knocking on wood, but more like some hollow wood.
Ok, here are some pic. i hope they are ok, and help a bit.
on the left the longer plasterboard wall. on the right the concrete wall.
the wooden floor. both concrete walls again.
Is the room OK from a isolation stand point... in other words, are we only concerned with internal acoustics?
1) The room is small, so I am inclined to start with an absorptive ceiling... I can't imagine the one you have is very absorptive across the band, and it looks like hell in the pics... how does the idea of a grid and tile suspended ceiling system with track lighting strike you? If you have enough ceiling height to drop the grid about 300 mm from the current ceiling you should have enough room to slip some rockwool batts on top of the tiles for a nice broadband absorption layer from wall to wall across the ceiling that works fairly low in the band? If you can't drop the grid that low then you need to try and get the tiles themselves to work as low in the band as possible... maybe buy some very thick tiles, or make your own out of cloth covered mineral fiber... I'd try to go at least 50 mm thick on the ceiling tiles/panels. Either way you get an absorptive ceiling and a nice new finished look.
2) I like tight rooms.. nothing sounds crappier to me than a room that ratlles and hums... how to tighten up that plasterboard wall that resoantes? More screws? Another layer of drywall? Both?
3) If you are buying factory made treatment, I'd look for foam corner wedges like the Auralex ML's and some thick foam panels for the side wall and such diffusion as you can afford for the rear wall - also, if you go factory made, there are drop in diffusers for grid ceilings which might be fun to play with [and look cool].
4) If you are going DIY I see no reason to vary from my standard advice... I like the Superchunks in all four corners, thick mineral fiber panels at the side wall reflection points [mirror trick], and polys on the rear wall.
the ceiling doesn't look good indeed. When i build that room a few years ago, i wasn't concerned about accoustic treatment too much, so i put some carpet to the ceiling. but at some point it sounded far too dead. especially in the high frequencies.
you think i should put 50 mm mineral fibre and cloth onto the existing ceiling, hope i understood that right?
what do you mean with tiles. i couldn't find the right word to translate it. sorry, english isn't my native language.
having an absorptive ceiling, i fear the room coud feel too dead again, but maybe i'm wrong here.
i thought the frequency i hear wenn hitting the wall, had to do something with room modes. but maybe i might be wrong here, too. but will try the screws now. i could add another layer afterwards, if it won't help.
treatment will be as DIY as possible.
I've been putting some more screws in my walls. seems to get a bit better, but if i strike the wall at a place where no beams is, the tone is quite there. So, i will get some plasterboard tomorrow. i think the thick ones might just be right, aren't they??
I also just had to place that bassdrum in there again, to see if something has changed. i think it now depends more on the place where you stand in the room, if you have that frequency hum.
what do you think about a checkerboard pattern ceiling? having one board with mineral fibre and the next with wood or mdf. i then could probably mount lights on, or in the wooden ones.. or would it acoustically be better to stick just with fibre mineral all the way.??
Heraclith is, as far as i know, cemented wood curls (don't know the propper english word).
It does work, but not for mid and low mid treatment.
But i think it is heratekta, which is made for cellar rooms, mainly as thermal insulation. there is a simliar produkt called heraklith that's made for accoustical purposes and some other stuff.
now what's to do whith that ceiling. if i had more height everything would be cool. but i haven't, and i still don't like moving that heratekta or what ever it is. this would also mean heaving a could ceiling. it's the garage that's over my room, and winter is cold here... will think about that later on tonight..
anyway, tomorrow will be strengthening that wall..
by the way, any comment by anyone is shurely appreciated.. I'm quite unsure about a lot of the things i plan to do. so, every post will help.
Scotts advice sounds pretty good, as always.
You could also do a quickfield-like thing, absorp a piece of wall, leave a piece bare or diffuse, etc.
Bert, you mean just the heraklit itself, right?
heraklit on construction with ~ 5 cm airgap filled wool should be good.
I should have specs somewhere.
to those who don't know it, heraklit, or tectum, is perhaps the most durable of absorbers, suitable for gyms with kids etc.
some even like the way it looks.
now there is a smoother version, more finesse.
hmm, is that heraclith now good or bad? maybe i just could make a checkerboard pattern with cloth and wood.
Because i don't have roomheight to spend, i won't probably get good absorbtion from that thin layer of minral fibre.
Applying some wood and cloth to the ceiling would look nice and some frequencies would be absorbed by the heraclith. Then i ve got to get the main absorbtion from absorbers in the corners or walls. Would this cause any problems or negative effects, or could i go for this?
to me it seems like a good compromise, but i might have overlooked something, as i don't have much experience with acoustic treatment. i hope i'm not being unpolite, asking so many questions.
and consider filling the grid with either stand acoustic tiles covered with insulation batts... or make your own tiles by cloth covering thick mineral fiber panels and setting those in the grid - if you make your own use a grid the same size as the mineral fiber panels you are going to use, so you don't have to cut them [on the order of 2' x 4' most likely], also I'd I'd try and make em at least 2" / 50mm thick, but the the thicker the better.
OTOH you could just build a light wooden frame and fill it with mineral fiber and cover it with cloth using something like 1x liumber to trim the edges and seams.
Bottom line is I'd try and make the whole ceiling a braodband absorber... do this, add corner absorbers, and tighten up that wall and you should get a more balanced room [lows to highs].
PS: What about the back side of that boomy wall??? Does adding more screws there tighten it up any? If you add another layer, I would think thicker is better, and I would guess that adding it to the interior side would be best.
Nuuk wrote: hmm, is that heraclith now good or bad? .
it could have been good (maybe) if there was airspace+ wool.
since I see you said there isn't , forget it and go along with all the good advice you got.
ok, then ceiling will be fully absorbtive. I'm still argueing with the thought of removing the heraclith. I'll try removing some when the wall is strengthened. Just arrived from buying the plasterboard. Will level out the existing wall and then add the new plasterboard layer after lunch.


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Three books that are amongst the best that I have read are Quiet by Susan Cain, The Go-Giver by Bob Burg & John David Mann, and Give & Take by Adam Grant. These books have spurred widespread discussion and, personally, made me reflect on being a better person in terms of listening and being more of a "strategic giver."
Grant is an author I came to know after hearing him speak at the University of Toronto a couple years ago about his previous best-seller Give and Take. When I learned Grant's newest book Originals would be released on February 2nd; I looked forward to it. Especially after I completed this 5-minute quiz to see if I knew what it took to be original. Questions asked such as "Compared to the general population, entrepreneurs tend to be: (a) More risk-averse (b) Less risk-averse or (c) Really, really, ridiculously good looking."
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As I started reading Originals, its overarching theme about "How Non-Conformists Move The World" challenges some common assumptions made about innovators, disruptors and leaders.
I reflected on my tour of duty at Apple as Grant writes in Originals how a manager at Apple had the courage to challenge Steve Jobs. That sounds easy when Apple's own television ads celebrate "Thinking Different." But based on my experience at Apple it's easier said than done. Grant's research further revealed my loyalty to the Safari browser might be an indicator that I'm not very original.
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In my life, one person who consistently and quietly conducts herself as an "original" is my wife. There are others who I'm blessed to have in my life that share this special mindset from mentors, advisor to foundational clients that we've worked together with over the years. Based on my experience as an educator who works closely with senior executives, I've realized what separates "managers" from "Originals" (leaders) are those willing to speak up when it's needed. They possess a natural curiosity and a powerful desire to continuously learn. Where they don't allow their ego to get in the way of opening their minds or admitting they don't always have all the answers. Where they have enough humility to ask for directions when lost.
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The History and Story Behind the Buick Logo
ByLily Wordsmith Posted on April 29, 2021 November 7, 2022 Updated on November 7, 2022
Buick is an American car brand that is now a division of General Motors that has a history dating back to the end of the 19th century. Like all car brands, the Buick logo has become an important part of the company's image. Here is an overview of Buick, along with a look at the history and story behind the Buick logo.
1 An Overview of Buick
2 The Original Buick Logo
3 Changes to the Logo Up to 1949
4 Buick Logo Changes from 1949 Onwards
5 The Current Buick Logo
An Overview of Buick
Buick was founded in 1899 by David Dunbar Buick, and it was originally called Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company. It then became the Buick Motor Company in 1903. William C. Durant was the general manager and a major investor in the car brand, and he was responsible for a series of corporate acquisitions that led to the company becoming a mega-corporation called General Motors, of which Buick was retained as a division. By the 1920s, Buick had earned a reputation for quality and became the car of choice for those who wanted to show their status in society. It is an image that the brand has retained throughout its history, and Buick is still considered a quality brand. The main markets for vehicles manufactured by Buicks are now China, the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
The Original Buick Logo
Although Buick was founded in 1899, they did not produce their first car until 1904. At this time, the company introduced its first known car logo, and they used it for just one year. Despite its short existence, it is considered one of the most iconic car brand logos of all time. The logo had a sepia palette and depicted a man walking across a globe and dragging a Buick engine on a wheeled cart, says 1000 logos. Some say that the man in the photograph is Uncle Sam. The slogan, "Known all over the world," often accompanied the original logo.
Changes to the Logo Up to 1949
The first change Buick made to its logo was in 1905, and it was a circle with the word Buick inside, written in a custom hand-drawn typeface. Around the rim of the circle were the words "The Car of Quality." In 1911, Buick attempted to make their logo more contemporary, although some people felt that the new design was difficult to understand. The outer shape of the logo was a large letter 'B.' Inside this letter, across the middle horizontal line of the 'B' was the letters' UICK' to spell the word 'BUICK.' This logo was short-lived, as it was replaced in 1913 by a wordmark-based logo. It featured a white rectangle with a smaller blue rectangle inside. The word 'Buick was written diagonally across the rectangles in white lettering with a black outline. This version of the logo is one of the longest-standing, as Buick used it for 17 years. In 1930, Buick redesigned the logo using a more modern typeface and changed the color scheme to red and silver. The word Buick is written diagonally in red, with the word outlined in silver. Buick used this wordmark until 1937.
Buick first introduced a crest into its logo in 1937. The crest's design was based on the company founder's ancient family coat of arms. It featured a terracotta background with a diagonal stripe across the middle with a checkered black and white pattern. The crest's upper-right triangle had an image of a deer in gold, while the lower-left triangle featured a golden cross with a terracotta circle at its center. The second version of the Buick crest was introduced in 1939 and used until 1942. Many elements of the original crest design remained, including the diagonal checkered line and the gold images of the deer and the cross. However, the crest was elongated and made narrower, and the terracotta background was changed to red. In 1942, Buick redesigned the crest again. The crest was given a new shape, and they replaced the black and white checkered line with a diagonal stripe with a blue and white rhombus pattern. Although the gold deer and cross remained, they had a more ornate design. The crest was placed on a black circle, and Buick added golden ornamental features above and below the crest. Buick simplified the design in 1947 and reinstated the terracotta background of the crest. A black rectangle replaced the black circle, and the ornate details disappeared. However, the wide, curved shape of the crest remained, as did the blue and white stripe and the deer and cross images.
Buick Logo Changes from 1949 Onwards
The next time Buick changed the design was in 1949 when the background returned to red, and the golden tones were replaced by silver. Buick used this logo for a decade before redesigning it in 1959, when they made some radical changes. Instead of using a single crest, they used three crests staggered inside a circle. The three crests each had a different background color; red, white, and blue. According to Penske Social, the three crests were intended to represent the three car models manufactured by Buick at that time. Although the crests were different colors, they all featured the same design of a black and white diagonal stripe, a deer, and the cross. In 1975, Buick made one of the most significant changes to the brand image, as they got rid of the crest completely from the logo design. They replaced the crest with a hawk inside a circle. The redesign coincided with the launch of the Buick Skyhawk model.
Just a year later, Buick redesigned its logo once more. The new logo was a red rectangle with the word 'BUICK' written on the lower half in white lettering. A hawk sits on top of the 'I' with its wings outstretched. Buick reverted back to using crests in the logo in 1980, taking inspiration from the former logo that featured three crests in different colors. However, they had refined the previous version for a simpler look. The crests now had red, gray, and blue backgrounds, the checkered stripe was replaced by a simple white stripe, and the deer and cross images were removed. Each of the crests had a gray outline and sat inside a gray circle. The word 'BUICK' appeared in bold blue lettering below the circle.
The Current Buick Logo
In 2002, Buick further simplified the tri-crest design using only silver as an outline for the circle and the crests and also for the diagonal stripe across each crest. Buick used this logo until 2015. Buick currently uses a logo that is a combination of the previous two logos. It is the same as the logo introduced in 2002, but the company reinstated the colors of the crests, so there are blue, gray, and red crests with silver outlines and stripes within a silver circle.
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Nothing is more explosive than the pre-credits sequences for Fernando DiLeo's crime films and the opening of Milano Calibro 9 is no different. Let's just say when you cross the mob in this film, they will literally blow you up!
An ex-con named Ugo Piazza (The Godfather II's Gastone Moschin) has just been released from jail. His fellow mafia members led by the loudmouth tough guy Rocco (Mario Adorf) are waiting for him. It seems that Milan mob boss Marcado (Lionel Stander) and everyone in his "family" think he stole $300,000 of their money before being imprisoned but Ugo flatly denies it at every prodding or beating by Rocco and his men.
The film revolves around Ugo, but Mario Adorf's Rocco steals every scene. This guy is like a bull in a china shop. He looks like a shorter fatter Italian Clark Gable. Gastone Moschin is great as the stoic, cool Ugo. He doesn't talk a lot, instead he goes for a more subdued style mostly reacting to those around him instead of acting over the top. Nevertheless he really is great in the movie. Ugo goes to visit his buddy Kino (Phillipe Leroy) the only guy he really trusts, to see if he can borrow some money to pay for a hotel room Rocco destroyed during one of their friendly "visits". Not long after Ugo arrives at Kino's flat, Rocco comes barging in once again trying to start trouble. He grabs the money Kino lent Ugo but Kino goes nuts and starts beating up Rocco and his men, then Ugo gets into it. Rocco totally turns a 180 and backs right down seeing he's outmanned. Ugo continues to try to evade the Marcado and Rocco's wrath but he's going to have to pull out all the stops to get free of their neverending harassment.
For fans of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns you'll notice several familiar faces including Lionel Stander (Once Upon a Time in The West) as well as Luigi Pistilli (The Good the Bad and the Ugly) and Frank Wolff (Once Upon A Time in the West) as the main police inspectors. Ugo's main squeeze in the film is none other than the beautiful blonde haired Barbara Bouchet. She plays Nelly Borden, a nightclub "performer" that Ugo lives with.
The story for this film has some really great twists, especially towards the end where you realize the rugs been pulled out from you all along. The last scene is especially memorable because it involves a change of heart by one of the film's toughest characters.
Milano Calibro 9's score is another knockout by Luis Enriquez Bacalov & pop group Osanna.
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The closing announcement was posted Sunday night on the restaurant's Facebook page: "We are sad to announce that today, Sunday, January 6th, is Punk's final day of business. We are tremendously grateful to all of our loyal customers and to the Annapolis community. Thank you all for making our four years of business so fun, exciting and delicious."
The restaurant was the brainchild of McCabe, Sheila Laderberg and Jeffrey Sloan, who met at the highly regarded Cornell School of Hotel Administration, where their Punk's concept won the school's annual restaurant-concept contest.
Many Facebook comments expressed sadness that Westfield Annapolis Mall was losing not only a healthy alternative for family dining but the mall's one locally owned restaurant. Westfield's remaining tenants include California Pizza Kitchen, Cheesecake Factory, Five Guys and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers.
Update: The 4 Seasons Grille, part of the Annapolis-based Monte Restaurant Group, opened recently in the Westfield Annapolis Mall.
McCabe said that he and his partners had long been working to renegotiate their lease with Westfield, whose U.S. offices are in Los Angeles. "There are some people at (Annapolis) Westfield who tried to help us, but they're not the ones making the decision at the end of the day, it seems. We were told around Thanksgiving that we were close to a deal," McCabe said. Instead, word came that the deal was off and Punk's was being evicted.
Punk's last day of tenancy is Jan. 15, but McCabe said they closed earlier to shut down the business properly. "One of the things we feel really good about is the concept. It has a lot of potential. The response in Annapolis has been great."
And, Eye on Annapolis is reporting that the New Parthenon Restaurant has closed. The restaurant had re-opened this spring under new ownership.


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Eric Burdon and the Animals, Mother Earth, Hour Glass; Fillmore Auditorium, October 19-21, 1967 by Bonnie MacLean.
• RIP Bonnie MacLean, another of the original San Francisco poster artists, and the only woman of note in the US psychedelic poster scene. (Not the only woman, however; in Europe we had Marijke Koger.) Related: Bonnie MacLean's posters at Wolfgang's. And RIP to illustrator Tom Adams, an artist whose exceptional covers for novels by Agatha Christie are only one part of a long and varied career.
• The Litanies Of Satan (1982), the short but uncompromising debut album by Diamanda Galás, is reissued on Galás's own label later this month. Further albums from her remarkable back catalogue will follow. Related: video of Galás performing The Litanies Of Satan in 1985.
• "Scorsese is amazed that United Artists didn't touch one frame of Raging Bull, since it's the first time in his life as a feature director that this has apparently occurred." In 1981 Derek Malcolm talked to Martin Scorsese about his reasons for making a boxing picture.
"…in a post-AIDS world, its scenes of mass male-on-male decadence evoke a sense of the spiritual: Not to put so blunt a phrase on it, but the majority of the men we see in Cruising's bars would likely die within the next decade, victims of a very heterosexual genocide of neglect. These are blurred, melancholic memories locked forever within Cruising's celluloid; a phantasmagoria of men whose liberation was not legislatively delivered, but recovered in the privacy of leather bars and cruising joints. The film's overt sexuality makes it hard to escape a sense of catastrophic loss."
Jack King on William Friedkin's Cruising
• The Pet Shop Boys' eccentric feature film, It Couldn't Happen Here (1988), is released on blu-ray and DVD in June. The video for You Were Always On My Mind gives an idea of the contents.
• "Orion being one of the brightest constellations makes it a lot of people's favourites, and he was my favourite as a kid." Ben Chasny on his history of stargazing.
• "You think the Holy Grail is lost? No. I have it on my piano." John Boorman talks to Xan Brooks.
• Laura Cumming on the dark and haunting paintings of Belgian Symbolist Léon Spilliaert.
• Mix of the week: XLR8R Podcast 631 by Ondness.
• Alistair Ryder chooses 10 great killer plant films.
• Howl by John Foxx And The Maths.
• At Dennis Cooper's: Gleam.
• The Litanies Of Satan (1969) by Ruth White | Grail (1971) by Grail | Plants' Music (1981) by Ippu-Do
Author JohnPosted on February 16, 2020 Categories {art}, {design}, {electronica}, {film}, {gay}, {horror}, {music}, {painting}, {psychedelia}, {science fiction}, {science}, {symbolists}Tags Agatha Christie, Alistair Ryder, Ben Chasny, Bonnie MacLean, Dennis Cooper, Derek Malcolm, Diamanda Galás, Grail (group), Ippu-Do, Jack King, John Boorman, John Foxx, John Foxx And The Maths, Laura Cumming, Léon Spilliaert, Marijke Koger, Martin Scorsese, Ondness, Pet Shop Boys, Ruth White, Tom Adams, William Friedkin, Xan Brooks
Merlin building Stonehenge (14th century) from Folio 30r of British Library, Egerton 3028.
The Arthurian magus in art and illustration. Despite the antiquity of the Arthur legend there doesn't seem to be much early representation of Merlin outside a few drawings in old manuscripts. The British Library's folio showing the raising of Stonehenge is the oldest known depiction of the ancient structure.
Most of the pictures here are illustrations for the Merlin and Vivien section of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, the first book of which was published in 1859. Vivien (or Viviane, Nimue, etc) is the sorcerous Lady in the Lake who either imprisons Merlin underground or in a tree depending on whose account you read. Edward Burne-Jones' The Beguiling of Merlin has long been my favourite of that artist's paintings. This is only a very small selection of possible pictures, of course. A more complete catalogue would include Nicol Williamson in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981), a performance that some find overly mannered but one that I've always enjoyed.
Merlin and Vivien (1867) by Gustave Doré.
The Beguiling of Merlin (1874) by Edward Burne-Jones.
Continue reading "Merlin"
Author JohnPosted on December 23, 2015 Categories {art}, {books}, {illustrators}, {painting}Tags Alfred Tennyson, Arthur Rackham, Aubrey Beardsley, Burne Hogarth, Edward Burne-Jones, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Gustave Doré, HJ Ford, Howard Pyle, John Boorman, Lancelot Speed, Merlin, NC Wyeth, Nicol Williamson, Stonehenge3 Comments on Merlin
Studies in the Horror Film: The Exorcist edited by Danel Olson
Growing up in the 1970s put cinema-going kids of my generation in a frustrating position: we knew that the censorship of decades past was over but we weren't old enough to see any of the films benefiting from the relaxed strictures. Consequently some notorious releases grew larger in the imagination than they might have otherwise, especially when their cryptic titles—A Clockwork Orange, Straw Dogs—gave no clue as to their content. Looming larger and darker than all of these was William Friedkin's The Exorcist whose content was at least clear despite that vague poster design. The film arrived in Britain in March 1974 bearing a ferocious reputation thanks to tabloid reports of a cursed production and hysteria at US screenings. The film's power has been significantly reduced since its release, not least because of its enormous success which gave us two sequels, a prequel that went through three directors (and ended up as two separate films), a reworked version of the original in 2001, and all the endless parodyings of Linda Blair's torment.
Pazuzu and Father Merrin face off in the desert.
The film and its sequels are explored in a new book from Centipede Press which turned up before Christmas but which has taken me a while to get round to since I wanted to re-watch the film first. I hadn't seen The Exorcist for many years, the last viewing being a shoddy VHS copy so it was good to see it again in a decent DVD print. I still find the film more admirable on a technical level than as a work of cinematic art: the story has always been a piece of Catholic propaganda—something that author William Peter Blatty freely admits—and even if I set aside my lapsed-Catholic prejudices I have a hard time taking seriously Blatty's religious narrative. Friedkin is a very good thriller director but the tension sags in the first half of the film when the possessed (or is she?) Regan is being hauled around various hospitals while Father Karras frets about his dying mother and his lapsed faith. A sub-plot with police detective Lee J. Cobb—a pared-down thread from the novel—is completely superfluous. On the plus side, the acting is first-class, the almost wordless sequence in Iraq makes a tremendous opening, and the exorcism itself still packs a considerable punch not least because of Dick Smith's remarkable makeup effects.
The Centipede volume is a substantial collection (516 pages) of interviews and essays edited by Danel Olson, part of the publisher's Studies in the Horror Film series. The interviews are especially worthwhile being taken in part from back issues of Cinefantastique magazine: Friedkin and Blatty appear twice, there are talks with Dick Smith and Friedkin's editor Bud Smith (no relation), and Paul Schrader discusses his troubled prequel, Dominion (2005).
Among the essay highlights Thomas Ligotti juxtaposes Blatty's moral and theological universe with the amoral pessimism of HP Lovecraft while Blatty recounts the factual origin of his novel in a piece taken from The Exorcist: From Novel to Film (1974). Successful films that spawn sequels often present challenges for critics when the later installments begin to deviate from the premise of the original. Part of the interest in Olson's collection is seeing how the writers delve into the imperatives of Hollywood sequelitis for moments of value. The critical essays are thought-provoking without wandering into the quicksands of jargon-ridden academicism: Kendall Phillips examines the influence of The Exorcist on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), there's a spirited attempt by James Kloda to defend John Boorman's much-vilified The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), and James Marriott points out that horror films are a continuing source (however debased) of metaphysical speculation.
This last notion is an intriguing one: people always take The Exorcist at face value—God and Satan are real; it's a spiritual battle—yet the demon we see in the film is the Assyro-Babylonian god Pazuzu, a spirit never mentioned by name in the Bible, or in the film for that matter. I'd suggest there's an argument to be made that it's only Pazuzu that actually exists as a supernatural force in the film's world, and that the prayers of the priests confound it but temporarily.
Pazuzu has entered the building.
The aura of metaphysical threat may have diminished but The Exorcist still wasn't allowed a UK TV screening until 2001. Something about the idea of people confronting supernatural evil continues to compel, however antiquated the scenario may seem. This isn't too surprising when we have nominees for the US Presidential elections talking in hyperbolic terms about God and Satan without being widely ridiculed. Then there's news stories like this recent one in the UK: "Boy 'tortured and drowned' over witchcraft claims, court told". Blatty and Friedkin's devil child was one of the most influential films of the 1970s, and may well be the most influential despite the continued popularity of the wretched Star Wars cycle. In the past couple of years alone we've had The Last Exorcism (2010) and The Rite (2011), with The Devil Inside due to appear on UK cinema screens in March; possessed girls appear in all three films. Danel Olson could easily fill another volume tracing this influence through the decades.
Studies in the Horror Film: The Exorcist isn't published until March 2012 but can be pre-ordered at Amazon (US) and Barnes & Noble.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• A playlist for Halloween: Orchestral and electro-acoustic
• Dead on the Dancefloor
• The monstrous tome
Author JohnPosted on January 9, 2012 January 9, 2012 Categories {books}, {film}, {horror}, {occult}, {religion}Tags A Clockwork Orange, Bud Smith, Centipede Press, Danel Olson, Dick Smith, HP Lovecraft, James Kloda, James Marriott, John Boorman, Kendall Phillips, Lee J. Cobb, Linda Blair, Paul Schrader, Pazuzu, Thomas Ligotti, William Friedkin, William Peter Blatty12 Comments on Studies in the Horror Film: The Exorcist edited by Danel Olson
Infernal entrances
L'Enfer, Boulevard de Clichy (1911).
A recent posting at The Haunted Lamp showed the interior of L'Enfer, a Montmartre cabaret which described itself as "unique au monde", pictured here in a memorable photo by Eugène Atget. The interior and portions of the exterior were certainly unique enough, and look like they were created by the same people who designed the carnival show for Harry Lachman's film Dante's Inferno (1935), but the yawning mouth as an entrance isn't without precedent. Some prior examples follow.
Palazzo Zuccari.
L'Enfer is long gone, unfortunately, but the entrance to the Palazzo Zuccari in the Via Gregoriana, Rome, is still extant despite being hundreds of years older. I was hoping that Google's Street View would have some good pictures but they managed to capture the building in the midst of renovation. A friend of mine was working at an office in this street when I was in Rome in 1993 and the yawning mouths and windows are a very curious sight in a narrow road near the Spanish Steps. Flickr has better views, here, here and here.
Ogre, Parco dei Mostri.
The Rome palazzo is named after the Mannerist artist who lived there, Federico Zuccari (c. 1542/1543–1609), and Zuccari's inspiration for his doorway came from another Mannerist creation, the Parco dei Mostri at Bomarzo. The mouth in this case isn't an entrance to the underworld but a devouring ogre, and one of the park's many grotesque attractions. I wonder if this was also an inspiration for the giant floating head in John Boorman's ludicrous science fiction film, Zardoz (1974).
And speaking of films, Baz Luhrmann used the L'Enfer entrance as a gateway to Montmartre itself in the zooming shot which opens Moulin Rouge!. I like that idea, as though it's an iniquitous equivalent of the old Temple Bar gateway to the City of London. For more pictures of L'Enfer, and details of its history, see here and here. If anyone knows of any other notable doorways like these, please leave a comment.
Update: Nathalie found another Bomarzo influence while Jescie on Twitter drew my attention to a set from this German film.
• Villa d'Este
• Harry Lachman's Inferno
• Atget's Paris
Author JohnPosted on October 6, 2010 October 8, 2010 Categories {architecture}, {fantasy}, {film}, {photography}, {religion}, {science fiction}Tags Baz Luhrmann, Eugène Atget, Federico Zuccari, Harry Lachman, Jescie, John Boorman, The Haunted Lamp15 Comments on Infernal entrances
Hadrian: Empire and Conflict
The sculpture known as Antinous Mondragone (c.130 AD).
The planned British Museum exhibition I mentioned in January, a major examination of the Emperor Hadrian's life and influence, opens today and runs to 26 October, 2008. Hadrian means more to Britons than most Roman Emperors on account of the still-extant wall which bears his name, built to divide England from the untameable wilds of Scotland, or Caledonia as it was then known. On a personal level he fascinates for his obsession with his dead lover Antinous and the mausoleum (later the Castel Sant'Angelo) and villa he left in Rome.
Hadrian was a man of great contradiction in both his personality and reign: a military man and homosexual, he combined ruthless suppression of dissent with cultural tolerance. He reacted with great ferocity against the Jewish Revolt in 132 AD (examples of poignant objects belonging to Jewish rebels hiding in caves near Jerusalem will be included in the exhibition), but he was also a dedicated philhellene, passionate about Greek culture. He took a young Greek male lover, Antinous, who accompanied him on his travels around the empire. In AD 130, Antinous drowned in mysterious circumstances in Egypt. Consumed by grief, Hadrian founded a new city, Antinoupolis, close to the spot where he died and had Antinous declared a god, linked to the Egyptian deity Osiris. A cult of Antinous-Osiris sprang up resulting in statues, busts and silverware featuring the image of the newly deified youth.
And proving that this is a subject whose time has come, John Boorman has a film in production based on Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian. Given Boorman's uneven output that could be either a good or bad thing; we'll no doubt find out soon enough.
• A very modern emperor | Mary Beard on Hadrian
• Hadrian's Wall World Heritage site
• Virtual Museum: Antinous Portraits
• Hadrian and Greek love
• Vedute di Roma
• The Cult of Antinous
Author JohnPosted on July 24, 2008 July 24, 2008 Categories {architecture}, {art}, {gay}, {sculpture}Tags John Boorman, Marguerite Yourcenar5 Comments on Hadrian: Empire and Conflict


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module Rack
  class SimpleUserAgent
    module Detectors
      module Android
        def from_android?
          user_agent_string.include?('Android')
        end

        def from_android_tablet?
          from_android? && !android_mobile?
        end

        def from_android_mobile?
          from_android? && android_mobile?
        end

        private

        def android_mobile?
          !(user_agent =~ /Android.+Mobi(le)?/).nil?
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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Could the US Dollar Lose Its Reserve Currency Primacy?
And what would happen to the value of tech stocks if it did?
Asking "what if" questions can be a useful way for people to mentally test things like investment strategies and risk tolerance. Asking, for example, "What if a bear market hit and cut the value of my portfolio by 25% or more?" might give you some ideas about how much risk tolerance you can stomach. But in this case, a Motley Fool Answers listener is looking for advice about a hypothetical that is a bit more far-fetched: What would happen to his tech-heavy portfolio if the U.S. dollar plunges so far in value that other nations stop treating it as a reserve currency?
Special guest Buck Hartzell, director of investor learning and operations at The Motley Fool, helps hosts Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp tackle that question in this segment.
Alison Southwick: The next question comes from Harpreet. "I have a question about how stock prices of U.S. tech companies [especially the FANG stocks] might get impacted in the scenario of the U.S. dollar weakening and losing its reserve currency status. Do you think this is possible?"
Buck Hartzell: The short answer is anything is possible, but I think you're probably worrying a little bit too much. For those of you out there with reserve currency questions, the US is the world's reserve currency, which means other governments keep a lot of our money. You may have some insights that I don't. We have people here in Washington who work in the Federal Reserve. I just don't see that changing. That's not anything that I ever lose sleep over at night.
We're a bottoms-up kind of investment shop here for how we look at investment companies and stocks to invest in. I put almost no thought into what's going to happen to Netflix or Facebook if the U.S. dollar is not the world's reserve currency. I'm not worried about it. I don't even think about it that much and I don't think it's going to have that much bearing on any of those companies. If you like the companies and they're doing well hold them. Don't worry so much about the reserve currency.


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> Virtual DOM SVG/CSS loaders for Eaze

## Install

```
$ npm install --save @eaze/loaders
```

## Usage

```js
var simple = require('@eaze/loaders/simple')
var vtree = simple({stroke: 'red'})
```

You can pass in styles to extend the defaults. All loaders use `currentColor` for their stroke where applicable.

## Examples

```sh
$ npm start
```

## License

MIT © [Ben Drucker](http://bendrucker.me)


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Immigration Tower is a skyscraper located in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong completed in 1990. The tower rises 49 floors and  in height. Immigration Tower, which stands as the 93rd-tallest building in Hong Kong, is composed entirely of office space. The building houses government offices, principally those of the Immigration Department.

Design
Immigration Tower is part of a three-tower complex of government offices surrounding the Gloucester Road Garden. The other two towers are the Wanchai Tower and the Revenue Tower. These government buildings were designed by the Architectural Services Department for the Government Property Agency. The Revenue Tower is nearly identical in design to the Immigration Tower.

Most of the floors in the Immigration Tower are designed as open plan offices, which increases flexibility for tenants. For these floors, the usable floor area is as much as 80% of the gross floor area. The tower incorporates a sky lobby on the 38th storey to facilitate vertical transportation. The building is linked to Wan Chai station by a long footbridge, and so there are entrances and lobbies at both the ground level and the first floor.

The dominant tenant is the Immigration Department, and the building is heavily visited by members of the public who rely on the department for the issuance of Hong Kong identity cards and all types of visa. The lowest levels of the tower are thus served by escalators in order to accommodate the high patronage of the services found there. The Immigration Department maintains several unique facilities in the building. A restricted vault holds a collection of volumes dating back to 1873 which records in detail the births and deaths over the years, including information such as the occupation of new fathers or the causes of deaths. The oldest extant marriage registry is from 1945, as earlier volumes were lost during World War II. The department also maintains a small detention facility on the 13th floor.

There is a giant Philips advertisement on the roof, facing Kowloon, publicised in 2007 as the largest LED display panel in Hong Kong.

History

Opening
Immigration Tower opened on 22 January 1990. The tower was built as part of a large government development on an 18,500 square metre site within the Wan Chai reclamation. The tower was originally known as Wanchai Tower II (), following its earlier neighbour, the Wanchai Tower. Likewise, the Revenue Tower was originally known as Wanchai Tower III. In addition to the government offices the overall development also included a garden and a fire station. In 1989, the commissioning of Immigration Tower was expected to achieve annual rental savings of $46.8 million for the government. The Immigration Department previously occupied 13 storeys of Mirror Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui East. The Chinese name of Immigration Tower changed from "人民入境事務大樓" to "入境事務大樓" when the Chinese name of the Immigration Department changed upon the 1997 handover of sovereignty from Britain.

Curtain wall failure
The glass curtain wall facade has suffered several failures during inclement weather. The building lost 40–50 sheets of glass during a 1994 typhoon. During Typhoon York in 1999, the tower and its twin, the Revenue Tower, together saw more than 370 panes of glass shatter. After this incident, the Architectural Services Department defended the standards of government building design and maintenance, stating that wind load tests for the curtain wall systems of the Immigration and Revenue towers were duly carried out in Florida, that the curtain walls met the wind load requirements of the Buildings Ordinance, and that the incident was an isolated occurrence caused by the strongest typhoon to hit Hong Kong in 16 years.

1996 passport rush
In early 1996, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers who did not already hold British passports rushed to Immigration Tower to apply for British Dependent Territories citizenship in order to acquire British National (Overseas) passports later on. The cut-off date for British naturalisation was midnight on Sunday, 30 March 1996. More than 700 immigration officers worked throughout the final weekend, round the clock, processing 3,000 applications per hour. The massive queues were made worse by China's hardening stance toward Hong Kong, with Beijing announcing it would dismantle Hong Kong's democratic institutions following the handover, as well as the recent Chinese missile launches near Taiwan that Beijing admitted were intended to undermine the 1996 Taiwanese democratic presidential elections. Many Hong Kongers were thus prompted to acquire the BNO passport as a form of insurance amid rising uncertainty in Hong Kong's future. The Immigration Department announced that anyone who reached the queue before Sunday at midnight would be allowed to apply. That night, a queue of nearly 60,000 snaked from Immigration Tower to Wan Chai Sports Ground, which the government hired to accommodate the crowd. Numerous fistfights broke out.

2000 accidental fire
The tower suffered an accidental fire in March 2000 which began in a ground-floor transformer room and burned for two hours, spreading smoke as high as the 39th storey, and injuring one person.

2000 arson attack
Around the turn of the millennium, the tower was the site of continual occupation by Mainland Chinese activists, led by Shi Junlong (), demanding right of abode in Hong Kong. At 2:00 pm on 2 August 2000, visa overstayers petitioned immigration officers to issue them Hong Kong identity cards on the spot. The officers refused on the basis of the law, and told them to apply in writing. They refused to leave, staging a sit-in until closing time at 6:00 pm when staff attempted to evict the protesters, who responded by splashing highly flammable paint thinner around the 13th storey and setting it ablaze with cigarette lighters. A massive fireball engulfed the crowded room 1301 and shot into the corridor where others were standing. Some 50 people, immigration officers and protesters alike, were injured in the resultant conflagration before it was extinguished by the building sprinkler system.

Two people died in the following days. Senior Immigration Officer Leung Kam-kwong, after being set on fire and sustaining burns to 65 percent of his body, died in hospital. A 26-year-old protester also died on 11 August.

The actions of the protesters were widely condemned in Hong Kong. Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa expressed his anger and stated that such "brutal behaviour, irrational behaviour" was "totally unacceptable", and praised the "professionalism and courage" of the killed officer Leung Kam-kwong. Secretary for Security Regina Ip was "shocked and angered by this irrational and violent action" and said the incident would not pressure the government to accede to the demands of the perpetrators. Director of Immigration Ambrose Lee stated that the same group of protesters had made the same demands of his department numerous times and "we have told them each time that we cannot help them and they must respect the rule of law" and that he felt "very sorry and very sad for [his] staff." Liberal Party chairman James Tien called on the government to repatriate all the overstayers.

Seven of the Mainland arsonists were sentenced to prison in 2002. The so-called ringleader, Shi Junlong, was sentenced to life in prison for two offences of murder and one count of arson, while six accomplices were jailed for 12 to 13 years for two counts of manslaughter and one arson offence each. Following sentencing, Shi Junlong showed no remorse and stated in Chinese that the crime was "a tragedy created by the Immigration Department". After appealing, the arsonists were granted a retrial, at which they won sharply reduced sentences for pleading guilty to the lesser crime of two counts of manslaughter by gross negligence. A third count of arson was dropped in exchange for the guilty pleas. Shi Junlong was released from prison in 2005 and extradited to Mainland China. In 2013, he acquired right of abode in Hong Kong through legal channels to much media attention and public outcry.

On 12 September 2000, the Executive Council advised and the Chief Executive ordered that Immigration Officer Leung should be given permanent earth burial at Gallant Garden. Spurred by the circumstances of Leung's death, the government added an exemption clause to the six-year exhumation policy in public cemeteries applicable to people who died carrying out an "exceptional act of bravery". Leung was thus the first civil servant to be permanently buried at Gallant Garden. His family has emigrated from Hong Kong.

Several immigration officers were later honoured for gallantry during the attack. Leung Kam-kwong posthumously received the Medal for Bravery (Gold) as he had tried to protect his colleagues from being splashed with the flammable liquid. Immigration officer Choi To received the Medal for Bravery (Silver). Hui Chun-kit, Mak King-yeung, Fung Tai- kwong, and Lo Shu-tsun were all awarded the Medal for Bravery (Bronze).

Tenants
 Audit Commission headquarters
 Create Hong Kong
 Immigration Department headquarters
 Insider Dealing Tribunal office
 Innovation and Technology Commission (Quality Services Division sub-office)
 Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal
 Torture Claims Appeal Board
 Transport Department headquarters
 Area Traffic Control Centre
 Emergency Transport Coordination Centre
 Traffic Control and Surveillance Systems Centre
 The Treasury
 Water Supplies Department headquarters

Future
Financial Secretary John Tsang announced in 2008 that the government would study the feasibility of relocating the departments housed within the Immigration Tower, Revenue Tower, and Wanchai Tower to Kai Tak and Tseung Kwan O New Town in order to open up the valuable Gloucester Road lands for private redevelopment. Surveyors estimated then that the site could fetch up to $20 billion if the site were auctioned by the government. The plan garnered some criticism for moving government services to locations seen as less convenient. An area of Tseung Kwan O on Po Yap Road, named Area 67, was already zoned to house government offices.

In 2014 it was reported that the Immigration Department will indeed be moved to the Tseung Kwan O site. The Gloucester Road government lands are now reportedly valued at $30 billion.

The relocation of the three Wan Chai buildings affects 29 government departments, 175,000 square metres of floor area and more than 10,000 staff. The move will be implemented in phases to a number of different locations. About one-fifth of the new West Kowloon Government Offices, which started construction in 2015, is designated to receive some of the displaced departments from Wan Chai.

In 2017, however, the Chief Executive announced that Immigration Tower, along with other two government buildings, would be redeveloped as the new wing of Convention and Exhibition Centre rather than for private development. With this integrated plan, it is estimated to bring 23,000 additional square metres for convention and exhibition. Hotel or grade A office space will also be built on top side of the centre.

See also
List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong

References

Skyscraper office buildings in Hong Kong
Buildings and structures completed in 1990
1990 establishments in Hong Kong
Wan Chai North
Government buildings in Hong Kong
Fires in Hong Kong
Arson in Hong Kong
Twin towers
Government buildings completed in 1990

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We already know that it is much easier to get sales from existing customers — 80 percent of revenue will come from 20 percent of your clients. However at certain points of business growth, it's important to gain new clients. Instead of talking about how to best write a proposal or close a sale, I'm going to talk about the step that comes first, lead generation.
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The post was very successful getting around 800 unique visits per month. The key to taking advantage of this traffic was to provide an opt-in download that matched the problem the reader wanted to solve. In this case, it was about getting links for increased SEO rankings. So we collated a list of link targets into a spreadsheet and offered this as an opt-in download.
How did it do? At it's peak, it generated five leads per day.
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Andreas Buder (* 22. Mai 1979 in Scheibbs) ist ein ehemaliger österreichischer Skirennläufer. Der Abfahrts- und Super-G-Spezialist ist Mitglied des Skiclubs Göstling und gehörte seit 2008 der Nationalmannschaft des Österreichischen Skiverbandes an. Er wurde 1998 Juniorenweltmeister in der Abfahrt und erreichte im Weltcup drei Podestplätze. Aus gesundheitlichen Gründen beendete er im Jänner 2011 seine Karriere.

Karriere
Buder wuchs in Göstling an der Ybbs auf kam schon früh zum dortigen Skiclub. Er besuchte die Skihauptschule in Lilienfeld und anschließend die Skihandelsschule in Waidhofen an der Ybbs. Nach einigen guten Platzierungen bei den österreichischen Jugendmeisterschaften wurde er 1996 in den Nachwuchskader des Österreichischen Skiverbandes (ÖSV) aufgenommen. Schon von Beginn an konzentrierte er sich weitgehend auf die schnellen Disziplinen Abfahrt und Super-G. Im Dezember desselben Jahres nahm er an seinen ersten drei Europacuprennen teil, kam dabei aber noch nicht in die Punkteränge. Im Februar 1997 machte er erstmals international auf sich aufmerksam, als er den vierten Platz in der Abfahrt bei der Juniorenweltmeisterschaft in Schladming erreichte. In der Saison 1997/98 war Buder öfters im Europacupeinsatz. Bereits in der ersten Saisonabfahrt in Piancavallo erreichte er den fünften Platz und in Zauchensee gelang ihm ebenfalls ein Top-10-Ergebnis. Der erste große Erfolg gelang ihm bei der Juniorenweltmeisterschaft 1998 in Megève, als er sich vor dem Italiener Matteo Berbenni und dem US-Amerikaner Scott Macartney den Titel in der Abfahrt sicherte. Dadurch kam er beim Saisonfinale in Crans-Montana zu seinem ersten Weltcupeinsatz, wo er 19. in der Abfahrt wurde.

Nach seiner ersten schweren Verletzung konnte Buder im gesamten Winter 1998/99 keine Rennen bestreiten. Am 14. Dezember 1999 kam er im ersten Europacuprennen nach seiner Zwangspause, dem Super-G in Obereggen, bereits wieder auf den siebenten Platz und im Laufe des Winters folgten weitere fünf Top-10-Ergebnisse, wobei er zweimal als Vierter nur knapp das Podest verfehlte. Am 8. Jänner 2000 kam er auch in der Weltcupabfahrt in Chamonix zum Einsatz, die er an 28. Position beendete und damit seine ersten Weltcuppunkte gewann. In der Europacupsaison 2000/01 gelangen dem Niederösterreich mit dem zweiten Platz in der zweiten Abfahrt von Zauchensee und dem dritten Rang in der Abfahrt von Sestriere die ersten Podestplätze. Zu weiteren Weltcupeinsätzen kam es aber vorerst nicht. Der endgültige Durchbruch im Europacup gelang ihm dann im Winter 2001/02. Am 20. Dezember 2001 feierte er seinen ersten Sieg in der zweiten Abfahrt von Saalbach-Hinterglemm, nachdem er tags zuvor bereits auf Platz zwei gefahren war. Mit einem weiteren Sieg in der ersten Abfahrt von Tarvisio und zahlreichen Top-10-Plätzen sicherte er sich zum ersten Mal den Gewinn des Abfahrts-Europacups und Platz fünf in der Gesamtwertung. Somit hatte er für die nächste Saison einen Fixstartplatz im Weltcup und er stieg nach vier Jahren im Europacup-Kader in den A-Kader des ÖSV auf. In den ersten sechs Weltcupabfahrten der Saison 2002/03 fuhr er dreimal unter die schnellsten 15 und erreichte als bestes Resultat den neunten Platz auf der Saslong in Gröden. Am 17. Jänner kam er jedoch in der ersten von zwei Abfahrten am Lauberhorn in Wengen zu Sturz und musste die Saison vorzeitig beenden.

In der Saison 2003/04 musste Buder wieder im Europacup starten. Ihm gelangen zwar drei zweite Plätze (2× Abfahrt und 1× Super-G), aber als Vierter bzw. Sechster in den Disziplinenwertungen verpasste er einen neuerlichen Fixstartplatz für den Weltcup. Also kam er im nächsten Winter nur zu einem Weltcupeinsatz in der Abfahrt von Bormio, in der er den 16. Platz belegte. Im Europacup erreichte er in der Saison 2004/05 mit vier Podestplätzen den zweiten Platz im Abfahrtsklassement, womit er sich die Rückkehr in den Weltcup sicherte. Am Ende des Winters wurde er noch Österreichischer Meister im Super-G. Zu Beginn der Weltcupsaison 2005/06 konnte sich Buder zwar meist in den Punkterängen klassieren, Spitzenplätze blieben aber zunächst aus. Dies änderte sich nach dem Jahreswechsel. Am 21. Jänner erreichte er den achten Platz auf der Streif in Kitzbühel und eine Woche später fuhr er mit Rang drei in der Abfahrt von Garmisch-Partenkirchen erstmals im Weltcup auf das Siegerpodest. Damit kam er auch noch in die Auswahl für die Olympischen Winterspiele in Turin, scheiterte aber in der mannschaftsinternen Qualifikation. Ende März holte er seinen zweiten österreichischen Meistertitel, diesmal in der Abfahrt.

In der Weltcupsaison 2006/07 fuhr Buder in fünf Abfahrten unter die schnellsten zehn. Sein bestes Resultat war der sechste Rang in Val-d'Isère. Er nahm auch an der teaminternen Qualifikation für die Weltmeisterschaft in Åre teil, konnte sich aber gegen seine Gegner nicht durchsetzen. Im ersten Abfahrtslauf der Saison 2007/08 erreichte Buder als Dritter in Lake Louise seinen zweiten Podestplatz und Ende Dezember erzielte er mit Platz zwei in Bormio sein bestes Weltcupergebnis. Drei Wochen später wurde seine Karriere jedoch für längere Zeit unterbrochen. Am 16. Jänner 2008 stürzte Buder im zweiten Training zur Abfahrt in Kitzbühel so schwer, dass er mit dem Helikopter abtransportiert werden musste. Er zog sich beim Sturz einen Bruch des Schienbeinkopfs zu. Im Dezember 2008 gab er bekannt, dass aufgrund anhaltender Schmerzen in der Saison 2008/09 noch kein Comeback möglich ist. Erst zu Beginn der Saison 2009/10 war Buder wieder in zwei Europacuprennen am Start. Am 28. November 2009 bestritt er sein erstes Weltcuprennen seit über 22 Monaten. Nachdem die ersten drei Weltcupabfahrten für Buder enttäuschend verliefen, da er sich nicht unter den besten 30 klassieren konnte und er weiterhin Probleme mit dem verletzten Knie hatte, entschloss er sich dazu die Saison vorzeitig zu beenden. Im nächsten Winter versuchte er nochmals ein Comeback und startete am 18. Dezember 2010 in der Weltcupabfahrt von Gröden, die er an 47. Stelle beendete. Wegen anhaltender Schmerzen in seinem rechten Knie, das er sich drei Jahre zuvor beim Sturz in Kitzbühel schwer verletzt hatte, gab Buder am 18. Jänner 2011 seinen Rücktritt vom Skirennsport bekannt.

Aktuell ist er Geschäftsführer der Ötscherlifte.

Erfolge

Weltcup
 12 Platzierungen unter den besten zehn, davon 3 Podestplätze

Europacup
 Saison 2001/02: 1. Abfahrtswertung
 Saison 2004/05: 2. Abfahrtswertung
 14 Podestplätze, davon 2 Siege:

Juniorenweltmeisterschaften
 Schladming 1997: 4. Abfahrt
 Megève 1998: 1. Abfahrt, 7. Super-G

Weitere Erfolge
 2-facher Österreichischer Staatsmeister (Super-G 2005, Abfahrt 2006)
 3 Siege in FIS-Rennen (alle im Super-G)

Literatur
 Österreichischer Skiverband (Hrsg.): Österreichische Skistars von A–Z, Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1, S. 37

Weblinks

 Website von Andreas Buder

Einzelnachweise

Alpiner Skirennläufer (Österreich)
Österreichischer Meister (Ski Alpin)
Sportler (Göstling an der Ybbs)
Österreicher
Geboren 1979
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The ten-chi-jin kumite are six basic attack and counter-attack sequences, three using hand techniques and three using foot techniques, which are designed to develop the ability to decide the correct distancing for a particular technique and also the most effective footwork to get close with that technique.
To achieve this, one hand sequence and one foot sequence are devoted to each of the three ranges: short, middle and long.
For short range (chika ma), only the front foot is moved in offensive motions (fumikomi ashi) and only the back foot (hiki ashi) in defense.
For middle range (chu kan), both feet are used in succession, with a forward sliding step (okuri ashi zenshin) for offense and a backward sliding step (okura ashi kotai) for defense.
For long range (to ma) situations a combination of both short and middle range footwork is used with offensive movements using lunge steps (oi ashi), and defensive ones using receding steps (sagari ashi).
In additon, these kumite should be practiced to develop an understanding of the value of footwork (ashi sabaki), bodywork (tai sabaki), and handwork (te sabaki) for proper defense, especially using them to avoid counterattack.
The ten-ch-jin kumite were developed by So Shihan Masayuki Hisataka, Headmaster of Shorinjiryu Kenkokan, and are based on the concept of ten-chi-jin, or the three level of life. Thus, the ultimate purpose of this kumite is to develop strategy, energy, and power from nature.
All hand sequences begin in left crane stance (hidari tsuru ashi dachi) with an upper-level guard (jodan kamae) with the left hand open and the right hand closed.
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New York, NY (December 15, 2015) – Thank you to our generous sponsors who supported the Institute for Family Health's Staff Appreciation Party held last Saturday evening. It was a wonderful event, attended by almost 900 employees and their guests. As you know, our staff works hard all year long to provide our patients with high quality, personalized care. At the holidays, we like to demonstrate our appreciation by providing dinner, music, and raffling off some wonderful prizes. Our sponsors helped to make that possible this year!
The Institute has had a terrific year – graduating our first class of residents from its Harlem Residency in Family Medicine, a federally-funded Teaching Health Center and the only program of its kind in the historic neighborhood of Harlem. We were honored when the Ellenville Regional Hospital named its new pavilion housing a state of the art MRI unit the Neil S. Calman, MD Medical Arts Pavilion: Specialty Services Center. We also announced the expansion of our mental health services to 365 days a year, as well as the opening of an Early Childhood Mental Health Program in the Bronx.
We are so very grateful to our vendors and consultants, who helped to show our staff how much they're appreciated, and who help us achieve our goals on a daily basis. Below, please find the digital ad journal that was displayed on large screens throughout the evening. As promised, they have also been posted on our website.
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Photo Essay: LANY Tour Part 2 is the band's fourth stop in the DMV in 17 months
By Casey Tomchek
Scores of teenagers and young adults lined the streets outside of the Fillmore Silver Spring Oct. 9. The tickets in their hands read "Ones to Watch Presents: The LANY Tour Part 2," an apt title for a band that seems to be on the precipice of greatness.
LANY frontman Paul Klein reaches into the audience during a performance at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Oct. 9, 2017. (Casey Tomchek/The Writer's Bloc)
L.A.-based pop-trio LANY has been touring non-stop for the past several years, playing in the DMV four times in the past 17 months. The Fillmore concert was their first time back since the release of their debut album, LANY, and featured a longer setlist that added new material while keeping all the old favorites.
Klein performs on a rose-lined stage during the song "Flowers on the Floor." | Klein stands on a stool and sings during LANY's performance. | LANY frontman Paul Klein plays guitar during a performance at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Oct. 9, 2017. (Casey Tomchek/The Writer's Bloc)
Norwegian pop-singer Dagny opened for the band, giving a performance that was easy to dance to and easy to enjoy. Closing off the set with her most popular single, "Wearing Nothing," Dagny left the audience in high spirits, eagerly awaiting LANY's entrance.
Not long after, the lights dimmed and the intro to the first song on LANY's album, Dumb Stuff, began to play, prompting a roar of screams. The members of LANY entered the stage one-by-one: Jake Goss on drums, Les Priest on keyboard and guitar, and finally the frontman, Paul Klein.
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The room was soon filled with the sound of Klein's impressive vocals and musings on love and heartbreak. The most ardent fans, those who waited outside all day for the coveted front row spot, held roses. The romantic symbol appears on the album cover and has become a motif of the fandom, and it's a tradition for audience members to toss them on stage during the song "Flowers on the Floor."
Paul Klein of LANY performs at the Fillmore Silver Spring. (Casey Tomchek/The Writer's Bloc)
Through the entire night, the crowd was beaming as they watched Klein dance along the rose-lined stage, witnessing what many fans refer to as the "Soundtrack to Their Youth" played out live.
Featured Photo Credit: Los Angeles based pop band LANY performs at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Oct. 9, 2017. (Casey Tomchek/ The Writer's Bloc)
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