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package org.apache.cassandra.dht;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.*;

import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;

import org.apache.cassandra.db.CachedHashDecoratedKey;
import org.apache.cassandra.exceptions.ConfigurationException;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.DecoratedKey;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.AbstractType;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.IntegerType;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.PartitionerDefinedOrder;
import org.apache.cassandra.utils.ByteBufferUtil;
import org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities;
import org.apache.cassandra.utils.GuidGenerator;
import org.apache.cassandra.utils.ObjectSizes;
import org.apache.cassandra.utils.Pair;

/**
 * This class generates a BigIntegerToken using MD5 hash.
 */
public class RandomPartitioner implements IPartitioner
{
    public static final BigInteger ZERO = new BigInteger("0");
    public static final BigIntegerToken MINIMUM = new BigIntegerToken("-1");
    public static final BigInteger MAXIMUM = new BigInteger("2").pow(127);

    private static final int HEAP_SIZE = (int) ObjectSizes.measureDeep(new BigIntegerToken(FBUtilities.hashToBigInteger(ByteBuffer.allocate(1))));

    public static final RandomPartitioner instance = new RandomPartitioner();
    public static final AbstractType<?> partitionOrdering = new PartitionerDefinedOrder(instance);

    private final Splitter splitter = new Splitter(this)
    {
        public Token tokenForValue(BigInteger value)
        {
            return new BigIntegerToken(value);
        }

        public BigInteger valueForToken(Token token)
        {
            return ((BigIntegerToken)token).getTokenValue();
        }
    };

    public DecoratedKey decorateKey(ByteBuffer key)
    {
        return new CachedHashDecoratedKey(getToken(key), key);
    }

    public Token midpoint(Token ltoken, Token rtoken)
    {
        // the symbolic MINIMUM token should act as ZERO: the empty bit array
        BigInteger left = ltoken.equals(MINIMUM) ? ZERO : ((BigIntegerToken)ltoken).token;
        BigInteger right = rtoken.equals(MINIMUM) ? ZERO : ((BigIntegerToken)rtoken).token;
        Pair<BigInteger,Boolean> midpair = FBUtilities.midpoint(left, right, 127);
        // discard the remainder
        return new BigIntegerToken(midpair.left);
    }

    public BigIntegerToken getMinimumToken()
    {
        return MINIMUM;
    }

    public BigIntegerToken getRandomToken()
    {
        BigInteger token = FBUtilities.hashToBigInteger(GuidGenerator.guidAsBytes());
        if ( token.signum() == -1 )
            token = token.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(-1L));
        return new BigIntegerToken(token);
    }

    public BigIntegerToken getRandomToken(Random random)
    {
        BigInteger token = FBUtilities.hashToBigInteger(GuidGenerator.guidAsBytes(random));
        if ( token.signum() == -1 )
            token = token.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(-1L));
        return new BigIntegerToken(token);
    }

    private final Token.TokenFactory tokenFactory = new Token.TokenFactory()
    {
        public ByteBuffer toByteArray(Token token)
        {
            BigIntegerToken bigIntegerToken = (BigIntegerToken) token;
            return ByteBuffer.wrap(bigIntegerToken.token.toByteArray());
        }

        public Token fromByteArray(ByteBuffer bytes)
        {
            return new BigIntegerToken(new BigInteger(ByteBufferUtil.getArray(bytes)));
        }

        public String toString(Token token)
        {
            BigIntegerToken bigIntegerToken = (BigIntegerToken) token;
            return bigIntegerToken.token.toString();
        }

        public void validate(String token) throws ConfigurationException
        {
            try
            {
                BigInteger i = new BigInteger(token);
                if (i.compareTo(ZERO) < 0)
                    throw new ConfigurationException("Token must be >= 0");
                if (i.compareTo(MAXIMUM) > 0)
                    throw new ConfigurationException("Token must be <= 2**127");
            }
            catch (NumberFormatException e)
            {
                throw new ConfigurationException(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        public Token fromString(String string)
        {
            return new BigIntegerToken(new BigInteger(string));
        }
    };

    public Token.TokenFactory getTokenFactory()
    {
        return tokenFactory;
    }

    public boolean preservesOrder()
    {
        return false;
    }

    public static class BigIntegerToken extends ComparableObjectToken<BigInteger>
    {
        static final long serialVersionUID = -5833589141319293006L;

        public BigIntegerToken(BigInteger token)
        {
            super(token);
        }

        // convenience method for testing
        @VisibleForTesting
        public BigIntegerToken(String token)
        {
            this(new BigInteger(token));
        }

        @Override
        public IPartitioner getPartitioner()
        {
            return instance;
        }

        @Override
        public long getHeapSize()
        {
            return HEAP_SIZE;
        }
    }

    public BigIntegerToken getToken(ByteBuffer key)
    {
        if (key.remaining() == 0)
            return MINIMUM;
        return new BigIntegerToken(FBUtilities.hashToBigInteger(key));
    }

    public Map<Token, Float> describeOwnership(List<Token> sortedTokens)
    {
        Map<Token, Float> ownerships = new HashMap<Token, Float>();
        Iterator<Token> i = sortedTokens.iterator();

        // 0-case
        if (!i.hasNext()) { throw new RuntimeException("No nodes present in the cluster. Has this node finished starting up?"); }
        // 1-case
        if (sortedTokens.size() == 1)
        {
            ownerships.put(i.next(), new Float(1.0));
        }
        // n-case
        else
        {
            // NOTE: All divisions must take place in BigDecimals, and all modulo operators must take place in BigIntegers.
            final BigInteger ri = MAXIMUM;                                                  //  (used for addition later)
            final BigDecimal r  = new BigDecimal(ri);                                       // The entire range, 2**127
            Token start = i.next(); BigInteger ti = ((BigIntegerToken)start).token;  // The first token and its value
            Token t; BigInteger tim1 = ti;                                                  // The last token and its value (after loop)
            while (i.hasNext())
            {
                t = i.next(); ti = ((BigIntegerToken)t).token;                                      // The next token and its value
                float x = new BigDecimal(ti.subtract(tim1).add(ri).mod(ri)).divide(r).floatValue(); // %age = ((T(i) - T(i-1) + R) % R) / R
                ownerships.put(t, x);                                                               // save (T(i) -> %age)
                tim1 = ti;                                                                          // -> advance loop
            }
            // The start token's range extends backward to the last token, which is why both were saved above.
            float x = new BigDecimal(((BigIntegerToken)start).token.subtract(ti).add(ri).mod(ri)).divide(r).floatValue();
            ownerships.put(start, x);
        }
        return ownerships;
    }

    public Token getMaximumToken()
    {
        return new BigIntegerToken(MAXIMUM);
    }

    public AbstractType<?> getTokenValidator()
    {
        return IntegerType.instance;
    }

    public AbstractType<?> partitionOrdering()
    {
        return partitionOrdering;
    }

    public Optional<Splitter> splitter()
    {
        return Optional.of(splitter);
    }

}


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Overcoming 'which-fiber-is-which?'maintenance challenges
New fiber-detection technology lets you safely identify a fiber with certainty, with no danger to the integrity of the transmission.
Oct 1st, 2006
When network service providers invest in an outside-plant (OSP) infrastructure, they want to ensure that they obtain the utmost value from it. Therefore, once the network is up and running, one of the most crucial parts of its operation and maintenance is a good fiber-management system that lets technicians readily access the network to perform common operations, such as adding new subscribers, modifying services, and troubleshooting.
Uh-oh...
In the day-to-day maintenance of these networks, technicians must conduct a number of optical tests requiring that fiber be disconnected so that a test signal can be sent through the system. One of the inherent difficulties of these tests is that many of them are conducted at two different ends of the network, making it quite difficult to identify which-fiber-is-which. In fact, it is quite common for technicians to disconnect the wrong fiber by mistake or to damage nearby connections when attempting to troubleshoot a link.
With traditional fiber detectors, a mechanical pull or push bends the fiber to a predetermined angle and forces light into the detector. Click here to enlarge image
Human error is indeed a major cause for concern-and not just on the technician's end. On the administrative end, it is becoming increasingly clear that fiber-identification records are poorly kept (if at all), so when technicians go out in the field to test a connection, there are no plans or charts to help them determine which patch cord to pull, thus causing outages and inconveniencing numerous customers.
Such occurrences and their consequences are even more serious when working on a passive optical network (no backup) or on a small and contained high-fiber-count termination point, where it becomes nearly impossible to find and reach a specific fiber.
Considering these unchangeable, real-world circumstances, it is clear that the risks related to human error could be greatly reduced if the need to access the actual signal was eliminated-or, at least kept to a minimum. Fortunately, new technology is addressing these challenges and, by doing so, is letting service providers increase profitability and reduce maintenance costs while enhancing customer service.
Thumbs up, in most cases
Live fiber detectors (LFDs) are common tools in the outside-plant world and have many applications:
Determining whether a fiber is active prior to maintenance;
Locating a particular dark fiber using a tone recognition of 270 Hz, 1 kHz, or 2 kHz;
Identifying the traffic direction of a known live fiber;
Providing a rough estimate of the power within a fiber (usually, an optional feature).
Tools of this kind typically operate in the same manner: a thumb-activated function bends the fiber at a fixed angle, and the detector reads the power leaking from the jacket.
EXFO's LFD-300 FiberFinder is an example of a fiber-detection unit where a motor, rather than human effort, minimizes loss.Click here to enlarge image
Because the angle is fixed and optimized for one wavelength and one fiber type, in most cases and applications, the bending could cause one of several problems: excessive loss, unreliable fiber detection (the unit does not detect that the fiber is active), unreliable tone or traffic detection, and/or possible permanent damage to the fiber. For those reasons, technicians typically have avoided using instruments of this type for high-data-rate links or long-haul routes.
Innovating around need
In all type of fibers and at all wavelengths, there is a relationship between the angle of the fiber's curvature and the insertion loss. The angles differ, but the behavior remains constant. A bend at a fixed angle will generate excessive loss under some conditions, whereas it will fail to make proper identification under other conditions.
New fiber-detection technology brings a different approach to this problem. The power loss is monitored as a function of the bending angle because a precision-step motor (rather than human power) increases the angle, producing different angles automatically optimized for all fiber types and all wavelengths.
This innovation achieves a number of advantages:
It can guarantee a maximum loss of 1 dB on all singlemode fibers at all wavelengths (although some dark-coated jackets may not transmit enough light to enable a measurement).
It will not damage the fiber, as the force is not user-dependent but rather encoded, so the unit will stop and release if no power is detected.
It can provide extremely high reliability when it comes to traffic detection, direction identification, and tone detection (although again, dark-coated jackets may not transmit enough light to enable a measurement).
Because output is controlled, the detector has a highly repeatable online non-disruptive power measurement.
Traditional units have a fixed angle (A), which causes them to generate fiber- and wavelength-dependent losses. By monitoring the loss, a more advanced unit can stop the bending when sufficient light is ejected, and thereby control the loss (B). Click here to enlarge image
In short, this new technology lets a technician identify a fiber with certainty and with no danger to the integrity of the transmission or the fiber itself. It can safely be used on long-haul and high-density fibers.
Inline power meters
While it is possible to have control of insertion loss within a fiber, measured in dB, the absolute value is measured in dBm. So, by knowing the loss in dB and the power level of the existing light, a technician can accurately measure the power of the fiber. Of course, there is also the coupling efficiency factor. For example, 3-mm jackets absorb more than 1.6-mm and 900-µm fibers.
On the other hand, because loss is measured versus the position of the motor, the detector knows what type of jacket is being tested (e.g., 900-µm, 1.6-mm, 3-mm). So, the detector automatically uses the proper coupling-efficiency parameters and computes the power within the fiber within a repeatability of 1 dB, regardless of the fiber type or wavelength.
Applications for the live fiber detector are numerous, including fiber-to-the-home deployments where no protection fiber exists, and live network maintenance and troubleshooting.
Using tone detection, the live fiber detector is a useful tool when looking for a dark or active fiber, and for identifying a particular fiber. The tool can also be used to identify a specific live fiber, ensure that the proper fiber is disconnected, and solve record-keeping issues.
Often in maintenance situations, the technician knows the transceiver on which the fiber starts, but is challenged to find the termination on the other end. Frequently, the technician's approach to finding the correct fiber is to pull on the cable under test and try to see which cable is moving on the other end of the circuit. A live fiber detector ends such guesswork.
This TG-300 FiberFinder is a non-intrusive clip-on unit that attaches to a fiber and induces a non-destructive signature on the signal. Click here to enlarge image
Promising low loss, live fiber-detection equipment is available in a non-intrusive clip-on unit. Once attached to a fiber at the transmission site, these units induce a non-destructive 0.1-dB signature on the signal by applying a low-frequency pressure on the fiber. The signature travels along with the transmitter's signal and, at the other end, another live fiber detector identifies the fiber that carries the signature. The set achieves non-destructive live fiber identification in seconds.
New technology built into these troubleshooting tools saves time, avoids costly mistakes, and eliminates unnecessary downtime. Because the human-error factor is eliminated and faults are found more quickly, repairs can also be faster, enhancing overall customer service.
FRANCIS AUDET is senior product manager of EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering's optical business unit (www.exfo.com).

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Many of the health issues faced by today's society are the result of a compromised digestive and immune system and this could be traced back to unhealthy eating habits, chronic stress and environmental pollutants.
By following a simple recipe of nurturing mind, body and spirit as nature intended, we choose to create a healthy and resilient terrain within, where illness and disease don't stand a chance. The way forward is actually the way back – to simplicity, through the power and presence of every meal.
By experiencing eating as more than just calories, you can find your way to personal growth and true fulfilment. What is needed is a return to simplicity, eating whole foods that are freshly harvested and nutrient dense. It has been shown that plants endemic to certain areas produce phytochemicals that are highly beneficial to people living in that climate, whether it be to support their immune system or to modulate their stress response.
A simple formula for a diet of true nourishment is to eat foods that give you more energy than they take. After eating we should experience the same energy we feel when we're in nature: serene, expanded and inspired.
Fresh fruits and vegetables that burst with enzymes and nutrients and ingredients that are as close to their natural state fill your body's energy account instead of depleting it.
Viewing foods as a way of just counting calories and seeing proteins and carbohydrates as creating the same energy currency within the body is outdated. It is now known that these basic nutrients have a very different vibration or electrical potential.
The new message is that it is the quality of food and the dietary signature it carries for our cells that is the most essential consideration when it comes to eating choices. Food is information, and anxiety about eating the 'wrong' foods has the same effect as the stress from living a life you don't enjoy, decreasing your metabolism and preventing you from losing weight and resulting in chronic diseases establishing themselves.


The contributions of science in the advancement of mankind is remarkable . The various science faculties jointly manage a science club. Every year, we arrange a 'SCIENCE EXHIBITION' which has proved to be the breeding ground of young Newtons, Einsteins, Khoranas etc.


Jason Hamacher created the Lost Origin Sound Series to share his archive of sacred recordings with the world. In 2005, the Syrian Orthodox Church, one of the earliest Christian communities, granted Hamacher permission to record their oldest chant traditions. Over six years and several trips to Syria, he documented the ancient prayers, hallowed rituals, and sacred spaces of several faiths.


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Armand Schotsmans, né le  à Diest et décédé le  à Herck-la-Ville fut un homme politique catholique belge.

Schotsmans fut notaire.

Il fut élu sénateur provincial de la province de Limbourg (Belgique) de 1929 à 1932.

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Notaire belge
Sénateur belge
Personnalité du Parti catholique
Naissance en novembre 1887
Naissance à Diest
Décès en avril 1951
Décès dans la province de Limbourg (Belgique)
Décès à 63 ans

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The Beauty of the Northern Nigeria to me, the way I see it especially because I have lived there for most of my life, it's not only in their ancient cities or structures or monuments it's in the people .. their faces, their love for their Kaftans, Abayas , Hennas, their wedding ceremonies ,the love of their religion and their Unity. So I just had to seek out a true northern man to help me expantiate more on the values of the northern Nigeria.
I met with the delectable Nasir Muhammed on instagram and I was excited to discuss with him ethnicity and I got to find out just how much love he has for his roots and what according to him is the beauty of the northern Nigeria. Have a lovely read everyone.
Mnass: Well i'm Nasir Muhammad popularly known as Em Nass, i'm from katsina state but my family is based in kaduna state ,my father is a civil servant and my mum is a late. I have a brother and sister from my mum and step mum, I had my primary education in kaduna and moved to katsina for six years where I did my secondary school at Ulul albab science secondary school before I moved to India and did my degree program in Jamia Hamdard for three and half years and got a first class.
Currently am doing my masters in greater Noida university and will be through by next year Well basically i'm a student but I also do business here too.
and the significant differences they have from your point of view?
DVF: Do you have any fund memories of kaduna that you'll never forget?
because I made a lot of friends there, making friends is nice cause it helps you to experience a lot of things and I got advice from my friends whenever I would do good or bad.
DVF: So if you were to describe the northern part of Nigeria as a person who is from there what would you say makes it unique and stand out from the rest of Nigeria?
Mnass: Yeah I will describe it as a good place both the north and south Cause we got no difference to me even though people think they are differences. I don't believe that cause at the end of the day we are all Nigerians and we both have bad and good sides even to our own people but to me peace, love, unity and equality matters when it comes to our country.
DVF: It's so nice that you feel that way, what are some of the family values and trainings you know are unique to people from the north and they carry along with them wherever they go?
Mnass: You know the truth is I would say basically everthing about us, we can't say we as a people are 💯 percent good cause one way or the other people will make things worse in their own way , so every country and it's people got good people and bad ones from my experience living here in India and I know a lot about what the future of our country needs, these people over here are willing to make their country good and make their people live a good life.
Mnass: Yes bro, so right only actions proves who a person is, it doesn't only depend on how they act cause even if someone smiles often he/she can also be evil with bad intentions. Only God knows the heart of man.
DVF: Yes, true talk. So I remember growing up, people used to always say that the yorubas are the most intellectual people in Nigeria and they seek for education the most they even go as far as going abroad and stuff which was true but in the last like ten years the northerners I would say have done a take over they are chasing education alot now especially abroad, thousands of northerners are studying abroad and graduating with honors not that the yorubas aren't anymore though because they never stopped, but I would like to know how you feel about that especially being one of them?
DVF: Noo!! Lol no you're not, I see those biceps and your work out videos, how did you get realise your love for fitness and when did you get into it?
DVF: That's nice, I noticed that you sometimes also train others at the gym too, how did that start and is it something you would consider as a career path?
Mnass: Yeah I do train with my friends both boys and girls and also train them sometimes, I personally train for an hour before I join my friends to train for another one hour everyday.
Yeah I will want to be a gym instructor even with my certificates, I would love to make fitness a serious goal and be able to help others cause a lot of people want to keep fit but due to the lack of trainers and availability of gyms in their areas they end up not doing it.
For example, people who always do cardio find it hard to train all week long because they lack training partners or training friends and the number one thing in fitness is motivation.
DVF: That's nice, let's talk about fashion for a little bit, what does fashion mean to you and how would you describe your style?
Mnass: I'm not really into fashion but... what I can say is that to me, my personal style is just the way I love to dress and show the kind of clothes that I like to get dressed up in .
Alot of the people that I've talked to about this topic have said that they find fashion daunting or intimidating. Some will say that "To them they don't really have a style" it's a common phrase I hear but it's just not true! It might be that their closet is just packed with too much random things that they don't actually love to wear or that their interest in clothes have just been in a rut lately. But, yeah I believe that absolutely everyone has a personal style of their own.
Fashion isn't much of a big deal for me but I know that I feel good when I dress well and look good cause I believe that a person's style is often a strong indicator of what type of personality they have.
DVF: Do you like high fashion or simple statements kind of fashion pieces?
DVF: Is there any particular reason why you love your traditional attire the most?
DVF: I know Northerners have alot of traditional festivals where they ride horses and you see the men wear gorgeous regalias and thousands of people walk behind the leader in his own horse, have you ever attended any of such festivals?
Mnass : I sadly have never attended any of those festivals, because they only take place in states where they have traditional leaders known as "Sarki" which means the king .
And it takes about three or more days to celebrate each with a given name of the day to celebrate.
DVF : Another Sallah celebration is around the corner, do you miss celebrating Sallah with your family or is it the same way you celebrate it over there in India?
Mnass : Oh no! It's definitely not celebrated the same way as back home, I missed the last Sallah celebrations with my family and I'm going to miss the forthcoming one again.
I think for the past six years, I have only celebrated Sallah once at home cause all those years i've been here studying, I miss celebrating with my family and friends, I miss all the fun and love at home.
DVF : I saw this photo of you on instagram and in the caption, you said that you have always wanted to be a politician, is that real talk or was the caption just for fun?
DVF : What brought about your interest in Politics?
Mnass : Living here for the past six years has really enlightened my mind even though India also lacks some development in certain places but believe me when I tell you that the Indian government are always ready and willing to work and to help the needy.
DVF : Wow! Really? But according to alot of statistics India also has a high rate of poverty or is that not true?
Mnass :Yeah it's true but India should be having a population rate of over 1.4 billion people, but still you can't say that anyone is completely left behind in progress of the country because they make sure everything the rich has a common man can relatively also have it.
There is a good balance of equality also the government makes sure that stuff like food, education, transportation and many more are cheap.
DVF : But what would be your first step towards becoming a Politician?
Mnass : I want to start by contesting for the chairmans office and then move up to the higher level I believe my hard work towards improving the lives of my people will give them joy in electing me to the next office.
DVF: So one last question, when you are married and have kids in the future, would you rather your kids grew up abroad or back home in Nigeria and why?
Mnass: You're welcome bro, the pleasure is all mine.


The first 3M Teaching Fellowships were awarded almost twenty years ago. Since then reflecting on the magic-the scholarship of teaching and learning- has begun to find its place in the academy, and in society. We offer these reflections as a gesture of appreciation to 3M Canada and as a way of celebrating both the twentieth anniversary of our fellowship and the formation, two years ago, of the Council of 3M Teaching Fellows.
We are very grateful to all the Fellows who responded so generously-and promptly-to our call for submissions; you will find that their reflections celebrate teaching and learning, support of these activities, and awareness of their importance to society.


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Contents of the Article
1 Who is Asmodeus
2 The King of Demons Asmodeus
3 In the Testament of Solomon
4 The husband of Lilith
5 Asmoday
Who is Asmodeus
Asmodeus is anchored in ancient Persia identified as the demon Aeshma Daeva, one of seven archangels in Persian mythology. He is said to be a fiend of the wondering spear who is a demon of passion, jealousy, and rage. His name meaning may also come from the Hebrew shamad, which means "to destroy." It is also known as destroyer of men and demon of lust.
The King of Demons Asmodeus
In Jewish lore Asmodeus is described as the "king of demons." He appears in the Book of Tobit, frequently called the Book of Tobias. Tradition has it that Asmodeus fell in love with Sarah, the beautiful daughter of Raguel.
He desired Sarah for himself and did not want her marrying a human man. But Sarah did marry and each time Asmodeus came to the marriage bed and killed hew new husband.
This occurred seven times. It was then that Tobias, the eponymous author of the book, was visited by the angel who told him how to handle the demonic paramour.
Tobias married Sarah and drove Asmodeus away. The demon fled to the furthest regions of Egypt where the angel Raphael bound him.
In the Testament of Solomon
In the Testament of Solomon, Asmodeus plays a very significant role. When King Solomon asks the demon his functions Asmodeus describes them as causing destruction of fidelity between man and wife either through calamities or causing the man to be led astray.
He also attacks the beauty of virgins by causing them to waste away. In a passage reminiscence of the Book of Tobit, Asmodeus admits that the angel Raphael has power over him. He could also be put to flight by burning the gall of a specific fish.
He is further claimed in the Testament of Solomon that he was "born of an angel's seed by a daughter of man," if this be true, he would be among the Watchers. He was included within the Seraphim, the highest angelic order but fell from grace and in the Jewish Haggadah concerning Noah.
Asmodeus come from a union between the fallen angel Shamdon and a lusty maiden Naamah. King Solomon bound him with iron, a metal frequently used as an anathema for demons. Also, in faerie lore of the British Isles, iron is used to harm or drive away the fey.
The husband of Lilith
Also, according to Hebraic tradition Asmodeus is the husband of Lilith, the queen of lust and mother of the succubi and incubi, or is associated with her. Being companion to Lilith is very likely since he is characterized as a devil of lechery, sensuality, and luxury. He has cock feet and is known for sexual vigor.
A conjunction of Asmodeus and Leviathan is mentioned in the Grimoire of Armadel. The two demons can teach about malice of other demons. But the operator is cautioned when using this technique because these two demons lie.
In Francis Barrett's The Magus, Asmodeus is associated with the sin of wrath. Arthur Edward Waite's 1910 edition of the Book of Black Magic and Pacts mentions Asmodeus as the superintendant of Hell's casinos, mention of a demonic hierarchy stems from the nineteenth-century demonologist Charles Berbiguier.
Of course Christianity continued demonizing him. He was a major target in the Witch Trials during the Middle Ages. Ascribed with a sexual nature he would naturally be among the chief demons whom the Witches were accused of having sexual relationships with.
Also he continued to be accused for his relationship with Lilith. He was a patron of sorcerers and magicians who invoked him to strike their enemies. He also ruled gambling houses and was invoked bareheaded. He was one of the infernal agents accused of sexually possessing the nuns of Louviers in France (see Black Mass).
Asmoday
S. L. Mathers, the occultist, has this demon's name Asmodee in his 1898 translation of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. Asmodeus has the ability to produce food, especially in vast amounts for banquets. He knows secrets of any person.
Also, he possesses the power of transmutation of metals and transmogrify of people and animals, changing their shape at will. He is the thirty-second demon in The Goetia is named Asmoday. Variations of the name are Asmoday, Ashmedai, Asmodee, and Asmodai. A.G.H.
Belanger, Michelle. The Dictionary of Demon: Names of the Damneds. Llewellen Publications. 2010. ebook. Cavendish, Richard. The Black Arts, A Perigee Book, New York. Berkley Publishing Group. 1967.p.263
Guiley, Rosemary Ellen.The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft. New York: Facts On File.1989. pp. 94-95
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Discussion in 'Financial Futures' started by Ronjohn, Feb 3, 2017.
I have been doing some research about the five and ten-year bond. I have observed that unemployment and FOMC announcements impact the direction of the bond. I have also been researching the yield curve. I have also noticed the SP500 moves in opposite direction of the bond. I wanted to ask any bond traders where I should be looking for possible changes of direction. Is there any other index I should be watching? Any other news releases to be concerned about. I would appreciate any help.
* The risk-free rate of the entire world.
* If there is a giant Oil move, the 30-year bond may move and therefore lag the 10-year note. The 5-year note will lag the least behind.
If you are trading the FYT spread (5yr vs. 10yr) you need to consider the moving nature of both legs.
Let me just say that since the interest rate cycle is basically (in historical terms) sleeping right now, I would probably try trade the NOB spread instead (10yr v 30yr) because you have levels which are more vertical that hold and break, and you can get better risk/reward setups and less brokerage. Also, more idea generation.
But, to do a summary, at the end of the day, the T-note rules the world. Everything else is just a cuckold.
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Thank you very much. This will keep me busy for a while. I will research what you gave me, and get back to you if I have any questions.
- first of all, correlation can change at any moment, but usually because of a risk event. When this happens, you want to stop trading until you found out why and whats the implication of the change in correlation. There where times, when oil was the name of the game, but now it isn't that much anymore. Just a tip so you can put the next ones into context. Nothing is set in stone.
- Flavour of the month (year maybe) is the long USD trade. Most crowded trade at the moment, I think. So you want to have a look at either the dollar index futures or at the yen as a substitute. They are correlated in flow, not in price though. So when you have your treasury ladders up, also have a 6J ladder up and watch the flow at the extremes/steps in the profile.
- S&P correlation is a little more complicated as it can disappear any minute and is more or less dependent on the macro theme of the day. In addition, if the day has flow the correlation between stocks and bonds is better where as it is almost random when there's chop over the whole board.
- if day has flow or there is a macro theme use the S&P as a leader for 3-5 ticks in the ZN or 10+ ticks in the ZB.
- if there is chop and you want to trade for singles, watch gold and the dollar if they can hold or break a level.
- if there's chop and you are not quite sure if a level might hold in the treasuries and the S&P suddenly makes a move, use it as context, but don't expect the treasuries follow tick by tick.
Correlation bots are more sensitive to the dollar IMO, just because everyone and their mom is long USD and the yen carry as well as the euro carry trades are overcrowded (borrow JPY or EUR , convert to USD and buy treasuries with it).
I'm usually more into grains these days after I ditched stocks, so take what I said as a primer. But when the time is right, paper comes to the treasuries and grains are dull I trade ZB and ZN, too.
Ah, one last thing. You might want to have a frequent look at yield charts for individual maturities (not the curve). Sometimes yields have a level as well and can give you a pretty good understanding if a break is real or not.
10y Yield left, ZB right. Yields did not crack so this was a good hint on the move over 151.12 yesterday.
Also if there is an important level in the yield and no level in the futures, you sometimes can see pretty impressive flow against the trend. If you know the context and your trade location is good, you can ride out massive moves as the hedgers pump massive size into the market.
My take on your endeavour: First, read contract specs and get the levels for the day via charts. Then put up ladders of ZF, ZN, ZB, ES, CG and 6J (better in the first place since dollar index trades on ICE which costs 116$ for realtime data/month), close the charts and just watch the markets trade for a month or two. You will get a feeling of how they behave.
Much better than reading theories and learning technicals.
Lots of things can move bonds... Fundamentally, however, there are only 3 factors: central bank expectations, risk premium and convexity. Data or even flows can drive mkt participants to change their estimates of the above factors, leading to a move in bond yields.
You should read at least some of Antti Ilmanen papers.
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Wow, thanks for this detailed information. You sure do have a lot of great insight into the market. I will start observing this on the charts. Thanks for leading me in a positive direction.
Really, many are giving overkill of what to watch, there is fundamentals of other markets or reports, both can be right and both can be wrong, stick with the charts and trade what you see providing you can read charts. When it come to reports, the first move of sometimes a few seconds is usually wrong and market reverses, first moves are to sucker in the inexperienced as all markets do that. You have to have a well defined trend, if you can't tell what trend is, don't trade.
I've gone thru some bond books such as those of Annette Thau and Frank Faboozi. But, what are the best books that you've come across on bond strategies? I'm seeking deeper understanding on how huge entities think in terms of strategy.
Anyone have any must reads?
I always recommend Tuckman for the basics and Antti Ilmanen papers. I think the latter actually contains a LOT of insights.


Jeff composes the music for ABC/USA's new hit series MONK, starring Tony Shalhoub. Many US newspapers have recently featured stories about Jeff\'s Monk Score. Some of Jeff's music for Monk is provided below. As a film composer, Jeff scored Ed Harris' critically acclaimed movie,"Pollock". Other scores include director Bob Rafelson's latest feature "The House on Turk Street", William H. Macy's acclaimed "Door to Door", "The Passion of Ayn Rand" and others. Jeff is currently completing the score for Tibet: Dragon In The Land Of Snows, a documentary initiated by the Dalai Lama, which chronicles the history of China's occupation of Tibet. He is also currently working on a new score to Buster Keaton\'s silent film classic The Generation and has recently completed Conviction, the true story of inner city convict turned peace activist Carl Upchurch, premieres on Showtime this month. Jeff's Film Credits page is here (\"http://www.imdb.com/Name?Beal,%20Jeff\").
Jeff is an expert when it comes to orchestral simulation with samples. Visit Jeff Beal's website at: http://www.jeffbeal.com/ (\"http://www.jeffbeal.com/\") There are several of Jeff\'s cues available on his web site for listening.
Good questions. I think the element of thematic variation is underused in modern scoring. It\'s a more subtle, but infinitely more sophisticated approach. Character themes can be used to great effect in the right kind of movie, but \"idea\" themes can be just as valid. For a good example of how I worked on a score thematically - here is a link to an interview I gave on my \"Pollock\" score: http://www.jeffbeal.com/Pages/PressPages/SoundtrackMagJB.html (\"http://www.jeffbeal.com/Pages/PressPages/SoundtrackMagJB.html\") A big factor in deciding might be how much music is wanted/needed in the piece. If the demands are light, you are usually better of simplifying the thematic materials. There simply might not be enough time/cues for repetition and variation of varied themes, etc.


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'Biggest Fight Is Against The Clock' As Death...
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Thousands of people remain stranded in floodwaters in the wake of Cyclone Idai, which struck the coast of Mozambique and swept through Zimbabwe last week.
Mozambique's Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia told reporters that 15,000 people are still stranded. But as rescue workers struggle to gain access to regions largely choked off by the flooding, the death toll is expected to rise sharply.
"Our biggest fight is against the clock," Correia said.
The cyclone has claimed more than 200 lives in Mozambique, 139 in Zimbabwe and 56 in Malawi, officials said. Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi said the death toll there could climb to 1,000.
Aerial footage of the devastation shows acres of land submerged in water, sparing only treetops in what has been deemed one of the most destructive natural disasters in the region's recent history.
"People visible from the air may be the lucky ones," said Herve Verhoosel, senior spokesperson for the World Food Program.
More than 1.5 million people in Southern Africa were in the cyclone's path, Verhoosel told NPR.
"Not a building was untouched. The power lines are down, pulled down by toppled trees," WFP's Gerald Bourke told NPR from Beira, Mozambique. He spoke from the city's airport — one of the few locations with power.
"It will take months for the people of the city and the city itself to recover," he said.
This is the first time the coastal town of Beira has been directly hit by a cyclone, Bourke said, which sees several big storms a year.
"There is so much water around [and] the risk of waterborne diseases is obviously very high," WFP's Bourke added.
The flooding and displacement of people in the region "significantly increases the risk of malaria, typhoid and cholera," Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization's Regional Director for Africa, said in a statement.
The deluge of water thrust tons of sand from the city's beach and into its streets, further complicating recovery efforts. But Beira's citizens took matters into their own hands to clear the roads.
"We saw massive destruction," Jamie LeSueur, emergency operations manager for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, told NPR. "But within two days, people were in the streets with shovels. Seeing the response has been just awe-inspiring."
While Mozambique bore the brunt of Cyclone Idai, the storm also dumped torrents of rain over Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Paolo Cernuschi, Zimbabwe country director for the International Rescue Committee, told NPR that he expects it will take several months before the immediate needs of survivors are met.
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Books & Websites
RECOMMENDED FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
Books – Narrative History and Criticism
Books – Individual Artist Reference and Biography
Books – Discography with Narrative
Books – Chronology with Narrative
Books – Reprints of Billboard Charts and Compilations of Chart Data
Books – Review Guides and List Collections
Books – Really Cool Books
Websites – Critical Reviews and Online Magazines
Websites – Artist and Genre Fan Sites
Websites – Bloggers
Websites – Music Lists
Websites – Streaming and Downloading Services
Websites – Really Cool Sites
Books – Narrative History and Criticism (+ D = includes discography)
Broven, John. Rhythm & Blues in New Orleans. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 1983. +D Originally published in the U.K. in 1974 as "Walking to New Orleans." The comprehensive, definitive story of the labels, artists, clubs – the whole NOLA R&B scene – from the 1940s through the early 1970s.
Emerson, Ken. Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era. New York: Penguin Books, 2006. +D Very well written, insightful and entertaining portraits of all the key people who brought a new level of professionalism to rock and soul songwriting in the early 1960s.
George, Nelson. Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2007. (first edition 1987) +D Unauthorized and definitive story of Motown the company as well as the performers, writers, and producers. Inside stories, pulls no punches, excellent writing.
George, Nelson. The Death of Rhythm & Blues. New York: Penguin Books, 2003. (first edition 1989) Deep analysis of black music and culture. Traces progress and triumph to mid-1970s, when, in George's view,crossover success and conglomerate control squeezed the lifeblood out of the music.
George, Nelson. Hip Hop America. New York: Penguin Books, 1999. Contextualizes rap music within hip hop, and hip hop within American culture. Music history with deep, sophisticated cultural analysis.
Gillett, Charlie. The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll. New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. (first edition 1970, revised and expanded 1983) +D The original and still the best comprehensive history of where rock & roll came from and how it developed. Great integration of facts into a coherent story.
Groia, Philip. They All Sang on the Corner: A Second Look at New York City's Rhythm and Blues Vocal Groups. Port Jefferson, New York: Phillie Dee Enterprises, 1983. (first edition 1973) Intimate, detailed,sociological study drawing on personal interviews, featuring 36 pages of amazing photos.
Guralnick, Peter. Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. +D Great writer telling a great story. The performers, the company men, the studio players, and the culture, all woven together into a beginning, an arc, an end, and overriding themes.
Hannusch, Jeff. I Hear You Knockin': The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues. Ville Platte, LA: Swallow Publications, 1985. +D Insightful portraits of thirty-one of New Orleans' most important artists.
Hirshey, Gerri. Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music. New York: Da Capo Press, 1994. (first edition 1984) History of both city soul and southern soul based on scores of interviews. Hirshey masters the art of letting the great soul singers tell their stories in their own voices.
Kamin, Jonathan. Rhythm & Blues in White America: Rock and Roll as Acculturation and Perceptual Learning. Princeton University: Ph.D. Sociology dissertation, 1976. Brilliant, detailed analysis of how "cover" records made black music styles acceptable to white mainstream American audiences.
Marcus, Greil. Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1975. +D Landmark essays on artists who evoke particuarly American archetypes, including The Band, Sly & The Family Stone, and Elvis Presley, whose Sun records are mythologized as "ground zero" of rock & roll.
Marcus, Greil (Ed.), Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island. New York: Knopf, 1979. +D Essays from tweny rock critics on the one album they'd pick, plus Marcus' own extensively annotated discography.
Marsh, Dave. The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. New York: Da Capo Press, 1999. (first edition 1989) Antidote to commentary focused exclusively on albums. Stories about how each song speaks to Marsh, with recurring themes. The one book I return to most frequently.
Miller, James. Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll 1947 – 1977. New York: Fireside, 1999. +D Uses dozens of "critical moments" over three decades to look with great intelligence and passion at the evolution of rock and roll as music and as a cultural force.
Palmer, Robert. Rock & Roll: An Unruly History. New York: Harmony Books, 1995. +D Ten chapters of "creative flashpoints" plus three essays on"ongoing traditions," together revealing "the music's transformative powers." As insightful as any narrative history I know of.
Werner, Craig. A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race & The Soul of America. New York: Plume, 1999. +D A mind-stretching, comprehensive story of black music in its larger social context. Powerfully explicates the gospel (community), blues (individuality), and jazz (reinvention) impulses in black popular music.
Books – Individual Artist Reference and Biography (+ D = includes discography)
Aeppli, F. Heart of Stone: The Definitive ROLLING STONES Discography, 1962-1983. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press, 1985. Includes all songs recorded by the group or its members "that found their way onto record or film," officially or otherwise, through December 1983. Organized by recording sessions.
The Beatles. Anthology. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2000. Brilliantly designed and edited to integrate individual interview excerpts and 1300 illustrations into a reasonably coherent and utterly captivating story, as if the four lads were telling it themselves. In effect, The Beatles' autobiography.
Castleman, Harry, and Podrazik, Walter J. All Together Now: The First Complete BEATLES Discography 1961–1975. New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. Complete history of The Beatles (and solo works) on record through 1975, organized by release dates. Clearly marks first release of each track.
Cross, Charles R., and the editors of Backstreets Magazine. Backstreets: Springsteen: The Man and His Music. New York: Harmony Books, 1989. Great insider stories and photographs plus complete 1966-1988 sessionography and complete 1965-1989 catalog of live performances with occasional set lists.
Dundas, G. Tangled: A Recording History of Bob Dylan, Fifth Edition. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada: SMA Services, 2004. Detailed documentation of every Bob Dylan recording session (every take) and public performance (complete set lists), all pro video, offical releases, dozens of exclusive photos, and more!
Gordon, Robert. Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters. New York: Little, Brown, 2002. +D From beginning to end, in the studio and on the road, a comprehensive and enlightening biography.
Guralnick, Peter. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley. New York: Little, Brown, 1994. Meticulously detailed research. Deep storytelling. The definitive biography of Elvis Presley up to his mother's death in 1958. A companion volume traces the last two decades of Presley's life.
Guralnick, Peter. Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. New York: Little, Brown, 2005. +D Outstanding story of the man, his music, and his signficance in the history of R&B and black culture generally.
Jorgensen, E., Rasmussen, E., & Mikkelsen, J. Reconsider Baby: The Definitive ELVIS Sessionography 1954-1977. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press, 1986. +D The ultimate reference on Presley sessions.
Lewisohn, Mark. The Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes 1962-1970. New York: Harmony Books, 1988. (last republished 2006) Day-by-day diary of each session with commentary on who played what, how one take led to another, what was done and left undone, etc.
MacDonald, Ian. Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties, Third Edition. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2007. +D Unique, rigorous, brilliant analysis of both the 1960s cultural revolution and the music of all 241 Beatles tracks, masterfully interwoven to assess and explicate their mutual influence.
Marcus, Greil. Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes. New Yok: Henry Holt, 1997. +D Brings to life "the old, weird America" which The Basement Tapes harken back to. Beautifully written.
Marsh, D. Elvis. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1997. (first edition 1982) +D A large-format paperback with over 200 photos in addition to Marsh's biography, critique, and particularly thoughtful discography.
White, Timothy. Catch A Fire: The Life of Bob Marley. New York: Henry Holt, 1989. (first edition 1983) +D Deeply researched, very well written story of Marley's life and of reggae culture. Definitive biography.
Bianco, David. Heat Wave: The Motown Fact Book. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press, 1988. Complete U.S. and U.K. singles and album discographies plus a comprehensive look at all the Motown acts.
Gribin, Anthony J. and Schiff, Matthew M. The Complete Book of Doo-Wop. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2000. Complete history, numerous essays, countless lists, breakdowns by geography, style, etc. and 210 (!) large-format pages listing (by artist) the label, number, and year of every doo-wop song ever recorded. Mind-blowing depth and detail.
Pavlow, Big Al. The R & B Book: A Disc-History of Rhythm & Blues. Providence, RI: Music House Publishing, 1983. Unique narrative history of R&B records 1943-1959 integrating deep year-by-year discographies with chart rankings, very well organized and indexed. Reprinted in 2007, available only from author at P.O. Box 2271, Edgewood Station, Providence, RI 02905. Send check for $23.95 incl. shipping.
Propes, Steve. Those Oldies But Goodies: A Guide to 50's Record Collecting. New York: Macmillan, 1972. Some material on rare records, record labels, sources, and publications, but mainly tons of artist discographies with label and number and year of release.
Propes, Steve. Golden Oldies: A Guide to 60's Record Collecting. Radnor, PA: Chilton, 1974. Some material on record collecting, themes in 60's music, and reissues, but mainly tons of artist discographies with label and number and year of release.
Stong, Martin C. The Great Rock Discography, Sixth Edition. Edinburgh: Canongate, 2002. Amazingly detailed histories of 1200 artists from James Brown and Johnny Cash to OutKast and Radiohead. Line-up changes, career milestones, chart positions, complete discograpies—you name it!
Tosches, Nick. Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll. New York: Scribners, 1984. Brief essays and matching discographies of 26 rock "forefathers." A very entertaining, irreverant and enlightening perspective.
Warner, Jay. American Singing Groups: A History 1940 – 1990. New York: Billboard Books, 1992. Group histories and extensive discographies of over 350 vocal groups from The Ink Spots through En Vogue.
Cotten, Lee. Shake, Rattle & Roll: The Golden Age of American Rock 'n Roll, Volume 1, 1952 – 1955. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press, 1989. Combines artist profiles with exhaustive research on precise dates of record releases and local artist performances, organized year-by-year and week-by-week.
Cotten, Lee. Reelin' & Rockin': The Golden Age of American Rock 'n Roll, Volume 2, 1956 – 1959. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Popular Culture, Ink., 1995. Continues the story from volume 1.
Cotten, Lee. Twist & Shout: The Golden Age of American Rock 'n Roll, Volume 3, 1960 – 1963. Sacramento, California: High Sierra Books, 2002. Continues the story from volumes 1 & 2.
Crampton, Luke & Rees, Dafydd. Rock & Roll year by year. New York: DK Publishing, 2003. Covers 1950 through 2002 in 600 graphically beautiful, photo-filled, large-format pages. Month-by-month, day-by-day news and celebrity-oriented blurbs on both musical milestones and trivia. A great coffee table book.
Ruhlmann, William. Breaking Records: 100 Years of Hits. New York: Routledge, 2004. Narrative history of pop music and the industry, organized by decades, integrating musical, commercial, and technological developments into a coherent story of how and when major shifts in focus and emphasis occurred.
Brown, Tony, Kutner, Jon & Warwick, Neil. The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums. London: Omnibus Press, 2000. Just what the title says, through the end of the 20th century.
Elrod, Bruce C. Your Hit Parade & American Top Ten Hits. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Popular Culture, Ink., 1994. The only source for the weekly survey results performed on "Your Hit Parade" on radio and TV from April 20, 1935 through June 7, 1958. Combined with Billboard chart results 1958 – 1994 in this book.
Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Singles 13th Edition (1955 - 2010). Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2011.
Whitburn, Joel. Hot R&B Songs 1942 - 2010. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2010.
Whitburn, Joel. Top Country Songs 1944 - 2005. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2005.
Whitburn, Joel. Rock Tracks 1981 - 2008. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2008.
Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Albums Seventh Edition (1955 - 2009). Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2010. These five books compile Billboard data (entry date, peak position, total weeks) from charts listed in their respective titles. The R&B book includes hip-hop recordings. Each one is organized by artist and title entry date, and includes a wealth of indexes, summaries, and supplementary information. They are invaluable tools for any serious music history research.
Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Pop Album Charts 1965 – 1969. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 1993.
Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Pop Charts 1955 – 1959. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 1992.
Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 1990.
Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 1990.
Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 1991.
Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2000.
Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The 2000s. Menomenee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2010. These seven books are direct reprints of original charts at somewhat reduced size. Each book includes an index of titles with each title's chart debut date.
Marsh, Dave & Bernard, James. The New Book of Rock Lists. New York: Fireside, 1994. (first edition 1981) Hundreds of great lists, often with attitude, updated to embrace hip-hop as well as rock and soul.
Plagenhoef, Scott & Schreiber, Ryan (Eds.). The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present. New York: Fireside, 2008. Some would say the Pitchfork of today occupies the same cultural niche that Rolling Stone did once upon a time. The shift from albums to songs here says it all.
Calamar, Gary & Gallo, Phil. Record Store Days. New York: Sterling, 2009. A superb chronicle and celebration of independent record stores, filled with pictures and vignettes of iconic stores, cultural highlights, and priceless individual reflections.
Frame, Pete. Rock Family Trees. New York: Quick Fox, 1980. The first of his series of four meticulously researched and drawn "family tree" histories of rock groups and broader musical family connections.
Hilburn, Robert. Corn Flakes With John Lennon And Other Tales From A Rock 'N' Roll Life. New York: Rodale, 2009. A riveting memoir by the former Los Angeles Times critic, full of intimate, revelatory reflections of interviews with Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Bono, and many others.
Katz, Mark. Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2004. From earliest phonographs through turntablism, sampling, and digital files, an intriguing study of how technology – and how we adapt to it – changes music and what it means to us. Includes a full CD of examples
Knopper, Steve. Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age. New York: Free Press, 2009. Effectively recounts all the missed opportunities, blunders, and blinders that pushed the music business into a downward spiral over the last decade.
Levitin, Daniel. J. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. New York: Plume, 2007. Rocker-turned-neuroscientist makes the case that music is fundamental to the human species.
Miller, Paul D., aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid. Rhythm Science. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. A fascinating treatise on the art of mixing and DJ culture, including a full-length mix CD.
Milner, Greg. Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music. New York: Faber and Faber, 2009. In his own words, "the story of what it means to make a recording of music--a representation of music--and declare it to be music itself." Includes a superb chapter on the Loudness War.
Ochs, Michael. 1000 Record Covers. New York: Taschen, 2001. A spectacular collection and juxtaposition of album cover art of the twentieth century, unexpurgated, with designer credits when known.
Peellaert, Guy (illustrations) & Cohn, Nik (text). Rock Dreams. New York: Popular Library, 1973. Out of print. Last republished by Taschen in 2003. A brilliant imaginative history told through colorful, surrealistic portraits of rock and soul icons as fantasized and fetishized by their audiences.
Weinberg, Max with Santelli, Robert. The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's Great Drummers. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1984. Reprinted by Billboard Books, 1991. Just what the title says. A different perspective on rock musicianship and rock history. A fun read.
Allmusic [ http://www.allmusic.com/ ] is the largest music database on the internet, featuring high-quality reviews and discographies of countless artists from just about every musical genre and era to date. As one of my first go-to sources, this website now supersedes its own All Music Guide books as well as older, excellent album review books from Rolling Stone editors and from Robert Christgau.
Billboard [ http://www.billboard.com/ ] is the music industry standard publisher of current music charts and basic music business news. A second site [ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/index.jsp ] specializes in the music business and allows hard-copy Billboard subscribers access to all its music charts archives.
Robert Christgau [ http://www.robertchristgau.com/index.php ] has written pithy album reviews regularly as "Consumer Guides" since 1969. For over three decades he supervised the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll, which has been a mainstay of my music collecting research. Now all his reviews and essays, annual poll results, and more are available at this site.
Metacritic [ http://www.metacritic.com/music/ ] is the preeminent consolidator/aggregator of current album reviews, with music archives back to 2000. The site provides capsule scores, headlines, and links to reviews from a wide range of primary sources. It was my go-to source to browse new album releases and follow links for more information on promising ones, until it reinvented itself in summer 2010 and became much less user-friendly.
Paste [ http://www.pastemagazine.com/ ] editors have eclectic taste in music, with a solid alternative/indie slant. The magazine also covers books and movies.
Pitchfork [ http://pitchfork.com/ ] seems to be today's cultural equivalent of what Rolling Stone was Back In The Day. Full of music news, reviews, features, and lists.
Rolling Stone [ http://www.rollingstone.com/ ] covers movies and politics as well as music, with news, reviews, features, and extensive archives serving well the needs of its core Baby Boomer audience.
The Second Disc [ http://theseconddisc.com/ ] specializes in news and reviews of back catalog releases; in their words, "if it's reissued, remastered or expanded, you'll find it here."
Please pass on your experiences and suggestions for sites to add to or subract from this list in the Recommended Websites discussion. If not obvious, please mention which category of websites you're commenting on. Thanks!
60s Garage Bands [ http://www.60sgaragebands.com ] documents 1960s garage bands from the well-known to the most obscure, and provides news and information on the current scene for garage band fans.
Backstreets [ http://backstreets.com ] is the online home of Backstreets Magazine, the world's largest community of Bruce Springsteen fans.
Bobdylan.com [ http://bobdylan.com ] is the official Sony/Columbia Bob Dylan website, including a complete discography and song lyrics database, news, tour information, discussions, and (of course) a store.
Brucespringsteen.net [ http://brucespringsteen.net ] is the official Sony/Columbia Springsteen website. Thanks to a cooperative arrangement with Backstreets.com, the official site includes excellent running tour updates as well as the usual record company support, discography, song lyrics, etc.
Electric Dylan [ http://www.rdf.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk ] is devoted to the three great Dylan albums from 1965-1966, focusing on the many different versions that have appeared over the years. Roger Ford's articles are detailed and fascinating on a variety of topics, like differences between mono and stereo versions.
Expecting Rain [ http://expectingrain.com ] is one of the pioneer websites dealing with Bob Dylan, his influences, lyrics, records, and the latest concert reviews. Archives back to the previous century.
Surfmusic.com [ http://www.surfmusic.com ] features a comprehensive list of surf bands, internet surf music broadcasting, news, playlists, links to related websites, and products.
Blogcritics [ http://blogcritics.org/music/ ] is a good source for a variety of selected bloggers' album and concert reviews, with an easy way to search the site's complete archives on any act or topic of interest.
Blogs.com [ http://www.blogs.com/entertainment/music/ ] is a blog aggregator featuring top ten lists of other websites in a variety of music categories, such as "10 Great Music Blogs" and "10 Great Digital Music Blogs" (no overlap), as well as recent personal and newsy posts from a variety of bloggers.
Elder Music [ http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/elder-music/ ] is Peter Tibbles' weekly feature on the Time Goes By website [ http://www.timegoesby.net/ ] that weaves together stories, pictures, and music, focusing on one artist, theme, or year into a highly entertaining column.
The Lefsetz Letter [ http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/ ] expresses the personal views of Bob Lefsetz, a music industry analyst with strong opinions about such issues as downloading, copy protection, pricing, and the music itself. He's been publishing it for over 25 years, as a blog since 2005. Always a good read.
I'd like to add at a few more individual bloggers to this list. Please pass on your suggestions in the Recommended Websites discussion. If not obvious, please mention which category of websites you're commenting on. Thanks!
Acclaimed Music [ http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/ ] synthesizes hundreds of lists of critics' ratings of songs and albums into consensus all-time lists, each then broken down by year and decade, and by artists. Intentionally weighted to give more recent music a boost, which may or may not make sense to you. A Herculean effort.
Both Sides Now Album Discographies [ http://www.bsnpubs.com/discog.html ] provides an amazing set of comprehensive album discographies of American record labels from A&M to Zephyr, including all but the largest companies, thanks to the original research of Mike Callahan and his colleagues.
DigitalDreamDoor.com [ http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/music0.html ] contains dozens and dozens of well-done "greatest" lists of all musical genres and eras, compiled by the site's editors, together with a forum to discuss what changes you think should be made within each list.
The Heart of Rock and Soul [ http://www.lexjansen.com/marsh/index.htm ] is an interactive version of Dave Marsh's book. All the data about "The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made" and 100 of Marsh's essays are compiled into a database that lets you slice and dice lists by year, artist, label, writer, and more. You can also access several very cool lists of R&B and country songs from the same web page.
Rocklist.net [ http://rocklist.net/ ] is a massive compendium of end-of-the-year lists, personal lists from critics including Dave Marsh and Robert Christgau, and a great variety of genre lists, with a global site search to help you find particular artists, songs, or albums. A list-lover's dream. Beware of time suck danger!
Rubin's Rock n Roll Reference Discography [ http://www.rockmusiclist.com/ ] provides a comprehensive, searchable database of songs including artist, album, year, and occasional notes and quotes. If you know one of these facts and are looking for the others, this site aims to help you out. A labor of love.
Amazon.com [ http://www.amazon.com/ ] began previewing and selling mp3 files within its music store in 2007 and now competes aggressively with iTunes for digital market share.
Collector's Choice Music [ http://www.ccmusic.com/ ] is an especially well-organized online store where you can hear samples of and buy CD reissues of every genre and every era, including imports and custom releases.
iTunes [ http://apple.com/itunes ] is by far the leading retailer of digital music files. You must download iTunes software from the Apple.com site before you can shop at the store.
Last.fm [ http://last.fm ] recommends new music to you based on what you listen to. One of a pair of these sites, the other being Pandora.
Napster [ http://Napster.com ] is a subscription service where you "Listen to everything, buy what you want."
Pandora [http://pandora.com ] is an automated music recommendation and internet radio service. By extrapolating from the "musical DNA" of songs you like, Pandora generates streaming playlists customized to your taste. One of a pair of these sites, the other being Last.fm.
Rhapsody [ http://Rhapsody.com ] was the first online music service to offer streaming, on-demand access to a large catalog of music.
Ace Records (U.K.) [ http://www.acerecords.co.uk/ ] is a company devoted to making musically rewarding and sonically beautiful reissues of classic rock and soul music and more. A wonderful site to visit.
Bear Family Records [ http://www.bear-family.de/ ] is famous for creating amazing box sets: nowhere in the world can you find more lavishly researched, documented, and musically faithful collections of an artist's complete recordings. They take the same top-of-the-line approach with all their products.
Future Rock Legends [ http://www.futurerocklegends.com/index.php ] aspires to be the focal point for discussion about who should be inducted into the official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the future.
Green Book of Songs by Subject [ http://www.greenbookofsongs.com ] is a searchable database of over 115,000 songs organized under 2200 searchable song topics. Start with a topic, find all the songs that fit. Unique and exhaustive. Requires an annual subscription. Last print version was published 2002.
Hypebot [ http://www.hypebot.com/ ] reports on "music. technology. the new music business." It might be the antithesis of Billboard in the view of the music business one gets from reading it.
Little Steven's Underground Garage [ http://www.littlestevensundergroundgarage.com ] features his radio show, archived shows, playlists, and other cool stuff related to garage-oriented rock & roll.
Record Research [ http://www.recordresearch.com/ ] is the website to learn about and purchase all of Joel Whitburn's books that compile Billboard chart data under his exclusive license with them. A fun site to visit even if you're not in the market for these books.
Top 40 Music on Compact Disc [ http://www.top40musiconcd.com ] is an easily searchable database of over 24,000 domestic CDs containing at least one Top 40 hit. Find which CD(s) contain(s) which song(s), with key details on all versions. Updated frequently and available only on a yearly subscription basis. Last print version was published 2004; it got too large for hard copy. I couldn't do my work without it.
Who Sampled [ http://www.whosampled.com/ ] is building the ultmate database of sampled music and cover songs. Constructed to help you hear precisely how and when each sample is used in the cover version – "exploring and discussing the DNA of music" – this site is highly interactive and educational.


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Science Technology Teleportation: The Pros and Cons (4 photos + video)
Teleportation: The Pros and Cons (4 photos + video)
by RAU on Friday, June 19, 2015 in Science, Technology
Back in 1997, researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen proved the possibility of quantum teleportation of particles. But even after nearly two decades of this theme is one of the most controversial in the academic and other worlds.
Teleportation is contrary to common sense, say the skeptics. After superluminal speed of the lead to the destruction of any creature on the atomic level. Collect object again intact in the new point is impossible!
But supporters of the teleportation object and bring the facts and eyewitness accounts. I must say that most of the representatives of official science refers to these examples with undisguised irony, considering the stories have been in "other worlds" the result of mental disorders.
Without a doubt, the possibility to instantly move to distant objects or the materialisation of the air at least once, but dreamed of it. Until recently, this phenomenon is described only in myths, fairy tales and science fiction novels. However, recent studies indicate that ignore all the accumulated data is no longer available. It is time to thoroughly investigate this phenomenon.
Historical evidence
In the I century AD, Emperor Domitian repaired trial physician and philosopher Apollonius of Tyana, accusing him of witchcraft. According to eyewitnesses, the doctor can instantly move from Rome to Ephesus to treat people infected with plague. After the announcement of the verdict philosopher he said: "Nobody, not even the Emperor of Rome will not be able to keep me in prison." There was a bright flash, and the defendant has disappeared. Immediately afterwards he was seen surrounded by his disciples at a distance of several days' journey from Rome.
Reverend Mary, who lived in the XVII century, all his years spent in the monastery of Jesus in the Spanish town of Agreda. Officials say the evidence that between 1620 and 1631 years, it has made more than 500 movements in America, converted to Christianity Yuma Indians. It's hard to believe, but in 1622 the father of Alonso de Binavides Isolito mission in New Mexico in the letters of Pope Urban VIII and King Philip IV of Spain asked to explain who he had to pay Yuma Indians in the Christian faith.
Indians themselves have stated that this obligation "woman in blue" - the European nun, leaving them crosses, rosaries and chalice, which they used during the Mass.Later, his father Alonso received from nuns detailed reports on visits to the Indians, and detailed descriptions of their customs and clothing is identical to that he saw with his own eyes.
In the old Spanish sources say that October 25, 1593 in Mexico City suddenly appeared soldier whose regiment at that time was in the Philippines, thousands of miles from Mexico. As a deserter, he was put on trial, where he told that a few moments before its appearance in Mexico City carrying guard duty at the palace of the governor of the Philippines in Manila, who was killed before his eyes. His appearance in Mexico City, he could not explain. After a few months, people who arrived by ship from the Philippines, confirmed the story of the soldier.
One of the most well-known proven fact refers to the 1880s. In the eyes of his family in broad daylight disappeared Lang farmer from the state of Tennessee. He was walking to them on the field, and if vanished.
Of course, these old cases can cause a lot of doubts, but what about the others that have occurred in our time?
In May 1968, the couple Vidal followed by car from the Argentine city Chaskomus to his friends in the city of cornstarch. However, at the destination at the estimated time they arrived. But ... we announced in Mexico, at a distance of 4000 kilometers, from which a call to your friends. Later, the couple was told that their car was shrouded in white mist, and both felt very sick. When the fog cleared, they found themselves in a completely different place.
In 1982, in Belarus during a training flight disappeared from radar combat fighter.They searched for him, but to no avail. Exactly one day the plane landed, the pilot could not understand why the noise and panic. According to him, he spent hours in the air only 12 minutes.
Recently, the Internet, a host of video evidence to the appearance and disappearance not only of UFOs, but ordinary people. For example, in China, a surveillance camera recorded as "angel" miraculously saved by trishaw, simply must be killed in a car crash.
Considerable interest was aroused and operational shooting footage in which Russian special services tried to detain the suspect in the bookstore, and that the eyes of the astonished investigators suddenly disappeared.
Reality or a hoax?
Some experts in the field of teleportation no doubt that the famous magician Harry Houdini possessed the ability to move in space, literally walk through walls. For the case when he was locked up as an experiment in the chamber in prison in St. Petersburg. But despite the numerous locks and security, after a while Houdini was out of the prison walls.
In 1908, in an interview with the journalist of the newspaper "New knowledge" to the question, not whether he is ready to share the secret, the magician said: "No, because this is not my expertise." The next question of the journalist was followed by a stunning response: "They gave me personally by Leonardo da Vinci." It is known that the great magician has an extensive library of esoteric and magic, and often used this knowledge. But he brushed aside all suspicion of spiritualism, stating that it was "sheer humbug."
The Philadelphia Experiment
The famous experiment in which a huge American warship "Eldridge" suddenly appeared and disappeared hundreds of kilometers away, and then came back - one of the most intriguing mysteries of the past century. It is believed that during the Second World War, commissioned by the US military conducted its Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla.
First developed a unified field theory, combining all the forces of the universe - electromagnetic, gravitational, nuclear. The second was absolutely outstanding inventor and experimental physicist. It is known, however, that Tesla, unlike Einstein, was categorically against such flirting with the forces of nature. He believed that the slightest error in calculation or during the experiment can lead to disastrous consequences, not only for the crew, but also for the planet as a whole.
But the experiment is still held. And judging from the leaked data, the scientist was right. Many crew members have disappeared, some were imbedded in the armor of the destroyer, someone crazy. The results were immediately classified, and all the documents that have anything to do with the experiment, were confiscated by the US secret services.
This story had a continuation: in 1983, the military base "Montauk", USA.There, according to the researchers of anomalous phenomena, teleportation experiments were conducted under the code name "Phoenix 2". As a result of the experiment base simply disappeared. A few witnesses spoke of the terrible tornado electronically. As a result, they burned generators were completely destroyed electric cables and wires, and most of the equipment was gone, was flung into a parallel reality.
Many of the soldiers were killed, and the survivors have lost their reason. However, researchers still cautious in their conclusions and are in no hurry to argue that there was opened a portal to a parallel world. Moreover, all the documents were again in special folders stamped "Top Secret".
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Around the same time as the Philadelphia Experiment on the other side of the planet, the Nazis carried out an intensive search for a place of power. It is known that Hitler believed in the existence of the tip of the descendants of the ancient Aryans - supermen-demigods. Especially for their search and for the purpose of networking technologies for the creation of the ultimate weapon in the bowels of the SS was set up top-secret organization "Ahnenerbe" ("Ancestral Heritage").About the importance and status of said at least what it was President Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler.
The organization has about 7 thousand people, and among them were many prominent scientists - anthropologists, geneticists, physicists, archaeologists, including Nobel Prize winners. In 1938, the expedition "Ahnenerbe" under the guidance of a specialist on Eastern practices Ernst Schaeffer was sent to Tibet. It would seem that what is common between Germany and Tibet? It turns out a lot.This idea monorasovogo society, and the general principles of organization of the world.
Striking similarities and graphic symbols only in Tibet swastika rays directed in the opposite direction, forming a so-called reverse swastika. Similar items were idolatry: the ancient Aryans worshiped Elbrus, and in Tibet is considered sacred Mount Kailas. Schaeffer managed not only to establish contact with a completely closed to Europeans Kvatuhtu regent of Tibet and visit the holy monasteries, but also get a complete collection of Buddhist religious texts, as well as virtually all the information on magic rituals to go to the neighboring worlds.
Six months later, on a return visit from Lhasa to Berlin a large group of high-ranking Tibetan monks. And in 1939, to work with the "Ahnenerbe" was connected, and a sect of Tibetan Agharti practicing black magic.
By Elbrus Nazis were eager not just. The area around the sacred mountain of the Aryans - the descendants of the great Atlantis - they chose mystical ancestral Germans. According to legend, inside the mountain is one of the places of power - the gods gates leading into a parallel dimension. And it is here that Hitler hoped to using teleportation to get the information needed to create the "ultimate weapon."Owning them meant acquiring omnipotence and eternal power over the world.
In early 2009, was declassified intelligence report № 041 from 10.29.1942. At the headquarters of the Second Guards Division of the Red Army was reported landing of German aircraft in one of the mountainous regions of the Caucasus. Later it became known that the aircraft delivered in the plateau group of Tibetan monks, accompanied by experts from the "Ahnenerbe." Since then, the place, located at an altitude of 2800 meters, is called the German airfield.
It is October 29, 1942 Tibetan monks together with German specialists conducted the ritual of opening the gates to another world, to get to Shambhala, and look for it, "Hall Chronicles" - a mysterious room of sacred knowledge. Taking into account further developments in the war and the defeat of the Germans desired and have not received. Apparently, something or someone has prevented them. Unknown fate and Tibetan monks. They died? Teleportirova-lis? .. But it has since Elbrus is a place called "the grave of lamas."
THIS WINDOW TO THE FUTURE?
The scientific community was shocked the world the message of the Nobel Prize in medicine Luc Montagnier. He said that his laboratory experts managed to teleport DNA from one tube to another. In one of the two insulated from each other and shielded from the magnetic field of the Earth vessel contains the DNA molecule, in another - pure water.
The power source installed in such a way that radiation that passes through the tube of DNA was sent to a test tube with water. And after a while it appeared the DNA molecule - the same ones that were in the first test tube. But long before these experiments were conducted in the USSR. Scientist Jiang Kanchzhen, who escaped from China, has created an installation that reads the information from the DNA of a living object and sends it to another.
The experimental results were much more impressive than Montana. In one experiment Chinese worked electromagnetic field read from the melon seeds to cucumbers. Ripe cucumbers had a taste of melon. But even more sensational were the results of other experiments: Kanchzhen irradiated eggs "duck field" - and hatched chicks on their feet were discovered membrane!
Acting bioelectromagnetic field for eggs, he got "kuroutok." In the pictures you can see that they have webbed paws that are not conventional chickens.
More recently, US scientists have found a new record for distance quantum teleportation, transferring entangled photons over a distance of 143 kilometers! The transmission of information has been organized between the Canary Islands of La Palma and Tenerife over the Atlantic Ocean.
Will is fully open secret teleportation and whether Elbrus entrance to the mysterious Shambala? It's likely we'll find out very soon.
By RAU at Friday, June 19, 2015
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Here we have a second excellent example of a HCA Heisey glass Pouter Pigeon in a Lavender Ice color. This was more than likely produced by the Heisey Museum for one of the conventions in 1993. An excellent above-average piece that displays well, and would be a perfect addition to any collection.
Height: 6 1/2", Length: 8 1/2"


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