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The options for this seem to have gone when trying to add a new list today. Has there been an update that have removed these options in the last two weeks?

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Could you please provide more details and screenshot about the issue?
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Declining sport viewership shows why we should keep it on free TV
BU research, Research communication Rachel Bowen
Heath McDonald, Swinburne University of Technology and Daniel Lock, Bournemouth University
If you'd like to pitch your own article idea to The Conversation, please contact either newsdesk@bournemouth.ac.uk or rbowen@bournemouth.ac.uk.
Declining television viewership for sporting events might suggest that those of us who heralded sport as a potential saviour of traditional broadcast media had it all wrong.
In Australia, ratings for the recent one-day cricket matches were dire and the Australian Open tennis was mixed. In the UK, viewership for the British Open golf collapsed by 75% and even the once untouchable English Premier League (EPL) has seen declines in certain timeslots. Meanwhile, Formula 1 is in a slow decline that has been ongoing for almost a decade, and the NFL is down year over year as well.
But putting the numbers under closer inspection reveals other explanations. Many of these leagues are moving onto pay TV or are the victims of changing sporting tastes. Rather than dampening broadcaster enthusiasm for live sport, they show why sport should remain on free TV.
A closer look at the numbers
The Australian Open television ratings are maybe the most interesting of the bunch. The women's final won the night in Australia, but with fewer viewers than previous years. The men's final was a huge drawcard and viewing figures were well up from the previous year's final. Worldwide, however, both the men's and women's finals were significantly up on previous years.
So, what happened to Australian tennis viewership when the women's final was on? More sport! The women's tennis final was up against the final of the Big Bash League (BBL) cricket, which attracted more than a million viewers to come a close second in the ratings.
The increased popularity of the BBL shows fans aren't cutting out or cutting down sport consumption. Instead, they are substituting one format of cricket, or one sport, for another. Cricket Australia launched the BBL for this exact reason, and it has been a tremendous success.
As BBL shows, the decline in one sport can be driven by consumer sport preferences changing, rather than people abandoning sport altogether.
The EPL and Champions Leagues, previously bastions of strong viewership, have also experienced fluctuations in audience figures. That said, a closer look implies that a lack of marquee fixtures in the EPL and the qualification of historically smaller clubs (i.e., Leicester) have diminished audience interest to some extent.
Moving to pay TV
Another explanation for declining audience figures concerns sports that have moved from free-to-air broadcasters to pay television. In the UK, the transition of the British Open from the BBC to Sky television led to a 75% drop in viewing figures. The highlights package broadcast on the BBC following the conclusion of the event drew almost half a million more viewers than the live coverage on Sky. This suggests that short-run events (at least in the initial stages of the relationship), such as the Open might be insufficient to translate British Golf fans into Sky subscribers.
In Australia, Optus gained the rights to EPL by paying almost three times the amount Foxtel was paying to show it previously. This has been the subject of a large amount of fan anger ever since. Viewership through these channels is difficult to track, but Optus subscriptions do not appeared to have increased markedly since the deal. Meanwhile, ratings for the home-grown A-league, which airs on Fox Sports and SBS, are up, possibly because fans are switching from EPL for their soccer fix.
But the money being offered to move to pay TV is hard to turn down.
It looks like the next five year BBL rights could go for up to $A300 million – a three-fold increase from the A$100 million Ten paid for the initial five year deal. A big part of the BBL's success has come from it being broadcast every night of the week, on a major free-to-air channel, at a relatively non-competitive time of year. Broadcast it on pay TV and things might change. Sure, some people will subscribe, but BBL is largely a family sport and the added subscription costs could price out a substantial proportion of the consumer market.
Still a golden opportunity for free TV
Restricted broadcast threatens the future of a sport league. All brands grow by increasing the number of people who consume them. Only free TV gives that to sports brands. The EPL story defies this logic, demonstrating exponential growth since its transition to Sky Sports in the early 90s; however, if brands choose to limit distribution to narrow channels like pay TV, the chances of brand growth are severely limited.
Advertisers and sponsors, already confused about where they should be advertising, are also big losers if sport isn't shown on free-to-air TV. As Professor Mark Ritson explains quite colourfully, traditional media gets much better results than social media advertising and other alternatives. But to do so, it must have wide reach – it needs to be attracting large audiences. If free to air television was to lose big draw card sport broadcasts, audiences shrink and advertising there becomes much less powerful.
Whatever it costs to retain sports on FTV, it is probably worth it for both advertisers and broadcasters. And it's not just the sports that are big right now that they should focus on. Australia's appetite for sport is not diminishing, but it is reshaping.
A recent survey we conducted of 4,000 people Australia-wide showed that interest in the AFL women's league (AFLW) is strong. Around two thirds of AFL fans will either watch or attend at least one game of AFLW during this upcoming season. Across all people surveyed, around 27% said they were likely to attend a game of AFLW and 38% intended to watch at least half a match on television. Even allowing for the usual difference between what people intend to do and what actually ends up happening, these numbers are strong. The AFL has wisely moved games to bigger venues in anticipation of much larger crowds than the initial 5,000 per match estimates.
AFLW stands a very good chance of being Australia's dominant women's sporting league – in its very first year. For a savvy broadcaster, this represents a golden opportunity.
Heath McDonald, Professor of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology and Daniel Lock, Senior Lecturer in Sport, Bournemouth University
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Surprisingly Attractive Hotel at 461 West 34th Street Almost Complete in Hudson Yards, Manhattan
461 West 34th Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson
By: Andrew Nelson 8:00 am on October 24, 2018
Construction of the 29-story hotel at 461 West 34th Street has long been topped-out, and now the façade is fully complete, with interior work also nearing the finish line. Marx Development Group is responsible for the development. Imminently, the 312-foot-tall structure will add 399 hotel rooms to the Hudson Yards neighborhood, under the Courtyard Hotel brand. On the street level, a retail space will help activate the corner location. The spot is soon to be in extreme demand, as it serves the burgeoning Hudson Yards office and housing markets.
461 West 34th Street. Rendering via EB-5 documents.
DSM Design Group is the architect, with the actual design looking remarkably similar to the renderings. The curtain wall façade is not of particular interest, with an acceptable look, though it is definitely not as creatively inspired as rest of the Hudson Yards neighborhood.
Nevertheless, the multitude of eccentrically-designed hotels in the Mid-30s immediately to the northeast of 461 West 34th Street mean that the neighborhood has certainly dodged a bullet, even if the result isn't actually anything that special.
Marx was also in the news for getting an $88 million construction loan for yet another hotel in the Hudson Yards neighborhood. YIMBY reported on permits being filed for the 531-key hotel at 450 11th Avenue this July. Combined, the company will be adding 930 hotel rooms to the area.
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5 Comments on "Surprisingly Attractive Hotel at 461 West 34th Street Almost Complete in Hudson Yards, Manhattan"
David | October 24, 2018 at 8:15 am | Reply
Please pardon me for using your space: It's unmistakable. Beautiful tower.
Roberto le Jeun | October 24, 2018 at 9:12 am | Reply
Can we try not to confuse mediocre with acceptable?
sebastian | October 24, 2018 at 9:53 am | Reply
It's attractive because it isn't a Gene Kaufman design.
Klaus K. | October 24, 2018 at 5:15 pm | Reply
I would call this building inoffensive but not necessarily attractive.
David Traversa | October 24, 2018 at 7:30 pm | Reply
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Does your Windows 8 taskbar still look like anyone else's? It's one of the most customizable elements in Windows 8, yet most users accept it as it is and never bother to change any of its behaviors. Nevertheless, getting to know the features of the taskbar only takes a couple of minutes and will allow you to control your computer like a pro for many years to come.
In addition to that, if you know a few things about the Windows 8 taskbar, you can easily take place in front of anyone else's computer and don't look stupid, even if that person if one of the five individuals on the planet who has customized the taskbar.
Has your taskbar disappeared? One of the things you must know if you think that your taskbar disappeared in Windows 8 is that Windows 8 can run in 2 "modes". You have the "Modern User Interface" mode (MUI, or previously called "Metro") and you have "Desktop Mode". You won't find any taskbars in the Modern User Interface. That's by design. You will find many "taskbar disappeared Windows 8" cries for help on the internet, mainly by people who find themselves a bit lost amidst the large application tiles in the Windows 8 MUI.
The Windows 8 MUI looks quite different from the desktop interfaces that we have been used to until Windows 7, but Windows 8 still offers the possibility to operate in Desktop mode. As a matter of fact, many people who are working with Windows 8 on a non-mobile device prefer Desktop mode as this feels more familiar to them and offers more possibilities.
As you can see in the MUI image above, there is no taskbar in the Windows 8 start screen, nor will there appear one if you move your mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen. What you can do in the Windows 8 start screen to show the taskbar is press the Windows-key + T combination on your keyboard.
As you can see in the image below, pressing the Windows-key + T keyboard combination will show the taskbar. If you click on any of the application images in the taskbar, the application will open in Desktop mode.
This next image shows how Windows Explorer opened in desktop mode, with the "This PC" Window , application icons on the desktop and the Windows 8 taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
Another way of getting to the desktop from within the Windows 8 MUI is by simply clicking the desktop tile. If you go back and take another look at the first image in this article, you'll notice a large, black tile with "Desktop" written in the bottom left corner. In your own Windows 8 MUI start screen, you'll have a similar desktop tile, although it may look different depending on your desktop wallpaper. Clicking your desktop tile will also take you to your desktop, where you'll have the Windows 8 taskbar.
Before you can start customizing your taskbar, you need to make sure that the taskbar is unlocked. You unlock the Windows 8 taskbar by right-clicking an empty spot on the taskbar and de-selecting the checkmark next to "Lock the taskbar".
Ever since the introduction of Windows 8, people have been wondering "where is the Windows 8 Quick Launch" toolbar?
In Windows 7 and earlier versions, this used to be an option that could be activated in the taskbar properties settings, but in Windows 8 this is slightly more complicated.
Right-click an empty spot on your taskbar and select "Toolbars..." and then "New Toolbar.
You will then have the Windows 8 Quick Launch toolbar, which might require some fine-tuning.
First of all, right-click the Windows 8 Quick Launch Toolbar and DE-select "Show text" and "Show title" to make it look a little more recognizable.
If you want to move the Quick Launch toolbar more to the left on your taskbar, move your mouse pointer over the dotted line on the Quick Launch toolbar, click and drag all the way to the left of the dotted line on the left on the taskbar.
To remove the Windows 8 Quick Launch toolbar again, right-click an empty spot on your taskbar, select "Toolbars" and then deselect "Quick launch".
As long as your taskbar is still unlocked, you can start customizing its appearance and features. For instance, you can move your taskbar to another location on your screen instead of at the bottom. To do that, simply click and hold the taskbar on an empty spot and drag the taskbar to one of the other edges of your screen.
The result will be that your toolbar now sits on the edge of your screen where you moved it. In the image below is an example of a vertically oriented toolbar at the left side of the screen. Once you know how this works, it's very easy to help someone whose toolbar accidently got moved to another side of the screen.
You'd be surprised how many times people get stuck because their toolbar suddenly moves to another part of the screen and they don't know how to fix this.
Another cry for help that you'll hear every now and then is from people whose Windows 8 taskbar disappeared. The disappearing or auto-hide behavior of the taskbar is another feature that can sometimes cause confusion with new computer users. Some people enable the taskbar auto-hide feature so that the taskbar disappears while they are working in an application, making more screen real estate available to work with.
You enable the Windows 8 taskbar auto-hide feature by right-clicking on an empty spot on the taskbar, selecting "properties" and selecting the "auto-hide" checkbox in the "Taskbar and navigation properties" screen.
In this screen, you'll also notice the "Taskbar location on screen" feature with a drop-down list, which is an alternative to the method described above if you want to move your taskbar to another location.
With the taskbar auto-hide feature enabled, simply move your mouse all the way down to the bottom of your screen whenever you need your taskbar. Just give it a try and you'll see how your taskbar automatically appears whenever you need it.
If you don't have enough space on your taskbar to display all the application buttons of your open programs, you can enable the feature "Use small taskbar buttons" in the "Taskbar and navigation properties" screen and click the apply button to see the results immediately.
If you've ever tried to unpin the Windows Store app from your taskbar, you have probably noticed that you couldn't get rid of the Windows Store app so easily. Here's how to remove the Windows Store app from your taskbar.
In the "Taskbar and navigation properties" screen, uncheck the box next to "Show Windows Store apps on the taskbar" and click ok.
You might be surprised to still see the Windows Store icon on your taskbar after this step, but getting rid of the Windows Store icon on your taskbar requires one more action: right-click the icon and select "Unpin this program from taskbar".
By default, Windows groups together the instances of application buttons if you have the same application open several times. For instance, if you have two or more Windows Explorer windows open, they will appear grouped together on the taskbar (see first image below), but if you use the "Taskbar buttons" dropdown list options, you can make the buttons appear next to each other, like in the second image below.
Some people prefer to set this option to "Combine when taskbar is full", because application buttons also show a label with this setting As long as Windows has enough room on the taskbar to arrange the application buttons separately, that is). As you can see in the Windows Explorer buttons in the image above, the buttons also show the name of the current folder.
The notification area (also sometimes called system tray) on the Windows 8 taskbar on the right-hand side where the date and time are displayed, can also be customized.
Windows displays a small, upward pointing triangle in the notification area (circled in red in the image above) that you can click to show hidden icons. Some other icons are not hidden and are always visible on your taskbar. Certain programs will create an icon in your notification area when you install on your computer, like for instance the yellow-green-blue Google Drive icon in the image above.
If you are not happy with the icons that are visible or not, you can customize them by clicking the triangle and then clicking "customize".
Also note the blue link that says "Turn system icons on or off", which will take you to the system icons screen, where you get to decide whether or not to show each individual system icon.
Some people like to add the address toolbar to their Windows 8 taskbar.
Having the address toolbar in your taskbar can be a quick way to go to certain web addresses with a single click of the mouse, no matter what application windows you have open. You simply click in the address bar, type the address and press ENTER to open up the page with your default internet browser.
To put the address (or another) toolbar on your taskbar, right-click an empty spot on your taskbar, select properties and in the "Taskbar and navigation properties" window, check address on the "Toolbars" tab.
Feel free to experiment with other toolbars as well, you can always remove them again later if you don't want them there.
With all the extra icons in the notification area, extra toolbars and un-combined application buttons, you might quickly find that you run out of space on your taskbar. You can enlarge the taskbar by moving your mouse to the top of your Windows 8 taskbar until the mouse pointer changes into a two-sided arrow.
Then simply drag upwards to enlarge the taskbar.


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Joe Lockhart was press secretary for President Bill Clinton. He recently told stories from his time on the job—live onstage at a performance space in New York City called The Moth, where regular people share stories about their lives—in front of a boisterous crowd. It turns out that Presidential press secretaries CAN have personality. (6 minutes)
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Is there a notation for consecutive integrations? Something like:
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\iint f(x)dx = F_2(x) +C_1x+C_2\\
\iiint f(x)dx =  F_3(x) +\frac{C_1x^2}{2}+C_2x+C_3
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For Vols lineman Ryan Johnson, the smart move is pursing engineering degrees, football
Dan Fleser
Jerry and Judith Johnson bought an Encyclopedia Britannica set when their son Ryan was just 4 years old.
The purchase was for mom and dad. Their child was curious beyond his years and they wanted to match his pace.
"He was asking us questions we couldn't answer fully," Jerry said.
Why are clouds white? Why is the sky blue? Why are some mountaintops jagged while others are round? Young Ryan was full of wonder.
"He's always been very thirsty for answers to different questions," Jerry said.
In grade school, Ryan cobbled together two vacuum cleaner motors to make a remote control boat. He was reading a college-level physics book in middle school. He learned how to play the guitar in high school.
His quest for knowledge befits his stature as an honor roll student at the University of Tennessee. He will graduate in less than three years with a degree in civil engineering and then pursue a master's degree.
It also says something about Johnson being a 6-foot-6, 302-pound sophomore offensive lineman for the Vols football team. The former Brentwood Academy standout started the final four games of last season, playing three different positions. He likely will start at guard when Tennessee opens against West Virginia on Sept. 1 in Charlotte, N.C.
These two pursuits haven't been mutually exclusive in Johnson's mind. Instead, he thinks that they mirror each other in reflecting "the learning process." No question.
Why Ryan Johnson is playing chess on football field
During an interview session last week, Johnson professed his love for getting dirty, aggressive and "putting people on their backs."
In that sense, he sounded like so many linemen. Where he distinguished himself was in putting such savagery into a mental context.
"Every game that you play, every snap that you play, you're always learning something from it," Johnson said.
Johnson said that he studies game film in the same manner that he studies a math problem and said, "that may be scary to some people if they're looking at a calculus problem, but that's the same thing if somebody is looking at a football problem and doesn't understand it."
Tennessee's offensive line is in recovery mode after being decimated by injury and attrition last season. Chance Hall, who was sidelined by knee surgery, is coming back. Preseason All-SEC honoree Trey Smith, who missed spring practice with blood clots in his lungs, was doing some contact work during Tuesday's practic.
Recapturing the teamwork of line play, Johnson said, requires a shared knowledge to inform their every move.
"We have to know how each other thinks," he said, "and to do that you have to know everybody inside and out."
Jerry Johnson, who is known as "Tyke," is a former offensive lineman at Austin Peay and knows a thing or two about football. Therefore, he appreciates what his son grasps about the game.
"He knows what every lineman on the field is supposed to do, even the defensive linemen," Jerry Johnson said.
There's a thought process behind getting dirty and aggressive and Ryan loves it equally.
"It's a chess game to me; it really is," he said. "It's a game but I enjoy the strategy behind it because I'm a civil engineer. So that's my thing. I want to analyze everything. So I take my classroom skills — I'm analyzing a building — I take that to the football field and vice versa."
How Vols lineman gets it all done
Jerry Johnson said that during a two-week visit home this spring, his son dismantled and then reassembled an old pick-up truck that Jerry had purchased for his construction business, doing some repair in the process.
At the same time, Ryan also managed some reading about two medical procedures under consideration for his grandmother, who had suffered a stroke.
When it comes to balancing FBS football and his academic pursuits, it's no wonder Johnson mentioned fuel intake first in saying it necessitates "lots of coffee."
As for time management, Johnson consults with his professors and coaches and squeezes the minutes for everything they're worth.
"Maybe be the guy who's the only guy who's got the light on on the plane when you're flying back home at 2 in the morning," he said.
"It's really hard, but it's not something you can't do."
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Dry Kill Logic Debuts New Single, 'Don't See Ghosts'
Posted on September 17, 2020 by philspicks
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Dry Kill Logic debuted its new single this week.
The band debuted its new single 'Don't See Ghosts' Thursday through Revolver Magazine. The song is the band's first new music since the release of its single 'Vices' last year.
The video is a very simple presentation. A man sits in a chair, wearing a suit and tie, but his head is covered by a bear head. The camera zooms in slowly over the course of the song's nearly five-minute run time. As the camera zooms in, images of protests and civil unrest flash very quickly over the serenity of the main scene. The contrast of the imagery is meant to illustrate the song's lyrical content, which front man Cliff Rigano discussed with the Revolver magazine staff.
"We've always tried to write songs that come from a personal place, but frame them in a way that can be interpreted to mean something different and unique to each listener," said Rigano. "Don't See Ghosts" was recorded last year, right after we put out "Vices", but we were unsure of when to release it. After looking at the lyrics recently, the song actually started to mean something different to us as well, and we realized that this was the right time to put it out."
The song's featured musical arrangement is everything that fans have come to expect from the band, what with its heavy melodic metal approach. At the same time, there are moments in this song that lend themselves to comparisons to works from Hatebreed, too. That combination of sounds and styles makes the song's arrangement in whole its own powerful reason for audiences to hear this song.
'Don't See Ghosts' was produced by Dry Kill Logic guitarist Jason Bozzi and mixed by Greg Thomas (Misery Signals, Shai Hulud). The song was recorded at Intension Studios in Astoria, NY and at Silver Bullet Studios in Burlington, CT.
More singles are expected from Dry Kill Logic through its own label, Psychodrama Records in partnership with eOne Music. 'Don't See Ghosts' is available to stream and download here.
More information on Dry Kill Logic's new single is available along with all of the band's latest news at:
Website: http://drykilllogic.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/drykilllogic
Twitter: http://twitter.com/drykilllogic
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Chickenfoot To Release Its First Hits Compilation Next Month
Courtesy: eOne Music
Chickenfoot will release its first-ever hits collection this spring.
The rock super group announced this week it will release its new hits collection Best + Live on March 10, 2017. The compilation includes 'Get It Up,' 'Soap On A Rope,' 'Dubai Blues' and eight other Chickenfoot favorites.
It also includes a "new" song, 'Divine Termination,' which the band performed live last May. The song was performed during a performance at Harrah's Lake Tahoe. The performance was from one of two one-off shows performed at the famed casino.
The band's hits and its new songs are just some of what audiences have to look forward to on Chickenfoot's new compilation record. It will also feature three live performances included in that main disc.
To sweeten the deal for fans, the collection will also include a second disc that features 11 live performances from Chickenfoot. The songs featured on the bonus live disc were originally included in the band's 2010 Live DVD/BD Get Your Buzz On.
The full track listing for Best + Live is noted below.
Tracklist "BEST+LIVE"
CD1 – BEST OF
01. Divine Termination (BRAND NEW SONG)
02. Soap On A Rope
03. Sexy Little Thing
04. Oh Yeah
05. Get It Up
06. Future In The Past
07. Big Foot
08. Different Devil
09. Lighten Up
10. Dubai Blues
11. Something Going Wrong
Bonus LIVE TRACKS:
12. Highway Star
13. Bad Motor Scooter
14. My Generation
CD2 – LIVE
01. Avenida Revolution
04. My Kinda Girl
05. Down The Drain
06. Bitten By The Wolf
08. Learning To Fall
10. Turnin' Left
More information on Best + Live is available online now along with all of the band's latest news and more at:
Website: http://www.chickenfoot.us
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chickenfoot
Twitter: http://twitter.com/chickenfoot
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Dope Releases 'Blood Money' Music Video
This fall Dope will return with its new album Blood Money Pt. 1. In anticipation of the album's release the band has unveiled the video for the album's lead single.
The band teamed with hard rock outlet Loudwire to debut the song's new video this week. The video is just as intense visually as it is musically and lyrically. So viewer discretion is advised. It features footage of the band performing its new song along with footage of front man Edsel Dope being strapped to a chair, being forced to take in images of sex, drugs, and other associated topics. It can be viewed online now here.
Along with its new video, the band also recently announced that it will tour in support of its new album this fall on what has been dubbed the Die Mother F**** Die Tour." The six-week tour, which is being presented by Revolver magazine, is currently scheduled to run through Sunday, October 30th in West Hollywood, California. Flaw and Motograter will share time on stage as support for Dope throughout the course of the tour. The band's complete tour schedule is noted below.
09/13 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
09/14 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
09/15 – Vancouver, BC @ The Rickshaw
09/16 – Pasco, WA @ La Tropicana
09/17 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
09/18 – Spokane, WA @ The Pin
09/19 – Idaho Falls, ID @ The Falls Venue
09/20 – Denver, CO @ Herman's Hideaway
09/21 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Sunshine Studios
09/22 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
09/23 – St Louis, MO @ Firebird
09/24 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze
09/25 – Des Moines, IA @ Lefty's
09/26 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Big's Bar
09/27 – Waterloo, IA @ The Reverb
09/28 – Stevens Point, WI @ Live On Main
09/29 – Chippewa Falls, WI @ Every Buddy's
09/30 – Battle Creek, MI @ Music Factory
10/01 – Flint, MI @ Machine Shop
10/02 – Madison, WI @ Sonic Boom
10/03 – Toledo, OH @ Realm
10/04 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
10/05 – Cleveland, OH @ The Agora
10/06 – Columbus, OH @ Park Street Saloon
10/07 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
10/08 – Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater
10/09 – Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall
10/10 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
10/11 – Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks
10/12 – Montreal, QC @ Pirahna Bar
10/13 – Amityville, NY @ Revolution
10/14 – Worcester, MA @ Rock N Shock @ Palladium
10/15 – Baltimore, MD @ Fish Head Cantina
10/16 – Fayetteville, NC @ The Rock Shop
10/17 – Atlanta, GA @ Heaven – Masquerade
10/18 – Lake Charles, LA @ The Centerstage
10/19 – Austin, TX @ Dirty Dog Bar
10/20 – Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
10/21 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
10/22 – Merriam, KS @ Aftershock
10/23 – Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th St. Collective
10/24 – Lubbock, TX @ Backstage
10/25 – Gallup, NM @ The Juggernaut
10/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Joe's Grotto
10/27 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
10/28 – Las Vegas, NV @ Counts Vamp'd
10/29 – Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove of Anaheim
10/30 – W. Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky
Blood Money Pt. I will be released on Friday, October 28th via Entertainment One Music (eOne Music). It can be pre-ordered online now in a variety of bundle packages and by itself online now here. It can also be pre-ordered online via iTunes here. More information on Dope's new album, tour, and more is available online now at:
Website: http://dopearmy.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Dopetheband
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dopetheband
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Soul Asylum Signs With eOne Music For Its Eleventh Full-Length Album
Courtesy: Entertainment One
Veteran rock act Soul Asylum returns next spring with its latest full-length studio recording.
The members of Soul Asylum announced this week that the band has signed with Entertainment One (eOne) to release its next album, which will be titled Change of Fortune. The band's eleventh full-length studio recording, it will be the band's debut album for Entertainment One and its first since 2012's Delayed Reaction. It is currently slated for release on Friday, March 18th, 2016. While the band will have the backing of Entertainment One for its new album, it is also giving its fans the chance to play a role in the album's creation, too. Fans can help make the album a reality through the band's PledgeMusic campaign. There are a number of pledge levels that include different rewards with each pledge level including but not limited to: a signed copy of the album, an advance copy of the album once it's done, Grave Dancers Union T-Shirt, and much more. All of the details on the different pledge levels and rewards is available online now at http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/soulasylum.
Chuck Oliner, eOne Music's Director of Marketing and Promotions, shared his thoughts on the band's signing saying, "We are thrilled to be working with such a great trailblazing band as Soul Asylum." He also gave a small hint in regards to the timeline for everything noting that the album's first single is expected sometime early in the new year. "We wait to lead off 2016 with the first single from their new album Change of Fortune," he said. Loyal Soul Asylum fans will be blown away with the new album, and new fans will understand why we are all so excited they are back. Welcome back Soul Asylum, and get ready to see Dave, Michael, Winston and Justin on tour in 2016."
More information on Change of Fortune is available online along with all of the latest news from Soul Asylum at:
Website: http://pledgemusic.com/projects/soulasylum
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SoulAsylum
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Drowning Pool Announces Title, Release Date For New LP
Posted on October 13, 2015 by philspicks
2015 is almost a wrap. For many that means plans for New Year's Eve. For others, such as the members of Drowning Pool, it means looking past the big night and into the new year. The veteran hard rock band has announced that it will release its new album early next year. As a matter of fact, the band has announced that its new album, its sixth, has both a title and release date.
Hellelujah will be released Friday, January 22nd, 2016 via eOne Music. The band's sixth full-length album, it will be the first for eOne as the band signed with eOne earlier this summer. It will come a little less than three years after the release of the band's fifth full-length album Resilience, which was released April 9th, 2013. Jason Suecof (August Burns Red, Deicide, Death Angel) manned the boards for the upcoming release. Fans can keep up with all of the latest updates on Hellelujah online along with all of the band's latest news at:
Website: http://drowningpool.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/drowningpool
Twitter: http://twitter.com/drowningpool
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TesseracT Inks New Deal With eOne Music & Kscope, Begins Work On Next Album
Posted on June 25, 2015 by philspicks
Courtesy: Century Media Records
British prog-metal band TesseracT apparently has a new home and has already started work on its next album.
Only months removed from the release of its first-ever live recording Odyssey/Scala, the band has announced that it will release its next album via eOne Music in North America. The upcoming release is in partnership with Kscope, TesseracT's home label in the UK. When asked about joining eOne's roster, front man Dan Tompkins noted the experience of eOne's staff in making the choice to work with the label on its next album. "We're very excited to be working with the eOne team, he said. "Their experience and well- rounded ability will certainly help us grow in our biggest market." He added that part of the band's decision was based on the label's resources. "The band is really looking forward to making the most of utilizing the resources that eOne has to offer and can't wait to start this album cycle," he said.
Kscope Director of Sales & Marketing Johnny Wilks discussed the label's dedication to TesseracT and giving it the utmost attention and help succeeding. "eOne are totally focused on this new record," he said. "Working closely with our Kscope team in London, they have created a truly exciting campaign." The as-yet untitled album will be the band's third full-length studio release, fifth overall release, and its first for Kscope. The band's previous two albums—Altered State and One—and EPs—Concealing Fate and Perspective—were all released via Century Media.
More information on TesseracT's new album is available online along with all of the latest news from the band at:
Website: http://www.tesseractband.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tesseractband
Twitter: http://twitter.com/tesseractband
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Destrage Staying Busy This Fall And Winter
Courtesy: Metal Blade Records
Destrage will hit the road next Friday, November 14th in support of its latest full length studio effort Are You Kidding Me? No. The fifteen-date tour will take the band across Europe and winds up Saturday, December 13th. The band's members announced that they will document their travels and performances as the tour progresses. The band has partnered with Bode Music Gear to produce the tour videos, which will run on the company's YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/bodesrl. The band's videos will feature the band taking part in various fun and pointless challenges including: who can put the most of something in their mouth, who can do the most push-ups, who can do the most shots, jumping over cars, who can break the most guitar strings, and more. Destrage will joined by Protest The Hero, The Faceless, and The Contortionist for its upcoming tour. The complete schedule for the bands' tour is listed below.
DESTRAGE
Tour w/ Protest The Hero, The Faceless, The Contortionist
11/14 Leipzig, DE Conne Island
11/15 Pilsen, CZ Pod Lampou
11/16 Berlin, DE Bi Nuu
11/21 Enschede, NL Atak
11/22 Köln, DE Essigfabrik
11/24 Antwerpen, BE Trix
12/04 Paris, FR Trabendo
12/05 Karlsruhe, DE Substage
12/06 Milano, IT Live Forum
12/07 Rome, IT Traffic Club
12/08 München, DE Backstage
12/09 Wien, AT Arena
12/10 Geneve, CH L'Usine
12/12 Winterthur, CH Gaswerk
12/13 Lyon, FR Warmaudio
Along with the upcoming tour videos, Destrage has also announced the release of its new guitar transcription book Are You Kidding Me? No: The Complete Guitar Transcription. The book is expected to be released this month while the band is touring. The book will be released in partnership with Sheet Happens Publishing. Fans can pick up the book at the band's merchandise booth at its live shows and online via the Sheet Happens Publishing website at http://www.sheethappenspublishing.com. Those wanting the physical book can order it online at http://www.sheethappenspublishing.com/product-499/destrage-are-you-kidding-me?-no-%7C-printed-guitarbook.
If the band's new guitar transcription book isn't enough for fans, guitarists Matteo Di Gioia and Ralph Salati have released a brand new in-depth guitar tutorial for the song 'My Green Neighbor,' which is taken from the band's Metal Blade Records' debut record. The tutorial is available online now at YouTube. The official video for the song is also available now on YouTube.
Audiences can keep track of the band's tour and keep up with all of the latest updates from the band online at:
Website: http://www.destrage.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/destrage
Twitter: http://twitter.com/destrage
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Overkill Doesn't Need New Tricks, Sounds To Impress On Its Latest LP
Veteran thrash metal band Overkill has been making its own brand of rock for nearly forty years. Ever since the band released its debut album way back in 1984, the New Jersey-based band has built its fan base by sticking to what it knows best. Typically, producing the same kind of record with every release is a formula for a band's demise. But somehow, Overkill has managed to disprove that formula with every release. That includes its latest full length studio effort White Devil Armory. This album, the band's seventeenth (yes, seventeenth) presents a band with just as much drive and fire within its members as when it first started out all those years ago. Every one of the songs included in the recently released deluxe edition of White Devil Armory exemplifies just how much this band seems to still have in its tank. Collectively, they show that this band still has plenty of fuel left in its tank. It is definitely a candidate for a spot on this critic's list of the year's best new hard rock and metal albums.
A close examination of White Devil Armory reveals that this band still has plenty left to offer the metal community in whole. The thrash sound that audiences have come to know on the band's previous releases is just as prevalent here as in those records. One of the best examples of why that sound makes this record works comes in the form of 'Pig.' This full throttle rocker will make any true metalhead proud. The full-on assault of guitarists Dave Linsk and Derek Tailer is the heart of this song. It displays what once made metal great. It is just solid shredding. Period. There is no down-tuned, crunchy sound here (or anywhere throughout the album). It's like taking a musical trip back to a better era of music. And vocalist/found member Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth's vocals are just as strong as he sings, "Listen to the horn blow/Up against the night glow/Someone left the bodies in the garden of the war show/Dig a grave or foxhole/Pile up the dead souls/Someone saw the bodies/Call damage control/Better get to know my name." That first section of the song's opening verse comes across as a not so lightly veiled commentary about the war in the Middle East. That could very well be wrong of course. It is, as always, just this critic's own interpretation. The second half of the verse strengthens that argument, though. Ellsworth sings in the verse's second half, "The big celebration is getting me high/Feel the sensation of just getting by/Don't know the answer/But I know the game/Treat them well/Give them hell/Buy and sell/Welcome to the rodeo-Pig." It almost comes across as making commentary about politicians orchestrating everything as he sings, "Treat them well/Give them hell/Buy and sell." That line alone makes one think about the backhanded politics and politicians that lead the wars into which American forces are thrown. The ferocity of the song in its own way adds even more fuel to that fire. Again this is just one critic's own interpretation of this song. It would definitely be interesting to learn whether or not that was what the band was trying to get across to audiences. Regardless, it is without a doubt one of the best moments on this album because of that ability to create such discussion regarding its lyrical content and its balls-to-the-walls sound.
'Pig' is one of Overkill's moments on White Devil Armory. That is thanks to its combination of thought provoking lyrics and no nonsense music. The band presents even more of that no nonsense, full throttle sound in what is another of the album's high points in 'Where There's Smoke.' This song is another that harkens back to the golden era of speed and thrash metal. It conjures thoughts of classic Anthrax and Metallica with its musical side. On its lyrical side, the song Ellsworth and company create just as much discussion as Ellsworth sings, "Did a lot of damage in a little bit of time/I was running out of smiles/With two feet inside the crime/Finger pointing at me in the name of good and right/When I'm standing in the darkness/Turn on the f&%#!&% light." He goes on to sing in the song's second verse, "I was solid locked and loaded/Ready for the brawl/Standing in the killing field/Just outside the wall/Caught the scent of devil/Burning in the night/So I'm waiting in the shadows/Turn out that f&%#!&% light." There is almost a sense of introspection about Ellsworth's past here. The lines "Left the trouble back there in Jersey/Left the rubber just below the chrome" makes the song feel as if Ellsworth is saying his past is his past and he's only looking straight forward. It's almost like he's saying, "Yes, these are things I did. But that's the past." This could again be a completely incorrect interpretation. It is just this critic's own interpretation. Right or wrong, it proves in the long run to be one more excellent example of what makes White Devil Armory just as solid as any of Overkill's previous records.
'Pig' and 'Where There's Smoke' are both key examples of why White Devil Armory deserves to at least be considered for a spot on this and every critic's year-end list of the year's best new hard rock and metal albums. One more song that easily qualifies this album for said list is the album's lead single and semi-title track 'Armorist.' It's no wonder that this song was chosen as the album's opener and its lead single, too. Ron Lipnicki's machine gun-fast drumming and the solid shredding on the part of Dave Linsk and Derek Tailer make this song an instant hit. On a random note, any Doctor Who fans out there will laugh at the fact taht Bobby Ellsworth sounds a lot like one of the Daleks here. The band produced this album itself and was joined by Greg Reely for mixing and mastering. Regardless of who was responsible for this aspect, that effect is a nice touch in this song. Audiences can check out the song's official video online now via YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_c3GBrWsao. It is a solid opener for the band on this its latest album. And for those that might be new to the music of Overkill, it is just as solid a first impression from what is one of the most legendary bands in the metal community.
'The Armorist,' 'Where There's Smoke,' and 'Pig' are each great additions to White Devil Armory. Each song proves in its own way why Overkill is still one of the most revered bands in the metal community. They are only a small collective handful of examples of why Overkill is still so popular. The deluxe edition of White Devil Armory includes a total of thirteen tracks. That leaves ten more songs from which audiences can choose as their favorite(s). Regardless of which track(s) audiences choose as their favorite(s), the one thing on which every listener will be able to agree in listening to this album is that it definitely deserves to be included on any critic's year-end list of the best new hard rock and metal albums. The band is currently wrapping up the North American leg of its tour in support of its new album. It will wrap up the U.S. leg of its tour with a pair of dates at the Palladium in Worcester, MA next Thursday and Friday, October 16th and 17th before taking some time off to recharge in preparation for the European leg of its tour. That leg begins Thursday, October 30th in Barcelona, Spain. Audiences can get a full listing of the band's tour dates as well as the latest updates from the band online at:
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Unblackened Is One Of BLS' Best Live Releases
Courtesy: EOne Music/Entertainment One
Zakk Wylde and his Black Label Society brothers are back once again with a brand new live release. Unblackened is another impressive live release from Wylde and company. Whether one has had the pleasure of attending a BLS show live or not, it serves as an excellent example of what audiences get with a live Black Label show. This live recording is something extra special for Black Label fans. It is something extra special first and foremost because unlike with previous live releases, it is being released both on CD and on DVD and Blu-ray. Audiences will appreciate the audio quality from the CD portion of the recording. On a related note, the review for the video (Blu-ray) portion of the recording will come at a later date. The audio mix on the CD was very well balanced, adding to the overall enjoyment. One more reason fans will appreciate this latest release is that also unlike previous live releases, Zakk and his band mates were extremely selective in their set list for this show. All of these factors taken into consideration, they make Unblackened a contender for one of 2013's best new live recordings.
Unblackened, as noted, is an easy contender to be named one of the year's best live recordings. It earns this honor first and foremost as it is presented both with an audio and video portion. This is different from previous live Black Label Society releases. Previous live Black Label Society have been put out solely on CD (E.g. Live Brew-tality) or specifically on DVD or Blu-ray as in the live release, Boozed, Bruised, and Broken Boned. This is a rare treat for long-time Black Label Society fans, to be able to take the recording with them anywhere that they want, including their vehicles. Even with the audio and video portion being kept separate from one another, fans receive a treat as it allows audiences to decide which side of the show they want to get. This is good in that maybe a given fan has the DVD or Blu-ray side of the show, but not the CD. The CD could be purchased separate by said fan's family or friends as a gift for a birthday. Or since the holidays are right around the corner, said fan's family or friends could purchase the CD as a gift idea without worrying about whether or not said fan already has the audio half of the concert. Sure, it would be just as great to have both the audio and video portion of the show together. But it's just as good to have them separate. The hypothetical situation noted here is just one example of why this is the case. And it is for this hypothetical situation that Entertainment One's staffers are to be commended for making the choice to present the show on separate formats.
The ability of fans to choose whether they want to take in Unblackened in its audio or video format or both is a major boon to any Black Label Society fan. It's just one positive to this new upcoming live recording. In looking solely at the recording's audio (CD) side, the CD's audio mix is solid. Believe it or not, there are some cases in which the audio mix of a live recording can turn out to be somewhat muddy to put it politely. This is not one of those cases. Those responsible for mixing the concert for home release did their jobs with expert precision. The end result is a live double-disc CD release that will leave fans wanting the concert's video side in the best possible way. But alas, that is a review for another day.
The overall presentation of Unblackened is the biggest portion of what makes this live recording a candidate to be one of the year's best live recordings. The audio mix was finalized expertly on the CD. And the very fact that fans can choose between the CD and DVD or Blu-ray (what BLS fan wouldn't want both sides of the show?) makes it even more impactful for fans. There is one more factor which fans should consider in this new live release. That final factor is the show's set list. The set list makes the concert stand out from previous BLS live releases in the fact that it is much more album specific. It pulls a song here and a song there from The Blessed Hellride and Mafia. But the majority of this concert's set list was pulled from Wylde's older solo material and from BLS' acoustic album, Hangover Music Vol. VI. That album in question received mixed reception from both fans and critics alike. Put into a live format as it is here though, many of the songs from that album are given a whole new life. Perhaps after hearing the songs from Hangover Music Vol. VI in a whole new setting, fans that were critical of said album will gain a whole new appreciation for the record. Older tracks such as the show's opener, 'Losin' Your Mind', 'Sold My Soul', 'Road Back Home', and 'Sweet Jesus' make the concert even more special. That's because these classics are far less visible on Zakk's previous live recordings. They show a side of Wylde with which many audiences might not be so familiar. It proves, as Zakk said in one interview years ago, a song can be heavy without being heavy and crunching. Fans that accept this will enjoy every minute of this recording when it is released on September 24th via EOne Music. Fans will be able to purchase the double-disc in stores or order it online via iTunes at http://www.itunes.com/blacklabelsociety. In the meantime, audiences can keep up with all of the latest BLS news on the official BLS Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/blacklabelsociety and its official website, http://www.blacklabelsociety.com.
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Do you remember my posts about the forthcoming ESV Study Bible, here and here? My first post mentioned that I'm decidely not a fan of the artwork for the hard cover edition of the ESV Study Bible (they put that orange triangle on the cover of the TruTone editions as well–I just don't get it), and my second post mentioned in passing that I'm planning to buy the Hardcover edition anyway and just take the dustjacket off.
Today I received an email from a Customer Service Rep at Crossway who took the time to read my post(s) and then was kind enough to give me the heads up that the artwork is printed on the hardback itself, not just on the dustjacket.
That information itself is very disappointing, but I'm so impressed that they took the time to contact me (he had to figure out how to do that, by the way, as I don't have my email anywhere on my blog) that it's quite taken the sting out of the ugly, juvenile artwork.
So, here's one more reason to use the ESV: it's backed by an impressive organization of people who legitimately care about their customer.
I would dearly love to see an alternative with a sense of respectability. However, as I mentioned to the gentleman from Crossway, I've all ready placed a pre-order with evangelicalbible.com and I'm not going to cancel it. After all, what you really care about in a study bible is the interior content–and that promises to be top-notch.
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SUPERNAL LIBERTY – dziesiąty album japońskiej piosenkarki Nany Mizuki, wydany 14 kwietnia 2014 roku. Osiągnął 1 pozycję na liście Oricon i pozostał na niej przez 15 tygodni, sprzedał się w nakładzie  egzemplarzy. Uzyskał status złotej płyty.

Album został wydany w trzech edycjach: regularnej i dwóch limitowanych CD+DVD/BD.

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BLM "Protester" Charged With Felony For Live Streaming Himself In A Judge's Condo…
Via DailyMail:
A Minneapolis man has been arrested and charged with attempting to intimidate the judge presiding over the trial of former police officer Kim Potter, who killed Daunte Wright, after he staged a protest outside the door of her apartment.
He is charged with tampering with a judicial officer – a felony.
Rice on November 6 staged a protest outside what he believed to be the house of Judge Regina Chiu, who had initially ruled that cameras would not be allowed in her courtroom for Potter's trial.


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National Resource Defense Council
Categories: Whaling
In order to understand why the NRDC's campaign against whaling was conceived in the first place, it is important to explain the history of whaling, why it is illegal, and what policies have been made regarding the subject.
Whaling is defined as the practice of hunting and slaughtering whales for meat, oil, and bones to trade and sell. This was a very competitive business among pro-whaling countries because whale products can be used to create margarin, candles, transmission fuels, etc.
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(Whaling). According to the NRDC, the cost of taking a whale's life has greater negative consequences than the economic benefit in which the whaling industries receive. NRDC's motivation for saving whales comes out of sympathy and appreciation for these "magnificent" mammals. "They inspired the 'Save the Whales' movement, which fundamentally is about the struggle between short-term human greed and the diversity and richness of life for generations to come" says Joel Reynolds in an NRDC article about the why whales matter (Save the Whales, Save Ourselves: Why Whales Matter).
Seeing the rate at which these creatures were being slaughtered will provide understanding as to why whaling is such an urgent and pressing issue for NRDC and others.
Within the last century, astonishing numbers of whales have been killed for the previously mentioned subpar reasons. Although the whaling industry has been around for thousands of years, whale hunting within the 20th century caused the most harm to the mammals. Between 1990-1999 researchers estimated that 2.
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9 million whales were killed across all of the oceans by the whaling industry. Within the last century, 90% of the blue whale species was lost, along with one-third of all sperm whales. While some whale breeds have recovered, many are still reaching extinction, such as the North Atlantic right whale and the Antarctic blue whale (Cressy 141).
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
After the extreme decline in whales throughout the 20th century, activists were ready to make a stand and end the slaughtering. The movement began in 1946 by the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) which is an international environmental agreement signed in Washington D.C. The ICRW was designed to better protect specific species of whales from the whaling industry. While it was a promising agreement, it wasn't productive enough in stopping the endangerment of whales through whaling. The most recent, and most beneficial agreement was made in 1986 by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The IWC's prevented whale hunting completely through creating a series of policies that would describe exactly what kind of contact people could have with whales. Many countries agreed to these policies at first, but over time specific countries have not followed through in complying with this agreement and have continued to hunt whales (History of Whaling). In modern times, where campaigns such as the NRDC's, to end commercial whaling are needed in order to continue the protection of these important creatures.
The NRDC organization focuses on many environmental issues among them one which caught our attention was the environmental movement campaign to end commercial whaling. This campaign is led by Taryn Kiekow Heimer she is the NRDC deputy director of the Marine Mammal Protection Project and Nature Program. She has great history that makes her a great leader for this campaign; she worked as a litigation associate at a private law firm and at SeaWorld as a dolphin trainer.
The whaling campaign to end commercial whaling was launched in despite to international laws that were set to end commercial whaling and countries like Iceland, Japan, and Norway that are still killing whales for profit. Iceland and Japan are the two countries that are killing them illegally. This NRDC campaign pushes diplomatic sanctions and international rulings to stop Iceland and Japan (2018). The US is a major proponent that this campaign has used as their diplomatic sanction to create embassies for this issue. Along to the international ruling; the campaign has used the outlawing whale hunts that was issued in 1986 to avoid the extinction of whales. The campaign is sustained by these two important factors. NRDC whaling campaign has proved to tackle this environmental issue with very impressive rhetoric and diligence.
The campaign is non-violent and patient with their work. They have fixated their success on petitions that have helped impose sanctions that impose our international laws which have also been held as well as supported by other environmental groups. Another form of success for the campaign has been to send letters to the White House regarding these issues. The proofs obtained by the campaign are both intrinsic and extrinsic. The intrinsic evidence is based off the campaign's legitimacy, logical appeals, and audience persuasion (Expert Blog). During the Obama presidency, the NRDC had his support and leadership to help fight commercial whaling. The NRDC accomplished this by promoting their news and argument on MSNBC which was the news channel president Obama watched at that time. He then went off to comment along the lines that he did not like being called a whale killer. The extrinsic evidence consists of the sources and facts within Iceland and Japans "needs" for commercial whaling (2016). Such extrinsic proof like has been used to put these petitions into action.
Since 2008 the International Whaling Commision known as IWC was in junction with indigenous people to gain substantial quotas that relied on their hunting needs. Until recently the IWC decided to try and work out a compromise that would both legalize commercial whaling and the quota process.
The NRDC gains legitimacy in many ways, but one of the most important ways of gaining legitimacy is through their extremely large membership involvement. The organization gains a large amount of membership support by using strong polarization tactics. The save the whales campaign identifies through expressing their values and beliefs as if the audience shares them. This makes the audience feel unified if they do share the same values as NRDC on this particular issue of whaling. Through polarization, they unite themselves with the audience and they form an ally that is against certain things, in this case, Iceland's government and whaling practices.
During a press release about the campaign, the NRDC claims that "Iceland is one of only three nations that continue to engage in commercial whaling and international trade in whale products, in defiance of international law" and goes on to name the significant numbers of whales killed by this industry. This statements pressures anyone who believes in the fulfilment of the law and the protection of whales to be polarized against Icelandic whalers. A second example comes within the same press release by Regina Asmutis-Silvia, executive director of Whale and Dolphin Conservation North America. She says, "Commercial whaling is cruel, unprofitable, harms the environment, and is no more sustainable than deforestation in the Amazon.' (Icelandic Whaling Continues to Make Waves at Boston Seafood Expo). This statement reaches not only people interested in the fulfilment of law or simply whales, but the environmentalist community as a whole. Through these acts of polarization, the NRDC's campaign attempts to sway law-abiding citizens, people concerned about whales, and people concerned about the environment as a whole against Icelandic whalers and lets them achieve a status of legitimacy.
The NRDC's political standing gives them a great advantage when fighting against whalers. Because the organization is made up of many successful lawyers and has strong political ties, they are able to reach not only the individual people concerned about whales, but the government as well. Their whaling campaigns were at their peak during the Obama administration and they communicated with him on multiple occasions about the issue. For example, NRDC along with the help of other environmental organizations called upon the Obama Administration with pressure to "impose targeted economic sanction against Iceland." At this time, Iceland had been violating international laws by continuing their plan to hunt 184 fin whales, which are endangered. Taryn Kiekow Heimer explained how Obama was afraid of being seen as a "whale killer," which led him to authorize diplomatic sanctions against Iceland in 2011, saying, "Iceland's actions threaten the conservation status of an endangered species and undermine multilateral efforts to ensure greater worldwide protection for whales." While NRDC was hoping for more "hard-hitting" sanctions, they still gained a fair amount of governmental support because of their political standing. ("Iceland to Hunt Fin Whales Again. . .").
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American Whaling Pages: 5 (1207 words)
A Problem of Whaling Pages: 2 (478 words)
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President Obama Fulfills the Promise to Take Steps in Saving the Environment Pages: 4 (1057 words)
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The startling erosion in department store jobs is bad news across the country, says a report issued Thursday by the Federal Reserve Board of New York, and only a few places will benefit from the offsetting increase in nonstore retailing jobs at companies like Amazon. The lesson for New York as it pursues Amazon's second headquarters is obvious: Amazon jobs matter a lot.
Online retail sales have more than quadrupled since the mid 1990s to more than 10% of all retail sales, or $45 billion a year, from 2.5%.
Department store jobs, which previously tracked broad economic cycles, are now in a sharp decline. Those stores slashed 200,000 positions in 2012 and have eliminated another 80,000 since 2013. Recent announcements suggest 2017 will see another sharp drop.
Nonstore retailers have added about 100,000 jobs since 2013. They also pay much more. Last year the average department store wage was $20,500. The average nonstore retailing position was $59,000.
But—and this is the big but—most areas of the country are losing out in the transition. Some 75% of the counties studied saw losses in department store jobs. Only 20% added enough nonstore workers to offset the decline.
No surprise that the biggest winner in all this is King County, Washington, home to you-know-who. Between 2012 and 2016, the percentage of employment of nonstore retail in the greater Seattle area doubled to 2.8% as Amazon is expanding so much that it needs another headquarters.
The New York Fed notes that department stores are spread across the country in proportion to the population, and that's why New York has so many of them. Locations for companies like Amazon will be concentrated in only a few places.
The bottom line is pretty clear. New York needs to pursue nonstore retailers. More on some of the myths about what Amazon's second HQ would mean for New York in my column to be published online Sunday and in the Monday print edition.


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Kentucky Qualifying Not Rained Out...
Posted by Dale Nixon | 7/31/2009 | Burst Button, EJ Viso, IndyCar, Kentucky, Mario Moraes, Scott Dixon | 1 comments »
SPARTA, Ky - IndyCar points leader Scott Dixon graciously emerged from his motorhome to be awarded the "pole position" for the Meijer Indy 300 after weepers, essentially underground water vents in the asphalt, washed out qualifying Friday evening. The field will start based on the driver season points standings.
Dixon will be flanked by teammate Dario Franchitti, while the Penske duo of Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe comprise row two.
With four red cars in the first two rows, Kentucky Speedway will put the new "call it what you want, but don't call it Push to Pass" technology to the test, as the oval speedway enhancement rules take effect. The team parade continues with best friends Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti in row three, while the rumored-to-be-deposed Dan Wheldon and road king Justin Wilson are in row four.
A variety of technological enhancements, including aerodynamic options and a steering-wheel mounted "Burst Button" are expected to inject some extra ethanol madness into the field. The Barnhart General has issued a warning that some passing may occur now on oval tracks, as a 5-20 horsepower gain will be realized dependant on fuel setting for intervals calibrated on a race-by-race basis. For Kentucky, drivers will have 20 presses for a duration of 12 seconds each available. No word on whether engine telemetry will be tracked in the Versus broadcast, although it seems reasonable to assume this might be the case.
The zone of excitement and pain looks be the insides of rows eight and nine, with MadDog Mario Moraes lined up in front of the volatile EJ Viso. The two drivers exchanged pleasantries on the track twice in Toronto, and were rumored to have also continued the discussion after the race sans helmets only to be separated by KV Racing team owner Jimmy "the Peacemaker" Vasser. The altercation, following a similar clash earlier in the season prompted Viso to claim the Quote of the Year crown early by describing Moraes as a "monkey with a bag of money" on his Facebook page.
Leigh O'Gorman // August 01, 2009 2:33 PM
A couple of questions here;
1) Do you have any idea how the series rating are doing? Are they still struggling or did they ever pick up?
2) Even though qualifying technically didn't take place, does Dixon still get the $10k Peak Performance cash?


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In a fuel cell system the stack is strongly coupled with the main system components, among which the compressor is one of the most important. Malfunction of this auxiliary device (delay during peak power, low stoichiometry operation, emergency stop, etc.) is directly responsible for bad oxygen distribution in the cathode (substoichiometry reactants feeding). This phenomenon is usually called oxygen starvation. In this study we want to identify the consequences of oxygen starvation on the performance and durability of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stacks, and more particularly, on the current distribution along the cell. The oxygen concentration decreases along the channel and induces a change in the local electrochemical response; it means that the local current density on the cell is redistributed on the surface. This bad distribution of reactive gas (in a transient time or long time) decreases the performance but may also have an effect on cathode degradation such as carbon corrosion and platinum dissolution/oxidation. The current distribution along the cell is studied by two approaches (modeling and experiments). The 3D model using serpentine bipolar plate meshing is adapted to dynamically compute for the catalyst layer local conditions (local current, temperature, gases partial pressure, and water activity). It is able to reproduce the conditions of low or high oxygen concentration in the cathode side. The experiments are performed with a bi-cell stack developed by CEA with specific design for the magnetic sensors (the local current is computed by measuring the local induced magnetic field and using the Maxwell equations).
Pischinger, S., and Lang, O., 2003, "Air-Supply Components," "Handbook of Fuel Cells, Fundamentals, Technology and Applications", John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 4 , Chap. 54, pp. 727–741.
Yu, S., Kim, H. S., Lee, Y. D., and Ahn, K. Y., 2008, "A Dynamic Model of PEMFC System for the Simulation of Residential Power Generation," "Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technologies", Denver, CO, Jun. 16–18.
Gerard, M., Poirot-Crouvezier, J. P., Schott, P., and Franco, A. A., 2008, "PEMFC Fuel Cell/System Interactions: Analysis of the Stack Conditions to Minimize the Oxygen Starvation and Impact on the Fuel Cell Degradation Performance," "Proceedings of the FDFC Conference", Nancy, France.
Vahidi, A., Stefanopoulou, A. G., and Peng, H., 2004, "Model Predictive Control for Starvation Prevention in a Hybrid Fuel Cell System," "Proceedings of the American Control Conference", Vol. 1 , pp. 834–839.
Sun, J., and Kolmanovsky, I. V., 2005, "Load Governor for Fuel Cell Oxygen Starvation, Protection: A Robust Nonlinear Reference Governor Approach," IEEE Trans. Control Syst. Technol., 13 (6), pp. 911–920.
Poirot-Crouvezier, J. P., 2000, "Modélisation dynamique des phénomènes hydrauliques, thermiques et électriques dans un groupe électrogène à pile à combustible," Ph.D. thesis, 00 INPG 0152.
Gerard, M., Poirot-Crouvezier, J. P., Schott, P., Hissel, D., and Pera, M. C., 2008, "Multi-Physic PEMFC Stack 3D Model: A New Discretization to Understand the Effect of the System Parameters to the Local Conditions," "Proceedings of the FDFC Conference", Nancy, France.
Chikahisa, T., Tabe, Y., Kikuta, K., and Nohara, N., 2006, "Measurement of Water Production Phenomena, Temperature, and Current Density Distributions in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell," "Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technologies", Irvine, CA, Jun. 19–21.
Simulation 1: cell potential collapse during an air stoichiometry step. The nominal current is 0.8 A cm−2.
Simulation 2: cell potential evolution during air stoichiometry step. The nominal current is 0.1 A cm−2.
Gerard M, Poirot-Crouvezier J, Hissel D, Pera M. Distribution Study of Species and Current Density During Oxygen Starvation. ASME. J. Fuel Cell Sci. Technol. 2010;7(5):051010-051010-6. doi:10.1115/1.4001018.


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Fundraiser for Andrew (DRU) Garrity
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Dickie Skinz is organizing this fundraiser.
Andrew Garrity was a dad, husband, son, brother and a beloved friend.
As most of you know Dru passed away unexpectedly from complications while having heart surgery. Dru left behind two little girls and a wonderful wife. For the last two years Dru's main focus was to get his family to the USA. He loved Thailand and it changed his life, but as he told me many times "I have to get them to the US, I want them to have the advantages and opportunities they won't have here." He wanted a better life for them. He wanted his daughters to have access to a better education, he wanted them to have a chance at the American dream.
He accomplished his goal a few months ago. He got his family here to the US and settled in and tried his best to ensure a good future for him and his family. He said to me" bro they love it, I love my job, they're adjusting well. I'm so happy. " As with any person you care for and love that's all you want to hear. "I'm Happy".
As many know the best laid plans can quickly crumble. His untimely passing has left his wife a widow in a new country, a single mom facing a new culture, language barriers and unforeseen circumstances and obstacles all alone. I can't imagine the range of emotions, worries and difficult decisions his wife is currently facing. All the kind words of support, encouragement and love sent to his wife, family and all the people who loved Dru has been overwhelming and yet expected because Dru touched so many lives.
Dru was never scared of hard work, he was never in the music biz for the riches or glory. Like for his children he wanted the artist he worked with to have access and opportunities to do what they love. An avenue to pursue their dreams the way they wanted. To teach them how the game really worked. He passed on to many people priceless information and opportunities. We ask all of you to help continue his legacy through his daughters and wife. To help accomplish his hopes and dreams for his family and their future.
Dru helped build a community in Boston and never asked for anything in return. We hope that same community can help give back. Anything you can do to help is appreciated. We are asking all of you for your continued support. We need your help!
Anything you can give is appreciated.
We have a benefit fundraiser show February 18 @ 8 pm at The Middle East, Cambridge MA. Please come show your support....
We are planning a memorial gathering on the 24 th of February.. We are trying to raise money to get his wife and children airfare and hotel here for that as well.
Please help ensure his vision, as well as his family's security, future, dreams and hopes of a life in America.
We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. Every bit will help...
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VPN wiki › Internet safety
Internet safety: 8 ways to better protect yourself
by Vít Nováček, updated November 9, 2022
Unfortunately, you cannot avoid all the pitfalls of the internet. However, most of them can be avoided or at least prepared for. This guide will take you through how you should protect yourself, not only on the internet. As a result, you will know the pitfalls that may come your way, and your devices will be safer.
Antivirus protection secures devices from malware, malicious viruses, and hackers. Antivirus also protects your device with its own firewall to prevent suspicious data transfers. Most of the protections will also block hackers and unauthorized applications from accessing your camera, offer a secure browser to log in to your online banking to protect you from fraudulent sites, as well as a password manager or tools to block, wipe or locate a lost device. In addition, with antivirus, you can protect your device from data theft, tracking, and damage.
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Upper and lower-case letters, numbers, characters, and a length of at least 12 characters still do not mean you can safely use your password across accounts. In fact, it is often the case that passwords are stolen directly from the service providers you have an account with. A strong password will not protect you from this.
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Try not to act impulsively on the internet, and always move with reasonable caution.
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