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- Chelsea 3-0 Schalke: Eto'o double helps edge Blues closer to last 1609:54 | 07/11/2013
Jose Mourinho's men responded to their shock weekend defeat with a comfortable win over their German rivals, leaving them in a fine position to qualify from Group E as winners.
The visitors' experienced goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand paid the price for dwelling on the ball in the first half when his belated attempt at a clearance hit Samuel Eto'o and cannoned into the back of the net.
Eto'o was the scourge of the Schalke keeper once again after the break, converting only his third goal for Chelsea, and his replacement Demba Ba scored his first of the season to ensure Jose Mourinho's men moved clear at the top of Group E.
Chelsea have now won all three of their Champions League games since losing the campaign's opening fixture against Basel and this was their 100th victory in UEFA competitions.
Schalke, by contrast, suffered a first defeat in eight away games, but remain second in the group and still in with a good chance of repeating last season's achievement of reaching the knockout stages.
Eden Hazard was not even on the bench for the clash and Eto'o replaced the injured Fernando Torres (thigh) as Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho reacted to Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Newcastle by making six changes to his starting line-up.
Schalke manager Jens Keller opted for the experience of Jermaine Jones in midfield over teenager Max Meyer and striker Adam Szalai was passed fit despite requiring an ear operation after Saturday's win at Hertha Berlin.
Mourinho was baffled by his side's display at Newcastle and will likely have been scratching his head again in the first five minutes as Schalke spurned two opportunities.
Petr Cech could only watch on as Julian Draxler's right-foot strike flashed just past the far post and the Germany midfielder then set off on an incisive run before setting up Szalai, who also fired narrowly wide.
Chelsea started to get into their stride and Hildebrand gifted them the lead after 31 minutes as Eto'o charged down the 34-year-old's clearance.
The lively Draxler came close once again early in the second period when he cut in from the right and lined up a measured left-foot strike, but Cech made a fine fingertip save.
the hosts doubled their lead nine minutes into the half as Willian surged forward and played in Eto'o. The former Barcelona striker beat Hildebrand with a clinical right-foot finish across goal.
Ba then got in on the act when Frank Lampard set him up for a well taken left-foot volley seven minutes from time.
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Portrait of famous people
- Le Huynh Duc is former captain of Vietnamese national Football team. He is currently coaching SHB Ðà Nẵng.
- Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is to retire at the end of the season.
- Striker Le Cong Vinh is playing for SLNA
- Lionel Messi became the best scorer in a year with 91 goals in 2012.


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"Audience costs" represent situations where domestic audiences impose penalties on leaders for failed policies. This phenomenon has risen to a prominent position in the study of politics in the past two decades, in part because of the apparently profound consequences that audience costs have for the foreign policy behavior of states.
News media are thought to play a central role in connecting leaders, domestic audiences, and foreign policy, and they affect this relationship in multiple ways. First, media coverage of foreign policy issues can pressure leaders to take public positions on foreign policy issues, effectively tying leaders' reputations to the outcome of those issues. Second, high levels of news coverage of leaders' positions are also thought to elevate the levels of costs that leaders suffer for foreign policy failures. Third, the consequences of national media coverage of foreign policy issues do not stop at the water's edge: high levels of coverage can activate foreign audiences to penalize their leaders for backing down from their positions, effectively locking both sides into positions from which they cannot retreat. Finally, news media can be used by leaders to "spin" their foreign policy decisions, thereby limiting the penalties that domestic audiences impose.
Critics, however, charge that the audience costs research program suffers from significant theoretical and empirical weaknesses. As a theory it relies on at least two dubious assumptions: (1) that leaders are foolish enough to adopt foreign policy positions from which they are unable to maneuver without causing international embarrassment; and (2) that domestic audiences are astute enough to perceive the actual significance of foreign policy outcomes. Critics also claim (3) that the empirical evidence in support of the theory is weak: the main data sets used to test the theory include very few cases where leaders are actually taking public positions on foreign policy issues. When extraneous cases are excluded, critics conclude that the effect of audience costs is weak to nonexistent. A final challenge (4) is inspired indirectly by diversionary theory. While audience costs theory predicts that leaders who can be easily punished by domestic audiences should be reluctant to start international conflicts, diversionary theory predicts (under some conditions) the opposite: leaders who face a high probability of being removed from office by domestic audiences may be more likely to start conflicts.
Two general arguments are made in this chapter. First, studies of news media and audience costs provide important insights into how leaders and domestic audiences are connected, and those connections have significant implications for the outcome of international negotiations. Second, studies of news media and audience costs provide a way to grapple with the concerns raised by critics of audience costs theory.
Keywords: audience costs, news media, foreign policy, bargaining, CNN effect
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I love the articles on travelling light, but I ama little annoyed about the recent articleon light weight footwear. Having moved to using lighter weight boots I have definiteley noticed that I am less tired at the end of a day's walking. As such I'd love to go further and use even lighter weight footwear.
However my right ankle suffers from pronation and the recent article fails to mention or cover such physical problems. From the way it's written it blithely assumes that everyone can follow in the footsteps of the author (sorry couldn't resist that).
I think the magazine should publish an article from someone who can comment on the use of lightweight footwear for those people who have ankle or foot problems. If they feel it is inappropriate this should be made clear. Last night by accident having forgotten to bring my 'boots' (Merrel Moab Mids) I had to do a 6 mile walk in my Merrell sandals. The sole was great but my right ankle was inclined to pronate on uneven groundand I was concerned that it wasn't getting the support that perhaps it should. Please publish an article and put me and any others like me out of our misery!
On another matter entirely, the article on porters in Nepal reminded me of my experience on a trek in Bhutan a good few years ago now.Despite the use of a reputable U.K. company that I'd have no hesitation in recommending, the porters themselves were poorly equipped for the trek. This I believe is what comes of using a 'local' service in a well intentioned attempt to provide employment to local people.
The porters for the most part had pimsolls or trainers, jeans and T-shirts. At night it could and did drop below freezing but for the portersshelterwas taken under rocky overhangs or whatever was available. I believe that most of them made do with blankets for bedding. Although there was a group dining tent I wasn't surethat the porters were allowed to use it. The cooks fared best under their tarps to keep fires and food dry. One night even the local tour leadersufferedwhen it rained and his sleeping bag got wet. I think that night they did use the dining tent but I believe that it leaked.I remember wondering what kind of sleeping bag he had and would it dry out in time for the next night's sleep?
Clearly these people will take risks in an attempt to earn a wage.At the end of the trip some 21 items of clothing were donated to the porters which meant that every one of them got at least two items. This 'generosity' was not prompted by compassion, but that's another story.


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You probably can find dozens of reasons for creating a blog. In addition, you can probably find dozens of companies that will host a blog for you. Given the choices and the reasons available, trying to decide on the best blog hosting service for you can be an overwhelming decision. How do you find the best one for your use? I will suggest there is no easy answer, but I will suggest that WordPress should be one of the services you evaluate.
NOTE: I will quickly admit that I am biased. The words you are reading right now are hosted on a WordPress blog. I have used several different blogging services over the years to host this newsletter. I switched to WordPress several years ago and am very happy with the company's services. I have no plans to switch to anything else.
Why would you want a blog?
There are a number of reasons why a genealogist might want to crate a blog. Here are a few ideas I can think of:
Keep track of your own family history research and advise your relatives of your progress. If your relatives are monitoring your progress, it is possible they can contribute information to your research efforts, especially as they read about various items you discover. Reading about their ancestors' lives often serves as a "memory jogger" for various bits of information they may have heard or known about years ago. Many of such bits may be new to you. In some cases, a blog reader who lives near the locations where your ancestors lived also may be able to perform some "in person" research for you.
Share your own life experiences. A blog can be similar to an online diary. Such a blog can be very interesting to your friends and relatives. Optionally, you can add a password to your blog so that it can only be read by the people to whom you grant access.
Genealogical and historical societies often use blogs to publish society newsletters online, to publicize upcoming events, to publicize books the society publishes, and to publicize all sorts of news and events of potential interest to society members and non-members alike. Some societies even add a "for members only" section that requires a password to access. A society blog often is one of the most powerful publicity tools a society can use.
Ethnicity interest groups often use blogs focused on specific ethnic groups and the genealogies of included families. Examples include Polish-American groups, African-American genealogy, Jewish genealogy, Hispanic genealogy, French-Canadian genealogy, Irish genealogy, German genealogy and more.
Almost all genealogy conferences now use blogs to publicize events, to distribute updates on speakers and presentations to be offered, to supply information about hotels and restaurants in the area, and myriad other reasons.
Archives and libraries often use blogs to provide news about recent additions to their collections, seminars, and other events being held by the archive or library, lists of holidays and other times the library or archive may be closed, solicitations for donations, and more.
Genealogy industry blogs are very popular. Almost every company in the genealogy business publishes a blog containing frequent updates about the latest additions and updates to the company's offerings, publicity about future additions and changes, disseminating FAQs (Frequently-Asked Questions) that many customers ask, and many other customer support activities. Nearly 40% of US companies use blogs for marketing purposes. Two-thirds of marketers say their company blog is "critical" or "important" to their business.
Genealogy industry news: perhaps you want to compete with Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. (Comment: Come on in! There's room for more.)
A blog makes it easy to reach a sizable audience on the World Wide Web. Most people read blogs more than once/day. In a recent survey, 90% of the respondents said they read 5 to 10 blogs frequently. Among those respondents, 23 % of their Internet time is spent on blogs and social networks. See 10 Interesting Key Facts and Figures about Blogging, Bloggers should know at http://goo.gl/d0EHiA for details.
Why WordPress?
WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web and also probably is the easiest to use. At more than 60 million websites, WordPress was used by more than 26.4% of the top 10 million websites as of April 2016. That means that of all the web sites you visit, more than one out of every four is running on software written by WordPress. The latest data comes from W3Techs (at https://w3techs.com/), which measures both usage and market share.
WordPress is completely customizable and can be used for almost anything. Thousands of plugins and widgets and themes are available from the company and from third-party vendors and individuals alike. WordPress is limited only by your imagination.
It is estimated that more than 40% of internet bloggers use WordPress as their publishing platform. See 10 Interesting Key Facts and Figures about Blogging, Bloggers should know at http://goo.gl/d0EHiA for details.
WordPress is available in two major offerings:
WordPress.org (notice that address ends in ".org") is a web site where you can download WordPress software and install it on your own web server. The software is available FREE of charge. Everything in WordPress.org, from the documentation to the code itself, was created by and for the community. WordPress is an Open Source project, which means there are hundreds of people all over the world working on it (more than most commercial platforms). It also means you are free to use it for anything from your recipe site to a Fortune 500 web site without paying anyone a license fee, plus a number of other important freedoms. Some notable WordPress clients include CNN, CBS, BBC, Reuters, Sony, Fortune.com, Volkswagen, and Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. (That last one might not be as notable as the others.)
WordPress.com (notice that address ends in ".com") is a commercial web hosting service that allows anyone, from individuals through Fortune 500 companies, to create a blog and to have it hosted on WordPress.com's servers. Using the servers at WordPress.com avoids almost all the headaches of installing and maintaining your own web server(s). WordPress.com has an excellent reputation for reliability and ease of use, and also for having many of the latest features available in any blogs. Prices for hosting a web site on WordPress.com range from FREE to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dollars per month for very large blog sites. Most individuals obtain either FREE or very low-cost blog services from WordPress.com.
NOTE: Creating and maintaining your own web server, downloading, installing and maintaining software on that web server are all highly technical topics that are beyond this article. If you are a skilled Linux systems administrator and webmaster, you undoubtedly already know where to find appropriate documentation.
If you are not a skilled Linux systems administrator and webmaster, I would strongly suggest you use the easier path of having your blog hosted and maintained on the WordPress.com servers.
The remainder of this article will focus on the easier path: having your blog hosted and maintained on the WordPress.com servers.
The WordPress software was first created by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little in 2003 and released as open source software. Since then, thousands of programmers have added enhancements to the WordPress software, created plugins, widgets and themes, and contributed to the support of the software.
Eventually, the growth resulted in Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little forming the company Automattic (always spelled with two t's). Both WordPress.org and WordPress.com are owned and operated by Automattic.
Creating and running a blog on WordPress.com requires very little technical knowledge. If you know how to surf the World Wide Web, and if you are comfortable using word processors and other computer applications, you undoubtedly can create and operate a blog.
WordPress.com offers several different levels of blog hosting at various prices. Most individuals and smaller libraries, archives, and societies will choose one of the two lower-priced options: FREE or $2.99 per month (billed annually). Both of those offerings include up to 3 gigabytes of storage space, more than enough space for all smaller blogs.
The FREE offering is limited to a domain name ending in "wordpress.com," such as http://myfamilyblog.wordpress.com, while the $2.99/month offering offers custom domain names, such as: http://myfamilyblog.com.
The FREE offering will include advertisements on your blog while upgrading to $2.99/month allows for removal of the ads.
A side-by-side comparison of the various offerings may be found at https://wordpress.com/pricing/.
You can start a blog in 20 minutes
First, decide on a domain name. A domain name should reflect the purpose of the blog, if possible. It also needs to be a name that is not already in use by someone else. For instance, the Podunk Genealogy Society might want to create a shared domain name, such as: podunkgenealogy.wordpress.com. For $2.99/month (billed annually), a custom domain name can be used, such as: podunkgenealogy.com. If your first choice of name is already in use by someone else, you will receive an error message when you try to create yours. You then will have to think of a new name.
Next, follow the "Get Started" information at https://learn.wordpress.com/get-started/. It lists the major steps for creating your blog.
NOTE: I noticed the "Get Started" information at https://learn.wordpress.com/get-started/ does not yet mention WordPress.com's newest offering of $2.99 per month (billed annually). That price was added to the offerings only a few days ago, and obviously the "Get Started" information has not yet been updated. Don't worry about that as the option for $2.99/month will be on the menus when you select the service and price of your choice.
Once your new blog has been created, you will want to customize it to fit your needs and preferences. To do so, read the information at https://en.support.wordpress.com/start/ and follow the various links on that page to the subjects of interest to you. One of the links on that page points to a "Blogging Email Course," comprised of two weeks of bite-size assignments designed to help you publish posts, customize your blog, and engage with the blogging community.
Publishing a personal blog or a blog about a society's or employer's products and services can not only be a satisfying experience; it also can be a big help to other genealogists who seek the information you possess. The cost of creating and running a blog can be zero or close to zero.
Good luck with your new blog! Once it is up and running, please post a comment in the Comments section below this article to announce the name, purpose, and URL (web address) of your new blogging effort.


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(CNN) - It's the message of her fitness initiative: It doesn't matter how you move, as long as you do.
So first lady Michelle Obama took to her feet and demonstrated the "Evolution of Mom Dance" with Jimmy Fallon on his NBC program Friday night, showing off classic dance steps like the "go shopping, get groceries," the "driving the station wagon" and the "just the hands part of 'Single Ladies.'"
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The medley of moves, modeled after the online sensation "Evolution of Dance," was more subdued than her last appearance on Fallon's program, when she challenged him to a series of fitness exercises in the White House – like a sack race across the East Room - to promote her "Let's Move" campaign.
A year later, Obama is taking her program on the road for its third anniversary, but she stopped by the show first to talk about pop culture and life in the White House.
President Obama, she said, is not as skilled a dancer as she is.
"I give him a B. His dancing is right here in the pocket," she said. "He's got, like, three good moves."
Her children, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11, "try to hip us" to music and culture, she said.
"But there's some music that they'll tell us, I think the language is too rough for you. I'm like, really," the first lady said. "So they don't allow us to just listen to anything. They're looking out for our well-being."
She described her differences in television interests from her husband's well known affinity for sports.
"Sometimes he walks in and sees what we're watching and is like, 'Oh, come on, come on people,'" she said, admitting to an interest in the "Real Housewives" program but saying she doesn't watch the program about child beauty pageant star "Honey Boo Boo."
Occasionally, Obama said, she and the president want to go out for date night.
"It's a little tough. I mean, Barack has a 20 car motorcade. It's got men with guns. The ambulance is always there. I mean, how romantic can you be?"
"He's like, 'I'm going to take you, and we're going to go out on a romantic dinner.' And I'm like, 'Is the ambulance coming?' We still try to do it, though."
Fallon, who is rumored as a potential replacement for fellow late-night comedian Jay Leno, asked Obama if she would be interested in running for the White House down the road – "Dream team, Michelle and Hillary '16?"
"I have my eye actually on another job," she said. "I hear that when Jay Leno retires that the "Tonight Show" position is gonna be open, and I'm thinking about putting my hat in the ring,
"What do you think?"
Fallon said he was "done thinking about it."
But he did joke his show would feature another political star soon.
Following Obama's "Let's Move" campaign, he said, "Chris Christie will be on next week to talk about his initiative "Let's sit."
- CNN's Ashley Killough and Gregory Wallace contributed to this report
Class, style, brains, personality. Best first lady ever, and by far.
She cares about people? They only these people care about is power....
Of course she can dance. Of course she has rythm. Isn't it obvios? jeez
Woot Woot for the FLOTUS! And kudos to Jimmy Fallon for his self-confidence and wonderful comedic CHOPS!
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them,what they could and should do for themselves....
Abraham Lincoln
Apparently some people don't have a sense of humor. Or maybe they're envious because they lack rythmn or coolness. Michelle, ignore the haters, you are a class act.
Some of the folks posting negative comments here just can't dance.
all the obamas care about is celebrity. obama wants to hang out with the hollywood elite and golf with tiger woods. now his wife does this nonsense but what the heck, she got on tv. meanwhile the country is a total mess but no problem, the obamas are having a great time and that is all that matters. isn't that why the romans held games at the colliseum? to distract the populace from their misery? same thing going on here with the obamas.
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and all you other haters
Let me guess. You call yourselves Christian? You call yourselves American? You call yourselves patriotic?
If comments such as yours represent your god, your country, and your patriotism, I'm wishing each of you the best of luck - now and in the hereafter. Especially in the hereafter, where viewpoints such as yours get a bit trickier to explain, and are perhaps not quite as "funny" to the Almighty and His Angels as you all seem to think your comments are "funny" to the rest of us.
Thats right michelle show the people what a great dancer you are, not only you the president wife, you look good michelle the other presidents wives dont have it like you do.
Michelle,you are a clas act along with your husband. The haters will hate forever but woe to them if they ever wants to be in our eternal home.Keep up the great work as 1st lady.
Girls just want to have fun.
She really really can dance. Nice move.
Michelle looks good in pink.
What a wonderful. genuine, and caring First Lady.
So VERY SLOOOOOOW.
I'd prefer they fixed the economy rather then entertain America on talk shows...
This is embarrassing. She is not only showing she has no class, but that she has no respect for the position she's in.
She is a MOM, twice over. STOP critiquing every single thing, every step, every word. The Obama's are people. They are people just like the rest of us. They have more power and more say but that does NOT mean they will not make mistakes. Say things they regret or dance like MOM. The important part is that America elected the president and with that election came the first lady. Disagree with them, don't support them, don't vote for them. But as anAmerican why do you support the media tainting your view of them. The media should report the facts, NO opinions. Just the facts and let YOU the voter make the choice. Every single time you let the "Media" persuade your impression of ANY political figure. "YOU" are letting big business control "OUR" nation. Media sensationalizes everything for money, THAT is the single most important fact that EVERY, Democrat, Republican forgets.
Michelle Obama is great! she should do her own tv show like orpah and others after barack finish his 2nd term.
Total lack of class. Oh well at least she's finally proud of the US.
One word..................EMBARRASSING


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Kenda Wilkinson's husband is back to being a breadwinner.
The Playboy centerfold's football playing husband Hank Baskett, who was cut from the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday, is poised to sign a one-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts, according to Usmagazine.com.
Baskett, 27, was cut from the Birds to make room for controversial quarterback Michael Vick on the team's 53-man roster.
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The former "Girls Next Door" starlet wed the wide receiver in a lavish summer ceremony at the Playboy mansion, her former home.
The couple is expecting to have their first son together in December.


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I have just realised how long it is since I posted on here so thought I would share with you this little 4 Drawer Box card I made as my DT card for Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge ,
I have used my favourite release from the new Lili of the Valley Romance collection, well its my favourite today, I love them all and my favourite changes with the days!!!.
I have filled all 4 drawers with some delicious Jelly Hearts from Marks and Spencer.
If you would like to find out more about the Valentines Box pop over to my website.
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The Bytown Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will be hosting a fundraiser dinner on Sept 8 at 6:30 pm at the Museum of Civilization with Mr. Victor Suthren, who is the former Director General of the Canadian War Museum.
The topic of his talk will be "A Peaceful Place: The Wartime Origins of an Unwarlike Capitol".
It will be $100.00 per ticket, and you can call Dorothy Meyerhof at 613.822.2946.
The deadline for registration is August 27, or until tickets are sold.
The proceeds from the dinner will go towards the DAR Bytown Chapter History Award given at Carleton University annually.


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On my website www.wilsonstransportation.com, on the header of our custome theme page, we have a "Get a Quote" image on the right hand side. When you click it, it is taking people to http://wilsonstransportation.com/wp-content/themes/wilsons/contact-us/get-a-quote . It should be sending people to www.wilsonstransportation.com/contact-us/get-a-quote . We are losing quite a bit of business because of this. In the header.php, this is what shows up:

<a href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/contact-us/get-a-quote" class="">
how do I change the URL to go to the normal page again? This all of a sudden changed when we updated a few wordpress things. HELP


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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
The calculation for ABC analysis can be made in PowerPivot using calculated columns. In this way each row can have an attribute with the appropriate ABC class. The ABC calculation has to be made considering a particular grouping and sort order.
For example, we wanted to define an ABC class of Products for internet sales transactions of AdventureWorks. We want to classify our Products in this way:
In this first example we use a completely denormalized table. A different approach would be necessary using a normalized product table.
WARNING: Please note that calculating ABC class on a denormalized table could have bad performances because it requires heavy calculation during data load. The normalized approach is far better in terms of performance, because the calculation only depends on the size of the related table (usually the dimension) and not on the size of the table containing the sale transactions.
WARNING: Please note that calculating ABC class on a denormalized table could have bad performances because it requires heavy calculation during data load. The normalized approach is far better in terms of performance, because the calculation only depends on the size of the related table (usually the dimension) and not on the size of the table containing the sale transactions.
This is the query we use to get data from AdventureWorks DW.
SELECT c.FirstName + ' ' + c.LastName AS Customer, c.EmailAddress, p.EnglishProductName, p.ModelName, s.OrderQuantity, s.SalesAmount FROM dbo.FactInternetSales s INNER JOIN dbo.DimProduct p ON p.ProductKey = s.ProductKey INNER JOIN dbo.DimCustomer c ON s.CustomerKey = c.CustomerKey
There are several steps to obtain the desired ABC class, each of them is a new calculated column in the PowerPivot dataset. Before starting, consider that we will use the ProductName and the SalesAmount columns in our formulas.
In this way, we obtain an ABC class for each product sale.
At this point, we can browse the data with a PivotTable in Excel. Just to make an example, we can look at the relevance of ABC products for each customer (in this case customers are sorted by total of sales in descending order).
In this second example we use three normalized tables, importing from AdventureWorks DW the following tables:
In this case, we defines these calculated columns in the DimProduct table. In this case will use the ProductKey to identify the product and SalesAmount as the measure to use for ABC classification.
As we said, the calculated columns are all defined in the DimProduct table.
Finally, we can do the same ABC analysis as in the case of the denormalized table used as a source of data. In this case we see the distribution of ABC class of products among models. As we might expect, there is a strong relationship, which indicates we might classify Models instead of products, producing a very similar results, but with a few notable exceptions (like the Road-650 model at row 11, which indicates there are smaller sales divided between very similar products). From a business point of view, this could be an important decision to be made (classifying ABC for models instead than for products), especially if products differs only for characteristics that doesn't affect the production lines.
At this point, it could be interesting to look at how we can write the ABC classification based on the models of the product using the previous example with normalized tables. In this case, we will use a mix of the techniques we have seen in the two scenarios (denormalized and normalized tables).
The set of tables is the same as the previous example and we will continue to add columns to the DimProduct table. In this case, the ModelName column will be our key to identify the granularity of ABC classification.
This is the new DimProduct with both the ABC Class Product and ABC Class Model (even if it is not visible in this screenshot, there are several cases where these two calculated columns don't have the same value).
Using the ABC Class Model, we can see that each model only belongs to one class.
Coming back to DAX, we can see that the three cases are very similar and, just to simplify cut & paste of these calculations, we can customize just the first column, leaving standard DAX formula (without the name of the table) in the following ones. Usually, we will need to create just one ABC class in a PowerPivot workbook. For this reason, having these formulas ready to use could be useful. I use the example using SalesAmountProduct as a starting measure (we can simply search & replace this name with our own measure) and 'Table' to indicate the table in which we create these calculated columns with the data in PowerPivot.
I recently talked about memory usage in PowerPivot and previously I wrote about difference modeling options
Hey Marco,
I met you at the Business Intelligence conference in New Orleans this last year and really enjoyed your presentations. This is some awesome information for PowerPivot (which I totally enjoy, by the way). The one question that I have though is whether we can do ABC analysis in PowerPivot but still make it context sensitive to slicers in the actual pivot table. Looks like we have the ABC analysis only in terms of the entire data set and not any subset of the data that our slicers would automatically cut. I am using your formulas for a pull of data that is pulled by each sale and not aggregated except on a few very specific instances, so I used your denormalized suggestions. Any suggestions to make the data dynamic on the pivot table side?
Very Kind Regards,
John Bradley
Hi John,
the bad news is this: we need to create an attribute that can be used as a slicer (rows/columns/filters) and a measure can only be used in the Values area of the PivotTable.
For this reason we require a calculated column, which cannot be dynamic.
Possible workaround: it wouldn't be as interactive as a PivotTable slicer, but what you can do is something like that:
- create a first worksheet with just parameter you want to use to run the ABC calculation; you might use a PivotTable as well, but at the end copy the resulting "filter" parameters into a set of cell that can be imported as a Linked Table in PowerPivot.
- refresh the Linked Table - this invoke the refresh of the related calculated columns
- create a second PivotTable in another worksheet of the same workbook in order to display the resulting ABC attribute. You can refresh this PivotTable after you updated the Linked Table
I know this is tricky, but it's what we have today.
Does it makes sense to you?
I am not following as well as I should be I think. Can you be more explicit with the first example (Example with a single denormalized table) you gave in how you would do the whole process. It would be very helpful. I don't want to take too much of your time, but I think if you could be more detailed in how you would go through the process with examples with your data that might be very helpful.
For the linked sheet that I am creating I not quite clear on what data that I would be relinking. The sales data, the product data (in your example), a combination of both, or am I taking the calculated column that you name SalesAmountProduct.
Also would this work with a data set that gets updated each day on a sharepoint site?
Any additional help would be very helpful. I hope that you can help me understand what how you would accomplish this.
Thanks very kindly!
I don't have time in these days to prepare an example - I will work on that later if I can. It seems interesting.
However, it would not work on SharePoint because it would require the double refresh and I'm not sure how you might be able to implement it.
I put a task for that in my agenda.
Thanks very much for you time. I have learned a lot from your blog and wish you the best.
Hi Marco,
Is this ABC analysis available in a measure? I would like to do this for multiple categories.
yes you can implement the ABC Analysis in a measure but in this case you cannot use the result as a slicer or as a filter, because measures can be displayed only in the values area of a PivotTable.
To obtain the calculation in a measure, you have to expand all the calculated measures in a single DAX expression, using VALUES( Product[Name] ) instead of Product[Name] to get the value from a row context, wrapping everything with a check on the number of selected values (HASONEVALUE in PowerPivot 2012 or COUNTROWS(VALUES(...)) in PowerPivot 2010).
I'm trying to get this to work by creating a virtual table. unfortunately the earlier function in the sumx only sums the row and does not filter the table in the first place. see the code below. i can provide a sample data set if necessary.
ADDCOLUMNS( SUMMARIZE(ClassMap,ClassMap[Product]), "Net Premium",
Premiums[Premium] - Premiums[Rein Premium] + Claims[Incurred Claims] -
Claims[Rein Incurred]
- Commissions[Commission] + Commissions[Rein Commission]
"CumulatedProduct", SUMX(FILTER(CALCULATETABLE(
), [Net Premium] >= EARLIER( [Net Premium])), [Net Premium]))
you cannot reference the "Net Premium" calculated column by using EARLIER, the problem is that you cannot iterate the table you just created...
Try this approach instead:
DEFINE MEASURE Premiums[Calc Net Premium] = Premiums[Premium] - Premiums[Rein Premium] + Claims[Incurred Claims] - Claims[Rein Incurred] - Commissions[Commission] + Commissions[Rein Commission]
SUMMARIZE ( ClassMap, ClassMap[Product] ),
"Net Premium", Premiums[Net Premium]
SUMMARIZE ( ClassMap, ClassMap[Product] ),
Premiums[Calc Net Premium] > [Net Premium],
Premiums[Calc Net Premium],
First of all, I know my english is not very good. Greetings from Spain.
As I see this procedure works if you are analyzing the entire sales period, (it could be on, two or more years) but what about analyze only one of those periods? I would like use only the sales between that period. How can I do that?
Powerpivot its a great. Thanks a lot for share your knowledge.
Just use a measure that only use sales for one yea, (e.g. SalesAmountProduct := CALCULATE ( SUM( 'FactInternetSales'[SalesAmount] ), 'Date'[Year] = 2011 )
Thanks Marco. That's right, but what about doing it with a slice selecting the period of analisys. In that case the same product could be in a diferent class. Is it possible with powerpivot.
Thanks a lot again for your help and your time.
Dynamic ABC classification could be very slow. We're working on a pattern we'll publish later on www.daxpatterns.com
Great!! . Thanks a lot Marco.
How to create an org chart after creating hierarchy path in dax? Thanks.
Javier: Thanks!
Ross: I don't know how you can do that in Excel, you can probably use dedicated add-ins or Visio.
Marco - I am yet to see another person with better hold on BI. I usually find you've answered my query in one place or the other. Thank you very much :)
Hi Kunal, thanks for the feedback! :)


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- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
But how many people know about its migration?
Steve Reppert, chair and professor of the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, will speak on "Monarch Butterfly Migration: Behavior to Genes" at the Department of Entomology seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in Room 1022 of the Life Sciences Addition, corner of Hutchison and Kleiber Hall drives.
"Studies of the iconic migration of the eastern North American monarch butterfly have revealed mechanisms behind its navigation using a time-compensated sun compass," Reppert says. "Skylight cues, such as the sun itself and polarized light, are processed through both eyes and integrated in the brain's central complex, the presumed site of the sun compass. Circadian clocks that have a distinct molecular mechanism and that reside in the antennae provide time compensation. The draft sequence of the monarch genome has been presented, and gene-targeting approaches have been developed to manipulate putative migration genes. The monarch butterfly is an outstanding system to study the neural and molecular basis of long-distance migration." (See lab research.)
Hosts are Joanna Chiu, assistant professor of entomology, and Hugh Dingle, emeritus professor of entomology, will host the talk. Dingle, an authority on animal migration, was featured in a National Geographic cover story, "Mysteries of Great Migrations" in November 2010.
Reppert received his bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, in pre-medicine, and his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in neurobiology at the National Institutes of Child Health (NICHD), NIH, in 1979. He is a professor of pediatrics (neuroscience) at Harvard Medical School (2001 to the present) and since 2000, a pediatrician at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Reppert became the chair of the Department of Neurobiology, UMass Medical School in 2001, the same year he became the Higgins Family Professor of Neuroscience at UCMass Medical School. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Among his publications on monarchs:
Reppert SM, Gegear RJ, Merlin C (2010). Navigational mechanisms of migrating monarch butterflies. Trends in Neurosciences (TINS) 33:399-406.
Heinze S, Reppert SM (2011). Sun compass integration of skylight cues in migratory monarch butterflies. Neuron 69:345-358.
Zhan S, Merlin C, Boore JL, Reppert SM. The monarch genome yields insights into long-distance migration. Cell 2011; 147:1171-1185.
Reppert's talk will be video-recorded and posted on UCTV at a later date.


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This meditation is an excellent everyday practice. Done in the evening, it will wash the stress from your body and your aura. You can reclaim yourself, quiet the mind's noise and open into a profound stillness. A little at a time, with regularity and patience, will add balance to your life.
Posture: Sit in a comfortable meditative posture with a straight spine–chin in, and chest lifted, hands in Gyan Mudra or any other comfortable meditative mudra.
Eyes: Close your eyes and concentrate on your breath.
Breath: Inhale through the nose in 8 equal strokes. Exhale through the nose in one deep and powerful stroke.
Time: 11 minutes.
To End: Inhale deeply and hold the breath 5-10 seconds. Exhale. Inhale deeply and hold the breath 15-20 seconds and roll your shoulders. Exhale powerfully. Inhale deeply and hold the breath 15-20 seconds and roll the shoulders as fast as you can. Exhale and relax.
© The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
Source: Vitality and Stress, KRI Level 2 Training Manual


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Press reports of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's speech in Sacramento on Tuesday have focused on its pieces, especially his challenge to Gov. Jerry Brown to court political danger and take on politically untouchable issues such as the commercial property tax protections of Prop 13.
Such a focus on the small, political stuff is natural. And when an ambitious politician such as Villaraigosa is the messenger, skepticism -- indeed, cynicism -- about political motives and tactics is appropriate.
Whatever Villaraigosa's reasons for giving this speech (full disclosure: a colleague and I had a long conversation with the mayor recently about ideas in my 2010 book, California Crackup), and whatever the weaknesses of specific ideas in it, the overall message of the speech was right on:
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California has to stop trying to patching leaks in its broken governing, budget and tax systems -- and start redesigning those systems so that the state can do what it needs to prosper in the future.
That would seem like an uncontroversial stand to take, but Villaraigosa's point is a radical notion in Sacramento, where incrementalism rules the day. Here's the heart of the mayor's argument:
"We will fail if we think small. Some recent reform efforts have stalled for precisely this reason. We can't "rope off" the real issues or go on ignoring the elephants in the room. We have to have the courage -- and the confidence ‐‐ to ask the really big question: what do we need to do to make California first again?
"Politically, the answer will take courage. Plenty of it. Because there is no formula for fixing our schools and adequately funding our colleges and universities that doesn't include education reform, significant new revenue and a fundamental reordering of our dysfunctional budget and tax laws."
The mayor's speech was particularly effective in focusing on the costs of the constant budget-patching, particularly the constant cuts to the state's university systems.
"We have to confront the truth that our economic linchpins -- our systems of primary, secondary and higher education ‐‐ are in peril," he said.
"Instead of meeting our generational challenge, we are in the process of defunding and dismantling the greatest public university system in the world," Villaraigosa said.
This is the opening for a big conversation, a conversation that the state needs. But the manner in which Villaraigosa built his argument was risky.
That risk is all about Prop 13. The mayor took on Prop 13 directly, arguing for protecting the property tax provisions of Prop 13 for homeowners, but eliminating them for commercial property owners. The mayor wisely linked Prop 13 changes to a broader redesign of the tax system.
But by picking on 13 so directly, the mayor takes on an extremely popular piece of California's broken system. And he risks getting into a fight over 13 that drowns out all the other points he made about the need for broader reform. On the other hand, Villaraigosa, by picking a fight 13, may find it easier to start a conversation on bigger reform.
What will be the impact? We'll see. Here's hoping that Villaraigosa's speech is followed by similar big thinking from other Californians, from across the state and across the political spectrum.


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Take a Screenshot of DVD Player in OS X
1) Put your DVD in your computer and open DVD Player (Applications -> DVD Player) if it does not open automatically. Go to Video -> Maximum Size, or hit Command-3. Fast forward to the frame you want to capture, or select the scene to start at.
2) Open the Terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal). Type this, or copy / paste it right in the Terminal:
screencapture -i ~/Desktop/dvd.png
Your mouse should turn into crosshairs. Now hit the space bar. Your mouse should now be a camera. Click the window the DVD is playing in. A file called "dvd.png" will appear on your desktop.
3) Sweet! If you want, you can go into Photoshop or another image editing application and trim off the window part of the capture.
More Screencapture Options
Feel free to adjust the code to your likings. Here are all the options for the Unix command 'screencapture':
|screencapture [-icmwsWx] [files]
| capture screen interactively, by selection or window
control key - causes screen shot to go to clipboard
space key - toggle between mouse selection and window selection modes
escape key - cancels interactive screen shot
|force screen capture to go to the clipboard
|only capture the main monitor, undefined if -i is set
|only allow window selection mode
|only allow mouse selection mode
|start interaction in window selection mode
|do not play sounds
|in window capture mode, capture the screen not the window
|capture the cursor as well as the screen. only in non-interactive modes
| -t
|image format to create, default is png
|where to save the screen capture, 1 file per screen
Why does this work? Did Apple simply forget about screencapture and taking screenshots with Unix commands? Or maybe they thought that it wasn't worth the hassle to fix? Perhaps something else? What do you think?
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Swabian League
On 14 February 1488, the great Swabian League which had been proposed by Emperor Frederick III was constituted at Esslingen for the purpose of preserving the peace against anarchy in Swabia. It embraced the knightly league of St. George and 22 imperial cities, Archduke Sigismund of Austria, and Count Eberhard V of Württemberg. To these were added the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Baden, Hessen, and the electors of Mainz and Trier. The first association was to last until 1496 but it was renewed in 1500, 1512, and 1522 until 1533.
The league received an exemplary constitution with a federal council of two sections, a federal court, and a federal army of 12,000 footmen and 1,200 horsemen. Its most significant deeds were the expulsion of Duke Ulrich of Württemberg in 1519, whose land the league sold to Emperor Charles V in 1520, and the cruel subjugation of the rebel peasants in 1525 by Georg Truchsess of Waldburg, the league captain. The league was entirely a tool of Austrian politics and of the Catholic Church; it fought against the spread of the Reformation. For this purpose the council appointed the provost Berthold Aichelin, who moved about with his horsemen and hanged every adherent of the new faith without benefit of trial "to a dry branch," and thus killed about 1,200 including 40 Protestant preachers. In addition the league had a troop under Diepold von Stein wander through Upper Swabia and oppress Memmingen. They were particularly intent upon catching Anabaptists. Some member princes and cities had joined the Reformation. Therefore the league could no longer be renewed in 1533, especially since now it was opposed by the Smalkaldic League. Austria would have liked to have a replacement for this adaptable tool but none was found.
In many places protests were raised against this procedure; the council of Nürnberg did so, not out of love for the Anabaptists, but because as it said, "The pretense is to hunt the wolves, but they catch the sheep; in this way they will also persecute the confessors and preachers of the Word." The council therefore favored milder measures.
On 7 March 1528, the Swabian League issued an order limiting church fairs and weddings on account of the Anabaptists, "since Anabaptism is breaking in and increasing more and more." They thought the Anabaptists made propaganda at such gatherings.
The chronicles of the Hutterian Brethren report about these bloody deeds by Aichelin (not to be confused with Joseph Lauscher, called Aichelin or Aicheln, who was Land- und Bannrichter of the territory of Lienz in Tirol, and also had much to do with the Anabaptists), "About this time (1528) King Ferdinand sent a wild provost by the name of Aichelin to Swabia and into the land of Württemberg, who then shed much innocent blood, also burned the Mantelhof, not far from Aalen, with men, youths, women, and maidens, about twenty persons."
The two Anabaptist preachers Griesinger and Lochmayer were among Aichelin's victims. "But God at last instilled fear into him through the steadfastness of His servants, so that he swore that he would not execute another brother. He was later stabbed in Württemberg and died a shameful death."
On 2 February 1534, the Swabian League came to an end. Its dissolution was urged by Philipp of Hesse and Bernhard von Besserer, mayor of Ulm. A number of historians have tried to justify this bloody procedure in the framework of the "dark background of the great social revolution" (Peasants' Revolt). Certainly the decree of the league in an Anabaptist mandate of 7 March 1528, explains "that it can easily be comprehended by every honor-loving Christian ... how Anabaptism ... leads to new revolutions and uprisings" if it is not countered with "painful and serious punishment." But this fear was quite unfounded. It has been proved that not a single Anabaptist leader took part in the Peasants' War. Even in Thuringia the Anabaptist movement proved itself to be entirely peaceful.
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967.
Bossert, G. "Aichelin," Blätter für Württemberg. Kirchengeschichte VII, 25 ff., 35 ff.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 123-124.
Hermelink, H. Geschichte der Evangelischen Kirche in Württemberg von der Reformation bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart and Tübingen; 1949: 17 ff., 56.
Klüpfel, K. "Der Schwäbische Bund." Hist. Taschenbuch, 1853.
Klüpfel, K. Urkunden zur Geschichte des Schwäbischen Bundes II. Stuttgart; 1853.
Rauscher, I. "Aichelin." Württemberg. Reformationsgeschichte III.
Thudichum, Fr. Die deutsche Reformation II. Leipzig; 1909.
Will, G. A. Beiträge zur Geschichte des Anabaptismus in Deutschland. 1773: 224-27.
Wiswedel, Wilhelm. Bilder and Führergestalten aus dem Täufertum, 3 vols. Kassel: J.G. Oncken Verlag, 1928-1952: v. II.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923.
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943.
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Albums everyone should hear before making their 2011 year-end list
In about a month, all the end of year lists will begin to pour forth (weirdly, some friends who work on monthly magazines have already done theirs and are onto their January issue!), so I thought now would be an opportune time to flag up some records that people might not have investigated and to create some kind of long list of albums - in fact, I've already started throwing together a playlist for myself to work through.
Some possibly quite obvious ones off the top of my head with nonsense descriptions to kick off this thread:
New Look - chrome-cold sigh-fi minimalism
EMA - nu gwunge
Austra - space-pop
Antlers - break-heart
St Vincent - elegant
Mark McGuire - swoaring
Sleep ? Over - below-wave
SBTRKT - pi-step
When Saints Go Machine - Antony & The Filthy 80s Love Affair
Selebrities - Cure-gaze
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat - piano-drunk
Tim Hecker - piano-fi
John Maus - ni-fi
Nicolas Jaar - y?-fi
Jeniferever - post-DiS
I Break Horses - imakeupgenres
Moonface - ga-gaze
Explosions in the Sky - post-rock
Ah right
EMA for sure but also:
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
Kate Bush - Director's Cut (much better and varied than expected)
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
Also no Bon Iver?! It's skillage all over the shop.
a massive ^this for Kurt Vile
not a kind of music I normally find myself falling in love with, but hey, it's a fantastic recordmoker this'd this
my list was just a start
massive cosign for Kurt Vile.
i've only listened to Bon Iver once so will need to attempt to listening to that ridiculous solo part again!
on the day King of Limbs came out, all I listened to was Kurt Vile.
and I still haven't bothered to listen to King of Limbs, so should probably add that to my list.
I haven't listened to it either
but Thom Yorke is such a pretentious boner, it's difficult to get past that.
- Mike_Diver this'd this
that Julianna Barwick lp is indeed wonderful.lyserge this'd this
have you guys heard her collab ep w/ Ikue Mori from this year:
FRKWYS Vol. 6
'tis good
Fuck you DiS
Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes
Slow Club - Paradise
And to come but almost certainly to feature on mine:
Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness
65daysofstatic - Silent Running
Radical Face - Family Tree: The Roots
Johnny Foreigner - Can't remember what it's gonna be called
Didn't even know there was a new 65dos coming!
But yeah, I'm not going to make a best of list until LC! and JF are out.
People should listen to The People's Key by Bright Eyes though.
They did a live soundtrack for the film Silent Running
And then did a thing on Indie GoGo where they hypothetically asked fans to fund the recording of it and if they reached a certain target they would give it a proper release. They smashed the target so it's coming out on ltd vinyl and digital download. What I've heard so far sounds really good in a much more mello, post-rock kind of way.
totally agree about The People's Key. Probably be in my personal top 10.NickDS and Rev_Kramer this'd this
Listened to it loads when it first game out
Haven't revisited it at all in months though which is probably telling
i like you sean
you and i have ZERO in common. seriously, i await the day you say something i agree with. forces me to look at things differently. still not too crazy about Peoples Key though. a couple decent tracks, i guess..
- Antpocalypsenow this'd this
It's really pretty shit
And I say this as a biiig Jofo fan.
It's really fucking rather good
And I say this as a biiig Jofo fan.
if you are into guitars in any way
even if you don't normally dig punk or shouty vocals or whatever, FUCKED UPCaesurob, the-breacher, hanshotfirst, Severed799, Poprivet, and watsona7 this'd this
and if you do normally dig punk shouty vocals or whatever,
then probably not Fucked Up!
- gonad this'd this
Paul White - Rapping with Paul White
Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells - Everything's Getting Older
Hyetal - Broadcast
Iceage - New Brigade
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
another one of these kind of threads?
well okay.
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
Andy Stott - Passed Me By
Alexander Tucker - Dorwytch
Leyland Kirby - Eager To Tear Apart The Stars
Cut Hands - Afro Noise 1
Snowman - Absence
Robag Whruhme - Thora Vukk
The Psychic Paramount - II
My Disco - Little Joy
Natalie Beridza Tba - Forget'fullness
Kreng - Grimoire
The Haxan Cloak - The Haxan Cloak
Grouper - AIA: Alien Observer/Dream Lossfuck_this_band this'd this
i hadn't noticed another one (apologies if there have been a few)
ah, it's cool
it's just that there are always so many of these threads...I guess that big stickied one got a bit messy.
by which I mean album threads aimed at summing up a year's releases...
hell, I made one.
*Robag Wruhme
ahem! but that one is particularly lovely. recommended for fans of Nicolas Jaar. bit more conventional, but just as intricate/immaculate, and a bit more engaging.
should I write stuff about the others?
Love the Haxan Cloak album
so menacing
The Psychic Paramount - II
Glass Swordsincandenza_ and SCROTUM this'd this
I love 'Bad Science'
it pleases me to hear good things of 'Glass Swords'. high up on my list of must buys.
Bon Iver must, must, must be considered. Thought first album was okay but this one is great.
Wee wildcard shout - Pete & The Pirates have brought me a lot of pleasure this year.
I'll back Pete and The Pirates
It's one I've returned to alot since, which is always a good signRev_Kramer this'd this
Sorry, bloody thing posted before I could write an explanation. I thought it was a step backwards for such an incredible band...
sure the structures are fairly straightforward
But for me it's the most solid melodic album they've done. It lacks some of the punky aggression they used to have, but they've mellowed a lot since 8 years ago, and for the first time in years there's not a song I skip. I can understand where you're coming from, and perhaps I'd like some more of their electronic side, but what they've released works for me.
I was so taken in by Beggars
After the fairly hit and miss EPs that I thought Major/Minor would be incredible too. I just find it incredibly dull and a tad too preachy, although I definitely seem to be in the minority...
most of their stuff is preachy (which isn't my cup of tea)
but i've managed to remove myself from the overly religious connotations and think of them as being more reflective and i quite like that.
i did enjoy beggars, but like i said, i skip a few of the tracks.
Have you listened to Moving Mountains?
If not, get on them. Their new album, ''waves'', is quite Thricey in places and just fucking all round ace.
Heard some of their tunes a few years back, '8105' was really good...
Thanks for this.
Didn't realise this album was streaming anywhere.
bvdub - I Remember
Loscil - Coast / Range / Arc
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 and Dropped Pianos
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (I know, I know, but I like it, m'kay?)
Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Horizontal Structure
Vladislav Delay Quartet - s/t
Zomby - Dedication
Tycho - Dive
The Psychic Paramount - II
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
Four Tet - Fabriclive 59 (don't know if mix albums count)
A winged Victory For The Sullen - s/t
One more:
Fennesz/Sakamoto - Flumina
really, really liked bvdub when i heard it
somewhere between Gas and The Sight Below, and just as good. good shout
TBH, I've only listened to it today, but it's a great album, very ethereal. Also, it perfectly goes with the miserable, gray, rainy weather we've been having in the past few days.
I think A Winged Victory For The Sullen
Could be one of those records to turn people onto ambient/neo-classical if heard. Bold statement perhapsCaesurob this'd this
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine and the Honest Words EP
Another addition to my list:
Ben Frost and Daniel Bjarnason - Solaris
The album is fantastic, I can't stop listening to it. It's streaming here: http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/album/SOLARIS1
Should consider...
The War On Drugs- Slave Ambient
Eskimo Joe- Ghosts of the Past (if you can find it...Aussie only release as far as I can see)
True Widow
Barn Owl
Remember RememberEaterOfBirds this'd this
Colin Stetson
Austin Peralta
Cave Singers
The Felice Brothers
Excluding the awesome stuff already mentioned
Des Ark - Don't Rock The Boat, Sink The F*cker
Helms Alee - Weatherhead
Gazelle Twin - The Entire City (Fever Ray comparisons aside it it's a fantastic record)
The Nocturnes - Aokigahara (noirish shoegaze in a similar vein to True Widow with less of the stoner grit and more of the melancholy sadness)
Ezekiel Honig - Folding in on Itself (pretty much forced its way into my top ten Type releases)
Roll The Dice - In Dust
Grumbling Furs - Furrier (it was reviewed here before but in my opinion it still deserves more props)
Wreck and Reference - The Black Cassette
Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (grandiose melodic Death Metal, not too dissimilar from Opeth circa Blackwater Park)
Skull Defekts - Peer Amid
Suuns - Zeroes QC
The Men - Leave Home
Grails - Deep Politics
just listened to that Skull Defekts one t'other day
ace record. spikey, noisey art rock of the highest calibre.
In addition to those mentioned...
Sun Glitters - everything could be fine
Braids - Native Speaker
arrange - Plantation: apologies for plugging this again (for those who noticed)...but this is a terrific record http://arrange.bandcamp.com/album/plantation
- sunstroke_house this'd this
A couple of things
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - s/t
Aurelio - Laru Beya
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town
Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
Devon Sproule - I Love You, Go Easy
Isobutane - Exchanging
Matt Christensen - A Cradle In The Bowery
Metal Kites - School of Unlearning
Paul Curreri - The Big Shitty
Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces
ctrl f title fight
fuck yous guysgonad this'd this
Old Amica - For A Second EP
The Real Tuesday Weld - The Last Werewolf
13 & God - Own Your Ghost
Are most probably my three utter favourites from this year.
rough edged categories but:
modern classical
nils frahm, nils frahm and anne muller, kashiwa daisuke, dustin o'halloran.
hip hop
metermaids, ghostpoet, serengeti, das rascist, 13 & god, emay, cities aviv, beans, wugazi, delta mirror
indie electronica
bodi bill, fredrik, apparat, dream affair, felt drawings, freddy rupert, little dragon, oscar and martin, raleigh moncrief.
post rock
codes in the clouds, near the parenthesis, skeletons, spokes, lite
emperor x, chad vangaalen, future islands, roommate, the do, tiger waves, stray kites, lets wrestle, john vanderslice
t w walsh, william fitzsimmons, david thomas broughton, nick huggins
electronica and other
son lux, conquering animal sound, com truise, SBTRKT, modeselektor, evenings, takahiro kido
A year's listening wouldn't be complete without these little-known treats
Belong - Common Era (electronic/ambient/shoegaze)
Tycho - Dive (electronic/ambient)
Epic45 - Weathering (folk/ambient/electronic/post-rock mix-mash)
- paulo13 this'd this
The Mountain Goats
Cymbals Eat Guitars
United Fruit
and yeah, definitely Jeniferever, Antlers, Low, Iron and Wine and A Winged Victory, as you've all already mentioned...
Cymbals Eat Guitars
yes! I wasn't expecting such a great record...first one was fairly loveable in a vaguely Modest Mouse/Built To Spill kind of way, but I didn't think they had it in them to make something so deeply engaging...oddly cinematic, densely literate.
can see myself spending a lot of time with this one.JaguarPirate this'd this
Hessle Audio: 116 & Rising [Hessle Audio]
Kuedo – Severant [Planet Mu]
Sully – Carrier [Keysound]
Rustie – Glass Sword [Warp]
LV & Joshua Idehen – Routes [Keysound]
Main Attrakionz – Dark Grapes & 808s [Mishka NYC]
Pavan – Holy Volt [Harmönia]
Konx-Om-Pax – Light In Extension [Display Copy]
Beatbully – Kosmisk Regn [Dødpop]
Ekoplekz – Intrusive Incidentalz Vol.1 [Punch Drunk] / Memowrekz [Mordant Music]
...well maybe not everyone one
most of these yeah
and I'll add Machinedrum - Room(s)to this list.i_am_a_king this'd this
Baton rouge - Fragments D'eux memes
awesome post punky french emo whatever - just get it now. Incredible.
The Ergon Carousel - Dead Banks - FAST!
Nasdaq - Dead Peasants - just awesome. (think it was 2011...maybe late 2010)
Mills & Boon - Greatest Hits!
Yes to Kurt Vile - really suprised how much I like it, but it's a great album.
and if that 'College' song 'A Real Hero' from Drive was actually released this year then it's easily song of the year!
- thedamnedear this'd this
True Widow - As High As The Highest Heavens...
Iceage - New Brigade
The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
These, then...
In addition -
Bjork - Biophilia
The Field - Looping State of Mind
Tuneyards - Whokill
The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
Shlohmo - Bad Vibes
Craft Spells - Idle Labor
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2 Judges
Matthew Herbert - One Pig
Tamikrest - Toumastin
Still Corners - Creatures of an Hour
here's two of my favorites
Guider by Disappears
Double Cross by Sloan
oh, and Yuck
and the crystal stilts one
Ensemble - Excerpts
Gazelle Twin - The Entire City
Thank You - Golden Worry
Banjo or Freakout - S/T
No mention of
James Blake
or (even more surprisingly)
Wild Beasts..
c'maaan! They are up there for me, as well as -
Nicolas Jaar
Mercury Program
Washed Out
i think the reason James and Smother haven't been mentioned is because there's perhaps a presumption that most people have already had a listen. i'll add Blake to the long playlist now tho
Blake's album is good
but a bit well... meh. DiS giving it 5/10 (or was it more?) was right. It's like Sleigh Bells - A bit of a fad but not great music.
i'm sure i'm not the only one, but...
James Blake's album = amazing.
Just putting that out there.
Some albums from the punk/hardcore genre that are well worth a listen
Balance and Composure - Separation
Defeater - Empty Days and Sleepless Nights
Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor
Letlive. - Fake History
Make Do And Mend - End Measured Mile
Red City Radio - The Dangers of Standing Still
Small Brown Bike - Fell & Found
Spraynard - Funtitled
Thursday - No Devolucion
Title Fight - Shed
Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me
The Wonder Years - SuburbiaCaesurob this'd this
Letlive is awesome.
Apart from the track 'Muther' which annoys me, because of the woman.
Brilliant apart from that though.
yeah, that song is a bit 'wet'.
the album doesn't have a patch on their live performance though - mesmerising.
yeah wish id seen them on their last tour
didnt manage to.
Not forgetting
La Dispute and Into It. Over It. Still got the Pianos Become The Teeth record to come out as well, which I'm IMMENSELY excited about.
Didn't End Measured Mile come out last year? Also, really not convinced by the Thursday record...
Yeah, think you're right about MDAM...oops
I loved the II/OI split with Koji this year as well - you heard that?
I too am super pumped about the La Dispute and Pianos albums - damn Amazon have been slow getting the La Dispute album out. Also eagerly awaiting the new record from Transit, which should be with me soon.
Yeah man
Pretty much everything Evan Weiss touches seems to turn to gold.
The La Dispute record is sick. You're in for a treat.
oh and Bon Iver
True Widow - As High As The Highest Heavens...
Destroyer - Kaputt
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
- kev_theinvisable this'd this
nils frahm, winged victory, worlds end girlfriend.whatisthewhat this'd this
Oh, yes...Nils Frahm!
Was there a new World's End GF? Must check it out!
It's called 7 idiots
I reviewed it for DiS a few months ago.
It is immense.
Disko-ions - Clumberkicks EP (...and free to download)
The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
got so much love from me earlier this year.
Also suprised how much I'm enjoying the new Slow Club onebrian_international and adamagogobaby this'd this
I don't get why everyone likes that EMA record so much
I thought it was pretty much generic toss?
The Low record has grown on me loads. Top 3 for me.
Also, I love Skull Defekts, The Men, Danny Brown, Curren$y, Wire, PJ Harvey, Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells. And maybe some others...cosk this'd this
I don't get it either
It all sounded a bit..familiar. And not particularly inspired in my opinion.
Lately I've been listening to 'Red State' by Gowns, the band she used it be in. I think it is very interesting, it has a way of conjuring images and a weird mood. The lyrics are not to be taken at face value. There is something very dark and unsual about it. Quite anti-commercial. Compared to that, EMA's album imo sounds too ordinary.
apart from the obvious ones.....
I really hope these albums get the praise they deserve in terms of placing in end of year lists...
Balamb Acab - Wander/Wonder
Martyn - Ghost People - already proving to be a standout record
Nicolas Jarr - Space is only noise
Africa Hitech - 93 million miles
Ice Age - New Brigade
Moving Mountains - Waves
Ryan Adams - Ashes and Fire (I haven't listened to this yet, but I'm confident how I'm going to feel about it).
No suggestion for
Okkervil River?Pale-eyedBadger this'd this
Maybe too obvious
but yeah, that's my album of the year.
Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings
(Cloud Nothings)JaguarPirate and Lililololaure this'd this
- Lililololaure this'd this
2011 has been very good in my opinion
Mogwai - Hardcore will never die but you will
Ulver - War of the Roses (epicly brilliant. A top 3 in any list?)
Thank You - Golden Worry
Cave In - White silence
Young Widows - In and out of youth and lightness
Arabrot - Solar Anus
Boris - Heavy Rocks
And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
Helms Alee - Weatherhead
Israel Martinez - El Hombre Que Se Sofoca (FOR FANS OF TIM HECKER!!!!)
Brutal Truth - End Time
Wreck and Reference - Black Cassette
Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus (this has divided fans massively)
Deicide - To Hell with God
Daniel Menche - Feral (some good ol' noise)
Hella - Tripper (on the first few listens i was taken by it, but now its made its way through to me and its absurdly brilliant alum of the year for me!!!!!!!!)
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Indubitably. Guitar-music for the head and the heart. Doesn't get more gorgeous than Plainclothesjarock87 and incandenza_ this'd this
I totally didn't expect to say this but
despite the previous 2 albums being pretty average overall (though some cracking songs!):
My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind.
Utterly brilliant!
My favourites
Wild Beasts- Smother
Radiohead- The King Of Limbs
Bjork- Biophilia
Panda Bear- Tomboy
TV on the Radio- Nine types of Light
Oh and...
Bon iver- Bon Iver
Kurt Vile- Smoke ring for my halo
Destroyer for sure. Think people might be pleasantly surprised by that Bombay Bicycle Club too. Also - G-side.
I was very pleasantly surprised...
by the new Bombay Bicycle Club. They've really come into their own I think, they've finally found a way to match their ambition with their ability. It's not all that exciting in places, but on the whole, very good record.
Also, I just realized I've made a criminal mistake and left "Skying" out of my top albums of the year list. One of my favourites as well...
Some I don't think were mentioned...
Not saying all of these will even make my own list but people who dig the straight-up indie rock might want to check these out if they haven't already. I agree 2011 has been a great year so far.
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
Future Islands - On the Water
The Horrors - Skying
Mirrors - Lights and Offerings
Peter, Bjorn and John - Gimme Some
The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low
Wild Palms - Until Spring
Zola Jesus - Conatus
a couple
Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs Evil (just realising how good this is)
No Joy - Ghost Blonde (shoegaze-y feedback-y pop-y)
Long Long Long - Who The Fuck Said Family Ain't Family No More (this only has 5 tracks/~23mins but it's just excellent so I'm counting it)
like, really excellent, I mean
Long Long Long are the best
Gum Takes Tooth - Silent Cenotaph
I can't believe I haven't seen anyone mention it on here - one of my favourites of this year for sure.
Grumbling Fur - Furrier
Murmuure - S/T
Death Grips - Ex-Military
Teeth - Whatever (really enjoyable and not as annoying as expected)
Necro Deathmort - Music of Bleak Origin
and for the old school metalheads, Anthrax - Worship Music
All great records that need more attention.
Came here to post Death Grips - ExMilitary
DiS gave it 9/10 but didn't deem it worthy of a recommended release.
I'm not a huge fan of hip-hop but I found this a dark, difficult original and humourous listen. Definitely worth checking out.
"DiS" doesn't give out any scores
individuals who contribute for us do
OK so an individual gave Death Grips - Exmilitary 9/10
..but it didn't make the DiS Recommended Record list.
That is the point I was trying to make.
I know a review of 8/10 or better doesn't necessarily mean it'll make the DiS Recommend Record list as it's an individual's opinion rather that a considered opinion from the DiS crew as to what is really good out there and what may be of real interest to DiS readers, but on the flip side to that has an album given less than 8/10 made is onto the Recommeded Records?
because I pick what goes in there (although Andrzej sometimes puts things in, like the Wild Flag album, which I think is massively underwhelming)
there you go again!
LOVE wild flag!
Apart from when Andrez feels like changing the score
as he's admitted.
er, Andrzej sorry
rude typo there
SubtractiveLAD - Kindred. Warm electronica with a bit 70`s German/Tangerine Dream in there.
Datashock - Pyramiden Von Gieben. Krautock/Psychedelic double album.
Magical Beautiful - Here Come The Wild Waves. Psychedelic, Prog, Electronic, Dub, Pop thing.
Deadbeat - Drawn and Quartered. Quality Dub/Electronic/Techno.
Kogumaza. Hypnotic Psychedelic Rock.
Stag Hare. Proper chilled out, hypnotic and warm. A bit like White Rainbow.
Klatu - Mutual. Similar to Burial, and it`s pay what you want on Bandcamp.
The Cyclist - Bending Brass. Lo fi Electronic/Techno etc. Worth hearing for the brilliant version [or whatever you wanna call it]of Vitamin C by Can. Again pay what you want on Bandcamp.
Just listened to the Deadbeat album and came here to suggest it:
It starts off slow but but soon draws you in.
Deadbeat album's on Grooveshark (not Spotify)
Planningtorock - W
Quality art/electro pop, criminally overlooked by most.
Lia Ices - Grown Unknown
is excellent.kev_theinvisable this'd this
Another forgotten one...
Shabazz Palaces- Black Up
Royal Headache - s/t
HTRK - Work
Grooms - Prom
Tim Hecker - Dropped Pianos
Soft Province - s/t
War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
Stephen Malkmus - Mirror Traffic
Zola Jesus - Conatus
Teeth and Tongue - Tambourine
Wooden Shjips - West
CANT - Dreams Come True
The Low Anthem just about nick it for me.
Modeselektor - Monkeytown
Andy Stott - Passed Me By & We Stand Together
Walls - Coracle
Emika - s/t
Kangding Ray - OR
Agoria - Impermanence
In the spirit of slapping EPs together and putting them in album lists,
Hudson Mohawke-Satin Panthers
Hudson Mohawke-Pleasure Principle
absolutely positively no wanky neo-classical, puffy ambient guff trap...
tim hecker....winged victory...julianna barwick.
there's too much of that listless shit around these parts, and i've decided i can't be doing with it, you gutless haze-huffers, cheers.
tom waits, in captials, underlined.JaguarPirate this'd this
this thread is nothing but lists!theShipment this'd this
(that gets me to thinking: on reflection the new Spank Rock definitely does not deserve the 7/10 I gave it on here. It's 50% balls, 30% real good and 20% awesome)
Some highlights...
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol 2 (nu-skronk)
Andy Stott - Passed Me By / We Stay Together [companion pieces, clearly] (nu-grim)
Grails - Deep Politics (nu-jam)
Barn Owl - Lost in the Glare (nu-Morricone)
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1 (nu-Earth)
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (nu-hop)
Demdike Stare - Tryptych (nu-WTF/doesn't-really-count-as-its-sort-of-a-reissue)
Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4eva (nu-south)
Wooden Shjips - West (nu-psych)
Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse (nu-FUNk)
Austin Peralta - Endless Planets (nu-jazz)
Luke Abbott - Holkham Drones (nu-bloop)
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972 (nu-rave)
There's a lot of stuff I haven't yet heard this year which I should seek out. Namely that Oneida record, some other stuff I can't think of right now...oneforghost and fuck_this_band this'd this
The Go! Team's Rolling Blackouts has been really overlooked, I've got no idea how it got lukewarm reviews. Perfect, joyous pop and you can hear their sound moving forward as well.
I've only heard Tom Waits new one once, but I have a feeling this could grow into a winner.sunstroke_house this'd this
My List..
Lee Noble - Persona
Amen Dunes - Through Donkey Jaw
Miasmal - Self Titled
Maim - Deceased to Exist
Ash Borer - Self Titled
Peterlicker - Nicht
Implodes - Black Earth
Lee Noble - No Becoming
The Cosmic Dead - Psychonaut/Self Titled Cassette
The Haxan Cloak - Observatory
The Skull Defekts - Peer Amid
Thisquietarmy - Vessels
Thou - The Archer and the Owle
True Widow - As High as the Highest Heavens...
Vastum - Carnal Law
Wooden Shijips - Mazes
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Self Titled
Moon Duo - Mazes
Kreng - Grimoire
Barn Owl - Lost in the Glare
Taake - Kveld
Locrian - The Clearing
Maria Minerva - Caberet Cixous
Jeffre Cantu-Ledesma - Love is a Stream (may have been 2010?)
On top of the others that have been mentioned
I'd add Josh T. Peason's - Last of the Country Gentlemen as it's an album that I can't stop coming back to.
Why would you necessarily have to hear any more albums
to make a list of your favourite albums that you've heard in 2011?
matana roberts ~ coin coin chapter one
kangding ray ~ OR (such a great, confident, powerful record)
julia holter ~ tragedy (hasnt been mentioned yet dont think. really check this one people. should be insanely overblown & overambitious but somehow really works. lovely)
sean mccann ~ the capital
idea fire company ~ music from the impossible salon
peter evans quintet ~ ghosts
wadado leo smith ~ heart's reflections
dj sniff ~ ep
andy stott ~ passed me by
morphosis ~ what we have learned
tin man ~ perfume
boxcutter ~ the disolve
hecker ~ sun pandemonium [reissue]fuck_this_band this'd this
yeh idk i hate lists too but eeh these are good records^
*Wadada Leo Smith's Organic ~ Heart's Reflections
tom waits
kurt vile
war on drugs
st vincent
youth lagoon (just got my hands on this...kinda simple but i like it)
youth lagoon record now up on Spotify
loving it. YOU ARE ALL CORRECT.
carry on...
my 2011 top ten so far... as The Avalanches will be back soon...
War on Drugs - my favourite album of the year - though I actually think the next two are 'better' if that makes any sense?
Bon Iver - much better than the first album
St Vincent - because she's gorgeous (just joking)
Radiohead - would have been better as a couple of EPs I still think
Toro Y Moi - seems a bit overlooked
Antlers - bored me at first but now love it
Kurt Vile
Wild Beasts
Tune Yards
Think I'd probably really like Neon Indian and Washed Out if I'd listened to them - loved their previous records. Like the Chad Valley EP a lot but guess it's not quite an album?
why does everyone always forget about Bill Callahan? Apocalypse is incredible.toffeedaz this'd this
Probably listen to Marquee Moon by Television
and then wonder why the hell you are making a "best of 2011" list.
Because a lot of music was released in 2011...
...and it's perfectly possible to select what you thought was the best from that.
The existence of seminal albums released 20+ years ago does not mean we can't have a discussion about recently released music even if you think the earlier stuff was much better.
he's right, you know
there were albums released this year and all
There were.
Your point?
sure, mock me. i probably deserve it.
Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence
I also like the Malajube lp - La Caverne
All the others have been mentioned I think.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned these...
Gauntlet Hair
Youth Lagoon
So, can someone cut the above down to ten albums from 2011 I should listen to
Before making my top ten list?
Actually maybe just five?
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
Or is that too obvious?
i imagine some people mighta forgotten about it
not sure how that is possible, it's so big that it's like forgetting that China exists...
It's the one review for this site I've done which I now sorta regret
I think if I reviewed it again, I'd give the opener and Mindkilla 9/10 and the rest 6/10.
A few West Aussie releases to check out
Jebediah - Kosciuszko. Anyone familiar with their 90s pop/rock can expect more of the same, but it sounds remarkably fresh
Abbe May - Design Desire. This is such a fantastic album. The blues from her previous releases moves into the background, but is an everpresent force in this sultry, textured and in turns sexy and haunting record.
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving - Deaden the Fields. Overblown prog rock that won't make anybody's end of year list (except maybe on Perth community radio) but there are some terrific soundscapes on there. Heavy, jazzy, piano-y
Sorne- House of Stone
Giles Corey
Gazelle Twin- The Entire City
Elzhi- Elmatic
martyn-ghost people
absolute belter of a record,
kuedo-severant is brilliant too
that kuedo album
or what iv heard of it, is amazing.
As untrendy as this is
I'd say Machine Head's new album is absolutely epic old school metal brilliance.
(I haven't heard to be be fair).
No one has mentioned the Tasseomancy album yet
It's the only album I can think of that was released as a candle this year. And it sounds great as well.
Nearly 200 posts
and nobody has mentioned the Feist album? Can't stop playing it.


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Overall, at least 122 dog deaths were reported since May 2005, when U.S. airlines were required to start disclosing them, the department says. The dogs died while being shipped as cargo.
English bulldogs account for the single highest number of deaths among the 108 purebreds on the list: 25. Pugs were next, with 11 deaths, followed by golden retrievers and labradors, with seven deaths each, French bulldogs with six, and American Staffordshire terriers, four.
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Boxers, cockapoos, Pekingese and Pomeranians accounted for two deaths each.
Owners should consult with veterinarians before putting their dogs on planes, the department said. It believes the deaths represent a tiny percentage of the pets shipped on airlines.
Short-nosed breeds — known as "brachycephalic" in the dog world — have a skull formation that affects their airways, said Dan Bandy of Shawnee, Okla., chairman of the Bulldog Club of America's health committee.
"The way all dogs cool themselves is basically through respiration, either just panting or the action of breathing in or out, is a method of heat exchange for them," Bandy said. "A dog that has a long snout or a long muzzle has more surface area within its nasal cavity for that heat exchange to take place. So breeds like labradors or collies or those types of dogs with the long muzzles have a more efficient cooling system."
Brachycephalic breeds tend to be heat-intolerant in general, Bandy said. They pretty much have the same amount of tissue and structures within their skulls as long-nosed dogs, but it's compressed, and that can contribute to encroachment on their airways, he said.
Sonny Seiler of Savannah, Ga., who owns the University of Georgia's mascot, Uga the bulldog, said people who fly English bulldogs are taking a risk. Seiler said that's why he takes precautions before flying his dogs. Before each Uga is a year old and flies for the first time, Seiler has a procedure done at the University of Georgia veterinary school to enlarge the dog's airways.
"They go into the nasal passage and clip muscles and tissue and in essence, what they do is they make a bigger air passage," Seiler said. "It's a quick procedure, and once you have it done it really eliminates a lot of the problems with the breathing."
Uga routinely flies to the football team's away games, often in the team's charter plane or the university's smaller plane, and is in the cabin or an air-conditioned cargo hold, said Seiler, who is now searching for the eighth Uga. The seventh died last football season, and his half-brother Russ, the backup, is the acting Uga during the quest for No. 8.
"It's just business as usual with us," Seiler said of Uga's air travel. "He goes with the team."
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The bulldog club's Bandy said that in addition to trying to cool themselves, dogs may also pant excessively in the cargo hold due to stress or excitement.
Bandy said he has flown one puppy and one adult dog before, both in early spring with no issues. He advises against shipping dogs during hot months, and says owners should make sure the cargo hold is climate-controlled. If dogs are easily stressed or not well-socialized, they are probably not good candidates for air travel, Bandy added.
The Transportation Department said mixed breeds accounted for four airline deaths and a dozen dogs who died were of unknown breed.
In all, 144 pet deaths were reported by airlines over the past five years, along with 55 injuries and 33 lost pets.
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Michael Bush
a good man.
contributed a great deal of his time to ITEA.
Re: Michael Bush
I hope the frown is just about his Facebook page not being available...
...but I don't think that's what you mean.
Alexander 163 CC
Re: Michael Bush
Rest in peace, Michael.
The funeral will be at 4pm this Friday at Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Versailles, KY.
Re: Michael Bush
I'm sick about this, I only got to meet him once but I consider him a friend and We messaged each other a lot on Facebook about tube net and just things in general. He will be missed greatly
Re: Michael Bush
Oh no! What happened? (The FB link above appears broken to me.)
I met Michael around this time last year, when he had bought my old Rudy Meinl. IIRC, he contacted me out of the blue, because he knew that I was considering something smaller than my Willson, and remembered that I had spoken fondly about the Rudy. But in the friendly "maybe I can help" kind of way, not the "do you want to buy the thing I'm selling" kind of way.
A very nice person, and I am sorry for the loss for his family and friends.
Alexander 163 CC
Re: Michael Bush
His daughter said he had a massive heart attack on Sunday
I just noticed He visited tubenet the morning he passed away. RIP to our FAQ Czar.
Re: Michael Bush
This makes me incredibly sad. I didn't know him, but I own one of his former tubas which I can tell he held a special fondness for and have him to thank for having it. He was such a big contributor to this forum and the tuba world. My condolences to his friends and family.
J.W. York & Sons Artist
Re: Michael Bush
Very sad news.....
Re: Michael Bush
I also own one of his former tubas, a 3/4 CC four piston Weril. It was a nice friendly transaction and he packed the horn beautifully before shipping. Now, I'll think kindly of him whenever I play the instrument. RIP, Michael.
Re: Michael Bush
Very sad news...
Re: Michael Bush
I'm sorry I never got to meet him, we're a couple of hours apart, but our paths never crossed.
King 2341 - Mack TU210 - JP179B - Wessex Festivo - King 2280
Re: Michael Bush
I'm still very saddened by this news. Michael was a true friend and brethren to the tuba and was always passionate about music. I'll miss his gentle and kind soul very much and recall many conversations about life and music. Rest In Peace my friend.
Re: Michael Bush
The message about Michael's death hit me very hard. He had been very supportive about several projects of mine as a user of them as well as a provider of knowledge on religious, cultural, and political matters in an English-spoken context, where I have no first hand experience.
I definitely had counted on Michael surviving me by decades, so I feel very empty now.
And then the loss for his family is bigger by dimensions.Very hard for others to imagine.
Tank you, Michael!
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