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UAW push to unionize a Southern auto plant reaches climax today with vote

The Volkswagen assembly plant where unionization efforts are under way in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The United Auto Workers’ decades-long push to organize a foreign carmaker in the South - considered critical to the future of the American labor movement - comes to a head today when votes are tallied for the right to represent workers at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tenn.

If successful, the UAW will bargain for wages and benefits on behalf of 1,500 hourly workers and, in the process, firmly stamp the union label on the right-to-work, anti-union South. Political and business leaders across the region fear the labor movement will spread to auto suppliers, flooring manufacturers, carpet mills and other industries.

A victory at Volkswagen, though, won’t necessarily translate into an uninterrupted march by labor across the South. In an unusual twist, Volkswagen management is at least tacitly supporting the unionization efforts. No other Southern-based company, including UAW-targeted German automakers Mercedes-Benz in Alabama and BMW in South Carolina, countenances such a friendly employee-management relationship.

Three days of voting by workers at the Chattanooga plant is scheduled to end tonight. Results, however, may not be announced Friday. Anti-union groups vow to challenge a UAW victory with the National Labor Relations Board. Legal challenges could follow.

The vitriol engulfing the Volkswagen vote underscores the high stakes, big-dollar battle waged by pro- and anti-union groups who have descended upon Chattanooga for a referendum on the power and future of unions.

“It will be historic if it passes,” said Stephen Silvia, an expert on German industrial relations at American University in Washington. “If they lose, it’s hard to imagine the UAW would be able to organize in the South, or at foreign automobile plants, in the foreseeable future.”

The UAW began knocking on Volkswagen’s doors before the first Passat rolled off the assembly line three years ago. The 400,000-member union - one-fourth the size it was 35 years ago - gained a key ally when the powerful IG Metall union in Germany pushed Volkswagen management to allow the Chattanooga plant to be organized.

The election, which started Wednesday, centers on the establishment of a “works council,” a common labor-management relationship in Germany that hashes out workplace issues. But U.S. labor law prohibits a council unless a union is recognized to bargain on behalf of workers. The UAW, if victorious, will seek a collective bargaining agreement to allow negotiations on wages, benefits and pensions.

Pro-union workers like Jabbar Ecton, 42, don’t complain about low wages or lousy benefits. New hires at Volkswagen make $15 an hour; more senior workers like Ecton can pull $20 an hour.

“VW employees deserve help and to be heard on the global works council and any help they can get from the UAW,” said Ecton, who road-tests Passats. “They can also give us a voice within the plant for safety and other issues.”

U.S. automakers, like most corporations, typically keep unions at arm’s length. VW’s harmony with the UAW is unique, particularly in the South, where many consider “union” a four-letter word. VW says it has remained neutral during the election.

Anti-union activists disagree, pointing to a January “contract” signed by the union and the automaker that “align(s) messages and communication through the time of the election.”

The anti-union critics also complain that VW won’t allow their supporters to campaign inside the factory. The UAW, which maintains a table with pamphlets near the company cafeteria, was also given a list of employees’ names and addresses by VW.

“From a very legal standpoint, that’s VW’s right,” said Maury Nicely, a Chattanooga attorney whose Southern Momentum advocacy group has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight the UAW. “The whole premise of our electoral system is that voters have the right to be informed. The degree to which we have seen the term ‘neutrality’ redefined in this election has been unprecedented.”

Nicely’s group has been joined by big-spending national organizations who consider unions a pox on the American economy. The Center for Worker Freedom, for example, a D.C.-based nonprofit affiliated with anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, rented a dozen billboards in Chattanooga attacking the UAW. One depicts an abandoned auto factory with the message “Detroit. Brought to You by the UAW.”

“The UAW isn’t good for my plant; they can’t offer me or any worker anything we don’t have already,” said Greg “Bo” Poteet, 53, a VW technician. “I’m a Christian and a conservative and I refuse to give my (union dues) to things I oppose, like Planned Parenthood, gun control and the Democratic Party.”

Tennessee legislators this week threatened to withhold financial incentives for any Volkswagen expansion if the UAW prevails. The company is considering building an SUV line in Chattanooga.

“This sends a message that maybe Tennessee doesn’t want their investment and VW can go somewhere else. It’s like they’re cutting off their nose to spite their face,” said Kristin Dziczek, a labor expert with the Center for Automotive Research in Michigan. “It’s not like auto unions in Tennessee have destroyed the state. There’s a little plant in western Tennessee - General Motors in Spring Hill - that hasn’t caused the downfall of Western civilization.”

Economic developers in Tennessee and Georgia say uncertainty over the VW vote has kept auto suppliers from announcing new projects. Brian Anderson, president of the Greater Dalton (Ga.) Chamber of Commerce, said this week that two foreign auto suppliers keen to be close to the VW plant have postponed any location decision until the union vote is finalized.

“If the union makes an inroad right across the border in Tennessee, its next move will be down into Georgia, and that would not be a welcome entree,” said Roy Bowen, president of the Georgia Association of Manufacturers.

Charlie Bethel, director of legal affairs for Dalton carpet maker J&J Industries, said another union, not the autoworkers, could be emboldened by a VW victory to target tens of thousands of carpet and flooring workers across Georgia who start out at $10 or $11 an hour.

“We feel like we have a good place to work, with competitive benefits,” said Bethel, who’s also a Republican state senator. “We see (unions) as an added cost that, candidly, would not benefit our workforce, but it would tax our ability to remain viable in the American marketplace.”

Still, there’s no guarantee a UAW victory will spur union drives across the South. The unique VW-UAW relationship would be hard to replicate at BMW, Mercedes or Kia in west Georgia - all union targets, according to UAW officials - where management would likely fight hard to thwart any union advance.

“If this approach - a friendly organizing drive - fails here, it’s hard to think it will work with other employers that don’t have such a friendly history together,” said Dziczek, the labor expert.

But American University’s Silvia notes that Mercedes and BMW also employ works councils in Germany and, therefore, might be willing to consider union representation in the U.S.

A VW victory “would give employees’ representatives on the boards of those two companies more leverage to ask for similar sort of treatment,” Silvia said. “VW is setting a pattern.”

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Apple finally redesigns the iPhone

So I finally got my hands on the new iPhone 5, and I can truly say it’s totally ruined the iPhone 4 for me.

AT&T was nice enough to let me play with a white iPhone 5 earlier this week for this review.

There’s no doubt this is a very capable next-generation iPhone.

It is a very different phone, but it’s also very much the same-old familiar iPhone.

New design

From the front, the iPhone 5 looks like my iPhone 4 except it’s about half an inch taller.

What you really can’t see from photos is how the iPhone 5 feels in your hand.

It’s 18 percent thinner (7.6mm) and 20 percent lighter (3.96 oz) than the iPhone 4S.

So it feels oddly light at first in your hand, but then your thumb finds the home button and the screen lights up to reveal iOS and all its familiarity.

The back is now made of aluminum with a small strip of glass at the top and bottom hiding the antennas for cellular, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

The outer metal band is now more flush with the rest of the phone and its color-coordinated with the phone’s face. The white phone has a natural aluminum ring while the black phone has a black aluminum ring and buttons.

I’ve read early reports of the aluminum being prone to scratch, so I’d be careful with keys or coins in the same pocket.

Some reports online show the black aluminum scratching and showing the raw aluminum underneath.

I’m opting for a clear skin on my black iPhone 5 for now.

The headphone jack has moved from the top to the bottom, and the speaker and microphones are now behind a series of holes drilled in the aluminum band.

The look is much cleaner.

The 4-inch Retina display is taller than the old model by half an inch and the screen ratio is 16:9, which is shaped more like a theater screen. The new screen’s resolution is 1136 x 640 pixels.

I’ve always thought the iPhones were a year or so behind the curve when it came to cellular radio.

Last year, Apple kept the iPhone 4S on 3G networks when some other phones had moved on to 4G LTE.

Now the wireless companies have their 4G LTE networks a bit more built out, and Apple has finally brought LTE to all the carriers — AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.

What does 4G LTE mean to network speeds?

I tested iPhone 5s from AT&T and Verizon in several locations around town.

I wish there was a clear winner in download speeds, but honestly the two LTE phones varied quite a bit from test to test.

I found places where both downloaded at more than 30 Mbps and places where both were under 10 Mbps. I did find AT&T to be faster in most places, including my house in East Dallas.

Verizon has 4G LTE in 371 markets, while AT&T comes in second with 75 markets and Sprint covers 19 markets, according to a CNN survey map (

Luckily for us, all three are up and running in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Of course, AT&T and Sprint have promised coverage expansions in many more cities before the end of the year.

It’s faster

With the iPhone 5, Apple has introduced the A6 chip, which is twice as fast as the A5 in the 4S.

Graphics performance is also twice as fast so games look smoother and respond faster.

The A6 is also a power-saver. According to Apple, even at its accelerated speed, the A6 allows the iPhone 5’s battery to run for up to eight hours of talk time and 10 hours of video playback.

Improved cameras

The iPhone 4S has a great camera — one of the best mobile phone cameras I’ve ever used.

The iPhone 5’s main camera is at least a full step better.

It features an 8-megapixel sensor with a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels. There’s also a five-element lens with an aperture of f/2.4 and backside sensor illumination so it’s incredible at shooting darker scenes.

There’s also a 1080p HD video mode and you can shoot stills while you’re shooting video.

The front-facing camera can now capture 720p HD video for better looking Facetime chats.

For the first time in a decade, Apple has changed its 30-pin dock connector.

Every iPhone has used the same 30-pin cable, but Apple decided to shake things up and make the connector very tiny.

Part of the way Apple saved space to make the iPhone 5 thinner required a smaller sync/charge cable.

The new connector is called Lightning. It has eight pins, and it’s reversible.

It plugs in with a satisfying snap and its more secure than it looks in pictures.

One USB to Lightning cable ($20) comes with the iPhone 5.

Apple also has a 30-pin to Lightning adapter for $29.

The iPhone 5 has finally become what I wanted from my original iPhone. It’s big, light, thin and screaming fast and available on almost all the major carriers (sorry, T-Mobile).

The two-year contract price and memory configurations are the same as last year — $199 for 16 gigabytes, $299 for 32 gigs and $399 for 64 gigs.

The phone in my pocket finally has a faster Internet connection than my DSL at home. I’m not sure how Apple is going to improve on the iPhone 5, but I’m sure I’ll be suitably impressed about this time next year.

iPhone 5

Pros: Fast, light. Great screen. LTE network.

Cons: New Lightning connector means new cables/docks.

Bottom line: If you’ve got an iPhone 4 or earlier model — it’s time to upgrade.

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Fort Worth Music Festival keeps rolling on the river

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Corey Glover of Living Colour performed with Galactic on Saturday during the Fort Worth Music Festival at Panther Island Pavilion in Forth Worth.

FORT WORTH — As Dallas wrestles with its never-ending quandary of what to do with the Trinity River, Fort Worth has a solution that’s literally music to the ears.

Friday and Saturday’s Fort Worth Music Festival was the second of four concert events being held this year at Panther Island Pavilion, a 40-acre downtown riverfront site that’s quickly turned into a mini music mecca. In April, it hosted the beer-fueled Untapped Festival, and in June, the weekly Rockin’ the River series will let brave concertgoers float on inner tubes while bands perform. In September, the sixth annual Dia de Los Toadies moves to the site as well.

This was the first year at Panther Island for the Fort Worth Music Festival, which evolved out of Jazz by the Boulevard. Where Untapped unfolded on a parking lot east of the Trinity, the FW Music Fest took place on a grassy, tree-less space across the river. It’s nowhere near as picturesque as the annual Homegrown Festival at downtown Dallas’ Main Street Garden — few urban music festivals are — but the spacious grounds and downtown views were impressive in their own right.

So was the lineup, which offered an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink mix of local and national acts on three stages. The Old 97’s and Drive-By Truckers headlined Friday’s show, while Saturday felt a bit like New Orleans’ Jazzfest, with sets by Ivan Neville, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Galactic.

Galactic performed most of its festival-closing show with Corey Glover of Living Colour. He’s been guest-singing with the band since 2010, and while his hard-rock roar didn’t always jibe with Galactic’s jazz-funk jam style, it worked wonders on “I Am the Walrus” and a scalding version of Led Zeppelin’s “How Many More Times” featuring Deep Ellum legend Mike Dillon on percussion. “Cult of Personality” sounded perfect with horns replacing guitar on the song’s signature jazz riff.

East Coast guitar-rockers the Walkmen preceded Galactic with a set full of intrigue and sharp hooks. They used to get saddled with comparisons to the Strokes, but they’ve vaulted far past that band with an eclectic style that on Saturday fell somewhere between Sinatra and U2.

And then there was Washington state’s Allen Stone, another in a line of funky white soul singers that stretches back to Jamiroquai. Dorky, funny and blessed with an elastic voice that went as high as Little Richard’s, Stone unveiled some memorable originals as well as a gorgeous neo-soul overhaul of Bob Marley’s “Is This Love.”

Thor Christensen is a Dallas writer and critic. Email him at

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Photos: Couples lined up to get married on 12-12-12, now have no excuses for forgetting their anniversary

Photo: Lara Solt/Staff Photographer

Justice of the Peace Paul Raleeh looks at his watch to announce that Anand and Anita Sambhwani are getting married at exactly 12:12 on 12-12-12 at Collin County's Precinct 1 in McKinney on Wednesday. Raleeh has been bombarded with requests from couples who want this day as their special day. The court normally sees about four or five wedding requests a week, it had 30 scheduled Wednesday.

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Garland council split over reworked transportation contract

A proposal to increase the scope and the pay of Garland’s transportation consultant has split its City Council, which faces a second discussion with a formal vote Tuesday.

Less than a year after getting a foot in the door to work the city’s Interstate 635, I-30 and State Highway 78 corridors, Dean International is proposing it help the city improve relationships in areas such as DART and its industrial sector.

The contract with Dean International would increase from $20,000 to $30,000 a month, with the one-year deal reached last May extending to October 2015, through the end of the next legislative session.

“We will get a lot of bang for those additional dollars,” said council member John Willis, who shepherded the amended deal through the city’s transportation committee.

“I feel confident in the committee’s recommendation that we move forward with this. In the case of 635, east from [U.S. Highway] 75 to I-30, do everything we can to secure a $3 billion project for this part of the county, specifically for Garland.”

The council debated the item for two hours Feb. 3, then said it needed more time, voting to table the issue 5-4 the following night. Supporters credited Dean’s 16-year run with Irving to be worth $6.3 billion, but there was no discussion of why Irving dumped its $700,000 annual deal with the consultant in October.

Garland spends $480,000 a year on attracting new business through a partnership with its chamber of commerce. Those efforts were enhanced last April with the creation of an in-house economic development staff, led by the city’s former planning director. All are funded through the city’s municipal utility, Garland Power and Light, and, ultimately, its customer base.

Councilman Scott LeMay, who made the Feb. 4 motion to postpone the vote, said he understood chamber and staff were to handle the industrial focus that Dean International is now trying to incorporate.

Willis cited the city’s rail spur network as an example of potential in the area immediately north of LBJ. He also cited truck traffic backup at what he said is the badly designed Jupiter Road-Kingsley Road-LBJ area.

“What do we need to do to help these businesses with these transportation infrastructure problems?” Willis said. “Yes, we have a chamber of commerce. They’ve never done this. They don’t have the expertise.”

Mayor Pro Tem Lori Dodson also was certain of the need for help with DART, whose executive director, Gary Thomas, lives in Garland and routinely speaks to the council.

“We only have, basically, one and a third vote,” Dodson said. “The city of Dallas is in there every day talking about what they need for their money. I have DART stops in my area that I’m quite certain would qualify for a covered stop. I don’t have them and it’s because we’re not down there fighting for what we should get for our $23 million.”

Willis agreed, saying Garland has not gotten enough results for its transit dollars and needed to find new strategies to address DART.

“It sounds like we’ve been abandoned by DART and that we live on an inaccessible island,” LeMay said. “Those things are not true.”

There remains little division on the council about the need for help to ensure Garland gets its share of dollars in the massive LBJ corridor project. A $2.8 million sound wall was held up as proof that Dean is an effective tool on that front, though Mayor Douglas Athas also credited state representatives for the one-mile barrier between the highway and a neighborhood.

“We talk about expanding our focus in all these different areas,” Athas said. “We get one shot at 635 and we’ve got to get it right and we’ve got to get it done. It’s my No. 1 focus. Let’s succeed on 635.

“I’m not interested in paying $10,000 more a month to tell my DART board representatives they need to get shelters. We can do that.”

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Study: Temperatures go off the charts around 2047

If greenhouse emissions continue their steady escalation, temperatures across most of the Earth will rise to levels with no recorded precedent by the middle of this century, researchers said Wednesday.

Scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa calculated that by 2047, plus or minus five years, the average temperatures in each year will be hotter across most parts of the planet than they had been at those locations in any year between 1860 and 2005.

To put it another way, for a given geographic area, “the coldest year in the future will be warmer than the hottest year in the past,” said Dr. Camilo Mora, the lead scientist on a paper published in the journal Nature.

Unprecedented climates will arrive even sooner in the tropics, as soon as seven years from now, Mora’s group said, putting increasing stress on human societies there, on the coral reefs that supply millions of people with fish and on the world’s greatest forests.

If the researchers are correct, the transition would occur by 2020 in Manokwari, Indonesia; by 2023 in Kingston, Jamaica; by 2031 in Mexico City; by 2047 in Washington, D.C.; and by 2071 in Anchorage, Alaska.

The shift would occur in Dallas in 2063, the researchers said.

“The boundary of passing from the climate of the past to the climate of the future really happens surprisingly soon,” said Christopher Field, director of the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science, who was not part of the research team.

Although scientific research shows that more warming occurs nearer Earth’s poles, the tropics are especially vulnerable because even a small change in climate will affect a wide range of species. The equator is also home to billions of people in poor nations with fewer resources to help them cope.

The new study is hardly the first to document the steady march toward hotter temperatures. Less than two weeks ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the United Nations, released its fifth report, describing a planet that is warming at an accelerated pace because of human activity. The past three decades have been the hottest since 1850, according to the panel.

But by predicting the tipping point when traditional climates will be replaced by hotter futures, the new study provided a fresh way to look at a problem that often is seen as a global phenomenon — except by authorities who must respond to the increasing toll of floods, droughts, wildfires and severe weather.

“I think people don’t appreciate the fact that one of the metrics we are most familiar with and definitely have the most difficulty dealing with, extreme heat, is coming down the track,” said Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of geosciences at Princeton University. “The people who are going to be really hard hit are in developing countries. But I wouldn’t say the U.S. is exactly safe.”

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Finger Art

Diamonds, emeralds and rubies, oh my! And metal, iron and gold, too! Now is the perfect time to to dive into the wonderful world of bling and blacksmithing at the University of North Texas, as the school hosts Different Tempers: Jewelry & Blacksmithing in the UNT Art Gallery, located in the UNT Art Building one block west of Mulberry and Welch streets. Highlighting common and uncommon elements found in jewelry, the exhibition contains work from 14 nationally well-known metalsmiths and is made possible by Texas Commission of the Arts and Humanities Texas. The show runs through from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays and noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through September 18; a reception takes place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on August 31. Call 940-565-4196 or visit for more info.
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Woot Now In Bed With Amazon

Everybody loves Woot. Everyone I know and everyone you know has bought something from Woot (hmmm, I don't really need that fifth-gen 8G iPod Nano, but, still ...).  Not for nothing did it top Inc.'s list of the Top 100 Retail Companies a couple of years ago. Or, if nothing else, maybe you just dig on that wondrous Woot prose -- art and commerce all based out of Carrollton, at the corner of International Parkway and Midway Road. Except today, moments ago, lil' ol' Woot ain't indie no more. Let's go to the breaking announcement:

Holy crap! Woot has signed an agreement with Amazon -- yes, the Amazon -- to become an independent subsidiary of the ecommerce colossus. Woot HQ will remain in Carrollton, Texas, and will operate as autonomously as other Amazon companies like Zappos and Audible. More details forthcoming after we pick our eyeballs up off of the floor. Anybody see where Lefty rolled off to?

Update at 3:50 p.m.: Woot just posted an update to its acquisition announcement, and, as expected, it's the best press release-slash-internal memo-slash-Q&A in the history of business deals. Writes CEO Matt Rutledge, why, of course Amazon won't tinker with Woot: "Our business model is so vague that there's no way Amazon can possibly change what it is we're truly doing: preparing the way for the rise of the Lava Men in 2012." And: There's video.

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Spring Vegetables, Spring Festivals and Lots of Tequila: The Week In Dallas Eating

Spring Vegetables, Spring Festivals and Lots of Tequila: The Week In Dallas Eating

More festivals this weekend. The 6th Annual Real Texas Festival kicks off today. I wasn't around for it last year, but Nick Rallo was and he gave the event a ringing endorsement. There are worse ways to spend your time than sampling barbecue from entrants chasing a $500 grand champion prize. Things kick off at 5 p.m. today, but don't sneak out yet. We have a week to wrap up first.

This week I reviewed Bolsa. Jeff Harris and Matt Balke's new spring menu feels like a rebirth for the restaurant, and it's a compelling place to eat right now.

Yu Darvish should be pitching this weekend. Which means you'll be able to get one of these at Rangers Ballpark. There's no word yet if any of Sara's ideas have been incorporated into the stadium's offerings.

Tabbedout isn't available at the stadium, but it is working at nearly 50 locations around Dallas. If you're caught up at a busy bar this weekend you should give the app a spin.

Over at the Morning News Leslie Brenner reviewed Sissy's and gave Lisa Garza's new homage to southern hospitality four stars. The beerita, however, is not Brenner's favorite cocktail.

Side Dish has a sweet first look on Carbone's, the new semi-casual Italian eatery in Highland Park. They also reviewed Central 214.

It took 800 steps, but Robb Walsh finished his fermented pepper sauce. He calls the resultant brew sublime. And in just a few steps Joylicious made honey lavender Popsicles that will only look more attractive as the mercury climbs.

And while this post from the Glut Life is a week old, I still wanted to point it out. Mojitos are as bastardized a drink as margaritas and it's nice to see someone treat a classic cocktail with respect. The biggest reason I dig the post is the guy's restraint with sugar.

Speaking of drinks, you know what time it is. We'll be back next week with an Oak Cliff game changer and tons of beer.

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Discussions on following

Discussion in 'Ballroom Dance' started by elisedance, Jan 31, 2008.

  1. elisedance

    elisedance New Member

    I have tried to raise issues relating to following in ballroom both within threads and even as new threads. I've noted that when we discuss issues pertaining to leading the discussion is dominated by technically-inclined men. That is to be expected (although maybe not alwasy satisfactory) as often the lead has to scrutinize these methods to the point of having a constructive opinion.

    However, when we discuss the follower, with the exception of myself, the same thing happens. The men contribute with discussions of how to set up the follow. Despite numerous outstanding follows on this forum (way more accomplished than me) I often find myself as the sole contributor to the discussion. Frankly, this makes me feel a bit uncomfortable since although I think I qualify as a reasonably strong intermediate dancer, I do not think I should act as any kind of authority on the issue.

    So, my question is why is this the case? Are follows timid (don't think so) reluctant to share (not on other issues) or maybe they feel the issues are not worth discussing or too difficult to address. Either way can someone enlighten me (men, please do also try since I fear my question will meet the same fate...).
  2. tangotime

    tangotime Well-Known Member

    reality is-- lead and follow are very complex issues , and tho many may be able to express how they " feel " whilst being, or not , lead, to place it into a technical realm, is a whole other issue .
    Add to this mix, the variety of styles we are addressing, with sometimes conflicting Prof. opinions .

    Human nature tells us we do not normally wish to be criticised for our thoughts and or opinions, particularly on a public format .

    And, lastly, many may not have a precise answer ,to many of the Qs , that are posed . This--- seems to be one of those .
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    skwiggy Well-Known Member

    While I agree the men do contribute to more of the technical discussion than the women on this forum, I definitely don't think you are the only one who contributes. I know I contribute sometimes, and just off the top of my head I recall contributions from other ladies as well including Larinda, Kitty, Ithink, fascination, Peaches, and samina, just to name a few. I know there are others as well, but again this is just off the top of my head.
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    elisedance New Member

    Oops! I certainly did not mean to say that the follows don't contribute to the discussions - thats patently not true, its just on the issue of how to follow - on that there seems to be so little input. That is amazing since its the main thing that we do, Perhaps its as TT says, maybe following goes beyond formal technique the issues are very personal. But if that is the case isn't that an even better reason to discuss? I have tried to verbalize what I am doing - and I would readily admit that this can be contradictory depending on the context. I just feel that the whole subject does not invoke the kind of interest that one might expect on DF.

    Of course, maybe there is a whole thread in 2004 on this that I have yet to find!!
  5. Laura

    Laura New Member

    Part of the reason why I don't contribute much to the technical discussions is because many times when I do, one or more of the men who dominate the discussion start coming across to me like either I don't know what I'm doing or that my teachers don't know what they're doing. I'm really tired of that, so I just don't bother much unless I'm really really sure I can fully articulate what it is I want to express about the topic.
  6. Chris Stratton

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    "following" vs. "dancing the lady's part of a figure" are two very different things, but they often tend to get merged in the discussion.

    Dancing the lady's part is mostly about dancing, with some unique aspects in poise, etc that differentiate it from what the men are doing.

    Following itself is rarely discussed - perhaps it should be, but the major enabling skill is being able to execute common dance actions with good technique by automatic reflex, and being able to do so with the strength to reserve enough capacity to be open to all possibilities until something specific becomes known.

    This tends to mean that unless the discussion is really specifically about the "following" part of the puzzle - if it is instead about the dance technique parts, then it veers off into a discussion of dance technique, which really isn't very different regardless if you are the person doing it, or the person dancing with the person doing it.
  7. skwiggy

    skwiggy Well-Known Member

    This is the exact same thing that holds me back from contributing more often than I do as well.
  8. madmaximus

    madmaximus Well-Known Member

    I had to learn how to follow properly before I learned how to lead effectively.

    When men are first taught how to dance, they are trained to view the follower's role as purely 'reactive' (ie they create a continuing series of frames that they expect the lady to follow).

    Missing from this knowledge (and most discussions on technique) is the second half of the man's role: they have to follow what the lady has reacted to, to effectively create and lead the next phase of the movement.

    I've always thought that the terms LEAD and FOLLOW are very wrong in the context of ballroom dancing--but by the same token, I realize that those terms are needed in the beginning of one's dance life.

    I think both men's and women's parts require both lead and follow (one part more subtle, the other more pronounced).

    The act of leading in a woman's part is deciding the magnitude of the response to the gentleman (and what the gentleman followed as a result of her response).

    The act of following in a man's part is acknowledging the magnitude of what the woman led the couple into, and adapting the next phase of the lead as necessary.

    The height of the craft is being able to blend the two seamlessly with one's partner.

  9. cornutt

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    Er,... I didn't realize that the ladies here felt like the men are dominating DF so much. Especially considering that there really aren't that many regular male contributors. So maybe I need to pull back for a while. Go ahead, ladies, knock yourselves out.
  10. samina

    samina Well-Known Member

    my view as well... there's a listening back & forth... seems to me the man has to be highly responsive and tuned into his follow.

    there's so much information-exchange going on between the two...
  11. Chris Stratton

    Chris Stratton New Member

    I wouldn't agree with all aspects of maximus's comment, but I would agree with the central premise, and to me it's basically that the two jobs really aren't all that different. The leader has some floorcraft strategy and phrasing to learn, the follower has bigger shapes and wobblier shoes to contend with, but the basics skills and tasks really are almost the same.

    And yes, you can't lead very well unless you can follow the person you are dancing with.

    I still think that the #1 missing physical skill on both sides is insufficient foot strength move in a way that creates a responsive and compassionate connection to a partner. If your foot can't hold you up in the position that your partner needs, and lower you slowly at the rate that they need, then you cannot accommodate your partner's needs.
  12. madmaximus

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    Sorry ed,
    Upon reviewing my reply, I realized I hadn't directly answered your Q ('swhat I get for rushing).

    Anyway, I agree with Laura's view (that a number of us men tend to dominate the technical conversation, with some to the point of judging a follow's technical contribution as lacking merit--when it is clearly not).

    Personally, I'd like to hear more of the ladies' technical views.

    Like you, I have noticed the same trend (and we're the poorer for it).

    I often think that if the ladies had a technical voice (or presence?) as strong on this board, we can only benefit from another valuable perspective.

  13. elisedance

    elisedance New Member

    I said the same thing recently - the technical discussions became way to intimidating too fast that I ended up feeling like a 'spanner in the works', as we used to say. I think it relates to the nature of learning to dance for leads and follows. While we all start the same way (steps, holds, etc etc) and we all have to understand to some extent all aspects of the dance, there is no question that we specialize differently - and in opinion, the specialty achieved by followers is misunderstood and also dedicedly under-appreciated.

    When it comes to ballroom it all starts with the lead - even if its only a few milliseconds difference, it still begins with the lead. And most technical discussions are dominated by what the lead and then what the follow have to do. Thats natural. Many of the leads become amazingly proficient at not only doing this but also at discussing it - and yes, maybe there is also a male/female difference with respect to the technical aspects.

    However, the lead is only the beginning of an amazing conversation and expression sequence. As mentioned above by leads (though a bit too assetively and, frankly, even too patronizingly for my taste) both men and women follow - the woman responds to the lead and the man feels this response and adjusts his subsequent actions. However, IMO it does end there - the woman executes actions that end each step or sequence that are beyond the domain of the man. These latter two stages - the response and the 'terminal expression' for want of a better term, are truly the domain of the follower - and when it comes to that specialty its something that the full timers - that is the women - are the experts at. Why do I say that? If not, any man could be led by any other man. Sorry guys although you can follow crudly unless you put a lot of time into it you do not come close to the ability and perfection achieved by the full timers, the women.

    Thats was the reason I originally started 'the follower's thread' - I had hoped it allow and encourage the (full time) follwers to discuss this art - and I know the leads would learn a lot from it. However, as you can see from the reactions here to permit this and to learn from this the leads are going to have to defer and tend to asking rather than declaration.
  14. elisedance

    elisedance New Member

    MM: please note - you wrote your sensitive response while I was writing my doctoral thesis! thanks for that... :)
  15. tangotime

    tangotime Well-Known Member

    Please allow me to interperate--- spanner == wrench ;)
  16. elisedance

    elisedance New Member

    Oh, I thought it was a wench... :eek:uch:

    Actually, anyone who plays the board game 'clue' should have come accross it as a murder weapon!
  17. Me

    Me New Member

    In the defense of some of the men who chime in with technical opinions, I generally keep quiet because to be quite honest, if the man is dancing properly, we can follow them (if we know how). [IMG]

    What annoys me is discourse along the lines of: "No, you are wrong. On page 67 of [insert manual of choice] it clearly states the man should commence to raise his eyebrow on the one, not the two. Clearly, you lack a basic fundamental understanding of lead." This is when I want to start hurting people.
  18. skwiggy

    skwiggy Well-Known Member

    It's not so much about domination. It's about being made to feel that what we contribute is wrong. I don't want to have to defend every statement I make, so after awhile I get tired of arguing and just don't bother to make statements in the first place.

    cornutt, I never recall you doing anything even remotely like that. Please don't pull back. Your contributions to the discussions are always constructive and positive. Please keep sharing. :)
  19. skwiggy

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  20. madmaximus

    madmaximus Well-Known Member

    Actually, it's raise the eyebrows--at end of one :)

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In our previous two articles of this series, we discussed auditing and security related aspects of SQL Server 2000 Data Transformation Services. Now, we will combine these topics by presenting DTS Meta Data Services, which provides the ability to audit creation, execution, and modification of DTS packages as well as track associated data changes. In particular, you can track package version history or data lineage. This information is stored according to the rules of DTS Information Model, which can be accessed and manipulated by both SQL Server Enterprise Manager and programmatic methods (for review of SQL Server 2000 DTS, refer to its coverage on the DatabaseJournal Web site.

As we mentioned in our previous article, the ability to save packages to Meta Data Services is disabled by default. This is intentional, since its use is associated with an increase in resource utilization and affects package execution speed. In order to alter the default setting, in the Package Properties dialog box, which appears after selecting the Properties entry from context sensitive menu of the Data Transformation Services node in SQL Server Enterprise Manager, you need to mark the checkbox labeled "Enable Save To Meta Data Services". This will make available a new option "Meta Data Services" in the Location listbox in the Save DTS Package dialog box, displayed when saving packages from the DTS Designer interface. When you choose this option, you will also have a chance to specify the target server where the package meta data information will be stored, authentication information for connecting to it, and scanning settings. These settings determine whether and to what extent information about databases and their objects referenced by DTS packages will be scanned and written into equivalent meta data structures. The main check box determines if such meta data should be created to begin with. Once you enable it, you also need to decide whether you intend to:

  • rescan all information about data stores referenced in the package into the Meta Data Services even if such information is already present from previous scans (corresponding to the "Scan all referenced catalogs into repository" option) or use existing information (corresponding to "Use scanned catalogs if already present in repository"), which saves time and resources but should be used only if data structure has not changed between scans.
  • perform the activity defined by the previous selection for all data structures referenced in the package (corresponding to "Scan catalog always") or limit it only to the ones which have not yet been scanned (corresponding to "Scan catalog if not already present in Meta Data Services").

You also have an ability to import meta data for a particular database (rather than for all databases referenced by a DTS package). This can be accomplished by selecting the "Import Metadata..." item from the context sensitive menu of Meta Data Services Packages and Meta Data nodes under the Data Transformation Services folder in the SQL Server Enterprise Manager. Importing databases will allow you to view their information by clicking on the Meta Data node. The display is divided into three categories, grouped under Browse, Lineage, and Package headings:

  • Browse section provides a listing of Database Meta Data, including database (its name, SQL Server instance name and version), schema (in the case of SQL Server, this refers to the database owner), tables, their columns and characteristics for each (datatype, length, scale, precision, and nullability). For each table and column, you can find DTS packages that use it as their data store connection, as well as related tables and columns that function as a source or a destination for its data. This is done by selecting Package and Source/Destination items from the context sensitive menu of the icon representing individual tables and columns. For this type of statistic to be available, you need to import relevant package information into the meta data as well (which we will discuss next).

  • The second section deals with lineage, which provides the ability to track changes to data. In general, SQL Server 2000 Meta Data Services offers two types of lineage:

    • row-level data lineage - identifies the source and destination for a particular piece of data (a table row) as well as all transformations that were applied to it (including DTS package execution information). This is accomplished by assigning a globally unique identifier (GUID) to each value, which is used for tracking purposes.

    • column-level data lineage - maintains a record of columns involved in transformations (without tracking individual values in each). This allows correlating references between packages, which might be using the same columns as source or destination for their transformations. It also provides package revision and execution history, informing who, where, and when creates, runs, and modifies packages.

    In order to help you understand this concept, we will demonstrate implementation of both types of lineage using a sample DTS package based on a template called Template Demo.dtt, stored in Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Templates\DTS folder. To create a package, right click on the Data Transformation Services node in the SQL Server Enterprise Manager and select the All Tasks -> Open Template option from its context sensitive menu. Point to the target file in the Select File dialog box, click on the Open command button, and choose the New Package entry in the Select Package dialog box. This will present you with the DTS Designer interface, containing a fairly rudimentary sample package, using a single, undefined Transform Data Task and two OLE DB Provider SQL Server connections, one pointing to Northwind database as the source and the other referencing tempdb as the destination. To define transformation properties, double click on it, and from the Properties dialog box, select the Shippers table as its source (on the Source tab). You can click on the Preview button to verify that the source table exists and has some data in it (three rows by default). Next, switch to the Destination tab. This will generate a Package Error informing you that the table does not exist at the destination, which makes sense, since we have not created it yet. Acknowledge the error, click on the Create button and verify that T-SQL code presented there will create the Shippers table at the destination. Switch to the Transformations tab and note that, without any customization, Transform Data Task simply copies data from Source to Destination. Click on OK to close the Properties dialog box. If you execute the package at this point, you should receive confirmation of its successful completion. You can also easily verify that tempdb will contain the Shippers table, with its content identical to Shippers in the Northwind database.

    Note, however, that information about the package execution has not been recorded into Meta Data Services and no lineage statistics are available. In order to be able to track row-level data lineage, we will need to implement the following steps:

    1. Import the source and target databases into the Meta Data Services.

    2. Switch to the DTS Designer interface and select the Properties option from the Package top-level menu. On the Advanced tab in the DTS Package Properties dialog box, mark the "Show lineage variables as source columns" and "Write lineage to repository" checkboxes, click on OK to confirm your choice, and return to the DTS Designer.

    3. Double click on the Transform Data task arrow to display the Transform Data Task Properties dialog box. Switch to the Transformations tab. You will notice that the list of columns in the Source changed and includes DTSLineage_Full and DTSLineage_Short. The first entry will store the globally unique identifier (GUID) representing the package version, the second one is intended for version checksum (unlike with GUID, its uniqueness is not guaranteed - although still very likely).

    4. Now, you need to create identical columns at the destination. To accomplish this, switch to the Destination tab, and click on the Create command button. You will notice that the T-SQL statement now contains two additional fields Lineage_Full (of type UNIQUEIDENTIFIER) and Lineage_Short (of type INT). Rename the table identifier in the CREATE TABLE statement of the Create Destination Table dialog box to ShippersMDS and click on the OK button. This will create an appropriately structured table at the destination (Note that we could have done this at the very beginning as long as the appropriate options were selected on the Advanced tab of the package Properties dialog box - we went through initial steps purely to demonstrate changes that take place as the result of activating these options).

    5. Now you need to modify transform properties from the Transformations tab. To change the mapping between source and destination columns, first click on Select All and then on Delete All. This will remove existing mappings. To create a new one, make sure that all Source and Destination columns are highlighted and click on the New button. From the "Create New Transformation" dialog box, select Copy Column entry, and click on OK twice to return to the Transformations tab.

    6. Click on OK to close the Transform Data Task Properties dialog box and return to the DTS Designer window.

    7. Assign to the package a meaningful name and save it to Meta Data Services using the Save As item from the Package menu. Ensure you select the Meta Data Services as the target location.

    8. Execute the package.

    At this point, all relevant row-level lineage information should be available. For example, in the Lineage section of the Meta Data node of SQL Server Enterprise Manager, you can type either Lineage Long or Lineage Short values (you can extract them from ShippersMDS table in the tempdb) in the corresponding text boxes, and click on the Find Lineage command button. This will display information about the Package responsible for creation of the corresponding table entry. Similarly, you can obtain information about its source using the Source/Destination context sensitive menu option..

    To implement column-level data lineage, all that is necessary is to ensure that you mark the "Resolve package references to scanned catalog meta data" checkbox in the Scanning Options dialog box when saving the package into Meta Data Services. In our case, you can choose "Scan all referenced catalogs into repository" and "Scan catalog always" options.

  • Package section displays information about packages saved to Meta Data, including such information as, for example, their name, version, author, creation time, lineage, and execution statistics (account used to launch it and launch time). You should be able at this point to see reference to the package we just saved and executed.

Note that when saving to Meta Data Services, you lose the ability to assign owner and user passwords. While, this makes your packages less secure, you have the ability to audit their use. In addition, keep in mind that this functionality is used primarily for troubleshooting more complex data warehousing scenarios, where keeping track of transformations via DTS Packages would be otherwise fairly difficult.

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Eric Boonstra is the managing director of EvoSwitch, a state-of-the-art, carbon-neutral data center in Amsterdam.

Many organizations across multiple regions are asking themselves whether they should move or colocate their servers. Cloud computing is a top priority for CIOs and many Internet-based businesses are currently gaining serious momentum. As such, many companies are looking to localize expansion in Europe alongside new branches and operations, which means that data center vacancy levels are falling sharply across the continent. What may surprise some however, is that Amsterdam is seeing the highest take-up among European Tier one markets.

This demonstrates a shying away from the traditional favoring of physical boundaries and data center hubs close to major business hubs, as many seek to benefit from lower overhead and access to the AMS-IX exchange.

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Of course, many factors influence the eventual decision as to where to host data. Locations such as London have larger markets than Amsterdam (London has almost four times the stock and availability) but can suffer from high energy costs and strict legislation. A recent survey carried out by the organizers of the upcoming Data Centre World 2012 conference appeared to show that the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is responsible for a dramatic rise in energy management policies within UK data centers, but the legislation is not all good news. CRC requires data centers to measure and report on carbon emissions and then purchase carbon allowances. This essentially goes against the “carrot and stick” approach for making data centers more efficient, instead adopting a big stick to coerce compliance.

Amsterdam does not currently have such an approach. Of course, the argument could be made that the less energy-efficient would have an easier time in Amsterdam, but there would simply be no reason for companies to throw away money on inefficiency. At EvoSwitch, we are carbon neutral – not because we have to be but because it pays to be in the Netherlands. Energy efficiency should be just that, efficiency in operation, cost and every possible sense of the word. Energy efficiency = cost leadership. It’s a simple concept that many are still struggling to grasp because it sounds almost too good to be true.

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The focus for those looking to localize should not be on avoiding penalties for failing to meet targets, but instead on reaping the benefits of being part of a cost efficient set-up with which ‘green’ contributions should fundamentally be associated.

There’s no denying that there are a variety of factors that can come into play when making a decision; factors that can “muddy the waters,” but Amsterdam benefits from greater access to physical space compared to many major cities and, more importantly, is the closest city to AMS-IX, the fastest Internet exchange in Europe.

Legislation and taxes in other major European cities (such as London) place increasing price pressures on data center providers and only further favors Amsterdam (costs that are passed down). I’m yet to hear a stronger case for hosting data in Europe than the one for hosting in the region.

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Glycosuria is the presence of excess sugar (glucose) in the urine. By far the commonest cause is diabetes, where as much as 200 grams may be excreted daily. The glycosuria of diabetes is always accompanied by high blood sugar. In some people extreme emotional stress or fright may produce an excess of sugar in the urine. Another form of glycosuria occurs with injuries or tumors of certain parts of the brain. Still another form occurs in some individuals in whom, regardless of the sugar intake, a certain amount of sugar is passed into the urine. Here the kidneys are said to have a low threshold for sugar. The condition is called renal glycosuria and is without pathological significance. Glycosuria is also seen in normal pregnancy and in certain disorders of the thyroid gland and pituitary gland.

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ISLAMABAD: The interior ministers of Pakistan and India agreed to attempt resolving problems through mutual cooperation and understanding, DawnNews reported on Sunday.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik and his counterpart Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde spoke on the telephone today about bringing to justice the culprits behind the Mumbai attacks.

Malik reiterated that Pakistan is willing to do its part in trying to root-out terrorism from the region and ensured full cooperation in the war against terror.

The interior minister invited his counterpart to Pakistan to discuss the visa issue between the two countries and come to an agreement on it.

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Gordon Douglas Ball is a New York-based photographer whose photographic talent was passed down genetically from his father, a photojournalist in the 70s and 80s. He strays away from traditional methods of photography, excluding the subject and even the camera from much of his work. His images are bathed in kaleidoscopic colour, the colours merging and contaminating one another, free from borders.

My emphasis on colour started out subconsciously, but then I realised it came from listening to music

In his most recent photographs he features a series of abstract lines or scratches; some of which seem to violently rip the works from the inside out, creating white, negative space. Blurring the distinctions between art and photography, Gordon asserts himself as an innovative artist, unafraid of displaying real emotion and intimacy.

“My emphasis on colour started out subconsciously, but then I realised it came from listening to music. After moving to New York, I was super lost mentally and artistically. After removing myself from the equation to take a breather, it kind of fell into place. I remember one night talking back and forth to my buddy Joel in Ottawa, we’d get hammered and text Leonard Cohen lyrics back and forth. We both were real stuck on the lyrics to “Famous Blue Rain Coat”, and that’s when my process hit me. I felt all the colours from the different words, phrases, notes that he placed together in his song. That was the exact moment I “got” art.

At first I was battling with what I was doing, camera-less photographs of nothing? Come on. How the hell was I going to explain this to curators or galleries? So I went back to that Leonard Cohen song that made me think in a synesthetic way, and with inspiration taken from the Modernists (especially the New York School), I eliminated the camera and took control by making photographs with feeling, and not with knowing. So, I guess the camera gives a preconceived process, and that didn’t appeal to me anymore.”

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Powered by the Library’s digital partner OverDrive, customers can scroll through the top 100 most popular titles, new releases, titles by subject and titles by language. Specific titles can be searched using an on-screen keyboard.  Excerpts of all items can be read, watched or heard. Customers can then send themselves an email, text message or scan the QR code of an item that they want to borrow.

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derketa-goddess_of_deathIn the winding genealogies of East Coast death metal, Derkéta shows up as the band that connects others but never had a release of its own. To fix that, a few years ago the band compiled all of its recordings to date onto a single album named Goddess of Death.

Like most compilations, Goddess of Death is better suited for fan listening than a casual introduction because there is heavy repetition of songs since each showed up on more than one release. The good news is that you can listen to these songs “grow up” and refine as time goes on, which is why it might make sense to listen to this CD from finish to start instead of the usual method.

Derkéta bill themselves as doom metal, which may be true since doom metal isn’t really a genre but more a description of bands that play slowly with morbid feeling, but the underpinnings of this release are pure old school death metal, with the feeling of the hopelessness of the industrial city merged with a mythological sense of human mortality. Like other doom-death bands Derkéta specialize in thunderous, resonant, slow and brooding chromatic riffs which build up to a mood of darkness with an inner core of sentiment.

Goddess of Death will most appeal to someone who appreciates the charm of the era, which includes rough production and musical theory that has more of “winging it” than reliance on formality. The riffs are slow, but inventive, and songs while utilizing standard structure are prone to sudden breaks and twists. The result is a shuddering wall of sound that projects its mythos of mordant sensation through radiant sound.

After this compilation, Derkéta went on to record a full-length that showed more influence from the melodic side of doom but those influences are also audible here, just in more subtle and tentative form. Combined with some uptempo riffing, a little bit of primitive death-doom drone, and just the right amount of panache, Goddess of Death satisfies the old school death metal urge.

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  1. Christopher says:

    Good stuff. Their more recent full-length is even better. Saw them live recently and they did a great cover of “South Of Heaven,” tuned down to B.

    1. I agree that In Death We Meet is even better, but think it’s a continuation of the first four tracks of Goddess of Death, which are the most recent work (early-2000s) prior to In Death We Meet.

  2. deadite says:

    This band kicks ass. I saw them do that South of Heaven cover too – they pulled it off really well. This particular compilation was actually my introduction to the band.

    Why is it that this band does not get recognized as a beacon for women in metal, and bullshit like Otep and Arch Enemy does? No fuckin’ justice, man.

    1. I have to differ, and with a slightly radical thought:

      How about we just treat them like any other metal band, and not even worry about whether women are involved?

      I think the point of our review here is that this album stands on its own.

      “Women in metal” is a way of marginalizing women. Just picking the best music always wins out.

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        I guess what I meant was – not so much a rawr Angela Gossow-I’m-so-feminine bullshit facade, but more like these bands are role models for other women to look up to. Let’s be honest, as a male I am usually inspired more by men – women I wouldn’t expect to differ much in that regard – they’re inspired by women (mainly). In that regard they may be able to relate to the genre more, thereby bringing in bright minds to create even more good metal.

        I do agree pointing them out marginalizes them. Which is why loudmouth frontwomen of mediocre metalcore bands do the genre and their gender a disservice.

        1. I’d agree they’re better role models, mostly because of a lack of the behavior you describe (the grandstanding) and also, the quality of the death metal.

  3. kvlt attakker says:

    Derketa is is pretty cool.

    Cheers to women that are able to succeed in metal without sexualizing themselves to cater to perverts.

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