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Getting tape sound in a digital studio

Discussion in 'Tape Recorders' started by megajoe, Oct 9, 2005.

  1. megajoe

    megajoe Guest

    I'm going to record my band, and I want to get some oh so sweet tape sound. Without going into detail I'm using a Yamaha DM2000, a Digidesign I/O 192 and I have a Teac 80-8 and a Ampex ATR 800 at my disposal.

    Now it would be real hip if I tracked on the Teac and mastered it on the Ampex. Buuuut, since everything on the mixer including the mic pres is digital. It seems like it would be too much of a pain in the ass to do everything on tape if it's not a 100% analog signal chain.

    So now I'm thinking maybe doing all the tracking on PT, then dumping onto one of the tape machines.

    Obviously there are a ton of different ways you could go about this. Finally, here is My question:

    What ways have people had the most sucess with tape+digital as far as awesomeness of sound?
  2. rudedogg

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    I wouldn't say a lot of people do anything one way, cause lord knows everyone does it different, but I would suggest tracking drums + bass onto tape, dump it to protools, and then mix and record the rest in digital. when using protools, I would suggest recording at 96k to get the highest quality sound in the digital domain.

    good luck.

  3. megajoe

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    hmmm, I like that idea. I think I'm going to send signal from the drums, bass, and both guitars to both pro tools and the 8 track. That way I just have more options and I can decide what sounds the best. Thanks for the input!
  4. RemyRAD

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    Sep 26, 2005
    It sounds like you're running a Macintosh/ProTools system?? I run all Intel-based PCs but have found a piece of software for both PCs and Macintosh from a company called I. K. multimedia. The software is called T-Racks. The software, I've had an opportunity to play with on the PCs is not a plug-in but a complete standalone program that will process up to only 2 channels at a time, or mono. It has an interface that looks like actual analog equipment with vacum tubes at the top and knobs with meters! As you change the settings, the tubes will glow brighter. It is not necessarily a tape emulator per se but with adjustable distortion components and asymmetrical artifacts, compression, multiband limiting, peak clipper, etc., it sounds great! It's actually a piece of mastering software but I've used it on individual tracks in a multitrack situation, as well. For ProTools it is a plug-in. You will love it! No hiss unless you're a lousy engineer with bad equipment to begin with. Just kidding! Have fun!
  5. AFinlayV

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    Also Izotope's Ozone can do a lot to warm up tracks. Similar to what RemyRAD's talking about, it's made for mastering, but it can work wonders on an individual track or strapped across a drum bus
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    Sorry I forgot to include the link in my last post:
  7. McCheese

    McCheese Well-Known Member

    Mar 24, 2005
    T-Racks is also available in plug-in form. The EQ is included as a standalone plug-in with all the PTLE kits. It's a pretty good set of tools.

    I have frequently recording things to tape, then dumped them into the DAW for editing/mixing. I almost always do it with vocals and drums (alas, I no longer have access to a 24 track though).
  8. megajoe

    megajoe Guest

    Thanks for all the input fellows.

    Now it's time to experiment.
  9. drstudio

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    I try to track as much as I can to Tape, including vocals, then transfer to Digital. I find I get a much more rich, fat sound. I'm using 2" still, problem is the cost of the tape.
  10. jonyoung

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    Dec 31, 2003
    Also try BLOCKFISH by stereo compressor with a great saturation feature. You can "pop the hood" on this plugin and mess with various parameters to dial in a wide variety of saturation and tape compression effects.
  11. Boswell

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    You can do this in one shot, with only a little bit of post editing.

    Run the tracks you want to have the warm tape sound into the Ampex or the Teac and then out of the playback head into channels on the DM2000 (or, second best, line ins on the I/O 192). That way, you track everything in real time, but you have to realign the tape tracks in post production to correct for the few hundred milliseconds of record head - playback head tape delay. This technique also minimizes the effect of wow from the tape mechanics.

    BTW, the mixer preamps are not digital! You can use them as conventional analog preamps if you take the insert outs.
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Life catching up.

Ah. After tomorrow I am on a week of holidays – garden tour, brunch on Sunday, then five days of camping before a long-weekend visit of the in-laws. That’s lots isn’t it? I’m hoping to get some sewing in there when we get back from Cathedral Lakes… after a dress disaster this week, I’m a bit behind on my one garment per week goal. This picture here is last week’s skirt which I sewed in one hurried evening…. But I really would like to get to work on the cherry print halter dress I’ve been plotting for weeks. As soon as the pattern arrives in the mail I’ll be making muslin out of a bedsheet, just to ensure the pattern fit is right before cutting into the costly fabric I just bought to make it!

I also ordered some of this Wrenly Voile for a dress and this WildField to make another Sorbetto top out of. After that I’m switching to fall and winter clothes only as I’m feeling the need to get some woolen skirts and jumpers into the mix. I also have a fall quilt stashed in my cupboard which needs finishing, plus some xmas projects that need a bit of a boost. I am really hoping that my extra day off per week in the fall will help me get some of this done!

Speaking of which, I’m thinking of taking advantage of the three-paycheque month coming up in August (I get those twice a year, very exciting) and using the extra cash to fill the kitchen larder full for the better part of a year. That means, all our canned veggies and fruits, a freezer-order of meat from the local butcher, all the dried legumes for a year, cooking oil, vinegars, sugars and flours – which would leave us only having to purchase our fresh veggies and dairy weekly. I’m thinking that might really cut down on the food bill, and help me reconcile the smaller paycheques without feeling it as much.

We are already prodigious canners in the late summer – which really does keep costs down on stuff like canned tomatoes, condiments, bbq sauce, tomato sauce etc. – so this is really just going the next full step to an annual purchasing system of legumes and other non-perishables and a semi-annual purchase of meat and fish. I’m going to track it all using as my budgeting tool and see where we end up with grocery spending by September 1st of 2012.

In other news I’m just doing a lot of reading for my university program which starts in September – but even so I still feel behind…. My goal is to get all the course texts read before the start of the course so that I can focus during the semester on deeper reading and getting something out of the discussions rather than scrambling to keep up. We’ll see how much I get read before September 7th!

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Post 2089: I did the thing I said I was going to do (cycling)

Actually, I did two of the things I set out to do in the new year – started a weaving class (last week, I’ll make sure to take pictures of this week’s class and then write about it), and I bought a new bicycle!

Pictured above, it’s now also got fenders and a rack on it – I picked it up yesterday (Sunday) and rode it home! Then I took it out this morning and rode 15 km on the Central Valley Greenway (that most urban of urban trails through the industrial wilds of Burnaby).

This is the first *new* bike I’ve ever owned – and it fits me perfectly. Also rapid fire shifters (which I’d never seen before) make shifting gears way easier, which means that for the first time in my life I am learning how to use gears while cycling. I can already see how that makes it much easier to up hills (yes, I am late to this party).

Big happy shout outs to Carmen at Bicycle Buddah for helping me buy a bike that fits me (she test rode with me which really helped me understand what to feel and look for on the bike), and to SideSaddle Bikes who are a pretty new shop and specialize in bikes for women (I am their first bike purchase of 2016!)

I’ll start riding to work in the next week or so, once I get a tail light and a couple of clothing items to make it easier on me in the rains of winter. All that said, I’m going to do this thing that I said I would do and start cycling to work – after all I’ve already done the thing to facilitate it by buying a bike that is all my own and suited to me!

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Monday Update – 1/13/14

Today’s schedule: wake up late, fry up some eggs, and watch some stimulating debates on the existence of God (I know, you all wish you were me). The particular showdown I viewed today was between Christopher Hitchens and Dr. Frank Turek (author of I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist). The late Hitchens is one of my favorite personalities to watch for two reasons: first, I find his wit and intelligence nearly unmatched; and second, I find his arguments for atheism more formidable than those of any other figure I’ve come across. That’s not to say I agree with each of his points, but I find his general worldview difficult to counter. As I’m sure most of you do when critically listening to a debate, I mentally attempt to locate and expose logical flaws as I hear them. Hitchens’ arguments are the most airtight I’ve encountered to date as I could only find two rather minor objections to his view in the 2+ hour debate I watched today.

The first (and more significant) was this: when asked to provide a base for morality in the absence of a moral law giver, Hitchens appeals to the audience by advocating modern, Western moral norms. In other words, he essentially cites the fact that, since the vast majority of people would not go on a killing rampage, it follows that a human moral standard is non-violence. However, to date I’ve never heard him cite a reason other than societal consensus (or conscience, which I will get to in a moment) for his moral imperative of non-violence. In other words, if we are purely products of naturalistic evolution, there is no good reason not to kill another human being.

It’s an elementary objection, but it’s one to which I’ve never seen a good answer. Hitchens may be a smart man, but his intelligent admonition not to kill is no reason not to kill. After all, who made him the boss? I’m composed of the same matter as was Mr. Hitchens. There’s nothing special about him, me, or the person being targeted for murder. What society deems appropriate should hardly be considered a prohibition either, as I’m sure Mr. Hitchens would agree were he still with us. Vast majorities in Muslim countries consider death by hanging an appropriate punishment for homosexuals, and Mr. Hitchens’ indignation towards such practices is well-documented. Sometimes, society gets it wrong. Christopher Hitchens would be the first to tell you that.

The second objection I have is that Hitchens cedes the existence of conscience. He asserts that those who don’t follow that “little voice inside” are sociopaths and psychopaths. The idea of conscience is entirely scriptural. Hitchens doesn’t mind sharing this view with the Bible, but he never provides an origin for conscience. Is it molecular? Is it even physical? Why did the current development of homo sapiens somehow get the benefit of this built-in morality cop while our predecessors did not? Is it simply a function of larger brains capable of advanced intelligence? Incredibly, Hitchens cites Socrates’ reference to an internal “daemon” that sounded an alarm bell when Socrates constructed an improper mental argument. What chemical or physical form did this daemon take? How does it fit into an evolutionary framework? Let’s assume higher intelligence is the root of conscience. What makes us think our higher development gives us the right to impose moral absolutes on others who may not agree with us? What if one has no demonstrable conscience — do we have the right to lock him or her away? What if that is the next stage of our evolution? Hitchens considers a moral God who allows suffering the ultimate tyranny. But if there is no God, wouldn’t the ultimate tyranny be the dominant race (humans) imposing one morality upon everyone? In a godless context, nothing could be more regressive. As the universe increases in entropy, why should the human attempt to remain static by enacting laws to preserve the species? Shouldn’t chaos rule? Why put off the inevitable by requiring all humans to participate in the same moral code?

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HoRNet Plugins updates AnalogStage plugin to v1.1.0

HoRNet has released version 1.1.0 of AnalogStage, an analog emulation effect plugin for Windows and Mac.

HoRNet AnalogStage 1.1.0

HoRNet AnalogStage emulates those sound characteristics usually associated with analog gear (saturation, hiss, non linear frequency response, etc.) and can be used to bring to your mix some analog console flavor if used on every channel or buss.

Changes in AnalogStage v1.1.0

  • Added saturation knob to increase the amount of saturation created by each model.
  • Added crosstalk when the plugin detects a stereo input.
  • Fixed bug that caused the VU meters to get stuck sometimes.

AnalogStage for Windows and Mac (VST/AU/RTAS/AAX) is available for purchase for 17.99 EUR. The update is free for current owners of the plugin.

More information: HoRNet Plugins / AnalogStage

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Price Deregulation Encourages Reliance Industries to Consider Restarting, Leasing Fuel Pumps

In the hope that diesel prices will soon be deregulated from government control, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) may restart some of their fuel pumps. In addition to this, executives aware of the development hint that the company may lease fuel retailing outlets to public-sector oil-marketing companies.

Private versus Public Players

In 2002, private companies including RIL and Essar Oil were able to capture as much as 15% of the fuel retail market. Sales declined and losses mounted when private marketers were unable to compete with the subsidized priced offered by state-owned companies such as Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. By 2008, RIL was compelled to shut down its 1,432 fuel outlets.

RIL’s Plans to Restart its Fuel Pumps

With the re-entry of private players, the industry is expected to revive and create an environment spurring healthy competition. In light of the expectations that the prices of diesel, the most consumed fuel in India, will be deregulated, RIL is working towards developing a plan that will optimize returns.

An industry executive who is aware of the development said, “RIL has started talking to dealers to re-start the petrol pumps. Their strategy could be a mix of leasing out some pumps to OMCs and running some others on their own.”

A senior official from HPCL says, “There is an offer from Reliance Industries for leasing. But it is still to be evaluated. Some of their pumps are at a good location, so leasing them would save us cost of setting up a pump. … Once we have clarity on diesel pricing, we will look at the economics of the proposal.” Likewise, RILis waiting for better clarity on the deregulation of diesel prices.

However, official queries sent to RIL, Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited remain unanswered in this regard. Some executives at oil marketing companies (OMCs) hinted on condition of anonymity that RIL has initiated talks but the discussions are at a very early stage, where the proposals are yet to be considered by the companies.

Diesel Price Deregulation Imminent

The recent changes in the pricing regime raise hopes towards the imminence of deregulation of diesel prices. Since January 2013, the government increased prices by 50 paisa per liter each month. This move was made to cut the government’s subsidy bills.In addition to this, the global prices of fuel have also softened and the rupee has appreciated against the US dollar. These factors have helped OMCs make a profit on fuel.

If global prices continue to stay at current levels of under $95 a barrel and if the value of the rupee continues to remain stable against the dollar, consumers will further benefit with a reduction of diesel rates by INR2 to 2.50 per liter along with a policy decision to decontrol prices.

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Finding Space for a Home Office

For many years as a Houston resident, I’ve lived and loved older homes in the historic third ward area that had lots of unique character, however these homes didn’t have an extra room especially for an office. I would utilize the dining room table or the kitchen bar area to handle business. Now as I’m preparing to transition to another home, I have been looking for creative ways to have a designated office space. It is a need for me because organization and structure when managing multiple businesses and/or business items is essential to increased productivity and appreciation {and somedays my sanity}. So I went to my favorite look book, Pinterest, to find inspiration and ideas that will make my office space fabulous and functional. I’ve posted a few of my favorites but you can look here for more.

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Anglican Gay-Pandering Official Put In His Place

Today Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was officially installed as chief shepherd over the Archdiocese of San Francisco.  We all know what a tough job he has ahead of him; his predecessors have left the place an abysmal mess spiritually.

A glaring "shot across the bow" was fired at him by the Episcopal "bishop", Marc Andrus.  He issued a letter to his diocese characterizing the Church's teaching on marriage (which is really the law of God on the subject), as "oppressive".   When you consider that Anglicanism was founded by Henry VIII of England and various lapdogs for the precise purpose of allowing him to divorce, and then led the way to moral depravity vis-a-vis its 1930 Lambeth Conference (admitting contraceptive usage), is this really such a huge surprise?

Comes now the word from the Washington Post that when Andrus arrived at the installation at St Mary's Cathedral, he was kept in a waiting area with an archdiocesan employee until the ceremony started.  He left. The Archdiocese later said it was a "misunderstanding".  I sincerely hope not - and really don't think so.  Andrus had the unmitigated gall to try to school His Excellency in his perversion-condoning heresy.  I will take this as a positive sign of a cleansing breath of fresh air in morally fetid San Francisco.

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Shared Risk - Obamacare Explained

Stoplight explains shared risk in a way that a child can understand.  Any of us can understand it, in other words.  Will enough of us take it to heart, to counteract the progressives (including those who control the USCCB) who refuse to accept the basic injustice of Obamacare?

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

The Horrific Consequences Of Sexual Impurity

In Friday's Washington Times, Frank Kacer wrote a piece entitled, "Sexual Impurity and the Corruption of Our Nation's Soul".  I commend it to your reading for I think he makes important points.  Many of us see that the acceptance of contraception paved the way for the acceptance of abortion.  Mr. Kacer touches upon some factors that made contraception appealing to the less-principled citizenry.

He states that prior to the sixties our nation held onto a "thin veneer of sexual propriety".  Therein lies the problem; sexual propriety was merely a thin veneer.  In some cases it was so transparent as to be non-existent.  I would hold that by and large, Americans lost sight of the eternal things and sought only to enjoy "the good life".  Gradually, with less emphasis on seeking after the kingdom of God first, people became slowly corrupted and compromised.

Those people included Catholics - and Catholic clergy.  By then, young priests who would later act out as homosexual pederasts were in place; some, like Father Hesburgh, occupied places of great influence.  They failed to reach out to the Protestants to bring them back to the One True Church.  Instead of the Catholics influencing the worldly culture, they allowed the worldly culture to influence them.

In partial answer to Kacer's question, "Can the slippery slope be stopped?", I'll venture to say not, unless the Catholics wake up and start acting like Roman Catholics and not some "am-church" counterfeit.

  1. Unless I am misinterpreting you, it seems you are saying that Hesburgh was a homosexual pederast. I could not find any substantiation for that on the internet. What makes you think this?

    1. To clarify, I meant to make clear that Fr. Hesburgh is one of those who lost sight of eternal realities and in particular, what it means to be a priest. It was he who spearheaded the disastrous Land O Lakes statement that erroneously declared that Catholic institutions have no duty to proclaim Catholic doctrine as truth. With that, many institutions stopped standing by God's truths of sexuality and family life. Whether or not Fr Hesburgh is (I use "is" because he's still alive) a pederast I've no way of knowing at this time.

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Prayer ALONE Just Won't Suffice

Today's Vortex details the efforts by the progressives to brainwash help Catholics to "mature" towards embrace of sodomy and other vices against marriage coupled with sacrilegious Holy Communions.  Actually, Voris didn't use the word "mature" but I do in the sense that Pope Francis invoked that term in his final address of the SinNod.

There certainly is a bombardment; I've written a bit about that already and I'm sure more is to come.  It is this bombardment, this maturation process, that must be resisted.  We have to speak out and oppose the errors.  I'll take the thought a step beyond Voris's and say we must resist the errors that come even from the Pope himself.  I emphasize that the Pope does not err when he speaks solemnly of faith and morals, but there have been other serious errors.

To my friends who think they can retreat into prayer alone without confronting the error and maybe getting some "dirt under the nails" as it were, I join Voris in insisting that you come down from the "heads in the clouds" mentality.

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Second Time Around

August 3, 2017

The second cutting hay had grown thick and lush. This field was an almost pure stand of red clover. It was just beginning to blossom. It was a beautiful stand. I hired a local Amish man to mow, bale and wrap this crop. There was also another seven acres of trefoil in an adjoining field. He did indeed accomplish the work. He did a good job in a timely fashion.

My Amish friend is of a “new order” sect. They are allowed to use tractors and modern equipment according to his church and their beliefs. I watched him from the porch as I continue to recover from my knee surgery. It was an oxymoron! My big draft horses are standing in the barn, waiting to work. This man was zipping around my field, over the space of two days, with well over $70,000.00 worth of equipment. All of my hay tools together cost less than his mower!

The bales wrapped in singles will be easy to feed. This high protein hay will take the place of grain in my grassfed beef. The sweet smelling bales are a real treat for the cows. They really boost their diets in the dark, cold days of winter. We will move these bales closer to the feedlot in a few days, once we make a place for them.

To make good baleage, first you need a good crop. The hay/grass is cut and left to wilt in the sun. It is baled the very next day, sometimes even the same day. The high moisture content in the bales ferments after it is wrapped preserving the high quality forage. I am pleased to hay the bales in my feed inventory, but doubt that I will ever lay out the cash needed to buy the necessary equipment to make them on my own. This is a job that is better to hire done.

Our crazy wet weather patterns do make it a challenge to make dry hay. You have to really “make hay when the sun shines!” All other work comes to a stand still and dry hay becomes your only focus. You push yourself, the hay and even, in my case, the horses as I rake and fluff the hay to dry before it rains. Making these “wet” bales is a great option, but for now it is not cost effective for me, on our small farm, to own the equipment ourselves.

It was fun to watch the bales being made. My grandson enjoyed it too. Things like watching bales being wrapped, big mowers hogging down 13 foot of hay at a time, or a speedy baler rolling out round bales in rapid succession never gets old for guys like he and I….But I will say, we both much prefer to work with horses…a little slower? Perhaps….but much more cost efficient!


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The Merci Collection

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In the Ringling Museum Library’s accession book, twenty eight books were recorded in 1949 as being a gift from the Merci Train. Over the years, books from the collection have been withdrawn, discarded, or gone missing. What remains are seventeen books that make up the Merci Collection. The books have a wide range of subjects from Paris to mushrooms, and from the military to images of the Virgin Mary. Many are inscribed by the people who donated them and include book plates that label the books as being from the Merci Train.

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La Foire de Sorochinietz (1945) by Nicolas Gogol

La Foire de Sorochinietz was originally written in Russian about a fair that comes to a small, peasant town in Russia. The Ringling Museum Library’s copy is translated into French by Jarl-Priel and illustrated with original etchings by Vera Morosoff. Only 275 copies of this book were made. Inside is an inscription from the illustrator; it reads “En souvenir des années 1944-1945 A avec toute ma gratitude Véra le 16 XII 1948,” or in English, “In remembrance of the years 1944-1945 with all of my thanks Véra 16th of December 1948.”

In an interesting turn of events, Vera Morosoff ended up living not far from the Ringling Museum Library. In 1917, Vera and her husband, also an artist, left their homeland of Russia for Italy. They soon left Italy for Paris and lived there during WWII. In 1951, the couple moved to New York City by way of Chicago, but after 20 years in Manhattan, Vera and her husband moved to St. Petersburg, FL. A book that Vera had signed and donated to the Merci Train in 1949, not knowing where it would end up, found its way to Sarasota, only a short distance from the place she would come to over twenty years later.

La Foire de Sorochinietz, Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol.
Translated by Jarl-Priel.
Illustrated by Vera Morosoff.

Marie Mère de Dieu (1947) by Henri Ghéon

This book compiles images of the Virgin Mary. The images are organized into four categories: Ave Maria, Mater Amabilis, Mater Dolorosa, and Regina Coeli. The paintings are from collections all across Europe and include artists such as Michelangelo, Jan Van Eyck, and Giotto. Most images are in black and white, but a few have been reproduced in color.

La Vierge Douloureuse, El Greco.

  Eglises Parisiennes: Actuelles et Disparues (1947) by Yvan Christ

Inscription inside Eglises Parisiennes

Eglises Parisiennes is about the churches of Paris and is inscribed in English by the person who donated the book. The book has many images, architectural drawings, sketches, and other images of and about the churches.

La Publicité Française (1947) edited by La Fédération Française de la Publicité

La Publicité Française is a book of ads and illustrations by various artists. There are hundreds of images; Most are in black and white, but many are in color. The products advertised range from perfume and makeup to Perrier and tomato juice. For every image the artist is cited and for others a short description about where the ad appeared is included.

Les Jardins de Versailles (1924) by Pierre Nolhac

Les Jardins de Versailles (The Gardens of Versailles) chronicles the history of Versailles’ gardens from the initial plans to final installments of fountains and sculptures. The author, Pierre Nolhac, takes an art historical approach to writing about the gardens. He discusses various artists and architects and their artistic additions to the gardens. There are many black and white images of statues, fountains, and of course the gardens themselves.

Keepsake (1944) by Pierre Lestringuez

Keepsake by Pierre Lestringuez with a preface by Leon Paul Fargue. Illustrated by Robert Naly. 1944

This book of poems from Pierre Lestringuez is illustrated by Roebrt Naly. There are 25 lithographs, the majority of which are in color. Also, the book contains a preface written by the French poet, Leon Paul Fargue. 195 copies of the book were made of the first edition, but they were broken up into three categories and printed on different types of paper. The first fifty were printed on vellum from Auvergne, a province in the center of France, the next forty-five were printed on vellum from Rives, and the last one hundred copies were printed on vellum from Papeteries de Lana, a paper making company in Strasbourg, France. The copy at the Ringling Museum Library is number 117, which means it is printed on the vellum from Papeteries de Lana. There are 24 poems and every one is illustrated.

“Prevoir” from Keepsake by Paul Lestringuez

Exposition de l’Histoire de l’Ordre Souverain de Malte au Bénéfice du Pavillon des Lépreux des Oeuvres Hopitalières Françaises de L’Ordre de Malte (1929) by Comte Michel de Pierredon

L’Ordre Souverain de Malte is a medical association with a very long history. It began around 1048 at the Hospital of St. Jean in Jerusalem with individuals who cared for the sick and poor. Eventually the group became a charitable organization and throughout its nearly thousand year history L’Ordre Souverain de Malte built hospitals, universities, and libraries in Rhodes, Malta, and France. It also helped treat over 800,000 wounded individuals during World War I. In 1927 the Ordre de Malte France (the French extension of the association) was created. In 1928, the organization began to fund the building of a new section of the St Louis Hospital in Paris. The section would be used to help treat people suffering from leprosy who had come from French colonies. This book, “L’Exposition de l’Histoire de l’Ordre Souverain de Malte,” is a catalog of an exhibition held at the National Library of France. The exhibition was developed to raise money for the hospital’s leprosy wing. Inside, the book describes how donators would have their name inscribed at the head of a bed in the hospital. The exhibition included paintings, prints, and objects from the Louvre, the National Library of France, the Versailles Museum and others.

Title page of “Exposition de l’Histoire de l’Ordre Souverain de Malte”

Corot (1942) by Germain Bazin

This book has one of the book plates with the logo of the Merci Train. The inscription inside “Vous qui allez vivre, soyez dignes de nous qui allons mourir.. (un Francais de dix-sept ans)” roughly  translates to “You who are living, be worthy of us who are going to die.. (a Frenchman of 17 years),” but the message that is lost in translation means “Honor the dead by living.” The book discusses the French artist, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot. Corot mostly painted landscapes, but also painted figures and worked with engravings. Many examples of Corot’s work are included with several reproduced in color.

Example of the bookplates from the Merci Train

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  1. Alexis

    Did you ever try to contact Marie Claire? I will as soon as socially acceptable. There is so much more to that message! Don’t you think it had to be written by 2 people (looking at the Ms of Merci and Marie). Also, Marie-Claire is most likely a woman and therefore, shouldn’t be the narrator in the quoted sentence or at least in the bracketed one. Alexis (currently researching the Merci Train)

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WikiLeaks just dropped the CIA’s secret how-to for infecting Windows

WikiLeaks just dropped the CIA’s secret how-to for infecting Windows

Latest batch of documents details how CIA infects targets’ Windows-based computers.

WikiLeaks has published what it says is another batch of secret hacking manuals belonging to the US Central Intelligence Agency as part of its Vault7 series of leaks. The site is billing Vault7 as the largest publication of intelligence documents ever.

Friday’s installment includes 27 documents related to “Grasshopper,” the codename for a set of software tools used to build customized malware for Windows-based computers. The Grasshopper framework provides building blocks that can be combined in unique ways to suit the requirements of a given surveillance or intelligence operation. The documents are likely to be of interest to potential CIA targets looking for signatures and other signs indicating their Windows systems were hacked. The leak will also prove useful to competing malware developers who want to learn new techniques and best practices.

“Grasshopper is a software tool used to build custom installers for target computers running Microsoft Windows operating system,” one user guide explained. “An operator uses the Grasshopper builder to construct a custom installation executable.” The guide continued:

The operator configures an installation executable to install one or more payloads using a variety of techniques. Each payload installer is built from individually configured components that implement part of the installation procedure.

The operator may designate that installation is contingent on the evaluation of the target environment. Target conditions are described using a custom rule language. The operator may configure the tool to output a log file during execution for later exfiltration.

The technical manuals provide a behind-the-scenes look that, for the first time, reveals how the CIA goes about spying on targets that use computers running Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Topics that are covered include ways to evade antivirus protection provided by Microsoft’s Windows Defender, Symantec, and Kaspersky Lab. Also of interest is the CIA’s borrowing of the Carberp, a powerful piece of bank-fraud malware that once fetched as much as $40,000 in underground forums. Once the Carberp source code was leaked in 2013, security experts warned it was akin to “handing a bazooka to a child.”

A user manual for “Stolen Goods”—a software component that allows Grasshopper malware to persist even after an infected machine has been rebooted—stated:

The components were taken from malware known as Carberp, a suspected Russian rootkit used by organized crime. The source of Carberp was published online and has allowed AED\RDB to easily ‘borrow’ components as needed from the malware. Most of Carberp was not used in Stolen Goods 2, specifically all the Bot net/Communications components. The persistence method, and parts of the installer, were taken and modified to fit our needs. All components taken from Carberp were carefully analyzed for hidden functionality, backdoors, vulnerabilities, etc. A vast majority of the original Carberp code that was used has been heavily modified. Very few pieces of the original code exist unmodified.

AED and RDB are abbreviations for “Advanced Engineering Division” and “Remote Development Branch,” respectively. The Advanced Engineering Division does most of the CIA’s implant code development. The Remote Development Branch develops remote implants.

Grasshopper was designed to be a development framework that’s easy to use. It includes individual modules that can be combined to meet the requirements of a specific operation. For instance, it provides tools that “perform a pre-installation survey of the target device, assuring that the payload will only [be] installed if the target has the right configuration.” It also allows users to customize persistence mechanisms and antivirus evasion to the specific computer that’s being targeted.

The latest installment isn’t likely to be as damaging as the one published last Friday. That one included code libraries CIA developers use to obfuscate their payloads and to conceal any tie to other malware used by the agency. Release of the so-called Marble libraries could make it easier for targets to determine that a previously unattributed hack is the work of the CIA. This latest leak is still a major embarrassment to the CIA, but on the whole the documents don’t appear to reveal any specific operations or portray the CIA operating outside its mandated mission.


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Mar 27

Inception dreams

I had an interesting dream the other night.  In my dream, I was explaining to a person a dream that I had had two nights before.  Also, for some reason, we were standing on a bed.

It seemed very Inception-like, talking about a dream within a dream.  Once I woke up, I was also a little confused about how I remembered a previous dream in another dream, as generally your dreams don’t stay with you when you wake up.

Anyway, that was kinda interesting.  Just a random thought.


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A Walk Through Singapore’s Southern Ridges Trail

Whenever I sense an overflow of negative emotions, I have always thought that it can be useful to “walk it off.” To me, walking is a cheapo, moderate peril and easy form of exercise. It is best combined with nature – verdant sights and scent of unsullied air – can be a very prevailing, under-utilized stress buster.

On several occasions that I was in Singapore for work, I maximized my stay there by exploring various sites during weekends. One time, feeling the toll stress has brought against me, a few colleagues and I went to “walk off” along with The Southern Ridges.

The Southern Ridges is a 9-kilometre trail that connects various parks along the southern ridge of Singapore (hence the collective name). The trails boast off its greenery and connecting bridges. It is indeed a perfect place to go on a hike where one can enjoy the serenity of the great outdoors, and a majestic, panoramic view of Singapore City.

The Southern Ridges connect the following parks: Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, Hort Park, Kent Ridge Park and Labrador Nature Reserve – all of which can delight any walking, photography, and nature enthusiasts.

Mount Faber Park is one of the oldest parks in Singapore and probably one of the most popular tourist destination because of the cable car ride. The park is connected to Telok Blangah Hill Park by Henderson Waves Bridge. The park houses the Marina Deck, Palm Plaza, Jewel Box, and Faber Point.

Telok Blangah Hill Park is a 34-hectare park which is said to be a favorite site for wedding couples. With its semi-circular terrace garden located at the top, no wonder it is a favourite for photo shoots and prenuptial events.

The Henderson Waves is my favourite spot. This 899-foot long pedestrian, wooden bridge suspended at 118 feet above Henderson Road, is the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. It connects Mount Faber Park and Telok Blangah Hill Park. It is called such because the bridge has a waveform made up of seven undulating curved steel ribs that alternately rise over and under its deck. The bridge also has shelters with seats within.

Kent Ridge Park is a 47-hectare public park between the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Science Park. Due to its undisturbed habitat and abundant plant life. So if you are a bird-watching aficionado and a lover of plants, then a visit to this park might just amuse you.

There are several trails at the Southern Ridges. There are Marang Trail, Faber Trail, Hilltop Walk, Forest Walk, Floral Walk, and Canopy Walk Trails. Each of which offers a relaxing walk through foliage.

The Southern Ridges of Singapore is a “fresh air and greenery” personified. It’s probably all that and more. There is something about its great outdoors that gives walking, running a little kick. So when you find yourself in the Lion City wanting to commune with nature, and you want to feel more alive, energetic and optimistic – walk your way to the Southern Ridges.

Credits and Big thanks to a good friend and workmate, Allan (@kislap96) for some of the photographs used in this write-up.

Don’t be wasted soul, be “juan”derlust”. Take it easy ebri’juan’…


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Candlelight Dinner candlelight

Join us for the 109th Candlelight Dinner, which will be held on February 1, 2018. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. in the Great Room of Prescott Hall, and the dinner will be held 6:00 p.m. You can make reservations online, via email at, or by calling 406.657.1007.

Candlelight Dinner

History of Candlelight Dinner

When the Rocky Mountain College campus was moved to Billings in 1909, the ground was frozen and too hard to finish the buildings in time. During the fall of 1909, students took classes downtown until the buildings could be finished. In January 1910, the campus was finally ready, and students, faculty, and staff loaded hay wagons and made their way up 27th Street, along the canal, to RMC's current location. They arrived cold, tired, and hungry; when they went to the dining hall for dinner, they discovered that the electricity had not been turned on so they ate their first meal on campus by candlelight. While it was not the most pleasant meal, the students decided it was an event worth commemorating. Rocky Mountain College has celebrated the Candlelight Dinner every winter since 1910.

Alma Mater

'Neath the shadow of the Rimrocks
Stands a college firm and true,
Whose green and golden banners
Hail Montana's skies of blue.
Rocky Mountain, we all love thee,
Alma mater of the West,
We raise our cry to glorify
The college we love best.
Thy traditions we all honor,
Thy fair campus we adore.
In thine ivied walls we've tarried,
College of the Open Door.


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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Lake Tahoe Vacation and Simple & Sweet Fridays #25

We finally got away on vacation at Lake Tahoe!
We really needed to relax.
Carly and her boyfriend, Justin, joined us for the trip.

It's so nice to hike up in the mountains and see the beautiful views. The weather was perfect.

It has been a wonderful trip. We love being up in the mountains. The scenery is spectacular.

It has been a vacation we'll never forget.

Just wanted to let you all know I appreciate all your wonderful comments and hope you'll forgive me that I can't thank everyone this week because of our vacation. I love you all and thank you for all your support.

Now on with the Party...
Last weeks Simple & Sweet Features!

Go check out Boulevard de L'antique's post Antique Wood Plate Transfer!
Erika's uses a really cool technique for her transfers.
 Make sure to check out Erika's blog!

Go check out Glass Slippers and all sorts of stuff…'s post A Helpful Husband Brings Wonderful Things!
Trisha's husband has a great eye for wonderful treasures!
Go check out Trisha's blog to find out what she did with them.

Go check out The Country Farm Home's post So Blue - Transferware for the Keeping Room!
 Go check out Debi's blog and her unbelievable collection of transferware!

Go check out Swedish Corner Down Under's post Seven Types of Cookies!
Go check out Pernill's blog. She tells you a story about a cookbook that has traditional Swedish recipes in it.

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  1. Glad that you had such a wonderful vacation!!

    Thanks so much for hosting!!

  2. What beautiful vacation photo's, looks like a wonderful place to relax!! Thank you so much for hosting! Hugs, Penny

  3. So glad you had such a wonderful vacation! It's always nice to get away for a while. And, thank you so much for featuring my blue transferware! Truly an honor. I always look forward to your link parties--lots of great ideas week after week!

  4. That looks wonderful! Thanks for hosting!

  5. Wow! What a lovely vacation. You pictures are spectacular!
    Thanks so much for hosting each week.
    Mary Alice

  6. What gorgeous scenery! Looks like a great trip. xo

  7. Wow, Thank you so much for the feature, Jody!! What a surprise :D
    Thank you so much for hosting too. Beautiful photos from your vacation - what a amazing scenery!! ~Pernilla

  8. Looks like so much fun!
    That's what summer's are all about.
    Relaxing, and having fun.

    Off to check out the links.

    Smiles :)

  9. Oh that vacation looks fabulous!! just linked up, Jody, thanks so much for hosting!

  10. Thanks so much for the feature!! Glad vacation is treating you well!

  11. Lovely holiday photos!! Continue having a GREAT time!! :)

  12. It looks as if it was a WONDERFUL vaca! great photos!

  13. Happy to hear you had a great vacation! I've never been to Lake Tahoe, it looks beautiful!!

  14. Thank you for sharing such lovely features and for hosting this great party! My first time here and I'm very excited..thank you for hosting and having me!

  15. Lovely pictures of your vacation! Thanking you for the mention on the last party. I hope to post my stencil stash and how easy stencilling is soon (I'm not a very good painter, so I really rely on stencils; most bought from sellers/ebay). Thanks for hosting wonderful parties--great way to find inspiration from so many talented bloggers!

  16. Thank you so much Jody for featuring my project, I am really happy you liked that one, thank you for hosting this great party, I love your blog and your content. Thank you again, Erika

  17. I've always wanted to go Lake Tahoe, it looks so pretty! Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for hosting, Laura

  18. Thanks so much for hosting! Life to the full, Melissa

  19. What a gorgeous vacation spot! Thanks for hosting :)

  20. Great vacation area. Thanks for hosting.

  21. very pretty vaca spot, jody! happy weekend!

  22. Hi again - I've linked up - thanks for the invite.... I will add your party to my side bar... Deb

  23. Thanks Jody for your sweet comments and an invite to your party. I can'y wait to explore your blog.

    Big Hugs

  24. Great vacation pics,and I love your rule of visiting 3 blogs thanks for hosting as well. Deidre~

  25. Thanks so much for joining my party and I'm happy to be joining yours! I'm adding your button to my party page! Thanks for hosting :)

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I was asked about reading my work on other sites.
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If you read it anywhere else and have to pay for it, or have to deal with an annoying amount of advertisement, You Are Being Betrayed.
You would do good if you make other people in that network aware of it. This is a free project of mine for the purpose of having fun. And if people try to make money with it you shouldn't bother visiting their website.

The only one whom I actually allowed to have my work on his website is Armaell who invested the time to compile them into pdf.

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Terror Infinity - Side B

Terror Infinity - Side B

Fan Fiction Action Adventure Fantasy Martial Arts Harem Reader interactive Supernatural Male Lead Strong Lead Magic Profanity Gore Fan Fiction

Plot - Want to know the meaning of life? Want to live... A real life? The world changes when you click YES. In God's Dimension, you have to keep getting stronger, keep evolving to survive one horror movie after another. Do you kill everyone in your way to reach the end as a lone king? Or fight along with your comrades and survive through the support of friends? Everything was just for staying alive. Until you find the secret of God's Dimension. Who is the real enemy?

Terror Infinity - Side B

In a new experiment to push mankind to evolve, God has decided to send people into the worlds of Manga, Anime, Light Novels, Visual Novels and Video Games. Compared to horror movies, such worlds shouldn't be as terrifying and should be easily to return from, but... You would be very, very mistaken. Welcome to Side B of God's World.

Current Status: On Hiatus/Abandoned. Third

longest fiction on RRL.

Warning: Major spoiler for the Manga, Anime, Light Novels, and Games that are used for this FF. Also, no permission is given for anyone to continue Side B because its on Hiatus.

Hoebagger (Retired),

Azarza (Retired), D

eltoren (Retired).

How To Tame Your Princess

How To Tame Your Princess

Original Comedy Psychological Romance Virtual Reality Gender Bender Slice of Life Secret Identity Profanity

My name is Nicolas

Nicolas "Nick" Siegel.

People say I’m weird.

I don’t know why, and the voice in my head won’t tell me.

Oh well, never mind…

You want a cookie? I baked them myself. With love~💕

...You're ridiculous.

Oh, shush.

Author's note:

This is a story about an atypical player in a typical VR fantasy game, (re)written by an author—that's me—who still sucks at delivering synopsises.

Follow the adventures of Nicolas "Nick" Siegel, alias Elric Walker, alias the Wandering Knight, alias the Reckless Imbecile, alias...Victoria—Wait, what? Okay...err...Follow Nick Siegel, a young...man(?) afflicted with mild sociopathy and a worsening case of split personality, as he tries to make sense of the world around him and travels the virtual reality of Untold Tales, battling against undead butterflies, strange curses, and himself, and maybe find love.

I swear this is a romance!

Also, the [Mature] tag might just be an [Immature] tag.

(Previously: “Tales of the Blood Princess”)

Real reader's comment:

"World War Chicken has been fought. The area is destroyed, blood has been spilled, and the wrecks of the machines of war lay scattered. Mothers have cried, children have been traumatized, and only holy fire can burn away the foul creations spawned in its wake.

Oh, and a grown man made a complete fool of himself."

 – by Dosahder, at chapter B0-C07.1

Picked review:

"Saying it starts slow is kind of inaccurate. It's more like a long rope attached to a speeding car. Eventually the slack in the line runs out and you're hooked."

 – by ErgoPhobia, on the 13th Dec. 2017

Original Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Martial Arts Psychological Romance School Life Slice of Life Supernatural Tragedy
Author's Comment:
I was asked about reading my work on other sites.
The answer is simple: Currently I am not active in any other networks than royalroadl.com. Only here, I correct mistakes and errors.

If you read it anywhere else and have to pay for it, or have to deal with an annoying amount of advertisement, You Are Being Betrayed.
You would do good if you make other people in that network aware of it. This is a free project of mine for the purpose of having fun. And if people try to make money with it you shouldn't bother visiting their website.

The only one whom I actually allowed to have my work on his website is Armaell who invested the time to compile them into pdf.

Transcendence? is a novel about reincarnation, love, hate and war.
And everything else that's included. It follows the main characters, as they climb to the top of their society. And lose their humanity in the process to become something beyond human.

It's settled in the same universe as Until death?. It can be seen as a prequel.
But I plan for it to be a stand alone book. Nobody has to read Until death? in order to enjoy Transcendence?.

There will be cool chapters, sad chapters, romantic chapters and funny chapters. Of course there will be boring chapters too. I believe that some explanation is necessary in every novel.
Though I hope that there will be more funny chapters. How a chapter turns out always depends on my mood.
天与地　Heaven and Earth

天与地　Heaven and Earth

Fan Fiction Action Adventure Comedy Martial Arts School Life Male Lead Wuxia Fan Fiction Satire

What do you get when you combine Battle Through the Heavens (Dou Po Cang Qiong 斗破苍穹), Long Live Summons (召唤万岁), Shen Yin Wang Zuo (or Sealed Divine Throne, 神印王座), Ze Tian Ji (or Way of Choices, 择天记), Vampire Sphere (血族禁域), Douluo Dalu II: Jueshi Tangmen (斗罗大陆：绝世唐门), Coiling Dragon (Pan Long 盘龙), The Celestial Zone (天界无限), Pokemon (no, seriously, blame Long Live Summons), Tales of Demons and Gods (Yao Shen Ji, 妖神记) and Wu Dong Qian Kun (武动乾坤)? This trashy parody of a martial arts-xianxia-cultivation story, of course!

All Shu Cong wanted to do was learn some martial arts to get a stable career in the military and earn a comfortable income. By some twist of fate, he ends up the disciple of Tian Mo, the legendary Celestial Demon of the evil Heaven and Earth Sect, who is determined to train him to become the strongest exponent in the Hidden Dragon Continent so that he can help take revenge on the other (more evil) sect members and disciples who betrayed him. And thus, under his new master's tutelage, Shu Cong ends up learning the supposedly ultimate martial art technique, Heaven and Earth Formula. Unfortunately, Shu Cong wants nothing more than a simple life, and his talent lies more in summoning and not martial arts?!

Note: Other than 4th wall jokes, this story has absolutely nothing to do with Number One Under Heaven.

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Sci-fi Profanity Gore

For milennia, The Elders have gifted pre-technological civilizations with a piece of technology that allows them to transcend the bounds of what is normally possible: The Implant.

Altering reality on a quantum level, creatures with an Implant can gain extraordinary physical and mental abilities. In return, the Elders require wearers of the implant to pass through the Gauntlets - Entire worlds that have been hollowed out and turned into a training and testing ground for the wearers. Once their trial is complete, the wearers then are used by the Elders as their foot soldiers as they expand across the galaxy.

What happens when a human accidentally receives an implant instead?

Original Action Adventure Sci-fi Male Lead Strong Lead Strategy Profanity Gore

When the first derelict alien spacecraft fell to Earth, humanity took what was found in it and propelled themselves to new heights. In their new Golden Age, humanity developed technology that they had only dreamed about. The following years saw hundreds more ships crash into the planet, spurring even greater technological leaps.

An unassuming spacecraft, one of the dozens that fell yearly, descended on Siberia in 2021. The world took no particular notice of it. However, this one contained something beyond the miraculous technology that had made humans so prosperous.

Three years later, in a top-secret underground facility in eastern Colorado, the automated construction of an army of Paladin Mobile Infantry Suits was underway. With this new, state-of-the-art weaponry, the military would turn the tide against the alien incursion that was consuming the planet. Humanity fell before that could happen. Sam was an engineer responsible for overseeing the facility. Now alone, he lives in utter boredom and near insanity, his only company the base’s pseudo AI and an army of empty Paladins. With the world gone to hell around him, and the things that caused it still living above, he decides that he is much better off staying exactly where he is. Unfortunately for him, that is no longer an option.

This is the first novel I've written. The first fifteen or so chapters are going to be a little slower. I want there to be time to get to know the characters before they start blowing stuff up. Also, though the MC will be strong relative to the world, he won't be OP, and won't win every fight. Not every fight will be physical either.

Currently, I'm aiming for something like 5 fairly short chapters a week, after the introduction part is done, but we'll see how that goes. Thanks for reading, and please let me know if I've made mistakes!

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Virtual Reality Slice of Life Female Lead Strong Lead

Arwyn has just bought Fantasia, the first fantasy-based VRMMORPG, with 99% realism that you can play while you sleep. In the game, she becomes Fey, a moon elf starting in the magical Elvenwood. Join her (and her snarky narrator who likes to interject sarcastic comments in parentheses) on her exciting, often hilarious adventures inside this magical world full of every fantasy creature you've ever encountered in books, games, and movies, and a few that you haven't.

Oh, and there's something strange about the NPCs in this game... See if you can figure it out before Fey does. (No, they are not self-aware AIs.)

-Cover art credit goes to taptothebeat

Spectral Regalia

Spectral Regalia

Original Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Tragedy Martial Arts Supernatural

(On Hiatus For a while due to real life obligations, also working on a Comic/Manga Adaption, update on Twitter)

Can you feel it? That tugging feeling on your heart? That falling sensation as you are forced into a deep well by the people you trusted most? In your heart you decide to accept it, to bear it, to die with it, yet, even as you continue falling your decision haunts you. A general in your prime, millions of innocents lie dead in your wake.

Feeling the end of your life pulling you in, the wall of water ever beckoning as you hit it full on. All feeling has been lost. Finding yourself devoid of sound. Nothing visible in this darkness. No strength in your limbs. This has become your end. But the endless has seen your life in His presence you feel the minute speck that you are, become more than what was, he gifts you with a new body with limitless potential imparted with its own endless strength. He puts you in a place where powers run rampant.

The God of all has decided this. Your new life has the promise of excitement, adventure, love, Tragedy. Walking with purpose you pave the path for your race.

Regardless of the dangers you will face you will live on for the end goal ---- -Synopsis Credit's to FlameRaptor. My Twitter for  News and early spoilers of artwork and chapter titles https://twitter.com/SpectralRegalia

Creation - The Path of a God

Creation - The Path of a God

Original Adventure Drama Fantasy Romance Harem Slice of Life Male Lead Strong Lead Magic Profanity Sexual Content Gore Traumatising content

The day had not been a great day for Han.  After experiencing traumatic events, all in one day, Han went to a restaurant to eat.  This should have been a typical event, but he discovered a new ability while eating food.  He had gained the Creation ability.

Follow Han, as he gains new experiences in a new environment and figures out what being a god is like.  What happens if an individual gets powers that don't have limits, where he can do whatever he wants.

Web page: http://bit.ly/OfficialCreationWebNovel

Facebook Page:  http://bit.ly/CreationWebNovelFacebook

Twitter Page: http://bit.ly/CreationWebNovelTwitter

Discord: https://discord.gg/WmTM3wh

Awakened Cheater

Awakened Cheater

Original Action Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Martial Arts School Life Supernatural Male Lead Magic Wuxia Profanity Sexual Content Gore

Adam Kodak was pulling an all-nighter in his dormitory, playing video games.

After finishing it and getting all the trophies, he did the thing he always does and beat it again with cheats, that was the thing he enjoyed most.

As he was getting ready for bed he muttered under his breath

"Man I wish I could cheat in real life."

That was the moment his life changed as what seemed to be a bright star, shined and dimmed above the building he was in.

Wish Granted

Activating Cheat Mode

"What The F..."

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Sunday, March 27, 2016

Joplin Globe continues milking money from grieving families

A couple of weeks ago, a source told me the Joplin Globe had sent a new rate card to area funeral homes.

Nothing unusual about that. Ever since the Globe started charging for obituaries a couple of decades ago, the price that is charged for them has continued to increase.

But there was something different about this increase, the source told me. For the first time, the Globe was going to charge for death notices.

There was a time, as some older readers will recall, that the death of a neighbor was considered to be news. Surveys showed that obituaries ranked at or near the top of the most well-read sections in newspapers.

When the Globe began charging for obituaries, it was the first step in a process that has seen the newspaper begin a steep decline in circulation. Some experts have said newspapers' power began to diminish with the advent of chain ownership; others talk about how technology has knocked newspapers for a loop. You can make a good argument for both of those explanations.

Perhaps those looking for a starting point for print journalism's downward spiral should examine what has happened to coverage of the deaths of citizens in the community.. When the Globe and other newspapers started charging for obituaries, they created a divide in their readership. At one time, it was said that the only time some people's names were ever in the newspaper was when they died.

That changed when greed entered the picture. Now the only people who were featured were those whose families had the money to buy their way into print or those whose families were able to spend money they could ill afford to pay one last tribute to a loved one.

The Globe denied that it was cutting the poor out of its pages by running one paragraph death notices, which included the person's name, address, age, and funeral service information.

In Thursday's Globe, for example, above the obituaries, the Globe noted, "The following are paid memoriums provided by family, friends, and loved ones."

Above the death notices, the following was written: "The following are free death notices provided by the Joplin Globe."

These words had been included every day in the Globe for quite some time.

As of Friday, there are no longer any mentions of obituaries being paid or death notices being free.

And while I haven't checked today's newspaper, the Saturday obituaries also included no such mention.

The Globe has apparently taken the next step by punishing grieving families- if you don't pay up, we are not going to mention your loved one at all.

This should surprise no one. The editorial bent of the Globe has swerved so far in the direction of a small group of people that consider themselves to be the elite of our community that it has shirked its duty in its examination of public figures such as David Wallace, Mark Rohr, Mike Woolston, and C. J. Huff.

The Globe's Sacred Cows

David Wallace, as you remember, was treated with deference as long as he was the golden boy for CART and the Joplin Progress Committee types. Since the Texas con artist skipped town, he suddenly became evil incarnate and the subject of frequent Globe articles- but the newspaper has never done any examination of the process that brought Wallace Bajjali to Joplin. Of course, such an examination would not only damage the reputations of the Globe's friends, but it would also reveal the culpability of the newspaper itself.

The Globe has not only stood firmly behind the CART and Joplin Progress Committee types, but it has attacked anyone who dares say anything negative about them. The Globe roundly criticized the Loraine Report, despite the fact that it was a completely professional job done by someone who was experienced in such investigations having worked in the U. S. Attorney's office.

Not even state auditors escaped the Globe's wrath. The Globe took every step possible to discredit the auditors' findings, especially when they began criticizing CART and its role in bringing Wallace Bajjali to town.

The Globe protected its sacred cows by taking the easy way out. The newspaper printed the auditors' findings, but gave equal weight to the responses from those who were mentioned, tilting heavily in the direction of the aggrieved members of the city's unelected elite.

The inclusion of those responses was not the problem with the Globe's coverage. It was the lazy approach the Globe takes to coverage of many stories. There is an audit. Say what's in the audit, give the people who are mentioned the opportunity to respond, then print the story, offering both sides.

Whatever happened to a newspaper actually digging in and finding out what the truth is? There is no evidence that the Globe attempted any such investigative reporting. It is rare that the Globe conducts any form of investigative reporting.

The death of the Joplin Globe?

And that brings us back to obituaries and death notices. In a July 2012 blog I wrote for Daily Kos, I addressed this issue. I ended the blog with this passage:

I am sure it will not be long before someone sets up a website where obituaries can be found and when that happens another reason to read newspapers will have vanished forever- the same fate as classified ads and eventually legal notices when people come to the realization that the only reason those are still in newspapers is to prop up their bottom line- the taxpayers would probably be served just as well in this day and age by having legal notices posted on internet sites.

Writing these words does not come easily to me. I have loved newspapers since I was six years old and my dad, a truck driver, brought me copies of the Kansas City Star and Tulsa World to read. We always had subscriptions to the Joplin Globe, Neosho Daily News and the Newton County News. I spent 22 years as a newspaper reporter and editor and loved every minute of it. The rapid decline of newspapers breaks my heart, but once they started being just another stock market commodity instead of a public service, they sealed their own fate.

When, and if, the newspaper industry dies, a victim of its own greed and incompetence, I am sure there will be some venue where its obituary will be written- and no one will have to pay to see it.

Inside Joplin Obituaries

Sixteen months after I wrote those words, I launched that website I wrote about- Inside Joplin Obituaries, which has printed more than 3,000 obituaries of people connected to Jasper, Newton, Barton, and McDonald counties and has included many complete obituaries of people whose deaths were only recorded in one-paragraph notices in the Globe.

It started with a small readership, but has grown until it now routinely receives more than 2,000 visitors daily and far more on certain days.

While I regularly receive obituaries from funeral homes throughout the four-state area, if you have a loved one whose obituary you want to see included on the website, contact me at

I will never charge for obituaries. They are news, plain and simple. It is a shame that the Joplin Globe has forgotten that.

Keep the news and commentary of the Turner Report, the records and community coverage of Inside Joplin, and the complete obituaries in Inside Joplin Obituaries to continue to serve the Joplin area by subscribing to the Turner Report/Inside Joplin  or by contributing any amount. You may use the PayPal buttons below, or if you would prefer not to use PayPal or a credit card, you may send your contribution to 2306 E. 8th, Apt. G, Joplin, MO 64801.

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Anonymous said...

Having just purchased a pre paid funeral at a local mortuary, I made it very clear that I didn't want the obituary to be in the Globe or any other area newspaper that charged. Instead I requested the Inside Joplin Obituaries website. Thank you Randy.

Anonymous said...

This is shows how desperate they are to create revenue. They have lost advertisers and they have not changed with the times or I should say adapt to the times. They changed by making people pay for this and its a shame. I predict the death of the Globe within a few years.

Anonymous said...

Canceled the Globe years ago. I would never consider taking it back unless there were major changes to the way it is run and operated. It's barely fit to be used for liner in pet cages!


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911 Plotters Finally Go on Military Trial, Face Death Penalty

04 Apr

from atlas shrugs: 911 Plotters Finally Go on Military Trial, Face Death Penalty

Death is too good for this genocidal jihadists. But it is long overdue. 12 years. Hang ’em high.

Dear 9/11 Family Member,

I write to inform you that today, April 4, 2012, Bruce MacDonald, the Convening Authority for Military Commissions, referred to a military commission charges against five detainees for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks:   Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.

The case was referred as a capital case (meaning the accused could be sentenced to death if convicted) for all five individuals. Mr. MacDonald has made the decision to “refer,” which means to send the case to a panel of at least twelve members, whose function is analogous to jurors in a federal or state court.  The case was also referred as a joint trial, meaning that all five of the accused will be tried together, unless the military judge later determines that any or all of the accused should be tried separately.

We will seek to arraign the accused individuals in front of a military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within 30 days of service of the referred charges as required by law.  At this hearing, the charges will be read, and the accused will be asked to enter pleas to the charges.  The military judge may also set a timeline for the parties to provide required discovery, establish due dates for filing legal motions, and schedule additional pre-trial hearings.

In the next few days, you will receive an email explaining the opportunity for travel to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO), to attend the hearings, and a separate email regarding the closed circuit television sites where you will be able to watch the proceedings if you are interested.

Karen V. Loftus
Director, Victim Witness and VFM CCTV Programs

9/11 planners’ to face US trials BBC

The US has formally sent to trial five suspected al-Qaeda militants believed to have planned the 9/11 terror attacks. The five Guantanamo Bay inmates, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be tried by a military commission.

They will face charges including terrorism, hijacking, conspiracy, murder and destruction of property. They could face the death penalty if found guilty, the Pentagon confirmed.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four others – Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi – are expected to be tried together, the Pentagon added.

They are accused of planning and executing the terror attacks of 11 September 2001, which saw hijacked planes strike New York, Washington and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

A total of 2,976 people died in the attacks.

The decision to refer the charges to a military commission comes after a legal wrangle over where the five men would face justice.

The Obama administration initially tried to move their trial into US civilian courts, but reversed its decision in April 2011 after widespread opposition.

Posted by on April 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

2 responses to “911 Plotters Finally Go on Military Trial, Face Death Penalty

  1. Thinker Belle

    April 5, 2012 at 3:59 am

    Good Grief! Is that still lingering? Wow! I had thought it was all over by now. Will it ever be?

    I often wonder what became of the two that tried to invade a dept. of transportation building myself.

    • rumcrook™

      April 6, 2012 at 6:15 am

      no it will never be over we are just in a new phase of a very old war.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

seawater as fuel?

Here's a critical breakthrough:  a method to convert ordinary seawater into fuel.

U.S. Navy Converts Seawater into Jet Fuel Using ‘Game Changing’ Technology

United States Navy scientists claim they have successfully developed a method of converting seawater into jet fuel. Researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed a technology that extracts carbon dioxide and hydrogen from seawater and then converts these gases into a hydrocarbon liquid fuel. Sorcery you say? Well, the scientists haven’t just produced the fuel, they’ve also used it to power a miniature radio-controlled flying jet.

Using a proprietary NRL electrolytic cation exchange module (E-CEM), the scientists were able to extract the bound CO2 in the saltwater with 92 percent efficiency. At the same time the machine produces hydrogen gases. These two gases in turn are then converted into liquid hydrocarbons using an iron catalyst inside the reactor system. The scientists used the resulting liquid hydrocarbon to demonstrate how it could power the sustained flight of a radio-controlled P-51 replica and its unmodified two-stroke internal combustion engine.

The scientists say the ocean could be an incredibly plentiful source of carbon resources as its concentration is about 140 times greater than it is in the air. What’s more, the projected cost of producing jet fuel using NRL’s technologies could be $3 to $6 per gallon. With sufficient funding and partnerships, the scientists believe their laboratory test could be commercially viable within the next seven to ten years.

As a first step these seawater to jet fuel conversion centers could be land-based in remote locations before a future of sea-based solutions. In the future, we might never see another offshore oil rig and instead have facilities which convert the seawater into fuel itself.

We already can convert seawater into drinking water ... now we can convert it into fuel.  Surely more research will refine the process and lower the cost further.  With the melting ice caps, I suppose sucking up the seawater might be a good idea.  Might keep us all from drowning.

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Like a broken record.

From another life time, I used to mention this person, whom I shall call, L. Gist of the story- I’m in love with this man but it is obviously one-sided. Plus he has a long-term girlfriend. Therefore he is way out of bounds for me. I never was, never am and never will be a third party/hussy/boyfriend or husband snatcher. No offense to people who believe that “all’s fair in love and war”, and “one should fight for their love” kind of beliefs. Personally, there are certain lines that I will not cross.

Eeps, ok I just made myself sound like I have my ass permanently mounted on a moral high horse.

ANYWAYS, he keeps looping in and out of my life. When I decided to let it go, he re-enters. Then disappears. Then comes back. And goes away again. You get my drift. Seriously mind-fucked. AND… If I could tell him how I feel, this would just be quite about right:

Perhaps someone should give me a hit on the head. Hard. Not too hard till I go meet the maker though, but hard enough to go into a coma for a couple of months and then I wake up with amnesia, totally blocking out memories of him and never to regain again.

Perfect plan. I’m such a genius sometimes I scare myself. :p If only it was as easy to execute though. Le sigh. Going on 28 and still facing trivial issues like this. Need to get a grip.

Where can I sign up for nun-hood?

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Jubilee Academic Center expands Rio Grande Valley campuses

San Antonio-based Jubilee Academic Center is expanding its campuses in the Rio Grande Valley: Harlingen Leadership Academy and Livingway Leadership Academy in Brownsville. Read more at “Charter school district adds new campuses in Brownsville, Harlingen”, Gary Long, Brownsville Herald, July 2, 2013.

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Now that is customer service

My “Lady Jayne” hairbrush handle cracked.  I have a hair tie holding together right now. I have been looking for another one but it seems that the brush designs have changed.

I called Lady Jayne company, and was put through to a very nice woman, Christine.  I explained the situation, about how I have really long hair, and finding the right brush is rather important. I described the brush and she suggested I take photos and send them to her in an email with my phone number included.  She gave me email address, and I have now done so.

She will be checking it, and let me know which new design has replaced mine. 🙂

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