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Dark Blue-Premieres & Leverage Returns On TNT July 15
Lets just say TNT has done it again ! I was able to watch the upcoming Dark Blue series premiere and the Leverage second season premiere recently and I am hooked and waiting for more. I watch a few weekly shows on TNT (some of my favorites) what I really like about both of these shows is that my husband enjoyed them also. It is hard to find shows we both can enjoy watching together. We both look forward to the new season of both shows!
LEVERAGE – Second season to launch Wednesday, July 15, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
TNT set Tuesday nights on fire this winter with the first season of this thrilling, fast-paced drama series starring Oscar® winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People). This summer, the gang is back with more elaborate scams designed to exact revenge against those who use power and wealth to victimize people. Hutton stars as Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator determined to bring down the kind of corrupt bigwigs whose neglect led to the death of his son. His highly skilled team includes Sophie Devereaux (Gina Bellman – Coupling), a grifter who uses her acting skills to corner her marks; Eliot Spencer (Christian Kane – TNT's Into the West), a "retrieval specialist" with bone-crunching fighting skills; Alec Hardison (Aldis Hodge – Friday Night Lights), a gadget and technology wizard who keeps the team connected and informed; and Parker (Beth Riesgraf – Alvin and the Chipmunks), a slightly off-center thief adept at repelling off buildings or squeezing into tight places. Together, the team puts their energy, quick minds and keen intellects toward securing justice for society's underdogs.
LEVERAGE, which is executive-produced by Dean Devlin (Independence Day, TNT's The Librarian movies), scored big in its first season, ranking as ad-supported cable's #1 show in its time slot with an average of 3.7 million viewers.
For more information visit: http://www.tnt.tv/series/
DARK BLUE – New series to launch Wednesday, July 15, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
This fast-paced, undercover police drama from prolific producer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace) stars Golden Globe® winner Dylan McDermott (The Practice, TNT's The Grid), Logan Marshall-Green (The O.C.), Omari Hardwick (TNT's Saved) and Nicki Aycox (Supernatural). The series follows the exploits of a crack undercover team of police officers so covert, many of their own colleagues don't even know they are involved. Leading the group is Carter Shaw (McDermott), a deeply wounded character who has lost his wife and much of his former life as he struggles to bring down bad guys through complex undercover assignments. His team includes Ty Curtis (Hardwick), a recently married cop who struggles with personal relationships he has developed while undercover; Dean Bendis (Marshall-Green), a shoot-from-the-hip officer whose activities make fellow team members wonder if he has gone over to the bad side; and Jaimie Allen (Aycox), a green patrol cop brought in because of her excellent skill in lying and a shady past.
For more information visit: http://www.tnt.tv/series/


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I made a trip to the fabric store this week, with my children. The kids looked around the store and I shopped.
My 10-year-old came up to me all excited – she had found this really great owl fabric that she just had to have! So I went and had a look. It was soft, it was fuzzy, it was bright. I said "What are you going to do with it?" "Make cushions!" she exclaimed. Okay. My kid's pretty smart. What a great idea! So we bought her a strip of this fabric. Just enough to make a couple cushions.
Do you want to make one too? Welcome to my first ever tutorial!
First find a great fuzzy fabric, with a big pattern on it. In this case, it was owls. Get a strip cut big enough to give you a few of the large image.
This strip gave my daughter enough for 2 1/2 cushions. I'll give her some minkee I have lying around to give her a third cushion.
Cut out an owl – or whatever your image is. I'll just use owl for ease of explanation. My daughter chose to cut hers as a square, but you could just as easily make a shaped cushion.
Take the piece you just cut and put it on top of another of the owls. Make sure they are facing the same way. Now cut the next piece to match. (Please, do not give your child a rotary cutter! Scissors will work just fine.)
Now, because
I wanted to get back to my own sewing projects I'm a really nice Mommy, I sewed the pieces together on my machine. Make sure you have right sides together and stitch around 3 sides. I'm not a big fan of sewing this type of fabric – it stretches and can make sewing difficult. To make this a bit easier, I used a zig zag stitch.
Now turn your cushion right side out and stuff it.
Once it's nice and fluffy, you're ready to stitch it closed. Fold the ends in and sew it closed.
That's it! You're done!
Now toss is on your bed and enjoy!
This cushion can be sewn entirely by hand. This fabric is great for hiding stitches, making it the perfect fabric for kids who are learning to sew.

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Well, we know he's got a fun name to say, as Alex Salak just kind of rolls off the tongue. It also sounds like a great way to inflict bodily harm on another.
"You go get me another beer or I swear to God I'm gonna Salak you!"
At least in my mind it does.
Salak was the throw-in, or major part (depending who you believe) of the Jack Skille for Michael Frolik deal. If he can play at all, than that trade is going to look like a Joker-planned heist, considering the added production that Frolik will likely bring over Skille.
Salak has played one year in North America, when he was part of the Florida Panthers' AHL affiliate in Rochester. His numbers there certainly make you take notice: a .910 save-percentage and a goals-against of 2.89.
And while those don't leap off the page and make your eyeballs pop, consider that Corey Crawford never managed a higher save-percentage in five years at "The A", and only limboed below that goals-against twice.
It's simply a different league down there.
However, it was last year in Sweden where Salak posted a 1.97 goals-against that probably had the Hawks ears twitching -- yes, it's a facial tick sort of day around here, with eyes popping and ears twitching. It must be the allergies.
The Panthers probably felt they could let go of Salak because they have a couple higher-rated prospects, including Jakub Markstrom, who will very likely take over the starting role in Sunrise at some point this season. But Salak comes with some glowing reports.
What do we know? Not much.
It's an awfully big jump from the Swedish League to the NHL. One thing we know European goalies struggle with when first trying these shores is the smaller ice surface. That leads them to getting caught off-guard with some shots being fired before they're expecting them. They're anticipating one more pass to cover the added-ground you find on an Olympic-sized rink. However, with Salak's one season over here, he might not have those problems.
The signing of Ray Emery gives the Hawks patience with Salak. Though he's determined to start the year here in Chicago, it would seem he would have to significantly outplay Emery in camp to do that. Added to that the Hawks are kind of empty on goalies in the system after the big club, and they may want to give the kids in the Rock an early boost by backstopping them with a plus goalie for the AHL.
But most seem to agree that Salak will eventually be good enough to at least back up Crawford down the road, if not in October. But with the signing of Emery, he's going to have to earn it.
Sam Fels is the proprietor of The Committed Indian, an unofficial program for the Blackhawks. You may have seen him hocking the magazine outside the United Center at Gate 3. The program is also available for purchase online. Fels is a lifelong 'Hawks fan and he also writes for Second City Hockey .


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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Something a Little Less Sweeping
I've been writing about stuff in really broad strokes lately. That's a habit I've gotten into in class and I need to watch out that I don't sound a) too old-farty, b) inflexible and c) tunnel-visioned. Now, look, I know that tastes change. I was not able to watch all the films that are available today when I was in college because VCR's were still not around for the general public. At least, not where I was.
I also had the taste of a horny 19 year old. To Steve Gellar's dismay, my main recollection of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE (which he did the screenplay adaptation for) is Valerie Perrine running around naked. Yep. Class. That's me.
I'm really pushing my students and myself to see what we can do to raise the bar and get our medium looked at differently, but I really don't think that it can happen in our lifetimes. Too much already ingrained into the American Psyche (not psycho).
I think that we can produce some quality (in all genres of story and art) material in the next few years and help that goal, but I don't think we'll be revered like the European artists are.
I am constantly being told how much "extra time" that the European artists take on their projects because they take "a week a page." Again, as I've said in class, if I were to write, pencil, letter, ink and color a page - it would take me a week, too. The American studio division of labor was created to circumvent that.
Do we need to go to a "one person did it all" type of genre in order to be taken more seriously as an art form? Why cannot collaborations be taken just as seriously?
Now, I admit - the majority of mainstream stuff out there is pure crap.
That's not helping matters, either.
So, I do my job the best I can and hope for the best? Or do I work towards a loftier goal and end result and help "create the change?"
My main attraction to doing mainstream work at this point is two-fold:
1) the money is good (not great, but good) , and
2) I am addicted to the accolades that you get from fans of that medium.
I also am petty in that I wanted to prove to the mainstream publishers that I still have it in me. I'm still viable.
I did have some fun doing the VIGILANTE stuff, but the schedule was grueling and the end result was not satisfactory on many levels. Rushed work is just that - rushed work. I did a great job within the painfully short deadlines given, though.
Well, enough about me. I'm rambling as I figure out where to go from here.
I think I'm going to do the mainstream samples that I mentioned and then see where I go from there.
What's everybody working on this summer?
More later.
18 comments:
- Drew said...
Hey, all good reasons Tom.
There was something I read awhile back on the ol' Internet that got my brain thinking on what could be done to actually help the comics industry here. Anyone you ask, it's not a young market, it's a market that is sadly growing older and older, at least when it comes to the traditional print comics. With the current system in place, everything is bottlenecked, stagnant, and the same as it was 10-20 years ago. You're telling me Civil War was a great storyline. Fine, that's your opinion, but I cared even less about it back when DC did it and called it Final Crisis.
We're stuck with the fact that our beloved industry is monopolized by ONE shipping company (I'm looking at you, Diamond!) and unless you're crazy and don't want national coverage, you go with Diamond. Unfortunately, it's waaaay more profitable for Diamond to sell as few titles as possible to as few shops as possible. Why it works that way, I dunno, but the math is clear. It costs them more in the end to send out their orders to everyone than to focus on a select few and let the others bleed dry.
This is wrong. We all know its wrong. Why don't we give them the finger and search for alternatives? No one's really stopping us.
Marvel and DC are wasting resources, honestly. When you think about it, REALLY think about it, how many Spiderman or Batman stories can you possibly do before you're just retreading the same old? How many reboots, alternate universes, or what-have-you do you do before they're all as convoluted as their original archetypes?
Something I'd love to see happen is for Marvel and DC to cut their product in half. Yeah, ditch the 3 or 4 spiderman titles out there, put out only one. Cut the ten different random batman books or JLA, and put out two or three. Use those freed up resources to let artists and writers create new IP's for you! Air out everything and get some new ideas and characters and storys in there for people to enjoy!
Unforunately, I think they'd much rather hold onto their loyal, yet aging and dwindling fans than try something risky that could be longer-lasting and healthier for them.
- June 6, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- Drew said...
We need to get out of comic shops. Don't do away with them, a good comic shop can be a great place to go, while some shops are just downright terrible and sleazy. But I'd love to see comics expand out to be as commonplace in bookstores, your Wal-marts and Targets, etc.
Something that might help (and would address that whole deadline deal) is maybe axe the idea of monthlies. Put out only trade paperbacks or something like that. It seems to work pretty well for our European bretheren, and it wouldn't take any retooling on the part for bookstores and such. They just start stocking their shelves with new paperbacks of old characters, new characters, originals, classics, etc.
Sure, some people say the web is the next step- but I'd sure hate for it to be the only step. I'd hate to know I can't have any more comics to just shuffle through on the shelves. Maybe somebody will come along and do those monthlies and such on the web, and then collect them all into trades...hmm...
Anyway...some people have said this whole economy downturn might be good for comics. It might crush the superhero genre and negate enough of it to where new content flourishes in its wake. I'd hate to see it come to that. I'd much rather see the companies take a proactive stance and move themselves towards more viable areas and ways than be forced into it. Hardly anything good comes out of being forced into something. You bitch and scream the whole time doing it.
As to your answer your question of what I'm doing, I'm getting stuff together for Heroes Con, which at the moment is tweaking the website for Border Crossings so it doesn't look like ugly internet crap. If I've got time before Heroes sneaks up then, I'm going to finish up penciling, and get some of the first 8 pages ready to be posted.
- June 6, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- Drew said...
Also, sorry for the uber-long posts lately, Tom. This is all just stuff that I've thought over and mulled endlessly.
- June 6, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Well, I am happy though that you are still active in the comics field! That is an impressive achievement after a hiatus.
To answer your question, I am working on the New York trip this summer.
At home though, I am teaching Sequential Art classes at my local library. I teach 2 classes a week to students ages 12 and up. We're going to cover character design, environment design, page/panel layout, a do-it-yourself session on how to compile mini-comics, and a comics jam at the end.
- June 6, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Guthrie said...
Thanx for all the insider info on your working process and art career Tom. I'm excited to see more work for you in the coming months and pleased to have the opportunity to be a part of it. I think we can all potentially learn from your experiences, its an exciting time to be a sequential major at scad. With regards to European vs American comics ,I love super hero stuff but I think between the Manga that's imported and the super hero stuff, the lack of innovation is driving potential readers to look to other mediums for original ideas. I also think getting out of the comic and specialty shops would be a good idea, but you would have to have more original material to attract the attention of people who wouldn't otherwise pick up a comic.I honestly think a lot of the problem is the way artwork especially say cartooning is viewed in America. It seems you only have two shots at American audiences, and its children (Walt Disney, Pixar, or Marvel and D.C.) or Museum Quality work i.e. Frasier Crane or other art collecter types. Whereas in europe and Asia it seems perfectly acceptable to see adults reading comics, or magazines with cartton-ish figures often in adult situations. I think limiting print to only trades is tricky too, because there would be few artists who could afford to "float" for such a long time on a paycheck and this would surely limit the risks taken in only making material you knew editors would be interested into collecting in book form. I'd like to see more stuff like Fantagraphics used to do or even more Drama and Suspence oriented material. I think its just that its hard to make a living doing anything outside of the mainstream in the states.
- June 6, 2009 at 11:02 PM
- Tom Lyle said...
You said this: "We're stuck with the fact that our beloved industry is monopolized by ONE shipping company (I'm looking at you, Diamond!) and unless you're crazy and don't want national coverage, you go with Diamond. Unfortunately, it's waaaay more profitable for Diamond to sell as few titles as possible to as few shops as possible. Why it works that way, I dunno, but the math is clear. It costs them more in the end to send out their orders to everyone than to focus on a select few and let the others bleed dry."
I ask you this: HUH? How do you figure this? Diamond GLADLY distributed Marvel's 100 + titles in the 90's and made a boat load of money over it.
I'm not sure about your logic there. I think Marvel's and DC's problems stem from riding a horse until it dies ... and then riding it some more. It's the same material over and over. I don't mind multiple titles, but I have to admit that I still think the problem starts at the editorial phase. Too little control with too little ideas. How writers can be late baffles me. Why they tolerate late artists (esp. those who copy from photos) baffles me.
I agree that there has to be a change, but you don't throw out one area (Marvel and DC) to make room for the other. YOu make product that can be good enough to usurp them or eliminate them naturally.
I've been telling me classes for over two years that there has to be a new way to distribute comics besides the web and trade paperbacks. The bookstores are overcrowded and the web is still is crap shoot. A BIG crapshoot.
More later to my other responders. Btw, such well thought out passion, Mr. Sides. Nice to see it still.
- June 8, 2009 at 6:39 AM
- Drew said...
I'm not saying, or wishing for that matter, that Marvel or DC gets thrown out to make room for others. What I would like to see is them maybe reduce the amount of recurring titles they have and refocus some of those resources to new stuff.
As for Diamond, it's more of a reference for Independents/Small Press, not really Marvel and DC, or even Dark Horse and Image. Diamond will gladly ship their stuff out, since they know it sells, and it sells well. But when they start to be bogged down with shipping out indie or smaller press stuff, it starts to take away from their profit. So it's not really a matter of them shipping out less Marvel or DC stuff, but more them shipping out less smaller, less mainstream works. I suspect that not too long ago announcement of the stricter policies regarding shipping was in regards to that. They know that Spider-man will easily sell 'x' amount of copies, but some new book or series? Not so much, and they'd rather not put the effort into shipping it out if they don't know it's going to turn some sizable profit.
Regarding artists...it's really funny how often I've heard in podcast interviews or something similar how common it is for people to miss deadlines, to the point where I wonder if until proven wrong they just assume you'll be late...That just sounds loopy.
I have to give your web/print comment some more thought before I write anymore, but I do think that a really healthy, symbiotic relationship of the two could be a really strong way to get growth.
- June 8, 2009 at 8:44 AM
- Tom Lyle said...
You've been listening to Jeremy Mullins, I see.
Here's an example of Diamond's policies put on another company - Wal-Mart:
Say Wal-Mart sells 50,000 units of a product per month and some rival company to this product puts out their version of "x". Is Wal-Mart going to push "new x" over the sure thing?
No way.
That doesn't make them evil.
I think the Print On Demand has made it even more important for Diamond to have strict policies because anyone can turn out some piece of crap and publish it.
It's a free market and you have to have the goods and product to make it. Most people just don't have the capital to weather the beginning where there may be losses instead of profit. They forget that this is a business, not fan press.
I think that CEREBUS and STRANGERS IN PARADISE and BONE to name three proved the product can win out.
Does some good material get lost? Yes. But it's not Diamond's fault. It's the fault of an undercapitalized business venture by the creator.
Think about it.
- June 8, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Drew said...
Haha, you caught me, Tom. I got some learnin' from Mullins a ways back.
It doesn't make them evil, that's true. I think it does put a bit of a damper on some of the smaller guys, and it's made some of those publishers hesitant to take on new stuff because of that. You also have waaaay more knowledge and experience in all this, so I tip my hat to you
Dark Horse has been doing some interesting methodology lately, with looking to take on long-running, successful webcomics that already have an established fanbase and bringing them to the print world.
I do agree that being exclusively web is a risky thing to do. Honestly, off the top of my head, the only comic I know supports their creators incredibly well is Penny-Arcade, and much of its success is lent to the fact that it was one of the first (if not the first,) to tap the videogame culture as an audience and gather a following on the web. PVP does quite well too, though I think Scott Kurtz operates mostly on his own, whereas the Penny-Arcade folk have a small office essentially, with people handling stuff outside the comic, like general business, merchandise, charity, etc.
I don't think that such a business model works for everyone, and even in the end, I think there's still the idea because it's web, you aren't really a professional because you don't have anything in print. It's one thing for folks to go ahead and start printing on their own, quite another for somebody else to actually want to print something of yours because they think it's good. The writer of Atomic Robo, Brian Clevinger, wrote about this before, basically saying that getting into print was still a way of 'arriving' and being 'legit.'
Why do I have the weird feeling this all somehow ties into what you said before about entitlement? I'd actually like to hear your thoughts on that.
- June 8, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- xaqBazit said...
this was a similar post by Draw! magazine editor, Mike Manley that pretty much sums up how I'm feeling right now. I spent about 1 1/2 hrs in Books a Million today looking through the Graphic Novels and Monthlies and found only about 5 or less that I actually considered getting at one point or even had me moderately interested. Im not only mad about the way comics are distributed but what the big 2 are putting out and looking for. All the artists I thought had a "unique style" have been around so long they've reserved themselves to doing covers or not having to work at all. As soon as I open a book and see the art I... Well I don't even want to get into it, but I've slowly been shifting my goals as a comic artist away from the things that got me into it in the first place. Anyway, so I'm looking backward for inspiration and as someone else mentioned looking for inspiration from other mediums and genres. But you come across a few new breaths of fresh air every once and a while, it makes me wonder if it makes all the crappy books worth it, or if were in a generation of young artists who haven't found their "style" yet. Or have we, like films, maxed our possibilities and can only create new experiences by delivering different combination of rehashed ideas and styles? And the public seem, next to those speaking up here of course, fine with it (as shown in the picture I posted the link to). -Z
- June 10, 2009 at 4:58 PM
- xaqBazit said...
also wanted to link this, where Joe Q was debating how much comics "should" cost, and why they do cost what they do. Interesting and related, just thought I'd chime in.
- June 10, 2009 at 5:13 PM
- xaqBazit said...
and lastly id like to re-post this, its one of the responses to the Cup O Joe post i put up just above this that one of my friends from DA wrote, it deals with comic format and price.
"No, I'm talking about format. ....Digital cuts production costs which should lead to a cheaper retail price. Plus a downloaded file can't sell out. ....Graphic novels are both cheaper to produce than the five-or-six single issues it would take to equal the same amount of stories. It gives more bang for the buck and is a format that can be kept in print and allow readers to start reading at the beginning rather than finding the next jumping on point. Plus there is a perceived value to a trade that a floppy does not hold. ....You could even put together a monthly magazine similar to Shojen Jump or whatever. Keep the stories self contained with rotating creators. You could also have interviews with creators and maybe a section on how to draw your favorite Marvel character. You could also cover the upcoming toys and movies and video games and direct-to-DVD cartoons. ....Sure it would be aimed at younger readers, but isn't that exactly what this industry needs? New blood? And they would be getting it at grocery stores and newsstands and the magazine section of bookstores. A lot easier to find those than a comic store. ....Oh, and the advertising revenue for a magazine aimed at younger readers would do better than your average comic. You could get a higher ad rate and it would be more desirable to companies selling fruit snacks and box drinks and toys and upcoming saturday morning cartoons and so on. ....I dunno. Makes sense to me."
- June 10, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- Derik Diaz said...
Tom, I sent you a really important e-mail to your "other" e mail address. I could really use your help with something. Thanks.
- June 12, 2009 at 5:32 PM
- Angel Hill said...
Tom! I stop paying attention to your blog and suddenly there's all this activity!
I'm definitely one of those admirers of European comics. Perhaps my personal style reflects japanese style comics more (doesn't help that I was born in hawaii and my uncle is a translator of japanese comics), but I actually have a greater fondness for European comics.
But, even though a lot of the foreign made books have just one name on the cover, most of them actually DO have a team of people that they work with - most Japanese artists hire several assistants. They have even crazier deadlines than we do! And a number of the European comics I read have a separate writer and artist, although the artist does tend to carry the book from start to finish (pencils, inks, colors, letters).
I think that perhaps the American comic industry has instilled the idea of 'one person doing everything' into the newer generation of comic artists simply in the way that it conducts itself. I've always felt that if I'm not going to be paid a whole lot, and struggle to meet crazy deadlines and be told what to draw or not draw, then why not just do it all myself? Then what I create will be my vision entirely, and whatever failures or rewards come from it are mine alone. I know that's a bit greedy, but I guess over the years of the industry stepping on the little guy, that sort of feeling has been engendered in the new generation.
I think that the 'do it yourself' mentality is also in larger part an integral piece of the American cultural identity. Americans want to run their own business, own their own home, and live the American Dream by making it big with an idea and the willpower to see it through.
America is a big freaking place. I think that there is room enough for the big publishers and all of us little guys to make a living, and maybe even work together to make the comic industry better. Variety is what keeps the industry going - big companies take into account what the self publishers are doing just as much as the self publishers look at what the big companies are up to and they draw ideas from each other. I'm sure lots of do-it-yourself self publishing types hold team-based comic artists/writers/inkers/colorists/pencillers etc in high regard - after all, they must have been influenced by someone in mainstream comics at some point. The more that indy comic artists say "hey, these guys deserve your respect" and vice versa, the better things will be. It's about keeping an open mind and being honest in our discussions and open about our influences. :)
- June 13, 2009 at 5:33 AM
- Angel Hill said...
Oh, and I forgot to tell you what I'm working on this summer :) I'm starting a webcomic collective. It's just going to be my comics at first, but eventually I'm hoping I can expand to include other peoples' work. It's not a pay site like wirepop or anything.
I'm probably not going to launch my first comic until January 2010, because I want to have lots of pages done before I start putting them online (I don't want to fall behind!), but I've already started working on the actual website design - and of course, the comic itself. I'm about 5 pages in on one comic, and 8 pages in on the other. I figure if I have everything ready to go, I can do a proper business-like launch of my "chain" XD It feels weird to have all these comic pages, and not show them off though.
- June 13, 2009 at 5:42 AM
- prynterman said...
Tom, refresh my memeory...what does a horny 19 year old taste like?
- July 17, 2009 at 5:58 AM
- xaqBazit said...
Looks like someone is just trying to get Tom in trouble (cough) prynterman!
- July 17, 2009 at 7:56 AM
- Deane said...
I'm looking for the Tom Lyle who designed STARMAN for DC COMICS in the late Eighties:
It's one of my favorite designs and I wanted to ask him some questions about it.
Warm Regards,
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Happy Anniversaries!![edit]
Just wanted to drop you a line to say thanks for the work you're doing on them. I've been going through them for a while now, and it's good to see them getting bigger and better. Cheers. -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 20:47, 18 Nov 2005 (UTC)
Oh, also I see you just created Octember. Although it doesn't look like it, we do occasionally indulge in
spontaneous acts of violence continuity, and The Months Project is one of them. Could you please have a look at [1] and see if you can expand one of these instead of creating new ones?:
|The 12 Months of the Year:
|January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
Again, thanks. -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 21:02, 18 Nov 2005 (UTC)
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Hi. Sorry for the delay in answering. I've restored Phase III to your userspace for you to develop further. When I was going through the new pages I noticed that the article, which was deleted via VFD, had been restored verbatim. This is automatic grounds for deletion. However it was a little bit harsh, I suppose, seeing as it had only been up a few hours.
Anyway, you can continue to work on it here until you are happy with it, at which point you can place it back into the userspace. Have a Nice Day! -- Hindleyite Converse • ?pedia 13:11, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


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Our goal is to become the employer of choice in the industry, attracting and retaining people because of our culture and the opportunities we provide for career development. House building is an exciting and rewarding sector in which to build your career.
Having the right people in place is key to our corporate strategy and commercial success. Where we can, we always look to recruit and promote from within, however, we also realise the benefits of diversifying our workforce by combining internal talent with the best skillsets and backgrounds from outside of the business.
Regardless of what level role you are applying for, or what business function you are interested in, there are certain behaviours that we look for in all our people. Below are a few examples of the competencies that are vital to success at Taylor Wimpey irrespective of your level in the business or functional area.
A home builder who cares about its people, the communities in which we build and its standing in the industry in all aspects that matter to an exemplary home builder.*
These behaviours, amongst others, make up a key part of our selection process for all jobs we recruit for so if you are thinking about a career with Taylor Wimpey then we would encourage you to always think about our key competencies.
*Quote from TalkBack - The 2015 Taylor Wimpey Internal Employee Survey.
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We serve custom espresso drinks made from fair trade and sustainably grown coffee beans from Grounds For Change, hot chocolate, locally produced baked goods, cold beverages, and to-go breakfast and lunch items.
For Breakfast:
- Hot oatmeal with an optional scoop of Farm Kitchen granola
- Yogurt parfait made with Farm Kitchen granola and vanilla yogurt
- Grilled egg & cheese breakfast sandwiches (with ham & bacon, or spinach & feta)
- Muffins and baked goods from local bakeries.
For Lunch:
- Homemade soups
- Variety of cold and grilled sandwiches, including some gluten-free and vegetarian options
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Taking another look at solid-state disk
The price of solid-state disks over the past few years has decreased dramatically. This tip outlines how this price change has changed the way companies use solid-state disk.
What you will learn from this tip: The price of solid-state disks over the past few years has decreased dramatically. This tip outlines how this price change has changed the way many companies use solid-state disk.
Solid-state disks (SSDs) are fast, compact, cool-running and reliable -- the ideal storage medium, in other words, except for one little thing… cost. These arrays of semiconductor memory organized as disk drives are tens to hundreds of times more expensive than hard disks of equivalent capacity. That's why they are what you can call "niche" products in storage.
However, the niche has expanded dramatically in the last year as the price of SSDs has dropped due to improving technology and greatly expanded chip storage capacity. To be blunt, if you haven't looked at SSDs in the last two years, everything you know about their economics, and much of what you know about the technology, may very well be out of date.
The drop in price in the last year has been dramatic. Currently, flash memory from Samsung costs about $30 per gigabyte (GB). A year ago, it was roughly $55 per GB. That is one of the reasons that Samsung increased the capacity of its SSD for laptops from 16 to 32 GB between announcing the device last spring and showing it at this spring's CEBIT trade show in Germany.
Of course, that is a long, long way from the per GB price of a conventional hard disk. So much so, analysts have questioned Samsung's decision to bring out laptop SSDs, which are expected to sell at 10 to 15 times the price of a hard disk of similar capacity. However, it is a huge improvement on the price of SSDs, compared with their price even three or four years ago.
The strategy for employing SSDs in enterprise storage is still to use them to speed up applications and processes, improving performance without adding additional servers. However, the places where they can be used have expanded as the price has dropped and SSD vendors -- such as Silicon Systems, Texas Memory Systems and BitMicro, among others -- have brought out products geared more toward the general SAN user.
There is no question SSDs are fast. Texas Memory cites Iometer benchmarks of 250,000 random I/Os per second at a 2 K block size. With a 64 K block size and higher, the company claims its RAMSAN 320 SSD provides 1500 megabytes per second. These tests are performed using purely random data on a configuration connecting 8 servers to the RAMSAN 320 with 8 Fibre Channel links.
Texas Memory's test configuration gives an indication of how to use SSDs most effectively. One of the most potent applications today is to use SSDs as a kind of 'super cache' to speed up access to files or blocks on heavily loaded systems, especially over a SAN. In these applications, the SSD allows using cheaper, lower performance disk arrays in place of a highly tuned system with a lot of fast spindles. Generally speaking, any mission critical application that requires fast access to a lot of mostly random data is a potential candidate for SSD acceleration.
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About the author: Rick Cook has been writing about mass storage since the days when the term meant an 80 K floppy disk. The computers he learned on used ferrite cores and magnetic drums. For the last 20 years, he has been a freelance writer specializing in storage and other computer issues.


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CBC CrisisCare
Reducing reliance on emergency room services by adults with a primary diagnosis of mental illness or substance use disorder is key to improve quality of care and better managing Medicaid expenditures.
CBC CrisisCare is designed to:
- Reduce use of emergency services to meet behavioral health treatment needs
- Increase use of mental health, substance use and primary ambulatory care services
- Improve health status
- Deliver a higher quality of life.
These services are not intended to replace emergency rooms for Medicaid beneficiaries, but will reduce reliance on them by providing time-sensitive and effective crisis services supported by a comprehensive network of community-based services.
As a result, individuals will find timely help for behavioral health crises and urgent needs in the community, with a special focus on preserving current housing for the individual in crisis.
With sustainable funding, CBC plans to offer mobile crisis services affiliated with New York State Office of Mental Health-licensed treatment programs.


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Whatever He Says
by Victoria Robinson
Girlfriends, whatever is a really big word! When someone agrees to do whatever, it includes everything or anything. That can encompass a whole lot of options! Mary, the mother of our Lord and savior once said of her son, "Whatever He says to you, do it." This sums up what our life should be like at all times. Notice I said should be because unfortunately most of us do not always walk in obedience to our Lord.
When the prophet Jeremiah confronted the Israelites their response was, "The Lord himself will be our witness that we promise to do whatever he says, even if it isn't what we want to do. We will obey the Lord so that all will go well for us." What a wonderful attitude of their hearts! They were not just agreeing to be obedient, but to obey no matter what the Lord said. Matthew Henry wrote these words concerning their obedience.
Though it may seem evil to us, yet we will believe that if God command it it is certainly good, and we must not dispute it, but do it. Whatever God commands, whether it be easy or difficult, agreeable to our inclinations or contrary to them, whether it be cheap or costly, fashionable or unfashionable, whether we get or lose by it in our worldly interests, if it be our duty, we will do it.Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry's Commentary
Just like the Israelites, we need to have a heart of obedience so that all will go well for us. Hezekiah's life was not only spared, but lengthened for fifteen years because he pleaded with the Lord and said, "Don't forget that I have been faithful to you, Lord. I have obeyed you with all my heart, and I do whatever you say is right." There is that limitless word again, whatever! Our trust in our Lord should be so complete that we always obey Him in whatever He says.
Dearest girlfriends, I pray we would do whatever He says and reap the subsequent rewards.
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As trivial as it is to talk weather- we all know it deeply impacts our day to day life. This Winter has been especially cloudy here in Missouri and it has made this a particularly difficult past few months. Usually Missouri winters are cold, but sunny. This winter- no sun. And the sun makes a difference!
When we lived in Seattle after college, I'm convinced I was seasonally depressed in a bad way. I wish we had invested in fake-sun lights and all of that, but I didn't really believe in it at the time. We just struggled on living away from friends and family in a dark and wet climate. Thankfully we had the chance to make a change and ended up here in KC. I know Seattle sounds so much more appealing than Kansas City, Missouri- but it wasn't right for our family. At least not then.
Besides the bugs and the lack of mountains (hubby's main complaint), we love living here. Our community is so family friendly and religious. The area is growing and creative and the perfect place to raise a big family and start a business. Not to mention we have my family here too! We've had so much local support for our business and I'm so thankful for our Liberty and Kansas City community.
Thankfully Spring weather is on it's way- at least for a few days- so we're settling in to enjoy it. Soon we'll be enjoying warm weather, green grass and a real Spring. I can't wait!
I'd love to know where you live and why you love it! Let's hear it in the comments!


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In December 1962, Allan Hailstone took these photographs of London department store window displays. If the 1960s were all about the swinging, Liberty department store on Regent's Street seemed the exception to the rule. A short walk away, living mannequins stripped in Carnaby Street store windows, but Liberty maintained a demure frontage. Hemlines were low. Knitting was a popular go-ahead sport. Drapes matched plates. Pearls and dinner suits were evident. The one cultural oddity is the golliwog, hanging among the baby clothes.
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Located in the UK, hospital B&Q is a DIY (do-it-yourself) home improvement and garden store. The B&Q website is a good example of what a retailer should strive for on the Internet.
The B & Q brand is exceptional. It is evident that this company has taken a great deal of time to create an effective color scheme and image for, case not only the company, but the website as well. Overall, this type of branding works well for the home improvement and do-it-yourself retailer.
The design of diy.com is very clean and effective. Categories are nicely placed with complimenting design elements and separated into respective areas. (fig. 1) The color scheme, predominantly shades of orange and white, is enhanced by the addition of color such as green and blue. These color additions bring in and attract interest to a variety of products and areas throughout the website.
The three-column design of this website works well and divides information in a way that the user can easily navigate beyond the home page. In general, the form of this design gives the user the image of professionalism and comfort needed in an online environment.
The navigation of this website is very clean and concise. At first glance, I was impressed at the amount of navigational options presented. The tactful use of multiple navigational elements caters to many different types of users. These elements display products and links in many different ways to attain user interest, whether the user migrates naturally to the search area, the left or top navigation, or straight to the body. (fig. 2)
In addition to the multiple options, the navigational categories are also divided up into sections – those relevant to products and services, and those relevant to the company. This makes it extremely easy for the user to find his or her way around without having to hunt down what is needed.
The advertisements and promotions on this website are definitely noticeable and, above all, they are not offensive. Tactfully, diy.com has placed most advertising elements in the right hand column while various color deviations bring the offers the attention they need. (fig. 3)
The top navigation also includes a "Special Offers" section that leads to a page dedicated to discounted merchandise, making it convenient for the user to view current deals. (fig. 4)
Overall, this website has been well planned and organized. B&Q has successfully given the user an easy to use and aesthetically pleasing interface. As an online presence, diy.com shows strong branding, design – both layout and navigational, and really knows how to indulge the user.


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By Hollister Dixon
At this point, I've seen The Joy Formidable perform three times, though only once have I gone out of my way for them. Don't get me wrong, they're a fantastic band, but the first two performances were completely on a whim. The first performance was on tour for their debut, The Big Roar, opening for Brand New at the Wonder Ballroom as part of MusicFest Northwest. Despite their massive sound, the band seemed timid and unsure of themselves, talking happily (but nervously) with the crowd in between songs. The band's demeanor, especially that of frontwoman Ritzy Bryan, stood at odds with the roaring (pardon the pun) sound of The Joy Formidable at that point in time. It almost came off as quaint, though distinctly Welsh.
The second time cemented my need to see them the third time. I caught them at the Roseland Theater – again, at MusicFest Northwest, this time supporting their second album Wolf's Law – and while I wasn't paying attention the band's aesthetic and stage presence had coalesced in a way that made them an unbeatable band. Bryan and company still had their affable demeanor intact, but the evident self-doubt had evaporated in a haze of jet engine guitars and blistering drums. It was like watching stars being born onstage, amidst a galaxy of shoegaze fury and falsetto vocals. To this day, I've only been truly blown away by the exponential growth of a band a handful of times, but this growth remains the most memorable.
The third time, just last week, the band were joined by the astounding Everything Everything, a band that sounds at once like 20 different bands, and absolutely zero other bands. They're like if Foals, Los Campesinos!, and Modest Mouse all had a weird cousin that didn't quite know what pop music sounds like but feels the need to make it.
The Joy Formidable, though, seem to have gained the following they deserved. Adults and children peppered the audience with VIP laminates from meet-and-greet packages being sold on this tour. Are The Joy Formidable really that big now? I wondered to a handful of people at the show. I never quite got an answer, but they've earned it. Again, I found myself remarkably surprised by the band, now not just with the fury they exert onstage, and not just by how effortless it now seems for them, but by how truly dynamic they've become. They play a couple stripped-down acoustic numbers that still contain the same passion as their typical fare. The crowd hung on every last song, and despite only playing for a little over an hour, the crowd couldn't contain it's joy (pardon the pun, again) even when they wrapped up the set. Their big number, "Whirring", still riles up a crowd of faithful disciples effortlessly. Even as a relatively minor fan of the band, I couldn't help but get sucked into the unwavering devotion people apparently have for this band.
After three evenings with this band, I'll gleefully see them every chance I get. They represent the promise of young bands going right in exactly the right places, and though the Wonder Ballroom was by no means sold out, it never slowed down their forward momentum. If you find yourself unsure about this band, for heaven's sake, go see them play if you can. It will convert you faster than you can blink.


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Jive Pony are a regular fixture for organisers of major UK Game Fairs and County Shows each year and there is no surprise why. We offer audiences the very best in horsemanship for your main arena events. If you're looking for great family entertainment, vaulting ponies, skipping horses or Roman riding, we've got the lot!
"Jive Pony has gone from strength to strength with even more innovative tricks and performances over the years I have had the privilege to work with them."
"Your displays in both arenas were viewed by so many, children were sitting on parents shoulders to get a better view. You truly added the WoW factor for us, fantastic horsemanship, humour, skill and entertainment for all, exactly what it says on the tin!"
Booking Jive Pony for your country game fair is guaranteed to leave everyone talking about it long after they have returned home. A truly great show that is always brilliantly received. We offer both Duo Shows and our new Touch of Espańol Shows that are ideally suited for large main arenas.
Jive Pony introduce a fantastic new show - the Touch of Espańol Show. This spectacular new show boasts world class free vaulting, Roman swap ridding (the only company in the country who performs this) skipping horses, and whole lot of Spanish fire and passion woven beautifully into the show. Did we mention the comedy bull fight with our infamous Jive Pony glamourous assistants wrecking havoc! This show has everything your audience didn't know they wanted! The Touch of Espańol Show are performed twice daily with each show lasting approximately 35 minutes.
The Duo Show is filled with a variety of equine vaulting and dancing horses, plus Roman riding and not forgetting the now famous horse back Jive Pony striptease! Further details about our Duo Shows can be found on the festivals link opposite. The shows are 35 minutes long and provide your event with lots of family fun and entertainment and have proven over the years to be great crowd pleasers.
We operate from a self contained unit and therefore do not require further stabling at your event/venue. Technical requirements for our Duo Shows and the new Touch of Espańol Shows are the same:
If you are interested in booking Jive Pony for a festival or other special event, please contact the team to discuss your individual circumstances and facilities and we shall do our utmost to cater for your requirements. You can contact us via our online booking/enquiry form.
Have a look around our website to see what fantastic shows and services that Jive Pony can offer you. If you are keen to book a show, then provide us with some details and we will be happy to assist you further to make your event that extra special. We also offer Solo Shows for smaller venues. Don't just take our word for it, check out the testimonials throughout the site from audiences and event organisers across the UK who've seen the equine stunts, been amazed at our expert horsemanship on display, while giving them a smile with our humour too!


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Sample contract on web-development services
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Today I want to share a sample contract on web-development/web-design services. It will be useful for contractors, freelancers and small agencies.
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While the Reserve Bank of India is facing criticism from several quarters for losing its autonomy post demonetisation, Viral Acharya is all set to be the deputy Governor of the Reserve bank of India, a post that fell vacant after Urjit Patel became the Governor of RBI on September 8. But who actually Viral is?
Turns out, the new deputy Governor who is going to take charge on January 20 and will serve for the next 3 years has done quite a few interesting things before being appointed for the reputed post. 42-years-old Viral Acharya is presently serving as a Professor of Economics in New York University. Did you know that he aims to be the "Raghuram Rajan" for poor.
While addressing a crowd of people at an event he said,"In 2013, I was going to attend a program organised by Deutsche Bank and I was in the flight reading some bank documents. Suddenly somebody came to me and asked if I was Raghuram Rajan. At that point of time I thought if I could be even 5-10% of what Rajan is capable of I could be the 'Rajan' for poor."
Not many are aware that Acharya who is an IIT Bombay alumni is extremely passionate about music. In fact, it is for the first time that RBI will have a musician deputy Governor who even has a music album of his own. 10 years ago, Viral composed 10 songs and collectively released a music album called 'Yadon ke Silsile'. Interestingly, whatever he earned from those songs he donated to 'Pratham', a charity which helped under privileged kids with their studies.
Apart from his deep interest in music, Viral also suggested many ideas to the Indian banks where he said about privatisation of the banks. He presented several research papers where he explained the deteriorating conditions of banks and how privatisation could help them and enhance Indian economic growth.


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The poem below was written in the late 1930s by my father when he was an undergraduate student.
My friend, upon the world that lies below,
Now, look, this night, and think of all it knows.
The shrieks of sunlit sounds have passed away.
All joy in life is here at end of day.
A song we've sung; a prayer we've said; the crowd
Dissolved; the night is here; our faith we've vowed.
Today a politician's pimple broke
And shot its friendly filth on simple folk.
The statistician raved and said we might
All be extinct before the fall of night.
The dietitian thought we could not live
Without the vitamins she had to give,
That clean and purge and make men strong. She said
The children were obnoxious if well fed.
The politicians, statisticians, too
Know only of the Lilliputians' view.
Perhaps they've never thought at end of day,
When shrieks of sunlit sounds have passed away
That there is not abidance in the facts
When they alone administrate our acts.
Perhaps they've never felt the warmth of night
That mitigates all aching in its light
Or seen the hills that lie around their town
And heard their deathless call to eyes cast down,
"Lift up unto the hills. There find the source
Of power, strength, tenacity and force."
Tonight, my friend, we think of life ahead.
We see some bodies ache, some minds 'most dead.
Let's go awake their minds, relieve the pain
Of Lilliputian views that never gain
For them a favoured hour at end of day
When shrieks of sunlit sounds have passed away.


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Scored her first collegiate goal and logged two assists in 3-2 overtime win against Colgate (Oct. 23) ... Recorded first career point with assist to Noel Painter in 4-1 win against Penn (Sept. 24) ... Made Harvard debut in season-opening 4-0 win at Holy Cross (Sept. 2).
Before Harvard
Attended Millfield School and played field hockey for the Bowdon Hockey Club and various national, regional and county teams … Member of the England Under-16 squad during the 2008-09 season, making her international debut against Ireland in Dublin in June 2009 … Won English indoor hockey title and English outdoor cup as part of the Bowdon ladies senior team in 2010-11 … Captained the Greater Manchester County U18 Team in 2010, the Bowdon U18 squad in '08 and Altrincham Grammar School for Girls teams in '05 and '08 … Named Altrincham's Field Hockey Player of the Year in 2008 and its most promising athlete in any sport in '06 … Helped teams win county national championship in 2010 and both outdoor and indoor school girls national championships in '10 and '11.
Father, Craig, played in Irish senior field hockey league in the 1980s, and both father and mother, Michele, played in Irish Schools finals … Brothers, Simon and Christopher, have played at high levels, and Christopher is currently a member of the England U21 men's squad.


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Houses For Sale Orrell Park
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We are looking for an experienced Account Director, is that you?
7thingsmedia are seeking a passionate, ambitious Account Director to join our growing Account Management team.Working across a portfolio of brands such as USC, Ted Baker, Gio Goi, Agent Provocateur and Secret Sales we require an Account Director to inspire & direct the current team whilst driving client performance.
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Frank Klaffs
Michael von Petrykowski
30 years of Piranha! Wow! Read below about our full journey. It all started with Piranha Events' first concert (Rufus Thomas on 27 January 1987 in the »Metropol«, Berlin) as well as with Piranha Records' first vinyl longplayer that same year – PIR 001 was called »Beat! Apartheid«. Founded in Berlin in 1987, Piranha has operated for three decades both locally and globally. With our team of more than 30 Piranhas, we are active as organisers, presenters, curators, developers and multipliers.
You can find out about our latest activities by subscribing to our newsletter and have a look at impressions of our first 30 years.
The Piranha Arts tree now has six dynamic branches. As a music publisher with its own label, we have been carrying new sounds and artists from all countries via Kreuzberg, Berlin to the entire world ever since. In Berlin, we initiated trailblazing festivals such as HeimatKlänge, Bands United, Fête de la Musique, C3 – Club Contemporary Classical and The Nights of Ramadan. With changing locations and partners, we organise the leading branch events WOMEX – the World Music Expo and Classical:NEXT. We entertain international partnerships and – with Piranha Arts Consultancy – work with professional conferences and network initiatives on four continents. Whether it is with our events or the global sounds of Piranha Records – we campaign for cultural diversity in Berlin and everywhere around the globe. Music means the world to us! This is why we engaged with Berlin's street festival and parade Karneval der Kulturen right from the start: as musicians, in the jury, with record releases and with the after-parade party »Long Night of Soundsystems«… Since its 2016 edition, Piranha Arts has been the producer of the million-strong Karneval der Kulturen.
Piranha stays in flux and is always open for more. We stay active at the borders: between music and tech, by research & development, between music and audiovisual, with international film projects and programmes.
The independent shareholder company is legally represented by CEOs Frank Klaffs and Michael von Petrykowski, and supervised by a board consisting of "first generation" Piranhas Christoph Borkowsky (President), Brigitte Bieg (Vice President) and Ben Mandelson.
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Anna Mechelhoff
Piranha Events specialise in the conception and production of cultural events with a focus on music and international cultural exchange. We have developed a strong expertise in the areas of programme consultation for small- to large-scale events as well as developing our own cutting-edge festivals such as HeimatKlänge, The Nights of Ramadan and Club Contemporary Classical C3.
Be it in Berlin or elsewhere, we know both the local and global players – not least through our activities across the Piranha Arts network – and can guarantee professional all-round services with a high standard of programme competence, flexibility and budget responsibility.
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Christoph Borkowsky
Piranha Records is an independent Berlin-based label and publishing house with more than 150 album releases and 1,200 copyrights to date, introducing new sounds and artists from the world to the world under the triad of globalisation, tradition & subcultural understanding.
Physically and digitally, the Piranha label is distributed internationally as part of the !K7 network while SMV Schacht Musikverlage and its set-up of companies and sub-publishing partners administers and protects the Piranha publishing rights worldwide.
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Label Communications
Alexander Walter
"The most important international professional market of world music
of every kind. This international fair brings together professionals from
the worlds of folk, roots, ethnic and traditional music and also includes
concerts, conferences and documentary films. It contributes to
networking as an effective means of promoting music and culture of all
kinds across frontiers."
UNESCO Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity
Since 1994, WOMEX has been travelling all across Europe, affirming the value of networking across borders, be they musical, political, cultural or commercial. Growing out of the 80s world music movement, it is now the most international music conference around. Recent stop-overs included Cardiff (2013), Santiago de Compostela (2014 and 2016), Budapest (2015), Katowice (2017), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2018) and Tampere (2019). The 2019 edition saw 2,500 professionals (including 260 performing artists) from 83 countries representing 1,250 companies and 670 exhibiting companies.
From 21–25 October 2020, WOMEX will hold its 26th edition in Budapest, Hungary.
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Head of Production
Jennifer Dautermann
"This is not just a conference that happens once a year. This is now a movement" Anthony Sargent CBE, CEO, Luminato Festival, Toronto Chair, International Society for the Performing Arts
Classical:NEXT is the annual, international professionals' forum for all sectors and all approaches in the world of classical and art music. A unique platform for networking across all sectors, for exploring new artistic ideas and for developing pioneering solutions – for the love, and the future, of classical music.
The 2019 edition in Rotterdam saw 1,300 art music professionals representing 740 companies from 45 countries from all over the world, growing within just a few years into the world`s most important classical and art music meeting.
In 2020 Classical:NEXT will continue its partnership with the leading Classical Dutch player de Doelen for another edition held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 18–21 May 2020.
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General Manager
Christine Semba
We provide our international expertise for a diverse range of partnerships worldwide. Piranha Arts Consultancy is about the internationalisation of your local creative initiatives, cultural export, know-how transfer, mobility of artists, makers & shakers across borders, promoting cultural diversity and more.
We produce and consult on events of different shapes on four continents. The record ranges from entire showcase festivals, conferences, and cultural markets to other forms of networking platforms and capacity building workshops as well as education and IT projects. Partners include cities, national governments and the European Union as well as NGOS, government development agencies and private operators such as event producers, networks, festivals, universities, arts councils, foundations and the UNESCO.
WOMEX Academy is a new initiative of Piranha Arts Consultancy which aims to support artists and other music professionals who wish to strengthen their skills to access international circuits and markets. The world out there is full of opportunities but how to get a foot into the right doors? How to make substantial first steps in international circuits? Read more about WOMEX Academy.
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Nadja Mau
Piranha Arts is the operator of Berlin's Karneval der Kulturen since 2016 – four days full of music, dance and enjoyment. Karneval der Kulturen brings out the diversity of Berlin every year and stands for an open and intercultural society. Culture can be many things in this festival: from culinary adventures to colourful costumes and masks from all over the world to dance, music and street theatre. Karneval der Kulturen attracts over a million visitors and has become a key event in the cultural calendar of Berlin.
Karneval der Kulturen 2019 took place from 7-10 June. The next edition will take place from 29 May-1 June 2020.
Karneval der Kulturen in numbers:
Karneval der Kulturen 2019 was realised through the commitment of the Karneval groups, an experienced team of staff, the operator Piranha Arts AG, the Berlin partners Berliner Sparkasse, Berliner Wasserbetriebe, GSG Berlin, Johanniter-Unfallhilfe e.V. and the support of the senate department for Culture and Europe.
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It was January 27, 1987, when Memphis Soul legend Rufus Thomas, the original "Funky Chicken", entered the stage for his concert at Berlin's Metropol at Nollendorfplatz - the first production under the Piranha company name, the first of many more to come. Had it been even the slightest bit more successful, Piranha might be a soul label only today.
Some months after the funky ignition the company was formally founded and the first Piranha record, PIR 1 "Beat! Apartheid" was released, the first pressing - oops! - still without blank grooves between the tracks.
"HeimatKlänge" world music festival - drawing up to 100.000 visitors a year during its heyday - was founded in 1988. 1990 saw the first edition of the World Wide Music Days that evolved into the travelling expo WOMEX in 1994 - the single common fixed date in the schedule of all people involved in global music worldwide today.
We programmed Jüdische Kulturtage Berlin's "Ballroom" for years - Allen Ginsberg backed by The Klezmatics in 1993! With Clubs United from 1994 we organized the mother of all "Lange Nächte" ( Long Nights ). We had a physical shop, took part in Karneval der Kulturen from 2000 on, in Fete de la Musique from 2001. We made Pope Benedict and his altar girls and boys sing and dance at Weltjugendtag 2005 in Köln, co-founded Porto Musical in Recife, took up business with China, had a research joint venture with Fraunhofer Institut.
In 2009 we widened our horizens to the world of classical music with C3 festival, founded Classical:NEXT in 2011 (5 editions to date with more than 1,200 having attended the last one in Rotterdam), established Piranha Consult in 2012 - and in 2016 as last edition to our activities to date took on the entire production of Karneval der Kulturen, Berlin's million strong street carnival and fest.
And here we are, have a look at just the last one of 30 crazy years in our multimedia album - and move on into the next 30 years. Here's to you - our fellow travellers on the global music trail. It's always a pleasure!


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Extremely easy to use. You can create an unlimited number of shows. Built-in chat room enables interactive broadcasting. Free.
No address book. Video quality is only fair.
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Ustream.tv makes it so easy to broadcast live video, it's only a matter of time before everyone's doing it.
Remember the early days of the Internet, when someone would point a webcam at, say, a computer lab and capture a new frame every minute or so, and everyone just had to check it out? Ustream.tv represents such a quantum leap forward, it's hard to believe we ever thought that was cool. This free service lets anyone with a notebook, webcam, and an Internet connection broadcast live, real-time video from just about anywhere. It's amazingly practical, more than a little fun, and quite possibly a revolution in broadcasting.
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It's ridiculously easy, too. After registering, you choose a name for your show, supply a few details (such as tags and a description), and then click Create Show. Ustream provides a show-specific URL you can use to invite viewers, along with embed and WordPress codes so you can add a Ustream player to your site or blog (much as you'd do with a You-Tube video). You can password-protect your show, add a custom background image, and even create a schedule if you plan to make it a recurring show. Alas, Ustream lacks an address book, which would be nice for sending show announcements and/or reminders to a group of friends (or fans).
I tested Ustream with two notebooks: a webcam-equipped Acer Aspire and an older Dell Latitude connected to a Creative Live! Cam Voice. The service promises to work with any webcam, including Apple's iSight. As for connectivity, Ustream recommends a minimum upload speed of 320 Kbpsnot a problem if there's an Ethernet connection or a Wi-Fi hotspot in the vicinity but a potential obstacle if you're going the wireless modem route. For that, Ustream suggests using an EV-DO Rev A card (which averages uploads of 500 to 800 Kbps) from Sprint or Verizon. I wasn't able to lay hands on one in time for this review, but I still managed a successful wireless test using a tethered Verizon LG enV phone that is capable of EV-DO performance, but not Rev A.
With your show created and your gear in place, all that's left is to click Go Live. A pop-up window shows the live feed, broadcast status, and number of viewers. It also provides a volume control, start/stop buttons for broadcasting and recording, a real-time poll creator, and various audio/video settings. There's nothing complicated about any of this; even novice users should have an easy time getting "on the air."
By default, Ustream's shows appear in a 416- by 340-pixel windowa decent size if you're shooting a close-up subject (like you yourself, sitting at the laptop with the camera) but definitely a bit small for broadcasting events. Viewers can enlarge the window to almost full-screen, but as with YouTube videos, the scaled pixels result in decidedly blocky images.
During your show, viewers can communicate back to you (and talk to each other) via an optional chat room. This lets you get instant feedback from your audience and field questions in real time. Viewers can also leave comments and rate your show; Ustream notifies you via e-mail when either action occurs. If you want to make your show available for later viewing, all it takes is a click of the Start Recording button. Ustream maintains a public, YouTube-like repository of these recorded shows and can even automatically upload your show to Blip.tvall you have to do is provide your Blip account ID.
I can think of countless applications for this service. You could conduct live interviews at trade shows or other venues. You could broadcast a wedding or school play for friends or family who can't attend (though, again, the video quality is a little iffy for large-scale events). You could even share a breaking news event with the world. Ustream turns your notebook PC into a mobile TV studio, able to broadcast to tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers.
Just don't expect CNN-quality video. Even if you have a high-end webcam, Ustream delivers sub-VGA resolution and generally grainy images. What's more, even over wired and Wi-Fi connections, frames get dropped, so video is always at least a little bit jerky. Predictably, the worst quality came from my tethered phone, which tops out at 144 Kbps for uploads. But even then, the streaming video was watchable, and audio quality remained consistently good across all connections. Your mileage will almost certainly vary.
Even so, I can't knock Ustream for broadband's inherent limitations (even my otherwise speedy Comcast service barely manages 350 Kbps upstream). Quite the opposite: I think it performs incredibly well overall, especially considering that it doesn't cost a cent to use (or even carries ads). In a matter of minutes, anyone armed with a notebook, a webcam, and a reasonably speedy Internet connection can become a live-TV star. Of course, it's up to you to give the world something worth watching.
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