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Are you a working mum? Do you have your own money making blog, startup business or franchise?
Then I want to hear from you!
Every Friday between 12 Noon and 1pm I will be hosting the #MumpreneurMoments linky !
A linky that encourages us mums in business to keep going despite the constant juggle of work and family and celebrates just how awesome we are!
What you have to do:-
Tweet me @BipBopMum using the hashtag #MumpreneurMoments between 12 noon and 1pm every Friday.
Tweet me anything from your latest working achievement, funny or embarrassing story, a 'How To' blog, a new product launch – anything goes as long as it fits in with the hashtag #MumpreneurMoments
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Feel free to comment and network with each other!
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There are four anchor studios, Bruning Sculpture, Hot Shops Pottery, CK Fabrication, and Crystal Forge, that make up the very heart of the Hot Shops, with the molten nature of their work giving it its "hot" name. The Hot Shops Art Center also hosts over 80 studio artists, as well as multiple gallery spaces, in our building complex located in downtown Omaha, one block north of TD Ameritrade Ballpark on 13th Street, between Izard and Nicholas. For complete information, please follow the General Info link.
The core studios put the "hot" in Hot Shops.Core Shops
The Hot Shops Art Center has a variety of year-round classes available for students of all ages.Classes
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Our main, largest gallery, located striaght ahead from the main entrance. It features a unique bar area customized by the artisan of the forges for events and openings.
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WoolCool is a natural, sustainable and superior insulator made out of sheep's wool. The WoolCool we use is 100% compostable and biodegradable. You can add it in your garden or compost as the Woolcool will release valuable nitrates back into the soil!
WoolCool is specifically designed for direct delivery of chilled and frozen foods such as meat, fish, cheese, fresh fruit and veg. It has been trialed and tested to keep produce within cool temperature ranges to ensure our deliveries always arrive in top condition for our Foodies.
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Corporate Challenge
Over the last 21 years, Corporate Australia, and in particular, the industry super and financial services sectors, have thrown their considerable weight behind the Women in Super Mother's Day Classic.
Many organisations have sponsored the event, entered corporate teams and helped make the event the enormous success it is today.
Today the Women in Super Mother's Day Classic's Corporate Challenge pits executives from diverse industries against each other as they battle it out to take the crown as the number one corporate fundraiser!
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There are many reasons to buy an iPad 10 Things That Were Harder Before the iPad 10 Things That Were Harder Before the iPad Since its launch in 2010, the iPad has driven a revolution in personal computing. Even when you're using a Surface Pro 3 or Samsung Galaxy tablet, the iPad is still at the back of your... Read More , but few are as nerdy as the pursuit of a digital comic book reader 8 Places To Buy Comics Online, Whether You Like It On Paper Or Digital 8 Places To Buy Comics Online, Whether You Like It On Paper Or Digital I am presuming here that you the reader are now an adult or at least in your late teens who is probably reading at least a Dan Brown or the latest bestseller on political philosophy.... Read More . These days the comic book scene is very much alive and kicking on iOS. "Best — tablet — ever," indeed.
If you're reading on Android be sure to check out our top picks 4 Android Apps For Reading Your PDF Comic Book Collection 4 Android Apps For Reading Your PDF Comic Book Collection Do you have comics saved in PDF format, or are you just looking for a good comic book reader? Check out these amazing Android apps. Read More for your platform, but today we'll be limiting our search to apps found on Apple's App Store.
.CBR/.CBZ Readers
ComicFlow (free)
ComicFlow takes a free, simple, and open-source approach to reading digital comics. It's probably the best place to start if you're getting into digital comics, and it allows you to load up your iPad with .CBR, .CBZ and .PDF files before hitting the road. Organization is minimal — just put your comics into a folder, and they'll be treated as a series.
The reader is polished, reliable, pleasant to use, and even allows you to transfer comics via WiFi using a web server (or WebDAV server) that runs on your iPad. To use it, ensure the server is started by visiting the app settings, then on your computer, visit the supplied URL to drag, drop, and manage your collection. Unfortunately the feature is limited to 50 transfers, after which you'll need to pay $4.99 via in-app purchase.
With a focus on simplicity over features, ComicFlow provides a minimal toolset with which to read your collection of comic and graphic novel files. The app even promises to handle thousands of comics and tens of gigabytes of files without grinding to a halt.
Bottom line: The best place to start your iPad comic book journey before deciding you need to upgrade.
iComix (free)
Just like ComicFlow above, iComix is another completely free solution with an emphasis on minimalism rather than complex features or customization. The app literally has two themes (light and dark), a simple library with a few tools for organizing your collection, and it places its main emphasis on downloading comics from cloud storage.
There's no handy WiFi transfer using a web browser, but if you're using Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, or Pogoplug to store and download comics, this is the best free tool for the job, though you can also transfer files over iTunes File Transfer.
The app only supports .CBR and .CBZ files Create CBR/CBZ Files To Distribute Your Comic Strip Or Graphic Novel Create CBR/CBZ Files To Distribute Your Comic Strip Or Graphic Novel The Internet has been kind to comic book creators (although piracy has inflicted a big dent in the profits of the major publishers) and web comics and sequential art tales created specifically for an online... Read More , so PDFs are out, but you can open supported files in iComix (from other apps) to automatically add them to your library.
Bottom line: The best free choice if you depend on Dropbox, OneDrive, or other supported cloud services, and it also emphasises simplicity.
YACReader ($1.99)
YACReader literally stands for "Yet Another Comic Reader" and can be considered somewhat of a paid upgrade for those who need a little more than iComix or ComicFlow provides. The app supports .CBR, .CBZ, .ZIP and .RAR archives, and allows you to transfer your comics via Dropbox or iTunes File Transfer.
The app really shines when combined with the free desktop version of YACReader for Mac, Windows, and Linux. If you've got a large collection already being managed on your main machine, you can connect YACReader for iPad and peruse or download comics straight to your tablet without the need for iTunes or Dropbox.
YACReader is a step up in terms of customization options over free readers and even features a slick one-tap mode for quickly chewing through your favourite strips.
Bottom line: If you're already using YACReader on your computer, you'd be silly not to install this as it integrates beautifully and allows you to access your full collection on your iPad.
iComics ($1.99)
Highly customizable and polished, iComics is a solution just like YACReader for those who demand more from their comic book reader. As testament to this, iComics supports more document formats than any other reader, comfortably munching through .ZIP, .CBZ, .RAR, .CBR, .7ZIP, .CB7, .TAR, .CBT, .LZH, .LHA, .EPUB, and .PDF file types.
The app boasts some niche features including support for right-to-left reading, the ability to share individual comic pages over email and support for printing individual pages. You can organise your comics into collections and even restrict page zooming to cut off unsightly borders. iComics also places great emphasis on the reading experience, with "super smooth scrolling" between pages.
Unfortunately iComics is a bit of a let down in terms of transfer options, with iTunes File Sharing and importing from other apps the only ways of populating your collection. WiFi transfer via a Web browser would be nice!
Bottom line: Ideal if you need a reader that can handle strange file types with some great customization features but ultimately let down by limited file transfer methods.
Comic Zeal ($4.99)
A premium product that has been in development for six years, Comic Zeal is mature and rich in features but may seem bloated to those with few demands from a reader. The $4.99 price tag guarantees you a huge range of features, including powerful organization tools — perfect for keeping large numbers of comics at your disposal.
The app includes support for file transfer over WiFi using a Web browser, downloading from cloud services including Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud Drive, import via AirDrop and good old fashioned iTunes File Transfer. It's worth mentioning that full WiFi transfer support in freebie ComicFlow will also set you back $5.
In addition to seemingly endless customization, Comic Zeal includes a power-user feature called "The Slider" which makes it easy to organise, create reading lists, reorder comics, and easily access other powerful functions. It might be expensive, but it's packed with features.
Bottom line: Probably the most feature-rich comic reader out there, highly organised with some serious features for those who demand them.
See also: Marvel Comics
The iPad comic book community has lost a faithful servant in ComicBookLover, a comprehensive reader for both iPhone and iPad (with separate versions) that didn't cost a thing. Though the apps are very much available on the App Store, both versions ceased working with the arrival of iOS 8 What's New In iOS 8? What's New In iOS 8? After last year's big iOS 7 redesign, you'd expect a muted iOS 8 announcement at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference – but you'd be wrong. Read More and only the iPhone version has seen an update since.
.@eduo Maintaining legacy support gets harder and harder as Apple deprecates APIs and offers new ones which save development time. Sorry!
— ComicBookLover (@comicbooklover) February 19, 2014
So unless you'd like to run an iPhone app on your iPad (for a comic book reader, that's not a great idea) you'll have to wait and see whether or not the project will spring back to life. The support forums have been "archived" (never a good sign), the Twitter feed has been silent since February, and users are reporting emails going unanswered.
Store & Publisher Apps
If you'd rather browse and buy your comics directly on your iPad, one of these apps might fit the bill instead. All are free, but all have in-app purchases or depend on money being exchanged at some point (though free content does exist).
comiXology is probably the most recognisable name in the digital comic book game, providing access to Marvel, DC, Image Comics, IDW, Disney and more. The only problem is you can't currently buy them in-app, but you can add them to your wishlist and buy using a Web browser (Safari on your iPad) or from a desktop. See how ComiXology compares to Marvel Unlimited Marvel Unlimited vs. ComiXology Unlimited: Which Is Best? Marvel Unlimited vs. ComiXology Unlimited: Which Is Best? Here's our breakdown of Marvel Unlimited vs. ComiXology Unlimited, comparing the costs, content, and interfaces to pick a winner. Read More in case you're deciding between the two.
Why? Because Apple decided that if you want to offer purchases via an app, those purchases must be made through their infrastructure. As Apple swallows 30% of all purchases, comiXology chose to remove the functionality altogether. This doesn't affect your ability to download all previously purchased items within the app, whenever you want. ComiXology also makes it onto the best apps and sites to read comic books on your Mac The 9 Best Apps and Sites for Reading Comic Books on Mac The 9 Best Apps and Sites for Reading Comic Books on Mac Love comics and want to read on your computer? Here are our favorite comic book readers for Mac. Read More .
Comics Plus
Comics Plus is a service just like comiXology that sells digital editions from Dark Circle, DC, IDW, Valiant, Vertigo and many more. Comics Plus differentiates itself from the pack by offering additional graphic novel rentals for 24, 48, or 120 hours (though not all available titles are included).
All purchases take the form of in-app purchases, though you can also load the app up with your own comics as it has support for .EPUB, .PDF, .CBR and .CBZ via iTunes File Transfer. Comics Plus' own "uView" comic assistant brings "community-created reading experiences" to your favourite comics.
Madefire Comics
Another digital comic book store like comiXology and Comics Plus, Madefire Comics provides access to DC, IDW, Dark Horse, Oni Press, and publications from Top Cow in digital format. Madefire's niche comprises of "Motion Books" — a flagship reading experience that brings comics to life with interactivity, sound, and animation.
Included are some "choose your own adventure" tales, along with deviantArt integration that features fresh talent from the Web's largest community of artists. Everything within the app is purchased as an in-app purchase, and you can download your entire catalogue within the app itself.
Publishers: DC, Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Vertigo
What can be said about the apps supplies by comic publishers themselves? Most are fairly basic readers, with a store and library tacked-on with little organisation required on your part. While most of the companies selling their wares on the App Store release their comics to other stores (like comiXology), certain items are kept exclusive either permanently or for a temporary period.
Fans with a tendency for certain publishers will get a kick out of these outlets, but for the casual fan having your collection spread across several different services isn't particularly desirable. If that sounds like you then you should stick to .CBR/.CBZ readers or one of the other stores listed above.
For more, check out these free comic resources The 10 Best Ways to Read Comics Online for Free The 10 Best Ways to Read Comics Online for Free Comic books aren't cheap to buy. However, you can save some money by using these sites to read comics online for free. Read More and how to keep your comic collection organized with ComicRack How to Organize Your Comic Collection Using ComicRack How to Organize Your Comic Collection Using ComicRack If you have a large selection of digital comics, you can use ComicRack to browse, sort, and display your comics. Read More .
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according to forrester research, the 15% drop in music sales that has occurred over the past two years is not due to piracy. forrester's results are formulated from interviewing 1,000 online consumers about their digital music activities, including downloading music and burning cds.
the group forrester selected makes up 20% of the u.s. population and buys around 36% of music cds. researchers found that this group, which they class as digital music lovers and learners, did not believe that digital music has had an effect on their cd purchases, and therefore the researchers concluded that the slump in sales has nothing to do with the ability to download music.
forrester attributes the current slump to a number of reasons. the most obvious of these is the drop in economy, with similar sales slumps in the last econo-drop of the early '90s. secondly, the increase in games and dvd sales is a contributing factor. finally, radio is highlighted as a problem due to its short play lists and the difficulty in getting playtime for new artists.
forester's research also points to the huge potential and market for downloadable music, and how the current providers of digital music are falling short. forrester suggests a "music bill of rights," which states that the consumer should have:
- variety: the ability to find whatever you want and be able to download it
- control: once you own music you should be allowed to store and copy it on a cd, mp3 player, or any other device that holds music
- choice of payment: allow you to pay for individual tracks or for 100 up front; subscriptions should also be an option.
finally, forrester's research points to a growth in variety and choice with music available at sites such as yahoo! and aol. it also points to increased revenue of us$2 billion if music companies embrace digital music.
you can view the movie and audio stream of the findings at the forrester research website.
matthew's opinion
the fact that the music industry was trying to blame the drop in sales wholly on digital music downloads and piracy shows how much the riaa really doesn't like the idea of downloadable music, and is still trying to do everything it can to stop it. an impossible task, in my opinion, due to its already widespread nature. what is even more ridiculous is the fact that all the music companies that are blaming piracy and music downloads in general are already planning ways to embrace it over the next 3-5 years.
forrester also states that legitimate music downloads over the next few years provided by the music companies will be inadequate, but that this will be rectified by 2005. as with all industries, new approaches and services have teething problems, and i am sure everyone expected this anyway.
as for the suggested music bill of rights, i think that the variety and choice of payment will not be a problem, but the music companies will not like the copying to any device.
user comments 71 comment(s)
|don't count your chickens… (9:15am est mon aug 19 2002)
"from interviewing 1,000 online consumers"
this hardly proves anything. – by dr6x3
|from this music lover — (9:19am est mon aug 19 2002)
i will probably never buy another music cd in my life as long as the riaa exists and i can get anything i want on the web.
people may call this negative and cheap — but who cares?? i don't!
and a 'bite me' to all those who bash my opinion from here out!
word. – by blowhole
|it's my music (9:23am est mon aug 19 2002)
once i own it i should be able to put it on any device i own. i used to buy lp's and after i listened to them once record them on both cassette and reel-to-reel tape. i would then store the lp and listen only to the tapes. this was considered legal. what's the difference between putting cd's i own onto my computer to listen to and what i used to do? nothing at all imho.
i still onw many of those lp's and after 20 to 20 years they are still good. i don't think that the cd's i bought 10 years ago will last half that long and the they will want to resell me the music rather than allow me to copy and keep what i already paid for.
this bs from the riaa is nothing but techno-paranoids trying to maximize their revenue streams.
– by alanatswbell
|unless… (9:27am est mon aug 19 2002)
as any statistician knows, if you interview the right 1,000 people, you can get a very accurate estimate. however, by just selecting 1,000 random people who are online and downloading music, without knowing demographics, this survey can get heaped on most of the others…
"a study's findings released today shows that 99.9% of all studies are useless" – by altrego
|2 reasons (9:29am est mon aug 19 2002)
i stopped buying cd music not because of piracy or some other thing this "forrester research" company stated above.. i stopped buying cuz of 2 reasons:
a.too much hype with music that ain't good.. and most are just hype at all!!
– by no more cd's
|agree with dr6x3 (9:29am est mon aug 19 2002)
a sample of only 1,000 people is far too small compared to the amount of people who listen to digital music, whether the music comes from download, disc-to-disc copy, or (legitimately) purchased cds.
i can probably point out 1,000 people in my neighborhood who drink pepsi and say that this has no effect on nationwide coca-cola sales, but no one would take my research seriously…
– by k. adams
|an interesting view (9:35am est mon aug 19 2002)
here's a post from a mail list i belong to from participant who's questioning whether all computers will be tcpa compliant in the future – which would prevent piracy all together…..
i have been doing some research concerning linux ports to tcpa
i have found sites that seem to suggest that all of the major linux
everything that nist's it lab, nipc and the computer system security
my question is this. do you think it is feasible that microsoft
do you have any comments about the darpa/wirex funded lsm project
|interesting view cont'd (9:35am est mon aug 19 2002)
and can you comment on the possibilities of the holling's bill not
i am also curious about the possibility of infineon-like tpms being
do you have any comments concerning the impact of the security
any ideas on what might happend to open source software if creators
is gpl currently on the endangered species lists?
if you don't have any comments, can you refer me to someone that does?
|67.8% of stats are made up (9:41am est mon aug 19 2002)
— – by sample error?
|altrego (9:51am est mon aug 19 2002)
99.9% of dr6x3s agree with you 100%, but what is the statistical likelihood of hitting the perfect 1,000? your preresearch would have to be meticulous. of course, the riaa has their own research that 66% of people who download free music have a pointy tail, horns and a van dyke. – by dr6x3
|this "survey" is crap. (9:56am est mon aug 19 2002)
a thousand individuals is hardly a reprersentative sampling. most people when asked about any contentious subject will give the reseacher the exact answer he/she is looking for 8 times out of ten. it's been proven time and again.
i'm dead certain that file swapping is costing the record companies money. i'm also certain that file swapping is responsible for an increased interest in music that wasn't available in any form in the past.
file swapping takes control frfom the record companies and gives it back to the "product end user". that's what's at issue here. music afficianados who have choices might not choose the latest record company offering, and might choose the original version of the song over the one which just features the same little sample over and over again.
choices. it's all about choices. if you have less choices, you will be more likely to accept what they spoon feed you. you see it in commercial radio play lists (the same 75 songs over and over and over and….) and you see it again with regard to the difficulty new artists have in getting recorded, and again with regard to the whole file swapping issue.
commercial music is just that. commercial. why not save some of the money you'd usually spend on commercial cd's and such, and spend it instead at a venue where live music is played? you might even be able to buy a cd directly from the artists themselves.
|why i don't buy…. (10:05am est mon aug 19 2002)
music sucks, especially white music! others said it before and i'll say it again. music sucks. when i left high school and entered college, music was great. all i had to do is turn on the radio at night and i would hear good music from nine inch nails, the smashing pumpkins, sometimes even my life with the thrill kill kult (my favorite) and later on the prodigy, korn, and the chemical brothers. there was a wide varietry of original, creative, quality music that was easy to find. the music created was written by musicians for their fans, usually young adult men, a premium age group who will happily drop $15 on a good cd.
now, i hear really lame hard rock knock offs of 80's glam bands, rap metal, and pop music. the only music selling and generating buzz is pop music. the primary music selling (outside of hip-hop) is manufactured pop music. songs are written by marketing companies to be catchy and as unoriginal and unchallenging as possible. they are willing to sacrifice quality to reach as many underage ears as possible (afterall, you can tell a 12 year old girl what to listen to. you can't do that with an adult).
release good music and buying becomes tempting again. i don't know if its the musicians or the riaa, but i can't seem to find any good new music. (i suspect that its the musicians, though). – by steven
|record labels vs. isps (10:14am est mon aug 19 2002)
record labels sue internet providers over china-based music download site.
august 19, 2002: 5:38 am edt
new york (reuters) – the world's largest record companies sued major internet service and network providers friday, alleging their routing systems allow users to access the china-based listen4ever.com web site and unlawfully copy musical recordings.
– by metoo!
|how i'd like to buy… (10:16am est mon aug 19 2002)
let's face it riaa, you will never make the profits you made in 1997 (before mp3). the riaa won't comprimise. i can deal with them shutting down trading networks, but i can't stand how they don't give us alternatives. for example, when i find out a musician just released a new cd, i don't want to go to a music store to buy the cd. most of the times, for me, it is a huge gamble if the large record stores in chicago even would stock a cd by my favorite bands (tower never does, but evil clown usually does, every other store that's still open sucks), let alone their latest releases.
i can always order something from isolation tank or cdnow, but then i have to wait a week to hear it.
i think downloads are the answer. i would spend a good amount to download a cd if i knew it was the highest quality. i would appreciate that i could use my purchase immediately and not even have to wait to get home from the store.
then again, the riaa members won't let me pay to download, so file-swapping becomes tempting again. when audiogalaxy was at its peak, it was easier for me to steal an album than buy it. i can either make a trip to a store, assuming its during retail business hours, or i could connect to a website, select each song, and have the cd fully downloaded in 20 minutes to 3 hours at any time of the day.
downloads are the future. i have paid a bunch to emusic to download music. the riaa just needs to figure out a system to make it easier to buy than steal. really, all they have to do is put their music on emusic and continue shutting down swapping services and their goal would be accomplished. – by steven
|its because pop music sucks (10:18am est mon aug 19 2002)
and cd's were supposed to make music cheaper!! but they haven't, and believe me, i will not patronize a company that wishes to engage in legalizing hacking as a way to protect their bottom line.
if i want to hear music, i just beat my computer with the strap from my laptop case… heh
|steven (10:18am est mon aug 19 2002)
you're getting old buddy. it's a natural thing, this "music sucks" thing you're coming to grips with.
see, i always thought your "brand" of music sucked, but that's because i graduated in '84 and liked the early-mid 80's stuff.
so don't worry. distaste of music "not your own" is pretty much natural. within limits of course.
|down with the riaa (10:27am est mon aug 19 2002)
ill never buy a cd again either, it used to be for cost but now i want to bring not jsut the riaa down but the whole industry down to a reasonable level, believe me im not crying cuz some artist is only making 40-60k a year rather then a rediculous 3-5 million at minimum. they are all greedy crooks and they got away with it for years. law of averages motherfuckers! it's our turn to laugh now! – by anti-riaa
|buford lamonte (10:28am est mon aug 19 2002)
i agree with alot of what you are saying, but i wonder how many people who do file swapping would actually buy the album? i download a ton of music, but most of it is stuff that i normally wouldn't even think of buying because i only like the one song, or something like that. even then, i would either tape or burn a copy of it from a friend.
and finally, dude, your music blows. it's shitty pop and metal from the early 90s. slayer rules. – by dr6x3
|yeah… that's their argument. (10:57am est mon aug 19 2002)
i hear people say it all the time…
"why would i ever buy another cd again, when i can download it online for free."
and that's their argument for implementing drm, plans for shoving viruses down our throat, etc..
similar arguments spawned the dmca, region encoding, and someday the lovely copyright restrictions that digital tv will carry.
sure, most of the stuff the riaa kicks out is garbage. you buy a $16.00 cd for two or three good songs.. and most of their catalog is out of print. they spawned the p2p sharing because their prices are too high.
record company execs think $16.00 for a cd is cheap, because in relation to their payscale it is.
if they'd lower prices, allow us to pick what music we get on a cd, try not to limit our freedoms… they'd get alot more sympathy…
but the guys who say: "i'll never buy another cd when i can get it for free" will just give them ammo to not listen to the consumer. – by reaponwex
|dr6x3 (11:05am est mon aug 19 2002)
um my music is not shitty pop and metal from the 90s (nor is it the crap they call metal these days)
and iron maiden rules not slayer (but slayer is pretty cool)
on another note to all you people that quit buying cds you do realize you hurt the artist more than the riaa cos when the riaa starts loseing money they just start demanding a bigger percentage from the band
– by working musican
|why buy? (11:56am est mon aug 19 2002)
the music business is its own worst enemy.
the "artists" that are on sale now are the result of focus groups and industry insiders who believe that the music listening public will respond only to the most attractive–not the most talented artists. you need only watch the fox program pop stars, to see the reality. style over substance is the rule of the day (notice that the "ugly" ones were culled-out prior to the open vote). this de-facto elimination of the "unattractive", unfairly limits our musical choices, and kills careers before they have a chance to start.
food for thought: does anyone think that the band the who, would be signed today? (adjusting for musical tastes/times) have you seen pete townshend's face, then and now? how about janice joplin–not exactly brit spears, eh? have you seen a picture of stevie ray vaughan? would pink have a deal if she were not attractive? doubt it.
the music buying public recognizes this practice, and as a result, has become increasingly cynical. most thinking people will not spend $17.99 for a cd with nothing more on it than a suggestive cover, and one song out of 15 of nominal musical value. further, record companies are "addicted" to the easy money that they receive via "pressing" and distribution. how can they rationalize this practice, and its heavy price tag, to potential buyers who are able to buy blank cds for pennies each, create their own cover art, and make compilation cds in the comfort of their own homes? (the sound of mass, self-inflicted, foot shootings echo in the distance.)
hey wea, riaa, et al give us something worth purchasing, and we will. we always have in the past.
– by jumbo
|good point. (12:00pm est mon aug 19 2002)
buy band produced cds from live shows. the riaa will lose unless they embrace change whether you support the bands you like or not. a dose of truth next to fud is ok. – by tech
|too much $ 4 no selection (12:16pm est mon aug 19 2002)
i don't buy music like i used to for a couple of simple reason. it is way too expensive and the selection stinks. paying $15 for a cd to find you like 1 or two songs is rediculous. but i don't download music. my kids do a little, but they don't burn cd's and purchase them if they really want the music. they are also very selective because the cost is so great. something that has never made any sense to me is why can i buy blank cds for practically nothing compared to cassette tapes, but if i buy the music then cds are more. why why why? is it stupidity or just greed or both? my guess is both. you take a risk when you buy a cd, that you will like at least a couple of the other songs on it. i'm just not a big gambler, especially after getting burned a few times. you can't trust the hype or the reviews and accolades recieved by new music because it is all part of the business. i didn't mean for this to becomee one big rant. the technology is there and it's time we were able to pick the songs we want, pay for just them and do it easily, inexpesively and legally. seems obvious. i wonder if the riaa had been responsible for buggy whip manufacture and distribution would the automobile be illegal? – by whywhywhy
|stats (12:16pm est mon aug 19 2002)
anyone who understands statistics knows that 1000 people chosen properly (like a respectable like forrester would know how to choose) is more then enought to do a very reliable and accurate study. – by klaz
|xclnt pnt (12:19pm est mon aug 19 2002)
jumbo, excellent point. i agree completely! – by whywhywhy
|radio is to blame (12:20pm est mon aug 19 2002)
but not for the reason's mentioned. they say that radio prevents new artists from being heard, and therefore people don't buy their cd's. but, the real issue is that most radio stations have become top 10 bitches, playing ad-nauseum musi from any of the top 10 artists for that week. if i here a song 20 times a week on a local radio station, what reason is there for me to buy the cd?
the reason why radio plays the same music over and over again is that they are paid to play it over and over. the dumb riaa seems to think that with greater radio play, more cd's will be sold, but i think the opposite happens. people get sick of the music too quickly, and so don't want to buy the cd's.
as for cd prices, any person not on welfare could affort a $12 cd from walmart if they truely wanted the cd. cd prices are no the issue. – by topher
|re: topher (12:48pm est mon aug 19 2002)
i disagree. cost is an issue. if you're only buying 1 cd a year, $12 to $18 isn't going to break you. but purchase a cd every week or so. that adds up fast. and keep in mind that a large % of the american population earns less than $20,000 per year. spending $15 on a cd is a luxury.
i know b/c i come from an area where unless you were a doctor, lawyer, or banker, you were working for $7.00/hr. that's why i quit buying cds about 10 years ago. take home $210/week and then tell me that cost isn't a factor.
|price? (12:49pm est mon aug 19 2002)
price is always an issue, topher. maybe not for everyone, and maybe not for a single cd but this is not a tv we'er talking about it is content. you don't just buy one. truely wanting it is the measure of how much you will spend. if they were $5-10 i might buy two, but probably won't buy any at $15, or at least be much more selective. volume is the thing, but the record companies don't care about volume, they want to maximize profit per unit. why do they care if they sell 10 cd if they make the same profit on 1? they don't, but they should. that is where price sensitivity plays in.
i agree with the radio overplay to a point. but overplay has been a problem for many year, it didn't just start. – by whywhywhy
|sad day today (12:56pm est mon aug 19 2002)
i picked up the paper today and read that a local family owned music store named the music box in hamden, ct which has been open in town some 46 years will call it quits in a few weeks…the reason was more and more customers only bought blank cds and fewer people bought pre recorded music cds. this is what is called the peer to peer piracy effect.
here's the story…
– by end of an era
|and visiontek died!!!!! (1:09pm est mon aug 19 2002)
and visiontek died!!!!! – by dead
|stats (1:10pm est mon aug 19 2002)
a thousand people is a very decent sample size, k. adams and dr6x3.
demographic analysis is a science and forrester research is a well-respected firm in the field.
buford lamonte & k. adams do not seem to be familiar with professional sampling techniques and are confusing them with amateur efforts. – by jj brannon
|it's the economy… (1:13pm est mon aug 19 2002)
actually the downturn in the economy could more than account for a 15% drop in music sales (which is a total luxury item).
there's really nothing that suggests that the music copying situation is any different than it was a year ago or in fact 2 years ago.
and if the riaa (or any of the armchair socialogists out there) want to pin "blame" on anything, it probably best targeted at fm radio, which present the illusion that music is actually free.
all of the stuff we do is at the noise level, right now the riaa and mpaa are trying to set precidences. it will get worse later… – by dw
|buying music (1:29pm est mon aug 19 2002)
i don't buy cd from the major labels for a couple resons.
1. they are overpriced, i want money to go to the artists, not the recrod store corps, or the riaa or anyone else. the exeption being local stores
2. there is not much i want. most of the music i like is not on the major labels.
i buy cds at my local record store occasionally and i buy from indie labels, and striaght fro mthe bands. that way i know that my money is going for things that i support. it will not help drm or lawsuits agains tinnocent file sharers. if the riaa stopped its abusive tactics i may give them soem of my buisnees. untill then i hop they go banckrupt and out of buisness. music existed long before then and will exist long after. the internet allows any band to directly sell there product. concerts are money makers and there wil lalways be palces fro music to be sold. i am really nto sure what the riaa point really actually doeas for the consumers and the artist, execpt edlessly promont n'sync and eminem. – by giffy
|working musician (1:41pm est mon aug 19 2002)
"nine inch nails, the smashing pumpkins, sometimes even my life with the thrill kill kult (my favorite) and later on the prodigy, korn, and the chemical brothers"
ok, shitty music from the 80's, 90's and some more modern stuff. i still listen to shitty punk and college rock from the 80's. i guess we all tend to dwell in our favorite shitty epoch of musical history. i, for one, can't deal with another band that sounds like pearl jam.
and i will submit that the position of "rules" can be shared with maiden, but man o war roolz! cool with you? – by dr6x3
|re: steven (2:53pm est mon aug 19 2002)
i agree with you and everyone else that said music "sucks". what happened to artistic talent? if it's not under 3 minutes for radio airplay, and the performers aren't either "hardcore" or super models, then the marketers won't let it succeed. that's why talented artists like dream theater (progressive rockers and berkeley school of music graduates) are more popular overseas then in their own country. – by lt cox
|oops (2:55pm est mon aug 19 2002)
…overseas than (not then)in their own country. – by lt cox
|riaa fooled me twice (3:34pm est mon aug 19 2002)
you know the old saying, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. think i got it right. well not content to get my fill of music over p2p i've been buying cds also. sure wish i would have, uh, sampled wilco's latest album. what a waste of 13 bucks. – by acerbic_wit
|buford, i don't think it's me… (3:43pm est mon aug 19 2002)
while i can't comment on hip-hop because its not my thing, i can say that there is a lot less variety being promoted now than there was before. i actually think its cyclic. i think the music from the early 80's, when i was a toddler, was much better than the music of the late 80's, when i was a boy…so i don't think its entirely me.
it seems that crap takes over after good music (new-wave/punk/proto-industrial to paula abdul & new kids on the block to alternative/techno/electronica/indu
i always found it creepy how music got worse as the internet got more popular. maybe all the creative individuals traded their midi & guitars for dot-com bubble millions.
buford, as my final piece of evidence, i would like to share my experience living in chicago. i have visited or lived in the trendy punk neighborhood near belmont & clark since 1995. up until about 1998, lots of kids were wearing t-shirts from their favorite bands. now, i rarely see any t_shirts from bands who have had any hits since 1998. i don't see t-shirts anywhere else, either. i don't see kids wearing their marilyn manson, korn, kmfdm, or nin shirts anymore (unless they're from their older albums). i don't see many shirts for any other bands, either. when i listen to the modern rock station, i am shocked at how many of the songs played are over 4 years old. when i used to listen to the same station, most of the songs were recent hits.
while maybe its possible people stopped buying and wearing shirts from concerts, i don't believe it. i think we are at a low point and the riaa is shooting for mega-profits from a few artists instead of healthy profits from many risky bands. – by steven
|why is this commercial (4:48pm est mon aug 19 2002)
going to sell pepsi?
– by prfunky
|family-owned store goes bye bye (5:24pm est mon aug 19 2002)
i bet the family-owned store mentioned above didn't die because of piracy or blank cd sales. a owner of a defunct music store in my area told me retailers like wal-mart and best buy killed his business. he couldn't keep up with their pricing. the family places simply don't have bulk-buying power of a wal-mart or best buy. in addition, online retailers, like amazon and cd now, also cut into the family-owned businesses, which just can't compete.
welcome to the homogenizing of america. – by vor
|choice exists (6:10pm est mon aug 19 2002)
to everyone who whines about not wanting to pay for crappy music i have a suggestion. find a record store where you can hear the music before you buy it. borders provides this service and it has saved me a bundle while allowing me to pick cd's worth the $15-17. sure the price is high but concerts haven't gotten any cheaper so i am not complaining. and to everyone else, stop your stealing of music. if you are too cheap to buy the music you don't deserve to listen to it. if you don't like the riaa than start something to compete with them. with all this hot air there must be some money to be made. oh, i forgot, you are just stealing the music out of principle. – by -3l
|p*ss on the riaa and high cd prices (8:55pm est mon aug 19 2002)
i have a photocopy of an article from 1984, about a year after cd's came out, stating a quote from one of the label's spokespersons stating that cd's were expensive then becuase it was all-new technology, they had to create it, refine it, promote it, etc. and that prices would likely come down to $4-6 in a few years. prices never came down significantly, and have always been higher than lp's were back in their day. ($8-9 for a new lp, $10 up for cd)
the music industry can kiss my a$$ until they make good on their promise. we the consumer made the cd format not only viable, but the preferred standard of media for music. lower the prices or at least give the artists a much bigger part of what they made for you, greedy pricks in the riaa and labels, you can go straight to hell. – by thinkthrough
|thinkthrough supporter (9:41pm est mon aug 19 2002)
if i was there with you i would shake your hand.
ban the riaa! – by riaahater
|time for bands to speak up. (9:43pm est mon aug 19 2002)
i think it's time for bands to take a stand and do $h!+ on their own. they hold the key to their own destiny… they have all the tools and technology readily available… – by think about it.
|visiontek died? (10:22pm est mon aug 19 2002)
good riddance – by etcetera
|my buying habits… (1:33am est tue aug 20 2002)
…maybe aren't typical. i have used peer-to-peer sites to download a lot of music. but i find that this isn't the best way to listen to new music i mainly make copies of songs that i already have on vinyl so that i can play them on other devices. i hear new music on sites like epitonic. if anything i would say that sites like that have exposed me to new bands & resulted in me buying more, not less, cds/records. yes local radio stations here are pedestrian, but the internet brings music from around the world. i think that the argument that modern music sucks is a cop-out. if that's the case why download anything? there are & always have been many good bands. conversely there are & always have been many awful bands. i would contend that the charts in the sixties contained just as much peurile music as they do today. – by suilven
|dude, someone needs to take statistics… (2:02am est tue aug 20 2002)
man, people…a survey of a relatively random selection of 1000 online users (the type that would pirate) would give you about 10% moe with 99% certainty…
anyway, nothing surprising here. did the fact the rest of the country was in a recession ever cross the minds…oh, nevermind… – by zsubnot
|lol you think im funny donta ya (4:26am est tue aug 20 2002)
well screw every one im 23 if your wondering . and my favorite era of music in mostly the bo's real metal not that weak ass def leopards or white lion or motley crap shit
im talking real heavey bands like old met0llica (shame they sold out). mega deth, slayer, just to name some but of course the greatest of alll
black sabbath and iron maiden
iron maiden ruules!!!!
up those bloody f—ing irons!!!!!! – by working musician
|open music (7:15am est tue aug 20 2002)
well i think a dip in sales reflects the conservativeness of the big five/four/three.. as they just constantly re-issue old catalogue material instead of investing in new talent.
i run a label (at htttp://www.locarecords.com) and we cannot compete with their advertising budgets, nor reach, however we can issue our music under an open license which means that at least people can *hear* new music. and maybe they'll buy it too after liking it…
– by www.locarecords.com
|no one really gives a crap (10:11am est tue aug 20 2002)
why are people fighting about this?
no one cares !!!!!!
those that argue for the purchase of cd's are either 1) in the business 2) family is in the business 3) dumb 4) trying to get a rise out of others.
i have been downloading mp3's before napster, and before most people heard of mp3's. will i ever buy a cd again? nope. why are you all preaching your views. live and let live! mp3's hurn noone except the guys living like leaches (riaa).
get a life all of you – by reality
|dr6x3 (10:24am est tue aug 20 2002)
1000 respondants is perfectly valid according to present statistical theory, assuming the people chosen were chosen (and not just random surfers to forrester's site), there were no redundant respondants, the respondants were geographically separated, and all other "best policies" were followed.
the kicker is, they usualy aren't, and current statistical theory will probably be proven wrong some day any way.
there is no spoon. – by /sm
|buford lamonte (10:48am est tue aug 20 2002)
(apologies for the slightly off-topic discussion)
"you're getting old buddy. it's a natural thing, this "music sucks" thing you're coming to grips with."
i don't agree. i was a teenager in the late 60s, and about 1971 music started sucking like it never sucked before or since, with boring, forgettable, trite pap produced by the likes of the eagles, elton john, etc. the 60s bands were still recording, and i bought occasional zepplin or pink floyd disk, but for the most part it sucked big time.
by the late 1970s rock and roll was "back", with folks like ted nugent and van halen wearing out my wallet and speakers.
then they invented empty v which put music in another terrible slide, and it sucked again with the likes of the little river band passing themselves off as "rock" (with the exception of teh occasional poison or metallica record) until the early 1990s when rock started breathing again with the likes of nirvana and toole.
lately we are in another britany spears/nstynk "fake rock empty v" period. i've been listening to ska (and so has my teenaged daughter).
but the botton line is, it isn't an age thing, it's an ages thing. there are periods of famine, and periods of plenty. right now i'd say we have been in a musical famine for 2 or 3 years. my guess is that good music is right around the cornerm, and i suspect this time it will be a non-label entity that brings it about. – by /sm
|working musican (10:55am est tue aug 20 2002)
if you sleep with the devil, prepare to be burned.
however, i would advocate buying music directly from the musician. that local band that plays in your bar or teen town needs a cd sale a hell of a lot more than eric clapton does, you're likely to get it dirt cheap in comparison to the riaa (maybe five bucks), and what's best the musician gets ten times the payday per cd sold.
so don't stop buying cds, just buy them directly from the band itself. help the musicians of the world throw off the riaa yoke! – by /sm
|topher (11:07am est tue aug 20 2002)
"any person not on welfare could affort a $12 cd"
you don't pay rent, utilities, groceries, or insurance, do you? you're still living with mom & dad, right? either that or you are bringing down a six figure income.
it's not that we can't afford to spend $12, we refuse to be stolen from. just because you can afford a lexus doesn't mean you'll pay $75k for a chevy.
it's not a matter of affording to pay $12, it's a matter of affording to be a stupid toole that any con artist can sucker a buck out of.
i have a good job (i just bought my wife a brand new pt cruiser), but i'll be damned if i spend five dollars for a bush when michelob is $2.50.
and i'll be damned if i buy an $18 cd when the lord of teh rings dvd is $14!
only a fool throws his money away, ragardless how much he has. – by /sm
|end of an era (11:10am est tue aug 20 2002)
don't believe every link on the internet. mom and pop record stores have been dying for far longer than p2p has been around.
it isn't kazaa killing them, it's wal mart, best buy, and tower, who can afford economy of scale. – by /sm
|dr6x3 (11:13am est tue aug 20 2002)
"i, for one, can't deal with another band that sounds like pearl jam."
hear hear! who classified that depressing, trite, overproduced pablum as "rock", any way?
probably the same bozo that is suing the isps… – by /sm
|-3l (11:18am est tue aug 20 2002)
"find a record store where you can hear the music before you buy it."
if you aren't a professional comedian, you should be!
i don't have to hunt for that mythical recrd store, it's in my computer now, in my own home. if i want to hear a band, i downlad it. if i like it, i buy it. if i don't, i delete it.
why in hell should i do some grand search for a unicorn or other mythical creature when my dog is a perfectly good pet? – by /sm
|-3l, ps- (11:22am est tue aug 20 2002)
not only does the record store not let you listen, not only do i not want to sit in a stoe for 45 minutes to hear an album, but you want to tell me what record store i can buy 1940s blues from the likes of muddy waters?
hah, i thought not. you're a record company lawyer, aren't you? – by /sm
|zsubnot (11:24am est tue aug 20 2002)
a random sample of 1000 people would show that the vast majority of them don't have a clue about statistics, even if they were forced to suffer through it in college. – by /sm
|.. the dead horse (12:10pm est tue aug 20 2002)
personally, i've bought more cd's in the last year than i have in the previous five, due to my ability to listen to those songs online before i buy a cd. how often do we go out and buy a cd on the premise that the rest of the disk is of the same quality as one song? not any more. i feel that one of the things the music industry fears is the death of the "one hit wonder" phenomenon that swept the nation in the 90's.
with mp3's and online radio stations, i've heard more great music now than ever before. however, if i want to listen to that music more than trying it out, i usually try to buy the cd.. not only does this help the artist (albiet only a little, true), it lets me copy the highest quality tracts for backup. yes, i'm concerned about quality.
the dip in music sales also coincides with most retail stores raising the price of cd's as well, further pushing people toward downloading than buying. in addition, look at where the figures come from.. at the store i used to work, 1999 and 2000 were big sales years, with "super"-selling cd's like nelly, eminem (sp?), the various pop groups (backstreet boys, britany, christina a., etc..), and a whole plethora of others. 2001 was more of an "underground" year, with more relatively unknown artists releasing.
look at the statistics closely, and follow the release dates of some of the top sellers, followed by their numbers. compare to the same time the adjacent years (when they usually take their base statistic to see whether sales are "down").. i think the riaa figure is much more skewed than even we thought.
and those of you who will only download your music are both abusing the system, and giving the big companies more ammo in their "war" against "piracy". paugh. with respects to d. miller.. of course this is just my [humble] opinion, i could be wrong.
– by ken the annoyed geek
|damn (1:26pm est tue aug 20 2002)
its very simple
we pay too much for cd's!
too much!!!!!
it should be alot less
and the musicians should earn alot more
fuck the record companies
fuck the guys with suits
let them rot in hell – by abbey road
|sample size (1:35pm est tue aug 20 2002)
some of you geeks did not pay attention in statistics class (if you ever took it in the first place). a random sample of 1,000 is probably more than enough to make generalizations for the population of digital music consumers. in fact, using a very generous assumption that the population of digital music users in the u.s. is 100 million, you would need only a random sample of 600 respondents for a results with a confidence level of 95% and a confidence interval of +/- 4%. you would need a sample of 1,040 respondents for results with a confidence level of 99% and a confidence interval of +/- 4%. the question for the forrester study is if the sample is indeed random, or was it selected in such a way that the results will be systematically biased. since the study is available only for forrester clients, i'm unable to look at their survey methodology.
with that said, i would suggest that forrester look into the possibility that the reason records sales are down is because most contemporary music (or at least the music pushed by the big labels) quite frankly sucks. sucks big ones, i might add. i'd like to see if they ask respondents about the quality of music current being sold. – by perkypete
|sm (3:20pm est tue aug 20 2002)
i never said i liked the riaa in fact if you read my earlier post youll get the clue i dont like them becos when pirates steal music (via downloads) they like to raise their percentage of money from sells thus hurting the musicains pay check further
this also applies to reality yes you do hurt the riaa but you also hurt the musicains so go fuck your self when you say that it doesnt hurt any one but the riaa and yeas i do have a life its called music and women wich you probably havent had any good ones or heard any good music in awhile – by working musician
|anti competitive riaa (4:00pm est tue aug 20 2002)
i burn a copy of a cd for less than 20 cents, the stores charge $17.98, where is my other $17.78 going? great business, 800% profit! – by andy
|dropped a zero, 8000%! (4:03pm est tue aug 20 2002)
20cents times 8000- $16.00 – by andy
|working musician (4:14pm est tue aug 20 2002)
i didn't mean to imply that you were an riaa flunky. i kind of gathered that you didn't like them. imo it shows you have a brain.
i was only suggesting that i would prefer to give you five bucks for your cd, and have you get three dollars profit, than give tower fifteen bucks for it and have you get thirty cents.
the riaa isn't afraid i'll put metallica in my share folder, they're afraid i'll put your music in my share folder and that people will discover you and buy your cd instead of metallica's.
you don't need them, i don't need them, the only people that need them are their lawyers, suits, and the judges and politicians they buy. – by /sm
|right on! (5:01pm est tue aug 20 2002)
the riaa is afraid ppl will listen to good music instead of their crap. oh and btw i read somewhere that for each cd sold the musician gets about 35 cents. and that is if they are a well known artist. so maybe ill just burn my cd's and send the artist my 35 cents in the mail. labels charge too much for cds. its showing. if a cd cost me 7 bucks instead of 18 i'd much rather buy it. most cds arent worth 18$ id say maybe there are a few bands that are, and i buy their cds. everything else i download. – by yomominacan
|underground (11:18am est wed oct 08 2003)
i learned about alot of underground music when i had kazaa – by reasdf
|the answer is simple (3:59pm est fri jun 04 2004)
i don't run off and buy a car before test driving it. i don't buy a house before looking at it and getting it appraised. i don't buy a sandwhich without seeing what's in it. and i sure as hell don't spend $20 on a cd because of one good song, when i know it's the best one on the album and have been burned so many times in the past. – by f the riaa
|shut up (11:27am est wed dec 01 2004)
here right you no nothing listen and buy nightwish albums they are the boy man. ne pants slayer with a million songs consisting of noise or crap nu metal the albums by nightwish, sonata arctica and rhapsody you get an excellent albums worth instead one or two alright songs at the end of the day just support what you like plus theres a different experience with the disc sometimes the songs order can make an album so much better
– by casey
|music (3:49pm est sun dec 26 2004)
why go all the way down 2 music stores when u can easily get free music from the net? i love downloadin music and would only ever buy a real cd for a gift, so maybe the market for real cds isnt 2 bad spesh around xmas coz no 1 whos isnt really cheap would give a copied cd as a gift lol right now im listin 2 my ipod and most of the music on it was downloaded faster and eaiser i say lol – by tanith


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Titling the Motion
Each state has its own terminology for emergency motions. Terms also vary depending on what the filing party is requesting. The specific nature of your emergency will dictate the motion's title. For example, some emergency motions are styled "ex parte," which means they can be submitted to the court before being served on the other party. Other terms include "motion to show cause" and "emergency motion." A motion titled "emergency motion" is usually followed by the precise relief being requested, such as "emergency motion for release of funds."
Emergency Motions vs. Non-Emergency Motions
Ordinarily, you cannot correspond with the court without first notifying the other side. All states follow this rule to ensure fairness and complete disclosure. In an emergency scenario, however, you probably will not have enough time to serve the opposing party with a copy of your motion. In that instance, an emergency ex parte motion allows you to get your request before the court without delay. If the court decides in your favor, it will grant temporary relief until a full hearing can be held.
Supporting Documentation
Because the court decides emergency motions before holding a hearing, you must supplement your motion with documents that support your request. Some states require all emergency motions to include an affidavit in which the filing party states the facts surrounding the emergency and swears under oath that his statement is truthful. For motions requesting emergency funds, a court might require proof of expenses like receipts and invoices. Providing more evidence increases the likelihood of the court's granting your emergency motion.
Preparing for the Hearing
Regardless of whether the court grants your request, it will schedule a hearing on your motion. This gives both parties the opportunity to present evidence and argue their side of the issue. To maximize your chances of having your motion granted or upheld, make sure your emergency request is legitimate. For example, an emergency motion for money to buy a plane ticket to attend a parent's funeral will probably be viewed more favorably than a motion for funds to pay a higher than normal electric bill. Reserving emergency motions for truly unexpected circumstances will increase your chances of success.


text: Do More Web & Search Does Google's Terms of Service Let Them Steal My Copyright? What's yours, is yours, but Google may use your content Share Pin Email Print Peter Cade/Photodisc/Getty Images Web & Search Search Engines Best of the Web Safety & Privacy Running a Website By Marziah Karch Writer Marziah Karch is a former writer for Lifewire who also excels at Serious Game Design and develops online help systems, manuals, and interactive training modules. our editorial process Marziah Karch Updated December 17, 2019 53 53 people found this article helpful Every once in a while, rumors circulate that Google secretly gets users to sign away all their intellectual property rights to photos or other content that they upload. The rumor is often accompanied by a particularly scary-sounding clause from the old Google+ Terms of Service: By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. However, Google does not gain ownership of the items you upload. The current Google Terms of Service specify: Some of our Services allow you to upload, submit, store, send or receive content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours. It's not your content you should worry about. It's your endorsement. What Rights Does Google Have? According to its Terms of Service, Google has a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify and publish anything you submit, store, send or receive through its services. Google has the right to translate your content into another language and change the underlying file format. The rights you grant by using Google services are for the "limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services and to develop new ones." For web apps such as blogs and photo-sharing sites to work, Google needs your permission to publish the content and modify it for new formats (like when YouTube converts your video to a more efficient streaming format, such as MPEG). Also, Google may make copies of your content for publication on different size screens, such as those on smartphones and tablets. Here's the part most people don't like to hear: "This license continues even if you stop using our Services." In some cases, you are supplied with ways to remove your content from Google before discontinuing your account, but Google is huge and has many services. You might not find them all, and even if you do, they don't all have a method of content removal. Using Your Endorsements While Google doesn't own your content, it may be using your rating or review in advertising in what it calls a shared endorsement. Unless you change your account settings so your name and photo cannot appear in an ad, you could see your comment in an ad someday on Google or a third-party application connected to your Google Account. You can prevent this in your account privacy settings. Continue Reading


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Homemade PHIC chocolate fondant recipe
Chef Nadine's latest recipe created especially for a pairing with our Madagascan Vanilla
Treat your friends, family or even just yourself to this delicious dessert pairing and share your results on Instagram and FB with #MeAndPaulAtHome
Recipe for Chocolate Fondant
50g melted butter (for brushing moulds)
200g dark chocolate
200g unsalted butter
200g caster sugar
4 eggs & 4 egg yolks
200g plain sugar
Cocoa powder for dusting
Caramel for decorating (optional)
- Pre-heat oven to 200C.
- Start by prepping the utensils – brush melted butter inside moulds then place them in the fridge/freezer to cool for approximately 10 min.
- Place cocoa powder in moulds until they're coated. Tap any excess cocoa out and repeat until all moulds are coated.
- Place a bowl over pan of simmering water. Melt chocolate and butter in the bowl. Remove bowl from the heat and stir until smooth. Leave to cool for 10 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, whisk egg and yolks together with sugar, until thick and pale. Sift the flour into the eggs and beat together.
- Pour melted chocolate into egg mixture in thirds, beating well between each pour until all the chocolate has been added. The mixture will now look like loose cake batter. It's important that the consistency is right here.
- Divide the batter into the moulds.
- Leave the moulds in the fridge to chill for 10 minutes.
- Place fondants onto baking tray and cook for 10-12 minutes until the tops have formed a crust and they are starting to come away form the sides of the mould. Remove from the oven and leave to sit for 1 minute before turning out.
- To loosen fondants gently move the tops away from the moulds with a knife.
- You can choose to serve the chocolate fondant in the mould or you can remove the fondant from the mould completely.
- Add a scoop of PHIC Madagascan Vanilla ice-cream on top of the fondant.
- Dust with cocoa powder and decorate the plate with melted caramel (if desired).
- Indulge.


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Another major body in the recruitment and employment industry has joined APSCo and Umbrella Company trade bodies PRISM and the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA) in calling for the Government to radically re-think plans to change IR35 rules in the public sector next April.
Following a survey of public sector employers by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), its Head of Policy & Public Affairs, Kate Shoesmith, concluded: "HMRC's current consultation on 'Off payroll working in the public sector' is causing consternation amongst recruiters and employment intermediaries, their clients, as well as contractors and interims."
HMRC proposes that liability for determining whether IR35 is or is not applicable to contracting professionals and interim managers should be shifted from the individual contractor (the present arrangement) to the hirer. That would include public sector end clients, recruitment agencies and employment intermediaries.
Should a contractor working via a Personal Service Company (PSC) be deemed "inside IR35," the hirer will, under the proposed arrangements, become responsible for deducting National Insurance and Income Tax prior to paying the balance.
More worrying, however, was the finding that the changes, described by Ms Shoesmith as "deeply flawed," will damage public sector employers' ability to attract the highly skilled contracting professionals whom they desperately need to go on delivering public services. Should the proposed crackdown on PSCs proceed as planned, 43 per cent of employers believed that fewer contractors and interims would choose to work for them., while 26 per cent believed that they would be forced to decrease their use of these professionals. Just ten per cent thought that the proposals would make no difference.
HMRC's belief that too few PSC contractors are currently paying the right amount of tax sits uneasily with its own research. A recent Revenue study into changes to intermediaries' legislation concluded: "Many used temporary staff and considered them to be central to the success of their business – primarily in terms of the flexibility and skills they provided…Businesses saw the changes as being potentially costly, burdensome and constraining. This concern was shared even by those who rarely used PSCs."
PRISM CEO Crawford Temple has recently re-asserted his organisation's view that the only solution for a level playing field for contractors is a strategic review of the UK's tax system, a project which PRISM is currently seeking to conduct with the independent Social Market Foundation think-tank.


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migraine glossaryWriter's note: Some of you have expressed an interest in learning more of the medical terminology that comes up when discussing migraine disease and other headache disorders. So, I'll be posting a "term of the day," on a regular basis. If there are terms you'd like to have defined, please leave a comment below.
When we're given migraine and headache information, whether from our doctor, a book, or an online article, we sometimes come across medical terms that can be confusing. While it's easy enough to substitute another word or a short phrase for the medical term, there are times when substituting doesn't quite convey the same meaning.
Polymorphism is one of those terms. It's sometimes used when talking about migraine genetics and pathophysiology and is an important word for migraineurs to understand.
Polymorphism can have two meanings. It can mean the existence of a gene in several allelic (alternative forms of a gene that may occur at a specific locus) forms or a variation in a specific sequence of DNA.
Here's an example of how it's used in a sentence:A study has shown that the MTHFR polymorphism doesn't increase susceptibility to migraine.
As more and more research is conducted related to the genetics of migraine, various polymorphisms are going to come under scrutiny. Early work that suggested some polymorphisms that are related to migraine need to be replicated, and many studies are going to be necessary to identify all of the genes involved.
For more terms, see our Migraine Medical Terms Glossary Index.


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Preserve the Pensions Blog Provides Key Updates on Community Project
February 1, 2013– Austin, TX. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces the creation of the Preserve the Pensions blog to assist in its efforts to preserve and digitize 7.2 million pages of War of 1812 Pension Records with the help of the genealogy community.
This new social media asset joins the family of other FGS blogs and websites, all which keep the genealogy and family history community updated on progress of FGS activities including fundraising projects and records preservation.
The bicentennial of what's been called "America's Second Revolution" began on June 18, 2012 and over the next three years, the public will turn its attention towards key anniversary events including the Burning of the White House and the Writing of the Star Spangled Banner.
The National Archives reports that the War of 1812 pension files are among the heaviest requested materials. With that level of use, these valuable records, available in no other format, are in danger of grave deterioration.
- Free to the Public: As these valuable historical documents are digitized, they will be made available to all at no cost, and the original pension files can be retired to much less active use.
- Digitized Images Now Available: Completed images and associated indexing are posted incrementally. Genealogists, historians, teachers, patriotic societies, and history buffs all have access to the images that have been digitized right now. Images will be offered for free at Fold3 indefinitely.
Visit the Preserve the Pensions blog at http://www.preservethepensions.org/blog/ for updates, success stories of researchers using the War of 1812 Pension Files and more.
About the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) was founded in 1976 and represents the members of hundreds of genealogical societies. FGS links the genealogical community by helping genealogical societies strengthen and grow through resources available online, FGS Forum magazine (filled with articles pertaining to society management and genealogical news), and Society Strategy Series papers, covering topics about effectively operating a genealogical society. FGS also links the genealogical community through its annual conference -- four days of excellent lectures, including one full day devoted to society management topics. To learn more visit http://www.fgs.org.


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Daniel Cormier Gets Away With Leaning on a Towel, While Pearl Gonzalez Gets Busted for Having Breast Implants
Fightland Blog
Don't look now but the UFC's early weigh-ins are quickly becoming the best source for drama in sports.
A month ago we all waited breathlessly for over an hour as UFC lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov failed to appear in the basement of the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to weigh in, precipitating both the cancellation of his fight the following day with Tony Ferguson and the breaking of our hearts. The drama that day came from an absence, from a lack, from a deep silence that created an almost unbearable sense of hope and anticipation.
The drama at today's early weigh-ins for UFC 210 in Buffalo had much more to do with scandal and controversy, possibly even conspiracy. It all started about five minutes before 11EST, the official cut-off time for tomorrow night's event. At that point neither reigning light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier nor his challenger, Anthony "Rumble" Johnson, had made an appearance, and for several tense minutes it looked like neither of the men would be able to make weight and yet another UFC main event would have to be scrapped in 2017.
Then all of a sudden there was Cormier, looking drawn and drained and seeming to stumble as he made his toward the scale. At 10:57 he dropped his sweat pants as two UFC officials lifted a towel in front of him and he stepped onto the scale. 206.2 pounds. 1.2 pounds over the limit. Cormier, looking as a dejected and distraught as one could, grabbed the towel and barely managed to drape it around himself as he stepped off the scale and returned to the backstage area. Surely the fight would be called off, everyone thought, or at least changed to a non-title fight. No man can lose a pound in three minutes.
At 10:59, though, Cormier reappeared, still naked and still holding that towel. He walked straight to the scale. There were now two towels covering Cormier's lower body, one being held by UFC officials and another one inexplicably behind it being held taut by a member of Cormier's own team. And as Cormier was being weighed, officials from the New York State Athletic Commissions either didn't notice or didn't care that Cormier had his hands on those towels and appeared to be leaning on them: a clear violation of commission rules.
This time—less than three minutes after the first time—Cormier was right on weight: 205 exactly. Cheers went up in the room, Cormier made a triumphant fist, and his towel-holding teammate grabbed him in a celebratory bearhug. What miraculous weight loss! But the question was now hovering all over that room: Why was Cormier allowed to hold onto that towel when he was weighing in the second time? Surely it could be argued that leaning on a towel could take a small amount of weight (say, 1.2 pounds?) off a fighter's bulk, no? And since when are mixed martial artists allowed to be touching anything during a weight cut?
Well, ask NYSAC Executive Director Anthony Giardina and he'll tell that they're not, and that Cormier didn't, no matter what we and the rest of the world say we saw.
"[Cormier] wasn't holding the towel the second time," Giardina told reporters right after they had just watched Cormier holding the towel the second time. When one of the reporters said he had video of Cormier holding the towel, Giardina was unmoved. "Either way," Giardina argued, "he weighed in 1.2 pounds less the second time. And he weighed in 205 exactly."
What?!! How does a UFC champion get away with holding onto a towel during weigh-ins in plain sight? And how is the executive director of the New York State Athletic Commission the only person in the world not have seen him do it? And what does he mean "either way"? Doesn't one way involve abiding by the rules while the other way doesn't? Is this merely more evidence of early sloppiness in New York MMA regulation, or is something more sinister going on? A fudging of the rules to make sure a main-event title fight goes on as planned, perhaps? Collusion? Scandal? A conspiracy even?
Amazingly, today's weigh-in drama didn't stop there. At the very moment Cormier vanished again into the dressing room, surrounded by his barking supporters and UFC officials, "Rumble" Johnson appeared from the other side of the room and with literally no time to spare before the end of the weigh-in period jumped on the scale and made weight easily, clearing the bar by 1.2 pounds.
So let me get this straight: Cormier comes in 1.2 pounds over, disappears, and comes back two minutes later weighing exactly 205 pounds? Meanwhile, his opponent, who was nowhere to be seen until the last possible moment, comes in exactly 1.2 pounds under the limit? Doesn't this all seem a little suspicious? Or is the drama of early weigh-ins turning me into a paranoid Deep State MMA truther?
Amazingly, there was still more drama to come. Just minutes after the Cormier madness, UFC newcomer Pearl Gonzalez was pulled from her main-card fight with Cynthia Calvillo because the NYSAC discovered she has breast implants, which are not allowed under commission rules due to "concern over rupture." Now, you can argue the fairness and legitimacy of that rule all you want (our own Sarah Kurchak addressed the issue of breast size/breast implants and their relation to weight-cutting and health and safety concerns two years ago), but the mystery remains as to why the NYSAC would wait until after Gonzalez had cut and made weight and after she passed all her commission-approved medicals to break the news. Add that to the mystery of Cormier's towel and Johnson's magical last-second 1.2-pound-under appearance and it's hard not to wonder at the moves and motives of the New York State Athletic Commission. Maybe it's just young and full of growing pains and struggling with the subtleties of rule enforcement. Or maybe it's something more. Maybe we're being cursed for being the last state in the union to legalize MMA. Maybe this is our punishment.
UPDATE: Several hours after being removed from UFC 210, the New York State Athletic Commission has medically cleared Pearl Gonzalez after reviewing her case with a physician.
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Padre Antonio Soler: Harpsichord Sonatas, Volume ll
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David Schrader concludes his selective, two-part survey of Antonio Soler's imaginative harpsichord sonatas with a CD of witty pieces that elicit smiles and others that bring to mind a wealth of instrumental timbres, most notably Spanish guitar and baroque trumpet flourishes.
Schrader plays vivaciously; his readings sparkle with freshness and immediacy that make these 200-year-old pieces seem almost new. This disc includes nine sonatas, with the cheery, quasi-classical, four-movement Sonata No. 62 flanked by pieces in conventional Baroque single-movement form.
In the liner notes, Schrader writes of Soler's musical humor, at one point conjuring the image of the composer "snickering" as keyboard players careen through Sonata No. 10's devilishly difficult passages. (The sonata calls to mind cartoon-like-cat-and-mouse escapes, carnival calliopes, tubas, and melodramatic piano tracks for silent movies -- although no one claims Soler was that prescient.) Schrader says historical evidence indicates Spanish royalty and clergy did have a sense of humor (the Inquisition notwithstanding).
Many of Soler's later sonatas show the emergence of the Classical age, but Sonata No. 81, with its sudden contrasts, prefigures even Romantic forms, The exhilaration the listener senses in the music might well relate to the thrill of venturing beyond old barriers.
Although a Spanish quality permeates Soler's music in general, the leisurely paced Sonata No. 74 takes this association to another level: it's written (and performed) in a way that make the harpsichord sound uncannily like a guitar. Particularly colorful, this sonata also evokes trumpet fanfares in coda-like passages.
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Total Time: 75:58
Recorded: September 6 & 7, 1991 at WFMT Chicago
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Engineer: Bill Maylone
Front Cover Photo: Erik S. Lieber
Design: Robert J. Salm
Notes: David Schrader
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Published: February 2, 2010
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Source: Personal Copy
Highly Recommended
You might enjoy this book if you like: Family dramas, stories about Native Americans, Gone Girl
When Irene America discovers that her husband, Gil, has been reading her diary, she begins a secret Blue Notebook, stashed securely in a safe-deposit box. There she records the truth about her life and her marriage, while turning her Red Diary—hidden where Gil will find it—into a manipulative farce. Alternating between these two records, complemented by unflinching third-person narration, Shadow Tag is an eerily gripping read.
When the novel opens, Irene is resuming work on her doctoral thesis about George Catlin, the nineteenth-century painter whose Native American subjects often regarded his portraits with suspicious wonder. Gil, who gained notoriety as an artist through his emotionally revealing portraits of his wife—work that is adoring, sensual, and humiliating, even shocking—realizes that his fear of losing Irene may force him to create the defining work of his career.
Meanwhile, Irene and Gil fight to keep up appearances for their three children: fourteen-year-old genius Florian, who escapes his family's unraveling with joints and a stolen bottle of wine; Riel, their only daughter, an eleven-year-old feverishly planning to preserve her family, no matter what disaster strikes; and sweet kindergartener Stoney, who was born, his parents come to realize, at the beginning of the end.
As her home increasingly becomes a place of violence and secrets, and she drifts into alcoholism, Irene moves to end her marriage. But her attachment to Gil is filled with shadowy need and delicious ironies. In brilliantly controlled prose, Shadow Tag fearlessly explores the complex nature of love, the fluid boundaries of identity, and one family's struggle for survival and redemption.
My Thoughts:
This is a book that is, in some ways, ahead of its time. A few years, Gone Girl hit the shelves and the country was captivated (I, personally, couldn't finish it, but whatever). This book, however, came out a few years previously and it tells the story of a couple wracked by distrust far more effectively.
Make no mistake, this is not a "thriller." Instead, it is a nuanced family drama with well-rounded, but flawed characters. It is also a testament that this particular story can be told in a non-sensational way and be as, if not more, effective.
I found both Irene and Gil to be realistic, relatable, and deplorable--all at the same time. Every marriage is different, so this isn't a case of just "a married couple getting to that point." Erdrich expertly shows how a once happy couple could get to the point where neither trusts the other. There isn't one thing that led Irene and Gil to their current state, but a series of little things--things that could happen to any couple and things that are not especially notable, except for the way that they are handled.
I went in to this book knowing that it was a troubled marriage, but I wasn't prepared for how troubled it was. I can't say that I could take either side in this relationship. I was also never sure how the story would end--in fact, I was flabbergasted when I got to the last page. It is always a good thing when a book keeps me guessing (it happens so infrequently these days).
As is the norm with Erdrich's book, the Native American experience runs through the narrative. I find this to be one of my favorite aspects of Erdrich's writing and definitely a highlight of this book. When we talk about different ethnic groups in America, I always feel that the Native American population is underrepresented, so I'm grateful for Erdrich and her work.
This was not what I would call an enjoyable book. It was frequently stressful, but it was also nearly impossible for me to put down. And it was a refreshing change to see an author tell a gripping tale simply by telling a story, and not blowing it up with unneeded thriller-y details.
I was not solicited for this review and I received no compensation for this post.


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Peter Pan
Hear Music from the Movie:
Go to the [Main Menu]. Move the cursor to the far [Left] (it
should be on [Play]) and move the cursor [Left] one more time.
You will be taken to a list of all the music from the film with
the option to listen.


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- Alain Sarfati, elected President of Université Paris-Sud
- A new technique to detect the topography of exoplanets
- Two students from UFR STAPS talk about their study in Russia
- Jean-François Le Gall, winner of the Wolf Prize for Mathematics
- A nanomedicine which relieves pain without the risk of addiction
- Three physicists acknowledged as outstanding referees by the American Physical Society
- Sponsorship agreement with Air Liquide for the Chair in "Another Kind of Physics"
- University Paris-Sud the winner of two European networks for Innovative Training Networks (ITN) doctoral training
- Signature of conventions between the French Anti-Doping Agency and University Paris-Sud
- Kenya: promising partnerships for the future
- Paris-Sud, top French university among the most innovative in Europe
- A student at the Olympics
- Franco-American seminar to boost our university exchanges
- Towards an understanding of the mechanism of transport of membrane lipids
- Paris-Sud University is one of the first 25 institutions accredited with "Choose France" certification
- Paris-Sud University is involved in a European University project along with its partners in the Paris-Saclay COMUE
- GATE is open
- Back to university 2019: welcome to Paris-Sud University!
- Breast Cancer : hormone therapy has a greater impact on quality of life than chemotherapy
- A great Welcome Day for our international students
- Diana Garcià Garcià, winner of the 2019 French Rising Talent Award
- Four researchers from Paris-Sud honored by the Academy of Science
- Graduates of Université Paris-Sud meet-up in Boston
- Publication of the decree creating the Paris-Saclay institution
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- The same fish apart from a few neurons
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- Paris-Sud students excel during a tournament between physicists
- Green light for the ARIEL mission
- Closer co-operation with Japan
- The paradoxical extinction of the most charismatic species
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- Marc Humbert, Winner of the 2018 European Respiratory Society Prize
- Cachan students shine at the French Robotics Cup
- Studying the magnetic thin layers by analogy with the physics of soap bubbles
- Success Story for the Erasmus Mundus SERP-Chem Masters
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- Inauguration of a new biology and health research infrastructure
- Université Paris-Sud is outstanding in the lastest rankings
- Predicting the response to immunotherapy with artificial intelligence
- Pathology and social interactions : Safety in numbers
- Adolescent depression: early signs and changes in brain development underscore the need for new preventive approaches
- Inauguration of International Talents Reception Point
- The Mascot robot successfully lands on its asteroid
- A new international Master's in Life Sciences and Health
- A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of assembly of some viruses
- Université Paris-Sud warmly welcomed its international students
- Five Researchers from Université Paris-Sud have been honoured by the Academy of Science
- Paris Sud students experience weightlessness
- Four internationally-renowned figures are awarded Doctor Honoris Causa degrees by Université Paris-Sud
- An international programme in English for future sports event managers
- Visit by an American delegation
- The Emerald : a jewell to understand the evolution of early massive galaxies
- Université Paris-Sud will host the French Anti-Doping Agency at its Orsay campus
- HIV : Preventing entry into the cell
- 2017 News
- The Paris-Sud official shop is open
- Paris-Sud University, still among the Top 50 best universities worldwide
- And it was a success... like a flower
- Ultra-Fast Molecular Movie
- Cosmic rays with an extragalactic origin !
- Gravitational waves : fourth merger of black holes observed by LIGO-Virgo
- From Sotchi to the Faculty of Sport Science
- First observation of merging neutron stars
- Antibiotics affects the efficacy of immunotherapy
- Visit by a delegation of 19 representatives from Chinese universities
- Interview of Narendra Singh, our local EIT kickoff winner
- The turbulence of gravitational waves put into an equation
- Rosetta is revealing new secrets about the composition of comet 67P
- The Heating Rate in the Magnetic Environment around the Earth Estimated for the First Time
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admission procedures for international students.
Exchange students
Every year hundreds of exchange students from all over the world spend time at Paris-Sud University as part of their degree. You may be able to study here through the following programmes:
ERASMUS, MICEFA, BCI, TASSEP,or Bilateral agreements
Modules are available across many fields and are part of the normal curriculum, enabling international exchange students to study alongside France-based home students.
Some courses are also offered in english. Here you can find a catalog of all english courses available in the Science Faculty.
For other faculties, please consult the following links :
- The Pharmacy Facutly
- Jean Monnet Faculty (Law, Economy, Management)
- The engineering school Polytech Paris Sud
In addition, there is a new internship exchange programme with six European research intensive universities. Please visit the website of the STREAM programme.
French language requirements
Very few programmes are taught in English (see our international degrees). We highly recommend that applicants for French degrees have attained level B1 in French as a minimum. However, no language certificate is required.
How to apply
First, contact the International Relations Office of your university and apply to them. Once you have been accepted on an exchange programme by your university :
- Upload the necessary documents (Academic transcripts, Learning Agreement and your coordinator's signed confirmation)
- Complete the application before June 5th for the 1st semester, or if you will be staying for a whole year
before November 15th for the 2nd semester.
Student handbook
This short document is aimed to give you useful links and information on Paris-Sud University, preparation of your stay, at your arrival and student life.
Click here to download it
You can also consult general information from the e-International Welcome Office on https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/e-international-welcome-office
French classes
Courses at Université Paris-Sud are most often delivered in French. You must speak some French. If such is not the case, so starting learning French at your home institution is mandatory.
French as foreign language intensive course
You will undertake a placement test before classes start. You MUST attend this test as there is no other way to determine which group you will be in.
Registration will be done during class n°1. FLE teachers advise you to have a grammar book and an MP3 recorder/reader if your level in French is quite low.
For science students on Orsay Campus
From Tuesday morning, August 27th 2019 to Friday afternoon, August 30st 2019
Where ? Language Centre, Eiffel Building (CentraleSupelec) 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette
Bus no. 7 / 9 / 91.06B Stop at : MOULON
Contact : « Secrétariat FLE Paris-Sud », Bâtiment Eiffel, office LC 301, 3rd floor
Additional information :
Mandatory placement test Monday afternoon, August 26th2019
Eiffel Building (CentraleSupelec) 3rd floor
Classes on Tuesday 27th, Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th and Friday afternoon (included) 30st of August 2019
You will get information on your group and class times after the placement test
For students in Law, economics, management, Medicine and Pharmacy
From Monday morning, September 2rd 2019 to Friday afternoon (included), September 6th
Where ? Faculté Jean Monnet Map
French classes for all international students
Between September and April, you can attend French as a foreign language classes (2h/week)
If you wish to study French for a year
Diplôme Universitaire de Français Langue Étrangère de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université Paris-Sud (DU FLE) is aimed at international students who wish to pursue their studies at Université Paris-Sud but who do not have the level required in French (B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
email@example.com (incoming-exchange.international @ u-psud.fr)
Direction des Relations Internationales
Université Paris-Sud
Bâtiment 490
91405 Orsay Cedex
Do you want to meet local students ? Please visit the following page of the Buddy Program
buddy-program @ universite-paris-saclay.fr (buddy-program @ universite-paris-saclay.fr)
Find our partner universities throughout the world listed by country, university or field.
Further information is provided on the MICEFA, BCI and TASSEP websites