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McLaren's executive director of racing, Andrea Stella, has shed light on the impacts the introduction the cost had on Formula 1 had last season.
New financial regulations came into play from 2021 which limited teams to $145 million, a figure which will drop to $140 million for the coming season.
It's a move which many within the paddock first resisted but has since proved a significant factor in increasing teams' value.
On track, it's also a way of levelling the playing field and making it difficult for teams to simply spend their way to the world championship.
For Stella, the new rules have opened up opportunities to improve McLaren's processes.
"In my specific area, which is obviously a portion of the overall way we spend the budget cap, I think the main impact really is that there's a lot of millions going into the freight business, as an operational element of going racing," he explained.
"That sometimes is kind of not obviously in the spotlight but actually is a considerable opportunity also to generate savings and efficiency.
"I really welcomed the push given by the budget cap requirement because we generated efficiency in that area in the way we ship stuff around the world."
While efficiency has been a key factor, managing staff costs have also been important.
Though a handful of key roles within an organisation fall outside the cost cap, the majority fall within its bounds and prove a significant percentage of the overall sum available to teams.
It made for a difficult balancing act as organisations grappled to meet the new constraint, in some instances reassigning personnel or even making redundancies.
"The labour cost in a way is another important element of contribution within the budget cap," Stella noted.
"But apart from these two aspects, the impact of the way we go racing from a race team point of view was not a big one.
"I would say it's almost an opportunity for this extra portion generating efficiency that you wonder why we didn't do that before."
The 2022 Formula 1 season kicks off with pre-season testing on February 23, with McLaren to launch its new car on February 10.


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This talk focuses on local language practices, in contrast to official discourses on language and established understandings of vocabulary. In language practice, understanding of words are to some degree highly fluid and situational – according to political context, local experiences of success or suffering, cultural norms regarding the self-organisation of society, networking, negotiations of chances and mutual relations, and of historical memory shape the use of words. This includes local traditions of resistance against power, from a very local to the state level. This talk will focus on Tigrinya practice in the urban and rural context in Tigray, not within institutional settings (which tend to be state-oriented), but in private conversations (which are reflecting daily practice fluctuating between trust for the state and ideas of local rights beyond the state). Vocabulary around concepts of "land" (addi, hager) are discussed, such as concepts of "government" (mengisti) and of "law" (heggi), which are used in a particular way in local parlance, marked by centuries of strong local autonomy, challenges of survival and the periodical presence of state actors. The state, at least the modern one, appears rather as an outside force, from which one may need protection, against one needs to rebel, or to which one needs to submit or which provides chances to be used – while in all cases, language practice shows the domination of local views of life organisation, land use and law, where the state is not authoritative. In short: Local realities defy the illusions of a strong state.
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Somaliland in north-western Somalia seceded unilaterally from the rest of Somalia in 1991. Since then, it developed as viable de facto state. It is generally reported as beacon of stability, praised for its internal peace, (relatively) democratic elections and the legitimacy of its political institutions. In recent years, there has been a considerable influx of international aid, investment and political support to Somaliland, nurturing hopes of international recognition. However, what often is ignored by external observers, and what also is consciously silenced by Somaliland elites and vocal supporters in the diaspora, is the plurality of political positions within Somaliland for and against secession from Somalia. These positions are, to a considerable degree, related to clan-belonging. Members of the Isaaq clan-family residing in the centre of Somaliland tend to support secession. Those belonging to the Harti-clan-collective residing in the east mainly reject secession. The epicentre of this conflict has since twenty years now been Lasanod and surrounding's. Marginalization and militarization have become the hallmark of the area since 2002. Over the years, Somaliland forces and Harti militias clashed occasionally. The Somaliland army eventually established itself as dominant power. Yet, in December 2022, an uprising started in Lasanod that transformed in a veritable war. Between February and August 2023, the Somaliland army laid siege to Lasanod, frequently shelling the town. Local militias put up resistance which was logistically and militarily supported by Puntland, which is part of Somalia and neighbours Somaliland to the east. On 25 August, the Harti militias routed the Somaliland army positioned around Lasanod and drove them far west, out of all Harti clan-lands. Subsequently, the Harti began to establish their own administration called SSC-Khaatumo, which sees itself as part of Somalia. At the moment, it is unclear if the government of Somaliland will engaged in a military counter-offensive. Additional to the military defeat in the east, Somaliland faces internal rifts in the centre. If the status quo continues, Somaliland's secessionist project is likely "dead". What will this mean for peace and stability in the region?
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Some notes on the linguistic features of Islamic Amharic manuscript literature
24. October 2023, 18:00 CET
Since the 19th century, the Wällo region in Ethiopia has served as a prominent hub for Islamic education. This has led to the establishment of numerous centers dedicated to Islamic scholarship, fostering a flourishing literary tradition. In addition to Arabic literature, there has been a notable emergence of literature in local languages such as Amharic, Argobba, Afar, and Oromo, all of which were written using the Arabic script. The language found in these manuscripts is heavily influenced by Classical Arabic, to the extent that Drewes (1976) describes it as a "intricate mixture of languages." This phenomenon raises broader questions about the relationship between language and religion, particularly the notion of distinct religiously defined linguistic varieties, such as "Islamic languages" (Bausani 1981, challenged by Versteegh 2020) or "Muslim" varieties (Gori 2015). Hary and Wein (2013) propose the concept of "religiolect" as a theoretical framework that may shed light on this matter. Additionally, Brenner and Last (1985) discuss the use of "learned dialects" within social contexts characterized by Islamic scholarship. The presentation will provide an overview of Islamic Amharic manuscript literature, describe its linguistic peculiarities and discuss its sociolinguistic role.
- Bausani, Alessandro. 1981."Le lingue islamiche: Interazioni e acculturazioni". In Bausani, Alessandro and Scarcia Amoretti, Biancamaria (eds.). Il mondo islamico tra interazione e acculturazione. Rome: Università degli Studi di Roma. 3-19.
- Brenner, Louis and Last, Murray. 1985. "The role of language in West African Islam". Africa 55(4). 432-446.
- Gori, Alessandro. 2015. "Languages and literatures of the Muslims of the Horn of Africa: some first general reflections". In: P. Nicelli (Ed.). L'africa, l'oriente mediterraneo e l'europa. Tradizioni e culture a confronto. Milano: Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana. 119-126.
- Drewes, Abraham Johannes. 1976. Classical Arabic in Central Ethiopia. Leiden: Brill.
- Hary, Benjamin and Wein, Martin J. 2013. "Religiolinguistics: on Jewish-, Christian- and Muslim-defined languages". International Journal of the Sociology of Language 220. 85-108.
- Versteegh, Kees. 2020. "Can a Language be Islamic?" Eurasian Studies 18. 5-25.
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50 Years of BBC TV News
Wednesday, July 7, 2004 by Steve Williams
The main purpose of television news is that of a window on the world, plain and simple – pointing a camera at what's actually happening. But of course, we all know that there's much more to it than that, as can be illustrated when we occasionally get to see a complete news bulletin from times past, and marvel at the huge differences from today's programmes.
A few weeks back, as part of its '60s season, BBC4 screened the main evening news from March 1967, featuring what now appears to be an incredibly trivial news agenda – a Merseyside derby as the second story. Meanwhile, BBC Parliament's recent real-time replay of the 1979 General Election was enlivened by the addition of the news bulletin from that evening, where Richard Baker's script included some lines presumably no longer in the Corporation's style guide – "The terrorists, 12 in number, included five girls."
Indeed, over its 50 years on the air, BBC News has probably gone through more changes than virtually every other television programme. The publicity surrounding the anniversary celebrations majors on the comparison between today's round the clock, presenter-led bulletins, and the earliest, brief newscasts where executives were nervous about letting anyone on screen at all. An examination of how and why these changes came about would no doubt make for fascinating viewing.
Sadly, this isn't what we're getting from the commemorative programmes to mark the birthday. The format is about as simple as you can get; each decade gets half an hour (though due to golf on Thursday and Friday, the first four installments were shown two at a time) where a veteran reporter – Michael Buerk, Charles Wheeler, Kate Adie, John Simpson, Jeremy Bowen – introduces clips of some of the major stories that BBC News covered.
However, the most obvious flaw is that it's way too short (it works out as three minutes for one year) to cover anything in any great depth. The summary of '70s politics on Tuesday's programme, for example, was about as simplistic as you can get. Basically, Ted Heath was Prime Minister, but after the three-day week and two elections, Harold Wilson took over, until he resigned and was replaced by Jim Callaghan, but his supposed indifference over strikes in 1979 led to the election of Margaret Thatcher. A decade of major political upheaval distilled into less than 60 seconds.
The same thing is the case throughout the series – '70s pop culture was covered via a brief clip of Abba winning Eurovision, a brief soundbite from John Lydon ("You just look so bloody boring") and a shot of a cinema queue waiting to see Star Wars. It would have been nice to see how '70s television covered punk during the era, but obviously it was time for something else.
One other major flaw of this approach is that it relies on the viewer having to fill in a lot of detail themselves – two minutes on the Gulf War is clearly not enough to discuss how the conflict came about, what happened during it, and what its legacy was. You might argue that most people already know what happened and so that's not entirely necessary, but if that's the case, why did the episode on the '60s need to remind us that England won the World Cup in 1966? Given Geoff Hurst's third goal is one of the most repeated moments in television history, do we really need to see it again with absolutely no further comment? Even The Rock and Roll Years used to be more in-depth than this.
The fast pace of the series also has some rather unfortunate side effects. The entire recent history of Northern Ireland politics was reduced to little more than a constant stream of explosions, with little attempt to explain what they were for. While much of the footage in the series remained moving and affecting, after a while it began to wash over you somewhat, and you ended up trying to remember if we were looking at images of Rhodesia, South Africa or the Middle East, and what stage of their history we'd got to. Surely that shouldn't be happening, but by rushing through it there's no other response.
The choice of stories seems somewhat unusual too – we were told again about Michael Fagin breaking into Buckingham Palace, but rather obviously no footage of this exists, and so it was represented on screen by a drawing. Given we're celebrating the anniversary of television news, why was such a non-visual story included? And that's the major problem with this series – it's a history of the news, yes, but it's not really a history of The News.
How did we get from the formal announcement of Anthony Eden becoming Prime Minister ("That's the end of the statement from Buckingham Palace") to the media circus that surrounded Tony Blair's election? We don't know, because the series neglected to tell us.
What we get from the programmes are a compilation of the major events of the past five decades. Fair enough, that's what the series promised. But it's a series that could also have been compiled, if not with the same lengthy time span, by any other news organisation. Most of these stories would have happened with or without cameras being present. What would be much more interesting and satisfying would have been finding out how the BBC covered them, and what they tried to achieve. In the clips from Tiananmen Square in China, Kate Adie announced that they had only seen one other camera crew. Why? And why were the BBC there in the first place? What effect did their pictures have on both the people in power, and the general public? It was much the same when covering the Ethiopian famine – here was Michael Buerk's report, here was Live Aid, with no mention of how the former was clearly responsible for the latter.
Most obviously, there was little mention of the BBC itself in all this. In the time span covered in Tuesday's programme, 1974 – 93, Angela Rippon became the first real celebrity newsreader, there was a move away from straight newsreaders towards versatile journalists, breakfast television was launched and John Birt attempted to completely change the culture and presentation of television news. Yet there was no mention of any of this. We simply got brief clips of the various newsreaders introducing some of the stories, and that was it. Similarly in the final episode, Jeremy Bowen mentioned that now BBC News was a 24-hour operation, but there was no discussion of how this has made a difference to news gathering and how we watch the news. The Hutton Inquiry, which cost the Corporation its two top executives, was ignored altogether. Little too was made of the various reporters and their skills – Brian Hanrahan's memorable "I counted them all out, and I counted them all back" line from the Falklands War was included, but Kate Adie didn't even name him, just referring to "the BBC reporter".
Ironically for a series celebrating a 50th anniversary, these programmes could have been made at any point in the last couple of decades, such is their old-fashioned approach. They hark back to a time when viewers were amazed by any clips from the archive, as so little ever got an airing, and as such they didn't require lengthy extracts or discussion. Nowadays, though, we expect a little more than just a brief snippet from a news report. Sadly, you end up thinking "So what?" – distilling the Iranian Embassy siege to the explosion is just creating a "Greatest Hits" package, surely not the most appropriate way to celebrate half a century of impeccable journalism?
Indeed, perhaps the most incredible aspect of the 50th anniversary programmes was that, for once, here were programmes from BBC News that weren't informing.


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The computer program was developed for helicopter vertical autorotative landing simulation after one or both engines failure. The influence of the rotor inertia, initial rotational rotor speed and collective pitch control on vertical autorotative landing characteristics was investigated. The possibility of decreasing anding velocity by proper collective control was prooved.


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The remaining regular season schedule is set up to allow Phillies right hander Roy Halladay at least two more starts before the Phils begin their post season push; however , its more than likely that tonights start against Washington will be Roy's last before the play-offs.
There is no question that Harry Leroy Halladay has been a work horse for Philadelphia Skipper Charlie Manuel this season, as he currently leads the National League with 241.2 innings pitched to go along with a league leading 8 complete games, so resting that arm would help to do a body good.
Tonight's start against the Nationals could also go a long way in solidifying what should be the Phillies seventh Cy Young Award in team history; Steve Carlton, 1972, 1977, 1980 & 1982, John Denny 1983 and Steve Bedrosian 1987.
Imagine, Halladay has a chance to clinch the NL East Pennant, his 21st win of the season and perhaps seal the envelope on the Cy Young Voting.
Yes, I said it Cy Young, the award given annually to Major League Baseball's (MLB) best pitchers, one each in the National League (NL) and American League (AL).
Each league's award is voted on by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, with two representatives from each team, which means 28 ballots are cast for the American League winner, and 32 ballots cast for the National League. Each voter places a vote for first, second, and third place among the pitchers of each league. The formula used to calculate the final scores is a weighted sum of the votes. The pitcher with the highest score in each league wins the award. If two pitchers receive the same number of votes, the award is shared.
You would think that Halladay's numbers would speak for themselves. A win tomorrow would give him a league leading 21 wins, one more than Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright who by the way will also have another chance this week to win his twenty-first.
Wainwright's 2.43 earned run average (ERA) is a scant better than Halladays 2.53, and as I write this blog both pitchers are tied for the league lead with 213 strikeouts.
Yes it's that close.
So why should Roy win the Cy? For Starters eight complete games verses five for Wainwright, and to date Halladay has walked only 30 batters verses Wainwrights 56.
(Insert drum roll here please) Oh yes and did I fail to mention that on a mild Miami night back on May 29, the six-foot-six, 230 pound Halladay struck out 11 Florida Marlins while on his way to recording just the 20th perfect game in MLB history.
Think about it, 135 years of baseball and only 20 perfect games. The Phillies by the way are just the fifth team to boast two perfect game pitchers in team history. Jim Bunning threw Philadelphia's other one on June 21, 1964 vs. the Mets.
So there you have it, I have stated my case for Roy Halladay as the 2010 National League Cy Young award winner, besides that trophy would look really nice next to Halladays 2003 AL Cy Young award.
By the way if Halladay does win this year's award, he would join Roger Clemens, Gaylord Perry, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martínez as the only pitchers to win the award in both leagues.
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I need a name of a video camera that will work well with an Apple, can be used with a tripod, and produces a high quality picture.
Also need a stand-alone microphone.
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I need a name of a video camera that will work well with an Apple, can be used with a tripod, and produces a high quality picture.
Also need a stand-alone microphone.
Tunch is making demands? No more silent grainy web cam shots?
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I suggest you prepare yourself for a thread full of porn jokes.
i am happy with the 99 dollar Snoball mic. No camera advice.
Don't forget the first rule of vblogging — don't drink until after you've finished taping or you'll end up like Ann Althouse.
How much you want to spend?
Go to B & H Photo website and look around. They have good pricing and an excellent selection. I've been doing business with them for years.
UPDATE: Do you need a camera with external mic capablility? If so then you are going to spend a lot of money. If not, and you need a separate mic for voice over then I recommend the Shure 58.
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WOO HOO! John Cole is branching out to youtube!
DougJ is going to make BJ podcasts with a sock puppet?
@The Grand Panjandrum: I'll second B&H.
I think Audio Technica offers the best value for the money in mics for video recorders. For the well-under $100 range, get the ATR-55. It is switchable to use as a close-up mic, or as a distance "shotgun" mic.
At Buy.com here.
I'm assuming you want the stand alone mic to use with the video camera?
@AhabTRuler: Yea, their store on 34th Street in NYC is the greatest electronic store on Earth and worth a visit.
I remember when I made my first porno. Make sure it has good zoom.
I smell an American Idol audition tape!
I've got a Zoom H2 that records to an SD drive, and I'm happy with it. Do you need a mic to attach to the video camera? Do you want the mic to record to a separate track on the computer, or on the camera's drive?
There are thousands of different kinds of mics. You might want a lapel mic, if you're interested in making videos. I'd go to a camera store and/or a music store, like Sam Ash.
I use the Samson USB mikes, but, really, any of them are nearly overkill for most work (I do audio work for theatre and video). It's more important to have a quiet, sound deadening place to record in.
I have a DVMx0100A, with XLR inputs; that's fancy…again, could be overkill for you.
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Firewire aka 1394 might be a good idea.
I eagerly await the TunchCam.
If you're looking for a good stand-alone podcast mic, I recommend getting a a USB microphone, unless you plan on getting a stand-alone pre-amp to go with it (you would need a pre-amp to use the Shure SM-58 with a computer). The Sampson C01U Mic is a good value for the money (around $100) and sounds pretty good.
A really cheap mic will make your voice sound, well, really cheap. What MP3 encoding does to vocal sound is already bad enough!
Or if you want to go the mic-preamp route, get the Shure SM58 along with an ART Tube MP preamp (about $35.) But the Shure is close to $200, so it's an investment.
I just bought a new video camera for the house. My daughter wanted to imitate her YouTube friends and start posting vlogs. The wife and I were just looking for something simple.
I ended up with the
Canon FS11. I like it.
48x optical zoom, flash memory (no moving parts FTW) Nice and lightweight. It is small enough to easily fit in my hand and takes good indoor video.
It interfaces just fine with my MacBook Pro (iMovie works just fine with it), and it can shoot forever with an extra memory card.
Not HD. But I don't have a blueray player or several spare terabyte drives hanging around so that is not an issue.
@Joe Max
I doubt he'll want an SM-58 unless he's singing live (best mic in the world for that).
Really need to help us here, help you.
Location: Will this be used indoors, outdoors, both? which one more often. Will lighting be prepared or random. Realize the lighting you use will make a bigger difference than the camera you choose (most of the time.)
Acoustics of the location(s), or are you going to redub in a home studio?
What type of video, are you recording talking heads or car racing from an airplane while hanging upside down.
I've had the old Sony DV camcorder (the DCR-TRV 103) for years and it works fine. The source footage for my Molly Ivins video was recorded with it (and edited in iMovie). I also use it as an iSight, hooking it up via Firewire (with no tape inside! this is important!) and setting it to camera mode to do video iChat.
Of course these days, Digital8 is probably a dead format, but considering the amount of video work I do (not much), I see little need to spend the money for something new when what I have works and I can still obtain blank Hi8 tape.
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Oh noes.
TunchCam FTW!
Irony Abounds
@John Cole: Of course you didn't think of that John. Uh-huh.
TunchCam FTW!
Oh so now the Hubble Space Telescope isn't good enough anymore?
Shit. I didn't think of that.
You have very twisted tastes in porn it seems.
Jade Jordan
John, please tell us that you are not going to take nude pictures of Ms. America and let her sing too!
Get a sense of your needs and what matches them, then go to the Apple Store and see what they're hawking. If you find one, go look on Amazon and B&H to see if they're selling it for less.
Anything that works with a PC will work fine with a Mac, so don't worry about that distinction. There are effectively no webcams that have tripod mounts – the last that I know of was the iSight.
You're then looking at DV cams, almost all of which should have tripod mounts. I don't remember if your Mac has Firewire, but more and more Macs don't, so I'd steer toward a camera with USB, just to be sure it can work with your next machine. Also make sure the camera captures 16 bit and not 12 bit audio, but my guess is that'll get sorted out with the external mike jack.
I get the sense that a consensus toward Tunch porn is developing. I'm more curious than ever who the new front pager is going to be, but I'm sticking with BOB. Cat porn and BOB somehow seem like a natural fit.
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I've got a Sony HDR-SR11, that one is identical to the SR12 but with a 60GB HDD instead of 120GB. 60GB is more than enough, even with HD.
It works perfectly with my Mac and iMovie.
Here's what the wired.com-guys say about it:
(price has dropped massively in the meantime, you can get the sr11 for $650)
the flip camera works pretty well. also the canon vixia HF-100 – it's hard-drive, and with an external mic input. but you need final cut express.
Oh so now the Hubble Space Telescope isn't good enough anymore?
Not since Tunch has been downgraded to planetoid.
Mainly this will be for interviewing people.
I'm sure Tunch has a lot he'd like to share with us…!
Jon H
@Martin: "You're then looking at DV cams, almost all of which should have tripod mounts. I don't remember if your Mac has Firewire, but more and more Macs don't"
This is not exactly correct. The MacBook and MacBook Air lack firewire. The MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro all have firewire. On machines with firewire, they've dropped firewire 400 in favor of all firewire 800, which has a different connector, but can be easily converted with a 400-800 adapter cable.
Jon H
Mainly this will be for interviewing people.
"So what made you interested in appearing in 'Kinky Cougars Of West Virginia 3'?"
Crikey can't believe you set yourself up like that. I mean c'mon this is the B-J commentariat fer chrissakes.
Oh well it's all on your head now…
Shit. I didn't think of that.
Uh huh. Never crossed your mind.
Mainly this will be for interviewing people.
Ya sure. Hey whatever you want to call it John, I'm OK with it.
Anyhoo, rumor has it that razor burn, needle tracks, stretch marks, and herpes lesions show up all too well in those kinds of interviews when done in HD. You might want to consider if that feature is worth it in a camera, viz a viz the cost of finding, um, interviewees with more photogenic, er, assets.
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No advice on a camera, but a key part in any camera work is the lighting. The quality of the lighting, IMHO, is more important than the quality of the camera.
@John Cole: Interviewing on the spot? If so then get something small and easy to use like a Mino Flip or a Sanyo Xacti. One obscure one is using the video feature of a pocket digicam. The Panasonic ZS3 even does HD video in AVCHD.
The "tripod" stuff you mentioned up top seem to make me think that you're more along the lines of a Canon (which seems to occupy the most popular consumer HD cameras out there).
The big problems with video is 1) lighting, and 2) sound. These are both disasters in small cameras. I don't see this often but if you have an LED lighting array or take the time to position someone, lighting can be fine. (If the camera has a larger lens, 3CCD, etc, that can help too.) 2) can be overcome if you buy a good microphone(s), esp. wireless versions and a nice camera that can accept the audio input of the type your microphone is in.
A few camera options:
— Sony PD-100 (many film schools start students off with the 150 in their first semester)
— Panasonic AG DVX 100B
— Panasonic AG HVX 200
— Canon HX A1
These are prosumer recommendations, (the first one is cheaper than the rest, but maybe not cheap enough? I'm not sure what your budget is.) and they will be pricey.
The camera everyone's obsessed with now is the Sony Red Cam. Don't get talked into buying that. You don't need it.
RODE NTG-2 Shotgun mic (large quiet rooms, outdoors): http://www.dvcreators.net/rode-ntg-2/
RODE NT3 mic (smaller echo-y rooms w/ wood floors, offices, any room w/ lots of vertical planes that sound can bounce off of):
Sennheiser Evolution G2 Wireless Lavalier System (wireless): http://www.dvcreators.net/sennheiser-mics/
Where to buy:
Adorama (NYC)
Samy's Camera (Los Angeles)
Amazon? (both B&H and Adorama sell through Amazon, so you can compare their prices before buying.)
Depends what you want it for. Family photos? Podcasting? Are you producing material for distribution?
Jon H
The newish Panasonic GH1 SLR, with 10x zoom, can record 1080p HD video as well (60 minutes on 8GB) , and you can connect an external mic.
On the downside, it's $1500.
I doubt he'll want an SM-58 unless he's singing (best mic in the world for that).
I mentioned it because another commenter had brought it up.
Actually, I'd pick the Beyer M88 as the best hand-held vocal singing mic in the world, though some would say it's the Neumann KMS 105.
The SM-58 does have the advantage of being able to withstand being dropped on it's head many times and still working.
(Disclosure: I'm an audio engineer by profession.)
An old Realistic PZM plate mic is a great all-purpose, durable mic. It is AA battery-powered and gives enough output to record direct to a laptop/media device. Often used for recording conferences/meetings.
@John Cole: Mainly this will be for interviewing people.
Then I stick by my first suggestion of the Audio Technica ATR-55. You can mount it on the camera or on a stand nearby (you can get a boom mic stand and use the pro's method of hanging the mic over the subject, just out of camera range.)
The ATR-55 works well with close-up sound sources, but can be switched for long distance – and it won't break your bank account. I know two people who have them for video work and they like them fine.
Mainly this will be for interviewing people.
Example 1: Yeah, could you sign for this package I'm supposed to deliver?
Example 2: Did you order a sausage pizza to be delivered?
I think the recession is hitting John pretty hard if he's resorting to porno movies. Just make sure you have a soft focus lens, John- there's a reason the porn industry hasn't shifted to HD.
I'm not good with cameras, but I know mics . . .
If you want a mic for handheld interview type stuff, you want the Electrovoice RE50. It's got built in pop screening and shock absorbtion . . . essentially, you can wave the thing around, bump it with your hand, have wind blowing all around you, and you'll still get very high quality, high clarity sound out of it.
Now, if you want it for an indoor studio shoot, you're looking at something like a cardioid capacitor mic; they're the type you'll see in every TV show about radio. Good sound quality, but they require phantom power to operate; you'll need to get a phantom power unit or a mixer with phantom power installed. I use the Audio Technica AT2035, which is a really nice, study model.
Only problem with that model is, it'll show up on camera. If you're trying to avoid that, you'll need a good boom shotgun mic. Since I don't use those, I can't recommend a good one, but check around the web and I'm sure you'll find someone with a review site for microphones.
I know most of these units seem pricey, but the upside is, they damn near last forever. That means a used model will do just fine without issues. eBay is completely your friend on this one; do an eBay search for the model you're looking for, and you'll easily snag one for 1/2 or even 1/3 of the cost.
Canon HV 20/30/40 are nifty cameras.
Great video out of the box, and if you're into modding things, there are several resources for building out on them.
For instance, here's my HV30 (around $600 or $700 for the camera) fitted out with a Letus Depth of Field adapter, Nikon slr lens, on a set of rails I made. Win a decent hold-em tournament and I leak money like a Russian sub.
Of course, you may not need the extra's, but it's nice to know you can get em if you want. Plenty of favorable reviews all around, and I'd recommend it for consumer grade HD cam. Check out some of the footage at vimeo by searching hv30 user group.
I dont know about the ATR-55, I own one and am not convinced that it is much better than most on-board mics. I can agree with the previous poster about the little Zoom H2, captures really good sound, fits in a shirt pocket, pretty inexpensive (though you may have to tweak its speed when you're syncing sound in post for long clips), the Rode videomic is also a decent choice for one that plugs into a typical consumer cam. If you want much on the higher end, you'll probably need to buy a Beachtek adapter…
Here is a non-comprehensive, somewhat dated comparison between shotgun mics.
I use the Rode and the Zoom, like them both for the price.
Oops, this is the mic comparison I was looking for. Pricey stuff. Stepping away from the thread now.
Camera: Canon HV-20
Mic to mount on camera: Sennheiser MKE-350 or 400
I think for interviews your best bet for the subject is a lavalier mic – the little clip on ones they use in TV shows. YOu can get good ones cheap. If you want something for other situations then you might want to go with a more versatile type, and I definitely suggest looking B&H – still drooling over the catalog I got a few days ago.
Overheard Chez Cole:
"Before I take off my shirt, do you promise you know Quentin Tarantino?"
A brief defense of Spot's choices:
When recording on DV tape, you don't have to offload everything onto a ginormous hard drive or multiple DVDs. Your tapes are you backup.
HV-20/30 has a needle-sharp lens. It has a separate mic input, so you can use a camera-mounted shotgun mic or a handheld.
You can turn off the automatic gain control for the mic, and you can adjust the audio gain via listening on headphones and/or a visual indicator in the display – very handy.
Spot has a Sennheiser MKE-350, and it suppresses wind very well and has a directional pattern that helps isolate your subject in a noisy environment. It's bigger than the 400 and only has a mono jack, so it only records on one track of the stereo tape. The 400 is smaller and has a stereo jack, so it feeds the mono audio to both tracks on the tape. However, in terms of audio quality in a potentially noisy interview environment, Spot bets the 350 is better.
You can always get a mixer like the Beachtek DXA-2S to take the mono signal and lay it down on both tracks on the tape.
I support the idea of DV tape. IF you want really high quality video, this is pretty much your best choice – dealing with the product is more time consuming, and the little buggers are expensive and record only 60 min. before you need to switch tapes, but for video and audio quality they are the standard. If you look at the semipro camera's 90% of them will be tape, and virtually all the pro cameras are tape. Hard disk cameras are getting better, but the compression issues are still there, and they tend to be more finicky when it comes to going across computers and platforms. Make sure the camera has firewire, an external mike plug (careful with Sony, the hotshoe may be proprietary) and I would encourage you to go HDV.
You don't need a separate pre-amp (mixer, usually) anymore to use good pro-quality mics like a Shure SM58 with a computer anymore. Shure now makes a fantastic little device called the X2u. It's a USB preamp, that plugs directly into an XLR cable or into the XLR jack on a nice mic.
They sell it alone or in a bundle with a SM58.
If you need a mic for podcasting or anything else, you really can't go wrong with one of these. If you ever need or want to upgrade to a really nice microphone (though the SM58 would probably be all you need for a long, long time), then you can easily use the X2u with any other XLR mic (it even provides phantom power for condenser mics).
If you need a place to buy one, you can't go wrong with B&H:
I've got the Canon HV 30. It's excellent in terms of video quality and controls. I have a Bogen/Manfrotto 501 tripod – it's a better than entry level tripod with a fluid head and (invaluable for me) a levelling bubble to consult. There are plenty of good tripods around, including some cheaper thant the 501 in the Bogen line.
(BH has this model for $412 with a carrying bag. You can get fluid head tripods for half that. Two criteria to consider: how much weight you need to support (the 501 will hold up 13 lbs, which is more than my current needs, but not more than past uses nor future plans. If you are sure you're going to stick with a consumer size camera, you can save money here, but don't scrimp on the tripod and buy the cheapest piece of s. out there. You will curse the unspent extra 50-100 every time you wrestle with balky extenders or a cranky pan and tilt handle for as long as you own the thing.)
Microphones: for interviews you want a wireless lav. I've rented them mostly, so I don't have a particular brand to recommend. VHF systems are much cheaper (at the bottom end) than UHF, but I always depend on local expert advice. B and H VHF systems start at about 150; the cheapest UHF is in the threes.
A shotgun or less severe cardiod mike for the camera and optional boom use is not a bad idea either, depending on how serious you want to be. Others in this thread clearly know more about these so listen to them not me.
(more in next comment.)
Onto more: something else about cameras. The HV20-30-40 is a great series of cameras. Excellent lenses, and the best consumer codec for HD shooting (HDV). I bought my 30 (for $600 a couple of months ago, and it is extraordinary; I did so on the recommendation of Steve McCarthy, who works on top national and international (BBC, Nat Geo, PBS, etc.) documentary and drama/docs. He has used it as a second camera to take wide cover shots while he uses some variant of the Panasonic Varicam line — cameras that cost from 20 odd thousand to over fifty, and the footage cuts just fine (if you light well and don't ask the little camera to do things it can't). I did the same two weeks ago in a shoot with a Sony EX 3 8,000 dollar HD camera. These are great little boxes (and you don't need to buy the HV40 unless you care about the cinema look of true 24 frame per second shooting.
But, but, but — these are tape cameras. That EX 3 shoot was my first experience working with a pro-grade chip camera (i.e. one that records to solid state memory, rather than a tape), and I found that doing so really changes ways you approach video work flow. The consumer codec for HD recording to chips or hard disks is something called AVCHD, and it is a lower-information density standard than the tape based HDV standard. The picture isn't quite as good. But the convenience of being able to pop an SD chip out of the camera and into a chip reader plugged into a USB port is astounding. If you do choose to go this route, pay enough to get one of the better ones; the dividing line between the ones the manufacturers pay close attention to and those they stamp out is whether or not they accept external mic inputs, which you need anyway for the job you want to do. Those cost more than the soon-to-be phased out tape cameras, but the extra might be worth it.
That said: beware of the archiving and backing up problem. Tape has this virtue: it's a physical object you stick in a box, so if the hard disk you've digitized your stuff to blows up, you still have pictures.
Last: the B and H folks are incredibly helpful over the phone. You'll get someone who actually knows the gear and will talk to you till you understand what you need. That's my two cents.
Really last two cents:
If you get truly frisky, two good accessories after you've spent the money for a good tripod are (a) a Century Precision/Schneider optics wide angle adaptor (About $160 for most of the little cameras) and an XLR audio dual – input adaptor for your camcorder. This is a little box, from $160-300 depending on stuff like phantom power, that allows you to plug a pair of professional mikes (like a lav + a shotgun combo) into your little tiny camera. Very useful stuff.
Olympus LS-10 linear PCM recorder. It has excellent sound off the build in stereo mic, and it has line in and mic in. It works with phantom power too. Tight, and compact, it has an aluminum frame to eliminate creaking in your recordings if it is used handheld. I very much like mine.
Have you considered a hybrid camera/camcorder BTW? The Lumix line produces excellent 720p video in a small light form factor. The AVCHD video works nicely on the mac with iMovie or Final Cut Express (haven't tried pro) and you can just copy the whole folder over to your hard drive and the movie app recognises it as a complete camera backup. It's good to have a way to keep the 'negatives'. Look at the TS1 and the ZS3; the former is water/shock proof and compact, the latter has a great zoom and stereo mic.
The TS1 is a remarkable product given it's size.
This is a video test I made. There are others up on youtube. http://vimeo.com/4366768
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1081836@N21/ This is a group devoted to pictures taken with the TS1
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September 11, 2018
The Kent State football team's problems with turnovers and penalties were overshadowed by a 54-14 drubbing against Howard (0-2), but Flashes coach Sean Lewis still took notice.
"We're going to have a major ownage on valuing the football this week," Lewis said. "We need to clean up the area of penalties. Fifteen penalties for 150 yards is way too much."
The defense picked up the slack, forcing two interceptions and a fumble, which often put the offense in short field situations. However, Lewis knows there is still room for improvement.
The team was also very successful on the ground, combining for 355 yards while averaging almost seven yards per carry. Juniors Justin Rankin and Jo-El Shaw each ran for more than 100 yards and combined for four of the team's six rushing touchdowns.
"We're very fortunate with Jo-El, Justin and Will (Matthews), to have three kids there that we feel confident with and whoever is the hot hand, whoever can help us move the ball, we're going to play," Lewis said. "We're going to do it by committee because we're very fortunate to have some depth at that position."
"We have to continue to get back to the fundamentals," he said. "We went from 24 missed tackles against Illinois to only nine against Howard. We would like for that number to ultimately be zero."
The team is facing off against its second Power 5 opponent in three weeks. No. 11 Penn State is coming off an impressive 51-6 thrashing of Pittsburgh on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions are led by Heisman hopeful Trace McSorley, who finished his last two seasons with more than 3,500 passing yards. They are also 35-point favorites heading into Saturday against the Flashes. The last time the two teams faced off, Penn State won, 33-13, in 2016, with the Flashes heading into that game as 24-point underdogs.
The Flashes may have to look to slow down McSorley without one of their best defenders, senior Jim Jones, who is day to day after suffering an injury early in the team's win against Howard.
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Actor Dhanush was last seen on screens in the gangster saga Vada Chennai which hit the theaters under the directorial of director Vetrimaaran. As usual the Pollathavan star received critical acclamation for his role as a skillful carom player sprouting to the stature of a gangster. Ameer, Andrea Jeremiah and Aishwarya Rajesh played key roles in the entertainer. Shortly after Vada Chennai the actor began to shoot for the project directed by Durai Senthilkumar which went on floors without a title. Now, the production unit has unveiled the title of the flick while the actor has shared the first look poster of the film.
Currently, the actor is busy shooting simultaneously for two of his next ventures one titled as Asuran directed by Vetri Maaran and also for an untitled project directed by Durai Senthil Kumar of Kodi and Ethir Neechal fame. Now, the project has got a title and it is named as Pattas. The title of the film was recently unveiled by the production unit on the star's birthday. And a day after which the actor has launched the first look poster of Pataas to his fans on social media. Taking to his twitter handle the actor shared the first look poster of the drama in which he looks cool and stylish with sporting sunglasses, jacket and a hairstyle similar to the one that he had in 3.
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Kandy Harris | March 22, 2012Depending on where you look, this house is either in East Fishkill or Hopewell Junction. Google Maps says Hopewell Junction, but the listing says East Fishkill. So, we'll say it's in the 12533 zip code and tucked into the corner where the Taconic Parkway crosses I-84.
Regardless of the quibbles over its exact location, it's worth mentioning because it's a Twofer. The property consists of a 1,100 square foot house (built in 1940 and renovated in 2001), plus a 1,200 square foot detached garage that's been converted into a studio. And it's all on about two-and-a-half acres. Oh, and it comes with its own greenhouse. Threefer?
How we do wish these pictures were better. We find ourselves lamenting photo quality a lot when we're looking at listings, but especially when the house is so clearly worth checking out, like this one. Maybe you can enlarge them and stand back from your monitor about 6 feet.
Look closely at the listing description: Tacked on there at the end, it says that it's a short sale pending bank approval. That's an important piece of information in choosing a property and should be carefully considered by a potential buyer.
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"We are fortunate to have around 27,000 students from 160 countries currently studying at the University. Our ambition is to provide inclusive access to higher education with innovative student support models that enhance student learning and success outcomes."
The recently established Heriot-Watt's Global College aims to widen access to education globally through pathway programmes at foundation and pre-masters' levels into University degree programmes, while delivering an excellent student learning experience.
Professor Anna Fenge, Executive Dean of Global College, said: "We offer clear pathways and progression routes into Heriot-Watt programmes, combining academic English and study skills with discipline-specific learning. The partnership with Shorelight is an important step forward in achieving our goal of providing an outstanding education to an even more diverse range of students from all over the world."
Shorelight was established in 2013 and enables international students to access top educational institutions. The company supports students through their entire journey, from selecting a university and arriving on campus – or engaging online from their home country – to graduation and beginning their careers.
Tom Dretler, Shorelight's Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, said, "We're thrilled to be helping Heriot-Watt and the Global College create life-changing opportunities for international students and to reach their student recruitment goals.
"We say our mission at Shorelight is to help educate the world – and our partnership with Heriot-Watt is another step on that ambitious journey."
The partnership with Heriot-Watt University is Shorelight's only one in the UK and is expected to help expand the University's global footprint and cement its reputation as a destination for international students.


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Guide: How to use the new Safari in iOS 15
5th September, 2021 at 6:51 am by Ben W
- The iOS 15 update redesigns the Safari browser with new tab bar design and hidden features.
- There are ways to revert to the old design found in iOS 14 and older.
The largest change in iOS 15 is the redesigned Safari browser, which will affect how you browse the web on your iPhone. Apple has overhauled the UI and tweaked most of the app, adding new features at the same time.
This advice applies to the latest iteration of the Safari UI on iPhone only, which was last updated during the mid-beta cycle.
New Design
Apple has moved the address bar to the bottom of the display. Tapping it will open the Start page, with frequently visited sites and bookmarks. It also integrates the search results into the same page.
The relocated address bar is largely easier to use on larger devices, but can be moved back to the top. Apple provides the options in Settings > Safari to select the 'Tab Bar' design or 'Single Tab'. You can also tap the 'Aa' icon on the address bar and select 'Show Top Address Bar'.
Choosing the 'Single Tab' design will restore most of the functionality from the Safari UI in iOS 14. Similar to previous versions, the 'Aa' icon lets you change website settings and enable Reader View.
Pull To Refresh
To refresh a webpage in Safari in iOS 15, you can pull down from the top. This doesn't replace the reload button, and you can still refresh using the icon in the address bar.
Tab Design
With the new design enabled, you can switch between tabs by swiping left or right in the address bar area. Swiping up and holding displays the list of tabs you have open.
This screen has been redesigned to show a greater number of tabs than before in a grid view. You can quickly close a tab or force touch on one to close every other tab.
Finally, Private Mode can be invoked by tapping the 'X tabs' link at the bottom, and selecting 'Private'.
Tab Groups
iOS 15 lets you save Safari tabs in Tab Groups, for easy access later on. For example, you could save multiple tabs in a group named 'Work' to ensure you don't loose important webpages, while not having them open on your iPhone.
First, open up all the websites you want to add to a Tab Group. Tap the Tabs icon at the bottom left, then the 'X tabs' link. Select 'New Tab Group from X tabs', enter a name, then Save. You can then switch between these by tapping the group name at the bottom, selecting another group, or Start Page.
If you use Safari on multiple devices, such as an iPad, Mac, or another iPhone, Tab Groups will sync across those. You'll need to be running iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey.
Redesigned Start Page
Last year, macOS Big Sur overhauled the Start Page in Safari, with customisable backgrounds and more control over what appears. iOS 15 brings the same capabilities.
On the Start Page, scroll down and tap 'Edit'. Here, you can reduce the clutter on the page by tapping the toggles next to certain items. You can hide or show Favourites, Reading List, Frequently Visited, Siri Suggestions, iCloud Tabs, Privacy Report and Shared With You.
Apple also lets you apply a preset background image or add your own. To sync the Start Page preferences between devices, tap the toggle next to 'Use Start Page on All Devices'.
iCloud Private Relay
iCloud Private Relay is built into iOS 15 and will encrypt traffic in Safari and other apps. It works by sending information to a server that will removed all personal data, like IP addresses. This data is then sent to another third-party server that will assign you a temporary IP address.
Private Relay can prevent anybody from snooping on your web activity and linking traffic to a user's identity. The feature will launch with iOS 15 as a public beta amid reports of internet connection dropouts, and will likely be turned on by default in a future software update. You can check whether iCloud Private Relay is enabled by opening Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Private Relay (Beta).
Shared With You
This feature is system-wide in iOS 15 and works in iMessage, Safari, News, Apple Music, Podcasts, Apple TV and Photos. It works by displaying all links sent to you in iMessage in a Shared With You section on the Start Page in Safari. The feature will also support third party apps and ensures you can gather links sent by others so you don't forget to open them. Tapping the sender's name will launch iMessage where you can compose a response.
Other New Features
- Voice Search: carry out a search with your voice by tapping the small microphone icon in the address bar.
- Security improvements: Apple says Safari will now automatically upgrade sites to their HTTPS version if available.
- Website Tinting: Safari now blends the collapsed address bar with the colors of webpages, if they support it.
- Landscape UI: the UI that appears when using Safari in landscape has been redesigned to appear similar to that of Safari in iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey, with a compact tab bar design
That's everything new in Safari in iOS 15. This guide will be updated if further improvements are made to Safari. Apple is expected to launch iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey later this month.


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Sorry Messages – Perfect Apology Messages
Sorry Message: One of the easiest jobs we have to do is making mistakes, hurting someone and the hardest is to say 'sorry'. But the word 'sorry' which came from the heart is powerful than any weapon on earth. It can melt a mind like rock and form a beautiful relationship. So, if you have hurt someone you loved, you care just take a look at this article and incorporate our sorry messages with your feelings. You may like Sorry Messages & Quotes..
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Sorry Messages
I'm sorry for my mistake. I'll make sure it never happens again. I sincerely apologize.
Ask me to do whatever you wish for. I will do anything for you. But please accept my apology. I am sorry.
I can never think of hurting you intentionally, whatever I did I have done mistakenly. Please forgive me, I love you.
I'm really sorry for my actions towards you! I will be more mindful in the future.
'Sorry' is a tiny word but has immense power to build a beautiful relationship. Hope you accept my apology and let me build the connection between us again.
Never in a million years I can find someone besides me like you. I am sorry beautiful. Please accept my apology.
Letting you down cut my heart into two pieces. Regret and sorrow are eating them inside. Please forgive me. I am sorry.
Please accept my heartfelt apology and give me another chance. I promise I will make up all the moments I have ruined before.
I am saying sorry because our relationship is important to me. It does not matter to me anymore who is right and who is wrong. Hope you can feel it.
If my mean and rude words thrust you away, I hope my apology will bring you nearer to me. I am so sorry for hurting you. Forgive me please.
Apology Messages
I am not perfect and do mistakes like an ordinary person. I hope you can accept my apology and get rid of my guilt. Sorry, dear.
My deflated ego says sorry to your big kind heart. I will wait for your forgiveness for forever.
I am sorry for all the wrong things I did. You are the best father in this world. Please forgive me. I love you, dad.
The last thing I want on this earth to drive you away. I am very much sorry my dear.
Sleepless nights fall over me as I am burdened with my stupidity. I am ashamed for the argument we have but not shy to say sorry to you my friend. Please accept my apology and meet again soon.
I will not let my ego and stupid mistakes to come between our beautiful friendship. I am sorry my friend. Please forgive me.
I have done the heinous thing like breaking your trust and cannot tell how sorry I am. Please forgive me and give me another chance.
I'm so sorry for whatever I said, for whatever I did and I mean it I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart, please forgive me!
Romantic Apology Messages to My Love
I hate seeing you sad, but I keep messing up! My love, I am terribly sorry for being the reason behind your tears!
I love you the most, but I also happen to hurt you the most. My foolish actions will not be repeated, I promise! Please forgive me!
Baby, I don't deserve your kindness, but will you forgive me just this once? I'm so sorry!
Dear, you always take the time to fix my errors. Please pardon me for hurting you!
Babe, my apology is as sincere as my "I love you". I am deeply sorry for treating you poorly!
I hurt the person I love the most. No words are enough to describe how I feel. I'll just ask for forgiveness: I am sorry.
I'm sorry for all that I do. But I keep coming back to you. I'm sorry, my love, please forgive me.
I feel ashamed of the way I acted. I promise I'll make it up to you. I'm very sorry for hurting you. Will you forgive me, please?
I can't imagine a second without you. I am sorry, my love. Let's forget the past and move forward together.
I don't know if I'm worthy of the love and forgiveness from you. But still, Will you forgive me, my love?
Cute fights that we do is for making our love much stronger. Please forgive me for being mischievous. I love you.
I promise I will destroy every reason that brings tears to your eyes. Please forgive me this time. I am sorry.
Without you I am nothing. I miss your touch. I miss our moments. And I miss you. Please forgive me. I'm sorry.
Sorry Messages for Her
You can stay mad at me but please know that you are my everything! I am sorry and I love you!
I know my apology isn't enough to heal the wound I've caused. But I want you to know I truly am sorry.
Sometimes I act immature and do say harsh words to you. But I swear I do not mean them at all. I am sorry for hurting you butterfly.
I was childish not to understand. Now, I can and I'm ashamed of my wrongdoing. Let me make it up to you. I'm sorry dear.
I love you and I promise the effort will be put by me to make our relationship stronger. I am sorry my pretty girl.
Babe, I cannot imagine how much my words might have affected you! I am truly sorry for my mistake!
Love, I can wait a whole lifetime for you to forgive me. I will be waiting on my knees for you!
I hope we can learn from the mistakes we make and help each other grow. Please forgive me; I promise I'll be better.
I know I mess up sometimes, but I always try to be a better person for you. I'm sorry, my love.
Sorry for the unnecessary argument I have created between us. I promise I will never do it again. Please accept my apology sweetheart.
I am sorry for the fight and feel utterly ashamed for the tears dropped from your eyes. Please forgive me love.
Please accept my apology with my weeping heart. I know you are the kindest woman on earth and hope you will forgive me. Just give me a chance to make everything right for us, please.
Sorry Messages for Him
Love, words can't express how awful I feel for my silly mistake! Please forgive me!
Baby, I promise you that I will be more considerate from now on. I am very sorry!
The last thing I want is to see you hurt because of me, so I want to own up to my errors. I'm sorry, love!
I'm sorry you had to see the darkest side of me. I still hope you'll accept my flaws and forgive me.
I'm very sorry for yelling at you, my love. I won't make any excuses; rather, I'd admit my fault. I'm sorry.
I promise I'll try to control my temper next time. For now, will you please forgive me?
Please do not misunderstand me. I cannot intentionally hurt you in any situation. Sorry for all the miss happenings between us.
My heart says that it is weeping for your forgiveness. Please forgive me for all the wrongdoings. Sorry, my hero.
Our relationship is a journey of ups and downs and I should have held tight to you in every single bump we have faced. Sorry I did not but it will not happen again. I promise. I love you.
Reduce the distance and please let me come near to you. My heart is aching for you dear boyfriend. Sorry to hurt you.
You have married an ordinary woman who can cause pain and hurt in your heart. But I have married a kind man who can forgive me for my childish behavior. I am sorry dear. I really am.
Apology Message For a Friend
What I did was really awful of me and I deeply regret my actions towards you. I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me!
You are someone who understands me without words, so I hope you'll know how sorry I am!
I don't deserve such a precious friend like you! Forgive me because I miss you so bad!
One teardrop from your eyes hurts my heart like hell! I am sorry for taking you for granted!
Friends have arguments, but best friends confront the problems and fix them. I'm here to fix the argument we had. I'm sorry, buddy
I can't imagine losing a friend like you. I'm sorry for hurtful words and actions. I'm truly sorry, friend.
I could go on with my life without one friend. But we have a precious connection I don't want to lose. I know it's cheesy, but I really am sorry, buddy.
Sorry Quotes
"Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge." Isaac Friedmann
"Love forgives and keeps no records of wrongs." Lailah Gifty Akita
I realize that I have caused you great trouble. Sorry for my unintentional mistakes!
"Please forgive me, I know not what I do. Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you." Bryan Adams
"I'm not perfect. Remember that, and try to forgive me when I fail you." Elizabeth Lowell
"Saying sorry to someone is hard… but putting your pride down for someone is the hardest." Cristina Orante
"You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you." Emily Brontë
"Oh I'm sorry for blaming you. For everything I just couldn't do. And I've hurt myself from hurting you." Christina Aguilera
"Please understand. Please forgive me. I prayed every day for you to be alive until hope became painful. Don't hate me. I still love you." Lauren Oliver
"Never forget the nine most important words of any family, "I Love You. You Are Beautiful. Please Forgive Me." H. Jackson Brown Jr.
"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." Paul Boese
"In this life, when you deny someone an apology, you will remember it at the time you beg forgiveness" Toba Beta


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Photo-a-Day (Wednesday, 9th October, 2019)
Wigan Dam
Photo: Barrie Old (Canon PowerShot A540)
In England's green and pleasant land.
If I was in charge of building the dam I would have slowed down the river flow so that the lake was there all the time.
There could have been a footpath with flowers, benches all the way around it for walkers and fishermen, it would have look so much nicer and would get more use, than the bog they have now.
I can't get my bearings with this photo. Is what was called the 'Camel's Hump' nearby? That's going back I know, as I believe houses are built there now.
Mick, do you ever stop moaning, every time someone posts a picture you always find fault, GROW UP!!!!!
Yes Veronica to the left of the dam forward towards the trees and up the hill where the houses are now.
Thank you H it's practically unrecognisable to me after 60 odd yrs. I remember playing on the Camel's Hump in the school holidays. The land on the side of the river was where lads used to play football. It was a wide open space. Carefree roaming days of yore...!
I agree, it would have been pleasant to have had a permanent lake in the valley.
Unfortunately, this would have defeated the object of the exercise entirely.
As things stand the scheme isn't altogether 100% effective.
Remember the floods of Boxing Day a few years ago Mick?
terryw i agree with you mick always finds fault unless its one of his photo's never compliments anyone on their photos no matter how good they are moaning mick strikes again
Ozy if they did have a permanent lake when the lake was getting to big because of rain they could just let some run a way over the barrier.
All it needs is for them to close the barrier down a bit until they have formed a lake, then adjust the barriers setting a bit higher to keep it full
The construction company that I was employed with (HS&E adviser) had previously worked on phase 1 of the FAS scheme (Pottery Road -Darlington Street) 2007/2008.We were flooded out a number of times in 2008 as worksprogressed.Similar on this phase early 2010. Access to the site was via Coppull Lane seen in the background.
Unfortunately, I didn't see it through to completion as I retired in May 2010. This photograph taken 12 months ago when I walked through to the plantations and back round to Marylebone. Nature has returned to this area.
The optimum height of the flood barrier I would suggest , may largely have been dictated by the bridge that carries the driveway up to the hall.
For my money, screw turbines , with some return on the power generated , would have been a far better option than the hydro - brake flow regulators that are currently in use, as these make no allowance for manual adjustment of the water flow.
Little doubt initial outlay would have been the prime consideration, although I did hear a figure of 14 plus million being bandied about at the time.
Still, I'm no engineer, and we are where we are eh?
I know this comment has only a very tenuous link to the photo,but just seen an article on Wigan today about a couple who recently relocated to Marylebone who are into vintage in a big way.Irene and Peter Roberts have been great fans of 40's and 50's vintage for ever,and regularly go to 40's weekends around the country!!
Thankyou for the mention, Elizabeth, that sounds very interesting, and thankyou for my birthday card....I have been meaning to text you since Sunday! xxxx
Thanks Irene, you're very welcome. Hope you had a good birthday.xx
Have you come into some money Irene, moving to Marylebone


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Date: December 24, 2011
Time: Approx: 6:30 p.m.
I seen 2 of them approximately 6:30 p.m. on 12/24/11 heading east to west in the sky above the Fire Island beaches on Long Island NY. They had random movements, bright orange, watched for about 5 minutes, then they slowly disappeared as they seemed to head of into the distance to the southwest.
I tried to get on phone video, but only got a partial. Went out to car to get presents at approximately 10:30 p.m. and saw 3 of them in similar fashion. First round was seen by 4 of us. 2nd round by approximately 10 of us.
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Recently Charity Majors asked a few hypothetical questions (tweet) around what you'd want out of a book on observability. I saw this as excellent opportunity to throw a bunch of questions I've been struggling with at an observability expert - so here are my questions ☺
if you picked up a book on observability, what would you be looking to learn from it?
There seems to be two camps in the observability space. While they have the same goal - to be able to ask arbitrary questions of your systems without modifying them - they're focusing on different things and seem to be approaching the problem differently:
Linux Observability focuses on individual hosts and relies on existing instrumentation of the Linux kernel (uprobes, kprobes) to understand what programs are doing through BPF.
Distributed systems observability focuses on the services that make up a distributed system and relies on developers instrumenting their services uniformly so context can be propagated correctly. This makes it possible to understand where errors and latencies are introduced as requests flow through the system.
What can these two groups learn from each other? Is it possible to have the book cater to both groups? If not, why not?
what questions would you be hoping for a deeper dive into?
One of the challenges of observability is it generates a lot of data. There are various ways to deal with this: There are different sampling strategies and they can be performed at various points in the telemetry pipeline. Another approach might be to only produce the telemetry on-demand for ad-hoc analysis. What are the various ways to deal with this and what are the trade-offs?
which examples would you be wanting
Usually the primary focus for observability is how you can use it to better understand your services. I would love various inspirational examples of how observability can help you in other regards:
From my experience so far observability seems to sneak into every aspect of your software engineering practices: how you deal with incidents, how you release software, how to prioritize what to work on etc. A few concrete examples on how observability can improve your engineering practices would be great.
What other systems could benefit from observability? E.g. I've heard examples of people instrumenting their tests suites, CI pipelines etc.
Examples like these might help people who already have some observability in place get even more value out of it.
what sections would you completely skim past?
I'd skip any section that focused on a specific library for instrumentation your services or tool for querying the telemetry. I'd love for this book to focus on principles rather than specific technologies.
As a general wish for the book, I'd love for it to approach observability from first-principles rather than explain what observability is in relation to existing things that aren't observability (the three pillars, for example). This might make the book more approachable to people who don't have experience with traditional monitoring and ops tools and their deficiencies.


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Order Management Metrics
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Latest news and views from around the group
Adding AI driven predictive modelling and audiences to the current Spotler platforms makes these platforms more powerful in use for Spotler customers.
Connecting different platforms and making the right data available is a major challenge for many marketers. By using Buckles.io, they can quickly and easily connect all platforms that they use.
The Spotler Group expands its footprint in the Customer Data Platform (CDP) market with the strategic acquisition of Datatrics B.V. a respected vendor in this category.
Spotler Group adds CRM to its extensive portfolio with the acquisition of Really Simple Systems Ltd, a successful UK mid-market CRM vendor.
Spotler Group continues investing in personalised e-commerce and announces the acquisition of Shopping Minds B.V., a cloud customer data platform built to provide marketers with better insight and targeted omnichannel shopping experiences.
Three companies within the Spotler Group, Spotler Nederland, Tripolis and Flowmailer have joined forces to form one new organisation. Together they are going to operate under the name Spotler.
Spotler Group announces the acquisition of Wireless Services B.V., provider of a high-performance SMS platform and Eazy, a leading omnichannel communications platform that enables consistent customer interaction over webchat, messaging (including WhatsApp), chatbot and social media.
The Spotler Group announces the acquisition of Sooqr B.V., a platform that increases online retail conversion rates, driving increased revenue, with personalised onsite search, product recommendations and smart, optimised merchandising.
Spotler Group are pleased to announce that experienced B2B technology leader Carl Grieves has joined Spotler UK as Managing Director.
Spotler Group announces the completion of a capital raise of €30 m from new and existing shareholders to further accelerate its growth.
We have fantastic access to a wealth of email marketing data that we make available in various insight reports across the group. A great example is our annual Dutch Email Marketing Benchmark report. This article highlights 3 things we can all learn.
The respected voice of online business and marketing in the Netherlands, Emerce, has recognised the Spotler Group companies as leaders in the seventeenth edition of the Emerce100.


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