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Journal Journal: Professional Music Studio Software
Want a hassle free, no dickering with the technology studio? Get a turnkey solution. Any of the major music chains like Guitar Center or Sam Ash will sell you one. Additionally, you can go to Carillon Audio to get PC systems. They are the defacto industry standard. Even if you don't need a complete turnkey system, go to Carillon for the computer; they have components that work right for audio. When I switched to a Carillon system from a homebrew PC, all my tech problems went away.
As far as software, unfortunately, there is no Right Choice these days for PC. Now that Logic is Mac only, there's nothing really competitive left. You come down to choosing between limitations. Here's my breakdown of the major software kits:
1) Logic Audio. Best all around. Comes with the best, most comprehensive set of plugins. It's hard to overstate how important this is--it will cost you hundreds to maybe a couple of grand to get equivalent plugins for any other program. Logic is the only program that can do serious mix work out of the box (IMO). Has very competent built in Score editor. Has very nice built in synthesizers (some for extra $$). Its MIDI programmability is outstanding, and the integration with SoundDiver is very nice (for working with external synths). Logic Control is top notch, and you can use quite a variety of other control surfaces too. Very customizable (also complex because of this), interface is cluttered compared to other programs. Will work with TDM systems, if you can afford it. A lot of people use Logic as a front end to DigiDesign (ie ProTools) hardware. Can import and export OMF files for compatability with other systems, but I had trouble trying to transfer studd with ProTools systems; maybe this works on Mac? (don't know if it's a Logic bug or a ProTools bug) Supports copy/paste with ReCycle, which is very handy, even more so with the ESX24. Can include physical inputs when bouncing down. This is very important for mixed MIDI/audio with external synths--other software requires you to record your synth stuff on seperate passes before you bounce. The outboard gear plugin lets outboard gear fit seamlessly into your plugin chains; this is great if you have outboard gear. They're good about releasing cool new features in free point upgrades, although stability of these upgrades varies widely. Can't be beat for the price if you use the program to its fullest. Note that many shortcomings compared to other programs have been addressed in the latest version (6.0). People are making a big hubbub avout the new "freeze track" feature. When you freeze a track, it transparently bounces down the track so that plugin and automation processing are no longer necessary. This lets you stack up plugins out the yin-yang without overloading your CPU. This is also hugely important working with soft-synths, which can suck a lot of CPU. DP4 is also picking up this feature (see below). Logic has traditionally been very lacking in the file management area, but 6.0 has a new project manager utility that promises to make this better, and magazine reviews tend to like it. The new groups in 6.0 seem better than the ProTools groups, as you have more control over which operations follow the grouping. On the downside, waveform editing (the sample editor) is still a major liability, with only one level of undo (ouch!). Very lacking compared to Cubase or ProTools.
Still to come: discussion of external sync.
2) ProTools. If you get LE, you only get 32 tracks. That's *mono* tracks; so only 16 stereo. If you're working with synths that make stereo output, this is a severe, cannot be overstated limitation compared to all other programs. To get around this limitation, you have to fork over for a TDM system, which is $10K on the low end. Otherwise, LE is OK pricewise because it's free with hardware. Note, however, that the hardware is kinda crap at the pricepoint. There are much better USB interfaces than the mBox for less than $450, and the Motu 828 or 896 are far superior to the 001. Best audio editing capabilities all around. It's best feature (that other programs don't have) is the virtual track/playlist feature. Say you have 3 vocal takes; you can put them all on the same track and easily toggle between them (and each one can have its own descriptive name). Combine this with group functionality, and when you want to do another drum take, you're up and ready in seconds, while this can take a little while with other programs. ProTools can edit across groups very easily (so long as you create the group as an edit group). This is a big deal anytime you have multiple lines with bleed, like drums or a string quartet. I've now played with Logic 6 a little at the store (I don't have a Mac at home), and it also has this editing across groups; in fact the new Logic groups seem more powerful. ProTools is a studio standard, and LE has full compatability with big studio rigs. Note that Digi wants you to pay an extra $500 or so to import and export OMF files (something Logic provides for free!) Gotta watch for Mac/PC compatability (it's easy to do, but a lot of engineers don't even realise PT runs on PCs, so they never click the check-box. This has been a real PITA for me. Just this weekend, we wasted 20 minutes converting files 'cause of the frickin engineer who should know better by now). No score editing, MIDI is mediocre, uses a different plugin format (which makes buying 3rd party plugins difficult). On top of that, the default plugins are poor; you can't do any serious mixing with LE out of the box. Even the big rigs have pretty harsh limitations on inserts/sends per channel (5/5) compared to Logic (16/16). Cleanest interface (IMO). If you don't need the MIDI/Score/Synthesizer stuff, you're not doing serious mixing, and you're willing to compromise your sound quality for price, LE has good price/performance. That's meant to be sarcastic. Oh, and 6.0 supports ReWire, I understand, and 6.0 will be available for Windows in a couple more months, I guess. The big rigs are way overpriced, in my opinion, especially as general purpose CPUs get more powerful. A new HD system will cost you $15K unless you're cheap (not counting the computer!). That still only lets you run something like 64 tracks (at 48K), even less at "HD". Running multiple computers (sample-accurate linked) is a little more flexible and doesn't require proprietary lock-in. Steinberg is pushing this, calling it VST System Link (see below). With appropriate cabling and interfaces, you can treat other computers like an ADAT deck or whatever. Extra machines gives you multiple hard drives, which is typically a bottleneck in these systems, and the flexibility to run whatever you want. On the downside, though, you need multiple software licenses and it's more work to set up. With Mac hardware, it's may not be a win, but a cheap PC ($1000) with audio hardware and software license ($1000) will run a lot of tracks for you. With the new freeze track feature sure to be standard in a couple of years, CPU power is less important; stack up your plugins and then freeze the track. At that point, disk speed/capacity is your real limiting factor, and so multiple machines becomes a real winner.
Still to come: discussion of external sync.
3) Cubase. A real bear to configure. I still don't have it properly recognizing my audio hardware. Out of the box, it supports only a handful of cards, and I haven't talked with their technical support to figure out what's up. I don't use it much because of this. It's got nice audio editing features, it has an interesting feature to link multiple machines together to run bigger projects (I haven't tried it, so I don't know if it really works). I've never tried MIDI with it, although it does have a score editor (that I haven't used). The interface is clean, but I find it very constraining. Logic is very customizable, and PT LE just works for me (so I don't care that it's not too customizable), Cubase's interface just grates me the wrong way and I can't fix it. So I wind up using Logic and PT LE. Also, I need missing features, so it can't replace Logic for me. I don't think Cubase can take advantage of TDM systems (but I'm not 100% sure). The plugins that come with Cubase are pretty lame (the Grungelizer is just as lame as it sounds). The waveform editing is top notch, though, with unlimited undo/redo capabilities and built in ReCycle style analysis of note boundaries. It's still not as easy as ProTools for applying edits across multiple tracks. For example, if you need to apply the same copy/paste operation across all 12 drum mic lines, ProTools is more convenient (or at least I haven't figured out how to make Cubase do it). Only program to support ReWire 2 on PC right now (ProTools will soon, Logic 5 only supports ReWire 1).
Still to come: discussion of external sync.
4) Nuendo. Cubase's big brother, it's expensive. Targeted at movie/tv/ maybe radio/post production houses. I know some guys who swear by it, but they haven't used other systems. Never used it, but as I understand it, has lots of project management features. ProTools 6.0 TDM has a lot of these features; things like different logins for different engineers using the system, and remembering preferences (like custom keyboard shortcuts) for each one. Very useful in a pro environment, not so much at home. Otherwise, same general pros and cons as Cubase. Nuendo 2 and Cubase SX are based on the same engine, I think. They can link to each other--ie, you can have one machine running Cubase be a slave to another machine running Nuendo, using the aforementioned link feature.
5) Cakewalk Sonar. Main plus: it's cheap, and works well for MIDI. Does have a score editor, I think. 2.2 release now supports ASIO (finally!). I saw a friend running Sonar recently, and the look and feel of it didn't impress me at all, and it doesn't have a great reputation. My only experience with this program is about 4 years old, so I don't have much else useful to say about it.
6) Digital Performer. Mac only, they've got a new version coming out with nifty new features (as always...), but I've never used it as it's mac only. So I can't give you a feature breakdown. Reading the literature, it has a score editor called QuickScribe. The new version now supports ReWire, and they are promising TDM support as a free upgrade "coming soon." Version 4 has the "freeze track" feature recently introduced in Logic 6 as well.
Synth Packages: I haven't used these nearly as much as the Studio packages above, so I can't give you quite the feature by feature breakdown.
1) Reason. Universally loved and acclaimed, it's not hard to see why. It's a great deal at under $300, and the new 2.5 upgrade makes it all that much cooler. I don't know of any direct competitors: Reason is a virtual synth rack. They provide you with about 6 different synthesizer types, including samplers, loop players, subtractive synths, and more. You can stack them up in any combination that you want, and then wire them together in Reason's mixer. This program is also why ReWire support matters in the studio packages. With ReWire support you can pump all the synthesized audio out of Reason straight into your studio packages mixer and use your studio packages effects and automation, etc. Logic's built in synths are more integrated, sure, but you can only use them in Logic. One thing people like is that Reason actually looks like a rack of outboard gear; the UI is modelled after real gear with nobs and switches, and it looks really good.
2) GigaStudio. King of the sampler world. More voices, more tracks, more control. Competes with programs like Kontakt, and Motu is releasing some new competitor. Also, Logic features the ESX24 sampler built in which can now read GigaStudio sample libraries. The ESX24 is way cool for its integration into Logic, but GigaStudio is still the big daddy. I haven't used it yet, but when I go full blown soft synth, this will be my program of choice. I'll fill this in more as I learn more of the ins and outs of different packages.
3) Reaktor. The ultimate music program for geeks. I just got Reaktor 4 (which just came out), and so I will update this as I learn it better. Reaktor really doesn't have any competitors. Reaktor lets you build your own synthesizers from basic components, oscilators on up. So the ES1, ES2 etc featured in Logic, and the subtractive synths featured in Reason can in theory be rebuilt in Reaktor if you understand the circuitry behind them. In essence, then, it is an electric circuit simulator, except that instead of dropping you all the way down to resistors and capacitors, it lets you work with the basic components of 70s style synthesizer circuits. Way cool! On top of that, it also has a GUI builder so you can control your synths, and you can then use your synths as VST instruments in your studio software.
Audio Editing/Mastering packages: I again haven't used these as much.
1) Cool Edit Pro.
2) WaveLab.
3) WaveBurner Pro.
4) Audacity.
5) ReCycle.
Obviously, I have glossed over some things and skipped others based on what's important to me. You may prioritize different things. There are standalone programs that fill in the gaps, as well.


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Orchid Bowl
The coolest bowling centres for everybody
Orchid Bowl is one of the largest bowling operators in Singapore with five leisure bowling centres at Orchid Country Club, SAFRA Yishun, SAFRA Tampines, The Chevrons and E!hub, Downtown East.
It is also the first bowling operator in the region to be equipped with the latest bowling system, Switch – a high-tech system used in over 30 countries like Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom. All 140 lanes in Orchid Bowl's five centres boast lanes, furniture and equipment, designed by renowned car designer Pininfarina, who counts Ferrari and Maserati as his clients.
A centralised lane reservation system has also been installed, with the capability to allow bowlers to track their scores across all Orchid Bowl's centres and work out their bowling statistics over a chosen period.
Orchid Bowl @ Orchid Country Club
Located in Yishun, this 36-lane outlet is one of the largest bowling centres in Singapore, and the preferred choice for corporate events.
Orchid Bowl @ SAFRA Yishun Country Club
Surrounded by lush greenery, this is a place where families and friends can relax, dine and enjoy great bowling fun at this 24-lane outfit.
Orchid Bowl @ SAFRA Tampines
Right in the heart of a sporting hub, this outlet with 24 lanes is popular with sports enthusiasts, leisure fun-seekers and tertiary youths who are looking for a bowling good time in the east.
Orchid Bowl @ The Chevrons
A vibrant and relaxing environment for the Chevron club members and the public to unwind and interact, this 24-lane outlet at Boon Lay sees mainly families and youngsters.
Orchid Bowl @ E!hub
Located at Downtown East and a trendy choice with both youths and families, this 32-lane bowling centre comes with the first-in-Singapore miniature bowling!
How to reach us
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.orchidbowl.com.sg
Facebook: www.facebook.com/orchidbowl
Orchid Country Club
1 Orchid Club Road
Orchid Country Club #02-37
Singapore 769162
Tel: (65) 6759 4448
Fax: (65) 6759 6811
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
SAFRA Yishun Country Club
60 Yishun Avenue 4
SAFRA Yishun Country Club #02-V2
Singapore 769027
Tel: (65) 6759 9739
Fax: (65) 6754 7798
Email: email@example.com
SAFRA Tampines
1A Tampines Street 92
SAFRA Tampines #03-01
Singapore 528882
Tel: (65) 6783 6001
Fax: (65) 6783 6630
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Chevrons
48 Boon Lay Way
The Chevrons #04-01
Singapore 609961
Tel: (65) 6795 5900
Fax: (65) 6795 5902
Email: email@example.com
1 Pasir Ris Close
#01-111 E!hub, Downtown East
Singapore 519599
Tel: (65) 6583 1622
Fax: (65) 6583 2611
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Bowling Tournaments
Orchid Bowl has a wealth of experience in organising major bowling competitions for large corporations and the Singapore Bowling Federation (SBF). Charges apply on a per game basis.
Corporate Functions
Apart from competitions, Orchid Bowl also organises interactive bowling events for companies' annual events to family gatherings. Charges are based on hourly lane bookings or game rates.
Children Parties
Orchid Bowl also offers a special children's party package besides the usual bowling games. Charges are based on hourly rate.
Bowling Clinics
Elementary and intermediate bowling coaching services are conducted for bowlers who want to excel in, and learn more about the sport. A minimum of 8 bowlers are required for each session. Charges are based on headcount.
Cosmic Bowling
Cosmic bowling is a fun and enjoyable experience of playing bowling games using luminous balls and pins, under disco lighting accompanied by thumping dance music. A minimum reservation of 24 lanes is required. Cosmic bowling services are only available at SAFRA Yishun, SAFRA Tampines and The Chevrons. Charges are based on hourly lane bookings.
Bookings for above facilities are to be made two weeks in advance.

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Her initial answer is basically identical to her response in the Couric interview, and is very similar to the response she gave to Charles Gibson. What's confusing is at times she seems to briefly acknowledge the reality of anthropogenic change, but then proceeds to walk the answer back to the "it doesn't matter" position, while other times she refuses to be pinned down at all.
Indulge me in a bit of informed speculation-
Palin is comfortable discussing events with a seeming lack of causality because she lives in a supernaturally-governed universe. "Cycles" in the Earth's temperature do not need an explicit proximate cause because the ultimate cause of everything on a macro level is "God's will". In essence, it's entirely consistent with Palin's world view that there is no difference between anthropogenic vs. natural climate change and that her alleged "solution" ("it's all of our jobs to do to clean things up. And that's what we're committed to doing" ) is actually independent of either.
Joe Biden rightly points out (as did Gibson and Couric) that causation is key to achieving a solution. I suggest that the reason that Palin refuses to connect the two after being dinged on this repeatedly is because this simply isn't the way Palin views reality (and the GOP obviously doesn't care about its image on climate change enough to force her to change her answer). In this light, her nominal endorsement of action on climate change has nothing to do with her actual acceptance of the reality, but rather is merely an extension of her evangelical Steward of Creation ethos. This is precisely why she cannot explicitly say that fossil fuel emissions cause climate change without retreating to a position along the lines of "it doesn't really matter anyway, and hey, we should be cleaning up the environment in general."
It's not so much that she rejects the logical steps involved (greenhouse gasses warm the planet, burning fossil fuels produces greenhouse gasses, we've increased the amount of greenhouses gasses far higher than they have been for at least the last 800 kyr, the warming is occurring)- it's that for her these steps are completely absent. Anything that happens beyond the micro-level human actions of day to day life (and sometimes even these) is ultimately controlled by God. When pressed on evolution she doesn't explicitly acknowledge that it is a real phenomenon, and makes a point of saying that she can see the "hand of God in the beautiful creation that is Earth". It's the same frame of reference- human beings and animals can reproduce, but anything on a greater scale than that is ultimately controlled by God.
She will no doubt continue to mouth platitudes about environmental responsibility, but I don't think we'll see her move to an explicit and consistent acknowledgment of anthropogenic climate change unless the McCain campaign considers it to be a game changing issue. And with the lack of attention climate receives in the election in general, and this being the last probable time before the election that she'll be asked about it, I think the chances of that are slim to none.


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Who Do You Think You Are? Colin Jackson
Colin was born and brought up in Wales, but knows that his parents came from Jamaica in the 1960s. To help untangle his roots, Colin started his research by taking a DNA test. His DNA test results were relatively surprising. His genetic make-up consisted of 55% Sub-Saharan African, 38% European and 7% 'native American'. "Native American" links Colin with the original inhabitants of Jamaica, the Tanio.
From talking to his parents, Colin is able to piece together some of his history. His maternal grandfather, Dee, arrived in Cardiff in 1955 to find work, and brought his children with him. His wife Maria stayed behind and the family lost contact with her.
Colin's search uncovers a link to a slave plantation and the large Scottish community on Jamaica at the time. His story then moves from Jamaica to the Panama Canal and back again


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The Grand Pooh-bah
Originally called the "Loyal Order of Dinosaurs," the Water Buffaloes' membership roster included loudmouth Fred Flintstone (voice of Alan Reed) and his friend and neighbor, Barney Rubble (voice of Mel Blanc).
Water Buffalo Lodge Bowling Tournament
The head of the organization was the Grand Pooh-Bah. Their headdress is a large furry beefeater-like hat with a set of horns protruding from it.
The lodge's secret password is "Ack, Ack, A-Dak"
TRIVIA NOTE: The Water Buffalo Lodge (set in Bedrock 1 million B.C.) was a take-off of the Raccoon Lodge on the situation comedy THE HONEYMOONERS/CBS/1955-56 starring Jackie Gleason and Art Carney.
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Mine: Lays Loaded Baked Potato Chips (Yes, this is a random thread and the season cannot come quickly enough!)
I love chips the way most people love chocolate and other sweets. Favourite is sour cream and onion (usually Ripples) dipped in sour cream. Mind you, they are chemical city, so I'll usually get the plain Ripples with less salt, and dip in sour cream or a sour cream-based dip (make my own rather than buying pre-made - again, the chemicals).
Best ever: Marks and Spencer Handcooked Red Leicester and Spring Onion Crisps. But since I only get to eat those ever few years when I go to the UK ... backup faves include: ~ Kettle Chips -- Sweet Onion, Honey Dijon, or Sea Salt and Vineger ~ Kiwa vegetable chips (even better than Terra, which I also love) ~ and since I'm Canadian , Old Dutch Ketchup Chips Used to be Old Dutch Salt & Vinegar but they're so strong now they burn my tongue and I can't taste anything else for 2 days.
Your mention of spring onion allows me to mourn a favourite discontinued product - McCormick's Spring Onion Dip Mix. Sigh. No, simply adding spring onions to sour cream isn't the same. It's the only packaged dip mix I ever liked - loved. Double sigh. The Spice House makes some good dip mixes - all natural, no additives or preservatives. (For that matter, the quality of all their products is phenomenal - highly endorse them, worth the price especially as they are purer, fresher and stronger than supermarket brands.)
The dill pickle chips sound amazing. I like Lays salt and vinegar at the moment. I like most chips, though I can't stand kettle chips. They hurt my mouth.
Amusing dip story (at least to me ) - when I lived in NY for a few years, we took to celebrating all US holidays (I'm Canadian), including the Super Bowl. I insisted that we had to have chip dip made from sour cream and Lipton's onion soup mix (the technical name is "California Dip"). Hubby thought it rather pedestrian, and didn't believe me that it's essential to any Super Bowl spread. Sure enough, first market we went to had a big empty hole where the Lipton's is supposed to be, and we had to go to 3 other shops before we finally found it.
I tried these the last time we were in NB: http://coveredbridgechips.com/ they were very good. Dill pickle.......and just plain ripple with home made dip with dill or chives etc.
Love potato chips--you just can't beat the plain old Lays. I even had a cookie recipe that uses crushed up chips. I've even made my own chips.
I only liked the Old Dutch brand.... my favs being ketchup, dill pickle, and sour cream n onion. Unfortunately (or maybe a good thing for my body) I can't eat them anymore cuz radiation killed mah tongue.
I was just eating some Ruffles loaded baked potato chips earlier. I think they are the chive and bacon ones. Delicious. My favorite are just plain Lay's potato chips, though. Eating those with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is still one of my favorite meals. I am a sucker for salty sweet combinations.
We used to be a big Lay's family...but we changed over to Utz because of price and I love them!! They seem lighter and not as salty/greasy as Lay's chips are.
I loved the Ruffles Buffalo Wing flavored chips so much that I even wrote to the company when I couldn't find them. Alas, they are no longer making them. So, back to Lays Salt & Vinegar. Although, Tim's Cascade Jalepeno chips are pretty good too! Also, I will try any flavour of crisp that I see (notice what I did there?) - ketchup, prawn cocktail, pickled onion, worchestershire sauce, etc.
Oooh, Walker's Worchestershire Sauce flavour. V.v.g., and my fallback in the UK when I can't get my paws on any M&S ones.
Being Canadian, I love my Old Dutch Baked Ketchup and Classic Dill-Pickle, can't go wrong with regular or all dressed as well. Pringles Regular too. I love a good potato chip
I should have put crisp in the heading too! Wow--I've never tried ketchup, prawn, pickled onion and worchestershire sauce in a crisp but now I'm curious.
Do you like chocolate-covered potato chips? I found them weird at first, but couldn't stop eating them after a couple of chips...
With the exception of sour cream and onion, we usually buy our local Better Made brand. They're fresher and less greasy. Well, except for this past year. I won a free bag of Lays potato chips every week for a year from out local grocery store. After about seven months, I stopped cashing them in. I never thought I'd get tired of potato chips, but I did!
You might try the Kettle Buffalo wing. They are ridged, so they are similar to Ruffles. My favorites were the Doritos Fiery Habanero chips. They were so good, but Frito-Lay stopped making them last year. I also adore prawn cocktail crisps, though it terifies me when I see the MSG count on them. There is a Sri Lankan market near me that used to carry them all the time, but they rarely have prawn cocktail any more. I'm always disappointed.
I'm a big fan of Krunchers regular potato chips. Flavors can be fun but at the end of the day nothing is better than just potato and salt.


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Top News:
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Marcus Brauchli to step down as editor of The Washington Post — The Washington Post announced Tuesday that Martin Baron, the editor of the Boston Globe, will become its new executive editor, replacing Marcus Brauchli, who is resigning to take a new position within the company.
Poynter, JIMROMENESKO.COM, The Huffington Post, @myersnews, @craigsilverman, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone and WBUR
Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
New Top Editor at Washington Post: Marcus Brauchli to Be Replaced by Marty Baron — The Washington Post, facing steep financial challenges and striving to find profitability as readers abandon print papers for digital formats, changed its newsroom leadership Tuesday.
Capital New York and The Wrap
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
BBC news chief pleads with staff not to Tweet about 'our problems' — Fran Unsworth, the new temporary head of BBC News, has appealed to staff not to Tweet about "our problems" as she tries to sort out the mess of the Newsnight scandal. Referring to the "tumultuous and very sad events of the past few days" …
mediabistro.com, Daily Dot and BBC
New York Times:
BBC Begins Disciplinary Action After Reporting Debacle — LONDON — The British Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that disciplinary action was beginning against unidentified news personnel linked to a scandal over reporting of child abuse that wrongly implicated a senior Conservative Party politician.
Brendan O'Neill / Telegraph:
This isn't the first time that Angus Stickler and Newsnight have made OTT claims about secret child abusers
This isn't the first time that Angus Stickler and Newsnight have made OTT claims about secret child abusers
Guardian, Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day and National Updates
Patrick Smith / TheMediaBriefing:
The institutional paranoia of the BBC and its unsure future
The institutional paranoia of the BBC and its unsure future
themediablog.typepad.com and Charlie Beckett
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
BBC trustees keen to offer DG job to outsider
BBC trustees keen to offer DG job to outsider
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Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
BBC turmoil worsens as Helen Boaden and Stephen Mitchell hire lawyers to deny they willingly 'stepped aside'
BBC turmoil worsens as Helen Boaden and Stephen Mitchell hire lawyers to deny they willingly 'stepped aside'
Vernon Loeb / Washington Post:
Petraeus ghostwriter 'clueless' to affair — My wife says I'm the most clueless person in America. — I never anticipated the extramarital affair between David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, the woman I'd worked with for 16 months on a book about Petraeus's year commanding the war in Afghanistan.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Lesson from Petraeus: Your emails, and Gmail, aren't that private — FBI investigators stumbled across Gen. David Petraeus' affair with Paula Broadwell by tracking harassing emails she allegedly sent to another woman, Jill Kelley. It's not clear whether those emails were sent from a Gmail account …
Poynter, Forbes, @csoghoian, Wired, WorldViews and Hit & Run
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Confirmed: ABC Denver misnames Petraeus book: "All up in my snatch" — Oh my. — A reader just sent me something that I didn't believe. Then he sent me a photo. Then he sent me a video. Then I found a comment on ABC Denver's Web site from another viewer who saw the same thing.
Gawker, Betabeat, Mediaite, HyperVocal, The Latest Word, The Raw Story, Ostrow Off The Record and The Huffington Post
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
NBC Moves to Shake Up 'Today' Leadership — NBC is completing a plan to change the leadership at the "Today" show, the longtime first-place morning show that slid to second place this year during the controversial removal of Ann Curry. — Alexandra Wallace, a senior vice president of NBC News …
Mediaite, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times, Broadcasting & Cable, TVNewser, New York Magazine and The Huffington Post
NBC Universal Said to Cut About 450 Jobs Across Units — Third-Quarter Ad Sales at Cable Networks Grew 1% — Comcast's NBC Universal is cutting about 450 jobs at several divisions of the broadcast, film and cable company, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:
Inside Forbes: Journalists Need to Understand the Ad Business, Not Sulk and Go Home — I can get very frustrated with editors and reporters who prefer to live in their own little world. When it happens, I do my best to remember I used to be one of them — until their stubbornness makes me incredulous all over again.
Big News Network.com and AdAge
The Patriot-News:
Sara Ganim, who won Pulitzer Prize for Sandusky coverage, accepts job with CNN — Sara Ganim, The Patriot-News crime reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, has accepted a position as a correspondent with CNN. — Ganim started with CNN this week.
Hollywood Reporter, Poynter, TVNewser, The Huffington Post and @sganim
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Government surveillance on the rise says new Google report — Google has issued new findings on government requests for information, and once again, the results are not cheerful. The search giant says that requests to remove content have "spiked" and that "one trend has become clear: Government surveillance is on the rise."
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What the blankety-blank is a Super Tuscan? Good question. As far as I can tell, it is a merchandising tool to elevate the romance of Bordeaux grapes grown in Tuscany. In other words, grapes that are not classified to be put into Chianti, bottled on their own, or even blended...and they charge us a fortune for this (never have understood that one).
Here is a wonderful Cabernet grown in Tuscany that represents excellent value and I guess, based on what I can tell, a "Super Tuscan", just without the price tag.


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The Voice of Christ MY CHILD, stand firm and trust in Me. For what are words but words? They fly through the air but hurt not a stone. If you are guilty, consider how you would gladly amend. If you are not conscious of any fault, think that you wish to bear this for the sake of God.
It is little enough for you occasionally to endure words, since you are not yet strong enough to bear hard blows. And why do such small matters pierce you to the heart, unless because you are still carnal and pay more heed to men than you ought? You do not wish to be reproved for your faults and you seek shelter in excuses because you are afraid of being despised.
But look into yourself more thoroughly and you will learn that the world is still alive in you, in a vain desire to please men. For when you shrink from being abased and confounded for your failings, it is plain indeed that you are not truly humble or truly dead to the world, and that the world is not crucified in you.
Listen to My word, and you will not value ten thousand words of men. Behold, if every malicious thing that could possibly be invented were uttered against you, what harm could it do if you ignored it all and gave it no more thought than you would a blade of grass? Could it so much as pluck one hair from your head?
He who does not keep his heart within him, and who does not have God before his eyes is easily moved by a word of disparagement. He who trusts in Me, on the other hand, and who has no desire to stand by his own judgment, will be free from the fear of men. For I am the judge and discerner of all secrets. I know how all things happen.
I know who causes injury and who suffers it. From Me that word proceeded, and with My permission it happened, that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed. I shall judge the guilty and the innocent; but I have wished beforehand to try them both by secret judgment.
The testimony of man is often deceiving, but My judgment is true, it will stand and not be overthrown. It is hidden from many and made known to but a few. Yet it is never mistaken and cannot be mistaken even though it does not seem right in the eyes of the unwise.
To Me, therefore, you ought to come in every decision, not depending on your own judgment. For the just man will not be disturbed, no matter what may befall him from God. Even if an unjust charge be made against him he will not be much troubled. Neither will he exult vainly if through others he is justly acquitted. He considers that it is I Who search the hearts and inmost thoughts of men, that I do not judge according to the face of things or human appearances. For what the judgment of men considers praiseworthy is often worthy of blame in My sight.
The Disciple O Lord God, just Judge, strong and patient, You Who know the weakness and depravity of men, be my strength and all my confidence, for my own conscience is not sufficient for me. You know what I do not know, and, therefore, I ought to humble myself whenever I am accused and bear it meekly.
Forgive me, then, in Your mercy for my every failure in this regard, and give me once more the grace of greater endurance. Better to me is Your abundant mercy in obtaining pardon than the justice which I imagine in defending the secrets of my conscience. And though I am not conscious to myself of any fault, yet I cannot thereby justify myself, because without Your mercy no man living will be justified in Your sight.
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The if-comb is fine for simple things, but as the problem grows in complexity you're going to need to keep adding more if's. Treating the model as data instead of code will make things easier in the long run, but takes a little more work initially. I'll leave building that datastructure up to you, but in my world an if-comb typically (but not always) represents a design that could be improved to be more algorithmic. A particularly noteable point is a variable such as '$ratioincome28', which probably should not exist as a named variable in your program. Rather, that value might exist as an array value at index 28 or (better?) a hash key/value pair. In all, it's about maintainability and good coding practices for long term coding. In reply to Re: Re: Re: Elsif Clause Problem
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) A person familiar with the deal says the Philadelphia 76ers have hired Rod Thorn as their new team president.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal isn't expected to be announced until Thursday.
The person said on Wednesday night that team president Ed Stefanski will stay on as general manager. Stefanski had held both roles since he replaced Billy King in December 2007.
King replaced Thorn as New Jersey's, GM last month.
The hiring was first reported by Yahoo! Sports.
Thorn was president and general manager of the Nets for 10 years before leaving in early July. Thorn and Stefanski worked together in New Jersey and helped lead the franchise to consecutive trips to the NBA finals. The Nets lost both times.
He had called the shots for the Nets since 2000 and hired Avery Johnson as coach before resigning. Thorn helped turn the Nets into a contender in 2001 when he engineered a trade to bring Jason Kidd to New Jersey.
Before joining the Nets, Thorn was the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations from 1986-2000.
This is the latest big move this summer for the Sixers after they missed the playoffs last year. They fired coach Eddie Jordan after one season and replaced him with Doug Collins. Then they traded disgruntled center Sam Dalembert and drafted Ohio State guard Evan Turner with the No. 2 overall pick.
Stefanski said after the season the Sixers took an "unacceptable" step backward in finishing 27-55 and missing the playoffs for the first time in three seasons.
Stefanski's job was never really guaranteed by ownership and now he has one less role to worry about.
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As a true butcher, I have a good: Heart, Source, Hand, Voice.
Heart: I maintain integrity in relationships with customers and vendors.
Source: I aim to support local, sustainable farms and practice whole animal butchery.
Hand: I strive to improve my knife skills and knowledge of the trade.
Voice: I am an active community member and encourage a healthy food system.
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PINEHURST, North Carolina -- The one thing Rory McIlroy won't lack heading into this U.S. Open is advice. In the few weeks since his breakup with girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki, only some of it has been worth much.
Gary Player told him to lay low. Jack Nicklaus told him not to be afraid to change the way he plays, even in the middle of a round. Smartly, he only followed up with one of them. "Do you just ring him up," a reporter asked about McIlroy's budding relationship with Nicklaus, "and say, 'I'm popping in?"' "I don't ring him up," McIlroy chuckled, "I ring his secretary up and say, 'I'd like to schedule a meeting, please.' But it's been great to spend some time with him. I feel like I've got a really good rapport." The two had lunch in Florida a week after the Memorial, the PGA Tour stop where Nicklaus plays the gracious host but isn't shy about asking tough questions. Not about relationships, mind you, unless you count questions about where to slot the club at the top of the backswing. "He said to me, he goes, 'How the hell can you shoot 63 (in the first round) and then 78 (in the second)?"' McIlroy recalled. "I said, 'I wasn't meaning to, Jack. I'm trying not to.'" That began a conversation between the two on the subject of trust. Nicklaus told him the moment he sensed his swing was sliding off the rails in that second round, he would have made a change "right then and there." "The mental strength to be able to do that," McIlroy paused, still marveling at the idea. "Hopefully," he added a moment later, "some of those little nuggets of wisdom that he passed on to me might help this week."
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Have you noticed people using their phone when driving and at the same time using Snapchat, Periscope, Facebook Live or one of the many mobile apps for live video? I recall being somewhat taken aback that people would do this when I first noticed this happening. I've even seen some very well known people live stream when driving. It's sometimes hard to say … [Read more...]
Communicate With Confidence On Live Video To Increase Your Impact, Influence And Income As A Professional Speaker
If you are a professional speaker and not sure how to get started with live video, I am delighted to be speaking at the forthcoming Professional Speaking Association in Manchester next week. Their President reached out to me some months ago to ask if I would deliver this session as a fellow professional speaker but one who has years of experience in live … [Read more...]
How to download and edit video from Facebook Live when on your iPhone
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you needed to be able to download and edit a Facebook Live when you are on your smartphone? If you host a Facebook Live on mobile you get the opportunity to save the video replay to your camera roll. If you live stream to Facebook on desktop you will be able to access the replay from your Page or … [Read more...]
How to use the Pixabay mobile app and create images for your social media and video posts
If you are creating content on your mobile pone such as videos or social media posts, sometimes you may not have exactly the right image available to you to use. A popular site that many people use is Pixabay which provided images available for people to use, even for commercial use, without breaching copyright - and it is FREE. do take care however as it is … [Read more...]
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PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked 25th in the nation for the overall wellbeing of its children, according to the 23rd annual Kids Count data book released Wednesday.
Rhode Island mirrored many national trends in the latest state-by-state report, issued by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, many of them positive.
"Our teen birth rate is among the lowest in the nation and we are seeing improvements in reading and math proficiency," Elizabeth Burke Bryant, executive director of R.I. Kids Count, said in prepared remarks.
"Many Rhode Island families continue to live in poverty, and struggle with high housing costs and a lack of jobs, a trend being seen nationwide as well," added Bryant.
Last year, Rhode Island ranked 17th in the nation. The economic wellbeing of the state's
children and families has declined as evidenced by the high percentage of children with unemployed parents, according to the report.
Rhode Island students also struggle to graduate from high school on time. Twenty-five percent of R.I. high school students dropped out during the 2008-2009 school year.
Though Rhode Island ranks right in the middle nationally, the state is worst among its New England neighbors.
New Hampshire was on top of the report, with Massachusetts and Vermont coming in second and third, respectively. Connecticut earned the number seven spot and Maine was ranked 13th.
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The Safe Motherhood Project is proud to be a member-project of Rose Charities Canada.
Guatemala has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, 30 to 60 times higher than in Canada. Hemorrhage, eclampsia and infection are the major causes of death of women during childbirth. Seventy per cent of women in rural Guatemala give birth at home under the care of a traditional birth attendant, or "comadrona," who in most cases has no formal education or training. Often the closest hospital is several hours away.
Since 2003, a group of Canadian volunteers and a team of Guatemalan midwives have travelled annually to rural Guatemala to teach comadronas emergency birthing skills. The course runs for four five-hour days. At the end of the four days, each comadrona who completes the course receives a kit of birthing supplies. The course has been well received. Each year there has been increasing enrollment and more and more communities are requesting the course.
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Making Lemonade in Copenhagen
A couple of months ago — if not earlier — it became pretty clear that this week's Copenhagen conference wasn't going to produce the big climate treaty everyone had been hoping for. Ever since, participants have been trying to figure out how to salvage things, and today Jonathan Pershing, the Obama administration's deputy special climate change envoy, took his crack at the spin machine. David Corn reports:
Speaking to about 200 people from various environmental groups, Pershing made the case that a non-binding political agreement — in which the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases would pledge to take various actions to reduce their own emissions — would be more effective than a treaty establishing firm and legally enforceable commitments, according to several people who attended the session.
....Pershing, a well-known scientist who has worked on climate change for decades, maintained that a binding treaty — which would mandate emission reductions and contain penalties for noncompliance — could easily stall. It would have to be ratified by the U.S. Senate (which would require 67 votes) and winning Senate approval would be no easy feat for the Obama administration. (The Senate does not yet have the 60 votes need to block a filibuster of pending climate change legislation.) Other nations also would have to approve it. He pointed out that the 1997 Kyoto global warming accord, which the US Senate never approved, took five years to be ratified around the world. If Copenhagen did produce a binding treaty, Pershing said, it would be years before it could go into effect. In the meantime, emissions would continue to flow. A political deal, he contended, could kick in immediately
As spin goes, I suppose this isn't bad. It's true, after all, that the prospect of getting 67 votes to approve a climate treaty in the Senate is piss poor.1 So perhaps this really is our only realistic alternative. Still, it's the Obama administration's biggest climbdown yet, and one that suggests that Obama believes Waxman-Markey is the best we're going to be able to do in the near term. Unfortunately, he's probably right.
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WAG No. 198: English football's finest WAGs
Up yours, Capello! We love the circus!
How dare the England manager attempt to keep our good WAGs down. These women didn't spend weeks and months ironing their hair, painting liquid tan between their toes, and eating just the right amount of sliced carrot and dip for someone to come along and deny them five star treatment. It is their right, and they WILL have their revenge.
As a means of supporting them through this trying time, The Spoiler has assembled a small collection of WAG photography, and put it together as an homage to their kindness and beauty. Amongst them, you will find Clancy, Rives, Cole, Curran, Slade, McLoughlin. That's right, all the greats.
Stay positive, beautiful, lonely WAGs.
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I'm an experienced entreprenuer starting a solar energy business.
From our website: Home Star Solar, is a general contractor that helps people invest in solar energy for their home and business. First and foremost, each project we work on will focus on generating value for you - our customer. We do much more than just install systems, it is our goal to make the entire "Going Solar" experience easy. At Home Star Solar we consider your project a success when you've proudly shown your family, friends, and neighbors your new solar energy system and encourage them to give us a call, so like you, they can begin to save money and the environment.
From this website opening phrase, you can get a sense of the tone I'm using with customers, it's professional, but personal, approachable, friendly, informative, and easy to do business with.
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I'm also trying to open solar to middle income home owners by offering monthly financing programs that make solar affordable.
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This was one of the best tutorials I have attended in the past 3 years of coming to OSCON. The tutorial format, platform, and presenter were great!
Gregg is a great presenter with the best tech slides I have ever seen. I also really liked the hands-on bits on their online awesome training system. Only four stars because many of the best practices discussed seem a bit "tactical".
@Dan: the prerequisites are listed at the top of this page.
Hey everyone, I signed up for this a bit late – are there any prerequisites I should know about? any preparation?


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The Suns brass and Steve Nash spent Sunday on opposite sides of the country, representing the different directions they are headed.
Nash was at his summer home in New York City getting wooed with an offer for at least $35 million over three years from Toronto and a plan to get him $30 million over three years from New York.
Suns leaders were in Los Angeles, laying out their own plan of focusing on young free agents Michael Beasley, Eric Gordon and Robin Lopez to use the salary-cap space boosted by Nash's first free-agent day.
Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby, General Manager Lance Blanks and coach Alvin Gentry met Beasley, an unrestricted free agent, and Lopez, their restricted free agent, in Los Angeles on Sunday and have scheduled Gordon, New Orleans' restricted free agent, to visit Phoenix on Tuesday. Going after Beasley (23 years old), Gordon (23) and Lopez (24) while not approaching the offers that Nash (38) is getting is the first sign of the front office's transition plan.
The Suns also have slated Goran Dragic, the point guard they traded last year, and Raymond Felton, another point guard, for Valley visits this week and called other free agents like power forward Jordan Hill, center Chris Kaman and swingmen O.J. Mayo, Jamal Crawford and Nick Young. The Suns made contact with Nash late Saturday but apparently have not approached what Nash is being offered by Toronto and New York, let alone what he can expect from Brooklyn and Dallas once Deron Williams picks one of them.
The Suns could sign Gordon to an offer sheet but still be a longshot because New Orleans is expected to match any offer, particularly after trading Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza last week to clear cap space. Insiders speculate that Gordon can demand a contact averaging $12 million to $14 million even after missing most of last season with a knee injury that he suffered in the Suns' home opener. Nevertheless, it gives the Suns a chance to show they will spend on a quality player.
Gordon is a shooting guard who compensates for his size (6 feet 3 at best) with an ability to create his own shot. He spent his first three seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers and has a 18.2 career scoring average. His younger brother, Evan, plays at Arizona State.
Beasley might be a more feasible target, although he comes with character questions, unfulfilled talent and inconsistencies. Otherwise, the former 2008 No. 2 pick would not be available. Minnesota passed on making the 6-10 small forward a qualifying offer that would have made him a restricted free agent. Beasley slipped to a reserve role last season, averaging a career-low 11.5 points after a career high 19.2 average in 2010-11. He has battled injuries the past two seasons.
Beasley is a tough matchup with an ability to score on the perimeter and in the paint at his size. The Suns have placed a heavy emphasis on character and players' fit into the team and city, so the meeting likely is exploring whether his past is a red flag. Beasley had a marijuana arrest last season after his career began with an incident at the rookie transition program that led to a team fine. In 2009, there were reports that he entered a rehabilitation center.
The chances of a Nash return to Phoenix continue to diminish. Toronto has many attractions for Nash besides offering the most money -- home country, team President Bryan Colangelo, planning to amnesty Jose Calderon, coach Dwane Casey's point-guard reputation, young talent and director of sports science Alex McKechnie for his back issues.
New York is Nash's summer home and the only destination requiring a sign-and-trade. The Suns would get a package of Landry Fields, Toney Douglas, $3 million and the non-guaranteed contracts of Dan Gadzuric and Jerome Jordan.
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April 25, 2012 - Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns talks with teammates on the bench during the NBA game against the San Antonio Spurs at US Airways Center.
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