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HI, I will be graduating in December and want to work in ICU. In school clinicals we barely get to do any critical care (we only rotate through ICU for one day). Our lecture content also does not get to in depth. I was wondering what kinds of things you learn/are taught in critical care orientation/intern programs. Are you taught everything you need to know or do you have to learn a great deal on your own?
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Current streaming applications use proprietary mechanisms to establish and control the streams, as well as to transport the data. The framework developed for this project is designed to allow the creation of interoperable streams. This design faciliates the independent development of client and server components.
In this document, we describe the various interfaces and interactions in the CORBA streaming framework. In addition, we discuss the design and implementation of a prototype audio/video streaming application that uses this framework. This prototype is based on TAO, which is a real-time CORBA ORB.
MMDevice component abstracts the notion of a multimedia
device. This device might be physical (such as a video camera) or
logical (such as a program that reads video clips from a file).
MMDevice is responsible for creating new
endpoints in
response to requests to create new streams. The endpoint typically
consist of a pair of objects -- A Virtual Device, or
VDev, which
encapsulates the device-specific parameters of the connection, and the
StreamEndpoint, which encapsulates the transport-specific parameters
of the connection. The roles of
VDev and
StreamEndpoint are
described in more detail further on in this document.
MMDevice is also the component where various policies
governing the creation of the
VDev and
StreamEndpoint objects can be
implemented. Currently,
the implementation of
MMDevice provides for two
concurrency strategies:
In this strategy, endpoint objects for each new connection are created in the same process as the factory. This means that the same process handles all the concurrent connections reactively.
The process-based concurrency strategy creates new virtual devices and stream endpoints in a new process.
The stream establishment phase provides for negotiation regarding these parameters. If the negotiation fails, the stream can be torn down immediately.
The current prototype (explained below) supports MPEG-1 video streams, and ULAW audio.
StreamCtrl abstraction is
used to bind the supplier
and consumer of a stream (such as a video-camera and a display).
This abstraction also provides a standard mechanism to access
stream controls, such as stop, pause, and play. In addition,
the Streams abstraction allows the specification of the Quality of
Service (QoS) parameters (such as frames/sec) associated with
the stream.
The current implementation of the
StreamCtrl interface allows a
server to associate IDL interfaces with a multimedia
device. Once associated, a client can use the stream controller
to gain access to the control interface, and use it to control
the stream.
StreamEndpoint is an abstraction that encapsulates
transport-specific parameters of a stream. For instance, a
stream that uses UDP as the transport protocol will use the
host name and the port number to identify hostnames.
The current implementation of the
provides a
flexible way for applications to define and exchange such
transport-level parameters.
The prototype is a client/server application. The client contacts the server and requests that the server establish streams for a particular movie (i.e. a video stream and an audio stream). The server is responsible for sending audio/video packets to the client. The client side then decodes and plays these packets.
The following describes the various components of the client and server in more detail.
MMDevice endpoint factory
(described earlier), which creates connection handlers on
response to client connections. Each connection causes the
creation of one audio process, and another video process.
The video/audio processes are responsible for the following tasks:
The control component of the process is a CORBA servant, that responds to CORBA requests from the client. The interface exported by this servant represents the various operations supported by the server, such as play, rewind, forward etc...
At any given time, the server can be in several states, such as "Playing", or "Rewinding", or "Stopped". It's behavior to client requests changes, depending on it's state. For instance, the server should ignore a client "Play" request when the server is already in the "Playing" state. On the other hand, a client request of "Rewind" when the server is in the "Stopped" state should cause the server to enter the "Rewinding" state. To provide a flexible and extensible way to implement such requirements, the control component is implemented using the State pattern.
The control component is responsible for instructing the data component (discussed next) to modify the stream flow in response to CORBA requests. For instance, when the client makes the "rewind" call on the controller, the controller instructs the data component to start sending frames in reverse chronological order.
The data component is responsible for streaming the data to the client. The current implementation of the data component uses the UDP protocol to send audio/video frames. Future implementations of this component will use the SFP encoding mechanisms to support multiple protocols.
The video buffering process is responsible for reading UDP packets of the network and putting them in a shared memory queue, which can be picked up by the Video Decoding process.
Similarly, the audio buffering process is responsible for reading UDP packets of the network and putting them in a shared memory queue, which can be picked up by the Audio playback process.
The video decoding process reads the "raw" packets sent to it by the Video buffer process, and decodes them according to the MPEG-1 video specification. These decoded packets are then sent to the GUI/Video process, which displays them.
The GUI/Video process is responsible for the following two tasks:
It provides a GUI to the user, where the user can select commands like "Play", "Stop", "Rewind" etc. These commands are then sent to the Control/Audio process via local inter-process pipes.
This component is responsible for displaying video frames to the user. The decoded video frames are available in a shared memory queue.
The Control/Audio process is responsible for the following tasks:
This component recieves control messages from the GUI process, and sends the appropriate CORBA requests to the server.
The audio playback component is responsible for dequeuing audio packets from the Audio Buffer process, and playing them back using the multimedia sound hardware. Note that since the server uses the ULAW format, decoding is not necessary, and the data recieved can be directly written to the sound port, which is /dev/audio on Solaris machines.
Each server will export an offer containing server properties and a
reference to its
MMDevice to a Trading Service
instance. The server will advertise three types of properties: device
configuration -- audio/video formats; server performance -- load, disk
usage, bandwidth available; and movie selection -- the contents of the
movie directory. Properties that change frequently, such as server
performance and movie availability, will be registered with the
Trading Service as dynamic properties. The server will implement
dynamic property callback interfaces to handle their evaluation.
The client will discover and bind to a server whose properties best match its device configuration, that has a movie the user finds worth viewing, and that offers the best possible performance. A GUI will prompt the user for the client's configuration, and allow the user to choose from movies available on the servers that match the client's configuration. After the user selects a movie, the GUI will allow the user to select the server that has the best performance from among those that offer the movie. Hence best-matched server selection occurs in three phases:1) The client first does a query asking for the movie listings of all servers that deliver video and audio in a format understandable by the client, and can accept more connections.
2) The client's user would then select an interesting movie from a list compiled from the results of the first query. In a second query, the client requests the performance characteristics of those servers that both match the client's configuration and are showing the selected movie.
3) The trader will store the performance characteristics ---
load, CPU usage, disk access, network traffic, context
switches, etc... --- as callback interfaces to the server
(dynamic properties). The client can attach these interfaces
to DOVE as
suppliers to be periodically polled, so the client can
visually display charts of each server's performance, updated
periodically by callbacks to those interfaces. Then based on
the charts, the user selects the server with the most suitable
performance, and the client will open an audio/video
connection to that server using the
object reference it retrieved from the trader.
The A/V server exports a sequence of movie information structures to the trading service, each containing a movie name, associated file name, frame rate, duration, and frame size, for example. Also contained in this structure will be a URL pointer to a web page on the movie. The server selector, written in Java and communicating the the trading service using JavaIDL, compiles the list of movie names for each server into a list GUI. When the user selects an item in the list, the Java client generates an HTML page for the movie and instructs a running WWW browser process to open the file. The generated page lists in a sidebar frame all the technical information about the movie --- duration, frame rate, frame size --- as advertised by each compliant server that offers the movie, and displays the movie web page in the main frame.
Once the user has decided on a server and movie, the Java server selector passes the server IOR and the movie name to the A/V client controller process.
This will allow multiple flows within a single stream. An
instruction to start or stop a stream can be applied to
the stream as a whole or any subset of its flows. A
StreamEndpoint will contain a
FlowEndPoint object for each flow within the
For eg. a Videophone will have an audio and video
flow in the phone stream.
Stream data can be transported using a number of protocols. These protocols include reliable connection-oriented transports (like IIOP/TCP), unreliable datagram-oriented Internet transports (like UDP), and real-time inter-ORB protocols (e.g., RIOP) over high-speed interconnects such as ATM and Fiber Channel. To allow a stream to support multiple protocols, the OMG spec specifies the Simple Frame Protocol (SFP).
We have developed the basic encoding classes required to encode and decode SFP frames. Future versions of the framework will provide the ability to send and recieve frames using SFP.
Add support for interpreting QOS specification in the A/V service. This will involve methods to translate application-level QOS to network-level QOS. For example, if an application wants to stream an MPEG-1 file ,it can be translated to a network-level Bandwidth requirement of atleast 1.5 Mbps.
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I confess that I was handcuffed yesterday. By my littlest brother. With legit handcuffs...which I didn't realize until he clicked them shut and said, "Uh...I think my big brother has a key...." My mom eventually rescued me. :)
I confess that a big black spider JUST FELL OUT OF MY SHIRT!!! I am not lying - ahhhhh!!!! What the heck?? My shirt! How the heck did a spider get down my shirt?? Okay, excuse me while I regroup from being thoroughly freaked out....
Ahem...I'm back. But I am not sitting where I was before. *Shiver.* That little monster is loose in here somewhere....
I confess that we put Grace's hair in piggy tails for the first time ever yesterday and she was too-die-for cute, if I do say so myself. Unfortunately, the only pictures I got of her were while I was chasing her little behind through Walmart.
Homegirl will NOT sit in a cart.
I confess that we only went to Walmart because we had nothing better to do. Who wants to take a walk in a sauna? Not me. You know we're getting desperate when we go to Walmart for fun.
I confess that it is going to absolutely kill me to stay quiet this election year. Kill me. Our country is so jacked up right now. And that's ALL I'm going to say about THAT.
I confess that I caught a glimpse of myself in a full length mirror for the first time in a month yesterday (because ours was shattered.) I was horrified by what I saw. Haha. I think my rear end and thighs need their own address. Little Reagan, mama is going to have a lot of work to do when you're done baking!
I confess that I'm still heebing out over that stupid spider. And yes, I make up words when I feel like it.
I confess that my parent's dog thinks he is a human being. This was hilarious at first:
...until he almost drowned. TWICE. Teddy, you can't swim, bro! Now we have to watch this little booger like a hawk any time we go outside.
I confess that Evelyn has learned to open the refrigerator door...ARGH! I can't keep her out of it. "I just want to looook...." she says. To which I always reply, "We cannot stand here and let all of the cold air out." And what does my smarty pants think about that? "Well, I like cold air, too!"
I confess that the Fourth of July is right around the corner, and I do NOT like at-home fireworks. I just don't. They freak me out. Give me a nice light show from far far away and I'll be a happy camper.
I confess that I am so ready to pack my bags and get out of here it isn't even funny! I won't be back until next Thursday, so here's wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday!
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The football world stood together on Tuesday following the devastating plane crash in Colombia that killed 76 of 81 passengers on board, including members of Brazilian football club Chapecoense.
Players, coaching staff and journalists heading to the Copa Sudamericana final all lost their lives. Of the five survivors, three were Chapecoense players.
Leading the tributes in Brazil is an impressive video produced by fellow Brazilian football club Santos — where both Pele and Neymar came through the ranks.
The video is over five minutes long and features the Chapecoense players celebrating reaching the Copa Sudamericana final last week.
It displays a beautiful message, as follows: "We prefer to keep that image of you as warriors. Today, football has no colour, no shirt other than the green of Chapecoense. Force to you all. We are together."


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Chitinous carapace crackles under the impact of the mighty dai-tsuchi and the oni spawn howls in pain spewing acidic bile over one of it's brethren. The other spawn lashes out and claws the wounded creature in the throat. There is some gurgling and then a whole lot of spasming.
Akio steps past the beast intent on locating another target. He feels the ground shudder before he sees it and quickly turns to size it up with his good eye. It is larger than the last one and has a number of broken arrows sticking out of it's side and neck, signs of previous battle experience. It opens its slavering jaws to reveal the glint of an unfortunate samurai's katana nestled in between its teeth. It lunges.
Kaede jerks his blades free of the dying creature and catches Ebizu's eye. The Crane nods at him to follow and then heads left around the perimeter of the cavern. There are some rock outcroppings that provide cover and the samurai rests his back against one of these and whispers to the Monkey. "There are others fighting in here. Do you hear that bellow, it must be the Lion. And look, there is a glow on the far side that is reminiscent of his no-dachi. What do you think?"
Kiyoshi is a calm stone in the midst of a rushing stream. Somehow he has focused himself to the point where the spawn seem not to notice him, or if they do they forget him again. The moment is right, an oni spawn rushes past to pounce on Nik'rr'tck, oblivious to the deadly Fox.
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The spawn is filleted by Kiyoshi's blade as it runs by. From chin to loin, a deep cut between the chitin and bone opens the spawn like a gutted fish.
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"I think the fortunes may be smiling on us, that our paths converge again in a place like this. If Matsu-san claiming his sword back from Reijiro-san, that is between them... For now. Though It's more likely in a place like this, that they are fighting a more important battle. I say, we let duty come before honor, matching steel against our common enemy." Kaede switches two a two handed stance with his katana, expecting a greater need for strength and precision in the fight before him.
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I'm happy to announce the availability of SUSE Linux 10.1 "remastered". This release combines the 10.1 GM and all online updates that we have released for 10.1 so far, including libzypp, which should make the installing and working experience much smoother for everyone.
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AACC Announces Partnership With Rowman & Littlefield
Jan 31, 2014, 11:00 EST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) signed an agreement with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (R&L) to manage its publication operation—formerly the Community College Press. R&L is one of the largest independent publishers and distributors in North America, offering publications in education, social sciences, humanities, and several other academic and professional areas. The company publishes simultaneously in print and e-book editions, and currently offers more than 15,000 e-books as a part of its inventory.
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In our newly released Online Measurement and Strategy Report, published in association with Lynchpin, one of the key trends to emerge was how the shortage of experienced analysts is impacting on the ability of businesses to gain the most value from their data.
For this year's report we asked respondents, "Which of the following tasks are web analysts in your organisation engaged with?" Respondents were asked to state to what degree their analysts had to focus on these, and what it showed was that analysts are being asked to perform a wide range of tasks.
While it is encouraging to see that for over two-thirds of respondents (67%) there is a major focus on analysts communicating insights to senior management, almost the same number (65%) state that there is a major focus on producing reports. While reports can be useful, a danger is that they are produced but that no one takes any action on them.
Almost four out of ten (37%) state that implementing tagging and fixing is another area where analysts have to focus significant efforts. With site tagging being a major headache for many marketers and analysts, there has been a rapid growth the in the number of vendors offering a tag management solution.
What these figures suggest is that rather than focusing on just those tasks which will add real value to the business, analysts are being asked to juggle other responsibilities, taking time away from their core purpose.
With resourcing being such of an issue that fewer companies this year are employing analysts, it is not surprising that those working in this area need to do more to keep up.
At a Web Analytics Wednesday meeting in London last week, where the research was launched, a number of attendees raised the question around how the talent issue within web analytics can be addressed.
As well as suggestions of hiring burned out bankers, one observation made by Lynchpin Managing Director Andrew Hood was that rather than looking for people with a rare combination of talents, companies should consider building teams that consist of members with different but complementary skillsets (from great analysis and insight skills, through to expert use of JavaScript).
In addition, many companies are looking to train up their current staff (through courses such as Econsultancy's Graduate Certificate in Analytics and Optimisation) to get the most value out of their web analytics.
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Does your company place the same focus on communicating insight as producing reports? Have you found it difficult to recruit experienced analysts? Or are you an analyst with suggestions on what areas other analysts should be focusing on? Share your comments below.
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Andrew - It's interesting that 1/3 of companies do not place emphasis on communicating the impact of the web presence to senior management. Given that the web impacts so many areas of the business operation, this should be of greater concern.
I moderated the table on web analytics at Econsultancy's "Digital Cream" event in San Jose a couple of weeks back, and one of the biggest topics of conversation (from analysts at major well-known companies) was frustration at not having C-level attention, and therefore not having access to resources and decision-making that would allow analysts (and the web presence) to perform better.
Thanks for your comment Philippa, and indeed one of the most significant frustrations highlighted by companies in the report was the lack of senior management understanding (and consequentially, sufficient resources). This mirrors the feedback you received at Digital Cream.
One thing which we did do in the presentation (slide 11) was to see if there was a difference between those companies who placed a major focus on communicating insight to senior management, and those who only had a minor focus. The result was that 34% of those who placed a major focus in this area said that analytics definitely drove actionable recommendations, compared to only 17% of those who said there was only a minor focus in this area.
This provides further evidence that insight cannot just be collected in the form of 'reports' which nobody looks at. Insight needs to be communicated and action taken on its recommendations.
Phillipa - I moderated the web analytics table at the last Digital Cream in London and I can assure you we had the same discussions on all three of our tables throughout the day. And these were 'top-100' companies, not SMEs.
IMHO I think the issue is that management (e.g. the Board) is not being given appropriate reports with information that will engage them. In my roles working for several web analytics vendors, I have had the chance to see the web analytics section of many sets of board reports and the data being presented is basic at best. No wonder management doesn't get it.
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We had the chance to connect with Lars Bartkuhn, a true underground hero who has been pushing genre-defying music consistently over the years, and who is responsible for one of the most distinctive sounds in dance music. He went in-depth about his motivations as an artist, the evolution of his compositions and his latest live project launched at Panorama Bar. His next release "Nomad" coming on Utopia Records is a beautiful composition that will certainly stand the test of time and make us move with our eyes closed.
The "come-back"
In an interview you gave a while back, you stated that you only make music when you have the feel for it. Given how your release on Neroli saw you shifting gears and making a change compared to the music you've put out in the years following the Needs "era", can you talk about your current creative mindset with regards to these changes?
My "current creative mindset" is usually more or less the same all the time. Even though I am constantly learning new things about music, expanding my horizon through intense studies and practicing, my musical ambition remains a constant, rock solid factor in my life. You probably wanted to discuss the issue how different my more acoustic albums are in comparison with my electronic catalogue. Well, I can understand this interest in some ways, but for me there really is no difference at all. So whether I'm doing some MPC beat based music or something that is composed on my western guitar: I am the same creative being just using different tools to get in "the zone" to manifest my personal musical vision into sound. And yes, in recent years I followed a deep interest in organic, band based, orchestral, classically orientated, complex music – I ALWAYS had that. It's just that on my recent albums it was the right time to focus on that and leave my drum machines in standby mode. Nowadays that I focus a bit more on electronic music again this interest is not gone at all; it's just that I rediscovered some passion for my electronic setup again. I got rid of some old gear and bought some new thrilling machines. Ironically the main reason why I bought synths and samplers again was to integrate them in my band context – to expand our group dynamics and arranging possibilities. After touring with my Passion Dance Orchestra it was a natural instinct that led me to create some more sequenced music in my studio again, more like in the old days. But there is no general or philosophical aspect behind it. It's all just musical instincts and decisions…
Music for The Golden Age was unanimously marked as a come-back, although you have never really stopped releasing music. Also you have recently mentioned in a social media post that some people even thought you had stopped making music.
Today in your opinion, how challenging is it for an artist to step out of their comfort zone, break new boundaries when inspiration and creativity take it there, and still be able to deliver their message in a fast-moving "underground music scene", rather than rely on a working formula?
I don't think too much about stuff like that, but I have to admit that it's ALWAYS been and will ALWAYS be a challenge for me to create music. I am not a prodigy and thus have to put a lot of work to get to the results that really satisfy me. So that is the key to everything. I just wanna make music that has a decent amount of "right notes" in it. And music sounds about right for me when it's challenging – both for the creator as the listener. My musical "message" (I don't like to use that term, especially not for instrumental music) has a lot to do with getting out of the comfort zone (never existed for me), keep your ears open, get inspired, not repeat yourself, all these kind of things. I HATE repetition, haha! So when people think of a Lars-sound they probably associate these kinds of aspects that are omnipresent in all my pieces.
Because you mentioned it: To some degree we all have some formulas we rely on here and there, may it be a typical way to arrange things, to put focus on certain parameters (chordal, melodical, rhythmical, sound design, whatever). But people who try making the same record over and over again are people I don't even follow. They usually pollute the sonic universe with useless material.
The live performance
Recently you presented you live project at Panorama Bar. Can you talk a little about that experience ?
Did you work on music purposely for this project or is it a mixture of released and unreleased songs?
Preparing my new liveset was a good experience. My heavy practicing led to better results in "spontaneous composition". Some of the tunes I perform are released but I perform them in new ways, sometimes radically changed sometimes closer to the original. Some other tracks are built in the moment, some other carry ideas I developped in my practicing sessions (that material changes all the time and keeps the set even fresher).
Given the importance of solos in your compositions, especially guitar work, how much room do you leave open for improvisation?
I try to give spontaneity more room all the time. Sometimes the arranging and composing perfectionist inside of me slows the improvising part of me down though. It's always about finding the right balance. Solos for the sake of plain soloing though was never really important for me. It usually serves as a part of the storytelling process. Also in pure jazz I never got too excited about too much soloing.
Do you intend to develop the project further (i.e. other tour dates for example) or does it remain an experiment for now? Also, do you plan on having other musicians on board or will it always be a solo act?
Well I really plan to go on tour as constantly as possible. I am very thrilled about my new workflow I created with the setup. I am working now with a wonderful agency called "soundsfamiliar" and we are trying to get the music to many cool places out there. I am not limited to playing solo at all. Over the last years I assembled a beautiful band as well and I will try to integrate at least some of them over the course of time. For the beginning though it's perfect in the solo format.
Going back…
In the late 90's/early 00's, during the inception of the Needs project, you had a brief but significant collaborative project with your brother Marek in the form of BoobJazz, releasing 3 original records on Frankfurt's STIR15. Talk to us about this project and how it came about. Was that you first foray into dance music production?
Boobjazz was our first moniker. I started out writing electronic music much earlier though, not House but all kinds of other things. In fact my first instrument before the guitar was a synthesizer. The very project "Boobjazz" came together when my brother hooked me up on House, he used to dj on a regular basis during a time when I was hardcore jazz. Still I was always open minded enough to visit his parties and fell in love with the music pretty much right away. It was something we both could agree on easily and that music really connected us as brothers very deeply. We also loved all kinds of other music then, Drum&Bass for example, but somehow the House thing was something we felt the need to really share intensely. At that time I found studying jazz guitar at the music college a bit limiting as well, so expanding my horizon with these new production methods, like using samplers and mixing desks, was pretty hip and thrilling.
Unlike any dance music released at that time, how challenging was it to present this project to an external structure, and be able to trust them to deliver the message appropriately to the public?
Not challenging at all. Pure will and believe in ourselves left all doubts aside. To whomever we played our first tracks we always got some good response and Stir15 was luckily just the very next label to us, I mean really in a geographical way 🙂
We played it to C-Rock who is the guy behind it and he supported us from the beginning. All that went really smoothly and easy. Good times back then.
Needs (Not Wants)
The Needs label/group was born in parallel, where Jan "Yannick" Elverfeld joined the effort and help shape what has become a reference sound when thinking about deep and immersive dance music.
Talk to us about the name of the project. To what extent has the label emerged out of a necessity at that time?
Well the name is actually quite obvious I guess. We really thought it's a nice idea to communicate how music for us is actually a real "Need", kind of underlined how serious we are about it. It's also a reference to the house classic Needs Not Wants. Many great label names are conceived in similar fashion, so we thought that's really cool: A message combined with some historical reference.
We had to build up this label for one purpose: To make an artistic statement. Nobody was doing music like us back then (until now it hasn't really changed). We didn't want to compromise with nobody about anything, no discussions with a&r's and stuff like that, you know. Just follow our musical mission. And it was especially me who had this kind of "let's do this music and not follow any common rules" attitude. I guess no one would have given us this kind of musical freedom – so we gave it to ourselves.
When listening to those records, we can help but feel the jamming/live feeling of the music, some sort of imperfection which you hint at when you describe some of your Jazz/Funk influences. Talk to us about this feeling and about how you draw inspiration from your favorite music…
Some of this music was created in "the zone" as I like to describe it. Pure energy, spontaneous joy, the studio as a place of inspiration and creativity. And yes: of course we listened to our favorite records here and there during a session, but usually we kind of expressed a "general" feeling and admiration for the music we loved. Not so much like concrete references but this "Ron Trent" or "Jazzfunk" thing in general. We also had this romantic and naive thing going how our music might bring us spiritually closer to our heroes – a form of communication (at least from our side, haha!). I also have to say that record shopping was a real joy back then. Every week great records by Blaze, Kerri Chandler, Anthony Nicholson, M.A.W., etc… So for me it was easy to get inspired.
The jamming aspect was sometimes a bit too much in my opinion and that's obviously my fault. Sometimes it was born out of the fact that we did instrumental music and the soloing and jamming was something we knew how to use as a good ingredient for our personal storytelling.
Do you believe that being truly inspired by someone else's music is to seek what they sought at that particular moment rather than try to copy their sound?
That's an interesting thought; you might be right about that. Inspiration vs. copying might be exactly that. To some extent we were sometimes like: "How do Blaze get in that zone"? These kinds of mysterious aspects, not so much how exactly they program and do stuff. But true inspiration needs to go further, further away from your idols. One needs to find his/her own personal voice – the hardest thing for any artist in this world. It's a very complex issue.
One other aspect that underlines the depth in the music is how a record often contains an extended or "full experience" version and two alternate versions that give the song another breath. Indeed, we believe it always shows how you can tap deeply into a certain feeling through different dialects. What can you tell us about this in particular, especially since it is something you've offered on the Music for The Golden Age as well…?
This aspect of doing versions is something that I not always agreed a 100% on. Early on my guys told me that my tunes carry so much stuff, so many layers that one could do 10 mixes or versions out of it. For me there usually only was THE version, the final statement. But with the time I learned how important it is to offer to the listener these different kinds of angles and perspectives. They are also good exercises for me to learn and understand the process of reduction and focusing on the important aspects of a composition. I tend to overproduce my stuff a little, so the "dub" is quiet a purifying experience.
One of your few outputs on other platforms was the Laurentius record on Clairaudience. That opportunity must have been a turning point for you personally. Can you tell us a bit about this collaboration as well as your relationship with Anthony Nicholson?
Anthony is a very good friend of mine. We listened to each other's music from the beginning. It was obvious we would support each other because we speak the kind of same universal nonverbal language. And Clairaudience at that time was my personal holy grail in that music form. My personal "Prescription" back then, really. So it was of course quite an honor to make this record. And of course I gave my personal best – I always try to give my best. But I felt some more freedom in terms of certain musical parameters when working for Clairaudience. I am still happy about the results.
I visited Anthony a few times in Chicago and we made some great music together. But it was also hard work because somehow there is so much musical energy, will power and need for expression that it almost becomes a burden. Still we had the greatest fun collaborating, I mean real FUN! great times. Until today he remains of the very few people out there who really understand what I'm doing and I guess he thinks like this about me. We are brothers.
The New Continent album on Sonar Kollektiv seems to be the point where you took a break from dance-oriented material. Can you talk to us about that period and your artistic choices?
As I said above already I don't think too much in periods, phases or categories. Still I am about progression and finding new ways in expression. Back around that time House music became very tiring for me. I got no more inspiration from it, even the dj's I used to love played horrible music around that time. I suffered quite some time from it but then quickly decided: Well no problem at all, I have million other ways to express myself, doesn't need to be based on a House beat, right? Anyway I know much more about Jazz, Brazilian or classical music than I know about Dance music to tell you the truth. So I decided to explore a bit more my other roots and make something that I thought might be the right thing at that stage. The truth though is I already had two other albums released at that time that already showed my interest in this kind of freestyle approach. So it was nothing radical doing The New Continent except for the fact that there was NO house beat going anymore at all.
From the footage available online, you were accompanied by a few other musicians as well…
Yeah, I had a band for my live shows and I have it to this very day, although the setup changed a bit. The album was done completely alone though; I played all the instruments myself.
Your next release Nomad is coming out on Utopia Records, and features different aesthetics than Music for The Golden Age. Can you talk to us a little about the idea behind it?
"Nomad" might be one of my top releases of all time until today. I love everything about it and I'm really very happy with the music. It's not that different from other releases I did in the past though, I guess. When comparing it to the "Golden Age" the instrumentation might be still a little more organic, more acoustic in a way. I also love using some African and Arabian influences recently, may it be vocal snippets, rhythm ideas or just ambiental things. On the flip side is a track called "Tokyo Burning" which is quite different. Very intense, piano house with loads of chords and crazy layers, synths and melodies. It's quite a complete record for me with a pleasing spectrum of sounds and ideas.
I got more stuff like this coming out in the future. I really feel thrilled about my recent musical excursions and I wanna follow this path and see where it goes…


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Charter of 1606
The 'Charter of 1606', also known as the First Charter of Virginia, is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company assigning land rights to colonists for the stated purpose of propagating the Christian religion.[1] The land is described as coastal Virginia and islands near to the coast, but the surveying numbers correspond to modern day South Carolina to Canada. The patch of land itself would remain the property of the King, with the London Company and the Plymouth Company (the two divisions of the Virginia Company) as the King's tenants, and the settlers as subtenants. The colony's government at first consisted of a council residing in London. The document designated the London Company as responsible for financing the project, which included recruiting settlers and also provided for their transport and supplies.
Purpose of Charter[edit]
The charter contains only one statement of purpose, a religious mission: "propagating of Christian religion". King James also intended to spread Christianity to those already living in what was to become the English colonies. "in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of th true Knowledge and Worship of God, and may in time bring the Infidels and Savages, living in those parts, to human Civility, and to a settled and quiet Government.ref<refrefame=Avalon/> Some of the Jamestown[2] historians did not believe that the settlers were qualified to govern and achieve the King's mission of colonization and obtaining access to the orient,[3][1]
The charter also granted those born in the colonies all the rights of British citizens elsewhere and that they be compensated and protected in case they were robbed or spoiled by anyone.
Management of charter[edit]
The King established a council and council member both in America and England to provide governance and management of the colonies and identified all council members. The council had the authority to enjoy the natural resources of the colonies with part of the profits given to the king. "That the said several Councils of and for the said several Colonies, shall and lawfully may, by Virtue hereof, from time to time, without any Interruption of Us, our Heirs or Successors, give and take Order, to dig, mine, and search for all Manner of Mines of Gold, Silver, and Copper, as well within any Part of their said several Colonies, as of the said main Lands on the Backside of the same Colonies; And to HAVE and enjoy the Gold, Silver, and Copper, to be gotten thereof, to the Use and Behoof of the same Colonies, and the Plantations thereof; YIELDING therefore to Us, our Heirs and Successors, the fifth Part only of all the same Gold and Silver, and the fifteenth Part of all the same Copper, so to be gotten or had, as is aforesaid, without any other Manner of Profit or Account, to be given or yielded to Us, our Heirs, or Successors, for or in Respect of the same" [1] The charter also gave authority to council members, to perform regular governance activities as long as they conform to the King's approval. The king intended to give the colonists all benefits of a government including the right to have their own currency.
Although the colonists had a great deal of freedom, they were subject to the kings' approval. The following passage states the risk associated with trading without approval. "Moreover, our gracious Will and Pleasure is, and we do, by these Presents, for Us, our Heirs, and Successors, declare and set forth, that if any Person or Persons, which shall be of any of the said Colonies and Plantations, or any other, which shall trick to the said Colonies and Plantations, or any of them, shall, at any time or times hereafter, transport any Wares, Merchandises, or Commodities, out of any of our Dominions, with a Pretence to land, sell, or otherwise dispose of the same, within any the Limits and Precincts of any of the said Colonies and Plantations, and yet nevertheless, being at Sea, or after he hath landed the same within any of the said Colonies and Plantations, shall carry the same into any other Foreign Country, with a Purpose there to sell or dispose of the same, without the Licence of Us, our Heirs, and Successors, in that Behalf first had and obtained; That then, all the Goods and Chattels of such Person or Persons, so offending and transporting together with the said Ship or Vessel, wherein such Transportation was made, shall be forfeited to Us, our Heirs, and Successors." [1]
The charter concluded with a final agreement of the king to authorize the stated colonists to practice their duties as outlined in the paragraphs above.
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- History of Jamestown. AVPA Preservation Virginia.
- The First Charter of Virginia; April 10, 1606. Yale University Project "1996-2007 The Avalon Project at Yale Law School".
- ^ a b c d King James I (1606), The First Charter of Virginia, retrieved 2009-10-28
- ^ Charter of 1606 at Wikisource.
- ^ History of Jamestown Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine.. AVPA Preservation Virginia.


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The Lighthouse Children's Home operates the Lighthouse Christian Academy - a registered private school with the Florida Dept. of Education. Our school year runs from the beginning of August through mid-May plus a summer school session. Our school uses both the Florida Virtual School (an accredited curriculum) and the A.C.E. (Accelerated Christian Education) curriculum, with whom we have achieved "Quality" status and accreditation. Our teachers also provide individual tutoring as needed.
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Though we are a private school, we still use the State of Florida graduation requirements as the model of what every girl who stays through graduation must complete. For those who wish to graduate they must remain in the Lighthouse until the completion of the school year in May.
We make no guarantees as to any girl's success because she is the one that must do the work.
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It's true: everyone is so busy, running from work to home to school to after-school activities and beyond. When is there a chance for us to take the time to honor and celebrate our family and friendships or share our wonderful cultures and traditions with others?
A new Multicultural Neighborhood Place might provide just the answer, thanks to an initiative by the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association (AHNA) and Hartford Public Library. To launch this new venture, on Tuesday evening, September 16, 2014, over 50 Asylum Hill residents gathered at the Lincoln Technical Institute for dinner and brainstorming about what they envision taking place at the Neighborhood Place. The international diversity of Hartford's population was well represented with attendees from the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Peru, Ethiopia, Burma, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal, and Albania, as well as the United States.
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There was also discussion of the steps involved to make the center successful and sustainable, such as who are the stakeholders, what is the mission statement, will there be by-laws, how will the center be financed and supported, who will run and administer it, and so on. All of these questions will be answered as the process unfolds. For now the journey has just begun.
If you are interested in joining one of the focus groups or helping to make this neighborhood place a reality, please call 860-695-6316 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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