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Microsoft says it wants to start the development of quantum computers, in a partnership with the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Head of research at Microsoft, Peter Lee has told the MIT Technology Review digital summit
that the company will be supporting research as well as doing its own work at its Station Q
research lab at the University of California's Santa Barbara campus.
In fact, what the software behemoth is after is something that can be exploited as a fab-friendly
To be sure, creating qubits has become almost routine in quantum research labs. In 2012, the University
of New South Wales created a single-atom qubit on silicon.
But creating qubits and getting them to behave properly, as a superposition of states rather than
a quantum 1 or 0, is difficult. Doing so reliably is even more difficult and creating qubits in a
manner that could be turned into some kind of microelectronics foundry is a long way off, no matter
how hard you try.
Lee knows this, and he told the MIT Technology Review that as far as Microsoft is aware, the
current approaches to creating qubits don't scale very well.
Microsoft's direction is to work on a topological qubit. The description topological refers to
how entanglement is created and maintained and the point of the work is that Redmond told MIT
that it sees the approach as more robust than other research into qubits.
Only a cynic would also note that whoever successfully builds a reliable, mass-producable
qubit will have an intellectual property of almost incalculable value, making it unlikely that
Microsoft would follow paths where others have taken the lead.
In other IT and research news
Cloud economics sometimes make a lot of sense, and now the phenomenon is pushing prices lower
for IBM's SoftLayer cloud solution close to those of its rivals Amazon and Microsoft.
IBM is announcing today that it has dropped SoftLayer object storage prices to $0.04 per
gigabyte per month, lightly cutting compute prices, and adding a low-cost networking service
that lets companies rent a secure, high-bandwidth connection into the cloud.
By reducing its storage prices, SoftLayer has brought its costs into parity with prices far
below the $0.085 per gigabyte offered by rivals Amazon ($0.03 per GB per month) and Google ($0.026
per GB per month) and Microsoft ($0.05 per GB per month).
It also added a connection option named Direct Link, which allows SoftLayer customers to create
private, dedicated connections into the cloud from 18 IBM network points of presence around the world.
This simply means that a customer with a rack in a Softlayer-linked data center from Equinix,
Coresite, Terremark, Pacnet, Interxion, TelecityGroup or Telx, can now rent a dedicated connection
between their computer equipment and IBM's cloud.
The scheme is similar to Microsoft's Express Route and Amazon's Direct Connect schemes, with
the main variation being a greater diversity of suppliers for IBM's scheme, plus of course, lower pricing.
Direct Link connections are available now and cost $147 per month for a 1 Gbps connection or $997
per month for a 10 Gbps one.
This also undercuts Amazon and Microsoft, which charge respectively $219 and $600 a month for equivalent
1 Gbps services.
"Direct Link itself is a similar product offering to others in the marketplace, but the use
case is different because it gives access to SoftLayer's cloud platform and network," said IBM's
SoftLayer manager of product innovation, Marc Jones.
"SoftLayer has had this service available to select customers for several months already, and
IBM's large enterprise install base was requesting this service, so this is the official 'productization'
of the service."
Although SoftLayer has some advantages over its larger rivals such as bare metal servers that
guarantee higher performance at the cost of more ornate manageability requirements IBM is yet to
build out the set of services on the cloud to gain parity with rivals.
But as these announcements go, when it comes to low-end services and storage prices, market
forces are beginning to dictate the actions of cloud providers far more than any individual
corporate strategy.
Perhaps Equinix's dream of a so-called intercloud made up of multiple cloud providers all linked
together by cables in Equinix data centers may be not so far-fetched?
In other IT news
Earlier this morning, storage solution provider Panasas has unveiled improved hardware and software that solves
RAID rebuild issues by fixing damaged files instead of rebuilding complete disks.
The company is an HPC storage system supplier which is moving into technical computing/big
data use cases in enterprises.
It has more than 450 customers in over 50 countries around the world. The hardware is the
Panasas ActiveStor 16, positioned as a hybrid, scale-out NAS appliance.
It runs v6.0 of PanFS which has a new RAID 6+ protection scheme. This is the sixth generation
of PAS hardware. The PAS 11 and 12 constituted the fourth generation, both disk-based with the
PAS 14 being the fifth generation.
It introduced the use of SSDs to accelerate small, random access IOs, small random accesses into
large files, and hold file system metadata.
The PAS 11 and 12 were announced in November 2010 and the PAS 14 in September 2012. A little
under two years later, we have the PAS 16, which has faster controllers (director blades), using
2.53 GHx quad-core Xeon CPUs.
These are 19 percent faster than PAS 14 director blade processors and have 4 times more cache
48 GB of memory.
Overall, the PAS 16 storage blade moves up from 4 TB disk drives to using 2 x 6 TB HGST He
drives, and doubled SSD capacity of 240 GB. There is now up to 122.4 TB of storage capacity in
its 4U enclosures, with ten of them in a rack providing 1.2 PB.
As with the previous PAS products, data throughput reaches 150 GB/sec. The big news though
is the RAID 6+ triple parity protection scheme. President and CEO Faye Pairman said PAS 16 had
undergone a hardening process to make it optimal for enterprise big data applications and PanFS
6.0 is the most important software release for Panasas in the past five to six years.
As big data gets larger, and so do disk drives, the time to rebuild a failed drive is extended,
so much so so that, in large arrays, a second disk drive can fail before the first is rebuilt, causing
data loss.
To be sure, RAID 6 protects against such a situation. But disks have reached 6 TB and will
soon be at 8 and 10 TB and rebuild times will continue to be longer, which is one issue in itself,
and exposing us to the risk of a third disk failure while two disks are being rebuilt.
What Panasas RAID 6+ application does is to end the default rebuilding of an entire failed
drive and only rebuild the damaged data components instead.
It can do this because at its core, it's an object-based parallel filesystem. Also, the flash
in the PAS 16 has been tuned for RAID 6+ operations. Individual files can be restored in a
disaster recovery exercise instead of the whole system.
Product marketer Geoffrey Noer said that overall reliability increases as you scale the
system, instead of decreasing it and that Erasure codes protect every file individually.
With RAID 6+ a triple simultaneous disk failure means that the percentage of files to restore
approaches zero at scale.
He added that RAID 6+ provides a 150 times increase in overall reliability compared to RAID 6
and, with the PAS 16 and PanFS v6 RAID rebuild performance scales linearly. As the scale of
the system grows the chance of any 3-drive failures affecting any given file grow less.
And RAID 6+ decreases the chances of having to do a RAID rebuild at all. Small files have three
copies stored, all in flash. Filesystem metadata is quadruple-mirrored. Larger files are striped
across storage blades.
However, the system isn't given a five or six nines availability rating. Instead, Panasas
talks about an always-on model.
While per-file rebuilds are taking place, affected files may not be available but the remainder
of the file is.
Upon making the point that all-flash storage using TLC SSDs would greatly increase data access
speeds and certain use-cases needing fast access to big data amounts could bear the cost, such
as financial trading, Pairman said that now we can understand why Samsung Ventures invested in
privately-owned Panasas.
The presence of Samsung Ventures as an investor was news to us. Dong-Su Kim, vice president
of Samsung Venture Investment Company, sits on Panasas board along with Faye Pairman, co-founder
Garth Gibson, and two partners from Moh, Davidow Ventures.
A March 2014 podcast slide lists Intel Capital as well as Samsung Ventures as investors. Pairman
said its becoming an all-flash world and they see us having tiers of flash in the PAS hardware.
It needs an intelligent file system to operate this and PanFS is exactly that, a reliable, hardened,
performant file OS.
So we might begin to imagine all-flash storage blades in future PAS systems, a PAS 18 for example
which, we speculate, could arrive in 2016, assuming a 20 to 24 month interval between Panasas hardware
Panasas ActiveStor 16 and PanFS 6.0 are available for order now and expected to ship in September.
PanFS 6.0 will be available for PAS 11, 12, 14 and 16 systems.
The list price for 122 TB PAS 16 is $160,000 with an 82 TB one going for $130,000. We'll keep
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Pacific University and the Oregon Academy of Audiology are pleased to invite you to the Spring 2017 Audiology Collaborative Conference. You'll have an opportunity to earn 0.5 CEUs approved by the American Academy of Audiology, attend a variety of sessions, network with other audiologists and meet with exhibitors.
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1:30 pm
Afternoon Sessions
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ABC's of Cerumen Management
Trent Westrick, AuD
Bedside Vestibular Assessment
Anne E Hogan, PhD
Case Histories: Medical Relevance in Current Audiology Practice
Yael Raz, MD
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|Wrap Up | Passport Collection | Drawing Winners Announced (Must be present to win)
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A.U. Bankaitis, PhD is a clinical Audiologist & Vice President of Oaktree Products, Inc., a multi-line distributor hearing healthcare products. As a doctoral candidate, her funded research documented the effects of varying degrees of HIV on the auditory system. Dr. Bankaitis successfully applied these research insights into clinical practice, becoming the leading authority on infection control and authoring many publications on the topic including the popular textbook Infection Control in the Audiology Clinic
Anne E Hogan, MS, PhD, CCC-A, F-AAA has been a licensed Audiologist since completing her CFY in 2003. After working clinically for six years in North Carolina, she moved on to James Madison University to pursue her PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders, with an emphasis on Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation. While the entire field of Audiology is exciting, she chose to focus on the Vestibular patients because she "would rather be deaf than dizzy."
Trent Westrick, AuD, is an audiologist and Assistant Professor in the School of Audiology at Pacific University. His clinical interests include adult diagnostics, amplification, cerumen management, and psychosocial aspects of hearing impairment. Dr. Westrick received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Disorders from University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Audiology degree from The Ohio State University.
Yael Raz, MD completed her undergraduate studies at Harvard University and her medical training at UCLA School of Medicine. She completed a residency in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery as well as a fellowship in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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The ousting of CEO Paul Pressler is expected to come with any sale. And while a sale and the short-term pop in stock price that will come with it might sound attractive on the surface, I have a hard time envisioning how that works out as the best deal shareholders can get over a period of a few years, versus just a few months.
Pressler did take on a company with financial difficulties and led it to a much stronger balance sheet. However, he has also consistently stumbled as a merchandiser, and as my Foolish colleague Rick Munarriz wrote yesterday, sales have consistently disappointed.Some rough guesstimates
Despite news earlier today that Fitch had downgraded the company's debt to junk, the latest balance sheet shows current debt due and long-term debt outstanding to be $513 million. Of course, the company is still on the hook for operating leases, but those aren't interest rate-sensitive. The move by Fitch mostly affects the company's chances of raising additional debt at a reasonable cost.
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For all of Gap's faults -- and it has many -- it still generates heaps of cash flow and has a strong balance sheet. In other words, Gap is fixable, and there's nothing that says a company in Gap's position has to sell itself to fix its problems. Instead, why can't the company simply get a new management team to right the ship? Last time I checked, that's what many companies do when the current management team isn't getting the job done. It's also worth noting that Limited Brands
There certainly is risk in turning Gap around. However, I believe that today's share price accurately reflects that risk. At $20 a share and with $1.2 billion in cash flow and an 11% discount rate, the company has growth of around 1% to 2% in cash flow priced in forever. Yes, there may be a decline in cash flow in the short term, but the cash flow results over the past 12 months are still below the $1.9 billion the company reported in fiscal 2004, and the weighted average of diluted shares outstanding has also decreased by 13% since 2004. A share price of $25 growth of just above 5% is priced in for 10 years and only 3% thereafter.
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|Delusion Studio CEO Kang Moon-chul (left) and Bluehole PNIX Development Manager Yoon Joo-hong (Bluehole)
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This was a lesson that Delusion Studio learned from direct experiences, Kang noted. The last game it launched, "Guardian Stone" (2014), was a strictly pay-to-win game that largely failed to gain traction globally, and eventually had to be abandoned, he recalled.
Bluehole PNIX Development Manager Yoon Joo-hong clarified that this is not a matter of what's better or worse, but a matter of difference in gaming cultures that must be considered when building games targeting Western users.
Looking ahead, Delusion Studio sees esports as a potential option for "Castle Burn" down the road. But this will only come after its user base grows to a more significant volume, Kang said.
"We don't know what kind of evaluation 'Castle Burn' will receive in the long run, but we hope to be able to contribute to the perception that a game coming from the Bluehole Group is well-made and worth playing."
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Suzanne Anker, chair of the BFA Fine Arts Department, was the keynote speaker at last month's Imagining Imagination International Conference, which took place at the Royal College of Art in London. Her presentation, Between Awe and Artifice: Welcome to Wonderland, capped off the two-day symposium, which examined how culture informs creativity, and included renowned speakers and researchers from all over the world.
BFA Fine Arts Department faculty member Dr. Sabine Flach, one of the organizers of the event, said it "covered the full range of disciplines that do research in the area of mental images, including medicine, psychology, literature, art history and music." Anker's lecture contributed to the overall success of the conference, Flach added. "Her expertise as an international, well known artist and theorist was absolutely necessary for the conference, and we were happy and honored that she accepted our invitation to speak."
While in Europe, Anker also stopped at the Pera Museum in Istanbul to take part in the Suna Kirac Conferences on Neurodegeneration: Recent Themes in Motor Neuron Biology and Neurodegeneration. There she delivered a talk entitled Fundamentally Human: Contemporary Art and Neuroscience, which corresponded with a show she recently curated for the museum and explored the ways in which science and technology relate to perception and expression.


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Josh Jarmanning shows us the fire that resulted from three cars crashing on the northbound side of I-93, just past the gas tank around 12:15 p.m.
The smoke was visible for miles around, as Rob Littlefield shows us: Read more.
Lindsey Mason came upon the aftermath of a crash shortly before 9 a.m. on the Leverett Connector, way up in the air.
Dan Esdale reports several cars were involved.
Thomas photographed the car fire on I-93 south around Mystic Valley Parkway around 6:15 a.m.
Lori Magno spotted this sign on I-93 south in Medford. So fill in the blank: What about THE PLOW?
Pernell Banks came across a car flipped on its side at the ramp down into the northbound tunnel near Rowes Wharf shortly before 3 p.m.
Troopers had the right to search vehicle based on anonymous call the driver had pointed a gun at her in an Expressway road rager, court rules
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that prosecutors can use a pellet gun found in a man's Jeep as evidence against him when he goes on trial for an alleged case of road rage on I-93. Read more.
State Police have released the names of the seven men arrested in the showdown between stunters and state troopers on I-93. Read more.
The way Boston's two major dailies covered yesterday's I-93 showdown between stunters and staties could not have been more different. Read more.
A large group of masked riders on dirt and quad bikes who spent the day stunting, blocking traffic and scaring pedestrians on streets around Boston had their trek ended by State Police on the Southeast Expressway at Mass. Ave, where troopers and other officers blocked them in - and shot one in the foot as he tried to flee arrest around 5 p.m. Read more.
A snowy owl that somehow got into the O'Neill Tunnel fared little better than Larry the Turkey: Mass. Environmental Police report the bird was scooped up near the Government Center exit yesterday and rushed to the Tufts wildlife clinic in Grafton for treatment. The Globe reports the bird died.
MassDOT reports the person was on I-93 northbound near Savin Hill tonight. The road northbound was shut and traffic diverted onto Morrissey Boulevard. One lane on I-93 south was also shut.
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Paul Nutting videoed the riders who normally cause problems on Boston's narrower streets and avenues going out for a spin on Morrissey before getting on I-93 in Dorchester. Jesskowski reports about ten riders stunting as they got on the highway around 6:30 p.m.
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Express Your Truth
You've probably heard the phrase, "speak your truth" before. Have you ever thought about what that means?
Your truth is the way that you perceive the world. It is made up of your experiences, the interpretations of your experiences, and the stories you have heard and believed from others' experiences.
[There are ancient philosophical debates over whether there is "a truth" - that is, one single reality that you may or may not fully perceive. For now, let's just focus on the idea that, even if there is "a" truth, your truth is important and vital to be expressed.]
If your truth - your stories, the way you see the world, the thoughts you are having relevant to the conversation in the moment - are not somehow expressed, they are lost. Forever. There will never be another you, seeing the world in this way, able to tell us what life is when seen and experienced as you are doing.
We all need to hear your truths.
Your unique way of seeing and being in the world is part of the whole experience and story of humanity. In understanding who we are, your stories have just as much validity and are just as important to be heard as Einstein's, Mother Theresa's, your mother's, or the truths of the stranger you pass on the street.
It matters for selfish reasons, too. Not only do we need to hear your truths, but for you to feel at peace with your life, you need to speak them.
Have you ever felt uncomfortable when someone says something with which you strongly disagree, but you can't bring yourself to speak up in opposition? Or have you ever felt the inner anxiety of saying something that gets others nodding ... but with which you don't agree?
When your expressions are out of alignment with what you feel and think, your body lets you know.
Your truths don't need to be pretty or perfect. You just need to understand what they are and to live in harmony with them.
And it matters because you co-create your world by what you express. Your expressions create ripples in reality. One opinion shared can lead someone else to have a new perspective, which possibly changes their behavior. One smile offered can shift the recipient's mood. One thought left unspoken may let a conversation continue to deteriorate to the point of causing harm.
With every expression (or every expression withheld), you are creating your (and our) reality.
But Wait .... Cautions of Speaking Your Truth: The FY Attitude
I hope you believe me when I tell you how important it is that you speak your truth. But as a word of warning, I have to address a disturbing trend I've noticed in self-expression.
There seems to have been a recent swell in "speaking up", fueled by current events, our political climate, and, no doubt, the ease of expression through social media. In some ways, this is great. In others, not so much.
Far too many people become assertive with what I call a "fuck-you" attitude. To appease sensitive eyes/ears, I'll call it the "FY" attitude from here. (People-pleaser mode, activated.)
The FY attitude is saying, "I believe what I believe and if you don't, ... FY." This is believing one's truth and shutting out any other possible truths. This cuts off the discussion and solidifies one's own truths to be THE truth and nothing but the truth.
This is just as problematic as not speaking one's truth at all.
The ultimate goal is to learn how to express your truth while hearing all truths (feelings, perspectives), and to learn how to co-exist amidst all of our contradictions and disagreements.
With the FY attitude, this co-existence is impossible. It's like a neighborhood with no roads and all fenced-in yards. Everyone might stay in their happy little holes, but will eventually perish because no one can exist alone.
So if you find yourself speaking up frequently, be sure you are doing so with a NFY (non-fuck-you) attitude. Kindness and curiosity matter just as much as being "right".
One Word At A Time
I've said it before and I'll say it a million more times: Every thought and every action matters. I don't like calling them "little things" (because that trivializes their importance), but the experiences that you have in a typical 60 second period are insanely important. How so?
I firmly believe this:
As you do one thing, so you do all things.
That means that what you practice through those mundane moments are the things that become habits that you exhibit throughout your life.
Each time you refrain from speaking up, you set yourself up to stay silent the next time. Each time you share your thoughts, you make it that much more likely that you will do so again the next time the opportunity arises.
This isn't to say that if you don't speak up when someone tells a hurtful joke that you are doomed to a life of being a doormat. Think of it this way:
Every moment is an opportunity to practice and to set your life on a different course.
With every thought and every action, you bump the path of your life slightly in one direction or the other.
I know, I know - it's not easy.
I vividly recall an incident from high school that still gives me butterflies. I had chosen to audition for the role of the wicked witch in our school's theater production. All of the other potential candidates and I had sat in a circle, and the director had asked each of us, one at a time, to give our best witchy cackle.
When it got to me, I coughed and cleared my throat. And I did that again. And again. Eventually, I feigned a full-on coughing fit and waved my hand for the next person to go.
Needless to say, I didn't get cast.
I'd become so afraid at throwing out an embarrassing cackle that I couldn't even continue the audition for the role I had wanted. If I would have belted out a strong, blow-them-away cackle, would you be watching me on your t.v. right now, walking down the red carpet? I doubt it, but who knows.
Though I may not have pursued an acting career, it is still true that one moment of withheld expression led to a cascade of events that shaped my life today.
Do yourself a favor: Don't miss another moment.
Pause as often as possible and think about your truths. Do you know what they are? Are you expressing them into the world? (With a NFY attitude, please and thank you.)
Let us hear you.


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The Development Managers Help guide to Television Lighting
This informative guide is really a short introduction about lighting. It's aimed at production Managers and production coordinators to build up their knowledge of lights they might be requested to buy for particular jobs. Lighting cameraman might find certain parts from the good reputation for some lighting products interesting so please continue reading. This informative guide may also help with a few of the jargon utilized in TV Production.
Basically lights are split up into 3 primary types, Tungsten, HMI & Fluorescent.
1) So how exactly does Tungsten work?
Well power is just undergone a really fine wire coil, (known as a tungsten filament) it gets hotter and glows 'hot' which emits light. The color temperature from the light is about 3200k (much like your bulbs in your own home)
2) HMI- exactly what does it mean?
(Hydrargyrum Halide Iodide) lights have a similar colour temperature as daylight (5600K to 6000K). They produce four occasions just as much light like a tungsten bulb with similar wattage. HMI lights work differently from Tungsten for the reason that a spark 'jumps' or 'Arcs' between two pins which spark ignites a gas that is held pressurized within the lamp housing. When that gas glow's it will so brightly. These lamps require what's known as a ballast. This can be a heavy box that steps in the current and passes our prime current towards the lamp using a durable 'header cable'. (Remember not to consider an HMI when it is on, it would be like searching directly in the sun!)
3) Fluorescent- is the fact that like strip lights?
The bottom line is yes these derive from exactly the same principle as domestic strip lights. They're popular since they're lightweight and provide off an attractive soft light.
Standard Interview Light Package
The package we are most frequently requested to supply includes four tungsten lights: an Arri 650-watt or 800-watt light having a Chimera, an Arri 300-watt light along with a Dedo light. We incorporate a gel package with a variety of gels along with a reflector.
Here is a description of every light:
Arri 800-watt light (Redhead)
It's an open-faced (there's no lens while watching bulb) tungsten light. For interviews, this light is usually combined with a Chimera (more about Chimeras in a moment) like a key light, the primary light accustomed to light a subject's face.
Arri 650-watt light (mizar)
This can be a Fresnel light – it features a lens with elevated circular ridges on its outer surface which are utilized to focus the beam. It's frequently used rather from the Arri-800 and in such instances is usually supplied with a Chimera. For interviews this really is generally combined with a Chimera like a key light. However you may also fasten a gobo which light may be used to throw a slash of colour around the background.
Arri 300-watt light (Mizar)
Such as the 650-watt light, this can be a Fresnel light. For interviews, it's generally utilized as a fill light – an easy to melt any shadows produced through the key light, generally with a few diffusion gel (more about gels in a moment) to lessen its intensity. These lighting is also utilized as a backlight within an interview – an easy directed from behind the topic to focus on the top mind and shoulders.
A Chimera is also referred to as a lightbox or soft box. They fit onto an easy using what's known as a speed ring which inserts in which the barn doorways are locked in place. You take away the barn doorways and set the rate ring instead. The Chimera looks similar to a box made from white-colored and silver material. It attaches towards the speed ring and sits while watching light so the light shines through it. The result would be to soften the sunshine, turning a harsh source right into a diffuse one.
Trivia: The Chimera Lightbank was invented within the U.S. with a location professional photographer along with a mountaineer to provide photographers with studio quality lighting on location. They founded the organization CHIMERA in 1980 and operate from Boulder, Colorado. Their goods continue being produced in the U.S., stitched in seamstress's homes, and therefore are individually inspected and initialed.
Speed Rings:
Gels are constructed with gelatin and are available in various colours on rolls. They're reduce sheets to suit after which installed on the barn doorways from the light using crocodile clips (much like clothes pegs only they are metal). Gels are a crucial part associated with a light package. They can be used as colour correction in order to create special lighting. Understanding this involves a fundamental knowledge of colour temperature. Different types of light sources have superiority of red or blue inside them and may modify the hue of the look you are shooting. For instance, tungsten lights possess a different colour temperature than daylight. What this means is should you be shooting inside a room with a lot of daylight arriving and also you desired to light a topic with tungsten lights you'd have trouble. One solution is by using colour correction gels while watching tungsten lights. These gels can make the sunshine in the tungsten source exactly the same colour temperature because the incoming daylight. Other gels are utilized to diffuse or soften the sunshine. Others could make the sunshine more flattering for interview subjects. Some are utilized to add colour to some source of light and cast that colour without anyone's knowledge.
Dedo Lights
These lights specified for with a German Director of Photography (DOP) named Dedo Weigert. And so the name Dedo. They're small , compact and also have a light output equal to much bigger lights. Additionally they offer precision charge of the laser beam they produce. For interviews, they can be used a backlight in order to highlight features without anyone's knowledge behind the job interview subject.
Other Tungsten Lights
Arri 1,000-watt Fresnel Light
Within the same range because the Arri 300-watt and 650-watt Fresnel lights, this light includes a lens with elevated circular ridges on its outer surface which is often used to concentrate the beam. The Fir,000-watt light is usually employed for assisting to light an inside location.
Arri 2,000-watt Light (Blonde)
Upgrading in the redhead (800-watt open-faced light) you will find the blonde. This light is usually accustomed to help light indoor locations although I've known many people for doing things in order to to light a job interview.
Fluorescent Lights
Kino Flos
Kino Flos are fluorescent lights mounted in specifically made fixtures to carry 2 or 4 2 or 4-feet tubes. They cook a awesome (within the "not hot" feeling of the term), soft, energy-efficient light that's good for interviews as well as for lighting a lot of people. They are utilised like a key light and cast a gentle diffuse light within the subject that is very flattering. They're a great option to utilizing a tungsten light having a Chimera. An additional advantage is that they take both tungsten and daylight tubes so that you can easily rely on them in indoor places where there's a sizable window or skylight that lets in several sun light.
Trivia: These were introduced by the gaffer, Frieder Hochheim, and the best boy, Gary Swink, around the film Barfly later. Both of these innovators were your cramped interior location and also the DOP was utilizing a wide position lens. This meant there wasn't any space to place a standard lighting rig. The answer – fluorescent lights that may be hidden, easily mounted and controlled with quiet remote ballasts. Because they do not warm up, they're excellent if you are shooting in the same position for any lots of time. These were a genuine hit using the cast and crew of Barfly and therefore are now utilized in movies and television production around the globe.
We regularly provide Kino Flos to shoot interviews with celebrities along with other much talked about talent. They're famous interview satiations they do not create the Mike heat that tungsten lights do. The number includes: 4 x 4-feet tubes inside a fixture 4 x 2-feet tubes inside a fixture and 4 x 2-feet tubes inside a fixture.
Diva Lites
Made by Kino Flo, forms of fluorescent tube lights. They are available in one size only – four two-feet tubes – and they've a built-in as opposed to a remote ballast-dimmer. This will make them especially quick to setup and take lower. Such as the Kino Flos, Diva Lites are superb for shooting interviews. They cast a gentle diffuse light that's flattering for talent and interview subjects.
Production manager benefit: Everything is available in one situation so if you're flying abroad there's less baggage, in addition the sunshine could be setup and de rigged very rapidly, the lamp doesn't need to awesome lower therefore the crew can wrap promptly- no overtime! (sorry crew)
Kamio 6 Ring Light
This can be a unique light that mounts around the barrel from the camera lens so you obtain a constant light in the axis from the lens. It makes sense a gentle light that smoothes rough edges and flatters the talent. It features a palm-sized ballast that mounts around the camera and runs from the camera battery. The package includes a matte-box tray holder. We've used this light in studio as well as on place for static shots as well as for tracking shots. Within the situation of tracking shots it provides a regular flattering light. Once the camera will get near to the subject, a beautiful catch light creates a white-colored ring within the eye that is very flattering.
HMI Lights
They're mainly utilized in indoor locations with many different ambient daylight or outdoors during daytime hrs.
Arri 200-watt HMI Light
They are portable HMI lights that may operate on batteries or mains power and are perfect for lifting the sunshine on talent being filmed outdoors. We mainly utilize them for pieces to camera or interviews shot outdoors.
Arri 575-watt HMI Light
This light could be powered having a mains supply only and it is most frequently employed for lighting an inside location with ambient daylight or lighting talent talking with camera if mains power is definitely accessible.
Arri 1.2K (1200-watt) HMI Light
This light could be powered having a mains supply only. It's most frequently employed for lighting indoor locations with ambient daylight or lighting talent inside or outdoors, particularly if it is really vibrant outdoors.
Arri 2.5K (2500-watt) HMI Light
This light could be powered having a mains supply only. It's most frequently employed for lighting indoor locations with ambient daylight or lighting outside locations.


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Oops, you caught me! Carol Vorderman tries to sneak out of the back door of kinky club The Box wearing a sexy split dress
22:11 GMT, 1 May 2012
It's known for being London's most debauched nightclub so it's no wonder Carol Vorderman didn't want to be seen leaving The Box.
The 51-year-old star was spotted leaving the popular Soho venue wearing a short sexy dress that showed off her curvy figure.
The TV presenter teamed the garment with knee high boots and a black coat to protect her modesty as she attended a Kasabian performance at the club.
Sexy night out: Carol Vorderman showed off a flash of leg in a sexy black split dress as she visited The Box nightclub in Soho last night
Dignified exit: Carol revealed slightly more than she had perhaps intended as she exited the car and headed inside
Despite attempting to leave The Box unnoticed by using the back entrance, where she had a car waiting, Carol – who wore
her brunette locks down and carried a simple gold clutch bag – was in
high spirits at the end of the night.
Carol's fans will be happy to see her out enjoying herself, after she recently gave an emotional interview on Piers Morgan's Life Stories where she opened up about the death of her beloved Countdown co-presenter Richard Whiteley in 2005.
Breaking down in tears, the mother-of-two recalled the moment she heard of Mr Whiteley's death.
Very different looks: The TV presenter steered away from black as she arrived at the ITV studios today (R)
She said: 'He'd gone in for a heart operation and I spoke to [his wife] Kathy immediately afterwards and it was the first bit of good news we'd had…that the surgeon thought the operation had gone very well and hadn't taken as long as they'd thought.
'And that was the first time in six weeks that I thought there was anything to feel joyous about.
'Then the next day I didn't hear anything. I was at somebody's house and I was shaking with nerves and I was just worried about him.
'And then I was at home and the kids had gone to bed and then Claire [Pizey, Countdown executive producer] rang to say.'
Emotional: Carol recently broke down while talking to Piers Morgan about her former Countdown presenter Richard Whiteley, who died in 2005
Miss Vorderman also spoke about the breakdown of her second marriage, to management consultant Patrick King, the father of her children, Katie, 20, and Cameron, 15.
The pair split in 2000 but made a 'pact' not to speak about the split in public.
She said: 'I loved Paddy and Paddy loved me and we had a very, very happy marriage.
'I loved him more than I've ever loved anybody, a man. And we agreed that we wouldn't talk about it publicly.'


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Tygers of Pan Tang
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Talk about ageing gracefully! Almost 40 years into their chequered career, Tygers of Pan Tang (TTOPT henceforth) have released an album that sounds crisp and ready and willing to compete with the enormous volume of rock and metal releases availabl...
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First up, I must confess that Vipassi occupy a particular genre of metal that I prefer over almost all others - proggy, jazz-infused instrumental metal in the vein of Cynic and Animals as Leaders. That said, it could work against the album as the ...
Restless and Live
By Andrew McKaysmith | 10 February, 2017
This scribe's initiation to Accept was via a cover of "Metal Heart" by Dimmu Borgir on their compilation album Godless Savage Garden, which was released in late 1998. Having not read the liner notes before listening to the album, I i...
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The Coyote Who Spoke in Tongues
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Way back in '96, Metallica's James Hetfield and Jason Newstead were in Australia for a promo tour touting the still divisive Load album series. Both made repeated references to the brilliant Kyuss, whose Blue ...
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With over 30 official releases to their name, and a history steeped in the traditions of speed and thrash metal, what more can possibly be said for New Jersey's foremost wrecking crew, Overkill?
With the addition of groove metal elements t...
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Magick Rites and Spells
By Andrew McKaysmith | 16 January, 2017
Florence, Italy. The home of Renaissance art and beautiful architecture. This is the city that houses the Duomo Cathedral, Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", and the much lauded "David" sculpture by Michelangelo. All of these historical artefacts ...
Magnitude of Thoughts
By Andrew McKaysmith | 10 January, 2017
Many years ago I was listening to Cannibal Corpse's then new release Gore Obsessed. I was listening on my PC and without realising I managed to get the album to start playing via a 2nd multimedia application. So there I am...
Sweatin' II: Deported Live Gorilla
By Andrew McKaysmith | 09 January, 2017
Ok I'll be up front here: I remember Spazz as a mere curiosity whose albums I used to hear about in the same breath as the brilliant Gas Huffer and Bikini Kill back when I was only a wee lad in the mid '90s. Not that any of those bands have ...
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive
By Andrew McKaysmith | 07 January, 2017
What is there possibly left to say about one of black metal's most storied and notorious musical landmarks? Among the plethora of reviews and opinion pieces found both online and via the still traded fanzines from the period the album was co...
Sentient Horror
Ungodly Forms
By Andrew McKaysmith | 19 December, 2016
According to their Facebook page, Swedeath purists Sentient Horror ironically hail from the town of Stockholm in New Jersey! So I guess one could say the band is showing its hand rather early.
With that in mind, as I was perusing the album...
The Eternal Drift's Canticles
By Andrew McKaysmith | 02 December, 2016
Verdun is an ancient city in the North East of France that played host to a particularly vicious and protracted battle on the Western Front during WW1. This battle is recognised as one of the most costly in terms of lives taken in human histo...
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
By Andrew McKaysmith | 01 December, 2016
Metallica are one of only a handful of bands where objectively reviewing a new album is near impossible. Straining against the legacy of albums that not only defined a genre, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets are esse...


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- Located at Marina Bay, Singapore
- Address: 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956
- How to get to the hotel from the airport: 1) Take the MRT to Bayfront station – Exit B, C, D, or E; 2) take bus#97/97E, 106,133, 502/502A, 518/518A,NR1, NR6; or 3) take a taxi (about SG$17-20, rate varies depending on the type of the taxi)
- Reservations: can be made online at the Marina Bay Sands website here, or through other hotel booking websites. I used agoda.com for booking my stay at Marina Bay Sands Hotel.
- Rates: The room rates start from about $300 USD/night. But the rates vary depending on the season, type of room, as well as the number of people staying in the room, so it's best to check out the rates from the hotel website or other hotel booking websites.
- This hotel is very famous for the architectural design of the hotel (it looks like the 3 towers are supporting a ship on the top) and the infinity pool. For more pictures and information about the infinity pool, click here for my blog post.
- OVERALL: Before my stay at Marina Bay Sands, I have heard from friends who have been to the hotel or from reviews that the service at the hotel is not great, because it's a big hotel. However, my experience was quite positive. From check-in to check-out, the staff were very friendly and helpful. The hotel is also very conveniently located – close to tourist attractions such as Marina Bay, Merlion Park, Singapore Flyer, Garden by the Bay, and Shops at Marina Bay. I was in Singapore for 3 nights and booked 2 nights at Marina Bay Sands and 1 night at a different hotel, because of the bad reviews I read about the service and the hotel being over-priced, but I wish I had stayed here for 3 nights instead of moving to a different hotel. And my favourite part about the hotel was, of course, the infinity pool. Lots of people stay at this hotel because of the infinity pool and once you experience the infinity pool experience on the 57th floor of the hotel, you will see why ;) Oh and another random fact about this hotel – the elevators are really fast! I thought the elevator at the Ritz Carlton Hong Kong was pretty fast, but this one beats it. Overall, I would definitely recommend this hotel if you are visiting Singapore.
- For the link to Trip Advisor reviews about Marina Bay Sands Hotel, click here.


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Portrait Images i took using medium format 120 film on a pentax 67 " The Beast " . For an anthropological analogue assignment called " I am " . I scanned the negatives onto a mac using the flextight software ( But left unaltered and as they are straight from the camera/negative ) and a flextight hasselblad scanner .
An interesting light leak effect which was a total fluke but adds to the image and i find it very interesting considering the guys dementia and health circumstances .
I Am . Childrens Party Host .
This man worked in furry fandom costumes which he used to wear at children partys . His favourite was a cartoon gerbil .
I Am . A Retired ex-policeman
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Today's picture is the sun setting. An orange orb in the clouds.
In other news, it's only Tuesday today, and it honestly feels like it should be Saturday. Some weeks time just moves slower. There has to be some sort of scientific study about this. If there isn't, someone needs to fund one.


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The Fellowship has obtained sneak peeks for comics from Dynamite that will come out this week...
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Giovanni Timpano
Cover: Jackson Guice
A ruthless cabal of magicians is searching for the secret to the Last Illusion, and they'll stop at nothing to achieve their goals. But the person who knew the most about the mysterious rite is dead, and he shared his secret with one man -- the Shadow! Now, the Shadow faces some of his strangest foes as he engages in a deadly game where he might be the hunter... or the hunted.
Writers: Rachel Hastings, Jeff Drake, Brian Hall
Artists: Steve Theis, Joe Healy, Emiko Sawanobori
Covers: Brittany McCarthy (a), Rudy De La Cruz (b)
In the second issue of the all-new ongoing Bob's Burgers comic book series, we bring you all new stories, each more delicious than the last: Raised by apes, Jungle Tina swings into the big city and into an explorer's heart; Gene's sheer boredom leads to the discovery of a magical world in need of saving; and Louise finds a ride at Wonder Wharf that has a mysterious power besides the power to make kids throw up! It's Belcher Family Fun from the actual show writers and animators of Bob's Burgers, the wildly popular animated sitcom that airs on Fox television alongside such hits as The Simpsons and Family Guy!
Writer: Ryan Sohmer
Artist: Lar deSouza, Hawk, Ryan Dunlavey, Ed Ryzowski
Covers: Aurelie Martin & Lar deSouza (a - color), Aurelie Martin & Lar deSouza (b - B/W)
Richard is armed to the teeth, er, shoulders, as our group meets Krunch's people, The Bloodrage, and oh, what a reunion they have! Some friendly and not-so-friendly relatives show up to mend fences and lop off limbs, and we answer the eternal burning question: do Elves feel pain? (Spoiler: They do).
Writer: Erik Mona
Artist: Leandro Oliveira
Covers: Sebastian Cichon, Leandro Oliveira
The exciting conclusion of Pathfinder: Origins! Ezren the wizard spins a tale of family, betrayal, and revenge set in the dark alleys of Absalom, City at the Center of the World! Teaming up with Lem the halfling bard, Ezren uses his new arcane powers to settle an old score, but he must escape the sins of the past before charting a new destiny with the Pathfinder Society. Sword-and-sorcery thrills from Pathfinder publisher Erik Mona and art from Leandro Oliveira. Contains pull-out poster map and official Pathfinder RPG bonus encounter!
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Colton Worley
Covers: Tula Lotay, Declan Shalvey
The American Spirit has Federal Agent Bart Hill's throat in his hand. Maggie Allen is bleeding from the eyes. Marietta Chesler and Rob Benton are burying a body. Gary Preston is still missing, presumed incinerated. All these people were part of an escape plan, but it's all gone wrong. In the penultimate episode of Blackcross, secrets are told, threats become real, and six haunted people are about to be murdered.
Writer: Victor Gischler
Artist: Roberto Castro
Covers: Alex Ross, Ed Benes, Roberto Castro
In this issue, Red Sonja and Conan are reunited as captains of mercenary companies who team to fight the forces of an evil sorcerer. Little do they realize that a shadow of the past has returned, something of dire peril from their previous adventures together. It's the Cimmerian and Sonja reunited for more bloody swordplay!
Writer: Leah Moore
Artist: Francesco Manna
Cover: Jay Anacleto
The streets of London are no place for a woman all on her own. They are, however just fine for a woman wielding a Sword. Dejah Thoris is used to London's dirt, and its rain, but she is growing tired of its people. She and Irene Adler must surely band together to find the Banth and get Thoris back to Barsoom, but to do that, one of them would first have to back down...
Writer: Matt Wagner
Artists: Dan Schkade & Brennan Wagner
Covers: Eric Powell
With Central City feeling the vacuum left by The Spirit's long disappearance, Ebony and Sammy set out to find out what happened to their old friend. Their trail takes them to familiar surroundings and in pursuit of one of the masked vigilante's most nefarious foes. Meanwhile, both Commissioner Dolan and his daughter Ellen must face obstacles of their own. This all new series celebrates the 75th anniversary of Will Eisner's iconic character, scripted by Eisner Award-winner Matt Wagner with interior art by the team of Dan Schkade and colorist Brennan Wagner and featuring a cover by Eric Powell.


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Opera Ensemble presents Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
March 31 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm| $5 – $15
Henry Purcell based his first opera on the story of Dido, queen of Carthage, and the prince of Troy, Aeneas. Considered the first masterpiece of English opera, the opera was first performed in 1689. With a magnificent final lament, scenes of sorcery and spirits, sailors tell the tale of the love and abandonment of Dido by Aeneas. Conducted by David Moody (Juilliard School of Performing Arts faculty) and directed by Tommy Iafrate (Binghamton University Department of Theatre faculty).
The opera will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 31 in the Anderson Center Chamber Hall.
Tickets are $15 general public; $10 faculty/staff/seniors/alumni; $5 students. For more information, call (607) 777-2592, visit us at music.binghamton.edu or become a fan on Facebook.


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Based in downtown Modesto, CA, NAI Benchmark is the largest commercial property management company in the North San Joaquin Valley. We have a small, dynamic team of professionals who are passionate about improving shopping centers and office buildings in our region. We invest in continuous learning so that we are using industry-leading practices and developing each person to their full potential. Our company core values are: 1) Honesty & Integrity, 2) Personal Ownership of Client Results, 3) Positive, Caring, & Humble, 4) Passionate, Driven, & Self-Motivated and 5) Demands Excellence. If this describes you, you would be a great fit for our team!
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(March 9th, 1980 - November 8th, 2015) - McLEAN, Jaimie Andrew - Passed away peacefully at the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie on Sunday, November 8th, 2015. Jaimie McLean of Barrie in his 36th year was the beloved husband of Mackenzie West. Loving brother of Colin and his wife Brooke of Barrie. Dear son of Andrew McLean of Orillia and Joan-Ann Menzies of Scotland. Also survived by many other family members in Britain as well as many friends. Friends may call at the JENNETT FUNERAL & CREMATION CENTRE, 152 Bradford Street in Barrie on Friday, November 13th, 2015 from 12 noon until the time of service at 1:00 p.m. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.funeralhome.on.ca
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Commentary: Gates Foundation supports some bold ideas
This editorial appeared in The (Tacoma) News Tribune.
Can malaria-carrying mosquitoes be infected with a fungus to suppress their sense of smell and their ability to sniff out humans to bite?
Is it possible to turn tomatoes into antiviral drug-delivery systems that would help people in poor countries fight off deadly infectious diseases?
Will shooting a laser at a person's skin before giving a vaccination boost immunity?
Maybe. Maybe not. But the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is willing to spend $100 million to find out if any one of these or 78 other "unorthodox" ideas will pan out. It's all part of the foundation's goal of finding innovative ways to improve the lives and health of people around the world.
The foundation calls it the Grand Challenges Explorations grant program, but it could just as easily be called the Wild Ideas That Just Might Work Awards.
According to the foundation's Web site, it's looking for proposals that take "inventive approaches to daunting issues" – and not ones that would likely find funding through usual channels. Applicants only have to fill out a two-page form outlining their idea, with no preliminary data required, and they are encouraged not to use professional jargon.
To read the complete editorial, visit The (Tacoma) News Tribune.


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With gasoline prices creeping up again to as high as an average of $4.67 a gallon (€1.23 a liter) in California on Tuesday, according to the AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report, Honda thought it would be a good idea to launch a new promotion for its natural gas-powered Civic.
The Japanese carmaker said that it will offer customers purchasing a new 2012 Civic Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) at participating dealers from now until January 2, 2013, a debit card pre-loaded with $3,000 worth of fuel.
As always, there's some small print including that the card can only be used at Clean Energy CNG fueling stations around the country to purchase fuel. There are approximately 150 Clean Energy filling stations in the U.S., 40 of which are located inside California.
According to the most recent Department of Energy, Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price report on fuel prices, the nation-wide average price of natural gas fuel for vehicles in July was $2.05 per equivalent gasoline gallon.Read more »


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Funding ultimatum for homeless charities
The Big Lottery Fund is seeking dialogue with homeless charities in Edinburgh over funding, warning there is a finite amount of money available
Homeless charities in Edinburgh have been told they must work together if they want to continue receiving lottery funding.
The Big Lottery Fund has said it cannot commit significant funding to the fight against homelessness in Edinburgh until it meets all the organisations involved to discuss how funds can be best used.
Charity Streetwork took to social media on Thursday to express its shock at losing funding for its young persons' outreach service.
The charity received a grant of £530,037 in 2014 to help provide its Streetyouth project, which provides vital support to those aged under 25 who face homelessness in the capital, but learned this week that an application for funding to continue the project had been knocked back.
The Big Lottery Fund confirmed it had rejected applications for a number of homeless projects in Edinburgh, and said that it was seeking further dialogue with the groups involved.
A Big Lottery Fund spokesperson said: "In the last four years alone, we have invested over £4.1 million of National Lottery funding in projects tackling homelessness in Edinburgh. While we are proud of what this funding has achieved, our funding is always time limited.
"We understand that it is disappointing for those organisations who have just been turned down for funding, but with a finite amount of money available we want to take stock of our financial support which focuses on tackling homelessness in Edinburgh.
"We will therefore be working with these and other organisations, both statutory and third sector as well as other funders, to better understand where our financial support will have the biggest impact before we commit significant funds to address this issue."


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Photos & Words: Steven Darchiville
So once a year, Spartanburg experiences typical suburban Americana, in the form of the annual town festival, Spring Fling. Downtown Spartanburg shuts down, and becomes home to an endless array of local music, arts, food, and lifestyle. Each year, Spring Fling incorperates their classic car show.
But this year was a little different. Someone took notice of the rather unique automotive scene we have here, and decided to shake things up a bit.
Long story short, we ran that bitch.
The streets were filled with track cars, street cruisers, low rides, e-famous stance queens, JDM imports, and more. The public stared with dog-like head tilts and awkward smiling faces, trying to figure out exactly what we do.
The turnout was a such a success that next year's Spring Fling will incorperate this new image of cars. Thank you local city government for noticing our badassery :)


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The Online Yachtmaster Shorebased Course is an advanced navigation course and ideal for you if you have done the Day Skipper theory course or done a fair amount of navigating already, and want to learn at your own pace: whenever and wherever you want.
"The flexibility to proceed at my own pace was great. Easy access to the course whether from my i pad, home computer or at lunchtime from work. Support throughout the course was 10/10. Way better and quicker than I expected. Very proactive. Great stuff!"
The RYA Online Yachtmaster Theory Course is the next step for those looking to progress from Day Skipper qualification. It explores many of the same topics, but in more depth, with a greater emphasis on tackling more challenging coastal & offshore passages.
The course is split up into modules, allowing you to learn independently at your own pace. As well as PC and Mac compatibility, you can also follow the course on your iPad.
You will be provided with a comprehensive set of materials to complement the course content, and you there will always be an instructor a phone call/skype call/email away to offer help whenever you need some extra guidance.
After you've completed the Yachtmaster Theory course, you'll have all the background knowledge you'll need to undertake coastal and offshore passages, by day and night. You'll also be well prepared to take the RYA Coastal Skipper practical course.
If you have a lot of sailing miles under your belt, you can skip the Coastal Skipper practical and go straight to one of the more advanced Yachtmaster practical courses; the coveted Yachtmaster Certificate of Competence is awarded to those who complete one of these offshore Yachtmaster courses.
To find out more about the RYA Online Yachtmaster Theory course, call First Class Sailing today on 0203 006 3717.


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Line producer Matthew Boudreau takes over while David Rheinstrom is away in France. This week's story is A Dread Light Shine in the Serpent's Sky, a collaborative audio fiction piece created for 11th Hour Productions by the folks at Audioblivious Productiobs, Jim Robbie and the Wanderers and Koach Studios. 11th Hour Audio - http://www.11thhouraudio.com Audioblivious Productions - https://www.audioblivious.com/ Jim Robbie and the Wanderers - http://jimrobbieandthewanderers.com/ Koach … [Read more...] about Episode 463 – A Dread Light Shine in the Serpent's Sky
Free Downloads of Horror Radio Dramas
Here is an archive of all of the 'horror' themed radio drama shows we have played over the years. All shows are free to download, however if you like it we hope you'll explore more shows by the artist and support them. Enjoy spooky ghost stories, weird occult tales, HP Lovecraft tellings, zombies, and much much more...
Episode 458 – Dan Powell, Marc Sollinger, and Archive 81
This week, things are going to get spooky at Radio Drama Revival as we delve into the world of horror audio fiction. David talks to Marc Sollinger and Dan Powell, the evil minds behind Archive 81 and The Deep Vault. They discuss the horror fiction that makes them tick, how to construct audio fiction that'll make your skin crawl, and what it's like to collaborate with one of your closest friends. We'll also take a listen to the first episode of their show Archive 81, which is about a young man … [Read more...] about Episode 458 – Dan Powell, Marc Sollinger, and Archive 81
Episode 446 – Fred Greenhalgh and "The Dark Tome"
Host emeritus Fred Greenhalgh is back to try out the sofa and tell us about his new podcast, "The Dark Tome." What if there was a book that literally opened up doorways to other worlds? Where would it lead, and could you handle what you found on the other side? Cassie, a wayward teen, is about to find out. One day, after she wraps up community service at a local hospital, she stumbles out of the basement of a spooky bookshop and into a story set on a devil's staircase in a remote Italian … [Read more...] about Episode 446 – Fred Greenhalgh and "The Dark Tome"
RDR From the Vault: Next Year's Girl
Fred is back, introducing our new occasional mini-series, pulling episodes from RDR's Archives back to the top of the pack! The inaugural episode, celebrating the Ogle Awards, is "Next Year's Girl" - The Willamette Radio Workshop's 2004 Gold Ogle Winning Production about a small town and the strange beast that looms large over it. … [Read more...] about RDR From the Vault: Next Year's Girl
Episode 424 – Vultures Over Low Doves
Happy #WorldAudioDramaDay!! We feature a most fitting production - the collaboration of audio producers across the Northeast (and the world) in a production created in just a few weeks to make a Halloween release day (and be pretty darn good in the bargain) - the Vultures over Low Doves, written by Justin Mullane and produced by 11th hour Audio Productions. … [Read more...] about Episode 424 – Vultures Over Low Doves