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During the past few years a number of excellent designs have been published for domestic audio
amplifiers. However, some of these designs are now rendered obsolescent by changes in the availability
of components, and others are intended to provide levels of power output which are in excess of the
requirements of a normal living room. Also, most designs have tended to be rather complex.
In the circumstances it seemed worth while to consider just how simple a design could be made which
would give adequate output power together with a standard of performance which was beyond reproach,
and this study has resulted in the present design.
In view of the enormous popularity of the Mullard "5-10" valve amplifier, it appeared that a 10-watt output
would be adequate for normal use; indeed when two such amplifiers are used as a stereo pair, the total
sound output at full power can be quite astonishing using reasonably sensitive speakers.
The original harmonic distortion standards for audio amplifiers were laid down by D. T. N. Williamson in a
series of articles published in Wireless World in 1947 and 1949; and the standard, proposed by him, for
less than 0.1% total harmonic distortion at full rated power output, has been generally accepted as the
target figure for high-quality audio power amplifiers. Since the main problem in the design of valve audio
amplifiers lies in the difficulty in obtaining adequate performance from the output transformer, and since
modern transistor circuit techniques allow the design of power amplifiers without output transformers, it
seemed feasible to aim at a somewhat higher standard, 0.05% total harmonic distortion at full output
power over the range 30Hz-20kHz. This also implies that the output power will be constant over this
frequency range.
Circuit design
The first amplifier circuit of which the author is aware, in which a transformerless transistor design was
used to give a standard of performance approaching that of the "Williamson" amplifier, was that
published in Wireless World in 1961 by Tobey and Dinsdale. This employed a class B output stage, with
series connected transistors in quasi-complementary symmetry. Subsequent high-quality transistor
power amplifiers have largely tended to follow the design principles outlined in this article.
The major advantage of amplifiers of this type is that the normal static power dissipation is very low, and
the overall power-conversion efficiency is high. Unfortunately there are also some inherent
disadvantages due to the intrinsic dissimilarity in the response of the two halves of the push-pull pair (if
complementary transistors are used in unsymmetrical circuit arrangement) together with some cross-
over distortion due to the Ic/Vb characteristics. Much has been done, particularly by Bailey1, to minimise
the latter.
An additional characteristic of the class B output stage is that the current demand of the output
transistors increases with the output signal, and this may reduce the output voltage and worsen the
smoothing of the power supply, unless this is well designed. Also, because of the increase in current with
output power, it is possible for a transient overload to drive the output transistors into a condition of
thermal runaway, particularly with reactive loads, unless suitable protective circuitry is employed. These
requirements have combined to increase the complexity of the circuit arrangement, and a well designed
low-distortion class B power amplifier is no longer a simple or inexpensive thing to construct.
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An alternative approach to the design of a transistor power amplifier combining good performance with
simple construction is to use the output transistors in a class A configuration. This avoids the problems of
asymmetry in quasi-complementary circuitry, thermal runaway on transient overload, cross-over
distortion and signal-dependent variations in power supply current demand. It is, however, less efficient
than a class B circuit, and the output transistors must be mounted on large heat sinks.
The basic class A construction consists of a single transistor with a suitable collector load. The use of a
resistor, as in Fig. 1(a), would be a practical solution, but the best power-conversion efficiency would be
about 12%. An l.f. choke, as shown in Fig. 1(b), would give much better efficiency, but a properly
designed component would be bulky and expensive, and remove many of the advantages of a
transformerless design. The use of a second, similar, transistor as a collector load, as shown in Fig. 1(c),
would be more convenient in terms of size and cost, and would allow the load to be driven effectively in
push-pull if the inputs of the two transistors were of suitable magnitude and opposite in phase. This
requirement can be achieved if the driver transistor is connected as shown in Fig. 2.
This method of connection also meets one of the most important requirements of a low distortion
amplifier - that the basic linearity of the amplifier should be good, even in the absence of feedback.
Several factors contribute to this. There is the tendency of the Ic/Vb non-linearity of the characteristics of
the output transistors to cancel, because during the part of the cycle in which one transistor is
approaching cut-off the other is turned full on. There is a measure of internal feedback around the loop
Tr1, Tr2, Tr3 because of the effect which the base impedance characteristics of Tr1 have on the output
current of Tr3. Also, the driver transistor Tr3, which has to deliver a large voltage swing, is operated
under conditions which favour low harmonic distortion - low output load impedance, high input
impedance. A practical power amplifier circuit using this type of output stage is shown in Fig. 3.
The open loop gain of the circuit is approximately 600 with typical transistors. The closed loop gain is
determined, at frequencies high enough for the impedance of C3 to be small in comparison to R4, by the
ratio (R3 + R4)/R4. With the values indicated in Fig. 3, this is 13. This gives a feedback factor of some
34dB, and an output impedance of about 160 milliohms.
Since the circuit has unity gain at d.c., because of the inclusion of C3 in the feedback loop, the output
voltage, Ve, is held at the same potential as the base of Tr4 plus the base emitter potential of Tr4 and
the small potential drop along R3 due to the emitter current of this transistor. Since the output transistor
Tr1 will turn on as much current as is necessary to pull Ve down to this value, the resistor R2, which
together with R1 controls the collector current of Tr2, can be used to set the static current of the amplifier
output stages. It will also be apparent that Ve can be set to any desired value by small adjustments to R5
or R6. The optimum performance will be obtained when this is equal to half the supply voltage. (Half a
volt or so either way will make only a small difference to the maximum output power obtainable, and to
the other characteristics of the amplifier, so there is no need for great precision in setting this.)
Silicon planar transistors are used throughout, and this gives good thermal stability and a low noise level.
Also, since there is no requirement for complementary symmetry, all the power stages can use n-p-n
transistors which offer, in silicon, the best performance and lowest cost. The overall performance at an
output level of 10 watts, or at any lower level, more than meets the standards laid down by Williamson.
The power output and gain/frequency graphs are shown in Figs. 4 - 6, and the relationship between
output power and total harmonic distortion is shown in Fig. 7. Since the amplifier is a straight-forward
class A circuit, the distortion decreases linearly with output voltage. (This would not necessarily be the
case in a class B system if any significant amount of cross-over distortion was present.) The analysis of
distortion components at levels of the order of 0.05% is difficult, but it appears that the residual distortion
below the level at which clipping begins is predominantly second harmonic.
Silicon planar n-p-n transistors have, in general, excellent high frequency characteristics, and these
contribute to the very good stability of the amplifier with reactive loads. The author has not yet found a
combination of L and C which makes the system unstable, although the system will readily become
oscillatory with an inductive load if R3 is shunted by a small condenser to cause roll-off at high
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The circuit shown in Fig. 3 may be used, with very little modification to the component values, to drive
load impedances in the range 3 - 15 ohms. However, the chosen output power is represented by a
different current/voltage relationship in each case, and the current through the output transistors and the
output-voltage swing will therefore also be different. The peak-voltage swing and mean output current
can be calculated quite simply from the well-known relationships W=I2.R and V=I.R, where the symbols
have their customary significance. (It should be remembered, however, that the calculation of output
power is based on r.m.s. values of current and voltage, and that these must be multiplied by 1.414 to
obtain the peak values, and that the voltage swing measured is the peak-to-peak voltage, which is twice
the peak value.)
When these calculations have been made, the peak-to-peak voltage swing for 10 watts power into a 15-
Ohm load is found to be 34.8 volts. Since the two output transistors bottom at about 0.6 volts each, the
power supply must provide a minimum of 36 volts in order to allow this output. For loads of 8 and 3
ohms, the minimum h.t. line voltage must be 27V and 17 volts respectively. The necessary minimum
currents are 0.9, 1.2 and 2.0 amps. Suggested component values for operation with these load
impedances are shown in Table 1. C3 and C1 together influence the voltage and power roll-off at low
audio frequencies. These can be increased in value if a better low-frequency performance is desired
than that shown in Figs. 4 - 6.
Since the supply voltages and output currents involved lead to dissipations in the order of 17 watts in
each output transistor, and since it is undesirable (for component longevity) to permit high operating
temperatures, adequate heat sink area must be provided for each transistor. A pair of separately
mounted 5in by 4in finned heatsinks is suggested. This is, unfortunately, the penalty which must be paid
for class A operation. For supplies above 30V Tr1 and Tr2 should be MJ481s and Tr3 a 2N1613.
If the output impedance of the pre-amplifier is more than a few thousand ohms, the input stage of the
amplifier should be modified to include a simple f.e.t. source follower circuit, as shown in Fig. 8. This
increases the harmonic distortion to about 0.12%, and is therefore (theoretically) a less attractive
solution than a better pre-amplifier. A high frequency roll-off can then be obtained, if necessary, by
connecting a small capacitor between the gate of the f.e.t. and the negative (earthy) line.
ZL V I R1 R2 C1 C2 VIN (rms)
3Ω 17V 2.0A 47Ω 180Ω 500µF 25V 5000µF 25V 0.41V
8Ω 27V 1.2A 100Ω 560ΩΩ 250µF 40V 2500µF 50V 0.66V
15Ω 36V 0.9A 150Ω 1.2kΩ 250µF 40V 2500µF 50V 0.90V
Suitable transistors
Some experiments were made to determine the extent to which the circuit performance was influenced
by the type and current gain of the transistors used. As expected the best performance was obtained
when high-gain transistors were used, and when the output stage used a matched pair. No adequate
substitute is known for the 2N697 / 2N1613 type used in the driver stage, but examples of this transistor
type from three different manufacturers were used with apparently identical results. Similarly, the use of
alternative types of input transistor produced no apparent performance change, and the Texas
Instruments 2N4058 is fully interchangeable with the Motorola 2N3906 used in the prototype.
The most noteworthy performance changes were found in the current gain characteristics of the output
transistor pair, and for the lowest possible distortion with any pair, the voltage at the point from which the
loudspeaker is fed should be adjusted so that it is within 0.25 volt of half the supply line potential. The
other results are summarized in Table 2.
The transistors used in these experiments were Motorola MJ480 / 481, with the exception of (6), in which
Texas 2S034 devices were tried. The main conclusion which can be drawn from this is that the type of
transistor used may not be very important, but that if there are differences in the current gains of the
output transistors, it is necessary that the device with the higher gain shall be used in the position of Tr1.
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When distortion components were found prior to the onset of waveform clipping, these were almost
wholly due to the presence of second harmonics.
Test No. Current Gain Tr1 Current Gain Tr2 Distortion (at 9 watts)
1 135 135 0.06%
2 40 120 0.4%
3 120 40 0.12% (pair 2 reversed)
4 120 100 0.09%
5 100 120 0.18% (pair 5 reversed)
6 50 40 0.1%
Constructional notes
Amplifier. The components necessary for a 10 + 10 watt stereo amplifier pair can be conveniently be
assembled on a standard "Lektrokit" 4in x 4.75in s.r.b.p. pin board, as shown in the photographs, with
the four power transistors mounted on external heat sinks. Except where noted the values of
components do not appear to be particularly critical, and 10% tolerance resistors can certainly be used
without ill effect. The lowest noise levels will however be obtained with good quality components, and
with carbon-film, or metal-oxide, resistors.
Power Supply. A suggested form of power supply unit is shown in Fig. 9(a). Since the current demand
of the amplifier is substantially constant, a series transistor smoothing circuit can be used in which the
power supply output voltage may be adjusted by choice of the base current input provided by the emitter
follower Tr2 and the potentiometer VR1. With the values of the reservoir capacitor shown in Table 3, the
ripple level will be less than 10mV at the rated output current, provided that the current gain of the series
transistors is greater than 40. For output currents up to 2.5 amps, the series transistors indicated will be
adequate, provided that they are mounted on heat sinks appropriate to their loading.
However, at the current levels necessary for operation of the 3-ohm version of the amplifier as a stereo
pair, a single MJ480 will no longer be adequate, and either a more suitable series transistor must be
used, such as the Mullard BDY20, with for example a 2N1711 as Tr2, or with a parallel connected
arrangement as shown in Fig. 9(b).
The total resistance in the rectifier "primary" circuit, including the transformer secondary winding, must
not be less than 0.25Ω. When the power supply, with or without an amplifier, is to be used with an r.f.
amplifier-tuner unit, it may be necessary to add a 0.25uF (160V.w.) capacitor across the secondary
winding of T1 to prevent transient radiation. The rectifier diodes specified are International Rectifier
potted bridge types.
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The current which flows in the output transistor chain (Tr1, Tr2) is determined by the potential across
Tr2, the values of R1 and R2, and the current gain and collector-base leakage current of Tr2. Since both
these transistor characteristics are temperature dependant the output series current will increase
somewhat with the temperature of Tr2. If the amplifier is to be operated under conditions of high ambient
temperature, or if for some reason it is not practicable to provide an adequate area of heat-sink for the
output transistors, it will be desirable to provide some alternative means for the control of the output
transistor circuit current. This can be done by means of the circuit shown in Fig. 10. In this, some
proportion of the d.c. bias current to Tr1 is shunted to the negative line through Tr7, when the total
current flowing causes the potential applied to the base of Tr6 to exceed the turn-on value (about 0.5
volt). This allows very precise control of the series current without affecting the output power or distortion
characteristics. The simpler arrangement whereby the current control potential for Tr7 is obtained from a
series resistor in the emitter circuit of Tr1 leads, unfortunately, to a worsening of the distortion
characteristics to about 0.15% at 8 watts, rising to about 0.3% at the onset of overload.
It would be convenient if the performance of an audio amplifier (or loudspeaker or any other similar piece
of audio equipment) could be completely specified by frequency response and harmonic distortion
characteristics. Unfortunately, it is not possible to simulate under laboratory conditions the complex loads
or intricate waveform structures presented to the amplifier when a loudspeaker system is employed to
reproduce the everyday sounds of speech and music; so that although the square wave and low-
distortion sine wave oscillators, the oscilloscope, and the harmonic distortion analyser are valuable tools
in the design of audio circuits, the ultimate test of the final design must be the critical judgement of the
listener under the most carefully chosen conditions his facilities and environment allow.
The possession of a good standard of reference is a great help in comparative trials of this nature, and
the author has been fortunate in the possession, for many years, of a carefully and expensively built
"Williamson" amplifier, the performance of which has proved, in listening trials, to equal or exceed, by
greater or lesser margins, that of any other audio amplifier with which the author has been able to make
However, in the past, when these tests were made for personal curiosity, and some few minutes could
elapse in the transfer of input and output leads from one amplifier to the other, the comparative
performance of some designs has been so close that the conclusion drawn was that there was really
very little to choose between them. Some of the recent transistor power amplifier circuits gave a
performance which seemed fully equal to that of the "Williamson", at least so far as one could remember
during the interval between one trial and the next. It was, however, appreciated that this did not really
offer the best conditions for a proper appraisal of the more subtle differences in the performance of
already good designs, so a changeover switch was arranged to transfer inputs and outputs between any
chosen pair of amplifiers, and a total of six amplifier units was assembled, including the "Williamson",
and another popular valve unit, three class B transistor designs, including one of commercial origin, and
the class A circuit described above. The frequency response, and total harmonic distortion
characteristics, of the four transistor amplifiers was tested in the laboratory prior to this trial, and all were
found to have a flat frequency response through the usable audio spectrum, coupled with low harmonic
distortion content (the worst-case figure was 0.15%).
In view of these prior tests, it was not expected that there would be any significant difference in the
audible performance of any of the transistor designs, or between them and the valve amplifiers. It was
therefore surprising to discover, in the event, that there were discernable differences between the valve
and the three class B transistor units. In fact, the two valve designs and the class A transistor circuit, and
the three class B designs formed two tonally distinct groups, with closely similar characteristics within
each group.
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The "Williamson" and the present class A design were both better than the other valve amplifier, and so
close in performance that it was almost impossible to tell which of the two was in use without looking at
the switch position. In the upper reaches of the treble spectrum the transistor amplifier has perhaps a
slight advantage.
The performance differences between the class A and the class B groups were, however, much more
prominent. Not only did the class A systems have a complete freedom from the slight "edginess" found
on some high string notes with all the class B units, but they appeared also to give a fuller, "rounder",
quality, the attractiveness of which to the author much outweighs the incidental inconvenience of the
need for more substantial power supply equipment and more massive heat sinks.
Some thought, in discussions with interested friends, has been given to the implications of this unlooked-
for discovery, and a tentative theory has been evolved which is offered for what it is worth. It is
postulated that these tonal differences arise because the normal moving-coil loudspeaker, in its
associated housing, can present a very complex reactive load at frequencies associated with structural
resonances, and that this might provoke transient overshoot when used with a class B amplifier, when a
point of inflection in the applied waveform chanced to coincide with the point of transistor crossover, at
which point, because of the abrupt change in the input parameters of the output transistors the loop
stability margins and output damping will be less good. In these circumstances, the desired function of
the power-amplifier output circuit in damping out the cone-response irregularities of the speaker may be
performed worse at the very places in the loudspeaker frequency-response curve where the damping is
most needed.
It should be emphasized that the differences observed in these experiments are small, and unlikely to be
noticed except in direct side-by-side comparison. The perfectionist may, however, prefer class A to class
B in transistor circuitry if he can get adequate power for his needs that way.
Listener fatigue
In the experience of the author, the performance of most well-designed audio power amplifiers is really
very good, and the differences between one design and another are likely to be small in comparison with
the differences between alternative loudspeaker systems, for example, and of the transistor designs so
far encountered, not one could be considered as unpleasing to the ear. However, with the growing use of
solid-state power amplifiers, puzzling tales of "listener fatigue" have been heard among the cognoscenti,
as something which all but the most expensive transistor amplifiers will cause the listener, in
contradistinction with good valve-operated amplifiers. This seemed to be worth investigation, to discover
whether there was any foundation for this allegation.
In practice it was found that an amplifier with an impeccable performance on paper could be quite
worrying to listen to under certain conditions. This appears to arise and be particularly associated with
transistor power amplifiers because most of these are easily able to deliver large amounts of power at
supersonic frequencies, which the speakers in a high quality system will endeavour to present to the
listener. In this context it should be remembered that in an amplifier which has a flat power response
from 30Hz to 180kHz, 90% of this power spectrum will be supersonic.
This unwanted output can arise in two ways. It can be because of wide spectrum "white noise" from a
preamplifier with a significant amount of hiss – this can happen if a valve preamplifier is mismatched into
the few thousand ohms input impedance of a transistor power amplifier, and will also cause the system
performance to be unnaturally lacking in bass. Trouble of this type can also arise if transient instability or
high frequency "ringing" occurs, for example when a reactive load is used with a class B amplifier having
poor cross-over point stability.
1. Bailey, A.R., "High-performance Transistor Amplifier", Wireless World, November 1966; "30-Watt
High Fidelity Amplifier", May 1968 and "Output Transistor Protection in A.F. Amplifiers", June 1968.
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Fig. 1. Basic class A circuits using (a) load resistor Rc giving power conversion
efficiency of about 12%, (b) l.f. choke giving better effieciency but being
bulky and expensive, and (c) a second transistor as collector load.
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Fig. 9. (a) Power supply unit, and (b) parallel connected transistors for high currents.
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Managing Compute Nodes
Applies To: Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003
Compute nodes are managed from the Node Management page of Compute Cluster Administrator.
The operational status of each compute node is monitored from the Node Management page of Compute Cluster Administrator. From this page, you can also perform cluster-specific tasks, called actions, on one or more nodes such as pausing and resuming node job execution, or approving nodes for inclusion in the cluster.
Compute Cluster Server 2003 prevents users from adding computers to a cluster by requiring that a cluster administrator approve the node for inclusion to the cluster. All new nodes are added to the cluster in a Pending Approval state and remain in that state until the cluster administrator approves and resumes them.
Node status
There are five status conditions that a node can be in: Configuring, PendingApproval, Paused, Ready, and Unreachable. Node status is defined in the following table.
|Node Status
This state indicates that Compute Cluster Pack setup is being run on the node.
This is the default state after Setup is run successfully on a node. The cluster administrator must approve or reject the node for inclusion to the cluster. When approved, the node moves to the Paused state.
The Paused state allows a cluster administrator to run scripts, install software, and perform other tasks on the node. This is the default state of a node after a cluster administrator has approved the node for inclusion in the cluster. If a node is placed in a paused state while running jobs, those jobs will run to completion, but no new jobs will be scheduled for this node. Resuming a node places it in the Ready state.
The Ready state is the normal operating node state. A node with this status runs jobs and receives new jobs from the Job Scheduler.
The head node sends out one heartbeat per minute to check on the cluster nodes. If the head node has been unable to contact the node for three minutes, it places the node in the Unreachable state.
Node actions
Once added to your cluster, node status is managed from the Node Management page of Compute Cluster Administrator. From this page, you can perform several actions on one or more nodes by selecting the node(s) and then choosing an action from the Action pane, or by selecting one or more nodes, right-clicking and choosing an action. The actions that you can perform are:
Start a Remote Desktop Session
Pause one or more running nodes
Resume a paused node
Reboot selected nodes
Approve a node with PendingApproval status
Add or remove a node from the cluster
Identify nodes by causing the CD drive on each node to eject
Execute a command on a selected node
Run System Monitor on a selected node
Open Compute Cluster Job Manager on a selected node
The following table lists the actions that a cluster administrator can perform on a node, the required node status for the action to succeed, and when the action can be performed. Perform actions on nodes by right-clicking one or more nodes shown on the Node Management page of the Compute Cluster Administrator and then selecting the appropriate action. Alternatively, select one or more nodes then choose an action displayed on the Action pane.
|Node Status
|When the action can be performed
Node must be PendingApproval for the Approve action to succeed.
Nodes in PendingApproval state do not receive jobs.
Nodes that are pending approval do not receive updated user and administrator group information.
If the node is not pending approval, then the Approve action will not be accessible.
A running node can be paused at any time. All running jobs will continue to run after the node has been paused. However, no new jobs will be scheduled on a paused node If the node is not Ready, then the Pause action will be dimmed.
A paused node can be resumed at any time. After the Resume action is run node status becomes Ready.
After a node becomes Ready, Job Scheduler can begin scheduling new jobs.
If the node is not Paused, then the Resume action will be inaccessible.
Ready, Paused, Unreachable, Configuring, PendingApproval
This action runs the Remove Node wizard.
You can remove nodes as long as they are not running jobs. When a node is removed, entries for this node are removed from both Job Scheduler and the compute cluster management infrastructure.
Note that removing a node does not delete the node computer account from Active Directory, nor does it remove the Compute Cluster Pack software from the hard drive of the node.
Open Remote Desktop Connection
Ready, Paused, Configuring, Unreachable, PendingApproval
Can be run any time even when the node is Unreachable. This enables the cluster administrator to create a remote desktop connection to a node at any time to perform tasks such as checking for stopped services.
Identify node
Ready, Paused, Configuring, PendingApproval
This action cannot be run against Unreachable nodes
Paused, Configuring, PendingApproval
This action cannot be run against Unreachable nodes.
This action cannot be run against Ready nodes
Run a Command
Paused, Configuring, PendingApproval, Ready
This action cannot be run against Unreachable nodes.
Open System Monitor
Ready, Paused, PendingApproval
This action cannot be run against Unreachable nodes
Open Event Viewer
Ready, Paused, Configuring, PendingApproval
This action cannot be run against Unreachable nodes
Limitations for nodes pending for approval
A node that has a status of Pending Approval will not receive updated cluster user or administrator information.
Because the version of Remote Installation Services (RIS) included in Windows Server 2003, Compute Cluster Edition disables the local Administrator account on a compute node, you will not be able to log on to a node with this status. A domain user can log on to the node but cannot install software or patches, change settings, or perform any other activities which require administrator rights. A cluster administrator can perform these tasks only after a node has been approved for inclusion to the cluster.
Limitations on node actions when using Compute Cluster Administrator remotely
In two of the five network topologies supported by Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, the compute nodes do not have public network interfaces. In those topologies (scenarios one and three) the compute nodes can be accessed only though the head node. In those scenarios, limitations exist regarding what actions cluster administrators can perform when running the Compute Cluster Administrator from a remote workstation.
When running a Compute Cluster Administrator remotely, the following actions can be performed only from the cluster head node:
Install or remove RIS from the cluster head node.
Add and remove RIS installation images from the cluster head node.
Use the Automated method of adding compute nodes.
Run System Monitor sessions on compute nodes to obtain performance information.
Create Remote Desktop Sessions to cluster compute nodes.
Reboot cluster compute nodes.
Identify cluster nodes.
All other administrative actions, such as approving or pausing a compute node, can be done remotely.


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What has happened to Newmarket's Bogart House is a disgrace.
For years it has been rotting away, a victim of cavalier neglect by the owner, the developer Forest Green Homes, and paralysing inaction by the Town of Newmarket.
In the Town's "Council Highlights" a few weeks ago the Town says Bogart House is a designated heritage house and is one of the most important heritage buildings in the community.
It is so important they let it get to the point where a puff of wind could blow the old house down.
When I contacted the Town in 2015 to alert them to the dreadful state of this historic property nothing happened. I was told there was no specific Heritage Property Standards By Law and the Town's legal department was too busy to draft one. But I shouldn't worry as the general property standards by law covered all the bases and would do the trick.
Life continued much as before with the old house becoming ever more ruinous.
Finally, in November 2017 the Town stirred itself and updated its Property Standards By-law and there is now an extensive section dealing with heritage properties – from section 50 onwards.
Curiously, the Town's Information Report of 31 January 2018 which told us the developer wanted to demolish the old house makes no reference to the updated Property Standards By-Law which contains a slew of new provisions relating to heritage properties. Why?
Of course, the Town would have to agree to demolition (and they have now made it clear they won't) but why was nothing done over the years to stop the rot?
The City of Brampton and lots of other municipalities have make it crystal clear that demolition by neglect is never OK. We should be equally robust.
The Clock Tower boarded up for years
The Clock Tower and the heritage buildings on Main Street South owned by Bob Forrest have been empty and boarded up for years.
I shudder to think what kind of state they are in.
Why can't we take a leaf out of Hamilton's book when it comes to protecting vacant buildings?
Municipal Law Enforcement Officers proactively inspect vacant buildings at least 4 times a year and will enforce by-law violations. Failure to comply with all directions of the by-law will result in fines of $10,000 for an individual and $50,000 for a corporation upon first conviction and fee for Inspection costs.
I do not want to hear the Town of Newmarket tell me in the months (or years) to come that, after detailed inspection, the heritage buildings south of the Clock Tower are too far gone and cannot be saved.
The Town should be looking under the tarpaulins and getting inside.
Update on 18 April 2018:
The new Property Standards By-Law was considered by the Town's Committee of the Whole on 6 November 2017, almost three and a half years after the Town's Heritage Advisory Committee had urged the Council to act to prevent the demolition of heritage properties by neglect. The report to councillors said this:
On June 3, 2014 Council approved the Heritage Committee's recommendation that a by-law to prevent demolition of heritage properties by neglect be considered for the Town of Newmarket and that Council direct staff to conduct the necessary research and analysis to include in the Property Standards By-law.
The Ontario Heritage Act permits municipalities to utilize a Property Standards By-law to prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance of heritage attributes of properties that have been designated under Parts IV and V of the Ontario Heritage Act. Amendments to the Act also removed the right to demolish a building or structure on a designated property without Council's written consent.
The amendments proposed to the Property Standards By-law only apply to properties designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, not to listed heritage properties.


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I am not a traditional Asian wedding photographer but my husband is Gujarati and I know the traditions and the rituals. I will give you fresh, candid photos but I won't order people about and you'll have your photos within a week.
So so happy with the photos Alix took at our wedding…in fact we can't stop looking through them! Somehow she managed to make a grey November day look lovely and really captured the emotions of the day that can pass you by with everything going on. She was very calming and supportive on a hectic and emotional (sometimes stressful) day
When is came to organising my wedding, finding the right photographer was one of the most important decisions. After all when the wedding is over its the photographs that will capture those precious memories. I was recommended Alix by a friend, and straight away I found her to be very friendly, and professional, she listened to what I was after.
I wanted natural photos of us, just as we are, I didn't want to pose for photos, Alix was very open to doing things exactly how I wanted.
I decided to do a pre shoot, just so we could both get used to being around a camera, Alix made this process very easy, we just turned up that day and pretended Alix wasn't there. The photos turned out amazing! they were so natural and beautiful, everything I had wanted and more! I liked them so much I decided to get a guest book with them.
I can honestly not praise Alix enough. She made me feel calm and collected on my wedding day and I not only think of her as an outstanding photographer but think of her as a lifelong friend. I still get complimented on my wedding photos till this day! Alix was always there in the backrgound, capturing moments that I look back on now and they make me cry and smile all at once. From start to finish Alix was an absolute gem! we would both like to thank you for being not only being such a great photographer but being there throughout the whole wedding process and making it that little bit more special x
Loved it! Satisfied with all our pictures. You were so friendly and professional on the big day too. We've had nothing but compliments regarding our pictures.
Dear Alix, we were so very glad to have you as our photographer! You were recommended by our dear friend, Pooja. When we met, we immediately felt at ease. You quickly understood that we were both quite shy in front of the camera and helped us get comfortable for the shots. You are very pleasant to talk to, as well as understanding the pressure of being the bride and the groom. Our day was quite long and hectic, but you still managed to capture the moments beautifully. We really liked the photographs and would be happy to recommend you to our friends. Thank you so much for capturing our special day R & A xx
You captured the day so beautifully! You showed all the emotions, the interactions, all the details! You were friendly and professional, mixing with ease. The photos are beautiful, warm and emotional, we are very happy, thank you so much!
Thank you so much for being there for our wedding day(s)! Aside from the lovely photographs, you gave us such helpful tips for planning the wedding, mingled with our guests and honestly, made us all feel at ease. These extra touches will forever be appreciated. We had such a wonderful time with you and you captured everything beautifully.
We were very happy with the photographs that Alix took for us, particularly the way she was able to capture natural moments. She gave us a lot of help with other aspects of the day, e.g. advice about the décor, and was very helpful on the day.
The whole experience was hassle-free and based on trust. We've got fantastic pictures where you captured lots of natural shots. Arranged shots were not dictated, but even through the hustle and bustle you captured the whole event.
Your approach was very different to other photographers You took plenty of excellent natural shots along with posed shots without being demanding or dictating during the event.
We selected Alix for our Windsor and Moroccan weddings and could not have wished to have met such a great person and such a great photographer. Alix blended so well into both functions that most of the time we didn't even know where she was but when we saw the pictures it was clear that she was always right there in the thick of it, this really helped with keeping the shots natural and in many cases, pretty entertaining! The photography itself was fantastically framed and vibrant in sharpness and colour, Alix made sure we had pictures of all our guests. We thoroughly enjoyed her company and would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending her to anyone requiring a great photographer.
Dear Alix,
You have been there at our most important moments from the day of our marriage to our daughter's birth and first birthday. We can always rely on you to make us feel at ease in front of the camera and capture the beauty and emotions of an instant in a photo. Thank you so much and look forward to many more wonderful photos in the future.
Charles & Jia xxx
Hindu weddings from sagai to vidhai
Your day(s) in photos, whether it's a whole day ritual up to the visit to the groom's parent's house or a 30 min blessing. The photos will capture your emotions, Ba's tears, the kids playing in the corner, the shoe disappearing, your guests etc. You'll see more in the photos than you did on the day.
Muslim weddings – mehendi, nikah and walima
From the preparations to the mosque- I can shoot from the bride's side or the groom's side- and the party. I can give you separate galleries for different parts of the day for more privacy.
Multicultural weddings
Having had one myself I understand the intricacies and love the colourful tapestry of the two cultures coming together. I can lend some decorations too.
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We'd heard so many good things about you and loved looking through your previous work to get ideas and understand the options available to us. When we met, you were super friendly and easy to get on with – made us feel comfortable throughout pre wedding photo shoot and the wedding day. You have an amazing artistic vision. You were lovely, so friendly and professional on the big day too. We've had nothing but compliments regarding our pictures. Communication was easy and worked well and the photos are just the best!


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We are creatures of habit.
And throughout the years we've quickly evolved into sedentary creatures tapping away monotonously at a keyboard while looking at a computer screen.
Well what if you were told that "sitting is the new smoking…"
I hate to break it to you, but as crazy as this may sound…its true.
Dr. Levine is credited for this profound mantra. He is the director of the Mayo Clinic-Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative and inventor of the treadmill desk. He is the pioneer who started the campaign of movement in the office (1).
Over the past 10 years, research findings on prolonged sedentary behavior have proliferated to the surface. These studies discuss the adverse effects of sitting for prolonged periods of time and compiled conclusions are shocking.
Some of these serious alignments are: Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular Disease + Cancer - not to mention increased waist circumference, and Body Mass Index-BMI (2).
How may you ask is sitting the new smoking? Well simply put, the amount of damage over the course of time are irreversible just like the effect of smoking on your lungs (1).
So what changes do we need to make?
According to the CDC, we need to change the way we work and foster movement in the work place (3). This can be achieved by educating staff about the importance of movement and providing employees tools that allow them to change their working positions throughout the day (2). Here are some other solutions to make changes in your office.
1. Furniture/Ergonomic tools: Integrating height-adjustable tables + other sit-stand options.
2. Wellness Programs: Incorporating a wellness program to help promote healthy habits and light to vigorous exercise for all ages during breaks, lunch, or down time.
3. Space Planning: Curating and designing an office that promotes movement and allowing employees to flow throughout the office.
Ex: Creating huddle areas to get a team to come together and discuss projects, creating shelters that allow the individual to escape their workspace and enter a place for solitude and focus, creating lunch break rooms that encourage co-workers to come together, eat, and talk.
Things are constantly evolving in the world we live in and we need to create spaces that foster change. This sense of flexibility and versatility may seem like a large feat, but in the end it helps curate innovative solutions and ideas that allow us to grow.
Here at b + c we embrace change and create spaces that reflect flexibility and innovation as a company grows and its employees reap the benefits of working in a collaborative, healthy, and fun space.
1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-active-times/sitting-is-the-new-smokin_b_5890006.html
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404815/
3. http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2012/11_0323.htm


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Ian Schubach
Speaker available for hire, based in Victoria
Ian Schubach draws on his experience as an African game ranger to speak to audiences around the world about the lessons business can learn from wildlife. Ian makes informed links from the law of the jungle to the wild, unpredictable and sometimes predatory world of business.
A dynamic and inspiring speaker, Ian uses the animal kingdom as a metaphor for business team success. In this presentation, he will be looking specifically at four animals that characterize the African savannah environment - Lion, Elephant, Leopard and Giraffe. Ian will share their knowledge and stories relating to these animals and examine their key attributes that have allowed them to be a constant presence on the African plains for thousands of years
Audiences always find Ian Schubach engaging and thrilling. He blends dramatic wildlife imagery with gripping story-telling ability to create a virtual wildlife experience. Interlaced with a healthy injection of humour, his presentations are full of sound business sense. Stories and anecdotes from Schubach's presentations are so memorable and powerful that audiences leave enthralled and repeat the stories to friends and colleagues. The continued power of Schubach's lessons result in immense take home business value from the wild.
A frequent guest on radio and television talk shows, Ian Schubach is in partnership with Ian Thomas- the author of the bestselling book, 'The Power of the Pride'. Diverse interests including photography, reading and mountaineering create a fully rounded speaker who has a combination of knowledge and skills that capture audience attention and hold it.


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Engagement Photos In Dayton's Oregon District
The Oregon District on East Fifth Street in Downtown Dayton is my favorite Dayton engagement photography location. Many factors make this the best, most creative place to get unique pictures of the bride and groom. The combination of historic homes, brick streets, and eclectic shops makes this location great. I highly suggest the Oregon District as your number one choice for engagement photography in Dayton, Ohio. All of the colorful buildings compliment the engaged couple quite nicely and make this Dayton engagement photographer happy to photograph you! Please visit the engagements page here on my website to see details on the most popular engagement locations in Dayton.
Dayton's Historic Oregon District should be your choice for unique, urban Dayton engagement photos.


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REVIEW: Pure Pop Radio
Michael Tittel
New Sincerity Works | 44 Mike Tittel, who plays drums for our longtime musical pal Roger Klug's Power Trio, comes out of the gate swinging with a great set of songs that "showcases pop melodies that meet Americana and '80s new wave music in a raw, emotional mashup," according to New Sincerity Works' website. That works for us, but we'd want to add that these songs are infused with a strong sense of honesty, too. And, we should mention, Mike sounds like a distant cousin of Alex Chilton. So, curl up with the power pop of "American Beauty Works," the driving force of the insistent, melodic "Nowhere Ohio," and five more top-flight songs now playing in rotation: "Desperate," "Photographs," "Drunk for Nothing," "Less Me, Less You," and "The Next Time." Power pop for now people, we declare.


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The Avenues mall is expecting a busy summer with one store marking its grand opening today and at least another five before the season is over.
Women's fashion clothier Body Central had its grand opening today, said mall Director of Marketing and Business Development Juan Linares. Best Buy Mobile, a standalone cellular phone store, is to open in July, he noted.
Also opening this summer but with unannounced dates are Cotton On, an Australian fashion clothing store; Flip Flop Shops, which sells beach sandals; Crazy 8, which sells children's, toddler and baby clothes; and Signature Perfume, which sells perfumes and colognes, Linares said.
A previously announced Forever 21 department store is scheduled to open in the fall, he noted.


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Recently there has been a lot of talk around using proxy servers to watch services like iPlayer when you are outside of the UK. If you are unsure of what a proxy server is then I suggest you head over to this article on wikipedia so you can understand them a bit more.
I myself have had to use these services before, whilst I am at the 9-5 job, where one day you can access content on the BBC site, to the next day it is telling us that we are outside the UK because of the IP address we are coming from.
Listed below there are three services that you can use to mask your IP Address and replace with an IP Address that will be from the UK so you can access these services.
As always I am interested in your thoughts so if you have any comments or feedback then please feel free to add any comments to the post, or you can mail me here.


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Review: This 4-piece band features Mike Hayllor (Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals), Nick Farley (Drums), Dickie Hartt (Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals), and Don Maxwell (Bass and backing vocals). The name of the band, if you hadn't guessed already refers to the distance of the horizon from where you are. They play covers of tracks by artists such as David Bowie, Buffalo Springfield, JJ Cale, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Eddie Cochran, Cockney Rebel, Cream, Creedance Clearwater revival, Bob Dylan, Eddie & The Hotrods, Icicle Works, James, Kings of Leon, Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Travelling Wilberrys, U2, Velvet Underground, and Neil Young. They also play some of their own compositions. Sadly it looks as if this band is no more....but who knows.
Photos: See pictures of this BandaaaVideos: ITube section (with ex-frontman Gary Fellows)
Venues: Anchor, Knaphill : Blue Anchor Hotel, Byfleet : Crown and Cushion, Haslemere : Crown Inn, Knaphill : Live and Let Live, Guildford
Website: http://www.myspace.com/sixmilesaway
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An exclusive club
No Indian political party has a yearly schedule of internal polls. Naturally, only the rich and connected enter Parliament. This bias against merit fuels corruption, writes Sumit Mitra.india Updated: Sep 05, 2011 01:10 IST
From the bulldozing style of public affairs activist Anna Hazare, nobody will say that his methods are democratic to a T. Some called him a hick town dictator.
'I, the people,' reads the headline of a report in The Economist critical of his fast. Yet, he has been successful so far because the government never took the corruption issue seriously, nor did it ever show any earnestness to liberate the anti-corruption mechanism from politicians' stranglehold. Instead, it got, as Central Vigilance Commissioner, the official who orders corruption inquiries, a man who was himself facing trial for corruption.
It is in this context of the government's endemic failure to initiate corrective actions on its own that one needs to examine Anna's new challenge, which is to cleanse the electoral system. The system's deficiency lies not in the way it gets people to vote — like the British or the European — but in the very nature of our political parties, which are arbitrary, autocratic and unaccountable. Our Constitution and that of erstwhile West Germany were written around the same time. While ours hardly uses the word 'party', the Germans never ignored the elephant in the living room. Their Constitution read, "The parties shall help form the political will of the people... Their internal organisation shall conform to democratic principles."
Political parties in India, with no exception, are businesses run by powerful individuals or families. Each one of them is run by a 'headquarter' whose control and command system is as opaque as the castle in Franz Kafka's novel. With the exception of the communist parties, who have a system of regular voting, however stage-managed, no party has an annual schedule of internal elections. However, inside these arbitrary parties, the new development taking place is a sudden influx of some very rich people. A study by J Prabhash in Asia Pacific Journal of Social Science (December 2010) shows that the average declared asset of the BJP Lok Sabha members rose 288% from Rs 96.91 lakh in the 14th Lok Sabha (2004) to Rs 3.07 crore in the 15th (2009). The BSP got rich quicker, with the average asset rising 288.05% in five years.
But even more intriguing was the bizarre enrichment of the oldest and the largest party, the Congress, which still swears by Mahatma Gandhi and his minimalist philosophy. In the five years of UPA 1, its Lok Sabha members' average asset doubled (102.11%) from a high base of R3.10 crore to R6.28 crore. Significantly, during election times, a complaint that is heard off and on, though generally from unlucky ticket seekers, is that nominations are being 'auctioned'. One such complainant, Margaret Alva, presently governor of Uttarakhand, reportedly lost her cool because her son was denied a party ticket.
Entry into Parliament is surely becoming increasingly a family matter, with the parties ruling India becoming more plutocratic and dynastic after every election. Patrick French, in his recent book, India: A Portrait, has traced the roots of the political careers of winners in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections to check out how many of them had their family background as springboards to plunge into politics. The largest party, Congress, with 208 members, has 78, or 37.5% of the Lok Sabha members who owe their status in life to their moms, dads or grandfathers. For Ajit Singh's RLD, the ratio is a spectacular 100%, with all its five members belonging to what famous investor Warren Buffet described as the "lucky sperm club" — though it was in another context. But seven out of the nine members (77.8%) of Sharad Pawar's NCP are what French calls HMPs (Hereditary MPs).
The mushrooming of political dynasties, and increasing entry of rich persons into Parliament, show how exclusive a club it is in a country where 37% people live below the poverty line. It's corrupting public policies to suit the private ends of the plutocrats and dynasts. The talk that 'There Is No Alternative' to so and so, and so let dynasty prevail, are all smoke and mirrors, reminiscent of US elections before Andrew Jackson (1830s) when the caucuses in closed rooms decided who'd stand as a party's presidential candidate. The subsequent changes were also liable to be torpedoed by powerful people. It was as late as 1972 that parties in the US were brought under electoral discipline, with candidates for all public offices being elected democratically by members through secret ballot.
In India, secret ballot for party elections holds the key to poll reform. The registration system of political parties under section 29A of the Representation of the People Act fails to bring them under the Election Commission's scrutiny of fairness of internal elections. Office bearers' election must be held under the commission's supervision and through secret ballot. Activists of many hues in India want parties to choose their parliamentary and assembly candidates not at their headquarters' diktat but through secret ballot by registered party members in the constituency, with the poll overseen by the Election Commission. Mayawati may be best qualified to head BSP, but let its members say so!
The connection between runaway corruption, and a Parliament which is representative only nominally, is obvious. It is as early as 1998, in the Vineet Narain versus the Union of India case, that JS Verma, then Chief Justice of India, drew the outline of a system by which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) could function as an anti-corruption police independent of politicians' interference. But that is water under the bridge and thanks to a Parliament with different priorities, the CBI is still the ruling party's 'seva dal'.
If Hazare's critics are champions of the parliamentary system, they should do something to safeguard its representative character.
( Sumit Mitra is a Kolkata-based political commentator )
The views expressed by the author are personal
First Published: Sep 04, 2011 22:29 IST


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5 delicious dishes in Southeast Asia that travelers love
There are so many amazing dishes across Southeast Asia that are worth traveling for (although you can try out a few examples in Dubai), from the tourist pleasers to the hidden gems that the locals love. In fact, one of the best things about Southeast Asia is the incredible food! Here are 5 delicious dishes to try if you ever find yourself in the area. (Or, five reasons to travel specifically to Southeast Asia — these dishes are that good.)
Nasi goreng
This leftover rice meal is the national dish of Indonesia and it's easy to see why it's so popular. Take leftover rice from the night before and add to it whatever you want! The common ingredients include shredded meat, eggs, shallots, and chives, as well as various spices such as garlic and chili, but the beauty of this dish is that anything can be added and it tastes fantastic. You will find nasi goreng being served in the finest restaurants, and as street food — it's very versatile!
Pho Tiu
This popular Vietnamese dish originated in China but captures the very essence of Vietnamese cuisine — salty, sweet, sour and spicy, with contrasting textures. An incredibly tender lean shoulder of pork sits with crispy shallots and peanuts, with fresh rice noodles on top for a dish that is a treat for all your senses!
Pad Thai
According to 1 Cover, there is nothing that comes close to authentic Pad Thai that you can buy on the streets of Bangkok for little more than spare change. There is a chance you have tried Pad Thai before, whether in somewhere like New Zealand, or as part of a chain such as Wagamamas, but until you have eaten the real deal you won't know what Pad Thai really is! Bangkok's offering is always the perfect mix of spicy, sweet and sour and is a filling dish for not a lot of money!
Khao tom
This delicious steamed dessert is sold on the streets in Laos and is as cheap as it is filling! Sticky rice, black bean, and coconut cream are steamed inside banana leaf parcels, occasionally with other ingredients added, such as peanuts to add different flavors. The perfect authentic sweet treat to grab when you are exploring, but be warned, you will probably be left wanting another!
Not the most conventional of dishes, but fried insects are surprisingly delicious and a very popular street food option in Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Topped with pepper powder and washed down with a cold beer, this crunchy snack is the equivalent of sharing a bowl of chips at the bar with friends. At the very least, it makes for a good story to tell your friends when you get home!
There is no better way to explore Southeast Asia than with your taste buds! The food is delicious and filling and unlike any other cuisine. You could eat something different every day and never get bored! What are your favorite Southeast Asian dishes? Let us know in the comments!


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QUINCY -- Weather-related issues brought on by the remnants of tropical storm Gordon have forced Quincy High School and Belleville East to play Friday night's scheduled football game a day early.
Officials from both schools agreed for the game to be played at 7 p.m. Thursday at Charlie Woodford Field in Belleville to avoid potential delays or cancellations on Friday.
The National Weather Service in St. Louis is calling for four to six inches of rain in the greater St. Louis area between now and Sunday, with the heaviest downfalls expected on Friday and Saturday. A 50 percent chance of rain, dissipating by game time, is forecast for Thursday. A 90 percent chance of rain is forecast for Friday night.
"This gives us the best chance to get the game in this week," Quincy athletic director Scott Douglas said.
Both teams are scheduled to begin play in their respective conferences next week, so risking a Friday night washout and potentially pushing the game to Monday was less than ideal.
"It's not the best situation, but it's something everyone has to adapt to," Quincy coach Rick Little said. "There's the mindset you feel like you've been cheated a day, and I'm sure (Belleville East coach Kris Stephens) feels the same. The circumstances are the same for everyone."
The Blue Devils (1-1) will have a walk-through Thursday morning before bussing to Belleville.
"The guys have responded well," Little said. "They're ready."
Douglas was contacted Wednesday by Belleville East athletic director Mark Larsen with the idea of moving the game forward.
Douglas was attending the Western Big Six Conference athletic directors fall meeting in Galesburg, and he had to work out several logistical hurdles before committing to the schedule change. He had to determine if charter busses were available and if the coaching staff could get out of school in time to make a 5 p.m. kickoff for the sophomore game.
When all hurdles were cleared, the decision was made to play Thursday.
"We felt like we needed to take advantage of this little window or this little pocket to get this game in," Douglas said. "I'm not 100 percent sure we have a good plan B if it rains Thursday. Maybe the weather changes, and we can play Friday again."


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Dendrobium 'Irene Smile' - PlantDendrobium nobile 'Irene Smile'
Tropical orchids
Dendrobium nobile 'Irene Smile' is an incredibly pretty orchid from tropical South-eastern Asia. Dendrobium nobile 'Irene Smile' is a hybrid with contrasting pink and white flowers. They flower once every year, usually from January through June.Show more
You will receive an orchid with one flower stem in bud. What a picture for your living room!
You will receive an orchid with one flower stem in bud. What a picture for your living room!
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The plant will come in a pot but if you wish to pot it up, do make sure you use a very light potting mixture - something like bark mixed with sphagnum moss. You could also use a potting compost for orchids. Give your Dendrobium a prominent spot in the living room, just not in direct sunlight.
High humidityWhen standing in dry air, this orchid will appreciate being sprayed with rain water although it tolerates drought rather well. When growing, a higher level of humidity is desirable.
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Show moreThe Dendrobium likes a high degree of humidity in a light and sunny spot, although not direct sunlight. Water only when the potting medium is dry, preferably rain water or other chalk free water. Requires lots of water in the summer months, even tolerating a drenching in lukewarm rain water (actually the best way) although do make sure that the water drains away well. After flowering is over, a new shoot will appear at the base of the plant.
While in growth, feed with liquid fertiliser (high potassium content) every two weeks. Once it reaches its full height, do not water or feed and allow the plant to rest.
Dormant periodThis Dendrobium requires a cool rest period! Stand the Dendrobium in a cooler room (14° C) on the windowsill and do not water in October or November. Bring back into the warm living room from January and feed and water. Stop fertilising once the shoot is as long as its predecessor and the orchid will make new buds on the new shoots, completing the cycle.
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Show moreThis botanical variety is originally from the tropical South East Asia. Orchids are epyphytic, which means they grow on the branches of trees. This means they are constantly in full sun. The plant forms aerial roots that can detract water from the air. These roots are now in the pot so it is of great importance that the potting medium is allowed to dry out between waterings. The rest period in its natural surroundings is several very dry months in October and November.The Dendrobium is a member of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) - a very exciting family to belong to. Orchids often try to resemble certain female insects in order to attract male insects of that particular type and have them mate on their flowers. This false mating is simply used as a way to distribute the pollen on the stamens, and this then forms seed. This imitating of female insects can go really far as not just the shape of the flower but even the production of certain pheromones (a fast dissipating scent that can influence sexual behaviours) is used by the flowers to attract the males.
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Latin name Dendrobium nobile 'Irene Smile' Delivery type Supplied as container plant Guarantee 100% growth and flowering guarantee Color White, Purple Light preference partial sun Scented not scented Flowers for cutting no Growing height 60 - 70 cm


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3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Capacity: 7
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A beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom casita in the middle of Patagonia AZ. Our casita has everything you need, it is fully furnished and the kitchen is fully equipped with all the pots, pans, and tool you need. The Hummingbird casita is walking distance to stores, galleries, and restaurants. The world famous Patagonia-Sonoita Bird Sanctuary is just about 2 miles away. Sonoita wine contry is a short drive away.
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Bangsal Lombok
Bangsal is a tiny port in northwestern Lombok about 20km away from the town of Senggigi. It's strictly a transfer point on the way to and from the Gili Islands and Bali.
View our fast boat services from Bali to Bangsal, Lombok and embark on an adventure with Patagonia Xpress!


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By the end of 2018, the Chicago Bears and business partner Mark Mastrov plan to open a Bears-themed health club in the Chicago suburb of Vernon Hill, Illinois.
Vernon Hill trustees on Jan. 24 granted initial approval to the project called Bears Fit, a 45,000-square-foot club that will be constructed inside a vacant Sports Authority building on Townline Road. Formal approval paperwork is expected to be drafted at the next trustee meeting, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
If all goes according to plan, permits will be secured by July and the facility will open sometime in the fourth quarter of 2018.
"Bears Fit is for everyone, no matter how old you are, no matter what your health condition is, whether you play sports or not," Cliff Stein, vice president of football administration and general counsel for the Bears, told the Tribune. "It's for anyone else who wants to be in shape and healthy."
Initial club blueprints feature open areas with turf space, equipment machines, meeting rooms and an official retail store. The facility may also host TV and radio sessions with Bears coaches, the Tribune reported. It is located just over three miles from Halas Hall, the Bears headquarters.
Mastrov is CEO of New Evolution Ventures (which owns UFC Gyms), is co-owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA basketball team and founded 24 Hour Fitness, which he left in 2008. He will help to provide the facility with customized equipment.
In May 2017, Mastrov partnered with the Dallas Cowboys to open a similar project, Cowboys Fit, in Dallas. The Cowboys-themed facility spans three floors and 60,000 square feet.
"We have sports science experts that will do different things like biomechanical assessments and performance analysis, injury prevention, nutritional studies, sleep studies and essentially all the recovery that professional athletes get that you don't normally get at your ordinary fitness club," Stein told the Tribune.
Stein noted Bears Fit would also serve as the organization's first standalone retail location outside of Soldier Field. A village report shows that the retail store portion of Bears Fit could generate approximately $500,000 in yearly revenue and $6,250 in local sales tax, the Tribune said. Non-members as well as members will be able to access the retail store.
Stein said monthly memberships would cost between $40 and $120, the Tribune said.


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How to use GNC Wiki
The purpose of the GNC is to provide a collaborative workspace for people and organizations working on and with the Green Needham Collaborative. If you're just looking around to see what's here, you can simply navigate around the pages. Links in the Wiki are generally in blue (purple if you've visited them) and red if the page hasn't been created yet.
The real power of the wiki is as a collaborative tool. Green Needham members have access and can contribute to it - adding content and editing material that's here. The wiki evolves as it grows, but the bottom line is simple - the value grows exponentially as people contribute to and use it.
If you've gotten this far, you're probably wondering how to use wiki software. One of the great advantages of wiki software is that you can add useful and useable (i.e. reasonably good looking) content with just a few simple concepts. You can learn additional concepts and techniques to create much more sophisticated content if you wish.
At the top of each page is a set of tabs.
- You're now reading the article page.
- There is discussion page for each article page. This is where you can talk about what's on a page, make suggestions for others working on the page, or just add your opinion about the article page.
The other tabs are things you can do with each page. The most important are:
- The edit tab is used to change what's on the page.
- The history tab shows a history of all the changes to the page
- The watch tab allows you to be notified by e-mail whenever a page has changed.
- The section below here Wiki 101 walks you through the basics you'll need to edit and create pages.
- Wiki Tips is a separate page with specific how-to's as well as tips on some other capabilities you might want to use.
- If you'd like to try editing a wiki page, navigate over to the Green Needham Sandbox pages.
- The most important tip - borrow freely. Go to any wiki page where you see something you'd like to do, edit the page, then cut and paste the wikitext you see into your own page and modify it.
Wiki 101
Creating and editing pages
- To change or create pages, you need to log in to the wiki. If you have joined Green Needham, you have received a wiki ID.
- Select the edit tab at the top of the page to edit a page
- See creating a new page below for some instructions and guidelines on starting a new page
- While you're editing, you'll see two sliders at the right of the screen
- the innermost one scrolls the editing area
- the outermost one scrolls an editing frame - scroll to the bottom to save or preview the page you're editing
- Preview is an easy way to see what your wiki page will look like - you can preview it as often as you like without saving it. This makes it easy to experiment.
- Save the page when you're done. If you're making a lot of edits, you may want to save occasionally along the way.
Adding text and creating links
- To add text, just type it in.
- To leave a blank line between portions of text, add two blank lines in your typed text
- To create lists, start a line with an asterisk * followed by your text (this is a list)
- To create a sub-list without bullets below another list, substitute colons (:) for the asterisks
- This is a sub-item item without a bullet
- This is a second sub-item item without a bullet
- Edit this page to see how this works
- To create a live link to another page in the wiki:
- Enclose the full name of the page between two square braces, like this:
[[Action Teams]]
- which will look like this: Action Teams
- To show something other than the page name in your text, follow the page name with a vertical bar, or "pipe" character "|" and your text before closing the bracket, like this:
[[Action Teams|Getting things done]]
- which will look like this: Getting things done
- To create a link to another web site, enclose the full web address followed by the text you want to display within single brackets, like this:
[http://www.eere.energy.gov/ The US Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency Office]
- which will look like this: The US Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency Office
- Note that, unlike a link to another Wiki article, you don't need the "pipe" character between the web address and your title. That's because web addresses don't have spaces, so the wiki knows where your title begins
- To create sections in your text, begin a line with two or more equal signs "==", followed by your section name, followed by the same number of equal signs
- Sections are hierarchical, so use two equal signs for a main section, three for a sub-section and four for a sub-sub-section
- Once you create three or four sections, they will automatically appear in a table of contents at the top of the page
- Sections can be referenced directly from elsewhere in the wiki:
[[GNC Calendar#October 2007|October 2007 Calendar]]
- will take you to the "October 2007" section heading on the "GNC Calendar" page
- and will look like this: October 2007 Calendar
- Create a divider line across your page by typing four dashes on a line by themselves
- Start typing at the first character of each line. If you leave a blank space, your text is put into a box and rendered in a typewriter font, often used to show syntax (as above)
This text was entered with a blank space at the beginning of the line
- Perhaps most importantly, all the pages on this wiki (and most wikis) are visible.
- Click the edit tab at the top of any wiki page. You can use the text as an example, and copy and paste it to help you create what you need.
- Just navigate away from the edit screen (or click on the article tab) to leave the edit page without changing anything on the page you're using as an example.
For a more complete introduction, look at this page. From this page, you can also navigate to information about more sophisticated capabilities like tables, embedded images and files.
How to be notified when a wiki page is changed
First, you must authenticate your e-mail id. Normally, you will have done that when you responded to the e-mail notifying you of your wiki ID. If not,
- Select My Preferences from the menu at the top of the page
- Fill in your name and e-mail ID on the User Profile tab
- Scroll down and check E-mail me when a page I'm watching is changed
- Press Save
- You will receive a confirmation e-mail - click on the link in the e-mail
At the top of each wiki page, there is a row of tabs. The rightmost one is titled watch. Click this tab on any page you wish to watch. You will be e-mailed when the page changes. While you are using the wiki, selecting my watchlist at the top of the screen will take you to a page showing recently changed pages with those you are watching in bold.
Note that the watchlist will show you the pages you are watching even if you haven't turned e-mail notification on. You just won't receive an e-mail each time a watched page changes.
Why this is a good idea - it saves you time and keeps you informed.
- You get a short note indicating what page has changed and who changed it.
- The note has a clickable link which will take you right to the new information.
- If it's convenient for you to think about the topic when you get the note, click on the link and go to the new information (which is of course surrounded by all the other information about that topic).
- If not, you can either keep the note around to remind you to look later or delete it. It isn't full of information that you now have to file away in your ever-increasing mail file, hoping you can find it when you need it.
Creating a new page in the GNC wiki
There are several ways to create a new page, but the easiest is to simply create a reference to it in another page - like the Where does this go? page. You can edit that page, and add the name of the new page in double square brackets, like this:
*[[My New Page]]
The asterisk makes the item part of a list, but you can include a page reference anywhere on a wiki page. Give your page a distinctive and descriptive name - every page name must be unique. If you used the name above, the highlighted text My New Page will appear when someone reads the wiki. If someone clicks on that text, he/she will be taken to that page.
Now, save the page you edited with the new page name reference. Once you've done that, the link to your new page will be red, and if you follow it, you'll have the opportunity to start the new page.
Naming pages and how they appear on the wiki
You can have something other than the page name appear in the wiki. To do that, follow the name of the page with a vertical bar (the | character, usually found on the upper right of your keyboard, above the Enter key and below the backspace key). So, if you instead create the page like this:
*[[My New Page|Important information]]
what you'll see on the page is
This is useful because, for some areas of the wiki, like the Resource Library, we are using a tree-like, hierarchical structure. This automatically generates an easy-to-navigate path. For example, there is a page named:
But by creating it like this:
[[Resource_Library/Home/HeatCool/Thermostat|Programmable Thermostats]]
the reader will see Programmable Thermostats instead of Resource_Library/Home/HeatCool/Thermostat.
Creating page names with slashes between them creates a multi-level structure that looks like this:
- Resource Library
- Home
- Heating & Cooling
- Programmable Thermostats
making it easy for users to navigate among the pages.


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Pastors Dan and Brian kick off Soteriology, the study of salvation, in this Sunday School Podcast, then address some tough questions about alcohol and politics. (nothing controversial there, right?)
Soteriology (Part I)
Beer, Politics, & What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
More from The Sunday School Podcast
Eschatology (Part VI)
The Son of Man & The High Priest • October 30, 2018 • Brian Sauvé, Dan Berkholder
In Part VI of our Eschatology study, Pastor Brian and Dan walked through the Olivet Discourse. This week, they follow up on a great listener question and give a short expansion on one of the key portions of that important teaching of Jesus.
Eschatology (Part V)
The Olivet Discourse, 70 AD, & The Second Coming • October 9, 2018 • Brian Sauvé, Dan Berkholder
Found in all three synoptic gospels (Matthew 24–25; Mark 13; Luke 21), The Olivet Discourse is one of the most central teachings of Jesus with respect to the doctrine of last things. However, it is a teaching that has been widely misunderstood. Pastor Dan and Brian open the Bible and lay out a careful interpretation of this text that helps us see Jesus' eschatology—and where it departs from lots of popular ideas about the same.


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United States v. Halliday, No. 10-2337 (7th Cir. 2012)Annotate this Case
Defendant, convicted of two counts of receiving child pornography (18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(2)(A); (b)(1)) and one count of possessing child pornography (18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(5)(B); (b)(2)), was sentenced to a prison term totaling 240 months. The Seventh Circuit rejected an argument that the conviction violated the Double Jeopardy Clause because possession is a lesser-included offense of receipt. The evidence sufficiently showed that the receipt and possession convictions were based on different conduct. The court vacated the sentence as based on an improper assumption. The judge stated that defendant believed the crime was "victimless" and that defendant did not "believe any of this is criminal." Defendant did not make such assertions, but only claimed to be innocent and that his confession was coerced.


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Lucas Bjerregaard produced a brilliant round of 67 on the Old Course at St Andrews to reel in defending champion Tyrrell Hatton and win his second European Tour title at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
The Dane started the day four shots behind Hatton and was six back with 12 to play as the Englishman looked set to make European Tour history and become just the fifth player to win the same event in three consecutive seasons.
A back nine stumble from the Ryder Cup star left the door ajar, however, and Bjerregaard kept his nerve to get to 15 under and take the title by one shot.
Hatton finished second alongside countryman and fellow Ryder Cup winner Tommy Fleetwood, with Finn Tapio Pulkkanen at 12 under.
Bjerregaard has been a hugely consistent performer since graduating from the Qualifying School in 2013, never finishing lower than 90th in the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex and winning the Portugal Masters in 2017 to go with the GolfSixes title alongside Thorbjørn Olesen.
The 27 year old had three consecutive top tens before finishing in the top 20 at his Portugal Masters title defence and will now move into the top ten in the Race to Dubai Rankings after his sparkling run of form.
"I'm getting a little emotional," he said. "It's been a great year and now it's just a whole lot better.
"It didn't really look like I was ever in it today, it looked like Tyrrell was going to take off with it. I was trucking away at it. I've been playing well for a little while and I played really well today and I'm really pleased that it was enough."
Hatton looked certain to join Sir Nick Faldo, Colin Montgomerie, Tiger Woods and Ernie Els with wins in the same event in three consecutive seasons when he went out in 32 but he came home in 40 to sign for a level par 72.
Reigning Race to Dubai champion Fleetwood made four birdies and a bogey in a closing 69 on a windy and at times very wet final day.
Every player went off between 08:30 and 08:40 in a shotgun start due to the high winds expected, with the leading two groups overnight going off the first.
Fleetwood made a quick move with a birdie from 18 feet on the second, while Bjerregarrd birdied his first hole after starting on the 18th to get within three.
Hatton birdied the third before a Fleetwood birdie on the fourth kept him within two but he was not there for long as Hatton found another gear.
He holed a 20-footer on the fourth and while Bjerregaard made a long putt of his own on the same hole, Hatton got on the par five fifth in two for his birdie and an approach to eight feet on the sixth gave him a fourth birdie in a row and a four-shot lead.
That lead soon became five but Bjerregaard holed long putts on the sixth and eighth and Fleetwood made a 12-footer on the 11th to cut it back to four.
Bunker trouble on the tenth and a three-putt from Hatton on the next saw the lead down to two and a 20-foot putt on the 13th from Bjerregaard meant it was just one shot.
Fleetwood had dropped a shot on the 13th but he regained it after an approach to six feet on the 15th before missing golden opportunities on the next and last as he set the target at 14 under.
Hatton missed the green on the 15th and 16th and when he failed to get up and down on both occasions for back-to-back bogeys, it was Bjerregaard who led by one.
The leader holed a 25-footer on the 16th to move two ahead but a three-putt bogey on the Road Hole left Hatton a 12-footer for a play-off ahead on the last, which he could not make.
Pulkkanen fired a bogey-free 69 to sit two shots ahead of China's Li Haotong - who carded the lowest round of the day with a 66 - and Italy's Andrea Pavan.
Three-time Major winners Padraig Harrington and Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau and Lucas Herbert completed the top ten at nine under.
Li and Allen Zhang won the team event by one shot at 35 under.
|Player name
|BJERREGAARD, Lucas
|FLEETWOOD, Tommy
|HATTON, Tyrrell
|PULKKANEN, Tapio
|LI, Haotong
|PAVAN, Andrea


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To watch Ian Shepherd's full presentation at AES Mexico last year, click here.
The Loudness War Is Nearly Over | You need to hear this
Bob Katz, a respected audio engineer, reckons the Loudness War will soon be over because of the launch of iTunes new streaming service iTunes Radio. The default setting on iTunes Radio is for every song to be normalised to the same volume settings, meaning that whatever level a song was mastered at, it will play at the same volume as the song before it.
I wanted to learn why some songs are produced to be louder than others, so I talked to audio engineer Ian Shepherd from Dynamic Range Day. Click to read full article.
Announcements – Forums–Digital Domain – Digital Domain: CD Mastering | Mastered for iTunes | Audio Mastering | Blu-Ray Mastering
"The debilitating loudness war has finally been won," said mastering engineer Bob Katz on the eve of the Audio Engineering Society AES Convention in New York City. The last battle will be over by mid-2014."
"I have just completed loudness measurements of iTunes Radio using iTunes version 11.1.1. Tunes Radio's audio levels are fully-regulated, using Apple's Sound Check™ algorithm. This is a very important development," Katz said.
via Digital Domain.
Rush Remix Their Polarizing Album Vapor Trails with better dynamics
"We overcooked it," bassist/singer Geddy Lee tells Rolling Stone now. "The mixes were really loud and brash. The mastering job was harsh and distorted."
Eleven years after the album came out, Rush fixed the situation by hiring producer David Bottrill to remix the album. "He understood what it should sound like," he says, "so I'm very pleased with the end result. I think he's finally brought some completion and some justice to some of those songs we'd put so much of our heart and soul into."
Rush Remix Their Polarizing Album Vapor Trails – Premiere | Music News | Rolling Stone.
AES Convention Mexico @ Sound:Check Expo 2013
Great rection to Ian Shepherd's talk at the AES Mexico Convention:
Lust For Level – audio perception and the battle for great sound
Watch the Dynamic Range Day 2013 Webcast Replay
Watch the webcast replay above ! As well as announcing the winners of the Award and Competition, I'm excited to announce that for the first time I did a public demonstration of the new plugin I've been developing, which is highly relevant to DRD and the Loudness Wars.
Afterwards there is a 40-minute Q&A on DRD, the loudness wars and mastering in general.
DRD Thing the Eleventh – Watch the Webcast – NOW !
The Dynamic Range Day Webcast is online, now – share this link with your friends !
DRD Thing the Tenth – How Loud Should You Bieber ?
9pm: Thing the Tenth
Only one hour left until the DRD Webcast – please share this image and link:
So, Justin Bieber is louder than Motorhead, AC/DC and The Sex Pistols… – wait, WHAT ?
Thing the Ninth – Reveal the real "sound" of the loudness war
8pm: Thing the Ninth
Post this image everywhere – it's the truth !
Find more Things You Can Do here
DRD Thing the Eighth – Invite people to the webcast
7pm: Thing the Eighth
The Dynamic Range Day Webcast is at 10pm GMT tonight.
I'll be announcing the winners of the Award and Competition, as well as demonstrating "Perception", a brand-new plugin I'm developing with MeterPlugs which is highly relevant to the issue of the loudness wars…
Invite your friends – spread the word ! Share this link:
And if you're on G+, invite everyone in your circles !
And do some more of the 11 Things 🙂
DRD Thing the Seventh – Ask Boromir
6pm: Thing the Seventh
Spread this image far and wide !
Please include this link: http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/about/
Find more Things You Can Do to promote Dynamic Range Day here !
DRD Thing the Sixth – Reveal our secret weapon in the Loudness War…
5pm: Thing the Sixth
The loudness war is actually a huge opportunity for people who want their music to stand out !
Share this link to spread the word – and check it out yourself, if you haven't already:
Learn the Loudness War secret that will give YOUR music an edge
– and feel free to try a few of our other 11 Things To Do On Dynamic Range Day !
DRD Thing the Fifth – Share Matt Mayfield's Video
4pm: Thing the Fifth
If you've been doing all the Things we suggest to help promote Dynamic Range Day today, then the chances are your friends and followers are starting to say "DRD ? WTF ?" – or, words to that effect !
Matt Mayfield's "Loudness War" Youtube video is seven years old already – and it's still the single best short illustration of the problem with the loudness war !
Share it with your social networks so people understand the problem with "wimpy loud" ! You can use this link:
– and here are some more Things You Can Do !
DRD Thing the Fourth – Tell people about the competition
3pm: Thing the Fourth
It's amazing what the offer of free stuff can do ! And there are still a few hours for people to enter the competition – with a selection of superb prizes from out amazing supporters !
Tell people to enter now – and then watch the webcast tonight at 10pm GMT to see if they've won !
Another Thing in an hour's time – and here are some other Things You Can Do !
DRD Thing the Third – Read the Research !
2pm: Thing the Third
Please share this image with the link – and check out the page, if you haven't already !
Here are some other Things You Can Do
Another Thing coming soon…
DRD Thing the Second – Choose someone specific to tell about Dynamic Range Day
1pm: Thing the Second
Twitter and Facebook are great ways to do this – just send them the video and link from "Thing the First" and ask if they would like to share it with their followers and fans.
Hints & tips:
- Choose someone relevant – who you think will be interested and support the idea of DRD
- Choose someone with a large, engaged following
- Look at their stream and make sure they reply to people – some accounts are automated or not monitored
- Be polite and friendly
It could also be effective to contact radio shows directly, especial if they're on air – for example @BBCRadMac are on 6Music now !Music celebrities – maybe @amandapalmer, for example ?
Here are some other Things You Can Do