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Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Los Angeles Dodgers.
Something about the Dodgers always makes me feel like it's 1977: It's a little bit of a surprise to see Matt Kemp not hiding a Reggie Smith 'fro/curl thing, or Casey Blake not rockin' the Ron Cey stache. The Dodgers had the good fortune of building (and later remodeling) their stadium right in between the deep past and the ugly future: Dodger Stadium is a single-purpose stadium built right before the multipurpose interchangeable ashtrays era, but in a city that didn't lend itself to the "the place is just built in a nook in the neighborhood" like Wrigley and Ebbets and all those. It's a relic, but a relic of a time that was trying to create anything but a relic. It's a stadium that feels old but not old. When you're there, you can still imagine Bob Hope hopping by, cracking one-liners, swinging a golf club, keeping Nixon in power. It's not oppressive, though: You're not paranoid about wiping your feet on the mat or anything, and the place doesn't have John Sterling constantly reminding you of its alleged ghosts. It's revered but not sacred. This is a good thing. Dodger Stadium is an old home for young people.
It's timeless in the same way Los Angeles is timeless, never on the cutting edge of anything, always reacting rather than innovating, the place where people move even though they'd rather not, only to get there and realize they'd be fools to ever consider leaving. (Larry David will never look right there, but he's not going anywhere.) It's a fantasy land, a ballpark complex in the middle of a downtown that isn't a downtown, a distraction but one tucked away, a film set off a freeway exit. It gives them that unique artificial quality we demand from Los Angeles: The Dodgers are fake, but comfortably fake, an illusion that's constant, and therefore not an illusion anymore at all. Squint, and all those young guys, your Kemp, your Ethier, your Kershaw, they feel like your Garveys and your Ceys and your Lopes. The Dodgers should always be perfect and stupidly beautiful. They should feel like the ideal of their age. They are not showy like the Lakers, not flashy, not dangerous, not quirky. They are Bob Hope. They are not Jack Nicholson. They are not Robert Altman. It's why Manny Ramirez has never felt right here, even with his immense popularity, why Jim Thome looked ridiculous here. The Dodgers should be youth movements, all the time; they are not about aging vets taking one last go around. They must look toward the future and be indestructible. It's why Joe Torre feels so strange (and perhaps why so many have his moves have seemed so erratic): He's like an old boxer shaking hands at the casino, taking a victory lap. The fire doesn't seem there. He is the team's nodding to something that they shouldn't mess with, a stage actor coming in from Broadway and expecting to just be handed all the above-the-title credits. It doesn't feel like his team. He's almost as odd a fit as Thome was. And those were 17 crazy, surreal at-bats: Coming in to pinch hit for the Los Angeles Dodgers ... Jim Thome. Never looked right, not at all. The Dodgers are the future, always. If you want your Torre and Thome, put your team in Vegas, or Fort Myers.
The Dodgers are in trouble right now, thanks to the perilous nature of modern matrimony. The team's owner, Frank McCourt (not the recently dead writer), and his wife (and former team CEO) Jamie McCourt are divorcing. (Make sure to click that link, by the way: It's a site called "Dodger Divorce," and is the most detailed, obsessive dissertation of the public destruction of wedded bliss as you can imagine. I am both in awe and terrified of that site.) Because this is California, the divorce battle is not about merely the distribution of assets, but in fact the end of humanity. Both sides want to kill each other, and the Dodgers are inevitably the baby the judge will vivisect. That's pure California too: They do divorce so equivocally in Los Angeles that even James Cameron's ex-wife gets one of his Oscars this year. Since the fear was always that McCourts didn't have enough money to own a team in the first place, the halve-the-baby technique could rip the team apart, at least for now. At least Cameron gets to keep the Oscar he already won.
You can see why people are worried. This should be a boom time. Attendance is up at Chavez Ravine, and the team is winning, and the present is extending into the future like it's supposed to. It's enough of a fear that people are writing whole blogs about divorce papers and it's impossible to talk about baseball and bats and gloves and cups without getting into who-said-what-to-who-at-what-time. Not much is going right in California, on the whole, right now, and the last thing anyone wants to hear about when they're trying to ignore the problems of their bankrupt state is two multi-millionaires fighting about who did the dishes more often.
But one suspects it will all end up settled. If the McCourts can't hang on, if the Dodgers can't spend the money they'd like under current ownership, someone else will come in, someone younger, someone prettier, someone to leather up in the sun, to tell us stories of Rolo Tomassi. It's Los Angeles. It's Dodger Stadium. It's Vin Scully. None of them will ever go anywhere, even after they're long gone.


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(* I should point out that Josh Fruhlinger's self-confessed credentials for drawing up this list rest on the fact that he "quit five semesters into an ancient history Ph.D. program", which is why I used the rather brutal shorthand "failed PhD candidate".)
|La Mort de Tibère ("Death of Tiberius") by Jean-Paul Laurens
Josh has gathered death data for 84 emperors (Wikipedia lists more than 85) and has arranged them according to how exciting a death they suffered. (At least, I presume that's Josh's intention. Merriem-Webster defines "hardcore" either as "a persistent wretched condition", or as "militant or fiercely loyal", or as "containing explicit descriptions of sex acts or scenes of actual sex acts", none of which helps to explain Josh's methodology.) His main criterion seems to be sensationalism. What was the most sensational emperor's death ever? Obviously, if any emperor had ever been humiliatingly captured in battle rather than fighting to the end, and had then compounded the humiliation by being flayed alive and stuffed like a manequin, that would be the winner. Step forward, Valerian. Certainly an entertaining cause of death. But hardcore enough for 1st place?
The also-rans
By contrast, your very own blogging emperor is listed as 65th equal (with nineteen others!) because death was by "natural causes". Fair enough. Not very sensational. (And not very persistently wretched, fiercely loyal, or sexually explicit, depending on the correct definition of "hardcore" here.) But there are natural causes ... and there are "natural causes". Titus, for example, died aged 41 after reigning a little over two years. With a younger brother desperate to try his hand at emperorship, isn't this a little suspicious? (And worth a "hardcore" rating better than joint-65th?) Vespasian only gets away with 64th place, because he gave a quotable death-bed quip, here rendered "Uh oh, I think I'm becoming a God". (Alternatively, he is supposed to have said that "an emperor ought to die standing up", before dying ... on his back.) But it's not clear why Diocletian's natural death snagged him position 63; maybe because he'd been tending to his vegetable garden beforehand? (Not very hardcore, in my opinion.) And Romulus Augustulus, "Last Emperor of the West", sneaks in at 62, for no clear reason; likewise Glycerius at number 61, a man whom I'd never heard of, and upon whose death Wikipedia is unable to shed any light. At least Augustus, the first ever Roman emperor, and Claudius claw their way up to joint 59th place, on the strength of their maybe having been poisoned ... at least in Robert Graves' opinion.
|"The Death of Nero" by Konstantin Makovsky
Josh numbers the rest from 1 to 58, presumably by virtue of how hardcore their murder or killing was. Poor Lucius Verus is deemed the least hardcore, at number 58, for a death by food poisoning. But Verus was thought to have died of the plague. How cool is that? Worth better than number 58, I'd say. Next up is Jovian, whose excessive appetite was probably involved in his death at the age of 32, rather than Josh's explanation that he "suffocated in his rooms by carbon monoxide fumes from a charcoal grill" (though that's certainly more colorful than choking on mushrooms). Theodosius II gets his 56th position by virtue of having "fallen off a horse". I suppose that's mildly more interesting than over-eating or being very old. But it surely beats the routine stabbings that we shall soon arrive at. Position number 55 is secured by Claudius II for dying of plague. (Hard luck, Lucius Verus, whose plague obviously wasn't "hardcore" enough.) The death of Valentinian II at the age of 21 is certainly interesting, as he was allegedly found dangling at the end of a rope. Pretty sensational, for a Roman emperor. So why is Valentinian's hanging (no. 54) trumped by the pillow-smothering of Tiberius (no. 53)? Granted, the farcical attempted suicide of Nero, who was finally stabbed -- at his request -- by his private secretary, makes a better story and is probably worth position 52.
Murdered, not died!
With Domitian at number 51, we begin the tedious series of Roman emperors who were assassinated, usually by stabbing. Five (including Caligula) are judged to be joint 46th -- more "hardcore" than Domitian, but not quite as "hardcore" as Severus Alexander (no. 45). But why? Others presumably gain a higher score based on the exotic scene of their murder: especially Constans (44th), who sought sanctuary in a temple -- in vain --, and Caracalla (no. 42), who was famously stabbed while urinating (unattended, for privacy's sake) by the side of the road. I can see why Numerian (no. 41) might leap-frog these (although he was only "possibly assassinated"), because his corpse was only discovered when his guardsmen noticed the rancid smell emanating from his closed carriage. But why does Carinus merit 43rd, when the circumstances of his death are not even known; or Aurelian 40th, when he suffered an assassination very similar to Caligula's? And how on earth did Geta manage to place 10th for a similarly routine stabbing (allegedly in his mother's arms -- how's that for an exotic setting)?
Slain, not died!
Josh has obviously invested civil war with enhanced hardcore-ness. First, four emperors share 36th equal for dying in battle during civil war. These are presumably "heroic" deaths, ranking above the stabbings and over-eatings (and falling off a horse). Fair enough. Another four emperors share 32nd equal for having been executed after losing a civil war (although surely Gratian should be downgraded to the "assassinated" category). Another two are tied at 30 (for having been forced to become bishops after losing a civil war, and having been subsequently murdered, a well-deserved score for the sheer bizarreness of their circumstances -- although I'm not sure that this is an accurate account of Julius Nepos's end). Four share 26th equal for having committed suicide after losing a civil war; and seven share 19th equal for having been murdered by their troops during a civil war. This sequence may make some kind of sense, but why, then, is the shadowy Quintillus elevated to number 18, when he would fit better with the 26th equal crowd?
The next three (Gordian III, Decius, Julian) are simple battle deaths, no doubt scoring higher than the 36th-equals because it was not a selfish death during civil war, but a glorious death against Rome's enemies! How, then, does Valens manage 7th place for a battle-death like these others (although his corpse was never identified to confirm this)?
|Anonymous, "Death of Commodus"
And then we arrive at the ill-starred Carus, "possibly struck by lightning"! He is --quite justifiably, I think -- denied 13th spot by Valentinian I -- my long-time favorite death -- who died of an apoplectic rage while negotiating with German ambassadors. But both have surely been cheated by Valentinian III, a simple assassination by poison. However, it seems that poisoning scores high on Josh's hardcore-ness meter. Eastern emperor Leo II -- elbowed into position 11 by Geta -- is registered as "poisoned" (although he may have died of disease).
Much more spectacularly than either of these, Commodus (no, he wasn't stabbed by Russell Crowe) is ranked 9th for a failed poisoning, followed by strangulation at the hands of a professional wrestler. I don't know about "hardcore", but that's quite a colorful death. Strangulation is popular, too: it snags 8th place in Josh's list for Vitellius (although he may actually have been beheaded). Presumably the beheading of Majorian ranks higher -- he is placed at no. 5 -- because it was preceded by several days of torture; but how did Anthemius snag 4th place for a similar beheading? Surely the death of short-lived emperor Petronius Maximus, who was unexpectedly stoned to death by an angry mob, deserves higher than 6th place?
But beheading seems to be Josh's definition of "hardcore". Galba's bronze-medal-winning 3rd place seems to rest on the fact that his head, separated from his shoulders, was carried aloft to invite mockery ... just like 8th-placed Vitellius, in fact. However, the death of the usurper Joannes -- wait a minute: this list is supposed to exclude usurpers! -- has the added value of his beheading having been preceded by having his hand cut off and being paraded on a donkey (allegedly).
Correct order?
Looking down Josh's list, the order seems a little skewed. Perhaps some ground-rules should have been drawn up. Who says that falling off a horse is less "hardcore" than dying of plague? And you can't go by "method of death", then decide that treatment of the corpse counts, as well ... that being "taxidermied" trumps having your corpse tossed down the Gemonian Steps at Rome. Or having been struck by lightning!

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June 13, 2013
Continuous Quality Improvement Awards to be given June 20
Five faculty members will contend for the 2013 Distinguished Full Professor awards at Thursday's Quality Awards luncheon. Dr. Jeff Bates, Kelly Hogan, Dr. Brenda Johnson, Darrell Minor and Steve O'Neal are this year's finalists.
The five will join the finalists for Quality Improvement Team Awards, Distinguished Teaching Awards, and Staff Employee of the Year for awards in each category. Bruce Massis will handle the master of ceremony duties.
The CQI Awards are now in the fourth year of celebrating quality improvement at Columbus State. Video streaming will begin at 12 noon at http://cstv.cscc.edu/live/.
Career Quest: New web tool assists students, employers
The Office of Career Services is pleased to announce the launch of Career Quest, a comprehensive turn-key Career Services management web tool for students, employers, and Career Services staff. Career Quest streamlines all administrative functions and will enable the Career Services team to provide exceptional customer service. A list of some of the core and modular plug-in features of Career Quest include:
Student Database
CSM Mobile
Students will have access to view employer job listings and internship opportunities, employer on-campus recruiting, and career fairs. Students can also participate in resume books; edit their profile, upload documents and much more. To access Career Quest, students will follow these steps:
Login as student (students enrolled prior to summer term)
Register for a new account (students enrolled summer 2013 and beyond)
Employers will have the ability to post job listings and internship opportunities, schedule on-campus recruiting, and register for career fairs. To access Career Quest, employers can visit:
Register for a new account
For more information or if you have questions, please contact Dr. Chandra Bell at 287-5414.
Christopher's opens today!
Christopher's Restaurant, the dining experience produced by students in Hospitality Management, will open today for Summer Semester luncheons from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Eibling Hall Room 05. You can check out their menu online here!
Mobile Mammography Screening offered July 2
The James Care Mammography mobile van will be on campus to provide screenings by appointment on Tuesday, July 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The van will be parked in the visitor meter spaces in 11-S across from Nestor Hall. To make an appointment, call the scheduling department at (614) 293-4455 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
DEIS staff earn teaching certificates
Elina Vayntraub and Robert Harley.
Two members of the Distance Education and Instructional Support staff completed the Sloan Consortium Online Teaching Certificate Program, with a concentration in Blended Learning.
Robert Harley completed the program in March and his mentor commented on his final project: "Impressive variety of intro resources ... You didn't just hit a grand slam, you knocked the ball out of the ballpark!"
Elina Vayntraub finished her program in May 2013 and her mentor stated, "I am impressed with your use of technology, the appropriateness of its use, and the amount of visuals. I hope that you are able to work with a lot of instructors and help them improve their courses the way you have used your skills to improve this one."
The program prepares educators to teach and improve online courses using the Sloan-C pillars of quality in online education: learning effectiveness, scale, faculty and student satisfaction, and access.
Introduction to Blackboard- Thursday, June 20, (6:00 - 9:00 p.m.) - Register
Grade Center I - Tuesday, June 18 (6:00 - 9:00 p.m.) - Register
Columbus State student to compete nationally in October
Logistics program student Sharnelle Mallard has been selected to represent the Columbus Chapter of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) at the national convention in Denver, October 19-23. Mallard made a presentation to the CSCMP Columbus Roundtable on a topic selected by the panel. He competed against a student from Ohio State to earn the recognition. According to Logistics Associate Professor Lee Blyth, Mallard is the second Columbus State student in three years to be selected to make a presentation at the national logistics convention!
Reminder: Faculty Idea Exchange registration ends Friday
The OAA Instructional Success Committee cordially invites all fulltime and adjunct faculty members to attend the Faculty Idea Exchange—Summer 2013 Conference on Friday, June 28, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom - WD 435. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Come share your perspective and experiences as we discuss how instructional success leads to student success.
Interested fulltime and adjunct faculty should register here.
The registration deadline is June 14.
Bridgeview Golf to auction equipment
In February, Columbus State announced the pending sale of Bridgeview Golf Course and Driving Range to KIPP Central Ohio charter school. On Saturday, June 22 at 10:00 a.m., items that will not be retained by the College will be sold at auction. The public is invited, as are Columbus State's staff, faculty, and students. The sale will be held at the golf course at 2738 Agler Road. Included in the sale are 34 golf carts, mowers, irrigation equipment, driving range standing and hitting mats, tools, benches, office furniture, golf apparel, clubs, and much more. For more information about the sale, visit the auctioneer's web site. All sales will be final.
Child Development Center holding tag sale
Columbus State will hold a tag sale of children's items from the Child Development Center. The sale will be held Wednesday, June 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 315 Cleveland Avenue (located behind the Workforce Development Building) on Columbus State's campus. Items to be sold include strollers, climbers, sand boxes, shelving, water tables, wallscapes, cribs, high chairs, lofts, cubbies, picnic tables and other children's furniture, arts and crafts material, bikes, toys, books, and much more. All sales are final. Items must be paid for in full before removal. All items must be picked up on sale day or by arrangement. Sales tax will be charged unless a tax exempt certificate is presented. Photos can be seen at http://www.cscc.edu/services/childcare/.


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Snow day from work today. Yay I just got back in from taking the dogs out to play in the snow during a lull in the storm.
Walking down the street.
They were excited to go for a walk, even if it was a bit short (didn't want to get hit by a plow truck!!).
Looking back up my street. It looks like such a cozy winter wonderland. I love it.
I made them sit in the snow and pose for a pic.
"Mah, my balls are cold. No seriously. Can I get up now?"
They were a bit ticked when they realized that we were already heading back home.
I seriously LOVE the colors in this shot. I didn't play with them at all, just the way it came out.
Back at home, they played in the yard for a few minutes. Double bunny hop!
"Mom, we're cold. Please can we go in now?"


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Do you want to play the old DOS games or applications? I do and I believe that there are still lots of ex DOS users want to run their old applications.
It was my first opereting system and I think I used it at about 25 years ago if I'm not mistaken. I like to remember what I did before especially if I have good memories with it. Playing Digger, Test drive or Lemmings, typing with wordstar, database with Dbase III+, spreadsheet with Lotus 123 or Impress and some utility tools like PCTools or Locksmith. Put in the big floppy disc for booting and replaced it with another floppy disc with the program. Hard disc was very rare on that time. But, I tell you, you were very lucky if you have a PC on that time.
Well, that's all the folk. Now, there is a emulator named DOSbox that can do that. For more details about the DOSbox emulator you can read it in wikipedia.org
The installation is very easy.
Make sure you are connected to the internet.
Open your linux terminal and type: sudo apt-get install dosbox.
Installation will start automatically.
Now, you can try to run the dosbox. You can press Alt+F2 and type dosbox or through Applications > Games > DOSBox Emulator.
You will get the DOSbox splash screen.
Now, you need a DOS program to try.
You can download the applications from www.dosgames.com/gameindex.php.
Select any program that you like and download it.
For this tutorial, I selected 'lemming' game.
Double clik the file to extract it.
Open the folder and press Ctrl+L to display your current location. You will need this location for 'drive mounting'.
Before you can run any applications in Dosbox, you have to tell the Dosbox where you put your applications and connect it to a virtual drive. They call it 'mounting'.
The syntax is: mount your_drive your_file_location.
You can set any drive that you like. I choose 'C' drive. My file location can be different with yours. It depend where you put your applications.
In this tutorial my location is: /home/taufanlubis/Desktop/taufanlubis/Documents/games/gamedos/lemmings.
You reduce typing your location using '~' character.
So, it become ~/Documents/games/gamedos/lemmings.
The syntax will be:
mount c ~/Documents/games/gamedos/lemmings
type: 'c:' to switch to drive c.
Type: dir
To display the directory list.
In dos, you only can run a program with extension .COM, .EXE and .BAT.
As you see, there are 2 files with .EXE, CGALEMMI.EXE and VGALEMMI.EXE.
Since we don't use an CGA monitor, type vgalemmi.exe to run the application.
It's run. I key in the option and…….
You can play again your old dos game.


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Editor's Note: We're publishing a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case for progressive policies. Earlier: Curbing Wall Street, Social Security and Clean energy. Today: Jobs and manufacturing.
The Challenge
America is the world's largest debtor. Between 2000 and 2009, we've run trade deficits totaling over $5 trillion dollars, borrowing money largely from Chinese and Japanese central bankers to cover the cost. We're borrowing money to pay for the goods that they make with the jobs our companies have moved over there.
Nearly 6 million, or about one-third, of the nation's manufacturing jobs have been lost in the last decade. Not surprisingly, working families have lost ground. Since the Reagan years companies have been closing factories and putting millions of middle-class people out of work in pursuit of low-wage labor and lax regulation overseas. Conservative lawmakers and corporate lobbyists have encouraged companies to do this with tax incentives and trade policies that end up favoring giant multinational corporations over American manufacturers.
We need to change course. Like other countries, we need to develop a serious plan to revive cutting-edge manufacturing in this country – as part of putting America back to work. While conservatives suggest we can't afford these investments, the reality is that we cannot afford not to make them.
The Argument
The new American economy must be built on a solid foundation. Manufacturing is that foundation. It creates the goods that bring in the income that supports the service economy; we can't just cut each other's hair and sell each other hamburgers. As a nation, we either manufacture or we borrow, and borrowing cannot go on forever.
We need to renew our manufacturing base, rebuild our infrastructure and educate our people. We need a national economic strategy that fits these pieces together, a collaboration between the private sector and the government that ranges from worker training to research to component-making. And we need an economy in which everyone shares the benefits of the work that gets done, instead of the current paradigm in which all the incentives work toward eliminating jobs rather than sharing productivity gains with workers.
Let's start with investing in the foundation of a competitive high wage economy: 21st century infrastructure, world-class education for our children, research and development. We have to move to renewable energy, and capture a leading role in the green industrial revolution that is already defining the markets of the future.
Conservatives argue we should just let companies make their own way. But faced with a decrepit infrastructure, outdated communications systems and costly big-oil subsidies, companies competing with countries like China that have an aggressive national plan need a government that is on their side.
A core objective of our global economic strategy must be to end the destabilizing global imbalances in exchange rates and trade. End the tax breaks that create incentives to move production offshore. Instead, let the federal government resume the role it has played in years past: investing in a modern infrastructure and providing seed money for research and development in key sectors whose commercial application will come later—as it did with the Internet 30 years ago and with clean energy today.
The Obstacles
Conservatives, backed by giant multinational corporations and their lobbyists, continue to push for "free trade" agreements that keep us in a race to the bottom. They argue that consumers benefit from cheaper consumer products, but those products come a high price, not just in America in the form of lost jobs, but overseas in the form of subsistence wages, inhumane working conditions and environmental degradation. Conservatives even fight enforcement of existing agreements when our trading partners refuse to play fair, allowing factories and jobs to continue bleeding away.
Conservatives insist that cutting taxes and regulations will solve everything. But the tax and regulatory breaks that businesses won during the Bush administration did not reverse the loss of manufacturing and other goods-producing jobs. At the same time, conservative anti-government policies cut the education, infrastructure investment, R&D and regulations that made America competitive in the world.
Progressive Solution
What need a national economic strategy that ensures the infrastructure, finance, supply chain, educational, legal, technical and regulatory elements are in place to enable American workers to compete. All of our global competitors have policy that promotes domestic manufacturing; the U.S. does not. Because we don't have an active and engaged industrial policy, we're handing business over to those that do.
We need to set clear goals:
- Buy American. We should maximize the use of domestically-produced goods in government projects. Other countries have domestic purchase requirements. For example, China requires that at least 80 percent of the equipment in its own solar power plants be made in China, and 70 percent domestic content for wind turbines installed in China.
- Change tax incentives to keep factories and jobs here. For example, companies can defer paying tax on income earned by their foreign subsidiaries. This gives these firms an advantage over U.S. firms that hire U.S. workers to make products here. We should end tax policies that reward moving factories and jobs out of the country.
- Balance our trade relationships, especially with China. China's mercantilist policies have been a leading cause of manufacturing job loss in the U.S. Subsidized and dumped imports, artificially low currency, and lax environmental standards put our workers and companies at a significant disadvantage.
- Invest in Infrastructure. Roughly 18,000 new jobs would be created for every $1 billion in new infrastructure spending on our nation's transportation, energy, water systems, and public schools.
- Prioritize green-job creation in the U.S. A comprehensive energy plan promotes conservation and innovation, improves our energy infrastructure, expands domestic production and creates green jobs. Energy tax incentives and renewable energy standards will help develop new manufacturing facilities and jobs.
- Develop a manufacturing education policy and enact legislation for vocational and technical training programs to strengthen manufacturing education.
Fast Facts
- The United States lost more than 42,400 factories and one-third of our manufacturing jobs after President Bush took office in 2001. 90,000 manufacturing companies are still at risk.
- Manufacturing jobs being lost pay an average of of $69,000 while the service jobs gained pay an average of $43,200.
- Every dollar spent on manufacturing produces $1.40 of additional economic activity, a higher "multiplier" than information, business or health care; twice as high as financial services.
- The U.S. invented solar cells. But 90 percent of solar cells we use are imported from China.
- 1.2 billion cellphones were sold worldwide in 1889. Not a single one was manufactured in the United States.
- Roughly 50 percent of our windmills come from overseas, mostly China and Europe.
- We need to spend $2.2 trillion during the next five years to restore our infrastructure—such as the one in four bridges that are today "structurally deficient or functionally obsolete"—to just minimal standards, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Public Pulse
- A Mellman Group poll this summer on jobs and manufacturing issues for the Alliance of American Manufacturers found:
- 58% believe the U.S. no longer has the world's strongest economy—a title they want to regain.
- 78% support the creation of "a national manufacturing strategy" for the U.S.
- 86% of voters want action from Washington to revitalize manufacturing.
- Two-thirds of voters believe manufacturing is central to our economic strength, and 57% believe manufacturing is more central to our economic strength than high-tech, knowledge or financial service sectors.
- 89 percent agree that "America needs to dramatically increase manufacturing jobs so our economy can keep pace with other countries." (Association of Equipment Manufacturers poll)
- 83 percent of voters say it is "very" or "critically" important that equipment manufacturers are "able to prosper and grow right here in the United States." (Association of Equipment Manufacturers poll)
- 69% believe our recent trade agreements have cost us jobs and 53% believe they have hurt the country .(NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll)
Campaign for America's Future's Making It In America project
The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM)
AAM 2010 National Survey of Likely Voters on Manufacturing and America's Global Economic Standing


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Derby has been marked on porcelain made in the city of Derby, England, since about 1748. The original Derby factory closed in 1848, but others opened there and continued to produce quality porcelain. The Crown Derby mark began appearing on Derby wares in the 1770s. King George III allowed the company to use a crown in their mark in 1775; Queen Victoria also approved the crown and granted the company the title "The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company."
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An art bandit made off with $27 million worth of paintings -- includings works by Jackson Pollock, Vincent Van Gogh and Rembrandt -- from a Pebble Beach home on Friday, and now the owners have offered $6 million in rewards for the capture of the Thomas Crown-like thieves.
The heist occured at the rented home of A. Benjamin Amadio and Dr. Ralph Kennaugh, who were living there temporarily while they looked to buy a new home in the area.
Amadio said the pieces of art hadn't been hung since they were just renting the home. He also said that several other pieces of art that were part of the collection weren't stolen.
Amadio and Kennaugh are offering two separate rewards -- a $1 million reward for the return of the stolen artwork, and a $5 million reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the heist.
The $1 million reward can be claimed anonymously, Amadio said.
The following is a list of the stolen artwork:
- G.H. Rothe (3 pieces)
- Jackson Pollock (1 piece)
- Matisse ( 1 piece)
- Miro (4 pieces)
- Rembrandt (2 pieces)
- Renoir (1 piece)
- Van Gogh ( 1piece)
The Monterey County Sheriff's Department is investigating the theft, and Amadio and Kennaugh also hired a private investigator.
Both Amadio and Kennaugh are originally from Massachusetts. Amadio is an entrepreneur, while his housemate, Kennaugh, is a retired Harvard medical professor.
Amadio and Kennaugh said they think that the heist was an inside job and done by a professional who had knowledge of what art was at the home.
"I think the people that stole it, number one, knew what we had, and two, probably had buyers for the artwork before they went to take it," Kennaugh said. "I think chances of getting it back are slim."
Kennaugh also said the artwork was uninsured.
Earlier this month, a collection of 11 Andy Warhol paintings was stolen from a home in West Los Angeles.
The collection included portraits of O.J. Simpson, Muhammad Ali, Pele and Chris Evert.
The owner of the collection had once tried to sell the artwork for $3 million in 2002, but the current exact value is unknown.
The largest known art heist to take place in the U.S. was in Boston during St. Patrick's Day in 1990. A total of 13 pieces, including work by Rembrandt and Degas were stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
An investigation into the art heist, which was estimated to be valued at $300 million, has included FBI probes into the Irish Republican Army, a Boston mob boss and a notorious art thief.
If anyone has any information about the theft, which may lead to the recovery of all the artwork, they can contact the Monterey County Sheriff's Department or the Law Office of Vicki St. John at 831-250-7232.
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Amid the latest political storm over the alleged illegal lobbying for a lawsuit involving Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘), President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday urged Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) to return to Taiwan immediately and explain his alleged involvement in the incident.
"[The incident] will damage the credibility of the judicial system and at the same time hurt the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) image … I hope Speaker Wang can return to Taiwan and explain the issue to the public as soon as possible," Ma, who doubles as KMT chairman, said after casting his vote for the KMT's Central Standing Committee election at the Taipei City Council.
Accompanied by a group of KMT Taipei City councilors, Ma said he has instructed KMT Secretary-General Tseng Yung-chuan (曾永權) to contact Wang and ask him to clarify the issue as soon as possible.
Wang is in Malaysia on a family vacation. According to his assistant, Wang will not return to Taiwan any time soon because he is hosting his second daughter's wedding today.
The assistant added that Wang has already heard the news about the alleged Ker-case lobbying from his office, but decided to refrain from commenting on the case.
Wang is scheduled to return on Tuesday, the assistant added.
Meanwhile, Ma yesterday also defended his decision to accept the resignation of former Minister of Justice Tseng Yung-fu (曾勇夫) on Friday night over accusations that he had abused his power to stop a prosecutor from appealing Ker's case with the Supreme Court.
"As the general public has questions about the case, Tseng can no longer carry out his duty as the justice minister under such circumstances," Ma said.
Tseng, who had originally refused to step down, while insisting on his innocence, announced his resignation late on Friday night after meeting with Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) twice earlier in the day.
Jiang yesterday dismissed the idea that Ma had forced Tseng's resignation and said Tseng was defending his innocence during their private meetings.
"We both agree that he, as the top official in the judicial system, should hold his own performance to higher standards," Jiang said.
Jiang said Tseng agreed to take "political responsibility" for the allegations and that his resignation did not mean that he admitted any involvement in illegal lobbying.
"We had a peaceful and rational discussion yesterday, and he was not forced to step down," Jiang said.
Politicians in the pan-blue camp yesterday expressed concern about the incident and urged the Ma administration to handle it carefully.
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said the incident involves administrative, legislative and judicial issues, and such a constitutional matter should be addressed carefully.
Former Taipei EasyCard Corp (悠遊卡公司) chairman Sean Lien (連勝文) expressed concern about the Special Investigation Division's (SID) eavesdropping on Ker and Wang, but refrained from commenting further on the case.
Lien's father, former KMT chairman Lien Chan (連戰), also showed up at the Taipei City Council to cast his vote, but declined to comment on the incident.
Meanwhile, conspiracy theories have been fueling the rumor mill, with KMT Legislator Liao Cheng-ching (廖正井) saying that he saw the incident as "sheer infighting" in the government's judiciary system between Tseng and Prosecutor-General Huang Shih-ming (黃世銘), who led the SID, while others said it was an internal struggle in the Ma administration — infighting between Ma and Wang.


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Ever wondered the geographical origins of such dissimilar stories as Doctor Faustus and Jaws? This map charts the evolution of four classic tales as they traversed continents, centuries, and cultures.
This map by Haisam Hussein from a recent issue of Lapham's Quarterly follows four famous fictions that pinballed across space and time. They are:
- Pygmalion: A man falls in love with his female creation
- Oedipus: A king unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother
- Faust : A man sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge
- Leviathan: A mythical sea monster terrorizes the deep
Note how both the Leviathan and Pygmalion routes end rather cheekily in Los Angeles with, respectively, Steven Spielberg's Jaws and the 1999 Freddie Prinze Jr. teen rom-com She's All That.
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Disable CD mode on the device
- 3 Disable CD mode on the device with wvdial
- 4 Setup udev rules
- 5 Setup hal rules
- 6 Create a wvdial configuration
- 7 Create a wvdial configuration (extracted from sakis3g, the above config didn't work for me)
- 8 Connect to the internet
- 9 Tips & Tricks
- 10 Acknowledgements
See also USB 3G Modem.
The ZTE MF626 / MF636 is a USB modem which combines 3G+/3G with EDGE/GPRS in one compact device. It has an integrated micro-SD card reader. It can send data at speeds up to 4.5 Mbps on 3G+ networks and receive data at speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps. It is also known as the Rogers (Canadian cellular carrier) red stick USB dongle.
Disable CD mode on the device
Using a Windows machine, plug in the USB device and go through the short install wizard. Once done, close the Rogers app that starts up, then head into the Device Manager (Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager). Under the Ports section, find the COM port that's connected to the USB modem (ignore the Diagnostics mode). Connect to that COM port through Hyperterminal, found in the Accessories area of the Start Menu. Connection parameters are:
Bits per Second: 115200 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow Control: None
Once connected, type the following commands:
This tells the modem not to use CD mode when it's first plugged into a computer. Now exit Hypterterminal and remove the USB modem. You're done with Windows.
Disable CD mode on the device with wvdial
First remove usb-storage then modprobe usbserial
rmmod usb_storage modprobe usbserial
Edit /etc/wvdial.conf :
[Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 Modem Type = Analog Modem ISDN = 0 Init1 = AT+ZOPRT=5 Init2 = AT+ZCDRUN=8
Run wvdial, it should use those commands and fail to connect.
Once it exits, unplug the stick and plug it back in and it should be seen as a modem.
Setup udev rules
Create a file /etc/udev/rules.d/90-zte.conf that contains the following:
ACTION!="add", GOTO="ZTE_End" SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0031", SYSFS{idVendor}=="19d2", GOTO="ZTE_Modem" GOTO="ZTE_End" LABEL="ZTE_Modem" RUN+="/sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0x0031", MODE="660", GROUP="network" LABEL="ZTE_End"
Setup hal rules
The current version of hal (that I have) doesn't know about the MF636, though it does acknowledge some earlier models. To inform it, create a file /etc/hal/fdi/information/10-modem.fdi with the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- xml -*- --> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="info.category" string="serial"> <!-- ZTE MF636 HSDPA USB dongle --> <match key="@info.parent:usb.product_id" int="0x0031"> <match key="@info.parent:usb.interface.number" int="3"> <append key="modem.command_sets" type="strlist">GSM-07.07</append> <append key="modem.command_sets" type="strlist">GSM-07.05</append> </match> </match> </match> </device> </deviceinfo>
Create a wvdial configuration
Wvdial is an easy-to-use frontend to PPPd. The configuration is fairly easy to comprehend. This one is probably longer than it needs to be, but I'll include it all. Make sure you replace the /dev/ttyUSB0 line with the node that your USB modem is connected to, you can see that with dmesg. Save as /etc/wvdial.conf.
[Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 ISDN = off Modem Type = USB Modem Baud = 7200000 Init = ATZ Init2 = Init3 = Init4 = Init5 = Init6 = Init7 = Init8 = Init9 = Phone = *99# Phone1 = Phone2 = Phone3 = Phone4 = Dial Prefix = Dial Attempts = 1 Dial Command = ATM1L3DT Ask Password = off Password = off Username = na Auto Reconnect = off Abort on Busy = off Carrier Check = off Check Def Route = off Abort on No Dialtone = off Stupid Mode = on Idle Seconds = 0 Auto DNS = on
Create a wvdial configuration (extracted from sakis3g, the above config didn't work for me)
This is for Etisalat Misr, but I imagine it should work for all the other networks that use the same stick.
[Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyUSB2 Modem Type = Analog Modem ISDN = 0 Baud = 7200000 Dial Attempts = 3 Username = apn Password = apn Phone = *99# Auto Reconnect = off Stupid Mode = 1 Init1 = ATZ Init6 = AT+CGEQMIN=1,4,64,640,64,640 Init7 = AT+CGEQREQ=1,4,64,640,64,640
Connect to the internet
Now just run wvdial to connect
# wvdial
If you see output reporting your PPP local and endpoint IP addresses, then it worked.
Tips & Tricks
All steps above may be obsolete if the modem stick is supported by sakis3g which is an all in one command line script and automatises all the steps above. The installation steps are as follows:
wget "http://www.sakis3g.org/versions/latest/$ARCH/sakis3g.gz" # where $ARCH is either i386 or amd64 gunzip sakis3g.gz chmod +x sakis3g ./sakis3g --interactive
Thanks to the following webpages that gave me all this information:
* http://www.zeroflux.org/blog/post/255 * http://www.matt-barrett.com/?p=5 * http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1005910 * http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1065934


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I am a lot of things. People who know me, know this. So how do I make myself into a singular pie? That was our thought-provoking challenge this month for You Want Pies With That?, brought to us by the extremely talented Branny of Branny Boils Over. Technically we're to: "Choose a pie that best represents your personality and use your blog write-up to justify your choice."
This left me thinking, hmmmm, tricky... but in the best of ways. I mean there's so much to say about myself; it's not going to be easy to let the pie do the talking. And then I re-evaluated. The pie doesn't have to be a piece for company, it just has to be a piece of me. The result: I've made a pie I've always wanted to make, simple and quiet looking with a deliciously bold undertone: Chocolate Ginger Ganache Pie.
Why is this pie like me?
1) I look sweet and quiet from a distance, until you realize I'm subtly spicy and sassy.
2) It's gluten and soy free, just like me (that part was easy!)
3) Two of my favorite things are chocolate and ginger. Both are in the filling, yay.
4) It's hard to take in all at once. I admit that sometimes I can be a bit overwhelming, just like the rich and bold flavors in this pie. Small doses/slices may be better until a taste is acquired ;)
I wish I were smooth and rich like this pie, but sadly I cannot claim to be either. The pie is also super easy which is definitely not how I'd want to describe myself! (insert uncomfortable silence here, reader)
Chocolate Ginger
Ganache Pie
Favorite single crust pie crust, add some dried ginger and bake. (I halved the recipe here)
2 inches of fresh ginger root, peeled
24 oz chocolate (I use allergy-free Enjoy Life chips)
2 1/2 cups heavy cream
Cool baked pie crust, dust with sugar and set aside.
Place chocolate in a heat-safe mixing bowl (like a glass pyrex bowl).
In a saucepan, soak peeled ginger in cream for at least 30 minutes.
Bring the cream to a boil, careful not to scald the cream.
Remove from heat and remove ginger root quickly.
Pour the cream slowly over chocolate while mixing until chocolate has completely melted.
Grate some of the ginger root into the ganache, as much or as little as you'd like.
Grate some of the ginger root into the ganache, as much or as little as you'd like.
Pour ganache in cooled pie shell and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Now the metaphors get a little complicated when you start to slice the pie and give it away to co-workers and friends. Remind you of life a little? But I think I'm going a little too far with that ;) Let's just say I'm proud that this pie represents me, and I'm ready to eat my personality. (insert second uncomfortable silence here, reader)
When you're done feeling awkward about my last sentence, check out what the other amazing bakers did here.


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What is a string quartet?
One of the most popular ensembles in classical music, a string quartet is a group of four string players – traditionally two violinists, a viola player and a cellist. Live string quartets specialise in performing a variety of classical and popular music for all occasions, from formal to informal.
Their performances are tailored specifically for the requirements of functions, with string quartets often being booked as wedding ceremony musicians or to provide background music during a wedding drinks reception, as well as private parties and corporate events.
What music will a string quartet play?
Traditionally, a string quartet gives recitals of works by the classical masters. However, most quartets also incorporate a modern repertoire that includes jazz, swing, pop, folk, Bollywood, show tunes and film themes that most audiences will know. You could expect music by composers and artists such as:
- Bach
- Chopin
- Debussy
- Elgar
- Handel
- Mendelssohn
- Mozart
- Saint-Saëns
- Tchaikovsky
- Vivaldi
- John Williams
- Hans Zimmer
- Gershwin
- Cole Porter
- Adele
- The Beatles
- Coldplay
- Etta James
- Oasis
- Stevie Wonder
- Take That
- Van Morrison
The profile page for each string quartet features a set list, where you can browse their repertoire.
Popular types of string quartet
1. Classical Music
Traditional chamber music offers an elegant and refined ambience, and is the mainstay of the classically-trained string quartet. You can expect symphonies from the giants of the classical world, including Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi.
2. Popular Music
Playing modern music in a string quartet style can add a real buzz to events – it's not only exciting but enchanting too. Covering artists like Queen, Sinatra, The Beatles, Adele, and Abba, string quartets can lend a relaxed and upbeat twist on popular tunes that many of your guests will know – the perfect backdrop to your stylish event.
Where in the UK do Alive string quartets perform?
String quartets usually perform at weddings, corporate events, parties, gala balls, and in venues across the UK and internationally. Our string quartets most often play in locations such as:
Most popular counties:
- Surrey
- Kent
- Hampshire
- Essex
- West Sussex
- East Sussex
- Buckinghamshire
- Berkshire
- Hertfordshire
- Oxfordshire
- Warwickshire
- Cheshire
- Gloucestershire
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Lancashire
- Suffolk
- West Midlands
- Worcestershire
- Cumbria
- Northamptonshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Devon
- Herefordshire
- Wiltshire
- Lincolnshire
- Bedfordshire
- South Yorkshire
- Leicestershire
- Merseyside
Most popular cities:
- Aberdeen
- Bath
- Birmingham
- Bradford
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Canterbury
- Cardiff
- Chelmsford
- Chester
- Coventry
- Derby
- Durham
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- Hull
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- Swansea
- Wakefield
- Westminster
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- York
Is a string quartet suitable for my event?
Usually the headline daytime entertainment, string quartets perform live classical chamber music and popular tunes, depending on your event requirements. Many also provide a variety of other musical styles, from jazz, swing, or folk to big show tunes and film themes. Whatever music you choose, a string quartet will set a range of moods, from relaxed and elegant to lively and uplifting – but always stylish! String quartets are an elegant choice for most occasions, including:
- Weddings
- Wedding Ceremonies
- Wedding Drinks receptions
- Formal dinners and tea parties
- Corporate events
- Private parties
- Bar Mitzvas and Bat Mitzvas
- Charity fundraiser events
- Black Tie events
- Gala Balls
- Festivals
Our String quartets are popular with couples looking to create a special ambience at their wedding. Music can be played for guests as they gather before the ceremony to creating an exciting atmosphere in the build up to the ceremony. During the ceremony, the string quartet will play for the bride's entrance, the signing of the register, and the exit of the married couple. Strings also work beautifully for a drinks reception and wedding breakfast.
Because they generally perform unamplified, string quartets can change locations relatively easily. This helps if you're having a church ceremony followed by a champagne reception elsewhere.
For corporate events, string quartets can provide a very effective soundtrack to mingling, cocktails and fizz, as well as performing walk-on music for awards.
Some quartets can offer a trio option, which comprises of 2 violins and a cello. These options can alter the repertoire and sound, but often suit smaller functions and can be an effective alternative if budget is limited. The options available for each string quartet are shown on their profile page. Simply select your preferences when you make an online enquiry.
Where string quartets are not part of the wedding ceremony, usual standard performance times are 45 minutes to 1 hour, with short breaks in between – up to 3 hours' time in total.
Volume considerations at your event
If you've ever heard a live string quartet, you'll know they can play as quietly or as loudly as the performance requires, or the venue acoustics and occasion demands. Volumes are regularly in the region of 70dB – 85dB. This is a pleasant, medium volume over which most conversation can be heard.
As such, string quartets are often a good choice for venue's with a sound limiter or noise restrictions a string quartet. Feel free to check with our Entertianment Coordinators who can help advise you in such instances. For more information about sound limiters check out our guide here
Space considerations at your event
A typical string quartet will need space for four musicians to sit in a semi-circle with their instruments and music stands, and with room to bow – approximately 3 metres wide by 2 metres deep.
For approximate requirements, see 'How much space will a string quartet need?', below.
How much does a string quartet cost?
Prices vary depending on the quality and experience of the quartet, and the distance artists need to travel to your event.
In 2017, the average price of a string quartet is around £620.
Top-billed quartets who specialise in corporate events vary in price between £2,200 – £3,500 depending on their experience.
The best way to reduce costs is to find a string quartet who are based locally. The home town location of all Alive Network string quartets is shown on the roster pages and also on each artists' profile page. You can also ask your coordinator to recommend the best string quartet local to your event.
Who are the top 10 best string quartets in the UK right now?
Below are the acts that we feel currently stand out as the principal string quartets in the UK, based on a combination of popularity, performance quality and innovation:
For a list of Alive's most booked string quartets right now, see our 'Top 10 String Quartets For Hire in 2017' article
How long will a string quartet play for?
Depending on the event and your requirements, string quartets usually perform 45 minute to 1 hour sets followed by a short break. They are most often booked to perform between 3 – 4 sets
How much space will a string quartet need?
To perform to the best of their abilities, string quartets need plenty of room to play their instruments comfortably. They usually sit on armless chairs in a semi-circle, facing the room, with their music stands in front of them.
Minimum stage size requirements
3 × 2 metres
String players can accommodate most situations as long as it's safe, flat, and their musical movement is unrestricted. A comfortable performance area is best, however, to ensure you and your guests get the best performance possible!
How long will it take for a string quartet to set up?
A string quartet will usually arrive 30 – 45 minutes prior to their performance to set and tune up, depending on how close to the performance area the quartet can park. Some city centre hotels insist musicians load in via a suppliers' entrance, using an elevator shared with caterers and staff – this can extend set-up times.
Following their performance, it can take around 15 minutes for a string quartet to pack away and load out.
What equipment will a string quartet need?
To enable a great performance, most string quartets require:
- 4 armless chairs
- a flat, suitably-sized, dry and safe performance area. If playing outside, they will require cover – either from the rain or from the scorching sun!
- 13 amp power sockets, if they're an electric string quartet or have electric elements to their line up
- parking provision, preferably with easy access to the venue
- a secure, lockable changing room
- refreshments such as soft drinks and sometimes food, depending on how long you have booked them for.
String quartets will provide all of their own instruments, music stands, and lights for their music stands, if required.
If a PA system is needed, this will normally be provided by the client. Please ask your Alive Network co-ordinator if you need help with this.
For information on the following, see our Frequently Asked Questions:
- How do I make a booking?
- What payment methods do you accept?
- What if the artist cancels?
- Can I see the artist live before booking?
- Will the band learn a first dance request?
- What are the benefits of booking through Alive Network?
For a more comprehensive string quartet booking guide please read 'Booking a string quartet – Everything you'll ever need to know'.
If you have any other queries, simply visit our FAQ page.
Alternatively, our dedicated expert entertainment coordinators are on-hand to help. Simply call 0845 108 5500 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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