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Computer-generated music has been an interest of mine since dissing it at university in 1999, where I took a course called AI a and Creativity with the inspiring Maggie Boden OBE. However, despite the clever psuedo-music and clichés of Garage Band and Baysian networks, I have found all attempt at human-sounding music to be depressingly emotionless, their lack of lyrics and lyricism removing them far even from the song machines of Orwell's 1984.
But I have always been fascinated by the idea (shared by Kandinsky, Klee, Victor Pasmore to name three of my faviourites) that paintings and images could be rendered as music, so when I cam across the extremely simple Lindenmayer System, the music application was obvious and irresistible, and the first prototype created within a day.
The appeal of the equation, generally used to model plant growth, is its simplicity, as this rough graphing demo illustrates. Without simulating varying soil, light, and weather conditions, growth is unnaturally regular, but the instantly familiar shapes produced by equations of as few as four bits encourages me to think Lindenmayer et al were closer to discovering some secrets of creation than anyone. But that's another subject.
As for the qualities of the 'musical' output, it depends on your taste, and how you imagine a plant might sound. To my ear, it is often reminiscent of Terry Riley's dervish music, and thus to Acton's own The Who's tribute to Terry Riley (and Avatar Meher Baba), and thus Talking Heads' Once In A Lifetime.
My current system is a mixture of HTML5 vanilla.js,
with the binary midi files being encoded by old-fashioned Modenr Perl 5, with Moose (using
kindly dontated to the world by Sean M Burke).
The resluting MIDI file
is the imported into Logic Pro/BitWig/Sonar, and mastered through a Yamaha 01X and a variety
of synths and samplers.
However, my work has been moving towards landscapes of Lsystem 'plants,' which would push my current paradigm to the limit, so a rewrite is planned that would allow live alteration of a loop, which could be interesting for performance, especially if the alterations were genetic algorithms linked to the performance space, or bio-feedback of the performer.
I am usually looking for three- to six-month contract, anywhere a British citizen can work — I frequently work in my native London (freeloading on my kind family), but would welcome the change to work anywhere else at all. I am happy to work with Perl in any form, or Java (though I have yet to take a Sun/Oracle certification), but I am especially interested in HTML5 and advanced OO JavaScript, maybe using Angular or Backbone, with or without jQuery, and real-time work with HTML5 audio, Web Audio API, SVG and canvas manipulation. Ideally I'd like to be serving in Node.js — I've lots of non-commercial experience, but have yet to take a commercial opportunity — they are still relatively few, let alone in an Agile environment with dev/CI/stage VMs managed through Jira.
In the past year or so, I have been focusing my free time on using and improving the Node/HTML5 L-systems audio, described above. Personal projects include Freedharma (Backbone), an SPWA to create video subtitle files in real-time (Angular), Plonk, a (Web Sockets/Audio) rip-off of Plink, a collaborative music doodling tool, a bit like the silly brush toy which you can see in the Zen section above. From the server's point of view, it's just a chat server, for the client is a kind of musical etchasketch. It does demonstrate the power of WebSockets and weaknesses of the HTML5 canvas element. Perhaps I'll write an article. I'd let you see it, but what ISP supports WebSockets?
When Mozilla eventually completely fixe their HTML5 audio looping bug, I hope to continue development of a simple HTML5 multitrack that allows the mixing and looping, cutting and pasting, of SoundCloud and other online audio files, in the style of Logic/Cubase.
The Ionic docs describing development on Android are a bit out of date. These steps worked for me on Windows 10. Assuming Java, JDK, and Ant are installed with `ANT_HOME` set to the directory containing `bin/ant`, and `JAVA_HOME` is set. Install Android Studio. Run Android Studio, select the `Configure` drop down, select `SDK Manager`, use it … Continue reading Ionic, Cordova, Android
Enso 2015-07-04/01 was created in Photoshop using a Mac Book Pro track pad. Photoshop is not just about airbrushing products and models.
Avoid liability: why not encrypt them and have the client store them for latest display and stateless use of the serer? Probably because all forms of local storage are an out-of-sync mess (no pun intended). Perhaps Mozilla's localforage is the answer? Though not through its messed-up Backbone 'driver'.
Ported the core of my L-system work to user Browserify through CommonJS — much nicer API than AMD/requirejs. Not sure I'm keen on exposing node_modules, though.
This verseion of Conway's Game Of Life works in 3D, but I've not yet had time to find some goods seeds.
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It's Banned Books Week, and the American Library Association has a list of the most frequently "banned or challenged" books of each year, from 2001 to 2010. And the list is pretty interesting reading — the Harry Potter books were on top of the list in 2001 and 2002, then dropped to number two in 2003, only to vanish off the list in 2004. (Obviously all that sorcery paid off eventually.)
So what are the most frequently banned or challenged SF/fantasy books of 2010? Two dystopias (Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World) and one vampire book (Stephenie Meyer's Twilight.) I can see why the ultra-violent Hunger Games and the messed-up-but-popular Twilight would be on the list. But why Brave New World, all of a sudden? Personally, I blame Leonard Nimoy. [via Snott on Twitter]

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After a wide trading range, grains finished mixed with corn unchanged, soybeans slightly lower and wheat higher. With corn lock limit down on Friday, limits were expanded to 60 cents today. Initially we found plenty of weakness in the overnight trade, touching new lows for the move at $5.72¼ before coming back to finish at $5.92½.
Corn, beans and wheat are all well oversold at this point and could be due for a rally. With December corn trading $2 off its highs and November soybeans $3 off their highs, between now and the Oct. 11 report would be a good chance to see short covering. The funds have been liquidating and are a major reason for the sell-off, along with normal harvest pressure. As we continue through harvest, we could see bushels coming to market keeping grains resisted, especially after rallies. This may make it hard for grains to sustain any sort of a rebound unless there is a fundamental change, such as another decrease in yields on this next supply and demand report. Although the market looks oversold, we don't want to forget about 2008, when corn fell back into the $3 range and soybeans fell back to $8 to $9 levels, as equities and commodities both liquidated during the financial collapse. These last two months in equities have reminded the market how unstable they still really are.
Crop progress was released today and is as follows:
Corn October 2nd 5-year average
Mature: 79% 78%
Harvested 21% 23%
Condition: Unchanged with the good-excellent category remaining at 52%.
Soybeans October 2nd 5-year average
Dropping Leaves 76% 83%
Harvested 19% 25%
Condition: Gained 1% in the good-excellent category at 54%.
Winter wheat is 42% planted, while the average five-year pace is 53% at this week.
We will see where they end up taking demand away from when we get the October S&D report, but until then the quarterly stocks report was certainly bearish. So where do we go from here? For soybeans, we have hit the 50% retracement at $11.86 already. The next target (maybe support) would be at the 68.2% retracement at $11.19¼. For corn, we blew past the 50% retracement today at $5.80¾, but managed to rebound and trade higher. The next downside target would be $5.33 (68.2% retracement), with upside resistance at the 200-day moving average of $6.43¾.
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I like to say that Earth Day is every day. The well-being of our planet should be at the forefront of our minds not just one day a year, but 365. However, I do appreciate the effect Earth Day has on people—it's a chance to step back, look around, and rethink the way you live your life. This Earth Day, I'm analyzing my daily routine. I want to dissect my everyday activities to see what I'm doing well and how I can be kinder to Mother Earth.
It's the little things that count; make small changes in your lifestyle this Earth Day and try to stick with them all year round. Photo By Katarina 2353/Courtesy Flickr.
I wake up in the morning to my phone alarm (which always seems to go off way too early). I try to make sure that my charger is only plugged in when my phone really needs to be charged to avoid a pointless drain of energy. Even when my phone isn't charging, my plugged-in phone charged is sucking energy out of the wall just waiting for me to plug it in. "Vampire electronics" are electronics that are turned off but still drain energy. From TVs to toasters, as long as something is plugged in, it's using energy. Though I don't have one in my room, a power strip can make it easier to cut the energy drain of electronics.
Next I hop in the shower, which I try to keep short. Cutting an additional one or two minutes off my shower time, though, could save up to 150 gallons of water a month!
I'm in zombie mode until I get my coffee. I buy Fair Trade from our local natural food grocery store, so I don't feel as guilty about sipping on my cup of joe knowing that coffee growers are fairly compensated for their products.
Getting to class in the morning is easy—my house is only a 15-20 minute walk from anywhere I need to go on campus. Even though it would be about a 3-minute car ride, turning on my engine, even for such a short drive, would have a big impact. Cars put out more pollutants when engines are cold and need to warm up, so short trips would be a total waste! Plus, when the weather is nice and the birds are singing, walking down the tree-lines streets in my neighborhood is the best part of my day.
When I'm not interning at Natural Home, I'm on campus all day. I do my best to plan meals a day ahead of time so I have something to take with me for lunch, but that doesn't always happen. Sometimes my lunchtime choices are limited to the heavily packaged sushi and sandwiches offered at my university. I'm also sometimes guilty of grabbing a frozen dinner from my freezer if I'm really running late. But food packaging accounts for two-thirds of the total packaging waste in the U.S. Waking up a few minutes early to avoid throwing away an extra plastic container is more than worth it.
When I'm finished with class and work, I go for a run (if I'm feeling energetic). I was surprised to learn just how much energy I used running at my student recreation center—just 30 minutes on a treadmill releases two pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere! Now that nice weather invites me to jog outside, I have a clearer conscience knowing the footprints I leave behind have nothing to do with carbon.
From there, my evening routines vary. But at some point, my nights will inevitably involve homework—and lots of it. Most of my classes involve extensive use of the Internet, so when I'm home, my computer is nearly always on. Though this does use up energy, my laptop uses much less energy than a desktop computer—about half as much!
When I reflect on my daily routine, I see positives and negatives in how my actions affect the Earth. I walk to school, but still drive around town when walking or biking would be a much better option. I try to cut down on the "vampire" effects of my electronics, but sometimes forget to turn off my computer. I know I won't be living off-the-grid anytime soon, but I also know I can make my actions have less of an impact.
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Rockies late-night notes: Hernandez injury update, Alex White's home run
Notes of note after the Rockies' 6-5 victory over the Giants Monday night:
* Veteran catcher Ramon Hernandez left the game in the fourth inning when he injured his left hamstring while running up the first base line after smacking a ground-rule double. The Rockies said they don't know how severe the strain is, but the way Hernandez hobbled off the field, he could be out a while, perhaps for the season.
The Rockies could recall Omir Santos to replace Hernandez. Santos, a good defensive catcher who's had some major league time, played in 38 games for the Triple-A Sky Sox this season.
* Monday's ballgame was terrific, with a little bit of everything, including manager Jim Tracy getting tossed by umpire Angel Campos after Campos clearly blew a call in the seventh inning. Carlos Gonzalez hit a chopper to former Rockie Marco Scutaro at second, and then Scutaro attempted to tag Josh Rutledge running from first to second. Scutaro clearly whiffed on the tag, but threw to first to nail CarGo and complete the phantom double play.
It was a lazy missed call by Campos who just assumed Scutaro swiped Rutledge with the tag. Tracy was irate and got ejected for the third time this season.
* Pitcher Alex White hit the first homer of his career, a two-out solo shot off Ryan Vogelsong in the second. White and fellow right-handed starter Tyler Chatwood have a little contest going about who will do the best at the plate.
"We work on our hitting and we take pride in it," White said. "Me and 'Chatty' have a little competition and he got two hits (Sunday, at Philadelphia) and an RBI. We have some good athletes as pitchers and we feel like we can swing the bats decently."
* Center fielder Tyler Colvin doubled in his first at-bat and singled in his second to give him his 25th multihit game of the season.
* Chris Nelson tripled in a run in the sixth to give the Rockies a 5-2 lead. It was his third triple of the season and fourth career triple.
* Jordan Pacheco went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Pacheco, who started at first, has at least one hit in each of his last 14 games at Coors Field. Over thats pan he is hitting .396 (21-for-53) with five doubles, two homers and 14 RBIs.


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Federal and state authorities should investigate the utility and transportation authority responsible for running the nation's second-busiest railroad following a power failure that has disrupted service for tens of thousands of commuters in New York and Connecticut, two U.S. senators said Sunday.
Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced they have sent a letter to officials at the Department of Energy and New York's Public Service Commission asking them to help restore power and figure out what caused the Wednesday power outage at a suburban New York substation of the Metro-North Railroad.
The heavily used line between New York City's Grand Central Terminal and New Haven, Conn., is serviced by two high-voltage feeder cables. One of them was taken offline weeks ago as part as a previously scheduled upgrade. It is not known what caused the second feeder cable to fail. The outage, officials have said, could take as long as three weeks to repair.
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A spokesman for the Metropolitan Transit Authority, which oversees Metro-North, said in a statement that the agency is confident one normally functioning 138,000-volt cable could carry the full load of electricity needed while the other cable is being upgraded.
New York-based utility Consolidated Edison, which supplies electricity to the line, said its focus is on restoring power to the tracks, adding it would work to determine the cause of the failure at the substation.
Commuters who rely on the train service have experienced hours-long delays since the outage, and highway traffic has been bumper-to-bumper in parts of Connecticut as riders took to the roads to get to and from work.
The MTA has been running diesel trains and shuttle buses on limited schedules to accommodate some of the affected ridership and during the weekend was testing whether three transformers drawing electricity from residential lines can be used to supply partial power to the line to New Haven.
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The season is not over for the Lady Bisons, but they wanted to make their last appearance in front of a home crowd an impressive one.
Tuesday night at Allen Arena they accomplished their goal with a 3-0 sweep of Austin Peay State University. The Lady Bisons won by scores of 30-18, 30-21 and 30-25. The Lady Bisons finished the regular season with a 5-1 record against teams from the Ohio Valley Conference.
The match was also special as five senior Lady Bisons played their last home game. Libero Ann Mullins, middle blocker Alex Scruggs, outside hitters Jessica Enderle and Ashley Cox and defensive specialist Grace Gilmore were honored before the start of the match.
"We really worked hard to get our final match at home," said Lady Bisons coach Brandon Rosenthal. "I saw some good things. Our seniors played well.
"In games one and two we were completely in control. In game three we let up a little bit, but we let them know what we are all about. We wanted to leave the home crowd with something good on their minds."
Junior outside hitter Sarah Snider and freshman middle blocker Alex Kelly both had 13 kills, tying for the match high.
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The Lady Bisons will play host Mercer next week in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament in Macon. Ga.
The Lady Bisons finished the regular season with a 17-11 record, the best finish in the history of the program. Austin Peay fell to 8-23 with the loss.
"We are ready to play in the tournament," Rosenthal said. "We are going to practice the rest of the week and take a couple of days off this weekend and that should be nice.
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This is the first in a series of "time travel" entries, looking at what was going on when/where my ancestors were born or at other significant points in their lives.
This entry is about my late mother-in-law, Marian Jane McClure, born in 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio. Here she is in May, 1955, with husband Edgar James Wood. Marian made the ceramic bird pin she's wearing.
I know from the Census that in 1910, Marian was living with mother (Floyda Mabel Steiner McClure) and father (Brice Larimer McClure) at 567 E. 115 Street in Cleveland, Ohio. This was a quiet residential neighborhood with modest homes, off of St. Clair Ave, a major street. Her father, an expert machinist, worked as a wire weaver, making wire cloth.
Here are some of the influences on Marian's world in the Cleveland of 1909:
- Exploration was all the rage. Shackleton thought he'd arrived at the South Pole in early 1909 but he was actually nearly 100 miles away when he turned back. Peary and Cook were vying to "discover" the North Pole. Such travels of exploration captured the public imagination during the years leading up to WWI. Marian would have picked up some of these tales of undaunted courage. Her granddaughter is very interested in Shackleton, as it happens!
- Everyday life was changing. The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company was wiring many neighborhoods. Even if Marian's home wasn't wired when she was born, it would be very shortly. Radio was the coming thing (Marconi shared the Nobel Prize in 1909); Marian would have grown up with radio programs in the background all her life. Air flight was in its infancy, but as an adult, Marian liked ocean-liner trips with her husband, Edgar.
- No car? No problem. The interurban light rail system and streetcar networks were well-established ways to get around in Cleveland and beyond. Marian and her family could pay a few pennies to hop on a streetcar and visit friends and relatives. Her father, Brice, probably rode the streetcar to his job as a wire weaver. Cars were still expensive and rare, and not really needed (yet).
- City girl. With a population of more than 500,000, Cleveland was the 6th-largest U.S. city and by far the largest in the entire state. The Industrial Exposition of 1909 attracted more than 200,000 visitors, who were impressed with Cleveland's manufacturing might. Although Cleveland was spread out, residential neighborhoods like Marian's were only a few streets away from small shops (drugstores, bakeries, grocery stores, etc.) Marian lived in Cleveland most of her life. By the time she left Cleveland to move closer to grandchildren, the city's pollution had been mostly cleaned up and the Cuyahoga River no longer caught fire as it had many times before, starting in 1868.


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Chastity Bono spent a lifetime "Becoming Chaz," and that's the name of the movie that details his struggles with gender identity and the decision that led to hom becoming a man.
Born the daughter of Sonny and Cher, Bono says in the documentary that he always knew he was supposed to be male.
"I've hated my body since puberty," he says, adding that as a little girl he would go to sleep at night "praying [he'd] wake up as a boy."
"Becoming Chaz" shows Bono having his breasts surgically removed, getting hormone shots and mulling the genital reassignment surgery that transformed him. Bono also talks openly about his battle with substance abuse and his sex life with longtime girlfriend Jenny Elia.
He knows he will never look like an Adonis, but Bono figures he can shoot for looking like actor Michael Chiklis.
"I'm never going to be a little guy," he says.
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IYA2009 News Round-up
17 July 2009
It's that time again, when we leaf through pages of the internet and see what killer IYA009 stories have been making headlines. And what a week it's been, with the 100 Hours of Astronomy sidewalk astronomy and star party awards announcements. 100HA has also been in the blogs this week, so let's highlight a prime example, courtesy of Upamanyu Moitra's post 100 Hours of Astronomy: The Final Word. Upamanyu flew the flag for West Bengal during 100HA, and it was, as he says, AWESOME! Here's something to bear in mind though, astrodudes: the 100HA follow-up, called Galilean Nights, is currently being put together by a crack team of astronomers and communicators. It's taking place on October 23/24, and will be radical.
To Time now, who recommend celebrating IYA2009 in style with a stay in the Pic du Midi, atop the French Pyrenees. They say this is "one of the best places on earth to join the star-gazing fraternity", and it certainly sounds it. The swanky hotel's prices include telescope tours, but for 280 bucks a night, that's the least they could do.
Yo! Let's rock on over to typicallyspanish.com who have been celebrating Spain's contribution to the IYA2009 Moon for All Mankind project. This scheme got together people from many nations to each image a section of the Moon, which were then complied into a groovy mosaic. Says Typically Spanish, "Spain's segment, number 33, is by Antonio Torres Montojo, and includes, EFE reports, the crater Alphonsus, 2.7 kms deep and 108 km across, named for Alfonso X el Sabio, the king who ruled Castilla y León in the 13th Century." Hang on, they're categorised it under "Spanish Oddities". Huh! Universe Today have posted a story about Moon For All Mankind too, which includes some great images.
Astronomy at university isn't just for young, hip frat boys - grandparents can also involved, say the University of Wisconsin-Madison. To mark IYA2009, astronomy features in their ninth annual Grandparents University. Sessions are taking place on July 16/17 and 23/24. The courses are also open to grandchildren, aged between 7 and 14, which will give lessons an interesting twist. According to the itinerary, there is the opportunity to "attend a Badger picnic"... sounds like the grandparents will be entering into the grand frat boy tradition of "doin' sumthin' crazeee!"
Not to be outdone, the University of New Mexico has announced that two of its faculty members are helping out with the She is an Astronomer IYA2009 Cornerstone project. They'll be present at a free public astronomy event for girls aged 8 - 18, taking place Sunday 9 August from 1 to 6pm at the Open Space Visitor Center on Albuquerque's west side.
Before we part ways dear reader, let's whizz over to The Australian, for it would be remiss not to mention the excellent article they have there. All about IYA2009 and Australian events, it's written with a positively charming tone, and gets one hundred bonus points for this line: "This is the International Year of Astronomy -- a far more interesting topic than 2008's International Year of the Potato, which was big only in Peru and Ireland, apparently -- as 2009 coincides with the 400th year since Italian physicist Galileo turned a telescope to the skies to look at the stars." Go and read the rest of the article! After skimming the final round-up paragraph:
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I suppose the very first topic here is asking how many forum members have an Eee PC.
I am currently using a black 701 running eeeXubuntu r3 (Gutsy 7.10) as my main gadget.
Despite the apparently a bit dated hardware specs, I am very satisfied with its performaces, thanks to the fast SSD.
The keyboard is just enough for touchtyping. And I have no big problems working with the 7" screen (e.g. with Swiftfox fullscreen addons).
Compiz Fusion runs very smoothly and surprisingly takes very little overhead (10MB or so of RAM, i guess).
Recently I've bought the PCI BT-MicroEDR2 USB, the smallest bluetooth USB dongle available (Brando seems to be selling a similar product, but I am not veyr sure). I will use the USB port for the time being, until I am comfortable enough/i can find someone to add an extra USB usb inside the machine and attach the dongle to it.
Really looking forward to the first release of Debian/EeePC. It's actually working mostly OOTB now, but I still want to wait for the few fixes before I migrate to that. Then I can have both my C3200 and my 701 run the same full-fledged distro.
Mar 1 2008, 05:15 AM
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From: Mid-South, USA
Member No.: 3,959
I'm a happy EEE PC owner.
I've practically replaced my big laptop with it, and my Z is starting to get a little lonesome.
The E is a sweet little machine.
Mar 1 2008, 01:23 PM
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From: Leeds, UK
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I have a Black 701 dual booting Xandros (on the SSD) with eeeXubuntu r3 on a 16GB SDHC card. I have been able to get my Hauppage Nova-T digital tv stick to work on the Ubuntu side and my Archos PMA430 works nicely as a portable hard disk. I find the touch pad irritating, I do on all my laptops!!, so I carry a logitech trackball in the bag I use to carry the eeepc. I have found a lot of my Z accessories are quite useful with the eeepc.
The EEEuser.com site is very useful but there are a very large number of duplicate newbie posts, some of which are unbelievably naive! The wiki and the forum search are definitely the way to go there!
I seem to spend most time with the eeeXubuntu side of things and I have converted my other laptops to Xubuntu. I am thinking that the eeeXubuntu system might be better replaced by the Ubuntu or Xubuntu install with the tweaks for wifi etc which are documented on the EEEuser.com forums and wiki. Why? Well it appears that the eeeXubuntu originator has gone walkabout!
I have upgraded the ram to 1GB. free and top seem to show very little use of swap. I may get brave and think about some internal mods. The one that would be most tempting is the internal usb port. I could then put a large pendrive in and boot some variety of Ubuntu from that. This would free the external SD slot.
I have put a variant of dos on a pendrive and can boot into it. I'm considering putting UCSD pascal on that: just because I can!!
Mar 2 2008, 01:01 AM
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Mar 2 2008, 03:32 AM
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I got the eeepc as well. So far so good.
Mar 2 2008, 03:54 AM
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I'm waiting for ASUS to add an internal 20+GB HD and slightly higher res screen.
2GB internal storage on a laptop does not make sense to me, but it is just a matter of time before ASUS reel out the "enhanced versions" of the EEE PC. So just have to wait a little longer
Mar 2 2008, 06:14 PM
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I have a white 4G 701 with an 8GB SDHC card that I got around Christmas. Xandros that has had a fair bit done to it (Advanced mode, apt pinning of multiple repositories, etc.) on SSD, Ubuntu (standard w/scripts to get most everything going on the EEE) on SDHC. I've upgraded to 1GB of RAM, because it was cheap, and I'd like to get XP running in VMWare Player or QEMU. Strongly considering getting a 16GB card, as they've dropped to the price of 8GB when I bought it already.
When I have to use for more than a few hours, the 7" 800x480 screen gets on my nerves. Even in short brusts it can be hard to deal with multi-megapixel images on the screen(view 1:1, edit, etc.). I've been doing that more lately, as I've been taking a photography course. Even just cropping gets rather interesting on this small screen.
I miss the 1024x600 8.9" display on my Fujistu Lifebook P1120. Since it turns out that the display in the EEE is LVDS, and doesn't just scramble when a larger res. display is added, it should be possible to to retrofit the Lifebook's screen in. It'll have to be after school is over though, as the EEE is too handy to risk right now. Though, the EEE's screen is brighter and has a better viewing angle.
The screen it comes with is plenty serviceable for quick web browsing, and that's what I do most when away from my desktop.
The limited space isn't as big of an issue as I thought it would be. Considering I have over 30GB of recorded video from PMP alone, in addition to multiple GB of downloaded videos(mostly legit stuff like Systm), and that my 1GB card in my PDA always had to have files shuffled around to fit videos, I'm stunned that 8GB is sufficient. I figured I'd feel the need to lug around my 2.5" 60GB external HD a fair bit. I can fit a few videos on the SDHC's home directory, but I don't tend to bring too many along, and most of those were downloaded by the EEE to watch. Near ubiquitous WiFi I guess has supplanted/supplemented my need for video files.
I'm loving the speedy bootup of the default Xandros. Less than 45 seconds from cold boot to browsing the internet. My Nokia 770, which was bought as a toy and for quick nighttime browsing, has been completely surplanted by the EEE. Web browsing was such a pain on the 770, but the instant on and quick connection to WiFi made it a bed side companion before I got the EEE.
Mar 3 2008, 03:38 AM
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I'm waiting for ASUS to add an internal 20+GB HD and slightly higher res screen.
2GB internal storage on a laptop does not make sense to me, but it is just a matter of time before ASUS reel out the "enhanced versions" of the EEE PC. So just have to wait a little longer
I have already lost a laptop hard disk due to a bumpy train ride in Greece. Putting normal hard disks on computers that are supposed to be fully mobile is not a good idea. That is the reason older laptops had shock mounted hard drives (and the reason some laptops like the macbook have sudden motion sensors to park the hard drive heads).
Asus made the right choice on this one (well, maybe they could offer a choice but that would drive costs upwards).
Besides, the eeepc is not exactly a laptop. The role of an ultraportable is not to replace your main computer.
Mar 4 2008, 11:51 AM
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I'm waiting for ASUS to add an internal 20+GB HD and slightly higher res screen.
2GB internal storage on a laptop does not make sense to me, but it is just a matter of time before ASUS reel out the "enhanced versions" of the EEE PC. So just have to wait a little longer
You could always get an 8G model and add in a 16GB SDHC (~$70 now) to get 20GB of free space.
Of course, with the new models announced, I'm guessing you're going to continue to wait.
Mar 6 2008, 07:56 PM
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I'm a proud EeePc owner... well actually my wife is but I'm about to get myself a black one since I keep stealing it from her.
Mar 7 2008, 12:34 AM
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Mar 7 2008, 01:40 AM
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I'm a proud EeePc owner... well actually my wife is but I'm about to get myself a black one since I keep stealing it from her.
get the big screen variant, you need to make sure you have better gadgets than your wife!!!
Yes... how true... and *because* my wife also seems to like my black 701 pretty much ... i have a perfect reason to get another one with a bigger screen
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I got a 2G last week and took it on a trip and it works fine. So far, I've kept the default distro and added the extra repos as per the wiki. Installed some software without problems. I might try other distros on an SD card later.
I was afraid it might not work so well and took the Zaurus along, but I didn't need to worry and the Zaurus might be retired from active duty.
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Bought an E a few days back, Lowest model [2G Surf]
Got it running Ubuntu 8.04 [Everything Works so far, including hot keys and such]
I have found it too be a reasonable mini laptop, not even close to my UX [I know theres a big price difference]. I carry it with me when I go places I would worry about the UX, I know it sounds cruel but I am not nearly so worried about it, its reltively easy to replace.
Specs aren't bad, screens usable [midori renders real well], keyboard is good but not as solid feeling as I had hoped. Mouse is well a touchpad ... seems the nub mouse is becoming very scarce. Wifi is as expected as are the other features. Anyhows.
Tried eeeXubuntu on it, didn't like the lack of scaled x app windows [like 8.04 ubuntu], dumped xandros right off [never much liked it] and tried a few other Os options. MacOS did load installer wise, but I need a better flash drive in it before attempting again [internal mod to come]. Wont bother with windows, the UX has it and its all good. Everything works now in U8.04 including hotkeys and full cpu speed so I am happy. Went with beryl over compiz due to compatibility reasons, its all pretty now.
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Two people were attacked by a beaver in the Quinebaug River near the Pomfret-Killingly town line, prompting Connecticut officials to advise boaters and swimmers to stay out of area water.
On Monday, a 20-year-old Danielson man and a 19-year-old woman were bitten by a beaver just before 7 p.m. in the river near Route 101, Environmental Conservation Police said.
In a Facebook post, the 19-year-old woman shared her story, saying she was swimming in the river "when something clamped down on my ribcage. I shoved my hand in its mouth to get it to release me and tore the ligament in my thumb."
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The post goes on to say that her 20-year-old boyfriend "jumped in and unclamped (the beaver's jaw) ... and pushed me away."
"While he was swimming away, it grabbed his leg and he was bit," she wrote.
The man and woman received stitches at Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam, officials said.
"The female had some gashes on her side that were pretty deep," Dayville Fire Chief Kevin Ide said.
EnCon police said Tuesday during their search for the animal, they failed to capture a beaver seen demonstrating "aggressive behavior" on the bridge near Route 101.
There have been occasional cases of healthy beavers being contentious toward humans and few cases of beavers being infected by rabies, according to DEEP.
It was unclear if the beaver at Quinebaug River had rabies or not.
EnCon Police said the beaver did not appear to be making a home in the immediate area where the attack took place, but they did see beavers inhabiting a den in the bank of the river just south of the location.


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Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule
ORLANDO, Fla. – September 14, 2012 – Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC) will report financial results for the third quarter 2012 before the market opens on October 18, 2012. A conference call is scheduled to follow at 10:00 a.m. EDT to discuss the Company's results.
Participants may access the call by dialing (877) 941-0844 or (480) 629-9835 for international callers. Please use conference ID 4564288 when dialing into the call. A live webcast of the call will also be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.marriottvacationsworldwide.com.
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Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation is the leading global pure-play vacation ownership company. Through a spin-off in late 2011, Marriott Vacations Worldwide was established as an independent, public company focusing primarily on vacation ownership experiences. Since entering the industry in 1984 as part of Marriott International, Inc., the company earned its position as a leader and innovator in vacation ownership products. The company preserves high standards of excellence in serving its customers, investors and associates while maintaining a long-term relationship with Marriott International. Marriott Vacations Worldwide offers a diverse portfolio of quality products, programs and management expertise with more than 60 resorts and more than 420,000 Owners and Members. Its brands include: Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and Grand Residences by Marriott. For more information, please visit www.marriottvacationsworldwide.com.


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I am a english learner, I want to speak english perfect,but my pronunciation is too bad,I do not know how to do with it.Can you help me.
Firstly, listen as much as you can and try to get the sounds clear in your head. Can you actually hear the same sounds in your head as you do on the TV, etc? I find that being able to create tyhe sounds inside my head is a good first step. At the moment I am trying to learn a language that has many sounds that aren't in my language, and it can be very difficuly to do, so I am listening to a lot and just practising the individual sounds. I start in an exaggerated manner and then try to refine, bringing them closer and closer. Practising in the bathroom in front of the mirror is good because it's private and there's bright light which allows you to see what you are doinbg. Also, from what I have seen with my Chinese students over the years, try not to think of the sounds of English as the same as the words on paper- we change souns an awful lot when we are speaking, running words together, adding and removing sounds to make things flow. Try not to think mof the individual words, but the clusters or groups that they becomes. Many grammatical words are unstressed because we focus on meaning when talking, and can become almost inaudible.


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Unsteady Post box
22/05/2015 11:47:00......Posted by Maria Gatland
This post box on the corner of West Hill and Selsdon rd looks in danger of falling over. It looks like it might have been struck by a vehicle. Whatever has happened it could injure someone if it falls completely over so I have reported it to the Council. I hope swift action will be taken.
Planning Permission Refused for flats replacing family home 270 Selsdon rd
28/10/2019 16:58:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
We have seen so many family houses lost to blocks of flats that it was a surprise to hear from Croydon Council that it had been refused planning permission. It was a particularly awful application and along with hundreds of residents I objected as ward councillor. The reasons for refusal were strong and included damage to the character of the area and damage to the amenities of neighbours. Unfortunately in time I have no doubt another planning application will come forward here.
South Croydon Recreation Ground Not Special Enough for Local Green Space Designation
28/10/2019 16:37:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
A very disappointing decision has been taken by Croydon's Labour Council deciding that South Croydon Recreation Ground is not special enough for Local Green Space Designation. Despite evidence given by residents and South Croydon ward councillors of its importance to so many residents in this very built up area the Council decided it was not of particular significance to the local community. This has been demonstrated to be untrue with the packed public meeting organised by the South Croydon Councillors explaining the works by Network Rail rebuilding Sanderstead Rd Bridge in the park. We have worked very hard to support a Friends Group for this park setting up the initial meetings and are pleased it is now set up. We have supported the Friends through our ward budget and look forward to seeing their projects. We believe an active Friends Group is key to the Designation of Local Green Space in this new review of Croydons Local Plan. We will encourage the FSCRG to contribute to the review
Visit to South Croydon Day Centre for the Retired
17/10/2019 14:52:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
It was a real pleasure this morning to visit the South Croydon Day Centre for the Retired along with my ward colleague Jason Perry. We heard about the work the volunteers do and met a number of residents. There is a growing demand for these services in South Croydon and we were delighted to discuss how we might support the Centre through our ward budget. As ward councillors we have always tried to support groups that support our local residents or our local environment.
Block of Flats at 270 Selsdon Rd/Carlton Ave Refused by Council
17/10/2019 14:44:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
It has become increasingly rare for Croydon Council to refuse a Planning application for a block of flats replacing a family house. I am pleased that this application has been refused by planning officers under delegated powers.
Good to see the reasons for refusal were comprehensive and included scale and design that would be harmful to the local area. Sub standard accommodation for future tenants and the loss of a protected tree important for the visual amenity of our area.
The Rail View Selsdon Rd continues to decay
03/09/2019 10:55:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
it is scandalous that the Rail View PH on Selsdon Rd has been permitted to decay by Croydon Council. Protests and concerns raised by ward councillors and local residents have fallen on deaf ears. A disgrace!
Sanderstead Rd bridge replacement, 6 months of disruption ahead
03/09/2019 10:32:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
I attended a meeting along with my ward colleague Cllr Jason Perry with Network Rail and Officers from Croydon Council. We asked for this meeting to try to clarify what will happen when Network Rail begins work to dismantle the bridge and replace with a new one. We were very concerned that we had not been involved with any arrangements as it became clear that considierable disruptions lie ahead for local residents.
Part of South Croydon Recreation Ground a park currently without local protection under Croydons Local Plan will be closed so Network Rail can assemble the new bridge in the park. A part of the playground will also be lost. We raised our concerns about loss and damage to the wonderful mature trees and were assured by the council
that none would be lost. However roads will be closed, traffic diverted and local shops and businesses may well suffer.
Although there will be restitution to the Council we were informed that the monies received will just go into the Council pot and not to improve South Croydon Recreation Ground a park that is crying out for Improvement. We will take this up with the Council as it is manifestly unfair to the local area and residents.
We are seeking clarification on whether the plans to divert traffic up PurleyRd and then along the narrow cobbled road by Parkside Group Doctors Practice into Wyche Rd as described to us are the final plans. It was clear to us that a public meeting should beheld and we have called for one.
Visit to Christian Family Concern South Croydon
01/07/2019 09:54:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
I was delighted to visit this small charity in South Park Hill road last week. I was impressed by the range of work done for families particularly vulnerable children and families. The charity runs a day nursery, housing support for young mums and a counselling service. The dedication of staff and volunteers was clear.
I was fascinated too to hear the history of the charity and the site. Started 120 years ago when pregnancy outside marriage was socially unacceptable and women suffered shame and they and their children often had extremely difficult lives. People still contact the charity to find information on members of their family who were born or gave birth at Birdhurst Lodge It's good to see good work continues today and I saw staff preparing accommodation for a young women suffering domestic violence.
Birdhurst Lodge owned the land where Rosamund Close was built and a Childtens Home used to occupy the current site of PDSA another charity that does wonderful work.
Its good to see the charity still retains a large garden where the children at the nursery can play.
Makeover for railway bridge Sussex/ Selsdon roads
26/06/2019 08:23:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
This suddenly appeared under this dank and often dirty railway bridge. No idea who has done it whether it is Network Rail or someone else. It has certainly brightened up an area that is not often cleaned under the new arrangements of the Labour Council
Protect your green spaces with no local protection
25/06/2019 09:05:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
i know many of you will remember Croydon Councils Consultation on their Local Plan.
Despite thousands of objections it was adopted by the Labour Administration. One of the consequences for us locally was the removal of Green Belt Designation for Croham Hurst Woods replaced by Metropolitan Open Land.
Very concerning was the omission from the Local Plan of Local Protection for some of our green spaces. The Government Inspector found the Council had provided no evidence for these and Local Green Space Designation was not granted. While some of these spaces are protected by other designations some are more vulnerable to development
In South Croydon Ward there are three places without that extra layer of protection. These are South Croydon Recreation Ground, Normanton Meadow and St Peters Churchyard
The Council is now holding Croydon Local Plan Partial Review calling for evidence of community use of these important green spaces. Go to www.croydon.gov.uk and fill in the survey. It is so important we all take part to add extra protection to these green spaces in this era of intensive development. The consultation ends on 22nd July 2019
ASB promise extended to South End
13/06/2019 16:07:00.......Posted by Maria Gatland
Recently my ward colleague Jason Perry and I attended the South Croydon Police Ward Panel. Along with residents we are increasingly receiving reports of street drinking and drug selling in the vicinity of South End. It is a shame as this is a vibrant area of shops, cafes and restaurants. We asked for the Anti Social Behaviour Ward Panel Promise that covers our green spaces like Haling Grove and Croham Hurst Woods be extended to cover the area around South End. We were both very pleased that the Ward Panel agreed to the extension. If you witness any ASB please contact
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7 important bank fundraiser achieve and pitfalls to acquire if planning your next bank fundraiser.
Having been in the bank affair and planning business for abounding years I acquire heard from barter some absolute sad belief of what occurred at their bank fundraiser and I would like to canyon to you the 7 achieve you acquire to chase to ensure you acquire a acknowledged bank fundraiser and appoint the BEST bank affair aggregation for your event.
Step 1. The planning committee. This is the a lot of important footfall in your planning and you acquire to accredit a accepting to anniversary of the specific tasks that acquire to be able for your event, which cover the Law and accepting the adapted licenses, award the area and accouterment for the event, accepting sponsors to advice with the costs, accepting ability donated, award the absolute bank company, and who will be administration the money. It is absurd for one accepting to handle all of the aloft items. The abandoned acknowledged way is to acquire one accepting amenable for anniversary item, leave them abandoned to achieve the task, but accepting them address their advance every so generally to the accepting assigned in allegation for the event. You will allegation affluence of time to achieve all the tasks I a acceptable time anatomy to alpha is 4-6 months afore the accident date.
Step 2. The Law and accepting your fundraiser authorization and belt permission. Consistently bethink that bank is illegal, and accepting bank amateur at your fundraiser is gambling. This is important because a bank fundraiser is not the aforementioned as captivation a car ablution to accession funds. Because bank is actionable there are accompaniment authorities in allegation of endlessly actionable bank which bureau your bank fundraiser will abatement beneath an barring to the bank laws. Let's yield New Jersey as an example. The accompaniment bureau ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control)is amenable to acquisition and anticipate actionable gambling, abominably their own handbook does not say actionable gambling, or exceptions to the bank laws, it abandoned says gambling, and there has been an break area one of their board attempted to stop a bank fundraiser claiming it was gambling. The bearings was bound afore the accident date because of the added point I wish you to remember. Even admitting your bank fundraiser is bank and bank is illegal, you abatement beneath an barring to the bank laws by accompaniment statute. In New Jersey the accompaniment assembly created a statute to acquiesce bank bank and created the Bank Control Commission to baby-sit the activity, they aswell created a statute to acquiesce bank fundraisers and created the legalized Amateur of Adventitious Control Commission to baby-sit bank fundraisers. The point I wish you yield from all this would be to accomplish your bank fundraiser legal, you acquire to acquire the law and get the able licenses and belt permission for the event. Just because you are a 501(c)3 non accumulation alignment and acclimated to accepting a car ablution to accession funds doesn't beggarly you can acquire a bank fundraiser artlessly because it sounds like a acceptable idea. So at this point you should acquire it is a acceptable abstraction to alarm your states Office of the Attorney Accepted to acquisition out the laws in your accompaniment to acquire a bank fundraiser.
Step 3. The Best bank company. The licensing requirements bare for you accompaniment may aswell crave the bank aggregation to be licensed. There acquire been occasions in New Jersey area a non accumulation alignment alleged a bank affair aggregation and neither of the parties knew the laws consistent in the accident accepting chock-full and fines. Anniversary accompaniment is altered and in New Jersey the bank aggregation and all the dealers acquire to acquire a bank fundraiser license. So the important point actuality is to aboriginal apprentice the claim on your own by calling the accompaniment authorities, again you alpha calling the bank companies and ask them what is appropriate to acquire a bank fundraiser. A acceptable bank affair aggregation will ask you if you acquire your authorization and be able to email you the forms bare to access the license. They should adviser you through all aspects to accepting your authorization and accepting the belt permission. If they do not abetment you or explain the rules again they may not acquire them and that could be a adversity cat-and-mouse to happen.
Step 4. Who is absolutely accomplishing your event? Acquire there are bank affair companies who acquaint locally and some who do it nationally. In my acquaintance the bounded companies are the best for you because the civic companies may not apperceive the laws for you state. Even worse is the civic companies will not be accomplishing your event. What they do is alarm the bounded companies, get a adduce from them and add hundreds of dollars to the bill just for answering your buzz call, and the bounded aggregation is who will be accomplishing your accident and they will acquire accustomed you a adduce that is beneath than the civic company. As you attending at anniversary aggregation you will see some that acquire photographs of cine stars and humans accepting fun in a bank on the foreground page of their website. Forget all that absolute advised to allure you because it is not important. If you acquire amount quotes from the bank affair companies you may get 3 or 4 that are in the aforementioned accepted ambit and 1 or 2 that are abundant college than the others. Let's accord an archetype and say you accustomed quotes for $1000, $1100, $1200 and $2000. It doesn't accomplish any faculty that 3 quotes were in the aforementioned ambit and one adduce was abundant college and that is because the absolute top adduce is from a civic aggregation who will not do your accident because they are traveling to alarm the bounded aggregation who gave you the lower adduce in the aboriginal place, again add the added money to the bill.
Step 5. The bank tables. There is a accepted aphorism to chase which is you wish about 70 percent of you guests to be able to play. You can adapt this rule, but I would not go beneath 50 percent able to play. The bank aggregation should admonish you on this. They should aswell break in connected acquaintance with you in the anniversary arch up to the accident to alter the tables if needed. Let's acquire your accident was 300 guests, but in the endure anniversary you apprehend abandoned 200 will appearance up. A acclaimed bank aggregation will advance you abate the amount of tables. A poor bank aggregation will wish you to break with the aboriginal advancement because they will accomplish added money. Artlessly stated, the BEST bank affair aggregation would rather you acquire the absolute amount of tables and not too abounding or too few, and they should not put their accumulation aloft your fundraising needs. Now let's altercate the bank tables that will be acclimated for your event. This is my assessment as a accountant dealer, but the best bank companies acquire new accessories which does not acquire folding metal legs and/or use littoral beneath the table to adumbrate the metal legs. Ask yourself why a absolute bank doesn't use metal folding legs on their tables. A craps or roulette table is absolute abundant with up to 14 humans all aptitude and alive their weight on the table. Maybe that's the acumen you shouldn't acquire metal folding legs on the table because you do not wish to yield the adventitious the table collapses. I will never accord craps or roulette on a table that has metal folding legs. The point I wish you bethink actuality is that you should acquire the bank affair aggregation put in autograph that they will be the aggregation accomplishing your accident and will not farm to addition company. You should aswell crave the bank aggregation to accommodate photographs of the absolute tables they will use at the event. It is accomplished if they can appearance you the tables on their website, but I would ask myself why a bank aggregation does not acquire photographs of the tables on the website. Do not acquire the aggregation accepting a photo assuming the top of the tables with humans accepting fun because that does not appearance the legs of the table which I accede the a lot of important part.
Step 6. Cost from the Bank aggregation and suggestions. The bank affair aggregation should be authoritative suggestions on the able bank tables and the amount of anniversary table to acquire for your event. They will chase the accepted aphorism of 70 percent of your guests accepting able to play, but they should aswell be in connected acquaintance with you arch up to the accident and be accommodating to abate or add tables if needed. Bethink the bank aggregation is there to advice you but aswell wish to accomplish money. A abundant bank aggregation will admonish you if bare to abate the amount of tables originally appropriate based on the amount of guests, acceptance them to be a abundant advice to you and still accomplish a profit. The Poor bank companies will wish you to break with the aboriginal plan because they will accomplish added money. The point actuality is that if you acquire too few tables again your guests can't play acceptation they can't accord money to the event, and if you acquire too abounding tables they will not be acclimated and you are spending added money than you should, and you could run the accident of accident money for the alms because of it. The endure point I wish you to bethink is some bank affair companies that do fundraising wish a allotment of your profits. Never appoint a aggregation that wants a allotment of the profits because that is your money. Attending at the bank aggregation as you would a caterer or DJ. They are accepting paid for their account a collapsed fee and not a penny more.
Step 7. Who is traveling to handle the money. There is a basal aphorism in bank fundraiser that you never acquiesce the bank aggregation to blow the money. Keep in apperception there could be bags of dollars out there and you wish to abolish all temptations and accessible accusations. A abundant bank aggregation will admonish you how to set up a "bank" and how abandoned your assembly will blow the money. There are assertive aspects of the black area the bank aggregation pit bang-up will do things to advice animate added donations by authoritative dent specials to your guests if they accord added money at anniversary table, but this should abandoned be done one table at a time with one of your assembly continuing next to them.
I achievement the altercation will advice adviser you to accepting a acknowledged bank fundraiser. If you anytime acquire a questions you may consistently email me at [email protected] or appointment my companies website www.cardsordice.com and I will get aback to you and acknowledgment your questions because I wish to ensure you appoint the BEST bank affair aggregation and accomplish a lot of money for your charity.