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Michael Nugent is a prominent Irish atheist. He has done a stellar job of analysing the recent Cloyne Report into Irish RCC sponsored and protected child abuse.…Continue
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Lots of ex-Christians seem to miss the social aspects of their old churches.Others might recognise that socialising with people with common interests can work well.Others again really don't want to…Continue
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I've noticed a lot recently that in the "rational" world, there remains a lot of irrationality. Part of that is the expression of views that go along the lines of:"Well, I disagree with that…Continue
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Hello - new here, linked from the Friendly Atheist. Very nice to see the site - and see so much rational discussion. I'm a happily married Dad from Jersey, in the Channel Islands: nice place, but…Continue
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So can you all just do me a little favor and cut the troll comments and non-contributing comments?
Please? Because that's even MORE bullshit I have to read. And that cuts into my beer drinking and pot vaping time.
And I don't like it.
I also think it makes us look bad.
I think it represents our…
By the by James - there are about eighteen Aussies on this site.
G'day, Have to say that being Australian - Really good to hear from you, and holy hell, that's what knocked me out, people from all over the world - it really is comforting. That's the thing, in Australia, I wasn't indoctrinated, went through all the usual stuff, first communion, confirmation, but I really didn't know what it all meant. My family wasn't pushy, it was just traditional, if you were 'catholic' to go through the process. The Pope came to Australia for 'World Youth Day', with thousands of young-uns from all over the world coming to Sydney. There were posters 'Vatican - Pedphile Heaven - with Australian young-uns handing out condoms. It was a scream. I tell people I am an Atheist, if they say 'God Bless You', or some such thing. No big deal. But I am noticing that xians are becoming more vehement because of the rise of Atheism. We have a female Atheist Prime Minister, unmarried and living with her boyfriend. How do you think that would go in America. Islam is on the rise - now, they are the ones I am really scared of. In Australia its pretty cool - but the rate of pedophilia is absolutely shocking, More victims are coming forward every day.
The stories of people like Skycomet, I just can't imagine. The absolute shit she and people like her, coming out of an evangelical family, unbelievable. That does happen with religions like Exclusive Brethren and Jehovas Witness, but it is generally rare. So keep up the good work - really enjoy your posts.
I love everybody's comments - so smart, and it was fun, but I am over this particular bloke - I think he was being a tad civilized, compared to some of them - but basically thick - and you cant say that online. They just want to believe, no matter what. This site has fabulous community spirit, it is very re assuring that there are actually clever, highly civilized people out there.
Thanks for all your comments.
Thanks Jim - glad you like some of my posts. I have to admit that I get derailed sometimes by the two goons you mentioned, but I am learning, slowly, to avoid engaging them. Nothing there to be accomplished unless I desire a more bigoted view of the world.
By the way, Sassan isn't actually a troll - he's just that obstinately obtuse in his bigotry. Sorry you had to even encounter him, he really detracts from the site.
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Aldeburgh 2014: Orford Ness
Orford Ness is a vegetated shingle spit (the largest in Europe) off the coast of Suffolk. Owned by the Ministry of Defence since the first world war, it was the site of tests for radar, photography and even certain aspects of atomic weapons. Now owned by the National Trust, it is a nature reserve, while the military buildings and former BBC World Service transmitter site falls into decay. The 2014 Aldeburgh festival included an art installation by Anya Gallaccio, but it was dwarfed by the what was already there.Read More

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Thursday, February 22, 2007
I know flirtatious yoo-hoo always glazes my eyeballs.
(Thanks to Carolyn for the scan.)
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Monday, February 19, 2007
Self-mythology (1)
The first cab ride I ever took without my parents was with a woman I met at a dance club and one of her friends. They were both much older than me -- 29 seemed very old -- and I was out of my depth, to say the least. We went to an apartment on the west side of Center City in Philadelphia, on one of those handsome side streets that are more like alleys -- Delancey or Waverly, I can't remember now which it was. Mounted by the building's front door was one of those cast-iron boot scrapers, from horse-and-buggy days. Inside the apartment we sat in the living room and listened to records: Various Positions by Leonard Cohen. I had never seen an actual copy of it before, though I had heard of it. I was very impressed by this, by a world of women out there with records I wanted to listen to. Maybe there was a metaphor in that for me, even then. But I was having a hard time figuring out what I was supposed to do next. Maybe it wasn't up to me; it seems the friend was there to vet me, and perhaps the girl I had been dancing with was waiting not for a signal from me but from her, giving her the okay to be with me. But nothing happened. The record started over again, side one, "Dance Me to the End of Love." A good-night kiss, by the boot scraper, and then I was walking, perplexed and dissatisfied, back to a friend's apartment where I was staying. When I called the number she gave me later, it went through to an answering machine. This happened several times before I would let it go. When I remember this incident, I think of a different Leonard Cohen record, Death of a Ladies Man, because I see this night as the beginning and end of my career in seduction.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Epic banality
An artist capable of creating the work above is one who is utterly in synch with my own personal aesthetic. I need to find out more about Vija Celmins.
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
Words that should be dirty but are actually about cleanliness (1)
titivate (v): to make smart or spruce
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Docter's ace in the first set moved her into a tie with Christine Wu '12 for sixth-place on Harvard's all-time aces list with 93.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Trailing 13-6 in the fourth set, the Harvard women's volleyball team found itself with its back against the wall. The Crimson rallied to take the set, 25-22, and won a tightly-contested fifth frame, 15-13, to earn its first Ivy League victory of the season.
Seniors Taylor Docter and Beth Kinsella and freshman Hannah Schmidt each notched a double-double for the second consecutive night for Harvard (4-10, 1-2 Ivy League). Docter tallied 14 kills and 10 digs, while Kinsella led the Crimson in assists and digs with 25 and 19, respectively. Schmidt added 24 assists and 14 digs.
Freshman Kathleen Wallace finished with 14 kills and hit a match-best .375, and junior Erin Cooney chipped in 13 kills. Defensively, junior Natalie Doyle had 18 digs, while freshman Caroline Holte tallied a team-high five blocks.
Senior Amanda Pacheco led Penn (6-8, 1-2 Ivy League) with a match-best 16 kills.
The Quakers came out strong in the first set, earning a 25-16 victory behind five kills by senior captain Lauren Martin. Harvard kept it close at the beginning, trailing only 11-9, but Penn went on a 14-7 run to take the frame.
The roles reversed in the second set, which saw just two ties and one lead change. Wallace made a kill to expand the Crimson's advantage to 21-15 before the Quakers committed four straight errors to give Harvard the set, 25-15, and even the match. Wallace and Walters each notched four kills, while Docter added three.
Despite five kills by Docter, Harvard never led in the third frame, which Penn won, 25-17. The Quakers jumped out to an early lead in the fourth set, but committed six consecutive errors, which included a block by Holte and freshman Jennifer Shults, to help Harvard climb within two. Wallace scored a kill to close the gap to 13-12 and begin a see-saw affair that would continue for the remainder of the match. Wallace tied the score at 20 on a kill, and Schults gave the Crimson its first lead of the set, 21-20, with a kill. Harvard never trailed again in the fourth frame as it forced its third five-setter in as many matches in Ivy League play.
The fifth set featured seven ties and four lead changes. Cooney and Walters teamed up for a block to give the Crimson a 14-13 edge, and Walters scored a kill to seal the victory for Harvard.
The Crimson continues Ivy League play next weekend at home. Harvard will take on Brown Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. before facing Yale Oct. 6 at 5 p.m.


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SUPERMAN & the Secret History of KEVIN FEIGE & GEOFF JOHNS
[Editor's Note: With the reported news that writer-turned-executive Geoff Johns is leading a new DC Films division for Warner Bros, we thought it interesting to take a look back at this somewhat prescient article from 2010 comparing the shared connections between him and Marvel Studios' President Kevin Feige.]
In 1978, kids across the country were inspired by the sci-fi superhero world of Superman, the movie by director Richard Donner. More than 30 years later, movie pundits often cite the film as having a major influence on the style and structure of even today's superhero movies.
But little do they know just how influential Donner's office was on two men who now have creative control over most of Hollywood's superheroes.
Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, and Geoff Johns, chief creative officer at DC Entertainment, were among those wide-eyed kids who loved Superman: The Movie. But these two took the film's inspiration all the way to Hollywood and straight to the production company run by Richard and Lauren Shuler Donner.
"When Geoff walked in the door he knew more about Superman than I did," Richard Donner told Newsarama. "I knew he'd go far, because in the first week on the job, Geoff totaled my new car. But he walked away from it and opened his shirt, and he had a big 'S' under there. The writing was on the wall."
While they were still young film school upstarts – Johns fresh from graduating at Michigan State, and Feige still an intern at USC – they both landed jobs with the Donners. Shortly after starting with the company, Johns became assistant to Richard, while Feige became assistant to Lauren.
"I am sure one of the main reasons Kevin managed to get himself an intern position at our company was because of Superman: The Movie," Lauren Shuler Donner said. "We had a lot of interns come and go depending if it was summer or winter, but there was something about Kevin that made me notice him; Kevin was smart, resourceful and a self-starter. Plus there was a decency, an honesty and integrity that Kevin possessed that spoke volumes to me. So I hired him as an assistant."
Feige and Johns were not only impressed by the movie, but they were both comic book readers. So working for the Donners was like a dream come true – particularly when the company ended up producing 2000's X-Men movie.
"In addition to being great producers, the Donners developed and produced two of the most seminal films in the superhero genre – Superman and X-Men," Feige said. "Why not work for the company that started it all? For a film student and comic book fan like me, there was no better place to merge my two passions."
"Pure and simple, they're responsible for some of my favorite films and, specifically, Dick was a director I always admired for his work on Superman, The Goonies and Lethal Weapon," Johns told Newsarama. "And Lauren was launching the X-Men franchise when I was just moving out to Los Angeles. I was lucky to be a part of the company during that time."
But even as Feige and Johns worked on a variety of movies with the Donners – not all of them linked to capes and tights – their love of superheroes was obvious to the people who worked with them.
"Kevin is a walking encyclopedia of all things Marvel. That was a hint to the path he followed," Lauren said. "Kathy Liska, my executive assistant, remembers that Geoff Johns would draw all the birthday cards for people in the company. That was how we first learned he was such a talented artist."
"I met Kevin about a month after I moved to Los Angeles," Johns remembered. "We used to talk about superheroes non-stop. I always wanted to see Green Lantern and a new Superman . He was always talking about Star Trek and StarWars. But more importantly, Kevin's just a very smart and very creative guy. Like Dick and Lauren, one of the best."
The impact of the Donners' assistants-turned-executives is significant, since they have creative input on both Marvel and DC. As every comic book fan knows, DC and Marvel are the two major publishers whose properties are filled with recognizable superheroes: Marvel with heroes like the X-Men, Spider-Man, Captain America and Iron Man; and DC with characters like Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and the Flash.
Today, Disney owns Marvel's properties, while DC's heroes are held by Warner Bros., and both entertainment companies are developing multiple films based on the characters in the wake of huge successes in the genre.
Feige, as president of Marvel Studios, oversees the development of movies like this year's Iron Man 2 and the now-filming Thor. Johns, working out of his office at Warner while also writing best-selling comic books, has co-written or consulted on much of Warner's upcoming superhero movie slate, including Green Lantern and The Flash.
For the Donners, the ascent of their assistants in Hollywood's superhero landscape has been fun to watch, but both said they're just as impressed by who they've become as people.
"Both Kevin and Geoff have had the unique ability to hold on to their integrity while ascending to the top of their professions. In a town like this, that is not easy," Lauren said.
According to Johns, much of the credit for how things turned out goes to Lauren and Dick Donner. Despite the fact that he and Feige were only "assistants," they were given opportunities to participate that gave them invaluable experience.
"Dick and Lauren not only have unbelievable talent when it comes to creating and producing films like X-Men and Superman – movies with action, fantasy and heart – they are also two of the most generous and inclusive people in the business," Johns said. "Both of them not only welcomed you, as an assistant, into the pre-production, production and post-production process, but urged you to get involved. Dick and Lauren invited me to story meetings, I worked on the sets for entire shoots, I sat in mixes and editing sessions – all because they had an open door policy. They not only become my mentors, they also became my surrogate parents in Los Angeles. I just had dinner with Dick last week and it's incredibly gratifying to be where I am and be able to buy him dinner."
Because of that open door policy, Feige and Johns rose through the ranks in Hollywood – Feige by moving to Marvel Studios; Johns by working with comic books and, just this year, being appointed to his creative job with DC Entertainment.
"Both Dick and Lauren provided an incredible work environment which encouraged creativity and taking things as far as they could go," Feige said. "They readily supported the idea of assistants rising through the ranks and they were always quick to recognize talent in young folks – harness this talent and offer a platform in which up and coming producers and executives could grow."
Over the last decade since the pair left the Donner office behind, Hollywood has made dozens of superhero movies, and moviegoers' love affair with tights doesn't seem to be ebbing anytime soon. And as the future of the comic book movie takes shape, it will be two young Donner assistants who were impressed by the movie that will lead it through the coming years.
"What's unique about them as a pair is this incredible ability to look past the now and see the big picture," Richard Donner said. "They both work in overseeing worlds full of characters, and in our movies, characters are the most important thing... You have to find the reality of each of these characters, and that brings the worlds to life. And that's what those two do...
"And now that we've brought it up," he added, "I remember Geoff never did pay me for that car."


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I get so many awesome emails from adoptive families and prospective adoptive families. So many of them ask the same types of questions. I always assume that if there is someone actually doing the asking, then there must be several other who wish they could ask questions and just don't for some reason or another. I also know that most of this audience is made up of people interested in adoption. SO for the next few Fridays, I'll be doing an "Adoption Corner" made up of your burning adoption related questions. I'll also add a linky so any other adoptive parents out there who want to chime in and write their own posts can link up here so we can all team up to be a great source of information!
I've gotten four really great questions/requests this week:
1. What books would I recommend reading to help prepare for your adopted child?
2. How has our adoption affected the siblings and what kinds of things should you be prepared for?
3. A guide to how family/friends can support adoptive families.
4. " I am desperate to adopt and my husband is not on board...HELP"- I swear, I get this one at LEAST a billion times a week!
All of these posts are in the works and I'll put up a new one every Friday. But since this series will be for YOU, feel free to ask away. Put your question or topic you'd like to see discussed in the comments section here and I'll work through them one at a time. No question is too big or too small- and no question is off limits. When we were in process, I was desperate for information like this. So here's my attempt at paying it forward. I'm not an expert, but I will answer honestly. Also- anonymous commenting is on, so feel free to ask your burning adoption questions anonymously if you need to.
Tune in Friday for my first installment of "Adoption Corner"!
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In 1985, officials in Kimberly, Wisconsin buried a time capsule. They were supposed to open it this year to commemorate the village's 100th anniversary, but they've run into something of a snag: no one knows where the damn thing is.
The capsule, a 2-foot-long piece of PVC pipe containing various local news clippings, coins, and, in an oddly prescient decision, a can of New Coke, was buried outside the village's municipal building in 1985. It had to be dug up in 1997 when the building was remodeled, but Dave Vander Velden, Kimberly street commissioner, says no one's quite sure where it ended up.
This isn't necessarily the first time a time capsule's gone missing, but Kimberly has not given up hope on finding theirs—officials are now scouring the area with metal detectors hoping to stumble upon the package. New Coke is hard to come by, after all. [Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune via Neatorama]
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This Edition's (9th) theme of A Festival of Postcards is Locomotion. I was able to find a postcard among grandma Hazel's stuff that fit into this category.
I can't really tell who was "caught with the goods" here, the people in the carriage making it's way down the road, or the man reaching out. Mainly because I can't tell what the man is holding in his hand, a garden tool, or the tongue of a trailer (could you hitch a trailer to a carriage back then?). If the latter is true, then he is definitely the culprit!
The postcard is address to Mrs. W. C. Piggott in Pegram, Idaho. It reads:
Jan. 16_'11Dear Hazel & Will;I suppose you thinkI have forgotten youbut I have not I havejust been to lazy towrite. Merlin wasover yesterday alsoa week ago or elseI would have beendead for it is offellonesome here. Howare you? Are youstill alive? I guessyou have heard aboutLevi Long's wife leaving him.When are you coming down.Ans soon. Love from Mattie
I wonder who poor Levi Long was?


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Look up "slaw" in Merriam-Webster, and you'll be redirected to the entry for "coleslaw." The definition for that word is, "a salad made of raw sliced or chopped cabbage." Though most coleslaw does involve raw cabbage, I like to think of "slaw" any salad of shredded veggies—usually with at least one crucifer involved. I adore slaws, especially at lunchtime, and have made them in all sorts of untraditional ways. My most recent favorite is my red cabbage and green apple sesame slaw! This new recipe for kale-slaw (yes, I went there) couldn't be easier: two kinds of vegetables, and a creamy hemp and cashew dressing that mimics traditional vinegar and mayo combinations nicely.
I used lacinato—also known as dinosaur—kale for this recipe. Lacinato kale appears commonly in Tuscan dishes, and some find it a little sweeter than curly kale. I love using lacinato kale as a wrap for raw "tacos," and (in keeping with tradition) in white bean soup. Curly kale, however, will be totally fine for this recipe if you can't find lacinato. All you need to do is slice it thinly!
Kale-Slaw with Hemp Cashew Dressing (raw, vegan, gluten free, soy free)
Serves 2
3 cups thinly sliced lacinato kale
3 cups finely shredded cabbage
3/4 cup cashews, soaked 2 hours or more and drained
1/2 cup hemp seeds
1 cup water
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 1/2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/4 tsp sea salt
2 pitted dates
2 tbsp dijon mustard
1. Blend the cashews, hemp seeds, water, lemon juice, vinegar, sea salt, dates, and mustard in a blender till totally smooth.
2. Pour about 1/3 cup of the dressing over the kale and cabbage. Massage it in with hands. Add more dressing as needed until the slaw is creamy and evenly coated. Save remaining dressing for salads, wraps, and for veggie dipping. Serve!
I love the look and colors of this slaw. And I love that it's rich in healthy fats from the cashews and hemp, as well as antioxidants and vitamins from the veggies. The phytochemicals in cruciferous vegetables (like cabbage and kale) are more likely to confer disease fighting benefits when eaten raw, so I love finding delicious, simple ways to make raw crucifers palatable. This slaw is a great place to start.
So, how to serve this slaw?
I enjoyed the it with a sweet potato, topped with some of the almond butter sauce I featured in this quinoa breakfast bowl. It would also be great with some quinoa, rice, or farrow, or with a big helping of raw crackers.
May you enjoy this tasty slaw sometime soon. Feel free to jazz it up with other vegetables, or to add some crunch or texture in the form of nuts or dried fruit. The possibilities abound!


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You cannot partition Windows Virtual Private Servers (VPS), which do not support two hard drives.


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Apple CEO Tim Cook has disappointed people who expected him to make a product announcement at D10, the high-powered tech conference taking place this week in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
In a keynote interview Tuesday night, Cook teased the crowd by mentioning "the things I cannot talk about today," according to AllThingsD's liveblog of the event.
"We have some incredible things coming."
Pressed by cohosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher on what to expect at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference, Cook replied: "That's a great question. I'm not going to answer it."
In recent years, Apple has almost always introduced new products at its own events like WWDC. Seems like Cook is making his D appearance no exception.
Other coverage from the conference:
- Tim Cook: Siri Will Get Much Better In The 'Coming Months'
- 'When Steve Jobs Died It Was The Saddest Day Of My Life'
- People Aren't Happy With Their TVs, And We Think There's Something There
- We Can Do More With Facebook, Stay Tuned!'
- Watch video higlights from Cook's appearence here.


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Health professionals and midwives have long recommended using just plain cotton wool and cooled boiled water to wash a newborn baby's delicate skin, yet so many common chemical ingredients found in wipes read more like a science encyclopedia with names such as - Phenoxyethanol, Laureth Phosphate and Sodium Benzoate.
If you wanted to wash heavy grime and dirt then you would expect to use chemical ingredients that had a bit of grunt and could erode stains and dirt but do you really want to take such drastic measures to simply clean your baby's hypo-sensitive skin?
Many baby wipes even claim to be sensitive, pure and natural but if you turn them over and read their ingredient lists you'll see that most baby wipes contain a catalogue of harsh chemicals. Would you feel comfortable wiping your baby's bottom up to 10 times a day with something saturated in chemicals?
Environmental Working Group, the health, research and advocacy organisation - has an easy-to-use online consumer safety guide that provides rankings of commonly used chemicals in wipes and cosmetics at www.ewg.org/skindeep. WaterWipes ranks on top for the lowest hazard rating of all baby wipes.
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The second-ranked Santa Clara women's soccer team dropped its second straight game, falling to fourth-ranked Notre Dame 6-1 tonight at Alumni Field, during the first match of the KeyBank Classic in South Bend, Ind.
The defeat marked the first time in six seasons that the Broncos have lost consecutive matches. In September 1994, Santa Clara lost three straight to Loyola Marymount, Stanford and North Carolina.
Tonight's match also marked the first time in 19 matches that Santa Clara has been outshot by an opponent. Notre Dame posted 23 shots on goal while Santa Clara only recorded 10. North Carolina was the last team to outshoot Santa Clara, occurring Sept. 24, 1999.
The loss also marked the most goals allowed by a Santa Clara squad since a 8-0 defeat to UC Davis in 1980. The Broncos have not allowed five goals since 1991, to North Carolina.
"The difference was the depth," head coach Jerry Smith said. "We only had 13 healthy players today. Depth takes over late in the game. We hung with them, but we were spent at the end of the game. The difference was the last 15 minutes when they were a lot fresher."
Santa Clara's lone goal was scored by senior Kathleen Celio, her fourth of the season.
The Classic ranks as the nation's premier regular-season women's soccer tournament and is the only Division I tournament in the 2000 season that features four teams from the NSCAAs top-10 poll: No. 2 Santa Clara, No. 4 Notre Dame, No. 6 Connecticut and No. 10 Stanford.
Notre Dame and Santa Clara have split four previous meetings (2-2-0), including SCU's 4-2 home win in 1999 and ND's 1-0 win in the 1999 NCAA Semifinals.
The Broncos will conclude play at the KeyBank Classic with a match against No. 6 Connecticut on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. CST. The Huskies fell to No. 10 Stanford 3-0 earlier this evening.
Team 1 2 Final Santa Clara 1 0 1 Notre Dame 2 4 6
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ND Meotis Erikson (Amanda Guertin) 17:21 ND, 1-0 SCU Kathleen Celio (Veronica Zepeda, Heather Aldama) 20:26 Tie, 1-1 ND Amy Warner (Anne Makinen) 21:57 ND, 2-1 ND Amanda Guertin (Anne Makinen, Monica Gonzalez) 73:13 ND, 3-1 ND Anne Makinen (PK) 80:04 ND, 4-1 ND Kelly Tulisiak (Amy Warner) 86:30 ND, 5-1 ND Kelly Tulisiak (unassisted) 89:06 ND, 6-1


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The SP-404 improves significantly on the popular SP-303 while picking up strong features from elsewhere in the SP line. Like the SP-202, it has a built-in microphone and can run on batteries; six AA cells can power the sampler for six hours. Like the SP-606, the SP-404 supports CompactFlash memory cards instead of the 303's flimsy SmartMedia format. Insert a 1 GB CompactFlash card, and the SP-404 will hold nearly six and a half hours of high-quality audio. According to Roland, it's the only sampler that can stream audio direct from flash media. That means you can play back entire songs from a single pad, or in a pinch use the SP-404 as a stereo field recorder (maximum stereo recording time is around three hours). The SP-404 could also be great for triggering sound bites in a theatrical production or in a live Podcast or radio broadcast.
Like its predecessors, the SP-404 is foremost a groove box — a cross between a sampler and a drum machine. You load up the pads with stereo or mono samples (either by recording them yourself or by importing them from the CompactFlash card), and then either sequence them into grooves using the pattern sequencer or twist them in real time with the device's dramatic, playable effects. Audio inputs let you apply the effects to external signals, too.
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FIG. 1: The SP-404 -combines some of the best features of previous Boss and Roland SP-series phrase samplers in a sturdy, -battery-powered box.
The first thing you'll notice about the SP-404 is its strong metal top, a rarity in this era of lightweight plastic gear (see Fig. 1). The sense of quality is reinforced by the smooth-turning rubber knobs and sturdy trigger pads, which light up when you press them. I smiled when I saw the display, which is backlit by a blue light that fades in and out almost organically. When the sequencer is running, the light pulses at the current tempo.
The case is a tad smaller than this magazine — compact, yet substantial enough that it doesn't slide around when you're using it. A laptop-style security slot on the back and a screw-down CompactFlash cover on the front keep your SP-404 and optional memory card from walking away as well.
Stereo line inputs and outputs are on RCA jacks (see Fig. 2). The unit's monophonic mic input has a dedicated trim knob. The first thing I sampled was myself scraping a fingernail along the grooved edge of the case, producing a crisp guiro loop (see Web Clip 1). The only recording-level indicator is a clip LED, and it's easy to unintentionally pick up handling noise with the mic, but by accounting for those challenges, I made some useful recordings. MIDI input can trigger individual pad sounds and control the sequencer's playback and tempo.
FIG. 2: Powered by a line-lump adapter or AA batteries, the SP-404 features MIDI In, stereo line-level I/O, and an antitheft cable slot. The front side has a headphone jack, a -CompactFlash slot, and a mono mic input with level trim.
At the bottom of the panel, 12 numbered pads trigger samples; in Sequencer mode, they trigger patterns. The pads are not touch sensitive, alas, but their samples do respond to MIDI Velocity, which is mapped to control volume. (I was also pleased to discover that the SP-404's sequencer records incoming MIDI Velocity data, something the pricier SP-505 does not do.) To the right are three more pads: Hold, which sustains a looped sample when you take your finger off the trigger pad; Ext Source, which unmutes an external audio signal; and Sub Pad, which retriggers the previously played pad, facilitating rolls. The pads are larger than those on competing groove boxes such as the Korg ES1mkII.
Above the pads are six Bank buttons. The four on the right address the CompactFlash memory; pressing them twice calls up an additional bank, for a total of ten banks of 12 pads. A row of five buttons above the Bank buttons controls Sample mode. The first two buttons, Lo-Fi and Stereo, set the recording format during sampling. The next three — Gate, Loop, and Reverse — affect playback. By pressing them, you can set a sample to play through once, loop indefinitely, play only while you're holding the trigger pad, or do any of the above while playing backward. Strangely, the 12 pads in each bank are mapped to successive octaves of MIDI notes beginning with B2 rather than C2. And although it isn't mentioned in the manual, you can toggle the Ext Source pad status by playing A#2. That could be handy for muting a remote mic during performance.
I would have liked a dedicated Roll button, as on the Korg. I also wished for a hi-hat cutoff option that mutes one pad when another is pressed. But as I discovered when I delved into its sequencer, the SP-404 is really more of a phrase sampler than a drum machine, and it offers a few work-arounds.
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I had a blast playing with the SP-404's effects (see Web Clip 2). The six buttons flanking the display toggle different effects: filter, pitch-shift, delay, Isolator (a DJ-style EQ), vinyl simulation, and multi-effects (a gateway to 24 more). The three knobs farthest to the right control effects parameters; on the filter effect, for example, the knobs control cutoff frequency, resonance, and distortion, and on the Isolator, they control low, mid, and high EQ. The 7-segment LED attempts to identify the current parameters; turn the knobs in Filter mode, and it displays CoF, rES, and drU (drive), for example.
To call up one of the 24 multi-effects, you press the MFX button and then turn the rightmost knob (carefully, because it's not detented). You can also select one of the first 12 multi-effects by holding MFX and pressing a pad, or you can select effects 13 through 24 by simultaneously holding MFX and the Vinyl Sim button and pressing a pad.
You can apply an effect to one pad or multiple pads and then resample your knob-twisting, pad-bashing performance to a new pad. After a few iterations (only one effect can be active at a time), you can easily transform wimpy source sounds into monstrous rhythmic textures.
New multi-effects beyond those in the SP-303's collection are Subsonic, which triggers a low-frequency sine wave during peaks; BPM Looper, which generates wild stuttering; and DJFX Looper, which alters the playback direction and speed for record-scratching effects. A video clip on Roland's Web site shows how to create bass lines by resampling the Subsonic effect, which is handy if you're using the SP-404 by itself. I also discovered I could pan mono sounds by resampling them with the pan effect, which overcomes a limitation of the SP-404's architecture.
Sampling and Resampling
Sampling on the SP-404 is fast. As with many multistep operations on the instrument, the next pad you need to press will start flashing to guide you. To begin, you hit the Rec button; the available pads start flashing. Hit a pad to select it, and the Rec button starts flashing. Hit Rec again, and you're recording. Hit it once more to stop. You can then trim the start and end of the sample with the knobs.
Before sampling, you can choose to record in stereo or in Lo-Fi mode. Lo-Fi mode saves space, although with so much memory on hand, it's more useful as an effect. I preferred the dedicated lo-fi effect, however (see Web Clip 3).
Hidden key sequences let you activate other sampling modes, such as sampling with a count-off, level-activated recording, and sampling at a specific tempo. The latter truncates sampling at the mathematically perfect point to make a loop based on the tempo you specify before starting (you can use the Tap Tempo button for that). I sometimes had to adjust the end point manually, but overall, tempo sampling was a time-saver.
Remembering the necessary key sequences was a pain, though. There's a huge reference chart in the manual (available online), but to give you an idea of what's involved, here are some examples. To enter Import/Export mode, you hold Cancel and press Resample, and depending on whether you want to import or export, you then press Rec or Resample. To swap samples between pads, hold down Del, press Rec, and then press the two pads whose samples you want to exchange. To set the MIDI Sync mode, turn on the power while holding the Time/BPM button and then turn the Control 1 knob. I'm glad that the SP-404 has so many features, but you'll need to read the manual thoroughly to discover and remember them. Fortunately, the manual is concise and easy to follow.
My biggest disappointment with sampling was that you can't resample a sequence. Because the SP-404 disables MIDI input during resampling, you can't drive it from an external sequencer to capture a loop, either. And tempo sampling isn't available during resampling; you'll need to adjust the loop point manually, which slows the creative process.
On a happier note, the SP-404 offers much better data compression than the SP-505. The SP-404 sounds great, too: deep and crisp. Although its compression crunches files down to half their normal size, the effect is almost inaudible. Subtracting the original WAV file from a version that I'd imported and exported yielded a whisperlike version of the original — so quiet it was detectable only on headphones. It takes the SP-404 about as long as the imported sample's duration to convert it to the machine's native format. I was even able to import a pink-noise loop I'd made on a granular synthesizer, though I had to adjust the loop point slightly to prevent clicks.
Sequencing Events
The SP-404's very basic sequencer offers drum machine — style recording of patterns as long as 99 bars. You can set input quantization from 32nd notes up to quarter notes, and although you can't swing quantize by a percentage, you can quantize to triplets for a swing effect. You can erase individual hits. During playback, you can cue up the next pattern by hitting a pad, and the SP-404 will switch on the downbeat. If you want to switch immediately, just hold the Sub Pad button and press the desired pad.
Unlike the Korg ES1mkII's sequencer, the SP-404's sequencer can't chain patterns into songs or record knob movements. And unlike the SP-505, the SP-404 doesn't have a single magic button that time-stretches all samples to fit a common tempo. You have to set each pad to Pattern mode individually. The time-stretching works best on sparse, percussive material.
Feelin' Groovy
Roland designed the SP-404 for beginners looking to get into sampling and groove making, but soon discovered that its battery-powered portability and extensive sampling time endeared it to traveling pros as well. The instrument has some frustrating limitations when viewed as a drum machine, including the lack of true swing quantization, hi-hat cutoff, pattern chaining, and an Accent button. If you want Velocity-sensitive pads, USB connectivity, and digital audio I/O, you'll need to step up to the SP-606. But load the SP-404 with songs, loops, and textures from a CD or a computer, and you'll have an inexpensive sampling partner that sounds great.
David Battino (www.batmosphere.com) is the coauthor of The Art of Digital Music (Backbeat Books, 2005) and the editor of the O'Reilly Digital Audio site (http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com).
SP-404 SPECIFICATIONS Polyphony (12) notes (6 stereo samples) Audio Inputs (1) unbalanced ¼" mic, (2) unbalanced RCA line Audio Outputs (2) unbalanced RCA line, (1) ¼" stereo headphone Additional Ports (1) MIDI In Program Memory (24) internal user locations, (96) optional external-card user locations Maximum Sampling Time 11 min. (Lo-Fi)/2 min. (standard) with internal memory; 772 min. (Lo-Fi)/386 min. (standard) with optional 1 GB CompactFlash card Sample Import Formats WAV, AIFF (stereo/mono, 8/16-bit, 44.1 kHz); loop points ignored Effects Processing (29) types, (1) simultaneous; enabled per pad Sequencer (1) track; (8,000) notes internal (8,000 per card); (99) bars per pattern; (24) user patterns internal (96 per card); 96 ppqn resolution; basic quantization; MIDI Clock and Song Position Pointer sync Controllers (3) assignable effects knobs; (6) effects toggle buttons; (1) Tap Tempo button Dimensions 7.0" (W) × 2.9" (H) × 10.1" (D) Weight 2.9 lbs. (excluding adapter and batteries)
portable phrase sampler
PROS: Almost six and a half hours of sampling with optional 1 GB card. Battery-operable. Playable effects. Audio file import/export.
CONS: Can't resample sequences. No Roll button or variable swing quantize. Numerous unlabeled key combinations.
5 = Amazing; as good as it gets with current technology
4 = Clearly above average; very desirable
3 = Good; meets expectations
2 = Somewhat disappointing but usable
1 = Unacceptably flawed
On a scale of 1 to 5
Roland U.S. www.rolandus.com
Sometimes guessing wrong leads to a happy surprise. In my September 2002 review of the Boss SP-505 (online at www.emusician.com), I surmised that the Roland subsidiary had jumped from 303 to 505 because 4 is an unlucky number in Japan (think how few Roland products have a 4 in the name). But apparently those cautious days are gone, because the SP-404 is a bold new entry in the groove-sampling scene.


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This new direction in collecting was fostered by the present decorative arts collection, as collecting contemporary work was considered a natural decision given the already specialized collection of these media from historical periods.
Studio metal is as yet a very small component of the WAG's holding. The Gallery does, however, hold wonderful works by Lois Etherington Betteridge and Anne Barros. Studio glass has greater representation with work by nationally recognized artists Daniel Crichton, Jeina Morosoff, and Sue Rankin. The greatest representation in this aspect of the collection is held by a leading Manitoba glass artist, Ione Thorkelsson. Largely self taught, Thorkelsson works in relative isolation from other glass artists in the small rural community of Roseisle. The Gallery's holdings survey her career from early functional wares (c. 1973-78) to signature pieces (late 1970s) which treat the vessel's glass body as a field for colourful abstract compositions, and finally to the body of work she has spent the last two decades concentrating on—sculptural, non-functional pieces incorporating cast animal parts attached to blown vessels—which have been widely exhibited and continue to be the thrust of her investigations today.
Studio ceramics is the undeniable strength of the collection, numbering some 235 objects. Concentrating on Canadian artists, it also contains work by American, Danish, Japanese, and Norwegian artists. Originally conceived as a collection of utilitarian objects to complement the functional nature of the decorative arts collection, the holdings have significantly expanded over the past decade towards more conceptual, sculptural investigations. Key Canadian artists in the collection include Robert Archambeau, Walter Dexter, Kayo O'Young, Steven Heinemann, Robin Hopper, Grace Nickel, Katherine Koop, Wayne Ngan, Léopold Foulem, and Harlan House. International artists include Akio Takamori, Toshiko Takeazu, Don Reitz, Kurt Weiser, Lucy Rie, Michael Cardew, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, and Torbjørn Kvasbø.
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Avis locks up Zipcar for $500 million
US car rental giant Avis announced plans Wednesday to buy the popular auto-sharing service Zipcar in a deal valued at $500 million.
The move gives Avis an entry into the growing market for car-sharing with the company which offers rentals on an hourly basis by giving customers a smart card to unlock vehicles on a self-serve basis.
Avis Budget Group agreed to pay $12.25 per share in cash, a 49 percent premium over the Zipcar closing price on Monday. The transaction is subject to approval by Zipcar shareholders and other conditions, and is expected to be completed in the next few months.
The companies said car-sharing has grown to be a $400 million business in the United States and is expanding rapidly around the world.
Zipcar has more than 760,000 members, known as Zipsters, and is the sector leader in 20 metropolitan areas in the United States, Canada and Europe. It also has cars at over 300 college and university campuses.
"By combining with Zipcar, we will significantly increase our growth potential, both in the United States and internationally, and will position our company to better serve a greater variety of consumer and commercial transportation needs," said Ronald Nelson, Avis chairman and chief executive.
"We see car sharing as highly complementary to traditional car rental, with rapid growth potential and representing a scalable opportunity for us as a combined company."
Nelson said the deal will allow the Zipcar brand to expand and benefit from Avis's cost advantage in fleet purchases, allowing $50 to $70 million in annual savings.
Avis said it also can use some of its fleet to meet Zipcar weekend rentals, when demand is highest for hourly rentals.
Scott Griffith, chairman and chief executive of Zipcar, said "we believe this combination is a win across the board for our members, shareholders and employees. We will be well positioned to accelerate enhancements to the Zipcar member experience with more offers and additional services as well as an expanded network of locations."
The boards of both firms approved the deal, which calls for Zipcar to keep operating under its own brand with current management, according to a statement from the two firms.
The statement said owners of 32 percent of Zipcar shares had accepted the deal.
Zipcar in 2010 filed for an initial public offering to help pay off its debts and fuel expansion. It made its Wall Street debut in April 2011, raising some $174 million.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Zipcar was founded in 2000 and has a fleet over more than 10,000 cars. Zipcar acquired rival Flexcar in 2007 and Britain's Streetcar in 2010.
Zipcar members can rent vehicles by phone, Internet or by using mobile devices. A user unlocks a car using a keyless entry card called a "Zipcard."
(c) 2013 AFP


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Ed, Technically, there is nothing to prevent this. But there is nothing to prevent it in any case. Today, a group of companies could go out and create a new self-reg program. Even under a single DNT spec released by the W3C, companies could create their own variations of compliance. In fact, this is exactly the problem this proposal solves for. Because there will necessarily be variation in the way companies honor DNT, this proposal helps us limit that variation to a relatively small set of widely accepted, identifiable options. If companies depart from that set, they will be easy to find and investigate. And, frankly, such outliers may have a hard time doing business, as potential business partners will shy away. -David On 10/9/12 7:55 PM, Ed Felten wrote: > I was definitely thinking about all of the entities affected by the > standard, and not just U.S.-based third party ad networks, which I > agree are a small subset of the affected entities. > > I'm still not clear on what would prevent anyone from creating a new > compliance regime under David's proposal. You say that regulators > and advocates would prevent this. How exactly would that work? Who > would you have deciding which compliance regimes were allowed and > which were not? > > And how is the user interface supposed to work? Does the user have to > make a separate decision to accept or reject each compliance regime? > That seems impractical if there are more than a very few regimes. Or > would you let the browser help in the decisionmaking? > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Shane Wiley <email@example.com > <mailto:email@example.com>> wrote: > > Ed, > > When you look at this through the lens of 3^rd parties / service > providers I don't believe the universe is as large as your mental > model assumes. If you further narrow this to 3^rd party ad > networks (initial FTC focus in this area), you'll find the number > is very small and at least in the US context, the number of "valid > compliance standards" available to provide a representation are > very small (primarily two: DAA or NAI). When you expand this to > other regions you'll likely find small numbers of valid compliance > standard options for 3^rd parties. So while theoretically you > could have a world where 5 companies get together to develop their > own standard, the real-world provides for a very different, > pragmatic outcome. I would suggest we shy away from contemplating > edge-cases that don't represent reality. Consumer advocates and > regulators will still be expected to contain these types of > scenarios from ever coming to pass (as well as industry as good > actors will not want bad actors to undermine their good practices). > > - Shane > > *From:*Ed Felten [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 09, 2012 2:31 PM > *To:* David Wainberg > *Cc:* firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:email@example.com> > *Subject:* Re: ISSUE-45 ACTION-246 Clarified proposal on > compliance statements > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:41 PM, David Wainberg > <email@example.com > <mailto:email@example.com>> wrote: > > On 10/9/12 11:19 AM, Ed Felten wrote: > > A company that collected only minimal information would > presumably be in compliance with all, or almost all, of > the compliance regimes in existence. If I were that > company, I wouldn't want to miss out on the benefits of > claiming any compliance regime that a particular user or > browser might be looking for. > > In general, there would a number of regimes, and a server > might be in compliance with various subsets of them. > Again, servers won't want to miss out on the benefits of > claiming any compliance regime that a particular user or > browser might be looking for. > > I find it hard to imagine it happening in practice that > companies would try to claim multiple tokens at the same time. > Perhaps they would adhere to different regimes depending on > context, e.g. the geo of the user, but it would only be one > per request. > > Also, there is contemplated in the tech spec a "N" signal for > this purpose, yes? Although I've opposed including that, > doesn't it address the case you're describing? > > It would be possible for a company to comply with more than one > compliance regime at the same time. Even if we consider just two > of the regimes that have been discussed, DAA and Nick's proposal > ("NP"), a company could comply with neither, or just with DAA, or > just with NP, or with both DAA and NP. If a company complied > with both, it would presumably want to say so--if it named just > one, users who insisted on the other might conclude that the site > did not meet their needs. > > If you consider more than two regimes, then the possibilities get > even more complicated. Suppose a company complies with > "absolutely not tracking" (ANT) and also with DAA and NP. If it > just says it complies with ANT, the user or browser might not know > about ANT, or might not know that ANT compliance implies NP > compliance, or might mistakenly think that ANT compliance implies > DAA compliance. The company would presumably want to claim > compliance with all three. > > If you postulate that some users will ignore tokens they don't > recognize, as you seem to be doing below, then the desire of > companies to claim multiple regimes gets even stronger. > > Second, do you envision some body that decides > which compliance tokens are valid? If so, who > might that be? If not, how do you prevent people > from making up their own new compliance tokens? > > I would expect it to be unusual to do this, and it > might be a self-correcting problem in the small number > of cases. Given that the tokens companies use will be > transparent, advocates and regulators will be able to > investigate non-standard tokens. A non-standard token > will be a red flag that says, "hey, we're doing > something unusual." > > If there is no body or procedure deciding which tokens are > allowed, then there cannot be "non-standard" tokens. > There can only be unusual tokens. I still don't see what > would stop a company, or small group of companies, from > just creating their own compliance rules and sending the > resulting token. Either there is somebody or something > deciding which tokens are valid; or all tokens are valid. > > What's to stop companies now from writing whatever they want > in their privacy policies? This token idea would generate a > small set of widely accepted tokens. Unlike with privacy > policies, anyone doing something outside that small set would > be machine-discoverable. > > This gets to my initial question: why would this scheme not lead > to a proliferation of tokens? Or to put it another way, why would > these tokens not be like privacy policies, where many companies > seem to want to create their own? > > But, even though I think it would work that way, I'm open to > discussing ideas to standardize the set of tokens, if others > are interested in that. I think I left that open in the proposal. > > > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 3:22 PM, David Wainberg > <email@example.com > <mailto:email@example.com>> wrote: > > ACTION-246 > (http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/actions/246), > which relates to ISSUE-45 > (http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/45). > > Hello all, > > This is a clarification of my previous proposal > (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2012Sep/0012.html). > I'm launching it on a fresh thread, because the > previous one got a bit wild and off-topic. > > Recall that this arose out of the problem of how or > where parties may or must make statements regarding > their DNT compliance. One proposal, which many of us > strongly objected to, was to make provision of the > tracking status resource in and of itself an assertion > of compliance with the DNT spec. That proposal was a > replacement for an initial proposal to require a > public statement of compliance, but without specifying > where or how that statement must be made. > > The problems with these proposals are that the one is > overly strict, does not provide any flexibility, and > sets up a legal landmine that companies will avoid by > not providing the WKL, and the other is too loose; it > allows for potentially unlimited variation in how > companies honor DNT and where and how they make their > commitments to do so. > > This proposal solves these problems by requiring a > statement in the status resource regarding compliance > with /one of a limited set of DNT variations/. > Although I understand the desire for and > attractiveness of a single universal specification for > DNT compliance, the reality is that we will have to > accommodate some variation based on, e.g., business > model, geography, etc. Examples of this problem arose > during the Amsterdam meeting. If we want to ensure > wide adoption and enforceability of DNT, this is the > way to do it. > > The proposal is the following: > > Add a required "compliance" field to the tracking > status resource in the TPE, where the value indicates > the compliance regime under which the server is > honoring the DNT signal. In 5.5.3 of the TPE: > > / A status-object MUST have a member named > _compliance_ that contains a single compliance mode > token./ > > From here, I look to the group for discussion > regarding how and where to define compliance mode > tokens. My initial version of this proposal suggested > looking to IANA to manage a limited set of tokens to > prevent collisions. I think there was some > misunderstanding and concern about how this would > work. No -- companies should not just create their own > arbitrary values. My view is that each token must have > a well-defined and widely-accepted meaning. How's this: > > /Compliance mode tokens must be associated with a > legislative or regulatory regime in a relevant > jurisdiction, or with a relevant and established > self-regulatory regime./ > > I'm open to other ideas for this. > > Cheers, > > David > >Received on Thursday, 11 October 2012 13:31:41 UTC
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