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Security concerns deepened in the capital of Central African Republic after the US ambassador and other diplomats were evacuated by plane overnight amid fears rebels could try to take the capital.
US officials said about 40 people were evacuated on an US Air Force plane bound for Kenya.
The evacuation came after President Francois Bozize urgently called on former colonial ruler France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital.
The UN's most powerful body condemned the recent violence and expressed concern about the developments.
"The members of the Security Council reiterate their demand that the armed groups immediately cease hostilities, withdraw from captured cities and cease any further advance towards the city of Bangui," the statement said.
Central African Republic has a history of violent change in government. The current president himself came to power nearly a decade ago in the wake of a rebellion in this resource-rich yet deeply poor country.
Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Mr Bozize pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could.
He pointed in particular to France, Central African Republic's former colonial ruler. About 200 French soldiers are already in the country, providing technical support and helping to train the local army, according to the French defence ministry.
"France has the means to stop (the rebels) but unfortunately they have done nothing for us until now," Mr Bozize said.
French President Francois Hollande said that France wants to protect its interests in Central African Republic and not Mr Bozize's government. The comments came a day after dozens of protesters, angry about a lack of help against rebel forces, threw rocks at the French Embassy in Bangui and stole a French flag.
Paris is encouraging peace talks between the government and the rebels, with the French Foreign Ministry noting in a statement that negotiations are due to "begin shortly in Libreville (Gabon)." But it was not immediately clear if any dates have been set for those talks.


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Delightfully Dancing Download
The first video Mischael Cetoute said that he wanted to download was a bit too "Chongalicious" for our Web site (you can look that video up yourself on YouTube), although he noted, "It's really popular down here in Miami."
Gallantly, he sent us another one, embedded below, which is called "How To Crank Dat Soulja Boy," a hip dance video that we can certainly handle in Silicon Valley.
And Cetoute can now download as he pleases, using RealNetworks's beta software of its RealPlayer 11, which allows users one-click downloading of non-DRM-protected video from the Web. It is being offered to selected AllThingsD.com visitors to try out before it is released later this month.
CEO Rob Glaser debuted the new version of RealNetworks's flagship product at the D5 conference last month, which you can read about here and also see a video of the demo.
Along with downloading, you can also bookmark videos and organize them using the software. And once saved, you can then rip those videos onto any CD, DVD or, eventually, any other storage device like an iPod.
Said Cetoute in his email about why he wanted the player: "I am not one of those tech freaks that will download CNET videos cuz that's dumb and a waste [of] time. I want videos from YouTube/Google video. And I promise to use the account well, and not get it just to be in on all the latest tech. (Loser) lol."

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Mon 31 Dec 2007
Ushering in a new year
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When we were last heard from, we felt stupor (or at least a lack of excitement) towards the embedded world. Speedplane provided some good examples of exciting products but his rebuke does not addresses the core issue I was trying to articulate. I talked about buzz, but maybe it would be more appropriate to talk about active communities.
Is there an embedded community, an embedded presence on the internet? I recently found the Agile Embedded yahoo group, which has some interesting discussions. However, I was hard pressed to find other relevant mailing lists.
I'm trying to provide content, but I must admit that sometimes I lack inspiration. I don't know what to write about.
What are the readers of this blog interested in? Should I talk about:
- Software Tools
- Hardware Tools
- Beginner overview: How to use an Oscilloscope, a voltmeter, etc…
- Basic system debugging
- Various Protocols: I2C, One-Wire, serial, etc…
- Anecdotes from my time in the trenches
- Review of various software tools similar to my Dynamic C rant
- other things
Maybe I should go in an entirely different direction… One of the consequence of being an instructor is that I interact with a large number of embedded engineers. Is there interest in hearing from those students, maybe in the form of a podcast? Are you interested in hearing what other engineers are doing, some of their struggles and successes?
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Holidays at Lake Walchsee
On the northern flanks of the Kaisergebirge Massif you find lovely Walchsee, one of Tirol's most idyllic holiday resorts embedded in mighty rock faces and surrounded by gently rolling hills. The great variety of Alpine landscapes of the charming Kaiserwinkl Region lends itself to outstanding holiday activities. A real gem is Lake Walchsee, one of the warmest swimming lakes in Tirol, inviting tired hikers to take a refreshing swim in summer. During the winter months the Kaiserwinkl Region boasts a huge network of Nordic skiing trails while families and children will have fun in the nearby Zahmer Kaiser ski area – a great spot especially for beginners.
Winter Idyll in Kaiserwinkl
Scenic Kaiserwinkl ranks among the secluded winter sport resorts with high snow reliability, endless sunshine and glittering slopes. Enjoy winter at its finest in Walchsee – far away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Cross-country skiers explore the marvelous area on 244 kilometers of wonderful Nordic tracks spread all over the wide open Kaiserwinkl, one of Austria's most renowned areas when it comes to cross-country skiing. Among the favorite Nordic trails are the secluded routes through the "Schwemm" region, North Tirol's largest marshland in the immediate surroundings of Walchsee.
Passionate walkers and winter hikers can choose from incredible 80 km of cleared winter walking routes leading to Kaiserwinkl's most romantic spots. Great snowshoe hikes promise awe-inspiring panoramic views of the valleys and mountains. A small but fine ski area can be found on the northern flanks of the Kaiser Mountains: Zahmer Kaiser ski center offers 15 kilometers of immaculate slopes ideal for families and children, including also a child-friendly chair lift and varied practicing ski lifts. Also the nearby Hochkössen ski area at Unterberghorn is within easy reach – a free shuttle bus takes both skiers and snowboarders to the mountain gondola station.


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China - Hotel Resort in Krabi Ao Nang, Holyday Vacations
酒店總評分﹕4.5佔總分5﹐評論共216 份。詳閱請按此。
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Gite con biciclette veloci a cavallo al maneggio di Persiceto per cavalcare con gli andalusi per vacanze agriturismo.
Krabi and Ao Nang , Land of ancient Thai Ethnics and exotic Siam landscapes, are currently the most required, appreciated and equipped tourist destination of Far East, able to offer all kinds of Hotels Resorts and vacations.
Our Hotel Resort offer you holiday packages able to let you live magic emotions, they will vitiate you with the ancestral culture and with the kind smile of the Thai people.
Enjoy cheap vacations in Ao Nang and Krabi, fragrant tourist centres leaned out on the Andaman Sea just 25 Km. far from the Krabi International Airport, definitely affirmed as the new tourist destination of Southern Thailand, where you can get cheap holidays by our Vacation Packages .
The strategic position of our Resort in Ao Nang allows to reach very easily sites of strong tourist interest by our Family Vacations Packages as :
* the fabulous 150 islands raised on the sea, hemmed by caves and candid beaches, coral reefs and a luxuriant sea fauna. The most famous are Railey Beach (heaven of the Free Climbers), Hong Island ("the island of the rooms" for the surreal bays) and the cinematographic James Bond Island ("007-The man of the golden gun"), the sand strip connecting Chicken Island and Tab Island ("Pirates! ") and the Phi Phi Islands ("The Beach" with Leonardo Di Caprio). In our garden there are three of the famous and controversial palm trees, used on the film set in Ko Phi Phi island.
* the ancient temples and stately Buddha, between fizzy falls and sources, hidden in an uncontaminated tropical jungle where is still possible to see the tiger, free and protected in the National Parks.
* the Royal Palace, sea residence of the Queen of Thailand, at 3 Km from Ao Nang, leaned out above the sea.
* the shopping in the picturesque markets that offer the most various local handicraft products, and in the many restaurants and cafe on the beach, first at all our Frittomisto Restaurant, to taste fabulous cocktails and typical exotic dishes, admiring unforgettable and purple sunsets
Emerald Garden Resort is composed of twenty Cottages built in an enchanting tropical garden far just 600 m. from the sea and from Ao Nang centre, attainable during the day by our free shuttle service. This is Krabi National park area, so there is no kind of sun umbrella or deck chairs either on the beach.
Masonry cottages Hotel a 15.500 sqm palm forest; a total of 66 housing with portico or balcony, all equipped with the best comforts for Family Vacations: Air conditioned, satellite TV, telephone, safety box, fridge – minibar and hot water.
Family Vacations Packages:
We offer and organize many kind of Family Vacations Packages, for all the wonderful islands and the tropical rain forest.
Our two swimming pools Jacuzzi, our Gym corner, our Massage hut, our two bar and our Frittomisto Restaurant will let you enjoy in fully your holiday in Krabi, Ao Nang.
Emerald Garden Resort is WWF Member, Unicef Supporter and Unesco Friend; booking
For the lovers of diving, our diving center, organize courses and immersions for every level, day and night, during your vacations in our Resort directly.
Emerald Garden Resort. 3 star holidays Hotel 20 km from Krabi airport; Vacations Resort offering Family vacations packages .
Emerald Garden Resort. 90 Moo 3 Ao Nang Beach, Krabi, Thailand
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Actually remember to get a gallon of milk before you get home! Add an extra dimension of hilarity to your "Hair Past a Freckle" jokes! These watch-shaped Post-It notes stick to your wrist to stay in the front of your mind. A stack of 100 will run € 9.80. [PA Design via Design Milk]
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Friars Club, NYC December 4, 2014 – Gotham Networking held its 3rd and most memorable GOtham Green Awards ceremony recognizing companies and people who are making important contributions toward a more sustainable, and energy efficient world for all of us. There were 8 winners each contributing in a unique area and in some fascinating ways. These are the people who will help shape our futures by introducing such things as: ways to better utilize our resources, tools to improve our self-reliance as a country, implementing new and improved ways to build, creating new ways to use our waste, using old spaces in new ways, and providing new options for growing produce. There were many very qualified applications representing a variety of Businesses, and nonprofits that are doing great … [Read more...]
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Opel's new CEO, Karl-Thomas Neumann, is an auto industry veteran but he hasn't remained in a top job long enough to judge whether he will be successful in turning around General Motors' unprofitable European operations.
Neumann's task is huge. GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky, who chairs Opel's supervisory board, told the brand's top managers in December that he is aiming for "the most successful comeback in the history of the European industry."
Neumann's main challenge is to meet GM's target of restoring the company's European operations to breakeven by 2015. To do that, Neumann likely will have to cut excess production capacity beyond the already scheduled closure of Opel's factory in Bochum, Germany. He must also stem the brand's plummeting sales, which fell 16 percent in Europe last year, at a time when the economic downturn that has sent southern Europe into crisis is expected to hit Opel's home market in Germany this year.
There are some positives for Neumann. The brand's product lineup is being refreshed with the recent launches of the Mokka subcompact SUV and Adam minicar. Both models join growing segments. The Cascada arrives in showrooms in April, giving dealers an upscale convertible in time for summer.


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Our staff have many years experience of working with people with learning disabilities and mental health issues. We have a multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, trained support workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, an occupational therapist, physiotherapists, a physical exercise coach, a speech and language therapist, a music therapist, an independent advocate and a range of administrative staff.
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Gun in Denver airport bathroom was Houston DEA agent's
The loaded .45-caliber Glock handgun left in a crowded Denver International Airport bathroom belonged to a Drug Enforcement Administration agent based in Houston, according to records obtained on Tuesday.
The gun, with one round in the chamber and 10 in the magazine, was found by a traveler last week on the back of a toilet seat beyond Transportation Security Administration checkpoints, according to a Denver police report.
It was later returned to the agent, who was traveling on Southwest Airlines from Denver to Houston.
The DEA has stayed mum on the gun, declining to confirm the agency's ties to the incident.
"Incidents such as the one you described ... fall within the scope of an (internal) investigation and DEA does not confirm, deny or comment on internal investigations," Lisa Johnson, spokeswoman for the DEA's Houston Division, said in response to a Chronicle query.
The agent's name is redacted from a report by Denver police, but his agency is noted, as is his gender, age, race and home city.
After the gun was found, the bathroom was cordoned off and the FBI was notified. The agent's identity was confirmed before the gun was returned.
"He states he had used the rest room and had accidently left the handgun there," notes the police report. "At the request of (an FBI agent) the credentials were verified and the handgun was released back to him and he resumed his travels."
When it comes to losing a gun, the Houston agent is not alone.
There have been a stream of incidents involving officers and agents from various agencies, leaving their guns in bathrooms in airports and at least once, on a plane.
In August, a Secret Service agent left a gun in the bathroom on presidential candidate Mitt Romney's plane. It was found by a reporter traveling with the campaign.
In 2011, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer left a gun in a bathroom at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Also last year, a federal agent left a gun in an El Paso airport bathroom.
When guns are found, especially in airports, the incidents tend to make news. But many more are quietly lost under an array of circumstances.
The Department of Homeland Security had 179 firearms go missing from 2006 through 2008 - in places like cars, restaurants and bathrooms - because officers did not properly secure them, according to a 2010 report by the agency's Office of Inspector General.
Larry Karson, an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Houston- Downtown said with more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, the potential for this type of incident always is present.
"It is similar to a person setting down their cell phone with all their personal information and walking away because their mind is on something else," said Karson, a retired Customs Service agent. "The problem in this case is that if a child was to walk in afterward and find it, unlike the cell phone, there is the potential for somebody to get seriously hurt or killed."
Denver police Detective John White said there was no criminal intent surrounding the handgun left in the Denver airport bathroom and there would be no further criminal investigation.
The Denver Post reported the gun was found by Ohio businessman Bob Young.
"Oh my God," Young told the Post. "It was unnerving to see it sitting there."
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Litigation Release No. 21940 / April 21, 2011
SEC v. Commodities Online, LLC and Commodities Online Management, LLC, Civil Action No. 11-cv-60702-Seitz/Simonton, (S.D. Fla.)
The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained the appointment of a receiver over two South Florida companies and permanent injunctions on April 1, 2011 and April 8, 2011, respectively, for conducting a fraudulent $27.5 million investment scheme with funds raised by offering and selling unregistered securities to investors nationwide from January 2010 until March 2011.
In its Complaint the SEC alleges that Commodities Online, LLC ("Commodities Online") and Commodities Online Management, LLC ("Commodities Management," and together, the "Defendants"), beginning in January 2010, represented to investors that Commodities Online was in the business of arranging and funding commodities contracts. The SEC further alleges that the Defendants represented to potential investors that Commodities Online purchased commodities only after arranging for a buyer and a seller. Defendants claimed that Commodities Online made money based on the price spread and told investors they would "earn 5% or more per month without price speculation." Commodities Online sold participation units in such contracts and claimed to have invested at least $24 million raised from investors. Commodities Online also claimed to have raised at least $2.4 million from investors who invested in membership units in Commodities Online. Neither the participation units nor the membership units were registered with the Commission.
In its Complaint, the Commission alleges that Defendants made numerous material misrepresentations in connection with the offering and sale of the participation units and membership units. Although Commodities Online claimed on its website that, as of March 14, 2011, it had offered and paid a total of 48 contracts and that all completed contracts had returned the promised level of profits to the investors, the Commission alleges that in fact all completed contracts did not return the promised level of profit to investors and Commodities Online performed only a limited percentage of the commodities transactions it promised investors. Instead, according to the Complaint, Commodities Online dissipated investor funds by sending millions of dollars to companies controlled by its co-founder and former managing member and to one of its vice presidents. Further, Commodities Online held itself out as providing a viable, profitable investment vehicle to prospective investors, but, the Commission alleges, in reality it did not earn any net profits from entities it dealt with in connection with the purported commodities contracts. In addition, Commodities Online failed to disclose to prospective investors that its co-founder and former managing member is a convicted felon and failed to disclose that a vice president pled guilty to federal bank fraud and other felonies and is currently serving a term of supervised release.
The SEC's Complaint charges Commodities Online and Commodities Management with violating Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. The Defendants consented to the appointment of a Receiver, to the entry of permanent injunctions against future violations of the provisions of the securities laws with which they were charged, and to disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil money penalties in amounts to be determined by the Court.
The Court appointed David Mandel, an attorney with the law firm of Mandel & Mandel LLP of Miami, Florida, as a receiver over the Defendants. Among other things, the receiver is responsible for marshaling and safeguarding assets held by these entities.


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Modern and minimalist version of a double ended bath. The straight sides and sloping backs give a spacious bathing area. It has a central waste and overflow opposite the tap ledge and is suitable for a bath screen.
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DavDrive - Managing Android smartphones via your computer
Cell phones are so much more than cordless telephones; not only do some devices provide you with a considerable amount of memory capacity, but it is also becoming more and more common that an exchange of data (music, videos, pictures) between a computer and a cell phone can take place. This leads to an important question: how can one get the best out of the memory space a smartphone can provide?
A popular first choice for accessing a phone's SD card is USB connection—but it that really the best option out there?
DavDrive provides you access to the SD card via WLAN. You'll find out more in today's review.
This review is a result of a collaboration with the AndroidPIT community member Darth Weicon. Thanks!
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Features & Use
Testing device: HTC Desire
Android version: 2.2
DavDrive performs in the same way as a server would in the internet. You can access your phone via a browser or one of your file managers.
This allows you to work on your files exactly as you would from you computer.
• Copy file
• Move file
• Edit file
• Delete file
The downside (for which we're knocking a star off the rating) is that it isn't possible to access your computer from your phone. That's a bit of a downer, but we'll manage without, even without this feature.
Screen & Controls
DavDrive is extremely easy to use. In order to activate the app simple press on the on/off button. An IP address will then appear; the address has to be pasted to the browser. Please note that you need a login and password for the browser—the font of the pop up that tells you what to do is rather small and can easily be overlooked.
Press the menu button in order to access the following settings:
• Start: You can select if you want DavDrive to start up atumotically.
• File system: Create your core system as well as activate the Read Only mode which will ensure that no one can overwrite your SD card
• Authentification: Create a login and password
• Connection: Choose between http and https in order to create a port
• More Settings: A bunch of settings that might be of interest to professionals, but not essential for "average Joe's"
Bottom line:
DavDrive provides your Android phone with fast, stabile connection. The app supports Mac OS X, Ubuntu, and Windows, which should make it easy for everyone – even those of you who don't have a lot of experience dealing with smartphones – to connect your computers to your cell phones.
Anyone who's like me and needs/wants to move large amounts of files to your phone will find DavDrive to be an absolute must have.
Speed & Stability
DavDrive reacts very quickly. Copying and pasting large amounts of data works really well.
Price/Performance Ratio
DavDrive can be downloaded from the Market/AppCenter for 0.99€. Considering what this little app is capable of the price is totally justified.


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STAGE TUBE: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Highlights!
Opening was earlier this week for the Lincoln Center Theater production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a new play by Christopher Durang, directed by Nicholas Martin at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 West 65th Street). Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike features Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, Billy Magnussen, Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from the show below!
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE is produced by Lincoln Center Theater in association with the McCarter Theatre, where it was commissioned and ran prior to beginning performances in New York.In Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike playwright Christopher Durang takes characters and themes from Chekhov, pours them into a blender and mixes them up; the result is his latest play set in present day Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Vanya (David Hyde Pierce) and his stepsister Sonia (Kristine Nielsen) have lived their entire lives in their family's farmhouse. While they stayed home to take care of their ailing parents, their sister Masha (Sigourney Weaver) has been gallivanting around the world as a successful actress and movie star, leaving Vanya and Sonia to feel trapped and regretful. Their soothsayer/cleaning woman Cassandra (Shalita Grant) keeps warning them about terrible things in the future, which include a sudden visit from Masha and her twenty-something boy toy Spike (Billy Magnussen).
The performance schedule for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm with matinees Wednesday and Saturdays at 2pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets, priced at $75 (before Nov. 12) and $85 (after Nov. 12), are available at the Lincoln Center Theater box office (150 West 65 Street) or by visiting telecharge.com or www.lct.org.


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50 follower special
I finished composing the first movement of my suite as a 50 follower special. Here is the link:
new composition! "Waltz of rememory" feedback wanted!
This music music has a sense of tragedy with romanticism and a bit of modernism accents.
Of course you will hear one of the most popular classical music progressions (baroque epochs progressions of fifth) but i wanted to do my own version of that progression. Maybe you can relate my piece with someone others... leave your comment i would like to know what others think...
I know I have sent this alot already but...
this is the best form of my mary had a little lamb parody (it sounds dumb, but it actually sis one of my better pieces)
Check it out!
can you give me your thoughts about my music
I would like to know your opinion about my music, maybe u can give me advice? is there some places where my music sounds "a little bit off" or you saw some mistakes in my score let me know...
Reached composers block
So, you know how I have been working on the 50 follower special composition right? Well, I am 2/3 of the way through it and even include a short bit of canon in the composition. But after this canonic moment, I can't seem to make further progress. I know that I want to go back to G major by means of a plagal cadence(which would require me to substitute C major for C#°) and that I want to end the piece with a plagal cadence.
I have been having this composers block for about a week now. I usually embrace it and just move on to composing something else, but this is a 50 follower special composition that I have been working on.
I reached it🎉
I reached the 50 followers milestone. Now just to finish my 50 follower special composition. I can't promise when it will be done but right now I'm halfway through it.
First Time :P
Did any of y'all create horrible pieces of music the first time you joined Musescore?
How to link a YouTube video to your score
Before musescore came up with the way to directly upload custom audio, going through Youtube was the only way to be sure the piece you post on musescore had the sound that you want others to hear. I have used that method. It is not as simple as uploading custom audio and does require a few more steps. Going through Youtube should work with the mp3 that you get from your buddy. The way to do it is as follows:
1. First you need a way to make a video. I have Movavi Video Editor.
I import my mp3 sound into the video editor. I also need a jpg picture to go with the mp3. Then, I click on export video
as an mp4.
2. Next I upload my mp4 to youtube at https://www.youtube.com/upload
and publish the uploaded video at youtube for public viewing. Be sure to copy the link they give you for your
youtube video.
3. Then upload your score at musescore. At this point, it won't have the right sound.
4. When you look at your uploaded score online at musescore score, you need to click on the three dots on the upper right of the page. This brings up a dropdown menu. Click on "manage audio sources." Click on this and a page comes up that gives you the option to "add an audio track." Click on this.
5. A page comes up that prompts you for your youtube URL, so enter it.
6. This should attach your Youtube video to the score. Be sure click on save at the bottom. You also have the option of having the video shown or hidden with just the audio sound associated with your score.
7. Now when you look at your score on musescore, it should indicate that it has a video attached. My https://musescore.com/user/127542/scores/5536063 has a youtube video attached, for instance.
8. And if all these steps aren't enough, guess what, sometimes it doesn't work and you need to start all over again.
I know it is cumbersome but as far as I know, this is really the only way to make sure your listeners hear that mp3 quality sound when they look at your score.
Hey, folks. Having reached the heady number of 10 members, let's have a contest. Who can post a piece with the best police whistle sound? In case of a tie, the winner will be the one who can have the piece include the most kinds of police sirens and whistle sounds (for instance a bobby's whistle or a traffic cop whistle or one from France) but it must have at least one police whistle sound. Be creative. All right, creative sound effects people, let's see what you got. I almost forgot, you have to also make the soundfont effect (sf2 or sfz) available to the group so they can use it in their own pieces. You can't just make a wav file and post it using youtube. sorry.
favorite film music
do your have a favorite film music?
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Posting music online without having the instrument sounds go haywire
It is really great that musescore now can let you post your compositions online with the same soundfonts and thus the same sound you hear on your own home computer, or wherever you do your composing. No more frustrations of having the posted compositions sounding different from what you wanted. Under file, click save online and check the box for importing your composition's sound. Nice.
how important is it to have a perfect looking score?
I wonder about this as a number of commenters seem highly critical of compositions that aren't according to musical conventions - with instruments out of order in the score, instruments being played outside their normal musical range, or absence or misuse of musical notations.
Welcome new members
Glad you are here, hope to hear some of you funny, silly, inane, bizarre works soon. Have fun while you are here.
Almost reached 50 follower milestone
If you don't know already, I am now almost at 50 followers. Currently I have 39 followers so just 11 more and I will have reached the 50 follower mark. I had maybe like 4 followers 2 years ago. So clearly, I'm doing something right. My most recent score called The Storm just brought me 2 more followers. I suppose they followed me hoping to someday see the entire suite that I plan on The Storm being a part of. That suite I call Weather Music. Maybe I should compose another part of the suite for that 50 followers mark, upload it when I reach 50 followers, and then whenever I have finished the suite, upload it in its entirety.
If you want to listen to what I have so far of The Storm, here it is:
It just so happens that I have been getting rain for 3 days straight here in Ohio.
Update 1: 6/18/2019
Oh my goodness, 4 followers in a single day. That is a record for me, I am now at 43 followers. I don't know if the follower milestone or finishing the composition will come first. If the follower count does come first, that's fine. I'm not pushing myself to finish the 50 follower composition.
Update 2: 6/19/2019
Wow, 5 followers in 1 day. I don't think I will finish my 50 follower composition before I reach 50 followers. Often my composition process is slow, so don't be surprised if a week has passed and I still haven't finished the composition yet. I will get it done when I get it done. I emphasize quality over quantity with my compositions.
Update 3: 6/24/2019
I'm just 1 away from reaching the 50 followers mark. As for the composition, I'm about halfway through composing it.
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Thinking of making a separate account for symphonies
So, I have been planning out my first symphony. I gave it the nickname "The War Symphony". It still isn't flushed out yet but I have decided to have it be a programmatic symphony with this movement structure:
First Movement:
Key: Bb major
Aspect: Battle
Form: Sonata Form
Second Movement:
Key: F minor
Aspect: Death
Form: Not decided on yet but I'm leaning towards ternary form
Third Movement:
Key: Not decided on
Aspect: Battle again
Form: Scherzo and Trio
Key: Bb major
Aspect: Victory
Form: Sonata-Rondo Form
The first movement is what I have flushed out the most out of all the movements so far in my plans so obviously, that will be the part I work on first. But I'm wondering, since I can't really afford a Pro membership(maybe a few years down the line I will be able to afford it but I can't currently), should I make a separate account to put my symphony score on once it is finished? And if so, should that account be just for my symphonies if I happen to want to compose more than 1 symphony?
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Saturday, May 31, 2008
What The Heck Is On ESPN2?
Anybody have a clue about the program on ESPN2 at Noon? Is it a re-air of the same Lifelock program that was shown before?
We were told it was just a paid advertising program, but it sure looks like a well-produced special featuring a lot of the ESPN racing folks.
Here is the link to the Lifelock Racing website.
16 comments:
- Sophia said...
My digital guide says "Motorsports Explained: Indentity of a racing champion"
Looks like CLASSIC great old stuff. Thanks for bringing this up
- May 31, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
If this is a paid advertisment, I want more of the same. This is a great show. Lots of vintage racing clips and great interviews. No way is this some kind of glorified commercial.
- May 31, 2008 at 12:44 PM
- Newracefan said...
It's a shame they don't promote it at all.
- May 31, 2008 at 12:44 PM
- Sophia said...
Yes why IS IT ESPN just throws on such FANTASTIC SHOWS as an after thought and under the radar. This is the stuff real fans crave and long for!
- May 31, 2008 at 12:46 PM
- Newracefan said...
Don't know if anyone has looked at the radar but it does not look good. The NW race may be on Monday, I live about a hour and 1/2 away and we got hammered here it was so dark I needed to turn on the lights. Since they can dry the track pretty fast ther might be hope but......
- May 31, 2008 at 12:51 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I am buds with Ryan McGee and I will email him and ask him about this program.
In my listings, it shows it as a paid special from LifeLock. From the footage used, I can tell you it looks like a NASCAR Media Group program.
This program should be used by ESPN if they get a rain delay or if a race runs short. When I get more info I will fill everyone in.
Well, NMG with Intersport. That was a good show.
- May 31, 2008 at 1:00 PM
- Vicky D said...
My big question was why was Rusty shouting???? That was really irritating.
- May 31, 2008 at 1:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD, speaking of ESPN2, did you see the Indy light series broadcast? It seems Bob Jenkins is doing to the Play-by-play.
- May 31, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Bob has being doing that series for several years now and he has not missed a beat.
I was hoping that we might see him step into a Nationwide Series race on ESPN2 when it is a stand-alone race. That would be great publicity for ESPN and I am sure he would do a great job.
Wishful thinking!
- May 31, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD, to your comment about this show being listed as "paid-programing," I think that must be only in your local listings and a few others. My cable listings call it "Motorsports Explained: Identity of a Racing Champion" and is is listed as a "sports, non-event" type of program.
By the way, that looks like the same program that aired after the Indy 500.
- May 31, 2008 at 1:15 PM
- Unknown said...
JD, Bob works for IMS Productions & IMS Radio and probably won't work other ESPN events because of his turn announcing and pit road reporting duties there.
Unfortunate :(
- May 31, 2008 at 2:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
I had taped it after Indy and watched it and really enjoyed it! I hope they do more of the same but ADVERSTISE it! The only reason I knew about it was because I was checking to make sure the DVR had all the scheduled shows and I saw it listed.
It was the same with the Chasing Glory show. I had done my occasional NASCAR search on my cable and found it.
- May 31, 2008 at 2:13 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Little birdie told me things are going very well between ESPN and Mr. Jenkins.
You just never know in TV land...
- May 31, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
A replay of last week's race is on ESPN Deportes right now.
- May 31, 2008 at 4:32 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD- I just happened to catch part of the program and thought it was very, very good. It seems to me this is exactly the type of show that could & should be replayed on E-Classic.
I understood that Ryan McGee was involved in the NASCAR Nation debacle on SPEED and was iritated with him as a result. HOWEVER, since I have found him writing for ESPN I have been REALLY impressed with him. He is both a very good and an interesting writer. Being a Richard Petty fan only since the hemi years, I really enjoyed what I saw of Ryan today - and especially his recent article on why The King should be higher than No. 6 on ESPN's all-time top 25 list of drivers.
- May 31, 2008 at 5:28 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
He is a stand-up guy, I am going to try for an off-season Q&A with him in November.
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The two six-year-old boys, Jack Pinto and Noah Pozner, were among the 20 children gunned down at the school Friday morning. Six school staff were also killed in the shooting spree perpetrated by 20-year-old Adam Lanza.
Noah, whose twin sister Arielle survived the rampage, was laid to rest in a simple wooden casket adorned with a Star of David, in keeping with Jewish tradition. Outside the funeral home, teddy bears, white flowers and a red rose were placed next to an old maple tree.
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Lanza's father, Peter Lanza, is a tax director at General Electric who lives in Stamford, Connecticut. He released a statement Saturday indicating he is struggling to understand the shooting.
"Our family is grieving along with all those who have been affected by this enormous tragedy. No words can truly express how heartbroken we are," Lanza said. "We are in a state of disbelief and trying to find whatever answers we can. We too are asking why. ... Like so many of you, we are saddened, but struggling to make sense of what has transpired."
Lanza's older brother, Ryan Lanza, 24, lives in New Jersey and works in Manhattan. Following the shooting Ryan was initially identified as the suspect and was questioned by police. It was later clarified that he is not a suspect.
The town: Newtown, Conn., is a 300-year-old picturesque New England town of 27,000. It is located in one of the wealthiest counties in the country. Friday's shooting, the second-deadliest mass school shooting in the country's history, has traumatized this quiet community. There has only been one murder in Newtown in the last 10 years.
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New CNC Shines for Machine-Tool Multitasking, While Optimizing Operability
The Sinumerik 840D sl CNC system platform, introduced recently by Siemens, Chicago, IL, is a universal control covering wide-ranging metalworking operations including laser cutting, punching, milling and grinding. The control also can be used in multitasking machines such as turn-mill or mill-turn centers. This integrated functionality is simple to configure for different machine kinematics, and permits production using widely varied technologies without the need for labor-intensive workpiece reclamping.
The Sinumerik Operate user interface provides an integrated turning functionality for milling, and an integrated milling functionality for turning. And, the new OP 019 operator panel has been extended to include a new power-control unit that allows high-speed key actuation at the 19-in. glass front. The operator panel can provide a basic machine display with three or four channels showing as many as 13 axes.
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OK, so previously if you were spotted by someone and your gun was pointed the wrong way, you wouldn't know until arty started aiming at you? Is this right?
And now, if you're spotted from behind, you know you're lit but have no idea by what or who is aiming at you?
HOW is that bad? I understand that it makes the game harder to exploit, that you have to rely more on what you see and what you know. How is THAT bad?
EDIT: So update, I received a PM from PortableNuke thoroughly explaining to me what I got wrong about this. In two days of discussion with many players on this subject, and the entire time I was ABSOLUTELY WRONG. I failed to grasp the idea that if a scout spots you without also pointing the gun at you, SS is triggered but not !targeted.
I was basing the entirety of my argument on my fundamental misunderstanding on the mechanic that is supposed to be easier than the old mechanic which I also didn't fully understand until PortableNuke politely and thoroughly explained it.
So to Nuke, thanks for the free education on the mechanics of the game and the lesson in humility I obviously badly needed.
To everyone else, sorry I wasted your time. I'll be running my stock Tiger P on east when the servers come back if anyone is looking to punish my R2D2.
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The victim is this case had his credit card taken by a suspect at the Kinko's Fed Ex (650 Orchard Park Rd) West Seneca.
The resident reported finding a bicycle in their yard which
did not belong to them in the Indian Church Rd./ City Line are of the Town of West Seneca in mid August 2012. Upon
review of home security system it was discovered that a W/M possibly teen had dumped a bicycle and stolen a bicycle belonging to another resident of the area .
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Warren D. "Bud" Keller. A veteran of World War Two Chief Keller was appointed to the position of patrolman in the West Seneca Police Department in 1946.
In the mid 50's, then Patrolman Bud Keller was asked by a reporter from the Buffalo Courier Express for his most exciting moment on the job. He told the reporter that the moment that he remembers the most was the time just prior to getting on the job when he was with a friend of his name Wayne Smith. Wayne Smith was already a Patrolman on the department and was called at home and told to respond to a homicide on Dirkson Ave. in West Seneca. He attained the rank of Chief of Police on February 1, 1957. Chief Keller was the first Chief of Police to study in college by attending Millard Fillmore College and the FBI National Academy. Chief Keller retired in 1979 and passed away on April 10, 1995.
On February 1st, 1957 Warren D. "Bud" Keller became the fourth Chief of the West Seneca Police Department.
Chief Keller, a graduate of West seneca High School, was appointed to the police force in 1946, following his discharge from the Navy.
He served four years in the Pacific during World War II. "Bud" Keller entered the Navy as a Seaman 2nd Class, and was discharged as a petty officer 1st class.
Nearly 400 people including police officers from surrounding communities attended a testimonial dinner in Chief Keller's honor in March of 1957 at which time he was lauded as an efficient law enforcement officer.
A graduate of West Seneca High School, Chief Keller also attended training schools conducted by J. edgar Hoover of the FBI and studied at Milliard Fillmore College in police extension courses toward a degree in law enforcement.
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Attorneys for supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage presented arguments Tuesday in an historic U.S. Supreme Court hearing that stems from the long-running legal battle over California's voter-approved Prop 8.
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The Justices will now consider the legality of Proposition 8 -- California's ban on same-sex marriage -- with a ruling possible later this year. The hearing came after the Supreme Court granted the review of Prop 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act in December.
Local news from across Southern California
"It's now in the hands of the Supreme Court," said attorney David Boies, representing opponents of Prop 8, after the hearing. "It's been a long journey here. We're all greatly encouraged."
Charles Cooper, attorney for proponents of Prop 8, said the court asked "measured questions of both sides" during the arguments, which lasted about one hour.
"There's no way to sum up my argument in a couple of sentences," Cooper said. "We believe Proposition 8 is Constitutional. The place for the decision of redefining marriage to be made is with the people, not with the courts."
A ruling on Prop 8 is not expected until July, and several outcomes are possible -- including no ruling at all.
Read: The Supreme Court's Options | Full Coverage: Prop 8
The ban could be upheld, or the Court could strike down Prop 8 -- either on grounds specific to California or a broad ruling that applies to all states. Thirty-eight states prohibit same-sex marriage, either through legislation, ballot measures or state constitutional amendments.
Nine states -- Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont and Washington -- and Washington D.C. allow same-sex marriages. A ruling that involves a "nine-state solution" is another possible ruling.
The Court also could decide the Prop 8 backers lack standing to appeal a trial court's ruling that struck down the ban, but how that would impact the status of same-sex marriage in California is not immediately clear.
Several justices expressed doubt that the case should be before the court, according to the Associated Press. Justice Anthony Kennedy said he feared the court would go into "uncharted waters'' if it embraced arguments advanced by same-marriage supporters and suggested the court could dismiss the case with no ruling.
Supporters and defenders of Prop 8, some of whom assembled outside the Supreme Court early this week, were present during Tuesday's hearing. Hundreds waited outside the U.S. Supreme Court early Tuesday amid cold conditions in anticipation of the federal court's first serious look at the issue.
"This case has been about securing the right to marry the person I love and also having the equal access to the most important relationship that I know in life, and that's marriage," plaintiff Paul Katami, of Burbank, said Tuesday outside the high court. "I cannot wait to start my family with Jeff."
Katami and his partner, Jeff Zarrillo, are one of two couples fighting for same-sex marriage rights. They were represented by attorney Theodore Olson, a former Reagan Administration advisor who defended President George W. Bush during the re-count battle before the Supreme Court after the 2000 election.
Olson represented Zarillo and Katami, and Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, of Berkeley, in the Prop 8 case, also known as Hollingsworth v. Perry.
"We're not out to redefine marriage or topple the institution," said Zarrillo. "We're out to be a part of it."
Defenders of Prop 8, represented by Cooper, claim the federal government should leave the definition of marriage up to individual states. Cooper is a former Reagan-era Justice Department lawyer.
"The institution of marriage and marriage laws are designed to attach mothers and fathers to each other and to the children that they may create and raise in the best environment," said Austin Nimocks, of the Center for Marriage and Family.
How Prop 8 Landed in the Supreme Court
The justices will consider a ruling by a San Francisco-based appeals court that struck down the voter-approved ban. The court ruled the state could not take away the same-sex marriage right granted by the state Supreme Court before the 2008 election.
The debate stretches back years through court cases and elections, including the March 2000 approval of Prop 22, which defined marriage in California as between a man and a woman. That law was ruled unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court in May 2008, and an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples were married during a brief window before Prop 8's approval in the November election that year.
California's same-sex marriage ban was left in effect during the lengthy appeals process that followed. The legal battle included a landmark 2010 same-sex marriage trial in which Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled the ban unconstitutional. Walker said the law "both unconstitutionally burdens the exercise of the fundamental right to marry and creates an irrational classification on the basis of sexual orientation."
After appeals by Prop 8 supporters who said voters should not be invalidated "based on just one judge's opinion," a San Francisco court ruled in a 2-1 decision in November 2012 that the Walker's ruling properly interpreted the U.S. Constitution. The court ruled that the ban's "only effect was to take away that important and legally significant designation."
As attorneys argued over the issue in court, public attitudes toward same-sex marriage shifted. In 2001, 57 percent of Americans opposed same-sex marriage, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. In a poll conducted in March 2013, 49 percent of Americans said they support same-sex marriage.
A second case before the high court challenges the Defense of Marriage Act -- also known as DOMA. The act blocks federal recognition of same-sex couples in states where they are allowed to marry.
President Barack Obama called the law enacted in 1996 unconstitutional. Arguments in the DOMA case are scheduled for Wednesday.


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This is not the typical yoga class. The students are wearing baggy jeans, not form-fitting yoga pants. The music in the background is hip-hop and pop, not new-age instrumental. It's a class for at-risk youths who live in a shelter for runaways, and the easy vibe so often present in pricey yoga studios has no place here.
This is not the typical yoga class.
The students are wearing baggy jeans, not form-fitting yoga pants. The music in the background is hip-hop and pop, not new-age instrumental. There�s constant laughter and chatter � �Stretches are hard,� one teenager complains � and friendly teasing about passing gas and taking naps.
It�s a class for at-risk youths who live in a shelter for runaways, and the easy vibe so often present in pricey yoga studios has no place here.
This class is at Huckleberry House, a nonprofit shelter for teenagers at 1421 Hamlet St. Candy McDowall, a former Huckleberry House counselor, has been teaching the weekly classes there for six months.
McDowall came back to Huckleberry House after taking training through Yoga Gangsters, a nonprofit organization that tries to take yoga to at-risk people. She teaches the classes as a volunteer.
Each class has a different mix of kids, because each week, new kids arrive at and leave Huckleberry House. McDowall bantered right back with the five teens in one recent class, but she�s also keenly aware of her role.
Many of the Huckleberry House residents are there because an adult has beaten them up or sexually assaulted them, and they might be nervous about another adult touching them. Some are there because they can�t get along with their parents, and might have trouble listening to grown-ups telling them what to do.
McDowall deals with that by keeping her yoga classes loose: The kids move through the poses at their own pace, and they don�t always follow strict yogic positions. She doesn�t touch anyone until they tell her it�s OK.
The program that McDowall brought to Columbus was founded by her sister, Terri Cooper, in 2008 in Miami. The intent is to use yoga to help people in crisis.
Yoga Gangsters now includes classes in shelters, prisons and hospitals in Miami, Las Vegas and Phoenix. The Huckleberry House class is the only one in Columbus.
The goal is to give at-risk teenagers, some of whom are prone to impulsive outbursts of anger, a technique to help them manage their emotions.
�I get mad easily,� said one teenage girl staying at Huckleberry House. �So if I feel myself start to get mad, I try to take a deep breath. After yoga, I feel like all the stress has gone out of me.�
Huckleberry House asked The Dispatch not to identify the teenagers because some of them could be in danger if people knew where they were.
Counselors hope that yoga will affect the other teenagers who stay at the shelter as well.
� These kids, they don�t have time to think about themselves, to get into their own heads and their own bodies,� said Melanie Gunther, crisis-program team leader at Huckleberry House. �This is an additional coping skill that they can take with them.�
To the kids, though, yoga mainly is about headstands and stretches with funny names.
Toward the end of the class on Sunday, the teenagers pushed their legs over their heads and balanced on their hands and crowns. A teenage boy held his headstand as the other kids counted and cheered, and he then started doing pushups from his handstand.
The other kids applauded; the boy flipped over, stood and grinned.
Most yoga classes end with savasana, a pose meant to bring total relaxation to a yogi�s body. On Sunday, McDowall dimmed the lights in the Huckleberry House foyer and told the kids to lie on their mats. One sprawled flat on his abdomen, others curled into the fetal position.
�I want you to picture the person you love most in the world, the person who loves you more than any other person, and I want you to imagine that that person is walking toward you and wraps you in the biggest hug,� McDowall said.
One of the teens started to cry at the thought.
�The feeling you have right now, of all of the love, and all of the strength ... you already have it inside you,� McDowall told them. �And when people tell you that you can�t do something, you already know that you can.�


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JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. – The Lipscomb Lady Bisons have moved from ninth to eighth after day two of the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships after shooting a school-record 307.
"The team stayed and practiced on their own after Monday's round," LU coach Buddy Harston said. "It helped a lot."
MacKenzy Carter carded a 75 Tuesday at the Jekyll Island Golf Club to lead the Lady Bisons.
"It was great to see MacKenzy play well," Harson said. "She was even with two holes left to play."
LU shot 307 as a team, 11 shots under their first round effort Monday.
Carter was one of three Lady Bisons shooting in the 70s in round two. Miriam Parker fired a 76. Savanna Schubert shot her second straight round of 76 Tuesday to lead the Lady Bisons.
"Savanna and Miriam are swinging with confdience," Harston said. "The girls were really excited when they realized they had set school record at 307."
Danielle Grace finished with an 80. Morgan Bucher shot an 85.
After two rounds Schubert is tied for 19th with a 152. Parker is tied for 24th with a 154.
Carter is in a tie for 39th with a 159 followed by Bucher in 44th with a 165. Grace is tied for 47th with a 171.
The tournament ends Wednesday.


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Key performance indicators (KPIs) are visual measures of performance. Based on a specific calculated field, a KPI is designed to help users quickly evaluate the current value and status of a metric against a defined target. The KPI gauges the performance of the value, defined by a Base measure (also known as a calculated field in Power Pivot in Excel 2013), against a Target value, also defined by a measure or by an absolute value. If your model has no measures, see Create a measure.
Create a KPI
In Data View, click the table that has the measure that will serve as the Base measure. If you have not already created a base measure, see Create a measure.
Make sure the Calculation Area is displayed. If it is not showing, in Power Pivot, click Home> Calculation Area.
The Calculation Area appears beneath the table in which you are currently in.
In the Calculation Area, right-click the calculated field that will serve as the base measure (value), and then click Create KPI.
In Define target value, select from one of the following:
Select Measure, and then select a target measure in the box.
Note: If there are no fields in the box, there are no calculated fields in the model. You need to create a measure.
Select Absolute value, and then type a numerical value.
In Define status thresholds, click and slide the low and high threshold values.
In Select icon style, click an image type.
Click Descriptions, and then type descriptions for KPI, Value, Status, and Target.
Edit a KPI
In the Calculation Area, right-click the measure that serves as the base measure (value) of the KPI, and then click Edit KPI Settings.
Delete a KPI
In the Calculation Area, right-click the measure that serves as the base measure (value) of the KPI, and then click Delete KPI.
Deleting a KPI does not delete the base measure or target measure (if one was defined).
More about KPIs
In business terminology, a KPI is a quantifiable measurement for gauging business objectives. For example, the sales department of an organization might use a KPI to measure monthly gross profit against projected gross profit. The accounting department might measure monthly expenditures against revenue to evaluate costs, and a human resources department might measure quarterly employee turnover. Each is an example of a KPI. Business professionals frequently use KPIs that are grouped together in a business scorecard to obtain a quick and accurate historical summary of business success or to identify trends.
A KPI includes:
Base value
A Base value is defined by a calculated field that resolves to a value. This value, for example, can be created as an aggregate of sales or created to define profit for a given period.
Target value
A Target value is defined by a calculated field that resolves to a value, or by an absolute value. For example, a calculated field could be used as a target value where the business managers of an organization want to compare how the sales department is tracking toward a given quota, where the budget calculated field would represent the target value. An example where an absolute value would be used as a target value could be where the HR manager would like to evaluate each employee's number of sick-leave days compared to the average, where the average number of sick-leave days represents the absolute value.
Status thresholds
A Status threshold is defined by the range between a low and high threshold. The Status threshold displays with a graphic to help users easily determine the status of the Base value compared to the Target value.
The sales manager at Adventure Works wants to create a PivotTable she can use to quickly display whether or not sales employees are meeting their sales quota for a given period (year). For each sales employee, she wants the PivotTable to display the actual sales amount in dollars, the sales quota amount in dollars, and a simple graphic display showing the status of whether or not each sales employee is below, at, or above their sales quota. She wants to be able to slice the data by year.
To do this, the sales manager chooses to add a Sales KPI to the AdventureWorks workbook. The sales manager will then create a PivotTable with the fields (calculated fields and KPI) and slicers to analyze whether or not the sales force is meeting their quotas.
In Power Pivot, a calculated field on the SalesAmount column in the FactResellerSales table, which gives the actual sales amount in dollars for each sales employee is created. This calculated field will define the Base value of the KPI. The sales manager can select a column and click AutoSum on the Home tab or type a formula in the formula bar.
The Sales calculated field is created with the following formula:
The SalesAmountQuota column in the FactSalesQuota table has a sales amount quota defined for each employee. The values in this column will serve as the Target calculated field (value) in the KPI.
The SalesAmountQuota calculated field is created with the following formula:
Target SalesAmountQuota:=Sum(FactSalesQuota[SalesAmountQuota])
Note: There is a relationship between the EmployeeKey column in the FactSalesQuota table and the EmployeeKey in the DimEmployees table. This relationship is necessary so that each sales employee in the DimEmployee table is represented in the FactSalesQuota table.
Now that calculated fields have been created to serve as the Base value and Target value of the KPI, the Sales calculated field is extended to a new Sales KPI. In the Sales KPI, the Target SalesAmountQuota calculated field is defined as the Target value. The Status threshold is defined as a range by percentage, the target of which is 100% meaning actual sales defined by the Sales calculated field met the quota amount defined in the Target SalesAmountQuota calculated field. Low and High percentages are defined on the status bar, and a graphic type is selected.
Key Performance Indicators in Power Pivot
The sales manager can now create a PivotTable adding the KPI's Base value, Target value, and Status to the Values field. The Employees column is added to the RowLabel field, and the CalendarYear column is added as a Slicer.
The sales manager can now quickly view sales status for the sales dept., slice by year the actual sales amount, sales quota amount, and status for each sales employee. She can analyze sales trends over years to determine whether or not she needs to adjust the sales quota for a sales employee.


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Internal Training System by Master Yang
Yang Qinglin in his 70s.
Yang Qinglin (杨青林 in Chinese) (1894--1992), Grandmaster of Hebei style Xing Yi, student of Zhang Zhaodong. When he was a child, his parents sent him to Zhang Zhaodong's martial art school in order to make him more disciplined in life. His parents signed the official contract with Zhang Zhaodong(founder of the Xingyi Bagua Palm system) to ensure that Master Zhang would feel confident to treat their son seriously by removing any further legal responsibility. Later on, he worked as a caravan bodyguard at Li Cunyi's Wantong Bodyguard Company (Li was the third generation of Xing Yi style, one of the most prominent Xing Yi masters back to that time)
He mastered Xing Yi and Xingyi-Bagua Palm system and promoted these styles. After Zhang Zhaodong passed away, he began to teach in Tianjin, the hotbed of Hebei style of Xing Yi.
In teaching and practicing, he emphasized that the original Xing Yi practice should focus on the internal power training and the martial application. He believed that, by doing so, would be the best way to respect and carry on his master's teaching. He always reminded his students to follow the path of those masters who have got their skills tested in the real combat situations.
To make his practice, he also studied the traditional Chinese medicine. Also, Li Cunyi and Zhang Zhaodong presented to him some herbal formula for treating martial injuries, which he had used them to help many people in the community.
In his family, there has been a family tradition, that the whole family will choose one child to carry the martial art practice. To transfer the family knowledge to the later generation, he became Master Hai Yang's first teacher in Kung Fu training. Also, he was open-minded in martial art practice. He would introduce his grandson, Master Hai Yang to keep learning from different masters of different styles and schools when he thought it was necessary to his grandson's practice.
He maintained a very healthy lifestyle in his entire life. He did not stop training even when he was very old. Therefore, he still could demonstrate Xing Yi practice with power and speed in his advanced age.
He passed away at the age of 98 in Tianjin.
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I posted the last post because I wanted some peace and quiet for a change (and also because it was easier than any of the other posts I've been contemplating, la la la). But instead it just made me confused and kind of upset.
Because the count right now is 32 comments (plus two responses) and two emails to me from readers going "what the hell? How are there so many comments on this?" Reader Olga put it particularly well: "Total conjecture here on my part, but I feel that perhaps this kind of harassment is so systemic that it goes on unnoticed by a lot of people, or that it is tolerated to a point where people wouldn't even recognize this kind of behavior has violating someones space."
And she's right. At first I was policing, and I did delete one comment that said "no, this hasn't happened to me except the times it's happened to me," but in the end I thought it would be more useful to leave them up and say "look what's happening here." No, nobody's ever refused to stop talking to me except old men. No, nobody's ever called out at me except construction workers. No, nobody's done this recently. No, nobody's done this since I was in junior high. No, nobody's hit on me per se.
Here's the stat I wanted to give: we have 32 comments and 2,008 views on this post as of right now (it's only been up a couple hours but I got tired of monitoring comments). That's about 1.6 percent of readers reporting a harassment-free existence. But of course in the end it's more interesting to analyze the positive space than the negative, so now I'm more interested in the caveats.
Think about your experience when you read that question. Was there someone you were discounting — people you expect it from, people who were just trying to be friendly, people who weren't perfect strangers? Did you interpret "refusing to leave you alone" as "hitting on you openly," and feel bad that you don't experience that kind of attention? Did you interpret "setting boundaries" as "shutting them down explicitly and decisively" and discount the situations where they kept talking as you kept walking or reading or smiling tersely? Did you wonder what it was about you that kept people from talking to you, as though it's a failure (or a feature) when other women get unwanted attention?
What are we excusing? Why are we excusing it?


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