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Inexpensive Control Surfaces
Those with limited budgets need not suffer the dread mixitis rodentus, the horrible condition caused by excessive mouse-handling while mixing. Indeed, various devices to protect you from plague-carrying vermin are available for just a few hundred dollars. Offering the most important features — such as faders, buttons, and transport controls — of their high-end counterparts, these affordable control surfaces put two-fisted mixing well within the reach of almost anyone.
The less-than-$1,000 price range is not the place to look for an all-encompassing solution, though, and you will see that each device has its niche. To compensate for limited feature sets, they provide useful extras ranging from audio I/O and easy connectivity to built-in effects. Each comes with a bundled digital audio sequencer program (or includes a built-in sequencer), enhancing its appeal to cost-conscious users and beginners alike. I'll take a look at four control surfaces with prices ranging from $379.00 to $899.99 and describe what each unit has to offer.
In this group, the Peavey StudioMix ($899.99; see Fig. 1) provides arguably the tightest integration with its host software. That stands to reason because the StudioMix was created jointly with Cakewalk and doesn't directly support other applications. It offers fewer options than the other moderately priced units, but its options are especially well suited to Cakewalk's functions. The StudioMix ships with Cakewalk Professional 8 (Peavey offers a free upgrade to Pro Audio 9), and the unit is also compatible with Cakewalk's top-of-the-line Sonar. Not included in this roundup is Peavey's PC 1600x ($399.99), a generic 16-fader MIDI control surface without dedicated transport controls or bundled music software.
The Doepfer Regelwerk ($650; see Fig. 2) is a MIDI fader box and an 8-track analog pattern sequencer. It is the odd bird in this roundup, as some key functions of the other control surfaces are not included in Regelwerk's feature set. The Regelwerk, on the other hand, offers 24 faders — far more than the other units. Not for the fainthearted, the Regelwerk requires more MIDI savvy to program than the others; however, it's also best geared toward real-time MIDI performance. The 5U rackmountable device has a clean-looking, no-nonsense, industrial look and feel.
The most flexible unit of the bunch is the Tascam US-428 ($625; see Fig. 3). A bundled version of Steinberg Cubasis VST only scratches the surface of the US-428's feature set; Tascam's Web site keeps an updated list of compatible host programs. The US-428's audio I/O alone is noteworthy, offering four 24-bit inputs and two 24-bit outputs — more than most USB audio interfaces.
Edirol's U-8 ($379; see Fig. 4) is affordable and comes bundled with IK Multimedia Groovemaker DJ and a custom version of either Cakewalk Home Studio 9 or Steinberg Cubasis for Windows. The Groovemaker DJ software lets you play, mix, and randomize grooves on the fly with control of eight stereo loop tracks. The U-8 incorporates a set of useful built-in effects that can be used nondestructively or applied during tracking or mixing. The unit's interface is dominated by EZ-Recording wizards designed to simplify the setup process.
The No. 1 advantage of using a control surface is that multiple hardware faders are better for mixing than a single mouse or trackball is. The tour of these interfaces therefore begins with faders. The Regelwerk aside, all the control surfaces feature eight channel faders along with a dedicated master fader. The U-8, the StudioMix, and the Regelwerk offer 60 mm faders, and the US-428 provides 45 mm faders. As with the heavy hardware, additional banks of eight faders are a button press away. The Regelwerk has a clear advantage: it allows direct control of its 24 faders without bank switching.
When I first reviewed the U-8, writing fader automation from the control surface wasn't possible. Thankfully that has changed, at least with the Cakewalk version. With the other units, automation has been a primary selling point from day one. Only the StudioMix's faders are motorized, which makes updating automation much easier and looks way cool.
The US-428 offers a single Pan knob that controls the selected track; the U-8 has no pan controls. The StudioMix has two knobs per channel that are assignable to pan, aux send, or level. The allocation of two knobs per channel combined with the fader motors and the ability to swap assignments (for example, using the fader for pan) gives the StudioMix a decided advantage for real-time recording of mix automation.
Each channel strip has one or more corresponding buttons. On the U-8, the buttons are clear and illuminate to indicate solo, mute, or record-ready status. Interestingly, only solo can be set directly by pressing the button. The US-428 has two sets of buttons (select and mute/solo) and three rows of LEDs (mute/solo, record-ready, and select). The StudioMix has one button per channel, but it can be assigned to mute, solo, record-enable, write fader (automation record-enable), and aux-enable. A Modifier key to let you switch assignments on the fly would be a welcome addition to the US-428.
Except for the Regelwerk (which offers Start and Stop buttons only), the units provide standard transport controls, which are especially nice to work with. QWERTY equivalents for Start, Stop, Rewind, and so forth are built into every music-production program — I haven't actually clicked on a Rewind icon in years — yet punching a dedicated button to start recording feels so much less like word processing.
Precise positioning is achieved with Data/Jog wheels, and the StudioMix includes a real Shuttle control, as well. A Shuttle control is the collar around a Jog wheel that allows variable-speed fast-forward and rewind; the Jog wheel provides precise manual positioning. Like the motorized faders, the StudioMix's full-service Jog/Shuttle wheel contributes to its more serious professional feel.
The personality of each controller becomes clearer when you go beyond the channel strips and examine what additional functions are present. For the most part, I'm talking about buttons: how many are there, and what can they do? With the StudioMix, the answer is a simple five buttons, and they can be assigned to almost any Cakewalk menu item, screen layout, StudioWare panel, or CAL macro. Because two buttons are typically assigned to bank switching, that leaves three assignable buttons. The assignability is as great as the number of buttons is inadequate.
Above the U-8's transport controls is a set of buttons devoted to markers and modes. You can set or locate to markers, turn looping on and off, and enable or disable autopunch. Farther up are buttons to help navigate dialog boxes. Dedicated buttons select windows or menus, represent Yes/Enter and No/Exit, and provide cursor control. The Data/Jog wheel is as much a part of the control set as it is a part of the transport controls. Additional buttons and knobs are devoted to the U-8's EZ features and effects.
Like the U-8, the US-428 has buttons just above its transport controls for setting and locating to markers. Nearby are two unique buttons: Input Monitor makes the first four channel faders control the direct-monitor mix of the US-428's four input channels; Null disengages the faders from writing values long enough for you to set them to correspond to current values.
The US-428 contains a cluster of three knobs and four buttons to control the host program's EQ settings. The buttons select between four frequency bands, whereas the knobs modify gain, center frequency, and bandwidth. To the right of the EQ cluster are four buttons to select Aux sends, an Assign button, and three software-specific function keys, which in Cubasis VST are used to open the Audio Mixer window, to open the VST FX Send window, and to toggle between open windows.
The Regelwerk has no knobs, but it boasts an impressive collection of 72 buttons and 56 LEDs. In addition to its function buttons, rows above and below the 24 faders help program the step sequencer and pattern playback. Having three separate banks of eight faders at your fingertips eliminates the need for bank swapping to access more than eight channels. That makes the Regelwerk well suited for simple level-riding tasks that don't require full integration with a DAW as well as for modulating other MIDI parameters in real time. (The Regelwerk looks somewhat like a small lighting console, which would make it a good control surface for operating a MIDI-controlled lighting rig.)
Audio I/O is another area of major differences among the three controllers. The StudioMix most resembles the "big iron" insofar as it offers the ability to route analog audio to and from your audio interface. A single mic input and L/R line inputs are complemented by stereo sound-card input and output, stereo monitor output, stereo tape input and output, headphone output, and MIDI In, Out, and Thru. All audio connections are unbalanced RCA except the mic (XLR) and headphone (⅛-inch). Four front-panel knobs control relative mic, line, mix, and monitor levels.
The U-8 goes one step beyond the StudioMix: it functions as a stereo 16-bit, 48 kHz audio interface. Various inputs are available, including line, mic, and guitar levels, as are 16-bit S/PDIF digital I/O and MIDI In and Out. A single RCA output pair and a stereo ¼-inch headphone jack allow monitoring. Oddly, the mic input is an unbalanced XLR connection.
Not just a controller, the US-428 is also an impressive USB audio interface, with four ins and two outs providing 16- or 24-bit, 44.1 or 48 kHz audio. XLR mic inputs (balanced) and ¼-inch line inputs are available, with two ¼-inch inputs switchable to guitar inputs. Add to that two MIDI Ins and Outs, a 24-bit S/PDIF digital I/O, RCA main outputs, and a stereo ¼-inch headphone out, and you have quite a bit of connectivity.
Software compatibility is the key ingredient for these controllers. If a control surface doesn't work with your favorite program, it isn't much good. With the StudioMix, the compatibility issue is easy: it works with Cakewalk Professional 8 or later and Sonar. Theoretically, you could reverse-engineer a controller map to let it control another program, but do you really want to? Give Peavey credit for excellent execution of a limited vision.
The U-8 works nicely with its bundled version of Cubasis or Home Studio 9, but don't plan to use the unit with other software. The Edirol Web site has teased about Mac and Windows 2000 drivers, but there's no sign of them. The U-8's built-in effects, however, are generally good, which adds value to the bundle.
The Regelwerk is not designed for any specific software, but it has an extensive set of Auto-Learn features for recognizing and storing MIDI commands. In many ways, it is the least useful as a DAW front end. It doesn't provide a full set of dedicated transport controls or even knobs for panning. It is quite powerful and highly programmable as a MIDI fader controller, and it's perfectly suited for live, dynamic MIDI performance or as an interface for a software synth. Its built-in pattern-based sequencer and other unique features, such as its eight control voltage and gate outputs, may appeal to some users.
The compatibility champion is clearly the US-428. The only one of the four to support Macs, it provides tactile control for Digidesign Pro Tools, Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) Digital Performer, Emagic Logic Audio, Steinberg Nuendo, and other programs. It also has been adapted for use with software synthesizers. One of its coolest applications is to control Native Instruments B4. Imagine the irony of emulating the legendary Hammond behemoth with a laptop and a MIDI keyboard while the compact US-428 provides virtual drawbars and control of things such as preamp drive, vibrato speed, and audio I/O. Try doing that with a mouse!
Brian Smithersis associate course director of MIDI at Full Sail Real World Education in Winter Park, Florida. You can reach him through his Web site,http://members.aol.com/notebooks1.

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Monday, February 28, 2011
University essay writing – five top tips
1) Plan your assignments. If you're like I was as an undergraduate, you'll think planning is boring and you'll jump straight into writing your essay. Think again. If you don't know where your essay is heading, the chances are you'll lose direction and end up nowhere, with a string of ideas that may be excellent but are lacking in cohesion. To avoid this, you need to plan a structure.
2) Structure your assignments. Think about the question in your title, then think about your response to that question. This will give you your conclusion. Next, consider why you think this; that will give you the body points. Then all you have to do is write the essay, starting with the body points and leading to your considered conclusion. Finally, you can write the introduction. Of course you can write the introduction first, but be careful that writing the introduction does not become merely an essay planning exercise. Remember too to introduce each paragraph with a topic sentence, and keep to one topic in each paragraph.
3) Read efficiently. Did you know that you don't need to read every word of your books or journal articles in order to gain information? If you're not sure if something will be useful, read the introduction and conclusion first. Then, if it seems that the text will be helpful, scan through for key words from your essay title, as well as synonyms of these key words. Finally, read the sections of text that seem most relevant.
4) Reference correctly. In Australia, the US and the UK, as well as many other countries, it is important to put a reference in the text (or in a footnote) every time you refer to an idea from someone else, even if you are not quoting directly. This reference should appear next to the idea or quote, and not just at the end of a paragraph. It also needs to appear in a reference list at the end of the assignment. The importance of referencing in academic writing cannot be overstated, as failure to reference in Western academic culture is seen as plagiarism. There is a humorous video clip here that illustrates this. Referencing may have different rules in different academic cultures, so if you're studying at or through a Western university be sure to check what you need to do and which system to follow.
5) Critique, don't just describe. In Western academic culture you are not expected to agree with everything your lecturer says; you are expected to argue and discuss and present a point of view. That means that you should think critically about what you read, and not just describe a writer's ideas. Maybe other writers disagree, or maybe they support your first writer? Make sure you can see how these perspectives meet or diverge, and be prepared to argue your case and persuade the reader why your answer to the question is correct.
What about grammar, you say? If your essay is well structured and argued, with one main point in each paragraph, a clear introduction and conclusion and good referencing, the language will be only a minor issue for most Western lecturers, as long as what you say can be understood. If you're not sure about vocabulary or collocations, try a learner's dictionary for examples. (See my previous post for details of different learner's dictionaries.)
As you can see, I'm writing from an Australian perspective. If you do things differently in your country we'd love to hear from you and compare approaches. It would make a really interesting discussion.
Wherever you are, good luck with your essay writing!
5 comments:
- Jose M. Blanco said...
Love the video. I plan to sho my classes!
- March 2, 2011 at 4:42 AM
- Mohan Arun said...
My top technique for writing essays and papers for university is to write as fast as you can, not as well as you can. You can always edit/rephrase it later.
I have made this and some other techniques into a blog post on my blog:
- May 27, 2011 at 1:29 AM
- Peter J. Francis said...
I edit a lot of essays for students in Canada and the US, as well as teach English, and I believe the most important part of an essay is the ideas, as you state. I see a lot of essays where an entire paragraph is full of sentences re-stating exactly the same idea. No grammar fix can improve this. Only writing courses should mark down significantly for grammar errors. Of course no students should be earning marks high enough to consider graduate school if they can not write, but the point of education should be critical thinking.
- May 27, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Lisa said...
I would add two other tips:
1. ANSWER THE QUESTION!! Often students write about the topic but they don't address the central debate with a clear answer. I ask my students "what is the question? How have other people answered it? What is your answer??"
2. Remember that you have to write several drafts before an essay is finished. Don't go straight from drafting to editing. There is another stage - revision - where you consider whether your assignment is structured clearly and logically. Be prepared to reshape substantially at this stage - and it will make all the difference to your final product.
- June 29, 2011 at 7:33 PM
- Elmer said...
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not real but say my hashmap is called myMap, with
"1", "One"
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in it. how can i get the #'s to be shown in the drop down list but the Spelling number to be submitted off when the form is submitted.


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Veritas retires Business Server for new version of NetBackup
Out with the old and in with the new. Veritas has retired NetBackup Business Server in favor of a new version of NetBackup for medium-sized businesses.
Veritas Software Corp., Mountain View, Calif., has revamped its backup software for small and medium-sized businesses and discontinued its lackluster NetBackup Business Server software package.
The new tool, dubbed Veritas NetBackup 5.0 Server, has more features and tools than Business Server and offers tighter integration with the company's other software packages.
The old Business Server edition didn't win over too many users, according to Brenda Zawatski, vice president of product marketing for Veritas.
"In a lot of cases, we gave customers a tough decision because of pricing. They said, 'If I grow a little bit I might outgrow this,'" Zawatski said.
Nancy Marrone-Hurley, senior analyst with Enterprise Storage Group Inc., said that NetBackup 5.0 Server is more than just a rebranded version of Business Server edition because Veritas has added a number of new features, bringing its feature set close to that of NetBackup Enterprise Server.
"NetBackup [5.0 Server] now supports synthetic backups, open copy, in-line copy, advanced reporting, application-specific agents and includes desktop and laptop support -- all of which are significant enhancements to the old Business Server edition," Marrone-Hurley said.
She also pointed to integration with Backup Exec and the Enterprise edition as a strong point of NetBackup 5.0 Server. "All have the same look and feel, and a user can easily migrate from one to the other if required," she said.
Some of the enterprise features found in the new NetBackup 5.0 Server include disk staging, synthetic backup and automated disaster recovery. NetBackup 5.0 Server uses technology from Veritas Volume Replicator to automatically replicate primary data to a disaster recovery site.
NetBackup 5.0 Server integrates with Veritas' CommandCentral Service software and with Veritas Data Lifecycle Manager, which provides data archiving, retention and retrieval capabilities.
According to Veritas, NetBackup 5.0 Server provides "limitless" client protection and tape storage support as a migration path to the enterprise-class NetBackup Enterprise Server.
NetBackup 5.0 Server has more features than Business Server, but it doesn't include some features of Veritas' more expensive software products. For instance, NetBackup 5.0 Server does not include the shared storage options or the three-tiered architecture found in NetBackup Enterprise Edition.
Jamie Gruener, senior analyst for enterprise computing and networking at the Yankee Group, Boston, said NetBackup 5.0 Server is aimed at users who don't need all of the functionality of NetBackup Enterprise.
"It's a much better fit for the midmarket," Gruener said. "I still think, ultimately, there will be a growing need to hit the [sub-$2000] price point."
Veritas is almost there when it comes to cost. Pricing for NetBackup 5.0 Server begins at $2,000 for Unix, Windows and Linux. Customers that have NetBackup Business Server can migrate to NetBackup 5.0 Server at no additional cost.
Let us know what you think about the story; e-mail: Kevin Komiega, news editor.Veritas to acquire startup for utility computing technology Veritas adds reporting and compliance with new software Veritas reports record results


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Roger's Nod to Sod | The Jamestown Net Zero House
Season 40 Episode 11 | 23m 43s
Roger visits a nearby sod farm with Jenn and Kevin. Richard inspects the HVAC installation. A gas fireplace goes in the living room. Tom and Jeff attach screens on the side porch. Outside, a new well is dug to provide water for the landscaping.
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Repairing dead, damaged lawns with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook.
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Arch Coal's Dugout Canyon Mine Achieves Safety Milestone
Wellington, Utah (Oct. 7, 2011) – Arch Coal's Canyon Fuel Company subsidiary today announced that its Dugout Canyon mine in Carbon County, Utah, has achieved 1 million man-hours and two full years without a Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reportable lost-time incident.
In addition, Dugout Canyon's Castle Valley Preparation Plant has a perfect 2011 record and has operated incident-free for five consecutive years.
"We applaud Dugout Canyon's achievements and ongoing efforts toward working safely each and every day," said Paul A. Lang, Arch Coal executive vice president of operations. "Dugout's achievements demonstrate our employees' deep-rooted commitment to safety, which is prevalent across our operations nationwide."
In 2010, Dugout Canyon miners worked 486,453 hours with a lost-time incident rate of zero compared to the national underground average of 3.72 incidents per 200,000 employee-hours.
Arch's Canyon Fuel Company is Utah's largest coal producer and a large state employer, with a workforce of 900. It operates the Dugout Canyon, Skyline and Sufco mines.
U.S.-based Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) is a top five global coal producer and marketer, with 179 million tons of coal sold pro forma in 2010. Arch is the most diversified American coal company, with mining complexes across every major U.S. coal supply basin. Arch's core business is supplying cleaner-burning, low-sulfur thermal and metallurgical coal to power generators and steel manufacturers on four continents. In 2010, Arch's overall lost-time incident rate of 0.46 per 200,000 employee-hours was less than one-fifth the national coal industry average of 2.52 per 200,000 hours worked.


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Piano Battles!
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I Have Something For You
If you listen to this score it will be stuck in your head for the rest of the week
and probably fill you w/ memories from your childhood
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I know I do.
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Mine is my rondo for a sonata collab
Polonaise in Bb, Feedback Wanted
I have been composing a polonaise in Bb for the past few days. The A section of the polonaise is what I have written down. The A section of the A section is what my first few questions are about and is the exclusively diatonic section. The B section of the A section is more chromatic. I am asking these questions because they came up to me after listening to my own polonaise a few times.
1) Is the bass in the A section of the A section(bars 1-8 and 23-30) too dense?
2) In the consequent phrase(bars 5-8), is the bass too close to the melody? Should I bring it down an octave?
3) In the B section of the A section(bars 9-22), am I handling my chromaticism correctly or not?
4) Is it too much of me to expect a pianist to play a polonaise rhythm in octaves for the whole B section of the A section?
5) Do I smoothly transition into the inversion(left hand becomes right hand kind of inversion) or not?
6) Is my A section too repetitive with 2 periods and a motive sandwiched between the 2 periods and the repeat sign?
7) Is 30 bars enough for the A section of a piece that I expect to be 200 or so bars long, or should I extend my A section further?
Here is the link to my polonaise score:
How else do you think it could be improved? Right now, I'm thinking of what to put in the B section of my polonaise.
New piece called "Waterfall"
Hey all, I have a new piece that's being played at a composition recital at my college next month. I just finished it a few days ago and would love to hear any feedback!
Thanks a ton! :))
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Hey! I hope you have some to listen to some sax quartet music.
I just added 5 scores in this group, please let me know if you like it or not.
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Hey! I hope you have some to listen to some sax quartet music.
I just added 5 scores in this group, please let me know if you like it or not.
Also check out our facebookpage: The Magical Saxes
Flute Piece
Hi all, there used to be a flute piece titled "end credits", but it was taken down when the user's account got suspended. Does anyone else know what piece I'm referencing, and can anyone remake it? (I'm not too good in the composing area).
Feedback Anybody?
This is one of my first scores, so any and all feedback would be great (although preferably constructive criticism). Thank you!
Más Feedback anybody?
Hi there! I have yet another piece I'm looking for feedback on (again, preferably constructive criticism, but hey). Please comment on the piece itself preferably, but idc if you post here either.
interested in new soundfonts and soundeffects in your music ?
Consider joining https://musescore.com/groups/fun-silly-amusing-crazy-outrageous-hilarious-soundfonts-and-sound-effects
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After a few months of learning about and playing with Lisp, both CL and a bit of Clojure, I'm still not seeing a compelling reason to write anything in it instead of C#.
I would really like some compelling reasons, or for someone to point out that I'm missing something really big.
The strengths of Lisp (per my research):
- Compact, expressive notation - More so than C#, yes... but I seem to be able to express those ideas in C# too.
- Implicit support for functional programming - C# with LINQ extension methods:
- mapcar = .Select( lambda )
- mapcan = .Select( lambda ).Aggregate( (a,b) => a.Union(b) )
- car/first = .First()
- cdr/rest = .Skip(1) .... etc.
- Lambda and higher-order function support - C# has this, and the syntax is arguably simpler:
- "(lambda (x) ( body ))" versus "x => ( body )"
- "#(" with "%", "%1", "%2" is nice in Clojure
- Method dispatch separated from the objects - C# has this through extension methods
- Multimethod dispatch - C# does not have this natively, but I could implement it as a function call in a few hours
- Code is Data (and Macros) - Maybe I haven't "gotten" macros, but I haven't seen a single example where the idea of a macro couldn't be implemented as a function; it doesn't change the "language", but I'm not sure that's a strength
- DSLs - Can only do it through function composition... but it works
- Untyped "exploratory" programming - for structs/classes, C#'s autoproperties and "object" work quite well, and you can easily escalate into stronger typing as you go along
- Runs on non-Windows hardware - Yeah, so? Outside of college, I've only known one person who doesn't run Windows at home, or at least a VM of Windows on *nix/Mac. (Then again, maybe this is more important than I thought and I've just been brainwashed...)
- The REPL for bottom-up design - Ok, I admit this is really really nice, and I miss it in C#.
Things I'm missing in Lisp (due to a mix of C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Resharper):
- Namespaces. Even with static methods, I like to tie them to a "class" to categorize their context (Clojure seems to have this, CL doesn't seem to.)
- Great compile and design-time support
- the type system allows me to determine "correctness" of the datastructures I pass around
- anything misspelled is underlined realtime; I don't have to wait until runtime to know
- code improvements (such as using an FP approach instead of an imperative one) are autosuggested
- GUI development tools: WinForms and WPF (I know Clojure has access to the Java GUI libraries, but they're entirely foreign to me.)
- GUI Debugging tools: breakpoints, step-in, step-over, value inspectors (text, xml, custom), watches, debug-by-thread, conditional breakpoints, call-stack window with the ability to jump to the code at any level in the stack
- (To be fair, my stint with Emacs+Slime seemed to provide some of this, but I'm partial to the VS GUI-driven approach)
I really like the hype surrounding Lisp and I gave it a chance.
But is there anything I can do in Lisp that I can't do as well in C#? It might be a bit more verbose in C#, but I also have autocomplete.
What am I missing? Why should I use Clojure/CL?


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Can you work out which drink has the stronger flavour?
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The scale on a piano does something clever : the ratio (interval) between any adjacent points on the scale is equal. If you play any note, twelve points higher will be exactly an octave on.
The diagonals of a trapezium divide it into four parts. Can you create a trapezium where three of those parts are equal in area?
A Sudoku with clues as ratios.
Can you find an efficent way to mix paints in any ratio?
Can you work out how to produce different shades of pink paint?
A farmer is supplying a mix of seeds, nuts and dried apricots to a manufacturer of crunchy cereal bars. What combination of ingredients costing £5 per kg could he supply?
The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?
A garrison of 600 men has just enough bread ... but, with the news that the enemy was planning an attack... How many ounces of bread a day must each man in the garrison be allowed, to hold out 45. . . .
A circle of radius r touches two sides of a right angled triangle, sides x and y, and has its centre on the hypotenuse. Can you prove the formula linking x, y and r?
Two motorboats travelling up and down a lake at constant speeds leave opposite ends A and B at the same instant, passing each other, for the first time 600 metres from A, and on their return, 400. . . .
Rectangle PQRS has X and Y on the edges. Triangles PQY, YRX and XSP have equal areas. Prove X and Y divide the sides of PQRS in the golden ratio.
How long will it take Mary and Nigel to wash an elephant if they work together?
Can you work out the fraction of the original triangle that is covered by the green triangle?
What does the empirical formula of this mixture of iron oxides tell you about its consituents?
Two boats travel up and down a lake. Can you picture where they will cross if you know how fast each boat is travelling?
Which exact dilution ratios can you make using only 2 dilutions?
The triangles in these sets are similar - can you work out the lengths of the sides which have question marks?
The Earth is further from the Sun than Venus, but how much further? Twice as far? Ten times?
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The Pythagoreans noticed that nice simple ratios of string length made nice sounds together.
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Show that it is rare for a ratio of ratios to be rational.
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What's the most efficient proportion for a 1 litre tin of paint?
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Points P, Q, R and S each divide the sides AB, BC, CD and DA respectively in the ratio of 2 : 1. Join the points. What is the area of the parallelogram PQRS in relation to the original rectangle?
In a race the odds are: 2 to 1 against the rhinoceros winning and 3 to 2 against the hippopotamus winning. What are the odds against the elephant winning if the race is fair?
What is the ratio of the area of a square inscribed in a semicircle to the area of the square inscribed in the entire circle?
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Jennifer Werner, James Cunningham Lead Engeman's A WONDERFUL LIFE; Previews Open Today!
The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is set to announce its holiday show A WONDERFUL LIFE. Previews begin today, November 25, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.; with the official opening on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. and running through January 8, 2012. A WONDERFUL LIFE is adapted from the Frank Capra film "It's a Wonderful Life"with music by Joe Raposo.Frank Capra's film classic has been brought to vibrant theatrical life through the remarkable collaboration of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Sheldon Harnick and Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Joe Raposo. The story of George Bailey and his wonderful life in Bedford Falls remains a timeless fable of dreams, disillusionment and the power of love. An uplifting chronicle of the extraordinary lives of ordinary folk, A WONDERFUL LIFE exhilarates the mind and heart as it celebrate the innate goodness in us all.A WONDERFUL LIFE is produced by RICHARD T. DOLCE, the theater's Producing Artistic Director. John Simpkins, the Director, has also directed Damn Yankees for the John W. Engeman Theater. His Broadway credits include: Bloodsong of Love (Joe Iconis, Ars Nova-3 Drama Desk nominations), The Bus (59E59 Theatres), Things to Ruin (director/ co-conceiver - Second Stage), ReWrite (Urban Stages), The Black Suits (SPF- Public Theatre), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Lucille Lortel). Some Regional credits include: Hairspray (North Carolina Theatre), Annie & Cabaret (Sacramento Music Circus), Evita (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma), Rent, ...Forum, The Wedding Singer (TriArts Sharon Playhouse). New Works: ReWrite (Goodspeed Opera House); When the World Ends (Blaemire); Hellraisers (Barrington Stage); Next Thing You Know (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Fantasy Football, the musical; Party Come Here (Kirshenbaum/ Goldfarb). Jennifer Werner, the Choreographer, is currently the Resident Director of THE BOOK OF Mormon. She is the Associate Director for: Follies (City Center/Encores!); Winnie the Pooh (International Tour). Jennifer's diverse body of work as a choreographer includes ABC's "Ugly Betty;" NFL National commercials; "As Long As We Both Shall Laugh" (Roundabout); My Fair Lady (Ogunquit Playhouse-IRNE Nomination); Phantom (NC Theatre); and numerous Regional productions of Cabaret.James Cunningham, the Music Director; credits include the National Tours Irving Berlin's White Christmas (First National), Spamalot (First National), Evita and Cats. Regionally he has conducted productions of Little Shop of Horrors (The MUNY), Cats (The MUNY), Maury Yeston's Phantom (NCT), Singin' in the Rain (Cape Fear Regional Theatre) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Tarrytown Music Hall).The Design Team includes: Michael Schweikardt, Scenic Design, whose recent credits include Motherhood The Musical for G4 Productions; ELLA a musical about jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald; critically acclaimed productions of Showboat, Annie Get Your Gun, 1776, Big River and Camelot for Goodspeed Musicals, and Bloodsong of Love at Ars Nova. MICHELLE EDEN HUMPHREY, Costume Design rejoins the John W. Engeman Theater after designing the costume for last season's Damn Yankees. Her other recent projects include The Bus (59E59 Theaters), Dally with the Devil (Rachel Reiner Productions, Theater Row), Ghostlight (NYMF Signature Theater), Bloodsong of Love, Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular (Ars Nova). Chris Dallos, Lighting Design; has collaborated with Mr. Simpkins on many projects over the years including The Bus and Bloodsong of Love. Off-Broadway, his work has been represented in over 50 productions. His designs for James Taylor's One Man Band Tour were seen in over 40 cities.CRAIG KAUFMAN, Sound Design; his recent credits include Fiddler on the Roof, Run for Your Wife, Cabaret, Hairspray and Camelot at The John W. Engeman Theater. His off-Broadway credits include Things To Ruin, Rewrite: The Musical and The Black Suits. Other recent credits include SUNDAY IN THE Park with George at Porchlight Theatre in Chicago; Bye Bye Birdie for the American Musical Theatre Project; Perez Hilton the Musical at The New York City Fringe Festival and The Encore Series; My Pal George, Mornings at Seven and Two Headed at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Mark Adam Rampmeyer, Hair and Wig Design; returns for his fifth season at the John W. Engeman Theater. Currently his work can be seen on Broadway in the new musical Lysistrata Jones. Recent Broadway credits include West Side Story and The Farnsworth Invention with Hank Azaria. Mark is also the Associate Artistic Director for the John W. Engeman Theater in addition to his design responsibilities.The Casting Director is STEPHEN DeANGELIS who has been a member of the John W. Engeman Theater since its inception and has cast all of the main stage productions as well as the ongoing Broadway Concert Series. Stephen is on staff at Grey NYC having cast over 2,200 network television and radio commercials.The Production Manager is MICHAEL J. LESLIE. The Production Stage Manager is TARA KELLY. The Cast of A WONDERFUL LIFE features: Will Reynolds (George Bailey) whose credits include The Illusion by Tony Kushner (Off Broadway, Signature Theater) and the Tour of Mamma Mia! His regional credits include Emma (Frank Churchill) at The Old Globe, Big River (Huck Finn) at Goodspeed, Ordinary Days (Jason) at the Adirondack Theater Festival, Candide (Candide) and Oklahoma! (Curly) for Chicago Light Opera Works. Alison Walla (Mary Hatch) returns to the Engeman, where she appeared as both Maria in The Sound of Music and Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof. Her Broadway credits include A Tale of Two Cities, Fiddler on the Roof, Into The Woods, and A Little Night Music at the New York City Opera. She has also appeared in the National Tour of Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol (Chava). Ryan Hilliard (Mr. Potter) whose Off Broadway credits include: See Rock City and Other Destinations; Grey Gardens (Major Bovier); Ritual of Faith (Cardinal Santini); Godspell (Jesus). With the Bill T. Jones Dance Company, Reading, Mercy, and The Artificial Nigger (First Voice). With Anna Netrebko at the Met, Don Pasquale (Major Domo) and with Chita Rivera, Anything Goes (Eli Whitney). John Shuman (Clarence) appeared on Broadway in La Cage Aux Folles (revival). Off-Broadway he appeared in: The Dishwashers (59 E. 59th), The Fantasticks (revival), The Hot L Baltimore, Moonchildren. Regional shows include Taming of the Shrew at Yale Rep, The Alchemist at Pittsburgh Public, Mr. Popper's Penguins (Mr. Popper) at Bay Street Theatre. Bruce Rebold (Uncle Billy) has been seen at the John W. Engeman Theater in Hairspray (Wilbur Turnblad), Fiddler On The Roof (Avram), Miracle On 34TH Street (Judge Harper) and Oliver! (Dr. Grimwig). Other regional credits include: The Light In The Piazza (Signor Naccarelli-Broward Stage Door Theatre, FL), Hairspray (Wilbur Turnblad - Palace Theatre, NH), Fiddler On The Roof (Avram-Fulton Theatre, PA), The Sound of Music (Baron Elberfeld-Ogunquit Playhouse), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney), and South Pacific (Emile DeBecque). Lance Rubin (Sam Wainwright) has appeared in Bloodsong of Love, Things to Ruin, and The Plant that Ate Dirty Socks. Film/TV: The Music Never Stopped, Herman and Shelly, NBC's Mercy. Regional he was seen in: The Opposite of Sex at Williamstown, Hellraisers at Barrington. Ronald L. Brown (Tom Bailey) has received popular and critical acclaim for his numerous portrayals of Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Juan Peron in Evita, and Daddy Warbucks in Annie and its sequel Annie Warbucks. PHYLLIS MARCH (Milly Bailey) has been a proud member of LI Regional Theater for 25 years. Her credits include Light in the Piazza (Margaret), Grey Gardens (Edith/Edie), Nunsense (Sister Amnesia), Phantom (Carlotta), Fiddler (Golde), Falsettos (Trina), Musical of Musicals (Abby). She has completed three short films for SLTM Project 52 (Bored Games, Cracked Up, Captain Flagwaver and the Boy Scout). Jeremy Morse (Ernie) returns to the John W. Engeman Theater after appearing in Camelot (Mordred), Damn Yankees (Rocky) and My Fair Lady (Harry). His other credits include Bloodsong of Love (Lo Cocodrilo/Hick) for which he received a 2010 Drama Desk Nomination. He also appeared at the North Carolina Theatre in Hello Dolly! (Barnaby), Barrington in Hellraiser and theGateway Playhouse in Spamalot (Patsy). Evan Teich (Bert) recently completed a two-year run with Theatre Three Productions' Educational Touring program. Off-Broadway he has appeared in Red Masquerade (Staged Reading), Assassins, TOMMY, The Drowsy Chaperone, Doubt, Jewtopia (Long Island Premiere), The Graduate, A Christmas Carol and The Producers. The Cast also includes: DIANA ROSE BECKER (Ruth Reynolds) My Fair Lady; Miracle on 34th Street; The 25th...Spelling Bee; The Marvelous Wonderettes. Summer Broyhill (Violet Bick) Hairspray; National Tours: Hairspray, I Love A Piano. ERIC BYRD (Paul) 42nd Street; The Drowsy Chaperone; A Christmas Carol. JENNIFER COLLESTER-TULLY (Mrs. Hatch) The Pajama Game; TOMMY; The Drowsy Chaperone. Daniel FeldMAN (Tommy Bailey) The Music Man; Peter Pan; Guys and Dolls. Juliane Godfrey (Dorothy) A Chorus Line; Anything Goes and Hair. AUSTIN RILEY GREEN (Stuart) Oklahoma!; White Christmas; A Little Night Music. ANNA CLARE HUDGINS (Ensemble) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; ChristmasLIVE; blink/drEam. Elizabetta Malagon (Beth Bailey) Annie; Meet Me In St. Louis; The King & I. PETER McCLUNG (MR. Martini) Sweeny Todd; Little Shop; Chicago; also a member of The Capitol Steps. Travis Mitchell (Mr. Hepner) The Bus; National Tour: Spring Awakening; Clue, The Musical. MACKENZIE ANN MULLAHEY (Zuzu Bailey) The King & I; My Favorite Year. Jared Ross (Tommy Bailey) Camelot; The Sound of Music. ALANA Peyton Smith (Beth Bailey) Annie. KRISTIN SWEENY (Ernie's Wife) Les Miserables; Much Ado About Nothing; Ragtime. JORDAN STANLEY (Harry Bailey) Three Rounds with Joe Iconis; At The Edge; Wingspan Arts' As You Like It. MEGAN TRAGESER (Zuzu Bailey) Annie; Willy Wonka; Cinderella. Donnalynn Waller (Mrs. Martini) Nunsense; Nine; Ragtime & Assassins. Press Opening is Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 8:00 pmA WONDERFUL LIFE will play the following performance schedule: Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m., Thursdays at 8:00 p.m., Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
IN ADDITION, there will be special matinees on: Wednesday, December 7 at 2:00pm; Wednesday, December 21 at 2:00pm; Friday, December 23 at 2:00pm; Saturday December 24 at 3:00pm; Monday, December 26 at 2:00pm, Tuesday December 27 at 3:00pm, and Saturday, December 31 at 3:00pm.ALSO there will evening performances on Tuesday December 20 at 8:00pm, Monday, December 26 at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, December 27 at 8:00pm.
Tickets are ON SALE and are $60. Tickets may be purchased by calling (631) 261-2900, by visiting www.engemantheater.com, or at the Engeman Theater Box Office at 250 Main Street, Northport. Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted. To purchase Season Tickets and Gift Cards please contact the Box Office directly. For group rates or to host an event at the John W. Engeman Theater, please contact the Group Sales Department at 631-261-2900. For information on advertising in our Programs or in our Lounge, please contact the Advertising Sales Department at 631-261-2900. The Theater is also home to the John W. Engeman Theater School of the Performing Arts, offering classes and camp programs for children; please contact the Director of Youth Programming for more information at 631-261-2900.
The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is Long Island's only year round professional theater company, casting our actors from the Broadway talent pool. From curb to curtain, we have made it our business to provide affordable, quality theater in an elegant one-of-a-kind location with outstanding facilities and extraordinary service. The renovated Theater offers stadium-style seating, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, a full orchestra pit, and a classic wood-paneled piano lounge with full bar.For a complete show schedule and more information contact the theater directly at 631-261-2900, visit the box office at 250 Main Street, Northport or visit www.EngemanTheater.com


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By Troy Tieuel
LAWT Contributing Writer
On June 23, up beat tunes blast over the loud speakers as lights flicker here and there from strobes and camera flashes, but all the smiles and laughter fail to cover the somber mood of the lifelong skaters some of who, donned their first pair of skates here. Now, they are skating around the brown, linoleum rink for the last time spinning and jumping in simultaneous celebration for and protest against the closing of the skating rink known as World on Wheels.
It was shortly after midnight when the house lights begin to illuminate the 32 year old skating rink and the wear from those many years became as clear as the tears on the general manager's face as she approached the DJ booth just after the DJ's last song winded to an end.
Even though they listened to the words, most seem to be in denial as they refused to stop their skates from spinning and rebuffed any acknowledgement of the closing of another land mark in the black community. Some people, who skated joyously throughout the evening, now stood, huddled, visibly weeping, as if they mourned the passing of a longtime friend.
Statements like, "I grew up in this place," and "I learned to skate here," became more commonplace as the oval rink emptied and the skate-return area filled with people. It was as if the wooden racks that held the skates represented the final mass acceptance of the ultimate fate of AMF Lanes and World on Wheels, one skate at a time. Even as the reporting staff of the Sentinel exited the building there were skaters who stood outside the entire night, skates in hand, unable to get it, just watching the building filled with nostalgia.
This was a stark difference from the night before, when the rink stayed busy well past 2am and hopes still reigned high that some miraculous entity would swoop in and save the only local skating rink left in Los Angeles. But all the would-be heroes either were no shows or they still circled clad in colorful skate crew tees, their specialized wheels scraping those classic sounds in long arcing strokes, unaware, unable or just ineffective. Only able to do what they knew, one last time, skate.
At the rental counter, a white sheet of paper upon which was written plainly, "We are out of skates sizes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11," only barely touched the surface of describing the love and respect shown on this last day of skating. Understanding the more than 300 people, of all ages that stood outside the rink, frustrated, because they were prevented from entering only begins to describe the generations of people's admiration for this classic establishment.
This is an end of a legacy, but some looked back to the beginning, like skater Robin Royal, who had been skating at World on Wheels since the day it opened back in 1981. "I remember skating here and all this was new," he said as he released his wife's hand and rolled into the swirling crowd.
"He's a real good skater," his wife said smiling, her green eyes reflecting the sparkle of the disco-ball, "he skates here every week."
Royal admitted that he traveled from near San Diego to skate here and Skate Depot, another competing rink in Cerritos. "I come here [World on Wheels] during week and Skate Depot on the weekends." He added.
Reviewing the Yelp.com reviews of the rink is like dipping into a refreshing time capsule as each entry was a step backwards in time and became happier and happier with mentions of the tragic and looming closure becoming eventually nonexistent. The posts described the timeless rink with its colorful skaters, some wild and outlandish, its carpeted walls, two outer corner resting alcoves and its center island commonly used for beginners and dancers. "I LOVE the fact that the beginning skater's section is in the middle - dance party in the center!!!!!!" posted Krista Y. of Los Angeles on July 23, 2012.
"The ramps down to the rink are scary fun," stated Lisa B. back in March of this year, which describe the 'on-ramps' on either side of the rink, one of many unique aspects. Another was the fact that the snack and video game area over-looked the skating area with a balcony where parents and friends could watch the skaters go around and around. This aspect also meant the DJ booth with its tented, reflective, glass surface gave the management a clear, elevated view similar to the guard towers in the old jail movies and the loud speaker's PA system was quick to call out rule breakers.
Lisa B.'s post goes on to describe one of the most important aspects of World on Wheels, one present since its opening, the culture and atmosphere that existed on the skating rink floor. "No one will laugh at you if you fall," writes Lisa B. "You can watch the incredible skaters and hope one day you can skate like them, or you can try right there. No one judges. The Venice Beach skaters have nothing on World on Wheels skaters. When you see 14 year-olds with wheels on Nikes going backwards, faster than an Olympic skater, a 65-year old couple slow dancing on skates or a 40 year-old lady from the Valley spinning like an ice skater, you know you're in a place that thinks skating is fun."
A skater known as 'Sideways-Mack' looked somberly over the rail at the many skaters circling the center section where people grooved in stark opposition to his sad eyes. "This is the first place I came and skated at when I was seven years old," stated Mack, "I first stood right here, just watching the crowd, because I was too nervous to skate. Now I'm here taking over the floor. Now they want to take it away from me. What am I to do?"
That is a question asked by many as, one by one, establishments once dominated, enjoyed and supported by the African American community slowly disappear from the landscape of Los Angeles like some endangered species. Inglewood Lanes and the Key Club are just a few establishments that have closed its doors, never to open again, to the chagrin of the inner city community.
Some question the events that surround the closing of these types of establishments, especially in light of the fact that the police and other entities hovered over the closing like vultures waiting for the last dying breath to escape from the lips of the dreams of Mid-City skaters everywhere. Armed police forces swarmed over the facility on the final day armed with shot guns, brandishing automatic rifles and armored combat suits. They watched as the crowed swelled into a line that stretched like a snake up the front stairwell and around the back and side of the adjacent CVS.
Despite the overwhelming and arguably unnecessary police presence, unsavory elements still made their way into the rink lighting cannabis cigarettes and exhaling like it was nothing. Those persons were soon escorted out, or shunned by other skaters, as the management cared more for savoring the positive love for the last day of skating and struggled hard to keep up the traditional rules set that have, for years, kept the rink as a safe place for the youth to hang out, despite the rink sitting in the crossroads of the late 80s and 90s gang wars.
During those same times, classic artists like NWA, LL Cool J,MC Lyte, YoYo, Ice Cube and many others graced the rink with concerts and loads of other special events, as well as enjoying many nights of just skating. It is unknown why those same artists couldn't rally back together to help save the rink as a cultural and Hip Hop Music landmark, as it helped boost many of them to stardom early in their careers.
Los Angeles has lost a true historical landmark.
For more information on AMF Lanes or World on Wheels, go to www.amfworldonwheels.com.


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iTV: Not If but What
May 11, 2012 2:56 PM PT
Terry Gou, chief of Foxconn, has confirmed that Apple has an iTV in the works. The news, which instantly sent the consumer electronics industry into a tizzy, came at the end of a China Daily article about the plans of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (aka Foxconn) to expand into e-commerce and distribution.
Yes, an iTV is coming, according to Gou, who provided the publication with some detail about the product, even though neither development nor manufacturing has begun.
The iTV will sport an aluminum construction casing, Gou said. It will also feature Siri and FaceTime video calling.
Although this is not a lot of information, it's enough to launch a new round of speculation -- and anticipation -- about an Apple TV.
"The industry has heard plenty of rumors about an Apple television, of course," Rob Walch, host of Today in iOS, told MacNewsWorld. "This is different, though. It comes from a credible source that was willing to go on the record."
The TV Viewing Experience
With the answer of whether Apple plans to develop an iTV settled, Walch said, the focus is now on what it will do, what it will look like, and how it will change the viewing experience.
The latter question is most important of all, he said, since that is what Apple is all about.
"Will Apple build a beautiful TV? Undoubtedly," Walch declared. "Will there be equally or more beautiful TVs on the market to compete? Certainly. Whatever Apple will deliver is going to compete on the end-user experience with television -- not how many pixels it has."
Based on the information at hand, Walch guessed that will mean a better user experience with search on television, as well as a better user interface.
A Friendly TV Remote - Finally
Certainly the remote control is due for a makeover, said Azita Arvani of the Arvani Group.
"We all know that if we wanted to name the most accomplished version of unfriendly user interfaces, it would be our TV remotes," she told MacNewsWorld.
Siri will play a key role in the TV remote's makeover, and its integration into iTV will result in very intuitive and easy-to-use controls, predicted tech analyst Azita Arvani.
It will also be enabled by the high-speed home WiFi system, she added. "Siri on iTV will be much more responsive than Siri on the iPhone 4S."
FaceTime could also be a big boost to the innovation on iTV, suggested Arvani.
"Instead of video conferencing being something that only techies could install on their TVs, and the user would have to sit in a certain way to be able to use it, she said, Apple iTV would most probably make FaceTime really easy for ordinary folks to be able to install and use right out of the box."
A New Content Consumption Device
It is also important not to forget where Apple's key strength is, said James Brehm, senior strategist and consultant with Compass Intelligence.
It is an extraordinary creator of content consumption devices and gadgets, and "it will bring that legacy to whatever it does for the television," he told MacNewsWorld.
"Being able to select different types of content from iTunes, from books and movies, and being able to upload that to the cloud will be a part of whatever Apple does," he predicted.
Siri will be crucial too, added Brehm. "If Apple can build an interface that joins TV [and] Internet content and embed Siri in the middle, it will have created an entirely new medium."
Ultimately, that is the direction Apple is heading, according to Brehm.
"Apple has made a number of patent filings in which Siri is associated with different devices," he noted. "That leads me to believe that is where Apple is going with this. An iTV could be just the start."
Apple did not respond to our request to comment for this story.


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In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece. The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated; other important innovations and accomplishments, however, are unknown or underappreciated. In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Thomas Cahill explores the legacy, good and bad, of the ancient Greeks. From the origins of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European tribes into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, to the formation of the city-states, to the birth of Western literature, poetry, drama, philosophy, art, and architecture, Cahill makes the distant past relevant to the present. Greek society is one of the two primeval influences on the Western world: While Jews gave us our value system, the Greeks set the foundation and framework for our intellectual lives. They are responsible for our vocabulary, our logic, and our entire system of categorization. They provided the intellectual tools we bring to bear on problems in philosophy, mathematics, medicine, physics, and the other sciences. Their modes of thinking, considered in classical times to be the pinnacle of human achievement, are largely responsible for the shape that the Christian religion took. But, as Cahill points out, the Greeks left a less appealing bequest as well. They created Western militarism and, in making the warrior the ultimate ideal, perpetrated the assumption that only males could be entrusted with the duties of citizenship. The consequences of their exclusion of women from the political sphere and the social segregation of the sexes continue to reverberate today. Full of surprising, often controversial, insights, Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea is a remarkable intellectual adventure--conducted by the most companionable guide imaginable. Cahill's knowledge of his sources is so intimate that he has made his own fresh translations of the Greek lyric poets for this volume.From the Hardcover edition....
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Retired? Getting Close?
What Will You Retire To?
Ken Evoy
Founder of SiteSell.com
Hi, my name is Ken Evoy. I founded SiteSell.com back in 1997, at a time after I thought I had "retired" for good shortly after 1991 (when my second daughter was born).
Well, it turns out that we never retire for good... not until we expire for good!
Some of us need a challenge, something to keep us excited about life. Too many still need money. Many need both. Me? I'm just a curious guy who "got interested in the Net" after I "retired."
And that's how SiteSell was born, a company that impacts lives in so many positive ways. Retirement should be about "retiring" to whatever it is that you want to do.
How Can Solo Build It! (SBI!) Help You Achieve The Retirement You Want?
Solo Build It! (SBI!) enables you to achieve the retirement you want by building an e-business. Don't let that word "e-business" ("web-based business" or "online business") intimidate you. No need to be a techie. It's better if you're not.
"E-business" means that you generate income online. The best way to do that is by building a website that attracts free, interested visitors who find you by searching for the topics you write about on your site. You convert those visitors into income.
Why is it better not to be a techie? Qualities like common sense, maturity, and experience stand you in better stead. SBI! can't teach you those, but it can lead you through everything else. Oh yes, and "non-techs" arrive without any bad habits!
SBI! is absolutely perfect for you, the 50+er who wants to retire to activity (ex., travel), to freedom, to intellectual challenge... and to sufficient income to get everything you want from "retirement."
Thousands of 50+ers use and love SBI!. I will introduce you to many of them right here. You will, I think, be amazed by them... because they are just like you.
Income Plus: Lessons From The Wise
Life-Long Learning
Sue Spires
You will find "Income Plus" notes scattered here and there on this page. Hover over each photo of a 50+er Solo Build It! member ("SBIer") for a brief, experience-based, personal memo.
A while ago, I was struck by the comments of SBIers in the 50+ers area of the SBI! Forums. We asked for their permission to share them here.
What struck me? Yes, income is important, of course. But what most impressed me was how important the intangibles are for 50+ers. Don't get me wrong...
Most start an SBI! site to build an e-business that generates revenue. And they do...
Most folks on this page have "Top 1%" sites. Most receive 1,000+ visitors per day. A few receive less, but even the lowest-traffic site (by a 91 year old!) gets much more free Search Engine traffic than most non-SBI! sites or blogs.
High traffic turns into real income. As I said, though, even the most successful (financially) have strong non-monetary intangibles on their minds.
For 50+ers, it's clearly more than just the money. Watch for the "Income Plus" notes... Each will tell you something special.
SBI! Spreads Among 50+ers Largely By Word-Of-Mouth
Jack Feka
Friends show SBI! to friends. Word spreads increasingly through word-of-mouth. They explain how...
- the best part is that you get to have the "retirement" you want by sharing what you know and love.
- you achieve that through a website that attracts people with an interest in your niche.
- you convert those visitors into fans who generate income by clicking on ads, by buying products, or who otherwise "monetize" through any of 15 methods for you to consider.
Dragged Kicking
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They show their friends the step-by-step video instructions (the "Action Guide," also available in written and mobile formats), all the tools, and their own results (in the form of traffic stats and bank deposits).
They tell them about our Guarantee. You cannot lose if you try SBI!. SBI! owners ("SBIers") know us so well that they often tell their friends, who don't know us, that they will guarantee our Guarantee!
Only truly great products get this kind of word of mouth. (If you don't use a Mac computer, think of friends who do own one and who tell you how much they love their computers. SBIers are like that.)
We See 50+ers Start and Grow and Retire With SBI! Every Day
Beyond My Hopes
Don Bell
Many 50+ers often start with minimal computer skills (just enough to find our site, order and receive our "getting started" e-mail).
They advance patiently and methodically to build satisfying e-businesses.
Before they know it, they know way more than their children (even the grandchildren!) about building profitable websites.
I love it when a grandfather reports in the Forums that his 24 year old granddaughter asks him to show her how to make money online.
SBI! is...
- All about you starting and building a long-lasting, profitable small business online.
- The only all-in-1 step-by-step system of process-and-tools that truly delivers on its promise.
- Something that works no matter how little you know about computers or the Internet right now.
Click on the video (on the right) to see a 50+er transform from "trapped suit to retired cowgirl." Beware of the blood-curdling, high-decibel "scream of the trapped," a symbol of how so many feel. There is a way out.
More SBI! Videos from Retirees at YouTube.
One Key SBI! Link & Supplemental Reading
This SBI! Video Tour is "must-viewing." It takes only 30 minutes to see the what-when-why-how of how SBIers succeed. Many have called it "the most important 30 minutes" of their lives.
Other important links...
- SBI! home page
- The SBI! process, C T P M
- The SBI! tools
- Proof that SBI! works
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The Importance Of BAM!
Welcome to the 2000s
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I know what you can accomplish with SBI! because I've seen it happen thousands of times.
And I know that 50+ers do especially well with SBI! because they bring "BAM" (Brain - Attitude - Motivation) to the table. They bring it in spades. In 3 words...
50+ers Are BAMmers!
- "Brain" = knowledge about anything (everyone knows something about something)
- "Attitude" = positive, optimistic, can-do
"Motivation" = willing to work for one's goals.
(Beware! Anyone selling anything that does not require "work" is a charlatan.)
BAM tends to come with maturity. 50+ers have grown a tree of knowledge with branches of knowledge about many subjects.
Maturity brings a patient, reasoned and positive attitude.
91 And In Touch
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And the "new life" that starts at 50 brings the motivation and energy to make "the rest" into "the best," free of bosses and other roadblocks that may have held one back.
Many younger people want everything to happen yesterday. Worse, many of them seem to have a sense of entitlement, expecting good things to just kind of happen if they merely "show up."
It can take a decade or two of "real world seasoning" (ex., the realities of responsibilities, bad bosses, endless cubicle life) before one is truly ready to grab SBI! with BAM, firm in a determined decision to own your business, own your life.
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50+ers bring BAM... in spades. They are "BAMmers."
No "E"diot.
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And yet, before purchasing SBI!, many 50+ers did not, at first, believe it was possible for anyone to earn substantial money online.
If they did accept that possibility, they thought that they were simply too "Web-dumb" to do it.
These were the most common responses to a "pre-purchase survey" we ran in the forums. Most 50+ers who ultimately purchased SBI! did not believe in it, or themselves, at first.
And yet, they would remember us. They'd keep coming back, often after a failed blog or Yahoo! store or eBay effort. Some would even explain painfully expensive "Get Rich Quick" frauds.
If you have any notion that it can't be done or that you can't do it or that this is some sort of scheme, please put those out of your head and evaluate SBI! on its merits.
Evaluate the proof of success.
Evaluate the input from all the 50+ers on this page.
And then do what they did. Start SBI!, fully protected by the Money-Back, "Confidence of Success" Guarantee.
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Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) once said...
"Venture nothing, and life is less than it should be."
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As good as it is, SBI! is not for everyone. No product can be, of course.
The real question is, "Is it for you?"
Here is the fastest, most objective, surest way to know...
Purchase and then decide.
Take advantage of our Money-Back, "Confidence of Success" Guarantee. Use it to convert your purchase into a "no risk take-it-home-for-a-test-drive" trial.
Give SBI! a good try. Let your experience with SBI! speak for itself. After all is said and done, only your experience counts.
Try SBI!. Chances are, it will change your life, as it did for many 50+ers before you.
If SBI! is not for you, just cancel and refund (no reason needed, as the Guarantee says).
Total risk = $0.
Here's to a retirement that you really can live.
All the best,
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Comcast to hike fees in Colorado
Included in my latest Comcast bill was a 2010 rate adjustments chart. It featured a long list of equipment and service charges that will get jacked up on June 1.
The most off-the-wall price hike?
The fee to downgrade your service (if it can't be done remotely) is jumping from $10.95 to $40. How does a company justify a 265 percent increase?
Well, here's the explanation for the various price changes, included on the rate adjustment sheet:
"Due to increasing operating expenses and other investments that we're making to bring you the best that technology has to offer, effective June 1, 2010, some of our services, installation and equipment charges will change."
The basic hourly service charge is increasing from $31.99 to $50 and the fee for a service upgrade (if not done remotely) will go from $15.99 to $40.
The company is dropping a few of their fees, such as the charge to install 3 products, which falls from $150 to $99.
The increases in equipment and installation/service fees are in addition to the programming rate hikes the company generally implements at the beginning of each year.


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Your Pinkalicious party looks adorable! It's one of my girls' favorite books.
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This is such a super cute idea! I have been following you for a while now and I just started doing a feature called "What's up Wednesday" and I featured your party favors! I hope that is Ok. Have a great day!
SOOO CUTE!!! Thanks so much for hosting! 🙂
I love the idea of a pinkalicious party. The green food idea was perfect for hand outs.
Fun party theme! And with four girls, this is the perfect link up party to have stumbled upon and start to follow!!
great pinkalicious party! thanks for sharing your pinkalicious water label, i was able to used it for my daughter's second party! i'm your newest follower now at gfc! 🙂
I love the printables, thank you so much! Does anyone have any idea how to shrink the bag toppers so they fit a regular zip loc sandwich size baggie? Mine is printing as wide as the 8.5×11 paper and I don't know how to change it. Any help would be great! Thanks, Stefanie


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Yes, it's true: the CTS-V Wagon is gone. And that means it's time for us to choose a new car that I will buy, write about, and maybe even include in a few videos. Videos that will not, to be sure, involve picking up packing peanuts in a parking lot. No, sirree! That ship has sailed. And by the way: if anyone wants an entire full-size bag of biodegradable packing peanuts, e-mail me. Yes, I admit that a few leaves and twigs found their way into the bag, but I feel this gives the peanuts sort of an outdoorsy flair.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: There won't be any humor in this post. This pains me deeply, because I love writing humor, if only so I can receive the occasional e-mail reminding me I'm not funny. It usually comes from Matt Hardigree. But there won't be any humor here, largely because you aren't going to read it anyway. What you're going to do is scroll down and nominate the Miata. You bastard.
When I wrote the first 'What car should I get' post six months ago, none of you had any idea who I was. Now a few of you know who I am: that guy who wrote a book that other people seem to like. "I wonder if it's available on iTunes," you might be thinking. "Oh yes! It is! And also in paperback." It's really great of you to think all that, right here in the first few paragraphs.
The important thing is that since you now know me, you know my writing style. You know my flair for the zany, the wacky, the absurd. You probably remember that post where I said SUVs will die in ten years, and you've marked your calendar for October 23, 2023, so you can laugh in my face when it doesn't happen. You know that I am, as described by one Hummer H2 owner, a "man bitch in a Cube." So I have all that going for me.
What I'm getting at here is I don't want a normal car. Anyone can review an M3, or a Miata, or that Ford that looks like an Aston-Martin. I want you to nominate something interesting. Something exciting. Something that you've always been curious about. Something that doesn't get enough coverage in today's mainstream automotive press. Something cool.
Now, on to the rules.
On Jalopnik
Feel free to nominate whatever you want below. But keep in mind the following few guidelines:
1. I have to be able to re-sell this car. For God's sake, remember this one. This means you cannot, under any circumstances, suggest vehicles that no one will ever want to buy when I'm done, such as a troop transporter (ahem), an old fire engine, a riding lawnmower with a small-block V8, or a Lincoln Aviator.
2. The budget is $40,000. OK, maybe $50,000. Hell, just nominate stuff and we'll see what it costs. But as a general rule: the more expensive the car, the more reliable it must be. I'm not going to spend big money on a car that blows up every time I drive it.
3. I do not possess a garage. I can rent a garage for one hundred and sixty-seven tax-deductible dollars per month. If you nominate the kind of car that requires a garage, I will glare at you. Then I will consider it.
4. Remember, above all else, we want this car to be interesting. We want it to be exciting. We want you to see a headline with it six months from now that reads: I'm Selling The Whatever Whatever, and you say, "OH DARN! I LOVED THE WHATEVER WHATEVER!" What we want to avoid is you getting bored after one or two columns and clicking on Travis's posts instead.
5. A link to an actual car you're talking about would be really nice. Yes, it would be cool to have a Volkswagen Golf that's been converted into a helicopter. But does it exist? (NOTE: if you find a Volkswagen Golf that's been converted into a helicopter, I will probably buy it.)
6. We want the car to be a manual. Right? Don't we?!
On Twitter: YOU CAN WIN PRIZES!
Unlike last time, I've decided to expand this contest to Twitter (you can find me here), where I have a massive following that primarily consists of my mother and hundreds of people who generally ignore me. The contest ends Sunday, December 14, at 11 a.m. my time. As you can see above, there are three categories and – for the lucky winners – three distinct, incredibly valuable, highly sought-after prizes.
The categories and prizes are:
1. Worst suggestion. Jalopnik's own Michael Ballaban may have won this earlier today by suggesting the 2014 Toyota Corolla, but I'm leaving it open in case someone feels brave enough to try and take him down. Here, too, it'd be nice if you submit a link along with your suggestion. For instance: we all know a 4-cylinder Isuzu Amigo is a bad idea. But you can't just say that. You have to find one. Preferably with 1990s-style pastel lettering on the side.
The prize here is a set of Hummer H2 bedsheets, which I bought last year for thirty bucks at a rest stop in Tennessee. I'm not kidding. They have never been used, much like a Hummer H2 off the pavement. (Ba-dum tshh!)
2. Best car I'd buy if I could find. What's the best suggestion of a car that would be perfect to write about, if only I could find one? The key here is to find some car that would be really, really, almost absurdly cool, except that it's really hard to find. Note that this means the car actually has to be really hard to find. You can't just suggest the Honda Pilot. Those are everywhere. My neighbor has one of those. You'll need to try harder.
The prize here is a Jeep baseball cap, which I received for free at a Jeep press event. I would make a joke here about Jeeps never being used off the pavement, but there are a lot of Jeep people on this site, and many of them have guns. So with that in mind, let me say that this hat would be perfect for hunting.
3. Biggest surprise suggestion. The goal here is to come up with a suggestion that surprises me. Something I hadn't considered. Something I didn't know existed. Something so exciting and unusual that merely seeing it might cause me to make a verbal utterance of surprise, despite the fact that I'm sitting here by myself. That's when you've really succeeded.
The prize here is a Cadillac Escalade beach towel, which I have used many times. In fact, I might be currently wrapped in it as I write this, unless you find that creepy, in which case I am definitely not currently wrapped in it, but man is it soft. BONUS: I will wash this before I send it to you. CAUTION: I may use it again after I wash it, if I run out of towels.
In terms of the Twitter contest, I am the overall judge and jury, which means I could award the prizes to my mother. Unfortunately, much like the rest of my Twitter followers, she also generally ignores me. So that's unlikely.
So now: let's get started! Bring on your suggestions, bring on your tweets, and for God's sake, someone please get these Hummer H2 bedsheets out of my house.
@DougDeMuro is the author of Plays With Cars. He operates PlaysWithCars.com. He owned an E63 AMG wagon and once tried to evade police at the Tail of the Dragon using a pontoon boat. (It didn't work.) He worked as a manager for Porsche Cars North America before quitting to become a writer, largely because it meant he no longer had to wear pants. Also, he wrote this entire bio himself in the third person.


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Be sure when you bring the original to court you have at least two full copies with you. If you file a copy with the Clerk, you must also mail a copy to the other party's attorney. If the other party does not have an attorney, mail the copy to the other party.
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Reliable High-Speed Embedded Application
SparkLAN WMIR-270N is a high-speed 802.11n Dual-Band Mini PCI module with Ralink RT2880 + RT2850 chipsets, which delivers up to 300Mbps data rate. It incorporates the latest MIMO 2T3R technology for stable networking, making it ideal for integrating into AP and Embedded System.
Secure Wireless Connection
WMIR-270N also features advanced WEP encryption, WPA, AND WPA2 to help protect data over wireless communication without sacrificing the performance. SparkLAN WMIR-270N is the best choice for you to quickly and easily integrate with your wireless enabled applications.


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SONY 147963021 Laptop Keyboards, 147963021 keyboards
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Our keyboards are original from the keyboard manufacturer, We provide 100% genuine and brand new keyboard to replace your SONY 147963021 keyboard. We back each purchase with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, so buy with confidence.
Your attention please before you place an order:
Please firstly compare the picture with your SONY 147963021 laptop keyboard before you place an order, especially the ribbon cable (position, length and width). Make sure that the model of laptop and part number of 147963021 keyboard is the right one you need as well as the layout version. If you are still not sure after a comparation, or want to know more about the SONY 147963021 computer keyboard, please contact us.
SONY 147963021 notebook keyboard installation notice:
- To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as the back panel) on the laptop computer.
- The key caps on the 147963021 keyboard are fragile, easily dislodged, and time-consuming to replace. Exercise care when removing and handling the computer keyboard.
- Before securing the latch on the system board connector, ensure that the SONY 147963021 keyboard connector is seated and the tabs on the connector are properly aligned with the slots on the system board connector. Failure to align the tabs could result in a malfunction of the laptop or damage to the cable and/or the cable connector.