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A Digital Fountain Approach to Reliable Distribution of Bulk Data
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1 A Digital Fountain Approach to Reliable Distribution of Bulk Data John Byers, ICSI Michael Luby, ICSI Michael Mitzenmacher, Compaq SRC Ashu Rege, ICSI
2 Application: Software Distribution New release of widely used software. Hundreds of thousands of clients or more. Bulk data: tens or hundreds of MB Heterogeneous clients: Modem users: hours Well-connected users: minutes
3 Primary Objectives Scale to vast numbers of clients No ARQs or NACKs Minimize use of network bandwidth Minimize overhead at receivers: Computation time Useless packets Compatibility Networks: Internet, satellite, wireless Scheduling policies, i.e. congestion control
4 Impediments Packet loss wired networks: congestion satellite networks, mobile receivers Receiver heterogeneity packet loss rates end-to-end throughput Receiver access patterns asynchronous arrivals and departures overlapping access intervals
5 Digital Fountain k k k Source Encoding Stream Received Message Instantaneous Transmission Instantaneous Can recover file from any set of k encoding packets.
6 Digital Fountain Solution File Transmission 0 hours 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours User 1 User 2 5 hours
7 Is FEC Inherently Bad? Faulty Reasoning FEC adds redundancy Redundancy increases congestion and losses More losses necessitate more transmissions FEC consumes more overall bandwidth But Each and every packet can be useful to all clients Each client consumes minimum bandwidth possible FEC consumes less overall bandwidth by compressing bandwidth across clients
8 DF Solution Features Users can initiate the download at their discretion. Users can continue download seamlessly after temporary interruption. Tolerates moderate packet loss. Low server load - simple protocol. Does scale well. Low network load.
9 Approximating a Digital Fountain k Source Encoding Stream Encoding Time (1 + c) k k Received Message Decoding Time
10 Approximating a DF: Performance Measures Time Overhead: Time to decode (or encode) as a function of k. Decoding Inefficiency: packets needed to decode k
11 Work on Erasure Codes Standard Reed-Solomon Codes Dense systems of linear equations. Poor time overhead (quadratic in k) Optimal decoding inefficiency of 1 Tornado Codes [LMSSS 97] Sparse systems of equations. Fast encoding and decoding (linear in k) Suboptimal decoding inefficiency
12 Tornado Z: Encoding Structure Irregular bipartite graph Irregular bipartite graph k stretch factor = 2 k = 16,000 nodes = source data = redundancy
13 Encoding/Decoding Process a b c d a b f a b c d g c e g h b d e f g h e f g h
14 Timing Comparison Encoding time, 1K packets Size Reed-Solomon Tornado Z 250 K 500 K 1 MB 2 MB 4 MB 8 MB 16 MB 4.6 sec. 19 sec. 93 sec. 442 sec. 30 min. 2 hrs. 8 hrs sec sec sec sec sec sec sec. Decoding time, 1K packets Size Reed-Solomon Tornado Z 250 K 500 K 1 MB 2 MB 4 MB 8 MB 16 MB 2.06 sec. 8.4 sec sec. 199 sec. 13 min. 1 hr. 4 hrs sec sec sec sec sec sec sec. Tornado Z: Average inefficiency = Both codes: Stretch factor = 2
15 Cyclic Interleaving Transmission File Blocks Encoded Blocks Interleaved Encoding Encoding Copy 1 Encoding Copy 2 Tornado Encoding
16 Cyclic Interleaving: Drawbacks The Coupon Collector s Problem Waiting for packets from the last blocks: T B blocks More blocks: faster decoding, larger inefficiency
17 Scalability over File Size Decoding Inefficiency Decoding Inefficiency, 500 Receivers, p = 0.1 Interleaved, T = 20, Max. Interleaved, T = 20, Avg. Interleaved, T = 50, Max. Interleaved, T = 50, Avg. Tornado Z, Max. Tornado Z, Avg File Size, KB
18 Scalability over Receivers Decoding Inefficiency on a 1MB File, p = 0.1 Decoding Inefficiency Interleaved, T = 20 Interleaved, T = 50 Tornado Z Receivers
19 Digital Fountain Prototype Built on top of IP Multicast. Tolerating heterogeneity: Layered multicast Congestion control [VRC 98] Experimental results over MBONE.
20 Research Directions Other applications for digital fountains Dispersity routing Accessing data from multiple mirror sites in parallel Improving the codes Implementation and deployment Scale to large number of clients Network interactions
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HBO and CNN, corporate siblings, have teamed up for this true story of news reporting in Iraq at the time of the Persian Gulf War. CNN producer Robert Wiener is the man responsible, having written of his experiences in Baghdad in his book, and also having contributed to the screenplay. It's great real world story, where being in the right place in the right time made history and brought a much greater level of respect to CNN.
As generally happens, actors are placed in the roles of real people, with at least something of a resemblance for those who would be known by the public. Wiener is played by Michael Keaton, who is joined also by Helena Bonham Carter as fellow producer Ingrid Formaneck. There's a little bit of sexual tension between them, but it's kept nicely at a very low tone, as it really has nothing to do with the story at hand. They have an able crew and rotating staff of reporters. In the months after the invasion of Kuwait, but before the United States invaded, they are nervously on the scene, doing their best to slip real stories past the government.
The government's interests are personified in the movie in the guise of Information Minister Naji Al-Hadithi, played by the incomparable David Suchet. I am continually impressed by this man's talents. I've seen him play Belgian, English, American, Jew, and now Iraqi, and each time being completely believable in the role. Al-Hadithi is a tough figure to crack - English educated, very much following the Iraqi line, but not without his sympathetic elements. The apex of his character arc (a very subtle arc, but worthy) is just a few seconds of measured non-verbal communication - perhaps I'm too much of a Suchet fan already, but I found it quite an exquisite moment.
They build a lot of actual footage into this film. It makes sense - the material is out there, and it serves to anchor the experience for the audience to hear the rhetoric go back and forth between regimes. There's a problem though - it just doesn't match up well. I can forgive a somewhat lower budget film of not having perfect cgi stitching of material. What I take issue with is that the film strangely - quite strangely - falls apart thematically with these sequences. The whole film is about reporting news, and it's those bits of news, that don't quite work! These news bits are not the ones our crew has uncovered, yet they are used as a device to move the plot along. If only a more decisive choice were made - either committing to the news as a framing device all the way through, or just pulling it out for special moments - then maybe it could have worked.
Themes of journalistic integrity and personal responsibility are woven into the story. No conclusions are reached, except possibly that the system will never be perfect, and we can only make the best choices we can. I'd like to have seen some more exploration along those lines, but in this case, the better decision was to stick to how things happened. Dramatic license has its place, but sometimes not indulging in it has greater integrity.
The film goes into just the very first part of the war. Getting the story out under those conditions is rightfully shown as exciting and dangerous. Is that surprising? Not really. Is it well done? It's HBO, so yes, it is. We've got the familiar feeling of quality here, but I'm left incomplete. Part of that may just be the usual "true story" syndrome where real life doesn't fit the form that well - but honestly, this is fairly close. I just want another revision of the script that makes firmer decisions.
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Seattle - Washington junior wide receiver Reggie Williams is one of 15 players named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation watch list for its player of the year award. The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is the fourth-oldest individual college football award in the nation.
Williams leads Washington with 78 receptions, 1,027 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. He tops all Pac-10 Conference receivers in receptions and ranks second in the nation in that category and is seventh in yards per game. Only a junior, he holds the school record with 3,454 career receiving yards and 227 career receptions. He has a school-record 16 career 100-yard games and has a reception in all 35 career games. Williams currently ranks No. 2 on the Pac-10's career receiving yards list with 3,516 career yards (Pac-10 counts all bowls) and is also No. 2 with 232 career receptions.
The 2003 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, who is voted on by the 117 Division I-A head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced live on Thursday, December 11 during the 6:00 p.m. edition of ESPN SportsCenter. The winner will then receive his trophy at the Foundation's annual national awards banquet on February 14, 2004 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven.
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Tommie Harris, DE, Jr., Oklahoma
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Matt Leinart, QB, Soph., USC
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Recently Pushpa (who has been living in our Jadan Ashram for 15 years) taught us to make Ladoo balls (traditional Indian sweets). Pushpa learnt to make these warming winter ladoos from the rajisthani village women.
It's true these balls are delicious, but their purpose isn't just to tantalise the tastebuds, they're actually extremely good for our immune systems.
We had such an enjoyable morning - a group of women sharing knowledge, community, sweets and chai!
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700g wholemeal organic flour
500g jaggery, crumbed
250g ground edible gum (gum arabica)
250g ground fenugreek seeds
250g ground almonds
250g ground cashew nuts
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4. Rub crumbed jaggery into the warm mixture. (It needs to be cool enough that you don't burn yourself but warm enough that the jaggery melts into the mixture.
5. Leave to cool further and then stir in all the dried ingredients that have been made into power with a blender or grinder.
6. Start to make balls about the size of a golf ball and pile into a glass or metal bowl.
7. These ladoos should be taken early morning during the cold seson and will nourish the body and protect it from joint and back pain as well as colds and viruses for the ocming year. One a day is more than enough so that if you make 100 ladoos during one session it will see you through the winter!
8. Enjoy!
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that London South Bank University (LSBU) will invest more than £14.8 million in IBM's Exceptional Student Experience, which uses a mix of analytics, mobile, social and security solutions built on cloud infrastructure to monitor academic progress of individual students.
Ensuring each student who enrols on a higher education course has the support they need to graduate and secure employment is fundamental to every university's mission, and therefore LSBU has invested in the five year platform which will augment students' learning experience and help the institution achieve its digital transformation goals.
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Since the introduction of tuition fees, students expect value from their investment and learning that takes advantage, of the most up-to-date technologies. LSBU's investment in IBM's Exceptional Student Experience will lead to up-to-date collaboration, a greater diversity of provision and more variety in modes of learning including mobile access to applications, social communities for knowledge sharing, online profiling, and dynamic learning environments. Combined, this can improve teaching, assessment, feedback and student preparation for the world of work.
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The ultimate objective of the change program is an augmentation of LSBU's student experience and an increase in retention through predicting and proactively identifying students who will benefit most from support The overall agreement also included additional value around enterprise skills, mentoring and job placements to improve student employability.
Working with IBM will give LSBU students a real advantage. Through this partnership they will be able to further extend and enrich their learning through access to the IBM Academic Initiative portal - a no-charge program providing educators with the training materials, curriculum guides, software and hardware needed to teach in-demand business and technology skills.
The IBM Academic Initiative is currently used by three million students, 25,000 faculty staff from 5,000 institutions globally This means LSBU students will have access to 'cutting-edge' thinking and practices from the world of business and technology, giving them a real world knowledge coupled with an enterprising mind-set which prepares them well for the future.
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We need to hear from you our esteemed readers, what do you think of Bakili Muluzi's hand-outs culture. Is this what Malawians want for the country to develop?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Is this what Malawians want? Hand-outs?
We need to hear from you our esteemed readers, what do you think of Bakili Muluzi's hand-outs culture. Is this what Malawians want for the country to develop?
11 comments:
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I don't think this is what Malawians want. May be those asylum seekers living in Canada want this.ReplyDelete
I hate Muluzi, I hate his K50s and I hate his behaviour of turning Malawians into beggers.
But I am pleased that under Dr Bingu wa Mutharika this culture has changed turning Malawi into a hard working and well behaved society.
Keep on Ngwazi Dr Bingu wa Mutharika. In May, you have my vote.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Ine ndi banja langa lonse, sitifuna mtsogoleri wa ma hand-outs ngati Muluzi. Timadya za thukuta lathu. Sindife amphawi oti Muluzi apezerepo mwayi ayi.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Thats the problem of letting thieves to take highest positions on the land. Nanga sindalama zokubazo zimenezo abale inu! Kodi a Malawi ndiopusa? Kapena kuti tingasankhe munthu chifukwa he makes nasty jokes and dishes K50's. If best jokers make best presidents then lets settle for Bon Kalindo aka Winiko for presidency. But if we want seriousness that this position requires then we need to choose Ngwazi Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika. Everyone who supports Muluzi is lazy and hopes to enrich themselves after the big thief attains power. Nanga nchaninso chingapangitse munthu kutsatira mbabvayi? SIZITHEKA TAKANA!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 1:23 AM
Bible linanena osagwira ntchito asadye.Koma amuluzi anatembenuza malembo ali ogwira ntchito asadye koma osagwira ntchito ndiye kumadya.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 3:59 AM
This is uncalled off behaviour. It only creates a spirit of begging. How many people benefits from the handouts? Is it not putting taxpayers money into the drain? Lets say no to these kind of leaders. We need pro-poor development policies which are sustainable.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 12:59 PM
This guy(Muluzi) created a culture of begging in Malawi. Even Nga Ntafu begs from Muluzi. Muluzi believes in Master - Servant working relationship. We dont need this again. He should be practicing it at Kapoloma. We had enough in his 10 year reign.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Anatizolowera kwambiri nkulu ameneyu.He thinks tonse ndife opusa to dance to his cheap politics.Thats why mavendor anzake amamukonda!akangwele uko.We want development for all our pple in malawi not just for a few greedy individuals like Bakili and his cohorts.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Don't give thieves another chance! Muluzi stole from Malawians once and for all, no chance for him again.ReplyDelete
See you in hell Bakili.
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Once a thief always a thief Muluzi will not stop stealing. He even steals people's wives.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Kodi ndalama zimene akugawa pachithunzizo is it not part of K1.7 billion yathu anabayi?ReplyDelete
Amangidwe basi alidziwe boma.
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Malawi Digest, I have deep respect for you but to be putting issues about his thief is not good enough. We are fed up with him and dont want even to see or hear about him. Save us from this mad man.ReplyDelete
Long Live O Bingu! Long live O Ngwazi


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Explanation of contents of MUMS revised
Explanation of contents of MUMS revised (database and installer)
1 Introduction
Sound databases are among the most relevant materials in Music Information Retrieval research, and one of the most problematic issues respect to the databases is the planning of their structure. The present work was inspired by the necessity of retrieving the contents of the McGill University Master Samples (Opolko & Wapnick, 2006) -MUMS- collection in an efficient fashion. As a side project of a timbre research (Eerola, Alluri, & Ferrer, 2008), the contents of the collection were thoroughly explored and analyzed (Eerola & Ferrer, 2008). During this process we realized a way to improve the structure and organization of the MUMS for our own purposes. The implementation of this re-organization is now an installer, which copies the samples from the original media into a new location. This document presents a brief explanation of the database design as well as issues related with the implementation of the installer.
2 Explanation of database fields
Remapped file names are composed of six fields that can be divided into two groups; first group refers to the location of the file in a hierarchical file-system structure, and the second group of fields contains a description of the sample. The names of the six fields are: Family, Subfamily, Type/Class, Attack/Playing style/Timbral specification, Sample type and Value (see fig.1). The structure of these fields will be explained next.
Figure 1: Database structure
2.1 Family
This is the first hierarchical level in the reorganization of samples. At this level, samples are grouped according to the well-known orchestration manual by Adler(1989). The categories at this level are: Bowed String, Brass, Definite Pitch Percussion, Indefinite Pitch Percussion, Keyboard, Plucked String, Woodwind. Percussion samples are divided in two groups: definite pitch and indefinite pitch.
2.2 Subfamily
As a second level in the hierarchy, subfamily field contains the generic name of the instrument that originated the sound sample. Each family is therefore subdivided in the following subfamilies:
- Bowed String: acoustic bass, viol, viola, violin, violoncello.
- Brass: cornet, french horn, treble cornett, trombone, trumpet, tuba.
- Definite Pitch Percussion: crotales, glockenspiel, marimba, steel drum, timpani, tubular bells, vibraphone, xylophone.
- Indefinite Pitch Percussion: membraphone, metal idiophone, multipercussion, wooden idiophone.
- Keyboard: accordion, bass analog synth, celesta, harpsichord, organ, piano.
- Plucked String: bass, guitar, harp, lute.
- Woodwind: alto shawm, baroque recorder, bassoon, clarinet, contrabassoon, crumhorn, english horn, flute, oboe, pan flute, renaissance recorder, saxophone.
2.3 Type / Class
The typology at this level expresses an explicit definition of the instrument that produced the sample. In most cases it is very important to make this distinction, for example to establish the difference between acoustic and electric guitars. However, this distinction is not present in all cases. In order to provide consistency in the number of fields for better automatic retrieval, the expression "Standard" has been chosen to fill those places where no label was indicated in the original path & file name. The following instruments contain cases that differ from "Standard":
- Bass: electric, fretless.
- Clarinet: b flat, bass, contrabass, e flat.
- Crumhorn: alto, bass, soprano, tenor.
- Flute: alto, bass, piccolo.
- Guitar: acoustic, electric.
- Harpsichord: 8/4, 8 stop, buff stop.
- Marimba: grand symphonic marimba.
- Membraphone: 8in tom, 10in tom, 13in tom, 14in tom, 16in tom, 6in snare, 8in snare, bass drum, bongo, conga, cuica, kick 1, kick 2, kick 3, kick 4, kick 5, kick 6, kick 7, kick 8, marching snare, military drum, orchestral bass drum, power kick, processed tom, rock snare, snare, snare 2, snare 3, snare 4, snare 5, snare 6, timbale, timbales, tumba, tympani.
- Metal Idiophone: 14in hi hat, 16 in cymbal, 18 in cymbal, 20 in cymbal, agogo bells, allpenglocken, brake drum, cabasa, cencerros, chinese cymbal, chinese gong, chinese rancancan, finger cymbal, flexatone, gong, hi hat, ice bells, large triangles, mark tree, orchestra cymbal, pandero, sizzle cymbal, sleigh bells, tambourine, triangle, turkish cymbal 15 in, turkish cymbal 20 in, waterphone.
- Multipercussion: cha cha mix, compasa mix, conga tumba, cymbal snare crash, darbuka, egyptian mix, finger cymbal, hat cymbal kick, hat kick, mambo mix, pandero, rhumba mix, samba mix, shaker, triangle, triangle samba, triangle wawonko, wawonko mix, whistle.
- Oboe: baroque, classical, oboe damore.
- Organ: baroque plenum, brustwerk, crumhorn, dulzian, flutes, full organ, gemshorn, hauptwerk, koppelflote, nasat, pedals barplen, posaune, prinzipal, rauschpfeife, scharf, solo cornet, solo trumpet, symphonic plenum.
- Pan flute: high, low, medium.
- Piano: steinway, steinway concert hall grand, steinway hamburg grand.
- Recorder: alto, soprano, tenor.
- Renaissance recorder: alto, bassinet, great bass, quart, soprano, tenor.
- Saxophone: alto, baritone, bass, soprano, tenor.
- Trombone: alto, bass, tenor.
- Trumpet: bach, in C.
- Viol: bass, tenor, treble.
- Violin: ensemble, violin1, violin2, violin3.
- Wooden Idiophone: bamboo chimes, castanets, claves, log drum, maracas, ratchet, temple block, whip, wood block.
2.4 Attack / Playing style / Timbral specification
A substantial variety of timbral specific characteristics obtained within the same instrument exists in the collection. The information related to this specification is contained in the original file name. In some cases, these refer to an attack type, in other cases to a playing style or some other a timbral modification performed by digital means. Nevertheless this information is not always present, and in such cases we used the word: "Normal". Due to a variety of terms used in this field, we only list here those which have this special addition.
2.5 Sample Type & Value
After the characteristics of the source had been expressed, the name of the file must describe the characteristics of the sample. This distinction is shown in the last two fields: the penultimate expressing if the type of event is a single sound or a pattern, and the last field represents the pitch in standard MIDI values. In the cases where the sample does not have a single pitch, or a description of an average pitch is not useful, the distinction made in the original file name was preserved. (see table. 1)
2.6 General criteria
The remapping has been carried out trying to preserve as much as possible the original file name. However in order to give sound samples a name that could be effectively retrieved and/or discriminated by automatic means, plain spaces are substituted by a low dash character and the separation between fields is a regular dash. So for example the file named as: Bowed_String-Violin-Violin1-Non_Vibrato_Open-S-62.wav can be found at Bowed_String directory and then Violin and Violin1 sub-directories.
2.7 Special cases
- Martelé has been written in the database without the accent to assure compatibility with different file coding systems.
- Keyboard-Organ-Scharf-4_28_positif The relation between the aural, F0 pitch estimation, and original label could not be established, for that reason the original pitch name is kept in the new mapping as reference.
- Bowed_String-Violin-Standard-Vibrato_Open These samples are not really sounding in vibrato style. (Sample Numbers: 5071, 5089, 5094)
- Bowed_String-Acoustic_Bass-Standard-Plucked_Stopped-S-38 This sample contains a corrupt header. (Sample Number: 4039)
- 'DVD 3/WOODWINDS/HISTORICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS/RECORDERS/Renaissance SOPRANO Recorder/RENAISS SOPRANO REC_D#6.wav' and 'DVD 3/WOODWINDS/HISTORICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS/RECORDERS/Renaissance SOPRANO Recorder/RENAISS SOPRANO REC_E6.wav' are a copy of the same sample (Sample Numbers: 6184, 6187). Only E6 (Woodind-Renaissance_Recorder-Soprano-Normal-S-88) is copied into the new location.
- In the next cases, the Sample Type & Value part of the original typology has been preserved:
- Bowed_String-Acoustic_Bass-Standard-Slide
- Bowed_String-Acoustic_Bass-Standard-Improvised_Lines
- Keyboard-Accordion-Standard-Chord
- String-Guitar-Electric-Chord
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The renaming procedure has been implemented in the form of an installer, a script that looks for the files as they were originally named in the collection, and makes a copy of them in the local hard-drive of the user, creating a new directory structure in the process. Currently, there is one version tested in Mac Os X 10.4.10), which can be easily edited to be used in any UNIX type systems. This installer is freely available from our website2. For Microsoft Windows version, the installer is not yet available but may be developed if need arises. For using the installer, you have to own a copy of the MUMS DVD3 and possess enough hard-drive space to store the new database (9.3 Gb).
1In relation to the classification of the chords, the original typology has been preserved. Similarly, special patterns such as Bass slides and improvised lines have been preserved in their original formulation.
Adler, S. (1989). The study of orchestration (2nd ed.). New York, USA: Norton & Norton Company.
Eerola, T., Alluri, V., & Ferrer, R. (2008). Emotional connotations of isolated instruments sounds. In Proceedings of the ICMPC10 conference.
Eerola, T., & Ferrer, R. (2008). Instrument library (MUMS) revised. Music Perception, 25(3), 253-255. Available from http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/mp.2008.25.3.253
Opolko, F., & Wapnick, J. (2006). The McGill University Master Samples Collection on DVD (3 DVDs). Quebec, Canada: McGill University. Available from http://www.music.mcgill.ca/resources/mums/html/


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Local Woman's Video Goes Viral, Over 2 Million Views
In 2012, when Angie Gillam of Southern Humboldt posted a video showing her mother-in-law in tears, she never imagined the fuss people would make over it. She posted the short clip for family to check out but, in the last week, a flood of people across the nation watched it over two million times.
The video shows Gillam's mother-in-law, Dottie, delightedly breaking into tears when she sees her granddaughter wearing the prom dress Dottie had worn in 1957. When Gillam realized that thousands of people were watching the video, she worried. "I was afraid my mother-in-law would be pissed," Gillam said, "She's so private. She's the most kind, generous person ever but she doesn't do social media."
"I told, Mike, my husband, I can't take it off the internet. It is there forever," Gillam said. Fortunately, her mother-in-law did not mind. CNN called Gillam a few days ago to ask if they could post the video on the Daily Share. Gillam said she would only give permission if Dottie approved.
She called Dottie and said, "I hope you won't be really mad at me. Remember the video. It went viral. Do you know what that means?…Right away, my mother-in-law answered, "That means a lot of people saw it."
A lot of people have seen it. And with the post to CNN's Daily Share even more are likely to see it.
Gillam says that Cassie, Dottie's granddaughter and Gillam's niece-in-law, wore the dress to her graduation in Vancover Island, B.C. Dottie had given the dress to her daughter, Debbie, when Cassie was small so the little girl could use it for dress-up but the daughter put it away–saving it for a special occasion. As Cassie's graduation approached, she chose to wear her grandmother's dress. When Gillam heard that Cassie planned to surprise her grandmother by wearing the dress to graduation, she knew her mother-in-law would be touched. Gillam plotted to video the occasion for the family.
Now, the video has touched people across the world with the story of the beautiful dress passed from one lovely woman to another.


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I would like to respond to the interesting letter from NP Johnson (Star April 29) who appears to be among those Remainers who think all the people who voted for Brexit in the Referendum (which included myself) lack the intelligence to understand what we voted for and have made a terrible mistake.
What exactly has happened since the referendum that would make us want to change our minds about the way we voted? He/she seems to think 'the older generation' have done young people a great injustice by voting to leave the EU as "it is not they who will have to live with the long-term economic consequences of this decision", and also points out that research suggests that as many as three-quarters of 18-year-olds have pro-European views.
It doesn't seem to have occurred to NP Johnson that those of us who belong to the older generation may have acquired a little more wisdom throughout our journey in life and can remember that our country survived quite successfully long before we signed up to then EEC (European Economic Community) in 1973. We also have the vision to see that we can achieve a far greater future for ourselves outside the EU, so why would we want to remain shackled to an outdated and failing organisation that will eventually implode on itself?
Following the vote to Leave the EU and now that Article 50 has been implemented we now at last have the opportunity to escape from this disastrous union which has seen our country ruled by the unelected dictators of Brussels for 44 years, and we can now focus on once again becoming an independent nation responsible for making our own decisions. I appreciate it is only early days and there will of course be obstacles to overcome, however any difficulties will be worth it in the long run to regain our independence. So far all the doom-laden predictions have proved widely inaccurate and young people need to ignore all the scare-mongering political dogma and instead welcome an adventurous future of new and exciting opportunities that wait for us outside the EU. I well remember the referendum of 1975 and, contrary to NP Johnson's claim, everyone I knew (even if they didn't agree) accepted the majority decision to stay in the EEC. How much more commendable it would be if, instead of trying to sabotage the Brexit negotiations, today's Remainers could show the same respect for the British people's vote to Leave the EU in last year's referendum without all the whining and wailing.
I would suggest the bitter Remainers should have more confidence in our great country and embrace the potential (with everyone's support) for our country to have a bright and successful future. I have no doubt that the younger generation will eventually thank the 'oldies' for having the foresight to recognise that governing ourselves is in the best interests of Great Britain and we will no longer be restricted from trading with the rest of the world or have to comply with rules and regulations made in Brussels instead of in our own Parliament. Democracy is about listening to the people and the British people have spoken loud and clear via the ballot box in the referendum so we now have a forthcoming General Election by which we have to ensure that the party elected to govern our country delivers on the wishes of the electorate.
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So as per the sensationalistic cover (below the jump), Journey Into Mystery #113 features Thor revealing his secret identity to long-suffering nurse Jane Foster – for realsies. Does it actually happen that way? And is that our old pal the Grey Gargoyle lurking in the corner? Let's dive in and find out how much it sucks to date a Marvel hero in 1965. (Not as bad as it sucked later for women like Karen Page or Gwen Stacy. It still sucked, though!)
About the comic:
Journey Into Mystery (1952) #113
Date: February 10, 1965
"A World Gone Mad!"
We start with Thor and Odin and a bunch of other Asgardians throwing down against the villains of Jotunheim. It's transparently (according to Mr. Lee's editor's notes) an excuse to let Mr. Kirby draw some awesome Asgardian battles. In the aftermath, Odin invites his son to come home and resume his "princely duties."
Thor says "no dice," and Odin correctly surmises it's because he's in lurrrve. He leaves his raging father and heads back to Earth, 100 percent ready to renounce his godly heritage for the sake of Jane Foster. When he slips back into Dr. Don Blake form and tells Jane the truth, though, it doesn't go so hot.
We cut away to reveal a pair of hapless archaeologists who have just dredged the Grey Gargoyle out of the East River. He petrifies them and runs off, giving us a one-page summary of his backstory after he reaches his apartment.
Cut again, this time to Odin. He's done nothing but fume about his son for the last half-dozen pages, and now he decides (with the help of Loki's sage advice) to go ahead and punch the "off" switch on Thor's godly powers.
That takes us right back to Don and Jane, where the female is being the sensible one – a refreshing change for early Marvel characterization. Jane decides the doc's been working too hard. It helps that Don tries to prove his Thoritude by transforming just moments after Odin depowered him.
The Grey Gargoyle obligingly smashes through the window before this scene gets any more awkward. Dr. Blake was intimately involved in his last run-in with Thor, so now the Gargoyle is going to force Blake to tell him how to find the thunder god. Don and Jane hot-foot it out of their office with the Gargoyle right behind them.
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the ranch Asgard, some of Thor's buddies – not the Warriors Three – are about to head to Earth to help him. Loki heads that business off, but while he's doing so another mysterious figure zips down the Bifrost.
Back on Earth, the Gargoyle is making a ruckus in the street. He's petrifying pedestrians willy-nilly, and he chooses now to announce that he can turn people to stone permanently if he wants to. He's going to do it to Jane and the Doc because they're being so irritating.
Our heroes escape thanks to a fortuitous light-arrow from our unknown Asgardian that blinds the Gargoyle. They zip away in a swank Jaguar – which, sadly, the Gargoyle turns to stone. In the absolute nick of time, the Asgardian savior – still concealed by being framed off-panel – restores Dr. Blake's Thor abilities for thirty seconds.
This is more than enough time for Thor to smash open a street light and channel electricity through his hammer and into the Grey Gargoyle. This somehow melts his limbs together into an immobile mass – which is, the more you think about it, a horrific way to beat somebody.
The final page reveals that the real hero – our mystery Asgardian – was Honir the Hunter, dispatched by Odin to arbitrarily save his son from his previous fit of pique. What a macaroon! Back on Earth, Jane is happy to see that Dr. Don is over his "madness," and Blake, newly grateful for his Thor powers, is happy to take this out and hop right back to the status quo.
"The Boyhood of Loki!"
A little five-page romp about kid Loki and kid Thor. When the two watch some grown-up warriors sparring with quarterstaves, Loki spoils everything by using some Norn magic to blow up one competitor's weapon.
The kids are soon caught and the adults instantly blame Loki, which is both astute and unfair. Thor insists that they should both be punished. This impresses the grownups so much that they decide no punishment is necessary. Thor scampers away to have his riding lesson leaving his fuming half-brother to follow along.
It really does seem like Loki's evil is a chicken-and-egg conundrum. Nobody trusts him which goads him into doing evil which makes nobody trust him – repeat ad infinitum.
So, in case you couldn't tell from the title, I really wanted to make this post about Jane Foster. Truth be told, she just isn't doing a lot here. Really this story is more about Odin than Jane or even Thor. He snatches away Thor's powers in a fit of spite and then zaps them back just as arbitrarily. Such a drama queen.
Odin is also the biggest clothes-horse in the Marvel Universe by a great big margin. He changes outfits – and, more importantly, hats – no less than three times in this 16-page story. I'm mentioning this now because when I start writing about early Avengers comics later on I'll be introducing the Janet Van Dyne Fashion Watch. I want to make it clear that Marvel clothes-horsery crosses gender lines and none shall challenge Odin in this arena. Especially when it comes to spiffy hats.
As for Ms. Foster, she does about as well as anyone could with a crazy nutso doctor boyfriend who declares he's the god of thunder and then decides it's all a delusion a moment later. Since Jane has actually met said god of thunder, she at least doesn't have cause to think Dr. Don is actually bonkers – just overworked and a bit of a flake.
I was gonna talk about what a raw deal Jane gets in these early Thor comics – and just wait until we get to the amnesia – but reviewing what I already know about some of the other Marvel women caught in love triangles around this era and what happens to them, Jane Foster actually comes out pretty blessed. At least she lives through the silver and bronze ages, which is more than you can say for Gwen Stacy or Karen Page.
Time to Ask …
Who Will Love Journey Into Mystery #113?
Well, evidence to the contrary, this isn't actually the second installment in the epic story of the Grey Gargoyle. Yes, it's his second appearance, but there's really nothing epic about him. And this is a very minor footnote in the romantic story of Jane Foster and Thor / Don Blake. So, ultimately, I think this is only an important read for very dedicated Thor fans. It does serve as decent evidence that Jane is a levelheaded lady who puts up with a lot from both of her would-be beaus.
The JiM #113 cover comes from The Mighty Thor Library. Other images snipped out of Marvel Unlimited by yours truly.


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We often use dental crowns at our office in Collingwood, ON to strengthen teeth weakened by decay.
There are many different situations in which a dental crown may be needed. For example, a crown may be placed on one of your teeth after it becomes extremely weak due to decay or if one of your teeth needs extra support after a large filling is put in. At Georgian Shores Dental Centre, we do dental crowns at our office in Collingwood, Ontario and would be more than happy to discuss this restorative solution with you.
If you have a dental crown put on one of your teeth, the entire process will usually take two visits. During your first appointment, we will inspect the affected tooth and prepare it for the crown. We will also take an impression of your tooth, so we can create the new crown. During your second visit to our office, we will cement the crown to your tooth.
If you want to know more about dental crowns and if you should have one placed on one of your teeth, schedule an appointment with us at Georgian Shores Dental Centre today. We look forward to having you in our office and meeting all of your dental needs now and in the future.
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A charity coffee morning will take place at Whitehead Community Centre on Saturday morning (January 28).
Come along for some coffee, home-baked cake and chat and help raise a few pounds for the Northern Ireland Hospice.
There will also be a tombola and other fundraisers.
The coffee morning will take place from 10.00 am until noon.


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P 4 Networkers is also providing the Hostel arrangement for the students who are not from Bangalore and would like the arrangement of stay to be done.
Considering the distance and traffic we thought of doing the arrangement at our doorstep. This PG/ Hostel is just Next to our Building and is convenient to attend the class and also can take the extra facility of our Lab etc. for practise.
The Hostel Facility arrangement is a tie up with a PG ( Paying Guest) in which the owner on our request has made an arrangement for a) Single Room b) Shared room with two and three people accommodation also along with the food.The place is hygienically very good to stay.
The Food normally given is in South Indian style ,but is clean and hygienic.
The charges of these options are as follows :-
a) Single room with attach Bathroom with food is Rs.9800/-
b) Single room with shared Bathroom with food is Rs.6800/-
c) Twin Sharing room with Food will be Rs.5800/-
d) Three Sharing with Food will be Rs.4800/-
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There is an arrangement of Service Apartment also for which the charges is Rs.1200/- to 1500 per Day seeing the Services what you want to avail.
There are two three Service Apartments which are very close to our Center .
Note :- This all arrangement is to be taken care by the student, we would just assist you to find the best option.


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Without trying to state the obvious, I just felt the need to write a post about Tumblr which I have only recently started using.
Here is an insight:
There is so much clutter out there and each of us only have limited time and energy. Some of us like to experiment all the time, while some others are only willing to invest time in a limited number of things (it is called focus) to avoid spreading too thin. I tend to identify with the latter group and thus although I have known about Tumblr for a while, I had never realized how much I would like it until very recently, when I started using it.
There is something so simple and totally visual in this tool which I absolutely love. Of course I don't see it replacing this blog any time soon, but I will definitely be posting some of my more random thoughts there from now on.


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Episode 3 Of Chipotle's 'Farmed And Dangerous' Web Series (VIDEO)
Two weeks ago, we published the first episode of Chipotle's "Farmed And Dangerous" web series.
Last week, we featured the second installment. Now, it's time for episode three in the four-part satire that explores what Chipotle calls the "outrageously twisted and utterly unsustainable world of industrial agriculture."
As previously explained, Chipotle — who sponsors The Huffington Post's Food For Thought section — has provided us with videos of each of the four episodes and we'll be publishing a new 22-minute episode each week on Monday, so stay tuned for the fourth …read more
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They want me to stop talking, but the more that side harasses me, the longer I will continue. I am not at school, here. I have been a member for seven years. I know that I have the right to speak, and I will continue to do so.
The Canada Post Corporation imposed a lockout, which allowed the government to target the employees, claiming that there was an economic disaster because of a work stoppage and the public was not getting its mail or cheques anymore. Yet, we know full well that the postal workers were prepared to deliver cheques to the most vulnerable members of our society for free, most of the time. They were entitled to collect $50 per day, but they had decided to give that money to charity.
The lockout triggered the introduction of special legislation. The bill essentially gagged the arbitrator and the employees. The arbitrator has to—and it will—give the big end of the stick to the employer, and that is how the conditions will be managed over the next few years, until 2015.
I do not want a difficult social climate to develop in our society, but it will not be easy for Canada Post employees or the employer. Eventually, it will not be easy for this government either. That is my warning. For the next four years, the people just need to hang on tight. The agenda is now controlled by the Prime Minister and his gang, and they will feel like masters of their domain. We will do everything in our power to continue to express our opposition. We will need the public's support.
In closing, I want to wish everyone a good summer, if we ever get out of here.


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Caught Out There With The Sushi Girls™ – Episode 10
How many times do I have to say
To get away-get gone
Flip your shit past another lasses
Humble dwelling
You got your game, made your shot, and you got away
With a lot, but I'm not turned-on
So put away that meat you're selling
Cuz I do know what's good for me-
And I've done what I could for you
But you're not benefiting, and yet I'm sitting
Singing again, sing, sing again
How can I deal with this, if he won't get with this
M'I gonna heal from this; he won't admit to it
Nothing to figure out; I gotta get him out
It's time the truth was out that he don't give a
Shit about me
Get Gone - Fiona Apple
Are you ready? Okay…
Nonu got a baby ya'll! Yes, THAT Nonu! No really, MA'A NONU of the 13-inch penis* and the 13-ounce brain** managed to get a woman pregnant! I know! I didn't believe it when I read it either! But it's so true! But wait, there's more! The little bundle of sweetness and light is a BOY! God help him if he was born with his daddy's eyebrows…but I digress…
But wait, there's STILL more! The most shocking and inexplicable part of this whole sordid story is the incredible fact that the mother is NOT a white woman! No seriously yo! Not only is she not a white woman, she's actually…get this…SAMOAN! To quote my source, who knew?! But more to the point, who would ever expect it? Lord knows the 'Nesian brothas love themselves some white women! Unfortunately Nonu has already dumped her and moved on the next cum bucket…er, I mean Child of God. My guess is that he shut her down as soon as she told him she was in a gravid state! Which lead Ms. GD to postulate the following:
One day, nine months ago in Wellington, New Zealand in the parking lot of the local ghetto McDonald's at 9am on a Sunday morning just before church…
Unfortunate Samoan Lass: Hey Ma'a baby what's up?
Nonu: [Ignores her and continues to talk to his boys about beer, sex, Hip Hop, sex, whiskey, sex, rugby, sex, corn beef and vodka…and sex]
USL: Ma'a please, I really need to talk to you!
Nonu: [Sighs heavily] What bitch!?
USL: I um, well you see Ma'a I um, well you remember two weeks ago when we were at your Mama's house and I spent the night? You know, when she went to Auckland with your daddy and your brothers and your sisters and your nieces and your nephews and your cousins and your five play cousins and your Auntie Clarice who's really not your Aunt but a family friend and…?
Nonu: Damn bitch is there a point in this shit?
USL: Well, um see we …
Nonu: Fucked! And?
USL: Okay yes but you said you didn't have anymore condoms and I said I wasn't on the pill and you said, "Well bitch I guess you better think positive thoughts 'cause I'm 'bout to nut" and…
Nonu: Bitch you fo real need to say what you wanna say! [Raises hand in classic pre-pimp slap formation]
Nonu: Bitch is this a muthafuckin hoaks?
Hey, you keep fucking you're bound to knock someone up, or get knocked up right? It was just a matter of time really. Soooooo – to totally misquote Beyoncé – He didn't like it so he didn't put a ring on it! [Everybody sing!] Wooohoh oh oh oh ohoh ah oh ohohoh!
Until next time Dear Readers!
Glamour Diva
P.S. Congratulations to Mils Muliaina and his thievin' wife Haley! They are the proud parents of a bouncing baby something or other. Honestly I was too upset to give a good gotdamn! It's over. Haley ain't never leaving his tight, succulent little ass now! Sigh. Still no word on Tialata, Sally, Tialata's trouser snake and the possibility of more 'Nesian rugby babies. Sigh.
* That was for you gM! Luv ya!
**You see this is funny because the average human brain weighs about 3-pounds.
Don't be shy Dear Readers! If you have any gossip on any rugby player by all means drop us an email at email@example.com or Bebo and let us know. We don't discriminate, we'll take gossip on any player from any part of the world. Don't let the gossip die people!


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I called AT&T last week about changing my rate plan to one that was less expensive per month. The only people I really call besides my parents are on the AT&T network, so I have hundreds of rollover minutes.
I was told by the operator that I pay "automatic debits." Okay, that's nothing new.
That my cell phone bill dropped on April 8th of this month. Okay.
That I would not be able to change my service plan until April 7th or April 8th before or on the day the bill drops. Okay - sounded dumb to me, but I thought, "okay, I'll wait then."
Today is the 5th of April, and I just got a text message from AT&T telling me that my electronic payment was successful for my bill and that the next bill drops May 9th.
To make matters worse, I call AT&T support, and, guess what? They're not open on Sundays. They're only open 7am-9pm during the week and until 6pm on Saturdays ("in your time zone.")
Is this just another way for AT&T to screw us over??? What the Hell?


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Finally had some time to post again.
Started finally my very own quilt – friendshipstar quilt – it was hanging around now for 2 years waiting, how I want to quilt it. And after looking at it everyday and talking with friends about it, I decided to give it a go and hopefully dont need my seamripper coz I wouldnt like it. I have to say, I didnt need it, coz I love how it turns out. But take a look on your own.
Im not really far, only quilted 5 of those big star squares out of 54, and all the tiny squares in between and around them. So still lots to do.
Whats planned:
2x Cushion for our home
Wave Quilt for Enya
Wallhanging with name on it for little one
This week's stats:
Completed projects – 0
New projects – 0
Currently in progress – 1
Total finishes - 4


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Frequency 2 (every)
If you always do something at a time, you can use the word 'every'.
– examples:
I have a shower every morning.
I go to English class every Monday.
I read every night before going to sleep.
More than one
Using 'every' is easy: it does not matter if it is one day, two days, five weeks, or a hundred years.
I work every day.
I go to the cinema every 2 weeks.
I have a birthday every year.
I go home every Christmas.
I clean the dishes every 2 days.
(Note: the word 'each' can also be used; it has a slightly different meaning, however:
every = collective; all of them together
each = individually, but thought about at the same time)
Answer these questions:
What do you do every day?
What do you do every 2 or 3 weeks?
What do you do every year?
What do you do every 4 or 5 years?


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I was out this morning early to take photos of a property in the Capron Ridge subdivision of Viera, Florida. As I was returning to the office I noticed a buzzard feasting on a diet of carrion. In some places, especially down south, it is also widely known as road kill! I thought…this is not a pretty site but it must be done.
The housing market has a bit of carrion itself – carcasses of dead deals (foreclosures and short sales). And it is not a pretty site but must be done.
Enter the real estate investor. By metaphorically referring to investors as Turkey Vultures, I do so with respect for the task that must be done.
So, as the prices have dropped and the foreclosures, short sales and inventory of distressed properties has risen, I say "get to work, investors – it is not a pretty site!
If you are a real estate investor looking for some attractive deals, Viera and Rockledge have some really nice opportunities. Of course, only you know what capitalization rate you lust have to get your desired return. I am only suggesting you look look in the central Brevard County area.
Gary Waters, Century 21 Baytree Realty, Rockledge, Florida.