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Among other things, the success of a motion picture depends on great imagery and sound. To Didier Kwak, a notable in the French audio-visual industry, only the highest resolution imagery and audio will do. Some years ago, Kwak began to realize the quality level of the available acoustic technologies was not on par with visuals. This spurred Kwak to embark on an acoustic journey in a field called "psychoacoustics," or the perception of sound and its physiological effects.
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Whether it's the raging debate about no-age-statement releases, or questions about how old a whisky I'm pouring at a festival around the world is, age is currently a hot topic. Something I'm often asked is how older whiskies compare to younger ones.
George Grant, sales director at Glenfarclas, recently hosted a tasting of six bottlings from The Family Casks series, one each from the 1950s through to the 2000s. It inspired me to find out more about if older whisky tastes better – or is it just different?
Production methods have changed since the 1950s, and there are three main factors that have influenced the evolving flavour of whisky.


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Hey everyone. We where doing some organizing on our "archive" shelves and we realized we are short a Gideon's Corpse Limited Edition and a December Park Lettered Edition. They don't need to be real numbers / lettered PC's are fine same with books purchased in dinged sales, or no-tips. Let me know if you've got something, we can do store credit, paypal, or even just a trade for something else.
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The Jaguars drafted a quarterback from Florida with the third pick in the draft. After the draft ended, they picked another quarterback from Florida.
The process that began with Blake Bortles becoming the No. 3 pick ended with the Jags signing Miami quarterback Stephen Morris. The move reunites Morris with Jacksonville offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch, who worked at Miami before joining Gus Bradley's staff.
Fisch also ran the former Hurricanes quarterback's Pro Day workout, and the relationship necessarily gives Morris an edge in the competition to make the team as the No. 3 option. Or, at worst, to secure one of the eight spots on the team's practice squad.
Also joining the Jaguars as undrafted free agents were Northwestern kicker Jeff Budzien, Cumberland running back Terrance Cobb, California defensive tackle DeAndre Coelman, Louisville receiver Damian Copeland, Rice long snapper Trevor Gillette, Oregon defensive tackle Ricky Havili-Heimuli, Miami receiver Allen Hurns, Fresno State tight end Marcel Jensen, Missouri-Western State tight end Reggie Jordan, Louisiana State safety Craig Loston, Oregon State cornerback Rashaad Reynolds, Clemson guard Tyler Shatley, Utah State tight end D.J. Tialavea, James Madison tackle Josh Wells, Maryland linebacker Marcus Whitfield, and Tennessee Tech punter Chad Zinchini.


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Reuters reports that an adult emu was stolen this week from Featherdale Wildlife Park near Sydney, Australia. A pile of feathers was all that was left at the crime scene. Investigators are puzzled as to motive, considering that emus–flightless birds that can grow up to 6.6 feet tall and weigh more than 80 pounds–have little monetary value. To remove the bird, the perpetrators managed to carry it over a two-meter fence with electrified barbed wire. The only eyewitness was a second emu which, aside from some feather loss of its own, appears to have been left unscathed by the thieves.
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This classic Asturian stew was adapted by a young chef who opens a restaurant (Nacho Manzano Casa Marcial) at the foothills of Picos de Europa in a house where he was born. One of his most famous original creations is his "light" fabada, where new techniques are used to reduce calorie content.
a|x brought dozens of canned fabada every time he comes back from Spain, but it seems like we're running low on stock. That's why i thank God for giving me a pair of good hands to cook up my very own fabada from José Andrés, adapted by Nacho Manzano.
It took me 3 days to find this thing called saffron and although only a pinch is needed, one should never take it for granted as fabada is not fabada without these ambrosial crushed threads.
"As you eat this stew, maybe on a cold and rainy day, you may find yourself transported to the days when the miners and shepherds would go home and eat this hearty dish to recover from their labors."
It was one sunny afternoon when i cooked this, but my brother and i enjoyed it so much we ate a serving for 5 people! These large butter beans and fresh bacon is absolutely food for LOVE. Speaking of that, i have a REAL DEAL for you dessert lovers:
Get 4 Carrot Cupcakes + 6 Macarons from My Domestic Bliss, Ampang for RM16 instead of RM30 [47% OFF]! Their delicious and nutritious Nutty Walnut Carrot Cake with luscious cream cheese frostings are made by Tina, a passionate and creative baker who loves desserts. My favorite is the raspberry jam macaroon. Don't you wanna just sink your teeth into one of these beauties? 😉


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As Michael Douglas faces Stage 4 Throat Cancer, it's a startling reminder of the disease's reality in the world of celebrities who seem so untouchable.
Because it hasn't moved below his neck, he says his prognosis is good. We certainly hope so and hope that he gains inspiration from other celebrities who have fought cancer and won.
Here are five famous cancer survivors:
Michael C. Hall
The Dexter actor was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma earlier this year, but is now back at work and cancer-free.
Christina Applegate
Just two years ago she was battling a deadly form of breast cancer. She fought a ferocious fight and gave up her breasts in the battle via a double mastectomy. Today she is the picture of health and a glowing pregnant mother-to-be.
Lance Armstrong
Diagnosed with testicular cancer that eventually spread to his brain and lungs, he not only beat it but went on to win the Tour de France seven times in a row consecutively. Today he's one of the biggest fighters of the disease through his foundation, LIVESTRONG.
Sheryl Crow
The singer also battled breast cancer in 2006. Not only did she beat it, but she's doing everything she can to help others beat it as well. Just last month she opened the Sheryl Crow Imaging Center, a state-of-the-art facility for the detection of breast cancer in Los Angeles.
Sharon Osbourne
Talk about resilient, Osbourne has been through it all, including colon cancer, which she was diagnosed with in 2002. She's since been declared cancer-free and founded the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai.
Which celebrities who have fought cancer have inspired you?
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The census-designated place (CDP) of Anthem in Maricopa County is known across the Arizona as a shopping mecca. But there is far more to this place than just shopping splurges.
Founded only in 1999, Anthem has already become a multi-awarded North Phoenix suburb. The fact that it already has more than 27,000 residents, most of whom are part of family households, says a lot about the level of demand for homes in this area.
Nestled at the foothills of Daisy Mountain, Anthem has an elevation of about 1,800 to 2,400 feet. This gives the locale a relatively cooler climate than most of the Greater Phoenix area.
Located along the Black Canyon Freeway (Interstate 17), Anthem is 30 miles to the north of Downtown Phoenix. It lies north of the Desert Hills community of the New River CDP. The sister communities of Cave Creek and Carefree are located just 20 miles to the east.
Anthem, AZ real estate and property types
Houses for sale in Anthem, AZ can be categorized and described according to the three homeowners' associations managing each community:
- Parkside
This area has 7,096 single-family homes comprising the main "suburb" of Anthem. A majority of Anthem's total population resides here. Parkside can be further subdivided into three neighborhoods: The Landing, Paseo, and Arroyo Grande. Around 200 more homes are expected to rise here by 2020.
- The Village
This section of Anthem offers 210 condos and luxury townhomes. Residents enjoy exceptional security and privacy here, thanks to gate access and a selection of exclusive community amenities.
- Country Club
This lavish gated community allows access to championship-caliber golf and high-end clubhouse amenities in your backyard. Take your pick among the 2,866 luxury residences here.
Living in Anthem, AZ
Anthem is more than a location – it's a lifestyle all its own. This master-planned community has gorgeous landscaping, engaging all-ages amenities and attractions, and a thriving local business environment.
Here are the highlights you can enjoy if you become an Anthem, AZ resident:
- Anthem Community Park
Found here is the Anthem Veterans Memorial, which has already received acclaim at the state and national levels. This sprawling, 63-acre open space is where Anthem families head to for a fun time. Recreation areas here include various sports facilities and events venues in its full-featured community center, year-round lap pools, kids' playgrounds, an amphitheater, and catch-and-release fishing lakes.
- Anthem Country Club
The Anthem Country Club is an exclusive gated community occupying a good chunk of Anthem's northeast flank. This pinnacle of Anthem luxury houses a spectacular par-72 championship golf course, tennis courts and fitness facilities, fine dining restaurants, and venues for private banquets and social events.
With Josie McCarthy, finding the finest Anthem homes for sale is a breeze
I can't wait to show you around the community of Anthem, AZ to help you find your dream home. I'd love to hear from you. Give me, Josie M. McCarthy, a call at 480-297-3922 or email your inquiries at josie(at)josiemmcarthy(dotted)com.


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This game is a strange mix between a more traditional castle defense like Cartoon Wars and the more innovative Paladog. You still upgrade your castle's defenses and send out units to stop the enemy's progress, but you also take direct control over a very powerful samurai. Like Paladog, letting this samurai die results in a loss, but unlike Paladog, you are actually on defense rather than offense, with no enemy castle to destroy and only your own village to protect. Your samurai is equipped with plenty of fun powers, from a power strike to a lightning attack, an enemy slowing debuff, and even a long range bow.
As you fight through the waves of very similar looking zombie samurai, you'll unlock new units and powers, and collect plenty of silver and pachinko balls. Silver is used to upgrade everything, and like most of these games, the key to victory is upgrading quickly enough to keep up with the enemy's rising strength. This is usually where these games fall apart and rely on in-app purchases, but it really isn't bad here. It's actually possible to grind silver for one thing, and if you remember to boot the app up each day, you'll get increasingly good rewards simply for coming back again. The pachinko balls I mentioned are taken into a Pachinko mini game, where you can earn decent little chunks of coin, or even big bonuses and rare power-up items. It does still try to make the IAP tempting, but it is really not nearly as brutal as you would think. Then again, it could very well get much worse later in the game, I wouldn't really know. Either way, you get a couple solid hours of fun at least, so it's definitely worth it as a free title.
The graphics are pretty decent looking. Every level takes place in the same village, although daytime, nighttime, and the different seasons make for more variety. The models themselves are solid looking, even if the enemies are just loads of boring palate swaps, but the animations are choppy and ugly. The music and sound design are pretty decent as well, if a bit stereotypical. It's still not a great game, and it's still a little greedy, but it's not nearly as greedy or brutal as past Glu games, and I definitely recommend you check it out.[appbox googleplay com.glu.samuzombie]


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Wayne wrote:iCocker wrote:Paul Salomone wrote:Thanks guys
Ivan - make it a date. I will finish the model with it's final finish coat. That is the truck body and cannon in Italian desert yellow. The inner part of the chassis in Grey, and the engine, transmission, gearbox, drive shaft and differential in satin metallic grey.
Then my friend it's up to your lectures to help me out.
That is a fixed lecture then might be also not a one timer [surely will not finish this in one session ] but can be done as a workshop if the comittee like ... obviously no rush in the finish!
Just a small note Paul not sure about trucks but tanks were originally painted grigio verde, greyish green from factory [european theatre] and then over sparyed with Sabbia [sand colour] for tropical ... maybe they are refering to this as grey?
I like the idea of a workshop, Paul and I will take it up with the rest of the committee. All we need is to tidy up the lecture room.
Lecture room already cleaned up, still need minor adjustments but one can do a lecture in it as it is.


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He cleared his M.S. (Orth) and D Orth exams with distinction and then worked as a Lecturer in Orthopaedics (In Nair Hospital from 1992-1994).
Dr. Jamshed Bunshah started out as a House Officer in General Surgery and Orthopaedics at LTMG hospital. He then served as a lecturer in Orthopaedics at L.T. M.G. Hospital, T. N. Medical College and Nair Hospital. It was in L.T.M.G. Hospital that Dr. Bunshah made a comparative study of Preoperative v/s Non-Operativ Supracondylar fractures of humerus in children.
After serving as a lecturer, Dr. Bunshah held the position of a Senior House Officer (Trauma and Orthopaedics) at East Glamorgan General Hospital in Cardiff, Wales where he specialized in Hip and Knee Total Replacement with a project in the Long term follow up of a cemented total hip & total knee replacement surgery. He has been appointed by "ZIMMER" as a Consultant requiring to teach, hold workshops, and train surgeons in India and abroad.
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Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL & Ors
The Coalition, represented by EDO NSW, challenged the failure of a mining company, Timbarra Gold Mine, to undertake a Species Impact Statement for extensions to its mine in Malara State Forest.
The Coalition was unsuccessful in the Land and Environment Court but won on appeal to the Court of Appeal. The decision highlighted the legal requirement of an objective scientific assessment as part of the development assessment process and the obligations of decision-makers to fully consider the likely impacts of development on threatened species, rather than relying only on information supplied by developers.
This has significant implications for the protection of threatened species and the environment generally in NSW.
EDO NSW is grateful for the assistance of Mr T F Robertson, barrister who acted as counsel for Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc.


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Frequent Freezes, BSOD, Disk Check auto cancels, and Hard Disk Errors
So I recently installed Windows 7 Home Premium on an Acer Aspire 5349. I've been having a bunch of issues with it since the install.
Firstly, When I boot, it takes me to the "Disk Check" screen and tells me that one of my disks needs to be checked for consistency. However, the disk in question isn't something like "C:" or "D:" it's "\\?\volume{c4afec15-cb60-11e4-9583-806e6f6e6963}". The disk check also automatically cancels. It doesn't prompt me with the usual " Press any button to stop the disk check" option, just straight to " Disk check has been cancelled"
When I eventually get to the desktop, I get the screen " Windows detected a hard disk problem ". I look at the details and I'm told that my C:\ drive has been reporting failures. When I check the status of the disk via the Disk Management tool I'm told that all my partitions are healthy.
When I actually use the laptop, it's very slow and frequently freezes. It takes a while to catch back up and sometimes these freezes lead to a BSOD. The BSOD message was KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR. I checked the event viewer and it also seemed that before certain crashes I would have driver controller error on an IDE Port. I've attached a picture of the disk check screen, event viewer, and memory dump. I apologize about the quality of the pictures, I couldn't screenshot the images on the actual laptop as it was freezing and crashing too often.
I really hope this isn't a problem with the hardware itself, and thank you to anyone that can help me out with this problem.
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DISK_HARDWARE_ERROR: There was error with disk hardware
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I ran the test as instructed, after about two hours the test had not made any progress from what I can tell. The mouse still moves so it hasn't froze but the text on the screen has not changed. I waited even longer and still no change. I've linked the image so you can see what the results were.
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Based on that, I would replace the disk immediately.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
FriendFeed Adds Search, And Suddenly Feels Like A Destination Site — FriendFeed, a service that aggregates social network information, just launched quite a nice little search feature. Users can search by individual, friends, or all users, and specify the search only to specific services like Twitter or Delicious.
Discussion: WinExtra and WeBreakStuff
Steven Hodson / WinExtra: Has FriendFeed Found The Secret Sauce?
Fred Oliveira / WeBreakStuff: Friendfeed: Cute, yes. Helping? No.
Bret Taylor / FriendFeed Blog:
FriendFeed has search — I am extremely happy to announce that FriendFeed now has search. There is now a search box on the top right of your FriendFeed home page. You can search over all of your friends' shared items, an individual person's items, or search all of FriendFeed:
Discussion: VentureBeat, Mashable!, WeBreakStuff, The Last Podcast and Fast Wonder Blog
Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins / Mashable!: FriendFeed Launches Search
Fred Oliveira / WeBreakStuff: Friendfeed: Wow, that didn't take long
Frederic / The Last Podcast: FriendFeed Got Search
Staska / Unwired View:
iPhone 2.0, iPhone 3.0 or iPhone Nano - a clamshell/flip phone? — When talking about how Apple is gonna take over mobile phone industry, one of the things that is very rarely talked about, is iPhone form factor. — There's a reason we have mobile phones in tens of shapes and sizes, and a number of form factors.
Discussion: Infinite Loop, TechCrunch, The Apple Core, The Boy Genius Report, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, MacRumors, zedgeHeadz, Technology Questions, LoopRumors and Tech Blog
Charles Jade / Infinite Loop: Patent application hints at "iPhone nano"
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Photoshop Dreams of an iFlipPhone
David Morgenstern / The Apple Core: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?
Joshua Karp / The Boy Genius Report: Iphone Flip coming soon?
Willpark / IntoMobile: Apple working on iPhone flip? …
Drawbob / LoopRumors: Clamshell iPhone in the works?
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Apple patent application hints at iPhone flip phone
Apple patent application hints at iPhone flip phone
Discussion: CyberNet and textually.org
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple snags 14 percent of US-based PC retail sales in February — Growth in Apple's personal computer business continued to outpace the industry average last month, with Macs accounting for a 14 percent unit share and 25 percent dollar share of all US-based PC retail sales, according to market research firm NPD.
Discussion: One More Thing and Insanely Great Mac
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Report: Mac sales up 60% in February — Macintosh sales were up sharply in February, according to a brief report on the latest NPD data posted Monday at flyonthewall.com (registration required). — The report shows growth in Mac unit sales up 60 percent from 2007 and growth in dollar terms up 66 percent.
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Drawbob / LoopRumors: Report: Mac sales up 60% in February.
Recognize Internet addiction as a mental illness, MD urges — Users experience cravings, withdrawal, psychiatrist says — Compulsive e-mailing and text messaging could soon become classified as an official brain illness. — An editorial in this month's issue of the American Journal …
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Triston McIntyre / TECH.BLORGE.com: The new deadliest epidemic: i-addiction
Warner Crocker / Life On the Wicked Stage: If Internet Addiction is a Mental Illness, What's the Cure?
Leo Blanco / 901am: Should Internet addiction be treated as mental illness?
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch: Push To Classify Internet Addiction As a Mental Disorder
Six-core Intel processors coming this year — Advancing its architecture at what most independent observers would now agree is a breakneck pace, Intel offered further details today on how soon it would begin phasing out the Core Microarchitecture it introduced in the summer of 2006.
Intel: Six-core chip to ship by second half '08
Intel: Six-core chip to ship by second half '08
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Tom Krazit / One More Thing:
Intel's future graphics chip adding a new vector
Intel's future graphics chip adding a new vector
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Justin Mann / TechSpot: Intel's Nehalem borrows from AMD design
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
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Paul Buchheit:
Is fragmentation bad? — Imagine that you've just finished watching a movie and are in the mood to talk about it. How are you going to do that? You could chat with random, semi-anonymous people in the movie theater lobby (assume you went to a theater). You could find a community of people …
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Steven Hodson / WinExtra: Social media obsession and how it is nothing new
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Martian Headsets — You're about to see the mother of all flamewars on internet groups where web developers hang out. It'll make the Battle of Stalingrad look like that time your sister-in-law stormed out of afternoon tea at your grandmother's and wrapped the Mustang around a tree.
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Jack Schofield / Guardian Unlimited: Joel Spolsky on Martian Headsets and the Internet Explorer default
Shelley / Bb's RealTech: Joel Spolsky: Crap is Good
Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag:
BLOGGER FOILS GOOGLE'S APRIL FOOLS' JOKE ON MICROSOFT Sneaky blogger Phillip Lenssen uncovered Google's answer to Microsoft's annoying animated assistant, Clippy. His name is Cliply. Lessen found him in the source code of a Google Docs document. Google developers told Lenssen Cliply is an …
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Ryan / CyberNet: Gasp! Google Revives Clippy?
Jordan Golson / Valleywag:
How I gamed Digg — and laughed all the way to the bank — If you make your living publishing content on the Internet, you live and die by the pageview. One way to drive huge amounts of traffic to your site is through "social news" sites like Digg. If I write something interesting …
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Cyndy Aleo-Carreira / Profy.Com: Numbrosia: Merit-Based News Submissions
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Online advertiser to settle spam charges for record $2.9 million — An online advertising company accused of luring customers with deceptive offers of "free" iPhones, laptop computers, plasma televisions, and other goods has agreed to pay a record $2.9 million fine as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
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Roy Mark / eWeek: ValueClick Hit with Record $2.9M Fine
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: CAN-SPAM violations cost online ad firm $2.9 million
Jackson West / Valleywag: ValueClick settles for $2.9 million in spam case
Donna Bogatin / STARTUP CHATTER: Google's NEW Click Fraud Problems? YouTube and MySpace
Matthew Creamer / AdAge:
Think Different: Maybe the Web's Not a Place to Stick Your Ads — Matthew Creamer Asks Whether We're All Missing the Point When It Comes to the Internet — "Steve Jobs hates the internet." So jokes a contact of mine whenever he laments what he regards as Apple's relatively paltry investment in web advertising.
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Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider: Yes, But What If Display Ads Don't Work?
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Rex Hammock / rexblog.com: Online advertising sucks. …
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A new specter is haunting Valleywag — It is high time that I should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish my views, my aims, my tendencies. The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. As a proud member of the creative underclass, I'm here to rage!
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As I get older, I've come to realize that defining a purpose in life is elusive. Of course my greatest priority is being a mom and raising healthy, well-adjusted children blah blah blah, insert party line. But children grow up and become increasingly independent, leaving a void that is at once liberating and freaking frightening.
In my search for deeper meaning, I decided to complete a 200 RYT yoga teacher training. While I was born and raised Roman Catholic, I found myself yearning for more depth than the obligatory hour Mass on Sunday and my spiritual journey needed a serious jumpstart.
I recently read that religion is lived by people who are afraid of hell. While spirituality is lived by people who have been through hell and come out enlightened. Hmmm, interesting albeit narrow viewpoint. For me personally, the two are intrinsically intertwined. Jesus is my man. Without question His teachings are central to my moral compass but I see spirituality as a broader view of how we individually express our connectedness to God (or the universe), each other and every day moments.
Wherever you stand on the subject, my hope is that the myriad of discussion around the topic is a healthy sign that many share a similar desire for a more harmonious state of being. The world certainly needs a big dose of optimism right now.
That doesn't mean it's easy ~ let me tell you right now that yoga teaching training is a big commitment, physically and mentally. It's not all downward dogs and dopamine. Going inward can be dark and it can release some deep, internal shit. Seeking authenticity and a true sense of self means confronting the raw human emotions and insecurities that block you from being whole. At 50+ you'd think nothing would surprise me but in our small, training group of eight we were all pretty much f@%d up!
Add to that the pressure to be all zen-like 24/7; walking around with a heart full of gratitude and sunshine is daunting. You have this perfect vision of how the world should unfold and your place in it. In reality, we're not in control of 75% of what happens to us (I totally made up that stat). Yoga and meditation will not remove stress from your life. People or situations will disappoint you (or down right piss you off!). Unresolved suffering will resurface. Monthly bills still appear. Teenagers will give you attitude. It's impossible to stay grounded when the world around you is in constant motion. So when you fall short of perfection you're even harder on yourself for not being more patient, compassionate and tranquil.
That's a lot of pressure for a mere mortal.
There are two things I know for sure ~ breathing deeply calms the mind and gives you the pause needed to choose how you'd like to respond. If you make the wrong choice, learn from it and try again.
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One of my photography mentors, Deborah Sandidige, wrote a book about Digital Infrared Photography several years ago and I read it front to back and forth many times and was inspired to attempt to take some of her very intricate techniques and put a bit of a twist on them. I converted one of my old Nikon DSLR cameras to 720nm IR. I was so excited when I received the body back from LIfepixel who executed the conversion…I immediately took a shot of a flame…hmmm LOL! (Not so good result)
Since then I have experimented, learned, failed and failed again and the process continues. I have always liked night photography and light painting. Light painting involves using a steady camera on a tripod, long exposures and illuminating the subject with incandescent light. It is a very cool technique and produces spectacular images. I then thought, why not Infrared Light Painting? I had never seen anyone do this, so time to figure it out!
With a 720nm converted sensor, one needs to find an appropriate light source for illumination. After a bit of thinking, I discovered that a 850nm light source would be perfect. In order to execute IR light painting, one must be in total darkness such that there is no light contamination from any incandescent sources (not to mention the sun). The 850nm light is barely visible to the human eye so most of the painting is done only by imagining the way the light will behave…weird, yes!
I practiced on objects in the dark, then tried some long exposure "Selfies". I then had the cooperation of some local artists in Southern California who bought into my madness! We all had fun and learned new and exciting things that neither of us had attempted before!
In the words of a great German writer, Goethe, "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now"
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This case happened in 2009. Have things really changed? I don't think so. We are still hearing heartbreaking stories of kids being bullied in school, and very unfortunately, kids are still committing suicide over bullying. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!
Every time I hear another story like this my heart breaks and the tears flow. Why does it have to continue? It doesn't!!!! I believe it is time, past time for us to take a stand. United we stand, divided we fall. Yes, it's an old cliche. But it's so very true. We must stand together to stop this senseless, hateful thing. How are we going to do it? By working together. By coming up with ideas and plans together.
The Department of Education reports that 25 percent of American students say they were bullied at least once a day. States have tried to address the issue by mandating their school districts adopt anti-bullying initiatives. But can these policies really stop school bullying and possibly save lives? CBS News correspondent Bianca Solorzano reports.
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On April 6, 2009, Carl hanged himself with an extension cord - just 10 days shy of his 12th birthday.
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Author Jodee Blanco was constantly bullied throughout elementary and high school - so much so she almost committed suicide. She now tours the country talking to students about the consequences of bullying.
She believes disciplining bullies is ineffective because it creates a hostile environment; the bullying may move online and it doesn't prevent what Blanco calls the worst kind of bullying - social isolation.
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There was an old man of Orleans,
Who was given to eating of beans;
Till once out of sport,
he swallowed a quart,
That dyspeptic old man of Orleans.
— Edward Lear (1812 – 1888)
Beans, bush or pole, tis the season to plant in the Sonorian Desert. The biodynamic calendar indicated that August 21 and 23 were two good days to plant. So with that in mind off to work we went.
The weekend before planting the garden bed had to be prepared. It had been sitting empty since our garlic harvest except for the nut grass that had sprouted. The plan to put in a cover crop never got done. So with the help of my boys we tried removing the nut grass as best as we could.
Looking through our buckets/boxes of seeds we decided on what to plant: Blue Lake 274 bush beans, Anasazi beans, and El Frijol Mechudo beans.
The night before planting we started soaking the beans in a kelp water.
Wait, why do you soak your beans before planting them? To help speed up the germination process. Inside each dried bean is embryonic bean plant which is enclosed with a protective outer covering. Yes, it really is a seed. The water helps soften up the protective covering so it can sprout easier. The kelp, on the other hand, is like a prenatal vitamin to the embryonic plant providing it with micronutrients, minerals and vitamins that help it to grow and develop into a strong and healthy plant.
Wednesday evening the real work started, planting the beans. With a very narrow window of time it wasn't the most artful or systematic planting but at least they were in the ground.
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MVC Pattern
Hi all.
I'm trying to understand the MVC pattern so I tried to rewrite a small application.
In my view, I have all the labels, textfields, buttons etc.
In my controller, I have the function ActionPerformed.
But what do I need to do with the model?
I've read alot tutorials about this and I think the controller must use actions from the model, is that correct?
What's the point of the model then, if you can put these functions in the controller?
Could someone help me out here?
In very small apps, there's not much point, but as apps get bigger, then it's good to separate the two to allow for easier debugging and upgrading.
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But wich funtions have to be in the model and wich ones in the controller?
Also, is a view allowed to have functions?
My view contains the visible components (trough the construcor) and 4 functions, reset, setValue, getInput and addActionListeners.
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The best, shortest MVC articles I have found.
I have read some claims that absolutely nothing but
"getters()" and "setters()" should be placed in the
model. The following examples run counter to this
I really like the second example (Fred Swartz's)
because it is the MVC pattern without using the
Observable.class, making it easier for a beginner
to follow.
Model-View-Controller Example Code
Fall 2002, David Matuszek
CIT597 MVC Example
Model-View-Controller (MVC) Structure
Copyleft 2004 Fred Swartz MIT License
Java: Model-View-Controller (MVC) Structure
- 03-13-2009, 12:28 PM #5Member
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I already saw the second example and I used this to make my program.
I've taken a second look at it and I think I'm starting to understand it.
- labels, textfields, buttons, ...
- get and set methods
- all kinds of methods
- gets the inputs with the get methods of the view
- uses the methods of the model to edit these inputs
- sets the outputs with the set methods of the view
Is this right?
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This is not a trivial issue.
I will limit my comments to the "Model" part of MVC
because discussion of the "View" and "Control" can
get complicated.
First, consider creating a Model using only
getters() and setters(). You can't go wrong.
You will have created a perfect, portable
The next methods to consider are mutators().
David Matuszek has no getters() or setters()
in his code. He has one mutator(), code that
directly effects the Model. Implementing all
kinds of methods in the Model is not endorsed.
According to one computer science professor
I watched on a C++ video tutorial:
"The decision of into which class you place a
method is not a trivial matter."
It seems to me that MVC provides a
structure that helps us to make some of
these decisions.
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Ok, but the way I see it (see previous post), is that correct?
Because you can also put the methods of the model in the controller, right?
And the getters and setters, aren't they in the view?
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getters and setters can be placed in the view,
however, technically I do not think they would
be called getters and setters. They would likely
be called something awkward like, "That code
that updates the data in object so-and-so.."
Regarding Fred Swartz's CalcView code, here is
some analysis of all its methods:
The following are not getters or setters.
They do not access the model.
They access the JTextFields within CalcView.
Java Code:
void reset() { m_totalTf.setText(INITIAL_VALUE); } String getUserInput() { return m_userInputTf.getText(); } void setTotal(String newTotal) { m_totalTf.setText(newTotal); }
showError(String s) access one of JFrame's features.
addMultiplyListener(ActionListener mal) and
add ActionListeners to the JFrame's JButtons.
Java Code:
void showError(String errMessage) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, errMessage); } void addMultiplyListener(ActionListener mal) { m_multiplyBtn.addActionListener(mal); } void addClearListener(ActionListener cal) { m_clearBtn.addActionListener(cal); }
Java Code:
This line of code invokes a setter within the m_model called:
Java Code:
public void setValue(String value)
this method, we go to the CalcModel.class and
dig through its methods:
Java Code:
public class CalcModel { //... Constants private static final String INITIAL_VALUE = "0"; //... Member variable defining state of calculator. private BigInteger m_total; // The total current value state. //======================================================= constructor /** Constructor */ CalcModel() { reset(); } //============================================================ reset /** Reset to initial value. */ public void reset() { m_total = new BigInteger(INITIAL_VALUE); } //======================================================== multiplyBy /** Multiply current total by a number. *@param operand Number (as string) to multiply total by. */ public void multiplyBy(String operand) { m_total = m_total.multiply(new BigInteger(operand)); } //========================================================== setValue /** Set the total value. *@param value New value that should be used for the calculator total. */ public void setValue(String value) { m_total = new BigInteger(value); } //========================================================== getValue /** Return current calculator total. */ public String getValue() { return m_total.toString(); } }
alter or return the model's value
(including "public void setValue(String value)", invoked in CalcView).
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So the model doesn't acces the view's data?
Could you correct this "schedule" please?
I think it might be easier for me to understand.
- labels, textfields, buttons, ...
- get and set methods
- all kinds of methods
- gets the inputs with the get methods of the view
- uses the methods of the model to edit these inputs
- sets the outputs with the set methods of the view
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I believe these fit the ideal MVC standards:
The model never accesses anything outside of itself.
The model can be designed without any knowledge of
any of the other classes that use it.
- getter and setter methods only
- Methods that render the data, or present it in a particular format.
- Status flags that indicate the user's dictates for display modes.
- Constructor initialization routines for labels, textfields, buttons, ...
- Recieves input from the user by way of listeners.
- Mutator methods to modify/edit the model's data while accessing it
exclusively throught the model's getters and setters.
- Updates flags in the view to indicate special display modes.
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Thank you, that's wat I was looking for.
The controller, does it recieve the inputs trough the get methods from the model?
And how can the model have get and set methods when you don't know anything about the view?
I'm sorry for all these questions but I really want to get it right.
(very long) example in other thread.
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The controller, does it recieve the inputs trough the get methods from the model?
This may or may not be true. The MVC pattern is a
perfect representation of a concept.
Upon implementation, the MVC pattern usually gets
altered to meet the progammer's goals.
For example, I am not happy with the model having only
getters and setters, so I choose to put mutators into
the model. Some projects may have many models, and the
programmer may choose to deal with them through
polymorphism. This effects the method distribution
within the MVC pattern.
Furthermore, when using Java's Observable class, The
model becomes very interactive and does 'transmit'
notifications to other objects in the MVC pattern.
You are not using the Observable class, so cast aside
any notion that your model does anything other than
act as an object that contains the model's data.
how can the model have get and set methods when you don't know anything about the view?
That's exactly why it has only get and set methods.
The model programmer does not care about the view, and
the view programmer doesn't care about the model.
The programmer creating the view wonders for a moment,
"What kind of data is contained in the model?"
He looks at the model's getter and sees,
"Oh! an int!" or
"Oh! an byte[]!" or
"Oh! a Vector!"..
and he proceeds to design the view to display that
type of data.
The setters are a little different. A model might
have many different setters:
setData() // default value
setData(byte b)
setData(int i)
setData(String s)
Which shall the control programmer use? Any one he
likes, or anyone or ones he is told to use.
The programmer who worked on the model is
responsible to see that all these methods
work properly within the model.
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Marx, or of Helena, his concubine, upon the formulation of the Marxist
vision). They were, furthermore, men who viewed the world and all in
it on the basis of economic relations. For this same reason, therefore,
the Marxist view of woman, in reality, reeks of nineteenth century male chauvinism. It stubbornly refuses to see the distinct qualities of
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woman when it talks of her. The Prophet () had taught that 'paradise
lies at the feet of the mother'. His advice to man was that he was to
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said that 'a righteous woman was the greatest fortune of a man.'
Woman is the heroine of the family and the mother of society. Man is
to protect and support her. The laws of the Qur'an are such that they
remind man of her weaknesses and, thereby, help him in being able to
protect and support her. The Qur'anic verse that "… And women shall
have rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is
equitable; but men have a degree over them and Allah is Exalted in
Power, Wise." (2:228) makes all these very clear and explicit. Indeed,
this proclamation is the very basis of all family laws in Islam.
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Appalling Headache of Unending Misery, Fucking Shitty Open Plan Offices Of Misery, Hostility, Hypersensitivity, New Job, Noise, Rudeness, Stress
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I was – and still am – determined not to tell new boss about the crazy. He doesn't need to know, it doesn't really affect my working life much now so it's all good. But I forgot something – the hangover of mental illness. It doesn't matter that my mood swings have calmed considerably, that what is left is manageable, blah blah blah… I am left with massive concentration problems and hypersensitivity to noise and movement.
Imagine my delirious joy to find myself seated in the middle of a large open plan office with my back to the room. YAY! People talked all the time, moved all the time, the phones rang all the time. I have shit loads of stuff to read to understand anything about this job but after an hour I'd only read half a page. Not only that but I jumped constantly, my heart started racing and tears pricked behind my eyes. All day. I tried listening to music but I could still hear people so I had two sets of noise. If I had turned it up enough to drown them out they would probably have been able to hear it too. Anyway, it's untenable to listen to music all the time, I'd end up climbing the walls.
I tried telling boss that I was finding it hard, and I got a sympathetic response, encouraged that he found it hard when he first moved to an open plan office, he adjusted eventually and if there's anything specific I need to do that requires more concentration then I can find a quiet cubbyhole somewhere to do that. How do I tell him that I will need that cubbyhole all day every day? I can cope with interruptions and noise, but not constant noise, not people walking past me every couple of minutes, phones ringing, laughter, jokes, calling to one another across the room… that I can not handle.
If I tell him nothing about why I can't cope, why should he be expected to take me seriously? I have been advised to keep any explanations general, but I can't see him being willing to disrupt other peoples' working environment for one high maintenance woman. If he knows what the problem is then it can become a reasonable adjustment. But that is a massive can of worms that I do not want to open.
Plus, to complicate things even more, I don't even know if I'm going to stay there long term. Boss wants me to and is slightly pushy about it, but head wants me near him in a different building. I should be making this decision based on what is best for the new department, the team of people I will be working with and my working relationships with them all – not running to the other building just to get some peace. And even if I do run away, that won't be for another two months at least.
There must be an option I haven't thought of. I'm not used to hiding things, thinking of ways to say things without giving too much away, I'm honest almost to a fault. This is hard. I'm lousy at lying and could feel myself blushing. Boss is a really nice guy and I so wanted to just spit it out. I can tell him how well I am now, and explain residual problems… but I can't. I will never be able to guarantee how he will react, I can't guarantee that it won't bite me in the arse for the rest of all time. I can not tell him.
So where's the middle ground? I can't leave the open plan office entirely, but if I move to a corner spot I would at least only have noise to deal with, not mysterious people wandering out of nowhere and scaring the shit out of me. I don't have a legitimate reason to disrupt the entire fucking office – "I don't like it here" is not a good reason.
I think "suck it up, princess" may be the only response to this.


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First of all my english isn t that good so forgive me .
My problem is i always wanted to be a doctor and i m in medical school now but during school years i used to practice swimming for 12 times per week 2 hours each time Because my parents wanted me to be a champion . I did all that but i m tired now and not happy . is this a normal reflection of my past life or i m the one who is weak?
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You're definitely not weak. But is the tiredness that you're feeling because you are fatigued from your schedule or you lack passion for what you're doing? Going to school to become a doctor can be grueling. Lack of sleep you could be possibly suffering from depression Is it truly your dream to become a doctor or is it your parents dream? Maybe you can talk to someone at your school.
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The latest Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, was officially revealed last night and is looking to shake up the franchise.
The game will spans two timelines. The Cold War of the 1980s, and a new Cold War in the near future of 2025.
The campaign will also feature branching story elements, as well as sandbox sections with RTS elements. It's a surprising shake up of a series that, up until now, has been very set in its ways.
You can check out the reveal trailer below.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is due out on November 13th for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
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|Albinoni - Introduction and Allegro
This is a Concerto Grosso for viola ensemble, and fabulous fun to play. There are tutti parts with principal solos, and also two easy parts to make it accessible to a wider range of abilities. 5 mins. E/M/A
|J S Bach - Concertante
This is for viola orchestra with four separate solo parts. It's a powerful piece and great to play, with lots of interest in all the parts. 7 mis. M/A
|J S Bach - Prelude and Andante for five violas
Cleverly adapted from two of Bach's great choral works, this wonderful piece makes a very pleasing quintet where all the players equally share the interest. 7 mins. M
|J S Bach - Sonata for viola trio
This is a substantial four movement sonata: Adagio, Allegro ma non tanto, Andante, Allegro moderato. A lovely piece, displaying Bach's genius for counterpoint, with lots of interest for all the players. mins. M
|Beethoven - Für Elise for viola trio
As well as offering two viola quartet versions of this iconic work (see Our Music Shop), we also have this super version for viola trio. The original piano work was only discovered decades after Beethoven's death. To this day it is not certain who the dedicatee was, but Elise must have been someone special to inspire such a lovely piece. 2.5 mins. M
|Beethoven - Three Pieces for viola trio
Beethoven at his most stylish, these will make a very satisfying play: A virtuoso Scherzando Vivace, Minuetto moderato e grazioso, Rondo Allegro. 10 mins. A
|Berlioz - Toccata for Viola Trio
I have always loved Belioz' music, it's my kind of quirky. And this piece is no exception. Wonderfully wry and romantic with three equally matched violas. 3 mins. M
|Charpentier - Suite for Viola Trio
This music has a vitality, power, and brilliance that is hard to describe, yet also completely tangible to the listener and performer alike. You are going to love it. Seven movements. 13 mins. M
|Chopin - Fugue for viola duo
A beautifully flowing, somewhat haunting fugue in A minor, where the two players weave slowly around each other. Both parts are equally matched. Very enjoyable to play. 3.5 mins. M
|Cooke - Fantasia for three violas
Wonderful harmonies and subtle dialogue within the ensemble. This is a very satisfying piece to play. 3 mins. E
|Delibes - Viola Trio
A lilting and very charming trio. All the parts are evenly matched. A joy to play. 3 mins. M
|Dufay - Du tout m'estoie - for viola trio
From the 15th century, a flowing and soulful trio ideally suited to a viola ensemble where the interest is shared equally between the players. 2 mins. E
|Dvorák - Three Miniatures for viola trio
Three wonderful pieces of mature Dvorak: Cavatina, Capriccio, Romance. Superbly arranged for viola trio with lots of interest for all the players. 9 mins. M/A
|Engaño - Almain for viola trio
Sancho Engano, our associate composer, has come up with this charming Renaissance-style dance for viola threesome that I know will love. Lots of interest in all the parts. 2.5 mins. M
|Engaño - The Gypsy Viola - for viola duo
Originally for viola quartet (see Our Music Shop), Sancho has created this brilliant and virtuoso perpetuum mobile duo - but it's insanely difficult! 3.5 mins. A
|Franck - Five Interludes for viola trio
These five short pieces are a joy to play: Andantino, Allegro moderato, Maestoso, Allegretto, Poco allegro. 6.5 mins. M
|Gibbons - Pavan and Galliard for six violas
A viola sextet with lots of interest and dialogue for all the players. 9.5 mins. M
|Grieg - Solveig's Song for 6 violas
Here is one of Grieg's most enchanting melodies. Taken from the second Peer Gynt Suite, it works perfectly for viola sextet, with every player playing an equal role. Perfect! 4 mins. E/M
|Handel - Chaconne for Two Violas
A powerful and virtuoso piece for viola duo, with double-stops that give it the sound of a quartet at times. The two parts are evenly matched. 5 mins. M/A
|Handel - Chaconne for viola trio
A brilliant piece of writing, with lots of interest for all the players. 7 mins. M
|Handel - Six Viola Duos
A wonderful compilation of expertly arranged virtuoso duos, equally ideal for the viola scholar or performing pro. 15 mins. M
|Haydn - Two Divertimenti for Viola Trio
Serene and charming, these two slow movements show Haydn at his most eloquent. Lots of interest in all the parts. 16 mins. M
|Holborne - Ten Pieces for viola quintet
This is a wonderful resource for anyone loving early consort music. The first part can be played either on viola or violin. Perfect for the instrumental scholar. 25 mins. E
|Janácek - Two Dances for viola quintet
Looking for something a little bit different? Look no further. These two dances in the Czechoslovakian folk style are a lot of fun, with their repetitive rhythms and wacky harmonies. 5 mins. M
|Monteverdi - Madrigal for five violas
A lovely flowing piece of music, a beautiful blended sound. 4 mins. E
|Monteverdi - Prelude and Allegro for viola trio
A glorious piece of consort writing. A slow-ish Prelude followed by a joyous and uplifting Allegro on a ground. 4.5 mins. E/M
|Mozart - Lacrymosa for six violas
Surely one of Mozart's most poignant movements, taken from his last great work, the Requiem. 2.5 mins. M/A
|Mozart - Viola Trio in C minor
A powerful single movement, with lots of interest for all the players, the first part is the hardest. 5 mins. A
|Novácek - Five Bulgarian Dances for viola ensemble
Perfect for viola orchestra, these five atmospheric dances will be very satisfying to play, with solos in each part. 7 mins. M
|Old English Music for viola trio
Presenting a substantial collection of 10 works by English composers of the 17th and 18th century. Lots of interest in all the parts. 27 mins M
|Praetorius - Galliard for eight violas
This is a double-viola quartet. Position the two ensembles slightly apart. Lovely counterpoint and dialogue. 5 mins. M
|Purcell - Three Fantasias for viola trio
Presenting three extraordinary single-movement works with fascinating, rich, harmonies as only Purcell knew how. 9 mins. M
|Ravel - Habanera for viola quintet
Originally written as a vocal study, this makes a stunningly sensual and atmospheric short work or viola quintet. 3 mins. M
|Rossini - Duo Sonata
A beautiful, charming, brilliant, and substantial work for viola duo in 3 movements, with all the fun, romance, and virtuosity you could wish for. Sumptuous! 17 mins. M
|Scarlatti - Three Viola Duos
Three virtuoso duos in Scarlatti's flamboyant style: F major, D minor, F sharp minor. 8 mins. A
|Six Early Viola Duos
Ideal for the viola scholar, these six duos will be a most rewarding play: Pierre Certon, Henry Purcell, Charles Buteme, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Johann Schop, and Jean-Baptiste Loeillet. 14 mins. E
|Smetana - The Bartered Bride Overture (6 violas)
Presenting this fantastic virtuoso overture in our unique version for viola sextet. Lots of exciting action in all the parts. 7 mins. A
|Telemann - Suite in G for viola trio
A perfectly charming four-movement suite: Allegretto, Allegro, Grave/Largo, Vivace. Lots of interest for all the players. We love it, and you will too. 9 mins. M
|Three Renaissance Pieces - for viola trio
These three lovely pieces by Thomas Morley, Thomas Tallis, and Richard Cooke, are ideal for the viola scholar and will be a joy to play. 8.5 mins. E/M
|Tomkins - In Nomini for three violas
Very busy parts 1 & 2, with an easy third part. It can also be played using two violins (if you must). 3 mins. M/A
|Torelli - Sinfonia for eight violas
Another double-viola quartet: Largo followed by Allegro. Very grand and brilliant writing. Great fun to perform. 8 mins. M/A
|Vivaldi - Three Sonatas for viola trio
Presenting three complete trio sonatas (10 movements in total) containing some of Vivaldi's most brilliant and virtuoso writing with lots of interest for all the players. I really love these. 25 mins. M/A
|Wesley - Sonatina for viola trio
Here is a lovely three movement trio in the classical English style, with all the parts playing an equal role. Quite charming. 9 mins. M
|Wilbye - Concerto Grosso for viola ensemble
A substantial work in six movements for viola orchestra with solos in all the parts. 15 mins. M
A charming four-movement suite in the French style: Preludio, Corrente, Sarabanda, Giga. 12 mins. M/A


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SkyDrive app for Android coming in a few weeks
So let's say that you are one of those people who really enjoy using Microsoft's SkyDrive and its 7GB of free storage allowance, but Google's Android is what powers your tablet or the smartphone in your pocket. There's exciting news for you: Microsoft confirmed that an official SkyDirve app for Android is currently being developed, so you won't have to use those third-party clients anymore.
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ISLAMABAD: In an apparent attempt to conceal the worsening fiscal position, the government has declared a spending of Rs212 billion as a statistical discrepancy aimed at nullifying the impact of lower-than-targeted revenue collection and excessive current expenditures.
According to a summary of fiscal operations for financial year 2015-16 that the Ministry of Finance released on Wednesday, there was a statistical discrepancy of Rs212.1 billion in budgetary books.
Statistical discrepancy means revenues and expenditures whose source and purpose are not known for the time being.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for vigilance in budget execution over such "large" statistical errors.
Despite declaring the discrepancy, the government could not achieve its budget deficit target for the second consecutive year in 2015-16. It borrowed Rs979 billion from domestic sources and Rs370 billion from foreign lenders to plug the gap.
Receipts from the United States and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell short of targets whereas the government cut its development budget by Rs107 billion to make up for the revenue shortfall.
There is a clear indication that the government has deliberately declared the statistical discrepancy. In table one of fiscal operations, total expenditures of federal and provincial governments were Rs5.8 trillion. But in table three, the expenses were above Rs6 trillion in 2015-16 that ended on June 30.
It is for the second time that the discrepancy has swelled to that extent. Earlier, in 2013-14, it stood at Rs215 billion after $1.5 billion, declared as a gift from Saudi Arabia, was placed under this head.
During its first three years in power, the PML-N government has booked Rs605 billion as statistical discrepancy, five times more than the statistical errors of Rs117 billion shown in last three years of the PPP government.
Ministry of Finance spokesman Dr Shujat Ali did not respond to the query about the discrepancy.
"The 2015-16 statistical discrepancy is not unprecedented in size internationally but is nonetheless significant and larger than in 2014-15," said Tokhir Mirzoev, IMF Resident Representative in Pakistan.
He called for vigilance in budget execution since the discrepancy, if reversed, could put pressure on this year's deficit target.
Mirzoev said Pakistan had asked for IMF's technical assistance to further strengthen its fiscal accounting and the lender planned to provide the assistance in coming months.
The Rs212-billion discrepancy occurred despite implementation of the multibillion-rupee Project to Improve Financial Reporting and Auditing, funded by the World Bank.
Independent economists are demanding that the government order a forensic audit of its fiscal affairs and present its books for examination to an independent commission comprising senior chartered accountants of reputed firms.
"The discrepancy is an accounting trick to understate last fiscal year's budget deficit by 0.7% of gross domestic product (GDP)," commented Dr Ashfaque Hasan Khan, Dean School of Social Sciences and Humanities of National University of Science and Technology.
The government closed fiscal year 2015-16 at 4.6% or Rs1.35-trillion budget deficit against the target of 4.3%, reflecting a slippage of Rs57 billion.
Khan pointed out that the figures suggested that actual deficit stood at 5.3% of GDP or Rs1.56 trillion excluding the circular debt parked outside budget books.
Total revenue for 2015-16 amounted to Rs4.1 trillion against expenditure of Rs6 trillion. The revenue target of Rs4.3 trillion was missed by Rs232 billion.
Non-tax revenue target was short of Rs191 billion due to reduced receipts from the US and the SBP.
Against the expected Rs154 billion, the US gave Rs107 billion in the Coalition Support Fund. SBP's contribution stood at Rs227.9 billion against the projected Rs280 billion.
The government's current expenditures also exceeded budgetary limits in 2015-16, though it cut overall expenses to Rs3.9 trillion by restricting development spending. Servicing of domestic and foreign debt consumed Rs1.26 trillion or 32.3% of total expenses.


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ScreenTech talks to Iloura's VFX Supervisor Glenn Melenhorst and CG Supervisor Avi Goodman.
Animating a CG teddy bear would seem to be one of the simplest jobs a VFX house could take on, but simplicity, more often than not, conceals much blood, sweat and tears. Melbourne-based VFX house, Iloura, brought the eponymous character Ted to life in Seth MacFarlane's new comedy about a man who won't let go of an expired relationship with an old friend, his childhood teddy bear.
ScreenTech spoke to Iloura's VFX Supervisor, Glenn Melenhorst, and CG Supervisor, Avi Goodman, at their Melbourne studio. Iloura won the job after producing an animation test of Ted the Bear walking around Melbourne and was partnered with San Francisco-based Tippett Studio for Ted. The two companies split the work equally.
Matching the work between Iloura and Tippett was no easy feat. Both companies use proprietary systems and were unable to simply pass back and forth algorithms. "When Tippett came on, they had to try to match our original bear and then we tweaked what they did," says Avi Goodman. "We bounced backwards and forwards until we reached a bear that we both owned and hopefully the audience couldn't tell the difference between them. Tippet Studios have their own intellectual property as far as hair and their own fur systems and we have ours and you can't really share that IP. Even down the clumps of dirt and spots of hair – we could share intelligence about how we were doing it. We were very friendly, we had a great time with Tippett. But there's a certain point where you're talking completely different languages." The challenge went beyond matching fur textures. It also included being able to match animation styles and lighting setups between the two studios. "I think we successfully pulled it off, because most people are completely unaware the bear is handled by such different teams."
Getting Ted's performance right was the movie's principle effects challenge. VFX Supervisor Glenn Melenhorst says: "We were working with a short-limbed, simplified-faced kind of creature. There's not a lot going on there, so there was a lot of thinking about how he acted and what he did and didn't do. He had a very underplayed persona and getting across the subtlety of the acting was a challenge. He had eyes that didn't do anything other than blink, so how do you get him to look sideways or do all those other little gestures that you take for granted with an actual human?"
Director Seth MacFarlane provided motion capture for the bear he created, providing character reference and allowing improvisation onset. "The mocap system Seth used wasn't optical and so wasn't as accurate as other systems," says Avi Goodman. "But it allowed him to move freely and be just behind the camera or even with the actors almost, acting at the same time as them and it didn't require too much calibration. It was something that could be set up and dismantled quite quickly and easily and meant Seth could be there in the moment to give a performance at the same time as the actors. But since it wasn't as accurate as other systems, it meant a little more work for us in terms of cleaning it up. Then there was quite a lot of other animation that happened post-mocap. It wasn't just plug & play, but what it gave you was some nice subtlety in the timings and the gestures. And what was just as useful, if not more useful, than the mocap was having good video reference of Seth, so any bits where the intention wasn't clear, when you looked at video of Seth, you had a really good idea of what he was trying to get across."
Seth MacFarlane's performance seems essential to the creation of the Ted character and it is impossible to imagine duplicating it without his mocap contribution. Whether a motion capture performance should be lauded at the level of a live action performance has been much debated in the last decade. Glenn Melenhorst has his own view: "If you look at the mocap heavy shows, they can have so many artists tweaking and modifying a mocap performance. But I was talking to a mocap artist who said, 'If mocap is so arbitrary, if it's not an integral part of the show, why have Andy Serkis do it? Why have these people give a performance at all, if it's not providing a solid base for the character?' I think there can be such a reality about the way it's captured that if you use it for an animal or a cartoon character it can be a bit odd because your brain sees it as an innately human kind of motion. But if it's manipulated correctly, it can work quite well. Seth's stuff provided the basis, but it wasn't the end result."
Avi Goodman adds: "There's so much animation that's gone into Ted, above and beyond the motion capture. His entire facial performance is all keyframe and there's a lot that went into getting the nuances of that just right."


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Sir Nathandrew Versus the Pumpkin
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For all ages. The Robo-Lions designed and build Nathandrew for a robot game called FIRST Stronghold, which required teams to overcome obstacles such as a moat and launch foam rubber boulders at a tower defended by opposing teams. Knighted for his heroic efforts, the robot now known as Sir Nathandrew of Sykesville will be up against similar obstacles and instead of launching boulders, pumpkins will be involved. This event will include other STEM activities and is one of many Maryland STEM events.


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The Polycom Sound Station 2 Wireless is a best seller as it is a true cordless solution that gives you the freedom to hold a remote meeting wherever you wish – even where there are no trunks or extension – e.g. on a green field building site. The polycom sound station 2 W has all the functions of the entry level SoundStation2 – plus mobility! sound_station_2.pdf
There are a number of sound station 2 units in the TelephoneSystemsDirect portfolio from the basic sound station 2 (no expandability), the 2EX and the 2W. There is a proprietary version of the sound station 2 unit for Avaya and secondly for Nortel Meridian phone systems. Then there are the IP-soundstation models and an alternative VoiceStation range from this manufacturer for consideration.
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The number of evictions in crisis-hit Spain is turning into a national scandal, as a second homeowner committed suicide on the day a foreclosure order was served.
53-year-old Amaya Egaña threw herself from her fourth floor appartment in the Basque town of Barakaldo.
Three hundred and fifty thousand people are said to have lost their homes over unpaid mortgages since the crisis began.
Senior judges in Spain have joined in the criticism of the legislation and there are calls for politicians to act.
"This kind of situation, like the one we had today here, shouldn't happen. It would be good if those responsible for changing the law did so – and they're not the judges," said local judge Juan Carlos Mediavilla.
The European Court of Justice has also criticised Spain's mortgage legislation and rules over evictions for being incompatible with European norms. Consumers, it says, are not sufficiently protected against abusive clauses in contracts.
Protest groups have sprung up and there have been demonstrations outside banks.
There have been calls for people facing eviction to pay a "social rent" rather than being kicked out of their homes.
The conservative government and the opposition socialists have agreed to take urgent measures to help the most vulnerable mortgage defaulters.
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Bethany's Deacons and our Community Action Committee have joined forces to sponsor a Christmas gift drive for Larkin Street Youth Services this year.
We have narrowed down the gift list from Larkin Street and are focusing on some of the clothing and personal care item requests. Gift tags will be available for pick up at Bethany beginning November 15th. Please bring your new, unwrapped gifts back to the church no later than Sunday, December 6th.
Our participation will help provide gifts for some of the 450+ youth staying in their emergency shelters and transitional living programs or accessing their drop-in centers.
If you prefer, purchase a gift through Larkin Street's Amazon Wish List, and have the item delivered directly to them at Larkin Street Holiday Gift Drive, 134 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94609.


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New Aflasafe website unveiled
IITA's Aflasafe initiative launched its new Aflasafe® website on 16 October, at IITA Ibadan, to reenergize Aflasafe's online presence.
The unveiling was timed to coincide with World Food Day (WFD). The new website mainly aims to support commercialization by reaching potential users and partners with a focus on marketing, advocacy and creation of awareness, and selling the product. The website rebirth for this innovative technology was led by Njeri Okono, IITA Communication Specialist, Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Commercialization Project; Brandon Tooke, Afasafe Web Developer; and Eloise Phipps, Writer, Aflasafe.
In an effort to make the website more effective, and to meet its purpose, Okono said: "We want to cast the net
wide to connect with an expanded audience by avoiding too much information or technical jargon. We are targeting
clients and consumers with our post-Research and Development, market-ready product."
"For this reason, Aflasafe, aflatoxin, and our work are described using language and graphics that you may never have encountered before. This was deliberate, to help us win the fierce competition of engaging external non-Research and Development audiences who have no shortage of information to choose from in this era of information overload," she added.
The website content and structure are not intended to downplay the value of the Research and Development work that has gone into Aflasafe, and there is a plan to create an in-depth home online for Research and Development-related materials in the future.
Aflasafe is a revolutionary all-natural product developed by IITA, the United States Department of Agriculture – Agriculture Research Service (USDA–ARS) and national partners. When instructions are followed and all conditions are met, Aflasafe reduces aflatoxin in maize and groundnut by 80–99% from farm to store.
Click here for a guided tour of aflasafe.com.