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Jaguar E-pace | 2.0d [180] 5dr
Jaguar E-pace Overview
I would like all maintenance and service costs included
Initial Rental (Personal)
£3,504.60 inc VAT
Initial Rental (Business)
£2,920.50 ex VAT
Contract Length
48 Months
Processing fee
£199.99 ex VAT
Standard Options
- Electric front/rear windows with one touch/anti pinch
- Heated front windscreen
- Heated rear window with timer
- Heated washer jets
- Rain sensor windscreen wipers
- DSC - Dynamic Stability Control
- Electronic brake force distribution
- Electronic parking brake
- Emergency brake assist
- Hill start assist
- Torque vectoring brake
- Carpet mats
- Passive suspension
- InControl remote
- Voice control system
- Cruise control speed limiter
- Eco driving style assistant
- Electric power assisted steering
- Front and rear parking aid
- Lane keep assist
- Rear view camera
- Speed proportional steering
- Manual tailgate/boot lid
- Push button starter
- Start up sequence with movement in dials and lighting
- 10" touch screen pro
- Analogue dials with central TFT display
- Driver condition monitor
- Misfuelling protection device
- Outside temperature gauge
- Trip computer
- Dipping rear view mirror
- Heated electric door mirrors
- Diesel particulate filter
- Efficient Driveline
- AM/FM DVD MP3 radio
- Bluetooth connectivity including audio streaming
- DAB Digital radio
- Dynamic volume control
- Jaguar sound system
- Body colour bumpers
- Body colour roof
- Chrome side power vents
- D180 AWD badge
- E Pace badge
- Grained black door claddings
- Grained black grille with chrome surround
- Jaguar script and leaper
- Metal tread plates with Jaguar script
- Satin black side window surround
- Solid paint
- Standard roof
- Tailgate/boot lid spoiler
- Twin exhaust tailpipe
- 3 flash lane change indicators
- Approach Illumination
- Automatic headlights
- LED Headlights
- Rear fog lights
- 2nd row air vents
- Two zone climate control
- 12V power point front
- 12V power socket in rear
- 4 Load area hooks
- Centre armrest console
- Cloth upholstery
- Elasticated loadspace side strap
- JaguarDrive selector
- Leather steering wheel
- Light oyster morzine headlining
- Loadspace cover
- Storage net in luggage compartment
- Tie down hooks in luggage area
- Twin front cupholders
- Interior light
- LED lighting in overhead console
- Loadspace lamp
- 3x3 point rear seatbelts
- Customer configurable autolock
- Emergency braking
- Front airbags with passenger seat occupant detector
- Front and rear curtain airbags
- Front and rear seatbelt reminder
- Front side airbags
- Power child locks
- Tyre pressure monitoring system
- 2nd row 60/40 split/fold
- 3 seat bench in 2nd row
- 8 way manual adjustable heated front seats
- Centre headrest in row 2
- ISOFIX on outer rear seats
- Passive front headrests
- Intrusion sensor and alarm
- Locking wheel nuts
- Sunvisors with illuminated vanity mirrors
- Summer tyres
- 17" 10 spoke gloss sparkle silver alloy wheels - Style 1005
- Tyre repair kit
Technical Options
- Standard Euro Emissions: EURO 6
- Bore: 83
- Catalytic Convertor: True
- Compression Ratio: 15.5:1
- Cylinder Layout: IN-LINE
- Cylinders: 4
- Engine Layout: NORTH SOUTH
- Fuel Type: COMMON RAIL
- Gears: 6 SPEED
- Number of Valves: 16
- Stroke: 92.4
- Valve gear: DOHC
- EC: True
- EC Combined: 49.6
- EC Extra Urban: 58.9
- EC Urban: 47.1
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Min: 6.9
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High: 8.6
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High - Max: 9.3
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High - Min: 6.8
- WLTP - MPG - High: 7.3
- WLTP - MPG - High - Max: 6.1
- WLTP - MPG - High - Min: 6.5
- WLTP - MPG - Low: 7.0
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Max: 7.8
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Min: 6.9
- WLTP - MPG - Medium: 7.5
- Any aspect of the vehicles safety cause concern?: Data Not Available
- Based On ID: N
- Coin Description: d [180]
- Coin Series: N
- NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: 72
- NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: 5
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 180
- NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 2.0
- NCAP Safety Assist %: M1
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: 86
- Special Edition: Data Not Available
- Special Order: Data Not Available
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 999999
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 3
- This vehicle is classed as a car for VED purposes: 24
- Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months: 77
- Timing Belt Interval Mileage: 87
- 0 to 60: True
- 0 to 62: 9.4
- Engine Power KW: 132
- Engine Power RPM: 4000
- Engine Torque LBS.FT: 317
- Engine Torque MKG: 43.8
- Engine Torque NM: 430
- Engine Torque RPM: 1750
- PS: True
- Top Speed: 128
- Alloys?: True
- Space Saver?: Data Not Available
- Tyre Size Front: 225/65 R17
- Tyre Size Rear: 225/65 R17
- Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
- Wheel Style: 10 SPOKE STYLE 1005
- Wheel Type: 17" ALLOY
- Height: 1649
- Height (including roof rails): N
- Length: 4411
- Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 11.4
- Wheelbase: 2681
- Width (excluding mirrors): 1984
- Width (including mirrors): 2088
- Boot Capacity Saloons: 577
- Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 56
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 2400
- Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): 1234
- Max. Roof Load: 75
- Max. Towing Weight - Braked: 1800
- Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked: 750
- Minimum Kerbweight: 1831
- No. of Seats: 5
- Payload: 569
Jaguar E-pace MIND YOUR E'S and Q'S (75/100)
Jaguar's E-PACE gives buyers another, very interesting option in the Audi Q3-dominated segment for premium-badged compact SUVs. Jonathan Crouch looks at what's on offer.
Ten Second Review
Jaguar's E-PACE brings the company's brand values into the growing market for compact, lifestyle-orientated SUVs. Sporty cues are borrowed from the Coventry maker's F-TYPE sportscar and the proven underpinnings hail from the successful Range Rover Evoque. All the ingredients seem to be in place then, for a strong package.
Jaguar is getting serious about its SUVs. First there was the F-PACE, which now out-sells all the company's other models combined. That car targeted models like BMW's X3 and Audi's Q5. Now, we have the slightly smaller E-PACE, a five-seat compact SUV aimed at contenders in the class below, models like the BMW X1 and the Audi Q3. The name suggests this model to be electrically-powered: it's not. Battery propulsion is being left to the I-PACE model that'll go on sale later in 2018. The E-PACE is the first Jaguar model to be built outside of the UK (at Magna Steyr's plant in Graz, Austria); the I-PACE will be built there too. The E-PACE is also the first Jaguar since the old X-TYPE to be available with front wheel drive.
Driving Experience
Under the skin, the E-PACE shares most of its engineering with the Range Rover Evoque and the Land Rover Discovery Sport but has a longer wheelbase stretched to 2,681mm. That said, the Coventry brand is keen to emphasise that this case has very much a Jaguar feel. It's certainly far more of a driver's car than its Solihull cousins thanks to things like 'Configurable Dynamics' technology that lets drivers personalise throttle, steering and transmission settings, plus the 'Active Driveline' and torque vectoring set-ups are supposed to combine to make this front-driven model fell more like a more involving rear-driven product. Buyers get a choice of either front or four wheel drive and choose from a range of 2.0-litre Ingenium four cylinder petrol or diesel engines mated to either manual or nine-speed auto gearboxes. Most will be selecting one of the diesel, available in 150PS, 180PS or 240PS outputs. There's also a pair of petrol turbo engines with 249PS or 300PS. Green pump-fuelled E-PACE derivatives only come with auto transmission and AWD. The pokiest 300PS petrol E-PACE variant will get from 0-62mph in just 5.9 seconds. All models get a 'JaguarDrive Control' system that gives owners a choice of four selectable driving modes - 'Normal', 'Dynamic', 'ECO' and 'Rain, Ice & Snow'. The optional 'Active Driveline' AWD system can transfer traction to the rear axle in a fraction of a second should a lack of grip demand it.
Design and Build
The E-Pace is based on the same chassis used for the Range Rover Evoque and the Land Rover Discovery Sport. It's around 4.4m in length, so very similar in size to the Audi Q3 that many think will be its biggest rival. It's certainly a lower, sleeker design than that Ingolstadt model, with crisp surfacing, strong rear haunches and a sporty stance. There's nothing like the same level of aluminium in the body structure as you'll find in this model's F-PACE SUV stablemate, but this material does feature in the bonnet and side panels and this, plus lightweight suspension components, has helped to keep weight down to as little as 1,700kg. Inside, the cabin has more in common with Jaguar's F-TYPE sportscar than its F-PACE SUV cousin: there's a 360-degree grab handle for the passenger on the side of the centre console, just as in the F-TYPE, though the dash itself is arguably more futuristic. Instead of Jaguar's rising rotary gear selector, as on the F-PACE, there's a sports stick shifter. All models get a 10.2-inch centre-dash touchscreen for the infotainment system and there's the option of a 12.3-inch TFT digital instrument panel to replace conventional dials, plus you can also order a head-up display. The boot is a spacious 577-litres in size, thanks to the integral link suspension system chosen for the rear. That's also enabled the cargo floor to be low and the opening wide.
Market and Model
There are four key models within the E-PACE range, 'S', 'SE', 'R-Dynamic' and 'HSE'. Prices start at £28,500 for the base 2.0 D150 'S' variant but you can pay nearly £50,000 for your E-PACE if you opt for the top petrol 'HSE' variant. Most models will probably be sold in the £33,000 to £38,000 bracket. As you'd expect, media connectivity is a strong point. There are up to four 12-volt charging points and five USB connections as well as a 4G Wi-Fi hotspot for up to eight devices. And of course the E-PACE features the very latest safety and driver assistance technologies. A stereo camera underpins the advanced Emergency Braking system, which also provides pedestrian detection, and supports the Lane Keep Assist, Traffic Sign Recognition, Adaptive Speed Limiter and Driver Condition Monitor features. Front and Rear Parking Aids are standard on every variant. The camera also combines with the electric power assisted steering system to deliver a Blind Spot Assist function to help reduce the risk of sideswipe collisions on multi-lane roads. A Forward Traffic Detection system also warns drivers of approaching vehicles at junctions where visibility is restricted. Advanced active safety features include a pedestrian airbag, which deploys from beneath the trailing edge of the bonnet to enhance pedestrian protection in the event of a collision.
Cost of Ownership
Because the weight of an E-PACE isn't much different from that of its larger F-PACE stablemate and many of the engines are shared, it's no surprise to find that the efficiency figures don't vary much between these two models either. A base E-PACE 2.0 D150 diesel 2WD manual model can manage 60.1mg on the combined cycle and 124g/km of CO2. Add in AWD and the figures will be 54.3mpg and 137g/km, whether you opt for this engine with 150 or 180PS. The petrol versions don't do too badly either. A 2.0 P250 AWD auto variant manages 36.7mpg and 174g/km of CO2. With the top P300 AWD auto, you're looking at 35.3mpg and 181g/km. A three year unlimited mileage warranty is standard with the E-PACE, although this can be extended with a number a couple of different plans that include a cover for an MOT test failure up to £750, as well as the normal cover for most electrical and mechanical systems. Service intervals are every two years/21,000 miles.
It says much about the success that Jaguar has had with its F-PACE that few eyebrows will be raised at the thought of another SUV from the Coventry company. And this one promises to sell in even greater numbers, thanks to a slightly lower asking price and sportier looks. At first glance, it's tempting to pigeonhole this car as simply a smaller version of its F-PACE stablemate. In fact, it's quite a different product; less unique perhaps but still exactly what many potential buyers will be looking for in this segment.
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Community cohesion? You know it makes sense. Once your local community starts to get the slightest bit incoherent you're on the slippery slopes - riots, meltdown of national institutions then global revolution are only a few short steps away.
Fortunately, here in the UK we have the Department of Communities & Local Government and its useful document, Guidance for local authorities on community cohesion contingency planning and tension monitoring (pdf), to save us from ourselves. The document, described by the estimable Spyblog as "poisonous", tells how local government bodies should plan their response to growing signs of non-cohesion, and urges them to set up 'multi-agency tension monitoring groups' to spot incoming incoherence.
Which is where it gets weird. The three national indicators for cohesion, we are told, are the percentage of people who believe people from different backgrounds get on well together in their local areas; the percentage of people who feel they belong to their neighbourhood; and the percentage of people who have meaningful interactions with people from different backgrounds.
So, if you regard your house as just somewhere you live rather part of a 'community', if you hardly ever speak to your neighbours and if you're doubtful if they get on with one another either, you're at least symptomatic of The Problem, and you might even be part of it. And there you were thinking that this kind of stand-offishness was the sort of thing that made you properly British.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has plans for people like you. The tension monitoring groups will not be directly recording the number of times a week you talk to your neighbours, but step out of line and they'll undoubtedly take an interest.
The groups should be made up of "key partners from the statutory sector (eg housing, community safety, education, fire service, health, probation/youth offending team, community workers, neighbourhood wardens and police community support officers, National Asylum Support Service), and relevant representatives from the voluntary, community and faith sectors," and should be keeping an eye on numerous pieces of data.
These would include police crime statistics and intelligence reports, intelligence from neighbourhood wardens and community workers, casework from local councillors and feedback from local community organisations. The bodies would consider "details of new arrivals, refugees and asylum seekers and Gypsy and Traveller communities in the local area", gang and turf conflicts, neighbour disputes, noise nuisance, political extremism and media reports (see page 18 of the document for the full list).
"Extremist" candidates (the document doesn't define them) standing at local elections, local demonstrations, "issues" potentially detrimental to community cohesion and "local political situations" are all grist to the tension monitoring group's mill.
And aside from the local inputs for these neighbourhood watch committees on acid, they should also be keeping tabs on "major incidents which threaten community cohesion" at home and abroad. Music too loud at number 99? Strange peroxide smells from 57? EUFA Cup final? Another assassination attempt on Hamid Karzai? It's all part of the tension monitoring group's remit, apparently.
Perplexingly, although the document coyly talks of "disorder" and mentions one smallish riot (approximately 150 participants), it seems not to consider the possibility that policing might on occasion be in some way responsible for increased community tensions. Not that this has ever happened in the past, and anyway it wasn't their fault.
The members of the monitoring group should be able to "share information efficiently on a routine basis, with information recorded on "a common template." This would give details of any cohesion-threatening incident, including "relevant details of the victim(s) and perpetrator(s)", "what is believed to have motivated the situation/incident" and "whether the incident has been picked up by the media and the angle of the reporting".
The document recommends that "As far as possible, the data provided under tension monitoring arrangements should not be 'personal data' i.e. it does not identify individuals and could not be used to identify individuals in conjunction with other information". This does however seem overly optimistic, considering the nature of the 'intelligence' the monitoring groups are intended to consider, and apparently leaves the groups vulnerable to Freedom of Information Act requests.
But "the FOIA defines particular circumstances in which public bodies are not necessarily obliged to disclose" and "You may wish to take into account the possible damage which disclosure would do by identifying areas at risk of disturbance. If the identity of an area became known sections of the media might publicise this. This could in turn create an expectation of disorder." The subtext here would seem to be 'refuse all FOIA requests and play the get out of jail card'.
And what about the members of the group themselves? What if they leak? There are, says the document, risks attached to the release of tension monitoring information. "If details of specific incidents found their way into the public domain they may lead to retaliatory activity and heightened fears and tensions."
So "aggregated tension reports" should only be passed down to the partners contributing the raw data "where an explicit agreement has been reached with them about how that information can be used." Then, the information should be shared only for the purposes of the partner organisation and not outside of it, and the partners should agree how they will use the information, and what they propose to do in relation to it. Here's your gagging order - sign here if you want to play Neighbourhood Watch 2.0. ®

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It's still from this sentence in New York Times,
Despite all the sartorial trappings, guests dressed like any in your typical off-the-rack hotel. On a recent Monday, there were F.I.T. parents in the slate-gray lobby, and suits trading airport stories in the elevator. There's a chatty cocktail scene at the lobby bar, but Rare, the fiery orange dining room, was desolate.
If suits is a verb here, I think this sentence is grammatically incorrect, right? But if it's a noun, what's the meaning of suits here? I don't understand the part in bold completely. Can you help break it down and make it clear?


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• A pack of Hallmark's Kids Collection greeting cards, which feature kid-appropriate topics from managing difficult academic or social situations, to achieving a personal goal in the classroom or on the field.
• A few of Hallmark's "any day" greeting cards for kids, featuring music sensation Justin Bieber.
• Lunchbox Notes, which offer 50 ways for you to add a little love to lunchtime.
• Bug'Em, a pint-sized plush that can hold cards and other tokens of encouragement and give an unexpected lift to any youngster's day.
The lunch notes and the cards are great ways to remind my daughter that I am thinking about her while she is in school and that we are just so proud of everything she does and the person she is turning out to be.
Let Hallmark help you mark the special dates in your child's school life. Be sure to visit its website or local Hallmark stores and stock up on their cards.
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Awards Presented for Lifetime Achievement and Industry Contribution
SINGAPORE , 29 April 2013 -- SEMI today announced that Mr. Philip Yeo, chairman of SPRING Singapore, and Mr. Lee Kok Choy, country manager of Micron Technology Inc. Singapore, have been voted by the SEMI Singapore Regional Advisory Board as recipients of two prestigious awards recognizing their contributions to the development and success of the Southeast Asian semiconductor industry. The awards will be presented during festivities held at SEMICON Singapore 2013 ( www.semiconsingapore.org) on 7 May.
The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Yeo for his pioneering and significant contributions to Singapore's economic development, especially in the promotion and growth of the semiconductor industry. During his tenure as Chairman of the EDB, Yeo was instrumental in leading Singapore's strategic growth and investment into the semiconductor industry, which today boasts an annual output of over $49 billion, hires over 42,000 employees and has 14 wafer fabrication plants. Yeo was also the former chairman of A*STAR and former special advisor for Economic Development in the Singapore Prime Minister's Office.
The Industry Contribution Award will be presented to Lee for his work in advancing the competitiveness of the wafer fabrication industry in Singapore. Lee's career in the Singapore semiconductor industry spans more than four decades, including positions at Texas Instruments, TECH and Micron. During his tenure at TECH and Micron, Lee was instrumental in growing their Singapore presence and maintaining Singapore's competitiveness in the midst of competition from Korean and Taiwanese manufacturers. Lee also led the world's first factory conversion from 200mm to 300mm technology while simultaneously maintaining production, and was instrumental into making Singapore into a base of Flash memory production that started in partnership with Intel.
"The contributions and accomplishments of both Mr. Yeo and Mr. Lee are well known within the Singapore and Southeast Asian semiconductor industry and these awards are a worthy recognition of their achievements on behalf of our industry," said Denny McGuirk, president and CEO of SEMI.
Terry Tsao, president of SEMI Southeast Asia, added, "Yeo and Lee's dedication to advancing the establishment and growth of the industry here has helped build Singapore into a globally recognized center of microelectronics innovation and manufacturing."
The award recipients were voted by the SEMI Singapore Regional Advisory Board (RAB), an advisory group of industry executives focused on advancing SEMI's mission in Southeast Asia through the development and support of programs and initiatives designed to accelerate the growth and increase the visibility of the semiconductor industry in the region. The advisory board is led by newly elected executive directors including chairman KC Ang, senior vice president and general manager of GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore; vice-chairman Russell Tham, regional president, Applied Materials South East Asia and corporate vice president, Global Continuous Improvement, Applied Materials Inc.; and vice-chairman Mr. Jen Kwong Hwa, site director, Micron Semiconductor Asia.
"On behalf of SEMI and the industry, the SEMI Singapore RAB is proud to honor Mr. Yeo and Mr. Lee with these awards that acknowledge the key roles they have played in growing the Singapore semiconductor industry over the last two decades," said KC Ang. "From a public and private sector perspective, their contributions have resulted in a robust semiconductor ecosystem in the region, where we continue to see this industry driving the global economic growth and now even enabling the explosive growth of the mobility markets that we are witnessing today."
The awards will be presented during two separate events held as part of SEMICON Singapore 2013 ( www.semiconsingapore.org). The Industry Achievement Award will be presented to Mr. Lee during the event opening ceremony on 7 May from 9:30-10:00am at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, and the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Mr. Yeo during the SEMI Singapore VIP Dinner, also on 7 May, at the Fullerton Hotel.
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Are Hip-Hop fans just failed literary critics?
I know I make fun of them a lot in my reviews, but the mind truly boggles. We're talking about music. Music is an auditory experience. You can talk about the words all you want, but the question is whether it translates into good music. I can read the whole of American Tragedy over a dull Drone beat. The content would remain brilliant, but the outcome would be a dull and pointless experience.
Aesop Rock doesn't do this completely, but he veers so close it's frustrating. He's clearly capable of being coherent, of providing lyrics that can be followed to a conclusion. "Lotta Years" is amazing. Aesop drops all pretensions, and tells in a straight forward fashion about feeling old and seeing how different the youth is. The imagery is both clear and poetic: "The future is amazing, I feel so fucking cold/I bet you clone your pets and ride a hoverboard to work". It's obvious and isn't difficult to understand, but since when difficulty makes a piece of art impressive? What's beautiful about poetry is how it sums up experiences and ideas in lines.
Not every song has to be this straight-forward. "Dorks" and "Rings" are less clear, but have lines that leap at you. "I think we're all a pile of imperfections and flaws" is beautiful wherever it is, and it makes you want to explore what's surrounding it. Even if it's all gibberish, it's gibberish that sounds cool.
You can only rap gibberish for so long before it becomes boring. Aesop's lyrics are mostly gibberish. Analysis in Genius are interesting, but they're analysis of lyrics, not music. None of these songs make me wonder what he's talking about, make me want to dig in. I'll gladly listen to an analysis of the lyrics, but at this point I'm not listening to Aesop's lyrics but what people find in his lyrics.
For all his verbal and musical creativity, the mood remains the same. Aesop always sounds like he's informing you how cool he is. That's way "Molecules" is the second best track here, because for once it seems (It always seems, you can never be sure) that Aesop raps about how much of a badass he is. "Mystery Fish" does something similar. If Aesop goes about how out the box he is in the chorus, I don't mind the nonsense in the verses. Every other song, soundwise, sounds like variations on these two. "Kirby" is supposed to be about his cat, but tonally it's just softer than the other songs. "Blood Sandwich" – a song which is otherwise excellent – doesn't feel like it's about nostalgic stories about brothers.
It's not a matter of mood. Sadistik mostly sticks to depressive and moody raps, but he can vary it. He goes from introspective to aggressive, self-loathing to contemplative. Aesop doesn't have these tonal changes. The only difference is that some songs are less aggressive than others.
More frustration come from how Aesop hints at musical creativity but never pursues it. He can make a catchy song – "Rings" has a fantastic song that even if the lyrics were utter nonsense, the song would still be good. "Get Out of the Car" and "Blood Sandwich" remove all drums, and that helps take a more prominent role. There is also beauty in those ethereal beats. Other tracks are straight-up bangers – "Dorks", "Mystery Fish" and "Molecules" are songs to blast in full volume.
Why then, doesn't he take more advantage of it? Why make "Rabies" and "Kirby", whose beats might as well not exist? If every track here had a hook as good as "Rings", the album would've been pretty great. Aesop is charismatic enough to make the songs pleasant, but he refuses to take advantage of the auditory medium. He doesn't realize the potential he has in mere vocals, instead he prefers to just rely his lyrics. Why not write a book, instead? I'm sure it'll be interesting to read his lyrics on paper in my own pace. Listening to him isn't fun. The ear is not interested.
Someday, maybe, Aesop will put out a great album where he cares less for conventions of Hip-Hop. He will realize he's a talented producer, that hooks are great and that your lyrics are more interesting when the listener can breathe them in. It's another self-indulgent effort, a glimpse into a great mind that doesn't know how to communicate his ideas. I hope someday he'll realize his potential, because I don't need every song to be as good as "Lotta Years". Just make them interesting as "Blood Sandwich" and you got a dedicated listener.
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A Great Burger — An Even Greater Cause
Friday I had the pleasure of grabbing lunch at 709 in Pt. Pleasant. They were hosting a benefit for The Ashley Lauren Foundation. 100% of the proceeds from the Mark "The Shark" Burger went to the foundation and the great serving staff at 709 donated their tips to the cause.


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Though production wrapped a few months ago, director J.J. Abrams' sequel to his stellar 2009 reboot Star Trek has been unsurprisingly shrouded in a heavy veil of secrecy. We know literally nothing about the plot, we haven't seen any official images, and we still don't know for sure what baddie Benedict Cumberbatch is playing. With the film's May release date looming closer and the holiday movie season getting ready to begin, we're likely to have a better idea of what to expect fairly soon.
It's fitting that today, the 46th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series, we get our first big major reveal from the film: it's title. Apparently Abrams' heretofore-untitled Star Trek sequel will hit theaters as a colonless Star Trek Into Darkness. Hit the jump for more.
Through much debate and discussion among the film's creative team, TrekMovie has confirmed with multiple sources that Star Trek Into Darkness is the title that Abrams and co. have settled on. The absence of a colon in the title is by design, but it feels a bit off for the Star Trek franchise. It doesn't exactly roll off the tounge as easily as, say, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, or even Addams Family Values. At the end of the day, though, it's just a title and it has little to do with the actual quality of the film. However, this reveal does hint at some rather dire circumstances that may surround the central plot of the follow-up. Cumberbatch is one hell of an actor, and if said darkness refers to the threat he poses against the crew of the Enterprise then it's not a stretch to believe that Kirk, Spock, etc. are in for some trouble.
Apparently the creative team is still figuring out exactly how to officially unveil this title, but it's expected to occur soon. We'll likely get a teaser poster of some sort to announce the impending darkness, and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw the first trailer attached to Paramount's December actioner Jack Reacher or November's Flight. Until then, sound off in the comments with your thoughts on the follow-up's title and how it may figure into the film's story. Click here to catch up on all of our previous coverage. Star Trek Into Darkness opens in 3D on May 17th, 2013.
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Classified Ads
IMPORTANT: You MUST follow these rules when posting in this forum!
1. Non commercial use only please, your personal stuff only. Anyone thought to be trading here professionally will be removed without warning.
1A. By using the forum to post an advert, you agree UNCONDITIONALLY to be bound by these rules, and to also participate in the ID & Feedback forum when required. See that forum for specific rules that relate to its use.
1B. The admins here take no responsibility whatsoever for any sold items or buying mechanisms. If you don't trust the seller 100% then don't buy from them. If you don't trust your buyer 100% then don't sell to them. It's as simple as that. And if you're not 100% sure then PM them and ask obvious questions as to background, history, methods of paying, the usual. Hopefully you'll build up names and people that you'll recognise and trust implicitly. Just don't come PMing the admins here if something's not as described or if a payment goes wrong. This is a private board and not eBay! If in doubt, use eBay.
2. Only items you have "in hand" can be offered on this forum. We STRONGLY advise against selling for any 3rd party, but please note if you do, YOU are fully responsible for the sale and anything that may go wrong with it.
3. Please only post one phone/gadget/device per post. (In the case of accessories,cables, cases etc, up to 3 items per advert is acceptable, but try to group them where possible and consider posting over a few days.)
3a. If you post a public message on an item saying "I will take this" or anything similar, this will be deemed as an unconditional offer to buy at full asking price. Conditional offers like "I will buy this subject to you having box" or similar are expressly not allowed. So message people directly please unless you actually ARE buying it at full asking price with no conditions.
4.CONDITION. Please use the following in the title of the post.
MINT = This is for items that have absolutely no signs of wear at all. Not a single scratch, chip or dent is allowed if you want to use this description. It is totally down to the seller to check the item very carefully before advertising. To be classed as MINT the original box with matching IMEI/Serial number must also be supplied. If item is brand new and unused, you can use MINT (New) if you wish.
MINT NB = The same as MINT but the original box is not available, and a reason for this is given in the advert.
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Any price comments not directly related to the sale in the opinion of the mods will be removed. The price police are NOT welcome here. Use PM system.
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7. Please note that the mods will remove adverts if it is clear the item is sold, such as a link to eBay showing item is gone.
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9. Adverts will be deleted after 1 month regardless of being marked sold, as an attempt to keep the forum useful and current. This is 1 month from Original posting date. You can repost right away if still for sale.
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12. POSTAGE. We strongly recommend the use of Royal Mail Special Delivery (RMSD) which you will often see is included in adverts here. This is a fully tracked, signed and insured next day service, with £500 as standard and upgradeable as an option. It is the sellers responsibility to get the item to the buyer and unless the seller has proof of posting, we will expect the seller to fully reimburse the buyer in the event of a loss. It is for the seller to claim from any postage insurance, and this will not delay the refund to the buyer.
If you are selling a very low value item, it is up to the seller to get agreement from the buyer BEFORE the deal is concluded. In this case type of postage must be either agreed in email, or made clear in the original advert. In the original advert says "includes first class post" and the buyer does not change this before sale, the buyer is accepting this method of post. Please read http://www.royalmail.com/personal/help-and-support/available-compensation-for-lost-items for more details.
We very strongly recommend that sellers use RMSD and buyers also insist upon it, although we further advise buyers to consider contributing towards the cost in cases of low value goods.
13. Claims for misdescribed items should be made within 48 hours of receipt of item. I strongly advise buyers to video the opening of the package if you are dealing with a new seller you do not know. This should show the packaging condition, and item condition, and could be useful in resolving any disputes.
General advice.
Sellers should as mentioned put photos up on original advert, there is good evidence that pictures help sell stuff, and a lot of people won't buy without this. Another idea that I use is that I take a quick video of the item showing me packing the item up ready to post, this has never been needed by me, but if anyone ever says I have sent a scratched item or similar I have proof that I have not. Include the IMEI/Serial Number in this and you have proof of what you sent.
As a buyer I also take a quick video of myself opening the box, this way, a seller can not claim that I must have damaged it, and it also records the state of packaging. Again I have never needed this video but it's not a huge deal to do it. Check the IMEI / Serial number as soon as you fire the item up and check it matches the box if supplied.
Please be aware that a lot of phones are sold as "locked" to a particular network, and if you want to get the best price for the phone you are selling, it is highly recommended to get it unlocked before you try to sell it.
Some phones are very easy to unlock, Samsung is generally very easy, and can be done for about £10 or even less. I recently read about the Moto G unlock available for about £2 on eBay!
However, be aware some phones are very difficult to unlock, or very expensive, or both.
Most phones are unlocked by putting in a code that is purchased online, or sent to you by the network. Each network is different, O2 for example supplies unlock code for free on all pay monthly contracts, whereas others charge up to £30 for the same code. I recommend that you search Google for your phone to see how easy or cheap it is to unlock.
Of course, you are welcome to list any phone, if it is locked to a network, you may still sell it, just be aware you are restricting your potential buyers to that network.
iPhones and Nokia WP8 phones
iPhones are unlocked differently to most other phones. The code is held on Apple's servers in the US, and checked OTA or when connected to iTunes. To unlock a network would have to tell Apple to set your unique IMEI numbered iPhone to "unlocked" and once done, it is done for good. Charges vary again, from £0 on O2 contracts, £15 on the Three network, and £25 on Orange. It is worth noting that many of the networks insist you are with them for 6 months before they will unlock. The situation for WP phones is similar to iPhone, so again, be careful.
Most of the unlocking companies online who can actually unlock your iPhone charge a lot of money, for example, to unlock an iPhone 4S from Orange through one UK based unlocker is currently a staggering £109, and this is not untypical.
So please, sellers consider unlocking your handsets, and buyers, please check very carefully,and if in doubt, wait until the right phone comes along.
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West Side arts fest "Una Noche de La Gloria,"
As the finale to the fourth annual Latino-centric West Side arts fest Una Noche de La Gloria, a fashion show planned by San Antonio's Agosto Cuellar has proved to be a must-see production.
So popular is the show that more than 700 people remained at the festival past midnight to view it — and cheer on the models and the designers.
La Gloria's celebration included art, music and spoken-word performances, organized by the Contemporary Art and Literature Organization and sponsored in part by District 5 Councilman David Medina.
In years past, the fashion show had taken place hours before midnight, but because of its increasing draw among festival-goers from across San Antonio, organizers decided to close out the event with the show as well as move it from Guadalupe Street to Guadalupe Plaza to accommodate the crowd.
The move paid off. The new venue provided for a longer runway, better lighting, acoustics and seating.
From the powerful political statement made by artist and designer David Reyes, aka "Chance," in collaboration with artist Raul Castellanos to the equally fierce women and fashions from the South Side sewing cooperative Fuerza Unida, the evening's show, as in years past, proved to be an innovative and extraordinary style event.
Sarah Castillo of Más Rudas, a Chicana art collective, kicked off the runway parade with lovely garments that included sculptural skirts, appliquéd with textiles such as dollies she worked into flowers and designs.
Avant-garde designer Elizabeth Hernandez of the House of Chavela presented a womenswear collection of black pleather that showcased her skill in manipulating the fabric into tough and sexy looks.
Reyes and Castellanos used dry paint to artistically create garments that included edgy tops and skirts with a post-apocalyptic vibe. The two opened their show with a political rally as men and women stormed the runway's entrance holding Romney and Obama posters and remaining there as models worked the catwalk.
The women from Fuerza Unida, well-known for their work in helping empower women, modeled colorful guayabera shirts and sashed guayabera dresses in hot colors. Their appearance brought guests to their feet, a sweet and moving gesture of respect for the women who were laid off as seamstresses by the closing of the Levi Strauss plants in San Antonio in the 1990s.
Mary Alice Medina and her crew of hairstylists, billed as the fictional Angelin De Carlo Salon, enthralled the audience with their otherworldly fantasy sky-high hairdos that resembled fire and ice, a Spanish mantilla and an origami-like headpiece, among others.
Many of the sculptural coifs took three weeks to create and were molded onto models' heads hours before the show, incorporating their own hair into the designs. The pieces were created by five generations of stylists, including Angelina Mata, Adrianna Ramirez, Carmen Mata, Terry Lara, Angie Riojas, Jessica Esparza Valdez and Rebecca Varney, under Medina's direction.
Cuellar closed out the show with his Japanese Mountain Witch Hag collection of wearable sheer print caftans and oversized patch-worked tunics that elegantly floated on the runway.
After the show, Cuellar said moving into the plaza was a good idea. He chalked it up to "a growing spurt for us."
He also sees the show's popularity as a testament to his creation of a community of designers who would have nowhere else to present their work if it were not for La Gloria's fashion show.
"I see this event as a way to create our own institution where we can showcase talent," he says. "We can't do it alone and we need a community that can offer something like this because fashion here can be very competitive and elitist and I don't want to be a part of that elite system.
"This show was born in the street and this is where it needs to remain."
(Michael Quintanilla served as the show's master of ceremonies.)


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Handling SI employer disputes
If the applicant is denied the privilege of self-isurance and disagrees with that decision, the applicant can submit an appeal within 14 days to the Self-Insured Review Panel (SIRP). All unresolved issues involving the financial strength or the administrative ability of the employer to operate as a self-insuring employer will be referred to SIRP for a hearing.
Understanding the SIRP
The SIRP operates under Chapters 4121 and 4123 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC). The SIRP administrator may authorize the review panel to consider the following matters:
- Granting or denying an application for the privilege to pay compensation, etc., directly.
- Non-renewals of SI status;.
- Revocation of SI status.
- Issues of an SI employer's adequacy of contribution to the SI employers' guaranty fund or need for additional security under ORC 4123.351.
- Any other SI employer matter as authorized and delegated by the administrator under ORC Chapters 4121. and 4123.
The SIRP administrator appoints three members to the panel. The members consist of persons with expertise or experience in matters relating to self-insuring employers.
The panel holds meetings and hearings to determine matters referred to it by the administrator or our self-insured department. The panel may issue decisions without a formal hearing, and may advise the administrator or self-insured department on issues referred to it.
The panel can give an employer the opportunity for a formal hearing upon request in writing.
If an employer requests a hearing before the review panel or the panel determines a hearing is in the best interests of the employer or the State Insurance Fund, the panel will mail a notice of hearing to the employer and its representatives, setting forth the date, time and place of the hearing.
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Smoggy Schools
Smoggy air costs Californians more than $521 million a year — a price paid in hundreds of trips to the emergency room, thousands of hospital admissions and millions of missed school days, according to an Environmental Working Group analysis of state data. Smog is also responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Californians of all ages each year and other permanent impacts to children's health. But many of those lives, and much of the cost, would be saved by reducing statewide smog levels to the tougher standards under consideration by the California Air Resources Board (ARB).
Smog is a health risk to all Californians, but the burden is disproportionately borne by asthma patients and children. Air Resources Board scientists estimate that meeting the proposed tougher smog standards would, each year, avert 300 emergency room visits for asthma attacks, 4,000 hospital admissions for treatment of asthma and other respiratory diseases, and 3.3 million school absences. In Los Angeles County alone, schools would see more than 1 million fewer absences a year. Since state support of local schools is based on attendance, the cost of smog-related absences to California school districts totals $82 million a year — and the cost to parents of the affected children is three times that.
Smog is primarily caused by ozone air pollution. High levels of ozone, like those found in the Los Angeles air basin and throughout the Central Valley, irritate lung passages, causing coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. People with pre-existing lung disease are particularly affected. African-Americans suffer the highest rates of asthma. People of color also have more severe asthma symptoms, with double or more the rate of asthma-related hospitalization and death. Poorer families have higher rates of asthma and less access to medical care, meaning that they are unduly impacted by air pollution.
When smog levels peak, the state advises schools to keep children from playing outdoors. EWG obtained data for the Air Resources Board ozone monitors closest to almost 12,000 public and private schools and found that from 2000 to 2003, approximately 2,800 California schools serving 1.7 million students experienced ozone levels high enough to trigger an outdoor activity warning on at least one occasion. The worst schools, attended by more than 300,000 students, had on average five or more outdoor activity warnings each year. Achieving the proposed health-based ozone standards will alleviate the need to restrict outdoor activity and will protect California children's right to a healthy life.
Find an air quality report card for a California school.
California's smog problem is severe. The state is home to 7 of the 10 smoggiest cities in the United States. In recent decades, great progress has been achieved toward cleaner air: Scientists calculate that efforts to reduce ozone pollution in Southern California have already prevented more than 3 million school absences a year and provided an economic benefit of more than $245 million. But additional improvements are urgently needed and possible. In an era of budget crises, the state's educational and health care systems should not bear the burden of millions of dollars in costs that are largely preventable.
Three years ago, the Air Resources Board demonstrated California's public health leadership, and rejected the lobbying efforts of automakers and major industrial air polluters, by adopting the world's strictest standards for airborne dust and soot, or particulate air pollution. At the time, EWG estimated that meeting the tougher soot standards would save the state $580 million a year.
It's time now to take a stand on the other major component of air pollution: smog. By adopting the staff scientists' recommendations for new ozone standards, the Air Resources Board will not only help children, asthmatics, and indeed all Californians breathe easier, but also recognize that cleaner air has major economic benefits.


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GE chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt claimed Germany's Energiewende — the transition to increasing reliance on renewable energy — was "not viable" in the long term.
He underpinned his argument with a comparison of the electricity price paid by a steel works in Texas of EUR 0.05/kWh and a claimed EUR 0.20/kWh paid by a steel works in Germany, stressing "these are facts" in an interview with German business newspaper Handelsblatt published on 21 June 2013.
Four environmental organisations — WWF, Germanwatch, Greenpeace and BUND— pointed out to Immelt in a letter dated 24 June 2013 that energy-intensive industries such as steel works in Germany currently pay an average price of less than EUR 0.04/kWh thanks to very low wholesale prices, reductions or exemptions from renewables and co-generation levies and network usage charges and compensation for the CO2 emissions certificate component in wholesale electricity prices.
Concerned about views such as Immelt's on the Energiewende programme being spread among the international community, they invited Immelt to meet for a discussion on their point of view on renewables developments in Germany.
Immelt's comments came just a month after his company replaced its general manager for renewable energy in Europe and created the new role of general manager of GE's German wind business.


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The official promotional photo of the new QUEENSRŸCHE lineup can be seen below (courtesy of Mike Savoia Photography).
The new QUEENSRŸCHE made its official live debut as the headliner of the last day of this year's Halfway Jam, which took place July 26-28 in Royalton, Minnesota.
In response to a number of questions regarding his vocal performance at the concert, the new QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre (also of CRIMSON GLORY) posted the following message on his Facebook page:
"I've been asked about backing vocal tracks and that many believe they are hearing [original QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff] Tate's voice on them. Let me clearly state that there are NO backing vocals with his voice in ANY songs with my performance. Any tracks that have accompanied backing vocals have all been re-recorded with my voice and Eddie's [Jackson, bass]. We don't use any tracks to fake a lead vocal with me, but to simple give a fuller nicer sound to a chorus as backing vocals, NOT to replace my lead vocal role. Yes, they are very similar and would naturally be heard as Geoff's, but they are not. All recordings are time-stamped and recorded in the computer and Pro Tools and my point is indisputable."
He added, "[I] just needed to clarify that, and I also sing the full chorus live to 'Empire' since some have asked me about that."
QUEENSRŸCHE's setlist for the Halfway Jam was as follows:
01. Queen Of The Reich
02. Speak
03. Neue Regel
04. Walk In The Shadows
05. En Force
06. I Don't Believe In Love
07. Child Of Fire
08. The Whisper
09. Warning
10. Spreading The Disease
11. The Needle Lies
12. Prophecy
13. Take Hold Of The Flame
14. My Empty Room
15. Eyes Of A Stranger
16. Empire
17. Wrathchild (IRON MAIDEN cover)
18. Jet City Woman
19. Roads To Madness
An audio-only recording of the "Roads To Madness" performance is available below.
QUEENSRŸCHE members Michael Wilton (guitar), Eddie Jackson (bass), Scott Rockenfield (drums) and Parker Lundgren (guitar) announced on June 20 that they were parting ways with Geoff Tate and recruiting La Torre as his replacement. The new QUEENSRŸCHE lineup previously played two shows in their home city of Seattle under the name RISING WEST.
Wilton, Jackson and Rockenfield defeated Tate's motion for a preliminary injunction on July 13 that would have kept them from touring and operating under the band name,
Tate and his wife, Susan, QUEENSRŸCHE's former manager, filed a lawsuit against Geoff's ex-bandmates on June 22 in King County Superior Court over whether he should be awarded the QUEENSRŸCHE name after being dismissed from the group in June. Their complaint states Rockenfield, Wilton and Jackson wrongfully fired the singer and are tarnishing the group's brand by attempting to move forward without him.
If the case goes to trial, the date is set for November 18, 2013.
In the meantime, Wilton, Jackson and Rockenfield, along with Lundgren and La Torre have launched a new web site at QueensrycheOfficial.com.
Lundgren was briefly married to Geoff's stepdaughter Miranda; they have since divorced.
Photo credit: Mike Savoia Photography
"Roads To Madness" performance (audio only):


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Setting Up A Conference: Part 3 - Speakers
Paw Prints: Writings of the maddog
Why did I insist on talking about sponsors before speakers? Because it was necessary.
First of all, having good sponsorship means that you may have the funds to finance travel and an honorarium for some well-known speakers who will help attract a good audience.
You may be blessed by having well-known, local speakers who would be happy to show up at your event and give a talk, or you could be lucky to have a speaker as accommodating as a friend of mine that took a five-hour bus ride from upstate New Hampshire to a conference, but a lot of speakers may need to have their travel expenses paid, and this (of course) involves money that typically comes from sponsorship.
Another reason for planning speakers after initial sponsorship planning is that you may have a really great speaker who works for one of your sponsors. Having a good position in the speaking schedule for that employee of the sponsor is a nice perk to give to the marketing department of that sponsor.
Typically in an event you may have several different types of sessions:
- Keynote speeches
- Track speeches
- Sessions
- Workshops
- Birds-of-a-feather sessions
Keynotes typically try to address the entire audience of attendees. They are typically given at the beginning of the conference, each morning of a multiple day conference, before or after lunch, and (perhaps) at the very end of the conference (this type of keynote I call a "footnote").
Keynotes ideally should be visionary, forward-looking, broad in scope and useful to the entire audience. This, of course, is very hard to do all the time, but in my opinion should be the goal. Keynotes should not (in my opinion) be a "product pitch", although many keynotes may lay the path for discussing products afterwards. For example, a keynote may be discussing the problems that the industry in general has to address, where the speaker's product might try to solve some or all of those problems.
Track speeches
Once the keynotes are over, the audience may break up into "tracks" that have a more specific audience or specific problems, and this is the place that a series of talks (called session), perhaps with different approaches to solving the same issues, might be given. Each track might be started with a brief "track speech" that sets the problem and tone of the track.
The "meat" of the track, where solution presentations are typically given.
Here the session is not just someone standing at the front of the room talking, but the audience may be actively working on a program, solving a problem or working as a group.
Birds-of-a-feather (BoF) session
Here there are no real "leaders". A group of people get together to discuss an issue of mutual interest
This is a special type of keynote, the closing of the day or the conference, where the speaker reflects back on what has been learned, and looks to the future as to how the industry might move and how the next conference should be better. This (of course) requires a real visionary, and someone who typically writes the talk while they are at the conference, finishing it as they walk up onto the stage.
How do I find these people?
One place you can look is your major sponsors. They have invested in your conference for some reason. Perhaps they feel they have a good handle on the issues and the answers. The other reason is that if they offer a good speaker, you can offer them a keynote, track speech or session as an enticement to participate and sponsor your conference. Does this mean that you should accept a "market pitch"? No, but some of these people have spent a considerable time in the industry and have unique insights onto some of the issues.
Your sponsors might also suggest speakers that do not work for them, but are knowledgeable and good speakers.
Next you can look to book authors, magazine authors, speakers from other conferences and good bloggers. These are people who not only demonstrate their knowledge of the subject, but they can put together the ideas and communicate them well. It is true that some of these people can write better than they can speak, but that is where asking about their speaking capabilities to others on your team will go a long way.
Finally, project leaders and developers, systems administrators and other technical people that seem to know what they are doing often make good presenters, but only when they are comfortable presenting. Here is where you may really want to use discretion, as some of these people may know their information very well, but are terrible presenters and/or may freeze up when they get on stage. A word or two to the project leader of a good developer might ascertain that the person "really can't speak", and therefore should be avoided.
Another possible source of speakers are educators. After all, these are professional "communicators" and normally know how to present complex materials.
Finally, do not be afraid to use local people. "A prophet is never recognized in their own country" is often a very sad and true saying, but if you have someone in your own user group, school, or even your own event team, if they have the knowledge, the desire and the skill to present, then please consider using them.
All of these speakers mentioned so far could be considered "invited talks". You know the person, or know of the person, in some way and you are asking them to speak. Another method is the "Call For Participation" (CFP).
The Call For Participation (CFP)
A time-honored way of attracting speakers, you put up a web page that lists the theme of the conference, speaks to the type of audience you expect and asks for a title, an abstract, and the speaker's biography so you can see if they have the expertise needed for the talk. There should also be a very visible deadline on having your reply to the CFP in the system.
After that you may want to target project and local user group announcement mailing lists to see if there is any interest in speaking at your conference.
When should you invite the speakers?
As soon as possible. Many good speakers are booked nine months or a year ahead of time, and even if they are not booked for that day or that week, they may be limiting their travel due to work or family reasons. Believe it or not some of these speakers have to do real work, and they actually like seeing their family from time to time. Therefore, "first come, first served". Other people plan trips and vacations.
Please do NOT schedule a speaker before you have a venue and funding, and please do NOT think that you can change the date at the last minute and expect the speakers will be able to do the same. Please do NOT think it is fine to tie up a speaker's schedule, then cancel the conference at the last minute. Please do NOT ask a speaker to speak at your conference, then not say anything to them for nine months and expect that they will still be coming. A communication every month moving the speaker ever closer to the conference with travel arrangements and information about the conference will let the speaker know that the conference is still being planned and that you have not fallen off the face of the earth. For a speaker, conference organizer silence means "death".
How much will it cost?
This is hard to say, and depends on both the speaker and the event. If the speaker is attending on behalf of their company, the company may pay all expenses and honorarium. If the speaker is a self-employer, but sees the conference as a way of advertising or gaining more business, they may pay all of their own expenses.
However, in the Free Software space a lot of the developers are people who may not work for a FOSS company, or if they do the reason you want them to come has nothing to do with that company, and therefore they may not only receive no travel funding from their employer, but have to take vacation time to attend your conference. Here travel funds and a small "honorarium" is often appreciated.
Having someone fly a long distance in coach would be considered equal to water-boarding these days. There are some people who are used to it, but other speakers would be less than happy with that situation. On the other hand, if your location has some sights worthwhile seeing, a couple of extra days in that location allows some of the "kinks" to be ironed out.
Some non-profit or educational events are often understood to be low-budget. Here an honorarium is not necessarily expected. On the other hand a recent event offered a sum of money and said that it would cover "expenses and honorarium". If you traveled inexpensively, you would have some money left over to cover lost work. If you liked to travel lavishly, you had a bit more money to do that.
I like speaking to college age (and near-college-age) students, and from time to time I have found myself in a college-sponsored hotel, dorm or fraternity house. All I required was something that was reasonably quiet and reasonably clean (with "reasonable" being tempered by college-age enthusiasm).
Other times I have stayed in the homes of conference organizers who are already friends of mine, although normally staying in the conference hotel gives me better access to the conference and greater freedom for both me and my friends to do what we need to do.
Do not expect that all of your speakers will "hang around" the entire conference. Some do, but most will either want to "see the sights" or return home.
How to treat speakers.
It is suggested that you have a speaker room, with electricity and either wired or (working) wireless ETHERNET. Some type of liquid refreshment (water, tea and coffee is fine) and access to some type of food is also useful. Good speakers will often leave the room to "mingle" with the attendees, but it is nice to have the room in case the speaker HAS to finish their talk or make a telephone call.
Ask travel preferences
Does your speaker have any preferences for food, any allergies, sleeping needs, medical issues they want you to know about, etc.?
Some speakers are fairly demanding, others are relatively easy to please.
Pick them up at the airport and return them to the airport
I have traveled enough that it is not a big thing for me to go from the airport to the hotel, particularly if there are good instructions telling me how to get there, but it is always nice to see smiling faces, complete with a "TUX" penguin or event T-shirt as I leave the baggage counter.
Small conference teams may not have the staff to do this, but there are services that will hold up a sign with the speaker's name on it, and take the speaker to their hotel. It is nice.
Full speaker schedule
Try to provide your speakers with a full schedule, even if it is only an email version. Put on that schedule their time of arrival, the hotel address, if someone is picking them up, any pre-conference events (receptions etc.), what time they should be at the main event, any post-conference activities, what time they should be ready to leave for the airport and other scheduled events.
Invite your speakers early, make sure that you have a good, concise presentation of your conference and its needs for that speaker. Make clear the dates, venue and whether or not you are willing to cover reasonable travel expenses and honorarium. If you are non-profit, state that too. Ask for confirmation as soon as possible, and give all the contact information you can to the potential speaker.
Treat your speakers well, and ask them for comments and recommendations for the next year. Often your speakers will give you good quotes and recommendations for the next round of speakers.
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All About Skylanders
In the second of our "All About" series we are looking at the Skylanders video game franchise.
Skylanders is published by Activision and developed by Toys for Bob. The first game, Skylanders Spyro's Adventure was released on 14th October 2011 in Europe. The second game, Skylanders Giants is planned for release on 19th October 2012 in Europe. Both games are available on Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360.
Both are platform games with fighting and puzzle elements. They have in common a set of small toy figures that provide access to the different characters and areas in the game. This works by placing a particular figure on a round portal peripheral that comes with the game, the related character then instantly appears on-screen. Taking the figure off the portal automatically saves progress. The figures can be used in different versions of the game at friends houses (regardless of the original platform — Wii, PS3, 360 and so on).
The first game supported 32 different toy characters and the second game will expand this with another eight large Giant Skylander figures, eight new normal Skylanders and eight lighting up Skylanders. Additionally, the original game offered limited edition (gold, silver, translucent and glow-in-the-dark) characters that become much sought after.
Although the total cost of all these figures is considerable they are optional in the game. Parents should note that players can complete the game with the figures in the Starter Packs. Additional toy figures are desirable because of the new characters and areas they unlock but should be treated as a nice-to-have extra. By picking and choosing between the different Skylander characters players can access all the areas in the game by obtaining one figure for each of the eight element types.
Skylanders Giants supports the figures and portal from the original game, enabling players to re-use characters and honours any upgrades and money they have earned. Giants will also have new figures, a series of eight bigger characters (the Giants), some light-up Skylanders (Lightcore) and re-release Skylanders (Series 2) from the first game. Although both old and new figures will benefit from new branching upgrades and a higher level cap, only new versions of the toy figures will gain the new Wow-Pow attack.
In addition to the toy figures, the first game also enabled players to purchase Adventure Packs that provided to levels to explore and complete. These packs also provided special power items and a related Skylander character.
It should be noted that the eight new characters and eight giants released for the second game are not compatible with the original Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure game. This is clearly marked on the packaging.
The main part of these Skylanders games is an adventure mode. Players work through a series of chapters in this mode, which provides steady progress while telling a story about the characters they are playing with. The game can be played by two players at the same time, although both share the same screen.
As you progress collecting money and experience enables you to upgrade your current character. Their general strength and agility slowly increases with their level. Then there are special attack upgrades that can be purchased with money collected. In the first game players have to pick one upgrade path for these attacks but in Skylanders Giants they will be able to switch between them.
Each Skylander figure you have works as a life in the game. When one Skylander runs out of health they become too tired to carry on and the player is asked to place a new figure on the portal. When all the Skylanders have been exhausted they will need to start the level again, whereupon each figure is returned to full health. Because of this later levels of the game can be quite hard to complete with only a small set of figures.
In addition to upgrades players can pick up "hats" that offer a specific boost to stats when they are worn. There are also bonuses for owning all the Skylanders for a particular element or grouping (all the dragon Skylanders for instance).
There are also a variety of battle modes where players can fight against each other in closed arenas. Challenge modes are also provided for each character you own, completing these offer a further stats upgrade. Skylanders Giants promises to offer new arena battles as well as new challenges for new and old Skylander characters.
Figures for the first game were released in waves, so that not all figures were available from the off. At times this caused the demand for particular figures to outstrip supply, but this was soon rectified for subsequent releases. It is likely that a similar approach will be followed for Skylanders Giants.
In addition to the console game there is a 3DS version that comes with its own miniature portal peripheral. This uses the same figures as the main games but upgrades in each are kept separate, so progressing your character on the console game doesn't help when you next play on the 3DS.
There is also a Web world that players can explore and play in. They can either connect their portal to their computer (360 version only at present), or use a code, to access their characters online. An iOS game, Skylanders Cloud Patrol, also offers another way to interact with the world of the Skylanders.
As the popularity of the franchise has grown a variety of secondary merchandise has been created. Of particular note are a series of Skylanders books, annuals and stickers where children can enjoy discovering more about the world and characters.
Although Skylanders is quite a complex proposition, the play-value and sheer creativeness of the game makes the investment worthwhile. Add to this the support for your existing figures in the new Skylanders Giants game, multi-player modes and real-world toy angle and this is a stand out experience for families.
We hope this guide to Skylanders has been enlightening, more "All About" game guides can be found here. Check back for a Skylanders give-away starting next week.
More information on Skylanders Giants
- Skylanders Giants Wave 1 Figures
- Skylanders Giants Starter Pack Mum Review
- Skylanders Giants Features Trailer
- Skylanders Giants Figure Crusher Details
- Skylanders Giants Figure Jet Vac Details
- Skylanders Giants Figure Treerex Details
- Skylanders Giants Figure Swarm Details
- Skylanders Giants Figure Shroomboom Details
- FGTV Skylanders Guides
What happens if skylanders from the 1st game level up in giants and get put back in the 1st game
They'll be still leveled up, the only difference is that in the original, the maxim you can level up is to level 10, and in Giants, its level 15, so if you're a level 15 in Giants, you'll be a level 10 in the original game
It will be levelled up in the other game
hi if i have the old spyro adventure game and nearly all of the skylander figures could i get the new giants starter pack instead of the booster because i want the figures it contains will my old characters work on the new portal. this seems economical because the starter pack is only 10 pounds more and you get two extra characters.
Hey! i was just wondering if there will be another Skylander game after Trap Team? JUst wondering, and thanks!
There's more after trap team it's imaginators
Why does my sons figurines get tired just seconds of playing. (Xbox Skylanders). I don't appreciate how he can't play his Skylanders powerforce because they get tired. Even after days of not playing
They get tired because they have used all their energy, in other words they died in that level. They will be available in next chapter or you can restart chapter.
I am thinking of buying my 4 year old the Skylanders trap team starter pack as he is obsessed with watching the you tube videos. Firstly I know nothing about playing video games so can I please get some friendly advice on am I buying the correct game for him to play as I'm coming across a few different Skylanders games, secondly is this going to be a costly game to play will he constantly need to buy new characters to play the game. Thank you.
What color figurines do I buy for ps3? The packages dont say on it and I can't find anything online!!! I thought it was the one with the blue bottoms but its not working
What does the model name on a skylander mean my wildfire has a model number of 84993888 and my snapshot has a model number of 84999888. Is that special?
I have some skylanders trap team characters coming and 2 portals….but my son also has spyro's adventure, giants & imaginators. Will all the characters work with all the games???
I have got spyro's adventure and giants game. Which is the next game I should opt for. Will the old portal work with new games? Also explain what is starter pack? Please guide
The old portals will not work on the new games because of the different information downloaded by the portal. The next game in the series is Swap Force with the blue bottoms. The higher level characters (like the Giants) are the Swap Force which can switch the tops and bottoms to get different power-ups with different elements. The latest game is Trap Team (red bottoms) which allows you to trap and use the villains as your character. Both are money-hogs (gotta buy 'em all) but fun with adorable characters. At least the older characters are usable on the new game and Portal. If you get TT and later decide to get SF, you can get the game only without the older Portal. Starter packs have the game, the Portal and a couple of the characters required to play the game and can be expensive unless you see one on sale or online.
Hi all!
Absolutely puzzled here. Bought Spyros adventure game with portal and 3 figures from giant's game. Figures will not work on that portal. Please SOS). Do I need to buy latest skylanders game with latest portal so all previous figures can work on that portal or do I need to buy each portal for each skylanders game? Thanks!
We have Skylanders Giants game – 2 questions:
1) a giant figure is not recognized by the portal. All other characters are. What do you advise?
2)bought some Spyro's Adventure packs. And started a new game. Now, we can replay Giants' chapters 1 and 2, and special chapters 17 and 20. How do we regain access to Giants chapters 3 and up?
Thank you!
Didn't mean regain access. Had only played Giants chapter 1. While playing (completed) Giants chapter 2 – activated the special figures which opened up chapters 17 & 20. Played / completed those. No new chapters available. How do we get back to storyline?
Thank you!
Ok figured out question #2.
Just need to know how to reset / reactivate a giant figurine.
Thank you
What if you just have the game. Do you need to buy the portal and the guys
What If you just have the game do you need to buy the portal and the guys
Great post. I will be going through many of these issues as well..
Hi my grandchildren have all the skylanders games for the wiiu. I have just bought Superchargers and a new wiiu. Can the old games be played on the wiiu please.
I need help! My 8 year old son has a Nintendo 3ds. He asked for the skylanders game and guys for christmas but there's so many options! Where do I start? Do the guys that come with one game still work on other games? Please help!
Hi, my son wants skylander tramp team game and skylander supercharger, can any firgure fro. Giant tramp team and supercharger be used on both portols, not really sure as he wants it for Xmas
Can the Giants for Xbox 360 be played on Xbox One?
Yes just because they came with the xbox version it doesnt mean the the characters are only for the version
You mean I don't have to pay for expert advice like this anoyrme?!
Yes all wii gamemes can be played on a Wii u , you do this by going to the wii dashboard app then inserting the game
The app should be on your main menu if you cant find it look it up on youtube, I hope I helped
Can I use my Skylanders from spyros adventure and giants from the 360 on the Xbox one version as long as I have the ONE portal?
I told my kids we'd play after I found what I nedeed. Damnit.
can enyone help me as i cant find skylanders superchargers for the wii the one i can find is the racing one not the adventure one please
Do you need the complete set to play or can you just buy one game at a time and still play.
Hi – I have been trying to search out whether or not the skylanders figurines from all the other versions (Giant/swap force etc.) can be used with the Imaginator. If so, can they to be used to "create"? I appreciate your assistance.
Sorry I mean we have skylanders for wii, not imaginators (yet).
I bought Wii Swap Force starter pack and it is not doing anything. It gives me an error message and tells me to turn off the Wii. The Wii is up to date. Do I need the first game to play SF? I don't know what to do I've never used this game before and now I have upset kids. 🙁
what did you do with hot head
skylanders imaginators is AWSOME!!!!!!!!!So how come it is not for wii(yet)!!!!):
cause i have a wii
Wii does not create new games anymore only wiiu games are being developed
Can 3 people play on the skylanders giants? If no can anygame
Hi, I've recently bought my son an Xbox one. I was wondering if the portal and game for Xbox 360 would work on it. I'm finding it hard to find Xbox one starter packs for the older games like trap team and swap force etc.
My son has all the skylanders games for the Wii U, but he just got the Imaginators for XBOX one. Can all the figures be used on the portal for the game with xbox? Or should we exchange it for the Wii U system?
I have been reading about skylanders portals. I have been told these Wii portals will not work with a Wii U.
We want to get our son a Wii U, but he has all the portals and would really like him to still be able to play them.
Could you assist please?
This has been said numerous times, but I wanted to write it again:
Figures – Can be used on any Skylander's game that supports their expansion. IE – An adventure can be used on Imaginator. It doesn't matter on system. IE – You can play it on a 3ds portal, than also play it on an XBox 1 portal.
Portals – Can only support platforms they were designed for. IE – You can't use an imaginator figure on an Adventure portal, but you can use an Adventure figure on an Imaginator portal
The game's setting takes place in a world called Skylands, a realm filled with adventure and floating islands . It is the very center of the universe where it is constantly threatened by evil forces who seek to rule Skylands and gain access to all worlds.
On swap force u can make ur own skylander can u also do that on the need games like giants and trap team?
why is it my undead skylander chop chop cant open any undead portals?
iv been looking at buying one of the skylander starter packs for my son for xmas (he's 7) can anyone recommend which game I should start with? I didn't realise there was so many untill I started looking properly
Hi, I'm know absolutely nothing about skylanders and wondered what characters I should buy along with the starter pack for xbox 360?
If I have a figure from giants (pop fizz) is there any reason for me to buy a different version of the same figure (Super gulp pop fizz)?
who was the first skylander?
I'm researching this as potential christmas gift for my 6 year old son. We do not have a video game console and do not intend to buy one. Nor do I want him playing online with strangers. My understanding is that Skylander started without any video game interaction. Is that version still available? If so, where?
We Just bought a Wii and we like toch buy one Skylander set. Which one should I buy? The first one, swap force or trap team?
Is a starterspack enough or do you need tot buy more characters?
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Can you use pre-owned traps ?
We have 2 that came with starter pack that my son got for Christmas but we would like to get more.
Will traps /ones that have been used -will they work on game system ?
My son has a WiiU ?
What Plastic are the figures actually made of?
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what are all the specials in sky landers that work on imaganators
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Skylanders is amazing i do not know why a whole bunch of people hate it.
making your own skylander makes the game better.
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Having opened in 1986 The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre remains one of London's most popular shows.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's glittering musical is the most successful of all time with more than 100 million Phantom of the Opera tickets sold worldwide and it has won over 50 major theatre awards.
Far beneath the majesty and splendour of the Paris Opera House, hides the Phantom in a shadowy existence. Shamed by his physical appearance and feared by all, the love he holds for his beautiful student Christine is so strong that even her heart cannot resist.
Adapted from Gaston Leroux's classic novel of mystery and suspense, The Phantom of the Opera features some of Andrew Lloyd Webbers best known music including All I Ask of You and The Music of the Night.
The musical opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in October 1986 with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in the leading roles and there have been dozens of productions worldwide since then. Now in its 25th record-breaking year, The Phantom of the Opera continues to captivate audiences at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End, after more than 10,000 performances.
The current Phantom London cast features Ben Forster in the title role with Celinde Shoenmaker as Christine and Nadim Naaman as Raoul. Emmi Christensson plays Christine at certain performances.
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