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Although same sex marriage is now legal in Oklahoma, newly married couples shouldn't rush to their tag agent to change their driver's license – just yet.
Monday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex couples to be married in the Sooner State, but that quick turnaround hasn't filtered down to other state offices.
Couples seeking to change their name on state identification cards, such as a drivers' licenses, may have to wait a few days. Department of Public Safety spokesman Capitan Randy Rogers said the high court's ruling caught his agency and the state's 274 tag agents off guard.
Rogers said DPS isn't denying anyone a new license, but getting a new license could take a little extra time.
"We're still catching up," he said.
"This was on anyone's radar screen," he said. "We're trying to put steps in place now for a tag agent to know what documents they can accept and to know what to look for."
Oklahoma law currently prevents tag agents from accepting same-sex marriage licenses as a means to change identification, he said. However, with same-sex marriage now legal, Rogers said, DPS was forced to develop a new process for changes to drivers' licenses. DPS officials began working on the procedure Tuesday.
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This is a 10-week summer program that provides undergraduate students with research projects in computer science and mathematics.
The ORNL Pathways to Computing Internship Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a 10-week summer program that provides undergraduate students with research projects in computer science and mathematics. Students will learn under the direction of ORNL research staff and will participate on projects in diverse domains including computer science, health data science, and climate science. Selected interns will have access to ORNL's leadership-class facilities, including Summit, the world's most powerful supercomputer.
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Chemmeen thiyyal or konch thiyyal or prawns thiyyal is one of the favorites of Malayalis. In addition to the prawns, the main ingredient for this dish is small onion or Ulli. It is a prawns dish served with spicy coconut gravy. It is one of our favorites. It is an ideal side dish for rice, roti, puttu (funnel cake), kappa, etc…
- Small prawns – 250 gms
- Small onion – a handful (cubed)
- Drumstick – 1 small, cut into 11/2" piece
- Green chilly – 3 no's (cut into 2 piece)
- Coconut oil – 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Red chilly, dried – 2 no's, halved
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Coconut scraped – a handful
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Tamarind – 1 tsp
- small onion – 2no's, chopped
- Cumin seeds – 1/8 tsp (half of the 1/4 tsp)
- Red chilly powder – 2 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
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- Prawns shelled and deveined, wash and keep aside
- Roast all the items except red chilly powder and coriander powder with little coconut oil until it is brown in color over simmer
- Stir in red chilly and coriander powder after removing the pan from the stove
- Grind to a fine paste with little water and keep aside
- Heat coconut oil in a earthen ware or a wok, crackle mustard seeds, red chilly halved and curry leaves
- Add small onion cubes, drumstick pieces and green chilly, sauté with salt to taste, until the oil separates
- Stir in masala paste and salt to taste and bring to boil
- Add prawns, cover and cook for 3-4 mins, after that keep the lid half covered and cook for 2-3 mins over simmer until the prawns curl
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Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has stoked the fire regarding the widely reported impending transfer of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Spaniard's social media movements have caused reason for excitement amongst Arsenal fans despite Alexis Sanchez's likely departure.
Reports this week have claimed that troublesome Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang is soon to be on his way to the Emirates as a replacement for Sanchez, and after failing to turn up to a team meeting last week, the Gabon international was left out of the Dortmund squad this weekend - with director Michael Zorc hinting at his imminent sale.
And now, in a day and age where every footballer's social media activity is thrust under the microscope, Arsenal full back Bellerin has followed Aubameyang on both Instagram and Twitter.
Has something like this ever actually been proven to be true?
There always seems to be players following clubs or other players that immediately cause fans to go absolutely nuts with anticipation, but these movements are never mentioned again, or brought up once the transfer has (or hasn't) gone through.
No one seems to have picked up that the 22-year-old also follows Tesla Motors Club; are Arsenal about to announce Elon Musk?
Take these things with a pinch of salt, everyone. Aubameyang's Instagram is pretty fun to follow so it could merely be the entertainment factor that's drawn in the speedy defender.
On another hand, maybe everyone has gotten the wrong end of the stick here... perhaps Dortmund are preparing to announce Bellerin.
Thankfully for the full back, Aubameyang returned the favour. There's nothing more embarrassing than when you go out of your way to follow someone and they air you.
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Coming up with topics to discuss at safety meetings is not as difficult as it may appear. There are a large number of main safety categories with hundreds of sub-categories for in-depth discussions.
It is important to remember that you do need to keep your topics relevant - forklift safety is obviously not going to be an issue on a site that doesn't possess any forklifts. Another key thing to do is get your workers involved in your discussions as it will help them retain the information and may also uncover new areas to explore.
Don't forget to take a walk around your construction site on regular occasions. Even on the safest sites, you are likely to notice at least one issue that requires improvement. Make notes of what you see and review any information available on any accidents that have occurred on the site, no matter how minor they appear to be. On top of all of this, make sure you always consider the largest areas of safety violations that apply to your site.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
PPE issues apply to any construction site. Almost any site will require the use of hard hats and protective eyewear. Your site may not require metatarsal work boots, but certain footwear would be a violation, so ensure this information is communicated to all. Consider the in-depth requirements of each mandatory safety item and discuss why the protection is required.
Have a discussion about hard hats. Your workers need to understand that this requirement provides more than just impact protection. Hard hats also protect against electrical shock and burns. Discuss the fact that hard hats have expiration dates and must be replaced after any signs of damage.
Protective eyewear is not designed just for certain employees. Anyone on a site can come into contact with flying or falling debris. Sparks from welding or a bad electrical connection can travel several feet. Chemical splashes or even exposure to gases are also reasons for using the right PPE, so ensure that these issues are regularly discussed.
Use a meeting to talk about protective footwear as well. The right boots are required for many reasons. Workers feet must be protected from falling objects. In addition, the soles of the boots must prevent sharp objects from contacting the foot, while also providing a slip-resistant surface.
You now have three topics for in-depth discussion. Next, look at the work being performed on your site. Do workers need gloves or face shields? Should employees be wearing reflective vests? Are your workers exposed to loud noises? Is respiratory protection required? Each of these subjects must be considered and if the PPE is required, your workers need to understand why.
Fall protection
Failure to provide or use fall protection, or use the protection correctly, is a major safety issue. When you look at the number of categories under fall protection, you should have material for quite a few safety meetings. Begin with the use of the right PPE for fall safety. Your workers need to know when safety harnesses are required, and how to use them.
Employees must also know how to use ladders correctly. They need to understand weight limitations, setting the proper angle and securing footing. Ladders must be inspected for damage before use and do your employees know that ladders should not be painted? Paint or the addition of stickers can hide damage.
Fall protection for scaffolding and open manholes can also be discussed in depth. In addition, you must consider topics for slip and trip issues. A cluttered work area is an invitation for injury. Extension cords across walkways present both a trip hazard and an electrical hazard.
First aid and emergency safety
First aid and emergency safety procedures are often forgotten in safety discussions. However, all employees do need to understand basic first aid procedures and the location of first aid supplies.
Workers must know what to do in an emergency. Include topics about the proper use of a fire extinguisher and how to evacuate the work site safely. In the event of an evacuation, your workers should have a designated meeting place and a responsible party to report to.
Learn about what safety violations are the most frequent
If you find yourself running out of ideas, go over a list of the most frequently cited violations. During 2013, falls in construction were cited as the most common cause of major injury to employees.
Also on the list were:
Most construction sites will encounter the majority of the issues on the list above and therefore gives you plenty of reasons to carry out regular safety meetings. It is crucial you do all you can to ensure that the amount of accidents occurring on your site are severely reduced and hopefully completely eradicated.
Your weekly safety meeting may only last 15 minutes, but it is still important that it takes place. When you look at the number of hours of information available, there is no reason to run out of topics to discuss. Remember there is also no harm in repeating topics every few months as this ensures that the information stays fresh in the minds of your employees.
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In the UK, Outdoor Classroom Day celebrations are led by the charity Learning through Landscapes as part of the international Dirt is Good movement.
The aim of the campaign is to see outdoor playtime protected and outdoor lessons increased to a weekly occurrence.
That's because encouraging children to learn outside the classroom leads to better immune systems and a greater sense of environmental responsibility. Hence, 'Dirt is Good'.
However, as the campaign has evolved, education practitioners have found many other reasons to celebrate outdoor learning…
Outdoor learning is vital to child development and teaching quality. Here are some of the most significant benefits children will see when their teachers take learning outside.
Curious how outdoor teaching leads to all this? Let's take a look in more detail…
There's a lot to be said for 'breaking the mould' in schools. When you take teaching out of the classroom, you remind your pupils that learning is not restricted to one situation.
This means that pupils used to learning in non-structured ways are much more likely to continue those processes elsewhere. Therefore, teaching outdoors will develop inquisitive minds, always ready to learn
When children are in a different environment, they tend to engage in different ways and make new friends.
Even if you do the same or similar activities to usual, moving the classroom to the ever-changing outdoors will refresh the content. Furthermore, the excitement of being away from their desks will mean pupils are unlikely to be bothered by the mixing up of social groups!
As class sizes increase, many schools struggle to find enough room for efficient teaching and comfortable learning. If a teacher is stressed about space or if a pupil is uncomfortable, very little learning is going to take place!
There is simply a need to provide more space for less money. You can even use the same covered area for outdoor dining or to allow 'outdoor' playtime even in the rain.
A beaker of paint-water knocked over in the classroom can send a whole art lesson into disarray. When you take carpet tiles and plaster walls out of the equation, you also remove a great deal of stress!
Lots of children don't get enough opportunity to express themselves creatively. However with an outdoor classroom and less time spent on extensive clean-ups, teachers can offer far more artistic lesson plans.
Canopied outdoor classrooms are now increasingly widespread. In fact, our own range of outdoor classrooms are hugely popular across the UK.
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I reach for one of my (many) sketchbooks....
...unfinished pencil drawings of fleeting images in my head.
my most favorite subjects to sketch are, of course, Hallowe'en related :)
some are a little scary, like the screaming pumpkin-guy below...
I'll be offering the finished works as prints and notecards in my Etsy shop soon...
I'll be using my watercolors to bring all of these sketches to life ~
a small sleeping witch, tired from picking her perfect pumpkin ~
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Antique c1885 Salt Lake City Utah Police Shield Badge – Obsolete. Quarter in next to last photo for scale. The last photo is of an article that appeared in the Salt Lake City – Daily Herald on 8/28/1885. In Excellent Antique Condition – Fully Functional Pin and Clasp – Tarnish Commensurate with Age and Use. IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE CURRENT ISSUE BADGE OR ANY OTHER BADGE WORN BY THIS DEPARTMENT IN OVER 100 YEARS. The item "Antique c1885 Salt Lake City Utah Police Shield Badge Obsolete" is in sale since Saturday, October 5, 2019. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Police\Badges\ Obsolete\US". The seller is "imgonnamissyou" and is located in Austin, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States.
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Our college theme for 2017-2018 is "Better Together." This year we are truly Better Together with our very first all-college plenary event! All plenary activities (the keynote on Thursday, the workshops, and the general session) are designed to create an environment where learning is valued for all Palomar employees!
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Anxious mom Khloe Kardashian settles back into work
Khloe Kardashian felt a "little anxiety" when she left her daughter to go back to work.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star - who has two-month-old daughter True with her partner Tristan Thompson - admits she was nervous about being away from her daughter.
She shared: "It has definitely caused me a little anxiety. The days leading up to my very first day back were tough, but once I started going through the motions, everything fell into place. It's like riding a bike! On my first day back, True was perfect while I was gone. Plus, coming home was soooo much fun - I acted like I hadn't seen her in forever!"
The 34-year-old television personality feels lucky to be able to take True with her to work. She added in a post on her official website and app: "I've never had to juggle a baby and work at the same time, so it'll be interesting to see how I'll learn to handle everything.
"Women do it every single day, so I know I'll get through it - I'm just anxious because it's the unknown. But, I'm so fortunate and blessed that I have a job where I'm allowed to bring my daughter pretty often."
Meanwhile, Khloe previously insisted that motherhood is "amazing" but is a big "adjustment".
Asked by a fan how she is coping with motherhood, she wrote on Twitter: "Honestly it's amazing! Of course it's an adjustment but it's so beautiful! Sometimes I don't know what day it is or I don't get a shower LOL but she is finally on a great sleep schedule so I get adult time which is awesome! (sic)"


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Merlin (Faucon émerillon) and others
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I love the sound of Long tailed Ducks too......but they are a little scarce in my part of the world.ReplyDelete
I haven't heard Long-tailed Ducks, nor seen a Merlin, but really enjoyed seeing your images of bothReplyDelete
Hello David.
Beautiful series of images.
Ducks from photo 4 though 8 I've never seen.
This are magnificent species.
The last picture is sublime.
Best regards, Irma
It's rare I see more than one Long tailed Duck so have yet to experience their chattering. If it's similar to the calls and behaviour of GoldenEye's then I would be impressed.ReplyDelete
Any day which includes a Merlin is rather special.Replies
For me it's quite the opposite, Phil, I rarely see a lone bird. Sometimes they are in rafts numbering in the hundreds.Delete
Beautiful walk you made, beautiful pictures of all the animals.ReplyDelete
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A super account of a very worthwhile diversion, David. I believe that a Merlin would be a 'life bird' for me. I'm rather fond of Long-tailed Ducks, but have only seen them in pairs, on the coast of Scotland in winter, but I have heard their delightful chattering.ReplyDelete
I hope that all is well with you both - have a great one!
Merry Christmas to you and your family !ReplyDelete
Seagull giant is beautiful. I like ducks and birds from the last photograph is wonderful. Regards.ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas and have a great 2015.ReplyDelete
The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends…ReplyDelete
Best Wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!
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I am writing to apologise for my moment of insanity when I intimated that my bins could be discarded in favour of a more favourable pursuit.
This lapse was brought about by the continued inclement Lancashire weather which for a number of days has preventing me from taking photographs, birdwatching or bird ringing. You will be pleased to hear that following a couple of glasses of red wine followed by a tot or two of Canadian Club and a good night's sleep I believe that I am fully cured.
Rest assured I will be patrolling Pilling in the very near future and I look forward to you following my further adventures as normal.
Best wishes for tomorrow and the New Year and please give my best regards to your understanding wife.
I am now going to hang up my stocking and wish for a full frame Merlin.
The Long-tailed Ducks are superb David. Have a merry christmas.ReplyDelete
The estate is really beautiful, David. I can imagine that it's very decorative for weddings. I have never heard of the Long Tailed Duck before. Such a beauty. That tail is gorgeous.The Merlin was indeed a fantastic present to see. I agree, you had a great catch that day. Greetings, JokeReplyDelete
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What a great house. That's not bad to live.
You've made wonderful shots of it.
I wish you a Merry Christmas!!
Best regards,
A beautiful country house and a beautiful converted think. Ideal for shooting birds. Pictures of ducks I find really beautiful. A kind I have never seen.ReplyDelete
I wish you a very merry Christmas.
Greetings, Helma
Hi David!ReplyDelete
Sorry I missed this post but I had such computer problems that I decided to go Apple Mac!
So that is what I got for Xmas but it's a whole new approach, I love it though!
What a lovely post, those Long tailed ducks are true beauties!
Congrats for the falcon, their are usual easy to approach :)
very beautiful, as always pictures.
Thank visits throughout the year and wish you a 2015 full of peace, happiness and good health.
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UK artist, MC and rapper Linguistics spoke to Goal.com about his love for the Cottagers, his latest EP release and more as part of the leading football website's Goal Playlist series.
The South-London based rapper also spoke about the importance of Fulham keeping hold young starlet Ryan Sessegnon, with the 18-year-old England Under-21 international likely to attract interest from other Premier League clubs in the January transfer window.
Linguistics started out as a hip-hop MC, however, while at University in Bristol he became heavily involved with the D&B scene, with his career taking a huge leap in 2012 when he began working with legendary DJ and producer, Friction.
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His new EP 'Self-Medicated' shows a more reflective direction – a frank and honest personal insight rarely seen so far. Co-produced with childhood friend Charlie P (Jorja Smith, Maverick Sabre) amongst others, the record documents the rapper's struggle with depression and anxiety.
The first taste of the EP was the single 'Run', which you can now listen to along with a whole host of other banging tunes on the Goal Music Playlist on Spotify.
Linguistics has also added 11 tracks to the Fulham FC fan playlist, which you read about by clicking here.
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Nuke Studio's timeline is designed to provide shot management, conform, and playback capabilities for people creating visual effects and delivers visual effects sequences without resorting to other third party applications. These are the topics covered:
• Using Tags tells you how to quickly sort or filter source clips and shots for better visibility, organization, and export.
• Viewing Metadata describes how to examine extra clip data and filter your project to find the footage you need.
• Conforming Sequences describes the process of matching up the footage from a shoot with the required edit decisions to create a meaningful timeline.
• Managing Timelines describes the timeline interface and how to add and manage footage on timelines.
• Soft Effects tells you how to add real-time GPU effects to timeline shots.
• Create Comp explains the difference between comps and regular shots and how to create and manage them.
• Annotations allow you to add editorial comments to your timeline output, enabling collaborative work between Nuke Studio and other Nuke workstations.
• Timeline Editing Tools describes how you manipulate your shots directly in the timeline using a series of modal editorial tools that complement the Multi Tool.
• Versions and Snapshots describes how to record the different states of your workflow as you progress using versions and snapshots.
• Exporting from Nuke Studio deals primarily with Nuke Studio's shot management and export functionality when you're farming out shots or sequences to other artists. It also deals with presets, which dictate how Create Comp passes data between the Timeline and Compositing environments.
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A connected day in enterprise security
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Check emails
Use biometric authentication to login to corporate email on phone
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Tap a phone onto a reader to enter the office building, using secured NFC access
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Pay for a coffee using NFC in the staff canteen using a prepaid account stored on phone
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Use a phone to provide second factor authentication to gain access to laptop using a One Time Password generator
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Provide purchase approval using biometric sensor on handset use PKI credential
Trustonic Application Protection (TAP) brings a unique combination of both software- and hardware-based security to all areas of mobile enterprise services.
Using one API set, apps need to be developed just once and a single application is built, supporting both hardware and software security. Trustonic's hardware security delivers a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), which is an mechanism supported by the main processor on a device which enables a secure operating system and Trusted Applications (TAs) to run on it. Trustonic's software based security delivers industry leading FIPS certified white box cryptography and sophisticated application protection mechanisms.


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Account Reconciliation
Office of Origin: Finance
Date Adopted: 05-13-08
Date Reviewed: 01-15-12, 11-20-17, 1/23/18
Last Date Modified & Approved: 01-15-12, 11-20-17, 1/23/18
Review of Lake Michigan College's (the College) financial information will be performed on a regular and timely basis.
Financial reports, (e.g., Responsibility Reports, revenue and expense reports, auxiliary financial statements, capital asset reports, payroll reports), will be reviewed for accuracy and completeness upon receipt at the departmental and/or Budget Manager level.
Procedures must be in place in each department and accountability assigned to ensure that such a review occurs by an individual with the requisite knowledge of departmental operations and financial outcomes. In addition, inaccurate or incomplete information identified during the review process must be reported to the Finance Department in a timely manner.
Significant balance sheet accounts must be reconciled at least quarterly by Finance Department staff. Materiality, compliance risk, transaction detail volume, knowledge, and experience of personnel should be considered in the design and implementation of account reconciliation and the subsequent review processes.
Employees who fail to comply with this policy may be subject to disciplinary action ranging from required training to reprimand to loss of Budget Manager role to discharge. The nature and severity of the disciplinary action will be consistent with established College disciplinary procedures.
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12 Jun Judges 6:1
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1 Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hands of Midian seven years.
Do you like music? I DO! I grew up playing the piano and then the trombone all the way through school! Have you ever noticed that there is always a part of a song that repeats itself? It's called a chorus and sometimes you have a chorus in your life, also. Do your parents ever have to repeat themselves? "Clean your room; please clean your room; I asked you to clean your room." The Israelites also had a chorus because they kept repeating evil in the sight of the LORD! Do you keep repeating something for which you need to ask forgiveness from the Lord? Do you need to ask your parents for forgiveness too?


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Trading out those old, plastic light switch plates is a no-brainer. But, it's not as easy to determine what you want to replace them with. Interior decorators offer up custom order options. Big box stores have a whole aisle of goodies to choose from. But, what will be the best choice for your home or office?
Bronze is Modern Decor
While polished pewter or barn wood might be alternative options, bronze switch plates are choices that will fit with nearly any modern decor. Many homeowners are feverishly converting their homes to farmhouse chic styles. Others are embracing a more modern style that features industrial touches. From antique to modern, oiled bronze switch plates are versatile enough to add a cohesive effect to any decor you may choose.
Easily Accessible
Many custom-order options are expensive and take a long time to receive. However, bronze switch plates are pretty much available at local hardware retailers or big box stores. Several bins of bronze accessories are available, including switch plates and outlet covers. Due to the finish popularity, all sizes are easy to find. From single switch plate covers to bronze outlet wall plates, these choices are simple to find.
DIY Friendly
Because you may not be a carpenter or master electrician, it's encouraging to know that switch plates and outlet covers are easy to install. You don't need any special tools — just a screwdriver. All you have to do is turn a few screws and replace a couple of wires. Any do-it-yourselfer can master this upgrade.
Looks Expensive
Bronze switch plates upgrade your home with a finish that looks expensive. Homeowners are consistently looking for ways to make their homes look more extravagant. This is a simple way to add flair to your interior. Additionally, when you match up the finish for your faucets, drawer pulls, cabinet knobs and other elements, it helps bring a cohesive look to your home. That, alone, makes your home look more put together and lavish.
Updates using bronze switch plates are much more affordable than other projects you might choose to take on. New flooring, light fixtures and furniture can add up quickly, taking a sincere toll on your pocket book. However, adding a few bronze wall plates here and there is an inexpensive way to bring your home's decor together. And, because the switch plates are easily accessible from many retailers, you can shop around for the most economical options.


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Reverb has been working a feature-length film about guitar pedals, titled The Pedal Movie: For the first time ever, the story of guitar pedals and effects will be told by the people who make them and the artists that use them. Coming this summer, The Pedal Movie—Reverb's first-ever feature-length film—will dive into the culture of pedals and tell the story of how a small … [Read more...]
Eastman Romeo-SC
One of the new guitars that Eastman announced at the NAMM show was the Romeo-SC: Romeo-SC is the first Eastman guitar to include a lipstick style pickup, via Seymour Duncan's Vintage Stack in the neck - in addition to a Seymour Duncan '59 pickup in the bridge. This allows for an incredibly versatile range of tones that seduces the imagination from all genres. It's also the … [Read more...]
Ampire: The Sound of Music
Ampire looks like it could be an interesting movie: Ampire is a feature length film which takes a fun peek into the evolution of 'Sound': the Amp and the ever changing voice it has given the guitar. Ampire is loaded with laughs, great behind the scenes stories, little known facts and even a few secrets. All new, never before seen interviews with artists and band members of … [Read more...]
Confessions of a Guitar Hoarder
Steve Housewright, a self-professed guitar hoarder, writing for minimalism.life: Guitar hoarding is still around. Social media is filled with people who share their latest instrument purchases. It's an illness and they lovingly know it! People post photos of guitar collections that fill entire rooms. Once the guitar-collecting compulsion takes hold, you seldom can give it … [Read more...]
Hawaiian Classics and Hawaiian Favorites by Hal Leonard
Aloha! I'm back with Part 2 of my Hawaiian/Island-themed and I have a lovely collection of two books for your consideration: Hawaiian Favorites and Hawaiian Classics. Both books feature 8 songs each, standard notation and chord boxes (no TAB), and probably the best thing that can be offered for songs like these: Audio One of the biggest complaints I've run into … [Read more...]


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Yesterday, apart from applying one fix, Windows 10 worked reasonably well. Notifications from my Twitter were appearing as normal in the notifications bar and live in the corner.
Imagine my surprise this morning when I clicked on the notifications and saw that this had all gone back in time to last Thursday. (Today is Saturday.) Nothing from Friday shows up, and nothing overnight shows up.
No system restore has been applied. Windows 10 has simply gone back in time for a day and behaves as though Friday never happened.
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Receiving feedback for the first time — especially criticism — can be difficult without the right preparation. Customer feedback is no exception.
When a company adopts a new customer feedback system, many of its employees won't be used to so many unfiltered customer opinions — and it can take time to help them see this feedback as a valuable resource. Good employees are proud of the expertise they've acquired, and it can be hard for them to receive feedback that challenges their confidence. Without the right support, what should be an enlightening experience can actually cause anxiety and fear — making the transition towards a customer-centric learning culture take longer and feel much more difficult.
So what should companies do to help employees across their organization use customer feedback constructively right from the start?
Of course, a good customer experience management system can go a long way in helping you get useful customer insights to the right people in your company — but there's much more to it than software. There are important cultural and organizational elements to implement as well. Here are strategies that are important in ensuring employees benefit from their new feedback program on day one:
Before feedback starts coming in, coach employees on how to view it and use it
Even the most open-minded, accommodating people tend to react strongly when they're suddenly presented with new perspectives on their performance — or on the performance of their team. And a new feedback program provides these perspectives in spades.
Well before new feedback starts coming in, companies should talk to their employees about the best mindset with which to approach it. Make it clear that good performance isn't just about hitting a target score, but also includes the ability to learn from feedback over time. When employees know feedback won't be used to punish them off-hand, they'll be more willing to come face-to-face with the issues it reveals.
In order to enable this mindset, you'll also have to answer specific questions they have about how feedback will be used. A lot of employee antagonism towards feedback stems from uncertainty about its ultimate purpose. You can nip much of that antagonism in the bud by creating transparency from the start — and framing feedback as an opportunity for the entire team to learn.
When possible, let employees resolve customer issues they're responsible for.
Customer feedback creates visibility for individual employees about the customer issues they're responsible for. Companies can make this visibility less discouraging by letting employees play a role in resolving those issues. Whether or not they're the one to actually follow up with the customer, an employee's first-hand knowledge of the initial interaction can inspire the proper fix. Best Western employs this strategy by allowing individual properties to respond to the reviews customers post about them on social media sites — and as a result, employees at many of these properties now actively advocate for increased engagement with social feedback across the entire organization.
You can take this strategy a step further by letting employees share learnings from these resolutions with others in the organization. Give them a public space to record the strategies they used and how well they worked. In isolation, resolving a customer's issue can feel like merely cleaning up a mess. But when others can learn from the experience, it becomes a way for employees to contribute to the business.
Ensure supervisors are available for frequent, ongoing coaching
When new feedback starts coming in, employees often find themselves stuck between existing processes and changing customer needs. Coaching from leaders in the company or business unit can help them chart the right course forward. Leaders should continue to promote the progress-driven mindset established before the feedback starts flowing — and should model the attitude in their own behavior as well. Leaders at the hotel company Extended Stay demonstrate serious commitment strategy, with CEO Jim Donald having traveled over 200,000 miles and visited hundreds of properties to offer advice and encouragement to their teams.
In addition to creating better-prepared employees and better-informed leaders, this strategy shows employees that the entire company is committed to learning from customer feedback — and won't just blame employees for every moment of customer dissatisfaction.
Use customer feedback to showcase success stories in addition to challenges
A good learning experience doesn't only focus on what people are doing wrong. Chances are, fresh sources of customer feedback won't just shed new light on what your employees need to work on, but also what they are doing well. Be sure to share plenty of these successes publicly — including both individual successes and areas in which entire teams are doing well. The Russian telco Beeline has found several ways to celebrate these sorts of successes — including a weekly email from its CEO celebrating strong individual performances across the entire company.
At the most basic level, being complimented for a specific success is very motivating, and helps employees view customer feedback more objectively. But it can also provide clarity and preserve positive momentum. On its own, continuous visibility into customer issues can instill doubt in general about how employees should be doing their jobs. Highlight their successes to keep them from losing sight of their strengths.
These strategies can all smooth the transition to a new feedback program, but don't let them fall to the wayside once that transition is done. New customer feedback eventually leads to larger systemic changes in your customer experience — meaning your employees will be faced with more fundamental changes to how they do their jobs. Employee ownership, strong support a keen learning culture can continue to keep them motivated and excited about what's in store.


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I shifted house, hmmm more like a "room". Cause houses in SG to rent is definitely a price that I couldn't afford. Google it if you're interested to know lol
I decided to shift my house due to loads of reason. And boyf decided to move in together also. Boyf came to SG to further his study also. We were in Long Distance Relationship (LDR) for approx 9 months. LDR just suck ttm, but I'm glad that we afford to get it through together and now we're staying in the same house.I dint expect this to come, previously he's still thinking of whether he should further his study at Aussie or not. But guess where he is now. Anyway the main reason he came is not because of me. Is the academic wise.
Anyway, I don't know whether isit a good thing or not for us to stay together, people would say we would get really bored with each other after some time but I still hope everything goes well between us.
Been very serious busy packing up things like mad.
Left to the right to the up to the down.
Everything is still in a mess now.
Boyf is sick and so do I.
We don't have a car in SG, we shifted everything by WALKING under the hot sun. Imagine that.
And we're SICK !
God, why u made my life so hard.
Look at this mess. And his idiot expression.
He looks like he dig hard his nose and finally get the shit out of his nose. LOLLLL
And look at this mess.
I'm just so lazy to tidy it up. SO-TIRED
gotta stop craping here and continue to clean and tidy up my room.
Please come back soon, there's loads of blogpost is not up yet. Will get them out after we settle down our new stay.


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Late Cambrian - Yearbook Photo
Info: Brooklyn, New York indie-pop trio Late Cambrian today release their latest single, 'Yearbook Photo', the second release from their upcoming EP, Dark Heart. In slight contrast to their last album, Golden Time, which featured here before their first ever Irish date in Dublin back in September, 2014, the band have delved further into electro-pop territory vs. the more alternative indie sounds of that album.
'Yearbook Photo' does the simple things well, it's instantly catchy with it's snappy synth intro, the harmony on the vocals between main singers John and 'O' giving it a MGMT meets Passion Pit feel. One of the main things you take away from the new single though is that the band are enjoying what they're doing at the moment. It feels like they are under no pressure to just keep writing songs for the sake of it, and just one third of the way through 'Yearbook Photo' Late Cambrian have transferred the happy excitement of the music to the listener with total ease.
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The NHL returns to action tonight after a 1-night break and we have two great games to look forward to.
The Islanders and Lightning lift the curtain on their second-round series, followed by Game 7 between the Ducks and Predators.
We're not big fans of starting Round 2 before the first round is done, but hey, it's another game to watch tonight. That's never a bad thing.
No surprise that the Ducks are a big favourite tonight (-170 range at most sportsbooks). Of course we think they'll win but -170 is really high when you consider the series has gone 7 games and Nashville has already won twice in Anaheim. If we were going to bet the game, we'd have to go with the Predators just because of the value, but gut tells us Anaheim finds a way here. Besides, we don't really want to be cheering against our Anaheim series bet, which is also on the line.
We considered passing on the other game tonight as well. We're usually cautious when it comes to betting Game 1 of a new series because teams have been off for a few days, some may still have an emotional hangover from the last series, etc. You never really know what to expect.
However, the odds are just so good on the Islanders that we have to play them tonight. They're an underdog and less likely to win than the Lightning, but +140 is too much value to pass up.
In case you didn't notice yesterday, we also put out our Stanley Cup playoff Round 2 picks (on 3 of the 4 series, since the other series matchup isn't finalized yet). We've gone 6-1 with our Round 1 bets and could go to 7-1 with a Ducks win tonight.
Good luck with whatever you bet, and enjoy the action!
Odds below are at the time we made the pick. Be sure to check out our live odds page for updated odds on today's games.
We're on the Islanders for the series at a similar price, so it makes sense we like them here. New York went 2-1 on the road last round against the Panthers, and there's no reason they can't win elsewhere in Florida as well. The Lightning have been off for a longer stretch of time and could be a bit rusty early. This game seems like more of a toss-up than the odds suggest, so we'll grab the +140 with the dog.
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In my last blog we talked about the scale of risk that we may encounter when having to effect a rescue whilst leading a group on the river, or in any other situation for that matter. In this post I explore the means and principles we can employ as leaders on a river trip to help avoid such situations occurring in the first place... C.L.A.P.
This stands for:
- Communication
- Line of sight
- Avoidance is better than cure
- Position of maximum effectiveness
Communication: Communication is key, but don't wait until half way through a trip when an incident may occur. Start off your day with a safety briefing and by agreeing those river signals (the common ones that I use I'll come onto in a future blog post). A short five minutes introducing those signals and even practicing them on the bank side for those unaware of them could well be invaluable on the river, saving us time and potential issues later on the river.
Signals can in our environment be more useful than you think, so it's important to set some time aside in your briefing to run through them with your group, especially if they are new to your group and regularly use other signals or indeed have never used signals before.
Line of sight: Line of sight to your group is really important as a leader. It is hard to lead a group that can't see you, or who you cannot see. As a good leader you will always maintain line of site with at least one group member and make sure that the line of sight can be extended up the line of paddlers and bring into play the above principles about communication and signalling. This involves the deployment of your river running strategies which I have covered here briefly and will expand upon in future blogs.
Avoidance is better than cure: This speaks for itself really - if you can avoid an incident then that's got to be better than carrying out a rescue. If you can avoid a nasty looking hole then simply go around it.
Position of maximum effectiveness: Position for a leader is being in the best position to effectively manage your group and situation. When selecting that position consider what your group would do. If you sit below a particularly nasty hole, will your position draw them towards you and that hole or the safe route around it? If the route around it is too hard for the group to make then the most effective position would be below the hole to quickly effect a rescue. The dynamics and skill of your group will be the important determining factor here.
If, after following the above advice and you do end up with a swimmer then look first at the scale of risk in our Shout/Reach/Throw/Row/Go scale before effecting a rescue.
Happy paddling and keep safe...


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We are pleased to announce that in January 2019 we were awarded the Liverpool Reading Quality Mark, achieving the Gold level, in recognition of our ongoing efforts to promote the joys of reading across our whole school community. This is a real honour and we as a school are delighted to have achieved this high standard.
Inspectors were impressed with the commitment of staff and students across the school to fostering a love of the written word and it is a particular testament to the work of Ms Gillen (our librarian) who has put so much time and effort into leading this initiative, supported by Mrs Westwood. The news comes as we get ready to celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 7th March.


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Douglas Palmer got wind of a classified CIA program to create board games to train spies, so he used a series of Freedom of Information Act requests to get copies of two of these games: the first is called "Kingpin: The Hunt for El Chapo" and the second (which the CIA revealed to a SXSW audience in 2017) is called "Collection Deck."
Motherboard took both games to a panel of esteemed board-game designers and asked them to review them; the consensus is that they're pretty good as games, but that the designs prioritize training over gameplay, and that further work would be needed to commercialize them.
The games have real designer pedigree: Kingpin's co-developer is Volko Ruhnke whose game-design credits include Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001-? and Cuba Libre.
"I think it would compel new analysts to start thinking about interrelationships and countermeasures, and do so in a way that's both educational and fun." He thinks it succeeds at accomplishing the goal laid out in the game's introduction to "familiarize intelligence analysts with manhunting methodology."
But, Matthews says, it's clear that both games are for education first, and fun second. "If you were going to try and make them commercial games, they'd require a couple of rounds of refinement to increase the 'gaminess' of them, for lack of a better term," he says. "They're not focused so much on giving players the satisfaction of winning and losing."
Crapuchettes notices that education-first aspect in Kingpin's "referee" role, a sort-of neutral moderator that makes sure certain secret information like dice rolls remain hidden to the correct players. It seems to be meant to be played by an Agency instructor overseeing the game, rather than a player looking to have a good time. "If you had a group of friends that want to play, there's likely not someone who wants to moderate—that's probably not really the fun job," he said. "It'd be something you'd want an app to do."
We Asked Game Designers If the CIA's El Chapo Board Game Is Any Good [Michael Gaynor/Motherboard]


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Pace has a team of public relations specialists to help bring your brand into the limelight and attract the desired attention of your target audience. Pace has what it takes to really tell a story and how to create compelling, newsworthy content. Having been in the industry for over 50 years, we know how to develop creative communication strategies and know who to contact on your behalf- from engaging traditional media outlets to collaborating with bloggers and influencers, Pace has all of your publicity needs covered. Pace provides a full range of PR services including media relations, branding & positioning, content creation, community engagement and more.
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finding little good things
I am inexplicably pro fried egg with toast, but anti egg-in-a-hole. Which is fried egg inside a piece of toast. There is no rational argument I can use to explain this. I keep trying to make one. Nope.
While making fried eggs with son #2 we discovered one of them was sending us a message. Interestingly enough, the heart only appeared when the egg was sunny side up. The moment it went over hard, it disappeared.
Son #1 had a hard day yesterday too. He had an audition at school on violin and I was volunteering with the orchestra. I managed somehow to show EVERYONE else the site-reading exercises that they were supposed to look at prior to their audition. Except him.
He was stunned and froze and panicked and worried that he had botched his audition so badly that he wouldn't be allowed back in orchestra. Any words of encouragement from mom were firmly rebuffed. Because he was trying really hard to hold it together and kind words might make him fall apart. Which is not acceptable in fourth grade. Or as a boy. Or as a Scandinavian-Minnesotan.
It is a terrible thing to see your worst traits reflected back in your children. Crap. And we are back to a single bad thing coloring the whole day.
Happily the school librarian noticed his distress and administered several Garfield books to be read immediately before allowing him to return to class. And by the end of the day things were fine.
Maybe we can learn together to let bad moments go by. Make them fleeting. To not let one negative thing taint the whole day. To look for little positives and big positives and string them together while letting go of the things that drag us down.
P.S. I saved instrumental music. A note from the principal sent out to all parents last week:
"On that note, I am happy to report that
we have found a way to incorporate the opportunity for our 4th grade students to continue to learn a string instrument as part of the school day with our own Yinghua music specialists... A special thanks to several parents, Ms.___, and ____ Laoshi who put their heads together with me to help solve this potentially challenging situation!"
P.P.S. I have no energy to save anything else on the corporate level
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Today we'll explain a little about what makes those born under the zodiac sign of Aries tick. We'll also look at the flowers you can use to make them smile on their birthday or any day of the year you want to surprise them with a thoughtful gift.
Traits of an Aries
People born under the sign of Aries are as spirited a character you could ever hope to meet. They are headstrong and adventurous with an unbridled passion that drives them ever forward. They are progressive minded and bring an enthusiastic touch to everything they try their hand at.
However, that vitality also comes at a cost. Aries is an astrological sign well known for its hard-headed and stubborn characteristics. The enthusiasm they are so loved for can often turn into aggression and confrontation.
- Adventurous
- Courageous
- Passionate
- Open to new things
- Enthusiastic
- Stubborn
- Confrontational
- Impulsive
- Indisciplined
- Aggressive
The perfect flower for an Aries
Red roses
Strong passionate red roses are obviously a great choice for the equally strong and passionate Aries woman or man.
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Hi all,
I've been thinking about the question, "are we as composers/sample users also performers?" This was born out of a couple of things: first, everytime I go to register a new piece with my PRO, I'm forced to list the instrumentation of the work and then the performer(s). It always feels weird listing "Vienna Symphonic Library" or "David Carovillano" as the performer, even though I often play parts in, rather than simply edit midi data. Second, also tying in to this was an article I read that tried to argue that percussionists are not musicians but rather technicians, because many aspects of musicianship are not required to "bang on a drum in time" (as a distilation of the main argument).
This had me thinking that when we create our performances using samples, are we essentially acting as technicians and not performers? Here are my arguments for and against the thought of also being a performer in addition to the composer:
We're performers because:
-we interpret our music and carefully consider many/all of the same things a live performer would (articulation choices, dynamics, phrasing, tempo, etc.)
-we may phsyically be able to play parts in due to advanced keyboard skills
We're not performers because:
-even if we play parts in, we're almost always going to edit data after, and a performer would have no such benefit in a live performance situation
-much of performance training/skill is the ability to not only perform the material, but to do so under the stress of live performance with an audience, and further, to connect with the audience in ways that go beyond the simple mechanics of playing notes
As a further aside, one might also suggest that to the outside world, if you were to present a mockup of your music and the audience loved it, they would more likely credit the "computer" for the performance, more than your skills in realizing the work through samples...I hear almost daily from people outside our realm, when they hear a piece of mine, "wow, computers are really close to making humans obsolete!" They never consider the skill/learning process/time that goes in to making a mockup.
So, while this is really not the most pressing issue, I'm curious as to how others view the work they do. When you use samples are you simply a technician adjusting cc curves, tweaking knobs, etc. or are you also the performer of your own work?
Who said that about percussionists? That makes me mad because it is utter stupidity - a percussionist has to know how to play all the instruments, and is a drummer as well. I would like the fool who said that to go up against a great jazz drummer, a master of timpani, of the vibes, etc. etc. I just recently heard an incredibly difficult piece for timpani and orchestra.
But on the question in general I have had actual problems with "performer" listings. There is some confusion with performing rights organizations, companies like CD Baby, etc.
Artistically I feel one is mainly a composer/arranger when using samples, though there is a lot of performance skill involved obviously. Just listen to a masterful use of samples by Guy Bacos or Christian Kardeis and the difference between that and ordinary MIDI is immense. So it is a special niche of performance as well as composition.
We live in times dominated by "performers": no more people sculpting or painting, just "performing". And what about "installers"? Why to exclude ourselves from such a league? After all, we spend so much time installing sounds on our machines!
Seriously, I agree with you Dave on the pros and cons of seeing us as performers. Maybe more from the conductor's point of view of the business, "teaching" musicians how to deal a part, crafting the overall sound to express the feeling the right way — at least the way we hear it in our head.
Interesting topic.
PS About percussionists, as William's post was published while I was writing mine: many years ago I attended Philippe Herrewege conducting one of his ensembles were a timpanist has my attention all the concert long for her touchful mastery.
Actually, we all know the answer from what we're doing.
But first I want to come back on a quote from yesterday. A lot of forum members regularly post their own version of existing (classical) works. I guess (and I count myself in) they are mostly doing so to gather more skills in using the rich VSL libraries. It goes without saying that this takes a long and intensive learning process. It's a lot easier to start with good existing music. Then one doens't have to bother about structure, harmony, progressions, rhythmic patterns... It's already there and it is excellent as it is. The only matter remaining is the performance (interpretation and execution, after the meticulous search for the most apt articulations). Of course the ultimate goal of our labour (and that is what it it is) consists of creating our own compositions and consequently perform them as a kind of replacement/alternative for the barely existing possibility of a live performance.
To the point now. My answer is simple: we are composers, musicians, creating in any manner new our traditional work and want it desperately played for an audience. Music is communication and communication needs at least an ear to listen to it. Comments afterwards are welcome, but not necessary. That's why we chose the difficult alternative of virtual music. (I hate the senseless word 'mockup' in this context. There's no mockery involved here.) Therefore we necessarily have to be technicians imposing ourselves to deal with knobs, sliders, CCs, key switches, etc. Sculpting sounds/instruments is not a composer's business, but do we have another choice? We can sit back with our paper versions until a fairy comes down and takes us to the musical heaven were every note will be performed brilliantly. Alas, that can be centuries beyond our graves, or...never.
On the other hand, let's be extremely happy that we live in such wonderful times where all this is possible. I can still see myself writing hundreds of hanwritten scores and multiplying them to be performed with my chamber orchestra, until... until the first computer entered the house. The notation program MusicPrinter Plus did the job and played back everything notated. Wasn't that wonderful? And things went fast. Some 20 years later, we have a more then decent philharmonic orchestra at our fingertips.
Are we performers? Some are, some aren't, depending on the point of view. Is a performer someone playing in all the notes (in a concert-like way)? Or is he the patient manual enterer of a note-by-note score? One is a lot faster than the other, but the final result can be the same after hours/days of tweaking. Is the computer the performer (with VSL and other libraries)? Definitely not. A machine doesn't perform, it simply acts as a transmitter of human creativity which will always come first. Can a computer compose? Maybe, if composing limits itself to recreating technical rules and conventions (harmonic structures, strict musical phrases, guitar chords, pitch bound accompaniments...) neatly entered again... by humans in programs.
So I think we're some kind of octopusses with a certain skill at each arm and we try to leave one arm free to conduct our work. At least in our heads.
I would make a distiction between performing and interpretation. What we do is interpretation, and I would disagree about crediting the computer, people know that a computer doesn't have feelings, so the moment your interpretation has expression and touches you, it is because of your personal interpretation. With my experience dealing with professional musicians, the praise went to the programmer while being impressed with the technology involved. So I wouldn't over estimate the function of the machine here.
I was formulating my thoughts about the subject. In the meantime Guy gave his answer about perfomance and interpretation, and that simple answer cleared the things up as for me. So I deleted most I had written.
Concerning the person that said, that a percussionist is not a musician,... when I had to worry about all things that people say, I had no life, so... but he doesn't know what he is talking about...
I compare working with samples and "interprete" the music often with "painting" a reality. The samples and all the other tools are the paint, and I use them to make a painting of a performance of a piece of music. I explain to people often, when I'm talking about this in a conversation, that when you have for example blue and green paint, you can make a picture, but for making a real sky and a real meadow you need to do more than just put that paint on the canvas. (But it is just "a" comparison).
I like that analogy about painting and in fact said something similar somewhere, how the samples are almost like colors on a pallette of the "painter" composer.
Both digital video allowing high quality cinema images created by one person instead of a whole studio, and sampled orchestra performance created by one person are incredibly powerful developments in artistic history. The process of getting live performances is almost more schmoozing than music, just like getting a Hollywood (or other) studio to do one's own film ideas is almost ALL schmoozing. But with the tools that now exist a person can work on symphonic music or cinema in the same way a solo painter or novelist creates his own work.
Jos you had Music Printer Plus? So did I - I still love that program. In fact I was trying to get it to work recently but couldn't. It produces notation a lot like typeset music in old books. Especially those horizontal slurs. I guess it is nostalgia that makes me fond of it.
All interesting and valid perspectives.
On a very small side note, because I fear I may have misquoted, the article in question was read several years ago and I tried to find the magazine but couldn't. Anyway, I do believe the article specifically referred to "drummers" and not "percussionists." Just to clarify because I believe within the article I recall the author specifically excluding those trained and performing the variety of orchestral percussion instruments. Again, it was a long time ago, but when thinking of the question today, that article flashed back in my memory.
Wonderful discussion topic, and everyone has added something meaningful to think about. This is a truly remarkable community of musicians/composers/arrangers/conductors/performers/interpreters!
I think a new vocabulary is called for to describe making music with samples. For the end product I like the term midi-performance instead of mock-up. Perhaps we could call ourselves midi-artists which would encompas all of the various things we do to bring our creations to life.
I think you're right about the vocabulary. As I mentioned above, mock-up has too many connotations of something being made rediculous, falsification, without any value, phoney, fake... Since I'm not a native English speaker, some sensitiviness of the correct word might escape in my phrasings, but mock-up seems a bad choice of expression for what we're doing. As to midi-performance, this would be a far better term, but not fully covering the content and nature of creating a virtual instrument performance in a complete virtual environment. Midi is already a bit outdated and there's a lot more than only the fidling with CCs and switches, enveloppes. Midi doesn't say anything about interpretation, emotion, musical feel, phrasing, building-up and tension... So let's create another topic as some sort of competition to find the most fitting expression for what we ('re trying to) do here.
As a native English speaker, I agree with everything you said about the term "mock-up" and the conotations associated with the term. So let's get rid of that term.
It is true that these technological advances have given us the chance to express our musical thoughts convincingly and to essentially create defacto performances of our music without reliance on others. But at the same time, this presents a new set of problems. First, we may respond to the challenges of getting live performances and the politics that often surrounds the ability to break through and get the orchestras and chamber ensembles to recognize us and our work and be willing to program it, by essentially tuning them out and relying only on ourselves to create and publish our works. But then what? Where is the audience to listen and appreciate that work? In theory, it is the billions of connected individuals online. But reality has shown that it is almost impossible to get works heard and far less possible to develop a following online. Even on these forums, much of the music gets heard 100-200 times with zero or very few comments (usually from the same small handful of fellow composers).
For me, why I am still pursuing live performances, comes back to the fact that there is joy in sharing a communal experience. Composer interacting with live musicians as they work to bring the vision of the piece to life. Then, the opportunity to enjoy the performance with an audience and seeing their reactions is really a whole other level of reward than simply posting the work online and either getting little/no feedback.
At the end of the day, many composers by their very nature are introverts that enjoy working in isolation. And to that end, the tools we have today have enabled self reliance...but once the work is done, we still have to find an audience for it...which means schmoozing, working connections, building relationships...SIGH!
Yes that is absolutely true, I really just mean the ability to create something in these forms. But finding the audience and getting things noticed is as you note more of a problem with all the vast quantity of stuff that already exists and live performance is still the best way. Which is actually comforting in a way.
Sorry imho the "performance" of music is one of the more important problems of music in history: the necessity to realise so much decisions nearly in the same time the result was heard.
It is a problem, because it reduces in many aspects the precision and possible reflection that might improve those musical decisions "made in a hurry" in a live-performance. What since more than 100 years made it so attractiv to develop so much technics to record and reproduce music always in order to improve those musical decisions.
And yes as far as we use sample libraries we have "solved" that "problem" in the currently presumably most detailed possible way. and to be honest that makes me look with more and more commiseration for those who nowaday still try to realise music with their chunky 10 fingers and any kind of more or less resonating wooden instrument . (at least as far as we have good or even better and better samplelibraries available)
So I would not expect to be called a "performer" much more than an modern industrial farmer would call himself still a "cowboy" while nearly all of his procedures are since many years digitally automated.But of course as this guy is still or even more a good and often very intelligent "Farrmer" I do think likewise that we are musicians and of course a apretty interesting and potential kind of musicians.
Because we also know that higher technical potential does not mean at all, that neither the modern (non Cowboy-)Farmer nor the digital muscian has less or even anything more at all to do.
I personally do have the impression that with the possibilities which opens with using highend Samplelibraries the challenges to explore the musically reasonable become ore and more ambitious and the work to spend to achieve what is reasonable possible even became still more and more time consuming.
And the audience ?
- If you are lucky you dont have to care at all what any audiance think about what you want to do.
- if you depend on someone who pay for, Ok, than he is your audience.
However 'I do have some doubts that we are pretty close to become very popular in larger parts of the society with programming music since there seem to be so little reason to be interested in any more ambitious kind of music. Those who are interested will either find what they are looking for ... online
or just realise their ideas for themself with VSL however they might think about the term "performer" .
As usual fahl5 you are mixing apple with oranges. The question here was, are we performers? Nothing to do with the quality of a live performance vs a thought out recording. Performing is a totaly seperate art and a very important tradition in which the artist has that direct communication with the public, even though the performance might not always be best interpretation, and rarely a concert musician will chose a live performance for a CD. But 2 different things and equally imporant. We are not robots, we need this human interaction as well in music.
As usual fahl5 you are mixing apple with oranges. The question here was, are we performers? Nothing to do with the quality of performance vs a thought out recording. Performing is a seperate art, which is also very important, but rarely a concert musician will chose a live performance for a CD.
Already your beginning with "As usual" does not sound like a very subject based answer on a conrete post for a concrete thread. It is a pitty. Please.do not waste our time with such general attitudes.
If the thread asks "Are we "performers" than the question is, how this term relates to what we are doing with samplelibraries If you are seriously interested to discuss that question substancially, I am sure you will better understand my contribution to that discussion.
I think fahl has a point about micro-management of a (midi) performance and all attendant advantages such as appropriate reflection on interpretation and so on, but for me he is mistaken in feeling sorry for players being involved in performance. Samples for me are only a mock-up (sorry gents) because they are well, samples, of real instruments. The infusion of feeling from musicians will only enhance your composition and may even bring out more latent expression. There is also a restriction creatively at present with samples that hinder more advanced instrumental techniques and scoring, thus limiting creativity for those of us who can't or may never get a live performance.
As a result, I find it hard to take samples seriously as a means of expression in their own right (although I acknowledge that in the right hands, they can be expressive and realistic - I find no irony here) - to me they are a tool that provides a aural calling card, even if that card is never picked up, listened to and the number rang.
Are we performers? I suppose we are, but as fahl intimated, the job description is new and more complicated, but at heart still the same. At the very least, we interpret our work and render it to a kind of idealised but (at present imo) rather sterile performance. They do however provide us with a recording and in this day and age, with so much music, that is probably the most important criteria to keep a work viable.
One thing we have to be very careful is not to generalize anything.
There are outstanding live performances as well as bad ones, there are great recordings as well as horrible ones, there are terrific performers and orchestras as well as mediocre ones, there are truly great mock ups as well as ones that suck, in some cases, there are live performances that have been magical and that was also because of the interaction with the public, in other cases, it's the thought out process, detailed research and all you want, to get the most of a work in a recording. Sometimes the latter one can be detrimental because it lacked spontaneity, too inteluctual, even the great Pollini in his older Chopin's recording are played too straight, lack of freedom, too much thinking, and he'll be the first to admit to this. The point is, no matter what tool, technique, resource etc you are using, whether it's live, recordings or computers, it comes down to the craftmanship, the expression and what you have to say.
And each of us will respond emotionally to different stimuli. For example, I prefer a more subtle amount of expression (variation in dynamics and timing) within a phrase. I personally am easily destracted with more extravagant expression. On the other hand, a friend of mine is always telling me I need to add more expression into my midi-performances. He finds my expression too lifeless.
These types of differences are common. One person loves the intellectual nature of Bach, another likes the grand gestures of Wagner. And on it goes.
So I do not believe that we can determine "are we performers" based on any particular characteristic of the music itself. But performance is certainly one of the many elements that goes into what we do. But we are more than that, much more.
Yes, those are good points. We are all different, we all have different personalities, qualities and sensitivity, and this is what makes us humans and not machines. I'll add to that, the beauty of interpretations is that not 2 performances will sound alike nor should they, they should reflect your personality as well as respect the authors inttentions. Both can be managed in a balanced way. If we were to all study exactly the exact intetention of the composer and all play it the same way, music would be boring. In fact, some of the greatest performers have played passages contrary to the composer's intention, and I'm fine with that, as long as it's tastefuly done and within reason.


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Goodbye to Berlin
Isherwood, Christopher
Vintage, 1998 ed, of 1939 original
Per the author's introduction, this collection of loosely connected sketches featuring a first person narrative from a character sharing his name, his background, and many of his experiences is fiction and was intended to be something larger than it came out to be. It is a convenient, and perhaps accurate, approach to classify the gray area between autobiography, fiction, and reflection. It also makes it possible to write the stories an author anticipates for themselves but which may never have had a factual base.
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The book ends as the author leaves to return to England, having decided that it is too dangerous for him to stay in Germany any longer. The timeframe is approximately 1933, and while war is still a few years away the daily decline has already begun.