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Install the iSymphony server. The install package and installation steps will differ depending on the type of OS you will be installing on.
RPM (RedHat Based Linux Distributions)
Once you have downloaded the iSymphony RPM to your server run the following command to install it.
rpm -Uvh iSymphonyServerV3-fpbx-<version>-1.noarch.rpm
By default the rpm installer will look for your java installation in /usr/java/latest or whatever your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to. If the installer cannot locate the JRE the startup will fail. If your JRE is in a different location run the following command to set the JRE location.
Once the JRE location has been properly set run the following command to startup the server:
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Once you have downloaded the iSymphony TARBALL to your server run the following commands to install it.
tar -xzf iSymphonyServer<version>.tar.gz cd ./iSymphonyServer<version> chmod +x install.sh ./install.sh
If the installer cannot locate a suitable JRE you will be prompted to specify the path to the JRE during installation. iSymphony assumes your Sun Java JRE is located in /usr/java/latest/ by default.
The installer will then ask you for the location to install iSymphony. The default will be /opt/isymphony3/server. We recommend that you utilize the default path.
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3. Verify Required Ports Are Open
Verify that ports 58080 and 55050 are not being blocked by any firewall and are forwarded as necessary. If you are running IP Tables (installed and activated by default on PBXIAF) run the following commands on the server CLI in order to open the ports. These ports allow access to the iSymphony Client and Administration interfaces.
iptables -L iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 58080 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 55050 -j ACCEPT service iptables save
The above command will open up the iSymphony Client and Administration Interfaces to the entire outside world. Normally this is fine since these interfaces require authentication in order to access them. If you would like to enable further access restriction or enable SSL encryption on the iSymphony Client and Administration Interfaces you can do so via the security system. See Security for more information.
4. FreePBX Module Installation
The FreePBX module does not install the server piece of the application. Both the module and the iSymphony server need to be installed. Make sure that you follow step 2 above to get the server installation running before you install the module. You may have version 2 already installed in /opt/isymphony. If this is the case you will STILL need to install the iSymphony V3 server.
iSymphony 3.x.x utilizes a completely new FreePBX module. The FreePBX module for iSymphony 2.x.x will not work with iSymphony 3.x.x and vise versa.
Both iSymphony 2.x.x and iSymphony 3.x.x modules can be installed side by side without issue.
If you are utilizing the FreePBX or Asterisk Now distros you may already have the module installed and ready to go.
The iSymphony FreePBX module is provided in the FreePBX module repositories. You can follow the steps below to download and install the module form the repository.
- Login to your FreePBX GUI and navigate to Admin->Module Admin.
- Select Check Online in the top left hand corner of the page.
- Under the Admin section on the page you should see iSymphonyV3 available for download. Click on the iSymphonyV3 item and select Download and Install.
- Select Process on the top right hand corner of the page and continue the installation.
- Select Apply Config at the top of the page. Asterisk will reload and the iSymphony module will populate the extensions and users. This may take some time as the iSymphony configuration is being built.
The iSymphony server should now be running and configured.
5. Advanced Installations (optional)
- Remote Installations: if iSymphony will not be running on the same machine as Asterisk, see the Remote Installations page for extra steps that are needed in order to complete the installation.
- Migrations: If iSymphony is being installed on a new server to migrate existing configuration, see the Migrating an iSymphony Server page for the next steps.


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Mr Sherman founded his company, which employs more than 11,000 people, in 1974. He is often credited with revolutionising the drugs industry in Canada.


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My blog tells about my daily life events,Though there are also some topics that may help to all my coblogger and friends!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Sesame street collection
His back pack and stuff toys and also his bed sheet
Alphabet chart from sesame street.
Cave man is fun!
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
First use
Almost a year that i received my valentines gift from my husband.It was a new cellphone with accesoires and the speaker but i don't have time to use the speaker until today i even almost forgot this gift.When i clean our cheminee it was behind of those small boxes and i was surprise when i saw it.Now come listen with me!
Humba for you!!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Let's sway
Hey friends let's say together!Enjoy watching
Favorite flowers
fragrance of this kind of flower i forgot the name but i am in love with this one.Actually i received this kind of flower for the first time from my husband and it was almost the same sizes as mine and mixed with orchids.He surprised me during my birthday of course my heart jump because of happiness.And even now he offers me flowers with red roses and mixed with this one.Hoping to receive again this valentine.:-)
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
When i was teenager i always dreamed my princecharming and i told me self this would be my song to my dreamguy.I am wishing to receive flowers from a guy who will love me as what i am.That's it my first flower that i receive is from my husband.And it is like magic.
me and my sister
ME and my sister are used to sing this song during highschool days.My sister love this one since i hear it i've kind a love it too.
Eldest brother
This one is my eldest brother's favorite song.He cried when he was heartbroken.I know some love song of my family.For my mother i can't remember the title but i know the song.We shared sometimes about feelings.:-)
Miss my sister
Hearing this song i remember my sister.She love so much this song.It is her favorite song.
Happy together
It's quite a long time that i've search this song after watching the movie so happy together..Old song but a very nice one!!What can i say???Just watch please
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Happy birthday papa
Shopping scuba stuffs
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Gifts for our son
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Shopping winter coats from cacharel
Problem having hair loss
Happy to found
I was just surfing and i am happy to found our favorite song and i played it so many times. Now i would like to share it to all.Enjoy watching and be inlove!!!!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Horrible day
I am so much tired ironing our clothes and checking which clothes that i need to give to my family and ready making a list at the same time preparing our travelling bag for next month.Yes we will have a 1 month vacation in philippines and i am already excited to see my family and to tell them all my life in france for the last time of our vacation there.Sorry for not writting long since i am very tired tonight i need to sleep now have a nice dream to all
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It's unlikely that you know anyone happier than you.
You know how to be happy, no matter what life throws at you.
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Now, i love to pass it to those lovely ladies:Sweet lullaby, ann à paris. Jackie..
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Last week i went for an exhibit where i can see so many company that sale their products for company price.My friend have their own business and i asked her that what is the best important plan for this exhibit.She told me first is the exhibit place then the trade show booths where they can put and display their products and also not to forgot the banner stands it is to attract for clients to come and buy on their products.And she said that the most important is to have an idea on where you can buy all this products display tools.For next exhibit i will tell her that i had found camelbackdisplays.com where they propose all this exhibit and trade shows products.At camelbackdisplays they have this pipe and drape system that no tools requires for assembly.Amazing right?Well you just need to do is to upright section slip-fit or screw into bases drapery supports attach to uprights with a simple hook/slot system.And i am sure she will be happy to hear if i told her about camelbackdisplays because i had notice that most exhibit they always have this huge tools and equipments to assemble their exhibits materials and at the last day they were very tired.Now i am sure they will be interested to know camelbackdisplays because they will l be less fatigue and less stress.
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Father and daughter
This my father and my sister.My father is always like that he didn't talk so much but we do know that he loves and cares us.Now since i am married he give more attention to my sister.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Father and son
Busy day for for us.We helped each other to clean our garden since we still need to clean and throw the leaves and branches of the crying tree that we just cut .My son also help us to clean after he played his bicycle he decided to help us clean the garden.My photos are not so clear sorry but only i can see that now i know my son will ready to help if i need him :-)
Saturday, January 19, 2008
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Hotel reservations
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Walking around paris
Grilling Skillz
The crazy girls
This video taken during the party.Look how happy and crazy we are and check my crazy friends enjoy dancing we all forgot that we are married.lol
Friday, January 18, 2008
Tagging time
How long have you been blogging?- I started blogging just last November 2006
What inspired you to write a blog, and who are your mentors?My friend inspired me to do blog when she said that it is nice to write your daily post and it is like your diary.At first i already knew but i am not so much serious about it.
What are the 3 things that you love about being online?Information,Chatting,and shopping.
What are the three things that you struggle with in the online-world?Not so much struggle because i had limit to surf or else it is catasthropique for me.Now i can manage my time on when that i can be online.Like when my son go to school.If he is sleeping.and at night.If my husband is here i just stay few minutes to my computer since for us it is family hour.Watching DVD together.We profit the time while our son is sleeping.In that way we still have our husband and wife relationship not just father and mother rule.
So now, I'm sending this tag to the following dear beloved friends (new and old friends) I have like Lucille , Gypsy, amy
Another tag from my friend hailey
Friends in the blogosphere are truly amazing source of inspiration.
A million of thanks for you haily and i heartedly pass this tag to Now i am passing this to Agaz,darlene,lucille
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Then add/tag 5 blogs of your friends:Normz, Marie ,julai,Lira , Annie Have fun tagging!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Cover my travels
Backpacks – For Hiking and Everyday Use
Funky Chicken Dance and Mexican
Since i was a child i already love chicken much more if it is grill.Until when i arrived in paris my husband want me to taste this mexican chicken and ohh my i really love it. Now i am addicted to any mexican flavored.I am just proud to say that at El pollo loco create this amazing contest that will motivated you on how good your mexican chicken is.It is interesting because that you can even win big prizes if you show on how your one of the kind chicken is.Rules are simple it make a best video for your best mexican yell to by shouting EL POLLO LOCO.And you will have a chance to win big prizes.Now you can enjoy eating your grill chicken and at the same time you will have a chance to win this funky chicken dance and mexican yell fun!!
No matter how far we are from our country,how sad or happy we are**KARAOKE** is already part of our lifestyle to enjoy life and all i can say!!!don't be ashamed of your voice no matter what!Here is one video check this out
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Pinay friends
Short sinulog video
This is the short sinulog video that i took during sinulog celebration with all pinay couples and friends paris.Enjoy watching.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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A striking black and sparkly cover shows a with-it rabbit beneath a disco glitter ball, dressed in mod gear and sporting a red super powers cape… dancing to music from its headphones, AND wearing roller boots. This is Bernard, who doesn't like the other rabbits in his warren, doesn't like carrots, doesn't like lettuce. He does try to conform, hopping when the other rabbits hop, bouncing when they all bounce. But he senses he is uncomfortable, and only feels himself in his far-from rabbit dreams. Finally, he discovers his true love - at Bertie and Brenda's Annual Bunny Ball. Here, he dresses just as we see him on the cover, most unbunny-like. Oh, how the others express their horror, at his audacity in dress as well as his actions! For he struts and swaggers and peacocks and hustles, grooves with grace, and jives with joy. It is wonderful, and Bernard has never before felt so happy, so himself. Whilst the other rabbits are horrified by his outrageous behaviour, maybe one little rabbit isn't? Soon, Betsy is just as groovy, happy and different. That got the others thinking, and before long, they are all as different from each other as is Bernard. Finally, they all agree that although they are the same in many ways, 'being yourself is the BEST thing a bunny can be.'
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KJV References
Sāḥar, Hebrew Strong's #5503, is used 20 times in the Old Testament. It is translated as merchant (14), trade (2), about (1), merchantmen + <H582> (1), panteth (1), traffick (1). It is translated as "traffick" in the following verse:
Misḥār, Hebrew Strong's #4536, is used 1 time in the Old Testament. It is translated as "traffick" in the following verse:Genesis 42:34 (KJV)
34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
Kenaʿan, Hebrew Strong's #3667, is used 94 times in the Old Testament. It is translated as Canaan (89), merchant (3), traffick (1), traffickers (1).1 Kings 10:15 (KJV)
15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
Ezekiel 17:4 (KJV)
4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
Rekullâ, Hebrew Strong's #7404, is used 4 times in the Old Testament. It is translated as merchandise (2), traffick (2). It is translated as "traffick" in the following verses:Isaiah 23:8 (KJV)
8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
Ezekiel 28:5 (KJV)
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
Ezekiel 28:18 (KJV)
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856
Commerce, trade, sale or exchange of merchandise, bills, money and the like.
Black's Law Dictionary, 1st edition, 1891
The Century Dictionary, an Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, 1895
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1934
Traffic Regulation:
Prescribed rules of conduct to promote the orderly and safe flow of traffic.
Commerce, trade, sale, or exchange of merchandise, bills, money, and the like. The passing of goods or commodities. The subjects of transportation See Commerce.
The exchange of goods, buying, selling, Intercourse by way of trade or traffic.
Black's Law Dictionary, 5th edition, 1979
Commerce; trade; sale or exchange of merchandise, bills, money, and the like. The passing of goods or commodities from one person to another for the equivalent in goods or money. The subjects of transportation on a route, as persons or goods; the passing to and fro of persons, animals, vehicles, or vessels, along a route of transportation, as along a street, highway, etc.
Black's Law Dictionary, 7th edition, 1999
18 U.S. Code § 1028Traffic
1. Commerce; trade; the sale or exchange of such things as merchandise, bills, and money.
2. The passing or exchange of goods or commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money.
3. People or things being transported along a route.
4. The passing to and fro of people, animals, vehicles, and vessels along a transportation route.
(12) the term "traffic" means—
to transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, to another, as consideration for anything of value; or
to make or obtain control of with intent to so transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose of.
42 CFR 70.1 - General definitions.
10 CFR 861.3 - Definitions.Interstate traffic means:
The movement of any conveyance or the transportation of persons or property, including any portion of such movement or transportation that is entirely within a State or possession -
From a point of origin in any State or possession to a point of destination in any other State or possession; or
Between a point of origin and a point of destination in the same State or possession but through any other State, possession, or contiguous foreign country.
Interstate traffic does not include the following:
The movement of any conveyance which is solely for the purpose of unloading persons or property transported from a foreign country, or loading persons or property for transportation to a foreign country.
The movement of any conveyance which is solely for the purpose of effecting its repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or storage.
(f) Traffic means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any roadway for purposes of travel.


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'Sun is rising, sun is setting… Rising, setting, again and again… Like life… But are we aware of time? How is passing? Sometimes pausing? The relativity of time? Imagine 11 days, 11 hours a day your're sitting with a straight spine and cross-legged, watching your mind, feeling like a schizoid, no communication even no body language with 200 people around you including your roommate, just being on your own without touching your cellphone, eating 2 meals per day including the last one is 11am, wakinp up at 4am with a cold shower, going to sleep at 9pm with a knackered body and still mind, and even watching your mind in your dreams! And there are some moments that you can understand how worthy even 1 minute. And then, when the mind makes some problems, when you feel like you are exploding, fighting, exausting, at the end realizing how much garbage you stick out… Is it possible to go through and overcome all issues in 10 days that you accumulated in your lifetime? Of course not. But you know now where you are standing, not in the past, changed the chell, became new. At the moment I am not only excited that I made it despite two physical and 1 mental issues, but also because of my nephew's early birth. When I was not around, I am grateful to the ones who messaged and supported me. Life is so beautiful. Appreciate the moment you live. Meditation can be your key, be aware of that. Now my ability to communicate is just this. Later see you again… This photo is my way to say bye to Myanmar…'
These are the words that come out immediately after completing the course I've been practicing with the Vipassana meditation technique that requires not talking, no communication in all sorts, less sleeping, less eating, less resting for 10 days…
These lines are being written when I was away from home for 11 months. In order to remind myself my center, I sometimes shut myself away. Otherwise being on the road makes me feel like the old robotic days that I repeated the same things every single day. In brief, I am ready for Vipassana course that first heard months and months ago in India.
So What is Vipassana Meditation Technique?
Vipassana is a meditation technique that its root based on Guatama Buddha which is 2500 years old. Vipassana, meaning self-observation, insight, is practiced by millions of people not only from Budist countries but also all around the world. How does it happen? It spreads throughout the word with www.dhamma.org :
Incredible, isn't it? Dhamma Centers are also based on donations, so for 10 days (actually 11) the price for food and accomodation and the course is just up to you. But they require some regulations; male-female becomes seperate, no speaking including body language, no phone calls, no books¬ebooks… Actually you become naked metaphorically so that you can watch your being in a sterilised environment.
It may sound nice for some of you, and terrifying for the others. It sounded nice to me. I said I will stop doing everything and be with myself. Even though I spent most of the time in monastic places and doing intense sadhana (spiritual practice) for more than 1 year, still I forgot that different states of mind make different sounds. For example, when concsious mind says something, intellectual and egoic mind may say something different. So I was almost thinking to put 'Schizophrenia is this' as a title. Thankfully, the concsious mind exists and it became the reason that I could accomplish the course. In brief, it would be an article encouriging and also frightening you. So let's begin:
Facing off the Facts!
The schedule below is serious, yes! Waking up at 4am feels like it's in the middle of night. So many times, I woke up assuming that it's morning time but it wasn't. Cause going to sleep and waking up in the dark brings this doubt.
Vipassana Günlük ProgramIt's insane to do meditation for 11 hours! Yes exact 11 hours don't seem possible. I don't know if anyone make it. It's not possible to see people's mind though. However, day by day the time with meditation is rising. But there are times that I just sat in silence, closed my eyes and spent time.
For sure there is a result of it; pain, PAIN! Another plane that you sit in pain and say no words. You try to feel your physical body but go beyond. Indeed, after a while your communication with the outside world finishes completely. So the mind is captured with only the body, impressions of the past and worries of the future. But I took many lessons from it:
My Vipassana Experience and Mind Games
On the 2nd day, something physical is coming up that I already tried to deal with in 2 ashrams. Nothing serious. But my mind asks this question to me 'Whenever you start doing spiritual practice it happens. Maybe you are not ready yet? Or you have to solve this problem before it ends, it will chase you.' Yes with this misery I spent 3 days and the 4th day I talked with the teacher in tears, asked for help. I made the issue too personal. When I think at the moment, the thing made me restless is just mind games. Yes, MIND GAMES. There is no issue to solve. You just need to ignore it, be determined and not identify yourself with that issue. Yet we are not body, now mind.
On the 5th day, I am waking up with determination. ANd then I experience amazing things. I satart feeling everything. It's like my all sense organs, including the 6th sense are more developed now. My way of eating changes for example, the sense of taste is way better and I just eat the amount what I need5 -which is very new for me-. Cause my spirit fills up. Smell in the same way, it's closer so to say…
Of course everything is not going well, even I experience enlightening things. When they bring us to the cells so that we can do meditation on our own on the 7th day, I feel like I can't ignore the pain in my legs and my upper back. Although I have a call twice saying 'don't fall down',my foot slips and I hit my lower back to the stairs. No words. My inner voice says, 'it's impermanent, the pain is impermanent'. Here are the fruits of 7 days work… Since I can't sit on the floor now, they bring a chair for me and again my inner voice says 'thank God'. How ironic? I can't do most of the things, my motions are so limited, even if I don't know how big is the issue, I am saying thank God. No pain in the legs and upper back now…
Let's add something very personal too. Coincidentally (?), I meet a guy in Inle Lake going to Yangon for the same reason – I have many relationships starting coincidentally romantic and ending like a nightmare-. We both are surprised because of this coincidence. Destiny! This occasion makes us closer and we flirt. And of course this emotional thing occupy our minds during the course. Yes, male-female are sitting in different places. If we catch in the eye once or twice a day, which is very hard to understand from that distance, I count myself lucky. There is a lesson I need to learn from this experience. I know it in the beginning. I say 'my karma is coming':) It takes 9 days for me to learn my lesson. and in the end, I find that little spot in my mind. I accept that. And I have this awareness that I can use throughout my life. I am enjoying this little coincidence starting in Inle Lake, following in Yangon and ending in Bangkok and say good bye to a close friend after all. No pain:) Cause no expectation. My dreamer identity vanishes. Dreams bring expectations, expectations bring disappointments and disappointments make us unhappy, right? Living in the moment becomes the real living. Whatever the subject is without discrimination, without romanticizing. This is what I learn!
Yea I learned a lot in 10 days. And I sensed so many stuff in my dreams and I communicated with people in another plane. On the 11th day, when I turn on my phone, whatever I sensed in my dreams, I realize that they happened exactly the way I sensed. My nephew's delivery becoming 3 weeks before we expected for instance… The most intense days of my life. The most beautiful, satisfied, interesting… The amazing part is this state continues and is fresh for a very long time after it.
By the way, the vice-versa may happen. If you don't lessen the mind's activity, it's nothing but torturing yourself for 10 days. I realize this on the 10th day, when the let us talk. And I thank that there is a rule like this. Cause it seems like everybody is in tune with the spirit, but reality is not like that. When some of us open their mouth, I realize there is a possibility of disappointment. So if you wanna just check it one of the points of your bucketlist, please don't intend to do that.
One more thing; don't break the silence rule! Just for 10 days of your lifetime, be sincere. The results will be awesome, not a waste of time.
Mantras are also not allowed during the course but I wanna end this article with a mantra saying 'may all the beings happy.
For other yoga and wellness posts: http://www.journalofayogini.com/kategori/yoga-en
For Myanmar Travel Guide: http://www.journalofayogini.com/kategori/travel-with-me/myanmar-en
For travel destinations: http://www.journalofayogini.com/kategori/travel-with-me and for the history of Budism: 10 Incredible Buddha Statues – The History of Buddhism here.


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For December, I think many of us are planning to catch up on our reading and do some Christmas gift shopping. Though we've had a good reading year by and large, for some reason there just don't seem to be as many books this month catching our staffers' eyes from upcoming December releases. That's not to say that there aren't some good options. Most of us found a book or two to long for, and several of us here are anticipating Jo Goodman's new release in particular. As we head into the holidays, hope everyone has a season of good reading!
|Title and Author
|Marry Me by Jo Goodman
|Jean, Lea, Lee, Abi
|Taken by Desire by Lavinia Kent
|Sandy, Lynn
|The Officer and the Proper Lady by Louise Allen
|There's Cake in my Future by Kim Gruenenfelder
|In the Dark of Dreams by Marjorie M. Liu
|Duchess of Sin by Laurel McKee
|Stranger by Zoe Archer
|The Pirate's Possession by Michelle Beattie
|Ten Ways to be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean
|A Countess by Christmas by Annie Burrows


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It is always instructive to see who has been invited to perform at the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, because the cast list is a reliable guide to some of the most exciting talent in the musical world today.
Argerich herself is at the centre of things, and on this three-CD set of recordings from the 2011 festival she plays in seven of the 10 works. There is a characteristically refined, piquant, dynamic interpretation of Ravel's G major Piano Concerto, one of the staples of Argerich's repertoire but here as fresh as can be with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana. She lets her hair down exuberantly in Ravel's La Valse with the young Venezuelan pianist Sergio Tiempo. She partners her old friend Lilya Zilberstein in a consumingly dramatic performance of Liszt's Concerto pathétique, and she even champions the G minor Piano Quintet by the 19th-century Polish composer Juliusz Zarebski with a line-up of first-rate string players including her viola-player daughter Lida Chen and the cellist Gautier Capuçon.
Capuçon's violinist brother Renaud joins the young Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin and French cellist Yan Levionnois for a beautifully modulated performance of Rachmaninov's second Trio élégiaque, and each brother is involved with Argerich in works by Beethoven and Schumann. The fun item is a three-piano arrangement, dazzlingly played by Giorgia Tomassi, Carlo Maria Griguoli and Alessandro Stella, of a suite from Shostakovich's operetta Moskva, Cheryomushki. Indeed, a sense of the musicians' infectious enjoyment, even when their musicality is of the most serious kind, emanates from this entire programme.
Argerich's presence and ever-youthful spirit conspire to inspire performances of untold pleasure.


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CBS's plans to revive James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential for the small screen got a major injection of new talent today, with Deadline reporting that Walton Goggins has signed on to star in the series' pilot. Goggins—lately of Vice Principals, but best known for his scene-stealing work in hard-bitten projects like The Shield, Justified, and The Hateful Eight—will play Detective Jack Vincennes, the glad-handing "TV cop" portrayed by Kevin Spacey in Curtis Hanson's Oscar-winning adaptation of Ellroy's book.
Goggins is the first cast member announced for the show, which CBS picked up to pilot earlier this month. The series is being showrun by Gotham's Jordan Harper and Being Human's Anna Fricke, and, building on the framework of Ellroy's novel, will follow a team of disparate detectives hunting down a killer in 1950s L.A.


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Erin Lagesen is a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals. She was elected in 2014 for a term that expires in January 2021.
Prior to receiving her law degree, Judge Lagesen taught math at Milwaukie High School prior to earning her law degree. Her legal career began with a clerkship for Judge Susan Graber of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She was a litigation associate at Stoel Rives before joining the Appellate Division of the Oregon Department of Justice in 2004. She was then appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2013.
EDUCATION: Williams College, B.A.; University of Oregon, M.S.; Harvard University Graduate School of Education, M.Ed.; Willamette University College of Law, J.D.


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To get us through the back end of the harsh UK winter, we headed off to Calpe to get some sunny miles on the new Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Hydraulic groupset – sadly we were met by snow and freezing rain (please have some sympathy).
Traditionally the main draw back with disc brake bikes is weight, which shouldn't be an issue any more with the new Shimano Dura-Ace Di2; the complete groupset weighs 2389g, only 338g more than the rimmed brake Dura-Ace 9150.
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Rotor sizes are between 140 and 160mm, though Shimano believe that 140mm are plenty for the road. The levers also have reduced in size being almost identical to the non-hydro versions too, great for those with little hands!
Giro launched its new hybrid shoe to incorporate laces, Velcro and the modern standard in shoe closure systems, a Boa dial. It's aim to produce a shoe that is comfortable, lightweight, stiff but above all have the ability to be adjust on the fly. Although not to the taste of the team style wise, they perform amazingly well…
>>> Buyer's guide to cycling shoes
Chainset sizes is always hot topic at Cycling Weekly, and it divides opinion among the masses too.
Praxis Works has produced a sub-compact chainset that is an even lower ratio to help us climb the toughest ascents or be more comfortable on the growing gravel road scene.
The minuet 48/32 ratio has often only been seen at cyclocross events but it could make cycling more accessible to many.
Finally to our bike of the month which is the Wilier Cento10 Air, its dedicated aero road bike. Launched in June last year to celebrate 110 years of Wilier, the Cento10 replaced the Cento1, said to save the rider three per cent in aerodynamic drag.
The star of the integration show is the Alabarda bars, which you can read about in full detail here.
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The Chaparral provides mobile short-range air defense to defeat low-altitude aircraft. The system is designed to be mobile, self-contained and air transportable. A mobile light air defense system with a turret mounted on a tracked vehicle carrying four ready-to-fire missiles, the Chaparral is a ground launched version of the air-to-air Sidewinder. Chaparral consists of an infrared heat seeking missile, a launcher with a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sight, and a tracked vehicle. Chaparral was the Army's standard, short range, low altitude air defense system which provided point defense of vital corps areas against direct air attack.
The missile is lightweight, supersonic, fire-and-forget, with an infrared homing guidance system capable of engaging fixed-wing and helicopter targets. To enhance missile acquisition range and capability the Rosette Scan Seeker (RSS) guidance section has been developed and is effective against infrared jammers. The missile is carried and handled as an assembled single round of ammunition. Used against helicopters and low flying fixed-wing jets, it homes in on the heat given off by the target aircraft's engine exhaust. Although US forces never fired this missile in combat, the system has been successfully used under such conditions by allies of the United States.
The Chaparral Fire Unit may be used either carrier mounted or unmounted. The launcher contains a rotating mount that includes four missile launch rails and provides the gunner the means to aim and fire using automatic or manual tracking. Eight additional missiles are stowed in the vehicle.
The system uses an M-730A2 cargo carrying, self-propelled tracked vehicle "9a" variant of the M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier, which can be made amphibious by adding an existing swim kit. A towed configuration is also available.
The associated Forward Area Alerting Radar (FAAR) was a D-band pulse doppler radar used to detect low flying aircraft and provide alerting and tentative identification to CHAPARRAL and VULCAN fire units and Manportable Air Defense (MANPAD) teams. The radar had a range of about 20 kilometers, contained the Mark XII Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF) system, and transmitted digital data to the target alerting data display sets (TADDS) located with each CHAPARRAL/VULCAN battalion. The FAAR section consisted of three men and one vehicle and trailer.
This system was made by Loral Aerospace Corporation at a cost of $80,000 per missile and $1.5 million per fire unit. The Army had a total of 596 Fire Units with 5,358 missiles on hand in the early 1990s. Based on a December 1994 decision, Chaparral is being deactivated and removed from the US Army National Guard inventory. This action was completed by the end of FY 1997.
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Cannes: 21 Festival Movies That Hollywood Will Be Talking About
Sean Penn's 'The Last Face' and Kristen Stewart starrer 'Personal Shopper' are among six notable films battling for the prestigious Palme d'Or, but many out-of-competition titles also will be generating big buzz from the Palais to L.A.
American Honey — In Competition
Sasha Lane and the ever-unpredictable Shia LaBeouf star in Andrea Arnold's first film set outside the U.K., a road movie about hard-living youths who crisscross the U.S. selling magazine subscriptions.
The BFG — Out of Competition
A family-friendly film from Steven Spielberg based on a beloved book from the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and featuring the voice of newly minted Oscar winner Mark Rylance. Oh yes, BFG is most definitely a BFD and the only bullet-proof blockbuster going to Cannes this year.
Cafe Society — Out of Competition
Woody Allen explores Old Hollywood in his latest work, which stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Steve Carell and Parker Posey.
The Dancer — In Competition
Lily-Rose Depp plays Isadora Duncan, an American dancer who revolutionized classical dance at the turn of the 20th century, in this French-language biopic from first-time director Stephanie Di Giusto. It's a major career leap for Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis' daughter, whose first feature role was in Kevin Smith's Yoga Hosers.
Dog Eat Dog — Out of Competition
Based on the 1995 cult novel by bank robber-turned-novelist Edward Bunker, about three ex-cons trying to live the straight life, the closing night film of Directors' Fortnight offers up the tantalizing prospect of Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe chewing off chunks of raw emotion penned by Taxi Driver scribe Paul Schrader.
Gimme Danger — Out of Competition
Jim Jarmusch, who cast Iggy Pop in his 1995 Western Dead Man (in a dress no less), trains his lens on the punk icon once more for this intimate doc about influential Detroit rockers The Stooges.
Graduation — In Competition
Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu makes his third appearance in Cannes competition with another eviscerating look at small-town life in modern Romania.
Hands of Stone — Out of Competition
The boxing drama stars Edgar Ramírez as legendary boxer Roberto Duran and Robert De Niro as his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel.
The Handmaiden — In Competition
Park Chan-wook's first Korean-language production in seven years is a period romance about an heiress who falls for a charming con artist.
I, Daniel Blake — In Competition
Ken Loach's latest "last film," his 16th in Cannes, is a kitchen sink drama about a working class couple struggling with Britain's welfare system.
It's Only the End of the World — In Competition
Cannes' favorite Canadian wunderkind, Xavier Dolan, returns to the festival — for the fifth time! — with a story of a writer who returns home after 12 years to tell his family he is dying. Marion Cotillard and Lea Seydoux star.
The Last Face — In Competition
Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem star as Western doctors doing relief work in Africa who find themselves tested by tough moral decisions in Sean Penn's first film as a director since Into the Wild.
Loving — In Competition
Arguably Cannes' most hotly anticipated film, Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton star in director Jeff Nichols' (Midnight Special, Mud) true story of the Lovings, an interracial couple sentenced to prison in 1958 for violating Virginia's miscegenation laws.
Money Monster — Out of Competition
Jodie Foster takes her fourth turn as director, helming this financial thriller starring George Clooney as a TV financial host who is taken hostage by an angry investor (Jack O'Connell). Julia Roberts plays his show producer.
The Neon Demon — In Competition
Described as an American giallo horror film, Nicolas Winding Refn's latest is a cannibal thriller about an aspiring model in L.A. who's pursued by woman who wants to devour her beauty.
Neruda — Out of Competition
The latest from Pablo Larrain (No, The Club) screams foreign Oscar contender. A biopic of Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Luis Gnecco, it features Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal as the inspector who, after the Chilean government outlawed communism, organized a manhunt to track down and arrest the left-wing artist.
The Nice Guys — Out of Competition
Shane Black's buddy detective story stars Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as two bumbling PIs who team up to find a missing girl.
Paterson — In Competition
Adam Driver stars as a bus driver cum poet in Paterson, New Jersey, in the latest from indie film pioneer Jim Jarmusch, making his eighth appearance in Cannes competition.
Personal Shopper — In Competition
French favorite Kristen Stewart returns with her Clouds of Sils Maria director Olivier Assayas for this very different kind of ghost story, set in the fashion underworld of Paris.
Risk — Out of Competition
After winning an Oscar for Citizenfour, her intimate, revealing portrait of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras turns her lens on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Poitras filmed with Assange in 2010 when Wikileaks data dumps of State Department documents sparked international outrage. If anything, Risk could be more controversial than Citizenfour and seems a sure-fire award contender.
The Unknown Girl — In Competition
Two-time Palme d'Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are back on familiar, social-realistic ground with this drama about a doctor who tries to find the identity of a patient who dies after she refused her treatment.


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Bumper Offer to hit in Oct 2nd week
Produced by Puri Jagannath on the banner of Vaishno Academy, Bumper Offer, introducing his protege Jaya Ravindra as director with Sairam Shankar as hero and Bindu Madhavi of Avakai Biryani as heroine is all set for release on October 9. Singer Raghu Kunche is also making his debut as music director, while Puri himself launched a music company named Puri Sangeet to market the audio.
The executive producer of the film Ganesh Shankar says, "There is a very good response from the audio for the movie. The audio was super hit and we are getting repeat orders from all the areas. We are confident that the film would also go well with the audiences." Puri Jagannath says, "Sai would appear in a novel get up. All the unit members including artistes and technicians worked together like a good team. Re-recording work was completed recently and presently DTS mixing is in progress. We are making efforts to release the film on October 9."
Director says, "Our film had different commercial elements that could attract the audiences." Sayaji Shinde, Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Chandramohan, MS Narayana, Ali, Kovai Sarala, Raksha, Kiranmayi, Chaitanya and others are in the cast. Camera is by Sai Sriram, art is by Chinna, editing is by MR Varma while lyrics are by Bhaskarabhatla.


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Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, New York
April 27, 2016
2016 Final Round
Jerry Hochman
The annual young bunhead parade moved from Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theatre to the Brooklyn Academy of Music this year, so the average Manhattanite may not have noticed that the Youth America Grand Prix, 2016 edition, returned to New York last week. But anyone familiar with ballet certainly would have known, and made the pilgrimage as I did, to see the YAGP Final Round, and its annual Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow gala program. Despite some flaws, which are built into a procedure that emphasizes ballet's future, missing these programs was unthinkable. Even though it's at least nominally a competition, it's also great fun to watch.
The first thing that hits you as you watch the Final Round of competition (limited in the BAM program to solo competitors in the Junior and Senior Women and Men categories) is how talented, and how poised, these young dancers are. In the first half of the program in particular, which featured the Junior dancers, they all looked like they owned the stage: no one looked scared, and as far as I noticed, no one missed a step.
The second thing that hits you is how young these young dancers really are. Having these 12- through 14-year-old competitors categorized as Junior Women and Junior Men is a fact of politically correct life, and one certainly not limited to dance competition categories. You forget, when they perform, how young they really are. But seeing these young dancers emerge giddy and bubbling from their dressing areas following the first half of the competition is totally incompatible with seeing what they can do on stage. They don't yet have the affectations common to professional dancers – no aura of physical superiority; no sense, yet, of being gods or goddesses. On stage, they look like the budding professional dancers they are: larger than life; serious; motivated; driven. Off stage, they act, and look, their age – except they drink water and snack on fruit.
The third thing that hits you is how impossible it would seem to be for the judges to decide the "winners" from among them. On my personal scorecard, I realized early on that I'd given most of these Junior level dancers '8's or '9s' on a '1-10' scale. I was more discerning with the Senior level dancers – my score scribble showed a few '7s'. I'm easy.
The 2016 finals competition began on April 22 at NYU's Skirball Center with a rigorous five-day schedule of competition and classes during which the finalists, culled from 'semi-finals' competitions at various venues around the world, were evaluated not only for awards, but also for scholarships to major ballet schools or invitations to summer intensive programs, culminating in the "Final Round" on April 27, the gala on April 28, and another gala, which included awards announcements, on April 29.
The notion of "winners," though of obvious significance to those who win, is not what's critical here. I'm not a great fan of ballet competitions, but as I've emphasized in previous reports, it seems clear to me that the purpose of YAGP is less to anoint award winners than to provide an avenue for young dancers to be introduced to administrators and teachers from major ballet companies and schools from around the world, and vice versa, enabling connections that might otherwise never be made. Founded seventeen years ago by Larissa and Gennadi Saveliev (a former soloist with American Ballet Theatre), YAGP trumpets not just its award winners, but the scope of the process and the eventual professional success of its participants, award winners or not.
The connections made among the contestants themselves are equally significant. These are young dancers – representatives from 36 countries (from an initial pool of over 8,000 entrants) – who speak different languages and come from different cultures. The competition, quite obviously from the cheers and hoots that the dancers in the audience gave to those baby ballerinas who performed in the Final Round (the boys, er, men, are a different category – they're rock stars), regardless of nationality or school, reflects a sense of comradery that being under the YAGP umbrella fosters, and which might temper the sting of later cut-throat competition they might have to endure. It's a mini United Nations of dance – one that apparently works.
The second night of the three-night gala was YAGP's annual Stars of America Meet the Stars of Tomorrow gala program, which included young dancers selected from among the finalists to perform, and professionals dancing pieces, or excerpts from them, that represent where ballet may be going, as well as pieces not frequently seen in New York. There were some superb performances here, as well as some duds, and the evening was marked as well by last minute heroics by New York City Ballet's Daniel Ulbricht, and American Ballet Theatre's Sarah Lane, who both filled in on late notice and with limited, if any, rehearsal time. The gala is discussed in detail in a separate review.
The Final Round
Reviewing the performances of each of the dancers during Wednesday's Final Round would be inappropriate. On the other hand, not mentioning those whose performances I found particularly compelling also seems unfair – even if only to me. So, keeping in mind that these competitors had already passed muster in semi-final rounds and in finals competitions earlier in the week, and that awards and scholarships are not just based on these soloists' scores in the Final Round, but also include evaluations of their performances in contemporary pieces, below is a listing of the performances during the "Final Round" that, among a plethora of extraordinary performances, were particularly impressive to me. Those who actually won awards will be listed at the end.
Of the 30 Junior Women Final Round competitors, from the first (12-year-old Jolie Rose Lombardo, from the USA, dancing a variation from Paquita) to the last (13-year-old Brianda Bustamante, from Mexico, a variation from La Fille Mal Gardee), they all danced superbly – and far beyond the capability one might expect from young dancers in this age group. But, in addition to the two already named, the variations danced by 12-year-olds Rafaela Pandolphi (Harlequinade) and Ashley Lew (La Fille Mal Gardee), from Brazil and the USA; 13-year-olds Penelope Birnbaum (Paquita) and Kotomi Yamada (La Esmeralda), and 14-year-old Lilly Maskery (Grand Pas Classique), respectively from the USA, Japan, and New Zealand, were particularly outstanding to me. The 12 finalist Junior Men, to my eye, were led by the first three performances – 12-year-olds Francisco Gomes (peasant variation from Giselle), Antonio Casalinho (variation from Le Corsaire), both from Portugal, and Itsuku Masuda (variation from La Bayadere) from Japan.
Among the Senior Women and Men (ages 15 through 19), there seemed a marked increased appreciation for the significance of the competition and their performances than was apparent in the younger dancers. That is, while the youngest of the younger dancers seemed to be thoroughly enjoying themselves, these somewhat older dancers were working hard to create a favorable impression. While they all danced well, I noticed several minor errors and attempts to overdo things. But there were a few standouts, at least to me. Among the 26 Senior Women: 15-year-old Kenedy Kallas danced a memorable Nikiya variation from La Bayadere, 16-year-old Yu Hang, a thrilling variation from La Esmeralda, and 18-year-old Yuka Iwai sparkled in her variation from Coppelia (from the USA, the People's Republic of China, and the USA respectively). Among the Senior Men, I was particularly impressed by 17-year-olds Narcisco Alejandro Medina Arias (achieving incredible elevation in his variation from Don Quixote) and Joonhyuk Jun (variation from La Bayadere, delivered effortlessly, and smooth as silk), from Cuba and the United Kingdom/Republic of Korea respectively.
Top Finalists and Award Winners
The following is a list of award winners and top three finalists (including in categories that were not presented during the "Final Round"). A complete list is available on the YAGP web site (yagp.org).
Senior Grand Prix – Joonhyuk Jun, United Kingdom/Republic of Korea
Junior Grand Prix – Antonio Casalinho, Portugal
Hope Award (equivalent to a Grand Prix in the Pre-Competitive age group) – Madison Penney, USA
Natalia Makarova Award for Artistic Excellence – Kenedy Kallas
Shelley King Award for Excellence – Jolie Rose Lombardo
Mary Day Artistry Award – Julia Rose Sherrill and Vincenzo Di Primo
Outstanding Artistry Award (presented by Dance Europe Magazine) – Rafael Valdez Ramirez
Outstanding Choreographer Award – Garrett Smith, Travis Wall, and Guilherme Maciel
Grishko Award – Avery Gay
Top Finalists:
Senior Men:
Third Place – Motomi Kiyota, Japan
Second Place – Stanislaw Wegrzyn, Germany/Poland
First Place – Narcisco Alejandro Medina Arias, Cuba
Senior Women:
Third Place – Makensie Henson, Australia
Second Place – Thays Golz, Brazil
First Place – Yu Hang, People's Republic of China
Junior Men:
Third Place (tie) – Yago Guerra, Brazil and Sheung-Yin Chan, Hong Kong, China.
Second Place (tie) – Samuel Gest, USA and David Perez, Mexico
First Place – Itsuku Masuda, Japan
Junior Women:
Third Place (tie) – Kotomi Yamada, Japan and Brigid Walker, USA
Second Place – Eri Shibata, Japan
First Place – Ashley Lew, USA
Pre-Competitive Men:
Third Place – Darrion Sellman, USA
Second Place – Kenzo Seah Jia You, Singapore
First Place – Brady Farrar, USA
Pre-Competitive Women:
Third Place – Isabella Kulmer, Spain
Second Place – Martina Miro, Spain
First Place – Kaylee Quinn, USA
Pas de Deux Contemporary:
Third Place – Within, Maggie Chadbourne (14) and Boris Ceballos (18), USA
Second Place – The Path, Sophia Lucia (13) and William Jackson Beckham (16)
First Place – Olho Nu, Paula Rosa Santana (17) and Vinicius dos Santos Lima (18)
Pas de Deux Classical:
Third Place – Pas de Deux from Don Quixote, Juliette Bosco (14) and August Atahu Generlli (18)
Second Place – Pas de Deux from Satanella, Bianca Gomes Vilarinho Teixeira (18), Stanislaw Wegrzyn (17)
First Place – Pas de Deux from Giselle, Gloria Benaglia (18) and Andrii Ishchuk (17)
Third Place – Cosmos, Kaneta Kouno Ballet Academy, Japan
Second Place – Russian Dervish, LuCiA Ballet Dance Studio, Japan
First Place – Silencio, Bale do Teatro Escola Basileu Franca, Brazil


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When something like this pops up, we wonder whether there is any point in writing a blog post. Check out the following video and I'm sure you'll agree, Parrot's new iOS & Android compatible toy is going to be on many an AR.Drone owner's wish list in the coming months.
Need we say more? Ok, go on then…
The Sumo is able to launch up to 80cm and thanks to an on-board gyroscope and accelerometer, it is able to right itself into an upright position upon landing.
Rolling on two large wheels the Sumo is surprisingly nimble and is able to make sharp turns as well as 360-degree spins on the spot. As with the AR.Drone, users can control the Sumo via iOS/Android phones and tablets. High resolution video is streamed back to the users phone or tabler via Wi-Fi.
Expect to see the Parrot Jumping Sumo Robot in stores later this year. Don't be surprised if the best deals are on Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk respectively.


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Inside the Collection: Love, Loss and Mix-Tapes
I was a teenage skater, which back in the eighties meant I didn't meet many girls. But there was one – Brynn was what we affectionately called a "Skate-Betty." She stood out from the others with her sun-bleached bowl-cut, hi-top Vans, a flannel tied around her waist and a warm California smile that gave me the courage to ask her out. We instantly bonded on music. She was into many of the same Skate Rock bands that I listened to like JFA and Agent Orange. But she also turned me on to stuff I'd never heard before like Voivod and Reagan Youth.
Do you remember the first mix-tape you made for a crush? What about the opposite – a mix that you curated following a heart-bludgeoning break-up? As we approach Valentine's Day, it's easy for me to flashback to the very first amorous mix that I recorded…and my first break-up tape. Allow me to share a few of the lessons that I learned from building those mixes.


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The concept of "Chicago Lights" was born in 2015 when acclaimed British photographer Abigail Zoe Martin's relocated to Chicago from London for her husband's job. Driven by a sense of isolation from family and friends, she went in search of connections to Chicagoans from all walks of life. Thus, was born the audio and visual exhibition, now a book for you to share in Martin's journey
"The book is a raw and unfiltered conversation with Chicagoans and illuminates the incredible kindness I found," says Martin. "Feeling profoundly displaced, I turned to photography as a means to explore my new city, meeting — often by chance — an eclectic and diverse range of people with a wonderful inner light and a common thread of integrity, compassion and empathy."
The subjects are a wide-ranging group of characters who contribute to the immense diversity and originality of Chicago's landscape. Among those photographed are Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, former Chicago Bears player Israel Idonije, rising singer Kiara Lanier, priest and social activist Father Michael Pfleger, Lieutenant Governor elect Juliana Stratton, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology Dr. Lauren Streicher and famed art brothers ShanZuo ZhouShi and DaHuang ZhouShi.
Each person chose their photo setting and style and then nominated the next subject to be photographed. The portraits are accompanied by written text provided by each subject, along with an audio excerpt, which you can experience by using the barcodes throughout the book. The audio excerpts are taken from the recorded, intimate conversations, that Martin had with each subject.
Chicago Lights reminds us that art has the power to help us better understand one another and build positive, long-lasting relations that contribute to a kinder world.
Book Details:
- 9" x 11" Premium hardcover book with full color dust jacket
- 230 pages, and 79 exceptional portraits of 81 unique Chicagoans
- Includes interactive codes allowing you to immediately hear audio
- Full color on premium quality paper
100 signed and numbered limited edition books are available. The limited edition is a larger format, measuring 12 x 12 inches and offering a truly stunning view of the photographers work.
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- 230 pages, and 79 exceptional portraits of 81 unique Chicagoans
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Western Digital had a roaringly successful first fiscal 2010 quarter with revenues 15 per cent up year-on-year.
It recorded sales of $2.2bn, compared to $2.1bn a year ago, and net income of £288m, up from last year's $211m, and beating Wall St estimates. Drive shipments totalled 44.1 million, a 12 per cent year-on-year increase, and a record for WD.
Part of the reason was WD gaining drive sales as Toshiba acquired Fujitsu's drive business.
Last year in its equivalent quarter Seagate shipped 48.23 million drives, 8.83 million more than WD. In this first fiscal 2010 quarter Seagate shipped 46.3 million drives, almost two million fewer than a year ago and only 2.9 million more than WD. It seems WD is catching up as the unit ship gap between Seagate and WD has declined by 75 per cent over the period.
Could WD overtake Seagate in drive shipment terms? Seagate is a recovering company and getting on top of its game so the short-term next quarter or two prospect of WD overtaking Seagate is receding but the longer term possibility is still there.
WD president and CEO John Coyne talked of the raised demand for drives in the earnings call transcript, saying: "For the second consecutive quarter, demand for hard drives was stronger than we expected as the positive industry conditions that first materialized in the June quarter continued throughout the September quarter.
"The demand strength is primarily consumer driven, and we believe it is underpinned by the growing social media phenomenon. This is creating strong demand in mobile and desktop PCs, near-line enterprise and external storage markets.
"The inventory situation in the drive business is extremely lean. It's at the lowest levels that we've seen in over three years.
CFO Tim Leyden said: "Throughout the September quarter, hard drive industry demand exceeded supply... Demand for our HDD products in the September quarter was stronger sequentially than we would have expected."
One result of this was a stable pricing environment. Gross margin was 23.3 per cent, compared to 20.1 per cent in the year-ago quarter and 19.2 per cent in the preceding quarter. WD has also been running its factories very efficiently.
Coyne said: "In the last six months, we have been running our capacity close to 98, 99 per cent utilisation. That's very good for the short-term margin and absorption benefit. However, it inhibits our ability to provide one of the critical values that we provide to customers which is availability and responsiveness. So our target is to run at about a 90 per cent utilisation."
Leyden said the outlook is positive. "As we enter the December quarter, demand remains strong... seasonal indicators seem to be lining up very well for a positive holiday season."
WD expects its second 2010 quarter revenues to be $2.25bn to $2.35bn, with gross margin staying constant. It estimates that the total addressable drive market in the quarter will be 152 million to 160 million drives. With its current 29 per cent share, that equates to 44 million to 46 million drive shipments.
It all looks very healthy, and WD has still not entered the enterprise drive space where it may hope to expand sales volume further. Leyden mentioned the coming enterprise products, saying: "We've indicated that we are going to be entering the traditional enterprise market during the course of the year."
If that means 2009 and not fiscal 2010 then we could see a WD enterprise drive by year-end. ®