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Roland need a new top of range
16 May 2017 09:23
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In view of the fact that the BK9 is now discontinued, it's time that Roland introduced a new top of range arranger.
The E-A7 is now the most expensive board in the range and I like it a lot, especially all those knobs, sliders & buttons, which give excellent control over every facet of the board..
No one expects the E-A7 to compete fully with such as the Tyros5, Korg PA-4X and Ketron Audya at it's present price point but Roland fans remember when Roland were the masters in the game
We now need something similar but with new features such as larger twin screens (or a 15" single screen, capable of displaying PDF scores), some new sounds and some new styles.
I have had a few few Rolands in the past (still have a EM2000 in my loft and I own a BK-7M module which is close to being brilliant except for the cost paring which demands such a tiny screen and too frequent use of that horrible data wheel.
Too many products in the bargain basement category which are discontinued in a short space of time.
Come on Roland - we are not afraid to spend money if you can come up with the goods and bring out a real top of range and even a matching module.
Waiting in hope.
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16 May 2017 20:00
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In a way, I agree with you, Tony, but in a way, I kind of hope that Roland take as long as it takes to get it right, for once!
Indeed, the E-A7 has many things that are an improvement over the old Roland Way, but it also makes many backward steps I think have seriously hurt its usefulness. I have posted several times about these, but I'll precis them here...
Performance List back to 999... In fact, no limit! For those that use tablets for lyric display, it needs to be long enough for their entire repertoire.
Return the FC-7 input... Some of us play with BOTH hands! Putting the seven switches on the panel isn't as good as having them at your feet.
Fills back to six... The E-A7 is the first Roland arranger for well over a 15 years that has only four fills. This means most of the legacy styles made since the six fill system started (I think the G70 was the first) will not play all of them. I find that transitions using six fills give more variety and are more musical than four fills. The code already works, the styles are already made, why cut something that works?
Even the lowly BK3 uses six fills. This wasn't just a TOTL arranger feature....
Return the video out. Even a BK-5 has that. Great for lyric display, karaoke sing-alongs, pictures projected while you play...
Now, start to think about a BK-9 or G70 replacement. and things get even stickier. There was a BUNCH of really killer features from the G70 dropped for the BK-9:
Slider control of Makeup Tools (so both Styles and SMF's easy to adjust on the fly), the touchscreen, aftertouch - although I have often made the argument that the BK-9 was an updated E60 (which had no aftertouch) rather than an updated G70 (which did).
Easy editing and replacing of ROM content (so the Style Family buttons call up YOUR edit of a ROM style rather than having to go to the stick and flounder around trying to find it).
Three UPR and two LWR Parts (I miss those probably more than anything as they really don't have a decent workaround!).
Roland's G70/E80 Guitar Mode lacked only one thing to make it a killer app... multiple Drum Tracks, so control notes didn't get transposed (the BK's were the first Roland arranger that could do more than one Drum Track). The BK's added that, so a fully style-ready Guitar Mode like Korg's and Yamaha's got dropped. Doh!
It had little use as a live ONLY feature, it was desperately needed to make style guitar Parts better. Imagine it today with the BK's MUCH better guitar sounds!
I wasn't a big fan, but I know a LOT of arranger users miss the vocal harmonizer. Maybe a partnership with Digitech, who make killer ones, would be like Korg's partnership with TC Helicon? Hate to say it, but Roland's standalone harmonizers suck, in comparison!
Roland have a unique opportunity to leapfrog the competition right now. I truly believe they have EVERYTHING in place to make an arranger that blows Korg and Yamaha away. Combine the best of the G70, the BK-9 and the E-A7 in one lightweight, easy to use package, and watch the dominoes fall...
But will they? History does not make this look likely.
Search for 'E-A7' and 'Diki' in the poster field and you'll find my other thoughts on the subject.
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16 May 2017 20:14
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BTW, Tony... dig that BK-7m out of retirement, pair it with an iPad or Surface, and you get your brilliant arranger with all the control buttons and sliders you miss, and you can almost drop using the data wheel altogether.
In the meantime, despite some of the additional buttons the E-A7 adds, I would NEVER use it as a BK-9 replacement. Too many sounds (all the SN sounds, the VK sim, and a ton of great normal Tones) are missing and the RAM for the sampler isn't enough to replace them all, even if you could find any content for it, which almost none exists!
The action is BK5 quality, not the excellent BK-9 action, which, despite the lack of aftertouch is easily as crisp and pro-feeling as a T5 or PA4X.
No Chord Sequencer (no arranger should be without one!).
Not enough MFX (Roland's next arranger should have the 16 MFX the FA series have!)
If you need something better than an E-A7, and still want a lot of control buttons, I'd take a serious look at a BK-9 paired with an iPad...
Let Roland take their time and get it right (not that they will! Pretty sure they never read here
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16 May 2017 23:03
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Hi Diki,
Can you tell me more about the software to control my BK-7M.
I don't have an Ipad or Surface Pro but I do have a Lenovo Windows 10 Tablet so I should be able to run Surface Pro software.
I knew there was something available for Ipads but didn't know it also covered Windows tablets.
Looked in Rolands support but couldn't find any info on this.
Thanks mate,
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16 May 2017 23:26
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The PC side of things isn't covered by Roland.
Check out the GESINI sub-forum here, and also do a search for PC BK software and generic MIDI software. There are many programs you can set up sliders and buttons to send MIDI commands, which can give you a lot of control not available from the front panel.
Stuff not available by MIDI can also be got around by programming two or more Performances (that CAN be addressed by MIDI) that change the relevant parameters. No notes get cut off when changing Performances, so it can do some pretty slick stuff...
Unfortunately, Roland's iPad BK-9 Editor, which allowed you to get right into the nitty gritty of live performance (but sadly never gave you a graphical front end for the Makeup Tools or Sequencer, which would have been killer!) does not, to my knowledge, work with any BK's other than the BK-9. Something to do with sys-ex addresses....
And Roland support..? Don't make me laugh!
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Roland need a new top of range
16 May 2017 23:29
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BTW, do you have an FC-7? Ton of stuff that can do.
If you prefer switches by hand, an FC-7 is simply seven dumb momentary switches, so easy to build your own custom switch bank and plug it in there.
What do you control the BK-7m from?
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17 May 2017 10:46
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Disappointing that Roland don't offer Windows software too.
Might consider an FC-7 to make things easier but as I'm ready for a new master board, I may just wait to see if Roland introduce anything new (even a module with a screen big enough to read and and buttons in place of Data wheel Don't want a bargain basement board but something with a future..
I also have a Ketron Midjpro which, unlike BK-7M is easy to use with good styles & sounds but I also like to have my Roland styles & sounds available..
Driving my modules from Tyros4 at the moment - I did use my Technics KN7000 (my favourite board of all time) but Midi out is now faulty and repair seems a bit doubtful.
Thanks for the info Diki - I wish Roland had your enthusiasm.
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17 May 2017 17:07
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TBH, as lackluster as Roland's enthusiasm and support for their Arranger Division seems to be, I am utterly surprised and delighted that they even have iPad apps for them!
But, as with all things Roland these days in the arranger department, their solution is half realized and inconsistent. Where are the editors for the other BK's? It would have been simplicity itself to port the BK-9 Editor to work with the other BK's, especially the BK-7m which desperately needs it (more even than the BK-9 does!).
And where are the apps to address the rest of the OS other than just voice editing and Performance creation? A graphical front-end to the Makeup Tools would have returned the ease of use of the G70, who's touch screen OS and slider control made editing styles and sequences, even on the fly at a gig, a piece of cake! And a graphical front end for the Sequencer (yeah, I know, why is the BK-9 the only BK with a proper sequencer? All G/E series had one!) would have made it a viable alternative to using a DAW, which it currently isn't, unless you are really strapped and have no computer at all!
However, Tony, I think you are being a bit unfair to the BK-7m. The problems you are having with it are more a result of what you are using to control it with than what the unit is capable of. Other arrangers, especially ones as ancient as that Technics, but even modern ones like Tyros and Korg, they simply are NOT set up to be flexible MIDI master keyboards.
Pretty much everything you need for normal arranger operation, they have MIDI codes so a master can control them. From Performance selection in the first place, to Variation selection, Fills, Breaks, Part volumes and effects, and basically everything an iPad or Surface can address can be addressed by a capable enough master keyboard.
I am pretty sure that, with a decent modern controller, you would have the same degree of control as your Ketron, and from the master itself, not having to reach over and work buttons on the module. In fact, as long as the Technics is as capable of being run remotely as the BK and the Ketron are, I'd relegate that to a secondary position, and drive ALL the arrangers from a single master. Plenty of TOTL ones have multiple MIDI outs, capable of deciding which MIDI port to send what out from...
A fully integrated rig... wouldn't THAT be nice!
I also feel you aren't being fair to the BK-7m if you haven't got an FC-7 yet, despite your misgivings about control (or a proper master keyboard). That truly is the answer... Seven more buttons that can do a TON of things (have you looked in the manual for the long list of different choices it has?). And, as I said, if you would prefer those choices at your fingers rather than your hands, it is easy to build or re-task a set of switches of any type or kind to substitute for your feet (me, I LIKE having footswitches... I'm an old school organ bass pedal player, so a bunch of foot controls doesn't phase me!).
But honestly, the combination of a MUCH better controller keyboard and an FC-7, I'm pretty sure you would have just as much, if not MORE control than the Ketron provides...
Is there anything specific you miss, right now? perhaps I can show you how it can be done. The BK-7m is an amazingly powerful and great sounding arranger module. But it's only as powerful as the keyboard controlling it...
I think it is hardly fair to moan at Roland for not building a more expensive, larger one, if you aren't already taking advantage of the control possibilities the BK-7m already has! Roland don't need to make a bigger, better one (OK, yes, it would be NICE if they did a BK-9 in a box, but that's a tiny market!), you need to get a better
and use the one you have!
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18 May 2017 13:25
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Hi Diki,
The Technics KN7000 has a very good midi spec despite its age (better than Tyros4's) but since the midi out failed, my setup is with the Tyros4 as master then my Ketron module and last on the midi chain is my Technics KN7000 or the BK-7M.
I understand what you are saying and agree that the BK-7M is a good little module but it's still spoiled by the cut down operating system and this isn't being unfair to the BK-7M because nobody who buys a module and already owns 3 keyboards, expects to have to buy a new controller keyboard or an Ipad plus an FC-7 pedal controller just to make it fully usable.
I own 4 modules in total, a Technics SMAC 1200, a Solton MS40, a Ketron Midjpro and my BK-7M and I have gigged with them all (some for many years) and the only one that is difficult to use is the BK-7M. Yes, it would be a brilliant module with some new equipment to help make the control system easy but this shouldn't be necessary when the other 3 modules can be used without problem jsu as they stand.
I may still invest in FC-7 pedal system and I'm certainly not averse to spending money and like to get top of range equipment but an arranger is what suits my needs so I don't have the space or the wish for a pure keyboard controller as this would cut me off from the sounds & styles on my Technics and Tyros keyboards.
Were Roland to introduce a new range topper arranger as they did in the past, this would be the first one I would consider as an upgrade to my present system but if they don't offer the stuff that people want to buy, they will just carry on losing business to such as Yamaha, Korg and Ketron and the result will be making musical toys.
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18 May 2017 16:46
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I hate to disagree, Tony, but I think you have missed the point.
Whether the MIDI works or not, no arranger is capable of being programmed so that the Variation buttons on one can control the Variations on a module (unless the same manufacturer and model, if even that), or the Bass Inversion on/off, or the sliders that control its own voices to sent the MIDI that controls another. I rather have the feeling, with your Ketron, that you are basically using one arranger to sent it notes, but actually reaching over somehow and pressing whatever buttons you need on the module itself.
Hence your problem with the BK, it doesn't have that many buttons! But they CAN be set up with MIDI. But not with your dumb controller. You have to use something more capable. But let's be fair... you paid probably less that $1000 for that BK-7m. A TOTL Roland would set you back at least $2500. That means you still have $1500 in the kitty for a controller, which is WAY more than you need!
And that controller would be capable of integrating your entire rig, no matter HOW many arrangers you have. You could use sounds from the Technics, while playing SOME style elements from the Ketron, and some style elements from the Roland. One slider could control filter cutoff on a Roland sound, while another could alter the reverb send on a Ketron Part. One button could send Variation changes to ALL the arrangers simultaneously! All would start and stop and clock to each other.
But you can't do that with ANY arranger as the master. They simply are not designed to be good controllers.
All you would gain from a new TOTL Roland would be yet another arranger that simply did not talk well with the rest of your rig, and you would still be having to hit buttons on the Roland to get things to happen on the Roland, buttons on the Ketron to have things happen to the Ketron, and buttons on the Technics to... well, you know!
Hardly optimal or musical!
A decent controller opens up possibilities you can't even dream of yet, and an ease of playing I don't think you quite grasp. You know how easy it is to play ONE arranger? All the buttons are right there, all the controls at your fingertips... Now imagine ALL your keyboards able to be played as easily! No hitting something here, something there, not hitting something you want to (like those BK missing buttons!) because your keyboard is too dumb! Simple (or at least as simple as trying to play several arrangers at the same time is ever going to get!) and massively powerful at the same time....
Go on... Think about it!
Now, before we get off track, please tell me EXACTLY what you want to do on the BK that you currently can't. Perhaps I can show you a simple way to achieve it?
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18 May 2017 18:10
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Hi Diki - You are correct in assuming that I operate my Modules with their own buttons and just transmit note information and have always worked this way..
I do understand what you mean with regard to a master controller and I do agree that what you suggest would work well and make my playing easier than it's ever been..
The problem is that I would then have to use a big ugly 3 tier stand to accommodate another keyboard and my rig is in our living room which is not large to start with and one corner of it already looks like a music studio - I would expect to get some serious aggravation from my partner if I brought another board in.
If I had another spare room, I would probably get a controller but, under the circumstances, it's just out of the question.
Thanks for your offer of help but I manage fine except in using the BK-7m in the same way I use my other modules and there seems no answer to that.
It's mainly just scrolling with the data wheel and looking for stuff that's difficult, especially with ageing eyes and fingers and saving stuff is a nightmare with the write process you have to go through.
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18 May 2017 23:54
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OK, let's just address your problem....
One of the FC-7 input choices is Perf Up/Down. So there goes the need to use the scroll button to change Performaces while playing. Set your Performance List up so stuff you medley together (or multiple Performances for a single song, which is an amazing way of doing quick changes to the key setup without interrupting the song), and a quick tap or two on the Up or Down button, that problem is utterly solved!
As to Tone choice, yes, again it's a PITA to find Tones in a hurry on the BK-7m using the wheel. I hate it. So I don't do it..!
I program the Tones I need for a song in the performance of the song itself. Need multiple choices? Change Tones then store as a Performance of the same name song, with the lead tone name.
Alternatively, use a Performance Hold to 'hold' the style and variation and tempo, then changing Performances only changes the Tones up on the keyboard. No offense, but the Ketron has hundreds of Tones per sound family. I fail to see how this is any easier on that...
Have you taken a look at GESINI's software yet? That is a Windows solution (which will work with touch screens) which can do at least as well as the Roland iPad apps, which can do fast scrolling and touch screen entry of Tone selection OR Performance selection (plus a bunch of other things). And don't forget, you can get an iPad Mini used for about $100, which would give you a touchscreen control of the BK-7m larger than any current TOTL arranger (Korg really having the only one, so far...).
Just think... a $1000 BK-7m and a $100 iPad Mini (spend $200+ and a full size used iPad is yours if the Mini is too small). You already have the BK-7m. $100 for an iPad Mini and your problems are solved. Or a $2500+ new Roland TOTL (if they ever make one!).
That's basic math, in MY book!
Lastly, use a master controller, and you can put all the keyboards out of sight Up on a shelf, even in another room. You might even be able to ditch the Technics. I've seen translations to Roland of a LOT of the basic Technics styles. A master keyboard, and the Ketron and Roland Modules, you are good to go... Less gear than you have now, and one 'Ring to bind them' rather than two. But, be that as it may, one $100 used iPad Mini and an FC-7 solves ALL your BK-7m issues.
Problem solved, I'd say!
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I made a few dollars from them and still have links up. I was paid a few times but then again my checks were just a little over the minimum.This World is Not My Home
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I got a few checks from them, but after that they stopped paying.
See this thread:
And here's how the last payments (for payments that were left outstanding) were made: By Andy, not $5 software! And, they were kicked off of KB, too!
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September 9th, 2006, 11:45 AM #6
Links still work but I see the last 3 orders are "pending".
I guess I need to tear those links down.This World is Not My Home
We're gonna go inside, we're gonna go outside, inside and outside. . . And then we're gonna go go go and we're not gonna stop til we get across that goalline! Quotes from the movie Rudy, 1993
September 9th, 2006, 10:54 PM #7
Wow had no idea. Guess I be using them. Any one have any suffestions for a few good merchants for a PC help site?
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I am a self-proclaimed isolated loner who wishes our world was a place where respect for other human beings was commonplace, existing like a vibrant multi-colored patchwork quilt; all of our diversities sewn colorfully together. NO tolerance for chastisement, bullying, or worse.
I write and I paint and do other creative things not only because my brain is wired for it, but because awareness and knowledge are powerful springboards for change. I have to believe that tolerance (not the same thing as inclusion), acceptance and respect for others who see/think/feel/look "differently," is attainable because it is within our human condition to behave this way.
Nothing is perfect.
Nothing is finished.
Nothing is forever.
That is a 'wabi-sabi' philosophy in which to view the world. Whomever you are; use your voice for good, no matter how you choose to express yourself. In this technological age you can sew your own quilt stitches through random acts of kindnesses, through writing (see my personal blog) blogs like this one and in countless other positive ways.
I'm no Pollyanna optimistic ray of sunshine; in fact I have troubles with showing joy even when I feel it. I know this is a spectrum thing; I accept it with the knowing that because I do not show outward signs of emotion easily, they ARE nonetheless there.
When I am so far down that hopelessness wraps me like a heavy cloak, I go outside and watch the way that light attaches to a child. A pro-active approach to eradicating the things that torment us begins with a simple belief that there is good inside most human beings. I have to believe that "it could happen" or without the belief, nothing will.
My grandmother called patchwork quilts: "crazy quilts." I love that phrase. A lot of things are just crazy enough to happen; even good will.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Californians' thirst for water has pushed salmon and other fish to the brink of extinction, a federal agency ruled on Thursday as it directed officials to cut water supplies to cities and farms to save several species.
California's rivers used to brim with trout, salmon, sturgeon and more, but the federal, state and local governments built a monumental system of dams and pipelines in the most populous that turned a desert into productive farmland and left some rivers dry.
The state faces a water crisis and a third year of drought. Add climate change and a growing population to the mix, and the fate of some salmon runs looks untenable without change, the National Marine Fisheries Service said in a report ordered as part of a long-running court battle over the salmon.
It called for a 5 percent to 7 percent cut in water diversions for cities and agriculture from key state and federal water suppliers. Water conservation, recycling and groundwater use could offset the cuts, the report said, but water agencies described a tougher situation.
That reflects a larger argument about whether the state can conserve its way out of crisis or should build more dams and canals to capture the last trickles that bypass the system.
"It is becoming increasingly more difficult to operate our projects," U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regional director Don Glaser, the top federal water planner in the area, said after the report was released.
The mounting restrictions on water, he said, "just cannot be offset in any given year and maybe over time." State and federal water projects this year have slashed deliveries to about 40 percent of most requests, due to drought, and agricultural losses are expected near $1 billion.
The salmon ruling follows a similar one that protects a fish known as the Delta Smelt that lives in the Sacramento Delta, which is fed by major rivers. Some 370,000 acre feet of water were left in rivers to help the smelt in 2009, according to a group of state municipalities called the State Water Contractors. That's similar to what the salmon ruling is expected to affect.
"It's a difficult task to make sure a species doesn't go extinct, and sometimes that is at some societal cost," said Maria Rea, the main author of the report. Pumping restrictions are focused in spring and fall, so the current agricultural year will not be affected, Rea said.
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Life expectancy in Russia is low because of
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During the 1930s, Soviet policies in Ukraine led to
a) the breakup of collective farms.
b) people being sent from cities to work on collectives.
c) millions of Ukrainians dying of hunger.
d) rapid industrialization.
Since the collapse of the communist government, the biggest change in Poland has been in the country's
a) culture.
b) economy.
c) educational system.
d) transportation system.
After the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, Russia struggled to make the transition from communism to
a) socialism
b) capitalism
c) imperialism
d) pragmatism
Yugoslavia was divided into smaller units called
a) provinces.
b) states.
c) republics.
d) satellites.
What religion has been at the center of Polish tradition for centuries?
a) Judaism
b) Lutheran
c) Roman Catholic
d) Polish Orthodox
Why is Chernobyl famous?
a) It is the region with rich, black soil that makes Ukraine so productive.
b) An explosion at a nuclear power plant contaminated soil and water for miles around.
c) A pipeline carrying oil broke at Chernobyl, and thousands of barrels of oil were lost.
d) It is Ukraine's major seaport.
Ukraine's busiest industrial center is
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c) Kharkiv
d) Chernobyl
What happened to Poland at the end of World War I?
a) It was controlled by Germany and Austria
b) It was divided up among its stronger neighbors.
c) It gained freedom.
d) It fell under the influence of the Soviet Union.
Under Soviet rule, what was the official language of Ukraine?
a) Russian
b) Polish
c) Ukranian
d) English
Which of the following countries was NOT formerly a part of Yugoslavia?
a) Serbia
b) Albania
c) Croatia
d) Slovenia
Which of Yugoslavia's ethnic groups is mainly Muslim?
a) Serbs
b) Slovenes
c) Croats
d) Bosniaks
Why did Joseph Stalin break many of Russia's ties with Yugoslavia?
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b) Tito wanted to maintain trading relationships with Western countries, as well as with Eastern European nations.
c) Tito refused to follow communist policies and doctrines set forth by Stalin.
d) The people of Yugoslavia refused to support a communist regime
Why would conquering nations or invaders want to capture Ukraine?
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b) Ukraine has vast natural resources.
c) Ukraine had weak armies and was unable to defend itself.
d) Ukraine had always allied itself with stronger nations in order to ensure its own safety.
One problem that affects all Russians is
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b) overcrowding.
c) corruption.
d) pollution.
During the communist era, Polish schoolchildren were forced to learn what language?
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b) English
c) German
d) Russian
In Poland, why was the change to a capitalist economy harder on farmers than on others?
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b) Polish people began to buy food imported from other countries.
c) Many farmers lost their land as the country changed to capitalism.
d) Without the farm machinery provided by the Soviets, Polish farmers could not produce enough food to sell.
How has life changed for people in Siberia since the arrival of free enterprise?
a) They are no longer able to buy their own homes.
b) They are no longer guaranteed a job.
c) There is no longer a demand for the region's natural resources.
d) Most people have left Siberia to find a better life in other regions of Russia.
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L.A. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan made history on Monday night.
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During the post game interviews, the excitement for the winner is usually pretty high. After the victory of the LA Clippers over the Denver Nuggets DeAndre Jordan demonstrated this excitement perfectly when he randomly interrupted Jamal Crawford's interview to start singing...
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I went to UCLA for Acting. We didn't get to do The King and I four years in a row like I had hoped, but I acted in such classics as Shakespeare's (?) Double Falsehood and Eugene Ionesco's The Killing Game. Now I make videos online.
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A FORMER RAF policeman who "groomed" two schoolgirls and had sex with one of them has been jailed for more than two years.
Alistaire Chappell sent text messages to the teenagers to arrange to meet them separately and take them to secluded spots at Roseisle and Findhorn.
Chappell (34), formerly of Charles Street, Nelson, but more recently living in Earby, and who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, had previously admitted several sexual offences against the youngsters, who were both aged under 16.
At Elgin Sheriff Court, Sheriff Susan Raeburn told Chappel he had "subtly but persistently" groomed the two girls "for motives of sexual gratification".
Chappell previously admitted sexual activity in his car with a girl aged between 13 and 15 at the picnic area at Roseisle Woods between December 1st, 2010, and February 6th, 2011.
Chappell - an RAF military policeman for nine years - also admitted taking the same girl to waste ground at Findhorn beach in his car and engaging in sexual activity.
He also admitted engaging in sexual activity with another teenage girl aged under 16 at Findhorn waste ground between December 24th, 2010, and February 6th, 2011.
It is understood he left the RAF shortly before he committed the offences.
Elgin Sheriff Court previously heard the first teenager had met Chappell at Elgin last summer, when she was with her boyfriend.
Chappell - who had also served at RAF Leuchars - started to send texts to the girl shortly after they met, and their relationship became more physical when she split up from her boyfriend.
Chappell would pick the teenager up at the end of her road and she told her parents she was meeting someone called Daniel, refusing to reveal his age.
He then started meeting the other girl in late December.
His offences came to light when the second girl told a relative she had been meeting him, that they had kissed and he had "tried to go further".
His defence agent, Mr David Adams, said that sex with the first girl was consensual.
He added: "The contact with the second victim is perhaps less serious but in a way less explicable, given the background.
"It was the second victim that made the report."
Sheriff Susan Raeburn said: "These are serious and disturbing offences. You subtly but persistently groomed two young and impressionable girls for motives of sexual gratification.
"I consider you exerted deliberate emotional control over the victims."
Sheriff Raeburn said Chappell's behaviour was "damaging" and "abusive" to the girls, at an age "when adult life should be something that holds promise".
She added: "Your second victim queried your motives and effectively put a stop to your quest.
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Sheriff Raeburn jailed Chappell for two years and four months. She also placed him on the sex offenders' register for 10 years.


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The inclusion of The Mills in the artwork pays homage to Hong Kong's unique developmental history, acknowledging the textile industries as a local pillar of economic growth. The creative act was aligned with the heritage conservation philosophy of The Mills, which shares Chim↑Pom's ideal of preserving the cultural identity of cities, whilst embedding it with new meanings to enrich knowledge and experience.
About the work
It's the wall world was initiated in 2014 at the Asian Art Biennale in Bangladesh. Developed in response to the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the continuing and evolving installation consists of a video documentation and component artworks accumulated from across the globe. Chim↑Pom cut out jigsaw pieces from the white cube of a gallery space, in exchange for identically shaped pieces carved from surfaces found in the 'real world'. This was the first time a piece was taken from Hong Kong. Three pieces were cut out from the exterior and interior surface of The Mills and were exhibited alongside global ones as part of It's a wall world at The Saatchi Gallery in London, in Chim↑Pom's landmark solo show which opened in September 2015.
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Chim↑Pom is a Japanese art collective based in Tokyo, founded in 2005 by Ellie, Yasutaka Hayashi, Motomu Inaoka, Toshinori Mizuno, Masataka Okada and Ruta Ushiro, when all six members were in their twenties. Considered to be one of the foremost groups of practitioners within the contemporary Japanese art scene, their work uses video as a primary discipline, freely crossing over a range of media from performance to installation, curating to events.
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Bountiful North Yorkshire
(Revised July 3, 2006, with additional photos, July 12, 2006, w/ links)
( Duncombe Park photos added w/revisions April 10 & April 15, 2009 )
(revision June 7, 2015 on York and tags)
Yorkshire is the largest county containing the most castles in England, encompassing 5,000 square miles, referred to at one time as North Riding, West Riding, East Riding and Humber. The latter mentioned region is Yorkshire's portion of the Wolds giving way to undulating country hills and nature preserves. Today the county's divisions are North, South, West and East Rising- the North being the largest area.
The castles vary from large and legendary, like Castle Howard and Skipton Castle to richly historical edifices such as 605 year old Bolton Castle and fabulously landscaped and interior appointed Beningbrough Hall. It is difficult to separate the Brontë legend from Yorkshire and yet that small Hall and it's environs are hardly indicative of the overall picturesque bounty of lush meadows, moorlands and valleys of this foremost region of England.
In this entry I will explore only the North Yorkshire area, where the bulk of the twenty seven Great Halls and Castles of Yorkshire are concentrated.
The most magnificent palace designed in North England, Castle Howard, is still a Howard family possession and its features are imitative of the Taj Majal. Its uniquely temple-like architecture is centered around a North front Great Hall featuring a 20 meter high dome, Carpenter columns and circular gallery. The east and west wing form a courtyard with the west wing featuring the Long Gallery containing family portraits and the Chapel with Burne-Jones and Morris Stained Glass. Throughout, it features fine furniture, particularly 18th and 19th century antiquities along the antique passage with paintings and objets d'art, including a bust of the 7th Earl by J. H. Foley and Holbein's Henry VIII and the Duke of Norfolk. The west wing was actually an addition built in 1753-9 using the son-in-law of the 3rd Earl, Thomas Robinson's design.
Two movies were made using this Palace, Brideshead Revisited (the ITV epic adaptation) and was also part of the set for The Buccaneers. Most recently this castle has been featured in the new Garfield movie, "A Tale of Two Kitties". Sir John Vanburgh was commissioned by Charles, the 3rd Earl of Carlisle in 1699 to erect a family palace. Sir John also collaborated with Nicholas Hawksmoor in the design of Blenheim Palace which is a majestic marvel itself, lying in the Thames Valley. Vanburgh's last addition to the grounds was the Temple of the Four Winds featuring an onion cupola-shaped dome and four ionic porticoes. It was planned for the opposing end of the terrace and has its own small grandeur typical of an 18th century landscape building particularly for England. Other memorable sights include the Mausoleum, the New River Bridge, the restored waterworks of the South Lake and Prince of Wales Fountain.
Howard's neighbors just to the north and east towards England's east coast are Hovingham Hall, Nunnington Hall, Pickering Castle, Scampston Hall and Scarborough Castle. Pickering and Scarborough were of particular interest to me because their strategic placements, especially Scarborough which is directly on the coast. This 12th century buttressed marvel hugs a cliff edge and its rectangular keep retains three storeys despite the fact that it was frequently attacked. It includes a 4th century Roman Signal Station and housed many important people in history. Among them, King Richard III made this part his supply base for all his warships.
The town of Scarborough also has some historical attractions. It was a resort spot back as far as 1626 and has two beaches- South Bay and North Bay respectively- and Anne Brontë is buried in St. Mary's Church high atop the town. The Museums and Gallery on The Crescent are three buildings housing art from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, and includes archaelogical finds from Star Carr.
About fifteen miles inland from there, Pickering Castle (like Tickhill, Helmsley and Middleham) was hunting ground for the royals. It stands on a limestone escarpment south of the North Yorkshire moors (N.E. corner) overlooking the Vale of Pick. William the Conquerer is supposed to have built a primer castle here while pillaging the north in 1069-70. Henry I issued a charter from the Pickering location about 1119 and by Henry IIs entries in the pipe-rolls stated it was being rebuilt. In 1314 its revenue was £ 385.19s 3 1/2d, money gathered by the sheriff of the forest in which it resides. Today it is a well preserved motte and bailey castle, with much of the 1119 rebuilt wall, towers and keep intact. It is one of the few of its kind to have an exhibition on the castle's history. www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.374
Fifteen more miles directly west, the above mentioned Helmsley is an imposing ruin, seated close to the market square. This 12th century castle features earthworks around a great Norman Keep. It has an exhibition on the castle's history. At one time, the castle was so impregnable attempts to besiege it were few, however, 1644 was its final glory after holding out for three months against Sir Thomas Fairfax. The original D-shaped keep had one part blasted away in the Civil War but is still the castle's most extraordinary feature. Today, the beautiful spired church tower shows most prominently over the town. Helmsley is closed in by two nearby Abbeys, Byland and Rievaux, both in ruins but worth seeing. www.englishheritage.org.uk/server/show/ConProperty.367
Duncombe Park, the Feversham's restored family home, is only a stone's throw away from Helmsley Castle and definitely an architectural beauty in Ryedale the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. It sits on a natural plateau which overlooks the Rye River Valley surrounded by thirty-five acres of landscaped "green garden" with temples, terraces and gardens which were set out in the early 18th century. This Baroque mansion commissioned by Sir Charles Duncombe was completed in 1713 but it was his nephew Thomas who became the first inhabitant. After a major fire largely destroyed it in 1879 it was entirely rebuilt to its original design.
The Fevershams, who are direct descendants of Sir Duncombe, set about a complete restoration of the interior in 1986 after sixty years decline during which time it was used as a girl's school. The family pictures and Lord Feversham's collection of English and Continental furniture are on display and the primary rooms show off the 'grand interior' style which was popular at the turn of the century during Dumcombe's heyday.
T- +44 (0) 1439 772625 e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com www.duncombepark.com
Moving far north up to the northern border to Middlesborough, a beautiful example of some remaining Jacobean architecture, at Ormesby Hall with Palladian classical revival rebuilding- mid-nineteenth century- is a nice change of pace. It's opulent interiors and gardens are well worth the price of admission. It displays fine plasterwork, recreated kitchen areas and a model railway exhibition in the Old Wing is open to the public in care of The National Trust. The Stable block building is attributed to Carr of York and many features survive, such as a family crest presumably of the Pennyman family. This wonderful building was occupied by the Pennyman family up to the 1980s !
T- 01642 324188 www.ormesbyhallmrg.co.uk
Winding down from Ormesby, the North Yorkshire Moors Tour, another of England's walks for the pedestrian undaunted, twists for twenty eight miles from Spaunton to the west Beck River. Hutton-le-Hole is a beautiful stop and Rosedale offers old iron kilns from the mid-nineteenth century.
Still far north and westward as far as Richmond in Yorkshire Dales National Park, the medieval fortress of Richmond Castle– a wonderful survival of a 100 foot tall 12th century keep- 11th century ruins of the curtain walls and outbuildings were re-built in 1713 on a natural plateau and overlooks Pickering Castle, spectacularly seated in four hundred acres of arcadian parkland. An interactive exhibition gives the history of Alan Rufus, the 1st Earl of Richmond, who started masonry on the 11 foot thick walls by 1071. The courtyard contains Scolland's Hall built around 1080 and is one of England's oldest surviving buildings. Richmond's walls were unique in that they had projecting towers, making it possible for the archers to cover the wall base without using extensions. The medieval market place surrounding the castle was the castle's original outer bailey.
Aske Hall , north of Richmond, on the Gilling West road is the ancestral home of the Dundas Family. It is now owned by the Marquess of Zetland. A Georgian house with a remodeled Jacobean tower and an authentic 13th century Pele Tower. The interiors include 18th century furniture, paintings, porcelain art by many popular and various artists and the appointments are positively posh! T-01748 850391
Turning back south, Bolton Castle, Middleham and Braithwaite Hall (a Castle Hotel) are neighbors also within the Yorkshire Dales National Park which is mostly steeply falling valleys and high moorlands.
Middleham, Richard Neville's (the III!) home castle, is situated near Leyburn, so you'll head west on A684 when you leave south from Richmond. The remains of this castle are not to be missed if you're a true castle lover. When Richard III was named Lord of the North, this was one of the strongest fortresses in North England. Many of its stones were carried off and used by the locals but even in its ruinous state it's still magnificent!
Completed in 1399, Bolton Castle is a well preserved ruin with high walls and four-sided right-angled corner towers, five stories high, with a strong turret in the middle of its longest sides. This is where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned for six months when she was removed from incarceration at Carlisle. It sits atop Wensleydale northwest of Middleham and six miles west of Leyburn, being the stronghold of the Scrope family. Today the landscaping and gardens fit the venue and guided tours can be arranged even for medium-sized groups.
If you take children with you on your excursions White Scar Cave and The Forbidden Corner ( located in the Tupsill Park Estate in Coverham) will be perfect side trips and both are fun and informative for young and old alike. The latter mentioned attraction – a short distance away from Bolton- is a maze of subterranean passages leading to a grotto. White Scar Cave, in a westernmost region of Yorkshire at Ingleton, is the longest show cave in Britain. The Battlefield Cavern featured in the tour is about 330 feet long with the height of the cavern reaching up to 100 feet. It was discovered in 1923 by the student, Christopher Long, and has been of interest to scientists. A long guided tour will give you insights into the more curious cave formations unique to this location in Yorkshire Dales.
Moving down into the southernmost portion of the county, in Bronte Country and east of the Forest of Bowland, Skipton Castle sits in the southwest corner while Ripley is somewhat further east at Harrogate. Both are equally popular with tourists and native English people alike but their architecture and comparative sizes are vastly different. Accessible from the northern regions of Bolton and Middleham, the Wharfdale passage leads down to another long walk path, Malham Walk, which is seven rustic miles of breathtaking views including Gordale Scar, the Tarn and the Cove (once a waterfall).
Southeast of Malham, Skipton Castle sits right in the center of the busy market town of Skipton on High Street and is open every day. This was one of Lady Anne Clifford's castles (remember my original mention of her in Cumbria?) and was the Clifford family stronghold from 1310 and is over 900 years old. It was completely rebuilt in the 14th century by Robert de Clifford. The brick drum towers are its most prominent architectural feature, and harkens to the look of Angers Chateau in the Loire in France (although not black in color). It is very much a Norman castle with its entrance arch and gateway towers. The Conduit Court is in Tudor style and was added by Henry Clifford during King Henry VIII's reign. The yew tree that sits in the middle of it was added by Lady Anne in 1659 to commemorate the restoration work she'd completed after the Civil War damage, since Skipton was the last Royalist bastion in the North, and fell after a three year siege! Lady Anne was able to re-roof Skipton- which Cromwell ordinarily did not permit- under the condition that it should not be able to support cannon.
You can take a quick side trip just three miles west at Broughton Hall. Built by the Tempest family in 1597, three-thousand acres of rolling countryside is adorned with this stunning Classical Italianate manor house. It features engaged ionic columns in the sides of the fascia, mullioned windows and a stunning overall view.
Harrogate had its heyday as the North's La Costa for thirty-five years prior to WWI and continues its opulence even today with beautiful public gardens and lavish architecture. Ripley Castle is the crown that sits 3 1/2 miles north on the edge of the town and has been the Ingilby home for twenty-eight generations now. Their tours include the amusing and romantic history and their ancestors roles in England's chronicles. The oldest part is the Old Tower which dates from 1555 and still bears marks from Cromwell's bullets and houses medieval artifacts. Fine heirlooms can be viewed in the Georgian wing. You won't want to miss the walled gardens and hot house with their extensive supply and lush landscaping. The town is equally charming and is mostly employed by the castle, much like Arundel in W. Sussex.
As one moves eastward you will encounter Knaresborough, Newby Hall, Markenfield Hall, Spofforth Castle and Beningborough Hall before you will reach York. Knaresborough is five miles east of Ripley and is currently owned by the Duchy of Lancaster. The 14th century ruin sits high above Knaresborough and houses the local history museum in the Tudor Courthouse. www.knaresborough.co.uk/castle
Newby Hall, a few miles north of Knaresborough (two miles northwest of A1 and four miles southeast of Ripon) and Markenfield Hall (three miles south of Ripon) are very near to each other and both are well worth visiting. The latter is an L-shaped 14th century residence inside the moated outer structure and gateway housing.The house features a large banqueting hall, chapel and has a kitchen fireplace worth noting. In addition, the Markenfields were a powerful family who opposed Henry the VIII and his dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. From there, an army set off in 1569 in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Elizabeth I and put Mary, Queen of Scots in her place.
Newby Hall is a little closer to Ripon and has remained in family hands since the late 17th century. The gardens are equally as impressive as the house with the interior being attributed to Robert Adam (the Scottish architect and furniture designer) especially the domed Sculpture Gallery and Tapestry room. The house follows the symmetrical styling of Wren. William Weddell, ancestor to the current proprietor, Richard Compton, made a grand tour of Europe during the 1760s and filled the house with treasures from this period, including a set of Gobelin Tapestries. Don't miss the Autumn and Rose Gardens or Fountains Abbey which is west of Ripon.
Going back south and back to Harrogate, Spofforth Castle, an English Heritage protected site has some interesting features such as the unusual practice of the undercroft having been built into existing rock. William de Percy (called Aux Gernons, or "whiskers", hence Algernon) invaded the north along with William the Conqueror and Spofforth became his possession along with eighty-six other manors. It was licensed for crenellation under King Edward II, when the border threat became greater and most of the remains of it date from that time. Harry Hotspur was born there but after three hundred years as stronghold to the Percies, they became so wealthy that Alnwick came into their possession and they permanently left Spofforth. (A photo of Spofforth can be found in my March 14th entry in the archives.) www.castlexplorer.co.uk/england/spofforth/spofforth_photos.php
H.D Thoreau once said, "The perception of beauty is a moral test." Beningbrough Hall is one of the strongest tests of this kind of moral fortitude! This baroque manor rests in absolute Eden-like landscaping and gardening. Built entirely in bright red brick and bordered by pavilions with cupola roofs and ornamentally carved interiors richly finished and furnished, it is a masterpiece of restoration. It was saved from the wrecking ball in 1970 by The National Trust which embarked on the restoration by 1977. Over one hundred portraits from the National Portrait Gallery were donated to the Hall. A prized portrait of Alexander Pope as a young man among other treasures fills the posh rooms. Restoration of the explosively colorful gardens was started in 1997 and has been named one of the most beautiful Edwardian parklands in England . Beningborough Hall is eight miles northwest of York and three miles west of Skipton.
The walled city of York built by the Romans circa 71 AD and called Eboracum (a place of Yew trees) retains ruins of a Roman bath which can be seen in Samson's Square. Occupied first by the Saxons, then the Vikings it became Jorvik. Many of York's street names still can be traced back to the Saxon name origins , such as Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate ( means, neither one thing nor the other). Much of it is medieval and is a living, breathing museum. Old York Minster, the largest Gothic Cathedral in Europe, dates from 1220 and should be visited along with York Castle Museum and Clifford's Tower. If you have the time a three day stay would only be sufficient to take everything in and enjoy the unique atmosphere. Fairfax House is a vision, so definitely check it out!
Unlike some historical cities it was spared heavy bombing during WWII and the urban redevelopment of the 1960s just didn't happen here. This means that almost the entire history of York since its inception during the Roman occupation is still in clear evidence within two and half miles of the walled city! King George VI once commented that "the history of York is the history of England," and his words still apply.
South of York, Cawood Castle was once the stronghold of the Archbishops of York. It is now a gatehouse with a residence wing on one side of it. The Landmark Trust took it over and found it was a daunting task to save it because it was divided between two owners and a second floor had collapsed. Today it is leased to short term visitors, who will experience a late medieval room brought back to its former splendor. A little taste, which Archbishop Kempre turned into a Palace. It is reduced but his Cardinal hat, his pride, appears on several of the intricately carved stone shields (crests) over the archway.
So here it is, my promise for Yorkshire kept. Next month we will explore South Yorkshire, East and East Riding. Tomorrow you can expect a nice entry on the Castle and Manor Hotels for N. Yorkshire.
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