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It's been a good week for our humble tome THE BIG O, folks. Not only did it ascend at one point to the nosebleed-worthy heights of 33,128 (whoo-hoo!) on the Amazon.com rankings, but the rumours of foreign translations, in the wake of the Frankfurt bun-fight, grow stronger by the day. For lo! Apparently there's an Italian publisher showing 'strong interest' in foisting THE BIG O on an unsuspecting Italian public, which would be pretty cool given that I have very fond memories of finishing the second-to-last draft of said tome on the Aeolian island of Lipari, this during the holiday that I proposed to my wife. Nice.
Just as intriguing is the news that there's 'very strong interest' from a German publisher, even though I've never finished any drafts of anything in Germany, nor managed even so much as a smooch with a fraulein. Still, crime fiction seems to be coming strong in Germany in the last few years in particular – at least, we presume it's still coming strong, even though we haven't heard from our old friend Bernd Kochanowski in ages. Bernd? If you're out there, buddy, just send a carrier pigeon …
Finally, it's been confirmed that a Hungarian publisher will inflict THE BIG O on its nation's denizens next year, which news is the kind to tickle my always flabber-prone gast. Yes, yes, I appreciate that such developments represent small potatoes to the more established scribes among you, but given that THE BIG O was originally a co-published book put together on a budget of three bent paper-clips and a snapped elastic band, the idea that it'll see the light in Hungarian is simultaneously hilarious and poignant. Like, Hungary? You're kidding, right? You're not? Oh …
To celebrate, I'm going to run the new and improved 'book trailer' devised by Shay Bagnall, the entirely immodest new-and-improved elements being some blurbs that were kindly delivered by John Connolly, Reed Farrel Coleman and Booklist - plus a cute little 'smoking gun' add-on the Baggsman threw in for giggles. Hell, smoke 'em if you got 'em, right? Roll it there, Collette …
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"Prose both scabrous and poetic." – Publishers Weekly. "Proust meets Chandler over a pint of Guinness." – Spectator. "A sheer pleasure." – Tana French. "Among the most memorable books of the year, of any genre." – Sunday Times. "A hardboiled delight." – Guardian. "Imagine Donald Westlake and Richard Stark collaborating on a screwball noir." – Kirkus Reviews. "A cross between Raymond Chandler and Flann O'Brien." – John Banville. "The effortless cool of Elmore Leonard at his peak." – Ray Banks. "A fine writer at the top of his game." – Lee Child.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
As God Is My Witness, I'll Always Be Hungary Again
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Labels: Bernd Kochanowski, Declan Burke, Frankfurt book fair, Germany, Hungary, Italy, John Connolly, Lipari, Reed Farrel Coleman, The Big O
Friday, October 31, 2008
Roger And Me
I met a lot of cool people during the recent jaunt to the Baltimore Bouchercon, none cooler than Roger Petersen (self-portrait, right), despite his enforcing something of a Bataan forced march on a group of thirsty tourists as they plodded through Baltimore towards the shimmering mirage of Roger's idea of a perfect bar. Mind you, I am inclined to wonder how cool the horizontally-inclined Rog was the night the Phillies finally won the World Series. Anyhoos, Rog is something of a genius when it comes to ye olde illustrations and comic books, just one example of which cometh below. For more of the same, clickety-click on this …
Thursday, October 30, 2008
On The Essential Relevance Of Crime Fiction
Mack Lundy (right) was kind enough to drop by and blow smoke up my fundament re: a recent piece I wrote for Crime Always Pays. Quoth Mack:
Happily, his email coincided with a piece I wrote for the Sunday Independent last weekend, which touched on the importance and / or relevance of crime fiction, and why I believe that if journalism is the first draft of history, crime fiction is its second.
Even though I don't touch on this in the piece, I should probably add that crime fiction is the most important kind of fiction out there simply because it speaks to the greatest number of readers. If anyone doubts that, do the math.
Anyhoos, on with the show …
"I believe that crime / mystery fiction can be a vehicle for presenting morality, ethics, good, evil, innocence, sacrifice, moreso than Literature with a capital L. I would like to know why you think crime / mystery fiction 'is inarguably the most relevant and important fiction out there.' Perhaps you could touch on it in a future post on Crime Always Pays. Your readers would be interested and it would stimulate interesting discussion."Mack, bless his cotton socks, wildly overestimates (a) the number of CAP readers; (b) their ability to stimulate discussion, interesting or otherwise; and (c) the miniscule amount of reaction anything I might have to say might generate.
Happily, his email coincided with a piece I wrote for the Sunday Independent last weekend, which touched on the importance and / or relevance of crime fiction, and why I believe that if journalism is the first draft of history, crime fiction is its second.
Even though I don't touch on this in the piece, I should probably add that crime fiction is the most important kind of fiction out there simply because it speaks to the greatest number of readers. If anyone doubts that, do the math.
Anyhoos, on with the show …
How Crime Novels Reveal Truths About Our Dark AgeFor the rest, clickety-click here …
ARGUABLY the most seductive, and perhaps even compelling, aspect of contemporary crime fiction is its relevance. As with the best journalism, the best crime writing speaks to us of where we are now and how we are coping with the indignities that assault our notions of civilisation. Rape, for example, has been with us in fiction since THE ILIAD, although Homer tended to celebrate his triumphalist male protagonists and gloss over how a woman might feel about being subjected to such gross violation.
It's in the realms of modern crime fiction that you will find rape's most authentic documentation …
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Labels: crime fiction, Homer, Mack Lundy, Sunday Independent, The Iliad
Come As You Are. Or, Y'Know, As Bogie.
It's looking like we'll all be artists soon, drawing the dole (ba-boom-tish), but bona fide multi-media artist Ken Lambert has an exhibition which 'pays homage to the visual composition of film noir, psychological thrillers of the forties and the visual literacy of detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler and Ian Fleming' opening tomorrow night in Dublin – click on the invite for all the details. The guest speaker, by the way, is uber-babe Arlene Hunt, who'll be providing all the crime fiction context you can handle …
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Labels: Arlene Hunt, Ian Fleming, Ken Lambert, Raymond Chandler
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
God Bless You, Tim Maleeny
One of the nicest memories I took away from the Baltimore Bouchercon was of the panel I participated in on the Thursday, along with Dave White, Michael Dymmoch and Tim Maleeny (right). The title and purpose of it all escapes me now, partly because Jen Jordan was (nominally) in charge, but mainly because I lost all perspective when Jen asked her final question – 'Who should we be reading?' – and Tim Maleeny stepped up to the plate and knocked me into the bleachers by bigging up THE BIG O.
Now, I hadn't met Tim Maleeny until about ten minutes before the panel started; in fact, I'd had no contact with him whatsoever. So it was a double whammy – one, that he'd heard of THE BIG O, and two, that he liked it enough to give it ye olde hup-ya in such august company.
I did what little I could to thank Tim by hosting him on Crime Always Pays last week, and I thought that that would be the end of that. But no! For now Tim has tonked the pill out of the ballpark, and very probably knocked the leather off of it in the process, by posting this on his interweb yokeybus:
Tim? Much obliged, squire. Your reward will come in heaven. Or when GREASING THE PINATA hits # 1 on the NY Times best-seller list. Either way, it's only a matter of time.
Now, I hadn't met Tim Maleeny until about ten minutes before the panel started; in fact, I'd had no contact with him whatsoever. So it was a double whammy – one, that he'd heard of THE BIG O, and two, that he liked it enough to give it ye olde hup-ya in such august company.
I did what little I could to thank Tim by hosting him on Crime Always Pays last week, and I thought that that would be the end of that. But no! For now Tim has tonked the pill out of the ballpark, and very probably knocked the leather off of it in the process, by posting this on his interweb yokeybus:
"Declan Burke writes like Raymond Chandler on crystal meth. This character-driven mystery has the velocity of Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch combined with the stylish prose and effortless dialogue of Elmore Leonard at his best."There are many wonderful aspects to being a writer, not least of which is the validation you get when complete strangers tell you that they like what you do, especially when what you do is you at your most you, if that makes any sense. But there's something special about getting the nod from a peer, a fellow scribe, an intangible extra that gives you a frisson that can make your day, week and month, particularly when he or she name-checks your two favourite writers in the process.
Tim? Much obliged, squire. Your reward will come in heaven. Or when GREASING THE PINATA hits # 1 on the NY Times best-seller list. Either way, it's only a matter of time.
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The Neville Will Find Work For Idle Hands To Do, Part II
There's been some mouthwatering blurbs scribbled about Irish novels of late – Kevin Power's debut, BAD DAY IN BLACKROCK, for example, was heralded as a blend of IN COLD BLOOD, THE BOOK OF EVIDENCE and WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN – but Stuart Neville (right) is rapidly becoming the name to watch for in 2009, with his debut offering, GHOSTS OF BELFAST, exciting some heavyweight names. James Ellroy described it as "The best first novel I've read in years ... It's a flat out terror trip," which was enough to get me wondering who the hell Stuart Neville was way back when, but now – courtesy of CSNI – comes John Connolly's big-up, the gist of which runneth thusly:
"GHOSTS OF BELFAST is not only one of the finest thriller debuts of the last ten years, but is also one of the best Irish novels, in any genre, of recent times. It grips from the first page to the last, and heralds the arrival of a major new voice in Irish writing. I don't know how Stuart Neville is going to improve upon such an exceptional first novel, but I can't wait to find out …"Mmmmm, nice. For an excerpt, clickety-click on this little yokeybus right here. It's a hell of a start …
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
His Horse Was Fast As Polished Steel
KT McCaffrey (right) and your genial host have been rapping back and forth, on and off, about crime fic song lyrics, with Townes van Zandt a particular favourite of yours truly, in particular St. John the Gambler and Pancho and Lefty. Herewith be KT's take on Pancho and Lefty, with which I agree for the most part – although I tend to believe that van Zandt's version is the definitive one. Take it away, KT …
Reading Ken Bruen's AMERICAN SKIN set me off on the song lyric trail again ... in a roundabout sort of way. Bear with me. You see, Ken and I go back some ways. In 2001, a review for my third book THE BODY ROCK appeared in the Evening Herald, and because it took up half a page and was a particularly good critique, I noted the reviewer's name: Ken Bruen. I'd never heard of Ken at the time but then I got hold of THE GUARDS and we made contact. We have, over the intervening years, developed a mutual respect for each other's writing. Ken dedicated THE VIXEN to me and worked my name into the text of THE DRAMATIST, while I brought THE GUARDS into the narrative in my last offering, THE CAT TRAP.
Fast forward to AMERICAN SKIN. Dade is, without doubt, the No.1 bad dude in Bruen's hierarchy of baddies. Early in Dade's career, while imprisoned, his cell mate knocks out his teeth, saying, "Don't need 'em for blow jobs." Six months later, Dade settles the score by extracting the guy's eyes with a spoon. Could only have come from the pen of Bruen.
At one point in the story, Dade, with one eye on the Mexican border, conjures up a line from Pancho and Lefty – 'All the Federales say ...' – but can't remember what comes next. Well, that got me thinking. I unearthed Willie and Merle's definitive version of the Townes Van Zandt classic and thought I might share the lyrics with y'all.PANCHO AND LEFTY
Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
Your breath's as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy
But her favourite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams
Pancho was a bandit boys
His horse was fast as polished steel
Wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words
That's the way it goes
All the federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him hang around
Out of kindness I suppose
Lefty he can't sing the blues
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows
All the federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away
Out of kindness I suppose
The poets tell how Pancho fell
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
So the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true,
But save a few for Lefty too
He just did what he had to do
Now he's growing old
A few grey federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him go so wrong
Out of kindness I suppose
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Yep, It's The Latest 'Dear Genre' Letter
Given the way the global economy is going – not so much a downward spiral as a lemming-like suicidal plunge – we'll all be reading and writing by the flicker of animal-fat tallow candles in caves this time next year. Well, everyone except those writing genre fiction, apparently. Quoth the Sacramento Bee:
The editors at Forbes magazine know a thing or two about great wealth, if only from reporting on it. The magazine, which bills itself as "the Capitalist Tool", recently compiled its annual "World's Best Paid Authors" list. Those making the most dough between June 2007 and June 2008 – via book sales, advances and movie deals – were:Funnily enough, I've only read two of the authors on that list, and one was so bad I had to stop reading after my brain shrivelled up and made a desperate dive for freedom through my left ear. The Big Question: Who's the worst writer on that list? Over to you, people …• J.K. Rowling, $300 million
• James Patterson, $50 million
• Stephen King, $45 million
• Tom Clancy, $35 million
• Danielle Steel, $30 million
• John Grisham and Dean Koontz, tied at $25 million
• Ken Follett, $20 million
• Janet Evanovich, $17 million
• Nicholas Sparks, $16 million
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Embiggened O # 4,034: Never Mind The Quality, Feel The Bandwidth
THE BIG O got all teched up this weekend just gone, folks, although confirmed Luddite yours truly can't claim any credit. For lo! It came to pass that Critical Mick swung by CAP Towers one day in the recent past and whipped out his microphone-shaped thing and pointed it at your genial host. Well, I had to say something, didn't I? Actually, I said quite a lot, and the Mickster recorded most of it. The results can be heard at The Writing Show – jump right on this for the MP3 download.
Meanwhile, a mate of mine called Shay Bagnall laments not being born in Italy, where – apparently – he would have been called the rather more romantic Giacomo di Bagnalli. We call him Baggs. Anyhoos, said Baggsman was the one responsible for lashing together the vid below for THE BIG O, a very generous gesture with which I'm very well pleased. Incidentally, remember that name – El Baggalero is currently putting the finishing touches to his crime fic magnum opus, and should be going looking for an agent / publisher any day now. You have been warned … Roll it there, Collette.
Meanwhile, a mate of mine called Shay Bagnall laments not being born in Italy, where – apparently – he would have been called the rather more romantic Giacomo di Bagnalli. We call him Baggs. Anyhoos, said Baggsman was the one responsible for lashing together the vid below for THE BIG O, a very generous gesture with which I'm very well pleased. Incidentally, remember that name – El Baggalero is currently putting the finishing touches to his crime fic magnum opus, and should be going looking for an agent / publisher any day now. You have been warned … Roll it there, Collette.
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Labels: Critical Mick, Declan Burke, Seamus Bagnall, The Big O, The Writing Show
Sunday, October 26, 2008
The Name's Blond, Blond Satan
Wandered along to the new James Bond movie on Friday night, anticipating a very good time on the basis that the reviews were saying Bond had gone psycho while trying to avenge the murder of Vesper in Casino Royale (actually, that bit I didn't really get, because if memory serves Vesper ratted out Bond near the end of Casino Royale – so why should he give a rat's fundament? Or wasn't I paying attention?). Anyway, if you liked Daniel Craig's first outing as Bond, you'll probably like this one too. It's a tad darker in tone, although it's nowhere as bleakly nihilistic as some folk were reporting, and Craig is probably the most effective Bond yet, Connery included. There's a beautiful little moment early on in the flick, where, having dispensed with yet another bad guy, Bond pauses to take the guy's pulse and ensure he's dead before moving on to search his room. You can believe that quality of sadistic professionalism of Craig's Bond, his impassive features and ice-blue eyes perfect for the part of Fleming's (barely) human weapon – watching Craig in the early part of the movie, actually, I was reminded of Hammett's description of Sam Spade as 'a blond Satan'. Unfortunately, that little interlude is about the only original or fresh idea in the entire movie. It's all put together with some style, and the various chase scenes are quite polished – although the editing in the early sections appear to have been done by a team of monkeys deprived of their Ritalin – but the overall sense of the thing is that they're still chasing the Bourne market with a more downbeat, ruthless Bond, while still hung up on the idea of Bond being a noble character who only wants what's best for queen and country. It's all jolly good fun, mind, and it's a hell of a lot better than most Bond flicks – but you just wish, with Craig in the role, they were prepared to let 007 off the leash, just for once.
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Labels: Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, Dashiell Hammett, James Bond, Quantum of Solace review, Sam Spade
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The Michigan Humane Society paired with Detroit Animal Control to take 10 horses from a warehouse on Detroit's west side. They say the horses were found in poor health and had signs of neglect.
MHS is continuing the investigation in Thursday's incident. They will continue to work with these groups in pursuing those responsible for the conditions of the horses.
"It is appalling to see the callousness that some have toward these beautiful animals," said Debby MacDonald, MHS Chief Cruelty Investigator. "Thankfully, these horses will not have to suffer without care any longer."
The horses are currently being treated and cared for in Dansville.
Last week, 12 horses were also taken away from a Livingston County woman for signs of neglect. Owner Velva Jean Wainscott maintains her innocence, saying she gave them the proper care.
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The Greensburg 7A boys basketball team hosted Jennings County with a 62-34 victory. Pressure defense and sharing the ball was key as the Pirates dished out 11 assists.
Greensburg led from the start 15-10 after the first quarter and 31-16 at the half. Luke Lozier scored 23 pts. and had eight boards to pace the Pirates.
Also, in double figures was Kyle Sellers with 11 pts., Cody Bischoff 9 pts., Nick Heil 7 pts., Ty Hall and Tucker Bailey with 5 pts. each.
Gus Gregory hit the final basket at the horn and finished with 2 pts. Heil had a nice game on the boards with seven rebounds. Brayton Owens and Sellers pulled down four each. Bailey had a season high four assists and had four steals. Gabe Caplinger also had one nice assist to Ty Hall on a break. Josh Ankney joined the 7A team tonight but did not score.


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NBA sources confirmed the Houston Rockets have made an offer to free agent forward Mike Miller.
Miller was released on Monday by the Miami Heat for salary cap reasons.
Miller, the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2001 and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2006, is a 13-year veteran.
He spent the last three years with the Heat, helping Miami to back-to-back NBA championships.
Meanwhile, the Rockets are also in the hunt for free agent center Marcus Camby.
His agent, Rick Kaplan, told FOX 26 Sports, if Camby becomes a free agent on Sunday, which is expected, the Rockets are "a leading contender" to sign him.


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KUSA - A former Littleton police officer is headed to federal prison.
Jefferey Johnston was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison - followed by three years of supervised release - after pleading guilty to possession and distribution of Ecstasy.
Johnson served as a motorcycle officer for 22 years.
U.S. Attorney John Walsh released a statement saying that Johnston's involvement in trafficking illegal drugs, while also serving as a police officer, was "particularly disturbing."
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10:49am Monday 13th January 2014 in News By Mark Chandler, deputy news editor
FIRE crews tackled an Greenwich recycling plant blaze for more than five hours at the weekend.
Four fire engines went to the scene in Horn Link Way with 21 firefighters and officers from Greenwich, Plumstead and Lee Green fire stations.
The brigade was called out on Saturday afternoon (January 11) at 10.31am but the fire was not under control until 4.04pm.
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Katie Holmes strips down to her bra and nearly bares all in her recent advertisements for the H. Stern jewelry collection.
The 33-year-old actress can be seen posing shirtless in just a simple black bra with the straps falling down to the sides and an H. Stern gold necklace around her neck in one of the photos featured for the brand.
In a few other shots, Holmes is seen in a bikini on a beach. Holmes previously posed for H. Stern back in November and signed on with the brand back in April, according to E! News.
This is not the first time the former "Dawson's Creek" actress has modeled for a brand. Holmes was the face of Ann Taylor's spring 2011 collection with ads appearing in January 2011.
The actress is also involved in her own fashion line called Holmes & Yang and their fall 2011 collection was made available at Barneys in New York City in March and was inspired by Diane Keaton.
In April, Tom Cruise's eldest daughter, Isabella "Bella" Cruise, joined Holmes & Yang as an apprentice. Holmes and Cruise married in 2006.
The actress rose to fame playing Joey on the 1990s teen series "Dawson's Creek." She recently filmed the miniseries "The Kennedys," playing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She last appeared on the big screen in "Jack and Jill" with Adam Sandler and Al Pacino, which was released in November.


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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - The county, city and school board are teaming up to help fight truancy in Dougherty County schools.
Dougherty County Commissioner Muarlean Edwards, City Commissioner John Howard and future school board member, Velvet Riggins will be starting the S.H.I.E.L.D. Program.
Volunteers from Albany State University, Turner Job Corp and the community will be mentoring students with multiple suspensions, have gone through the juvenile court, or have completed boot camp.
"It's important to the Dougherty County School System that the children be assisted in their learning no just by the teachers and the faculty in our school system, but also by the community.
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At this point, one could say the sun never sets on Disney Theatrical Productions, with about 15 productions playing around the world on any given night. Our international expansion began shortly after the 1994 Broadway debut of Beauty and the Beast, with a production of that show in Melbourne the following year. We've now staged shows in over 20 countries.
It's a big month on the international circuit for Disney Theatrical Productions.
SHANGHAI, CHINA (FEBRUARY 21, 2006): Thomas Schumacher, President, Disney Theatrical Productions, and Stanley Cheung, Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company, together with Mr Fang Sizhong, President, Shanghai Grand Theatre today announced Disney's award-winning musical The Lion King, will open at Shanghai's Grand Theatre on July 18 and play for 100 performances.


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Europe - North/South divide is based on skills, says report
Unemployment and underemployment are a big part of the problem in Greece, Italy, and southern Europe's other debt crisis-stricken countries, except among residents with college degrees. Surveys conducted from 2009 to 2011 by research firm Gallup indicate that median figures among those in southern Europe, who have completed tertiary education, are almost identical to those in more economically stable countries in northern and western Europe.
The median unemployment rate among the 16 high-income European countries is just under 9% for 2011, according to Gallup's global unemployment measure. In most southern European countries, including Spain, Greece, and Portugal, the rates are significantly higher. This is in part because those with a primary or secondary education are about twice as likely to be unemployed in the south as they are in the north and west. However, 5% of southern Europeans with a college education are unemployed, identical to the rate among college-educated residents in northern and western Europe.
Higher education is less prevalent in southern Europe, according to OECD statistics, resulting in an oversupply of labour for low-skill jobs in that region, and a shortage of highly skilled workers. That raises the demand, and therefore the relative incomes, of college-educated workers in southern Europe, about half (49%) fall into the top 20% of household incomes in their respective countries, a significantly higher percentage than in northern/western Europe (36%).
High-skilled labour shortages in some southern European countries also limit their potential growth in vital knowledge-based industries. To make matters worse, many positions that don't require higher education, such as manufacturing jobs, are now diverted to cheaper labour markets in China and India. The resulting joblessness and underemployment among less educated residents has reduced tax revenues in some of Europe's most debt-laden countries, and has required their governments to spend more on unemployment benefits.
Greece, Italy, and southern Europe's other crisis-stricken countries will face huge challenges in the coming years as they seek to boost the productivity of their workforces and prevent the conditions that led to their massive government debt burdens. These results highlight the importance of making higher education an area of focus in an effort to revitalise the economies of countries such as Greece and Italy.
Increasing public investment in colleges and universities may be politically difficult amid calls for deep budget cuts and extreme austerity measures. However, as the OECD's education expert Andreas Schleicher has noted, "for every Euro invested in attaining high-skilled qualifications, tax-payers get even more money back through economic growth".
Southern Europe includes: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Malta and Cyprus.
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FrankCanada 29/12/2011 5:43 pm
Northern Italy is one of the most skilled areas in the world. Your so called "Northern Europe" which is a grouping of -barbarian want to be civilized- countries who are heading the fat American walmart way. I'd rather be unskilled and build Ferrari cars, then skilled & working at Ikea. What a horrible article. Northern Europe is becoming delusional like America. Your skills are leading you down. German cars are not that good, Belgian & Danish ones are worse. Is Scandanavia even European?
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What is FairSearch and why does it hate Google so much?
How Google's competitors learned to stop worrying and start lobbying
Being the world's favorite search engine has brought Google and its founders to positions of unimagined wealth, influence, and power. Every small tweak to the company's search algorithms is pored over and studied by the millions of websites that depend on the traffic it drives their way. Not surprisingly, bigger entities in the web realm keep a stern eye on Google's activities too, and their response has manifested itself over the past couple of years through the actions of a group called FairSearch.
Initially formed by travel search engines Kayak, Expedia, and TripAdvisor, then later joined by Microsoft, FairSearch describes itself as a coalition of businesses concerned with protecting consumers' rights online. A choice of search provider underpinned by vibrant competition, a resolute commitment to transparency, and an unswerving desire for innovation are the three central pillars of FairSearch's stated credo. Oh, and Google is the villain with the technicolor logo that's on a mission to destroy it all.
If you have a quarrel with Google, FairSearch would love to hear from you
Beneath the sheen of do-gooder ideology, FairSearch can be most charitably described as a Google watchdog. It seeks to fan the flames of disapproval where they've started organically, originate them where they haven't, and generally disseminate negativity toward the Google brand. Think of it as a PR firm working to destroy rather than create goodwill.
Every member company in FairSearch competes with Google in some fashion, and would enjoy an obvious advantage from seeing the leader's wings clipped, but there's another important benefit that the lobbying group confers upon its members: obscurity. Putting on its FairSearch hat, Microsoft can mount public assaults on Google's practices and reputation without tarnishing its own name by being visibly involved in the spat. In the fight for hearts and minds, FairSearch helps to create the appearance of Google being in perpetual trouble with the law, whereas in reality what Google's facing is a concerted attack from a cabal of its competitors.
FairSearch gives voice to Nokia and Microsoft's displeasure with Android's success
The latest development in this ongoing relationship comes courtesy of an EU complaint filed by FairSearch against Google. It ventures into new territory for FairSearch as its allegations relate to Android's smartphone dominance and Google's "predatory distribution" of the mobile operating system. This would be an oddity if you read the coalition's web-centric mission statement, but fits neatly into the larger goal of tripping Google up at every opportunity. In fact, the current finger-pointing was presaged at the end of last year, when Nokia and Oracle joined FairSearch and Politico got ahold of a white paper outlining FairSearch's attack on Google's mobile efforts.
Now counting 17 web and technology companies among its supporters, FairSearch is an undoubtedly well-funded and resource-rich operation. The fact that it could afford to take six months to go from that white paper to its formal complaint with the European authorities illustrates the group's staying power and diligence. But it's still unclear exactly what FairSearch wants out of all this lobbying — or how real the threats it warns against actually are.
While the collective voice decries Google's supposed abuses of market power, the individual member companies soothe their investors by telling them they "haven't seen any impact on our business." In September 2012, Kayak's CEO told CNBC that Google's hotel and flight search is "an inferior product" and something the company is monitoring but not worried about. So why all the hand-wringing from FairSearch about Google dominating search markets?
Google's overwhelming size and scale may be problematic, but is FairSearch the solution?
Google stands accused of unfairly exploiting its vast size and influence to the detriment of web and mobile users' interests. The essential reason for FairSearch's existence is to convince both the public and powerful regulators like the European Commission and the US Federal Trade Commission of Google's guilt. With Google owning substantial shares of the smartphone, search, and advertising markets — don't forget, the web's second most popular search engine is YouTube, another Google property — there's plenty of reason to be wary of the effects of a less benevolent Mountain View hegemony. And it's interesting to see how far the tables have turned for Microsoft, which was facing its own raft of international antitrust complaints not so long ago. Using the lessons from those battles to reign in Google makes a lot of competitive sense — we'll see if the US and EU can use them to make good policy.


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These pictures have been swirling the internet today as "leaked" new unis for the 2012 season as a part of Nike taking over the uniform production in the NFL instead of Reebok. Apparently that is not the case however, and it is just a dude who is really good at Miscrosoft Paint or something to that effect. Here is a link to an article about the "leaked" unis: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/sports/leaked-nfl-uniform-concept-art-bears-logo-fan-creation-rumors-nike-reebok-20101119


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BENNINGTON, Vt. - Fire crews remain on the scene of a fatal fire that happened at a home on the intersection of Lincoln and County Streets Saturday morning.
Fire Chief Steve Crawford said three people were in the home at the time of the fire. According to Crawford, his crews were able to rescue Larry and Patricia Moffitt, the owners of the residence, but their 33-year-old son with special needs Scotty Moffitt and the family's two dogs were killed in the fire.
Crawford said the fire call came in to the Village of Bennington's Volunteer Fire House at 10:47 Saturday morning and five fire departments worked for an hour to put out the flames.
Crawford said Larry Moffitt jumped from the second story of the home, but firefighters found Moffitt's wife Patricia on the first floor of the home when they arrived on the scene. Crawford said she sustained severe burns and was flown to a hospital burn center in Boston for treatment.
Larry was treated and released from a local hospital and was seen walking around the home wearing a cast on one of his legs Saturday evening.
Crawford said when his men tried to find Scotty, they had to turn back because of extreme heat in the home and later found him on the first floor.
The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen and has not been deemed suspicious. Arson investigators are at the scene Saturday evening as protocol.
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This page provides lists of selected interviews, articles and reviews with Diana. This page was last updated on April 6, 2012.
- The Scottish Prisoner's Ottawa Connection: Experts in Gaelic helped make Diana Gabaldon's bestseller speak, an article by Adam Feibel in the Ottawa Citizen. Two Ottawa-based Gaelic linguists ensured the proper translation and phonetics of the portions of the THE SCOTTISH PRISONER that are in Scottish and Irish Gaelic. This article details the contributions of Scottish singer Catherine-Ann MacPhee, who now lives in Ottawa and who helped with the Scottish Gaelic translation in the book, and Ottawa author Kevin Dooley, who put his pen to the Irish segments. March 12, 2012
- Entertainment Weekly (ew.com) posted an exclusive interview with Diana on April 5, 2013, titled "Diana Gabaldon answers burning questions about the next Outlander novel, plus the cover!" By Stephen Lee. Diana discusses this eighth book in the Outlander series, which has eight major story lines. The cover design for the U.S. version of the book was also released.
- "Diana Gabaldon On Her Favorite and Least Favorite Books: the EW Book Quiz!" Interview by Entertainment Weekly (ew.com). By Stephen Lee. Published online in November, 2011.
- Author's Road Interview: Author Diana Gabaldon discusses with the Authors Road why the writing and scientific process are two sides of the same coin, and her interesting experiences as the creator of a wildly popular series of novels that fall into a dozen genres. December 29, 2011.
- Diana Gabaldon, Author of Addictive Historical Fiction, on Her Own Faves. By Stephen Lee, posted on the Entertainment Weekly web site November 25, 2011. Diana discusses her favorite books, when THE SCOTTISH PRISONER was released.
- Debutante Ball interview: on a group blog for debut authors. December 3, 2011.
- "The Outlander Lady," by Jean Brittain. Appeared in the May, 2009 issue of Scottish Memories magazine.
Diana Gabaldon by Linda Richards, in January Magazine, 2002. Diana discusses how she promotes her books, and how she writes them.
- Diana Gabaldon by Linda Richards, in January Magazine, June 1999. An interview where Diana discusses how her Outlander series first began, and also discusses the contemporary mystery she is writing.
Barbara's List of Interviews
Some of the items on this page were contributed by Barbara Schnell, who maintains a parallel list on Diana's German language site.
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The Arthritis supports research with the greatest potential for advances and has invested more than $370 million in these efforts since its inception in 1948. Recent research funded by the Arthritis Foundation focuses on looking at the DNA of children with arthritis to find ways to predict what makes certain children susceptible to arthritis. Understanding genetic and environmental factors can also help with diagnosis, predicting disease severity and the discovery of new treatments. Learning more about specific diseases may also help doctors better understand when aggressive treatments tailored to individual children. Researchers also studying the role different parts of the immune system play in juvenile arthritis inflammation; and how exercise, diet and parent-doctor teamwork can improve quality of life for children with arthritis.
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Local, state and federal officers raided the home and business of a Tahoka School Board member. Authorities entered Joe Calvillo's home, his bail bond and eight-liner businesses last night. Thursday those businesses are closed, which comes after months of investigation.
When a handful of federal, state and local law enforcement show up on your block and it's hard not to notice.
"In 1984 we had two streakers. This is about the best thing since the two streakers," Denny Belew said.
Belew has lived in Tahoka for 25 years and currently lives down the street from Joe Calvillo. He says when agents arrived at Calvillo's home many came out to see the action.
"We hadn't had this much traffic on this street in five years," Belew said.
Belew says several officers were at Calvillo's home around 7 p.m. Wednesday night.
"I was standing in my yard and around the corner came a bunch of people in bulletproof vests," Belew said. Belew says authorities parked on the side on the house, and then went inside.
"What I saw were just standard cars. Then the highway patrol showed up and the Tahoka Police department showed up," Belew said.
Both local and federal authorities also executed a search warrant at the Lucky Seven game room which had several eight-liner liners inside.
"There's some things that the machines will do, what the business will do, when you combine a lot of those things then there is illegal activity and that's the result of it. There are state laws that prohibit that as well as local laws," Corporal John Gonzalez with DPS said.
Authorities also raided a bail bond business, also owned by Calvillo.
Neighbor Ty Askew said, "He's a farmer, has a trucking outfit. He is a part owner in a club in Lubbock, lots of things."
Calvillo's involvement also includes a 13-year membership on the Tahoka ISD School Board where he sits as vice president. Tahoka ISD Superintendent Jimmy Parker declined to go on camera but tells NewsChannel11 if something happens that requires the board to take legal action, be assured they will do that. Parker says at this time none has been taken.
Authorities will not say what evidence was taken in the raid, only that no eight-liners were seized from Lucky Seven. "No one was arrested or charged formally at this time," Corporal Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez says Tahoka Police started the investigation, which is currently ongoing at this time.
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The Upshur County Regional Airport is developing a long range plan that includes a runway expansion and new hangar facilities.
The master plan allows the airport authority and the airport itself to look at where it will be in 20 years.
The plan is broken into five-year segments, and what impacts would be needed in changes and planning for those changes.
The airport authority said it's seen significant growth over the years both in needs of hangar space and the types and sizes of aircraft.
The master plan includes a runway expansion with new taxiways, more hangar space for future maintenance companies, and aircraft to be protected from the elements.
"We have a unique airport in that it sits very high and very seldom fogged in so its almost available and I think its one reason Health Net is the there, and so it really adds an attraction to North Central West Virginia," said Rich Clemens, a member of the airport authority.
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An interview with Stephen W. Oachs at his Aperture Gallery in Campbell CA. We talk about the beginnings of the Aperture Gallery, and how he makes those gigantic images!
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THERE was plenty of running, jumping and throwing in the rain at Bendigo Little Athletics Centre's track and field meet on Saturday morning.
Despite the wet, many keen athletes competed across the under-6 to under-15 age groups at the La Trobe University Bendigo athletics complex in Flora Hill.
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Police investigate after baby mauled to death by dog
An investigation is underway following the death of an eleven month old baby in Blackburn.
At 11pm last night, police were called by the ambulance service to an address on Emily Street following reports a baby had been mauled by a dog.
The child was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital but died a short time later.
The dog has been destroyed.
Officers are continuing to carry out enquiries at the scene and investigate the circumstances of what has happened.
A 26 year old man and a 20 year old woman have both been arrested and are currently in police custody.
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MA Egyptian Art and Architecture, The University of Memphis (1996)
BFA Studio Painting and Art History (double major), Brigham Young University (1994)
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ART 301 Art of Ancient Near East and Egypt
ART 302 Greek and Roman Art
ART 303 Medieval Art
Course taught for the Humanities and Philosophy Department
FDCA 101 Introduction to the Humanities
HUM 201 Arts in Western Culture: Prehistoric to Renaissance
HUM 202 Arts in Western Culture: Renaissance to Modern
HUM 376 The Classical Heritage
HUM 497R Senior Seminar - topics including: Utopias and Dystopias, Ancient Temples and Texts, Egyptian Temples and Tombs
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England: London, Salisbury, Canterbury, Durham, York, Cambridge, Oxford, Bath, Wells, Gloucester, Stratford, Hadrian's Wall, etc.
France: Paris, Reims, Amiens, Chartres, Caen, Normandy
Belgium: Bruges, Ghent, Brussels
Netherlands: Amsterdam
Germany: Berlin, Munich, Aachen
Austria: Vienna, Salzburg
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Spain: Madrid, Toledo, Segovia
Greece: Athens, Delphi, Corinth, Epidaurus, Mycenae
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While celebrities like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga have lent their voices to the anti-bullying movement, Marah Rocco, of Queens, the mother of Caitlin Rocco, 16, has her own anti-bullying message to send: she plans to sue.
Caitlin told the New York Post her tormentors threatened her with rape and murder. She was hospitalized with suicidal thoughts.
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As it stands now, the word "downtown" is somewhat ubiquitous for the city of Wilmington.
Everyone seems to have a different definition of the area. That's why I'm pleased that Wilmington Police Chief Ralph Evangelous stood up this week and laid out the designation of "downtown" as Castle Street to the Isabel Holmes Bridge and Fifth Avenue to the River.
I'm fine with that. It seems a fair description, and it helps our news department when they need to relay to our viewers where something in the news is, or has taken place. I think it'll also help brand downtown.
But part of what Chief Evangelous said this week bugs me. In this same talk he also seized the opportunity to blame the media for the perception that downtown is dangerous.
The fact is crime does happen in our downtown. I personally don't feel unsafe when I'm downtown. But, it's convenient, and frankly too easy, for public figures like Evangelous to blame the media in situations like this.
Some people blame law enforcement when there's violence. And I'm not buying that either. Both of these characterizations are wrong and we need to focus on solutions instead of placing blame.
That's my turn. Now it's your turn. To comment on this segment, or anything else, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I have worked in the bar and rest business in downtown wilm for several years. The solution is a serious crackdown by police. it is human nature to get away with as much as you can. and the police do not issue enough citations for drunk and disruptive, Public Urination ect
If downtown is so bad and there are all these police where are all the citations ??
Yes sir I couldnt agree with you more the police a doing the best they can an if there is anything I can do to help them id like to know what it is. I dont spend much time down town anymore but when I do I appreciate the feeling of security the Wilmington police have worked so hard to give there visitors.
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I remember this line. I didn't even watch the show back then, being much more into Star Trek, but everyone was talking about it. This was the glorious year of 1980, and by glorious I mean horrible. I was 11, in Jr. High (Jr=J.R. Me so clever), and really coming to grips with the fact that I just wasn't like any of the cool kids in class. Also, my mom made the mistake of buying me a white hoodie which I wore ever day for about a year and a half without really washing it much. Blech.
Anyway, JR. It is a weird fact that the Turkish parliament suspended early to allow it's members to go home and find out who did it. SPOILER ALERT in case you are watching a 32 year old TV show for the first time: it was his sister-in-law Kristin Sheppard, who was also his mistress and pregnant with his love child. Convoluted doesn't begin to describe the scripts back then. Kristin Sheppard was the daughter of Bing Crosby, and graduated high school at age 15. Smart move, in my opinion. She was also a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority at the University of Texas, Austin. The funny part about this was the Tri Delts were known as the hot, slutty sorority at my school, although that might have just been a lot of wishful thinking on the part of all the GDIs like me.
If you followed that last link to the Tri Delta website you might notice something unusual. They call their members Alumna rather than Alumni. This is actually 100% correct, and I applaud them for doing it correctly. The fact is, whenever you see one of those stupid license plates that says "University of Moronica Alumni" you know the driver is in fact an idiot in most cases. You see, the word alumni is the plural, masculine form of the word. The actual word for a single, male graduate is alumnus, and a female graduate is an alumna. So unless the car has two or more graduates, and at least one of them is male (in the case of mixed genders alumni is correct) than the holder is absolutely incorrect. Bravo, Delta Delta Delta.
You may well be wondering how I know this? The fact is in high school, rather than take Spanish or any other language that might have one day helped me in the world, I took three years of Latin. I think I was hoping to never have to speak it to anyone. Like most bad decisions in my life this lead to years of pain that I was too lazy and stupid to get out of. You see, the instructor was a malicious sadist named Mr. Balak, who looked suspiciously like Adolph Hitler. Not only did he look like Hitler, but he seemed to my troubled, teenage mind to act a lot like him as well. I'm not saying he was actually the son of Hitler, but I will say there is no evidence he wasn't.
The worst part about Mr. Balak was the book we had to translate for our second year of Latin. First year you got to translate Roman mythology, which is actually fun and interesting. Second year we were each handed a copy of Ceaser's Gallic Wars. You see, Ceaser, in addition to being a great general and eventual Emperor of Rome, was a long winded blow hard who like to write down everything he did. Some of it would be interesting battles and negotiations he was involved in. Some of it would be what he had for dinner the night before. That wasn't the worst thing, however. The problem is the Latin students all called it the Balak Wars, and I am the only student in the history of the San Clemente HS Latin class to make the mistake of calling it the Balak Wars on three separate occasions to Mr. Balak's face. I'd like to draw a curtain over the consequences of those episodes.
Anyway, Latin kind of sucked, but really helped me with my vocabulary SATs.
What was I talking about? Oh, yeah. Dallas. JR was played by Larry Hagman, who also played Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeanie. He was also on a ton of other stuff, a lot of it kind of weird. What the hell was the DuPont Show of the Month? Or the United States Steel Hour? The Goodyear Television Playhouse? Kraft Television Theatre? Strange stuff. I guess they tended to avoid trying to place products in the show back then and just went for the title. The shows I have heard of include Sea Hunt, Love American Style, McCloud, the Streets of San Francisco, the Rockford Files, Banaby Jones, Knots Landing, the Simpsons, and Nip/Tuck. Kind of versatile, actually.
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Clavia Nord Lead 3
Newly redesigned and vastly improved, Clavia gives us the Nord Lead 3. It is a 24-voice synthesizer (the NL2 is 16-voice) with many new features including many bigger knobs and controls. A new Unison mode is available that won't affect polyphony so that you can get some extremely thick and fat polyphonic sounds. A new and 'easier to use' user interface with endless rotary knobs and LED graphs offer total and immediate control.
The oscillator section has been completely redesigned. There are two separate oscillator groups, each providing you with six different waveforms, plus an additional built-in sync oscillator. A new type of synthesis akin to FM is also available called Sinus Modulation (SM). The Nord Lead 3 also features two high quality multi-mode filters with Low-, Band- and High-pass filtering. There's also Lowpass-Highpass and Lowpass-Lowpass filter modes and a Classic mode that emulates the characteristics of a classic analog filter. The Nord Lead 3 now offers up to 3 LFOs/Envelopes per voice plus Global Vibrato, syncable to MIDI clock.
The Nord Lead 3 also has four separate Morph groups. The Morph function lets you continuously control defined ranges of up to 26 parameters in a sound, using only a single control source. This lets you produce radical changes to a sound in a very fast and easy way. There are four Morph groups available for each sound and you may assign up to 26 different parameters, distributed as you wish among the four Morph groups. The Morph groups are hardwired to one control source each: Velocity, Aftertouch, Modulation Wheel and Expression Pedal. And with the new Timbre function you can switch between two complete parameter setups in a sound.
Also on-board are 4 individual audio outputs. Each MIDI part can be routed to a separate output or to two for stereo. The Software within the Nord Lead 3 can easily be upgraded via MIDI for future enhancements and upgrades. The Nord Lead 3 makes a great synth better than ever! A Nord Rack 3 is planned for release later this year. The Nord Lead 3 has already been used by Jean-Michel Jarre, Stereolab, Adrian Belew, the Faint, Keane, and the Pet Shop Boys.
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For those saying it sounds bad, cut the crap.
I think a lot of people give the 3 a bad press as it's not fat analogue emulation. But it was never meant to be this.
Quite how all of the synth manufacturers have managed to make their VA's sound WORSE than their initial attempts over the years is quite astonishing... Korg, Roland, Nord, Novation, Access. Did I miss any?
Nord Lead 1 will be 20 years old next year and still no VA sounds better.
yep agreed. I had one for quite a few years and could never really muster up the effort to try and make it work for me soundwise. The stock presets are awful and best overwritten asap. If you're prepared to put the time in and program your own sounds then the NORD is for you. Presonally I'm too spoilt by the fantastic plug-in's available these days and it spent most of the time (shamefully) being a controller keyboard.
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Clavia Nord Lead 3 - demo (2 of 2)
Audio Clip 1 - A bunch of demo presets from the Future Music CD, issue 109.
Manual - Download the original owner's manual from SoundProgramming.net.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 24 voices
- Oscillators - 2 oscillator groups each with Six waveforms: sine, saw, triangle, square (pulse with width modulation), noise, synced noise, dual sine; 2- and 4-op FM and differential FM; osc-sync; ring-modulation; variable unison.
- LFO - 2 per voice, syncable to MIDI. Triangle, saw, square, smooth and stepped random, and triple-peak sine waveforms. Seperate vibrato effect.
- Filter - 2 multi-mode filters (series or parallel). Lowpass, Bandpass, Highpass, LP-HP, LP-LP and Classic mode. 1-, 2-, or 4-pole.
- VCA - ADSR envelopes for amplitude and filter; Amplifier Gain control
- Keyboard - 49 keys with velocity and aftertouch and octave shift functionality
- Memory - 1,024 patches, 256 performances
- Control - MIDI IN/OUT/THRU (4-parts)
- Date Produced - 2001
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