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baton rouge eats
We'll be in Baton Rouge for a week in August--we didn't pick the time. Business related. Any suggestions for good eats. also is it worth the ride to N'awlins.
jubans-cajun,mike andersons-seafood,alabasha-greek,mulates-cajun
also-side trip
plantation road(between new orleans & baton rouge}
oak alley planation;
nobles,b7c cajun deli,the cabin
& nelson seafood
see; frommers & fodors
jubans is pretty good and so is mansurs. i'd stay away from mike andersons though, I prefer phil's oyster bar. Cafe Asia is top notch vietnamese, Rama is pretty good thai. The black forest downtown is good for german. The Chimes has good regional fare. If that is what you are looking for check them out and go buy Phil's their seafood is great
Good recs so far. I'd add a few:
Mandina's - a New Orleans resto that opened here after The Thing. Good "neighborhood" style New Orleans style seafood and italian.
Brandt's Maisonette - fine dining in a small, intimate setting.
Second that rec on The Chimes (casual near LSU) and Mansur's (fine dining on Corporate) - both great.
Any specific types of food you're looking for? Lot's of Asian and Middle Eastern choices and a great Indian place too ("India's" on Essen Lane).
I'm biased, since I live in NOLA, but I think EVERYONE should come to New Orleans and take the disaster tour. You won't believe it - and while you're here, have a meal at Galatoire's, 7 on Fulton, Jacques-Imo's, the Palace Cafe, Vizard's on the Avenue, Cafe Adelaide, or any of our wonderful restaurants. It's definitely worth going out of your way by 80 miles!
You don't have to go all the way to New Orleans to get some good food while in Baton Rouge. For lunch, I would not miss The Silver Spoon on Jefferson Highway. Excellent crawfish soup and almond chicken salads. It is a bit on the "society ladies of leisure" side but worth it. Dearman's, in the same strip mall, has some of the best cheeseburgers and fries in the state of Louisiana. It has virtually NO atmosphere but for the people watching. Maxwell's Deli for excellent sandwiches and lunch specials. George's, a bar under the interstate on Perkin's, is a dark, smokey lounge with excellent po-boys and fries.
For dinner, try Mansours on Corporate ave. with traditional Louisiana food, Tsunami downtown for innovative sushi, Juban's for creole food in Perkins, Fleur de lis for this crazy square shaped pizza, and Phil's oyster bar for, well, it goes without saying.


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Jennifer Kennedy is a music education major from Gorham, Maine with a concentration in voice.
An alumna of Gorham High School, Jennifer has grown up in Gorham all her life. She will be graduating from the University of Southern Maine's School of Music in the town that she loves the most. She says it makes this senior voice recital the gift that she can give back in order to say "thank you" for all the years that the people of Gorham have supported her.
After graduation, Jennifer hopes to go into elementary general music while still maintaining an avid participation in vocal performance on the side. This program will feature both classical and musical theater selections; Jennifer has performed and loved both genres throughout her musical career. She has been seen on the stage performing in USM's opera workshop as Mary Warren in The Crucible and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, performing in the Maine and Boston Musical Theater NATS competitions, where she has won both second and third place.
Jennifer will be assisted by Jenna Guiggey, Christina Zahn, Virginia Hudak, Amanda Bottieri, Jimmy McDonald, Jesse Wakeman, Kellie Moody, and Nathaniel Gowen.
In her own words, Jennifer says "I am truly thankful and honored to be sharing the stage in some great songs with my dear friends and fellow musicians . I'm also excited about my choice for the closing number as Little Women is one of my favorite musicals." She says that people who have seen her perform in the past may recognize a certain reprise that might be familiar.
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When Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and horror are said in the same sentence, your gut instinct would wisely be to assume that its in reference to that cinematic mess that came out in August. But in this case, were talking about the animated Nickelodeon series, which just added two genre icons for an upcoming episode.
Spongebob Squarepants is causing some waves. The show has found fanbases worldwide, but some people arent quite so enchanted with the show. Recently, a Kazakhstan official denounced the bright yellow cartoon character, saying the creature's antics and behavior have an adverse affect on the children watching, turning them into hooligans.
Veteran TV host Marc Summers is most famous for Double Dare. The famous Nickelodeon game show ran from the late eighties into the early nineties before being aired in reruns for another decade, and Summers recently spoke out to say he would love to do another version of Double Dare.
School of Rock's premise seems like an ideal set-up for a kids TV show, so it's a wonder the 2003 film wasn't adapted years ago, especially when we consider Miranda Cosgrove's rise to kid-fame at Nickelodeon in the years that followed the film. As it happens, it's Nickelodeon that's teaming with Paramount Television to bring School of Rock to the small screen.
A little more than a year ago, Sam & Cat premiered to an audience of 4.2 million people. Within a few months, the show was given a 40-episode first season order. Most observers expected it would wind up being Nickelodeons anchor show for at least a half decade, but sadly, thanks to a litany of behind the scenes problems, its not even going to see a second season.
Sam And Cat star Jennette McCurdy is at war with Nickelodeon. Shes even admitting as much on the record, but as to what exactly shes mad at her employer about, thats the subject of rumors, innuendo and gossip. Regardless of where the truth lies, however, production on her hit show has now idled, and unless a truce is reached, Sam And Cat may not even see a second season despite its massive popularity.
Fox has chosen a former Nickelodeon star with a strong family acting background for the lead in their drama pilot Delirium. Emma Roberts, who is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts as well as the niece of Julia Roberts (the resemblance in the smile is unmistakable), has been cast in the starring role, which would represent her return to television for the first time since she left the Nick series Unfabulous in 2007.
The Legend of Korra is Nickelodeon's highest rated show, pulling in a 3.8 on average per episode and frequently out-scoring Mad Men in the ratings. With rumors of an additional 26 episodes getting picked up, everyone wants to know what this animated sequel-series to Avatar: The Last Airbender has up it's sleeve.
Preview Night at Comic Con in San Diego is underway and the floor is open! I did a walk through this evening to get a look at some of the excellent displays, including AMC's The Walking Dead photo set-up, which allows fans to pose as one of Michonne's "pet" walkers, and a pretty impressive set-up for Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Check out some of the photos ahead.
Theres no clear winner in the stand off between DirecTV and Viacom, but there are plenty of losers, most specifically all of the services subscribers who are now without Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike, BET, VH1 and others. The channels, seventeen in all, went dark at midnight EST last night, and for the time being, there seems to be no clear solution within reach.
Last month, we shared the new trailer for Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, and a week from today, those fans of the pizza-eating reptiles attending Comic Con in San Diego will have the opportunity to see some never-before-seen footage from the series at the panel. And now the countdown to the actual series can officially begin because the premiere date has been set.
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I love being a turtle! While things may have been halted for Michael Bay's Ninja Turtles feature reboot, Nickelodeon is revving up to bring the Turtles back to the small screen with a new animated series. A new trailer for the show has made its way online and offers us a look at Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michaelangelo, four ooze-enhanced teenage turtles with a talent in martial arts and regular cravings for pizza.
Nickelodeon has made the official announcement that its teen-centered comedy series iCarly will come to an end after five seasons. The show that launched Miranda Cosgrove to stardom will film a television special this June set to air in November, and then the curtain will fall on the show as well as the webcast show-within-a-show.
Rachel Crows elimination from the first season of the U.S. version of The X Factor proved to be one of, if not the biggest moments of the season, due in part to the 14-year-olds devastated reaction to being eliminated. At the time, it seemed like the end, but her career was just getting started.
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Junk-Bond Rout Spurs Record $7.1 Billion Outflow: Credit Markets
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Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Funds that buy U.S. junk bonds suffered their biggest withdrawal on record as the first monthly loss for the securities in almost a year fueled anxiety that the market's gotten too frothy.
Investors pulled a record $7.1 billion from the funds in the week ended Aug. 6, accelerating a flight that started last month and bringing net outflows to $9.75 billion this year, according to data provider Lipper. The exodus followed a 1.3 percent loss for U.S. junk bonds in July, the first monthly decline since last August, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data.
"If you're holding high-yield bonds and all of a sudden they're falling like a rock and you don't see an obvious reason why they should be, you're response is to get out," said Martin Fridson, a money manager at Lehmann, Livian, Fridson Advisors LLC who warned in July that the high-yield bond market had been "extremely overvalued" for nine straight months.
Investors are pushing back against the riskiest corporate borrowers after buying unprecedented amounts of their debt to boost yields that have been suppressed by central bank stimulus. That's crimping a record pace of junk-bond sales and souring demand for speculative-grade corporate loans, where the biggest spree of acquisitions since 2007 is being financed.
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The withdrawal from junk-bond funds in the last week surpassed the $4.6 billion that was pulled in the period ended June 5, 2013, Lipper data show. Investors also withdrew $1.5 billion from U.S. funds that buy leveraged loans, the largest weekly outflow since $2.1 billion in the period ended Aug. 17, 2011, according to Lipper. That brings this year's loan-fund net outflows to $2.3 billion.
Sales of speculative-grade bonds are off to the slowest start to a month since July 2013, with $640 million of issuance in the U.S., according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Companies issued $227 billion of the debt during the first seven months of the year, on pace to surpass last year's record $346.7 billion of sales.
Jupiter Resources Inc. postponed a $1.13 billion debt offering this week that it planned to use for its purchase of natural gas assets in Alberta, Canada. The company is backed by funds that are managed by affiliates of private-equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC. Drew Benson, a spokesman for Credit Suisse Group AG, which was leading the offering, declined to comment.
Nervous Markets
"There's a lot of nervousness in the market," said Bonnie Baha, director of global developed credit at Los Angeles-based DoubleLine Capital LP, which manages about $53 billion. High- yield debt has made a lot of money for a lot people and now some may be taking chips off the table.''
Speculative-grade bonds in the U.S. have gained 145 percent since the end of 2008, when the Federal Reserve lowered its short-term interest-rate target to almost zero and started an unparalleled campaign to spur the economy out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.
Yields on the debt, which reached a record low 5.69 percent in June before rising to 6.2 percent yesterday, have dropped from 22.7 percent in December 2008, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Index. The extra yield, or spread, investors demand to own the bonds instead of government debt has widened to 4.2 percentage points from 3.35 percentage points on June 23.
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Average prices on leveraged loans reached the lowest since April 28 today, falling to 98.07 cents on the dollar, according to the Standard & Poor's/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index. The debt has lost 0.23 percent this month after tumbling 0.25 percent in July for its first monthly loss since August of last year.
Leveraged loans and high-yield bonds are forms of corporate debt rated below BBB- by S&P and lower than Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service.
"Investors are starting to realize the market may have reached a level of frothiness such that not every bond is an attractive play," Jody Lurie, a corporate-credit analyst at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Philadelphia, said in a telephone interview. "I think they're saying, 'OK, we had our fun, let's not tempt fate.'"
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NEW YORK Domestic steel mills have held reinforcing bar prices flat for most customers over the past several months in the face of disappointing demand, with producers and fabricators in most regions chasing too few orders with too many tons.
"Its a rough market right now. The overall capacity for rebar producers is about 60 percent. These are tough days," a mill source said.
A combination of wet weather in many parts of the United States and an overall sluggish economy has depressed shipment levels, with construction contractors slowing down their work in the rain and many fabricators left wondering when large-tonnage jobs will return.
"A 700-ton job would be a big job, and there are very few of them around. I can only think of one that is going on (in my area)," said a source at a rebar fabricator in Missouri. "The overall construction market in St. Louis has come back a little, but not as fast as people would like it to."
Overall shipment levels have been mediocre this summer, and demand so far this year has improved only slightly over last year, market participants said. Rebar consumption of 3.6 million tons in the first six months of this year increased 2.3 percent from the same period last year, according to data from the Steel Manufacturers Association.
August has been mostly slow so far. Independent fabricators said that the few 1,000-ton projects availablethe traditional bread and butter of the rebar businessare mostly being won by mills downstream fabrication segments.
Meanwhile, selling prices for finished fabricated rebar have plummeted over the past year, fabricators said. Demand has varied by region, however, and certain markets have seen poorer margins than others.
"Its hit and miss ... certain areas have been gangbusters," a rebar distributor source said. Many areas with higher activity, like the South and Southeast, have seen lower margins. "If I had to live on my margins in Texas or (Nebraska), Id be bitching, screaming and crying the blues. Id be lucky to have a gumball to chew on," he said.
Although rebar mills have kept their prices firm at around $645 per ton ($32.25 per hundredweight), rebar buyers said that with such thin margins on finished fabricated rebar, they were ready to pressure their mill suppliers for a price break. Most said they had not seen a decrease in mill selling prices, but there were rumors circulating that indicated some softening.
"I know they lowered some pricing to some guys in southern California. I dont know if hes buying a lot or why," said a source at a rebar fabricator in California. "One of the mills dropped him 50 cents (per cwt)."
"If you had 500 tons, I think theyd work with you a little bit," a source at a rebar fabricator in Ohio said. "They have been adamant up until now, but I think they theyre starting to hurt."
Mill sources, however, said margins also were too thin at the mill level to allow any dealmaking. One mill source pointed to a steady decline in selling prices over the past year, saying there was little room for him to drop his prices.
"Price decreases since July (2012) have lost us probably $90 to $100 per ton in selling prices. Thats not one item: thats on average. That just gutted it, and were seeing the effects of that. Were concerned with that trend and were trying to figure out a way to deal with it," a second mill source said.
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Chicago's Robert Townsend talks Cosby, Second City and a 1-man show
Here's something you may not know about Bill Cosby.
"He orders lunch for everyone," Robert Townsend said when I reached him in Los Angeles by phone. "Usually somebody like a production assistant does that. But he will call the restaurant himself and make the order for the whole crew. You can hear the people on the other end of the phone laughing and he'll be like (mimicking Cosby): 'Take your time, don't drop the phone. It is me. Don't drop the phone.'"
Townsend (born and raised in Chicago) has known Cosby for some 20 years. Most recently he directed the Comedy Central special "Bill Cosby...Far From Finished," which debuted last week and repeats at 9 p.m. Sunday on TV Land. The special is also available on DVD.
To my embarrassment, it occurred to me that I rarely think about the people who direct comedy specials. Townsend also directed Eddie Murphy's 1987 concert film "Raw."
"You've got one man on stage and six cameras," Townsend told me. "It's an easy assignment. I'm just in the control room laughing. With Mr. Cosby, it was a chance to work with a legend again."
The pair first collaborated on Townsend's 1993 superhero comedy "The Meteor Man." Cosby agreed to work for a mere $100 a day. "He just wanted to make sure he was paid in cash because he said, 'I know you have credit cards'" — a reference to Townsend's breakthrough film "Hollywood Shuffle," which was largely financed on the plastic in his wallet.
I've been thinking about "Hollywood Shuffle" a lot lately. Watching the 1987 indie again, it remains as sharp as ever in its satire of Hollywood's shabby treatment of black actors. The "Sneakin' in the Movies" segment alone may be one of best parodies of its kind. Townsend is just so economical with the way he zings an entire gallery of targets, from the chin-stroking of the old "Siskel & Ebert" show to the way audiences actually talk about movies.
Consider this assessment of a "Dirty Harry"-esque actioner. Instead of giving the movie a thumbs up or thumbs down: "We both gave 'Dirty Larry' the finger." Why? Because "the crooks wait for Larry to go in his jacket, pull out a big-(expletive) gun — what they think he was looking for? His American Express card?" The full 10-minute segment is on YouTube. Go watch it, I'll wait.
"All the auditions people were getting at the time were for pimps and muggers and slaves," Townsend told me. "There were no characters of dignity. You didn't have movies with Denzel Washington where he's the top cop handling business.
"Some of that stuff is still going on. I'll have actors come up to me and say, 'Man, when "Hollywood Shuffle" came out I wasn't in the business, but now I really get it.' Because even though people are more politically correct now, they still have those roles where the dialogue is written a little jive."
When I asked Townsend about the notable absence of black women on "Saturday Night Live," he seemed reluctant to step into the fray. In a way, you can't blame him. Current cast member Kenan Thompson was asked the same thing earlier this month and ended up sounding borderline ridiculous when he commented that the show's producers "just never find ones that are ready."
There are problems of perception that go beyond the kinds of roles available to actors of color. When the Los Angeles Times asked Universal's head of distribution about "The Best Man Holiday" beating projections (opening weekend it made $30 million, nearly twice the movie's budget), the response was yet more foot-in-mouth-itis: "I would never have thought in my most non-lucid moment to expect this."
Which is a weird mindset, right? "It enables the fluke-ifying of every success by a black filmmaker, or female filmmaker, or filmmaker who makes a movie about women or people of color," wrote NPR's pop culture blogger Linda Holmes. "There's really no such thing, after all, as a film 'overperforming.' The film makes what the film makes; that is a tangible thing that exists in reality, and it happens, and then you measure it."
Or as my Tribune colleague Michael Phillips pointed out last week: "The audience is there, and the audience, really, is plural, though in the subgenre of African-American ensemble projects, both hits and misses are analyzed unduly, because there aren't enough of them."
"Hollywood Shuffle" and its happily caustic social commentary may be Townsend's most significant legacy as a filmmaker, but I sensed a cautiousness from him when we spoke about the state of things today.
That probably makes good business sense, when potentially burning studio bridges is the last thing any filmmaker wants. (Townsend shot his upcoming feature, the basketball-themed romantic comedy "Playin' For Love," in Miami earlier this year.)
These days he's been writing a one-man show about life growing up on the West Side in K-Town, when he juggled high school with classes at Second City.
And then there's the story of Townsend almost getting cast on "SNL" in 1980.
"I had a really great audition, doing all my characters, and I didn't get it. And I was really disappointed. And then a book about 'Saturday Night Live' comes out ("Live From New York") and I come to find out there was a big fight over Robert Townsend because Jean Doumanian (who was briefly the show's producer) wanted me. And in the 11th hour they went with Eddie Murphy.
"When I was a little kid," he told me, "my name was TV Guide because I was like a human TiVo. I could do all the shows on television. I was a character machine. So when I went to Second City I was like, oh, I'm at home. The people there wanted me to join one of their productions, but my mother was like, 'You're going to college!' So I went to Illinois State.
"But everything in my career, from 'Hollywood Shuffle' on down, was because I learned improv."
Shop...or not?
The documentary "GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth" is either the biggest Black Friday buzz kill going — or perhaps just a long-needed corrective. Our constant push for economic growth does not necessarily lead to prosperity, the film argues. More is not always better, despite a constant push for expansion that has become the American way of life. Filmmaker Dave Gardner takes a look at this phenomenon and why it may be worth rethinking. The 2011 doc streams free online Friday. Go to growthbusters.org.
You think your family's complicated …
Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley's "The Stories We Tell," the absorbing 2013 documentary about unraveling family secrets, screens Monday at Victory Gardens Theater. The film is a cinematic (and thematic) cousin to the company's current production of the family drama of dysfunction "Appropriate" (which received 3.5 stars from Tribune theater critic Chris Jones and runs through Dec. 14). Go to victorygardens.org.
Holiday classics
The Paramount Theatre in Aurora kicks off its lineup of Christmas movies — admission is just $1 a ticket — with the 1983 Jean Shepard comedy "A Christmas Story" (Monday); "It's a Wonderful Life" (Dec. 9); "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (Dec. 16); and "Home Alone" (Dec. 23). All shows start at 7 p.m., plus a Christmas Eve screening of "The Polar Express" at 11 a.m. Go to paramountaurora.com.
Where no holiday has gone before
Cinema Minima — the quirky screening series that takes place in Cole's Bar every month — presents "Deck the Holodek: A Celebration of the Best, the Worst and the Blorst of Star Trek: The Next Generation." Five episodes with be screened. 6 p.m. Sunday. Go to cinema-minima.com.
Small towns and hoop dreams
The rough-and-tumble varsity basketball team in Medora, Ind., was in last place when former Chicagoan and "This American Life" contributor Davy Rothbart decided to film the team for a documentary. "Medora" follows the players who were "riding a brutal losing streak when we arrived," the film's website says, "and the team's struggle to compete bears eerie resonances with the town's fight for survival." The doc screens 7 p.m. Thursday (with the filmmakers and subjects in person) at the Music Box. Go to musicboxtheatre.com/features/medora.
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Classes & Workshops
| Adult Classes | Sip and Spin Class | One-day Pottery Workshop | Kids/Family Classes | Pottery/Ceramic Art Summer Camp | Custom Classes & Private Lessons | Custom Parties | Workshops |
Adult Classes
Classes in all levels of wheel throwing, hand building, decorating, sculpture, glazing, tile/mosaic are offered in a fully equipped studio. Classes cover wheel throwing and hand building techniques.
The classes are kept small to allow for individualized attention and study within the group setting. We encourage mixed interest classes to provide students with a better understanding of the wide range of possibilities clay has to offer.
All Level Wheel/Hand building classes are appropriate for total beginners as well as experienced students.
Beginner/Intermediate Wheel/Hand building classes are appropriate for people with no experience as well as students who have taken one or two 8 weeks session before.
Intermediate/Advanced Wheel/Hand building classes are appropriate for people who have already taken the equivalent of two 8 weeks session.
The Observational Sculpture class is appropriate for all level students with an interest exploring techniques to reproduced texture and shapes such as bark, sea shell, flowers, or who would like to work on figurative projects. Students are not limited to sculpture. They can make functional work with a sculpture aspect to it ( expl: mug with a branch handle, vase in the shape of a bust, etc). Experienced wheel throwers are also welcome to register for this class.
Next 8 week session starts JANUARY 5th.
CLASS SCHEDULE*: Pick ONE time slot from schedule below
Monday Classes:
9:30AM - 11:30AM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
4:30PM - 6:30PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
7:00PM - 9:00PM - Intermediate & Advanced Wheel and Hand Building
7:30PM - 9:30PM - Beginner & Intermediate Wheel and Hand Building
Tuesday Classes:
1:30PM - 3:30PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
7:00PM - 9:00PM - Beginner & Intermediate Wheel and Hand Building
7:30PM - 9:30PM - Intermediate & Advanced Wheel and Hand Building
Wednesday Classes:
11:00AM - 1:00PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
7:00PM - 9:00PM - Beginner & Intermediate Wheel and Hand Building
7:30PM - 9:30PM - Intermediate & Advanced Wheel and Hand Building
Thursday Classes:
11:00AM - 1:00PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
7:00PM - 9:00PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
7:30PM - 9:30PM - Observational Sculpture
Friday Classes:
10:00AM - 12:00PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
7:00PM - 9:00PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
Saturday Classes:
12:00PM - 2:00PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
12:30PM - 2:30PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
Sunday Classes:
12:00PM - 2:00PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
3:00PM - 5:00PM - All Levels Wheel and Hand Building
Two hours class a week for 8 weeks.
25 lbs bag of clay
Unlimited access to the studio 7 days/week during open studio hours.
Monday: 11:30AM - 7:00PM, 9:00PM - 11:00PM
Tuesday: 2:00PM - 7:00PM, 9:00PM - 11:00PM
Wednesday: 1:00PM - 7:00PM, 9:00PM - 11:00PM
Thursday: 1:30PM - 7:00PM, 9:00PM - 11:00PM
Friday: 2:00PM - 7:00PM, 9:00PM - 11:00PM
Saturday: 2:00PM - 7:00PM
Sunday: 1:30PM - 7:00PM
Registration: $90 non-refundable deposit is required to register. The remaining balance payment of $210 is due December 29th, one week prior to the beginning of the session at the latest and is non- refundable after that.
Make-ups: Up to 2 missed classes can be made up during the same session if the student has given 24 hour prior notice he/she will miss a class.
Tools: Pottery tool kit is required and can be purchased at registration or on your first class for $15.
Firing fee: 4 cents/cubic inch covers bisque and glaze firing.
*All classes and open studio time is subject to change or cancellation.
Sip and Spin Class
Friday night is for letting loose and relaxing! Couples, singles and friends come join us and get a little dirty while enjoying the wine or beer you brought in. This class can be repeated many times but gives you the freedom to register one class at a time. Our instructor will show and assist you with the basic techniques of the potter's wheel and will move on to more advanced projects if you are a repeat offender :) We will glaze and fire one piece at no extra cost. There is an extra $8 for any additional piece you may decide to get fired. The glaze color varies every week. We will contact you approximately 2 weeks after your workshop, when your work is ready to be picked up. Please register before the class as space is limited.
Upcoming dates:
Friday, October 10th: 7-9pm
Friday, October 17th: 7-9pm
Friday, October 24th: 7-9pm
Friday, November 14th: 7-9pm
Friday, November 21th: 7-9pm
Friday, December 5th: 7-9pm
Friday, January 9th: 7:30-9:30pm Friday, January 23th: 7-9pm
Friday, February 6th: 7-9pm
Saturday, February 14th: 7-9pm *Valentine's Day*
Friday, February 27th: 7-9pm
The cost of the workshop is $65 and will include instruction, clay, tools, towels, aprons, glaze, and firing. Additional pieces can be fired for a $8 fee.
Cancellation Policy: No refund after one week prior to class.
ONE-DAY Pottery Workshops
Join us on for our next one-day workshop at Choplet Ceramic Studio! The workshop will give you a hands-on introduction to working with clay on the potter's wheel. No experience is necessary!
Upcoming dates:
Sunday, October 12th: 11am-1pm
Sunday, October 26th: 11am-1pm
Sunday, November 9th: 11am-1pm
Sunday, November 23rd: 11am-1pm
Sunday, December 7th: 11am-1pm
Sunday, January 18th: 11am-1pm
Sunday, February 1st: 11am-1pm
Saturday, February 14: 10am-12pm *Valentine's Day*
Sunday, February 15th: 11am-1pm
Sunday, March 1st: 11am-1pm
The cost of the workshop is $65 and will include instruction, clay, tools, towels, aprons, glaze, and firing. Additional pieces can be fired for a $4 fee.
Cancellation Policy: No refund after one week prior to class.
Kids/Family Classes
For information on Policies and how to Register for any of the following kids classes, please see here.
Clay and firings included. Tool kit is $15, if participants do not already have one.
17 weeks KIDS After School Pottery - Ages 7 and Up
Children will be exposed and gain the experience of an actual professional pottery studio. During each weekly program, the students will learn to use the potters wheel as well as hand building / sculpting techniques. Multiple surface decoration techniques will be demonstrated and used. No prior experience is required. More challenging work will be assigned to students with previous experience.
Wednesday: 9/10/14 - 1/21/15
Thursday: 9/11/14 - 1/22/15
Friday: 9/12/14 - 1/23/15
Time: 3:00 - 5:30 PM
17 weeks session: $916-$946 (depending on payment option)
Children from PS84 will be picked up on foot at 2:45pm. We accept drop off from all others schools between 3 and 3:30pm.
Upon arrival at the studio, children will have some time to eat a snack (provided by you) and play safely in the garden. At 3:30pm class will starts and end promptly at 5:30pm.
Choplet studio will be open from 3-5:30pm on any school holidays and school half days except for Thanksgiving :Wednesday 11/26, Thursday 11/27, Friday 11/28. On school closure days, please provide your own transportation to the studio. No After school classes during Winter recess, from December 22-January 4.
8 weeks KIDS and Family Pottery: 9/13/14 - 11/1/14: Wheel Throwing and Hand Building - Ages 6 and Up (Adult Optional)
These ceramics classes are specially geared towards fun and artistic discovery. We offer expert instruction that will lead participants on the path of creative discovery. In our friendly and relaxed environment, your child will gain knowledge and confidence in the arts, while learning creative thinking. Parents are welcome to register and join the fun if they wish!
6 years old and up
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
6 weeks session: $325/person
9/13/14 - 11/1/14
For information on Policies and how to Register for any of the above kids classes, please see here.
Pottery/Ceramic Day Camp
Choplet Ceramic Studio organizes week long CLAY CAMP when school is in recess.
CLAYMATION AND WHEEL THROWING CAMP - Ages 7 -14
This exciting new children's class will be an introduction to wheel throwing, hand building, and 3-D stop motion animation. Besides learning basics in vessel making and sculpting, students pieces will come alive through the art of claymation. In this coarse students will invent dynamic characters in a plot driven story line. Students will work as a team sculpting and directing their own video shorts which will be posted to YouTube for friends and family to enjoy! This introductory class provides hands on help to all skill levels and interests. #wallaceandgromit #nightmarebeforechristmas #gumby #chickenrun #californiaraisins Wheel throwing and glazing will also be covered in this class.
WHEEL THROWING AND HANDBUILDING CAMP - Ages 7 -14
Children and teens (ages 7 to 14) are invited to join a professional ceramic studio and explore the numerous possibilities clay has to offer, such as hand building, sculpting, tile/mosaic making, decorating and glazing, and wheel throwing. At our facility, students have the satisfaction of creating an artwork from scratch and bringing it to its final completion. Every day participants are encouraged to explore their creativity and begin a new project led by an accomplished artist.
We will meet Monday through Thursday from 9:30am to 12:30pm, unless noted.
At this time we are scheduling the following weeks in 2014:
M-TH, June 23-26, 2014 - Wheel/Hand Building
M-TH, July 7-10, 2014 - Wheel/Hand Building
M-TH, July 21-24, 2014 - Claymation/Wheel
M-TH, July 28-31, 2014 - Wheel/Hand Building
M-TH, August 4-7, 2014 (9-12pm) - Wheel/Hand Building
M-TH, August 4-7, 2014 (1-4pm) - Wheel/Hand Building
M-TH, August 11-14, 2014 - Claymation/Wheel
M-TH, August 25-28, 2013 - Wheel/Hand Building
The price is $320/week and includes material and Firing fee. Tool set is needed and can be purchased at Choplet for $15. Students can enroll in one or multiple weeks. We will be happy to add more weeks if there is a demand.
No refund or credit will be issued for missed classes.
Registration: $160 non-refundable deposit is required to register. Balance payment is due at the latest, one week prior to the beginning of the session and is non- refundable after that
Tools: Pottery tool kit is required and can be purchased for $15.
Materials Fee: There is a $42 material fee/person for the Claymation Camp.
Please feel free to call us if you have questions or would like to make a reservation: 917-547-8316
Custom Classes & Private Lessons
If there is a class you want, but it doesn't fit your schedule, Choplet, can arrange a custom class that suits your skill level and your availability. We just need 5 people to start a new class.
Private instruction can also be arranged to really focus on your specific needs. Call us to design and plan your unique and unforgettable event.
Custom Parties
- For Toddlers, Kids, Teens birthday parties for age 4+!
- Bachelorette and girls night out parties.
- Corporate Events
- Groups should be a minimum of 5.
We offer guest artists, mold making, glaze chemistry, raku firing workshops during the year. Please refer to the Class/ Workshop Schedule to find the dates and theme of the next workshop.
Next MOLD MAKING WORKSHOP is Saturday NOVEMBER 22nd and NOVEMBER 23rd, 9am to 12:30pm each day.
The workshop fee is $190 for non-members, Discounted to $160 for current members.
Registration: $90 non-refundable deposit is required to register. Balance payment is due one week prior the workshop date.
Next RAKU WORKSHOP is Saturday, OCTOBER 18th & Sunday, OCTOBER 19th
We are excited to announce our Fall Raku weekend retreat in the Catskills, on 10/18 and 10/19, just in time to admire the leaves change color! We promise you a very intense and fun experience. In order to give you a chance to fire up to 7-8 of your own bisque ware,10" high average (you can bring a few more if your pieces are smaller) we limit this workshop to 8 participants. However, you are welcome to bring your partner to share this exceptional week end with you! The glazes will vary from turquoise to intense red/bronze to beautiful white crackle. All the white and tan clay body we use in the studio (stoneware, porcelain, buff groggy clay) are compatible with this firing technique.
Raku firing workshop: $175
Sleeping and eating accommodation at Alison's house in Phoenicia: $25+$20=$45/person
Accomodations are on a first come, first serve basis. There is room available in the houses for 16 people, sleeping in beds. There is also room for sleeping bags and tents on the property.
Please bring extra Bedding and Sleeping bags if possible. Partners welcome. You can of course choose to sleep somewhere else in the area.
Weekend and food organization:
Arrive Friday 10/17 in the evening and we get pizza and salads from Brios ($10 pp)
Saturday 10/18 in the morning we have oatmeal, granola, fruit, tea and coffee ($10pp for both days breakfast)
Raku glazing and firing all day, starting early:)!!!.
Saturday lunch and dinner - Potluck bring a dish to share. There are a lot of serving bowls at the house. Let us know what you are bringing or ask if your not sure what to bring.
Bonfire after dinner (BYOB)
Sunday 10/19 same breakfast
Raku firing and House clean up and leisurely exodus
Lunch eat leftovers
What to bring besides Pot luck:
Layered clothing
Closed toe shoes
Respirator, dust mask or scarf
Drinking vessel
Extra bedding and sleeping bags
There is a 5pm and a 6pm bus departing NYC on Friday night, that puts you in Phoenicia at 7:54pm and 8:54 pm respectively. The fee is $63 round trip. Bus schedule to Phoenicia and back. We will come pick you up at the station.
If some of you plan on coming with your own car, please let us know if you would be open to car pooling.
Raku firing: click here to see pictures of Raku
Accomodations in Phoenicia: click here to see pictures of the house/property
Raku firing process:
'Raku' firing originated in Japan in the roots of the tea ceremony, but now in its myriad of forms and techniques produces pottery vastly different from the crude (some say ugly) simplicity of the original tea bowls marked with the symbol 'raku'- meaning 'pleasure, enjoyment, at ease'. Raku as it has now become popularly known is a technique where a pot is fired rapidly up to about 1000 C and is removed from the kiln when glowing hot. A more recent development is the placing of the glowing pot in a container with combustible materials, creating particular colors, textures, and metallic surfaces caused by the interaction of the glaze and clay with the reducing (lack of oxygen) atmosphere in the reduction bin. When the pot is taken from the kiln glowing red hot, the glazes are still soft and molten. If you drop them in the sawdust, paper or leaves straight away, the pot will bear the texture of the material in which it is placed. As the reducing materials burn, the metallic oxides in the glaze are robbed of oxygen, producing effects and colors which vary according to how long the piece is exposed, the quality and quantity of the reduction material, and whether the work is left to re-oxidise as it cools. The variables are many, but with experience a degree of control is possible. It is very much a 'try it and see' experience.
Registration: $90 non-refundable deposit is required to register. Balance payment is due one week prior the workshop date.


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Charges Dropped Against Woman Hit With Police Stun Gun
Charges have been dropped against a 61-year-old woman who had a stun gun fired in her back by a Tallahassee police officer.
Mayor Gimenez Receives Support From NAACP
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez's plan to put a camera on every officer is being met with much support.
Gimenez Wants Body Cameras On Every Police Officer
Amid criticism over possible police misconduct in Ferguson, Mo., Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said he wants a camera on every police officer.
Family, Friends Mark One Year Anniversary Of Teen's Taser Death
Friends and family of a teen who died after a Miami Beach police officer shocked him with a Taser will mark the one year anniversary of his death with music, poetry and a film.
Anniversary Of Death Of Teen Who Died After Being "Shocked" By Police
Friends and family of a teen who died after being tasered by Miami Beach police will mark the one year anniversary of his death with music, poetry and a film.
Taser Used To Break Up Fight Between Pro Athletes
The two professional athletes that were arrested outside of a South Beach nightclub have been bonded out of jail but have yet to make any public comments.
Family Of Teen Marks Anniversary Of Taser-Related Death
Relatives of a teen who died after being hit by a police Taser are organizing activities to mark the one year anniversary of his death.
Police: Man Went On Wild Ride & Crashed Bike Into Woman He Tried To Carjack
A man who allegedly escaped the hospital managed to go on a wild ride early Monday morning.
Group Demands Justice For Israel Hernandez
Friends and family representatives of an 18-year-old Miami Beach street artist who died after being stunned by a police Taser last August are calling for action after new developments in the case.
Family Of Graffiti Artist Killed By Stun Gun Still Wants Answers
It's been six months since Israel "Reefa" Hernandez died after he was caught spraying painting the wall of a fast-food restaurant with graffiti.


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November 27, 2014
ADA, OK - The Chickasaw Nation sponsored the 13th annual Ada Area Job Fair Thursday.
It was held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pontotoc County Agri-Plex on North Broadway St.
More than fifty employers attended looking for job seekers with a variety of skill levels and experience.
Some of the registered employers were Arbuckle Truck Driving, The Chickasaw Nation and Dollar General stores.
Multiple branches of the military also attended the job fair searching for new recruits.
"We are looking for qualified applicants ages 18 to 27," Petty Officer Seth Carman with the U.S. Coast Guard said. "Education helps, physical fitness helps, being able to swim helps of course."
The event was open to the public.
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Packing for College: Everything You Need to Move into Your Apartment
Aug 28, 2012
Attention college students! You're probably enjoying the very end of your summer break. And while I'm not here to tell you to put down your lemonade, school is right around the corner, and you need to be prepared! If this is your first time living on your own, you're probably excited, nervous and maybe even […]
Disaster Preparedness Tips For Renters
Jul 27, 2012
The West has earthquakes, the East has hurricanes and right smack in the middle is the infamous Tornado Alley. So what can you do about disaster preparedness when you're living in a 700-square-foot apartment? Obviously, preparation for each natural disaster is a little different, but one thing is certain: emergency preparedness is not just a […]


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MORTON, Texas (AP) A single-engine airplane en route to Central Texas crashed in a remote area of West Texas and killed all three people aboard. The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine Piper PA-46 aircraft dropped off of air traffic radar last night while en route to Brenham. The FAA says all three people aboard were killed.
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) San Angelo police have identified a man who fell 140 feet to his death while working on a downtown telephone tower. Authorities say Cody Freeman died shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday while performing repair work on the tower. A police statement says the man was having difficulty with his safety equipment when he fell.
DALLAS (AP) Dallas police say a fight in a park has left a boy hospitalized with stab wounds and four of his middle school classmates in custody. A fourth and final suspect in the Tuesday afternoon attack was brought to police Wednesday by his parents. Police say all of the suspects are ages 14 and 15 and attend T.W. Browne Middle School in Dallas with the victim.
DALLAS (AP) Federal authorities have arrested two Central Texas men accused of expressing a desire to go abroad and help terrorist groups in Syria and Africa. Prosecutors announced the arrests of Rahatul Khan and Michael Wolfe. A criminal complaint says Khan said in an online chat room that he was recruiting fighters for "jihad." A separate complaint accuses Wolfe of arranging to fly with his family to Turkey so he could enter neighboring Syria and fight there.


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Region: St. Charles
St. Charles' Frontier Park hosts an all-day Fourth of July celebration. It begins at 10 a.m. with a parade (starting in Blanchette Park, ending on Main Street). Hang out in the park afterward for children's activities, a Fredbird appearance, a massive fireworks display and more. Visit www.historicstcharles.com for the full schedule.
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"My 5-year-old daughter chose this card to give to her Pre-K classmates. It turned out perfectly and she loved the cards!"
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"We ordered for my daughter's 1st grade classroom valentine exchange. These were cute and fun and the kids loved them. They are smaller than I expected, but a great size. I will have 2 in school next year and plan to order these again."
"Perfect for classroom valentine exchange!!! My daughter loved handing these out and her friends loved receiving them. We ordered inexpensive peace sign pins to put in the envelopes."


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Canon 5D MK II & The Video Village Challenge
At first glance with the Canon 5D you notice one thing, the minute you plug a mini HDMI cable or a 1/8" mini plug into the outputs on the camera, your LCD screen disappears. It is like a sick magic trick that for some reason, not one person can figure out.
The Canon 5D in Big Sky Country with the MARINES
I am on the road again directing for Bandito Brothers www.banditobrothers.com/ and loving it. As a filmmaker, I am taking advantage of this inspiring, creative tool (a 5D camera) while stretching the budget. Our goal is to show the influence of the Marines around the globe while…
Color Grading the 5D MKII for Case Combines
There have been so many great comments on the BTS of the Case Tractor commercial that I wanted to share the 30 second spot with you. I am always comparing the 5D to Reversal Film Stock because you have to get it close in camera.
A Hybrid Shoot In America's Heartland for Case Tractor
Three weeks ago I was selected as the director for a national commercial campaign for Case Tractors. It would be my first solo directing gig after signing with the Bandito Brothers one month ago. In the commercial world, an advertising agency is hired by the client, which…
Navy Swimmer: Mountain Rescue & Sea Rescue Sequences
Here is the breakdown for the Mountain Rescue portion of Navy Swimmer.
– 1-camera in deep water housing which captures underwater and split level shots
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Navy Swimmer: Pool Training Sequence With Real Time Workflow
The Bandito Brothers Production Company has a very unique work flow. I have adopted the Bandito Brothers "Real Time" shooting module and combined it with "traditional" filming. Here is how we made it work for the Navy Swimmer commercial.
Imagine prepping, shot listing and then…
What Happens When You Mix A BMW M3, A Beautiful Woman and HDSLR Cameras?
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Washington, D.C. "Yankees, 1923." View full size. National Photo Company.
Well, "Sweet Georgia Brown" obviously.
I wonder what sort of records they're listening to on that Columbia Graphonola sitting on the table behind them?
They have a pretty good chance in beating the other team with those evil looks. And they're a sure bet if they use the swords on the wall behind them.


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Bring Your Own Disks: The Synology DS214 network storage box
The Bring-Your-Own-Disks home server market might not be mainstream but it's pretty lively place, with giants like Cisco mixing with obscure Taiwanese box-shifters. And although these quiet, sub-£400 servers make a useful bit of small office kit, the abundance of media awash in family homes and shared digs give them another role …
"Home NAS has flourished after Microsoft decided to kneecap its very useful Home Server product, an option which gave new life to an old PC or laptop." Crap.
The NAS market was mature before MS failed with one of their embrace, extent & extinguish moves. The biggest failure being they couldn't get their storages services to work properly, a key feature for a storage device.
RE: Failure to work properly?
I don't understand this comment, the fact that most MS products fail to work properly has never been a real deterrent to their success. I'd argue that the Home Server actually had a better up-time than most of their client software operating systems - admittedly the file corruption issue was a little annoying at times though.
Who said the torrent client is for pirated films?
It's for downloading the latest Linux distros, of course.
What have I missed?
With the exception of the IP Camera function I can't see what this setup does that a D-Link DNS-320 does - except costing five times more. And £175 for 2 X 2TB drives? Seriously? Amazon sells the WD Green edition for about £60 a pop. Given that the main bottleneck will always be bandwidth a Green drive is surely a better bet than a "High Performance" model anyway?
I'm certainly not a network person so could easily have missed the point but, as best as I can tell, a DNS-320 plus 2 X 2TB drives sets you back about £160 and does the job perfectly well. I've got this exact setup at home backing up and feeding media to about 6 machines. And I've recently persuaded 2 others to go with the same thing (both, thankfully, perfectly happy).
Re: What have I missed?
Synology offer an awful lot of addons, such as a VPN server, which at a quick glance, doesn't appear to be available for the D-Link.
Look at http://www.anandtech.com/show/6157/western-digital-red-review-are-nasoptimized-hdds-worth-the-premium/2 in the Power Management section WRT the suitability of WD Greens for this kind of application.
Re: What have I missed?
The d-link is slow - but good if you don't care about speed. I have, using to mirror the disks to backup some data. don't care about speed hence I went for this. If you do care about speed, avoid the d-link as it is very slow.
Re: What have I missed?
Having used Synology boxes before, things like TV capture, USB3 support, VPN, on the fly transcoding for dumb DLNA clients come in quite handy at times. I haven't yet linked in the Radius server to my home wifi, but it is tempting...
Re: What have I missed?
Not all hard drives are the ideal for all jobs.
The WD Green drives are good in office PCs that do sporadic read / writes and are only active 8-10 hours a day, but a NAS will be running 24/7, especially if you have a torrent client running download err Linux distros for instance, for this you need a drive that's rated for 24/7 use, such as the WD Red drives, these also have a cache that is better tuned for large writing jobs like back-ups.
I used to deal with customers running large IP camera systems, with hundreds of cameras writing to multiple servers, and one customer baulked at the £200 we charged for server grade hard drives, so he bought some cheapo SATA drives from Ebuyer, and very quickly regretted it, the first of these drives he used to replace a failed drive in his 15 drive enclosure lasted less than a week
Re: What have I missed?
I think you are all (reviewer included) making the usual IT mistake of assuming what you do is the norm. This is marketed as a home NAS. 99% of home NAS devices are used for a couple of hours in the evenings and then a bit more at the weekend. They most certainly don't require 24/7 rated discs. The opposite in fact. Low energy is far more important.
Most home users don't know what a VPN is, there are probably about 3 of you using IP Cameras. Torrent client, yes, maybe, but not huge numbers or volumes. They are used for backups and for streaming Video and music to some form of client (Apple TV, Samsung telly, XBox, ipad etc). They need iTunes server compatibility, maybe DLNA (though as it hardly ever works it's farm from essential) and a very simple, hand holding interface that takes an average user through setting up average use-cases.
Re: What have I missed?
With respect, I think you're missing the point as to why WD Greens are unsuitable. It's precisely because they're low energy. I suggest you do the research yourself, and there's plenty of info on WD's website, but basically many NAS devices don't allow a disk much time to recover from an error before dropping it from a RAID and possibly rebuilding the RAID. Reds are built with this in mind. Greens are not and because of their power saving, they are frequently switching off, possibly with a little delay before starting up again. So if you're using the wrong disks, your NAS may be regularly rebuilding the RAID completely unneccessarily.
You might be fine with that. Yes it's only for home use, not business critical, but having started with a cheap Lacie 1TB single disk NAS that died on me with no backups (it was mainly storing MP3s ripped from CDs I own) it's still incredibly infuriating when something goes wrong. Personally I prefer to pay the extra few bucks and get the right tool for the job, so I've just recently got myself a D-Link DNS-320L with 2 x 4TB Seagate NAS rated drives (comparable to WD Reds), after doing my research.
Re: What have I missed?
"...IP Camera function..."
As far as I'm aware, the CCTV camera free software is good for one camera - more and you need to pay. You'll need to read up on it, as there is some discussion that as a camera suite option, there are better choices out there. Sure this one lives on existing hardware - but that's something you need to evaluate if it's critical to your needs.
"...WD Green edition..."
Not suitable at all for an always-on home/office environment. It auto-parks the heads periodically, which makes sense on a desktop, but in a NAS environment it'll kill the drive fairly quickly. The WD Red is a better option - it's basically a Green with modified firmware to not park the heads so it doesn't self destruct as quickly. Yes, you're paying a premium for an option that USED TO BE FREE, but they have to make their money somehow. The WD Enterprise series are even better suited, have a better MTBF, and faster, but the cost is probably not justifed for this lower end NAS.
This suggestion is cheaper, (I have one as well), and most certainly justified with cheap drives as it only gets used intermittantly so I can travel with bulk data. However, it only works with up to 3Tb drives, the DNS-320L can deal with 4Tb drives, and you're heavily limited on "applications" if that's important to you. The newer Synology DS214 in this article can also deal with 4Tb drives. Do your homework and see if your small NAS can deal with 4Tb drives, as it would not be worthwhile going for a "cheap" sellout early revision if you need to upgrade later.
Re: What have I missed?
I've downvoted you for parroting what WD, Seagate, et.al keep telling us.
I've no doubt there are places where the Reds are more suitable than the Greens. But a home NAS isn't really one of them. Remember that the Green disks were out for several years before the Reds came along and millions of them are spinning along happily in home NAS boxes without issue. My NAS (QNap Ts-219) has never had an issue coping with sleeping disks. For one, mirrored disks will sleep at the exact same time so there's no threat of a RAID rebuild. For two, any decent NAS supports some form of journaling (even if it degrades performance slightly) that would cause a rebuild to take all of 2 minutes.
Re: What have I missed?
Totally agree with you. When you have company's like Buffalo using WD Green drives in their "NAS" boxes with dire performance and reliability, you know that it does not make sense to use them!
I have been using later generation Seagate Barracuda's in the boxes I have been putting together recently, and very happy with the reliability of them compared to the older ones. Performance is much better as well compared to the older drives.
Might have to grab one of these Synology boxes and have a play.
Re: What have I missed?
All good, perfectly describing me.
And your recommendation is????
Re: What have I missed?
yes green have a *nasty* habit of turning off, and being slow to turn back on!
Get RAID drives for RAID setup..!!
I got this HP Micro server box with 4x2TB WD RE4-GP using RAID6/1 in it. A lovely piece of kit and relatively cheap when you are buying 4 drives, especially since it takes normal ECC memory.
Too much compared to buying an HP microserver, a couple of HDD and putting whatever OS you want on it.
The Microserver option
I did that myself only last month, but whilst it easily wins in terms of flexibility and potential, it most definitely loses out in the "all up and running in a couple of hours" dept.
Horses for courses.
Re: The Microserver option
Thanks AC, I've been wondering why those HP Microservers have been sold with a £100 cashback offer for what seems like years.
"Too much compared to buying an HP microserver, a couple of HDD and putting whatever OS you want on it."
Cost isn't the only or best consideration.
Pre-build NAS boxes are neat, small, relatively frugal on power consumption, *REALLY* easy to deal with trying to work out which drive failed out of your eight (did you number those drives? Oops), and best of all, even if you're so hung over you start looking for sharp things to poke in your eyes, you can still set it up and have it functional very quickly after unboxing.
Low power PC
Isn't a low power PC a better option
I have a mac mini with 2 x 1TB USB drives attached and it's a lot more powerful than a dedicated NAS
Power consumption is fairly low as well but not as low as this NAS
I concede it costs more , £500 for the mac and £100 for the drives but you get a lot more performance for your cash
Re: Low power PC
I concur though not with the mac mini part.
A mini itx integrated motherboard and cpu like an amd e-350 based solution plus case and disks would cost less and perform better with a similar power profile to the NAS device.
Install Windows, a proper Linux distro or a prebuilt Linux based NAS OS and you'll have a lovely home server.
Re: Low power PC
It depends a bit on what you need. With the "everything in a box" approach you buy the box, two disks and a short while later you have a NAS with options (looked at the DLink - cheaper but not having the features I need). Even people who are not that versed in IT will get this to work, and I'm all for anything that promotes people making backups.
OTOH, if your needs are more complex, there is indeed tech enough to make that happen but that's for a different, tech-savvy audience. A friend of mine built a setup which is NAS + VM server - that is simply a different proposition (but so cool that I'll probably go that way too, provided I can keep the noise down).
Re: Low power PC
You won't get RAID protection (except software based), your power consumption will be noticeably higher, but it'll be more powerful. However, just how powerful you actually need depends on what you're going to do with it.
I have a DS213 and it quite happily runs a DLNA server, ebook library, backup target for Apple time machine and file sharing. Sure, a Mac mini might do the same, but it's a bit overkill for my taste.
Re: Low power PC
Sometimes there is more than just being "tech savvy" when you make certain decisions on tech.
Frankly, my life has become personally too valuable to spend time on tech. I have things I must do and things I'd rather do, versus spending the time on shopping / building / installing / configuring a home server. My priority in life is to live, not to spend time on debugging a silly home device - as a society, we have donated WAY too much time to these creations of ours.
Sure, I could have built a [new] home server. But I said to myself "Time to prioritize my time", and more importantly for me right now, my space, so I bought a NAS. Haven't looked back.
Re: Low power PC
> Frankly, my life has become personally too valuable to spend time on tech.
You are trying far too hard to perpetuate a false dichotomy that's bogus anyways.
If you even know what a NAS is to begin with, the "time" issue really is irrelevant. In general, my devices don't require a lot of babysitting. What little upfront setup is done and forgotten about very quickly.
If that's all you got then Synology products are a total waste of money.
More open solutions are cheaper, more flexible, and don't require more special proprietary hardware if something goes wrong. Being cheaper also helps enable better redundancy in case something goes wrong. That redundancy moots many of the more relevant bells and whistles of this kind of "turnkey" device.
Plus the performance of this thing is just crap. Nevermind all the other stuff.
Looks like Qnap interface
Those screen shots look very, very similar to my Qnap TS-469 Pro v4 firmware
The interface the same down to the icons!
Re: Looks like Qnap interface
Yes, very similar, except that Synology didn't copy QNAP.
Nice review
Thank you.
But no cloud integration??
Interesting but...
IMHO it is of limited attraction but at least it is a TWO drive unit. How many 'NAS' solutions are there with just a single drive or worse still a dual drive units where the default is a Raid-0 when you have two drives.
I have a Synology CS407. Works well but the CPU is rather underpowered for my liking. The saver is that as it is a 4 drive unit I can setup a RAID-5 solution. Just as well as in the past year three different 1Tb drives (from two different makers) have bitten the dust. 2 from Samsung and 1 from WD.
any chance of doing a test/review of 4 drive units? Some of us have a lot of 'stuff' to squirrel away.
Re: Interesting but...
any chance of doing a test/review of 4 drive units? Some of us have a lot of 'stuff' to squirrel away.
Much as it's tempting just to jump for a Drobo, my wallet is cringing at the prospect.
a Drobo would be a mistake google will explain.
Check out the QNAP TS470 awesome bit of kit.
Or the TS 469 for slightly lower spec and lower price...
the 41* and 42* series are more basic but still do the job.
If you want a reg round up see here (Out of date and only the basic Qnap boxes).
Re: DF118
My vote goes to the (Netgear) ReadyNAS range. I've got an old NV+ still going strong as my main file store, and a little (again, old) Duo running as a Time Machine target and little else. They've both caused me no problems.
They're not the fastest at rebuilding the RAID when a drive dies (or you want to increase the size) and they're not the fastest read/write, but for me, a home NAS raison d'etre is "no problems" for your storage needs.
And the newer ReadyNAS units will be much faster - at the time I got these ones, they were some of the fastest.
Re: DF118
ReadyNAS Pro 4 user here. A great device.
Good for running VM's (VMWare over NFS or iSCSI (it's a certified device) or Hyper-v over iSCSI). Supports CIFS out the box too. Has a reasonable range of plugins... but... Netgear have abandoned the old ReadyNAS range and users and managed to kill of the community. Yes it works and works well now, will my next NAS be a ReadyNAS... dunno!
Nice, but I just can't get excited with 2 bay enclosures when an AMD based micro server with 4 drive bays and a PCI-e slot is less then £100 with its cashback....
And you'll need the cash back to compensate for the higher power consumption.
I always like the idea of these
until I work out what I'm paying for - empty box, mobo, processor, power supply and a network card. Plus a cut-down OS.
I'm sure I could do it just as cheaply with an old Windows PC with some extra hard drives without worrying about the esoteric format the HDDs use.
Even more sure there's some open source build of something out there that does it dead cheap too.
Re: I always like the idea of these
I thought long and hard about using my old Shuttle as a NAS instead of buying one, but in the end I went down the Synology route, and to be honest I'm glad I did. Its reliable, super-quiet, and idiot-proof, and unlike a lot of others, the Apps are actually worth having; much as I like XBMC, the VideoStation App is quicker and easier to use on the TV (controlled by my phone, it makes my Samsung's otherwise near useless dlna setup usable so I don't need a separate STB like an RPi or Apple TV). I think a couple of years ago I'd have been less likely to recommend a Synology, but with the release of 4.3 its now a mature, polished product.
Home server/NAS
If this had been available while I was building my home server, I may have considered it. It costs about the same as my server did (sans disks), but uses less juice and is quieter. Stuff like this is getting cheaper and more usable quicker than I care to think about.
I don't recall MS ever making their home server OS available to individuals, just to systems builders, so not sure about the whole "old PC retask", unless you are taking about the Beta version. I use win 7 on my server so can use it with all the online content options, it also has esata, USB 3, gigabit ethernet AND Wireless N connectivity (should I suddenly cut through my cables) , and a blu-ray writer in there to allow both BD playback and archive of the more vital files. For the money it is good and I like my solution, but it was build out of a lack of other affordable solutions at the time. I would have considered a NAS like this one though.
Re: Home server/NAS
WHS has always been (still is) available as an OEM license, which an individual (system re-purposer) can use .... as the OEM you have to support yourself though. I suspect most people inclined to build their own server are more likely to run Linux.
The one advantage WHS does (did) have is the built-in backup and bare metal restore for Windows clients. It seems crazy, but I haven't seen anything really equivalent on a NAS device or Linux platform - unless anyone else has?
The other advantage it has for me - the machine makes a great PVR and HTPC (Media Portal) client. NAS and Linux do offer options in this area though.
Drive sizes?
The review suggests that the maximum drive size these units can take is 2TB, but falls short of actually saying so. I imagine the truth is that the 2TB limit is real because the firmware can only handle drives formatted with an old-style partition table, rather than the newer GPT format.
Now that it's relatively easy to buy drives as large as 4TB (and the cost per byte is lower than with 2TB drives from the same maker) there is a need for NAS hardware that can use them. It's a shame that Synology haven't provided that in this new device.
... and before you say "Why would you need 4TB in a home NAS?" it's because home users are likely to fill their NASes with music and video files, and so probably fill them up faster than most businesses.
Re: Drive sizes?
lists up to 4TB.
Re: Drive sizes?
When you read page 2 you'll find this sentence.
To test this I set up a RAID 1 array with two WD Red 3TB disks, ...
Re: Drive sizes?
"To test this I set up a RAID 1 array with two WD Red 3TB disks"
Re: Drive sizes?
"To test this I set up a RAID 1 array with two WD Red 3TB disks"
Why the fail? It's probably the drives the reviewer had on had to test. Besides, you don't NEED 4Tb drives to test what's in the specification list anyway, nor to test for performace.
Great bits of kit.
I have a DS109j with a 1TB disk in it and it has happily being serving up movies, music, photos - centralised file storage and music to all of my network clients, PS3 and TV for the last couple of years without issue.
The underlying Linux O/S is completely accessible also so it's highly tuneable. I also like that new version of DSM are always fully backwards compatible with an ever growing menu of add ons and tools.
The remote access apps work great also.
Re: Great bits of kit +1
Powerful, zero faff, solution with a tiny footprint and extremely low running costs.
Re: Great bits of kit +1
Yeah my DS-106j is stuck on DSM 2.1 :( but it was made 5-6 years ago. My IT kit is getting very long in the tooth!
Was going to write the only thing holding me back to upgrading to a DS214+ was the lack of linux client for the cloud station but just been back to their site and they now have one -
Change Log
Linux Cloud Station client is now available and has been verified on Ubuntu and Fedora.
Yeah! Now where's my christmas letter to santa I need to add something.
Great little box
Well I bought one after a major snafu with mavericks & western digital raid and have to say more than pleased with it all. I would say setup & install is very easy, though you would need a bit of technical knowledge so its not really for PC Globe customers. Backups for Time Machine are reliable & general file transfer is very quick. As for cloud service, it acts as your own cloud so I can access files anywhere which is very handy, 10 / 10
don't skimp
I've had a synology ds413j for a while and while fundamentally it's a great piece of kit, I would strongly advise anybody buying one of their NAS boxes to avoid the 128MB models, and those with slower CPUs. The web interface is too slow to be usable. For those of you using squeezeboxes, the server software is great, but won't fit properly into such a small amount of RAM either.
I use...
An Atom MiniITX board (£80 3 years ago) With a generic server chassis (£40) plus two 1TB disks in Raid1 and 2Gb RAM, the board has a single PCI slot with an Asterisk card. It runs Debian Linux x86 and does whatever any of those cheap NAS units do plus much, much more.
If one piece breaks I can go to the nearest shop and buy a replacement, or I can take parts from the PC at home.
The OS gets updated when I need to, not when the vendor thinks it should be/can update it.
I can run windows/linux virtual machines/containers (not that I do, but I can if I need to)
Lots of room for expansion, if I need more slots or hard drives, I just buy a Mini-ATX board, plug the disks and chances are it just boots and continues doing its thing.
Not as energy efficient.
Requires proper IT person to set up.
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- Overbidding in fixed rate tenders - an empirical assessment of alternative explanations (2003)
- This paper investigates various theories explaining banks´ overbidding in the fixed rate tenders of the European Central Bank (ECB). Using auction data from both the Bundesbank and the ECB, we show that none of the theories can on its own explain the observed overbidding. This implies that the proposed new rules by the ECB, aimed at neutralizing interest rate expectations, would not eliminate overbidding if the rationing rule in the fixed rate tenders remains unchanged. JEL - Klassifikation: D44 , E32
- Bidder behavior in repo auctions without minimum bid rate : evidence from the Bundesbank (2003)
- A distinguishing feature of the ECB's monetary policy setup is the preannouncement of a minimum bid rate in its weekly repo auctions. However, whenever interest rates are expected to decline, the minimum bid rate is viewed as too high and banks refrain from bidding, severely impeding the ECB's money market management. To shed more light on banks' underbidding, we perform a panel analysis of the bidder behavior in the repo auctions of the Bundesbank where no minimum bid rate was set. Our results indicate that neither bank's participation nor the submitted bid amount is significantly affected by an expected rate cut. This suggests that abandoning the minimum bid rate might increase the efficiency of the ECB's money market management.
- Evaluation der Netto-Effekte von ABM in Deutschland : ein Matching-Ansatz mit Berücksichtigung von regionalen und individuellen Unterschieden (2003)
- New evidence on the effects of job creation schemes in Germany : a matching approach with threefold heterogeneity (2003)
- This paper evaluates the effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany. Since previous empirical studies of these measures have been based on relatively small datasets and focussed on East Germany, this is the first study which allows to draw policy-relevant conclusions. The very informative and exhaustive dataset at hand not only justifies the application of a matching estimator but also allows to take account of threefold heterogeneity. The recently developed multiple treatment framework is used to evaluate the effects with respect to regional, individual and programme heterogeneity. The results show considerable differences with respect to these sources of heterogeneity, but the overall finding is very clear. At the end of our observation period, that is two years after the start of the programmes, participants in job creation schemes have a significantly lower success probability on the labour market in comparison to matched non-participants. JEL Classification: H43, J64, J68, C13, C40
- Macroeconomic impacts of ALMP on the matching process in West Germany (2003)
- This paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of job creation schemes and vocational training on the matching processes in West Germany. The empirical analysis is based on regional data for local employment office districts for the period from 1999 to 2003. The empirical model relies on a dynamic version of a matching function augmented by ALMP. In order to obtain consistent estimates in the presence of a dynamic panel data model, a first-differences GMM estimator and a transformed maximum likelihood estimator are applied. Furthermore the paper considers the endogeneity problem of the policy measures. The results obtained from our estimates indicate that vocational training does not significantly affect the matching process and that job creation schemes have a negative effect. JEL Classification: C23, E24, H43, J64, J68
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- We propose a new framework for modeling time dependence in duration processes. The ACD approach introduced by Engle and Russell (1998) will be extended so that the conditional expectation of the durations depends on an unobservable stochastic process which is modeled via a Markov chain. The Markov switching ACD model (MSACD) is a flexible tool for description of financial duration processes. The introduction of a latent information regime variable can be justified in the light of recent market microstructure theories. In an empirical application we show that the MSACD approach is able to capture specific characteristics of inter trade durations while alternative ACD models fail. JEL classification: C41, C22, C25, C51, G14
- Comparison of MSACD models (2003)
- We propose a new framework for modelling time dependence in duration processes on financial markets. The well known autoregressive conditional duration (ACD) approach introduced by Engle and Russell (1998) will be extended in a way that allows the conditional expectation of the duration process to depend on an unobservable stochastic process which is modelled via a Markov chain. The Markov switching ACD model (MSACD) is a very flexible tool for description and forecasting of financial duration processes. In addition, the introduction of an unobservable, discrete valued regime variable can be justified in the light of recent market microstructure theories. In an empirical application we show that the MSACD approach is able to capture several specific characteristics of inter trade durations while alternative ACD models fail. JEL classification: C22, C25, C41, G14
- How Much Foreign Stocks? Bayesian Approaches to Asset Allocation Can Explain the Home Bias of US Investors (2003)
- US investors hold much less foreign stocks than mean/variance analysis applied to historical data predicts. In this article, we investigate whether this home bias can be explained by Bayesian approaches to international asset allocation. In contrast to mean/variance analysis, Bayesian approaches employ different techniques for obtaining the set of expected returns. They shrink sample means towards a reference point that is inferred from economic theory. We also show that one of the Bayesian approaches leads to the same implications for asset allocation as mean-variance/tracking error criterion. In both cases, the optimal portfolio is a combination the market portfolio and the mean/variance efficient portfolio with the highest Sharpe ratio. Applying the Bayesian approaches to the subject of international diversification, we find that substantial home bias can be explained when a US investor has a strong belief in the global mean/variance efficiency of the US market portfolio and when he has a high regret aversion falling behind the US market portfolio. We also find that the current level of home bias can justified whenever regret aversion is significantly higher than risk aversion. Finally, we compare the Bayesian approaches to mean/variance analysis in an empirical out-ofsample study. The Bayesian approaches prove to be superior to mean/variance optimized portfolios in terms of higher risk-adjusted performance and lower turnover. However, they not systematically outperform the US market portfolio or the minimum-variance portfolio.
- Open source as a signalling device : an economic analysis (2003)
- Open source projects produce goods or standards that do not allow for the appropriation of private returns by those who contribute to their production. In this paper we analyze why programmers will nevertheless invest their time and effort to code open source software. We argue that the particular way in which open source projects are managed and especially how contributions are attributed to individual agents, allows the best programmers to create a signal that more mediocre programmers cannot achieve. Through setting themselves apart they can turn this signal into monetary rewards that correspond to their superior capabilities. With this incentive they will forgo the immediate rewards they could earn in software companies producing proprietary software by restricting the access to the source code of their product. Whenever institutional arrangements are in place that enable the acquisition of such a signal and the subsequent substitution into monetary rewards, the contribution to open source projects and the resulting public good is a feasible outcome that can be explained by standard economic theory.


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