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Am I Oversharing?
The cabin erupts in gales of laughter, which would suggest that everyone is enjoying the show. Only on the way back from lunch do some boys start sharing their views, such as, "Yeah, that was a little creepy" and "My mom would totally freak out if she knew."
Which, of course, she does when one of the boys writes home describing how "totally hilarious" his counselor is.
You know the rest of the story. Parent is shocked. Parent calls director. Director is shocked. Director speaks to counselor. Counselor is shocked … not by what he has done, but because the parent and director are shocked. "What's the big deal?"
And therein lies the problem: A gap in understanding between what is appropriate among peers and what is appropriate for a fiduciary.
In this instance, the counselor was not acting in the best interests of his campers because he failed to anticipate their discomfort and the paramount importance of setting a wholesome example.
Whether his behavior was funny to many boys in the moment is beside the point. Children's immediate reactions to adult boundary-crossings are never the litmus test of appropriateness.
What is a reliable litmus test is the following (and this is how I train staff members all over the world): Before you act, imagine that the director is sitting on one of your shoulders and the child's parents on the other.
If you will be happy explaining your action to both parties, then please do or say what you are thinking. If you think one or both parties might disapprove, then can it.
There is no grey area here. Doubt = Don't.
I've found this little test helps staff members discern the appropriate jokes, gestures, and yarns from the inappropriate ones. Before skit night, for example, I advise staff members to ask themselves, "Would I be perfectly comfortable explaining each and every gag to my boss and my parents?"
Determine What Is Appropriate
Another example involves a female staff member at day camp who surreptitiously removes her smartphone from her backpack during rest hour. One of the girls witnesses this minor rule infraction and asks to see what she's doing.
"Nothing," replies the young woman. "I shouldn't even have this out."
Now that the entire group's interest is piqued, campers begin the disclosure campaign. "Please let us see what you have on your phone! Do you have a picture of your boyfriend? Can we text him? Is he cute?"
Eventually, the counselor gives in and the girls huddle tightly around her phone while she narrates sorority life, two brief romances, and a party shot where everyone is drinking from red Solo cups.
That night, one of the campers updates her own Facebook page with a seemingly complimentary post: "Loved seeing my counselor's party photos today @ Camp Kenyushare. Her bf is H.O.T."
Of course, when that post shows up on the news feed of another camper's Facebook page—one monitored by a parent—it raises an eyebrow and prompts a phone call. Now we're staring at that same gap in understanding between what is appropriate among peers and what is appropriate for a fiduciary.
Preserve Professional Boundaries
Directors cannot prevent all instances of impulsive oversharing. However, they can encourage their staff to preserve professional boundaries by doing more than delivering the simple admonition, "Don't do anything stupid" or the nebulous advice, "Keep it campy."
Heck, if those two lecturettes worked, I'd be out of a job.
Instead of vapid platitudes, I recommend that directors:
• Explain the concept of a fiduciary and describe their vision of a youth-development professional. Provide copious, specific examples of professional vs. unprofessional conduct.
• Invite some camp parents to speak with the staff about their expectations for mature caregiving. Few of your staff members are parents themselves, so it's difficult to understand the caregiving context.
• Review some instances of inappropriate behavior and boundary-crossings from previous summers. This type of case review helps staff members see the consequences of boundary-crossings.
• Describe the litmus test of "Directors on one shoulder; Parents on the other" and ask the staff to use that test as you step through a dozen case studies that they themselves generate.
Designing training around professional boundaries is vastly superior to crossing your fingers and hoping this year's staff won't be as imprudent as last year's.
The good news is that with intentional instruction, next year's staff members will internalize your wise voice. With proper training, they'll hear you asking, "Is this professional?" and "What might the consequences be?" and "How would this fly with directors and parents?" before the next opportunity to show and tell.
If all goes well, you won't actually have to sit on anyone's shoulders.
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Read: Is it time to take your home sale online?In addition to appealing to homeowners who need to sell by a specific date, Fitzwilson says auctions also appeal to out-of-state family members who have inherited homes. Stephen Karbelk, co-chairman and founder of AmeriBid, another real estate auction company in Tulsa, Okla., says the rising number of individual auction sales is also a function of financially savvy sellers. "Sophisticated sellers understand the cost of carrying a property," says Karbelk. "Auction marketing offers a way to get your home in front of more people and forces people to make a bid by a certain date." And it's not just distressed properties that are selling at auctions these days. Jennifer Leuer, senior vice president of Auction.com in Irvine, Calif., says non-distressed property auctions have become more popular this year because sellers like the transparency of the process. "Sellers know they're getting preapproved buyers and non-contingent contracts," she says. "They also know they're getting the true market value for their property."
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Evolving Supply Chain Offers New Opportunities for Global Growth
The Bund is a one-mile pedestrian walkway that runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, offering one of the most spectacular views of the Shanghai skyline. Reflecting off the water, the lights that line the buildings along The Bund are a sight to behold for tourists and natives alike, their flashing cameras only adding to the light show.
What's amazing about The Bund view is that three decades ago it didn't exist. Many of the buildings lining the river's eastern bank, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, a television tower that points to the sky and seals the Shanghai skyline as an original, was little more than vacant land. It took less than thirty years for that to change—proof of Shanghai's rapid growth and evolution. The contrast between the two sides of the Huangpu River, the futurist eastern bank and the London-like western bank, reflects Shanghai's deep rooted western influence in the early part of the 20th century and Shanghai's current position as the dragon head of economic reform in China.
As a native of China, I'm proud to return and see the phenomenal transformations that Shanghai has made in such a short period of time, a true feat for any city. I recently participated in the U.S./China Business Symposium sponsored by Harvard University and China's State Council, an annual event to discuss the global economy and how the United States and China can further grow. I also briefed reporters in Beijing and Shanghai about the evolution of the supply chain and its role in global economic and trade growth.
Supply chain has been a key driver of explosive global growth. Starting in the early 1960s, the world shrank dramatically as airline speeds doubled to 600 miles per hour. The hub-and-spoke system, which FedEx Chairman Fred Smith introduced to the air cargo industry, continues to maximize the number of attainable connections while lowering cost. Technological progress and standardization have deepened global value chain and vastly enhanced the sophistication of economic structure. The number of economic sectors has increased from 37 recognized in the 1930s in the original Input-Output table to today's 1,065 according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
To see continued growth, countries must take advantage of value-added supply chains, learn to think globally and to operate without borders. The global connectivity we enjoy means we no longer have to settle on doing business at arm's length. For China, a more efficient logistics system needs government prioritization. The country has an infant logistics industry, but one that has high growth potential should the Chinese government reduce fees and taxes, and encourage the consolidation of the fractured logistics sector to improve efficiency and increase firms' profit margins.
China's domestic logistics costs are about twice that of the United States. Lowering logistics costs is the key to promoting domestic consumption in China, which will in turn help to address trade imbalance. By lowering those costs, local economies in China and around the world have a greater opportunity to touch new cities, connecting Memphis to Milan and Shanghai to Sheboygan.
FedEx plays a huge role in this connectivity, allowing economies to thrive and grow by managing supply chains and moving business' critical shipments across oceans. One such business is INDOCHINO. The Canadian company creates customized men's suits online, and does most of its manufacturing in China. The brainchild of two college classmates, INDOCHINO was born in 2007. Nearly six years later, the company has employees based in Vancouver and Shanghai, and creates customized apparel for thousands of men in 60 countries around the world.
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Just like INDOCHINO, the city of Shanghai serves as a lesson of what can be achieved with the right partnerships and the right business mindset. Over the past two decades China has made giant strides in learning from an open global system. Shanghai's changing skyline is a manifest of this learning process. I hope China can continue to participate, benefit and contribute in the open global economic system, transforming its inland as it has done in the city of Shanghai.
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2014 Senior Bowl Primer
The 2014 Senior Bowl kicks off at 4pm ET and the Jets will be paying close attention. Over at ESPN New York, Rich Cimini breaks down the players that will be of particular interest to the Jets. Here's a link with the winners and losers from this week of practices. Of particular note is undersized defensive tackle Aaron Donald from Pittsburgh, who won the award for the most dominant player this week. However, there's no better way to boost your stock than by excelling in the game itself.
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Funny that Fales was the guy with the 'weakest' arm on the South team but he was the one throwing the ball downfield!
Carr completed 7 passes out of 12 for 45 yards which is 3.75Yards per attempt and 6.4 yards per completion
Garoppolo completed 6 out of 11 for 32 yards which is 2.9 YPA and 5.3 YPC
Fales completed 6 out of 7 for 104 Yards which is 14.9 YPA and 17.3 YPC
Carr's long was 17 yards and Garoppolo's was 12 while Fales hit Jordan Matthews for 33.
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Josh garoppolo in round 1or 2.he has a very strong arm and his quick relese is just what coach moriningweg offense needs.
that tight end crockett gilmore from colorado st looked pretty good hes projected 4-5 rd and kevin norwood wr from alabama looked like he had pretty good size and speed im seeing hes predicted to go in the 7th
Dee ford
Dee Ford anyone? Reminds me of Coples and we are in need of an OLB. Only problem is his stock is rising and will most likely be taken in the first round.
blair thomas and chad pennington were past senior bowl mvps
Also what do you guys think of bringing back Santana Moss. Quality vet to help on 3rd down knows how to sit in the zone and be a pro.
Can't wait for the game. I am eager to see how Andrews and Josh Huff perform. I think they both are players that have skills that translate well to the pros. I would be happy with those guys as day three picks.
@harold NO!! Too small and he wasn't that good when he was a Jet the 1st time. Move on!! Jets need players that can catch the ball in traffic and also make the catch even when the pass isn't perfect which Moss NEVER did!!
@harold I don't know how much he has left in the tank but for the right price in a limited roll he might be able to help us. If we limited his exposure he might be able to help on punt returns and in multiple receiver sets in long yardage situations.The key will be can he help out on specials as I think his #1 or 2 days are over.
Are we talking about Moss? He is a very good WR. He has gottten much better since he left the Jets. I live in the MD/DC area and his hands and route running are light years ahead of where he was with the Jets.
I agree he would be as a 4th or 5th Wr who you know if they need to be a #2 or #3 for a few games step up and handle that role.


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3/26/2013. ANDY'S UNPOPULAR INSIGHTS. The current USA FED IS 100 years old (1913-2013), and it's time for some desperately needed select EUTHANASIA. It's time for the FED to go BACK to what it was for 80 years, and what it was ONLY supposed to be in the first place.
All Nations MUST have a "Central Bank" (our FED) because even in a semi-free economy like Modern America there ARE going to be Money Liquidity Panics. That's when the "Central Bank" Must create LOTS of Queer Money, and Re-Liquefy their nation's Banks and Financial systems.
After the Liquidity Panic is OVER. The "Central Bank" is supposed to mop-up the Queer Money it created because that money has No Real Value. No Nation can operate their economy on No-Value queer money forever WITHOUT very Bad things EVENTUALLY happening.
The Germans understand this. They learned the Hard Way. They turned their money into queer-money to pay-off their WWI Versai Treaty debts, and what they got was Adolf Hitler.
However, Bernanke and the USA FED queers have turned today's FED into a faggot Frankenstein monster that is PERMANENTLY RUNNING the America economy, year after year after year, using Trillions of DEAD Queer Dollars that have No Real Value. (Bernanke is Dracula feeding off of living-dead queer money).
The Democrats, Republicans and Pres Obama (all cowards), are letting the FED faggots PERMANENTLY Run the American economy with DEAD MONEY because ALL of the impotent American Politicians are TERRIFIED at the prospect of having to actually Govern. In Washington DC Endless BS talk is wonderful, but real action on ANYTHING meaningful is forbidden.
Eighty percent of the US population has turned into weak COWARDS. In defense of the Cowardly Politicians they really are "Representing" the American People. BUT, that's NOT what "leadership" is all about. Look at the "News." What's America "Biggest Problem?" It's NOT that America consumes MUCH MORE than it produces and is on the road to social disaster. It's NOT that the American economy is running year after year on FED Dead-Money. America's "Biggest Problem" right now is gay-marriage. The answer to gay-marriage should be, WHO CARES.
BOTH the Democrats and Republicans are praying that the FED Frankenstein Dead-Money monster really is alive, and Dead-Money really can save them. The politicians are one day going to be shocked when they wake up and the mob is marching on Washington DC with torches and pitchforks.
If the Democrats, Republicans, and Pres Obama had something in their pants besides lose change. They'd take the "Employment mandate" away from the FED. Something the FED (or any Central Bank anywhere) should have never been given in the first place, and the politicians would GOVERN like they are being PAID to do.
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Archives of the NY Philharmonic now available online
Not related to the ongoing Avid drama, but the legendary NY Philharmonic has now made its archives available online, incuding hand marked scores by Leonard Bernstein.
What an absolute goldmine! Kudos to the Leon Levy Foundation for providing funding to this wonderful project.
Avid receives NASDAQ letter
In the wake of its failure to timely publish its year end financial statements, Avid has now received a letter from Nasdaq requiring it to present to plan to fix the situation by no later than May 20, 2013.
This is a standard procedure and should not come as a surprise. That said, I would hope and think that Avid should be able to get its act together and publish its financial statements well before that date.
More drama in the Avid house!
Just two weeks after the resignation of Avid's CEO, and one day before the financial statements were to be published and discussed during a conference call, Avid suddenly cancelled the conference call and deferred the publication of the financial statements until further notice.
Excuse me?!
It may well be a financial technicality - the new CEO Hernandez has a financial background - but this is very poorly timed, to say the least.
Unsurprisingly, a number of shareholder lawsuits have been threatened.
Well, let's wait and see what happens. I am keeping my fingers crossed for Avid.
Screenlight's take on this.
Avid CEO replaced
Big drama in the Avid House -- CEO Gary Greenfield resigned just two weeks before the 2012 financial statements are to be published, to be replaced by Louis Hernandez - as described here.
Given the timing, this suggests that Avid's financial performance is even worse than we had feared, causing Mr. Greenfield to tender his resignation.
What will the future hold for Avid, and Sibelius? Mr. Hernandez has introduced himself to the Avid community.
But even Pro Tools users are still sceptical.
As are Media Composer users (Media Composer is the video editing software, often referred to as 'Avid' which is where Avid's roots are).
Avid / Sibelius at 2013 NAMM; and launch of IdeaScale for Sibelius
After a couple of quiet months, Avid is now ramping up for the 2013 Winter NAMM.
For Sibelius users, the interesting news is that there will be a special Sibelius training for "Sibelius Certified Trainer".
This is a new program, somewhat similar to Pro Tools certification and Avid Media Composer certification. Is it going to be useful for Sibelius users and students, or just another way for Avid to monetize one of their products? I am a bit cynical but like to stay open minded. Well, who knows --- it is too early to tell. Sam Butler has commented on the Sibelius chat page: "I gather the intention of the Sibelius Certification will be in line with the Pro Tools Certification. It's very new so it's early days but it'll gain momentum, I'm sure."
Sibelius user David Hitchin has added this: "This certification goes along with the book, previously mentioned on this forum "Sibelius 7 Music Notation Essentials". Part of the course consists of completing scores required at the end of each chapter and submitting them for assessment and feedback. There are more details in the book here.
It is, however, a very basic qualification, and no one should assume that anyone with the certificate is necessarily an experienced music engraver - the basic requirements for the course include "A basic understanding of music theory and notation. Appendix A will provide a basic introduction to music theory." In spite of all that Sibelius does to produce good formatting by default, almost any score might require some tweaking by a musician who really understands notation to make it usable."
The perhaps more important news perhaps for Sibelius users is that The List - the famous list of improvements to Sibelius which was hitherto kept by Daniel Spreadbury is now kept by senior product manager Bobby Lombardi. The new thing is that Sibelius users will be to publicly vote for items to be put on the list, through an IdeaScale website where Sibelius users can propose ideas which you can then vote for or against. There has been similar list like this for many years for Pro Tools, and a number of proposals were adopted in Pro Tools upgrades. But, to be fair, there are also features that have been on the wish list for years, like the abilty to render faster than real time, organization of clips in subfolders / bins, 64 bit compatibility, and those are still not implemented.
Well, we will see what the future brings. In the meantime it is a interesting development.
Daniel's new home: Steinberg
In a surprising and interesting new development, it turns out that Daniel Spreadbury will become the product marketing manager a new research and development center of Steinberg, the software developer of inter alia Cubase, Nuendo and the VST standard for virtual instruments, which will focus on the notation and education markets.
Steinberg opening UK R&D center
New Steinberg Research & Development office in London for professional music notation and education software
HAMBURG, Germany — November 9, 2012 — Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH announced today that it is establishing an R&D center in London, United Kingdom, to focus on developing software for the music notation and education markets.
Marketing director at Steinberg, Frank Simmerlein, comments: "Steinberg has a good standing in both the education and composing markets, but we've always believed that these markets and its customers deserve the best support we can give. Therefore we are more than delighted to have found the perfect team of extremely talented and experienced individuals to make this possible in the foreseeable future."
Ben Timms, head of Steinberg's new London-based R&D team, remarks: "I'm delighted and proud that we are becoming part of the Steinberg family. Our collective expertise combined with Steinberg's world-leading products and technologies can only mean exciting things for the customers."
"As musicians, we are very excited to be joining Steinberg, a company whose unrivaled tradition of ground-breaking technologies we have always admired. As a development team, we are looking forward to bringing our extensive experience to bear on a new generation of products, designed by musicians for musicians," adds Daniel Spreadbury, new product marketing manager for Steinberg.
The London-based office begins its operation in the middle of November this year.
We are happy to see that Daniel has found a new home, and wish him and his team the best of luck in their new endeavor!
Daniel's blog handed over to Philip Rothman
Since 2008 Daniel Spreadbury had been running a blog with his own personal musings about Sibelius and music related topics (not affiliated with or endorsed by Avid in any way, by the way).
In the wake of his leaving Avid, Daniel has handed the reigns for that website over to Philip Rothman. Philip is a composer, orchestrator and music preparer from New York City, who also teaches Sibelius courses from time to time.
It's good to see that the blog won't die down with Daniel's departure, and we look forward to reading Philip's posts.
Daniel's last day in the office
Today, October 31, 2012, is officially Daniel's last day in the office.
Goodbye Daniel, and thanks for all the great work you and your team have done for Sibelius and to foster its community!
In Daniel's own words:
"Today's my last day with Avid, and I'll be handing in my gun and my badge (well, my computer and my key) very shortly, so I just wanted to pop in and say a fond farewell.
I've written a slightly longer goodbye that will go up on the Sibelius blog at the end of the day today (www.sibeliusblog.com), so I'm going to keep this short and sweet.
To every Sibelius user: thank you for being so passionate about the product we have worked so hard to build for you. Thank you for inspiring us to do our best work. And thank you also for your support over the last few difficult months.
It goes without saying that I will miss this place, and I'm not sure how I will adjust to not checking in here several times a day. There is a wonderfully supportive and expert community here. I very much hope it will continue in the same spirit. I wish all of you success in your every endeavour, musical or otherwise.
Although I won't be posting here any longer, I'm easy to find online: I'm on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter (@dspreadbury), and I'd be glad to stay in touch (but please don't write to me asking for help with Sibelius!).
See you around!"
and there is the somewhat longer, more personal note.
Avid investors begin selloff of Avid stock
In the news today: third quarter results appear to be significantly worse than expected.
This followed an announcement of a significant sale of Avid stock by Blum Capital, Avid's largest shareholder, earlier this month.
Things appear to be rather gloomy for Avid.
British MP reacts to closure of Sibelius UK Office
Ms. Sheila Gilmore MP has responded to the closure of the Sibelius office (after meeting with Derek Williams).
Musicians' Union update on the future of Sibelius
The UK Musicians' Union has now also weighed in on the future of Sibelius with their report of the meetings with Avid.
BASCA hosts AVID re Sibelius
On October 3, 2012, the BASCA (the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors) has hosted the presentation of a petition with well over 10,000 signatures by Save Sibelius to AVID. Derek Williams delivered a well argued speech on behalf of the campaign, and had the opportunity to pose several question to Bobby Lombardi, who was present on behalf of Avid.
Here is Derek's brief report of the meeting:
"Save Sibelius shared Save Sibelius's album.
16 minutes ago
BASCA meeting with Avid Technology re closure of Sibelius UK, held at MPA headquarters in London, 3rd October. Full details will be given after the Save Sibelius team have reached consensus on what future action is appropriate, including the Avid Boycott planned to commence 8th October.
Derek Williams briefed a representative from the Musicians Union for an hour before the BASCA event, which was well attended by representatives from several other organisations in addition to BASCA members. A further meeting took place the following morning between Avid and the Musicians Union regarding the same issues and a further combined meeting incorporating other concerned bodies is envisaged for December.
Avid Representative and new Head of Sibelius, Bobby Lombardi went through Avid's vision for Sibelius as follows:
- Avid is "fully committed" to Sibelius support and future development.
- Development will continue with the remaining 6 (currently dismissed) UK programmers alongside 3 new developers in Ukraine plus ProTools interop integration in California. Apparently the Ukraine team have not yet all been appointed, because Global Logic are having trouble finding developers in Ukraine with the right combination of musical aptitude and C++ programming expertise, something Bobby acknowledged as "essential", and which Avid already had with the UK team they had fired.
- Technical Support will continue from Pinewood (UK) headed up by Sam, who will replace Daniel Spreadbury on the Help Forum when he leaves at the end of October.
- The Avid support website will be redesigned as per undertakings made informally 5 years ago.
A 'user brainstorming' model, similar to that used by Open Source applications will be adopted so users can feed back to developers what they want fixed and what new features they would like.
However, there was little indication how all this would be practicable with only a skeleton development team in place and staff scattered all over the world.
I was then invited up to address the floor, and to present the Sibelius Users Group petition "Avid: Sell Sibelius", which Bobby Lombardi graciously accepted and undertook to take back to the USA and personally hand to CEO Gary Greenfield. The handover of the petition is recorded in the album on Facebook.
The meeting then opened up to questions from the floor, many on behalf of organisations represented there. The atmosphere was quite spirited, and several questions were put as to how Avid was going to be able to keep all these promises with none of the original development team left.
In the course of the evening, some interesting admissions were made:
- Sibelius is indeed profitable as a standalone enterprise.
- As we previously reported, the number of Sibelius users is confirmed at approximately half a million.
- The user uptake on Sibelius 7 has so far been the lowest of any release.
- Avid's mind is not closed to selling Sibelius. Bobby said, "Divestitures are made all the time by corporations, however it was decided that Sibelius was a key unit in our portfolio, integral with ProTools and should therefore be retained." No explanation was offered regarding the unsuccessful attempts by the Finn brothers to buy back Sibelius.
- It appears that Bobby Lombardi volunteered to head up Sibelius when Daniel Spreadbury goes, at least in part because of the uproar we've created over Avid's sacking of the development team.
- "Avid needs to do better in communicating with its customers." (presumably this includes giving out bad news such as the sacking of an entire development team)
"Strenuous efforts" are being made to hold on to the last 5 heretofore sacked programmers. There was some of to-ing and fro-ing between us about how difficult it must be for Avid to rehire the very people they had just sacked, or whose positions they made untenable.
I found the Avid personnel who attended to be sincere, talented and highly motivated - just the very sort of people Avid sack. One can only hope that the positions of Bobby and Sam will prove more durable than the over 70 staff of Sibelius UK whom Avid have "let go" since 2006. Bobby did not disagree when I pointed out that there has already been a huge diaspora of talent out of Avid.
We will communicate again shortly with our recommendations.
Derek Williams
Save Sibelius Campaign Organiser"
Goodbye Daniel!!
Well, this is really a sad, sad moment. Though it had been simmering for some time, it has now officially come to this: Daniel Spreadbury has publicly announced that he will be leaving Sibelius and will no longer be supporting either his personal blog or be present on the Sibelius chat page.
"As for me personally, I will be leaving at the end of October when the last of my colleagues from the original team leave. After 13 and a half years, I will be looking for a clean break, and I won't be posting here any longer, or maintaining the Sibelius blog, after I go."
Thank you Daniel, and team, for everything you have done for Sibelius.
Nothing is forever, but the way Avid managed to destroy a community and trust in a perfectly fine product can now go into history book as a prime example of corporate misconduct.
Sibelius 7.1.3 now released - the "swan song upgrade"?
On his personal blog site, senior product manager Daniel Spreadbury has just announced the release of the final upgrade coming out of the London office:
A long list of improvement that I am sure will put many smiles on the faces of mac users especially.
Sadly, at the same time this appears to be the final upgrade that was developed in London, so from now on everything is going to come out of the Ukraine ... let's wait and see how that will work out.
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So there you are; listen; as I said, God "worships" us in the sense of tending our worth. That we worship God, of course, doesn't need proving to you. It's on everybody's lips, after all, that human beings worship God. That God, though, worships human beings, it's enough to frighten hearers out of their wits, because people are not in the habit of saying that God worships human beings - in that special sense - but that human beings worship God. So I've got to prove to you that God too does "worship" human beings, or you will consider, perhaps, that I have used the word very carelessly, and begin arguing against me in your thoughts, and finding fault with me because you don't in fact grasp what I have been saying. So it's agreed that this is what has to be demonstrated to you: that God also "worships" us; but in the sense I have already mentioned, that he tends our worth as his field, to make improvements in us. The Lord says in the gospel: I am the vine, you are the branches; my Father is the farm worker (Jn 15:5,1). What does a farm worker do? I'm asking you, those of you who are farm workers and farmers. What does a farm worker do? I presume he works his farm, that is, tends its worth, that is, "worships" it, in a sense. So if God the Father is a farmer or farm worker, it means he has a farm, and he works or "worships" his farm, and expects a crop from it.St. Augustine of Hippo
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illustr8r sent this over and I had a similar reaction to hers.
What is it about any "message video" that immediately makes us feel like it is somehow progressive indoctrination. We're not even saying that there is anything particularly political in the clip, it just has the overall tone of some sort of "I know better than you and once you watch my one minute video it's going to profoundly alter your life. It's what I do. You're welcome." video. And we hate them, and find them insufferably libtarded.
Are we alone? Or are we irreparably cynical?
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I hate kids that think they know more than adults. Comes from TV bratty kids. Usually with dumber than rocks dads. I hate liberalism.
This one is just as irritating.Noteworthy Comment +11
Hey kid, what the square root of 144? Then shut up!+9
Nobody likes a scold. Especially a scold who forces his/her kid to do the scolding, thinking we'll all obey if the kid scolds us in a way he/she thinks is cutesy.Noteworthy Comment +12
27 seconds…. Enough.Noteworthy Comment +10
bubba made about 20 seconds. bubba wanted that kid to shut up.Noteworthy Comment +10
I can't stand to watch another Democrat slave do what his mas'r say.
Run kid!! Slavery is illegal in America!!Noteworthy Comment +12
I took it as a rather biting parody of the shallow thinking by which we have become afflicted.+5
Robert Frost is a mean ole white man+5
maybe he thinks he's an adult because he's already fat and ugly.Noteworthy Comment +11
Vacation over, @D?+1
Having made a career in video production, I can tell that the lines are being fed to him by some fuckwit art school chick video producer, just by the way they cover them with choppy editing and crappy B-Roll. This isn't funny, inspiring or entertaining, the only thing this video does is make me want to slap the living shit out of who ever put this turd together for wasting my time viewing it.Noteworthy Comment +17
Dagney, Are you an adult? Just asking.+5
lol, yeah.+6
Me to. LOL. They call me FUB. You figure it out.+5
Dagney, What happened to the Yoga and the gay weight lifter MMA guy? Thought you'd be mean and lean by now tubby. LOL+3
Pep talk? More like trash talk. I guess you could call it motivational… if the intention was to motivate somebody to wear his little sassy-mouthed ass out with a leather belt or a hickory switch, for talkin to grown folks like that!!!
On the other hand…
Oh sorry, got distracted by that IOTW tan-mark!!! Where was I? Oh yeah, OTOH, I LOVE me some Space Jam too!!! Yeah, M-O-N uh,stars!+9
30 seconds. I don't do pep talks or listen to kids who don't respect their elders.+6
I hope his voice changes soon because if it doesn't, he'll never be elected president. We have standar…Oooops! We used to have standards. Now we don't. Go for kid, you're a shoo in on the democrat ticket.+5
In four years I've become "irreparably cynical".+6
@ racist – Yeah, I was distracted by the LORD of the ONION RINGS. Excellent!
Back on topic.
O.5 sec. I began the video just to see how long it was then stopped it: 3:28 of my life saved!
As for "cute" colored kids, I'll take Sugar Chile Robinson any day (no, this is NOT Little Richard as a kid):
I agree, I get that reaction too. And I think started back in the 70s with Sesame Street and the PSAs – school house rock. Or whatever it was called.
BTW – bratty kids that think they know it all rarely seem to age out of it.+5
I could barely understand the little snowflake. When I did concentrate on what he was saying I grew angery that he still didn't make any sense, conterdicted himself and just generally spewed chiches and pop references for no particular reason. I made it 1/2 through a stopped when I felt the blood vessels in my scalp begin to pulsate.
I think this would work well down in Guantanamo though.+4
My evil, white, racist side says STFU! So does my other side…whatever that is.+5
Without cranking the video up, just looking at that still of the kid reminds me of Flip Wilson:
Using a rock group's lyrics (okay, maybe rock is the wrong descriptor for Journey) to counter Robert Frost's poem is your typical libtard logic. So no, you are not too cynical, you should be more cynical.
One more thought, I do not work to provide for the collective kid!
By the way, this is not from a kid, it was created by a professional marketing team if you ask me.+2
One of my biggest pet peeves is a precocious child. I do not find them cute. I do not find them endearing.
I need to go back to looking at Claudia's critters to get rid of the hostility this video instills in me.+5
What surprised me the most was that the Webster kid has not aged any at all.+1
That voice was a grating as the voice of the Vietnamese woman who sits behind me at work.0
He sounds just like South Park's Butters. Deeply disturbing.+1


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Among their complaints: Lawns were trampled, the local bus stop was moved, people were kept from walking to see the house by the show's security force and the 5,100-square-foot home was just too big.
"I was told by ABC our neighborhood would have access – they could walk up and see it," said Jim Roberts, president of the neighborhood association for Windsor Park.
But residents trying to walk in and see the project were told they had to go to nearby Eastland Mall and come in on a bus, he said.
"I didn't even sign a consent form," said A.J. Jillani, a nine-year resident of Windsor Park who found a security post on his lawn. "They just took over my yard."
Ray Montgomery, who lives next door to the "Extreme Makeover" house in the 4200 block of Sudbury Road, said he was happy for his neighbors, Curtis and Alisha King, who were selected by the show because of their community service through their home day care.
But the house producers built – two stories high, two porches in front and a two-car garage – overpowers others in the neighborhood, mostly one-story brick houses built in the 1960s.
"They say they don't build McMansions," said Montgomery, who moved into his house in 1981. "That's a McMansion in this neighborhood right now."
Their remarks came during a Tuesday night meeting of the neighborhood association at Windsor Park Elementary School. It attracted 80 residents from the 2,600-home community off Central Avenue in Charlotte's east side.
Some residents said they thought the program was a good thing, showing off their area to the thousands of volunteers and sightseers who otherwise would never know Windsor Park – full of tidy yards shaded by mature oaks – was even there.
"I think this is a great thing for our neighborhood," said Bunnie Holston who lives on Firethorne Road.
Curtis King, who left with his family while the "Makeover" house was built, said he was sorry for the inconvenience to his neighbors. He said a few people he knew had complained about house, "mostly about the size, but there wasn't anything I could do about that."
Roberts ended the discussion with a declaration that got universal applause. "Let's make our yards look as good as theirs," he said.
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