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The City of Passersby's stories unfold song by song. Each track functions as its own unique chapter, meaning that the album's tales are told from different points of view through the eyes of individual narrators. And like pieces of a puzzle, they all fit together to form some kind of bigger picture. Using a combination of old instruments and a new folk-punk presentation, the talented members of Rats and People express the converging feelings in the album, with loss, confusion and hope taking center stage. (JL)
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Buoyed by Scott Lasser's surf-rock-influenced drumming and sweet-and-sour vocal harmonies from Laurel Mydock and Morgan Nusbaum, the 75s channel the punkish early days of the Go-Go's. Extra Fancy, the trio's debut LP, is a quick-and-dirty affair highlighted by cutting bass lines and Mydock's Liz Phair-esque vocal affectations. Thankfully, she doesn't channel Phair's flat boredom too; the 75s' smoking live cover of the Buzzcocks' "Orgasm Addict" keeps the original's angst. (AZ)
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Although most noted for its unprecedented stage setup, the Livers isn't just a band with a clever presentation. The duo plays in front of a pre-recorded video of the two members as the rhythm section, freeing up the real-life Livers to sing and play guitar during the live shows. Word of mouth has done the band well, with uninitiated audience members attending the shows with the intention of watching the spectacle transpire — and instead finding themselves staying for the friendly vibe, funny between-song videos and riffed-out singable tunes. (JL)
Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 1 p.m.
At the Grammy Awards, bands nominated in the Best New Artist category don't make it through to the next awards cycle. But we suspect that Wooden Kites is in it for the long haul. Built with seasoned local musicians who all seem to excel at their own instruments, the band combines scream-along choruses and joyously clashing verses – think Bright Eyes or the Replacements — to create a most audience-friendly experience. Look for the upcoming release The Orchard and an album release show at Vintage Vinyl on June 6. (JL)
Like many "new" bands in town, the Blind Eyes should be familiar to regular show-goers, especially since its lineup is the Gentleman Callers minus guitarist Mike Virag. This respectable pedigree likely explains the fully formed nature of the trio's first songs and recordings. "High Life" and "Find the Time" both conjure late-'70s pub-rock by Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe — while the band's energetic concerts channel the ghosts of another legendary mod-punk trio, the Jam. (AZ)
Fronted by singer and guitarist James Weber Jr., the Museum Mutters is a rock trio that plays by instinct, not by design. Sometimes its passions lead the band to droning Pavement art-noise, sometimes into Replacementsy guitar brawls and sometimes into druggy Big Star power-pop. The band recently released, via free download, what appears to be an eleven-song, lo-fi rock album, but which may actually be a topographical map noting the secret locations of pissed off and wild-at-heart rock nuggets. (RK)
Delmar Lounge, 10 p.m.
Best Pop Band
Perhaps the pesky (and incorrect) Arcade Fire comparisons that have dogged Gentleman Auction House will finally disappear when the septet releases Alphabet Graveyard next month. Recorded at Silver Sonya Studios in Washington, D.C., Graveyard's wintry pop songs incorporate reggae beats, new-wave sass, Rick James funk, bubblegum-soul and Bright Eyes-like folk. The band's formidable live show has become one of the city's best – thanks mainly to its ultra-danceable grooves and such playful touches as a cover of Rihanna's hip-pop "Breakin' Dishes." (AZ)
Main Stage, 3 p.m.
Like any good pop band, Jon Hardy & the Public doesn't find the genre's traditional verse-chorus-verse structure limiting. The group's fantastic 2007 release Working in Love often bettered the warm-toned soul and barbed hooks of Spoon while channeling the tortured souls of '70s power-pop royalty and hints of Springsteen's working-class sorrow. (AZ)
Denizens of the city's Irish (and Irish-friendly) pubs know Kevin Buckley for his prowess on the fiddle. But in rock clubs, he's known as the man behind the pure pop outfit Grace Basement. Last year's New Sense was full of compact, meaningful gems, such as the Superchunk-esque "Orphan Annie and the Dump Truck" and the twangy-folk standout "Santa Fe." Buckley's not one content to settle on one genre for long, though; the new podcast "Nestor Part I" on his MySpace demonstrates a prominent psych-folk influence (think Beta Band or My Morning Jacket). (AZ)
As a pop band that hits on punk and classic '70s rock & roll, the music of the Sex Robots is best experienced when its shambolic two-and-a-half-minute burners are witnessed live; its concerts are effortless in the way that only experienced musicians can present. Mostly, the members of the Sex Robots just make it all look so damn easy. Its pop elements are enhanced with bass grooves, thumping drums and virtuoso guitar shredding, and its lyrics contain depth and small stories. But like any good pop band, the presentation takes over any deep message. (JL)
Delmar Lounge, 9 p.m.
The list of piano-led rock groups that don't totally suck is a short one, but the piano-bass-drums trio the Feed makes a case for the keyboard's supremacy. Using a battery of vintage keyboards that would make Rick Wakeman proud, Dave Grelle infuses no small measure of soul into his band's rock-centric sound, both in his playing and singing. In their quest to be completely guitar-free, the band members treat their instruments like a six-string, running organs and saxophones through stomp boxes to create elastic, crunchy tones that rub up against Ben Reece's liquid bass lines and Kevin Bowers' intuitive drumming. (CS)
Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 4 p.m.
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Extra cloud cover this morning helping to keep temperatures fairly seasonal this morning and seasonal for the afternoon. That along with some recent moisture even allowed for fog to develop across our eastern counties. By this afternoon some of the clouds will move out giving way to partly sunny skies and light winds around 5 mils per hour. Overnight, lows will dip a little farther as a cold front makes it's way towards the Concho Valley. Front is expected to pass in the morning hours keeping our high only at 49 degrees for the day. Showers could also be a possibility along the front, standing right now at a 20% chance. Behind the front much cooler and drier air will make for a freezing morning. Hard freeze could be possible around the region as we dip to the upper 20's. Then on Wednesday high pressure will return to the area giving way to a warmer trend back top the 50's, 60's by Thursday and Friday and 70's by the weekend.
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This trip takes you to the coastline of Western Saaremaa's peninsulas and islets, and you can put together your own itinerary. The start and end point of the trip is the beach on Lahetaguse Bay close to Toomalõuka farm. Kayaking along the coast takes around 1.5 hours, after which you can walk for up to 1.5 hours on the islets (and have a picnic if you like) before we head back again by sea. Once back, you can share your stories around the barbecue, in the sauna and in the hot tub.
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Is open 01.06 - 10.09 advance bookings only
|from 29.25 €
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Features and amenities
- Guide service available
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- Hiking equipment included
- Catering at extra cost
- Transportation to the destination included
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Why did we only go back as far as 1980? Golf used to have three lists: money, wins and majors. Period. In 1980 the tour created a staff to track basic stats like driving distance, greens in regulation and putting that they hand-wrote onto a form. Now we have ShotLink data, where every shot is laser-measured to the inch, and all kinds of intricate stats. But at the center of the tour database is a record of every round from 1980 onward, which seemed like a good place to start this modern era. Are there any surprises, in your mind, about how the list finished? I really didn't concern myself with value judgments on any particular player while crunching the numbers. The blessing was that the No. 1 player was clearly identified, because it meant that there wouldn't be a situation where one weighting of the metrics would mean Player A was the best, and another weighting meant Player B, and perhaps a third weighting formula would mean Player C. This way I could concentrate on the numbers, especially in the middle of the pool of candidates and those guys who didn't make it. Now, there are guys who I was curious about where they would finish. Payne Stewart, fabulous 1999, wins the U.S. Open at Pinehurst and then dies in a plane crash. Seve Ballesteros, such a heavy concentration of majors in so few tournaments on tour. Wayne Levi, a journeyman pro who kept a low profile yet won 12 times. Nicklaus, for obvious reasons, and then the young guys: Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia. My curiosity now is how others will see the list. And I'm especially curious about whether any players will get in touch, either the ones in the Modern 100 or the ones who didn't make it. With Greg Norman finishing at No. 2, despite ending his career with less majors than some of the guys further down, is it fair to say the list weighs heavily other factors aside from major wins? Yes. Wins are like toggle switches, one guy a week gets an "on" and 143 guys get an "off." It's varying degrees of losing. But Norman was in contention so many times, we forget that because we've seen those clips of him in '96 getting that hug from Nick Faldo at the Masters or Bob Tway holing out the bunker shot at the '86 PGA or Larry Mize in the '87 Masters. Melodramatic footage is eyeball candy, but the fact is he was in the picture. Again and again and again.�And remember, most of this happened in majors, which carry a 50-percent bonus. He had the highest point total in our formula six times from '86 to '95, with only two majors. A lot of players who won before 1980 seem lower on the list than I expected. Is that unfair? Depends on how you define unfair. Nothing before 1980 counted, which explains why a player of Johnny Miller's caliber is 63rd, or Hale Irwin is 35th, or Hubert Green didn't even qualify. The Modern 100 still reflects enough of their play that Irwin and Miller, and Nicklaus and Watson, and a bunch of other players, make it. But if you think about it, there's an unfairness, if you will, at the other end of the ranking because the players eligible today haven't finished their careers. You could also say they're at a disadvantage of sorts to the players who have their entire careers in consideration, like Norman or Singh or Els. We have no idea where the still-active players will end up once they stop winning. Someone in the second 50 could wind up in the top 10. And someone in the first 50 could slide out of the 100. That's what will make this interesting to watch. Did you go back and figure out how the Modern 100 would have looked in earlier years? It will be exciting to see how the Modern 100 develops from here. This moment is a lot like the late 1980s, which had a lot of volatility. Nicklaus and Watson had stopped winning, Norman was emerging but he wasn't winning in bunches. The two big questions were who would become the next Nicklaus and who was the best player without a major. A lot of guys had big single years, such as Bob Tway's four wins in '86, but the game went about a decade with a lot of players earning a lot of wins. And then there was Woods, and he sucked up a lot of oxygen. Same scenario today as in the '80s: Els, Singh, Mickelson, Woods, all coming to the end of their victories. Who wins from here?�If you enjoy watching the game this next stretch could be highly entertaining. If this is indeed a repeat of the late '80s and early '90s it could get wild, and this will have been a prescient moment to establish a Modern 100.


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Turanor Planet Solar, the largest solar yacht in the world, has conquered the Red Sea and the Suez Canal and arrived in the Mediterranean. With the threat of pirates keeping all prudent sailors away from the Gulf of Aden approach to the Red Sea, theirs is not only a solar power triumph but also a pretty unusual voyage.
Planet Solar in Port Sudan
Raphaël Domjan, Founder & Expedition leader, writes from Greece, where they have stopped on their way to their home port of Monaco:
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It is a great moment for the whole PlanetSolar team and myself. After eight years of effort, our goal is finally in sight. We have covered more than 31,300 nautical miles thanks to the sun's energy and crossed all the Oceans of the planet.
After our stopover in Djibouti, we left our security team in the Red Sea, at 17 degrees north latitude on the high seas.
After sailing and living together for one month, saying goodbye was quite moving. We are looking forward to seeing them again in Monaco. Thanks to you all : Jordy, Yves, Franck, Jeff, Mike, Marc… you risked your lives to protect our eco-adventure …
The Red Sea is a true corridor with a powerful wind coming down from the North. Now and then we had to face winds blowing at more than 35 knots. We decided to stay on the west coast. Once more Mother Nature has protected us.
Conditions remained favourable as long as we were sailing along the coasts, where no stopover was possible. From the moment we reached Sudan, we had to make unexpected stopovers to charge our batteries. We used this occasion to discover places as unlikely as they were wonderful. Such a place is Port Sudan, an amazing city and country, inhabited by people of infinite kindness.
In Sudan, we were also lucky enough to visit the site of Commander Jacques Yves Cousteau's underwater village, PréContinent II. It is here that six men lived underwater during one month in summer 1963. Albert Falco, one of our ambassadors, was one of those six men. It is an incredible moment to be here, 50 years after their expedition, with the world's largest solar ship during the first sail up of the Red Sea with solar energy.
In the footsteps of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
I organised the dive on the site and we quickly found the remains of the village. After an exploratory dive with Jens, I accompanied Gérard. Christian and Jens were the last to dive. Thank you Sir Cousteau, thanks to Falco and all the team of the Calypso, it was a first… Moments out of time …
Gérard d'Aboville, who had joined us in Djibouti and sailed up the Red Sea with us, left us in Hurghada, Egypt. Crossing the Suez Canal for the first time with a solar ship was a moving moment.
We thank the authorities of the Suez Canal for their help and we also thank Mr Ferdinand de Lesseps and the Egyptian people who allowed our expedition to get back to the Mediterranean Sea.
In the spirit of transparency and for the sake of our adventure, it is important to officially certify the success of the first world tour with solar energy. This is the reason why the UIM (Union Internationale Motonautique, member of the International Olympic Committee) is responsible for the certification of our world tour and our expedition is under its patronage.
We are keeping the expedition logbooks up to date. Every time we get to a new country, we let the custom and immigration authorities stamp our books as proof of our passage. We are sending our positions via two satellite beacons every 30 minutes. A notary has sealed our charging cables and emergency generators in Monaco. At our arrival, he will come and check that they are still in place. Our world tour will only be completed once we cross the finish line and our batteries are charged up to a minimum of 92%, in line with the battery charge level we had at the beginning of our journey.
From that moment we will have completed the first world tour respecting the strictest rules: passing the equator twice, crossing of our antipodal route, crossing all the longitude lines, and same point of departure and arrival. All of this achieved with the energy of our solar cells only.
Next we will sail for Italy and then toward Corsica. Patrick Marchesseau will meet us there and we also hope to have a few days of rest to recharge our batteries and take on the last miles of this world tour.
Come and be there with us for this historic moment, join us in Monaco on the fourth of May 2012 …
To follow the activities of Turanor Planet Solar, go to their http://www.planetsolar.org!website.


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Put it up as a request and next time I go, I will print out the list and take... that way I won't forget. :)
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You are very welcome. Glad I could do it for you.
My husband's g and gg grandparents are buried at Fairview, so we just took along the photo requests to see what we could find. Let me know if I can do anything else for you in that area.
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I will be more than happy to transfer, I will also transfer her husband and 2 children that are buried with them, as you can see on the stone. I have also connected them together
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Your welcome. I sent you an e-mail thanking you. I appreciate it!
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I have transfered the 5 listings you requested, to you. Please take good care of them.
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Sorry. I thought it was a little to easy..:)
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I'm doing that right now. You should get an email
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Thanks Annette! Though some of my Snyders are buried here, the main Snyder line was from NJ and Philly. Happy Hunting!
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Are you related to Patricia Snyder Vannatten and William Bill Vannatten? This is ny aunt and uncle. If so, please contact me so we may exchange information. If not, could you please transfer both memorials to me? Patricia (#96740322) and William (#97640286). My # is 47578336. Thanks in advance.
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Evergreen cemetery is a beautiful cemetery out in the country. Very peaceful and well kept, and decorative memorials are permitted.
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Community leaders are to consider applying for listed status to protect one of the last art deco buildings on Felixstowe seafront.
The property is facing an uncertain future after Suffolk Coastal put it up for sale for around £350,000.
Sited next to Felixstowe Town Hall, the building has served in recent years as the district council's cash and customer service offices, and also houses the resort's Tourist Information Centre (TIC) on the ground floor.
However, the council has decided the building is now surplus to requirements.
Felixstowe Town Council considered buying it and creating an upmarket wedding reception venue, two-bed apartment and shop, but the £1.5million total cost of purchase and refurbishment, and the need to attract 50 weddings a year to break even, scuppered the project.
Town councillor Michael Sharman said the need now was to protect the property for the future as it was one of Felixstowe's most outstanding pieces of seafront architecture.
He said: "It's a distinctive building because of its architecture, style and prominence, and is one of the very few art deco buildings remaining along the seafront."
The town lost its most famous art deco building, the Cavendish Hotel in Sea Road, in 1988 when bulldozers moved in to demolish it during a process for listing.
Mr Sharman said the TIC building in Undercliff Road West had started life as Trent's Cafe when people would enjoy superb sea views while taking coffee, and was later merged into the Town Hall complex during the days of Felixstowe Urban District Council.
Twice it had been the TIC, and also traditional seaside bucket and spade shops, with the council offices upstairs.
He called for an application to be made to English Heritage for listing on the grounds of its "architectural merit and prominence on the seafront".
Councillor Margaret Morris backed the motion and said the property was "a very significant feature of the street scene".
Mayor Graham Newman said the matter was too serious to be discussed without proper research and reflection and it would be decided next month by the council's finance and general purposes committee.
Any application for listed status will be investigated by English Heritage but then, if accepted, ratified by the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
The council is concerned at what future use the property, currently on the open market with Spice Property Consultants, might have – especially as it is said to be suitable for refurbishment or redevelopment.
Meanwhile, Suffolk Coastal is considering moving the TIC into the library in the town centre as part of "relocating our services where they can be more accessible and be provided more effectively".
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I feel sick at the thought that this piece of history could go. Please save it, as mentioned the wonderful Cavendish was flattened to develop the site into a piece of flat tpoorly tarmacced land. Grow a pair council and save our heritage. I cry when I see how Felixstowe has been murdered over the years. How long before the former cordys disappears, or will they do a sneaky move as they did with the vastly historic railway platform station on beach rd? Stop the destruction of history, be brave set a precedent, show the rest of the World.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
I beg the Councils pardon. I think it was 3-years ago. Still, don't you think you should get a move on?
Sunday, August 10, 2014
I don't think quickly is a word they understand. It's 4-years ago they won lottery funding for the town gardens and they look worse now than then. Still not completed.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
I do hope that the Council act quickly to save this building. I am still in mourning for the Cavendish which was such a fantastic example of an Art Deco treasure.
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FORT LEE, Va (WTVR) — A deployment ceremony for dozens of soldiers at Fort Lee is taking place, as they prepare to leave their families behind to head overseas.
The soldiers are from the Army's 111th Quartermaster Company, and are headed to Afghanistan and Kuwait for six months to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
The 111th Quartermaster Company is one of the Army's only two active duty mortuary affairs units. The company is responsible for recovering and caring for the remains of soldiers killed during service.
For some this deployment will be their first, while for others they have previously served overseas. There are mixed emotions from those preparing to deploy. But at least one soldier deploying for the first time told CBS 6 News, he is ready to serve.
"We are ready to go," Fort Lee Army 1st Lieutenant Juan Bonet said. "Our soldiers are trained and ready to execute the mission, which is a very important mission. They are going to execute it with honor, dignity and respect."
The send-off ceremony will take place at Fort Lee beginning at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 3.


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CAMP MABRY, Texas, Sept. 26, 2005 As Hurricane Rita gained strength in the Gulf of Mexico, 3,600 Texas National Guard soldiers and airmen were mobilizing and readying to assist Texans in the aftermath of the storm. By Sept. 20, four days before the storm made landfall, guardsmen were already in place along Interstate 35 and moving into the storm as it neared the Texas coast.
A slice of that 3,600-person force, about 1,500 airmen and soldiers, was reassigned from duties in New Orleans. They were refitted with fresh gear and supplies and redeployed to a forward staging area near Beaumont, Texas.
Texas Guard security forces were the first to arrive at the Superdome in New Orleans and start to restore order to the city following Hurricane Katrina, Army Maj. Gen. Charles G. Rodriguez, adjutant general of the Texas National Guard, said.
"We drove in with Texas flags flying on our Humvees, and we were cheered," Rodriguez said. Now, Rodriguez and his troops are cheered as they drive into and fly over the many cities along the Louisiana-Texas border, which was hardest hit by Hurricane Rita Sept. 24 when it came ashore with sustained winds of 120 mph.
"Fortunately, it's not so bad here. And as we recover, we can send resources where they're needed more," Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez leads a force of about 16,000 Army National Guardsmen and 3,000 Air National Guardsmen. They are working in the affected areas providing search and rescue, humanitarian relief, security, transportation, communications, medical assistance and debris removal.
According to officials at Texas Gov. Rick Perry's office, the National Guard has helped provide 167 water trucks containing nearly 8.5 million half-liter bottles of water, 60 ice trucks, and 17 refrigerated trucks are staging in Beaumont have been or are being dispatched to impacted areas. More than 500,000 gallons of fuel have been delivered to impacted areas since Sept. 22, including more than 25,000 gallons dispensed directly to over 5,000 stranded motorists, and 154 generators have been delivered to communities suffering power losses, with a priority given to hospitals and medical facilities.
"When it came time for the hurricane to hit, we were here," Rodriguez said. "We were poised, we were ready."
Rodriguez is clear to point out that the National Guard system is effective because they are an entity accustomed to working regularly with civilian authorities at all levels.
"It's a great relationship. It works. We rehearse and practice periodically together," Rodriguez said. "The Texas National Guard has decades of experience working with the governor's Division of Emergency Management. We take their 'taskers,' and we help them define their needs." And, Rodriguez said, "We know how to say 'Yes, sir' to a county mayor or judge."
The Texas National Guard's philosophy on disaster response is based on one premise: speed.
"You have to be there early, and you have to be there with enough," Rodriguez said. "You have to be there right at the edge of the problem, get in there, get in there strong."
Rodriguez is already looking at ways even good execution can be improved.
"We can always do better," Rodriguez said. "We can always refine it."
No larger evacuation effort has ever been accomplished, Texas officials said. Texas safely evacuated approximately 2.7 million people in 36 hours. By comparison, the Berlin Airlift evacuated 177,000 people and officials evacuated 200,000 and 135,000 respectively following the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear disasters.
But he said, one thing remains true, "The Army has a role, the Air Force has a role, but the Guard has a lead in this."


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The analogue audio splitter remains the most versatile and cost effective way of distributing audio signals to multiple locations, especially in a world where digital and analogue consoles are paired in Front of House and monitor configurations, and digital consoles employ different audio transport protocols.
The Square ONE Splitter provides a simple solution with a user-friendly, high-performance, MIDAS XL8 inspired pre-amp design, packaged in a 2U, eight channel format.
To increase versatility and provide additional value, a third set of transformer-isolated independent (fixed gain) outputs are provided plus the Square ONE Splitter's ability to function as a 1-16 media split.
Audio performance, as with all KLARK TEKNIK's units, are of a superlative standard.
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MIDAS XL8-inspired mic preamps
Designed by the same team who created the world's best live sound consoles with a huge dynamic range >140dB! With an extremely high CMRR accommodates input levels up to +22dBu.
9-position rotary gain switch per input
A simple 5dB resolution 'stepped' rotary control to provide gain adjustment for both main outputs from 0dB to +40dB to easily match any signal level (mic or line).
30Hz Hi-pass filter with switch and status LED per input
Eliminates unwanted subsonic information, increases headroom in the mixing console inputs, amplifiers and loudspeakers.
Inputs duplicated on front and rear panels
For convenient connection options, either internal to the patch rack, or directly into the front panel.
Transformer-isolated gain-independent outputs
Located on the front panel for easy connection of recording devices and outside broadcast facilities. Transformers provide superior galvanic isolation; fixed-gain status prevents unexpected changes in level during performances.
Front-panel and remote 48V switching with status LED per input
Phantom power activation can be switched remotely from the +48V supply on any mixing console connected to the electronically balanced outputs.
Solo buss with integral headphone amp and level control
Allows the mic amp performance and level to be monitored directly from the front panel. Also an invaluable aid when fault-finding in line systems.
1:16 media split function with front and rear panel status indication
Input 8 can be routed to ALL 16 rear-panel XLRs simultaneously via a single recessed switch on the rear panel. Ideal for press feeds and many other multiple-signal distribution applications
Separate ground lift switch with LED status indicators for each set of rear panel outputs
Eliminate hums, buzzes and other ground-related undesirable audio artefacts.
Individual 4-Segment LED output metering for each input
3 colours, easy-to-see instant status indication (-15, 0, +12, +21dBu)
Roadworthy (2U) all-steel chassis
Designed to withstand the rigours of the road.
Universal power supply
Auto voltage sensing, operates anywhere between 100-240V (±10%).
The Microphone Splitter shall provide eight (8) discrete audio channels in a standard 2U 19" rack mount chassis.
Each channel shall have a variable-gain microphone preamplifier feeding two electronically balanced outputs (identified as A and B, located on the rear panel). Additionally each channel shall have a parallel signal path with a fixed gain (-6 dB) driver feeding a transformer isolated output (identified as C, located on the front panel). The variable-gain microphone preamplifier on each channel shall provide a stepped rotary gain control with gain increments of 5 dB from 0 dB (unity) to +40 dB. The variable-gain signal path shall also include a 30 Hz high-pass filter, enabled by a switch on the front panel. This switch shall have an associated LED on the front panel to indicate when the filter is active.
The output of the variable-gain microphone preamplifier shall feed a four (4) segment LED bargraph, with indication for -15 dBu, 0 dBu, +12 dBu and +21 dBu.
Each channel input shall have a front-panel switch for +48V phantom power, and additionally shall be able to detect the presence of phantom power on its electronic outputs, and automatically enable the phantom power supply to the input on a logical-OR basis with the front panel switch. The front panel phantom power switch shall have an associated LED which indicates that phantom power is enabled on that channel's input, either by the switch being enabled, the presence of phantom power being detected on its electronic outputs, or both.
Each channel shall have a solo enable switch to route the output of the variable-gain microphone preamplifier to a solo bus which feeds a headphone amplifier. The solo enable switch shall have an associated LED to indicate when the channel is being routed to the solo bus. The headphone amplifier shall have a headphone jack socket for the headphones and a rotary level control for the headphones output.
The Microphone Splitter shall incorporate a Media Split function, providing a switchable function that routes the output from the Channel 8 variable-gain amplifier to all 16 electronically-balanced outputs, disconnecting the respective signal paths from the variable-gain amplifiers of Channels 1 to 7 inclusive.
Each set of eight electronically-balanced outputs (A and B) on the rear panel shall have an associated ground lift switch.
Each Microphone Splitter shall meet or exceed the following performance specifications:
Frequency response
± 0.5 dB (20 Hz to 20 kHz)
Distortion (THD+N)
< 0.02% @1 kHz, 0 dBu at unity gain
Dynamic Range
Electronically balanced outputs: >122 dB (22 Hz to 22 kHz unweighted)
Transformer balanced outputs: >140 dB (22 Hz to 22 kHz unweighted)
The audio connections for each of the eight (8) audio channels shall be via 3-pin XLR style connectors:-
Inputs: two parallel-connected female XLR connectors (one on the front panel and the other on the rear panel).
Electronic Outputs: two male XLR connectors on the rear panel.
Transformer Outputs: one male XLR connector on the front panel for each output.
The unit shall be capable of operating from a 100 to 240 V ±10%, 50 to 60 Hz AC power source.
The Microphone Splitter shall be the KLARK TEKNIK Square One Splitter and no alternative option is available.
|8 (mic/line)
|Analogue, electronically balanced, female XLRs (Pin 2 hot)
|Maximum input level
|Input impedance
|5k ohms
|Common mode rejection
|-80dB at 1kHz (typical), unity gain (0dB)
|ratio (CMRR)
|-100dB at 1kHz (typical), maximum gain (+40dB)
|16 (rear panel)
|Analogue, electronically balanced, male XLRs (Pin 2 hot)
|Operating level
|Maximum level
|Output impedance
|<50 ohms
|Signal drive capacity
|<600 ohms
|8 (front panel)
|Analogue, transformer isolated balanced, male XLRs (Pin 2 hot)
|Operating level
|Maximum level
|Output impedance
|<75 ohms
|Signal drive capacity
|<600 ohms
|Headphone output
|Analogue, TRS jack socket
|750mW (nominal 50 ohm load)
|Front panel connectors
|Channel input
|eight x AA series female XLRs (labelled "IN 1" to "IN 8")
|Isolated output C
|eight x AA series male XLRs (labelled "TX OUT 1" to "TX OUT 8")
|Headphone output
|one 1/4" TRS balanced jack socket
|Rear panel connectors
|Channel input
|eight x AA series female XLRs (labelled "IN 1" to "IN 8")
|Electronic output A
|eight x AA series male XLRs (labelled "OUT A")
|Electronic output B
|eight x AA series male XLRs (labelled "OUT B")
|3-pin IEC
|Frequency response1
|±0.5dB (input to output), 20Hz to 20kHz
|<0.02% @ 1kHz, 0dBu at unity gain
|Dynamic range2
|Electronically balanced outputs: >122dB*
|Transformer isolated outputs: >140dB*
|Noise floor3
|Unity gain <-100dBu*
|Mic EIN @ +40dB gain <-128dBu*
|High pass filter
|Filter frequency
|-3dB @ 30Hz
|Filter slope
|12dB per octave
|Power Requirements
|100VAC to 240VAC ±10%
|50Hz to 60Hz
|88 mm (3.5"), 2U high
|482 mm (19")
|200 mm (7 7/8")
|4.5 kg
|5.7 kg
1 Measurement conditions: unit powered, all filters bypassed, unity gain and output terminated with 20k ohm balanced loads.
2 Measurement conditions: unit powered, both inputs terminated with 150 ohms, all filters bypassed, unity gain set to 0dB and outputs terminated with 20k ohms balanced loads.
3 Measurement conditions: unit powered, all inputs terminated with 150 ohms, all filters bypassed, outputs terminated with 20k ohms balanced loads.
* 22Hz to 22kHz un-weighted.
In its very basic form, a splitter accepts mic/line signals and splits each signal for distribution to a number of different processing devices. However, more advanced solutions are required to cope with factors within a sound system that cause signal degradation and produce external noise and radio frequency (RF) interference. These factors include the number of splits required and the length of cable runs, and also the inherent problems imposed by the low level of the mic signal and multiple-grounding. The types of splitter and how they are designed to overcome these problems are discussed in further detail in the following subsections.
Click here to read the full article about Splitters.


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The number of consumers downloading a mobile app drops once a price is set. Of those consumers who have downloaded a mobile app, 46%said they paid between 99 cents and $2.99 for an app. As the price goes up, the number of buyers shrinks. Only 20% said they had downloaded an app priced between $3 and $9.99. And if the app cost more than $10, only 4% made a purchase, the survey finds.
While retailers are not likely to charge consumers to download mobile apps, this is an interesting insight into the frugality of consumers, myself included. For example, I'll download a gaming app because it's free only to later find out that to get full functionality I have to make in-app purchases. Right away, I close the app and delete it. That's what I like about mobile apps from a retailer. You know the game going in. There are no surprises. Retailers don't charge 99 cents to view the image of an item, doling out bits of mobile functionality one in-app purchase at a time. Consumers get as much, and sometimes more, information about a product as they need for free.
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Is it fair to play live with a metronome?
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Re: Is it fair to play live with a metronome?
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i'm trying to imagine a stituation where I'd need to have a click track to play to live. No, I've never done it and the only time I've ever seen it done is when Keith Moon had to wear headphones to play along to the sequenced tracks the Who were using at that time.
It all seems pretty high-tech. Is this something that is being done more and more these days, drummers playing to click tracks? Do only the drummers have the click tracks or do all the players have it?
In other words, is pre-recorded music being used more on stages these days, thereby requiring that the players sync with the recordings, and if not then why use a click at all?
Yes, there are more bands using pre-recorded bits, loops, sequences, or just additional layers, and thus you do need a click to lock in. In the bands I've done it, only I have the actually click, and everyone follows me. Which is cool, because then I'm in charge!! hehe..
As for clicks live in general, even without pre-recorded music, there are a few things at play (which I'm not saying are right, just my observations).
So many albums are done with clicks, or with drum machines or sequencers instead of drummers, there is a certain level of perfectness associated with the music. So in order to replicate it live, a click is used.
As I pointed out in another thread, in 1985 maybe 3 songs in the top 10 of any given week didn't have real drums on it, but today, zero songs in on average Billboard top ten have a real drummer.
Any one under 30 has lived their entire life with music featuring machines. So a perfect machine drum part is almost engrained in many people's minds as the way music sounds. So more and more bands use the click to embrace the way either they and/or the audience expects that music to be played.
In the 60's and 70's, few albums were made with click tracks. Times could be all over the place, but as long it felt good, producers, record companies and audiences were happy with it. But now, anyone with a computer can put a drum track up on a grip and analyze the perfection of time to death. And because it can be done, more people expect it to be done. Which might not be right, but it's certainly been my observation that's how more and more music is made these days.
Which in many ways is sad that the great feels of Led Zeplin or the craziness of The Who have gone out the window in favor of constant perfection, but what can ya do?
There is one benefit of using a click live: No one ever fights over the tempo of the song! It doesn't matter is the singer tired and exhausted or the bass player drank 10 cups of coffee, no one can claim the song is at the wrong tempo because the click over rules anyone subjective feelings on the subject.
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sparse matrix vector product
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This is a dedicated mex-file to efficiently compute the Sparse-Matrix-Vector-Product (smvp).
x = smvp(A,b);
This is generally 4 times faster than x = A*b for large A (On my machine).
Type "help smvp" and "smvp_demo" for more information.
NOTE: You will need either windows or the MATLAB compiler to use this function. A pre-compiled version is included, but you can re-compile via:
mex -O smvp.c
You may also find my efficient LU substitution function useful:
P.S This again can be useful in the numerical solution of PDE's.
NOTE: The zip file should now work (03/04/2006) but I have removed the demo
I'm not sure why, but it is much slower on R2012a. I ran the example and the inbuilt required 0.01 s and this version required 10 seconds.
I doubt MATLAB could improve that much, so I'm guessing some sort of optimization used in the mex code is no longer functional.
There's actually a very important point here. Because of how Matlab stores a sparse matrix (see Tim Davis' book, or read the help on, say, mxGetIc), and because a major bottleneck for these computations is loading data into the CPU's cache, it is MUCH faster to store a matrix by row, instead of column, when doing matrix-vector multiples.
In Matlab, this is easy to remedy: simply take the transpose.
So, this cool trick can save you time. If you want to do this repeatedly:
>> y = A*b
instead, do this:
>> At = A.'; % a one-time cost
>> y = At.'b
But, this trick only works on newer versions of Matlab. On, say, R2006b, a call like
>> y = At.'b
will actually calculate the transpose of At, so this is very slow!
On older versions of Matlab, it's likely that this SMVP code will really help, but it might not be as helpful on R2008, for example.
On linux, non-multithreaded R2006a, I found that SMVP took about 60% the time of Matlab's own multiply. So, good work!
Regarding the comment on checking for NULL return of mxCreateDoubleMatrix: it's not necessary. If the allocation fails, MATLAB will automatically terminate the mexFunction and clean up any allocated memory. If it was malloc, then yes, you would need to check for NULL. This is a fine example of how to use mxCreateDoubleMatrix.
The only design issue that should be corrected is the "nlhs!=1" test (a minor point). If you simply do
>> smvp(A,b)
with no output arguments, then nlhs is set to zero. You can still write to plhs[0], and the result will go in the "ans" variable.
Works but offers almost very minor 8% speedup as of Matlab 2006.
I multiplied 700,000 x 700,000 matrix with 2,000,000 nonzero entries times a 700,000 vector and got only 8% faster than Matlab 2006. Not worth using unless there is more speedup in other settings.
2) The routine fails to check that the matrix allociation succeeded (may run out of memory). Need to add a NULL check to
plhs[0] = mxCreateDoubleMatrix(mxGetM(prhs[0]), 1, mxREAL);
3) Change if (nlhs!=1) to if (nlhs > 1)
Summary: works but very limited speedup.
It would be excellent if it can support
complex arithmetics.
I had no problems using this file and it is around 5 times quicker than matlab's A*b for the problems I tried.
The zip file is corrupted. The matrix.mat file can not be extracted.
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Twenty-nine fall participants are among those honored by the league for their hard work in their studies. The continuing transformation of members of the Aggie football to top scholars is the biggest news from this latest recognition. When NM State entered the WAC four years ago, the football program was so weak in the classroom, that they lost scholarships due to the APR rule. Basically the APR rewards schools whose athletes stay and make steady progress toward a degree. Schools that have players flunk out or leave for various reasons are the ones who get hurt. APR hit the Aggie football team right between the eyes because of their academic laziness.
Now, Pete is happy to tell you that 16 Aggie football players are on the WAC honor roll. This isn't an award that is given to anyone who gets good grades. To be eligible for consideration a student-athlete must have competed in 50% of the competitive season have a B average or better after a year in school. The academic stars are names you all know too.
Marcus Anderson the big play receiver whose long plays electrified the fans. Jamar Cotton, Nick Paden and Jason Scott were pillars of defense at the linebacker position and they are also pillars of learning in the classroom. Ross Connor, Julius Fleming and Weston Nieman also made the grade with the grades.
Mike Jordan's volleyball team not only won its first NCAA postseason game but also had five ladies on the WAC grade parade. Seniors Alyssa Gintant, Amber Simpson and Lindsey Yon were joined by sophomore Whitney Woods and junior Kelli Goodan.
The good news doesn't stop there. Four men and four women from the cross country squad had great times on the course and good times on grade posting day. Sophomores Michael Hart and Patrick Hernandez kept stride for stride with upper classmen Joshua Sifuentes and Daniel Waldo. Sophomores Brandi Gutierrez and Brittany Hurtado and juniors Christina Herrera and Ingrid Flores also crossed the academic finish line with honors.
When our own are recognized by a greater national organization then you know the hard work and achievement isn't all smoke and mirrors. Way to go Aggies, see you at academic honors night next Thursday in the Pan Am.


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[Photos] Evelyn Lozada's 'Diapers & Diamonds' Baby Shower
With Evelyn Lozada being a month away from delivering her baby, the Basketball Wives star held her baby shower in Los Angeles on Saturday night. And Ev killed it with this sleeveless white gown and plunging neckline, proving you can still look hot while pregnant!
Marrying The Game's Tiffney Cambridge, Love & Hip Hop's Rashidah Ali, Sarah Chapman, Julissa Bermudez and Tasha Marbury were just some of the guests on hand for the "Diapers & Diamonds" themed baby shower. Hosted by daughter Shaniece and good friend Shaunie O'Neal, the girls ate, danced to Beyoncé and had fun with a photo booth.
Evelyn also wrote a beautiful letter to her unborn son on the mirror, with part of the note reading:
I'm beyond excited to know that I will be meeting you soon. I promise to protect you and guide you and give you everything you need so you grow up into the amazing man I know you will be.
All my love, mom
What a cute idea!
The soon-to-be Mrs. Crawford (she's engaged to Dodgers' player Carl Crawford) recently dished to People Magazine that she is having a son, something she's always wanted:
Surprisingly, I found out when I had my first trimester screening. I was about 13 weeks when they told me the sex! I was honestly praying for a boy. I have wanted to have a son for years.
We [Evelyn and Shaniece] were both so happy. There are all girls on my side, so this will be our first boy. My family is over the moon! Every time I go to the doctor, I have them check to make sure it's a boy. I'm still in disbelief!
Shaniece is just happy that she can still be the princess of the family. Her brother is already her BFF in her head.
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DENVER - Junior LaSasha Aldredge of the New Mexico State University track and field team has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week for the week of March 12-18.
Aldredge, from Fresno, Calif. (Central East HS), finished the 200- and 400-meters in WAC-leading times of 24.32 and 54.68, respectively, at the Willie Williams Classic in Tucson, Ariz. over the weekend. Aldredge's time in the 200m is a career-best and places seventh all-time in the NM State record books. The junior also helped the Aggies finish the 4x100 relay with a WAC-leading time of 46.39 and the 4x400 relay in 3:50.61, which currently ranks second in the conference.
Aldredge is coming off the 2012 indoor track and field season where she marked seven school records between individual and relay events. Aldredge's season was highlighted by setting the all-time school record for the 400m with a time of 54.82.


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Children of Shelter
American Victorian silverplate cream pitcher raised on four paw feet.
Collaborating for an incredible cause, the Antique and Art Exchange joined forces with California Home + Design magazine and a number of top West Coast merchants and interior designers to benefit Children of Shelters, a nonprofit organization that provides much-needed support and education for children in the homeless-shelter system. The proceeds from this Tastemaker Tag Sale, featuring handpicked selections from the designers and vendors involved, bring unique educational opportunities, cultural experiences, and enrichment activities for children in need.


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Web designers, and developers too, have seen so many software applications that promise to deliver practically everything you can throw at them, and most fall short of expectations. But there is one tool that's getting them all excited because of what it promises to deliver.
The name is Silverlight, one of the newest additions to the Microsoft family of products that is compatible with .NET-based interactive applications for Internet multi-media. Similarly, different browsers can be used to access the Web pages and at the same time use various plug-ins under many other platforms to further enhance the pages.
Because of the stiff competition on the Internet, a growing number of Web site owners are constantly looking for ways to make Web pages "different" from the rest. It excites them no end if their Web site can offer visitors animated graphics, high quality sound, the ability to "talk" and interact or even play with them.
Surfers have become demanding, too. They want fast uploads, dynamic pages, real-time interactivity, responsiveness, rich colors, clear graphics, fluid animations, and video clips that are of the highest quality. The name of the game is "stickiness" and developers and designers look for that one tool that will allow them to really amp up the stickiness factor for the Web sites they create.
Well the quest is nearing an end as Microsoft says Silverlight shall fulfill these fancies, with its ability to integrate common or familiar software that substantially improves efficiency and ease for the Web designers and Web developers alike, while at the same time greatly enhancing graphics and user's interactivity.
In other words, Silverlight offers a solution that grows with the increasing demands of developers, one that is easy to use because it employs existing technologies. It boasts of a flexible programming model that supports such familiar technologies as AJAX, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, C#, Python, and Ruby. And that's not all--it easily integrates with existing web applications.
One of the qualities Silverlight boasts of is its capability to deliver excellent video and audio outputs that are speedy and inexpensive using such common browsers as Mozilla, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Avant, Safari, Apple Windows IE, regardless of whether these browsers run on the Mac OS or Microsoft Windows operating systems.
One thing that sets Silverlight apart from other existing technologies is the fact that what it offers is quite unique--it doesn't have any competitors in the market. A better description for it would be an "enhancer" of other existing software like Microsoft Windows Viewer, Roxio, Flash Animation, U-Lead Video Maker, Quick Time, Win Amp Viewer and the rest of the more popular multimedia software in the market today. Silverlight basically addresses the limitations of these existing popular applications, specifically their capability to deliver interactivity, use of vector graphics, image fluidity, video and sound quality as well as ease in programming.


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