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Older runners meet here.
Diana, I'm afraid I'm not up to speed with all the modern technology. Luckily, I can make my Garmin do all I want, and am confident with all the various functions of my laptop, but all the functions of the phone are a bit bewildering. I remember the days when there were telephone operators who got the numbers for you and also answered the phone and put you through to the right department. None of this , press 1 for this, 2 for that etc., and then speak to a robot.
3 sets of 4 x 45 secs with jogs back, and 1.5 minute walk recoveries between sets in tonight's club session. Total mileage 9.42.
Morning all,
Nice running TE, 00 and Diana and good swimming from Columba.
I'm just back from 4.5 miles with a few fartleks thrown in to wake up my legs. Still cold out there although not much frost. Final 20 miler on Sunday.
Happy running everyone.
Just noticed that I've now got "Pathppppp!
Diana - 9.02 for a mile, - I'd be thrilled if I got that. I can achieve that pace, but not over that distance.
TE - I keep answering the phone to robots. Or rather, to recorded messages telling me something irrelevant that I didn't want to know. When I get a list of "options", I sometimes wonder how people with poor short-term memories manage if there are 5 or 6 options, - by the time the end of the list is reached, they've probably forgotten what the first ones were.
Redhead - you're evidently getting favourable treatment. I've still only got Path: p - and mini-print.
Red, another early morning run for you! Hope your 20 miler on Sunday goes well.
A rest day today, but hoping to run with Helen tomorrow, if her physio. gives her the go ahead. She is scheduled for an 18 miler in her VLM programme. I've got 11 weeks now until the SDM. On Sunday I am marshalling at the Club's Exbury 10k. and the following Sunday am racing in the Eastleigh 10k. I'm hoping for a really fast time
Columba, our posts crossed. I sometimes find that none of the phone options are really appropriate to my requirements, and therefore listen to them all again, to find the nearest match. I've still got Path. and tiny print.
Me too.
40-minute run in the woods yesterday afternoon with the dogs, glorious sunshine and sparkly white snow, now that's more like it.
No running here. Got home exhausted from work and had a 2 hour sleep (bit of an age thing going on I think). I awoke to nice smells for tea and a bottle of rose. All thoughts of a run went out the window.
I'll parkrun in the morning so I hope the rest has done me good
Good running to you all this w/end!
A damp miserable morning, but sunny spells forecast for the afternoon. Helen got the ok from the physio, but has decided not to run this weekend. In the circumstances, I will probably just run 10 miles so that I am "fresh" for tomorrow weeks 10k.
Seems like we are going to have another wet day tomorrow for the club's 10k race and I would rather be running than marshalling, but without the support of Marshalls, these races couldn't go ahead.
BI - that sounds lovely!
'OO' - that sounds lovely too!
I have a 5-mile race today. The one that's run in conjunction with the 20-mile "Rhayader round the lakes" race.
Columba, I hope you did well in your race today.
I ran a good pace 10 miles on roads this morning in sunshine, but cold winds.
Haven't been on here for a couple of days. Very busy helping MrsJJ with some of her consultancy work and lots of gardening association work too.I've decided to have a year when I run if I feel like it and where I feel like running instead of following training schedules for races. I will confine my racing to club events like evening handicaps and some XC in the autumn.Off to watch England beat Wales. will be back later to comment on feet but it's something I know very little about.JJ
Race done. Did it in less than an hour, which I was pleased about, and was not last, which I was even more pleased about. It rained, and I got very wet, and glasses became so obscured I had to push them down my nose and look over the top of them at the hazy world.
The people running the 20-mile race got the rain as snow, - and some of them were in singlets and shorts!
JJ, that sounds like a good idea. You do seem to have a lot of other things (besides racing) keeping you busy.
England didn't deserve to win that one. They were outplayed in scrums, line-out and in loose play.ColumbaShame about the race conditions but it's all good training and experience.I sleep well! MatsmumShoes need changing every 400-500 miles. They aren't worn out but the cushioning gets compressed and doesn't protect the legs and feet effectively. I assume you bought the same make and model of shoe because they are all very different. Have you been to a proper running shoe shop so that they can analyse how you run and give you what is right for you? You won't find a proper shop on the main High St. JJ
I have just been informed by one of the club members that parts of tomorrows race course are flooded. A few minutes ago, there were several flashes of lightning and claps of thunder, so things could be very interesting. Warm clothes will have to be worn, as it is going t be very cold and windy.
I am having problems logging into my laptop, and getting message "The DNS Server isn't responding." Eventually, I do get in, but it needs sorting. If I don't appear on here for a day or so, that will be why. The problem seems to stem from when I downloaded IE 10. A warning came up that compatibility problems were known, so I downloaded the Windows "hot fix" package that was supposed to sort it out. It was ok for a few days, and then started playing up.
shoe prices seem to have gone up a lot lately
Running is still cheaper than skiing. And motor racing.
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Unions create combined seniority list for American Airlines, US Airways flight attendants
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants and Association of Flight Attendants have announced they've created an integrated list that puts the seniority lists of the two unions together into a single list.
It prepares the two groups for that not-too-distant day when US Airways will disappear into American Airlines.
"It will still be some time before we are actually integrated and bidding using the integrated list," APFA said in a message Thursday to its members. "Flight Attendants will first need to achieve a joint contract and American must receive a Single Operating Certificate from the FAA. In addition, we will need to be incorporated into a single crew management system (FOS)."
APFA and AFA, which has represented the US Airways flight attendants, had to make an adjustment to the APFA list because of the different ways the two airlines calculated the day that one's seniority began.
At US Airways, the seniority date was the day a flight attendant started training. At American, the seniority date was the day the flight attendant were placed on payroll, a later date that the day they started training.
To adjust, 40 days were added to the American flight attendants' seniority dates, i.e., if they were put on the payroll Dec. 1, 1995, their seniority date will be Oct. 22, 1995.
The list from the American Airlines (APFA) side is as it is today, not was ex-Trans World Airlines flight attendants would wish. They were placed at the bottom of the APFA list after American acquired TWA on April 9, 2001.
Therefore, the ex-TWA flight attendants will be behind every American and US Airways flight attendants hired before April 9, 2001, regardless of when the ex-TWA flight attendants began work at TWA.
Keep reading for a Q&A from Association of Professional Flight Attendants. "LAA" refers to legacy American Airlines, or American prior to the Dec. 9 merger with US Airways..
Q. What was the primary rule for integrating the two lists? Was there a guiding principle used in integrating the two lists?
A. Yes. The primary rule was that the relative order on each list could not change. In other words, no one junior to you on your list now could be senior to you as a result of the integration.
Q. Why was there an adjustment to the seniority date of LAA Flight Attendants?
A. LAA Flight Attendants bid with their Occupational Seniority date, which is initially determined by the first date they are placed on payroll following training. By contrast, LUS Flight Attendants bid with their Seniority Integration Date (SID), which is based on the first date in training. In order to account for this difference, LAA Flight Attendants had an adjustment to make their seniority date earlier. The adjustment was 40 days for all American Flight Attendants hired prior to January 1, 2013. The adjustment for American Flight Attendants hired on or after January 1, 2013, reflects the first date in training.
Q. How did APFA arrive at the 40-day adjustment?
A. The APFA Board of Directors worked hard to find a fair method to compensate all LAA Flight Attendants for the difference in seniority start date without changing the current order of Flight Attendants on our list. APFA researched the AA class start date for each LAA Flight Attendant and the length of time each Flight Attendant attended AA new hire training prior to January 1 disadvantaging the LUS Flight Attendants, 2013. The average training time for all LAA Flight Attendants attending AA new hire training prior to January 1, 2013 was 40 days. The APFA Board decided the adjustment of 40 days for all LAA Flight Attendants hired prior to January 1, 2013, was the most equitable way to ensure that the relative order of Flight Attendants did not change.
Q. Why didn't each Flight Attendant receive an individual adjustment based on their actual AA class start date?
A. The primary rule governing this seniority integration was that the relative order of the list could not change. Because of the many variations in the length of time between class start dates and the first day the Flight Attendants were placed on payroll. and seniority adjustments due to leaves, etc. there would be no way to make the individual adjustments and still maintain the current relative order.
Q. How can I check to see that my current Occupational Seniority date has the accurate 40-day adjustment?
A. You can use an entry in Sabre to verify the adjustment.
T[] ([] = change key) current OCC Date – 40 enter
Example: T[]1JUN90-40 [enter]
The result is: 22APR90
You can find your current Occupational Seniority date listed in your HI8 in DECS or on the current Occupational Seniority list posted on the Seniority Integration page of the APFA website.
If you do not have access to DECS, you can search for an online calculator such as http://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadd.html.
Q. Who do I contact if I have a question about my position on the new integrated seniority list, such as a clerical error?
A. Send an email to email@example.com. Please include your name, employee number, Occupational Seniority Date as reflected on the new list, your date of birth, a clear explanation of what error you believe exists and what you think your Occupational Seniority Date should be. The deadline to send an email is September 9, 2014.
Q. When will we actually use the new list?
A. The list will not be used until there is a joint contract and a Single Operating Certificate. In addition, Flight Attendants will need to be integrated into a single Crew Management system (e.g. FOS). It is currently expected that we will reach a joint contract this fall or by early 2015 at the latest. A SOC is expected to be granted in the 2nd quarter of 2015. It will take until approximately mid-2016 before all Flight Attendants are in a single crew management system.
Q. Does this change anything related to pay or other benefits (for example, Classification or Company seniority)?
A. No. This date is used only for bidding, such as a monthly trip bidding, proffers, vacations, leaves, etc.


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AT&T has ramped up its retaliation against T-Mobile, responding to criticisms that it was not doing enough for existing subscribers by offering them a new credit to avoid them jumping ship to the magenta upstart. The carrier will slap $100 in credit onto the monthly bill of any new or existing customer who activates a new line of service on their account, whether that be for a phone, tablet, hotspot, or wireless home line.
The move follows T-Mobile's outspoken press release yesterday, which made up fake quotes attributed to AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega. The release also slammed AT&T for only offering incentives to new customers, not existing ones.
AT&T's response does of course come with a sting: that existing subscribers still need to increase their spend with the carrier if they want to see that credit. Those sticking with AT&T but not adding another line won't benefit.
T-Mobile's satirical - and at times bizarre - release had also highlighted AT&T's offer to pay up to $450 to cover early termination fees and other costs for former subscribers leaving rivals and returning. The offer echoed T-Mobile's own "Uncarrier 4.0" deal, in which it will pay up to $650 for up to five people in a household switching from another network and trading in their existing phones.
AT&T's $100 offer will run until March 31, 2014, the carrier says. Those who take advantage of it should see the credit applied within three bill cycles.


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NC DMV reviewing legal advice over licenses
North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles is still examining the state attorney general's advice to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants qualifying for federal work papers under an Obama administration program.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Transportation, which includes DMV, said Tuesday it will take a few days to review last week's opinion from Attorney General Roy Cooper's office.
Federal officials began in the summer accepting applications from immigrants brought to the U.S. as minors without authorization to receive work papers. The DMV commissioner told his office in September to stop issuing licenses pending legal advice. The DMV says 13 people with work papers had been mistakenly issued licenses.
Dozens of young Latinos marched Tuesday morning in Raleigh and urged DOT Secretary Tony Tata to resume issuing licenses.
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Skip to comments.Candidly speaking: If we 'must' settle with Romney... What would be the toughest thing to 'give up'
Posted on 01/18/2012 7:28:44 AM PST by Milagros
What would be the toughest sacrifice?
1) RonmeyCare issue?
2) Values / he's pro-abortion.
(3 Is his Mormonism is an issue by you?)
My sanity.
The chance to beat Obama.
Candidately speaking, if you are going to be a Surrender Monkey, just go away!
No more "Lessor of Two Evils"
Our country?
I'm afraid Mutt's core principles may evolve yet again.
I recoil at all of the above, but most especially at any father that could countenance the murder of babies for any reason
Oh. that far? While most will vote FOR him for believing he could BEAT Obama.
The GOP?
Our liberty... as having Romney as the GOP candidate will assure the re-election of Obama who will then continue to trample on the Constitution and rule by decree.
My citizenship.
The presidency. Even if he won, he'd pimp out on changing anything that this illegal alien did during the last 3 years.
And Hitlery will be able to use material from the stolen FBI files at the right moment to bury this democrat-in-republican clothing.
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"
Believe it.
That's a serious worry from my part too.
Any hope of having a conservative president in the White House.
Ronmey or four more years of zero....
start hiding your guns - NOW!
It's simple.
Romney will lose to Obama, and by a very large margin.
The USA, with the rest of the world close behind, will experience a thousand years of darkness under a muslim/communist reign of terror.
We would give up the election because Obama would win a second term.
Honor and respect?
If Romney is the nominee then when Zero gets 4 more years it will be a good time to make aliyah I think.
kicking Obama out of office!
Am I the only one who's tired of holding their nose when they go to vote? This is why the US has such a low voter turnout every election. We're always stuck with 2nd or 3rd best.
Heavy Drinking. Because I'm really going to need
for the next 4 years of the Obama administration.
I didn't like at all, his weak 'lip service' on Islamic Nuclear Genocidal Iran [to be looked upon as a "moderate" by CNN/BBC/PBS, etc.] VS Santorum/Gingrich daring 'like it is' tellers.
Sad, I agree.
No argument here.
We must not settle!
I would have to give up on the republican party
Well, since it would pretty much guarantee Comrade Zero's reelection, I'd figure liberty would be gone and I'd be preparing for the brownshirts to take me to reeducation camp (and I'm only half kidding).
Don't think of it as giving anything up. Think of it as a reason to vote good people into the house and senate and force Romney to be a good president.
The white house is the anvil and congress is the hammer.
A true conservative should never consider and should never actually vote for someone to the Left as Romney's record shows he is.
The country - to 4 more years of Obama.
I am done with the GOP if Mitt is the nominee, they belong on the ash heap of history, may a new Party rise from its' ashes.
Good question, and I know a lot of us have also been thinking
along these lines.
I don't know how easy it is to predict that there are any "issues" that would be "sacrificed", because Romney, by all accounts, will pay lip service to any and all issues he thinks will get him nominated, which means continuing to do well enough in all primaries to keep him in contention.
Early on, he said, with that urgent, nervous smile and that breathless delivery he has, that he was "A Tea Party Person"
because,like them, he "believed in smaller government". That was supposed to be enough to snare the Tea Party vote without going through the process of the Tea Party promoting HIM (he was supposedly promoting THEM).
The worst thing about Romney (including all the things we know he's already DONE, like RomneyCare) is that he creates no confidence in us that he even UNDERSTANDS the big picture
of the mess both Dems and RINOS have left us with, how and why it happened, and what kinds of things we have to address NOW to get us out of it.
He spouts nothing but the usual election cycle cliches about jobs, the economy,and making America great again, stuff I have heard my entire lifetime from EVERY challenger to an incumbent, Dem or Repub. He is so Establishment, and so totally lacking in visceral excitement, that it makes my teeth hurt just hearing and looking at him.
Like it or not, the ONLY one who keeps coming back strong, and ON TOP, showing enormous nerve and backbone, not to mention a dizzying and effortless command of issues , is
NEWT. I like him more every day,and look forward to saying more about him as time goes on.
Newt, for all his faults, is ,at least in this field of contenders, shaping up as both a mensch and a COLOSSUS.
Do you rhink it's a possiblity there will be 4 parties in the near future?
* Conservatives (TeaParty, etc.)
* Liberals (Occupy, Obama-niacs, Carter-ists RonPaul-ists)
The first presidential election I've sat out since I was of voting age.
If "we" (who's "we", Kemosabe?) have to "settle" for Romney the Socialist, I will vote for whatever nonentity the Constitution Party pukes up.
we would give up spelling and grammar.
climate change
The fact that we settled on another DBM-selected candidate like Romney. And, IMO, if Romney gets the nomination, I think we will have a wishy-washy flip-flopper who will bow to the whims of the Democrats - and that's NOT what we want.
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Volume 12, Issue 2, July 1968
Calculation of the Dynamic Moduli of Linear Viscoelastic Materials from Vibrating Reed Measurements12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549127View Description Hide Description
The direct relation between the complex longitudinal modulus and the experimentally measured quantities—the amplitude ratio A and phase angle φ—has been derived for the forced vibrating reed instrument and is given by: where terms in ρ with negative exponents are not admitted. is equal to where is the longitudinal storage modulus and is the longitudinal loss modulus.A is the ratio of the amplitude of the free end of the reed—either loaded with a pin or unloaded—to that of the clamped sinusoidally driven end and φ is the angle by which the former lags the latter. In practice, the sample dimensions and frequency range are chosen such that the sum in the above equation is rapidly convergent. The dynamic moduli then can be calculated by including only up to the first two or three terms in the sum. Where phase measurements are relatively inconvenient to make and when all but the first term under the sum can be neglected, the equation can be used to calculate dynamic moduli from two amplitude measurements at the same frequency for reeds of two different lengths; or from amplitude at resonance alone, provided Illustrative examples are given. The procedures for calculating the dynamic moduli are applicable to the data obtained in all experiments where a relation of the form given above is obtained.
Particle Motions in Sheared Suspensions. XXIV. Rotation of Rigid Spheroids and Cylinders12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549106View Description Hide Description
The rotation of rigid prolate spheroids, obtained by polymerization of an electrically deformed liquid drop suspended in a liquid undergoing Couette flow has been studied. The variation of azimuthal angle and the period of rotation were found to be in good agreement with the theory of Jeffery. Measurements of the equivalent ellipsoidal axis ratio of cylinders have established that the transition from disks, for which to rods occurs at a particle axis ratio and that when
Product Form of Kernel Functions for Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of PVC Under Constant Rate Stressing12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549107View Description Hide Description
Determination of all the kernel functions for multiple integral representation of creep is very involved. In this paper the kernel functions were assumed to have a product form, such as The validity of this assumption was tested by experiments on a poly(vinyl chloride) plastic tube subjected to constant rates of stressing in combinations of tension and torsion. Some experiments also included abrupt changes in stress. Application of the theory to several complex experiments is illustrated. Agreement between theory and experiment is generally satisfactory, so the assumption seems adequate for the type stress histories investigated.
Prediction of Uniaxial Stress Relaxation from Creep of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Material12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549120View Description Hide Description
A method is described for predicting nonlinear stress relaxation from nonlinear creep data under constant uniaxial stress. This method utilizes as a first approximation an inversion of the function obtained from the multiple integral equation describing creep at constant stress. A correction procedure accounts for the variable stress during relaxation by employing the general multiple integral function with an assumption that the kernel functions containing mixed time parameters may be taken as products. The results computed from creep data with only one stage of corrections are in good agreement with relaxation experiments on a polyurethane tube.
Stress Relaxation of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Material under Uniaxial Strain12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549108View Description Hide Description
A constitutive equation using a multiple integral functional relationship for stress relaxation of nonlinear viscoelasticmaterial has been investigated for uniaxial stress. The first three integrals were retained and the relaxational functions for constant strain were determined from experiments on polyurethane at constant strain. Using this information the behavior during a multistep strain history was computed using two approximate procedures (a) assuming a product form for the kernel function and (b) employing a modified superposition principle. The latter yielded the more accurate description, although both gave good results.
Prediction of the Viscosity of Multimodal Suspensions from Unimodal Viscosity Data12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549109View Description Hide Description
A theoretical treatment of particle‐particle interaction is described from which the viscosity‐concentration behavior of multimodal suspensions of rigid particles can be related to the viscosity‐concentration behavior of the unimodal components. From this theory, the viscosity of multimodal suspensions can be calculated and shows excellent agreement with existing experimental data. Blend ratios that will produce minimum viscosities are simply derived from the theory and agree well with experimental results. Another important feature of this theory is that it predicts and defines a lower limit for the viscosity at any concentration and indicates that this lowest viscosity can be obtained with a variety of solids combinations.
The Character of the Stress‐Strain Function for Highly Filled Elastomers12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549110View Description Hide Description
The uniaxial stress‐strain behavior of highly filled elastomers is examined in terms of a simplified thermodynamic model. Experimental data are presented showing the stress‐strain‐dilatational behavior at a series of hydrostatic pressures from which the behavior at constant volume can be obtained. Deviations from this constant volume stress‐strain state are shown to be dependent upon the rate at which pressure‐volume and surface energies are being expended by the material due to the formation and growth of vacuoles. Mathematically and experimentally the behavior is considered to be essentially reversible as experimental data indicates. Therefore, the only forms of energy considered are mechanical, and energy balances are made using only force‐deflection, pressure‐volume, and surface energies. This method of approach accounts for the energy sinks which reduce the rate at which the material accumulates mechanical energy and indicates what factors govern the stress‐strain response.
The Influence of Vacuole Formation on the Response and Failure of Filled Elastomers12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549111View Description Hide Description
A stochastic model has been developed that relates the stress‐strain and the dilation‐strain behavior of filled elastomers to the formation and growth of vacuoles which cause strain‐induced volume dilatation in these materials. Both the cumulative and instantaneous frequencies of vacuole formation are simply derived from this model, thereby providing a method for determining the extent of microscopic failure within the material. Comparisons of the stress‐strain and dilatation‐strain relationships of various systems shows that the nonlinear stress‐strain response is governed by these microscopic failures as are the strain capabilities. Hydrostatic pressure which normally has strong influence over the behavior of these materials is shown to be the result of suppressed vacuole formation.
Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Cross‐Linked Rubbers. IV. Dicumyl Peroxide Vulcanizates of Styrene‐Butadiene Rubber12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549112View Description Hide Description
The viscoelastic properties of three samples of a random styrene‐butadiene co‐polymer with 23.5 wt‐% styrene, cross‐linked by dicumyl peroxide to different extents, have been studied by dynamic shear and shear creep measurements, and the unvulcanized precursor has been studied in creep. The frequency and temperature ranges were 0.2 to 3600 cps and −30 to 55°C. The creep data were converted to the corresponding dynamic viscoelastic functions at very low frequencies. All data were reduced to by shift factors calculated from the equation By fitting the creep to a modification of the empirical equation of Thirion and Chasset, values of the equilibrium compliance and relaxation parameters were obtained in good agreement with results of those authors from stress relaxation in extension. All the viscoelastic functions displayed two principal regions of frequency dependence as found for other rubberlike polymers. The high‐frequency dispersion, near on the radian frequency scale, is affected very little by increasing cross‐linking and corresponds to a compliance increment of about for all samples. It is attributed to the entanglement network originally present before vulcanization. The low‐frequency dispersion, at 1 radian/sec and below, corresponds to a compliance increment which increases rapidly with decreasing chemical cross‐linking, while the dispersion broadens and shifts to lower frequencies.
Note: Temperature Effects in Couette Viscometers12(1968); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549119View Description Hide Description


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This project was a real blast to put together. Essentially it involves turning a Combinator into a 61-synth drum kit that spans the range of the Matrix pattern sequencer so you can use the Matrix to trigger your drum hits. Yes it's massive. Yes it's crazy. And yes, you should try it out! Why? Because apart from being time consuming, it's dead easy to accomplish. And it doesn't have to break the CPU bank.
Download the project file here: minimal-super-kit. This zip file contains my Minimal Super Drum Kit Combinator with 61 synth sounds that can be played by the Matrix. I've added 32 random patterns in the Matrix which is assigned to a Rotary knob so you can dial in a pattern you like. Also, you can turn the matrix off using button 1, so that you can play the drum kit with your keyboard controller if you wish. This is a great flexible way to show off your drum kit creation chops. So enjoy! And when you've had it with my own drum sounds, try your hand at creating your own. Read on to find out how.
There's also a few extra devices in the Combinator, and assignments on the other Rotaries / Buttons which affect the drums globally. Feel free to explore their routings as well if you're interested. The focus here, however, is turning your Combinator into a massive drum kit which can be sequenced using the Matrix.
Back to Basics: Setting things up
- Open up a new document with a 14:2 Mixer and then create a new Combinator. Inside the combinator, create five 14:2 mixers all in succession so that they are all chained one after the other.
- Create 61 Synths. Yes, that's right. 61 Synths. These can be any combination of Thors, Malstroms, or Subtractors. one trick before you go nuts copying and pasting is to create one instance of Thor, one Subtractor, and one Malstrom, and then initialize all 3. This way, only one oscillator or graintable is used and it will be light on the CPU. Once you've done that, copy and paste so you have 61 different synths and connect them each to their own mixer channel.
- Now this is the trickiest part of the whole tutorial. Click the "Show programmer" button on the front of the Combinator, and select the first synth in the list at the top. Notice in the Key Mapping area on the left part of the Combinator screen, the key range for this synth spans the entire keyboard range. If you look at the bottom of the Key Mapping area, the value under Key Range is C-2 (Lo) to G8 (Hi). We're going to change these values so that both read C1. The easiest way to do this is to click and drag upward over the "Key Range Lo" field until it reads "C1." Once you've done that, you can click and drag down all the way on the "Key Range Hi" field. This means that the synth will only be triggered by pressing C1 on your keyboard controller.
- Sweet! Now do this for each subsequent synth, but incrementing each one by one note value upward on the scale. So, for example, the next synth is only triggered by C#1 and the one following that by D1, and so on up the scale until you have the last synth in place at C6. Ta da! Now each synth can only be triggered and played from it's corresponding note on the keyboard controller. And taken as a whole, the entire kit ranges the same 5-octave span of the Matrix (from C1 to C6).
- Now comes the really fun (but tedious) part. Go through each synth one at a time and sculpt your drum sounds. Go wild. Enter some amazing Kicks, Snares, Toms, Hi Hats, Rim shots, glitch mayhem, or whatever sounds you really enjoy listening to through Reason. Don't be shy. Jump in and have some fun. And if you're really hard pressed for some ideas, sift through the Factory Soundbank (FSB) for some inspiration. There are plenty of synth ideas in there.
- Add a Matrix under everything, flip the rack around, and tie the "Note/Gate CV out" cables from the back of thedevice into the Sequencer Control "Note/Gate CV in" on the Combinator. Flip back around to the front again and start dialing in some Note/Gate patterns into the Matrix pattern banks. Or use the right-click context menu to select some random patterns for the various Matrix pattern banks.
- Finally, go back to the Combinator's Modulation Routing section and with the Matrix device selected, enter the following settings:
Note: audition your sounds using your keyboard controller. This way you can hear each note triggering each synth. If you forget your place on the keyboard, minimize your entire stack of synths by holding down Alt as you press on the minimize arrow of one of the devices. This will automatically minimize all devices within the Combinator. Now press a key on your controller and look for the "Note On" light as you press. This "Note On" light will show you which synth is triggered by the note you are playing. Since each synth is tied to an individual note on the keyboard, only a single "Note On" light will flash when you press a single key. Trust me, this is a great time saver when working with so many devices.
Rotary 1 > Pattern Select: 0 / 31 (assuming you've entered patterns in all 32 pattern banks of the Matrix)
Button 1 > Pattern Enable: 0 / 1
Keeping Button 1 off means that you can play the Combinator in a "live" situation, accessing the drums to be played in real time and ignoring the Matrix. Turning on Button 1 automates the drums and plays the drums according to what is programmed in the Matrix. Spinning the Rotary 1 knob will select from the 32 Matrix pattern banks. You can also automate pattern changes for the Matrix in the Sequencer if you create a sequencer track for the Matrix.
I hope you've enjoyed this little exploration of what can be done with a bunch of synths and a Matrix inside a Combinator. You can create some gigantic kits using this technique. And it can be an alternative to using the NN-XT for a sample-based drum kit.
As with any method, there are pros and cons to this approach. I like it because it can be much easier to tweak the sounds later if you want to adjust any of the synth parameters for your various hits. Personally, I feel this can give you more flexibility than storing your kit in an NN-XT. That being said, the downside is that it's not quite as compact, takes some time to load up in your song, and it's not sample-based so it's not as "organic" as samples in an NN-XT can be. Both approaches, however, are valid. It all depends what you're after.
If you have any other ideas or unique ways in which you've created your own kits please share them with us. I'd love to know some new techniques that I may not have thought about before.
Until next time, I hope this inspires you to build some kick-ass drum kits. Good luck!
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Cool! the idea of combi analog drums made of subtractors or malstroms is not new but that is really massive setup 😉
I would like to get some help here, because I'm sort of stuck. I'm trying to do the same as Cameron did (putting two ReDrums into one combinator to have access to more drum samples), but no matter how often I read your guide+comments I just can't seem to figure out how to do it.
I want one ReDrum to go from range: C1-A1, and the other: A#1-G2.
I tried to put them together in the Combinator, but when I play for example the C1 key on my controller it triggers both Redrum channels. As Cameron said this just makes a whole big mess of everything.
Could I get a step-by-step instruction on how to do it please?
Nevermind Got it going! Didn't have the sounds going into consecutive mixer channels so it wouldn't play or transpose cause I guess it saw them as separate. Works great thanks for the tips
How would I do this with redrums. I have two redrums each going into a 14:2 Mixer that are chained within a combi. Each redrum channel is going to a mixer channel. I have one combi lane in the sequencer with two lanes, one for my main drums(redrum1) the other perc and fills(redrum2), each with their own separate patterns. When I play the sequence both patterns trigger the same samples from redrum1 – sounds like a mess!
How can I transpose one redrum so that both play separate notes on the keyboard. (starting a c1 and going to b2)
Basically I want to make a 20 channel drum machine with two redrums in a combi so there is only one lane for all beats within my project. And so I can play two octaves of keys with drum samples without switching devices.
I hope this makes sense
Good Lord, man! That's a VERY clever idea – Opens up a whole new realm of possibilities. As long as I've used Reason, your site demonstrates that I've only skimmed the surface of what it can do. Thanks! Shan
thats fantastic, just been doodling around with it and it quite fun randomising the matrix seq, fair play love the blog
Wow! that is one hell of a setup! most often i rarely use more then just 10 (each redrum channel one synth) to create stuff like this. But, it does show it is capable holding it inside one combi and still have it play without any problems.
I gotta give some deep thinking in this one and try to re-create something massive like this. Even if it is time consuming to make all those drums/effects etc. It is fun to create 😀
Thank you so much, very nice combinator, I had also tried the idea but used only 12 devices (all the an old Pentium 2Duo can handle without trouble). Great for electro or tecky stuff!
The new Record/Reason can also simplify things by sampling. You can sample (and multisample) your synth-made drumhits for use in Kong, Redrum or NNXT which have multiple outputs for processing etc
Really dig the minimal super kit! Nice work Rob, will be using this template to come up with some of my own drum sounds while waiting for the king that is KONG!


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Mourning Reingamphi Awungshi: Pratiksha Baxi
This is a guest post by PRATIKSHA BAXI:
When the police found Reingamphi Awungshi, a twenty-one year woman from Ukhrul district in Manipur brutalised, assaulted and dead in her rented apartment in Chirag Delhi on 29 May 2013, they did not file an FIR. Rather, the Malaviya Nagar police station, a site of anguished protests, began by designating her death as suicide, even as they waited for a post mortem report! Although the family argued that the state of her bloodied and injured body clearly indicated sexual assault and murder, the police ended up filing an FIR, after three days, as a case of abetment to suicide.
It seems very clear that the aftermath of the Delhi gangrape protests have not made a dent in practices of policing—it should not take hundreds of protestors to ensure the registration of a police complaint. Nor is it reasonable for the police without thorough investigation and competent medical examination of the body to conclude that the death was a suicide rather than murder; and that the injuries on the body, the outcome of substance abuse rather than assault. This is evidence of bias, rather than an impartial investigation.
But for protests, the case would not have been transferred to the Crime Branch, nor an FIR filed for murder.
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The police's initial stance that this was suicide illustrated bias. The dead woman's character was maligned to generate a motive for suicide. The police claimed it was suicide since the door of her room was locked from inside, ignoring the fact that her room led to another door opening into the landlord's house. The police concluded that she overdosed herself without forensic analysis to determine whether or not the medicines found in her room, if consumed, could have led to toxicity. The police concluded that rodents nibbled her face and other parts of the body leaving her eye and nose in a bloody mess, without waiting for forensic analysis to establish rodent bites. The police assumed that this young woman who had shopped for her next breakfast would kill herself and then rodents in a reasonably well-kept room would assault her. Thereafter, the scene of crime was not secured and it is not even clear whether forensic samples were collected from the scene of crime.
The second post mortem, while the histological reports are awaited, after five days by a three-member panel of forensic experts, concluded that opinion of death could only be offered after the analysis of the viscera by chemical analysis and histopathology report. The PM report further held that two-fingers could easily pass through the vagina, hence the dead woman was habituated to sex—making it impossible to determine whether she was raped, without other forensic tests. Yet again the Delhi protests failed to persuade doctors that while clinical findings of whether or not the vaginal passage is distensible in a dead survivor may have very limited evidentiary value, such a victim cannot be characterised as a habitué. To characterise the victim as a habituated to sex, especially when she is dead, is to assume that the vagina can be examined as if it were a record of past sexual history of consensual sex. Surely it is equally possible that the vagina is a record of past sexual history of sexual violence. To characterise the victim, as a habitué is not only unconstitutional, it prejudices investigation and the framing of charges, if any person is ultimately held responsible for sexual assault.
Surely it is reasonable for Reingamphi's family and supporters to suspect sexual assault and murder. It is reasonable to suspect the landlords' relative who was stalking this young woman for over a month. It is reasonable to be suspicious because the family was not informed when the landlord called the police to break into the dead woman's room. It is reasonable since sexual assault; stalking and/or murders of women from the North East in Delhi are a statistical high.
Why is there such toleration of violence against women from the North–East in Delhi? The fact is that sexual harassment of women from the North East is both sexist and racist. It is also a social fact that women from the North East are targeted as sexual objects. They are subjected to a racist and sexist gaze, which positions them as vulnerable "outsiders". Branded, stigmatised and caricatured, they are extremely vulnerable to violence, in particular, to sexual assault.
Such forms of targetted violence of tribal women in Delhi is sufficient to declare Delhi a scheduled area or zone of emergency on the grounds that targeted atrocities against tribal women by non–tribal men is routine. A provision permitting such declaration is available under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 which specifies that the state government is under obligation to identify 'the areas where the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes are likely to be subjected to atrocities' and adopt 'measures so as to ensure safety for such members'.
However, the police almost never mobilises this law to protect Naga, Manipuri or Mizo tribal women from the discrimination they face in the city. Surely the police know that as a form of historic discrimination, such forms of violence have been classified in the law as atrocity. They should also remember that as per Section 4 of the PoA Act 'whoever, being a public servant but not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, wilfully neglects his duties required to be performed of duties by him under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year'. Non-registration of an FIR in sexual offences is also an offence, by virtue of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.
Let alone do their duty under these laws police officers routinely treat a complainant from any North–Eastern state as an exceptional and abject subject. It is as if the zone of exception—dramatized by the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act—lives in the heart of our city in everyday and ordinary ways.
The impunity and immunity bestowed on men who think that a Tangkhul Naga woman's life can be exterminated without any investigation, prosecution, or without inciting a collective demand for justice has been permitted by our legal system. Our politicians too permitted this by ignoring the powerful protests against the AFSPA—a demand to recognise citizenship and justice—instead of repressing populations and suspending constitutional law. Our city permits this by creating zones of sexual exceptionalism where some cases find horrified publicity and others do not produce similar public anguish.
Our city does not experience the same horror today, as it did months ago, at the painful and brutalised death of this young woman—perhaps the details of brutalisation are not titillating enough! Perhaps most of us do not identify with a woman whose identity seems so far removed from what we know as familiar? Perhaps it is less disturbing to believe the police version of suicide?
Yet even as we recall every painful instance of violence that was called out, in the aftermath of the December protests, we must remember than Tangkhul Naga women struggling to make the city their home also want azadi from violence. Tangkhul Naga women also protested with us to make Delhi safer.
As we mourn for Reingamphi Awungshi, we must also continue to raise our voices against violence against women, especially sexual assault. Yet, should we also now not reflect where we failed? Fact of the matter is that far from creating prevention of violence and increased safety for women, the forensic detailing of what men do to women's or girl's bodies in the media, even though their names were withheld, acted as public pedagogy of what men can do women. Sadly, rape cultures thrive despite the protests, and some may argue, because of the voyeuristic representations of the protests.
Alas, change is a long way away. The cry for transformation demands the sustained energy of the Delhi protesters, who should not be satisfied with increased punishment in the statutes. The aspiration for freedom demands that minimally we say to Reingamphi Awungshi, we are desperately sorry.
Pratiksha Baxi is Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Bala SAthiapalan permalinkJune 11, 2013 11:57 AM
Only intense and sustained activism by committed people will change police attitudes. This article is a good contribution.
Obaid Niazi permalinkJune 11, 2013 12:08 PM
Despite the media hype, the number of rape cases is increasing day by day.Our heart-felt sympahties are with with the victim of tthe sexual violence.We are really ashamed.
June 11, 2013 6:08 PM
Nothing changes in this heartless Capital of India so far as women are concerned. The insensitive police and government paraphernalia specially medical establishment behave as if they are commanded to collude with the rapists/criminals. The worst part is that so called civil society is also very selective in protest. Generally, the rape cases against Dalit and north-eastern women do not move us.
Mohita permalinkJune 12, 2013 10:33 AM
And this happens in the capital. Wonder what is going on in small cities and rural areas. There is no fear of law.
June 12, 2013 1:15 PM
The key point that needs to be focused on is how systems of the state (police, hospitals and so on) in the capital are apathetic to the discrimination faced by women and girls from the North-East. There is something really rotten about this aspect of the Delhi mindset. My first girl friend was from the North-East. Having been there and gone through numerous episodes of helplessness and humiliation with her, I cannot help but observe that this is a deep-rooted problem with the mindset and not with a few bad, evil individuals.
aram permalinkJune 13, 2013 2:54 PM
where are the justice that has been laid down? we better awake the sleeping beasts and make them read the constitution. Justice is what we need for this inhuman act.
savita permalinkJune 13, 2013 9:25 PM
There is absolutely no just punishment for rape – the rapist knows nobody will breathe down his neck. Where is the justice for Reingamphi Awungshi? Shame on us that we are being so passive.
Baka Ne permalinkJune 15, 2013 6:46 PM
Incisive, thought stirring and a need-of-the-hour writing. Brava!


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Clooney Fest Part 1: Michael reports from the bizarre and often brilliantly funny Fantastic Mr Fox press conference...
You know, press conferences are usually quite mellow, chilled out affairs. In the past, I've likened them to lectures, intimate (en masse) conversations, and fan-squee love-ins. They're part of the promotional machine, sure, but they are usually firmly focused on the film at hand, as well as the art of filmmaking, the inspiration behind the work, and other cultural-artistic concerns.
In the space of two days, I had the pleasure of attending two press conferences being held at the London Film Festival, for Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Men Who Stare At Goats. No doubt due to the international scope of the festival, and the world-conquering stardom of the lead actor of both films - George Clooney - these conferences were more like entertaining hyperactive, cheeky children. They were bizarre and, for the most part, wholly unenlightening - with some noted journos loudly proclaiming afterwards that they would never attend a press conference again. They might be over-reacting, because it is actually splendid, absurd entertainment (even if it is, in a way, a mockery of their profession).
Below are some of the choice bits of chatter from the Fantastic Mr. Fox press conference - or, as I now tend to call it, Clooney Fest #1 - which was held in the packed-out ballroom of the Dorchester Hotel on London's Park Lane. The impressive panel of guests included writer-director Wes Anderson, and actors Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Wally Wolodarsky, and Eric Chase Anderson, and beardo-musician Jarvis Cocker. Oh, and that Clooney fellow, who, unsurprisingly, was the magnet for most of the questions.
Luckily, both Clooney and Murray were on top form - with the latter especially flying off the handle at opportune moments.
So let's begin...
[Chap from Boston Herald]: Can you talk about Mr. Fox, about what you thought of him...
George Clooney: ...as a Fox?
BH: ...as a Fox? It's a remarkable piece on work, in that it seems to be a George Clooney...
GC: Fox?
BH: ...performance... but without your face.
GC: You know, listen, for me, this guy was such an optimist, and I thought he was just a fun character to play. I remember reading the script, and saying to Wes, 'listen, I love it and I'm happy, thrilled and excited to do it'... So for me, it was just about the process of working with Wes, of working with these guys. I didn't enjoy working with Bill. I think that that's fair to say, right?
Bill Murray: That's accurate, George.
GC: But I've let go of some of the anger since then, and we seem to get along just fine now. And that's important.
[Persistent Lady from Channel 5 News] : George, hey! I have to ask you, there are some lovely on screen moments between you and your son. Did it make you at all broody?
GC: Okay, now, that's a word that Americans don't understand.
[PLfC5N again]: Did it make you want to have kids? I'm not offering, but...
GC: Broody? Broody means, you wanna have kids? I'm learning all these phrases this week. Do you know, just having Jason here next to me, I feel like a father. And he just got married, by the way, so I feel almost like a grandfather, in a way. So yes, I'm jumping right into it, then.
[The List, Scotland]: Wes, returning to the stop motion, and the choices that you made for that. I'm wondering whether you intentionally evoked the cultural history of that form. And specifically Czech filmmakers like Jan Švankmajer, who used it for politically subversive ends, and I wondered whether it had any link with the anarchic spirit of Roald Dahl's novels, as well.
BM: That's the kind of question we've been hoping for, ladies and gentlemen. That's why we flew over here! Go get 'em, Wes.
Wes Anderson: That kind of Eastern European animation was one of the inspirations for me. I hadn't thought of the political links, but I do think that the movie - and Dahl - is anarchic. And the movie is a bit of a Robin Hood story, so it's a bit Communist, I think.
BM: Or English, okay, to be fair to you people!
WA: But there's another animated film, also, a French one, called Le Roman du Renard, and that's a great influence on us, because they used... this is too esoteric for this...
BM: Au contraire, au contraire!
WA: ...they used multiple scales of puppets, for big wide shots, that was something that we stole for our movie.
[Screening Room, from CNN]: George, what is the moral lesson from this fairytale?
GC: Stealing is good.
WA: It's a celebration of stealing.
GC: It's honouring thievery. I don't know, is there? Come on, help me out.
Eric Chase Anderson: Be true to your animal nature.
GC: That's the answer? Alright, let me try again, you ready? I think we just want to be true to our animal nature.
[Newstalk, Ireland]: A question for George or Bill. I was talking to Felicity Dahl a few weeks ago, and she was talking about her relationship with Roald, and she said that he was a wonderful man to live with, until the last few weeks before any book was published, and then he got really grumpy and cantankerous, because he had this feeling, 'what if this is the last book? what if this is the last thing I'm going to produce?' I was wondering if for either actors, if they could relate to that feeling.
GC: [to BM] This is your last film.
BM: Well, I was just with Felicity Dahl yesterday, and she made me feel that way, too. [GC laughs] So, goodbye everybody. She brings out the real fear in you, no question about it.
I guess, you always feel like this is the very end of it, but, the nice thing about this being animated is, they're going to have a bit of difficulty picking me out, in an audio crowd. I don't know what we're talking about here.
She seems okay - he's dead now, so he's safe, what's he got to worry about? She can't do him any damage now. He's a great guy, and she must have roughed him up pretty bad. Whatever happened in their household should stay there. It's just an anxiety. We saw where they lived, and it's an amazing place, and she's quite a person. So they had quite a life together, and she's devoted to him even now. So I'm sure in that moment, it must have been very forceful to her to realise there's nothing she could do for him. Because it's an anxiety that no one can help you with, it's just your own fear, or question of your own self worth or identity.
But he came through it time after time. But she's a wonderful, wonderful woman, and if I were going to remarry, I'd take a chance with her.
GC: I would as well.
[Reading Post]: For George, I suppose you can officially be described now as 'foxy',
GC: Ah! Finally!
RP: And it has nothing to do with the way you look. I was wondering, what other attributes do you think you share with Mr. Fox, other than foxiness?
GC: Well I try to daily wax. Let's see. I seem to be considerably taller than this character. [laughs] I don't know...
WA: Sometimes when I've been writing a script, I've had an actor in mind. With this one, we were just thinking of animals, until the script was done. So when the script was done we were wondering, who was going to play Mr. Fox. And we thought, well, I think Cary Grant would have been good.
GC: Thanks for that!
WA: But within 20 seconds of thinking of Cary Grant...
GC: Because he's dead...
WA: We were thinking about George Clooney.
[Sharp Objects Magazine] Bill, you've gone from playing yourself as a Zombie, and now you're coming into your badger-like goodness, how did you channel your inner badger?
BM: My little animal secrets must remain my little animal secrets. How I do my nails, that is really my business. [holds up hands] I've got one of each. We've all got a little critter in us, a little critter. And, when cornered, we can fight ferociously. And sometimes we burrow deep, deep, deep, to get away from other people and be safe. None of that makes any sense, to you, right now. But, playing a badger, unless you've done it, we can't even have a conversation.
[Masterful Gossip-hound from RTL]: George, in the first production by Smokehouse Productions [Clooney's production company] you played a character that needed to grow up and get responsibility, and in this film, you're very believable, as Bill says, as a character who needs to find responsibility. Do you feel that's why everybody keeps asking you, are you going to have kids, and are you going to get married?
GC: Wow! That was - you went from there... to there. That was good, man, I actually have to applaud you on that. That was like, man, that's a hard swing!
BM: Do you intend to adopt?
GC: I am, I plan to adopt some of Brad Pitt's kids. I owe him a few. Thank you for that question, and I will now have to consider the other jobs I was going to play - Peter Pan... That was a great question, though. I don't have an answer, obviously!
[Daily Mail]: Wes, obviously this is more of a British tale than anything else, and I was wondering why the decision was made - apart from the fact that this is a great cast - why does it tend to be more American actors with American accents, as opposed to British ones?
GC: That's it!
WA: [cautiously] Well, Noah Baumbach and I, we adapted the script together: we're American. And I feel we're better at writing American voices, so we decided to make all the animals Americans, and the humans would be British...
BM: ...because they're the bad guys!
WA: [facepalm] Thank you...
[Live24/7]: Bill and George, how important would you say the London Film Festival is on the festival calendar, and to the film industry?
BM: Well, you know, we kid about the British being the bad guys and everything, because... that revolution thing is still sticking with us, we're still upset. But the reason the London Film Festival is important, I think - I mean, film festivals are fun, and you go with your movie to support your movie - but this film couldn't have been made anywhere in the world other than London.
One of the most exciting days I've ever had in the film business was the day I spent with the artisans and artists at [animation studio] Three Mills. There was more talent in one factory, than I've ever been closeted with. I've never been with so many talented people in one place. They do things here with sets and design, with models, that America doesn't dream about. We can put a man on the moon, but we couldn't make this movie. And, to me, it's a celebration of all the people that worked on this film. And they're fun after work, too, I want to make a special point of saying that.
Tune in tomorrow for Clooney Fest #2: Electric Boogaloo, where we report from The Men Who Stare At Goats press conference...


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And so ends the very short chapter of Van Jones in the White House
(editors note: this was written very quickly, in the heat of the moment on hearing what I consider very very bad news. Now, not so angry, I really only feel sad. Still, read on!)
Van Jones resigned today from his position of Green Jobs Czar at the White House. He had been there a little over six months before a mob of crazed republican attackers focused on him. It only took folks calling him names: a communist that once called the Republicans a bad word, and poof: he gets run out of town on a rail.
"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones wrote. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."
Jones said that he had "been inundated with calls – from across the political spectrum – urging me to "stay and fight. But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future."
I would love to say a few words here that would make me unfit to be a Czar, (for those of you who don't know, one of the reasons Van is unfit to serve is because he called republicans assholes in a speech) but that seems like playing at their game. Instead, I'd like to say a few other things.
Van Jones was, and still is, a hero of mine. As many of you who read this space know, I think the world of his ideas. I love his inclusive, hands on, leave-no-person-behind vision for the future of America. His book spoke to me of economic justice without having anyone suffer, and of a freedom from the worry of Global Warming. Having read his book, listened to his speeches, and received his emails for years, I can say he is in no way a communist, or a socialist. At all. In fact, I often felt he went too far toward the free market — perhaps to make his ideas palatable to an America that turns green in fear at either of those words being turned against them. 50 years later, this McCarthyism hackjobbary has got to end.
The Party that just crucified Van Jones for saying the word asshole and for associating with a know "Truther" in the 9/11 crazytimes movement is the same party that had the second most powerful member tell someone to "Go F*&% Yourself" on the floor of the Senate. This is the same party where many MANY elected officials still to this day are considering lawsuits against Obama for not being born in this country. Glenn Beck, who led the charge against Jones, alternates his time between grimly prognosticating about and encouraging armed rebellion, and calling Obama a racist.
Why was Jones, a generally well liked dude, even on Glenn Beck's radar? Because Jones was associated with a group called ColorofChange. ColorofChange called Beck on calling the president a racist, and Beck — in full personal vendetta style — took Van Jones down and forced his resignation. What alternative universe do we live in where he has so much power?
The hypocrisy runs so thick, and so complete, that I am forced to wonder at the delusion to make it through a day believing what Beck professes to believe. The Green Collar Economy was condemned as a socialist plot before anyone even bothered to figure out what it was, and what it meant. Instead of taking the time to figure out why it might be a win-win to go green, people would rather throw stones at every new idea then allow someone who is not their own to gain any semblance of power.
But the Obama White House sure stuck to their guns! I'm so proud of the way they defended their man, of the way they went to bat for a supporter and loyal ideas man. I love how they called out this rank hypocrisy for what it was, and at least fired a warning shot that the people in the White House can not be controlled by a hate spewing insano pundit.
Oh, wait. They did none of those things. They made a craven political calculus, and sold Jones out faster then you can say "Communist Sympathizer". We've seen the wackjobs on the right get more and more wack-jobby of late, calling Obama a brain washer for the age old tradition of talking to kids on the first day of school, and painting every single human left of William F. Buckley as some sort of deranged socialist. I just wonder: why does this stuff stick? Why don't people stand up against this sort of thing? It's completely absurd that Jones was forced to resign, but it's even MORE absurd that anyone has the ability to "force" anything!
America seems to really like the idea of Death before Dishonor. They love people who don't change course, even when the course is fundamentally wrong. I don't need my leaders to be stupid and unable to compromise, but this makes them look like the spineless cowards that the Republicans have always said they were.
The most frustrating part of the process is that Van's ideas are now being repudiated because he once knew a communist and once said a bad word. All of his amazing thinking, all of his plans and his charisma and his strength are now worse then useless. The entire (extremely capitalist) green collar movement has been tarred and feathered on the national stage. It's amazing that all my hope for real fundamental change in this country was crushed after six months, and its even MORE amazing that it was done by the party that was so completely repudiated at the polls.
The entire movement took a step back today, not because the things that Van suggested didn't work, but because some holier then thou fucks decided to crush him and the rest of us let them.
The only reason that I can't quit this whole process is that doing so would mean that these people were allowed to be right. Well, it won't happen. I'm going to work longer, work harder, then ever before. I am going to make sure that everyone – EVERYone – who called for Van's head does not get any more chance to hold elected office.
My question is this: Does Glenn Beck speak for you? If so, why? What vision does he put forward that you find attractive? What version of America does Beck and the folks that give him a platform to spew his nonsense actually espouse?
If not, why are you letting him change who the President of the United States chooses to advise him?


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HRT: Where Are We Now?
So Who Needs Hormone Replacement Therapy? continued...
"We have other ways of cutting the risks of heart attacks and strokes," Schiff tells WebMD, including better diet, exercise, and other medicines.
Will HRT ever again be used as prevention for these serious diseases? Only time and research will tell. The experts remain divided.
"I believe that studies in the next few years will support using hormone therapy in younger women [closer to the onset of menopause] for prevention," says Shuster. "But "we don't have all the information yet."
How Long Should You Use HRT?
Another big question is how long hormone replacement therapy can be used safely. It was once thought that using it for five years or less to relieve menopausal symptoms had no risks. But the WHI study seemed to show that was not the case.
There are still a lot of unknowns. Many women now take doses of hormones that are lower than the ones used in the WHI trial. Hormones are also delivered not just through pills, but in other forms, like skin patches. We don't know yet whether these lower concentrations and different forms might decrease the risks.
For now, the FDA recommends that women who take hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms take the lowest effective dose and for the shortest time period to alleviate symptoms.
Making Sense of Hormone Replacement Therapy
With all of the contradictory messages, it's hard for a woman to know what to do. There's also a lot of lingering anger about what happened in the wake of the Women's Health Initiative results.
"I lost a lot of faith in my doctors after that," says April Dawson, a 63-year-old Connecticut woman who used hormone replacement therapy for about a year. "And all of the women I know feel the same way.
"In the first place, I didn't like the idea of going on medication when I didn't have any symptoms," Dawson tells WebMD. "But I feel like my doctors ganged up on me and pushed me to take it."
Today, doctors are far more likely to tell each woman that she must make the decision herself, weighing the pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy, considering her symptoms, family history, lifestyle, and risk of disease.


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Bernier and Hickey assigned to Manchester, Schenn to Juniors
Monday, 09.28.2009 / 2:17 PM PT / Los Angeles Kings | News
|Schenn amongst three Kings first round draft picks that were assigned to Manchester or returned or to their junior team.
Kings Roster | Projected Opening Night Lineup
Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (American Hockey League):
Jonathan Bernier – G
Thomas Hickey – D
Kevin Westgarth – RW
Returned to Junior Club:
Brayden Schenn – C (Brandon – Western Hockey League)
The Kings' practice schedule at the Toyota Sports Center this week is scheduled as follows: Tomorrow (10 a.m.), Wednesday (10 a.m.), Thursday (10 a.m.) and Friday (10 a.m.). Practice times are subject to change.
The Kings host Phoenix in their Season/Home Opener on Saturday at STAPLES Center (7:30 p.m.).


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The court asked the vigilance and anti-corruption bureau to probe the matter and submit a report within three months. The development has serious political implications, given Chandy's earlier statement that he would abide by the Congress high command's decision if there was an adverse observation by the court in the case.


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Michael Bergeron's attorney alluded to the fact that both the physical attacks and the use of pepper spray weren't listed in any of the officer's official reports ("Force seen in police video not covered in report" - Jan 14, 2014 edition). Worse, the shift supervisor, then Sgt. John Wasson, would have to have known that pepper spray was used, not only because of the station video, but because that odor is impossible to ignore.
Although many fellow inhabitants of Seabrook have made selectmen aware of these ongoing problems, the town fathers have turned a deaf ear to formal complaints and allegations of drunken driving, favoritism, and physical and sexual assault. A great number of online commenters have opined that the beating showed callous habits and a pattern of abuse.
Many expressed anger at the fact that three of the four officers are now on "paid administrative leave." One police officer echoed the concern that these officers not only laughed at Mr. Bergeron's condition, but even smiled right at the camera, believing that they'd never get caught.
Now the department and selectmen are continuing to operate as though this entire fiasco is no more than an isolated incident —still stonewalling on the release of other videos. Do they think that we're stupid?
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1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup diced onion
1/4 cup diced carrot
2 tablespoons diced celery
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon finely chopped oregano
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- Heat oil over medium heat in a medium-size saucepan.
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- Add rye berries and stock or water and bring to a boil.
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- Check after 45 minutes. If mixture seems too dry (consistency should be similar to any cooked grain), add a bit more liquid.
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Want a quick way to create your own, good looking iBeacons? Heres how to take an off the shelf BLE key finder and turn it into a iBeacon.
First your will require a CC-Debugger and a VTAG key finder, these can be found on amazon and ebay as well as many other places. Prices vary wildly from £11 to £30 so whether this means they have different insides I cannot say.
Crack open the VTag and remove the PCB, hopefully it should look like the image here. The five pads at the top are what you are interested in. You need to connect these up to your CC-Debugger
P2_1 should be linked to DD on the Debugger (Pin 4)
P2_2 should be linked to DC (Pin 3)
The rest should be self explanatory.
Next its just a case of flashing the CC2540 with your iBeacon software. You can find ours on the CC2540 iBeacon blog.
Thats it, package it back up in the case and there you go a working iBeacon in a pretty case…
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6 Responses to "Hack a VTag into iBeacon"
October 4, 2013Ronny khan
Hi are you referring to http://embeddedc.co.uk/cc2540-ibeacon I downloaded the 2540 version and the enter exit zone worked but I got no ranging from it.(reply)
October 4, 2013James
You need to perform a calibration on the iOS App. I used AirLocate to perform a calibration, this looks like it sets a base RSSI at 1 Meter.(reply)
October 7, 2013Ronny khan
Checked today using the BLExplr utility it seems that the advertising is ok, but if you try to connect it will not connect I guess that is the reason I'm seeing this behaviour.(reply)
October 8, 2013James
Hi, The reason you cannot connect is the node is not connectable. At the moment nothing is known about iBeacon once connected.
The ranging, we have working on CC2540 dev kits and on the V-Tag. At first we saw what you are doing but using AirLocate with some slight mods, we calibrated the iphone and see accuracy of half a meter maybe more.(reply)
October 8, 2013Ronny Khan
"Using AirLocate with some slight mods"
Would you mind telling me what those are ?
I think there are some stuff that happens after advertising. This guy http://jenswilly.dk/2013/09/ibeacons-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-39685 seems to have figured out something, his firmware works but my HW is so lousy that I can't use his HW (I have the BLE112 evaluation board and the RSSI from that varies extremely…)
I think it has something to do with "ZoneName" which is read after connected.
Regards Ronny
October 5, 2013Ronny khan
Did that and it didn't work it does not classify the device in anything other than unknown no matter the distance. I did the same by making my own program and it still reports the device as unknown (not near,immediate or far ) I also get a weird rssi always the same and I think it was 0 (the equipment is at the office so I can't check now). The target device was a ti key fob with a 2540, even tried to flash the 2541 image but that did not work at all. The device transmitt when flashed with the 2540 as the ios device detects it as it enter or leave the zone.(reply)


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