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Combining elements of hip-hop, house, funk, reggae and techno, breakbeat has become an extremely popular dance music genre. MusicRadar presents some tricks of the trade…
1. Noodle-friendly synths such as Cakewalk's Z3TA+ offer multiple LFO sync options. The tempo sync aligns the oscillator to the track regardless of the notes' timing, meaning it will always peak at the same position no matter where the notes are placed (think Pendulum vs The Freestylers' Fasten Your Seatbelt). This produces a different feel to that created by using the Speed control to find the correct tempo. Try experimenting with these two approaches, as well as the phase and wave shapes.
2. If you're a hardcore breaks head it's likely you'll need a big spanking hoover sound at some point. Though most synth preset designers have caught onto the joys of the hoover, it's easy enough to create one yourself. Simply detune as many sawtooth waves as you feel comfortable with and apply a low-pass filter. If the mood takes you, add a little tasteful overdrive (try experimenting with the effect's frequency controls, if any) and you're good to go.
3. The classic hoover is a versatile sound. With a short release time it makes a handy stab, and with a little glide you can create big, Aquasky-style, trouser-rattling riffs. EQ the bass end up high - as long as it doesn't interfere with any other bass playing at the same time.
4. As great as they are on their own merits, hoover sounds can be made more individual (they are somewhat ubiquitous, after all) with the addition of different wave shapes and a bit of extra processing – particularly degradation effects such as a good bit crusher plug-in. Apply too much degradation, however, and your sound will turn to mush – although this can actually come in handy when bringing in a breakdown, for example, or at any point in a track where you want to twist things up a little.
5. To get a nice full frequency spread, layer multiple drums of the same type. You'll want a full kick drum in there (a 909, for example), but not too loud or it'll overwhelm the track.
6. If your synth's got wave shapes aplenty, try using something more exotic than a sine wave when creating a sub-bass. You'll need a bit of low-pass filtering to keep it around the fundamental frequency, but with a bit of headroom to let those harmonics through. To add punch, apply some resonance and change the filter slope setting – just watch those bass-bins, though.
7. Once you've programmed in your new beat, try changing the pitch – pitching breaks down often makes them sound tougher.
8. If you're not lucky enough to have the latest knob-encrusted MIDI controller, take solace in the fact that your keyboard's modulation control makes for a handy substitute, despite the fact that you can only vary one parameter at a time. Try tying it to the filter cutoff frequency in your favourite synthesizer – you'll find that it's much more satisfying than drawing in automation by hand or with your mouse. It's also more conducive to generating new ideas because you can play the keyboard at the same time as making your moves.
9. Most breaks beats are made up from individual drum hits. When chopping up breaks, use your sampler's end point control to isolate the beats. Add an amplitude envelope with a short release time and you've got a drum kit which you can use to create a new rhythm.
10. Drum machine samples are another good source of beats. Some tracks even use the standard 909 kit, albeit in a highly processed form. Heavy compression is the order of the day here: a rough lo-fi effect is possible with one compressor for each drum group, or for a slicker sound, try compressing each sample individually.
11. Though breaks tunes generally hover around 130- 140bpm, some tracks sound a lot faster than others. This is down to the way the beats are programmed. To make a beat sound more relaxed, try cutting out 8th and 16th-note hits and accenting every other beat.
12. Another way to add pace is to use off-beat open hats. Quiet, they work well with a more complex, rolling beat; loud, they complement a 4/4 beat. If the effect is a little too housey, try a little EQ on the high end.
13. One of most important effects in any breaks toolkit is the filter. If your synth or sampler's filter isn't up to it, see if better results can be gleaned from your host's filter plug-in. While flexibility-wise this isn't as convenient as a synth with a tearing filter, it beats putting up with a weak sound. If your sampler has a particularly pleasing filter, try sampling your synth and running it through that.
14. Adding automated effects to groups or even the whole track is a handy way of easing the transition between the different parts of your song. The classic example is to high-pass filter your sounds before the bassline kicks and then use other effects such as phasers and degraders to create yet more complex fills and bridges. BT's ESCM album features use of effects like this – he does love showing off.
15. When sampling from vinyl, remember that clicks and pops can be taken out by simply drawing over the wave in your audio editor.
16. Like most genres these days, breaks features liberal use of processing, so try reinvigorating your old sounds with some extreme FX. For example, vocal samples will cut through the mix a lot better when treated with a bit of overdrive and compression. Subtlety, as always, is the key here – unless you're going for an Alec Empire vibe, keep the drive low and just emphasise the mid or top frequencies.
17. Other tricks to employ when looking to add a little something to vocals include chorus, pitchshifting and extreme delay effects. Try chaining these signals up in different ways, and if the effect is too much and the vocal becomes unintelligible, simply turn up the dry signals. Alternatively, you can always try EQing away some of the extraneous frequencies.
18. While all this digital jiggery pokery is great, breaks in particular can benefit from a little bit of the old analogue touch. Persuade a rock-loving chum to lend you their guitar pedal, and be sure to case his place for vintage delays, talkboxes and vocoders while you're there. Try running your hi-tech sound through this knackered old kit – you'll be surprised at the resulting dirty basslines and effects.
19. Likewise, if you've got access to a pair of decks grab the nearest 12" and nab yourself some tasty spinbacks and deck stop sounds. You'll notice that these tricks are virtually impossible to cock up, so top notch DJing skills aren't at all necessary. Try experimenting with any sound effects while you're at it, too, to add a more abstract flavour to your tracks.
20. When using loops, you may find that a sample doesn't rhythmically fit your track even when timestretched. This can be corrected with your software's beat-quantisation tools or, alternatively, by cutting up each hit of the loop as you would a breakbeat. You can then sync these individual samples to your beat – if the original sample is close to your track's tempo, you may even find that timestretching is unnecessary.
21. Breaks is one of those genres where you can more or less get away with anything as long is it rocks the discotheque. DJ Dee Kline, for example, has sampled bits from such diverse sources as Mr Oizo and TV's Marcus Brigstocke. Listen to as much music as you can – both old and new – for bits to snatch, and remember, the more obscure the better – you're less likely to get busted for illicit samples, for a start.
22. Like its forbear, hardcore breakbeat, breaks combines elements of many forms of dance music – particularly hip-hop, house, funk, reggae and techno. As well as being handy sources of samples, these genres will give you a better understanding of where breaks comes from. DJ scratch and old sound effect records are also perfect sampling fodder.
23. Do you have rhythmically complex loops that refuse to sound right despite your best attempts to sync them up? It's possible that a little shuffle quantisation will get those beats meshing, especially if you're sampling from such occasionally swing-tastic genres as jazz and house. The shuffle knob in Reason is particularly adept at quickly experimenting with your track's swing level – non-Reason users will most likely have to get funky with a few menus.
24. If you're doing a bootleg featuring an a-cappella, you'll presumably be timestretching or pitchshifting the vocal to fit the pitch and tempo of the track. When timestretching with a view to creating junglistic vocal effects, try using a drum algorithm and experiment with any parameters on offer.


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pizzastriver,I don't "Punch Down" my dough, I try at all times too keep from "Degassing" the dough too much I simply roll it out of the bowl, devide it in half and make two balls, always being as gentle as possible Thanks,Mangia Bene Jerry
Hmmm. With the yeast level as high as it is I would venture you could use the ball for a friendly catch in the yard for 10 minutes, still having enough bubbles to hold its own with a fine champagne. ( lol )I mean after the first 1.5 hr rise it's a near beach ball! I can't see not degassing and reshaping there. After the second rise I'm gentle, maybe you thought I meant there (?), but I can't imagine how voluminous it would be by then without the first deflation. Anyway, hope all is well with you and Jerri!
Jim,I have made Jerry's dough, like, a BAZILLION times...
My question is: have you tried it both ways? And if you have, what was the end result with and without punch down?
According to Professor Raymond Calvel, in his book The Taste of Bread, at page 57:"...in the final analysis the pH is related to the level of residual sugars present in the patons just before baking. These residual sugars are the remainder of those that fed dough fermentation, and they fulfill important functions during the baking process. The level at which they are present plays an important role in determining the extent of oven spring during the first moments of baking. They also contribute to the Maillard reaction and caramelization phenomenon that produce crust coloration. Generally a below-average pH coincides with a lack of residual sugars, which translates into a deficiency in oven spring. This problem is evidenced by a slight decrease in loaf volume and in the end by a lack of crust coloration accompanied by excessive crust thickness. The bread will also exhibit a significant lack of aroma, the crust will have less taste, and the crumb will be slightly less flavorful."
As they were less than $1 each, I bought 20 of them - as you said, to create both a deck and ceiling (and maybe even a lip around the sides and back of the deck).
Use a second FibraMent stone as the ceiling by placing on the wire rack above. Adjust the height of the wire rack so it's immediately over the foods you are baking. Since we have greatly reduced the ceiling height of the oven, and are redirecting the heat back down on the items we are baking, wall inserts are not necessary.

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After several taste testers complained the last time that my water-only crusts were "bland", I decided to give beer another try in search of some elusive flavor. Blue Moon Summer Wheat was in the frig so into the mix it went. Only one complaint about tasteless crust today from a college kid. I thought the crust had significant flavor, however. Used about a 60/40 ratio of water to beer in prepping 12 dough balls (could have used another bottle).Convinced more than ever that beer DOES generally improve flavor of the finished crust when added to pizza dough but it takes a more sensitive palate to appreciate this addition. Some tasters will have a definite opinion (usually positive) others will see no difference. A great way to go if one's crust is lacking charisma--like mine.
Are there any other Octoberfest beers that you can recommend to try? Thanks.
The ESB thing is intriguing. Among the ale brewing yeasts, my favorite was #1968 London ESB Ale. It too had a similar taste to the Red Hook ESB. I wonder what it is about the bitter flavor that makes the crust taste so good. I also wonder if there is a bitter that you can purchase which would produce a similar taste. When I use the brewing yeast, there are no other beer byproducts in there because I propagate it in LME, so it's something about the yeast being used or the by products they produce that give this ESB flavor.
Sorry if I missed this but could one of you guys please tell me how to figure/work out the ratio when using these types of beers and ady yeast. I'm thinking I'll probably use all beer instead of water and then what...maybe 10% less yeast? I'm sure it will be trial and error but just thought ya'll might have a starting point for me...thanks.


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ACOUSTIC WEEK: He's topped the album charts with his retro-flavoured folk, toured Europe and the US with Noel Gallagher, and made guitars cool to a whole new generation. MusicRadar caught Jake Bugg as his debut headlining tour passed through Bristol, and managed to get a look at the nation's newest acoustic-toting songwriter's gear up close.
Playing to a packed Thekla – a staggeringly small venue for an artist who has topped the album charts – Jake Bugg delivered the tunes from his debut album with an assured confidence and a buttoned-down Northern assurance. But while his expressive vocals and state-of-the-nation songwriting do a lot of the work for him, it's his guitar work that really impresses. On top of that, he's clearly a guitar nut like the rest of us – it just that he happens to be cultivating a megastar-sized talent as well as an eye for an eye-catching guitar or two.
Jake Bugg's main acoustic, the Martin 00015-SM
There aren't many 18 year olds who'd choose a slice of scratchy Robert Johnson as their entrance music, but then Jake Bugg is pretty far from average. With a refreshingly simple stage set up – it's just Bugg, a bass player and a drummer – he's about as straightforward and unpretentious a live proposition as you can picture.
A tight-lipped performer, Bugg lets the songs do the talking for most of his time on stage, relying on a Martin 00015-SM for the majority of the set. An all-mahogany, 12-fret Martin that is perfectly suited to Bugg's earthy sound, it's been augmented with an LR Baggs M1 Active pickup and features a distinctive slotted headstock.
The Martin D-18VS - Jake Bugg's latest addition
You can always mark a new artists success by the guitars they acquire, and Jake Bugg is no different. To now, he'd tended to switch between the mahogany Martin and an FG series Yamaha, but has acquired another Martin. Similarly to the 000-15SM, his new guitar has a slotted headstock but this one is a D-18VS, an older model that's no longer on the market. A slope-shouldered dreadnought with on-board pickup, it's an impressive addition to Bugg's growing guitar arsenal.
Bugg is fluid and confident finger-picker who uses a capo for pretty much every number, alternating between picking and using lighter gauge plectrums to strum it out. His electric sound favours light distortion and the occasional heavy use of a tremelo pedal.
Aside from his mouth-watering guitar selection, it's surprising, considering the short, simply solos he has stuck to thus far on record, just how accomplished and a lead player Bugg is. Short, sharp flashes of a brash, polished lead lines pepper his performance, indicating that he has the chops to become a bone fide guitar hero.
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I have gotten a flu lately and I was thinking of drinking some tea to warm me up. I tried some assam and it just wasn't agreeing with my stomach. The same thing happened with some yunnan that I normally really enjoy.(i usually drink black tea in the day time but it was just too much flavorwise) Then I tried some ripe puerh and it seems to be pretty tolerable. A friend sent me some great oolong; nice and sweet. That also was good for a sore throat.
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You have done more, and gone beyond the call to make this site the shining star that it is. You are friend, co worker, leader, expo expert, technical whizzie whiz, and a true giant among men in the Poser Industry. Your history in this industry is undaunted. Your reputation as a fair, honest, and loyal man and crazy in the DNA asylum are why we have gathered here today.
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SARANAC LAKE – The village Board of Trustees has approved Mayor Clyde Rabideau's appointment of two new members to the village planning board.
Patricia Hilling will replace Todd Smith, who recently resigned from the board. Jeannine Pratt will fill an alternate seat on the board, used most often when a quorum of board members isn't available for a meeting.
Hilling has lived in Saranac Lake since 1970, except for a four-year period when she lived in Minnesota.
"All three of my children grew up in Saranac Lake, and I have always considered this to be a great place to have a family," Hilling wrote in an email. "I have a sincere interest in our community, its unique history, and its historical buildings. I want Saranac Lake to be the best that it can be and I would like to help make that happen."
Hilling is a North Country Community College graduate. She worked as the office manager in the William A. Sweeney CPA office. She currently owns and operates, with her husband, the Mountain Shadows Bed and Breakfast on Old Military Road.
Hilling has served on the village Zoning Board of Appeals and as a board member and treasurer of Historic Saranac Lake. In the past, she's also volunteered or been involved with the First Presbyterian Church, the Lake Placid Garden Club, the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, the Women's College Scholarship Club and the Franklin County chapter of the American Cancer Society. She has also been a member of the Adirondack Singers and the First Presbyterian Church choir.
Jeannine (Swinyer) Pratt moved back to Saranac Lake about two-and-a-half years ago after completing a 26-year career in the U.S. Air Force. At the time she retired, she was working as a senior recruiter in north Texas and had achieved the rank of senior master sergeant.
"When I moved back here, I went to a few of the board meetings for, like, the comprehensive plan," Pratt said. "I read that document numerous times because I'm very interested in bettering our community. A lot of the reasons I had to leave when I was 17 still exist. There's a lot of disparity of, like, affordable housing and the lack of employment. I just want to try and make a difference."
Pratt said her family, the Swinyers, have roots in the area that go back more than a century. Although she was born in Queens, she visited the area often and moved to Saranac Lake when she was 14, graduating from Saranac Lake High School in 1981.
Pratt is currently pursuing a human services degree at North Country Community College. She eventually plans to get her master's degree in social work.
Pratt said she applied for a seat on the planning board after reading in the Enterprise that the village was looking for candidates to fill the two vacancies.
"There's a lot of really dedicated people in the community," Pratt said. "I think, with my 26 years in the Air Force, I have a lot to offer. I've been to many different communities, so I've seen what works and what doesn't work."
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Interesting look at how photos of Petraeus whistleblower were captured
The Columbus Dispatch - November 13, 2012 08:49 AM
It is always fascinating how quickly images of people the world has never heard about suddenly become available when a major story breaks.
This was the case over the weekend when CIA Director David Petraeus abruptly announced he was stepping down after it was learned he had an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell.
When it was learned whistleblower Jill Kelley had alerted the FBI to the affair, people wanted to know who Kelley was, and what she looks like. We all want to put faces and names together.
Here is a story on the Poynter website that tells how the first photos became available. It's worth a quick read.


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quote GaTheZakkActually, I can tell you what to do because I am the moderator of this forum. If you want to discuss things that are about the Golden Sun games like what team you use, you put that in a Golden Sun forum. It's not my problem if they're dull. That kind of discussion belongs there, not here. I can easily just remove your posts if you don't follow what I am saying. I was trying to be nice but if you're gonna act like this then I won't play as nice.I'm trying to do both.
Because for one, I can't post anything Golden Sun in the Golden Sun Forums, Gotenks, its such a dull forum.
If I want to mention my GS teams, I will, don't tell me what to do.
quote GaTheZakkThis is to discuss Golden Sun in Smash Brothers. What team you use in a Golden Sun game, goes in a Golden Sun forum, not here.I built a bridge to get over some things, like the fact that I do have a main team in Dark Dawn, at least I have that.
My main 4 protagonists used in this game.
quote GaTheZakkTrue. But we should focus on the connection to SSB.Well this thread techically is for discussing Isaac and friends, so maybe I'll focus more on that.
quote GaTheZakkWe were aware.Trust me, there is alot of things I like about Golden Sun that could be discussed.
quote GaTheZakkCool!I built a bridge to get over some things, like the fact that I do have a main team in Dark Dawn, at least I have that.
My main 4 protagonists used in this game.
quote GaTheZakkWho says they're being lazy on making a new Golden Sun game? Maybe the fact that Dark Dawn was poorly receive and didn't sell many copies has a factor on why there is no new one. Not to mention Nintendo may of not even asked them to make a new one yet either. It's not because they're lazy lol.Its not that I don't appreciate thier work, its the fact that they are too lazy to make GS games and they have make irrelavent games like Tennis or Golf.
quote GaTheZakkNever heard of that rumor and when it comes to Mario/DK series, I usually keep up to date with it.Another thing, I heard a rumor that Camelot is to work on a Donkey Kong 64 remake for the 3ds, let me ask you, Swampasaur, do you want Camelot to make a Donkey Kong game?
A game that they know nothig anout making, I wouldn't want that, I think they;d ruin it.
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It's a lazy Saturday afternoon, and here we sit in a Whole Foods quaffing pints of creamy craft beer—Old No. 38 Stout from North Coast Brewing in Fort Bragg, Calif.,…


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Abstract:The interaction of robotics with behavioral and cognitive sciences has always been tight. As often described in the literature, the living has inspired the construction of many robots. Yet, in this article, we focus on the reverse phenomenon: building robots can impact importantly the way we conceptualize behavior and cognition in animals and humans. This article presents a series of paradigmatic examples spanning from the modelling of insect navigation, the experimentation of the role of morphology to control locomotion, the development of foundational representations of the body and of the self/other distinction, the self-organization of language in robot societies, and the use of robots as therapeutic tools for children with developmental disorders. Through these examples, I review the way robots can be used as operational models confronting specific theories to reality, or can be used as proof of concepts, or as conceptual exploration tools generating new hypotheses, or used as experimental set ups to uncover particular behavioral properties in animals or humans, or even used as therapeutic tools. Finally, I discuss the fact that in spite of its role in the formation of many fundamental theories in behavioral and cognitive sciences, the use of robots is far from being accepted as a standard tool and contributions are often forgotten, leading to regular rediscoveries and slowing down cumulative progress. The article concludes by highlighting the high priority of further historical and epistemological work.
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Abstract: Real-time search techniques have been used extensively in the areas of task planning and decision making. In order to be effective, however, these techniques require task-specific domain knowledge in the form of heuristic or utility functions. These functions can either be embedded by the programmer, or learned by the system over time. Unfortunately, many of the reinforcement learning techniques that might be used to acquire this knowledge generally demand static feature vector representations defined a priori. Current neurobiological research offers key insights into how the cognitive processing of experience may be used to alleviate dependence on preprogrammed heuristic functions, as well as on static feature representations. Research also suggests that internal appraisals are influenced by such processing and that these appraisals integrate with the cognitive decision-making process, providing a range of useful and adaptive control signals that focus, inform, and mediate deliberation. This paper describes a neuromorphically inspired approach for cognitively processing experience in order to: 1) abstract state information; 2) learn utility functions over this state abstraction; and 3) learn to tradeoff between performance and deliberation time.
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Abstract: How can human infants gradually socialize through interaction with their caregivers? This paper presents a learning mechanism that incrementally acquires social actions by finding and reproducing the contingency in interaction with a caregiver. A contingency measure based on transfer entropy is used to select the appropriate pairs of variables to be associated to acquire social actions from the set of all possible pairs. Joint attention behavior is tested to examine the development of social actions caused by responding to changes in caregiver behavior due to reproducing the found contingency. The results of computer simulations of human–robot interaction indicate that a robot acquires a series of actions related to joint attention such as gaze following and alternation in an order that almost matches the infant development of joint attention found in developmental psychology. The difference in the order between them is discussed based on the analysis of robot behavior, and then future issues are given.
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Abstract: Over the course of development, the central nervous system grows into a complex set of structures that ultimately controls our experiences and interactions with the world. To understand brain development, researchers must disentangle the contributions of genes, neural activity, synaptic plasticity, and intrinsic noise in guiding the growth of axons between brain regions. Here, we examine how computer simulations can shed light on neural development, making headway towards systems that self-organize into fully autonomous models of the brain. We argue that these simulations should focus on the "open-ended" nature of development, rather than a set of deterministic outcomes.
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Rewarding the direct correlation between creativity and business results
Creative Effectiveness Lions honour creativity which has shown a measurable and proven impact on a client's business – creativity that affects consumer behaviour, brand equity, sales, and where identifiable, profit.
Note: papers from the following two entrants are not available for publication:
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In a bid to offer premium experience across the board, Apple has avoided development of any affordable devices for many years. But in a bid to further expand its market presence, Apple is looking forward to create devices not "just for rich", according to an analyst, who last week met with Tim Cook, chief operating officer of the company and interim chief exec, and other high-ranking execs of the company.
According to Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst with Bernstein Research, Mr. Cook "appeared to reaffirm the notion that Apple is likely to develop lower priced offerings" to expand the market for the iPhone. The chief operating officer of the company reportedly called iPhone "the mother of all halos" and indicated that the company was planning "clever things" to address the prepaid market, and that Apple did not want its products to be "just for the rich" and cede any markets reports Forbes web-site.
In a lot of countries people prefer to buy phones without any contracts so that not to be tied to a particular operator. Naturally, not a lot of people can afford paying €700 - €830 ($970 - $1150) for a contract-free iPhone, but those consumers can still consume the content Apple sells. As a result, Apple does need to develop smart approaches to those market so that to address them without making Apple-branded products a commodity. One of the current priorities for Apple is expansion of the number of carriers it has ties with. Apple has only 175 carriers today, whereas even Research in Motion has 550. Naturally, increasing the number of carriers supporting Apple will expand its market share.
Previously, Apple has denied any plans to release affordable versions of its iPhone handset citing necessity to offer maximum possible experience. However, the company should have learnt from its iPod business that in order to be the leader in terms of volume, one needs to address all possible market segments from top to bottom. Earlier this year rumours emerged that Apple was gearing up to release two versions of iPhone this summer: one with large screen and one with smaller screen compared to the iPhone 4.
Mr. Cook also reportedly said that the market of tablets "would be much bigger than the PC market" and that the competition on this market would be more intense than that on the market of smartphones as slates would be made both by PC manufacturers and smartphone vendors.
It remains to be seen whether intention to make devices not "just for rich" only applies to mobile phones, or the company has serious market expansion plans under which it would design more affordable Macintosh PCs, iPad slates and other products.


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I wonder if at your reading this, whether the IM is back up. Day 3?
Yesterday, responders rated their brewing prowess and the results were pretty interesting. Everyone confirmed they could boil water, and nobody was willing to give themselves a perfect 10 score, but the highest number of responders voted for above average prowess...I would hope so since we are a Tea Forum. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.
Welcome one and all to TeaDay, fill your pot and come share what is in your cup with everyone...all day! Certainly stick around and see what everyone else is sipping as well. If you need to, you can also reflect back on your TeaDay.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic was suggested by Henley. She wondered in light of the current TC technical problems, how many of you were "addicted" to TeaChat. Share with us your addiction level...does it seem to exceed your Tea addiction? Do you miss the IM that has been absent since Tuesday? Any ideas to make TeaChat even better?
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The devastation of the Haiti earthquakes and the lack of infrastructure for responding to the disaster have deepened an ongoing debate over foreign aid, international development, and helping the poorest of the world's poor. Jacqueline Novogratz, whose Acumen Fund is reinventing that landscape with what it calls "patient capitalism," is charting a third way between investment for profit and aid for free.
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Thank you for the interview with the founder of The Acumen Fund. This was the most encouraging discussion on global poverty I've heard since I first heard of micro-lending over 20 years ago. Congratulations to Speaking of Faith and The Acumen Fund for this wonderful show.
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I have been a social entrepreneur for 19 years. It has never been financially lucrative but knowing that I have lifted over a hundred thousand families out of poverty is enough.
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While I found your interview of the author and the founder of the Acumen Fund, Jacqueline Novogratz, truly inspiring, I found myself wondering throughout where the micro-business funds are for the working poor of the United States. We are falling through the cracks of aid distributed thru SBA loans, which consider a "small business" to have a minimum of 100 employees. As 50 year old recently divorced, starting over, operating out of my back pocket, small business owning women, I dare say if I had a 100 employees, I wouldn't need a loan.
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Thank you for the interview with the founder of The Acumen Fund. This was the most encouraging discussion on global poverty I've heard since I first heard of micro-lending over twenty years ago. Congratulations to Speaking of Faith and The Acumen Fund for this wonderful show.
While I found your interview of author and founder of the Acumen fund, Jacqueline Novogratz truly inspiring, I found myself wondering throughout, where the micro business funds are for the working poor of the United States? We are falling through the cracks of aid distributed thru SBA loans which consider a "small business" to have a minimum of 100 employees. As 50 yr old recently divorced, starting over, operating out of my back pocket, small business owning women, I dare say if I had a 100 employees, I wouldnt need a loan. Christina Smallidge Peace Leaf Tea www.peaceleaftea.com
Your introduction to the program with Jacqueline Novogratz was so inaccurate regarding the U.S. role after the Haitian earthquake is filled with inaccuracies. How did China and Israel get there first? Why didn't we have a second runway constructed in a matter of hours? Why didn't we have heavy equipment digging out survivors within hours and certainly within a day? I heard a BBC report on US military running out of food and water--as if they had no radios and helicopters to bring more. Instead, the soldiers left the people without food and water.
Another BBC report was a Haitian describing a US helicopter landing, and then taking off and dropping bits and pieces of food, treating the people in a most inhuman fashion.
Why did the US military prevent at least five planes from Doctors without Borders from landing with food and medical equipment?
Why was the US obsessed with so-called security while people who were buried alive died, and the survivors went without food, water, and tents?
Where are you getting your grossly inaccurage information that our effort has been in any way laudable?
I have been a social entrepreneur for nineteen years. it has never been financially lucrative but knowing that I have lifted over a hundred thousand families out of poverty is enough.
I really like what Jacqueline and the Acumen fund are doing. They seem to have a good idea. They take the good ideas of others and provide them with funding. The money comes from investors, or donors as she likes to call them, and funds projects that promote social change. The biggest difference here is that the investors aren't getting financial return, they're getting the reward of impacting social change.
Jacqueline brought up her past work in India. The idea came from someone who needed money for his idea to take off. Acumen was able to provide funding for the project which brought clean water to rural India. This service was something that banks didn't invest in before because it hadn't really been done before. Jacqueline mentioned that the belief may be that water comes from God. Why would they need to pay for it? WIth Acumen's help, the water plants were built and became a big success. They're projected to continue growing and providing clean water, all with the help from local banks which are now investing in this service.
This is foreign aid with a catch, they're aren't just giving them clean water, they're investing in infrastructure to bring these people water for a lifetime. The process changes the lives of the people who are impacted. This impact is how Jacqueline promotes her services and brings in more donors. This unique approach of charging the poor people can be questioned by some people, but Jacqueline mentions it success and brings up the failure of aid elsewhere. The top down giving to some of these countries just doesn't reach the right people. Governments need to start taking responsibility for their people.
Jacqueline works on many projects and has put $40 million toward ideas for social change. This private innovation can bring change to the low income people where change would have been hard to come by. Acumen provides donors the ability to see human potential. Jacqueline promotes a spiritual way of thinking to solve the biggest problems in this world. She mentions God and our connectedness as people as driving forces for some. Her hope is to continue this work or helping the lower income people of the world, not in just one location. She talks about how we're all being divided into two groups, the rich and the poor. Her hope is that all of this social change will spread, and people who have been impacted will pull the rest of their community with them. This could eventually lead right back to the US and people who have unmet needs.
After visiting Mexico and Costa Rica I saw children playing with rocks on the road. Then I had a dream to bring them toys. So, my next few trips over the years I ask my friends children if they had toys to share with children who had none. Of course they could not imagine that was possible. Miracles paved the way for me to fill my personal mission work. The most wonderful experience is to see the kids faces as you hand them one toy in remote villages or in an orphanage. My wish is to continue this heart felt vision. There would never enough toys to share with the children who still do not have one. Contributing to a happy childhood. Thanks.....Deborah
On your Sunday show (8/22/10, you spoke with Jacqueline Novagast, excuse the spelling. At the intro of your interview you asked about helping right here in American and it did not appear that she answered you.
As an African American and reading history books it seems that Europeans have a long history of going to foreign places and becoming the savor. Example, many activist have descended upon Haiti but where were they prior to the earth quake? Or back in the early years when Haitians were refused entry into the United States. It also seems like it takes these horrendous events for many to get involved.
If people are looking to help there are many towns here in American, right here in Georgia that could use help from people like Novagast. My brother works with a nonprofit in Metro Atlanta, that works with at-risk-youth but he can only do so much. Where are the Novagasts?
I want to heap as much praise as is humanly possible on Krista Tippet and this amazing program. There aren't enough superlatives in my vocabulary to express how inspirational and amazing On Being is. I find myself buying the recommended books, sharing and taping the podcasts for friends, and relating the experiences of the interviewees to everyone, and talking about this program as much as I can.
The interview with Jacqueline Novogratz has had a lasting impact, to the extent that I'm considering returning to Africa after 25 years. I've passed on The Blue Sweater to friends and wonder to myself why everyone is not dedicated to the service of others. It's just where I am in my life I suppose.
Krista is such an inspiration to me. I too am 49 and grew up Baptist in the south. I have long rejected the limits of Christianity, but have embraced a much more expansive Spirituality. Thank you Krista for making this program available. Best of Everything,Tim


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At this year's winter markets, be it Surfaces or at a regional show, one of the most talked about advancements for hardwood were new finishes that improved performance, offered environmental benefits or enhanced the visual.
One look being achieved by new finishes emulates the look of oil finished floors. For example, Max Windsor Floors recently launched DuraMax, a water-based, urethane surface finish which the company has described as "indistinguishable" from oil.
Khelin Young, director of products at Max Windsor said, "DuraMax was developed with one eye on duplicating the look and touch of oil finishes and the other on eliminating or substantially reducing any special maintenance procedures associated with oil. In the process, we found it possible to extend the abrasion resistance of the product by at least 20 times."
True oiled floors can often present maintenance issues, according to suppliers. However, the new finishes that create a similar look do not have the same problems.
"The basic drawback of an oiled floor is the maintenance associated with keeping the soft glow of oil once the oil is soaked up from the surface into the pores of its structure, as well as surface erosion which follows normal household wear," said Young of Max Windsor. "Oil is completely fugitive and has practically zero resistance to abrasion."
As well, suppliers are developing finishes that will offer greater performance. In 2013, Anderson Hardwood introduced a new hardwood finish, Sheer with LusterLock Ultra. According to Anderson, Sheer with LusterLock Ultra is a super-scratch-resistant finish that features the look of an oil-rubbed finish while making sure the natural grain, saw marks and character of the wood is maintained.
Sheer with LusterLock Ultra responds to the consumer's demand for organic, minimally finished surfaces, according to Anderson, and is right in line with today's trend toward worn furniture looks and distressed finishes. Sheer with LusterLock allows the characteristics of wood to show while enhancing scratch resistance.
Shaw's ScufResist Platinum finish, introduced in 2010, has a low luster sheen and creates the look of an oil rubbed finish. ScufResist Platinum, a focal point of Shaw's convention this year, adds a rustic finish but omits the reapplication process that is required by traditional oil rubbed finishes.
Mohawk expanded its ArmorMax Finish Technology offering at convention in December. The built-in surface shield provides maximum hardwood flooring protection, said Richard Quinlan, Mohawk's senior director of hardwood products, and is up to five times more resistant to wear than other extended wear finishes.
ArmorMax combined with Scotchgard Advanced Repel Technology prevents dust and soil from bonding with the floor surface, according to Mohawk. And, together, these two technologies serve as the ultimate barrier against every day wear and tear — even paint and permanent marker. ArmorMax with Scotchgard also comes with a 50 year warranty, Quinlan said, allowing consumers to purchase with confidence.
Mohawk reported that it has enhanced the ArmorMax brand with a retooled identity package, plus new point of purchase and video elements that demonstrate the benefits of hardwood products featuring ArmorMax with Scotchgard Advanced Repel Technology.
Paij Thorn-Brooks, senior marketing director, hard surfaces, Mohawk, explained that the ArmorMax logo has been redesigned to incorporate the Scotchgard logo for better consumer identity.
"The ArmorMax 'shield' will remain as our flagship to represent the value and brand story. Together, the ArmorMax and Scotchgard logos will reinforce our durability plus clean-ability message, and will complement each other nicely on all marketing and merchandising materials," she said.
Hardwood suppliers also focused on bringing finishes to market that have a sustainable story many of them offering increased air quality of the room in which the floor is installed.
For example, Mercier offers an environmentally friendly finish with its Generations Greenguard certified finish which is made using 100 percent pure soybean oil. This new version of the Generations finish is 25 percent more durable than the previous version, according to Mercier.
Generation's Greenguard certified finish is aimed at protecting floors against yellowing and discoloration. Additionally, according to Mercier, the Generations Greenguard finish is hypoallergenic and includes a powerful antimicrobial agent that inhibits the risk of microbe and mildew growth on the surface.
For Armstrong, the proof of its products' strength is in the aluminum oxide (AO) coating systems utilized on all of its solid and engineered hardwood products to protect from abrasion or wear through. For example, the company's popular Performance Plus product features AO within its coating system as well as a nano particle top coat that increases the floors' resistance to staining and scratching. According to Armstrong, AO protects the hardwood from abrasion while the nano top coat keeps the floor looking newer, longer.
Mullican's Claritage Extra Finish by PPG Industries features a lifetime warranty finish. According to the company, Claritage Extra Finish helps enhance product durability and gloss longevity, and is available on select prefinished solid hardwood products.
Max Windsor's new Magique line features the company's water-based, urethane DuraMax finish.
Anderson's Bastille collection features the company's Sheer with LusterLock Ultra finish.


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