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The Open Your Mind Lecture Series continues on Monday, February 1 at 7:00 p.m. as Oakwood University welcomes Tim Wise, one of America's leading anti-racist advocates. The presentation will be in the Moran Hall Auditorium, on the campus of Oakwood University. Over the past decade, Wise has developed a reputation as one of the leading anti-racism advocates, trainers, and educators in the nation. He has conducted hundreds of dismantling racism trainings and spoken to over 300,000 people in 48 states, on over 400 college campuses, including Harvard, Stanford, Cal Tech, and the Law Schools at Columbia, Yale, and Vanderbilt. Wise's most recent book is Between Barack and a Hard Place: Challenging Racism, Privilege and Denial in the Age of Obama (City Lights) which explores the issues of race within the context of the Obama presidency. He is also the author of White Like Me: Reflections on Rice from a Privileged Son (Soft Skull Press), and Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections from an Angry White Male (Soft Skull Press).Wise received his B.A. from Tulane University and anti-racism training from the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, both in New Orleans.
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"It's the most un-rock 'n' roll thing you could do, so I never ever talked about it, but that was actually my obsession before rock-and-roll."
-- Bono, on playing chess
Bono to Attend 'Power of Love' Gala in April
February 20, 2013
Bono is confirmed to attend the 17th annual Power of Love gala in Las Vegas in April. Never heard of it? From the website: "It's an annual celebration of life that was created to raise money for Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health's programs and services." It looks like celebrity guests have often "entertained" at past events, so there's a chance yer man will be grabbing a microphone at some point. That's especially true since the gala will double as a birthday party for longtime FOB (friend of Bono) Quincy Jones and actor Michael Caine.
The event is open to the public, but it ain't cheap. The least expensive individual seat is currently running a cool $3,000. If you have 10-12 friends (and a lot of lucre), you might want to go for the Platinum Table for $100,000. It all happens on April 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.


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Grant: Nolan Ryan left mark on starting rotation, pulling it from league-worst depths to Rangers' strength
In his first year as Rangers president, Nolan Ryan often struck a pose. While not as iconic as his headlock of Robin Ventura, it became quite familiar nonetheless.
It started regularly around the fifth inning. He'd fold his arms tightly across his chest. Then he'd furrow his brow and set his eyes. By the seventh, as one failed pitching appearance after another piled up, his lips curled into a sneer.
While Ryan spent the year observing, his first — and lasting — observation of the season was that the pitching was unacceptable. It is on that front that Ryan made his most important contribution to the improvement of the Rangers' on-the-field product.
"First and foremost on the pitching side, Nolan brought an attitude and a confidence," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said. "He believed you can pitch here successfully and helped put behind us the idea that you can't."
In that first year, Ryan watched the club produce an AL-worst 5.37 ERA. The starters sweated, huffed and gasped to just 869 innings, an average of 51/3 per game. He believed that could be — and needed to be — changed.
One only need look at where the Rangers are now to see the difference. For each of the last three years, Rangers starters have averaged six innings or better per outing. The staff ERA of 3.62 in 2013 was the lowest since the team moved into Rangers Ballpark. The Rangers have had ERAs lower than 4.00 four times in the 20 seasons they've spent at their current home park — all in the last four years.
It started with conditioning.
When 2008 was over, Ryan cussed then staff ace Kevin Millwood, calling him fat and out of shape and challenging him to improve. In doing so, he backed up strength and conditioning coach Jose Vasquez, who had struggled to get veterans to buy into his program. He endorsed things like lots of live batting practice as a training tool and much more throwing than in the past.
"The other thing was some of the specifics in our current pitching program," Daniels said. "Live batting practice being one of them. He's also a big proponent of anaerobic exercise for pitchers: sprints and squats vs. distance running. Jose is as well, so it was a natural fit."
"Pitchers have been pampered," Ryan told Sports Illustrated in 2010. "I'd go to spring training, and all they'd do was throw on the side. Now how in the world do you learn how a hitter's going to react to your pitches without a hitter in there? I always thought that was crazy. Our expectations of them have been lowered."
He recommended the hiring of Mike Maddux as pitching coach following the 2008 season. He'd become familiar with Maddux when both were associated with Round Rock. Maddux coached there before joining Milwaukee.
In addition, Ryan offered an ear for the Rangers group of younger pitchers, who were still trying to establish themselves in 2008 and 2009. He took Matt Harrison to lunch and talked pitching philosophy. He listened to C.J. Wilson's pleas to start — and endorsed them. He'd regularly discuss sequences and approaches with Derek Holland.
"We talked about an hour on baseball, on work ethic, demeanor, what it takes to compete and stay at this level," Harrison said. "I will never forget that conversation and will surely miss him being around, and looking over behind the on-deck circle and not seeing him there is going to be tough.
"It's a shame to see him and [Ruth Ryan] go after what they have meant to this organization," Harrison added. "He was a huge reason why we turned things around and went to back-to-back World Series."
Despite not winning either of those World Series and not reaching the playoffs in 2013, the Rangers have turned things around. Pitching is now the organization's strength.
Nolan Ryan has left his imprint.
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Bingung mau download game buat android kalian? 🙂
Mau game yang seru tapi nyari yang gratis?
Nah.. ini dia 10 free games di android yang kami rekomendasiin buat kalian.. 😀
1. Battle Cats
Adorable kitties go wild all over the world!Here's your chance to raise and play with them for free!
Note:Battle Cats is completely free to play, but some items can also be purchased for real money!
****Easy&fun battle system****
Tap any cat you like.
Fire Cat Cannon to support them.
Attack enemy's castle.
****Easy&fun raising system****
Clear stages to get XP.
Tap cat to upgrade the level!
Their form will be changed at level 10.
****Fun things in Battle Cats****
Find treasures all over the world.
Gross,but somehow lovely characters.
Special cats are even cuter!
Easy system and recommended for men and women of all ages!Start your wonderful adventure today!
Presented by PONOS
Game ini bisa dengan mudah didapet di Play Store. Game ini asik banget buat ngabisin waktu kalian.. Ceritanya perang gitulah..
Game ini ga terlalu gampang, juga ga terlalu sulit. PAS banget.
Game bisa didownload di sini.
2. Draw Something Free
Play the Free version of Draw Something, the most popular social drawing and guessing game on Android! Experience for yourself the laugh-out-loud game your friends are raving about! Plus get these special bonuses: ★ 900+ Words to Draw
★ 5 FREE Bombs
Selain ada versi berbayarnya, game ini juga ada versi gratisnya.. 🙂
Yah.. bedanya cuma yang satu no-ads dan yang gratis ada ads (iklan)-nya.
Game tebak-tebakan gambar gitu deh.. Seru buat yang suka ngegambar.
Sayangnya, game ini cuma bisa dimainin kalo ada koneksi internet. Game bisa didownload di sini..
3. 4 Pics 1 Word
★★★★★ Whats the word we are looking for? ★★★★★
Each puzzle contains four pictures that have something in common – what is it?
Find out why everyone loves this game and join the fun now!
No registration, no complicated rules. Just start playing and have fun!
Can you guess all words and unlock all levels? Countless puzzles from easy to tricky are waiting for you!
What's the word? Look at the four pictures, find out what they have in common. Win!
Ada 4 gambar dan kita disuruh untuk nebak 1 kata yang menggambarkan keempat gambar tersebut.
Ada versi Indonesianya juga nih (developernya jelas beda). Cuma aku sih ga begitu suka yang versi Indonesia. Soalnya lelet sih gamenya..
Oh ya, game 4 Pics 1 Word bisa didownload di sini.
4. Icon Pop Quiz
CON POP Quiz challenges players to name famous people, hit movie and TV shows and characters using imaginative, handcrafted visual clues inspired by each answer. The more accurately and quickly you respond, the better the score you'll have to compete against friends worldwide on Game Center! Can you guess all the icons?
Over 1000 original handcrafted icons are waiting to be guessed and figured out. That's right, we drew each and every one and there are more to come!
Everyone solves puzzles differently. In Icon Pop Quiz we offer five different ways for players to get back on track, all available through spending points earned with correct guesses. Pick up some general knowledge about the movie/TV by using "Hint", remove incorrect letters with "Eliminate Keys", or use the "Open Letters" to figure out the right word! If all else fails, players can always "Ask a Friend" on Facebook or Twitter, or "Reveal" the answer with accumulated points as a last resort.
** ICON POP Quiz is an app made for fans by fans. This is an expression of our gratitude to all leaders, heroes, inventors, musicians, athletes, artist, writers, directors, authors, production studios, animators, actresses, and actors that constantly shaping our world and inspire us with their work. BRAVO! **
Game buatan Indonesia nih.. 😀
Jadi, kita disuruh nebak-nebak nama artis, judul film, atau tokoh fiksi gitu..
Gambar pop-artnya juga keren. 🙂
Game bisa didownload di sini.
5. Doors & Rooms
★ Delve into the All New Escape Game ★
Don't question why. Just open the doors and escape!
Simple yet fatally addictive
See through the tricks and find hints for your escape!
Never-ending battle of wits against the developers
Be careful, though: one mistake can cost you everything.
★★ Features ★★
– Various themed backgrounds
– Evolving difficulty levels
– Stage expansion through constant updates
– Superior graphic quality never before seen in the Escape genre
– Free Game Coins are given away at certain intervals
– Intuitive UI and inventory
– Absolutely free to play!
★★★ Tips ★★★
– Don't miss even the slightest detail! Even a scrap of paper can be a hint.
– Obtained items can be examined, dismantled, and compounded for new hints.
– Think outside the box. Sometimes, it pays to follow your gut instinct.
– Use common sense.
– Stay alert and listen. Sometimes, sounds can help you successfully escape.
Join Us……………………………………………
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Website – http://mgameday.com/
Twitter – twitter.com/Gameday_Global
Customer Service Email – firstname.lastname@example.com
Suka game yang bikin orang mikir? Nah.. game ini salah satunya.. 🙂
Oh ya, kalo suka game ini, banyak kok versi yang mirip2: 100 Doors, 100 Rooms, dll..
Doors & Rooms bisa didownload di sini.
6. Drop
This is the game Drop. Test the limits of your reflexes to fall down as far as you can!
Timing and precision is everything. And don't move too slow or it's Game Over!
Jangan sepelein game yang sederhana ini.. Karena game ini lumayan bikin ketagihan juga..
Hape Android Cina? Buat main game sekelas Subway Surfer ga kuat? Main Drop aja..
Setauku, game ini ga bakal nge-lag.. Cuma ya kalo cuma main ini terus bakalan bosen lah..Download di sini.
7. Star Girl
Star Girl puts you in the high heels of an aspiring celebrity who is setting out to build her career as a superstar while having a ton of fun along the way!
You've got the looks, but it takes more than that to be a star! Be it singing, acting or modeling, make sure to strut your stuff in the career of your choice. Work hard to make it to the top, and you might even find yourself on the covers of the most popular fashion and lifestyle magazines! Just remember that first impressions are the most important, so make sure to wear only the trendiest outfits.
Of course, any star needs an active social life, so hang out with your friends and go on dates with the hottest guys in town to find your perfect match. You can even take photos and share them with your Facebook friends!
The sky's the limit for a rising star like you! Show everyone that you've got what it takes to be a Star Girl!
Wide array of fashionable clothes and accessories
Three main career options: singer, actress, model
Earn money by completing various jobs and challenges
Play fun games to earn even more money and one-of-a-kind clothing
Shop til you drop!
Flirt and go on dates to find the guy of your dreams
Start an interactive conversation with the celebrities through Star Chat!
***The game is available in English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean!***
**Please note that while the app is free, please be aware that it contains paid content for real money that can be purchased upon users' wish to enhance their gaming experience. **
All statements or information contained in the responses, replies and/or answers in "Star Girl" are generated and powered by a 3rd party engine (API) and are the sole responsibility of such 3rd party engine (API) and not of Animoca. The fact that a particular statement or information contained in the responses, replies and/or answers is used in "Star Girl" does not mean that Animoca has endorsed that statement or information in any way or verified the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any statement or information. Under no circumstances will Animoca be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from anyone's reliance on statements or information contained in the responses, replies and/or answers in "Star Girl"
Game cewek yang paling bagus menurut saya.. hehe..
Bisa connect facebook juga.Download di sini.
8. Line Play
Over 170 million users using the free calling and messaging app 'LINE'!
Now we are introducing its official avatar service, 'LINE PLAY'!
LINE PLAY is a place where you can create an alter-ego of yourself in the form of an avatar, decorate your own room, swap diary entries and chat amongst friends.
This free communication app has the following main features:
★Picture Perfect Avatar
Simply take a photo of yourself to create an avatar which looks just like you! You can make normal male and female avatars but you can also choose from a wide range of eyes, ears, mouths and noses, as well as tails to create your very own animal avatar!
★Be Creative!
LINE PLAY really gives you the chance to be yourself. Try decorating your room with interior décor as well as loading your avatar with the latest fashion gear. We have a total of more than 1500 items for you to choose from, and we are continually adding new items at a pace of 200 per week!
★ Diary Time!
Use the diary in your room to write your thoughts as well as sharing photos! See what other people comment on your photos and writings. Personalize your diary further by designing it the way you want.
★ Play with LINE characters!
You can find many dolls, hats and other items featuring your favorite LINE characters; Moon, James, Brown, and Cony. You can use these to personalize your avatar and your room even more!
★1 to 1 Avatar Chat
Avatar chat has never been so much fun. Use the action stickers to make your avatar laugh, do back-flips, as well as changing the whole atmosphere of the room! Try it! You'll love it!
★Lounge Chat
If you want to hang out, try visiting the lounge. You can interact with many others and have a conversation about; films, music, sports, travel or just whatever's on your mind. Find people with similar interests as you!
★Get Items with Gems!
Visit your friend's room and clean, water the plants or simply use his bath! By performing such actions you can receive LINE PLAY's virtual money (gems) for free! Save up those gems every day and get those gorgeous items you have been waiting for.
★Link with LINE
Yes! Of course you can play together with your LINE friends. You can even set your avatar as your profile image on LINE! Let's gather all your friends in LINE PLAY!
Selain Line Jelly sama Line Pop, Line juga ada game yang namanya Line Play..
Emang butuh koneksi internet sih.. Tapi game ini asik kok..
Kita bisa ngobrol/chat sama user lain.
Yah.. kayaknya ini game ga bisa disebut game juga.. Soalnya kerjaannya cuma makan, tidur, mandi.. xD
Download aja di sini.
9. Tank Hero
Fast paced 3D tank action on your Android phone. Take out your enemies with cannons, heat seekers, and howitzers. Battle against cunning enemies and become the Tank Hero!
* OpenGL 3D graphics with dynamic lighting and real-time shadows
* 120 levels spanning three unique environments
* Campaign and Survival game modes
* 5 weapons to choose from
* 5 types of AI tanks to fight against
* Support for HD devices and tablets
* Multitouch and trackball control schemes
* OpenFeint achievements and leaderboards
* Background service is used for In-App purchases and is required by the Android Market (see http://developer.android.com/guide/market/billing/index.html)
* Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/tankherogame
* WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is used by OpenFeint
Pernah main Battle City? Nah, game ini mirip2 gitu sama Battle City..Download di sini.
10. Unblock Me
Unblock Me is a simple and addictive puzzle game. The goal is to get the red block out of the board by sliding the other blocks out of the way. Unblock Me comes with 4 difficult levels ranging from Beginner to Expert. There are 4200 puzzles in total, worth hundred hours of playing to keep you challenged.
With 2 game modes, you can challenge yourself in challenge or choose to just lay back and relax while solving your puzzles. In Challenge mode each puzzles has 3 stars to earn, adding its replay value so you can always try to get all 3 star in every puzzle. A ranking system and achievements are also added to keep you even more challenged.
* 4 difficult levels ranging from Beginner to Expert
* 4200 puzzles in total for you to enjoy
* Two game modes, Relax Mode and Challenge Mode
* Ranking system to keep you more challenged
* Keep track of all the puzzles you've cleared
* Hint system that will guide you through the puzzle
* Undo system
* Unlock the achievements
* Hours of enjoy for FREE!
Puzzlenya banyak banget.. Dan bikin kepala pusing juga..
Download here.


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Is faith in God a blind leap into the unknown? Part 23
For many people, this question determines whether they embrace a life with God, or spend their life without Him. Let's tackle this significant question. Perhaps you, or a loved one, are having trouble taking that leap of faith.
Looking for evidence for the reliability of the Christian faith? Part 22
For many people, there's a disconnect between faith and science. They can't seem to place their trust in a God whose existence they cannot logically prove! Faith isn't a blind leap.
Discover the elements that make up a firm belief in the promises of God Part 21
Faith is more than simply saying a prayer or reciting a creed. True faith is trusting God at the core of who you are.
Let's take an insightful look at the life of faith Part 20
For many people, every question has to be answered before they put their trust in Christ. But is that how faith is supposed to happen? Perhaps you grew up thinking you have to have it all together, before you can trust the Lord.
A lively discussion about faith in the goodness of God Part 19
Faith means trusting that God has our best interests in mind, even when we're in the midst of difficult circumstances. Perhaps you're having a hard time seeing past the tough times.
Explore the danger of turning our faith into a performance for others Part 18
Ever feel like you're just going through the motions of faith? Just marking items off your spiritual "to-do list"?
Discover the influence we have on other people's walk with God Part 17
As followers of Christ, we can either build each other up in the faith, or be a stumbling block, tripping each other up.
What it takes to put our hope in the promises of God Part 16
Is putting our trust in God a leap of faith? Or is commitment to following Jesus an act of reason and logic? Let's take an up-close and personal look at faith.
Let's tackle some of these tough issues of faith Part 15
There are times when it feels like the facts of your faith collide with the facts of your life. Maybe you're struggling with some tough questions right now, and can't seem to find the answers. Join us in this faith-building conversation.
The struggle involved when deciding to follow Jesus Part 14
Faith doesn't always come easy. Many people need to see physical proof in order to embrace the Christian faith as their own.
How to embrace the life of faith and keep our eyes on Jesus Part 13
Salvation comes the moment we accept the promises of God. But taking that first step of faith isn't always easy!
Living a life of faith in a world that tries to undermine our beliefs Part 12
When your integrity is on the line, do you crumble? Or do you stand for what you believe?
Faith and God's ultimate promise Part 11
Part of the life of faith is believing that God will follow through on His promises. God has already come through on His ultimate promise to send His Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
An illustration of how faith plays an important part in loving the unlovely Part 10
God calls us to love one another, but it's not always easy! Perhaps there's someone you need to reach out to, but you've been holding back.
How our life goal is the same as the men and women of the Bible; those heroes of the faith Part 9
They killed giants. Survived world-wide floods. Fathered nations! The miraculous exploits of men and women in the Bible often make it difficult to relate to them. While our circumstances may not be the same, our life goal is precisely the same as those heroes of the faith.


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One of the very basic points of 'room correction' is that it's really a three part problem. Both from a measurement and a "music listening" PoV.
You seem to be at home with the math involved, so that base is covered.
I'll just tell you about some of my personal experiences, since starting out with digital direct/reverbant sound correction some ten years ago (my - how time flies....). Split into the three separate points, exkluding the gory innards of the works:
1) Loudspeaker direct sound
This has to be considered the defining base point for everything from here on. Get this wrong, and it doesn't matter what you do in the room-correction - it's still a crappy speaker! I allways do this in a separated step (since the convolutions later on is easily overlayed on to the base point correction) - My reasoning, and my own understanding of this point is that:
Most of the sound from the lower midrange and up is psycho-acoustically dominated by the non-delayed direct radiation sound, the sound arriving at your ears without bouncing off anything - just a straight line through the air between the driver and the ear/mesuring point.
It's very important to "voice" the speaker in this stage, do the intial eq and corrections. I go very easy on the phase corrections, since this has already been partly taken care of in the digital crossover (6x 8192 step FIR convolutions). I seem to prefer a correction with very little pre-ringing present, some small time/amount is ok - but not like in a totally phase linear FFT filter. I have no scientific or other reason for this, it's just something I've gradually have grown to know.
I do this with the impulse average of three 2m distance measurements at (approximately) 0-15-30 degrees. As reflection free as possible - I gate the measurement, and limit the correction amount applied to the region below 300Hz to a very small amount. The correction for the region below 300Hz I get by close-mic measurements, that I multiply in on top of the farfield correction (that should tend towards zero correction below 300Hz). A nice, even frequency response here is just as important as a good room correction. Already after this point, you should notice a very marked improvement of the soundstage, otherwise something is very wrong. The only tricky point here is to do the switch from near-field to far-field correction correctly, and that's more often than not a manual labor (automating say a 12dB/oct correction switchover often leaves a level-difference between the two spliced parts, akin to a "shelf" EQ step - you have to get the curves to mix nicely, with constant sound pressure as a result).
(I'll split this to make it easier to read...) >>>
|29th November 2011, 05:18 AM
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Part 2:
The actual physical placement of the speakers. You just can't get away with doing something stupid here... It's better to get as little NEED for correction as possible. The ways to acheive this are very personal and practical, the do of course vary with application - but please refrain from pointing your speakers straight into a concrete wall or something like that. Avoid early "hard" reflections, try to get a subwoofer region / room interaction that works as well as possible. There's a limit to what levels of correction you can ask from the next stage:
3) The actual room correction!
Since you allready have a well corrected SPEAKER, and a reasonably set up ROOM, the need for correction should be as low as possible.
You should by now allready be playing your measured test signals through the loudspeaker correction convolution (I export the test signals and play them via Foobar+convolution...).
The best measurement signal that I've found is the one you're allready using, the swept sine + deconvolution.
Now, mr Sbagrion's software gets to work again. I usually use a very soft correction setting, very close to the standard "soft" setup with lin.phase response. Since the actual speaker correction is allready made there (should) be very little, if any, pre-ringing in the correction signal. I've never found a "perfect for everything" setting here, even though I've helped quite a few friends to get started by now.
Allways save your base point loudspeaker correction! Don't overwrite & forget - or you'll have to do the near-field measurements all over again...
Convolve the base point impulse with the room correction impulse, and save the result as your intended correction signal...
Then listen to the setup...!
I have some small technical knowledge about the programming and the math works behind it, but I am in no way any kind of expert in the area. But if you have any specific questions, feel free to ask. I just can't promise to be able to help you...
|5th December 2011, 11:40 AM
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Almost only OTS software, the only part that I've not assembled from existing parts is a slight rewrite of the sliding window filter in the room-correction (I use less of the direct signal, and concentrate on the room reverbation).
When I started out with DRC, I got the same first impression as you. It did sound like crap, most of the time. I guess the "big thing" is to find a solution, a general recipy, that improves everything slightly - without being to intrusive on the original signal. AND to have reasonably good speakers and a good setup as a starting point.
|5th December 2011, 06:30 PM
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So how do you blend the near and far field speaker correction? Is this a case of mixing (you mention multiplying - is this in the time domain, or convolution?) two wav files, maybe having aligned the phase in the overlapping frequency regions 'by eye'?
I maybe did get a half reasonable correction last week when I measured the IR with a 2 minute sweep on each speaker and used the DRC 'normal' setup. Although I wouldn't leave it on all the time, it didn't offend me, and seemed to improve the 'separation' both between left and right channels, and also 'within the mix'. And I seemed to get deeper, clearer bass notes that really stood out on a couple of tracks. The problems, if there were any, were a cut in the top end brightness (maybe it's now flat!), and a hint of 'smearing' (pre-echo) at the start of certain sounds.
And there's another factor that I'd very much like your opinion on: my understanding of the way room correction works, is that when performing time domain correction, in essence the FIR filter is effectively following the 'dry' signal with a delayed version which cancels out echoes and reverberation. I'm wondering if there is a subtle problem-ette from this in that while the audio that reaches your ears is corrected, there is also a path through the floor which you feel in your feet, or posterior (if sitting down!). Is it possible that the correction may actually increase the vibration level you feel while reducing the audio level you hear, giving rise to a strange sensation of loud music being made quieter?
|6th December 2011, 10:23 AM
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I blend by convolution. That's the rewrite, I make the initial pulse of the measured room response converge into a perfect 1-frame pulse to make the room-correction "let the speaker do its' thing".
The main problem with a "one-step" room correction is that you don't separate the integrated frequency response from the time-response - and they are not entirely dependent on each other. The "room response" sum with a long integration window does not have to be "flat" in any way to make the sound of the speaker balanced. The main coherency and "integrity" of the music/signal comes from direct radiation.
So the ideal is to have a good, flat frequency response within a ( 2/f + 10 ) ms time window - this is where you have the "speaker sound". The "reverbation" or "room response" after this initial pulse should not count very heavily towards frequency response correction, it just has to be dampened.
Basically - the frequency response of the system, in-room, does not have to be flat. It doesn't matter.
If you DO push a correction system into making the (long t) gated room response "flat", then you have probably made the speaker direct sound misbehave. You take a (maybe) perfectly ok speaker, and make it pre-compensate for errors that will happen LATER in the reverbation - to make the sum flat. Psycho-acoustically this is not a very good behaviour, and can make the sound very "wrong" even though general impression is that the sound is "balanced".
The FIR/convolution approach to room correction is just as you say depending on a cancellation effect, and this is also why stronger correction means more "hot-spot" sensitivity. Also because of this I prefer to adjust the ROOM for a good response in the 400-500Hz+ region, and limit the correction to the lower frequecies (that have less directivity and phase sensitivity as compared to real distance relations between origin/receiver).
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March 2014 | The MARKETING Issue
Law Offices: How to Do Relocation Right
By Howard Ecker
The law office style that was prevalent many decades ago is no longer relevant. Gone are the days of large law libraries, mountains of paper files, and an assistant for each attorney. Recent technological advances are going to take this even further, as firms transform older, inefficient offices to well-planned work environments, or move to new space.
Firms that are doing it right —whether large or small, global or local—not only lock in efficient space at economic terms that work for their business, but also create work environments that reflect their culture, ethos, and values. As a result, they can work more productively and retain and recruit attorneys more effectively.
So how can you maximize the benefits of relocation, but minimize the costs? How can your office serve as a recruiting tool for new hires and clients? From my 40+ years in the commercial real estate business, I know how to create office space that positions a firm properly for the future, culturally and, more importantly, economically.
Here are some of the most important questions you need to be asking:
1. Do I really need to move?
2. Am I spending too much money?
Traditionally, after moving into the newest "Class A" space, law firms have built out spectacular Architectural Digest-style environments with high-end finishes and custom built-ins. Besides the obvious financial impact and increased operating or capital expense, this tactic may turn off a client. One of my clients told me the story of visiting his law firm's new offices. He fired the firm on the spot as he assumed the firm's billing rates increased to cover the overhead of the firm's accoutrements of wealth.
Another important issue for firms to consider is the financial security or guarantees a landlord will ask the firm to post to securitize the lease. For a partnership, this is an important issue that is often overlooked until the eleventh hour of lease negotiations. Landlords look for a larger security deposit the larger the rental obligation and the larger the capital costs are associated with the lease.
3. Am I following old traditions that no longer apply to the modern workplace?
Law firms across the country are shrinking their per-attorney footprint and shedding unnecessary spaces like libraries and large file rooms. They are making individual offices smaller (and often embracing one, standard size office) by pulling the small conference tables out of individual offices and converting that saved square footage into dedicated conference rooms that can be utilized by the entire firm. The standard size offices, especially when they are the same size as the small conference rooms, provide for more flexibility and allow the firm to use office space more efficiently.
4. What about risk?
So how do you mitigate these risks in your new office lease?
Before you sign your lease, you must clearly understand your ability (or lack thereof) to expand or contract your space over the course of that lease. This is especially important if you are considering a long term—5 or even 10 year—lease.
These days, a law firm may experience rapid growth, or conversely, a sharp decline in partners or loss of a practice group. In this case, you will need more or less space almost immediately, even if your lease has not ended.
In negotiations, push to have as much lease flexibility as you can—with layers of options to expand, contract, and terminate. In many instances, landlords are initially resistant to providing these rights, but firms should push for these options and even be willing to pay a premium for this added flexibility.
5. Is the location staff friendly?
For this reason, seek to find an office location that is convenient for your attorneys and staff—and not just convenient for partners.
Remember, too, that convenience is about more than just commute times. Firms are placing more importance on work-life balance as one of their core values. These firms are focusing on locations close amenities and services such as restaurants, day care, fitness centers, bike rooms, and even pet friendly environments.
6. Am I taking my clients into consideration?
7. Does my advisor have a conflict of interest?
How do you know if your broker has a potential conflict? Ask him or her if their company also represents the building landlord in this or other transactions. Even if they say they keep a "wall" between their tenant and landlord representation divisions, they ultimately may not have your best interest at heart. Your clients wouldn't allow you to represents both sides of a negotiation, so why would you pick a brokerage firm that does.
With the proper planning and strategy, and a careful balance of economics and culture, your new office space can infuse the firm with newfound energy and enthusiasm. Better yet, it can improve the performance of all of your employees and, ultimately, your bottom line.
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- August 29, 2013
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An Epic Story Driven Action Puzzle Adventure Game. Play the role of the accidental savior named Lurk in this epic story driven adventure. An adventure game like no other on Android. Take your time and explore the environment for clues to puzzles. Zoom in to detailed areas to find secrets that allow you to progress in the game. An adventure full of mystery, obstacles, enemies, stories, battles, puzzles, fun and comedy. Ceghran, The Dread King, has constructed a dungeon kingdom to house his lords, accumulate souls, create magical artifacts and form dreadful legions. Ceghran has his lords collecting souls to reconstruct his being. If Ceghran is successful in becoming whole, the world will be in anguish. It's now up to you to stop Ceghran and his Lords from causing mayhem across the realm. Complete with Built-Out 3D environments. Easy to Control, 24 Custom Music Soundtracks, Over 150 Voiceovers and Sound FX, Graphic Intensive - Artwork, Puzzles, Coin Collection, Random Loot, Random Puzzles, Random Stories, Random Spawns, RPG Style, Progressive Elements.
Realy good It gave some bugs...but is ok You should work on character voice..in fact..all voices....i bearly understend what they say.you should adjuts the text color too.And frmom my opinion the health should be somewere on top. otherwise is pretty good. Not worth 5 stars, but you get it for the effort.
Awful! This would not be so terrible if the world wasn't constantly spinning on its own. I want to play a game that doesn't make me want to vomit.
Horrible The control is eradic,the spinning World is nausiating. Theres no action butrón you have to zoom in on things and stand over certain spots before either you get an unclear text or a ear piercing piece of "voice acting" spead up to chipmunk level that is unintelligable. If you do make out what is said it is unhelpfull and I guess supposed to be humurous. But its not. AND THIS IS THE FREE VERSION THATS SUPPOSED TO CONVINCE YOU TO BUY THE FULL VERSION. Like the graphics,like the story, but it needs Alot ofwork
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Archive for Thursday, December 21, 2000
Community adapts to extreme weather
DeSoto area residents are adapting to an outbreak of extreme weather conditions that have been largely absent during recent years.
The DeSoto school board has adopted a snow bus route policy after the district was forced to cancel school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
Jack Deyoe, district transportation director, told the DeSoto school board Monday those cancellations consumed half of the district's snow days for the 2000-2001 school year. With predictions for a bad winter, that doesn't leave the district in a comfortable position, he said.
To provide a bigger cushion without compromising safety, Deyoe suggested a snow route policy for seven of the district's 19 bus routes. On snow days, buses would run designated shorter routes and avoid problem areas, Deyoe said.
Parents of students on the affected routes will be notified of the policy and provided with maps showing the snow routes. Snow route days will be announced on radio and TV stations, Deyoe said. Where possible, parents could then drive their children to meet the buses, he said.
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If the policy had been in place last week, the district could have opened schools last Tuesday, Deyoe said.
The roads that would not be serviced on snow days are mostly gravel and in the southern part of the district, northwest of DeSoto near the river, on Edgerton and Evening Star roads and select streets in Shawnee and Lenexa, Deyoe said. The policy will not affect students living within a two-mile radius of their schools who must pay for bus service, he said.
The city of Desoto is asking residents to park their vehicles off the street when city crews are removing snow. That not only allows the city to remove snow to the curb, but it prevents vehicles from becoming blocked by piles of snow left by city plows, said city street supervisor Michael Ash.
"It's really better for them and us if they can park off the street," he said.
Ash also reminds residents it is their responsibility to clear off sidewalks in front of their residences and businesses.
Sgt. Steve Jensen of the Kansas Highway Patrol said many metropolitan area drivers have been slow to adapt to extreme conditions.
"People don't change their driving habits when on snow and ice," he said. "I see people eating their food, drink coffee and talking on cell phones. You can't do that on icy roads. Driving in those conditions requires your complete concentration."
Television reports last Friday that he Highway Patrol closed Kansas Highway 10 from Interstate 435 to DeSoto were false, he said.
"We closed lanes from time to time so wreckers could remove vehicles from ditches or the median, but we never closed any stretch of the highway," he said. "It never snowed anywhere near enough to cause us to close the highway."
There hasn't been a fatality accident attributed to the icy conditions despite numerous accidents on Johnson County highways, Jensen said.
A man injured on Interstate 635 remains in serious condition. Jensen said the man left his car after an accident and started walking toward a state trooper. Another car rear ended the trooper's cruiser, which then ran over the pedestrian.
"The best thing to do is stay in your car and remain buckled up if you have an accident on a busy highway," he said. "That's what our troopers do when they're on the scene. They buckle up knowing they are probably going to get hit."
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With the arrival of Ricky Williams, Avery apparently has lost his job as the starting tailback.
While Avery has been affected by the arrival of Williams and is not talking to the media, the often-injured veteran is showing his professionalism by working hard on every play and looking the best he has since joining the team in 2004.
And the team is behind him.
"Our decision is that John Avery is an Argo for as long as John Avery wants to be an Argo," said team co-owner David Cynamon, who spoke to Avery yesterday. "This is a unique situation. This does not show (negatively) on John and the way we feel about John whatsoever. We want John here. Ricky Williams is here for one year.
"John Avery is the future. Unless John begged us for another situation, we have no interest in moving John Avery. We also love him as a player and a person."
Daniel Harrison, 17, and his twin brother David attended Argos practice to see Williams. Both brothers were wearing Miami Dolphins jerseys with No. 34 and Williams' name on the back.
"He's a Dolphins fan. I'm interested in Ricky," David said.
The two brothers attended some Argos games last year but plan to attend more this year because of Williams, who they feel adds marquee value.
"First of all, it's great for the Canadian Football League," David said. "In terms of visibility, you've got a lot of people here that wouldn't be here. Just to see an established NFL star in a different environment is good for football fans all over."
To coincide with Williams' first practice and the presence of 833 school children as part of the Argos' connection to the community, the team has added security for crowd control and safety purposes.
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The longlist for the 2012 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was announced earlier today, and is made up of 147 titles, the full list of which you can find here.
It's a pretty decent, if wide-ranging, group of books, which includes everything from Paul Auster's latest to Sofi Oksanen's Purge to our own Private Lives of Trees by Alejandro Zambra to fricking Freedom. In glancing through this, it's difficult to figure out which recent books aren't on the list.
But I think that's sort of the point at this stage: to provide library patrons and general readers with a list of titles that covers most every interest and aesthetic. You want sci-fi? Try China Mieville's Kraken. Scandinavian thriller? How about Nesbo's The Snowman. From a librarian perspective, this sort of makes sense, and provides a solid list for putting together a decent "new titles" shelf.
Personally, I'm too distracted by the continued ugliness of their website to give this as much attention as it might deserve. There are a good number of books on this list that I haven't heard of, but I'll be damned if I click through to see what they're about. I know I've been relatively quiet about shitty website design as of late,
mainly since some people can't take a joke, but how hard is it to use the same color scheme and template across a handful of pages? The home page, News page, and list of titles all employ different looks and menus and colors. And this page looks like a seven-year-old's first attempt at learning HTML. (Note the changing font-sizes. Classic.)
Websites don't have to be overly flashy to be effective, but seeing that this is one of the richest literary prizes in the world, you'd think they'd drop $10K into putting together a site that doesn't suck. End rant.
I am looking forward to seeing the shortlist (which will be announced in April 2012), especially since Dubravka Ugresic is one of judges . . . I have a feeling that list will be a pretty cool collection of titles. And a lot easier to process than this overwhelming list of books written by people about things.
As announced yesterday, Michael Thomas has won this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel Man Gone Down (Grove).
Here's the description from the Grove website:
A beautifully written, insightful, and devastating first novel, Man Gone Down is about a young black father of three in a biracial marriage trying to claim a piece of the American Dream he has bargained on since youth.
On the eve of the unnamed narrator's thirty-fifth birthday, he finds himself broke, estranged from his white Boston Brahmin wife and three children, and living in the bedroom of a friend's six-year-old child. He has four days to come up with the money to keep his family afloat, four days to try to make some sense of his life. He's been getting by working
construction jobs though he's known on the streets as "the professor," as he was expected to make something out of his life.
Alternating between his past—as a child in inner-city Boston, he was bussed to the suburbs as part of the doomed attempts at integration in the 1970s—and the present in New York City where he is trying mightily to keep his children in private schools, we learn of his mother's abuses, his father's abandonment, raging alcoholism, and the best and worst intentions of a supposedly integrated America.
This is an extraordinary debut. It is a story of the American Dream gone awry, about what it's like to feel preprogrammed to fail in life—and the urge to escape that sentence.
And from the jury:
"We never know his name. But the African-American protagonist of Michael Thomas' masterful debut, Man Gone Down, will stay with readers for a long time. He lingers because this extraordinary novel comes to us from a writer of enthralling voice and startling insight. Tuned urgently to the way we live now, the winner of the International Dublin IMPAC Prize 2009 is a novel brilliant in its scope and energy, and deeply moving in its human warmth."
The IMPAC is one of the richest literary awards in the world—Thomas will receive €100,000—and has brought a good deal of success and attention to recent winners, which include Per Petterson's Out Stealing Horses, Rawi Hage's De Niro's Game, and Colm Tóibín's The Master.
"The world's richest literary award" was given out yesterday to the Lebanese-Canadian writer Rawi Hage for De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage.
From The Guardian:
De Niro's Game is set during the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s, its title alluding to the Russian roulette which features in the celebrated Vietnam film drama. In Hage's novel, the private lives and morals of two young friends are pushed badly out of shape by the relentless stresses and brutality of the conflict raging around them. The judges' citation, delivered at a ceremony in Dublin's City Hall earlier, praised De Niro's Game for its "originality, its power, its lyricism, as well as its humane appeal . . . the work of a major literary talent."
I doubt this title will blow up the way Out Stealing Horses did, but this should bring a lot of attention to Hage, who sounds like a very interesting writer.
To follow up on last night's brief post about the IMPAC Shortlist, be sure to check out the coverage at The Millions to find links to reviews of the books and/or interviews with the authors. (I wanted to do something similar, but this post is better than anything I would've come up with.)
Mario Benedetti (1920-2009), Uruguay's most beloved writer, was a man who loved to bend the rules. He gave his haikus as many syllables as fit his mood, and wrote a play divided into sections instead of acts. In his country,. . .
Kim Kyung Ju's I Am a Season That Does Not Exist in the World, translated from the Korean by Jake Levine, is a wonderful absurdist poetry collection. It's a mix of verse and prose poems, or even poems in the. . .
Yuri Herrera is overwhelming in the way that he sucks readers into his worlds, transporting them to a borderland that is at once mythical in its construction and powerfully recognizable as a reflection of its modern-day counterpart. Kingdom Cons, originally. . .
Imagine reading a work that suddenly and very accurately calls out you, the reader, for not providing your full attention to the act of reading. Imagine how embarrassing it is when you, the reader, believe that you are engrossed in. . .
Leila Guerriero's A Simple Story: The Last Malambo chronicles the unique ferocity of a national dance competition in Argentina. The dance, called the malambo, pushes the physical and mental limits of male competitors striving to become champions of not only. . .
Aira continues to surprise and delight in his latest release from New Directions, which collects two novellas: the first, The Little Buddhist Monk, a fairly recent work from 2005, and The Proof, an earlier work from 1989. There are a. . .
The narrator of Peter Stamm's first novel, Agnes, originally published in 1998 and now available in the U.S. in an able translation by Michael Hofmann, is a young Swiss writer who has come to Chicago to research a book on. . .


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Nice…like my fellow Teabagger (see facebook) Brian Hill I got this as a sample. Honestly didn't know of the mint before I first tried it, so, taken back as it wasn't what I was looking for.
However, this morning needed something to debunk the breakfast burrito I unwisely choose to consume and this was excellent. Not sure it has "staying power" as something I'd want to put into my regular rotation. But, as a situational choice for a freshener…it's very pleasant and has little to no after taste, which you'd expect.


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At 46 miles per gallon, you can drive this investment to the bank
According to the trip meter on our 2003 Prius, my wife and I have covered the last 2,200 miles at an average of 46.1 miles per gallon. That's pretty typical of the mileage we've enjoyed since buying the car five years and 62,800 miles ago.
Back then we wanted to accomplish two things. We didn't want to be a major part of the increasing Dallas air pollution. And we wanted to declare our personal energy policy of importing less.
Don't get me wrong. We're not tree huggers. We just think health and survival are great motivation for change.
The Prius we bought was the funny-looking one, not the sleek 2004 model that has become so popular.
When I first wrote about the car, many readers sent "yes, but" notes.
Yes, but what about the expense of the battery?
Yes, but what about the premium you pay for the car - will you ever recover it?
We were willing to take a chance on the battery. And at its delivered price of $20,055, we didn't see that we were paying a big premium over other small cars. We also put a value on the fact that it was quieter than most small cars, that its continuous variable transmission was smoother, and that it had climate-control air conditioning not usually found on $20,000 cars.
When we bought it, our expectation was that it would cut our gasoline consumption by about 500 gallons a year, saving us $750 a year based on the $1.50-a-gallon price of gasoline at the time. (Those were the good old days!) If gasoline prices rose to $2 a gallon, as many expected, we might save $1,000 a year.
Figuring $3.20 a gallon - well below the current national average price of $3.63 - the Prius is saving us more than $1,600 a year of after-tax income.
It's interesting to look at that savings in terms of what you'd have to invest to enjoy the same income. An investor in the 25 percent tax bracket buying a 10-year Treasury obligation, recently yielding 3.76 percent, would have to invest $56,738 to get the same net cash benefit. At the end of the 10 years, if inflation averaged 4 percent, his original investment would have lost about a third of its purchasing power, providing more depreciation than income. And he wouldn't have had transportation.
We figure, by the way, that we saved the $3,500 cost of a replacement battery in the first 30 months or so of driving. The battery, like the rest of the car, is doing fine. So a big "yes, but" question is behind us.
The Prius, over the same 10-year period, will depreciate more than a Treasury obligation - probably about 70 percent - but it will also have provided transportation. According to autotrader.com the recent average offering price of the 49 used 2003 Priuses for sale in the entire country was $14,309. The NADA value for a clean retail car is $13,600. That's dirt cheap for five-year depreciation.
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text: Get Your Guts In Gear changed my life. It makes an impact in so many ways. By fundraising, IBD and Ostomy organizations benefit- and not just CCFA- it is a mix of bigger and smaller organizations, all of whom are helping others with IBD. The ride itself is really empowering. Riding 2 days through hilly upstate New York is something to be proud of, and doing it with a chronic illness just makes it that much tougher, and truly an accomplishment. Both of these are amazing, but GYGIG adds another element- support. The friends I have met on this ride are friends for life. They have been supportive and understanding through so many things, IBD related or just life related. A variety of interesting people come together through the commonality of IBD and for a weekend, are a family. There is something special about the openness on the ride, also. It seems that everyone is welcome, and people are excited to meet the newbies each year, and grow this amazing family and have others join in this unique experience. If I hadn't gone to GYGIG that first time I did, I think I would still be angry and lonely about my disease.


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Kosher meals are available for delivery to virtually every hotel in Sochi. The Jewish Community Center has kosher products for sale available.
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text: Friends of Sheba Medical Center (FSMC) is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California. Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer is the largest hospital in Israel and the entire Middle East. FSMC is dedicated to raising awareness and philanthropic support for Sheba Medical Center's compassionate clinical care, cutting edge research and comprehensive educational training. To learn more please visit: http://www.friendsofsheba.org/


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Question: Some of our employees punch in 30 minutes before their shifts are scheduled to begin, and by doing so, they're racking up overtime. They've been told many times not to do this, but they don't listen. Do we have to pay them for the time after they clock in but before their shifts begin?
Answer: It depends. The rule is that you don't need to pay nonexempts if they're not working, regardless of whether they're clocked in. For example, employees who clock in 30 minutes early and eat breakfast don't need to be paid for that time. But you must make sure they're not working.
Caveat: Working time can be interpreted broadly to include the time employees spend getting supplies, powering up computers or going through email or voice mail.


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The library also publishes the Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter, an independent publication
started by Robert Perkins in 1978. Issues are produced twice a year and include articles on subjects of interest to Kierkegaard studies and book reviews of recent Kierkegaard-related publications.
The newsletter is now produced only in an electronic format and may be downloaded (pdf). Announcements of new issues are sent to subscribers via email. Printed copies will be mailed upon special request. Current and past issues are posted on our website.
For information on contributions, contact Gordon Marino.
The translation and publication of Kierkegaard's Writings by Howard and Edna Hong was centered in the Library for a number of years. This effort was completed in May of 2000 with the publication of Cumulative Index to Kierkegaard's Writings, volume XXVI. To obtain copies of Kiekegaard's Writings, please contact the St. Olaf Bookstore or Princeton .
The Reed: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Existentialism "tries to include various takes on Existentialism (creative writing, literary criticism, visual art, psychological analysis, philosophical and religious discourse) while maintaining a cohesive and intellectual tone."
If you are an undergraduate interested in submitting a work for publication to The Reed, please send an email attachment to email@example.com. Submissions of writing or artwork from students at any undergraduate institution are welcome.
The library is continually adding publications to the collection. We encourage the donation of books and articles on Kierkegaard and related thinkers to add to our collections and to share with other libraries and scholars. Gifts are so indicated with a special donor bookplate. View a list of the most recent acquisitions.


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All four quarter-finals of the Tetley's Challenge Cup will be televised live for the first time in the competition's 118-year history and played on four consecutive days.
Sky Sports will kick off the action on Thursday, June 5, by screening a repeat of the 1937 final between Widnes and Keighley and 24 hours later will show favourites Leeds in action against Leigh in a tie that brings together the leaders of the Super League and Championship.
The stand-out tie between holders Wigan and Castleford will be shown on BBC1 on Saturday, June 7, while the following day the Bradford v Warrington tie will be on BBC2.


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Got lyrics?
I've listened to quite a few of your songs and they all sound equally great. The only thing I'm missing is vocals. It doesn't have to be a long intricate lyric exercise, just a little something to grab on to and sing along with.
Also, I like the ska part you made, it contrasts nicely with the rest of the song.
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Lead and rhythm were played and synced great, and they flow perfectly.
The effects like the bells, or harmonics, or whatever those sounds are, are awesome and add a nice spice to the song.
The drums sound great and I LOVE what you did with the snare.
The fills are brilliant too.
I love that main build and the beautiful Ska/Reggae sounding chorus. Then after that chorus you did the exact opposite with a brutal, heavy, chunky breakdown with awesome riffing. But you made it flow and come together so amazingly.
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Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics have submitted comments to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) on its implementation of provisions of the Virginia Electric Utility Restructuring Act (the Act), which requires incumbent electric utilities to (1) join or establish regional transmission entities (RTE) by January 1, 2001, and (2) seek authorization from the SCC to transfer their transmission assets to such RTEs. The FTC has a longstanding interest in regulation and competition in energy markets, and has submitted comments about competition and consumer protection issues to various federal and state agencies.
Commission staff noted that the SCC is using the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) recently issued Order No. 2000 as a starting point for the essential characteristics and functions of an acceptable RTE, and then identifies additional requirements that an RTE operating in Virginia must meet and perform. The additional requirements concern reliability practices, pricing and access policies, independent governance, consistency with FERC policy and fair competition to the transferor.
According to the comment, there exists the potential for additional state RTE requirements, beyond FERC's minimum, to vary or even be inconsistent, and thus "have the unintended consequence of frustrating the efficient formation of multi-state RTEs." The staff comment advised that the SCC may wish to consider delaying adoption of these additional requirements to see whether FERC's minimum requirements work. If, after a period of review, FERC's standards are insufficient to meet the SCC's concerns, the SCC could then enact the additional provisions.
The staff comment does, however, offer three specific suggestions regarding the SCC's proposed requirements as to reliability practices and pricing and access standards, if the SCC decides to supplement FERC's requirements for RTEs:
- Where feasible, an RTE should encourage market approaches -- meaning transmission customers should receive pricing that reflects the consequences of their transmission usage decisions -- to the operation of the transmission grid;
- The SCC may wish to require that the RTE analyze existing market power as part of its market-monitoring responsibilities; and
- The SCC should permit market power information developed by the RTE to be shared with federal antitrust authorities and the state attorneys general, in addition to "reliability councils or committees, potential market entrants, consumers, the FERC and state regulatory commissions," noted in its proposed rules.
The Commission vote to approve the staff comment was 5-0.
NOTE: The comment represents the views of staff members of the FTC's Bureau of Economics and not necessarily the views of the Commission or any individual Commissioner.
Copies of the comment are available from the FTC's web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC's Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580; 877-FTC-HELP (877-382-4357); TDD for the hearing impaired 1-866-653-4261. To find out the latest news as it is announced, call the FTC NewsPhone recording at 202-326-2710.
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Neil Marshall's "Doomsday" is one of those movies at the top of my "must-see" list, even though I haven't exactly heard great things about it. But what the hell, it has three of my favorite movie things: a post-apocalyptic plot, crazy mad max style grungy action, and Rhona Mitra kicking everyone's ass in a tight black top. I mean, come on, what more can you ask for? How about more images from the movie.
A lethal virus spreads throughout a major country and kills hundreds of thousands. To contain the newly identified Reaper, the authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The literal walling-off works for three decades–until Reaper violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair, is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.
Starring Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, Adrian Lester, Sean Pertwee, and directed by Neil Marshall.
Doomsday arrives on March 14th, 2008.


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POLICE are hunting arsonists after a string of attacks in a Southampton community.
Residents were evacuated from their homes in Bitterne when a fire spread through two ground floor flats in the early hours of yesterday morning.
A resident was sleeping at the Hood Road flats when the fire broke out and managed to escape after the smoke alarm sounded.
Flames were then seen billowing from a van parked less than half a mile away, damaging a vehicle next to it.
Robert Warner had spent a fortnight renovating his new flat at Hood Road and was due to move in yesterday but found it had been damaged in the arson attack.
His neighbour, described by residents as a man in his 40s, escaped from the blaze after being woken by his fire alarm when the fire started between 2.20am and 2.40am.
Mr Warner told the Daily Echo: "I had got the flat looking superb. Then I walked up here and saw it was taped off. I couldn't believe it."
Dad-of-two Michael Culwick, of Nomad Close, was woken by his neighbours at about 3.30am when the fire broke out in his company van parked on nearby Edelvale Road.
The blaze spread to dad-of-three Chris Berghauzen's Renault Trafic van which was parked in front.
The 48-year-old builder, of Nomad Close, bought the van six months ago to use for work after his last one was damaged by the winter floods.
Officers have confirmed they are linking the weekend's incidents. Last night forensic teams continued to scour the area whilst a team of ten officers carried out door to door enquiries.
Det Sgt Will Whale, the officer in charge of the case, said it was too early to say whether the properties were deliberately targeted or whether they were random attacks.
"On this occasion nobody was injured, but this could have been much more serious. I would ask any members of the public who saw or heard anything at either of these locations to contact Bitterne CID on 101 as soon as possible."