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#1 2011-06-23 09:30:54
Facebook and I
I've been talking about Facebook in some other threads, and so I feel compelled to explain my relationship with it in case anyone gets the impression I'm a FB fb. :)
I don't really use it for connecting to people. I rarely post anything to my own wall or to the content of anybody I am connected to, including family. And yes, I hate FB's aggressiveness on sharing, and its overly complicated preferences UX.
I originally created the account (about 3yrs ago) because it was my responsibility at the time to admin a group, and that, in my opinion, is a decent reason to have a FB account. In fact, I think if a person is representing a brand (regardless of what kind), they would be amiss to not make FB part of that effort, at least as long as FB is a major player in the marketing game. Having a decent use strategy is key too, of course.
Since creating my account, I've had the pleasure of meeting FB's first Content Strategist (a lovely person who has nothing to do with FB's security policies). I'll be seeing her again and meeting another FB Content Strategist in September in London. (I think FB now has 4 or 5 content strategists working there, including Tiffany Jones who used to be with Blue Flavor and Things That are Brown in Seattle).
So while FB is not my preferred tool, I might use it more if I had a good reason, and for me that's groups.
Enter Textpattern.
I will make an effort to check into the Textpattern FB Group more often. Don't take it personal if you request to "friend" me and I don't accept. That's not really why I'm there. But I will interact on the Txp FB wall, discussions, etc.
Voilà !
While I'm on the subject, anyone have any FB pages, groups, communities, etc they want to share that are relevant to our digital interests?
Here's one. :)
#2 2011-06-25 18:32:50
Re: Facebook and I
Since posting here last, I've managed to find myself as an admin for the Txp FB Group, and there's already some good discussions taking place in there, like this one. People freely saying what they don't like about Txp. Most are subjective, of course, and I'm trying to counter with reason.
What is clear, is that the people talking in the Txp FB group are not the same people who do all the talking here, and that's kind of refreshing, actually. But it's also why I've been singing that this community needs to get out of the silo more often. I invite you to come over to Facebook and help me talk with naysayers with polite reason. :)
#3 2011-06-26 05:39:46
- colak
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Re: Facebook and I
Is there a way to open the discussion for viewing to non facebook members?
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#4 2011-06-26 06:43:15
- jstubbs
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Re: Facebook and I
colak wrote:
Is there a way to open the discussion for viewing to non facebook members?
Someone like me!
#5 2011-06-26 13:53:44
- michaelkpate
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Re: Facebook and I
colak wrote:
Is there a way to open the discussion for viewing to non facebook members?
I know any easy way: Join Facebook. I am willing to go out on a limb and say it doesn't hurt a bit.
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#6 2011-06-26 16:43:06
- colak
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Re: Facebook and I
Joining it is like adding another thing to a pretty full plate. Not for me, not now:)
There are pages in facebook which can be visited by anyone. Couldn't the txp discussion there use similar options?
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#7 2011-06-26 17:28:27
Re: Facebook and I
I have the group set as "Open" already, which is the least restricted I can seem to do, even as admin. If there's something I'm missing, I'm not sure what it is.
#8 2011-06-26 17:36:45
Re: Facebook and I
colak wrote:
There are pages in facebook which can be visited by anyone.
It looks like FB has made a lot of changes. Even when logged into FB, I don't see anywhere to comment on the Textpattern Page. By contrast, the group provides discussions, events, photo albums, documents, and one or two other things if I recall. So I guess the idea is that you don't get everything for free (i.e., without an account).
But in any case, it's not about every person being everywhere, it's about Txp having (updated/maintained) representation in different places, and we're doing that now in FB. :)
All is welcome.
#9 2011-06-29 17:26:06
- datorhaexa
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Re: Facebook and I
Not a FB user since last year.. sometime, when I closed my account. If there is one aspect that is a contradiction in a way, that's FB and "open discussions". Ironically, what looks a way more open "network" is Disqus, as it spreads throughout sites and gives choice of login. I've been using Diaspora for some time now (out of curiosity and because I like the thought behind it) but even this requires a new registration and people have a whole bunch by now. Glad that TXP is represented on FB but I'm also sad it's behind a wall.
#10 2011-06-29 17:37:20
- hcgtv
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Re: Facebook and I
colak wrote:
Joining it is like adding another thing to a pretty full plate. Not for me, not now:)
My feelings also, I'm not about to join Facebook anytime soon or ever.
Walled in communities, like AOL in the past, are against the spirit of an open web. This forum is readable by anyone, it only requires you to create an account if you choose to participate.
Facebook is a great marketing tool, but who are we attracting, and when they get here, what do we do with them?
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The telecommunications sector in the Bahamas is on the brink of a major transformation. BTC was the sole telecommunications provider for many decades. However, within the past decade that monopoly has been systematically dismantled. It began with internet service, then landline and in April of 2014 the final pillar, mobile will become liberalized putting an end to BTC's monopoly. In anticipation of the expected competition in the mobile space and to respond to competition in other areas, BTC has been undergoing major transformation as well. The company has been working to upgrade its network, improve customer service, streamline its expenses and create an environment that can readily respond to full on competition.
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Entries are now being accepted for the Betty Griffin House 2010 "Day Without Violence" Calendar Art and Poetry Project. Deadline is April 17.
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Spread Eagle burst upon the scene playing a brand of rock that flowed straight from the N.Y.C. gutter. When Paul DiBartolo (guitar), Rob De Luca (bass), and Tommi Gallo (drums) moved to the City and met up with Ray West (vocals), a new ROCK attitude was instantly born.
While rehearsing/writing in a dingy East Village basement for their first gig, rumours began leaking out to the record industry. The group was quickly snatched up and signed to MCA/Universal Records, then sent straight into the legendary Record Plant studios. Additional tunes for the debut album had to be written while recording was taking place. The self-titled debut was produced by Charlie Gambetta and featured wailing vocals and razor sharp guitar, demonstrated through songs such as "Switchblade Serenade", "Scratch Like A Cat" and "Broken City". The honesty of Spread Eagle's debut release quickly gained the band worldwide critical acclaim and propelled them to the forefront of the genre. That debut album was recently voted as one of the top 20 glam albums of all time (along with Guns N Roses, Motley Crue, Hanoi Rocks and Skid Row):
http://www.uberrock.co.uk/features/84-september-features/3025-uber-rocks-top-20-glam-albums-of-all-time.html Although most people thought of the band as Streetmetal, not Glam, they appreciate any mention of influence.
Four years later, after the release and touring of their second MCA/Universal album "Open To The Public" (also produced by Gambetta), the band took a break and went about their own personal projects.
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"An abundance of Information"
Lots a good advice from pros in the realm of CRE. The information in more than practical.
"melodramatic narrator"
the book has good content. the melodrama was so thick that the narrator reminded me of a Dudley Do-Right cartoon. I felt like I was listening to Snidely Whiplash. otherwise it's a really good book
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Filet Mignon
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When I get to the Gold Star restaurant in Worcester, Massachusetts, I generally sit at the counter. I order and watch as one of 3 or 4 guys makes up my meal. There are also a bunch of booths. It figured that that the guys behind the counter made the food for them too.
I recently went with my wife and youngest (adult) daughter. We sat in a booth, and eventually the question of a rest room came up. It turns out that you need to go through the kitchen and into the basement to find it. It turns out that there is a large well staffed and very clean kitchen to serve the booths. When you have customers passing through your cooking area on a regular basis, you have to work neat.
Gold Star is often mentioned as a good roadfood location in Massachusetts. One day, I'll get a digital camera to get a review up and going........
Our breakfast for 3 was just over $15 before tip, and was at least a 9 out of 10.
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Best selling novelist Joe Logan walks out into a hot summer's evening in central London. The next day his body is found dumped in a disused Victorian crypt at the Brompton Cemetery. He has been tied up, shot and castrated. The killing has the hallmarks of a professional hit.
Detective Inspector Mark Tartaglia has a number of leads to follow, but he's getting nowhere. Then another body is found, in an old boathouse on the Thames, killed in an identical fashion to Logan. Both men were savagely tortured before they died - a vicious and methodical killer is at work. But what does he want and how does he lure his victims to their death? If Tartaglia can find the link between the two dead men maybe he can stop the killer.
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"Good book predictable at the end"
Well narrated story with some good twist and turns but a bit predictable at the end .will read more ok
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Loved this book. First one I've tried by this author but it was gripping and heart warming at the same time.
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I wasn't sure how good this would be, but I really enjoyed it. The story is well-plotted and gripping and Ric Jerrom did a good job of the narration as always. And how nice to have a straightforward leading detective without drink or marriage problems or other 'quirks'!
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At last the return of Elena Forbes! Perfect detective fiction for lovers of Ruth Rendell. Strong plot and characterisation and perfect narration. Highly recommended.
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Evil in Return - terrible book and narration
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very boring narration
The narrator need a (this is just s phrase) a bullet up his backside to give the book more enthusiasm
This is a really good listen. Keeps you guessing until the end. The reason I've only awarded 4 stars is because I felt there were too many characters, which I find more tricky when listening to a book.
Glad I've discovered this series.
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With Regard To Jenny's Public Statement, Governor Sanford Had The Following To Say:
"While it is not the course I would have hoped for, or would choose, I want to take full responsibility for the moral failure that led us to this tragic point. Jenny is a great person, and has been a remarkable wife, mother and First Lady. She has been more than gracious these last six months and gone above and beyond in her patience and commitment to put the needs of others in front of her own. While our family structure may change, I know that we will both work earnestly to be the best mom and dad we can be to four of the finest boys on earth.
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SAN DIEGO -- Since he left the Army in January as a conscientious objector, Aidan Delgado has traveled the country giving audiences a disturbing account of routine brutality he claims he saw during his year in Iraq.
His grisly roadshow has triggered two military investigations.
The Sarasota man said he saw an Army master sergeant lash Iraqi children with a Humvee antenna. He recalled seeing a Marine send another child flying with a boot to the chest, and men in his unit pelted Iraqi civilians in Nasiriyah with glass bottles thrown from a military vehicle.
Wearing a black T-shirt with the word "Peace" in English, Hebrew and Arabic, the former Army specialist punctuated a recent talk to about 50 people with slides of gruesome war images that few civilians see.
One picture showed a bullet-shattered corpse in a partially open body bag. It was followed by an image of a soldier bending over what Delgado said was the same body bag, holding a spoon.
"The point of showing this is not to shock you," Delgado, 23, told his audience at the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, one of dozens of stops on his intermittent national tour.
Some of the pictures were taken by Delgado, whose tour of duty included six months at Abu Ghraib prison, where abuse of prisoners has already led to courts martial and international outrage. Other shots were provided by fellow soldiers.
The 81st Regional Readiness Command, which oversees Delgado's Florida-based unit, has launched an investigation into Delgado's claims, said Maj. William D. Ritter, a spokesman. A colonel visited Delgado a week ago to take a sworn statement.
The Army Criminal Investigation Command in Fort Belvoir, Va., also has opened an investigation, spokesman Chris Grey said. Delgado said he made a statement to an Army criminal investigator, who took copies of the body bag photos and other images from his slideshow.
Emiliano Toro, a former sergeant who served as Delgado's supervisor in Iraq, said he was aware of the alleged incidents involving the children struck with the antenna and civilians hit with soda bottles.
"I did see these things or I did hear about them," he said.
Delgado has attracted a constellation of critics who scrutinize his accounts for inconsistencies, suggest he's a fake and dismiss him as a darling of the far left. He said he's been heckled during his talks, most recently at UCLA. He got flooded with so many angry e-mails that he had to change his account.
Some criticize him for waiting until he came home to report incidents.
"The time and place to have made these claims was while he was a soldier wearing a uniform over there," said Steve Stromvall, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Reserves.
Delgado said he didn't file an official complaint with his commanders because he felt they were part of the problem. At Abu Ghraib, he said some of the photos of dead detainees included in his slideshow were displayed on a desk at company headquarters.
Delgado said he saw the actions of his fellow soldiers as immoral, not criminal, and he feared retribution if he reported the incidents.
"I don't want to ruin people's lives over something they did in a horrible, stressful situation," he said. "I do want people to know this is a part of war."
The son of a U.S. diplomat, Delgado grew up in Thailand, Senegal and Egypt, where he learned to speak Arabic. He was a bored 19-year-old college student in Florida when he enlisted in the Army Reserves looking for adventure. He signed his service contract on the morning of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
He became a Buddhist and adopted the religion's philosophy of compassion before the Army activated his unit and sent him and 140 others in the 320th Military Police Company to Iraq in March 2003. Three months after arriving, he came face to face with the conscripts he was supposed to fight and decided to turn in his weapon.
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I'm Boycotting Beer Sold in Cans and Here's Why You Should Too
Crown forced its award-winning employees, including many long-serving and second- and third-generation workers, onto the horns of a dilemma. They could continue working and accept Crown's draconian demands, including a two-tier, low-wage workplace that would eradicate decent jobs for young people. Or, at great personal sacrifice, they could take to the picket line and stand up for the next generation.


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Not only the US, but China is gearing up to welcome a new President, in its case Xi Jinping. That's not the only similarity between the two global powers. While nothing can beat America's critical levels of debt (watch the media leap like lemmings over the term 'fiscal cliff'), the Middle Kingdom isn't doing too shabbily at clocking up credit of is own.
It's a bit of a myth that Easterners love to save, as a report today from Standard Chartered shows. The explosion of a middle class means consumers want their shiny goods, and they want them now. China's new leader will inherit an economy that's 30 per cent more leveraged than the one his predecessor Hu Jintao took over in 2002.
Furthermore, China's total leverage (in other words, borrowing) will rise from 191 per cent of GDP at the end of 2011 to 206 per cent by the time this year is over, according to Standard Chartered calculations. This figure includes public, consumer and corporate debt. Before the New Year arrives, China's public debt will stand at 58 per cent, consumer debt at 19 per cent and corporate debt at 128 percent.
Standard Chartered points out this is not altogether a bad thing, especially in the shorter term. After all, nobody can have faith in an economy that doesn't take any risks or make investments. In the longer run though, Beijing would do well to be more prudent. 'Even a mild deterioration in credit quality could be severely damaging to China. A non-performing loan ratio of 12 per cent would wipe out the banking sector's capital.'
And here's a problem Barack Obama doesn't face: a murky, mysterious lending system. China's financial landscape is dotted with 'local government investment vehicles' whose activities can be puzzling and opaque. Not to mention the nation's multi-trillion 'shadow banking system' that's probably expanding too fast for its own good. As China's big guns meet for the CCP congress at the Great Hall of the People, they may not want to introduce the democratic changes that the country so badly needs and wants. But they may want to bring more reforms in an area close to their hearts – the economy.
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Site: V21-85 / N20-2
Municipality: Lunenburg, VT / Lancaster, NH
Location: South Lancaster Road over Connecticut River
Site Type: Covered Bridge
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The Mount Orne Covered Bridge crosses the Connecticut River between Lancaster, New Hampshire and Lunenburg, Vermont. The low water line on the west (Vermont) side of the river marks the boundary between the states. Most of the bridge, therefore, stands in New Hampshire; the state boundary sign is mounted 32 feet inside the west (Vermont) portal. Owing to its interstate location and ownership, the Mount Orne Bridge is being nominated concurrently by New Hampshire and Vermont.
Present Physical Appearance.
The Mount Orne Bridge consists of two spans, each of which is supported by two flanking wood-iron Howe trusses. The principal iron components of the trusses are the paired tension rods which connect the top and bottom chords between adjoining panels of criss-crossed wood compression members. The trusses lack the Howe patent iron angle blocks to accept the ends of the compression members; wood angle blocks serve in their place. Iron-tension rods also connect horizontally the top chords and the bottom chords to increase the lateral rigidity of the structure.
The structure rests on abutments and central pier which are constructed of stone. The upper half of the east abutment has been faced with concrete; the rest of the abutment consists of irregular stone blocks mortared together. The pier is built of stone slabs which have also been faced with concrete. On its upstream (north) side, the pier flares outward toward the river bed to deflect floating debris and ice. The west abutment consists of stone slabs mortared together; the upper third of it has also been faced with concrete.
The Mount Orne Bridge has an overall length of 267 feet, divided into two nearly equal spans of 133 feet (east) and 134 feet (west). The bridge has an overall width of 20.5 feet, with a 15.5-foot roadway. The floor (and road surface) consists of planks laid on edge and parallel to the trusses. The current legal load limit posted on the bridge is six tons.
On the exterior, the trusses (and side walls) of the bridge are sheathed with unpainted flush boards hung vertically. Similar siding protects the ends of the trusses immediately inside the portals. The siding stops short of the eaves to leave strip openings along the tops of the walls. The gable ends are also sheathed with unpainted flush boards hung vertically. The portal openings are rectangular.
A medium-pitch gable roof covered the entire bridge, with overhangs both at the eaves and the gables. The roof is sheathed with corrugated metal sheeting.
The Mount Orne Covered Bridge was built across the Connecticut River between Lancaster, New Hampshire and Lunenburg, Vermont to replace an earlier bridge on the site which was destroyed by the flood of 1905. The Berlin Iron Bridge Company of Berlin, Connecticut completed the Mount Orne Bridge in 1911. The towns of Lancaster and Lunenburg shared the construction costs of the interstate bridge, and continue to contribute equally to its maintenance.(1) The Mount Orne Bridge is the only crossing of the Connecticut River directly between those towns.
The Mount Orne Bridge and another covered bridge across the Connecticut River about 37 miles to the north at Columbia, New Hampshire are the only highway bridges remaining in the state of fNew Hampshire which are supported by Howe trusses. (One other highway bridge of the same type remains in Vermont at Stowe.) The Mount Orne and Columbia bridges, which were completed in successive years (1911-12), are also the last covered bridges built on public highways during the historic period of covered bridge construction in New Hampshire and Vermont, which began about 1820.
The Howe truss, which was introduced about 1840 with its combination of wood and iron structural members, represents the transition from wood to iron bridges. The lower initial cost of the Howe structure compared with that of wholly iron or steel construction undoubtedly accounts for its extraordinarily late use at the two lightly traveled crossings served by the Mount Orne and Columbia bridges. The Mount Orne Bridge is reported to have cost only $6,678 despite damage caused by flooding during its construction.(2)
The Mount Orne Bridge has the numbers (New Hampshire) 29-04-08 and (Vermont) 45-05-03 in the World Guide to Covered Bridges published by the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. The New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways has assigned the number 039/105 to the bridge. and the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development has assigned the number 30 to it.
Original Physical Appearance.
It is not known definitely how the original physical appearance of the Mount Orne Bridge differed from its present appearance.
(1) Allen, Richard Sanders. Covered Bridges of the Northeast. Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1974.
(2) Congdon, Herbert Wheaton. The Covered Bridge. Middlebury, VT: Vermont Books, 1970.
(3) Kenyon, Thedia Cox. New Hampshire's Covered Bridges. Sanbornville, NH: Wake-Brook House, 1996.
(4) White, W. Edward. Covered Bridges of New Hampshire. Littleton, NH: Courier Printing Co., 1942.
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Didier Drogba was named 2006 African Footballer of the Year .Samuel Eto'o came in second and Michael Essien third.A youtube compilation of some great goals from Drogba here and an interesting kind of picture of him receiving his award here.( He's dressed in some kind of traditional African formal outfit and not scowling for a change ..!)
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Congress has approved Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) – the first long-term highway and transit program authorization in a decade –giving state DOTs the certainty to plan and implement significant investments in the nation's aging infrastructure. In this Transportation TV Exclusive American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Executive Director Bud Wright and AASHTO Chief Operating Officer Jim Tymon react to the historic legislation. Wright and Tymon rely on their years of transportation policy expertise to examine the highlights and downsides of the FAST ACT.View this complete post...
Beyond Repair? America's Infrastructure Crisis Is LocalFriday, October 30th, 2015
While states own a large portion of highly traveled roads, such as interstate highways, local governments are responsible for the majority of roadway mileage. Counties and municipalities, including minor civil divisions such as townships, are responsible for 3.1 million miles of roads and streets. Only 430,000 miles (14 percent) of these are part of the federal aid system. The remaining 2.7 million (86 percent) are nonfederal aid. By contrast, 72 percent of the 780,000 miles of state-owned roads are in the federal aid system (Figure 1).
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Let's face it, we all knew this was going to happen sooner or later, and when it finally did happen, it was going to be big news. Well, it's happened.
71-year-old Curtis Reeves, a retired police Captain, recently shot a man in a movie theater after the man, Chad Oulson, refused to stop texting. They had an argument. Oulson threw popcorn in Reeves' face. Then BAM. I kid you not. That's already absurd enough, but to further add to the absurdity meter, they argued about the victim texting during the previews.
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The two men exchanged words that gradually became more heated and Reeves felt something hit his face. Reeves, who minutes earlier had gone to seek a manager's help to stop the texting, this time reached into a pocket in his pants for, police say, a pistol. He later told police he feared the man was going to attack him.
Reeves didn't just shoot Oulson, he also shot Chad Oulson's wife in the hand with the same bullet. Fortunately, there was an off-duty cop in the same theater, and he was able to tackle Reeves and took his weapon away. Apparently Reeves tried to get a manager involved, but the man was too busy with another customer, so that kinda pissed Reeves off even more.
And get this: Reeves' was on a movie date with his wife and son, who is currently a cop, and who arrived late to the screening. I guess he didn't mind missing the previews. Too bad his dad didn't feel the same way.
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Chris Woodley is a life-long sports fan. He attended his first professional baseball game when he was three years old in 1980 as the New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians, 9-2. Since then, he has attended numerous baseball games across the country as well as professional football, basketball and hockey events.
As a student at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Woodley served as a student assistant in the sports information department. He also served as play-by-play broadcaster and color commentator for the Point Park men's and women's basketball teams. In 1997, Woodley served as color commentator for the Pioneers men's team as they advanced to the Final Four of the NAIA National Tournament.
After graduating from college in 1999, Woodley served as broadcaster for Thiel College football and basketball during the 1999-2000 season. He also broadcasted local sporting events in Mercer County, Pa. for radio station WEXC FM 107 and WGRP AM 940.
From 2003-2005, Woodley served as a graduate intern in the sports information department of the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla. In 2005 he was promoted to Sports Information Coordinator and served as the primary contact for the women's volleyball, women's basketball and softball teams. He also did play-by-play broadcasting for Argonaut men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball games.
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Comedy legend Boycie – star of Only Fools And Horses – is coming to Banbury following a determined social media campaign by devoted local fans.
Banbury residents sent messages to Boycie, AKA actor John Challis, asking him to bring his new one-man show to The Mill Arts Centre.
The star responded and asked his agent to organise a show, which will take place on Wednesday, July 23.
Mr Challis said: "I'm no stranger to Oxfordshire. It's a beautiful county and I'm really looking forward to playing at The Mill.
"I spend a lot of time on Twitter, communicating with fans, and have 40,000 followers.
"Early this year, a number of them Tweeted me and asked me to come to Banbury. I asked my agent to book a date and I can't wait to visit The Mill."
Mr Challis will appear in a show called Only Fools And Boycie in which he will tell stories from his life, including working with The Beatles and Oliver Reed, being introduced to The Rolling Stones, drinking with George Best and starring on Coronation Street, Dr Who, Only Fools and Horses and The Green Green Grass.
The stage show completed a hugely successful tour this spring and further dates are planned later this year.
Mr Challis said: "We're getting dates all over the place. It's an intimate evening with me, in which I talk about my life and my years in Only Fools And Horses.
"Only Fools and Horses changed my life and it prompted some very funny episodes. People also get the chance to ask a few questions and I also meet the fans and sign copies of my autobiography following the show."
Mr Challis added that he remains good friends with the cast of Only Fools and Horses and many of them still keep in touch.
He said: "I've written two volumes of autobiography, which have sold very quickly. It has been an extraordinary life and I've met a lot of interesting people.
"I feel very humbled that the people of Banbury Tweeted me and asked me to come so I look forward to meeting them soon."
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|19th January 2009, 09:56 AM
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Please help with the 3 way XO design
I have the next three drivers , I would like to build a 3way standing speakers out of them in a 60L BR with separate enclosure for the mid driver .
The drivers
Woofer Monacor SPH-200KEP
For mid I want to use Gorlich driver I will attach the data of the speaker .Highlighted with pink .
For tweeter I use Scan Speak
I would like to make the crossing points at 700or800Hh and 3800Hz .
If you have software would you please help me so I can finish my speakers .
Thank you very much .
I would like to use 12db crossover .
I have some inductors 2.2mH if is possible I would like to use them .
|19th January 2009, 10:02 AM
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I attach the data of the Gorlich one more time may be possible to read better.
|19th January 2009, 04:50 PM
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|19th January 2009, 10:54 PM
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I sort of, more or less, kind of, disagree with Undefinition.
The FAQ he links to, which presumably are his own, say in response to every question - It will sound bad.
Q: If I use these three speakers, can I make a good speaker?
A: No, it will sound bad.
Q: How about if I do this instead?
A: It will still sound bad.
Q: How about this, that or the other thing?
A: Bad, bad, bad.
Not quite true, I don't think.
Will the speakers sound great, probably not. They certainly won't live up to their potential with a very generic off the shelf text book design. But they will still sound good, maybe even good for the money. But if you want that extra level of sound quality the speakers are capable of, then you have to apply the extra level of design engineering to get that from them.
For a beginner, well chosen speaker combined with a textbook crossover is a good place to start and will produce pleasing results. But again, not at maximum potential.
What you have can be improved with a few simple enhancements to the crossover; like Zobel Networks.
To move to the next level, you have to be able to test the speakers, which mean time, skill, and equipment. There are some low dollar options here. Many people get by just fine with a piece of logarithmic graph paper, a frequency sweep CD, and an SPL meter. This is cheap, but it is also a slow tedious method.
Most combine the whole process into their computers. Computers are perfectly capable of acting as a signal or sine wave generators, and at the same time, are capable of taking measurements. A quick and easy way to design and test speakers for anyone who already has a nice computer and a spare $500 to $600 laying around. Or perhaps, $1000 by the time you add some special audio test software.
Everybody has to start somewhere. We all have to build our first set of speakers, if for nothing else, than to teach us just how complex the process is. The first few designs are certain to come out OK, and you are likely to be reasonably satisfied with them. But, like it or not, good as they may be, more and better engineering could make them better.
First, choosing three speakers, assuming a 3-way, is difficult, very difficult. The first and foremost thing is you simply can't trust rated frequency response. You may look at catalogs and see this woofer goes from 30hz to 3,000hz, this midrange goes from 1,000hz to 4,000hz, and this tweeter goes from 2,000hz to 20,000hz. I'm set, I've got what I need.
First, few woofer are clean above 1,000hz. They may be usable if you know what you are doing, but they are rarely smooth above 1k.
Midranges work best if the low crossover is two octaves above the resonance of the midrange. That's a nice rule, but rarely practical, and rarely in sync with what you want to do. There are ways around it but, you need to know what you are doing. Plus, the high end rated response of the midrange may contain breakups or response irregularities that must either be avoided or compensated for.
Tweeters, seem simple enough, but they don't handle much power. The higher the crossover, the more power they will take. Also, they tend to be loud, so we have to lower the level of tweeter and possible the midrange, to match the woofer. These aspects aren't part of a text book crossover, you need to add them on. Some of them are prone to very uneven frequency response with lots of peaks and valleys, especially on the high end.
Now, since speakers are rarely flat, there are going to be peaks and valleys in the response. Again, a crossover issue. You can at narrow band attenuation to the crossover to pull narrow peaks down. Though, there isn't much you can do about valley beyond redesign the speaker or live with the valley.
Unless you can see a frequency response chart for each of the speakers, you can't know what they will and won't do. And manufacturer frequency response graphs are just representative, they tell you about the speaker in general, but they don't precisely document your specific speaker.
So, now our basic textbook crossover has grown considerably. We have the basic plus the Zobel network plus the attenuation plus any equalization.
And so far this hasn't even addressed the cabinets. The cabinet we want is seldom the cabinet that the speakers need. So, we compromise, but knowing how, when, and where to compromise is important.
I've rambled enough for now. But my central point is, that even primitive basic design textbook speaker can still sound good to a beginner. But with time and experience you will realize that they can sound better.
So, as Undefinition implies, speaker designed by a beginner are not going to sound optimally good. But then, do we really expect that from a beginner? Did your first system sound optimally good?
I guess rather than discourage, I want to encourage a beginner to try in a thoughtful and educated way. Each experience will produce acceptable result, and each experience will teach a beginner what it will take to move closer to optimal results.
It is not a destination; it is a journey.
|19th January 2009, 11:08 PM
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Firs I'm not totally beginner with speaker building !I have almost 20 years experience .
The truth is mostly with 2 way speakers but I do not afraid from the 3way system .
I have some speaker building books , with XO designs .But it would be more easier to use a software and calculate the parts for the XO .
I totally disagree I'm not capable to build better speaker than general commercial speaker , especially the cheap speakers .
Thanks for the help guys .
|20th January 2009, 10:16 AM
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Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you personally were not able to do this. In fact, I hoped I was encouraging you, and anyone else who reads this, to not let the Nay Sayers discourage you.
Are you looking to BUY software, or for a link to something on-line, or free software?
See if any of these links provide some help -
If you are looking to purchase software, I will leave that to others more experience than myself.
|20th January 2009, 12:34 PM
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I'd say you are not following what he is saying .....
FWIW IMO given what your saying and he is saying,
he right and you are wrong. IMO what your saying
is misleading, he is erring towards being cautious.
See links for "how to" 3 way design + free tools + info :
|20th January 2009, 01:33 PM
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Thank you guys
Thank you guys it is a big difference your posts and the first post .
Thank you very much for your help instead the encouragement .
Even if I would be a totally newbie , everybody started sometimes somewhere . No one was born like He knew everything about the speaker XO design .
Your words are kind an encourage , thank you very much .
I do not want to by a software for one XO but if I find any free software or any help that what I originally I wanted .
Million thanks one more times .
Your word are kind and helpful even I didn't check yet the links I wanted to thank you at first .
God bless you guys .
|20th January 2009, 01:39 PM
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I wrote a mistake , I wanted to say the discouragement from Undefinition .
There are guys who think they knew everything the rest of the world are stupid .
Sorry about the harsh words but it does sound Undefinition post like that .
One more time thanks for you willingness and the time you took to try to help me .
What a big difference .
|20th January 2009, 07:41 PM
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No surprise that Sreten and I disagree on this issue, and it is not the first time.
As to what Undefinition says, in the broader sense, for the most part, I agree ... in the broader sense. But there seems to be an underlying message of, don't even bother to try until you know as much as I do. Yet, how can a person possibly gain that knowledge unless they cut-and-try a few times?
Most here are dead set against off-the-shelf or textbook crossovers, and claim rightly that the crossover is one of the most difficult parts of speaker design. But not one of them has ever pointed me toward a resource that will teach me the intricacies of crossover design.
Every crossover design starts with a textbook crossover design, then is expanded and modified to achieve optimal results from the speakers you have. I doubt that any but the absolute most experienced and knowledgeable get the crossover right on the first try. Likely the basic crossover is designed, and then we enter a round of testing and tweaking until we are satisfied.
But testing is the key. If you can build but you can't test, then you have to settle for compromises; though usually acceptable compromises at the design and build level you are at.
So, for a beginner, or someone less than an expert, a speaker design is a project that can last for years. It is a never ending quest for more knowledge and the better sound quality it brings. To some extent, as long as you own them, you are looking for ways to improve and refine the sound, and in the process, you gain the experience and tools necessary to built truly good speakers.
You have to learn to walk before you can run. But the perceived attitude from some seems to be, if you can't run, don't even bother.
Now, don't get me wrong, you need a basic level of knowledge to even begin. You have to understand speakers, and how to read and evaluate the specs. You need the basics of cabinet design, a basic compliment of woodworking skills and tools, and a basic knowledge of crossover design. From there you can gain-by-doing, the knowledge to refine a design into something worthy of having.
I say, start at the beginning, because that is the path that will take you to where you ultimately need to be.
It's not a destination; it's a journey.
By the way, an excellent compliment of links was provided by Sreten.
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