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Wow what a start to the year! We had the privilege of traveling down to Terrigal on the Central Coast of NSW to shoot the wedding of Peta & Evan. This was a great wedding and I felt especially honoured as Peta & Evan had already picked out a photographer for their day, but it just so happened that they attended a wedding I shot back in October last year, Carly & Michael. To which they fell in love with my work and yes my RAD nature… hehehe! I know you guys will get it =) So there was absolutely no pressure with the photos…
The day started off great with a quick few shots of the boys getting ready before heading down the road to photograph the girls. I must say Peta you looked amazing =) The ceremony was held on Peta's parents property in Holgate which is not too far from what I called the town of Terrigal =) Such a beautiful location with so much meaning…. very special indeed! After the ceremony we got some photos on the property before heading off to our locations, there was just one problem… It was a very lovely black Mercedes, it decided it would lose a side trim and drop the exhaust on the road on the way to the first location. Not a great start to the location session but hey we improvised well and just before you think it couldn't get any worse, we arrived at our first location to find a beautiful field of daisy's we had planned to use was mowed by the lovely little old lady who thought she was doing us a favour… bless her cotton socks =) We love you Ann =)
Anyway we managed to get some great shots as we waited for the replacement car, near the mowed daisy's, before heading off to "The Haven" and then on to the reception at the Trojon Leagues Club.
Peta & Evan I am glad I got to shoot your wedding I had such a blast, I guess I will see you at the next wedding =) =)
I loved this shot, I tell you Peta's dad Peter was a great addition to the band on the night, everyone had a ball =)


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Tandem rides at Pedal Power in Cardiff
Pedal Power, the charity based in Cardiff that encourages and enables children and adults of all ages and abilities to experience the benefits of cycling, are now doing monthly tandem rides at 3:30 pm on the first Friday of the month.
It is essential to book a tandem, a pilot and a space for a guide dog as required. Contact Sam Farnfield, the Volunteer Co-ordinator via email at email@example.com or call Pedal Power on 02920 390713 for more information or to make a booking. On most Friday mornings there is also a tandem ride but fewer pilots are available.
You can find out more about Pedal Power Cardiff on their website.
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- Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 03:46:59 -0400 (EDT)
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Skirmantas Janusonis wrote: > How do I globally change the default font size in Mathematica 6? The new size should automatically load every time I open Mathematica. The option is no longer under Edit/Preferences and changing it with manual commmands at the front-end level doesn't seem a good option. Assuming I have correctly understood what you are looking for, open the Option Inspector -> set Show Option Values to Global Preferences and By Category -> on the left panel select Formating Options -> Font Options and on the right panel change FontSize to whatever you please. Regards, -- Jean-Marc


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Hear the history, and see the all of London's famous sights from Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral with a local guide.
Meet your guide outside Westminster underground station to start your 2-hour walking tour. Along the tour you will see: The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Downing Street, Churchill's War Rooms, Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square. You will see the National Gallery, St Paul's Cathedral, the Sherlock Holmes pub and more.Your tour guide will provide a pithy history of London and walk you through The Mall, St James's Park, and Admiralty Arch, to see Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the royal family, and other aristocratic addresses including St James's Palace, Lancaster House and Clarence House. The tour ends on the Golden Jubilee Bridge, with a panoramic view of London, with views of the National Theatre, the 3500 year old Cleopatra's Needle, and the quirky new skyscrapers such as the 'Shard' and 'Gherkin' that have quickly become symbols of the city.


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Jonjo Shelvey Reveals The Reason For His Opening Day Stamp On Dele Alli
During an interview with The FFB this morning, Jonjo Shelvey revealed the reason why he got sent off during Newcastle's opening day defeat at the hands of Tottenham at St James' Park.
Speaking with one of our reporters in an exclusive interview, Shelvey revealed that Dele Alli had verbally abused him just minutes earlier in the game due to his the lack of people who have drafted the Newcastle man on Fantasy Premier League.
"I misplaced a pass just a few minutes earlier and Dele let out a little laugh then muttered to me "that's why you're only in 1.8% of teams on FPL", and that just enraged me", the Newcastle man said.
"I got him back good though, didn't I? Maybe he'll draft me into his side before we play them at Wembley later in the season."
When asked if his anger was only directly at Dele Alli or if he is also held a grudge against the general footballing world for his lack of backers in fantasy football, Shelvey revealed he does have big plans to punish many others.
"I'm going to go out on Monday and walk around Newcastle. Every person I see will be asked if they picked me on FPL, and if they didn't, they'll get stepped on, bro. It's that simple."
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Crowdfunding is a new type of fundraising where you can raise funds for your own personal cause, even if you're not a registered nonprofit.
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Ratho School Voice (the parent/teacher body of Ratho Primary School) is raising funds for the continued support of additional equipment, supporting the needs of all our children in our growing school. RSV has been able to fund a number of large (and small) projects within the school over the last few years and we would like to continue this.
Parents & Teachers (aka Ratho Rough Runners) and anyone else that would like to join our team will attempt to run the 10k Rough Runner obstacle event at Penicuik Estate, Carlops Road, Penicuik, Edinburgh EH26 9LA on 18th August to raise money for our school .
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This national park is an ultimate Panoramic Experience" which is dominated by a small mountain covered in montane forest, the Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park is home to 45 species of birds including the white-browed sparrow weaver, and grey- headed sparrow weaver, African pied wagtail, mourning dove, augur buzzard, African hawk eagle and purple-breasted sunbird. Buffalo are the dominant animals in the ecosystem and other wildlife include bushbucks, leopards, olive baboons, aardvarks, porcupines, mongoose, pythons and monitor lizard. The mountain's summit also offers visitors scenic views of Mount Kenya.
KUNEC members organized this team building activity to enjoy the panoramic experience of watching the scenic beauty of the mountain and the surrounding Machakos hills which could be seen from afar, enjoying cool mountain breeze seeing the birds and animals and mountain climbing. This was a three day event. The journey started at the university, where the students converged and boarded a Bus and had a stopover in Thika town where they had some refreshments before proceeding to Ol Donyo Sabuk in Kilimambogo Machakos County. On arrival, the students alighted from the bus and embarked on the mountain climbing to the camp site. Camp tents and sleeping bags were provided for hire by the camp owners. The student had several activities lined up for the three days, including enjoying the Night fire together, playing in the moonlight, and having group discussions where tasks were assigned by their team leaders who expected a feedback after the activity.
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Nickolas Mohanna: Phase Line (Run/Off, 2015)January 31, 2015 at 6:45 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
The only other release I've heard by Nickolas Mohanna is Reflectors, his entry in Preservation's Circa For 2011 series, which was my favorite release of that series. I thought that album was a different, more abrasive yet still blissful variation on the arpeggio-heavy synth-drone stuff that was coming out around that time. This album consists of two 17-minute pieces commissioned for a touring sound exhibition, and continues to be an aggressive, sometimes noisy/cut-up take on freeform electronic music, which can't really be held by genre terms such as "ambient" or "drone". There's so many sounds being stretched apart, delayed and smashed back into each other, and while it can sometimes seem like you're floating, it's not just an airy, weightless feeling, you're still in control and everything you're feeling effects you. It's enjoyable, though, it's definitely not some sort of harsh cathartic experience. The second half ("Interstate") gets a bit more rhythmic and melodic, which pulsating tones which almost resemble gabber kickdrums at one point, and then a bright somewhat-melodic tone which dissolves into rapid fluttering. It sounds like there's some voices poking in and out of the mix, but who can tell where they're coming from or what they're saying. There's such a heavy concentrated sensory experience, but eventually it simmers down to just one vibrating tone for the last few minutes of the piece.
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MEOKO's newest mix, 229, comes from Hansel. It's fresh and vibrant, made up of careful transitions with a feeling of undeniable nerve. From heart- thumping baselines to atmospheric techno, this carefully curated blend maintains a sense of style throughout. Here, the artist creates a pattern of sound that never feels mismatched or disjointed. Instead, he moves with ease between aesthetics and carefully weaves together a multitude of frequencies and grooves. It's made for home sound systems and darkened rooms filled with heads bobbing, surrounded by a flurry of carefully synchronized techno. Hansel plays with rhythm, slowly enticing and blending in each sound, and creates a journey into electronic music that never lacks in direction or momentum. The result is a confident and captivating compilation pulled together seamlessly!
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Drumming in the Feminine
Discover the ONLY Women's Ancient Drumming Tradition
Drum Workshop , Slide Show Presentation and Concert with Marla Leigh
In many ancient cultures. women were known as the first drummers!
As early as 5000 BCE, women were seen drumming in cultures worldwide playing a mystical instrument called the frame drum.
During ancient times, the frame drum was used for sacred ceremonies, rituals and rites of passages. Women's spirituality, wisdom and sexuality were affirmed through rituals involving frame drumming. This special workshop immersion is designed to awaken and inspire the divine feminine through the ancient healing practices of frame drumming, traditional trance rhythms, chanting and meditation.
Mental Health professional's shows us that drumming reduces stress, anxiety and tension, and helps us experience being in resonance with the natural rhythms of life. Drumming enables a deep entrainment of the brain into states conductive to true healing.
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A special feature of this immersion will be selected excerpts from Layne Redomnds personal slide show presentation. Layne was a prominent Frame Drummer, scholar, and author of the book, "When the Drummers were Women", who passed in 2013. She was one of Marla's mentors. Layne's company passed this slide show on to Marla after her death, to share with her students. This will be a truly special experience and the debut presentation of Marla offering this to the public.
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Dance, trance, and meditate to the ancient sounds of the sacred. Marla's concerts combine ecstatic world music with meditation, ritual, & movement.
In these special celebrations of music, Marla plays an array of sacred percussion instruments mixed with flutes, chants and ambient electronics. Marla uses a looping-pedal to create a one women band – to create sonically healing mystical textures, rhythms and melodies.
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Top 10 Best Towns in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Top Ten
The music, the location, the music, the side quest, the music, the wedding, and did I mention the music?
Need I really say anything about this place? A frigging WEDDING happened before you! This is the best side quest Zelda's ever had, in my opinion.
The sidequest is expensive and long, (And you need to complete a previous quest to get to this one,) but it is really fun. You literally help a guy build a town, and after that, experience a wedding! This town also has my 2nd favorite town theme in the game, (My favorite theme is for Hateno Village), and the town is located in over Akkala Lake, in the Akkala Region, which is my favorite place in the game.
It's a cool town but I don't think it's the best personally. Sure, it looks nice and the side quest is hecking awesome, but to me it just feels like a smaller Hateno Village. Plus the music didn't really stand out to me either.
I like kakariko music
As I've said on other lists, I really love the amazing Japanese vibe the place now has! This town has changed a lot in the past > COUGH COUGH Twilight Princess COUGH COUGH > So why is it a bad thing that they've changed the look and feeling of this place? It definitely isn't. Also, amazing theme. ALSO also, this place is the most important to the story. - Cats43
Okay, first things first, this was one of the only towns that the game didn't guide you to, the only other one being Tarrey Town. Once you heard of it, it was basically just a wild goose chase around the map to find it. Also, this place doesn't have any landmarks or distinguishing features, so you couldn't just locate it quickly on the map, making it REALLY hard to get to, and that's really cool to have to work to find a town. Also, this place is just so chill! Love the Hawaiian theme going on here.
It is a really beautiful town, because it is next to the beach. When you are on the hill mountain above the shrine all you see are a bunch of cool looking lights.
I like to pretend I'm on vacation whenever I go here.
It always gives me Wind Waker vibes.
Love the koroks, love Hetsu, and the innkeeper is so sweet...
Sexiest location in any video game
How is this not number 1? The beautiful blue lights, the water flowing down the stairs, the waterfalls, the wonderful architecture, the statue of Mipha, the calming music, filled with beautiful fish humans. Really everything about the whole Vah Ruta quest was very memorable.
The home to Mipha and Sidon. Two cuties :3
AND there is another place you can go to where DA BIRD GUY (I forgot his name I am sorry) used to train I know he is like so very stupid and snotty but I got a calander and ma birthday month has the pic of DA BIRD GUY on it. AND I love flying there!
Loving that Dragon Roost Remix! Also, this place is basicaly just a giant spiral staircase with little outcropping rooms on the side. Sure it's annoying that nobody here knows that you're the hero of legend, but still! DRAGON ROOST REMIX! - Cats43
This town had the best aesthetic
Awesome vibes, my favorite area of the game being the desert has my favorite town, and damn the sidequests were cool too
This place had my favorite sidequests out of all the towns, (not including Tarrey Town, because that place is literaly one huge sidequest), but it was also the most realistic town in the game! This place really reminded me of an actual Arabic town, with the beggers on the street, the small, carpet markets selling various goods, the literal goddess in that one random alley... - Cats43
I never really spent that much time here, but from what I could tell, it was just an ordinaey town. Not bad, but not very special. Also, the theme never really spoke to me as it should've. - Cats43
This is my home town my favourie village
Love it I live here literaly
The only town I actually hated in this game. The theme is god-awful, the place itself is basically just a couple caves and ugly bridges, and I hated the Goron quest the most out of all of them.
It's so underrated. I love how dorky the theme is, and the Gorons are so cute xD
Wow, this location gets a lot of undeserved hate.
Who does not like a good old fruit ninjas (or that's what I call them) And plus it is kind of like a secret bunker full of bananas. The boss is kind dumb though. (It's his antics)


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China's education experience offers valuable lessons
Africa's population will double by 2050, and collective, concerted efforts are required to prevent a rise in the number of out-of-school children
In September 2018, Senegal's President Macky Sall, stood beside Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to support the adoption of the Beijing Declaration Toward an Even Stronger China-Africa Community with a Shared Future. Senegal was proud to co-chair the FOCAC with China, a country that has, for a number of years, demonstrated its capacity to act with increasing dynamism as a true development partner for the African continent.
Senegal's robust economic growth and stable political system make it a highly attractive destination for Chinese investment, and the country takes a positive view of China's role in Africa and welcomes China's involvement not just in infrastructure financing, but in fields as diverse as tourism, medical cooperation and support for Senegal's manufacturing industry. Senegal was the first West African country to formalize its cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative, signing an agreement during Xi's visit last year.
Education is recognized around the world as a universal good that is essential for the economic and social prosperity of nations. Today, the importance of education is enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals that have been adopted by the global community. SDG4, which seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and to provide opportunities for lifelong learning, lies at the heart of all the other SDGs.
Considerable progress has been made with the support of global actors such as Global Partnership for Education (GPE), and thanks to the knowledge and experience of countries such as China. However, in many regions of the world, particularly in Africa, where expectations are extremely high, progress has been uneven. Of the 63 million primary school-age children that are out of school, more than half live in sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa's population will double by 2050. Unless there is a collective, concerted effort to address it, the number of out-of-school children can be expected to rise. Education is particularly important for countries such as Senegal that face the challenge of providing a growing population of young people with the necessary skills to remain competitive in a globalized economy. Investments in education serve to develop our human capital and contribute to growth in our economies.
GPE was established to improve children's education in the world's poorest countries, by strengthening these countries' education systems. It brings together donor countries, developing countries, international organizations, civil society organizations, teachers, members of the private sector, and foundations. Over 60 percent of GPE funds are used to support education in countries affected by fragility and conflict, the majority of which are in Africa.
Senegal has, for many years, been committed to providing quality education to children and youths. The unwavering support that we have received from the GPE over the past 13 years has reinforced our own efforts and helped Senegal achieve real transformational progress. Consequently, the number of pupils who passed the national end-of-primary school exam has increased sharply, rising from 41 percent in 2013 to 52 percent in 2018. The primary completion rate has also increased.
At the international level, Senegal is an active proponent of children's education. In February 2018, President Macky Sall announced Senegal's pledge of two million dollars at the GPE Financing Conference, the first contribution by a developing country.
Chinese students perform extremely well in international assessments such as PISA or in the World University Rankings, and the Chinese government is well aware that investing in education is the key to economic growth and prosperity.
For Africa, the Chinese model is an example from which we should learn as much as possible. Let us look to China's Belt and Road Initiative, as well as to FOCAC and to the many philanthropic foundations in China that are already involved in promoting education at the international level. Indeed, Jack Ma has joined Julia Gillard, former Australian prime minister and chair of the GPE Board of Directors, on the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity that helps finance increased GPE investments.
The Belt and Road Initiative assigns strategic importance to human capital as part of China's vision for world trade and infrastructure connections. Many countries with a stake in the Belt and Road Initiative are also GPE developing country partners. FOCAC has generated commitments related to education and human capital, and education and development should be included as key elements of FOCAC 2021 to be held in Dakar.
Last year, Senegal was proud to co-organize the GPE Financing Conference with France. In his address, Zhang Xun, China's ambassador to Senegal, noted that China itself is still a developing country and therefore understood the strategic importance of education. At GPE, we welcome the opportunity to continue strengthening our partnership with China so that, together, we may seek to ensure that all the world's children have equal access to quality education.
The author is the vice-chair of the Global Partnership for Education Board of Directors. He is also the Senegalese Minister for Water and Sanitation and former national education minister. The author contributed this article to China Watch, a think tank powered by China Daily. The views do not necessarily reflect those of China Daily.
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Today's Top News
- China to create more opportunities for the world: Xi
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Nepal is a country with natural and cultural diversities that can be explored during the tour in Nepal. It is a land surrounded by the massive Himalayan peaks, including the highest peak of the world and the birthplace of Lord Buddha. The Lakes, Rivers, waterfalls, forests and wildlife are some of the distinct features of Nepal that you will find exciting to see. Being a tiny country, the country has three divisions- the Himalayan region, the hilly region and the plain land Terai region. Tours in Nepal lets you an opportunity to discover the diversities.
Explore the Nature
Nepal is naturally God gifted country in South Asia. Snow capped Himalayas in the north, glacial Lakes, forests, waterfalls and Rivers are there. Tour in Nepal is fabulous to explore the natural diversities. Nagarkot, Pokhara and Chitwan are some naturally rewarding destinations in Nepal.
Explore the culture
Culturally, Nepal is a mixed form, which is known as a melting pot. There are Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Islam and other several devotees. Cultural harmony can be found. Temples, Stupas and monasteries, churches and Masjids are found in Nepal. Hindu and Buddhists are major in numbers. During your tour in Nepal, you can visit the UNESCO world heritage listed Hindu temple and Buddhist Stupas. Pokhara, Lumbini and other several places are culturally wonderful. Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, is itself a cultural center. More than 125 ethnic groups and 123 spoken languages are found there.
Enjoy the wildlife safari
Wildlife Safari is an appendage of tours in Nepal. Chitwan Jungle safari is the most popular among others. Bardiya jungle safari, Koshi Tappu and Suklaphanta wildlife safari are others to name. You can see the rarely found wildlife, including the Royal Bengal Tiger and one horned elephant.
Types of tours: city tours, sightseeing tour, village tour, jungle safari tour, cultural tour, adventure tour
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Obama Displays the Pluck,Courage That Senate Dems Lack
What can I say? President Barack Obama displayed courage and determination tonight in putting forward an executive action for immigration that has all the repukes going batshit crazy.
Obama has shown more than ample pluck in DOING something after the Repugs sat on their asses for at least a year and a half. Also, Obama presented a welcome image of Democratic strength and cojones in total contrast to the pusillanimity of the Senate Dems (in voting for the Keystone abomination) and especially the timid wimp and weasel Harry REID.
If you need an alert on Reid's cowardice see my previous post on how the wussy-ish patsy plans to fully give in to the Reepos no matter what odious legislation they pass.
At least it looks like we can depend on a re-energized Obama to veto any crap that arrives at his desk - including the Ryan Budget to turn Medicare into a voucher program, drastic Social Security cuts and also the Keystone XL pipeline. We sure can't depend on Reid to prevent R-contaminated laws from leaving Capitol Hill!
Basically, in his 17-odd minute address, Obama announced the extension of protections against deportation for approximately 5 m undocumented immigrants in the United States, many of whom would become eligible for work permits but who would not receive green cards or citizenship.
The measure encompassed migrant parents of children who themselves are citizens or legal residents, as well as an expanded pool of immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. Obama billed his actions as a step toward "accountability" - which it is obvious they were. As part of his action he also said hundreds of border agents had been added in the southwest and that the new orders would clear backlogs in immigration courts.
Obama's actions included a program to prioritize deportation of known criminals, individuals believed to pose a national security threat and others. Hillary Clinton and other Democrats welcomed the actions, but Republicans predictably decried the moves as a gross usurpation of power on the part of the president.
Of course this is balderdash and even former Bush Jr. AG, Henry Gonzalez- interviewed on CNN last night - was not about to refer to the actions as illegal - given that "the President has lots of discretion on the interpretation of laws." He was clearly referring to the fact that Obama, contrary to the Repugs' bilge, was not automatically "legalizing" 5 million immigrants - but only putting them to the very rear of the deportation line. A huge difference!
The Repukes plan to take it to court and some of the more insane are even using the I-word, but let them. They won't get anywhere. Presidents since LBJ have been expanding the warp and woof of executive power and Bush II was the ultimate, with his thousands of signing statements and openly flouting laws (such as the 1978 FISA law, by using illegal wiretaps) then sitting back while congressional worms made it legit in retrospect. Obama may not be a beneficiary of the same congressional passivity but at least I am 99 % sure no court will find against him. Even the Roberts' Supremes.
Stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy the spectacle of a Dem Prez not frightened to use his power against the Rs, despite their hysteria about "lawlessness". Harry Reid, take note! The best defense is a bold offense!
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American Airlines has converted into the latest substantial association to express it's concept of chopping the plastic straw for the honor of environmentalism.
The world's largest transporter broadcasts on Tuesday that it will destroy the plastic straws and agitate sticks from its flights and reception.
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Articles from October, 2017
Monday, October 30th, 2017
The type of sex we were engaging in wasn't the love Jesus intended for us. Sex, for us, was a physical act of confusion. We've sought to take out the confusion and put sex in its rightful place.Read More
Starting and Ending our Days Well
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
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This is an all-too common refrain. One current example, according to Bradley Marianno at the74 is the Los Angeles teacher strike. Anti-union advocates had thought they had put the nail in the public sector strike with the Janus v. AFSCME ruling. In the dynamics of the modern teacher, however, this has only made the reality of unions and a common cause all the more pertinent.
He sums up his take:
United Teachers Los Angeles President Alex Caputo-Pearl has, on multiple occasions, drawn connections to the spring walkouts and Janus, and he has made the pitch that the union is the best shot for gaining increased school funding and greater respect for education and for teachers. With momentum already building from job actions in Washington and Chicago, the court case may have served as more of a wake-up call than a death knell.
If the L.A. strike leads to real improvements for its members, it will once again showcase the value of unions and ensure their survival and relevance in a post-Janus world — and the baton will pass to the next group of dissatisfied educators and teachers unions eager to prove their worth.
Bradley Marianno, "Analysis: From the High Court to the Picket Line — How the Janus Case Emboldened Teachers Unions & Made Strikes Key to Their Survival," The74. January 16, 2019


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A phobia is an inappropriate internal reaction to something external. Be it flying, spiders, water or even bananas!
How does something become a phobia?
We are bombarded with huge amounts of information every millisecond and to maintain our sanity, this information is filtered. Our memories are created by the information we wish to store. A phobia occurs when we receive information that is highly emotionally charged and we go into fight/flight response and we experience panic. This information fails to be processed correctly and our brain struggles to make sense of the information. The memory remains trapped causing high levels of anxiety when triggered.
It is unclear where phobias come from as they may be learnt responses from those we respect or provide care for us, or it may be the result of trauma. Both of these cause this fear to adversely affect your body, your lifestyle and those around you. The association may not be directly obvious, for example a fall as a child from a small height may cause a fear of climbing stairs!
Making sense of the situation or reciting statistics will not help the individual feel even remotely more comfortable. Many people feel inhibited and limited by their feelings which may result in isolation and missing out on events and opportunities in life. Phobias and fears limit people's freedom to fully experience life. People may even be ridiculed to the point where they may simply retreat or express undesired anger and frustration. None of these responses are beneficial to the individual or those around them.
At Strategies For Life a simple process releases the person from the limitations of Phobias and Fears. This enables the memory to release and resolve the inappropriate fear. The process is quick and gentle and the results are amazing.
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When you hear someone say the word "porosity", it seems as if everything that follows goes in one ear and out the other.
Sometimes the concept is too confusing or someone is just giving a bad explanation. Either way, you know it is important to hair care but you don't really bother to learn the concept because what you're doing works just fine and porosity is too difficult to understand, right?
Wrong! Porosity is actually pretty easy to understand and it's imperative that you know your specific level to customize and optimize your hair care routine. Porosity is defined as your hair's ability to absorb water or other chemicals into the shaft of the hair.
Watch Sister Scientist explain it all with a sponge experiment.
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WEST BURLINGTON — Hospitals constantly are in need of nurses and other health care professionals, and those professionals must be prepared to care for patients with everything from pre-eclampsia to traumatic injuries.
That's why Southeastern Community College designed, built and equipped its Great River Health Systems Health Professions Building — named in recognition of GRHS' $1 million donation toward the building — to be capable of simulating the real thing. In the first year it opened, SCC's health professions programs saw a 17 percent increase in enrollment.
"Simulation is a trend in health education," said SCC President Michael Ash. "It's really meeting a major area of need."
While health professions students work with one of five manikins from what SCC has dubbed the Sim Family (a sixth manikin is at the Keokuk campus) in rooms designed to look like exam rooms, simulation technician Donald Aliprandi watches from the simulation center's control room.
The manikins are pre-programmed with scenarios through the National League of Nursing, and Aliprandi can tweak the algorithms to react to actions students take during the simulation.
"They were ignoring the fact that (Sim Mom) could have a seizure and didn't take any seizure precautions," Aliprandi recalled of a simulation that took place earlier this month. "So we had Sim Mom have a 15-second seizure."
Sim Mom can do more than seize up. She also can give birth. As rings true with real-life child birth, the process can get messy.
"We did a postpartum hemorrhage. That was quite messy," Aliprandi said. "(The students) were really surprised about how much came out."
The hemorrhage consisted of 615 milliliters of fake blood and 350 milliliters of fake urine that slowly leaked out of Sim Mom and onto the hospital bed and floor.
The baby manikin, which, through staff vote, has been dubbed Baby Grace, is placed into a canister inside Sim Mom's stomach. While Sim Mom's in labor, students can monitor Baby Grace's heartbeat, which is played through speakers inside Sim Mom's stomach.
Grace can be positioned in the canister to make for an easy birth, such as with the occipito-posterior position, or a difficult birth, such as with the breached position, in which case the students must re-position the baby. Sim Mom also can be placed in different labor positions.
After the baby is out, students must tend to it to make sure its in good health, but they can't forget about the placenta, which they inspect for abnormalities that might indicate something is wrong.
"(We inspect it) to make sure it's all intact because if not, it means there could be pieces retained in the uterus, and that's not good," said Katelyn White, who is in her first year in the nursing program.
The manikins can mimic a number of symptoms that could be indicators of a more serious condition in real life. The pupil sizes can be changed to indicate neurological problems on another sim baby that will be used heavily among respiratory care students, Sim Mom can exhibit tongue edema and lung resistance can be changed when students are practicing CPR.
Sim Man produces urine when a catheter is inserted and has multiple pulse points.
The manikins also help students develop bedside manner. If, for example, a student points out the manikin is displaying edema on the ankles and feet, Aliprandi will chime in through a speaker in the room saying he doesn't know what that means, hoping the students will explain it to him in layman's terms.
If students fail to take corrective action while treating their simulated patients, the manikins can flat-line.
"Simulation is supposed to be considered a safe environment where it's OK to make mistakes as long as they're learning from them," Aliprandi said.
After the students complete their simulation, they review it as a group with their instructor to discuss if anything could have been done differently.
The manikins can be used as learning tools for existing medical professionals as well. SCC allows area hospital employees to use the manikins to mimic rare scenarios they may experience only once in their careers.
The manikins are far from the only equipment the college uses to prepare its students for a career in the medical field.
For EMS students, the college has a plethora of first-responder equipment, including a full box ambulance.
"I'm only aware of one other school that has a full box ambulance," Ash said.
Respiratory care students practice using forced air compressor units and ventilators, another device controls blood flow rates for students drawing blood or treating an injury, and software programs help prepare medical coding and billing and medical scribe students for the business side of health care.
Nursing students also participate in electronic medical record training using systems from area hospitals, such as Cerner, the electronic medical records system used at GRMC.
"It eases their transition to employment," said Dean of Health Professions and Director of Nursing Kristi Schroeder. "(Health professions programs) have strong enrollment and great job placement."
There are about 250 students enrolled in one of the college's health professions programs, and there should be even more in the future as SCC plans to add two more health professions programs in the near future: pharmacy technician and occupational therapy assistant.


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4th of July Food Vendors
Hoboken will be buzzing!
Details are still being finalized at City Hall – but it appears that Hoboken is doing something to accommodate visitors (and capitalize on) the Macy's July 4th Fireworks Spectacular on the Hudson!
(tentative food locations)
Not a "Street Fair" – but a "Food Fair!"
There were some rumblings about a street fair being organized to coincide with this year's fireworks frenzy – but word on the street is, that it'll just involve food vendors.
Apparently, along Sinatra Drive (stretching from Pier A Park – all the way to Maxwell Place) – food vendors have been invited to participate and sell their goods. Cost is around $500 to setup for the evening – and the money raised by the city will help pay for the expenses of the day. At this time, I heard that about 20 vendors have signed on so far.
Additionally, the city is gearing up to make sure that all safety concerns are covered, including a mobile triage unit from Hoboken University Medical Center along the waterfront and cooling stations. While Sinatra Drive will be closed to public vehicular traffic, the city is ensuring that an 18-foot wide path is left clear, so that fire and emergency vehicles can pass if necessary.
If you're a food vendor and want to participate, call the Hoboken Cultural Affairs office at 201-420-2207.
[Note: These are all tentative details at the moment, and are subject to change. A formal announcement will come as we get closer to the 4th.]


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Epson inkjet printers cannot hold up to production pressure; they require a RIP to do an adequate job, are slow and may be unreliable.
When we got ready to do desktop publishing in color we figured that since Epson ads showed such stunning color, and the printers were so cheap, that an Epson printer was the ideal solution. Buying the Epson inkjet printer was the worst digital printer mistake we made (and we made this mistake three times, each new model of Epson was just as bad as the previous one). Only a laser printer is sturdy enough to handle serious desktop publishing.
Now that you realize the potential of having your own affordable in-house color laser printer, where can you get one?
Nowadays there is no need to buy a laser printer from a home town dealer. You can get more help and information from a company that specializes in color laser printers such as QmaxDigital. QmaxDigital sells nationwide. They handle primarily desktop publishing flatbed scanners and color laser printers such as Panasonic, Hewlett-Packard, QMS, Tally, etc.
Be sure to buy a maintenance contract if you plan to do substantial printing.
Paper recommended for Lexmark Optra 1275n color laser printer
Now on line, an entire web site devoted to laser printing reviews. With all the attention to ink jet printers, laser printers have kind of been overlooked. But laser prints don't fade like ink jet prints and laser printers are faster, sturdier, and networkable.


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Thrill The World Practice at Johnson City Public Library
Thrill the World is an annual worldwide simultaneous dance of Michael Jackson's Thriller for world records. Thousands of people in cities around the world will learn the Thriller dance and perform it precisely at the same time. All ages may participate in dance practice to learn Thriller at The Johnson City Public Library in the Jones Meeting Room on Wednesday, September 20 at 6:00 p.m. Sign-ups will take place at the practices and are a commitment to participate in the Thrill the World event on October 28.
For more information about these and other Youth Services programs, please call 423-434-4458.
Blood Drive
Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the area locations. Visit http://tinyurl.com/n4aujx9 to find a location near you. In addition to scheduled blood drives, donors are welcome at Marsh Regional's collection centers: 111 W. Stone Drive, Suite 300, Kingsport, 2428 Knob Creek Road, Johnson City and 1996 W. State St., Bristol.
For more information about scheduling a blood drive at a local business, church, school or community organization, please call 423-408-7500, 423-652-0014 or 276-679-4669 or visit www.marshblood.com.
The Casual Word Adult Creative Writing Class
Join us for a free, fun, engaging, and different look into writing. In this class, we will not focus on structure, form, or rules, but on the freedom of writing. It is the goal of this class to open the mind to its full creative potential by allowing participants to write what they want, how they want to write it. Sessions will be student lead; we will engage in topics and subjects that are of interest to the students. The atmosphere is casual and jovial. This class is designed for all those 18 and up who wish to try their hand at creative writing. Thursdays @ 6:00 p.m. Jones Creativity Center. Bristol Public Library.
JC Community Drum Circle
The Johnson City Community Drum Circle meets every Wednesday evening (April – October), 7pm – 8:30pm, inside the Farmers' Market Pavilion next to Founders Park. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate. Come drum, hoop/holler, dance, or just relax and take in the scene, no experience or "talent" necessary. There are shared instruments and of course you can bring your own drums or percussion. It's all improvised, so there are no mistakes. We just smile and keep playing. Bring your own seating!
Carver Rec to offer First Responders Day
Carver Recreation Center, 322 W. Watauga Ave., will host a First Responders Day on Monday, Sept. 25 as a thank you to area first responders for their dedication and hard work. All first responders are invited to enjoy a free lunch or dinner from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at the center. Identification is required.
For more information, please call 423-461-8830.ll 423-434-5758.
MPCC to offer Eat Smart Cooking Program
Memorial Park Community Center, 510 Bert St., will offer Eat Smart Cooking, a free class for ages 18 and older using basic recipes for healthy eating. Classes will be offered from 11 a.m.-noon and 4-5 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month, October-March. Please register in person at MPCC. For more information, call 423-434-5758.
Virginia Highlands Songwriters Group
Virginia Highlands Songwriter's group we would like to invite folks to join. We meet once a month, play assignments for each other, give positive feedback and will be playing at Heartwood once a month on Saturdays 1-3 free for the public. The events are FREE to the public. Everyone interested in songwriting is welcome to join. We meet at VHCC in Abingdon in the MEC building room 114 next Thursday September 14th at 6:30. Interested folks may email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Fun with Tablets at Gray Library
If you are thinking about purchasing a tablet, but don't know which one best meets your needs, on Sept. 21 at 4:30 p.m., is your opportunity to find out. Participants will learn about differences between name brands and also discover some fun things to do on tablets. Registration is suggested, but not mandatory. Bring your own, or the library's tablets will be available for you to try out during the class. Call the library for more information at 423-477-1550.
Family Weekend to be held Sept. 22-24 at ETSU
Families of East Tennessee State University students are invited to campus Sept. 22-24 for a fun-filled Family Weekend.
The weekend allows families to visit their students, stay connected to ETSU and explore Johnson City. Highlights include a Welcome Reception, a Family Weekend Tailgate and a Sunday brunch. The Welcome Reception will be held Friday, Sept. 22, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Alumni House, located at 914 W. Maple St. Participants may drop by to pick up a Family Weekend schedule and enjoy dessert, as well as meet ETSU Student Affairs staff who can answer questions and get to know members of students' families.
The Family Weekend Tailgate will be Saturday, Sept. 23, at noon outside the new William B. Greene Jr. Stadium. Participants may hang out with students, faculty, staff and alumni while preparing for the ETSU football game vs. Mercer, which kicks off at 3:30 p.m. Student tickets to the game are free and are available online. Discounted single-game tickets for family members are available online; these may be purchased by contacting Jake Allen at email@example.com for the discount code and visiting ETSUBucs.com or calling the ticket office at 423-439-ETSU (3878).
The Family Weekend Brunch will be held Sunday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m.-noon in the Multipurpose Room of the Wayne G. Basler Center for Physical Activity (CPA).
For Family Weekend registration, plus a complete schedule of these and other activities both on and off campus, visit www.etsu.edu/students/nsfp/family/familyweekend.php.
For more information, call ETSU New Student and Family Programs at 423-439-8452. For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at 423-439-8346.


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MIDI - The Absolute Basics (Part 2)
The theory and practice of MIDI sequencers, explained in simple terms.
MIDI sequencing has revolutionised modern composition and recording — couldn't it revolutionise your music, too? Stephanie Sobey-Jones offers a painless introduction to this important production technique.
Several years ago, labouring on my multitrack recorder with the umpteenth 'take' of a particularly vicious piece, a friend commented: "What you really need is one of these new sequencers. It would save you so much time, and you could correct all those mistakes without having to re-record the track". Had this been suggested at the start of the project instead of at its conclusion, I might have been more immediately receptive to the idea! Nevertheless, with a sneaking curiosity, I went off to try and track down one of these (then) new inventions which allowed you to connect a keyboard to a computer, via MIDI (another relatively recent invention!) and view the results of your performance in a series of small rectangles, each corresponding to a played note. These could then be moved up and down, or shifted elsewhere on the screen, causing quite radical changes to my original performance. It was quite amazing — no more frustration, trying to get those fiendish passages right on the first take. That was it — I was an addict!
MIDI sequencing has transformed the music industry, music education, and the home studio market, opening up opportunities for song writing and music production to thousands of people. So what exactly is it, and why has it become so popular?
In some ways, a sequencer is rather like a type of multitrack recorder, which allows you to record material onto several tracks — one track at a time, or several at once, in some cases — and to play it back. At this point, however, the similarity really ends, for, although they seem to have many parallels, sequencing and analogue tape recording are two fundamentally different concepts. In conventional analogue recording, the sound itself is recorded onto tape. Sequencing, on the other hand, involves the transfer and storage of MIDI information, not sound itself, confining it to use with MIDI instruments. (This does not necessarily mean that owners of acoustic instruments are excluded from the fun — more later!). In a typical setup, a MIDI Instrument will be connected to a sequencer via a MIDI cable. When the sequencer is set to record and the keyboard is played, MIDI Information (Note On/Off, Pitch, Velocity, etc.) is generated, recorded by the sequencer and held in its memory. When the sequencer is directed to play back, it transmits that information in exactly the same order or sequence (hence the name), to whichever MIDI Instrument is programmed to receive it (see Figure 1). At this point we hear what was originally played — not from the computer, but from the synthesizer being controlled by it. The MIDI information which makes up a completed song can normally be saved onto either floppy or hard disk in the form of a song data file.
Apart from its similarities to a multitrack tape recorder, a sequencer system can also be thought of as a kind of hi-tech pianola — one of those automated pianos that plays back music stored as punched holes on rolls of paper. The device that first punches and later reads the paper roll is equivalent to the sequencer, while the automated piano section is analogous to a MIDI instrument. Furthermore, the ability to correct and edit a sequence after it has been recorded is not unlike the musical equivalent of a word processor, where misspelt words can be fixed and paragraphs moved around or duplicated.
If you want to record several tracks and replay them using different voices or sounds, you will either need several keyboards in your setup, or a multitimbral keyboard/sound module which can be controlled on several different MIDI channels at the same time. Because a sequencer works on the principle of transmitting and storing numerical information, that information can be changed or edited, altering, for example, the pitch or length of a note. It is the ability to edit compositions in this way that makes sequencers such powerful musical tools.
There are basically two different types of sequencers: software sequencers which are designed to run on a computer, and hardware sequencers which may be separate, self-contained units or incorporated into workstation-type keyboards. The two types function in a similar way — what tends to vary is the way in which the recorded information is displayed and how it can be edited.
With on-board hardware sequencers, the recording process is fairly 'immediate'; you press Record and start playing. The smaller display facilities make them less visual than computer-based systems, though they are, arguably, more practical in a live performance situation, as they are more compact and less vulnerable than a computer plus monitor. All but the most basic hardware sequencers have a built-in disk drive, allowing songs to be saved as files on floppy disk. Sequencers with no disk drive are more restrictive, as your songs have to be stored in their internal memory, which may or may not be large enough to hold more than a few songs at a time!
One solution to this potential problem is to use a separate MIDI storage device which has its own inbuilt disk drive. This frees the sequencer's limited memory for another project without losing the work you have just done.
Instead of the largely textual display offered by hardware sequencers, computer/software systems make more use of graphics, usually in conjunction with mouse-driven operation. Nowadays, there is some sort of sequencing software available for nearly every make of computer, invariably offering some or all of the features and facilities to be discussed shortly. To make the computer compatible with the rest of your setup, you'll require a MIDI interface; Atari computers have this interface built in, which is why they have always been popular as music computers. External MIDI Interfaces are available for Apple Macintosh machines and are equally user friendly, quite cheap, and will easily plug in to the modem or printer ports on the machine. PC users need an interface card which plugs into the computer and is linked to an external adaptor box with MIDI sockets.
Most software sequencers, visually, consist of a main page which handles the basic 'recording' of the information, and two or three other pages, or windows, which deal with aspects of editing. Again, the link with conventional multitrack recording is usually evident in the use of the standard transport controls (Play, Record, Rewind, and so on), which are represented graphically and can be 'clicked' with a mouse. Also similar is the concept of tracks, which are usually displayed by number on the main page; there may be from 12 to 64 (or even more) tracks available, depending on the package, but you have to remember that you can only play back as many tracks as your MIDI Instruments can handle. For example, an 8-part multitimbral synth can't play back more than eight different sounds at one time, though you may choose to use the same sound on more than one track. This is common practice in the case of drum sounds, where different keys trigger the sound of different drums; you may find it convenient to record, say, the bass drum on one track, the snare drum on another and maybe some cymbals on another.
On the monitor screen, recorded MIDI information may be presented in several different ways. Some packages display it as standard musical notation; others show notes more graphically, as rectangles on a grid, or piano roll. Some packages have integrated sequencing/score writing facilities which allow you to print out conventional scores of your music, in which case you'll need a printer which is compatible both with your computer and the software package!
Since all sequencers, whether hardware or software, perform in a relatively similar manner, it is invariably the individual features and facilities, and how they are presented, which separates one particular sequencer from another. In general, though, most sequencers incorporate some or all of the following features:
- Real time recording: Playing in your material from a keyboard, similar to conventional recording, except that passages can be recorded at a slower tempo for ease, then played back at normal speed without causing pitch alteration.
- Step time recording (sometimes called MIDI step input): Material can be played in one note at a time, with note values (lengths) individually selected. It can then be played back at the required tempo. Software sequencers also allow individual notes to be drawn in using the mouse, or conventional notation to be positioned on a staff — laborious, but accurate!
- Quantisation: This allows you to tidy up an erratic performance by shuffling all the notes on to the nearest beat, or part of a beat, which can be selected to the most minute degree, or 'resolution'. In other words, selecting a 1/8th note resolution means that everything will be moved on to the start of the nearest 1/8th beat. Should this then sound too mechanical, some packages can 'humanise' the quantised performance by introducing a random element or by giving a 'groove' or 'swing' to the music.
- Transposition: Single notes can be moved up or down in pitch, or whole phrases can move by a fixed interval.
- Copying: This dispenses with the need to play in repetitive (or tricky) rhythms and phrases more than once! A phrase (or larger chunk, often referred to as a Pattern) can reappear in a different part of the song and can be repeated several times. Individual tracks can be duplicated to be played by another voice, and can be moved to combine with other material.
- Arranging: This facility allows you to try out the different parts of your song in a variety of permutations! Intros, verses and choruses can be interchanged using this facility, which is great for trying out and combining ideas.
- Removing material: Most sequencers have a 'Cut' facility which allows you to remove unwanted material, (rather like razor blade editing on tape, but less messy). Also, individual notes can be deleted.
There are also further functions which prove very useful whilst experimenting with, or practising ideas.
Most sequencers allow you to Mute tracks, or Solo a track to hear it in isolation. Cycle mode is also a good facility, enabling you to repeat several bars of the song continuously whilst you experiment with ideas to add.
Finally, if you record over a track by mistake, the Undo facility, which is fairly widely available, will restore the track to its former state! The more complex sequencers offer many more facilities, but the basic facilities described here enable you to make a good start in MIDI recording.
Entering MIDI Information into a sequencer via a keyboard is fine if you are a keyboard player. If not, there are now several different types of MIDI instrument, or 'controller', which perform similar functions. In some ways, other controllers offer greater flexibility, as they inherit certain features which are characteristic of the 'instruments' they are representing, and which can therefore generate additional MIDI information, giving added 'realism' to the performance.
"Most software sequencers consist of a main page which handles the basic 'recording' of the information, and two or three other pages, or windows, which deal with aspects of editing."
One of the most popular types of controller is the MIDI guitar. These instruments exist both as guitars with built-in 'guitar to MIDI' conversion, or as add-on units which can be installed on a separate instrument. MIDI note information is generated when a string is picked, and some models will allow guitar-like expression, such as string bends, hammer-ons and so on. Because of inherent technical limitations, guitar controllers take a little getting used to, but the extra effort is worth it.
Drum pads are another favourite type of controller, where hitting the pad generates the appropriate MIDI note. Apart from the obvious musical advantages, this provides a wonderful way to practice percussion without annoying the neighbours, and you can trigger any MIDI sound you like, not just drums! Rather less common are the xylophone-like percussion controllers, which work on a similar principle and which are designed to facilitate MIDI activity in the orchestral percussion section.
Wind controllers are still enjoying some considerable exposure, being available in a couple of price ranges. Here, breath and lip pressure control the main MIDI parameters, and these instruments can be wonderfully expressive, enabling the slurring and portamenti which can be more difficult to achieve on the average keyboard. As a previously neglected string player, I have been delighted to see the advent of MIDI violins, violas and cellos, ergonomically 'interesting' looking instruments which have opened up new avenues for the old string quartet. Some of these instruments are fairly pricey, but cheaper alternatives exist in the form of a bridge/tailpiece pick-up mechanism which can be fitted to any traditional violin body.
Now we even have MIDI for singers and acoustic instrumentalists. The MIDI microphone (or pitch-to-MIDI converter) is quite an affordable little device, which converts any audio signal from a microphone into MIDI information which can be stored in, and replayed from, a sequencer. For educational music, this is a really worthwhile investment, since it facilitates composition and recording of musical ideas without the physical restrictions imposed by an instrument. The cheaper systems aren't perfect and sometimes produce unexpected results, but they are still worth persevering with. Also remember that in the majority of cases, these controllers have no built-in sound capability, and require an additional sound module to play back sequenced material.
Finally, although we have only really scratched the surface of what MIDI sequencing has to offer; one thing is certain — it's a highly addictive activity, and once you get started it's almost impossible to stop!
If your system seems reluctant to work, there are a few troubleshooting points which might be worth investigating before starting to panic:
- Check that each piece of equipment is switched on, and that the master volume control is up — stupidly obvious, but a surprisingly common fault.
- Check the MIDI cable connections are correct — be careful that the MIDI Out socket has not been used on a piece of equipment when its MIDI Thru should have been connected instead. Some instruments have a shared MIDI Out/Thru socket, so make sure in this case that MIDI Thru is enabled on the instrument.
- Check the MIDI channels which each sound source is set to receive on are correct.
- Multiple notes or erratic behaviour may be caused by a MIDI loop, where MIDI data generated by the master keyboard/instrument passes through the sequencer, back to the master keyboard instrument and then back to the sequencer again, and so on. Your keyboard may have a Local On/Off facility which can be turned off to break this loop or, alternatively, some software sequencing packages have a MIDI Thru facility, which may be set to prevent MIDI information on a specific MIDI channel passing through the sequencer. For example, if the master keyboard is set to transmit on channel 1 and the keyboard has its Local switch set to On, then MIDI Thru should be switched off for channel 1 on the sequencer. Conversely, the sequencer MIDI Thru may be left on but then Local should be set to Off on the keyboard. If both are on, then you have the conditions for a MIDI loop.
- Finally, if your MIDI setup is correct, the MIDI Message light (where applicable) will flash on all the appropriate sound sources when the master keyboard is played or the sequencer is run on their channels. If this is OK but you still hove no sound, check that your instruments are properly connected to your amplifier via your mixer.
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The Benefits of Using Promotional Table Covers with Printed Logos
One of the most important things for your company is to ensure that you have made it very visible enough. One of the ways to increase the visibility of your company is by advertising especially on trade shows, you should let the markets know about what you provide. Tradeshows are normally organized by different organizations and companies are given the opportunities to rent stands where they can tell the market about their products and services. However, you'll probably realize that for you to successfully advertise on a tradeshow, there are some things that you need to use. You have to think carefully about the amount of space you have, how many products can be advertising in addition to the amount of money you'll be paying regarding rent. The method you will use to display the products that are available from your company is also something you have to think about. It would be important for you to come up with the best strategies possible for attracting or inviting people to your stand, it's very essential. You will realize that other kinds of companies are very interested in using expensive methods to attract people, but you can think of using some very cheap methods like using promotional table covers with printed Logos. Finding the company that will help you with printing the table covers is not difficult, there are many of these companies in different parts of the world.
It would be very important for you to think about the best logo possible that will be printed on their promotional table covers. When you get the promotional table covers with printed Logos, you will help your customers because you'll give them an image of your company. Whether it's during a tradeshow or its at an event you have created, using promotional table covers with printed Logos can be good for you in the following ways. Companies that use promotional table covers can more about easily reduce the expenses on advertising, it's a cheap method. Getting the services of printing companies is not difficult at the same time, table covers are also easily available.The same time, table covers that have printed logos on them are also very attractive. This is therefore something that you have to consider because it can give a lot of benefits in just those simple ways.
Another great benefit of promotional table covers is that they can help you to increase your income the more customers come to your stand. It is very important to realize that you can gain quite a lot from advertising your products from using these promotional table covers and you ensure because you provide information to customers about your products and services. It will be of great benefit to you if you decided to consider the strategies.


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Items Tagged: data+lake
Out on a data storage market limb: Six predictions for 2015
Our crystal ball tells us this will be a year of change for the data storage market.
- Premiered: 01/05/15
- Author: Mike Matchett
- Published: Tech Target: Search Storage
Hadoop Storage Options: Time to Ditch DAS?
Hadoop is immensely popular today because it makes big data analysis cheap and simple: you get a cluster of commodity servers and use their processors as compute nodes to do the number crunching, while their internal direct attached storage (DAS) operate as very low cost storage nodes.
- Premiered: 02/19/15
- Author: Taneja Group
- Published: Infostor
Data lakes swim with golden information for analytics
First we had data. Then we had big data. Now we have data lakes. Will the murky depths prove bountiful?
- Premiered: 04/14/15
- Author: Mike Matchett
- Published: TechTarget: Search Data Center
Navigate data lakes to manage big data
While the data lake concept appeals to business today, IT administrators must exercise caution prior to a full-scale implementation.
- Premiered: 06/05/15
- Author: Mike Matchett
- Published: TechTarget: Search Storage
Now Big Data Works for Every Enterprise: Pepperdata Adds Missing Performance QoS to Hadoop
While a few well-publicized web 2.0 companies are taking great advantage of foundational big data solution that they have themselves created (e.g. Hadoop), most traditional enterprise IT shops are still thinking about how to practically deploy their first business-impacting big data applications – or have dived in and are now struggling mightily to effectively manage a large Hadoop cluster in the middle of their production data center. This has led to the common perception that realistic big data business value may yet be just out of reach for most organizations – especially those that need to run lean and mean on both staffing and resources.
This new big data ecosystem consists of scale-out platforms, cutting-edge open source solutions, and massive storage that is inherently difficult for traditional IT shops to optimally manage in production – especially with still evolving ecosystem management capabilities. In addition, most organizations need to run large clusters supporting multiple users and applications to control both capital and operational costs. Yet there are no native ways to guarantee, control, or even gain visibility into workload-level performance within Hadoop. Even if there wasn't a real high-end skills and deep expertise gap for most, there still isn't any practical way that additional experts could tweak and tune mixed Hadoop workload environments to meet production performance SLA's.
At the same time, the competitive game of mining of value from big data has moved from day-long batch ELT/ETL jobs feeding downstream BI systems, to more user interactive queries and business process "real time" applications. Live performance matters as much now in big data as it does in any other data center solution. Ensuring multi-tenant workload performance within Hadoop is why Pepperdata, a cluster performance optimization solution, is critical to the success of enterprise big data initiatives.
In this report we'll look deeper into today's Hadoop deployment challenges and learn how performance optimization capabilities are not only necessary for big data success in enterprise production environments, but can open up new opportunities to mine additional business value. We'll look at Pepperdata's unique performance solution that enables successful Hadoop adoption for the common enterprise. We'll also examine how it inherently provides deep visibility and reporting into who is doing what/when for troubleshooting, chargeback and other management needs. Because Pepperdata's function is essential and unique, not to mention its compelling net value, it should be a checklist item in any data center Hadoop implementation.
To read this full report please click here.
Scale-out architecture and new data protection capabilities in 2016
What are the next big things for the data center in 2016? Applications will pilot the course to better data protection and demand more resources from scale-out architecture.
- Premiered: 02/17/16
- Author: Mike Matchett
- Published: TechTarget: Search Data Center
Assimilate converged IT infrastructure into the data center
With the hype around converged and hyper-converged IT infrastructure, resistance seems futile. While your IT organization will likely be a mix of converged, dedicated and cloud-based resources, convergence is moving into new areas.
- Premiered: 03/16/16
- Author: Mike Matchett
- Published: TechTarget: Search Data Center
Galactic Exchange can get your Hadoop cluster up and running in just 5 minutes
Stealthy startup Galactic Exchange Inc. burst out of the shadows this weekend touting a new product that's able to spin up an Hadoop or Spark cluster, ready to go, in just five minutes.
- Premiered: 03/28/16
- Author: Taneja Group
- Published: Silicon Angle
Storage technologies evolve toward a data-processing platform
Emerging technologies such as containers, HCI and big data have blurred the lines between compute and storage platforms, breaking down traditional IT silos.
- Premiered: 05/18/17
- Author: Mike Matchett
- Published: TechTarget: Search Data Center
Secondary data storage: A massively scalable transformation
Capitalize on flash with interactive, online secondary data storage architectures that make a lot more data available for business while maximizing flash investment.
- Premiered: 10/06/17
- Author: Mike Matchett
- Published: TechTarget: Search Storage


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It was just a matter of time before a movie would be made featuring a drone, but who would have thought that the drone would co-star as a friend and protector.
Rotor DR1 is a story about a 16-year old boy who becomes separated from his father during a worldwide viral outbreak and finds a drone that he believes can help him reunite. The movie is the brainchild of Chad Kapper, a director and producer known for Sarah's Choice, Without Warning, the highly successful YouTube FliteTest channel, and now, Rotor DR1. On this episode of the Drone Radio Show podcast, Chad talks about the making of the movie, drones and his quest to make the first movie ever using an online community to help decide what happens.


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How to Take Care of Geraniums in Texas Winter
Whether geraniums are annual or perennial flowers depends upon your growing region. Geraniums are a tender perennial plant in USDA zones 8 through 10, and they are annual flowers in colder regions. If you live in Texas, the southern half of the state is suitable for wintering geraniums outdoors as long as you take care to protect the plants during any occasional frosts. Northern Texas gardeners should bring geraniums indoors to keep them growing over the winter.
Geranium Care in USDA Zones 6 and 7
Dig up geraniums growing in the soil prior to autumn frosts. Use the trowel to loosen the geraniums from the soil, taking care not to disturb the roots as you remove the plants from the soil.
Fill the planting containers approximately half full with potting soil. Use one planting container for each geranium you dig up.
Transfer the geraniums to the planting containers and fill additional potting soil in and around the plants to finish repotting the geraniums.
Water the transplanted geraniums generously immediately after you plant them.
Place the geraniums in a warmer location that receives some sunlight. An enclosed porch or indoors in a sunny window would be ideal.
Water the geraniums throughout the winter when the soil becomes dry, watering only enough to moisten the soil again.
Transplant the geraniums back outside the following spring.
Geranium Care in USDA Zones 8 through 10
Move geraniums growing in containers to a sheltered location if you expect freezing weather. Place the geraniums temporarily in a garage, shed or basement while the temperatures are below freezing. When the weather warms again, move them back to their regular growing location.
Cover geraniums growing in the ground with a frost blanket prior to freezing weather. Cover the geraniums the evening before the freezing weather occurs and uncover them again the following morning when the weather climbs back up above freezing again. Do not leave the frost blanket on the geraniums throughout the day, but rather replace the frost blanket again the following evening if you expect another overnight frost.
Provide water for the geraniums throughout the winter months to keep them vibrant and healthy. Provide water when the soil dries to moisten it again.
Deadhead the geraniums to remove spent blossoms. Clip the stems with spent blossoms back to the point just above the first leaf node.
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Things Needed
- Trowel
- Potting soil
- Planting containers
- Heavy frost blankets


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Did you like to make chalk drawings on the sidewalk when you were a kid? Houston's Via Colori street festival takes drawing on the sidewalk to new levels, as guest artists create temporary works of art right before your eyes on the streets on downtown Houston.
This year's Via Colori festival takes place Saturday, November 19, 2011 and Sunday, November 20, 2011. Events will take place around Downtown Houston; Sam Houston Park & the streets of Allen Parkway & Bagby.
Admission to the festival is free, but there are several optional activities (including bungee jumping!) available for a fee. All proceeds benefit The Center for Hearing and Speech, which has helped thousands of children develop listening, speaking and literacy skills needed to succeed in the mainstream hearing world.
The video below introduces some of the artists who will be drawing at the 2011 festival.
The Via Colori Street Scene features beer and wine sampling, live music, light bites provided by Carrabba's, and even a festival-wide scavenger hunt with prizes. Tickets for Street Scene are available for $20 at http://viacoloristreetscene.eventbrite.com.
Here are some photos from previous years' festivals.
Photo Credit: Ed Schipul
Photo Credit: Ed Schipul
Photo Credit: Linda MacPhee-Cobb
Photo Credit: Ed Schipul
Photo Credit: Ed Schipul


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When we think of the importance of water, we often think of it in regards to life and survival. However, water also plays an important role in everyday production and manufacturing.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), water used for industrial purposes is vital for fabricating, processing, washing, diluting, cooling, and transporting certain manufactured products.Read More