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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Radio Dismuke
(Along with arrangements, songwriting deteriorated greatly in the '40s. The rise of boogie woogie made the melodies less interesting. The stage was set for Rock'n'Roll and the backbeat juggernaut.)
Another great thing about '30s recordings is that the singers perform the songs at the upbeat tempo they were written to be sung at. Modern cabaret singers drive me crazy because they slow down the songs in order to show off their voices. This often destroys the songs. Take George and Ira Gershwin's "I've Got A Crush On You," for example. It was done on Broadway as an upbeat song. I would bet that if you listened to 100 modern cabaret singers do this song, not one would do it at the right tempo. They slow it down and make it a torch song. You lose so much when that happens, especially with Gershwin, who was the most kinetic and danceable of composers. (Harry Warren, in my opinion, has the second best dancing drive in his melodies. He is not as famous as the Broadway songwriters because he worked in Hollywood and the East Coast intellectuals used to turn their nose up at the movies.)
Also, the '30s singers sing the melody right, with the exception of Billie Holliday, who was constitutionally incapable of singing a song straight. When singers do a Sarah Vaughan and change the melody, I think, "Well, this singer considers himself a better songwriter than Jerome Kern (or whoever)." I prefer melodies sung the way they were written.
There was a long period in the 1980's when I listened to nothing but '30s music. I found myself writing '30s songs in my head. I remember when I was around the age of 30 walking up Lexington Avenue in New York City with this Gershwin-like bouncy tune in my head. I decided I had to learn how to write music so I could get it down and not forget it. I bought books and learned (just barely) to write a lead sheet. I had long talks with a conservatory-trained composer at my day job and picked up some great tips for harmonizing. I then wrote the book, lyrics and music to an unproduced musical comedy in the '30s style.
Nowadays I'm writing songs in an early '60s style that I want to record in a studio in a fellow's garage in Riverside, California. (It's the Army of Davids scenario. I can do things in a garage that pros could not do 30 years ago.) I fear that listening to Radio Dismuke will screw up my songwriting, because when I listen to too much '30s music, I start writing it. After hearing just a few songs I have that sound running in my head right now. Lou Reed says it's fun living with a radio in your head. I know what he means.
But it might not be so bad getting reacquainted with '30s songs. I have noticed that if you take '30s melody and harmony and put a backbeat to it, the result sounds like something from the late '50s or early '60s. Those Brill Building songwriters had roots in the pre-rock tradition. And some pre-rock songs have been quite successful in the rock era: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "Dream A Little Dream of Me," "I Only Have Eyes For You," "Summertime." And who can forget Paco's rendition of "Puttin' On the Ritz"? I wish I could.
UPDATE: Dismuke's myspace page has three fabulous recordings that play when you click on the page. The recording of "As Time Goes By" is a perfect example of what I mean about songs sung at the right tempo. For the last 60 years I don't think anyone has recorded that song at the pace of the Columbians here. When you slow the song down, I tell you, it becomes dreary and dull. Why, oh why can't singers get it right?
In the original production of Show Boat in 1928, believe it or not, both "Old Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man of Mine" were uptempo happy songs. Those repetitive, syncopated melodies are infectious toe-tappers when done moderately fast. Imagine trying to get a singer to do one of those songs with some pace today! I don't know if Paul Robeson was the first singer to slow "Old Man River" down, but it would be nice if he was -- then I could call slow tempos a commie plot.
I wish I could listen to this music while I work, but unfortunately my day job involves listening FM radio stations. Instead of Radio Dismuke, I have to listen to Hip-Hop, which is rather like saying instead of visiting John Galt I have to spend time with Charles Manson.
18 comments:
- Test Contributor said...
Gee - thanks for the nice write up and plug for my station!
myrhaf wrote:
"Also, the '30s singers sing the melody right, with the exception of Billie Holliday, who was constitutionally incapable of singing a song straight. When singers do a Sarah Vaughan and change the melody, I think, "Well, this singer considers himself a better songwriter than Jerome Kern (or whoever)." I prefer melodies sung the way they were written."
YES! That drives me nuts too. I have never cared for Billie Holliday and the modern ones are even worse. They not only change the melody - a great many of them are not even capable of generating much in the way of a melody. It's like they are trying to sing in a monotone. Perhaps it is because modern popular music almost never has a melody - and even though they are performing an old song, they don't want to be regarded as being too "old fashioned."
myrhaf wrote:
"Another great thing about '30s recordings is that the singers perform the songs at the upbeat tempo they were written to be sung at. Modern cabaret singers drive me crazy because they slow down the songs in order to show off their voices. This often destroys the songs."
Yes. I actually wish that such performers would simply NOT perform vintage tunes at all. If they did modern stuff, I would just be bored to tears or nausiated depending on how bad it is. But for me, who knows very well what such songs are supposed to sound like - well, such aesthetic vandalism is very uncomfortable to witness. It is like seeing a person you once thought the world of who has just spent several hard years in a concentration camp where he was lobotomized and his body shows the ravages of starvation and torture. You can recognize that it is the same person you once knew - but all you can focus on is the contrast of what once was and all that has been destroyed. And while a destroyed song is certainly not as dramatic or tragic as a destroyed human being, there is one respect in which it is worse: decent people are not going to applaud what was done to the concentration camp victim or suggest that it is somehow an improvement. Yet that is exactly what many do when many moderns botch up old songs.
myrhaf wrote:
"In the original production of Show Boat in 1928, believe it or not, both "Old Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man of Mine" were uptempo happy songs. Those repetitive, syncopated melodies are infectious toe-tappers when done moderately fast."
Another example is the Rogers and Hart song "Manhattan" which was composed in the 1920. I never used to care for the song and considered it to be dull and dreary because I had only heard it performed in such a manner. Then I came across recordings from when the song was new - and, oh, boy, they were peppy and syncopated and it came across as being a very cheerful and happy tune.
Early recordings of Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" were actually performed in a slightly up-tempo fashion.
On the other hand, I also have vintage recordings where certain songs were significantly slowed down - and yet they work, sometimes quite well, while the post World War II attempts usually fail.
I think slowing down the music is only part of the problem. Besides doing slowing them down, they drain all of the emotion and, therefore, the soul and life, out of the music.
A few years ago, someone I know confided to me that he had previously been treated for panic-anxiety attacks. The doctors gave him medication that was supposed to prevent the attacks from happening. Towards that end, the medication was successful. However, despite strong protests by the doctors, he chose to discontinue the medication because he considered the side-effects to be worse than the occasional attacks. When I asked what the side-effects were like, he said that if one were to imagine a spectrum of all possible emotions with the very center being that of utter indifference, the effect of the medication was as if someone had chopped off both ends of the emotional spectrum leaving only a very limited portion of the center. He no longer felt the anxiety or the depression - but he didn't feel much of anything else either. If he observed that his kids were behaving like monsters, destroying things in the house and needed to be disciplined, he felt the same emotional reaction that he would if his wife reminded him that his favorite program was about to start on TV - both were just tasks that he had to do. Basically, all emotions - positive and negative - were drained away from him. He gave up the medication because he felt like a zombie (BTW - I am not endorsing his giving up the medication. For all I know, either the doctors failed to offer or he refused to allow them to attempt to regulate the dosage which I am told is sometimes necessary with such medicines).
I bring this up because, when he told me that story, a chill went down my spine because it occurred to me that THAT was a great description of what so much of modern popular culture is like. It is like everything has been emotionally sanitized - and I submit that it goes well beyond music.
Modern popular music - even that which is not outrightly nihilistic - is never joyous, never excited nor happy. Nor is it sad. Nor is it gloomy or blue. (I am referring only to the actual MUSIC and not lyrics which may or may not express such things). All of that went out of the window with melody. All that is left is a shell where mere deviation from a monotone passes for the role once served by melody. In the old days they called such stuff "elevator music." The only difference with today's stuff is they have added a rhythmic beat.
The lack of emotion in modern music used to puzzle me because, if moderns are anything, they tend to be rabid emotionalists in the very worse possible way. This is, after all, the age of the Oprah show - and of Cindy Sheehan. One would expect emotionalists to at least enjoy emotionally expressive music.
Eventually, what occurred to me is that, while we live in an age filled with unapologetic emotionalism, there are certain types of emotions which are considered taboo: any emotions which are rooted in one's values.
Expressing and being guided by one's emotions is perfectly ok and even encouraged these days if those emotions happen to be rage, hostility and envy. And going through the ritual of expressing emotions of "compassion" and "sensitivity" is considered mandatory if a modern wishes to avoid being regarded as a Nazi or worse.
On the other hand, openly expressing passion and enthusiasm for one's values - well that does not always go over well in a great many circles today. People tend to regard it with varying degrees of suspicion. Sometimes it is met with a look the sort of amusement that one would have towards a child talking about magic and Santa. Often it is taken as a sign of weakness - on the premise that strength of character requires one to be a hard-boiled cynic.
Sometimes it can brand a person as a freak. People who are passionate take what they are passionate about seriously - and, taking things too seriously is another taboo in today's world. People who give voice to too much passion and enthusiasm for their work, their productive hobbies, for the ideas which animate them - well, to moderns, that means one does not "have a life" and needs to "get out more."
All of the emotions that have been sanitized out of today's music are all related to one's relationship to the values one is passionate about. Joy, excitement, enthusiasm are examples in a positive sense - while sadness and feeling "blue" are examples in a negative sense.
It is not that modern people do not experience profound values and emotions. Most people certainly do. It is just that such values and emotions are utterly antithetical to today's cultural trends - and, as a result, they tend to be invisible and foreign to the sense-of-life of the resulting popular culture.
If open and public display of one's gushing enthusiasm or excitement about something one is passionate about is met with strange looks - well, a great many people are going to eventually learn to repress such emotions. So how likely is it going to be that music which unapologetically gushes a similar spirit of enthusiasm and excitement going to be received in a culture where people are taught to repress such emotions?
In a culture where cheerfulness is considered shallow and expressions of hard boiled cynicism are considered as a sign of maturity and sophistication - is it surprising that cheerful music is considered trite? If one regards sadness through the lens of cynicism - well, all that is left is a feeling of emptiness. So is it surprising that sad songs are no longer written and the old ones are dismissed as "too sentimental"?
Today's popular culture (and I am talking about the least offensive aspects of it) has all the charm of a styrofoam cup. A styrofoam cup does perform a utilitarian function and does hold liquid just as well as any other type of cup. But imagine going out on the town at what you have been told is the grandest restaurant in town for a very nice dinner to celebrate a very special occasion - and it is served on paper plates and the wine is served in styrofoam cups. That is the emotion I usually feel when I venture from the little pre-World War II bubble I have built for myself and venture out into and look too hard at today's culture. It is just a shallow, bland, dreary emptiness - and I don't know who I feel sorry for more: those who have no grasp of what they are missing or me for living in a world where the things I value so passionately are largely invisible.
The good news, however, is the Internet is a very powerful, effective and inexpensive medium through which to communicate. Unless they manage to outlaw Internet radio (the RIAA has been trying its very best to do just that with all streams other than simulcasts of FM radio broadcasts), it is now possible to show people first hand the sort of popular music that once existed - and what the music of the future could build upon. When I was a kid, that was very difficult to do - the music was completely absent from AM/FM radio and few people have the resources to drop lots of money to buy records just to explore a new genre that someone suggested to them. Today, all one needs to explore the music is an Internet connection, a soundcard and the appropriate URLs. In a way, it is like spreading Objectivism. The biggest challenge is simply getting the word out that an alternative exists.
myrhaf wrote:
"I have noticed that if you take '30s melody and harmony and put a backbeat to it, the result sounds like something from the late '50s or early '60s. Those Brill Building songwriters had roots in the pre-rock tradition."
I have noticed a similar connection with the two genres of music in that I really enjoy a lot of the doo wop type music from the early rock era.
To me, the doo wop music attempts to express a similar range of emotions that music in the 1920s and 1930s was able to. By contrast, the bland "easy listening" pop of the late '40s and early '50s often has a difficult time of it. Attempts on the part of easy listening period music to sound cheerful, for example, come across as very trite and hokey to me. And, most easy listening compositions and recordings pretty much put me to sleep. The early rock stuff always struck me as sort of a rebellion against the dreary and dreadful post World War II stuff and an attempt on the part of teenagers to bring life back to music. And they were very handicapped in that they did not have the resources to do so that their parents did in that, by the 1950s, for various reasons, there simply no longer existed the venues where an upstart band with lot of musicians and instruments could make a financial go of it. So the bands had to be very small, sometimes with little more than a rhythm section and they used vocals to carry the melody and to even fill in for musical instruments. And some of the doo wop vocal groups were VERY talented and impressive. In that respect, however, they were really taking to a new level what other "Golden Era" vocal groups - from the Revelers (and their German counterpart, the Comedian Harmononists) in the late '20s and early '30s, to Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys (where Bing Crosby got his professional start) to the Boswell Sisters and most especially the Mills Brothers had stared a couple of decades earlier. The Mills Brothers are described on the labels their early 78s as "three boys and a guitar" and some labels even carry a notice that no musical instruments beside one guitar were used in the recording. They turned their voices into musical instruments - and that is what the doo wop groups did as well.
Above all, the early doo wop type rock was melodic. It could be joyous or it could be sad. And the music could be BEAUTIFUL - beauty being something that is almost devoid from today's music.
To me, early rock, as a genre, does fall short of the music from the 1920s and 1930s. But I consider that to be a fault not of the song writers and performers but rather of the financial limitations of what they had to work with. In the late 1920s, there were occasions when some of the more famous and successful dance bands would have up to 40 musicians in the band. Clearly a greater range of musical possibilities are open to those who have such resources at their disposal. But I think it is inappropriate to think in such terms when listening to the early rock. One has to take a genre on its own terms - which include the limitations that were imposed on it. It is sort of like listening to recordings from the acoustical era (i.e. pre-microphone) which came to an end when electrical recording became standard around 1925. The acoustical recordings do not sound nearly as good as the later electrical ones - but that certainly is not a mark against the recorded performances from that era or the music. Such factors, however, can and frequently do have an impact on the era and genres of music that one prefers to listen to.
- Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 2:32:00 PM PST
- Myrhaf said...
You have thought deeply and well about today's culture of value-deprivation.
- Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 4:20:00 PM PST
- Dismuke said...
Well....I certainly have had plenty of experience and occasions to think about it - and I suspect most of your readers have as well. None of us deserve to go through it as much as we must.
On the other hand, it is also very true that this is, by no means, anywhere near the worst period of history in which to be born. And, despite today's many problems and the cultural emptyness and ugliness, a very good case could be made that one would be crazy to wish themselves in any other previous time period. I am not sure that even I would step into a time machine if one were somehow offered to me - though it sure would be awfully tempting.
We may never experience the joy of being part of a fully rational culture - but we are fortunate in that we have the Internet which makes it easier to find, participate in and even create from scratch various rational subcultures. And that is by no means a small or an insignificant thing.
- Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 7:02:00 PM PST
- Myrhaf said...
I would not go back in time for anything more than a brief visit. I certainly would not want to live in an era before the invention of novocaine!
There is a problem of Objectivists living in alienation in the current world, something that should be avoided. We have to celebrate our values and look for the best in others and try not to get depressed about things over which we have no power.
- Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 7:40:00 PM PST
Thanks so much for your insights. I enjoyed your posts immensely. And thank you for introducing me to the music of the 20's and 30's; things of beauty that I didn't even know existed.
- Monday, January 29, 2007 at 6:12:00 AM PST
Do you blog?
If so, where?
If not, why not. You'd certainly do well with it from what I've seen.
- Monday, January 29, 2007 at 6:42:00 AM PST
- Myrhaf said...
Madmax, you're welcome, but you should thank Dismuke. He is the one with the passion for the music. His loyalty to values led to collecting the music library and making the web site.
Inspector, I was wondering the same thing.
- Monday, January 29, 2007 at 12:26:00 PM PST
- Myrhaf said...
Oh, I see that Madmax directed his comment to Dismuke, not me. Never mind! Where's my coffee...
- Monday, January 29, 2007 at 12:28:00 PM PST
- Dismuke said...
MadMax -
Thanks so much for your nice comments. And I am very glad you enjoyed the music - bringing it to the attention of new audiences is the station's very first priority. So I am always very happy whenever I hear that it has done so. Watch out - 1920s & 1930s music can be very addictive!
Inspector -
No, I don't blog - other than the weekly musical updates of 78 rpm recordings I do on my website, if that counts as blogging.
The primary reason I have never given any serious thought to blogging is the fact that I am already stretched pretty think time wise with my existing on-line projects - and that situation is only going to become more so once some of the things I have in the works and others that are in the planning stage come into being. Whenver I feel in the mood to vent about something, there are usually discussion boards or other online venues that I can go to where it would be considered on-topic.
I have toyed with the notion of creating a blog/ezine of sorts devoted to early 1900s popular culture with myself being but one of several regular contributors. But that, too, would take up a lot of time and there are other projects that I don't have time for that I would probably do before that if I did somehow have extra time. I am very honored, however, that you think I would do well at blogging.
- Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 2:09:00 AM PST
- Dismuke said...
myrhaf wrote:
"I would not go back in time for anything more than a brief visit. I certainly would not want to live in an era before the invention of novocaine!
What I wouldn't want to give up is air conditioning. They did have "refrigerated air" in the "Golden Era" - but you pretty much had to go to the movie palaces and, later on, restaurants, in order to enjoy it.
I have seen snippets of some sort of British television series about a fellow who is able to, at will, travel back and forth between the present and World War II era England. I am told the series follows his adventures and the double lives he lives in both time periods. As long as one fantasizes about time travel,one might has well do so in a way where one has the best of both worlds.
myrhaf wrote:
"There is a problem of Objectivists living in alienation in the current world, something that should be avoided. We have to celebrate our values and look for the best in others and try not to get depressed about things over which we have no power."
Dr. Peikoff also said something along similar lines in his Understanding Objectivism course (which I HIGHLY recommend to anyone - especially newbies). He basically said that as bad as our present culture is, it is not so bad that it should prevent a rational person from living a happy life.
I think part of the reason many Objectivists feel a sense of alienation is not so much related to the nature of Objectivism itself but rather from the particular pool of people who are most inclined to develop an interest in it. While there are certainly many exceptions, people who develop an interest in philosophical issues tend to be people who find the conventional wisdom that they were brought up under to be significantly lacking. They generally are people who consider the world around them and/or their lives as falling short in some way and are seeking answers. I think such people are rather inclined to have feelings of alienation from the very get-go.
I also think part of it has to do with the fact that Objectivists, far more so than the general population, have a very strong vision of the world as it could be and should be (to change Ayn Rand's words a bit). I think the contrast of that vision with the world as it is can sometimes be very difficult for certain people to deal with - so much so that they can be blinded to things around them that are praiseworthy and which could enrich their lives.
I know I sometimes have a similar difficulty with the contrast of the early 1900s verses today. Last night I was looking at some photographs of Detroit in the 1920s and 1930s - I can easily spend hours looking at and becoming absorbed in photos from that era. I wish I could describe what I feel when I do - it is a sort of poignant feeling of wonder and a certain sense of loss for a world that I never even knew first hand. Those old pictures are so wonderfully free from the shabby ugliness that has permeated the visual landscape ever since the mid 20th century. And yet, when I put the pictures away, it is the world with the shabby ugliness that I must live in and try to find happiness in.
I think the key to dealing with that contrast is to make a conscious effort at selective focus. Rather than dwelling on the shortcomings of the world as it is, one should instead focus on those values that can and do exist in today's world while, at the same time, trying to bring that vision of the possible into reality in one's own life to the whatever degree one is able. And when one does so, one should savor those values much as one keeps that last spoonful of ice cream in one's mouth so that it will last longer.
I have always been inspired by Ayn Rand's comment about those who fight for the future live in it today. That's kind of how I feel when I work on my website and radio station or when I interact with others who share my interest in that era. Whenever I do so, I am to that degree, living in the era that I am so fond of - it is something which is very much real and an important part of my life. To add a different twist to Ayn Rand's words, by fighting for my vision of the past, I get to live in it today. Only I don't think of it as fighting for the past. My vision of the future is a high tech version of the early 1900s - minus the garbage of that era such as the racism, the statism, etc.
- Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 3:35:00 AM PST
- EdMcGon said...
I hate to go back to the original post after Dismuke's thought provoking comments, however...
When you brought up "I've Got a Crush on You", I was immediately reminded of Sinatra doing a torch version of it on "Sinatra at the Sands"(1965), where Sinatra playfully starts flirting with one of the bandmembers. I almost suspect by his making fun of it, he was agreeing with you.
While we're on the subject of old music, does anyone know any good websites to download old public domain songs?
- Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 7:12:00 AM PST
- Dismuke said...
edmcgon -
Here are some download sites.
You can download off my site at www.dismuke.org and www.dismuke.org/how - but, for several reasons which I will not go into here, the selections are only in Real Audio format which is not very popular with downloaders.
This site has mp3 downloads of vintage recordings - though this month he is more focused on later blues recordings: http://www.swazoo.com/
Here is another site that is regularly updated and has some really nice mp3 downloads:
Another really great and extenisve site for vintage recordings is www.redhotjazz.com It, however, is in Real Audio format and you cannot download. But there is a wealth of vintage jazz and early dance band recordings there.
An INCREDIBLE resource with lots of very historical downloads is the Cylinder Digitalization and Preservation Project at the University of California Santa Barbara. There are LOTS of recordings of cylinder records from the 1890s through the late 1920s that you can download. Cylinder records were pretty rejected in favor of disc records by about 1910. But Thomas Edison personally preferred the format and did hated planned obsolescence so he continued to sell them until the stock market crash forced him out of business in 1919. Anyhow, recordings from this era are NOT as accessable to modern audiences as are the recordings from the late 1920s onward due to the fact that they were all recorded acoustically - i.e. through a large horn instead of a microphone. As a result, the fidelity is going to sound weak to modern ears and some people have difficulty adjusting. However, that was the era of ragtime and there a lot of wonderful ragtime recordings or popular recordings heavily influence by ragtime on that site. There are also several recordings of some of Ayn Rand's favorite "tiddlywink" songs - though it is highly unlikely that Ayn Rand would have heard any of the particular recordings on the site. The site also gives you the option of streaming the files via Quicktime, downloading an mp3 or even downloading the unedited .wav file transfer. The URL is: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/ The easiest way to access the recordings is to click on the "browse" link.
If you play music, you can actually download vintage sheet music of public domain songs at: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Even if you do not play music, this site is fun to go through just from a visual standpoint because the art work on the old sheet music covers was VERY beautiful. The best way to experience the site is to click on "browse by title pages" which will present thumbnails of the cover page art work for all of the works in the collection. You will be asked to select which decade from the 1850s through the 1810s you wish to view. Start with the later decades and work backwards. The really beautiful sheet music covers with colorful artwork did not really become common until the early 1900s - though you will see some examples in the 1890s. Prior to that, the covers were not colored and were mostly decorated with fancy text. All of the works there, however, contain the actualy music pages themselves, so if you can play music, you can get a feel for the music from the different eras.
- Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 10:27:00 AM PST
- EdMcGon said...
Thanks Dismuke! :)
I don't play music, but I used to DJ at a "big band" nightclub, which was a lot of fun. (I mostly played music from the 40's & 50's.)
I've always been a fan of Fats Waller and Scott Joplin, so I'd love to hear some of the other music from that period.
- Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 5:37:00 AM PST
- EdMcGon said...
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- Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 5:37:00 AM PST
- Dismuke said...
edmcgon -
If you enjoy Joplin, here is an Internet radio station I highly recommend checking out. It is called Elite Syncopations and plays nothing but ragtime. Its website is at http://www.ragtimeradio.org/
One of the advantages of the station verses the cylinder records archive is, while the radio station does play vintage recordings, it also plays a very large number of modern recordings of ragtime music.
One of the difficulties that many exploring ragtime for the first time have is the fact that the music is from the era when records were made acoustically. For people who are not used to the acoustical sound and the limitations of that recording technology - well, that can be a very big distraction.
BTW - here are a few recordings from that cylinder site of songs that Ayn Rand was fond of:
Get Out And Get Under
The Mill In The Forest
Amina - Serenade Egyptian (There are a few other versions of "Amina" in the archives - just do a word search if you are interested.
Ayn Rand also enjoyed operettas by Franz Lehar and Emerich Kalman. I recommend both highly. If you do a word search for "Lehar" on the site you can find several recordings of his compositions. Here is one that I enjoy and is typical of his style. Here is another recording that I think is kind of neat of a Lehar composition.
- Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 9:52:00 AM PST
- Dismuke said...
Oh, gee - how could I forget? Here is another song in the cylinder database that Ayn Rand enjoyed.
It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary
Here is another version of the song
It's A Long, Long, Way To Tipperary
The song was very popular with the British troups during World War I and quickly made its way over to America.
- Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 10:26:00 AM PST
I understand what you mean about the time investment. If you ever do start, know that you'll have at least one reader.
- Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 8:15:00 AM PST
- Dismuke said...
Inspector -
As for time - a while back I read an article online about some fellow, I think he was either in the UK or in Ireland, who is sort of a medical freak and the object of quite a lot of scientific interest in that he does not sleep. He hasn't slept in years and has no adverse physical or mental effects as a result. When the rest of his family goes to bed, he usually catches up on his reading.
A lot of people, for obvious reasons, are interested in learing what it is about him that makes him different. For example, the need for troops to sleep is one of the great difficulties that militaries have to work around in battle.
Wouldn't it be great if someone could figure out what makes this man the way he is and perhaps make it possible for everyone else too? We wouldn't have to live a day longer and yet our lifetimes could be expanded by up to about a third.
Of course Hillary and HillaryHealthCare will probably swat anything like that down before it is discovered - along with the wonderful cure which I am waiting for which will enable all of us to live to at least 140 or more.
- Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 1:25:00 PM PST


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Take a ride on the Aerial Tram (open air gondola) through the rainforest. You will be accompanied by an English speaking guide who will describe the flora and fauna as you pass slowly through the forest's canopy.
At the summit you will take an easy walk to the observation tower to see the breathtaking, 360º panoramic views of the town of Gamboa, the Soberania National Park and the Chagres River, plus opportunities to watch ships transiting Panama Canal on Lake Gatun.
After enjoying lunch (not included) in the restaurant alongside the Chagres River, you will enjoy a boat ride on Gatun Lake where you'll pass large ships transiting the Canal. And you might see—onshore as well as on the island—monkeys, birds, sloths, and possibly other animals.
Kind of tour: Private or Shared
Duration: 5-6 hours approximately
Meeting point/time: Pick-up time will be send by email
Finish point: The same as start point or indicated
Transportation: Vehicle / Boat
What is included: Hotel pick-up and drop-off, guides during your ride on the aerial tram, boat ride in Gatun lake.
What's not included: Lunch in Gamboa
What to bring: Comfortable clothes and shoes, hat, sun-block, camera, insect repellent, water, hiking boots.


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The long discussion on is Code an Art or a Science will continue for years to come because there will always be two sides to it and I am not attempting to join or fuel that discussion. However, I feel that in my lifetime I have been lucky to get exposure to a whole lot […]
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Add Binary Numbers
I love Swift for a couple of reasons of which one is clean and readable code. As an advocate of simple to read code and using functions available with the system I prefer to work with simpler code and one that would be provided by the system.
The Watch – Deploying an app
It's more than a year since the watch was released, however I bit the bullet and got my hands onto (or rather a watch on my hand). While I can write about how useful the watch is or how can we use it effectively, this article is all about developing for the […]
Validating Strings for Numbers
Swift is gaining popularity with Developers and as companies are considering Swift for their projects. Over a period since the publication of my Swift book (at Swift v1.2) there are many that keep up to date with the new features in Swift and there are those that are now considering the move to Swift or […]
Programming Swift like Swift not Java or Objective-C
The last article was written around September 2015 and a lot has happened in the world of Swift since then including my world (both of which are for another time/article). However in the last couple of months I have been interviewing developers to work with us and the interesting fact that emerges from the technical […]
Convert Binary String to Integer
How do you convert Binary String to it's Integer Value? There are many approaches to convert Binary strings to Integers. One approach could be to iterate through all of the characters in the string and add the value of 2 raised to the power of the index.
Create a Menu driven app with Swift and read Xcode preferences – Part I
In this article we are going to make a swift app for the Mac OSX. This will have no window but instead have a menu item that would be used for interacting with the application. This application shall also read a settings and alter the icon and menu according to the status of that setting
Chaining cout in swift like C++
In an earlier article, we discussed the possibility of adding a cout like functionality in Swift as seen in C++ (http://swift.oz-apps.com/2015/04/using-a-cout/). There were a couple of impediments that prevented the full functionality of our cout function. Let us revisit that and add chaining
The ever changing nature of Swift and how to keep up with it
If you learned a language, that was it, you did not have to re-learn the same. There could have been additions or extensions to the language but it would not have changed. Welcome to the future, nothing is constant and nothing is static. Though Swift is a production release, ie. you can use it in […]
Tip: Creating an Int from a String in Swift
Talking to a couple of developers over various mediums about Swift has had mixed results. However one thing that came up again and again was that it is a little confusing. While confusing in the literal sense would not be the correct word. So let me elaborate the issue first.


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Daniel J. (Tex) Schroedel ( Missoula 1957 )
posted: Apr 8, 2018
Dan, 82, died April 5, 2018, from cancer. He grew up in Pampa, Texas, and, at age 11, went on vacation to Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. It was the first time Dan had seen mountains and he knew then that mountains would be an important part of his life. He jumped out of Missoula in 1957 and 1958 while attending the University of Montana.
Following graduation in forestry in 1959, Dan went to work for the Forest Service in California, where he became the Pinecrest District Ranger high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. After retirement Dan went to work as a sawyer until his knees gave out on him in 1995. Dan and his wife, Susan, retired in Plains, Montana, here they lived on 86 acres looking down on the Clark Fork River. Dan left behind the following message: Lived free, died well!


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On June 13, it was reported that Jung Ryeo Won and Nam Tae Hyun are dating. According the report, Nam Tae Hyun visited the actress, who are currently filming her new movie "Gate" and waited to see her for a long time late at night. However, Keyeast, home to Jung Ryeo Won denied her romantic relationship with the former WINNER member, stating, "It's not true they're lovers. Her friends including Nam Taehyun and Son Dambi just visited her to support her".
You know, it was the third time that Jung Ryeo Won and Nam Tae Hyun linked their names with a love scandal, but the actress denied it every time. Especially, it's notable that she denied her romantic relationship with Nam Tae Hyun so quickly every time. It usually takes some time for agencies to make an official announcement about their artists' scandals, but Keyeast did it so quickly.
Well, apart from whether they're really dating or not, there are some reasons why Jung Ryeo Won denied her romantic relationship with Nam Tae Hyun so quickly.
First, she is the one who hates to reveal her private life to the public. Second, Nam Taehyun is an idol and she doesn't want to do harm to him, who is very close to her. Third, She is 13 years older than Nam Taehyun, and there are still many old fashioned people in Korea who blame a woman who dates a very young man.
Do you think they're not really dating, by the way? Well, it's true there has been a rumor in the k-pop industry that the two are old lovers and they're just trying to hide their relationship, but, yeah, Jung Ryeo Won denied it and the two are the only people who know the truth.
<K-pop Secret Vol.3: How and with whom Idols Date>
K-pop Secret Vol.3 contains all the stories about k-pop idols' date. The author, who has been working as a k-pop journalist since 2010 gives you answers to some questions about k-pop idols' date such as "With whom they date?" "Why k-pop idols break up so soon?" and "How much dating experience do they have?"
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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XZV59B2


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Warehouse Gourmet: Rustic decor and flavorful dishes make this Hanover eatery a great find
If you go
Warehouse Gourmet Bistro & Brew Pub
Location: 7 Pennsylvania Ave., Hanover
Cuisine: American
Jess' pick: Chicken breast and fresh tarragon cream with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and vegetable du jour, $19; organic raspberry iced tea, $3.50; pumpkin pie bar, $2.50
Parking: Lot and street
Hours: Downstairs bistro: 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; upstairs pub: 11:30 a.m. to midnight Tuesday through Saturday
Price range: $1, small bag of potato chips; Chili Dusted Organic Scottish Salmon entree, $25
Alcohol: Several craft beer selections made on-site; wine available from Allegro Winery, Reid's Orchard and Adams County Winery
Accepts: Cash and credit
Takeout: Yes
Kid's menu: No
Details: Call 717-451-9898 or visit warehousegourmet.net
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Warehouse Gourmet started as carryout and delivery only. I remember heading there when it really looked like an abandoned warehouse – a narrow wooden staircase led to a cramped foyer where you could pick up food.
How times have changed in just a few years.
Owners Keith and Melinda Stambaugh added refined seating downstairs, then relaxed seating and a bar upstairs.
Keith's art decorates the place, which has been a cigar factory, ribbon factory, fine furniture manufacturer and more in its past 100-plus years
Exposed brick and spotlights give the space a rustic, yet contemporary vibe. If you're on a date night, a cubbyhole in the corner is an intimate setting.
While the menu has a few mainstays (the Dilled Tomato Soup, $4, is a savory classic), much of it has changed, adding Warehouse's own craft beer, for starters. An all-day menu features sandwiches, salads, appetizers and a few entrees; the pub menu includes personal pizzas, chicken wings, nachos; and the seasonal downstairs dinner menu spotlights entrees cooked up by newly hired chef Ty Lowe.
Lowe has about 30 years of experience in the industry, starting at age 12, washing dishes in his mom's restaurant in upstate New York.
He worked in Pittsburgh for a bit before arriving in Hanover in 1999; he's been in the area since.
Lowe said he's known the Stambaughs for some time, and they all decided he and Warehouse were a good fit. When he started, changes rolled out immediately.
"We started doing different specials, different appetizers," Lowe said.
Each week, a soup, sandwich, salad, entrees and desserts are featured.
"We're really specials-driven here," Lowe said. "People order things off the menu, but a pretty big percentage order the specials."
Lowe is planning a Chef's Table near the end of January to feature Warehouse's brews. He's also thinking about the new downstairs menu for the winter, which he'll unveil near the end of the month.
One of his favorites on the fall menu is the Chili Dusted Organic Scottish Salmon, served with pumpkin seed pesto, honey squash and sweet potato carrot risotto ($25).
When I visited on a recent Tuesday, I ordered the Chicken Breast and Fresh Tarragon Cream, served atop roasted garlic mashed potatoes and a vegetable du jour, which happened to be asparagus ($19). Before the main plate arrived, the server brought handmade bread in a woven basket with fresh, spicy-sweet butter; water in a wine bottle plus a glass of ice; and bottled organic raspberry iced tea I had ordered ($3.50).
A spring mix salad, included in the entree, arrived next with red pepper strips, croutons, halved cherry tomatoes, red onion slices and my pick of honey mustard dressing.
Though I've indulged in the chocolate chip espresso brownies before (and loved them), I couldn't resist the seasonal pumpkin pie bar ($2.50) -- half creamy pumpkin pie, half rich coffee cake -- for dessert.
The pumpkin pie bars are also on the menu for Warehouse's carryout Thanksgiving dinner -- order the entire meal or just a few sides -- that can be picked up the day before.
Or ask for delivery.
The restaurant still delivers 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday in the Hanover area.


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Directed by John Fasano in 1988, Black Roses featured a Heavy Metal soundtrack with music by King Kobra, Tempest, Lizzy Borden and Hallow's Eve, which turned it into an underground cult favorite.
The underlying horror theme might not make you dance so enthusiastically. The plot concerns how a musical group, Black Roses, performs in a small town and turns all the music fans into monsters.
Isn't that obvious in the photo above? Fasano came out of it okay and went on to become a TV and feature film director. Shocking!


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Simplifying your double (calendar) life
If like me you live a double life (pro and personal) and like me you want to share your availability via calendars, you probably have created clones of the same event into multiple calendars. There is a better way.
Double life
I live double calendar lives.
A shared calendar tells where I am (travel, conferences, face to face meetings, holidays etc) to the team I work with. Except that I am in more than one team, so there are several of these shared calendars. Likewise, my spouse likes to know when I am out of town (or rather does not like to know). And I end up creating one event in my main calendar and one event per shared calendar.
There are many occasions where an event is duplicated for one reason or another.
Invite instead of duplicate
Max shared a pretty useful tip with me the other day. Instead of duplicating an event in each calendar, you can invite shared calendars to a single event.
Google assigns email addresses to each shared calendar.
You can find this email by selecting
Calendar settings on the right menu of a given calendar (down arrow).
Calendar address, you will find an email that looks like this
Also make sure that the calendar setting
Auto-accept invitations is set to
Automatically add all invitations to this calendar.
After all it will need to accept invites to your parties :)
Add to your contacts an entry with the email address (it's easier to remember than this opaque email address). And next time you need to put an event into multiple calendars, simply invite this/these contact(s) to the event. And voilà!
I love what my Kindle did to my life
I have been a rather early adopter of ebook readers. The Sony PRS-505. But I gave it to my wife and moved on to read on my iPad instead: The whole buying books and moving them to the device was quite cumbersome and the iPad was good enough especially with the awesome Kindle app.
I physically met my colleagues a few month ago - no it does not happen very often - and two of them told me how they loved their physical Kindle device. I've been pondering the usefulness of yet another device in my life and finally decided to give it a go.
I bought the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. Why? Well the price was not prohibitive. Why the Paperwhite? I'm a nocturnal beast, more than my wife an any rate. Why a Kindle? Now that gets interesting.
The reason this ebook reader changed my life can be summed up by:
- I can read and only read on that thing
- I can get my books instantly and wirelessly
- I can read my books on multiple devices and they sync with each other
- I can push non book content to the device wirelessly
Reading without interruption
That's a huge deal and that did bring back my pleasure of reading. An iPad is awesome but you get notified of tweets, facebook zombi parties, emails and all this chatter breaks your reading flow. I know you can disable notifications and put the device in Do Not Disturb.
But it is still oh so easy to jump in your emails for a quick check... and come back to reading 30 mins later having wasted your time. Same for twitter or the internet temptations. Now with the Kindle, you can go to the web but the experience is horrible enough to be a deterrent.
Frictionless book reading
I love DRM free formats. And I make a point of honor to free my encumbered digital assets if I can. And you can on Amazon books.
Still, it is undeniable that Amazon's experience with the Kindle devices, Kindle apps and Kindle shop ecosystem is just too good. No need to plug your device to a computer to get your books. And more importantly, I can stop reading a book on my Kindle, resume it on my iPhone while in the subway and go back to the Kindle in the evening. And the devices put me right where I stopped.
But wait there is more.
Selecting vs consuming
While I browse your twitter feed or whereever, I often see an interesting article that I want to read. But reading it now and stopping what I do long enough to read the article is extremely disruptive.
What I do instead is send to Instapaper articles I want to read. And ask Instapaper to send me a compiled list of unread articles to my Kindle device every day at 19:00 (that's 7:00 PM to our imperial friends). Instapaper integrates with a lot of apps including Twitter and you can use a Bookmarklet to push a page when browsing the web.
Tadaaaa! I have separated the selection process from the consumption process and I can be 100% into what I am doing and not sidetracked by the latest awesomeness the internet produces daily. I have this 20-30 mins of time in the evening (or most evenings at anyrate) when I read my pre-selected articles. The nice thing is that Instapaper inserts links you can use to mark an article as read (they call it archived). If you have not read all articles, they will simply come back the next day in the next compilation.
I'm super happy with my experience and can't recommend it enough. Even the basic WiFi-only will do you good. I had a defect on mine: the lighting was casting visible shadows (1cm by 1.5cm). That is not normal, just ask for a replacement, they are friendly about it.
By the way, I don't need to, but I do pay for the Instapaper service. They are both cheap and awesome.
Multiple email aliases in iOS
I have tons of email identities. Depending on which hat I am wearing, I use one alias or another. Most are behind my GMail address. It is easy enough to create and use multiple aliases in the GMail web client or even in Mac OS X's Mail app. But until recently I thought it was impossible with iOS Mail app.
It turns out it is possible but requires a bit of cheating. First off, instead of setting up your GMail account as GMail, set it up as IMAP. I already do that as I never give my GMail address (in case I change provider). Once setup, go in Note or any other editor and type the list of comma separated email aliases (including your primary address) and copy this line. For example:
firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
Then go to Setting -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars and select the email account you are interested in. In the Email field, remove the address and paste the list of comma separated email addresses. This whole gymnastic is necessary because iOS does not let you add commas in an email field.
Now you are good to go, when you create an email, you can change the email address with any of the aliases. Note that the last email in the list will be the default email (experienced on iOS 6.1.3).
I found the tip on iMore, they describe a more step-by-step explanation with some screen shot if you get lost.
In search for a 2560x1600 display
I have been using a Samsung SyncMaster 305T+ 30" monitor for 4.5 years now and have been very very happy with the screen real estate. Yes two monitors are nice but a big massive one wins for me. Anyways, it's failing me. The screen blinks more and more - luckily I'm epileptic - often and a few straps that used to display true back now are dark green. It won't last long. I am looking for a replacement.
I have a MacBook Pro with a mini DisplayPort but pre thunderbolt (by a couple of month...). I am quite interested in the Apple Thunderbolt Display:
- it has the resolution I'm looking for,
- great ports (USB, Firewire, Ethernet)
- it's a breathe to dock a MacBook Pro
- good reviews
There is one catch, it won't work on my current MacBook Pro - i tried. And that sucks big time. I can't justify buying a new MacBook Pro to secure a future proof screen and I could not find a way to make this Thunderbolt monitor work on a mini DisplayPort computer (no adapter, no nothing). Which means Apple will force me in the past :(
The alternatives I have are:
- the Dell U3011 (30", 2560x1600, DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI)
- the HP ZR30w (30", 2560x1600, DisplayPort, DVI)
- the Apple LED Cinema Display (27", 2560x1600,mini DisplayPort, MagSafe power adaptor)
It seems to me the best option is the Apple Cinema Display. Despite the smaller screen, it's the same resolution, it's cheaper (by 200 to 400 euros) and I will have less cable to plug my laptop to. The sad thing is I'm not sure it will work on future Thunderbolt MacbookPro, let alone if I need to plug other Thunderbolt accessories in between, and for sure it will be inconvenient compared to a nice and well connected Apple Thunderbolt Display. And spending that much money on previous generation when the next gen is the same price really pisses me off.
Do I have any other alternatives? I looked for refurbished or second hand Apple Cinema Display (27", mini DisplayPort) but could not find any around Paris.
By the way, 4.5 years ago for a 30" 2560x1600 monitor, I paid the same price or less than what these beasts sell for today. Granted, these are new technology and new panels (IPS) but at constant size and resolution, price has not drop a penny. Where the hell have Moore's law corollaries gone? Oh and is 4.5 years old for a screen?
How to install an Apple Keynote theme
It is surprisingly hard to find on da internet how to install an Apple Keynote theme (and make it work).
Follow this procedure:
- retrieve the
.kthfile (that's the keynote extension for templates)
- alternatively open the
.keyfile containing the theme you are interested in
- double click on it or open the file in Keynote
- In the
Filemenu, click on
Save Theme...
The file will be stored in
~/Library/Application Support/iWork/Keynote/Themes.
This technique is known to work for Keynote '09 (5.1) on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
"No meeting" always beats "Meeting"
I was chatting with a colleague on a feature that is loooooooong overdue and proposed to kill a meeting and use the time saved to write the damn thing.
He replied to me
Believe me, I would like to drop a meeting, not sure which one.
To which I replied
That's easy, anyone of them :)
and gave my thoughts on meetings.
If there is a need for bi-weekly meetings to integrate XXX and XXX, we've got a problem that meetings can't solve.
I have a radical take on meetings, especially regularly scheduled meetings:
- assuming n persons in the meeting you waste most of the time n-2 people's time (and if n>10, it's likely n-1 people's time)
- people tend to not prepare meetings. They instead think about the issue at stake while in the meeting and thus wasting n-1 people's time. Force people to write ideas in a (somewhat short) email, and that will force them to think about the issue more deeply and synthesize.
- a need for a regular scheduled meeting is a sign of lack of trust, lack of natural communication and/or lack of proper task isolation: in any case, better treat the problem at the source than patching with a meeting.
The key to open source success is multiple but one big component is extreme resource/time stress. This constraint leads to:
- very focused teams
- limited need for sync-up style communication (hence the usual small core team)
- proper separation of tasks to limit waste
I am not against communication, I am against communication wasting time (the asymptotic version being pure noise). I favor 1-1 communication personally as the most efficient brain-picking strategy.
Having problems with Adium and Yahoo IM?
Yahoo has changed its login protocol, breaking a number of third party IM clients including Adium.
The Adium team has released 1.3.5.rc1 which solves the issue. Check it out. If you use Adium 1.4 beta, upgrade to beta7.
Hope this will save you some time.
Productivity tools
With my regular job(s), the Hibernate Search book and a life going on at the same time, I had to find ways to boost my productivity.
Here is a list of some tools I am using in no particular order:
- ThinkingRock (ad the GTD methodology): I am reading Getting Things Done by David Allen and ThinkingRock is the best tool I have found to help you follow the methodology. GTD is all about putting all your thoughts somewhere, organize them and decide what will be the next action on each of them. Some sort of superpower todo list, but one you actually use.
- FreeMind: it's a software implementing the concept of Mind Mapping. It's a fantastic tool to organize your ideas on a given subject. Despite it's clumsy interface, I use it extensively to organize each chapter of the book. I also use it to build presentations.
- OmniOutliner: a fantastic outliner tool. It somewhat competes with FreeMind but keep things a bit more organized and the interface is very efficient.
- OmniGraffle: every diagram in the book is done with OmniGraffle. Fantastic tool, very productive and makes very nice diagrams without effort. Microsoft Visio but done well.
- IntelliJ IDEA: I switched from Eclipse back in the dark days of annotations. I tried to come abck a couple of times, but I am too much of a happy user to jump back.
- Keynote: Powerpoint without the useful features and annoying glitches.
- no email: I try to avoid unread emails, when I open my inbox, I process all emails and put some todos if needed in ThinkingRock. If I read an email and keep it unread, I will process it over and over. annoying
- KeepassX: Some people keep all your passwords in a text file. This is efficient and cross-platform. I keep mine in KeepassX: it's a bit more secure, it has a search box and open the websites for you. There is a Windows version as well (the original version indeed). The file is readable by both versions AFAIR.
- Mac OS X: a ton of tiny little details
- Time Machine + Time Capsule: A software + hardware solution to seamlessly backup your data on a Mac. Not so much a productivity tool as no major catastrophe has happened so far but that's the first time I do backup my data consistently. I don't even have to think about it.
- XMLEditor XMLMind: my part of the book is written in docbook as I find it more productive and easier to focus on the content rather than the style. XMLMind is the best Wysiwyg editor for Docbook (could be better but the best I've found so far). I use the pro version simply because it has on the fly autocorrect feature. It's expensive for a tiny little feature but it is worth the time it saves me.
- Hg (Mercurial): I am not using this tool yet but I am very curious about Distributed SCM. I wonder if it would help me integrate patches quicker and make the contributor's life easier (it's for another post I guess)
- No TV: pretty obvious. I check the news on Google News and Le Monde ; I rent DVDs when I feel like it.
- Google Reader: I don't run after the tech news, they are waiting for me on Google Reader. so when I have some spare time, I go read a couple of entries.


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A member of the jackass crew would get diet coke into their ass the same way you guys did the beer thing with steve-o and then somehow wedge? them in therefore creating a stream a diet coke shooting out of the lucky crew members ass.
- The health issues surrounding this are probably horrible but you guys have done worse (Dunn putting the toy car in a condom up his ass among many other stunts).
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Key facts
Overall IELTS score of 6.0 with no band less than 6.0 (or equivalent). More information is available at www.ielts.org
Current Deakin Students
To access your official course details for the year you started your degree, please visit the handbook
Course information
Science at Deakin is a flexible degree that allows you to explore a diverse range of science-related study areas before you choose to specialise in at least one area of interest as you progress through the course. The degree is about more than just laboratory work, and prepares you for a diverse range of real-life settings in which today's science graduates work. Majors are available in Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Chemistry and Materials Science, Environmental Science, Genomics, Geography, Human Biology, Mathematical Modelling and Plant Biology.
Throughout the course you'll gain experience through practical programs undertaken in modern teaching laboratories, complete a Community Science Project and have an opportunity to undertake an Industry-Based Learning placement, which will provide you with valuable work experience before you graduate.
This course is available as a single degree or as a combined degree course with Arts, Commerce, Law and Teaching.
Units in the course may include assessment hurdle requirements.Read More
Course structure
To complete the Bachelor of Science, students must attain 24 credit points. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point. So that means in order to gain 24 credit points, you'll need to study 24 units (AKA 'subjects') over your entire degree. Most students choose to study 4 units per trimester, and usually undertake two trimesters each year.
The 24 credit points include 8 core units (these are compulsory), 10 elective units (you can choose which ones to study) and 6 units from a major study (you will be required to complete at least one major).
The course comprises a total of 24 credit points, which must include the following:
- 8 core Science units
- At least one 6 credit point approved Science major sequence
- Completion of SLE010 Laboratory and Fieldwork Safety Induction Program (0-credit point compulsory unit)
- Completion of STP050 Academic Integrity (0-credit point compulsory unit)
- Completion of STP010 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit point compulsory unit)
- Level 1 – up to 10 credit points
- Level 3 - at least 6 credit points (including a minimum of 4 Science units)
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Core units
Major units
Core Units
Chemistry - choose one from:
^Note: Students who have not completed Year 12 Chemistry or equivalent may choose to do SLE133 Chemistry in Our World in Trimester 1. Students who have completed Year 12 Chemistry or equivalent may choose to do SLE155 Chemistry for the Professional Sciences in Trimester 2.
# Must have successfully completed STP010 Career Tools for Employability (0 credit point unit)
Select from a range of elective units offered across many courses. In some cases you may even be able to choose elective units from a completely different discipline area (subject to meeting unit requirements).
Major sequences
Refer to the details of each major sequence for availability.
Students must complete at least one major from the following areas:
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Campus availability varies per trimester. This means that a course offered in Trimester 1 may not be offered in the same location for Trimester 2 or 3. Read more to learn where this course will be offered throughout the year.
Trimester 1 - March
- Start date: March
- Available at:
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- Start date: July
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Deakin splits the academic year into three terms, known as trimesters. Most students usually undertake two trimesters each year (March-June, July-November).
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Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.
You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, seminars, practicals and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Participation requirements
You may be required to complete units in Trimester 3 depending on your chosen major. Please refer to the Handbook for unit offering patterns.
Elective units may be selected that may include compulsory placement, study tours, work-based training or collaborative research training arrangements.
Work experience
You will have an opportunity to undertake a discipline-specific Industry-Based Learning placement as part of your course. This will provide you with the opportunity to apply and consolidate what you are learning in your course, experience workplace culture and workplace practices, explore career options and develop a professional network before you graduate. deakin.edu.au/sebe/wil.
Entry requirements
Entry information
General admission requirements for entry into undergraduate courses for international students at Deakin are summarised in the undergraduate course requirements.
All applicants must meet the minimum English language requirements.
Please note that meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee selection, which is based on merit, likelihood of success and availability of places in the course.
For more information on the Admission Criteria and Selection (Higher Education Courses) Policy visit the Deakin Policy Library
Entry for applicants with recent secondary education (previous three years) will be based on their performance in a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education, with pre-requisite units 3 and 4; a study score of at least 25 in English EAL (English as an additional language) or 20 in English other than EAL. Applicants will be selected in accordance with the published Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) for that year.
Refer to the VTAC Guide for the latest pre-requisite information www.vtac.edu.au
Entry for applicants with previous Tertiary, VET, life or work experience will be based on their performance in:
- a Certificate IV in a related discipline OR
- a Diploma in any discipline or 50% completion of a Diploma in a related discipline OR
- successful completion of relevant study at an accredited higher education institution equivalent to at least two Deakin University units OR
- other evidence of academic capability judged to be equivalent for example relevant work or life experience
IELTS / English language requirements
Please note that English language requirements exist for entry to this course and you will be required to meet the English language level requirement that is applicable in the year of your commencement of studies.
It is the students' responsibility to ensure that she/he has the required IELTS score to register with any external accredited courses. (more details)
Admissions information
Learn more about this course and others that Deakin offers by visiting VTAC for more information. You can also discover how Deakin compares to other universities when it comes to the quality of our teaching and learning by visiting the ComparED website.
Special entry access schemes (SEAS) enables Deakin to consider disadvantageous circumstances you may have experienced and their impact upon your studies. SEAS also allows us to identify if you're from under-represented groups when making selection decisions for some courses. SEAS does not exempt you from meeting any of the course entry requirements.
You can also find out about different entry pathways into Deakin courses if you can't get in straight from high school.
Finally, Deakin is committed to admissions transparency. As part of that commitment, you can learn more about our first intake of 2019 students (PDF, 746.6KB) - their average ATARs, whether they had any previous higher education experience and more.
Recognition of prior learning
If you have completed previous studies which you believe may reduce the number of units you have to complete at Deakin, indicate in the appropriate section on your application that you wish to be considered for Recognition of Prior Learning. You will need to provide a certified copy of your previous course details so your credit can be determined. If you are eligible, your offer letter will then contain information about your credit for prior learning.
Your Recognition of Prior Learning is formally approved prior to your enrolment at Deakin during the Enrolment and Orientation Program. You must bring original documents relating to your previous study so that this approval can occur.
You can also refer to the Recognition of Prior Learning System which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree.
Fees and scholarships
Fee information
Learn more about fees and your options for paying.
The tuition fees you pay are calculated depending on the course you choose.
The 'Estimated tuition fee' is provided as a guide only based on a typical enrolment of students completing the first year of this course. The cost will vary depending on the units you choose, your study load, the length of your course and any approved Recognition of Prior Learning you have.
Each unit you enrol in has a credit point value. The 'Estimated tuition fee' is calculated by adding together 8 credit points of a typical combination of units for that course. Eight credit points is used as it represents a typical full-time enrolment load for a year.
You can find the credit point value of each unit under the Unit Description by searching for the unit in the Handbook.
Learn more about fees and available payment options.
Scholarship options
A Deakin scholarship could help you pay for your course fees, living costs and study materials. If you've got something special to offer Deakin - or maybe you just need a bit of extra support - we've got a scholarship opportunity for you. Search or browse through our scholarships
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How to apply
Applications for study for Trimester 1 must be made through the Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre (VTAC). For more information refer to VTAC
Applications can be made directly to the University through StudyLink Connect - Deakin University's International Student Application Service. For information on the application process and closing dates, see the How to apply web page. Please note that closing dates may vary for individual courses.
Fill out the application form and submit to a Deakin International office or take your application form to a Deakin representative for assistance
For information on the application process and closing dates, see the How to apply webpage.
If you're still having problems, please contact Deakin International for assistance.
Frequently asked questions
What are the key study start dates?
Browse all start and finish dates for Deakin's main study periods. You'll also find dates relating to applications and prospective student events, plus a list of all public holidays and study breaks.
How much does it cost to study at Deakin?
Your tuition fees will depend on the type of student you are, the course you study and the year you start. Fees are based on an annual amount; they don't cover the entire duration of the course.
Use our fee estimator to gauge what your fees could be per year.
Can I speak to someone in person about my study options?
Yes! We regularly host a range of events including 1:1 consultations and information sessions, to assist you with your study options and career planning. Check out our upcoming events or contact our Prospective Student Enquiry Centre on 1800 693 888 for more information.
Am I eligible for a scholarship with this course?
Scholarships are available for domestic and international students at all study levels. Find a scholarship that works for you.
Can I claim recognition of prior learning (RPL) for this course?
In some courses, you can reduce your overall study time and tuition cost by getting your work and previous study experience recognised as recognition of prior learning (RPL).
Why choose Deakin
Career outcomes
Graduates of this course may find career opportunities in government institutions, in roles such as quality assurance, occupational health and safety, research, planning, management or marketing; science related industries, working in pharmaceutical production or pharmaceutical sales; biomedical science areas such as research or hospital and laboratory science; quality assurance in analytical and diagnostic laboratories; the food industry in quality control; environment and natural resources, fisheries resource management, aquaculture management, teaching, information technology, mathematics or science journalism to name a few.
Course learning outcomes
Deakin's graduate learning outcomes describe the knowledge and capabilities graduates can demonstrate at the completion of their course. These outcomes mean that regardless of the Deakin course you undertake, you can rest assured your degree will teach you the skills and professional attributes that employers value. They'll set you up to learn and work effectively in the future.
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
Apply a broad and coherent knowledge of the scientific disciplines of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and the environment within the chosen major area(s) of study to demonstrate a deep understanding of scientific facts, scientific practices and the edifice of science.
Apply technical knowledge and skills and use them in a range of activities, in a professional and/or academic setting within the major area(s) of study; this application of technical knowledge and skills being characterised by demonstrable in-depth knowledge of scientific methods and tools, and demonstrable proficiency in the utilisation of chosen major area(s) knowledge.
Use hypotheses, laws, facts and theories to investigate, test, analyse, and evaluate scientific data and demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement and responsibility to argue about characteristics and aspects of scientific theory in the advancement of science.
Demonstrate listening skills and the ability to use a range of communication skills to accommodate, encourage and answer audience questions. Articulate the boundaries or limits of scientific information, experimental or field data, discuss error, probability, uncertainty, conclusions and arguments.
Judge how well to present essential details of scientific procedures, key observations, results and conclusions in a professional manner using appropriate style, language and references including local, national, and international contributions or contexts.
Digital literacy
Use well-developed technical skills, judgement and responsibility to independently locate, analyse, evaluate the merits of, synthesise and disseminate scientific literature, information, data and results.
Critical thinking
Locate and evaluate scientific information from multiple sources and use scientific methods and frameworks to structure and plan observations, experimentation or fieldwork investigations.
Use critical and analytical thinking and judgement to analyse, synthesise and generate an integrated knowledge, formulate hypotheses and test them against evidence-based scientific concepts and principles.
Problem solving
Use initiative and creativity in planning, identifying and using multiple approaches to recognise, clarify, construct and solve problems taking into account relevant contextual factors.
Advocate scientific methodologies, hypotheses, laws, facts and principles to create solutions to authentic real world problems.
Take personal, professional and social responsibility within changing professional science contexts to develop autonomy as learners and evaluate own performance.
Work autonomously, responsibly and safely to solve unstructured problems and actively apply knowledge of regulatory frameworks and scientific methodologies to make informed choices.
Work independently and collaboratively as a team to contribute towards achieving team goals and thereby demonstrate interpersonal skills including the ability to brainstorm, negotiate, resolve conflicts, managing difficult and awkward conversations, provide constructive feedback and work in diverse professional, social and cultural contexts.
Global citizenship
Apply scientific knowledge and skills with a high level of autonomy, judgement, responsibility and accountability in collaboration with others to articulate the place and importance of science in the local and global community.
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Dj Nick Rave.
Real name: Nikolay Krupatin.Born in the city of Stalingrad, USSR.
Nick began performing music professionally at the age of 14. Starting off as a pianist and vocalist, Nick after the years of practice learned how to play anything that can make sound. At the age of 20, he became a radio and club dj.Nick is the composer of more than 100 songs on air performed by Russian pop stars. Some of his tracks and remixes have earned gold status on Russian radio. Nick has composed music for several full-length films and TV series. Personal Set Length Record: a 12 hour dj set.
Special preferences: acoustic guitar, Cubase 7, Ultrasone PRO 900 headphones, Pioneer CDJ 2000, Collins Avenue (Miami), Kuda Huraa Island, Frédéric Chopin.
Dislikes: Dostoevsky, social networking and haircuts.
Since 2006, Nick regularly participates in Kazantip fest and WMC conference.
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The key to the clinic's success is its visibility in the community. The location is crucial. Southwest Veterinary Clinic will be located on the corner of 7th and Stewart, two of the busiest streets in southwest Richmond. The clinic will be visible in the community. The name "Southwest" will communicate that the clinic is local to residents who are scanning the phone book for veterinary services.
Edward Anderson and Michelle Johnson will meet with both the three Southwest Seniors Organizations and the five Southwest Neighborhood Associations to introduce the veterinary hospital to the community. At these meetings, Edward and Michelle, will distribute invitations to the clinic's grand opening.
In addition, Southwest Veterinary Clinic will reward customers who refer friends and neighbors to the clinic with 15% off their pet's next visit.
The competitive edge of Southwest Veterinary Clinic is:
The Southwest Veterinary Clinic's sales strategy will be to grow the clinic through referrals. These referrals from satisfied customers will be the most important component to the success of Southwest Veterinary Clinic. To promote referrals from existing customers, Southwest Veterinary Clinic will offer 15% off the next visit for referrals.
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- Employee Misclassification
- Retaliation
- Whistleblower Protection
- Executive Severance Negotiations
- Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
- Unlawful Agreements to Suppress Wages
- Labor Union Representation
- ERISA Violations/Retirement Fund Mismanagement
- FINRA Arbitrations
- Employment Law Cases of Note
- Environmental Litigation
- False Claims / Whistleblower Law
- False Claims Act
- California Insurance Fraud Prevention Act
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Sarbanes Oxley Act
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- False Claims/Whistleblower Cases Of Note
- First Amendment Defense
- Intellectual Property
- Municipal & Public Entity Litigation
- Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
- Pharmaceutical Litigation
- Securities / Financial Fraud
- Shareholder Rights / Corporate Governance
Executive Severance Negotiations
CPM regularly represents professionals, executives, and other highly compensated employees in compensation, bonus and commission disputes, breach-of-contract cases, and severance negotiations. CPM has represented clients against Silicon Valley technology companies where the issues included equity compensation and the valuation of stock options. Where involuntary terminations are involved, CPM's attorneys are skilled at identifying violations of the law or breaches of contract and utilizing creative approaches to leverage the facts in favor of our clients.
CPM's reputation as attorneys who are not afraid to try cases helps our clients achieve excellent results. If you are negotiating a severance agreement or subject to an unlawful, involuntary termination, contact CPM attorney Adam Zapala at (650) 697-6000.
Executive Severance Negotiations Cases of Note
Confidential Settlement
Successful severance negotiation for employee terminated from health care company
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Successful severance negotiation for employee terminated for exercising rights protected under the California Labor Code.
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Successful severance negotiation for employee constructively discharged by Wall Street company.
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Thanks for your interest in gleaning !
Before you head out to the orchards, farms and other places we need to know how to contact you and keep you safe. Please provide the following information to get connected to a gleaning opportunity. We currently collect at orchards, community gardens and backyards in Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Klickitat and Skamania counties.
How and when will I be contacted?
We'll send you a confirmation email when you submit this form. We will not share your contact information with anyone. If you have previously submitted your name and would like to schedule to participate in a glean please visit our harvests page


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2019 Mercedes-Benz Metris Cargo Van 135" WB
- WasTotal Discounts $45,385 -$1,000
- Our Price $44,385* + tax and licensing
- Engine 2L I-4
- Transmission 7 Spd Automatic
- Drivetrain RWD
- Odometer 90 KMS
- Stock # S19912608
Vehicle Details
- Overview
2019 Mercedes-Benz Metris Cargo Van for sale in Surrey, British Columbia
Convenience Package! Mercedes-Benz Surrey is the official dealer of Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart and Sprinter for Surrey and White Rock since 1999. Available in two lengths, there is a Metris to fit both busy city streets and more open roads. What Mercedes have created with their Metris Cargo Van is, they have created a European premium cargo hauler that has a high accent on passenger and driver comfort. With a respectable load capacity, well proportioned load doors and a fuel efficiency that will easily surprise you, you don't have to think too much about purchasing a new Metris Cargo Van. This arctic white van has an automatic transmission and is powered by a 208HP 2.0L 4 Cylinder Engine. Our Metris Cargo Van's trim level is 135 WB. The Metris Cargo van by Mercedes-Benz has always offered something extra, stepping up and away from other commercial vans. This capable, capacious hauler comes standard with options such as a smooth and versatile 7G-Tronic automatic paired to a powerful turbocharged engine, automatic start stop eco feature, a gross vehicle weight rating of 3005 KGS, a 135 inch wheelbase for larger/taller loads, ABS, sturdy steel wheels, fully automatic daytime running headlamps, a 5 speaker stereo with iPod interface, USB and Bluetooth connectivity, adjustable drivers and passenger seat, remote key-less entry, air conditioning, long-lasting vinyl/rubber cabin flooring, cup-holders, robust fabric seat trim, a rear view camera and much more. This vehicle has been upgraded with the following features: Convenience Package. To apply right now for financing use this link : https://www.mbfs.ca/MBFCWeb/cfc/credit-applicationVehicleDealerInfoPrepare.do?language=en We've discounted this vehicle $1000. See dealer for details. Mercedes-Benz Surrey is the official dealer of Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart and Sprinter for Surrey and White Rock since 1999. Our state-of-art facility features a stunning new showroom with a wide selection of new and certified pre-owned Mercedes-Benz, smart vehicles and Sprinter Vans. Our service area includes eight service bays, oversized Sprinter bays and factory-trained technicians. With our knowledge and helpful staff, we are always eager to accommodate your concerns and answer any of your questions.Our dedicated sales staff and top-trained technicians are here to make your auto shopping experience fun, easy and financially advantageous. Please visit our various online resources and allow our excellent network of people to put you in your ideal car or SUV today!ll Come by and check out our fleet of 70+ used cars and trucks and 210+ new cars and trucks for sale in Surrey. o~o
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- Seating capacity
- 2
- Air conditioning
- Manual
- Front windows
- Power
- Rear windows
- Power
- Tilting steering wheel
- Manual Tilt Steering Column
- Telescoping steering wheel
- Manual Tilt Steering Column
- Radio
- Height (mm)
- 1910
- Length (mm)
- 5141
- Wheelbase (mm)
- 3200
- Width (mm)
- 1928
- Fuel economy - city (L/100 km)
- 11.5
- Fuel economy - combined (L/100 km)
- Fuel economy - highway (L/100 km)
- 9.8
- Fuel tank capacity (L)
- 70.0
- Recommended fuel
- Gasoline Fuel
- Front headroom (mm)
- 1006
- Front legroom (mm)
- 909
- Seating capacity
- 2
- Brakes
- 4-Wheel Disc Brakes
- Front suspension
- Strut
- Front tires
- Front wheel diameter (in)
- 17
- Front wheel width (in)
- 6.5
- Horsepower (hp)
- Rear suspension
- Trailing Arm
- Rear tires
- Rear wheel diameter (in)
- 17
- Rear wheel width (in)
- 6.5
- Steering activation
- Hydraulic Power-Assist
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- Wheel material
- Steel
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- Engine litres
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- Horsepower (hp)
- Torque (lb-ft)
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- 7-Speed A/T
- 4-Wheel
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- Yes
- Driver side-impact airbag
- Yes
- Passenger front-impact airbag
- Yes
- Passenger side-impact airbag
- Yes
- Security system
- Yes
- Side impact bars
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- Stability control
- ESP w/Crosswind Assist Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
- Traction control
- ABS And Driveline
- Basic distance (km)
- 60,000
- Basic months
- 36
- Roadside assistance distance (km)
- 100,000
- Roadside assistance months
- 60
- Scheduled maintenance distance (km)
- Scheduled maintenance months
- GVWR (kg)
- 3050
- Payload (kg)
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* Please note that all the above options, with the exception of 'Installed Options', are drawn from the generic 'base' version of the vehicle. The options listed might not exactly match this specific vehicle.
* Manufacturer warranty may not be available for pre-owned vehicles, please inquire with dealer about availability for this vehicle.
Mercedes-Benz Surrey
15508-104th Ave
Surrey , British Columbia V3R 1N8
Pricing shown includes all applicable dealer fees including Freight/ PDI, Admin, EHF Tires, Filters and Batteries and applicable provincial fees. Prices do not include taxes, insurance and license fees, as well as any other products or services not listed that may be available to you through your selected Mercedes-Benz dealership. Vehicle prices subject to change without notice. Dealer may sell for less. Please contact the dealership directly for exact pricing details and total prices. Note: Vehicle may not be exactly as shown. Some vehicles may be shown with optional equipment or equipment not available in Canada. **Regarding towing capacity listed: Maximum permissible gross weight of the trailer, if the trailer is equipped with a separate functional braking system. Please make sure to comply with local trailer load regulations


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Part of Fran Meredith fonds
This series consists of assorted Carleton heritage ephemera collected by Fran Meredith, including both objects and textual memorabilia.
Carleton College beanie, ca. 1960
Part of Fran Meredith fonds
Foster Parent Plan Advertisements
Part of Foster Parents Plan fonds
This series consists of textual material comprising Canadian newspaper clippings of Foster Parents Plan advertisements dated 1974-1980, as well as proofs of print advertisements dated 1980-1993.
This series consists of 178 colour slides produced and collected by the Educational Development Centre at Carleton. Included are images from various faculties, including Science, Engineering, and Arts, as well as other miscellaneous Carleton slide...
Part of Donald Gilbert Mitchell fonds
Disarmament literature and reports
This series consists of material on the subject of disarmament, nuclear weapons negotiations and treaties from the late 1970s and early 1980s. It includes Canadian and American government research papers, correspondence and communiques; as well a...
"Disarmament 1980-82 Canadian Government Papers"
Part of Department of Geography fonds
This series consists of one Carleton logo stamp, metal plate mounted on wood block.
Carleton University Winter Week glass Mug, 1973
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West Creek
Richmond, VA 23238 Directions
1 (804) 418-3548
Take a private tour of the brewery. Visit the Tours page to learn more
Tours only available by appointment.
Welcome to the Hardywood West Creek!
Hardywood West Creek is the ultimate brewery experience for craft beer lovers. Located just 20 minutes from downtown Richmond and nestled on 24 bucolic acres overlooking Tuckahoe Creek, Hardywood's destination brewery includes a public taproom with a built-in stage, a mezzanine-level private event space with conference room, an outdoor patio and beer garden, and a food truck plaza.
Designed to highlight our brewing process
The West Creek taproom offers views of the brewhouse, fermentation hall, quality assurance lab, ingredient processing area, and packaging hall. Shuffleboard, arcade games, board games, and two regulation-sized bocce courts are available to entertain the whole family.


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Course Description
Course Name
Matter and Interactions
Host University
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Area of Study
Language Level
Taught In English
Course entry requirements: Students will be expected to have passed NSC Physical Science with at least 60%. MAM1000W (or equivalent) must have been passed or be taken concurrently.
Students registered for this course will be assessed in week 5; if it is judged that they are not coping with the level and pace of the course, and would benefit from an opportunity to strengthen foundational concepts and learn new material at a slower pace, they will be required to transfer to PHY1031F or PHY1023H from week 7.
Course Level Recommendations
ISA offers course level recommendations in an effort to facilitate the determination of course levels by credential evaluators.We advice each institution to have their own credentials evaluator make the final decision regrading course levels.
Host University Units36
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits6
Recommended U.S. Quarter Units9
Hours & Credits
OverviewCourse outline:
PHY1004W is an advanced calculus-based introductory course for Science students intending to continue with second-year Physics. It features the modelling of physical systems from fundamental principles, and computational problem solving using VPython. The course includes the following topics: Modern mechanics: Conservation laws, the momentum principle, atomic nature of matter, conservation of energy, energy in macroscopic systems, energy quantization, multi-particle systems, exploring the nucleus, angular momentum, entropy, kinetic theory of gases, efficiency of engines.
Electric and magnetic interactions: Electric fields, electric potential, magnetic fields, electric circuits, capacitance, resistance, magnetic force, Gauss' law, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, induction, electromagnetic radiation, waves and particles.
Course Disclaimer
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.


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"Join our cause to create a single global voice for advocating for the rights, inclusion and well being of people with Down syndrome on 21 March."
21 March 2014 will mark the 9th anniversary of World Down Syndrome Day (and for the third year of official observation of the days by the United Nations). Each year, the voices of people with Down syndrome, and those who live and work with them, grows louder. But there is still so much more we can do.
Down Syndrome International encourages our friends all over the World to choose your own themes, activities and events to help raise awareness of what Down syndrome is, what it means to have Down syndrome, and how people with Down syndrome play a vital role in our lives and communities. The internet is a powerful tool for raising awareness and Down Syndrome International encourages people to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day through their own websites, blogs and social networking sites.
Celebrate our friends and family with Down Syndrome at: http://www.worlddownsyndromeday.org/


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