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Burning Questions
Q. What's the most important question I need to be able to answer very well in consulting interviews?
A. Ideally, every question! The good thing is that for the most part interviews for entry-level positions in management consulting tend to follow a reasonably standard formula. You can absolutely expect behavioral or fit questions that relate directly to your own experiences, either at school or at a previous job or internship. For example, a typical behavioral interview question would be: "Tell us about a time in your life where you demonstrated leadership skills?" or "How did you handle an ethically difficult situation in a business setting?" Others might include questions about hobbies, recent vacations and other interests. Since most consulting firms pride themselves on having very specific cultures, it is key that you be open and honest here – there are no right answers per se – as both you and the interviewing firm want to make sure you'll be happy together. Also be aware that sometimes interviewers also test general and business knowledge – these are trickier questions and of course there's more of a chance of making a factual error here than in the "softer" fit interviews. Deloitte's student page has some excellent tips and tricks on how to best answer these kinds of questions.
The second kind is the case interview, where you will be given a scenario and asked certain questions about how you, as a consultant, would advise your client. This kind of interview supplements the cultural fit interview. The objective here is to assess how you think, what assumptions you make, what follow-up questions you ask and how quickly you come to a conclusion. This is the interview you absolutely have to study for – some schools suggest doing 60 sample cases to get ready for this part of the process. You can start preparing yourself by reading our Interviews" article in the Prepare section of the site for detailed information about the different types of interviews as well as tips and resources to help you get ready.
There's also a great piece on the most common interview questions asked and a quick cheat sheet of possible responses that you should tailor to make your own. Our friends at L.E.K have also weighed in on how best to avoid common pitfalls during the interview process.
Q. Where do you see the future of consulting?
A. Despite the shaky economy, consulting is one of the few industries that is expanding – and rather aggressively at that. Of course, some segments are performing better than most – operational improvement consulting (e.g., supply chain and production optimization, cost cutting programs etc.) appears to be the strongest segment going forward, mostly because it's so easy to identify and achieve significant ROI's on the investments made in the consulting project. Interestingly enough, strategy consulting is not expected to show the same strong growth due to the current tight economy and the hesitancy of many companies to make investments that don't have clearly defined pay-offs. That said, strategy consultants have strong brands and are always a great place to start a career.
Most of the other segments (e.g., HR consulting, Business Forensics, etc.) lie in-between these two poles, but all of them are expected to grow profitably over the next 1 to 3 years. There are also lots of fast-growing and interesting niches, in particular Corporate Social Responsibility, Risk Management, Developing Markets, Business Analytics and so on.
Q. What do you see as critical for people trying to join consulting (after MBA) in the next couple of years?
A. Keep your finger on the pulse, do this anyway but especially if you are seriously considering a fulfilling career in the consulting industry. Being aware of what's going on in the world will give you insight into what clients are thinking and worrying about. Successful consultants thrive on being creative and quick on their feet, so always be active as you're reading the news or even talking to friends and family. Don't just read, but really think about potential issues that might arise and consider how you would work through them….and prepare well for your interviews, especially the cases!!
Q. How do experienced hires size up against entry-level hires? What about hiring preference i.e. Executive MBA Vs Full-Time MBA?
A. You can't really compare experienced with entry-level hires – the recruiting process and skill sets tested in the interviews are so different. If you're in a full-time MBA program you will easily be able to identify firms that will talk to you about an entry-level position as long as your school invites consulting firms on-campus to recruit. The process for entry-level employees is much more structured and transparent than the process for experienced hires. (Also more junior, full-time MBAs are less expensive and therefore pose less of a hiring risk than Executive MBAs.)
However, there are so many more avenues into consulting firms for experienced hires (e.g.. through executive recruiters, friends and family, business contacts, etc.) that it doesn't take a lot to get in front of companies that might be interested in you if you have the right background. It just might take a little more entrepreneurial spirit to go out and find the right firm to talk to, especially since generally fewer companies recruit on campus for this group.
Ultimately, consulting companies have needs for both groups and are actively recruiting for all the good people they can find.
Q. With an Aero Engineering degree, what area of consulting do you think I would be better suited for?
A. Most likely operational optimization consulting would be the good fit and/or a group that focuses on the aerospace industry.
Q. What would you say are the essential skills for a successful career in consulting?
A. Creativity, the ability to think quickly and logically and good people skills are just a few characteristics that are absolutely necessary to survive and thrive as a consultant; this isn't a job for the faint hearted. Check out the article on what it is consultants actually do and what skill sets are most valuable.
Q. Is the consulting industry well represented across the country or are some pockets/areas more concentrated than others?
A. For the most part and as you can imagine, consulting firms tend to set up shop in major cities. Some territories may have sector specialties, so DC for example will be home to firms working closely with government, Philadelphia will have many firms with a life sciences focus and Texas will be home to firms working predominantly for the energy and utilities sector.
And if you have a particular interest in government contractors, media and entertainment and/or technology you will find a wide range of consulting firms in the Southwest that will want to talk with you as those are the main industries that call that area of the US home.
Q. What are the best parts of a job in consulting?
A. Everyone is different and what is one person's passion is another person's poison. Most people who love consulting love the challenging intellectual work and the feeling of accomplishment when a client has accepted and acted on recommendations. Consulting companies are generally less overtly political internally than other industries and the camaraderie is very high, especially in teams that spend almost every waking moment together – as is so often the case when on a consulting engagement. For those of us with some level of ADD the variety of consulting assignments can be very attractive.
Q. What are the major consulting firms? (by industry or by size)
A. The largest firms are in the IT segment: IBM, Capgemini, Accenture, Tata Consultancy Services, etc. IBM is the largest consulting company of all at $56 billion in revenue. The Advisory Services of the Big Four Accounting firms tend to also be multi-billion dollar enterprises. They are Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and Ernst & Young. A lot of their work is in the operational performance segment. The three largest HR consulting companies have revenue of between $3.5 billion and $5 billion which is slightly smaller than the largest Advisory Services firms: AON Hewitt, Mercer and TowersWatson.
The largest Strategy companies tend to be about the same size as the HR consulting companies, but have the biggest and best-known brands in the industry – McKinsey, Boston Consulting Company, Bain and Booz & Co. are the largest.
The smallest "large" firms are in the Business Forensics segment – FTI is about $1.5 billion in revenue and Navigant is less than $1 billion. They are also less international than firms in the other segments.
Q. How big a component is travel to a career in consulting and what if I don't want to travel so frequently?
A. If you don't want to travel extensively then find consulting firms that not only fit your interests and personality but also make a point of working with consultants to find projects closer to a particular consultant's home and/or don't require consultants being on the client site all the time. Certainly ask appropriate questions during the recruitment interviews to ascertain how a particular target firm handles such things. Once you've started at a firm, you should have these discussions with HR, your practice lead or your mentor early enough so that the firm can work with you to meet your travel objectives. It often takes a while before all the pieces fall into place.
One important note: many cities in the US and abroad are home to a few key industries. Therefore, it's a good idea to determine early on which industry you would want to "major" in and then live in that area. Most big consulting firms have offices in just about every large city in the world and/or are increasingly comfortable with employees living in cities where their company doesn't have an office and working virtually. Thus, if your interest is in Financial Services, you should locate yourself in NYC or London, if it's media and entertainment or defense contracting, Los Angeles might be a better fit, go to Stuttgart or Detroit for automotive and so on and so on. Conversely, if you have a particularly city you absolutely want to live in or near, make sure you are also interested in the industries and/or companies in that area.
Q. How do projects and responsibilities change as one's consulting career advances?
A. The best way to think about a consulting career is like two slices lying on top of each other – one is delivery and the other is business development and management. At the beginning of a consulting career the delivery slice is very thick and the Business Development (BD) and management slices are almost non-existent. By the end of a career, it's exactly the reverse – a senior partner manages large teams and is responsible for selling millions of dollars of consulting engagements and almost never "puts pen to paper" except to write a proposal or a pitch, although even that is often taken care of by the team.
Q. What qualities stand out most to recruiters and what is it that companies are looking for?
A. Most recruiters' first test to see if there is a personality fit with the company a candidate is interviewing for. There are as many different cultures as there are consulting firms and just because someone is smart doesn't mean he or she will succeed at every firm. Recruiters check for professional demeanor, general intelligence, ability to handle stress, etc. Unlike later in life, past experience plays a minor role at this stage in a consultant's career – "campus hires" have extremely varied backgrounds and experiences. That's what makes the profession so interesting and exciting.
It's always a good idea to be knowledgeable about the consulting industry and the major (and, if appropriate, the smaller) players when going into an interview. Having that information will provide fodder for deeper conversations and show your commitment to consulting and the firm you are interviewing with.
However, for many firms the rubber hits the road when it comes to the case study. Thousands of very capable students and future excellent consultants don't pass this test. Likewise, a lot of candidates who came across only so-so in the" fit" conversations will race to the front if they ace the case study. The good news is that performing well in this part of the process can be learned – whereas it's difficult to hide basic personality traits. Candidates should take part in as many seminars and study sessions as possible. The hard work will pay off.
However, not all firms use or require case studies as part of the recruitment process. Be sure you understand exactly what the recruitment process sis exactly for each firm and what's important to them.
Q. What are some good ways for non-MBA applicants to acquire business knowledge and skills?
A. It may sound counterintuitive, but most consulting companies don't look for developed business skills when recruiting non-MBAs. They'll get those types from the MBA programs and/or will train them in what they need to know. Most firms look for cultural fit and basic intelligence when recruiting – chances are if you have a medical degree, a PhD in Physics or a Masters in Art History, you have what it takes to learn those additional skill sets.
That said, look for seminars at the business programs of the school you are attending that teach you how to solve cases in an interview setting. Of course, if there are some basic courses in finance, accounting and strategy available to you, by all means take advantage of those.
Q. Is there a hiring bias towards Ivy-league schools? How do I get my foot into the door if I attend a non Ivy League school?
A. The issue here is less about Ivy-league vs. non-Ivy-league schools and more about the size of the school and how well set-up they are to handle the complexity of the recruitment process. The biggest MBA programs – many of which are not Ivy-League – have an advantage in that they know all the players and have extensive programs to prepare students for the recruitment process. They also have the critical mass of students so that it's worth the time and expense for a consulting company to commit significant resources at that school. If you are committed to consulting, then this is the best route. However, if you don't think an MBA is for you, then at least pick a graduate program that has something in place to get you in front of the major players and prepare you for the interview process. There are multiple routes into consulting and MBA programs are only one way in.
But even if you don't start your career in consulting, you might find yourself at a consulting company at some point. The industry is always looking for good talent at all levels.


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PVSF's Breakfast Forum Meeting
Please note that to our Forum Meeting, start and finish time has now changed, and that it will now be PVSF's Breakfast Forum Meeting.
The PVSF breakfast Forum meeting will be held on Thursday 8 September (9.30am – 12.00pm).
Further Details:
- Date: Thurs, 8 September 2011
- Time: 9.30am – 12.00pm (Registration & Networking from 9.30am)
- Venue: Bells Garden Community Centre, Buller Close, London SE15 6UJ
The theme for the Forum will be 'Campaigning for Peckham'
- Reduce, Reuse and Recyle – Ian McGeough, Veolia Environmental Services
- Changing Peckham's Media Image – Flip Side Peckham's Campaign Team
- Future Peckham's Action Plan – Rumi Bose, Southwark Council Planning Policy
For further information please contact Marcia Gregory on 020 7635 7000 or email: email@example.com or fax to 020 7635 7834 Web: www.peckhamforum.org.uk

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This week in the news: Apple announced the new iPad Air, iPad mini Retina, thinner and lighter MacBook Pro Retina laptops with Haswell processors, pricing and a release date for the new Mac Pro, a bunch of software updates that will be available as free downloads, including OS X Mavericks; Canon announced comprehensive new firmware updates for the 1D X and 1D C; and Fujifilm released a major X100 fimware update.
This is your B&H Photo Pulse News Roundup for October 25, 2013. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest news as it breaks.
The PDN PhotoPlus Expo took place in New York City, and B&H was everywhere. We were exhibitors at the show (booth #455), and we posted a storm of show updates on B&H Insights, Twitter and Instagram. There was a bunch of compelling new products on display at the show, so we've rounded up the most interesting highlights in this post.
After LED panels, I felt that I should move back to still photo and on-camera flash units. The Spinlight 360 was an intriguing new piece of gear. They were giving a demonstration, and I couldn't tell you how quickly they moved through all the different options. First it was a clear dome, then a filter, followed by a snoot. It was fast, and held to the flash head really well. It also spins 360º for using half domes and similar items however you would like. Need some more control over an on-camera flash? Spinlight 360 may work for you.
The Rotolight booth is bright! They have a bunch of round LED panels set up, and a couple mounted on DSLRs. Within the past year they have won multiple awards, and they feature WiFi control for up to 512 different panels—quite impressive if you ask me! The lights have super-accurate color that's good enough to be used on Captain Phillips. And for the DSLR filmmaker, a great small LED panel with some LEE filters and a microphone should be extremely useful. One mount for two important items.
After using Kickstarter to fund the original Capture camera holster system, Peak Design is out with version 2 and a variety of new accessories. This slick new design features a clip that you attach to your belt or another strap, which allows you to quickly snap your camera in and out. The Capture and Capture Pro models can carry your large camera system with ease. And they are compatible with Arca-Swiss and Manfrotto tripods, if you pick certain models.
G-Technology displayed their new G-Drive Slim and Mobile portable hard drives. Both drives offer 1TB capacity and 7200rpm. The Slim connects via USB 3.0 and the Mobile has USB 3.0 and FireWire 800 ports.
The 190XPRO3 has aluminum construction, and extends to 53". The tripod features a Quick Power Lock design that quickly locks the legs into place at four different angles. There's an easy-lock thread designed for sturdy support for flip arms, and a horizontal column that's designed for heavier gear and rotates a full 360º. The tripod is easy to carry with motorcycle-style grips.
The Lowepro & Joby booth showed off their new Pro Sling and Convertible Neck Straps. Along with a great collection of bags, they have moved into more ways to carry and secure your camera.
Lexar showed the Workflow Reader, a modular card reader that accommodates any combination of CF, SD/SDHC/SDXC, and QXD cards simultaneously via removable bays. The device attaches via USB 3.0, and can transfer in batches without sacrificing speed. It's also powered by its USB connection, and can fit into most gadget bags.
If you want something reminiscent of a handbag, be sure to find Ona and Epiphanie. These very stylish bags are designed to look like something you would have anywhere, and not tell everyone you are carrying thousands of dollars in photo gear.
What do you do when the internal battery on your MacBook is dying, but you still have hours worth of work to do, and no wall outlet to plug into? You can only do one thing: Use a HyperJuice battery pack. A single HyperJuice is capable of charging a MacBook and two iPads. We spoke to Daniel Chin to get all the details on these unique power solutions, at PhotoPlus 2013.
Already a leader in the camera-strap industry, BlackRapid continues to bring out useful and good-looking strap designs. This is achieved by attaching via the camera's tripod thread—meaning the camera's always at the ready.
There are great numbers of people shooting video on DSLR cameras these days, so it makes sense for video-centric companies to come to the show. We had the chance to talk to Heather Williams from Atomos at PhotoPlus 2013, to find out how their products help video shooters achieve better-looking results and faster workflows.
Perhaps the first thing you notice about 3 Legged Thing's tripods are their smooth carbon and colorful accents. But their versatility is just as nice. A single tripod can be used for macro photography just inches from the ground, or for reaching new heights and getting that wide shot from above. There's a reason these were used at the London Olympics.
The new GM1 and the GH3 were the stars of the Panasonic booth today, and in this video, David Flores and Panasonic's own Mark Toal take a close look at the brand new GM1. It's definitely the smallest Micro Four Thirds camera around, which makes it a convenient option for the average user who wants better image quality.
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STRENGTHS - Erik is a big strong receiver and shows a nice ability to fight off jams and get into his routes. He shows a nature ability to run crisp routes and make himself a nice target for the QB and shield defenders from the ball. He shows good toughness and a willingness to go across the middle. When the ball is thrown his way he is very sure handed and shows the natural instinct to come back to the ball and make tough catches. He is a solid blocker that helps spring his running backs for big time gains.
WEAKNESSES - Highsmith's ability to run good routes is the only way for him to create any meaningful separation. He lacks the explosiveness or quickness and to run away from defenders. His top end speed makes sure he will not be a downfield threat. He also does not show great leaping ability and allows the ball to get into his body which allows defenders to knock it away and recover. He is not a fluid athlete which also makes him easier to cover for less athletic defensive backs.
SUMMARY - Erik Highsmith has been a contributor and part time starter since getting to Chapel Hill. When starting as a senior it was in the three wide receiver sets and does his best work between the numbers. His big body allows him to knock DBs around and make tough catches all over the field. His inability to create separation is a big concern for any team at the next level. He is at his best in the red zone where he was most effective during his time in college. His limitations as an athlete also keep him from being of any use on special teams as a return most due to being a straight line guy. The lack of explosiveness could knock him out of the draft all together, but his consistent ability to make catches and hold on the ball should give him a chance to be drafted late. Overall Erik Highsmith is a limited player that would be a decent pick up at the end of the draft. For him to have any chance to make a roster he is going to have to show value on the coverage squads of special teams. At best he is a practice squad player for the first few years.


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Product Type: Electrolux vacuums
Newest Review: ... better and saved me time not having to go over and over the same spot. The wheels on the opening end of the vacuum don't allow you to get c... more
About as effective as blowing the dust around.
Electrolux ZB404WD
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Electrolux ZB404WD
Date: 12/09/11, updated on 20/02/12 (166 review reads)
Advantages: Easy to use. Lightweight and is easy to empty.
Disadvantages: Simply put, a lack of suction. Just ineffective.
We paid £65 for this a couple of years ago from Argos, although having a quick look around the web now, can find it still pretty easily and selling for around the £50 mark, which was about what we had budgeted for this cleaner. The product description is all rather fancy, the usual spiel of being the greatest cleaner ever made and so forth, so we were quite excited about giving this a go.
It has to be said that features wise, for a cheaper hand held vacuum cleaner, it should tick all the right boxes, it is light at just 1.2kg, so moving it around is very easy, and it is relatively small which again helps for those harder to reach areas. It has a couple of wheels on the front, so that it glides effortlessly across the ground, again aiding in its easy to use feel, and the wheels will protect things like furniture if using to give seats etc the once-over. The design of the cleaner itself is quite stylish and modern to be fair to it, and although the charger unit is a little bit large and cumbersome, we store it in the under stairs cupboard and so it is out of sight. It is also a wet and dry model, making it even more versatile, and can be used to clean up spills from harder floors too. The handle is pretty easy to hold also, meaning no aching arm after a few minutes of use. It is also cordless, coming as it does with a charger unit, which the cleaner is stored in when not in use, again a bonus as no fiddly wires to manoeuvre around. It has a 0.5l capacity for dust and liquid, which is adequate for the uses that we had envisaged for it, and the front clips off pretty easily to empty and clean, and goes back together easily too. The storage area is also made of a transparent blue plastic, which means it is very easy to see when it needs emptying, which again is a nice little design feature. It takes approximately 2 hours to charge up, but it is advised that you store the unit in the charger with it turned on for optimum performance, with the running time just 10 minutes, but again this seemed sufficient for the workload we were asking the vacuum cleaner to do.
All this sounds pretty good, and a bargain I hear you all say, well sadly not. After several months of perseverance with this cleaner, patience has finally run out. The ten minute running time is a maximum, with it struggling to last the pace after 5 minutes, it does keep going manfully, however at a greatly reduced suction capacity. The suction capacity itself is rather disappointing even when first used after charging. The suction hole is only very small, which you might think would enhance the power, but it is barely noticeable, even if you place your hand over it! At the cost and the fact that it only packs 4.8V, expectations were rightly low regarding the suction power, and I didn't for an instant expect it to deal with engrained pet hair or larger pieces of dirt or rubbish, but it struggles to pick up even the lightest piece of fluff. You find yourself going over the same area time and time again to remove the smallest amount of dirt, and as such, it runs out of charge before the task is completed, and you are back to square one. It comes with a couple of attachments for harder to reach areas, but again these aren't really worth talking about, as the level of suction isn't increased by using them, and so the harder to reach areas stay as dirty as they were before you started! To be fair, it is a little bit better on a hard floor, especially cleaning up spills of liquid. It picks water up quite effortlessly, but to be honest, its only water and I would generally use kitchen towel anyway unless the spill was massive. Although it is reasonably effective on the harder flooring, it is questionable whether the benefits of it outweigh the downside of getting onto hands and knees to use the thing, and whether a simple household brush would do just as effective job anyway. On the plus side, I have found that the filter is quite effective, and hasn't needed replacing, but this could be that so little dust and dirt makes it as far as the filter, that it hasn't been given a proper work out. It also doesn't need emptying very often for the very same reason. To be fair to it, the noise level of the unit is very quiet, so it won't wake anyone up, but again this is to be expected for a 4.8V device, and shouldn't really be considered as a positive aspect.
So to sum this one up, I would have to say that I am slightly disappointed by the Electrolux ZB404WD hand held vacuum cleaner. Whereas I didn't expect the world from it initially, I did expect it to do a reasonable job of collecting small dust particles and make the cleaning of the stairs and inside the car a little easier. I've gone back to the old lugging of the upright cleaner for these tasks now, and this model has been placed into the under stairs storage, to probably never see the light of day again, except to be taken to the tip during the next big cleanout. In short, it is a classic case of style over substance, with the impressive design and ease of use not being anywhere near enough to outweigh its disappointing suction performance, and so it is one I would advise you to steer well clear of.
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Editing a Mood
(Note that if the SonicMood window is in its "small size" ("zoomed") state, the Moods and Themes lists and Edit panel will not be visible. In order to see the lists, click the green "+" in the titlebar first.)
SonicMood plays notes that are split up between three MIDI instruments that you can choose. Each instrument has its own average relative volume, the way its volume varies from note to note, its location (pan), how many notes it can play at once, what the timing is between notes, what octave they're in, and a number of other things. In addition to the instruments, SonicMood can play looped recordings of pre-recorded sounds in a way that makes them appear non-repetitive. Those pre-recorded sounds are called "Soundfiles." The combination of a set of specific settings for the instruments and Soundfiles is called a "Mood." Moods can be created, deleted, and edited to change their qualities.
Some changes affecting Moods can be made from several of the menus on the menu bar. Create a new Mood based on an existing Mood (to give you a starting point) by selecting "New Mood" (⌥⌘N) from the "File" menu. You can save any Moods you create or modify by highlighting them in the list on the main window and selecting "Save Selected Moods..." (^⌘S) from the "File" menu. Or save all the Moods in the list by selecting "Save Mood File As..." (⇧⌘S), also from the "File" menu. You can select one or more Moods in the list and cut, copy, or delete them all using the "Edit" Menu. You can cut and paste Moods between Themes too. On the "Moods" menu or from the Moods list contextual menu (right/control-click on the Moods list) you can Create a Custom Mood. See the Help topic MenuBar for more information. See the Moods and Themes Help topic for more information.
Most Mood editing will be done using the "Edit" panel on the main window. All editing of MIDI instrument settings, note timings, octaves, key, scale, and soundfiles is done here. See the next section for more information.
Using Mood "Edit"
The "Edit" panel has 4 pages, selected using the tabs at the top: One page for selecting the instruments and most of the individual instrument settings, a page for the instrument's group settings (Musical Key and Scale, note "Patterns" used to select notes), a page for instrument "sound effects" and sound motion (both instrument and Soundfile), and a page for selecting and adjusting the sound of "Soundfiles." Changes take place immediately so you can use the Edit panel to tweak settings and listen to their effect, assuming you're editing the Mood that's playing.
Display the Edit panel (if it's not showing) by clicking the "Edit" button at the bottom right, or selecting "Edit Mood..." (⌘I) from the "Edit" menu. The Mood that's highlighted in the "Mood List" will be the Mood that's under edit.
The top of the Edit panel shows the name of the Mood being edited. On either side of the name are small round blue buttons indicating that the instrument's and soundfile's sounds are enabled. Click either or both buttons to disable those sounds. They are enabled/disabled on a Mood-by-Mood basis. To enable/disable all the Moods, use the checkboxes on the "Sound Settings" window. You can open this window from the "Controls" menu.
What follows is a discussion of the controls available on each of the four pages on this panel.
Individual Instrument Settings
On the "Inst, Vol, Notes" page you'll find controls to select and affect each instrument separately. There are three columns, one for each of the instruments. In each column there are four areas of related settings: The first area is Instrument Selection itself, followed by Volume-related Settings, Note Selection, and Note Timing.
Instrument Selection
Each column is topped by the instrument selection popup menu button labeled with the name of the selected instrument. Below that is the instrument group selection button labeled with the name of the selected group. If you want instruments from a certain group (say "guitars"), just select that group and when you choose an instrument the popup menu will be positioned at the start of that group.
Volume-related Settings
Once you've selected an instrument, you can use the knobs below it to adjust its relative volume, pan location, and note-to-note variation in volume. The small round blue buttons just right of the "Rel Vol" (volume) knobs mute and un-mute the sound for each instrument.
Rel Vol
Adjust the instrument's volume relative to the other two instruments (100% is normal). To mute an instrument, click the small round blue button just right of the knob.
This is just the position (left/center/right) of the instrument's sound.
Vol Var
For each instrument, this slider sets the amount of variation introduced in the volume. In other words, each note will be played with an average volume +/- a deviation that's a percentage of the volume setting. So some notes sound louder and some softer than the average. That just gives the sounds more interest; they're not all played at the same level. The higher the setting the more variation will occur in the volume of the notes.
Note Selection
Note selection determines how each note for an instrument is chosen from a musical scale. You can select what octave notes can start in and over what range they can sound, the number of notes each instrument can play at one time (16 notes max total for all three instruments combined), and how those notes are chosen.
Base Octave and Octave Range
SonicMood can play notes across 10 octaves (0 thru 9). So if an instrument's "base octave" is "4", the "octave range" could be "6" (4 thru 9). Setting the "octave range" to a larger value won't hurt anything, however. Notes above the 9th octave are just not played.
Number of Notes (max)
You can specify how many notes each instrument can play at once using the "Number of Notes (max)" slider. SonicMood can play up to 16 notes simultaneously, spread over the three instruments.
Selection of Notes
There are five ways a musical note (C, E, G#, etc.) is selected from a musical scale. All five methods involve picking a "note number" which indicates the position of the note in a musical scale. Musical scales are selected, displayed, and edited on the "Key, Scale, Pattern" page (see that section below for more information).
The button below the "# of notes" slider is used to choose one of the five methods (Uniform, Gaussian, Increment, Decrement, or Pattern).
The first two methods involve a random selection of the next note based on either a "Uniform" or "Gaussian" pick of its note number. The range of the selection depends on the number of notes in the chosen musical scale.
"Incremented" increases the note number by one to determine the next note. If a number is larger than the number of notes in the selected musical scale, the number and octave are adjusted appropriately. Similarly, "Decremented" decreases the note number by one.
If you select "Pattern" for an instrument, the button just below the "method" button will become enabled. When clicked, this button will list all existing note patterns, and allow you to select one. Patterns are displayed and edited on the "Key, Scale, Pattern" page, and can be selected there too. For more information see "Editing a Scale or Pattern" under "Musical Key, Scale, and Note Patterns" below.
Using a pattern is a way of choosing a note based on a list of numbers, each number referring to a note's position in the selected scale. For example, if the pattern is "1, 3, 4" the first, third, and fourth notes in the current scale would be played in order. If the scale is "C Major" the notes would be "C, E, G". The next note is determined by the next number in the list, wrapping around to the first number when the end of the list is reached. Note numbers are adjusted so they always select an appropriate note in an appropriate octave (i.e., within the "Octave Range").
Note Timing
The timing of each note is determined by the controls in this section.
SonicMood's instrument rhythms can be changed by a Mood Tempo slider that affects each Mood individually. The slider, labeled "Tempo Multiplier," is at the top of this section. The "Mood Tempo" is the speed or rhythm of the notes. If the Mood you're editing is the same one that's playing then you'll hear the Mood's notes speed up or slow down as you slide the Tempo slider to the right (up to 5 times faster) or left (down to 1/5 time).
Time Sync Buttons
When Time Sync is "On," each instrument's timing slider (below the button) will be slaved to the left hand column's slider. They will therefore have the same "Time Base" or "BPM." The multipliers for note and rest (popup menu buttons) allow each instrument to have a multiple of that basic time. If Time Sync is "Off," then each of the three sliders can be adjusted independently.
BPM/Sec Buttons
Click the "BPM" or "Sec" button to work in BPM (Beats Per Minute) or Sec (seconds) with each instrument's "Tempo ..." slider (the slider scale changes to reflect your choice).
Time/Tempo Base Slider
The length of a whole note is set by this slider. The buttons below each slider sets the type of note and rest used. "1/4" for a quarter note, etc. The total (slider times button multiplier) average length of a note or rest appears on each button, below the multiplier.
Timing Methods
There are five different methods you can choose from to control note length (sustains) and rest (pauses). The first four use the button above the "% Random Timing" slider, while the last one uses notations added to a "Pattern."
Both "Uniform" (equal chance) or "Gaussian" (bell-shaped curve) methods provide somewhat random note timings, picked from the time value settings set by the "Tempo Base" slider and the "note" and "rest" popup list buttons.
The "Incremental" method results in an increase in the note timing for each note that's played. The starting time value is equal to the selected time for either the "note" (sustain) or "rest" (pause) values minus three times the "Var (%)" when converted to seconds. The increment time is the selected time divided by the variation plus a small value to prevent division by zero. The ending value (where it wraps around to the start again) is the selected time plus three times the variation.
The "Fixed" method uses the selected "note" or "rest" time alternating with each note plus or minus the "% Random Timing."
The last method is set on the "Key, Scale, Pattern" page and involves adding notations to the "Pattern" for an instrument, assuming the "Pattern" note selection method is used for that instrument. See "Editing a Scale or Pattern" under the "Musical Key, Scale, and Note Patterns" section below for more information on "Pattern" based timing and note selection.
NOTE: Some instruments have a natural note length (sustain) which won't be affected by the timing slider setting. Percussion instruments, for example, fall into this category. However, the time between notes (pause) for any instrument IS affected by the slider and the "Number of Notes" assigned to that instrument.
% Random Timing
For each instrument, the note length (sustain) and rest (pause) time values can vary. The "% Random Timing" slider sets that variation as a percentage of the values. If the slider is set to zero then the time will not vary and will always be what is shown on the multiplier buttons.
Note Selection and Timing Tips
These are just a couple of ideas for making some basic timing adjustments to affect a Mood.
Quiet Moods
Notes with short play and long pause times don't sound very often, making for a generally languid, quiet Mood. Setting the "Var (%)" lower will make for a more precise rhythm, more and more like a cadence. Fewer notes will produce an even more languid effect.
For a quiet Mood, I would suggest setting the whole note "Time" for each instrument to no lower than 2 seconds, the "note" multiplier to x1, and the "rest" multiplier to x2. Reducing the "Var (%)" to perhaps 10% or 20% will also help. Be sure each instrument's "max # of simultaneous notes" is no higher than 3.
Active Moods
If you set short "note" and "rest" times and a larger timing variation you'll get a faster paced Mood. You can liven it up more by increasing the "max # of simultaneous notes" settings for each instrument.
Setting Cadences
To have a cadenced mood, all "note" and "rest" times must be equal, and the "Var (%)" slider must be set to 0. You can press the BPM button to set the cadence in beats per minute.
Using Patterns
The note "Pattern" will affect many things, especially when the instrument octave range is set to play only an octave or two. For example, with the pattern set to "1, 3" it will produce unisson, with it set to "1, 5" it will produce root/fifth, and so on, for a given musical scale. See the next section on "Musical Key, Scale, and Note Patterns" for more information.
Musical Key, Scale, and Note Patterns
Musical Key
Use the slider to change the musical key for the Mood being edited; it defaults to the key of "C".
Random Key Step
If this slider value is greater than zero, SonicMood will change the key from time-to-time. Those changes generally occur when SonicMood has finished playing a long string of notes in a kind of arpeggio. How large the changes are, on average, depends on how large the slider value is.
Musical Scales and Note Patterns
The top list contains the Scale Names and the Musical Notes that define them. The lower list contains the Pattern Names and the Note Selection Patterns used to select from a scale and optionally time notes for the "Pattern" note selection method. You can drag the separator between the two lists up or down to give one list more height.
Right/control-clicking anywhere in either list brings up a contextual menu. At the top is "Help" followed by several selections for editing the highlighted item. Below that is a list of any Moods which use the highlighted item. If you select one of those Moods, it will become the Mood you're editing (but not necessarily the Mood that's playing - keep that in mind).
You can Add (+), or Delete (-) scales and patterns using the buttons on the separator. The left most buttons are for the Scales while the buttons to the right are for the Patterns. The arrows next to the buttons help to indicate this.
The arrow pointer in the left-most column of the scale list will always indicate which scale is selected for the Mood being edited. Just double-click a row to use that scale.
The notes for a scale are defined using standard notation. They are separated by commas so any editing should include a comma between notes. There is no symbol for "flat", simply use a "sharp" (#) sign instead (i.e., B-flat = A#). A keyboard is available to facilitate entering notes. Click on the "Show Keyboard" button to display the keyboard window. More information on the use of the keyboard can be found in the Using the Simulated Piano Keyboard topic, below.
The left-most three columns of the pattern list represent the three instruments, and correspond to the instruments in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd columns on the "Inst, Vol, Notes" page. A checkmark in a column means the row's pattern is being used by that instrument (1, 2, or 3) for its note selection.
Editing a Scale or Pattern
To edit an item in a list, select the item by clicking over it, pause a second, and then clicking it again (the "select-pause-click" technique). After the cell becomes editable, make the changes you want and press "return", "enter", or click outside the cell to save them. If you edit the "Musical Scale", you can enter the notes in lower case and they will be converted to upper case when you press "return". Be sure to include a comma to separate notes or pattern values. Also, if you use the simulated piano keyboard (see below) to enter notes, you don't have to be editing those notes already. The new notes will be inserted in the "Musical Notes" column on the row that's highlighted.
To add or delete a row in the list, simply select the row and click "+" or "-" respectively. You can select more than one row for deletions.
You can sort the rows by clicking the heading above the column you want to sort. Click once to sort ascending. Click again to sort descending.
Select one or more rows and drag them around to rearrange their order, if you wish. Note that if rows are moved via a drag, the column header no longer indicates that sorting is in effect.
Note that for both the scale and pattern lists you can edit any row independently of the Mood you're editing.
The names of items (scales or patterns) only serve as a label for the item. You can change the name to anything you'd like. It won't affect the playing of the Mood.
The last column holds the note or pattern definition for that scale or pattern. The next two paragraphs describe the meaning of the contents for the musical scale notes and the note patterns.
In the case of the musical scale, the leftmost "C" refers to the note one octave below "Middle C", and so forth. You may enter other notes, being sure to separate the notes with commas. There is no notation for flats so use a # with the next lower note instead (i.e., use "A#" for B-flat). You can also enter notes using the keyboard (see "Using the Simulated Piano Keyboard", below).
The note pattern column contains a string of numbers each representing a note in whatever scale is selected. For a scale consisting of "C, E, G, A", the pattern "1, 3, 4" would cause the first note in the scale to be played ("C"), followed by the third ("G"), and then the fourth ("A"). In other words, the next note is determined by the next number in the string, wrapping around to the first number when the end of the string is reached. Note numbers are adjusted so they always select an appropriate note in an appropriate octave.
Note Timing Within a Pattern
In addition to selecting notes in a scale, a pattern can also set a sustain and/or pause time multiplier for notes they follow. Pauses are set by entering a "p" or an "r" (rest), sustains by a "s" or an "n" (note), followed by a decimal number. The number multiplies the total note length (set on the "Inst, Vol, Notes" page) to set the pause/sustain for the previous note. For example if you entered: "1, 3, r0.5, 4, s2" SonicMood will play the first note of the current scale followed by the normal pause, then the 3rd note of the scale followed by a 1/2 note rest (over-riding the normal setting), then the 4th note with a 2 note sustain followed by the normal pause.
You can enter a pattern note number followed by sustains and pauses without needing to separate them by commas. The commas are only needed to separate note numbers. So in the previous example you could have entered "1, 3 r0.5, 4 s2". If you entered "1, 3 r0.5 s2, 4 s2" then SonicMood would play the first note in the current scale with default sustain and rest, followed by the third note with the default sustain, followed by a half-note rest, followed by the third note again with a two whole-note sustain. Then the fourth note in the scale would be played with a two whole-note sustain and the default rest.
When you enter or edit a pattern and press "return" the values you entered are examined, formatted, and displayed. If you use an "n" for "note" sustain or a "p" for "pause" rest, they will be converted to "s" and "r" respectively. Also, if you enter "1,3r0.5,4s2" the formatted and displayed values will be "1, 3 r0.5, 4 s2". If you enter invalid characters (anything other than digits, "p, r, s, or n", or commas) they will be ignored.
Using the Simulated Piano Keyboard
If you click on Show Keyboard, a window with a simulated piano keyboard will open. You can also open this window, even if the "Edit" panel isn't visible, by selecting "Piano Keyboard" (⌘7) from the "Windows" menu.
As long as the "Edit Scale Notes" Off radio button is selected, you can only use the keyboard to play notes - they won't be added to the highlighted Scale. The On button is only enabled if the "Edit" panel is visible and set to the "Key, Scale, Pattern" page. Clicking the On button will enable the other two buttons in the "Edit Scale Notes" group box. Using those buttons you can delete one or clear all the notes in the selected Scale. Details are in the following paragraphs.
To delete the last note (the one furthest to the right) in the highlighted row, click the ⌫ (Backspace) button. This is not necessarily the same as the last note you entered using the keyboard, since notes are entered in their proper relationship to the existing notes in the list.
Click the Clear All button to remove all the notes from the highlighted row. You can then add any notes you'd like, by using the keyboard or by direct entry (edit the cell and type in the new notes).
In the Musical Notes column of the Scales list, the leftmost "C" corresponds to the lowest "C" key on the simulated piano keyboard. "Middle C" on the keyboard is the next "C" key up from that lowest "C". If you press that key, a "C" will appear further right in the notes on the list. So the list of notes in any row under the heading "Musical Notes" corresponds to notes in the octave just below "Middle C". The setting of the "Octave" slider does not affect this, although the "Musical Key" slider does. Changing the "Musical Key" will affect the notes entered in the list; for example if you set the "Musical Key" slider to "D" and press a "C" key on the keyboard, a "D" will be entered in the list.
To hear what different instruments sound like, you can select an instrument from the popup menu button (the 3 instruments from the Mood being edited are initially available - click All Instruments to select from the full list of 128 instruments). To make notes sound louder or softer, adjust the key "Velocity" using the slider to the right.
If you depress the button labeled Sustain, the notes you play will be held until you move the mouse away from the piano keyboard area. If the button is not depressed, the note will be held only as long as you keep the mouse button (or computer keyboard key) down.
If you'd like, you can use the computer keyboard to enter/play notes too. The computer's "c" key will enter/play a "Middle C" note into the highlighted row. Pressing the "f" key will enter "C sharp" (C#). The "v" key enters "D", "g" enters "D#", and so forth. In other words, the computer keys are organized in the same spatial relationship as the piano keys. The Tab key toggles "Sustain" and the return key stops all notes when "sustain" is on. Hold down the shift key to shift up an octave. If you find the keys are not working (or are showing up in another program), click on the piano keyboard window to restore focus to it.
Special Effects and Sound Motion
You can use the "Diminuendo" ("%" and "period") sliders to make the volume fade down and back up over a period of time. Set different percentages and periods of volume change for each instrument to achieve an interesting mood effect. Setting the percentage too high and the period too low could result in you hearing very few notes.
Note "Modulation" is an effect that causes a note's volume to change fairly rapidly (a few cycles per second - sounds like a sort of "wah-wah"). This control allows you to select how much change happens ("%") and also the "Period" of the variation in the change. You're not controlling the period of the modulation itself, however.
Pitch Bend
"Pitch bending" involves adjusting the frequency of a note in half-step increments. A half-step, or "semitone" is equivalent to moving one key on a piano - from C to C#, for example. The "pitch bend" control lets you play with an effect that causes a note to vary in pitch while it's playing. When you set a period the notes played by that instrument will move up or down in pitch over that period. It's a very interesting effect.
Instrument Motion
The sliders select the "Period" and "Type" of instrument sound motion, while the small round button just left of the "Period" slider enables or disables it.
"back and forth" means the sound will slip smoothly back-and-forth in the sound field with a total travel time (in seconds) indicated by the "period" slider.
"random" causes the sound to "bounce around" with an urgency set by the same "period" slider. Lower slider values will increase the speed of the bounces.
"echo" produces an interesting effect whereby the sound seems to reverberate around the sound field. As with "random," the lower (faster) the slider setting, the more pronounced the effect. Setting the slider all the way left and listening to the result with headphones is quite interesting, especially with an energetic Mood (e.g., Fireflies Dance) and soundfiles (you can do the same thing with soundfiles - see "Soundfile Motion," next).
Multiple instrument sounds are separated spatially as their sounds move around. The spacing is based on their nominal pan positions, set on the "Inst, Vol, Notes" page.
Soundfile Motion
The sliders select the "Period" and "Type" of sound motion, while the small round button just left of the "Period" slider enables or disables it.
"back and forth" means the sound will slip smoothly back-and-forth in the sound field with a total travel time (in seconds) indicated by the "period" slider.
"random" causes the sound to "bounce around" with an urgency set by the same "period" slider. Lower slider values will increase the speed of the bounces.
"echo" produces an interesting effect whereby the sound seems to reverberate around the sound field. As with "random", the lower (faster) the slider setting, the more pronounced the effect. Setting the slider all the way left and listening to the result with headphones is quite interesting.
Multiple soundfile sounds are separated spatially as their sounds move around. The spacing is based on their nominal pan positions, set on the "Inst, Vol, Notes" page.
Soundfile Settings
Setting Up Soundfiles
Soundfiles are standard MP3, MP4, AIFF, WAV, CAF, and MOV files which SonicMood plays to provide a sonic background to the MIDI instruments. The soundfiles included with the "SonicMood Plus" download and also available on the SonicMood web site include the sounds of nature - like rain, thunder, frogs, whales, waterfalls, etc. You are free to add whatever files you'd like to include as a backdrop. SonicMood can play up to 32 soundfiles simultaneously, with sounds fading in and out on a semi-random basis. Note that the soundfiles must be 16 bit, not 8 bit, if you're running SonicMood on an Intel-based Mac. Since 8 bit soundfiles are of low quality, this shouldn't be a problem. All soundfiles supplied with SonicMood and on our web site are 16 bit and will not cause any problems.
TIP: If you have Apple's iLife installed, you can add sounds that are installed with that app. You may find them here: "/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/iLife Sound Effects" (they're ".caf" files).
Soundfiles List
Soundfiles are initially moved from the "SonicMood Soundfiles" folder that comes with the "SonicMood Plus" download. The first time you run SonicMood, it looks for the "SonicMood Soundfiles" folder in its "SonicMood" folder. Those files are copied to a special folder where all soundfiles are kept, including files that are added later. This "Soundfiles" folder requires no maintenance by the user.
To quickly "uncheck" all the soundfiles in the list for a particular Mood, click the "Clear All ✓" button. If that Mood is playing, the soundfile names displayed in the Marquee will be replaced with "(no soundfiles selected)," and no soundfiles will play.
The "Hide file exts (.aiff, etc)" button causes the list of soundfile names to not include extensions (.MP3, etc.). It is on by default.
To add individual files you can either click the "+" button or drag a file onto the list. To delete files from the list, highlight the rows they're on and click the "-" button. If you delete a soundfile it will be removed from the "Soundfiles" folder. In addition, every Mood that used that soundfile will be updated to remove the reference to that soundfile.
If you don't see any files in the list on the "Soundfiles" page, click the button labeled +Folder below the list and select a folder containing soundfiles from the window that opens. Or you can just drag a folder containing soundfiles and drop it onto the soundfile list area. All the soundfiles in the folder will be copied and added to the existing files and displayed in the list (subject to a soundfile size restriction that's adjustable in the Preferences window, "Misc" page - see below for more information).
Each soundfile that you select for a Mood can have its own Rel Vol (Relative Volume), Pan, and Play, Fade, Pause time settings. To adjust a soundfile's settings, highlight its row, be sure it's checked, and change the control settings.
The normal setting for "Rel Vol" (relative volume) is 100%, and the "Pan" setting should be in the center if the file is "Stereo." It is easier to adjust volume and pan settings when the Play, Fade, Pause and Soundfile Motion (see previous section) are not enabled.
SonicMood can randomly choose a starting volume for each soundfile when a Mood starts playing. This feature is enabled by checking the "Start each Soundfile with a random volume" checkbox in the Preferences window, "Misc" page.
The Play, Fade, Pause controls are only active if the highlighted soundfile has a checkmark next to it, meaning it's been selected to play with the Mood you're editing. In addition, the Play, Fade, Pause controls are inactive until you press the small round blue button just left of Play, Fade, Pause. If the controls are left unactivated, each soundfile will play at a constant volume with no pause.
A soundfile can pause its play for a while and then resume. The Play Time (Minimum & Maximum) and Pause Time (minimum & maximum) sliders set a range of play/pause times. The actual play and pause times are randomly selected within those ranges and determine how long each soundfile plays and pauses. When pausing, the sound of that soundfile will gradually fade out, fading back in after the pause. The time it takes for the sound to fade out and back in can be set for each soundfile using the Fade Time slider. These features allow you to have frogs that croak for a time (for example), then stop and start up again later (in case you don't want frogs croaking all the time...).
SonicMood keeps the soundfiles in a single folder, the "Soundfiles" folder, which is located in the "~/Library/Application Support/SonicMood/" folder. This is where the soundfiles that come with the SonicMood download are put initially, and where soundfiles that are added later wind up, too. The user doesn't need to do anything with this folder.
The overall volume of all the soundfiles for a Mood is controlled by the slider on the "Sound Settings" window ("Controls" menu). You can also adjust the volume using the ⌃↑ and ⌃↓ keys, just like you can use the ⌘↑ and ⌘↓ keys to adjust the "Overall Volume." The button to the right of the slider is used to mute or un-mute the sound.
The number of soundfiles in the list along with the number selected is displayed in the header at the top of the soundfiles list. All the valid (i.e., MP3, AIFF, etc.) soundfiles will be displayed in the list unless the "Maximum Soundfile Size" slider on the "Misc" page of the Preferences window causes larger files to be excluded.
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There are still ROP classes that are geared towards the trades.
There are always cycles in education and it's time we get back to trades. While it's true that America is different today, the kinds of learning displayed in a shop class are not being replicated in the standard classroom.
Perhaps the types of classes could be "updated " (though there would be an equipment cost) but I know for a fact that I use my brain most when I am doing projects- specifically home improvement, but any type of project-based learning would teach our kids how to think critically and problem solve. As an added bonus...it might even be fun!
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Whiskeyandspeed84 said:thought it was a bit odd though that there's been no mention of him by Moyes, no thanks for the hard work but we wont be taking him on permanently kind of thing. Reporters usually ask these kinds of questions so bit suprised to have not seen anything mentioned.
Or a proper interview about Royston Drenthe for that matter! I know Moyes would probably rather not talk about it but just find it odd how these players have been swept under the carpet and forgotten like they were never here...
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whats to say. he tried hard, he just wasnt good enough.
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Kit, That film that you were inquiring about - THE DEMON (1979) - is in fact not the Bigfoot gore film (although I'm itching to find that!), but rather a South African/Netherlands co-production filmed in Cape Town and starring the always entertaining, Cameron Mitchell. The story revolves around a masked killer called The Demon stalking and offing pretty ladies while Cameron Mitchell plays an ex-Marine psychic brought in by the parents of one of the victims to track the killer. Apparently Cam's a hoot in this one. Can't wait! Just spotted him for all of three minutes in MEMORIAL VALLEY MASSACRE (1988) - a film that defies all logic and description and will go down as one of the most life-altering (for all the wrong reasons) slasher films I've endured. Picture Encino Man crossed with a Friday the 13th clone and that still won't help you wrap your head around it. Take that as a recommendation, by the way
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It's fair to say that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has endured a rather painful transition from Nintendo's DS to Apple's iPhone, and has been forced to sacrifice some key elements along the way. However, despite the changes, it's without a shadow of a doubt one of the most well-made and essential purchases currently available on the App Store.
The most obvious shortcoming is the controls; the on-screen D-pad and buttons simply don't work as well as the standard physical interface, and the combat targeting system is occasionally infuriating. The lack of a second screen for the map — something which was present throughout in the DS original — is also unfortunate, but thankfully the negative points end there. In practically every other department, Chinatown Wars is a complete success. The size of the city you tirelessly stalk around is immense and always impressive, and the sheer scope of the gameplay is often awe-inspiring; needless to say, if you're already a fan of this deliciously immoral series —and you probably are — then picking this up really is a complete no-brainer.
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Health care professionals and representatives from workout and fitness companies filled up the three rivers convention center this afternoon.
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Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter and all around soul diva Sy Smith has made a career out of carving her own path. While she can be considered a soul music artist, her sound and style is so much more as she has effortlessly experimented with genres and tempo. She also plays well with others and has collaborated notably with a slew of artists including Nicolay, The Foreign Exchange, Zo!, and Mark de Clive-Lowe. A surprise performance with Mark de Clive-Lowe (at our very own Strictly Social event) sparked a slew of appearances around the country by the pair as well as the creation of Sy Smith's latest album, the lovingly upbeat and adventurous Fast And Curious. Produced entirely by de Clive-Lowe, the album is probably Smith's most brilliant work yet, fully expressing the singer's personality and vibe with joyous lyrics and upbeat productions that span funky soul, broken beat, and soulful house.
Sy Smith is a woman in LOVE as one listen to the remarkable Fast And Curious will no doubt prove. The album moves along with considerable energy and power, grabbing your attention right away and keeping it for all 11 lengthy tracks. All the songs have a very warm and loving feel to them, no doubt aimed at putting smiles on faces and butts on dancefloors. Mark de Clive-Lowe and Sy have considerable chemistry (if you have never seen them live do yourself a favor) and their distinct styles mesh perfectly. Mark creates a world of sunny rhythms that conjure up tropical beaches and frozen cocktails for Sy to play in and play she does. Each song unfolds luxuriously to transport the listener into Sy's beautiful world. The nearly 7 minute long "Personal Paradise" is a prime example of this, with its exotic percussion and broken beat vibes. There is a predominantly house flavor to the album that is showcased on tracks like "Let The Rain Fall Down" and standout "Message From The Stars." Another standout is the rework of Billy Ocean's "Nights" featuring Rashaan Patterson. The track bumps with fierce energy and flawless vocals by both artists. Even some of the album's slower tracks such as the grooved out tribute to Teena Marie "Teena" and the ultra-sexy "The Ooh To My Ahh" don't slow down the propulsive nature of the album, but rather showcase Sy and Mark's ability to take the listener on a truly varied and compelling journey. The perfect soundtrack for the spring and summer this is one album that you don't want to skip out on.
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perfect example of others telling others how to vote since they fear their candidate has nothing to offer to get a vote on their own
Christen ,,,,he must be a RUDNEY supporter.. you can tell them a mile away
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