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Cvinos, I think that the melodic minor is not how you wrote it.
The melodic minor ascends as a natural minor with a raised sixth and seventh and descends as a natural minor. That is precisely the reason that it is useful to think of all scales as derived from the Major. What matters is the interval between a note of the scale and the root. As you have written the scales it is confusing. What does the 3 mean in your melodic minor? If it is not flat, then OK, it is just the third of a minor which we can understand as being a minor third from the root. But then why did you sharp the 7th and not the 6th? (Maybe that is just a typo).
Point 1: you must end up with the same total amount of half steps (the span of an octave).
Major: W W H W W W H (5 W's, 2 H's, total 12 half steps)
Minor: W H W W H W W (5 W's, 2 H's, total 12 half steps)
The Harmonic Minor is a Natural Minor with a raised 7th degree (useful in
classical music because of the strength of the leading tone in resolving tensions... go ahead and play a Major without the last note.. its difficult!).
Harmonic Minor: W H W W H W+H H (same total)
From the Major: 1 2 3b 4 5 6b 7.
The Melodic Minor ascends as a Natural Minor with a raised sixth and seventh (giving it a strong major flavor, you can think of it as a Dorian mode with a raised seventh as well, or, conversely, as a Major with a flatted third) and descends like a Natural Minor (caution, keep in mind that it is descending, or falling from the higher octave, so don't get confused like I do).
Melodic Minor:
Ascending: W H W W W W H (12 Half Steps)
From the Major: 1 2 3b 4 5 6 7
Descending: W W H W W H W (12 again, read it backwards and it is the minor described above).
Looking at an actual scale will help make it more concrete and will help make points 2 and 3.
A Major: A B C# D E F# G# A
A Minor: A B C D E F G A (Major with flat 3, 6, and 7)
A Harmonic Minor: A B C D E F G# A (Minor with raised 7, or Major with flat 3,6)
A Melodic Minor:
Ascending: A B C D E F# G# A (minor with rasied 6, 7, or major with flat 3)
Descending: A G F E D C B A
Point 2: Notice that what makes scales different (ie, what makes them 'tick') is the placement of the half steps. It follows that there is no problem in thinking of the major scale as the base scale and to think of other scales as modifications of the major. Why not? Suppose you tell me that we miss out if we do not use the harmonic as a base scale, that there are some scales we will not arrive to. But then it is just a matter of skipping a step. First I go from Major to Harmonic Minor by flatting the third and sixth, and then we are ready to make any modification that you want in order to get a new scale.
Thus I could make any one of the modes my 'base' scale and we would not lose anything as long as we agree what the base is. This is because what ultimately matters to the ear is the distance between any particular note and the root.
For Example:
Suppose I make the Dorian my 'base' scale and you say you want to get to a Harmonic Minor (recall the Harmonic Minor was a Minor with a raised seventh). It is easy, we take the Dorian and flat the sixth and raise the seventh and we are home free. Why? The Dorian is like a Minor with a raised sixth (which is why people like Santana use it so much.. it is sad with a happy moment). Then to make it a Harmonic Minor on the same root I just have to flat the sixth to bring it back to a minor, and then raise the seventh to make it harmonic (and lead in a 'major'' sense back into the root).
Points 1+2 give Point 3: It follows that you can 'disagree' with the original post in any of seven ways by picking a different mode as the base!
To develop this intuition it is important to do two exercises. First, to jump between modes for a particular root. Second, to find the modes of a particular root. This is also helpful when improvising or writing music.
Example of the First (finding the mode relative to the same root):
You are in E Dorian and I ask you to form an E Mixolydian.
Easy! We know that the Dorian is like a Minor with a raised sixth (the happy moment) and that the Mixolydian is like a Major with a flat seventh (a sad moment) so we just take our Dorian and raise the 3rd to give it the necessary major flavor. We inherited the raised 6th from the Dorian and in addition we raised the third so now we have the major 3rd (raised relative to minor), major 6 (raised relative to the minor) and the flat seventh we need for the Mixolydian.
E Dorian: E F# G A B C# D E (W H W W W H W, 12 total, compare to the Minor and notice the extra step at the 6th note)
E Mixolydian: E F# G# A B C# D E (W W H W W H W, 12 total; just take an E Major and flat the seventh).
Example of the Second Exercise:
Suppose you are in the key of E minor (overall somber sounding) and you want to have a brighter solo, say, in a Lydian mode which is like a major with a raised fourth (and sounds 'exotic' for this reason). But which is the Lydian of E minor?
It is easy if you recall that Lydian happens to be from F to F with no sharps or flats. So go to your A minor and ask, how many do I have to count to get to F? A, B, C, D, E, F....6 counts. For any minor, the Lydian is the 6th mode, meaning you keep the original notes, but start and end on the sixth. Thus, the Lydian in your E minor song would be (counting in E minor) E, F#, G, A, B, C... voila, we are done.
So grab your solo section and emphasize the C as a root in your phrasing, E, F#, and G and you have a major sounding moment without leaving the original key.
Knowing all this also helps you make key changes. For example, Mr. Ludwig Beethoven is often in C major but he occasionally throws in an F# (a chromaticism.. it does not belong to the C major scale). Then he emphasizes this more and more by repeating the V of C major and then suddenly you are in G Major (which is like C major but with a sharp F).
Cvino's teacher is perfectly right. Once you learn your major and minor positions, finding your modes is trivial since you stick to the same patterns but just start and end on different notes. Want to sound Egyptian? Take that original Minor position, flat the second (making it phrygian) and raise the 3rd. You can make it sound even more weird (at the risk of losing a tonal center) by also raising the fourth... but then you can raise that second back to normal and also raise the sixth and seventh and BAM! just like that you are in a Lydian mode. Doing this elegantly is difficult.
Last thing which I find interesting. In ancient times music was extremely important as a coordinating (and inspiring) device in battle. Different modes were used to signal different movements. Do you wonder why metal music places such an emphasis on the Phrygian mode? (The phrygian mode being a minor with a flatted second as well... like in Metallica's ...And Justice For All album)
It is said that Alexander the Great would be having dinner and if the musicians switched to the phrygian mode it would so inflame him that he would automatically reach for his sword! (reference: Machiavelli's Art of War, but caution he is mischievous and makes a lot of stuff up).
What is the deal with the Phrygian? Well, take a look at the relationship between the Major mode (happy sissy tea party sounding) and the Phrygian (manly war beast sounding).
Major: W W H W W W H (ie, C D E F G A B C)
Phrygian: H W W W H W W (ie, E F G A B C D E or in C: C Db Eb F G A B C... take C minor, flat the second)
What do you notice? That the Phrygian mode is the exact reverse of the Major mode!!!
W W H W W W H for Major
H W W W H W W for Phrygian
It is like its opposite! (If this is not exciting for you I do not how to help you).
The Locrian mode (B to B) sounds really weird because it is basically like a Phrygian with a flatted 5th. To see this (and to drive home my feeling that the 'base scale' is irrelevant) take a B minor (B C# D E F# G A B) and turn it into a Phrygian by flatting the second step (B C D E F# G A B) and then make it a Locrian by flatting the fifth (B C D E F G A B) which is exactly how we think of the Locrian mode. This is why the Locrian sort of stand alone (because of it's diminished fifth)
Another way to think of the modes is to classify the modes as modifications of major and minor into 3 groups.
Modifications of Minor:
Aeolian (minor itself), Dorian (minor with raised 6th), Phrygian (minor with flat 2nd)
Modifications of Major:
Ionian (major itself), Myxolydian (major with flat seven), Lydian (major with raised fourth)
Stand alone:
Locrian (minor with flat second and fifth, or, to be obnoxious about it, major with flat 2, flat 3, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7).
Notice that we can classify the modifications in yet another way. Some modify the scale into its 'opposite' direction (I'm being very imprecise with my language). For example, the Myxolydian makes the major minorish by flatting the seventh, and the Dorian makes the minor majorish by raising the sixth. Other modifications just make them 'weird' like flatting a second for the Phrygian or raising a fourth for the Lydian.
I my procrastination has proved useful to at least one of you!!
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THANK YOU!!! I've been "playing" guitar for most part of my life and never got this ....e into my head. It actually made sense now.
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"Solos and indeed, life, are not complete without the use of melodic minor arpeggios on a daily basis." - Confucius
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Man, its cool to come back and see how many people actually found this useful.
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I hope, when i actually this inside my head i can feel more like a musician instead of just a guitarplayer
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"Solos and indeed, life, are not complete without the use of melodic minor arpeggios on a daily basis." - Confucius
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yeah man post those augmented, diminished, and dominant chords. and also some tips and what chords to play with what notes in melody and a scale
yeah man post those augmented, diminished, and dominant 7th chords. also give some tips on what chords to play under the notes of a melody. chord inversions would be nice too. send this to me if you can. thanks
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good stuff. post some stuff explaining what chords to play with what notes in melodies. and chords inversions would be cool as well
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The euro strengthened for the first time in a week against the dollar and yen amid speculation European Central Bank buying of Italian and Spanish bonds will stem surging borrowing costs in the region.
Europe's shared currency rose from yesterday's five-week low versus the yen amid reports the ECB may start talks to lend to the International Monetary Fund for sovereign bailouts. Italian bonds rose. Norway's krone rallied against the dollar as the government said it will prop up its export industry with new loans. The Canadian dollar gained after data showed consumer prices rose more than forecast.
"There is a lot of heat, but not a lot of light, because the market is confused what the next step is," said Boris Schlossberg, director of research at the online currency trader GFT Forex in New York. "For the time being, we've stemmed the rise in the credit markets. There seems to be a cold peace right now, but by no means has the war been won; it's just a pause."
The euro advanced 0.5 percent to $1.3525 at 5 p.m. in New York in its first gain since Nov. 11. The currency, which gained as much as 1.2 percent today, dropped 1.6 percent this week, its third straight five-day loss. The shared currency rose 0.4 percent to 104 yen, after declining to 103.41 on each of the past two days, the lowest level since Oct. 10. The dollar was little changed at 76.91 yen.
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The ECB bought Italian government bonds today, according to five people with knowledge of the trades who declined to be identified because the transactions are private. Three said the central bank also purchased Spanish debt. An ECB spokesman declined to comment.
Italian two-year debt yields decreased 14 basis points, or 0.14 percentage point, to 6.12 percent. They have fallen from a euro-era record of 7.48 percent on Nov. 10. The notes yielded 5.66 percentage points more than comparable German bunds today, after reaching 6.85 percentage points last week, the widest since the euro debuted 1999.
European officials may start talks with the International Monetary Fund on a mechanism for the ECB to lend to the IMF for sovereign bailouts in the region, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Agreement on the proposal may result in an announcement at a European Union summit Dec. 9, the news agency reported, citing two unidentified people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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The euro slid 1.2 percent over the past six months versus nine developed-nation peers tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes, as European leaders struggled to contain the sovereign debt crisis. The yen gained 9.7 percent and the dollar rose 4.3 percent.
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The Dollar Index, which IntercontinentalExchange Inc. uses to track the greenback against the currencies of six major U.S. trading partners, fell 0.3 percent to 78.023.
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Norway's krone rose against most of its major counterparts after the nation's government said it will provide exporters as much as 30 billion kroner ($5.2 billion) in new loans to tackle the fallout of Europe's debt crisis. Norway relies on exports for half its economic output.
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The corporate HR team of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, a 100-year old organization based in offices in The Hague, Netherlands, and London, conducted the "Outlook Survey" in 1993. It was distributed to 17,000 current and former expatriate employees, employees who had declined international assignments and employees' accompanying partners.
Johns, head of expatriate employment policy and services, says, "We wanted to say to our employees that we're listening to them in an organized way. We also needed hard facts to share with very technical managers -- to show them that something needed to be done." Participants were clearly enthusiastic about providing the data HR was looking for: The survey registered a phenomenal 70 percent response rate.
Although there weren't many surprises in the responses, the survey was successful in determining which stumbling blocks in Shell's expat program were the most problematic. Two issues emerged as key detractors from international mobility: separation from children during secondary education and the loss of spouses' or partners' careers. Other important issues included recognition of the partner contribution and access to more thorough relocation information and assistance. The underlying message: The family is the basic unit of expatriation, and Shell could do more to show that it recognized this.
Shell's HR pros assembled six task forces in 1994 to look closely at these concerns. It implemented significant policy changes the following year. Today more than 5,500 expats of 70 nationalities located in more than 100 countries are benefiting from the new policies and programs.
How unusual is this undertaking? Rita Bennett, managing partner of Chicago-based consulting firm Bennett & Associates has assisted HR at many organizations with surveys. She signed on with Shell to help with some of the follow-up work. "In my professional experience, I've never been more impressed with the commitment of a company to see the results through to fruition," she says. "Many of the companies we work for certainly do conduct surveys, but often the outcomes of the surveys are some response or some interventions, but nothing as significant as what Royal Dutch/Shell did. [Senior managers] took that survey seriously and were willing to invest in making change."
Shell wins the Optimas Award in recognition of both parts of this project: the survey and the follow through. There's no clearer way to illustrate the success of this venture than to look at the strategies Shell implemented to address the two top relocation blockers.
Expats want alternatives to boarding schools.
The Shell survey revealed that the one condition most likely to make or break the deal with potential expatriates is the local availability of schools for their children. Respondents wanted to know they could keep their families together through all stages of their children's education.
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But creating local options for older children in secondary schools has been more of a challenge. The traditional solution for British and Dutch families, by far the majority of Shell's expat workforce, had been to send their children back home to attend boarding schools at ages 11 or 12. But the survey showed that changing attitudes were making this an unpopular choice, often resulting in expats asking to be reassigned to their home countries.
Jacqueline Turner, executive vice president of Princeton, New Jersey-based International Schools Services, works with companies to help them assess the educational options in overseas locations and, in some cases, helps interested organizations manage the process of creating company schools. She explains that with the typically small number of high school-aged students in many remote locations, the cost per student of running an effective high school -- complete with science labs and all the other necessary facilities -- is just too great to make creating a school a reasonable alternative.
So rather than building junior high and high schools, Shell acts to strengthen existing ones. The company contributes a $50,000 annual sponsorship to Geneva, Switzerland-based International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), a nonprofit group that provides schools worldwide with a set of rigorous, internationally recognized academic standards. Member schools comply with IBO guidelines in offering any of the IBO programs, including Middle Years Programme for children aged 11 to 16 and the Diploma Programme, for students in their last two years of secondary school. These programs incorporate elements such as community service, critical thinking, mandatory acquisition of a second language and in-depth exposure to the cultures of other countries.
The Diploma Programme is offered by roughly 800 schools in 94 countries. The newer Middle Years Programme is currently offered at 100 schools worldwide. A large portion of the Shell grant is dedicated specifically to supporting the rapid growth of this second program.
Shell's support of IBO ensures there are a growing number of high-quality schools available to its employees around the world. But that's not enough if parents can't afford them. "In the past our policies [offered] a pretty generous education allowance provided employees sent their kids back home," Johns explains. "But if they had children with them, all the support they would get would be the average cost of a local education. That normally doesn't pay very much toward an international education in the host city." The new policy allows parents to bring with them the educational allowance amount for their home country, and they can spend it in the host country or even in a nearby third country.
Accompanying partners share experiences.
While solving the education dilemma may do a lot to encourage mobility, HR at Shell knew it would need to do an equally thorough job answering partners' concerns. Expat spouses made two statements through their survey responses: 1) Shell doesn't provide enough predeparture information about the destination and 2) Shell doesn't listen to spouses who've been in-country and want to provide information about their experiences. Johns says, "When you put those two messages alongside each other, it becomes apparent that what you need to do is get the company out of the middle of the equation and have spouses who've been there briefing spouses who are about to go."
It requires some level of courage on the part of the company to give up control of what's communicated to new international assignees. Johns explains, "We had people at one or two locations say to us: 'You can't do that! They'll tell people never to accept housing in such-and-such an area.' And we said, 'And you think that's not going on already?'"
Out of the idea to have spouses share information, The Outpost was born. Sponsored by Shell and staffed by expatriate partners, the Outpost headquarters office opened in The Hague in November 1995. Two years later, 40 local hubs known as information network centers (INCs) have been established worldwide.
Susanne Holtam, Outpost director and a British Shell expat partner of 17 years, says: "In my opinion the strength of this network is that it's run by the families, and we're all potential customers as well. A normal posting lasts three or four years. It's therefore in my own interest to get a reliable information network in place because I'll be needing it in two years' time when it's my family's turn to move on."
One of the ambitious offshoots of The Outpost is the "Global Shell Information Network Centre Conference," held for the first time in April 1997 in The Hague. The conference brought together 49 delegates from 30 locations, including expat partners and HR representatives. The group was assembled to share the experiences of 25 INCs and to begin discussing the creation of a global framework of best policies and practices. To continue the discussion, a second conference is scheduled for March 1998.
The Outpost maintains a database of 11,000 volunteer briefers, which are families who have agreed to discuss informally their experiences with another family about to relocate to an area they have lived in. Outpost staffers use the database to find a demographic match for the new transferees. The Outpost also has formed a welcome committee for new arrivals to the Netherlands, a quarterly magazine for expat families, a library of country-specific materials and a Web site that offers details about country-specific support organizations and resources.
Nicole van Voorst Vader, an 11-year expat spouse from the Netherlands, is based in Houston with her family. She and four other volunteers bring a combined total of 60 years of expatriation experience to the Houston INC. The questions she hears most often relate to schools, the possibility for spouses to work and safety. "A lot of non-American people feel that life might be very dangerous here. So we can say, 'It's not bad at all actually,'" she explains.
Other spousal support programs include vocational assistance for job search fees, professional skills maintenance, course fees and career counseling. Shell reimburses 80 percent of agreed costs up to $4,000 per assignment on expatriation and $2,500 on repatriation.
Shell also has created the Spouse Employment Centre, which focuses on partner education and employment issues. Located right next door to The Outpost, it's easy for both groups to refer customers to each other. It maintains a database of country-specific information about employment opportunities, constraints, helpful agencies, and current and recent spouse successes. It also maintains networks with other employers.
As you might expect from a company so committed to satisfying the needs of its expat workforce, HR is beginning to think about a follow-up survey to check progress.
Whether your organization is a multinational giant like Shell or a small domestic start-up, there are three universal lessons here. First, its important to gather data to support the initiatives you plan to propose to senior managers. Second, it's a good idea to find out what your high-potential employees think of programs that have a personal impact on them. And third, once you've collected their input, move quickly to implement visible changes.
Use Shell's story as a model. The "Outlook Survey" was certainly an awesome project. And Shell's steadfast commitment to implement change is nothing short of inspirational.
Workforce, February 1998, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 50-54.


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Kingdom Movie Reviews
Release Date: Sep 28, 2007
Genre: DramaSuspense/Thriller
Rating: (R)
User reviews on Kingdom
I'm between 2 and 3 stars, so I'll be generous. It appears the FBI agents are on a very personal mission after losing one of their own to a terrorist attack. While they have to jump through hoops, both at home and abroad, you never buy into the motive. The few things we know about the fallen agent are so lightly touched on, we never feel the emotion driving the main characters. Garner was nothing short of distracting as a highly trained FBI agent. Once I was able to look past her over inflated lips that Agelina Jolie has become so famous for, I could not help but be annoyed by her constant display of emotion complete with sighs and tears. I'm sorry but this IS NOT FBI material. In the spirit of fairness, she did redeem herself in the combat scene, but alas it was too late, my patience had worn thin. Overall the "we are all the same...we are just defending different values" message was thrown at us rather than being realized by us. Thereby leaving us with that uncomfortable feeling that we have been force fed with a silver spoon that could use a little polishing.
This is a great movie.It brings back memories from when I was in the military.It shows how we feel after sumthing happens to us.Yet it also shows the realistic threat of how others feel about us.Its puts both feeling into an intense action pack thrill ride.
A confusing mess. You never get a real reason as to what they are going to accomplish traveling to the Kingdom. This movie shows that you can have good actors all playing very bad roles. They don't fit in the role and therefore dull interactions with each other. The action scenes are terrific and very well done. If you are willing to take short naps and subtract plot and acting from the viewing, it's okay. The ending of the movie tries to be philosophical in a very fabricated way. You just don't buy it.
Good movie,the kind that wants to remind you that there are other "worlds" out there besides yours - other customs, other principles, other religions...tha t produce a great human drama when they collide.I liked the fact that it tries to make things gray instead of black and white.The good guys-bad guys action remains,keeps you in suspense.But the idea is that the seed of evil and hate can be powerful and arise in anybody, no matter the nationality. And being prejudice and hateful can only bring on more drama.
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The conference will include a spoken-word performance by Sonya Renee, author of "The Body is Not an Apology", and a presentation by Cameron Mack, a bipolar trans man and college student. Along with these guest presentations, members of the University of Tennessee will conduct workshops about a variety of topics. Free lunch and t-shirts will be provided.
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Erratic Napoli won 2-1 at Genoa thanks to a stoppage-time goal by debutant Jonathan de Guzman while Inter Milan defender Nemanja Vidic began his Serie A career by giving away a penalty and getting sent off in a 0-0 draw at Torino on Sunday.
Thirty-six-year-old Antonio Di Natale, who back-tracked on last season's decision to retire, was as sharp as ever and scored both goals in Udinese's 2-0 win over promoted Empoli to follow his four-goal haul in the Coppa Italia last week.
AC Milan gave Filippo Inzaghi a winning start as coach by beating Lazio 3-1, helped by an inspired debut from goalkeeper Diego Lopez who capped his performance by saving a penalty in stoppage time.
Sampdoria trailed for 83 minutes at promoted Palermo and played the entire second half with 10 men after Vasco Regini was sent off, but still managed to draw 1-1 thanks to a goal by Daniele Gastaldello in the last minute.
Promoted Cesena beat Parma 1-0 and Sassuolo drew 1-1 with Calgiari in Sunday's matches.
Champions Juventus made a winning start to the season on Saturday with a comfortable 1-0 victory at Chievo Verona while title hopefuls AS Roma beat Fiorentina 2-0.
Napoli took an early lead at Genoa through Jose Callejon but the hosts levelled just before halftime with a superb header by Chile forward Mauricio Pinilla on his debut following his move from Cagliari.
Napoli, who failed to qualify for the Champions League after losing 3-1 to Athletic Bilbao due to a shambolic defensive display, grabbed the three points when Dutchman De Guzman sneaked in behind the Genoa defence at a free kick to score from close range.
Rafael Benitez's side were plagued by inconsistency last season and seem to be in for an equally turbulent ride this time around.
"Italian football needs to calm down and not consider every match a life or death situation," Benitez told reporters. "Before our goal people acted as if the title was beyond us and we were going into Serie B.
Inzaghi, the latest occupant in the Milan hot seat after Massimiliano Allegri and Clarence Seedorf were both fired last season, watched his side race to a 3-0 lead in just over an hour with goals from Keisuke Honda, Sulley Muntari and a Jeremy Menez penalty.
But Lazio, themselves playing their first competitive game under new coach Stefano Poli, suddenly came back in the game when Alex turned Candreva's cross beyond Lopez three minutes later.
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Margaret is the branch manager of the Fairfax Library.
This is an official blog for the Marin County Free Library.
The Fairfax Library will reopen August 18 featuring a more inviting and convenient service model
What Changes are Coming?
· new single desk staffed to address all your needs
· technology upgrades
· improved accessibility
· new check-out station tables
· new computer tables
· easier access to high-demand materials
What Won't Change
· Our new furniture will respect the architectural design of the Fairfax Library, and will preserve the open and welcoming atmosphere we value. Our friendly, expert staff will be here to assist as always.
· Improvements already made at the Fairfax Library include ADA accessibility upgrades, improvements to lobby and magazine area, new lounge furniture, new furniture and expanded area for children, and open hours Fridays 12-5.
How Is It Possible?
The project is funded from Measure A, a $49-per-parcel measure that was renewed by 78% of the voters in 2014. Funds from the five-year tax allow branches to make structural improvements, extend library hours, hire new staff and provide programming for children, teens and seniors. Extensive upgrades have been made at the Novato, Marin City, Civic Center, Point Reyes and Inverness branches with Measure A funds.
Library Service Available during the Closure: August 4-17
· The book drop will remain open.
· Materials placed on hold, and Children's Summer Reading prizes can be picked up in the Fairfax Library meeting room from 2:00 to 7:00pm, August 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13.
· Free wireless access will be available during the closure.
Services Suspended during Closure
· There will be no Storytimes or Mother Goose on the Loose programming during the closure.
· No book donations accepted, but donations may be dropped off at the Friends of the Library Book Place at 1608 Grant Avenue in Novato. Call 209-0121 for details.
· There will be no access to public computers.
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HIGHLANDVILLE, Mo--Teenagers do a lot of crazy things in the summer, but riding a bull?
That's what Dawson Maples does for fun. The Highlandville teen will ride in the bull riding world competition starting on July 30th.
An average 15 year old's biggest concern is about what car they'll be driving... Dawson maples already has his ride.
"They range anywhere between 12 hundred to 19 hundred pounds. I had an uncle that rode bulls and my dad was a bull fighter so i just kind of fell into it," said Dawson Maples.
It was this very arena where Dawson saw his first bull, he was just two weeks old and watching his father fight against them.
Dawson: "I was nervous to begin with but that just kind of went away with time, it just kind of became second nature now. You just want to clear your mind and let your body take over and all you natural instincts and go with it I guess."
And going with him is his new sponsor "Protect the Harvest", started by Forrest Lucas of Lucas Oil company.
Dawson: "This is one of my big new sponsors I am really proud to wear their name."
Dawson finished second at state which helped him qualify for worlds in Abiline, Texas this July.
"They are taking the top 40 riders from Canada, the U.S., and then Mexico and they'll have 40 in each division from those three countries," said Dawson.
But the road to get there was certainly a little bumpy.
"Probably the worst injury I've had was I was on a bull of Kenny Vats and he stepped on me and broke these two ribs right here," said Dawson.
Injuries are a part of this game, that's why Dawson wears equipment to help protect him.
"Helmet, rib gaurd"
Dawson: "You can't let that go let that go through your mind cause that's just going to start messing with you and you probably won't do as well."
With a tight grip and a clear mind dawson keeps on riding.
"For now I am just kind of in it for the fun and the love of it," said Dawson.
In Highlandville, Megan Rice, KOLR 10 sports.
If you want to help Dawson Maples raise money for his trip to the world competition there's going to be a fundraiser on Monday.
It'll be at the EE Cafe in Highlandville.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas --The Springfield Cardinals opened a six game Texas road trip Wednesda night in Corpus Christi.
Springfield took two of three from the Hooks last week here at Hammons Field.
Both the Cards and Hooks are in last place in their divisions.
Corpus Christi's Whataburger Field ready for the holiday weekend.
The Hooks would jump on the Cardinals starting pitcher Mike Mayers in the bottom of the first, Corpus Christi with the delayed double steal, Andrew Aplin safe at second, and Delino DeShields races home from third, he slides in safely it's 1-nothing.
Then Jonathan Meyer follows with this shot into the right field corner, it drops in fair, Aplin scores easily it's 2-nothing Corpus Christi.
Everything going the Hooks way early one.. watch Leo Heras lays down the bunt, it stays fair and it's a base hit.
Brandon Meredith caps off the first with this drive to right, plenty deep enough to score Meyer and it's 3-nothing.
That's all Corpus Christi needed, the Hooks take game one, 3-2.
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|Evening daylight is for saving—spring forward or fall back
|Written by Ashley Sullivan
As the country prepares to "spring forward" into daylight-saving time for yet another year, many may be wondering where this idea even came from and why it's still done.
But nonetheless, most of the country will set their clocks forward one hour before retiring to bed this Saturday, March 12 in anticipation of the 2 a.m. time change Sunday, March 13.
Some reasons behind daylight-saving time are to make better use of the daylight in the evenings, reduce the number of road accidents in the evenings and to save energy from using less artificial light during the evening hours.
Daylight-saving time was adopted by the United States in 1918 during World War I as an attempt to conserve fuel used for electric power. At this time, standard time zones were established, and DST was set to begin March 31, 1918.
Daylight-saving time was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919 but was so unpopular with the public it was repealed in 1919. DST then became a local matter of choice, and a few states and larger cities continued with it.
To conserve energy during World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt instituted a year-round daylight-saving time called "War Time" from Feb. 9, 1942 to Sept. 30, 1945. From 1945-1966, states and cities were free to independently choose whether or not to observe DST and when it started and ended, causing a lot of confusion throughout the states.
In April 1966, Congress made daylight-saving time uniform but allowed the states to decide whether or not to exempt themselves. Coloradans voted later that year to use daylight-saving time from spring to fall of every year.
On Jan. 4, 1974, President Nixon enacted the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973, and clocks were set ahead Jan. 6, 1974. Congress amended the Act Oct. 5, 1974 and the country returned to standard time Oct. 27. In 1975, DST resumed Feb. 23 and ended Oct. 26.
From 1987 through 2006, under legislation enacted in 1986, DST was observed from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October but was changed in 2007 as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Daylight-saving time in the U.S. now begins at 2 a.m. the second Sunday of March and ends at 2 a.m. the first Sunday of November.
In the United States, the changeover time was originally set at 2 a.m. because of its practicality and minimal disruption. It avoids the confusion of the day switching to yesterday, and most people were home and few trains were running at this time. It's late enough to hardly have an effect on bars and restaurants, yet early enough to not effect most people's work or church schedules.
Indiana didn't begin using daylight-saving time until 2006, and Hawaii and most of Arizona have chosen not to observe DST.
In Arizona, the Navajo nation does observe daylight-saving time, while the Hopi Reservation, being completely surrounded by the Navajo nation, does not observe DST. This, in effect, creates a daylight-saving time "donut" in Arizona, where the donut-shaped area observes DST and the "hole" in the center does not.
In December 2010, Sen. Greg Brophy submitted a bill to make daylight-saving time permanent in Colorado so people can have more evening daylight to enjoy the outdoors. At the same time, Rep. Ed Vigil submitted a bill for Colorado to join Arizona and Hawaii in staying on standard time year-round, citing that farmers and ranchers no longer need the extra daylight in the evenings.
Vigil's bill to end daylight-saving time was postponed indefinitely by a legislative committee in February. Brophy admits his own proposal is probably in conflict with federal law, which only gives states the option to exempt themselves from DST—not to run on daylight-saving time year-round.
In 1999, then-state Sen. MaryAnne Tebedo had the same idea as Brophy but couldn't get a bill out of committee because of the conflict with federal law. Brophy's bill has not gone to committee yet, but he believes it could be a states' rights issue, arguing that the federal government shouldn't have the right to regulate the time in Colorado.
Daylight-saving dates back to Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, author of the proverb, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise," published an anonymous essay in 1784 while in France. He suggested that Parisians economize on candles by rising earlier to make use of morning sunlight.
He satirically suggested taxing shutters, rationing candles and ringing church bells and firing cannons at sunrise to wake the "sluggards." He was not suggesting daylight-saving time but simply believed that people should use daylight productively.
Modern DST was first proposed by George Vernon Hudson. This New Zealand entomologist knew the value of after-hours daylight, as his shift-work job only allowed him leisure time for collecting insects. He presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society in 1895, proposing a two-hour daylight-saving shift.
The invention of daylight-saving time is often credited to William Willett who, in 1905, independently conceived the idea after noticing how many Londoners slept through a large part of a summer day. He also disliked having to cut his golf rounds short at dusk. He published his proposal in a pamphlet named "Waste of Daylight" in 1907 to advance the clock 20 minutes on each of the four Sundays in April and set them back the same amount on the four Sundays of September.
Robert Pearce, a liberal member of Parliament, took up Willett's proposal, introducing the first Daylight Saving Bill to the House of Commons in 1908. The bill did not become law and many subsequent bills failed in the following years.
In 1916, Germany and its WWI allies became the first to use DST as a way to conserve coal during wartime. Many countries soon followed their example, with the United States adopting it in 1918.


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Our first featured map is brought to us by Shadowfane (Iain). He has obviously put quite a bit of effort into this map and it shows. From design to post-work the map has proven that cartography still can be considered as an art-form instead of just a functional aspect of gaming. Read on for a description from the artist.
Artists Notes
Cruach Emyn and Her Environs
Steel Hill. The Forge of Shadow. These are the names of the smog-shrouded city that was Cruach Emyn in the days before the Shadow fell. Steel Hill is now the Shadow's foundry, from whence the dark god's vast armies are equipped to crush the last scattered resistance to His dominion. But, once, this proud city belonged to Men.
In the Third Age, Steel Hill was the seat of Great House Falon - before bloody betrayal cast her gates wide to her enemies. Many were laughtered in that night of terror and those that survived were enslaved. The betrayers, disaffected oath clans of House Falon, gained the power they had long coveted, but at the price of their honour and the lives of their kin. Only a handful of 'true' clansmen survived the city's fall and fled into the trackless forests and broken hills of the Lia Rudh Emyn.
This map depicts an area of the Lia Rudh Emyn, a region in the north of
Eredane in the world of Aryth from Fantasy Flight Games' Midnight Series. It is part of a work in progress called An Act of Betrayal, an adventure module for D20 that expands on the Midnight supplement, Forge of Shadow. Once finished, An Act of Betrayal should be available for free download from www.againsttheshadow.org. This map and An Act of Betrayal are made by the fans for the fans!
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My name is Jackson, but I prefer to be called Phaneron. I am asexual and male, but I just identify as gender neutral. I am an amateur cartographer, and plan on possibly doing it to support myself later in life. I have been making maps since I was about six years old, and have always been interested in worldbuilding, conworlding, and conlanging. Right now I'm working on my first conlang and just kind of making maps as they come to me. Mainly I am a writer, and plan on incorporating my maps into my work in the future.
I have been browsing this community for a few months now, but I never found the time to join. I finally made my account, and I'm ready to join the ranks of the Cartographers' Guild. I can literally not think of a cooler thing to be a part of.
I welcome any comments (though, going on this, nobody probably has any). I'm glad to be here, and I look forward to my future here.


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Posted by Robert on 15 May 1998, at 5:29 p.m.
First, I want to thanks Bootlegger and T-Hopper for their show of goodwill; it is appreciated.
Second, thanks to JJ for his support; sometime it is needed.
Third, thanks to M. Dalton for giving opportunity to "put up" without being erased.
Could it be possible for the dummies like karpov, using fake name/handle, to get their ass back to the open/misc. board instead of coming here to insult me? You ask for "put up" and will have it in time; so stop insulting me little head cause it simply show that:
A) you give importance to me
B) you are an idiot
In both case, you lose; so shut up and and let me "put up" with method and order like I have begin in my two "meaningful" post titled BACCARAT CHALLENGE.
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You got to be kidding...
Commission: Money is extra tight right now, but for an extra good map I may be able to squeeze out $5 or $10 via paypal if your account accepts a credit card transfer. Sorry for topic title, I know free requests shouldn't ever be demanding.
Time Constraints: Whenever you can. Saturday if you can, but obviously this stuff takes time so I understand if you can't. Trying to make a D&D session, however I suck at map making so, yeah. But take all the time you are willing to give.
Style: I plan on printing this on parchment paper so it looks like a real map to hand to the PCs! So no color is nice, and if it were hand drawn that would be super cool. Some cool writing script, like this map was scribed by an amateur cartographer rather than a professional noble one.
Description of Map: The city itself is MASSIVE! Very, very big. Biggest in the realm by far. Think New York + Tokyo + London + whatever in scale comparison to other cities in our world. It's the centerpiece of trade and politics. With that said, the main region of the city is circular, and built into a mountain. Think of the city in the third lord of the rings movie, beside pellanor fields (Can't remember name now )This is where the nobles, the military, and the biggest region of higher-end trade presides. If this section of the city were a pie chart, each of the three sections would be one third with a fourth section in the middle. This fourth section is another circle, though smaller. This is the "Citadel" where all the politicking and such goes. It's essentially a giant ivory tower, looming over the rest of the city.
This whole section described above should be labeled "The Presidium". It is heavily fortified, and serves as the hub of all important business.
Outside the presidium there should be three middle-lower class boroughs, as well as one on the left side slightly connected with the Presidium which will serve as an upper class one. The names of these boroughs in order of upper, and the three middle-lower class boroughs "Kings Hollow" "Ashburgh" "Oakcrest" and "Fletchers End".
All of these boroughs are within the city walls, but the spacing between and towers protecting each one probably lessens with each level of wealth. To be honest, I know VERY LITTLE about city building and maps, so if you feel the need to change things around because you think itll look better PLEASE DO SO! I just ask that the Presidium remains in some form, and the same names are used. I want an awesome map
And with every city, there are going to be the slums. There are two main boroughs for this social class, the first on the west side being Harlon Park, the citys only true park aside from small nature areas in the Presidium however no travelers come to see this area of the city. It lies just near the city gates, south of Fletchers end and next to poorer market areas. Across a small river lies Falcon Quarry, where many serfs seek employment to harness rock for the citys wall, but also serves as another ghetto.
Quality & Size: Decent quality would be nice, but not if it sacrifices the expediency of this request. The size should be able to fit horizontally on a standard 8 1/2" by 11" sheet of paper. I don't know the resolution for that.
Copyright - Credit to you, in whatever way you decide.
I'll only use this with my D&D friends, so your stuff won't be flaunted around unfortunately but I will probably put it on ObsidianPortal.com with credit to you completely. I'd really love this done, and I know it's asking a lot.
Visual Example: http://wow.incgamers.com/w/images/th...-Ironforge.jpg I guess that works but wihtout color and all black, and maybe a little less contemporary. Whatever you feel is best.
Thanks for your time and I'm off.
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You got to be kidding...
Check out my City Designer 3 tutorials. See my fantasy (city) maps in this thread.
Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
Minas Tirith is the name you were looking for.
You might consider looking through the finished maps forum, find something that 'suits your fancy' and ask the creator to re-label it.
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
Unless otherwise stated by me in the post, all work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Your better off looking through the list of finished maps and finding something that you can use or even in this case find a number of city maps and cutting out sections and piecing them together. I dont know exactly what style you need but I made a huge tilable city texture which was in black and white so you can go mad and expand that...
There was a good thread back a bit with some real historic maps of stuff like Rome which was in B&W too which were pretty darned big too.
See the Launch Map Engine in top right. If you like this map I could give you the whole map. PM me if thats what you need.
Otherwise id suggest you look through some historic maps here
Gandwarfs links were great. The best your gonna find for old maps.
Best o luck !
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My only nitpick is, I hope the Contests Halls are divided amongst the region and not just in one large building. It was always more fun arriving to a new town that had it's own designated contest hall. It made the whole idea of it seem a bit more adventurous; it lost that when they shoved it all into one large building beginning with Emerald.
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hi.. i wounder.. what is the best frame with 4 to 5 inches of rear travel with the most minimal of bobing?
hi.. i wounder.. what is the best frame with 4 to 5 inches of rear travel with the most minimal of bobing?
Likely anything with Horst link. Ellsworth Truth, some of the Norco bikes, Turner 5 Spot, any of the Specialized FSR bikes, Blur and VP Free. Of course, even the crappiest pedalling suspension design can be saved through the use of a pro-pedal type shock. Also, even the best suspension design will ride like crap if the rear shock is setup incorrectly.
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That would be my short list;
Specialized Stumpjumper
Ellsworth ID
Turner 5 spot
Although many more manufacturers make 5'' travel bikes now that pedal beautifully. The complete list would be extensive.
Edit: damn your fast pinkrobe
My list would be (of course only when set up correctly):
If you want 4".
Ellsworth Truth (I'm a little biased here though)
Turner Flux (licenses it's suspension design from Ellsworth)
Giant NRS (3 1/2" or 4", not sure)
KHS XC904r (only 3.5") (licenses it's suspension design from Specialized)
Specialized Stumpjumper FSR 100
Santa Cruz Blur XC
Santa Cruz Superlight (old technology but still one heck of a bike)
If you want 5".
Ellsworth ID
Turner Five Spot (licenses it's suspension design from Ellsworth)
Specialized Stumpjumper FSR 120
There are a lot of other great bikes out there, these are just my favorites. On a side note, I still like what Tony Ellsworth says about lock outs on rear shocks, a bike that is designed properly doesn't need a lockout. Not an exact quote but gets the point across.
I may be fat but I'm slow enough to make up for it.
i always thought fsr was on the top with pedaling?
i guess i was wrong. just for future reference what kind of sus. are on those otehr bikes?
The Ellsworth and Turner have ICT (Instant Center Tracking). It is a four bar design. They are basicly the same thing as the Specilized but somehow have found a loop hole that allows them to get around the Specialized patent.
Here is Ellsworth's explanation of it.
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I may be fat but I'm slow enough to make up for it.
Horst Link, FSR, ICT ...samey same.Originally Posted by zx108
I'll add these to the 4" group:
Titus RacerX100
Turner Fuse
...probably the 2 most sought after 4" FS frames. YMMV.
How is the Yeti 575 with cancelling out bob?
... and Giant's Maestro. What do you guys think about it?
Pinkrobe said it best.
This is a pretty good resource to better understand FS designs. Suspension explainedOriginally Posted by pinkrobe
I have a '99 K2 Flyin' Monkey that doesn't bob at all.... It's a single-pivot design. The frame wouldn't accept ISO disc brake mounts, so I bought a new bike....
thanks guys.. looks like the direction to go is to the ICT technology used be ellsworth and turner.. and how about the titus moto lite AL?


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A.P. world history course outline: Strayer
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1. When and where did the First Civilizations emerge and WHY did they emerge where they did?
2. What accounts for the initial breakthroughs to civilization?
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Hello again and thank you for your reply. I am sorry to read about your situation. Unfortunately though, the statute of limitations for personal injury cases in PA, which is what this is, would be 2 years. That means that you would have had to file suit within 2 years of the accident in order to recover for your injuries. If you tried to file a claim now with the hotel, they would deny it because of the SOL having run, and then you would not have any recourse for that decision since you cannot file suit. Please let me know if you need any clarification. I would be glad to assist you further if I can.
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I was born and raised in Australia. Went to drama school, became an actress and did a few movies before I moved to America in 1987. Apart from being an actress, I have done every job on a film set that there is to do. Ultimately I became a producer, which is a very helpful background to have if you want to make your own movies from the ground up.
What were the circumstances that lead you to become a filmmaker?
I learned filmmaking by working on sets and watching people do things I would never do. I learned what not to do first, and that covered a lot of bases. At least if you know what you don't like and what not to do...you have a head start. Filmmaking is a collaborative and creative process and often you are not sure what it is you want because you haven't seen it yet. Knowing clearly what you don't want to see is a good start.
I became a filmmaker because I like to create things. I like the challenge of creating an atmosphere and a heightened world.
Where did the initial idea for your film come from?
The initial idea for this film came from listening to some tracks of the Leonard Cohen tribute concert that Hal Willner had put together. There was a possibility that this tribute show would be performed as part of the Sydney Festival in Australia.
I thought that if I could include Leonard Cohen then I had the makings of the film. But hearing the music first was where the idea began. I have always been inspired by films, music, literature that present some sort of otherness. I wanted the film to really show the essence of Leonard Cohen. I felt that all of these songs were like chapters in his life and that somehow all of these different performers were all different parts of him.
What were some of the biggest challenges you faced?
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Recent favorite films have been "Brokeback Mountain" for every reason and Wim Wenders' "Don't Come Knocking" because it was visually so beautiful and a real ode to the cowboy genre.