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If you equate the fledgling college-football playoff to a political race, then the stumping began Thursday. At least it intensified, as Pac-12 coaches took part in a post-spring teleconference.
Therein, they were asked a whole lot less about who emerged at right guard in the past month than their thoughts on the end run the Southeastern Conference executed on the sport last weekend.
With the long-awaited playoff looming in the fall, the Pac-12, Big 12 and Big Ten are on board with nine league games. Most people think the uniformity a good thing. Not the SEC, which voted to stay at eight conference games with the intriguing corollary that its teams must schedule an opponent annually from the power conferences starting in 2016.
It's the SEC, after all, the league that invented hubris while it was winning seven straight national championships. What it said, essentially, was, we're so good we don't have to play by everybody else's rules, and by the way, would you like to see some of our crystal footballs?
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That's wadded the panties of a lot of rival coaches, including several from the Pac-12.
"Not taking away from anything that LSU and Alabama and Auburn have accomplished," said David Shaw of Stanford. "My take is to say, 'OK, the rest of us are playing conference games nine out of 12, why can't you do the same thing?'
"You can't try to color it. You can't try to explain it away."
But they do. They're the SEC, and they annually put more people into the NFL draft, and they win more national titles, and they draw more fans, even if they're playing Georgia Grocery Checkers College. What else down there would sidetrack fans, other than needing occasionally to stir the moonshine out back?
College football is the SEC's world and the rest of it is just taking a number. That leads Mike Leach, the Washington State coach, to say, "If I was the SEC, I'd probably keep it that way. They're fairly clever to do it."
Shaw says nothing changes for Stanford, but my guess is, the SEC has only added to the angst of the Pac-12 in scheduling. This has always been a league that, if anything, overschedules itself out of conference, owing to all the lifestyle options out there for fans and the need to attract them.
No wonder coaches are edgy. The Pac-12 has never been deeper or, week to week, more demanding. It may not be the SEC, but it's a loss waiting to happen.
An unprecedented nine teams went to bowl games last season, two years after TV money augured a facilities boom and the watershed coaching turnover that brought Leach, Jim Mora, Todd Graham and Rich Rodriguez to the league.
So, coincidence or not, the Pac-12 in 2014 is gearing back some. Subjectively, eight of the 12 schools are playing an easier nonconference schedule than they did in 2013.
Washington doesn't have Boise State, and it has a breezy path to another 4-0 start. Washington State traded a trip to Auburn for a Seattle game against Rutgers. Arizona State swapped out a game with Wisconsin for one against New Mexico. California's date with Ohio State has become a more tenable matchup with BYU.
Don't look for that consummate second or third Saturday in September, the one that has often defined the league. It doesn't exist this year, although Oregon hosts Rose Bowl champion Michigan State on Sept. 6.
Truth be told, I think the SEC vote has a lot of people unnecessarily spooked. Just as the NCAA basketball committee has to decide whether one team's 19-10 record with a win against Michigan State is better than somebody else's 23-8 with a win against Elon, the playoff committee ought to be capable of parsing whether a team's 11-1 record contains a suspicious layer of mush.
In fact, you could consider the SEC move a bit of a gamble. By staying at eight league games, it's calling attention to itself, and risking a backlash that might take hold if the league happens not to be as good as it thinks.
There's a concept hard to imagine. For most people, anyway. In Tucson, Rodriguez weighed the gravity of the SEC vote against the fact Arizona isn't one of the 10 Pac-12 programs returning a starting quarterback.
"Would I like for all of the power conferences to have nine conference games?" RichRod asked. "Yeah, but I'm not worried about that at all. Hell, I'm just worried about how to get a first down right now."
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A reformed UK competition regime comes into force on 1 April.
The Competition & Markets Authority ("CMA") becomes the single UK competition regulator, taking over from the UK's Office of Fair Trading and Competition Commission, both of which will no longer exist. The CMA will:
Investigate mergers at both phase 1 and phase 2 and impose remedies where it finds a substantial lessening of competition.
Sectoral regulators will continue to apply competition law in their sectors of competence, acting concurrently with the CMA. However, the CMA may be expected to take a more assertive role where sectoral regulators conclude that the CMA's now expanded investigative and enforcement powers enable it better to address market competitiveness concerns identified by the sector regulator.
Changes to the UK merger regime are likely to affect the way UK M&A are assessed.
Hold separates: The system remains voluntary, so no filing or clearance is required before a transaction is completed, but the CMA can still investigate a deal whether or not it has been filed and it can order the parties to suspend integration pending its clearance decision and unwind any integration that has already occurred. It can impose penalties of up to 5% of global revenues for failure to comply with a hold-separate order. It is likely to be more difficult now for a seller to persuade a buyer not to make a deal conditional on UK clearance.
The CMA will have stronger powers in competition investigations.
Removal of the dishonesty requirement from the criminal cartel offence puts a greater burden on defendants.
Burden on defendant: When prosecuting an individual suspected of the cartel offence, the CMA does not need to prove that the individual acted dishonestly. It is up to the individual to defend him or herself by arguing one or more of the new exceptions and defences; these have attracted their fair share of questions as well.
Changes to the market inquiry regime provide greater flexibility but tighter deadlines.
Director disqualification principles continue as before. Less has been said about the CMA's proposed use of powers to disqualify directors in the context of a competition law breach by their companies. These powers will be exercised in accordance with principles already established by the OFT, although, as far as public sources disclose, rarely considered by it.


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September 16, 2012
Applesauce: All Things Apple – September 16, 2012
This week was filled with iPhone, a good thing if you're inclined to be a fan.
Apple's Wednesday announcement gave us a new iPhone 5 which looks everything like we thought it would, new iPod models which looked pretty close to how we thought they would, and a brand new version of iTunes 11, which we knew even less about.
So, for the second week in a row, let's take some time to think through these announcements, together, as one happy family.
Is it just me, or does it smell like Applesauce in here?
Oh God, You Whiners.
My father, a bright man who loves a good tune, has a very good theory about music.
When I was an angry teenager with plenty of emotions and feelings and an intense drive to share them with anyone within earshot, I once told my father that I thought a certain band "sucked" because "All their music sounds the same."
My father, no doubt 3 seconds from giving me a good, fatherly wallop (but you know, not in that mean way) took a sip from his coffee and said. "You know, I have a theory. People are more likely to say a bands' music sounds the same if they already don't like the band. If they don't understand the band, the music just sounds the same to them."
Every year, with every iPhone, there's a general roar from the mass of people who "dislike" Apple or Apple's products as they throw their hands up in exhaustion, dumbfounded that the world has "fallen" for Apple's "hype machine" once more.
The first iPhone didn't have third-party app support or 3G. (fair criticisms…)
The iPhone 3G fixed both of these problems, but you still couldn't cut and paste or send an MMS message.
The iPhone 3GS fixed both of these, but was panned because it looked the same as the iPhone 3G.
The iPhone 4 looked different, but OH MY GOD did you hear about that antenna? Why would anyone buy that?!
The iPhone 4S fixed that, but people complained that it looked the same, there weren't ENOUGH improvements to make it interesting, and Siri didn't work right. Besides, everyone should've known Apple wasn't the first to have voice controls.
So here we are, still living in the afterglow of the latest iPhone announcement, and there are still complaints from people who have yet to touch the device about a phone they know little about.
This guy even began criticizing the iPhone 5 a day before it was even announced. To make matters worse, he even decided to pull Steve Jobs into the article a few times, you know, just to remind everyone.
To these critics, every iPhone sounds the same to them. These critics hear a "hype machine" (not sure yet what exactly that is, but I'm not here to judge) and an overtone of disappointment. As a matter of fact, I'd be willing to bet this is one of the most often used words in the days following an iPhone announcement:
Disappointment that the phone looks the same (as in the case of any S device)
Disappointment that Apple has yet to roll out NFC.
Disappointment in the lack of an external memory card slot
(By the way, kiddos…if you're expecting this, please stop holding your breath. You're turning an awful shade of purple…)
Then there're those naysayers who second guess Apple every step of the way, only to vent their frustration after an event that Apple didn't announce something "truly" revolutionary, like a screen that strokes them back or an absolutely transparent phone or even a phone with crazy-advanced personal assistant functionality which does their jobs for them.
It All Sounds the Same
The iPhone, for one reason or another, does not appeal to these critics, and therefore, everything sounds the same. If Apple did release something with the features this group has been asking for, perhaps their ears would perk up a bit. This isn't to say these critics aren't justified in their opinions or that everyone should love the iPhone. I know people who truly enjoy Android, and they have their reasons. And that's fine.
The trouble comes when the iPhone (or anything Apple-produced) is immediately dismissed for no other reason than it comes from Cupertino.
No Alarms and No Surprises
In fairness, I can't skip past the fact that we in the tech press (and those that love us) "knew" everything that was to be announced. As far as the iPhone portion of the announcement is concerned, the only areas in which we were "surprised" (and I use the term loosely) were in the details. We knew the camera and radios would be faster, but we didn't know anything about the sapphire crystal lens or the 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11 n dual band Wi-Fi.
So were these "disappointed" people merely upset that they weren't surprised? Were they expecting Apple to come out on top even as they were predicting them to fall to the bottom?
We had been seeing images for many months of the exact same phone which was revealed on Wednesday. We heard about the new dock connector as early as May, and the in-cell technology as early as April.
And yet, during the press event, it didn't seem to bother Apple at all that their was a giant, iPhone 5 shaped elephant in the room. By comparison, during the 2010 iPhone 4 announcement, Steve Jobs playfully said, "Stop me if you've seen this…" when he revealed the iPhone 4 which had been plastered all over the world's news sites months earlier.
This year, Cook and Crew instead took great care to drive one point home: This new iPhone wasn't about dropping some new, high falutin' tech on the world's toes, it was about tweaking and tightening an already rigid platform, all while making improvements to be felt on this tighter chassis. Every report I've read from the press area after the event followed the same pattern: "It's deceptively small and thin" all while being "incredibly fast." Just how fast? Take a look at this video from the good folks at Anandtech, and pay careful attention to how quickly the camera captures shots, and how easily the reviewer can zip around maps in 3D mode.
These are not trivial processes for the SoC. Writing images to memory and especially rendering the 3D data can tax the processor, and the fact that the iPhone 5 can do this so quickly only proves that the tight integration of hardware and software has been fine tuned over the past 6 years to achieve maximum performance in a consistent way.
So, when reviewers and commenters make statements like "It's ONLY twice as fast" or "It's ONLY dual-core," they fail to take into consideration the fact that Apple works with the entire package, and this package has been improved, even if only incrementally so, to deliver a phone that I would wager to guess continues to top the charts in terms of performance and overall sales.
Who Pre-orders A New iPhone?
It's interesting that many have tried to pan the iPhone as being "behind the curve" due to its lack of NFC, especially given that the phone, as a whole, appears to be a dynamite package.
It's also interesting to note the sweeping, cavernous gap between tech writers' thoughts on the iPhone and the consumers' thoughts on the same product. Whereas many in the tech press chided Apple for this "evolutionary" product instead of releasing a "revolutionary" one instead, consumers have obviously eaten it up, depleting Apple's original pre-order stock in less than an hour.
Let's stop here for a second.
Who pre-orders a new iPhone?
Last year, pre-orders for the iPhone 4S were sold out in less than a day. 22 hours after the iPhone 4S became available for pre-order, Apple had to push back their ship date by 2 weeks.
Pre-orders for the 4S began at 12:01 PST, meaning much of the US was up at 2 or even 3AM just to crawl to their computers or existing iOS devices to fight the digital crowds to ensure they were one of the first in the world to have Apple's latest.
This year, I imagine many of the same people, and possibly many many others, did the same thing.
Either they did as I had done Thursday evening and visited my local watering hole to kill some time while I waited anxiously for 2:01 AM CST to arrive, or they went to bed like a sane human being, then woke up at 2 or 3 AM, like some sort of animal, fighting for the right to drop their bank accounts by 200 to 400 dollars.
I know it's already been said, but let me say it again.
Apple sold out of pre-order stock in one hour.
At midnight.
On a Thursday/Friday.
Yes, the iPhone is a terrible disappointment.
And you know what? I have this sneaking suspicion that a great percentage of these pre-orderers were either members of the tech press or members of their audience.
Which means, in my opinion, despite the gospel of Anti-Apple that's been preached across the blogs and forums boards across this land, for some reason, we can't stay away from the iPhone.
Normal human beings, sane human beings, don't leave their spouses in bed in the middle of the night to click a few buttons and spend hundreds of dollars.
Human beings with proper heads on their shoulders are fine with waiting for the initial blitz to settle before picking one up themselves.
These are the normal customers, the customers who might read a tech blog when considering such a purchase.
So who knows? Maybe, when normal, sane people start buying the iPhone we'll be able to tell if it truly is a disappointment or not.
The iPod lives
Finally, what can be said of these new iPods? As I followed along with the live blogs and commentary, completely ensconced in that special, lonely brand of nerdery, I was a little amazed (and partly relieved) that Tim Cook handed things off to Schiller so quickly, and that Schiller got straight to work on the iPhone 5. By the time Schiller and Forstall had completed their bits, it had been about an hour after the whole thing started. Tim Cook took the stage at 1 hour and I had wondered if they were done. And they kept going, announcing 2 newly redesigned iPod models, a second announcement which took the better half of the second hour, minus that brief intermission for iTunes 11. Clearly iPod runs deep in Apple's heritage, therefore it makes sense that they would spend plenty of time introducing these new models, but I didn't expect them to cap off the show with a new iPod Nano and Touch, making these players the last impression of the event.
First, Greg Joswiak introduced the newly redesigned Nano, proof positive that either Apple has no idea what to do with this product in terms of design or that this, instead, is the first product new-hires are allowed to work on. The latest Nano, due out sometime in "October," is the 7th generation, and no generation looks exactly the same. In fact, it's the 4th and 5th generations which most closely resemble one another, but even then the 5th generation added a camera and a slightly larger screen. In looking over the past generations, it seems Apple prefers, if only slightly, the taller, thinner body style, and I can't say I disagree. This latest, 7th generation is only a slight nod to this taller style and actually resembles the iPod Minis of yore more than previous Nano styles. The new Nanos, as well as the improvements in the new Touch are but another way for Apple to gently nudge us towards a wireless world. Now with Bluetooth in the Touch and the Nano, I'm picking up the hint that Apple would rather us stream our music rather than plug it in or dock it somewhere, but that's just me.
And what of these iPod Touch models? Of course, they got the 4-inch screen treatment as well as support for Bluetooth 4.0. The iPhone sibling also got a "loop," or a place to add a wristband on the back, which is cute. In the same way that many compared the first generation iPad to a "big iPod Touch," it seems these new Touch models are stirring up another question: Could the iPod Touch be a smaller iPad Mini? In some ways, these 5th generation Touch models are pretty close. They do share a processor with the iPad 2 and cameras which compare with the third generation iPad. These new Touch models also get similar performance from their batteries as the iPads as well as the same 3 axis gyros and accelerometer as the recent iPads and iPhones. In other words, these new iPod Touch models have been dramatically improved, so much so that if Apple had called it the iPad Mini, I think the only complaint people would have had is the fact that it's just a 4-inch screen. The price of the new Touches is also a point of speculation. Many expect Apple to hit a $249 to $299 price point with these rumored iPad Minis: A 32GB 5th generation iPod Touch is $299. While a customer who goes into an Apple store with iPod Touch on the brain might not be persuaded to buy a 7.85-inch iPad Mini, the fact that there is so much overlap in prices is, well…interesting.
And about that iPad Mini? Apple sure did leave a lot of room open in the month of October. A new iTunes 11 ships sometime in October, along with these new iPod models. Apparently, something is happening in October, and if the rumor mill for the iPhone 5 has taught us anything, an October iPad Mini announcement seems like a damn good bet.
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Thats all very good, but how many 7-8yrs olds have android smartphones?
Vodafone has released Guardian, a free Android app that allows parents to choose who can call or txt their child, or which internet sites and services they can access.
Guardian can restrict access during specified times, such as after hours .
Other phone functions such as accessing the camera, the internet, Bluetooth or downloading apps can be 'timetabled' or blocked altogether.
Russell Stanners, Vodafone New Zealand CEO, said Guardian gives parents choice.
"Many parents like the security of being able to keep in touch with their kids with a mobile phone, which far outweighs the risks from cyberbullying or unwanted contact. With Vodafone Guardian parents get all the benefits of their kids having a smartphone, without any of the worry."
Vodafone Guardian can be set up using recommended guidelines for certain age ranges – for example, choosing the "7 to 8 years" age bracket disables the camera, internet and any incoming calls or TXTs from unknown callers. Alternatively, a parent can choose to set tailor each feature individually.
The app includes password protection which the parent can activate when first setting up the device.
Any unauthorised change to the settings triggers a txt message to the parent or caregiver. Older teenagers or even adults wishing to control who contacts them can use Vodafone Guardian to set features on their own phone without the need to use the password facility.
Mr Stanners said Vodafone Guardian is an important addition to the company's growing suite of products aimed at building customers' confidence in and control of technology. "We started on this journey last year with Vodafone Blacklist, which gives customers the power to block unwanted TXT and PXT messages. With more than 30,000 customers regularly using Blacklist, we know these kinds of services are meeting a real need in the community."
Vodafone Guardian has been developed by The Vodafone Foundation and is being rolled out in eight countries around the world.
It is available for free (standard data charges apply*) from Android Market by searching for "Vodafone Guardian", or by TXTing GUARDIAN to 898. More information is available at www.vodafone.co.nz/guardian.
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Sorry but if you take the pay check then you do the job. I understand that Cal did not want to injure himself and do not wish him to do so. I do believe however he could have knocked it back a bit and still stayed on the race track. I am pretty sure he would have not finished last and thus picked up a couple of points. There are a lot of people who put a shed load of effort in to getting these guys on the grid, in effort, time and money.
If he thought he could not do the job then he should have had the nerve to say so in advance, rather than come back too soon and a stand in rider, desperate for a chance, could have been out on the bike.


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Opinions on the Boren-Simon F/2.8 Newt Astrograph
Posted 11 December 2010 - 05:46 PM
I was looking to move up from my modified Canon Xsi to CCD for narrowband work here outside Pittsburgh, PA. I recently discovered this scope and wanted people opinions on it for DSLR and CCD imaging in light polluted skies.
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 10:03 PM
I took a demo unit out for two nights in November, and I liked it very much.
It is simple to set up and I didn't have to collimate it the first night. The second night I had to collimate it. I think it was a big bump in the road in the morning before that shook the telescope and I needed to collimate it a little (the primary mirror).
I was afraid of the focus and I thought it can be difficult to focus on such short focal ratio, but actually focusing was very quick. After I did flats in the first night, and before I took out the camera, I locked the focus knob on the focuser, and when I started the second night, I did not need to do any focus, till the morning. It just stayed locked.
If you are imaging with a focal ratio of F4 or more, it is really surprising how quickly the dim objects come out. A little bit like magic… This is a special experience.
I am working on one of the processing and will show it here soon.
When I get my unit I will tell you too.
I hope this was helpful.
Posted 13 December 2010 - 11:19 AM
Posted 13 December 2010 - 04:06 PM
Both of us founders (Boren and Simon) will be happy to answer any questions you may have - here, over email or over skype.
We love the scopes, we love the hobby, and we'll love to shed light - lots of light - on any topic related to it.
Just ask :-)
Posted 13 December 2010 - 04:50 PM
Will you make a version that will have an image circle to cover a full 35mm chip size?
Posted 13 December 2010 - 10:18 PM
Tal I am very eager to see your image please post it to this thread when your a done! =)
Cheers ,
Posted 14 December 2010 - 06:14 AM
Will you make a version that will have an image circle to cover a full 35mm chip size?
Hi Frank,
Thanks for this question.
We have been contemplating this, but had eventually voted against it, as it would require too significant changes to be made to the optics and the tubes, which would have made the system far more expensive.
Our partners ASA of Austria carry excellent top-most quality instruments, which do cover a full 35 mm chip, and I'd be delighted to facilitate direct contact if you like.
Please don't hesitate to ping us with any questions on the scope.
Posted 14 December 2010 - 10:40 AM
I have a Q as I've been intrigued by the offering.
It says on the website "can be used as an F/4 (corrector out)". Are there any options for a slightly longer focal length that is still coma-corrected?
Posted 14 December 2010 - 02:20 PM
The Powernewt can indeed be used at larger focal ratios:
- by not using the PRC: F/4
- by adding any barlow: >F/4
We believe that at larger focal ratio's coma will be hardly visible. However, at any F ratio between F/4 to F/6 we recommend the Baader Planetarium Multi Purpose Coma Corrector (or MPCC for short), with which we have very positive experience (its retail price is about $150).
Please don't hesitate to ping us with any questions on the scope.
Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:59 PM
Posted 15 December 2010 - 01:05 PM
I quickly processed the M45 data from two weeks ago that I took with the demo unit from Powernewt.
I used my old camera - Orion SS Color V2 , because I was afraid that the SBIG STL-11000M might be to heavy for it.
I must say I was supprised to see how much data I got with only 30 min exposure , I use to image with slow F/6.3 telescope.
anyway , that a look :
Posted 15 December 2010 - 05:10 PM
Posted 15 December 2010 - 05:25 PM
Posted 15 December 2010 - 11:33 PM
The only sort of negatives are that the Parallax rings are a bit heavy and they aren't cheap. However, the fit and finish of the Parallax rings makes mounting the scope a breeze!
Posted 16 December 2010 - 01:28 AM
As soon as I get the ADM saddle mounted permanently on the mount I will attach the finder/guider directly to one side of the saddle, and this will mean the scope (any scope) that is in the saddle also has the finder/guider aligned.
To put extra weight and drag on top just doesn't make sense to me.
Posted 16 December 2010 - 03:31 AM
30 min on F2.8 indeed delivers.
Posted 16 December 2010 - 06:47 AM
I'm imaging for about 2 years now and imaging from the Negev desert in Israel , its very very dark place with no light pollution at all. most of the astrophotographers in Israel imaging in the negev desert , its the darkest place in the country.
for guiding I usually use a smaller refractor (WO ZS70) but in this case I used my old finder that I modified for guiding.
Posted 16 December 2010 - 11:09 AM
So the consensus is to get a small finderscope? I already have the Orion ST80mm Guidescope package with Starshoot Autoguider. How would I attach that to the PowerNewt? What other costs/accessories would I need to get up and running? I want to minimize tube flex most importantly.
Also Tal I live in light polluted skies. Am I going to have trouble imaging at such a high F/Ratio with the PowerNewt? I have the Astronomik CLS light pollution filter for my modified Canon Xsi.
Posted 16 December 2010 - 05:52 PM
If you can, get one that fits a "foot" like the already installed finder, and have "one each side", thereby assisting with balance.
My main concerns with the ST80 were the tube rings, and the focuser, mainly the focuser. Any movement here is detrimental to the cause.
Try cobbling together a finder-scope guider, you will be impressed.
Shoot me an e mail off group if you need help.
Posted 16 December 2010 - 09:40 PM
Posted 17 December 2010 - 05:19 AM
Posted 17 December 2010 - 06:30 AM
I use this OAG with the POWERNEWT - works very well.
With the M42 adapters - the thickness is only 11mm.
Posted 17 December 2010 - 10:35 AM
Thanks for the replies. Does anyone have issues with tube flex? Also how strong is the focuser? What is an acceptable limit for camera weight on the focuser/drawtube? What accessories would I need to use my Orion StarShoot Autoguider with a finderscope for guiding?
Posted 17 December 2010 - 10:45 AM
I sometimes use the Orion Guider - with a 50mm Lumicon finder - the guider enters as a 1.25 eyepiece - no additional adapters needed.
The tube and focuser hold the focus sometimes the whole night.
Regarding the weight on the focuser - I think that all the "normal" cameras with weight of about 1+ Kilogram -won't be an issue!
Hope it helps...
Posted 17 December 2010 - 10:59 AM
I appreciate the help. I am awaiting a reply from Harel. Haven't heard from him in a couple days.
At F/2.8 I am clearing going to have shorter subs than my normal 5min subs with my current F/7 setup. If I understand correctly I am going to gain the same signal I did in my F/7 5 minute subs just in an extremely shorter amount of time. I have a modified Canon Xsi and Astronomik CLS light pollution filter. I have really bad light pollution and I am worried about that affecting my images at F/2.8 with the Powernewt.
Maybe you could try and clarify any difficulties I am having in regards to light pollution and F/2.8 imaging.
Finally, from what I understand I will just increase the S/N ratio to help bring out the most detail at F/2.8
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Consumed (Classical Tech Death w/Fusion) [C4C]
My third offical piece, very proud of how it turned out. C4C of course.
Classical sections are supposed to be Nylon String guitar, but Diminishedfifth showed me how awesome they sound in Piano, so I kept it as piano. Its not out of the question to actually play them on Piano though.
This song is mostly Classical Harmonic Minor based Tech Death, although the guitar work is inspired by a combination of Exivious and progressive Tech Death, which I find to be very unique and intense.
Song structure goes Classical - Tech Death - Fusion Section - Tech Death - Classical.
Yep, thats right, a fusion section, right in the midst of Classical and Tech Death. I say it works well.
I owe Steve08 for the drum work prior to "Stupor", and he is currently helping me rewrite the rest of the drumz.
C4C as said, crit here and I will crit back in equal length if possible.
This was the first time I've had to put something in a zip file, as it was 101KB rather than the 97.7KB allowed for regular uploads.
So, here you are!
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Returning your crit.
Dude. I'm going to go ahead and censor it before UG catches it for me... ****! Use your imagination to figure it out.
I'm in love with that intro section. Everything works together so nicely. 2-5 is so f-in flawless! Everything in 7-10 sounds amazing... Just something feels a tad unnatural. Like a super super small something. Maybe a bit of hidden polyrhthmicism..? 11-14 good too. But the same unnatural feeling occurs during measure 14. 18 is a good build. 19 hits me as VEIL OF MAYA. Ever listen to them? Really, at first I was like... "Sounds like he wrote this for Veil of Maya." Then measure 24 confirmed that feeling. Not saying you ripped them off, it just sounds something like they would do. They're tech death I believe too. So that means you stuck to the genre. Stupor wasn't amazing in my opinion, but it was good. Fission was a beast, the bass really stood out to me on this section. It made the section good. 93 I found to be very interesting. 101 had to have been my second favorite section (to the intro) of this song. Stupor sounds a lot better just because of the mood of the song and being exposed to it once at this point. Inverted... 100% you nailed it. 100%... 100%... As for looping that very last section. I don't think so. Let it end.
Great. Fantastic. Wonderful. Listened to it twice before I gave you a crit. That good.
Crit back again? Angels and Black Roses in my sig?
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Returning crit now, you don't have to crit the other one I wrote though BTW. If you do though, make sure you let me know when you have another up so I can crit it, your stuff is always interesting to me.
Intro: I'm afraid I have to disagree with you and DiminishedFifth on the selection of instrument (Piano), only on one term though. Unless the entire piece is in some sort of Symphonic Orchestration I really dislike *Insert random instrument that has nothing to do with the rest of the song* intros and outros. So I would keep it as a Nylon String Guitar Intro unless you intend to add extra instruments like a String Quartet or Saxophone. Apart from that, tonally it was very nice and sets the mood for the rest of the song. The following guitar riff is lovely and chaotic but perhaps a somewhat less intense section could be inserted between the two, maybe a slightly simpler/less technical version on clean guitar while it fades in would do the trick.
Stupor: Another great Tech Death section, when/if you record it, make sure you get the same/similar tone that Atheist/Cynic/Death use, that would really make this section perfect. The dissonant chords are smooth, not for the next section though.
Fission: After a while, these types of chords get tiring, especially on a distorted guitar (For me at least). If it were me, I would have something less dissonant between Stupor and Fission in order to balance out the mood in the piece. Instead of getting a sense of terror (Which I'm assuming your aiming for) I interpret it like an old man is shouting at me to get off his lawn, which is not terrifying, just annoying.
Relapse: Transition was good, reminded me of Story To Tell by Death. Bass is also very complimenting to the Lead Guitars. Transition into following section is also really good.
Reverted: Nice reprisal of previous sections. If you want to add some even more bizarre modulation, modulate the Stupor section within here to something Major or something along those lines.
Inverted: Nice reprisal, but same as previously stated, I would loop it four times for a fade out if I were you.
Overall you have a really enjoyable song, but with a few "touch-ups", it could be fantastic.
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The looping idea was more of a joke that the entire song could cycle forever, not just the last section...
Inverted is the intro reversed, and I thought it would give some good closure.
I have heard Veil of Maya, but I forgot what they sound like. I thought they were Death Core though. I know their bassist is awesome, as he's able to play the CAFO tapping on a 7 string bass. Ill check them out though.
@ Hayden, I might actually have the intro on piano, bands such as Fleshgod Apocalypse have used piano like this well. It will probably be on Classical guitar, but its good to keep options open.
I lol'ed when you called the opening riff "Lovely and chaotic".
I see what you mean about possibly having a less intense section, but I would like to keep the action going for as long as possible and still keep it interesting. It would also be a pain to switch between clean and distorted so often.
Some people really liked "Stupor", while some don't seem to care for it. The trick here would be making the chords work correctly, to not be too dissonant and yet get the proper noting.
I meant fission to be a sort of break in the song, and if you got a sense of terror out of it... Well, I don't quite see how.
I was actually planning to change some of the parts in Reverted to make it different yet still the same section, and although modulation might not work, I can still omit the 7th degree of the harmonic minor and achieve a possibly major sound. No telling whether it would fit the piece, but worth a shot perhaps.
Also, the reason I wanted to crit your other one was because my crits are often smaller than others, so I wanted to make it fair to you.
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No! (LOL) I said you should be trying to get a sense of terror, it sounded like the soundtrack to an old man telling me to get off his lawn, as in it was annoying. You have to be careful with dissonance.
Nothing is wrong with keeping your options open but it seems out of place if the rest of the song is played on standard Heavy Metal instruments, bar an Intro and Outro on Piano.
I'm laughing at you laughing at me calling the opening riff "Lovely and chaotic".
You could also use Melodic Minor (Harmonic Minor with #6th ascending, then flatten 7th and 6th when descending) or Hungarian Minor (Harm. Minor w/#4th). Melodic Minor is usually described as "Jazzy" while the Hungarian Minor is described as "Romantic".
OK then, it's my worst piece yet as I'm still figuring out how to write good Death Metal (Atheist, Cynic, Death etc) without sounding like Deicide and Cannibal Corpse..
Master of Modulation
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Allegro is a band that uses piano for intros and stuff, although they use it with internal sections also.
I still don't get the "Old man yelling at me to get off his lawn". And death metal's main goal isn't always to instill terror, and thats not what I was going for in this case. I also feel that the goal of being the "Heaviest or Scariest" has passed in the genre, outside of a few specific bands that do it well. (Portal, Deathspell Omega, Ulcerate)
Ill probably use those scales eventually, but in this kind of piece I didn't want too many chromatics and constant key changes, which both of those scales entail.
What is your worst piece yet? If you want to write Death metal in the style of Atheist, Cynic and Death, then study those bands and learn how they write. Then emulate it, not copy, and infuse your own style.
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Firstly, sorry for the late crit man. Got a bit sidetracked with putting my band's GP5 stuff on Youtube. :P
But anyways, I'd like to start out by saying that I've never really liked anything like this. Most of the reason is it sounds a lot like the writer uses more of a knowledge of the music than their ability to play it. Most of these pieces that I see are a little far-fetched in the playable sense.
Now that's aside, I'll start returning the crit. The intro is very good, and very lively. It's a neat little piece but I'm the kind of person who would rather hear it on a nylon guitar than a classical piano. That's just my personal preference though. :P
I must applaud you for your fretless bass work on this piece, though. More and more bands seem to use their bassist as a mere buffer and ignore the qualities (and in most cases, skill) that these people posses. Being that I'm a bassist myself, I consider myself much of an advocate for their use (and proper use). I think that you used it quite properly, and I applaud the bass work. Something about a good fretless bass line that just catches me on (I'm a huge Obscura fan by the way).
I found the big piano part at the end to be quite boring, but on a second listen it grew on me a little bit. Personally I think I liked it better just listening to it as I type this now than actually sitting back and listening to it. Then again, this could all just boil down to my personal feeling towards piano's.
Overall, I think that your piece of music was pretty good. I liked it, but I wasn't too fond of it aside from the fretless bass work. The drums are a little too showy in my opinion, but they aren't bad. While the guitars sounded good, I think they were still too much of a mess. Not because they were sloppy, but just because there was too much going on.
I think you should focus more on writing music without trying too hard to stick to scales. Honestly, the best music in Death Metal is achieved not trough following scales and proper changes, but rather through proper knowledge of scales and using them effectively along with other changes and variables of which do not apply to scales.
All in all, good work.
Technicality: 9/10
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Atmosphere: 10/10
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OK, bad analogy, I want to be a teacher some day so I thought I might get some practise... obviously not working. See when I review pieces on GP5, first I close my eyes and try to create a movie with the song as a soundtrack, then I listen to it again to see what musical ideas were in it, and then a third to reaffirm my thoughts being typed to said person. Basically I thought that the duration of dissonance was annoying so instead of feeling terror, I felt annoyance. I'm not saying the part is bad (The chord voicings are actually quite unique to my ears) but it needs something to balance it out if you want to keep it that long (IMO).
Oh and don't get me wrong, I love buying notation booklets and reading the music as the song plays on my CD player, I even go as far as applying Mathematics to Music (The subjects I want to teach). I'm just having trouble applying it at the moment. It's getting there though. I'm working on one now which also sounds like those three plus Diablo Swing Orchestra (Tonally speaking), which is turning out quite well so far. My worst piece is the other one in my most recent thread (The Grand Design).
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I guess I'll go against the grain and say that I found this pretty painful to listen to.
This song looks like "tech death" if by "tech death" you mean bands like Cynic, but it doesn't sound like it - at all. It may have emulated the method, but it's a far cry from having emulated the substance.
What makes Cynic and similarly styled bands sound the way they do is not how they play; it's what they play. And unlike this song they always have a clear and easily identifiable harmonic structure with proper chord progressions and proper melodies played over those progressions. Like so many other songs posted on this board, this sounds more like you turned on the scale tool in GP and then just hammered out a bunch of notes with little concern or understanding for how they fit together or how they sound.
Listen closely to any of the numerous Cynic tunes that feature the picking style you've so painstakingly copied and you should soon realize that they sound nothing like what is found in this song.
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@ Drag the waters11, The only thing that counts there should be the interest, so in reality its a 7/10, or maybe an 8/10. Regardless, thats a positive review. Surprised you didn't like the outro, as its the intro but reversed. If it was the instrumentation, I would suggest changing it to a Nylon String guitar, as it is most likely more possible on guitar than piano. (Two or more Octave stretches on Piano would be a bitch)
I did write this from a theory perspective, but Im fairly certain its all possible except for the chords at Stupor and Fission. Those could be too difficult, but I have yet to try them. Im going to try and record a few select bars on the 18th with a friend who has recording experience. This would be mostly for a sampling of the sound and to see what effect an actual instrument would have upon the sound. It should resolve some dissonance problems.
@ Hayden, I see your point that the dissonance may persist for too long, although dissonance is subjective. Honestly, this is an amazing song to me, but most peoples' ears might bleed from it.
@Fabulousfred, If by tech death I meant bands like Obscura, Augury, Atheist and others, then yes, it's tech death. But I wrote it using similar ideas such as Exivious and to an extent Cynic, such as the "Double note Tremolo", and chord voicings and phrasings.
I did not write it in the style of Cynic, but I did borrow the way they write, just like all songs that use alternate picking and sweep picking don't all sound like Michael Angelo Batio. Likewise all songs with string skipping don't all sound like Paul Gilbert, and all songs that use the pentatonic scale aren't all blues songs.
So of course it doesn't sound like Cynic, and if you compare it to Cynic you get bad results. Also, never said I wrote like Cynic. If you listen to Exivious' "Waves of thought" there are some slight similarities, and I would say I borrowed more from them than Cynic.
But comparison aside, it is what it is and you can take it or leave it. I hate to have to "Defend" my pieces, because I'm not going to discuss this stuff with everyone who listens to it.
About this...
Perhaps pop and country music is more to your liking?
The point was for the listener to tear it apart themselves and think about the music, you can follow whatever melody you want, there are mulitple that accent each other and create a harmonically complex structure.
My worry was that something like this could be considered too progressive, as this is fairly difficult to classify, and caters to a specialized taste. I don't know what you could compare this to, but if someone could help me, that would be great.
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Last edited by Life Is Brutal : 06-06-2011 at 01:31 PM.
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Sorry for the delay in the crit- I'm an unbelievably lazy bastard.
I've listened to this a couple times, listening again as I crit.
The intro is nice, and while harmonic minor isn't my favorite sound, this sounds alright. The repeat at 7-10 was very odd, because the fast run at bar 10 sounds like it's transitioning to a faster section, which is thrown off by the repeat. After that, though, that's fine.
The use of the fretless bass doesn't agree with my tastes- maybe it's just the MIDI- but the note choice is great, with one complaint; the voice-crossing in the first 'metal' section. The bass guitar, playing the bass voice, goes higher than the notes that Guitar One (which in this ensemble, I believe would be the tenor voice?) plays, and while it's not harmonically inaccurate, it just sounds really odd, at least to my ears.
If that ^^ made no sense, well... it didn't to me when I learned voice leading, either, until I heard it for the first time. I don't know really how to explain it. :/
The pause at 23 is awful, IMO. It ruins the momentum, and sounded to me more like my computer lagging.
No problems throughout the rest until the reversal of the intro. The qualm I have with that repeated section pertains here as well.
To me, it looks like I've done a lot of criticizing, but in all honesty, I like the piece. It sounds good, just with some minor flaws. Like HaydenHohns said, touch it up here and there, and it could be really good.
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Definitely hear the Exivious in there haha. It's certainly a bit of a step away from your older stuff. I love how you did the whole "one guitar playing weird chords while the other does some quavered-arpeggio" thing. That technique actually works surprisingly well with this style of sound.
Another thing I liked is how...for lack of a better word, cyclical all the riffs sounded. I just got this image of this thing oscillating and doing all kinds of weird stuff when i was listening to this. This is a very good thing haha. Such vivid soundscapes are difficult to come by, and I find almost impossible to compose.
Great work basically. There's nothing I can really criticise except perhaps the intro...it sounds dull and too Spawn of Possession-y. It's completely at odds with the dynamic colour of the rest of the song imo.
So yeah...EPIC.
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I want to crit back, but there's no zip file.
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OH CRAP. FIXED and UPDATED. Slightly.
I was trying to update the version but ran out of time or something and all I was able to do was remove the current version...
And I wondered why I wasn't getting any new crits!
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There is nothing Death Metal about this. At all. Not just lack of blast beats or what have you, but the tone/mood/riffing just isn't either. It's not even Tech Death by the standards of Martyr/Cryptopsy/Darkthrone [see Soulside Journey]/Gorguts.... Which is literally the only Tech Death I can listen to and actually call it DEATH METAL. Because usually, it isn't [see Necrophagist. Guitar masturbation masquerading as tech death when really its basically neo-classical with blastbeats and growls. blastbeats and growls do not a death metal band make].
That said, this wasnt bad. Sounds basically like a more classically tinged Exivious to me, not even really close to anything else.
Problem is, there is a dearth of memorable material here. Relapse was good, but it doesnt even stick out to me. Part of this is, I think, the bass is far too loud while the guitars are far too quiet and a lot of the basslines are fairly similar/monotonous. Then again, it also sounds heavily baroque period influenced, and I dont find baroque memorable in any way shape or form, as impressive as it can sometimes be.
Also, that outro goes on forever. Literally. I feel like it was looping in the background for about an hour when it should have just ended after a few repeats. And the synths and piano dont fit. At all. They sound good but they never get used again beyond the beginning and the end. Thus they stick out and just are kind of there for no reason. It makes it very separate from the rest of the song, which ruins the cohesion. It's like you went "you know what would be cool gais?" "what?" "if we tacked on this nifty atmospheric piano thing I wrote!" "But wait does it fit?" "Who cares?!"
Still, not bad, just not memorable to me. I grew out of this stuff a long time ago. Thus I am probably not the best judge of it.
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Where to start...
I respect your opinion as a composer and reviewer, although it seems that you could be a bit biased in this, but that being said, crits are personal opinions of a piece, and what they were able to ascertain from it.
I like to have the bass forward in the piece, as it should still be able to be heard over two guitars, drums, and vocals. Also, the lack of interesting and audible basswork in today's music (except in a few select bands) dissapoints me immensely.
As for the intro and outro, those were written much earlier than the rest of the piece, and I feel it flows rather nicely.
To your credit, I suppose this piece qualifies more as prog than Death metal.
But to all that, thanks for the crit.
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I am without doubt biased; most of us are. I am biased against many things: "opethian" stuff, djent, so-called "prog/death/tech" stuff or whatever you want to call it... Opeth I still enjoy, time to time, but one must also recognize their glaring flaws, I think, but the rest of it? Hell no. Closest I get to that is death metal in the vein of Demigod, Desolate Shrine, and other Finnish dm bands. Or Melodic Death hailing from Sweden like Necrophobic.
But, I figure an honest crit is always good, if perhaps not what one wants to hear.
As to bass, audible is all fine and dandy but I believe every instrument has it's place, and unless the bass is leading, it should support the song as a whole, as opposed to dominate the volume of a song [as it does here]. Bass is primarily a rhythm instrument anyway, which doesnt preclude it from being interesting, but DOES, in my mind, mean it should help the drums and increase heaviness in a metal tune, and have interesting flourishes. This doesnt mean it should always follow the rhythm guitar, but... eh. I always try and think of the bass and drums as a unit, I suppose, and since I'm a guitarist they will naturally support the guitars, which are the basis for metal anyway.
To be fair, the bass is better/quieter in Avidity.
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Sorry for the late crit, thanks for your input on "Xenomorph"! I'll make sure you get an electronic copy of the album when its ready, I'll be posting it here on Ultimate Guitar forums as well.
Intro, super atmospheric, bar 5 was one of those "wtf?" moments, but I see its purpose in this progression.
Really liked how bar 11 flows into the section @ bar 12, those accentuated chords are heavy as ****!
The minute the guitars came in I thought "Gorod".
Very weird style of riffing that reminds me of French metal (don't ask) lol, digging bar 32.
Key change @ bar 48 was a bit too abrupt and seems out of place. Section starting @ bar 40 till 48 seemed to stretch on a bit too long for me, but then again might just be guitar pro.
Lead @ bar 62, I can see what you're going for but just doesn't appeal to me. Bar 89, now that kinda stuff gets me going, at this point its very reminiscent of Gorod (I don't mean that in a denotative way).
The only major gripe I have about this piece is the outro, I can't see (hear lol) it ending w/ the piano piece the way it does, but I don't have as much appreciation for this style of music as someone like you so my opinion on that is def. biased!
Overall, great piece, 7/10 but that's a subjective score, right?
Edit: "The outro is the intro reversed"
Ooops, probably should read above posts before typing haha, ignore my comment about the outro not being "good", I see its purpose now and it makes sense! =D
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Thanks for the crit. I still find it amazing that some people don't read the OP, but it doesn't matter as long as they still listen to the piece.
And I typed a paragraph about musical subjectivity and objectivity, and realized that while it made sense, I didn't quite know the point I was trying to express, so I deleted it.
Thanks for the crits, regardless of musical taste. These pieces variate so much among listeners, I've had people say some parts are awesome (Such as the Stupor section in this piece), and I've also had people say the same section did absolutely nothing for them.
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Good job. Music like this is hard to compose but you managed to pull it off.
Regarding the intro (and the similar outro), to me it sounds quite structureless without any proper phrasing and such. But I get the feeling of death himself playing the piano, so if that is what you aimed for, then you've succeeded. Good!
The first riff is okay, but the following ones (1:23 and 1:36) - wow! This section is really, really cool (love the melodic baseline!) and, at least at this first listen, I consider it to be the highlight of the song. Stupor is also great.
The part with the arpeggios that follow sounds like shit in MIDI (the chords are a tad bit too complex to be made any justice by the MIDI overdriven guitar...), and if extreme dissonance isn't the goal here, some clean guitars in this section would be nice. All up to you of course.
Relapse grabs me by the balls, but the best part of it is the tiny "stop" before Reverted - I can imagine bar 104 to be really ****ing brutal on a recording. This is as brutal as MIDI gets. Reverted is a bit more melodic than the other sections, but it is a welcome change, as non-stop dissonance can get quite tiring. Good section.
Stupor returns to great effect, before the haunting piano returns... and never ends, unless I end the track. Creative little loop there
Bottom line: Cynic on steroids. Good job, kept me entertained from start to finish.
Would you mind critting another song from my album? Maybe The Black Rain of Scorn or Will Rise Again, I would like to hear some opinions on one of those. Cheers!
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- Yuri Gurevich and Nikolai Tillmann, Partial updates, in Theor. Comput. Sci., vol. 336, no. 2-3, pp. 311-342, Springer Verlag, 2005.
- Colin Campbell, Wolfgang Grieskamp, Lev Nachmanson, Wolfram Schulte, Nikolai Tillmann, and Margus Veanes, Testing Concurrent Object-Oriented Systems with Spec Explorer, in FM, Springer, 2005.
- Colin Campbell and Margus Veanes, Exploration with Multiple State Groupings, in Abstract State Machines 2005, 2005.
- Yuri Gurevich, Benjamin Rossman, and Wolfram Schulte, Semantic essence of AsmL, in Theor. Comput. Sci., vol. 343, no. 3, pp. 370-412, 2005.
- Uwe Glässer, Yuri Gurevich, and Margus Veanes, Abstract Communication Model for Distributed Systems, in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 1-15, IEEE Computer Society, July 2004.
- Mike Barnett, Wolfgang Grieskamp, Lev Nachmanson, Wolfram Schulte, Nikolai Tillmann, and Margus Veanes, Towards a Tool Environment for Model-Based Testing with AsmL, in FATES 2003, Springer Verlag, 2004.
- Wolfgang Grieskamp, Nikolai Tillmann, and Margus Veanes, Instrumenting Scenarios in a Model-Driven Development Environment, in Journal of Information and Software Technology, vol. 46, no. 15, pp. 1027-1036, Elsevier , 2004.
- Wolfgang Grieskamp, Lev Nachmanson, Nikolai Tillmann, and Margus Veanes, Test Case Generation from AsmL Specifications, in ASM 2003, Springer Verlag, March 2003.
- Margus Veanes and Rostislav Yavorsky, Combined Algorithm for Approximating a Finite State Abstraction of a Large System, in ICSE 2003/Scenarios Workshop, 2003.
- Michael Barnett, Wolfgang Grieskamp, Wolfram Schulte, Nikolai Tillmann, and Margus Veanes, Validating Use-Cases with the AsmL Test Tool, in QSIC, IEEE Computer Society, 2003.
- Yuri Gurevich and Nikolai Tillmann, Partial Updates Exploration II, in Abstract State Machines, Springer Verlag, 2003.
- Mike Barnett, Wolfgang Grieskamp, Lev Nachmanson, Wolfram Schulte, Nikolai Tillmann, and Margus Veanes, Model-Based Testing with AsmL .NET, in 1st European Conference on Model-Driven Software Engineering, 2003.
- Wolfgang Grieskamp, Yuri Gurevich, Wolfram Schulte, and Margus Veanes, Generating finite state machines from abstract state machines, in ISSTA 2002, July 2002.
- Uwe Glässer, Yuri Gurevich, and Margus Veanes, An Abstract Communication Model, no. MSR-TR-2002-55, May 2002.
- Uwe Glässer and Margus Veanes, Universal Plug and Play Machine Models: Modeling with Distributed Abstract State Machines, in Design and Analysis of Distributed Embedded Systems, IFIP 17th World Computer Congress (DIPES 2002), Kluwer Academic , 2002.
- Uwe Glässer, Yuri Gurevich, and Margus Veanes, High-level Executable Specification of the Universal Plug and Play Architecture, in HICSS 2002, IEEE Computer Society, 2002.
- Margus Veanes, Modeling Software: From Theory to Practice, in FSTTCS 2002, Springer Verlag, 2002.
- Yuri Gurevich, Wolfram Schulte, and Margus Veanes, Toward Industrial Strength Abstract State Machines, no. MSR-TR-2001-98, October 2001.
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Will Kanye West's Proposal to Kim Kardashian Appear on TV?
UPDATE (October 24, 2013, 9:00 a.m. PT):
Looks like Papa Ryan Seacrest got his way...kind of. E! has released the first official video of the engagement and it's got the look and feel of a classic KUWTK episode. The channel hasn't announced if the footage will make a full episode of the hit reality series but they most certainly have footage to use.
UPDATE (October 23, 2013, 3:40 p.m. PT):
No word on if the proposal was filmed for the show but there does appear to be a professional film crew on hand in the first video publicly released of the proposal.
Is Papa Ryan behind this? Perhaps though Kanye and Kim will likely get final say on if anything airs.
UPDATE (2:30 p.m. PT):
Despite an earlier report from TMZ, it sounds like the Kimye proposal may not be finding its way to KUWTK. "The Kardashians' home network of E! said no cameras were on hand to document the proposal," says RadarOnline.com. We're not 100 percent sure we believe this latest news, but, then again, Kim and Kanye did keep the birth of daughter North West completely under wraps. Ryan Seacrest, what say you?
ORIGINAL STORY (11:31 a.m. PT):
As true romantics, we've always loved that one classic rhyme: First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a televised special that fulfills your contractual obligation to the network.
At least that's how it will likely play out in Kim Kardashian's case, when her engagement special potentially makes it way to E!.
TMZ reports that Kanye's massive proposal at San Francisco's AT&T Stadium on October 21 will likely become the latest big-ticket fodder for Keeping Up with the Kardashians, thanks to the boatload of cameras on hand during the rapper's elaborate engagement ceremony.
While sources claim that Kim was surprised by the proposal, the people who made sure the event went off without a hitch had to keep Kanye's secret prior to the event without any leaks to the media. For members of the orchestra, who were each paid a whopping $1,000 bucks to play Lana Del Rey's "Young and Beautiful" for Kim as Kanye popped the question, that meant they had to remain mum (with the help of some iron-clad non-disclosure agreements) for a full 48 hours.
However, once Kim arrived at the stadium, all bets were off — the entire thing was filmed, Instagrammed, and tweeted, and is said to be a sure thing for next season of KUWTK, despite Kanye's hesitance to appear on the show in the past.
Although his proposal may make it to air, TMZ's source says one thing is for sure: Much like his appearance on Kris over the summer, Kanye will have final say over how the whole thing goes down.
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Was Tori Spelling Hospitalized for a Broken Heart?Sunny Chanel
The heart is a magnificent muscle; it keeps our blood flowing, it keeps our body working, it keep us alive. But sometimes things go wrong, from a heart attack to a heart murmur. And then there is the more emotional aspect — when one has a broken heart. Now, it's not that the heart actually breaks, but when you are in the midst of turmoil, it can certainly feel that way.
Tori Spelling was recently (and secretly) hospitalized in Los Angeles for about six days. There has been no word on what brought her to the hospital but I'm sure that her recent marital problems with husband Dean McDermott was a contributing factor.
"He was my soulmate, but he completely broke my heart," Spelling told Us Weekly recently. "It makes you not trust anything that's happened in your relationship."
There hasn't been been any word about what happened to Tori. Reports have said it was due to a "unknown health issue." Stress and anxiety can have a huge toll on your body and you know Tori is having a tough time. Not only is she dealing with the aftermath of Dean's cheating,but she has been filming her reality show, as well. It sounds like Tori should take some time out of the limelight not just for marriage, her kids, her health but for her heart.
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Over the course of 10 years and three hit albums, 30 Seconds to Mars have become notorious for a handful of reasons: A stunning live show, their rabid fans, frontman Jared Leto's approach to fashion and their envelope-pushing music videos. The latter is especially noteworthy, as Leto (who went to film school) has brought an incredible cinematic eye to the group's clips, leaving a handful of truly stunning images associated with their various hits. Leto has achieved technical mastery in the clip for "The Kill," went to Antarctica and Greenland for "A Beautiful Lie" and went to China for "From Yesterday." (Their most recent clip, for "Kings and Queens," will get the "Frame by Frame" treatment later this week.)
But the video for "From Yesterday" became known for something that had nothing to do with the group's trip to China or it's convoluted plot. Back when it first premiered, word got around that the clip cost the band a whopping $13 million, which would have made it the priciest video of all time (surpassing even Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream").
"Contrary to Internet rumors, it did not cost $13 million to make," Leto told MTV News. "It was actually reported in [British music magazine] NME at the time, and they were talking about it like it was the most expensive video of all time."
Leto added that it was actually a pretty streamlined shoot. "It was a relatively inexpensive video to shoot, especially at that time," he said.
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I have a questions regarding SFO's departures and arrivals since the airport generally uses different runways for these procedures. Winds at SFO are usually 280 degrees. That means that aircraft landing on 28L/R are landing into the wind. No problem. However, does this mean that all 1L/R departures experience a crosswind, 90 degrees from the left side? Can someone confirm this statement? Why was the airport developed in such a manner? Obviously, it's not an issue, but I must wonder, how do pilots feel about the runway configurations? Thanks for any insight.
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With all due respect to Jason Segel, Vector was a forgettable foe in Pierre Coffin and Chris Renauds animated comedy Despicable Me. Part of it was Segels reading of the character, who was easily overshadowed by Steve Carells Gru, the three adorable orphan girls, the yellow-bellied minions, and even Russell Brands humorously out-of-touch Dr. Nefario. Gru needs a proper nemesis, and a new report says one might be on the horizon.
Javier Bardem is reportedly negotiating to voice a new villain in Despicable Me 2, THR reports. The site says Bardems character would be El Macho, who has a son in much the same way that Carells Gru has his three adopted daughters. There are endless possibilities as to which direction a Despicable Me sequel could go, and Coffin and Renaud will have to get in gear if they hope to deliver by the July 3, 2012 release date Universal has circled.
Adding Bardem is without question a step in the right direction. The brilliant actor has been feeling nefarious since winning an Oscar for playing the menacing Anton Chigurh in Joel and Ethan Coens No Country for Old Men. Persistent rumors link Bardem to the villainous role in the next James Bond film, with screenwriter John Logan going so far as to suggest that 007s next opponent should be Blofeld. Perhaps Bardem can channel Blofeld for director Sam Mendes while hes terrorizing Carell from a voice-recording booth on Universals lot.
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Myrick applauds DEA for banning synthetic marijuana
US Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09) today praised the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for their decision to make illegal the possession or sale of synthetic marijuana and the chemicals used to manufacture this substance.
Earlier this month, Rep. Myrick wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging the Department of Justice to prevent the distribution of this product, also known as "Spice" or "K2."
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Video game industry consultant Vincent Scheurer (left), speaking the Develop conference in Brighton, warned that future game bans were possible in the UK.
As reported by gamesindustry.biz, Scheurer said:
The costs of the Manhunt 2 ban to RockStar were massive – an independent developer would be out of business… Call of Duty and BioShock could be banned under that criteria [that applied to Manhunt 2]… The next game to be banned could be BioShock 2, and then where would we be?
…It makes the business of making games that much harder.
Scheurer also spanked ELSPA boss Paul Jackson for praising the Manhunt 2 ban:
While we fail to fight back we will continue to be blamed for all of societies ills… In my view [European game developers group] Tiga was the only association to step up… Tiga realised, where the other's didn't, that this was about more than Manhunt 2.
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The Wall Street Journal as their annual "College Football's Grid of Shame" for those interested: College Football's Grid of Shame - WSJ.com
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Couple of things I noticed on the chart that I disagree with:
The chart has Iowa higher up the admirable/embarrassing axis... laughable.TCU, with all of their drug dealing issues and failed drug tests, is on the same level as ISU on the admirable/embarrassing axisTulsa was rated more of a powerhouse than ISU (hind site is 20/20 I guess)
Other than that, it is an interesting piece to talk about. Be sure to check out how much Penn State plummeted. Also... lol UNC-CHeat!
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Game of Thrones Almost Didn't Have Dragons!
One of the things that sets Game of Thrones apart from other dramas on television is that it has dragons. Big, expensive, CGI dragons. But according to George R. R. Martin, the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels upon which the show is based, the dragons weren't originally part of the plan.
Appearing on Conan, Martin says, "I had written the first few chapters, and for a fantasy it's very realistic, it's very low magic, and I knew I had the Targaryens and they had dragons on their banners, but the question was, 'Should they have actual dragons?' ... I was going back and forth about that until a friend of mine, a very talented fantasy writer herself, Phyllis Eisenstein, read some of the early chapters and said, 'George, this is a fantasy, you have to have real dragons in it."
George also talks about how the show balances its fantasy elements with its more realistic aspects, believing it's important to not overdo the magic. "Magic has to be handled very carefully in fantasy," Martin says. "Phyllis was right, you need some magic in a fantasy, but too much magic is like too much salt in a stew, and then all you can taste in the salt." Anyone who has read the A Song of Ice and Fire books should get a kick out of Martin's food analogy, since the books are well-known for their lengthy, in-depth descriptions of food.
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"If you give somebody a big package of potato chips, they're not going to think there are five servings in it, they're going to think it has 100 calories," she said.
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Dining in an outdoor room is one of life's great pleasures, unless the food is high on the charred factor and low on flavour! Enjoy a gourmet al fresco evening instead, with this delicious deal from Watercress Restaurant/Cafe. You and a friend can enjoy a two-course meal including two pizza breads or bread and dips for plus two mains and a bottle of One Chain Shiraz Cabernet or Sauvignon Blanc for only $49 (normally $117). Choose a pizza bread like the chilli, feta and garlic or a plate of breads and dips with grissini to start, then enjoy your choice of mains, with gourmet options such as macadamia and pumpkin seed crusted salmon fillet with celeriac puree, roasted artichoke hearts and green beans, or risotto of portobello, shitake and enoki mushrooms with porcini stock creme fraiche and crispy prosciutto. Enjoy the tranquil environment of a leafy courtyard featuring artistic water features and mega-comfy seating, settling in for one very enchanting evening.
The Fine Print
Limit two per purchaser, additional as gifts Bookings essential and subject to availability Limit one voucher per table per visit Dine-in only (not valid for takeout or delivery)
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14-18 Discovery Drive North Lakes QLD 4509


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Please enjoy my photography based on not people but nature, landscapes and more. Each image is available to purchase.
These geese just dared me to get near them. Just between Tigard and Sherwood Oregon along highway 99 is the Tualatin Wildlife Refuge. Google maps when I looked it up has this refuge as in Hillsboro. Don't look for it there or you will be looking a very long time.