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I managed to grab a few questions with the man himself on his music, favourite games, and much more.
Q. Hey Miracle of Sound! Can you introduce yourself to us?
MoS: Hi all! I'm Gav, I'm a big nerd and I make music about nerdy things that I love.
Q. Miracle of Sound sounds rather noble. Where did you come up with the name?
MoS: Ha, you say 'noble', some say 'arrogant'. Actually the name is not self-referential so it is neither of those: it's the title of an old song I wrote which was literally about how music was awesome, hence 'The Miracle Of Sound' just refers to music and the effect it has on people. It's also a slight little tribute to Soundwave, my favourite Transformer.
Q. You've had an impressive amount of hits on your videos, and have built up quite a fanbase! When did you first realize that this was going to be big?
MoS: I guess that depends on how we're defining 'big', I mean, everything is relative and to me when 'Gordon Freeman Saved My Life' got 20,000 hits I thought that was big - then when 'Commander Shepard' got almost a million, that was bigger.... and now that it's my job and I'm past 10 million views across the web, it feels wonderful and a little overwhelming but I hope to get bigger and bigger! But if I had to pick a point where I knew this could be my job, I'd say after Commander Shepard blew up, I signed with the Escapist and Bioware started plugging me.
Q. You've created a huge variety of tracks for different videogames now, such as Skyrim, Mass Effect and Gears of War. What has been your favourite track to write/perform so far, and what game do you intend on writing more songs about in the near future?
MoS: I have a few favourites. Normandy is a track I always go back and listen to, I just love the way it starts at a whisper and builds into a big crescendo. I love 'Little Sister' and 'Redemption Blues' as both are dark love songs in their own way and are quite emotionally satisfying for me to listen to - one is for a man loving and protecting his family and one for a Big Daddy having paternal 'love' or something of the sort, for the Little Sisters. Sweet L.A. was really fun because I got to bring in Gary and Jack for the Sax and Piano parts - I rarely work with other musicians but those guys were special. I also got to do some jazzy singing on that one too which I have never tried before.
Q. One of my personal favourites is your collaboration with Malukah on "Legends of the Frost." How did this come about, and would you consider collaborating with her again in the future?
MoS: Well, we were mutual fans and didn't know it. She put out a Tweet about my 'Sovngarde Song' video saying she loved it and I responded with 'Sweet! Wanna do a collaboration?' And so we did. It was pretty simple really! Ha! And yes, we will surely work together again. Malu is a lovely person - (very talented and far more humble than I) -and we're friends now so I think we'll definitely do something again at some stage.
Q. If you had to choose one game, past or present to write a song about next...what would it be?
MoS: I want to make a song about Halo but I can never seem to come up with the right song. Maybe when Halo 4 comes out I'll get it right!
Q. As many people familiar with your work would know, you were picked up by The Escapist. How did this happen, and how has this contributed to your success?
MoS: Well, I was a member of their forums for a couple of years and I posted a lot. Did user reviews, that kinda thing. After Commander Shepard blew up I just emailed them and asked if they'd like to have me as a contributor and they said yes. It was again, a very simple procedure. It has helped me out hugely, the Escapist has a large fanbase and every fortnight tonnes of new people discover my work. I think I actually have more views there overall than I do on Youtube.
OK, now for some quick fire "favourites" questions. Ready?
MoS: Ready! I love these
Q. Favourite game of all time?
MoS: Fallout 3/Mass Effect 2
Q. Favourite game character?
MoS: Ezio Auditore. I am very gay for Ezio.
Q. Favourite game soundtrack or song?
MoS: I adore the Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack by Hanz Zimmer but I think my all time favourite has to be Jack Wall's Mass Effect 2 score, especially the Suicide Mission. Chills every time!
Q. Thanks for answering my questions! OK, final one, what should we expect next from Miracle of Sound?
MoS: You can expect a song about a game I have never covered before, that due to its main character Nate Drake I get a lot of requests for from female fans. ;) Thanks for the questions!


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autumn leaves, a free printable and Macaroon recipe
It's been sometime since a freebie...three free fun Autumn Leaf printables to download! I know it's autumn here in Australia, but I still love those warm Autumn tones. I've been meaning to offer these designs for sometime as they are in keeping the Lil' Hoots printable that has been available from my Go Make Me shop for a while. Here's the link to the download the pdf:
Download Autumn-Leaves-A-Free-Printable.pdf (2766.7K)
The leaves are quite large so you can keep them the same size and use as table decorations with pretty little Macaroons sitting on top or thread your leaves onto ribbon or twine and make a stunning banner for Halloween. Another option is to reduce and use as gift or favour tags. Curl the top of the leaf over and attach to the stem for a party favor....I'm sure you'll discover different ways to use your printable
Please be aware I've designed these printables out of my own time and energy. I offer these in good faith that you'll only use personally and not commercially print or on-sell. Thanks!
Recipe after the break
Coconut and Chocolate Dipped Macaroons
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups shredded coconut
2 large egg whites
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
400 g dark chocolate
1} Preheat oven to 160oC (325oF). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2} Combine all ingredients (except chocolate) in a large bowl using hands
3} Place mixture into piping bag fitted with a large nozzle and pipe onto prepared baking sheet
4] Bake until golden brown, 16 to 17 minutes, rotating halfway through. Let cool on a wire rack.
5} Melt chocolate and dunk Macaroon base into chocolate. Let cool. Drizzle chocolate on top
Macaroons can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

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This week in history: July 6-12
6 July 2015
25 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 100 Years Ago
25 years ago: US-backed Nicaraguan regime calls out military against strikers
On July 9, 1990, President Violeta Chamorro called out the army to restore order during a strike in Managua, the capital city. The strike of both public and private sector workers was the second major challenge to the US-backed government since taking office 11 weeks earlier.
Some 90,000 workers participated in the strike, which shut water and electrical service to the city of one million and closed the airport, mail service and operator-assisted phone service. The pro-Sandinista strikers demanded that the Chamorro regime rehire government workers fired as part of its cost-cutting measures and to drop plans to return land expropriated by the Sandinista government to their previous owners.
The Sandinista Front remained the largest political force in the country and continued to have support among the majority of workers and peasants even after the defeat of Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega in the election of February 25, 1990.
Thousands of angry strikers set up barricades, built bonfires in the streets and occupied public buildings in the capital. State-owned radio stations were taken over by strikers and their supporters to broadcast calls for support of the strike and prevent the government from issuing its threats of repression.
Chamorro held a press conference on July 11 with army commander General Humberto Ortega, the brother of the defeated president, calling on workers to end violence and offered to negotiate over their demands. General Ortega announced that the military "will never carry out a coup against any government here, much less the government of Doña Violeta. But neither will the army and police fire on the people."
On Thursday, July 12, the strike was ended with at least six people killed and some 100 injured.
50 years ago: Vietnam "will get worse before it gets better," Johnson warns
US President Lyndon Johnson, speaking from the White House on July 9, 1965, warned that US involvement in Vietnam would increase beyond the officially stated goal of 75,000 soldiers. "We committed our power and our national honor," Johnson said, "and that has been reaffirmed by three presidents."
On August 12, the arrival of 1,000 combat infantrymen at Camranh Bay brought to 65,000 the official total of US soldiers in Vietnam. A US bombing campaign the same day was said to have killed 580 "Vietcong"—a derogatory term for National Liberation Front rebels—but there was no explanation of how this "body count" was determined. Other media reports boasted of the destruction of infrastructure in North Vietnam.
The Pentagon revealed on July 8 that in the preceding week 23 more US soldiers had been killed in Vietnam, bringing the number of American dead since January 1, 1961, to 469. The number of wounded rose past 2,000.
On July 9, New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announced the deployment of an artillery battery and 120 soldiers, joining the US and Australia in the "police action" in South Vietnam.
75 years ago: Stalin orders crackdown in Lithuania
On July 7, 1940, the Lithuanian security department, under direction from Stalin, ordered the liquidation of all bourgeois parties, one week before elections for a new government in the occupied country. In the next few days, 2,000 political leaders, government officials, newspaper editors and the clergy were arrested. This paved the way for the Lithuanian CP to run unchallenged in the elections and enabled Stalin to ultimately annex Lithuania to the USSR.
At the beginning of World War II, Stalin forced the Baltic countries to allow the Red Army to establish military bases within their borders. While Germany turned westward and attacked France, Stalin did not interfere with Lithuania's internal affairs. But when the French army collapsed in less than six weeks under the Nazi blitzkrieg, Stalin moved rapidly to bring the Baltic countries under his control and fortify his military positions there.
In May, the Lithuanian government was accused of abducting and murdering Red Army soldiers. In June, Molotov accused Lithuania of entering into a military alliance with Latvia and Estonia against the USSR. He demanded the formation of a new government acceptable to the USSR and provided a list of ministers to comprise a coalition government of CP and left-wing elements.
Columns of Soviet tanks rumbled into Kaunas on June 15 and surrounded government buildings. Many workers and left-wing intellectuals greeted the Red Army as liberators, delivering them from the 13-year rule of the dictator Antanas Smetona, who fled the country. Lithuanian CP members freed from jail went into action calling mass rallies. Unions were formed; unemployed workers were given jobs; rents were reduced; greater accessibility to medical care was provided; the estates were apportioned among the small landholders and landless peasants.
100 years ago: Austria-Hungary defeats Italy in first battle of the Isonzo
On July 7, 1915, Italian troops suffered a defeat to Austro-Hungarian forces in the first of a series of 12 battles over 30 months in the vicinity of the Isonzo River, just inside the border between the two belligerents, on the territory of Austria-Hungary.
The area in which the battles were fought, much of which is in present day Slovenia, was of geo-strategic importance as a gateway for Italian plans for an eventual assault on Vienna. While not as well known as Verdun or the Somme, the Isonzo became a killing field of the same order of magnitude, with more than 300,000 soldiers on both sides losing their lives.
The launching of the Italian offensive around the Isonzo, on June 23, followed that country's official declaration of war against Austria-Hungary on May 23. Italy had been in a military alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, for almost three decades.
With the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, the Allied powers, including Britain and France, made concerted attempts to win Italy to their side in the conflict, offering substantial territorial incentives. On April 26, 1915, Italian prime minister Antonio Salandra signed the secret London Pact, effectively allying Italy with the Allies, on the condition that it receive large swathes of Austria-Hungary in the event of victory.
The Italian offensive beginning on June 23 was aimed at destroying defensive Austro-Hungarian positions around the Isonzo River, and in the surrounding mountains, and establishing a foothold in the area. The heavy Italian artillery barrages initially showed signs of success, and the Italian troops substantially outnumbered their opponents. However, the Austro-Hungarians were well entrenched in defensive positions, and eventually succeeded in repelling the Italian offensive.
Italian troops only gained insignificant stretches at a heavy loss, with some 15,000 casualties, compared to some 10,000 on the Austro-Hungarian side. Italy would launch another offensive on July 18.


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Spoken by over 120 million people around the globe, German has the largest community of speakers in Europe. It is a national language in Austria, Germany, Lichtenstein, Luxemburg, and Switzerland and is increasingly important in Eastern Europe. German belongs to the same family of languages as English and has many related words.
Learning German can open many career opportunities for you. Germany is a political leader in Europe. It has the largest economy in the European Union and the third-highest GNP in the world, is the second highest creditor nation, and is one of the top three exporting countries. Germany is also on the cutting edge of many new technologies including the biotech field. And the language gives you access to a rich history in science, technology, philosophy, and the arts, in the works of intellectual icons such as Einstein, Gutenberg, Hertz, Fahrenheit, Hegel, Nietzsche, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Goethe, Thomas Mann, and Kafka.
The UT German program offers a standard four-semester sequence (GER 506, 507, 312K, and 312L) with the additional options of completing 3rd and 4th semester either with a business focus or during the summer in Würzburg. It also offers an intensive sequence (GER 604 in fall and GER 612 in spring). Thanks to new endowments, the German program has generous students scholarships and offers study abroad opportunities in all fields. A major or double-major in German is an excellent way to prepare for your future.


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LibX Louisiana State Edition is an extension for Firefox and Google Chrome that allows a user to have direct access to the LSU Libraries' resources. The toolbar will allow a user to search the entire catalog. You can also search the catalog by using the right-click context menu. LibX also uses Google Scholar to search for articles that can be viewed electronically through the LSU Libraries' electronic subscription. Finally, LibX places special cues in websites you visit if the LSU Libraries have resources related to the web page's material. This article will teach the LSU community how to install LibX Louisiana State Edition.
1. Log in to TigerWare.
2. The main page for LibX should appear which will give you a general description of the program, license information, requirements, availability, and installation notes. Select the Click Here button under the Available For Download section of the TigerWare entry.
3. TigerWare will bring you to the main LibX site. Select Install Extension for Firefox from the right-hand side of the screen.
4. A dialog box will appear asking for permission to install. Select Install.
5. Next, you will be prompted to restart Firefox. Select Restart Now to finalize the installation process.
6. Firefox will instantly restart and you should see the LibX extension on the Firefox toolbar.
1. Follow instructions 1 and 2 from above.
2. TigerWare will bring you to the main LibX site. Select Install Extension for Google Chrome from the right-hand side of the screen.
3. On the next page, click Add LibX 2.0 Louisiana State Edition to Chrome to begin.
4. A dialog box will appear asking for permission to install. Select Add Extension.
5. Next, you will be notified that the extension has been successfully added to Chrome.
6. You should now be able to see the LibX extension on the Google Chrome toolbar.
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Just found out that in about an hour from this posting (10:55 a.m.), a Peoria Air Guard C-130 will make a pregame flyover at the Northwestern-Iowa football game. I going to hope that we can get some pictures or even video. Any time we can see our Hercs up there, it's good stuff.
And, any time I can play some video from Top Gun, I am happy. Ghostrider, the pattern isn't full!


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REDLANDS (AP) — Southern California school district officials were slow to tell police that a teacher was suspected of sexually abusing a student, who allegedly gave birth to the 16-year-old boy's child last month.
The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports Redlands Unified School District officials learned of the allegations in May, but waited until July to tell police.
Teacher Laura Whitehurst has been accused of sexually abusing at least three male students, one of whom is allegedly the father of a baby she gave birth to in June. That boy told his mother, who reported the allegations.
Redlands detective Dominick Povero says their relationship began on a school-sponsored trip to Disneyland in July 2012.
Schools don't have to be certain of sexual abuse before reporting their suspicions to police, who then investigate.
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MONSTA X - Alligator Lyrics [English, Romanization] - Artist : MONSTA X - Title : Alligator - Album : WE ARE HERE - The 2nd Album Take.2 - Release : 2019.02.18 - Genre : Rap/Hip-Hop MONSTA X - Alligator RomanizationAlli-alli-alli-alligator ttaki iyuga eomneundekkeullil ttae geuge jel wiheomhaejakku nae hogisimeul jageukae like ohnunbicheul gyohwanhaemwo, ildan geugeomyeon chungbunhaemodeun geon ..
INFINITE - CLOCK Lyrics [English, Romanization] - Artist : INFINITE - Title : CLOCK - Album : CLOCK - Release : 2019.02.13 - Genre : Dance INFINITE - CLOCK Romanizationgateun sigan soge urin neomu jjalge seuchyeoga machi chochim wie seoinneun deutaeneomu ppareun heureum soge jamsi meomulleotdeon geon machi gijeok gata sunganui sungan ssaigo ssayeo han jangdeuri gyeopchyeo myeot jangui peijirotto..
BTS by V - Scenery Lyrics [English, Romanization] - Artist : V of BTS - Title : Scenery - Album : Scenery - Release : 2019.01.30 - Genre : Ballad Romanization kkotdeuri gadeukan georie oneuldo geudaereul boneyo nae ane damgyeojilkkayo saebyeok dari jinan gongwone jigeum nae gamjeongeul damayo i noraen geudael hyanghaeyo bamhaneul darege bichwojin pilleumui sorireul deureoyo I still wonder wond..
Stray Kids - District 9 Lyrics [English, Romanization] Artist Title Album Release Genre Stray Kids District 9 I am NOT 2018.03.26 Rap/Hip-Hop English LyricsTalk talk You're talking too muchWhat what You're just talking nonsensePlease, enough with that nitpicking and cursingI'll do it on my own however it comes out Honestly I don't know who I am, it's frustrating, it gets me worried alwaysanswer ..
MONSTA X - Jealousy Lyrics [English, Romanization] Artist Title Album Release Genre MONSTA X Jealousy THE CONNECT : DEJAVU 2018.03.26 Rap/Hip-Hop English Lyrics(Ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-yeh)(Ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-yeh) U make me jealous baby(Ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-yeh)The thing that I'm doingYou're really enjoying thisYou're proudlytrying to give me a pep talk, ha ha funnyI thought it is just meI almost mistook ..
BSS (SEVENTEEN) - Just do it Lyrics [English, Romanization] Artist Title Album Release Genre BSS (SEVENTEEN) Just do it 부석순 Digital Single `거침없이` 2018.03.21 Dance English LyricsLadies and gentlemenThey call us BSSLet's go! The guys who know somethingwant to teach you somethingYou will be surprisedUEUEO Life is full of worriesKick it, kick itKick it, kick kick kick In my style Follow meThere, spl..
Wanna One - BOOMERANG Lyrics [English, Romanization] Artist Title Album Release Genre Wanna One BOOMERANG 0+1=1 (I PROMISE YOU) 2018.03.19 Dance English LyricsWing Wing Wing WingBoomerangHey Going crazyBoom Boom Boom Boom I shooted to your heart Oh my godAn arrow flies back to meIt bothers me No No No No Who are you? WhatYou drive me crazy You drive me crazyI'm a pretty decent guy HeyBut how com..
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More of less, we're about five years into the social media revolution, which has dramatically changed the dynamic between brands and consumers.
Brands no longer get to simply broadcast to consumers. Instead, they need to engage in dialogue and conversation with consumers who are more than willing to talk back and talk publicly to other people about a brand's products and services.
Most brands are listening to the conversations that are happening about themselves, their rivals and sector. They're using robust social media monitoring and analytics platforms such as Sysomos to make sense of all the digital activity so they can identify opportunities, challenges and crisis situations.
The ability to synthesize massive amounts of data has allowed brands to embrace social media as a powerful tool to drive strategy and make tactical decisions. It has, in some respects, become a game-changer and competitive differentiator. The brands that leverage social media well, can carve out a competitive edge.
At the same time, the social media landscape continues to evolve as brands look to get more insight and drive return on investment.
One of the more interesting trends is the rise of social intelligence, which is focused on helping brands get even smarter about their use of social media and, as important, how their rivals are using it.
Social intelligence involves in-depth analysis of how a brand is using social media to determine what's working, the content resonating with consumers, the amount of engagement that is happening, and how social media activity can be optimized to improve overall performance.
What's interesting about social intelligence is it's being driven by people, who are bringing their experience and expertise to recommend strategy and tactical changes.
This activity is being supported by technology but social intelligence is a people-powered business that can deliver new and different ideas and perspective.
In some respects, social intelligence reflects a balance between man and machine.
It takes advantage of the technology's ability to collect, crunch and analyze massive amounts of social data, and people who can digest and think through this data to develop new approaches, strategic plans and tactical campaigns.
For brands, it means expanding how to interact with social media and the insight they want to get from it. For the leading social media technologies, it means their services could be used in new and different ways, which means more opportunities.


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It is often necessary to upload some file from the client machine to server. There is a special input type file in HTML forms to allow the visitor browser local file system to select the file. When the file is selected it is sent to server as a part of a POST request. During this there are two mandatory restrictions applied to the form with input type file: it must contains attribute enctype set to value multipart/form-data and its method should be POST. Thus, entire request in sent to server in encoded form. JSP container does not parse the content od requests with type multipart. That is why JSP or servlet processing incoming file data has to use own means to handle request and extract a file from there.
There are a lot of free implementations of a multipart-request decoders on the web. We use here utility class javazoom.upload.MultipartFormDataRequest dowloaded within UploadBean from http://www.javazoom.net.
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At Dauphine Street Books (open late!)…
Potter had the big find – I'll let him tell about, but I was pleased to discover this:
At Dauphine Street Books (open late!)…
Potter had the big find – I'll let him tell about, but I was pleased to discover this:
Paperback Reiter!
Did you go to the two-story bookstore on S. Peters?
Oh heck no. We weren't looking for bookstores. But next time!
Well, it's been a long time since I was there, but when I was, there was an entire wall of Catholic books.
A nod to Kierkegaard and Walker Percy: existentialist tomfoolery, political satire, literary homage, word mongering, a year-round summer reading club, Dylanesque music bits, apocalyptic marianism, poetry, fiction, meta-porn, a prisoner work-release program.
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Bob Dylan
Cosmos the in Lost
Everything that Rises
Good Country People
Betty Duffy
By Way of Beauty
Charlotte was Both
I Have to Sit Down
The Onion
From Empty Hands
Ellen Finnigan
First Things
All Manner of Thing
Gerasene Writers Conference
Transcendental Musings
The Ironic Catholic
Inside Catholic
Catholic and Enjoying It
Catholic Radio International
Bad Catholic
Is My Phylactery Showing?
Quotidian Quintilian
Babes in Babylon
Fort o' Tude
En pocas palabras
William Wilson, Guitarist Extraordinaire
Signposts in a Strange Land
Unpleasant Accents
Catholic Words and Pictures
Ben Hatke
Daniel Mitsui
Dappled Things
The Fine Delight
Gene Luen Yang
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Dr Leila Hoteit
Bahrain's private K-12 education market to hit $700m
MANAMA, May 15, 2018
Bahrain's private K-12 education market valued at $0.4 billion in 2017 is poised to grow to $700 million by 2023, according to a new report by global management consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Across the GCC, the private education market is becoming a magnet for investors, and rightly so, as it is expected to double over the next five years, added the report titled "Where to Invest Now in the GCC Private Education".
Despite the fact that strong growth has been predicted across the region, investors must fine-tune their strategies to account for the shifting circumstances before committing to an investment opportunity.
The report identified four drivers of growth in private education, affecting markets across the GCC:
Shift towards private schools: At $11,000 per student per annum, private school spending is higher in the GCC region than in OECD counterparts. Parents across the region are becoming increasingly willing to pay for private schools that provide differentiated offerings and improved outcomes—and this trend will likely grow now that governments are beginning to publish performance ratings for all schools.
Tuition fees: Across the GCC region, tuition fees for private education will continue to rise 2 per cent to 4 per cent per year. However, tuition fees are rising at a slower rate than in recent years owing to tighter regulations and an economic environment that limits consumer spending. Expatriates are also facing increased financial pressure as employers have begun to scale back their tuition-reimbursement packages. Some governments have placed caps on tuition hikes: in recent years, Kuwait has limited tuition hikes by 0 per cent to 3 per cent, and the UAE and Bahrain recently set a limit of 5 per cent, linked to the education inflation index and schools' performance.
Population growth: The student-aged population (age 3 to 17) is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 1 per cent to 3 per cent. The expatriate population is expected to grow even faster than national populations, and expatriates attend private schools.
Enrolment growth: Private school enrolment at the primary level and above is high throughout the GCC and expected to remain steady. Enrolment rates at the preschool level (ages 3 to 6) are growing, most notably in Saudi Arabia, which has the largest overall population in the GCC region and the lowest kindergarten enrolment rate (less than 20 per cent kindergarten enrolment in Saudi Arabia versus 60 per cent to 90 per cent in the rest of the GCC).
"New developments, such as evolving demographics, government interventions, and regulatory issues, are reshaping the complex private education market within each country in the GCC. As the potential for growth in the private education market varies significantly from country to country, it is important for investors to understand the size of each market and its potential for growth in the coming years," said Dr Leila Hoteit, partner and managing director at The Boston Consulting Group.
Bahrain's private school market is smaller than other GCC markets, given its smaller population, but it has the potential to grow from $0.4 billion in 2015 to $0.7 billion in 2023. Three key factors are driving this growth; these include a shift towards private schools, tuition increases and new enrolment opportunities.
The expatriate population is growing, Bahrainis are increasingly interested in private schools, and the government is offering incentives to attract private and foreign investment. Bahraini schools have better outcomes than many other GCC countries, which has created an opportunity to attract students from Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. In addition to this, tuition fees will continue to grow at approximately 3 per cent per year.
It can be challenging for private schools to navigate the regulatory environment and compete against public schools. The Bahrain Quality Authority classifies 30 per cent of public schools as "outstanding," whereas only 18 per cent of private schools have achieved this classification. With public schools continuing to improve, and a sluggish economy that has reduced consumer spending, Bahraini nationals may be less willing to pay for private schools.
"The private education market has become increasingly complex and competitive in recent years, particularly in mature markets such as the UAE—and these shifts have implications for investors," said Maya El Hachem, principal at The Boston Consulting Group.
"Bahrain is a highly fragmented market, with no large-scale operators. There is a need for high-quality private international schools with low- to mid-range fees. By encouraging healthy competition, the country can benefit from its investor-friendly environment with fewer barriers to entry than the rest of the GCC region." – TradeArabia News Service


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my d drive suddenly shows full and free space is getting low and low.
when i check the occupied data size within the drive is 171 out of 292
after some time it started with the e drive also
please help me how to resolve.
I would like to suggest you some tricks to free up the disk space, please read below:
·Run Disk Cleanup to remove unwanted system files ( Do a right click on the drive you wanted to clean and select the properties option. After this, click on General tab and click on disk cleanup button )
·Uninstall space-starving Applications ( To Uninstall Application, Just go to Apps and Features option. After this, you will find all your installed applications listed there. Just select the application and click on uninstall button)
·Clean Temporary Folder ( Press Window + R and type %temp% and OK. And then, delete all the Files and Folder appear in temp folder)
·Delete Duplicate Files and Folder ( Search for particular file name in Windows explorer and delete them if you find any duplicate)
·Reduce the size of Space used for System Restore. ( Do a right click on the Recovery drive and go to properties and check the box compress the disk for saving disk space.)
After implementing all the tricks, recheck your drive space.
Hope it will work for you.
Test the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic software as it may be starting to fail if data is disappearing from it.
You can test it with SeaTools:
Assuming D and E are partitions on your HDD, have you enabled display/view of all files?
Try this. In Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, View, Check boxes Display the full patch in the title bar, Show hidden files, folders, and drive. Uncheck Hide empty drive in the Computer folder, Hide extensions for known file types, and Hide protected operating system files. Click OK.
See what comes up.
Also, run chkdsk on each partition.
Also note that if your system is from a major manufacture your D drive may be your Recovery Drive which would have data that is not visible to Windows and may be nearly full by plan. If this is the case, do not save or delete anything from or to it. Use other space or add another drive.
You can delte the recovery partition if you first create a recovery disk set, then create a disk image to an external drive, and then create a Repair Disk (needed to reimage the drive from the disk image). Then you could use Disk Manager to delete the partition and create a new one, then format it.
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Los Angeles – Grammy winning singer Toni Braxton has reportedly filed for a second bankruptcy due to amassing millions in debt. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the singer's debts are listed to be between $10 and $50 million in court records.
As noted in the report, Braxton was forced to cancel a series of performances due to health issues in recent years, that are stated to have contributed to her mounting debt.
Debra Grassgreen, Braxton's attorney, is quoted by the AP as stating of the filing, "This was a very difficult decision for Ms. Braxton… However, after months of trying to work out an acceptable arrangement with her principal creditors, she determined that the only way to assure that she could meet her tax obligations and provide for her two small children was to commence these bankruptcy cases."
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By Christopher Stark A year ago, I wrote an article for InformationWeek on the state of the Internet and the implications of the Net Neutrality issue—specifically how it relates to cloud solutions and the Internet. One of the consequences of a fast-lane described how Internet service providers (ISPs) would throttle Internet speeds and demand more fees for uninterrupted access.
The image above, from a Washington Post story in April 2014, shows the change in download speeds Netflix users on Comcast saw before and after Comcast demanded Netflix to pay for uninterrupted access and prioritization. This is a prime example of how manipulation is possible through a throttled Internet, and is the very reason why I advocated for a free and open Internet in favor of Net Neutrality. And I wasn't alone. More than four million public comments, both for and against, overwhelmed the FCC prior to the ruling on the proposal from Tom Wheeler, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. The committee ultimately voted on Feb. 26, 2015 to pass regulations that would keep the Internet free from tyrannical pricing and strict restrictions set by ISPs. We had won; we could continue to ensure that ideas and information would stream fast across the web, regardless of how deep one's pockets happen to be. Entrepreneurs, small business owners, schools, and the person uploading a video of their kid to share with family would get the same treatment as the most powerful and wealthiest companies on the planet. Although I was for it, the American public was for it, and Internet companies large and small were for it, the fight is far from over. Directly following the ruling in February, ISPs and some members of Congress levied threats to not allow the ruling – our voices – to be the end of the battle. Attempts were made to delay the vote, hearings were called to investigate the FCC's independent authority, and then lawsuits were filed to block implementation of the rules. This was prior to the rules even being set, read or implemented. Despite great opposition, the FCC kept its stride and published its Net Neutrality rules in April. They were met with even more lawsuits from sources such as the Wireless Association, originally known as the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA), which has represented the wireless industry since 1984; The National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA); the American Cable Association (ACA); and AT&T. But again the FCC pushed on and, as of June, its published rules were deemed active and enforceable. ISPs are continuing the fight and pushing for the rules to be overturned by filing complaints and lawsuits. But for now the Internet is safe from blocking, throttling, pay-for-priority fast lanes and other efforts, which poses no short-term challenges for cloud solutions providers. A hearing for further arguments has been scheduled to take place on Dec. 4. If ISPs win, then the FCC must restart its efforts from the beginning. But if they lose, the rules will stand. Some are also examining how the upcoming presidential election might affect Net Neutrality, because the new president will appoint new members of the FCC and will work with a new Congress. Net Neutrality could then be in the hands of the party that wins. In the meantime, we must endure the fight and continue to support the FCC and Chairman Wheeler in order to keep the Internet fast, fair and open. If you would like to participate in the conversation, submit your opinion to the FCC's inbox for open Internet comments via firstname.lastname@example.com or to open comment forums from activist groups, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)'s Dear FCC webpage, at https://www.dearfcc.org/.


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Extinction Rebellion activists have marched on Parliament to invite MPs to discuss climate change policies.
More than 1,000 people have been arrested since the protests began in central London a week ago.
Police said a "robust" plan was in place and protesters must leave Parliament Square by midnight.
A total of 71 people have so far been charged in connection with the protest. Makeshift camps at Oxford Circus and Waterloo Bridge have now been cleared.
Protesters left Marble Arch, which had been occupied since 15 April, carrying flags and banners and marching to drums shortly after 10:00 BST.
Demonstrators have previously suggested temporarily ending disruptive tactics to focus on political negotiations, as the campaign entered a second week.
Jay Monk, 49, who is taking part in the march, said it was a signal of a "renewed push" to have politicians answer the group's demands.
Campaigners have three core demands: for the government to "tell the truth about climate change"; to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025; and to create a citizens' assembly to oversee progress.
Earlier on Tuesday, teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg met with party leaders at the House of Commons, but not Prime Minister Theresa May, who was chairing a cabinet meeting.
Ms Thunberg told a packed room her future and those of her fellow children had been "sold so that a small number of people can make unimaginable amounts of money".
The 16-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee added: "You don't listen to the science because you are only interested in the answers that will allow you to carry on as if nothing has happened."
The Met Police said anyone failing to comply with its condition to leave Parliament Square by 23:59 would be "committing an offence and will be liable to arrest".
The oldest person to be charged over the protests is 74 years old, while the youngest is 19.
The vast majority of those charged will appear in court between 14 May and 31 May, police said.
Protester Steve Jones, 53, suggested some of the disruption might be relaxed if the group was granted "meaningful discussions" with the government.
On Monday, at least 100 protesters laid down under the blue whale skeleton at the Natural History Museum in a coordinated "die in".
Most of the demonstrators finished their lie-down protest after about half an hour.
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Month: November 2012
One Direction Prep for a 'Bigger' Tour
In 2012, One Direction went from virtual unknowns in the United States to undoubtedly one of the biggest acts in music, and it doesn't look like they will be slowing down in the new year.
Following the success of their smash album Take Me Home, the British/Irish boy band will spend the better part of next year working on their 3-D movie, which Simon Cowell said will not only be "about the fans," but will also follow their massive 2013 world tour, which kicks off in February at London's O2 arena.
They have their first-ever headlining tour for Up All Night under their belts, but this time around, the boys promise it will be bigger and better.
"With the last tour, we didn't expect it to be as big as it was," Harry Styles said. "We never expected to do that many dates. I think we did 92 shows, and this time we are kind of preparing it for bigger arenas so we can make the stage a bit bigger. The whole show is bigger, and we're doing, like, 101 dates on the next one, so it's going to be a long one."
One Direction did admit that they've already picked out their opening act but wouldn't disclose the lucky artist. However, they did reveal who is on their dream list of tourmates.
"Celine Dion!" Liam Payne said of who he would want to tour with before rattling off the names of Bruno Mars, Pink and Kanye West.
Zayn Malik admitted that going on tour with Katy Perry "would be amazing," but hip-hop mogul Jay-Z tops his list.
"Imagine going on tour with Jay-Z," Malik asked the group.
"Lads, I don't think there's much chance," Louis Tomlinson admitted.
And while they might not get to go on tour with Jay, they are keeping their hopes up for a possible collaboration.
"I would love to do a hip-hop collaboration with Jay-Z," Payne said. "I don't know how to talk to him, though. I think he's wicked. I love Jay-Z. It upsets me that we're not cool enough, but I wish we could."
Not so fast: It seems Liam already made the first move. Payne snapped a photo of himself with Jay at the Brooklyn, New York, stop of Justin Bieber's Believe Tour, after tweeting, "Alssoooo my biggest news todayy i met one of my idols and couldnt even look him in the eye…"
Wonder if he asked him about that collaboration? Fingers crossed, Directioners.
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One Direction Makes U.S. Music History
British boyband One Direction have made U.S. music history after topping the 200 Billboard charts with their second album.
The group – made up of Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson – sold 540,000 copies of Take Me Home in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
It marks the first time a British band have seen their first two albums debut at the top of the American chart – after their first offering, Up All Night, secured the No. 1 position with 176,000 copies in March this year.
It also comes as the year's third-highest debut behind Taylor Swift's Red, which sold 1.2 million units its first week earlier this month, and Mumford & Sons' Babel, which sold more than 600,000 albums in September in its debut week.
'We just want to say a massive thanks to all the fans who have supported us,' band member Harry Styles, 18, said in an interview Tuesday from London.
Take me home sold 540,000 copies in its first week
'We can send tweets and thank them, but 140 characters is never going be enough to say how much it means.'
The album also debuted at No. 1 in the UK this week and is No. 1 in more than 30 countries, Columbia Records said on Wednesday.
The fivesome's debut, Up All Night, came in at No. 2 in the United Kingdom last year; it was just released in March in America, where it hit No. 1 and has achieved platinum status.
'We were a little bit nervous about how people were going to take it,' 19-year-old Niall Horan said of the new album during tour rehearsals. 'Everyone gets that second album syndrome.'
They say though they're excited, they won't be celebrating too much: 'We're finishing rehearsing soon and we're going home to bed.'
One Direction, who came third on the UK version of The X Factor in 2010, is signed to Simon Cowell's Syco label imprint.
In just a year, the band has become worldwide sensations, thanks to its feverish fans.
They released a book and have a 3D movie planned. They also made the cut for Barbara Walters' most fascinating people of 2012 list, which includes New Jersey Gov Chris Christie and U.S. gold medal-winning gymnast Gabby Douglas.
One Direction says those experiences have helped the group mature.
'We've been working hard. We're starting to grow up,' Horan said. 'We're still young, but we've passed the initial teenage years. …We've grown up quite quick in the job we have to do and we became a lot more independent.'
The group – which includes Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson – will launch a worldwide tour in February. They hope to work with Katy Perry and are still trying to adjust to the celebrity and fame that has taken over their lives.
'I can see how it gets to people. I guess it's quite easy to get wrapped up in it all,' Styles said. 'We do the same things every other lad our age does. We go out, we have fun, we meet girls and stuff like that.
'Sometimes it gets written about, which, yeah, we think about it and it's absolutely crazy. It's still a bit weird thinking that that's the way it is.'
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PARADE Magazine
One Direction is in the issue of PARADE Magazine, and I've added some Christmas-themed photoshoot pictures, as well as an interview below. They talk about Christmas as well. Enjoy!
Photoshoots > Pictorials > 2012 > #012 – PARADE Magazine
Editor's note: To view an exclusive video message from the band, scan the code found on the cover of this weekend's issue of PARADE, or come back Monday, Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. ET to watch the video at Parade.com/one. Click here for a full list of PARADE partner papers.
There is, as Dorothy so eloquently put it, no place like home. Especially at Christmas, and especially for the five hardworking members of Britain's most popular boy band. After a year in which they toured the U.K. and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and 21 cities in North America; landed a spot at the Olympics closing ceremony; and recorded a new album, the lads of One Direction are looking forward to some downtime with family and friends. "I'll probably go home to Ireland and do the same thing as every year: drink, eat, and sleep a lot," says Niall Horan, 19. "Just chill out, become fat. We always go to the pub on Christmas Eve."
"It's the Christmas dinner," says Harry Styles, 18, who tackles it with a Jagger-esque swagger. "You go in hard. Then about 7 o'clock, watching a film, you make a turkey sandwich."
Since forming in 2010 for season seven of Britain's The X Factor(they finished third), One Direction have become a phenomenon worth an estimated $42 million, a figure that may double next year. Their first album, Up All Night, debuted at No. 1 in the U.S., a feat no other Brits—not even the Beatles or theRolling Stones—ever managed. At September's MTV Video Music Awards, they won three Moonmen, including Best Pop Video for "What Makes You Beautiful." "That and doing the Olympics was when I thought, 'This is bigger than I ever expected it to be,'" says Liam Payne, 19. The band's second album, Take Me Home, has just been released.
Despite their success, the band members retain a refreshing mix of innocence, charm, and cocksureness, ribbing each other as they don winter wear for their PARADE shoot. All have sensibly plowed their newfound wealth into property—for themselves and, in the case of 19-year-old Zayn Malik, for Mum and Dad. "Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people," says Zayn, who bought his parents a house in Bradford, England, where he grew up. "Before I was getting and not really giving."
Intense media and fan scrutiny ensures that every new hairstyle or offbeat occurrence ("I lost a shoe in Paris," says Liam, "and that made world news") gets maximum exposure, making a trip to the shops difficult. Still, the boys like to splash their cash in person. "It's nice to go and pick out stuff rather than doing it online," says Harry. Adds Louis Tomlinson, 20, "I do a bit of both. I prefer to go out, but it's finding the time and the motivation, because [when] we've got time off it's nice to do nothing."
If it comes to it, there's always One Direction merchandise to hand out. "My little cousin might get a few dolls," Zayn says with a laugh. "But I don't think my mum would be too happy with a doll of me for Christmas."
And what will they get their bandmates? "I don't think we've ever bought each other a Christmas present," muses Liam. "If it's somebody's birthday, I have to arrange the present—always late because I'm a bit lazy. I'm not about to become the Christmas Man as well. That's too many jobs."
Vote for One Direction for 2013 People's Choice Awards
One Direction is nominated for 4 different awards for the 2013 People's Choice Awards! The awards are Favorite Music Fan Following, Favorite Song (What Makes You Beautiful), Favorite Album, and Favorite Breakout Artist! You can vote as many times as you like, there is absolutely no limit, and you do not need to register to vote!! Hopefully One Direction will win at least one of their nominations. To vote, click the above image or the link below:
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NBC's TODAY Show
One Direction appeared and performed on NBC's TODAY Show yesterday and I've added a bunch of photos of Louis to the gallery. You can also watch the video from the appearance below. Louis did an amazing job performing.
Also, our gallery has a new theme made by Tamara (:
Television Appearances > 2012 > [November 13] Performs On NBC's TODAY Show in New York
Television Appearances > 2012 > [November 13] Appearance on NBC's TODAY Show in New York
'Take Me Home' Album Available Now
One Direction's new album, 'Take Me Home' is now out!! It actually came out yesterday, but I did not have time to post about it. Anyway, make sure you order or go out and buy the new album to support the boys. Check out a video below of 1D revealing their favorite tracks on the album:
The day that Directioners have been waiting for is finally here! One Direction's sophomore album Take Me Home is in stores, and fans can finally listen to the album that the fivesome have spent months working on.
Take Me Home is an assortment of pop candy that shows off the group's growth since coming in third place during the 2010 season of the "X Factor" in the U.K. Each member seems to have an equal amount of solo opportunities, but their voices blend over melodic harmonies and big beats, with each song taking on a unique sound.
MTV News recently caught up with the boy band, who will appear on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday, and each member broke down their favorite track off Take Me Home.
If for some reason you could not watch the video, find out Louis' favorite song of the album below:
Louis Tomlinson: "Back for You"
"I'm gonna go 'Back for You' because we did a lot of writing on that," Tomlinson said. "And that was fun."
This up-tempo track mixes in rock with pop as the boys daydream about their girlfriends at home while they are on the road. The lyrics are fun and will definitely be a huge hit with the Directioners as they sing along during the 2013 world tour.
One Drection Won 3 Awards at the EMAs!
A huge congrats to One Direction for winning Best New Act, Best Fans, and Best UK and Ireland Act at the 2012 EMAs in Frankfurt. Unfortunately they couldn't make it to the actual awards show, so instead they recorded a video for fans:


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While perusing some old papers on Fulton History, I came across several exceedingly sad obituaries for the very gifted and talented Fowler Thayer Brodhead, who at one point in his life had taught foreign languages to a young Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), but in later years seems to have completely withdrawn from society. He died at 75 from what appears to have been a great deal of self-neglect, in spite of having substantial financial means at his disposal. While the articles seize strongly upon what became of Fowler after his mother's passing in 1885, an event that supposedly sparked his mental and physical decline, his gifts and talents cannot be denied and deserve to be remembered, especially by those of us who share his Brodhead DNA.
From the Illustrated Buffalo Express, February 16, 1902: "Fowler T. Brodhead, famed as a linguist, teacher of Grover Cleveland, later a hermit, was buried in the Brodhead family plot in Forest Lawn last Friday. […] The story of his life is a tale of sadness. His father came to Buffalo from Hudson in 1830, a lawyer and graduate of Williams College, whose wife was Miss Nancy Thayer of Lee, Mass. The first American Brodhead was Captain Daniel Brodhead of the Yorkshire Regiment that came from England in 1664 and wrested New Netherlands from the Dutch. The Brodheads lived at Washington and Huron streets in 1837 and for years thereafter. The father was a law partner of Judge Masten. Fowler Brodhead was born in Hudson in 1828. He attended Fay's Academy at Washington and Huron streets and then went to Albany to study medicine. He returned to Buffalo without finishing his course and studied French and German. He taught in the high school and gave private lessons. He became known as a proficient linguist, speaking several languages fluently. It, was related of him that be once sat down with a Frenchman, German, Italian and Spaniard and conversed with the four, each in his own language, fluently, and with ease. He wrote poems in several languages and wrote a play, The Burning of Buffalo, for the old Metropolitan Theater."
I checked the online records for Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo and found Fowler and his parents William W. Brodhead and Nancy Thayer Brodhead. I went ahead and created memorial pages for them on the Find a Grave website. The three are located in Section: BB Lot: 143-N PT Spaces 1, 2, 3.
Volume 4 of The Brodhead Family has William listed on page 303. William Wheeler Brodhead (F-401) was the son of Luke Brodhead (1777-1845); Luke was a son of Daniel Brodhead and Hester Wyngart and a brother of my fifth-great-grandfather Garret Brodhead. William was baptized on 10 September 1797 at Linlithgo RDC, Livingston, Columbia County, NY, and married Nancy Lucretia Thayer on May 25, 1825 in Westfield, MA. William "lived in Red Hook, NY at the time of his marriage and later lived Buffalo, NY where he was an attorney in 1850 and a private school teacher in 1860." Fowler is listed as G-1226, but no information is given for him.
The newspaper articles point to Fowler's withdrawal from society as coinciding with the death of his mother Nancy in 1885; he died with $4,000 to his name which was a substantial sum in 1902 (about $111,000 today). He lived at 82 10th Street in Buffalo; where the house once stood is now a vacant lot.
A notice of sale that appeared in the Buffalo New York Courier on October 24, 1903, offers the names of several Brodheads: two of Fowler's nieces and a great-nephew. Charlotte Brodhead and Mary Gertude Brodhead (b. 1829 and 1837 respectively) were daughters of James Oliver Brodhead (1803-1841; Brodhead Family F-404) and wife Caroline Wackerhagen. James Oliver Brodhead was the brother of William W. Brodhead. Francis Reynolds Brodhead (b. 1863) was a nephew of the two sisters via their brother Thomas C. Brodhead (1835-1877), son of James Oliver Brodhead.
As sad as Fowler's end was, clearly his was a life well lived at least up to a certain point. I'm glad I came upon his story. I do not want him to be forgotten especially since he had no wife or children to pass his story down along the line to today's generations.


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Robert Southey writing on nitrous oxide
Robert Southey (1774-1843), a long standing friend of Davy, was Poet Laureate (1813-43), a journalist, biographer and historian. The two men met in early 1799, in Bristol, and Southey, immediately impressed, trialled nitrous oxide at the Pneumatic Institution. In 1800 he published Davy's poems in the collection he edited, the Annual Anthology; in 1801 he entrusted Davy with the task of seeing his epic poem Thalaba the Destroyer through the press. After Davy's move to London and Southey's to Keswick, the friendship cooled.
Here is a letter from the years of their early acquaintance, in Bristol. In this letter, Robert Southey writes to his brother about the experience of breathing nitrous oxide.
Read Robert Southey's letter to his brother Thomas Southey, dated 12 July 1799 on the nitrous oxide trials.
- What does reading Robert Southey's letter tell us about the aspirations people had for nitrous oxide at this time?
- What do you think about Southey's description of the gas?
- Are you shocked that Davy tested this gas on himself when it was thought to be fatal?
- What was the importance of Davy's discovery that nitrous oxide could be inhaled?
Please share your thoughts by posting a comment.
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Table Saws: The Right-tilt vs Left-tilt Debate
Woodworkers – like any group of craftsmen – are a passionate, opinionated lot, and one of the most common equipment debates centers around the direction in which your table saw should tilt. While there are valid considerations, oftentimes the discussion is concluded by simply stating that the choice boils down to "personal preference" – without all that many facts being added to the mix, or with the bulk of the explanation omitted. The goal here is to understand the issue and the steps leading to a decision – in a manner that you can articulate – and not just parrot back someone else's conclusion.
By way of example, I once heard an adult use the phrase, "It's a doggie dog world." This is one of those cases where you get no points for effort. Just as the etymology of a phrase provides a deeper understanding (or even an inkling of meaning), so, too, does a thorough comprehension of the factors involved in making an informed decision. There must be some reason to choose one thing over another. There must be some reason why more than one flavor of something exists – beyond just the boredom of the design community. If it's not obvious, and no one can immediately tell you, do some digging. If nothing else, the research will be educational.
Consider this comment: "Left-tilt saws are safer and easier to use than right-tilt saws because the blade tilts away from the fence." This is rather disingenuous, since the only time this factor is relevant is when the blade is actually tilted – in most people's case, a small percentage of the time compared to conventional 90° cuts. Never forget that a table saw is a dangerous tool. No matter which direction it tilts, it will still be dangerous. But hopefully, by understanding the factors involved in the direction of tilt, the use of your table saw can be rendered somewhat less dangerous.
The issue of blade tilt can be divided into several clearly defined categories: safety, usage, access, and ergonomics. Of these, the most commonly discussed consideration is safety.
1a Right-tilt: When using the fence to rip bevels on narrow pieces, there is a risk of the blade coming too close to (or even hitting/nicking) the fence if the blade tilts to the right.
1b Left-tilt: Because the blade angles away from the fence, this issue is moot.
2a Right-tilt: When ripping bevels on narrow stock, there is a possibility of these thin cut pieces being trapped between the blade and the fence and launched back towards the operator.
2b Left-tilt: Since the cut piece falls to the outside of the blade, this type of kickback is eliminated. (Technically, this is not the conventional definition of kickback.)
These two points are the most common arguments in favor of left-tilt saws, however most fence systems (regardless of tilt) will allow you to swap the fence to the opposite side of the blade. This allows you to make a beveled cut away from the fence on a right-tilt saw. The argument against this technique is that it requires the operator to work "backwards" – applying force to the left instead of the right in order to move the work – and requires greater care and attention since your stance is opposite that of every other operation.
There are further considerations regarding the ability to squeeze push sticks or other safety aids into tight spaces between a spinning blade and the rip fence. These exist whether or not you're making bevel cuts, so be careful and always make sure to stop and think.
The same concern about direction applies when you're making beveled cuts with the miter gauge. For safety's sake, the blade should angle away from the miter gauge so that the cut piece ends up under the blade and flat on the table, as opposed to dancing around on top of the spinning blade. On a left-tilt saw, this requires you to switch to the right-hand miter slot. This may feel awkward, but the concern is far less relevant if you're in the habit of using crosscut sleds.
To prevent tear-out on a thin and delicate beveled edge, the long edge must be at the top of the cut. (This is sometimes referred to as the "good" or "finish" side of the material.)
1a Right-tilt: To keep the good side up, the work must be supported on the table to the left of the blade. Usually, this space is about 8″, and while you can use outboard support on the left side of the saw, extended rails generally add width to the right side of the machine, so there's no easy way to get the rip fence any further out than the stock configuration.
1b Left-tilt: The work rests to the right of the blade, which at minimum is 24″ and with a typical extension table provides more than four feet of support.
2 Right-tilt: In order to cut wide stock, the work piece has to be flipped over (good side down). This will prevent you from seeing the line to which you are cutting, and if the table isn't clean, it may also result in transferring contaminants to the work.
A left-tilt saw has the motor mounted on the left side of the machine. For most people, this is the outside edge of the saw, as the right side is sometimes blocked in by a cabinet supporting an extension wing or router table. Should you ever need to open up the saw – to change belts, for instance – it might be less of a hassle to get into from the left. How it works, or if it works, all depends on the configuration of your floorplan.
Where are your controls – and where do you prefer them to be?
1a Right-tilt: The tilt wheel is on the left of the machine, which also generally means that it's behind the power switch. This isn't all that big of a deal, since you should never adjust the angle while the saw is running, but it does mean that you have to reach around the bulky switch assembly to get to the wheel.
1b Left-tilt: The tilt wheel is on the right side – handy, if you're right handed – so you can use the same hand for both controls.
2a Right-tilt: The arbor shaft has left-hand (i.e. reversed) threads.
2b Left-tilt: The arbor shaft is threaded with a "standard" right-hand twist.
While certainly not a make or break factor in a purchasing decision, some people find it hard to remember which way their threads go.
The Unique "Disadvantage" of Left-tilt Saws:
The saw's measuring tape is zeroed to the right edge of the blade. Since the motor and arbor on a right-tilt saw mounts from the right, the arbor flange is a fixed position relative to the fence. Conversely, left-tilt saws mount from the opposite direction, and any change in blade thickness – swapping from a normal blade to a thin kerf or dado, or even tuning dado width – alters the distance and throws off the calibration of the scale measurement between the blade and fence.
Because of this inherent behavior, it's a good idea to calibrate your saw with the most commonly used blade. That way, you'll only have to compensate for shifts in measurement when you change blades. No matter which way your saw tilts, it's not an unreasonable habit to use the fence scale to get "close" to your desired measurement, and then fine tune the adjustment with a graduated rule.
It used to be that the direction of blade tilt depended on the manufacturer. If you had to have a Delta, then you were getting a right-tilt saw – because that's how they came. Dylan was right, though: the times, they've changed. Now days, anything that might once have counted as competitive differentiation or market advantage has generally been blurred by companies desperate to be all things to all people. There are almost too many decisions to make, and very little objective data provided on which to base your choices. When it comes to table saws and the way they tilt, the final result may still come down to personal preference – but at least you'll have a clear idea of the considerations involved.
Miter cut : material is tilted in relation to the blade.
Bevel cut : blade is tilted in relation to the material.


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What a terrible emotional week it has been for many of us hearing about the death of Botham Shem Jean. We couldn't understand why a young life was taken, and we all felt like we knew him, even if we didn't.
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11 Proven Ways to Market Your Dental Practice in a Small Town
Is your dental practice is in a small town where everybody knows each other? You may think that means you don't have to worry about marketing.
Wrong. Marketing your dental practice is always important. Even if you have little competition, you can still do things to bring in new patients and create a strong brand.
Why? Here are just a few of the reasons:
You might think there aren't many new patients to attract, but you won't know unless you try. That's why we've put together these proven methods you can use to market your dental practice.
1. Create a Blog
You may be thinking that a small town dental practice doesn't need a blog. And if that's the case, you're thinking about it the wrong way.
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A blog is an ideal way to share your knowledge and expertise with others.
2. Write a Column for Your Local Newspaper
Being a published writer is one of the best ways to gain instant authority. It doesn't matter whether you publish a book or write a magazine article. People tend trust those who write about their areas of expertise.
If your small town has a newspaper, consider meeting the editor-in-chief and pitching the idea of a newspaper column. You should go in with a few potential topics and perhaps have a Q & A column where readers write their questions in and you answer them.
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Even doing one a month can raise the visibility of your practice, increase your authority, and remind people the importance of dental care.
A column is free advertising. You should negotiate to have a byline and a brief biography that appears at the end of your column and includes the name of your practice. Every person who sees the column will be reminded of you and your practice.
3. Host a Free Seminar
There's a cognitive bias known as reciprocity. It says that if you do something for someone, they'll feel obligated to return the favor.
Both blogging and writing a column could trigger reciprocity in your target audience. However, people expect blogs to be free, and they pay for the newspaper. That's why you might want to consider hosting a free seminar in your town.
The seminar doesn't have to be long. The point is that you're giving something away – your time and knowledge – for free. You might decide to talk about dental hygiene for kids, the proper way to floss, or share information about a new procedure to whiten teeth.
Whatever you talk about, the goal is the same. You want people to attend and for them feel that they're receiving something valuable from you.
Then, you can have a staff member on hand give out dental brochures and make appointments. The chances are good that at least a few of your attendees might do so.
4. Join the Chamber of Commerce
Does your town have a Chamber of Commerce? If so, you might consider joining if you're not already a member.
You might think of the Chamber of Commerce as being useful only for companies that sell B2B. However, that's not the case. Here are some of the things that being a Chamber member can do for your small town dental practice.
As a plus, you might also get discounts that you can use at local businesses and a free listing in the Chamber's online directory.
5. Attend Community Events
Joining the Chamber of Commerce isn't the only thing you can do to boost your visibility in the community. If your town has public events, like seasonal festivals and street fairs, think about attending and mingling with your fellow citizens.
When you show that you're a part of the community, people will begin to feel connected to you. They'll see you not just as a dentist and service provider, but as a neighbor and friend.
At the event, try to participate in activities and support local businesses. People will notice – and they'll be more likely to choose you as their dentist as a result.
6. Sponsor and Participate in Community Events
Attending local events is important – but sponsoring them or being an official part of them is even better.
If you're in the Chamber of Commerce, you'll probably be among the first to find out about upcoming events. And of course, if you already know about an event – such as a local holiday tree lighting for example – you can contact the organizers and volunteer to be a sponsor.
As a sponsor, you'll most likely have your name listed in the official program or on the event's website. Sponsorship raises your visibility and credibility, and shows that you care deeply about the community.
Whether you sponsor an event or not, you should try to be part of it in some way. At a street fair, you might pay to have a booth where you can talk to people about dental care, hand out brochures, or giveaway free toothbrushes.
The key here is to do more than show up. When you support the community in a visible way, through sponsorship or active participation in an event, patients will notice.
7. Shop Local
Do you shop local? If not, think about the businesses and stores in your town that you can give your business to.
Think of it this way. You want the locals to choose your dental practice over others in the area, whether they're in your town or in the next town over.
One of the best ways to help them choose your practice is to show them that you honor and appreciate the community. Instead of shopping elsewhere, frequent your local shops and restaurants. The more you show your face, the more you'll demonstrate that you care about the community and its people.
Does this mean you can't venture afield for a shopping expedition? Of course not. However, shopping local is a great way to show your support for the people who live in your town.
8. Establish an Online Presence
Sometimes, dental practices in small towns neglect their online presence because they assume that patients in the area will be able to find them.
However, that's not always the case. Even if your town is a very small one, you shouldn't assume that people will find you by your storefront alone. Having an online presence will complement your traditional marketing tactics.
And with more people performing mobile searches, you'll want people who are in the area to be able to find your office when they're on the go.
Here are some steps to follow:
Doing these things can make your practice easy to find online.
9. Use Social Media
If most of your patients are local, you might think you don't need to worry about connecting with them on Facebook and other social media sites.
But not using social media can prevent you from making local connections. Chances are good that most of your patients use at least one social media site. And if they do, they probably rely – at least some of the time – on recommendations they see there.
Setting up a Facebook page for your practice is quick and easy. If you already have a personal profile, you can link your business page to it.
Here are some tips to keep in mind on Facebook:
No matter which social media sites you use, you should be true to your brand and be consistent with posting. Any page that looks like it's inactive isn't going to help you with marketing.
10. Create a Referral Program
A lot of your patients probably heard about you via word of mouth. It's common for new arrivals in a small town to ask their neighbors about local services. You want your dental practice to be the one that people recommend to newcomers.
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Of course, it's a good idea to have an incentive for new patients too. You might offer a free consultation or a discounted cleaning to get people in the door.
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This last tip might seem like an obvious one, but it might be something you've overlooked. You should always have a supply of business cards with you and hand them out whenever you can.
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I met Albert Fuller in New York in 1967 after his recital on the Hunter College Harpsichord Series. He played Rameau, Couperin and Le Roux. At 16 years old my response was, "I want to do that." It was not until 1972 after another concert, this time the Bach sonatas for harpsichord and violin, with Sergiu Luca that we spoke at length to each other. I had just auditioned to be part of his class at the Juilliard School and he invited me to join his friends at Sheila Chang's very fine Szechuan restaurant. It was the first time I had enjoyed great Chinese cooking and he told me then, and often, that the two great world cuisines were Chinese and French.
Albert's New York apartment was a gentleman's cabinet of interesting, quirky, funny, touching, elegant, and beautiful objects from all over the world, both modern and ancient. Egypt and New York, Paris and Beijing, Motown and Monteverdi were face to face. Every juxtaposition exhibited shared humanity and the need to communicate experience. The atmosphere was rich with genius.
An evening at Albert's always included listening to music and here I heard the Jazz pianist Don Shirley's improvisations on Schubert, Rumanian choruses, Handel Arias and the latest disco hits.
And so, though I had not seen it done before, in 1992 when I invited Music from China to join the Four Nations Ensemble in a program of court music from China and Versailles, my inclination was not entirely original. The idea flowered from those many evenings looking at and listening to the world with my mentor who loved sharing his passion for it.
There are things to be learned from our program. Chinese composers love creating images through music and the war jangle of the pipa will find a more restrained cousin in Couperin's harpsichord. Sounds of nature heard in several Chinese works are also heard in Rameau's chirping of birds and from Marais human sighs. The ornamentation and coloring of a melody on the erhu (spike fiddle) are akin to the proliferation of ornaments in Baroque music, particularly Parisian music.
I don't want to sell Four Nations short. This program and the programs of contrasting repertories we have created over 25 years are unique and uniquely beautiful. If you can join us this week, we will create a chamber of music from two corners of the world. For the musicians on stage it is an evening of mutual admiration. It is possible that in our audience, listening for the first time to Ambush on Ten Sides or A Moonlit River in Spring, there will be ears and hearts opened to a different treasury of great music. And then, like my mentor Albert Fuller, I will be sharing a love of this great and grand world with others.
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