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(I have found threads on this topic here, but nothing that fits the bill.)
All of a sudden I can't open docs saved in WordPad because:
This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action. Please install an app or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Apps Settings page.
I then had multi-pop-ups in the bottom right of screen saying that an app had changed a file association so associations had been reset to defaults - eg, .rwl to Photos. (Whatever rwl may be - I didn't recognise most of the ones I caught sight of.)
I cannot change file associations in Settings because WordPad isn't there, for .rtf it offers me Word (which I neither have nor want) or to find an app in the Store, which won't populate.
It will open docs if I do so via AllPrograms>WindowsAccessories>WordPad>Open...
I can't simply reinstall WordPad so it will claim the file association, can I? I do like to use it for simple docs, like those containing the copyright and other info I put in YouTube Description on my videos, and other things.
Did a System Restore to a couple of days ago but it failed. The only other one I've got is for the dreaded 1803 update.
I've had a number of issues* with the OS lately, so I'm on the verge of reinstalling it, but it will be such a lot of work that I wonder if anyone can give me a quick fix for today's particular problem? Just to tide me over.
*Hence I'm already frazzled and not thinking clearly.
Thank you for any input.


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Anonymous, 02 May 2017REALLY?? 2 to 3 months from now you'll have 1 airpod to use lol. what a lovely product after a... moreWhy you are so bad with losing stuffs? Take better care of your stuffs.
AnonD-1825, 02 May 2017Just like ALWAYS insecure denial fandroids can't accept the fact that again Apple did great pr... moreREALLY?? 2 to 3 months from now you'll have 1 airpod to use lol. what a lovely product after all though.
Just like ALWAYS insecure denial fandroids can't accept the fact that again Apple did great product which users absolutely love to use.
God help these people. They need some proper counseling. I think Apple made this product to see how many people are completely brain washed, and will buy whatever they bring out.
piny, 02 May 201775% customer only have 1 airpod after 1 week of useMake it a 100%
Consider the below Comments and definitely the results will fall down below 50% LOL
Apple Fanboys... They hold a stick, hit their balls and then smile saying "Ahh Its satisfying" :D
They must say they are satisfied, otherwise they will look foolish for spending a high price for those wireless earphones.
TBH haven't seen anyone using one of those in real life.
AnonD-94869, 02 May 2017Not just a truck load. Real high Quality costs too, even at other brands. Sony or Jbl have sim... moreAll Bluetooth headphones sound compressed due to low bitrate, however, there are future high bitrate wireless audio such as Sony ldac (highest bitrate at 990kps), aptx HD at 660kps, Bluetooth 5.0 also at 660kps, presumably apple may release their own standard
They look very ugly in "jet white". Were they made in Matte Black or Carbon Silver, oh boy, they would be absolutely gorgeous.
That survey shows something else: only 2% from Apple AirPods customers are not brain washed. Other 98% do not complain to wear toothbrushes in their ears.
Anonymous, 02 May 2017What an awfully biased comment...more useful than yours
Anonymous, 02 May 2017They are actually pretty cheap, compared to their competitors (Samsung Gear Icon or how it is ... more So if Samsung priced their earbuds similar to Apple one, it's price become justified?
No.....just no. Both are crap and expensive for no f**king reason.
Ppl using airpods are heavily deluded,,, its only natural they are satisfied
Anonymous, 02 May 2017what an awful design....What an awfully biased comment...
John, 02 May 2017After spending a truck load for a wireless earphone.. everyone has to be happy.. they have no ... moreThey are actually pretty cheap, compared to their competitors (Samsung Gear Icon or how it is called, The Dash, The Headphone and several others, I mean of course this is no low-quality noname 08/15 china wireless headset)
Of course the high rting, just read all the survey questions, it favour apple
If they change it a little bit like, how the design (in this survey they only ask the case design instead of the airpod design), the sound quality compared to similarly priced Bluetooth earbud, did they prefer wired than wireless, etc
Thing will be different

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Favorite Images # 24: City Hall
So, as with the watering can, I'm not entirely sure why I love this photo so much. I just do. This is the back of city hall taken from a parking lot. It was taken with a Sigma 10-20 mm lens. I love love love this lens. Rob recently started incorporating this lens into our portrait sessions with some awesome results! I think part of the reason I like this photo is a combination of the sky and the tree next to city hall, as well as the way the pavement leads you into the photograph. This was taken with a Canon Xsi with 10-20mm lens at 16mm, f/9, 1/500s and iso 100.


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Control method for mixed refrigerant based natural gas liquefier
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|March 11, 2003
|View the Complete Patent at the US Patent & Trademark Office
|In a natural gas liquefaction system having a refrigerant storage circuit, a refrigerant circulation circuit in fluid communication with the refrigerant storage circuit, and a natural gas liquefaction circuit in thermal communication with the refrigerant circulation circuit, a method for liquefaction of natural gas in which pressure in the refrigerant circulation circuit is adjusted to below about 175 psig by exchange of refrigerant with the refrigerant storage circuit. A variable speed motor is started whereby operation of a compressor is initiated. The compressor is operated at full discharge capacity. Operation of an expansion valve is initiated whereby suction pressure at the suction pressure port of the compressor is maintained below about 30 psig and discharge pressure at the discharge pressure port of the compressor is maintained below about 350 psig. Refrigerant vapor is introduced from the refrigerant holding tank into the refrigerant circulation circuit until the suction pressure is reduced to below about 15 psig, after which flow of the refrigerant vapor from the refrigerant holding tank is terminated. Natural gas is then introduced into a natural gas liquefier, resulting in liquefaction of the natural gas.
|Kountz; Kenneth J. (Palatine, IL), Bishop; Patrick M. (Chicago, IL)
|Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, IL)
|10/ 013,243
|December 10, 2001
|The U.S. Government has a paid-up license in this invention and the right in limited circumstances to require the patent owner to license others on reasonable terms as provided for by the terms of Contract No. DE-AC02-99CH10978 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy.


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Once a year, the Community Relations Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op accepts and reviews the applications of non-sectarian, non-partisan charitable community groups for participation in 4% Friday, a Community Shopping Day. Groups chosen, one per month for the calendar year, are honored with 4% of the day's gross receipts at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op.
The Lincoln is honored to have been chosen as a recipient of those funds this Friday, October 24th.
The Lincoln Theatre entertains, informs, and inspires its diverse community through cinema, live performances, and educational programs while preserving the historic Lincoln Theatre. Funds generated by 4% Friday will support community programs' use of the Lincoln Theatre. This kind of use is given a special status with the Lincoln and does not pay standard rental fees for use of the theatre, equipment, and staff. The Lincoln approaches each community use on an individual basis and tries to ensure that our varied and diverse community has access to the Lincoln.
Skagit Valley Food Co-op is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide good food at a low price. Your patronage of the Co-op this Friday provides you with an opportunity to enjoy the wonderful experience that shopping at the Co-op is while benefiting the Lincoln at the same time.


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Tings Lisbon is not a music venue – it's a hotel. But music is an important part of the hotel where we will play the best we know.
I love literature – but let me be honest. I am not a big fan of poetry.
Still I have a small list of poets I really like: Benny Andersen, Halfdan Rasmussen, Tove Ditlevsen, Inger Christensen and a few others. All of them are Danes – and all of the entered my life through music.
A few years ago I stumbled on the name Anatoly Brooks on several occasions. All of them while browsing through my favorite source of entertainment – Internet Archive searching for interesting music. The track that got me curious was a mix of one of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen's poems Meditação do Duque de Gandia with Scott Walker's composition And who shall go to the ball? and what shall go to the ball (Pt3).
I am a big fan of Scott Walker – and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen's had become part of our life. Our neighbouring Miradouro is named after her 🙂
I don't know who Anatoly Books is or Tony Justerini who always appeared together with Anatoly in my search results on Google.
But I know their Radio Station: Radio Ethiopia: music for sinners .
Together with Berlin Community Radio, The Lake and Heartbeats Rádio Etiópia is my prefered radio station right now. Not only do the founders Anatoly Books and Tony Justerini have an excellent taste of music – the way they present it keeps inspiring me. Right now its Portuguese poetry I listen to because of their fantastic compilation: Algums Poemas com Musica.
Have a good listen
Algums Poemas com Musica
- Fernando Pessoa – Ode Triunfal + Harrold Budd & CliveWright – Pensive aphrodite
- Carlos de Oliveira – Soneto + Peter Gregson – Orb
- Carlos de Oliveira – Descrição da guerra em Guernica + Nils Frahm – Tristana (part 1 e 2)
- Al Berto – Dia da Criação da noite (José Maria Alves) + Antomynes – On arrivalat the strange museum
- Al Berto – Há-de flutuar uma cidade no crepúsculo da vida+ Os Poetas + Mono – A quiet place
- Maria do Rosário Pereira – Mãe (Aldina Duarte) + Anoice – Short film
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen + Scott Walker- And what shall go to the ball? Pt. 3
- Mário Cesariny – Exercicio Espiritual +Adolfo Luxúria Canibal +Efterklang – Hands playng butterfly + Ent – Move
- Al Berto – Dia da Criação da noite + Antomynes – On arrivalat the strange museum
- Luisa Neto Jorge – Fractura + Hauschka – Eisblume
- Sofia de Mello Breyner Andresen – Aquele que partiu + Six Organs of Admitance – Solar ascent
- Jorge de Sena – Carta a meus filhos sobre os fuzilamentos de Goya + Dakota Suite & Quentin Sirjacq – Beciming less & less
- Vitorino Nemésio – Nomeio o mundo + Yuichiro Fujimoto – Sketches of views of small town
Algums Poemas com Musica is a collage of poems with music from Rádio Etiópia: Radio for sinners.
Total time: 2.08: 57
Voice RE: Ana Ribeiro
Mix: Tony Justerini & Anatoly Brooks
Photo: Kaveh H. Steppenwolf
From Rádio Etiópia on Podomatic
By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen and to Their Late Majesties King George VI, King Edward VII, King William IV, King George V, Queen Victoria, King George IV and to His Late Royal Higness The Prince of Wales ( 1921-1936)
Tony Justerini and Anatoly Brooks are the co-founders of Rádio Etiópia. New episodes are posted every Monday set completed apart from the mainstream line of music.
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Northpark Mall Cinema I & II
320 West Kimberly Road,
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This theater was a virtual twin to the Duck Creek Cinema. It opened July 11, 1973. It was closed July 31, 1987.
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The Northpark Cinema closed in 1987.
In the Summer of '77, I went to see "Smokey And The Bandit" at this theater with my stepmother and stepbrother (while Dad saw "Jabberwocky" next door); I remember being intrigued by this theater's screen, which was oval-shaped instead of rectangular. I'd never seen a theater screen shaped like that and I haven't seen one like it since.
July 11th, 1973 Grand opening ad in photo section.
National Amusements tried to buy both General Cinemas in the area in 1983, but the judge said no.
Found on Newspapers.com
Final day of business: July 31st, 1987.
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The Associated Press published a report on Monday, compiled from court testimony and interviews with former ISIS fighters, that painted a dim picture of the Islamic State's recruits. The early waves, in particular, were so clueless that some of them had to order Islam for Dummies from Amazon.com to brush up on the religion.
That juicy little tidbit is, naturally, the basis for the AP's headline: "Islam For Dummies: IS Recruits Have Poor Grasp of Faith." However, only two recruits from Britain were that unclear about the concept of jihad. 70 percent of early recruits claimed to have "basic" knowledge of sharia law, while 24 percent described themselves as "intermediate" students of the Islamic legal code, and 5 percent "advanced." This would suggest only one percent of the people ISIS roped in were largely ignorant of sharia law.
The takeaway from the Associated Press report is not that Islamic State recruits were broadly unfamiliar with Islam — it is that they knew just enough about "moderate Islam" to fall prey to the Islamic State's appeal.
ISIS radicalizes young Muslims by telling them, in essence, the Islam you get from your parents, and the imam at the mosque you scarcely bother to attend, isn't the real deal. We are the champions of authentic Islam. Here's what the moderates don't want you to hear from the Koran.
This message is mixed with appeals to factional and national solidarity. For example, the AP spoke with a European recruit who "thought he was joining a group to fight President Bashar Assad and help Syrians, not the Islamic State." He ended up packed into a safe house with other recruits while ISIS imams indoctrinated them.
The Associated Press concludes this means ISIS preys on "religious ignorance, allowing extremists to impose a brand of Islam constructed to suit its goal of maximum territorial expansion and carnage as soon as recruits come under its sway."
It would be equally valid to describe this as religious curiosity, added to the sense of alienation and frustration that drives so many radicals, violent or otherwise. There seems to be little evidence that would suggest intensive study of Islam halts or reverses the radicalization process — in fact, there is a dismaying shortage of evidence that ISIS recruits can be talked out of radicalization, once it passes a certain point.
The constant refrain from the families of Islamic State recruits and "lone wolf" jihadis is surprise: no one in the family ever seemed to realize just how far gone their ISIS-supporting child was until it was too late. One of the reasons radicalization seems so puzzling and sudden to experts is that such denials are accepted at face value.
Only later do we learn that the jihadi held radical beliefs for much longer than the press was originally led to believe, or the jihadi had a history of run-ins with the law. Alternatively, the families of Western jihadis may be missing important signs of radicalization because they have been taught not to see them, by the media/government that insists terrorism has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Islam.
For example, the AP report quotes ISIS recruit Karim Mohammad-Aggad, who journeyed to the Islamic State in Syria with his brother and a group of friends after an Islamic State recruiter contacted them in Germany, claiming he was bamboozled with "smooth talk" from the recruiter.
"My religious beliefs had nothing to do with my departure. Islam was used to trap me like a wolf," he said in court, insisting he didn't "have the knowledge" to answer questions about sharia. A co-defendant gave the same answer, and the Associated Press points out that both Karim and his brother Foued said they had only "basic" knowledge of sharia when they filled out the ISIS entry questionnaire.
Those statements are a very thin reed to hang the "ISIS recruits don't know anything about Islam" argument upon, especially since Karim's little brother Foued was one of the monsters who carried out the unspeakable atrocity at the Bataclan nightclub in Paris last November.
Another assertion in the AP report, made by a study from the U.S. military's Combating Terrorism Center, is that ISIS recruits who claimed advanced knowledge of sharia were less likely to volunteer for suicide missions.
"If martyrdom is seen as the highest religious calling, then a reasonable expectation would be that the people with the most knowledge about Islamic law (Shariah) would desire to carry out these operations with greater frequency," said the Combating Terrorism Center report. However, "those with the most religious knowledge within the organization itself are the least likely to volunteer to be suicide bombers."
That is a difficult assertion to evaluate without knowing a great deal more about the backgrounds of the individuals in question. A very small group, since as the AP noted, only 5 percent of incoming Islamic State fighters claimed to have "advanced" knowledge of sharia on the entry paperwork. Broad conclusions cannot be drawn from the way a tiny fraction of ISIS recruits described themselves. They might not have wanted to go on suicide missions, but they were still willing to fight for the Islamic State.
Also, sharia law does not require suicide bombing. There is an argument among Muslim scholars about whether sharia forbids suicide, or murder, but the Koran repeatedly encourages courageous battle against infidels, with a willingness to kill or die in the effort. It is a mistake to confuse sharia law with the totality of Islamic belief and tradition, as practiced by many different groups across an enormous worldwide population.
"Sharia forbids suicide, so suicide bombers don't understand sharia" is a variation on the No True Muslim fallacy, a tautology which argues terrorists can't possibly understand authentic Islam because no one who practices authentic Islam would be a terrorist.
The ultimate ends of such an argument — a reformation of Islam in which violence is expunged from the religion, and assimilation-minded moderates triumph in all of Islam's many factions — is highly desirable. The question is how to get there, and ignoring or downplaying the importance of Islam in the appeal made by ISIS and other extremist groups is not likely to help either moderate Muslims or secular governments devise an effective strategy for combating the radicals.
History renders a grim verdict on that approach: the Western world has been pushing No True Muslim arguments with all of its might, especially after the 9/11 attacks, and yet ISIS happened. The young Western recruits described in the Associated Press report spent their entire lives in the "Religion of Peace"/"Terrorists are on the Wrong Side of History" era, but they still ended up fighting for the Islamic State in Syria. What they tell courts today, as they fight for reduced sentences, is very different than what they probably would have said when they first arrived in the "caliphate."
Former CIA case officer Patrick Skinner told the Associated Press that most ISIS recruits are "reaching for a sense of belonging, a sense of notoriety, a sense of excitement," and he claimed, "religion is an afterthought." If that's true, then why is the Islamic State so much more successful than the many other groups that offer disaffected youngsters a sense of belonging, notoriety, and excitement? Falling in with a local gang is easy; abandoning your family, and evading the law enforcement agencies of several nations, to join ISIS in Syria or Iraq is hard.
The Islamic State's religious appeal may be only one ingredient in the fuel that drives people to make that awful choice, but discounting it as irrelevant is dangerous.


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"David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. David and all the people with him set out and went from Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who is enthroned on the cherubim. They carried the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio,[a] the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart with the ark of God; and Ahio went in front of the ark. David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the Lord with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals." (II Samuel 6:1-5)
Dance and body movements can be a vital part of worship. Historically, Mennonites had not included dance in worship services. But around the time I came into young adulthood that was changing. As I recall, "liturgical dance" was deliberate and the movements signified or were supposed to signify something. Symbolism was very important because, well, you couldn't just "dance" and say it was worship. The Jewish faith, which is also a slice of my heritage, was much more accepting of dance. It was done out of exuberance and joy in celebrating love of God and God's love for us. It was not meant to symbolism anything except for celebration. And this is was King David and "all of the house of Israel" doing.
"So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing; and when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. David danced before the Lord with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet." (Verses 12b-15)
This dance of David's was not the "liturgical dance" of the Mennonites. It was even more than the more "modern" dance of Jewish men and women. It was a whirling dervish all out body, hands, arms, legs physical exertion of a young man who was filled with joy and excitement at bringing back the physical manifestation of the presence of God. And not all of "the house of Israel" was pleased at David's exuberance.
"As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart." (Verse 16)
I wonder how many of us would be willing to act foolish and risk censure in praise of God. We are reminded of how people stand up for their faith and suffer for their faith. But would people be ready to look foolish before others, and cavort around in an outlandish fashion for their faith?
It is not clear in this passage who Michal is to David. I seem to remember something about the daughter of Saul being given as David's wife in first Samuel. But I am not sure that marriage lasted because Saul also gave Michal to someone else as that man's wife. So perhaps her extreme dislike of David was not just because of his behavior during this celebration.
As Christians, our behavior is often scrutinized by non-believers and those who believe differently than us. So "acting out" in faith and because of our faith can be good and not so good at times. When we do good and worthy things because of our faith, we can win people to God. But when we do what is unworthy or shameful, although our intentions may be good, we can turn people from God.
"They brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before the Lord. When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the offerings of well-being, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts, and distributed food among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, to each a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people went back to their homes." (Verses 17-19)
This is a complex issue, in as much as King David's life was a complex issue. Called by God to be king and upheld as a man of God. Yet doing much that was against God's direction and guidance. I suspect there will be more that can be gleaned from King David's life.
May you, beloved reader, follow all of God's leadings and directions, how ever it may reflect on you. Selah!


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The company that runs Rome's buses and trams, ATAC, has announced that it will improve its Sunday services to get passengers to places of culture and entertainment more easily.The alterations will come into effect from Sun 28 Nov and cover routes mainly in suburban areas.
ATAC has also recently introduced experimental screens at some major bus stops to give information about times and delays along the route. There are also useful television monitors in some new buses with route guides, announcements about cultural activites and advertising. Tickets still cost only 1 and last 75 minutes, in that period you may take any number of buses or trams anywhere in the city
For information about bus route changes see the ATAC web site www.atac.roma.it or tel. 800-431784


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By: Ruby
Grade Achieved: 7
Overall Rating of Course Difficulty: 3/5 – Average Difficulty
Most Relevant Content Came From: Lectures, Tutorials
Lecturer: Renushka
How Good Was The Lecturer? 2/5 – Less than average
Semester Taken: Semester 1, 2014
In This Course:
– Staff will give good assignment/exam hints.
– Assignments/exams are marked fairly.
– This course gives 'free' or participation marks
– The lecturer does not just read off the slides.
– You can NOT do the whole course online.
– The textbook might actually necessary.
Overall Comment:
I found the course pretty interesting, I didn't do a lot of study but you definitely couldn't get by with none. The lecturer was pretty bad but mainly because she was sick for almost the whole semester, she might have been good if she turned up. You get preparation and participation marks for tutorials and there are two in lecture quizzes and a final.


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If Carl Icahn's plan to reinvigorate Yahoo!
The shell-shocked online giant appointed Biondi and Chapple to the board last night, joining Icahn at a tumultuous time. Shareholder unrest is percolating, with chairman Roy Bostock receiving just 60.4% of the votes to keep his seat during this month's annual shareholder meeting.
The key here is that Yahoo! isn't irreparably broken. In fact, it may not be broken at all. The company may have posted a dip in profitability this past quarter, but stateside revenue grew at a reasonably reassuring 13% clip. Is it growing as quickly as Google
I like the new appointments. Biondi has the entertainment programming pedigree. Yes, Yahoo! got burned the last time it went Hollywood in bringing in Terry Semel, but Biondi is the kind of sharp media mogul who can be an asset to the boardroom. Chapple's leadership background comes mostly from the wireless arena, which just happens to be a key component of Yahoo!'s turnaround strategy.
At the very least, having fresh faces in the boardroom will keep the rest of the members on their toes, bringing their A game to meetings instead of simply going through the motions.
Icahn's presence doesn't guarantee that change will be for the better. Just ask Blockbuster
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SIEM de Jong and Jonas Gutierrez could return for Newcastle United against Swansea City this weekend, head coach John Carver has confirmed.
De Jong has not played for United since August, having first suffered from a thigh injury and then a collapsed lung.
He has been slowly re-introduced at Under-21 level over recent weeks, though, and had a 72-minute run-out against Aston Villa on Monday.
Carver said: "Siem de Jong will be in the squad and be involved. Some of his play in the Under-21s at Aston Villa was excellent."
Gutierrez, meanwhile, was left out of last week's game with Tottenham after a reported training ground bust-up with Carver.
However, the head coach has confirmed he will return on Saturday against the Swans.


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Book Break: "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination"
Author: Neal Gabler 2006
Twelve years ago, Neal Gabler wrote a great biography of Walter Winchell, the infamous gossip columnist who was really America's first multi-media star (newspapers and radio). Gabler, a fluid writer and impressive researcher, produced a compelling book, one of the best bios I ever read.
Now he's done again, focusing on Walt Disney. Don't snicker. This is a long, fascinating look at the man who made animation an art. Particularly gripping are the early sections on Disney's hardscrabble childhood and the enormous hurdles he overcame to create Disney Studios--and what he did to mine a brilliant level of creativity from his hordes of inspired artists. An epic story alone is Disney's decision to make a feature-length cartoon in color. "Snow White" was the brilliant result. Like Winchell, a very American story, and Gabler has done another excellent job.


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Leave It To Beaver (1957)
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Starring: Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow
Visible crew/equipment: The shadow of the boom mike is visible in the background when Wally is saying that June looks "ritzy". (00:14:45)Jeff Swanson
Visible crew/equipment: As Ward and June are discussing the pigeons, the camera moves in for a close-up - and its shadow becomes visible on the left sleeve of June's dress. (00:11:40)Jeff Swanson
Continuity mistake: When Linda is up in the tree talking with Beaver, her hair braids keep changing position; sometimes they're over her shoulders and sometimes not. (00:05:00)Jeff Swanson
Other mistake: The opening credits for season 5 show June coming out of the front door with a pitcher of what looks like iced tea, and calling for Ward, Wally and Beaver who are all working outside. But the door opens by itself as she comes out, and then closes by itself behind her. If the entire family is outside, who opened and closed the door?Jeff Swanson
Character mistake: When Ward is reading the article in the paper about Beaver saving a girl from drowning ("Local Boy in Lake Rescue"), the headline spells his name "Theodour." The misspelled headline is shown twice. (00:11:25 - 00:13:10)Jeff from Oxford
Continuity mistake: As Beaver and Wally are starting upstairs after Ward asks them to go change their shirts for supper, the camera cuts from a long shot of Ward across the room in a chair reading a newspaper, wearing a light grey suit, to a medium close-up of Ward wearing a much darker suit, and then back to the light grey.MarcusTee
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Ward helps June carry the groceries into the house, the bag in his left arm has a loaf of bread sticking out of the top, but as they enter the kitchen the bread is sticking out of the bag in his right arm. It is not even the same size.
Continuity mistake: When Beaver goes to Penny's front door, the door changes in appearance from one shot to the next. (00:23:05)Jeff Swanson
Character mistake: As Eddie Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford return from the washroom to Mr. Gannon's history class, Mr. Gannon calls Eddie "Louis."MarcusTee
Visible crew/equipment: As Beaver, Gilbert and the golfers walk toward the camera and continue offscreen at the end of the episode, the shadow of a man wearing glasses falls on them (none of the actors were wearing glasses). (00:23:25)Jeff Swanson
Character mistake: The lady that talks with Miss Landers about the play calls Gilbert Bates "Gilbert Harrison."MarcusTee
Teacher Comes to Dinner - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: As the family is sitting at the breakfast table during one of the very first scenes, Beaver gets up to leave for school. The checkered napkin in his lap falls to the floor as he walks to the back door. The camera cuts back to the table where the napkin has magically reappeared.MarcusTee
Continuity mistake: When June is talking to Wally, she's wearing a wristwatch and her wedding ring on her left hand. But in a close-up shot of her hands while she's making a sandwich, her left hand is bare with no watch or ring. Back to the wide shot, and the watch and ring are on her hand again. (00:05:25)Jeff Swanson
Continuity mistake: As the boys are playing basketball at the Cleavers' house, "Tuey" is shown in the first shot without his glasses, yet immediately in the next shot where he shoots for a basket, he is wearing them. Magical Glasses, indeed.
Continuity mistake: Beaver has a frog in hand when Wally is on the phone, then it is not there when Wally hangs up the phone. (00:10:35)
Wally's Practical Joke - S6-E35
Visible crew/equipment: When Eddie Haskell comes over to scheme getting back at Lumpy, just as Eddie, Wally and Beaver are heading up the stairs, a mike boom is visible in the upper left corner.John D
Deliberate mistake: Although it was done for plot purposes, no school photographer would only take just one shot of a class photo. They generally take up to 15 to 20, as it is difficult to get everyone to look at the camera and smile at once (and hopefully not pull silly faces).Gavin Jackson
Continuity mistake: In "The Credit Card" four episodes before this one, Eddie uses the $15.00 that Wally pays him from a loan to buy a vest. Later Eddie has to give the vest to a friend in order to get back money owed to Eddie's father. But in this episode we see Eddie at Lumpy's party wearing the very same vest.MarcusTee
Visible crew/equipment: When Beaver works as caddie the second time, the group are at the 18th hole. As Messrs Langley and Howard walk off-screen to the right, the camera crew's shadows can be seen on the actors' sweaters.MarcusTee
Continuity mistake: There are a couple of continuity errors in the dance scene: First, the 4 girls sitting across from the boys switch positions from one shot to the next, then the last girl (long dark hair) disappears from the row of girls entirely, only to show up on the dance floor later in the scene. She was across from (and should have been paired up with) Beaver; instead, the teacher nods toward a now-empty chair and remarks that they "ran out of girls". (00:08:00)Jeff Swanson
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ESI Releases CFD-ACE+ v2007.2 for Multiphysics Modeling
ESI Group has released version 2007.2 of its leading multiphysics
software CFD-ACE+.
The V2007.2 release supplements the October 2006 release of V2007.0 with significant product enhancements and more than 50 maintenance requests offering increased accuracy, robustness and efficiency. The shorter development cycle is implemented to better serve ESI Group's customers as they can immediately take advantage of the new features and their benefits.
Simulation of turbo machinery such as fans, compressors, and pumps has long been a challenge because of their inherent design of the moving and stationery components requiring them to be solved under computationally expensive transient condition. CFD-ACE+ V2007.2 employs Multiple Reference Frame (MRF) to solve turbo characteristics in a steady state manner without the need to physically rotate the parts. This advancement provides quick and accurate results to evaluate different design alternatives even before the physical prototype is built.
Volume of Free Surfaces (VOF) for unstructured meshes eliminates the requirement of structured mesh for complex geometries. The automatic nature of the techniques used to create unstructured meshes saves user's time and effort, and, since in many cases an unstructured mesh contains many fewer cells than the corresponding hexahedral grid, time to solution can be faster. This feature will benefit users of free surface applications in large-scale applications, where surface tension is not important, such as the marine and consumer packaging industries.
Fast Time Stepping Scheme, a major solver enhancement, allows faster solution for complex and expensive transient problems. This scheme precludes multiple global iterations (the iterations wrapped around the entire set of equations) within each time-step. Instead, a number of sub-iterations are performed on individual equations followed by a single global iteration to obtain a solution. Using one global iteration rather than tens or hundreds drastically reduces the amount of CPU time needed for each time-step.
"Increasing functionality and increasing productivity has always been our goal. The new features of V2007.2 are a strong reflection of that target. Our team has invested significant time in listening to customer needs and has implemented the features they requested. While the new computing methodology provides a leap in performance, features like MRF drive down the simulation time and cost" says Richard Thoms, ESI Group's CFD Product Manager.
Among other additional functionalities, V2007.2 offers:
Electrochemistry improvements for electroplating and fuel cell applications
Enhancement in electromagnetic user sub routines for semiconductor customers
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Managing forests in displacement settings
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Refugee Agency (UNHCR) launched a new handbook to help restore forests in displacement-affected areas, where heavy reliance on woodfuel puts
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Refugee Agency (UNHCR) launched a new handbook to help restore forests in displacement-affected areas, where heavy reliance on woodfuel puts
More than 1.5 billion smallholders throughout the world depend on forest landscapes to produce food, fuel, timber and non-wood forest products to meet their subsistence needs and generate cash income.
This paper develops a broad framework to conceptualize the multiple ways forests contribute to poverty reduction and inform interventions in forest landscapes. The paper identifies five key strategies
The turnover from tendu leaves exceeded Rs 3 crore and the average annual earnings for a village was a little over Rs 4 lakh. Mumbai: As a part of Communities Forest Resource (CFR) management, Maharashtra
State has the highest potential CFR area of 48,20,028 hectares recorded till 2016. Mumbai: Maharashtra tops in community forest resource management across the states in India, as per a recently released
Balangir: A fire has been ravaging forests in Boudh for the past three days. The fire has spread in Kantamal, Puruna katak, Madhapur and Manamunda forest divisions. People living in the area have expressed
The Africa Asia-Pacific Symposium on Strengthening Legal Frameworks to Combat Wildlife Crime (Symposium) was convened by the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Illicit Trade in Wildlife and Forest
The Central African Republic (CAR) has a total land area of 623,000 km2 of which close to 23 million hectares, i.e. 37%, is composed of forested lands. In the southwestern part of the country all forest
Global production of major wood products surged in 2016 for the seventh consecutive year with a growth rate of three to six percent, according to new data published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Sally Beauty Supply commemorated the opening of its newest store with a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 27 at The Gates of Prosper shopping center.
The new location is one of six new concept stores by Sally Beauty Supply, which feature a completely redesigned store configuration and design, meant to look more modern and easier for customers to navigate.
"We're very, very excited for this store," said Catrin Ahumada, marketing operations representative for Sally Beauty Supply.
The company plans to add more concept stores throughout the DFW area, but the Prosper location is the first in North Texas. Choosing Prosper for a new concept store was due in large part to the explosive growth that the town has recently experienced.
"Certainly there is a need for more retail in this area," said John Bard, Regional Director of North Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas for Sally Beauty Supply. "We think it's a great area, really a phenomenal area."
The company hopes to bring more shoppers to Prosper and will also create 10 jobs through its new store. In addition to adding new jobs, sales from the store will contribute to an increase in the sales tax dollars that stay in Prosper and are put right back into the town, part of a larger trend of expansive growth in retail within Prosper.
"They are really meeting a need," said Amanda Hall, Executive Director of the Prosper Chamber of Commerce. "Our big thing at the Chamber of Commerce is that we want to maintain the small town charm. We're very community driven."
"We've had lots of businesses coming in that are like minded in terms of economic development but with a focus on the community," said Hall.
Showing its commitment to the community of Prosper, Sally Beauty Supply donated $1,000 to the Prosper Education Foundation. Marcellus Rainey, a member of the organization's board of directors, was presented with a check on behalf of the foundation at the ceremony.
"I would invite residents to come visit the new store, take a look at the new style and let us know what they think," said Ahumada.
Sally Beauty Supply is located at 951 S Preston Rd, Prosper, TX 75078 in The Gates of Prosper shopping center.


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February 2017 Disposables
NAIL PRODUCTSKiss nail strips once before when I did a nail art challenge (obviously, I was cheating). These just aren't something I see myself using.
2&3. I was clearing out some old nail polish supplies and these Stripe Rite polishes are dried up. I did task my husband to see if he can clean up one of the brushes so I can still keep a striping brush.
4. OPI Expert Touch Lacquer Remover
HAND PRODUCTSL'Occitane hand cream
2. I reviewed this neck cream back in March 2015. Ultimately, I ended up feeling like this was too heavy of a product for my neck and that it might be leading to some breakouts, but I was able to use it as a hand lotion to finish it up.
3. Packet sample of L'Occitane hand cream
4. B&BW Hand sanitizer
FACE PRODUCTSBiore pore strips. I ordered a fun [read: painful] new mask from Amazon to try in its place. I found the new mask pretty effective, and I really like that it's easier to use on different areas of your face.
2. I received this Malin + Goetz face mask in my January 2014 PopSugar box. I didn't really feel like it did much for my skin.
3. I received this Paula's Choice BHA Liquid as part of a BzzAgent campaign last March. I still have a few mini samples to try, but honestly, I haven't made up my mind as to whether this is a worthy addition to my skin care routine.
4. This Lierac Micellar Water came in my September 2016 GLOSSYBOX, but I prefer more of an oil-based make-up remover
5. Sally Hansen Wax Hair Remover Strip
6. I was mostly pleased with this Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder. It is a bit drying so it can end up looking cakey if your skin is on the dry side. I'm trying a Make-Up Forever powder right now, and I think I like that one better.
7. Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream
8. Coola moisturizer/sunscreen from my June 2016 Birchbox.
MAKE-UPMaybelline Eye Studio Gel Eye Liner just got old and dried up because it looks nothing like the creamy product in the website picture.
2. This was mascara I received as part of a product review sample set. The interior was pink and green, so if I had to guess, I'd say this was Maybelline Great Lash. If it was, I think I'm a fan.
3. I received the ModelCo Party Proof Lipstick all the way back in my July 2013 Birchbox. It was a creamy lipstick, but probably a bit too dark for me.
4. I first received this Ardency Inn eyeliner in the 2015 GLOSSYBOX Holiday Box. While the application wasn't the smoothest, it is a nice deep color and it's incredibly long-lasting.
5. This Tarte lip tint from the October 2014 GLOSSYBOX also just didn't seem to be a great color for me.
HAIR PRODUCTS2014 Self Health Beauty Awards. It was pretty much a typical hair gel.
2. The Clairol Hair Food Root Cleansing Shampoo came in the 2015 Influenster Blossom VoxBox. I liked that it was extra cleansing, and I generally used once a week when I applied deep conditioner.
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4. I've tried better deep conditioners than this Unwash Hydrating Masque.
5. I think the Dove Nourishing Oil Care Detangler has been discontinued.
6. Alterna Moisture Conditioner
7. Alterna Caviar Anti-Aging Moisture Intense Oil Creme Pre-Shampoo Treatment
8. Alterna Bamboo Volume Plumping Strand Expand [ha, third Alterna product in a row!] from the February 2014 Sample Society box.
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The Harvest Man
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Happy Holidays from all the WECA and T.E.A.C.H. Staff! Our wish for you this holiday season:
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I feel drawn to write this whole post in Suessese, but I'll spare you. (You're welcome)
I've been knitting a lot for friends lately, which is partly because I feel compelled to press woolly things on people, and partly because I find myself wishing they were nearby. This is for my lovely friend Kat, who archives, studies, reads, and appreciates the joy of a nice cup of tea and a sit down in Edinburgh. She has incredible taste in books, understands the fine art of snuggling a soft pom-pom, and really listens when people talk. She is a rare soul, and so I knit her a bell pepper. I mean, hat.
Pattern: Verity
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, 2 skeins
Needle: Size 7
I didn't make any modifications to the pattern, and can't think of anything I'd change if I made it again. I don't want to admit how many times it took me to figure out how to join the band, or the words I may have muttered in the process, but it's absolutely gorgeous when done. The raised texture is on the outside only, and the bit that sits against the head is smooth and flat.
As always, apologies for the washed out photos, and this time, apologies for the eyebrows. Ye gods. Time to pull the tweezers out of my knitting bag and put them back in the bathroom where they belong!


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2: The Language Of Sound In Interactive Media
2. The Language Of Sound In Interactive Media.
The relationship between moving image and sound content is complex and multi-faceted. Their parallel paths segue and pull away from each other in a dance of communication constructing dimensions of narrative and immersive experience that imbue the wide variety of films, interactive games and audio/visual media we consume. The tools of discourse exhibited in the audio content fulfill a complex web of functions and creative embellishments that can require thousands of creative decisions that manipulate our perception of the visual.
2.1 Dividing The Sound World
The sound world of interactive computer games can be divided into three areas of overlapping functionality. The first two of these areas, environmental immersive sound and narrative sound, occupy established areas of functionality. Essentially film sound revolves around two things, the reality of the world in which the story is taking place, which of course is not a real world but a composed one and the sound of the story itself, which can be very separate metaphorically from the perceived reality. These areas when addressed deliver both the narrative direction, or storytelling and the immersive environments required of the cinematic experience. A third area is then required of the sonic world of the computer game that effectively addresses the structural and interactive issues of the format. To be effective in delivering a near cinematic experience it could be argued the sound world must convey this set of structural and framework obligations effectively. If we break these objectives down according to the roles of game audio we can then critique content according to the ability of the audio mixing and processing techniques and the suitability of the tools available to achieve these goals.
2.2 Environmental Immersion and Narrative Propulsion
Common to film sound, the importance of drawing the player into a believable, tangible world is often of great importance. For the sound designer the question might be to what degree do you need the player to feel like they are interacting with a real world. Angling a sound world towards an immersive environmental experience would suggest that importance is placed on creating an, at least emotionally realistic feel. How well this balances against narrative requirements depends on the level of fantasy or 'poetry' that you might wish to convey. An example of this might be a war game such as the 'Operation Flashpoint' combat series from CodeMasters. This genre of game lends itself well to an effectively immersive environment, the rationale illustrated in the tagline printed on the packaging, "As close to war as you'll ever want to get".[10] In the case of this particular series of games the concept is largely founded on the idea of the experience being as realistic as possible, hence, there is no non-diegetic music, only sounds that the player would hear if they were physically in that environment and situation. This approach is not perhaps required for a platform game such as 'Sonic the Hedgehog' for example where a level of realism is far from called for. However a fantasy or horror game such as 'Dragons Age: Origins' or 'Dead Space' might require more of a mixture to achieve the required blend of environmental immersion and narrative experience. In the latter for example there are elements in the game where the character is exposed to zero gravity zones where there is no air to conduct sound. As a result the only sound you hear from the characters world are sounds that are conducted through the space suit such as footsteps and combat associated contacts. [11]
Looking at the medium of film we can divide the sound world into two areas that, it could be said, in effect address the conflict between immersion and the requirements of narrative reinforcement. Referred to as diegetic and non-diegetic sound these terms differentiate between the diegesis, or fictional world in which the narrative is taking place and that which originates outside of that. [8] So diegetic sound being the sounds of the world in which the story is taking place refers to the propagation of sound waves that exist or would exist in the environment as experienced by the characters on screen. This includes sounds that occur outside of the visual field such as passing traffic during an interior scene or music playing through an apartment wall. Non-diegetic sounds, conversely, are those sounds emanating from outside of the world occupied by these characters and are detached from the narrative inherent in the scene or location. Usual examples of a non-diegetic sound would be music that is not produced by an environmental source, narrative voice overs, and some subjective 'emotional' sounds.[12]There is not, for example an orchestra playing just out of shot as Darth Vader stalks the bridge of a Star Destroyer. [clip 1]
The music is there for our ears and not for those of the crew. Conversely music played from a radio in 'Grand Theft Auto 1V' for instance or 'Fall Out 3' [clip 2] is a valid part of the fictional world and as such is diegetic.
Why is this distinction important to interactive mixing? Knowing whether a sound is meant to be part of the diegesis or not alters how we need to treat the sound in implementation. If for example, we are listening to two characters engaged in a conversation in a church, being diegetic we need to make sure those voices sound like they are in that environment, if they haven't been recorded there. If, on the other hand the scene is unchanged but in place of the conversation we are listening to a narrative voiceover from a character not physically present then the voice is non-diegetic and therefore need not be subject to the reflections and properties of the depicted environment. Of course, diegetic sound alone can fully address the needs of narrative exposition as exemplified by films such as "No Country For Old Men' and 'Morvern Caller' [clip 3]. The later of which's extensive musical sound track is entirely supplied by diegetic sources, predominantly the main characters personal stereo.
In the design of game sound of course it is important that the player can discern what is meant to be part of the world in which they are interacting and what is external to that in order to navigate the game environment effectively.
2.3 Player Engagement With Diegetic Sources Of Music
The minimalist non-diegetic soundtrack is augmented in 'Fall Out 3' by the ability to tune into the radio stations that litter the wasteland. Some of which are only able to function after the player has fulfilled certain side quests that enable the stations to operate. Thereby the player is actively contributing to the audio content possibilities of the game by activating these stations, some of which involves picking sides between the different factions. Diegetic music is kept integral to the themes of the 'Fall Out' universe that revolve around a parallel history to our own in which a nuclear war occurs in the mid twenty first century, though in the parallel history culture hasn't actually moved on from the nineteen forties and actually represents a future reminiscent of the imagined future often depicted in the science fiction comics of the time. This is reflected in the music available on the radio. For example one station plays 1940's American, big band and popular music such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. Mark Lampert the lead sound designer was very conscious of setting a sense of place with these diegetic musical options "All the songs in the game were chosen very early on in the project…working with a music licensing company that was able to take our descriptions of what we were after and then come back with a batch of music. the sound of the music, of course, was a big factor in which songs were chosen, but perhaps even more important was the lyrical content of those songs. There's a heavy dose of black humor running through all of them." [13] This attention to detail is perhaps intended to encourage gamers to stick with default audio settings and non-implement their own music as is commonly available on most X-Box games. By becoming an integral part of the game paying experience rather than just filling in sensory holes diegetic music can become an important immersive tool.
Rockstar's recent 1940's set detective game 'LA Noire' followed a similar approach for the diegetic music being played on radios, particularly in vehicles, using as it happens many of the same artists as those used on 'Fall Out 3', though in this case instead of referencing the aesthetic future vision projected from a particular time period being very much a reinforcement of the actual place and time. The choice of songs featured here on our car radio are not necessarily random or narratively neutral but designed through their lyrical content to reinforce the crime, violence, broken relationship themes through the lyrics of the songs. [14]
Deus Ex follows a similar trajectory blending non diegetic soundtracks with that of street musicians and other diegetic sources as well as triggering extra-diegetic sounds such as breaking glass at various points in city locations. Of course these are randomized so that the player doesn't regularly re-trigger the same audio asset. Like 'Fall Out 3' the non diegetic music esques strong melodies in favor of more abstract ambiences built around "an emotion or environment. If there is any melody, the melody comes last after the foundation is completed. " according to Deus Ex audio director Steve Szczepkowski [15]
2.4 Dynamic Shifts Between Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Audio
In both cinema and interactive games, using dynamic shifts between diegetic and non-diegetic dominated sound worlds can be an effective tool. We are generally used to a blend between the two realities so when confronted by just the one in isolation the effect can be profound as illustrated by the opening of the Steven Spielberg movie 'Saving Private Ryan'. Before the release of this film in 1998 most war films and their action sequences had been dominated by orchestral soundtracks and roughly followed the Hollywood devised two-point-five mixing rule, a topic which we will return to later.
When experienced in 5.1 surround sound the effect of having bullets and shrapnel seemingly flying around you're head combined with the absence of a typical score highlights the brutality that the more poetic though similarly themed early battle scene from Jean-Jacques Annaud's 'Enemy At The Gates' presents in a more romanticized light by utilizing a appropriately emotional non diegetic musical score.
This scene from 'Saving Private Ryan' also illustrates the use of subjective ambience.[12] Subjective ambience is a technique that could be described as a process whereby the natural ambience of a scene is manipulated or replaced with sounds that better illustrate the narrative thrust or particular emotional or sensory experience of a particular character. In the above scene from 'Saving Private Ryan' Tom Hanks character is temporarily deafened by a nearby explosion. At this point we shift from an extremely immersive ambient sound world to the personal sonic experience of an individual soldier, presenting us with a subjective audio experience from his perspective. This effect is emulated in the 'Medal Of Honor' games franchise. Here, by dropping a grenade too close to themselves the player suffers a similar effect to that suffered by the soldier on the beach. Expressing physical damage to the player through sonic repercussions is an effective immersive tool that can eliminate the need for that data to be illustrated on the HUD.
In this respect we can learn a lot from immersive, narrative dynamics by studying cinematic example. As we can see from the 'Saving Private Ryan' beach scene, use of an immersive diegetic only sound world aims to achieve an emotional impact removed from that of the normal cinema experience of most war movies up to that point. Dynamics of sound volume levels are also showcased here. Many action games opt for an onslaught of noise at all times, following much the same approach as currant popular music conventions of using consistently heavy compression to give a greater impression of loudness [16]. Though this approach may impress in the short term, over a sustained amount of time the player will ultimately adjust to that level of sound and will get no further impact from it. "A wide dynamic range is often talked about in audio terms as very desirable, meaning the amount of difference between the quietest and the loudest sounds. Something with no dynamic range cannot be experienced for very long before the viewer, or listener, becomes fatigued and reaches for the off-switch. A game without a range of varied game-play moments and experiences for the player will more often than not result in a game soundtrack that has little or no dynamic range. Batman: Arkham Asylum and Dead Space are wonderful examples of games that have been carefully designed to have specific moments of calm, moments of silence, a mixture of stealth and combat as well as moments of intense action and resulting high volume sound, music and dialogue." [17]
The sound direction in the movie 'Saving Private Ryan's opening battle is an impressive example of how volume dynamics can act to renew impact while maintaining an immersive experience achieved by amongst other narrative techniques, dropping the camera below the surface of the water and by subjectively dropping inside the aural experience of a lead character as he loses his hearing, we are treated to a respite from the traumatic sound world of the D-Day landings just long enough that when these sequences end the onslaught has a renewed impact.At this point we shift from an extremely immersive ambient sound world to the personal sonic experience of an individual soldier, presenting us with a subjective audio experience from his perspective, his point of view. This achieves several, functional, narrative objectives. Firstly it establishes Tom Hanks's character as a key protagonist. We have not dropped into any other soldiers personal experience in this way. Secondly it vividly demonstrates the damage caused by large explosions to human hearing by audibly demonstrating the effect on the frequency sensitive follicle hairs in the cochlea. As the hairs sensitive to high frequencies are the easiest damaged we are treated to the sounds of battle as through a low pass filter, with an accompanying whistle as the damaged hairs propagate a constant signal not unlike a broken audio cable.[18] Thirdly, though the obvious intent was to make the sound world as believable as possible there was evidently still a need for dynamic release from the sheer volume of modern warfare. As over a sustained amount of time the viewer will ultimately adjust to a level of sound that means if high levels are constantly maintained the audience will, over time, adjust and get no further impact from additional explosions, machine gun fire etc, arguably reducing the emotional experience. The sound direction in this scene is an example of how volume dynamics can act to renew impact while maintaining an immersive experience. This is achieved earlier in the scene by dropping the camera below the surface of the water. By doing this we are treated to a respite from the traumatic sound world of the D-Day landings, though not its visual horrors, just long enough so that when these sequences end the onslaught has a renewed impact.
Developing a dynamic between diegetic immersion and narrative exposition offers the sound designer an opportunity to develop a wider range of contrasting experiences. For example in the opening scene from John Hillcoat's 'The Proposition'
we have a scene that exemplifies how contrasting sound design approaches can be utilized to achieve both a vivid environmental experience and a strong narrative projection. Note how the gunfight and the resulting verbal confrontation occupy just the cramped confines of the shack, bullets pinging on metal, screams of the injured or dying, overwhelming sound of flies, etc. As Ray Winstone's 'Captain Stanley' gazes out of the window and addresses the 'proposition' of the title, the diegetic world slips away to be replaced by Warren Ellis's looped violin textures and a time slipping montage of plot exposition. Note how Ellis's droned loops mimic the characteristics of the flies or how in later scenes how unusual plucks and scrapes of the violin are used to mimic the machinery common to the late eighteen hundreds outback. This example of joined up thinking, addressing the world of the characters through the application of timbre and textural awareness, allows for a fluid transition between the often brutal hyper realistic natural sound worlds and the romantic storytelling prerogative. There is also a good example of the use of a kind of subjective ambience morphing from diegetic sounds during this sequence as when the main protagonists character walks through the long burned out farmstead and pauses before the closed door. Here the sound of the gravel underneath his boots takes on the sound of wooden timbres burning. Arguably this is a subjective emotional extension of this characters imagination creating a parallel narrative in the sound world that contrasts with the burnt out shell visually. Note how this sound builds, with the help of an unconventional percussive violin loop that evokes the breaking of wooden beams, before reaching resolution with the opening of the door onto a young child's destroyed room. This build of dissonant visual and audio narratives and consequent resolution is not unlike the semiotic device employed in character Michael Corleone's first assassination scene in Francis Ford Coppolas 'The Godfather'.
In a similar way as Ellis's work on 'The Proposition' or Johnny Greenwoods score for Paul Thomas Anderson's 'There Will Be Blood' the non-diegetic music in 'Fall Out 3' blends with the diegesis in an intelligent and join free manner. As a lot of the soundtrack is both arhythmical and largely atonal it allows for diegetic sounds, in for instance the ghoul infested tunnels, to blend with the non-diegetic to create a seamless texture. This also serves as a structural aid in that as you learn the textures for different environments you can prepare yourself appropriately in terms of weapons, health (stimpacks) and armor choice for the coming encounter. Hostile ghoul infested areas for example are characterized by hissing breathing sounds that are not attributable to individual ghouls but exist in a non-diegetic capacity in order to both unnerve and inform the participant. Karen Collins defines these sounds as "adaptive non-diegetic sounds" [19] as they are outside of the characters diegesis whilst still reacting to the instance of the player entering that specific room.
What is also quite interesting in 'Fall Out 3' is the way that the diegetic ambience morphs as evening and night approach. As an open world game, time progresses at a natural, though accelerated rate. The overall volume of the world seems to drop as night approaches and the sound of certain bugs such as crickets start to appear that were not featured during the day. This constitutes a good example of "adaptive diegetic audio"[19] as defined by Collins. As the sound world is adapting to the time of day with the diegesis of the players character. Overall the exterior locations explored by the player are empty desolate spaces and the sound world reflects this. Due to the lack of foliage and general absence of absorbent materials in the wasteland and the presence of large areas of exposed rock, you would expect in reality to hear sound incidents from some distance away. This is in fact true of the sound propagation in the program and you can often hear the sound of conflicts some significant distance from the source. Whats interesting here is that these sounds are not embedded in the ambiance but relate to real interactions happening some distance from the player between rival groups or individual non-player characters and it is the prerogative of the player whether they choose to investigate, intervene or ignore. In comparison to a game such as 'Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising' for example where the sounds of distant battle are embedded in the ambiance most of the time the player is not engaged with the enemy directly it gives the impression to the player that this world is not revolving around them as the diegetic sounds they are hearing are linked to tangible events in the game world.
Dynamic changes are an immensely important device for maintaining both energy and suspense. In the case of audio they usually relate to differences in perceived volume between different points in time. In the featured scene from 'Spiderman 2' we see the dramatic effect of using a momentary instance of silence to preempt a series of huge sound events.
The use of dynamics is demonstrated here as being an important tool in giving greater impact to any sounds which may follow, such as in this scene where the instance of the car crashing through the window is preceded by a momentary silence. Silence is used to similar effect in the tenement fire rescue sequence from 'The Watchmen' where for several frames the sounds of the burning building and the musical score are dropped to allow dynamic space for the following explosion to have maximum impact.[17] [clip 12]
This sequence also serves to demonstrate the effectiveness of frequency dynamics which serve to add percussive energy in much the same way as a kick and snare drum do in a drum beat. Each cut in the edit is accompanied by an alternate frequency characteristic attributed roughly to either the bass heavy rumble of the car or the shimmer of the flying glass. The flying glass, in a glaring example of purely emotional realism, sounding like a pitched up yet time stretched knife being sharpened as it flies past Peter Parkers head, is perhaps a semiotic nod to its deadly attributes.
Of course these dynamic changes are not just audio but visual too and unfortunately the game designer does of course lose some control of an equivalent narrative by surrendering control to the player. However many of the same devices are built in by, for example, controlling the number of enemy NPC's (Non Playable Characters) or indeed a simulation of hearing loss when subjected to a nearby explosion or the players character is subjected to severe injury.


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Sunday night saw the biggest game in the Spanish league season so far, as unbeaten top two Barcelona and Valencia faced off at the Mestalla.
However, after the dust had settled on a hard-fought 1-1 draw, there was only one topic of conversation.
The goal. Well, the no goal. The strike that should have handed Barcelona the lead, but didn't.
The moment in the first half when Lionel Messi took aim, Neto fumbled between his own legs and the ball crossed the line. The Brazilian clawed it out, but it was clear; no need for VAR or goal-line technology, it was a goal.
Only, it wasn't clear to everyone.
The referee couldn't seemingly judge from his vantage point and, somehow, inexplicably, his assistant didn't flag either; question whether he wasn't up with play by all means, but when those in the press box some 50 yards away were unanimous that it was a goal….well.
"Even from the middle of the pitch I could see it," said Jordi Alba, who eventually landed a late equaliser to keep Barca four points clear, after Rodrigo had opened the scoring on the hour mark.
"At the break we saw the replay and it is clear, - these plays can't be missed."
Barca boss Ernesto Valverde, with 11 wins in 13 league games since arriving at Camp Nou, offered: "It was the wrong decision by the assistant referee."
The ex-Athletic boss was serene on the subject, having seen a non-call help Barca recently in their victory over Malaga: "The topic of VAR is not about re-refereeing the games, but it was clear that it had crossed and that we are still with these issues that put us on the spot. [But] The other day against Malaga there was a ball that went out, we scored and it benefited us."
However, while Valverde may have seen it that way, the Spanish newspapers certainly did not on Monday morning.
Barcelona-based Mundo Deportivo certainly didn't mince their words, crying 'Scandal' on their front page.
Likewise, AS showcased another Liga 'controversy', declaring that the no goal has stirred another debate on VAR and showing a snap of just how far over the line the ball was as Neto scrambled back
"There is mess and there is the league" says Marca, after the draw allowed both Madrid sides to claw back points on the top two.
However, perhaps it is the Catalan-based Sport who come up with the best headline, declaring: "It's not so...but you can against Barca."
That the front page is then decked out in black, almost as though there has been a death and a national period of mourning has been decreed, is equally wonderful.
Fortunately for the Catalan side, Alba's glorious late volley continued their unbeaten record, keeping them four points clear of Los Che, with both Atletico and Real Madrid four points further back on 27 points respectively.
However, that is unlikely to draw too much comfort the morning after the night before.
"We don't feel very good," said Sergio Busquets. "It was a clear goal, but the referee and the assistant did not see it,"
"We tied, but we deserved more."


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Longtime participant Cliff O'Beirne said the races remain a popular fair attraction, although attendance isn't near what it once was.
"There's always been a good turnout at the Walworth County Fair," said O'Beirne, a Milton resident and 40-year harness racing participant. "It's not as good as in the past. People used to line up around the track to see the races, but still a lot of people attend the fair to watch harness racing."
The harness races will be held at noon Saturday, Sept. 5. The fair kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 2, and runs through Labor Day, Sept. 7, in Elkhorn.
The harness racing will feature about eight races, with five to six horses in each race.
There are two types of harness racing -- pacing and trotting.
"The pacers have a faster gait. The trotters are designed to move slower and to be more precise," said Gabe Wand, president of the Wisconsin Harness Horse Association. "The pacers are more popular. If you go to the fair, you will probably see three times more pacing races than trotting races."
The Walworth County Fair is one of the most popular events for harness racing in Wisconsin, Wand said.
"We get a very good crowd," he said. "I'm not sure of exact numbers because the grandstand is all spread out."
The harness races attract competitors from throughout Wisconsin and surrounding states.
"Most of the racers are from Wisconsin," Wand said. "However, some are from Illinois and possibly we might have some racers from Minnesota."
Even though officials report that harness racing sees a good attendance during the fair, Larry Gaffey, general manager for the Walworth County Fair, said only about 60 people attended a harness racing event in July at the fairgrounds.
"Sixty people in a grandstand that holds 4,000 people, it doesn't look like much," he said.
Gaffey said he is encouraging fair employees to promote the harness races to encourage more people to attend during the fair. Good attendance is needed to help pay maintenance costs for the horse track, he said.
"It costs quite a bit of money to keep the track up for (the racers), and I think we've got three stalls that have horses in them right now," Gaffey said. "There's just not enough stall revenue to cover the expenses of it. In the wintertime, there's snow removal and then there's just grading and maintaining the track. It's got to be graded all the time.
"They drag the track almost daily, but once in awhile loads of lime need to be brought in. We haul away all the manure and bedding."
But enthusiasts like O'Beirne believe the effort is worth it.
"It's a good place to board your horses. It's clean. It's one of the best racing spots in Wisconsin," O'Beirne said. "We go out in the morning and jog them and clean them. If you love horses and you love competition, harness racing is a good way to do it."
Besides the Walworth County Fair, Gaffey said he participates in harness races throughout Wisconsin and the Chicago area.
"Harness races are scattered throughout Wisconsin during the summer," O'Beirne said. "Most folks race the Wisconsin fair circuit ... "
Sarah Neubauer, marketing intern at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, recently went on a practice ride with O'Beirne on the fairgrounds track.
"Not being a horse person, I was a little nervous at first, but it was fun," Neubauer said. "It's definitely a lot different than when you're watching a race.
"I would do it again in a heartbeat. It was fun to steer the horse. As a child, I grew up with the (Nintendo) Wii so it was like controlling a video game only doing it in real life. The first couple of laps, we took it slow, then by the last lap we were going pretty fast. I was holding on to Cliff. ... It was a fun experience."
Wand said he is optimistic about the future of harness racing as a family-friendly spectacle.
"I think people enjoy the excitement and the speed of the horses," Wand said. "They get to see the horses up close as they go by. It's a good, family attraction. After the races, (people) can see the horses in the barn and meet the racers. It's a good time for the family to come together."


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