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Kaltura allows the addition of videos AND photos, multiple soundtracks (one could be a narration and the other a song, like Photo Story), has a storyboard video editing format, and is pretty easy to use. This tool seems to provide a great replacement for Photo Story on XTenda computers (since Microsoft only allows Windows Server 2003 on XTendas and PStory won't work on that OS). In addition, users gain the ability to collaborate (unlike PStory) and to add videos (though I can't get a wmv file format video to play) AND photos as well as a tool that requires no download. Since it's on the web, it can be used on the WebPC (if that link didn't open in FoxIt, you're missing out) or on any computer in the world. Uploads are fast too, and Kaltura converts the file types for the user automatically. Transitions between photos are available and under the control of the users. Nice job Kaltura!
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Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, is a disease that causes abnormally high blood sugar levels, explains the American Diabetes Association. It occurs because the body becomes unable to use insulin correctly, a condition known as insulin resistance. The pancreas makes extra insulin to compensate at first, but it is unable to keep up with the demand over time. When this happens, the blood sugar rises too high, and the patient has diabetes.
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It looks like another season of high octane drama for the girls of Teen Mom 2 which premieres on MTV on Nov. 12. Jenelle Evans's is as screwed up as ever. She's questioning who Jace's father really is and decides to go ahead and have that paternity test done once and for all to determine whether or not her former boyfriend, Andrew is the baby daddy. She also can't keep herself clean and sober; even though she's on probation she fails another drug test. Her relationship with her mom will be worse than ever this season with Barbra Evans promising to keep her away from her son for good.
Hopping from one train wreck to another, Leah Messer doesn't just have boyfriends. Every guy turns into marriage material, at least in her head. The fairly recent divorcee' is now engaged to Jeremy and surprise-surprise, she's pregnant! I'm gonna go out on a limb here and predict that Leah will have 5 kids with four different fathers by the time she's 26. Anyone else agree?
Chelsea Houska returns to Teen Mom 2 and she's still ensnared in a toxic relationship with baby-daddy Adam Lind. This clown jerks her around every chance he gets and she still goes back for more. The deadbeat moves in with Chelsea this season and gives her a promise ring. I just wonder what he's promising her- more drama?
Kailynn might be the most normal of the bunch. She is in that difficult position of watching her ex move on and really not wanting the new girl friend around her child. I think most single moms have been there so at least Kailynn's story is relatable!
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United States District Court, D. Nevada
October 31, 2017
FERNANDO NAVARRO HERNANDEZ, Petitioner,v.TIMOTHY FILSON, et al., Respondents.
In this
capital habeas corpus action, there is, before the Court, a
motion for stay (ECF No. 145) filed by the petitioner,
Fernando Navarro Hernandez.
March 6, 2017, with leave of court, Hernandez filed a fourth
amended petition for writ of habeas corpus (ECF No. 147),
adding to his petition two claims based on Hurst v.
Florida, 136 S.Ct. 616 (2016). In his motion for stay,
filed on February 15, 2017 (ECF No. 145), Hernandez requests
that this action be stayed while he exhausts those claims in
state court. Respondents filed an opposition to the motion
for stay on March 27, 2017 (ECF No. 148), and Hernandez filed
a reply on April 26, 2017 (ECF No. 149). The motion for stay
will be denied.
Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005), the stay and
abeyance procedure was condoned by the Supreme Court as a
means by which a habeas petitioner with a mixed petition
subject to dismissal under Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S.
509 (1982), could fully exhaust his petition without the risk
of running afoul of the one-year statutory time limit for
filing federal petitions. See Rhines, 544 U.S. at
276. The Rhines Court cautioned, however, that stay
and abeyance, if too frequently used, would undermine
AEDPA's goals of prompt resolution of claims and
deference to state court rulings. Id. The Court held
that, in order to obtain "stay and abeyance, " a
petitioner must show: (1) good cause for the failure to
exhaust claims in state court, (2) that the unexhausted
claims are potentially meritorious, and (3) the absence of
abusive tactics or intentional delay. Id.; see
also Jackson v. Roe, 425 F.3d 654, 662 (9th Cir. 2005).
In his
two claims based on Hurst, Hernandez asserts that
his federal constitutional rights were violated because the
trial court failed to instruct the jury that, to impose the
death penalty, it had to find beyond a reasonable doubt that
there were insufficient mitigating circumstances to outweigh
the aggravating circumstances, and because, on the appeal in
his first state habeas action, the Nevada Supreme Court,
after striking an invalid aggravating circumstance,
re-weighed the remaining aggravating circumstances and the
mitigating circumstances, and affirmed the district
court's denial of relief with respect to his death
penalty. See Motion for Stay (ECF No. 145), pp. 3,
7-8; see also Fourth Amended Petition for Writ of
Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 147), pp. 223-29.
Court concludes that Hernandez's Hurst claims
are not potentially meritorious and, on that basis, denies
his motion for a stay.
Hurst, the Court held that Florida's capital
sentencing scheme violated the Sixth Amendment right to a
jury trial because, under the scheme, the jury rendered an
advisory verdict but the judge ultimately found the facts
necessary to impose a sentence of death. See Hurst,
136 S.Ct. at 624. In reaching that holding, the Court relied
upon Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002), which
held that any fact necessary for the imposition of the death
penalty must be found by a jury, not a judge. See
Ring, 536 U.S. at 589. Ring and Hurst
are both based on Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S.
466 (200), which held that any fact that "expose[s] the
defendant to a greater punishment than that authorized by the
jury's guilty verdict" is an "element"
that must be submitted to a jury. Apprendi, 530 U.S.
at 494.
claims that his death sentence is unconstitutional under
Hurst because the jury was not instructed that it
had to find beyond a reasonable doubt that there were no
mitigating circumstances sufficient to outweigh the
aggravating circumstances. In his other claim based on
Hurst, Hernandez claims that his death sentence is
unconstitutional because, on the appeal in his first state
habeas action, the Nevada Supreme Court struck one
aggravating circumstance and re-weighed the remaining
aggravating circumstances and mitigating circumstances.
Hernandez reasons that, under Hurst, the weighing of
aggravating and mitigating factors is an
"element" that must be submitted to the jury, and
to which the reasonable doubt standard must be applied.
claims extend the holding in Hurst beyond its
cognizable bounds. Neither Ring nor Hurst
holds that the weighing of aggravating and mitigating
circumstances is an "element" that must be
submitted to the jury, or to which the reasonable doubt
standard must apply. The Court in Ring noted that
"[t]he State's law authorizes the judge to sentence
the defendant to death only if there is at least one
aggravating circumstance and 'there are no mitigating
circumstances sufficiently substantial to call for
leniency.'" Ring, 536 U.S. at 593. Yet,
the Court identified only the existence of an aggravating
circumstance as an "element" that must be found
by a jury to impose the death penalty. Ring, 536
U.S. at 609.
Court in Hurst concluded that Florida's capital
sentencing scheme was unconstitutional because it
"required the judge alone to find the existence of an
aggravating circumstance." Hurst, 136 S.Ct. at
624. The import of Hurst is its holding that the
jury's advisory role under Florida law fell short of
complying with the Sixth Amendment requirement of
Apprendi and Ring. It did not break new
ground with respect to what determinations qualify as an
"element" that must be submitted to a jury and to
which the reasonable doubt standard must be applied. Because
neither Ring nor Hurst classifies the
weighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances as an
element that must be determined by a jury applying the
reasonable doubt standard, Hernandez has no support for his
Hurst claims.
even assuming, for purposes of analysis, that the Supreme
Court's holding in Hurst represents a new rule
supporting Hernandez's claims -- this Court finds that it
does not -- the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held
that any such new rule drawn from Hurst would not
apply retroactively to cases on collateral review, such as
Hernandez's. See Ybarra v. Filson, ___ F.3d
___ , 2017 WL 3811118, pp. 11-14 (9th Cir.,
September 1, 2017). In Ybarra, the court of appeals
assumed for the sake of argument, as this Court does, that
Hurst "creates a new rule, "
"establishes that the 'weighing
determination' is an element, " and "renders
the Nevada sentencing scheme unconstitutional, " but
held that, "[n]evertheless, even after making these
generous assumptions, [the petitioner] cannot obtain relief
under Hurst." Id. at 12.
Hernandez's claims based on Hurst have no
potential for success on their merits, a stay of this action
to allow for state-court exhaustion of the claims is
IS THEREFORE ORDERED that petitioner's Motion
for Stay and Abeyance (ECF No. 145) is
IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondents shall file an
answer or other response to petitioner's fourth amended
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How do we balance freedom with our need to "look after one another"? - President Barack Obama
Way back in March, I wrote a post called "Rejecting the Premise" based on my concern that, too often, conservatives would allow the liberals to define the terms of the debate, limiting it to agreeing on basic (and usually liberal) principles, then being unable to differentiate their plan due to accepting a philosophically false premise.
The above quote from the above video is based on a premise I cannot accept, for a very specific philosophical reason. It's also why most issues (in the case of this quote, it probably refers to health insurance, but relates to most every contested issue) cannot be reconciled between conservatives and liberals in Congress and the White House.
First the premise of the above is that the role of the government is to balance freedom with the "common good."
The purpose of the federal government is to secure the freedom of individuals from infringement by other individuals, and from foreign enemies, and to unify the states (thus the name United States of America). Now within this narrow framework, the role of the fed is very limited in its control over individuals. The states, on the other hand have a more direct impact on the lives of the individual, with the most direct impact (and control) resting with the local governments (county, municipal), as long as they don't violate those things which the federal government does control (mostly, the securing of rights to the states and individuals.
In a truly free society (the way we were designed, even if we didn't live up to it initially), the individual has the full and equal right to determine how he, along with others will rather than being forced at gunpoint (the government) to give up freedom for the benefit of another. It's on this point that there is no reconciliation with a collectivist mentality.
Clarification for those who are screaming "Malthusian!" because they are just as collectivist and/or assume the worst from humanity: It all comes down to the moral responsibility of the individual rather then legal compulsion by the government to "look after one another" to take care of those who can't. And in societies from the earliest time, the responsibility fell to the families of the young, old, and chronically ill. Even today, families bear the burden of taking care of children when the parents are worthless (unless the whole family is (trust me on this one)). Fewer people care for their elderly (been there, done that). The chronically ill are the hardest of these burdens, yet there are still those today who rise to the challenge (love and faith manage).
So those of us who reject the premise of command compassion and gunpoint community do so in favor of the goodness of Man to solve these problems at home and in their community.


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Activities: Dialogue
Maintained by Troy Williams
Dialogue between two users
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This module allows students or teachers to start two-way dialogues with another person. Although the official line is that this functionality has been replaced by the Messaging system, some users still find it useful as it will be an actual activity in your course.
Previous maintainers: Howard Miller and Ray Kingdon
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- Mon, 16 May 2016, 12:03 PM
- Tue, 28 Jun 2016, 4:03 PMHi Troy. Many thanks for providing this plugin to the community; its functionality is really appreciated by our staff and students, and we're really grateful to you for your efforts to maintain and update it.
On that note, please could I quickly query whether you have any plans to update the plugin to be fully compatible with Moodle v3.1, and its new Global Search feature in particular? To clarify: while we've tested the Dialogue plugin under v3.1 and all of the core functionality seems to work fine, we've found that instances of the activity are not searchable via v3.1's Global Search feature. Please see the following screenshot for details, which lists all of the available areas that can searched under v3.1 (note that these settings are available via: Site Administration -> Plugins -> Search -> Manage Global Search):
Note also that the above screenshot was taken on a v3.1 system where the Dialogue plugin is installed and available. However, as you can see, the Dialogue activity is not listed as being available to be searched. Obviously, this is likely to be a significant problem/cause of confusion for users who might want to search for specific instances of the Dialogue activity across Moodle.
I'm not a developer, but my understanding is that mod plugins can be made searchable relatively easily via the addition of a new search class within the plugin's codebase (located at ../classes/search/activity.php). Please see the following for further details:
We really hope this search capability can be added to Dialogue as I'm sure it would be a huge benefit to our users (as well as those of other v3.1 systems) and, again, many thanks for all your efforts to develop this plugin and share it with the community.
Best wishes,
- Thu, 1 Sep 2016, 9:15 PMThis is a great plugin!
It would be nice if the dialogue notifications also stated the course name, like the notifications from Moodle core features do.
- Thu, 2 Feb 2017, 9:41 AMGreat plug in, we've just upgraded to 3.2, will there be a version compatible soon? if so when?
- Thu, 2 Feb 2017, 1:56 PMHi Melissa,
I will test if compatible for 3.2 this weekend. There were a couple of cosmetic issues I found at first glance when installed on Moodle 3.2. Not really show stoppers. But I still need to check it functionally works in Moodle 3.2.
- Fri, 17 Nov 2017, 8:30 PMHi Troy
is 3.3-version going to be released soon?
In git it already reads "3.3.0-alpha" in version.php
- Tue, 20 Mar 2018, 7:27 PMHi Troy,
I have Moodle 3.2.7 (Build: 20180115), and Dialogue plugin 3.2.0 (2016112100).
I set up notification preferences to be "on" according to this link: https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/Notifications
But unfortunately the number next to bell icon does not appear on the recipient's site.
How to repair this function?
- Mon, 9 Apr 2018, 4:49 AMHi Daniel,
Have you enabled your dialogue notifications for web?
- Tue, 17 Apr 2018, 11:44 PMHi Troy,
It is enabled.
The notifications appear in the list when I click on the bell icon but the number does not, even when there is a new notification.
Best regards,
- Tue, 14 Aug 2018, 4:54 AMHi all,
I know that this plugin was intended as a two way discussion and has supposedly been replaced, but it /almost/ serves a purpose that no other activity does. It's extremely useful as a learning journal, as long as you give the view all privilege to teachers. It:
* Allows for discreet posts, instead of one huge post as the journal plugin does
* Supports attachments which messaging and the journal plugin does not do
* Allows for posts to be hidden from students, while letting teachers (or which ever role is given view all) which neither the forum or blog module does
So, as a request given that the plugin has been supposedly been replaced by messaging, do you think it would be possible to set some permissions layer in each instance of the activity itself. For example, set a dialogue to be 1:1, 1:m (e.g, one student and all teachers), maybe even go the whole hog and have a public setting.
Bob Gilmore
- Tue, 14 Aug 2018, 3:21 PMHi Bob,
Unsure if this is exactly what you require but you may be able to somewhat pseudo achieve this by overriding role capabilities per dialogue instance for "one student and all teachers" and using a bulk opener rule.
Override capability "mod/dialogue:open" to allow teacher role and prevent student role.
Override capability "mod/dialogue:replyany" to allow teacher role and prevent student role.
Create bulk opener rule that opens a new dialogue with each enrolled student.
This should allow "teacher to student" dialogue that any teacher can reply to.
Let me know if this works or not?
- Thu, 6 Sep 2018, 4:32 AMHi, will they update to version 3.4 and 3.5 of moodle? When?
Best Regards, Miguel Angel.
- Tue, 11 Sep 2018, 3:35 PMHi Miguel Angel,
It will be in 2 weeks time. I will test the plugin for 3.4 and 3.5. I have started working on a plan for a refactor but other commitments had pushed to the side. This is to take advantage of global search, templates, bootstrap 4 support, clean up recipient picker. I will post to the community once get it in a reasonable state. But for now, I will make it my priority to make sure current code works in 3.4 and 3.5.
Thanks for your patience
Kind regards,
- Wed, 10 Oct 2018, 7:46 PMHi
Is there any progress on the 3.4 and 3.5 versions?
- Thu, 1 Nov 2018, 3:41 PMHi Kimmo,
3.4 has been released. There is an issue in 3.5 with sorting conversation listing due to Bootstrap 4. All the other functionality works... just sorting is broken. I am currently investigating a fix which involves using traditional HTML select over Bootstrap 3 component which has been used.
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There is something sobering about meeting students with stories that sound fictional. Their mom's practice witchcraft and their dad's and uncle's sneak into their bedrooms at night. Some live with drunks and protect their little brothers and sisters and some of them are drunks themselves; it assuages the pain. Some of them are homeless. Some of them are cutting themselves. Some contemplate suicide and others are only walking because they failed at killing themselves; add it to the list of their failures they say. Some of them are told they will amount to nothing and most of them believe it; check their criminal record, it validates what they believe about themselves. Some of them are pregnant while others are dealing with the nightmares of the day they had their abortion. Some of them are violent. They hit. They rage. They provoke. They deflate. They fall into depression. Some of them are lonely, convinced that the only person they will ever be intimate with is the girl performing for them on their computer screen.
These kids tell me their stories. They unload in a very matter-of-fact way. It's like they don't even have tears. Tears are for little kids. Tears are for people who care.
Tears are for people who feel.
Tears can be isolated, sectioned off, and compartmentalized into a place so deep and hidden that they will never see a sunrise. They don't need tears. They tell me their stories like a commander explaining the details of a suicide mission. Like a biologist dissecting an animal. Like a mortician sewing up the lips of a dead body.
When I hear these stories my heart begins to race. I feel sweat beading against the back of my neck. My breathing gets heavy. My legs feel like led. I can hear about their horror story, I can listen to whatever they want to tell me. I can shoulder their burdens for a moment and cry tears for them that they cannot yet cry for themselves. I can be their friend. I can love them deeply. I can hold them tight and not let go. I can do those things.
But then they look at me. They want me to say something.
Expectant eyes. Open ears. Open mind. Open heart.
I feel the weight of the world crushing down on my lungs. A punch in the gut. Someone has knocked the air out of me.
What do I say?
I have it good. I've never worried about being abandoned. I've never worried that the electricity would be cut or that my dad would come home and hit me. I've never had a drunk for a mom or even a mean mom for that matter. No major deaths. No major tragedies. I have always had everything I needed. In the scope of history, as far as women go, I have had the easiest existence of any generation before me. Wealth, education, and freedom have come at no cost to me. I still call my sisters my friends and I am voluntarily spending my one week off with my parents. It is a rare day when I do not feel loved, encouraged, or supported by the many, many people in my life. My experience with the vile things of this world is limited to a daily news feed.
I have it good.
And yet here I sit. Face to face with kids, adults even, who know the dirty parts of this world. Those who have been in darkness for so long that light is merely an apparition.
And apparitions are dangerous.
False hope kills the soul.
Still they want me to listen and they need some sort of balm for their soul. Perhaps they will try what I have to give them.
They finish telling me their nightmare and I tempted to be very afraid. I have nothing to offer them. Even the name of God or the power of Jesus, which I believe in, sounds trite in the moment. I, the woman with way too many words, am without a single syllable to utter and I often feel like a failure.
Isn't that Enough?
Lately, the issue of human trafficking has hunted me down and not left me alone.
Karissa, a recent high school graduate that I met a few months ago at a show, was the first girl I have ever met who has been through such an ordeal. She reads this blog- and she knows what I think of her. Beautiful. Strong. Healed. Called. The most enchanting personality in the world... I love the girl...I really do.... except for the dang fact that she keeps praying that God would use me to reach girls like her with hope.
In a recent conversation she told me she believed God wanted to use me to work in the lives of those who are broken. Specifically girls who have experience sexual trauma.
My response to her?
No thank you. Why me? Why can't I just be passionate about saving the whales? Why can't I head up a doggy adoption drive? Why can't I just be a super-cute PTA mom? A tree hugger? Or a champion for kids with disabilities? Why not be behind the recycling movement or saving a rainforest? I love rain forests! I love monkeys! I'll be that girl!
These of course are all important causes, but for me, working with children at Special Olympics or running a doggy adoption drive are things that I would find great joy in. For me, those things are easy. They are comfortable. They are delightful even. I love on a helpless dog and we both go away feeling better about the world. I give a child a hug and scream their name till they hit the finish line and we both walk away feeling like champions.
There is no fear in that. No heart pounding, lung crushing, emotionally stunned silence that makes me feel completely and utterly helpless to help. There is no insecurity in doing what comes naturally to us. There is no pain, no huge sacrifice required to do that which we already know and love. There is no chance of failure when we only help the people and causes that we know how to handle; that we relate with and understand.
There is no significant gap for God to come and do a miracle when we have all the answers. When we only serve God and others by doing the things that are easy, convenient, sterile and enjoyable... we cheat the world out of miracles.
I sing. I've always loved to sing. It's easy. It's fun. And, the songs that I sing bring people hope and joy. Isn't that offering good enough? Why try and do anything else? Especially if it makes me uncomfortable and I don't enjoy it?
Most of us settle in right there. This is what I'm good at. This is how much I will offer. This is how far I will go. Don't ask for anything more from me or my family or my bank account or my time... we have drawn the line and done our fair share. We are saving whales and helping orphaned puppies. Isn't that enough?
Available? Or just sort of available?
Most people will live this way. I can't judge the impact of their lives one way or the other. But I can say that the more I get to know Jesus the more He seems to point to a way of living that goes beyond just doing what is easy and convenient and semi-sacrificial on our part. He points to a more radical life that is more fulfilling for us and more healing for those who most need healing.
I can't shake the feeling I get when I read about the life of Jesus. He was radical in his love for broken, destitute, dirty, un-easy people. Thank God he chose to do more than just what came easy for Him. Thank God he was radical in his love for those he encountered that had truly seen the evil, nasty part of humanity. Thank God he looked into the eyes of a man so possessed by demons that he foamed at the mouth. A woman so entangled with sleeping around that she had to go get water from the well when other women were not there to spit on her. Thank God he touched the leper who had not been physically touched in years.
I get the feeling that even Jesus grew weary. Taking breaks from people. Alone time. Naps, even. Maybe it wasn't all that easy for him either. To bear with the difficult people. To see the evil. To always have the right words. To take on the hypocrisy in the synagogue. To stop the bleeding, raise the dead, forgive the low lives, and to cast demons out of people.
Still, He showed us what it looks like to be available to the most deeply wounded among us.
And still, I find myself asking him for a different assignment.
Orphaned puppies, Lord.
Pleeeeease, just let me be that girl that takes care of orphaned puppies.
Not girls who have been raped. Not human trafficking. Not me.
Not Dexter the homeless guy. He smells. He's paralyzed. And this week when my sweet friend Sara called to tell me Dexter was at the gas station, and I found him, and a fluke rain storm began to thunder down, and I decided to put him in the car and carry him to the bus stop... with Annie in the car... with Dexter in his wheel chair... with my heart pounding and the people around me staring at me like I was insane or in danger... and my own conscious doubting and fearful and my hands shaking as I helped pull his legs up and into the car...
Please Lord. Please send someone else. Please not me. Please not this...
Tough Topic Tuesday
Are we, as Christians, simply available for the causes and people that are easy, clean, sterile, and convenient? Or are we available for the moments where we have no idea what to say or how to respond?
It's in these moments, when I am afraid that I don't have a single word to offer to this person who has walked such a different path than me, that God has space to perform miracles. And he does. I am learning that the less equipped I am, the more equipping He gets to do. As my roommate in college used to say in her sassy East Texas country accent, "God gets to show off!"
Now I just have to learn to be available. For anything.


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'Ren′s life is about to become more bizarre and dangerous than he could ever have imagined.' (From the publisher's website.)
'Ren of the Undivided and his half-Faerie companion Trása must find a way to stop the Matrachai, who want to eliminate every magical race in existence. Only the Undivided hold the key to stopping them, and even the Faerie Brethren have turned to Ren for assistance. With the help of the Pete and Logan Doherty, the human twins stranded with them, Ren must find a way to save them all, especially his twin brother Darragh. Reunion is the third book in the fabulous Rift Runners epic fantasy series, following on from The Undivided and The Dark Divide, and switches through time portals between the contemporary world and a Celtic Druidic Britain.' (Publisher's blurb)


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Satoru Iwata and Nintendo have seen their critics come out of the woodworks in recent months. After a poor showing in 2011 financially, the company is looking to get back on track with the 3DS and Wii U. Iwata recently described this period for the company as one where it's transitioning from two of its most popular platforms, into their next generation iterations.
While many people are focused on the hardware itself, and it's specs, one of the most important facets of the launch will be in the availability of software. In the most recent financial briefing from Nintendo, Iwata answers questions about Nintendo's plans for first and third party games on the Wii U.
"Our consumers do not want to purchase the game systems themselves but want to play with the software," Iwata said in the briefing. "To take this idea to the extreme, consumers reluctantly purchase a hardware system simply to play with the game software. Of course, the video game hardware systems of today embody a variety of functionalities within them and offer a lot of experiences to the consumers."
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inkyscape posted a topic in Composers' HeadquartersThanks. Under 25 required. Under 40 required. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
music education adventures and misadventures
inkyscape replied to inkyscape's topic in Composers' HeadquartersI wasn't going to say this because it is kind of embarrassing. Or maybe not. Anyway... I decided to learn music from scratch in 2015 because I gave up chess playing. I had been playing chess since I was 8 and interestingly I taught myself the moves from a book. Out of nowhere an online chess site accused me of cheating in chess with no evidence whatsoever to support that. As I said at the time "I am losing games so I would be the most incompetent person at any underhand way of winning!" So chess is over for me. So I had a lot more time for something else. Actually I had been thinking on some level of learning music for a few years before that but it was a vicious circle; I thought of learning an instrument but to learn one I had to know about an instrument. The first thing I did in the first week of deciding to learn music [late 2015] was to email some music teachers but I never got any reply. My emails were normal and I expressed my desire to be positive about learning music. But I think a lot of music teachers don't want to teach adults. Maybe adults don't fit into the ABRSM industry and its exams. So I felt really dejected and depressed for a week and then decided if nobody would teach me then I would do it myself. Bear in mind that at this point I knew absolutely nothing about music, save very vague memories from school of every good boy deserves fruit. I had forgotten long since what a crotchet was. I had even forgotten what a staff was. The book I got and I am holding it now was Understand Music Theory by Margaret Richer. It is a good book. But it was still a real struggle. I would learn something like what different rests do but I couldn't put it together for what I wanted to do: I had given up trying to learn a musical instrument and instead I wanted to do one thing - compose some music. Even if it was bad or mediocre, I wanted to compose some. Yes. I was bonkers enough to think that I could create some. But I reasoned that sometimes craziness/impetuousness could be a good thing. But the decision that really turned it all in my favour was getting Finale Software. There are a LOT of things wrong with Finale and I have listed them in other threads. But Finale gave me two things that I had never had: [1] a chord checker so if I did something wrong I would know and if I something right I would know. So for the first time I had in effect a kind of quality control and progress checker. [2] a way of playing back what I composed to get a musical outcome that I could improve, abandon etc. From then on and that was about early 2016 I could really start doing things. It took me about till mid 2016 to be able to make anything that sounded musical. A big obstacle was getting music to "progress" . That is, I would compose music that didn't "move" or have any forward energy. Eventually I found various ways, some of them pretty normal such as varying the notes [ e.g whole note moves slower than a 16th] and other methods that are more arcane such as cluster chord/note density methods. One of the results of all this was "A Dark mirror Cracked" that I composed in mid 2016 and is in the piano composition thread. I vowed in all this to be as experimental as I could; 1 4 5 chord progressions bored me to tears. I departed from normal chord progressions as much as I could. Indeed, I suspect that I compose what is called "modal" music though I am not sure. I also found other things such as what I call jazz jumps. At this point I realised for the first time that like chess, music theory is enormous. As a bit of an aside if anyone wants to read a book on chess as a cultural force [ you don't need to know anything about how to play to read the book and enjoy it] then the book to get is "A Book of Chess" by a late chess master C H O D Alexander. Then I bought a book on jazz theory and that is probably the next step in all this. What I do already with jumped around, irregular, jazz jumped ways of composing piano suggests it. So I bought jazz theory explained by Julian Bradley. If I am still on these boards in 2030 I might have learned something. It took me 30 years of chess playing and I still made terrible moves though I did get some wins against experts. I have made some compositions of multiple instruments [ e/g about 6] and I like doing that more than solo piano. It's more interesting even though at first i was lost. Then you enter a lot of other theory. When I composed with a viola that was a different kind of staff - a middle C staff so I had to google what that was. Then there are issues of getting instruments to not shout over each other, transposing instruments and a million other things. But int he end I made a few 5 minute compositions with a lot of brass. I am entitled to say that 999/1000 people would have given up all this a long time ago. It has been an enormous amount of work. At one point I even composed a 10 minute piano solo and entered it in a music composition. The academics didn't like it but it will be on my album nonetheless. In all this I have nobody to bounce my music off. That said my ways of doing chord progressions are so unusual that I don't know if it would help. I don't make progressions by numbers. Or by the tonic, super tonic etc. I look at chords as qualities. So I will often have progressions like a C major and then variations of it like C minor or a suspended or extended C chord. Sometimes I even go keyless altogether. I would go atonal if I knew how to do it. Anyway, I hope above anything else that I make interesting music. I could not be a formula composer. It would bore me silly to say have a sonata formula and then I have to follow that formula. Anyway, that went on for a bit! In about a month I will put my debut album on Bandcamp. That will be such a highlight. In late 2015 I never expected to get past what a crotchet was. Make an album? Would I be the first person to mars?
music education adventures and misadventures
inkyscape replied to inkyscape's topic in Composers' HeadquartersI have already done a lot of things that vary from book theory. I am always to open to other theories. For instance: CEG , say you delayed part of it, e.g you went C G and then rest and E. In normal theory that method is not covered. Yet I always argue that it is still CEG because that is what the ear will still hear.
music education adventures and misadventures
inkyscape posted a topic in Composers' HeadquartersI had the worst music education . I mean, THE WORST. I learnt absolutely nothing at school. I have never played any instrument. I do not sing. I have no music qualifications at all. I am 100% self taught from knowing absolutely nothing and I am barely older than a meaningful galaxy Hitchhiker. [subtle hint as to how old I am. ] In late 2015 I got a book on basic music theory - i.e EGBDF - and I began to teach myself from scratch. I didn't know what a note was. I expected to give it up after 5 minutes. At first I couldn't make anything that sounded remotely musical. But after about 6 months - mid 2016 - I started making something that sounded musical even though it wasn't very good. I make no secret that I am deeply jealous of many people on this board who have been doing this since the age of four etc. But I have nobody in my family who plays music. But now I am close to releasing my debut album of about 45 minutes of music. I have worked like an absolute lunatic to produce that amount of music. I compose it all properly in Finale before using VST instruments in FL Studio. It makes me wonder why school failed me - it gave me limited, confusing pseudo choices that led me to giving up music when I was 13 at school because I didn't play any instrument and only people who played instruments could continue with music.The whole system was capitalism at its worst; a system of music teachers who only wanted to teach elite people while anyone else was not valued and told tacitly to give music up. I am far more inclined to believe in music education via organic, community music instead such as choirs. tribal music etc. Nobody who has ever been on these forums has had a worse music education - or rather lack of it - than I have.
A Dark Mirror Cracks
inkyscape replied to inkyscape's topic in Piano Music, Solo KeyboardOK. That is great feedback! Tells me everything that I need to know! I have only shown it to one other person and she said that it sounded like a 1950's Alfred Hitchcock horror movie score. So it is doing what I intended: people give very different perspectives; I call this "multi perspective music" or MPM for short. I'd rather not put the pdf score up; on other forums when I have done that with my music people only talk about the score and they stop listening to the music. It's not an intent to be secret. It's just the bad experiences that I have had on other forums. I have a jumpy, irregular, formless style of music composition. In some of my other piano tunes I take that to more of an extreme than here! I have done a rendition with a synthesizer and I didn't like it as much as using a piano approach. Here is a rendition with a metabell synth:
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inkyscape replied to cloud10000's topic in Orchestral and Large EnsembleI like the dragged ascending and belled triple sounds. I looked at the score and I use methods that are about the same!
A Dark Mirror Cracks
inkyscape posted a topic in Piano Music, Solo KeyboardI could include the pdf score if anyone is interested. But it isn't designed to be physically played; the jumps are too big for hands so it's intent is electronic. I can think of some ways that I could improve it but for now comment, enjoy[?] and lose yourself in my pretty strange, self-taught methods for piano composing!
Composing on Paper or Notation Program
inkyscape replied to Maarten Bauer's topic in Composers' HeadquartersMy handwriting is so bad that it makes a doctor's scrawl legible. If I scored anything by hand it would be a cross between Klingon and Elvish. For the sake of my sanity and world sanity I vow to be a software composer, forever, and always.
Finale Error Message when Saving Files
inkyscape replied to spike473's topic in Finale and Sibelius Help DeskYou could try saving to a different folder. You can save Finale files to any folder that you want; I save them to a folder on my desktop that I use just for these files.
Composing on Paper or Notation Program
inkyscape replied to Maarten Bauer's topic in Composers' HeadquartersI have the deepest admiration for anyone who ever composes by hand. Because I can not. I have composed some small ensemble music [ about 6 instruments] in Finale and things get complicated quickly. Say you do a barber shop quartet style chord using the 6 instruments, and then you do a complex tie construction with some delay and composite chords, if you can do that on paper you are a genius because I can't. Then add a passing note construct too over many bars. I would on paper by then be totally lost, have thrown the paper against a wall, and be about to give up composing to take up bricklaying.
Composing on Paper or Notation Program
inkyscape replied to Maarten Bauer's topic in Composers' HeadquartersOk. For the past year I have been composing hours of solo piano music so I can give a thorough, and I hope helpful, answer. I use Finale. Sibelius is better but I can not stand its GUI interface. I never touch a physical piano. In fact I cannot physically play any instrument. Instead I type my notes into Finale and form my piano tunes. Then I export the file as a midi, and import the midi into FL Studio for a VST virtual instrument such as the Kontakt grand piano. That is my broad workflow. Why don't I do it all in FL Studio? Because I taught myself theory from textbooks [I have no musical training or qualifications] so I need to see the notes. I also compose complex music with a lot of sus chords and slash chords and I need proper notation for that. Anyway, with Finale I can move mountains. What would take ages on paper with certain mistakes can be done quickly and correctly with Finale. For instance I want to transpose a whole bar, copy and paste a page, copy a bar and transpose it down a minor third, put in a trill, accent, mordent or other articulation? It is all doable easily. In fact it's almost too easy; you could use such digital tools as a crutch and I try to avoid that. So that is the great bit of Finale. But there is also what I call the "controversial" aspect: checking your chords with the Finale chord check tool. There is a lot wrong with this tool. One, it won't check arpeggios, two, it does not recognise a lot of 1st and 5th chords [e.g CG missing out the E] and it doesn't recognise inversions of a chord. So it's not a magic bullet; you still have to think for yourself. Then there is in my opinion the most horrid part of Finale: it's note label system. Finale can label the notes A etc but the letters are so small as to be useless. Thus Finale is a nasty program for complete beginners trying to learn note names. Indeed, I would not recommend Finale for musical beginners at all. Finale also has an instrument set but it sounds awful. I do not like Finale. But it's the lesser of evils for the way I compose; I hate Sibelius more and Musescore lacks features. Dorico I don't know much about. Finale also has horrible default layout settings where notes run into each other in really ugly ways. I wish that I could speak to the developers and smash their heads together. But I would not dream of writing scores by hand. That is masochism with a capital M.
Let's talk about (tone)colours
inkyscape replied to Casper Belier's topic in Composers' HeadquartersI have sound to shape and colour synesthesia. The best pop song for this is Clocks by Coldplay. I see 3D shapes with colour energy sparkling as the shapes spin around.


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There might be a mistake here, but apparently The New York Observer is offering passes to the NYC premiere of The Reader...on Wednesday, December 3?
Directed by Stephen Daldry and written by David Hare from the novel by Bernhard Schlink, The Reader stars Kate Winslet, Bruno Ganz, and Ralph Fiennes in a tale revolving around eroticism and...Nazi war crimes?
The thing is, The Observer doesn't seem to be giving people much advance notice....
Date Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Time 7:30PM
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Mirpur: Former Pakistan tear away fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar's suggestion for India rising pace sensation Mohammed Shami is to "work on his run-up" as he feels the talented speedster "has the potential to serve Indian cricket for a long, long time".
"Whatever I have seen, Mohammed Shami is the best fast bowler that India has at the moment. He is talented and should be nurtured with a lot of care. But I think he has one basic technical flaw in his bowling. His run-up to the crease is not very smooth and he needs to work on that aspect in order to get better in the coming days," Akhtar told PTI during an exclusive interaction here yesterday.
Asked to elaborate on what he meant about run-up problem, Akhtar said, "I think his run-up is not a measured and consistent one. It looks at times that he is labouring to the crease. That should not be the case. They should have a smooth action because that will help to generate a lot of pace on a
consistent basis. Shami, I believe will serve Indian cricket for a long time, if he can work on that aspect."
Someone, who never believed in cutting down on pace despite several injuries during his more than a decade long career, Akhtar has one advice for the budding pacers.
"Do everything required but never cut down on pace. Look, pace is the key for any fast bowler. I am not saying that you shouldn't concentrate on maintaining a good line and length but you can always work around those areas keeping the pace intact," Akhtar reasoned.
The 38-year-old, who has played 46 Tests and 163 ODIs for Pakistan in a career spanning over 13 years, feels strongly that fast bowlers should abstain from playing T20 cricket in order to keep that "fear-factor" in the batsmen.
"I know it's a difficult ask but I feel that fast bowlers should stop playing T20 cricket. Having said that, I am not for once saying that they are incapable of playing the format, look at the pitches and playing conditions. It's heavily loaded in favour of batsmen," Akhtar said.


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Feb 17, 2016
Ab tak news channel is best. I like to watch all live news here. I have just see this latest news of cricket "Karachi Kings scored 178/5 against Lahore Qalandars in their Pakistan Super League (PSL) match at Sharjah. I hope lahore qalenders will win this match.
sajjad, Lahore
Feb 12, 2016
I have watched this news on Ab tak news channel "Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Joint Action Committee (JAC) Chairman Captain Suhail Baloch says they are ready for negotiations with the government.I think there is no need of negotiations ..he is responsible for billions loss of airline due their strike.
Sajid, Karachi
Feb 09, 2016
I just visit Ab Tak News tv channel to watch the show of Saleem Afridi's Hazraat. This is only one show which can attack people to watch Ab Tak News otherwise it is useless channel. They still do not have any official facebook page. It has gone two years of its making but i do not know why are they not making their facebook page to attrack their viewers.
yasir, Karachi
Feb 09, 2016
I want to give this message trough this website that ,do as much good as you can. Take advantage of every opportunity. Even the smallest action can make a difference In your account of hereafter.
Nimra sohail, Gujranwala
Feb 02, 2016
I just watch this news on Ab tak news Tv live streaming that in liaquatabad super market there was a bomb attack by terrorist no death had happend yet Alhamdolillah but people their are very much afraid.May Allah give strength to all of us to fight with these terrorist attacks...
kamran, Karachi
Jan 29, 2016
Ab Tak News live do not come our cable, I have to watch ab tak news live streaming online internet.
danish, Vehari
Jan 22, 2016
Abb Tak News is a well established channel of Pakistan and always my first priority whenever i opts to watch news.
Kashan, Quetta
Jan 21, 2016
Ab Tak news channel is used to repeat same news twice and thrice but not showing new news, when the news get old then it is shown on Ab Tak news TV, and then it started repeating the same news.i want to say to team of Ab Tak news that please show some new news. Thank you team of Ab Tak news...
Saman Jalees, Hyderabad
Jan 19, 2016
Finally it is raining in Karachi about which i have just saw on Abb Tak News and i am desperate to enjoy such sort of a weather.
Asghar, Multan
Jan 18, 2016
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Ab Tak News started its operations on the 14 of October, 2004. Based in Pakistan Abbtak tv live is a regional language channel providing entire content in Punjabi. Ab tak News transmission was initiated from Thailand but the HQ is based in Karachi. It broadcasts a variety of programs ranging from sports to infotainment to reality programs. It caters specially to the awareness needs of the Punjabi public in Pakistan. Providing various shows which portray the spicy Punjabi culture and traditions. Ab Tak has played a decent role in clearing some misconceptions of the Punjabi's and is a fantastic channel through which others can learn about the Punjabi society. However it is of a much lower scale and fails to compete with the dominant names due to its unique goal but it still is one of the dominant names in its own class. It also includes many national and international coverage of events so the Punjabi viewers can enjoy the experience right from home. Still striving and struggling to reach the top AbTak news is one of the rising regional language channels and it's work has also helped to elevate a certain part of Pakistan's society.
Tonight with Jasmeen is one of the most popular talk show of Abb Takk hosted by one of the renowned female journalist Jasmeen Manzoor. It sheds light on the current affairs, the promises our politicians made since the foundation of Pakistan, and how they will shape its future. It highlights the achievements of democratic figures and establishment. The hot discussion on the prevailing issues is the core of this show.
Table Talk is one of the most popular political talk show of Abb Takk hosted by one of the new names in journalism, Adil Abbasi. Unlike other political talk shows, table talk has a simple format that is based on political debate on the hot political or social issues of Pakistan. The guest is invited on the show in accordance to the topic to discuss the key issues. You can watch the live streaming of the show on UrduWire.
Abb Takk is the most viewed news channel in Pakistan with number of political shows and other social issues programs, it was officially launched in 2013 and have links of Apna Tv network, which headquarter located in Karachi, the name Abb Takk was owned by the newspaper which later convert into tele-media with the launch of the channel Abb Takk, It telecast entertainment, politics, morning shows, religious shows, showbiz, fashion, news bulletin, news alert, breaking news, sports, documentaries, cultural and occasional shows and more. Its famous shows include tonight with Jasmeen, Hazraat, Khufia, Clean Chit and lot others more with on time news and reporting.
Tonight with Fareeha is the popular show on Ab Tak TV, it is a political discussion and debate show which is initiated by the host of the show Fareeha Idrees, the several political workers and representatives are invited in this show in order to discuss the current situations of the country and its surroundings, Fereeha Idrees is most famous female journalist and news anchor in the electronic media industry she has worked with several media channels and groups and served this nation as good loyal journalist, she has conducted hundreds of TV shows and taken interviews of several popular personalities and celebrities in Pakistan. Currently she is appearing in this show at 8 PM. She is a very confident, cross questioner and intelligent host and anchor with well informed and educated. She began her journalism career at U.K with woman's renowned magazine, has also worked with The Guardian, Channel 4, BBC, The Daily Mirror and other popular newspapers. She has also been Muslim Council of Britain. She is popular due to her great hard work and dedication to the journalism. Her show appears on Aj Tak TV from Monday to Friday. She took her Broadcast and Print Journalism degree from the University of Westminster, UK. Some of the most popular channels, Samaa News, CNBC Pakistan and other popular channels in Pakistan.
Abb Tak is an Urdu Language news channel established in Pakistan. Abb Tak News is counted among the newly ones but in no time the channel have claimed a large number of viewership. The channel is empowered by Apna Network who are also the owners of Apna News broadcasting its stuff in Punjabi and 8xm which a music channel aiming to bring fresh and new songs for its viewers. The headquarters of Abb Tak News is located in Karachi, Sindh.
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is operating on a large scale broadcasting all across Pakistan covering each and every news about Political issues, Entertainment, Sports, Infotainment and clusters from all across the world been concerned with the country. This a fabulous news channel covering each and every news from the right place at the right time. Apart from that the channel also possess some classic talk shows like Table Talk, Tonight With Fareeha and Tonight With Jasmeen. Further more the channel also telecasts some exceptional shows like News Cafe, Khufia, Hazraat and many many more.
Table Talk
Table Talk is ranked in between the most popular political talks shows of Pakistan. Although this show is a part of a newly situated channel and is hosted by one of the new names in Journalism, Adil Abbasi but have gathered immense weighted in the eyes of the viewers. The show possess a duration of one hour and is on aired onto the channel from every Tuesday till Friday. Unlike the other talk shows of Pakistan this show holds a simple pattern in which the host use to call up different personalities relating to politics and in combination with them he conducts a debate. The discussions topics may include some sort of hot political issues and other social problems from the current era.
Tonight with fareeha
Tonight with fareeha is a social, current and political issues talk show telecasted on Abb Tak News. The show is hosted by a very skilled anchor person and journalist of Pakistan Fareeha Idress who is up to the mark while performing her duties. Fareeha Idrees who is a very talented host is well known for her bold comments and arguments. Fareeha Idrees is an experienced journalist and have served for other channel too. Just like the other Talk shows of Pakistan Fareeha Idrees use to call up several government officials and political personalities from all across Pakistan in order to proceed a debate over any particular matter of the time having a crucial impact onto the country. Additionally to that sometimes she also conducts a show on public places such as one she conducted on 21st October for the betterment of wild life. Tonight with Fareeha possess a duration of one hour and is telecasted onto the channel from Monday till Friday.
Tonight with Jasmine
Tonight with Jasmine is the most watched show on aired on Abb Tak News. This show is hosted by a very striking and fearless Journalist Jasmine Manzoor. Basically it is a political and social affair talk show and having an anchor like Jasmine Manzoor make it more worth full. The pattern of the show is that the host usually invites famous personalities from all across Pakistan and these personalities may include Representatives from Government, Representatives from Opposition Parties and Representatives From Forces. Furthermore the host than use to conduct a detailed debate over any burning issue of the Country. Jasmine Malik on special occasions have also conducted an interviews of Famed personalities of Pakistan such as one which she conducted of Pervaiz Musharraf at 9th March 2015. The show possess a duration of one hour and is available for live streaming at URDUWIRE.COM.
News Cafe
News Cafe is an amazing morning show telecasted on Abb Tak News. It is a great show and is heavily admired by the viewers. The show is jointly hosted by Wajiha Khan and Faheem Abbas. In addition to that there is Furqan Ahmad Bobby who makes the show more interesting through his hilarious comments and dialogues. News Café is among the most liked shows on Abb Tak News and have completed more than 300 episodes. The show possess different sort of sections and each of them is designed to be attractive in the eyes of the viewers.
Khufia is the most impressive show on aired on Abb Tak news. The show aims to cater each and every raging problems of our society and tries its best to convey the problems towards the higher authorities. Khufia is conducted by a dynamic and audacious host Sana Faisal. Although the show only possess a duration of an hour but still the host and the team of Khufia strives up to their to show us each and every side of a particular matter and that's why they are spotted in between the bests in such sort of jobs.
Hazraat is a comedy show conducted by the channel. This hilarious show is hosted by the two reknowned personalities in that field namely Saleem Afridi and Shakeel Siddiqui. Alongside that the team also invites some relevant personalities in accordance with the topic which is to be discussed. The main aim of the of the show is to make people chuckle and also to collect some precious knowledge from the respected personalities of Pakistan. The show holds the duration of about 20 to 22 minutes and each fresh episode is released on weekends.
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Theatre Aspen School announces the formation of a Student Advisory Council for Theatre Aspen School.
The Student Advisory Council consists of high school students in their freshman to senior years who love theatre. The Council will meet, at a minimum, once per quarter to discuss current courses being offered, ideas for future classes and/or productions, ways to engage students and the broader community in theatre arts. The Student Advisory Council will act as ambassadors for Theatre Aspen and Theatre Aspen School (TAS). Students will help organize hospitality and outreach events related to TAS and TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences) programs when possible (understanding that many of these students will also be participating in TAS programs.)
Benefits of participation
- Meet and collaborate with other young people who love theatre
- Develop leadership and teambuilding skills
- Deepen their knowledge of the art and business of theatre
- Receive guidance and feedback from theatre professionals
- View world-class productions at our award-winning theatre
- Build lasting relationships with Theatre Aspen and each other
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- Council Member: High School students in grades 9-12, nominated by teachers, mentors and peers. Responsibilities include actively participating in meetings, events and all assigned tasks.
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Three breakfast workshops on wireless sensors for irrigation will be held in Missouri on Jan. 18, 19 and 20. According to Joe Henggeler, irrigation specialist at the Delta Center, in Portageville, Mo., "the cost for wireless sensor systems has decreased a lot in the past few years and can now be as little as $3 per acre annually. It doesn't take much of a yield increase to recover your investment costs."
In Missouri, only about 1 percent of irrigators use soil moisture sensors, according to Henggeler. "However, those few that do are making some of the highest yields reported in the annual Bootheel Irrigation Surveys."
Henggeler, who has studied wireless soil moisture sensors for three years, says data from the last ten years show that irrigators who use sensors or computer programs make higher yields than irrigators who do not use either tool. The yield increase can be as high as 13 bushels for corn, 7 bushels for soybeans, and 100 pounds for cotton.
Soil sensor technology has been studied extensively in Nebraska, where research indicates that on average, Cornhusker irrigators reduced their pumped water by 2 inches by using sensors.
However, Mizzou specialists have one-upped the Nebraska method by adding in the benefit of wirelessly gathering data from the sensors, according to Henggeler.
"Instead of having to go out on a weekly basis and manually reading the sensors, readings from the sensors are wirelessly transmitted to their computer. Some even have systems that text-message them when the sensors determine it's time to irrigate."
Workshops start at 7 a.m. with breakfast and a brief background. Then each company will speak briefly about its products followed with time to interact one-on-one with dealers. The workshops will end at 10 a.m.
Workshops will be held Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the American Legion Building in Kennett, Mo.; Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the Clinton Building, in Sikeston, Mo.,; and Thursday, Jan. 20, at MU Bradford Farm, in Columbia, Mo.
Henggeler said the future could be very bright for this type of technology. "Hopefully, they'll be as common as garage door openers in the Bootheel in a few years."
Pre-registration is possible at: http://agebb.missouri.edu/irrigate/bhconf/2011/prereg.htm.


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DeFore Foundation For The Arts presents Pulse 2011, a dance concert featuring choreography by Mike Esperanza, Nate Hodges, Jessie Hartley, Joshua Romero, Leann Alduenda, Christine Baltes, Sarah Melli, Rika Piper, Linda Simmons, Michael Van Patten and Erika Waters. The show is at 8 p.m. at Orange Coast College's Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview St., Costa Mesa, and tickets are $20 at the door. For more information, call (714) 241-9908 or visit http://www.deforedance.com.
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DJ Josh One performs at Commonwealth Lounge & Grill, 2406 Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. The free show starts at 9:30 p.m. For more information, call (949) 675-4444.
Rockin' For Radio V
The Westside Bar and Grill, 512 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa, presents Rockin' For Radio V, a fundraiser for Startree Foundation and KOCI 101.5 FM. The Steve Copeland Band, Erick Macek & Bryn, One Hot Mess and Saturated will perform. The show starts at 3 p.m. and there's a suggested donation of $10 at the door. For more information, call (949) 646-5615 or visit http://www.westsidebarandgrill.com.


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Jungle Theatre to Open SHAKESPEARE'S WILL on 2/7
Featuring music from the Elizabethan era with a compelling period soundscape created by C. Andrew Mayer, the dynamic one-woman play showcases theatricality, humor and brashness on Boehlke's beautifully-designed set, inspired by elements from Hathaway's Cottage, which still exists near Stratford-upon-Avon.
Shakespeare's Will premiered in 2005 at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, and has played to enthusiastic audiences in numerous theaters across the United States and Canada, including the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 2011. The 2007 U.S. premiere was produced by Leonard Nimoy.
In addition to Ivey Award/McKnight Lifetime Achievement Award-winning Boehlke and Mayer, the Shakespeare's Will creative team includes Bill Devins (lighting design), Amelia Cheever (costume design), John Novak (properties and stage manager) and John Stillwell (technical director).
Shakespeare's Will performances are Tuesdays ($25), Wednesdays ($33) and Thursdays ($38) at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. ($43); Sundays at 2 p.m. ($38); and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. ($33). Senior, student and group discounts are also available, and rush tickets are available every night of the week 30 minutes prior to the performance for $10 off the regular price. Tickets are available at (612) 822-7063 or online at www.jungletheater.com.
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Hi lovelies! Here is round two of photographs. Springtime in London is just beautiful, with all the trees just starting to come back to life after winter. I loved the mixture of old and new architecture throughout London. Such an interesting contrast.
Probably one of my favourite days was a beautiful day out with one of my aunts. We went to the Victoria and Albert Museum where there was a stunning exhibition on the evolution of Italian fashion. Perfect for me! All of the above photos are from Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. I went a bit nuts with the nature photos but I couldn't resist. Kensington Palace was empty however, as Will and Kate were over in Australia.
The last shots are taken in a bar made entirely of ice! Definitely not the sort of thing you'd find in Brisbane. It was such a cool experience, sitting wrapped up in a cape sipping cocktails out of ice glasses. It's a pop up bar, but if you get the opportunity it was a fab experience. Afterwards we went for some of the best Indian I've ever had at Dishroom, so tasty!
After some serious culling I somehow still have one more round of photos to post. As I said before the majority of these photos were taken with my 50mm f1.4 lens. The trip has made me realise just how versatile the 50mm prime lenses are. Such a good investment.
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South Africa mulls $2bln rhino horn trade
South Africa may push to end a global ban on the rhino trade. As Hayley Plattt reports, they want to turn the trade in horns into a lucrative legal business.
It may look unpleasant but humane horn removal could save this rhino's life. The procedure is being carried out by a private rhino owner. It's painless and the horn grows back. White rhinos are increasingly being killed for their horns - a record 1,305 were slaughtered by poachers in Africa last year. They're sold illegally for use in Chinese medicine. And have an estimated street value of $65,000 a kilo. (SOUNDBITE)(English) PRIVATE RHINO OWNER, JOHN HUME, SAYING: "We are losing still, everyday more than three, we are losing the war. We have to change our tactics if we are going to expect to win the war." Hume thinks farming rhino horns could prevent the animals becoming extinct. He also estimates the industry could be worth $2 billion. (SOUNDBITE)(English) PRIVATE RHINO OWNER, JOHN HUME, SAYING: "I still firmly believe that it's not the demand that is killing our rhinos, it's the way we supply that demand." But he has plenty of critics to convince. Animal welfare organisations say legalising the trade would just encourage more poaching - criminal gangs would instead launder 'dirty' horns in clean markets. A decision on whether to even try to get the sales ban lifted will be decided by South Africa's government later this month. In the meantime rhinos remain critically endangered.


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Franchitti: Restarts Significant in Alabama
We're fresh from a solid third-place performance at Barber Motorsports Park, and we get right back into it this weekend at Long Beach. There's no time to lose, but there is time to talk about the big change in IndyCar racing this year: Double-file restarts.
As you probably noticed, our restarts are different this year in the IZOD IndyCar Series. When we take the green flag after a caution period, we line up side-by-side, which is totally different for this form of racing. It's quite tricky, especially on certain road and street courses – not to mention Indianapolis Motor Speedway – but it worked out rather well Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park.
The idea for double-file restarts came from team owners, who lobbied for the change during the off-season to kick-start the action for the crowd and the TV audience. The owners are getting some fairly substantial bills now for all of the damage early on, but the plan began to sort itself out at Barber. Visually it looks better on TV to have us coming into the first turn together, but it can be scary for those of us involved.
It definitely creates more passing opportunities, which is both good and bad. It's good for the guys chasing the leaders, but it's not so good for the leader – or sometimes even for others just behind the first few rows. It's not good for anyone who has worked to build up a lead on the car behind.
There are positives and negatives to it. Right now I'm OK with it – maybe because it hasn't really hurt me yet – but I'm sure there are going to be times when it doesn't work in my favor.
One of the tough things about it is vision. With the shape of our cars and the height of the rear wing, sometimes we're completely blind to what's going on ahead of the car in front of us. If you get close behind a car, you can't see what's going on with the cars two rows ahead. So if the leader brakes hard and you're in the fifth row, you don't see it. It creates a chain reaction that doesn't affect the first few cars, but affects people farther back in line.
Every time we had a restart Sunday, I thought, "This is my chance to make up some ground," and it worked out that way a couple of times. There was some interesting stuff going on during the restarts, and part of the reason it worked better was the track configuration. Turn 1 at Barber is a fourth-gear left-hander that allows us to go two-wide. At St. Pete, we went from a long, wide straightway into a very sharp and slow right-hander. It was much more difficult for everyone to be clean through a tough turn like that, but Barber's layout made for better double-file action.
The new rule is a work in progress. It's going to take some time to sort it out, and I'm not sure if it will work properly at every track. Indianapolis, for one, is going to be extremely difficult because of the narrow track itself and single-lane groove in the turns. And Sunday's race at Long Beach is going to be difficult because of the same thing we faced at St. Pete – a long main straightaway into a very slow, sharp turn.
I have a positive view of the change now, but I'm sure that will be tempered by experience later on in the season. It's safe to say that it will affect the championship in some way. I must admit that I'm nervous about how this works out. But right now, I like the way it's progressing.
One thing to think about: The biggest accident we've had so far was at the very start at St. Pete. It wasn't a restart, but the same double-file start procedure we've always used. The only difference was the later acceleration point. That crash was as much a product of people coming in too hard and braking too late than it was the new format. The restarts after that certainly weren't perfect, but they got better. And the action on restarts at Barber was pretty interesting.
I actually managed to gain a spot or two on those restarts, so it wasn't all bad. To finish third after I botched qualifying so badly is a positive sign. It also says something about Target Chip Ganassi Racing. I had a terrible test session at Barber earlier, so bad that we threw out all of the information we got from it, but that's when it pays to have a great teammate.
Because of that bad test, we went to Scott Dixon's setup for the race. It worked quite well. Scott and I share all of our data and talk constantly about what the cars feel like. If he likes something about my setup, he uses it, and I do the same with his. For this race, I borrowed his setup and then recovered after a terrible qualifying session. I went from seventh to third and finished behind Scott.
We're still right in the thick of the championship race, but I don't put too much credence in that, especially this early in the season. At this point, I just focus on the race in front of me. If you do that and perform to the best of your ability, the points will be there later in the season when it matters.
We definitely did our best as a team, and that's all we can ask for. We just need to keep working hard this week at Long Beach and be faster in qualifying. Right now, I'm happy with the way things are going, and that's all I can ask for.