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Brexit (British Exit) may be the thing to watch today, but locally consumers are abuzz with excitement at the new FlySafair deal which, if you can bag it, will see you buying a flight for just R2, including airport tax. Angelique Ruzicka investigates.
This morning FlySafair announced that it is selling 'a minimum number of 15,000 individual flight sectors' for R2 through its website from 9am and that customers have until 23h59pm today (23 June 2016) to take advantage of it. Flights are available for travel up to 30 September 2016. The promotion is only available on new bookings. Flights are subject to availability and sales are on a first-come first-serve basis.
The FlySafair R2 promotional fares are only available for booking through FlySafair's website. No bookings can be made via the FlySafair call centre, head office or ticket sales offices at the various airports.
The promotion is not applicable to group bookings and no more than 10 passengers per booking will be allowed.
How can I get in and book?
At the time of writing, I tried to book a flight but was presented with a screen that told me I was in a queue with no further information. Meanwhile, another Moneybags staffer was presented with another screen, which told her that she was number 11,033 in line. After 15 minutes, she was number 4,598 in the queue. Clearly, patience is key!
According to the terms and conditions on FlySafair's website, the R2 fare includes airport taxes and 7kg of free carry-on luggage subject to the airline's size restrictions. All extras including, but not limited to, checked in luggage, SMS notifications, car rental, pre-selected seating, insurance, priority boarding and upgrades to tickets that can be cancelled are excluded.
FlySafiar warns: "Demand on our website will be high during the sale period and your patience is appreciated." You'd be wise to heed this warning – the last time FlySafair offered a similar deal (flights for just R1) there were lots of customers who couldn't get online as the airline's website struggled with the volume of traffic.
Moneybags' tips on how to take advantage of the FlySafair deal
1. Be patient. There are thousands of interested flyers in this deal but some may get irritated and give up. If you persevere you may just make it. FlySafair warns: "To protect the integrity of our website we have created a virtual waiting room where customers may need to queue to gain access to the site. There is no mechanism to gain preferential placement in the queue. If a user loses their place in the queue for some reason, they will have to join again from the back of the queue. Your patience is appreciated."
2. When you get to the waiting room do not refresh the page as you might lose your place in the queue.
3. Try not to use your cell phone because if the screen locks you will get redirected to the back of the queue. It may help to change your Screen Lock Settings
4. There is no promo code required to take advantage of the FlySafair R2 sale.
5. Search the routes and dates that suit you from the homepage once it loads. You can leave the promo code box empty as it is not required.
6. According to FlySafair, R2 fares are displayed in the column to the right of the ordinary fares. If there are no fares listed that means that those R2 fares have sold out on those flights and only the normal fares are still available.
7. Keep your credit card handy because the airline says only credit card and secure instant deposit (SID) payments will be accepted during the promotion period.
8. Be sure of your flight times – no refunds will be issued in respect of the promotion and any flight modifications will be subject to our standard penalties.


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Being very old school ourselves we like the fact that Paul uses traditional cameras. Paul told us more about what he enjoys about photography, the cameras he uses and about being a retro chap. We like!
"I have recently returned to photography after having taken no photographs for 20 years or so. In the 1980s, I was quite a prolific photographer, specialising in landscapes, musicians at gigs etc, and used to supplement my income by doing Wedding Photography at weekends.
At that time, I was in charge of the darkroom at The Regional Cytogenetics Unit at Birmingham Women's Hospital, where I was a Clinical Scientist, so I had access to excellent darkroom facilities, "free" photographic chemicals, paper etc. My cameras at the time were Pentax MX and ME Super 35mm SLRs, plus my Grandfather's 1954 Voiglander Vito B and Weston light meter with which I had taught myself the basics of photography while a student in the mid 1970s at Leicester Polytechnic.
For the last 20 years, my interest in photography became dormant, as I concentrated on playing electric viola in rock and folk bands (there was no time for photography as well, as my career as a Clinical Cytogeneticist and part-time father to my son took the lion's share of my days/evenings).
Since taking early retirement at 55 years of age (almost 2 years ago), I have lots of time on my hands, and re-kindled my interest in my old hobby....initially I had my 4 1980s Pentax Camera bodies serviced, so they are now as good as new, and started re-acquainting myself with the mechanics of taking pictures. The magical feeling when one gets the results back from the photo lab was as strong as it ever was, so I decided to fully embrace my old interest again.
Having played around with Digital,SLR cameras and a Canon Zoom Compact Digital Camera I can see their attraction (the immediacy of the results is attractive), but I really do prefer cameras which give complete control in an accessible way.
I really do not like the features found on typical Digital SLRs.....the idea of a lens with no immediately accessible aperturte ring (as is typical of digital cameras) is utter anathema to me, as is the fact that to wrest control of the functions such as manual shutter speeds requires scrolling through menus to find what one wants rather than simply turning a shutter speed dial as on a typical analogue camera.
I maintain that Pentax, Nikon et al have really missed a trick in that if they were to make a basic film-style SLR with a digital back and quality optical view finder it would sell in lorry loads to old-school photographers like myself, and also to Photograpy Students.
My favourite camera to use is the 1980s Pentax MX, a beautifully made all mechanical (apart from the metering system) manual only 35mm SLR, which handles beautifully, is very small and discreet, has a very large and bright viewfinder with all metering information, shutter speed and aperture readout visible. I have several lenses for these cameras, which are optically excellent (many users of Digital SLRs use these old Pentax SMC-M series lenses as they give superb results). Somehow, Pentax really "got it right" with the MX, which to me is just a joy to handle, and really does deliver the goods.
Photo of Paul Murphy, taken by Paul R. Miller on a 1949 "Franka Solida" 120 2 1/4 inch square folding camera.
As a result, by the time a light meter reading has been taken, the aperture and shutter speed selected, the rangefinder reading transferred to the focus scale, shutter cocked etc, the subject is engaged, relaxed, and ore captures the real subject rather than the gurning smile seen on photos taken with something more instantaneous. As a bonus,I have had the pleasure of befriending several people who, had I been using something more modern, would have probably told me to bugger off had I asked them if it was ok to take a mere photograph with something modern.
The black and white results I have been getting with an old 1949 Franka Solida120 roll film camera have really surprised me.....the pics taken at the recent Bearwood Shuffle (on 09/06/2013) have a lovely old-fashioned appearance which is hard to define, but easy to see if that makes any sense. Ditto, the photos I took using a 1954 Braun Paxette 35mm rangefinder camera at the May Bank Holiday bash at Lightwoods Park have a lovely "retro" look about them, with gorgeous, almost pastel colours....that must be down to the lens technology of the era, I assume.
Taken by Paul R. Miller on a 1949 "Franka Solida" 2 1/4 inch square folding camera.
I pick up my vintage cameras in junk shops, occasionally on "Evil Bay" and sometimes at Camera Fairs. I have a basic set of rules when purchasing an old camera. It must be of quality, which generally means German, there must be no fungus or obvious damage to the lens, the camera must be basically functional with an intact bellows where present, and in cosmetically good order. Shutters inevitably need servicing or repairing and lenses need cleaning, both of which I am able to do. Oh, and I never pay more than about 20 quid!
Regarding processing, I use a place on Colmore Row in Birmingham (Snappy Snaps) where I have the reputation as being the bloke with the retro cameras which actually work. The guys in there really know their stuff and prices are reasonable (about £10.00 for an 1 Hour service for a 24 exp film, prints ande a CD with the digitised images, with the price reducing if one is prepared to go with 3 hour service and cheaper again for overnight.
I suppose I am a bit of a retro sort of bloke, what with vintage cameras, old racing bicycles, vintage model aircraft building and flying, old motorcycles etc, but there you go!"

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Read the full report –SLB BF no 6 March 2013 MASKING INACTION
Sri Lanka's National Action Plan for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights ('National Action Plan') appeared at the end of 2011. The drafting process had begun in 2008, consequent to a commitment made by the Government of Sri Lanka in the first cycle of the Universal Periodic Review. The first draft of the National Action Plan was formulated in a process which included the representation of civil society representatives and was completed in 2009. However, the process floundered following the abolition of the Ministry of Human Rights in 2010. The subject of human rights was not formally assigned elsewhere within government. The progress of the National Action Plan was subsequently entrusted to the Attorney-General's Department that produced the second draft, and organised further civil society consultations in 2010. However, some civil society representatives complained that the second draft was weaker than the first version, and had removed most of their contributions, revealing the cosmetic quality of non-governmental participation in the process. Thereafter, the momentum for the adoption of the National Action Plan slowed; and its fate appeared to be uncertain.
The government was preoccupied with crisis-management abroad, of its human rights record at home, and particularly, demands for international monitoring of human rights and investigation into alleged war crimes in the final phase of the war in 2009. Over the course of 2011, as efforts began to table a country-specific resolution at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), the National Action Plan was finally presented to the Cabinet of Ministers that further amended the draft, shortly before the 18th regular session of the HRC in September. The sudden urgency was prompted by diplomatic exigencies to permit publicity of the NAP as evidence of the government's commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights. However, the final text of the National Action Plan remained inaccessible and unknown within the country, until its release in December 2011, and was only made available more widely one year later.
The National Action Plan comprises two broad sets of issues grouped into Civil and Political Rights, and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights respectively; as well as six specialised areas: Prevention of Torture, Rights of Women, Protection of Labour Rights, Rights of Migrant Workers, Rights of Children, and the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons. Consistent with best practice, the National Action Plan does not stop with the identification of broad goals: there are dozens of individual issues isolated for attention – many reflect longstanding problems in the legal, administrative and criminal justice systems; key performance indicators are enumerated; as are time-frames for implementation; and key responsible agencies are named.
Considering the mounting political authoritarianism of the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration, and combined with the weakness of democratic movements, institutions and values, the adoption of the National Action Plan registers an advance.
Whereas influential discourses within state and society present human rights as alien and imposed from without, the 'home-grown' National Action Plan creates opportunities for domestic advocacy on human rights and is potentially a bridge-head for critical civil society engagement with the state.
The National Action Plan should be supported, and be swiftly implemented. In addition, there should be plural civil society representation in its ongoing monitoring and evaluation; complemented by periodic public consultations, and ongoing information-sharing on its progress.
In every other respect, there is limited reason for optimism. More than 12 months since its adoption, it is not possible to identify where progress has been achieved as a result of the National Action Plan. There is nothing to show, beyond coordination meetings of government agencies and internal reports that are not available to the public. None of its proposed activities, of three or six month duration have, to public knowledge, been completed – even after 12 months. In actuality, the NAP has made no appreciable difference to the culture of, and climate for, human rights promotion and protection in Sri Lanka.
No reading of the National Action Plan indicates that its authors have confronted the scale and severity of Sri Lanka's human rights crisis. The right to life, the right not to be tortured, and the freedoms of expression, association and assembly, are violated with impunity. The Prevention of Terrorism Act continues to be used to repress non-violent actions. The centralisation of power in the office and the person of the President unveil the worthlessness of the legislature and the judiciary in checking abuse of authority and defending the rights of citizens. The militarisation of state and society has accelerated since the war ended. Post-war reconciliation is platitudinous for the Tamil victims and survivors of the war without truth and justice.
If there is no sober acknowledgement of the human rights crisis in the National Action Plan, there cannot be cause for hope that it will rise to, leave alone meet the challenges of human rights protection in Sri Lanka. If the Government of Sri Lanka cannot be trusted not to back-track on pledges and commitments in international forums, as well as in its own National Action Plan, then what reassurance is there of sufficient political will for the remaining promises to be honoured? If there is no transparency in its implementation, no regular consultation with the plurality of civil society, and no discrete allocation of institutional, human and financial resources for its progress, there cannot be any confidence in the progress or in the meaningful realisation of the goals of the National Action Plan.
Indeed, it is hard not to see the obvious. As of now, the National Action Plan's importance to the Government of Sri Lanka is for international advocacy on its human rights record and as symbol of its acknowledgement of human rights obligations. There is nothing inherently dishonourable in these ends; provided it is accompanied by sincerity of purpose and substantive improvements in human rights at home. However, where the National Action Plan masks the inaction of the government in confronting abuses and violations by state actors; and is a tool for deflection of its domestic and international obligations, then all who profess concern for human rights should know a fig-leaf when they see it.


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|Measure out about 5 teaspoons of sugar into the bowl. You can add more later if needed.
|Start slowly pouring in the olive oil. Don't saturate the sugar with oil, the mixture should be a little lumpy.
|Add the herbs. I had some fresh oregano handy and the kimino from a bottle. Mix well.
|Your hand scrub is complete! Wasn't that fast and easy? I transferred the concoction to a white plate so you can see better the texture and color.
|I have my scrub in a cute container in my bathroom with a spoon handy. I just spoon it out, rub between my hands for a few seconds, and rinse! Your hands will feel soft and love you for it!
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I had a vector file of a giraffe that I'm putting together for a friend. The colours were pretty disgusting so just from looking at the working files that DKNG provided I've decided to make it 3 three colour and add a few grads. and it's already looking better.
Update: Ok so i experimented with some textures. but it wasn't really adding anything. so i stuck with pretty much the above.
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Though a bill by Sen. Charles Steele (D-Tuscaloosa) restricting trucks to the right has been languishing in the Commerce, Transportation and Utilities committee since Jan. 31, another bill doing virtually the same thing is making headlines.
According to a Tuscaloosa newspaper, state Rep. Gerald Allen, (R-Tuscaloosa), introduced a bill on Mar.12 to keep big rigs out of the left lane on Interstate 20/59 between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. HB633 would require trucks to keep to the right between mile marker 68 in Tuscaloosa and mile marker 106 in Jefferson county. The only exceptions would be when exiting or when law enforcement instructs truckers to change lanes. The bill also contains a provision for citations for violating the proposed law. Truckers wanting to voice their opinion on the bill can call Rep. Allen at the general number for the Alabama House: (334) 242-7600.


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It's going to be a busy few weeks here. Today sees the double glaziers here, installing a house-lot of new windows. It's been all go since 0900hrs, and the weather has gone well in their favour. Not that I did any kind of witchy weather prodding or anything…. *fails to look innocent, epic-ally* I'm sure it will now snow here this coming weekend in response. Oh well, that should delight Mr U no end, and thoroughly user-test the new windows. Two birds, one stone moment.
The only major problem thus far has been uncertainty as to when I can zip off to the loo though. The guys have been systematically working their way around the house, and have been systematically popping in and out to add latches etc to the windows. And, as all good folks do when they have tradesmen around for a full day of work, they too have access to the loo.
So it's been an exercise in timing, as well as in breaking a habit. What habit? "Home is where you can leave the loo door open!" Erm…no. Not today. I'm pretty sure these two nice guys don't need to be struck blind by my behind.
In about 10 days time we see the advent of the concreters and drainlayers – 18 months after the original assessment of works was done. Not a bad timeframe in the scheme of earthquake repairs I suppose. Maybe they finally got the hint that paying $800+ each time we needed to get the drains cleared would be ended by the repairs actually being done? That's going to be a week or so of burly blokes haring about with diggers, barrows and concrete mixers, and the poor fellows who have to dig about in the morass that is undoubtedly the ground under the driveway to repair the drains. I don't envy them at all.
Then, it's the solar power panel people.
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text: Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) leave everything behind – house, beloved engagement ring. But soon after an accident on the road, wakes up in an underground bunker where Howard (John Goodman) informs that survived a chemical attack, and that the only other survivors are he and his sidekick, Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.) . However, Howard is just eccentric or crazy? Is a savior or an aggressor?


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One of the impressions Hajime had already gotten about Sano without actually having it confirmed for certain was that he didn't rise early by choice. Therefore, when the exorcist's phone rang at around eight o'clock on Thursday morning and displayed Sano's number, Hajime could only consider it a good sign. And when Sano's greeting was a somewhat breathless, "She left me a message," it was as if he'd had a divination confirmed.
"She called at, like, three in the morning," Sano went on. "It woke me up, but I didn't get to the phone in time, but it's fine 'cause she left a message." He sounded almost giddy, and once again Hajime had to sympathize a little; given the current situation, it was no wonder this progress in their attempt at getting rid of the ghost pleased the young man so much.
"What did she say?"
"She wants us to meet her at Isei Park at noon. That's not too far from my apartment — actually I used to hang out there all the time when I was a kid; do you know where it is?"
"I'm sure I can find it." Hajime was grinning somewhat, almost in spite of himself, at Sano's tone: it was so unusually happy, but without having lost any of its customary underlying anger, which made for an odd sound.
"Well, I'm going to head over there right away."
"Four hours early?"
"I straight-up called in sick to work, so I've got the whole day. I'll take my books and see if I can get some studying done, and probably grab some breakfast on the way over at that place next to…" Suddenly seeming to decide that Hajime probably didn't really care what his exact plans were — which assumption, though logical, was not entirely true — Sano finished abruptly, "So anyway, I'll see you there around noon, right?"
The answer Hajime had planned on giving was overridden by Misao making her insistent way around his neck to the hand that held the phone and yowling into it as best she could while trying, at a bad angle, to keep her balance.
"Hi, Misao," Sano was chuckling from the other end even as Hajime lifted her off his shoulder and set her on the floor.
"She has nothing real to say," Hajime translated. "She just likes phones."
Sano was still laughing. "Yeah, I got that."
"Did you?" Without allowing Sano to reiterate the fact that he had, Hajime continued, "Anyway, I'll meet you at the park later."
"Right. See you then."
Hajime set the phone on the floor for Misao to yell into until she realized there was no one on the other end, and stood a few moments in silent thought. Although the upcoming meeting with Kaoru Himura might be significant and productive, there was no guarantee that it would be. He didn't for an instant believe that the ghost's anger would just suddenly dispel and the ghost himself fly off to the afterlife the moment they encountered his wife; Kenshin undoubtedly had something he wanted to say — probably a maudlin goodbye that wasn't worth nearly the amount of trouble he'd been giving Sano — and of course he couldn't communicate with her while all channels were blocked by the shade. So today's talk with his widow was little more than an exploration of another possible avenue to getting rid of that shade, and might prove disappointing for nearly everyone involved.
Well aware of this, Hajime felt it would be wise to talk to Sano about it before Mrs. Himura showed up — to give him a cautionary reminder that this was just one step in a longer process and he shouldn't expect too much. Sano, it seemed, was good at emotions in general; of course his constant anger had amused Hajime all along, and just now his happiness and excitement over the phone had been almost infectious… but, interesting as it might be, the exorcist didn't really feel any desire to see Sano in a state of despair.
Actually, Hajime had the most unaccountable inclination to go to Isei Park right now to annoy Sano for the next few hours. It had nothing to do with the ghost; he just wanted, essentially, to poke Sano and see what he did. He'd never had such an entertaining client before. Of course, he'd never had a client with a disembodied soul floating around him; Sano couldn't help being unusual.
Well, there wasn't really anything keeping him from it. He had no other cases on — he'd lined up a meeting for next Monday with what sounded like a blue shade victim (though it might turn out to be perfectly natural clinical depression; those situations often did), but at the moment it was all Sano — and he'd cleaned his entire house yesterday. He'd even already had breakfast. And there was surprisingly little noise from his conscience in response to this desire deliberately to bother another human being for no better reason than his own pleasure.
As it happened, he didn't set out right away. He spent a good twenty minutes wearing Misao out with the laser pointer while Tokio watched with a put-on disdain that couldn't hide her desire to join in, then about the same amount of time answering an email and paying a couple of bills. But it was barely nine o'clock when he did leave the house, and not even nine thirty when he arrived at the park near the center of the Asian district and started looking around for Sano.
Even this early in the day, the convoluted concrete skating area was alive with mobile, shouting kids — it must be Spring Break for more than just Sano. The latter, with his blue-gelled hair, enormous backpack, and glowing undead friend, was easy to spot on a bench nearby. Perhaps this had been where Sano used to hang out; his current look might even partake somewhat of the skater style, but Hajime was unclear on fine subcultural distinctions and couldn't be sure.
To test the young man's mood, Hajime greeted him with, "Trying to reconnect with your fellow childish idiots?"
"Wow, that was harsh even for–" Sano was attempting simultaneously to turn toward Hajime (who'd approached him from behind), look at his cell phone to see the time, check that the ghost wasn't making any trouble, and give an angry gesture — all without dislodging the messy arrangement of textbooks and notebooks across his lap and the bench beside him. And in keeping with this, he was attempting to say several things at once. "What time– why are you already– are you trying to say skaters are– I'm not even–" And at last, inevitably, he dumped his things all over the ground, and, swearing, jumped up to recover them.
Hajime leaned against the bench and looked down. He might have considered lending a hand, since the spill had to a certain extent been his fault, but it was more amusing just to watch. He got the feeling Sano hadn't really been terribly deep in study in any case. Anger, perhaps — the usual anger — had been keeping him from it, but there was also, Hajime thought, a certain measure of that same excitement and happiness he'd heard over the phone evident in Sano's somewhat jerky movements gathering up his stuff from the grass. Yes, they would definitely need to have a talk about today's prospects; Sano's optimism was a pleasant thing, but he needed to be prepared for its inevitable dispelling.
It turned out, however, that Hajime was in for a bit of a surprise. For by the time Sano had gotten himself resettled on the bench and was stowing his school things away in his backpack in a clear indication that he didn't plan on attempting to make any further use of them right now, he was already well into a dissertation that revealed the cause of his current mood to have far less to do with Mrs. Himura than Hajime had assumed.
"So after you bugged me about it yesterday," he was saying, "I went online and looked up stuff about geologists and the kinds of jobs available for them and shit… and you were totally right…" Admitting to this didn't seem to be the slightest problem, so pleased was Sano. "I really needed to look before I decided about that!"
"Of course you did, you idiot." Hajime was a little surprised at the friendliness of his own tone, but having thus started, he decided he might as well continue; so, with no real concept, himself, of the career options of an aspiring geologist, he went on in some legitimate interest, "Good news?"
Sano twisted to face him, pulling one leg up entirely onto the bench and placing both arms on its back as he gave Hajime a grin that was almost childlike in its enthusiasm. "So you know oil, that thing everyone's fighting over all the time? Guess who those companies hire."
"And that fact never occurred to you before?" Of course, it hadn't occurred to Hajime either, but he wasn't the one with an apparently long-standing fascination with weird underground activity.
Sano's brows twitched a little at the sarcasm, but he wasn't sidetracked. "I'm not really all that interested in finding oil, because that sounds boring and stupid; I'd rather be taking readings inside live volcanoes or something… but there are jobs like that too, and the point is, I can tell my dad about the oil thing, and he'll totally go for it."
"So you've decided on this?" For the brevity of this statement, the skepticism of its delivery compensated by adding a heavy, unspoken, "Already?"
This time Sano did emit some anger in his response. "I make fast decisions, OK? Nothing wrong with that."
"Somehow I'm not surprised," murmured Hajime. And he really wasn't. He really wasn't terribly condemnatory, either; to his understanding, most people changed their majors several times before any permanent fixation, so the distance of the conclusion to which Sano had jumped wasn't likely to make much difference in the long run.
"Besides, I've kinda wanted to do this for years." While still defensive, Sano's tone was creeping back toward the excitement of only moments before, which seemed to be the resilient sort. "It wasn't just the stuff in Paso… you can't live by the San Andreas most of your life without getting interested in earthquakes!"
"I think most normal people can," Hajime said easily.
Sano made one of those frustrated noises he was so good at, but even this held a note of interest and enthusiasm. "Well, normal people are stupid," he stated defiantly.
Hajime had to agree.
"Seriously, though, online yesterday, I found all sorts of interesting shit about volcanologists and stratigraphists and people who specialize in just one specific geological era, and…"
And as Hajime settled in to listen to Sano's ongoing raving, he reflected in mild surprise that, though this wasn't exactly what he'd planned on doing, he didn't at all regret his decision to come to Isei Park two and a half hours early.


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Good morning!
We are studying fractions in math.
Parts of a whole. You need to have prior knowledge of multiplication and division to understand fractions.
If you think about it, that's kind of like us. We were created to multiply. To populate the earth. As we grow older, we learn to divide. We start our own families. We are parts of a whole. Members of our family.
We are all created as fractions. Parts of a whole. Parts of our own families. Parts of God's kingdom. 1/2. 1/3. 1/4. 1/5. 1/6. 1/1,000,000
I long for the day I'm no longer a fraction. But whole. No longer divided from family members that passed from this earth before me. No longer divided from my God.
My favorite fraction is 1 John 5:7. And these three are one. Parts of a whole. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word (the Son), and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one.
1 John 5:7
Love and laughter,


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Christmas began for Libby on the 23rd when we went to Mema's house for a yummy pancake breakfast and to exchange presents with Gary's Dad & Stepmother, Donna. They got her a very cute bear that sings (which she loves to dance to!). Mema got Libby $ for her college fund and Gary's step-brother and his wife got her a Mr. Potato Head and cute jammies. As you can tell, she was getting into unwrapping the presents!Staying up late and not getting a morning nap made her one sleepy girl! She decides to catch a few winks on Donna's lap.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Christmas with Papa & Donna
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December 07, 2017
Litigation partner Nathan Hochman will speak at the 34th Annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud in a session titled "DOJ Criminal Roundtable." The roundtable will focus on hot topics, recent decisions, and enforcement priorities in criminal tax enforcement. All roundtable speakers are current or former DOJ leaders and prosecutors.
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Colonized people see the world from inside a mirror. From outside, you're oblivious (because: what changed?) But if you're colonized – on the side that lost – life itself loses meaning. Imagine: the country you call home vanishes, you are invaded, and the invaders never leave. Even your name for your country is unwritten on a map. Aotearoa ("the land of the long white cloud") is the Maori name for New Zealand. The name New Zealand comes from Europe ("old" Zeeland is a region in the southwest of Holland). Vincent Ward's new documentary, Rain of the Children, is an attempt to get the view from inside the mirror. It's the story of a Maori woman, looking back.
When he was in his twenties, Vincent Ward made a documentary about an old Maori woman named Puhi. She prayed constantly. She believed her family was cursed. In 1980, Ward could not get her to tell him why she was cursed, or what her life had been before he met her. So thirty years later, he went back. Rain of the Children is a testimony to a vanished life. It recounts Puhi's story (through interviews, archive photography, and dramatic re-enactment) and her part in the story of Rua Kenana, a Maori spiritual leader of the early 1900s. Puhi was married to Rua's eldest son. She had fourteen children. Only one of her sons knew her by 1980, the year she died.
The Maori used to blow holes in Heaven. Did you know that? They used to use dynamite to "open the heavens so the people from the spirit world [would] come back, pick up the spirit of the dead and [take them up]". This image, of explosions ringing out like churchbells, is among many Ward summons to show us the vital beauty of New Zealand's past. A white horse trails Puhi's son like a reflection. Puhi's white wedding veil is spectral – a skein of light – as it floats in the air. Even Puhi's name ("special one") seems plucked from another world. Though her story is tragic, its telling evokes a living world so vibrant as to shout over death's hectoring silence.
Through Puhi, the film tells the story of the Maori people; like the North American Indians and the South American Indians and the people of the South Pacific islands and the people of Africa and the Palestinians, they liked Europeans when they first met them. Then they got to know Europeans. And knowing meant being ruled. In the Land Wars of the 1860s and 1870s, the Maoris were pushed back, afflicted by foreign diseases, pushed back again, and back, and back. Until, by 1900, a man like Rua Kenana could read Exodus and see a parallel between the Maoris and the ancient Israelites. And so he founded a religious community at the foot of a sacred mountain. And the community was home to Puhi and her children. And then it crumbled. And Puhi's children slipped through the cracks.
As narrator, it must have been interesting for Ward to look at his younger self trying to tell this story. In clips, the young Vincent Ward looks like the white world personified; bright, untroubled, keen to make a mark. Next to Puhi and her son, he seems like a sapling. They, in contrast, look like people born of a great loss. Maybe Ward had to live fifty years in order to understand them. You can't be properly haunted by the past until your future shrinks. Puhi's story is about wrecked chances and sacrifice. It's also a love story between a mother and her son. At 21, that's something you hear told to you. At 51, every word summons a piquant ghost.
This is another of Ward's border stories. All his movies are about borders when you look back over his career. Borders between countries, between cultures, between one existence and the next. So the Medieval peasants lining a hillside in The Navigator look like the Maoris lining a hillside in Rain of the Children. United by a leap of imagination. These people both cross borders in time (either literal, or metaphorical) to escape, to journey, to speak to us. For Vincent Ward, crossing borders is not about changing what you find, but being changed by the act of crossing. He documents what can't be colonized; our freedom to review the world.


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An Interactive Guide to Camping at the Tour de France
by Hollie Mantle
(London, UK)
This year the 101st Tour de France will kick off in Leeds on Saturday 5th July, offering cyclists and spectators from all over the country the chance to explore the UK's oft-overlooked northern dales.
In Yorkshire, preparations are full steam ahead. To show off exactly what's on offer up north, the counties are exhibiting landscape aerial artworks with giant images carved into the hillsides, using only the grinding power of cyclist's wheels. Street parties, celebrations and concerts are also lined up to welcome the great race to the north, and local businesses are already starting to see the economic benefits of hosting an international sporting event.
This year the tour is expected to bring in a haul of over 2 million spectators, and with everyone vying for a space to rest their heads at night, 'open' signs are quickly being flipped to 'closed' outside hotels and B&Bs in the surrounding areas.
There is, however, an alternative, with camp-sites in prime locations along the route offering spaces to pitch up and camp down. While "dossing it" might not be everyone's cup of tea, from the perspective of a cycling fan its difficult to question the benefits this style of accommodation can provide. Many camp-sites are located at points where route one and route two cross, meaning that campers will be only a short walk away from a great view on both days of the Yorkshire stages. Avoiding the crowds at official viewing areas will also be a blessing, especially for those who have young families.
Camping spots are filling up fast, so Salop Leisure, a leading UK caravan dealership, has created this interactive map which details the best camping and caravanning spots in prime locations along the route. Many of these are hidden gems, and all will ensure that you get a great spectator seat right nest to the action. Zoom in to take a look at the routes, and click on the green tent icons to display the address, contact information and website of the camp-site you clicked. Many of the listings also include a picture of the area, so be be sure to browse around to find the perfect spot.
Happy camping!
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Is there an inyan to makpid on the angel of the end of the Yad kesher wether to the right or left?
A place for English speaking sofrim (scribes), magihim (examiners), rabbis and vendors of Stam (Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzah scrolls) from around the world to communicate, share ideas, ask questions and offer support and advice.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Two Mezuzos On One Doorway
I understand some poskim rule in some doubtful situations (when it is uncertain which side of the doorway the mezuzah belongs) to place a mezuzah on each side. Placing two mezuzos in such a situation is not Baal Toisif, according to these poskim. Can anyone please advise the makor for this practice?
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ucs2 Character Set (UCS-2 Unicode Encoding)
utf16 Character Set (UTF-16 Unicode Encoding)
utf16le Character Set (UTF-16LE Unicode Encoding)
utf32 Character Set (UTF-32 Unicode Encoding)
utf8 Character Set (3-Byte UTF-8 Unicode Encoding)
utf8mb3 "Character Set"
(Alias for
utf8mb4 Character Set (4-Byte UTF-8 UnicodeEncoding)
The initial implementation of Unicode support (in MySQL 4.1) included two character sets for storing Unicode data:
ucs2, the UCS-2 encoding of the Unicode character set
using 16 bits per character.
utf8, a UTF-8 encoding of the Unicode character set
using one to three bytes per character.
These two character sets support the characters from the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) of Unicode Version 3.0. BMP characters have these characteristics:
Their code values are between 0 and 65535 (or
They can be encoded with a fixed 16-bit word, as in
They can be encoded with 8, 16, or 24 bits, as in
They are sufficient for almost all characters in major languages.
Characters not supported by the aforementioned character sets include supplementary characters that lie outside
the BMP. Characters outside the BMP compare as REPLACEMENT CHARACTER and convert to
'?' when converted to a Unicode character set.
In MySQL 5.7, Unicode support includes supplementary characters, which requires new character sets that have a broader range and therefore take more space. The following table shows a brief feature comparison of previous and current Unicode support.
|Before MySQL 5.5
|MySQL 5.5 and up
|All Unicode 3.0 characters
|All Unicode 5.0 and 6.0 characters
|No supplementary characters
|With supplementary characters
ucs2 character set, BMP only
|No change
utf8 character set for up to three bytes, BMP only
|No change
utf8mb4 character set for up to four bytes, BMPor supplemental
utf16 character set, BMP or supplemental
utf16le character set, BMP or supplemental
utf32 character set, BMP or supplemental
These changes are upward compatible. If you want to use the new character sets, there are potential
incompatibility issues for your applications; see Section
10.1.11, "Upgrading from Previous to Current Unicode Support". That section also describes how to
convert tables from
utf8 to the (4-byte)
character set, and what constraints may apply in doing so.
MySQL 5.7 supports these Unicode character sets:
ucs2, the UCS-2 encoding of the Unicode character set
using 16 bits per character.
utf16, the UTF-16 encoding for the Unicode character
set; like
ucs2 but with an extension for supplementary characters.
utf16le, the UTF-16LE encoding for the Unicode
character set; like
utf16 but little-endian rather than big-endian.
utf32, the UTF-32 encoding for the Unicode character
set using 32 bits per character.
utf8, a UTF-8 encoding of the Unicode character set
using one to three bytes per character.
utf8mb4, a UTF-8 encoding of the Unicode character set
using one to four bytes per character.
ucs2 and
utf8 support BMP characters.
utf32 support BMP and supplementary characters.
A similar set of collations is available for most Unicode character sets. For example, each has a Danish
collation, the names of which are
utf8_danish_ci, and
utf8mb4_danish_ci. The exception is
utf16le, which
has only two collations. All Unicode collations are listed at Section
10.1.14.1, "Unicode Character Sets", which also describes collation properties for supplementary
Note that although many of the supplementary characters come from East Asian languages, what MySQL 5.7 adds is support for more Japanese and Chinese characters in Unicode character sets, not support for new Japanese and Chinese character sets.
The MySQL implementation of UCS-2, UTF-16, and UTF-32 stores characters in big-endian byte order and does not use a byte order mark (BOM) at the beginning of values. Other database systems might use little-endian byte order or a BOM. In such cases, conversion of values will need to be performed when transferring data between those systems and MySQL. The implementation of UTF-16LE is little-endian.
MySQL uses no BOM for UTF-8 values.
Client applications that need to communicate with the server using Unicode should set the client character set
accordingly; for example, by issuing a
SET NAMES 'utf8' statement.
utf32 cannot be used as a client character set, which means that they do not
work for
SET NAMES or
SET CHARACTER SET. (See Section 10.1.4, "Connection Character Sets and
The following sections provide additional detail on the Unicode character sets in MySQL.


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Define a clear product vision
Identify product features
Features represent high-level business needs and are at coarse-grained state ( without having enough detail on its implementations). Implementing a product vision starts with identifying features necessary for vision. The success of a product depends on identifying all those product features and its demand to go to market which holds a high ROI. Features are planned across release. So a release plan gives a better understanding of product features over releases.
Write down features using epics
Now it's imperative to write those high-value product features and plan for its early to market. This smallest unit of product features called as epics. In other words, epics are comparatively bigger stories which enable focusing on adding to product features. These are essentially written in simple languages and need to split further into stories.
Steps in Vision-Theme-Epic-Story-Task
Pull stories from epics
Stories are the measurable unit of epics which adds up to deliver business values and are considered as the basis of agile development. Stories are potentially shippable work products which integrated with the main product. This provides a way to estimate, develop and test it. Stories enable conversation and provide just enough detail to go ahead at that time.
Validate granularity & Clarity of stories
Stories should be granular enough which can be completed within 1-2 days of a 2-week sprint. This requires a story should small enough with enough clarity to go ahead. Stories are usually independent in nature to avoid any delay due to dependencies. An effective story accepts INVEST model attributes.
- I: Independent
- N: Negotiable
- V: Valuable
- E: Estimable
- S: Small enough
- T: Testable
Map all stories, Affinity estimation
This method organizes stories in an order of high business value. Large stories or epics are difficult to estimate. So mapping will help the team for an effective estimation, identifying issues and risks. This map usually starts with creating groups and then rearranging stories within the group. All mapped stories are done physically using post-it notes or story cards.
Break stories into tasks
Tasks are a list of works needed to complete a user story. During this step, a user story is broken down into a highest granular level called as story tasks.
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Things You Should Know When Planning Your Trip to Paris September 29, 2014 Destinations, Europe, Travel Language – While the nationally spoken tongue may be French, I would guesstimate about 70% of the country speaks English, fluently. However, they are always pleased and quite tickled when you attempt to speak French. Try simple pleasantries such as: Good Morning – Bonjour Good Evening – Bonsior Please – S'il vous plait Thank you – Merci Exchange Your Money – Whether you are coming from the U.S. or another country, they ONLY accept Euros in France. So, do your research and find the best exchange rate possible. Plan Ahead – Paris is full of things to do and it can get a bit overwhelming trying to plan on the fly, once you're already there. Being one the most visited tourist destinations in the world, lines and waiting times can be extremely long. The price for their tourist attractions are very reasonable, but, if you can afford to do so, invest in speed passes that bypass the regular lines. Transportation – Your biggest expense besides food and lodging will be transportation. If you plan to travel to any neighboring cities, you may want to either rent a car, book tickets on the train or in-country airline way in advance to cut cost. In regards to taxis, it is best hail a cab versus call one. If you call a cab, they start charging you from the moment they get the call. For instance, if the cab is 2 miles away and it takes them 5 minutes to drive to you, the meter will already have been running and you may get in the cab with $5-6 on the meter before they've actually driven you anywhere. Driving – I can't say that I know the laws there but from what I gathered, whatever they are, they seemed not to be enforced. And while I believe Paris is a lot like NYC except with French speakers, pedestrians do not rule. I often found myself running to keep from getting hit. So please, jaywalk at your own risk! There are also as many scooters as cars on the roads. Air Quality – Coming from the U.S., New York City to be exact, it is illegal to smoke almost anywhere in public. However, this is NOT the case in France. You can smoke almost any and everywhere and EVERYONE seems to do just that. Inside restaurants, concert venues, just everywhere…they smoke. Navigating Your Way Around – There are plenty of maps around and the streets seems easy enough to navigate but the gimmie gotcha is, their streets signs are almost invisible. They are NOT on the corners attached to a pole but rather on the sides of buildings and easy to miss. Restaurants – You will notice that most of them have menus in French and may be full of items you are unfamiliar with, but don't fret, If asked, they can usually provide an English version of their menu. Also, you may think they have the worst service in the world but after dining out a few times I caught on…they don't just eat and run, they chill, big time! Patrons sit around eating, drinking, smoking, talking and laughing for HOURS. They are never in a rush and neither is the restaurant. Power Adapters – They do not use the traditional Western (USA) plugs but rather, their sockets require round prongs, so, be sure to pick up an adapter. You can usually find these for a couple of dollars. Also, I cannot stress enough, if you are taking any appliances such as a blow dryer or flat Iron PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, make sure they are compatible and made to be used in France. If not you will end up like me, my blow dryer was literally spitting sparks and flames and my flat iron got so hot that it set off the fire alarm and had the all of the people staying at the hotel in the lobby ready to evacuate at 3 am in the morning…yeah I know, EPIC FAIL! Location – Paris (France) is centrally located in Europe with Germany, Italy, Spain and The UK being the surrounding countries. By train you can get to any of places listed in as little as 5 hours or less. Again, planning is key. If done in advance you can get a lot of vacation bang for your buck. 2 comments on "Things You Should Know When Planning Your Trip to Paris" Iscream on September 29, 2014 at 7:16 pm said: Great tip advice. That smoking everywhere is something I would have to adjust to. I wish there was a picture to go along with the fire alarm story LOL. Reply ↓ Ameera on September 29, 2014 at 8:54 pm said: I hated the smoking, I swear my face was breaking out the air was so polluted! And imagine me flat ironing my hair, hearing the alarm and NOT knowing Im the one that set it off. I was praying the hotel manager did NOT out me when we were in the lobby, the people probably would have beat me up LOL. People were in pajamas, pillows in hand, it was SOOO embarassing Reply ↓ Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Website * Copy This Password * * Type Or Paste Password Here * Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes:   <acronym title="">
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Star Wars Celebration Anaheim: J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy Appearing at Kick Off Show
If you're anything like me, you're dying for more Star Wars Celebration Anaheim news (I know I'm not alone). There have been a few cool announcements so far, but we all know they're saving the big guns for closer to the convention. Well, today one of the big guns went off: J.J. Abrams and Kathy Kennedy will be appearing at the Celebration Kick Off Show on Thursday morning at 10:00 AM.
I think Chris Argyropoulos (of Lucasfilm) said it best:
J.J. Abrams & Kathy Kennedy scheduled 2 kick off @SW_Celebration in a big way April 16th. Is it 2 early 2 camp out? http://t.co/G5foRQ38HT
— Chris Argyropoulos (@ThatChrisA) February 13, 2015
Jason…do we have anyone camped outside of the Anaheim Convention Center yet???
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Beautifying Your Driveway with the Help from Surfacing Having your own car is very convenient. Having a car will let you travel anytime of the day, wherever you want. But after a long day, your must also go back to its own home to take some rest. Having a driveway is one way to help your car reach its home. One common issue in driveways is the fact that it gets old and therefore requiring some surfacing. You don't need to worry about surfacing because there are a lot of options for it. But of course it is just wise to choose the practical way since it is still functional. There are certain surface styles applicable to different properties. There are various types of surfaces that are common for driveways and these are the flag stone slabs, asphalt and concrete. They have variations and homes will need to choose which … Read MoreRead more
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Mistakes You Should Avoid When Looking for Online Freelance Writing Jobs
It's no secret that in this modern age of digital technology, practically everything goes through the web or internet. Back in the early days of the web, it was all about obtaining information, followed by email and instant messaging. Nowadays though, the increasing influence of the internet has allowed more conveniences along the way. A very popular trend over the web today is the chance to apply for several kinds of jobs, including freelance writing.
Freelance writing jobs are very popular in the web today and one reason is because everyone are basically qualified to become a writer even without prior experience. But just like most other jobs, getting hitched with a client isn't something you can do without exerting some effort. At this point, your priority has to be learning the mistakes commonly made by those applying for … Read MoreRead more
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With everything that the majority of us have going on, some assistance could be used by a lot of us with assisting people with this mental health. One for obtaining this kind of person of the biggest strategies is via the great rising industry of on-line therapy. It is handy, works your routine around, and is versatile. Nevertheless, the sad aspect of utilizing any on-line assistance is guaranteeing the person on another end's validity. We would not wish to trade one difficulty (needing assistance with our living), for a different one (receiving advice about our life from a downright robber)! Set aside a second to review these tactics that are swift and become willing to uncover your online psychologist in no time.
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text: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" was Mike Nichols 1966 debut as a film director, and it received 13 Oscar nominations…one for every category it was eligible for (it won five)! "The Graduate" was his 1967 follow-up. No sophomore slump here…7 Academy Award nominations, including the Best Director win for Mr. Nichols. "The Graduate" spoke to a generation, and is still one of the most financially successful movies ever made. You've probably heard an awful lot about these two motion pictures the past few days, after the loss of the renowned Mr. Nichols on November the 19th at the age of 83. But how often have you experienced a mention of 1971's "Carnal Knowledge"? It's darker than "The Graduate", and more biting and daring too. It's also probably Nichols' best film. "Carnal Knowledge" stars Jack Nicholson as Jonathan, and Art Garfunkel (yes, that Art Garfunkel) as Sandy. An impossibly sexy Ann-Margret is Bobbie (see scene above), and a 24-year-old Candice Bergen portrays Susan. It's one of Nicholson's greatest performances, and supplied Ann-Margret with her first Oscar nomination (she'd receive one more for "Tommy" four years later). "Carnal Knowledge" still seems fresh and cutting edge 43 years later…it's even downright nasty at times. Never saw it? Rectify that NOW via your Netflix queue. And rest in peace, Mike Nichols…it was a helluva ride.


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OCS Services has secured an O&M contract with ONGC for Sagar Samrat production platform. The commissioning of the unit is expected soon and the contract is for a duration of 6 years with provision of extension for additional 2 years.
Sagar Samrat was a jack-up drilling rig which was converted to a Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU). The requirement of MOPU was to develop WO-16 cluster field located in Mumbai High field, 140-145 km west of Mumbai. The platform will be located adjacent to the ONGC's existing WO-16 well head platform (WHP) in 76m of water depth. The MOPU is designed to handle a total 20,000 BOPD with maximum export gas 2.36 mmscmd.
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OCS was set up as a crew and technical management company for the oil and gas industry. It has enjoyed multiple partnerships beginning with Nortrans and subsequently Prosafe Productions.
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Project Bar-B-Q Reports
An Exploration of Machine Learning and the use cases where it might provide the most benefit for Audio Synthesis
Explores potential synthesis use cases that could benefit from current approaches in Deep Learning, and theorizes how those might be tackled with specific neural network architectures and data requirements
Defines and benchmarks from an OEM and consumer perspective the ideal voice assistant experience
Addresses the problem of current Augmented Reality audio solutions not considering listening and source contexts
Presents a transport-agnostic audio feature set, development guidelines ensuring baseline audio fidelity, and opportunities for differentiation for developers to provide added value
Discusses the emerging hearable market, and outlines new problems, opportunities and potential next steps that we can take, as an audio industry, to ensure that consumers' hearing and well-being are managed appropriately
Discusses requirements and obstacles in real-sounding AR/MR audio, given that the sound is interactive and aspects have to be procedurally generated, and presents recommendations
Identifies problems in every stage of the existing architecture that are inhibiting innovation and adoption of enhanced usage of existing transducer and interface capabilities
Explores ethics, security, privacy, and user expectations surrounding devices that are always on and always listening
"You and the Uni: Defining Pedagogical Requirements for Audio Engineering Education" a.k.a. Discovering What to Learn Them Young Whippersnappers
Presents recommended curricula for both undergraduate and graduate engineering studies necessary in the design of professional and consumer audio electronics
Identifies key elements and attributes of an immersive multi-channel audio format that would enable the end user to experience a navigable audio scene (choosing their location and orientation at rendering time), and looks at audio content format needs for this situation
Describes the beneficial use of machine learning within audio applications in three categories: machine learning as a partial solution within a larger pipeline, machine learning as a full solution that stands by itself, and the use of machine learning in parallel with a classical solution
Defines a standard with common, wireless transport method where input, not limited to speech, has the capability to inform the output in some meaningful way, enabling an end user to integrate multiple products without having to rely on a proprietary solution, and enabling new capabilities that can improve the user experience
Explores unintended/unofficial use of music production tools and other technologies that form a creative output
Defines the future opportunity spaces for seamless, environment-to-environment, human like, voice cognitive, affordable, voice interfaces in the home
Defines what an acoustic sensor is today and what it might be in the future, identifies opportunities in various market segments, and investigates challenges
Discusses methods that can be used to make a compelling argument to an internal or external stakeholder for a new audio feature, innovation, or quality improvement
Describes a "next level" listening experience in which there is feedback between listeners and the artist/event, and presents the design of an abstract system model that supports an ongoing feedback and processing loop, creating a generative experience based on real-time collective group input
Presents a compelling case for the creation of a new, audio first, ad hoc network standard, and describes use case scenarios/market opportunities
Discusses immersive music creation and music listening experiences that utilize audio objects (located in 3D space), describes the attributes of these audio objects, and presents new capabilities that creation tools will need
The Smartest Person in the Room is the Room: Applications for Virtual and Augmented Music Production
Discusses the impact and opportunities presented by Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in regards to music and sound creation, performance, education, and experience.
Examines and makes recommendations for security, privacy, interoperability and collaboration/cooperation considerations for audio aspects of the Internet of Things.
Presents the case for, and details of, adding the concept of "clockspace" (a description of the time relationships between code and data within a particular hardware clock domain) to programming languages.
A ten-year plan for increasing safety and improving comfort and user experience via audio implementations in vehicles.
Discusses the issue of hearing damage caused by headphone/earbud use and steps that can be taken to minimize it while providing the best possible listening experience for users, regardless of their hearing profile and listening environment.
Presents short-term and long-term recommendations, and identification of opportunites, for the flow and preservation of metadata through Production, Transmission, Render Device, Monitor Device, Browser, and Application.
Argues for the replacement of analog audio connectors with USB-C in order to overcome current limitations and foster innovation, and provides details on the specification features.
Addresses the problem that it is currently difficult or impossible for parties external to specific products to develop and release IP that can take advantage of integrated or external audio DSPs (Digital Signal Processors), and details some of the primary elements that are key to having a successful Open Audio DSP architecture.
Addresses the barriers currently in place for the creation and distribution of interactive music by making recommendations for improvements in tools and workflow, and presenting a description of the end user experience and potential business opportunities.
Discusses compelling audio-related applications within Smart Homes and the technical issues surrounding them that need to be considered.
A discussion of, and recommendations for, next-generation networked audio in regards to the creation of a standardized solution to enable all networked audio devices to interoperate.
A presentation of use cases highlighting the current deficiencies in audio capture on multi-purpose devices such as tablets and smart-phones, and a proposed full-platform design approach to improve quality and fidelity.
A description of the anatomy of a musical instrument that can be used as a guide in designing modern instruments that use new technologies to make more expressive, accessible, and better sounding musical instruments.
A detailed exploration of fusing audio and many non-audio sensors to significantly improve the user experience of audio applications.
An exploration of the use cases that justify the need for the additional engineering effort, expense, and implementation of audio hardware offloading.
Explores the use external input/data to improve the capture and/or rendering of audio and voice streams on small and thin consumer devices.
Presents preliminary recommendations for extending existing standards to support the added functionality of smart microphones and speakers, and describes a new phyisical interface.
Describes form factors for audio enabled wearable computing devices, how they will be connected to each other, and the kinds of data will they receive, record, and transmit.
Defines a system that collects subjective data about users" hearing and audio environments in order to create personalized presets which are used to enhance the audio experience for each individual in their current environment and with their specific hardware.
Describes a glove that can provide haptic feedback to a musician performing on glass tablet instruments.
Explores and addresses the challenges of the audio architecture that is emerging due to the convergence of portable computing devices.
Describes a scalable audio spatialization system that preserves the original artistic intent and supports authoring, transmission and rendering of audio that adapts to the environment, the listener(s), and the hardware.
Proposes a cooperative gathering of key players in the mobile audio space to generate a flexible framework (as opposed to a standard implementation) for mobile audio design.
Presents a multi-layered system for transparent delivery of music to consumers via cloud services.
Explores audio quality in terms of experience and presents 6 metrics that attempt to revitalize the definition of "quality audio" by focusing on consumer experiences.
Describes and discusses an online, connected service to defragment the experience of listening to music and other audio material across diverse media sources, devices and contexts.
An approach to compelling audio product design that looks at "magical" experiences in theater and life and how they map onto various audio scenarios.
Descriptions of various design ideas for add-ons to existing portable devices to augment and/or enhance their audio performance and capabilities.
Examines the evolution of mobile audio and what opportunities are available for developing hardware and software
The search for a breakthrough rather than an incremental improvement in stand alone VOIP application
Addresses the over-all lack of efficient and effective methods to collaborate across multiple devices and resources
Investigates possible remedies to limitations in operating system and standardized audio hardware and external audio interconnect standards
An examination of benefits and hurdles regarding the incorporation of high quality DSP algorithms (such as reverb, EQ, compression, etc) into runtime environments.
Provides guidance for developers considering products that facilitate an evolution from experiencing music to creating music.
Promotes the creation of a centralized game audio education resource and provides initial information on game audio education in the U.S. and Canada.
Proposes the creation of a new form of acoustic monitoring for the PC space that can be used to improve user experience with minimal user interaction.
Looks at music creation and sharing trends.
Investigates how an audio professional can create beautiful music and compelling soundtracks while surrounded by accounting spreadsheets and nervous lawyers.
"PRAGMA" Rebooted (pet rocks and game music alliance) A Project Bar-B-Q 2008 rogue group updating a Project Bar-B-Q 2004 rogue group
Promotes game consoles and controllers as music creation and performance instruments.
Identifies, examines, and prioritizes based on urgency and importance, approximately 40 audio problems facing the PC today.
A look at social, cultural and technical developments molding the next major evolution of audio products and communications technologies.
A detailed look at the current state of interactive audio for games and a discussion of what can be done to accelerate the evolution and adoption of advanced interactive audio techniques and greater range of expression.
Examines some existing audio metadata schemas, identifies their shortcomings, and proposes a solution based on a highly distributed metadata.
Presents game audio concepts and guidelines for the development process that game designers and producers should use in early stages of product development in order to fully integrate music and sound into their creative design and project plan.
An exploration of designs for a non-intrusive UI extension to existing interfaces and instruments, resulting in the description of The Hand-Aid – a hand shaped band-aid like muscle & motion detector, which adheres to the back of the hands.
Proposes a totally configurable interface designed to replace the standard input devices, such as the QWERTY keyboard and mouse.
Proposes a solution to the problems of excessive latency, obsolescence, and plug-in incompatibility in PC based audio.
A discussion of ways to greatly reduce the technology and complexity barriers which impede the consumer's ability to properly configure his/her audio system.
Presents a different technological method of addressing the needs of music consumers and rights holders.
A proposal for a consumer-friendly quantifiable metric for audio systems that can help provide a great listening experience for the user, as well as generate market growth through increased awareness of the value of quality components.
A discussion of and guidelines for creating PC alert sounds that enhance rather than disrupt the user's work experience.
Proposes a high-level system that identifies the audio content developer and consumer end points and ties them together, based on artists' and users' intentions and/or capabilities.(only the preliminary report is available at this time)
Discusses methodologies for facilitating both synchronous and asynchronous music collaboration.
Discusses the complexities of mixing audio for interactive applications such as games and proposes a central repository in the form of a Wiki for current knowledge and future research in this field.
A technical discussion of how a PC will be used for audio in the near future and what is needed (including identification of several new types of metadata) to evolve the PC into a device that is as simple as consumer electronics devices without losing the flexibility inherent in the PC.
A discussion of designs for an interactive audio production and auditioning system that could be marketed to a wide audience in order to provide financial motivation to audio software developers to create these tools.
A description of how the form factor and operation of the Living Room PC must change in order to sell to the mass market by making the device extremely easy to operate while at the same time offering all the expandability, functions and features of the standard PC.
Puts forth a proposed course of action to allow consumers to access premium content stored in different rooms in their homes on different devices while maintaining the ability of the consumers to choose from a range of manufacturers and content providers.
Discusses how adaptive user interfaces can be used in computer audio and music production systems to address the needs of a wide variety of users with various skill levels and backgrounds thus greatly reducing user intimidation, frustration, confusion, and interruption of artistic flow.
A description of seven product ideas that represent potential successful audio technologies that are both disruptive in some way (disruptive to current business models, disruptive to society [status quo], or in some other way) and also fun for the user.
Documents problems to be avoided and successful practices to be applied to the development and implementation of mobile phone audio based on the history of audio development for game and web applications.
Outlines a testing framework for PC original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original device manufacturers (ODMs) to use to help them develop better audio implementations that raise the bar for the overall user experience.
Explores what it is about so many digital instruments that makes them painful and frustrating to use, and discusses what it is about the few instruments that rise above this morass to become the standards for usability, musicality and fun.
Describes a marketing approach to creating new musicians that includes outreach programs to musicians, industry executives, audio content developers, hardware and software developers, retailers, and educators.
Making the world a better place by selling music & audio things to as many people as possible so they can create great art and bring enjoyment and satisfied smiles to the faces of children of all ages everywhere.
Provides a workable outline of a possible rollout plan for the rapid adoption of the Interactive XMF file format standard by the interactive audio community.
Provides a definition of Interactive Audio and a definition of an Interactive Audio System, with examples of current systems, a list of potential future uses, and a justification for using Interactive Audio.
Considers the likely scenarios for the future of CD (and other) audio playback on computers and consumer electronic products, including Digital Rights Management, and its effect on relevant stakeholders, with recommended likely solutions
Discusses the creation of an economic driver towards DRM-enabled music/media distribution based on a stock market model.
Explores the availability of quality audio applications in the interactive entertainment industry with the aim of effectively communicating the benefits of the experience to the consumer in order to increase the demand for quality audio applications and subsequently drive industry revenues.
Addresses the problems of unacceptably high levels of latency (delays in responsiveness), difficulty in synchronizing media playback, and interoperability, as well as delineating the possible negative affect of DRM on synchronization.
A path to zero connections and automatic configuration of home entertainment and computer systems.
Identifies basic usability guidelines, user-interface requirements, and existing technologies that could potentially form a framework for developing the necessary mapping and control protocol.
A document that illustrates audio practices that create value, raises awareness of what constitutes good audio, and highlights factors which contribute to a compelling and interactive audio experience.
A strategy outline for standardizing networked audio device communications. This document, which highlights the requirements of the standard, is the first step in the process.
A basic design pointing the way to an XMF-based, nonproprietary interactive audio framework.
Addresses issues to improve PC audio for both OEMs and consumers. To accommodate new CE connectivity and compatibility, the proposed solution is a new audio bus.
Empowering the game audio community by providing resources, education, and recognition for its members.
Product Concept: "E-Jam", the music-making system for the living-room console
Identifies problems and offers approaches for the development of computer audio appliances
An outline of a "write-once, deliver anywhere," platform independent, format-agnostic approach to 3D interactive multichannel audio delivery from authoring through to the final consumer experience.
New audio IP business models that address consumer concerns, business concerns, and artist concerns.
An example outline of the type of topics and required features that the IA-SIG and MMA should consider for inclusion in a new specification, white paper, recommended practice, or other similar document defining the necessary or recommended components of a well-designed audio system for any device or system that is expected to provide interactive audio applications.
Making powerful interactive audio easy: Games – A case study.
Examines sustainable business models, enabled by new digital music technology, that grow the market overall and enable new, expanded, extended, or unique commerce opportunities.
New audio products and the technological and cultural hurdles that make it difficult for us to capitalize on new opportunities and new ways to improve our collective lives with better audio experiences.
Encouraging content providers and equipment manufacturers to provide high-quality computer audio and promoting awareness among media and consumers of the benefits of it.
Addresses creation of content for 3D worlds, bridging the diverse view points of geometrical vs. parametrical, preserving scalability, and putting power of sound control into designer's hands.
MIDI 2 issues and recommendations
A discussion of the appropriate way for the audio subsystem to handle the mixing of multiple input formats to various output formats.
A look at the basic issue of what motivates a consumer to purchase a product at a given time and a proposed system that would allow one to take a new product concept and be able to test it's relevance and potential appeal to consumers at some point in the near future.
A vision-quest to see what an audio appliance might be in the next 5 years.
The minimum acceptable specifications for high quality computer audio and a baseline platform definition.
Enabling DLS on the PC platform in the absence of a DLS API from Microsoft.
Increasing consumer demand and developer support for good quality audio.
The goal of Project Bar-B-Q 1996 was for four integrated groups of individuals consisting of computer hardware developers, computer software developers, audio engineers, and composers to answer "The Question": What do you want to see in hardware and software for music on computers in the next five years?