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One for the Oklahoma History Book
by Max Nichols
For at least 100 years, Oklahoma has played a major role in the development of rapidly changing methods of entertainment, including the locations of movies, the rapid fame of movie stars and the rise of music stars through recordings as well as movies.
In 1914, the Selig Polyscope Co. filmed In the Days of the Thundering Herd at the Pawnee Bill Ranch in Pawnee, starring Tom Mix and including Gordon William Lillie, also known as Pawnee Bill. In 1920, The Daughter of Dawn movie was filmed in the Wichita Mountains of southwestern Oklahoma with an all-American Indian cast of 300 Kiowas and Comanches.
Lynn Riggs, who grew up in Claremore, wrote the play Green Grow the Lilacs in 1943. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II adapted this play into the stage musical and movie Oklahoma! Memorabilia from the movie is on display in the Lynn Riggs Memorial at the Claremore Museum of History.
Now the Patti Page Collection is on display in the Oklahoma at the Movies exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. Page, who was born in Claremore as Clara Ann Fowler in 1927, recorded songs from Confess in 1947 to her 1998 release of Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert, which earned her a Best Traditional Pop Performance Grammy in 1999. She died on January 1, 2013, after selling more than a million records, including songs from movies.
"Oklahoma shares a history with the movie industry that goes far beyond actors, writers and producers," said Dr. Bob Blackburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society. "Movies have been made in the state since 1904, when Thomas Alva Edison sent a film crew here to make a short about cowboys and Indians. Since then, movie making has helped shape the image of Oklahoma and made famous many historic sites."
"In 1910, Gordon Lillie and William Cody formed the Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Film Co. in Pawnee," said Erin Brown, curator of collections for the Oklahoma Historical Society at the Pawnee Bill Ranch.
"Their first release was Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East, fittingly starring Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill," said Brown. In 1912, the company produced The Life of Buffalo Bill with scenes based on their Wild West Show performances.
After 1915, Pawnee Bill silent films included The Buffalo Hunters, Pawnee Bill: The White Chief and May Lillie, Queen of the Buffalo Ranch. The last film starred May Lillie, Pawnee Bill's wife and a famous Wild West performer, according to Brown. The company made at least eight films on or near the Pawnee Bill Ranch, but Brown said none have survived.
"Pawnee Bill also saw the growing popularity and potential of the detective film," said Brown. "He undertook the task of creating a story with detectives in New York and Texas. Pawnee Bill not only wrote the script, he oversaw the entire production and starred in Pawnee Bill: The Frontier Detective."
"The work of Lynn Riggs involving the play and movie Oklahoma! actually goes back to the play Green Grow the Lilacs, which was written by Riggs," said Barbra Pool of the Claremore Museum of History. Green Grow the Lilacs was purchased by Rodgers and Hammerstein, who adapted it as the Oklahoma! play.
"Many of the characters Riggs wrote into his play were friends and relatives he knew in Claremore," said Pool. "He was a literary genius at recording the expression of plain Oklahoma people with the dialect of early Claremore. He taught us about the trials of becoming a new state, from Indian Territory to the State of Oklahoma."
Other Oklahoma-related movies have included Rain Man, filmed in Guthrie, and Pow Wow Highway, a Native American movie that was written by Wes Studi for the American Indian Theatre Co. and was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Studi later gained his first major film role in the Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves.
"The songs of Patti Page bring back memories in ways that are similar to movie memories," said Larry O'Dell of the Oklahoma History Center staff. During the 1950s, she became one of pop culture's biggest stars with hits such as Mockingbird Hill, I Went to Your Wedding, Allegheny Moon and Old Cape Cod. In 1953 she recorded a series of children's records for Playcraft, including How Much Is That Doggy in the Window.
In 1970, Page began focusing on country music. Her hits included covers of Stand by Your Man and Almost Persuaded. "She loved Oklahoma," said O'Dell, and performed at the state's Semicentennial in 1957, the Diamond Jubilee in 1982 and the Centennial celebration in 2007. Page received a lifetime achievement Grammy Award in 2013.
"All these achievements in popular culture," said Blackburn, "have helped Oklahomans love and understand the history and culture of our state."
Submitted by the Claremore Museum of History. The museum is open each Saturday from 11a – 3p and is entirely operated by volunteers. Admission is just $2! Support this non-profit in the effort to keep Claremore's history alive! The Claremore Museum of History is located at 121 N. Weenonah in the old Will Rogers Library.
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The research of Juana focuses on understanding how can consumer and user requirements be balanced with circularity criteria to improve acceptance of the circular economy. To achieve this, three main issues are explored: (1) what is the role of consumers and users in the circular economy, (2) what are the factors that influence their acceptance of different circular economy business models and (3) what design strategies can help balance circularity criteria and user/consumer requirements for specific circular value propositions. The research uses inputs from a variety of fields including environmental psychology, practice theory, consumer culture theory and design for sustainability to build a theoretical and methodological approach to solve such questions. By providing these answers this research aims at contributing to the design of circular value propositions that are welcomed by customers while delivering the benefits of closing the material loops.


First, I am now back from wales. At which beer and very good whiskey was drunk, as was Bailey's. I was vommish with Lonecat, which was fun. We watched DVDs, played Playstation Games.
We had fun, and this was Good. The perfect end to an extreme year.
The ways it's been extreme I will leave for another date. Extremely nice, and extremly crap, often on the same day.
But, in other news, Aquarionics.com is two today. So grab some cake, and join the party. I'll write a better report on the New Year's Party, and the big 2001 retrospective later.
Here's to a better new year, and to another year of Aquarionics.
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Professor of Music Ted Buehrer opened up the doors of Rosse Hall on Sunday afternoon, hoping sounds of the Kenyon Jazz Ensemble spring concert would reach students lounging outside.
Levy's tune "Whiplash" inspired the title of a 2014 film of the same name, which tells the story of the relationship between an intense, abusive music instructor and an ambitious young drummer. The movie brought attention to the song, which Levy composed in the 1970s. Sterling Nelson '16 suggested the piece for the ensemble; he first learned "Whiplash" with his high school jazz ensemble, and thought Kenyon's jazz group would enjoy the challenge. The song has a complicated, counterintuitive beat structure that does not follow the standard 4/4 time. To the average listener trying to tap their foot along to the beat, it might sound rushed and unpredictable.
In New Orleans, the ensemble had the opportunity to play with other college jazz groups. The group received feedback during a performance in front of a panel of professional, local jazz musicians, and also played outside in a well-trafficked area of the French Quarter. This experience, according to Buehrer, fostered greater camaraderie and musical talent in the group as a whole as they looked ahead to their spring concert.


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Streaming Review: 1BR (Netflix)
By Dr. Zaius | @ | September 3rd, 2020 at 9:04 pm
Written & Directed by David Marmor
Starring Nicole Brydon Bloom, Taylor Nichols, Giles Matheny, Naomi Grossman, Clayton Hoff, Curtis Webster, Alan Blumenfeld
Distributor: Dark Sky Films
Streaming on Netflix
Cults are scary. Unlike demons, vampires, monsters, etc., cults are both 100% real and 100% human. In the last few years evidence about the recruiting tactics behind the Church of Scientology and NXIVM have been detailed in docu-series and tell-all books. Los Angeles has its own storied history of cult behavior, most infamously The Manson Family. David Marmor's new film 1BR captures the unsettling reality of modern cult behavior and gets to the core of things that terrify any and everyone who lives in a big city or an apartment complex. Who are your neighbors really? Who can you truly trust in your building? Who is really watching you from the security cameras? Add in some mesmerizing performances and you are left with one of the most tense psychological horror films of the year.
Topics: Movies, Reviews, Streaming
Tags: 1BR, David Marmor, Netflix, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Taylor Nichols
Review: Shudder Presents Cursed Films: Episode 4 & 5
By Dr. Zaius | @ | April 17th, 2020 at 11:30 am
Shudder Presents: Cursed Films Episode 4 & 5 – The Crow & Twilight Zone: The Movie
Shudder's new documentary series Cursed Films came to a conclusion this Thursday with two episodes surrounding movies that are notorious more for tragedy than for supernatural cursing. Those films are 1994's The Crow and 1983's Twilight Zone: The Movie. As he did with the Poltergeist episode, series creator Jay Cheel interviews people who were on set and worked with actors who died during production of the films. Their stories are harrowing and devastating and make the series a necessity for any horror film fan or cinephile in general. Here's hoping for a season two.
Topics: Movies, Reviews, Streaming, Streaming
Tags: Cursed Films, Horror Movies, Jay Cheel, Shudder, Shudder Originals, The Crow, The Twilight Zone, Twilight Zone: The Movie
Review: Shudder Presents Cursed Films: Episode 2 & 3 – The Omen & Poltergeist
By Dr. Zaius | @ | April 9th, 2020 at 8:16 pm
Shudder Presents: Cursed Films Episode 2 & 3 – The Omen & Poltergeist
Living through the real world horrors of a global pandemic and quarantine makes sitting for horror-based entertainment very interesting, to say the least. Shudder is there for us horror fans, updating their catalogs with a "Halfway to Halloween" theme as well as a new series from writer/director Jay Cheel, Cursed Films. Last week's premiere episode: The Exorcist, was Shudder's second biggest streaming debut ever behind their updated Creepshow series last year. This week, we get a two-fer of episodes dealing with two of the most notoriously plagued and cursed productions in cinematic history, let alone horror history: The Omen and Poltergeist.
Tags: Cursed Films, Horror Movies, Jay Cheel, Poltergeist, Shudder, Shudder Originals, The Omen
Review: Shudder Presents Cursed Films: Episode 1 – The Exorcist
By Dr. Zaius | @ | April 2nd, 2020 at 9:49 pm
Shudder Presents: Cursed Films Episode 1 – The Exorcist
Horror fans have long shared stories of cursed productions on the set of some of the most famous and infamous horror films. It's easy to shake many of these away as superstition or paranoia, but we are talking about the horror genre here, so is it too far out of the reach of our minds, that maybe… just maybe the films that scare us the most are cursed? That is the question being posed by Shudder, AMC's horror streaming service, which unveiled today Cursed Film, its new 5-part series. The series covers Poltergeist (1982), The Omen (1976), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), and The Crow (1994). Perhaps fittingly, though, the premiere episode deals with William Friedkin's genre-defining classic from 1973, The Exorcist.
Tags: Cursed Films, Shudder, Shudder Originals, The Exorcist
Movie Review: Marriage Story
By eelyajekiM | @ | November 6th, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Director: Noah Baumbach
Writer: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever
Distributor: Netflix
Rated R| Minutes: 136
Release Date: November 8, 2019 (Limited Theaters)| December 6, 2019 (Netflix)
Writer and director Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story is an emotionally crushing, yet very compassionate depiction of a collapsing marriage between two people and the irony of the realization that they must come together in order for them to go their separate ways. It also may be one of Baumbach's greatest pieces of work.
Films about divorce rarely explore the heartbreak of two people who could not make it work with such honesty. But with Marriage Story, it feels raw and unnerving. The film moves like a stage play with its characters (played brilliantly by Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver) pouring out their souls for all of us to see as they go through one of the most difficult points in their lives.
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Tags: Adam Driver, Alan Alda, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Laura Dern, Marriage Story, Merritt Wever, Netflix, Noah Baumbach, Randy Newman, Ray Liotta, Robbie Ryan, Scarlett Johansson


Over the last 260 weeks, NFL players have accounted for 254 arrests, according to data compiled by San Jose Mercury News reporter Mike Rosenberg (via Pro Football Talk).
Players for the Minnesota Vikings lead the way with 18 arrests during that five-year stretch, followed closely by the Denver Broncos (16). The Houston Texans are at the other end with just a single arrest. As Pro Football Talk points out, that one arrest was rookie defensive tackle Brandon Ivory who was quickly released by the team.


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Q: Initial experiments with an oscilloscope So I finally have access to an oscilloscope, after wanting to use one for a very long time.
Now that I am in university, I can use the lab equipment. So my first question is, what should I do with this new found resource?
Are there any experiments which you all suggest I should try as an introduction to this tool?
Thanks, I hope this question is not too vague.

A: If you're using a scope in a lab where others have access to it and can use it at will, I have a suggestion that will save you a ton of frustration at the bench!  Develop a routine where as soon as you walk up to the scope, you check all those nasty settings on the individual channel menus and trigger menus that others could have changed, and set them to your personal baseline.  I can't tell you how many students I've seen work at a circuit for tens of minutes without understanding what they were seeing only to find that somebody had set a channel to AC-couple the input!!  Same with channel inverts, and trigger settings like HF-reject, etc.

A: The first thing I would do is read some literature on how scopes work.  Tektronix has a good white paper called XYZs of Oscilloscopes.
Next, you should hook up a function generator and figure out how the different display controls work.  This includes the Y scale [Volts] and the X scale [Time].
Once you feel comfortable with those get comfortable using the triggers.  Triggers allow you to capture a waveform at a certain point based on your trigger settings.  As an example, you may set the trigger to start capturing a waveform once it sees a rising edge at 300mV.  If you are on single capture in "normal" (not auto) mode it will freeze that waveform on the screen until you push a button to capture another one!  Being able to use triggers is something many new engineers don't master, effectively making scopes useless to them.  Get good at them and you will be teaching the rest of the class!

A: If you can afford to spend a few bucks, hit up Amazon for a copy of Charles Roth's programmed text Use of the Dual-Trace Oscilloscope.  It is ancient (1982), but still useful.  Two, maybe three full generations of EE students have learned the basics of scope fu from this book (or its predecessor).
Full Disclosure: I own a copy, although I never used it in class, and instead learned my scope fu hands-on.  I had Dr. Roth for two classes, Back In The Day.  He is one of the best teachers I've ever encountered, and that's saying something, as UT Austin had a LOT of good ones.  He's the only professor I ever encountered who could write a test that would take me exactly the time alloted, cover exactly the critically important stuff, not cover any of the fluff, not throw any trick questions, and still leave me limp as a wet dishrag at the end of it.  I think that must have been his superpower.

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Let's get this out of the way: ghost detection is based on junk science. It's trying to prove something that's unprovable almost by definition, using theories that have little connection to the real world. But if you are going to chase phantoms, you might as well have the best technology at your disposal, right? GhostArk certainly thinks so. It's developing a pocketable ghost detector that supposedly has everything you need to track down supernatural beings, including an electromagnetic field meter, high-sensitivity microphones, radio frequency sweeping and sensors for both atmospheric pressure and temperature. Think of it as an audio recorder on steroids -- you can even add white noise to "bolster the spirits' strength." It's a clever concept, even if none of its findings would stand up under academic scrutiny.
The scientific method isn't this gadget's only nemesis, though. There's also a question of whether or not it'll become a tangible product, at least in a reasonable time frame. GhostArk wants to ship its haunt-hunting machine this summer, but the only public details at the moment are 3D models and a batch of vague testing claims. For now, it's about as imaginary as the ghosts it's meant to track down. We've reached out to the company to get a sense of its progress, and we'll let you know if there's more to share. Either way, you'll probably want to think carefully about shelling out $199 ($249 at retail) for a device that's unlikely to ever live up to its billing -- arguably, you'd get more mileage out of a Ghostbusters model car.
Update: GhostArk tells us that it already has a "beta" detector that's relatively close to the eventual product, and hopes to have a finished prototype in May.


ARLINGTON, Va. — In 5 mph crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to assess and compare how well car bumpers resist damage in low-speed impacts, the midsize 2002 Audi A4 performed well. Another midsize car, the 2003 Honda Accord, performed reasonably well but not as well as the Audi. Three small cars also were tested, and among these only the 2003 Toyota Corolla earned a good rating for bumper performance.
"The performances of the small cars ranged widely," says Institute chief operating officer Adrian Lund. In contrast to the Corolla's good rating, the bumpers on two other small cars — the 2002 Mini Cooper and 2002 Suzuki Aerio — didn't perform very well. They allowed excessive damage to both the bumper systems and the car bodies in low-speed crash tests. Average damage per test ranged from just under $300 for the Corolla to almost four times as much — $1,131 — for the Aerio.
Notes: Repair costs reflect September 2002 prices. Pole tests of the Honda Accord and Toyota Corolla were conducted off-center because of reinforcement in the middle of the rear bumper system that's effective in only a narrow range of impacts.
The Institute conducted a series of four bumper tests including front- and rear-into- flat-barrier impacts plus front-into-angle-barrier and rear-into-pole impacts. These low-speed tests reflect the range of impacts that frequently occur in commuter traffic and parking lots.
This car's bumper system earns a good rating largely because the reinforcement bars underneath the front and rear bumper covers are attached to the car with mounts that can absorb low-speed crash forces and then return to their original positions, just like shock absorbers. Only a few passenger vehicles are equipped with this kind of bumper. Other cars from the same manufacturer with similar bumper designs include the Audi A6 and Volkswagen Beetle and Passat. Like the A4, these cars withstood the two simplest of the Institute's four bumper tests, front- and rear-into-flat-barrier, without any damage or very little.
In contrast, most automakers equip their cars with bumpers that have only a limited capacity for absorbing energy. Such systems usually include layers of foam, which often don't absorb energy before metal parts buckle and bend. These systems also don't always restore themselves after low-speed crashes.
"We congratulate the engineers at VW AG, which produces Audis, for paying attention to bumper designs, equipping their cars with restorable energy-absorbing systems. This will save consumers a lot of money because their cars won't sustain as much damage, or maybe none at all, in many low-speed impacts," Lund says.
When Toyota re-engineered the Corolla for the 2003 model year, the manufacturer didn't put bumpers with restorable energy-absorbing mounts on the new model. There's foam in the front and rear bumper systems, "and the foam did a reasonably good job of resisting damage in our low-speed impacts. But this isn't the best way to absorb crash energy, and the Corolla's performance in the front and rear flat-barrier tests could have been better. The overall performance of this car in all four tests was right on the border between earning a good rating and an acceptable one," Lund says.
The Corolla's rear bumper system includes special reinforcement in the middle, at the location where the car hits the pole in the Institute's test. "We're seeing auto manufacturers beginning to do this just to get good ratings in our test. But what we want to see manufacturers putting on their cars are bumper systems that will resist damage in a wide range of low-speed crashes, not just our test configurations. For this reason, we sometimes move the rear-into-pole impact from the center of the car to off-center," Lund explains. "Even in the off-center configuration, the Corolla sustained only $322 damage, which is a better result than most cars."
Re-engineered for the 2003 model year, the Accord's bumper system doesn't include restorable energy-absorbing mounts, either. The bumper bars are attached with mounts that bend and buckle during impact. The damage has to be repaired, which increases the cost of owning this car. There's only foam to absorb the energy of minor impacts, "and the foam fails to keep the damage away from the car body," Lund says.
Like the Corolla, the Accord's rear bumper is reinforced in the middle to perform well in the Institute's pole test, so this impact was conducted off-center. Still, the damage repair cost was a relatively low $332.
BMW introduced this small car for the 2002 model year, "and it's attracting a lot of attention for distinctive styling. But the bumpers aren't praiseworthy," Lund points out.
There was excessive damage in the front-into-flat-barrier impact (more than $800 in repairs), and the Mini Cooper sustained about $1,500 damage in the angle-barrier test. "These are disappointing test results, but they're not surprising because the bumper systems on BMWs generally don't do a very good job of resisting damage in low-speed impacts," Lund also says.
Another new model for 2002, this car has poor bumpers. The bumper cover split in three of the Institute's four low-speed impacts, necessitating replacement at a cost of more than $500 each time. After the angle-barrier impact alone, total damage (including replacing and refinishing the front bumper cover) came to almost $1,500. About the same amount of damage was sustained in the pole test. Even in the simplest tests, the flat-barrier impacts, combined damage came to almost $1,600.
Suzuki engineers "simply didn't do a good job with the bumper systems when they designed this car," Lund points out. "It has elaborate and expensive bumper covers, but its bumper systems fail to do what bumpers are supposed to do, which is to minimize damage in minor impacts. It fact, these bumpers are just expensive decorative trim."


There are 4 main recognised sections to the non-technical skills in aviation.
This episode is about Crew Cooperation.
The scenario of the week is a reflection on yourself. How do you think other crew members perceive you and your actions? Try and think of two situations you've been in where CRM skills were required, one were you feel you did well and one were you would do things differently if it happened again.


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Words are one of the most important tool a political leaders has to convey his message to the people on various policy issues. Similarly a leader uses words to inspire a nation to embark on a new journey and in many cases becomes an inspiration for other nations as well. Words of Jinnah, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Mandela and Lincoln are still inspiring people. Another tool used by a leader is to travel across the country and form a bond of trust with people. It is because of these two capabilities that a leader is able to move large mass of people towards a shared destiny. Since no one knows what's in a person's heart, it is words and actions that are interpreted by people to form their judgement about a leader.
It seems Pakistani politicians are disrespectful towards the words and use it without due consideration of its effects on people. Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Altaf Hussain, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Asfand Yar Wali Khan and Shahbaz Sharif have used words that has put their followers to shame and made it difficult for their party members to defend. Whether it is refusing to accept corruption in government as stated by PMs of PPP; call for civil disobedience by PTI; kill and burn by PAT; appeal to NATO to enter the country by MQM; appeal to military to take over by PML Q; or dragging other politicians by PML N these statements are enough to break this country apart into many pieces. It is the resilience of the people that we are still existing as a nation rather than the pragmatism of our politicians.
In talk shows when hard questions are asked about these mindless statements representative of these political parties point fingers at each other's leaders rather than confess that it has been wrong and distasteful. Another argument given is that in highly charged jalsa environment these extravagant statements are made to match the energy of the crowd. I have never understood what they mean by that. Does it mean that jalsa speeches should not be taken seriously and they are just an act without any thought or seriousness of intentions behind it? In that case all TV channels are doing a great disservice to the nation by showing these speeches on live tv. Or does it mean that these leaders are just show man to entertain people and nothing more than that. In both cases it means that Pakistani politicians lack intellectual depth and do not take politics as a serious activity. It is probably because of this reason that their performance, once in power, is also lackluster as there was no deep thought involved in development of their manifesto and political platform.
The question then is why do Pakistani politicians make these extravagant statements that are a direct threat to national unity? It is result of a condescending attitude politicians have towards people. They think that Pakistani electorate is ignorant, gullible, frivolous and has short memory to remember election promises. But reality is far from that. Pakistani voters have made intelligent decisions whenever reasonably fair elections are held. It is not the people that are ignorant and unintelligent rather politicians themselves. Worst lot of the society are engaging in politics while capable people are refraining from it and choosing other fields to express their talent. Politics of Pakistan will not change unless and until educated and capable people decide to start participating in it.
The next question that then comes to mind is that why capable people are not participating in politics? There are many reasons for it but the most significant hurdle is structure and organization of political parties. A capable man/woman would most probably have high level of self-esteem and dignity and would not be welcome to the idea to buttress top leaders of political parties to get tickets or a position of power. It works the other way around, a capable person has to be approached and convinced to take a public position because it comes with a lot of sacrifice for the family and personal life and not many people are willing to assume a position in spot light. The other hurdle is to deal with public scrutiny that an elected representative has to be exposed to especially in a country where fictitious allegations are perceived as real. Third hurdle is that modern day politics has become highly capital intensive. In West, where modern democracy was developed, a very elaborate method is developed so that funds and resources are available to capable people through donations and contributions.
When PTI started it attracted a large number of professionals in its ranks. Since most of these people were first time politicians they made a lot of mistakes in the beginning. Just when they got some political experience, and the nation sought an alternative to PML N and PPP, the party decided to change direction by inviting traditional politicians and handover reins of the party to them. It was a very unfortunate turn that damaged evolution of a political institution that was capable of producing new leaders. Similar thing happened to PPP and Tehrike Istiqlal earlier in our history. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto after initial success dropped his founding members J A Rahim and Dr. Mubashir Hassan to make way for status quo politicians. Tehrike Istiqlal turned out to be a platform that produced many good politicians that are still serving the nation. Tehrike Istiqlal itself could not benefit from these people because of wrong political decisions and it seems PTI might have similar destiny if its founding members do not resist takeover of the party by the status quo.
I have said repeatedly in my op-ed pieces that the most important milestone we need to cross for stability, delivering and leading is evolution of political parties as institutions. That is the focus of all my politics and PTI is the platform on which I am personally working on. I encourage all of you to work inside your parties to transform them into institutions. It will not be easy but not impossible either.
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The Project Management Institute (PMI) encourages its members to advance the profession. One of the ways to do this is by helping others increase their project management skills. The target audiences for this blog are professional PM's early in their careers as well as those who manage projects but are not PM's by title or trade. I will be posting every week or so, offering practical tips and tools on the full range of project management topics. I hope you will find this useful and help you advance your career.
It will greatly enhance your job opportunities and career advancement prospects. The PMP certification is a validation of your knowledge and experience, and shows a commitment to ongoing education in the discipline. Many organizations use the PMP certification as a filter to select qualified candidates to interview. Without the PMP, in many cases you will not even be able to get a phone screen interview.
It will make you a better Project Manager! In my personal experience, just studying for the PMP exam will improve your abilities as a Project Manager. How? It will introduce you to processes, tools and techniques you will likely have never used as a "seat of the pants" Project Manager. You will use this additional knowledge in your future projects and see how they greatly improve the quality of your outcomes.
You cannot go into the PMP exam hoping to pass it just based on your project management real-world experience. The PMI wants you to know and understand best practices, and also wants you to approach project management using their paradigm. You cannot pass without knowing these things.
In Part 2 of this post, I will share with you the methods I used to study for and pass the exam on the first attempt. It didn't cost anywhere near the $1200 or so some companies charge for PMP prep classes. I hope you find it useful and informative.
These are in addition to the Business Event/Response technique which I discussed in detail in a prior post. These techniques can be considered a "toolbox" from which you can select the appropriate tools for the job. You will likely never use all of these in a single project. Based on the type of project you are working on, you will select the techniques that fit the size, background and scope of the project. Every Project Manager should have familiarity with these techniques and be able to apply them. They are core techniques in the Business Analyst's Body of Knowledge (BABOK).
If you are a Project Manager and don't currently perform the Business Analyst function, I encourage you to get training in this area. PM's that can perform this function are immensely valuable to their organizations.
Feel free to leave comments on your own experiences as a Business Analyst. Include what worked well, what didn't and why.
The acronym SWOT stands for "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats". It can be a useful tool to analyze a business process undergoing change. Honest evaluation from all parties is important here. The group undergoing the evaluation must not feel threatened by the analysis. Note that "Opportunities and Threats" are external factors beyond the scope of control of the assessed group.
As with all endeavors in the field of project management, always make sure you have first defined your objectives and expected outcomes of the analysis. This will ensure that proper use is made of the results.
The SWOT evaluation team should be comprised of a cross-section of middle and upper management of the business process owners, as well as those who actually participate in the execution of the business process. The team should be instructed to first identify the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats independently to avoid group bias. Then the group is brought together to compare notes and agree on the final list.
SO – How can the groups strengths be leveraged to exploit the potential opportunities?
ST – How can the group use its strengths to ward off potential threats?
WO – Can the group use an opportunity to eliminate or mitigate a weakness?
WT – Can the group restructure itself to avoid a threat?
The answers are analyzed to determine cost of implementing vs. value and from that you can determine which of these the project sponsor wishes to include as part of the business requirements for the project.
For some projects you may need to gather information from many people in a short time. When you have this condition, surveys and questionnaires can be very efficient.
First lets define the terms. A survey encompasses all aspects of the research process (design, construction, sampling method, data collection and response analysis). A questionnaire is a tool used for a survey and is a set of questions with a choice of answers.
Construction – "Who will determine the questions to ask?"; "How many questions will be asked?"; "Will you allow open-ended responses?"; "Who will create and distribute the questionnaire?". A tool such as Survey Monkey can be useful.
Sampling Method – You will need to define the target population. If the entire population is sufficiently small, you can include everyone. If the population is large, you will need to use statistical sampling methods. Consult the statistician on your team or company for advice on the various methods.
Data Collection – The method of data collection should have been determined in design. Collect and summarize the data as a prerequisite to response analysis.
Response Analysis – This ties in to the objectives you defined in design. The method and people involved were determined in design. The responses are used to guide the direction of the requirements.
The purpose of root-cause analysis is to determine the underlying source of a problem under study. Doing this will help ensure the requirements attack the real problem and not just the symptoms.
A critical element is to challenge the current business thinking and processes. You want to overcome the "we've always done it that way" answer to the question "Why do you do this?". I recently managed a project where it took interviews with dozens of people to finally get the answer to the question of why the pay week started on a Saturday instead of Sunday where the sales week started.
One technique to analyze the root cause is the "five whys" to explore the nature and true cause of a problem. This means repeatedly asking "why" after a question is answered until you uncover the real root cause. It may be more or fewer than five, but five is a good rule of thumb.
You can create a visual of your "five whys" analysis using a "Cause Map". A Cause Map is simply a block on the left that identifies the problem, an arrow labeled "why" going left to right to another block that answers the question, then an arrow labeled "why" going left to right to the next answer and so on until the root cause is identified.
Root Cause Analysis is a good addition to your requirements analysis repertoire. If your project is not addressing the true root causes of the problem definition then you are unlikely to achieve the defined business objectives.
Prototypes are the shell of an actual production application and are used to provide insight into the look, feel and flow of an application. The main purpose is to gather requirements related to the user interface. A "throw away" prototype seeks to quickly uncover and clarify system interface requirements. It is especially useful in cases where the most efficient workflow can only be discovered with hands-on experience.
Some have made the mistake of thinking prototyping is all you need to do to gather requirements. This will almost always be a costly mistake! Other requirements techniques will need to be used to get a complete set.
When you obtain the user interface requirements using prototyping, the next step is to integrate these requirements with your use cases, scenarios, data model and business rules. Your new discoveries will usually result in changes to previously gathered requirements.
Horizontal Prototype – models a shallow and wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.
Vertical Prototype – models a deep and narrow slice of the system's functionality. There usually will be some business logic built to uncover complex requirements.
It is a judgment call as to whether or not to use prototyping on a particular project. You must weigh factors such as the importance of the user interface, the clarity of the requirements gathered via other methods, the difficulty in building the prototype, and time constraints.
In many cases of gathering requirements, there is no substitution for actually observing the process as it happens. You will find that often the way things are done contradict what is written in process manuals. These deviations are important as they usually reveal an inefficiency or deficiency in the process, and the user felt the need to employ a different method. This is valuable information for process improvement!
You should be aware that at times just the fact that a process is being observed can make the user change how they usually do things. It is important to make the people being observed comfortable with why they are being observed and the objectives of the observation. Openness and honesty are important. Solicit their input and suggestions.
The dates and times are important as you need to know if this is considered peak/normal/low volume time. This is a key consideration regarding the observation objectives.
After the observations are complete, you should meet with key project staff and stakeholders to discuss findings and their impact on the requirements.


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Applying ACT in Sierra Leone
ACT, as a behaviorally based and trans-diagnostic approach to psychotherapy, can be applied within various cultural contexts and to a range of different issues. This circumvents potential problems with attempting to apply manu- alized treatment programs that were developed in the West for specific issues and diagnoses that may not be relevant or valid in the context of Sierra Leone. commit and act focuses more broadly on difficulties that are comparatively widespread in Sierra Leone (e.g., trauma, gender-based violence etc.) rather than on particular psychiatric diagnoses. Following functional analyses of these issues and related effects on individuals or groups, ACT techniques can be adapted and applied to promote more adaptive behaviors that serve valued ends and to alleviate suffering and distress.
In keeping with WHO (2010) recommendations and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation's (2012) mental health plan, commit and act is dedicated to ensuring that its services are evidence-based. The evidence-base summarized above makes ACT an appropriate initial choice for providing health care workers with effective psychotherapeutic skills that can be applied to various issues and groups within Sierra Leone. Evidence also suggests that individuals can be trained to deliver ACT as an intervention in a relatively short period of time (Strosahl et al. 1998) and that therapists with limited ACT training can achieve positive therapeutic changes with clients using this approach (Lappalainen et al. 2007). Given the limited resources available to scale up mental health services in Sierra Leone at present, the ACT model can be introduced reasonably quickly via field-based training.
In addition, by working with a variety of professionals (e.g., teachers, religious leaders, social workers), non-specialized workforces, NGO staff and existing groups (e.g., women's groups), commit and act aims to increase the amount and range of access points to psychosocial support. For instance, by training teachers and local groups in validated psychotherapeutic methods, children can receive support for various problems by speaking to a teacher who is trained in these methods and adults can access psychosocial support from trained individuals within their local community, commit and act aspires to create sources of continuous psychosocial support within communities by working with and empowering individuals and groups to develop structures that provide mental health care by local people for local people. It also aims to promote psychoeducation and reduce stigma so that individuals seek help as and when various difficulties arise, thereby helping to prevent such problems from escalating to a point where the individual becomes severely impaired. commit and act also provides ongoing supervision following ACT training so that individuals can further develop and refine their skills and discuss cases with ACT trainers and local ACT experts.
Another important reason why ACT was adopted by commit and act as its main psychotherapeutic approach is due to evidence which suggests that ACT training can have a positive impact both professionally (Hayes et al. 2004a) and personally (Luoma and Vilardaga 2013) on individuals who undergo this type of training. Typically, ACT training consists of a combination of didactic presentations and experiential exercises where therapists engage in ACT processes in an effort to increase their own psychological flexibility (see Luoma et al. 2007). Hayes et al. (2004a) found that ACT training had a positive impact on stigma and burnout for substance abuse counselors and that followup improvement with regard to burnout exceeded those of cultural competency training alone (i.e., training designed to help counselors become aware of their own biases in areas such as culture and race). Luoma and Vilardaga (2013) observed improved conceptual knowledge, increased psychological flexibility and reduced burnout in therapists on validated self-report questionnaires post-ACT training and at follow-up. Given the increased burden on health care workers in Sierra Leone due to the lack of training, limited resources and low pay (Song et al. 2013), there is an increased risk of burnout for health care professionals. Thus an important component of improving the health care services and their sustainability should involve the promotion of self-care for health care staff.
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Corinna Stewart, Beate Ebert, and Hannah Bockarie Sierra Leone: Current Issues and the Legacy of the Civil War Sierra Leone is located in West Africa and has a population of six million composed of approximately 16 different ethnic groups. While English is the official language of the country,...
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Poro Society, Migration, and Political Incorporation on the Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone
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Betterment Versus Complicity: Struggling with Patron-Client Logics in Sierra Leone
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As a non-cyclist, I'm not sure I quite get the need for cycling cafes but they are a thing. More than a thing – Coffee Stop had an award specially for cycling cafes. So, when the owners of Archway's excellent Bread and Bean decided to open a new café just round the corner on Holloway Road, choosing a cycling theme wasn't necessarily a bad idea. Perched at the top of Holloway Road in an old pub, The Spoke is in a prime location for commuters heading from north London into Angel, Camden and King's Cross.
As this is the same team that brought to us Bread and Bean, I expected the coffee to be top notch. And it didn't disappoint. The Union Hand-Roasted Coffee is creamy and luxurious, with an intense espresso kick and a hardy serving size to keep those riders going.
While it might seem easy to convert a pub into a café, it can be quite hard. Pubs tend to be large, high ceilinged rooms that are packed full of groups of people. Cafes, meanwhile, are small, cosy rooms, dotted with couples or lone drinkers. However, The Spoke manages to make the huge area work for it. What was once the bar is now a computer area with high seats and plugs. Elsewhere there was a bit of everything – low, comfy sofas, a big sharing, dining table and tables for twos and fours. The décor was light and airy with white tiles and large sunny windows. In fact, there seemed to be something for everyone here and it's the kind of place I could see myself spending an afternoon.
Not only is this a cycling cafe, but it's also a burger joint, according to its website. However, there wasn't a huge selection of burgers and you have to order fries separately. It does have good sandwiches, including a pulled-pork monster, which, though tasty, was a little hard to eat without getting meat juices on my hands. They do have a good breakfast selection and some 'monster sides'.
Fast, friendly and efficient. They provided table service and good baristas, who knew how to make a coffee.
While it is bike themed, there didn't seem to be much happening other than the name. The free Wifi and late night cocktail offerings are the only extras on offer.
This is a great café that serves good food and has something for everyone, not just cyclists. Hopefully it will add to the regeneration of the Archway/Holloway Road area (Arc-Hol?).


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Eupodophis descouensi (лат., от , буквально — настоящая змея с ногами) — вид вымерших змей из семейства пахиофиид (Pachyophiidae), у которых сохранились ноги.

История изучения
Окаменевшие останки обнаружены в Ливане близ деревушки Аль-Наммура в 2000 году в геологических слоях возрастом около 92 млн лет.

Первоначально Rage и Escuillié было выбрано родовое название Podophis («змея с ногами»), но оно оказалось ранее занято для ящерицы из семейства сцинковых (, впервые описанной как , в настоящее время — Lygosoma quadrupes), поэтому те же учёные в 2001 году сменили его на Eupodophis. Видовое название дано в честь французского натуралиста .

В 2010 году Wilson и др. включили род в семейство Pachyophiidae.

Описание
Размер — 50 сантиметров. На второй конечности не хватает некоторых костей стопы и большого пальца (характерно для современных наземных ящериц).

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Пресмыкающиеся мелового периода
Ископаемая фауна Евразии
Фоссилии из меловых отложений Ливана
Фоссилии, описанные в 2000 году
Таксоны животных, названные в честь людей

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The Kremlin is relying on scaremongering as propaganda for war in Ukraine
An airfield in the Kursk region of Russia, on the border with Ukraine, has been attacked by drones. An oil tanker caught fire.
Ciara SchlenzNews editor
For nearly nine months, Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine has been a "special operation" for Russians far from home. On Tuesday, the reality of war — literally — hit Russia, too. Within two days, three airfields in Russia were attacked by drones. First on Monday were Dyagilevo Airport in Ryazan Region and Engels Airport in Saratov Region. The location in Kursk continued on Tuesday. Three soldiers were killed.
Vladimir Putin (70) called an emergency meeting of his Security Council. The Kremlin responded immediately "Institute for War Studies" (ISW) reported. Because the government's new propaganda narrative is no longer "destruction of Ukraine" but "protection of Russia from the West" – and Ukraine. "There is a possibility that Russian officials are promoting defense products within Russia to incite patriotic feelings," the UK MoD said in its report.
Reason: Native people no longer trust the government. Only 25 percent of Russians support Putin's war in Ukraine. 55 percent are in favor of peace talks. It shows a public Kremlin poll.
The justification for this war is on shaky ground, explains Slavicist Ulrich Schmidt (56) of the University of St. Gallen. "The narrative that they wanted to 'denazify' Ukraine didn't catch on with the general public. Now the narrative that Russia is at war against the West and especially against NATO is at the forefront," Schmidt tells Blick.
See also Turkey: Erdogan implicitly threatens Athens with rocket attack
In the words of ISW experts, "the Kremlin appears to be moving away from limited war coverage intended to assuage Russian public concerns about the war."
"Insidious reversal of the roles of perpetrator and victim"
But there may be more behind the change in campaign strategy. That is, prepare the Russians for a second mobilization. Frithjof Benjamin Schenck (52), professor of East European history at the University of Basel, also told Blick: "The government is using the damage to Russian military bases as an excuse to mobilize its own people for a 'security war'. This is certainly a false reversal of the roles of perpetrator and victim.
More about declining support in Russia
At least on the Russian-Ukrainian border, it seems to be having an effect. According to ISW, Kursk Oblast announced the creation of regional defense units, thereby "exposing many civilians to combat under the absurd premise of a Ukrainian ground attack on Russian border areas".
A secret Kremlin investigation revealed
Both experts believe that Russia cannot achieve its war goals through a second mobilization. "After eight years of war, Ukraine will not accept a Russian-dictated peace. In addition, a second major mobilization of separatists will lead to a new mass exodus of young and qualified Russian workers abroad, with correspondingly negative economic consequences for Russia," Schenk explains.
Although popular support for the war is waning, Putin need not fear nationwide protests. "Many people are apathetic about this war, taking the position that they have no influence on the larger politics anyway," explains Schmidt, a Russia expert. This is both good and bad. "There is little opposition to war on the one hand, but little support on the other."
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Astronomers first look at the atmosphere of a brown dwarf
The new algorithm allowed us to reconstruct the atmosphere of the brown dwarf Luhman 16B, which is close to us, showing that, in general, it is similar to the atmosphere of Jupiter.
Brown dwarfs are intermediate between planets and stars. Gaining a mass of several tens of Jupiter's masses, they are not able to launch thermonuclear reactions of proton fusion in their bowels. They glow weakly and cool down rather quickly (although there are some exceptions), so it has not yet been possible to directly observe what is happening on brown dwarfs.
Daniel Apai and his colleagues at the University of Arizona examined the atmosphere of such an object for the first time using data from the TESS space telescope. They talk about their work in an article published in The Astrophysical Journal. None of the existing telescopes can see such a target directly, so scientists have developed a new data processing algorithm that allows you to approximately reconstruct the appearance of the atmosphere from the luminosity of a brown dwarf.
The object of research was the closest pair of brown dwarfs Luhman 16 AB, located only 6.5 light years away. The dimensions of both are approximately equal to Jupiter, but one (16 A) is 34 times more massive than it, and the second (16 B, which scientists have considered) is 25 times more massive. Scientists analyzed the ultra-precise TESS data on the change in the luminosity of Luhman 16 B, which occurs as the binary system rotates, covering about a hundred revolutions.
This made it possible to determine several periods of time over which the brightness of the brown dwarf changes, substituting for us now darker areas of its surface - thick cloudiness, or light stripes - relatively thin clouds through which weak radiation from the bowels breaks through. Wide dark and light streaks of strong and stable winds sweep it parallel to the equator.
The speed of these winds decreases closer to the poles. Their surroundings are dominated by more chaotic, funnel-forming hurricanes. Thus, the atmospheres of brown dwarfs resemble those of gas giants such as Jupiter. Their dynamics is determined not by the mass of local, individual hurricanes, but by global patterns of winds that cover the entire planet.
"By measuring the changes in brightness of such rotating objects over time, it is possible to make rough maps of their atmospheres," concluded Daniel Apai. "In the future, this technique will also be used to map terrestrial planets in other systems that are difficult to see with other methods."
The dates for the readiness of the first prototype of the PAK DA bomber have been announced
An informed TASS source said that a prototype of a promising new generation strategic bomber would be assembled by 2023. Earlier it became known that the first prototype of the engine for the new aircraft was manufactured in Russia
Astronomers have found an explanation for the sodium mystery of the asteroid Phaethon
Closely approaching the Sun, the asteroid Phaeton heats up, and in its depth sodium begins to evaporate, which makes it brighter and makes it eject debris
Astronomers measure the temperature of a distant asteroid with record accuracy
With the help of the ALMA telescope, scientists have carried out accurate temperature measurements on the surface of the asteroid Psyche, where the space probe will soon go


Social media has exploded in recent years with billions of people all around the world using it in some shape or form on a daily basis. Individuals use it to communicate to family members, friends and even reestablish long lost relationships. Businesses use it to increase profits while marketing, promoting and advertising their products and services. With social media concepts showing their abilities to do so much overtime, why have so many people expressed dismay over its existence?
Social media has helped to do the unthinkable with technology such as solve crimes, end relationships, spread secrets and even exploit inappropriate behavior among teens. It started off as being an online concept through websites that allow you to communicate to others based on similar interests. Now, you can share practically your whole life using more than just words. The ability to share videos and photos has taken this concept to new heights with many wondering if we are better off than we were before social media existed.
For instance, well-known businesses that have been in existence for years did their advertising, marketing and promoting the old fashion way using mailers, phone calls, and word-of-mouth. You can get your message across in different ways with social media, but there are still people who rather not use it at all and find it pointless. They enjoy face-to-face communication instead of being behind a keyboard. Few feel social media is helping people in general portray an image that is not truly their own. They may have a platform simply for bragging about something they think they will not have to prove later on.
Overall, millions have found a reason to use it in their daily lives, even though there are signs people are getting bored with its concepts. As a valuable tool that can be easy to use, others find it easy to abuse considering account hacking, falsifying information, and privacy evasion all increasing as people continue to use it. It can be fun to share humorous, inspirational or useful content to others. But there are those who seem to lack understanding in having limitations to what is shared. This can lead to a positive or negative experience that can have lasting effects even after your account is closed or deleted. More people find it challenging to make time to use social media, but others feel it is imperative to use it to get information they need to know in a hurry.


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The following set of suggestions will help prepare you for the upcoming choral recording sessions. They will give you an idea of what is expected of you, and also what to expect from me at the sessions. Not every suggestion will be applicable to your special situation, but I hope that you will find them helpful and informative.
1. Please warm up vocally before every recording session. There will only be a minimal amount of time taken to warm up chorally at the session. We must maximize the limited amount of time we have for recording.
2. Please come to the sessions at least 15 minutes before they are scheduled to begin, or at the designated 'call' time. If you are chronically late, please don't be for the sessions. The rest of the choir, the conductor and the recording team will be waiting impatiently for you.
3. Make sure to number EVERY measure in each piece of music. Producer's and conductor's notes will be given quickly by measure number and you must be able to get to any bar immediately. Numbering the beginning of each system is not acceptable. Please number each and every bar.
4. Prepare your music in advance so that it will lay flat in your folder (and please use choral folders rather than separate pieces of music), and allow you to turn pages with a minimum of effort and NO NOISE. Page turns are one of the banes of recordings; please practice doing them while making no noise. If you can turn at a slightly different time than everybody else (and still not make noise) that may help as well. Even if you have memorized your music, you will still need the music with you at the session for the take notes following each take.
5. Please remove (or don't wear in the first place) any noisemaking accessory: jewelry, bangles, earrings, watch chains, loose change, etc.
6. You will be standing close to your neighbor. Please avoid overdosing on the perfume, cologne or after-shave. Your neighbor's taste may not match yours, and they have to breathe too.
7. Wear quiet, non-squeaking, soft-soled shoes to sessions. Otherwise you may wish to remove your shoes.
8. If you would like to bring water, it must be in a container that can be closed tightly. It should not be in the recording area where it can be inadvertently kicked during the session.
9. Please forgive the following request, but it's important: please make a trip to the restroom immediately prior to the sessions.
10. Please know your music. Sessions are not the time to learn notes and/or the text. Know your music so well that you can actually watch the conductor. It will help-honest.
11. Please concentrate fully on the music and recording during the times that we are together. Every take must sound as fresh and exciting as the first take. A consistency of performance and intensity allows for smooth editing of takes and the ultimate ideal result as if the piece were recorded in one single perfect performance.
12. You will have a list of the music being recorded each session. Please have that music only in the pockets of your folder. A pencil should only be kept in the pencil slot in your folder; otherwise, it may be inadvertently dropped and spoil a take.
13. The first half-hour or more of the initial session will be taken up with fine-tuning the recording balance to the approval of the engineer, producer and conductor. Microphones 'hear' differently than human ears; we may need to move you around to achieve a more uniform blend and balance. Please be patient. If you know in advance that you have a timbre that protrudes, or a wider or slower or faster vibrato than the norm, please make every effort to adjust and blend. We don't want inadvertent soloists in a choral piece.
15. Before each take, the producer will 'slate' the take over the talkback speaker. The producer will usually give a take number, the name of the piece, and where the take is to begin and end. After the producer's slate, the conductor and engineer will need a few seconds of ABSOLUTE SILENCE if the take starts at the beginning of the piece, or after a full stop or pause in the music. If it is an internal pickup take, then the conductor can start the immediately after the slate. Please keep going beyond the announced stopping point, just in case the producer feels he needs a bit more music to effect the edit, or that if the take is going so well, it may be better than the master take. Wait for the producer to stop the take over the talkback.
16. The first take of each new piece may be a playback take (if so desired) for the music director, accompanist, instrumentalists, soloists, and section leaders only. The music director will decide who will listen in advance. If time becomes an issue once the basic balance is approved, the number of playback takes may be minimized.
17. If we are recording an internal pickup take, try to get back 'into' the music style, spirit, volume, and intensity right away-the sooner the better for smooth editing, as you are usually starting just a few bars before the edit is to take place.
18. At the start of all takes that include the beginnings of pieces, the conductor needs to leave about three seconds of COMPLETE SILENCE before giving the downbeat after the producer's slate. At the end of any takes that include the ends of pieces or movements, or silences or sections with a 'clean ending,' DO NOT MOVE OR BREATHE until the producer releases you via the talkback speaker (usually three to five seconds after the last notes die out). For the internal pickup takes, the producer will usually say where you need to stop, but as noted above, always GO ON past that point until the producer or conductor stops you-sometimes having a choice of edit points will help make an 'impossible' edit possible.
19. Between takes, the producer and the conductor will have notes for you. Please listen to all notes, even if they are not addressing you specifically. There may be something said that would apply to your part as well.
20. In a church venue, if you are near to a pew, frontal, or kneeler, don't touch or lean on it during a take. They make noise.
21. If you make a mistake during a take, let it go. Don't dwell on it, go right on as if nothing happened. We're human. Just do it right the next time. If you feel the producer should be made aware of an error or omission (in the situation that it may not have been covered by a previous take and the producer seems to be moving on), please call his attention to it. Otherwise assume that it has been or will be covered by another take.
22. If you need to cough, sneeze, or get a frog in your throat during a take-I know this sounds cruel-please hold it if at all possible. Stop singing until the take is over if you have to. If you cannot, we understand; there is always another chance.
23. Microphones are very sensitive creatures. If there is anything you don't wish to be recorded for posterity, including off-color commentary, please just don't say it. Also, please be careful when in the proximity of a mic stand and cable. If you inadvertently bump a mic stand, please inform the producer or engineer immediately. And please avoid stepping on any mic cables.
24. Clarity of text is just as important as clarity of music. Please enunciate clearly. If you are not sure of a vowel sound, ask your section leader or the conductor before the session starts. Uniformity of vowels leads to a good blend and good intonation. Uniformity of consonants and their proper rhythmic placement leads to a crisp, intelligible performance that is rhythmically tight.
25. There will be brief moments of actual respite during the sessions-at the discretion of the music director and during any playback takes where you are not involved. Please be ready to sing immediately when these breaks are over. There will also be one 'major' break of about 15 to 20 minutes around the middle of the session. Please get back into place as quickly as possible when the 'places' call is made.
26. After all of this, please have fun. You have a rare opportunity to perform and record great music with wonderful colleagues and award-winning professionals. This is a privilege that only a very few people may have in their lifetimes. Please enjoy it and do your best. It will be a wonderful experience and the end result will be performances that you will be proud of for years to come.


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EON Reality and UBT announce partnership to bring AVR Cluster Center to Kosovo
May 24, 2019 2019, Augmented Reality News, Collaborations & Partnerships, Company Expansion, Education & Training, Mixed Reality News, News, Platform, Republic of Kosovo, Software, Virtual Reality News
May 23, 2019 – EON Reality Inc., together with the University for Business and Technology (UBT), has announced a new Augmented and Virtual Reality (AVR) Cluster Center in the Republic of Kosovo.
UBT will be providing the home for the region's AVR Cluster Center, which is expected to then become the area's hub for AVR technology. Combining UBT's history as an academic and business university with the EON Reality's AVR Platform, the two companies expect the establishment of a hub will help provide exclusive technological access and opportunities for both students and companies in the region.
Dan Lejerskar, EON Reality Founder, said: "Working with an institution with as much distinction and significance as UBT shows how respected the AVR Platform is within both the education and enterprise communities. It's become apparent that Augmented and Virtual Reality will be a major aspect of both the academic and corporate worlds in the future, and we believe that the opening of this AVR Cluster Center with UBT should set the industry standard in the entire region."
For UBT, hosting the AVR Cluster Center and bringing the AVR Platform to their campus comes with the opportunity to distinguish themselves. By utilizing the interconnected self-service platform and the Classroom 3.0 model, the is will be able to improve the interactivity and retention in lessons, while also preparing students for the future by teaching them about the technology, which many industries and businesses are already using.
"UBT is proud to host the first AVR Cluster Center in Kosovo, and we believe AVR technology will flow seamlessly into our existing systems and technology," Said Edmond Hajrizi, UBT's Rector and Founder. "We always strive to be at the forefront of education, business, and technology, and this is clearly the next step forward in all of those. Operating an AVR Cluster Center is the perfect intersection of our three passions, and we will continue to improve and perfect our roles in each of them."
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Emraan Hashmi unveiled the Azhar Movie Teaser, a biopic on Mohammad Azharuddin
Who would have better played Mohammad Azharuddin onscreen other than Emraan Hashmi? Well, after watching the teaser of the movie I would say no one. yes, the teaser of Ekta Kapoor's most anticipated movie is out. Starring Emraan Hashmi Azhar is a life story of former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin.
The teaser features Emraan Hashmi stepping out of the dressing room as he enters the stadium. The actor giving reasons of being famous as he walks out to the pitch. "Main teen cheezon ke liye famous hoon. Ek, main khuda ko maanta hoon. Do, shaadi huyi hai meri . Teen, match fix karne ka ilzaam hai mujhpar. Main Azhar…meri kahaani – 13 May 2016."
Azhar is produced by Balaji Motion Pictures. The movie also stars Prachi Desai playing Azhar's first wife. Other prominent members of the star cast are yet to be screened out. Sources have a say that, Nargis Fakhri may play Sangeeta Bijlani in the movie.
The film has been directed by Tony D'Souza and is slated to release on 13th of May 2016.
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