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Category: Music Production Tips
After seeing Vancouver's own "Payolas" at the age of 15, singer songwriter, guitarist and sound designer Cory Hawthorne knew he wanted to become a musician. 2 weeks later he bought his first guitar, a no name Les Paul copy and it changed the rest of his life. He went on from there to get a degree in music from the University of British Columbia in 2000 and release his first solo album in 2012 under his name called The King of the Broken Hearts. In the midst of pursuing his dream to be a rock star, a guitar student Cory was teaching approached him about getting into sound design for video games, and for the last 18 years has become an expert at the craft. He has released many titles including Prototype; one of the best-selling games from Radical Entertainment along with Scarface and Simpsons Hit & Run, which went on to sell over 7 million copies . This last June, with a small team at Charm Games, Cory released his first virtual reality game titled "FORM".
In January 2017, Six soon to be very tired people, started on what would become a new benchmark for VR games through a lot of blood, sweat, support from their families, and sacrifices.
"It's immersive, engaging and beautiful, setting a new standard for virtual reality and visual design"
4/5 – Hardcore Gamer
"FORM shows a command of the medium that few have grasped with such clear intention"
8.5/10 – Road to VR
"Charm Games has created a mesmerizing experience from start to finish."
4/5 – VRFocus
Cory had a very limited time of 6 months to compose all the music, create all the sound FX from scratch, and record all the voice over dialog for FORM but he used this hard constraint to ground him in the project. Collaboration with his team allowed him to make decisions quickly and focus on what was most appropriate for the game.
"Working on FORM was like a sound designer's dream. I had unlimited options but there was one thing that I knew and that was if it sounded good, so I had to trust myself all the time throughout the process. We reached the end of the line and I had to write and record 3 tracks in 3 hours because we were releasing the game in 2 days. I tried to focus on the mood and nail it and not get caught up in what scale I should use. Is this a Lydian vibe? I didn't have time for that stuff because I had to finish a track in that hour."
At the start of the project, Creative Director Derek Young told Cory to "Be Weird" and "Do something no one would recognize". For Cory, that meant that everything needed to be unique and made from scratch. He utilized the Rapture Pro synth for nearly all the FX design, sometimes starting with a simple sine wave and tweaking from there. The lesser known synth company, WOK VST Plug-in's Ghost synth was utilized for several simple lead sounds in the musical compositions. To create the voices for the game, Cory recruited local talent for many of the roles but ended up being the voice of the lead character's computer. What originally started as a test recording from an iPod 5 microphone had just the right nuance to be the real voice so all the rest of the computer dialog was recorded on the same iPod 5 and used in the final game.
How can others get into game sound design?
"It's a weird thing. You have to be tough and be ready to move with all the changes. Get ready for a lot of late nights. You need to go into it knowing that the industry is changing all the time and for most, the days of having your own studio is gone. It's all contract work or not a full-time job for most people. I'm very grateful to be where I am at Charm. A great way to start though is to make your own original FX library using synthesis and your own recordings, as well as to find the students in your area who are making games or going to school for it and connect with them. Work with them for what they can afford, or even for free or on spec if they have no budget and you like the project, until you can get off the ground."
If you could give one piece of advice to other SONAR users, what would it be?
These days you can get a mic, an audio interface, a copy of SONAR, and a laptop for almost nothing so there is no excuse to not make music but you should start now using what you have and don't try to sound like anybody else. As Stravinsky said "The more constraint one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution".
Cory Hawthorne
You can hear Cory's music on Spotify, SoundCloud, and also at his webpage www.coryhawthorne.com
Follow him on Twitter: @CoryHawthorne
Charm Games
For more information, visit the Charm Games website at: www.charmgames.com
Subscribe to their YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/charmgames
Follow them on Twitter: @CharmGames
Like them on Facebook: Facebook.com/CharmGames
Play FORM Today
Oculus Rift Store: www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1491102584268860/
Get it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/408520/FORM/
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Mix Recall is a powerful way to organize mixes within a project—Whether you want to have a mix without vocals or a version of the song using a different processing chain on the drums—Mix Recall is the perfect solution for these types of situations, but it can do more than that. Say you are handed a project from someone else using SONAR or you got a new plug-in you want to try out using a previously recorded song, Mix Recall can help you handle this as well by getting your project reset back to a neutral position.
Adding the Mix Recall Module
Check that you have the Mix Recall module available in the Control Bar. You can add it to the Control Bar if it's not already there by right-clicking in a blank space and adding it from the menu.
Creating a Mix Scene
Start by creating a new Mix Scene with the current project setting using the [Save As New Scene] button. This will allow us to make a change and then come back to the original point to see the difference.
Make a change to the mix by adjusting the volume on a couple of tracks or muting a track previously un-muted.
Click the [Save As New Scene] button on the Mix Recall module again to save these changes into another mix scene. Give this mix a unique name and save it. Now you can reload your previous mix and see the changes reverted back to where we started. Selecting the second mix scene with bring us back to the present state of the mix. You can also use the [Recall Previous Scene] button to toggle back and forth between 2 mix scenes or simply go back to the last mix scene you were at.
Resetting a Mix
Using a project you want to reset, click the drop down arrow on the Mix Recall module and select "Reset Mix…" from the menu. This will remove all automation envelopes, plug-ins, and reset the ProChannel back to the default modules along with any controls in SONAR.
That's It! Now you can get back to working on your mix instead of trying to manage multiple saved versions of the same song or trying to manually remove each plug-in or automation envelope.
Create a save point as you begin your mix once you have basic levels and panning so you can always go back and hear your project from the start.
Create save points within your mix to go back and see how it has progressed.
Save several iterations of a mix and bounce each when sending it to a client or friend. Here are some common iterations to save as Mix Scenes.
Vocal Up Mix (Plus 1-3dB)
Vocal Down Mix (Minus 1-3db)
No Vocals
Radio Edit Mix
Time box your mix by only giving yourself an allotted amount of time and dividing that up over what you need to do. Save each stage as a Mix Scene to go back and look at your progress and how you did at each stage.
Mix Recall is available in SONAR Artist, Professional and Platinum
TH3 Cakewalk edition allows for anybody with SONAR to have access to amazing guitar tones. It comes with loads of amps, cabinets, effects and even allows for changing the position of the mic. If you want to do stereo processing of effects to create a stereo delays or parallel processing by mixing two amps together, you can do that as well.
Insert TH3 on to your guitar track and make sure you are using the correct input and have the Input Echo button enabled to hear what is plugged into that input.
A good place to start after inserting TH3 on to your guitar track is to check your level into the plug-in and the tuning of your guitar.
Check your level:
Strum a big chord on your guitar to see how much signal is coming into the plug-in. There should be a healthy amount of signal coming in and no clipping in the red.
Play each string and adjust until you see the tuning pin is in the center for each string.
Auditioning Amps
Open the [Components] section on the right if it is not already open and select the amps category from the list. Once you have that selected, you can then drag in the first amp at the top. You'll be asked if you want to insert a matching cab, click [YES PLEASE!].
Give it a try! To audition other amps and cabs click the up and down arrows on the top left corner of the amp head or cab. Depending on what you are going for this is where you'll want to pick out an amp that has some of the characters you are going for.
Here is a list of the included amps in TH3 Cakewalk along with the units they are modeled after.
Bassface '59 – Modeled after the '59 Fender Bassman
Darkface '65 – Modeled after the '65 Fender Twin
Modern – Modeled after the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
Overloud Custom Power – Overloud Custom amp
Randall T2 – Official model of the Randall T2 head
Rock '64 – Modeled after the Marshall JTM45
Rock 900 – Modeled after the Marshall JCM900
Slo 88 – Modeled after the Soldano x88r
THD Univalve – Official model of the THD Univalve Single- Ended Class A amplifier
Top30 – Modeled after the Vox AC30
Tweed Deluxe – Modeled after the Fender Tweed Deluxe
Bass SuperTube VR – Modeled after the Ampeg SVT-VR
Spice It Up Now
I'm going for a pretty classic tone that is mostly clean with a little bit of grit on it. I picked out the Top30 type head with a matching cab and will add an overdrive going into the amp. Go to the Components section again and select overdrive category. Drag in the TUBE NINE over before the amp. Dial in a some gain to taste using the "Drive" control and give it a whirl.
There are many other effects included with the TH3 Cakewalk edition, here is a compete list of everything you get.
TUBE NINE Overdrive
FatMuff Fuzz
FUZZRACE Fuzz
CHR-2 Chorus
Digital Delay
RSS Compressor
ANALOG FLANGER
Rich Flanger
9-0′ Phaser
AQTX Spring Reverb
AmpTrem Tremelo
Auto-Wah
cry maybe Wah
Gate Expander
Mastering Space
Using spacial type effects like reverb and delay are critical in getting many of the classic guitar tones from the past. Here are some good rules to live by when getting started using reverb, delays and other spacey effects.
Use modulation type effects like Chorus, Phasers, and Flangers toward the middle of your chain after distortions & overdrives.
Use Delays after the Modulation type effects.
Place reverbs at the end of your chain.
TH3 Cakewalk edition is included in SONAR Home Studio, Artist, Professional, and Platinum.
Melodyne is not only a great way to tune vocals and still maintain their musical quality it can also be used for several other unique purposes like creating a tempo map from a live audio recording or extracting MIDI from audio. In this tutorial, we'll be looking at using Melodyne to make things multiply for added thickness and depth.
What is doubling?
Double tracking is an audio recording technique where a performer sings or plays along to their own performance, to produce a "bigger" sound than can be obtained with a single voice or instrument. It is a form of overdubbing; the distinction comes from the doubling of a part, as opposed to recording a different part to go with the first. The effect can be further enhanced by panning one of the performances hard left and the other hard right in the stereo field.
Doubling Audio with Pitch
If you are working with a single vocal track and want to thicken things up, a classic technique is to create two copies of the original track and tune one track up and the other down very slightly. When mixed into the original track this will add additional texture and thickness to the vocal. To add width, simply pan each copy slightly off-center from the original track.
Open a project with a vocal track you want to double and click the Add Track button and make 2 additional audio tracks. Give each track a unique name and then hold down [Ctrl]+[Shift] to copy and lock the position and drag the vocal clip to each track to create both copies.
To create a Melodyne clip, click on the first copy and press [Ctrl]+[M]. Melodyne will open in the MultiDock. You can also use the Region FX menu and select Melodyne | Create Region FX.
Select all the notes in the Melodyne window by clicking on one note then pressing [Ctrl]+[A]. Use the fine tuning control to tune the first track up by +3 cents. Double click in the area with the orange rectangle around it to type in the desired amount. Once you have entered the amount you can click away or hit [Enter] to apply.
Repeat the steps for the second copy and then use the Inspector to mix both track in to taste. You can select both tracks at the same time and then use [Ctrl] to create a Quick Group. You'll then have the ability to bring the volume Up / Down and mix it into the original track. Play around with the panning as well to get different amounts of width in the mix.
Pro Tips:
Use Pan to create additional width.
You can use the format control to create even more separation from the original.
Add additional processing to the doubles for other interesting sounds.
Doubling a Live Instrument with MIDI
More often than you can imagine producers want to hear an additional sound in a recording and those instruments or a player for them are not around. As a piano player, you have many options available to you with the use of virtual instruments and MIDI. What if you are a guitar player who wants to create a double on an instrument you don't play or don't own? You are in luck, with Melodyne and SONAR we make this a price of Cake.
* This process works best with single note lines but can also work well for simple chords or double stops as well.
Create a single note recording of a hook you want to double and use the Add Track button to create an instrument of your choice.
Hold down [Ctrl] and drag the audio clip to the Instrument track. Watch as Melodyne automatically converts the audio to MIDI. Double click the newly recorded clip to make any adjustments needed.
Hold [Shift] while moving notes to maintain their original location in time.
Select all the notes and drag to a higher or lower octave.
Create a harmony by selecting a scale to snap to and then drag the notes up or down by a 3rd.
Melodyne Essential is included with SONAR Professional and SONAR Platinum. If you own SONAR Artist you can follow along using any demo of Melodyne from the Celemony Website.
Building Your Own Professional Sound Panels – 5 Years Later
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Time flies when you're having fun the old cliché saying goes. For me, five years ago, I was in the trenches for a good week going down a rabbit hole not knowing exactly where I would end up. I'm talking about sound panels – building sound panels that is; and if you're anything like me, you've been in a few studios and loved the look and feel of those expensive looking ones on the walls.
When I moved into our new house, my goal was to create a project studio where I could plain and simply put, have fun. My jobs before Cakewalk at Elektra Records and Capitol Records allotted me enough pressure-cooker studio situations to last a lifetime, so this studio was about doing things I wanted to do, when I wanted to do them, and maybe also making some college money on the side for my boy Mack (now 8). Continue reading "Building Your Own Professional Sound Panels – 5 Years Later"
Q&A with True Sound Studios
Ryan Wiesner "Weezna" is the owner and operator of True Sound Studios outside of Buffalo, NY. He chooses SONAR Platinum to produce a range of music including Hip Hop, EDM, Pop, and Rock. We discovered Ryan from his YouTube channel and were impressed with his studio and with the videos he's creating using SONAR. We got him to take a break from his rigorous recording and video creation schedule to talk to us about why he uses SONAR and how he's integrated it into his hybrid digital / analog productions. Continue reading "Q&A with True Sound Studios"
Is the car test still relevant?
"My first mix sounds awesome in my car!"
Said no producer ever…
Every producer and mixer knows the struggle; the infamous car test. You know the drill. You print a near-perfect mix in your home studio and then bounce it with the label, "FINAL MIX_wav" and send it to your phone. You can feel the excitement, energy and anticipation of releasing your masterpiece into the world…and then you step into your car.
The nervous sweat drips down your back and your ears are clogged from hours of non-stop mixing. You press play and immediately regret not going to law school. OK…maybe it's not that bad but straight from the bat you know your mix isn't translating well in your car stereo or even the cheap earbuds that came with your phone. You are not alone.
Why does my mix sounds so terrible in my car? Continue reading "Is the car test still relevant?"
6 Tips and Tricks with the Jamstik+ & SONAR
With the recent announcement of SONAR & Windows compatibility, the opportunity for connecting Bluetooth MIDI Controllers is now available with ease using Bluetooth 4.0. The jamstik is a five-fret guitar controller, designed small enough to fit in your backpack or carry-on. Here are five tips about the jamstik's hardware and how it works within Sonar: Continue reading "6 Tips and Tricks with the Jamstik+ & SONAR"
Bluetooth MIDI Is Here And Why It's Important For You
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A new way to enter MIDI
Greetings! My name is Mike Green, Music Product Specialist at Zivix, we make the jamstik+ portable SmartGuitar & PUC+ wireless MIDI link. I'm primarily a guitar player, and in my 15+ years of musical composition, MIDI has enabled me to write and record quickly. In full disclosure; I'm a lousy keyboardist. The jamstik+ and Bluetooth MIDI's availability for Windows 10 has revolutionized what used to be a point-and-click endeavor. Now I can use virtual instruments in Cakewalk's SONAR software controlled by the jamstik+ digital guitar so I can enter in data wirelessly via Bluetooth MIDI – using the guitar skills that come most naturally to me.
Tracking MIDI with the jamstik+ in SONAR Platinum
Jamstik+ & SONAR Platinum is a killer combo for the studio.
A hit with pro and amateur musicians, the jamstik feels like a traditional guitar neck and works with your favorite MIDI apps and DAWs. Music notation, composition or accompaniment is easy with the Jamstik+ and Sonar Platinum Edition.
The jamstik+ is a great MIDI controller, and my favorite bundled virtual instruments in SONAR are:
Strum Session 2: This was an added bonus I did not expect, a built-in guitar modeller! Overall, I'm very impressed with the simple UI. There's a plethora of modifiers to make your own presets with, and even a chord-finder as an added benefit. Make sure to take a listen to the short track I made featuring the "acoustic" preset (video is at the top of the blog post).
Using Strum Session's Chord Finder with the jamstik+
Cakewalk Sound Center: This Soft-Synth includes a nice variety of tones. There is a limit to what parameters you can tweak for each sound, but most of these sounds are good right off the bat.
SI-Drumkit: It's always nice to have a good drum library to use! (especially for rock tunes). I've spent a lot of time making drum grooves with the jamstik using various plug-ins. Playing the kick/snare using a flat-pick is great fun! Learn more about playing drums on the jamstik here.
Make Sure Your PC is Bluetooth 4.0 Compatible.
With recent updates in the Windows 10 OS, SONAR's DAW takes advantage of using Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (BLE) to connect Bluetooth enabled MIDI devices. Now, almost all operating systems have this capability, so the performance is only going to get better from here, and more controllers will start "Roli" 'ing in (haha). Check the specs on your PC (look for Bluetooth in Device Manager) to see if your PC is Bluetooth 4.0 compatible. If not, you can always try various BLE Dongles like this one by Asus.
Connecting is easy
Pair to Windows 10
Open SONAR
Enable your MIDI Device In/Out Check-boxes in Preferences
Select your Soft-Synth
Use the PUC+ To Connect Other MIDI Controllers via Bluetooth
I should also mention if you're looking to connect an existing MIDI keyboard, check out the PUC+ Wireless MIDI interface. It's an easy way to cut the cables from your rig (for your electronic drum-kits, keytar, or even syncing/switching effects on our DAW). After seeing more and more innovative controllers at Winter NAMM 2017, one thing is clear — BLE MIDI isn't going away anytime soon.
Keep An Eye Out For More Bluetooth Instruments
With the rise of mobile music apps, we are seeing the need for cool controllers that fit the lifestyle of musicians. In Jordan Rudess's tech talk at NAMM, he put a strong emphasis on tablets being expressive instruments—with one drawback: no tactile feedback on the glass. This is where controllers like the Jamstik+ come into play. A portable, configurable controller in a guitaristic form-factor. Stay tuned for more from Zivix this year!
Learn more at jamstik.com
Zivix is currently running a promo deal with Cakewalk users for 10% off your order on jamstik.com – Make sure to enter discount code: SONAR10 at checkout!
The Miracle of Mid-Side EQ: Rock Your Mixes and Masters
Sure, the LP EQ is a great linear-phase, stereo EQ. But it was designed for mid-side processing as well as conventional stereo, so let's explore what mid-side processing is about, and why it's so important.
LP EQ BASICS
You can add up to 20 nodes, and each can have one of the following responses:
Low shelf
High shelf
High pass
Low pass
Peak boost/cut
The LP EQ allows up to 20 nodes, which can choose from five responses.
However, there's some intelligence when adding nodes; for example if you double-click to enter a node close to the highest possible frequency, the LP EQ will insert a lowpass filter. At a somewhat lower frequency, there's a shelving response (although you can of course change these default responses to whatever you like). Drag nodes horizontally to change the frequency or up/down to vary amplitude; a right-click + drag on a node alters the width, as does using the mouse scroll wheel on a selected node.
You can ctrl+click, or draw a marquee around, multiple nodes to select them, but there's an interesting twist. Suppose a node is set to boost, and another to cut. If you select both, then click on the one that boosts and drag it downward, the amount of boost will decrease. However the one that's cut will start boosting. This complementary motion allows increasing or decreasing the overall emphasis easily; for example, if you think you went too far with the amount of EQ and want to pull it back, this reduces all aspects equally.
If all the selected nodes either boost or cut, then their amplitudes vary together.
These basics give a flavor of the features, but there's much more—so click on the UI to give the LP EQ the focus, then press F1 to call up the comprehensive documentation.
MID-SIDE EQ PROCESSING
Mid-side processing encodes a stereo track into two separate components: the center becomes the "mid" component in the left channel, while the stereo track's right and left elements become the "side" component in the right channel. You can then process these components individually, with automatic decoding back into stereo.
To get started with mid-side processing, click on the LP 64's Expert button and under Mode, choose Mid/Side. For best results, set the precision to High. This results in the most latency but the highest accuracy, which is important because with mid-side processing, you don't want any phase shift or sample misalignment—that will interfere with the decoded stereo imaging.
The LP EQ's Expert Mode is the key to doing mid-side processing with EQ. Also note the Mix control for parallel processing.
Processing can be independent for the mid and side components (as it is for the left and right channels in conventional stereo applications). You assign a node to the appropriate component by clicking on the node, and then clicking on M or S (toward the LP EQ's upper right corner). Here are a few possible applications.
With mastering, you can get "inside the file" to do pseudo-remixing on a stereo track. One typical application is giving a slight boost to the higher-frequency side components to provide a bit more "air" and a wider stereo image.
If you've been seduced by vinyl's comeback, remember that it's crucial to center the bass and minimize bass excursions in the sides. With mid-side EQ processing, you can reduce the bass in the sides, and if needed, increase bass a bit in the center. Even if you're not mastering for vinyl, taking this technique further can give a super-anchored, "center-channel" bass sound.
Drums with lots of room ambience can benefit from a bit of upper mids in the sides for extra definition, and a little bit of lower mids in the center to accent the kick.
If a synth bass has a wide image that "steps on" other instruments, you can bring down the bass in the sides.
For taming reverb, set a node to Mid, select the high pass curve, and slide it all the way to the right to take out essentially everything. Then you can shape the remaining reverb with the side EQ, while chasing the away from the center, where it can muddy the bass and kick.
THE VALUE OF THE MIX CONTROL
But…how do you know whether you're really making an improvement to the sound or not? The LP EQ includes a Mix control (accessed in the Expert section) so you can vary the mix from full EQ to no EQ. Yes, parallel processing for EQ…very handy, and even better, the Mix control can be automated (like virtually all other parameters, including display characteristics and bypass).
You can also switch quickly between two different EQ settings with the A/B comparison function.
Granted, there's no shortage of EQ plug-ins, but the LP EQ truly brings something new to the party. If you're not familiar what mid-side processing can do with EQ, there's no better way to find out than with the LP EQ.


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Do You See What I See? Using ELAN for Self-Analysis and Reflection
Della Goswell, Macquarie UniversityFollow
This commentary discusses the application of video annotation software (ELAN) in the Auslan–English interpreter-training program at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. It gives an overview of the program's context and highlights experienced-based learning as one of the key pedagogical approaches being used to foster student self-analysis and reflection. In order for students to analyze their own interpreting performances, they must first be recorded, so the article touches on the rationale and some techniques for the video capture that provides the data for subsequent ELAN analysis. Examples of activities based on the use of ELAN software are then discussed.
Goswell, Della (2012) "Do You See What I See? Using ELAN for Self-Analysis and Reflection," International Journal of Interpreter Education: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 7.
Available at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/ijie/vol4/iss1/7
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Force India would consider Renault offer for Ocon
Force India admits it would be willing to consider allowing Esteban Ocon to sign for Renault for the 2019 Formula 1 season.
Ocon is contracted long-term to Mercedes, and is currently on loan to Force India. It's understood that the agreement states that for next season he can only be called back by the Stuttgart manufacturer to drive for the works team.
However in recent weeks it's become increasingly clear that Mercedes is keen to place him at Renault for 2019, in order to enhance his career development, with some sources suggesting that an option has already been agreed.
Renault in turn would reap the obvious benefits of having a French driver, even if he still belongs to a main rival.
However Ocon could only go to Renault if an accommodation is made with Force India, with a deal that would have to be brokered by Toto Wolff steering his junior driver away from one of his customers, and into a seat with a rival works team.
When asked by Motorsport.com Wolff insisted that Ocon's future was still being discussed: "We don't know. We can't comment. It's tricky, the situation."
Force India has made it clear that a commercial deal would have to be done if Ocon was to to any team other than Mercedes.
"We try not to disclose the details of our driver contracts, but it's safe to say that we would have to release him," team COO Otmar Szafnauer told Motorsport.com.
"If circumstances made it the best thing for us to do, we'd have to look at it. We like Esteban and he's done a great job for us. At the end of the day, it's our call. If Renault want to pay a bunch of money, I'll consider it!"
The Renault situation is further complicated by its current driver Carlos Sainz being contractually tied to Red Bull, which is expected to retain Daniel Ricciardo in the coming weeks.
Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul confirmed Sainz remains in the frame.
"One thing that is very public that is holding back a decision is the decision of Ricciardo," Abiteboul told Motorsport.com.
"I guess with the announcements this weekend from Mercedes [new deals for Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas] I expect some domino effect, and in particular for Ricciardo, so that it clarifies a number of things for us.
"One thing I can say is our position is clear to a number of drivers who have expressed an interest in joining us.
"So we have options which we will review in the next few weeks, and we'll make a decision. Once there is certainty on that, I guess there is no reason to delay a decision.
"Carlos is bringing stability, commitment, team spirit, pace, and indeed the fact that he will be a free agent [if Red Bull lets it option on him lapse].
"Having said that we need to take the time and look at all the options, and see what's best for Renault, not just next year, but in the next two to three years."
Szafnauer insisted that no decisions have been made about 2019 at Force India, insisting that there's no hurry to secure a deal with Sergio Perez, who has been linked to other teams.
"We haven't started throwing the balls up in the air," he said. "It's too early. It's genuinely all wide open.
"With Checo [Perez] the time frame is to start speaking with some of his backers and supporters on what they want to do next year. It's usually around the Mexican GP that we face that, so it's way premature for Checo."
Regarding reports of Lance Stroll heading to Force India, he added: "We need a seat to be able to do that. But if I were looking for a drive, I'd consider Force India just because of our performance."
Issue #34 of GP Gazette is now online
Renault hands Markelov F1 2018 test debut
Drivers Esteban Ocon
Teams Force India , Renault F1 Team
Author Adam Cooper
Swindell moving forward after crash that ended his racing career
Chase to race AIM Vasser-Sullivan Lexus in 2020
Yes, Tony Stewart did run over a fellow driver, who was killed. But know the whole story.
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Now this is just incredible. Defense Department blocks public release of information on the state of the Afghanistan conflict. This is unclassified basic data.
In a letter accompanying its regular quarterly report, the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, said the Defense Department blocked publication of data on "the number of districts, and the population living in them, controlled or influenced by the Afghan government or by the insurgents, or contested by both." Those data aren't classified, but the Defense Department determined that "they are not releasable to the public," said the letter, which gave no indication that the Defense Department provided a reason for the decision.
Obviously, they don't want to admit that they're losing. We live in a post-truth world.
The reported death toll has steadily risen and now stands at 63 following a truck bombing using an ambulance in Kabul. The attack occurred at 1:00 pm in Sedarat Square. The Taliban have claimed responsibility.
Update: The official death toll has now risen to 103, with 235 injured. The Taliban have said the action was in response to the new, more aggressive military posture of the U.S.
This has driven most other news off of the page, but a car bomb attack on a security post in Helmand has killed and wounded "many" Afghan soldiers.
Afghan army claims to have killed or wounded 34 IS militants in Nangarhar in air and ground operations.
Wesley Morgan in Politico describes the army's new "Security Assistance Force Brigade" strategy to "win" the war in Afghanistan.
Suicide bomb attack in Kandarhar kills 2 police and 2 civilians, injures 10 people.
Tampa Bay Times editorial indicates that corporate media are finally starting to question the continued flailing in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon has said that the additional U.S. firepower could enable the Afghan government to take control of 80 percent of the country in the next two years, up from 65 percent today. That's an ambitious goal and timetable, given the Taliban's military and political reach, the fundamental problems of endemic corruption and incompetence in the Afghan government, and the sclerotic pace of democratic reform and social justice in the country. The Trump administration has also aggravated tensions with Washington's nominal ally in the region, Pakistan, over Pakistan's refusal to rein in Taliban fighters along the border and to cut the group's access to intelligence and foreign financial aid.
The White House has left the military strategy in military hands, but it's time the president explained how the additional troops will provide a turnaround in this military mission. There is no reason to believe a game-changing strategy is at hand, or that the Afghan government is prepared to take the next step by laying the foundation for peace. Any new deployment must have a chance of ending the stalemate and pushing all sides toward national reconciliation. There's no use in merely prolonging the status quo.
"The full extent of child sexual assault committed by Afghan security forces may never be known," the report from Sigar said. But two-thirds of the individuals and organisations interviewed for the recently declassified report said they were aware of "child sexual assault incidents or related exploitation by Afghan security forces", the watchdog said.
Gunmen storm the Save the Children office in Jalalabad, killing 3 and injuring 25. The attackers are killed in a 10 hour battle.
U.S. deploys a dozen A-10s to Afghanistan to provide close air support and attack narcotics facilities. "Along with the Thunderbolt squadron, additional aircraft will be moved to Kandahar Airfield, including MQ-9 Reapers that provide armed over-watch and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of the battlefield, and HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, to conduct personnel recovery and search and rescue."
Suicide bomber attacks a Shia mosque in Ghor, killing 10 and injuring 20.
Four police and six Taliban killed in a firefight in Ghazni.
State Dept. confirms that U.S. citizens were killed in attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul on Saturday, but does not provide further information.
It's just incredible to me how the U.S. corporate media, politicians, and the general public completely ignore the military actions of their own government. The Pentagon operates, it seems, with no political accountability. We have to depend on Juan Cole to tell us that the U.S. has made an open commitment to an endless military presence in Syria.
The U.S. has 2,000 special operations troops in eastern Syria. Did you even know that? They are embedded with a Kurdish faction called the YPG, in a pseudo-state called Afrin. Which Turkey is now shelling. The U.S. troops, according to Rex Tillerson, are supposed to eliminate any resurgence of IS, depose Bashar Assad, enable Syrian refugees to return home, reduce Iranian influence, and eliminate any so-called "weapons of mass destruction" from the country, of which there aren't any. (Chemical weapons are not "weapons of mass destruction.") Right. Sure. But they might get us into a war with Turkey and/or Russia.
Of course, U.S. troops are already in Iraq forever, and Afghanistan forever, and in a whole bunch of other countries you won't know they are in until some of them get killed, for reasons nobody is bothering to tell you, which nobody seems to care about.


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Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (née Sørlie; born 11 September 1978, in Gjøvik) is a retired Norwegian team handball player, world champion from 1999, gold medalist from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and bronze medalist from the 2000 Olympics. She is also a triple European champion with the Norwegian national team, which she previously captained prior to the reign of fellow Gjøvik handballer Gro Hammerseng. She is the only player on the Norwegian team that received all the first five gold medals that the national team won up to the 2008 Olympics.  Ending her career for Nordstrand in her second spell, she has previously played for Leipzig, Nordstrand, Snertingdal and Toten.

International career
2 November 1997, Sørlie Lybekk debuted in a friendly against Germany, marking the beginning of a long career for the Norwegian side.  She participated in consecutive international championships from her debut in the 1998 European Championships until the 2008 Olympics, except for the 2004 European Championships where she was dropped after having suffered injuries preventing her from a necessary build-up, and the World Championships the following year. At the 2004 European championship she was not included in the main team, but was listed as home reserve. When Isabel Blanco injured her thumb during the championship, Sørlie Lybekk was called to join the team, and received a gold medal from the championship without playing.  Before the 2000 Olympics, she was named vice-captain for Kjersti Grini, and when Grini withdrew from the 2000 European Championships she captained her national team at the age of 22 at a difficult moment when many experienced players had recently retired.  She remained in this position until the 2003 World Championship where Gro Hammerseng took over the captaincy.  The tournament was disappointing for both the squad and Sørlie Lybekk, as they finished 6th in the tournament keeping them out of the Olympic tournament the following year.

The first highpoint in her international career is the victory in the 1999 World Championships held on home turf (alongside Denmark) where she was contributing to her nation's win mostly in the defensive side of the game.  In the epic final against France her unforgiving defensive work cost her three two-minute suspensions meaning a red card, meaning she had to see her compatriots win the extra time playoffs from the bench.  It was the first World Championship won by her country, a natural highpoint, but since the Olympic tournaments carry higher status in the sport, the win from the 2008 Olympics was an even higher point. In the tournament Sørlie Lybekk, now 29, contributed with her international experience and calm, in both ends of the pitch.  Norway went undefeated through the tournament, and scoring 7 goals in the final against Russia as well as making a profound impression throughout the tournament, she was selected into the All Star Team of the tournament (as pivot/line player).  The success sparked speculation that she would retire from international duty when she was on top of her long career.

Playing style
As a line player, Sørlie Lybekk is known for secure finishing when she dispatches from the 6-meter line, often after relentless fighting for positions in the most crowded area of the defense.  Being a player used in both defense and attack, she applies the same hard-working style in defending her own goal.  The playing style is efficient, but not as spectacular as other notable players in her generation of Norwegian handballers.

References

External links
Else-Marthe Sørlie at databaseolympics.com

1978 births
Living people
Norwegian female handball players
Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players of Norway
Olympic gold medalists for Norway
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Gjøvik

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Reino Jarvinen passed away peacefully on November 14, 2007 at Chilliwack General Hospital with his family by his side. Reino is survived by his loving family, son, Mauno Jarvinen; daughters, Anita (Byron) Wemyss, Alia (Ron) Sharp and Aliisa (Roger) Montreuil; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was predeceased wife Laura and son John. The family respectfully thanks Dr. Hirst and the hospital staff for all their care.
Reino will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 1:30 pm from the Chapel of Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home, 4865 Hocking Ave, Chilliwack.


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STEM school finds renewed purpose through esports
Educator Randall Deich's efforts are helping build community and empowering hope for underserved students at Lauderhill 6-12 in Florida.
By: Chris Burt | June 18, 2020
Photo courtesy of Regenerate Tech
Seven years ago, Lauderhill 6-12 STEM-MED Magnet in Broward County, Florida, didn't exist.
Randall Deich
It was created out of necessity after the former Lauderhill Middle School was failing and forced to be repurposed by the state.
As part of the cleansing, local educator Randall Deich was brought in by principal Dr. Ryan Reardon to help facilitate change and give students "a purpose" to learn and develop new skills.
Deich, a 28-year veteran of the district, quickly went to work, creating the framework for a program built on career readiness through STEM-based initiatives, including video games.
It wasn't an easy sell.
"The first challenge was perception," he says. "It was a Triple F school. When people thought of academic excellence, they weren't thinking of Lauderhill. Another challenge was building trust with the students. We had to slowly start developing that. I would tell them, this is about investing in yourself and working on your future. And we meant it."
Many hurdles remain, but Deich's persistence and his outreach efforts are helping many students at Lauderhill 6-12 attain real-world skills while seeing a clearer superhighway to careers in computer-related fields, esports and business.
"The students in Lauderhill now how have a connection, a path that makes sense to them," Deich says. "They are making connections to a purpose now."
At the Academic Esports Conference & Expo in October, Deich will discuss the challenges and the benefits of empowering students through community connections and personalized learning. In his session, "Esports in a Title 1 High School: Developing Business Skills in a National Sport Forum," he will talk about the many perks of educating through gaming, from social and emotional learning to relationship building. And he will showcase his plan that engaged previously unreachable students by giving them opportunities in a field they could relate to.
Meeting the challenge
Those who are old enough to go back about 40 years might remember Lauderhill as a summer vacation destination and the site of one of the world's most renowned golf tournaments, the Inverrary Classic (now the Honda Classic), made famous by its host, Jackie Gleason.
The country club is still there, but the tournament moved out years ago, and a lot has changed in this packed suburb of 67,000 north of Fort Lauderdale.
Lauderhill 6-12 serves students who are largely economically disadvantaged, with 94% coming from low-income families. Test scores, student progress and career readiness have been historically low, not just at this school but at others in the area, including Deich's previous teaching stop at Oriole Elementary School. Many students face additional challenges at home – including lack of devices, PCs, consoles and reliable internet – that has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Home life for students here wasn't great before Covid, which is why they liked school so much," Deich says. "The digital divide is hurting us."
Though he doesn't believe in "magic bullets" in education that can engage even the most disinterested students, he says a few tools have the power to effectuate change.
"Minecraft comes pretty close. You can connect pretty much every standard – ELA, math, science and social studies – to Minecraft, whether it's an actual replication, demonstration, simulation or presentation."
Another one is esports, which provides the allure of game play, collaboration and a connection to careers that interest most students.
"They have been just crazy excited about it," Deich says. "They are seeing credibility with the career piece. This wouldn't have happened if there was no trust leading up to this."
Steps to success
Bridging the trust gap at Lauderhill 6-12 has taken a fair amount of ingenuity from this STEM Coordinator, who calls himself "a facilitator. I only take credit for removing barriers and creating opportunities. The work is all the students." And yet it is Deich, a Broward Education Hall of Famer, who put into place a winning formula that has truly been difference-making:
He brought in a computer science and game development program, where students learn how to create games and gain coding skills. Some of those students have been recognized nationally, including their work in creating mobile apps and in HTML/CSS.
He added a vital after-school piece that gives students "industry-specific, purpose-driven" problems to solve while being mentored by business leaders. They have a leadership team of students as well as marketing and player development subgroups. "Our model has always been having an emphasis on their business role, so it's an apprenticeship model."
He partnered with the North America Scholastic Esports Federation (NASEF), which helped the program build an esports team and put into place a mission behind gaming that starts with education first. "They gave us this framework, this ecosystem and a blueprint that says it's not about the game. It about the organizers, the strategists, the content creators, and the entrepreneurs."
One of the most important elements of the esports initiative was health and wellness, so he got a big boost when social studies teacher Thomas Leonard came on board to help coach the students.
He helped foster the program's growth through a non-profit he co-founded, ReGenerate Tech, which has forged relationships with Citrix, Oracle, American Express and the Broward Education Foundation to foster workforce recruitment, career development and social responsibility. "There's more than one way to develop a student."
"You now have folks in the community who are now developing professional relationships with the students who attended that Triple F school that was closed down," Deich says. "Before esports and gaming, that would have never happened. That's the incredible story."
Deich has several initiatives on the horizon but says it's still too early to have measurable numbers on how much impact esports is having.
"But I have metrics on attitude, perceptions, climate, culture, anecdotal stuff from community, parents, and students … and they're all positive," he says. "It's one good win after another. The big irony for esports is it's not about gaming. We're not developing gamers for the community. We're developing the business end for our community. What teases the kids is the fanfare of the esports competitions. But it's the business side that will make a difference. That's what goes on their resume. That's what goes on their job application."
Two sides of strong esports iceberg
Deich, a man who has spent almost three decades in education in various roles – from classroom teacher to instructional technologist to department head – never imagined he'd been in this position.
"I was like many of them; I didn't care for school at all," he says. "I found no purpose for it, saw no value. In high school, I think I spent more time at the arcade across the street than I did at home or at school. When I did stay at home, I played Intellivision the entire time. Gaming was always part of what I did when I was growing up. Maybe that has some connection to it."
Though he has taken the lead on implementing gaming at Lauderhill 6-12, he says this "magic bullet" would have been a dream 25 years ago.
"When I first got into education, this this didn't exist," Deich says. "There wasn't a home for the folks that weren't involved in a clique. They were the outliers, the outcasts, they were the kids who sat by themselves at lunch or weren't playing team sports. They weren't the most popular kids around. And this was every level."
For many educators, putting words to describe the impact gaming and esports are making on students is almost indescribable. Deich likes to use this analogy:
"It's like that picture you see of the iceberg, where you have that small tip above the water and there's this monstrous mass underneath. That was my epiphany with esports, the business skills that go with it are everything below the water. We have authentic connections to jobs, and these categories aren't exclusive to esports."
Because of the opportunities presented through esports and because of the work of educators like Deich, the impact continues to grow.
"When the district's vision of educating today's students to succeed in tomorrow's world is to be college and career ready, show me something that hits the target with the same fidelity and intensity as esports," Deich says. "It not a good model because I'm saying it's good; it's a good model, because I'm seeing the students show up. With esports in this model, no one's turned away. My creative writers have a spot. My artists have a spot. My talkers have a spot. Everyone has a home in this field. Every branch of this tree is yielding a piece of fruit."
Chris Burt is the Esports Editor for District Adminstration and the Program Chair for the Academic Esports Conference & Expo. He can be reached at cburt@lrp.com or via Twitter @esportsChair
Topics: College and career readiness | Curriculum & Instruction | Esports | Instructional technology | Online learning | STEM | Student behavior | Student Success
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Congratulations to all who ran Mumbai marathon, no matter what your finish time. If there are any aches and pains, it's best to take this week very easy.
Now we are shifting gears and moving to a sub 4 hour full marathon training plan targeting New Delhi Marathon (NDM) which is on 26th February, i.e. just less than six weeks away.
This plan is really for those who've managed to do half marathon in last couple of months in under 2 hours and full marathon distance in last few weeks in sub 4 hours 15 min. We are happy to make customised (for a fee) for all the rest who are interested in taking part in NDM or a running event of any distance after that.
I'll also be doing a FacebookLive on either Friday or Saturday. Time and day to be confirmed soon (here on this page). This will become a weekly affair where I'll happily answer questions of runners from across the country, and even across the third rock from the tiny little star called the Sun.
This week's plan is simple. I want you to be up and about. Nothing strenuous.
30-40 min easy walk-jog: Throughout the week I want a very simple plan.
Below I am sharing a few exercises that'll help you improve your running form and get you to run effortlessly. Focus on the technique, no on numbers. Get the form right, the rest will follow.
a. Sit tall like a puppet: whether it is while sitting, standing, walking, running or playing a sport, if your starting position isn't correct, not only will you not be able to perform to your optimum level in life but soon you'll have back pain. Using un-smart phones is causing neck and upper back pain. Remind yourself to sit tall like a puppet. You'll soon start to stand tall and run taller as well. More about it in next few weeks.
b. Skip: Skip or hop in the same spot very softly for 45-60 seconds. Repeat 6-10 times throughout the day. Reminder, be as soft on your feet, as you possibly can be.
c. Heel Raises: Heel raises done on a regular basis, 5-8 sets a day, get your calves to be activated again and get your feet to start moving yet again. Very important for all, not only for runners and sportspeople.
d. Toe Curls: A quarter of your bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons are in your feet. So what do we 'smart' human beings do? We wear a footwear and start using the foot as one single platform. Soon enough, we forget how to use them. Start to mobilise your feet before you start talking about running. Start now.
e. Cat-Camel Stretch: Courtesy sitting for long hours, your posture goes for a toss. Cat-Camel will help you to become more supple. It is super important amongst runners. Run easy, not stiff.
f. Wall Squats: If running is your love, strength training is your mother-in-law. You need to strength train to perform at optimum levels and avoid injuries. And squats are one of the most important for runners.
I want you to be on your feet for 90-120 minutes, walk - easy, jog or run. Don't think about speed or distance.
From next week I'll be pushing you hard. So, buckle up for the journey of your life.


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After 6 months I have had a colonoscopy today and the result was normal. No ulcers or any sign of inflammation, a completely healthy bowel.
I wanted to share my story and new regime to try and help others who are borderline flare up or those who want to remain in remission.
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Enjoy your health and thanks for sharing.


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Q: Why does SQLITE create empty sqlite_sequence table? I have a database of several tables in which the first field is defined as:
'ID' INTEGER NOT NULL UNIQUE ... PRIMARY_KEY('ID')
I do not use the AUTOINCREMENT keyword for any of these tables yet my db contains an empty sqlite_sequence table which I cannot delete. Inserting records into these tables with a NULL value for the ID field generates default incremental values for the ID fields but does not populate or update the sqlite_sequence table. Is there any way I can reset the last inserted rowid value to 0 for these tables?

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Public meetings scheduled the week of May 1-6, 2017
Monday: 9 a.m., Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. Business Attraction Committee, upper level conference room, Center for Economic Development, 120 2nd St. SE; 5 p.m., Jamestown City Council, City Hall, 102 3rd Ave. SE; 5:15 p.m., Jamestown Pub...
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Monday: 9 a.m., Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. Business Attraction Committee, upper level conference room, Center for Economic Development, 120 2nd St. SE; 5 p.m., Jamestown City Council, City Hall, 102 3rd Ave. SE; 5:15 p.m., Jamestown Public School Board, Thompson Community Room, Jamestown Middle School, 203 2nd Ave. SE.
Tuesday: 3:30 p.m., Jamestown Public School District School Improvement/MTSS Committee, Thompson Community Room, Jamestown Middle School, 203 2nd Ave. SE; 4 p.m., Stutsman County Commission, commission room, Stutsman County Courthouse, 511 2nd Ave. SE; 4:35 p.m., Stutsman County Park Board, commission room, Stutsman County Courthouse, 511 2nd Ave. SE; 7:30 p.m., City of Spiritwood Lake Council, Chip Steckler Shop, 617 Spiritwood Avenue.
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Gussner Elementary fifth graders recently took to the sledding hills at Hillcrest Municipal Golf Course.
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Q: How can I parse an input given as a string? I am creating a program that is basically a calculator, which takes in input from the user and breaks it into different parts.
Example input:
4 + 5

My program takes that input and analyzes it and breaks down the terms, the operators, omits white space, and some other things. However, when I put all the pieces back together, they are in a String form. So it looks like this:
"4+5"

How can I have the program take that string and parse it to yield the int 9?
I tried Integer.parseInt(input) , and to no surprise, it returns an error. So is there a simple  (enough) way to do this? Or will I have to create my own method to parse the equation?
By the way, it can do more than two terms, and the reason I break down the input is to check for input errors, such as 5 ++ 5 or anything of that manner. It is also to incorporate PEMDAS.

A: There's really no way that I know of to do this simply without changing your current code. What you'd probably have to do is check the string for instances of operator characters ('+', '*', etc.) and use the split method to separate out the numbers, which you can then parse individually into ints, and then combine using the operators.
Alternately, if it's at all possible, just leave a single space between each number and the preceding/trailing operator, and split around instances of ' '.


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The Crowsnest Pass
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