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Ch3: Back at work
"Isaiah don't you think this is all too fast, I mean Orlando has zero interest in the family business, he is just like Uncle Sam in the fortune stories who hates life and everything. Orlando just goes about doing what he likes he doesn't very much care about anything or anyone." Ruby tried talking her husband from pushing Orlando to forcefully take over the family business.
She knew Orlando too well, and throwing all the family's hard earn inheritance into his hands will surely lead to a forever disaster. Isaiah looked at his lovely wife, she has no idea how important it is for the first son of the Chester family to take over the business. Isaiah Ivan Chester popular by the name Ivan Senior has worked so hard to build his successful shipping company (I Ivan.co) his company has been awarded the best shipping enterprise in America and his legacy must continue, this is when his eldest son Orlando Ivan Chester Junior comes into the picture.
"Ruby baby this is the only choice we have, I can't hand over all I have worked hard for to a complete stranger, Ivan JR is my first child, our firstborn son and it's his right and duty to carry on my legacy." Isaiah tried explaining to his wife so she could calm down and stop being paranoid but Ruby wasn't up for that she was more in a state of losing it.
"What about Nicholas he can manage the business till Orlando gets back." Ruby suggests.
Nicholas was their third child the last of their children. "Try to consider it, what if Orlando says no or what-" She listed out possibilities of Orlando backing out of the family business that has gone far in its ages.
"He won't Ruby trust me. And Niko is still young he needs to focus on his studies and sooner or later he will join his brother in managing the company." Isaiah told her, then reached out for the dietary supplement on his table, downing it with cold water, he grimaced when the tablet touched the back of his throat showing how he hated medicine especially supplements.
Ruby thought hard about what her husband said 'Maybe I should give in and stop being so paranoid. It's not that bad to admit, but what if Orlando runs away again? I don't think I will be able to bear it' she rubbed her forehead to smoothen the worry lines forming on her delicate skin.
"You're overthinking Ruby, there is nothing to worry about. Orlando is perfect and he can't keep running away forever, this is his home, he will return." Isaiah assured Ruby.
"I hope so Isa baby, I hope so." She muttered, her eyes still focused on the floor.
"You should call him, tell him to come back to Florida." Ruby rose her head to look at her husband in disbelief
'Is he you joking, what makes him think Orlando will listen to her and come home'
"How sure are you he will listen to me?" She stared right at her husband with an expression that usually makes him uncomfortable. Her brown eyes holding his green ones unblinking.
"He'll listen to you, he always does. Ruby baby can you stop giving me that look, it's really creeping my skin." Isaiah cringed nervously.
"What look?" Ruby asked pretending not to understand what Isaiah meant.
"Baby, you know it, please stop."
"I will stop today, but if Orlando refuses me then get prepared because you will be seeing this face for ten more years." Ruby gestured to her face.
Isaiah looked away from Ruby and smiled, shaking his head at the memory of young Orlando telling Ruby about his first crush like he was some sick lover. "He will because he is mama's boy."
"Okay. I'll try, but I am not promising he'll listen as you said." She walked around the table to meet Isaiah and kissed him on the lips. "I'll leave you to work now, call me if you need me." She whispered the last part seductively and winked at him then she made her way out of the office. Isaiah knew what that meant but he was not ready now. For years Isaiah has tried fighting against the sexual urge filling him, his wall only weakens when Ruby decides to play naughty on him and she was fully aware of the effects on him, if he gives in to the temptation the whole house will hear the beast in him is back.
Ruby knew this she knew he was a sex god and knows how to provoke the beast in him, he might be old but he sure got a wild beast down there and Ruby was his weakness.
"Shit Ruby what have you gotten me into." He groaned in pain and frustration.
Orlando has always wanted a new life, a different free normal life than just being an heir. He became an explorer at a young age, making his own world. Taking over the family business wasn't what he wanted, in other to avoid the responsibilities that came with being in charge of such a global enterprise, Orlando decided to leave, he traveled far away from home in hopes of losing contact with the people he called family.
For fifteen years he lived in California as Jack Wells a retired mechanic, and joined a secret agency disguising himself with a temporary look, he wore green contact lens, his was dyed blonde and his clothes were casual jeans a sweatshirt and sometimes a hoodie to hid his identity.
Orlando knew someday he will have to stop hiding and take his place in I Ivan.co as the CEO. All he wanted was to find his own life before it gets dictated by someone else.
"Hey Jack got any booze for us." Mike his partner asked him as he stepped into the minivan.
"No man I got none." Orlando replied animatedly his attention focused on the screen in front of him, he typed codes into the system and was going through the network settings in the van. He spent five years learning to code and later worked with the CIA and FBI at that time, on some occasions the Army or Navy will invite him to work with them because of his great skills in technical aspects. He used this to gain trust and integrity with all the alliances he made. "Mike where is the file Devon said we should look into." Orlando asked.
"Here." Mike handed a yellow file to Orlando and stepped back.
Orlando opened it analyzing the contents before Mike decided to interpret for him. "Well people say he is a psycho, he once murdered twenty people in three weeks and now he's into hiding, and possibly stalking. No one knows for sure who he is or where he came from, the dead bodies were the proof of his visit. only his eyes can be seen in the picture." Mike concluded the story. Orlando opened the file record of the suspected serial killer and looked through it.
D.O.B: unknown
Crime: suspected for unsolved crimes on the border of Canada and the US.
ID: No physical records with no proper identification.
Orlando frowned this wasn't what he was expecting there isn't any useful information that can be used. "Mike this file is empty, there's no detailed information written here." Orlando scoffed and groaned. "We just wasted our time coming here."
"Yeah I know, it's kinda why we are here." Mike scratched his five weeks old beard. "The investigators couldn't find any trace of him. It looked like he vanished in thin air but there was only one camera that got a glimpse of him." Orlando raised an eyebrow at his discovery..
"How sure are you it is him not she?" Orlando asked him.
"Check the file you will see a photograph behind the papers." Mike told him.
Orlando opened the file once again and found the picture, it wasn't clear enough to make out anything but one will know it was taken at night, from the green background. A silhouette of a person running through a dark alley was the only thing present on the frame, the person was covered in black from head to toe and it was hard to identify the gender only the eyes were slightly visible. Orlando pondered who this person could be.
"What year was this taken?" Orlando asked his partner.
"2015 I guess, that was the same year of the first incidence in Chicago." Mike answered.
"Then why are we working on this case our job is to track not toy around," Orlando asked wondering why they had been handed the job of investigators.
"They believe you can not only track them but bring them to book. They need your spying skills."
"I am no longer a physical spy I'm now a tech spy so why me? There are other amazing spy in California." Orlando spoke
"That's why you are needed, think about it Jack, this could be your shot." Mike told Orlando then left the van.
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Billionaire Spy Ch4: Arrangement for the event
Thelma reached the sweet dreams hotel by six which means her work shift had started about an hour ago, being a chef at this big hotel was the only job and living for her and Ella, and she doesn't intend to lose it any time soon."You're lucky Kaycee did not find you sneaking into the restaurant this late Elle." Emma had her covered up till she arrived and took her position in the kitchen where all the meals were made and served to the hotel and it restaurant. Technically there are two kitchens one for the hotel restaurant and the other for room service but most foods were cooked in the hotel restaurant's kitchen."Thanks again Emma, I totally forgot about my shift. A lot has been going on lately, it makes me tired and stressed out, I guess it must be the reason work slipped off my mind.." Thelma explained to the nice mi
Billionaire Spy Ch5: Encounter with Mr arrogant
"Such a disoriented fool." Emma rolled her eyes at Kaycee who left the kitchen with a plate of joy in hand. "You know he is our boss, right." Thelma reminded her, she wasn't defending him or being sarcastic. Thelma just needed to remind Emma that he is still above them on the job even if they behaved like friends. "Yeah I know. And he knows better than to fire me, I mean where would the hotel be if not for my great culinary skills and good brains." Emma praised herself. "You work only for the hotel restaurant, remember." Thelma reminded her with a smile on her lips. "Yes I know, but I rule this place." Emma wiggled her brows at Thelma, they both talked and worked while clearing pans and leftover ingredients from the stove and the countertop. When they were done
Billionaire Spy Ch6: Getting back home
The sound of a car drifting roughly burst through the cold night. Tires screeched loudly and continuously before it stopped. Ruby looked out the opened window of her private living room seeing the black Porsche parked in front of the house and Orlando stepping out of it. She quickly changed out of her dressing gown into a simple purple gown that went to her knees and strode downstairs a scowl on her face. Orlando burst through the mahogany doors like a drunk, jangling his keys around then sets them into a bowl on a wooden table. "Orlando, how many times do I have to tell you to stop speed driving?" Ruby scolded her oldest son as soon as he came into their family house. She was so pissed at his careless driving she felt like spanking him. "Mom!" He exclaimed moving to hug Ruby but she stopped him.
Billionaire Spy Ch7: The encounter
Isaiah paced from left to right in the basement of his house. The floor was covered with a wine carpet and a table rug placed in the middle. With expensive painting and souvenirs and vases organized at various sections, it is the definition of richness and glamor, 'I hope to God this works' Isaiah prayed and looked down at his Rolex watch counting the seconds that passed. He then paused as the door opened and Ruby's form appeared. "What did he say?" He asked eagerly. "He said he's coming." Ruby replied with a half-smile on her face. Isaiah let out a sigh in relief and put his hand over his chest dramatically, he sat on the bed rubbing his face with the palm of his hands still in utter shock Orlando accepted without causing chaos. "So you told him this ceremony
Billionaire Spy Ch8: Back in the past
Five years earlier "Heyyy Ariella, want to know what Aunty Pamela got you?" Thelma cooed five-year-old Ella. It was a week after Ella's birthday and they promised Ella that they will open all the gifts a week after. The weather was cold, snow and ice coated the streets and houses, Thelma took a green wrapped gift signed by her sister Pamela and opened it with a cutter. "Aww a tinker bell pen. That's weird? Right babe." She frowned at the gift wondering why her sister had gotten Ella a pen, Thelma dropped the box beside her and heard something jiggle inside, she frowned again and carefully carried the box in her hands shaking it again for confirmation, it jiggled again she traced the inside of the box and found a hole inserting her index finger she pulled on it and it revealed a cute golden chain decorated with little fairies and an envelope beneath.
Billionaire Spy Ch9: A new Identity
Four hours laterThelma had waited for four hours with no update or call from her husband, she was worried something had happened but tried to play it cool around her daughter. Thelma also tried to reach his phone but it never rings or goes into voice mail 'he is alright.' She kept telling herself and she knew things were really going to be different. The wait could not hold on and her daughter also needs to eat. Thelma went to the kitchen to prepare some food for Ella and a bit for herself knowing Ella would not eat it if she didn't.She was preparing food for Ella when her phone rang from the living room, she stopped cooking, and turned off the stove before going to answer the phone. "Hello." She said."Pl
Billionaire Spy Ch10: Handing over ceremony preparation
The present Ceremony of the handing over. "I need white bouquet flowers on each table and all the food laid on the serving table, let's go, let's get this going guys!." Kaycee yelled to all the staffs. As the hotel manager and supervisor, he has to make sure everything was perfect and in order. The Chester family were no ordinary rich people they were wealthy public figures, the first top partner to support and grow the Sweet Dreams hotel to the fame it is today. "Kaycee where should the carpet go?" A worker asked him. "let's roll it all the way from the double door to stage, come on people we need to hurry up it's almost seven. Kaycee had gathered both morning and evening workers to set up for the event they needed more helping hands to make it work. "Kaycee… lights, music and party time all set!" The DJ yelled from the corner giving Kaycee a thumbs up. "We are good to go." "Okay DJ smooth." He moved
Billionaire Spy Ch11: A make over
Kaycee and Thelma both left thekitchenand went straight to the double doors down the hallway. Kaycee became a gentle man and allowed Thelma in before following from behind, inside this passage were four rooms, each holding different backstage dress up and makeup facilities. Thelma took notice about the positions, colour and decorations of each door. There were two doors at the left wall, one painted in wine with mystical designs surrounding the words 'costume written on it and the other a green door only having an Algerian writing 'shoes and accessories' written boldly on it. And there, at the right wall there was a dim yellow door but she could not see the words written on it becauseKaycee had opened the second door which was a black door with no writing just a few decorations around the edges and the door handle.Thelma paused seeing the black door, she felt odd and weird about the room as she stare at it. Kaycee looked back to her with a
Billionaire Spy Ch22: Sneakers and peepers
Billionaire Spy Ch21: World due fate
Billionaire Spy Ch20: Mixed up interaction
Billionaire Spy Ch19: Caught in a disguise
Billionaire Spy Ch18: Back into a disguise
Billionaire Spy Ch17: Catastrophic
Billionaire Spy Ch16: Sneaking past my daughter {New year's chapter}
Billionaire Spy Ch15: A nightstand 1


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Posted on November 14, 2013 November 12, 2013 by Janet Grunst
Brave New Century ~ Just Released ~ Inspirational Historical Romance
I'm delighted to feature a newly released anthology.
Brave New Century
Inspirational Historical Romance from Prism Book Group
Stories of four young women who are each braving challenges at the dawn of the 20th century in the big city. Will they overcome their hardships and find love?
Three Rings for Alice by Lisa Lickel
Love and respect in 1899 Milwaukee is as close as a phone call.
Forgiven by Paula Mowery
When Henry and Jessie meet it seems to be classic love at first sight until a shocking revelation tears them apart.
The Pocket Watch by Kathleen Rouser
Searching for the past an orphan and a young doctor find love for the future.
Flames of Hope by Teena Stewart
Love ignites in the midst of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
More about Three Rings for Alice:
Our opening story, Three Rings For Alice, shows Alice Smith's struggles to be a modern woman at the turn of the twentieth century in America. Orphaned, she must make her own way in an age when women are just coming into the workforce. Despite a proposal of marriage from a long time friend, she
determines to marry for nothing less than love, even if her love is a voice over the telephone.
About the author: Lisa Lickel is a Wisconsin writer who lives in a hundred and sixty-year-old house built by a Great Lakes ship captain. A muti-published, best-selling and award-winning novelist, she also writes short stories and radio-theater, is an avid book reviewer, blogger, a freelance editor, and magazine editor. Visit LisaLickel.com.
More about Forgiven:
Henry Smith has little interest in the plans his parents have for him when it comes to his career and who he will marry. His world is turned upside-down when a shoot-out ends in fatalities.
Jessie Lee Capelle and her sister strike out from the orphanage their father mysteriously abandoned
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them at to make a life for themselves. Shamed by her background, Jessie struggles with Henry's attention.
Just as Henry and Jessie decide on a life together a shocking revelation could force them apart unless true forgiveness can be found.
Paula Mowery is a published author, speaker, and acquisitions editor for Prism Book Group. Her articles have appeared in Woman's World, The Christian Online Magazine, and the multi-author devotional blog, Full Flavored Living. She reviews Christian fiction for several authors. She is a member of ACFW and on their author interview team. Paula is a pastor's wife who lives with her husband and daughter in East Tennessee. Find her at www.paulamowery.blogspot.com or connect with her through her author page on Facebook.
More about The Pocket Watch:
Isabel Jones, an orphan, receives a ruby ring left by the mother she never knew and wants more than ever to find her roots. When a young physician, Daniel Harper, rescues her from an oncoming automobile and she finds his pocket watch in a puddle, her circumstances take a turn. She begins to
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consider what life outside the orphanage could be like. Daniel's heart has been broken before and the attractive young lady who finds his treasured timepiece wouldn't be deemed suitable by his social climbing parents.
When Isabel and Daniel work side by side, caring for the orphanage children during an influenza epidemic, she becomes gravely ill. Compelled to redeem the time by helping her find the past, Daniel finds a buried truth that creates an unbridgeable chasm between them. Where will they find hope in a hopeless situation?
About the author: Kathleen Rouser has loved making up stories since she was a little girl and wanted to be a writer before she could even read. The Pocket Watch is Kathleen's debut novella. She has been published in Homeschool Digest and An Encouraging Word. She currently enjoys interviewing authors for the Novel PASTimes historical fiction blog. Her desire is to bring to life endearing characters who resonate with readers and realize the need for a transforming Savior in their everyday lives. She lives in southeast Michigan with her hero and husband of 31 years, Jack, who not only listens to her stories, but also cooks for her. Find her at: www.kathleenrouser.com, www.novelpastimes.com and https://www.facebook.com/kathleenerouser
More about Flames of Hope:
Young San Francisco police officer Gideon Light is smitten the moment he sees Lily McMinn rolling down the awnings on her father's mercantile. Lovely, petite, and spunky, Lily had to grow up quickly
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after her mother passed away. She not only oversees the welfare of two younger siblings, she also helps run her father's business.
Gideon and Lily are immediately attracted to each other and soon become good friends. It doesn't take long before Lily realizes her feelings for Gideon have changed to something far deeper. He secretly harbors dreams of advancing in the force to earn a substantial enough income to make Lily his wife.
Before either has a chance to pursue each other, however, an earthquake of unthinkable magnitude shatters their world. With a raging fire fast in its wake, tragedy and triumph await as Gideon, Lily, and her family flee for their lives with little more than the clothes on their backs.
Set during the time of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, this tale of great loss, incredible human courage, and sweet romance, will inspire and warm your heart.
About the author: Teena Stewart is a published author, an accomplished artist, and a ministry leader. In addition to Brave New Century, her recent published books include Mothers and Daughters: Mending a Strained Relationship and The Treasure Seeker: Finding Love and Value in the Arms of Your Loving Heavenly Father. Brave New Century represents Teena's first fiction inclusion in a book. She and her husband Jeff are involved in "out-of-the-box" organic church ministry in Hickory, NC. For more info on Teena visit www.teenastewart.com
Available at: Amazon.com – http://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-Century-Lisa-Lickel/dp/1940099250/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384256685&sr=1-5&keywords=brave+new+century
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The Chemical Brothers talk with Remix about their vintage-synth collection and recording their album We Are the Night.Watch the Remix video interview with the Chemical Brothers here.
"Instead of sitting in a bedroom with three keyboards and a sampler, we were sitting in a studio with 30 keyboards," says the Chemical Brothers' Tom Rowlands.
On their sixth album, We Are the Night (Astralwerks, 2007), the Chemical Brothers delve deep into the world of ancient '70s- and '80s-era synths, making all their squiggly sounds and technical challenges a part of the joy of music making. The London duo of Rowlands and Ed Simons has always worked it out with classic sounds, but We Are the Night finds the Brothers exploring some of the oldest synths imaginable, such as the ARP 2600, Roland System 700, EMS Synthi AKS and VCS3, Moog Minimoog, and the rare Dutch-made synth, the Synton Syrinx, and its more recent sibling, the Synton Fenix.
"We've always used those synths," the easygoing Rowlands recalls. "But this time we really got into the combination of those wild synths and a computer and Logic, doing very long sweeps of playing with those synths and editing the results easily on a computer. Back in the old days, we would have a synth running and sample it into the Akai [samplers] and then create a segment like that. But now we have the freedom of having it all in the computer; we can do a long 20-minute jam playing around with the synths and then edit the highlights and use it in a track. If anything, it's a coming of age — the precision of the computer with the unreliable and unrepeatable nature of synthesizers. It's a dream combo."
We Are the Night changes course from the Chems' 2005 treatise, Push the Button (Astralwerks). Where that album gloried in massive funk beats 'n' breaks, We Are the Night clings closer to four-on-the-floor terrain. Where Push the Button produced a stadiumlike soundfield, We Are the Night reflects the mind of a nocturnal DJ. We Are the Night eschews the globetrotting DJ ethic in favor of a purer experience: the club as nest, sanctuary, and altar — a virtual home away from home.
"I was really surprised," Rowlands says. "People were around when we mastered the album, and they were just dancing the whole time. It's only right at the end of the record that there is any moment that lets up. It just pushes you all the way to the end. A lot of this record seems to jump straight at you as being music that's going to make a room full of people dance. We have always been a dance band, but in this case there is less jerkiness to it. There is a nice psychedelic pulse."
"Hedonism and abandonment have always been themes of what we do," the at-times-persnickety Simons adds. "That is what is good about being in a club and getting completely absorbed in music and the headspace that creates. It's an escape from whatever reality you are in. That's the joy of psychedelic music. There are lots of different albums we could have made after two years of being in the studio. This is the one we felt like giving to the world at this moment."
While admitting that they no longer hit the clubs like they did in the '90s, Simons claims that the experience has stuck with them, that they don't need to maintain residencies or work the tables at local one-offs to stay connected.
"That feeling of how a record can fill a room with sound, how a beat can affect people, how little nuances in music work, how one sound can take over — that is not something that you need to experience every Friday night," he says. "That is something you know and think. The studio we use helps; it's the Neve Room at Miloco Studios. It has these amazing monitors. They are whacking good monitors, a combination between Dynaudio tweeters and ATC drivers. We insist on going there; it is integral to re-create that club experience. We have been to more expensive studios, but nothing quite matches them."
Beyond the Miloco Studios' monitors and tried-and-true Chems gear like the Culture Vulture, SSL AWS900+, EMS Synthi Hi-Fli Analog effects unit and various Akai samplers, the sound of We Are the Night is all about the synths. Without further ado, Rowlands and Simons divulge the ins-and-outs of their synth collection.
"We have the normal black-and-white 2600," Rowlands explains, "not the really rare one, the Blue Meanie. All the modules inside that one are sealed in plastic. The ARP 2600 is a synth that you can play, and something good just seems to happen. It's quite simple, yet inspirational. Synths like the Minimoog and the ARP 2600 were successful because they were simple, but you could achieve quite complicated things with them. It was the days of improvements over the big modular systems, which could seem incomprehensible. With those, it would take 10 minutes to get a normal lead sound, but with the 2600, you can touch just a few things, and you will be playing and having fun. Sometimes in the studio you want that difficult challenge of making a sound, and you want to spend three hours. Other times you just want to have an idea and then do it. The ARP and the Minimoog are those machines. They want you to touch them. The 2600 has one of the best distortion sounds; the preamp in it has a setting where you can choose the distortion from times 10 to times 100 to times 1,000 on the input. Anything that offers you 1,000 times the input — whoo! You do hear a big difference."
ELEKTRON MONOMACHINE
"Unlike the other gear, this is a brand-new synth, really," Rowlands says. The Chems used the Monomachine as well as Elektron's drum-machine cousin, the Machine Drum. "We really love it. It's all over the album. It's actually set up like a drum machine but with proper synthesis. So you're writing a bass line, but if you've grown up programming on something like a Roland TR-808 with the flashing lights, you will be comfortable with the Monomachine. For each step you can tweak so much; there are hundreds of parameters for each step. You can really get into messing around with it. I really like its sound. It's very different from the other synths that we've got. It's digital, and you can make very lovely sorts of things, and it can do very hard, rough things. It's on 'Saturate''; that track is practically all the Monomachine. You can start playing with the Monomachine straight away. Then you may wonder how you do other things later. [The options] are just different sound sources you can use, different synthesis options that you can use within the Monomachine. I can't remember which ones we used — not the voice modeling program, though. It is digital; it is just different.
"The way you program it, you can automate each step. The first step, you can have it tuned to X tuning. Then you can have the decay down, and you can have the LFO modulating it one way and the distortion pushed right up. For step two, if it is a 16-step sequence, you can have all those parameters set completely different. Then the third step is completely different as well. You can end up with totally mad sequences, something you couldn't physically do on any other sort of machine. And it looks cool, more importantly!"
"We like that company," Simons adds. "A lot of people are obsessed with making things that have already been made or copying the software. Elektron is trying to do something new with nice, quality hardware. They are really individual-sounding machines."
"Our engineer has that on constantly in our studio," Simons says. "The VCS3 has its own speaker on it. We might be trying to do a complicated mix or program something, and the EMS is always squeaking in the background. 'Can't you turn that fucking thing off?!'' This has been going on for 10 years. But it's good."
"It is a modular synth, and usually with modular synths, you have to know what you are doing," Rowlands explains. "But because this is the one with the little matrix panel in it, you just get your patch pins, and you can stick the pins in anywhere. It's really good fun in that you don't have to get annoyed. You can be very quickly gratified even if you don't know what you are doing at all. You can put pins in like spelling your name or something, and you'll get the sound of your name.
"The sound that starts 'We Are the Night,'' that is a classic EMS. It's on all our records really, from the beginning. Even if we are not using the synthesis bit of it, we always use it to put sounds through. It has such a good filter, nice reverb. And on that track and other tracks, we always play the Fender Telecaster through it. Probably the sound of our records is an EMS and an Eventide Harmonizer."
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EMS SYNTHI AKS
"The same synth as the VCS3 but in a briefcase," Rowlands says. "The AKS has a sequencer built into the lid of the briefcase. It's the coolest synth, just not a big monster one. It's like jet-age synthesis. You can take your briefcase with you, though not on the plane these days. It has built-in speakers as well. So you can be on the move and play with it. It makes all the Doctor Who sounds; it's the late-'60s British synth. It's the maddest sounding — not so good maybe for melodic patterns, though it has done that on our tracks before. It really excels at big, horrible, spiraling, squashy, splurgy sort of noises."
MOOG MINIMOOG
"The Minimoog conjures a period of time — early house music," Simons says. "It's warm sounding."
"It's easy to get something you can play around with on the Minimoog," Rowlands adds. "On 'Surrender,'' we had it in the studio, and we hit upon a classic house bass sound; that led to writing the pattern for that song. It's an inspirational machine that makes you want to play it. Some instruments are not as inviting to play, but [with] that one, you just sit in front of it and mess around, and you'll find something and record it."
"That machine totally inspired one of the songs on the record," Rowlands recalls. "The sounds on 'Burst Generator'' are almost entirely from the Jupiter-8. It has a brilliant arpeggiator in it. If you set the clock for the arpeggiator externally and have your sequence running with it and then set the arpeggio on Random, it can make great sounds. Like we had this good chord sequence, but it sounded a bit normal. Then we played our chords through the arpeggiator set on Random, and it did mad things. It made it sound exciting. Then it was processed quite heavily through some different boxes. It's on 'Das Spiegel'' quite a lot. You play something into it, and it can sound quite straight. Then you add the Random stepping through, like, four octaves, choosing where it's going to be on its own. With synths that have a Random capability, you get things that you wouldn't expect."
ROLAND SYSTEM 700
"That is not really on the album," Rowlands says with a laugh. "I just wanted to see if you could get one! [Remix rented some of the synths for the Chemical Brothers photo shoot.] We have one. It's actually only on the end of the album, on 'The Pills Won't Help You Now.'' It's got an amazing filter on it and a phase shifter. I put some synth from Logic through the filter and the phase shifter in the 700. That was what we'd been aiming for. At the end of the track when everything swells up, we were having a lot of problems making that sound good. The 700 has the nine oscillators and many filters. It's got a good panner on it. Quite an expensive panner."
"It costs a million pounds!" Simons says.
SYNTON SYRINX
"A fantastic synth!" Rowlands exclaims. "It makes an amazing noise. Its filters are totally different. It was made by people who had an idea of how filters should work. It's another synth where we were playing it and not MIDIing it up. Instead of having a pitch wheel, it's got a touch-sensitive little black thing that you press harder. It's not a strip but a little black square; it's about the pressure you apply and the way you apply the pressure. It just roars! It's just a normal mono synth. It looks a bit bigger than a Roland SH-101. It's a legendary synth, but it looks quite normal. It sounds totally different than anything else."
THERMIONIC CULTURE VULTURE
Another secret weapon the Chemical Brothers used on almost every track of We Are the Night is Thermionic Culture's Culture Vulture — the Chem's tube-driven distortion unit par excellence.
"All the synths went through the Culture Vulture," Rowlands reveals. "It drives the signal through its tubes in different ways. You put a synth through it, and it sounds 10 times better. Before we went to main mixing, we recorded just about all the synths through the Culture Vulture. It gives everything a bit of dirt and makes it sound less clean and a bit more real somehow. That is the sound we have been usually getting but through quite complicated levels of distortion and overdriving the Neve desk and EQing and compressing it. But with the Culture Vulture, you just plug something in; there are three different tube settings and two knobs, and you just play around until something happens. I don't know how it works. I have lost my mind in this gear pit!"
SAME-OLD SOFT SYNTHS
What with all this ancient synth gear and tube-driven distortion, you might think the Chemical Brothers are against the soft-synth revolution. You'd be 90-percent correct. "There is a total turnaround happening with soft synths," Rowlands believes. "Everyone who uses them, their records all sound the same. Dance records really do all sound the same."
"We're getting old, so they all sound the same," Simons adds. "But they actually do all sound the same!"
"First, you had all those minimal German records," Rowlands states. "All those sounds loaded up in Reaktor make a drum beat that sounds a bit like those German records. In some ways that is good — it's a very quick means of making music. It shouldn't matter how it was made. But we only hear records that all sound just like each other now. It's a bit boring. But there is no reason you can't take those things and make something different. It's about your ideas. That is the bad thing about synthesizers — it makes people that haven't got them think that they need them. We didn't have them when we started. You could just buy two records and put one on top of the other, and that was good enough. That is the trouble in talking about these really expensive and rare synths. [People think] 'I won't be able to do that until I get that'' — but that is not how it works.
The Chemical Brothers' return to the simpler club sounds of their youth — of a time when Rowlands and Simons lived for New Order and Blaxploitation soundtracks, Kraftwerk and Eric B. & Rakim — signals their full-circle maturation. Adults with separate lives and children (well, three for Rowlands), the Chemical Brothers' We Are the Night shows the duo operating as savvy businessmen after all — intent on selling records, establishing their legacy and ultimately, communicating and connecting.
"We want it to connect to people," Rowlands says. "When you are DJing, you have to be aware of how the music works in real life. If you do live in a rarified atmosphere, and you remove yourself from everything, you will make a very different record. But we are still concerned with making music that has a form and that people immediately get. We still want that basic response to music — to have something that connects. Maybe through DJing is why we are still concerned with that, and maybe that is what gives you relevance; you are still aware that this music has got to have a function. We want people to go mad. That is a high aim for the music."
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Moog Memorymoog, Minimoog synths
Native Instruments FM7 soft synth, Kontakt soft sampler
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Octave Cat, Kitten synths
Parker MIDIFly guitar
Roland Juno-106, Jupiter-6, Jupiter-8, SH-101, System 700 synths
Synton Fenix, Syrinx synths
Vox Phantom XII 12-string guitar
Wiard 300 and 1200 Series Modular synths
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Electro-Harmonix Graphic Fuzz effects unit
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor
EMS Synthi Hi-Fli analog effects unit
Eventide DSP4000, H3000 Ultra-Harmonizers
Ibanez Analog Delay
TC Electronic FireworX, M5000 multi-effects processors
Thermionic Culture Culture Vulture
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How do fish hear?
Can fish make noise as well as listen to it?
What are they telling each other?
Until relatively recently, fish were considered to be silent creatures; they clearly do not have external ears and even though they do have some internal hearing apparatus, it lacks some basic structures. But experiments performed early in the 20th century showed that fish could be trained to emerge to feed on hearing a whistle. Water is an excellent medium for conducting sound; it travels much fester (over four times as fast at about 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) per second) and much farther in water than in air, so fish can exploit this to get their message across.
Sound travels as a series of waves or vibrations through the water. Because a fish's body is a similar density to the surrounding water, the waves pass through it. However, in the fish's inner ear there are a number of ear bones known as otoliths. Being bones, these are of a different density to much of the rest of the fish's body. The sound waves cause the otoliths to vibrate and it is this vibration that is picked up by sensory cells in the inner ear and transmitted to the brain. In some species, the swimbladder acts to amplify underwater sounds by picking up the pressure waves of the sound — if you have ever stood near to a loudspeaker and been able to "feel" the sound, especially the low frequency bass, this is essentially the same thing.
Fish lack a voice box and so must find other means of making themselves heard. To do this, freshwater fish use two main methods: "stridulation" where they rub their teeth, spines or other skeletal parts together, and "drumming" where muscles around the swimbladder contract rapidly and, as the name suggests, use the swimbladder just like a drum. The fishe's "songs" can range from the quite simple "click" made by loaches (using a similar process to people cracking their knuckles) to the buzzing and growling common among cichlids. Croaking gouramis produce their eponymous sounds using specially adapted pectoral fins.
Most fish use their sounds for two main purposes: aggression and courtship. Cichlids, such as the jewel (Hemichromis spp.) and the convict (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus), growl if an intruder enters their territory when they are defending young.
The click noise produced by some loaches can be heard well beyond the aquarium. This again is an aggressive signal, warning other loaches not to approach the territory.
Male croaking gouramis produce sound as they square up to a rival — the depth of the sound that each fish is able to produce is related to its size and ultimately its strength. The stronger the fish, the deeper the aggressive call.
But not ail fish vocalizations are concerned with aggression; indeed, some evidence suggests that submissive fish produce "appeasement" sounds to try to dissuade an aggressor from launching an attack. Fish may also make sounds during courtship to impress a mate. Talking catfish, which make a surprising noise when taken out of water, may do so to frighten a predator. It is thought that the shock of the found may just occasionally save the fish's life by causing the predator to drop its prey.
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The directors of the four public health funds have agreed from Monday to provide patients with the 90 new medications and technologies that were approved for inclusion in the basket of health services by the National Health Council on Thursday. Now that the council has okayed the list, which will cost the Treasury NIS 450 million, the cabinet is expected to give final approval at its Sunday meeting. Some two dozen of the council members present approved the additions, with one vote against and one abstention. As desperate patients whose life-saving, life-extending and life-improving medications were not added to the basket covered by the health funds demonstrated outside the Health Ministry office where the meeting was being held - an annual ritual - the council members heard from basket committee chairman Prof. Menachem Fainaru, whose 16-member public committee had spent months on the painful and exacting process of selecting NIS 450 million worth of technologies out of NIS 2 billion worth of proposed medications and technologies. A handful of the demonstrators were invited to see senior ministry officials after the session ended. A total of 160,000 patients will benefit by not having to purchase (or go without) drugs that cost as much as tens of thousands of shekels a month. Health Minister Ya'acov Ben-Yizri said the Treasury will deduct one-sixth of the original financing it transfers to the health funds because the volunteer committee - appointed only at the end of October because of disputes with the Finance Ministry - was two months late in preparing its recommendations. For the 2009 basket, the committee will be convened early so that its recommendations will be ready by November. A three-year agreement between the two ministries last year means that the funding available will be the same - but the Health Ministry has not managed to persuade the Treasury to update the basket's expansion automatically by two percent annually, a move recommended unanimously by health experts. Fainaru, a former dean of the Tel Aviv University Medical School, said his committee was presented with 1,200 pages of material by the Heath Ministry's technology assessment branch, headed by Dr. Osnat Luxenburg, as well as over 600 letters from patients, organizations, MKs and others who were allowed to voice their opinions. In addition, all praised the decision by Fainaru to open the committee sessions to the press for the first time since 1998 (albeit with restrictions such as no quotations or photos), which prevented leaks of information to the press and provided transparency of decisions. The chairman added that the setting of priorities was guided by the need for including not only life-saving drugs, but also those that extended life and made life livable, such as drugs for the skin condition psoriasis, which can make some victims ashamed to appear in public. He added that all were aware of the Solomonic decisions they were taking - that approving a drug for one disease automatically meant denying a drug for another. It took weeks to cut the list of 500 technologies down to 130, with a value of NIS 1.2 billion. Only on the last day, earlier this week, were they able after arguments to reach a consensus about the final 90. Fainaru recommended that the minister finally consider the elimination from the basket of certain drugs that are less effective or that patients can afford themselves, even though, he said, "I know this is a Pandora's Box." Neither of the two Israel Medical Association health council members attended the meeting, even though on Wednesday night the Israel Oncology Society, which is part of the IMA, protested that NIS 80 million worth of cancer drugs added to the basket are already provided by the health funds voluntarily to relevant patients or are received by them as part of supplementary health insurance. Society members said that in protest at the failure to add "completely new cancer drugs" to the basket, they would resign from the National Cancer Council that advises the ministry and no longer recommend drugs to the ministry for consideration, which they are asked to do every year. Israel Cancer Association director-general Miri Ziv, who was unable to attend, sent a message to the health council meeting that the list could not be approved before it received a response to the oncologists' complaints. After The Jerusalem Post suggested to the council that it prepare estimates of how much money would be saved to the economy by patients who take the medications being able to work and pay taxes, live at home instead of being hospitalized, and take care of themselves instead of hiring a foreign worker or a relative having to stay home, outgoing Health Ministry economist Gabi Bin-Nun said he would try to prepare such calculations for a few drugs.


SEIZING the chance to shine, up-and-coming surfers have showcased top-shelf skill on towering waves at Park Beach.
Organisers of the Rip Curl GromSearch - Coffs Harbour say a powerful southerly swell has delivered good conditions for this week's national junior event.
"There are strong winds, but this swell is significant and the groms have really been tested by the waves out there," Ripcurl's Mark Flanagan said.
"Because of the size of the waves, we rearranged the competition, so the Under 16s boys hit the water first.
"The forecast indicates the swell is due to fade, but we are hoping for good conditions right through until Thursday."
The contest has brought 150 of Australia's best junior surfers to our shores.
As the second round of the Ripcurl GromSearch series, the event features boys and girls aged 16 and under competing in three age divisions.
The top surfers in the 14s and 16s division are competing for national ratings points, as they try to follow in the footsteps of four-time World champion Steph Gilmore and world title hopefuls Laura Enever, Owen Wright and Matt Wilkinson.
Among the locals making a name for themselves is Woolgoolga's Mark Merrikin, who finished second in his opening heat yesterday.
"There are some good waves out there, it's good to be surfing local beaches and its a great chance to get noticed," Mark said.
Mullaway's Fraser Bartlett is another local surfer gauging his ability against the best in his age group.
"I came third in my heat, so I'm looking forward to getting back out there, finding the right spot and catching good waves."
Organisers will look to conditions tomorrow before deciding which beach to stage the second day of action.
In other results, Northern Beaches surfers kicked the day off with both Jordan Lawler (North Narrabeen) and Jake Thompson (Avoca) posting excellent heat scores.
Jake nailed the second highest score of the day (9.80 out of 10) for two absolutely critical turns on a two-metre plus wave to set the beach alight.
Queenslanders Kelly Norris (Coolum) and Jake Morrison (Currumbin) made sure that North of the border surfers were represented, both taking wins, with Kelly locking in the first perfect 10 point ride of the event.
"The waves have heaps of power and I managed to get a good one that allowed me to do some turns. Stoked that the judges gave me a ten, you don't get them every day!" he said.
Chris Robertson (Cronulla) ensured that Southern NSW surfers didn't miss out when he locked in an 8.17 for a commanding win.
He was followed with heat wins by Kipp Caddy (Ulladulla) and Luis Gillick (Culburra).
Tommy Boucaut (Ocean Shores) surfed strongly using an 8.23 to edge out local hope and finalist from last year, Mark Merrikin (Woolgoolga).
The Air Asia Wave of the Day was won by Kelly Norris for his amazing perfect 10 point ride.
The Coopers Surf best turn of the day was given to Jake Thompson for his critically positioned snap at the height of the swell.
The Rip Curl GromSearch is presented by Telstra, with major partner Air Asia and associate partners Waves magazine and DHD surfboards.
To follow the event go to www.surfingnsw.com.au and www.ripcurl.com.au.
Competition continues on the best waves of the Coffs Coast until finals day on Thursday.


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World War One was said to be a war that would end all future wars. However, with World War 2 following afterwards, obviously man was mistaken. In fact, many historians believe that the seeds for World War 3 have already been sown as well. With a spark anywhere in the Middle East, Chinese-Taiwan sea border or the Korean peninsula, World War 3 could be a very realistic possibility. World Wars are best defined as conflicts that span over 2 continents. Historians believe that a war can be classified as a World War if it meets the first requirement, and has the involvement of 20 or more countries. The use of alliances, conscription and massive resource allocation towards war are some of the other conditions needed.
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World War 1 was one such war. The war was fought mainly on the European, Asian, and African continents. The conflict that left 15 million people killed in the aftermath all began with a single spark; the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on 28th June, 1914. With the Austro-Hungarian Empire deeply aggrieved by the circumstance, their leaders put difficult treaty conditions on the Serbian state.
Though the Serbian State accepted most, rejecting some minor clauses, the Austro-Hungarian Empire attacked (Gilbert, 2004). With the tangle of diplomatic treaties already in place across Europe, nations who were least involved in the initial start became leaders of war campaigns. Nations dragged into the war included; Great Britain, USA, Italy, Germany, Russia, France, Japan, Austro-Hungary and Serbia.
Though there were many causes identified which resulted in the First World War, the main were as follows:
The formations of alliances: The system of secret alliances had long been established since the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Sides had been chosen, alliances formed and stockpiling of weapons was already underway even before the assassination of the Prince of Austro-Hungarian Empire took place. These alliances were the entanglements that resulted in the involvement of so many countries into war. Because the continent had been split so vividly across two sides, each having their own agreements related to defense, aggression and mutual co-operation, it was inevitable all of Europe would be at war because of two countries (Gilbert, 2004). Many countries tried avoiding the war by keeping a neutral stance but could not in the long term due to their alliance obligations.
Colonization: During that era in time, nations were busy acquiring colonies. European countries were massively competing against each other in trying to acquire the most resources possible. Areas such as Africa and China often became a source of discontent when territorial boundaries could not be sustained or controlled (Gilbert, 2004). This was also a reason for the present hostilities during that time.
Militarism: with the pressure on national economies to support larger armies and new technology related to war equipment, the armies of various nations were given more and more power. Because of this, civilian administration began to decline and more authority rested with military officers. Already trigger happy, these nations had developed national plans relating to security and mobilization issues well before the war had started, as if anticipating it in advance. To ensure their country's dominance, espionage was often used to unfold other nation's plans. This created great animosity amongst major military players in the region which unfolded in the battlefield of world war one (Gilbert, 2004).
Nationalism: Politicians, military leadership and people alike started enforcing upon the public a sense of nationalism. This strong feeling generated a patriotic tune amongst the masses for their country stirring hatred amongst ethnic groups, countries and often their own minorities. War speeches touched upon these aspects and further brain washed the innocent public. More and more recruits poured in to protect the "mother land" and in doing so automatic conscription took place. (Gilbert, 2004)
The war claimed an end to four great empires of the European continent; German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Ottoman. The Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires do not exist anymore and have been divided into several smaller states. The war created massive devastation across Europe and other continents. The war that lasted, from 1914-1918, realized a terrible end to many nations. Germany, Austria-Hungary, France lost 15.1%, 17.1% and 10.5% of their active male populations because of the war, respectively (Keegan, 2000).
Germany was forced to claim responsibility for the war and made to sign the Treat of Versailles. At the same time, all her colonies were snatched and she was made to make enormous war reparations, along with territory, to the victors (Keegan, 2000).
Russia lost many of its western territories while the Austro-Hungarian Empire was broken along ethnic lines. The Ottoman Empire's territories were seized and awarded amongst victor nations
In the end, out of the 70 million recruited soldiers that were mobilized in Europe, 15 million died (Gilbert, 2004). Civilian causalities have yet to be assessed accurately but are sure to match the figures above.
Gilbert, M. (2004). The First World War, Second Edition: A Complete History. : Holt.
Keegan, J. (2000). The First World War. : Vintage.
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Maria Fernanda II, the spiffy new boat we had taken was a serious upgrade indeed. After considering our options, we decided to take a cabin with 2 bunk beds. Hammocking was 70 soles for which they had 3 decks and large spaces. But I had had enough overdose of sleeping on my hammock and preferred to have a bit of luxury. The cabin with private toilet was 220 soles and I bargained it down to 200. That works out to 100 each and not too much more than hammocking.
The bikes went in to the hold and we decided to leave the bags on as it didn't seem to make sense to carry all the luggage up to the rooms. The cabin was hot in the day, but slowly cooled down in the evening and it was pleasant to sleep on a stiff bed. The entire ship looked spanking new and so were the beds and the clean toilets. Dang, it was pleasant.
However, as the ship sailed, there was a loud screeching noise that was pretty annoying all night long, but it wasn't as bad as the constant engine hum and diesel smoke from the previous boat. We had been told that the boats on this leg, Iquitos to Santa Rosa was the lowest quality, but we seemed to have stuck good luck as we probably are on the best ship sailing the amazons, Ja ja.
I was up at 5:30 and there sky was too cloudy for a good sunrise. It was nice to be able to walk up and down the stairs and find quiet parts of the boat to sit and read or generally watch the river flowing by. The occasional stops were nice and quiet and to me, the villages on the Amazon seem a bit more clean, bigger and more prosperous than the ones on Napo. It makes sense too I suppose, there is more commerce on the Amazon for sure.
This boat even had a small snack shop and we could get coffee from there for 1 sol. It was instant, but they were not using the brown river water and the coffee was hot. Breakfast was gruel in this place too, but the fellers served us, with dishes and all. Sweet! One of the crew brought us some special meal (I suppose cabins get special treatment), but it was a meat soup and we decided to skip it. Lunch was pretty much rice and beans and we got some boiled eggs from the store and I couldn't eat dinner because they had cooked rice with fish and I skipped it.
I took a shower in the bathroom, the water was pumped out from the river and was muddy a bit, but not too bad really, a good scrub to cool down and cleanse up, never hurt anyone eh. I spent the day hanging out, reading books and walking about on the boat, it's so much more fun experience when there is a bit of space to move around I guess.
Our second large boat, pretty huge, spacious and clean.
Lots more hammocks, but spacious too.
Villages on the Amazon were larger and cleaner than the ones on Napo.
Our ship Maria Fernanda, had a nice kitchen and even a snack store. Sweet!
The sailors worked hard. 3 sacks of cement, that's a load.
They operated a small taxi service to ferry people to the smaller villages.
When the ship came into docks, a lot of the smaller boats had to scatter.
Seemed like festive atmosphere in some of the villages, may be cos of the weekend.
Some form of orthodox cristianity in the Amazon. People were dressed funny.
The fore of the ship was active when ship comes to shore.
Only bit of entertainment for the people on board.
I got some fruit that looked like Moringa, but tasted really sweet.
Not sure what this is called.
Even kids joined in unloading cargo.
Though it happens everyday, it's still nice to watch.
This town of Caballo cocha was pretty much built on water.


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#include "UnitTestPCH.h"

//#include <cppunit/XMLOutputter.h>
#include <cppunit/CompilerOutputter.h>
#include <cppunit/extensions/TestFactoryRegistry.h>
#include <cppunit/TestResult.h>
#include <cppunit/TestResultCollector.h>
#include <cppunit/TestRunner.h>
#include <cppunit/BriefTestProgressListener.h>

#include <math.h>
#include <time.h>

int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{
	// seed the randomizer with the current system time
	time_t t;time(&t);
	srand((unsigned int)t);

	// ............................................................................

	// create a logger from both CPP
	Assimp::DefaultLogger::create("AssimpLog_Cpp.txt",Assimp::Logger::VERBOSE,
	 	aiDefaultLogStream_DEBUGGER | aiDefaultLogStream_FILE);

	// .. and C. They should smoothly work together
	aiEnableVerboseLogging(AI_TRUE);
	aiAttachLogStream(&aiGetPredefinedLogStream(
		aiDefaultLogStream_FILE,
		"AssimpLog_C.txt"));

	// ............................................................................

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    // Listener zum Sammeln der Testergebnisse registrieren
    CPPUNIT_NS :: TestResultCollector collectedresults;
    testresult.addListener (&collectedresults);

    // Listener zur Ausgabe der Ergebnisse einzelner Tests
    CPPUNIT_NS :: BriefTestProgressListener progress;
    testresult.addListener (&progress);

    // Test-Suite ueber die Registry im Test-Runner einfuegen
    CPPUNIT_NS :: TestRunner testrunner;
    testrunner.addTest (CPPUNIT_NS :: TestFactoryRegistry :: getRegistry ().makeTest ());
    testrunner.run (testresult);

    // Resultate im Compiler-Format ausgeben
	CPPUNIT_NS :: CompilerOutputter compileroutputter (&collectedresults, std::cerr);
    compileroutputter.write ();

#if 0
	// Resultate im XML-Format ausgeben
	std::ofstream of("output.xml");
	CPPUNIT_NS :: XmlOutputter xml (&collectedresults, of);
    xml.write ();
#endif

	// ............................................................................
	// but shutdown must be done from C to ensure proper deallocation
	aiDetachAllLogStreams();

    // Rueckmeldung, ob Tests erfolgreich waren
    return collectedresults.wasSuccessful () ? 0 : 1;
}


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According to the statement of dow Canada, an employee breathe his last breath at the Polythene plant of the Firm close to the Red Deer. The Company stated that the incident took place during the noontime on 24th October, Wednesday at the Company's Prentiss location. Though the Company did not provide any sort of additional information regarding the worker died and the job he was engaged in yet the people are still inspecting what exactly occurred that led to the sudden death of the worker.
As per the recent sources, Alberta Occupational Health and Safety are trying their best possible efforts to find out the reason of sudden fatality of the worker. The OHS group confirmed the age of the worker to be 47 years and that he was already declared dead at the sight.
Though the exact timings and details of the incident aren't yet drawn, research suggests that the fatality took place somewhat around October 23, 9:30 pm to October 24 12:30 am, according to Alberta Occupational Health and Safety group. However, the investigation about what the worker was doing while the incident took place is still on process. The team has not yet found the details but assures to inspect and evaluate the cause of his death soon.
According to the statement of Dow, during this tough time, the staff and other co-workers of the firm were not in a state to investigate the incident rather their focus was completely on the family members and beloved ones of the deceased worker. Indeed, this traumatic incident has left the entire working staff and other individuals of the Company into a great shock. Not only does the sudden death of one of their colleagues have put the people in an upsetting state but the same has affected the firm to some extent.
Dow further clarified that the Company is seeking professional assistance as well as connecting with all the people involved in the case to fetch maximum details.
Prentiss site is an accommodation to the Polythene plant run by Dow as well as 2 ethylene glycol plants executed by MEGlobal, Dow mentioned in its official website. Apart from that, Dow possesses around 50% rights over the E3 ethylene cracker in Alta, Joffre, managed by Nova Chemical Corporation. The palace is said to be an accommodation to no less than 120 employees of the company.


Lakefield College School (or LCS or "The Grove") was originally a boy's preparatory school founded in 1879 near Lakefield, Ontario. During the war former students of the school corresponded with the headmaster, Rev. Alexander Mackenzie and his family. The collection consist of letters from student written during the war period, as well as numerous photographs.


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Marriott School will host first annual case competition Nov. 18
Will include teams from BYU, University of Utah
The Marriott Undergraduate Student Association at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management, in conjunction with Dillard's, invites students to its first annual case competition Friday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. in 251 Tanner Building.
The case competition will present business students with an international strategy problem taken from a real-world example.
"The purpose of the competition is to give students the opportunity to work as a team while under pressure," says Bennjamin Manning, co-director of the case competition. "So much is done in the real world as teams work to meet deadlines. Performing in this type of environment allows students to better prepare themselves for the real world."
In the final round, two teams of four students from BYU's Marriott School of Management and two teams of four students from the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business will present their solutions.
"The case competition is unique because it pits rivals against one another in an academic setting," Manning says.
Judges will consist of a representative from Dillard's, a BYU professor and a U of U professor. "The judges are acting as the executives of a business, waiting to hear their management team's analysis of the situation," says Jill Dempsey, MUSA president.
Rewards include cash prizes and Dillard's gift certificates.
MUSA serves approximately 1,900 undergraduate students in the Marriott School. Its purpose is to supplement the academic studies of its students as well as prepare them for jobs in the business community.
Writer: Lacey J. Manning


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Q: Trigonometric roots of a cubic
Let the product of the sines of the angles of the triangle is $\frac{2}{3}$ and the product of their cosines is $\frac{1}{9}.$  If $\tan A$ , $\tan B$ and $\tan C$ are the roots of the cubic, find the sum of the products of the roots taken two at a time.

My Approach: Since it is given product sines and cosines of a triangle we can calculate product of the roots the cubic by dividing . It is coming as $\frac{2}{27}$, and after that by using property of $\tan (A+B+C)$ we get sum and product of roots as equal. After this I tried to expand $\tan A \tan B + \tan B \tan C + \tan C \tan A$ in terms of sine and cosine but it is going very lengthy.
Please suggest any appropriate method to solve this...

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November 30, 2018 Middlebury upsets Washington U. to reach Final In a defensive midfield-oriented contest quite unlike the earlier men's semifinals, the Washington U. Bears fell 0-1 to the Middlebury Panthers.
November 30, 2018 Williams in Final again; down Chris. Newport 2-0 Despite being outshot yet again, the Ephs survive and advance once more to set up an all-NESCAC Final.
November 7, 2018 South Atlantic Week in Review- Week 10 CNU makes it three straight. Centre stays perfect, now has chance to prove itself. Lions roar again in the NJAC. Hornets sting the Marlins. Eagles crash, but still dance. Profs heading to Baltimore. Emory earns its way in!
November 6, 2018 How the West was Won - Week 10 Final NCAA Regional Rankings are out!!!; Players of the Week (Week 9); conference tournament recaps; Cowgirls host "tournament of champions" in NCAA Round 1 and 2 pod.
November 6, 2018 Mid-Atlantic Review, Week 10 Nine dancing in the region. Falcons get revenge. Garnet make a statement. Hopkins folds, but still host. Royals fall, but still dance. Knights hold breath, but still breathing. Lions in, but face a tough draw. IT'S TOURNAMENT TIME!
October 22, 2018 Mid-Atlantic Review, Week 8 Regional rankings are out, undefeated Royals have two close calls, PSU- Berks stalls at Keuka, Red Devils win thriller in O/T, River Hawks get hearts broken - twice.
October 16, 2018 South Atlantic Week in Review- Week 7 Drama in the ODAC. Don't wear a hat to a CNU game in Newport News, VA, as you may lose it. Two undefeated teams fighting for a little respect. Emory makes some headway in the UAA.
October 15, 2018 Midwest News & Roundup - Week 7 Regular season conference finishes are starting to clarify and as Chris writes in "Coming Wednesday: the rankings that matter", NCAA berths, both AQ and At Large are on the line; BJ reviews the latest state of play in the Midwest regions.
October 1, 2018 Midwest News & Roundup - Week 5 The Thunder have a great week; the Flying Dutch keep gaining altitude; a few upsets but in general the rich get richer; Lions, Bears (Polar too), Panthers, Eagles rolling (no Tigers?); a shout out to some under the radar teams ..
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September 18, 2018 South Atlantic Week in Review- Week 3 A lot of great games this week, but also many postponed due to Hurricane Florence, some, with conference implications, will have to be made up. We have a look at action involving the top teams in Week 3 and upcoming next week.
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September 3, 2018 How the West was Won - Week 1 Our third of four, new column's covering women's D-III soccer action. And our first time venturing past the Mississippi to cover the West region. Several cross region contests featuring top teams to open the season.
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Billy Lee
The UK #1 Tom Jones tribute
'Astonishing... Possibly the Worlds closest Tom Jones soundalike'
After Billy's appearance on "Stars In Their Eyes" in 1998, He has taken the Country by storm with the most dynamic impersonation ever of the Welsh singing star. Billy's show has taken him all over the World and has given him many TV appearances over the last few years, including the Labour party conference which was televised on the National news.
With a repertoir which includes; It's Not Unusual, Kiss, Delilah and Sexbomb, Billy never fails to get an audience up for a good time at any event.
When impersonating a "superstar" with a voice like Tom Jones, the most important thing is being able to musically "pull it off" and Billy does this with surprising ease, even to the point of being asked to "demo" recordings for the man himself.
Wether it's Corporate, Clubs, Cruises or the Hotel curcuit, Billy's ability to be able to adapt to to the venue and audience is what has made him the most popular and most "in demand" Tom Jones Tribute in Europe today giving him the nick name "The Gov'nor"
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I am praying this morning and asking you to do the same for this little girl and her family. She is from S's country, and along with many others in very bad conditions, needs to get home quickly! Please read her amazing story and join me in praying for her today!
Please pray that our file will be assigned an adjudicator quickly and that there will be no delays in receiving our approval to adopt S!
Let the afflicted and needy praise Thy name.


EVENT:  Prevents your opponent from playing a Special card next turn.
remains the most reliable way to stop the play of Specials.
second one is still _a_ Special and thus unplayable due to Renee.
"buzzsaw" decks can tell you that isn't the case.  Why?
Primarily because you, the Renee user, are building your deck around Renee.
Nefertiri or her Quickening(s) are a popular choice when using Renee Delaney.
this card, they can't attack _or_ play a Special.  And if they dodge it. .
users (Duncan, Connor, Nakano, Amanda, Annie) can bypass this to some degree.
attack can _not_ however, since they have to be able to play those cards . . .
That's the most popular use for Renee Delaney these days.  There are others.
they're dodging, they usually can't make a Hidden counter-attack.
do an extra point of damage with Pistols, respectively.
Focus or a Katana-Exertion won't let her get out of that one.
so (unless you use Focus).
keep opponents dancing to your tune indefinitely.
denial deck like "The Buzzsaw".
receiving end . . .
remains a very powerful card.
Wayne - Renee is the most powerful card available for straight combat decks.


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@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet SDAnimatedImageView *imageView3;
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// <copyright file="GameUnitRecord.cs" company="Patrick Maughan">
// Copyright (c) Patrick Maughan. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>

namespace FireAndManeuver.GameModel
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Xml.Serialization;

    public class GameUnitRecord
    {
        public GameUnitRecord()
        {
            this.Turn = 0;
            this.Volley = 0;
            this.Exchange = 1;
            this.Event = "Info";
            this.Priority = "Low";
            this.Message = string.Empty;
        }

        public GameUnitRecord(int volley, int exchange, string eventType, string priority, string message)
        {
            this.Volley = volley;
            this.Exchange = exchange;
            this.Event = eventType;
            this.Priority = priority;
            this.Message = message;
        }

        [XmlAttribute("turn")]
        public int Turn { get; set; }

        [XmlAttribute("fmVolley")]
        public int Volley
        {
            get
            {
                if (this.VolleyInternal == 0 && this.Turn > 0)
                {
                    this.VolleyInternal = this.Turn;
                }

                return this.VolleyInternal;
            }

            set
            {
                this.VolleyInternal = value;
            }
        }

        [XmlAttribute("fmExchange")]
        public int Exchange { get; set; }

        [XmlAttribute("event")]
        public string Event { get; set; }

        [XmlAttribute("priority")]
        public string Priority { get; set; }

        [XmlText]
        public string Message { get; set; }

        [XmlIgnore]
        private int VolleyInternal { get; set; }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return $"E{this.Exchange, 2} / V{this.Volley, 2} - {this.Priority, -6} - {this.Event, -6} - {this.Message.Trim()}";
        }
    }
}


Marimba Cabaret is an evening of songs and stories. This month, Greg & Brian explore "confessions" with new covers and a special guest: composer Audrey Harrer on harp, voice, loop pedal, and more!
"What's a marimba?" It's like a xylophone, but bigger and more fabulous -- just like Brian. One Thursday a month, enjoy dinner and a show at South End's Club Cafe! Dinner & drink service available. Tickets available online.
Hear a range of covers from Elton John to Whitney Houston and Kermit the Frog with new songs and surprises at every show. There's something for everyone in this eclectic evening of songs and stories. Directed and accompanied by percussionist Greg Jukes, Brian will sing, play, and (at times) stand 7-feet tall in Club Cafe's Moonshine Room.
This show features special guest composer Audrey Harrer on harp and voice (pictured below).


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It's only flaw is it's gray quality (vendor trash).
I just got one of these today and looked it up, just thought i should put a link to the other one that dropps Perle sombrebrasse It has alot more comments that might help also since i think the future fate of these might be connected.
For a simple grey item, these are quite rare and annoying to get. I've opened around ~150 clams so far and only 1 Perle sombrebrasse and none of these.


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